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ELKHART LAKE, WI, JUNE 2 - Geico Suzuki's Martin Cardenas stretched his championship lead with a decisive victory, his fifth in the last six races, in the Subway Superbike Doubleheader Daytona Sportbike race at Road America.
Cardenas didn't start well. On the start, when he let out the clutch lever it didn't engage and the bike wheelied twice. "Then I lost the momentum there. The first turn there was like 100 bikes, so it was a little bit sketchy," he said.
Cardenas ended the first lap in 11th and the second lap in seventh. He finished the third lap in fourth and the fourth lap in third, joining a four-rider breakaway.
The sixth lap would be the most important. Cardenas passed second placed Jason DiSalvo (Latus Motors Racing Castrol Triumph) early in the lap, then took leader Cameron Beaubier (Y.E.S. Graves Yamaha) into Canada Corner. Cardenas wouldn't relinquish the lead, though the others kept it close for a while.
On the 11th lap Cardenas added nearly a second to his lead to put the race away. He'd win by 1.368 secs. with Beaubier second and DiSalvo third.
By winning for the fifth time this year, and for the 21st time in his DSB career, the Colombian stretched his points lead to 41, 175 to 134 over DiSalvo after seven of 19 races. M4 Suzuki's Dane Westby, who was in second until well into the 12th lap before falling to fourth place, is now third with 127 points. Tommy Hayden had come into the race in second place, but finished 12th on the Y.E.S. Graves Yamaha, and fell to fourth in the championship.
Road America Daytona Sportbike Results:
1. Martin Cardenas (Suzuki)
2. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha)
3. Jason DiSalvo (Triumph)
4. Dane Westby (Suzuki)
5. Bobby Fong (Yamaha)
6. Jake Zemke (Ducati)
7. Cory West (Suzuki)
8. Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
9. JD Beach (Yamaha)
10. Huntley Nash (Yamaha)
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GRAND JUNCTION - The Central Warriors boys and girls basketball teams won easily in their respective Southwestern League opening rivlary games against the Fruita Monument Wildcats.
The girls started off the night with a 20 point win over the Wildcats 52-32.
The boys then followed suit with a 29 point win 67-38.
The boys started the game on a 13-0 run, but the Wildcats quickly responded by going on a 15-3 run of their own.
Both the Warriors and the Wildcats have the week off before returning to the floor next Friday night.
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Workspace, stiffness, singularities and classification of tendon driven stewart platforms
In: In proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Advances in Robot Kinematics - ARK
Gerhard-Mercator-Universität - GH Duisburg, Fachgebiet Mechatronik Lotharstraße 1 47057 Duisburg, Germany (1998), S. 105-114
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A mathematical model for tendon-driven Stewart platfporm manipulators is developed. Conditions for the workspace are given, including tension limits, stiffness and singularities. It is proved that there are six chases of manipulators that exert the same wrenches all over the workspace. Simulation results of a 2-dof planar manipulator are presented.


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High-Level Conference: EU-Africa Partnership on Raw Materials Published on: 16/12/2011, Last update: 18/01/2012
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Translating Mineral Resource Wealth into Real Development for Africa
"We should work toward a coherent vision on development, mining and raw materials, to support African capacity at the appropriate national, sub-regional or continental level and within the available cooperation instruments". (Joint Africa-EU strategy action plan 2011-13)
An exchange of views on how to implement raw materials aspects of the Joint Africa-EU strategy action plan 2011-13 .
Speakers/participants from Africa & Europe – governments of countries involved in mining, international organisations, industry, civil society organisations, development partners.
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Session 1. Good governance
Promoting natural resources governance including increasing revenue transparency; applying appropriate fiscal regimes and involving relevant stakeholders including the civil society; best practices to negotiate mineral contracts; assistance in developing policy scenarios for promoting trade and the sustainable development of the mining sector.
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Analytical tools for mapping mining development corridors for investment promotion; opportunities for increasing local content and value-added through local processing of African mineral resources, particularly by SMEs; improving mineral policy and related regulatory frameworks including on land use planning for minerals and authorization process in order to promote the investment climate; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
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Facilitation of exploring mineral resources potential in Africa; co-operation between African and European geological surveys; capacity building to help improve material stewardship, meaning the responsibility for environmental quality shared by all those actions which affect the environment, including on rehabilitation of mining sites and management of secondary raw materials (recycling).


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At that time, the restaurant owner reported receiving multiple calls over a period of months in which the caller had requested a refund for food that had been paid for but not eaten, said Sgt. Bruce Morningstar.
The caller claimed to have visited the restaurant with, depending on the particular story being provided, between 4-8 companions and reported leaving the restaurant abruptly due to a medical emergency involving a family member.
There have been variations to the nature of the medical emergencies – including heart attack, stroke, and asthma attacks – and which member of the family the medical emergency involved, but the overall theme of the calls has remained consistent.
The restaurant has continued to receive calls of this nature every few months, with the most recent call being received in the past few days. In the most recent call, the caller reported a child suffered an asthma attack prior to the family being able to eat. The caller requested a refund for a family of four.
At this time, police are working with the restaurant owner to research whether the most recent call is legitimate or part of an ongoing scam targeting restaurants in the area.
Police are checking with local dining establishments to determine whether they have received calls of a similar nature and whether they have provided any money in response to requested refunds in these situations.
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TERRE HAUTE, Indiana (WTWO) -- Prom season is still weeks away for high schoolers, but some senior citizens are proving that the prom knows no age.
The Wyndmoor retirement community in Terre Haute, Indiana hosted its second annual prom for seniors on Friday evening. All over 55 years old were welcome.
A prom night isn't complete without the crowing of a king and queen. Nelson Eddy and Janelle Olds won the titles.
"I was surprised! I didn't even expect it," says Eddy, a retired police officer.
"I'm so surprised and I'm really touched," says Olds who has lived at The Wyndmoor for just a few months. She remembers her first prom--sort of. "[I wore] a green dress--mint green. And my date was... God, I don't even remember!" she says laughingly.
Other notable prom-goers include Robert and Faith Baum. "This is the anniversary of our 52nd prom we went to 52 years ago," explains Faith.


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Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, Twilight and Divergent, has reached a content agreement with RocketJump Studios, a digital studio known for producing YouTube content. Lionsgate will join many other Hollywood studios who are making sure they have a digital presence online.
Variety reported that under the new deal, Lionsgate will have access to RocketJump's current and upcoming digital content, along with in-house talent and fan base.
Rocketjump was founded four years ago Freddie Wong, Matt Arnold and Dez Dolly. Since the company was created they have launched a wide range of YouTube properties along with their main website. Rocketjump currently has over 6.8 million subscribes and over a billion views, the companies said in a statement posted on Deadline.
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My understanding from reading a post on another forum is that it will take quite a while for funding to show up for FY 2013 if you don't already have a commitment in place. If you are already in the pipeline, you have priority over someone entering the pipeline now. The post I read seem pretty informed, and stated that if you are entering the pipeline now, funding will not likely be available until the end of the calendar year.
I went under contract July 23 when "they had plenty of money". Closing was suppose to be September 7 but I am still waiting on funds. Senator Collins Office called RD for me and found out the funds will be released the third or fourth week of October. I have been waiting on funding since the end of August. Hoping the sellers will sign ONE MORE extension (fingers crossed).
What I don't understand about this process is how other people have been able to keep sellers waiting while RD takes forever to fund loan. I am hoping by the grace of god these people will extend again bc they are already out of the house. Anyone else waiting to close?
09-28-2012 03:00 PM - last edited on 09-29-2012 08:25 AM by llecs
Hi Maine2012,
We have been under contract since June 17, 2012, were supposed to close Aug. 24th but...also still waiting on funding :-( We have been fortunate so far with the sellers granting 2 extensions so far but who knows if they'll continue. When you spoke to the senator who found out about when funds will be available was he pretty sure about that date? Do you know what number you are in line nationally for funding? You can ask your field office to check on that for you. We are # 17 nationally. So close yet so far!!!! Edited
It's been over 2 months since I applied and I haven't received anything in the mail yet. Did it take a while to get approved?
Just a FYI I went thru USDA when I purchased my home(in ohio) and at the time (June 7th 2012) they were on a 4-6 week turn around. which I actually didnt get finalized till August 7 so it turned into 8 weeks and I was told by a neighbor that theirs took from july till mid september. All i can say is I have my finger crossed for each of you and just be patient
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|Cardioprotection by regular ethanol consumption: potential mechanisms and clinical application.
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|PMID: 20230376 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|Epidemiological studies demonstrate that excessive drinking is associated with hypertension, cerebral bleeding and loss of cardiac contractility. Conversely, studies have shown that mortality rates for people who regularly drink ethanol in moderation are lower than in abstainers, primarily due to decreased fatal ischemic heart disease. Further, moderate ethanol consumers have lower rates of myocardial infarction compared with abstainers. These beneficial cardiac effects may be due to pleiotropic effects of ethanol on lipids, platelets, and fibrinolytic activity. During the past decade, studies conducted in several animal models have revealed that light to moderate regular ethanol consumption renders hearts more tolerant to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury; to a degree similar to cardiac ischemic preconditioning (brief episodes of ischemia dramatically limit infarct size following prolonged ischemia). Recent clinical evidence suggests that light to moderate ethanol consumption in the year prior to myocardial infarction is associated with reduced mortality following myocardial infarction. These findings suggest that light to moderate ethanol consumption not only prevents myocardial infarction but also improves survival after myocardial infarction. Proposed mechanisms of cardioprotection by regular ethanol consumption include activation of adenosine A1 receptors, alpha(1)-adrenoceptors, protein kinase C-delta and epsilon, adenosine triphosphate-dependent potassium (K(ATP)) channels, nitric oxide synthase and reduced leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesive interactions. In this review, we focus on the recent progress in elucidating the endogenous myocyte signaling mediating cardioprotection by light to moderate ethanol consumption.
|Masami Miyamae; Kazuhiro Kaneda; Naochika Domae; Vincent M Figueredo
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Georgia pottery is found to be one of the earliest discoveries in North America. Its trademark red clay, kaolin, and fuller's earth have become important symbols of the thriving industry in history. Remnants of this living tradition are still seen today in many cities in North Georgia. You'll find small, family-owned shops of folk pottery using handcrafting technology handed down from one generation to another.
Soque Artworks
1440 Washington Street, Clarkesville, GA 30523
(706) 754-2449
Right on the historic downtown of Clarkesville, you'll find Soque Artworks featuring unique art and craft made by more than 100 local artists. Besides pottery, their work also includes wood carvings, paintings, jewelry, and more.
Mark of the Potter
9982 Hwy 197 North, Clarkesville, GA 30523
(706) 947-3440
The oldest craft shop in Georgia, Mark of the Potter has been doing quality handcrafted stoneware pottery for over 45 years.
Hickory Flat Pottery
13664 Hwy 197 North, Clarkesville, GA 30523
(706) 947-0030
Visit Cindy Angliss at her working pottery studio, located in the historic Wikle homestead. Made by herself and other local artists, their crafts ranging from pottery and jewelry to copper and metal art.


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Recap: Alain Vigneault's post game comments
Alain Vigneault met with the media following the Rangers game two loss (via the NHL):
Q. Second straight game you've given up a two goal lead. You seemed to be better in the third period. How do you get past that?
COACH VIGNEAULT: We played a good game tonight. We had a good third period also. I mean, if you look at the scoring chances in the third, they were 3 2 because their third goal I guess was a chance because it ended up in the back of our net.
But we played well. We gave ourselves a chance to play. They're a good team. We had some looks in overtime. Just couldn't score.
Q. How frustrating is it to have two really good starts and come out of this barn with no wins?
COACH VIGNEAULT: Well, I mean, I think we've played close to nine periods now. For the most part I've liked a lot of things about our game. Our guys are trying real hard. We're going to continue to try.
I mean, both games we had opportunities. We didn't get it done. We're going home in front of our great fans. We're going to be ready for the next game.
Q. The Dwight King goal that you referenced, is that interference in your mind?
COACH VIGNEAULT: Ask the NHL.
Q. You forced a ton of turnovers tonight. What is it going to take to keep that rolling as the series goes on?
COACH VIGNEAULT: Well, they're a real good team. You got to try and take away their space and time. We've done I think a fairly decent job against that high skill level. You know, we're going to get ready for the next game and try and win.
Q. What did you think of Zuccarello? He was all over the ice tonight.
COACH VIGNEAULT: His line played well. They had some good looks. Trying real hard. They're going to continue to try.
Q. Why do you think you lost tonight?
COACH VIGNEAULT: They scored one more goal than we did.


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OpenJDK and Modules
Unless you having been living in a cave, you should have heard that the OpenJDK is finally here today! :-)
I have been planning to make the JSR 277: Java Module System expert group mailing list publicly readable for quite some time now, but the infrastructure in jcp.org has been pretty unstable in the last two months to make this possible and usable. Now the OpenJDK web site is available and offers better infrastructure, I have made the observer mailing list available from there today. This mailing list is read-only, and you will be able to observe the EG traffic going forwards. If you are interested, be a subscriber today!
Another exciting news is that we have also created a Modules project on OpenJDK. This project will cover the reference implementation of the modularity specifications defined by JSR 277 and JSR 294 as well as the related work in the JDK. Although there aren't much information on this page at the point of this writing, the intention is to make the source code, discussion list, and other implementation-related documentations available soon.
Finally, I'll be presenting a session (TS-2318) on JSR 277 at JavaOne this Thursday 4:10pm-5:10pm. Alex and Andreas will also be presenting a session (TS-2401) on JSR 294 this Thursday 9:35am-10:35am. If you want to learn more about the latest development of JSR 277 and JSR 294, come to the sessions! I hope to see you all there.
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Minimum nurse-patient ratios urged by Unison
Ministers should roll out minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals, a union has said.
Unison called on the government to introduce minimum staffing levels to ensure safe patient care.
In the public inquiry report into the serious care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, inquiry chair Robert Francis QC said officials should consider the "benefits and value for money of possible staff-patient ratios".
The union said the "life saving" initiative would provide a "safer, more caring environment" for patients and staff.
It made its comments after a poll of 1,500 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants found that 45% were looking after eight or more patients on a typical shift.
Three-fifths of those surveyed said they did not have enough time to deliver safe, dignified and compassionate patient care.
And 85% said they support set minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.
"This survey exposes a health service under severe strain, where nurses are struggling to deliver the high levels of care that they set themselves on a daily basis," said Christina McAnea, head of health at Unison.
"On this typical day many staff worked through their break and stayed after their shift - but this still did not give them enough time to complete all their tasks.
"The hidden voice in the survey must surely be that of the patient who is not getting the level of care they are entitled to expect.
"The government cannot escape its responsibilities to the NHS by pointing the finger at staff or managers. Trusts are not being given the finance they need to deliver a growing and complex health service that demands highly expensive equipment, high-tech treatment and costly drugs.
"Government cuts are making matters worse by reducing staff, including nurses, at a time when patient demand is growing. Introducing minimum nurse to patient ratios would provide a safety net of care, restore public confidence and show nursing staff they are respected and valued."
Sue Covill, director of employment services at the NHS Employers organisation, said: "Every hospital has different demands on its services and we should be alert to the dangers of some 'one size fits all' approaches. We believe arbitrary national minimum staffing ratios would limit how hospitals could plan resources in a way that's best for their patients.
"We are pleased that the government's response to the Francis report supports our view that it is local NHS organisations which are best placed to take responsibility for minimum staffing levels and skill mix."
The survey results were released ahead of the union's annual health conference in Glasgow next week.
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Having the correct staff-patient ratios means having the right number of the right staff - not having a 'floating' supernumerary manager as part of the numbers, not having an agency nurse who cannot do medication, IVs or look after acutely sick patients, not having a 'co-ordinator' who hasn't the time to look after anyone because they get tied up with everything else.
It is not just a paper exercise, looks good and ticks the boxes if we have 4 on but in reality only 2 are in a position to look after patients.
This will never happen, they'd have to spend money on wages then!
Let's face it, this is what it boils down to. Not patient care.
Australian nurses were willing to strike for this... will we? And will our unions back us?
Will we back the unions?
what do you think when 8 or 10 Neurologicall ill male patients are allocated for 1 nurse and 1 HCA,all of them are fully depended and need 2 hourly turning and 1 0r 2 patients are GCS of 8-10 to monitor closely,can this nurse give attention to give safe care to all of the other 9 patients?Helpless HCA how to co-op this stress nurse put pressure saying do that do this without failling a single minute free without having concern to find ot whether HCA has had any break or eaten anything................do you think these patients are can be handle by one HCA,Nurse is always busy with poorly ill patient and medication and paper work,What a safe care patients receive,this is a serious situation need to be corrected before the staff whom you FLEE
which NHS is Sue Covill looking at? all hospitals and community services are under pressure. In any case there is a maximum amount of work and number of patients any nurse can safely cope with. Where i work its one RN to 15 all acute eldery medical patients. it just got alot worse with outbreak of D&V on top of everything else
To all those who lack confidence in our ability to campaign for safe staffing levels and win, I say look to other parts of the world where nurses have achieved this. Yes, this has had to be fought for and it does need strong unions and a mobilised membership, but are we really any different from nurses in Australia and the US? If you are in a union, work for it. If you are not in a union, ask yourself why not? I'm sure my union, unison, would welcome you on board with this campaign. It will be difficult, especially in this time of austerity. But surely we can produce a persuasive campaign right now, when nursing care is prominent in the news. And remember, the economy will not always be in the doldrums and we won't always have this government. Of course, those two factors are clearly linked.
Mick I admire your sentiment but I'm afraid I don't share your optimism.
"but are we really any different from nurses in Australia and the US?"
Yes, they have a backbone and a fighting spirit. British nurses don't and are happy to be walked over and shat on from a great height.
Disgusting that we have to 'fight' or go on strike just to get a decent amount of staff so that patients can be cared for properly.
This should not even be up for debate.
There is enough evidence to prove that more trained nurses = better patient outcome, how much more 'evidence' does the govt need?
We think things are bad now, god help us when we get old and need to go to hospital.
Anon 10.59
Well said. If the pearl-necklaced cardiganistas of the RCN congress weren't stuck in the 50's perhaps we too could strike.
CaMoron and the cry-baby Osbourne ain't got the cojones that the wicked witch had ( rust in pieces, the lady's not returning), and we must act to prevent the destruction of the NHS before the next election.
I wonder just how far Unison members will be willing to go to back this. Right now is probably our best, maybe only, opportunity for the next decade or more to get minimum ratios on the statute book. But it needs the unions to step up and finally stop being meekly complicit with government strategy. Simply issuing a press release is going to accomplish very little.
we shouldn't have to go on strike, patients are entitled to a high level of care, nurses are entitled to provide that high level of care.
1-14 seems to be the norm where I work which is a absolute disgrace.
It is everyone's focus on patient care, safe care and quality care...............have you thought of the people who deliver this care, their occupational health, and their fitness at this point of very stressful environment,no break which means no energy supply to carry on the task and wait and continue the loaded task after due time what a emotional stress leaving children and family behind continuing 12 hour shift and still has to stay back to finish the task,there wasn't any free time to give call n find out how they do.................can this staff deliver quality and passionate care? are not the fragile and vulnarable ill patients at risk ?are these staff will look for alternative income and flee from this area of profession? every day you will produce staff and very soon they leave and every day you will face the challenge of shortage staff isssue,If you care your staff and give safe ratio for quality practice, will not help to solve this issue in long term consideration.................those who are responsible to think of........
we need more doctors and more nurses per patient, that is just common sense. anyone working in the nhs (don't know about the private sector) will tell you that there is never enough time, never enough staff and never enough resources to do their job properly. any patient or visitor to the ward will also tell you this, it is the same up and down the country.
what exactly does it take for anyone to take any notice of what staff have been saying?
presumably those people who reject our concerns go private or hire in private nurses to care for their relatives.
Anonymous | 20-Apr-2013 6:34 pm
I totally agree, no hc workers should ever be pushed so far as to even think they need to strike. They have other preoccupations, priorities and duties which are far more important.
Maybe somebody should be examining and addressing this driving force behind this need to strike, which boils down first and foremost to adequate and appropriately qualified staffing and other resources which may be lacking.
What Tosh!
If you only allow for a 'minimum' nurse patient ratio on the wards, what happens when a member of staff fails to turn up for duty?
The other staff will have no option but to take on the additional 'work load'.
Ward staffing levels need to be 'flexible' enough to maintain high levels of nursing care at all times.
Yes, I know, it wont happen....???
hopefully we won't be in a position when we only have the 'minimum' amount of staff on, there should be a set RN-patient and HCA-patient ratio and this must be the absolute minimum. If someone goes off sick or doesn't turn up and you end up with less then your 'minimum' then you should be able to close beds, go out to agency without having all the red tape that goes with it or insist that one of the many nursey managers comes in and works on the ward. That's how it was in the 90's where I trained, not enough staff then we closed the beds and the 'unit manager' had to come and help.
Why should it be any different today?
Maybe all nurses, doctors - anyone in the NHS - have just got used to working unpaid overtime, having little or no breaks, rushing around like maniacs trying to get their work done, offering sub-standard care - can any of us actually remember what it is like to go home and feel you have had a really good day, made a difference, feel satisfied that we have looked after all our patients to the standard we set ourselves? I know I don't.
Re-posting my contribution from the other nurse staffing article in this issue.
Nurse staffing in different clinical areas can be estimated through a number of methods some of which are highly sophisticated. They take into account acuity and dependency and allow the estimate to be tailored to the local environment and clinical circumstances, rather than imposing a nationally set minimum ratio.
"A huge amount of work has already been done on nurse staffing which includes looking at patient acuity and dependency in different care situations. See:
http://www.aukuh.org.uk/index.php/affiliate-groups/directors-of-nursing/patient-care-portfolio and also http://www.institute.nhs.uk/quality_and_value/introduction/safer_nursing_care_tool.html/ and the review by the NHSIII and
Also check out the work done by Keith Hurst which informed much of the SNCT development and the "Guidance on Safe Nurse Staffing Levels in the UK" (RCN, 2010) and "Setting Appropriate Ward Nurse Staffing Levels in NHS Acute Trusts" (RCN, 2006) documents on the RCN web site.
What I find worrying is that the NHSIII has closed and the site will be discontinued in a few months (at the end of June). Searches of the NHS Commissioning Board site and NICE have failed to provide little if any information on plans to progress/develop tools for establishing nurse staffing levels. The whole issue seems to have had a veil drawn over it with a reduction in transparency about what is happening.
There is no lack of work, tools or evidence and there appears to be a smoke and mirrors game being played by those who run the NHS in England."
I believe we are already below the minimum required for safe and effective nursing care on many hospital wards in the UK. The results were seen at North Staffs.
The government/DoH is worried that acknowledging the truth and addressing the situation will result in significant, and fully justified, increases in nurse staffing and costs. Which might explain the smoke and mirrors approach, the attempts to lay the blame for North Staffs at the feet of "badly recruited, badly trained and compassionless" nurses and the attempts by some consortia to reduce nurses pay by attacking Agenda for Change.
It's time for nurses and patients to work together to put an end to this madness.
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Baba Jibrin Adamu, the Senior Adviser to the President on Information and Communication Technology, said the government is hell-bent on curtailing the activities of criminals who have found a safe haven in ICT.
Adamu, who spoke in Abuja last week at the 2nd annual conference on outsourcing, said government is ridding the country of those who use either the telephone or internet to commit crimes because "investors would not invest in a place where their investment are not safe and we are assuring everyone that we are working to make online transactions safe in the country."
The federal government is coming up with wire -tap programme that will allow security agencies monitor and track conversations on telephone and the internet.
The bill for the programme had passed the second reading at both lower and upper chamber of the National Assembly.
In simple terms, phone and internet communications made by Nigerians daily will be open to government monitoring and when necessary, interception.
If passed into law, it will allow law enforcement agents tap into communications and will also outlaw unauthorised interception of internet and phone communications.
The proposal is titled 'A Bill for An Act to Provide for the Interception, Development And Protection of Communications Networks and Facilities For Public Interest And Other Related Matters, 2013"
Speaking in support of the bill, Rep.Uzoma Abonta (PDP- Abia), said that the importance of security could not be overemphasised.
He urged the House to pass the bill into second reading for the benefit of Nigerians..
But not everybody would agree with Adamu and Abonta. Some believe that the move by the FG to monitor phone calls and online communications in Nigeria may be another political tool aimed at stifling free speech.
Those with this opinion said politicians often (mis)use any state apparatus or regulation to fight their opponents or those who are not in their good book.
Example, they said, is a financial crime agency which was initially set up to fight financial crimes and other corrupt practices but which is now being used to "attack opponents of government."
A telecom engineer, who pleaded anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue said the fears in the ICT is that the wire-tap programme may be abused.
He admitted that even in the so called developed economies, their governments do monitor communications to ward off any external or internal aggression, but "you know Nigeria; everything is abused by our politicians."
Recently, Apple joined the likes of Facebook and Google by releasing figures showing how many times governments around the world have requested personal information about its customers.
It said from January to June this year there were almost 3,000 data requests made from 31 countries - with the U.S and UK topping the list. Nigeria was not on the list.
Apple said the most common requests related to 'robberies and other crimes', requests from law enforcement agencies searching for missing people or hoping to prevent a suicide, and data about the owners of lost or stolen phones.
According to the report, responding to an account request usually involved providing information about an account holder's iTunes or iCloud account, such as a name and address.
Apple said in very rare cases it was asked to provide stored photos or email and considered each request on a case-by-case basis.
When the 'wire-tap' law comes into effect here, will the government use it to gag the opposition or to choke the yahoo-yahoo boys.?


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Movie Review: "Texas Chainsaw 3D"Published by Clay Cane on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 12:00 am.
Summary: A follow-up to the 1974 original (even though there was already a follow-up in 1986), a surviving infant of Leatherface's kin doesn't know she is related to the family of serial killers. After they all die off, Heather (the beautiful Alexandra Daddario) is now a teenager who is left a massive mansion with only the sadistic Leatherface — her cousin — still kicking. Will Leatherface accept his lil' cousin and her teen-dream friends or will they get the iconic chainsaw?
Review: Texas Chainsaw 3D is the sixth installment of Leatherface in drag and the absolute worst: illogical plot, bland scares and trite horror flick shenanigans. The pretty people in crisis bounce around in midriffs, boobs jiggling, booties shaking and repeatedly falling while being chased by the chainsaw-yielding madman — if Leatherface were a real person he would chainsaw through any movie studios that tried to give this battered franchise another reboot. Out of respect for all horror fans — leave The Texas Chainsaw Massacre alone!
There is no way to reinvent the story — it has been massacred of any horror movie fun. Actually, the plot of Texas Chainsaw 3D might've functioned better if it wasn't attached to the franchise. Clearly, the creators tried to satisfy the necessities of being connected to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which only resulted in farfetched twists and unexplainable plot holes. For example, if this is the sequel to the 1974 original, then how can the surviving infant be a perky-bosomed gal in her early twenties with horny BFFs? She would be nearly 40!
Texas Chainsaw 3D is Tremaine "Trey Songz" Neverson's debut film and he gives fans what they want when he pulls a Taylor Lautner and is shirtless in his first scene. Ignoring the bad movie, the "Neighbors Know My Name" singer is a solid actor. It was wise to get his feet wet in a comfortable supporting role — even if the film is a dud. There will be more to come from Mr. Songz on the big screen.
That said, Texas Chainsaw 3D is pointless, atrocious on every level and gives horror films a bad name.
Texas Chainsaw 3D is in theaters today.


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Qualifcations are now underway for the 2014 FIFA Football (soccer in the US) World Cup. Held every four years, the finals last for a month and involve 32 national teams - one of which will win the cup in the final match in Brazil. The World Cup is enormously popular, it's the most watched sporting event in the world. The last one held four years ago drew a total television audience of over 38.8 billion - a billion plus tuned in for the final match alone. In comparison, the Summer Olympics draws about 4 billion total viewers.
BBC World Cup
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/mobile/foo... (xhtml-mp)
The BBC which always has excellent sports reporting offers a dedicated World Cup page with news, scores, fixures. and tables summarizing results and standings.
Eurosport Football
m.eurosport.com/football/mh.shtml (xhtml-mp)
Eurosport, the big cable sports provider, has a mobile site which is one of my favorite sports sites. Articles are original, well-writen and in depth, The football page has results, prognostications about the next day's big matches and a couple of dozen articles, each illustrated with a image.
Sky Sports Football
m.skysports.com/football (HTML5)
mobile.sky.com/menu_sports_home.... (wml)
Sky Sports, a British satellite TV provider has a World Cup page on their mobile site with news, schedules and player profiles. Sky has both a text only WAP1 site and a cHtml PDA site with the same text content enhanced with small images. Sky doesn't resize images based on browser capabilities but the images at 100px wide should not be a problem on even the smallest WAP2 screens. Navigation is another story, the PDA site has the full text of the lead story plus over a dozen links on the front page. The wml version of the site is much easier to navigate on mainstream phones but doesn't have the photos.
ESPN Soccernet
epl.sportev.com/world_cup/index.... (xhtml-mp)
ESPN the US cable sports network, will be covering every match of the World Cup live for the first time this year. ESPN has also given their World Cup mobile web pages a new look and a different logo than the rest of the site. The World Cup articles so far are very short , less than 100 words and each is illustrated with a photo. In contrast, most of ESPN Mobile's articles on tennis, basketball, motor sports, etc have no photos but are much longer and more detailed, typically between 600 and 1200 words. While I like the images which at 100px wide are viewable on virtually any WAP2 phone, I'm disappointed by the tiny articles - really just summaries that leave you wanting more.
m.yahoo.com/w/sports/sow/?.ts=13... (xhtml-mp)
2010 FIFA World Cup starts June 11th. Yahoo Sports Mobile has launched a World Cup sub site featuring schedules, standings, news and player profiles. Once the matches start the site will also include live scores. Source: Yahoo Mobile Blog


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Test No. 175: Disclose or Dismiss
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1. A bankruptcy estate consists of the legal interests of a debtor at the time of the commencement of a bankruptcy case.
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2. Under U.S. Bankruptcy Code Section 541(a)(1), a debtor must identify both tangible and intangible property when filing a petition and supplemental documents, including schedules, with the bankruptcy court.
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6. A debtor must file schedules with a bankruptcy petition, except: A. A schedule of assets and liabilities. B. A schedule of current income and expenditures. C. A schedule of pending causes of action.
7. A debtor does not need to disclose assets deemed to be worthless or unavailable when filing a petition for bankruptcy.
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8. Under Section 522(b), an exemption is an interest withdrawn from the estate for the benefit of the debtor.
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9. Courts have held that debtors who fail to disclose a cause of action at the time of filing their bankruptcy petitions lack standing to subsequently bring a civil claim.
True. False.
10. A debtor loses the right to pursue a civil claim if he or she either fails to disclose the claim or the trustee fails to ask about the claim.
True. False.
11. A court's refusal to allow a party to assert a position and then later seek advantage by taking a clearly inconsistent position is commonly known as: A. Equitable estoppel. B. Judicial estoppel. C. Res judicata. D. Statutory estoppel.
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A. The subsequent position asserts an unrecognized claim.
B. The subsequent position is inconsistent with the first.
C. A party would gain an unfair advantage if the subsequent position is advanced.
D. A party has convinced a previous court of its position.
13. The Ninth Circuit has held that a debtor need not disclose litigation likely to arise in the nonbankruptcy context.
True. False.
14. A debtor's duty to disclose potential claims as assets does not end when the debtor files schedules but continues for the duration of the bankruptcy proceeding.
True. False.
15. A debtor's failure to disclose is inadvertent only when the debtor either lacks knowledge of the undisclosed claims or has a fraudulent motive to conceal.
True. False.
16. A debtor may correct a prior nondisclosure of a pending civil action as long as the bankruptcy proceeding is ongoing.
True. False.
17. Parties asserting judicial estoppel may raise an inference of bad faith if they show a motive to conceal the claim by the debtor.
True. False.
18. If a party asserts judicial estoppel against a debtor, courts have held that the same party bears the burden of production indicating that nondisclosure was in good faith.
True. False.
19. Once a party establishes that the debtor had knowledge of the claim and a motive to conceal it, the inquiry does not end if the debtor comes forward with rebuttal evidence.
True. False.
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Jul 19. doi: 10.1002/gps.3845. [Epub ahead of print]
Depression as a risk factor for dementia and mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
Gao Y, Huang C, Zhao K, Ma L, Qiu X, Zhang L, Xiu Y, Chen L, Lu W, Huang C, Tang Y, Xiao Q.
Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
This study examined whether depression was a risk factor for onset of dementia including Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VD) and any dementia, and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by using a quantitative meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
EMBASE and MEDLINE were searched for articles published up to February 2011. All studies that examined the relationship between depression and the onset of dementia or MCI were included. Pooled relative risk was calculated using fixed-effects models.
Twelve studies met our inclusion criteria for this meta-analysis. All subjects were without dementia or MCI at baseline. Four, two, five, and four studies compared the incidence of AD, VD, any dementia, and MCI between subjects with or without depression, respectively. After pooling all the studies, subjects with depression had higher incidence of AD (relative risk (RR):1.66, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.29-2.14), VD (RR: 1.89, 95% CI: 1.19-3.01), any dementia (RR: 1.55, 95% CI: 1.31-2.83), and MCI (RR: 1.97, 95% CI: 1.53-2.54) than those without depression.
The quantitative meta-analysis showed that depression was a major risk factor for incidence of dementia (including AD, VD, and any dementia) and MCI. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Getting punched in the stomach 100x on fast forward. Well, hello Sunday morning.
It is a quiet Sunday morning.
I'm laying in a warm, toasty bed, swallowed by a goose down comforter and pillow, gazing out my window, thinking but trying not to think, wondering if I should attempt to sleep off the restlessness of last night's slumber?
Why taint the start of a beautiful day with thoughts so soon?
Oh why not, let me put off deciphering thoughts from last night and just check my email then? Grabbed my macbook, logged in, deleted the spam, deleted the facebook notification emails and immediately zero'd in on an email sent from a notoriously angry person in my life.
Don't. Open. It.
Recklessly, I do. I should have known better. Immediate self-flagellation.
I can feel my body tense, I can feel my chest tighten, I can feel my breath becoming ever so shallow and I feel like I've been punched in the stomach 100 times in fast forward.
Well? (sigh) Good morning.
Maybe I should have stayed in bed, shut my eyes and tried to sleep through the static that has suddenly decided to take over and contaminate my quiet Sunday morning.
Too late.
As the mind will have it, it turns on overdrive and…fireworks. Thoughts soar, zoom, whiz and plummet, taking me on what seems to be the beginning of a pretty gnarly journey stemming from insecurities, stresses and anxieties. Two options are available: stay on the runaway train, clutching on to old patterns of behavior, anticipating the inevitable crash and burn, or courageously take a leap of faith off the train and change the course.
I'm opting for the latter.
The breath returns and the mind begins to quiet.
We all have moments like this – moments where the rug feels like it's been pulled from underneath us unexpectedly and moments where our sense of Self suddenly becomes questioned yet again. Stillness stemming from an internal space of center, of inner balance governs our choices as to how we act and react to the world around us and whatever Life wants to throw our way. Serenity, peace and embracing challenging moments with grace is a choice.
Bring it on, I'm ready.
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KTM Red Bull Team rider Dean Ferris suffered an injury while practicing that will keep him out of action until at least the start of the outdoor National series.
Ferris, who is currently contending the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series in the 250 West division, went down while practicing at home in Australia. He broke his wrist in the fall which required surgery. There is a chance that he won't be back until a few rounds into the AMA National MX Series.
Ferris, who came from the FIM World MX GP circuit and was looking forward to the outdoor Nationals, is currently 10th in the 250 West Supercross Championship.
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"[COLOR=#1951B9]As expected, Intel Corp. is rolling out this month its first desktop chip sets to use the PCI Express bus. The Grantsdale and Alderwood chip sets are being released in tandem with a refreshed line of desktop Pentium processors.[/COLOR]"
"[COLOR=#1951B9]The new chip sets are also the first to support a new high- definition audio standard Intel had previously disclosed under the code-named Azalea. The processors also use a new LGA-775 package that will pave the way for future dual-core and 64-bit processors.[/COLOR]"
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FOOD; Seeing Red
By Jonathan Reynolds
Published: April 18, 2004
Taking advantage of my overstuffed vulnerability on a recent weekend in New Orleans, a tiny Middle Eastern army carrying Kalashnikovs somehow broke through my epiglottis and at about 10 a.m. Saturday staged an offensive that was not only painful but also, to say the least, disruptive. The bed shook, the hotel walls realigned in a trapezoid and Red's gentle, soothing words became shrieks from a macaw. After I endured several hours of this -- accompanied by cold sweats, some woozies and the certainty that life wasn't worth living -- the remedy suddenly appeared in an almost religious vision. It took the form of that jewel of all fruits, the cranberry.
I haven't had much luck with recent culinary forays in New Orleans. Twenty-five years ago, I thought it a second Paris, with not only spins on haute cuisine unfound in the rest of the country, but somersaults: spiked hollandaise, fiery fresh fish from the gulf, spicy stocks and feisty crawdads, breakfast as an art form at Brennan's, pompano everywhere, the remoulade at Galatoire's.
But over the years New Orleans has exported its cuisine nationwide -- without expanding it. It is entirely possible that I'm just not going to the right places, but at such highly praised venues as Commander's Palace (owned by the Brennans), the dishes are heavy and labored, and at Delmonico (owned by the Emeril), just heavy and bland. I certainly can't blame New Orleans food for my intestinal invasion (it probably began days before in New York), but the night before the sneak attack, three of us mediocred our way through Bacco, a well-rated Zagat spot (when will I learn?), which put me in a stew suitable for a viral bug to cause trouble.
When you're in this kind of digestive funk, you should eat only something that really, really appeals to you -- whether it's good for you or not. Your intuition seems to know better than the medical profession: if the thought of chitterlings makes you feel better, eating them probably will, too. And whether it was the local voodoo or a telephone psychic on Pluto, an article that Marian Burros wrote about cranberries two years ago in this paper popped into my head, and the gleaming red berries seemed the perfect thing -- the only food that seemed pleasurable.
Cranberries, of course, are noted primarily for three things: as a Thanksgiving accompaniment, as a mixer for vodka and as a temporary cure for some urinary infections. But Burros pointed out that because the berry is high in phytochemicals, it's one of the healthiest things you can eat. Not only is its ability to calm urinary infections well proved, further research suggests that it inhibits the growth of breast-cancer cells, lowers cholesterol and reduces the risks of gum disease and stomach ulcers. More studies (some, admittedly, financed by the Cranberry Institute) indicate that as little as half a cup of whole cranberries (three-quarters cup pure juice -- not those sweetened cocktails) causes a 50 percent reduction in brain-cell death in the early aftermath of a stroke and that it may reduce the formation of certain kidney stones. And it is supposedly beneficial for digestive disorders like mine.
After coming up empty with room service, I found a bag of trail mix in the mini-bar at the usual 300 percent markup. Miraculously, it contained dried cranberries. Separating them from the coconut shavings and almonds, I tossed down the meager baby's handful.
I'd forgotten how good they were -- or perhaps their enjoyment was enhanced by my distress. There are few things that refresh as instantly. In its natural state, the cranberry is so sour that a fresh lemon tastes like a banana split by comparison. Most of its commercial tartings-up add so much fructose that you'll turn diabetic -- or at least be clinging to the ceiling fan in sugar shock. And you won't be able to play the trumpet. But make your own juice and dry your own berries, and you can go easy on the sugar. They'll taste better, and they'll save you money.
Dried cranberries are delicious and can be added to many breads, scones, cakes and pies, pancakes and cookies, just as you would cherries or blueberries. To dry them, place a pound of fresh or frozen cranberries on a baking sheet in a 200-degree oven or right in the sun (mind the ants) till they're dried, about three to five hours, then let them cool to room temperature. They'll lose much of their eye-closing tartness; if you want them sweeter, sprinkle on a tablespoon of sugar or maple syrup before baking. For juice, boil a pound, fresh or frozen, in four cups water till they pop (usually about 15 minutes), then strain through cheesecloth, pressing the skins. Add a cup of sugar, warm the juice till the sugar melts and add about two tablespoons lemon juice (more or less sugar and lemon to taste).
Cranberries are one of only three fruits native to America, along with the blueberry and the Concord grape. Although there is much mythology surrounding the first Thanksgiving, there is no question that (a) no one had forks, and (b) cranberries were present. At one time they were known as bounceberries because they contain so much air. According to legend, a one-legged New Jersey schoolteacher named John (Peg Leg) Webb was the first to bounce cranberries down a flight of stairs to determine their freshness. The squishy ones never made it to the bottom. You can try this yourself.


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I have a laptop which is using a wireless connection to my router. So everything was working fine up until a week ago, the internet just stopped working. It still receives a wireless connection and on the status it shows that it's connected and the signal strength shows Very Good, but it doesn't receive any internet connection nor does it show up in my workgroup network.
I tried doing ipconfig /release /renew but stil doesn't work. I also did the loopback ping thing and pinged 127.0.0.1 and it worked fine so I know that there's nothing wrong with the Wireless card itself. I also tried out the card on another computer and it worked fine.
Also when I go to ipconfig /all it shows that NetBIOS over TCP/IP: Disabled, so could that be the problem? If so how can I go about enabling that?
I'm not sure how the problem occured, it just happened when the plug came out accidentally and it shut off, then it just stopped working after that.
Also I have another PC which is also using a wireless connection and it has the same problem. Both computers are in the same room and have the same surge protector so both shut off and came back with this problem.
But I'm sure it's not a problem with my router or anything because I tried it out on another PC and it worked fine and also works fine on my PSP.
Also when I go to Network Connections and try to Repair the wireless connection it shows and error and says something along the lines of:
Cannot purge or reload something over NetBT.
Failed to something WINS.
Sorry don't know exactly what it said but something like that.
Can anyone help please?
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I would power off the router for a minute or so and power it back on. Give a minute for it to boot up. Then do a refresh on the wireless network list before rejoining.
Well it's not a problem with the router because wireless internet works on my PSP and on another PC as well. And I've already tried resetting the router and resetting the wireless network from the router control panel, but still doesn't work.
But it's weird because it receives the wireless signal, but doesn't connect to the internet and doesn't connect to the workgroup.
Something is wrong with the settings I'd assume, like when I go to repair connection it shows that error about NetBT and WINS.
WEB/GRAPHIC/PRINT DESIGN: http://www.liquidsmoke.net/
SPORTS FORUM: http://www.sportsconvo.com/
I would check internet connection settings. Tools, Internet Options, and ensure 'never dial a connection' is set and that you do not have Proxy Server ticked in LAN Settings.


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If you inhabit the Left Bank of Paris, you live left and vote right. The Left Bank is on the southern shore of the river Seine, and the heart of it is the Latin Quarter and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a small, dense country you can cross on foot in half an hour. Around here they vote right, though you may have some difficulty finding anyone who owns up to it.
There are a few neighborhoods on the far west side of the city with unapologetic conservative voters, just as on the city's far east there are still echoes of the songs heard on the barricades of Paris's revolutionary history. But people are sensible where a square meter of real estate is worth $10,000, and no one would call the popular, retiring mayor of the city, Bertrand Delanoë, lifelong Socialist, a class warrior. He has been in charge since 2001 (the first nominal leftist to hold the office), and when he turns over the keys to the Hôtel de Ville to his successor, who will be the city's first lady mayor, she will pursue his policies of gentrification and beautification and his preference for avoiding big issues such as gay marriage and immigration, not to mention the huge economic problems of crushing deficits and stupendous unemployment.
One possible next mayor is the center-right UMP's Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, who is young (40), a mother of two, bright, gifted, rich, liberal. She was Nicolas Sarkozy's environment minister, then communications director in his losing bid for reelection as president in 2012. She is mayor of a town in the Essonne, south of the capital. An ancestor was a hero of the American Revolution. She wants to convert some metro stations into swimming pools and make some neighborhoods auto-free. She is what we would call a politically correct liberal, and there are "dissident" conservative candidates who will drain votes from her in the first round of the election on March 23, as will the xenophobic National Front.
Which should comfort the other possible post-Delanoë mayor, his loyal deputy, the attractive, youngish (54) Anne Hidalgo, whose parents brought her from Cadiz at age 2 and who is the very image of the modern nonideological Socialist apparatchik. She too wants to beautify the city with green spaces and pedestrian walks. And she wants "social housing," what we call subsidized, along Avenue Foch, the Park Avenue of Paris.
To be sure, no one expects either Hidalgo or NKM, as Kosciusko-Morizet is known, to take her crazy plans off the drawing boards. The idea in Paris is to come across as big-hearted and do the sensible thing. Live left but govern right, that is the ticket. And it works the other way too: You can talk tough on crime, as NKM does (crime has been spiking in French cities), knowing that the mayor has nothing to do with law enforcement. The lady who appears most likely to keep the lid on will win. Hidalgo has played the game no less than NKM, as when she bravely shouted it out with London mayor Boris Johnson over which city is better for entrepreneurial capitalism.
However that may be, it is Paris for sure that takes the prize for most opaque electoral system. Voters vote in their district, or arrondissement, and they choose not a candidate but a party list. The results determine who will sit on the 20 arrondissement councils, each of which elects an arrondissement mayor, and also sends its list-leaders to the all-city council, which in turn elects the mayor of Paris.
The handsome baroque building that holds the town hall of the Fifth Arrondissement, on the square of the Panthéon, has been held since 1983 by a conservative, shrewd, amiable, hard-nosed pol named Jean Tiberi, who was also mayor of Paris from 1995 to 2001. In this vital core of the Left Bank (the other Left Bank arrondissement, the Sixth, also has a conservative mayor), one is reminded of the New Yorker writer wondering how Nixon had won the presidency since she didn't know anybody who voted for him. I have spent half my life in Paris, and I never met anyone who admitted voting for Jean Tiberi until Tiberi showed up on Rosh Hashanah at the shul in the rue Vauquelin and I asked the man next to me, who dat, and he said, the mayor. You guys vote for him? Sure. Goes to Midnight Mass, too, on Christmas Eve.
So there are Tiberi voters after all, and not, as the Socialists used to charge, simply ghosts, graveyard electors, nonresidents, invented ballots.
Traditionally (if less theatrically), it was like this throughout Paris. Paris is the Jacobin city, the city of the Commune, the city of barricades and red flags, but it always voted right. You can have noble sentiments, but you want to temper them with common sense, and you want a city that works. To be sure, there were always red districts. Look at the map.
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