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Our hospital's veterinary assistants came back from a national CE conference with a great idea. When drawing blood, we draw enough for a wellness panel. If the client pays for heartworm testing and a 12-month supply of flea and heartworm preventive, the wellness panel is free. This practice has already proved valuable. The results of one wellness panel revealed an eosinophilia—additional testing confirmed whipworms. Another panel identified a case of possible hypothyroidism, and subsequent testing revealed low T3, T4, and free T4 concentrations. Consequently, all of our staff members will attend CE programs this year!
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With a large number of runners in the starting line-up for this race for the first time, the ninth edition of Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday (15) is set to celebrate new champions this year.
The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
As usual the field includes many world class athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia as well as a few European runners. Apart from the ever-increasing prize money, this year's race will have an added significance as the Mumbai Marathon is one of the designated events to achieve qualification for the Olympic Games in London. Many aspirants, including the Indians, will try to gain an Olympic berth from here. The A and B standard for Olympic qualification will be 2:15 and 2:18 for men and 2:37 and 2:43 for women respectively.
The unusual cool climate prevailing over here for the past few days and a little change in the course, for a 3 km stretch, is expected to produce fast times and new event records this year.
Kipsang heads the men's field
Kenyan William Kipsang, who clocked an impressive 2:05:49 personal best when winning the Fortis Rotterdam Marathon less than four years ago leads the men's challenge. There are another seven runners with sub 2:10 timings on the elite list released by the organisers.
To make the contest interesting Kipsang is joined by Luke Kibet, the 2007 World champion, as well as Laban Moiben and Nixon Maschichin from Kenya. Last year Moiben won the Ottawa marathon and Maschichin took the title in Linz. The Kenyan squad is further aided by John Kyui, winner of Nagpur marathon in the same province last year, who went on to clock a PB of 2:10 at Zurich thereafter. Samson Limareng, who was third in Mumbai two years ago, was another notable runner to watch.
Moldovian Iaroslav Musinschi is one of the fastest among the non-Kenyans with 2:08:32 from Dusseldorf two years ago. However Ethiopian Siraj Gena, who finished second here in 2010 beating Samson Limareng, is a shade quicker with his 2:08:31 clocking in Frankfurt last year.
Strong Ethiopian squad in women's race
Ethiopian women are poised to sweep the podium with a half a dozen runners with sub 2:30 performances entering the race.
The favourites for top spot include Makda Harun, former Venice Marathon victor, and Fatuma Sado Dergo, second in last year's Eurasia Istanbul Marathon. Harun and Sado arrive here with personal bests of 2:27:30 and 2:28:01, which they clocked last year.
Netsanet Abeyo, credited with a 2:28:28 fourth place finish in Rome last year, along with Aberesh Bedasa, who timed 2:29:47 for the runner-up position in Reims in 2011, will be genuine challengers for honours too.
Two of the other Ethiopian runners already have experience on the Mumbai roads. Radiya Adlo, fifth in 2009, and Ayela Lemma, seventh in 2009 and tenth a year later, will be expected to help navigate their teammates on the familiar terrain.
Important among the non-Ethiopians is Helaria Johannes of Namibia. Johannes triumphed in Dublin last year with 2:30:37. During her previous visit to the India two years ago, she finished 16th in the annual Delhi Half Marathon.
Vijay Amritraj, the Indian tennis legend and former head of Association of Tennis Professionals, will be the brand ambassador for Mumbai Marathon this year. Talking to media this evening, Amritraj narrates how running helped him to improve his health in younger age and formed a basis for his triumph in the tennis world.
The iconic sportsman is supporting a large number of people through Vijay Amritraj Foundation, a charitable organisation he established ten years ago. With Mumbai Marathon is involved in charities at large-scale, Amritraj's presence will be expected to bring both the sporting community and NGOs together.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) believes a consortium of banks that offered a Rs 2,000 crore guarantee to it on behalf of Nimbus Communications for domestic cricket telecast rights, did so without sufficient collateral from the broadcaster.
As a result, claims the board, the three banks-Union Bank of India, Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Indian Bank-are now unwilling or unable to meet BCCI's demand to encash the guarantee of Rs 1,600 crore. Nimbus owes this much to the board. This is the third default by Nimbus.
If the banks had agreed, BCCI would have claimed Rs 1,600 crore of the Rs 2,000 crore contract which was signed in November 2009 for six years. The balance of Rs 400 crore is for matches yet to be telecast during the remainder of the contract.
BCCI's working committee cancelled the contract with Nimbus on December 12 after the broadcaster failed to pay Rs 50 crore, part of an instalment of Rs 74 crore which it owed BCCI for the 2011 season. Nimbus sought a 45-day reprieve; it had already paid BCCI Rs 24 crore. BCCI refused to budge and wanted the entire Rs 1,600 crore, citing two previous defaults by the channel.
"We would like to seek legal recourse at the highest level and also raise this issue with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and seek its intervention to recover the money owed to us," says BCCI legal head P.R. Raman. He claims the board informed the banks about earlier defaults.
When Nimbus defaulted for the third time in November, the board demanded that the banks pay them Rs 50 crore from the margin money retained by them. The margin money is 10-15 per cent of any contract, and is retained till the account is settled.
The banks are either silent or evasive about their deal with Nimbus. In Delhi, PNB CMD K.R. Kamath said it was their prerogative to decide what to seek from a company as collateral. On December 22, PNB, along with the other banks, told the Bombay High Court that they would not pay BCCI the guarantee money. An email from India Today seeking answers from Indian Bank and Union Bank went unanswered.
In a note emailed to India Today, Nimbus said the banks followed norms that were prescribed by RBI. "The banks also took first charge on receivables of Nimbus from BCCI matches, charge on physical assets as well as several other additional securities," said Nimbus Chairman Harish Thawani. He, however, refused to give details of the assets pledged to the banks.
In a note to BCCI Treasurer Ajay Shirke, a senior official of Union Bank of India, the lead bank in the consortium, said the guarantee could not be invoked because the BCCI did not mention the nature and extent of default by Nimbus.
Raman claims that BCCI became aware of Nimbus's poor financial health only when the broadcaster sought a refund of Rs 250 crore for the cancelled India-Pakistan series in March 2012. Nimbus told BCCI that the refund would help it clear its dues worth Rs 50 crore.
BCCI officials are worried that the current controversy could affect the board's future arrangement with broadcasters. "If a bank refuses to honour a guarantee on a technicality-the invocation was made after the termination of the contract and not before as stipulated in the agreement-it will set a bad precedent," says a senior board official.
In the high court, Justice S.J. Vazifdar referred the case for arbitration after the banks stood firm. The world's richest cricket board's cash dilemma continues.
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Parents thrill to the sight and sound of their baby's first smiles and babbles, and these natural expressions of joy are important developmental milestones. For this reason, parents and physicians pay attention to these earliest social cues. When an infant fails to exhibit them within the first year of life, it can be among the earliest signs of an autism spectrum disorder.
"Autism can be diagnosed as early as 12 to 18 months of age, but most children are not diagnosed until 3 to 5 years old, depending on the severity of the symptoms, and the child and family's access to a care system that can identify the behavioral and developmental characteristics," says Dr. John Mantovani, chairman of pediatrics at Mercy Hospital-St. Louis.
Babies who fail to make eye contact, do not like to be held or do not exhibit responsive facial expressions and sounds may be showing very early autism symptoms, and parents who are concerned should to talk to their pediatrician, adds Dr. Alan Skoultchi, a pediatrician with St. Louis Pediatric Associates Inc. at St. Luke's Hospital. "By 9 months, most babies will respond to their name, and they typically begin babbling around 1 year old," he says. "If we don't see these typical behaviors developing, then we can refer the family to a specialist for a more in-depth assessment." In general, Skoultchi refers families to pediatric neurologists for in-depth testing and diagnosis.
If a child is diagnosed with autism, there are a variety of services available to help, says Jeanne Marshall, VP for autism services with Easter Seals Midwest. "We often have the family meet with our family navigators right at the beginning to determine their needs and guide them to a plan of action," she says. "This includes information on appropriate programs, school ideas, funding resources, the Missouri First Steps program and the Missouri Department of Mental Health program."
Besides educational and developmental programs, children may need additional medical testing to search for an underlying cause, which can be identified in between 20 and 30 percent of cases, Mantovani says. "Research to optimize interventions is ongoing," he adds. "Intensive intervention programs often use functional behavioral analytic approaches (applied behavioral analysis) and incorporate developmental therapies, such as language and occupational therapy."
A final point experts make is that the purported connection between vaccines and autism has been debunked. Scientists and physicians now think autism is a complex syndrome caused by a combination of genetic abnormalities and environmental triggers. "A tremendous amount of research into possible causes and contributions is continuing," Mantovani says.
Marshall agrees with medical professionals that parents should act on any early concerns: Talk to your pediatrician or call Easter Seals Midwest. "Sometimes it may turn out that it isn't going to be a formal diagnosis; but in the event that it is, the quicker you start services, the better the outcome for the child and family."


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The book, titled Billy's Bully, is about a kid who stands up to his former bullier; it seeks to teach kids how to avoid becoming a bully themselves. Doane says he's already lined up with a publisher who has set him up with illustrators and another author to do some minor edits on the book. It should be released in June.
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Q. My wife and I disagree on consequences to discipline our children. What types of consequences are there and how can they be more effective?
A. Allowing children to experience the consequences of their behavior is the most used discipline method. Children learn every act has a consequence, and they learn to be accountable and responsible for their behavior. Children must understand they have choices and must accept the consequences of their choices.
Natural consequences allow children to learn from the natural order of the world. For instance, if the child refuses to eat, he will get hungry, or if the child does not do his homework assignment, she will get a lower grade. The parent allows unpleasant, but natural, consequences to happen when the child does not act in a desirable way.
Natural consequences cannot be used in all situations. If parents interfere with a natural consequence it will not be effective. Also, a natural consequence you see as unpleasant may not matter to your child.
Natural consequences only work if they are undesirable to your child and you do not interfere. Carefully choose the conditions when you allow natural consequences to occur and they can be very effective. Saving or protecting your child from natural consequences (for example, bringing homework to school when forgotten) does not help your child learn to be responsible.
Logical consequences are options you suggest to your child. They are different from natural consequences because you present them, instead of nature or society. You should choose consequences directly related to the unacceptable behavior. For example, if your child leaves a mess, have her clean two rooms, don't ground her for a week; or, if the child will not change out of his good clothes into play clothes, he will have to stay in the house and find something to do inside. Other examples include: if your toys are not picked up by bedtime, they will be put in this box at the back of the basement; or, you may turn down the volume on the radio (or use headphones), or listen to the radio in your room.
Try to make the consequence "fit the crime." Whatever you use as a consequence should teach your child the true outcome of his behavior. Not allowing your child to watch TV because he has taken something is a consequence that does not "fit the crime." If your child apologizes for his behavior and has to return what he has taken, he will have a better understanding of the impact of his behavior on others.
The goal of consequences is to teach your child behaviors that will lead to positive consequences (i.e., more of the things that your children like).
Kasper is a licensed social worker in Macomb County. He provides counseling to children, adolescents, adults and families and specializes in behavior analysis and interventions; parent coaching, mentoring and support and "SuperNanny Services." He is also a military family life consultant/child and youth behavior, a contractual therapist for Catholic Services of Macomb and Training Coordinator for Macomb County Community Mental Health. His website is familyactionplan.com.
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Oil rose above $105 a barrel on Monday to its highest in nearly a month as an Israeli air strike on a Syrian military facility refocused attention on Middle East supply risks, although prices pared gains after weak European economic data.
Israeli jets hit Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in an air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Iran denied the attack was on armaments for Lebanon and urged the region to unite against Israel.
Brent crude touched $105.49 a barrel, the highest since April 11, and was up 70 cents at $104.89 by 1030 GMT. U.S. oil rose to a high of $97.17 and traded up 72 cents at $96.33.
"Rising geopolitical worries have increased the risk premium on oil and the fear is that the Israeli attack is going to lead to a wider involvement of other nations in the Syrian conflict," said Victor Shum, an oil consultant at IHS in Singapore.
"That's allowing oil to extend gains made on the back of strong jobs data in the United States."
Countering the supply risks, surveys on Monday showed the euro zone's business downturn dragged on in April. The purchasing managers' indexes (PMIs) also showed Germany is now suffering a contraction in business activity that has long beset France, Italy and Spain.
"The attack over the weekend of Israel on Syria, on the one hand, can lead to some increased geopolitical premium," said Olivier Jakob, oil analyst at Petromatrix in Switzerland.
"But the global PMIs are weak and that in itself is not really bullish for distillates because the economy is still not providing signs that a strong recovery is ahead. Global oil demand is driven by distillates."
Brent has gained as much as 9 percent in less than three weeks since reaching a 2013 low of $96.75 on April 18. Its high for the year is $119.17 reached on Feb. 8.
Prices rallied on Friday in response to an upbeat U.S. jobs report. Payrolls rose more than expected in April, pushing the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent, easing concerns about a sharp slowdown in the economy.
Morgan Stanley cited signs of a stronger physical market for Brent, such as a drop in expected Nigerian crude exports and supply of North Sea crude Ekofisk in June.
"Crude oil fundamentals continue to tighten, with supply disappointing yet again," the bank said in a report on Monday. "The key risk remains weak demand."
Weak economic data from the world's second-biggest oil consumer, China, and Europe's prolonged debt crisis, have helped oil fall from its 2013 high near $120 a barrel.
The official China Securities Journal reported on Monday China's export growth was expected to slow to around 10 percent in the second quarter from 18 percent in the first. (Additional reporting by Meeyoung Cho in SEOUL and Manash Goswami in SINGAPORE; editing by James Jukwey)


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Monday's CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe, plus a look at weekend events. Three U.S. and Russian astronauts return safely to Earth from the International Space Station late Friday, ending a 144 day journey. Orbital Sciences Corp, looks to mid-April for the test flight of the Antares rocket, which could soon become the cornerstone for the second U. S. commercial cargo service to the International Space Station. The U. S. House and Senate schedule hearings on threats posed by near Earth objects. The House and Senate also deal with budget issues, one of which must be dealt with to avoid a March 27 government shut down. The current U. S. budget sequester slows university sponsored research. The James Webb Space Telescope reaches a structural milestone. Comet Pan-STARRS, forerunner to a larger, brighter comet? The Swiss unveil plans for an air launch satellite deployment system. A look at major space policy activities scheduled for the week ahead.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com and CBS News, March 16: Russia's Soyuz TMA-O6M capsule descents safely into Kazakhstan late Friday, delivering NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin to Earth after 144 days in orbit. The departure left the first Canadian, Chris Hadfield, in charge of the space station's Expedition 35.
A. From Florida Today, March 15: Space Station commander Chris Hadfield draws audiences to spaceflight with social media. Then, there's Hadfield's musical skills, also a popular draw.
B. From Ria Novosti, of Russia, March 16: British soprano Sarah Brightman may not be headed to the International Space Station in 2015, after all, according to Vladimir Popovkin, chief of the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos. Brightman's spot on a Soyuz transport may go to a professional European Space Agency astronaut aboard a flight extended from several days to a month.
2. From Space News, March 15: Orbital Sciences Corp., looks to April 16-18 for the launch of its Antares rocket on a test flight under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program. Orbital plans to become the second U. S. commercial cargo supplier for the International Space Station, joining SpaceX. The Orbital flight, if successful, will be followed by a demonstration flight all the way to the station.
3. From Spacepolitics.com, March 15: The House Science, Space and Technology committee as well as the Senate Commerce Committee will host hearings on the threat to Earth posed by near Earth objects on Tuesday and Wednesday. The hearings were triggered by the surprise explosion of a small asteroid over Russia on Feb. 15 and a pair of recent close encounters featuring larger NEOs.
4. From Spacepolicyonline.com, March 15: The House and Senate make progress on a budget Continuing Resolution that would avoid a late March government shutdown. The CR would stand in lieu of a 2013 fiscal year budget. Meanwhile, the House and Senate continue efforts to forge 2014 spending plans as they await a White House budget proposal.
5. From Florida Today, March 17: A recent poll from the General Social Survey finds little enthusiasm for spending on space exploration, notes columnist John Kelly. The survey reveals support for social programs benefiting education, the elderly, health care and the environment with little understanding of how much is actually invested in space exploration.
6. From The Washington Post, March 16: The U. S. budget sequester is stemming the flow of research funds to the nation's universities. About $30 billion flows for work in fields ranging from agriculture to astrophysics. About $1 billion is at risk.
7. From AmericaSpace.com, March 16: Essential support structure for the James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, comes together. The JWST is headed toward a late 2018 lift off with optics designed to study the earliest galaxy formation and other celestial phenomena.
8. From The Los Angeles Times, March 17: Comet Pan-STARRS is whetting appetites in the Northern Hemisphere for comets. Some experts are saying Comet Ison, tracking now toward the sun, could be a real sensation in late November. Though unpredictable, Ison could be large enough to shine in daylight or follow a trajectory that could make it visible throughout the night. Some predict a breakup that would shine like a string of pearls.
A. From NASA Science News: Comet Pan-STARRS graces the western sky after sunset after surviving a trip around the sun.
B. From The Orlando Sentinel, March 17: Pan-STARRS in the Florida skies.
9. From Aviation Week & Space Technology, March 15: Swiss Space System plans 2017 tests flights of a new airborne launch system, combining an AirbusA300 and a small un-piloted shuttle that will serve as the second stage for small satellite launch system.
10. From Spacepolicyonline.com, March 17: A look ahead at the major space policy events scheduled for the week ahead. Budget issues for 2013 and 2014 are high on the list. Hearings are also scheduled for the House and Senate on the threat from near Earth objects.
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For those who still believe it's a travesty to turn an old book into a new object, there is but one truth: denial is not just a river in Egypt. For the rest of us, there's a bookternet (h/t @rachelfersh for the new vocab) teeming with gorgeous art that makes old books new again. One of my favorite sites, which even has its own Etsy store, is Finky Made This. It's not updated terribly often, but the paper and book-inspired crafts are always original and fun to check out. Here are a few highlights.
In the most recent project, The Wind in the Willows gets bent.
Here's a garland made from a comic book.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, FEB. 23, 2002 (Zenit.org).- On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over whether government vouchers should be given to enable parents to send their children to private or religious schools. The long-standing debate over vouchers touches sensitive points over church-state relations and the role of private education.
The case concerns a 6-year-old test program in Cleveland, Ohio. A decision by the high-court justices is expected by this summer, the Associated Press reported the same day.
Supporters of vouchers argue that they will offer students an alternative to poorly run public schools and spur educational reforms. Opponents are worried about public funds going to religious institutions. "If the Supreme Court upholds this plan, Americans will be forced to support religious indoctrination," said the Reverend Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.
In the Cleveland program, parents may use their voucher to send children to 51 participating schools, nine of which are non-religious. Ohio officials, supported by the Bush administration, maintain that the program does not violate the Constitution. Currently, 4,456 students receive financial aid of up to $2,250 a year.
The small number of non-religious schools available under the scheme is due to the fact that suburban schools wouldn´t participate, and the vouchers don´t cover tuition at higher-priced non-religious private schools. As a result, almost all of the children enrolled in religious schools.
Opponents of the plan brought legal action in the federal court, claiming the voucher program violates the separation of church and state by using government money to support private religious schools that engage in religious instruction. A federal appeals court struck down the Cleveland program as unconstitutional in December 2000. The program was allowed to continue while the case was appealed.
The consequences of the Supreme Court decision will be felt beyond Ohio. "This is huge," says Douglas Laycock, a law professor and church-state scholar at the University of Texas, reported the Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday. "All the opinions so far are carefully hedged and qualified," he says of the court´s church-state decisions since 1983. "Vouchers are the really big program they haven´t dealt with."
More than 30 organizations have filed friend-of-the-court briefs on both sides of the issue. Those in support of vouchers include the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Among those opposing vouchers are the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American Jewish Committee and the Ohio School Boards Association.
A ruling against the Cleveland plan would be a setback to voucher efforts in other cities. But voucher defenders probably would restructure the programs, setting off another round of legislative and legal battles, observed the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
In fact, a number of states are already exploring options to vouchers. In Florida, a program uses taxpayer money to send children to private schools, but less directly. The plan allows corporations to give money to state-approved scholarship programs for low-income children, and reduce their state tax bills, dollar-for-dollar, by the amount of the contributions. Since the plan began last month, two corporations each have given the maximum $5 million to Florida scholarship programs, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Another six states have programs that offer parents or corporations tax incentives to fund private-school scholarships or public-school improvements. At the federal level, Congress last year voted to let parents set up tax-deferred education savings accounts to pay for private-school tuition. And in his budget presented two weeks ago, President George W. Bush proposed giving parents of students in failing public schools a $2,500 tax deduction or refund to help pay for private schooling.
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Wednesday´s opening of arguments saw an abundance of opinion articles on vouchers that same day. In the Washington Times, Peter Ferrara, executive director of the American Civil Rights Union, supported vouchers saying: "The state of Ohio implemented a classic and well-designed voucher program for Cleveland because of the extremely poor performance of its schools."
Ferrara argued that the program does not contravene a constitutional prohibition on establishment of religion. "It expands the education choices of parents to the broadest possible degree, including the entire spectrum of non-religious public and private schools, as well as private religious schools," he maintained.
Also in the Washington Times, Gregory S. Walden and Matthew F. Stowe, counsels to the Center for Education Reform, supported the Ohio program. They argued that after two decades of failed education reforms, "it is high time to try the option of school choice."
They contended that, without vouchers, inner-city minority families have no opportunity to escape a failing public school. "Today, many inner-city schools are still segregated by race whereas private and religious schools participating in school choice programs often are racially diverse," Walden and Stowe wrote.
In the Wall Street Journal, John O. Norquist, Democratic and mayor of Milwaukee, home to another voucher program, noted that among the schools that participate in his city´s program, "the level of racial and religious integration often surpasses local public schools."
Norquist explained that vouchers in Milwaukee have sparked off reforms in public schools, leading to major improvements for students. He also quoted a study by Harvard economist Caroline M. Hoxby, who investigated the impact of vouchers on public schools in Milwaukee. Her conclusion: "Overall, an evaluation of Milwaukee suggests that public schools have a strong, positive response to competition from vouchers."
But for Ralph G. Neas, president of People for the American Way Foundation, endorsement by the Supreme Court of vouchers in Cleveland "could encourage other states down a dangerous path that drains critical funds from public schools and the students they serve."
Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Neas maintained that "funneling tax dollars to vouchers undercuts the ability to fund smaller classes, early intervention, after-school programs and other reforms that can turn around troubled schools."
Opposition to vouchers also came from editorials in the New York Times, and its stablemate, the Boston Globe. The Times maintained that victory for vouchers "would mark a serious retreat from this nation´s historic commitment to maintaining a wall between government and religion." The editorial also opined that "vouchers do not encourage better public schools," and "are a distraction" from reform of the educational system. The Globe also objected to government money going to religious schools and maintained, "Voucher programs do not enhance educational equality."
Editorials in both the Washington Times and the Wall Street Journal supported vouchers and compared the case to the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 that mandated an end to racially segregated schools. On Tuesday the Journal argued that it isn´t a case of the state giving its support to religion, but rather, parents who are choosing these schools.
The next day a Washington Times editorial noted that most of the beneficiaries of the Cleveland program are minorities, who can now escape the city´s failing schools by going to the institution of their choice. Denying them vouchers would strand these minority students in substandard schools, "ensuring that a good education will be limited to the few: rich, white suburban children or city residents who can afford to go to private schools."
With the future of inner-city children — and much of U.S. education — at stake, the Supreme Court´s decision this summer could have colossal impact.


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Discussion in 'The National Football League' started by CT CSTM, Jan 9, 2011.
And not in the form of a Hollywood Commercial!!
Congrats man!!
I'm really happy for Chester. Just wish it could have happened in a Texans uniform.
I respect the hell out of Pitts. Like JB said, I'm happy for him but wish it would have happened with the Texans.
isn't he on IR?
Yep! Concussion in the last regular season game but still part of the team. He's pretty stoked!
I'm happy he got out of this organization.
Great news for him
Which team is he on? Sorry, for not knowing. Seahawks?
Yes. The Seahawks.
Good for him. Always liked him and thought he was a solid player.
Good for him. I'm glad.
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Maudie Louise Scroggins, age 91 of Murfreesboro and formerly of Pecos, Texas, passed away August 22, 2014 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital.
Maudie Louise Scroggins, age 91 of Murfreesboro and formerly of Pecos, Texas, passed away August 22, 2014 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital.
Maudie was born November 8, 1922 to the late Henry Jasper Brooks and the late Annie Mosley Brooks in Fly, Tennessee. She was the widow of Robert Howard Scroggins.
Before leaving Tennessee in 1958, she worked at a Greyhound Bus Station. Upon her arrival in Pecos, Texas she found herself working at a bakery. After working at the bakery, she owned a second hand store. At her store, she spent long days and nights where she really loved spending time with people, especially the children. She will be remembered for her simple loving ways and the simple life she led. Everyone made themselves at home while at Maudie's, especially her grandchildren whom she practically raised, because they didn't want to leave.
Maudie is survived by her children, Bob (Nanette) Scroggins of Dallas, TX, Charles Wayne Scroggins of Pecos, Texas: grandchildren, Janet L. Natividad of Pecos, Texas, Robert W. Scroggins of Odessa, Texas and Johnathan W. (Christina) Scroggins of Lake Charles, LA, and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday, August 25, 2014 at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia, Tennessee at 2:00 p.m. The family will visit with friends from Noon until the service hour at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Fundraising website pulls page for Officer Jason Van Dyke
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - A fundraising website is shutting down the efforts of a Chicago police officer's family who are looking to raise money for his bond.
DNAinfo.com Chicago captured a screen shot of a GoFundMe page allegedly created by Officer Jason Van Dyke's wife.
Van Dyke is charged in the first degree murder of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager who was shot to death in October 2014.
A woman named Tiffany wrote, "My husband is having a bond hearing and if we do not raise the money he will be detained on 11/24/15," the post read. "With the holidays approaching our husband and father needs to be home with his family."
DNAinfo.com Chicago says Van Dyke wasn't mentioned by name, but public records show his wife's name is Tiffany and details in the post match details of this case.
GoFundMe removed the page for violating its terms of service and refunded more than $10,000 in donations.
The page had a fundraising goal of $80,000.
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Valley Reed is following her dreams by launching the Southwest School of Active Dreaming at Kekino Institute of Healing in Plano, Texas beginning June 1st, 2001. The dream school will offer classes on Active Dreaming, a pioneer method of conscious dreaming developed by Robert Moss. Moss, originally from Australia and now living in New York, travels the world giving workshops on Active Dreaming. He has written many books on the subject and currently has a release out entitled "Dreamgates: Exploring the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and Life Beyond Death".
Ms. Reed is a trained certified teacher of Active Dreaming and has studied with Robert Moss over the past 10 years. She says, "I am thrilled to bring Active Dreaming to North Texas because dream sharing is a lost art and forgotten amongst our broader community. We all dream and it is something we spend a great deal of our lives doing, certainly we could pay more mind to what goes on in our dreams."
The Southwest Dream School will teach students how to reconnect with their dreams and even learn how to consciously enter dream spaces, the school will also offer classes focused on families and teaches them how to share dreams together. Ms. Reed has developed the practice of dream sharing in her own family since her children were old enough to talk. She finds dream sharing builds bonds of trust that bring a whole new level communication into families. "When my daughter was four years old she kept having a repetitive night mares and was frightened to go to sleep one night. She told me her dream and described being chased by zombies each night. I suggested she ask those zombies in her dreams why they where chasing her. She promised to do so and the next morning she came running in all excited saying she had the dream again, only this time she asked the zombies why they were chasing her, they told her they wanted her to turn them into butterflies! She did just that and saw them transform into beautiful butterflies before her eyes." In our dreams we see our fears, which may be chasing us but also our gifts and potential. Conscious dreaming teaches students how to deal with their fears in an empowering way and also accept your gifts with wisdom. To learn more about dream classes and registration at The Southwest School of Active Dreaming visit the website at www.chrysalishealingarts.org
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Tax avoidance
How Ikea avoided paying one billion euros in taxes via Luxembourg
It is common knowledge that Ikea has been exploring complex tax mechanisms and constructs in order to transfer its profit in different European countries. After the unravelling of the LuxLeaks scandal in November 2014, the French paper "Le Monde" called Sweden's well-known furniture manufacturer the "world champion of tax optimisation".
A study published this Friday now reveals the magnitude of the tax practice. Appointed by the Greens in the European parliament, the American researcher Marc Auerbach discovered that Ikea has saved up to one billion euros of taxes in the EU between 2009 and 2014. "Ikea is an example of a company that used a particularly aggressive strategy for its tax avoidance scheme", the researcher told the Luxemburger Wort in an interview. His report also shows how a company is able to use loopholes within the EU in order to pay as little tax as possible.
A holding in Belair
Ikea's company structure is far from being transparent and even this newest report has not been able to pinpoint every single detail. Even the European Parliament still has trouble in getting it all straight. When MPs of the special "Tax" committee questioned the CEOs of some of the world's biggest companies, Ikea's chief financial officer revealed that there is actually a second company called Inter Ikea.
The mother company of this "second" Ikea has its headquarters in a small street in Belair. This Luxembourg Holding was created in 1992 and is the key to the tax avoidance scheme put in place by Ikea's founder Ingvar Kamprad.
And this is how it works: Every single Ikea store in the world - there are 328 in total - has to pay three percent on every "Billy" shelf
or "Köttbullar" meatball. You wonder why? Inter Ikea owns the brand and the concept behind the various stores.
This is why the licence fees (royalties) of every store are to be paid to the Dutch subsidiary of the Luxembourg Holding Inter Ikea Systems. The amount of three percent may seem small at first but has totalled 13,6 billion euros between 1991 and 2014.
Today these licence fees amount to a total of one billion euros each year. This monetary flow represented near to one fourth of the company's net income between 2009 and 2014.
Contacted by the Luxemburger Wort an Ikea spokesperson said: "We have not yet seen the report and can therefore not comment on details. But from what we have understood, based on the questions from the media, there seems to be some misunderstandings leading to incorrect conclusions."
Reporting by Laurent Schmit and Diego Velazquez.
Further information can be found in the German version of this article.
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Pearl Buck delivered her Nobel Lecture on 12 December 1938. In this audio recording, you can hear the first three paragraphs.
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LAKE COUNTY >> Fires are active in Northern and Central California as well as in Southern Oregon. The main fires generating the smoke impacting Lake County include the Lodge Fire in Mendocino County, and the El Portal and Dark Hole Fires in Mariposa County affect Lake County during specific meteorological conditions, according to a joint press release from the Lake County Health Department and Air Quality Management District.
Current weather forecasts indicate west winds should setup through the end of the week, helping to clear the smoke out of the basin, though smoke is expected to follow drainages and fan out into areas of the North Shore in the overnight and morning hours.
The current one-hour average measurement in Lakeport is less than 50 percent of allowed federal health-based ultrafine particulate standards, designed to protect sensitive groups of the population from potentially harmful, respirable particulate and the ultrafine, inhalable, particulate, the release stated. These levels are expected to increase at times and in localized areas with potential to reach levels that are unhealthy for sensitive individuals in areas of the county until the fires are contained.
Though conditions are still in the good to moderate air quality range in Lakeport, isolated areas throughout Lake County may experience air quality in the moderate to unhealthy for sensitive individuals range as the smoke settles.
Regional weather patterns suggest continued smoke impacts for the next couple days, with relief possible by late this week as a west/southwest wind pattern develops, the release stated.
Lake County Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Tait advises area residents to be cautious in resuming normal outdoor activities.
"Variable weather conditions and ongoing fire activity may result in localized areas of reduced air quality, which could still pose health risks to people with underlying health conditions. Since we can't always predict when and where 'pockets' of poorer air quality may occur, it is prudent to be careful until conditions stabilize," she said.
Smoky conditions can cause irritation of the eyes, nose and air passages, which can be hazardous in young children, the elderly, individuals with heart conditions or chronic lung disease such as asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory conditions, the release stated. Individuals with asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and other lung or heart diseases should carefully adhere to their medical treatment plans and maintain at least a five-day supply of prescribed medications. They should limit outdoor activity and unnecessary physical exertion.
Air conditioning that recirculates indoor air should be used, when available, the release stated. Drinking plenty of water to avoid drying of the airways is recommended, unless restricted for medical reasons.
Dust masks are not protective against the most harmful pollutants caused by wildfire smoke that drifts to nearby areas. They are useful in filtering out the ash and larger particles that are encountered in burn areas. Air purifying respirators, such as N-95 filtering face pieces, may be effective in reducing harmful particulate matter, but also increase the work of breathing, can lead to physiologic stress, and are not recommended as a general protective measure, the release stated.
Regional haze and particulate from these fires are expected to continue throughout Lake County until the fires are out.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Today I'm going to provide my valuation analysis and trading levels for five regional banks that report this week: Zions Bancorporation ( ZION), Regions Financial ( RF), Synovus Financial ( SNV), Cullen Frost Bankers ( CFR) and First Niagara Financial ( FNFG). Last week, 13 components of the KBW Bank Index reported earnings, and the performance of their stocks was mixed for the week. Winners included M&T Bank ( MTB) and U.S. Bancorp ( USB), while Citigroup ( C) and Bank of America ( BAC) were among the losers. Some of the factors weighing on the sector include uncertainty over Europe's debt crisis, pressure on revenue from low interest rates, and stronger banking regulations that are on the horizon. The biggest banks face pressure to buy back bad mortgages that were sold to investors, and this problem could last for years. The big banks are also moving toward shutting down proprietary trading desks in preparation for the Volcker Rule. The banks on my radar screen this week include four members of the KBW Bank Index, which is my benchmark for 24 of our nation's biggest FDIC-insured financial institutions. The BKX declined 2.27% last week but is still up 37.8% since October 2011 and 13.9% so far this year. Even so, the index has been moving sideways or lower since mid-March, tracking its declining 200-week simple moving average at 44.87. The daily chart shifted to negative on Friday with declining momentum (12x3x3 daily slow Stochastic), and the index closed Friday below its 21-day simple moving average at 45.22. The key 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages are 44.47 and 43.33, respectively. My annual value level is 42.98 with weekly and quarterly pivots at 45.25 and 46.03, respectively. My monthly risky level is 48.61, while the March 19 high was at 50.69.
Source: Thomson Reuters Now let's look at the five regional banks that report earnings this week. Zions Bancorp has real estate loan exposure and a loan pipeline that are considered healthy according to the first-quarter FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile, but the stock trades at 65% of its book value. The Treasury still holds a $700 million TARP investment in this bank. ZION has a negative daily chart pattern with the stock between its 200-day simple moving average at $18.36 and its 50-day at $18.88.
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Time, space, and countries collide with major musical grants in Philly
Tom Purdom
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has presented two Philadelphia vocal organizations with grants that total almost half a million dollars — $240,000 to both the Mendelssohn Club and to Donald Nally's The Crossing. These are exceptionally large grants — several times larger than the grants music groups usually vie for — and both awards will fund events that center on an encounter between different historical periods.
On February 8, 2015, in the Chapel of Girard College, the Mendelssohn Club will recreate one of the great moments in music history: the historic 1841 performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, conducted by Felix Mendelssohn, which inaugurated the revival of Bach's work.
Amateur singers, professional batons
Bach's work slipped into obscurity after he died and musical fashions changed. Mendelssohn's performance began the rediscovery that elevated Bach to his current towering position in the musical pantheon.
The Mendelssohn Club's artistic director, Alan Harler, has never conducted the St. Matthew Passion because Bach's original scoring requires a smaller chorus than the 140 voices the Mendelssohn Club places on a stage. Mendelssohn adapted Bach's work for the larger forces favored by 19th-century tastes, and Harler will conduct a carefully researched recreation of Mendelssohn's adaptation. This will be the first time Mendelssohn's version has been performed in North America.
Founded in 1874, the Mendelssohn Club is the oldest exponent of Philadelphia's grand tradition of volunteer choruses — choral groups in which dedicated amateur vocalists sing major works under the baton of a professional conductor. The Crossing, by contrast, is a small, 24-member chorus of professional singers devoted to presenting new works.
A major crossing
On June 24-26, 2016, at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, the Crossing will present Seven Responses — seven new works, by leading contemporary composers, created as modern responses to a group of seven cantatas Bach's great predecessor, Dietrich Buxtehude, composed in 1680.
Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri is a series of responses to Christ's suffering on the cross. The Crossing has commissioned a series of works that have dealt with contemporary issues and the Crossing's conductor, Donald Nally, sees Seven Responses as a continuation of the series. In this case, the subject will be human suffering, seen from a contemporary secular viewpoint.
The seven composers commissioned by the Crossing form an international crew drawn from the United States, Latvia, Iceland, Germany, and Denmark. Their work will be premiered at two evening concerts, with the 21st-century responses alternating with Buxtehude's cantatas.
The Crossing will join forces with two other music groups, Quicksilver Baroque and the International Contemporary Ensemble. The Mendelssohn Club will be accompanied by its regular collaborator, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the soloists for the occasion will include bass-baritone Eric Owens and mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson. Both projects will include special features such as lectures, scholarly conferences, and a specially designed book prepared for the Crossing.
Achieving a living classical tradition
The Mendelssohn Club audience will receive a 21st-century view of a 19th-century approach to an 18th-century masterpiece. The Crossing audience will experience a similar event as the seven modern works interact with an 18th-century outcry. Together, these two projects will fulfill one of the major purposes of a living classical tradition: a continuous dialogue between cultures separated by time rather than space.
Mendelssohn Club will present Bach's St. Matthew Passion (adapted by Felix Mendelssohn), with tenor Yusuke Fujii, bass-baritone Eric Owens, soprano Susanna Phillips, and mezzo-soprano Marietta Simpson, in partnership with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, under conductor Alan Harler. The show will take place February 8, 2015 at the Chapel of Girard College.
The Crossing will present Seven Responses: Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri, with work by Caroline Shaw (USA), David T. Little (USA), Santa Ratniece (Latvia), Lewis Spratlan (USA), Anna Thorvaldsdottir (Iceland), Hans Thomalla (Germany), and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (Denmark), in partnership with Quicksilver Baroque and International Contemporary Ensemble, under conductor and Crossing artistic director Donald Nally. The shows will take place June 24-25, 2016 at the Episcopal Cathedral, 13-19 S. 38th Street, Philadelphia.


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Deadly explosions struck a Damascus district housing members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawi sect live and gunmen killed the brother of the speaker of parliament, as violence escalated in the capital.
Britain suggested offering Assad immunity from prosecution as a way of persuading him to leave power. The opposition said at least 100 more people were killed in the 19-month old revolt.
"Anything, anything, to get that man out of the country and to have a safe transition in Syria," British Prime Minister David Cameron told Al-Arabiya news network in Abu Dhabi before flying to Saudi Arabia.
Syrian state media said at least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded by a deadly explosion in the Hai al-Wuroud district in the northwest of the capital.
The hilltop neighborhood is situated near a barracks and housing for elite army units, and is home to members of Assad's Alawi sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam. Syria's rebellion in is drawn mainly from the Sunni Muslim majority.
Opposition activists said three explosions were heard in Hai al-Wuroud and at least 15 people killed. A car bomb exploded near a shopping mall in the mixed neighborhood of Ibn al-Nafis, killing and injuring several people, they said.
Officials and their families are increasingly being targeted by assassins as violence spreads in the capital. Victims have included parliamentarians, ruling Baath party officials, and even actors and doctors seen as Assad supporters.
State television said gunmen had assassinated Mohammed Osama al-Laham, brother of the speaker of parliament, in Damascus's Midan district. No group claimed immediate responsibility.
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned that Syria, where some 32,000 people have died in 19 months of violence, could end up a collapsed state like Somalia, prey to warlords and militias.
Opposition factions were meeting in Qatar in an effort to forge a common front. The opposition has remained divided between Islamists and secularists; civilians and armed fighters; and exiles and those working inside the country.
More than 100 people were killed across the country on Tuesday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition body based in Britain that compiles activist reports.
Air strikes killed 17 people, including women and children, in the Damascus suburb of Kfar Batna, it said. Video footage of the raid's aftermath posted on the Internet, which could not be verified, showed a toddler with a severed head and the torso of a young man, his head and limbs gathered near him by rescuers.
Insurgents killed 12 soldiers and wounded 20 in an attack on a convoy of off-road vehicles in the northern province of Idlib.
Air strikes and artillery barrages unleashed by the Syrian military in the last few weeks have devastated whole districts of the capital, as well as parts of towns and cities elsewhere.
Yet, for all their firepower, Assad's forces seem no closer to crushing their lightly armed opponents, who in turn have so far proved unable to topple the Syrian leader.
Exit plan
"Of course I would favor him facing the full force of international law and justice for what he's done," Cameron said of Assad. "I am certainly not offering him an exit plan to Britain. But if he wants to leave he could leave, that could be arranged."
It was unclear if Cameron had spoken to other UN Security Council members about the idea — which could involve offering Assad immunity from prosecution if he accepted asylum in a third country. Nor was it clear what nation would take him.
The UN human rights office has said Syrian officials suspected of committing or ordering crimes against humanity should face prosecution at the International Criminal Court.
UN investigators have been gathering evidence of atrocities committed by rebels as well as by Assad loyalists.
Brahimi, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper he did not expect ethnic or sectarian partition there. "What I am afraid of is worse … the collapse of the state and that Syria turns into a new Somalia."
At the United Nations, diplomats cited a senior UN official as telling the Security Council that Brahimi had urged Russia to be "more pro-active" in resolving the Syrian crisis.
In a closed-door session of the 15-nation council, UN political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman also said he had received credible reports of the use of cluster bombs by Syrian government forces, the envoys reported.
Human rights groups have reported in the past that Syria used cluster munitions. Such weapons, which spread bomblets that explode over an area, are banned by most countries, but Syria — like the United States, Russia and China — has not signed up to the treaty outlawing them. Regardless, rights groups consider their use in areas populated by civilians to be a war crime.
Big powers and regional nations are split over Syria. Russia and China have blocked three Western-backed UN Security Council draft resolutions aimed at exerting pressure on Assad.
Brahimi, speaking in Cairo on Sunday, called on the council to adopt a resolution based on an understanding brokered by his predecessor Kofi Annan in Geneva in June which called for the establishment of a transitional government in Syria.
Opposition disunity
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged the Syrian opposition to enter talks with the authorities to end the crisis and abandon a precondition that Assad step down.
"The most important thing is stopping the violence immediately. If it is more important to the other side to change the Assad regime, then they want to continue the bloodbath in Syria," Lavrov said in Amman after meeting former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab, who defected to Jordan in August.
Hijab said Assad's removal was "the only way out."
Assad's foes have failed to unite, making it harder for the outside world to support or arm them.
Prominent dissident Riad Seif has proposed a new 50-member unity council, but the head of the widely criticized Syrian National Council (SNC), which is based abroad, said it should retain a "central role" in any opposition configuration.
A Doha-based diplomat said SNC members feared their group risked losing influence in the new civilian body, which would later choose an interim government and coordinate with armed rebel groups. Seif's initiative is to be debated on Thursday at the opposition meeting in Qatar.
Syria has accused Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, among others, of fuelling the bloodshed by backing the rebels.
The Syrian struggle has taken on a sectarian tone, with mostly Sunni rebels battling loyalist forces dominated by Assad's minority Alawi sect.
Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Gulf Arab states are wary of powerful Shia neighbor Iran, one of Assad's few allies.
In Turkey, fiercely critical of Assad, the state-run news agency reported the arrival overnight of seven Syrian army generals who had defected and crossed the border. Scores of Syrian officers have defected to Turkey during the uprising.


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Make your home a place where the truth is welcome
Q: In your opinion, what is the difference between a "close friendship" and an "emotional affair"? Is it simply sexual preference?
A: I don't think it's that simple.
If it's just about preference, then you're essentially saying that no straight man and straight woman, for example, can ever be close friends without it qualifying as an emotional affair. That, of course, is just silly.
You're also essentially saying that a mere buddy — i.e., someone ruled out by sexual preference from ever being a romantic interest — can never be a threat to a relationship. That's a dangerous if common assumption to make.
That's because the issue isn't the nature, gender, hotness or even intent of the extramarital confidant. It's the fact of one.
Certainly married people need friends, and certainly they will need to confide in those friends occasionally to help them make sense of something at home.
But when you're saying things to outsiders that you'd never admit to a mate — when you put on an act at home, and save your true feelings for when you're safely out of marital earshot — then the marriage is in trouble. Period. This is true when the recipient of your outpouring of honesty is a close friend, an emerging love interest, your next-cube neighbor or some stranger on a train.
It also doesn't necessarily matter what you're being honest about. It can be his mom or her eating habits. It's still a declaration that you no longer see the truth as an option at home. That's when spouses are just roommates with matching jewelry.
If this is your relationship, then keeping your mate from his or her outlet isn't going to work. S/he'll just find another. The only answer is to encourage the truth at home, by not punishing people who speak it.
Take steps to end the power struggle with your friend
Q: For my British, tea-drinking girlfriend's 46th birthday, I bought her an electric kettle that shuts off when the water is boiled. She burnt/melted the last two kettles after leaving them on the stove too long. She is upset that I would buy her a practical present. We're both creative people, but I often play the straight man to her. She complains the world is "too practical." Is our dispute about the practical gift a disguised attempt to control each other, and isn't she a little old to be upset about her birthday present? Should I come up with another whimsical gift, or is that feeding a bad dynamic?
A: She may just not appreciate a gift from her straight man that dubs her the resident airhead.
If the tempest really is contained to the teakettle, then there's no harm in spotting her this one tantrum.
But a power struggle demands a different approach. You can tell it's one by the familiarity — when you've had this fight before, these frustrations before. You can tell when you're keeping score.
If this is one, then your options are just to accept it, break up with it, or change your contribution to it. They're all surprisingly effective, though, since each begins with your dropping your end of the rope.


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I got my drivers license when I was 16, and instead of getting a Jeep Wrangler like I had always dreamed about, my parents bought me a very used Ford Ranger truck. The exterior was a ugly gray color, and it didn't even have a radio or tape deck (yes, I just said tape deck) to play my mixed tapes.
Surprising me with this beast was a calculated move on my parents part, and while I was extremely grateful to have four wheels, I must admit I was a tiny bit annoyed as well.
Their reasoning was twofold:
The truck was a stick shift, and my dad decided that if I wanted to drive my own wheels, I would have to learn how to drive a stick. And secondly, since it was a truck, I could only drive myself around and one passenger. He felt driving around too many kids at one time was a recipe for disaster, and a pickup truck was the perfect answer in regards to minimizing my passenger count. And whoa girl, if I was ever caught with humans in the back bed of that truck, he made it clear that I would lose my driving privileges for eternity.
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At the time, I was 100 shades of annoyed. I had no tunes to listen to, an annoying stick shift to learn, and I could only pack one friend in the car with me, who typically ended up being my carpooling younger sister was just icing on the cake.
But now that I'm a parent, I totally get it. And I'm definitely going to follow my dads lead when my kids are old enough to take the wheel. These days there are so many distractions on and off the road happening around all around us, that you bet I'm going to make it as safe for my kids to drive as possible.
Which means I have to set a good example for them today, so that when they hit the legal driving age, that have a firm foundation of what it looks like to be a safe driver.
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A few ways I try to be a good role model from behind the wheel:
1. The music can be on, but at a reasonable level where we can hold a nice conversation, and I can hear any approaching emergency vehicles coming our way. Jammin' out and dance parties are better suited for the living room, not the back seat.
2. No cell phone calls ever. If I need to make a call while we're out, we pull into a parking lot.
3. No snacking behind the wheel.
4. No reaching behind the seat and helping the kids pick up a dropped toy or blanket. If you drop it while I'm driving, sorry about your luck, but you'll just have to do without until we get where we're going.
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5. No applying makeup or hand lotions while waiting at the stoplight. While I've never really done this one myself, I feel like I see it being done almost daily.
Driving around a large family is distracting to say the least. Someone is always crying, dropping a toy, or wanting a DVD changed right-this-very-second. And while your kids will might temporarily resent you for not meeting their demands in the moment, I can assure you that it's making a long term impact on what type of driver they will grow up to be.
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Cultural Events as Potential Drivers of Urban Regeneration: An Empirical Illustration
In this paper the relational dimension of cultural production is explored, with explicit attention to the impact of cultural events on networks and creativity in local contexts. Three qualitative empirical cases are produced, showing that networks have a crucial importance in sustaining spatial proximity-based creativity. Three models of local cultural events are identified and valued qualitatively in terms of their impact on local creativity, concluding that the value of an event in its territory is dependent on the organizational frame of the specific event. In particular, the bottom-up network-based model appears to be able to favour local activation and creativity spanning, thereby leveraging local resources.
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A public apology is necessary because Rep. Davis' comments were made public on the floor of the Illinois Legislature and because they were relevant to all American atheists and not simply to Mr. Sherman. According to a recent press release issued by the American Humanist Association:
"Such a purely private apology, even when publicly reported, misses the point," declared Lipman today. "What Monique Davis said was an offense to all nontheistic people, including humanists like me, not merely an offense to a single atheist. And her words were uttered publicly, so only a public apology will suffice.I agree. A public apology is necessary. But is is sufficient? Would this atheist be willing to move on and stop calling for Davis' resignation if she did issue a sincere public apology? Yes, I believe so.
After additional reflection, I have reached the conclusion that this would be enough for me and that I would be willing to stop calling for her resignation if she were to issue a sincere public apology in which she did more than offer excuses about her emotional state and instead followed in the footsteps of Don Imus, Mel Gibson, and Michael Richards. I realize that not all atheists would be satisfied with this, however. As the AHA press release points out:
"But this [a sincere public apology] won't mean that the godless now enjoy a level playing field. We still have a ways to go. Had Representative Davis' remarks been directed at Jews or Christians instead of atheists, she would have been forced to resign."So, yes, I'm saying that I would be willing in this case to accept something less than what I know Christians or Jews would demand. I'm not interested in retribution; I simply want some evidence that Rep. Davis has acknowledged her bigotry and is going to do something to correct it.
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Bigger, stronger, younger, cheaper.
Mike Gillis admitted that all needs to be addressed if the Vancouver Canucks expect to return to a place of postseason prominence. Good luck with that. With the salary cap ceiling dropping from $70.2 million US to $64.3 million and the Canucks general manager promising change — which is expected to include the coaching staff — the challenge for returning core forwards is daunting. Play better, be composed, play whatever system will be in vogue and don't worry that the guy beside you might not be ready for prime time. Hard to imagine an improvement in the 19th-ranked offence and 26th-ranked power play. Or, improving on two wins in the last 14 playoff games in which they mustered but 20 goals.
"We have no choice but to start developing players in the NHL — we can no longer cook them in the minors," Gillis said at his season-ending news conference Thursday.
Welcome Nicklas Jensen and maybe Kellan Lain, even though the pair combined for just two goals in 33 games with the Chicago Wolves this season. Maybe Brendan Gaunce. With 17 players signed next for for $102,000 US over the new cap, the Canucks can get some relief by moving Roberto Luongo, buying out Keith Ballard and a cheaper solution than unrestricted free agent Mason Raymond. But the onus once again will be on the core unless Gillis makes a bolder play with six no-trade clauses on his projected roster. He tried to land Ryane Clowe at the trade deadline and then made a late pitch for Raffi Torres, but settled for Derek Roy to plug a gaping third-line centre hole. Zack Kassian had five goals in his first seven games with the Sedins but doesn't yet have a 60-minute game and was more effective when he saw occasional first-line time on any given night.
"It's tough for a new guy to come in and do that job," said winger Daniel Sedin. "We're going to play against the top defence and a good line and Burr (Alex Burrows) can play against top guys because he's smart."
Yes, but still targeted? Even though Burrows zipped his lip the past two seasons, he tied Chris Neil for the league with 27 minor penalties. And in the Western Conference quarterfinal series sweep by the San Jose Sharks, a doubling of series calls against the Canucks was a startling lack of composure.
"We've come a long ways since I've been here," said Burrows. "My first few years, we really gave it to the refs and we've been better. It's a tough game to make calls and a lot of them are split second. But we can't blame them because we didn't do the job and that's the bottom line."
A snapshot of a playoff that went so awry was a Daniel Sedin sequence in Game 4. He put a Jannik Hansen rebound off the far post early in the third period while staring at nothing but net and the Canucks staring at a 2-1 deficit. He levelled Tommy Wingels with a hard and clean shoulder-to-shoulder check in overtime and drew a brutal boarding minor from Kelly Sutherland that led to Patrick Marleau's winning goal.
"I was upset — I was going to say something but he skated by pretty quick," recalled the winger. "The other referee is two feet from him and doesn't make the call. That's the thing I needed to ask him. I thought we played extremely well and probably should have won the game but penalties costs us. We did this to ourselves."
And now ownership needs to determine whether this is the right front-office group and the right group of players. Henrik and Daniel Sedin have a year left at $6.1 million and left money on the table when they signed extensions. They have no-trade clauses and want to stay, but haven't thought about extensions or one-year deals like Teemu Selanne to keep the motivation high.
"People keep saying we're almost 35, we're 32," added Daniel. "People really want to stay here and it's not about taking less money. Is it fair to ask to waive a no trade? I can't answer that."
Ryan Kesler had no answer for how the Canucks won just one game this season when trailing after two periods. First burdened by rehabbing offseason shoulder and wrist surgeries and then a fractured foot, he played centre and then wing for just 17 games.
"This year wasn't fun for me at all, but you learn from it and the biggest thing for me will have a full summer to work out," said Kesler. "Where I play doesn't bother me, it's not a matter of position. The coaches got us prepared and we're not going to put the blame on them. We're big boys. It was our discipline. I have faith that management is going to find the right pieces and get this thing back. I want to win and I want to win now.
"We shouldn't be done. I'm still in shock. We went out in Game 4 and played the way we should have played the first three games."
Playing 60 minutes would help. How many of those efforts did we see this season?
"Maybe one — Chicago," summed up Kesler of that 3-1 win on April 22."


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Home Page Poll: How Did You Hear About AUGI?
We've recently introduced polls on the AUGI homepage, to quickly find out bits of information about our membership. Thank you to everyone who took the time to chime in and vote. This poll also inspired some reminisces from members in the Coffee Without CAD forum, as well as on Twitter and LinkedIn. Great stories, folks!
Looking at the results, we can see that the clear leader for sharing about AUGI is our coworkers, since 31percent of members heard of the organization through their workplace. Search engines are the second-biggest driver at 19 percent .
Something interesting is the personal connection inherent in the results. Only 25 percent of knowledge of AUGI came about because of things like search engines, the software help menus, and social media. The other 75 percent came from person-to-person contact—in the workplace, at school, through a Local User Group, at Autodesk University, and other events.
This month's poll is for the users of AutoCAD (and its vertical products). Please take a second to share which release your company is currently using by going to the AUGI home page and taking the poll.
If you have any suggestions for future polls (or surveys), please let me know: email@example.com
Melanie Perry is a member of the AUGI Board of Directors.


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Forum OpenACS CMS: Can we build a simple CR tutorial?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were a simple tutorial (including working code samples) that would help beginning CR users understand the basics? The pitfalls? I don't think it would be extremely time consuming for any individual CR expert if each of those knowledgeable of the CR added a small piece to the tutorial.
If you have coded with the CR, would you post?
If so, just add a message to this thread!
Now is your opportunity to give a little an receive alot.
I think Jade has already started with something like this. His doc can be a starting basis.
We need to have a Wiki set up with tutorials like mine put on it. Then other people can contribute to it.
Of course, the Wiki needs to use the CR, so we can backtrack if someone screws things up
I believe the revisions are not currently exposed to the UI of the Wiki.
In any case, I would start with my CR docs, and email me if you have any text you'd like to add or change on them:
I was thinking about trying out CR before i start using it in a project by implementing CR on the notes package.
Just wondering if the 'notes' package already supports CR in any of its versions?? Is it easier to make changes to the 'notes' data-model or start from scratch(i mean using Jade's guide).
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Hi Erwin On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Erwin Brandstetter <brandstetter(at)falter(dot)at> wrote: > Aloha! > > In v1.14 tables are opened with ORDER BY $pkey DESC. > I wonder if descending order ist intended. It used to be the other way round > and, as far as I am concerned, that was just fine in most cases. > We have the new feature "View Data" .. "View top / last 100 rows" anyway. No > need to change the default behavior? The default is determined like this: orderBy = table->GetQuotedPrimaryKey(); if (orderBy.IsEmpty() && hasOids) orderBy = wxT("oid"); if (!orderBy.IsEmpty()) { if (pkAscending) orderBy += wxT(" ASC"); else orderBy += wxT(" DESC"); } Essentially, we try to follow the ordering in the index. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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2012 E.X.C.E.L Graduation & Awards Dinner
On June 15, The Children's Aid Society community gathered in the Con Ed auditorium to congratulate the graduates of the Educational eXcellence Creating Empowered Leaders (E.X.C.E.L.) college preparatory program. Honoring more than 60 high school students and 25 college graduates, the ceremony featured speeches by former New York City Mayor David Dinkins and City Councilman Robert Jackson, both of whom emphasized the power of higher education to lift children out of poverty.
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 08:03:38AM -0400, Worky Workerson wrote: > I'm just doing CSV style transformations (and calling a lot of > functions along the way), but the end result is a straight bulk load > of data into a blank database. And we've established that Postgres > can do *way* better than what I am seeing, so its not suprising that > perl is using 100% of a CPU. If you're loading into an empty database, there's a number of tricks that will help you: Turn off fsync Add constraints and indexes *after* you've loaded the data (best to add as much of them as possible on a per-table basis right after the table is loaded so that it's hopefully still in cache) Crank up maintenance_work_mem, especially for tables that won't fit into cache anyway Bump up checkpoint segments and wal_buffers. Disable PITR Create a table and load it's data in a single transaction (8.2 will avoid writing any WAL data if you do this and PITR is turned off) -- Jim Nasby jim(at)nasby(dot)net EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
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There are many options for running Windows programs on the Mac. Boot Camp, for instance, is included with OS X for installing Windows on a separate partition. Parallels, VMware, and Sun offer virtualization software that let you run your Windows programs without logging out of OS X. And then there's Wine.
Wine is an Open Source application layer that runs within the Mac operating system rather than as a stand-alone, sandboxed operating system. The thing that all of these options, except Wine, have in common though is that they legally require you to actually run Windows and therefore own a Windows license. Wine, however, implements the Windows API allowing you to run Windows applications without actually running Windows.
David Baumgold has put together an excellent tutorial for setting up and using Wine on your Mac. The tutorial does a good job covering the pre-requisites, the actual installation, and then what to do with Wine once you have it installed. It should be noted that the installation of Wine is rather technical and should not be attempted by those unfamiliar with Terminal.app.
Once you get Wine up and running, you can install a myriad of different Windows applications from games to productivity apps (Office, anyone?). If you're curious about a particular program's compatibility with Wine, you can check out the AppDB for a list of applications and any issues present when running with Wine.
If you're interested in the technical benefits of Wine, you can also check out the excellent application Crossover, which is an easy-to-use port of Wine (pun intended) that makes it dead simple to get up and running with Wine.


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