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Please click on the PDF file below entitled "Maine's Wind Goals, CO2 and the Forest." The document is intended to put Governor Baldacci's wind goals into perspective.
NRCM has published figures on CO2 emissions avoided by various Maine wind farms. Then, to try and argue that the clearcuts and clearing needed for these complexes, their roads and transmission lines should not be seen as significant, NRCM also provides figures on how many acres of forest would capture the same amount of CO2 as the CO2 emissions avoided by the turbines.
"Maine's Wind Goals, CO2 and the Forest" uses NRCM's own figures to demonstrate that all the envisioned wind farms produce major degradation of our state for wholly minor effect on CO2 reductions.
Think about it NRCM. What are you doing?
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE'S WIND ACT (excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine's Wind Law "Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn't even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn't know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law's goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 http://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn't lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That's because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn't likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. "Right now, people can't switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we'd be in trouble." So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" http://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state."If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!" said Mills. "It's not just the towers, it's the lines – that's when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched." http://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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A suspicious package addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann contained a fully functional bomb, German authorities say.
The bomb was intercepted after a routine X-ray screening yesterday in the mailroom of the bank's Frankfurt headquarters.
Experts deactivated the bomb but the authorities refused to give any further details because of a continuing investigation.
The New York Police Department said it had been alerted and sent patrols to the bank's offices in the city "solely as a precaution".
A spokesman said the return address on the letter was the European Central Bank - the governing body for the eurozone, which has its headquarters just across the park from Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt.
The Swiss-born Ackermann, 63, was awarded a negative prize by an anti-lobby group yesterday for allegedly cutting deals with German Chancellor Angela Merkel regarding efforts earlier this year to save Greece from bankruptcy.
Deutsche Bank rejected the charges.
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As we move out of primarily building base miles, our routes are gaining elevation and preparing us for the challenges of the cycling season. The first weekend of spring was heralded in by a few more riders joining both the Performance and Peloton Groups to begin their training. New to the Peloton was Ryan, who just finished a half marathon last weekend and wanted to try his hand at hanging with the Cycle Folsom gang. And a fine job he did, too!
We left at 8am (sharp!) for a warmup with the Performance Group over Folsom Dam Crossing, then our routes parted as the Peloton headed east on Green Valley to the scenic Malcolm Dixon Road. This stretch poses some challenging rollers that did a great job preparing us for the workout along Deer Valley Road on the way to our water stop at the Rescue fire station.
Amongst our band was the irrepressible, enthusiastic triathlete Danny, who shared his hill attacking strategies with us. You'll know Danny when you meet him: he has exquisite style on the bike and endlessly dishes up support and encouragement to the other riders.
Once we refilled our bottles at the fire station we put our newly learned hill climbing skills to the test on the undulating Ponderosa Road. Along the way we crossed paths with the Performance riders and traded a friendly "thumbs up" as they headed towards Rescue. What ensued was a nearly futile downhill chase for Stan and Joel's wheel all the way back to El Dorado Hills.
Thankfully a red signal or two thwarted their getaway and helped us regroup before the final leg up to Beal's Point and back down to the start point.
From there, Stan, Joel, and Danny took on the optional loop around Lake Natoma where the too-hot-to-handle Joel answered every challenge Danny presented with a serious reply. Stan joined the fray and the threesome finished the day completely igniting the rest of the route. Good thing the spring grass is so lush and green – but even this early in the season these guys are a fire hazard!


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WITNEY residents can give their views today on a proposed 200 homes for the town.
Developer Taylor Wimpey will hold a public exhibition on plans for land between Woodstock Road and New Yatt Road. It would feature two to five-bedroom homes with 40 per cent affordable and two new junctions from the two roads.
New community facilities are also planned, a Taylor Wimpey spokesman said, but further details were not available.
The exhibition will be held in the High Street Methodist Church, High Street, from 2pm to 8pm.
The site has been earmarked by West Oxfordshire District Council for housing.
Taylor Wimpey strategic planning manager Mike Fenton said: "We believe it is crucial to give members of the local community the opportunity to get involved and have their say on development plans for their area and this is why we are inviting them to come and find out more about our emerging scheme for this site at Woodstock Road.
"We are confident that this scheme will provide an attractive and sustainable development of much-needed housing."
Project staff will be on hand to talk to residents at the exhibition. Visit taylorwimpey.co.uk/witney.
At the same time another exhibition will be held in Chipping Norton Town Hall on plans for homes on farmland between Walterbush Road, close to the town's football ground, and the A361 Burford Road.
- Our top stories:
- Managing director Greig Box Turnbull to leave Oxford United at end of season
- Companies still signing up for jobs fair at Oxford Town Hall
- Hundreds will gather as soldier killed in Iraq is repatriated
- Staff and students celebrate actress's big win at the Golden Globes
- Inquests opened into death of couple who died in cottage fire on Blenheim Palace estate
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Howards End is a condition-of-England novel, ending with a set-piece: the big meadow at Howards End is being cut "and it'll be such a crop of hay as never". (In fact hay as such rarely brings on hay-fever; it certainly doesn't mine.) We are obviously invited here to be present at the harvesting, the desirable inheriting, of England herself. Mr Wilcox, senior member of his tribe, is sneezing away indoors, while another hay-fever sufferer (Charles Wilcox) has been locked up in gaol. Howards End and its meadow (ie England) will eventually pass, the book's last pages make clear, to Helen Schlegel's son who won't have a drop of Wilcox blood in him and therefore no chances at all of the allergy.
I will admit that, with streaming eyes and red nose, I make an unappealing figure; but I can't help feeling it's a bit tough that my affliction debars me from being one of the inheritors of my own country. But even in my sixth-form days, I realised that the England Forster was so concerned to build was tilted in favour of the fine, strong and handsome, even though he was physically no great shakes himself. The Longest Journey is another condition-of-England novel, moving through a paradigmatic landscape, from prehistoric rings and ancient downlands where we find shepherds (about whom Forster knew next-to-nothing) to Home Counties, Empire-feeding public schools (about which he knew all too much). The inheritor of England here is Stephen Wonham, a child of Nature who is apt to chuck clods of earth at you to attract your attention, as he does at the novel's representative of Cambridge humanist ethics, Ansell.
The condition-of-England novel once represented the fictional mainstream: such works, from The Way We Live Now to Hard Times to Vanity Fair, were the ocean-going liners of Victorian fiction. But along with the dislocations of modernism and the decline of imperialist visions came a distaste for such vast panoramic endeavours. But now, it seems, the condition-of-England novel is creeping back. Ever since Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities offered a vision of New York from top to bottom, from Wall Street to the Bronx, literary commentators have wondered where the London equivalent is coming from. Margaret Drabble tried to provide it, with The Radiant Way and its sequels. Her sister A. S. Byatt's most recent book Babel Tower was an ambitious anatomising of the soul of Sixties Britain. The critic and novelist D.J. Taylor, in A Vain Conceit, tut-tutted over the lack of socially prescriptive novels, then supplied his own earlier this year in English Settlement.
But is the genre such an attractive prospect? The trouble with condition-of-England novels is that, of their nature, they can't accept pluralism, the inconsistencies of diversity. Contemporary writers who, from an understandable aversion to post-Thatcherism, create admonitory fictive metaphors for England, should attend to the dangers of the genre: imaginative totalitarianism, personal prejudice masquerading as beneficial blueprint. Forster is by no means the only guilty party in this tradition.
"Curiously, I like England again now"; "I know that we could, if we would, establish little by little a true democracy in England" These are from the letters of D.H. Lawrence when at work on the first versions of Lady Chatterley's Lover, the true subject of which, appearances and notoriety to the contrary, is the regeneration of England. Lady Chatterley is a far richer and more thoroughly imagined novel than it's usually given credit for being, but the author cannot keep his prejudices at bay, cannot resist elevating them until they seem indispensable for a nation's health. Woe unto England, he says, if you are a writer; all writers, from Sir Clifford Chatterley, that de facto member of the Sitwell family, downwards, are effete, attention-seeking and money-grubbing. There's only one writer England can do with, Lawrence suggests - the invisible but by no means inaudible yours truly. Woe unto England, on the other hand, if you shift your interests to the technical and scientific, as Sir Clifford does. "(It was) as if really the devil himself had lent fiend's wits to the technical scientists of industry...these self-made men were of a mental age of about 13, feeble boys." Whereas Forster admitted women with reluctance into his ideal England, with Lawrence it's the other way about: almost any man who doesn't emanate from his unconscious becomes an enemy sooner or later.
In many ways Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is a mirror-reflection of Lady Chatterley's Lover, each book born of its author's perceptions of the death of England after a major war and of his hopes for its rebirth. Both novels start socially at the top, but in the case of the later novel, the top is where it wants to stay, especially as the great family, whom the post-war country has (partially) shorn of its glory, has the additional merit of having held on, century after century, to the Old Faith. Whereas the Chatterleys can be rejuvenated by a soldier promoted to lieutenant but now a gamekeeper, the admirer of the Marchmains has to confront the young officer Hooper, who becomes a symbol to him "of Young England...I sometimes pondered 'Hooper Rallies', 'Hooper Hostels', 'International Hooper Co-operation' and 'the Religion of Hooper'. He was the acid test of these alloys." Hooper has a flat Midlands accent, has his hair combed back without a parting and wears woollen gloves. He's "no romantic", has never "as a child ridden with Rupert's horse". You can see what a come-down it is for the narrator to find himself in a society where such an individual is dominant, when you recall the kind of talk he was used to when hob-nobbing with the great and good- looking - like this, between himself and the young Lord Sebastian: "It is a little, shy wine like a gazelle." "Like a leprechaun." "Dappled, in a tapestry meadow." "Like a flute by still water." It is a strange feature of post-war England that it has taken to its heart a vision that suggests England can be redeemed by long-lineaged multi-millionaires uninterested in anybody beyond their social circle but keeping the flame of Catholicism alight in rococo chapels into which they admit the odd pious nanny or family servant.
There are, however, novels to which our present condition-of-Englanders might look which lack the crypto-Fascist exclusiveness predominant in the genre. William Golding's Lord of the Flies is far more satisfactory as a survey of England after the war than as a parable of Nazism or original sin. The representative of traditional English values, Ralph is shown as inadequate to the chaos he has to face, yet he is also good, decent, feeling. At the close, he is able to grieve for the dead asthmatic, embryonic scientist Piggy, for the vivid, imaginative Simon, for all the less remarkable boys who went under. This is the kind of inclusive charity our riven society needs, not the authoritarianism that comes from the writer's conviction of his own superiority.
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The Obama agents, through the DHS and other assorted colluders, are plotting a major 'Reichstag' event to generate racial riots and produce the justification for martial law, delaying the November 2012 elections, possibly indefinitely, a DHS whistleblower informed the Canada Free Press on Tuesday.
The 'Reichstag Event' would take the form of a staged assassination attempt against Barack Obama, "carefully choreographed" and manufactured by Obama operatives. It would subsequently be blamed on "white supremacists" and used to enrage the black community to rioting and looting, the DHS source warned.
The Obama administration would then use the violence and chaos they created as justification for the imposition of martial law in major urban cities in America, the creation of DHS checkpoints, restriction of travel, and the indefinite delay of the November 2012 elections.
The Reichstag event refers to a fire started during Hitler's rise to power. The fire allowed him to grab emergency powers and murder his opposition. Historians have long believed that Hitler started the fire himself, while he blamed it on the Communists.


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Monday, November 14, 2011
David Barker writes that Congress is indeed subject to insider trading laws
3 comments:
- David Merkel said...
I think the author is right. SEC rule 10b5-2 is broadly written, dealing with "the purchase or sale of securities on the basis of, or the communication of, material nonpublic information misappropriated in breach of a duty of trust or confidence."
The rule is short, and you can find it here:
From scanning the article, it seems to come down to questions of whether:
* The SEC would pursue civil actions, and
* The DOJ would pursue criminal actions.
I'm not optimistic, but it might take trying one or two egregious cases to make it all stop. - 10:41 AM
- Kurt Paulsen said...
This was on Freakonomics a few months ago, referencing a recent paper looking at investment returns of congressmen:
http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/05/25/politics-pays-evidence-of-insider-trading-among-congressmen/ - 12:24 PM
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Millions of people in this country are still relying solely on the mainstream media for their information. Wether it be, USA Today, the New York Times, or ABC News, people have a tendency to flock to the "respected" names in news to read up on what's happening in our country. For the "big" stories, those news outlets do not disappoint, inundating us with so much information it is almost overwhelming.
For example, on June 7, 1998 James Byrd Jr. was hitchhiking in Jasper, Texas when John William King, Lawrence Russell Brewer Jr. and Shawn Berry spotted him. The three white men chained Byrd, who is African American, to the back of their pickup and dragged him for miles. When Byrd's decapitated body was found the next morning, nationwide outrage ensued and the media did their best to keep the public abreast to what was going on in Jasper. In the 5 months after Byrd's murder, the NY Times ran 31 stories mentioning Byrd's name, while USA Today ran 23. Truly an excellent job of reporting.
Now the question has arisen though, are all crimes created equal? If you were to do a search at the New York Times for the name Channon Christian or Christopher Newsom, you would return 0 results. The reason this is relevant is because Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom were a young white couple (aged 21 and 23 respectively), who were brutally raped and murdered by 4 black men back in January.
The crime started as a carjacking, then escalated to much worse. According to the grand jury presentment Christian was raped vaginally, orally, and anally, and Newsom was raped anally. Within a few hours, Newsom was shot, his body wrapped in bedding, set afire and dumped alongside nearby railroad tracks. Christian remained alive for several more hours. She was raped and strangled, and her body was discarded in a trashcan.
Kidnapping, sexual assault, murder, 46 charges in total listed in the 24 page indictment, and not so much as a paragraph from the New York Times or USA Today. This has led to plenty of speculation from conservatives as to the media's selection of what is 'newsworthy'. Michelle Malkin had this to say:
"This case — an attractive white couple murdered by five black thugs — doesn't fit any political agenda," she said. "It's not a useful crime. Reverse the races and just imagine how the national media would cover the story of a young black couple murdered by five white assailants."
When one thinks back to the Duke rape case and the national attention it received, it is easy to see why Michelle Malkin and others would think these things. In the Duke case it was affluent white males who were accused of raping an African American stripper… just rape however, no brutalization, no murder, no dismemberment of a body. The story was plastered on the front page of every major newspaper for weeks before it was learned the charges were completely fabricated.
Conservatives who have written about this have drawn the ire of those who do not believe murders of Christian and Newsom deserve national media attention. Recently a columnist names Leonard Pitts Jr. vocalized his opinion in an article titled Lunatic fringe focuses on 'oppressed' white people.
Among other things he says:
"It always amazes me when white people put on the victim hat. As in victim of racial oppression. By any measure — health, education, economics, employment — white Americans enjoy a superior standard of living. If that's racial oppression, sign me up."
"Truth is, media ignore horrific crimes all the time. Space is limited and growing more so. Which means the story that catches fire usually has some element beyond gruesomeness to sell it. In the Duke case, it was class, privilege, sex AND race that did it."
"…let me add that I am likewise unkindly disposed toward the crackpots, incendiaries and flat-out racists who have chosen this tragedy upon which to take an obscene and ludicrous stand. I have four words for them and any other white Americans who feel themselves similarly victimized: Cry me a river."
The author in his attempt to explain why this story did not receive national media coverage unwittingly proves the point of the conservatives. By arguing whites enjoy a "superior standard of living" and therefore cannot wear the 'victim hat', the author is showing his contempt for white America. If the individuals who committed this crime share his contempt for white America, then this could be considered a hate crime.
He is right in one respect however, space is limited and the media cannot report on every story, and every crime across the country, even those which cross the racial barrier. According to a Department of Justices report, Homicide by race and offender of victim, for black offenders with white victims, the percentage of all homicides was 8.5 in 2004 while white offenders with black victims, the percentage of all homicides was only 3.5 percent in the same year.
For the record, unless new evidence is presented which would prove otherwise, I do not feel this case should be prosecuted as a hate crime. I do feel however, because of the viciousness of the crime, more newspapers should have picked it up, if only to run 1 story.
The fact remains that although black on white homicide occurs at more than double the rate of white on black homicide, the latter is more likely to receive national press. To Leonard J. Pitts Jr., I truly wish to cry you a river. Not because I feel "victimized" or "oppressed", but because you do. Only in America can a nationally syndicated columnist, who has won the Pulitzer Prize claim oppression.
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Let's Make "Channing All Over Your Tatum" a Thing
To support the brilliant work Jimmy Kimmel has done in making this video, let's all work together to bring "Channing all over your Tatum" into our collective lexicon.
To support the brilliant work Jimmy Kimmel has done in making this video, let's all work together to bring "Channing all over your Tatum" into our collective lexicon.
It seems ABC has got some major competition on their hands with the launch of 'The Baby Bachelor.'
On a good day, Twitter is used as a social media platform where others can connect and interact in a cordial way. On a bad day, people hide behind their handles and unleash some harsh thoughts into the Twittersphere. But thanks to the folks at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' the bad days just got better.
Coachella has come and gone, bringing together music lovers who pride themselves on knowing obscure bands that we, the general public, have never heard of. Enter Jimmy Kimmel to take them all down one by one.
Think you can spot whether or not someone is for or against same sex marriage? Late night host Jimmy Kimmel thinks his audience can...
While the East Coast often suffers from temperatures well below 20 degrees, those in Los Angeles can't seem to stand anything below 60. Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, America is now aware just how spoiled the LA crowd is. Recently, the talk show host aired a segment from the local news, in which newscasters incessantly seem to complain about the recent temperatures -- which all sat in the mid-fifties.
Thanks to the rise of the social media site Twitter, celebrity users and your every day folk like you and me are closer than ever. But so are the nasty, catty tweets from the Average Joe to whatever celebrity they're mad at now. Jimmy Kimmel decided that celebrities should confront these mean (and often strange) tweets in his ongoing segment 'Celebrities Read Mean Tweets.'
Most people would be absolutely elated to speak with Academy Award winner Matt Damon, but apparently late night host Jimmy Kimmel is not most people.
Jimmy Kimmel doesn't need help making his show funny. But at least when he gets a little outside assistance, it's from Will Ferrell and Ryan Gosling...


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NEW YORK (AP) -- Mixed earnings from a large number of U.S. companies had stocks moving between modest gains and losses Thursday, despite strong results from a handful of names including Apple and Caterpillar. 3M was among those whose results disappointed investors.
On top of what is another busy day for earnings, investors are keeping a close watch on Ukraine, where escalating violence between Ukraine and Russia has made some investors nervous again.
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose five points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,881 as of 11:25 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 19 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,520 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite rose 26 points, or 0.6 percent, to 4,153. All three indexes were modestly lower earlier in the day.
APPLE SOARS: Apple rose $40.34, or 8 percent, to $565.20. The company reported a profit late Wednesday of $10.2 billion, or $11.62 a share, beating forecasts. Apple also announced it would increase its share buyback program from $60 billion to $90 billion, raise its quarterly dividend, and split its stock seven-for-one.
BIG TRUCKS, BIG PROFITS: Dow member Caterpillar rose $2.77, or 3 percent, to $106.15. The construction equipment manufacturer said its quarterly earnings rose 5 percent from a year ago. Caterpillar also raised is 2014 profit forecast. The company earned an adjusted profit of $1.61 a share, well ahead of the $1.21 per share expected by analysts.
NEED MORE POST-ITS: Another Dow member, 3M, wasn't as fortunate. The maker of industrial coatings and Post-it notes fell $1.88, or 1.4 percent, to $136.11 after the company's results missed analysts' expectations. The Minnesota-based conglomerate earned $1.79 a share, a penny shy of forecasts. Revenue also came in short of expectations.
UKRAINE: Russian officials said they would hold new military exercises along the Ukrainian border, hours after Ukrainian troops killed at least two pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine. In St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin described the Ukrainian troop attack as a "punitive operation" and threatened Kiev with unspecified consequences. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has been relatively quiet for the last couple of weeks, so the recent increase in tensions has made some investors nervous.
Tom di Galoma, who runs fixed-income trading for ED&F Man Capital, said the Ukraine-Russia conflict was sending investors into safer assets, such as U.S. Treasurys and gold. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury note was 2.70 percent, up slightly from yesterday. Gold rose $4.80, or 0.4 percent, to $1.289.40 after being as low as $1,270 an ounce earlier this morning.
ANOTHER HEALTH INDUSTRY DEAL: Zimmer Holdings soared $14.03, or 15 percent, to $105.48 after announcing it would buy the privately held orthopedic device company Biomet for $13.35 billion in cash and stock. Biomet was taken private in 2007 by a group of private equity companies, and was looking to go public later this year.
ECONOMIC DATA: Orders to U.S. factories for long-lasting manufactured goods rose 2.6 percent, adding to the 2.1 percent rise in February. The back-to-back gains followed two big declines in December and January, which had raised concerns about possible weakness in manufacturing, The earlier declines, however, were likely tied to bad winter weather.
On the jobs front, the number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 329,000 last week, though the gain likely reflected temporary layoffs in the week before Easter.


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The Sporting KC midfielder continues to develop under coach Jurgen Klinsmann, submitting a solid performance in the win over Jamaica.
The U.S. midfielder was a surprise addition in Jurgen Klinsmann's starting XI and helped lead the Yanks to a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the crucial World Cup qualifying match Tuesday at Columbus Crew Stadium.
"I think Graham did very well, but we knew that [he would]," Klinsmann said. "We kind of developed him over the last eight or nine months. He was in our January camp in Panama and he has certain strengths that we needed tonight."
Zusi left his mark on the most important game of the Klinsmann era so far. The Sporting Kansas City star, who can shoot from long range and orchestrate play, sparked the U.S. early on when he hit the crossbar in the sixth minute of the match.
"You saw in the last couple of camps him growing in his role," Klinsmann said. "He's kind of became more mature, more confident."
The win over the Reggae Boyz put the Americans in a tie with Guatemala and Jamaica atop the Group A standings.
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The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
MedPod 1000 debuts. (Elysium)
14th February: Weyland Industries earns patent number 14,524,002 for Method and Apparatus for first manned land-vehicle capable of negotiating vertical surfaces. This technology permits Weyland scientists and terraforming teams to reach previously inaccessible destinations. (Prometheus)
7th July: Weyland makes significant intellectual and emotional updates to the David android, further increasing human acceptance. (Prometheus)
Travis Ryer moves into a new flat in the city. (A Sound of Thunder)
World War III ends and the Earth is left devastated by the nuclear carnage of it. (Star Trek: First Contact)
Joe Simmons shoots people. (Shanghai, China - Looper)
Minority Report. (Minority Report)
Immortality is found out, but the person who found it is quickly killed so her corporation doesn't control life and death. (Paris, France - Renaissance)
Time-travellers return from a prehistoric safari hunt to discover they've destroyed the future - in at least in one timeline, anyway. (A Sound of Thunder)
1st August: NAFE (National Association for Female Executives) names Weyland Industries a Top 50 Company for Executive Women. (Prometheus)
23rd November: Travis Ryer's prehistoric time-travelling safari team barely return from the past when his gun jams directly in front of a dinosaur. (A Sound of Thunder)
24th November: Thousands of suicidal fish beach themselves on the shore of Lake Michigan, and a safari time-jump goes wrong when the time-travellers face a volcano by mistake. (A Sound of Thunder)
29th January: Weyland Industries earns patent number 15,725,924 for Method and Apparatus for a mechanised exo-skeleton used for lifting and moving heavy objects such as crates and vehicle weaponry. (Prometheus)
Nasa launches the Lazarus Missions through the wormhole, in search for a new home for mankind (Interstellar)
Red Planet. (Red Planet)
The Genetic Opera. (Repo! The Genetic Opera)
Humans are sent to the dying Sun in an attempt to ignite it with nuclear weapons. (Space, near the Sun - Sunshine)
6th May: Weyland Industries earns patent number 15,999,127 for Method and Apparatus for an ejectable luxury pod able to sustain one human life for up to 50 years. (Prometheus)
A futuristic mercenary guards a woman who is mankind's last hope for survival. (Babylon A.D.)
Berynium is discovered and ends Earth's energy crisis. (Planet Sirius 6B - Screamers)
22nd July: Weyland introduces unique expedition security apparatus able to decontaminate indoor and outdoor environments. Apparatus mines surrounding air for flammable compounds, making it ultra light-weight as well as self-replenishing. (Prometheus)
Uranium-powered turbine technology is perfected. (Elysium)
9th August: Weyland Industries introduces revolutionary, game-changing language tool. It is the first ever to require no actual learning on the consumer (Prometheus)
2nd September: Weyland Industries earns patent number 16,572,092 for Method and Apparatus for the first fully-automated diagnosis and surgical station. (Prometheus)
A film titled The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish is released. (Cloud Atlas)
The global human population is 40,614,325,866. (Elysium)
26th February: Only 7% of humans can recognize the sixth generation of David as a cybernetic individual. (Prometheus)
4th April: The Enterprise arrives from 2373 to prevent the Borg murder of Zephram Cochrane, the inventor of the warp drive. (Star Trek: First Contact)
5th April: Humans make their first contact with the Vulcans. (Star Trek: First Contact)
1st December: Weyland Industries earns patent number 17,900,353 for Method and Apparatus for an antigravity device that 3D live-maps any foreign terrain, revolutionizing the pre-process of terraforming and developing new colonies. (Prometheus)
11th August: Significantly upgraded space suit includes a variety of Weyland patented features, such as cadium exo-skeleton; info display with mission details; vitals: environmental stats and more. (Prometheus)
New York City becomes 'Old New York City'. (New York - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within)
23rd June: Sir Peter Weyland Memorial Library built. (Washington, D.C. - Prometheus)
20th November: As Weyland Industries expands their terraforming activities and colonial endeavors, the company is approached by the US government to begin work on the formation of a colonial peacekeeping force trained or populated by marines in the event of future conflict. (Washington, D.C. - Prometheus)
7th April: As production costs for the David series decreases, Weyland Industries is increasingly able to extend those savings to everyday consumers, leading to remarkable proliferation of the product. (Prometheus)
Joe Simmons meets a Chinese woman who gives him the middle finger. (Shanghai, China - Looper)
15th April: A Dust Storm Occurs (Colorado - Interstellar)
"The Alliance" demand an end to Berynium-mining to stop lethal doses of radiation and pollution, causing NEB Corporation to declare war. (Screamers)
6th July: Weyland builds and successfully deploys thousands of Seventh Generation Davids into workplaces across the universe. Human acceptance of David 7 reaches an all-time high thanks to Weyland (Prometheus)
Joe Simmons marries the Chinese woman he had met two years prior. (United States - Looper)
The Nebuchadnezzar transport ship, later to be captained by Morpheus, is constructed - or is it? (USA - The Matrix Reloaded)
30th June: Since FDA approval, one dozen have been produced with tens of thousands on back order. (Prometheus)
13th May: Weyland Industries becomes Worldwide Olympic Partner and official (Prometheus)
14th June: Weyland Cybernetics announces immediate recall of David 7 models. (San Francisco, California - Prometheus)
16th August: Weyland Industries earns patent number 18,364,003 for Method and Apparatus for device able to temporarily restart brain activity of deceased individuals. (Prometheus)
31st October: Terrorist Vincent Volaju is killed and is plan to spread a deadly virus around the world is thwarted. (Mars - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie)
Equilibrium. (Equilibrium)
Jack Harper's memory is erased. (Oblivion)
9th March: Weyland Industries consolidates all products and solutions into seven verticals: health, transportation, energy, electronics, terraforming, security and cybernetics. (Prometheus)
9th July: An article titled, "Prometheus: An innovative new technology for interstellar travel" is published. (San Francisco, California - Prometheus)
23rd December: David 8 pre-orders exceed analyst's best expecations. (Henri Gaston Colony, HD 202206bm - Prometheus)
1st January: Based on recent classified findings by Weyland researchers, the company determines the exact coordinates of a new destination for long-time pet project: Project Prometheus. New round of investment is immediately opened and mission planning enters full-swing. (Prometheus)
In the year 2074 the PinWheel corporation creates cyborg "Cash" designed specifically to charm her way into a rival manufacturer's headquarters and then self-detonate. Things go awry when she starts to have feelings for a human, "Colt 45". (Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow)
The global human population is 49,001,394,378. (Elysium)
Time travel is perfected. Joe Simmons' wife is killed when he is taken from his home to close the loop. He goes back in time to 2044 with the intention of killing the Rainmaker. (Shanghai, China - Looper)
AI programs evolve and some robots begin to resent their human overlords - or do they? (The Matrix Reloaded)
14th May: Weyland announces revolutionary Internet Explorer partnership. (San Francisco, California - Prometheus)
Armadyne humanoid robotic systems assist in the contruction of Elysium. (Elysium)
The unmanned space probe Von Braun arrives at the Earth-like world Darwin IV; two landers discover a complex multicellular ecosystem, and are ultimately destroyed by a a pre-technological intelligent species due to an unidentified misunderstanding. (Darwin Binary Star System - Alien Planet)
Minister Patel is credited as chief architect of the West Asian Peace Accords. (Elysium)


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It seems Amy will be released for the same price and date on PlayStation Network as it will on Xbox Live Arcade in North America after all. While publisher Lexis Numerique had no problems with releasing Amy in Europe for the same price on both service, problems arose with the exchange rate. While the Xbox Live Arcade version was still the same price in North America ($10 USD via 800 Microsoft Points), the PSN version became costlier at $12.73, which is what 10 Euro amounts to in North America. The publisher issued a press release, telling gamers to vote on whether they wanted to wait a week and have a price drop, or get it now and pay $12.99, at Facebook. The press release questioned, "Do we keep the current situation (800 MS Points for the XBLA version and $12.99 for the PSN version) or do we cut the price and margin for the PSN version (800 MS Points for the XBLA version and $9.99 for the PSN version)." Happily, it turns out that North American PSN users won't have to deal with the game being late or more expensive. Amy will launch in Europe on the 11th January for €9.9 (£7.99, 800 MS Points) on PSN and Xbox Live Arcade, and on the 17th January for $10 (800 MS Points) in North America on both consoles. Amy is a zombie survival horror game in which the gamer plays a woman named Lana who has been infected with a zombifying virus, and is aided by a mysterious 8 year old girl, Amy, whose presence mitigates the disease. |
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Topotecan Injection
(toe'' poe tee' kan)
Topotecan injection should be given only in a hospital or clinic under the supervision of a doctor with experience in the use of chemotherapy medications for cancer.
Topotecan injection may cause a decrease in the number of white blood cells (a type of blood cell that is needed to fight infection). This increases the risk that you will develop a serious or life-threatening infection. Topotecan injection also may cause thrombocytopenia (less than normal number of platelets) which can increase the risk of serious or life-threatening bleeding problems. Your doctor will order laboratory tests regularly before and during your treatment to check whether your body has enough white blood cells or platelets. If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately: fever, chills, cough, unusual bruising or bleeding, burning on urination, or other signs of infection.
Talk to your doctor about the risks of using topotecan injection.
WHY is this medicine prescribed?
Topotecan injection is used to treat ovarian cancer (cancer that begins in the female reproductive organs where eggs are formed) and small cell lung cancer (a type of cancer that begins in the lungs) that have spread and did not improve after treatment with other medications. It is also used together with other medications to treat cervical cancer (cancer that begins in the opening of the uterus [womb]) that has not improved or has come back after other treatments. Topotecan is in a class of medications called topoisomerase type I inhibitors. It works by killing cancer cells.
HOW should this medicine be used?
Topotecan comes as a liquid to be given intravenously (into a vein) over 30 minutes by a doctor or nurse in a hospital or clinic. When topotecan injection is used to treat ovarian or lung cancer, it is usually given once a day for 5 days in a row every 21 days. When topotecan injection is used to treat cervical cancer, it is usually given once a day for 3 days in a row every 21 days. You will probably receive at least 4 cycles of treatment since it may take some time to tell if your condition has responded to the medication.
Are there OTHER USES for this medicine?
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
What SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS should I follow?
Before receiving topotecan injection,
- tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to topotecan injection, any other medications, or any of the ingredients in topotecan injection. Ask your pharmacist for a list of the ingredients.
- tell your doctor and pharmacist what other prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking or plan to take. Be sure to mention the medications listed in the IMPORTANT WARNING section.
- tell your doctor if you have or have ever had kidney disease.
- tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. You should not become pregnant while you are receiving topotecan injection. Talk to your doctor about birth control methods that you can use during your treatment. If you become pregnant while receiving topotecan injection, call your doctor immediately. Topotecan injection may harm the fetus.
- tell your doctor if you are breastfeeding. You should not breastfeed while you are receiving topotecan injection.
- if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are receiving topotecan injection.
- you should know that topotecan injection may make you feel very tired or weak. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this medication affects you.
What SPECIAL DIETARY instructions should I follow?
Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your normal diet.
What should I do IF I FORGET to take a dose?
Call your doctor right away if you are unable to keep an appointment to receive a dose of topotecan injection.
What SIDE EFFECTS can this medicine cause?
Topotecan may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
• nausea
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- constipation
- loss of appetite
- stomach or back pain
- mouth sores
- headache
- thinning or loss of hair
- redness or bruising at the site where the medication was injected
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of these symptoms or those listed in the IMPORTANT WARNING section, call your doctor immediately:
- extreme tiredness
- weakness
- pale skin
- shortness of breath
- chest pain
- fast or irregular heartbeat
- numbness, tingling, or burning sensation in the hands or feet
• hives
• rash
• itching
- difficulty breathing or swallowing
- swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
Topotecan may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online (http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch) or by phone (1-800-332-1088).
What should I do in case of OVERDOSE?
In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may include the following:
- sore throat, fever, chills, and other signs of infection
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Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
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In the NingGu: a look at Chinese village community. photo essay.
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Yacouba Tanou gave props (29 Mar 2010):
Powerful portrait!
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WOW! I bet she has some stories to tell. SUPER SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Good capture!
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A beautiful series. So much history and wisdom in these faces.
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wonderful portrait and terrific series...and congrats on making the JPG blog!
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oh, I feel so great to see one of my pictures in the JPG blog...thanks for the notice on that Carol.
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Race to the White House Badge Ecology
Race to the White House is a Global Kids summer program where youth will develop a digital scavenger hunt with gps-enabled devices (geocaching) to create a public activity about the upcoming presidential election and its impact on issues of importance to our community and our country. The program will be used a one of the early beta sites for the Global Kids and the Hive NYC Learning Network badging systems.
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Good turnout at Glacier Greens
Glacier Greens golf on Saturday Feb. 2 had 80 players out on a good day with no rain or wind and warm temperature.
The course was damp but the greens were in good shape and some of the scores showed that.
Hcp. 0-11: Low gross Bruce Coulter 71, Chris Westbrook 73 c/b, Chris Pouliot 73. Low net Phil Nakashima 65, Kevin Hunt 66, Rod Cobham 67. Snips: #3 Chris Pouliot, #5 Larry Lott, #8 Al Cabilan, #11 Andy Blair, #13 Richard Martin, #14 Kevin Hu.
Hcp. 12-16: Low gross Rod Gray, Norm Fellbaum 83, Mike Gibbs 85. Low net Keith Allan 70, Jim Lorring 71 c/b, Richard Wand 71. Snips: #5 Rod Gray, #8 Nick Mykitiuk, #10 & #11 Warren Brandson, #18 Rudge Wilson.
Hcp. 17+: Low gross Glen Meeres 85, Brian Hotsenpiller 89, Ken Doll 90. Low net Peter Leskovich 66, Frank Gibson 71, William Chiki 72. Snips: #7 (POG) Frank Gibson, #12 (POG) William Chiki.
The POG holes are drawn after the game, and the number of players determines the number of POGs. The long-range forecast is good weather next week: let's hope so and have another good turnout.
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Forum topic by DKV | posted 01-29-2013 06:34 AM | 1409 views | 0 times favorited | 41 replies |
Since we have so many requests for forums I would like to have a forum for the basics. How to miss your thumb when using a hammer, how to turn a screwdriver in the right direction, how to recognize the correct side of the saw to use, how to identify wood vs stone, etc. Anyway, you get my idea. I know it probably wouldn't fly with site management but if we come up with enough "basic" ideas it just might work. What do you all think? It would be primarily for all the new LJs on the site. We don't answer "which tablesaw to buy" until they have passed the basic forum test. -- This is a Troll Free zone. |
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You are killing me….once again I don't know if you are being serious or not. So which side of the saw do YOU use?... :-) -- To surrender a dream leaves life as it is — and not as it could be. |
#2 posted 01-29-2013 08:44 AM |
I've a feeling this might go the way of the 'tater hogs' thread. |
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I think it would be helpful to have a sticky post or FAQ that gives basic information to newcomers. I don't know if we'd need a separate forum for that. I don't know about requiring a test.. But the concept of a primer for beginners is a good idea. |
#4 posted 01-29-2013 11:26 AM |
training videos ideas … which end of a drill bit to use why a table saw should not be used in the dark -- keeping myself entertained ... Humor and fun lubricate the brain |
#5 posted 01-29-2013 11:39 AM |
Seriously, I've seen a few videos on Youtube that show really simple stuff like that. -- Ni faru ion el ligno! |
#6 posted 01-29-2013 11:45 AM |
Remember, the position of the nail head dictates which side of the board the point goes into. |
#7 posted 01-29-2013 02:07 PM |
why do they make left handed hammers ? -- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal"…..Picasso |
#8 posted 01-29-2013 02:21 PM |
What is the best joint for a drawer that turns out to be a roll out cabinet. 57 answers and all outstandingly correct ? Funny how some people offer experienced and well thought out advice when their greatest achievement to date is a butcher block made when they spent five years in grade 9. How to set up a shop. Once again outstanding advice from some who screwed a shovel to the wall. -- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal"…..Picasso |
#9 posted 01-29-2013 02:52 PM |
I've learned the best way to miss my thumb, a nail gun. -- Ted T. Aiken S.C. |
#10 posted 01-29-2013 02:55 PM |
I've always thought we are all still learning, so what is a beginner. -- Ted T. Aiken S.C. |
#11 posted 01-29-2013 03:27 PM |
I'd like to see a 'Tip of the Day' mega-thread or 'Tip du Jeur', to make it sound a bit fancy. Sadly, I don't think anyone would get behind it. |
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Why don't you start it renners, I would participate in it and post a fix or tip a day. -- To surrender a dream leaves life as it is — and not as it could be. |
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What about the left handed millimeter to sae monkey wrench ? -- BOVILEXIA: The urge to moo at cows from a moving vehicle. |
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The claw on a claw hammer can be used to dig up broken sprinkler heads. -- This is a Troll Free zone. |
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Which side of the chisel to use for tails vs sockets. -- This is a Troll Free zone. |
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Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services For Children
What Are Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services?
Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS), previously known as the "Wrap Around program" is a short-term, intensive program for children from birth to age 21 to meet mental and behavioral health concerns. The philosophy of this program is to encompass or 'wrap around' the child with care and behavioral support where it is needed. To achieve that goal, services can be provided in the home, school or daycare—wherever the child encounters challenges that need to be addressed.
All services can be provided to families through the PA Dept. of Public Welfare or can be provided by private insurance through Act 26.
Download the Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Brochure for more information.
Who can receive BHRS?
BHRS helps children and adolescents with a wide range of behavioral challenges. Our program specializes in Autism Spectrum Disorders, with a special focus on early intervention.
We also frequently work with children diagnosed with:
- Attention deficit disorder
- Hyperactivity
- Down Syndrome
- Intellectual Disabilities
The common behavioral concerns include:
- Tantrums
- Aggression
- Non-compliance
- Behaviors that jeopardize the child's safety
Our goal is to quickly assess problem behaviors and develop and initiate strategies to replace them with positive behaviors. We also work to empower/teach families and others to support efforts to make behavior changes.
Why is BHRS So Successful?
The Barber National Institute provides Behavioral Services to more than 200 children and adolescents in Erie, Crawford, Warren and Forest counties. A high percentage successfully complete their treatment plans within 12-18 months to achieve success in school and other activities.
Our behavior specialists are all trained and have experience in applied behavior analysis, or ABA. ABA is the only scientifically proven approach for helping child
ren to make lasting behavior change. It is effective at teaching children appropriate ways to express emotions and needs, and achieve success at home and in school.
Our behavior specialists work closely with parents and teachers so that all caregivers are using consistent, effective, research-based strategies to foster positive behaviors. The Barber National Institute sets itself apart by collecting and tracking measurable data to scientifically demonstrate positive behavior changes. Treatment plans utilize evidence-based models.
How To Get Started:
The referral for the BHRS Program can be made by a parent. To request a referral, call the Barber National Institute at (814) 453-7661.
Beginning Your Services:
A Behavior Specialist Consultant will arrange a time to come to your home for an initial assessment. The BSC will ask you questions about when your child's behaviors occur and how you have tried to respond to them in the past. Their goal is to determine why these behaviors occur and develop a successful treatment plan to change them.
If a TSS is part of your child's program, they will begin by spending time with your child to get to know what they like and dislike. We call this time "pairing up with reinforcement." As directed by the treatment plan, the TSS will then begin working on effective strategies to decrease negative behaviors and increase positive behaviors.
About Our BHRS Services:
State regulations specify that the BHRS staff:
- May not provide personal care, child care (babysitting), or respite services in the home or community
- May not serve as a classroom or academic aide in school settings
- May not provide transportation or deliver medication to the child or family
- In addition, staff must always work with a parent, teacher or other adult caretaker present.
For BHRS services in Erie, please contact Paul Haupt at 814-878-5945 or email@example.com, In Allegheny County, call 412-772-6962 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Almost everything we do is via email. Please email us files under 7mb. For larger files, you can use our yousendit.com account. Please make sure and reference the job number on your estimate when sending files.
We need files that we can easily break apart and gang up together for plate making. And importantly, with multiple color files we want to make sure that our clients have thought through any areas that their colors come in contact with each other. It should be clear in your file if you intend to knockout or overprint colors. (we recommend using the "multiple" filter to get on on screen indication of overprinting color results)
No, all colors must be specified as Pantone Matching System (PMS) spot colors, not CMYK or RGB values.
We print using Solid UNCOATED Pantone inks, which can appear dramatically different on screen, please be sure to view a physical Pantone swatch book when selecting your colors. If you are unable to access a Solid Uncoated Pantone swatch book you may mail us a physical sample of the color (fabric, paper, etc) to match to. Our final print colors will not match your on-screen preview.
Because we print on uncoated stocks, any inks we print will achieve an uncoated appearance. We do not match other swatch types such as COATED, PROCESS or RGB. You must use UNCOATED Pantone colors.
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(AP) - The Winona County Medical Examiner says a Winona State University student died of acute alcohol poisoning.
The death of Jenna Foellmi, 20, of Brownsville was ruled an accident.
Her body was found in her apartment on the morning of Dec. 14. Police say she was seen consuming alcohol for much of the previous day.
Winona Police Chief Frank Pomeroy says the medical examiner declined to release Foellmi's blood alcohol level due to privacy restrictions.
"This young lady started drinking approximately 11 o'clock in the morning, and did not cease that drinking until she passed out sometime after midnight," says Pomeroy. "Apparently she attended a couple of house parties, and we're trying to determine whether or not someone procured that alcohol for her."
Pomeroy says charges could be filed against anyone who supplied alcohol to the underage drinker. Funeral services for Foellmi were held Friday morning in Caledonia.
Pomeroy also issued a challenge to college students, urging them to adopt a buddy system when it comes to excessive drinking.
Such a program is in place in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. He says students need to have a designated responder when they choose to drink excessively.
Pomeroy also says police are researching a law that would make adult party hosts liable for behavior of underage guests.
Winona State University president Judith Ramaley says the university has been proactive in addressing binge drinking, but the school needs to share responsibility in trying to end the dangerous behavior.
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An indoor pool, a fitness center, and meeting rooms are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include laundry facilities, free newspapers, and RV/bus/truck parking.
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Glad to see that Angle is starting the show, because based on what I remember reading of this thread, he turned into quite the heel after losing the belt to Brock at WM19. He has every right to be mad after being forced to beg by Lesnar last week, and he made some good points about all hes done and how the fans still hate him. Maybe a possible seed planted with trying to get Stephanie replaced as SD GM? Anyway, he gets Lesnar to come out right away and I loved the fake entrances by two legends, as I remember it being hilarious when HBK did the same thing back in 2005, and it made just as much sense how you used it. Doink the Clown is a hilarious opponent for Angle, with Brock just continuing to mess with his rival.
No shock that Angle beat Doink with ease, but he was still afraid of LEsnar after the match, kinda going against his demeanor in the opening promo. But getting out of harms way makes sense, what with his match at Backlash.
Gotta laugh at the Cena rap, as I remember when he was in this gimmick, and most promos he had were hiliarious. I hope that he faces Benoit, since the Wolverine will no doubt shut Cenas mouth at Backlash. Still, that rap was hilarious.
Better match than expected between Benoit and Train, with A-Train actually getting more time in the drivers seat than I thought he would, and there was some great back and forth at the end. But we all knew that Benoit was the one to win this one, and a match between him and Cena at Backlash should be a good one.
Still dont know who is being brought in, as I think its WAY too obvious to be Steve Austin
Im glad that Haas was able to almost get Hogan to pass out to the sleeper hold, but we all know that Hulkamania is going to be the winner in this one, but I still give you credit for trying to make Haas look legitimate. Anyway, an OK win for Hogan, but I just really hope that he doesnt do the same on Sunday.
Guess this name must be big enough, if he is indeed going to confront Vince at the PPV. This is a good way to create even more animosity between Stephanie and Vince, and I really cant wait to see where this angle goes.
Didnt think that Team Angle was going to strike Taker during his interview, but I guess it will make him look even better when he beats Shelton later tonight. Angle looks like a man possessed in trying to get this title shot, but for some reason I dont see him winning the match at Backlash.
Would have liked to see Rhyno somehow score the upset over Show, but I guess you gotta put the four most over guys in the matches at Backlash. Show looks dominant here and I gotta think he has to be considered the favorite to win the US Title. Although, I do think that Eddie is going to give him a good match.
Like you said, the Funaki/Benoit promo wasnt great, but it at least acknowledges Cena, and he should have his hands full with Chris.
A very good match between Taker and Benjamin, as I love that both Haas and Benjamin looks good tonight, given the legends that they were facing. Shelton almost gets the win a few times, and shows that Team Angle can still play dirty, hitting a wicked low blow with the referee distracted. But Taker manages to overcome the numbers by getting some help from Hogan and Lesnar, and he manages to get the win! Good aftermath, with everyone being taken out, before Lesnar somewhat shockingly drops Hogan, as the special referee looks to have the advantage heading into the PPV.
Overall, a good go home show that certainly makes Backlash something to look forward to. Loved the main event and the aftermath, showing how many ways the triple threat match can go. Good job.
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Open letter to Ottavio Cinquanta
by Sonia Bianchetti
February 2007
Open letter to Ottavio Cinquanta,
President of the International Skating Union
From Sonia Bianchetti Garbato
Figure skating is dying before our eyes. To say that the sport is sick and in need of emergency treatment before it's too late is as obvious as saying that when it rains, it is necessary to open an umbrella.
The unbelievably low standard of skating, with very few exceptions, at all the 2006 Grand Prix events, including the final in St. Petersburg, and at the European Championships last week in Warsaw, is an alert that can no longer be ignored by the International Skating Union. It is tough to watch the sport fall apart.
After the unfortunate scandal at the 2002 Olympic Games 2002 in Salt Lake City, a new judging system was adopted by the ISU. The intent was to fix up the judging, but the impact it had on skating went much farther than this.
Unfortunately, while the "prescription" did not solve any of the problems of judging (the judging
now is far from being satisfactory; I would say it is worse than ever both on the technical side -- Grade of Execution or GOE -- and the Program Components), it killed the beauty and the popularity of the sport. As we say in Italy, "la medicina è stata peggio del male" (the prescription was worse than the disease); it killed the patient.
By your own admission, Ottavio, you are not an expert in figure skating, but you have eyes and ears and I cannot believe that you do not see and realise what is happening on the ice and in the figure skating world.
Here are some objective facts that in my opinion generate great concern and deserve consideration.
The future of TV coverage is dim
The last television contract signed by the ISU in 2004, for all ISU Championships and the Grand Prix series, dropped from $22 million from ABC to $5 million from ESPN, the only network to make an offer. As reported by Philip Hersh in his article for the Chicago Tribune, Barry Frank, head of International Management Group's TV division who represented the ISU as its rights fee, declared: "I think they have a real problem. [...] When the four-year deal expires after the 2008 season, the union could be out in the cold." The golden era of figure skating is going down the tubes and the days of earning big money and high TV ratings appear to be over.
It is time for the ISU leadership to start to analyze with an open mind what might be the reasons behind this disaster and, if possible, try to find a solution.
There is no doubt that part of the reason is the scandal at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, which destroyed the credibility of the sport, followed by a questionable investigation carried out by the ISU, and the soft policy adopted in punishing the crooks. But also secret judging, the abolition of the old 6.0 system, the introduction of the new complex system that people did not understand and still do not understand, the fact that the competitions have become boring and uninteresting with the programs looking like photocopies one of the other in all branches, played a role in this sad process.
On the other hand, many figure skating experts already in 2002 when the principles on which it was based were announced foresaw the impact that the new system could have had on the sport
Empty arenas
The audiences used to fill the arenas when Figure Skating events were being staged and the tickets were sold out months before the events, at least in the U.S. and Canada. This was no longer the case in 2006, neither for the World Championships held in Calgary nor for all the Grand Prix events.
After the poor attendance at 2006 Skate Canada 2006, in a much smaller arena than usual (only about 5,800 seats), David Dore, the ISU Figure Skating Vice President, declared: "We have to win back people, there's no question about that. It's not an easy process. There's no quick fix. Improved video presentations, autograph sessions with skaters in arena lobbies during competitions and giveaways are all part of the new marketing mode. We're trying to do a lot more of that. We were so involved in changing the judging system that we kind of missed the presentation part of the sport." How true, Mr. Dore! You did miss "the presentation part of the sport", the true "Presentation", now renamed "Program Components", involving the skaters' programs not the marketing.
Not extra entertainment, Mr. Dore, like `dance team' girls shaking whatever they have to shake or maybe some strippers on the Zamboni during the resurfacing of the ice. The fans do not want entertainment. They want great skating with passion and feeling. They don't want to look at the same performance in a different costume or with different music over and over, they want artistry, creativity and originality.
Frankly speaking, the idea of having "diversions" to occupy the audience while nothing is happening on the ice makes me laugh. In my opinion it is rather misdirected, like treating the symptom instead of the disease! If more off-ice entertainment is now required in order to have larger audiences once again, this must be considered a failure of the NJS because of the monotonous and uninteresting programs performed and the inability for the audiences to understand the scoring system, unlike in the past.
One of the unique "features" of figure skating is that, although it is a very hard sport, it is also entertainment and it can be watched and enjoyed also by spectators who are not deeply involved in it or are not great experts in any of the four disciplines. This is what made it so popular in TV and in the arenas.
David Dore, after Skate Canada, also declared to the press that: "The programs are far harder now than they used to be, especially in men's skating. They're very, very exciting", and the skaters "are doing far more complicated stuff than people ever did before".
Are you sure you are talking of figure skating, David? I know you, you are an expert, and I cannot believe that you may truly believe that.
Try to remember, if you can, at least a couple of programs after 2003, which you could compare with the "Winter" by Bond or "The Man in the Iron Mask" of Yagudin, the "Carmen" of Plushenko or the "Love story" of Salé-Pelletier at the 2002 Olympic Games, the Violin Fantasy on Turandot of Shen-Zhao in Washington in 2003, or "The Song of the Black Swan" by H. Villa Lobos of Michelle Kwan or "Chaplin" of Berezhnaia-Sikharulidze in Vancouver in 2001.
Prior to the new system, the ladies did all the triple jumps including a triple axel performed many years ago by Midori Ito, plus several ladies executed triple-triple jumps combinations. Today, a few ladies attempt triple-triple combinations, and a few triple Axels have been landed. The level of difficulty is no greater than it was in the past.
The men executed all the triple jumps, and several men mastered quad toe loop and quad Salchow. Among the top men, it was the norm to do triple-triple combinations and even quad-triple combinations, and to successfully land nearly all of them. Now it has not improved; it is worse. Fewer men execute quads and fewer land them.
Previously in the ladies and the men's events, falls among the top skaters were rare, and the programs were beautifully presented. Now the results appear to be determined by who falls down the fewest times since skater after skater makes serious errors or are sprawled all over the ice. The system now requires too much content in the singles programs, which makes it so difficult on the skaters. There is nowhere they can rest anymore.
They cannot rest on a spin or in the footwork. They cannot even rest on the spiral sequences. This is much too demanding on their bodies.
According to experienced analysts, the skaters take around 2 minutes to do four spins and the step sequences. That leaves more or less 2 to 2 1/2 minutes to do 7-8 jump elements and all the connecting moves for 13-14 elements. With a few seconds spent on each jump element, that leaves about 8 to 10 seconds for connecting moves between each element.
They have to rush from one jump element to the next and this does not allow enough time to get ready both physically and mentally. This is even too obvious; no one could object to this.
Pair skating is no better. On the contrary, this discipline is also suffering! The new requirements have ruined even the death spirals! They are more like a pivot position now. No longer do we see the pure and beautiful move as was executed by the Protopopovs. The technical panel does not appreciate the correct execution any more, now the skaters have to have changes of position! As a result, the man is almost standing and the lady only half way down. More appropriate would be to call it the "upright spiral"! This is entirely regrettable.
One obvious change since the new system was introduced is that spins have become more complicated. But at what cost! They have become slower, travelling, and often very ugly positions are seen! But what is even worse is that they are repetitive, with the same "difficult feature" repeated in each spin by each skater in each program. All the four spins allowed have become more or less spin combinations, with the same variations of positions, directions, and edges. The spins are more difficult but not better than before. The quality has suffered, not to speak of the originality. A triple Axel with two fingers into the skater's nose would definitely be more difficult than the usual triple Axel, but could we consider that an improvement? So please give us back the old wonderful, simple basic camel, sit or layback spins, fast, well centered, in beautiful, original and aesthetically appealing positions.
And what to say about the step sequences. Some skaters are attempting more difficult steps, very often in slow motion while spasmodically screwing up every part of their body, throwing their arms up and down just to get that all important "use of the body" feature. The spiral step sequence, which was one of the most beautiful elements in the ladies' programs, has now become as ugly and unattractive as possible, with the girls turned into computers counting the number of seconds they hold the free leg in each position and on each edge. So it is no longer the music that dictates what to do, how and when, but arithmetic! This cannot work in figure skating.
I am more convinced than ever that a simple upright or cross-foot spin, with many rotations, at great speed and well centred, such as Stéphane Lambiel used to do, or a "simple" spiral sequence such as those of Michelle Kwan or Sasha Cohen, is by far more attractive and worthy than any of those crazy "beauty killers" we are seeing today.
Over ice dancing, I would like to draw a veil of mercy. The new requirements imposing lifts not higher than.... or no longer than .....or spins of less than so many revolutions, have turned the discipline into a painful imitation of pair skating with the lady carried around like a handbag in pornographic positions.
More injuries than ever
I won't list the names of the skaters who were injured this season, but the new system is surely to blame for these injuries as is it is more than just a coincidence. Too many skaters now are trying too hard to obtain the highest levels, hence the increase in injuries.
Dirty Ice
Many knowledgeable persons continue to stress that no transparency in the judging system is encouraging deals to be made, as now there is no fear of being discovered. Recent interviews of two top dance coaches, Zhulin and Platov, were more than explicit. Are you going to investigate, Ottavio?
There is a group of talented and promising young skaters knocking at the door. Let them grow free to express their talent as they like, free to exploit all their potential creativity, originality and passion. Only this can save our sport and may raise its popularity again. It will take time, unfortunately, but it must be done before it is too late.
Ottavio, you are the only person who has the authority and the duty to impose upon the so-called "ISU experts" to reconsider the whole concept of the NJS, keeping the good aspects of it, which exist, but reducing the number of requirements and restrictions, abolishing anonymous judging and giving back to the judges their dignity, allowing them to mark the performances on the ice as they honestly and openly think the skaters deserve, without being restricted into the unfortunate "corridor" just to avoid "warnings".
I am sure you do not want to be remembered as the ISU President who killed figure skating and the ISU.
Open letter to Ottavio Cinquanta by Sonia Bianchetti
Danke Tino für die Weiterleitung dieses Briefes und auch Dir tolle Ostern!
Jetzt wäre es wunderbar, wenn O.C. diesen Brief ernst nähme. Die Dame hat wirklich in vielem recht. Besonders diverse Elemente finde ich richtig grässlich und bei den Pirouetten und Schrittkombis hat sie, m.E. den Nagel auf den Kopf getroffen. Und dann dieser Stress von Element zu Element nervt auch den Zuschauer etc. etc.
Jetzt wäre es wunderbar, wenn O.C. diesen Brief ernst nähme. Die Dame hat wirklich in vielem recht. Besonders diverse Elemente finde ich richtig grässlich und bei den Pirouetten und Schrittkombis hat sie, m.E. den Nagel auf den Kopf getroffen. Und dann dieser Stress von Element zu Element nervt auch den Zuschauer etc. etc.
Der Brief ist in deutscher Übersetzung im Eissport-Magazin und in der Pirouette zu lesen. Auch Sally-Ann Stapleford hat sich der Kritik angeschlossen.
Bei den beiden Funktionärinnen dürfte allerdings die Schärfe ihrer Formulierungen teilweise auch darin begründet liegen, dass sie von der ISU geschasst wurden und nun nachkarten.
Bei den beiden Funktionärinnen dürfte allerdings die Schärfe ihrer Formulierungen teilweise auch darin begründet liegen, dass sie von der ISU geschasst wurden und nun nachkarten.
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Ehud Olmert is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert became the interim Prime Minister on 14 April 2006 but had been exercising the powers of the office as Acting Prime Minister since they were transferred to him on 4 January 2006 after Ariel Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke. His position as head of government was confirmed upon the formation of the 31st government on 4 May 2006. He is a member of the Kadima political party.
Olmert has previously been the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, Finance Minister, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, and Minister responsible for the Israel Lands Administration, as well as Mayor of Jerusalem.
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"Disengagement is a response to certain demographic realities, ... Within a few years, due to the higher Arab birth rate, Jews will become a minority in the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. I don't want [Israel] to be South Africa because we don't believe in apartheid. We simply have to separate from the Palestinians so that we can control our own destinies."
"We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel [9 miles] wide again at its center. We can't allow the Palestinians to be a couple [miles] from [Tel Aviv's] Ben Gurion Airport in the age of shoulder-fire missiles with the capacity to shoot down jumbo jets. But that doesn't mean we must remain in every corner of the West Bank or in Gaza, where fewer than 10,000 Jews, living next to 1.3 million Palestinians, have been protected by twice as many soldiers."
"These two leaders are determined to carry on this fight against terror, not by making statements, not by words, not by empty gestures, but by actual fighting against those who are creating the terror as such a fundamental threat to the ways of life of our countries,"
"[Palestinian militants] started this terror, they have made the use of human bombs, those suicidal attackers, as frequent as possible, ... They've been doing it 300 times already. ... We expect it to happen every day."
"We are in a war, a very brutal war that has been waged against every Jewish person in the heart of Jerusalem, ... My city is bleeding, day in and day out, with tens of civilians killed."
"There will be no reverse in this decision, ... The Orient House has become a symbol of provocations, of almost endless activities against the law of Israel and against the status of Israel in the united city of Jerusalem and as such it had to be closed."
"This is a sign of absolute weakness by the prime minister of Israel ... if he will technically agree to it, the people of Israel will never approve it,"
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"timing of this pending divestiture cannot be overlooked."
"[The letter] suggests that GM is taking a hard-line stance with both Delphi and the UAW, ... As such, we expect the negotiations to go down to the wire, but we still believe an out-of-court restructuring is most likely."
"While fundamentals are admittedly weak, given the stock's weak recent performance, we are reluctant to get incrementally bearish, particularly ahead of a potential restructuring announcement."
"That said, we continue to favour GM over Ford due to the former's more favourable 2006 product cycle and its more aggressive restructuring approach."
"That said, we continue to favor GM over Ford due to the former's more favorable 2006 product cycle, and its more aggressive restructuring approach."
"That said, we continue to favor GM over Ford due to the former's more favorable 2006 product cycle and its more aggressive restructuring approach."
"[Analysts said Tuesday that the UAW's decision to offer concessions before its contracts with U.S. automakers expire in 2007 shows the gravity of the automakers' financial situation. GM lost more than $3 billion in the first nine months of this year, and Ford is expected to announce a third-quarter loss on Thursday.] Years from now, October 2005 may be looked upon as the month when the relationship between the UAW and the U.S. auto industry began a restructuring, ... This landmark deal may mark a more pragmatic and realistic UAW."
"It should not be difficult to agree on the bargaining points."
"We are not that surprised that the company guided down for the first quarter given their previously announced weak production schedules. However, we are surprised by the magnitude of the first-quarter and 2005 revision, which suggests the further risk to production schedules in future periods."


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