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At this time last year, I took on the whole "labor" aspect of Labor Day - as in the fallacy that anyone really needs to work for a living.
As proof of my point I have, mentally anyway, pretty much taken the past year off from all labor, and I have survived. (But keep that on the down-low because, somehow, I still get a tiny paycheck.)
And while I would love to rub more salt into the eyes of that beast called "working for a living," this year, I will instead take up another weighty issue associated with the Labor Day weekend: the mental anguish it brings by serving as the cleaver-chop that hacks off the tail of summer.
I am serious, my friends.
Everything beautiful about summer is winding down or dead already, and the Labor Day weekend kicks the ashes of it into the wind. Outdoor concerts are kaput. The beach is going to sleep and your pool parties are passed.
The days are getting shorter at both ends, which begins to curtail your outdoor activities, exercise programs and, pretty much, all positive motivations.
Yet again, you've missed your opportunity to take a real summer vacation and all you are left with is the heat.
The kids are back in school - which, don't let anyone kid you, the kids are not happy about. And neither are all the parents who have to do their homework for them. It only adds to the getting-home-after-dark work day.
And while I dearly love football season and Southern California's ridiculous imitation of fall, the former reminds you you're almost to Christmas and the latter really won't happen until then.
Basically, we've got heat, brush fire season and 60 hour work weeks to look forward to, with the Halloween decorations already grinning at us from store shelves.
Now, if you are thinking that I need a sabbatical, you are correct, sir. But that's only the fire under the boiler. Herein I rail against the injustice that grinds us all down - this thing called the passage of time.
You see, the Labor Day weekend is not only the candle-snuff of this summer, it is a metaphor for the passing of our glory days, be they real or imagined. And it's not so much the coming of fall on the calendar one more time that is getting us down, it's the relentless approach of the autumns of our lives, as Labor Day delights in pointing out.
The holiday offers its own cruel twist on the well-known TV catchphrase, hissing at us, "Like summer sands through the hourglass, so are the days of your lives." And then it "bwahahahas" like a ghost mocking us from the echoing, empty halls of the haunted mansions of our unrealized dreams.
Did I mention I need a few months off?
What do we do, mes amis? Will we stand for this arbitrary end to the summer good times? I mean, if you take it in the seasonal sense, the days have been getting shorter since June 21 and the fall equinox isn't until Sept. 23.
Who says Labor Day has to kick beach sand in our faces? Shouldn't we take at least those 18 more days of summer and clutch them to our breasts greedily? And, even then, who says we have to go back to school, to labor or to any other of the degradations that the winding down of the year piles on us?
No, I say. Let us stand up and wear white after Labor Day (as well as those fawn-colored Topsiders we got on sale in May).
Let us not go gentle, people - toward the end of the year or toward the "fall" of our lives. As Tom Petty sang, "Well, I don't know but I've been told, you never slow down, you never grow old." So let us not slow down. Let us merely add football into the mix and press on with a frenzied pace of summer fun.
That's where I'm running, anyway.
Well, at least until it gets too dark and cold. I wouldn't want to pull a hammie.
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The University of Salford is pleased to be a participating member of the UK – Indonesia DIKTI Scholarship scheme; providing fully funded PhD and Masters study opportunities to Indonesian higher education staff in the UK.
The DIKTI scholarship is a fully funded pathway to higher education in the UK that is open to current and prospective faculty members at Indonesian universities and staff employed by DIKTI or Indonesian state universities.
Under the scholarship, students can join the University of Salford for up to three years PhD or Masters study, on a fully-funded programme including tuition fees, accommodation and stipend.
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Q: How did you find out about the California Center for Sustainable Energy?
A: I have been involved with the center since 2002, when I first installed the photovoltaic system at the San Diego Naval Base. Solar installations were a new thing for the Navy, and I had no clue how to do it. Experts here at the energy center helped me put it together. More recently, I served on the center's board of directors.
Q: In what direction is the center headed?
A: My vision for the center is that we become a much more visible and influential statewide organization. Within the next five years, I would like to see an office as big as this one in the Los Angeles-Orange County area and a smaller office in Sacramento.
The center has always had its hand in shaping policy. I would very much like it to be called upon by other state assemblies who are interested in moving down the road where California has ventured, recognizing that we didn't get it right 100 percent of the time.
Q: What drew you to work in the field of environmental sustainability and clean energy?
A: I have been asked hundreds of time why I've become involved in this. The only answer I can give is that I have three grandchildren. I want them to live in an environment as secure and as promising as the one I grew up in. If we don't change the way we behave, that will not be possible.
Q: What needs to change for that to happen?
A: I believe the future of our environment rests with the education of our youth, and with modifying behavior taught by a generation of adults that simply don't get it. Those behaviors will be our downfall if we don't change the way we do business.
Q: State incentives for the installation of rooftop solar systems are set to run out under the California Solar Initiative, which is administered locally by the center. Is that mission accomplished? What lies ahead?
A: We do know that the program has been quite successful when it comes to rooftops of residences. We have not seen the same success in small-business applications. We're trying to think about how best to influence that market and create opportunities. Our strategy and policy group should take the information we acquired as an "implementer" and help craft the next project or program or policy. Our job is to convince legislators and policymakers of how best to apply those resources.
Q: How important is rooftop solar?
A: We need to look at the whole house. There is a need to be able to look at building upgrades and home retrofits and energy consumption. Meanwhile, every electric vehicle adds another half-house of consumption to the electric grid.
If you're not looking at the holistic approach at renewable and alternative energies, you are not serving well the mission of becoming independent and being more responsible.
Q: What other technologies are important to Southern California and beyond?
A: I'm also a strong advocate for alternative fuels, and I believe the security of the country rests with our ability to become energy independent. One in five dollars spent on fuel goes immediately to countries that the State Department labels as hostile to the United States.
Q: How do you persuade people to embrace clean technology?
A: There's an appetite out there. We just need to figure out a way to be more effective and appealing. Rewards and the incentive programs need to be reconsidered. They are not always the best way to provide a quantitative and qualitative change. Just putting on photovoltaic panels does not mean that you have changed the environmental impact of your home. If you've not taken a look at the building structure, the insulation — all the direct consumption — then you've really only started down that journey.
Q: What is the role of government incentives in this regard?
A: We've made far too much of the argument about money. It has to do with the health of individuals involved, the understanding that we are doing something significant for our environment and that we are being responsible to our future.
Q: What's next for the center?
A: The center has had some tremendous successes. Look at the great programs with solar incentives, airport transportation programs, electric vehicles, building retrofits for energy efficiency. The future is how to apply them better. The real task here is to show where new opportunities exist.
Q: You've embarked on an innovative second career. How did it happen?
A: At the Navy, I considered myself to be a watchdog of the resources that the taxpayer provided. We started an entire revolution looking for opportunities to become more sustainable in the way we did business. To be responsible to the environment was part of our charter and mission, and that's how I got here.
Q: What are your hopes for the transportation sector?
A: Many people have said they would buy an alternative-fuel vehicle, but that the infrastructure doesn't exist for them to use it as a method of commuting. Well, whose fault is that? It's not the fault of the conscientious individual who believes it's the right thing to do for the environment and their pocketbook and the future of the country. It's the government's fault. And industry cannot do it alone without structure.
We're the only place in California that keeps comprehensive statistics on alternative vehicles by administering state rebates. We've been part of the project and making sure there is the infrastructure to support the electric vehicle and alternative-fuel vehicles.


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UPDATE: Air Products FQ1 Profit Up 4.3%
Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD) reported a 4.3% rise in its fiscal first-quarter earnings.
Air Products expects Q2 earnings of $1.32 to $1.37 per share, versus analysts' estimates of $1.44 per share.
Air Products posted its quarterly earnings of $290.2 million, or $1.35 per share, from a year-ago profit of $278.3 million, or $1.33 per share. The company had earlier expected earnings of $1.30 to $1.35 per share.
Its sales declined to $2.55 billion from $2.56 billion, versus estimates of $2.57 billion.
Air Products shares closed at $106.24 yesterday.
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When lobsters hung on anchors in San Diego Bay
The scrap diving era — part two
Ed Davies 8:30 a.m., Sept. 19
When that 7.2 earthquake shook Tijuana on Easter Sunday at around 3:35 p.m., this reporter was crossing the Tijuana River on the pedestrian bridge. Upon reaching the upper deck on the western side of the river, the tower above the deck began to sway and rumble and made a metallic scraping noise. Merchants' metal racks — attached to the concrete walls of the zig-zag switchback ramp that leads to the ground — began to bounce up and down as the vendors tried to hold on to their wares.
In the plaza below, at Calle Primera and Negrete, shopkeepers ran from their shops, and customers left the beer bar right under the bridge, fearful of a possible collapse. They milled around in the plaza for several minutes after the quake.
Upon reaching the Zona Norte, I saw numerous denizens and patrons of the notorious nightclub district exiting bars, strip clubs, and dancehalls. They gathered out on the streets of Coahuila, Constitución, and Calle 123.
A desk clerk at the Hotel Leyva said the shaking was substantial and in a sharp sideways and up-and-down direction. Three streetwalkers on Callejón Coahuila were standing on the street when the quake hit and described it as strong, adding that the seismic activity did not cause them too much distress.
Let's hope that the buildings are not now compromised, weakened enough by the quake and aftershocks that they endanger lives.
But...what's a "temblor" report? ;)
The buildings in Tijuana should be fine, I've heard no reports of damage (although there could be some that remain unreported). Mexicali is a different story, about 25,000 people are now homeless. There was significant damage to many of the buildings there.


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Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke, who released the suicide note, said Ms Nigot was one of a growing number of healthy people seeking his support group, EXIT Australia.
Ms Nigot, who is believed to have appeared in one of Dr Nitschke's how-to-suicide videos, described him as an inspiration and crusader working for a worthwhile humane cause.
She led what she described as three lives. First in France, then the United States after World War II and in Australia from 1967.
She gave up academia to become promotions manager of the exclusive Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and described this period of her life as brilliant. She met the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the then president of France General Charles De Gaulle, Marilyn Monroe and Salvador Dali.
A friend, who did not want to be named, said Ms Nigot was very intelligent but suffered with a heart problem for which she was taking medication.
In 1995, eight years after she retired from the University of WA French studies department, Ms Nigot received the highest French academic award, the Office of the Palmes Academiques.
"The life of an individual, voluntarily terminated, is of small importance compared with the death statistics relative to crime, accident, war and other similar causes of human demise which are viewed by society as a whole with regret, but accepted with relative equanimity," Ms Nigot wrote in her final statement.
"I am terminating my life now because I want to have control over my death."
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BRANGELINA'S brood have already sent their letters to Santa – from a post office in Kent.
Shocked staff in the village of Littlebourne were thrilled when Angelina Jolie brought all six kids – Maddox, 11, Pax, 8, Zahara, 7, Shiloh, 6, and 4-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne – into the tiny store to post their Christmas wish lists.
Post Office assistant Fiona Lindsay said: "It was so cute. All the children sent messages to Father Christmas and were absolutely beautifully behaved.
"Just like any other kids in a sweet shop they were excited, but Angelina controlled them perfectly. She was so polite and a really nice person.
"I was quite shocked at first but Angelina was so lovely I soon relaxed.
"The children bought a packet of sweets each, plus a few toys and some magazines, and we ended up having a general chat about how they all were and what they were going to eat that night.
"It was lovely. They were all very polite. They were just a bunch of gorgeous, happy kids."
The family had rented a luxury home in nearby Ickham while Brad Pitt filmed zombie thriller World War Z.
Brad also took their oldest, Maddox, to see Bond movie Skyfall in Broadstairs and popped into the local pub for a quick drink.
The A-list family were also spotted visiting Howletts Wild Animal Park and Waterstones bookshop in Canterbury.


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A Wall Street Journal article explores an emerging conflict between mobile device OS companies -- Apple and Google in particular -- and the FBI. The Bureau is increasingly pressuring such companies to provide assistance in cracking into suspects' computers.
The article frames many of these requests as being requests for the customer's password, but it can't be that simple. It mentions briefly that Microsoft and RIM deny ever having access to customers' passwords and thus aren't involved, but Google and Apple don't likely have access to their customers' device passcodes either. There have been many famous cases of governments pressuring RIM to allow access to normally encrypted data in-transit from BlackBerry devices.
With physical access to the device the Bureau is clearly capable of dumping the data on it and reading it, but that data may be encrypted, and the passcode is required in order to obtain the encryption key. In such cases, without the key the Bureau would be left with "brute force" decryption, which is extremely time- and resource-consuming.
The companies are often hesitant to cooperate, even if the government has a proper search warrant. The customer themselves may decline to provide a password under subpoena under the Fifth Amendment's protection against forcible self-incrimination. Often the FBI requests assistance in remotely breaking into devices still in the customer's possession.
The featured case in the story involves the Samsung Galaxy belonging to Dante Dears, founding member of the "Pimpin' Hoes Daily (PhD)" gang. Mr Dears is on parole.


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The Legend of Billie Jean and other Blu-rays from Mill Creek
On July 22, 2014, Mill Creek Entertainment is slated to release six budget title Blu-rays, including films from 1985 all the way to 2006. This particular wave of Blu-rays includes The Legend of Billie Jean (1985), Flatliners (1990), The Last Action Hero (1993), the theatrical cut of Donnie Brasco (1997), Anaconda (1997), and lastly, 2006's Gridiron Gang. I was able to preemptively pore over five of this week's six Mill Creek releases and wanted to give you, fine reader, a rundown of which titles are worth the investment here. Because that's what I do!
For the sake of consistency, I've decided to cover these titles in reverse chronological order by theatrical release date. To that end, then, I would be starting with the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vehicle, Gridiron Gang… had I actually screened it. Of the aforementioned six titles I skipped only Gridiron Gang and really only did so for reasons that have far more to do with my general disinterest in football than anything else. This is not to say that I categorically avoid things involving football, though. I have, after all, previously written a glowing review of the series The League. It's just that it takes a lot to get me to actually sit down and watch a football movie unless, that is, it has very little to do with football in the first place and stars Bruce Willis, as Tony Scott's incredible The Last Boy Scout (1991) does. But that's the exception to the rule. Still, given the overall quality of the other discs I've screened from this wave, I should think that Gridiron Gang would be worth the money if you go for that sort of thing.
Anaconda (1997)
That brings us to the next most recent film of the bunch: Anaconda. Released in April of 1997, Anaconda seems to have been all-but-forgotten in spite of the numerous, mostly straight-to-video sequels it spawned. That is, it was all-but-forgotten until recently when the guys over at Rifftrax announced that a stretch goal of their Kickstarter campaign was to riff on Anaconda live through Fathom Events (a stretch goal they reached). And with Anaconda fresh on all riffing fans' minds, I can't think of a better time to debut the film on Blu-ray.
Revisiting Anaconda for the first time since selling my VHS copy of it at a yard sale back in 2003, I find myself torn. The performances and screenplay are far more awkward than I recalled. Even Eric Stoltz and Jon Voight are every bit as cartoony as the film's CG snakes! Still, it's a hell of a lot of fun if all you're looking for from a film is to see people get eaten by snakes, which is frankly enough for me from time to time. What's more, the transfer here, while it wouldn't win any awards or anything, is actually really solid given the title's budget price (at this very moment, Amazon has it on sale for $5.19 in pre-order).
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Released in February 1997, the mob flick Donnie Brasco, starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, may not be on par with the likes of The Godfather (1972) or even a Goodfellas (1990), but I've found it to be endlessly rewatchable over the years in no small part because of the performances from Johnny Depp and Pacino, who plays an uncharacteristically screw-up of a wiseguy. Indeed, with Depp as an undercover cop who gets drawn deeper and deeper into the underworld he sought to expose, Donnie Brasco relates one hell of a compelling narrative about the conflicts that arise from living a double life as a criminal. And it's based on a true story, in fact, though some of the dramatic embellishments are rather obvious, such as the police officer's close friendship with the gangsters.
This release too boasts a perfectly acceptable video transfer, but it is plagued by some stodgy audio in the last reel. During and after Pacino's final scene in the film, the audio is somewhat distant-sounding, tinny and echo-y as hell (at least on my copy). You might not notice it if you haven't yourself spent a lot of time appraising Blu-rays or making films as I have, but it may be a deal-breaker for some. For me, though, it's not that big a problem. After all, given that I already owned the extended cut of the film on DVD and Mill Creek's Blu-ray features only the truncated theatrical cut, it had been my intention all along to package the two discs together on my shelf in a slap-dash two-disc edition.
The Last Action Hero (1993)
Next up is The Last Action Hero, a film that I've had a rather complex relationship with over the years. I saw it in the theater with my family as a youth and watched it countless times when it aired on HBO (or Cinemax or whatever premium station played it in the mid-90s). I then revisited it as an adult some four or five years back and where I used to find it clever and happily epic in scope, I suddenly found the whole thing rather gratingly repetitious and needlessly long.
Now, as a parent myself I suppose, I can find the magic in it once more. I'm now able to transport myself back into the shoes of my young adult self, wishing I too could escape the confines of my reality and venture forth into the world of cinema I so adored. Sure, maybe I still don't laugh at it where I used to, but hell, some things are destined to fade I guess. Even still, I find I have an enormous soft spot for Last Action Hero in this aging heart of mine. (That got dark fast, didn't it?)
The release here is on par with that of Anaconda, which is to say solid in the visual department and without any noticeable audio hiccups.
Flatliners (1990)
The only title apart from Donnie Brasco that does feature any technical issues of note is Joel Schumacher's Flatliners, which also has a bit of tinny-ness in one scene, but it wasn't noticeable for more than a shot or two. What's more, it at least occurs in the film's first act rather than its closing moments, making it easier to ignore/excuse. That is, of course, if you're willing to ignore or excuse anything in the film.
To its credit, though, I actually quite like the concept of Flatliners. In it, a group of med students try to find out what awaits mankind after death by killing and reviving themselves. I even enjoy some of the performances immensely—the cast features Keifer Sutherland alongside Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, Oliver Platt and William Baldwin. Unfortunately, in the hands of Schumacher, Flatliners is a heavy-handed and thematically obvious exercise in melodramatics. Any levity in the script, much of which is placed in the hands of Oliver Platt as the pseudo-comic relief, is lost amidst the pervasive, incessant brooding that infects every element from the performances to the lighting and set design. It's so needlessly melodramatic, in fact, that it often proves downright unintentionally hysterical, as when the characters' hair can be seen blowing in wind indoors during the climax.
This is perhaps the third or fourth time I've sat through Flatliners, always hoping to like it more and feeling that somehow I should. I just can't get over the feeling that the film should be brighter, less oppressive in its opening moments and then get progressively gloomier. Instead, it starts out gloomy and stays gloomy. The only difference between the opening scenes and the post-flatlining scenes is that it seems Schumacher and cinematographer Jan de Bont decided to use more blue gels over the lights as they went along.
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985): The Special "Fair is Fair" Edition
Billie Jean is the only one of the five films discussed here that I had no prior experience with. My immediate reaction to it is that I wasn't sure if I should find it sweet and optimistic with regard to its positioning of teen idolatry as a potential force for good, or if it's really just a cynical and patronizing attempt to make teenagers believe they can affect change by clinging to media darlings. Honestly, I'm still not sure which it is.
All I know is that this thing is 80s as hell! With Pat Benatar, Billy Idol and the Divinyls all over the soundtrack and Billie Jean's awe-inspiring short hair and massively baggie pants, this picture no doubt inspires endless warm, nostalgic feelings in those who grew up with it. As someone who's only just now discovering the joys of The Legend of Billie Jean, I do find its 80s-ness exceedingly charming, especially the soundtrack; I was incredibly happy to see actor/director Keith Gordon of John Carpenter's Christine (1983) among the cast; and I couldn't help but marvel over how young Christian Slater is in this picture. (Seriously, he looks like he's 10!)
Still, I can't help but be put off by how rape-y the film gets prior to Billie Jean (Helen Slater) earning teen idol status as an outlaw. I wondered if that was really necessary, if the filmmakers were aware that they had made physical assault a prerequisite for inspiring young girls. I was also bothered that the film depicts the financial inconveniencing of the antagonist as a just punishment for his attempted sex crimes. It's hardly the poignant comeuppance the film would have us believe it is.
All told, I suppose I'd say I'm neither a fan nor a detractor of Billie Jean. I can certainly see the appeal, but for me, being able to rewatch the film in the future would require a nostalgic connection to it that I simply do not have. However, watching a good deal of the film with commentary after my initial viewing did aid my appreciation of it a great deal, I must say. With that in mind, I should point out that, of all the releases discussed in this article, all are bereft of special features save for Billie Jean, which boasts a commentary track featuring Helen Slater and co-star Yeardley Smith (better known for playing Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons).


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* Legislation opens ports to more private capital
* Lifts restrictions on private ports
* Stevedore strike ends at biggest port, Santos
By Anthony Boadle
BRASILIA, May 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's Congress approved legislation on Thursday that opens up state-owned ports to private investment and lifts restrictions on the building of private ports in a bid to eliminate serious bottlenecks strangling the country's export growth.
The reform bill, which may yet change if President Dilma Rousseff decides to veto parts of it, is an effort to make Brazil's clogged, costly and badly managed ports more efficient. That, backers believe, can help restore robust growth to Brazil's once-booming economy.
However, negotiations over the bill set off a pitched battle between supporters and those who benefit from the status quo. While labor unions opposed the bill because it would loosen their grip on work contracts, port contractors, suppliers and other interest groups resisted changes to existing port business.
The bill's passage was a hard-won victory for Rousseff, who negotiated with coalition partners and opposition parties to clinch approval just hours before a midnight deadline that would have killed the proposal.
Her 18-party coalition split over the controversial bill and so modified her original proposal that Rousseff is expected to veto at least parts of it. One change, for instance, eliminated an important provision that would have centralized control of ports with the federal government, wresting management authority from powerful state administrations.
"This is not the final version, but it's an advance," said Nelson Carlini, chairman of Logistica Brasil, a company that runs several port terminals and plans to build new ones. Like other businesspeople with their eye on the sector, Carlini is pleased the bill revokes restrictions on private investments.
The legislation eliminates a rule that restricted the operations of private companies at terminals in public ports to the handling of their own cargo and did not allow them to move third-party goods. The restrictions, private operators say, discouraged new investments.
The government in recent years has increasingly turned to private investors for money and technology to upgrade Brazil's crowded highways, decaying bridges, rickety electric grid and other over-stretched infrastructure.
But outside investment in ports has been more difficult until now because of legal barriers.
For Rousseff, an overhaul of 20-year-old port regulations is an essential step to move ahead with a $26 billion public-private investment drive to modernize gateways for Brazil's crucial commodity exports.
Ports convey 95 percent of Brazil's foreign commerce and as such are vital for a country that in recent decades became the world's biggest exporter of coffee, sugar, beef, orange juice and ethanol.
Brazil's 34 major ports, the government says, are unprepared to handle a potential quadrupling of traffic to nearly a billion tonnes a year by 2030. Ports in Brazil's industrially developed southeast are working at near 100 percent capacity and those in the rest of the country are expected to be saturated by 2016.
Union opposition complicated the ruling Workers' Party's support for the ports bill that sparked a two-day protest strike. But stevedores returned to work on Wednesday at Brazil's largest port of Santos, ending a walkout that had limited impact on cargo movement.
The strike began unexpectedly at midday on Tuesday at the southeastern ports of Santos, Paranagua and Rio de Janeiro. By Wednesday afternoon, workers at Santos were the only ones still reported to be striking.
Dock workers wanted to defend union control over hiring in the bill, which allows new terminal investors to contract non-union labor. Some unions agreed to let operators hire outside of a centralized hiring agency, known as OGMO.
The legislation is an attempt to attract billions of dollars in new investments by allowing private investors to manage some of the ports as well as to increase efficiency and cut costs.
Brazilian port terminals charge some of the world's highest prices to move goods. Some of the high cost stems from labor agreements, but red tape, taxes and lack of competition between terminals are also to blame.
Rousseff has made the bill a top priority in a push to improve Brazil's dilapidated infrastructure, which has become a drag on economic growth, with ships lining up for weeks to enter a port to load up agricultural and other exports.
Brazil is in the midst of exporting a record soy harvest, while coffee and sugar crops are due to hit the overburdened ports within weeks.


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NCPA: Congress' Tax Cut Is Modest, Balanced And Fair
August 30, 1999
Washington (August 30, 1999) - The nearly $800 billion tax cut recently approved by Congress is a modest, balanced and fair effort to give something back to those who are mainly responsible for the surplus: the taxpayers. So concludes a new study released by the National Center for Policy Analysis that is the most in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the congressional tax package to date.
"Critics argue that the congressional tax package is gargantuan and would over stimulate the economy, but this study shows that this is patently false," said NCPA Senior Fellow Bruce Bartlett, the study's author. "Indeed, a strong case could be made for a tax cut considerably larger than the $792 billion over 10 years."
According to the study, federal receipts (tax revenue) as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) are now at their highest level in the nation's history. Indeed, during the first six years of the Clinton Administration, federal receipts as a share of GDP exceeded those of every single year in American history including during World War II, except one.
Also, despite the argument that a $792 billion tax cut over 10 years would break the bank, the tax cut (after setting aside funds to protect Social Security) actually phases in very slowly and will not have any significant effect on revenues before 2002. For example:
- It averages just 0.6% of GDP over the 1999-2009 period, with a peak impact of just 1.3% in 2008.
- In 2008, revenues will still be far above their postwar average at 19.8% of GDP.
- It will be at least 2003 before the 1999 tax cut and the tax cut of 1997 combine to offset the impact of the tax increase of 1993.
In addition to analyzing the overall need for tax relief, the NCPA study details how the average American family stands to benefit from all the tax package's provisions, including:
- Easing the marriage penalty tax by widening the 15% tax bracket and increasing the standard deduction for married couples.
- Abolishing the death tax, which forces many small business and farmers to sell their parents' farm or business just to pay the tax collector.
- Investing in the nation's long-term economic growth and standard of living by extending the tax credit on research and development for an additional five years.
- Encouraging individual savings and investment by raising the contribution limits to individual retirement accounts from $2,000 per year to $5,000.
- Adding an element of fairness to the tax law by indexing capital gains for inflation to prevent the government from taxing fictitious profits.
"In the end, the main justification for a tax cut is that the money belongs to the people who earned it and not the politicians or government bureaucrats who want to spend it," said Bartlett. "History shows that only when their allowance is cut off will they resist their urge to spend."


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In a speech Friday, Donald Trump branded the six women who have accused him of sexually assaulting them as fame-hungry liars. He also pushed a conspiracy theory that Carlos Slim, a Mexican billionaire who owns a stake in The New York Times, was behind the article describing some of his alleged assaults. Major Garrett reports.


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At the top of a ridge in Parley's Canyon. However, it was closer to Emigration canyon.
Beginning the Expedition[edit]
If anyone ever complies a list of the most epic judgment lapses in someone's life, this journey would make that list.
As with all record-breaking adventures, there were several simply stupid moments which added together to create a monumentally idiotic whole:
First: I noticed that a trail went almost all the way up to the point and scheduled two hours for the hike.
Second: I decided to use the hike as a substitute for my run and accordingly wore my gym shorts and shirt.
Third: The point was at the top of a freaking mountain.
Fourth: My car was parked in a publicly challenged area.
The Way Up[edit]
Getting up there was the easiest part of the journey. It took maybe a little more than half an hour, the directions were easy enough to follow, and the path I had found which would take me to the top was clear and defined. There was even a small parking area for hikers and joggers wanting to use the trail. Despite having this thought proven wrong again and again every time I geohash, this looked to be easy.
I should have realized something was wrong from the minute I stepped on the trail. Grass and small trees had overgrown everything and there were at the beginning points where I could not tell the trail from the forest around it. But I was not going to let this trip add another failed geohash to my dismal record, so I jogged up the mountain for perhaps a mile more.
Then things got interesting.
The trail led to a narrow stream which it then turned and followed. It was fairly open on my side of the water, but too soon the trees closed in and began to overhang the trail. I was ducking branches and jumping over fallen logs every five feet and was making little headway. This added to the fact that every tree was decorated with gossamer streamers hanging silently to the ground started to make the trip seem a little bit more hellish with every step. I had a big fear of large bugs of all sorts, especially spiders.
I was soon stopping every few moments to steel myself for the next dive. I was traveling the now invisible trail in sudden spurts, trying to get through the sticky undergrowth as quickly as possible then brushing everything off of me. Most of what I threw to the ground were small caterpillars, and it didn't take me long to convince myself that all the sticky threads were were the beginnings of their cocoons. I was still jittery, however, and I began to notice that the bushes around me were rustling and moving.
This was very disturbing, and stopping to try and find the source of the movement I found the ground littered with thousands of large dung beetles, crawling up the trees and all over each other in a mad frenzy. This was getting just a little too weird. But I pushed onward, getting slapped by branches, dive-bombed by caterpillars, and swarmed by beetles. Something wasn't going right with this trail.
After a mile of this, the trail disappeared entirely and the river was squeezed into a small ravine. Now I could not go further without wading the river. I was not going back, but I didn't think I could strip down any further than I was. Wearing shorts and going barefoot through a forest full of beetles and kamikaze caterpillars was not in my realm of possibility. So I did the next best thing: I went straight up the mountain.
To understand my logic, you have to understand the topography of a mountain. Imagine a large pyramid representing a mountain. The top would be the peak and the four sides would make up the base. Submit this shape to erosion to wear out the sharp edges, then add snow-melt and spring-born rivers. This water carves deep channels in the side of the mountain, giving the climber a shallow slope but always keeping him lower than his surroundings. You can never see where you are going and the undergrowth is always thick. This shallowly sloping ravine is what I had been hiking. But I knew that on the sides of these ravines were always ridges which rose above the rivers and were usually the quickest--if hardest--way to the top. It was for one of these ridges that I scrambled, and it was a steep climb.
It took me the better part of an hour to scale the slope of the ravine and make it to the top. My legs and chest were scratched up, but were only bleeding a bit. Once on the ridge, there were no trees and the ground was covered in low sagebrush. This was much better country to hike through, and I could easily see the peak I was headed for from the ridge. Despite having no trail, the going was relatively easy, if steep.
I climbed up the ridge for perhaps an hour before reaching a smaller peak on the ridge where I could stop for a bit. I only had one last steep ascent to the top, and I realized that this one would not be as easy as the last few. It was covered with head-high brush and brambles, and I was wearing jogging shorts and a gym shirt. But I had made it this far. I could continue.
I did it in one big push. I set myself a steady pace and started up. I followed animal trails as much as I could, but when I could not, I forged my own. The grade was steep, and more than once I lost my footing, but every time I caught myself on the branches, and though my hands were bloody, I still was able to get up again. I climbed for what seemed like an hour but was closer to half that. I had set myself a fast clip, and made it to the top just as the sun was setting. And when I broke free of the brush and emerged scratched and bruised on top, I felt as if the entire grueling ascent had been worth it. I could see the canyons on both sides of the mountain, as well as the brightly lit city below me, spread out like a vast mural set before a calm and reflective lake.
As the sun set, I looked for the exact coordinates of the hash. They weren't that far from the top of the ridge. At least, they didn't seem that way on my GPS. In reality, I had to hike back down the opposite side of the mountain in order to find the point, and the light was failing. I had neglected to bring a flashlight, so I was scrambling down as quick as I could in order to make it to the point quick enough to be able to read my own location. It took me almost half an hour of scrambling back downhill in order to reach the right point. But reach it I did. I was cold, I was shivering, and my cut legs hurt like anything, but I dutifully took a picture of the canyon from the hash and climbed back up to the crest.
When I reached the crest the second time, the sun had set completely and the moon was out. I could see it rise above the lake, and I quickly snapped a picture. The wind was picking up though, and I had no coat, so I quickly started down the mountain again. It would be a long and hateful trip back.
Down Again[edit]
By this time, I was sick of the mountain and wanted to be back somewhere warm. So not caring about the fact that I was wearing very little, I threw myself down the mountain and was almost running down its side. I felt the branches cutting at my legs and arms but I ignored them. I made it down through the brambles guarding the summit in half the time it took me to go up, and before an hour was up was halfway down the ridge. Unfortunately, it was at this time that I got an unexpected call.
"Hello, can we speak to J______?"
"This is the Unified Police Department. We are calling about an abandoned Toyota Camry up Emigration canyon. Do you know anything about this situation?"
"That is my car! I parked it there about 5 hours ago to hike up the mountain on the trail head that starts there."
"Are you aware that you parked on private land?"
"No I am not. I thought I had pulled off to the side of a public trail."
"The trail might be public, sir, but there are obvious signs that you parked on private property. Did you notice the trailer parked on the side of the trail?"
"I did."
"And did you notice the stacked wood piled by the area in which you were parked?"
"Then it should have been obvious to you that you were parked on private property."
"I am sorry officer, I did not realize I was. I saw no signs, and I though it was a public trail."
"Property owners are not required to have signage denoting their property lines. The owner is very upset and wishes that I tow your vehicle. How soon will you be off the mountain?"
"I can be down in an hour."
"We will be waiting for you when you get here."
"Thank you officers."
I was panicking. I had no idea what they were going to fine me or what kind of violation I had committed, but I was determined to make it down the mountain and explain myself in person. This decided, I literally ran the rest of the way down the slope, jumping from foot to foot over the branches and ignoring any pain in my legs and arms. The entire way I was yelling at myself, saying, "This is without a doubt the most unintelligent thing you have ever done. I hate this, I hope I never have to go through it again."
In the dark, I missed the trail going back down, and so I came out a mile or so closer to the mouth of the canyon than where I had parked my car. However, there was a paved road all the way to my destination now, and so I jogged the rest of the way up the canyon and made it to the trail head with time to spare.
Although it was dark, I found the place again easily. The flashing red and blue lights were a giveaway. Once there, I talked with the police officers about the situation and got a few things cleared up. Apparently, friends of the owners of the property called because they were worried I was there to burglarise the home of the owner. The police had come, and had followed through. It was lucky I had service on the mountain or they would have towed my car. After a stern lecture, they let me go and I was able to climb back into my warm car out of the wind and drive the 45 minute drive home.
I was cold, in pain, and miserable. I limped on one leg for days. Yet the expedition was a success. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
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Another fun and creative thing I´ve been doing this DesignMarch is learning the origami technique with illustrator/writer Megan Herbert at the The Armoury, a concept store/studio she runs with partner Sruli Recht in the Reykjavík harbour area. God, there are so many things I could write about Sruli and Megan´s work, but for now I´ll concentrate on Megan, the origami lessons and her fantastic gift wrapping paper. Megan certainly is a long way from home, in fact, this native Australian has literally moved across the world to live and work here in Iceland. She told me that´s she has always had a fascination with gift wrapping and that from an early age she used to be very creative when it came to wrapping gifts for friends and family, sometimes customizing and making her own wrapping paper out of materials like Chinese newspapers which she painted in different colors. It´s no wonder then that few years ago Megan released her own collection of wrapping paper and gift tags to go with them. Each of Megan´s designs is imprinted on reclaimed deadstock and represent the elements we all share as human beings, ie. the blood that runs through our veins (Circulation), the bones in the body (Skeletal), the food that we digest (Digestion) and the oxygen that our lungs breath (Respiration). Megan uses the origami for decoration on the packages she wraps but they could equally be used as decorative elements at dinner parties for example. I have to admit that although I´ve always loved origami, I´ve lacked patience to give it a go and although I was quite clumsy during the lesson with Megan, I found it incredibly relaxing almost meditative. There was nice French music playing in the background and just a general feelgood vibe to the place. The origami lesson was definitely one of the best things I´ve been doing this DesignMarch, incredibly inspirational. I so much enjoyed my visit at The Armoury. Thank you Megan!
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RRA Interesting Info
admitadly im a little bit of a RRA fan. i was curious about where they get some of their stuff and after a quick web search found this:
*excerpt from a longer article* Rock River Arms Quality Review
Interesting, JonM! Can't say I'm a fan of RRA but that's good stuff...
I'm starting to think RRA makes a nice range/bench AR. They seem to get good reviews on accuracy.
RRA has got my vote.
I have an ArmaLite upper and it's decent but pales in comparison to my Daniel Defense LW midlength which is about 1 pound lighter and meets or exceeds military specs. Both came in right about $500 but I got more for my money with DD. BCM of course is a great choice and for those trying to save money I'd look at PSA or Spikes.
Now if you don't want an AR that leans heavily to personal protection then brands like ArmaLite, Bushmaster, DPMS, RRA and S&W are worth investigating if the price is right. But for a serious rifle, I couldn't endorse one of those companies when they haven't bothered to respond to repeated attempts to provide information for the new M4 comparison chart. I can only assume there's a good reason they don't want to share their specs.
So it seems much like buying a pig in a poke, a home brewed AR at a gun show or a PC with undisclosed components. Why do it when reputable vendors are falling all over themselves selling good products with known components. And telling you exactly what goes in to their rifles.
I myself LOVE RRA.
Mine will like a house a fire. It out shoots my Remington 700 any day of the week.
It is all on what you like. I got my RRA ( A Predator Pursuit Rifle) for under $1k.
It is all on what you like and what you want. I wanted a lighter weight Varmint rifle that was highly accurate.
You don't need a lot of accuracy in a CQB rifle. You need a light weight quick handling rifle that is ultra reliable.
Reference the Bench Rifle question. I do know that the RRA 20" Varmint Rifles I have had have been 1/4 MOA Rifles at 100 yards. Both were 1:8 Twist and even shooting the 55 gr. BT Bullets. Normally they would perform better with a little heavier bullet but they did just fine with the 55's. Where RRA exceed is the specifications and quality of parts they demand from their suppliers. Some of their suppliers run RRA Parts on machines that belong to RRA. If the standards are not met guess who losses the machine? That is another story.
Quentin and I got in on a deal from SmartGunner.com.
I ended up w/ a DD lightweight upper, DD RIS II rail, properly inspected BCG, DD stripped lower, BattleComp 1.5 muzzle device (pinned), and rail tool for $1k. The rail itself is almost $400, lower $125, BCG $157, and $155 for the muzzle device. Right there you're looking at $837 making the upper itself only $163. Thats a hell of a deal on a top of the line upper.
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Watch For the Screen Deep Out of the Bears' Own End
The first two weeks of the 2010 season, Mike Martz has perfectly timed a pair of screen passes with his offense buried deep on its own end of the field. In Week One against the Lions, Matt Forte took a simple slip screen and went nearly the length of the field for a touchdown. Only better play by the Cowboys' linebackers and cornerbacks avoided a near-repeat last week down in Dallas.
Martz has been doing this since he was calling the plays for the Super Bowl Champion St. Louis Rams back in 1999. He uses the aggressiveness that is inherently generated by the defense feeling it has the offense pinned down and turns it on its head. Capers would do well to remind his front 7, especially his defensive line, that they'll most likely see this tactic at least once, most likely later in the game.
- Rattle Cutler Early
This is such a no-brainer I feel silly even putting it down, but its the quickest way to beat any team quarterbacked by Jay Cutler.
Cutler is the ultimate front runner. He has all the talent in the world and that talent comes to the fore when his team is winning. But rattle him early and he can be taken completely out of his game. And I don't mean sacks and quarterback hits, though of course those help. Last week the Cowboys put a beating on Cutler something fierce throughout the first half and he kept bouncing back. Adjustments were made at halftime and he came out and played even better in the second half.
No, what I mean is planting a seed of doubt early by taking the ball away. Whether its by an interception (obviously preferred) or even a fumble recovery, get him thinking.
And then talk to him about it.
Clay Matthews knows exactly what I mean:
Cutler has all the ability in the world - but get to him and get his team down early and he has a very difficult time righting the ship.
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The Company is developing products to expand its angioedema portfolio, including a therapeutic candidate, DX-2930, for the prophylactic treatment of HAE and a biomarker assay to identify plasma- kallikrein-mediated disorders. In August 2013, Dyax began a Phase 1 clinical study evaluating the safety and tolerability of single subcutaneous administration of DX-2930 in healthy subjects.KALBITOR and DX-2930 were identified using Dyax's patented phage display technology, which rapidly selects compounds that bind with high affinity and specificity to therapeutic targets. Dyax leverages this technology broadly through the LFRP. This program has provided the Company a portfolio of product candidates being developed by its licensees, which currently includes 13 revenue eligible product candidates in various stages of clinical development, including three in Phase 3 trials. For additional information about Dyax, please visit www.dyax.com. For additional information about KALBITOR, including full prescribing information, please visit www.KALBITOR.com. Disclaimer This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the prospects for ramucirumab and other candidates in the LFRP portfolio, the prospects for continued clinical development of DX-2930 and projected revenues and KALBITOR net sales for 2013. Statements that are not historical facts are based on Dyax's current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates, forecasts and projections about the industry and markets in which Dyax and its licensees compete. The statements contained in this release are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in such forward-looking statements because of uncertainties involved in any future projections, as well as uncertainties associated with various activities and aspects of Dyax's business, including risks and uncertainties associated with the following: competition from new and existing treatments for HAE; uncertainty whether KALBITOR will gain broader market acceptance; uncertainty regarding treatment rates for patients on KALBITOR and distributor channel inventory levels; Dyax's dependence on the expertise, effort, priorities and contractual obligations of third parties in the manufacture of KALBITOR worldwide and in the development and any resulting marketing, sales and distribution of KALBITOR outside of the United States; Dyax's dependence on licensees and collaborators for development, clinical trials, manufacturing, sales and distribution of LFRP candidates and other licensed products; uncertainties as to whether one or more of Dyax's licensees' new product candidates will be commercialized and generate royalties; changing requirements and costs associated with Dyax's planned research and development activities; the uncertainty of patent and intellectual property protection; Dyax's dependence on key management and key suppliers; the impact of future alliances or transactions involving Dyax or others; and other risk factors described or referred to Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in Dyax's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Dyax cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this release. These statements speak only as of the date of this release, and Dyax undertakes no obligations to update or revise these statements, except as may be required by law.
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Radiesse seemed like a great option for me to restore lost facial volume in my submalar regions (both sides) where the fat had worn away beneath long-time cheek impacts (terino combined Mediums which I had put in 1998). As one accustomed to numerous procedures over the years with no ill effects (restylane, alloderm grafts, fat grafts, articoll injections in lips, botox, soft form lip implants, blephs, mini facelift, full face CO2, and more), I was looking for something that would fill in the small indents I had quickly with minimal downtime. As a guy in professional management career I just did not want to take a lot of down time this year; planning another mini facelift next year and then do some more fat grafts (which seem to last 4-5 years in me) together with a 2 week extended vacation early next year. Because I'm athletic and active, I just burn through restylane in a month or two. So Radiesse seemed ideal! I went to my board certified plastic surgeon and was injected on 3/19/12 with one 1.5cc syringe radiesse total for both sides. The radiesse was mixed with lidocaine and I was given nerve block shots to both cheeks as well. I went home an hour later with cheeks swollen out looking like, no kidding, I had a golf ball stuffed on/under each cheek. No worries, I knew it was just swelling from all the lidocaine. Unfortunately, it took 48hrs to normalize so I worked from home a couple days. Then things looked fantastic. I was loving the look and crossing fingers I'd get a nice 6 months plus and. hopefully, with touch-up into next year in prep for my bigger procedures. Well suddenly on 3/30/12, 11 days post injection, late in the day my cheeks felt tight and started feeling some slight itchy, crawly sensations. EVerything looked ok, so I shrugged it off and went to bed. Next day, 3/31/12, both cheeks were VERY swollen and hard and reddened in the area of the injections. From there it began spreading over next few days, taking over my entire cheek areas and extending down and back to jawline. It took a couple hours each morning of hot compresses, aspirin, benadryl, clarisoninc massage, etc. to just get some of the hard swelling down and soften the cheek swelling up to more of a water retention look. (e.g. the classic "moon face"). On Monday, 4/2/12 I went back to my doctor but he had never heard of this nor really know what to do for me. He called in the gal in his office that actually does most of the facial filler injections there. She had not really seen it either, although did indicate she had injected her hands a few years ago with Radiesse and about 2 weeks after they swelled up similarly and it took 6 weeks to resolve. At this point, I was taking 2 benadryl every 4 hours round the clock WITH Claritin, aspirin, ibuprofen, etc. doing compresses, jogging inside on treadmill to sweat out water, and even started on 4/2/12 with low carb induction to cause my body to massively shed water. Well, none of that helped and it continued to worsen. On 4/4/12 I had to go to the Scottsdale Mayo Clinic for regular eye check-up (suffer from dry eye condition). My opthamologist immediately called in their plastic surgeon team to look at me. They indicated that I was having a severe allergic reaction to the carrier gel and they knew of this reaction from past experience and case histories, regardless of the Radiesse manufacturer denying potential for allergic reactions. They said my case history fit perfectly - typically everything looks good for a couple weeks and then as the body begins to break down the cellulose carrier gel either the gel or a by-product from the breakdown process stimulates a massive allergic reaction that can persist for a few months until the carrier gel is completely dissolved; then things usually settle down as the calcium particles are pretty inert. Although I'm sensitive to corti-steroids, they indicated I need to start a dose pack asap to get this under control. Because of the severity, they went to the strongest steroid they could: dexamethason 5 day custom dosing schedule. They indicated they typically give this to brain/spinal tumor patients, etc that need really strong swelling relief. Although I have no real allergies, I do have sensitivity to steroids, however, they hoped the fast, high dose of steroids would bring relief without significant side effects in me. I've now been on the steroids going into my third day WITH continuing benadryl, ibuprofen, low low carb diet, jogging, etc. I'm also doing hot compresses and 5 min clarisonic per cheek morning and night to try to stimulate circulation in area and help breakdown the carrier gel faster. I will say the swelling is about 60% gone and I can go to work without people giving me weird looks and asking me as they did earlier in week if I had been in a car accident or bad fight. I'm crossing fingers the swelling continues to abate and does not return after I go off the steroids next Monday. I've filed an adverse event report with FDA. My doctor was supposed to inform the manufacturer, Merz, but I plan to call them today and advise of the incident, treatment, and FDA report. So all in all, I obviously would never do radiesse injections again. The product obviously works well in the vast majority of people that are correctly injected. Apparently, true allergic reactions remain pretty uncommon. However, since there is no allergic testing done ahead and given I'm not a person with a history of allergies, I would only suggest modest caution if you are planing to jump in and don't want a lot of down time. Maybe ask for a test injection first in small area to see what happens before going all in. If you are one of the unfortunate ones like me who do develop an allergic reaction to carrier gel, skip all the home remedies and get your doctor to put you on steroids asap. They do seem to work well in arresting the swelling. Because the manufacturer does not indicate any potential for allergic reactions and most doctors injecting have not experienced this in their practice, just be aware you may get some deer in the headlights looks at first with uncertainty what is going on or whether it is related to the radiesse. If you are having delayed massive swelling and redness like I did in the immediate area of the injections, you need to persist with your doctor or get to major teaching hospital/center of excellence like I did with Mayo where their doctors are able to accumulate vastly more knowledge than the typical plastic surgeon or derm and will immediately identify it as an allergic reaction. Good luck to all.
Experienced Delayed Severe Allergic Reaction To Radiesse (Carrier Gel) - Scottsdale, AZ
Radiesse seemed like a great option for me to...
My Recovery Was Quick And Complete.
My experience has been my doctor is experienced and talented with a great staff. Obviously, this was an unusual situation and he just did not know what to do. Thought my reaction and the initial itching and skin sensations might be a viral flare up, for example. Only negative I would say is that he really fried to downplay the issue and my distorted look. So I do not in any way blame him for what happened and he did a great job with the injection placement. I'd just appreciate a tad bit more acceptance (and empathy) of my issue and concerns as the John Hopkins plastic surgeons displayed the second they saw me. I plan to continue to use him for my botox treatments and potentially consider for other procedures (with more probing on capacity to empathize and work to correct problems when they arise as I would hate to have a major procedure encounter difficulties and not have a doctor actively trying to make things better).


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Visitors to luxury hotels in London looking to do some shopping may be interested to know that leading retailer Harrods will soon be offering gourmet French cuisine.
A pop-up restaurant from Michelin-starred The French Laundry will arrive in the store on October 1st for just ten days.
The culinary collaboration will take place under the leadership of award-winning chef Thomas Keller and the top staff from his Napa Valley restaurant.
Hosted in the fourth floor's Georgian Restaurant, the one-off event will faithfully recreate the experience offered by The French Laundry, from its signature tableware to its nine course lunches and dinners.
The dishes will be served alongside Harrods' own exclusive creations, with the luxury goods shop claiming: "This imaginative set menu will represent the very best of The French Laundry and reflects Keller's favourite ingredients."
Meanwhile, world-famous designer Tom Ford has chosen Harrods to launch his first ready-to-wear women's collection.
Additionally, the womenswear section will house luxurious accessories, including shoes and a selection of jewellery exclusive to Harrods.
Marigay McKee, fashion and beauty director, commented: "The much-anticipated collection is inspiring as well as super sexy, with nipped in waist suiting and blouses in stunning jewel tones, equally perfect for a lady who lunches or a woman in the board room."
Star pieces include a scarlet red cocktail dress in rich velvet and a beautiful backless, rouched dress in delicate tulle.
The "covetable" selection of footwear includes a pair of peep toe boots in cream ostrich skin.
Encompassing seven floors of high quality merchandise across 4.5 acres, Harrods claims to serve over 15 million customers each year.
Harrods is directly next to Knightsbridge underground station a short journey from The Montcalm hotel, with the local Marble Arch station leading directly to Holborn where a Piccadilly Line train will take shoppers all the way to the luxury retailer.


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Inspector General Says Financial Data on For-Profits Makes Oversight 'Nearly Impossible'
For-profit colleges rely heavily on federal grants and loans for their revenues, but a new report by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General says the financial information those colleges give to the department is generally not useful enough for it to know how much of those billions of dollars are being spent on marketing, compared with instruction or other purposes.
That, the inspector general's report says, makes it "nearly impossible" for policy makers, the department, or other interested parties to effectively compare spending information across colleges or to provide appropriate oversight.
The report, issued on Wednesday, also notes that while overall spending on federal student aid increased by 68 percent from 2008 to 2012, to $144 billion, the amount of such aid disbursed to students at for-profit colleges during the same four-year period grew by 79 percent, to $29.6-billion.
"Given the level of federal investment in these schools, the department needs financial information that is transparent and consistent across participating schools to adequately monitor their participation," and to better ensure that the taxpayer funds used for students' educational programs "are spent in a manner that helps achieve the program results that Congress intended."
The report, which was released on the same day that a House of Representatives committee approved a bill aimed at curbing the department's regulatory authority, recommends that the agency establish uniform criteria for financial reporting so it can improve its oversight.
In a response contained in the report, department officials said they lacked the authority to require such a change. And even if the departmental office overseeing student aid had the information, the response says, it "does not have the authority to use the data for oversight."
That conclusion raised some incredulous reactions from consumer activists who circulated excerpts from the report within minutes of its release. It also drew a rebuke from the author of the inspector general's report.
"Oversight includes not only determining compliance with existing requirements, but also using available information to target oversight efforts and monitor program effectiveness," the report says. "For example, a school with low instructional expenses could be at higher risk of misrepresenting the nature of its programs or facilities. Similarly, a school with high marketing expenses could pose a higher risk of paying incentives to recruiters in violation of the ban on incentive compensation."
Several members of the U.S. Senate have introduced a bill that would prohibit colleges from using federal student-aid funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting.
A spokeswoman for the inspector general's office said the agency, an independent arm of the department, had written the report to provide Congress and the department with an objective analysis of whether financial information reported by proprietary schools could be used to determine how federal student-aid funds were being spent and to make future policy decisions.
The report looked at audited 2010 financial statements from 521 colleges (294 owned by publicly traded corporations and 227 owned by privately held companies) and found that, for 78 percent of them, the financial statements did not provide information on amounts spent for instruction and marketing.Return to Top


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BOULDER, Colo., Feb 06, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- One of the most promising benefits of the recent wave of smart grid investments is the potential to introduce innovative rate structures to consumers, particularly dynamic electricity pricing based on time of day and grid conditions. While such programs face considerable barriers to adoption, utilities in many parts of the United States are starting to roll them out. Click to tweet: According to a recent report from Navigant Research, dynamic pricing programs will be available to 18 percent of utility customers in the U.S. by 2020.
"Dynamic pricing holds great promise as a means of reducing energy costs and improving the utilization of electricity generation and delivery assets," says Eric Woods, research director with Navigant Research. "Significant technological, political, and business model barriers remain, however, that will delay the proliferation of new rates."
In particular, dynamic rates and time-based rates are viewed, in general, by the utility industry as disruptive threats to their traditional business models. The economic impact to the vast majority of regulated entities is the primary barrier behind the slow introduction of innovative rate structures. As a result, the report finds, the availability of dynamic pricing options for consumers will continue to be limited for at least the next 3 to 5 years.
The report, "Dynamic Pricing", examines the status of dynamic pricing for residential electricity consumers in the United States. Market forecasts are provided for different geographic regions within the United States, as well as across all classes of utilities, including investor-owned, municipal, and cooperative, and competitive energy suppliers. Base, conservative, and aggressive scenarios reflect different possible outcomes on a state-by-state basis for dynamic pricing through 2020. The report also provides an overview of the regulatory context for dynamic rates and identifies key barriers that are disrupting the implementation of these rate structures. An Executive Summary of the report is available for free download on the Navigant Research website.
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Navigant Research, the dedicated research arm of Navigant, provides market research and benchmarking services for rapidly changing and often highly regulated industries. In the energy sector, Navigant Research focuses on in-depth analysis and reporting about global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research and demand assessment, and deep examination of technology trends to provide a comprehensive view of the Smart Energy, Smart Utilities, Smart Transportation, and Smart Buildings sectors. Additional information about Navigant Research can be found at www.navigantresearch.com.
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Nokesville horses found dead in accident
A horse was found dead and another had to be put down in Nokesville late last week in Prince William County Police.
While police initially investigated the incident as a suspicious event, police later stated that the horses died because of an accident.
The horses, a 10-year-old mare and a quarter horse gelding palomino, were found early Friday morning at a farm in Nokesville. The mare, a thoroughbred cross, was found dead when authorities arrived. The second horse was severely injured and had to be euthanized.
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We're expecting twins in November, #3 and #4 for us. We think we will need some nighttime help, and are considering hiring a night nurse for a few weeks.
I'm looking for a recommendation for someone wonderful who is:
1. Experienced with twins (or multiples)
2. Familiar with INTACT CARE (not sure if we have any boys in here, but we have two other boys, so reasonably likely)
3. Pro-breastfeeding, and who will help me figure out how the heck to do two at once (I am a HUGE nurser, and expect to be successful, but recognize that this may require learning for me and the babies, too ... and need support in place to keep my spirits up!)
We have two older sons, so we have some idea what we're doing with babies, just not two at once Also, we welcome opinions, but expect that our wishes will be followed in the case that we have different ideas (for example: my DH is immovable on disposable diapers...he's not budging on gDiapers or cloth, period).
Lastly, most likely my parents will be around after the twins are born, and, although they are mostly wonderful, they can also be a challenge at times ... the right person will be able to tolerate (or even love) them, too.
Anyone know anyone? Anyone have any experience with having twins and using a night nurse/nanny? For example, how long might we need someone? etc.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts, recommendations, observations ...
Oh man, I live in MN so no help here sorry, but I plan to move to CO hence being on this board, BUT I readyour post and seriously I would have LOVED to do this!!! I am sorta obsessed with sweet chubby cute looking babies so twins is such a big bonus!!! I am looking into pp doula-ing and this would line right up with that!!! Man if I was in the Denver area NOW I'd be applying!
Good luck with your such and a huge huge huge CONGRATS!!!
Hi vachi, congratulations on your twins! Mine are 3 now and always keep things entertaining. I agree, a postpartum doula sounds like it might be a good choice for you. Here is the listing from the Colorado Doulas page--if you scroll down, you'll see who offers services as a postpartum doula. There is a night-nanny service in Denver, whose name I've forgotten, but I suspect their standard childcare practices might not line up with your desires. http://www.coloradodoulas.com/denver.html#postpartum
I did not use a night nanny or doula, though there were about a dozen times I certainly would've liked to those first couple of months! (We always thought about that in retrospect..."geez, that was a rough night, what I would've given for some help!"
Best wishes for a beautiful birth and uneventful transition to MoM-hood. Also, stop by the "parenting multiples" forum here at MDC when you get a chance!
You should contact Angela Seeling. She is a fabulously experienced doula who also had twins for babies 2 and 3. I highly recommend her!!!
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Just read your post, congratulations!
I took a class from a post-partum doula over at Rose a few years ago (she taught a breast-feeding class, but also mentioned that she ran her own business). Her website http://www.passivedescent.com/index.php
You may have found something already, but just thought I'd pass on the info!
Good luck to you all.
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What to do when you overindulge on Christmas cookies or have one too many latkes and can't get to the gym to start working off the extra holiday pounds? Well, you can try a pair of Not Your Daughter's Jeans, which features a special Lycra panel that claims to suck you in, tuck away those naughty rolls and let you wear one size smaller. I was so intrigued by the concept I even canceled my gym membership — but perhaps a tad too soon. It took me three tries before I found a pair that didn't make me feel like a sausage. But eventually I settled on a pair of "Denim like Cashmere" and they are indeed, soft, stretchy and a size smaller than my usual pair of Sevens. On the other hand, my 60-something-year-old mom says of her pair, "I feel younger. I feel like they give me a nice figure. They're cute and comfortable." Her one complaint is that she wishes they had a higher waistband. Over all, the verdict is a thumbs up from both mother and daughter, but I think I'm still going to renew the membership at the gym. — Caryn Midler
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Mind, body, and Judaism: the interaction of Jewish law with psychology and biology
Essays taken from the first ten volumes of Yeshiva University's Torah u-Madda Journal. Includes bibliograhical references and index. pt. I.Introduction --pt. II.Torah and science --Where do Torah and science clash? /Adin Steinsaltz --Torah and science: constructs and methodology /Moshe D. Tendler --Halakhah and scientific method /Yaakov Neuberger --Darwin and Derash: the interplay of Torah and biology /Carl Feit --pt. II.Judaism and mental health forum: a fictional case with commentaries --Case study: diagnosis and treatment of a psychotic depressive /Jay F. Shachter --Ritual, literalism and diagnosis: thoughts provoked by a provocative essay /Tzvi Hersh Weinreb --Religion and mental health: a theoretical and clinical perspective /Yitzchak Schechter --"A garland for ashes": regarding diagnosis of religious rituality in "diagnosis and treatment of a psychotic depressive" /Moshe Halevi Spero --Human factor: a plea for second options /Shalom Carmy -- pt. III.Judaism, genetic engineering and the cloning of humans --Introduction /Dacid Shatz, Joel B. Wolowelsky --Scientific advance and the jewish moral conscience /Yitzchok Adlerstein --Creativity and catharsis: a theological framework for evaluating cloning /Kenneth Waxman --Cloning and its challenges /Julian (Yoel) Jakobovits --Human cloning: scientific, moral and jewish perspectives /Avraham Steinberg --Cloning and the noahide legal code /Michael J. Broyde --Case for genetic engineering /Fred Rosner --Cloning as a remedy for reproductive failure /Richard V. Grazi --Case against cloning /Eitan Fiorino --Human and molecular cloning: ethical dilemmas in a brave new world /Feige Kaplan --Is a human clone a golem? /John D. Loike --Matter of time: the moral status of cloning /Yigal Shafran --pt. IV.Jewish and biological death --Halakhic definition of death in light of medical history /Edward Reichman.
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A Great Time for Women's Wrestling
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Hi everyone! This is my first post so I welcome any feedback. As we all know for the last 5 years or so WWE diva matches have been anything but interesting. As some have put it they've been the bathroom breaks for many even less interesting than the comercials. The current batch of divas are little more than models with a bit of wrestling training mixed in picked for their looks and not for their wrestling talent. While some memorable female wrestlers in the past grew to great heights in popularity in spite of being hired for their looks only (Trish, Sable, etc) it doesn't mean that they should keep doing the same thing in hopes that another breakout star with surface. In my opinion part of what made some of those women stand out was the fact that they were different from the rest around them. Of course you can't be different if you're all hired under the same criteria (ie. looks).
I miss the days of the entertaining divas, women like Trish, Lita, Jacqueline, Ivory, Jazz, Molly, etc. I have to agree with what Sunny said during an interview which was that back in the day there were less divas so whenever you got to see one it was special and you'd anticipate it. Nowadays there are way too many divas and with them all being the same it's hard to take notice. To make matters worse WWE refuses to give the spotlight to the better female wrestlers like Gail, Beth and Natalya instead focusing on generic girls Eve and Kelly Kelly.
The TNA Knockouts on the other hand were much more entertaining and diverse. They had some hard times but no worse than the dead divas division. At least their storylines were more interesting and their matches lasted over 4 minutes.
But has the tide finally turned for the divas and the knockouts? The recent debut of Kharma suggests a new direction for the WWE divas. TNA of course not to be outdone has now debuted Chyna who may or not be part of the knockout's division. Can these 2 turn things around as far as the women's wrestling goes in each fed? I'd say they have the potential to, however, it's much to early to say for sure. WWE has never used former TNA talent well (ie. Christian, Gail, etc) so if they are any indication Kharma may well end up jobbing to the likes of Kelly Kelly. TNA has done great things with some of their women, but with Chyna being such a unique case she may well add nothing to the knockouts division. Only time will tell. Any thoughts?