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But the Sydney-born defender's appearance in the team to play against New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands is still subject to FIFA approval.
"Andrew is now a New Zealand citizen and New Zealand Football will continue to work through the process to allow him to play for the All Whites as soon as possible," said New Zealand Football high performance director Fred de Jong.
Durante, who sat on the Socceroos reserves bench for a match against Indonesia in 2010, moved to Wellington in 2008 after helping Newcastle Jets to the A-League title the previous season.
New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert has left open Durante appointment until the squad assembles in Dunedin on 19 March to play New Caledonia three days later.
New Zealand needs to win to be guaranteed a place in the intercontinental playoff in November.
The All Whites accounted for New Caledonia 2-0 in Noumea last September but Herbert isn't taking the Dunedin leg lightly.
"There are no easy games in international football - we've proved that in recent years and also had a timely reminder of it from New Caledonia at the OFC Nations Cup in Honiara last year," Herbert said.
New Zealand squad is: Mark Paston (Wellington Phoenix), Glen Moss (Wellington Phoenix), Winston Reid (West Ham United), Tony Lochhead (Wellington Phoenix), Ben Sigmund (Wellington Phoenix), Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town), Ian Hogg (Wellington Phoenix), Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix), Leo Bertos (Wellington Phoenix), Michael McGlinchey (Central Coast Mariners), Dan Keat (Unattached), Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City), Tim Payne (Blackburn Rovers), Shane Smeltz (Perth Glory), Chris Killen (Chongqing), Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory), Jeremy Brockie (Wellington Phoenix), Kosta Barbarouses (Panathinaikos), Chris Wood (Leicester City).


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The holiday decorating is in full swing friends and today I'm over at Classy Clutter sharing this modern tree with ornaments. All month long Mallory and Savannah have been posting amazing decorating ideas as part of A Handmade Holiday series, be sure to check out all the tutorials!
This modern tree is a basic build that does involve some beveled cuts so you will need a miter saw. As always be careful with power tools and follow all safety precautions.
Below you will find the step by step instructions including cut lists. Be sure to stop over at Classy Clutter for more finished product photos and lots more project ideas.
1 – 1x2x6 pine board
1 – 1x4 scrap wood @ 14"l
¼" circular wood dowels
1 ¼" finish nails
1 ¼" wood screw
wood glue
Cut List:
1 – 1x4 @ 14" (base)
1 – 1x2 @ 16 7/8" long point to long point, both ends beveled 20 degrees NOT parallel (bottom)
1 – 1x2 @ 25 ¾" long point to short point, both ends beveled 20 degrees parallel (right side)
1 – 1x2 @ 25 ¾" long point to long point, one end beveled 20 degrees, one end beveled 50 degrees NOT parallel (left side)
1 – ¼" dowel @ 13"
1 – ¼" dowel @ 9 ¼"
1 – ¼" dowel @ 5 ½"
1 – ¼" dowel @ 1 5/8"
Step 1: Attach base to underside of bottom tree piece using wood glue and countersunk 1 ¼" wood screws.
Step 2: Predrill holes for dowels as indicated into both sides of tree. Keep drill at 20 degree angle parallel with beveled cut.
Step 3: Construct tree using wood glue and 1 ¼" finish nails. **Consider inserting dowels before assembling sides. Use clamps to keep shape secure until glue dries.
Step 4: Gently insert dowels into holes bending ever so slightly until dowel pops into hole. Secure with finish nail from exterior.

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|Financing Premiums vs. Paying Cash
Which is better?
May 20, 2010
With the estate tax looming around the corner there is a need to review your client's estate planning. As of publication, on January 1, 2011 the top federal estate tax for estates over $1 million ($2 million per couple) will be 55 percent. Many advisors recommend that clients purchase life insurance as part of their estate plan. This article will discuss the pros and cons of financing the premiums as compared to paying cash.
Premium financing is an alternative to paying cash when a client needs to purchase permanent life insurance coverage. There are generally five parties involved in a premium financing strategy:
Case Study
Let's review a recent case. The family had a net worth of $30 million and was advised by their CPA and estate planning attorney to purchase $15 million of life insurance inside their irrevocable life insurance trust. The husband was uninsurable, so we evaluated the pricing on the wife. The cost for $15 million of life insurance on a 71-year-old female was $348,041 per year. If the wife died in 20 years (age 91) the cost would have been $6.96 million, which would have resulted in a 6.85 percent internal rate of return (IRR) to the trust.
The second option reviewed with the client involved borrowing $5 million from a bank and paying it directly to the insurance company. In this option we added a return of premium rider to the life insurance contract, so if the client died in year one the family would still net $15 million after paying back the lender. The interest rate on the loan was 4.5 percent, so the client's outlay at the end of year one was $225,000 (we accrued interest). The client in option 2 did not have to pay the $348,041 to the insurance company so they still had the $348,041 sitting in their checking account. In two years to 20 years, the trust will pay the lender $225,000 per year, so the cost is $123,041 less than paying cash of $348,041. That cumulative difference over 20 years is $2,685,820 to net the same $15 million to the trust. The IRR on option 2 is 11.46 percent if the wife dies in year 20 (age 91). This does not include the savings of $2,685,820. If the client dies at age 100 the IRR on cash is 2.53 percent and the IRR on financing is 4.98 percent. The cumulative savings of financing at age 100 is $2,662,753.
Paying Cash
So what are the benefits of paying cash? First, it's very simple. You do not have to go through a loan approval process. Second, there is not a need to post outside collateral need. In option 2 if the cash surrender value is less than the loan amount the family will have to post collateral. Collateral can be bonds, stocks, cash value of other life insurance or a letter of credit from a bank. With cash, the client does not have interest rate risk. However, in our case design the interest rate risk is offset or hedged by the $2,662,753 premium saving by financing the policy.
Financing a Policy
What are the benefits of financing a policy?
Note: There are other strategies to transfer the cash inside the trust, but they are beyond the scope of this article and would require additional structuring for the client's advisors.
If your clients are purchasing permanent life insurance, premium financing should be an option presented to them. An ideal candidate for premium financing is someone who has a permanent need for life insurance and could afford the premium on a cash basis.
Rate this article 5 (excellent) to 1 (poor). Send your responses here.
Cory Chmelka, CFP, is managing partner and a founding partner of Capstone Wealth Management, LLC and heads the firm's Risk Management and Financial Alliance Groups that services accountants, attorneys, trust officers & financial advisors. He is nationally known for his expertise in structuring and implementing advanced life insurance and estate planning strategies for high-net-worth (HNW) clients. Chmelka is a regular contributor for numerous industry publications, including the Journal of Accountancy, The CPA Journal and the Journal of Financial Planning. Prior to founding Capstone, he was a managing director of Cowan Financial Group; one of the largest privately held wealth management firms in the country.


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Ceramic Tile Standards Subject of Gathering in SC
Clemson, SC, Aug. 12, 2014 -- International trade and standards for ceramic tile were the focus of discussions as delegates from 15 countries met in Clemson to develop new standards.
Decisions made during the meetings are expected to influence the global tile business at a time when the U.S. industry is bouncing back after years of increasing imports and offshore production.
Delegates considered several crucial questions about technologically advanced ceramic tiles that experts see as the future of construction--some tiles fight smog by breaking down nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to produce a cleaner atmosphere, others hinder microorganism growth to create an antiseptic environment.
The agenda also included discussions of what standards ought to be met for a tile to be labeled as "sustainable," potentially affecting tax incentives for green construction and certification for using sustainable materials.
Water absorption testing, rectified tile tolerances, performance standards for "thin tile," and myriad other technical topics were also covered in the three-day meeting of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee 189, the standards body that presides over international standards for ceramic tile and tile installation materials.
Proposals and standards developed by ISO, such as those discussed in Clemson, are voted on by 28 participating countries, Sanders said, with at least 75 percent required to adopt it.
Attending were delegates from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
"These meetings are a boost to the industry and get decision-makers together talking about standards that are relevant to where the industry is going," said Eric Astrachan, executive director of the Tile Council of North America and head of the U.S. delegation.
Ceramic tiles are tested for the industry in the Bishop Materials Laboratory and the TCNA Product Performance Testing Laboratory in a facility in the Clemson Research Park that is shared by the National Brick Research Center and the Tile Council, through a joint industry-university partnership.


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Belaire High became one of the first schools sanctioned by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association for a rules violation in 2014-15.
The self-reported violation was a minor infraction, a violation of sports seasons/summer activities in football. It was released to the media Wednesday.
The Bengals put on shoulder pads a day earlier than allowed under LHSAA rules and were fined $50.
BHS also practiced the next day without pads to compensate, and Bengals coach Keith Woods was ordered to attend an LHSAA handbook certification class and to complete an online fundamentals of coaching class.
"It was a misinterpretation," Belaire Athletic Donnell Hyde said. "The rule says a minimum of three days before using should pads and we got hung up on the third day wording.
"Our kids are excited and, I guess that factored in too. They know they're getting new white uniforms this year and, they know we're going to play games at our school.
"We got a little ahead of ourselves."
Woodlawn-Shreveport was sanctioned for having an ineligible player based on the LHSAA's transfer rules. The player was ruled ineligible for one calendar year, and the school also was fined $50.
Guice moves up
Catholic High running back Derrius Guice made a huge leap in Rivals.com Rivals 100 list for 2015 recruits. The senior who is committed to LSU jumped from No. 102 to No. 40 on Rivals' most recent national list.
Guice's jump up the recruiting chart comes after a series of impressive performances at summer camps. Warren Easton wide receiver Tyron Johnson continues to be the state's top recruit and is rated No. 13 nationally.
When Rivals releases its new state rankings, Guice should leap over the previous No. 2 player, Newman running back Kendall Bussey, a Nebraska commitment. Bussey is listed at No. 91 on Rivals' new national rankings.
CST schedule set
Cox Sports Television has announced its Cox 4 Game of the Week schedules for Acadiana, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
The Baton Rouge schedule begins Aug. 29 with the Live Oak Jamboree. Other BR Cox 4 games are: Catholic at Parkview Baptist, Sept. 5; Northwest at Zachary, Sept. 12; Dutchtown at Destrehan, Sept. 19; Denham Springs at Live Oak, Sept. 26; Scotlandville at Central, Oct. 3; East Ascension at McKinley, Oct. 10; Episcopal at The Dunham School, Oct. 17; St. Amant at Woodlawn, Oct. 24; Plaquemine at St. Michael, Oct. 31; and East Ascension at Catholic, Nov. 7.
Two local LHSAA games
The LHSAANew Orleans Saints Game of the Week will feature two Baton Rouge area Thursday nights gamesr.
University High hosts Parkview Baptist on Oct. 9. McKinley at Woodlawn is set for broadcast Nov. 6.
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Joe Jonas And Demi Lovato Possibly Sitting In A Tree
Although purely speculation. What we do know is that Joe Jonas spent the night at Demi Lovato's house in Toluca Lake and then left the next day at around 2 p.m., picked up by a limo no less. If only your walk of shame was so glamorous!
Shortly after Joe left, Demi did as well, driving to the Center Staging studio in Burbank with her dad (who is a sexy beast, am I right?).
So Demi and Joe had a sleep over while her dad was home? Disney scandal! Yea, I know, what's new, right?
Well, if Camilla Belle and Trace Cyrus have no objections, who am I to judge?
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After 11:00 a.m., PST, on February 28th, the Catholic world will be without a Supreme Pontiff. Pope Benedict XVI has told us that he is resigning his papal office at that hour. Then we shall begin a brief period of time described as Sede Vacante, (when the See is vacant). All the Cardinals soon thereafter enter a conclave, during which they will elect a new Pope. The last time this occurred was after the death of Pope John Paul II on April 2nd. By April 19th of that year, Pope Benedict XVI was chosen to be his successor. I see no reason why it should take any longer to choose a new Pope this time.
Since Benedict is the first Pope to resign in more than 600 years, those unfamiliar with church law raise new questions and seem not to realize that, even though a resignation from the papacy seldom happens, a provision is made for such an occurrence in church law. But to read the secular press, one would think that the Catholic world would be plagued with uncertainty, fear and, even possibly, rebellion during this time of transition. Frankly, parishioners who await the appointment of a new pastor probably find themselves similarly troubled until a new pastor arrives and takes charge. Even in the archdiocese, there is some unrest now as our Catholic people await the installation of our new archbishop on April 2nd.
But the secular press seems to delight in stirring things up during this time of transition. On the Monday after the Pope's announcement, Portland's daily newspaper had a story on the front page with the headline "Pope leaves church with a host of questions." What followed was an article from a New York Times reporter in which we were informed that "Benedict XVI's resignation raises issues around infallibility, authority and doctrine." Then the article began with a few frivolous questions like "What will he be called? Will he keep his white robes and trademark red loafers?" I hope you were not unsettled by all those musings, but, if you were, let me put you at rest.
First of all, with respect to infallibility, if the reporter had simply consulted the Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 891, she would have learned that "the Roman Pontiff, head of the College of Bishops, enjoys this infallibility (in matters of faith and morals) in virtue of his office." Since Pope Benedict will no longer hold the office of Supreme Pontiff, he will no longer exercise infallibility. This charism belongs exclusively to the church's supreme pastor, the Pope. In other words, there will be no infallible teachings during sede vacante.
As far as authority is concerned, there are many "authorities" in the church and they will continue exercising their responsibility. During the sede vacante the College of Cardinals exercises limited authority in the service of the universal church. As Canon 335 of the Code of Canon Law states, "When the Roman See is vacant or entirely impeded, nothing is to be innovated in the governance of the universal church; however, special laws enacted for these circumstances are to be observed." Special laws have been enacted and the cardinals will proceed in accordance with these directives previously promulgated by the Supreme Pontiff.
When it comes to doctrine, if references here are being made to the deposit of faith which all bishops are obliged to preserve and teach, there will be no change. The Creed will remain the Creed and the commandments of God and the church will remain commandments. With respect to matters of policy and practice, inevitably there are some changes whenever there is new leadership. But again, during a time of transition, church law makes it quite clear that no innovations are to be introduced.
Again and again people question the Pope's motives for resigning the papacy. He was very clear when he stated, "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry." Why is that so hard to believe? After all, the man is 85 years old. The demands of his office are incredibly exhausting. Rather than question his motives, I hope every good Catholic is able to admire the candor, humility and love of the church which has prompted this decision.
During these nearly eight years of his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI has been a teacher par excellence. He has issued three major encyclicals, the first on faith, the second on hope and the third on love. In that first encyclical he reminded us quite beautifully that since God has loved us first, love is less a "command" than a response to the gift of God's love. In writing about hope Pope Benedict presented Jesus as the source of the hope our world desperately desires. So much has gone wrong in recent human history. It is the Lord Jesus himself who is the harbinger of hope. His third encyclical on love was a social encyclical, bringing together what some might consider polar opposites: spirituality and human progress. Pope Benedict reminded us that the demands of love have both personal and social dimensions. He went on to address the problem of global hunger, the rights of workers, the environment and the lack of respect for the right to life.
In spite of his age, our Holy Father continued to be a very public figure, traveling around the globe, visiting our own country back in 2008, gathering with young people at World Youth Day every two or three years, hosting synods, canonizations, conferences and other important ecclesial and societal gatherings in Rome. But if you ever attended a Mass or prayer service at which the Holy Father presided, you quickly recognized that he was indeed a man of prayer, and that he will continue to be. As he reminded us in submitting his resignation, he will continue to exercise this primary responsibility which he assumed in the service of God's people when he became a priest, namely, prayer for the needs of the church and the world.
On the other hand, I do need to acknowledge that such resignations are rare, probably only ten, in the history of the papacy. In fact, only one other Pope did so freely, Pope Celestine V in 1294. Those who see the office of Supreme Pontiff as a position of power undoubtedly struggle with the Pope's decision. People don't give up power too easily. But those who recognize the papacy as primarily a ministry of service understand very well how difficult it can be to continue to be of service at the same level of competence and energy as is possible for a younger man. There will be no more rivalry between Pope Benedict XVI and his successor than there has been between Pope Benedict and his predecessor. The papacy is not a secular political office. It is a position of spiritual leadership, a gift from God to his church, one we treasure and therefore one we pray will be strong, effective and respected in the years to come.
Given the importance of the office of the Supreme Pontiff, Catholics the world over begin a time of special prayer for Pope Benedict XVI, for his health and well-being, and in thanksgiving for his service to the church. During this time of sede vacante we should also consider offering special Masses for the election of the Pope, seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit for the cardinals as they assemble in conclave to choose the next successor to St. Peter. Yes, Sede Vacante is now upon us. How fitting it is during these Lenten days in a Year of Faith that we prepare for a new day in the life of the church.


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Malcolm Kelly has decided to forgo his senior season at the University of Oklahoma and declare for the NFL draft. The move came shortly after Kelly and his family met with Bob Stoops. It was a meeting that apparently resulted in Stoops' blessing.
"We're excited for Malcolm and his family," Stoops said in a statement released through the university. "He was an outstanding player in our program and we appreciate all of his efforts. We look forward to watching him in the NFL. He is well-suited to professional football in many ways and we are sure that the attributes that made him such a success for us will serve him equally well on that level."
Kelly leaves Oklahoma after a standout career but one that saw its share of ups and downs. He leaves Norman with the second most touchdown passes in school history with 21.
Mark Clayton holds the school record with 30 TD passes for a career.
Kelly's 49 receptions for 821 yards and 9 TDs during his junior season failed to eclipse his sophomore totals of 62 receptions for 992 yards and 10 TDs.
Kelly decided to declare after he received his initial draft grade from the NFL draft's advisory committee. Kelly was given a '2' meaning he was projected as a second-round pick.
But Kelly wasn't discouraged as he believed his draft prospects were much higher than most because of his junior status.
Kelly's departure will be felt in 2008 as his absence in the Fiesta Bowl resulted in a very slow start for the OU offense.
The Sooners will have to find a way to replace Kelly's deep-threat presence as he averaged 16.8 yards per reception.
Adron Tennell spent most of the 2008 season as Kelly's backup but he will take a while to come back from a torn ACL and will not return for spring practices this year.
Quentin Chaney filled in admirably for Kelly in the Fiesta Bowl pulling down four receptions for 129 yards.
But Chaney has been very inconsistent during his Sooner career and no one on the Sooner roster has proven to be as capable as Kelly over the last two seasons.
Oklahoma is also involved with several receivers which are still not committed to college programs.
Julio Jones, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound wideout from Foley, Alabama, is the nation's top wide receiver recruit. He currently lists the Sooners along with Alabama, Florida State, Florida and Texas Tech as possible college destinations.
The news of Kelly's departure could also affect the state's top prospect in Jameel Owens, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound wide receiver from Muskogee, Okla.
Owens is set to announce his college decision on Jan. 15th. He will reportedly choose between Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Kansas State and Texas Tech.


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1. Nacho Monreal will be just fine at Arsenal
While it wasn't a man of the match performance from our new Spanish signing, Monreal did his job and did it well. He didn't really have much to do, especially given the fact that "right-winger" isn't part of Stoke City's tactical vocabulary. He had good positional sense, made runs down the right, and made some key interceptions. Looks like he reads the game well. There were some moments where he wasn't able to link up with his team mates as he would like, but that's down to being only a day or two at the club. With time, that'll change, and hopefully he can develop the kind of understanding with the rest of the team like Kieran Gibbs has. Overall, promising signs. It was great to hear cheers from the crowd every time he got the ball, as a way of welcoming him to the Emirates. The cheers were contrasted by inevitable boos for Shawcross whenever he touched the ball.
2. Still not sure how good the defence is
We haven't exactly stood on solid ground this season when it comes to our defence so it is pleasing to finally get a clean sheet. I can't remember our last one to be honest. While the defence was sound, its hard to judge if they have turned a corner, given Stoke's ineptness in front of goal. Mertesacker and co were hardly tested, but credit where it is due for keeping Crouch quiet. Mertesacker dealt with Crouch well while Koscieny often was chasing the second ball. This is the way it should be. Outmuscling opponents and physicality isn't exactly Koscielny's strength, as we have seen through several howlers this season, however, chasing balls and tackling are. He also did well with a header in the first half and was unlucky not to score.
3. Walcott continues going from strength to strength
Walcott is at a stage in his career where the sky is the limit. Its hard to believe he is only 23. Yes he can be frustrating at times, but day by day that frustration becomes less and less. Against Stoke he was an absolute handful, Wilkinson was a sitting duck on the left hand side as Theo ran riot. He looks much more confident this season as he firmly establishes himself as a first team regular. He drew several fouls, including the foul which led to the goal. In Walcott, our team has a bit of a secret weapon. Not many teams have a player with such blistering pace who can get in behind a defence in a flash like he does. It was the ultimate compliment almost three years ago when then Barcelona coach Guardiola admitted he was afraid of Walcott's ability to change a game. Hopefully the 90 minute conversation he had with Henry recently will ensure he produces more match winning performances. In the unlikely event that we do end up winning a trophy this season, I think Walcott and Wilshere will be the keys, they are the two who have been shown to be able to change a game quickly. That alone won't be enough, the silly goals being leaked at the back need to stop.
4. Still a bit of cutting edge missing
Begovic had a fantastic game, and was probably the man of the match with a string of good saves, but that doesn't excuse us for not going ahead before the break. It may sound harsh, but we really should have scored some of the chances presented to us. Ox had he ball at his feet from the corner and had the goal at his mercy, yet hit it straight at Begovic. When he was put through on goal by Wilshere all he had to do was pass it into the net, but his shot was slightly lofted, allowing the save to be made. Also when Giroud received a free header from a corner, why did he choose to go across goal instead of shooting himself? That was a bizarre moment. At half time, it felt like it'd be "one of those days" where we dominate and end up drawing 0-0 or get sucker punched with a 1-0 loss. Luckily that didn't happen, but it could have happened easily against a better opponent.
5. Pleasing to see the attacking depth
It was great to see a decent team take the field and have a formidable bench with the likes of Podolski, Ramsey and Cazorla, who all came on and made an impact. It was useful for a game like this whereby we were frustrated and needed that goal. Fingers crossed that the injuries stay away and we're able to rotate the squad so that our best XI remains fresh for the big games.
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- A review of the diversity and evolution of photonic structures in butterflies, incorporating the work of John Huxley (The Natural History Museum, London from 1961 to 1990)A L Ingram
Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:2465-80. 2008..This review deals with butterfly photonic devices according to the parts of the butterfly scales on which they occur. In this way, the information is ripe for evolutionary study...
- Report. Dual gratings interspersed on a single butterfly scaleAbigail L Ingram
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
J R Soc Interface 5:1387-90. 2008..By incorporating two interchangeable gratings onto a single structure, as they are in L. nitida, the functional range of spectrometers could be extended...
- Structural origin of the green iridescence on the chelicerae of the red-backed jumping spider, Phidippus johnsoni (Salticidae: Araneae)A L Ingram
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Hi mamas.
This is my third cycle without PMDD and I'm so happy about. It seems to be a lasting effect! The only change during that time is that I've started taking 100 mg, vit. B6.
I hope things will look up for you mamas. How are you doing mystic?
Hi there mystic~mama,
Yeah it is amazing after five years of suffering so badly - getting in to arguments with my DP and being so depressed I'd even have suicidal thoughts.
It took about 2-4 days before I started to notice a difference but the effect was even stronger the next two cycles. I started taking it post-ovulation (five days after O) the first cycle so my mood was bad at that point and then the cycle actually ended with no symptoms the last six days before my period. Normally my mood wont lift until my period has been there for a day or two.
I started taking 300 mg. a day for the first couple of days - then down to 200 mg. for few weeks. I now take 125 mg a day on cycle day 1-11 and then increase a few days before O to 225 mg (I get 25 mg. from a VERY strong vitamin B-complex which I think is very important too). I go down to 125 mg. again a few days before my period starts when I can see there isn't any symptoms. The seems to be some controversy about the dose. Some say as little as 50 mg. should be effective but the most serious research I've found says 100-200 depending on where in the cycle you are. You should not go above 200 for more than a few days past O as it can cause neurological symptoms but these are reversible. I also think it's important to spread the dose so that you take it 2-3 times a day.
BTW magnesium is very important too. I was told by Panserbjørne, a mama here that seems very knowledgeable about the subject, to take calcium/mag. combo in the morning but magnesium alone in the afternoon and again before going to bed.
It really is weird - this cycle I felt a tiny bit sad at times for two days which is perfectly normal in my opinion but not depressed. I really hope this will work for you too mystic~mama. I found some links to research on the subject:
Keep us updated and good luck :-)
Just a quick note...
Has anyone read the "Red Tent" by Anita Diamante? It is an excelent book, I am reading a part on how they honor their moon times. It has some great insight into how important our moon is as a woman. I really suggest it!
I have a few years ago and I LOVED it...I want to read it again now...
I am on day 30 and so far I've done really really good this month, been taking B6 and honoring myself and my emotions.
hi allgirls....
It is much better for you to take B6 with a B complex than on its own....
any thoughts on this mamas....DanishMom especially since you have done research on this.
I bought 100mg B6 and have been taking one with my B complex which has 100 mg in it.
I am on Day 1 now : I'm happy and relieved about that. I feel like I can pretty safely say that I have seen significant improvement this cycle...what a relief!
And I agree Drink Lots of WATER!!
It is much better for you to take B6 with a B complex than on its own....
any thoughts on this mamas....DanishMom especially since you have done research on this.
Also my sleep is disturbed. I think this is the worse part of pms...I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep. I don't think the moodiness is as much hormonal for me as sleep deprivation. I'm really tired..I went to bed at 11pm and woke at 4am and might have dozed off around 6:30pm until my alarm went off at 7:30am. I'm crashing now. I feel really tired, I've had too much coffee and the cycle begins. I feel like crying because I know it's a bad week coming.
Thanks for the comments about the B Complex with the B6! I have been trying the B6 and so far it seems to be working along with lots of exercise. I need to drink lots more water than I have been the last few days. I love this thread for this stuff, thank you so much ladies. Especially Danishmom and mystic~mom for all of your research and comments.
We will see what this next cycle brings. I just finished my period and this month went great due to everyone's suggestions. Next cycle may bring new challenges as this is my last week home on maternity leave. I have gotten almost 4 wonderful months off and will return to work until summer when I am home again. It will be interesting to see how I do with the added stress of working full time again and trying to deal with finding time to pump (in an elementary school) and deal with this. YIKES! Hopefully I can keep taking care of myself like this and continue all the exercising I have been doing. I must add for anyone that excercise seems to help me so much...for what it is worth. Now if only I could lose the baby weight...
My cycles started to become a bit irregular around age 35..not terribly so but noticeably so. I had a daughter at 37 and another at 39. I did have a chemical pregnancy in there. There are no guarantees but at 36 we concieved the first month we tried. At 38 it took longer but I was nursing so that was part of it.
Perimenopause can go on for years..I'm 42 and it's still going on though it has worsened in the past year. I really think I'm heading towards menopause in the next few years but I guess we'll see.
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Seriously, that's pretty impressive
Cool riddle format.
It is wonderful! It is also practical to be use in Spanis speacking seminars because just the art design says it all!
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I think if I had to get my three dogs to stand still for a photo, it might take me a while, even more time if it's to have a Christmas theme. But this site has some tips. For instance, Santa hats are adorable on pets and they suggest variations of your dog holding the hat in his mouth, or maybe your kitty looking inside an empty hat. Maybe you'd like an "action" shot, so set up a small tree with only a few ornaments and let them have their way with it. Then snap the photo!
This next photo-op takes two people. If you have two pets that get along(preferably), set them side-by-side or facing each other and touch one of their noses. The other pet will instinctively lick or smell the nose that was touched. Quick! Grab the photo! Also you can fake an unwrapping scene. Just scatter ripped-up wrapping paper, a box, and tissue paper, place a bow on your pet's head, along with ribbon LOOSELY draping them, and snap away. Finally, if you catch Rover sleeping in front of the fireplace with stockings decorating the mantle, you've got easy shot. Good luck, and don't forget to help Santa out with a chew toy in your baby's stocking.


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Did you try 10047, 12187, 11781 or did you give the generic entries a test?
Mike S.
I edited my last post. added new codes.
Generic: 10047
Mmmm....Those codes are direct from RCA. Please double check the model numbers?
Also, Did you try the bump n run method when you entered all those codes?>
edit: pull the batteries and leave them out for a few minutes.
more codes:
11447 10018 10135 11547 11347 11781 11247 10747 10029 12187 11147 10174 10679 10774 11922 11661 11948 11958 11959 10038 10093 11917 11953 12002 10051 10090 10278 11047 11919
Ok thanks. I can't imagine these codes not working as they are available in the database. Did you have any luck with the manual method I provided?
Mike S.
Can you please check your TV manual and documentation kit for any update letter regarding Direct TV codes? Another customer had the same issue and solved hers by adding code 10178. Worth a shot.
11547, 11447, 10047, 10051,
10093, 12187, 12002, 11958,
11953, 11948, 11922, 11919,
11917, 11781, 11347, 11247,
11147, 11047, 10774, 10747,
10679, 10278, 10174, 10135,
10090, 10038, 10029, 10018,
Please let me know if any of these work. These are all RCA codes, and have no specific make.
Well. I am out of ideas. I am going to go ahead and jump out of your question unless I hear back from you. There is still the last block that I posted but I assume you tried these generic codes.
Thank you.
I had actually read the same thing in an online forum but I had not been able to confirm that the radio frequency had actually changed on your model. It may be true if DirectTV gets a lot of these calls then their support knowledgebase may actually contain this question. However - the database that I have has the codes listed - so I am not sure what is accurate. The manual does state that if you cannot find a code for your model, you must revert back to the remote from the original TV. Thanks for the update.
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Lee grew up in restaurants. His mother Linda Hickey was the proprietor of 'Spinnaker's Restaurant' in the Port View Hotel in Dun Laoghaire. Lee's fascination with food developed early when each Saturday he would watch his mother cook and learn from her. Earliest dishes Lee cooked were Chili Con Carne and Gingerbread men. Lee's interest in cooking led to a part-time job in the kitchen while he was still a teenager, looking after the starters and prepping the vegetables. However spotting more lucrative employment outside the kitchen, Lee took over as front of house manager in Spinnakers for a couple of years.
A lifelong interest in Music and a spell in a group 'Men2B' earned young Lee a record contract with President Records in London. When he was just 17 'Men2B' travelled the continent promoting their single 'Love Satisfaction' with Hazel Deane. At this time Lee also became interested in acting and appeared in 'Rocking Hood, the Panto' at the Gaiety and many TV commercials for companies such as O2, Coca Cola, Abrakebabra and Boyle Sports. Ever the Renaissance man, Lee moved into modelling, working for John Rocha, Louis Copeland and taking part in the BT Supermodel fashion show.
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Lynda joined The Restaurant for the first time this year. She is very familiar with the show and the team as she herself works at Wineport Lodge, home of The Restaurant. Lynda is originally from Durrow, Co Laoise and started working at a local restaurant there called The Woodview, when she was just 16. She spent two years there before moving to a job in the luxurious nearby 'Castle Durrow'.
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Vivian's first job at age 16 was in Luttrelstown Castle Golf Club, where he developed his interest in the food and wine industry. A native of Athlone - He recently graduated with a degree in hotel & catering management from Athlone Institute of Technology age 22. He did his job placement in Fitzpatrick's Hotel in New York, and has also worked in Cellar Restaurant in the Merrion Hotel. For the past two and a half years Vivian has been working in the Wineport Lodge, under Ray Byrne and Jane English. He is currently studying the Certificate in Wine course with the Wine Development Board of Ireland. Vivian made his TV debut when he steeped in at short notice as waiter on last years series of the Restaurant. He proved to be such a hit he was invited back again for part of the series this year.
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Since she was a schoolgirl, Elaine seemed destined to work in the hospitality industry. While still a teenager she worked in The Clonmel Arms Hotel in her hometown in Tipperary. It was this experience, coupled with the influence of an older brother, who also worked in the industry that led Elaine to take a year out working as a waitress in a gourmet pub in Kinsale before going on to study Hotel Management.
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"It is the center of gravity of the regime," said Elias Hanna, a retired general in the Lebanese Army and a lecturer on strategy and geopolitics at the American University of Beirut. "It is the core of the regime."
In presenting the data concerning two rocket strikes — the significance of which was not commented upon by the United Nations itself — the report provides a stronger indication than the public statements of intelligence services of the United States, France or Britain that the Syrian military not only carried out the attack, but apparently did so brazenly, firing from the same neighborhoods or ridges from which it has been firing high-explosive conventional munitions for much of the war.


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I graphed out the temps from my Maverick ET-733 and the stock dial that came installed on my Lang. Look like the dials have sweet spot but then it starts going way off. Further info to follow.
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I admire you guys who can both do and understand this stuff but I don't know how to decipher what this graph is telling me. Please add some explanatory text because I'd like to know what you found.
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Not exactly sure what I am seeing here.I can assume from the data that it looks like I am going to need to do some more research. I "calibrated" my probes yesterday using boiling water and found that one probe is broken reads extremely high and the other is +4 off (I can live with that). I conjure though that the dial thermometers (not "calibrated") may be more inaccurate at higher temps by how much the difference is from the digital probes the higher the temps are. Keep an eye on this post I will keep it updated with more information.


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Daily Buzz from the Sundance Film Festival culminated with Episode 10 from the festival, re-broadcasting highlights from last week's event in Park City, Utah. Earlier interviews from filmmakers including Documentary Premiere This May Be The Last Time, Stephanie Soechtig and Katie Couric's Fed Up, Richard Ray Perez's Cesar's Last Fast and Brian Knappenberger's Internet's Own Boy as well as a final round of Hot Topics round out Daily Buzz's coverage from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Previous episodes from Main Street in Park City with some of the most talked about films at this year's Sundance can be heard by clicking links below.
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Veteran documentary filmmaker Brian Knappenberger focuses his story, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz in the digital age through a personal story of a computer programming genius. Aaron Swartz emerged as a pioneer of the internet through his activism, education and politics. He was indicted on multiple charges in 2011 and 2012, which began a complex series of events that left the internet community reeling. Shortly after, Swartz ws found dead of an apparent suicide in his Brooklyn apartment at the age of 26.
This May Be The Last Time
Sterlin Harjo's This May Be the Last Time debuted in Sundance's Documentary Premieres section. The film is an investigation into Native American filmmaker Harjo's family history, namely the mysterious 1962 disappearance of his grandfather and the songs of encouragement sung by those who searched for him. In the film, Harjo traces the creation of their songs, which recall a time of upheaval when U.S. policy forced their relocation. "The songs originated in Scotland, Appalachia and the blues of African American slaves," noted Harjo.
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"As a television journalist for 35 years I realized I've been covering this subject time and time again," said Couric to Daily Buzz. "Nobody's taken a comprehensive look at why childhood obesity has gotten worse and worse and worse despite the fact we've been talking about this for years." Former network news anchor traveled to Sundance to promote Fed Up, the U.S. Documentary Competition film she helped executive produce for director Stephanie Soechtig. The film unearths a secret of the American food industry — far more people get sick via consumption than previously realized. Soechtig and Couric uncover why despite the public's fascination with appearance and government policies to combat childhood obesity, generations of children are now expected to live shorter lives than their parents.
"There's a systematic crisis that on the part of our govt and the food industry, in which our kids may have a shorter life span than their parents for the first time," added Couric. "And that reality has a great consequences for us as a society."
Cesar's Last Fast
Labor and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez went on what would be his last act of protest in 1988, forming the backdrop of Richard Ray Perez's Cesar's Last Fast. Chavez's "Fast for Life," was a 36-day water-only hunger strike to draw attention to the terrine effects of unrestricted use of pesticides on farm workers and their families. Filmmaker Richard Ray Perez first learned of Chavez's work as a grade school student and had been interested in doing a film about Chavez. He later met filmmaker Lorena Parlee who had worked with the labor leader and had amassed dozens of hours of footage of him — a good amount never before seen. She asked him to help her with the project since she was being treated for breast cancer.
Eventually, he inherited the film after her death. "He empowered a generation of Latinos to realize they have the power to organize and have a place in this nation's history and they can fight for social justice," Perez told Daily Buzz. "I think there's a generation of Latinos who don't know that history and I hope this film will tell that history and let them know they can organize for workers rights, the minimum wage and that they can fight for the rights of all Americans including the growing income disparity in this country. This is a story that relates to today and has a profound message that resonates today."
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They suspected it would be a hit, but organizers of the inaugural Happy Girls Half Marathon appear to have socked a home run.
Maybe even a grand slam.
"It's definitely exceeded all our expectations," admitted Gina Miller, marketing and sports events director with Lay It Out Events, the Central Oregon company putting on this weekend's Happy Girls running events in Bend.
The featured race is Sunday's half marathon, a 13.1-mile race that will start and finish at Riverbend Park, off Colorado Avenue along the Deschutes River. Miller said a registration limit for the half marathon (including a relay division) was set, optimistically, at 1,000.
That limit, she said Monday, was reached last week.
We're pretty happy about that," Miller beamed.
She noted that the Happy Girls Half no doubt would have attracted even more runners, but raising the entry ceiling was not an option.
"As a first-time event, we had to set a limit," she said. "And we have a thousand sterling silver necklaces (for finishers of the half marathon), and we wanted to be sure that every woman who finishes gets one of those necklaces."
In conjunction with the Happy Girls Half, which is scheduled to start at 9 a.m., a 5-kilometer race is set for Sunday starting at 10 a.m. (Registration is still open for the 5K.) Also, highlighting Saturday's Happy Girls activities, a race for youngsters billed as the Happy Little Girls Run will be staged. The kids race, with age-appropriate distances, is for ages 3 through 10 and is set to start at 1:30 p.m.
Like the half marathon, the 5K and kids races will start and finish at Riverbend Park. An expo, featuring vendors, activities and entertainment, will run at the park throughout both days of the Happy Girls event.
"One of the things we tried to do is make it all-inclusive," said Miller. That includes men — husbands, fathers, sons and boyfriends are all allowed to participate in the Happy Girls races. Miller noted, however, that probably 98 percent of entries received have been from women.
"Maybe," she added, "even 99 percent."
Happy Girls Schedule
Start/finish area for all races is at Riverbend Park
Saturday, May 28
10 a.m. — Pre-race expo, late registration and packet pick-up (including Happy Little Girls packet pick-up)
1 p.m. — Late registration for Happy Little Girls Runs closes
1:30 p.m. — Happy Little girls 1.5K Run starts
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Sunday, May 29
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8 a.m. — Pre-race warm-up activities
9 a.m. — Happy Girls Half Marathon starts (individuals and relays)
9 a.m. — Post-race expo and finish-line activities get under way
10 a.m. — Happy Girls 5K Run starts
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They failed. Throughout the debate over the phony fiscal crisis, the transcribers of press releases (formerly known as "journalists") were, day
after day, a disgrace to any standard of journalism I ever learned.
Every day, I was ashamed of the profession I sometimes am associated with—reading the works of people who are lazy, ideologically blind and dismissive of minority opinions that don't conform to a very narrow, conventional way of thinking.
It's not an idle annoyance — the absolutely bankruptcy of most of the traditional press ends up costing lives—not that the transcribers of press releases understand this. Mostly, they seem not to care. And on the other end, the policy side of the government, the lemmings who are supposed to weigh real facts are incapable of seeing the truth.
As Dean Baker, the co-director of the Center on Economic and Policy Research, told me in a conversation during the hype around the Congressional "supercommittee": "These people really do live in another universe. I know a staffer with one of the most progressive Democrats in the Senate who asked me if there would really be a disaster if the "supercommittee" doesn't reach an agreement. The problem is that they confuse the Washington Post with a real newspaper."
Baker fingered a significant problem: people, who in their hearts believe in defending government's role, are susceptible to the daily propaganda that flows from media outlets like The Washington Post. Most people are not even aware of the ideological bent of The Post. So, when The Post rants every day about the fiscal "crisis" and the "apocalyptic" debt levels, it seeps into and infects even good people.
Why did the transcribers of press releases fail? Some of the reasons have been pointed out in the past in the wake of other policy debates or political campaigns: most transcribers of press releases are rarely interested in confronting entrenched powers, except when it comes to a personal scandal (sex!!!). They mostly see journalism, like any job, as a career so, as is true in almost any corporate setting, no one wants to rock the boat if it endangers promotion.
In economic reporting, there is a particular problem. Some of the transcribers of press releases who cover economics, or work-related issues especially unions, took Economics 101 in college—typically a class that is quite conventional and mainstream, where one learns about the wonders of "free trade" and the "free market" and, most important, that those ideas are to be treated as unassailable.


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Utah Jazz: D-Will hopes to be All-Star in Dallas
DWillNov. 5, 2009 12:45 p.m.
Actually DWill is statistic wise playing better than last year. The Problem with the Jazz is that all the others have not come to play. Boozers percentages are down, Milsap is down, Okur is down, Korver is gone and Brewer up.
What do you expect? The Jazz did not improve player wise by trading or drafting. They stayed the same. What does the same mean, other teams got better, for the Jazz instead of a record of 50 + wins this year they will probably loose ground.
How to overcome this problem, get better. The Jazz are averaging 99 points per game and allowing 100 + points per game. Of the next 13 games they play only two teams that they should beat.
So by December 1, 2009 they will probably be no better than 3 wins and 15 losses. That means if they keep going at this pace they will be 16 wins and 66 losses.
SorryNov. 4, 2009 6:36 p.m.
Sorry little Willie .... Not this year
MilesNov. 4, 2009 3:05 p.m.
@me myself and I: How did Stockton and Malone make it all those years? Great analogy. Maybe Dwill doesn't make it because the other point guards are better than him at the position?
Me, Myself and INov. 4, 2009 1:56 p.m.
D-Will could have the perfect season. Leading in every major statistical category a point gaurd should and still not make the All-Star team. Why? Because its a popularity contest in which fans have to much say in the outcome. All-Star voting should be weighted so those closest to the game, coaches and players votes count more than the fans. D-Will could be the league MVP and because the Jazz play in such a small market with limited fans outside of Utah would still not make the All-Star team.
AnonymousNov. 4, 2009 1:38 p.m.
That's who he is. At most poor man Averson.
lynnNov. 4, 2009 10:51 a.m.
the Jazz are 1-3. why would you even write a story about a Jazz player being an All-Star? All the top NBA teams became better during the off-season. Except the Jazz, who stayed exactly the same, which is translating into playing worse. These guys can't finish a game.
Leader?Nov. 4, 2009 9:34 a.m.
He ought to play some defense....if he wants our team to actually win....then again most of the "allstars" just put up offensive stats to make the team anyhow.
At 1-3....ya lets talk about making the allstar team.
MilesNov. 4, 2009 8:22 a.m.
His comments pretty well sum up his attitude toward the team this year. It's all about Dwill. The less defense he plays, the more energy for offense and stats. And you wonder why this team is 1 - 3! Dwill's only concern is to be an allstar.
re: D-Will is an All StarNov. 4, 2009 8:04 a.m.
'D Will is the one bright spot this year along with Wesley as rookie of the year (on any other team because Sloan won't play him enough to be ROY on this team)'
So on any other team Wesley Mathews, an un drafted rookie, would get rookie of the year and more playing time. Are you serious? He was lucky to make our roster and w/o injuries probably wouldn't have. There is a reason he went undrafted and came to the Jazz for a shot at making team. Now i'm not knocking him because I do think he might be a hidden gem, but lets be realistic.
Cowboy Joe to DWILLNov. 4, 2009 7:24 a.m.
Good luck on being an All Star. I can tell thats what you want the most. More than winning. If you want personal accolades make your team win instead of being a chucker. Improve your defense. Your front court are not shot blockers, You put them in a bad possesion when you let your man blow past you. If you will your team to victory and play defense you will become an Allstar and maybe people will say your better than CP3.
If you keep losing, chucking and not play any defense you will not be consider an Allstar nor better than CP3.
This story is dumbNov. 4, 2009 7:03 a.m.
There is no way the coaches will make him an All Star with this team playing so poorly. How many guard spots are there? If the Jazz are so far out of the playoff picture by continuing this terrible play, the chances of Williams getting one of those few guard spots are slim. Chris Paul will be there because the so-called best PG in the game has to be, Nash will be there with his run and gun team doing well, then who else? Will any coach justify putting the PG of the 10th ranked team in when he could choose Chauncey Billups, Jason Kidd, Tony Parker or Aaron Brooks (who has comparable numbers to DWill with a "less talented" team)? Talking about the All Star game with what is going on is so very stupid. Shame on you DWill for even addressing that question.
MatjazNov. 4, 2009 6:48 a.m.
D-Will - firs you will have to lead jazz through the storm, things aren`t going youre way, awery game players from other teams are making records (personal, team....), so you will have to start making some noise in the locker room, or you`ll be watching the game in Dallas...
Wish you well...
D-Will is an All StarNov. 4, 2009 5:31 a.m.
We might as well enjoy watching D Will work towards being an All Star because we aren't going to enjoy any playoff run. Boozer is so horrible at playing defense that we will not be going very far in the playoffs. D Will is the one bright spot this year along with Wesley as rookie of the year (on any other team because Sloan won't play him enough to be ROY on this team)


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Wrangling over Wake school board, commissioner districts continues
Posted August 8, 2016
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Raleigh, N.C. — Wake County elections officials told a federal court Monday night that they could, in theory, deal with any of four options under consideration for school board and commissioner elections, as long as the court didn't require them to hold a new primary.
That filing capped off a sometimes confounding 24 hours in legal and administrative wrangling over how voters will elect county leaders this fall. Along the way, plaintiffs in the long-simmering redistricting case asked a federal appeals court to remove the federal judge supervising the case, and the State Board of Elections held a late Sunday night meeting to appoint a new Wake County Board of Elections member.
As of Monday night, what may be the hottest potato in North Carolina court has landed back in the lap of U.S. District Judge James Dever.
This is a case that defies a short summary, but the rough outline reaches back to 2011, when members of the Wake County school board and county commissioners redrew their districts following the 2010 census. Over the following election cycles, local Democrats saw big gains on those boards. Following those elections, the Republican-controlled General Assembly stepped in and drew new legislative districts that would tend to favor GOP candidates.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this summer threw out those legislatively drawn districts but was less than clear on how to administer the new election. That task has fallen to Dever, who has been sorting through competing plans both in person and by demanding information from various parties involved in the lawsuit. In his latest request, Dever asked the Wake County board to rank how difficult it would be to implement each of four election plans.
An unexpected meeting
That's where things stood as of Sunday night, when the State Board of Elections gave notice it would hold an emergency meeting at 10 p.m. to fill a vacancy on the three-member Wake County Board of Elections.
The state board has not had time to respond to a records request seeking information relevant to the appointment filed by WRAL News on Monday.
Josh Lawson, the board's general counsel, said he suggested to Whitney that the state board might want to move ahead with the local board appointment to avoid a 1-1 deadlock on the Wake County board between the Republican and Democrat members.
"They wouldn't have been able to comply with the court order if there was division among them," Lawson said Monday.
The state board ended up appointing Eddie Woodhouse to fill the vacant seat.
However, when the Wake County board met on Monday, members did not discuss or vote on their response to Dever in open session. Wake County elections Chairman Ellis Boyle merely warned Woodhouse that a filing was coming.
"If it's not up on the news yet, it probably will be soon," Boyle told Woodhouse.
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That's because Dever has signaled he would be open to holding this year's elections under the commissioner and school board districts the 4th Circuit threw out. In fact, in its response Monday, that's the option the Wake County Board of Elections said would be the easiest.
That prompted lawyers for the Raleigh Wake Citizens Association to ask the 4th Circuit to either take Dever off the case or order him to revert to the 2011 districts.
"The Court was clear that it saw no reason why elections in 2016 should proceed under the election systems found to be unconstitutional by this Court," lawyers wrote on behalf of the association. "Despite an in-person status conference and two rounds of briefing by Plaintiffs, the trial court has failed to enjoin the use of the unconstitutional election system for 2016, putting in jeopardy the ability of Plaintiffs to have a remedy that vindicates their rights."
No response was immediately forthcoming from the 4th Circuit.
Sketching out what's easy
Dever had ordered the Wake County board to rank how hard each of four election plans would be to implement.
In its reply, officials with the county board {{a href="document-15913216"}}wrote that the unconstitutional plan would be the easiest because it was already programmed and ready to go.
Second easiest would be reverting to the 2011 election plans for school board and county commissioners, although that would come with its own difficulties. Because all nine school board seats were supposed to be elected this year, for example, the State Board of Elections would have to determine if and how to return to a plan that elected half the school board every two years.
Two other options would follow plans sketched out by Rep. Rosa Gill, D-Wake, or Republican legislative leaders. Those plans would be even more fraught because each would require the political parties to nominate new candidates. However, the Wake County board emphasized "it is not feasible to add a new primary" and still be ready for the general election this fall. General election ballots are due to go out to mail-in absentee voters Sept. 9.
Rulings from Dever, and potentially the 4th Circuit, are expected in the coming days. Wake County election officials say they need to know what to do by Thursday, or they will begin running afoul of deadlines set by existing state laws.


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A Golden Ticket
Etiquette Lounge
Last Seen: Oct. 9, 2008
Recurring Club Night? Every 2nd and 4th Thursday
Better than: Willie Wonka's golden tickets - only five were given out. Here everyone wins.
Notes and Photos by Jackie Lopez
Street wear clothing companies have been sprouting up all over the Bay Area since LRG took the hype and made urban wear happening outside mainstreamers Roca Wear or Sean John. One such local label, Gold Coin, has been clothing underground hip-hop artists and fashionistas with their "One Up" logo for three years running. They recently began catering to their customers a whole new way: with exclusive parties every second and fourth Thursday of the month at Market Street's Etiquette Lounge.
Gold Coin's "A Golden Ticket" club night started off as an invite-only private affair for the street wear elite, but the "have ticket or get lost" mentality was abandoned after the first two parties at Etiquette, when GC owner Ray Robinson couldn't find it in himself to turn the hoards of ticketless scenesters away.
"The flood gates opened and there's no point in shooing away guests at the door without a golden ticket," said Robinson. The ticket itself has evolved into a nostalgic flyer handed out to friends and members of the Gold Coin family.
The experience: Etiquette Lounge's pseudo-gothic 80's theme is lovely with its high ceilings, framed chandeliers and red candles. Resident DJs A-ron of Good Company and Prince Aries spin a mixed variety of hip-hop, jazz, 80's, r&b, and old school that get the good vibes going. Stop by the bar, and bartenders Raphael and Rudy will make you The City of Gold's signature drink, "Liquid Gold," for only $5.
Expect security guard Junior Johnson of Big Daddy Security to check you in outside. Asked how he likes this particular event, Johnson replied, "It brings a lot of good people and a good crowd. I don't have to worry so much about the troublesome Bay Area types when the City of Gold gets down here." Munching on a Granny Smith apple, which he told me was his first meal of the day (mind you, it just hit 1 a.m.), he stared down a drunk white boy in a green track jacket who tried to cut the ropes. The guy was belligerent in his excitement that the DJ was spinning A Tribe Called Quest. Johnson shook his head, eyed the man and told me, "I take back everything I say. You'll always get the person who thinks they're on top of the world here."
The crowd took to the dance floor at the sound of A-Ron's jams, which included Rock Steady, Too Short and Aretha Franklin, and everyone kept on going when Prince Aries mixed Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover," New Edition's "Candy Girl," and Cameo's hit, "Candy."
"Tastes like candaaaaaayyyy," the crowd sang as they celebrated another Thursday with the City of Gold.
Critic's Notebook
Personal Bias: In my humble opinion, Gold Coin dresses the hottest artists in town.
Random Detail: There were television screens in the venue but they were turned off and didn't add anything to the ambiance. A missed opportunity?
By the way: Gold Coin is having a sample sale at Milk this weekend.
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A large-scale survey to obtain detailed information about how family living and formation are related to religious living and activity will be conducted jointly by Brandeis University and the University of Illinois, it was announced here today. The survey, which will begin early this year, will comprise some 3, 000 personal interviews at the homes of Protestants, Catholics and Jews throughout the State of Illinois.
The director of the project, Dr. Bernard Lazerwitz, currently on leave of absence from the University of Illinois and now associate professor of research at Brandeis' Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, said the purpose of the project is to gain a detailed picture of religious life and trends in Illinois. The survey, he said, will also illustrate how religious outlook influences family stability and growth, careers and the handling of various social problems.
Among the topics that will be covered in the interviews are: observance of the Sabbath and religious festivals; the amount and types of religious education received by children; activity in voluntary associations; religiousness of parental homes; and data about age, education and occupation. The project has been endorsed by Dr. Franklin Rector, the Illinois Council of Churches' director of research and church planning; the Church Federation of Greater Chicago; the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago; the Chicago Board of Rabbis; the National Jewish Welfare Board; and the Chicago Jewish Community Centers.


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