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Ghana gunning for African glory
Ghana FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi has lauded coach Kwesi Appiah for guiding the Black Stars to the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
On Saturday, the team beat Malawi 1-0 in Lilongwe to complete a comprehensive 3-0 aggregate win which gave them a ticket to the continental showpiece.
Appiah joins ex-greats comprising Herbert Addo, Sam Arday, Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, E.J. Aggrey-Fynn, CK Gyamfi, Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie, and Fred Osam Duodu amongst others to have achieved the feat of taking Ghana to the tournament.
"It's the first vindication from appointing Kwesi Appiah. For me I think that he is doing well and he will still get all the support from us," Nyantakyi said.
"I'm very happy we qualified to Afcon 2013. It didn't come on a silver platter, collectively they have all done an amazing job."
The president of the federation has also tasked Appiah to craft a formidable squad that will be capable of ending their 31-year wait for an African crown.
"I told the technical team they should keep calm on the celebration and strategise for the Nations Cup. We must ensure that we do everything necessary to win the tournament, and the qualifier for 2014 World Cup as well," Nyantakyi said.
The Black Stars are looking ahead to next week's draw in South Africa where they will know their opponents for the tournament which will be played from January 19 to February 10, 2013.


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The Democratic Speaker of the House came to the defense of Republican state Rep. Cathrynn Brown of Eddy County after liberal groups, bloggers and websites attacked her for a bill concerning rape that Rep. Brown says has been badly misconstrued.
"If she says it wasn't her intention (to ignite a controversy), I will take her at her word," Speaker W. Ken Martinez (D-Grant) said Thursday. "She's a good person."At issue is the wording in Brown's House Bill 206 that says in the case of a woman getting pregnant after rape or incest that an abortion would be considered "tampering with evidence."
Brown says the intent of the bill is to make sure that the perpetrator of the rape or incest does not try to coerce the woman to undergo an abortion in order to cover up his crime.
"House Bill 206 was never intended to punish or criminalize rape victims," said Brown said in a statement. "Its intent is solely to deter rape and cases of incest. The rapist—not the victim—would be charged with tampering of evidence. I am submitting a substitute draft to make the intent of the legislation abundantly clear."
Brown's statement came after a liberal political group, Progress Now New Mexico, had sent out a press release Thursday morning saying Brown "just introduced a bill to charge a rape victim who ended her pregnancy with a third-degree felony for 'tampering with evidence.' "
The Democratic Party of New Mexico followed with its own news release and within a couple of hours, the liberal website, The Huffington Post, picked up the story making the same allegation. At 7 p.m. MST, the Huffington Post story had received more than 12,000 comments.
Brown's contact information on the Legislature's website was taken down Thursday, apparently after the state rep was flooded with negative e-mails and phone calls. Even an unrelated YouTube clip from an interview Capitol Report New Mexico conducted with Brown a year ago on an unrelated topic received comments calling Brown a "bitch" and worse.
"I take her at her word," Speaker Martinez said, although he did add that he thought the wording in the bill "was troublesome" and House Democrats sent out a news release that included Martinez on the letterhead blasting Brown.
"Although Rep. Brown has tried to clarify the intent of the legislation," the release said in part, "it is clear this is really another attempt to limit the tough choices women face following sexual assault, rather than to punish a perpetrator of a rape."
Brown is a conservative Republican from Carlsbad who, in her three years in the House, is best-known for trying to pass photo voter ID laws.
HB206 is scheduled to be heard in the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee, which is made up of three Democrats and two Republicans.
"I'm guessing it won't go far," Speaker Martinez said in what is the understatement of this 60-day session.

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With record grain production seemingly becoming more likely with each passing day, corn prices are approaching a five-year low and the pressure is on producers to manage their price risk effectively.
For those who had the insight – and good fortune – to forward contract a portion of their grain earlier this year, or hedge at least some of it in the futures markets, the blow won't be quite as bad. But selling off the combine this fall in the cash market will likely be a recipe for some of the lowest prices of the year.
Make no mistake: commodity marketing is a complex affair with significant risks for both buyers and sellers. But entrepreneurs are working to demystify the process. And, as David Miller explains, an innovative program called GrainBridge has become a popular on-line tool for agricultural educators and students of the trade.
Balancing risk against reward on the farm is a way of life. Gone are the days of making decisions based on a shoebox full of receipts. And passing on the techniques of how to maintain that delicate balance to the next generation usually occurs after family members become business partners.
But two Nebraska entrepreneurs weren't satisfied with the way information was being gathered for producers.
Pat Kroese, Vice President of Marketing, GrainBridge:...and we just decided ... there's got to be a better way to help our businesses and the producer manage risk and bring all these components together, from crop insurance to your brokerage to your cash grain management to the planning, it seemed like it's all in different Excel spreadsheets and file cabinets. And so we just decided with the technology that is out there we've got to bring it all together."
Pat Kroese and his best friend Mark Frank took their more than 40 years of combined experience in agricultural financial planning and risk management and applied it to the problem.
The pair enlisted the aid of Chafik Barbar, a computer programmer with banking experience and the three partners launched GrainBridge in 2007. After two years of development the first software went out the door.
The heart of the program allows producers to consider risk factors like input costs and balance them against the potential rewards of cash marketing and futures trading in a real-time environment.
While it's not the only program of its kind, GrainBridge was one of the first in the marketplace, and its list of clients includes independent bankers, consultants and commodity brokers.
One of the company's first customers was Farm Credit Services of America, a farm lender with more than $21 billion in assets. In 2010, FCSAmerica began offering the innovative product to some of its 52,000 stockholder-owners. But the Omaha, Nebraska based agricultural lender had a different application for the software.
Carl Horne, Young Beginning & Small Program & Outreach Manager: "And we said, you know, one of our focuses is on the future of agriculture and so we said, 'when they're starting to talk about marketing and risk management in high schools wouldn't it be nice if we could provide this tool to those classrooms and give them some experiential learning. You know, if we have the best product through GrainBridge, let's get that into the high school level.' "
Kroese, Frank and Barbar always had an educational component in mind but there just weren't enough hours in the day to bring the idea from concept to completion. FCSAmerica agreed to act as the distributor for GrainBridge and in 2012 began giving the program to a limited number of vocational agriculture teachers and FFA advisors free of charge. The beta group included 35 instructors in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Initial feedback was positive but almost to a person, the request was made for a curriculum to help guide instructors on the best use of the program. GrainBridge responded by hiring Kim Kidder, a teacher with more than 15 years of classroom experience, to help design an educational component.
The curriculum, released in the summer of 2013 explains the finer details of risk management including more advanced concepts like futures and options trading.
Students learn terminology and teachers can measure performance with worksheets and computer based projects. The program can be interfaced with data from the CME Group or the instructor can act as an elevator operator for the entire class.
So far, FCSAmerica has distributed Grainbridge to more than 200 classrooms in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming and the company continues to absorb all the costs for the academic use of the software.
Micah Weber, a Vocational Agriculture teacher in Rock Valley, Iowa was one of the early adopters. In nearly 15 years of teaching Weber has used several different models to show his students how to manage risk.
Micah Weber, VocAg Instructor, Rock Valley High School: "The part that really kind of took my interest was that it was a real world application that farmers are actually using out there, not that there aren't other things that farmers are using, but this was kind of a newer one. I think some of the other type of programs that are out there kind of just have a little bit of an older look to it and that doesn't really appeal to kids. And so the user interface was very user friendly for the kids and I think it was really easy for them to catch on and to use. The hard part about this year was that the curriculum came out and I sat right next to the kids and we learned together."
Some of Weber's students use actual data from their family operations to gain skills with GrainBridge that go beyond agriculture. Jerod Hansen lives on a row crop operation near Rock Valley.
Jerod Hansen, Senior - Rock Valley, Iowa: "This is kind of new to me. There's a lot of ways to manage your risk, which I'm not all 100% sure about, but I'm just getting to learn about them here in ag class so this is probably the first time I've heard about them, like futures and options and stuff like that...And it's not just good for ag, it's good for a lot of things. You should be budgeting, keeping track of your money.. "
And Jill Petersen, a first year teacher, also has enjoyed success with GrainBridge in her Blair, Nebraska classroom.
Jill Petersen, VocAg Instructor, Blair High School: "Initially I was just excited. About half of my ag business and marketing class comes from a production background and the other half has no concept. And so to bring agriculture to students in a real, as much of a real life way as you can numbers wise, was huge. I also really liked that it had curriculum with it and so they not only provided me a real time system that real producers are using right now but they connected it to the education world, which sometimes doesn't happen."
Emily Bledsoe grew up in rural Nebraska, where her parents grow pumpkins and operate a corn maize during harvest season. Bledsoe got a new perspective on risk management when Petersen started using the software in class.
Emily Bledsoe, Blair, Nebraska: "...it was absolutely crazy and then she pulled up this GrainBridge software and I had no idea what she was talking about and then we've been doing this for weeks and weeks and weeks now and it's really interesting."
For the GrainBridge staff, development is a never ending activity. As suggestions come in from those using the program improvements are made to the software. And Kroese remains upbeat about helping the next generation of farmers and educators develop effective risk management strategies.
Pat Kroese, Vice President of Marketing, GrainBridge: "You know, it has been exciting. The reaction we've gotten in the field has been overwhelming. The interest, everybody wants the tools, nobody says no. It's just a matter of when do we get to it and how do we implement it.
For Market to Market, I'm David Miller.
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Kettering will construct a new Science & Technology Incubator building to expand the area's culture of entrepreneurship and support economic re-development.
The economic re-development of Flint gained momentum Oct. 25 when Kettering University broke ground for a facility dedicated to developing new science and technology opportunities in the region.
Kettering President Stan Liberty announced that the University will construct an approximately 12,000-square-foot, multi-tenant facility called the Kettering University Science and Technology Incubator Building. "This new building will support scientific and technologically-based 'start-up' companies that need dedicated laboratory space during their first three or four years," he said. The $2.7 million facility is being made possible by support from the U.S. Department of Commerce, State of Michigan funds through the City of Flint, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Prospective companies for this new incubator will come from three sources:
- "spinouts" from regional universities, their faculty members and student entrepreneurs;
- regional scientific and technological entrepreneurial start-ups and
- entrepreneurial start-up companies currently outside Michigan but wish to locate.
"The mission of Kettering's new Science and Technology Incubator is to provide resources and opportunities to encourage and grow high-tech entrepreneurship as a core strategy for the economic development in mid-Michigan," Liberty explained. "This mission also supports Kettering University's direction for the development of an entrepreneurship culture through not only educational programs but also faculty and student spin-off commercialization opportunities."
Construction is slated for property just east of the corner of Chevrolet Avenue and Bluff Street. "We will build this new facility along Bluff Street, in an empty lot that once was a parking lot for General Motor's 'Chevy In The Hole.' It is a striking example of a step into a new future for the region," Liberty said.
Liberty served as master of ceremonies during a ceremonial groundbreaking event on Bluff Street. Four speakers joined in the festivities.
Robin Bush, EDA Chicago Regional office, chief of the Investment Analysis and Management Team, said the EDA is always pleased to see success gained by its grant recipients and partners. "The mission of EDA is to help our partners across the nation create wealth and minimize poverty by promoting a favorable business environment to attract private capital investment and jobs through world-class capacity-building, planning, infrastructure, research grants and strategic initiatives."
Roselyn Zator, Michigan Economic Development Corp., manager of SmartZones and Business Accelerators, said the new initiative will support Kettering's, Flint's and Michigan's commitment to high tech entrepreneurship and build a high-tech culture. "The State of Michigan and the MEDC are well aware of the impact that high-tech entrepreneurship and a high technology culture has on the economic re-development of a region. Our goal is the diversity Michigan's economy."
Neal Hegarty, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation program officer, said the Foundation and the University have a long history of working together. "Through the years, we have worked closely together in support of the educational outcomes for Kettering students, but also in support of the University's community impact. (That) role is an important component of Flint's economic and education infrastructure."
Tim Herman, CEO of the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce, offered his congratulations to everyone who played a role in making this important facility a reality. "As you look around today, you can see the remnants of our past. Manufacturing science and technology are core American strengths and a core Kettering strength. Congratulations, and consider the Genesee Regional Chamber your partner for progress."
Liberty said the new building will include the following features:
- 10 dedicated research laboratory suites (each approximately 500-square-feet with the ability to be customized to the tenant needs),
- 10 furnished executive offices available,
- Shared equipment and support facilities,
- A conference room with high-tech audio/video systems,
- A cafe vending and seating area for clients,
- Electronic building security, video surveillance and access control and
- Telephone and Internet connectivity throughout.
Construction will begin in Spring 2008 with a tentative completion date of Spring 2009.
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by Astrobio - Aug 31, 2010One of the instruments on a 2016 mission to orbit Mars will provide daily maps of global, pole-to-pole, vertical distributions of the temperature, dust, water vapor and ice clouds in the Martian atmosphere. The data will help astrobiologists determine the potential for past or
by Alison Hawkes - Aug 30, 2010Researchers are discovering new ways in which the Earth's oceans have influenced global climate. At the end of the last ice age, north Atlantic ice sheets melted, added fresh water and caused the collapse of the Atlantic Ocean conveyor belt. That should have plunged the
by Astrobio - Aug 29, 2010A new study shows that asteroids are constantly changing "little worlds" that can give birth to smaller asteroids. Studying asteroids is important because asteroid impacts could have played an important role in the origin of life, and may still affect the future habitability of Earth.
by Dan Stober - Aug 28, 2010When researchers found an unusual linkage between solar flares and the inner life of radioactive elements on Earth, it touched off a scientific detective investigation that could end up protecting the lives of space-walking astronauts and maybe rewriting some of the assumptions of physics.
by Astrobio - Aug 27, 2010Astronomers have discovered two Saturn-sized planets and one likely Earth-sized planet transiting the star 'Kepler 9'. It is the first confirmed system with more than one planet transiting the same star. The researchers believe that system may be one of the best locations for studying
by Astrobio - Aug 26, 2010Astronomers have discovered a distant solar system containing up to seven planets orbiting a Sun-like star. One of the planets may have the lowest mass of any extrasolar planet discovered thus far. The discovery is a further step toward identifying habitable worlds around distant stars.
by Astrobio - Aug 25, 2010A new study using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope has shown that double-star systems may not be good places to search for life. A large amount of dust in three systems with close-orbiting stars could be the result of tremendous planetary collisions, indicating such
by Astrobio - Aug 24, 2010Researchers have come up with a new way to weigh the planets in our solar system using radio signals from pulsars. A better understanding of the conditions present in our solar system will ultimately aid astrobiologists in the search for habitable worlds around distant stars.
by Alison Hawkes - Aug 23, 2010If we could make one change to stave off climate change, what would it be? One scientist believes that getting rid of black soot is the answer. Other research shows that fighting climate change with geo-engineering tricks, such as pumping out aerosols to reflect sunlight,
by Diana Lutz - Aug 22, 2010Geologists studying the environment of the early Earth face many difficulties in interpreting the data they gather. One scientist believes 'denser sampling' and 'more judicious reading of rock samples' may help the community solve some of the biggest questions about our planet's history.
by Astrobio - Aug 21, 2010Cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the Moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today. Studying the Moon is important to astrobiologists because lunar history could yield clues about the history of our Solar System and, ultimately, the habitability
by Astrobio - Aug 20, 2010Scientists have performed the most robust statistical examination to date of our genetic links to the maternal ancestor of all living humans. The study could help scientists understand the history of life on Earth and some of the mechanisms behind evolution.
by Anuradha K. Herath - Aug 19, 2010Spewing out material from deep underground, geological structures on Mars thought to be mud volcanoes could give scientists the clues they need to determine if life exists, or ever existed, on the Red Planet.
by Astrobio - Aug 18, 2010Scientists may have discovered the oldest fossils of animal bodies, pushing back the clock on when animal life appeared on Earth. The finding could yield new clues about the evolution of life on our planet.
by Astrobio - Aug 17, 2010NASA's IBEX spacecraft has mapped the interstellar boundary at the edge of our solar system. IBEX has also provided measurements of the Earth's magnetosphere, which maintains our planet's habitability by protecting the biosphere from harmful radiation.


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I have a question about bugs at the beach that got in my skin.
Well, I went to the beach with friends today. Everything was fine. Then all of a sudden I saw 2 blackish red bumps.
I said, "What the hell?" and scratched it till something popped in my hand. It was this almost weird looking thing. It looked like a flea.
It had 2 antennae or something like that. It was dry and looked like it was balled up. It wasn't moving.
The second one looked like the other but skinny. These didn't look like any ticks I've seen. They were a silver color, and I did have bug spray on. About 10 minutes after I sprayed that on, that's when I noticed them.
I live in Florida and just wanted to know if anyone has had this happen to them or seen these bugs at the beach.
Sadly, I didn't keep one because the wind was strong and blew them away. Is there anything I need to worry about, such as eggs or what not?
I've had a lot of parasites and I might still suffer from some (not being paranoid) but I'm still itchy in places for no reason, and my muscles are twitching and body parts fall asleep at times. I also see little white circles in my right eye as well as a squiggly line that seems to move.
I also suffer from this weird reoccurring bump on my leg that gets about the size of a penny it comes and goes in the SAME EXACT SPOT then goes away in about an hour.
I'm changing health plans in hopes to see a different doctor since the old one was no help.
The twitching and all
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There's a distinct reason why Rioja is known as the premier wine region in Spain. Beyond its exceptional wines, the scenery is breathtaking. Blooming almond trees, rolling hills dotted with medieval villages, lush vineyards, all within the protective embrace of the Cantabrian Mountains. Words cannot fully describe the experience, especially when wandering into aromas of juicy lamb chops grilling over vine cuttings, nor the taste of freshly cured goat cheese drizzled with sweet herb scented honey. We're talking foodie heaven!
Mind you Rioja is more than just food and wine, it's architecture! This region has cultivated some of the most stunning and modern designs to have graced Spanish soils, such as the flamboyant Frank Gehry's Marques de Riscal or the rolling valley mimicked in the roof of Bodega Ysios. And let's not forget Dinastia Vivanco, which has created the foremost wine culture museum in the world. Beyond it's incredible collection of 3,000 corkscrews, the museum showcases a wide range of historical and modern artifacts that have contributed to the production of wine.
Wine truly defines Rioja. It is the centerpiece of its culture and the driving pulse of the community. We at Catavino appreciate this life force, and are intimately familiar with not only the wineries, but the winemakers. Why not take a guided tour of cobweb laced cellars that use the very same methods of production as they did hundreds of years ago to ultra sleek wineries, where you can experience the entire gamut of flavors that grace Rioja's vineyards. In between tastings, you will savor mouthwatering flavors such as "Patatas a la Riojana" (rustic potatoes with spicy Chorizo sausage), "Perdiz asada al Rioja Tinto" (roast partridge cooked in red wine) and as many tapas combinations as your imagination can conjure.
The Rioja Wine Tasting Tour
If you're going to make the trek to Rioja, you might as well immerse yourself in Spain's premier wine-producing region, visiting vineyards, tasting the classic wines of the region, and discovering traditional Riojan cuisine, a hearty accompaniment to the wines. You'll spend 3 nights in a stunningly modern hotel in a classic winemaking village, enjoy horseback ride (or bicycle) among the budding vines and take a guided walking tour of the quaint medieval walled town of Laguardia. This tour is superb and one that will leave you with not only a very content smile, but an insatiable craving to return.
More info: Full details and itinerary of this 3 day wine and food tour of Rioja.
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Minimum Academic Standing
Please note that due to limited enrolment, meeting the minimum academic standing does not guarantee admission to the program, or even consideration for an interview. A realistic review of the statistics on our website for the averages of successful applicants is recommended before submission of an application.
BC applicants with an overall academic average of less than 75% and out-of-province applicants with an overall academic average of less than 85% (based on the adjusted academic average, if applicable) will not receive full file reviews and thus will not proceed further through the application process.1 A full file review consists of a full academic evaluation, a non-academic evaluation and where appropriate, a rural/remote suitability evaluation.
It is recommended that self-identified Aboriginal applicants achieve a competitive grade point average. Their academic scores will be reviewed at the discretion of the Aboriginal Admissions Sub-Committee.
You must report all university-level courses, programs, and grades. Individuals who have withdrawn from another medical school for academic reasons are not eligible to apply. Individuals who are enrolled or will be enrolling in another medical school during the application cycle must inform the program using either the online application form and/or email. Failure to include relevant information may result in disqualification of your application.
1These averages must be attained although the published minimum academic requirement for applying to the MD Undergraduate Program is an overall GPA ("OGPA") of 70% based on all university-level courses attempted (see Minimum Credit Requirement)
Our minimum requirement of 90 credits must be 90 university-transferable credits with grades taken at a post-secondary institution. AP, IB and A Level credits cannot count towards the 90 minimum credits.
All applicants must submit ONE set of official transcripts, in sealed and endorsed envelopes issued by the Registrar(s) of the home institution(s), from ALL post secondary institutions attended, to the MD Undergraduate Admissions Office by the application deadline. Please refer to the Application Timelines for further information. Applicants must submit transcripts from ALL post-secondary institutions attended, including but not limited to colleges and universities, institutions attended on exchange, study abroad institutions, institutions attended on a letter of permission or as a visiting student, etc. It is not sufficient for our purposes for the courses/grades to appear on your home institution's transcript. Transcripts can be sent directly from the institution or sent by the applicant to us, as long as the transcripts arrive in their official, sealed, endorsed envelopes.
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This OAH is a mediation process. Can you clarify what you mean "Constitute"?
My HOA sent me a letter when I bought the house in 2010 saying that they were not involved in "any litigation or a pending lawsuit."
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No one seems to know as depending on who I ask, asks me a follow up question. They had a case ongoing at the OAH and neither them or the seller disclosed it to me and it's going to cost me thousands in special assessments now to bail out the HOA.
It is not litigation per se. The HOA is in a mediation process. And if the Bylaws call for a settlement based on "Binding arbitration" Then the next step from the mediation is that and it would never reach a court room litigation scenario.
So if you are asking it you were lied to - the answer is no. They are not in litigation. This is between the HOA and one owner. It would never amount to an assessment to cover whatever settlement they have to pay should they lose.
It wasn't just from one owner. I'm also not asking if I was lied to, I asked if they didn't disclose something they were supposed to. Regardless if they were doing it knowingly is moot.
Don't you want to see the nature of the case first before saying that it is definatly not litigation? There are 24 (homeowner) petitioners and the HOA is the respondent.
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They only have to answer what you ask. They are not mandated to Disclose litigation. It is public record and therefore incumbent on a consumer to find out.
if you ask, they should disclose. If it is not in a courtroom and it is in the OAH it is not in litigation. I don't need to know anything further about the case.
If it gets to a court room it will be in litigation. Currently, it is in Mediation.
Yes. I am with the MD Bar. That is what you requested, correct.
This isn't a free service.. and your answer is vague at best. You should introduce yourself as a member of the MD bar so I don't have to ask in the first place.
There are disclosure requirements in the Maryland HOA act. My HOA sent me a letter that was signed by the president of the HOA that it was not involved in any litigation or pending lawsuits. So regardless if they have to tell me, the question was asked or they volunteered information that I'm claiming isn't true. The Attorney General's office claims it is litigation because it is overseen by the district court. The OHA either doesn't know, says it is, or it isn't depending on who you ask.
The case was overturned in the special court of appeals and is now closed. If I had done no research your answer could be toxic.
If you click onto my name you can see my credentials. And this service is not free - but it is for information only. There is no client privilegeAnd my answer is true and correct. This is NOT Litigation. IT is MEDIATION and there is a difference.
And here is the link for the OAH and that way you can see exactly what the OAH does in this regard. There is no Judge or jury. It is an Administrative hearing and not litigation. I hope that helps to put your mind at ease
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This site would not have any but a MD attorney answer when such a request is made..
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Critically injured or ill patients in Northeastern Pennsylvania can now receive advanced, intensive care-level treatment en route to hospitals.
Commonwealth Health officials on Thursday announced the addition of a medical helicopter and critical care ground transport team to its fleet of emergency medical services, which includes Luzerne County.
The ground transport, which will serve the 11-county region, is composed of two vehicles: a critical care neonatal intensive care unit used for newborn babies, and a critical care transport unit for all other patients.
Though the two vehicles appear to be standard ambulances, they will be equipped with advanced equipment, such as cardiac life support drugs, and staffed by a certified pre-hospital registered nurse and a critical care paramedic.
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If a premature baby goes into cardiac arrest, providers in the critical care NICU vehicle can stabilize the baby's airway by inserting a tube into their windpipe and then restart the heart while en route to a hospital NICU, said Dr. Alan Miller, an emergency room physician and medical director at Regional Hospital of Scranton.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 21. THE world will pause today to remember the life and legacy of President John F. Kennedy, who was fatally shot 50 years ago today in Dallas. Among the many things that still exist in our culture from Kennedy's administration is the Presidential Medal of Freedom, considered the highest civilian honor.
In 1963, less than a month after Kennedy's assassination, the first recipients of the Medal of Freedom were honored at a ceremony at the White House. Among those receiving the Medal was Yale coach Bob Kiphuth. The International Swimming Hall of Fame details that day, and why Kennedy might have been keen on giving Kiphuth the medal.
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Earlier this week, you may have seen news clips of Barak Obama conferring the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom upon Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton, among others. The Presidential Medal of Freedom was established by President John F. Kennedy through an Executive Order he signed in July of 1963. It was intended to be America's highest Civilian Award, with recipients to be personally selected by the President, recognizing individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."
Among the recipients JFK selected to be honored at White House ceremonies on December 6, 1963, were author E.B. White, cellist Pau Casalls, photographer Edward Steichen, singer Marian Anderson and Yale's legendary swimming coach, Robert Kiphuth.
Kennedy had been a swimmer at Harvard when Kiphuth was coaching Yale. Swimming helped JFK survive WWII and become the war hero that helped launch his political career. He also swam in the White House pool almost every day to relieve his chronic bad back.
One can only imagine the conversation and the opportunity to promote swimming that might have resulted from JFK placing the Medal of Freedom around Kiphuth's neck, had an assassin's bullet not intervened.
In December of 1963, construction of the Swimming Hall of Fame was well under way. Both Kiphuth and JFK's coach at Harvard, Bob Muir, were among our organization's founding fathers. Could they have cajoled the President into attending our opening ceremonies in 1965? Might Buck Dawson, Kiphuth, Muir, Counsilman and Haines have convinced him to become Chairman of our Board after completing his second term? We'll never know.
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Thats Funny.Does he have a SB ring or MVP trophy?Hes another running QB that cant look past his first read.Like Vick.He will get killed.Just a matter of time.
Reminds me of Daunte Culpepper, but much faster.
Sounded a bit slow in the postgame, but scored 37 on the Wonderlic!
He only beat AR by two that day.
He may get his "ring" soon, and our time is past.
packerottum - I couldn't agree with you more. Griffin is a perfect example - live by the run, it won't take long til' Kappernick is done in by the run. There's a good reason why RB's have the shortest shelf life in the game.
unless the league wants to become the Arena Football League on a 100 yard outdoor field, the NFL will change the rules to eliminate this running QB phenomenon. such as once the QB passes the line of scrimmage he is just another guy with the ball, drop three 300 pound linemen on him. slide behind the line of scrimmage,just a tap on the shoulder.
I didn't give us much chance to win this game, barring a "perfect" game. Pretty hard to beat a team this solid on their home field with guys starting on D that really should not be in the NFL, ie. Jones and AJ. How the heck can we play a 3/4 D without great inside linebackers? Windows to win Superbowls close quickly. Kaepernick has to love the fact that his O line has 3 # picks, 3 Pro Bowlers, and they were together and healthy all year. TT leaves us trying to protect our franchise QB with a porous O line.
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Shocking: Fox News Reporting Interview With Unabashed Surfer Receiving Food Stamps
The Fox News Reporting Special: 'The Great Food Stamp Binge' exposed the government's startling attempts to get people to sign up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or food stamps. The cost to taxpayers: a projected $78 billion dollars this year.
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It was during an investigation into the record number of food stamp recipients that Fox News' John Roberts met Jason Greenslate, a surfer and rocker who is living the self-described "rat life" in California.
The 29-year-old signed up for SNAP and receives $200 dollars a month in taxpayer money for food. He put it simply, "I don't got a paycheck coming in, so I qualify."
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Mr. and Mrs. James Joyce
James and Carol Joyce, Scranton, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Feb. 8, 1964, in St. John the Evangelist Church by the Rev. Carmen D'Amico.
They were attended by Patricia Germano, cousin of the bride; Barbara Peters and Cathy Powell, sisters of the bride; Thomas Bielavitz, brother-in-law of the bridegroom; and Joseph Langan and Joseph Mateychich, cousins of the bridegroom.
Mrs. Joyce is the daughter of Catherine DelGuercio and the late Jacob DelGuercio. She is a graduate of Scranton Technical High School. She is retired and a full-time grandmother.
Mr. Joyce is the son of the late James and Mary Joyce. He attended South Scranton schools. He retired from Scranton School District and is a full-time grandfather.
The couple has four children, Helena Swarts, Olyphant; and Michelle Labar, Jamie and Christine, all of Scranton. They also have five grandchildren.
They marked the occasion with a family dinner.
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Developing the services of Enterprise Finland
The purpose of the services of Enterprise Finland is to offer public entrepreneurial services as customer-oriented units. The aim is to develop the Finnish business service system, which is complicated and splintered, according to studies and reports.
The aim is for companies and the founders of companies to have access to public business services equitably and under equivalent criteria in all parts of the country as easily as possible, and under the same operations model. Information on public corporate services is given under the shared Enterprise Finland brand. In addition to customer orientation, increasing the productivity of the business services system is another important goal.
Enterprise Finland operates through three service channels:
- Face-to-face services, which are produced by national and regional organisations
that are part of the network.
- Yrityssuomi.fi online service
Users of the Enterprise Finland online service (Yrityssuomi.fi) get up-to-date information on entrepreneurship and corporate activities, as well as corporate services and tools. Yrityssuomi.fi contains all of the key forms that are needed in the establishment of an enterprise and in functioning as an enterprise. The service also includes an entrepreneur's own electronic desk My Enterprise Finland (oma.yrityssuomi.fi), which offers information based on the user's profile information, as well as tools to help entrepreneurs and those planning to go into business.
- Enterprise Finland telephone service
The Enterprise Finland telephone service is a national service channel of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy for entrepreneurs and those planning on going into business. The telephone service is open Mon.-Thu. 8:00-17:00 and Fri. 10:00-17:00. The number for service in Finnish is 0295 020 500, and for service in Swedish it is 0295 020 501. For service in English, please fill the electronic form.
Developing the services of Enterprise Finland is the responsibility of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy together with the organisations and interest groups of its administrative branch. The Enterprise Finland network, which covers the whole country, comprises the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finnvera, Finpro, the Finnish Patent and Registration Office, Finnish Industry Investment, Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres), TE Offices (Public employment and business services), and the Tax Administration. In addition, the network includes regional corporate services around Finland.
The goal of developing enterprise services, to bring public enterprise
services together, has also required that offices and institutions offering the
services should develop their shared operational models. Enterprise service
players in the administrative sector of the MEE have adopted the service models
of shared customer segmentation, among other things. The development work for
shared operational models has received funding from the European Social Fund.


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Connecticut's top economic development official says her office had received 95 applications for the state's new small business assistance program and that she expects more will be filed, The Associated Press reports.
The Small Business Express Program includes three initiatives: a revolving loan fund, a matching grant program and a job creation incentive program.
On Friday, the State Bond Commission approved $50 million to fund the Small Business Express Program.
The Department of Economic and Community Development's commissioner, Catherine Smith, said businesses have been seeking loans and grants for things such as new equipment and for help hiring more employees and covering shortfalls. Smith said Friday that interest from businesses "has exceeded my expectations."
Smith said she ultimately expects hundreds of companies will participate in the program, approved by the General Assembly during a special session on job creation in October.
Smith said the first checks to eligible businesses should be sent out by the end of this month. There is a 30-day approval process.
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I just emailed people on my Dead Wake mailing list that the new Dead Wake zombie game version is available (with many new features). I put together a small demo.
Here's some thoughts about the progress and this release:
- I got in almost all the features I had wanted, but missed some (and while I started doing the last features, a feature creeper hit in and got me into adding couple of more features. Nothing too dramatic, so I won't call myself a feature creep right now. I simply need some more time to put together decent levels, and finalize some things (like sounds and stuff)
- It was a good thing that I publicly announced that the new version would be out on August 8th. On that day, I got pretty much all things except the installer done – and said to the community that I would do the installer the next day. Well, on 9th day I got ill and felt bad, so I promised to do it the next day or the day after that. Well, then I felt a slightly better – but my network was down so I couldn't upload it. Now I finally got the thing out and got some people to test it. While I think it was good to announce the date in public (it really made me focus on getting it out before that), it's good to realize that something unexpected can and will happen if you haven't prepared for everything.
- I felt the same great motivation burst I felt every single time during the Dead Wake development when I put a new version out: I have a concrete piece of evidence that the thing is moving forward.
- Player feedback is great to hear: I got some useful feedback and I feel I'm on the right path here.
- Last step: while my task list isn't empty (and even though I added couple of new things – not too big things though) I feel confident to make a release version for the next time. A thing that I'm actually selling. I thought I could start selling it already, but some features just weren't ready, so I decided to make one more iteration.
- I got a bit more time to think about the pricing model. One thing I'm learned from marketing that it's best to test things. I haven't made the final decision yet (gonna finalize the game first), but I will ponder two possibilities for game pricing. The first one is the (1) freemium model: something along lines "one map to play over and over" (plus you get additional features when purchasing the "premium" game) and other is the typical (2) 60 minute demo limitation which many publishers have found working. I thought I could go with one of these models first for at least 1000 downloads and then do the same for other model. (Or simply by doing 2 different installers and randomly let people download the demo version, and then see which one converts better). I have good tracking on the game so I can see which version is launched by how many people, so I can compare the stats.
(The reason I'm doing the testing is that I originally planned to go for typical 60 minute limitation, but during the development the "freemium" model has raised its head in such manner that I simply think it would be foolish to ignore it. If anything at all, at least I will be able to see how this stuff worked for me and write about it for you.)
I'm pretty excited, and will get the last bits and pieces together as effectively as possible.


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Here's an informative recap from Minnesota LTAP of a workshop they
hosted on how to implement ADA transition plans. Be sure to click on the link
that leads you to Minnesota DOT's transition plan!
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