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President Barack Obama's plan to allow people to keep their canceled health plans for another year has raised some nagging questions. Here are some answers.
Q: Under the president's new directive, can everybody keep his or her old individual or small-group plan?
A: Maybe not. It's up to the insurers whether to renew them or not. And even if they do, the final word will come from state insurance commissioners, who'll decide whether to permit the renewals.
Q: Won't the Republican bill that passed the House of Representatives on Friday do the same thing as the changes that the president announced Thursday?
A: Not quite. In addition to allowing current policyholders to keep their noncompliant plans, the House bill would permit new customers to buy the old policies. Obama administration officials say that provision would undermine the law.
Q: How can the president keep changing terms of the Affordable Care Act without the approval of Congress? Is that legal?
A: Yes. The Department of Health and Human Services used its "enforcement discretion," which allows it to mend or alter policies that ease the transition of a substantial change in the law. The administration did the same thing last year by delaying enforcement of the law's employer mandate.
It used the same authority in 2012 when it established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gave the government discretion not to deport immigrants – pending changes in immigration rules – who either were brought to the United States as children or meet other specific requirements.
Q: What individual and small group plans are encompassed by the president's health policy renewal offer?
A: According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, current individual and small group policies with renewal years that start between Jan. 1 and Oct. 1, 2014, won't be required to meet the beefed-up coverage standards and consumer protections required under the Affordable Care Act.
Q: Does that mean some people will be able to keep their current individual and small group plans as late as Oct. 1, 2015?
A: Yes.
Q: For people who want to renew their canceled plans, Obama said insurers had to inform them about the health care law. What exactly are insurers required to disclose?
A: They must tell policyholders facing cancellation about changes in the options available to them. These might include provisions that won't be available in their old policies, their right to enroll in coverage through the online insurance marketplace and the possibility of financial assistance to help them do so. They also will be told how to obtain marketplace coverage and that they can get non-marketplace coverage that also meets the law's new benefit requirements.
Q: What features will the 2014 marketplace plans have that the renewable canceled plans won't?
A: A number of consumer protections and coverage enhancements, including access to coverage regardless of current or past health problems; benefits that cover at least 60 percent of medical costs; limited out-of-pocket costs, such as co-payments and deductibles; no annual or lifetime benefit spending limits; no rate variances based on gender, occupation or medical claims history; and required coverage of 10 benefits that include mental health services, prescription drugs, pediatric services, and maternity and newborn care.
Q: If these new policies are so much better, wouldn't the market dictate that they'd become more popular and people would gravitate to them naturally? Why do we need an "individual mandate" that forces people to have this coverage?
A: Without the individual mandate, the law's expanded coverage and new consumer protections would cause monthly premiums to skyrocket. That's because they'd encourage older, sicker people to get coverage, and they're much more costly to insure. Meanwhile, younger healthy people might wait until they get sick to buy insurance. The individual mandate discourages that behavior by promoting a mix of healthy and sicker people to get coverage. That diversity of enrollees keeps premium costs down.


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1. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Keith Babo Apr 3, 2012 12:12 PM (in response to Rob Cernich)
Let's go big. :-) Hopefully we can update this thread with some additional detail on possibilities for a visual application modeler in 0.5 when available.
2. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Jeff DeLong Apr 3, 2012 1:27 PM (in response to Keith Babo)
Visual application modeling - The BPMN2 Visual Editor is a graphical process modeling tool. It is including support for Choreography modeling (as well as Process Orchestration Modeling). A process model such as a choreography model can provide an architectural model of a business process / application, and then be used to generate services from the model. The Savara project currently can generate BPEL process services, and there has been discussions on generating SwitchYard services as well.
3. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Keith Babo Apr 3, 2012 2:22 PM (in response to Jeff DeLong)
I agree that BPMN2 can be used to model process flow and choreography. The application model I was referring to above was actually the visualization of our SCA descriptor. That said, there's no reason why this tooling can't evolve to form a smooth flow from a BPMN 2 choreography model at design-time to a SCA application descriptor and finally to actual implementation of services and configuration of bindings within that descriptor.
4. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Gary Brown Apr 3, 2012 4:01 PM (in response to Keith Babo)
Yes, I think from the choreography we should be able to create the SCA app descriptor and either BPEL or BPMN2 process model that accompanies it. Then from the SCA editor, as you've previously mentioned, it will be good to navigate from the implementation component to the relevant BPEL or BPMN2 editor to flesh out the implementation details.
5. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Rob Cernich Apr 3, 2012 5:32 PM (in response to Gary Brown)
These are all great ideas. At some point, I think we need to decide on a general approach for supporting top-down development workflows. In this thread we have:
- SwitchYard/SCA
- Savara/Choreographies
At a minimum, we should decide on the order in which we will add support for each (i.e. pick one to focus on). For 0.5, we will be focusing on the SCA editor, which will allow navigation to supporting resources (interface definitions and implementations). That said, I like the idea of having some sort of higher level tooling, with the SCA editor becoming more about configuration (i.e. runtime details; e.g. gateways, transformations, etc.) and less about application/functional details (i.e. business/workflow logic).
6. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Keith Babo Apr 3, 2012 6:20 PM (in response to Rob Cernich)
If we focus on bringing the SCA editor together for 0.5, then Jeff and Gary can provide guidance on how that can be bridged to the Savara tooling. In fact, if our plan to get a mid-release tryout in place come together, then they will be able to give feedback before the finished product is released within 0.5. My guess is that putting the whole story together will have to wait until 0.6, but you never know. A functional SCA editor is definitely the highest priority for 0.5.
7. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Rob Cernich Apr 29, 2012 10:25 PM (in response to Keith Babo)
The first item has been completed and is available via the JBoss SOA tools nightly update site: http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/nightly/soa-tooling/trunk/
The "Project Explorer" extension provides a simple view of the services, references and components that comprise the SwitchYard application. Property support is included as well as popup menus for any existing SY actions (e.g. New Bean Component). The open action has been overridden for the SY elements in the explorer to open the related artifact (e.g. Java file for a bean component or service/reference interface, BPMN file for a BPM component, switchyard.xml file for the "SwitchYard" node, WSDL file for service/reference interface, etc.).
Hopefully, we'll have a prototype SCA editor available in the next week or two.
8. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Keith Babo Apr 30, 2012 8:38 AM (in response to Rob Cernich)
Awesome! Thanks, Rob.
Have you noticed that the last two Tools CI builds have failed? The maven build is actually successful, but the job is failing because junit test results cannot be published. Was there a change in this area?
Recording test results No test report files were found. Configuration error? Build step 'Publish JUnit test result report' changed build result to FAILURE Archiving artifacts Sending e-mails to: email@example.com Build was marked for publishing on https://hudson.jboss.org/hudson/ Notifying upstream projects of job completion Finished: FAILURE
9. Re: SwitchYard Eclipse Tooling for 0.5Rob Cernich May 8, 2012 10:06 AM (in response to Keith Babo)
As part of supporting the last two items in the list, we've added support in the tooling for generating WSDL from Java files. This functionality can be found in the new menu under SwitchYard (Create WSDL file from Java). You'll get the most mileage by invoking it from a right-click on component service or component reference in the Project Explorer.


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Getting started with Japanese research
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How to Obtain Your Family's Koseki (Family Registration):
First, you have probably already discovered that searching for your Japanese ancestors cannot be done the same way you would research for someone from non-Asian countries. The main reason being that Japan has very strict privacy laws and access to Vital Records is carefully protected. That being said, the Japanese are wonderful record-keepers and the koseki or Family Registration is the record on which births, deaths, marriages and divorces of Japanese nationals are kept and is a rich source of genealogical information. A child is listed on his or her parent's koseki until they create their own.
The koseki is kept and protected by the city hall in the hometown (honseki) or permanent address of the head of household. If your ancestor was listed on a koseki, you can get a copy of the record. This is the best resource for finding your ancestors, as often many generations are included. Obtaining your family's koseki requires some effort but it is worth every bit of it.
The best and easiest way to get your koseki is check with other family members, (i.e.cousins still in Japan, etc.) and see if someone already has a copy and will make you a copy. If they do - do the happy dance!
If not, continue with the steps below:
1. Make a pedigree chart with all the information you know and determine who was the 1st generation (issei) to leave Japan.
2. Locate the address of the honseki or hometown of where your ancestor came from. You will need their address or you cannot locate their city hall. If they came from a large city like Hiroshima, you will need to know the ward or village.You can find this information in several ways:
a. Personal knowledge of relatives, written information, correspondense or a copy of their passport.
b. Search Passenger List databases on line. A good resource is: http://stevemorse.org/. Sometimes the hometown address is recorded. HINT: Look for other family members who might have traveled with them. Often the husband would imigrate to another country, work for awhile and then come back for his wife - or if he was single, he would return to marry a hometown girl arranged for by his family. Check later years for the family returning to visit relatives and bringing their children to meet the grandparents, etc. Be creative in your spelling as often the names are horribly mispelled. When searching for the wife be sure to use her married name - often you can find the 'husband by seraching for the wife or vise versa.
c. Obtain the passport information from the Japanese Consulate (must follow same rules as for obtaining a koseki), though this is often slow and unsuccessful.
d. Search the Family History Catalog at www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp and view microfilms. Look in the "Subject" catagory under Japan immigration, or just Japan. Microfilms can be ordered and viewed at local Family History Centers found here: www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp. When searching for information on Passenger Lists try to determine where their first Port of Entry was located. HINT: Do not assume that because they ended up in California that their Port of Entry was in California. They may have first gone to Seattle or Canada first. Be very creative and open minded in your searching.
Once you know the address of the 1st generation (issei) to immigrate, you must check to see if the village or hometown's name is still in existence. Many villages merged into others, names changed etc. Try using google or wikipedia.com to determine the address of the city hall for the town you are searching for. HINT: Try www.google.co.jp/ which is the Japanese version of Google if you can't locate it on the English version. You may need someone who can read kanji to translate if the translate version does not work. Most city hall's have a web page and their address is usually located on the bottom of the page.
Now that you know the name of the ancestor, his estimated birth year, and his address and city hall's information you are ready to contact the city hall.
How to Write City Hall for Your Family's Koseki
In order to receive your koseki you will first have to prove your lineage to the person for whom you are requesting. The following information will be needed:
1. A copy of your photo ID (Driver's license, Passport, etc.)
2. A copy of your birth certificate and a copy of for each set of parents until you reach the ancestor in question. For example, if you want your great grandfather's koseki and he was born in Japan, you would need yours, your parent's on whose line he is on - so if it is your father's line, you would need your father's birth certifcate and both of his parent's birth certificate. You don't need your great grandfather's because his information is recorded on the koseki in Japan.
3. A pedigree chart with your lineage written out with information that you have. Highlight the line you are seeking information on.
4. A koseki request form filled out.
5. Currently the cost for a copy of a koseki and postage is about $12 US dollars. Japanese City Halls will only accept Interational Money Orders from US Postal Service. DO NOT send money orders from banks as it will be returned. Make the International Money Order payable to the City Hall.
6. Enclose a self-addressed envelope.
7. If you cannot write in Japanese, see if you can find someone who can. It will be most helpful if you write the family's name in kanji, as the characters can be very necessary in distingushing your family. All Japanese names can be pronounced several different ways, so a request written only in Romanization - containing what you think is the correct pronunciation of the name - may be hard to determine accurately. It is worth trying, even if you don't know the Japanese characters. Try checking with other family members to see if they know it if you do not. If not you can write it in Roman letters, but it will greatly slow things down.
The City Hall is not required to give you a copy of your famil's koseki, even after you prove your lineage. You want to make sure you have everything in order and make it as simple as possible for them to respond to your request. Be patient. It can take a couple of weeks, to many months to receive a response. Any $ change from the transaction will be given in Japanese postage stamps - which you can use again as partial payment on your next request. When you receive your family's koseki it is time for another happy dance!
It will be necessary to find someone to translate the koseki for you if you cannot read kanji (Japanese character writing). Kanji has changed over the years, so you will need to use the handwriting charts on this page for help. HINT:If there is a kanji you cannot read, download a free language bar from Microsoft.On the Japanese language bar there is an IME pad, using the mouse you can copy the mystery kanji in stroke order and the program will read the kanji in Roman letters. Of course, this is only helpful for someone who knows kanji stroke order.
Once you have the translated copy of your family's koseki, it is time to input that information onto your Family Group Sheets and Pedigree chart. Using a software program is highly recommended as you will quickly see how complicated Japanese lineage can be because of heir adoptions and name changes. (That is explained further down.) You can download a free genealogy software program here:www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp PAF (Personal Ancestrial File) is excellent to use as you can choose Japanese or English versions or both.
Female Lines: Women are found on koseki under the male head of household. Usually on a father's koseki until she is married. If her father dies before her marriage it will be under his male heir's name. When you receive your family's koseki you can then request the koseki for your ancestor's wife, as her maiden name, the head ofhousehold's name on whose koseki she is found on and the address of where she is from, are all usually recorded on her husband's koseki. This is all the information you will need to now follow all the steps above to now request her family information.
Japanese Adoption and Name Changes:
It was common practice for Japanese to adopt another male young adult or older children, if no male heirs were present in a family. Often a son who was not his family's heir would marry a daughter of a man with no male heirs. Upon their marriage, the groom would take the bride's maiden name as his and would become her father's heir. If they divorced, his rights to her family's estate would be returned, he would resume his own name and return to his family and again be recorded under the head of his household's koseki. These changes that are recorded on the family's koseki can quickly become confusing. Using a software program like PAF is helpful to keep track of these changes and distinguish between direct lineage and adopted lineage. Adoptions were very common and frequent in all families and for varied reasons. A good explanation of this practise can be found here: www.alanmacfarlane.com/savage/A-ADOPT.PDF and here:books.google.com/books.[1]
Further Assistance:
Should you need further help or assistance in obtaining your family's koseki, please feel free to contact
Sister Valerie Elkins or Sister Junko Nunokawa at the Family History Library (801) 240-6206 or email us at
email@example.com . English and Japanese is spoken.
Help Wanted
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
Things you can do
Other records you can search:
(Many of these records are on microfilm at the Family History Library. These records are written in old Japanese, so being able to read and search them you will need a knowlege of written Japanese and as well as a good kanji dictionary that will be necessary to decipher them. In order to find these records in the Family History Library catalog, it will be necessary to use the language bar on the computer and type in the Japanese characters under the "Keyword" tab to locate these records in the catalog.)
Religious Inquisition Census Records - This is a census which was used to detect illegal Christians. The government required that everyone register at their religious affliation temple or Shinto shrine. Temple priests were required to give this information to the local authorities. They do not include Samurai. Some kinds of census records are:
* Religious Inquisition Records.
* Individual Surveillance Registers
* Registers of Five-household Units
Use these records to:
Find the name of the head of the household and family members. Because they were created before the time when surnames were used, they do not include surnames.
Complied History and Genealogy of Clans and Families (keizu 系図):These records consist of compiled genealogies, organized collections of lineage data, family histories, pedigrees, family and community genealogies - some manuscript and some published. They include fedual lord genealogies (daimyo kafu), court genealogies (kuge kafu), samurai genealogies (sanurai kafu) and similar records.
Use these records to:
Extend your ancestral records back many generations. Find dates and places of events in your ancestors lives. Learn other information, depending on the record.
Emigrant Passenger Lists and Assorted Papers on Emigrant Shipping:These records were generated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese Diplomacy Office at the time when people emigrated from Japan. The records cover the time period from 1868-1940. This is a very reliable source. However, it is very difficult to find information on these records because they are listed by shipping company name and some of the destinations. If you seach in the Family History Library Catalog under the "Author" tab, type in the author (Diplomacy Record Office), you will get a list of the records by title (for example, List of Workers Going to Hawaii). You must search them by rolling through the microfilm one entry at a time. Once they are indexed, these records will be much easier to use.
Use these records to: Get the domicle of the head of the household, which is necessary to obtaining the koseki. They are particularly helpful for American researchers who are trying to determine where their Japanese ancestors came from.
Immigration Records:
Use these records to: Learn what country your ancestors came from, the date they arrived, the port they left from, and their age when they arrived.
Tombstone Inscriptions (Bohi Mei): These are compiled in manuscript or published form. They cover the time period from 1600 to the present. A few tombstones exist from earlier times but most are lost or destroyed.
Use these records to: Find the names, the posthumous name, and the death date of the ancestor.
Featured Content
Did you know?
That you can decipher "old" kanji, by using the IME pad on the Language Bar on your computer? Draw the kanji - in stroke order, then move your curser over the corresponding kanji on the right. It will reveal the different options of how to read/speak the kanji.
Christian Church records (Kirisuto Kyokai Kiroku) of baptisms, marriages, and deaths were kept by church clergy. They include the parish registers of Roman-Catholic and various protestant churches. They cover the time period of 1873 to the present.
Did you know many Japanese emigrated to Peru? The Family History Library has microfilmed records of these emigrants.
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Regular readers will be under no illusions that I have a very low opinion of the state of English football. In my opinion, it is far too commercialised, bloated, devoid of atmosphere and passion, weighted far to far in the direction of the wealthy few, inaccessible to ordinary working people. Its virtually at the point of eating itself. Its not even as if the overpaid, overhyped players we are told to idolise are really any good – witness South Africa earlier this summer.
By contrast, I've been to a few football matches in Germany over the years, and the contrast is striking. 90 minutes spent on the terraces at Borussia Monchengladbach is like going back 20 years to the uncovered, terraced Fratton End. Not just in terms of architecture, but in terms of the culture, and the experience. Why is this so? How has our national game declined to such a pathetic level, whilst in Germany it is thriving?
Ownership and Management
Lets just take a look at the ownership of the 20 Premier League clubs – the vast majority are owned solely by wealthy foreign oligarchs, people who have little or no understanding of football or English society. Rich person's playthings. By comparison, the majority of clubs in Germany are just that – clubs. Not only football clubs, but full blown sporting clubs, with amateur, junior and womens teams, athletics, basketball, and all kinds of other sports – Unterhacing's logo is a bobsleigh, as the club also has a winter sports heritage. Bayern Munich, the biggest club in Germany, has 162,187 members. The football part of the club is run by a spin-off company, of which 81.82% is owned by the Club itself, and 9.09% each by Adidas and Audi. The club is not listed on the stock exchange, so is therefore a private company controlled by the members of the club.
There are several German clubs that do not follow the club principle. Bayer Leverkusen are supported heavily by the Bayer pharmaceutical company. Although the club started as a social club for Bayer employees in the town, many fans of other German clubs consider Bayer Leverkusen to be an 'artificial' club. Ironically, however, perhaps the most prominent example in Europe of an artifical club is that of 1899 Hoffenheim. A fifth flight club in 2000, Hoffenhiem made a remarkable rise to the top rung of the Bundesliga ladderr in 2008, helped along the way by the wealth of software magnate Dietmar Hopp. The club only turned fully professional in 2007-08. Hoffenheim and Hopp have been roundly criticised in Germany, even being referred to as 18.99 Hoffenheim. The village of Hoffenheim only has 3,000 residents.
Schalke 04 were once known as perhaps the most down-to-earth, working class club in Germany. Hailing from the heavily inustralised Rurh city of Gelsenkirchen, in recent years Schalke has evolved into a slick business operation, with a brand new 60,000 stadium. Disturbingly, in in 2006 Schalke announced a link-up with the Russian energy giant Gazprom, who also own and sponsor Zenit St Petersburg. Gazprom apparently intend to invest up to 125million Euros over 5 years, something that has been seen as an attempt to gain political influence in Germany. It's sad indeed for such a proud, cultural club to turn its back on its roots.
Although FC St Pauli are often held up as an example of a working class club with a strong fan culture, this reputation has almost become a victim of its own success, with thousands of random people around the world deciding that they are St Pauli fans. Whilst it is OK to go along with the ideals and the culture, I cannot help but feel that an English person randomly deciding to support St Pauli 'because everyone else does' is like a Londoner supporting Man Utd. Why St Pauli? Pick a different team!
But these examples aside, German clubs are overwhelmingly exactly that – clubs. Clubs are viewed by the size of their membership. The differences with English football are not just in ownership. In German football Clubs are often run by former players (it is not hard to come to the conclusion that English footballers, on the whole, are too intellectually challenged to run a hot dog stand, let along a football club). Figures such as Franz Beckenbauer, Karl-Heinz Rumenniegge and Uli Hoeness, and more recently Jurgen Klinsmann and Rudi Voller moved not only into team management, but also club management. Club boards are also larger, and made up with a far more balanced membership, from a wide range of backgrounds. Not just the rich owners handpicked flunkies.
Fan Culture
Not only is German football different in terms of the bigger issues. I have often felt that English football has sold its soul and fogotten the very people who made it so special – the gate-paying, ordinary working fans. Now, you have to sit down and shut up. Even at Portsmouth, 'fans' (no doubt called Norman or something like that) complain about the noise of the singing and the drums, or when someone stands up in front of them. A club with any bollocks would tell them to stick their season tickets somewhere uncomfortable. When did English football get so soft? (see Taylor report). Fans are no longer supporters, but customers. Fans have no real stake in the club, and are there only to be exploited and taken for granted. Clubs do nothing to encourage atmosphere, or stimulate passionate support. Spectators of English football are as removed from events on the pitch as a cinema goer is from the film on the screen.
I would like to see somebody complain about standing or excessive noise on the Nordkurve at Monchengladbach. At a German football match atmosphere is appreciated and encouraged. Tickets are cheap. Huge flags and banners and singing are encouraged. Many fans will be full members of the club, so are not just spectators, but really are part of the whole club experience. No wonder they are more likely to get more involved and more passionate about events on and off the pitch. At Monchengladbach there is a Fan Haus (Fan House) a few hundred yards from the ground. Decked out in flags and memorabilia, it is essentially a hub for supporters, selling beer but also putting on live music, and surrounded by food and clothes stalls. I know of nothing like it in English Football.
In England, the supporters clubs are normally run by eccentric bearded gentlemen, often called Roger or Norman. Their most important contribution to the operation of the club is giving their opinion on the number of toilets, or the quality of the meat pies at half time. You cannot help but feel that the Football Clubs view them as a nuisance. At Pompey we have the Supporters Club, the Independent Supporters Club, and now a Supporters Trust. The next step will probably be a supporters club branch from the People's Front of Judea.
Whereas in Germany, the Fan Club is a real powerhouse. Although independent from the clubs themselves, the supporters clubs have real influence over what goes on. Most German clubs also employ fans liaison officers, who play a significant part in looking after supporters, both home and away. When I worked in youth politics some time ago, I came across something called the ladder of participation. At the bottom of the ladder, you are standing there watching; powerless. Whereas nearer the top, you are in the thick of the action, playing a part in what is going on. No prizes for guessing where on the ladder I place English and German football respectively.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Fans feeling unsafe after the horrific crash at Daytona International Speedway can change seats for NASCAR's biggest race.
Track President Joie Chitwood said Sunday workers successfully repaired a section of fence — 54 feet wide and 22 feet high — that was shredded Saturday when Kyle Larson's car went airborne on the final lap of a second-tier race and crashed through the barrier that separates cars from fans. Large pieces of debris, including a tire, sprayed into the upper and lower section of the stands.
The crash injured more than 30 people, raising more questions about fan safety at race tracks.
Halifax Health spokesman Byron Cogdell said seven people with crash-related injuries remained hospitalized Sunday in Daytona Beach in stable condition. The six people brought to a different Halifax hospital in Port Orange with crash-related injuries had all been discharged by Sunday morning, Cogdell said.
A spokeswoman at Florida Memorial Medical Center would not release information Sunday on the patients brought to that hospital.
Chitwood, meanwhile, said if any fans are uncomfortable with their up-close seating for Sunday's Daytona 500, officials will work to move them.
"If fans are unhappy with their seating location or if they have any incidents, we would relocate them," Chitwood said Sunday. "So we'll treat that area like we do every other area of the grandstand. If a fan is not comfortable where they're sitting, we make every accommodation we can."
Track workers finished repairs about 2 a.m. Sunday, having installed a new fence post, new metal meshing and part of the concrete wall.
Officials decided not to rebuild the collapsed cross-over gate, which allows fans to travel between the stands and the infield before races.
Daytona has a grandstand remodel planned. Chitwood said the injuries could prompt a redesign that might include sturdier fences or stands further away from the on-track action.
"It's tough to connect the two right now in terms of a potential redevelopment and what occurred," Chitwood said. "We were prepared yesterday, had emergency medical respond. As we learn from this, you bet: If there are things that we can incorporate into the future, whether it's the current property now or any other redevelopment, we will."
Daytona reexamined its fencing and ended up replacing the entire thing following Carl Edwards' scary crash at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama in 2009. Edwards' car sailed into the fence and spewed debris into the stands.
"We've made improvements since then," Chitwood said. "I think that's the key: that we learn from this and figure out what else we need to do."
NASCAR plans to take what remained of Larson's sheared car along with debris back to its research and development center in Charlotte, N.C., for testing.
The 12-car crash began as the front-runners approached the checkered flag. Leader Regan Smith attempted to block Brad Keselowski for the win, triggering a pileup that could have been much worse.
Larson's burning engine wedged through a gaping hole in the fence. Parts and pieces of his car sprayed into the stands, including a tire that cleared the top of the fence and landed midway up the spectator section closest to the track.
The 20-year-old Larson stood in shock a few feet from his car as fans in the stands waved frantically for help. Smoke from the burning engine briefly clouded the area, and emergency vehicles descended on the scene.
Ambulance sirens could be heard wailing behind the grandstands at a time the race winner would typically be doing celebratory burnouts.


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Originally a term used by sailors, marines, etc. when describing a night of significant debauchery on shore leave during which they had intercourse (screwed), oral sex (blewed - being the past tense of blown as in "blow job") and got a tattoo. Later used more broadly to refer to getting so drunk that you participated in all possible forms of debauchery and may or may not remember it all.
Man, I was so fucked up last night - I was screwed, blewed and tattooed!
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Construction spending in the U.S. rose in February, paced by the highest level of home building in more than four years.
Outlays climbed 1.2% to an $885.1 billion annual rate, following a 2.1% decrease in January, the Commerce Department reported today in Washington. The median forecast of 41 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 1% rise.
Near record-low borrowing costs and an improved outlook for jobs are lifting demand for residential real estate, giving a boost to homebuilders including KB Home. Faster hiring would ensure a more sustained rebound in the industry, allowing for bigger gains in construction spending.
"Housing, growth-wise, will be the best-growing sector of the major sectors in 2013, hands down." Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics LLC in Pepper Pike, Ohio, said before the report. "I'm totally optimistic about housing's recovery-- there's an inevitability that it has to go higher."
Estimates in the Bloomberg survey ranged from no change to a 2% gain. January's reading was unrevised from the initial estimate.
Construction spending increased 6.6% in the 12 months ended in February before adjusting for seasonal variations.
Private construction spending advanced 1.3% from the prior month.
Housing Rebound
In housing, outlays climbed 2.2% to a $303.4 billion annualized pace, the strongest since November 2008. The gain was led by single-family projects, which increased 4.3%, and a 0.5% increase in home-improvement spending. Private non-residential projects rose 0.4%, led by construction of power plants and health-care facilities.
Spending on public construction climbed 0.9% from the prior month, the biggest advance since August. State and local agencies led the advance, while federal outlays dropped 1.1%, a second consecutive decrease.
Recent reports indicate a pickup in demand for housing. Sales of new homes in February capped the best two back-to-back months in more than four years, the Commerce Department reported last week. Builders began work on more houses in February and permits for future construction climbed to an annual pace of 917,000, the highest level in almost five years, pointing to a sustained rebound that will help power the U.S. expansion.
Advances in residential construction probably will give an even bigger boost to growth this year than in 2012, when it contributed for the first time in seven years. The gains are rippling through the economy as improving property values help restore consumer confidence and benefit builders such as Ryland Group Inc. and Lennar Corp.
Buying Land
KB Home is among companies buying land in anticipation of increased demand. The Los Angeles-based builder nearly doubled its spending, to almost $350 million, on land acquisition and development in the first quarter, and has been raising prices, Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Mezger said.
"There is no question we expect continuous strong growth," Mezger said on a March 21 earnings call. "We have a lot of upside in every market that we're in, and they're now all recovering and there's opportunities in every city."
In addition to housing, the shale gas boom in Pennsylvania and other parts of the U.S. is giving a boost to industrial engineering and construction companies including Fluor Corp. The Irving, Texas, company also reports increased activity in the Gulf Coast as companies including Dow Chemical Co. and South Africa's Sasol Ltd. begin work on new petrochemical plants.
The energy industry will need to "ramp up our construction resource capability," Vice President Kenneth Lockwood said at a March 21 conference. "It's an exciting opportunity."
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Following the unknown road
All writers, at some point in their lives, fantasize about authoring the next great novel that will stand tall among the works of the literary giants. The protagonist in this yet-to-be-told tale will find unparalleled adventure by following an unknown road to an unforeseen destination.
A good example of a fulfilled fantasy of this nature occurred between 1876 and 1883 when Mark Twain penned a handwritten manuscript on notepaper called, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
The post-Civil War novel embodied an orphaned boy running away to escape a suffocating life imposed by a strict guardian. His hastily planned adventure took a major turn when he decided to help a runaway slave find freedom. The book explored the moral conflict that gave support to Twain's belief that "a sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience."
At a time when the subject of racism was a highly controversial issue, Twain's novel attacked the idea of racial prejudice head on, without reservation. For this, he was highly criticized and segregationists threatened his life.
One would think that publishing a work addressing that sensitive topic would be enough of an adventure. However, it wasn't the only unknown road that Twain boldly followed. The story of Huck Finn was the first attempt by any American author to write in dialect. Twain used a first-person narrative written in the vernacular of rural Missouri to give strength to his characters. The technique drew both praise and criticism from the literary community.
The ambitious novel could be likened to a literary triptych. The controversial story, the exploration of moral conviction, and the introduction of an imaginative literary style established Twain's place among the greatest of American authors. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is as relevant now as it was when first published.
Another book of notoriety to follow an unknown road was "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Set during the Great Depression, the novel chronicles the story of the Joads, a sharecropper family that was driven from their home in the Oklahoma dustbowl where they lived in abject poverty.
Steinbeck wove a tale of courage fueled by despair in his graphic description of their journey to California with other "Oakies" of like mind. Hope was their only asset, and it offered little help in their search for jobs, dignity and a better way of life.
Steinbeck's 1939 novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. The book has been a teaching tool in most institutions of higher learning as an example of American literature at its best.
Life in post-WWII America brought the need for change in the American psyche. A war-weary country needed time to heal its wounds and learn to live with the physical and emotional scars resulting from years of battle and struggle in a fluctuating economy.
The daunting task of redefining
America philosophically, artistically, musically and culturally was epitomized in the fictionalized autobiographical novel, "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac.
As one of the most influential authors of the Beat Generation, Kerouac's novels and poetry challenged the status quo and laid the foundation for the hippie movement of the early 1960s.
The "On the Road" experiences of Sal Paradise and his friends are legendary to this day. In real life, Kerouac and renowned poet Alan Ginsberg returned from their travels to help establish the hedonistic bohemian lifestyle of Greenwich Village, N.Y., in the late 1950s. There, spontaneous creativity and exuberant, unexpurgated means of expression reigned supreme in the East Village "beatnik" community.
A recent postwar novel that embraced the exploration of unknown roads was published in 2006 after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. This was a post-apocalyptic Pulitzer Prize winning tale called "The Road" by American author Cormac Mc- Carthy.
The story is about a journey taken by a father and son across a landscape that had fallen victim to an unspecified cataclysm that all but destroyed civilization and life on earth. We can only hope that the adventures experienced in this tale of travel on unknown roads are not prophetic.
The world is presently experiencing dramatic change. Environment, economy, global politics, technology and religious convictions are all fighting for stability in a maelstrom of uncertainty. The elements for the next novel about following unknown roads are waiting impatiently to be put to good use by an author who is living somewhere in this system that we can't understand.


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Limoniscus violaceus
|Scope: Global & Europe
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Limoniscus violaceus (P. W. J. Müller, 1821)
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Méndez, M., Dodelin, J., Petrakis, P., Schlaghamersky, J. & Nardi, G.
|Nieto, A. & Alexander, K.
European regional assessment: assessed as Endangered. This species is widely distributed but severely fragmented and rare throughout its range with an estimated area of occupancy of less than 500 km2. It has become extinct in parts of its range and is declining in many countries. Its habitat is old trees with cavities which are threatened by unfavourable forest management and this habitat is severely declining.
|Range Description:
|This central European species is known to have a discontinuous distribution across the entirety of Europe except for the outer-most southern and northern areas (Laibner 2000). It is extinct in Denmark and has not been found there in circa 100 years (National Environmental Research Institute 2007).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Austria; Czech Republic; Estonia; France (France (mainland)); Germany; Hungary; Romania; Slovakia; Spain (Spain (mainland)); United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Regionally extinct:Denmark; Poland
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|This species is very rare throughout its European range.
In Britain there are isolated populations within a very fragmented range; it is only known from two areas in England, with two distinct sites at one of these; there is no information available on population size or trends (K.N.A. Alexander pers. comm. 2009). In Hungary there are very few records known from the hilly areas; the species is very rare and the populations are small (O. Merkl pers. comm. 2009). In the Czech Republic there are several sites scattered across the country. In Slovakia it is found in the south and east, and there are several sites. In Germany there are up to ten localities, half of those have been confirmed several times. In France it is very localized in lowland large and ancient beech forests; 15 known localities. In Spain it is known from four localities in the north, one very old. In Poland it is known from two localities: one from 1870 and one from 1920. It is certainly Extinct in Denmark - not found in ca 100 years (National Environmental Research Institute 2007).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
This is an obligate saproxylic species. The larvae develop in wood mould, typically in the base of hollow living trees, usually in the trunks, with large cavities containing wood mould, primarily derived from natural fungal decay of the dead heartwood. In most sites the larvae are found in wood mould in close contact with the soil but there is at least one observation of larvae in wood mould a few metres up in the tree. The situation of the occupied hollow trees may vary across its European range, with open-grown trees important in the cooler and damper west, but shade more important under more continental conditions. Sites may be in forest or in cultural landscapes, e.g., old wood pastures, old coppiced woodlands, etc. (K.N.A. Alexander pers. comm. 2009).
In England it occurs in three very different sites: one active old wood pasture dominated by ash Fraxinus, one abandoned old ash coppice, and a former old wood pasture dominated by beech Fagus, all part of the cultural landscape rather than old forest (K.N.A. Alexander pers. comm. 2009). In Hungary most records are from hollow turkey oaks Quercus cerris (not necessarily old ones) with near-ground cavities filled with wood mould, but also from lime Tilia, ash Fraxinus and maple Acer (O. Merkl pers. comm. 2009). In France it is known only from old and ancient beech forests with trees damaged at their base; the larvae live in cavities in contact with soil in living Fagus or rarely in Quercus (Leseigneur 1972).
|Use and Trade:
|Saproxylic Coleoptera tend to be popular with beetle collectors although trade is rarely an issue, the only exceptions being a few larger species of more dramatic form or colour.
|Major Threat(s):
In England, natural loss of old trees from the known sites and lack of new generation trees are major threats to this species; also singling of old coppice stools in productive woodland. Canopy closure is a potential threat in the
|Conservation Actions:
This species is listed on Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive. This species is listed as Regionally Extinct in Denmark (2005), as Critically Endangered in the Czech Republic and is included in the British Red Data Book as Endangered (Shirt 1987). Conservation of old-growth trees, protection of known sites, and preservation of traditional coppicing are recommended for the conservation of this species, as well as the provision of substitute habitat by creating trees with cavities. This species would benefit if traditional coppices continue to be managed, but also if forests are being left intact without removing old live trees with cavities.
In the UK, all three known sites are protected under UK legislation and SAC. It has been illegal to collect this species since 1988. A Species Action Plan was developed (1996) and a Species Recovery Programme was initiated by English Nature. Tree mapping and documentation projects are available at all sites. New tree plantings have been carried out at the active wood pasture site; future host trees have been selected for retention from beech natural regeneration at the former wood pasture site. No analysis of tree population dynamics has been carried out however, so there is currently no real understanding of long-term host tree availability. Fallen hollow beech trees have had their trunks re-erected and filled with sawdust and other materials, and Limoniscus larvae and elytra have been found within them after six years of composting (Green 1995, Whitehead 1998) (K.N.A. Alexander pers. comm. 2009).
In Hungary although all known extant populations are in protected areas (or at least in Natura 2000 sites), more effective conservation of the hollow oaks is necessary. The species is legally protected in Hungary.
|Méndez, M., Dodelin, J., Petrakis, P., Schlaghamersky, J. & Nardi, G. 2010. Limoniscus violaceus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T157572A5098447. . Downloaded on 22 September 2018.
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RUSTBURG, Va. – A Virginia woman has admitted to using a heated razor blade to try to remove tattoos that police say a baby sitter put on her two young daughters.
Media outlets say 35-year-old Melissa Delp pleaded guilty Monday to felony child abuse. She was sentenced to eight years in prison, with all but 18 months suspended.
Police say Alexander Edwards tattooed the girls, both under age 13, while caring for them at Delp's home in December 2013.
Media reports say the older sister told investigators that the tattoo was of her name and that Edwards used a tattoo gun to put it on her left shoulder.
Delp's boyfriend, Daniel Janney, also was charged with trying to remove the tattoos.
Janney and Edwards are awaiting trial on child abuse and malicious wounding charges.


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Written by Greg Viergutz Friday, 26 April 2013 14:47
When bad weather affects a local sporting event, you'll find GHS athletic director Seth Ryker at his computer and on the phone.
"I look at the weather forecast as it is approaching and send out a preliminary email to all of the people involved, both the athletic directors and the coaches, and tell them what we're looking at for a forecast and what dates we are looking at for possibly rescheduling," Ryker said.
A track meet could involve eight to 10 schools. Email helps, when large numbers of people are involved, although with the unpredictability of email, a people-to-person contact is almost needed, the A.D. said.
"I ask for input from those schools how many would be able to come on the rescheduled date. I also give them a time when the decision will be made." He later sends an email with the final call.
That's the process that was used with the Dutch Zorn Invitational that eventually was completed on the scheduled day, April 12, but in a single session format.
The contacts don't stop with other schools. If an alternate date is in the discussion school staff also contacts as many as 100 volunteers who help administrate the meet.
"Number one to let them know it is not going to work on this date, but then also to see if they are available on whatever date you move to," he said.
Inclement weather also caused staging problems for the meet.
"In a good year when the weather is clear, we'll spend a week outside getting ready for the track meet painting lines and putting up flags and basically making sure everything looks top notch," Ryker said.
Snow and ice were on the ground right up to the morning of the Zorn meet preventing early preparations.
"I've never had to spread ice salt on the day of a track meet, but I went through the bleachers twice (that morning) trying to break up the ice on the bleachers," Ryker said.
Once the meet was moved, incoming school officials, athletes and fans were understanding about accommodations that might have to be made.
"I'll bet I was told 'thank you' six times that day from coaches from other schools for the fact that we had the track meet," he said. "They were afraid that it was going to get cancelled and it was going to be another opportunity lost for their kids to compete."
With more events cancelled early this week, school officials can't wait for spring to get here.
"I keep thinking that at some point it's going to get better," Ryker said. "We've kind of paid our dues."


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Your City Might Be the Next Detroit…But That's Not All Bad
Coming between the bankruptcy in California of Stockton and the looming insolvency of San Bernardino, Detroit's bankruptcy saga has sent shivers through cities all around America. And on first glance, with good reason. Many municipal governments, like their state and federal counterparts, seem caught in cycles of overspending and undertaxing that have strained their finances and left public pensions in peril and bondholders at risk. At a moment when cities are in many ways like the best bet for the future of political pragmatism and democratic problem-solving globally and locally – the thesis of my new book "If Mayors Ruled the World" — too many are feeling strangled by fiscal constraints and robbed of their democratic autonomy by legal challenges.
With 40% of Detroit's street lights out, 2/3rds of the parks closed, and 911 call response time nearly an hour, city officials elsewhere are understandably anxious. Stressed federalism has put burdens on cities without giving them the power or resources to lift those burdens: cities have become gargantuan unfunded mandates where much of the nation's productivity, innovation and prosperity are generated without adequate support from the outside. Why? Because our skewed national political infrastructure – when it functions at all — continues to favor rural regions over cities, even though cities represent over three quarters of the American population and the absolute electoral majority (if every citizen actually voted!)


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Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
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Positive Life Radio News Wednesday, August 22, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Embattled Rep. Todd Akin says his decision to stay in the Missouri Senate race is "not about my ego" but about the voters of Missouri who chose him as their nominee. Akin appeared on NBC's "Today" show and ABC's "Good Morning America." Akin confirms that Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan personally asked that he step aside in the wake of his comments about women and rape.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nine citizens are now responsible for deciding a legal battle between two technology titans, Apple and Samsung. The jury in Apple's suit begins deliberations today after last minute talks failed to reach a deal. Apple claims Samsung ripped off iPhone and iPad technology. Samsung says the technology at issue was developed before Apple made its top-selling products.
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac is winding up as it heads for the Caribbean where tropical storm warnings have been issued for a swath of islands in its path. The National Hurricane Center says Isaac is expected to strengthen even more and could become a hurricane by tomorrow.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man is due in federal court today after his arrest in connection with an email threat against the president. Authorities say Anton Caluori is also accused of brandishing a shotgun at officers who came to his door.
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Fire crews have a Washington wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes near Cle Elum 90 percent contained. Fire spokesman Glenn Kohler says fire crews expect to have the Taylor Bridge Fire fully contained on Friday. Kohler says crews dealt with rough terrain and winds gusting to 25 mph yesterday. The fire has charred more than 36 square miles.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Benton County district attorney says officers were justified in their use of force against a suspect who exchanged gunfire with them on Aug. 11. Sgt. David Peterson and another law enforcement officer were shot while searching for California fugitive Demecio Cardenas, who had crashed a stolen car. Authorities say Cardenas fired at officers.


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Now I feel the need to explain, and it will benefit your mind to take the time and listen. It's just that I have heard it all before. I'm writing this to clarify these certain situations surrounding thoughts of me and you. I know you're scared but I am too.
You say that I'm immature, that I hide behind a mask. You know that I'm right. I'd rather run away than give this love a chance. I'm doing the best that I can. No you're not. You're just like the rest of them.
When we first met I tried to enjoy this crush. You didn't get the chance. It
was so uncomfortable to let you in. When we first made love I knew that you were mine. This isn't right. What can we do to ruin what we've made?
You say I'm an easy steal and I'm bitten raw with pride. You know that I'm right. You said I'm too often had. Still, you pull me by your side.
Carefree lovers drown in feelings. Fuel the drama. Find another. Cut the heartstrings. Cut your losses. Trust your instincts. Run for cover.
Maybe it's better just to wait. I'll be a man someday, but not right now.


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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers waived WR Terriun Crump, LB Jacob Cutrera, WR Chris Denton, TE Mike A. Shanahan, OG Adam Smith and DB Branden Smith, and released TE Zachary Miller Tuesday, Aug. 27.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed undrafted free-agent WR Jerry Johnson (UCLA), CB Rashaan Melvin (Northern Illinois), WR D.J. Monroe (Texas), LB Willie Moseley (Buffalo), OT Brice Schwab (Arizona State), RB Akeem Shavers (Purdue), OG Adam Smith (Western Kentucky), CB Branden Smith (Georgia), OT Nick Speller (Massachusetts) and OT Jason Weaver (Southern Mississippi). Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.
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'Welcome Friends' Plate
This simple scrollsawn collector's plate will charm visitors to your home, and the design is simple enough that you can make a few of them in a weekend. The plate consists of two pieces that are sawn and then glued on top of one another to create the 3D effect. Choose two contrasting woods for the different layers. I used 1/4″ mahogany for the top layer and 1/4″ birch for the bottom layer, though any tight-grained hardwood will do. After you've picked out your wood, sand it to #220 grit. Make two copies of the drawing at right. Cut one pattern for the interior plate design and one for the rim design. Attach them to your wood with rubber cement or a spray adhesive.
Use a small drill bit to bore access holes for all your inside cuts, then make your cuts with your scroll saw. Clean up any rough edges with sandpaper. Glue the two pieces together using the registration marks on the drawing and finish your plate with two coats of a clear finish.
You can hang your plate on the wall or purchase a plate holder to display it on a mantle or a sideboard. Order a wooden plate holder (not the one shown above) for $1.95 plus shipping by calling the Berry Basket and asking for item# P550. PW
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The Federal Register is the legal publication of the U.S. government containing rules, proposed rules, and public notices of federal agencies, as well as presidential documents. The Register is part of the National Archives. Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Federal Register Act, the National Archives has announced Federal Register 2.0. In its announcement, the National Archives concedes that the Federal Register is "dense and difficult to read whether in print or online as a PDF." Federal Register 2.0 is an attempt to to turn the Federal Register website into a daily web newspaper more appropriate for the 21st century user. "In addition to greatly improved navigation and search tools, the site will highlight the most popular and newsworthy documents and feature each agency's significant rules." The website is divided into broad subjects including: business & industry, environment, health & public welfare, money, science & technology, and world.
The Library has a subscription to the AudioCaseFiles service. AudioCaseFiles contains downloadable audio files of court opinions and podcasts from law professors and law students. The website contains cases from many 1L classes along with some 2L and 3L subjects. To use this service, simply go to the AudioCaseFiles website and "Sign Up for An Account." Use your OSU e-mail address (.osu.edu) when registering.
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WestlawNext, West's upgraded Westlaw platform, is in the process of being rolled out to law schools; however, it is not the only new upgrade on the horizon. LexisNexis has been developing a new platform for its web-based research system. "Lexis Advance" has been chosen as the name for the new product. Based on some early reviews, the new Lexis product, like WestlawNext, is going to have an interface that is similar to Google. Lexis is planning an extended rollout that will begin later this year and will continue into 2011.
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Many law students will now have the option of renting their casebooks from West, rather than buying them. West caculates that students will save 38% or more if they rent, rather than purchase, a casebook. Students will still be able to take notes and highlight in the books. Students will also receive access to the electronic version of the casebook during the duration of the rental period. Whether it is cheaper for a student to rent a casebook from West, rather than purchasing it and selling it, would certainly depend on many factors. Nevertheless, students will appreciate having another option in their fight to keep education costs down.
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Even people who are not actively participating in "social media" like Twitter, blogs and other web applications might find it helpful to know what folks on these systems are talking about. Six Revisions, a blog for web developers and designers, has reviewed 12 Social Media Monitoring Tools. "Monitoring helps with branding and marketing and can help identify quality control or customer care problems that may have gone unnoticed." This kind of monitoring can help a business, or a lawyer, find out who is saying what and where the conversation is happening. The article looks at Google Alerts, Twitter Advanced Search, Icerocket, Addict-o-matic, Boardtracker, Twazzup, Social Mention, HootSuite, Seesmic, TweetDeck, Scoutlabs, and Radian6. Scoutlabs and Radian6 are paid services, but the others are free.


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Friday, June 13: Drugs
Friday, June 13: Drugs
It's been a disturbing 2014 so far in Taunton. The southeastern Massachusetts city marked its 100th heroin overdose of the year early in the year. And signs are that the problem will only get worse, with more potent drugs circulating through the addict community. JC Monahan reports on why heroin is plaguing many cities and towns throughout New England, and she tells us what police and health officials are doing to stem the tide of broken lives.
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Dr. Daniel Carr/Program Director, Pain, Research Education & Policy
International Conference on Opioids
Number 16/AA-Based Sober House for Men
Jeff Allison/Show Baseball Academy
Stewart Walton/father of fatal overdose victim


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Sartell Shooting Victim Dies, Suspect Jailed in St. Cloud [PHOTOS, VIDEO, AUDIO]
SARTELL -- A 20-year-old man shot in the chest outside a strip mall in Sartell has died from his injuries. Meanwhile, the man suspected of shooting him is jailed in St. Cloud.
A St. Cloud Hospital nursing supervisor says the victim -- who was shot in the chest around noon Thursday -- died late Thursday evening at the hospital. His name has not been released because not all of his relatives have yet been notified.
Police responded to a shooting call at the Sprint Store located at 1733 Pinecone Road South around noon Thursday. Police were told a male victim was brought to CentraCare Health Plaza in St. Cloud with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Police say the victim was taken by another driver from the Sprint Store to CentraCare. CentraCare officials say he was immediately taken by ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital.
Police say a perimeter was set up in front and behind the Sprint Store on Pinecone Road and several businesses next to the store were evacuated. Officers entered the building to clear it and police say they found evidence of the shooting in the Sprint Store.
Investigators identified a male suspect from the shooting and arrested him at about 3:30 p.m. and took him to the Stearns County Jail. Police say because no charges have been officially filed, the suspect's name hasn't been released.
Hear the actual police radio traffic as dispatchers and officers responded to first reports of the shooting.


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Recently I order a few hard drives. Well actually I ordered a brand spanking new EMC VNX 5500 with 105 hard drives. So far all is well except for one little problem. Because of all the flooding over in Thailand it appears that EMC has run out of SATA hard drives.
You see they shipped the frame, the flash drives (EMC called them Enterprise Flash Disks or EFDs) and the fiber channel drives. But they also shipped two empty shelves. In those shelves are supposed to be 30 2TB Carrier 7200 RPM SATA hard drives. But thanks to the flooding and the destruction caused by the flooding apparently Carrier has run out of SATA drives (or they are at least getting damn close) so in the mean time I have two empty shelves sitting in my shiny new EMC array for the next two months while I wait for the disks to arrive.
This just goes to show that you need to keep an eye on the world weather when you plan on upgrading your systems. Because in this case an awful lot of rain half way around the world is keeping me from getting hard drives delivered to a data center in New Jersey. Now this flooding in Thailand happened quite a while ago, but it takes time to dig factories out, get the workers living in save conditions and get the factory retooled and up and running again. So until then Carrier will be running at a reduced build capacity and the world is requesting hard drives from them (and the other hard drive vendors as well) faster then they can produce the drives.
Now I'm sure that eventually Carrier and EMC will get the production back up to what we would consider to be their normal storage capabilities, but until then we wish good thoughts for the people of Thailand and we wait for our hard drives to be delivered.


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Reviewed By Patrick S (Walkersville, MD) Reviewed for a 2004 Chevy Suburban —5/24/2010 5:30 AM
This is a great product it was very easy to install, I hard wired it into my trailer hitch with the trailer side supplied 4 wire flat connector. The reverse lights are not bright enough but they look good. I would recommend this product to anyone but if you are looking for a bright reverse light I would look at something else.


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Style # 212988
Nothing says spring like a hot safari print! This bebe dress features a mix of coral, nude and black, structured bodice with boning and a classic silhouette appropriate for day or night. Try yours with a pair of black or nude sandals and an oversized tote to give it a resort-chic pop.
- 97% cotton, 3% spandex
- Center back to hem: 27" (69 cm)
- Polyester charmeuse lining
- Underwire
- Padded bust
- Invisible zipper
- Dry clean
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size 6
- As seen in our spring 2013 catalog
Printed Sateen Dress is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 5 out of 5 by babstampa from Very nice dress but does fit two sizes small I am normally a bebe xs or size 2, I bought a size up based on the other reviews and I can't quite zip the size 4. I am going to save it for skinny days or try to have someone else have me zip it because I love the dress, the color, patern and material are great and I can tell it will look great on, but it does run very small. Also this dress has a built in bra, it has padding and underwire support in the chest area, so those that are saying the chest area is too tight, maybe try it without a bra.
Date published: 2013-06-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by ladyN from Lovely dress! I'm glad I bought this dress. It fits perfectly without wearing a bra. This dress has padding and wire to help form your bust. No need to wear a bra. I am size xs, which is 34 bust...and size 4 has 34.5 bust. It has plenty of room to move around because the material is flexible. I bought size 4 and it fits perfect. I love this dress. The print, material, and style are great. My bra size is 34C.
Date published: 2013-05-31
Rated 5 out of 5 by DBM123456 from Great fit, cute print! I love this dress! Going to wear it to an upcoming Friday night wedding.
Date published: 2013-04-21
Rated 2 out of 5 by NYanonymous from Perfect if you aren't curvy I wanted to specifically write a review to address how small the bust area is in this dress and saw that another reviewer already mentioned it. I am curvy on top and while I tried on this dress in my normal numeric Bebe size and the next size up ,there was no way to make this dress look good, despite the pattern being beautiful and the dress being well constructed. I was crushed in the bust area and I looked like a sausage stuffed into this dress. It was so disappointing that there was no flexibility on the top of this dress. The bust area of this dress is constructed almost like a flat panel or shield like shape so if you have shape on top, you won't be able to fit or will flattened out. Trying on larger sizes only creates the structured top to sharply protrude outward from your body. The torso and waist area of the dress fit as normal, despite the shortcommings of the bust area. The material was quality and the pattern was beautiful.
Date published: 2013-04-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by JulesinSF from Sexy and slimming I love this dress! I got a ton of compliments and it fits well if you're tall, too (I'm 5'11''). I wore Spanx underneath and no bra...there is light padding so none is needed. I'm a small C cup and think that D might be too big to fit in the top of the dress. Although it's quite fitted, the material doesn't show off every bump - and the black blocking on the sides are really slimming.
Date published: 2013-04-05


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Dave's Rating:
Movie Eats Own Tail, Stays Full of It
There's no describing this movie's circular plot without some spoilers. They're spoilers that aren't all that revelatory because the film itself is so inconsequential, but it's only fair to tell you from the get-go. If you care about that stuff then you've had your warning. Beat it.
*Deep breath*
Mirka (Lucia Siposova) is a prostitute who's scheduled an appointment with traveling businessman Michael (Jude Law) who winds up professionally blackmailed by a creepy salesman (Moritz Bleibtreu, Run Lola Run) and who then goes home to his miserably unsatisfied wife (Rachel Weisz) who's having an affair with Brazilian photographer Rui (Juliano Cazarre) whose girlfriend Laura (Maria Flor) finds out and hops a plane back to Brazil, only to get stuck in a snowed-in American airport with an older man (Anthony Hopkins), then gets separated from him and hooks up with an ex-con (Ben Foster) while Hopkins goes off to an AA meeting with dental assistant Valentina (Dinara Drukarova, Since Otar Left) whose Muslim employer (Jamel Debbouze, Amelie) harbors a forbidden crush on her.
There are even more characters, all of whose stories are braided together in a dense, heavy, bland challah loaf of cinema; or, to keep the comparison more in line with the project's motif of endless traveling, their paths cross and criss-cross, planing, training, automobiling and bumper car-ing from, toward and into one another on the forky road of existence. It's from super-serious auteur Fernando Meirelles (City of God), another entry in the 21 Grams of BabelCrash genre, most famously preceded by Max Ophüls' classic film La Ronde, which was in turn based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler. But the idea of a shrunken world of human connection, fresh once upon a time, has turned into an Internet-age fact of life, not interesting all by itself. You weren't there for the newsworthy event, but your friend's friend was. Or at least your friend's friend's ex-girlfriend was. So that means you're a part of it now, too. Except you're not, no more than you're suddenly friends with a random person you just noticed on Facebook who happens to share dozens of mutuals with you.
And much like sitting and reading a Facebook newsfeed all day, a numbing effect settles in. Too much story is just as problematic as too little. Either way you find that you crave more detail than you get or that you simply can't be bothered to care about so many fly-weight narrative detours. After awhile, no amount of close-ups of the napes of characters' necks (yes, this is a thing) will convince you that you're watching anyone's most intimate, vulnerable tipping point. It's all as impersonal as a flatscreen.
Worse, the movie's commitment to moving all the pieces around the board efficiently breeds some crazily false ideas about how women and men conduct their public lives. To make the plot work its woven magic, more than one female character in the film simply hops into a confined space with a man she's just met, then moves along to the dreaded "second location" you hear about on MSNBC true crime specials. The meat puppets have to be in the right place at the right time or else it all falls apart.
Saving graces bubble up, though, thanks to downcast, anxious performances from Lucia Siposova and Dinara Drukarova, both of whom carry enough worry and regret around with them for the entire cast, if not for the entire movie. Which brings us back to -- well, you get it.
43 out of 100 Metascore®
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One of two students shot in their apartment near the Michigan State University campus died Saturday morning at an area hospital of multiple gunshots wounds, police said.
The dead student was identified as 20-year-old Dominique Nolff, of Middleville in western Michigan. He was pronounced dead at 9:23 a.m. Saturday — about 12 hours after he and his 20-year-old roommate were shot.
His roommate, from Grand Haven, was treated and released from a hospital. His name was not released.
East Lansing police found the two students after responding about 8:50 p.m. Friday to a report of a shooting at the Cedar Village apartment complex.
"This does not appear to be a random act," police said in a statement.
No arrests had been made as of Saturday afternoon. Police described the suspect as a 20- to 25-year-old man who was wearing tan pants, a black coat and black shoes or boots.
Nolff's aunt, Heather Bush, told MLive.com that her nephew was in his second year at Michigan State.
"He was a gentleman. He loved people," Bush said. "He would do anything for anybody. His life was taken so short."
Nolff graduated from Thornapple Kellogg High School in Middleville, about 20 miles southeast of Grand Rapids.
The shootings near Michigan State occurred hours before a separate shooting near Ferris State University in Big Rapids, about 50 miles north of Grand Rapids.
About 4:15 a.m. Saturday a male student was shot in an apartment complex just off Ferris State's campus. His wounds were not considered life-threatening.
As of Saturday afternoon, no arrests had been made in that shooting.
In October, 20-year-old Eastern Michigan University football player Demarius Reed was shot to death during a robbery in an apartment building near that school's Ypsilanti campus. Two Detroit men are charged with open murder in Reed's slaying.


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In this lesson, students explore the First Industrial Revolution in early nineteenth-century America. By reading and comparing first-hand accounts of the lives of workers before the Civil War, students prepare for a series of guided role-playing activities designed to help them make an informed judgment as to whether the changes that took place in manufacturing and distribution during this period are best described as a "revolution" or as a steady evolution over time.
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The 10 Most Interesting Lyrics On Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' So Far
From sneak commercials to impromptu scavenger hunts in NYC, Jay-Z's rollout for his July 4th opus, Magna Carta Holy Grail, has been anything but conventional. While we're patiently awaiting the arrival of a new single, Hov's been blessing fans with poignant lyrics to a few tracks, including "Heaven," "Ocean" (feat. Frank Ocean) and "Holy Grail" (feat. Justin Timberlake), all of which speak volumes about what's been on his mind post-Watch the Throne. Check out the most interesting, weird, lyrics we've read so far.


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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pledged Wednesday to deliver the "real change" he says his Democratic opponent promised but has not achieved.
With President Barack Obama in New Jersey surveying storm damage, Romney softened his line of attack against the president. And in a remarkable move just six days before Election Day, he did not mention Obama's name in any of his three rallies across Florida.
But in a race that polls show to be extremely close, the Republican candidate found an avenue to challenge Obama nonetheless.
"I don't just talk about change," Romney told an estimated 2,000 supporters at an airport rally before outlining general plans to improve the nation's economy. "I actually have a plan to execute change and make it happen."
Later, at an evening rally in Jacksonville, he called for a new direction without naming the man he usually blames for the nation's ills: "These are tough time for the people of America," he told a rowdy crowd of more than 4,000.
Romney aides concede that the political balancing act is not over as the nation continues to focus on Hurricane Sandy's aftermath. The day before, Romney canceled some rallies and converted one into a storm relief event aimed at collecting donations for those in need.
Back on the campaign trail Wednesday, Romney encouraged Floridians to donate "a dollar or two" to storm victims across the East Coast.
"Today we wanted to make sure we kept a positive tone and talked about what the governor would hope to do on Day One of his presidency," adviser Kevin Madden said aboard Romney's campaign plane.
That's exactly what Romney did in campaign speeches in Tampa and Coral Gables that were stripped of his standard anti-Obama political jabs.
"We can't change the course of America if we keep on attacking each other. We have got to come together," the Republican told a largely Hispanic crowd inside the University of Miami basketball arena.
"When there are challenges, we come together."
Earlier at the Tampa rally he said, "People coming together is what's also going to happen, I believe, on Nov. 7," a reference to the day after the election.
The Romney campaign stopped short of praising Obama's disaster-relief leadership, which New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, has described as "terrific."
"I refer to Gov. Christie's remarks. I believe the response is still going on, so I'm not in a position to qualify the response by the federal government," Madden said.
It's unclear how long the positive tone will last. Even on Wednesday, the speaker who introduced Romney, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, couldn't help but jab the president. Bush's brother, former President George W. Bush, has been a frequent target of the Obama re-election effort because the economic meltdown began on his watch.
"Do you honestly think that this president is capable of bringing people together?" Bush asked as the crowd shouted, "No!" ''His entire strategy is to blame others - starting with my brother, of course. Basically, he blames every possible thing rather than having the humility to be able to reach out and to find common ground."
The storm has created an air of uncertainty in Romney's Boston headquarters. Aides report that their internal polling offers a better outlook than recent public polling that gives Obama an edge in some swing states, but they concede that the national distraction has frozen any momentum Romney had coming out of the presidential debates.
At the same time, the campaign is sketching a schedule for the final days of the campaign. Madden said it was unclear whether Romney would visit any storm-ravaged areas.
Romney is expected to campaign in Virginia on Thursday and Ohio on Friday after a brief stop in Wisconsin. The campaign is planning to host an Ohio rally Friday evening featuring dozens of Republican officials to launch a four-day sprint to Election Day. On Saturday, Romney heads to swing state Colorado.


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According to a new shocking report, Kate Gosselin has blown through millions of dollars and is now worried about her financial future.
Popeater reports that though the TLC reality star made a small fortune from her show Kate Plus 8 and Dancing With The Stars, most of that money is now gone.
"Kate lives like she is a movie star," a friend tells Popeater. "She flies first class and stays at the most expensive hotels and spends money on herself like it's going out of fashion. Remember, this is a woman who once spent $7,000 on a haircut!"
The source also adds that Kate thought she would get some endorsement deals following her stint on DWTS. "She thought she would earn millions by advertising baby carriages, food and cloths, but no one wanted her. The poor thing even thought she would get a deal with Cover Girl after being on 'Dancing With The Stars,' instead they went with Beyonce."
The most shocking part of the article is that Kate is so worried about her finances that she is considering getting – gasp – "a real job!"
And in other Kate news, Life & Style magazine is reporting that TLC has canceled Kate's other show – Twist of Kate. The reason? "It's no longer on the schedule because Kate can't bring in the ratings," says a source.
Even worse, her other TLC show, Kate Plus 8, might also be in danger of cancellation due to low ratings. According to the Hollywood Life, the June 22, 2009 episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 registered 10.6 million viewers, compared to the 1.3 million viewers who tuned in for her recent Alaska episode.
TLC reportedly pays Kate a lot of money to do the show, so with the low ratings, the network might be more than willing to say adios to Kate despite her popularity.
UPDATE – A rep is confirming to UsWeekly that Twist of Fate is not canceled adding that the news is "100 percent not true." Twist of Kate follows Kate as she visits and helps families facing obstacles.