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Chinese netizens amused by 'naughty' Kim
While the Chinese government has voiced its opposition to the North Korea nuclear test, the Chinese public viewed the proceedings with a decidedly lighter air.
Foreign Policy magazine wrote:
"He's so naughty!" chided one web user, while another suggested that the resulting earthquake came from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un eating too much and falling on his posterior.
It wasn't the first time Kim had been the butt of jokes in China. After North Korea's successful missile launch on Dec. 12, many expressed joy and pride on behalf of the North Korean masses. "The brigade members plowing the hills of Seipo County were so inspired by the successful launch of the second Earth observation satellite that they opened up thousands of hectares of wasteland in just a few days," one message from a popular satirist nicknamed Miss Choi in Pyongyang read, pretending to be oblivious to North Korea's failed rocket launch test in April. "Big Brother [China], please step up your effort, or we will surpass you!"
Not everyone was in on the joke. A journalist at China's independent-minded newspaper Southern Weekly said, "Isn't laughing at North Korea like the pot calling the kettle black?"
Read the whole story here.
The Kim dynasty in 2013
The Feb. 12, 2013 nuclear test dashed any remaining hopes for change under Kim Jong Un. What does that mean for people unlucky enough to be born in North Korea?
GlobalPost's in-depth series, "Next of Kim," takes a look.
Plutonium v. Uranium
The Washington Post wrote that the biggest question coming out of North Korea's nuclear test is whether the country used plutonium or uranium as its nuclear material. There are four reasons, said The Post, that the answer to that question matters:
1. North Korea would have two ways to build a bomb, which means a potentially larger arsenal.
2. The country has a natural supply of uranium and can enrich to bomb-making levels in secret; plutonium is limited and is much tougher to hide. So its weaponized uranium would be tougher to keep track of and easier to make in larger quantities.
3. Iran uses uranium in its nuclear program, so North Korea could share research and lessons from the nuclear test with Tehran.
4. Uranium is easier to ship abroad, meaning North Korea could more easily sell it.
Read more about the importance of answering that question here.
The Institute for Science and International Security commented on the other significant detail of this nuclear test: North Korea's claims about its miniaturization capability.
It should not come as a surprise to the international community that North Korea may now have the capability to explode a miniaturized nuclear device. ISIS (and key members of the U.S. intelligence community) have assessed for some time that North Korea likely has the capability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon for its 800 mile range Nodong missile. Although more information is needed to make a sound assessment, this test could, as North Korea has stated, demonstrate this capability.
Read the full report here.
Check out more about nuclear sites in North Korea from the BBC:
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— BBC News Graphics (@BBCNewsGraphics) February 12, 2013
Obama talks to South Korean president
President Obama spoke to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to "consult and coordinate" their response to North Korea's nuclear test, the White House said in a statement.
Obama and Lee "condemned this highly provocative violation of North Korea's international obligations," the statement said.
They agreed to work closely together, including at the United Nations Security Council, to seek a range of measures aimed at impeding North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and reducing the risk of proliferation. President Obama unequivocally reaffirmed that the United States remains steadfast in its defense commitments to the Republic of Korea, including the extended deterrence offered by the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
State Dept: North Korea told US a test was coming
North Korea warned the US of its upcoming nuclear test prior to Tuesday, but had not indicated when the test would take place, the US State Department said this afternoon.
"The DPRK did inform us at the State Department of their intention to conduct a nuclear test, without citing any specific timing," spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
Also on Tuesday, US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice told reporters that the US is seeking "to augment the sanctions regime that is already quite strong."
In response, a reporter asked Rice: "With financial sanctions? Sanctions on the financial institutions? Anything more in significant action?"
She answered: "All of those categories are areas that we think are ripe for appropriate further action."
Read the full text of Rice's remarks here.
China is 'strongly dissatisfied'
North Korea's nuclear test may pose the greatest challenge to its cautious ally China, where many still see their impoverished Stalinist neighbor as a buffer against Western countries.
It's the first major foreign policy test for Xi Jinping, the new head of the Communist Party in China, which had urged North Korea not to go ahead with its plans.
The initial reaction, posted on a Foreign Ministry website, was muted. It said the Chinese government expressed "staunch opposition" to the test and "strongly urges" North Korea to hold its promise to abandon its nuclear program.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said China was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed" to the test and urged North Korea to "stop any rhetoric or acts that could worsen situations and return to the right course of dialogue and consultation as soon as possible".
Yang later summoned North Korean ambassador Ji Jae Ryong to state China's opposition to the test.
China observers are closely watching Xi's response for early signs of his foreign policy. He's said he wants Beijing and Washington to develop a "new type of relationship between two great powers."
Israel condemns nuclear test, Iran calls for nuclear weapons-free world
GlobalPost's senior correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky reported from Jerusalem:
Iran said it "disapproves" of North Korea's nuclear test and called for a world without nuclear weapons.
Locked in its own bitter standoff with Western countries over suspicions it's developing a secret nuclear weapons program, Tehran said all weapons of mass destruction and nuclear arms "should be destroyed."
"We need to come to the point where no country has any nuclear weapons," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters.
Iran strenuously denies accusations it's developing nuclear weapons, saying it is interested only in civil nuclear energy. "All countries should have the right to make use of nuclear activities for peaceful purposes," Mehmanparast said.
Tehran was among a small handful of countries that congratulated North Korea on its successful launch of a satellite into earth orbit last December, but denied helping prepare the launch.
A 2011 UN sanctions report said Tehran and Pyongyang were suspected of sharing ballistic missile technology.
In Israel, the Foreign Ministry said it strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear test, saying in a statement that it "joins the international community in expressing the grave danger that this act poses to regional stability and international peace and security."
"These actions by the DPRK, in violation of its international obligations, must be met with a swift response by the international community," the statement continued.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor also questioned Iran's call to ban nuclear arms. "Iran's credibility in nuclear issues can only and exclusively be vouched for by the International Atomic Energy Agency," he said in an interview. "Since that is not precisely the case, I refer any Iranian with ideas about nuclear disarmament to the IAEA."
He also said a New York Times story on Tuesday that reported Iran had converted some of its stockpiled enriched uranium into nuclear fuel may be old news. He said Defense Minister Ehud Barak had said two months ago that Iran had repurposed some of its enriched uranium for research uses, saying it had "taken them a bit further away from the red line" because it's more difficult to refine nuclear fuel to weapons-grade purity.
Major embarrassment for Obama?
Whether it was intentional or not, North Korea's test happened on the eve of US President Obama's State of the Union speech. National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told National Journal that North Korea's test would not alter Obama's nonproliferation message, but National Journal noted that it might be seen as a major embarrassment for Obama.
According to his advisers, Obama was set to make nonproliferation a key goal in his second term.
The New York Times wrote on Monday that Obama was expected to renew a commitment to disarmament which he made in a landmark speech in Prague in April 2009. He was expected to announce a draw down of the number of deployed strategic warheads, which currently numbers 1,700.
Obama, administration officials say, is unlikely to discuss specific numbers in the address, but White House officials are looking at a cut that would take the arsenal of deployed weapons to just above 1,000. Currently there are about 1,700, and the new strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia that passed the Senate at the end of 2009 calls for a limit of roughly 1,550 by 2018.
National Journal noted that in the immediate aftermath of the test, White House officials have sought to play down the Times article, saying it exaggerated the Obama administration's willingness to go forward with the cuts.
What does North Korea's nuclear test reveal?
Agence France-Presse — North Korea's nuclear test opens a rare, limited window for expert evaluation of its atomic weapons program, with an added urgency lent by Pyongyang's claim to have detonated a "miniaturized" device.
Seismic monitors and "sniffer" planes capable of collecting radioactive evidence of Tuesday's test will provide the forensic material for analysts to try to determine the exact yield and nature of the underground explosion.
Pyongyang said the "high-level" test involved a "miniaturized and lighter atomic bomb" with a much greater yield than the plutonium devices it detonated in 2006 and 2009. Miniaturization is needed to fit a warhead on a missile.
South Korea's defense ministry said seismic data suggested the explosive yield was significantly higher than the two previous tests at six to seven kilotons.
One key question analysts will be looking to answer was whether the North has switched from plutonium to a new and self-sustaining nuclear weaponization program using uranium.
Judging the type of fissile material requires the detection and analysis of xenon gases produced in the atomic explosion.
"These aren't necessarily easy to find and, if the test was well contained, may not be found at all," said Paul Carroll, program director at the Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation based in California.
"The miniaturization claim is provocative because that's exactly the technology we don't want them to have," Carroll said, adding that it was a very difficult claim to confirm or refute.
The same six-seven kiloton yield could equally be achieved with a small, efficient device or a very large, inefficient one, with seismic data unable to differentiate between the two, he said.
Proof that the North had mastered warhead miniaturization would be an alarming game changer -- especially given its successful rocket launch in December which marked a major step forward in ballistic prowess.
UN vows action on 'grave violation'
After their meeting this morning, the United Nations Security Council vowed to respond to North Korea's nuclear test.
"The members of the Security Council strongly condemned this test, which is a grave violation of Security Council resolution 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009) and 2087 (2013), and therefore there continues to exist a clear threat to international peace and security."
The body said it will begin working immediately on a resolution containing "appropriate measures."
A spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement:
"The Secretary-General condemns the underground nuclear weapon test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) today. It is a clear and grave violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions.
"The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about the negative impact of this deeply destabilizing act on regional stability as well as the global efforts for nuclear non-proliferation."
NATO joins chorus of condemnation
BRUSSELS — NATO has condemned North Korea's nuclear test "in the strongest terms" and called on Pyongyang to immediately bring such "provocative actions" to an end.
"This irresponsible act, along with the December missile launch, poses a grave threat to international and regional peace, security and stability," the alliance said in a statement.
Europe was united in its condemnation, holding out the threat of more sanctions through the UN.
President Francois Hollande said France would work to secure "firm action" from the UN Security Council in response. "North Korea must unconditionally abstain from any act that risks heightening tension in the Korean peninsula and impact on peace and international security," he said in a statement.
"The international community must respond with a clear stance to this fresh provocation," Germany's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "Further sanctions against the regime in Pyongyang must be considered."
Poland's Foreign Minister Radislaw Sikorski was quoted as saying the North Korea test underscored the importance of developing anti-missile technology. He also suggested China should increase pressure on the DPRK regime.
"Without [China's] support, without the border open to trade and the movement of people, the regime [in North Korea] might not survive more than a few months," Sikorski told Polish radio.
The European Union issued its own statement saying it would "work with key partners and the wider international community to build a firm and unified response aiming at demonstrating to the DPRK that there are consequences for its continued violations of UNSC Resolutions." — Paul Ames, GlobalPost
Japan says North Korean nuclear test is 'totally unacceptable'
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an emergency security meeting to discuss Japan's response to North Korea's nuclear test on Monday after the United States warned it was imminent.
Having already implemented a raft of bilateral and UN-led sanctions following previous North Korean rocket launches and nuclear tests, however, Tokyo's options for further action seem fairly limited.
Abe joined other world leaders condemning the test. "The nuclear test by North Korea is totally unacceptable, as it constitutes a grave threat to Japan's security, represents a grave challenge to the international disarmament and non-proliferation regime centered on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and seriously undermines the peace and security of Northeast Asia," he said.
"I have ordered that we consider every possible way to address this issue, including our own sanctions, while co-operating with other countries," he added.
Later on Tuesday, he said in a statement that Japan would tighten immigration controls for officials from a pro-Pyongyang association of Korean residents in Japan.
The top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, said Tokyo was also considering additional financial measures against North Korea.
Japan introduced a range of sanctions against the North after its nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, including a ban on all exports and imports, and on North Korean ships entering Japanese ports.
Tokyo considers itself among the countries most at risk from North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons program.
A US ally in the region, Japan is still the target of bitter resentment among many Koreans on both sides of the demilitarized zone dividing North and South over its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula between 1910 and 1945.
In a meeting with Washington's ambassador to Tokyo, John Roos, Abe vowed to work with the United States in pushing a new round of sanctions through the UN Security Council.
The test "threatens … peace and security not only for Japan but for the United States," the Kyodo news agency reported Roos as saying.
A hawk who has represented the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents during the Cold War, Abe was elected prime minister in December, and vowed to take a tough stance against North Korea.
He's expected to discuss the North's nuclear program and Northeast Asian security during talks with president Obama in Washington next week. — Justin McCurry, GlobalPost
North Korea isn't sorry, and has the US in its sights
"This is the wrong step in the wrong direction," Tibor Toth, the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, told Reuters. "This is a challenge to this norm observed by the international community of not carrying out nuclear weapons explosions."
Unverified estimates indicate that Tuesday's test may have been twice the size of a test by the Hermit Kingdom in 2009.
But Pyongyang is defiant, threatening "second and third measures of greater intensity" if the US doesn't soften what the North takes to be an aggressive stance.
Check out the Associated Press's comprehensive interactive graphics about North Korea's nuclear history and capability.
US estimates size of North Korea's tested bomb at 'several kilotons'
Agence France-Presse — US intelligence agencies believe North Korea "probably" conducted an underground nuclear test with a yield of several kilotons, the office of the Director of National Intelligence said Tuesday.
"The explosion yield was approximately several kilotons. Analysis of the event continues," the office said in a statement, confirming the blast had taken place in the area of North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
GlobalPost's Geoffrey Cain earlier reported from Seoul that the South Korean Defense Ministry estimated the detonated bomb to have measured six to eight kilotons.
What does nuclear bomb testing do to the planet?
Even bombs tested underground, as North Korea's was, can have serious impact on the environment.
National Geographic wrote last year:
"If tunnels are dug deeply and securely, radiation from a blast can be completely contained, said intelligence analyst John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. If not, explosions can burst through the surface and release contaminants. Or the vaporization of rock in the blast can create subsurface cavities that in turn create surface craters.
"In some cases radiation can seep out slowly during the weeks after a test."
Read more of their report here.
Watch declassified video of US nuclear tests from 1958's "Operation Hardtack":
Koreas may be the latest joiners to drone warfare
News of North Korea's third nuclear weapons test is coupled Tuesday with a much subtler arms escalation — the reported beginnings of drone development in North and South Korea.
Last week news of a possible North Korean drone program broke, and Yonhap news agency reported Monday the South Korean military wants to develop drone helicopters.
"The military is considering using unmanned combat helicopters to destroy North Korea's military bases used for infiltration, including artillery bases and a naval base for air-cushioned vessels," an unnamed military source told Yonhap.
UN Security Council meeting on North Korea's test
The UN Security Council was due to begin an emergency meeting at 9 a.m. to discuss its response to North Korea's nuclear test. As we wait for details to emerge from their session, here are some reports from the morning to help catch you up:
[View the story "North Korea conducts third nuclear test " on Storify]
Even China is angry
SEOUL, South Korea — After North Korea's test, South Korean president Lee Myung-bak immediately convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council. The United Nations Security Council is set to discuss the matter at a 9 a.m. meeting in New York on Tuesday.
International condemnation of the test poured in — even from China, North Korea's most powerful friend. US President Barack Obama called for "swift and credible action by the international community," while China urged "all parties to respond calmly," according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry.
South Korea immediately condemned the test as a violation of UN resolutions, and as an "unacceptable threat," wrote the Yonhap News Agency.
On the ground, however, most Koreans carried on with their day without giving much thought to the blast, GlobalPost's Geoffrey Cain reported. Read more from this report.
Other reactions from around the world:
• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the test a "grave threat" to Japan's safety. The government convened a national security meeting and is contemplating imposing unilateral sanctions on North Korea, according to local media.
• NATO said the test was an "irresponsible act" and a "grave threat to international and regional peace, security and stability."
• Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged North Korea to "abandon its nuclear arms program" and resume talks with other countries.
• William Hague, Britain's foreign secretary, called for a "robust response" from the UN Security Council.
• French President François Hollande said he would back "firm action" by the UN.
• Iran's Foreign Ministry said all nuclear weapons should be destroyed, but commented that "all countries should have the right to make use of nuclear activities for peaceful purposes."
North Korea detonates underground bomb in third nuclear test, threatens further action
North Korea has admitted carrying out a third nuclear test, hours after US seismologists detected a 4.9-magnitude earthquake in the hermit kingdom.
The heightened seismic activity came at 11:57 a.m. near the Chinese border. The South Korean Defense Ministry estimates the detonated bomb to have measured six to eight kilotons.
According to monitors at the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna, the resulting blast was twice as powerful as North Korea's last nuclear test in 2009.
The North Korean Foreign Ministry said the latest test was "only the first action," and threatened more could follow.
"If the US further complicates the situation with continued hostility, we will be left with no choice but to take even stronger second or third rounds of action," the ministry announced in a statement.
Read more from Geoffrey Cain in Seoul and GlobalPost's news desk.
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I hope everyone had a fantastic winter break and welcomed in the New Year in Style. Ha! I made bread :) John was sick and Jacob wanted to spend one more night at his grandparents house and I had no plans so I baked. I'm so exciting! I've never been much of a party goer, I'm more of a stay home read a book and get together with a couple people kind of person so it's all good. I hope you all did something that suited you. Do you have any goals for the New year?
Some of my goals for the new year are:
- Blog more & more consistently
- Create more
- Open an Etsy shop
- Cook and Bake more from scratch
- Meal plan and prep
- Reconnect with old friends and make new ones
- Live more positively
- Fold laundry as it comes out of the dryer rather than wait until I have many loads to fold...
- Continue losing weight until I am at a comfortable size. Almost there!
- Eat healthy
- More family time
- ....any many more that I can not think of at the moment
Well, now it's off to work! Have a fantastic Day and heres to a wonderful 2014!

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Japanese two wheeler giant Yamaha had entered the Indian scooter market by launching the 110cc Ray scooter which was aimed at women. Yamaha is planning to add another scooter to its line up and this new model will be targeted at men.
The new Yamaha Scooter will have a powerful 125cc engine and will be named as Xeon. India Yamaha Motor managing director and chief executive officer Hiroyuki Suzuki in an interview to a magazine has confirmed that the company is planning to launch a mass market 125cc scooter.
Yamaha has received a positive response to its first scooter in India Ray. By launching a new 125cc scooter, Yamaha must be hoping to have a grater say in the segment. Here are images of the new Xeon 125cc scooter that could be launched in India in the coming months.
Yamaha's CEO and MD Hiroyuki Suzuki has stated that the company is planning to launch a mass market scooter priced between RS.40,000 and Rs.50,000.


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If anyone could use the sales/coupon inserts for Toys R Us and Target from this past weekend's paper, drop me an e-mail at email@example.com. (I've only got one of each, but have no need for them.)
I was also curious if anyone had need for the $10.00 Nicorette/Nicoderm coupon that was in either this past weekend's or the weekend before's coupon inserts, as I would hate for such a high-value coupon to go to waste.
FYI - I am working on the grocery lists for tomorrow's sales now. I will have Harris Teeter up in bit. :-)
If you need AA or AAA batteries, good deal at Walmart. 8-pack of AA or AAA for 6.37, 1.00 coupon on coupons.com and 10.00 Walmart gift card when you buy two. So that brings them to .37 for each 8 pack when you buy 2 packs. Be sure that the battery package has a blue sticker on it that says "Get a 10.00 Walmart gift card by mail when you buy two". That has the code you need to register for your 10.00 gift card. (Thanks Southern Savers)
Reminder - it's the first Tuesday of the month so the Lego store at Crabtree Mall is having a free mini model Lego build for the kids this evening. You can see more info on the Lego website.
Thanks sunflower!
check your emails i got an email from pillsbury , to request my 2014 calendar
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@baseball2hockey - this was at the Lowes in Holly Springs.
Double points now through 11/8 at mycokerewards.com on 12 packs of Diet Coke.
which location has the olive oil? I checked last night at brier creek and the shelf was empty.
chipper4800, thanks for the info on the Ghirardelli chocolates coupon. They are $4.39 at HT, so the $2 coupon doubling makes them $.39 a bag. Between this coupon and the Lindt ones, I have a nice cache of premium chocolates for gifts.


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Setting up the Polar Bear Math Game
Materials Needed for the Polar Bear Math Game
- White and black felt pieces
- Scissors
Directions to Make the Polar Bear Math Game
- Cut icebergs out of white felt.
- Cut numbers out of the black felt.
- Set the icebergs out on level flooring.
- Set the numbers on top of the icebergs, with the numbers in order.
Playing the Polar Bear Math Game
Alternative Ways to Play this Polar Bear Math Game
* Encourage them to leap backwards from 10-1
* Let them line the icebergs up in numerical order.
*Play Iceberg Hop-scotch by throwing a stuffed panda bear to the number and hopping to it.
Literacy Polar Bear Connections:
Connect this math game with a good polar bear book to extend learning. Although there are many to choose from, here are our 3 favorites. When building a collection of books, I try to include at least one non-fiction text and a variety of styles. Consider purchasing or checking these books out from your local library!
The Three Snow Bears Jan Brett is a favorite author of mine. My children adore listening to her stories and have commented that they are picture books for big kids. The illustrations are amazing in this Arctic version of Goldilocks. Peek at the beautiful images here
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (Brown Bear and Friends) Is a great picture book for young readers. The repetitive text is highly predictable and preschoolers will soon be helping to read the story. Read more reviews here.
National Geographic Readers: Polar Bears is a scientific text designed for children begining to read. It is informative for children, but not overwhelming. Another bonus is that the photographs are amazing! Check out other books in this learn-to-read series.
Polar Animal Literacy Activities:
Walrus Dive for Letters from Capri + 3
Polar Bear Paw Walk Preschool Alphabet Game by Growing Book by Book
Move and Learn Alphabet Activity: Penguin Plunge by Mom Inspired Life
Polar Animal Science and Sensory Activities:
How do Animals Stay Warm by Rainy Day Mum
Penguin Sorting Sensory Bin by Powerful Mothering
Arctic World by Learning 2 Walk
Seek-and-Find Game for a Winter Animals Preschool Theme by Fun-A-Day
Polar Animal Movement Activities
Polar Animals Gross Motor Games by Still Playing School
Polar Animal Math Games and Activities:
Polar Bear Math Game by The Educators' Spin On It
Counting to 5 with Penguins by Life Over C's
Polar Animals Mega Blocks Puzzle by Tiny Tots Adventures
Polar Bear Activities and Books for Preschool by The Preschool Toolbox Blog
Pin these ideas to your Winter Activities, Polar Animals, or Preschool Activities Boards.
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BROOKSVILLE — The Hernando County Sheriff's Office was searching late Thursday for Stephanie Anderson, a former secretary for the Hernando County Emergency Management department, to serve her with a warrant charging her with official misconduct and grand theft.
The charges stem from a criminal investigation alleging that between December 2006 and February, she falsified official payroll documents and was paid for overtime hours that she did not work.
Hernando detectives attempted to contact Anderson, 44, at her Beverly Hills home in Citrus County on Thursday afternoon but could not find her.
Anderson and her boss, Emergency Management director Tom Leto, were placed on paid administrative leave in late March after media reports that a criminal investigation was under way into payroll and overtime in that department. Anderson resigned several days later.
Leto is still on paid leave and county officials are reviewing an audit of his department conducted by the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court to determine their next move, which could come as early as today.
Payroll records requested by the St. Petersburg Times indicate that Anderson earned 12 extra weeks of pay through overtime claims in 2007, even though there were no major storms or other emergencies that year. Anderson's pay amounted to 94 percent of all of the overtime in 2007 for Emergency Management employees.
Anderson started with Hernando County in 2006 and was being paid $13.63 per hour. Since her hire, she has earned $7,943 in overtime.
This year, before she was placed on leave March 28, Anderson had already received a full week's worth of overtime pay, which, paid at time and a half, means an extra 60 hours of pay. No other Emergency Management employees had received overtime to that point this year.
All this came after Leto had issued a memo in April 2006 telling employees to all but eliminate overtime.
"Overtime from this point forward must be authorized by me in advance of an event with no exceptions,'' he wrote.
Under county rules calling for supervisors to approve employee time sheets each week, Leto would have had to sign off on Anderson's continued overtime.
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As he lay dying of cancer in his northeast St. Petersburg apartment almost nine years ago, Paul Cicarelli solicited a promise from his daughter. He asked her to continue his campaign to get the late host of a religious television show named a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
Every night in the years since, Diane Cicarelli, 28, has repeated the prayer her father wrote as part of his effort. Last week, she learned of a national movement that's pursuing the very cause that consumed her father in his waning days.
On Jan. 24, the organization will offer a Mass at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg for the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who hosted a popular television program, Life Is Worth Living, from 1951 to 1957. Sheen, praised by the Rev. Billy Graham as one of the greatest preachers of the 20th century, won an Emmy for the program that can still be seen locally on cable on the EWTN Global Catholic Network.
The St. Petersburg service is one of several scheduled around the country in coming months. The next will be in February, in New Orleans. Jane Peverly, who works for the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation in Peoria, Ill., said the Masses are being offered in places with a high interest in Sheen's canonization. Father Stanley Deptula, executive director of the foundation, which was formed in 1998 and is sponsored by the Diocese of Peoria, will celebrate the Mass at St. Jude's. Father Andrew Apostoli of Yonkers, N.Y., who was ordained by Sheen, will deliver the homily.
Over the years, the foundation has gathered information from around the United States and the world to promote Sheen's sainthood. Evidence includes two alleged medical miracles attributed to the late archbishop's intercession with God. Early last year, the organization sent 6,500 pages of material supporting Sheen's cause to the Vatican for review.
There's a reason for pursuing sainthood for Sheen, said Bill Engelbrecht, director of advancement for the Diocese of Peoria.
"As you can imagine, the Catholic Church has, obviously, many saints who become inspirations for future generations of people. Bishop Sheen, we believe, was certainly a tremendous influence in the Catholic Church throughout his lifetime,'' he said.
"Most importantly, there's an entire generation of younger Catholics who have not had an opportunity to hear Bishop Sheen or be exposed to Bishop Sheen. We just believe that what he said, what he did, is something that would be terribly important to expose to a new generation of younger Catholics. … Nothing is automatic, nothing is necessarily going to happen, but we certainly have people who believe in this cause.''
Canonization can take decades, if not hundreds of years, though the groundswell of support for the late Pope John Paul II may speed up the process that could see the popular pontiff declared a saint. The procedure follows strict protocol, starting with a thorough examination of the life of the proposed saint. Candidates who pass initial scrutiny are given the title of "venerable." The next stage, "beatification," requires at least one approved miracle, except in the case of martyrs. The final step, sainthood, is conferred only after yet another miracle has been verified after beatification.
Sheen was born in rural Illinois in 1895 and grew up and was educated in Peoria, where he was ordained a priest. He became a well-known scholar of philosophy and theology as well as a media personality whose teachings attracted both Catholics and non-Catholics. He served as bishop of Rochester, N.Y. He died in 1979 and is buried under the high altar in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Official work to promote his canonization began in the Diocese of Peoria in 2002.
Two years earlier, in St. Petersburg, as he struggled with lung cancer, Paul Cicarelli, 53, had begun his own campaign on Sheen's behalf, launching a Web site and distributing prayer cards and fliers to area churches. A former freelance television producer, he asked people to pray that the late archbishop would intercede with God on his behalf so that he would be cured of cancer. Such a miracle, he hoped, would help his campaign for Sheen's sainthood. Specifically, the St. Petersburg man hoped Sheen would be named patron saint of the media.
"Regardless of whether I get a healing or not, it's important to foster this work. I believe God gave it to me at least to bring it to this point," he said shortly before his death.
His five children promised to continue the cause. Diane Cicarelli has continued to say the special prayer her father wrote for Sheen's cause.
"My dad asked me to,'' she said. "This was something he was passionate about.''
Until last week, she had been unaware of the national movement.
"It initially surprised me. But nothing is impossible through God,'' said Cicarelli, who lives in Orlando.
"I'm going to try to come to the Mass just to hear more about it, because I know it was important to my dad, so it is important to me.''
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You know - although it's more time and product consuming in the end than anything else... I was wondering if wet-sanding my car would be the answer. I hope not, although 11 years old (97), it's actually quite vibrant. Maybe I should simply compound.
Aside from just my personal car, what is everyone's opinions here on wet-sanding, either site-specific or entire vehicle?


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And he got a Super Bowl ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bacon: Lions' Caldwell could get axed, and why Harbaugh's second season was a success By Josh Hakala • Jan 2, 2017 Phil Roeder / Flickr - http://j.mp/1SPGCl0 Listen Listening... / 5:55 Our conversation with John U. Bacon, Michigan Radio's sports commentator. It was a good news/bad news situation for the Detroit Lions on New Year's Day. The good news was before their regular season finale at Ford Field against the Packers, the New York Giants did Detroit a favor by beating the Washington Redskins. With the Giants win, that clinched a playoff spot for the Lions. The bad news is that the Lions let a halftime lead slip away and they lost to the Packers, 31-24. That defeat cost Detroit their first division title (and first home playoff game) since 1993. Their consolation prize? The No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs and a Saturday night matchup in Seattle against the Seahawks, who haven't lost a home playoff game since 2004. For the Detroit Lions, New Year's Day will bring either redemption or disappointment By Steve Carmody • Dec 31, 2016 Detroit Lions The season is on the line for the Detroit Lions as they take on the Green Bay Packers Sunday night. The Lions have only defeated one team with a winning record this season. But they could still sew up the NFC North division title by defeating the Packers. That would give the Lions a home playoff game. It didn't need to come down to this game. The Packers are riding a five game winning streak after struggling for the first half of the season. Meanwhile, the Lions have lost their last two games, setting up Sunday's decisive matchup. The NFL Draft is insanely boring... except when it's not By John U. Bacon • May 6, 2016 Marianne O'Leary / wikimedia commons Last week, more than 4,000 people crammed into Chicago's redundantly named Auditorium Theater to watch NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announce the names of 256 players. Two-hundred-thousand more watched the action on big TVs in Grant Park. The Rams are moving – and you're picking up the tab By John U. Bacon • Jan 22, 2016 Flickr user Parker Anderson / Flickr Listen Listening... / 3:52 Taxpayers are the ones who are really paying for the St. Louis Rams' big shift from Missouri to Los Angeles This week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the Rams would be allowed to move from St. Louis back to Los Angeles. I realize you might not care, but you should, because we're the ones paying for it – again. Detroit Lions owner fires the team's president and GM By The Associated Press • Nov 5, 2015 Steve Carmody / Michigan Radio The struggling Detroit Lions have shaken up the front office. Lions president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew were fired on Thursday. Team owner Martha Firestone Ford announced the moves and did not take questions from reporters. The Lions can't get it right, and John U. 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"Deflategate was the most overblown issue of all time," says Bacon, "It amounts to almost nothing. It is truly hot air." Advisers aren't doing Michael Sam any favors By John U. Bacon • May 23, 2014 user: Marcus Qwertyus / Wikimedia Commons When Michael Sam told his University of Missouri teammates he was gay before last season, it wasn't a big deal. It's a safe bet that NFL teams – who know what kind of gum their prospects chew – already knew this, too. But when Sam came out publicly, it changed the equation. The NFL has already had gay players, so that's not new. But publicly declaring you're gay is new – and so is the onslaught of media attention. 'The time is now,' says Detroit Lions' new head coach By Steve Carmody • Jan 15, 2014 Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio The Detroit Lions introduced the team's new head coach today. Jim Caldwell comes to the Lions after being part of two Super Bowl-winning teams. 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New Orleans Saints overpower Detroit Lions to win NFL wildcard playoff By The Associated Press • Jan 7, 2012 For three quarters, the Detroit Lions performed like playoff veterans. They led Drew Brees and the mighty New Orleans Saints at halftime. They were still right in the game heading to the fourth quarter. But Brees and the Saints blew it open in the final period, turning Detroit's postseason return into a one-and-done affair with a 45-28 NFC playoff victory that was much closer most of the night on a raucous Saturday at the Superdome. Detroit's economy could take a hit from an NFL lockout By Steve Carmody • Mar 3, 2011 flickr The city of Detroit could face an economic hit this fall if the National Football League and its players don't agree on a new contract. How big an impact is not clear. The current contract between NFL owners and the players association expires at midnight. 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Harry Potter will be behind closed doors next year, and at least one Cedarville [Arkansas] parent says that's fine with her. Angie Haney, who has two children attending Cedarville schools, said earlier this week she is pleased the Cedarville School District has agreed to make the J.K. Rowling book series less accessible to students. The books will be available in the library, but students must provide a permission slip from parents before checking out the top-selling books.


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WMMR's Preston & Steve Camp Out For Hunger Collects 627,678 Pounds Of Food
Last week listeners of Greater Media Active Rocker WMMR/PHILADELPHIA donated 627,678 pounds of non-perishable food items to feed the area's hungry. Over 313 tons filling 24 tractor trailers was collected over a five day live broadcast with WMMR's Preston & Steve morning show who lived in the parking lot of the Metroplex Shopping Center in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
Preston & Steve collected food for Philabundance, broadcasting live each morning. Over 30 celebrities/performers attended to drum up additional support for the effort, including Philadelphia 76er Spencer Hawes, Philadelphia Flyer Scott Hartnell, Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright, Gaslight Anthem Lead Singer Brian Fallon, and PA Governer Tom Corbett.
This is the largest amount collected in the event's 15-year run. Last year, WMMR collected 576,687 lbs. Though Preston & Steve encourage individual and business food donations, their listeners also donated over $106,000 in cash. Philabundance notes for each pound of food and for each dollar raised, three meals can be realized/provided. The donations from WMMR's one-week initiative mean over two million meals for those in need in the Delaware Valley.
For the second straight year, Suburu of America provided the largest donation from a business — 326,479 pounds — scoring them a four-hour live Preston & Steve broadcast from their business headquarters in Cherry Hill, NJ.


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How much oil have you seen a carrot yield?
Vegetable oil is a blend of corn and canola oil both GMO products...
BTW thanks for the poster in another thread who mentioned Soylent Green. It was before my time but I found a copy and watched it last night.
Wow...what a great film. Monsanto is Soylent in the modern world.


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Nov 17, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Anyone have one?
Reviews look pretty good.
I have the little 2000 watt inverter and its been great. In general I think it is well made, very quite with some good engineering thought.
During Sandy I set it up to run the furnace, fridge, big screen TV, a couple of lights and the wifes PC. I'd set her up in the morning and it would run all day on a gallon of gas. 9-10 hours.
Someone else will have to comment on the bigger units.
Hey Greg, I just got the same Champion 2K inverter. I ran the gas hot air furnace for 2 hours before the power came on. Ran the fridge with no problem. The fridge started and ran in the eco mode. I assume if the load required more engine speed it would have sped up. Are you running in ECO? Any issues? The plan is to run the high current items one at a time. I need to do a few more tests, but it looks like this generator will work for me, with minimum fuel consumption.
I read recently that certain Champion generators sold at Costco were being recalled due to starting fires. I would look into that if I was you.
That recall is for generators Costco quit selling back in July. Here is the recall with model and serial numbers.
Champion makes good gennys and everybody raves about their support.
Xman, I use the big genny for the pump, geting ready for work in the morning and all of the high amperage things in the evening. The small Champion is for over night and during the day when all I want to do is keep the house warm. The big genny is great, it just drinks a lot of gas (3/4 gallon/hr). When all I need is a 1000 or 1500 watts the champion does just fine and is very miserly on gas. (12 oz./hr). I changed the oil out for synthetic, when I first got it (used with 8 hrs on it) other than that I've done nothing to it.
Since I'm widely know for being a cheap bastard, I run it in eco mode all the time. If it needs more, then the revs pick up, the rest of the time it just putters along. Plus with a 10 hr run time I can go to work and not worry about it running out of gas before I get home.
I haven't taken it camping or tailgating but I think it would do just fine.
Also have the 2000w inverter model. Greatest use was last summer in a large group camping at a rock event. Ran it about 12 hours/day for 4 days, in eco mode. Fully satisfied, quiet, a gas miser. Main reason for purchasing was to run the Tarm gasifer and circ system in the event of a power outage. Circs run much better and cooler on sine wave vs modified sine. Since I bought it mainly for a power outage, none has occurred.
I plan on b uying a generator soon. But I need a 7500watt continous. Sine wave? vs modified sine? Whats the diff and how can I tell if a generator has which?
Inverters are where you face the sine wave versus modified sine wave conundrum. It's a cost to build versus utility issue when generating an AC signal from a DC source. A generator, on the other hand, which generates power electro mechanically, will normally have a pure sine wave output. Cheapies sometimes often have poor voltage and/or frequency stability or electrical noise riding the output, but that will be due to poor engineering or quality control issues. It has nothing to do with a modified sine wave design.
It's not something you have to worry about when buying a generator.
I have the 4000 watt model. I haven't used it much, but I noticed that the washer started beeping, probably because of the power quality.
I bought the 3500 watt just recently from tractor supply . It is on sale now for $300.00 , I haven't had a opportunity to try it . I plan to use it for the sump pump and fridge . It is made in china but has 100 good reviews on tractor supply website .
I'd be looking at a diesel set for that much juice. I have a 7200 watt (continuous) gas genset and it it a P-I-G when using all that power.
I haul milk from farms to processor. I won't need it to run continuous all day. Just to load at farms. Only will need it maybe once or twice a yr. My milk pump is a 3hp motor with a 30amp service. big thing is i need the 7500 watts to start it. I also plan on putting a 3 way disconnect on my house and use it there. That's why I was curious about sine wave, and generators and running the modern house.
I bought the 3500/4000 watt model at TSC in early 2009. It always starts on 1 or 2 pulls. I mostly use it for our camper. It has an RV plug outlet and seems to be able to deliver the full 30 amps as advertised. I have run the A/C and microwave oven at the same time. I bought mine for $349 but I think they are going for around $300 now. For the price, I don't think you can beat it.
I've got a 4400 watt yamaha and when I start the milk pump, it kills the genny. I can loosing up the pump so it starts easy, but then it runs slow. Not good.
It's too bad you can't figure out a PTO for the milk pump. The PTO can power hydraulics which can spin the milk pump or be direct drive. Seems silly to use an AC electric motor.
Will only need it once in a blue moon. More of a convenience thing. if it looks like power outages are in the future for the day I will throw the genny on back of tractor trailer. strap it down and ride. I got room for it right behind the cab on the deck plate.
I have owned a champion 4000 watt peak 220/110 volt genset for about 5 years. It has been very dependable. I can pick it up and put it in the bed of the truck, it runs more than 12 hours on the 4 or 5 gallons in the tank, runs the computers, floursescent lights, samsung flat screen, fridge, and freezer, all at once. The power output of the champion has been scoped to be as close to a sine wave as any non-inverter can be and it is a cheap genset to buy with excellent US support.
Yes it is a chinese made genset but it is a clone of the honda engine and the engine is a peach. Much quieter running than similar generac or other open frame sets.
I have used the 40026 for several years now. It has worked fine for power to the out building.
It also has an RV 30 amp plug, a 20 and 30 amp 110 plugs. works for everything I do.
I had mine since 2006, have not ran it much. Kinda hard to start but starting fulid works.
I've noticed you set the choke in the middle when cold starting.
Thanks guys. TSC had the 1800W model on sale dirt cheap yesterday so I snagged it up.


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Roy S Dwarkasing
Affiliation: Erasmus MC
Country: The Netherlands
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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AJR Am J Roentgenol 197:676-82. 2011..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of MRI in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of urethral diverticula in symptomatic women...
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Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplantation Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)
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This is a comprehensive observational study of HIV infection in homosexual and bisexual men.
|HIV Infections
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)
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Blood serum, plasma, and cells
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|Study Start Date:
|April 1984
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2019 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) provides important information about the changing nature of HIV-mediated disease progression, the impact of antiretroviral treatment, the nature of HIV pathogenesis, and viral and host genetic factors. This study will also assess the long-term patterns of therapy use and risk-taking behaviors.
Patients will have study visits every 6 months. The visits will include interviews, specimen collection, and a physical examination.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Study Population
Homosexual and bisexual men with and without HIV infection
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV negative, or
- HIV positive and no history or current use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), or
- HIV positive HAART recipient with documentation of HAART initiation, no AIDS diagnosis prior to HAART initiation, and a CD4 cell count and HIV-1 RNA measurement within 6 months prior to first HAART use.
- Sexual intercourse with men or at least 5 male or female partners in the 5 years prior to enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Injection drug use within 1 year of enrollment.
- Perinatally acquired HIV infection.
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|Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
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|University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
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|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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|NCT00046280 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 24, 2002
|Last Updated:
|April 7, 2017
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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