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Downing St has put SMEs at the centre of its bank bailout plan, but is relying on European funds and the banks' own word to deliver much needed relief to small business.
Chancellor Alistair Darling's £500bn bailout for the banks has been swiftly followed by action from the Bank of England, which has announced an immediate half per cent cut in interest rates, alongside identical cuts from the European Bank and the US Federal Reserve.
Prime minister Gordon Brown, speaking to the Commons today, refused to make a prediction on what will happen to the UK economy in the coming year, but said the introduction of £200bn in extra liquidity, £50bn in recapitalisation of the banks and medium-term financing of £250bn would help.
Brown said the government aimed to improve cashflow and credit availability for small and medium businesses. He promised the government would aim to settle its own payments to small and medium businesses which supply the government within ten days.
He is also proposing talking to the European Investment Bank to increase the availability of loans to small and medium businesses made through UK banks.
However, the mechanics of the plan remain a mystery. So far, all that is certain is the government has had a word with the UK's leading banks.
The Treasury believes there is no need for Parliamentary legislation for the multi-billion bailout to go ahead. The figure of £250bn in financing is thought to be a fluid one, essentially plucked from the air and liable to change as the situation changes.
The official Treasury statement said that any capital investment in banks, "will require a full commitment to support lending to small businesses and home buyers".
But no details have been provided on how this would be achieved - it will not be a question of quotas or targets. While having government officials on bank boards is not envisaged, it has not been ruled out.
Discussions with leading banks have apparently reassured officials that the money will be used to increase availability of loans for small businesses and mortgage applicants.
Success or failure of the bailout will be measured in a loosening of credit for business. Brown's political future is likely also to depend on whether the effect trickles down to the real world.
The FTSE recovered some its earlier losses on Brown's statement but was still down one per cent. Reaction on bank stocks was mixed - HBOS jumped almost 60 per cent while Barclays was up two per cent, and Alliance and Leicester slipped two per cent. ®
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Canadiens prospect Nathan Beaulieu pleads guilty to assault
Father also pleads guilty
Montreal Canadiens prospect Nathan Beaulieu and his father, former Sarnia Sting coach Jacques Beaulieu, have pleaded guilty to assault in a London, Ont., court and were granted conditional discharges.
They were charged with assault in April after an altercation at a house party that left two people with minor injuries. Lawyer Patrick Ducharme said the ruling will allow the men to continue their hockey careers.
"That means that there is no conviction registered," Ducharme said. "The court accepts their taking responsibility for it, but instead of convicting the accused they gave each of them a discharge.
The Canadiens took Beaulieu 17th overall in the 2011 NHL draft. He played six games with Montreal last season, recording two assists.
Jacques Beaulieu was fired as general manager and coach of the OHL's Sting in late May, after he was charged with assault. Co-owner Rob Ciccarelli said at the time that "the reasons for his dismissal are not related to the on-ice performance of our hockey club."


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A teenage boy visiting a zoo on Wednesday fell into a lion pit that's part of a set for the upcoming Kevin James and Adam Sandler movie "The Zookeeper," but he wasn't badly hurt.
No animals were in the area at the time of the accident at the Franklin Park Zoo, spokeswoman Brooke Wardrop said, and the movie crew wasn't on the set.
The 16-year-old boy tumbled about 25 feet into the pit, where a net broke his fall, and his injuries weren't considered life-threatening, fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald said.
The initial emergency call to firefighters was about a person who had fallen into a zoo's lion pit, MacDonald said.
"You know, you start having these images of animals outside, but once the officials assured us that there were no animals at all, it pretty much became a standard extrication from a hole," he said.
When firefighters showed up, there was a movie set medic with the boy, who was conscious and talking as emergency workers put him on a stretcher before taking him to a hospital.
The boy, MacDonald said, was in an area where he shouldn't have been and wasn't working for the movie, which features James, the former star of the CBS sitcom "The King of Queens," as a zookeeper unlucky at love.
Zoo officials were investigating the afternoon incident, which occurred in an old gorilla exhibit known as the Lion's Den for the movie.
In "The Zookeeper," James' lovelorn character has animal friends that break their code of silence and reveal they can talk in a desperate attempt to help him win the girl of his dreams and prevent him from quitting his job. The movie also features Cher and Sylvester Stallone.
The Franklin Park Zoo, which has hundreds of exotic animal species from around the world in exhibits including a tropical rain forest, the Australian outback and the African savannah, made headlines in July after its operator suggested some animals might have to be destroyed because authorities cut $4 million in state funding.
Gov. Deval Patrick called the claim a scare tactic. He said no animal would be killed or was ever truly threatened with euthanasia. He said the zoo had responded to the budget cut "by spreading inaccurate and incendiary information."
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You can file this one under "stuff I actually make with frequency." Most of the time I just have an idea in an offhand sort of way and it ends up here. Then there's that pile of old reliables that I make all the time, without even thinking that maybe they could be awesome and fun-wow for you guys too. So we're gonna try that today. We got back from New York the other night and I think I'm still full? I really wanted the ritual of a leisurely, stew-centered afternoon though, just to usher in this fall thing properly and to get back into the rhythm of everyday living. The air smells like crushed grape skins and crunchy, slowly-fading leaves at night. I got myself a new mug for all those hot beverages and our apple tree is killing it out there right now. Give me all of your autumn leaf emojis, people. We are READY over here.
Also perhaps you'll notice some boxed stock and canned items in the photo below? The first time I accidentally flipped on the TV to an episode of Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade, she was fixing up a little pot of soup. I didn't know the premise of the show at this point, so I kept watching. You know what that braud did? She mixed a quart-box of tomato soup with a jar of salsa, simmered that shit, and called it MEXICAN TOMATO SOUP. I mean… this is a little different–it's a little more on that ACTUAL homemade tip. I'm not exactly steady-jarring my own tomatoes and simmering stock when I have a spare couple of hours (HA!). Generally I say (legit) homemade is better on all fronts, but when you've got yourself a stew goin' with lots of vegetables and spices, those subtleties are less noticeable I think. I keep a decent supply of low-sodium veggie stock, tinned tomatoes (preferably sans BPA in the can's lining) and beans for when I'm in a pinch/don't wanna wait. That's how this little number came about and now I've got lunch for a week. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that wholesome pantry crutches are awesome, and that Miss Sandra is not my fave human being on the planet. That's all.
But on this stew thing! The first time I had a bit of a fancier, totally vegan dining experience, I ate something like this. I read "sweet potatoes, warm spices, smoky tomatoes, wilted greens etc etc," on the menu and knew that it was going to change my life. Yep, totally did. It was familiar, unusual, comforting, new, exciting… and it came with an adorable scoop of purple rice pilaf. And there was really good organic wine. Shortly afterward I was sold on the whole plant-based way of life and not too long after that, I figured out how to make this supreme comfort food all by my badass self. I might even say that my version is better than that first time memory. I add chopped dates and a little lemon zest, go heavy on the warm spices–the cinnamon is the best part–and I utilize one of my fave pantry items: fire roasted crushed tomatoes. Yeah dudes. Gettin' real cozy up in here.
moroccan-style vegetable + chickpea stew
Print recipe here!
serves: makes a big pot
notes: I like to slowly cook the onions and spices out in the oil before I add everything else, almost stewing them in a way. The raw-ness of the spice goes away and the onions melt into the soup in a special luxurious kind of way.
stew ingredients:
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 medium onion, small dice
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
chili flakes (optional)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
4 dates, pitted + chopped
2 medium carrots, chopped (1/2 inch pieces)
1 large or 2 small sweet potatoes, peeled + chopped (1/2 inch pieces)
1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes (preferably fire-roasted)
3 cups vegetable stock (or more, depending)
1 yellow pepper, stemmed and chopped (1/2 inch pieces)
2 cups (or a 14-15 ounce can) cooked chickpeas
salt + pepper, to taste
couple handfuls of chopped greens
to serve:
chopped flat leaf parsley/cilantro
fine grated lemon zest
extra virgin olive oil
cooked brown rice/quinoa/millet/couscous
Heat the coconut oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium heat. Add the onions and lower heat until they are sizzling kind of quietly. Once the onions are a bit soft and translucent, add the cinnamon, cumin, coriander and chili flakes. Slowly sauté and stir this mix until the onions are really, really soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the chopped dates, carrots and sweet potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir to coat the vegetables in the spices and oil. Add the tomatoes and stir. Add the vegetable stock. Bring the soup to a boil and simmer until the sweet potatoes are just tender, about 10-12 minutes.
Add the chopped yellow peppers and chickpeas and stir the soup. Season the whole thing again with salt and pepper. Simmer until the yellow peppers are tender and the sweet potatoes are quite soft, about 5 minutes. Add the greens to the pot (and more stock if necessary) and cook for 1 minute, or until just-wilted. Check the soup for seasoning and serve it hot with cooked grains, drizzles of olive oil, lemon zest and chopped herbs.


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Hilliard leads No. 6 Villanova past Georgetown
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Villanova coach Jay Wright believed his Wildcats had a chance to be good this season, thanks to the players' chemistry. He just didn't expect them to be this good.
Darrun Hilliard scored 19 points to lead No. 6 Villanova to a dominating 77-59 victory over Georgetown on Saturday, preserving the Wildcats' hopes of a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
JayVaughn Pinkston added 13 points, and James Bell and Ryan Arcidiacono had 11 apiece for the Wildcats (28-3, 16-2), who won their sixth straight game while tying the 2005-06 team for second-most wins in program history. Villanova's 16 Big East wins are the most in school history.
"I don't try to predict our record but if someone forced me to, I never would've predicted 28-3," Wright said.
Wright said the team's togetherness, which has been evident since preseason workouts in the summer, is a key to the Wildcats' success.
"Most of your teams that are good get along, but this is a really unique group," Wright said. "I think they are all really similar, and they do look out for each other. It's a pleasure to coach guys who love to play. They love to play together. It was really fun to be a part of that."
Said Hilliard, "We just like each other, man. We don't have nothing against each other. We're really like brothers. We like talking with each other and enjoy being around each other, even off the court."
The Wildcats' team-first mentality showed against the Hoyas, as five players scored in double-figures. Bell entered Saturday averaging a team-best 15 points per game, which is unusually low for a team so highly regarded.
"At the offensive end, they're a very, very unselfish team," Hoyas coach John Thompson III said. "They drive, kick it to the person and that person can make a shot. They have several players on their team who would be the point person, the star on other teams. They have different players who can step up. I think their unselfishness is a key."
The 18-point win marked the largest margin of victory for Villanova in a Big East game between the teams.
Markel Starks scored 20 points for the Hoyas (17-13, 8-10), who are in jeopardy of failing to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2009. D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera added 14 points and Aaron Bowen had 13 for Georgetown.
Georgetown needs a run in the Big East tournament to secure a fifth straight NCAA bid. The Hoyas, who are the No. 7 seed, open the tournament Wednesday night.
"We'll put all of our energy into getting ready for that first game," Thompson III said. "We'll have to play better than we did today, significantly better."
Villanova, meantime, is in position for a No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament with a good run in the conference tournament. The Wildcats, who were helped by Kansas' loss on Saturday, already have secured the Big East regular-season title and the top seed in the conference tournament. Villanova opens play in the Big East tournament Thursday.
The Wildcats likely will field many questions about NCAA tournament seeding in New York, site of the Big East tournament, but Wright said the talk won't affect his players.
"I don't think there's that much of a difference with a one and a two (seed)," Wright said. "Being considered up there is great, but it's no concern for us. The Big East tournament will be fun."
Bell added: "Our focus is always on the next game, the next day and just getting better period. The next day is just the next challenge. The next day is another chance to get better and that's what we have to deal with."
Villanova, which led 42-29 at halftime, upped its advantage to 20 points when Arcidiacono made two 3-pointers on consecutive Villanova possessions to give the Wildcats a 55-35 lead with 13:02 remaining.
The Hoyas never got it under double-digits the rest of the way.
The Wildcats took control with a strong first half.
Bell's four-point play with 49.8 seconds left in the half gave Villanova its largest lead of the period, 42-27. Bell had 11 points in the half for the Wildcats, who shot 52 percent from the field and 57 percent from the arc in the opening 20 minutes.
Bowen had nine points before the break to pace Georgetown, which battled foul trouble in the first half. Starks, who entered averaging a team-best 17 points per game, picked up his third foul with 6:40 to play before intermission. Jabril Trawick also had three fouls before the break.
There were some hard fouls in this one that was reminiscent of the old Big East when these teams developed a fierce rivalry that has remained with the incarnation of the new basketball-only Big East this season.
Smith-Rivera suffered an apparent head injury 43 seconds into the second half and walked groggily to the bench before returning minutes later. Villanova's Dylan Ennis limped off after going down hard with just over seven minutes to play. Neither team allowed the other easy layups in a game that featured 46 fouls.
NOTES: It was the 73rd meeting between the teams, and the Hoyas now lead the series 42-31. ... The Wildcats improved to 39-33 all-time at the Wells Fargo Center, Villanova's off-campus home venue. ... Wildcats recruits Phil Booth and Mikal Bridges, who both signed National Letters of Intent with the school for next season, were in attendance. ... Villanova's previous largest Big East margin against the Hoyas was a 75-60 win on Feb. 5, 2004. The Wildcats' largest-ever margin was 28 points — 73-45 — on Feb. 11, 1950.


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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
A Special Kind of Hook: Leash Holders
Leash holders with dog (or other animal) themes can be used for more than leashes, of course. Use them for those leashes — or for all sorts of other things, from car keys to baseball caps to necklaces.
And there sure are some nice ones out there! The yellow bone leash holder above is sold by Up Country; there's also a red one, with a slightly different design.
More wonderful dog leash hooks with a bone theme are available from My Spoiled Doggie.
And then there's the personalized bone-shaped hook made by Whitehall, made from recycled non-rusting cast aluminum. It's sold all over: Grandin Road, Plow & Hearth and many more sites. It comes in four finishes, although not all sites offer all the finishes.
Of course, a leash holder doesn't have to be bone-shaped. For Love of a Dog has a number of different handmade dog leash holders with porcelain tiles.
This is just one of the delightful leash hooks from these creatures; it's available in three colors.
And then there are the dog-breed hooks. East of India makes this Scotty dog lead holder, found at Isabel's Attic.
Finally, while the leash holders and pegboards from Beyond the Crate are a bit too cutesy for me, I was delighted to see the range of dogs they include. I always look for English mastiffs, after my friend Debbie Wolfe introduced me to the breed.
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Using the Alphabet: Hooks with Letters
Hooks with Moose, Birds, Bats, Cats and Other Critters
6 comments:
- Deb said...
A new leash holder may be in our future! As much as I love the mastiffs, I have to agree that they are a bit too cutesy for me, too. On the other hand, the laundry room could use a dash of whimsy...
- January 11, 2012 at 9:01:00 AM PST
- JustGail said...
I was going to ask where the hook for kitty leashes were, then I saw the hook with a cat in the entry for the 9th. Contrary to popular opinion, cats do learn to walk on a leash. I had a cat that was better behaved on a leash than any of my dogs.
- January 11, 2012 at 10:42:00 AM PST
- Jeri Dansky said...
JustGail, I've got a photo of a cat on a leash on my Pinterest "cat" board.
- January 11, 2012 at 11:00:00 AM PST
- JustGail said...
Nice photo! I should add that the cat we had was afraid of strangers, so no way he'd ever go out in public. We just stayed in our yard, which was close to a highway, that's why the leash came into use.
- January 12, 2012 at 6:27:00 AM PST
- Janet Barclay said...
These are fantastic! I would like one where I could hang the keys so they're in front of the board and not the wall. I got rid of my key holder because the keys were marking the paint and put them in a basket by the door, but now that I have a leash as well, it's getting a little cluttered.
- February 6, 2012 at 9:06:00 AM PST
- Linda Samuels said...
This is a fun assortment of leash hooks. When our dog, Norton, was with us, we retrofitted an old dresser for the entryway and used the top drawer for all his dog accessories like leashes, nail clippers, etc... That worked well too. He was funny too because when it was time to take a walk, he'd sit right in front of the dresser and stare at that top drawer.
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I would like to see if we can get these magnificent creatures listed as our National Animal like the Bald Eagle! Maybe
As we all know the wolves are a very important to our ECO SYSTEM and they also desrve to live like we do. I am trying to get President Obama to have them listed as our National Animal like the Bald Eagle is our Nationa Bird. Then we can get them saved and bring back their population. So please help me with this, I would like to get 200,000 or more with a minimum of 100,000! So please sign and…


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Carlos Corco was a 12-year-old boy when he began to observe the stars with a small telescope. He has never stopped doing so since then. And now, from Monday through Saturday he receives groups of tourists and astronomy buffs who come to Cerro Mayu in the Elqui Valley and he guides them to observe the cosmos from the best skies in the southern hemisphere.
For many of the inhabitants of the northern part of the country, observing the universe comes almost naturally to them. The Elqui Valley has an average of over 300 sunny days a year and the Tololo and La Silla observatories are among the most important ones in the world. However, this interest does not just extend to the astronomers, but also to the thousands of tourists who travel to gaze at the wonder of the universe.
The skies of the Coquimbo Region have become a unique attraction. Jorge Fernández, one of the people in charge of Cerro Mayu, says that over 4,500 people had visited the tourist observatory during 2008, a 10% increase compared to the previous year. "We have received French people, Germans, Spaniards, and Mexicans who dedicate themselves to astronomy almost like a hobby," Fernández explains.
Mayu is not the only destination: there is also Mamalluca in Vicuña and Collowara in Andacollo.
Impeccable northern skies
"They used to show us the starry skies with a flashlight. Now the guides use modern green lasers and point out the stars and their names, such as the Southern Cross and Orion's Belt. It's spectacular," says Alejandro González, a 21-year-old university student, after visiting Mamalluca. The development of astronomy tourism is clear.
González has been to the observatory three times and has no doubts when he compares it to the new astronomical observatory at the Metropolitan Education Sciences University in Santiago. "The quality of the nights is different in the north," he says, while also explaining that to see better you even need to turn off car lights.
Light pollution in the capital makes more detailed observation more difficult. There has been such growth in astro-tourism in the Fourth Region that the municipalities of Vicuña and Andacollo have taken measures to fight light pollution. After a rigorous study, Vicuña became the first Chilean municipality to change its lighting systems. In 2002 more energy efficient light bulbs were installed with a color that does less harm to observation.
The benefits for the professional and tourist observatories were remarkable, as it was for the municipalities, because they have been able to save on energy costs. "The Vicuña plan is currently being applied as the standard in Argentina," says Jorge Fernández.
Some 18 km from this city, the company Astrónomica del Sur has just finished building the Pangue observatory, which will mainly be aimed at receiving international visitors.
Astronomy circuits
For optimal observation the sky must be clear and without a full moon: the darker, the better.
In La Serena, Vicuña, Andacollo and other cities there are tour agencies like for example AstroExpedition Tour and QuasarChile that specialize in these trips, including transportation, food, and observation equipment for tourists. They offer visits with professional guides and amateur astronomers, enthusiasts trained to lead groups to the diverse observatories and to give them basic educational talks on the universe and the galaxies.
Recently the Cancana observatory in Cochiguaz was also added. It is 1,500 meters above sea level and involved an investment of US$ 60,000.
Tololo Observatory: This is an observatory with a high scientific level, located 87 kilometers east of La Serena and 2,200 meters above sea level. It has eight telescopes and a radio telescope. There are Spanish and English speaking guides for tours at Tololo that last approximately two hours. Each tour is for 50 people and visits must be arranged a month ahead of time at the telephone number (+56) 51-205200.
La Silla Observatory: Located in the municipality of La Higuera, 156 km north of La Serena and over 2,400 meters above sea level. La Silla is managed by the European Southern Observatory and it is equipped with 14 optical mirror telescopes with diameters up to 3.6 meters and a 15-meter radio telescope. This equipment makes it one of the biggest and most modern centers for astronomical observation centers on an international level. Tours last three hours and reservations must e made at least a month in advance at the phone number (+56) 02-4633280 or by emaill: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mamalluca Tourist Observatory: Created in Vicuña by the Amateur Astronomy Club with a commitment from the municipality and endorsement by the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. At Mamalluca tours begin at 18:30 and the last one is given at 03:15.
They can be basic or advanced level and include exhibits on the Incan view of the universe. Reservations can be made hours prior to observation at the phone number (+56) 51-411352 or via email: email@example.com.
El Pangue Observatory: Located 18 kilometers from Vicuña, it offers programs for the general public, such as the two-hour Astro Tour, as well as for amateurs who are not satisfied by a tour and want to make their own telescope observations without time restrictions. Reservations can be made at the phone number (+56) 51-543810 or on the website of the observatory.
Collowara Tourist Observatory: It belongs to the Municipality of Andacollo and is 1,300 meters above sea level on the top of Cerro Churqui. It has powerful 14-inch Schmidt Cassegrain telescopes, a projection and conference room with a capacity for 54 people, in addition to three direct observation decks in a cross shape facing east. The visit lasts two hours and can be coordinated at the phone number (+56) 51-432964 or the email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cruz del Sur (Southern Cross) Observatory: This is one of the largest "astrotourism" centers in South America and it is located in the town of Combarbala, in the Coquimbo region. The project was launched by the Municipality of Combarbala and the Planetarium of the University of Santiago de Chile. It has observation domes with 16-inch telescopes and showrooms. The tickets can be bought in the Municipality of Combarbala, Plaza de Armas 166 Telephone: (56 – 53) 741033 and you can find more information on the website.
Cerro Mayu Observatory: Located 30 km from La Serena, it was born of an initiative by the priest Juan Picetti. It has a 14-inch Schmidt Cassegrain Meade LX200 telescope and receives visitors from Monday through Saturday between 20:30 and 22:30. For more information and reservations, call the phone numbers (+56) 51-224508 – 212024, or else send an email to email@example.com.
Paranal Observatory: Located in Taltal, in the Second Antofagasta Region, and 2,635 meters above sea level. It is operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and includes the Very Large Telescope project, VLT, a system of four separate optical telescopes surrounded by varied smaller instruments. Tourist visits are the last two Saturdays of every month, starting at 14:00 and ending at 17:00. There are limited spaces and reservations can be made at the phone number (+56) 55-281291 or email email@example.com.


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Street racing is pretty fucking stupid. Going too fast on public roads is just a shitbrained thing to do, but what about street drifting, where speeds are low?
Since drifting is about just having fun and getting sideways, speed isn't the key factor. When a kid in a beater 240SX hits something while drifting, he's likely going to crunch a wheel and not much else. Most of the time, you see kids drifting in totally deserted stretches of pavement, like industrial areas on the weekends, or snowed-in parking lots.
But street drifting still can mean going too fast for the road, and it means explicitly driving your car over the limit.
Where do you draw the line with street drifting? Should everyone stick to (increasingly popular) organized, grassroots events or is a little sideways action on an empty road okay?


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So me and some other people are having issues with the Legends server...
For example, there are several bosses that don't spawn at the designated timing that they're supposed to spawn such as the Proudbloods, Kobold Chief and some others. I think that having a server restart once in a while will help fix some of these technical issues since it allows the server to reload properly and potentially some other issues that have been there for so long. I haven't seen a server restart for quite some time this year and I think having at least 4 server restarts throughout the year would be nice and keep AE consistent. It could also reduce some lag that some people have been having over the past few months including myself as well or even correct the drop tables if it has been affected.
What do you guys think?
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Proudbloods aren't on timers and I'm pretty sure the Kobald Chief works the same way.
btw if you finish that stupid quest all you get is a proudblood crest which doesn't do anything and a dumb no-drop ring with no stats.
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Lol alfoid, I'm just thinking as a big picture and not just those bosses. I think it might be a good idea since a server restart doesn't really hurt anything than to fix bugs that shouldn't be there and maybe even the one that could come up without anyone knowing. Another thing is that the proudblood quest, the crest is used as something else so yeah.
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A former business manager for Nicolas Cage has filed a cross complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming the actor was already deeply in debt when he was hired by the star in 2001.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, last month Cage filed suit against Samuel J. Levin, whom he claimed in court papers was an "incompetent business manager," and whom he said sent the star, "down a path toward financial ruin."
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But in his cross complaint, filed late last week, Levin claims that when he was hired by Cage in 2001, the actor had already, "squandered tens of millions of dollars he had earned as a movie star, he was deeply in debt, and he owed millions of dollars in accrued but unpaid income taxes, with no funds available to pay the debut."
Levin claims in his court filing that from the start of the two men's "Business Management Agreement," Cage "knew about his perilous financial situation and he knew he was behind on paying his taxes."
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The business manager claims he "warned" Cage that in order to "maintain his lavish lifestyle," he needed to earn $30,000,000 a year.
In fact, Levin said the two came up with an agreement at the start of their business relationship.
Among the "objectives" Levin claimed the men agreed to were:
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· Reduce Cage's spending and use his "assets and earnings to pay off his debts and eliminate the tax arrearage."
· Accumulate a "cushion" of at least $10,000,000, but preferably $20,000,000, for Cage's financial security purposes and to "alleviate the financial pressure to take film roles that might be detrimental to his career."
Levin said after agreeing, he sold off the actor's $1.6 million comic book collection and more than "a dozen of his automobiles."
But the business manager claims that after Cage had "a string of hit films," his increased earnings saw the actor abandon "the economic conservatism" he had agreed to.
Levin claims Cage went bought new cars to replace the ones he sold and "set off on a spending binge of epic proportions."
By July 2008, Levin claims, Cage owned:
· 15 palatial homes around the world
· 4 yachts (one for the following locations: Caribbean, Mediterranean, Newport Beach and Rhode Island)
· 1 island in the Bahamas
· 1 Gulfstream jet
· Millions in jewelry and art
Levin claims he "implored" the actor to stop buying property and spending, but he "rejected this advice and continued his compulsive spending.
Levin claims the actor then bought more including
· 3 more homes worth more than $33,000,000
· 22 automobiles (including 9 Rolls Royces)
· 12 expensive jewelry pieces
· 47 artwork and exotic item purchases.
Levin claims as time went on, his advice was ignored and "rebuked."
"The pinnacle of [Cage's] spending spree came with his quixotic acquisition of Midford Castle in England and Schloss Neidstein Castle in Bavaria," Levin claims in the cross complaint.
The business manager claims he was eventually "terminated" and the actor hired a Certified Public Accountant to take over the account, an account which brought Levin back on board on an "hourly basis" until October 13, 2009, when Levin filed the actor's 2008 tax returns. A short while later, Cage filed the original suit against Levin.
Just last week, Cage lost two of his New Orleans homes due to foreclosure auction and the IRS has claimed the actor currently owes over $6 million back taxes.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Cage claims he is having to divest himself of a host of assets because of "Levin's incompetence, misrepresentations and recklessness."
He further asserted in his lawsuit that Levin paid himself "millions of dollars" while putting Cage's money into "risky" and "highly speculative" investments, and that he also allegedly failed to "timely pay taxes."
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It's one thing when an engine gives up during a dyno test; quite another when the whole car tries to jump down. These Puerto Rico students have a little more to learn about strapping all-wheel-drive vehicles down for tests.
According to one of the Evo forums where the video was posted, no one was hurt in the accident and the Evo apparently incurred just sheet metal damage. It's not clear whether a front strap broke from heat or if the car wasn't strapped down in front at all. (Thanks Miah!)


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Window treatment: The window spot has been up and down for Caroline Wozniacki — the face (and bod) for the Stella McCartney line — at the adidas store in SoHo. But she's "all in" currently, sporting a big smile as spring brings about the French Open.
It's not for hibernating: We're digging Major League Baseball's MLB Fan Cave, just a few blocks up from Caro's corner spot on Broadway in Greenwich Village. The spot just opened below the new Blink Fitness and offers a "a first-of-its-kind immersive fan experience," says MLB.com. Of course they're watching games all day, but big-time players are dropping in on occasion and there is plenty of up-close-and-personal interactive activities for fans to experience. Two, no three, snaps to whoever thought of this gem.
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Over time, and since the release of The Power of Now, Eckhart's entry into the space of spiritual teaching has been a source of interest for many people. Further interest was developed following Eckhart's teaching webcast with Oprah Winfrey. This page provides an assembly of some of the articles written about Eckhart's journey as well as interviews with him. Please enjoy these links, and learn more about Eckhart's life and teachings.
During my travels, one of the most frequently asked question is "What is it like to be in relationship with an enlightened being?" Why this question? Perhaps they have the idea or image of an ideal relationship, and want to know more about it. Perhaps their mind wants to project itself to a future time when they, too, will be in an ideal relationship and find themselves through it.
Must we fully engage the thinking mind in order to perceive words on a page?
Eckhart Tolle challenges us to "watch the thinker" even as we read.
Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it and it is always a part of me. Whatever label or word we use to describe "it" doesn't matter. Words are completely inadequate.
For two years, a small man sits quietly on a park bench. People walk by, lost in their thoughts. One day someone asks him a question. In the weeks that follow there are more people and more questions. Word spreads that the man is a "mystic," and has discovered something that brings peace and meaning into our lives. It sounds like fiction, but today that man, Eckhart Tolle, is known worldwide for his teachings on spiritual enlightenment through the power of the present moment. His first book, The Power of Now, is an international bestseller, and has been translated into 17 languages. More than 20 years have passed since Eckhart Tolle answered his first question on that park bench. While his audience has grown, his message remains the same: that it is possible to stop struggling in your life, and find joy and fulfillment in this moment, and no other.
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As part of his final year project at Kunsthochschule Kassel the young German designer Christof Schmidt developed this smart joining technique. The solid wooden elements of the chair are broken to measure and placed into a silicone-mould. Due to its expansion the poured in polyurethane foam infiltrates into every single wooden fibre at the breaking point and connects the pieces soundly. The foam hardens within minutes.
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George Strait, 'Drinkin' Man' – Song Review
When you've been around for over 30 years and put almost 60 songs on top of the Billboard charts, it's probably difficult to surprise people, right? Actually, if you've made it that far it's because you've turned surprises into a career. George Strait's new song 'Drinkin' Man' is a gut-punch one dials up again and again.
The dark ballad from an equally dark album can immediately go alongside songs like 'I Saw God Today' in terms of powerful messages from the second half of the singer's career. Its weight is impossible to ignore. The singer uses a heavy piano to lumber into the room like, well — like a drunk that everyone is trying to help.
"At 16 I was on my own and flyin' high and stayin' stoned / I knew everything there was to know / I did things I can't talk about / I wore my mom and daddy out / Late nights they spent prayin' for my soul," Strait sings to open the second verse. The fact that he co-wrote the song with his son and Dean Dillion makes one wonder whose experience they're calling upon for inspiration.
A few other artists have similar songs on recent albums (Luke Bryan's 'You Don't Know Jack,' for example) but Strait's grandfather status amongst the current crop of stars makes him the ideal candidate to bring sympathy to an alcoholic's struggle.
"Her daddy said, she's all I got / Son, don't ever break her heart / Promise me before you take her hand / But that's just too much to ask of a drinkin' man," Strait sings.
A few may be offended by a song that paints the 'Drinkin' Man' as a victim, but more will relate to his words. Perhaps someone may even find help in his lyrics. 'Drinkin' Man' is a courageous choice for a third single from 'Here for a Good Time' — but a good one.
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David's experience has been in the direct sales industry building a company with a partner from two people to more than 500 and $15 million in annual sales in five years. He brings a unique perspective to the day spa and health club industry through his marketing and business coaching. David has authored two books: Life Balloon and 45 Little Known Marketing Strategies' that Will Have Your Health Club/Day Spa Leap Frogging Over the Competition.
His article, titled "How to Turn Your Employees into Motivated Producers, David talks about the importance of one-on-one meetings, morning meetings and group outings.


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Snow in October
Just a couple hours after the St Louis Cardinals won the World Series, snow began to fall in the Pittsburgh area. In October. October 29th. This morning, Amy called out to me from downstairs, "Erik, look out the window!"
This is what I saw:
Amy and Olivia and I hopped in the car and went for a ride so Olivia could experience her first ever snow fall.
After driving around for about 30 minutes or so, we stopped and took Olivia outside:
She didn't quite know what to make of it all.
When we got back home we checked out our back yard. Here we are on our deck:
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South African Journal of Surgery
On-line version ISSN 2078-5151
Print version ISSN 0038-2361
S. Afr. j. surg. vol.50 n.4 Cape Town Nov. 2012
Civilian popliteal artery injuries
M A BanderkerI; P H NavsariaI; S EduII; W BekkerII; A J NicolIII; N NaidooIV
IFCS (SA), MMed. Trauma Centre, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town
IIFCS (SA). Trauma Centre, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town
IIIFCS (SA), PhD. Trauma Centre, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town
IVFCS (SA). Vascular Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town
BACKGROUND: Civilian popliteal artery injuries are associated with significant amputation rates.
AIM: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with limb loss in patients with popliteal artery injuries.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective chart review of prospectively collected data on patients with popliteal artery injuries presenting to the Trauma Centre at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2008. Demographic data, mechanism of injury, haemodynamic status, limb viability, special investigations, associated injuries, ischaemic time, surgical treatment and amputation rates were analysed.
RESULTS: One hundred and thirty-six patients with popliteal artery injuries were identified. Penetrating and blunt trauma accounted for 81 (59.6%) and 55 (40.4%) injuries, respectively. Associated injuries included fractures in 66 patients (48.6%), knee dislocations in 29 (21.3%) and popliteal vein injuries in 59 (43.4%). Fifty-seven patients (41.9%) presented with a compartment syndrome. Arterial injuries were treated with reversed vein grafting in 68 patients, primary anastomosis in 33, prosthetic graft insertion in 11, and primary amputation in 7. Thirty-two patients underwent delayed amputation, giving an overall amputation rate of 37.5%. A delay of more than 7 hours of ischaemic time between injury and definitive repair (p=0.0236) and the presence of a compartment syndrome (p=0.003) were significantly associated with an increased amputation rate.
CONCLUSION: The most significant factors associated with the high amputation rate of 37.5% were an ischaemic time longer than 7 hours, and the presence of a compartment syndrome.
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2. Fox CJ, Perkins JG, Kragh JF Jr, Singh NN, Patel B, Ficke JR. Popliteal artery repair in massively transfused military trauma casualties: a pursuit to save life and limb. J Trauma 2010;69:S123-134. [ Links ]
3. Nair R, Abdool-Carrim ATO, Robbs JV. Gunshot injuries of the popliteal artery. Br J Surg 2000;87:602-607. [ Links ]
4. Degiannis E, Velmahos GC, Florizoone MGC, Levy RD, Ross J, Saadia R. Penetrating injuries of the popliteal artery: the Baragwanath experience. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1994;76:307-310. [ Links ]
5. Pourzand A, Fakhri BA, Azhough R, Hassanzadeh MA, Hashemzadeh S, Bayat AM. Management of high-risk popliteal vascular blunt trauma: clinical experience with 62 cases. Vasc Health Risk Manag 2010;9;613-618. [ Links ]
6. Applebaum R, Yellin AE, Weaver FA, et al. Role of routine arteriography in blunt lower extremity trauma. Am J Surg 1990;160:221-225. [ Links ]
7. Armstrong K, Sfeir R, Rice J, et al. Popliteal vascular injuries and war: Are Beirut and New Orleans similar? J Trauma 1988;28:836-839. [ Links ]
8. Daugherty ME, Sachatello CR, Ernst CB. Improved treatment of popliteal arterial injuries. Arch Surg 1978;113:1317-1321. [ Links ]
9. Frykberg ER. Vascular trauma: History, general principles and extremity injuries. In: Callow AD, Ernst CB, eds. Vascular Surgery: Theory and Practice. Stanford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1995:985-1037. [ Links ]
10. Melton SM, Croce MA, Patton JH, et al. Popliteal artery trauma: Systemic anticoagulation and intraoperative thrombolysis improves limb salvage. Ann Surg 1997;225:518-529. [ Links ]
11. Frykberg ER. Popliteal vascular injuries. Surg Clin North Am 2002;82:67-89. [ Links ]
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13. Razuk AF, Nunes H, Coimbra R, et al. Popliteal artery injuries: Risk factors for limb loss. PanAmerican Journal of Trauma 1998;7:93-97. [ Links ]
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Petitions for naturalization before 1906 usually show only a name, former allegiance, and date of naturalization.
Petitions for Naturalization after 1906 have information that has been verified and matched to an immigration record. Any immigrant arriving after June 29, 1906, could not naturalize until their immigration record (a passenger list) was found.
Since 1906, after an immigrant filed a Declaration of Intention or a Petition for Naturalization in a naturalization court, the Bureau of Naturalization was called upon to provide a certification of the immigrant's arrival record.
The certification, called a Certificate of Arrival was sent to the courthouse, and this allowed the immigrant to naturalize.
Examples of various Petitions for Naturalization are shown online on NaturalizationRecords.com The 1795 Petition for Naturalization for Patrick Ryan in Pennsylvania is lengthy but tells us little about Patrick.
In contrast, the 1906 Petition for Naturalization for Christopher Alt in Baltimore Maryland gives occupation, date and place of birth, date of immigration, port of departure and port of arrival, names of children plus dates and locations of births
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
hello, I've been trying to install a pluto test system, but it keeps failing on the "lame library" (no such file on ftp.nerim.net.......... from apt). I know that the network I'm on has a certain tendency to mess up all ftp traffic that is in passive mode, so I was wondering if apt-get uses passive mode as default, and if so, is it possible to turn it off while installing ? another problem i've encountered is that when I install using the 2.6 kernel, it fails in the "installing the coreutils" section - i don't remember the exact filename it failed on, but there seems to be a file missing on the cdrom, since apt-get uses the cdrom as a source.
I'm really looking forward to get pluto running, since I have been looking for this kind of a solution for a long time, and I hope that I've finally found it . btw: I saw some posts in this forum about using a Xbox as a client, can you tell if there is any progress, if so, what's the curren status?
added: Are the stable releases only intended for those who buy their solution from you ? I can only select the "development" version when I use the mypluto wizard.


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Chemistry Graduate Cooks Up Success in the Lab
By Amanda Cairo
Chemistry graduate Brian Vo's collegiate journey hasn't been a straight one, but it has been one filled with opportunity working in labs, publishing articles and being a teaching assistant. It's these accomplishments that he hopes will secure him a place in pharmacy school and beyond.
"I want to help people, develop a new drug," say Vo. "I really think about what we can make and how it can potentially cure a disease. I want to be a part of that."
The Portland, Ore., native transferred to the University of Idaho from Portland State University and Portland Community College after his sister, Thao, was accepted into the chemistry doctoral program.
"I really liked the program and the research here," says Vo. "The research experience is a big part for me, there's some really interesting people doing interesting research."
That research and the learning opportunities have been an important part of his education at the University of Idaho. While not always earning straight A's, it's hard work, determination, and opportunity that made his lessons stick – and good experience. It's also a family lesson, something instilled in him by his parents, who were Vietnam War refugees.
"My parents have always told me to do what I like, and do it well," says Vo. "Sometimes I have trouble fully understanding the chemistry at first, but I love it and work hard to do it well. I don't give up - that's key to my success."
Laying the foundation to one day create new drugs, Vo has explored chemical reactions in three labs on campus. Vo researched developing new and easier methods to join carbon compounds together to use in biological compounds to produce cleaner and greener reactions with assistant professor Jakob Magolan.
With professor Richard Williams, he performed similar experiments to create synthetic formations of new bonds, but with sulfur containing compounds, and with assistant professor Sofie Pasilis, he explored lanthanum chemistry containing large phosphate ligands using mass spectrometry.
"The professors that I have met here have allowed me to expand my capabilities and do more research than I imagined as an undergraduate," says Vo.
Through his lab experience, Vo connected with an alumnus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and had the opportunity to conduct research there. Under the guidance of professor Jennifer Schomaker and Jared Rigoli, Vo published his first manuscript in Organic Letters, "Chemoselective Allene Aziridination via Ag(I) Catalysis" and second in the Journal of American Chemistry Society, "Tunable, Chemoselective Amination via Silver Catalysis.
"This was a huge accomplishment for me. It really shows that hard work will prevail," says Vo. "I'm thankful to the chemistry department, they have been very supportive of my education."
Beyond working in research labs, Vo has been able to connect with the learning process as a teaching assistant in a chemistry lab for a couple of semesters and as an organic chemistry tutor.
"It's really strengthened my knowledge and given me a stronger love for chemistry," says Vo. "To be able to reach out to someone as a peer and help them is very rewarding."
Vo also is a volunteer at Gritman Medical Center in the emergency room, learning another side of medicine, taking patient's vital signs, performing lab work, interacting with doctors and patients. It helps him bridge his major and minor, communications, to show how important effective communication is.
In addition, Vo also worked at the ASUI Kibbie-Activity Center, Vandal Connect and Sodexo. He was a peer mentor at the Office of Multicultural Affairs and was a conversation partner for the International Programs Office.
While Vo's Idaho chapter comes to a close, his passion and hard work will be a catalyst in his next lab.


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6connect, a venture-funded startup based in San Francisco, announced Monday its ProVision Suite, a cloud-based service designed to help network operators manage dual-stack networks supporting both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols.
6connect claims to ease network provisioning and asset management challenges for dual-stack network that use both 32-bit-long IPv4 addresses and 128-bit-long IPv6 addresses. Using the software-as-a-service model, 6connect offers IP address management, DNS and Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) functionality typically purchased in the past as a special-purpose appliance or server-hosted software package.
RELATED: 6 signs the U.S. is overtaking the world at IPv6
6connect executives claim ProVision Suite is superior to appliances because it was built from the ground up to ease IPv4-to-IPv6 migration, while competing products were designed for IPv4 and have bolted-on IPv6 capabilities. ProVision Suite is being targeted at both service provider and enterprise networks.
"One big advantage is that we provide auto subnetting with IPv6," said Pete Sclafani, CIO of 6connect. "We also offer a portal that allows IT departments to empower end users to view and manage their own IP space and DNS."
6connect's ProVision Suite comes with APIs that support the REST (Representational State Transfer) software architecture used by the Regional Internet Registries that dole out IPv4 and IPv6 address space. It also offers integration with Salesforce as well as DNS offerings from other vendors, including DynECT, ISC Bind, Secure64 and PowerDNS.
6connect announced several big-name service provider customers including Verizon Terremark, DukeNet Communications and GlobeNet.
ProVision Suite starts at around $60,000 per year for a 15,000-node network, with prices increasing for larger networks.
IPv6 is an upgrade to the Internet's main protocol, which is called IPv4. IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses and can support 4.3 billion devices connected directly to the Internet. IPv6, on the other hand, uses 128-bit addresses and supports a virtually unlimited number of devices: 2 to the 128th power. The Internet needs IPv6 because it is running out of IPv4 addresses.
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NATICK, MA — The Longfellow Clubs in Natick, MA, expects to save $7,000 a year on its energy costs by switching to a more energy-efficient system.
The club recently partnered with American DG Energy and will get a large amount of its electricity, heat, domestic hot water and swimming pool heat directly from a 75-kilowatt cogeneration facility.
Longfellow Clubs owner Laury Hammel says the facility had been searching for a way to reduce its energy bills because tennis and health clubs require a lot of energy to operate. In addition to reducing the club's energy bill, the system will reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 306 tons per year, which is equal to nearly 83 acres of forest absorbing the CO2 emissions.
Energy costs affect everyone, Hammel says.
"As energy costs skyrocket, every club operator is looking for ways to save money," Hammel says. "In addition, there are those club operators like ourselves…who are concerned about decreasing our carbon footprint in an effort to stop global warming. More and more club owners are realizing that global warming is bad on our planet and thus bad for business."
Hammel also says that the greener way of running things will eventually catch on as energy costs rise in the health club industry.


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THE 30th Street Machine Summernats is coming up in Canberra, 5-8 January. That is a huge anniversary and it is poised to be the biggest Summernats in history! And you could experience it as a VIP, just for voting in this year's Valvoline Street Machine Of The Year competition. The prize includes flights to Canberra from your nearest capital city, two Platinum Summernats passes, five nights in a posh hotel, a stack of Street Machine merch and two tickets to the exclusive Street Machine SMOTY party. Plus, we'll give you $1000 spending money.
To be in the running, you simply have to cast your eye over the 16 Street Machine Of The Year finalists and choose your favourite. We've created a video for each finalist and a PDF of each car's story as it appeared in SM, so you can really get to know the field.
To be eligible for SMOTY, cars must be primarily Australian-built and featured in one of the past 12 issues of Street Machine. As usual, there's plenty to float your boat among this year's 16 SMOTY finalists – force-fed, strip-fighting small-blocks; traditional chrome-mountain street machines; elite pro touring supercars; and just about everything in between. From panos to Pontiacs, Monaros to Camaros, pre-Kinger Holdens to a trio of Falcons – this year's SMOTY is hotter than ever. But the outright winner is up to you!


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Flu Season's Approaching So Roll Up Your Sleeve
www.Medtipster.com Source: HealthDay, 9.27/12 – By Steven Reinberg
The only thing predictable about the flu is its unpredictability, U.S. health officials said Thursday, as they urged virtually all Americans to get vaccinated for the coming season.
Even though last year's flu season was one of the mildest on record, that's no sign of what this season will bring. It was only two years ago, officials noted, that the H1N1 pandemic flu swept around the world, sickening millions.
"The last several years have demonstrated that influenza is predictably unpredictable," Dr. Howard Koh, assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said during a morning news conference.
"Even mild seasons can lead to suffering and death," Koh added. "Sadly, last year there were some 34 influenza-associated pediatric deaths."
Every year an estimated 5 percent to 20 percent of Americans come down with the flu, leading to 200,000 hospitalizations — including 20,000 children under age 5, Koh said. And over a 30-year span, from 1976 to 2006, estimates of flu-related annual deaths ranged from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000.
This year's vaccine contains the same strains as last year's, plus two new strains — one for a new influenza A virus and another for a new influenza B, Dr. Daniel Jernigan, deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Influenza Division, said at the news conference.
"More than 85 million doses of flu vaccine have already been distributed and more is on the way," he said, adding that about 170 million doses are expected to be available.
"The best time to get vaccinated is before the flu season gets started," Jernigan said. "Everyone 6 months and older is encouraged to get vaccinated."
The typical flu season runs from the fall through early spring.
Koh stressed the vaccine is safe and has only mild side effects. Because the flu is different each year, the vaccine needs to be revised to keep up with the circulating strains.
Despite the low level of flu activity in 2011-2012, about 42 percent of Americans got vaccinated, which is about the same as for the previous flu season, according to CDC records.
Among children, some 52 percent were vaccinated last year, compared with 51 percent the year before, Koh said. Vaccination rates typically drop as children get older, he noted.
For children 6 to 23 months old, almost 75 percent were vaccinated during the 2011-2012 flu season, compared to just 35 percent of teens, Koh said. "We were pleased that, for kids, for the second year in a row there were no racial or ethnic disparities in coverage," he said.
But when it comes to adults, "there is much room for improvement," Koh said. "Last year about 39 percent of adults were vaccinated, compared to some 41 percent the year before," he said.
Vaccination is important for all adults, but particularly for those with conditions such as asthma, diabetes and heart disease, which can leave them susceptible to complications from flu, Koh said. "Coverage among these high-risk adults was only 45 percent last season, compared to 47 percent the season before," he said.
While there were no racial or ethnic disparities in vaccination rates among children, disparities remained among adults, he said. Whites, American Indians and Alaska Natives had the highest vaccination rates at 42 percent, while Hispanics had the lowest rate at 29 percent, he said.
On the plus side, more pregnant women are getting vaccinated, Koh said, noting that pregnant women are at greater risk of complications from the flu. What's more, a mother's immunity can protect her newborn for the six months before the child is old enough to be vaccinated.
Koh also reported that last year 67 percent of health-care personnel were vaccinated, but there were major differences among workers in this group. For example, 87 percent of doctors working in hospitals were vaccinated. But in nursing homes, other than doctors and nurses, the vaccine coverage rate was 50 percent. "This is worrisome because these people care for people at high risk for complications from flu," he said.
Getting vaccinated is the best protection from the flu, Koh said. Everyone 6 months and older should get a flu shot every year. Last season's vaccination campaign prevented almost 5 million cases of the flu, 2 million doctor's visits and 40,000 hospitalizations, according to CDC estimates.
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To learn more about the flu, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SOURCES: Sept. 27, 2012, news conference with Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H., assistant secretary for health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Daniel Jernigan, M.D., M.P.H., deputy director, Influenza Division, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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Haley Barbour, former governor of Mississippi, former head of the Republican National Committee, now a political fixer and influential voice in GOP circles, says he first became seriously interested in immigration policy after Hurricane Katrina.
Thousands of homes in Mississippi were destroyed, "down to the slab," Barbour said at a recent conference on immigration hosted by National Journal in Washington. Construction workers were overwhelmed; many were homeless themselves. And then, almost out of nowhere, came help.
"We were blessed with a huge influx of Spanish speakers, and I'm sure a lot of them weren't in this country legally," Barbour said. "I don't know where we would be in Mississippi if they had not come."
The "Spanish speakers" were willing to live in terrible conditions while at work building new homes. The experience led Barbour -- who favors raising the number of high-skilled immigrants admitted to the United States -- to realize that "there is also essential lesser-skilled labor that we need."
The National Journal panel reflected much of the discussion about immigration reform. Of eight speakers, Republicans and Democrats, seven favored comprehensive reform along the lines of the Senate "Gang of Eight" bill. That's what passes for balance in Washington today.
The level of agreement was so high that some pronounced the immigration policy debate to be "over." All that is left is for lawmakers to find a political agreement to enact universally accepted principles.
That view, it turned out, was too much even for a former member of the Obama administration's economic team who supports reform. "There are a lot of people who believe ... that immigrant competition has hurt them in the economy," said Jared Bernstein, once an economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden. "We can't leave those people out of this debate because (the Congressional Budget Office) and lots of other economic analysis, including much of my own, has found otherwise. The policy debate is far from over."
Much of the discussion focused on skilled workers -- immigrants in the so-called H-1B and STEM categories, whose numbers Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans would like to increase. It's a given among reformers that the U.S. needs to admit more of them, but Bernstein reminded the panelists that there remains a lot of slack in the American labor market.
"When you look at the skills shortage -- quote -- carefully, what you find is a lot of employers saying, 'I can't find the workers I need,'" Bernstein noted, "and what they're not saying is, 'at the wage I'd like to pay them.'"
It was a remarkable bit of candor in the like-minded group. But the real candor came from Barbour, who was quite open in his belief that the country needs more low-skilled workers to do awful jobs for low wages.
"If you go in a chicken processing plant in Mississippi, there's nobody in there who speaks English," Barbour said. (Poultry is his state's biggest agricultural industry.) "There is a very loud radio hanging from somewhere playing Spanish-language music. And this is hard, dirty ... work."
In fact, Barbour said, even prisoners in Mississippi's work-release program stay away from the chicken plants. "We have never had an inmate make it two days in a chicken processing plant," Barbour said. "They'd rather be in prison, literally, then work in a chicken processing plant."
"I am not very sympathetic to the idea that we're taking these jobs away from Americans," Barbour concluded.
Speaking after Barbour, Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies -- the only participant who opposed reform -- raised a critical objection. Why don't some of the agricultural interests that Barbour mentioned, the ones that need so many low-skill workers, modernize instead? With more mechanization, they'd need far fewer workers.
"I've been to chicken plants, in Delaware, and most of the people there are Americans," Krikorian said. "It's not a horrible, filthy place to work ... much of it is actually automated."
American agriculture could adopt new technology rather than focusing solely on immigrant workers, Krikorian argued. "When you have unending sources of low-skill foreign labor, the incentive to automate is weaker."
The discussion reflected a core reality of the immigration debate. The elites of both political parties support reform. But even so, there are a few voices -- not just Krikorian, but Bernstein, too -- to remind them of the costs involved.
"Those of us who support comprehensive reform," Bernstein cautioned, "if we don't listen more carefully to those on the other side, who believe that immigrant competition hurts them, regardless of what the studies say, we're going to miss the boat and we're not going to get this right."


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Company Provides 'Joe' For Deploying Guardsmen
By Army Sgt. Rebekah L. Malone
Special to American Forces Press Service
PINEVILLE, La., Nov. 26, 2008 – When soldiers from Louisiana National Guard headquarters and Headquarters Company, 225th Engineer Brigade, received their mobilization orders, thoughts of what they would be leaving behind for the next year ran across their minds.
Army Master Sgt. Danny A. Riggs, a resident of Carville, La., deployed with the 205th Engineer Battalion in 2003. "Community Coffee donated to the 205th when we deployed to Afghanistan," he said. "I was excited to hear that they were willing to provide us coffee this time around as well."
During a deployment, with many of the comforts of home left behind, Riggs said, it is imperative to try and have a part of home wherever the soldier is located to help with morale.
"It was nice to have a local coffee this good and not to have to worry our families with coffee requests to mail it over," he said.
Community Coffee prepared a pallet of more than 650 canisters of coffee ready for the engineers to pick up from a warehouse in Baton Rouge. The coffee will be packed in containers and shipped to Iraq when the 225th deploys after Thanksgiving.
The donation of nearly $3,500 worth of coffee is estimated to make 28,000 eight-ounce cups of coffee.
The military-friendly business also sends comfort to Louisiana's troops by sponsoring a promotion to match coffee purchased for soldiers called "Military Match."
The idea came about when the corporation heard that the No. 1 item requested by Louisiana troops overseas is Community Coffee and the No. 1 miscellaneous item requested is a microwavable coffee mug.
"If somebody buys a Military Match gift box, they are buying 4 pounds of coffee. We will then match an additional 4 pounds free," said Scott Raposo, consumer direct marketing manager for Community Coffee. "This is just something we feel honored [to do]. We want to demonstrate our support for the troops that are serving our country and protecting our freedoms.
"It's a good thing for us to do," he continued. "We hope it brings somebody a little comfort to have some normalcy in their day having their Community Coffee [while deployed]."
(Army Sgt. Rebekah L. Malone serves in the Louisiana National Guard with the 225th Engineer Brigade.)
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donation of nearly 28,000 cups of coffee by the Louisiana business.
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Delivery date estimate question
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Just finalized 2/8 and is Mar-Apr
@riceuguy - strange. The MPVA should have a date range on it. I'd give ownership a call or email. If you are not in US, want 40kwh, regular suspension, or red then you are looking April or beyond. If none of those things, could be next week! Batching seems to make the build sequence appear almost random.
Keep an eye out for a looong tractor-trailer cruising your neighborhood ....
@riceuguy; you ordered the 60 right? I think they just got done building a batch of 60s including mine #8311. I should hopefully get it later this week. I would think your would be done in a month, unless the put you to the bottom of the list since you changed but I would imagine not.
I ordered a 60kwh (dec 2012) with standard suspension and I have been told April-May because they don't even have standard suspension in.
Their 3D printers are making new DSes as fast as they can. But this new bio-printing stuff is tricky.


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Congress may move the digital deadline back to June 12, but most area television stations say they plan to drop their analog signals on Feb. 17, as previously scheduled.
Congress may move the digital deadline back to June 12, but most area television stations say they plan to drop their analog signals on Feb. 17, as previously scheduled.
The U.S. Senate approved a bill Monday that would delay the date when TV stations have to start digital broadcasting. That legislation allows stations to stop providing analog transmissions before the new deadline.
The House is working on its own conversion-delay bill that would also allow TV stations to go digital before June 12, said Chet Tomczyk, general manager of WTVP-TV Channel 47, Peoria's public TV station.
"The Senate bill doesn't provide any funds, but the House bill reportedly has additional money for (additional) converter boxes. The House and Senate would have to agree on a final version," he said.
Regardless of the bill's final language, Tomczyk said the reason he wants to stay with the original plan is money.
Shutting off Channel 47's analog transmitter will save the public TV station $7,000 to $10,000 a month in power costs, said Tomczyk.
Other area stations also plan to stay with the original schedule for the conversion to all-digital signals.
"The legislation contains language that allows stations to petition the FCC to shut down earlier than the June 12 date. Many stations and station groups have opted to file with the FCC to shut down on or very close to the Feb. 17 date," said Mark DeSantis, general manager of WEEK-TV Channel 25.
"WEEK has already filed with the FCC to shut down our analog transmitter prior to June 12. Assuming the FCC authorizes us to do so, it would be our intention to shut down our analog transmitter on Feb. 18," he said.
At WHOI-TV Channel 19, operations manager Tom Stemmler said Channel 19 also was likely to drop its analog signals before the extended June date. "In these times, there's a hefty price tag to keep the analog transmitter going," he said.
Tim Beisel, director of marketing and operations at WMBD-TV Channel 31, had no comment on the station's transition plans.
On Monday, Feb. 2, WTVP will roll out three digital stations: the station's main channel, 47.1 (with broadcasts in high definition); WTVP World, a documentary-public affairs network, on 47.2; and WTVP Create, a 24-hour lifestyle channel, on 47.3.
"The feeling is that local viewers are pretty much aware of the change to digital TV signals and are prepared for it," said Tomczyk. To pick up digital signals, viewers will either need to be hooked up to cable or satellite service, have a digital TV and antenna or use a converter box with their analog TV.
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