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Keynote speaker will be state Sen. Robert Nichols
Lamar University is scheduled to confer 577 degrees at summer commencement Saturday, Aug. 18, in the Montagne Center. District 3 State Senator Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, will be the keynote speaker. Nichols is a 1968 graduate of LU.
"I'm just here to confirm a rumor," Lamar University President James M. "Jimmy" Simmons told LU faculty, staff and members of the media in a meeting held at the Gray Library on Friday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m.
The "rumor" in question was his retirement. Simmons announced that, after a 14-year tenure as president of the university, he will officially step down on Jan. 31, 2013.
Six Beaumont scrap yards were busted by Beaumont Police after a six-month long undercover investigation discovered the businesses were buying illegal scrap metal, the Beaumont Police said in a statement released Aug. 1.
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church commemorated its 75th anniversary Saturday, July 28, with a celebration banquet at the Beaumont Civic Center. "It was an opportunity to both celebrate the church's achievements over the last 75 years, as well as to honor some of our parishioners for good stewardship," said Coquese Williams, banquet chair.
The retirement "Extravaganza" for Dr. Carrol Thomas wasn't supposed to cost taxpayers a dime when the Beaumont Council of PTAs was sponsoring the event. Yet, less than two months later, the PTA's been dropped, BAABSE is now headlining the event and taxpayers are on the hook for $1,600 after BISD put down a deposit for the event — and canceled.
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Discovery Reinvented
So much more than a single search box.
Combining the latest technologies and design techniques, the Summon service helps your library keep pace with ever-changing user expectations. To lead users to better research outcomes, it delivers contextual guidance for researchers and empowers librarians to directly impact the discovery experience.
What is Summon 2.0?
With Summon 2.0 we're doing what we've always done, partnering with libraries to make the research process easier, faster and better. With these groundbreaking new features for the Summon service, together we're taking discovery to the next level. Read more about how we got here and where we're heading.
What is Summon 2.0?
The first web-scale discovery service to market, the Summon service is still the only discovery service designed around a single, unified index of content. Its introduction in 2009 revolutionized discovery by making it possible for libraries and their users to move beyond federated search and database silos. With Summon 2.0 we're once again pushing the envelope for what library discovery can be. Unlike other discovery services, the Summon service is not a repurposed database platform or next-generation catalog. It's a built-to-purpose discovery engine expressly designed to meet end-user needs, while at the same time providing librarians opportunities to scale their services to connect with more users.
Inspired by research examining the changed (and ever-changing) nature of user behaviors and research needs, we made a promise that the Summon service would keep getting better all the time. Thanks to our Software as a Service (SaaS) model and agile development methodology, we've pioneered new features and delivered hundreds of enhancements since launching the Summon service—all based on usability research, data analysis and direct customer feedback. At the same time, we've grown the Summon unified index from 200,000 million items at launch to now over 1.1 billion discoverable items. And that's after our exclusive match and merge technology combines nearly 500 million duplicates. All this presents users with the richest possible representation of searchable metadata.
Summon 2.0 is a leap forward. These enhancements to the Summon service are based on everything we've learned about discovery over the last 4 years while serving as the digital front door for some of the largest and most respected research libraries in the world. We've performed ongoing usability studies, listened carefully to our customers and analyzed volumes of data including search logs of millions of users performing hundreds of millions of searches across the Summon unified index. The result is we've learned a lot about how users do research. We've also paid attention to other sites our users search— like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter— as well as the new technologies they're using like smartphones, tablets and touchscreen devices. We've taken what we've learned and created a better discovery experience—Summon 2.0. But, we're not done innovating yet. In fact, we're just getting started.
Streamlined, Modern Interface
Familiar user experience
The new user experience matches user expectations developed from searching the open Web. Using the latest technologies, it's lightning fast and easy to navigate.
Responsive and mobile-friendly
Designed with mobile in mind, the interface is responsive to different devices, creating a seamless experience whether you're using a desktop, tablet or mobile device— all without losing any functionality. No apps to install - just go!
Summon Topic Explorer™
Over 50,000 topics to guide users
Highlighting relevant encyclopedia entries, the Summon Topic Explorer™ pane helps guide users through the research process and exposes them to pertinent reference content in context of their query. Fosters "presearch" via the library by leveraging subscribed and free reference sources—customizable by the library.
Jump-start the research process
The Summon Topic Explorer™ pane provides recommendations to related topics, exposes your library's most relevant research guides, and promotes appropriate subject librarians in context.
Summon Scholar Profiles™
3 million+ profiles for key authors and researchers
Instantly matching users' searches to key authors and researchers, Scholar Profiles™ boost relevance, improve search precision and encourage exploratory author searching within and across disciplines.
Supports scholars and research funding on campus
Indexed, authoritative data from ProQuest Scholars Universe fosters collaborative research. Scholar Profiles™ offer librarians opportunities to participate in building, expanding and promoting their institutions' scholars, faculty and researchers.
Automated Query Expansion™
Ensures relevant content is not missed
Even when users don't know all the right keywords or controlled vocabularies to use, Automated Query Expansion™ improves search precision by including additional keywords and spelling variations for common topical queries. Users are able to suspend query expansion when precision searching is desired.
Connect Users to Librarians
Recommended librarians and subject guides
Bringing librarians into the discovery experience, Topic Explorer™ panes link users directly to relevant subject specialists and librarian-recommended research guides.
Fully-indexed research guides
Dynamically displayed in result sets based on relevancy, indexed research guides further expose users to valuable information and research help.
Library-Curated Recommendations
Get users to relevant information via "Best Bets"
Promote specific library resources such as research guides, specialized collections, library web pages, course reserves, announcements, current events, important contacts, library hours, help tools and more through "Best Bets" curated and controlled by your library in the Summon administration console.
Database recommendations
Blending library control, "community-sourced" tags and relevancy-based recommendations users are pointed to specialized databases for targeted research and discipline specific searching
Real-Time Reference Help
Embed chat where users need it most
Seamlessly embedded chat and reference widgets allow users to receive real-time help from reference staff within the context of the discovery environment. Libraries can integrate and customize chat and reference widgets in the Summon environment with easy to use administration tools.
Related Search Suggestions
Encourages exploration of related concepts
As users scroll through results, related search suggestions dynamically display encouraging users to expand their query to aid their research. Leveraging real-time, global Summon usage data, related searches offer users scholarly and multi-lingual suggestions for query expansion and refinement.
Content Spotlighting
Visually distinguishes valuable content by type
Dynamic display features highlight relevant content sets like newspaper articles, reference materials and digital images with a unique visual style that differentiates it from scholarly journal and book content.
Groups newspaper content for easy identification
Spotlighting retains the highest visibility for scholarly journal and book content while ensuring that users won't miss relevant and valuable newspaper content.
Local collection and image spotlighting
Dynamic display features allow users to easily navigate across image content and promotes some of the library's most unique and valued collections.
Navigate By Discipline
Easily zoom in on discipline-specific content
The discipline facet allows users to take advantage of authoritative discipline mapping in the Summon unified index covering 59 disciplines to quickly zoom in on discipline-specific content or combine disciplines for unparalleled interdisciplinary searching. As users refine results by discipline they are further exposed to discipline-related subject terms.
Personalized Search
Create and save scoped searches
Any user—librarian, faculty, researcher, technically inclined or not—can link directly from the Summon interface to create an unlimited number of personally-scoped search boxes and widgets. Easy to embed in any web environment including course management software, Facebook or other collaborative portals, personally-scoped search widgets and search boxes help users save time spent on searching and more time working with results.
Unparalleled Customization
Easily match institutional branding and navigation
New custom header options allow libraries to bring their institutional branding and navigation into the discovery environment.
Customize to meet your library users' needs
Administrative console options allow for a wealth of features to be easily turned on, off or customized to library specifications. With the Custom Text Editor, you can modify just about any text, button or label on the Summon interface, for any of the 34 language interfaces that Summon supports.
Open API allows for further customization
Since the "out of-the-box" Summon user interface is built using the Summon API, just about every feature in the Summon service is available for developers to create a customized discovery experience for their library. All while still enjoying the same unmatched speeds, reliability and currency of the service.
Contact us for a demonstration or more information on Summon 2.0 and how a more modern, engaging and powerful discovery experience delivers value for your library and your users.

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Apple sending battery recall emails to registered users
If there was ever a good reason to register a product like a notebook, being warned that it might catch fire, and getting the chance to avoid said fire, is as good as any in our book. We're receiving reports that Apple has begun sending emails to registered owners of iBooks and PowerBooks,...
Widget Watch: eBay Watcher 3.0
If your picture is hanging on eBay's 'Favorite Customers of All Time' award wall, this eBay Watcher widget might be just for you. As a powerhouse eBay monitoring tool, this widget has it all: up to three items can be watched at once, audio feedback for price changes and auction ending, Growl...
Hack iCal to present alarms through Growl
If you're a Growl fanatic, or maybe iCal's alarms just aren't cutting it for you, a forum thread at cocoaforge might provide you with some options for getting iCal and Growl to shake hands. Discussion has included various methods of using AppleScript, hacking the innards of iCal and even replacing...
Gmail-Growl Utility 1.7
The Gmail-Growl Utility that adds some seriously handy features to Google's official Gmail Notifier has been updated with a functionality face-lift and some fixes. It now has an option to toggle on/off Growl notifications for those times when you just need silence, and in Mac OS X Tiger you can now...
So long iCal, hello Google Calendar
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Gmail Notifier updated, offers opening of Gmail messages
Growl is a utility that, like the drunkenbatman, has become a necessity in my daily work. As far as email is concerned, even though I can't bring myself to ditch Mail.app and Address Book completely due to device synchronization issues, Gmail has certainly found its place in my daily tool-belt as...
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PALESTINE — The heavy rains that deluged the area over the Halloween are now costing the city of Palestine.
Palestine council members approved the cost of replacing the automatic fine-screened barscreen at the Town Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant during a regular council meeting held Tuesday.
"We received eight to 11 inches of rain in a 24-hour period," Palestine Utility Director Robert Sedgwick told council members Tuesday as he presented photos of the damaged equipment. "This piece of equipment is used to remove the solids from the water that comes through the plant. There were so many solids, rocks and other debris, coming through that day, it damaged these screens."
Sedgwick said the total cost of the replacement parts from manufacturer Vulcan Industries, is $15,750, which would be covered by the city's Wastewater Treatment fund, which currently has a fund balance of $110,000.
"Our own staff would do the actual change out and we're also filing on our insurance as an act of God to help recoup some of the cost," Sedgwick said.
Councilman Mark Price said, "It's amazing how much this machine pulls out — we're talking clothing, animals, all kinds of things — it's a very important piece of equipment."
In a related but separate matter, the Council also approved a change order to plans for Phase 2B of the city's sanitary sewer rehabilitation for $35,545. The new contract amount will be $836,144, Sedgwick said, adding the original contract total was for $950,000 originally available for this contract.
"This is the only change order for this project and it is for quantity adjustments as per the original unit prices," Sedgwick said.
The project is one of several aimed at improving the city's wastewater and sewer infrastructure.
Also on Tuesday, the council:
• APPROVED a low-interest low of up to $500,000 from the East Texas Council of Governments to help pay for construction projects related to the Sanderson Farms project.


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Mural Monday: Along with the Angel Store in Ventura, I also found this Angel Mural in the Byzantine-Latino District of Los Angeles.
It's very appropriate for LA considering that "Los Angeles" means "The City of Angels."
The words say: "We are each of us angles with one wing. We can only fly embracing each other.


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Starting a new job is always tough. You want early success to prove you really were the right pick.
That's especially true if you happen to be the first woman to hold that job. Ever.
So when President Obama on Wednesday nominated Janet Yellen to lead the Federal Reserve, she might have had two reactions: 1) Yippee and 2) Uh-oh.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the nation's one hundred nuclear reactors, has announced it will temporarily close its doors on Wednesday evening, due to the government shutdown. Safety operations will not be affected.
Originally published on Mon November 4, 2013 12:26 pm
We've known for years that Congress — as a whole — is unpopular.
Originally published on Wed October 9, 2013 7:14 pm
Another member of the Obama family wants to come to Washington. But don't expect the president to campaign for him.
Milton Wolf, a distant cousin of President Obama's, announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate in Kansas, challenging three-term Sen. Pat Roberts in the Republican primary.
There's some political distance between Wolf and his cousin in the White House, to put it mildly.
An outspoken critic of the president's health care law, Wolf writes a conservative column for the Washington Times and has made several appearances on Fox News.


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Israeli-American chemists Arieh Warshel and Michael Levitt were officially awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday.
The two, along with Martin Karplus, won the award "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
The three will each receive a cash prize of just over $1 million.
Warshel, 72, is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he has been since the 1970s.
Levitt, a South Africa-born professor, immigrated to Israel in 1979, married here and taught at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot for most of the 1980s.
On Monday, Stockholm's Jewish community held a special welcoming ceremony for the two Israeli-American scientists.
"This is a very exciting day for Israel and not for the first time," Minister of Communications and Home Front Defense Gilad Erdan said during the event, referring to the six chemistry Nobels won by Israelis in the past decade.
Despite holding US citizenship, Levitt repeatedly emphasized his connection to Israel, and said his accomplishment was an achievement for the Jewish state.
"At its root, this is an Israeli Nobel Prize," Levitt said Monday during a conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Take advantage of me, I want to be utilized as an Israeli prizewinner."
Levitt, who was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1947, received his BSc from King's College, London, and his PhD in computational biology from the University of Cambridge. He was a Royal Society Exchange Fellow at the Weizmann Institute in 1967-1968, immigrated to Israel in 1979, and was a professor of chemical physics at Weizmann from 1980 to 1987. Levitt's sons still live in Israel.
Warshel was born in 1940 in Kibbutz Sde Nahum, in the Beit She'an Valley. He served in the IDF (reaching the rank of captain), then attended Haifa's Technion, where he got a BSc degree in Chemistry in 1966. He earned MSc and PhD degrees in Chemical Physics (in 1967 and 1969) at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. He then did postdoctoral work at Harvard University, returned to the Weizmann Institute in the early 1970s and also worked for the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England. He joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at USC in 1976.
Of the 23 chemistry Nobels awarded in the past decade, 11 of the winners were Jewish and six of them were Israelis.
Both Warshel and Levitt left Israel for the US because they felt they could not progress here, underlining concerns about the ongoing brain drain of top Israeli academics.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.


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This is a support group for people with multiple medical conditions.
Members: 87
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type 1 diabetes, bipolar disorder, rynauds, ocd, anxiety, depression, the list goes on. how do i stay positive with all of my problems?Continue
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This category is for introducing yourself and explaining what medical conditions you have and how they affect your life or whatever.
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This is for people who feel like they've been mistreated with their medical conditions and would like to talk about it.
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I'm searching for a connection between PN and Diabetes. The "experts" say the cause of PN is unknown. It presents as a "bite" that causes extreme itching. Next, lesions appear and the itching…Continue
@ Roxyann Ruiz;
Sarchoidosis is hereditary as well as being an auto-immune disorder which Diabetes type 1 is. I have some symptoms of of it, like the issue with a painful sternum, and issues with weakness of breathing. I have also had it show up on an xray of my liver, so not really sure. The last xray, it was gone, so again, the docs don't really know and are assuming the inheritance and immune disorder that caused the diabetes as the likely causes. However, I am also a smoker, so they are not really sure.
My father has it really bad, non-smoker, but has had the tumors show up in his kidneys, lungs, pancreas and liver at different times in the past. He is now 84 and doing ok, considering his other health issues, bad heart, bad fluid drainage from his head, which causes severe physical disorientation, ie he falls a lot. He has had 3 different surgeries to help with the fluid drainage, and they can not do a 4th one, even though he does severely need it.
Anyway, it 'appears' to run along side with inheritance AND auto-immune disorders, so it would not surprise me if they found that in you. I would warn though, that it is frequently incorrectly diagnosed, so as always, get a second official opinion from someone that truly handles those types of cases.
Anyone here also having problems with Sarcoidosis on top of being a type 1 diabetic.
Hello, I am new to this group; having just joined. I have had Diabetes for about ten plus years now; but also have a host of other diseases.
I have had a heart attack, have borderline high blood pressure and have had a kidney removed because of a growth in the bad kidney.
The only thing good with my health is that my cholesterol is very low, but then the HDL (good cholestrol) is also very low (less than 25.)
Does anyone on this forum have any advice for me? I am in reasonable good health and do a lot of walking as well as treadmill and elliptical machine exercise.
Judith, that URL works better.
I commented about that on the group Diabetes Plus, Robert! Very odd!! I was able to enter that site yesterday, however today...no go! Let's blame it on the time change ;)
Judith, looks like you made some error in entering the URL for that website.
Hi Mohanned. I just looked at urticaria in Wikipedia, which noted that it could be an immune problem. It also said, "The most common food allergies in adults are shellfish and nuts. The most common food allergies in children are shellfish, nuts, peanuts, eggs, wheat, and soy."
I have Celiac Disease, which is not an allergy but a problem with the gluten in wheat, rye and barley; I also have an allergy to shrimp and am intolerent to soy and corn. Celiac and Type 1 commonly occur together; I have both.
It might be worthwhile for you to investigate the possibility that you have Celiac or some food allergy if you haven't already done so. Wishing you luck in getting relief soon, whatever the cause.
I have been getting Zantac via Walmart's generic Rx plan. Just discovered that I can get the exact same thing over the counter for the exact same price. The only difference is with a Rx I don't have to pay sales tax. Guess what I'm gonna be doing from now on. So much easier than having to call in for an Rx.
© 2014 A community of people touched by diabetes, run by the Diabetes Hands Foundation.


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CW light output power versus injection current measured at room temperature (RT) for a ridge waveguide triple quantum wells. The inset shows the lasing spectrum of the MQW at an injection current of .
The in-plane energy dispersion curves of the quantum wells with . (a) and (b) are the conduction and valence subbands, respectively. Solid line is the result calculated using 8-band model, dashed line is that of the 10-band model.
(a) Maximum optical gain of the TE-mode as a function of carrier density. (b) Radiative current density as a function of carrier density. Solid lines are for structure , dashed lines are for structure .
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Chiefs offensive tackle Donald Stephenson admired Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam for his decision to reveal he is gay.
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Chiefs' Donald Stephenson calls Michael Sam 'brave'
February 10
By RANDY COVITZ
The Kansas City Star
"I think the kid is brave … doing it right before the draft," said Stephenson, who just finished his second season with the Chiefs.
Stephenson said it would be OK with him if the Chiefs were to draft Sam, who would become the first openly gay active player in the NFL.
"I can't speak for everybody else," said Stephenson, "but if the kid can play football … I'm not the guy to judge anybody.
"I wish him the best … this has never happened before, so the only thing I can do is see how it works for him."
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Cork Chamber and the Faculty of Commerce in the College of Business & Law, UCC, have launched the annual Transition Year (TY) Business Awards for 2014, which is kindly sponsored by BNY Mellon, a global investments company and major employer in Cork.
The TY awards play a key role in encouraging and supporting young entrepreneurs in Ireland. The Chamber would like to acknowledge the generous sponsorship of BNY Mellon and looks forward to working with UCC in ensuring another successful year for the TY Business Awards Programme.
Students participating in the 2014 Transition Year Business Awards are requested to submit a 1,500 word project based on their experience of their school's Mini Company/Enterprise. This year, the judging panel are asking students to Review the Resources Available to a Start-Up Business and Comment on the Key Framework, Infrastructure or Resource Necessary to Grow Your Business.
The prize-giving ceremony taking place in the Aula Maxima, UCC on the 9th April 2014.
Cork Chamber President Gillian Keating spoke at Alliance Française de Cork on "Learning a language, just another business skill or an act of cultural generosity?" See full speech here.
The Department of Social Protection has launched a new employer incentive scheme, JobsPlus, which encourages and rewards employers who offer employment opportunities to the long-term unemployed. JobsPlus provides a monthly employment grant to employers who recruit employees who were long-term unemployed on the Live Register. There are two levels of payment available:
The JobsPlus scheme is available to employers who offer employment of over 30 hours per week and do not displace any existing employees. There is no limit on the number of new recruits per employer.
Full details of eligibility criteria and steps to become an approved JobsPlus employer are available on www.jobsplus.ie
Invitation to Tender
Cork City Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced Food Business Development/Food Tourism Consultants in collaboration with Architects, Property Economic Consultants and Quantity Surveyor services for the preparation of a Feasibility Study into the establishment of a National Food Centre in Cork City. The objectives of the Study will be to determine the constituent elements of a successful and commercially viable Food Centre and to recommend a strategy for the advancement of such a development.
Full details are available on the www.etenders.gov.ie website under System ID Number 77552
The closing date for submission of Tenders is 16.00hrs on 13th September 2013.
Chambers Ireland has launched a new guide to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for SMEs, The Sustainability Factor.
CSR embraces responsibility for a company's actions and encourages awareness of a company's impact on the environment and local community. While it is often seen as the realm of large multinationals, more and more SMEs are realising the benefits CSR can have on their business. This guide highlights the number of simple ways that SMEs engage with CSR, many of which can have a positive effect on their bottom line. Despite current economic constraints, CSR continues to grow in Ireland. Implementing responsible business practices and becoming more sustainable has a positive impact on business. Chambers Ireland hopes that this guide will encourage more SMEs to embrace these ideas and make CSR a core part of their business ethos.
Engaging with CSR creates many benefits for SMEs including:
This guide was co-financed by the South Western Regional Authority through the INTERREG IVC DESUR project and is available online here.
In 2012, Cork County Council implemented an "Adopt a Road" scheme which allows businesses and voluntary community groups to adopt a designated stretch of road by agreeing a litter maintenance programme on it with the Council. This scheme encourages businesses and local community groups to work together to reduce litter while promoting local businesses or community interests and offers businesses an opportunity to highlight their commitment to a clean and attractive local environment.
In recent weeks, Cork County Council has expanded this scheme to include roundabouts. The "Adopt a Roundabout" scheme will allow local businesses or community groups to sponsor the landscaping and maintenance of a roundabout in their area. All agreed works must be carried out by professional landscaping contractors and are subject to approval of the Council's Area Engineer.
This scheme builds on the strengths of the Tidy Towns initiative and community volunteerism alongside corporate social responsibility. When agreement has been reached between the group and the local authority, a sign will be placed on the stretch of road/roundabout highlighting the name and/or logo of the community group or business beside the County Council's name and logo.
Those interested in participating in the Scheme should first contact Cork County Council's local Area Engineer's office, Click here for Contact Details, to discuss their proposals.
For more information click here
Cork Chamber's Membership Transport Survey indicated that almost 89% of businesses in the Cork region do not operate Employee Transport Benefit Schemes. Similarly, over 75% of employers and employees use a private car (single occupancy) for transport to and from work. This is a challenging figure in the context of the efforts of all stakeholders to develop a modern and efficient public transport network and deliver significant modal shift in Cork.
To address this issue, Cork Chamber and our regional partners are advocating the use of the TaxSaver Commuter Ticket Scheme. The scheme is an incentive designed to increase the use of public transport amongst commuters.
In Cork, the scheme is operated by Iarnrod Eireann and Bus Eireann in conjunction with the Revenue Commissioners. The scheme involves employers providing employees with bus and rail commuter tickets while saving on employer PRSI payments.
Participating employees benefit from reduced tax and PRSI payments.
Companies can save up to 10.75% in PRSI while employees can save between 31% - 52% in tax, PRSI and USC.
Over 2,500 companies are now purchasing Monthly and Annual tickets for their employees.
There are several ways companies can assist their employees in receiving a TaxSaver Ticket:
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Blueprint for Prosperity: Rebuilding the American Dream – For Future Generations
Guest Commentary
by Joel Marchese, CA-53 Congressional Candidate
The history of the United States is unique and exceptional among nations, to say the least. It began with open rebellion against a tyrannical king, and by embracing constructs of Natural Law (God's Law) over man's law: "We the People, hold these truths to be self-evident…that all men are created equal." Living up to that statement became a cornerstone of idealism which would shape both people and events during the first 75 years after the American Revolution.
Guest Commentary
by Councilman Ernest Ewin
Good Morning La Mesa!
After being away from the La Mesa City Council for 12 years, in 2002 the voters returned me to the Council.
Now after another 12 years, I will have served you for a total 18 years on the Council come this November. Thank you!
For the last year and a half, I have been contemplating those closing words of a favorite childhood song and "dance"…the "Hokey Pokey". Do you remember? "And you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about…"
Guest Commentary
by Thomas Del Beccaro
Does the Rule of Law matter or is it an antiquated concept in this day and age? After all, our President regularly violates the separation of powers by unilaterally rewriting laws. So it comes with some surprise when a judge stands up to California's executive branch and puts the brakes on California's High Speed Rail project by, of all things, requiring government to follow the Rule of Law. Surprise or not, it could be an important test case for years to come.
Today may be the qualification deadline for the June primary this year, but Mike Harrison is getting the jump on a deadline still two years away. The longtime staffer to both Congressmen Duncan Hunters (father and son) tells me he is running in 2016 to succeed Brian Jones in the State Assembly. I requested Harrison provide a comment, but he did one better, sending me the following:
Achieving a Better California
by Mike Harrison
A better California is something we not only deserve, it's a goal I want to help us achieve in our great state. After much prayer and discussion with my family, I have made the decision to run for California State Legislature's 71st Assembly District in 2016.
With a strike by teachers recently ended in the Alpine Union School District, a member of the community provides a call for action…
by Steve Hunyar
I am glad you are back to work — to the business of educating once again.
This is a clarion call for positive action. After 10 years of seeing the writing on the wall, inaction is no longer an option for the Alpine Union School District, and for our children.
by Senator Mark Wyland
This past weekend my family held a celebration of life for my mother,who passed away late last year. I thought about her advice to me, shortly before she passed away: "Life is short; you have some goals in education that are very important to you — you better get at it."
I had been in business for more than twenty years, and had extensive dealings with the Board of Equalization; it seemed natural to continue public service with the same Board because I knew how to improve it.
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by Steve Vaus - Councilman, City of Poway
I remember a proverb from grade school:
One cold night, as a Bedouin sat in his tent, a camel gently thrust his nose under the flap and looked in. "Master," he said, "let me put my nose in your tent. It's cold out here." "By all means," said the Bedouin, as he turned over and went to sleep. A little later the Bedouin awoke to find that the camel had not only put his nose in the tent but his head and neck also.
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by Amanda Young Rigby – Councilwoman, City of Vista
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Does the complaint of one person warrant the change or implementation of a city ordinance? Some have said, "No!" but I think it does not matter how many people complain. If something wrong is to be righted, I believe in the power of one.
But what if that one voice is a business owner upset that there is competition coming into town and asks the city to restrict and/or outright ban that competition?
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by Michael A. Schwartz
As I wrote last Thursday, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore lost in a big decision regarding your right to bear arms. So what now? Sheriff Gore has 14 days to make a decision on what to do..These are the options to Gore and their financial impact on San Diego County:
1. The plaintiff's attorney is coming after the County of San Diego for around $300k for legal fees owed if Gore accepts this current decision. Gore has already implied to the public and the local Republican Central Committee that he would accept the decision once issued.
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by Michael A. Schwartz
As Richard Rider posted earlier, today the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision linked here against San Diego County Sheriff Gore. In summary…Gore's internal policies regarding issuing concealed carry permits are unconstitutional.
The case was brought by a part-time San Diego resident Ed Peruta. Ed decided he wanted to spend his golden years traveling across the country in his RV with his wife. In order to protect himself and comply with various state laws, Ed applied for concealed weapon permits in the various states he planned on spending time. All went well until he applied in San Diego, California, the city where he would spend the most amount of time. The San Diego County Sheriff's office clerk wouldn't even take his application.
The next 96 hours will determine if we take back the office of San Diego Mayor so here is what you need to know…
There is NO central committee meeting/event on Monday as it's the day before Election Day and we are putting all our energy into Get-Out-The-Vote efforts.
The ONLY THING TO FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW is getting out the Republican vote for Kevin Faulconer. That's it. Will you walk a precinct or help make phone calls?
SATURDAY, SUNDAY and MONDAY
10 AM at Kevin Faulconer HQ at 5215 Lovelock Street to deploy for precinct walking. Phone banking available all day. Just show up and be part of the team!
A Response by Founding Father
In a recent SD Rostra blog comment, I asked Rostra regular, Brian Brady, to explain his apparent dichotomy as to how he could profess a Sanctity of Life moral position and yet support an Abortion candidate for the GOP nomination, in the 52nd Congressional District race in particular. His response to that inquiry is linked here.
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by Sylvia Sullivan
55 million babies have died in the U.S. since the infamous Supreme Court Roe v Wade ruling 41 years ago this month. It is beyond a national tragedy. It is a choice of descent into barbarism.
Because of the ghastly numbers of dead babies, it may be difficult to see that the pro-choice side is on a downward spiral. Clinics continue to close as state after state pass pro-life bills. Young people faced with the scientific reality of the humanity of pre-born babies, are decidedly a more pro-life generation.
Guest Commentary
by Joel Marchese
Happy New Year San Diego! I hope you are recovered from 2013 and ready for 2014. This will be a busy year to be sure. We have so much to prepare for to make sure that our families and friends are well provided for, especially with the skyrocketing costs of healthcare associated with the implementation of the "ACA" or "Obamacare." The rising costs of our healthcare will no doubt have a serious ripple effect throughout our economy – triggering additional job cuts, decreased spending on consumer goods, and even some inflation in the retail sector. Isn't it ironic that a law that was originally meant to help 16 million people by providing access to healthcare, will end up hurting ten times that number, or over 160 million hard working taxpayers!
Response to the article, Hunter has no clothes…ahem…conservatism, published by Eric Andersen last month (Dec. 19).
Guest Commentary
by Melory Tsipouria
I am not going to hide the fact that I am disappointed with the positions and statements/comments from some of my friends recently about Congressmen Duncan Hunter and Darrell Issa in connection with their votes on the recently passed budget.
Those statements were in and in response to the article, Hunter has no clothes…ahem…conservatism, in this same venue by my friend Eric Andersen.
What is especially disappointing is that Eric and those who share his views unfairly accuse the above mentioned Congressmen for lacking devotion to the constitution.
Mark Powell, a 2012 candidate for the San Diego Unified School Board, recently had the article linked below published in the UT San Diego.
"To gain the trust of voters and decisively win more elections, the Republican Party must become more attractive to the electorate," Mark tells SD Rostra. "Republicans must explore and identify all available venues and show their true face — the face of the Party of Lincoln."
Read the UT piece here:
Guest Commentary
by Eric Andersen
On February 12th, 2012, I signed an oath in which I solemnly swore to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
I happen to believe that document still provides a valid road map to prosperity and happiness.
I also believe Congressman Duncan Hunter has been negligent in his duty to uphold it and it is my responsibility to stand up and say so.
I believe his votes have done more harm to our unalienable rights and limited form of government than any foreign invader.
by Aaron Byzak
Here's a basic rundown of my fiscal politics:
I came from nothing. Broke as hell. I've worked my tail off to realize some professional, educational and personal success. I am reimbursed for my professional endeavors with something called money. This is my property and the foundation of my economic liberty.
Yet roughly 50 percent of my economic liberty is confiscated annually by a profoundly inefficient entity that takes my money through the threat of force, including imprisonment. It is no different than if I was allowed to keep everything I earn, and then that same inefficient entity came to my house once a year and took half of everything I owned.
Guest Column
by Joel Marchese
Contrary to popular belief, we still have lots to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Holiday. We still live in a free society. We still maintain the right to vote, the right to free speech and freedom of religion. And, we still have countless other rights and privileges not enjoyed in other countries and by many cultures around the world. We are truly and literally blessed.
This is why the elections of 2014 matter!
Guest Commentary
by Steve Vaus
Living in Poway for 21 years I've witnessed first-hand the power of volunteerism to fill a need — the amazing things possible when a helping hand is extended. But serving on City Council I've found there are often needs that go unmet because they are unknown. There's been a missing link when it came to connecting the 'needs' with the 'help.' So, I created POWAY SECRET SERVICE.
Guest Commentary
by Joel Marchese
Conservatives always lash out at liberals for using class warfare as a tool to win elections. Liberals respond by saying that if only tax rates were higher for the rich than they are now, we wouldn't need this debate.
Historically, the conservative argument for keeping taxes lower always wins when the empirical data is analyzed fully. Lower taxes result in greater tax revenues because it unleashes the private sector to create more jobs, and thus more payroll taxes are collected. This philosophy of lowering taxes to stimulate the economy and raise more tax revenue works ever time it is tried — as it did with Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, and even during the Clinton and Bush presidencies.
Tonight the Carlsbad School Board will decide who gets to fill the vacancy left by Kelli Moors' departure. Republican Sage Naumann has applied for the position. Here is a recent interview with Naumann.
Guest Column
by Michael Schwartz
Recently Sage Naumann, a Republican candidate for Carlsbad Unified School Board, made the news for pointing out that a current member of the Board (Kelli Moors) voted to extend a 6 figure contract to a law firm she took a job with just days after the vote. The story received enough coverage thanks to Sage that the Board decided to re-vote on the contract. It was no surprise to me that Sage was the only one to catch this or how much doing the right thing mattered to Sage.
Guest Commentary
by Sage Naumann
If the Bob Filner saga taught us anything, it's that principles matter. Those who are elected to public office are there to exercise a set of principles, and among these are selflessness and honesty. Unfortunately, the Bob Filner saga overshadowed another disappointing episode in Carlsbad Unified, where one of our trustees broke the trust of her constituents, and possibly the law.
Below is a brief rundown of what has occurred in Carlsbad over the last few weeks. I have bolded the most pertinent pieces of information:
Guest Commentary
by Michael Schwartz
Did You Hear What Filner Did This Time?
I didn't either. But here's something that's politically important too, believe it or not.
We are looking at a fairly dire future in California in many ways. One important reason is the future of gun ownership. Approximately one in five Californians (counting the entire population of men, women, and children) are gun owners. Because you have to be 18 to purchase a gun (21 to purchase a pistol), that means there is an even higher concentration of registered California voters who own firearms. And if you've ever stood outside a gun show or gun shop asking people if they are registered to vote like I have, you'd see first-hand there is a high concentration of registered voters in the gun community.
by John Dadian
Here is the perfect speech that San Diego Mayor Bob Filner should give. I would love to charge him a speech writing fee but I can't. This speech is an edited version of President Nixon's resignation speech given almost forty years ago on August 8, 1974. To commemorate this anniversary, Filner should use this version so all San Diegans, including him, can move on.
In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best. Throughout the long and difficult period…I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.


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After additional tour dates, the bandmembers announced that they were eliminating the exclamation point from their name, a sign that seemed to foreshadow the mature, less emo-driven rock featured on Pretty. Odd. Released in March 2008, the sophomore album peaked at number two in the U.S. and showcased an evolving band whose tastes had grown to encompass the Beatles' psychedelic pop. The group supported the album with another round of shows, one of which was captured on the CD/DVD release ...Live in Chicago. The group took a hit in June 2009, though, when Walker and Ross left the lineup in order to form their own band, the Young Veins. Urie and Smith soldiered in the studio as a duo, though they did fill the holes in their touring lineup with Ian Crawford and Dallon Weekes. In 2011 the band released their third studio album, Vices & Virtues, and by 2013, Weekes had joined them full-time ahead of a planned October release of the Las Vegas-themed, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! ~ Corey Apar, Rovi
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Gobbler's Knob always gets a little rowdy this time of year. After all, it's Punxsutawney Phil's big day to have his say about what kind of weather we're in store for. But only a pair of prognosticators will do for the Lehigh Valley.
"Yahdee" and "Lee" arrived in style this morning, floating down Jordan Creek in South Whitehall Township.
"This year we didn't have ice on the river," said Bob Schantz, of Grundsau Lodge No. 16, the group that started the tradition six years ago. "It's the first time the raft actually floated. Other years they came on a sled."
"We always hear a lot about Punxsutawney Phil," said Schantz. "We thought it would be nice to have something here with our own Pennsylvania German Group."
Most of the ceremony is delivered in Pennsylvania Dutch, which can seem a little perplexing. But really, it's all about the groundhogs, anyway. "Yahdee" is a little "stiff" in front of the camera. He's visited the taxidermist. We'll leave it at that. Lee is a bit more loquacious. Nevermind that he's a puppet.
So what did he have to say, anyway?
"He didn't see his shadow but don't lose hope there probably will be some snow some ice," said Schantz.
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Today is a day where we wish everyone love, with love usually being of the romantic kind. When I see this picture, it represents love to me. The tree that supports all kinds of love and life: family, friends, earth, the animals, birds and insects on the planet, and the planet herself. To have a day that represents love in all its guises is to ask us to remember what that feels like. Love is not many things, such as judgment, criticism, separation and superiority. Love is an open heart. A great exercise for this day is to think of someone or something that is not lovable, to your mind, and just open your heart to their heart. Lay judgment aside, and simply send love, wishing for that person or place to feel your love. Breathe into it. That's all there is to it. You don't have to get a response, [...] MORE
Making Friends with Death
In September, I was asked to be a guest on a radio show hosted by the amazing Janet Conner. Both of us are great lovers of the work of John O'Donohue. She had decided that in the month of Samhain and Halloween (October) she would have a weekly guest who would talk about "Making Friends With Death." I was to be the guest on the third week. At that time, I was in a joyful place anticipating the marriage of my son Christopher and his beloved Annie. Though I teach and coach people through grief, this was a step deeper then I had ever gone. Make FRIENDS with death? Really? And then I re-read John O'Donohue's beautiful book "Anam Cara", which translates as friend of the soul, where he proposes that death is born with us–though ignored in the celebratory surroundings of birth–and walks with us through our life. I began to [...] MORE
Thoughts on Loving Ourselves
Today has been a strange synchronicity of blogs and notes and meditations that all turn to the same subject: loving ones self. In the first example, the writer agonized over the "evil little voice" that spoke to her of her imperfections and whether or not–not–anyone could possibly love her if they knew who she truly was. I am currently participating in a 21 day meditation with Deepak Chopra, and the subject was loving our self. Recently I wrote about the silencing, at least temporarily of our ego voice, and these three things came together in a great Aha! moment for me. I put this orchid photograph here because the orchid is not trying to be beautiful or desirable or right in its place because it just is. The difference? The orchid doesn't have that ego voice in the head that tells it that it is not beautiful; not desirable; not right [...] MORE
Small Griefs Add Up
Today I am having to deal with the grief that comes with a health challenge facing a loved one. In loving this person, I go to the compassionate place in my heart. But as Miller Williams talks about in his poem "Compassion"–we cannot know what goes on down where the blood meets the bone. This is a place we cannot go, no matter how we empathize with someone. We can't be "in" the person, experiencing their focus, their reservoir of fear or sadness. We see the friend or loved one from our own perspective–not theirs. In this place, we can't possibly know what choices they "should" make in their medical care, their communications with family, or any of a dozen other decisions they are making. And yet in this world of brain dominance, we are encouraged to prioritize, put things in perspective, stick with the left brain and don't let the emotions [...] MORE
Global Grief in America
"Wild Sage" by Catherine Tappouni Burkee Every single day we are inundated with the tragedies and sorrows of people around the world. Recently, several tragedies have come to us in our home, the United States. Boston has been added to the burden of grief we carry after Newtown and Hurricane Sandy and Colorado. It is impossible to watch and listen to what is happening around us without taking the emotions of grief, sadness and loss into our bodies. Our cells store these emotions, often with our personal emotions of grief learned throughout a life of losses. We feel what the survivors are feeling, and we grieve with them. This connection with others is part of our human-ness, but it's important that we recognize when we are accepting more than our body can handle. We Signs that this is true can be as simple as finding ourselves sighing deeply throughout the day [...] MORE
Easter Thoughts
The Easter story is one that we read all the way back to the Babylonians—the miracle of Spring, the death of the plants and the eventual resurrection of Mother Earth. It certainly triggers hope, and we can imagine how it brought joy in the early peoples as they waited to see if green would reappear. In my book "The Gifts of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness of Loss," I believe that the broken heart is similar to the frozen cracked earth of winter, and the gift is the greening of our hope and faith in what is to come. We are forever a hopeful species, and as the dark clouds of war and anger bring winter to our spirits, so can the gifts of love and kindness bring the spring. May each and every one of you find the joy in the story, and in your own life. I [...] MORE
The Gifts of Grief book has arrived!
I am holding in my hand the beautifully created book from Hierophant Publishing titled "The Gifts of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness of Loss." It's now available in the store on this website, and will be in all stores in April, including an ebook format. The MP3 of my voice and the amazing music of Michael Hoppe and Heart and Soul Meditations by Lance Ware is also available to lead you through the healing visualizations. There are no words for the feeling of having your life's work going out to the people who are ready for it. The world is awash in grieving, not simply from our own losses as individuals but from the sadness that comes into our homes and electronic devices every day as we see children executed, people homeless and hungry and at war, lives washed away in tsunami's and earthquakes and even the evidence of global [...] MORE
Staying Optimistic
The times are difficult, for sure, with all that flows into our lives via television, videos, games, phones and other things I'm not even cognizant about. If we choose to, we can focus on those things that are positive in our world, such as friends, walks in the neighborhood, family that we love, and many more. It's hard to over-ride the messages of the world to allow in the love of the Universe, but it can be done. Simply find a quiet time to sit alone where you won't be disturbed. Take this time to breathe deeply, relax your shoulders and your body, and just begin to notice your breath going in and out. If you have a lot of thoughts chasing around inside your head, tell them you'll get back to them later, but would appreciate it if they would take a temporary backseat. Then begin to breathe in [...] MORE
In with Breath, Out with Stress
I'm excited to have you here. My goal is to present you with useful and loving information to inform and improve your daily living, and to respond to your questions and feedback. In this blog, I'll focus on HeartMath®, and later I'll include my other trainings. Several years ago, I added the title of Licensed HeartMath Provider to the modalities I use with clients. The excitement of being trained in a science-based modality that uses the heart-brain and its connection to the head-brain as the source of wisdom fit in so beautifully with what I have always believed to be true. MORE
I Am Launched!
Christmas is officially over with the arrival of Epiphany and the removal of the Christmas tree. New Year's is officially over with the trouncing of my two favorite football teams. MORE


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By Chris Pike
22 December 2013 09:22PM EST
OKLAHOMA City won in San Antonio Saturday to improve to the NBA's best record while Andrew Bogut starred for Golden State and the Knicks put in another poor showing at home.
Eric Bledsoe led Phoenix to a win over Dallas
There were 12 matches in the NBA on Saturday starting with Memphis beating New York 95-87 while Washington downed Boston 106-99, Sacramento beat Orlando 105-100, Utah downed Charlotte 88-85, Houston thumped Detroit 114-97 and Chicago beat Cleveland 100-84.
Milwaukee returned to the winner's list beating Philadelphia 116-106, Oklahoma City beat San Antonio 113-100, Phoenix beat Dallas 123-108, Portland downed New Orleans 110-107, Golden State beat the Lakers 102-83 and the Clippers beat Denver 112-91.
The Knicks put in another dismal showing at home on Saturday afternoon to end up being booed out of Madison Square Garden following the eight-point defeat at the hands of the now 11-15 Memphis Grizzlies who were again without Marc Gasol, Quincy Pondexter and Tayshaun Prince.
It was a noon start at home for New York for the third time this season and they have lost all three of those as well while now sitting on a horror 8-18 record after the season promised so much coming into it.
Pablo Prigioni, Kenyon Martin, Metta World Peace and Raymond Felton didn't play for the Knicks, but they still had more than enough talent to put in a better showing than what they did with the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Andrea Bargnani, Tyson Chandler, JR Smith and Amare Stoudemire.
Anthony did work hard for 30 points and seven rebounds while Smith and Tim Hardaway Jr added 16 points apiece off the bench, but there was little else to write home about for the Knicks.
Zach Randolph led the way for the Grizzlies with 25 points and 15 rebounds while Tony Allen finished with 19 points and eight rebounds on 8-of-13 shooting from the floor.
Jerryd Bayless added 11 points for Memphis, Kosta Koufos 10 and Ed Davis 10.
Washington then came back from a slow start to beat the Celtics in Boston by seven points to improve to a 12-13 record on the season.
Boston once again started on fire with 30 points to 14 in the first quarter and the home team led by as much as 18 points, but Washington gained the ascendancy over the next three quarter to end up victorious.
Trevor Ariza led the way for the Wizards with 27 points and eight rebounds while John Wall finished with 20 points and nine assists.
Centre Marcin Gortat contributed 13 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks while Nene and Kevin Seraphin both had 13 points off the bench.
Avery Bradley did all he could for the Celtics with 26 points and five rebounds on the back of shooting 12-of-18 from the floor, and 2-of-3 from long range.
Young centre Jared Sullinger added 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Celtics while Jeff Green scored 13 points, Brandon Bass 11 (11 rebounds) and Jordan Crawford 11 (eight assists).
Two teams with poor records then did battle in Orlando with Sacramento ending up on top of the Magic winning by five points in the finish on the back of a strong final quarter.
Isaiah Thomas played every minute of the second half for the Kings and led the way for his team with 23 points and nine assists.
Rudy Gay also had 23 points and six rebounds for Sacramento while Marcus Thornton scored 15 points, DeMarcus Cousins 14 and Jason Thompson 11.
Arron Afflalo top-scored for the Magic with 26 points with Tobias Harris adding 21 points.
Point guard Jameer Nelson added 13 points, Victor Oladipo 12 and Glen Davis 10 to go with eight rebounds.
Utah scored a good win on the road on Saturday beating Charlotte by three points to record its ninth straight victory against the Bobcats, including five on the trot in Charlotte.
Trey Burke led the way for the Jazz with 20 points and four assists while Derrick Favors scored 14 points, Richard Jefferson 13, Gordon Hayward 12 and Alec Burks 11 off the bench.
Point guard Kemba Walker finished with 20 points, five rebounds and four assists for the Bobcats while Al Jefferson added 19 points, 11 boards and three blocked shots.
Ramon Sessions scored 13 points off the bench and Gerald Henderson 12 points.
Houston continued its recent dominance over Detroit on Saturday with a commanding 17-point victory at the Palace of Auburn Hills to see the Rockets improve to an 18-10 record on the season.
Houston has now beaten Detroit in nine of the last 10 meetings between the two teams with that run dating back to the 2008/09 season. The Pistons' only win in that time was a three-point overtime victory on March 7, 2010.
Dwight Howard dominated Detroit's young big men Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe to finish with a massive 35 points, 19 rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots while shooting 13-of-18 from the floor for the Rockets.
Chandler Parsons added 20 points and seven rebounds, Francisco Garcia 16 points, Omri Casspi 13 points, Patrick Beverley 10 points and Aaron Brooks 10 for a Houston team without James Harden and Jeremy Lin while Beverley also went down hurt during the game.
Josh Smith top-scored for the Pistons with 19 points and six rebounds while Kyle Singler added 12 points, Will Bynum 11 and Monroe 10 to go with 11 rebounds.
Chicago finally returned to the winner's list even without Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich and Jimmy Butler, downing Cleveland at home on Saturday by 16 points.
It was the Bulls' first win at home since December 5 and broke a four-game losing streak overall.
Carlos Boozer top-scored for Chicago with 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists with DJ Augustin adding 18 points, 10 assists and five boards.
Tony Snell scored 17 points, Taj Gibson 15, Joakim Noah 11 (18 rebounds) and Mike Dunleavy 11.
Andrew Bynum top-scored for Cleveland with 19 points and seven rebounds with Kyrie Irving adding 14 points, Jarrett Jack 11, Matthew Dellavedova 10 and Tristan Thompson 10.
Milwaukee then ended a five-match losing streak beating Philadelphia by 10 points at home to lift to a 6-21 record.
Khris Middleton led the way for the Bucks with 27 points, five rebounds and four assists on the back of 11-of-15 shooting from the field.
Caron Butler added 22 points, 11 rebounds and four assists also for Milwaukee while point guard Brandon Knight finished with 21 points and six assists.
Miroslav Radulijica scored 14 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo 12.
Thaddeus Young top-scored for Philadelphia with 30 points and 10 rebounds while Spencer Hawes had 25 points and 11 boards.
Rookie point guard Michael Carter-Williams had 19 points and 12 assists with Evan Turner adding 10 points.
Oklahoma City has been in hot form and put together its most impressive and emphatic performance of the season in San Antonio on Saturday night to beat the Spurs by 13 points.
The victory improves the Thunder to a 22-4 record on the season opening up a bit of a gap now on the 21-6 Spurs.
Point guard Russell Westbrook led the way for the Thunder with 31 points and eight assists while shooting 13-of-22 from the field.
Kevin Durant was well down on his scoring average but still contributed with 17 points and five rebounds with Reggie Jackson starring with 21 points off the bench.
Serge Ibaka also finished with 14 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots for Oklahoma City.
Point guard Tony Parker top-scored for San Antonio with 23 points and eight assists with Tim Duncan adding 17 points and 10 rebounds, Marco Belinelli 17 points, Boris Diaw 14 points and Manu Ginobili 11 points.
Australian guard Patty Mills scored two points and had one assists in 15 minutes while his compatriot Aron Baynes collected one rebound in almost two minutes.
Phoenix was predicted to be the worst team in the western conference, if not the entire NBA, this season but the Suns have been the great surprise packets and that continued on Saturday with a supremely impressive 15-point victory at home over Dallas.
The win improved the Suns to a terrific 16-10 record while the Mavericks slipped to 15-12.
On the way to the win over the Mavs, he Suns set a new season high for points scored, along with matching their season-best mark for threes in a game (15).
Point guard Eric Bledsoe led the way for the Suns with 25 points and six assists on 9-of-12 shooting with Gerald Green adding 22 points off the bench.
Power forward Channing Frye added 18 points and eight boards, PJ Tucker 16 points and seven rebounds and Goran Dragic 13 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Dirk Nowitzki led the way for the Mavs with 21 points and six rebounds with Monta Ellis adding 19 points and nine assists.
Brandan Wright scored 19 points off the bench with Vince Carter also scoring 14 points and Shawn Marion 10.
Portland beat New Orleans a home by three points to improve to a 23-5 to now head into Christmas just percentage points behind Oklahoma City for the best record in the NBA.
Point guard Damian Lillard led the way for the Trail Blazers with 29 points and five assists with Wesley Matthews adding 18 points and LaMarcus Aldridge 18 to go with eight rebounds and four assists.
Centre Robin Lopez had 14 points and seven boards and Nicolas Batum 11 points to go with eight rebounds and seven assists.
Pelicans centre Anthony Davis scored 21 points and pulled in nine rebounds while Tyreke Evans added 21 points, six boards and six assists off the bench.
Eric Gordon added 18 points for New Orleans, Ryan Anderson 18 and Jrue Holiday 13 to go with seven assists.
Golden State cruised to a 19-point win over the Lakers in Oakland with the Warriors improving to a 15-13 record and it was Australian centre Andrew Bogut instrumental in the win finishing with 12 points, 20 rebounds and two blocked shots.
Bogut became the first Golden State player to collect at least 18 rebounds in consecutive matches since Erick Dampier did so in 2004.
David Lee top-scored for the Warriors with 19 points and 10 rebounds while Klay Thompson had 17 points. Marreese Speights added 10 points off the bench as well.
Pau Gasol joined Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Jordan Farmar and Steve Blake on the sidelines for the Lakers with Nick Young top-scoring with 20 points, Jordan Hill 14, Xavier Henry 13, Jodie Meeks 13 and Chris Kaman 10 to go with 17 rebounds and three blocked shots.
Meanwhile the Clippers improved to a 19-9 record on the season with a comfortable 21-point win at the Staples Centre over Denver.
Jamal Crawford top-scored for the Clippers with 27 points with Blake Griffin adding 24 points and 16 rebounds.
Chris Paul finished with 10 points and 11 assists while Darren Collison and Matt Barnes both added 13 points each off the bench.
Wilson Chandler led the way for the Nuggets with 19 points and six rebounds while Timofey Mozgov scored 15 points, Ty Lawson 13 and Nate Robinson 11.
NBA Results Saturday December 21
Memphis Grizzlies (11-15) 95 defeated New York Knicks (8-18) 87
Washington Wizards (12-13) 106 defeated Boston Celtics (12-16) 99
Sacramento Kings (8-18) 105 defeated Orlando Magic (8-19) 100
Utah Jazz (8-22) 88 defeated Charlotte Bobcats (13-15) 85
Houston Rockets (18-10) 114 defeated Detroit Pistons (13-16) 97
Cleveland Cavaliers (10-16) 84 lost to Chicago Bulls (10-16) 100
Philadelphia 76ers (8-20) 106 lost to Milwaukee Bucks (6-21) 116
Oklahoma City Thunder (22-4) 113 defeated San Antonio Spurs (21-6) 100
Dallas Mavericks (15-12) 108 lost to Phoenix Suns (16-10) 123
New Orleans Pelicans (11-14) 107 lost to Portland Trail Blazers (23-5) 110
LA Lakers (13-14) 83 lost to Golden State Warriors (15-13) 102
Denver Nuggets (14-12) 91 lost to LA Clippers (19-9) 112
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With a history of leading a motorcycle gang and getting bad grades in school, why would 22 year old Onizuka ever want to become a teacher? Is it to educate young minds or spread the joy of education? Sure, if it involves being able to look up high school girls' skirts! Watch as this would-be educator uses his own life lessons and unconstituted methods as a means to control a delinquent class of students -- students who certainly aren't as happy to have him as a teacher as he is happy to be teaching...
Sousuke Sagara is far from the average high school student - not only is he highly trained in military tactics, he puts his knowledge to use in every single applicable situation (and even those nonapplicable ones.) So, when confronted with high school, he tends to turn average high school experiences into off-the-wall adventures. Love letters become terrorist threats and field trips become commando operations; his survival depends on the watchful eye of his best friend and classmate, Kaname. Together, they may just make it out of high school alive...
Both FMPF and GTO will make you laugh so hard you will clutch your stomach in pain. The two main characters both take a beating from their female counterparts and are able to kick the crap out of the bad guys.
In Gintoki's Japan, the arrival of the various space races known collectively as the Amanto ended the era of the samurai. The Amanto's highly advanced technology resulted in total conquest and a severe economic shift. Now, former samurai such as Gintoki scrape together whatever livelihood they can. Gintoki's profession of choice is that of a yorozuya: he'll complete any job for money. However, he's unmotivated; and spending most of the day on the couch with the latest issue of Jump and a carton of Strawberry Milk is his preferred pastime. It turns out that his new unpaid employees, Shinpachi and Kagura, are going to interfere with his pastime even more than with his "work"! Of course, none of this means he has really given up on his samurai ideologies!
Both shows have a really lazy, lax, and irresponsible male protagonist that likes to screw around most of the time, but actually has a lot of talent and skill to get things done.Whereas Gintama has an obvious story to it, GTO is more episodal with no technical story to speak of. But they are both very funny shows and you will definitely enjoy one if you saw the other.
Hanada Ichiro is an abrasive young man who lives with his hag of a mother, his father the drunk, his grandfather the absent-minded, and his older sister. One sunny afternoon, Ichiro's rebellious antics finally take a turn for the worse, causing him to get hit by a car. When he awakens, he discovers that he has the ability to see ghosts, and converse with them (much to his dismay, since they all seem to want helpful favors). Will Ichiro's newfound ability be a blessing, or just another annoyance in his life?
A hero so unlikely and, at first glance, so unlikeable, that he almost makes you cringe with embarassment -- yet a hero nonetheless. This is the common theme of Hanada Shounen-shi and Great Teacher Onizuka. In both stories, we are presented with a low and vulgar person, a person with whom we would never normally associate the idea of heroism. Yet, as the stories progress, both Hanada Ichiro and Onizuka Eichi prove to us that, for all their shortcomings, they have what it takes to be genuine heroes.
If you like one of these anime, don't let your initial distaste for the protagonist of the other dissuade you from seeing it through to the end. You'll thank yourself for staying the course, when you do.
The average Tsukushi Makino attends the snobby, elite Eitoku Academy, which is dominated by the Flower Four (F4) – the sons of the most powerful families. Like the rest of her classmates, Tsukushi keeps a low profile until one day she can stand it no more! For her obstinance, the F4 declare war and it's Tsukushi against all. In the middle of it all, she finds herself drawn strangely close to two of the F4; they might not be as bad as they seem. With her heart torn between two boys, will Tsukushi be able to find the love she desires?
Teaching, Mako thought, would be a walk in the park. With no overtime and long winter and summer vacations, she'd be able to easily save money for the day that she could retire – or so she thought. For Mako has been assigned to the worst of the worst, class 2-D of Ushi High, a group comprised solely of delinquents! In addition to having to tame these unruly boys Mako finds herself with another task as well – to become the new coach for the rugby team, at her principal's request. Can Mako convince her boys to fight on the playfield instead of brawling in the streets?
Both of these animes are teacher relevant. They both deal with delinquent students and are both perverted. The teachers both have the amazing power to win over the class and have to fight off the students in order to gain control. As nothing in the world could compete with GTO, Madonna is a good thing to watch if you have a spare hour or so.


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Worrywart Conner Habib is running off at the mouth again, fretting about the prospect of being laid off. Annoyed with his non-stop blathering, co-workers Girth Brooks and Colby Keller devise a scheme to shut him up. They immobilize the chatterbox and quickly silence him with Girth's big dick and then Colby's stiff staff stuffed down his throat. Then it's a daisy chain ass-eating session with Colby licking Conner's hole as he rims Girth's. Maintaining the middle position, Conner resumes fellating Girth while Colby starts piledriving his ass. Gagging continuously on 2 slabs of monster meat, moaning with Girth's cock pumped up his hole, then having Colby sitting on his face, Conner is transported to hog heaven, forgetting his troubles for awhile. Then lined up with Girth screwing Colby who's boning Conner, the three excited employees -- linked together by big cocks and office drama -- work out their petty differences and end up with three milky blasts of spooge.
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If a trusted brand, existing content and access to a large audience sound like ideal elements for an e-commerce venture, then it's little wonder that media owners are upping their investment in this area.
With broadcast and print ad revenues in decline, media owners are increasingly eyeing the potential profits to be made from integrating their core propositions with online shopping.
The gloomy economic climate has not deterred consumers from shopping on the internet - customers are using the web to seek out bargains, compare prices and ensure they get the best deals. In July, consumers' online spending rose 11.3% on the previous month, to reach a total market value of more than £4.8bn - the equivalent of £79 for every person in the UK (source: Capgemini).
Zach Leonard, director of digital strategy and development at News International, sums up the benefits of moving into e-commerce. The publisher has been involved in a variety of e-commerce sites over the past year, ranging from a significant investment in French fashion portal Brand Alley to the Times Selects shop, which offers tickets, wine, books, food, travel and gifts online.
"E-commerce is an additional revenue stream to our traditional digital advertising model," he says. "We can also deepen our relationship with customers through the use of data and product and service delivery."
Jeremy Hill, founder of digital consultancy Circus Street, says media owners have been involved in e-commerce for some time, whether through affiliate deals or reader offers. However, the nature of such ventures is changing. Media owners are increasingly launching their own e-commerce propositions or white-labelling others (rebranding as their own service) and now view e-commerce as a powerful way to boost existing revenues.
Hill says: "Media owners are turning to e-commerce because the money they receive per viewer online versus the money per reader in the press doesn't stack up on its own. For some publishers, e-commerce contributes more than display. Consumers have a relationship with the media brands and trust them, so it makes sense for media owners to have a commercial relationship with the customer."
Over the past year, media owners such as UKTV, Sky, Telegraph Media Group, News International, Mirror Group Newspapers and Future Publishing have invested heavily in their e-commerce offerings, either through new launches or boosting existing services.
Other media owners are starting to recognise the potential of e-commerce ventures. For example, ITV.com, which so far has had a limited shop on its portal, recently launched an online shopping and price comparison site, called PriceTerrier.com, offering goods ranging from mobile phones to books, computers and financial services.
Partnership model
While the level of investment in e-commerce varies between media owners, their chosen model is primarily based on a partnership between media owner and specialist e-tailer, developed around either a tenancy or a revenue-share model.
News International's e-commerce ventures pass qualified leads through to partner websites, where the transactions are made. Data and revenues are shared with the partners on varying terms, depending on the product or service.
Telegraph Media Group's e-commerce sites, launched this year, include travel, personal finance (with Moneysupermarket.com) and local listings (with Yell.com).
And UKTV's five e-commerce sites partner brands that carry out all the payment details and fulfilment. Wine specialist Laithwaites powers UKTV's Wine Club and kitchenware supplier Blueshoots partners its cookshop service. As well as linking up with strong brands with a close affinity to the target audience, it is also vital to build on existing levels of customer loyalty.
Mike Moore, general head of digital at Telegraph Media Group, says: "Digital is a significant part of our multimedia offering and it is only going to get bigger, with e-commerce playing a significant part in the company's digital revenue.
"Our transactional websites aim to create a good user experience and, as media owners, we have the advantage of being able to offer strong content to a user base where the trust element is considerable."
Amber Coley, head of online advertising sales at UKTV, says that the company's e-commerce sites, which cover cookery equipment, diets and wine, provide users with an extension of their current experience, as well as opening up new revenue streams.
"E-commerce elements provide a deeper user experience and give consumers another reason to return," she says. "We can derive revenues from both transactions and page impressions."
Producing tailor-made content and offers for users is also important - UKTV has carried out extensive research to discover whether there is an audience for its e-commerce services. "We know that the UKTV Food audience is passionate about wines and selecting the right wine to match a meal type," says Coley. "When we launched the cookshop, we carried out trials to establish whether our users are comfortable with spending online and if it is important to them to buy quality equipment."
At the same time, magazine publishers are exploiting different approaches. For example, Future Publishing, which specialises in titles for gaming, technology and biking enthusiasts, has linked its Bikeradar.com website to a number of retail partners.
"With more than 8,000 products in our online reviews database, linking to retail partners was a logical step," says Simon Wear, chief operations officer at Future Publishing. "We have a licensing model that offers a minimum guarantee of income for Future, set against a percentage of revenue."
Media owners also have the advantage of a ready-made customer base - a fact that has not gone unnoticed by Sky. In October last year, the broadcaster launched personal finance and motoring sites, in partnership with MoneySupermarket and Auto Trader.
This January, Sky overhauled an existing online travel portal offering package holidays. All the sites are based around tenancy deals, and future e-commerce propositions are under development. Carly Crouse, director of content for Sky's online business unit, believes these e-commerce services naturally align with Sky's existing subscriber base.
"We already have a billing relationship with our customers and many of our users have Sky broadband, so they can connect to the internet," she says. "We have made a significant investment in e-commerce and we are constantly carrying out research with our user base to see which services may best suit them."
Media owners are also using their e-commerce ventures to create special offers to encourage users to come back for more. News International negotiates exclusive access to limited or special edition products for its users, or extends deeper discounts than might be available elsewhere.
Generating revenues
So how much money can media owners make from investing in e-commerce? Media owners are reluctant to reveal revenue figures and, according to Ralf Elmer, chief executive of e-commerce service provider Avail Intelligence, most initiatives are not yet reaping the financial benefits.
"Internet surfers are a fickle bunch and they move easily to the next fad," he says. "It is hard to create a stable user community around a site if you do not employ social networking technologies and involve the users in the browsing and buying process."
Circus Street's Hill believes that newspapers are leading the way, as they are able to cross-promote from print to online. "Newspapers have a heritage in reader offers, as they were used to increase circulation in the past. Magazines haven't developed as much since, traditionally, they were able to underwrite their business through cover price."
If media owners' forays into e-commerce are ultimately to prove successful, Elmer believes companies must rethink their distribution channels and design new consumer segments.
"Those who run e-commerce sites must define the key metrics they want to improve, ensure they are measured and then choose the tools to improve them," he says.
"For example, a personal finance site can be dependent on an ad-business model to create revenues on top of transactions. And media owners can use behavioural targeting to place the right ads in front of each visitor to optimise relevance and increase revenues."
Media owners' e-commerce ventures may not yet be in the same league as e-retail giants Amazon, Argos and Play.com. But as consumers' disposable incomes shrink, their confidence in shopping online is rising - particularly in the clothing, footwear and accessories sector, which grew 23% on the previous month in July.
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