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April 1, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) appropriates significant new funding for the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) State Grants program, authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). The VR State Grants program provides grants to states to help individuals with disabilities, especially those individuals with the most significant disabilities, prepare for, obtain, and maintain employment.
The ARRA provides an unprecedented opportunity for states and VR agencies to implement innovative strategies to improve employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Under the ARRA, $540 million is provided for the VR State Grants program. Information about each state's formula allocation is available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html This website also provides information about the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) under the ARRA, which is separate from the VR ARRA funds described in this Fact Sheet.
Overview of ARRA
Principles: The overall goals of the ARRA are to stimulate the economy in the short term and invest in education and other essential public services to ensure the long-term economic health of our nation. The success of the part of the ARRA providing support for programs under the Rehabilitation Act will depend on the shared commitment and responsibility of all involved in supporting improved outcomes for young people and adults with disabilities. Collectively, we must advance ARRA's short-term economic goals by investing quickly, and we must support ARRA's long-term economic goals by investing wisely, using these funds to strengthen VR programs, drive reforms, and improve results for people with disabilities.
Principles guiding the distribution and use of ARRA funds that are particularly relevant to VR programs include:
Spend funds quickly to save and create jobs. ARRA funds will be distributed quickly to states and other entities in order to avert layoffs and create jobs. They in turn are urged to move rapidly to develop plans for using funds, consistent with ARRA's reporting and accountability requirements, and to promptly begin spending funds to help drive the nation's economic recovery.
Ensure transparency, reporting, and accountability. To prevent fraud and abuse, support the most effective uses of ARRA funds, and accurately measure and track results, recipients must publicly report on how funds are used. Due to the unprecedented scope and importance of this investment, ARRA funds are subject to additional and more rigorous reporting requirements than normally apply to grant recipients.
Invest one-time ARRA funds thoughtfully to minimize the "funding cliff." ARRA represents a historic infusion of funds that is expected to be temporary. VR ARRA funds are available for obligation until September 30, 2011. These funds should be invested in ways that do not result in unsustainable continuing commitments after the funding expires.
Awarding VR State Grants Program ARRA Funds
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) awarded 50 percent of the VR ARRA funds to state VR agencies on April 1, 2009. The remaining funds will be awarded by September 30, 2009. These funds are allocated to state VR agencies under the program's allotment formula and are in addition to the funds received under the regular FY 2009 appropriation for the VR State Grants program. Together, these awards will constitute a state's total FY 2009 allocation for the VR State Grants program.
State VR agencies do not need to submit new applications or amend their approved FY 2009 state plans to receive VR ARRA funds. Eligibility for these VR ARRA funds is based on a state's eligibility for FY 2009 VR funds and the provision of the certification required by section 1607 of the ARRA. The assurances in a state's approved FY 2009 state plan, as well as the requirements of the ARRA, will apply to the use of the VR ARRA funds. However, in order to receive the remaining 50 percent of the state's allocation of VR ARRA funds, states must submit information, for review and approval by the Department, that addresses the recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the ARRA.
In accordance with the ARRA, state VR agencies should obligate VR ARRA funds expeditiously. State VR agencies may begin obligating VR ARRA funds immediately. All VR ARRA funds must be obligated by September 30, 2011.
Uses of VR ARRA Funds
All VR ARRA funds must be used consistently with the statutory and regulatory requirements for the VR State Grants program, as well as applicable requirements in the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR).
The VR ARRA funds constitute a large one-time increment in VR state grant funding that offers state VR agencies a unique opportunity to improve employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, especially those with the most significant disabilities. Generally, funds should be used for short-term investments that have the potential for long-term benefits, rather than for commitments that the State may not be able to sustain once ARRA funds are expended. State VR agencies are encouraged to consider serving individuals on waiting lists in agencies currently using an order of selection; increasing services to eligible consumers; and expanding services to traditionally underserved and unserved populations in the state, including students with disabilities transitioning from school to the workplace.
States are also encouraged to use funds in innovative ways for significant system improvement. Examples of possible uses include:
- Obtaining or improving effective case management systems that provide the agency with enhanced program management and evaluation capabilities.
- Providing training to VR counselors and other persons who provide VR services that will enhance the utilization of rehabilitation technology by VR program participants and improve employment outcomes.
- Providing intensive training to VR counselors and other persons who provide VR services on effective and innovative evidence-based VR practices to improve employment outcomes for persons with disabilities.
- Providing intensive training to agency staff to improve the capability of the agency to analyze and use data to improve VR services and employment outcomes.
Fiscal Issues
In accordance with the goals of the ARRA, the VR ARRA funds should be obligated expeditiously and with appropriate accountability. VR ARRA funds will remain available for obligation by grantees until September 30, 2011. However, grant funds from the regular FY 2009 appropriation must be obligated by September 30, 2010 and may only be carried over into FY 2010 if the state has met the matching requirements for those funds.
The ARRA waives the matching requirements for the VR ARRA funds. However, it does not waive the requirements to match the regular grant funds. Therefore, a state still must provide the requisite non-federal funds, as provided in section 7(14) of the Rehabilitation Act, to match its FY 2009 VR grant award received through the program's regular appropriation.
A state may not count State Fiscal Stabilization funds or VR ARRA funds as non-federal funds for purposes of meeting the maintenance of effort (MOE) requirement for the VR State Grants program or the match that the state is required to make for the regular FY 2009 award.
The Secretary has authority under the Rehabilitation Act to waive a state's MOE requirement, in whole or in part, based on a determination that a waiver is necessary to permit the state to respond to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances, such as a major natural disaster or a serious economic downturn that causes significant unanticipated expenditures or reductions in revenue that result in a general reduction in programs within a state.
Accountability Principles
As with all federal funds, states are responsible for ensuring that VR ARRA funds are used prudently and in accordance with the law.
ARRA requires that recipients of funds made available under that act separately account for, and report on, how those funds are spent. Further information on reporting instructions will be provided online at www.FederalReporting.gov.
The President and the Secretary are committed to ensuring that ARRA funds are spent with an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability. VR ARRA expenditures will be reported on the Recovery.gov Web site.
Additional Information
- The Department will provide updates as additional information becomes available regarding the details of the VR ARRA funds.
- The Department will also provide further information on the government-wide data collection and reporting requirements as this information becomes available.
- If you have any questions or concerns, please email them to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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New solar installations reached a fresh record of 7.5 gigawatts (GW) in Germany in 2011, playing into the hands of advocates for steeper cuts in tariff subsidies to reduce growth of solar power and the resulting higher costs for consumers.
The figure slightly exceeds the 7.4 GW recorded in 2010, German network regulatory agency Bundesnetzagentur (BnetzA) said in a statement on Monday.
Boosted by lavish tariff incentives, Germany became the world's largest solar market by installations and a major sales market of sector bellwethers such as U.S.-based First Solar , China's Suntech, Norway's Renewable Energy Corp and Germany's SMA Solar.
But the country has been cutting those favourable tariffs in an effort to force the industry to lower its costs faster and head off steep rises in energy bills for companies and households, which are required by law to pay the feed-in tariffs.
Additions in December alone amounted to 3 GW, the agency said, citing preliminary figures and adding that the pace of installations could trigger a 15 percent cut in tariffs under the feed-in law for renewable energy from July 2012, if unabated.
Under previous regulation, it would take the installion of only 225 megawatts (MW) between January and April of this year to reach a level that would trigger a 15 percent cut in subsidies from mid-year, BnetzA President Matthias Kurth said.
"We see proponents of an annual installation cap gaining influence in the discussion, especially in the context of an overall weakening economy, making politicians more sensitive to cost burdens in the manufacturing industry sector," Equinet analyst Stefan Freudenreich said.
The contribution of solar to Germany's overall power output so far is modest at just over 3 percent, or 18 billion kilowatt hours (kWh).
DZ Bank analyst Sven Kuerten also said the risk of a hard subsidy cap on new installations was increasing.
In November, Germany's Economy Ministry released a paper proposing to reduce the annual growth of new photovoltaic installations to 1,000 megawatts, or 1 GW, a move that would dethrone the country as the world's largest market for solar panels.
A similar move caused Spain to fall from a rank as the world's biggest market in 2008 to an expected No.8 position in 2011.

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Jaipur Men Pure Cologne
Introduced by Boucheron in 1997 JAIPUR for men is a sharp oriental woody fragrance.
This cologne has a blend of spicy fresh florals.
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When is the right to intervene
Who should be part of the intervention
"You cannot watch someone killing himself without doing anything. If someone has a knife and wants to kill himself. You will do anything to stop him. Drugs is the same thing. It is just a longer process "
Drugs and alcohol intervention
When you are looking at an intervention about an addiction to drugs or alcohol. A lot of emotions are involved. The person addicted has usually created a lot of upsets, disappointment and even illegal behavior towards the family and friends. Remember that the whole purpose of the intervention is to get the person the help he needs.
Drug rehab services will help performing a family intervention as well as we can refer you to professional interventionist that can get the person to treatment. People think that the person has to "hit bottom" to want help. What does it mean? The life style of a Drug or alcohol addicted person is very irresponsible. Sharing needles, non protected relation with people that they don't know, getting disease the individual will suffer for the rest of his life. Also it can bring the individual in to criminal activities that will bring him to spend part of his life in prison as a large percentage of the crimes are directly related to substance abuse. Also it can mean the addicted individual will die due to his life style or his direct use of Drugs. In case of hard substances an overdose.
Drug and alcohol Intervention is a delicate process. You should never get in to a drugs or alcohol intervention without the full knowledge of what to do. Also get the advice and help of a professional counselor.
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text: Welcome to our Oktoberfest section, where you will find all our fantastic Oktoberfest Costumes for both men and women. No matter what your budget is, we have some great Oktoberfest fancy dress costumes to match it. Whether you're looking for a traditional man's Bavarian costume, a ladies Bavarian Beer Girl or even a fun Lederhosen outfit you'll find it here! Remember if you don't see exactly what you want or want some advice, contact us we're here to help. Prost!


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A modern private hospital which is affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine International. Most of the doctors and surgeons at Hospital Punta Pacifica were trained in the USA or in Europe.
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What is FUT Hair Transplant?
Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) is a surgical procedure of hair transplant in which follicular units of about 4 hairs are transplanted into a patient's bald hair area. The oil glands that are present in follicular units enable the safe transplant of thousands of grafts in a session. Since these grafts are very small, it can be transplanted into small areas of the scalp. Therefore irregular clumps of hair that would result in older methods of transplant are avoided in FUT hair transplant. The surgeons who perform FUT hair transplant should be highly skilled and experienced. The result of FUT hair transplant is usually natural looking hair.
How is FUT hair transplant performed?
The hair in the donor area of the scalp is trimmed. Anesthesia is injected in the donor area of the scalp. The hair follicles are removed individually in a specific pattern called spread arrangement. This is done to evenly extract the hair follicles without leaving any sign of hair removal. This procedure is performed under a microscope to provide utmost care to preserve the hair follicles. The follicular units are extracted in strips used for micro-dissection before the transplantation. Anesthesia is injected into the recipient area of the scalp and the extracted hair follicles are inserted using a micro-needle into the bald area. The incisions in the donor area are closed using stitches or staples.
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To worship together as a witness to our unity before God. To work together as an interfaith fellowship in service to our community and world.
to guide relationships and the life of the community. To follow the six principles of inter-dependence. Common Journey, Different Paths, Re-Interpretation. Gracious Communication, Giving through receiving. Freedom from force and freedom to change. Post-cynicism.
To provide food and shelter, as well as support and prevention-based services to help community members in need achieve self-sufficiency.
To help provide employment and permanent supported housing.
To further social responsibility, justice, and spiritual healing in all activities.
To recognize common humanity by celebrating life, dignity, and faith in strategic efforts to end homelessness, hunger, and disenfranchisement.
To reach out to other groups, agencies and individuals to support and carry out work together.
To provide opportunities for all faith-based and secular communities and individuals to embrace the sacred service of assisting the impoverished, with a focus on healing, and a commitment to transforming lives.
involving religious leaders in the political process at the Texas Legislature and State Board of Education. working with the media to ensure that the religious right is not the only representative of people of faith in the news, organizing and publicizing clergy statements on important political issues of the day. and training people of faith to speak with an effective religious voice on issues facing our communities


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About Westchester Broadway Theatre
The Longest Running Year-Round Professional Theatre in the State of New York
The Westchester Broadway Theatre (WBT) is the longest-running year-round Equity theatre in the state of New York, with a 45-year history of over 200 main-stage productions and nearly 1000 Monday/Tuesday special events and concerts. Our objective with this world-class venue is to always provide our audiences – which come from far and wide – with the highest production values and most memorable entertainment/dining experiences.
WBT is the only theatre of its kind in Westchester where Broadway performers, directors and designers gather to create this level of Musical Theatre. Each show is produced exclusively for WBT and is approached similarly to a Broadway production: casting Broadway performers at auditions in New York City and engaging the creative staff (Directors, Choreographers, Musical Directors, Live Orchestra, Set, Costume & Lighting Designers, etc.) On musical "dark nights," WBT has presented nearly 1000 Monday and Tuesday night special events and concerts, featuring top-tier talents such as Jackie Mason, Tom Jones, George Carlin, Paul Anka, Wayne Newton, and Harry Belafonte. With the continued support of our tri-state area audiences, we pledge to continue to present the best in theatre and dining!
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Bob Funking and Bill Stutler have produced more shows than most Broadway producers!
July 9, 2019, marked the 45th anniversary of the Westchester Broadway Theatre and the 26th anniversary of the current, specifically-designed state-of-the-art venue. On July 9, 1974, Bill and Bob pioneered the Dinner Theatre concept in Westchester by designing, building and opening An Evening Dinner Theatre, serving dinner and lunch. Since then, they have evolved their operation into WBT as we know it today, a cultural mainstay of the tri-state area.
In 2004, Bill and Bob were inducted into the Westchester County Business Hall of Fame.


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Exelon Nuclear will soon begin the testing of new sirens that have been installed over the past few months. The tests are part of a larger project to replace all 165 emergency sirens in the 10 miles around Limerick Generating Station with new sirens
POTTSTOWN, Pa - Exelon Nuclear will soon begin the testing of new sirens that have been installed over the past few months. The tests are part of a larger project to replace all 165 emergency sirens in the 10 miles around Limerick Generating Station with sirens that include battery back up. The first phase of the project began in Sept. 2009.
The testing is scheduled to begin the week of Aug. 9 with sirens located in Chester County. Testing will continue in September with sirens in Montgomery County and conclude in October with the sirens in Berks County. The individual siren tests may be performed daily from the respective county start date until the end of Nov. 2010. The typical duration of the testing will be between 15 - 30 seconds and could occur several times in a row. Occasionally, siren activation may last the full three minutes. The siren acoustics will be similar to those of current emergency sirens.
Residents may contact the counties at the following numbers if they have concerns during testing:Berks County (610) 374-4800Chester County (610) 344-5000Montgomery County (610) 631-6530
The new and old sirens will be operable concurrently for a 4-month period to ensure they operate properly. Completion of the project and removal of the existing sirens is scheduled for 2011.
This $3.8 million investment around Limerick is part of Exelon Nuclear's commitment to replace and upgrade the emergency sirens at all of the sites in the mid-Atlantic including Three Mile Island, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, and Oyster Creek Generating Station. This project will involve a total investment of more than $9 million and the replacement of 400 sirens.
"The sirens are an important part of our commitment to the safety of the public," said Bill Maguire, Limerick site vice president. "This significant investment is part of our ongoing efforts to ensure that Limerick Generating Station remains a leader in the industry and the community."
The warning sirens are one of several methods used by county emergency management authorities to provide notification of emergencies. Individual counties may activate the sirens to warn the surrounding community of events such as fires, floods, tornados, hazardous material releases, or nuclear energy plant events. The sirens are not a signal to evacuate, but to tune to the local Emergency Alert Station.
Limerick Generating Station is located approximately 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The plant produces approximately 2,200 net megawatts of carbon-free electricity per hour, enough to power approximately two million homes.


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Veteran actor Jack Klugman dead
Klugman best known for role in 'Odd Couple' and 'Quincy, M.E.'
Jack Klugman, who made an art of gruffness in TV's "The Odd Couple" and "Quincy, M.E.," has died at the age of 90.
The actor's son Adam says his father died Monday afternoon in Los Angeles.
In the 1970s sitcom "The Odd Couple," Klugman played sloppy sports writer Oscar to co-star Tony Randall's Felix, a fussy photographer. In "Quincy, M.E.," which aired from 1976 to 1983, Klugman played an idealistic, tough-minded medical examiner.
Klugman lost his voice to throat cancer in the 1980s but trained himself to speak again. He returned to acting in a 1993 Broadway revival of "Three Men on a Horse."
Klugman split his time between TV, movies and the New York stage. In his later years he guest-starred on TV series including "Third Watch."


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Workers in Japan are still struggling to limit environmental contamination at the Fukushima plant. The latest problem has been a break that is allowing heavily contaminated water flow directly into the ocean, a leak that has continued despite two attempts to plug it. Meanwhile, worries persist about the state of the reactor cores on the site.
Update: TEPCO, which runs the reactors, has announced the leak has been stopped. The New York Times has also obtained an assessment of the Fukushima reactors performed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that highlights some of the challenges facing the cleanup effort.
We'll start with the ocean. As we said in our previous coverage, all indications are that the cooling system for at least some of the reactors is no longer a closed loop. In order to keep the reactors cool, workers at the site are pumping prodigious amounts of water into the cooling system of some of the reactors, where it's either being vaporized into steam, or leaking back out; in either case, chances are good that it's coming in contact with the reactor core first, and will pick up radioactive isotopes then. (CNN indicates that reactor 2 has been receiving 200 tons of water a day.)
Currently, it seems that a lot of it is leaking out, creating highly radioactive pools of water on-site and having made its way into the ocean through a damaged area of concrete. The high levels of radioactivity mean that humans can't work directly on the crack, making what would otherwise be a routine repair about as difficult as fixing an oil well on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Workers have tried to patch the concrete twice and, initially, only managed to reduce the flow of water slightly; the flow has since come to a halt. The extended leakage has meant that, in the area around the damage, radiation levels have reached the point where exposure would be fatal in less than a day, and are millions of times the legal limit.
Fortunately, indications are that the contamination is largely a short-lived isotope of iodine that will decay to background within a matter of months. The sheer volume of the Pacific will also ensure that it will be diluted out to low levels relatively rapidly.
The ability of the Pacific to dilute any radioactivity is also providing a solution to one of the other problems we noted last time: a limited capacity to store contaminated water on site. The plan now is to dump some of the water that only has low levels of contamination. This will free up capacity that will be used to store some of the high-level waste that has been found in the reactor buildings.
While efforts continue to focus on keeping most of the contamination on-site, the question of how to clean up the site itself remains largely unanswered. It's not clear whether there is also significant contamination of groundwater being caused by the same (or other) leaks, or the extent to which a longer-lived cesium isotope, 137Cs, is being released at the same time.
Bigger questions remain about the state of the reactors themselves. As evidenced by a Nature News report, experts appear divided about the degree to which the reactor structure melted down, the shape that the fuel is in, and whether fission chain reactions may be restarting due to the damage. The problem is a general lack of information—nobody has seen the reactors, and people are trying to interpret indirect measures of what has gone on inside. Nevertheless, the consensus is that the cleanup on-site will take years; a manager at the utility has been quoted as saying, "I don't know if we can ever enter the No. 3 reactor building again."
There has been no doubt for weeks that the Fukushima reactors would never be used again. Our ability to limit long-term contamination in the areas around the site, however, is still an open question. Once that crisis passes, however, Japan will face difficult decisions on how best to handle all the damaged nuclear fuel that, at the moment, remains poorly contained in a seismically active area.
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Currently, this is a draft. Sven Meier has retired from the jOrgan developer team in 2016. The latest jOrgan release version is version 3.20.
jOrgan is a Java-based MIDI-Processor, in other terms a Java MIDI-IDE. It's open architecture allows for complex transmitting and dynamical modifying of MIDI-Messages on their way between MIDI-Encoders and MIDI-Decoders, through an own MIDI Programming Language MPL.
The jOrgan core...
- runs on Windows, Linux and MAC operating systems
- supports elements known from pipe organs
- offers powerful Midi processing
- allows styling of realistic optical surfaces
The jOrgan Extensions allow to...
- use a graphical user interface
- customize your disposition conveniently. Set your MIDI inputs and basic settings
- execute arbitrary commands
- utilize Creative Soundcards specific features
- embed a Fluidsynth sampler in jOrgan
- conveniently configure LinuxSampler
- import elements from different sources
- Use a virtual keyboard
- connect to Midi devices on other computers with LAN devices
- show disposition information on an LCD
- store combinations in a Memory
- merge midi devices
- record and share your performances
- connect SAMs driven stop tabs with your disposition
- work with Soundfonts
- work with Midi Tools and utilities
This program is wikipedia:free software - if you have any problems or questions please feel free to join our discussion. You could also contribute to documentation by adding/modifying this wiki.
How can I use jOrgan?
jOrgan lets you use your computer as, e. g., a full featured virtual organ. Here's a simple chart that illustrates where jOrgan fits into the overall "organ" scheme. It recognizes that jOrgan and any associated sound rendering aspect are two separate components.
Many jOrgan users have created their own custom dispositions to meet their personal needs. Links to their shared work can be found under "Shared Dispositions".
(this is a variety only. Click to enlarge.)
Note that you have to open the latest folder on the download page, for the latest version.
→ Latest installer for Windows
→ Latest package for Linux
→ Latest bundle for MAC
Resources And Research
may contain both internal and external links
→ jOrgan mailing lists archive at Nabble (forum-like appearance)
→ perform an advanced Nabble archive research
→ jorgan-user mailing list archive at Gmane
Source code
→ jOrgan project at Sourceforge
Contribute To jOrgan
From the very beginning, jOrgan is team work. There are several tasks which need maintenance.
This is a Wiki administered by real persons. If you wish to contribute something to jOrgan, you'll need an account with 'edit' privileges. Use the 'request account' link on top-right of this page, please, and wait patiently for replies, from our administrators.
Current Contribution Tasks
- maintain the jOrgan language files (currently: English, Czech, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian)
- add languages
- → pending feature requests
Shortcuts For Contributors
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Obama meets 'president unlike any other'
The president of Uruguay lived up to his reputation Monday -- he did not wear a tie to his meeting with President Obama.
Jose Mujica Cordano did, however, wear regular shoes, not the sandals he sometimes sports.
The 78-year-old Uruguayan leader is also known for speaking his mind, as Obama found out before their Oval Office meeting.
"The first thing he said to me is that my hair has become much grayer," Obama said.
In brief remarks, the presidents talked about economic and cultural ties between the U.S. and Uruguay.
The leaders did not make reference to items for which Mujica is noted: His agreement to take detainees from the counter-terrorism prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and his leadership of the world's first nation to totally legalize marijuana.
Mujica did talk about the evils of smoking (tobacco), noting that 8 million have died from it.
"It's murder," he said. "We are in an arduous fight ... against very strong (corporate) interests."
He also said the United States needs to become a bilingual country, "because the strength of Latin women is admirable, and they will fill this country."
As the AFP wire service put it, Mujica "is a president unlike any other. He's a former guerrilla, never wears a tie, lives on a modest farm with a disabled dog and has championed his country's legalization of cannabis."
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"A typical day for the 78-year-old might see him welcoming a journalist onto his farm and sharing a recipe for tomato sauce, then heading to an official ceremony, followed by lunch with his driver in the center of town. After which, perhaps he'll meet with his ministers and then stand on the street and hand out some pamphlets he's written."


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Accused cartel front man has business in S.A.
Federal prosecutors charged a Mexican businessman with San Antonio ties with money laundering Tuesday and accused him of being a front for corrupt officials from the border state of Tamaulipas.
In a related civil filing, prosecutors said Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of that border state, took millions from drug cartels and ran his own extortion and bribery schemes.
An indictment in Brownsville charges Fernando Alejandro Cano Martinez, 55, with taking millions from the Matamoros-based Gulf Cartel and its one-time enforcers, the Zetas.
Cano took bribes from the cartels and delivered the money to high-ranking officials in the border state of Tamaulipas, the indictment says. The indictment also alleges he created companies in San Antonio and across South Texas to purchase hundreds of acres of property with the funds. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
In civil filings in a federal court in Corpus Christi, prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of a condo Yarrington owns on South Padre Island. In the court documents, they allege that from 1999 to 2005, while he was governor of Tamaulipas and a presidential candidate, Yarrington engaged in a range of criminal activity.
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Yarrington "acquired millions of dollars in payments while holding elected office from large scale drug organizations ... and from various extortion or bribery schemes," the civil filing reads.
"Both during and after his service in public office, he used his illicit income from his political years to become a major real estate investor through various money-laundering mechanisms," federal prosecutors said in court papers. "Yarrington's co-conspirators agreed to help Yarrington launder the millions in proceeds from drug trafficking activities through real estate investments in the United States."
Cano ran businesses that boomed with contracts under Yarrington's six-year run as governor of Tamaulipas, according to Mexican media reports.
The indictment says Cano and others conspired to use an array of corporate entities they formed in Texas to launder portions of bribes paid by the Gulf Cartel to high-level elected officials and candidates for elected office in Tamaulipas. Millions of dollars of assets, primarily in Texas real estate, were allegedly acquired in the scheme.
Prosecutors are seeking forfeitures worth $40 million from Cano.
Among the properties is land near the prominent shopping and retail centers at La Cantera, and nearly 300 acres on Culebra Road, though some was purchased as part of an illegal loan scheme, federal prosecutors said.
A San Antonio firm, Brown & Ortiz P.C., lobbied the San Antonio City Council to approve zoning changes allowing for development for at least one of Cano's entities, Cantera-Parkway Development Partners of SA, L.P., records show.
Daniel Ortiz who handled the account for Cantera-Parkway, said he dealt with someone other than Cano.
"I've never heard of that name period," Ortiz said of Cano.
But in a civil filing Tuesday, prosecutors announced they were trying to take possession of 46 acres that Cantera-Parkway hoped to develop. Yarrington, Cano and others purchased the property in 2006 for $6.6 million, prosecutors said. That year, a representative from a company related to Cantera-Parkway told the Express-News he planned a mixed-use development on the site.
Cano also is accused of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to the indictment, Cano and others also engaged in a separate conspiracy in the acquisition of loans from financial institutions by submitting false financial information to the banks in order to obtain the loans.
Yarrington's troubles began in November, when the body of slain businessman and rancher Alfonso Peña Arguelles was displayed publicly in Nuevo Laredo along with a message from the Zetas accusing Peña's brother of laundering money for Yarrington.
They continued early this year, when the Mexican government acknowledged they were investigating Yarrington and two other former Tamaulipas governors for corruption. Then, in February, Alfonso Peña Arguelles' brother Antonio was arrested in San Antonio. In a criminal complaint, a DEA agent alleged that Peña funneled money to Yarrington from the drug cartels and that the two would meet in San Antonio.
Yarrington is a well-known member of Mexico's opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, which is currently leading polls in this summer's presidential election. The allegations against him come just weeks before the July 1 election day.
Cano is a fugitive and a warrant remains outstanding for his arrest. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) at (956) 542-7831 or (956) 542-5811.
Staff Writer Valentino Lucio and News Researcher Julie Domel contributed to this story.


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Just dropping off some cards that I made weeks ago. The first two are using images from my store Paper Cupcakes. So, if you haven't been by my store you should stop by and check it out and also look through the gallery as well. There are a lot of really great projects in it made by some really talented people aka the Design Team aka my friends. "oD
This first image is called "Just Because" I really like this image, but then I find myself saying that a lot after I use them all! It is the first time I have colored a lot of my images if you see them here. I must say it is kind of fun too, to color them for the first time or to see what someone else does with them as well, if I have never seen them used before. Well, I have a lot of them out there like that, so why don't you stop by and buy a few and show me what you can do with some. Also, stop by my blog over TMITA/PCC you can find the link on my side bar, just click on the icon and maybe join in some of our weekly challenges.
This second image is called "Teddy Bear Sunday" I think he is soo cute and super cute all colored up (see, there I go again!). I added some glaze on the lower part of the drips, the cherry and on a few of the dots on the pp; it looks so cute in real life.
This third card I made for a friend that had a baby back in December, OK, I am really slow about posting these, but she didn't even receive it until January! I bought the 3-D sticker of the animals, because, well, you can see how cute it is and so this was a really super fast and easy kind of card. Mindy loves buttons and has an addiction for them so I made sure I added some buttons! She probably is pulling them off and re-using them... LOL.. nope probably not, she has a stash load of them that she probably doesn't need to do that!
OK.. it's late, I have a few more pictures to upload, although they are not my projects I do want to do a special posting, but it is getting late and I am going to bed. Everyone else is already in bed and the house is nice and quiet and still, so I think bed is where I need to be as well!!
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look and special thanks if you left me some lovins, I so love reading it!!
February 13, 2010
Some More Cards...
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- The Other Patti Sue said...
"Just Because" is beeutiful... so cute. love the colors and the flowers are the perfect embellie. "Teddy Bear Sunday" just looks yummy! Such a cute image! Love the ribbon. Your baby boy card is just to cute! Love all the little animals and your buttons make the card!
- February 13, 2010 at 8:44 AM
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OTTAWA - A Canadian has died from H5N1 avian influenza after returning from a trip to China in what is the only current confirmed case of its kind in North America, federal health officials said on Wednesday.
Officials at a briefing in Ottawa said that the case was isolated and there was minimal risk to the general public. The H5N1 strain - normally spread through contact with infected birds - kills about 60 percent of those infected, they added.
The person, who traveled to China in December, died in the western province of Alberta on Jan 3. Officials warned Canadians to avoid coming into contact with birds in China.
The Alberta health ministry said in a statement that in 2013, there were 38 world-wide cases of H5N1 avian influenza reported to the World Health Organization and 24 deaths.


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We don't need a reason to celebrate our favorite rum and coffee liqueur but we'll take today as a sign from the liquor gods above to mix up a drink with Kahlúa.
Kahlúa can be simply enjoyed simply on the rocks stirred and topped with a bit of orange zest (trust me, you won't want to skimp on it!), served in a shot, or mixed into a variety of cocktails and warm coffee beverages. I also simply enjoy adding Kahlúa with some homemade whipped cream (my boyfriend makes great whipped cream using Hiram Walker's hazelnut liqueur!) to hot chocolate for a different dessert option. And, "upping the ante" a tad bit more, another warm Kahlúa beverage is the Monte Cristo, as featured below:
Monte Cristo:
- ¾ oz. Kahlua
- ¾ oz. Hiram Walker Triple Sec
- 1 cup coffee
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Wookiees. Check.
Millennium Falcon-like spaceship. Check.
Compelling story. Check.
In covering those four bases, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is not only providing one of the very best interactive Star Wars experiences, but it's tapped into the very soul of the Star Wars universe that drew hundreds of millions of fans to the franchise in the first place. Developed by Bioware, Knights of the Old Republic is stronger with The Force than any George Lucas-powered movie that's come out in the last 20 years and lands on the PC as one of the very best titles the system has to offer after a sterling launch on the Xbox. And the best part about this is, while the game may have the approach of a port, they actually fixed the interface to be fully functional and better for the PC as well as improving the graphics immensely, planting more items, and adding a new area that the Xbox version didn't have.
There's tons of character development, a combat probability system and a giant inventory to manage, so I guess KOTOR gets clearance as a role-playing game. But as both an RPG and a Star Wars title, it strikes a marvelous balance of hardcore authenticity and accessibility for the uninitiated. Pen and paper players can check the log of dice rolls used to calculate the success rate of every trigger pull or lightsaber swing. Freddy Fanboy can geek out for hours at how well the Jawa language has been adapted for a videogame. And even the coolest of the cool hip kids will be able to see the appeal of swinging double lightsabers and choking fools from across the room.
It all begins with a rock solid story that really does begin a long long time ago....
This is Star Wars
Normally setting a Star Wars game 4000 years before the events of the movies we all know would be a recipe for mediocrity. How many times have we seen a LucasArts game where the adventure is set somewhere "just next door" to what we know from the films, so we're getting to see what Lando or Obi Wan does when he's not hanging out with the superstars of the galaxy like Vader, Leia or that Hoth medical droid. But you've got to hand it to Bioware for mimicking the entire feel of the first Star Wars movie but with original characters and an original storyline.
All of the standards and paradigms of the Star Wars universe --Jedi vs. Sith, bureaucracy and politics-- are present in this game and both the gameplay and storyline work within those guidelines. You begin the game as a soldier who simply happens to be strong with The Force and throughout the game you're developing your skills as a Jedi, making decisions that not only affect your leanings to the Dark Side or the Light Side of the force but will also determine how your game's story unfolds. We could tell you exactly how the story for our created characters went and still not ruin the majority of your experience because stories branch and spread all over the place before coming back to a handful of very specific and critical crossroads, but it all fits within the Star Wars universe that we all know and love. We figured we'd just give you a few highlights.
Before you're done with KOTOR, you will:
- train at the Jedi Academy which includes learning the Jedi Code and the meaning behind a lightsaber's color.
- walk into a cantina on Tattoine where the bartender won't like you...and the bounty hunters won't like you either!
- find somebody's lack of faith disturbing.
- explore the forest world of Kashyyk and see what "Return of the Jedi" was supposed to look like if we'd had Wookiees instead of Ewoks in treetop villages
- face your former master again after all these years.
- space-walk on the surface of a battleship
There are multiple side missions that will help expand your understanding of the story as well. So in Knights you may:
- collect a few bounties that you've hunted down.
- reunite a woman and her droid so they can resume their extremely unhealthy relationship.
- fight alongside Wookiees in a struggle for freedom.
- try a murder case or two as a Jedi attorney.
- get thrown in and escape from prison once or twice.
- smuggle for the Star Wars mafia.
- get executed for insulting a native species.
The original characters and story are interesting enough, but being in a Star Wars setting just makes them like family. You've got your beautiful and mysterious female Jedi who shares a special bond with you. There are the two soldiers, one Mandalorian and one Republic, who don't see eye to eye on much but are always down for a scrap. You'll also pick up an old Jedi master who's spent most of his life as a hermit but is still powerful with The Force as well as a young and angry Jedi from the academy. Star Wars fans will know there's only one way to get Wookiee to follow a human around and you get one in KOTOR along with his Twi'lek companion. There are even a couple of droids to be found in your crew. Your astromech is a beeping mechanical wiz while HK-47 (my personal favorite) is your psychopathic assassin droid who just happens to provide most of the game's comic relief. Dialogue with HK-47 was funny enough to cause many of us to laugh out loud on several occasions and, like all characters, his lines evolve the deeper you get into the game. If C3PO ever grew a sack --of nuts and bolts, heh-- he'd be HK-47. Likewise with all of your crew members in the game; they each borrow recognizable elements from characters in the original Star Wars trilogy. Throw in a major plot twist or two, there's no way you'll see the first one coming, and it's clear KOTOR is built to entertain both as a game and as another volume in the Star Wars library.
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A colleague of ours spent years recording the archaeology of an island off the west coast of Ireland. In the last few weeks of the project the team commenced the survey of the islands' historic graveyard.
'Finally,' his neighbours said jokingly ' you are doing something useful around here'.
We know, as archaeologists, the value of our surveys, excavations and publications (http://eachtra.ie/index.php/journal/) but that value is not always apparent to the general public. We have found that community-based historic graveyard surveys (http://www.historicgraves.ie/blog) are a great way to introduce members of the public to our methods and to our ways of thinking and looking at the world.
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Renovated in 2004, the hotel comprises a total of 88 rooms spread over four floors. Facilities on offer in this air-conditioned establishment include a 24-hour reception, safe, a currency exchange counter, a cloakroom, and lifts, in addition to a bar, a cocktail bar, and an air-conditioned restaurant serving traditional French cuisine (highchairs available for children). There is a conference room with seating for up to 380 persons and a public Internet terminal with WLAN. There are parking spaces and a garage available for those arriving by car, and room and laundry services complete the offerings. Younger guests can enjoy themselves in the kids' club (up to 12 years).
The welcoming rooms come with an en suite bathroom with hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, radio, Internet access, adjustable air conditioning and heating, a minibar/ fridge, carpeted floors, a double or king-size bed, and a hire safe.
Leisure options include an indoor swimming pool. Active guests can play tennis or billiards, go jogging, or try horse riding. The nearest public transport stop is golf course is about 2 km from the hotel.
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Olivo making quick impact with Dodgers
MIAMI -- After only three days, journeyman catcher Miguel Olivo has already given the Dodgers "a presence," manager Don Mattingly said.
Olivo did not start Sunday after catching the first two games against the Marlins, his team last season. He went 3-for-9 with a triple and three runs scored.
That kind of offense, Mattingly said, would likely give Olivo a little more playing time at the position than platoonmate Drew Butera. Olivo also caught Sunday starter Stephen Fife at Triple-A Albuquerque, but Mattingly said he chose Butera because "he's more used to our system" of attacking hitters.
Olivo left the Marlins in the middle of last season, frustrated that playing time was going to young catcher Rob Brantly. He asked for his release and eventually got it, only for Brantly to be sent back to the Minor Leagues shortly after. Olivo went to his Central California home and sat out the second half of the season, signed a Minor League contract with the Dodgers and played the first month this year at Triple-A Albuquerque.
"I think I made a little mistake," said Olivo. "Yesterday I saw the owner [Jeffrey Lurie] and a couple of coaches, I told them I apologized and all that happened is history. Everything is over, they said, 'OK, fine.'"
Playing time could get squeezed again for Olivo when A.J. Ellis returns from knee surgery. Ellis has resumed running and said his leg feels better than it has at any point of his rehab. Plus, Tim Federowicz is in Triple-A and still figures in the club's long-range plans.
"The reason I signed a Minor League deal, I wanted to come back and show people I'm in position to play," he said. "Now that I'm back here, it's the only thing that matters to me right now. I'm healthy and hungry to play and show people."


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Hometown: I am originally from Sheridan, Wyoming and now live in Thornton, Colorado with my husband and our son!
College: B.S. Accounting, University of Wyoming
Favorite college memory: I have several fabulous memories from UW and to pick just one is impossible! But some of my favorites are the year the UW Men's Basketball team won the Mountain West Conference title and was chosen to go to the NCAA tournament; winning Greek Week my senior year; ski trips to the Snowy Range; seeing BB King perform on campus; and the list goes on and on....
Hobbies outside of work: I love to spend time with my family and friends, golf, hike, snowshoe, shop, cook and travel!
Favorite place on campus: The Reading Room in the old College of Business is at the top of my list! I spent many hours there studying; doing group projects; and hanging out with other Accounting students talking about credits and debits!
Advice to incoming students: Get involved on campus! There are groups and organizations for everyone--so whatever your passion is, there are other people here at UW who share the same interest!


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today all over sudden the sync via Caldav to Thunderbird (Lightning and Caldav Plugin) stopped working. I know a lot of people here might say the same "I have not changed anything" ;-) but I really didn't change one piece on my Zimbra for the last weeks. I use the following zimbra version
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[zimbra@webmail1 ~]$ zmcontrol -v
Release 8.0.6_GA_5922.RHEL6_64_20131203103705 RHEL6_64 FOSS edition.
I use a URL like this to access caldav: https://mydomain.tld:firstname.lastname@example.com/Calendar
Port 4433 is forwarded to zimbra's LAN IP on port 443. But I also tried with https://email@example.com/Calendar
Same effect: Thunderbird cannot access the calendar. The strange thing is that TB does not even ask for the password. I deleted the stored password from TBs password-manager but does not help. TB does not ask for a password. I deleted the calendar from TB, removed and reinstalled the two plugins (lightning and caldav) and at the end even re-installed Thunderbird but all does not help.
But when I call one of the URLs above in the browser I get asked for a password as expected and I get the txt file with the calendar definition stuff. I use TB 24.5.0 on fedora 20
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In the "war on drugs," Phil Price has battled crack, methamphetamine, heroin, and pot. But the newest drug epidemic – abuse of prescription opioid painkillers – has the narcotics agent reassessing his role in policing America's hunger for illicit highs.
As head of the narcotics squad in Cherokee County in Georgia, Mr. Price has ordered his 14 agents to shift focus from meth labs and Mexican drug gangs to eyeing vans full of average Joes in search of prescriptions for a legal, but habit-forming and potentially deadly, fix: oxycodone. A pharmaceutical form of heroin, the drug is now a top seller, with 100 million prescriptions written over the past 15 years – the equivalent of 1 bottle of pills for every 3 Americans.
But fighting oxycodone abuse – an epidemic that now results in millions of overdoses and at least 11,000 deaths annually – has unique and vexing challenges.
For one, the drug is not illegal. But there are right ways and wrong ways to dispense it, though regulations vary from state to state. Large-scale dispensers, whom Price calls "drug dealers with MDs," are protected, to a point, by federal law and by powerful medical and pharmaceutical lobbies. For another, it's increasingly difficult to identify abusers. They range from retirees to high school girls, and many attempt to "doctor shop" to find a fix.
"It's far more complex than any other drug epidemic I've seen," says Price. "What it all boils down to is a societal issue, not a law enforcement issue. I don't know how we can keep everybody from doing harm to themselves."
Abuse of oxycodone is not new. The introduction 15 years ago of "miracle" drugs like OxyContin was hailed as a leap forward in the field of pain management for patients, but early on oxycodone's addictive properties became clear. Since then, not only have patients developed addictions, but recreational drug users are increasingly seeking out oxycodone, crushing the pills to negate time-release formulas and even vaporizing pills, a method called "chasing the dragon."
As demand grew, unscrupulous doctors set up shop in strip malls and began offering large prescriptions dispensed for cash. These "pill mills" popped up by the hundreds, especially in south Florida. The result is an "Oxy Express," a steady flow of users who became black market dealers, selling part of the stash in their distant hometowns to finance their addictions.
"All it takes is 1/10th of the physician population [to act unethically] to create a national epidemic," says Stanford University researcher Keith Humphreys, a former adviser to the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy.
The overnight appearance of a pill mill in Cherokee County last year is what drew Price into the fight against the epidemic. Neighbors complained about parking lots jammed with out-of-state cars and vans. The clinic advertised on billboards and in newspapers across north Georgia, drawing the notice of police.
Price says local officials managed to "force" the clinic to move elsewhere, but no arrests were made. Subsequently, the county placed a moratorium on new "pain clinics," and towns like Woodstock are crafting tough regulations that require owners to be licensed physicians. Four remaining pain clinics in the county "are being watched carefully," says Price.
The fact that town councils are using zoning codes to thwart a drug epidemic indicates how widespread prescription opioid abuse has become – as well as how hard it is to check, says Dr. Humphreys.
But it's also a sign of the difficult debate among regulators, police, and the medical establishment as they try to squash the epidemic. "The problem we face is that policy is always a cudgel, never a rapier," he says. "In trying to solve the abuse problem, do we leave someone in a nursing home crying in pain?"
For addicts, the effects of pharmaceutical opioids can be pernicious and life-altering. One user, profiled in the 2009 television documentary "The Oxycontin Express," continued to seek out pills even after his wife and his brother died of pharmaceutical pill addictions.
More people now die of oxy abuse than of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine abuse combined. There were some 11,000 oxy-related overdose deaths in 2007 (the latest national figure available), a tripling since 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta. "The number today is much worse," says Humphreys. Emergency-room visits stemming from prescription-drug overdoses doubled from 2004 to 2009, when they topped 1.2 million, report federal health officials.
This year, hospitals in the United States are reporting a surge in withdrawal symptoms in newborns. In April, oxy abuse claimed the life of the New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard, who was enrolled in the National Hockey League's drug treatment program. "Batman" actor Heath Ledger died in 2008 of a drug overdose that included painkillers.
Crime appears to be a close companion of oxy abuse. In West Virginia, which has the highest rate of opioid-related deaths, adult children of elderly parents with prescriptions have installed safes to lock up their medications, convinced that otherwise their parents would be robbed. In May, authorities charged a former New York police detective with robbing several pharmacies. The detective had retired because of an injury, which in turn led to a prescription-pill addiction.
It's "the most dangerous, most addictive, and most deadly drug problem of our lifetimes," says Jim Hall of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Substance Abuse, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Mike Agar, an ethnographer and long-time drug culture researcher, says that as with other epidemics, including opium and heroin, the rise in oxycodone abuse corresponds with economic travails and "political change."
In all previous epidemics he has studied, "they were populations that [were thrown] a sudden and unpleasant curve, an undelivered promise of doing better or just fine, and then someone pulled the rug out," writes Mr. Agar, in an e-mail. "Moral of the story: Narcotics, especially initial uses, are a 'give me peace' drug, a relief from anger and depression. We might well now be seeing a chapter from the same book," he adds, given "economic collapse, jobs, housing, education for the kids, health care, a kid in Iraq or Afghanistan."
Partly in response to opioid abuse, 38 states now have prescription-monitoring programs to try to crack down on "doctor shopping" by users who supply the black market. This fall, Florida begins implementing a new prescription-monitoring program and new licensing requirements for pain clinics in a bid to curb the ready supply, even as the state is considering 500 new pharmacy applications.
One sign of a political shift: After opposing a prescription-monitoring program as government overreach, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) relented once it became clear that even small-government tea partyers saw the problem as serious enough to require more government oversight. The Obama administration has also kicked in some extra money for drug-abuse prevention and treatment. Whether new policy and enforcement measures will actually curb abuse remains a question.
"It's going to be an expensive proposition in terms of lives and the cost and the critical need for more treatment opportunities," says Mr. Hall. But without a more concerted national effort, he adds, "we're going to have increasing crime rates and more tragic consequences."


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Letter to Industry - July 13, 1998
|Dear Sir or Madam:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for USDA evaluation of your chemical compound(s). We must advise you, however, that it is unlikely that we will be able to consider your request.
On August 25, 1997, in an effort to clarify and consolidate the sanitation requirements for meat and poultry establishments, FSIS proposed to eliminate the regulatory requirement for prior approval of certain nonfood compounds and proprietary substances (62 FG 45045). More recently, FSIS published a notice in the Federal Register ( 63 FR 7319; February 13, 1998) stating that the Agency is eliminating the prior approval program for nonfood compounds and proprietary substances. The staff engaged in the evaluation process is being assigned to other, high priority tasks. Consequently, it is unlikely that FSIS will complete the review of your request. Therefore, your compound(s) will not be listed in the final update to the List of Nonfood Compounds and Proprietary Substances.
USDA-inspected establishments have a responsibility to ensure that they do not use chemical compounds in a way that will result in the adulteration of the food they produce. To assist official establishments in avoiding such a result, FSIS is developing a compliance guide for meat and poultry establishments concerning the appropriate use of nonfood compounds and proprietary substances. Once completed, the compliance guide will be available not only to the regulated industry, but also to chemical manufacturers and the general public. FSIS also is developing an instructional directive for inspection personnel on how to verify that meat and poultry establishments are using nonfood compounds and proprietary substances in a manner that will not adulterate product. This directive will be available to the public, the regulated industry, and to chemical manufacturers.
The information that you submitted will be retained in our files pending a final decision on the proposed rule. Thank you for your interest in USDA's authorization program and for your patience during this transition.
Sincerely, /s/
William J. Hudnall
Assistant Deputy Administrator
Standards and Methods Review


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October 16, 2009
October 16, 2009
Dear friend of CODEPINK,
After Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, he said "This award--and the call to action that comes with it--does not belong simply to me or my administration; it belongs to all people around the world who have fought for justice and for peace."
We take this call to action very seriously -- just as Obama needs to work to earn this profound honor, so do we. You may not see it in the mainstream media, but CODEPINK has been out there every day, vibrantly visible and vocal for peace. On Sunday, we unfurled banners reading "President Obama: End Bush's Wars!" and "End the Afghan Quagmire" behind Tiger Woods at the President's Cup golf tournament. Thursday night, we capped off an amazing week of actions by hand delivering our petition with all of your signatures to President Obama himself, urging him to keep his promises for peace. You can see a slide show of our actions here. Be sure to also check out Medea Benjamin and Kevin Martin's trenchant article, "Premature Peace Prize or Call to Action?"
As we heed Obama's call to action--and encourage him to do so, himself --we also recognize and support the important work that others are already doing around the world for peace and justice. We especially honor the incredible women we met in Afghanistan who are standing up for women's rights in the face of unimaginable oppression. They are working for justice and change at a level that is almost impossible for us to comprehend. We want to give one group in particular, Women for Afghan Women, a peace prize of our own, and encourage you to donate $10 toward supporting their deeply necessary work.
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Westport Library hosts exhibit celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Merritt Parkway
GREENWICH -- As a landscape painter always on the lookout for new subjects, Cynthia Mullins found inspiration in the architectural and decorative detail of the overpasses on the Merritt Parkway during years of driving back and forth on the Merritt Parkway.
The intricate adornments and structure of the bridges piqued her curiosity and she began reading extensively about the roadway's history.
"There are details on the bridges that you would never notice as you drive by," Mullins said.
Working from the photographs and history she finds in her reading, Mullins paints the parkway sights from the point of view of drivers, if they could see such detail while driving __ Art Deco and French Renaissance flourishes that include spider webs, owls and butterflies.
Now, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the opening of the first 17.5-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway, the Westport Library is hosting an exhibit of Mullins' works, "Painting the Merritt: Cynthia Mullins Celebrates the Parkway," paired with a historical display about the stretch of the parkway from Greenwich to Norwalk.
The anniversary comes at a time when the often contentious concerns about preserving the history and architecture of the parkway while keeping the roadway maintained are now extending to trees and landscape.
Anyone who has driven on the Merritt in recent months will have noticed the extensive ongoing tree removal.
Mullins is among them. She says the landscape and forest inspires her as much as the architecture does, and her paintings evoke this. "Driving on the Merritt takes you so quickly from one view to the next, so I wanted to convey the feelings, moods and sensations we all experience when driving it," she said.
The trees make the parkway what it is as much if not more than the bridges do. But they're a problem.
Three of the recent massive storms have littered the parkway with downed trees for two days at a time -- Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, the freak snowstorm in October 2011 and Hurricane Sandy last autumn.
People have died when trees have fallen on their cars, which seems statistically improbable, but with the number of aging and storm-damaged trees, it happens.
When the trees aren't falling, people crash their cars into them. Of the 17 fatal crashes on the Merritt between 2007 and 2011, 10 involved a car crashing into a tree, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
In the past, cutting down trees on the Merritt was a source of contention. People used to complain anytime the state DOT cut down a tree, DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick said.
But the storms, and trees falling on drivers, have changed that.
"Frankly, the tide has turned on the Merritt Parkway. People are calling and emailing us thanking us for doing the work," Nursick said. "And we appreciate it."
The DOT started the tree removals last November after Hurricane Sandy. "We're trying to do the work here as aesthetically as possible, but safety is a priority, with aesthetics being second," Nursick said.
The partially denuded landscape has some preservationists concerned. Jill Smyth, executive director for the Merritt Parkway Conservancy, said that while she supports the safety efforts, she worries the DOT has not identified specific funding or set a timeline to landscape or replant.
Christopher Wigren, deputy director of the Connecticut Trust for Historical Preservation, is similarly concerned.
"It's easy and quick to go in and cut things down, but figuring out what you are going to do next takes time," Wigren said.
Nursick said that while the funding to replant is not yet in place, the department plans to restore the cleared areas in a way that is appropriate for the Merritt Parkway, yet still safe.
"We don't want to put oak trees right next to the parkway so we have to take them down 25 years from now," Nursick said.
Another challenging aspect of maintaining the Merritt that has become easier in recent years is the repair and preservation of the overpass bridges. The Merritt has 68 bridges, many of which still have the unique concrete adornments incorporated by their original architect, George Dunkelberger.
All the efforts of preservationists and the DOT to work together seem to have paid off.
Preservationists said they have kept active in recent years, collaborating with the state and a private company to assure that upgrades and maintenance to the bridges and rest stop buildings incorporate original details and materials to remain faithful to the parkway's original appearance.
All bridge repairs and landscaping changes are vetted by the Merritt Parkway Advisory Committee, which meets quarterly to review pending projects.
Members include representatives of the towns through which the parkway passes, as well as preservationists and planning groups.
Smyth and Wigren said they have been content with the DOT's handling of bridge restoration and landscaping efforts, and are optimistic about future projects.
One that's starting soon is a $66.5 million project on the southern end of the parkway that will include structural and cosmetic repairs to 12 bridges. Among them are the Wire Mill Road and Newfield Avenue overpass bridges, and the rail bridge that carries the New Canaan branch of Metro-North.
"We were very encouraged by the last set of bridges repaired in the Fairfield-Trumbull project and anticipate good results in Stamford and New Canaan," Smyth said.
Even the rest areas in the original stretch of the parkway have been renovated with an eye to preservation.
"When people think of the parkway as a historic place, they often think just about the roadway, bridges or trees," said David Parker, an architect and Conservancy board member who leads the Project Service partnership is overhauling the state's 23 rest areas, including those on the Merritt. "The structures themselves are landmarks, and when completed will retain those facets of period character and the charm of Colonial Revival structures."
Project Service incorporated historical aspects into the Colonial Revival buildings at the service areas on the original stretch of the Merritt Parkway.
The original granite that faced the Greenwich facility was reused in that renovation, and the irregularly shaped hand-molded bricks were reused at the New Canaan service buildings. Also, corporate logos are not allowed at the rest areas.
All of these efforts and collaboration have paid off well, said conservancy executive director Smyth. She especially appreciates the commitment the Department of Transportation has made to involve preservationists and experts.
"I'm confident the Merritt Parkway will remain a beautiful and historic roadway because people value it and it is a Connecticut treasure," Smyth said.
One Merritt Parkway lover isn't so sure. Lisa Seidenberg, a Westport resident who directed a documentary film about the Merritt Parkway in 2008, said that even with all the attention to historical preservation, she remains concerned about increased development in the region that could create pressure to expand the capacity of the road.
"I hate to say it, but I don't know if it will be here in 30 years or if it will look a lot different. Unless there are some measures taken, I'm concerned it will be the kind of road that is swallowed up by all types of development," Seidenberg said.
"There's a greater consciousness today for people to preserve things before they are lost but it gets harder to do that in the face of commercial interests.


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The City of Boston filed a formal complaint against a prominent labor lawyer Thursday, saying that what they termed his vulgar and vitriolic behavior at the negotiating table on behalf of the firefighters' union has gone too far, even in the contentious realm of labor negotiations.
At a meeting Tuesday at the union's Florian Hall, lawyer E. David Wanger allegedly berated city officials with obscenities and repeatedly interrupted by saying "Blah! Blah! Blah!,'' according to a letter to the state Division of Labor Relations. Wanger mocked city officials by affecting a fake lisp, the letter said, and mimicked their responses by repeating what they said in a high-pitched voice while shaking his head.
"Because of the unconscionable behavior of the union's attorney,'' the letter stated, city officials warned they would not meet again with Wanger or firefighters unless the state appointed a permanent mediator to keep the discussion civil.
The union vigorously defended Wanger on Thursday and disputed the city's description of the meeting, arguing that city lawyers pushed back just as hard. City representatives insulted and provoked Wanger, said Richard Paris, president of International Association of Firefighters Local 718.
"The city was doing the same thing to us,'' Paris said. "It was not a kissing game in there, that's for sure. But Dave Wanger is trying to do the right thing. . . . He looks out for the health and welfare and well-being of firefighters.''
Wanger did not respond Thursday to several messages seeking comment. The state Division of Labor Relations does not comment on pending cases, spokeswoman Alison Harris said. Harris also declined to discuss how the division operates.
The clash Tuesday over union grievances does not bode well for contract talks between firefighters and the administration of Mayor Thomas M. Menino, two parties that have a bitter history. After meeting a half-dozen times to discuss a new contract, they are already deadlocked, said Paul Curran, the city's director of labor relations. The two sides cannot even agree on ground rules for the negotiations, Curran said. Paris declined to discuss contract talks.
Wanger is a fierce advocate for scores of municipal workers and other unions in Massachusetts, including the Boston Newspaper Guild, which represents roughly 575 employees at the Globe. He has held a license to practice law in Massachusetts since 1966 and has never been publicly disciplined for misconduct, according to the state Board of Bar Overseers, which regulates lawyers.
In 2004, Wanger was honored by the Labor Guild of Boston with a Cushing-Gavin Award, which recognizes people for "excellence in labor-management relations, exemplifying moral integrity, [and] professional competence,'' according to an account at the time in the Globe.
Wanger may be best known for his role in the firefighters' last contact dispute, a four-year struggle over wages and mandatory drug and alcohol testing. Wanger's firm - Angoff, Goldman, Manning, Wanger, Hynes & Dunlap of Norwood - cited his role in the case on its website as a victory because firefighters won larger pay raises than other city workers and made fewer concessions.
"David Wanger is the consummate professional,'' said Edward A. Kelly, the former head of Local 718 who led the union during the last contact dispute and has known Wanger for three decades. "I've never been in his presence when his demeanor has been anything other than composed.''
But the city's letter described Wanger's "inappropriate, unprofessional, and demeaning conduct'' as a "longstanding problem.'' In its filing to the state, the city included a letter dated Oct. 22, 2009, to Wanger admonishing him for making a vulgar joke directed at one of the city's female hearing officers.
According to the letter, Wanger deliberately said "orifice'' instead of "office.'' When a lawyer for the city objected, Wanger asked why it was a problem, according to the letter, because he said the female hearing officer seemed "titillated'' by the discussion.
The same letter accused Wanger of referring to a lawyer with the last name Ambash as the city's "outhouse'' counsel. When another lawyer objected, Wanger "hurled a stream of insults,'' the letter said.
City officials did not file a formal complaint about the alleged incident in 2009. On Thursday, in addition to the filing with the Division of Labor Relations, the city contacted the Board of Overseers to determine if a complaint could be filed, Curran said.
In Tuesday's meeting at Florian Hall, Paris was present and acknowledged that Wanger uttered one obscenity across the table. It came in response to a comment about whether Wanger grew up in Newton, a remark that Paris said seemed anti-Semitic because Wanger is Jewish.
City officials described a different version of the conversation. Curran, the city's director of labor relations, said that after a litany of obscenities, he asked Wanger to stop swearing.
Wanger argued that the word he was using was not vulgar, Curran said, and then began to taunt Curran about where he grew up, suggesting it might have been a genteel suburb far from the rough-and-tumble city.
Curran, a native Bostonian, said he responded that he did not grow up in Wellesley or Newton. The remark, Curran said, was not a reference to Wanger's heritage.
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Rays see ray of hope in desire for ballpark
Door appears to be ajar for a move that would reward team's management success
For the past six seasons, the Rays arguably have been the best-run franchise in all of baseball. If your measuring stick is efficiency and performance and putting an entertaining product on the field, it's not even close.
Between 2008-12, Tampa Bay averaged 92 victories a season and made the playoffs three times. The Rays accomplished this despite having one of baseball's lowest payrolls every single season.
Tampa Bay had no choice, because for all of the club's success on the field, the Rays have never been able to transform it into success at the gate. In the past five years at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, they have consistently been among the poorest drawing teams in baseball.
This season, despite having one of the best teams in baseball, a team that has been almost unbeatable for six weeks, the 66-47 Rays are last in the American League in attendance, averaging 18,476.
To do it this way -- to win without generating huge revenues, to win while spending less than most teams -- requires smarts, patience and a little bit of luck. From the moment Carl Crawford became a star for the Rays, they knew there was a day coming when they'd have to say goodbye to him.
It was the same thing with B.J. Upton, who signed with the Braves last winter, and with James Shields, who was traded to the Royals as he approached free agency after the 2014 season.
Tampa Bay has locked up Evan Longoria long term, but the clock is ticking on David Price and Ben Zobrist. The Rays don't complain about any of this. In fact, they take pride in remaining competitive despite the lack of resources.
From owner Stuart Sternberg to executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, the Rays pride themselves on being creative, resourceful and figuring out a way to get things done regardless of payroll, attendance and ballpark.
For the past few years, though, Sternberg and team president Matt Silverman have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to convince St. Petersburg's political leaders to allow them to explore ballpark options across the bay in Tampa.
Until recently, they'd gotten nowhere. In fact, St. Pete's political leaders made it absolutely clear several times that the Rays would be held to a Tropicana Field lease that runs through 2027.
This week, for the first time, there's hope that things are about to change. In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, St. Pete mayor Bill Foster acknowledged that the Rays might be better served exploring options in Tampa.
"If your goal is keeping the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa Bay until 2050, you have to let them look in Tampa," Foster told the newspaper.
Foster said there was a time when he wondered if the Rays were making a good-faith effort to be successful in St. Petersburg. But after watching their promotional efforts on several fronts, he has changed his mind.
"You've got the hottest team in baseball, you're in a fight in the AL East, and you're not breaking 20,000," Foster said. "That sends a message to a lot of people. It's a flag to the entire community. Are we a Major League community? Are we a Major League region? I think people need to decide what we are. We're either going to be Major League and support this team, or we risk losing them."
Meanwhile, the land on which Tropicana Field sits could be more valuable to Foster's community in ways besides being the site of a ballpark.
This shift in thinking doesn't mean the Rays are off to Tampa next weekend or even next season. Is there a site there that's better than the one the Rays now have? Is there financing available? Is there a deal between St. Pete and the Rays that could be reached to allow the franchise to move?
Those issues could take months -- or years -- to work through. But for the first time, the Rays can begin to see a different kind of future for themselves, one that might include a retractable-roof ballpark in a vibrant area of Tampa.
With that future could come the financial ability to keep players like Price for years to come, to build something that feels permanent. The organization has worked hard to build credibility in the region, not just in doing things right on the field, but in doing them right off the field, too.
The Rays been good citizens of the community, good partners. All they've really needed is a chance to build their own version of Target Field or AT&T Park, a place that serves as an anchor and a destination. That's really all they need. They have everything else.


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December 2, 2005
Dear CODEPINKer,
The holidays and a new year are approaching, so let us join together in action and intention in the spirit of peace, compassion and generosity. Whether you get together with your community and local CODEPINK to say no to war toys, or shop our online CODEPINK store for fabulous gift giving ideas, please give the gift of peace this season and do it in pink!
Join us in action Every holiday season, manufacturers prey on our children with pro-war propaganda disguised as innocent toys. Don't let your child be a victim of G.I. Joe! As you're out buying holiday gifts, make a point this year to show our children that war is not game. Set an example for the youth in your life and use the opportunity to teach them non-violence. Check out the CODEPINK No War Toys webpage for ideas and actions you can take to Say No to War Toys! You can also find other fun holiday ideas, like our outrageous, alternative holiday carols, Raging Granny-style!
Or join us in spirit, and the spirit of giving Be peaceful and pink this holiday season, and throughout 2006! This year we are offering a variety of CODEPINK holiday packages, T-shirts, buttons, books, stickers, DVDs (including our newest DVD exposing the tragedy of Fallujah), and much more through our online store. All of our t-shirt products are 100% sweatshop free, and many of our other products are made by small women-owned businesses and cooperatives.
And don't forget to do your other online holiday shopping through igive.com. You can shop over 650 stores, while being able to give a little to CODEPINK! When you are completing your igive purchase, select CODEPINK as your organization of choice, and a percentage of your purchase will benefit our work to end the war in Iraq and create a more peaceful world.
Peace and love in the new year,
P.S. HEADS UP: On Tuesday, December 6th, the day Congress reconvenes after the holiday break, CODEPINK will be calling for a National Call-In Day to End the War and Bring the Troops Home. Along with United for Peace and Justice, Win Without War and other activists groups, CODEPINK will be asking you to call your Senators and Representative in an effort to flood their offices with a strong message that they must act now to bring an end to the war and bring the troops home. Stay tuned for details coming in the next alert.
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