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configure-osg.py script. The $OSG_LOCATION directory should not be exported to the worker nodes.
srmcp. It should be writable by root and readable by all users. It must be accessible by both gatekeeper and worker nodes via a shared filesystem, or different installations on local disks using a consistent pathname.
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$VDT_LOCATION/monitoring/osg-local-job-environment.conf. The
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The Kings County Memorial Day Parade, the oldest in the country, will step off at 11 AM on May 28 at 87th Street and 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, and follow a route along 3rd Avenue, Marine Avenue and 4th Avenue to John Paul Jones Park, where there will be a ceremony honoring those who have served our country in uniform.
This year's grand marshal will be Mike Long, Chair of the New York State Conservative Party, with Iraq and Afghanistan War Vets serving as honorary grand marshals. Reviewing officer will be Col. Michael Gould, Commander of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton.
All armed services veterans are invited to be part of the parade, whether they belong to a veterans' organization or not.
If you want to march, come to a General Membership meeting at USAG Fort Hamilton Chapel on May 15 at 11 AM, or call Anthony Giovinco at 917-664-8850 or 718-748-4530.
Donations to the parade committee can be made via check or money order addressed as follows:
United Military Veterans of Kings County
Memorial Day Parade Committee
P.O. Box #09-0233
Brooklyn, New York 11209
Visit the website for updates and information.
Flag Day Concert
Flag Week, when many Americans fly the stars and stripes to commemorate the anniversary of its adoption, is observed during the second week in June.
State Senator Marty Golden will host a Flag Day concert on Sunday, June 10 at 3 PM in Marine Park, at Fillmore Avenue and Marine Parkway, featuring performances by the Kings County American Legion Headquarters Band and others, commemorating the 237th birthday of the United States Army and supporting the men and women in the armed services.

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Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012 9:21 AM HST
Kohala community celebrates acquisition of coastal property
By Ken Hupp - 67AM KPUA News
The North Kohala community is celebrating the acquisition of 27 acres of undeveloped coastal land in Halaula by the community non-profit Maika`i Kamakani `O Kohala. The property was purchased from owners Chad and Jennifer Davis for $1.3 million through a public-private partnership under the State Department of Land and Natural Resources Legacy Land Conservation Program. Supporters traveled to the site over a new, hand-cleared trail to celebrate the achievement, which community leader Fred Cachola said gives the land a chance to be what it wants to be.
As you set foot on this land, and you walk around it, believe me, the land is rejoicing, Cachola said. The land is rejoicing, and let us not forget that, because this is what its
all about.
A specific resource management plan will be formed through a stewardship planning process that will include the current active users. DLNR Director William Aila said the real hard work lies ahead.
The challenge now is for everyone in the community to remain together, Aila said. To do whatever it takes to not leave the meetings until there is consensus, to put aside
all the individual wants and needs, to do whats best for the land. The Maika`i organization envisions a landscape that among other things, protects the watershed, provides a habitat for native species, preserves open space, and produces a healthy, sustainable food source for Kohala. Content for this story was provided by Big Island Video News.


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jenkins build that runs selenium tests against some fixed selenium server, which is pushed with new wars when any of the two war projects build.
Within the jenkins ecosystem, what's the best way to run through a series of selenium tests with the selenium test runner on a remote machine? Given lack of resources, it might be easiest if the selenium test runner exists on the selenium test server.


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PESWiki.com -- Pure Energy Systems Wiki: Finding and facilitating breakthrough clean energy technologies.
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Biokavitus is an Italian company founded by Andrea Rampado specializes in cavitation technologies for beneficial uses.
They helping to clean up the planet, cleaning up the nuclear waste, cleaning up the water, improving the health of the water and of the people and organisms who drink the water, improving the quality and quantify of agriculture, making a myriad of processes much more efficient, thus saving vast amounts of energy. Eventually, they envision coming up with inexpensive and sustainable energy generation plants.
In 2005, we posted a feature page: Directory:Zip Project about an earlier embodiment of this company, where ZIP = Zero Impact Platform. "The Zip Project was created to handle waste cycle and water cycle management with clean, renewable technologies available, as well as to support research and development into the same."
Official Website
- http://biokavitus.info - in Italian
Leonardo Shows
Oil from Water
Plant Growth Enhancement
October 12, 2011 Skype Conference with PES
Rampado and Mezzano describe their technology showing the very basic component; followed by showing me several of their production line products in their warehouse, beginning with a nuclear remediation product; as well as device for the treatment of oil-water emulsions separation device and a biofuel plant capable of producing 4000 tons of biodiesel per year [about ½ ton/hour constantly produced], running off of 10 kW of power, so 20 kWh/tons of biodiesel are immediately produced; and a Russian patented device that separates oil and water . They also show and describe their fish tank with the microbubbles diffusing into it.
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Rampado and Mezzano show and describe several videos about their technology that are on YouTube, including two instances where they were featured on the Italian TV show "Leonardo". The first video shows plants' accelerated growth when given the microbubble water. The next video shows oil-water separation. Then is their appearance on "Leonardo", called "Cavitazione", showing a demonstration of separating water and oil from a container that had both in it. Then their "Leonardo" appearance titled "Neutroni da rocce compresse" showing the effect that cavitation had on material strength.
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mentions their interest in Andrea Rosse's E-Cat technology and how they think their technology sheds some light on his process, and could be used to augment his effect of fusing hydrogen and nickel atoms into copper at relatively low temperatures and pressures, producing copious amounts of energy. Don't get your hopes up, the segment basically says, "we should write that up." They explained it earlier in our call, before I had the video camera turned on.
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Rampado proudly shows off the Bedini electromagnetic device he built, which he says achieved 2.5x overunity. He also expresses his appreciation for our news service and the role it played in fostering his thinking over the past decade.
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Oil-water separation, by Biokavitus - A video has been posted that shows the Biokavitus apparatus continually separating out a milk-like solution from an oil solution via a cavitation process. The separated fluids are combined, and added again to the input at the top, to be separated again, and again. (YouTube / armandodepara; April 27, 2012)
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There is Free Energy? (Original in Italian) - Today I have finally found time to publish my report of the work of my friend Andrea Rampado [of Biokavitus]. Cavitation would produce the implosion of bubbles of steam, the implosion would produce what is commonly called the phenomenon of sonoluminescence , generating light and heat. (22Passi; March 11, 2012)
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Short note on piezonuclear cavitation (Translated from Italian) - The results on Cavitation Piezonucleare have already been published in multiple peer-review journals. The statement about the critical nature of the experimental project should not sound strange, since we are dealing with something entirely new to our knowledge of physics. (22Passi; February 20, 2012)
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Cavitation as a Purification Panacea? - The Italian company, Biokavitus has perfected the process of cavitation to the point of now launching several commercial products into the market. And they are open sourcing the core concept to help speed the cleaning of the planet, including nuclear waste, wastewater, oil contamination, but also home cleaning applications. There are health benefits as well - of all living organisms. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; November 5, 2011)
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AirSep Focus places the focus on oxygen patients' convenience and comfort in the most lightweight innovation in oxygen portability that has ever been available. Noticeably lighter than any other portable oxygen concentrator, the new Focus fits in the palm of your hand.
The AirSep Focus Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC) provides a solution to the most commonly-requested POC feature – smaller size and lighter weight. The Focus is a system an oxygen patient can feel good about carrying, by removing the burdon of extra weight.
The AirSep Focus is FAA approved for air travel, so it provides the utmost is travel advantages.
This mini-weight, portable oxygen concentrator makes its own oxygen on demand, providing a pulse flow up to Setting 2. The Focus is not only easy to carry, but also easy to understand. There are no confusing control-panel readings; just the information you need. All at your fingertips, with the flip of a switch. And the non-medical look ensures that you'll stay as mobile and active as possible.
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Sequencing breakthroughs for genomic ecology and evolutionary biology
Version of Record online: 28 JUN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02019.x
© 2007 The Authors
Molecular Ecology Resources
Volume 8, Issue 1, pages 3–17, January 2008
Additional Information
How to Cite
HUDSON, M. E. (2008), Sequencing breakthroughs for genomic ecology and evolutionary biology. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8: 3–17. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02019.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 28 JUN 2008
- Version of Record online: 28 JUN 2008
- Received 17 June 2007; revision accepted 4 September 2007
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Techniques involving whole-genome sequencing and whole-population sequencing (metagenomics) are beginning to revolutionize the study of ecology and evolution. This revolution is furthest advanced in the Bacteria and Archaea, and more sequence data are required for genomic ecology to be fully applied to the majority of eukaryotes. Recently developed next-generation sequencing technologies provide practical, massively parallel sequencing at lower cost and without the requirement for large, automated facilities, making genome and transcriptome sequencing and resequencing possible for more projects and more species. These sequencing methods include the 454 implementation of pyrosequencing, Solexa/Illumina reversible terminator technologies, polony sequencing and AB SOLiD. All of these methods use nanotechnology to generate hundreds of thousands of small sequence reads at one time. These technologies have the potential to bring the genomics revolution to whole populations, and to organisms such as endangered species or species of ecological and evolutionary interest. A future is now foreseeable where ecologists may resequence entire genomes from wild populations and perform population genetic studies at a genome, rather than gene, level. The new technologies for high throughput sequencing, their limitations and their applicability to evolutionary and environmental studies, are discussed in this review.


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Dear Wedding Maven,
I'm engaged to a wonderful guy, but I have an odd problem. His family is rather traditional, and his mother expects us to have a "normal" traditional, Christian wedding. I'm far more in favor of a gothic handfasting, but I know that my fiancé will be disowned if I do anything too outrageous. I really don't want to cause any problems, but it's my day, and I truly don't think it should be a big deal. Can you give me advice on how to subtly add elements of Wicca and Goth without getting anyone disowned? (or getting called the spawn of Satan. bleh.)
Not the Spawn of Satan
Dear Not Spawn
You know what's interesting about your letter? You talk about what your fiancé's family wants, and what you want, but you don't say anything about what your fiancé wants. Given that he's the one risking being disowned, don't you think you should check with him before you check with me?
The way your letter is worded I'm assuming that you aren't actually a practicing Wiccan, it's just that you like the idea of a more alternative wedding. If that's the case, then sure, there are ways to incorporate your tastes with a traditional wedding. On OneWed's store we sell beautiful handfasting ribbons, and you can obviously incorporate the language of a handfasting with your wedding ceremony. If either you or your fiancé have any Irish heritage then you can easily get away with this by presenting it as "an ancient Celtic tradition."
Steampunk fashions are a stunning way to take "traditional" visuals and mix them with a more "Goth" mentality. You can also always forgo the traditional white wedding dress and flowers for something a little more "Goth." Wedding dress designers like Katrina Marie specialize in dresses that would not shock your in-laws but indulge your inner Pagan Goddess.
Now, if you're talking less about fashion and more about deeply held religious beliefs, then things are a little more difficult. If you and your fiancé have different religious or spiritual beliefs then his parents, then your wedding should absolutely reflect those beliefs. Yes, it may cause trouble between your fiancé and his family, but if you're serious about your faith, then you need to honor it.
If you and your fiancé are not Christian and do not want to pretend to be Christian, then you need to have an open and honest discussion with his parents. It is difficult for most parents to accept that their child has chosen a different faith, but usually they do come around.
The best way to avoid being called "Satan's spawn" is to recognize that your wedding is not actually "my day," as you call it. It's a day to celebrate that you and your fiancé have chosen to join each other's families. That means honoring and being respectful of those families. You do not have to engage in rituals or traditions that you don't believe in, but you do need to be respectful and open-minded in discussing those traditions and rituals. Do some research into both his families beliefs, and your own and see if you can come up with something that works for everyone.
Do you need wedding advice? If you have a question about wedding traditions, etiquette or relationships write the Wedding Maven at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Now, I don't know much you guys have been paying attention to cast of White Collar's Tweets. But let me just say, it's all so very, very sad.
Matt Bomer, Willie Garson, Tim DeKay and the rest of the cast have been Tweeting their sadness this week, and while I was waiting to gather all the photos, this Tweet from Willie really put me over the edge.
You guys, White Collar is going to be over. We've got only a handful of episodes to watch.
There's going to be no more random shots of Matt Bomer wearing suits on set! Ugh. Now I'm just really sad. And because I love you guys, I think you need to be sad with me. I know, I'm such a giver.
Launch the gallery for just a few of the photos the cast has shared so far of "the end". I'll be updating this gallery as they go, so anytime you need a good cry, Matt and the cast are here for you. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go stare at Matt Bomer GIFs to try and be happy again.


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A Festival of ... Memories
December 11, 2008 - Phyllis Sigal
Today, Thursday, is the Wheeling Park High School's Festival of Sound at WesBanco Arena.
I didn't attend this year, but driving to work this morning I was flooded with memories of the days when I did go, when my children were performing.
My first year at Festival of Sound was when my daughter, Amanda, was a freshman at Park in the choir. I couldn't believe my ears; the concert was incredible. I remember going to the afternoon show, and had it not been snowing that night, I might have returned for the evening performance.
It was during her sophomore year that I got more involved with the music department. There was a group of moms — our daughters were all best friends throughout high school — who volunteered for the entire day. One of our main responsibilities was distributing the choir robes, which was quite a fiasco! With limited time, hundreds of students scrambled for the right robe. It was like a stampede. Then they had to put the robes away between shows and get them again before the evening show.
Our goal for the next three years was to perfect the process. It did get better year by year, thank goodness!
I was thinking of how much fun we moms had bonding all day ... and then I got an email from Debbie Kleiner, one of the moms. Our daughters both now live in Pittsburgh and remain friends. She, too, was remembering our days at the Capitol Music Hall, sorting robes, feeding the kids lunch, keeping track of them throughout the day. We'd always get great seats, because we were there since the crack of dawn.
Our daughters were members of the Young Patriots, the top singing ensemble. They auditioned for the coveted spots, and all had beautiful voices. They looked so elegant (and grown up!) in their formal black gowns.
We'd watch the morning rehearsals, with the stop and go and repeat this and that. Those kids worked so hard. The students had been practicing in class and after school for weeks and weeks. It's no wonder they sounded so good. Their instructors — Pat and Leslie Garrett, Gladys Mitch, Ben Podolski, Seth Bell and others — prepared them well. They worked tirelessly to get those kids in shape. More than 400 students — in the band, the jazz band, the orchestra and the choirs — performed.
Then, we'd watch the 2 p.m. show, which we always referred to as the "dress rehearsal." Then, when the 7 p.m. show started, we'd be so amazed at how it all had magically come together. And we'd always cry at the end, the music and the pride bringing on such emotion.
We especially cried the girls' senior year, when we knew it'd be the last time we moms would experience this day together. That was the last year the Festival of Sound was at the Capitol Music Hall.
I still volunteered the next two years, when my son Leland was a student. He scurried about the stage as a member of the Young Patriots, as a percussionist with the jazz band on assorted instruments and as a narrator his senior year.
But I always missed the beauty of the Capitol and camaraderie of the moms.
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Oklahoma Elections: U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn opens up huge early lead in re-election bid
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn topped 90 percent of the vote in the Republican primary Tuesday in his bid for a second and final term.
On the Democratic side, retired professor and perennial candidate Jim Rogers, of Midwest City, won easily.
With almost all the votes in, Coburn had 90 percent; Republicans Evelyn Rogers, of Tulsa, had 6 percent and Lou Spring had 4 percent.
On the Democratic side, Jim Rogers had 66 percent of the vote, and Oklahoma City attorney Mark Myles had 34 percent.
Coburn, R-Muskogee, pledged in 2004 that he would serve only two terms in the Senate, where he has built a national reputation for his efforts to cut government waste and block new spending.
No well-known or wealthy Democrats felt the urge to take on Coburn, a 62-year-old physician who trounced well-known and wealthy Republicans in 2004 before easily beating well-
Coburn was one of the leading opponents of the health care reform bill this year, and he was chosen to serve on President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction commission.
"I would like to thank Oklahomans across the state for their generous support," Coburn said Tuesday night.
"I decided to seek a second and final term in the U.S. Senate because I believe the decisions the federal government makes in the next few years may decide the fate of our nation. Our skyrocketing debt and deficits and disregard for our founding principles have put our nation on a perilous and unsustainable course.
"If I am elected to serve a final term in the Senate, the people of Oklahoma can be assured that I will continue my work to protect the blessings of liberty for future generations."
Rogers could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.
Independents Stephen P. Wallace and Ronald F. Dwyer, both of Tulsa, will also be on the general election ballot.


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Published in Company Comment on 7 October 2010
IPO price range is revealed, but its fans are left on the sidelines.
The pioneering betting exchange Betfair (LSE: BET) has revealed the indicative price range at which it plans to float its shares when it lists on the London stock market later this month.
At the top end of the punchy £11 to £14 band, Betfair would be valued at just shy of £1.5 billion -- sufficient to put it towards the top of the FTSE 250.
Not bad for a bookie-cum-matchmaking service that was only founded a decade ago.
Given their inherently sporting nature, we'd not be surprised to hear that many Motley Fool readers enjoy pitting their wits by making wagers (modestly, we trust!) on Betfair's various portals.
Unfortunately though, as we reported last month the great unwashed like us won't be able to take the next logical step and show our enthusiasm for Betfair by subscribing for an allocation of its shares, since the initial offer will be a big institution-only affair.
Betfair's advisers will doubtless say they're saving the company money by shutting private investors out of the IPO. We understand the mathematics, but it still seems a shame a company that built its business on the back of a community is thinking so firmly inside the box on making its market debut. Betfair tell us that because over 50% of its customers are overseas, it would have been impossible to treat everyone fairly.
But shutting out retail investors is especially ironic given that the company has been allowed to float just 10% of its shares as part of a strategy to bolster demand in what's been a lousy year for IPOs. Because Betfair already has some 650 investors who together own a 30% chunk of the company, it can get around London Stock Exchange rules that say a new IPO must offer at least 25% of its shares in a free float.
Initial demand might have been boosted further if it had also made subscribing for the shares an option for customers of its website!
Betfair expects to confirm the price at which it will first list its shares on October 22, with full trading commencing on October 27.
Once the shares are listed, of course, anyone will be able to buy them. It may pay to work out what you think the shares are worth in advance by downloading the prospectus from its corporate site, so you can take advantage of any initial weakness in the price.
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As one of Betfair's "premium customers" I am not suprised by their arrogance. They have repeatedly increased charges, added a "winners tax" of 20% to successful traders, and they even skim a small percentage of most of their 2 and 3 way markets (Which I believe one day will come back to haunt them legally.)4 years ago I couldnt praise Betfair enough but today I cant wait for an alternative exchange to become viable. When that happens (and it will) myself and quite a few of the big players will gladly and willingly jump ship and stick two big fingers up to Betfairs greedy owners.
I like Owain's suggestion to prepare a valuation - its the first timeI tried this and I was staggered at the flota price. I'd be prepared to pay up to £3 for last year's 14.4p/share earnings, so Betfair is going to have to go some to justify a price north of £11. When I look at my portfolio for a share priced close to the Betfair range, I am seeing almost ten times the earning per share. Now I like a good growth story, but this one's not for me.
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Sports pharmacy's previous operator on DEA's radar
In the affidavits, the DEA also cited other problems with the registrations for Chao and RSF. The affidavits say RSF filled more than 1,200 prescriptions with an expired registration number and that the 50 prescriptions filled for Chao don't appear under a valid DEA registration for RSF. The DEA said a review of RSF's manufacturer's registration revealed "21 errors in their required reporting of distributions of controlled substances."
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Helping the helpers
Disaster relief | FEMA officials are finding ways to get rid of the red tape and work with faith-based groups during emergencies
When disaster strikes, Kansas native James Bond is on the ground. Increasingly, so is the federal government.
Last May, when a tornado ripped through Greensburg, Kan., wiping out 95 percent of the town, Bond, a disaster response coordinator for World Hope International (WHI), worked alongside a much more helpful version of FEMA than the one that gained notoriety during Hurricane Katrina.
Bond remembers the way the town looked when he used to travel there for high-school athletic events. The world's largest hand-dug well. Old Victorian homes. Mature trees. Quaint shops.
"When we rolled into town the afternoon after [the tornado], I had trouble referencing where I was," Bond told WORLD.
Immediately, he and his crews of volunteers began rushing around the once historic town cleaning up debris and bulldozing dilapidated houses. Meanwhile, FEMA staff helped coordinate long-term recovery plans and paid to remove ruined houses.
"When you've got hundreds and hundreds of volunteers beating on your door, it's helpful to have someone to set up the meeting[s], doing the ground work for us," Bond said.
Two years ago, Bond might not have seen this type of cooperation. For the federal government, Hurricane Katrina served as a template of what not to do. Red tape and inefficiency defined much of FEMA's attempts at providing even the most basic aid to victims. Some people spoke of waiting for hours just to get food stamps, only to walk away empty-handed.
Meanwhile, faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs), as well as churches, became experts in disaster relief. Christus Victor Lutheran Church in Mississippi fed 400 evacuees and volunteers and provided shelter for 200. Southern Baptist volunteers served 10 million meals. And Operation Blessing delivered food, blankets, and generators to churches sheltering evacuees.
Almost three years after Katrina, the feds have revamped and revised their approach to disaster relief. Among their modifications, they have started treating faith-based and community organizations as the veterans.
"We're in the middle of a very active tornado season, so we don't need to be reminded of the fact that at a moment's notice nature can visit some very serious consequences and devastation upon our communities," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a group of disaster response leaders at a White House roundtable event on May 19. "Faith-based and community organizations undertake a surprisingly large, varied, and demanding set of initiatives with extraordinary effectiveness, and so we want to do everything we can to harness this energy."
Chertoff's comments came more than two years after President Bush created the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within DHS to decrease red tape between faith groups and the government during disaster relief.
Since then, center officials, under the leadership of John Kim Cook, have taken steps to make sure that the federal government doesn't repeat its Katrina experience. They've reevaluated FEMA's staff to make sure it includes people who have experience working with FBCOs. They've hosted emergency preparedness workshops for more than 1,000 leaders of FBCOs in six cities around the country. And they've strengthened the National Response Framework to better coordinate volunteer efforts.
This new strategy has been put to the test with the recent onslaught of fires, floods, and tornadoes across the country.
Last fall, when fires swept across southern California, FEMA had a chance to show that it was serious about partnering with local FBCOs at the ground level. While Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers prepared 10,000 meals a day for evacuees and local churches rolled out sleeping mats, DHS and FEMA staff provided temporary housing for displaced families and met with local faith leaders to answer their questions and provide them with other disaster relief information.
"This was the first catastrophic disaster since my office was created in 2006, and it was time for us to be on the ground to explore opportunities where there was a need for us," Cook said.
To Kevin Massey, acting director of Lutheran Disaster Response, the Bush administration has made good progress. "The federal government is earnestly trying to understand faith-based organizations," Massey told WORLD. "They are really trying to get this."
Over the past two years, as Lutheran Disaster Response provided relief along the Gulf Coast and in tornado-affected areas throughout the Midwest, Massey received frequent calls from FEMA employees asking for advice, particularly on how FEMA can be more sensitive to religious groups. He's also noticed the increased efforts of Voluntary Agency Liaisons (VALs), FEMA employees working on the ground helping voluntary agencies coordinate donations and volunteers.
To Bond, VALs are the trustworthy faces of FEMA. He said he doesn't hesitate to ask their advice because he knows "they give us the straight and skinny on it."
But even as the federal government improves its approach, concerns remain, like should faith-based groups accept government funds? "I think it's unbelievably needed," Bond said. In Greensburg, there was only one other WHI staff member to assist him. "How do you meet the needs of the people with no staff?" He suggested government monies could boost staff numbers in some of these smaller voluntary organizations.
On the other hand, the Stafford Act stipulates the types of services for which voluntary agencies could seek reimbursement. "You can't buy religious materials with federal funds," John Kim Cook told WORLD. "So, you might have to separate some of your programs."
Mary Marr, head of Christian Emergency Network (CEN), said taking federal money is a dangerous move. "For us, we feel like we've been able to be freer to maintain our biblical integrity by not taking any funds," she told WORLD. "It has allowed us to be neutral, even within Christian organizations." She explained that a lot of competition takes place among voluntary agencies for government monies.
Another significant question: How can the federal government better equip volunteers from faith-based groups? One of the main problems that surfaced during Katrina was that many well-intentioned volunteers were not certified to provide professional assistance to victims or to clean up an area that had been destroyed.
"The value of faith-based organizations is that they're highly mobile," Bond said. "But, [they] get really overzealous."
Marr said that local volunteers should be certified or else they can become "a drain, not an encouragement." Although local governments can provide certification, as of now, there is no federal credentialing system in place for volunteers. They're working on it, Cook told WORLD.
As the Bush administration winds down, disaster preparedness continues to ramp up. In honor of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, on May 29 and 30, the White House sponsored a New Orleans conference on disaster preparedness for leaders from more than 1,000 organizations, with special guests Laura Bush, Maj. Gen. Doug O'Dell, and Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel.
Marr worries whether the emphasis will continue after Bush leaves office: "If we cannot continue to see things move forward in terms of dialogue and cooperation . . . it will so quickly erode."


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PRAGUE — Another earthquake, registered at 4.7 magnitude, was centered in Lincoln County on Monday night, and it could be felt throughout central Oklahoma.
The epicenter was about five miles northwest of Prague, or 44 miles east of Oklahoma City, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit about 8:47 p.m.
Lincoln County dispatchers said they received quite a few calls about the most recent quake, but the only damage reported has been to a home near Prague that already had been damaged by previous tremors.
Joe and Mary Reneau's 43-year-old home near Prague was rocked yet again Monday night.
"It wasn't as bad as even the first one," Mary Reneau said, referring to the 4.7 quake that struck about 2 a.m. Saturday.
"Some things fell out again, but to be honest, there's not much left to break," she said.
The chimney collapsed onto their roof Saturday night, but was removed by a crane Sunday, leaving a gaping hole in the ceiling. Thunderstorms also rolled through the area Monday night.
"It's home. This is a pain in the neck, but it's still home," she said.
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Havrevang rooms for rent
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Hølvej 6, 7190 Billund
Phone: +45 4028 4579
Only 900 m to LEGOLAND, 400 m to Lalandia Waterpark and 3 km to Billund Aiport.
Find you way
In the roundabout by Billund Camping on Ellehammers Allé, drive through the gravel road 'Hølvej'. Drive past the big Lalandia Waterpark and roughly 600 m ahead is Havrevang - right after det mini golf course. The room numbers are 10 and 12 and they are 40 m away from the mini golf course and has a direct entry to the rooms.
Notice: If you are using a GPS navigator - drive towards the address "Ellehammers Allé, 7190 Billund", because not all GPS navigators can find the address "Hølvej".
Price per room per night:
- 1 person: 500 DKK
- 2 persons: 600 DKK
- 2 adults and 1 child: 750 DKK
- Extra bed: 150 DKK
The prices are without breakfast. (You can buy your own grocerys and cook in the common room in the summer season).
At a stay of 3 nights or more, 10 % discount on the whole amount.
Holiday travellers can leave their car kept in the garage for 100 DKK per week. (Only for guests at Havrevang).
You can order a cot/childrens bed for 100 DKK.
There are in total 2 rooms. In the rooms you find your own bath and toilet, beds with linnen, towels, hairdryer, TV and internet access (there are no telephones in the rooms).
No pets allowed.
Payment: Cash (We do not receive creditcards).
We do not serve breakfast. You can buy and cook you own food in the common room in the summer season (15/5 - 15/9)
Alternative breakfast:
Hotel Svanen:
Big breakfast buffet (7 am - 10 am)
Adults: 65 DKK
Children: 35 DKK
LEGOLAND Holiday Village:
Breakfast buffet (order the day before at +45 75 33 27 77)
Adults: 60 DKK
Children: 30 DKK
Common room:
Access to the 100 m2 common room in the period 15/5 - 15/9. There is a kitchenette, coffee maker and tableware for 10 persons. There are tables where you can eat you food for lunch og breakfast. If you only rent one of the rooms, you have to share the common room and the kitchen with the guests from the other room.
There is a refridgerator and freezer in the common room at free disposal to all guests. There is also table tennis, ball games and a cosy corner, where you can fire up the wood stove.
There is access to a big playing field outside.
Distances to:
LEGOLAND: 900 m
Lalandia Waterpark: 600 m
Grocery shopping: Super Best (in Lalandia): 600 m
Mini golf: 30 m
Golf course: 8 km
Fishing: 8 km
Beach: 33 km
Givskud ZOO: 30 km
Transport and parking:
Bus stop at LEGOLAND: 900 m
Billund Aiport: 3 km
Taxi: +45 7535 3506
Public transport: www.rejseplanen.dk
Save the parking fee at LEGOLAND or Lalandia - leave your car at Havrevang (only for overnight guests).
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The Electricity Act, 2003, was enacted, with a vision of unleashing competition in the power sector which would foster the most efficient use of resources. Introducing competition also aimed at creating vibrant markets, facilitating greater efficiency in generation, transmission and distribution, bringing transparency in pricing and eventually giving a free hand to the consumer to decide source and price of power consumed.
More than a decade later, the achievements on the open access front remain a mixed bag. While progress has been made with the advent of power exchanges in 2008, a number of hurdles remain. As a result, the market across India remains fractured with some states promoting competition while in others, monopolistic policies continue to hamper the growth of a free market. Lack of availability of adequate power despite abundant installed generation capacity is impairing the nations economic growth and productivity.
The power exchanges pioneered operationalisation of open access in distribution by providing a platform for buyers and sellers above 1 MW to trade in electricity using standardised contracts under the regulatory supervision of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). Over the last six years of operation, the market has achieved fairly good liquidity, prices are stable with only a few peaks and hardly any volatility. In fact, the price discovered on the exchange has become the benchmark for the larger system to follow. Although, almost 80 million units (MUs) of electricity, on an average daily basis, and almost 30 BUs, on an annual basis, are being traded through exchanges at the moment, the volumes, however, remain well below potential. If the state regulators, governments, transmission and distribution utilities and system operators implement open access in the true spirit, the markets can easily grow to double their current levels.
There are days on the exchange when supply exceeds demand largely because potential buyers stay away due to a variety of operational, regulatory, or infrastructural challenges. However, this comes at a huge cost. According to estimates by energy market consultant, AF Mercados, if states were to procure power instead of shedding demand, the combined cost to the distribution utilities will increase by R36,284 crore but this is much lesser to the R2.43 lakh crore cost the economy bears because of power shortfall. To put this in perspective, this amount is sufficient to set up around 40 thermal power plants of 1,000 MW each!
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Telemundo suspends newscaster involved with L.A. mayor
LOS ANGELES - A newscaster who had an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been suspended for two months from the Spanish-language network Telemundo for violating conflict-of-interest policies, the network announced Thursday.
Mirthala Salinas was having the relationship with Villaraigosa when she announced the news of his separation from his wife of 20 years on Telemundo's local affiliate KVEA, Channel 52.
Salinas, 35, has been suspended without pay following a three-week internal investigation reviewed by executives at Telemundo and parent company NBC Universal. Three Telemundo employees also were disciplined. Findings were reported on the network's national newscast Thursday night and announced by executives.
"We have determined that, while the content and accuracy of KVEA's newscasts were not compromised, our news policy standards with respect to conflict of interest were clearly violated," Telemundo network president Don Browne said in a statement.
"Her reading of copy during newscasts ... regarding the mayor's separation from his wife was a flagrant violation of these guidelines," Browne wrote in a separate memo to employees.
A message left with Salinas' representative was not immediately returned.
"I regret that decisions I have made in my personal life have been a distraction for the city, and I am deeply sorry that I have let so many people down, especially my family," Villaraigosa said in a statement. "Now that Telemundo's internal review has reached a conclusion, it is my hope that we can all move forward."
In its newscast, Telemundo reported others disciplined included KVEA news director Al Corral, who was suspended without pay for two months, and the station's general manager, Manuel Abud, who was removed from his post and will be transferred to a new position still undetermined. Ibra Morales, president of Telemundo stations, will be reprimanded.
In late 2006 Salinas, then the station's political reporter, and station management agreed that she should be reassigned to a different beat that would not involve reporting on the mayor or city politics, Browne said.
"That decision, consistent with our guidelines, was made on the basis of a friendship that had developed" between Salinas and Villaraigosa, Browne wrote.
A later decision, to move Salinas into a temporary anchor position where she read lead-ins about the mayor and city politics, "conflicted with our guidelines and with management's prior decision," wrote Browne.
"The failure to respond appropriately in the following weeks further compounded these errors," he added.
Salinas was placed on leave July 5 while her employer investigated whether her romantic relationship with Villaraigosa breached journalistic ethics.
The long-rumored affair was acknowledged by Villaraigosa on July 3 after a newspaper story revealed details of the relationship.
"I have had a relationship with Ms. Salinas over time," Villaraigosa said during a news conference. "It has evolved, and today I have acknowledged that relationship."
Corina Villaraigosa filed for divorce June 12, a day after the mayor told reporters in a City Hall news conference that he took the blame for his crumbling marriage.
Salinas reported the news of Villaraigosa's separation on the June 8 newscast of Telemundo's local station.
"The rumors were true," is how Salinas led into the story for her Spanish-speaking audience.
Salinas has said station managers knew of her relationship with the mayor before she anchored the news of his break up.
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Our 50th Jörðgarð (TM) Map of the Week comes from our forthcoming publication "The Northwest."
Green Meadows is in the North Kingdom, which is ruled by vampire draugs. It is the ruling seat of vampire draug Duke Břetislav, but there isn't too much else to distinguish it from other medium-sized towns.
Key to the Center of Green Meadows
Lead Creek (Location No. 13) flows through Green Meadows from the ruins of the Æsir settlement of Blýhæður (Lead Heights) and its source in the Evening Hills forest. The creek is dammed west of the mapped area, where it forms a large mill pond that also is used to breed freshwater fish. The millstream is diverted from the pond to serve both Joná' Sawmill (Location No. 23) and Bohdana's Grain Mill (Location No. 19). Unnumbered buildings on the map can be considered residential, but they also are available to game masters who may wish to use them to add new locations specific to his or her adventure.
1. Bohumila's Bakery. Master Baker Bohumila, a human female artisan, employs a journeyman baker, a human male artisan; an apprentice, a human male commoner, and two sales persons, human female commoners.
2. Greenlands Garrison. The human warriors who serve under Commander Krýstina, a human female warrior, are the only soldiers in the duchy who are stationed on a permanent basis. All of the duchy's soldiers with families are stationed here. Those serving duty in Mine City, Lignite City, Northwatch Hold and Northwatch are single. They rotate regularly between the three strongholds. Due to these disadvantages, they receive a higher sold than those stationed in Green Meadows. The garrison's soldiers are responsible for patrolling along the Fjörm Valley swamps as far north as the Niklas' Mill ruins and the Mine City-Green Meadows road. They also are the duchy's police force. The few soldiers of the garrison who have no families live in the compound. Those families live in residential housing in town.
3. Klement's Meats. Master Butcher Klement, a human male artisan, is the only butcher authorized by Duke Břetislav in Green Meadows. His relatively large operation is a combination of retail shop, slaughterhouse and fish and meat packing plant. Almost all of the meat and fish that he processes are smoked, cured or packed in brine. Most of his meat is made into sausage. He employs a second master butcher, a human female artisan; three journeyman butchers, human male and female artisans; two apprentices, human male and female commoners; three salespersons, human female commoners, and two laborers, human male commoners.
4. Green Meadows General Wares & Cobblery. Master Cobbler Bohumill, a human male artisan, makes the area's shoes and boots on the second story of the main building. His wife, Jana, a human female merchant, runs the general store on the ground floor. It carries a basic supply of common wares. Bohumill, Jana and their children live on the third story. Bohumill employs a journeyman cobbler, a human female artisan, and an apprentice, a human male commoner. Jana employs a salesperson, a human female commoner.
5. Chandler Slavomir. Master Chandler Slavomir, a human male artisan, makes candles for the greater Green Meadows area. Caravans of the Royal Ministry of Trade also bring his products to more distant markets within the kingdom. His tallow is shipped northward from the rendering house in Lone Dell in the Meadowlands Duchy. Slavomir employs a journeyman chandler, human male artisan; and an apprentice, a human female commoner.
6. Lead Valley Castle. This is the castle complex of the vampire draug warrior Duke Břetislav. His governmental administration, headed by his steward Ilja, a human male merchant, is in the building to the west or left of the duke's small palace. The government employs six clerks, all human male and female merchants, and four laborers, all human male and female commoners. The duke's crypt is in the cellar dungeon level of the palace.
7. Prison Tower. Floor plans and a description of the tower can be found with Map of the Week No. 45. The jailer is Květoslav, a human male commoner and murderer. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the tower after he killed another man in a tavern brawl. His wife, Klára, a human female commoner, agreed to remain with him there when the duke gave him the opportunity to become a trusty jailer. Neither Květoslav nor Klára takes any interest in the tower's prisoners.
8. Garrison Stable.
9. Ministry of Trade Center. This is the Green Meadows branch of the Ministry of Trade's caravan operations. All caravans bringing goods to and taking them from the town operate from this base, which includes an office building, a warehouse and a stable. The manager is the human male merchant těpán. He employs two clerks, human male and female merchants, and two laborers, human male and female commoners.
10. Green Clover Inn. The inn's public room is a popular watering hole in Green Meadows. Guests usually are members of trade caravans from the Royal Ministry of Trade. The owner and innkeeper is the widow Anastázie, a human female merchant. She charges 8 bronze pieces a night for her six single rooms and 1 silver piece per person nightly for the one double. Cold meals run between 1 and 4 bronze pieces, warm meals between 4 and 8 bronze pieces. The only beverage is the house brewed lager beer, which sells for 3 copper pieces a pint/half liter tankard. Anastázie's brewmistress is Ada, a human female artisan. The inn employs three waiters and waitresses, two cleaning ladies and a laborer, all human male and female commoners.
11.-12. Town Hall and Granary. Burgomaster Ahasver, a human male merchant, heads the town government. It employs four clerks, all human male and female merchants, and four laborers, all human male and female commoners. Storage crops and grains that are the town's share of the tithes are kept in the granary to feed the folk in times of emergency. The town's jail is in the cellar of the town hall.
13. Lead Creek.
14.-16. Ducal Fruit Packing. This operation is owned by Duke Břetislav. It consists of the office and main packing and canning plant (Location No. 14), a fruit liqueur and schnapps distillery (Location No. 15) and two warehouses (both numbered 16). The fruit packing plant transports fresh fruit to other location and makes dried fruit products and fruit and preserves in glass. The distillery is the only maker of legal spirits in the North Kingdom. Blaźena, a human female merchant, is manager of the entire operation. The main office employs two clerks, human male and female merchants. The fruit packing and warehouse operations employ 12 laborers, all human male and female commoners. Master Distiller Mojmir, a human male artisan, runs the distillery. It employs two journeyman distillers, human male and female artisans; an apprentice, human male commoner, and a laborer, human male commoner.
17. Duan's Smithy. Master Smith Duan, a human male artisan, is the blacksmith of Green Meadows and also repairs armor and weapons for the garrisons. He employs two journeyman smiths, human male and female artisans, and an apprentice, human male commoner.
18. Wainwright Judita. Master Wainwright Judita, a human female artisan, builds and repairs wagons, carts, wheelbarrows and the like. She employs two journeyman wainwrights, male and female human artisans; an apprentice, female human commoner, and a laborer, male human commoner.
19. Bohdana's Grain Mill. Master Miller Bohdana, a human female artisan, makes flour, fodder and vegetable oil for the Green Meadows area. She employs a journeyman miller, human male artisan; an apprentice, human female commoner, and a laborer, human male commoner.
20. Market Square. Most of the stands are operated by locals. The market is the only place where one can buy fresh crops and produce, sold by the local farmers who raise them. Anyone wishing to run a stand must acquire a permit from Town Hall (Location No. 11).
21. Mill Fish Tavern. Master Alewife Olga, a human female artisan, owns and operates this popular pub. She employs a bartender, Felix, a human male merchant; two waitresses, both human female commoners, and a laborer, a human male commoner. In her brewhouse behind the tavern, Olga brews a smooth light ale. It sells at 3 copper pieces per pint/half liter tankard. Cold boards with smoked trout from the mill pond and Lead Creek, bread, cheese and dill pickles are available for 3 bronze pieces.
22. Millstream.
23. Joná' Sawmill. Master sawyer Joná, a human male artisan, makes the lumber used in the Green Meadows area. He employs a journeyman sawyer, human female artisan; an apprentice, human male commoner, and a laborer, human female commoner.
24. Farms.
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If ever there was a Goddess on our great planet then the exquisite KELLI SERIO ticks every box when it comes to being heavenly. Having woken up in the morning to a most wonderful of praises from an actress who said I made her month with a feature I wrote about her, raving about KELLI is a cinch. With all the makings of a Sex Bomb, the buxom enchantress KELLI is a definite 10 on the delectable scale. This week alone, she's been a force of captivation by being one of THE PIN-UPS FOR VETS in support of veterans suffering from PTSD. KELLI more than represents the qualities of a pin-up girl in both spirit and sensuality with widespread appeal. In fact, she has ties with the Navy having been an assistant navigator on nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
Having come across her pics, I'm blown away by how mesmerizing she is, as close to being the symbol of perfect beauty. Putting her side by side this year's Miss Universe winner from Venezuela, KELLI would probably give her a run for her money. All that means, repeated visits to the KELLI SERIO OFFICIAL SITE are a must. She's been active on the indie film circuit and with an upcoming appearance in the feature "The Sheriffs", expect KELLI to be a wave of obsession in the coming months…:)
Blonde Bombshell: Tracy Carr
We can't stop gushing about the sexiest women in entertainment and TRACY CARR is a heavenly cutie with loads of sex appeal. Her natural curves are so coveted, she sizzles as a Pin-Up Model as her pics prove: http://www.impulsegamer.com/modtracycarr.html. I also love her creative aptitude, collaborating with her best friend Marlene Mc'Cohen (whom I've featured before) with both being founders of the Production company: "848 Productions". Her mantra is: "I think a day without inspiration is a day wasted…and you can find inspiration in the smallest of things…you just have to keep your eyes open and never stop looking." Already we get the impression she's a woman of substance having been constistently writing, producing and even choreographing dance moves. Blowing the stereotype of being just a one-dimensional beauty out of the water, TRACY is proving her worth in a myriad of pursuits.
She recently did a few commercials for A Gun Holster manufacturer putting her captivating features to good use. She's also modeled all over the world including the beautiful city of Paris in France. Check out: http://www.modelmayhem.com/184290 and be awed by the sheer authenticity of her bewitchery. In a time of prevalent plastic surgery, TRACY hasn't had any done which means she's a genuine knockout. Onscreen she's a Sex Bomb having tantalized viewers in the indie horror flick "Snake Club: Revenge of the Snake Woman". With a dozen projects coming up, this multi-talented starlet with an impeccably lovable personality is coming up trumps…:)
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Hi,I've encountered a very strange behavior under Google Chrome. If I look at the small view (profile) of my app in the preview it looks just perfect, but when I test it on live my.yahoo.com I encounter the strange behavior. Firefox and IE display the app correctly, but under Chrome it seems all css styles except inline ones are completely ignored. No way to use classes of id based selectors.Does anybody encountered a similar thing? Is this a bug or am I missing something important?Thanks,Guy
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The Cinema Guild has announced the acquisition of U.S. distribution rights to Matt Porterfield's "Putty Hill," which had its world premiere earlier this year at the Berlin International Film Festival and its North American premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival the following month. The deal was negotiated by Ryan Krivoshey of The Cinema Guild with Kimberly M. Jaime, Esq. on behalf of the filmmakers. "Putty Hill" will open in theaters this fall.
"Releasing films like 'Putty Hill' is what we're in business for," commented Ryan Krivoshey, in a statement. "With only his second feature, Matt has crafted an achingly beautiful and wholly original film that ranks with the best of recent American cinema. We're very excited for audiences to discover the immense pleasures of 'Putty Hill.'"
The film as described by The Cinema Guild:
"On the eve of a funeral for one of their friends, neighbors and family members gather to commemorate his life. Their shared memories paint a portrait of a community hanging in the balance, skewed by poverty, city living, and a generational divide, united in their pursuit of a new American Dream."
Director Porterfield studied film at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and teaches screenwriting and production in the Film & Media Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. His first feature, "Hamilton," which follows two summer days in the life of a young family, was released theatrically in 2006, and in an additional deal, was picked up for DVD/VOD rights by The Cinema Guild as part of the "Putty" deal. "Hamilton" will be released on DVD in early 2011.
Matt Porterfield said in a statement: "I'm ecstatic that 'Putty Hill' has found a home at Cinema Guild. They have a world-class catalogue and a history of finding audiences for inspired, eclectic, visionary films. The fact that 'Hamilton' will now see its much-anticipated DVD release is icing on the cake."


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Picking stocks is hard. Statistically speaking, the deck is stacked against anyone who tries. I'll tell you why in the next section, but first, I want to reassure you that investing isn't a loser's game. You can still win, as long as you consider all of your options.
One strategy can help tip the scales back in your favor: writing covered calls. This isn't wizardry, or the sort of tactic employed by shouting traders in an options pit. You can use this easy-to-master tool in conjunction with healthy, well-run, fairly valued stocks -- the kind that aren't prone to blowups or other damaging disasters.
You probably won't pick a winner
Eric Crittendon, director of research at hedge fund Blackstar Funds, conducted a study revealing that 25% of stocks provide all of the market's gains. Effectively, 75% of stocks work against your quest for returns. Viewed another way, Crittendon shows that one in five stocks is a significant winner, but the same proportion are significant losers. That means we're equally likely to choose a big loser as we are a big winner.
The middle of the pack, meanwhile, does nothing. We've got a 60% chance of picking a stock in that category. This means that almost 80% of the time, a stock we pick will be a dud or a detractor. Those odds aren't good.
Covered call writing allows us to boost the returns of the middle 60% of stocks -- the ones we're statistically most likely to pick.
How covered call writing works
A covered call simply combines two investments: a block of 100 shares of stock, and a written call option on the same stock. When we introduce the call option to share ownership, it changes the risk and reward profile of our position. When you own a stock, your risk is the price you paid for the stock -- after all, it could go to zero. Your reward is the stock's gain. When you write a covered call, your downside risk is offset slightly by the option premium you're paid. In exchange for that premium payment, you agree to forgo the stock's upside beyond its strike price. (If the stock rises that far, the call will be exercised, and you'll have to sell.)
Normally, agreeing to forgo that upside in exchange for a small up-front payment wouldn't seem like a great idea. But when you couple the strategy with Crittendon's research (namely, our 60% chance of picking a dud stock), it doesn't seem so crazy. And since we can write covered calls that expire at three-to-four-month intervals, we can collect a series of premium payments over the course of a year. These payments, along with dividend payments and the mild stock appreciation we allow ourselves by writing out-of-the-money calls, can make a covered call option strategy a conservative and consistent way to boost returns.
What to look for in a call candidate
Remember, writing covered calls involves owning 100-share blocks of stock. First and foremost, you need to find a stock with a decent business and solid financial footing.
Next, you should look for "fair value." Given that stock valuation is more art than science, seek candidates that seem priced about right -- given market efficiency, that's most stocks -- or have mild upside. You don't want wildly underpriced stocks; if you find one along the way, just buy it outright, rather than missing out on its upside.
In the tech sector, many stocks fit this bill. Here are some healthy, fairly valued, and profitable covered call candidates:
Forward P/E Ratio
Operating Margin
|Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM )
|Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM )
|Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ )
|Logitech International (Nasdaq: LOGI )
|Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL )
|Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM )
|Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN )
Data provided by Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
A tech covered call you can write today
Of the candidates above, Logitech sticks out as a great possibility for writing covered calls. In its current form, Logitech earns the bulk of its cash from selling mice (the computer kind, not the squeaky kind), keyboards, and audio/video devices. These products provide a solid stream of cash to support the launch of new products that augment the smartphone, tablet, and living-room user experience. But competition is fierce, shares trade at 23 times estimated 2011 earnings, and management has a history of issuing a slew of stock options that eat into cash available to shareholders. All of those facts lead me to believe that Logitech, which I think is worth somewhere around $21 per share, appears fairly valued, with moderate downside risk.
Purchasing shares today at $19.54, and writing June $21 call options, will pay you $0.80 in option premiums. With just more than 100 days until expiration, you can earn $1.46 in share appreciation and $0.80 in option premium if Logitech shares rise to what I think they are worth. That amounts to a 12% return if exercised -- and the $0.80 in option premium you're paid acts as downside protection, because you won't lose money unless Logitech shares drop more than 4%.
The bottom line
Crittendon's research implies that finding solid businesses on firm financial footing won't necessarily translate into successful investing. But investors who embrace most stocks' middling performers and willing to augment returns with the use of a covered call strategy, winning investment returns are just a step away. To learn more about the profitable options strategies we've been using in our portfolios for years, simply enter your email address in the box below to receive information on Motley Fool Options and get a copy of our free "Options Edge" guidebook.


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Exhibit halls under Hudson Avenue seen as possible answer to Oklahoma City convention center design concerns
Architects and planners tasked with designing a new Oklahoma City convention center are pitching a new concept that would extend exhibit halls underneath Hudson Avenue to address concerns that the complex and a new conference hotel would create too big a barrier between the Myriad Gardens and future MAPS 3 Core to Shore park.
The block bordered by Robinson, Hudson and Reno Avenues and the future downtown boulevard, along with another block to the west for future expansion, was designated as the convention center site last year by the Oklahoma City Council.
Consultants with Populous pitched three site plans last month, none of which received much enthusiasm from the MAPS 3 citizens subcommittee overseeing the project. Concerns included the need to build three stories above ground if the convention center and envisioned 500- to 600-room conference hotel were built on the same block.
Another concept to raze the exhibit halls at the current Cox Convention Center to make way for a hotel was seen as jeopardizing existing convention business, while a third option to build a hotel south of the Chesapeake Energy Arena was seen as potentially less attractive to hotel developers because of its proximity to still vacant and blighted land.
Michael Lockwood, project architect with Populous, said that a study of cities that compete with Oklahoma City for convention business shows most of them do not have hotels attached to the conference centers.
But he warned against creating a site plan that would place the $250 million convention center along Robinson Avenue, essentially creating a "dead zone" when not booked with events.
Lockwood said after receiving a tepid response to the previous concepts, his team sought to create a site plan where the hotel would be most immediate to Bricktown, the arena, the parks and downtown.
"This is about finding a way to create a unique destination in Oklahoma City," Lockwood said. "There is something very unique about this site, and we want to create a building that takes advantage of these conditions."
By extending the exhibit hall space under Hudson Avenue, Lockwood said the team was free to place the hotel on the east half of the block, with green space along Robinson Avenue, a plaza between the hotel and convention center, and more green space along Hudson Avenue.
The scheme also allows the convention center to drop back down to two stories and potentially lowers the height of the hotel from 20 to 17 stories, creating less of a barrier.
"By putting a hotel on Robinson, it provides a 24-hour-a-day activity zone along Robinson," Lockwood said.
Todd Voth, senior principal with Populous, said the plan comes with just one disadvantage — the requirement that a hotel deal be secured in a timely manner so that the convention center isn't surrounded for long by dead space.
Cathy O'Connor, director of the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority and the Alliance for Economic Development of Oklahoma City, said a consultant should be hired soon to evaluate the market for a large conference hotel and assist in proposing possible financing. O'Connor also said she expect a purchase offer to be made to property's owners — Bob Howard and Fred Hall — within the next 60 days.
Voth said he's confident an extension under Hudson Avenue is viable and won't be subject to risks of flooding and sound vibrations. He said his firm designed a convention center in Phoenix with a similar design.
"I'd be a little less confident if we hadn't done it, but we've done it and it works very well," Voth said. "This gives us the best of both worlds."
Committee members Roy Williams, Larry Nichols, Michael Carrier, and John D. Williams all gave the plan high marks for addressing most if not all of their prior concerns.
"I like how it creates three walkways connecting the Myriad Gardens with the new park," said Nichols, executive chairman of Devon Energy. "With the other options, we were looking at this block being more of a barrier."


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It looks like next year I'll be working in Stony Brook and my wife will be in Manhattan, so we'll probably live in Queens and I'll have to take the train most days (this should only be for a year or two, at least). My hours at work are pretty flexible, and I'm thinking I might try to do the commute by bike once a week to get a bit of exercise (maybe out one day, back the next).
I'd probably be leaving somewhere around Jamaica heading east at around 6:30 or 7 am on a weekday, and then returning from Stony Brook leaving at about 4 pm. Is there any decent way to do this on a bike? I don't mind a few extra miles (up to 60 each way, say), if it's a nicer ride. (And if I get lazy, would I have any trouble getting a bike on the LIRR at those times?)


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tattoo tonight!
yay! so I've got a tattoo appointment tonight at 6:30. I'm getting a TARDIS from Doctor Who. I know I know..very nerdy..but hey! I'm getting it on my back/shoulder, and then the rest of the top of my back is going to be swirly colorful time vortex! it's gonna be amazing. I'll post pictures! boy oh boy is my mom gonna kill me this weekend when she sees it. she already thinks all my tattoos are too big..this one is gonna be 'huge' lol


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May 16, 2002
Ziegler's Elite Eight
Three bouncers, two lawyers and a musician among them, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies class of 2002 brings a new leadership to the Conservative movement this week with the ordination of eight rabbis. From backgrounds as different as the paths on which they are about to embark, together Mark Ankcorn, Micah Caplan, Andrea Haney, Daniel Greyber, Baruch HaLevi, Barry Leff, Eric Rosin and Ranon Teller received ordination on Monday, May 17.
"I'm so proud to be connected to such a diverse and dynamic group of talented leaders," said Ziegler School Dean Rabbi Bradley Artson, who presented the charge during Monday night's ordination ceremony.
This is the Ziegler school's fourth ordination class. Founded in 1995, as the first independent ordaining institution on the West Coast, the school has ordained 38 rabbis (including the class of 2002) and expects student enrollment to hit 70 in fall 2003.
The members of this atypical rabbinical class were not always on a spiritual path. "Only one of us knew we wanted to be a rabbi at age 14," said Anckorn, a college football player who went on to attend law school. "The rest of us realized much later on that we were searching for something deeper in life," added the former Orange County deputy district attorney, whose Ziegler classmates included a writer, a world-class swimmer turned ad exec and the president of a telecommunications manufacturing firm.
Though the ordinates' religious explorations had very different beginnings, their journeys all culminated with the Ziegler School ceremony. The night opened with the Zimryah Chorale's stirring processional and the acceptance of the Simon Greenberg Award by Rabbi David Lieber, the University of Judaism's president emeritus.
The ordinates, each sponsored by a chosen faculty member, ascended one at a time to the Sinai Temple bimah. The mentors spoke of their student's accomplishments and highlighted the unique gift each apprentice will bring to the rabbinate: A sense of justice, a quiet tenderness, unwavering courage, the ability to listen -- each ordinate possessed a strength as distinct as his or her past.
But what was once a group of dissimilar individuals stood before Monday night's beit din as a cohesive and tight-knit unit. All donning the same wine-trimmed talit, the class hugged and cried and celebrated their shared success. "We've spent every waking minute together for five years. We shared all the life-cycles: weddings, births, a year in Israel," said HaLevi, who presented the evening's shi'ur. "When you spend more time with your classmates than with your wife, you form incredibly special friendships," he added, noting that his shi'ur was a collective effort, shaped and composed by all eight members of the graduating class.
More than 700 friends, faculty and family members filled the sanctuary, and yet it was the classmates who applauded loudest and beamed proudest for one another. "We each struggled at points, wrestling with a sense of ambivalence, frustration or just sheer exhaustion. But at every stage, it was our classmates, our friends, who got us through," Anckorn said.
The eight ordinates leave Ziegler on as divergent paths as they arrived. Some of the students have chosen to lead congregations -- in British Columbia, Richmond, Va., Arcadia, Calif., St. Louis and Des Moines, Iowa. Haney will make aliyah and continue her education in Jerusalem, Greyber begins a career as director of Camp Ramah in Ojai and Anckorn will return to a full-time law career.
In these tensioned-filled times, Artson sees the ordinates and the unique contributions each will make to the Jewish community as invaluable. "When I look at this row of new rabbis, I see a chain going back to Moses," he said. "I see a response to our enemy that we will renew ourselves no matter what, and in many different ways."
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Images: Operation Wolfpack [Image 16 of 18]
Photo by Sgt. Michael Blalack
Capt. Joshua Withington, commander of Brigade Headquarters Company, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and Capt. Gary Goodman, Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, commander, plot points on a map before land navigation at the Northern Warfare Training Center in Black Rapids, Alaska, Sept. 3. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Blalack, 1/25 SBCT Public Affairs)
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The Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point wants the US Army Corps of Engineers to place a six-month suspension on any action or evaluation that would lead to the expansion of the Bombing Target-11 at Piney Island's prohibited area.
Cherry Point has also requested a meeting planned with the Pamlico County Commissioners for Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. be rescheduled for a later date so that environmental experts can be there to address concerns of the community.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point says it prepared a report to analyze the impacts of supporting and conducting current and increasing levels of military training operations on Cherry Point Ranges. A finding of no significant impact was signed by the MCAS Commanding Officer on February 11, 2009 supporting implementation of an intermittent expansion of the prohibited area around BT-11 and any activity associated with this expansion.
Because of public concerns received and administrative issues identified in documents provided by Pamlico County officials, further examination is needed to determine the impact on future range operations. Officers say it is critical all parties who have an interest or stake in the issue be heard before any decisions are made.
On April 16, 2009, MCAS Cherry Point requested the Army Corps of Engineers approve the intermittent expansion of the water prohibited area around BT-11 to optimize public safety and military training and to protect any vessels that operate in the vicinity of BT-11. MCAS Cherry Point has subsequently requested the six-month suspension of this action.


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Director Rupert Sanders is reportedly in talks with Universal Pictures to helm its Van Helsing project which stars Tom Cruise as the male lead.
Universal reportedly wants to give another try to Sanders despite the fact that his personal affair with actress Kristen Stewart has marred his filmmaking career.
The talks, however, are said to be "still relatively casual" and are based on "a mutual interest in doing the project with one another," reported Aceshowbiz.
The Van Helsing reboot has nabbed screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who previously worked with Cruise in 2006's Mission: Impossible 3.
The original Van Helsing, which starred Hugh Jackman, grossed USD 300 million worldwide in 2004. However, the Stephen Sommers-directed movie was dubbed a creative failure and a potential franchise for the film had been abolished.
The new version will likely be shot after Cruise wraps his other project "All You Need Is Kill".


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If you have Time cleats then yes.
Santa Cruz Tall Boy
Cannondale CAAD 8
OP- it's the cleats, not the shoe.
As with mud, life, too, slides by.
i was just worried the cleat of the shoes (knobby crap) would get in the way.
I had to cut a little of the knobs off of my older Specialized mountain shoes so that I could clip in better on my Time Atacs.
Newer shoes might be a little different.


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EJ Bowman Launches New Charge Air Heat Exchanger
A new charge air heat exchanger designed specifically for larger capacity turbo charged diesel engines has been launched by UK-based EJ Bowman Limited.
The new unit, JK 190, is intended for use with engines rated up to 650 kW and extends Bowman's existing charge air cooler program by offering a product for larger capacity marine propulsion systems, as well as engine test and development programs, the company said.
Bowman makes a range of charge air heat exchangers for turbo charged engines rated from 65 to 650 kW.
For more information: www.ejbowman.co.uk


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Braxton Hicks Contractions
I am 26 weeks and started having contractions 4 days ago, i called my doctor and she said as long as i'm not bleeding they should just be Braxton Hicks Contractions, Now for the last 2 days the baby hasn't been moving as much and my stomach is very hard like a rock. Should i call the doctor or is this normal?
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Brody Taylor
April 2, 2006
GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina's Brody Taylor pitched a complete game five-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over Houston Sunday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
For Taylor, who improved to 4-1 on the season, it was his first complete game shutout at ECU and his 12th win as a Pirate. He finished the day walking two and striking out six Cougar batters.
ECU (18-12, 2-4) drew first blood in the bottom of the third when Dale Mollenhauer scored on a wild pitch plating the games first run. Adam Witter's RBI single to right field scored Jake Smith from second putting the Pirates up 2-0.
Eight Pirate batters collected hits on the day with Witter leading the charge going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI's. Jamie Ray was 1-for-4 on the afternoon and extended his hitting streak to ten games, the longest by any Pirate this season. Harrison Eldridge kept his hit streak in tact with a single in the sixth.
Houston (18-13, 5-1) starter Luis Flores dropped to 2-2 on the season after working 3 2/3 innings. He gave up a pair of runs on five hits while fanning seven Pirate batters. Shea Hancock relieved Flores in the bottom of the fourth working three innings while giving up one run. Clayton Boone closed out the game pitching 1 1/3 innings and striking out two.
Brad Lincoln and Bryan Tulley each collected a pair of hits for Houston, while Jake Stewart picked up the only other Cougar hit.
Witter doubled in the Pirates final run of the game in the bottom of the seventh scoring Smith from first putting ECU up 3-0.
Taylor's complete game was the first for ECU since Ricky Brooks tossed a no-hitter on April 24, 2005 against Memphis in Clark-LeClair Stadium.
ECU will continue its home stand next week when they play host to N.C. A&T on Tuesday, April 4 with a 7 p.m. first pitch scheduled.


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Cary is a great town, its close to being a city itself! It's near everything. From apex, garner, morrisville, and of course Raleigh. From parks to shops to amphitheaters! Everything is close by. Enjoy your visit or stay.
Notified About
910 East Chatham Street Cary, NC - Cary
Property Owner of 910 E CHATHAM ST, CARY NC 27511-6919
is listed as: OGLE, CARROLL G & SHEILA H per:
Wake County Real Estate Data Account Summary
Real Estate ID 0027677 PIN # 0774226619
Owner's Mailing Address - 215 S ACADEMY ST CARY NC 27511-3328
Property Location Address - 910 E CHATHAM ST CARY NC 27511-6919
But yet a James Copp is claiming the property as belonging to him and claims he lives there
Yet another Homeless camp ArchivedNorth Harrison Avenue Cary, NC - CaryWhen will Wake County crack down on illegal homeless camps ?
Missing sidewalk Archived9501 Chapel Hill Rd Cary, NC 27513, USA - CaryThere is about 100 yards with no sidewalk and people are always walking on the road.. Me included with my stroller.with new target coming it will get worse
5415 Highcroft Dr Cary, NC 27519, Cary, North Carolina - Cary
There is a very loud high-pitched noise coming from one of the air conditioning units at Highcroft Drive ES. This noise is so loud that I have to keep the music on in my house in order to drown it out. I don't want my kids to play in my backyard because I worry that it causes an ear problem. I stay at home, it has already developed a constant ringing in my ear. It's a health hazard and needs to be fixed.
According to Cary ordinance, it's Illegal when the noise is over 60 decibel. When I measured the sound level, the lowest noise level was 57 dB and the maximum noise level was 63 dB. The neighborhood has voiced the complaint with school system, but they ignored it, saying that they measured the sound level at under 60 dB.
1298 Buck Jones Road Raleigh, NC - CaryLighthouse Food Mart in our neighbhorhood has added "decorative" neon lights to the window frames of their store, facing the street. It's rather tacky looking and we'd like to know if it's permissable on the front of a business in this area? Thank you.
Commercial Truck Parking Archived708 Brunswick Place Cary, NC 27513, USA - CaryThree or four commercial vehicles are parked on this residential street overnight, all the time.
Potholes Acknowledged5630 Dillard Drive Cary, NC 27518, USA - CaryThis stretch of the Dillard Dr. has potholes almost all year.
Speed Limit on SW Maynard Rd ArchivedSw Maynard Rd Cary, NC - CaryWhy is the speed limit 35 miles an hour on a 5 lane road here? It is 45 on Walnut Street, one of the busiest roads in Cary. I don't understand.
Umstead park visitors parking Archived2121 Old Reedy Creek Rd Cary, NC 27513, USA - CaryLack of parking lot forces Park visitors to park along roadway, tearing up the road shoulder. We need a lot at this popular yet unofficial park entrance.
Traffic light timing issue (DOT) Archived8000 Ten Ten Rd Apex, NC - CaryThe combination of the recent changes to the traffic pattern and timing of the light at Ten Ten and Fayetteville Rd cause afternoon rush-hour traffic (around 5:30-6:30pm) to back up as far as one mile down Ten Ten Rd. This has been an issue for the past 4-6 weeks and has been getting worse.
Abandoned vehicle Archived107 Heidinger Dr. Cary, North Carolina - CaryA black Ford Explorer NC license no. SPD 1140. I think the tag is expired, but the truck has obviously not moved one inch in 3 years.
Corner Of Weston Parkway And Harrison Cary, North Carolina - CaryThere are 3 lanes of traffic that can turn North onto N. Harrison from Weston Parkway. The dashed lane markers lines for these lanes are completely gone. I see near accident practically every day around the 5:00 PM hour as the traffic is heavy and not everyone realizes 3 lanes are turning to the left from Weston Parkway.