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As part of a lengthy cleanup of the former Rocky Flats weapons complex, demolition began on Thursday at a highly contaminated building where workers once handled highly radioactive materials used in triggers for nuclear weapons.
Leaks, spills and a 1957 fire plagued the structure, Building 771, and part of it was closed 30 years ago because radiation levels were off the charts. In 1994, the Department of Energy called the building its ''greatest vulnerability'' because of the buildup of contamination.
Rocky Flats started producing plutonium triggers in the 1950's. It was closed in 1989 when safety violations led to a raid by federal agents.
Work began in 1994 to decommission the complex, and the site, which includes 6,000 acres of open space, will eventually be turned over to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Half of the roughly 800 buildings that made up the sprawling complex have been dismantled. Completion is expected by December 2006.
Department of Energy officials originally estimated that the cleanup would take 60 years and cost up to $36 billion. The final cost will probably be less than $7 billion.
The faster pace has led critics to question whether proper precautions are being taken and if the Kaiser-Hill Company, in charge of the cleanup, is more interested in earning hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses for finishing ahead of schedule.Continue reading the main story
Kaiser-Hill has defended its safety record, and state and federal officials express confidence that proper procedures are being followed.Continue reading the main story


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Johannesburg - Gauteng detectives are investigating a third Tembisa man they suspect of being a serial rapist.
A reliable source indicated to The Star that the police were investigating 22 cases, including 16 rapes, 18 kidnappings, two attempted rapes, and 18 counts of house robbery.
The Star reported on two other alleged serial rapists in Tembisa in the past five months.
The trial of Justice Albert Morake is underway at the South Gauteng High Court sitting in Palm Ridge, where he pleaded not guilty to the 175 charges he is facing. He was arrested in 2012.
The State has indicated it was ready to prosecute a Tembisa man, aged 40, accused of raping about 50 schoolgirls aged 6 to 12. That trial is expected to begin in January.
Police said on Tuesday the third alleged suspect had escaped from custody while on trial in Limpopo in June.
The 28-year-old, whose name is known to The Star, was arrested on Friday by Gauteng police in Ebony Park, Tembisa, for other crimes committed in the past 13 months.
Spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said on Tuesday that the suspect was the province's most wanted. The man cannot be named until he pleads.
Mulaudzi said there were eight pending cases in Villa Nora, including business robberies, house robberies, attempted robberies, possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, and hijacking.
There were also two charges at Gilead, Limpopo, of rape.
"We are liaising with colleagues from Gauteng with a view to centralising all cases into one docket. We will get advice from the NDPP (National Director of Public Prosecutions). We're delighted with the arrest and this will bring closure for the victims of this elusive suspect."
A source close to the police, who cannot be named as he is not authorised to speak to the media, said the accused was in possession of an unlicensed firearm, ammunition and stolen property when arrested.
"Police are investigating more charges," the source said, adding that the suspect was arrested with two others, believed to be accomplices in some actions.
He said the alleged rapist's modus operandi was to break into women's homes between midnight and 3am. Once inside, the suspect – dubbed the "balaclava rapist" – allegedly kidnapped them, took them to a stretch of veld and raped them. Afterwards, he allegedly forced them to wash at a dam in a bid to get rid of forensic evidence.
The suspect appeared at the Tembisa Magistrate's Court on Monday. The matter was postponed to next week for further investigations and a bail application.
However, The Star understands that the suspect has abandoned his bail application.
Gauteng police spokeswoman Captain Doniah Mothutsane confirmed that the accused was facing 22 charges including house robberies, theft and rape.
The Star

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In the UK, Glue London has launched an interesting online recruitment campaign for the Royal Navy. Since the message has to be delivered to 15-24 years olds, they've decided to go for the media this group usually uses: email and mobile phones. If you have a message to deliver, than take advantage of their "service"… Get The Message it's a website and an application which allows users to send personalized (yes, they pronounce the recipient's first name) video messages to be delivered via both email and mobile phones using a variety of Royal Navy hardware from Sea King helicopters to submarines, dive boats and even Royal Marine Commandos. The concept is quite original and surely very well executed. Video plays a key role in the campaign, and it's surely spectacular enough to get the attention of the picky 15-14 years olds.
The Royal Navy in the UK has launched an online campaign to recruit aircrew. Netimperative reports the initiative is managed through COI and developed in partnership with Glue London and I-Level. Email marketing will play a key role, with target messages to people who asked the Royal Navy information in the past. Banners and rich media skyscrapers will also be part of the campaign, appearing on sites visited by 16-23 years old men.
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The three finalists on MasterChef Ireland have been revealed after a tough eight weeks in the competition.
Edel Byrne, Niamh Mannion and Diana Dodog are the final three contestants to make it into the final stages of the competition, as Hugh Mullan was eliminated.
Judges Dylan McGrath and Nick Munier deemed that Hugh's duck was not to the standard that they expected.
Hugh commented on leaving the show: "Today I didn't get it right and rightfully I am leaving the competition. I would loved to have been in the final but it's good for my kids to see sometimes you don't win, you just have to get up and keep going."
The series continues on RTÉ One on Tuesday April 29 and Wednesday April 30 at 8:30pm.
For more on MasterChef Ireland, visit: www.rte.ie/masterchef.


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Issued February 11, 2002
1 Issue: Do the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct preclude a Utah lawyer from financing litigation costs through a loan from a third-party lending institution, if (a) the lawyer is obligated to repay the loan and (b) the client, by separate agreement with the lawyer, is obligated to reimburse the lawyer for such costs?
2 Conclusion: The Utah Rules of Professional Conduct do not preclude such litigation-financing arrangements, provided the lawyer discloses to the client the terms and conditions of the loan, the client consents, and the lawyer, but not the client, is obligor on the loan.
3 Background: A Utah State Bar lawyer seeks an advisory opinion regarding the ethical propriety under the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct of participating in a "recourse" loan program,1by which the lawyer would finance the costs of litigation for his client through a third-party lending institution offering loans to lawyers for litigation expenses.
The primary features of a typical program include:
The program allows a lawyer, often a personal-injury lawyer seeking to finance a contingent-fee case, to raise the money at low cost to be invested in litigation expenses. This is accomplished through a low-interest, recourse loan to the lawyer or law firm who uses the potential fees from the case as loan collateral.
Under the terms of the loan, the lending institution advances reimbursable litigation costs, as defined in the loan agreement, to the lawyer. The brochure of one such lending institution claims it advances 95% to 100% of the lawyer's case costs.
The lawyer pays monthly interest charges on funds advanced under the loan, and remits the loan principal upon settlement or resolution of the case. By a separate agreement with the client, the lawyer ultimately recoups litigation expenses and interest charges from the client if the case is successful.
If the case is abandoned or lost, the lawyer is obligated to repay advanced costs and expenses and any outstanding interest to the lender. The lawyer may elect not to receive funding from the lending institution on a particular case if the potential for success is not deemed high enough. The client remains obligated to repay the lawyer for such advanced costs under a separate agreement between the lawyer and the client.
The lending institution recommends the lawyer add language to the client fee agreement that discloses the case-financing transaction. A sample client letter discloses, "If no recovery is obtained, you will be obligated only for disbursements and charges as described below." Such disbursements include photocopying, messenger service, computerized research, videotape recordings, travel expenses, experts, investigators, etc. In disclosing the financing arrangement, the letter states, "You acknowledge and agree that we [the law firm] may borrow funds from time to time to pay certain of the costs referred to above and agree that, in addition to reimbursing us for the amount of such costs, you also will reimburse us for any interest charges and related expenses we incur in connection with such borrowings."
4 Variations of such financing arrangements are possible, but the essential features for purposes of this opinion are that the lawyer is obligated to the lending institution to repay the loan principal, and the client is obligated to reimburse the lawyer for advanced litigation costs, plus any applicable interest.
5 Analysis: The letter requesting our opinion notes a concern with our Opinion 97-11,2 dealing with a "non-recourse" cost-financing program. In that opinion, we concluded, "An attorney's grant of a security interest in a contingent fee from a particular case to secure a loan constitutes the sharing of fees with a non-lawyer in violation of Utah Rules of Professional Conduct 5.4(a)."3In other words, the lender's fee was contingent upon the lawyer's contingent fee. The Committee disagreed with the lender's contention that such an arrangement did not involve fees, but merely a repayment of costs. The opinion added, "Once a security interest in the recovery of contingent fees from a particular case is granted, Rule 5.4 is implicated. Upon that grant, Lender has the right to attach upon default in payment of the loan." That particularized interest would "compromise the lawyer's judgment in a number of ways," primarily by creating potential conflicts between the lawyer and the lender, thereby undermining the lawyer's duty of independent professional judgment and the duty of client loyalty.4
6 The proposed financing arrangement explained above has none of the objectionable features described in Opinion 97-11. Here, the lending institution has no interest in the lawyer's contingent-fee award because, under the separate loan agreement between the lawyer and the lender, the lawyer is obligated to repay the loan whatever the outcome of the case. Because this obligation is not contingent, the lawyer is not compromised, as was the lawyer under the arrangement described in Opinion 97-11. Similarly, in this case, the client, by separate agreement, remains obligated to the lawyer for payment of litigation costs. The lawyer is not compromised because the client's obligation is not contingent upon the outcome of litigation. The arrangement described above simply makes it easier for clients and attorneys to finance litigation and is mutually beneficial to both.
7 Many other state counterparts to this Committee have considered the professional ethics issues arising under financing arrangements similar to those in this opinion. These advisory opinions have analyzed the proposed financing arrangement in light of their respective rules' prohibitions against fee-splitting arrangements and the lawyer's "independent judgment." In Utah, these ethical standards are found in Rule 5.4(a).5The various state bar ethics opinions summarized in the Appendix to this opinion have invariably concluded that litigation-financing arrangements similar to those described above are permissible, provided the attorney remains obligated on the loan and there is full disclosure to the client. Our research has not disclosed a contrary opinion, and we generally concur with the reasoning and conclusions of these opinions.
Formal Advisory Opinion No. 86-2, State Bar of Florida (April 15, 1986), asks whether "[l]awyers may charge a lawful rate of interest on liquidated fees and costs either as provided in advance by written agreement or upon reasonable notice." The com mittee's answer, in its entirety, states, "The Committee finds no basis for distinguishing between fees and costs advanced for the purpose of charging interest. Accordingly, the Committee concludes that the Code of Professional Responsibility does not prohibit in advance by written agreement or, in the absence of a written agreement, upon reasonable notice. It is the Committee's view that 60 days would constitute reasonable notice."
Formal Advisory Opinion No. 92-1, State Bar of Georgia (January 14, 1992), describes a system for payment of certain costs and expenses in contingency-fee cases where the law firm sets up a draw account with a bank, secured by a note from individual firm lawyers. When a client makes a payment toward expenses incurred on the case, the law firm credits the client's account, and if the case is settled or verdict paid, the firm pays off the client's share of the money advanced on the loan. If no verdict or settlement is obtained, the lawyers are contractually obligated to repay the loan, although the client remains ultimately liable to the lawyer, not the bank, to reimburse such expenses. The opinion raises two issues: whether the bank loan to the lawyer compromises the attorney -client relationship and whether it is ethical to charge clients interest. As to the first issue, the opinion concludes there is no ethical impropriety provided the lawyers "make sure that the bank understands that its contractual arrangement can in no way affect or compromise the lawyer's obligations to his or her individual clients." The opinion similarly concludes on the second issue, "[I]t is permissible to charge interest on such advances only if (i) the client is notified in the contingent fee contract of the maximum rate of interest the lawyer will or may charge on such advances; and (ii) the written statement given to the client upon conclusion of the matter reflects the interest charged on expenses advanced in the matter."
Opinion No. 92-9, Illinois State Bar Ass'n (January 22, 1993), posits a different factual arrangement. The question was whether the lawyer may ethically help clients obtain financing. Under the proposed arrangement, the lawyer pays an initial fee of $500 for which he is given the right to submit loan applications from clients. If the loan is approved, the client becomes solely responsible on the loan, but the attorney receives the loan proceeds less a 10% fee. The opinion concluded that an "attorney may ethically assist clients in obtaining loans for payment of attorney fees, providing the attorney protects the client's confidences and meets his fiduciary obligation of complete disclosure."
Informal Opinion No. 970066, Missouri Bar Ass'n (August 20, 2001), asks, "If an Attorney borrows money in order to fund the litigation expenses in a case, may an attorney pass the interest on the loan through to the client?" In a terse answer, the Opinion concludes the "Code of Professional Responsibility does not prohibit an attorney from charging a lawful rate of interest on liquidated fees and costs, either as provided in advance by written agreement or, in the absence of a written agreement, upon reasonable notice."
New Jersey
120 N.J.L.J. 252, N. J. Advisory Comm. on Professional Ethics (July 30, 1987), discusses whether "it is appropriate for the firm to advance disbursements" in a contingency fee case. The financing arrangements are virtually identical to those described in the Utah inquiry. Consistent with its counterparts, the Committee found "nothing unethical or contrary to the letter of the rules of the Court, or Rules of Professional Conduct in the proposed provision."
Opinion 2001-3, The Supreme Court of Ohio, Board of Commissioners (June 7, 2001), addresses "the ethical propriety of a law firm borrowing money, using the funds to advance costs and expenses of litigation in a personal injury matter accepted on a contingent fee basis, and then passing the interest fees and costs of the loan to the client as expenses of litigation." Again, the financing arrangements are virtually identical to those described in the Utah inquiry. The Ohio Board found: "[T]here is no rule prohibiting a lawyer from obtaining a loan from a third party institution for use in advancing the expenses of litigation provided the loan is not secured by the client's settlement or judgment. However, the client should be informed."
Tex. Comm. on Professional Ethics, Op. 465, V. 54 Tex. B.J. 76 (1991), discusses two issues: whether an attorney may "ethically own an interest in a lending institution which loans money to personal injury clients of the attorney," and whether the attorney "may borrow money from a lending institution for case expenses . . . and ethically charge, or pass on, to the client, as part of the expense, the outofpocket [sic] interest or finance charges of the lending institution." The Committee found "an attorney may properly own an interest in a lending institution which loans money to personal injury clients of the attorney," and that "an attorney may properly borrow money from a lending institution for case expenses for a personal injury client, and charge, or pass on, to the client the actual out-of-pocket interest or finance charges of the lending institution."
Advisory Ethics Opinion 98-A-659, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee (July 9, 1989), draws a similar conclusion from similar facts described in the Utah inquiry. The Board concludes "a lawyer may advance or guarantee certain expenses" by means of "a lending company or recommending such services to clients."
1.A "recourse loan" in this context is one for which the lawyer would be liable to a lending institution irrespective of the outcome of litigation being financed. See Black's Law Dictionary ("recourse loan" under "loan" entries) (7th ed. 1999).
2.Utah Ethics Adv. Op. 97-11, 97 WL 770890 (Utah St. Bar).
3.Id. at 1.
4.Id. at 2.
5."A lawyer or law firm shall not share legal fees with a nonlawyer" with noted exceptions, none of which is applicable here. Professional Independence of a Lawyer, Utah Rules of Professional Conduct 5.4(a) (2001).


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The Wall Street Journal's most popular article today was an editorial by one Professor Michael J. Boskin entitled, "Get Ready for a 70% Marginal Tax Rate," and it was a doozy. It hearkened back to bygone days at university, when we carelessly tossed haphazardly written bullshit under the professor's door a minute after the deadline, filled with neat little tricks and techniques designed to give the appearance of substance to whatever flimsy excuse for an argument we had to present that week.
Maybe it's because Boskin's article reads like a sophomore homework assignment. "First, as college students learn in Econ 101, higher marginal rates cause real economic harm," he tells us. (I guess they don't teach history students the same thing.) Good, we've established an axiom. But Professor Boskin, how can we tell?
The combined marginal rate from all taxes is a vital metric, since it heavily influences incentives in the economy—workers and employers, savers and investors base decisions on after-tax returns.
So, the metric for how much higher marginal tax rates are affecting the economy is… the combined marginal rate? Leaving aside the circular logic for the moment, questions arise: how are these tax rates combined, and what is a marginal tax rate, anyway?
The current top federal rate of 35% is scheduled to rise to 39.6% in 2013 (plus one-to-two points from the phase-out of itemized deductions for singles making above $200,000 and couples earning above $250,000). The payroll tax is 12.4% for Social Security (capped at $106,000), and 2.9% for Medicare (no income cap). While the payroll tax is theoretically split between employers and employees, the employers' share is ultimately shifted to workers in the form of lower wages.
Later, he gives us a sample question, assuming taxes will be broadly increased across the board:
It would be a huge mistake to imagine that the cumulative, cascading burden of many tax rates on the same income will leave the middle class untouched. Take a teacher in California earning $60,000. A current federal rate of 25%, a 9.5% California rate, and 15.3% payroll tax yield a combined income tax rate of 45%.
How does that work? Well, I got out a calculator (you can, too! it's interactive!) and checked the professor's math:
60,000×(1−(.095+(.153÷2)) = 49,710
49,710÷60,000 = 82%, or 18% tax rate before federal taxes
Federal taxes take 25% off the rest, leaving 62% of 60,000;
100-62 = a 38% effective tax rate.
How did he get to 45%, I hear you cry? Well,
60,000×(1-(.095+.153))×.75 ends up being a 43.5% effective rate, which is 45% if you round up to the nearest odd number, for some reason. But that would mean Boskin is counting the full payroll tax, half of which is paid by the employer, entirely as lost income in terms of the total tax bill. Why, by those standards, the teacher is actually making $64,590 a year (instead of $60,000 as stated). Also, our teacher takes no deductions whatsoever.
With failures in math and logic, the bigger problem lies in the fact that nowhere does Boskin say what "marginal" tax rates actually are and how they might differ from the other tax rates he yammers on about throughout the piece. Marginal taxes are those paid on the portion of income above a series of cutoffs. So, for example, California's citizens face a haunting marginal tax rate (on wages only, not capital gains) of 44.1% including state and federal taxes; but that's the most anyone can pay in taxes anywhere in the state (barring property, sales and other sin taxes, of course). Now I bet you're wondering, how many people actually pay that rate? Well, here's a look at income inequality in the United States:
Source: Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, "Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(1), 2003. Updated to 2008 at http://emlab.berkeley.edu/users/saez.
The bottom 99% receive between 76-79% of the wages (which is what we're talking about here) and the same source as the graph above says that in "9 out of 10 households — income [is] below $104,696" and that the average income for these bottom 90% is $30,374 (which includes capital gains). By smoothly transitioning from the injustice of taxing the absolute richest people in the country–a.k.a. the "marginal tax rate"–to the inflated woes of a poor beleaguered California public servant (who is making, one might point out, just about twice the average for the bottom-90% bracket) and threatening Wall Street Journal readers with a projected 70% marginal rate on wages, Boskin has all the bluster he needs to distract from the argument's essential flaws. One that jumps out at me is the following paragraph:
Nobody—rich, middle-income or poor—can afford to have the economy so burdened. Higher tax rates are the major reason why European per-capita income, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is about 30% lower than in the United States—a permanent difference many times the temporary decline in the recent recession and anemic recovery.
Besides the intentionally misleading wording that leaves the reader to decide whether the OECD specifically blames higher tax rates in Europe for the comparative difference in per-capita income with the U.S., or whether they just operate a website that features statistics for the whole of the European Union (or maybe even all of Europe as a continent), the truth is that the rich can be so burdened. Not only can they be so burdened, but the idea that lower taxes on the extremely wealthy somehow translate into economic benefit for the rest of the economy is flat wrong. You can see exactly how flat I mean:
Source: Congressional Budget Office, Average Federal Taxes by Income Group, "Average After-Tax Household Income," June, 2010.
You see, no matter what the after-tax income of the top marginal earners, since 1979, it hasn't made one lick of difference in real take-home pay for the rest of us. On the other hand, the wealthiest 5% now make what the wealthiest 1% used to make way back then, and the top 1% themselves are taking in money on what, to the rest of us, looks like a vastly distorted curve.
1979, it turns out, was not only the year Reagan began to return our country to greatness by running for president, but also the year average wages basically stopped growing. Here's the best part. Baskin acknowledges this problem, and then waves it away as if trying to swat a persistent mosquito:
Some argue the U.S. economy can easily bear higher pre-Reagan tax rates. They point to the 1930s-1950s, when top marginal rates were between 79% and 94%, or the Carter-era 1970s, when the top rate was about 70%. But those rates applied to a much smaller fraction of taxpayers and kicked in at much higher income levels relative to today.
There were also greater opportunities for sheltering income from the income tax. The lower marginal tax rates in the 1980s led to the best quarter-century of economic performance in American history. Large increases in tax rates are a recipe for economic stagnation, socioeconomic ossification, and the loss of American global competitiveness and leadership.
Back to the history books: in the 50's and 60's, when we were doing the exact opposite of "economic stagnation, socioeconomic ossification, and the loss of American global competitiveness and leadership," marginal tax rates were between 94% and 70%. Not to mention the entire article is a long strawman directed at imagined increases in taxation connected to the weight of our deficit, $1 trillion of which were awarded as tax breaks to the wealthy in the last 10 years–and look how well that turned out.
So Boskin fudges the facts and the figures and the history and drips a little Milton Friedman blood on the altar of no-taxes. Who is this guy, anyway? Only last year, Boskin issued a screed on the same WSJ editorial page savaging the totalitarian impulse to destroy the truth with faulty numbers:
Politicians and scientists who don't like what their data show lately have simply taken to changing the numbers. They believe that their end—socialism, global climate regulation, health-care legislation, repudiating debt commitments, la gloire française—justifies throwing out even minimum standards of accuracy. It appears that no numbers are immune: not GDP, not inflation, not budget, not job or cost estimates, and certainly not temperature. A CEO or CFO issuing such massaged numbers would land in jail.
Well, at least his motives are purely scientific–Boskin is, after all, a humble Stanford economics professor. It's not like he's in that rareified top echelon of earners who are actually paying the top marginal tax rate, he's just a neoclassical economist with a real ideological fervor, right? Wrong.
Boskin happens to be a member of Exxon Mobil's board of directors and has been for over 15 years. He also sits on the boards of Oracle, Japan's Shinsei Bank, and European telecom giant Vodafone. He also happens to be the Friedman chair and a fellow at conservative think-tank The Hoover Institution, named after one of America's favorite presidents (definitely in the top 100). So, this guy knows a thing or two about corporate number-crunching. And, history!
In Argentina, President Néstor Kirchner didn't like the political and budget hits from high inflation. After a politicized personnel purge in 2002, he changed the inflation measures. Conveniently, the new numbers showed lower inflation and therefore lower interest payments on the government's inflation-linked bonds. Investor and public confidence in the objectivity of the inflation statistics evaporated. His wife and successor Cristina Kirchner is now trying to grab the central bank's reserves to pay for the country's debt.
Most interestingly, Boskin was once head of the Boskin Commission, which convinced the government that… here, I'll just let Wikipedia explain, it's easier:
Its final report, titled "Toward A More Accurate Measure Of The Cost Of Living" and issued on December 4, 1996, concluded that the CPI [Consumer Price Index] overstated inflation by about 1.1 percentage points per year in 1996 and about 1.3 percentage points prior to 1996.
The report was important because inflation, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is used to index the annual payment increases in Social Security and other retirement and compensation programs. This implied that the federal budget had increased by more than it should have, and that projections of future budget deficits were too large. The original report calculated that the overstatement of inflation would add $148 billion to the deficit and $691 billion to the national debt by 2006.
I guess Stanford's Irony Department is really great.


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Warriors top Tigers in a five-set thriller
For the second time this season, the Central High School volleyball team upset rival Grand Junction in a five-set thriller, winning 20-25, 25-20, 12-25, 25-18 and 15-12 on Tuesday night.
"We really kept together as a team and played hard," Central sophomore Rayleigh Norton said. "It feels really good to play underdog to them twice this year."
The Warriors (5-10, 3-4 Southwestern League) are tied with Montrose for third place in the league with three games remaining. The Tigers (8-8, 2-5 SWL) are trying to recover from a rough stretch of conference games.
"I told the girls that I have to sleep on this and figure out what we're going to do," Grand Junction coach Leslie Vines said.
The Tigers took a 13-4 lead to begin the first game before Central pulled within four. A double-hit gave the Tigers a 25-20 win.
Central rebounded in the second set, taking an 8-4 lead and barely hanging on. Grand Junction senior Alicia Copp had three straight aces as the Tigers closed the gap to three, but an error and an ace from Norton gave the Warriors a 25-20 win.
The Tigers' front row helped shift momentum in the third set, notching four straight kills and seven unanswered points as they cruised to a 25-12 victory.
Central controlled the fourth set, leading by as many as 10 points to win 25-18.
The teams battled for control in the fifth set, tying four different times. Central sealed the win with when Grand Junction senior Kricket Adleman pushed a spike wide, giving the Warriors the 15-12 win in the final set.
"We finished well, which is something we've been struggling to do this year," Central coach Beth Nelson said.
Senior Kimber Baker led the Warriors with 10 kills and sophomore Taylor Head added seven kills and notched a team-high eight blocks. Norton had 28 assists and two aces.
For the Tigers, Adleman led with 10 kills and junior Kacie Jay had 19 digs. Junior Justine Roof added seven blocks.
"I'm happy with our chances to finish out the season and hopefully make something happen in the playoffs," Nelson said. "We have a young group of girls that have really stepped up when we've needed them to and a group of seniors who have done a great job."
Montrose 3, Fruita Monument 1: The Wildcats kept the match close, but couldn't come out with the win in Montrose.
The Wildcats (11-5, 4-3 SWL) lost 25-22, 24-26, 25-17 and 25-21.
"We need to be tougher mentally and make it through the game without mental mistakes," Fruita coach Bob Richardson said.
Michelle Midgley had 41 digs and Denae Ungaro had 20 assists in the loss. Teddi Larson led the Wildcats with 10 kills.


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Regular Season Playoff. Stanford is shooting for the BCS title game. Oregon wants to lock down a BCS bowl bid. Both must win the Pac 12 to get there. The winner of this game clinches the chance to be the North's representative in the title game, at home. Respective streaks meet here. The Cardinal have won 17-straight games, last loss to Oregon in 2010. The Ducks have won 18 consecutive conference games, last loss to Stanford at the farm in 2009. Andrew Luck's men may be having a better year. They did not play LSU in week one.
This should be a battle of offenses, facing defenses ill-equipped to slow them. Oregon can exploit Stanford's lack of athleticism by stretching them horizontally and gashing them with speed. The Cardinal can press their size advantage against an overmatched Ducks' front seven and let Heisman favorite Andrew Luck pick apart a young secondary. Oregon will need a huge effort from their defensive line, who need to pressure Luck and exploit the three Stanford offensive linemen who aren't first-round draft picks.
Injuries could be critical. Darron Thomas will start, but he has not looked healthy, has been wearing a brace on his knee and has yet to be a factor running the football all season. Andrew Luck is healthy, but his receiver corps is depleted. He may miss two of his three tight-ends and wideout Chris Owusu for this game.
No matter how trivial it seems…there will be a football game. Nebraska needs help to get to the B1G title game. They also need to win. This game is not a must-win for Penn State, but winning would allow them to clinch the Leaders' division by splitting remaining road games against Wisconsin and Ohio State.
Rex Burkhead is Nebraska's one horse, and they have ridden him into the ground. His increase in carries in B1G play (24.8) vs. non-conference (15.8) has taken its toll. He has been held to just 3.5 yards per carry the past two weeks and faces perhaps his roughest test yet in Devon Still and one of college football's best defensive lines. The Cornhuskers must make Penn State pay for its pressure inside by getting Taylor Martinez into space outside the tackles.
Penn State's offense won't score many points. Their one positive is running back Silas Redd. The Nittany Lions must win matchups against a suspect Nebraska D-line and take out linebackers to spring him. PSU won't sustain many drives, but when they do they must score touchdowns. Their touchdown rate in the red zone (40 percent) against FBS is ranked 118th of 120 teams.
The X-factor will be how Penn State players react to the Sandusky scandal and Paterno's firing. The fans and the team could come out flat. They could also circle the wagons and be fired up. If forced, I would bet on the latter.
Road Impotence. Both Michigan State and Iowa control their own destiny in the Legends division. Finishing with Indiana and Northwestern, MSU could all but cement a trip to vibrant Indianapolis here. The trouble is this game comes on the road, where Michigan State has stunk this season. The Spartans' road offense is 105th in yards per play and has mustered just 26 points combined in the three games.
MSU should fare better against Iowa than Michigan did defensively. Their great defensive line and top-five run defense are physical enough to counter Marcus Coker's downhill attack. Their DBs should be able to cover Iowa's receivers. Can their offense exploit Iowa's defense though? Iowa's unit has been a liability, especially as they tire in the second half. The Hawkeyes came dangerously close to coughing up an 11-point halftime lead against Michigan. had the Wolverines conjured more than 16 points from their five drives down the field, that would have been a loss.
On Aesthetics. Maryland vs. Notre Dame. Not here to discuss the game, just the visual assault that's about to take place. Adidas feels insecure in the face of a challenge. When Michigan State went pro-combat, Adidas went Maize and Blue Ronald McDonald. With Under Armour fashion plates Maryland opting for the pride uniforms, Adidas unveiled a new Notre Dame helmet, after already unveiling two special Notre Dame uniforms and gold helmets so shiny they can be seen from space. At the rate Adidas is moving, next year's Notre Dame – Michigan game will look like Rip Taylor sprinkled confetti over a Liberacean orgy. Just stop.
Notre Dame is to college football what Adidas brand cousins A.C. Milan and Real Madrid are to soccer. Blue and gold is synonymous with Notre Dame in the same way Milan are the "Rossoneri" and Real Madrid are "Los Blancos." All three are simple, classic, iconic looks. The nouveau tweaks don't attract attention, they detract from the brand. There are no fans (or prospective recruits) who are on the fence about Notre Dame, but feel their uniforms could use a little extra pizzazz.
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In an article for the Oct. 29 issue of Caijing, writer Xu Shanda (许善达) claims that Chinese corporate earnings are inflated. In the Chinese language article, Xu claims that there is an earnings bubble. The article summary says this (my translation):
The government should no longer listen to Chinese enterprises' requests to turn their costs to social costs. It can no longer listen to their efforts to infringe on the rights of all citizens to suit only their own unreasonable and illegal corporate earnings requirements. In real terms, this means that the government must step up its own efforts to build a social welfare system, an environmental welfare system, strengthen legal enforcement, and at the same time, create a new market system for the trading of resources so that a pricing system which more realistically reflects market realities can take root.
In the article, Xu claims that corporate earnings for many Chinese companies have continued to go up because they have not had to pay for social security and environmental costs. With such low operating costs, of course they would have high corporate earnings.
Now here is where it gets interesting. Xu Shanda is not an outsider; he serves as an independent director of ICBC, one of China's state-owned banks, and was the former vice director of the National Tax Bureau.
In effect, Xu is arguing for a social security system to protect the poor, and for increased taxes to clean up the environment during China's high-growth phase. High-growth was a top priority during the last years of Deng Xiaoping and during the Jiang Zemin years. In contrast, the administration of Hu Jintao is recognizing the high costs of the environmental damage created by reckless growth. The person now leading the charge re environmental affairs is Wen Jiabao, who is reviewing many major engineering projects.
For many Europeans, Xu sounds like a social democrat, or what is called in US politics, a liberal.As a an American, it is very ironic to see a Chinese government official argue for the kinds of things which the Bush administration is so keen on dismantling in the US, even though US public opinion largely believes that there are serious environmental issues which need to be addressed.
For the Chinese government, the current situation is about finding the right balancing point for China. If China adopts a social welfare system like western Europe's, they are afraid that costs will go up and so will unemployment. Chinese goods will be less competitive on the global market. However, if they do not raise them, the destruction of the environment in China will continue, and many businesses will not be held accountable. It would become like the US, where the system favors large corporations while offering lip service to the little guy. (It was not always this way in the US, but it has markedly changed because of recent US changes to the US Supreme Court and recent court rulings.)
There are early signs that the Hu administration is taking steps to bring market realities to resource pricing; yesterday the Chinese government raised oil prices by nearly 10%.
So, there is strong internal pressure in China to make corporations more accountable, just while the US is privatizing more public sector services and is making them less accountable.
For those in the US who believe that privatization is the answer to all of the country's problems, they would do well to come to China and look at some of the effects. A lot of this damage is done by a combination of corruption, cronyism and privatization.
Ironic, isn't it?
UPDATEIf you are interested in how the Bush administration's proposed tort reform would largely take away from US citizens the right to sue corporations for environmental and product violations, please visit the Wikipedia entry on tort reforms. This is the kind of legislation China needs to curb corporate excesses, although the Chinese are very conscious that they want to limit misuses and abuses of the system as have occurred in the US. What the Bush administration is proposing though, is not a reform, but more or less turning the clock back and making consumers rely on the "goodwill" of large corporations to protect them. Since I am not an attorney, this may be an area Dan Harris, publisher of China Law Blog, may want to shed some light.
Richard Spencer also has an article which suggests that the western interest in China's conditions and policies may be more tied to China's rise as an economic power than to a true interest in those issues.
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The Motorola Atrix has appeared on the "Coming Soon" page on the T-Mobile website.
The Atrix is one of the world's most powerful smartphones and runs on a 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processer and has 1GB of RAM. It also features a 4 inch touch-screen running at a resolution of 540*960p and has 16GB of onboard memory.
A 5 mega-pixel camera is also present which has a dual-LED flash as well as a front-facing VGA camera for video calls. The smartphone also supports Bluetooth, has a HDMI output and supports DLNA.
On launch the Atrix will run on Android 2.2 but an update to the latest version is expected after launch.
One of the main selling points of the Atrix is the docks that will be available for the device. A laptop dock will be available which enables you to have a keyboard, mouse and an 11 inch screen.
Other docks include a charging dock which doubles as an alarm clock, a multimedia dock for streaming to your HDTV and a vehicle dock for using your Atrix as a satellite navigation device.
The Motorola Atrix will be available on T-Mobile in June. The price hasn't been confirmed so far but once we hear more we'll let you know.
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Olympians of smaller sports find fame on social media
Competitions between Olympic athletes in less popular sports, such as the javelin or taekwondo, have not historically been televised for the general audiences. But thanks to social media, fans of unique games are no longer being left out in the cold.
In the 2012 London Olympics, athletes of such sports are turning to social media, like Facebook and Twitter, to broadcast their own news of the games and help generate buzz about their sport.
"The harsh reality of the situation is that they (audiences) will not see me on TV, unless I medal," says US Olympic javelin thrower Kara Patterson.
Ms Patterson adds: "But me being able to broadcast about my event gives it some coverage."
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Patience is a Virtue
So after a weekend of hardly any sleep, a tedious Saturday session at school, and a few snafus, ensembles 1 & 2 are done! Finally, a sigh of relief. I honestly do not know how I finished second ensemble (the cotton one) for Monday, seen as how I started sewing it the Tuesday before.
My cotton garments came out a lot better than expected, A LOT better. The pintucking I decided to do came out with precision (so I got to keep my $98 from Stanley Pleating) and looked amazing. I had some fellow class mates come up to me after it was on the form and say "Christina, I can't believe that you did all that yourself, I was standing there looking to see if any were uneven, I couldn't find any!" (hooray!). It did look good on the form, and I am proud of it. After class was over, the critic came up to me with the professor and commented on how much she was drawn to my cotton ensemble, and how disappointed she was that she could not be part of the cotton judging committee. I think I could be in the running for the cotton award on Wednesday, but I do have some stiff competition. Everyone has done a beautiful job, I am proud of my classmates.
Tomorrow is the ALMOST the final judging day. We will do everything that we did on Monday all over again for the fashion show judges to come in and select our garments for the show. Also, the Cotton Inc. committee will come to see our cotton garments and choose their prize winner. We will not know who was chosen for the show, nor the award winners until Friday when "the list" is posted outside of the fashion design office. Feels a little like volley ball try-outs in high school, right? Its only Tuesday and Friday feels like months away, I am very impatient to see how everything will turn out, hopefully you will be seeing one of my ensembles strutting down the runway. Keep your fingers crossed!
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Wow that is beautiful! I especially like the cameo detail. Good luck!
wow. actually i think i like your Cotton Inc garment the most! i love this look, kind of Virgin Suicides!
and i completely know what you mean about it being like "tryouts." except for me, it was more like waiting for the cast list for the school play!
Everyone keeps saying that they love the cotton one. I think that when you stare at something for so long you sometimes lose the ability to see the beauty in what you do. Thank you for your compliments, good luck tomorrow!
Thanks for the well wishes, Frankie. The cameo is a nod to the victorian lace that I used.


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Satiety Response of Short Chain Fructooligosaccharide
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Populations that report high fiber consumption demonstrate lower rates of obesity. Enhanced satiety may play a key role in this relationship. The colonic fermentation of fibers is theorized to influence satiety and food intake. Short chain fructooligosaccharide (scFOS) are rapidly fermentable fibers that can easily be added to foods to impact these parameters.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the satiety response of scFOS and its ability to decrease food intake.
|Dietary Supplement: Short chain fructo-oligosaccharide (scFOS) 5 g Other: Placebo Dietary Supplement: Short chain fructooligosaccharide (scFOS) 8 g
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Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|Satiety Response of Short Chain Fructooligosaccharide
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Satiety response using visual analogue scales [ Time Frame: 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240 minutes postprandially ]Satiety response was measured using subjective perceptions of hunger, fullness, satisfaction, and prospective food intake evaluated by previously validated visual analogue scales (VAS).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Ad libitum food intake [ Time Frame: 240 minutes postprandially and over 24 hours ]
- Breath hydrogen response [ Time Frame: 0, 240 minutes ]
- Gastrointestinal tolerance using visual analogue scales (VAS) [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Subjective ratings of bloating, stool consistency, and flatulence on VAS. A stool count was also recorded.
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Dietary Supplement: Short chain fructo-oligosaccharide (scFOS) 5 g
Dietary Supplement: scFOS 5 g
Novel fiber administered in two 5 g doses--the first in a beverage and the second in a solid chew.
Other Name: fructo-oligosaccharide
Experimental: scFOS 8 g
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Dietary Supplement: Short chain fructooligosaccharide (scFOS) 8 g
Novel fiber administered in two 8 g doses--the first in a beverage and the second in a solid chew.
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Intervention study with fiber added to beverages and acute effects on satiety measured.
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- Age 18-64 years
- Non-smoking
- Not taking medication
- Non-dieting (weight stable in prior 3 months)
- English literacy
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- Do not regularly consume breakfast
- Food allergies to ingredients found in study products
- BMI <18 or >27
- Diagnosed cardiovascular, renal, or hepatic disease diabetes mellitus
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Actavis, Inc. (NYSE: ACT), formerly Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today provides an in-depth look into the newly combined company's global commercial operations, diversified business structure and outlook for continued long-term growth during its fourth annual Investor Meeting in New York.
In conjunction with the meeting, the Company announces 2012 non-GAAP earnings per diluted share are expected to be at the high-end of the previously forecasted range of $5.85 to $5.95, an increase of 25 percent over 2011 full year non-GAAP earnings. The Company expects full year 2012 revenues of approximately $5.9 billion, an increase of 29 percent over 2011.


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> It turns out that all of these failures come from the same place, > which is that I had broken the handling of INSERT ... SELECT actions > inside rules. > > I have committed a patch that appears to fix the problem. > I think that Marc has already tagged beta1, however, so the patch will > not be in the beta1 tarball due to appear Real Soon Now. You can pull > current sources from the CVS server, or grab a nightly snapshot > tarball after tonight. Fast work! (Boy, I sure wish I had a commercial Oracle/M$ contract instead. I'm sure they could have done it faster ;-) ). Thanks! Just to be clear (as much for other as for me): this should fix the syntax as my (more recent) bug report submitted? That is, one non- conditional rule that tries to handle both inserting and updating together, as opposed to 2 different conditional rules that, together, try to handle all cases. > Thanks for the detailed, easy-to-reproduce bug example! These sorts > of reports are by far the nicest from a developer's point of view ;-) My Mom always said I loved finding problems. :-) -- Joel Burton, Director of Information Systems -*- jburton(at)scw(dot)org Support Center of Washington (www.scw.org)
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The Pakistan Olympics Association (POA) on Monday announced that the 32nd National Games would be held in Lahore from October 16 to 22 to be organised by the Punjab Olympic Association. A meeting of POA Sports Commission and representatives of the participating units of the National Games was held at the Olympic House here under the chairmanship of Syed Aqil Shah.
"The Punjab Olympic Association will confirm the holding of the National Games by September 5 and the first meeting for the Games will be convened on September 10 to work out the technical details and modalities," said a spokesman for the POA.
Men and women athletes from Punjab, KPK, Sindh, Balochistan, Islamabad, FATA, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan WAPDA, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Police and Higher Education Commission will compete in 27 disciplines.
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Gilmer Goes 2-0 in ETC Tournament OpenerFeatured Stories, Sports November 19, 2012
The Gilmer Bobcats and Lady Cats successfully defended their home court on the first day of the ETC Tipoff Tournament, as the Lady Cats obliterated Copper Basin 76-26 and the Bobcats prevailed 69-51.The matchup between the girls' squads turned ugly quickly thanks to a great first half by the Lady Cats. Sixteen first-quarter points followed by twenty-five second-quarter points gave Gilmer a 41-14 lead, and the rout was on.
The Lady Cats would outscore the Lady Cougars 35-12 in the second half of play on their way to a 76-26 victory.
Hannah Jones and Brittany Lowman ended the game with eleven points each. Megan Allen led the team in rebounds with ten. Three Lady Cats—Allen, Lowman, and Meghan Flowers—ended the game with four assists apiece.
Next up was the matchup between the Cougars and a Bobcats team that came out on a mission to make some noise in their first game of the tournament. The team did just that, taking control in the first quarter with a 24-9 run that put them in control for the rest of the game.
Copper Basin did their best to keep it close, but when it was all said and done the Bobcats got the victory with the final score of 69-51.
Joe Bob Charles led the Bobcats in scoring and rebounding with twenty-one points and seven rebounds, respectively. Following close behind in scoring was Connor Webber, who scored nineteen points a day off of playing in the Bobcats' football playoff game.
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BRANDON — A pickup truck driver shot and injured a motorcyclist who pulled in front of him in Brandon, deputies say.
It happened about 11 p.m. July 8 after motorcyclist Patrick Carathanasis, 38, changed lanes in front of a pickup truck near State Road 60 and Providence Road.
The truck driver started following Carathanasis. Near Lakewood and Oakfield drives, the motorcyclist heard a popping sound and realized he had been shot in the back, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported.
The pickup drove off, and Carathanasis was taken to Tampa General Hospital where he was stable, deputies say.
Deputies are still searching for the truck driver and are asking for the public's help. The only descriptions they have are that the driver is a man and that the truck is either white or pearl-colored with dark-tinted windows and expensive-looking rims.
Investigators are not sure that this was a case of road rage because Carathanasis told deputies he doesn't believe he cut the truck driver off, and a witness said it appeared Carathanasis had plenty of room to merge.
Detectives are asking that anyone that was in the area July 8, or who has any information on the incident, to call the Sheriff's Office at (813) 247-8200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-8477.
Jessica Vander Velde can be reached at (813) 226-3433 or [email protected]


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Archaeologists in Greece say a sprawling ancient cemetery dating to the 6th century B.C. has yielded dozens of rich grave offerings, including weapons and gold ornaments.
Archaeologist Pavlos Chrysostomou says 50 new graves were discovered at Arhontiko, near the ancient city of Pella, birthplace of Alexander the Great. Among the finds were two bronze helmets with gold inlay, iron weapons, statuettes and pottery.
He said Thursday that some of the dead had ornaments of gold foil – specially made for funerals – covering their mouths and chests.
A total of 965 graves have been excavated over the past nine years at Arhontiko, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Thessaloniki. Archaeologists estimate this represents little more than five percent of the cemetery.


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Towards Interoperability in P2P World: An Indexing Middleware for Multi-protocol Peer-to-Peer Data Sharing
Internet and Web Applications and Services, International Conference on (2009)
Venice/Mestre, Italy
May 24, 2009 to May 28, 2009
pp: 102-105
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ICIW.2009.22
Despite the abundant availability of protocols and application for peer-to-peer file sharing, several drawbacks are still present in the field. Among most notable drawbacks is the lack of a simple and interoperable way to share information among independent peer-to-peer networks. Another drawback is the requirement that the shared content can be accessed only by a limited number of compatible applications, making impossible their access to others applications and system. In this work we present a new approach for peer-to-peer data indexing, focused on organization and retrieval of metadata which describes the shared content. This approach results in a common and interoperable infrastructure, which provides a transparent access to data shared on multiple data sharing networks via a simple API. The proposed approach is evaluated using a case study, implemented as a cross-platform extension to Mozilla Firefox browser, and demonstrates the advantages of such interoperability over conventional distributed data access strategies.
peer-to-peer, indexing, interoperability, parallel
Evandro S. Rezende, Evgueni Dodonov, Marcos A. Cavenaghi, Roberta S. Ulson, Renata S. Lobato, "Towards Interoperability in P2P World: An Indexing Middleware for Multi-protocol Peer-to-Peer Data Sharing", Internet and Web Applications and Services, International Conference on, vol. 00, no. , pp. 102-105, 2009, doi:10.1109/ICIW.2009.22


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Tyler city officials say historical maps show that a marble company was once located at the site where the parking garage is being built. Therefore, it is very possible that the gravestone found this morning was made by the company but never moved to a grave site.
Self proclaimed history buff and relic hunter Rick Garrett discovered something special. Rodney Kinard, with L&L Asphalt, called him while digging with a track hoe during work on the new parking garage at Elm Street and Broadway Avenue and said he found something Garrett needed to see.
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It is very important to follow these instructions. Once you have started filtering DO NOT filter more than 10 gallons or 50 liters of wine at a time. If you have additional wine to be filtered you must allow the motor to cool for 45 min. to 1 hour before recommencing filtration. Never let the pump run dry. Your homemade wine must be racked or decanted at least once prior to filtering.
NOTE: prior to filtering, rack your wine into a cleaned and sanitized container.
Instructions for use (read the filter pad directions and motor directions first).
Remove the pads from the package and place them in a clean container with enough fresh water to cover the pads and allow them to soak (approx. 5 min). Make sure pads are not bunched together while soaking, allow the water to saturate both sides of the 3 pads.
Attach the small diameter piece of hose supplied to the fitting located under the drip tray (A on diagram). This same hose is used for racking and cleaning your pump.
Loosen the two black hand wheels and remove the two central plates.
Remove the pads from the water and begin inserting them into the filter body. The course side will be facing the hand wheels and the holes will be aligned (See diagram). The pads have a tight fit. Make sure to press down on the pad so that both sides of the '1' are sitting on the two side bolts and the pad is straight along the top.
Place the pad into the filter body, next place one of the central filtering plates insert the second pad and the next plate in the same manner followed by the last pad. Once the pads and the plates are inserted all the pads and the plates should be even along the top.
NOTE: The pads are cut in a '1' formation with one side of the '1' higher than the other. The hooks on both sides of the filter plates also have the same offset. This allows you to insert the pads and plates properly.
Tighten the hand wheels to ensure a tight seal on the pads.
Insert the intake hose which contains a stainless steel wire and red anti-sediment tip to the inlet on the pump (8 on the diagram).
Insert the long slightly larger diameter out-take tube onto the exit nozzle (C on the diagram)
Place the intake tube into the wine to be filtered. Next place your out-take tube and the small tube attached to the drip tray into your container which will hold your filtered wine.
Upon commencing your filtration the wine will push out the water that remains in the pad via your out-take tube. Allow the water to flow out prior to placing the hose into the container which will hold your filtered wine.
If you desire, you may place the tube attached to the drip tray into a separate container and re-filter this wine at the end.
You are now ready to filter. Plug in the cord and turn on the switch located at the rear of the filter
The pump may initially be dry and will not draw the wine quickly. If this happens, force some wine using the intake tube, into the pump.
For your convenience, you may use the pump for racking. For set up, follow the same directions as suggested for cleaning your pump (bypassing the filter plates)
WARNING: this feature must not be used if there are solids in the wine (oak chips, elderberries etc...) Warranty will be void.
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Deadline closing to register for the vote
Local elections and the referendum on the elected mayor will be taking place on the 3rd May so potential voters are being urged to protect their right to vote by making sure they are on the electoral register. With the deadline for registering coming up voters are encouraged to check they are registered if they have moved or turned 18 in the past six months.
In order to be eligible to take part in the polls, all citizens must be registered under their current address on the city's electoral roll before it closes - on 18th April.
Birmingham City Council is urging local people to act now to protect their democratic right to vote, as they may run out of time otherwise and be unable to participate in the election and referendum.
Stephen Hughes, chief executive and returning officer for Birmingham City Council elections, said: "That every individual within the city who is qualified to be on the register is able to exercise their right to vote is one of the most fundamental pillars on which our society is built.
"I'd urge anyone who is in any doubt about whether they are on the register or not to get in contact and make sure, as once the roll closes there is legally nothing we can do if they are not."
The deadline for applying for a postal vote is also 18th April. Voters already registered to vote by post at their current address do not need to make a new application.
Polling for both votes will take place on Thursday 3rd May 7am-10pm.
To inform the council of a change to your details on the electoral register go to http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/election or call the elections office on 303 2731 before 18 April


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Taste-wise, this isn't my favorite tea. I'm not a huge fan of licorice or fennel.
But this tea really helps out my throat. I don't know what's in it that makes your throat feel actually coated and soothed, but it's amazing. I add in agave to coat it even more. This tea is always in my cupboard, for myself and for friends who get the wintertime sore throat.
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I am wondering how to get around a problem I am foreseeing with my basement renovation. I am going to be using the DriCore system for a subfloor, since I will be putting down laminate floor in each room except for the bathroom. My dilema is that I am going to tile in the bathroom. Should I be using the DriCore in the bathroom as well so I can keep the height the same? If doing so, I believe I should be using tapcons in the subfloor to hold it in place in the bathroom. Is there another method to use to insure the bathroom tile and the laminate floor transition is the same height? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
HI Bill.
If you are using the 2x2 Dri Core there is the opportunity of too much movement for a tile installation. You may wish to consider using a dry pack to raise and level the floor or self leveling compound.
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Hi Bill, Just thinking about your question for a couple of days and I am wondering why you chose to go with Dricore for your application. It is a good product that I have used before but it is not the only method for creating a sub floor. You could lay down rigid foam (1 - 2"), tape all the seams, and overlay with a plywood T & G subfloor, properly screwed through the rigid. This would give you a layer of insulation, a vapour barrier, a common floor height throughout, and a good substrate for tiling. I would still recommend using a waterproofing / uncoupling product (schluter or equivalent) under the tiles.
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Globalization and Religion
James Davidson
Axia College
Globalization and Religion
In today's world of continuous growth and expansion, the lines of religious borders are becoming blurred. According to Merriam Webster, globalization is defined as the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets (2007). The exponential growth that businesses are experiencing is forcing corporations to expand into international territories at a rapid pace. With the growth of these companies comes an interesting dynamic of religious blending. During global expansion, oftentimes employees are transferred overseas, bringing their culture, lifestyle, and religious beliefs with them. This is one small part of the grander effects of globalization. The blending of cultures caused by globalization over the past few decades has fostered an environment of increased religious intolerance.
While at one point, religions were strictly separated by geographical borders, the religious landscape has drastically changed over time. Blending cultures, ethnic groups, political beliefs, as well as religions has created a new type of society. This society has become much more diverse in terms of backgrounds and beliefs. Ellingson says, "Globalization and modernization has further resulted in increased contact between people of different religion, language and ethnicity" (Ellingson, 2004) When societies merge, they adopt and incorporate the new culture into their fold. Mogensen speaks about the blending of societies, stating that the consequences of globalization are leading toward a society of more religiously diverse countries (2006). With this diversity comes increased conflict and intolerance.
In countries such as the United States of America, cultural diversity and religious freedom are important concepts. The United States has often been called the "melting pot" of the world, freely allowing immigrants from all backgrounds and incorporating their religious beliefs. Radhakrishnan reports, "Among the major religions of the world Christianity accounts for one-third (33 per cent), followed by Islam (22 per cent), Hinduism (16 per cent), Buddhism (6 per cent), and Confucianism (4 per cent)" (2004). This blend of world religions has come from the affects of globalization. Ellingsen further discusses the blending of religions, stating that globalization has not only increased contact between people of different religious backgrounds, but also people of different languages and ethnicities (Ellingsen, 2004). This merging has led to increased numbers of religiousconversions. Denmark, for example, has seen an increased number of conversions between religions (Mogensen, 2006).
While religious diversity is prevalent due to the effects of globalization, some argue that globalization fosters religious segregation. Ellingsen (2004) states:
While the optimists are confident that the process of globalization and modernization will lead to prosperity and peace - or in other words "a global village", in part by diminishing the relevance of religion, other scholars take the quite opposite view - arguing that the modernization and globalization process make people feel more insecure and alienated, increasing the importance of traditional values as well as the level of hostility. As a result we will be witnessing a resurgence of religion and religious clashes.
Ellingsen's viewpoint is shared by others as well. Incidents such as the terrorist attacks on America's World Trade Center are often blamed on religious intolerance. Radhakrishnan refers to the attacks as "a counter-blast against globalisation (sic)" (2004). He further states that George Bush, a 'born-again Christian' referred to the 'retalitory strikes' againts Afghanistan as a 'crusade' (2004). Commenting on the Iraq conflict, Radhakrishnan (2004) states:
The Bush-Blair blitzkrieg in Iraq with utter impunity and scorn to the UN and international opinion, the effect of which on Islam, Islamic World, Islamic fundamentalism, and Islamic psyche has yet to unfold, is one of the many crude, cruel, hideous, and horrendous manifestations of this fast unfolding US "usurpation" of the third world countries on the pretext of crushing (religion-linked) terrorism.
This holds true for the backlash that United States citizens of middle-eastern descent experienced after the same event. One current example is expressed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. On the HUD website, it states, "Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, persons who are, or are perceived to be, Muslim or Middle Eastern or South Asian descent have reported increased discrimination and harassment, sometimes in connection with their housing" (2007). Radhakrishnan further discusses this issue, saying, "While on religion and globalization, it is important to know whether globalization unites or divides religions; results in newfangled religions; and has a direct nexus with fundamentalism and religion-linked terror" (2004). Furthermore, in regard to the religious tolerance in the United States, Fredericks (2007) states:
(W)hile it is true that the United States of America was founded on the sacred principle of religious freedom for all, that liberty was never intended to exalt other religions to the level that Christianity holds in our country's heritage. Our Founders expected that Christianity--and no other religion--would receive support from the government as long as that support did not violate peoples' [sic] consciences and their right to worship. They would have found utterly incredible the idea that all religions, including


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Axway, a market leader in governing the flow of data, today announced it is positioned as a Leader in Gartners 2013 Magic Quadrant for On-Premises Application Integration Suites (1).
According to the report,initially, these integration patterns were applied for internal, application-to-application (A2A) integration and for integrating an organization's applications with those of its trading partners that is, B2B integration. Today, the patterns are applied to a broader array of application integration projects. Enterprises need systematic application integration functionality supporting robust messaging, multiple B2B protocols and cloud APIs. We examine vendors with products providing features addressing the needs of systematic application-to-application, B2B and cloud-based application.
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As my last few weeks here at South Carolina are quickly winding down, I figured it was only appropriate for a Southern-inspired post. Living in South Carolina for the past nine months has been an enriching experience in so many ways. One thing that I have appreciated the most is being exposed to people from all walks of life. Meeting people from different places has introduced me to new food, new phrases and, most importantly, new fashion.
There are people that I have met here who truly embody the stereotypical Southern mold and this Fashionista is no exception. She is decked out in what I can predict every Southern girl has in her closet. Her Lacoste button-up paired with these bright salmon pants add a burst of color that makes her outfit so fun to look at.
Continuing with the southern trends, this Fashionista wears a pair of chocolate brown Sperry Top-Siders. She accessorizes with a Claddagh ring and a Michael Kors watch. She finishes off the look with a pair of sunglasses that are the perfect way to protect her eyes from the strong Columbia sun.
Although summer is quickly approaching, we can't spend all our time at the beach. I am sure that everyone is planning on working this summer to make some money for next year so we don't have to be broke college kids for at least a few months. Take advantage of your school's career fair. This Fashionista's outfit is perfect for talking to potential employers because she looks well put together. Her bright and fun outfit paired with a classic southern charm will have her hired in no time!
One Simple Change: I love colored pants, especially in the summer. Pair these pants with a flowy blouse and swap the Sperry boat shoes for a pair of wedges for a casual date night this summer!