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Store | Leesburg, FL | Part Time
Job Title: Harvest Card Representative
Job Location: Store
Reports to: Store Manager
FLSA Status: Hourly Non-Exempt
The purpose of the Harvest Card Representative is to drive both results and an excellent customer service experience with the Harvest Card. This person champions the card and works through associates to ensure customers are presented with the opportunity to become a Harvest Card holder. The Harvest Card Representative motivates and trains Rural King associates to be engaged, to be able to articulate the benefits of the card to differing audiences, and to help execute the application process from start to finish in compliance with credit card regulations.
- Train all Rural King associates at the location on the benefits of the card and build their confidence on how to sell it
- Responsible for the team to meet location goals and objectives set for Harvest Card applications
- Be proactive in increasing engagement with associates and explaining and clarifying the benefits the customer must gain from them becoming a card holder
- Help greet customers with energy and enthusiasm in order to build rapport and present them with the opportunity to become a Harvest Card holder
- Explain the benefits of being a Harvest Card holder, answer any questions the customer has, and encourage the customer to apply for the Harvest card
- Demonstrate passion for innovative ways to champion the card
- Ensure associates are following regulatory compliance processes when customers are signing up the card
- Utilize resources to obtain solutions for both associates and customers
- Establish and maintain a partnership with the team of associates at Redstone Federal Credit Union
- Responsible for adhering to and complying with the company policies established for the credit information gathering process
- May be required to cross train and perform other duties
- 5+ years of retail, customer service, sales, or business experience or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- Be able to travel up to one week for orientation and ongoing several times per year
- Must be flexible with work hours: ability to work a 40-hour workweek (predominantly 10 AM-7 PM Wednesday - Sunday with one weekend off per month). As business dictates, be able to work varied hours, days, and nights.
- Proven ability to motivate others to a common goal
- Strong sales, communication, and social skills
- Ability to interact with the team in a fast-paced environment, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient
- Ability to articulate the features and benefits of the card in a way that makes sense to the audience
- Ability to access and use the in-store computer, scanning system, and wireless tablets
- Ability to participate in our online applicant and new hire onboarding process remotely
- Must be able to read documents, printouts, reports, computer screens and other written communication
- Ability to complete computer-based training
- None
- Good visual acuity
- Must be able to hear well enough to communicate with customers and co-workers
- Close vision for computer work
- Repetitive wrist movements on keyboard
- Ability to stand and/or walk for long periods of time
- Ability to walk up and down stairs multiple times per day
- Ability to verbally communicate effectively and professionally with all audiences (in-person or via handheld transceiver)
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions


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About Us
Prairie Fire Farms Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing retirement to Off the Track Thoroughbreds (OTTB) and Rescuing, Rehabilitating, Re-Homing, and Re-Careering any equine breeds in need. Additionally, the foundation is committed to bringing equine educational and therapeutic opportunities to low-income families, under privileged and/or at-risk youth, and United States Military veterans and their families to create an atmosphere for long term skills and lifelong success.
Run completely by volunteers, Prairie Fire Farms Foundation values education and experience as the center of our rescue operation. Program participants are encouraged to learn about horses and take part in their care. Summer camps provide in-depth information about horse care, training, and other specialty industry occupations, including equine massage.
Please browse our website and Facebook page for up-to-date news, events, and fundraisers. Donations are appreciated; volunteers are welcome!
Prairie Fire Farms Foundation, Inc.
Grantville, PA 17028
Tax ID # 36-4698809 501(c)(3)

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Description: Website of St. John Catholic School, the first Catholic elementary school in Lawrence, Kan., in operation since 1956 and originating as a parish school attached to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.
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Subject: Catholic schools. Lawrence (Kan.).
Creator: St. John Catholic School
Language: eng, span
Coverage: Lawrence (Kan.)
Type: Website
Date: 2019
Collector: Lawrence Public Library
Contributor: Newton, Patricia
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The Ridgewood School District will respond to weather or other emergencies in one of four ways: cancellation of the school day; delayed opening; emergency early dismissal; or emergency minimum day. In these instances, district parents/guardians will be notified via the district website (www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us); an e-mail announcement; and the automatic telephone notification system. In addition, a message will be placed on the central office line at 201-670-2700; callers should press * for announcements.
2. DELAYED OPENING: Under the delayed opening plan, the school day will begin two hours later than usual. School bus schedules will operate two hours later. Children in grades K-5 who have not ordered lunches must bring a bag lunch to school. There will not be sufficient time for children to go home for lunch when there is a delayed opening.
3. EMERGENCY EARLY DISMISSAL: If it is necessary to dismiss early, every effort will be made to notify parents by way of announcements on the RPS district website, email, and the automatic telephone notification system. Middle and elementary school students will be released to responsible adults identified by parents on their child's Emergency Card.
4. EMERGENCY MINIMUM DAY: If an early dismissal is anticipated before the start of school, for example, if weather conditions are expected to deteriorate after school begins but before the school day ends, all children will be dismissed at the closing times posted below. Every effort will be made to call an Emergency Minimum Day the night before or very early the morning of the anticipated emergency conditions via the customary notification channels. Cafeterias will not operate and lunches will not be provided. Students will attend school as follows:
RED Program: 9-11 a.m.
Kindergarten - Grade 5: 8:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Grades 6-8: 8:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Grades 9-12: 7:45 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Emergency closing information can also be obtained from: television news (Fox 5 WNYW-Channel 5, WNBC TV-Channel 4, WABC TV-Channel 7, WCBS TV - Channel 2, Cablevision Channel 12); the Fox News website, www.myfoxny.com; or the ABC website, www.7online.com. Please DO NOT CALL the police or fire departments or the individual schools for information on the closing of schools. These departments are not prepared to handle inquiries.
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La Mirada and La Habra high schools have played each other the past four years in nonleague football. The teams will square off again in the 2013 campaign, on Sept. 6 at La Mirada.
This has the potential to be the game of the year in the area. The host Matadores have returning, among others, wide receiver Dallis Todd and linebacker/tight end Tyler Luatua. Todd is verbally committed to Oklahoma. Luatua told this newspaper Wednesday he has planned trips to Ohio State, Notre Dame and Alabama. He has been offered by just about everyone.
La Habra has back defensive tackle Greg Gaines, who has committed to Boise State, and has in offensive lineman Toa Lobendahn, a transfer from Lakewood High who is committed to USC.
La Mirada was 9-2 in 2012, La Habra went 8-4.
La Habra owns a 3-1 record over the Matadores since 2009. The Highlanders won the first three by respective scores of 54-13, 23-17 and 28-19. La Mirada finally won 45-27 in 2012.


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- BEACON format
- new ( [ $from ] [, $metafields ] [, $handlers ] )
- meta ( [ $key [ => $value [ ... ] ] ] )
- count
- line
- lasterror
- errors
- metafields
- parse ( [ $from ] { handler => coderef | option => $value } )
- nextlink
- link
- expanded
- expand ( $source, $label, $description, $target )
- expandsource( $source )
- appendline( $line )
- appendlink ( $source [, $label [, $description [, $target ] ] ] )
Data::Beacon - BEACON format validating parser and serializer
version 0.3.1
use Data::Beacon;
$beacon = beacon(); # create new Beacon object
$beacon = beacon( { # create new Beacon with meta fields
PREFIX => $p, TARGET => $t, XY => $z
} );
$beacon = beacon( $filename ); # open file and parse its meta fields
if ( $b->errors ) { # check for errors
print STDERR $b->lasterror . "\n"
($msg,$lineno,$line) = $b->lasterror;
$beacon->parse; # parse all links from opened file
$beacon->parse( links => \&handler ); # parse links, call handler for each
$beacon->parse( errors => \&handler ); # parse links, on error call handler
$beacon->parse( errors => 'print' ); # parse links, print errors to STDERR
$beacon->parse( errors => 'warn' ); # parse links, warn on errors
$beacon->parse( errors => 'die' ); # parse links, die on errors
while ( $beacon->nextlink ) { # parse and iterate all valid links
($source,$label,$descr,$target) = $beacon->link; # raw link as read
($source,$label,$descr,$target) = $beacon->expanded; # full link expanded
$descr = $beacon->meta( 'DESCRIPTION' ); # get meta field
$beacon->meta( DESCRIPTION => 'my links' ); # set meta fields
%meta = $beacon->meta; # get all meta fields
print $beacon->metafields; # serialize meta fields
$beacon->parse( \$beaconstring ); # parse from string
$beacon->parse( sub { return $nextline } ); # parse from callback
$beacon->count; # number of parsed links
$beacon->appendline( $line );
$beacon->appendlink( $source, $label, $descr, $target );
This package implements a validating "BEACON format" parser and serializer. In short, a "Beacon" is a set of links, together with some meta fields. Each link at least consists of "source" URI (also referred to as "id") and a "target" URI. In addition it has a "label" and a "description", which are both Unicode strings, being the empty string by default.
BEACON format
BEACON format is the serialization format for Beacons. It defines a very condense syntax to express links without having to deal much with technical specifications.
See http://gbv.github.com/beaconspec/beacon.html for a more detailed description.
To serialize only BEACON meta fields, create a new Beacon object, and set its meta fields (passed to the constructor, or with "meta"). You can then get the meta fields in BEACON format with "metafields":
my $beacon = beacon( { PREFIX => ..., TARGET => ... } );
print $beacon->metafields;
The easiest way to serialize links in BEACON format, is to set your Beacon object's link handler to
my $beacon = beacon( \%metafields, links => 'print' );
print $b->metafields();
while ( ... ) {
$beacon->appendlink( $source, $label, $description, $target );
Alternatively you can use the function "plainbeaconlink". In this case you should validate links before printing:
if ( $beacon->appendlink( $source, $label, $description, $target ) ) {
print plainbeaconlink( $beacon->link ) . "\n";
You can parse BEACON format either as iterator:
my $beacon = beacon( $file );
while ( $beacon->nextlink ) {
my ($source, $label, $description, $target) = $beacon->link;
Or by push parsing with handler callbacks:
my $beacon = beacon( $file );
$beacon->parse( 'link' => \link_handler );
$errors = $beacon->errors;
Instead of a filename, you can also provide a scalar reference, to parse from a string. The meta fields are parsed immediately:
my $beacon = beacon( $file );
print $beacon->metafields . "\n";
my $errors = $beacon->errors;
To quickly parse a BEACON file:
use Data::Beacon;
Data::Beacon does only read or write links. To store links, use one of its subclasses (to be described later).
To handle errors and links, you can pass handler arguments to the constructor and to the "parse" method.
By default, errors are silently ignored (
errors => 0. You should enable one of the error handlers
warn(errors create a warning with
die(errors will let the program die with
croak), or
See the "parse" method for description.
new ( [ $from ] [, $metafields ] [, $handlers ] )
Create a new Beacon object, optionally from a given file. If you specify a source via
$from argument or as handler
from => $from, it will be opened for parsing and all meta fields will immediately be read from it. Otherwise a new Beacon object will be created, optionally with given meta fields.
meta ( [ $key [ => $value [ ... ] ] ] )
Get and/or set one or more meta fields. Returns a hash (no arguments), or string or undef (one argument), or croaks on invalid arguments. A meta field can be unset by setting its value to the empty string. The FORMAT field cannot be unset. This method may also croak if a known fields, such as FORMAT, PREFIX, FEED, EXAMPLES, REVISIT, TIMESTAMP is tried to set to an invalid value. Such an error will not change the error counter of this object or modify
If parsing has been started, returns the number of links, successfully read so far (or zero). If only the meta fields have been parsed, this returns the value of the meta field. In contrast to
meta('count'), this method always returns a number. Note that all valid links that could be parsed are included, no matter if processed by a link handler or not.
Returns the current line number or zero.
Returns the last parsing error message (if any). Errors triggered by directly calling
meta are not included. In list context returns a list of error message, line number, and current line content.
Returns the number of parsing errors or zero.
Return all meta fields, serialized and sorted as string. Althugh the order of fields is irrelevant, but this implementation always returns the same fields in same order. To get all meta fields as hash, use the
meta method.
parse ( [ $from ] { handler => coderef | option => $value } )
Parse all remaining links (push parsing). If provided a
from parameter, this starts a new Beacon. That means the following three are equivalent:
$b = new SeeAlso::Beacon( $from );
$b = new SeeAlso::Beacon( from => $from );
$b = new SeeAlso::Beacon;
$b->parse( $from );
from is a scalar, it is used as file to parse from. Alternatively you can supply a string reference, or a code reference.
pre option can be used to set some meta fields before parsing starts. These fields are cached and reused every time you call
If the
mtime option is given, the TIMESTAMP meta value will be initialized as last modification time of the given file.
By default, all errors are silently ignored, unless you specifiy an error handler The last error can be retrieved with the
lasterror method. The current number of errors by
Finally, the
link handler can be a code reference to a method that is called for each link (that is each line in the input that contains a valid link). The following arguments are passed to the handler:
Link source as given in BEACON format. This may be abbreviated but not the empty string.
Label as string. This may be the empty string.
Description as string. This may be the empty string.
Link target as given in BEACON format. This may be abbreviated or the empty string.
The number of sucessfully parsed links is returned by
Errors in link handler and input handler are catched, and produce an error that is given to the error handler.
Read from the input stream until the next link has been parsed. Empty lines and invalid lines are skipped, but the error handler is called on invalid lines. This method can be used for pull parsing. Always returns either the link as list or an empty list if the end of input has been reached.
Returns the last valid link, that has been read. The link is returned as list of four values (source, label, description, target) without expansion. Use the "expanded" method to get the link with full URIs.
Returns the last valid link, that has been read in expanded form. The link is returned as list of four values (source, label, description, target), possibly expanded by the meta fields PREFIX, TARGET/TARGETPREFIX, MESSAGE etc. Use "expand" to expand an arbitrary link.
expand ( $source, $label, $description, $target )
Expand a link, consisting of source (mandatory), and label, description, and target (all optional). Returns the expanded link as array with four values, or an empty list. This method does append the link to the Beacon object, nor call any handlers.
expandsource( $source )
Expand the source part of a link, by prepending the PREFIX meta field, if given. This method always returns a string, which is the empty string, if the source parameter could not be expanded to a valid URI.
appendline( $line )
Append a line of of BEACON format. This method parses the line, and calls the link handler, or error handler. In scalar context returns whether a link has been read (that can then be accessed with
link). In list context, returns the parsed link as list, or the empty list, if the line could not be parsed.
appendlink ( $source [, $label [, $description [, $target ] ] ] )
Append a link. The link is validated and returned as list of four values. On error the error handler is called and an empty list is returned. On success the link handler is called.
The following functions are exported by default.
beacon ( [ $from ] { handler => coderef } )
Shortcut for
plainbeaconlink ( $source, $label, $description, $target )
Serialize a link, consisting of source (mandatory), label, description, and target (all optional) as condensed string in BEACON format. This function does not check whether the arguments form a valid link or not. You can pass a simple link, as returned by the "link" method, or an expanded link, as returned by "expanded".
This function will be removed or renamed.
If you directly call any of this methods, puppies will die.
_initparams ( [ $from ] { handler => coderef | option => value } | $metafield )
Initialize parameters as passed to
new or
parse. Known parameters are
error, and
link (
from is not checked here). In addition you cann pass
pre and
mtime as options.
Open a BEACON file and parse all meta fields. Calling this method will reset the whole object but not the parameters as set with
_initparams. If no source had been specified (with parameter
from), this is all the method does. If a source is given, it is opened and parsed. Parsing stops when the first non-empty and non-meta field line is encountered. This line is internally stored as lookahead.
_handle_error ( $msg [, $line ] )
Internal error handler that calls a custom error handler, increases the error counter and stores the last error.
Internally read and return a line for parsing afterwards. May trigger an error.
Gets one or more fields, that are strings, which do not contain
| or newlines. The first string is not empty. Returns a reference to an array of four fields.
_expandlink ( $link )
Expand a link, provided as array reference without validation. The link must have four defined, trimmed fields. After expansion, source and target must still be checked whether they are valid URIs.
Check whether a given string is an URI. This function is based on code of Data::Validate::URI, adopted for performance.
See also SeeAlso::Server for an API to exchange single sets of beacon links, based on the same source identifier.
Jakob Voß
This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Jakob Voß.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.


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The utilization objective favors configurations that allocate resources to partitions that are not meeting the specified utilization objective.
This objective is specified by using operators and values. The operators are as follows:
The "less than" operator indicates that the specified value represents a maximum target value.
The "greater than" operator indicates that the specified value represents a minimum target value.
The "about" operator indicates that the specified value is a target value about which some fluctuation is acceptable.
A pset can only have one utilization objective set for each type of operator.
If the ~ operator is set, then the < and > operators cannot be set.
If the < and > operators are set, then the ~ operator cannot be set. Note that the settings of the < operator and the > operator cannot contradict each other.
You can set both a < and a > operator together to create a range. The values will be validated to make sure that they do not overlap.


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Both the frequency and duration of patient-doctor contact during dialysis care vary appreciably across countries, and facilities with more frequent and longer contact had fewer patient deaths and hospitalizations, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings indicate that the physician's role in the multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals in dialysis facilities is important for improving the health of dialysis patients.
While it is generally believed that regular patient-doctor contact contributes to better long-term health for patients on dialysis, the actual frequency and duration of patient-doctor contact have not been reported in many countries. Also, there is little direct evidence that more frequent and longer patient-doctor contact contributes to better health for dialysis patients.
To get a better understanding of the impact of patient-doctor contact for kidney failure patients, Takehiko Kawaguchi, MD, MPH, PhD (National Hospital Organization Chiba-East Hospital, in Japan) and his colleagues analyzed the associations between a facility's typical frequency and duration of patient-doctor contact with clinical outcomes in 24,498 chronic hemodialysis patients. The study involved information from 1996 to 2008 from 778 dialysis facilities in the international Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.
Among the major findings:
- The frequency of patient-doctor contact was high (more than once per week) for 55% of facilities, intermediate (once per week) for 24% of facilities, and low (less than once per week) for 21% of facilities.
- In Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, and Japan, more than 75% of dialysis facilities had a high frequency of patient-doctor contact. In Australia/New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, less than 30% of facilities had a high frequency of contact.
- In the United States, the percent of facilities with high frequency patient-doctor contact declined from 23% in1996-2001 to 5% in 2005-2008. Use of non-physician practitioners (such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners) may account for some of this decline.
- Compared with patients in facilities having frequent patient-doctor contact, those with intermediate contact had a 6% higher risk of dying during the study, and those with infrequent contact had an 11% higher risk of dying during the study.
- Each 5 minutes shorter duration of contact was linked with a 5% higher risk of dying.
- There were also inverse associations between both the frequency and duration of contact with patients being hospitalized.
"Through this research, we found that more frequent and longer patient-doctor contact in the hemodialysis care setting was inversely associated with mortality and hospitalization. The results suggest that policies supporting more frequent and longer duration of patient-doctor contact may improve patient outcomes in hemodialysis," said Dr. Kawaguchi.
More information: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology doi: 10.1681/2012080831
Journal information: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Provided by American Society of Nephrology


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Bob Hoskins once told an interviewer that his mother was very pleased when he became an actor, because the consensus in his old neighborhood was that "I'd end up on the gallows." He beat the odds on that one, starring in one of the biggest movie hits of the '80s (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?), one of the most critically acclaimed and innovative British TV shows of the '70s (Dennis Potter's Pennies From Heaven), and earning an Academy Award nomination, a Golden Globe, several awards from BAFTA, and accolades from the Cannes Film Festival and every film critics' group under the sun for his performance in the 1986 Mona Lisa. That film, along with the 1981 The Long Good Friday, made Hoskins the face of the modern British crime movie, and he would go on to star in many more. (Most recently, he won an International Emmy Award for his work in the British TV series The Street.)
But yesterday came the sad news, via a statement from his agent, that the 60-year-old actor is officially retiring after being diagnosed with Parkinson's. Hoskins, the statement reads, "wishes to thank all the great and brilliant people he has worked with over the years, and all of his fans who have supported him during a wonderful career." It adds, "Bob is now looking forward to his retirement with his family, and would greatly appreciate that his privacy be respected at this time." Hoskins was last seen on movie screens earlier this year as one of the dwarves in Snow White And The Huntsman (a sequel for which is currently in the works) and on TV in the miniseries Neverland (as the pirate Smee, a role he previously played in the 1991 Steven Spielberg film Hook).


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Patricia Robinson MFT
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Asperger's, ADD and ADHD, and other special needs can all be overwhelming. You may be dealing with depression or anxiety, difficulty in relationships, or issues with organization and problem solving. As a therapist and coach, focusing on individuals with special needs, I can help. I work with kids, teens, and adults, as well as parents, couples and professionals.
In addition to my education in Counseling Psychology, I hold a Master's and Bachelor's degree in engineering from MIT. I have worked as a psychotherapist for the last decade after spending 15 years as a high-tech engineer, which makes me uniquely qualified to develop a goal-directed and practical approach to therapy. I am particularly mindful of the ideal way to adapt therapy to my clients' strengths and personalities, rather than asking them to adapt to the typical therapy model.
My practice is located in Danville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay, and I work with clients from Contra Costa County, Alameda County, and other neighboring counties. My clients range from children as young as kindergarten, to teenagers, young adults, and adults. I also work extensively on coaching parents of special needs children and teens, and provide counseling for couples struggling with differences in interpersonal and social connections.
To schedule an appointment, a consultation, or to find out more information, please contact me at:
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Bobcat and Other Stories
If you like short stories don't skip this new collection, Bobcat. Rebecca Lee's stories about architects, matchmakers, academics, depressed children, a writer's spouse, and student plagiarists are absorbing and continually offer fresh surprises. Lee writes fluid yet beautiful prose that cuts immediately to the chase.
In the story "Min," the title character's father, Albert, works in Hong Kong to resettle Vietnamese refugees for the UN. One summer Min invites his college friend to visit Asia with him for the summer. Although they are close friends, Min and Sarah are not in love.
While there, Sarah discovers that the promised job that Albert has chosen for her is to find Min a wife. Sarah's only training is to read the notes Albert's mother left when she selected her own son's bride. Here are a couple examples: "Possibility—Midnight black hair, walk is like a leopard, carnal desires strong," and "Monkey woman, scurries through the day, loves confusion."
Twined with this bride-search thread is another one about Albert's work with refugees and how a compassionate Filipina nanny views his treatment of the Vietnamese.
In "Slatland" a rather bizarre professor of psychology, Dr. Roland Boland Pine, counsels a ten year old with depression problems to look at herself and her troubles as though floating in the sky above them. As an adult geologist, Margit is now in an unhappy relationship, so she uses the same technique with her fiancé, "Rezvan Balescu, the Romanian liar" as she calls him. He mocks her pop psychology and rants often about North Americans taking their silly emotional problems too seriously while people in the rest of the world are starving. Every day he writes long letters back to Romania and also receives letters from Rilia Balescu, who Rezvan states is his baby sister. Margit doesn't believe him and steals both his incoming and outgoing mail. She discovers that Dr. Pine speaks Romanian and is listed as a translator. So she brings her fiancé's letters there to seek his help again.
"Fialto" describes an architectural residency outside of Chicago, at a retreat property owned by the great architect Stadbakken. Here each young architect is given a day-job to help him or her envision possibilities for new buildings. The narrator's job is to milk the cows. He wonders if Stadbakken thinks that his building designs need to become more grounded. Another resident, Reuben, tells the narrator that Stadbakken is absolutely against love affairs while the new architects are working and living communally, yet soon it becomes obvious that the great designer shares many private meetings with Sands. This delightful story about love and art also describes sharing a living space with four other very creative people and what happens when men and women switch roles.


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Man sentenced to 14 years in prison for NH, Mass., bank robberies
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to committing three bank robberies in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Prosecutors say 35-year-old Ryan Patrick Lane of Charlestown, Mass., robbed the TD Bank in Hampton, N.H., the Rockland Trust Bank in Hingham, Mass., and the Braintree Cooperative Bank in Quincy, Mass. The robberies happened in March and April.
Prosecutors say in each instance, Lane handed a teller a note demanding money. In the Hampton robbery, he threatened to kill the teller if she pushed any alarms.


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It was a night for "Argo," "Les Miserables". . . and almost everyone else.
Robbed of their power as an Oscar bellwether, the 70th annual Golden Globes on Sunday at the Beverly Hilton spread the wealth in a showcase of the diverse strength of this year's awards contenders.
Among 14 film categories, there were 10 different winning movies, with "Argo" and "Les Miserables" earning the top prizes in drama and musical/comedy picture, respectively. Neither film earned an Oscar nomination for directors Ben Affleck or Tom Hooper.
In musical/comedy, "Les Miserables" — which won a leading three Golden Globes on the night to "Argo's" two — beat out "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," "Moonrise Kingdom," "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" and "Silver Linings Playbook."
"The first thing I would love to say is that this room has made some amazing films and some amazing TV shows this year," Working Title principal and "Les Miserables" producer Eric Fellner said. "I would like to congratulate everybody here, because it's been incredible. For those films to be making money and financed by studios, I think there's a great future for the film business now, which is fantastic."
"Argo" topped "Django Unchained," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln" and "Zero Dark Thirty" in drama.
"We want to thank Ben Affleck, our fearless leader," "Argo" producer Grant Heslov said. "I (also) want to thank all the thousands of people working in our diplomatic services (and clandestine services) putting their lives on the line."
Reversing years of history, this Golden Globes took place after the Oscar nominations were announced, eliminating what impact they might have had on the Academy Awards process and instead capitalizing on the interest Thursday's AMPAS nominations generated. Combined with its ongoing separation of drama and musical/comedy, the Globes took on the aspect of a roll call of 2012 films.
Little underscored the divergence more than the directing Golden Globe that went to Affleck, three days after AMPAS did not vote him an Oscar nomination in the category. Affleck came out ahead of two Oscar director nominees, Ang Lee ("Life of Pi") and Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln"), as well as Kathryn Bigelow of "Zero Dark Thirty" and Quentin Tarantino of "Django Unchained."
"I don't care what the award is," said Affleck, who also won at the Critics Choice Movie Awards on Thursday for director hours after his Oscar noms omission. "When they put your name next to the names she just read off, it's an extraordinary thing in your life," he said, also citing bypassed potential nominees such as Paul Thomas Anderson of "The Master."
"Django Unchained" was the night's first double winner, picking up trophies for Christoph Waltz for supporting actor and Tarantino for screenplay.
"Everyone who wins a screenplay award, that means everything went well (and) you have the actors," Tarantino said. "This is a damn surprise, and I'm happy to be surprised."
Waltz trumped Tommy Lee Jones of "Lincoln," Alan Arkin ("Argo") and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master") as well as his castmate, Leonardo DiCaprio. Tarantino topped Mark Boal of "Zero Dark Thirty," Tony Kushner of "Lincoln," David O. Russell of "Silver Linings Playbook" and Chris Terrio of "Argo."
The musical/comedy category amounted to something of a showdown between its two Oscar nominees, "Les Miserables" and "Silver Linings Playbook," ending with the picture win for "Les Miserables." An under-the-weather Hugh Jackman of "Miserables" won for lead actor.
"I was kicking myself for not getting a flu shot, but it appears you don't need one — I feel great," Jackman said.
"Three weeks before we stated filming, we had a terrible day of rehearsal. I came home and said it's time … to find someone else to play this role," he added, crediting his wife for giving him the extra burst of confidence he needed.
Jennifer Lawrence of "Silver Linings Playbook" — the only Oscar nominee in her category — won for lead actress in a comedy or musical, besting such long-pedigreed actresses as Judi Dench ("The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"), Maggie Smith ("Quartet") and Meryl Streep ("Hope Springs").
"I beat Meryl," Lawrence joked. "Harvey (Weinstein), thank you for killing whoever you had to kill to get me up here today."
Fellow Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain won lead drama actress for "Zero Dark Thirty," ahead of Marion Cotillard ("Rust and Bone"), Helen Mirren ("Hitchcock"), Naomi Watts ("The Impossible") and Rachel Weisz ("The Deep Blue Sea").
"I've wanted to be an actor since I was little girl — I've worked for a really long time," Chastain said in an emotional acceptance speech. "I've auditioned and struggled and fought and been on the sidelines for years, and to be here now in this moment is a beautiful feeling.
"To Kathryn Bigelow, my director, I can't help but compare my character of Maya to you. Two powerful, fearless women that allow their expert work to stand for them. When you make a film that allows your character to disobey the conventions of Hollywood, you've done more for women in cinema than you've taken credit for."
Daniel Day-Lewis, the oft-presumed frontrunner in acting this awards season, won lead drama actor for "Lincoln."
"If I had this on a timeshare basis, with my wonderful gifted colleagues, I might just hope to keep it for one day and be happy with that," Day-Lewis said, before thanking Spielberg for giving him "an experience I'll treasure for the rest of my life."
Anne Hathaway of "Les Miserables" scored the supporting actress honor ahead of Amy Adams ("The Master"), Sally Field ("Lincoln"), Helen Hunt ("The Sessions") and Nicole Kidman ("The Paperboy").
"Blurgh," said Hathaway, quoting Globes co-host Tina Fey's "30 Rock" catchphrase.
"Thank you for this lovely blunt object that I will forever use as a weapon against self-doubt," she added, before addressing Field directly in the audience. "As the girl who started as the Princess of Genovia (in 'The Princess Diaries'), I can't tell you how encouraging it was to know that the Flying Nun grew up to be Norma Rae."
Disney's "Brave" was named best animated film, while "Amour," representing Austria, was the winner in foreign film.
"I never thought (I would) get an award in Hollywood from an Austrian," director Michael Haneke said, after Arnold Schwarzenegger co-presented the category. "The base (of the trophy) is for me and the crew, but the Globe is for those fantastic actors."
"Amour" outtallied "A Royal Affair," "The Intouchables," "Kon-Tiki" and "Rust and Bone" in the foreign-film race, while "Brave" topped "Frankenweenie," "Hotel Transylvania," "Rise of the Guardians" and "Wreck-It Ralph" in animation.
Said "Brave" director Mark Andrews: "Being brave is about being true to yourself, and allowing your loved ones that same freedom."
Mychael Danna earned the Globe for original score for "Life of Pi," while the title song of "Skyfall" took the original song prize.
"Honestly, I've come out for a night out with my friend Ida — we're new moms," singer and co-songwriter (with Paul Epworth) Adele said in her acceptance speech. "We've been pissing ourselves laughing."
In addition, Jodie Foster officially became the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award since Charlton Heston in 1967.
"Trust me, 47 years in the film biz is a long time," said Foster. "I feel like the prom queen. … I share my most special memories with members of the crew. We make movies together, and you can't get more intimate at that."
Foster went on to devote a significant portion of a heartfelt but wide-ranging speech to the virtues of personal privacy.
"You guys might be surprised, but I'm not Honey Boo Boo child," she said. "I'm sorry, that's just not me. It never was and never will be. If you had been a public figure from the time you were a toddler, then maybe you too might value privacy above all else. Privacy — someday, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was."
"Lincoln" had the most pic nominations from the HFPA with seven, followed by "Argo" and "Django Unchained" with five apiece and "Les Miserables," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Zero Dark Thirty" with four each. All six of those movies were nominated for best picture at the Oscars, yet in an indication of how splintered the awards vote has been this year, only "Lincoln" and "Silver" paired those with critical Oscar directing nods.
If the Globes are to have any influence in the Oscar race going forward, it might be to re-establish the chances of either "Argo" and "Les Miserables" to become the first Academy Award winners for best picture without a corresponding director nomination since "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1989. While it's possible that the films were taken for granted in the Oscar nominations balloting, it's still an uphill battle for each.
The alternative possibility is that "Argo" and "Les Miserables" become among the most-honored films in awards season that don't win best picture. Each is a finalist for Producers Guild, Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild honors.
Awards season takes something of a break next weekend, before resuming with the Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 26 and the Screen Actors Guild Awards the following night.


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Obama Taps Twitter for Tax-Cut Push
White House "fiscal cliff" focus on taxes, not spending cuts.
Nov. 28, 2012 -- President Obama today sought to inject a dose of public pressure into the "fiscal cliff" debate, urging Americans who face an across-the-board tax hike in 34 days to lobby lawmakers by phone, email and Twitter.
"If there's one thing I've learned; when the American people speak loudly enough, lo and behold, Congress listens," Obama said from a White House auditorium.
He was flanked by middle-income earners who wrote to the administration about the importance of keeping tax rates low.
Obama branded the effort "#My2K" for social media users, reflecting White House estimates that the average family of four faces a more than $2,000 income tax increase in 2013, unless Congress extends existing rates as part of a debt- and deficit-reduction deal.
The hashtag rose to a top U.S. trend on Twitter by the conclusion of Obama's remarks. But it's unclear what impact the messaging would have on the broader debate, which hinges on whether to raise tax rates on individuals earning more than $200,000 a year and families earning more than $250,000 a year.
Republicans remain largely opposed to any tax rate increases, even though some have in recent days expressed openness to raising revenue through other means -- breaking a longstanding anti-tax pledge -- or even voting to extend lower rates for the middle class now and debating rates for upper-income earners later.
Obama today pushed for certainty on tax rates for 98 percent of Americans. "If both parties agreed we should not raise taxes on middle-class families, let's begin our work where we agree," he said, voicing optimism that a "framework" for a broader deal can be achieved in the coming weeks with hopes for a final bill by Christmas.
Notably absent from the White House's campaign on "fiscal cliff," however, is any effort to rally public support for corresponding changes in entitlement programs aimed at curbing government spending, something Republicans and leaders of Obama's fiscal commission have called essential to any debt- and deficit-reduction deal.
Administration officials will not say whether an openness to means-testing Medicare, for example, remains on the table even though Obama and his campaign had previously expressed support for asking wealthier seniors to pay higher premiums as part of a deal.
Some top Democrats have even suggested separating entitlement overhaul from the "fiscal cliff" negotiations altogether, focusing only on taxes and other smaller-bore spending reduction measures before the end of the year.
White House spokesman Jay Carney suggested Tuesday that entitlement savings already included in Obama's budget could be sufficient as part of a balanced deal to avert the "cliff," rather than agreeing to potentially more controversial structural changes such as raising the Medicare and Social Security eligibility age.
"It is the president's position that when we're talking about a broad, balanced approach to dealing with our fiscal challenges, that that includes dealing with entitlements," Carney said. "And the president's budget, as you know, includes $340 billion in savings from our entitlement health-care program. So he has demonstrated yet again his commitment to the principle that we need to include as part of our balance approach savings from entitlements."
Republicans and some Democrats, including former Clinton chief of staff and fiscal commission co-chair Erskine Bowles, insist that more sweeping changes must be considered.
"It is important that we put these drivers of the deficit on the table and include them as part of any agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff," House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor said of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Cantor, House Speaker John Boehner and other House Republican leaders met today on Capitol Hill with Bowles, who now leads a non-partisan advocacy group -- "Campaign to Fix the Debt" -- lobbying all sides to reach a grand bargain.
Bowles and members of his group met separately on Tuesday with senior members of Obama's economic team at the White House.
"We have a real crisis, and I think it would be insane to reach the 'fiscal cliff,' but I think that there's only a one-third probably of Congress getting something done before December 31st," Bowles said, sounding a cautionary note. "You all know what it means if we don't, if we go over the 'cliff,' I think you'll see economic growth slowed by as much as 3 to 5 percent. That's obviously enough to put us back into a recession."


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Filed under: Capitalism, Energy, Environment, Law, Liberalism | Tags: Cataracts and Pterygia, Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs, Unintended Consequences
Liberals seldom investigate the unintended consequences of their good ideas. They do get enthusiastic about new ideas to improve the world, increase control of the bitter clinging masses, and just neglect to look at the details.
Saving the planet has ranked very high on their agenda, particularly since Obama promised to halt the rise of the oceans, so anything that promised to cut down on CO2 emissions, or energy use, seemed like a good idea right off the bat. Who would have suspected that people would get indignant over changing their lightbulbs to a different kind that would save them money in their electric bills?
Well, as usual, unintended consequences rise up. CFL bulbs — the twisty fluorescent kind— have not only gotten much more expensive, but now scientists say that they can harm the eyes. New research from the Australian National University has warned that the global trend toward using fluorescent bulbs may cause a 12 percent rise in UV-related eye diseases like cataracts and pterygia.
So does all the saving on our electricity bills, which energy secretary Steven Chu insists is good for us whether we like it or not, outweigh the cost of all the cataract operations? I have no idea what pterygia is, or what medical attention it might require.
So many liberal solutions turn out to be worse than the original.
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How are CFL bulbs a "liberal" thing?
You are an idiot trying to make something out of nothing.
The meager savings from using the ugly light CFL's is so nominal. It equates to less than a half a tank of gasoline a year. Take one less trip to Costco or the mall. Turn your a/c off for a day, hang your clothes to dry, insulate your house, and use lightbulbs
that don't cause cataracts and eye strain. My optometrist said that he makes so much more money off young people who need glasses now due to CFL's. Nuff' said.


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Recently, I joined a blog circle, my first one. The idea is that we all break out of any rut we might be in and shoot in a creative way for each month's theme. This month is Colors of Summer. Unfortunately, we never made it to the splash park that I had planned to use for the theme, and the last two days it was only in the mid-70's here, so I'm using an image that I captured of my son on his bicycle. Since we left Korea this past March, my children have had the opportunity to actually be outside and running, jumping, climbing and riding as much as they want. It has been fabulous!! :) The first week school was out, I didn't see the kids until it was dark. Sometimes dinner wasn't even until 830-9 pm, closely followed by bedtime!
Anyhow, here is what the colors of summer are to us.
|This is my actual submission- summer represents a new feeling of freedom.
|This obviously isn't in color, but its our neighbor's daughter and her reaction to her father rolling her into the sprinkler's path. :)
|Showing off his italian-iced tongue
|The first fishing trip of the summer- my 7 yr old caught this one.
|More Italian ices from the Renaissance Faire.
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Building ghost towns with million-dollar views
A teacher friend of mine just shook the change out of his trousers to buy and then fully remodel a dump in Telluride, Colo. The house cost $1 million, and it was the cheapest thing going. I didn't ask about the cost of the remodel.At the same time that my friend was assembling his financial house of cards, citizens voted to condemn a huge chunk of open space at the entrance to the town. The vote was widely understood as support for preservation over development, a triumph of environmentalism over greed. But it wasn't, exactly.If condemnation leads only to preservation, as it likely will, and not to other community benefits such as affordable housing or schools, the vote will represent the victory of small thinking over big picture, "me" over "us." Real estate prices in Telluride are already beyond the reach of most common folk, the teachers, policemen, service workers, counselors, and other key community members we all want in our towns.The failed proposal – clustered development that would protect 90 percent of the land, high-density affordable housing, 22 trophy homes so the developer can make money and a school site – wasn't perfect. The big homes were considered disgusting, bisecting the property, and a plan for ponds would have sapped the watershed. The vote means that the town has protected a stunning "viewshed," but mostly, and increasingly, for folks who live in Texas 10 months of the year.Aspen faces similar issues. Recently, the business I work for, Aspen Skiing Co., proposed a redevelopment plan for employee housing that involved tearing down an existing structure and constructing a new building with 10 more beds. At an early City Council meeting, the room was packed with the same neighbors with the same objections from every city council meeting facing similar proposals: It's too dense. It will be too noisy. Small-town character is why I chose to live in Aspen. It will crowd the streets.But small-town character is more than the density of the building behind you. It means a place where workers live in the community; where traffic isn't backed up for miles morning and night. Dense affordable housing belongs in the town core that was designed to accommodate it. Instead, NIMBYs will drive housing downvalley as sprawl, threatening the quality of life they want to protect, polluting the air, clogging the roads, damaging the ambiance, and changing the climate.These citizens, and others throughout the West, are making bad decisions that are elitist, exclusionary and contrary to their own values.Aspen smartly created growth controls in the 1970s, but that drove real estate values up wildly, making Telluride's million-dollar homes seem quaint. (Try $10 million, amateurs!) Aspen also has a vibrant land-conservation effort, but without associated affordable housing it drives up housing even more. What's missing is thinking about our communities as systems, not as a series of distinct issues seen through a paper-towel roll.Growth controls don't work without increased density in the heart of town. Land conservation defeats itself without new affordable housing.Another long-term Aspen sacred cow has been to preserve the curving, partly two-lane road going into town. The reason: This protects the small-town character. But a town besieged by road-ragers heading for work – a direct result of the two-lane and curves – is the antithesis of that goal.Other examples abound. Aspen denied more housing density (lopping off a story) because it would block the view from the library. But I don't think you'll find the guy with the 25,000 square-foot house browsing climbing magazines and gazing wistfully out the library window. Citizen "environmentalists" also protected a small park, killing a proposal for more affordable housing. But who will sit in the park?There is a micro-scale park in Aspen's West End that's perfect for a 2-foot-tall, 20-pound toddler. Sometimes, my wife, Ellen, and I take our daughter, Willa, to play there. She loves the little ramps a few inches off the ground, and tromps across the mini-bridge, giggling. But in a beautiful three-month autumn we never saw another child, never heard a neighbor walk past.The houses nearby, some of the most expensive in the country, stood empty, and Willa played happily alone among the silent mansions of a non-community, dark castles protecting a false dream of small-town character.Auden Schendler is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org) in Paonia, Colo. He is the director of environmental affairs for Aspen Skiing Co. and lives in Basalt.
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Online-only voting will settle tight races in final week
Starting positions in Midsummer Classic on the line heading down the stretch
It happens every year, players overcoming seemingly insurmountable deficits and being nudged into the starting lineup of an All-Star Game due to record online-only voting volume in the final week of the largest balloting program in sports.
Last year it happened three times, twice in the National League and once in the American League. Pablo Sandoval of the Giants leapfrogged David Wright of the Mets to start at third base for the NL, something he hopes to do again. Melky Cabrera of the Giants passed Ryan Braun of the Brewers in the NL outfield (both started due to Matt Kemp's injury). Robinson Cano of the Yankees overcame Ian Kinsler of the Rangers to start at second for the AL.
Here we go again. Prepare for the onslaught and the surprises and numerous Twitter hashtag battles, with literal and figurative fireworks certain at the end. As in-stadium Firestone All-Star paper balloting winds up Friday night during the Indians-White Sox doubleheader at U.S. Cellular Field, it all goes digital with the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot sponsored by freecreditscore.com.
Voting to decide 17 starters ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on the Fourth of July, with the 84th Midsummer Classic coming on July 16 at Citi Field.
You can submit 25 online ballots during the voting period but also earn a one-time bonus of 10 additional online ballots. To access these additional online ballots, log into an MLB.com account when submitting any online ballot. Register for a free MLB.com account easily just by clicking on the top right of pages here at MLB.com.
This year's record-setting pace on MLB.com and the 30 club sites has seen 275 million votes already cast. In the last week of 2012 balloting, fans voted at an unprecedented rate -- producing three of the four highest one-day totals during the final three days of this process. There were 4.2 million ballots cast on June 28, 3.9 million on June 27, and 2.8 million on June 26. Fans also set a new single-day mark with 42.5 million total votes on June 28.
Look for the same kind of activity this week, as most positional leads are considered too close to call. After all, even leads of a half-million votes are considered "narrow" entering the final week of online-only balloting. Consider:
"It's obviously a huge honor to be elected by the fans," said Orioles first baseman Chris Davis, who has a comfortable lead at his position in the AL and is 376,924 votes behind Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera in the race for top overall vote-getter. "The reason we play the game is for the fans, and to know that they want you to be a part of something that means so much to the players, it's a great honor. I think it gives the fans a good chance to get more involved and have some say in an event that is really made for them."
Among races that require hashtag battling in this final week are catcher, second, short and outfield in the AL, and catcher, first, second, third and outfield in the NL.
Both rosters will be unveiled at 6:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 6, during the All-Star Game Selection Show on FOX. The AL All-Star Team will have nine elected starters via the fan balloting program, while the NL All-Star Team will have eight fan-elected starters. The pitchers and reserves for both squads (totaling 25 for the NL and 24 for the AL) will be determined through a combination of player ballot choices and selections made by the two All-Star managers -- AL skipper Jim Leyland of the Tigers and NL manager Bruce Bochy of the defending World Series champion Giants.
Immediately following the announcement of the AL and NL All-Star rosters, fans will begin the always-frenetic process of selecting the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by freecreditscore.com. Leyland and Bochy, in concert with MLB, will each provide you with five names from which to choose in each league.
Then you vote over a four-day period, and the winners will be announced after balloting concludes on Thursday, July 11. The Final Vote is in its 12th season, with more than 350 million overall votes cast, and once again you can make Final Vote selections on MLB.com, club sites and mobile devices.
The final step in this run of fan balloting will be the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, you can vote exclusively online at MLB.com and the 30 club sites via the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote, and your collective voice will represent 20 percent of the official vote determining this year's recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
Fans are also participating in the Home Run Derby Fan Poll. You have the opportunity to select three players in each league whom you would most like to see participate in the Chevrolet Home Run Derby. Part of Gatorade All-Star Workout Day, it will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio in the U.S. beginning at 8 p.m. ET on July 15.
The 84th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM also will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.


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Escalating construction industry coupled with rapidly expanding market of footwear in the emerging countries is anticipated to propel the demand for polyurethane elastomers
The global polyurethane elastomers market is estimated to grow with a CAGR of 4.1% during the forecasted period and will reach $20 billion in 2021. Continued inputs by the government in terms of investments in polyurethane production and support by way of encouraging regulations is likely to contribute towards growth of the market. According to type, the global polyurethane elastomersmarket has been categorized into cast polyurethane elastomers, sprayed polyurethane, thermoplastic polyurethane, liquid injection molding, millable polyurethane and more. Cast polyurethane elastomers have generated the highest revenue in 2015and this segment is projected to remain dominant in the polyurethane elastomers market for the next five years. Escalating demand for automobiles is propelling the growth of cast polyurethane market. Numerous parts manufactured from this material is preferred in automobile industry over conventional rubbers owing to its excellent mechanical properties.
The market has been segmented into Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Rest of the World (RoW) on basis of geography. In 2015, APAC is the prominent region for polyurethane elastomers market and is estimated to be grow with CAGR of 5.7% during the forecast period. The growth in China is attributed to the increasing construction activities and the presence of largest producer of foot wears across the globe. However, considerable polyurethane elastomer demand in European along with Middle East countries is likely to boost the overall market.
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The Prominent Players in this Market Include
Covestro AG
The Dow (DuPont) Chemical Co.
Huntsman Corp.
Chemtura Corp.
Covestro AG is the leading supplier in the polyurethane elastomers market contributing to nearly 19% of overall revenue. Covestro through its broad range of products, product expansion and innovation have been successful in catering to a variety of customers, consequently maintaining their hold over the market. Covestro AG, Dow (DuPont) Chemical Co., BASF SE, Huntsman Corp and some more are other companies that are prominent in polyurethane elastomers market in 2015. With various product launches, mergers, acquisitions, collaborations and other strategies, these companies are obtaining market shares in the industry.
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The shutil module offers a number of high-level operations on files and collections of files. In particular, functions are provided which support file copying and removal.
Caveat: On MacOS, the resource fork and other metadata are not used. For file copies, this means that resources will be lost and file type and creator codes will not be correct.
The source code for this should be considered an example rather than a tool.
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The 'New consultants development programme' is specifically aimed at final-year registrars and doctors in the first five years of being a consultant.
Whilst many doctors have inherent leadership skills, not all doctors have been equipped to lead, and doctors in consultant posts face particular challenges.
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his 1-day 'On-the-job teaching' workshop is for doctors who wish to integrate teaching and learning into their everyday service, combining ward rounds, on-take and outpatient teaching with patient care.
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A new app called Cloak, which its creators dubbed the "anti-social network," helps users avoid real-life interaction with undesirable social media acquaintances.
There's a new iOS app for those who cringe at the thought of running into people they connect with via social media in the real world. It's called Cloak, and it warns users when undesirable acquaintances are nearby. The app, which keeps track of these acquaintances' locations using their updates on Instagram and Foursquare, touts that it is "incognito mode for real life," according to Sam Rowe at The Telegraph. Cloak removes "the 'social' from social media by following everyone you know, from your friends to you ex-girlfriends and that-bloke-you-met-a-party-once," Rowe said. Brian Moore, Cloak's creative director, started thinking about creating the app after he moved to New York and bumped into his ex-girlfriend four times in six months, according to Newsweek. He is surprised by Cloak's popularity. "We've got over a hundred thousand users already, which has been pretty mind-blowing," said Moore. Derek Markham at Treehugger has mixed feelings about Cloak and the anti-social app trend. "In the light of our habit of oversharing, and of connecting to people on social media that we wouldn't otherwise hang out with, some part of this anti-social app makes sense to me, because we don't always want to connect in real life with everyone in our social network," Markham said. "However, it really does beg the question of why we want to connect with others in the digital world, while wishing we could avoid them in the physical world." Whether helping people avoid real-world encounters is beneficial or not, Chris Baker, another of the app's creators, said more anti-social tools like Cloak will soon appear. "Personally, I think we've seen the crest of the big social network," Baker told The Washington Post. "Things like Twitter and Facebook are packed elevators where we're all crammed in together. ... I think anti-social stuff is on the rise. You'll be seeing more and more of these types of projects."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D156589%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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Student Spotlights
Shannon Chowaniec (Honors Program, Class of 2016)
- Major:
- Marketing
- Fun Fact:
- I have visited 47 out of the 50 states.
What influenced your decision to come to Niagara?
My first visit to Niagara University was for the Scholarship Interview Day. I received an academic scholarship and came to the campus for the scholarship brunch and a tour of campus. What really convinced me to come to Niagara, though, was Professor Pikas. He sat next to my mom and me and immediately made us feel welcome. He inspired me to come, and because I felt so welcomed on campus, I felt much more comfortable and knew it was the right choice. I appreciated that people were much friendlier at Niagara than other schools I had visited.
As a freshman, have you had the opportunity to join any clubs?
I am in B.O.L.D, which is the Business Organizational Leadership Development club, Experience and Growth in Leadership Education (EAGLE) club, and Niagara University's Marketing Association (NUMA). In B.O.L.D., we worked on the Sustainable Sandals Project, which sends donated sandals from the Cave of the Winds in Niagara Falls and redistributes them to countries in need. We also had the opportunity to present a formal presentation on B.O.L.D. activities to our entire Introduction to Business class.
I had a lot of fun in EAGLE because I was asked to be one of the interviewers this year for the Scholarship Interview Day. It was nice being on the other side of interviews, being able to both ask the questions but also answer any questions the interviewees had.
For NUMA, I have been working on assisting in marketing for the women's basketball team. Fellow students Erin Walsh, Claire Wittenauer and I have been planning out their "Senior Day," which is where all the senior members of the team get honored before their game. We thought it would be fun to do a play on words and invite seniors from local nursing homes as well as seniors from high schools to attend. We have been working with their coach Kendra Faustin about the "Senior Day" events (held Feb. 24., 2013)
What has been your favorite class/teacher so far?
Definitely my accounting professor Steve Gattuso. I love his teaching style, because he breaks down material so it's really easy to understand. He is also very helpful and answers your questions directly. I had him for Financial Accounting last semester and made sure to sign up for his Managerial Accounting class this semester.
Do you have any tips for incoming freshman?
I was definitely nervous about starting college, but you just have to realize that everyone is in the same boat! This is a new experience for everyone and Niagara's faculty and staff are very helpful and friendly, which makes everything a lot easier. Also I would say don't be afraid to ask questions in class.
What are your future plans?
I plan to study abroad, I'm not sure which country yet, but it's something I have been interested in doing. Long term, I would like to work for a big corporation, climb the corporate ladder to the upper management level, and put to use my leadership skills.


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Please give me your systematic approach as an oracle/computer expert in this issue :
If you are working in a company and all of the sudden, one or many of the end-users come up to you and say
my computer is too slow what steps normaly you follow to find the bottleneck.
I know there is bunch of different things can involve for instances :
Network traffic in LAN
Application sql out of tune
Operating system memory shortage / swapping / lock
Oracle server intensive operation by other users
Oracle server fragmentation issues
and many ..many more
But I need to know how do you start your investgation, what questions you ask and what you are more suspect for the cause of the problem. If you can give me one real life example that happens to you, I'll appreciate it.


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There are already a handful of iOS apps that can turn your iPhone into a tape measure (minus the tape) in a pinch, but Incipio's new Rugged AR Case promises a usable level of accuracy when it comes to measuring distances of up to 20 feet.
The secret is a removable triangular augmented reality marker on the back that works alongside an accompanying app and the iPhone's camera. It provides the app with a reliable visual reference, since the smaller it appears in frame, the farther it is away from the phone. Carpenters requiring extreme accuracy will probably still want to stick with what's in their toolbelt, but for quick room measurements when re-arranging furniture (and a little extra protection for your phone) the case might actually be worth the $40 price tag. [Incipio]


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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Anthony Davis' 20 points and eight rebounds helped the New Orleans Hornets snap a three-game skid Sunday, 110-95 over Sacramento.
Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon each scored 17 points for the Hornets, who used a size advantage to block nine Kings shots.
Greivis Vasquez posted a double-double of 12 points and 13 assists and Roger Mason Jr. added 13 points for New Orleans.
DeMarcus Cousins put in 16 points and hauled down 10 rebounds for Sacramento, which fell for the fifth straight time.
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EDITORIAL: Harry Reid fails leadership test on gun control
Forget a ban on powerful assault weapons or high-capacity magazines. Forget other common-sense gun restrictions.
The U.S. Senate has refused to pass even the one gun violence reform that has near-universal support from voters.
Ninety percent of Americans favor requiring background checks for the purchase of a gun.
But only 54 members of the Senate supported it Wednesday, falling far short of the 60 votes required to override a Republican-led filibuster of the legislation.
The bill was a compromise crafted by two conservative, "pro-gun," NRA-supported lawmakers, Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
It came at a time of significant momentum for measures that would do something to prevent or mitigate the kind of horror that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Connecticut just got Republican leadership on board to pass the toughest gun control law in the country, including an expanded assault weapons ban, restriction of high-capacity magazines and background checks.
It should have been a slam-dunk, and it begs the question:
Why couldn't Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid get this done, and is he the right leader for Democrats at a time of critical importance for the nation?
Reid ignored broad public consensus for reform of the Senate's filibuster process and reached a deal with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that preserves the right of a minority of 41 senators to block any piece of legislation with a simple vote. Reformers have pushed for a filibuster process allowing a senator to delay action on legislation only as long as they were able to keep up a floor speech, a la Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
Then, as President Obama, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and Newtown families pushed for Connecticut-style action on guns, Reid planted constant seeds of doubt.
He expressed support, but kept on indicating that the legislation had little to no chance of passing.
Reid, who has been tight with the NRA in the past, stripped Senate legislation of a proposed ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines in March for this reason, sparking outrage among gun control advocates. The New York Daily News front pages including "Gutless Cowards" and "Shame on U.S.," with photos of the 20 children who died at Sandy Hook.
Of course, Republicans leading the filibuster effort against background checks, and the four "red state" Democrats who joined them on Wednesday should be ashamed of kowtowing to the NRA.
But if Reid were committed to the issue, and really wanted such a low-risk (as in, 90 percent of voters support it) bill to pass, he has the power and could have made it happen.
That starts with a strong, consistent public message, continues with confidence and resolution to get it done and ends with swaying individual senators votes the way Reid does on other pieces of legislation, by trading favors or whatever it takes.
Connecticut's delegation is right to criticize Republicans for obstruction of this basic, common-sense reform. But they would be more effective right now in demanding better of their own party's leadership.


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Power Shortage? Maybe
Because of electric
energy shortages creeping across our nation, electric cooperatives have
come up with a series of plans to avoid paying outrageous prices for marketpriced
power. My family and
yours are included in one of those plans.
If a situation
should arise where we need to import electric power from out of state,
electric cooperative members will be notified through radio and television
We will be asked
to alter our daily habits by limiting the use of major electrical appliances
for a brief period. We can easily comply by using only one major electric
appliance at a time.
For example, if
we are using the electric oven to prepare dinner, we can avoid running
the washing machine until later. Also, we will want to defer using large
amounts of hot water during the time another major appliance is in use.
If we do our
part, we can shave up to 5 percent off "peak" which normally occurs between
4 p.m. and 8 p.m. The overall savings for REC members would be measured
in millions of dollars.
When it comes
to electricity use, REC members have shown we are eager to conserve. To
ensure the success of this conservation plan, we should begin talking
about its importance before the hot weather arrives.
We have heard
plenty about the power blackouts in California. As they adopt desperate
measures to rectify their energy shortages, some of the pain will be felt
outside the Golden State. While we have enough generation capacity to
meet our needs, emergencies can and do occur.
A "power emergency"
can be described as an unscheduled shut down of a generating plant. That
usually happens when the output of the plant is needed the most.
In the past,
when emergencies occurred, we could readily import power from other states.
We had that capability because we built and controlled a reliable high
voltage transmission system.
Currently, because
of a change in federal law, others can buy capacity on the regional transmission
system. If we need to bring in power, we may find that someone bought
the rights to the transmission capacity we would need to make such a transaction.
It may not be available because someone is passing energy through our
Missouri system to a market where they will make more money.
We in Missouri
are now exposed to those uncertain and potentially costly market conditions.
We want to reassure
you the operators of REC-owned generation and transmission systems are
doing everything to maintain system reliability. And, it should give us
comfort to know they are planning for every contingency.
My family is glad
to know they will be asked to help if a power shortage is eminent. Are
we looking at a power shortage in Missouri? Not likely. But we need to
do everything we can to be ready for "maybe."
Stork was executive
vice president of the Association of Missouri
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10 things about the killer Constipation that I've learned
Constipation in the past to me was just about the inability to pass motions smoothly, or in the crude language, inability to shit successfully in the toilet.
My ignorance and indifference ceased when I have to understand this as part of the learning about our Good Image Tea, the unique tea which proves to resolve and prevent constipation, apart from its ability to detoxify the body particularly the gastro-intestinal system, promote metabolism, escalates toxin removal, enhances complexion and swiftly remove excess fats.
Besides fats, constipation is what I keep hearing. Now, I have learned 10 things about not messing with constipation.
(1) Constipation is not just about the problem of having hard stools or problems in passing stools, Constipation can also be defined as having fewer bowel movements than usual. It is a symptom and not a disease.
(2) It is one symptom that no one particularly the older folks wants to admit or talk openly about. Doctors especially in the
U.S. probably knew best since it is the most common gastrointestinal complaint there clocking about 2 million patient visits annually.
(3) 1 in 2 women suffers from constipation, I read in one brochure on constipation. Elsewhere, on the net, we can read that older people are more likely than younger people to become constipated.
(4) 80% of
New York women constipated. This is what a doctor author wrote in his book about the amusing
New York women protest in 1994 demanding the government heath department to address the constipation issue plaguing women. According to the 1991 National Health Interview Survey, about 4 1/2 million people in the
United States say they are constipated most or all of the time.
(5) Constipation is the weight that even the strongest man in the world will not be able to force out easily. For those who have constipated, you will know what I meant?
(6) Constipation can be the worst nightmare and it is better off getting pregnant than constipated. This is what one blogger wrote about her ordeal of "Numbness, pain, sometimes balance loss or limping, insomnia" "after two days of not normal toilet visits". "The soonest it ends everything goes back to 'normal'".
(7) What shocked me is that constipation can be the cause that resulted in stroke or heart attack.
I recalled about people who died in their sleep or died sitting in their sofa, car, etc. Postmortem showed that they died of stroke or heart attack. But to think it can also be due to constipation is surprising.
During my recent trip to
China with my factory boss, we met our partners and friends about packaging our Good Image Tea.
They told me that it will be extremely dangerous for those who had constipation and yet do not know that they have high blood pressure or brain tumor. If they decide to force the stools out, the prolonged strain will naturally cause the blood pressure to shoot up which might trigger a stroke or heart attack.
Even if the person does not have a heart attack, straining oneself while holding one's breath to force out the stools can cause the haemorrhoidal blood pressure to increase. The rough dry faeces might cause abrasions and rupture the surrounding tissues of the anus and thus cause bleeding, painful defecation and stress.
(8) The hard stools that causes constipation is at the front and is just 3 to 5 cm long while the rest following that are soft or watery.
(9) The large intestine (colon) which is about 1.5 meters long receives the waste from the small intestine at about 10 cm per hour. It compresses the waste and absorbs the water before the solid waste or stools reach the anus. If the stools are stuck at the anus for too long, it will lead to the hardening of the stools starting from the front. Just imagine that if we eat and eat and do not pass out the stools in 15 hours, the whole large intestine will be jammed.
(10) No wonder the Chinese has a saying that "一日不排便,毒胜三包烟" which means that if one does not discharge stools from the body every day, its toxin in the body is worst than smoking three packages of cigarettes.


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He was drafted in the 4th round of the 1987 draft by the Pistons but he didn't start in the NBA. Two days after being selected (same number of days it took Brett Szabo to pack his bags) and Dave was on a flight to Monaco. He'd excel in the French league.
There were some contract issues in the NBA at the time. The money in Europe was good so I went after it.
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Basketball afforded me the luxury to travel and see the world. But there's no place like home.