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Ok Everyone..........
I'm putting this here, and it will be bumped up because I know people are NOT reading the moderator posts above about starting new topics. It seems to becoming a habit to start new topics instead of looking for the appropriate place to put your post. Starting a new topic to get your post noticed will only get your post deleted. So if you have something to say, say it in a place that is already talking about the subject, or make sure that it hasn't been discussed.
Sorry to have to put these restrictions on, but this is a small forum, it is not a WB board where new posts are started just to get attention called to you.
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A woman mayor hailed as a heroine for fearlessly standing up to Mexico's brutal drug cartels has been found tortured and beaten to death at the side of a road.
Dr Maria Santos Gorrostieta, 36, the former mayor of Tiquicheo, west of Mexico City, had survived two assassination attempts and the murder of her first husband.
The mother of three and her second husband, Nereo Delgado Patinoran, were abducted nearly two weeks ago. He is still missing.
Dr Gorrostieta was killed by a blow to the head. But she had also been stabbed, her legs and hands had been bound and her waist and chest were covered in burns, suggesting she had been tortured.
Her body was found by residents of San Juan Tararameo who were heading to work in the fields. Dr Gorrostieta was once described as a 'heroine of the 21st century' for standing up against the drug cartels who have turned large areas of Mexico into a war zone.
In October 2009, gunmen opened fire on her car, wounding her and killing her husband, Jose Sanchez.
Three months later, a masked group carrying assault rifles ambushed her van, firing 30 shots. She was hit by three bullets and this time her injuries were more severe, leaving her scarred and in constant pain.
In a famous act of defiance, Dr Gorrostieta posed for pictures, showing the extent of her wounds to draw attention to the brutality of the drug gangs. She ran for the Mexican Congress but failed to win a seat.
More than 50 000 people have been killed in clashes between drug cartels and Mexico's security forces since President Felipe Calderon ordered a clampdown in 2006. More than 20 mayors have been murdered. - Daily Mail

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Tipton: Forest Service Is Waging Multiple Assaults on Water Rights
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) called the latest Forest Service permit condition for ski area water rights insufficient to protect water users from agency abuses, and stressed the need for the Senate to pass the Water Rights Protection Act (H.R. 3189) to provide long-term certainty that private water users need, and protect them from federal attempts to infringe on their private property. The House passed Tipton's locally-driven bill with bipartisan support in March.
Tipton also blasted the Forest Service for saying one thing while doing another as the agency continues to wage an assault on private water rights through backdoor efforts to obtain rights granted by long-held state water law.
"The Forest Service's latest ski area permit condition does nothing in terms of providing certainty or protecting water users from future federal agency abuses. It's the fourth variation of the ski area permit clause put forward in the last ten years, and there's nothing to stop the agency from revising it again. The Forest Service is once more claiming the permit condition is needed to prevent water rights from being sold off and used improperly. Aside from the problem that this is an overreach by the federal government, the Forest Service's concern that these water rights are being sold off or used improperly has no basis in reality. Even Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has testified in Committee that there were no instances of this having occurred in the past," said Tipton. "The Administration's track-record of infringing on private water rights and blocking user access to those rights warrants intense skepticism of any agency proposal. The Forest Service's rhetoric with this latest ski area condition doesn't match the agency's actions on the whole. Even as it attempts to persuade that all is well and that it is backing away from using permit conditions as a means to confiscate private water rights, the Forest Service is actively attempting to obtain private water or block access to it through back-door administrative actions. These actions include doubling-down on a current Forest Service policy to obtain water rights in the name of the United States (including rights from permittees) in its proposed Groundwater Directive and under an existing manual. The Forest Service is saying one thing with the ski area permit condition, and doing the exact opposite through other administrative actions. As it currently stands, there is no certainty or protection for ski areas or any other private water rights users. One thing however is certain—as long as the Forest Service continues to go after private water rights, it will have a fight on its hands from me."
Despite the Forest Service's insistence that under the new ski area permit condition it will no longer require the transfer of water rights, Forest Service manual 2441.32 (Possessory Interests), which is currently being enforced, instructs the agency to continue to claim water rights of permittees.
Section 2541.32 of the 2007 Forest Service Water Uses and Development Manual directs:
"Claim possessory interest in water rights in the name of the United States for water uses on National Forest System lands as follows:
- Claim water rights for water used directly by the Forest Service and by the general public on the National Forest System.
- Claim water rights for water used by permittees, contractors, and other authorized users of the National Forest System, to carry out activities related to multiple use objectives. Make these claims if both water use and water development are on the National Forest System and one or more of the following situations exists:
- a. National Forest management alternatives or efficiency will be limited if another party holds the water right.
- b. Forest Service programs or activities will continue after the current permittee, contractors or other authorized user discontinues operations."
See the full manual HERE.
The Forest Service Groundwater Management Directive reinforces the policy under Manual 2540 to obtain water rights in the name of the United States, but this time in the context of a massive watershed wide groundwater policy. The scope of the overall policy combined with the directive to "obtain water rights under applicable state law for groundwater and groundwater dependent surface water needed by the Forest Service" could give regional Forest Service staff the agency approval to go after any water right arising on and off Forest Service lands that they deem necessary to carry out the broad objectives of the manual.
"While the Forest Service would like to give the impression that it is backing away from obtaining private water rights with its latest ski area permit condition, the policy currently in effect at the agency combined with its new Groundwater Management Directive indicates that nothing is farther from the truth, and that it is actually gearing up for an even greater attempt to obtain private water," said Tipton. "Until legislation like the Water Rights Protection Act is signed into law, private water rights users including ski areas, agriculture producers, municipalities, recreationalists and others will continue to be at risk of abuse from federal land management agencies. I strongly urge my colleagues over in the Senate, including the Senators from Colorado, to join me in standing up for private water rights and pass this needed legislation which already cleared the House with bipartisan support."
The Water Rights Protection Act (H.R. 3189):
- Prohibits federal land management agencies from implementing a permit condition that requires the transfer of privately-held water rights to the federal government in order to receive or renew a permit for the use of land;
- Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from imposing other conditions that require the transfer of water rights without just compensation;
- Upholds longstanding federal deference to state water law; and
- Has no cost to taxpayers.


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Parkinson's disease is a progressive and degenerative illness. It causes havoc with the area of the brain that controls movement. Noticeable symptoms include tremor and shaking, slow movement, balance difficulty and stiffening muscles. Some patients have speech problem. They may speak fast or slur or repeat words. Dementia is often seen in the later stages of the disorder. Although there is no cure, a healthy and balanced diet can help improve symptoms. According to researchers at the Oregon health and Science University, dietary restriction may make a significant difference in the early stages of Parkinson's disease.
Constipation is often an aggravating symptom of Parkinson's disease, so it it crucial for patients to maintain a high-fiber diet. The body cannot digest fiber, so it becomes a bulking agent that helps promote movement of the bowel. Foods high in fiber include bran, oatmeal, beans, broccoli, artichokes raspberries, pears and apples. Supplement this by drinking six to eight glasses of water every day.
Eating limited amounts of protein seems to increase mobility for Parkinson's patients. According to the University of New Mexico Hospitals, patients who experience the mobility problems often associated with Parkinson's disease should aim for a low-protein diet. They may choose to eat most of their protein at dinner, so that limited mobility happens at night. Or they can experiment with spreading the protein out evenly through the day. Large amounts of protein also can interfere with a Parkinson's medication called levodopa. Patients should discuss with their doctor the interaction of protein with levodopa if they are on this medication.
Antioxidants are nutrients that help slow down or prevent damage to the body caused by oxygen. Eating a diet rich in antioxidants can be helpful for Parkinson's patients. Foods high in antioxidants include berries, spinach carrots, tomatoes, pomegranate juice, and green and black tea.
Mediterranean Diet
Parkinson's patients need to stay away from a high-fat diet. Italian scientists have discovered that people who stay with a strict Mediterranean diet are at less risk of developing Parkinson's disease, as well as other disorders, such as Alzheimer's heart disease and cancer. This type of low-fat diet relies on fruits and vegetables, olive oil, grains and fish. It is low in red meat and dairy products. Weight loss is a concern for Parkinson's patients, and a low-fat diet can contribute to weight loss. If this happens, patients can get extra calories from complex carbohydrates and the good fats, such as olive oil.


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Hesse, Ray united in marriage
Stephanie Claire Hesse and Adam Ross Ray were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Broussard. The ceremony was celebrated by Father Louis Richard.
The bride is the daughter of Stephen and Cheryl Hesse of Lafayette. She is the granddaughter of Mona Clay and the late Cassius H. Clay of Welsh and the late Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hesse of Lafayette. The bride is a graduate of St. Thomas More and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is employed as a teacher at St. Thomas More.
The groom is the son of Lynn and Danette Ray of Lafayette. He is the grandson of Mrs. Jean Daigle, the late Mr. Russell Daigle of Jennings, the late Ms. Julia Ray of Jennings and the late Mr. Lawrence Ray of Lake Arthur. The groom is a graduate of St. Thomas More and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is employed as a petroleum engineer at Chevron.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory Maggie Sottero fitted A-line gown featuring a v-neck, ruched bodice and an embellished allecon lace chapel train. Her dress was complemented by a double-layered veil with encrusted lace.
Ellen Hesse, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Leah Hesse Hichens, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Kathryn Hesse and Monica Hesse, sisters of the bride, Alexis Ashbey and Paige Broussard, friends of the bride, and Emily Ray, sister-in-law of the groom. The honorary flower girl was Aimee Hichens, niece of the bride.
Rusty Ray, brother of the groom, was best man. Groomsmen were Bryce Percle, Nicholas Sangchompuphen, Trey Boone, Heath Sonnier, Brandon Barker, and Jeremy Pye, all friends of the groom. Ushers were
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Volusia Flagler ChapterThe Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation was founded in 2008 and spans the entire coastline of Volusia and Flager counties in Florida. Our mission is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network. More Details
TONIGHT! Flagler Pier Surf Zone Meeting
The Flagler Beach City Commission will discuss expanding the no-surf zone around the pier from 150 feet to 300 feet. The regular meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 105 S. 2nd St.
Extending the no surf zone to 300′ would have far reaching implications beyond simply creating a larger buffer between the fisherman and the surfers. Flagler Beach has been the breeding ground for some of the best surfers in the country all coming from our quaint city. That will change if the buffer zone is extended. The waves break the best closer to the pier and this is the sweet spot that allows the youth to become great athletes and helps to serve as a place for the youth and adults alike. It helps give the youth a place to express themselves, exercise (which nowadays is a feat in itself), and gives them a place to occupy there time instead of hanging in other areas. This buffer has sufficed for many years and should suffice for many more to come. Please re consider this un needed and damaging extension of the buffer zone.


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Ox Cart Days medallion found
The medallion was found on Thursday evening at Saratoga Park by Derek Gibson. He found it after three clues.
It was located to the west of the new wood walking bridge in a nest on a pole in the creek that runs under the bridge.
Each year the Lions Club hides a medallion for some lucky winner to find during the days leading up to Star Prairie's Ox Cart Days, which is from Aug. 15 to 17 this year.
The medallion is a silver disc with the Lions logo on it. It is always located on public property in the Village of Star Prairie.
Cash prizes are awarded: $200, $150, $125, $100, decreasing if found after each additional clue has been given.
The Lion's Club for many years has not allowed children of Lions members to look for the medallion. It was felt that it could be a potential for a conflict of interest.
This year the Club made the decision to allow their children to participate as well as the rest of the community.
There is only one Lions member who knows the location of the medallion and one who knows the clues. One clue is sent to the News on Friday for publication the following week. The clue is sent to the webmaster for the Lions Ox Cart Days site at noon on Wednesday for publication on the Web site, to coincide with the time the News is available for public purchase.
The Lion's Club does not have a large membership and appreciates everyone who generously donates their time to community activities. It is with this in mind that the organization made the decision to allow the children to participate in the search for the medallion and not force members to choose between their children having the same opportunity as the rest of the public or quitting the Lions Club.
Any one with concerns regarding this decision is welcome to attend and/or join the Lions Club. Lions members are also willing to discuss this with anyone in more detail by calling 715-248-3290.


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President Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, tangled over their varying approaches to foreign policy in dueling "60 Minutes" interviews that aired Sunday, with the president brushing off Romney's charge that he has been weak on national defense and charging that if Romney "is suggesting that we should start another war — he should say so."
The debate on the campaign trail is likely to turn to foreign policy once again this week with Obama slated to address the United Nations on Tuesday in New York at the organization's annual gathering.
In an interview with the CBS program taped on Sept. 12, he defended his efforts to bring the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to a conclusion and touted his order to kill Osama bin Laden. And he pushed back against recent pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pinpoint what conditions he would require before launching a military attack on Iran to prevent that country from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
PHOTOS: Mitt Romney's campaign gaffes
"When it comes to our national security decisions, any pressure that I feel is simply to do what's right for the American people. And I am going to block out any noise that's out there," Obama said. At the same time, he said he feels an obligation — "not pressure, but obligation, to make sure that we're in close consultation with the Israelis on these issues. Because it affects them deeply."


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My next Blog Talk Radio show will be held on Wednesday, April 9th! Katrina Kittle, author of the acclaimed novel The Kindness of Strangers, will speak to a book group calling in to the show, and YOU can call in if you want to as well, or you can email a question in to the show that I'll ask the author to answer on air!
In The Kindness of Strangers, Kittle tells the story of a foster family and how their lives are changed forever by the young boy they take in to raise. The novel raises questions about family, forgiveness and love.
You can browse inside the book here and get the reading group guide here. If you'd like to "meet" Katrina Kittle now, check out this video where she introduces herself and this one where she answers random questions.
If you'd like to participate in the show the evening of April 9th, send me a note via the comments, and I'll send you a copy of the book to read beforehand. As we get closer, I'll contact you about how to call the show and/or post a question online.
Update -- the show on April 9th will be at 8pm EST.


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WBEZ News
Yuri Possokhov in Conversation with Ashley C. Wheater and Glen Carman
This fall explore the world of music and dance by joining our intimate roundtable conversations with celebrated musicians, choreographers, scholars, and critics. Gain a deeper understanding of the themes and production of pivotal performances before they premiere in Chicago.
This event features Russian choreographer Yuri Possokhov, who presents a special preview of his fresh interpretation of the enduring Cervantes classic, Don Quixote. Along with Joffrey Artistic Director, Ashley C. Wheater, and dance critic Hedy Weiss, Mr. Possokhov discusses the universal themes of Don Quixote and his unique approach to the choreography of the ballet. The roundtable is moderated by Cervantes scholar and DePaul University professor Glen Carman.
Recorded Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Instituto Cervantes.


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Miller Road businesses still open despite power outage
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 23:25:24 GMT —
It's a warm hello but a dark and cold storefront for customers at the Men's Wearhouse on Miller Road.
â??Obviously, itâ??s cold but it's been a good time. We've been trying to maintain a high morale in the store,â?? says Curtis Matznick, manager of the store.
Without power, Matznick and his employees are getting by with flashlights. Theyâ??re also breaking out some ancient equipment.
â??Funerals and weddings don't stop when the power stops so business is pretty much business as usual,â?? says Matznick.
His logic rings true for Scott McMahan.
â??Weâ??re getting married tomorrow,â?? says McMahan of Lapeer---but not if his groomsman's rental shoes don't fit.
While they're literally suiting up in the dark, McMahan appreciates the effort.
â??It's a great convenience. There's another store that we went to that's closed but we're really appreciative that they're open,â?? says McMahan.
Shane Doty is also grateful because he really needed a belt.
â??Powerâ??s out but they're still happy to assist me,â?? says Doty. â??Glad for that,â?? he adds.
Matznick and his co-workers say keeping customers happy is what it's all about--even if it means dressing in three layers.


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Sierra Nevada Corp. has selected Parker Aerospace Gas Turbine Fuel Systems division's thermal-management equipment to cool and heat its autonomous landing system (HALS) on Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Sierra Nevada has a contract to fulfill the degraded visual environments (DVE) operational-needs statement issued by the U.S. Army aviation-networks mission-planning program directorate.
The HALS system combines real-time, three-dimensional images with satellite digital-terrain imagery and DVE-specific guidance symbols for takeoffs, approaches and landings in fog, "brownouts" and other reduced-visibility conditions. "The systems will be installed [for use] in extremely harsh environments with high levels of vibration, sand, dust and heat," said SNC HALS program manager Bob Lombard.
Among its myriad products, Parker Aerospace provides many items for the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine that will power the Airbus A350. Components include: the pneumatics system for engine controls, including intermediate- and high-pressure (IP and HP) compressor bleed, cooling-air control, engine-section stator and nacelle anti-ice, pressure regulator, solenoid actuators and check valves, as well as low-pressure and IP and HP turbine-case cooling valves and actuators; the engine build unit, including hydraulic fluid conveyance to transmit hydraulic power between engine-mounted pumps and the aircraft; the oil system, including main pump, surface-cooler valve, variable-frequency generator cooler valve and front-bearing housing valve; and the combustion system high-temperature flexible hoses.
New Management
Roger Sherrard has been appointed as the new president of Parker Hannifin subsidiary Parker Aerospace (Hall 4 Stand A18). He will replace Bob Barker, who is retiring after 39 years with the company. Meanwhile, Greg Crowe has been named Parker Aerospace operations vice president and Frank Dubey has been appointed vice president and general manager of Parker Aerospace Control Systems.
Sherrard will be responsible for fiscal and operational aspects of the group's seven divisions. Most recently, he was president of Parker Hannifin's automation group, leading development, manufacturing and marketing of pneumatic and electromechanical systems and machine- and factory-automation components.
In his new role, Crowe will take responsibility for finance and operations at Parker Aerospace's Fluid Systems, Control Systems and Stratoflex Products divisions, from his previous position as fluid-systems vice president and general manager.


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What they said: Nick PriceMarch 12, 2011
PGA TOUR staff
MORE INTERVIEWS: Toshiba Classic transcript archive DAVE SENKO: Nick, thank you. 3 under today, you stand at 14 under and a 2 shot lead, maybe just talk about your day.
NICK PRICE: You know, it was a tough day. Obviously any time you are off to a day like yesterday, you know, I think you play a little cautiously.
Today was the kind of day that I just wanted to put a good solid round in. I would have preferred to have shot a couple better than I did. I felt like I played better. You know, two shots better than I scored.
Apart from the bogey on 11, and the little short putt I missed on 12, I actually played solidly. I didn't make any mistakes.
I hit the ball most of the day where I wanted to. I drove the ball really well. I left a few shots on the golf course. I'm sure a lot of guys did.
I just felt that I got to shoot 3, 4, 5 under today and put myself in a really good position tomorrow.
It's quite often if you try to play aggressively after a round like yesterday, you can shoot a higher number and bring everyone back.
So I started off with a 2 shot lead, and tomorrow I got to play according to how the guys around me play. If they get off to a fast start, then I've got to respond.
But I am just going to try to play my game tomorrow and stick to the same game plan and try to play as smart as I can -- one shot at a time -- and see how it goes.
DAVE SENKO: Birdies??
NICK PRICE: 3, I pitched up to probably about 15 feet and made that.
7, I hit a pitching wedge to about three feet.
10, I hit a pitching wedge to about 12 feet.
11, I hit my 3 wood too far. It went 285 yards which is unusual. I normally hit it about 250. I actually got too close to the green. I was only about 65 yards to the pin. I'm trying to put a little bit of spin on it to keep the control, and I hit it about 3 yards too far and it pitched, and it went over the back of the green.
It didn't have a good lie over the back. I couldn't really chip it because it was lying in some woolly grass, and I decided to use a hybrid to putt with, and I knocked it about 8 feet by and missed it.
Then the next hole I hit a beautiful second shot there to about maybe 20 inches, and I felt like I put a good stroke on it. I may have pulled it. It's hard to miss the hole from a foot and a half, and I think it hit something.
I'm pretty sure it hit something. It hopped left and did a U-turn on me and I was in shock. But late in the day on poa annua that often happens.
15, I had a good drive and a 5 iron to about 35 feet and 2 putted.
A good par save on 17 from about six feet.
No birdie on 18. I used up quite a few of my birdies.
Q. Pros always say it's tough to go low two days in a row; it was more the 5 shot lead than going low??
NICK PRICE: Right. There is a time, I suppose, you know, I think when you play this game enough you know when not to take chances. There was some pins today if you hit it on the wrong side, I did a couple of times, it was hard to make par. You just can't play aggressively all the time. You are going to get stung.
But tomorrow I'm going to have to pick my chances. Just play each shot as it comes. That's all I'm going to do tomorrow.
Q. For example, No. 3 today you got a big lead, on another day you might have gone for the green there??
NICK PRICE: Actually I had a bit of mud on my ball. I was scared of it, not scared, worried about it going left in the water so I purposely hit it right there.
I think if I hit a 3 wood, there is obviously little spin on the ball when you use a 3 wood. It may have knuckled and nose dived. So I just played out to the right and I made a good birdie.
Q. Was that a hybrid??
NICK PRICE: Yes, I probably could have got to the front edge, but I did the smart thing there.
Q. Langer went with more club and hit it in the bunker??
NICK PRICE: Yes, I know.
Q. You mentioned tomorrow you are going to be watching the group. Did that enter your thought process today because you had a 5 shot lead??
NICK PRICE: No, I went out to shoot 3, 4, 5 under today. That was my game plan. I just want to put a solid round out there.
Up here, you have to put three solid rounds together. I got a great round yesterday, obviously, and I just need to play well enough to win. That's all. I'm not trying to set any records out there. I did the right thing today. I really feel like I did. Maybe a little negative on some shots. I hit a lot of good shots.
Q. Did you hear from anybody after shooting 60 yesterday, a lot of guys text you or call you??
NICK PRICE: A lot of my friends can't believe I putted that well. It was great, a lot of good texts yesterday from my friends.
Q. Nick, how are the greens today compared to yesterday and what did you have to do to kind of navigate them??
NICK PRICE: They are a little firmer. I think when the sun is not strong, the poa annua doesn't recover quickly enough. The little dents you get in the green, they don't seem to flatten out. They don't recover from the cleat marks that we wear now as fast. Hopefully with the time change tomorrow, we will be finishing an hour earlier than we would today. It was an hour ago that it got really cold. It was very cold the last two holes, for us anyway, us Floridians and Afrikaans.
Q. Was there any one part of your game significantly different than yesterday??
NICK PRICE: I drove the ball pretty well. You know, a day like yesterday when you hit a good iron shot, it finishes in the right spot, the way you can be aggressive with your putter.
Today I hit so many sidehill, crosshill putts, I had a lot of those today where you are just a little bit cautious. You know, the ones if you pop them a little bit they go 4 feet by, and you don't want to have too many 4 footers on these greens.
It was more of a strategic day for me today. Just play a little mere smarter and not take the chances that I needed to.
Without that bogey, if I hadn't made that bogey, and if I hadn't missed that short putt, I would have shot 66 today, which would have been a really solid round.


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Lysandra (Greek: Λυσάνδρα, meaning "Liberator, Emancipator"; lived 3rd century BC) was a daughter of Ptolemy I Soter and Eurydice, a daughter of Antipater.
She was married first to her maternal cousin Alexander, one of the sons of Cassander, King of Macedonia. After Alexander's death, Lysandra married her other maternal cousin Agathocles, the son of Lysimachus and Nicaea of Macedon. By this second marriage (which took place, according to Pausanias, after the return of Lysimachus from his expedition against the Getae, 291 BC) she had several children, with whom and with Agathocles' paternal half-brother Alexander she fled to Asia after the murder of her husband by Lysimachus, at the instigation of Agathocles' stepmother Arsinoe II, and besought assistance from Seleucus I Nicator. The latter in consequence marched against Lysimachus, who was defeated and slain in the battle of Corupedium, 281 BC. From an expression of Pausanias, it appears that Lysandra must at this time have accompanied Seleucus I, and was possessed of much influence, but in the confusion that followed the death of Seleucus I a few months after there is no further record either of her or her children.


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Zooey Deschanel beats Emma Watson to top 'most desirable woman' poll
Zooey Deschanel has emerged as the woman British men most desire in a new poll, fending off competition from the likes of
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The 500 Days of Summer actress, topped a poll of more than 150,000 UK readers of website AskMen.com, who were asked to vote on looks, sex appeal and would make an ideal partner.
Zooey's striking blue eyes, lustrous locks and quirky charm obviously went down with readers as the star of hit sitcom New Girl managed to edge out stars such as Daisy Lowe, Mila Kunis and Lana Del Rey.
Charlie Parrish, editor of AskMen UK, said of the 31-year-old: 'She's talented, charming, successful and beautiful, someone men want to be with and women would like to befriend.
'This year, we've really seen the developing tastes of British men reflected in their votes and it's incredibly positive to discover so many cultured, contemporary choices like Zooey, Emma Watson and Lana Del Rey beating the more traditional pin-up favourites.'
Harry Potter actress Emma Watson came in at number two in the poll, with fellow Brit Daisy Lowe following closely behind.Video Games singer Lana Del Rey and Friends With Benefits actress Mila
Kunis rounded out the top five, with Pippa Middleton coming in at number six.
The royal wedding bridesmaid managed to beat her elder sister Kate by four places, with the Duchess of Cambridge just scraping a place in the top ten.
X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos was ninth in the poll, but her predecessor Cheryl Cole â normally a regular feature on these sort of polls â didn't even get a look.
Cole didn't even manage to bag a place in the top 20, limping in at number 35.
But Cheryl won't have been as disappointed as Kate Moss, who failed to make the top 99 for the first time in a decade.
The top ten most desirable women according to AskMen UK readers:
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Path Consolidation for Dynamic Right-Sizing of Data Center Networks
Data center topologies typically consist of multi-rooted trees with many equal-cost paths between a given pair of hosts. Existing power optimization techniques do not utilize this property of data center networks for power proportionality. In this paper, the authors exploit this opportunity and show that significant energy savings can be achieved via path consolidation in the network. They present an offline formulation for the flow assignment in a data center network and develop an online algorithm by path consolidation for dynamic right-sizing of the network to save energy. To validate their algorithm, they build a flow level simulator for a data center network.
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Matt and Mondo yuk it up with The Swellers (again….) and discuss Star Wars, van life and what's next for the band. Before that, though, Matt catches up with Shane Told of Silverstein to discuss "Short Songs," Propagandhi and Punknews. Alex Cornejo of Side One Dummy Records also stops by for a chat.
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The Fashionisto turns us onto the debut men's collection from Mackage of Montreal. A complete outerwear offering consisting of looks in leather, wool, and toscana. They're available in a variety of cuts from 3/4 length coats to waist high leather jackets. The looks pull from the classic coats of military and motorcycle culture. The Mackage motto suits them – "Detailed to Perfection." We can only expect big things from this Canadian brand.
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By this point, to expect an Oasis album not to sound like a discourse on the history of British rock is like expecting Britney Spears not to bare her midriff onstage. The band is a sometimes cartoonish composite of its predecessors -- not so much a British Invasion as an Evocation. In the aptly named Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, the Gallagher Brothers once again build on the groundwork first laid by the Beatles, the Stones and the Stone Roses. No one will ever accuse them of being original -- it's something people either love or hate them for. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants provides fodder for both camps: It's an uneven collection of songs that portrays the band at its best and its dismal worst.
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The album kicks off on a very strong note. "Fuckin' in the Bushes" is an instrumental jam that proves Noel Gallagher is still fully capable of writing a balls-out rock-and-roll tune, as good as anything they've produced thus far. It's matched by the surprisingly groove-laden "Go Let It Out," the album's first single. Unfortunately, the rest of the album slowly goes downhill from there. "Little James" showcases vocalist Liam Gallagher's first stab at songwriting, and while it has a sort of lullaby sound to it, the song doesn't quite capture the touching quality the band obviously hoped it would. The album's worst moments come when Oasis tries to re-ignite the cocky spirit that made it great -- or at least notorious -- in the first place: "Put Yer Money Where Your Mouth Is," bites the Doors a little too hard lyrically ("Put yer hands right upon the wheel..."), and the simply god-awful "I Can See a Liar" makes Ricky Martin sound poetic. ("I can see a liar sitting by the fire," Liam chides in the chorus.) The title of "Where Did It All Go Wrong?" is, to be sure, much more prophetic than the band intended it to be, and the remaining five tunes are simply Oasis-by-numbers: tuneful, but ultimately forgettable.
Unfortunately, Shoulder ultimately hints at the possibility that Oasis won't be living up to its frequent and arrogant rantings -- remember when Liam called George Harrison a "nipple" on MTV? -- or the promise of earlier LPs.


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John Bachman
(Feb.4, 1790-Feb.24, 1874)
John Bachman, naturalist and Lutheran clergyman, was the youngest son of Jacob Bachman a farmer of Swiss origin who lived in the village of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York.
As a boy he served as a secretary for an expedition to the Oneida Indians and later is said to have attended Williams College. He lived for a time out-of-doors and studied the Bible and the life of Martin Luther.
Bachman's first contact with men of science was a meeting with Alexander Wilson, author of American Orinthology, who in turn gave him an introduction to the explorer and naturalist, Baron von Humboldt.
Bachman taught school at Ellwood, Pa., and in Philadelphia where he was licensed to preach in the Lutheran Church the year before his ordination in December 1814. Bachman was called to the pulpit of St. John's Church in Charleston where he first came in contact with the group of naturalists who were associated with the South Carolina Medical College.
As a pastor, Bachman initiated the Lutheran Synod of South Carolina, served as its first president, and founded South Carolina's Lutheran theological seminary. His principal religious writing was A Defense of Luther and the Reformation (1853) in which he sought to answer attacks by local Catholics.
Bachman's association with James Audubon began in October 1831 when Audubon spent a month as a guest in his home. By 1835 Audubon found Bachman's collections of southern animals, his studies of squirrels and hares, and his keen interest in botany and agriculture of such a great help in his painting that they began a collaboration on a three-volume work, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1845-49). Bachman wrote a large portion of the manuscript and edited all of it.
The two friends were also united by marriage. Two sons of Audubon married two daughters of Bachman. As the strains of sectionalism began to occur, Bachman published a book, The Unity of the Human Race (1850) in which he maintained that master and slave were from the same species. During the Nullification agitation Bachman was noted for his Unionist views, but when South Carolina met to enact an Ordinance of Secession, he opened the meeting with a prayer, and spent the war years ministering to the sick and dying. Bachman died in 1874 of paralysis at Columbia, SC.
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Jazz salutes in song to African-American actors, athletes, and artists.
At the end of the 1930s jazz impresario John Hammond organized two concerts that showcased African-American music in a prestigious New York City concert hall.
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The Beatles' explosive arrival on the American music scene in 1964 shook up the jazz world just as much as it did the rest of America—perhaps even more so.
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We'll hear collaborations with former Basie big-band singers Billie Holiday and Helen Humes, as well as a live version of some bop anthems.
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Five days of eating and two days of hardly eating; the 5:2 Diet promises quick weight loss by way of weekly fasting, or two days of seriously restricting food intake.
"I've never not eaten for that long so I can't imagine it," said Rich Kocher of Camp Hill.
We couldn't either. So we brought the idea to an expert who asked us a question in return.
"My question would be what are people doing in those five days?" asked medical technologist, Jennifer Gault.
Gault and her husband specialize in holistic healing methods. She said the five days are the most important and would be no time to binge. She added that fasting holds its own benefits.
"We have learned that that is one of the things your body spends the most energy on, aside from fighting disease, is digesting food," she said.
Gault said a brief fast gives the body more time and energy to focus on disease-fighting. Above all else, for a diet like 5:2 to work, it has to stop feeling like a diet and more like a sustainable lifestyle. That's something many people told us would be too hard to do.
"This isn't something I would do," said Christina Stern, "And I probably wouldn't be able to fast for two days either!"
Would this diet strike a blow to the metabolism? Gault said that with short term, intermittent fasting, the body would simply catch back up when it came time to eat normally again. But if done long-term, the body would go into starvation mode and hold onto fat.
The fasting period of the 5:2 diet does not have to be a strict fast. Supporters say it can simply be a time of restriction. That means a mere 500 calorie maximum for women and 600 for men.


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Was President Barack Obama's State of the Union message overshadowed because Apple unveiled its iPad tablet computer the same day?
The idea of a product rollout trumping the president's annual speech to Congress does seem funny. But it's the way the world is going: Technology, as a driver of social change, is overtaking politics.
Look around the globe. One of every three people in China now uses the Internet. The same is true in Iran. Hundreds of millions of users are on Facebook, often communicating across borders. Four billion people now have mobile phones. India has nearly 400 million. In the United States, the number of text messages sent each month has passed 100 billion.
Gadgets have swept the world before, but mobile computing devices are different. Through applications and upgrades, they can acquire new powers. Apple alone offers more than 100,000 apps and has delivered more than 2 billion downloads. Phones are becoming maps, TVs, libraries, shopping tools, video cameras, car keys, and credit cards.
In more and more places, machines are running the world. On stock exchanges, high-speed computers armed with trading algorithms and superior pattern recognition are thrashing human competitors. Airline autopilots have become so reliable that human pilots can check out. In cars, software is beginning to assume responsibility for steering, braking, and parking. Drones are patrolling our borders, catching humans who try to sneak in. Computers are telling child welfare agencies whether to take kids away from parents. Programs are running "virtual call centers," measuring the output of dispersed salespeople and routing customer phone calls to the best performers. Computers don't just work for us anymore. We work for them.
Thanks to connectivity and mobile devices, terrorists can do more harm. A year ago, terrorists slaughtered scores of people in Mumbai with the help of BlackBerrys, satellite phones, GPS, aerial image files, and voice-over-Internet-protocol. But networked devices also help us thwart such plots. In Pakistan, remote-controlled CIA drones hunt al-Qaida and Taliban commanders. U.S. military strategists are laying contingency plans for cyberwar. There's even an iPhone app being developed to help soldiers monitor enemy positions.
Networks also multiply our power to help each other. Through the Internet, African entrepreneurs are obtaining microcredit loans. Doctors in India are diagnosing patients in Ethiopia. In the week after Haiti's earthquake, a campaign for $10 text-message donations to the Red Cross raised $25 million. That's 2.5 million responses.
Over the long term, politics can't compete with technology's power. Look at Obama's latest proposals to make college more affordable. They're a pittance compared with the cost-cutting force of online education. Millions of Americans are taking college courses through the Internet for $200 per credit or less. MIT, the Princeton Review, and other heavyweights are extending this option to more people here and abroad.
Politics can harness technology and sometimes influence it. Obama owes his election in part to digital micro- targeting, online network-building, and a list of 13 million e-mail addresses. But more often, technology overwhelms politics. Around the world, information networks are shaking the foundations of authoritarian regimes. In Iran, cell phone cameras have exposed state brutality, and e-mail chains have relayed incriminating videos out of the country. In Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, tweets and text messages have mobilized mass protests.
Governments are trying hard to control this technology. The most aggressive censors, China and Iran, use filtering software to monitor Web content and block sites they don't like. But through downloads, e-mails, and instant messages, troublemakers abroad continue to supply Chinese and Iranian citizens with software that lets them sneak out. By routing their queries and messages through foreign proxy servers, these citizens can see and communicate with the outside world. Their bodies are trapped inside their nations' firewalls, but their minds roam free.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced Internet censorship around the world as an "information curtain" akin to the Iron Curtain of the Soviet era. She championed the "freedom to connect" — an updated, online version of freedom of assembly. And she outlined a place for politics in the march of information technology. "On their own, new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress," she observed. "But the United States does. We stand for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas."
That's a pretty good manifesto for the next century. We don't have to be bigger than tomorrow's machines. We just have to teach them and their users to play well with others.


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The first night I met my husband he played Friend of the Devil on guitar and I was smitten. Completely, utterly hooked. (Looking back, perhaps I should have seen it as a bit of a warning too, but all's well that ends well, right?)
We have been married for five years now so obviously he doesn't play guitar for me much anymore. His good guitar has been at a friend's house for about six months now but it finally came back to us this week. Yesterday I was just admiring how gorgeous this instrument is.
That's not even to speak of the beautiful sounds that come out of this guitar. I may just have to prevail upon him to pretend for a moment that he still wants to impress me and play. My birthday's this week, so he couldn't possibly say no, right?


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TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, THE JUDICIARY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006 -- (Senate - October 17, 2005)
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I look forward to the opportunity to discuss this amendment and to the opportunity for the Senate to be able to express itself on the issue of increasing the minimum wage for the working families of this country. It has not been increased now for some 9 years. We have not increased the minimum wage for some 9 years. There will be those who will ask: Why are we thinking about increasing the minimum wage on this legislation? We have tried to get stand-alone legislation so that it could be considered. We have been unable to do that. We have been unable to get another vote on an increase in the minimum wage over these period of years.
In this particular appropriations bill, there is another amendment dealing with the increase in salaries for Members of the Senate. This will be the seventh increase we have had in 9 years, but we have not had an increase in the minimum wage over that same period of time. It does seem to me that there is a certain amount of equity, a certain amount of justice, a certain amount of fairness when we are talking about an increase in the salaries or the cost of living for Members of the Senate. We certainly ought to be considerate of the interests of those who have been left behind by the failure of Congress to support the increase in the minimum wage.
Who are the minimum wage workers? The minimum wage workers are men and women of dignity, first of all. These are men and women who work hard, play by the rules, are trying to provide for their families, trying to look out for their children, and trying to look after a parent. We know these are men and women who work in nursing homes and are looking after senior citizens, men and women who have contributed so much to this Nation, who have sacrificed greatly for this Nation by more often than not subverting their own kinds of interests and their own futures to the benefit of their children. Now, during their golden years, they need some help and assistance, and many of those who work and assist the elderly people in nursing homes are men and women who earn a minimum wage.
Who else are they? They are the men and women who clean the great buildings of American commerce every evening, hard working, going around and cleaning out those buildings. They are men and women of dignity. They want to do a decent job, and they do a decent job. They need to have a decent pay.
Many of them are workers working in schools as teachers' assistants, as teachers' aides. These are men and women who are working with seniors, who have made great contributions to our Nation. They are men and women who are working with children who are attempting to get an education. They are working part time or even full time as teachers' assistants.
Primarily, this is an issue involving women because 60 percent of those who would benefit from this legislation are women. More than one third of the women who are receiving the minimum wage have children. So an increase in the minimum wage is a women's issue, and since so many of the women who receive the minimum wage have children, it is a children's issue. It is a women's issue, and it is a children's issue. It is also a civil rights issue because 35 percent of those who would benefit from an increase in the minimum wage are men and women of color.
So it is a children's issue. It is a women's issue. It is a family issue. We hear a great deal in this body about family issues, about family responsibilities, family obligations. These are men and women who are earning the minimum wage and who are trying to provide for their families on that minimum wage. They know they cannot do it. So they have one or two or even three minimum wage jobs. How much time do they have with their children? They are trying to provide for their children but have no time to spend with them.
I will give real stories of what families are going through, the sacrifices they have made, the lost opportunities, the conversations they were not able to have with their children, the missed birthdays that come and go, the Christmases that come and go and they do not have that gift for that child or they do not have those pairs of skates so the children can join other children.
The fact is that hard-working men and women in this country have not gotten a raise in 9 years, and yet we in the Senate are adjusting our salaries to inflation effectively for the seventh time in the ninth year. So we have a women's issue, a children's issue, a family issue, a civil rights issue, and most of all it is a fairness issue.
Americans understand fairness. Americans understand that if a person works 40 hours a week for 52 weeks of the year, they should not have to live in poverty, and these men and women are living in poverty. All we are trying to do is what we have done many times in the past.
This has not been a partisan issue. It has only been in recent years that it has been a partisan issue. If we look at this chart, we will see that over the period of the years when there was the first minimum wage, going back to 1938, it was 25 cents. There was President Roosevelt, then Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower increased the minimum wage. Democrats and Republicans. President Kennedy increased the minimum wage. So did President Johnson increase the minimum wage. Then President Eisenhower, President Ford, then President Carter, then Bush 1, President Bush, increased the minimum wage, and then President Clinton. So Republicans as well as Democrats have fought for an increase in the minimum wage, although over the period of these last years, that has not been the case. Every time we have tried for an increase in the minimum wage, we have been opposed by a Republican administration and by the Republican leadership in the House and the Senate. That is not fair. It is time we altered and changed that.
It is appropriate that we take a moment or two to look at what has been happening in our country: Americans struggling to survive in this economy, in what we call the Bush economy. Too many Americans are living in poverty. We have 1 in every 10 families living in poverty. One out of every five children in the United States now, one out of every five Hispanic Americans, one out of every four African Americans, is now living in poverty in the United States. If we look at the overall figures from years 2000 to 2004, 5.4 million more Americans are living in poverty today than were living in poverty in the year 2000. An increase in the minimum wage is not going to solve all of these problems, but it is going to help 15 to 16 million Americans become better off in regard to their economic condition to some extent.
Let us take a look at what has happened to the minimum wage over the period of recent years. This is the 2004 Federal poverty line. This red line indicates the minimum wage. Going back to the early 1960s, we saw that the minimum wage even exceeded the poverty wage. This is constant purchasing dollars. This is in constant real dollars. We saw an increase even above the poverty line. Then it bounced around just around the poverty line, and then we have seen now what has happened in recent times where the real minimum wage has fallen so far from the poverty line. Most Americans believe if one is going to work and work hard, they should not have to live in poverty, but this is what is happening in the United States over the period of the recent years. The total number of individuals who have fallen into poverty has increased significantly because of the failure of Congress to deal with any kind of increase in the minimum wage.
The amendment I have offered is a three-phase increase. It provides for an increase of 70 cents 60 days after it is signed, 70 cents a year after, and 70 cents a year after, from $5.15 to $7.25. It will put the minimum wage up to this level, which it will still be well below what it was in the 1960s through the 1970s and even up to the 1980s. It will certainly not recover all of its purchasing power, but it will make a very serious and important difference to millions of Americans.
For anybody who is viewing this discussion this evening, this chart is self-evident. What has been happening is an increased pressure on families' pocketbooks, which has virtually soared since the year 2001.
We find gasoline has increased some 71 percent; health insurance up 59 percent; housing up 44 percent; college tuition up 35 percent. These are basics.
If they can afford a car to be able to drive, or even participate in a car pool, we see the explosion in gasoline prices in spite of an Energy bill we passed here which did virtually nothing on this issue.
We continue to see the escalation of health care costs, housing has gone up, and college tuition. All this has gone up. What has not gone up is the minimum wage.
This chart shows what an average family is up against. The average costs for a family for health insurance premiums per year now is up to $10,880. If you look at the salary of a full-time, minimum-wage worker, it is $10,700. You wonder how in the world can they even afford one coverage, which is so important to families, which is to be able to provide health coverage. Of course they cannot afford it, and so they do without it. In some States, they get some protection from some of the safety net programs, but we have seen the increasing pressure on those safety net programs in recent years.
What would $4,400 mean, which is what it would be when the minimum wage is fully implemented? What would that mean? We have been encouraged by the living wage campaigns that have taken place in communities all over this country. They have taken place in Boston. They have taken place in Cambridge, MA, and other communities in my State. They have taken place in Baltimore and in many other cities--in Los Angeles. And they have made a real difference. It has made a real difference in the quality of life for people. In many of those instances when they go to a living wage, they go up to $12 or $14 an hour. We are only increasing this to $7.25. So we are going to be well behind the living wage that has been accepted overwhelmingly.
We know when it has been on the ballot in the States of Nevada and Florida, it has been passed overwhelmingly by the people in those States. People have overwhelmingly, when they have addressed this in all parts of the country, supported an increase. The only people who have not supported it have been the Republican leadership. We are going to give them an opportunity to address this issue on this legislation.
This is what it provides. The $4,400 increase means almost 2 years of child care, full tuition for a community college, a year and a half of heat and electricity--maybe not after this winter, when we are finding out in my part of the country on the natural gas bill they expect to have an increase of some 70 percent in the cost of heating oil and natural gas, but we know it would make an important difference in those terms--and more than a year of groceries or more than 9 months of rent.
Does this sound very excessive to those who believe we are already doing what we should for some of the most hard-working Americans?
This chart is enormously important. Although it doesn't reflect the human dimension of what families are faced with or what a difference in the minimum wage will mean, what it does do is show what has happened in relation to increased productivity. What does that mean? It means the production levels workers have been able to achieve. What we have seen over a period of years--this chart goes back to the 1960s. If you look at the minimum wage even prior to that time, an increase in the minimum wage has always reflected an increase in productivity. It makes sense. That is the best way to answer people who say this is going to be inflationary. It is not when you are increasing productivity.
This is what had happened. We had always seen the minimum wage had been kept slightly higher than productivity in the 1960s and going into the 1970s. Now what we see is productivity is up 155 percent over 45 years ago. What we have seen is the decline of the minimum wage. This includes the increase in the minimum wage that we had during the 1990s. We see the extraordinary decline. We have not seen the minimum wage go up to reflect the increase in productivity. We have seen the minimum wage go down, in spite of the increase in productivity.
We have workers working longer, working harder, being more productive. They are working longer hours. They are working many more months of the year than any other worker in the world--American workers. American workers are. We will have a chance to show that tomorrow, the comparison between American workers and other workers. We have American workers working longer, working harder, being more productive, and you would think the increase in the minimum wage would reflect it, right? Wrong. We do not see that increase reflected.
This chart shows again, all of these indicators, that the purchasing power of the minimum wage has collapsed over the last 50 years. The minimum wage now is the lowest in over 50 years compared to average wages. For years the minimum wage was reflective of what the average wage was. They tried to keep it about 56 to 60 percent, that was the desire for years for the minimum wage. But look what has happened. This is another indicator. The minimum wage is now 32 percent of the average wages for American workers. Look at the decline.
We are talking about a segment of our society. We are talking about a segment of Americans. It is all reflected in this--when we had the Hurricane Katrina, when we saw so many millions of Americans who had been left behind in opportunity, and they are getting short shrift in their wages. These are millions of Americans who are left behind, and that is reflected by the fact that the number of Americans living in poverty has increased.
We have some indication of what has happened as the minimum wage remained stagnant over this period
of time. We see Members of Congress have had an increase in salary of $31,600. People will have to answer to that, whether they are going to vote themselves a pay increase and vote down an increase in the minimum wage. That will be the issue that will be before the Members. That is why this particular measure is of so much importance.
We will have a chance to go through this in greater detail. This issue is most of all about fairness for American workers. We know there will be about 7 1/2 million Americans who will be affected by the increase in the minimum wage. The ripple effect on the wages of others of low income is expected to effectively double that. We are talking about impacting more than 15 million Americans--some obviously more than others. But we are talking about whether we are going to be one country with one history and one destiny and whether this institution is going to increase the minimum wage and try to begin to catch up for so many we have left behind.
We will take the opportunity tomorrow. Some will come out and refute this with the old arguments that this will be bad for the economy. This will be bad for the economy because it will have a inflationary effect on the economy. Let me show what this is, in terms of the economy. All Americans combined earn $5.4 trillion a year. This is all Americans. Increasing the minimum wage to $7.25 is vital to workers but a drop in the bucket in the national payroll. All Americans combined earn $5.4 trillion. An increase to $7.25 would be less than one-fifth of 1 percent of the national payroll, one-fifth of 1 percent. I hope our friends on the other side who say this is going to be an inflator, we are suffering difficult economic times now--all of which are true--will let me point out that this is one-fifth of 1 percent of national payroll. They will say that this is going to be an inflator? This doesn't hold.
We have seen in Great Britain they have increased their minimum wage to $8.85 3 weeks ago. They increased it to $8.85, and they have provisionally accepted a plan to go up to $9.37 next year. If you asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the adverse impact in terms of the British economy, he said: It has been good for the economy. It has been healthy for the economy. We have moved a million children out of poverty. We have moved families out of poverty. People are spending and investing and it has strengthened our economy.
We will have an opportunity to go through the traditional arguments: We can't afford this because it is an inflator. I hope our friends on the other side will be able to respond to that. They will also say this is going to mean job losses. We have gone through that time in and time out. We will have the charts to show at the times that we have increased the minimum wage it has actually meant increasing employment. That certainly has been true in more recent times that we have done it, and we have the charts to reflect that.
Then we will hear this is a decent idea but it only goes to--we should just have a training wage. We should not. We have already had that kind of debate and discussion.
Those are all arguments we are going to hear from the other side. Basically, they are rooted in the concept they do not believe that men and women who work hard, men and women of dignity, that they are entitled even to a fair day's pay.
We are not, even with the increase of the minimum wage, able to reach the poverty line for these millions of Americans. It does seem to me with all the things we have seen in this country in the most recent times, when we peeled back the veil of the American society, as had been done in Katrina and Rita, and we saw who was out there and who was adversely impacted, Americans said, Oh, my goodness, why have so many people been left out? Why have so many people been left behind?
This increase in the minimum wage is not going to solve all of their problems. It will not. But it will make an important difference to more than 15 million Americans who are hard working, trying to make ends meet, playing by the rules, looking out after their families. They certainly deserve this increase, particularly if we intend to increase the salaries for Members of the Senate.
Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.


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Museum Day set for Sunday, May 4
Like an old, heavy, dusty vault, the Becker County Historical Society is cracking open the doors to the museum and all of its 4th annual Museum Day surprises.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is set for Sunday, May 4, from noon to 4 p.m.
"We use it as a community day — a day to come and see all the great things the museum has to offer," said Amy Degerstrom, director of the historical society.
The day started as a way to recognize and celebrate museums during Minnesota Museum Month and International Museum Month.
"We focus it around hands-on activities that you can try from history," explained Degerstrom, who says there will be collections of different historical artifacts like cookie cutters, powder flasks from the civil war and more.
"And so we'll have things for the kids to do like cookie decorating and some old fashioned games," said Degerstrom.
Provided the weather is good, kids can join in the games outside, including jump rope, hop scotch and "hoops."
"These are traditional games that have a long history that you might not even realize how far back they go," said Degerstrom, "so we'll try to have like a little history education on how far back they go and how they got started."
And what goes swimmingly with those old fashioned games?
Old fashioned ice cream, of course.
"We'll have old fashioned ice cream making so people can try to crank that old crank to try to make ice cream," said Degerstrom.
The trip back into time continues with horse and buggy rides, as well as civil war re-enactors who, if the weather cooperates, will be putting on a full-costume show on the lawn of the museum.
"But even if it's raining, we'll still have action going on inside the museum," said Degerstrom.
There will also be an opportunity for visitors to try their hand at birch bark basket making — a traditional Native American skill.
"And we're still looking for people who might want to participate in this as well — to come and put on a demonstration whether it be rosemalers, quilters, knitters or any historical craft that people still do today but don't always think of how historical they are," said Degerstrom, who says they'll also be adding to the historical ambiance with some piano music during the event.
There will be lunch available for purchase at the museum as well, with options like fry-bread tacos, hot dogs, cookies and bars, coffee and lemonade.
The past few years there has been anywhere from 250 to 300 people partaking in Museum Day.
There will be a free will donation basket set up for participants, but Degerstrom says, whether people can give or not, she just hopes people go on out to celebrate.
"It's kind of our way of thanking our community and supporters and members for loving their museum and keeping us going," said Degerstrom. "It's our thank you to the people that live here."
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Yadav also promised to include 17 OBC castes in the SC category.
Commission says Khurshid violated model code of conduct,asks him to be careful in future.
The government is considering giving reservation to backward Muslims within the 27 per cent quota fixed for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and a decision in this regard will be taken soon,Law Minister Salman Khurshid said today.
BJP says Congress,Samajwadi Party or BSP never worked for development of minorities.
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Watched Forsberg tonite, tried to focus on him when he was on the ice.
Here are my opinions, albeit only seeing him this game, some training camp and a bit last year;
Forsberg is very smooth, skates well, although a bit of a hunched over/leaning forward kinda style. Doesn't blow you away with speed but skating should not be an issue at all.
Competes in all areas of the ice and should get more physical as the years move along, but it isnt really his game. Does not shy away from it anways, which is good. Has decent size and looked bigger than his listed 5'9? Not sure though.
Probably the biggest thing I have noticed and especially in tonites game, is how well Forsberg uses his linemates and finds them with really some great passes. Just makes it look easy at times, even just short passes in his own end or the neutral zone. Very smart with the puck for sure. The puck just seems to stay on his stick at times and the longer you give him, he will find someone open. Had 2 assists tonite and could have probably had a couple more easily. At times I thought PG should have played him a bit more, but he is only 16.
Has some really good hands and combined with what is mentioned above, he can be really dangerous. It appears he might like to dish more than shoot, but he should be dangerous at both as he matures. He seemed to play more wing tonite and I think normally he might be a Centerman, but he did fine if in fact he is somewhat playing out of position?
Anyways, a pretty good game for Forsberg and he now has 1g 2a for 3pts in 3 games this season. His hands and passing will be his bread and butter. Very slick, smooth and patient with the puck. Looks like a good one and if the kid ever gets a sniper on his wing, look out!
I watched the game as well.
I am also rewatching thru the archives.
Good summary by you.
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Banana Pineapple Slush Recipe
"This sunny tropical slush refreshes on summer days and is perfect for brunches, showers, weddings and neighborhood parties," confirms Beth Myers of Lewisburg, West Virginia.
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 can (46 ounces) pineapple juice
- 3 cups orange juice
- 3/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup orange juice concentrate
- 8 medium ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 bottles (2 liters each) cream soda
- 3 cans (12 ounces each) lemon-lime soda
- 1. In a saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil over medium heat; cool. Pour into a freezer container; add juices, orange juice concentrate and bananas. Cover and freeze. To serve, thaw mixture until slushy; stir in cream soda and lemon-lime soda. Yield: about 9-1/2 quarts.
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For black women, a marriage problem | Oct. 6, commentary
Unintended consequences sting
The "marriage problem" faced by African-American women is an unintended consequence of affirmative action programs started in the 1970s.
Human resources departments quickly figured out that when it came to satisfying diversity requirements, white males were worth zero points, white females one point, black males one point and black females two points (one for their gender and one for their race). As a result, the departments developed and have retained to today this unspoken rule: To meet diversity quotas with the fewest hires, it is much better to hire black women than black men.
By the mid 1980s, blue-collar jobs started to head overseas as the nation developed a service-based economy. This devastated the only area of our economy outside of government where black men were proportionately employed. The alternative of going white collar was made difficult because affirmative action actually worked against them.
Fast-forwarding to today, if our best answer to problems in the black community is for black women to "forget black men and marry outside the race," it will only throw black men and the black community as a whole further under the bus. The solution lies in bringing manufacturing jobs back to America and in removing the unintended but powerful antiblack male component of affirmative action.
Although unintended, our policies for the last 40 years have been antimarriage in a manner that has devastated our African-American population and are now on the way to devastating the nonblack population as well. As citizens we must demand of government that it take great care in what problems it attempts to solve, how it defines those problems, how it measures the success of its solutions, and how well it watches for and fixes unintended consequences.
Robert Silverman, Wimauma
Walking away with $50K | Oct. 7
Look to the administrators
Florida law establishes the right of a school district to provide terminal pay for unused sick leave and caps the amount of such compensation for district instructional staff and educational support employees. The intent of the law was to provide an incentive for teachers to stay in the profession and for them to not utilize their sick leave, except when absolutely necessary. Why? Because when teachers are out sick, a substitute is required in that classroom. There is a cost for the substitute teacher and a loss, in many cases, of learning in the classroom during the teacher's absence.
If you analyze the article, it is apparent that the real issue is the cost of this benefit for administrative personnel. Of the 19 listed in the "$100,000 Club," 17 were administrators. The two teachers in the "club" would have accrued 30 years' worth of unused sick leave to be eligible for this "club." I believe they earned every penny of that benefit.
Administrators do not require substitutes so they can go to a medical appointment during their workday. A large percentage of administrators, who work 12-month contracts, earn additional terminal pay for unused vacation that adds thousands of dollars to their payout. School boards have the power to address the level of terminal payout for administrators and should do so.
The average payout is just over $10,000 and that includes all the payouts for the administrative "club" members as well as the much smaller payouts for teachers and support staff. Do not punish those for whom the law was established.
Marshall Ogletree, Palm Harbor
Reading between the lines
The underlying message of this article is obvious. Attention school district employees: Use all of your vacation and sick leave time while you're still working. Don't get punished for not being sick.
Lance Lubin, St. Petersburg
Sick day policy not sustainable Oct. 9, editorial
Classes must go on
This editorial says banking sick leave is an expensive perk. But if a teacher takes a sick day, he or she has to get a substitute. It's not like the private sector where you can come back the next day and make up your work. You can't cancel classes — someone has to stand in front of your children.
So not only do you have to pay for the teacher being sick, you have to pay for a sub to be there, costing the district more each time a teacher is sick.
D. Burnside, Treasure Island
Protest reaches Tampa | Oct. 7
See for yourself
I went to the Occupy Tampa protest. I did not see any communists, anarchists or people trying to overthrow the U.S. government. What I did see were young people scared about their futures, middle class workers, and business men and women. I saw people who have lost their jobs and homes. I saw people mad that none of those who caused this mess and broke laws are in jail.
I met old people scared to death that Republicans will take away their benefits. I spoke to people who were mad that the government bailed out the banks and left the rest of us out to dry. The crowd was peaceful and respectful to law enforcement. There were tea party people walking in solidarity with people of all colors and faiths. The people were angry at both parties for playing politics.
It opened my eyes to how some elements of the media demonize these demonstrations. I am glad I went. You can't see the truth about things unless you get off the couch.
Peter Serrano, Tampa
Middle class is fed up
The recent occupation of Wall Street and other sites around the country exemplify the level of anxiety and distrust that people are feeling. It was extremely satisfying to read that this occupation had reached the streets of Tampa. Not all of the protesters were young and in tie-dyed shirts; many were in suits or business attire.
What the country and the world are witnessing is that the middle classes are fed up and will not take it anymore. One of the freedoms that we are guaranteed is the freedom to assemble and speak — at least until the 1 percent gets more control.
Mark L. Grantham, Gulfport
Friend of Perry a biblical bully | Oct. 11, Daniel Ruth column
Respect the Mormons
As a conservative I rarely, if ever, agree with Daniel Ruth. However, I try to keep an open mind and do read his columns.
This column on the Mormon Church was right on. I am not a Mormon but have many friends who are, and two of my grown daughters joined the church several years ago. I have always been deeply impressed with their dedication to God, family and country. As a church they do believe in Jesus Christ. Others would do well in learning more about them as opposed to criticizing them.
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