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Three University of Kentucky (UK) sociologists have co-authored a study that helps to fill a gap in our understanding of suicide risk among African-American women.
Appearing in the December issue of Social Psychology Quarterly (SPQ), the study, "Too Much of a Good Thing? Psychosocial Resources, Gendered Racism, and Suicidal Ideation among Low Socioeconomic Status African American Women," examines the relationship between racial and gender discrimination and suicidal ideation, or thinking about and desiring to commit suicide. The co-authors of the study include assistant professor Brea L. Perry, associate professor Carrie B. Oser, and Ph.D. candidate Erin L. Pullen, all from the UK Department of Sociology.
In basic terms, the study investigates risk and protective factors for mental health among African-American women with low socioeconomic status. The researchers found that women who have experienced more race and gender-based discrimination have a higher risk of suicidal ideation than women who have experienced less discrimination, which reinforces previous research on the positive correlation between discrimination and poor mental health.
However, the study goes even further to examine whether different psychosocial resources such as eudemonic well-being (sense of purpose in life), self-esteem, and active coping—that have traditionally been found to be protective of mental health among white Americans—can buffer the effects of racial and gender discrimination on suicidal ideation among low socioeconomic status African-American women.
Perry said that some of the findings were unexpected.
"We were somewhat surprised to find that moderate levels of eudemonic well-being, self-esteem, and active coping are protective, while very high and low levels are not," Perry said.
The SPQ study used data from 204 predominantly low-income African-American women, collected as part of the Black Women in the Study of Epidemics (B-WISE) project. The SPQ study has helped to fill a gap in knowledge about suicide risk among African-American women, which is important because recent research suggests that rates of suicide attempt are high in this group.
The UK researchers said they hope the SPQ study positively impacts students.
"I hope that this study can inform identification of African-American students who are at risk for suicidal ideation and point to some potential interventions for coping with discrimination," Perry said.
Perry believes the most important lesson learned from this study is that it is critical to examine culturally specific risks and protective processes in mental health.
"These findings demonstrate that it is not sufficient to simply study African-American women as one small part of an aggregated sample composed largely of whites," Perry said. "When we take that approach, we completely miss what is going on in smaller, underrepresented groups. We cannot assume that what is protective for white men, for example, is also protective for African-American women. There are specific historical and cultural circumstances and lived experiences that are unique to each racial and gender group, and these differentially shape factors that increase or decrease vulnerability and resilience."
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There is still plenty to do for the Kinston 250th anniversary
Although this year�s celebration of Kinston�s 250th anniversary has been quiet in recent months, events are still taking place in the city, leading up to the Nov. 3 celebration of Kinston�s birthday.
During the next few weeks, local residents can visit the Community Council for the Arts to see a showing of the drawings and paintings of Lenoir County artist Henry Pearson, as well as the photographs of scenes of Kinston and Lenoir County by Arrendell Parrott Academy student Lucy Manning.
�It�s just heartwarming, the things that are occurring,� said Ann Davis, co-chairwoman of the 250th Anniversary Commemoration, the committee formed to conduct community-wide celebrations of the anniversary throughout 2012.
Davis and her co-chairwoman, Isabelle Perry, stepped out of the lead role of organizing the celebration during the summer, but have remained supportive of events and showings in honor of the 250th.
In addition to the showings at the Arts Council, Harmony Hall will serve as the permanent home for a quilted wall hanging created by Lenoir County native Becky Gillespie.
Gillespie, who grew up in Pink Hill and resides with her husband Charles in the Yancey County town of Burnsville, used pictures of Harmony Hall and other historic houses around the county as the focal points of the wall hanging, and surrounded them with patchwork.
�It is a gift to Harmony Hall in honor of my dear friends Ann Davis and Isabelle Perry,� she said.
Gillespie said she continues to have strong feelings toward her hometown � �Just the beauty and the joy and the feeling of belonging and cherishing my family and friends growing up in Pink Hill.�
Kinston was established on Nov. 3, 1762 by an act of the North Carolina Colonial Assembly � it was named Kingston at the time in honor of the English King George III, but the �g� was dropped in the wake of the American Revolution.
The main events of the 250th celebration will take place Nov. 2 through Nov. 4 in honor of the actual anniversary.
The city of Kinston and the Kinston-Lenoir County Tourism Development Authority have put up $12,000 to hold events on Nov. 2 and 3. The Association of Congregations is scheduled to host a community-wide service on Nov. 4.
�It would be, I think, bad if the city did not try to carry this out. . . . We are trying to at least capture some of this in a form that will not cost too much,� said Joe Tyson, Kinston�s mayor pro tem and chairman of the TDA board.
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Via Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
I guess Americans just haven't heard of a little something called the stock market. Isn't that right Bernanke? Wasn't the stock market rally you engineered supposed to make everyone feel all nice and confident? Well the great middle class squeeze continues, as the stock market is for the 1% what food stamps are for the poor. They are just strategies to keep these groups apathetic and obedient. The middle class isn't buying it though, as is evidenced by this recent Gallup Poll conducted January 7-10, 2013.
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PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. President Barack Obama begins his second term at a time when Americans are as negative about the state of the country and its prospects going forward as they have been in more than three decades. Fewer than four in 10 Americans (39%) rate the current status of the U.S. at the positive end of a zero to 10 scale. This is about the same as in 2010, but it is fewer than have said so at any point since 1979. As they usually are, Americans are more upbeat in their predictions of where the U.S. will be in five years (48% positive), but this is also lower than at any time since 1979.
The 39% of Americans who give a six to 10 rating when asked to evaluate the nation's current status is similar to the 37% who said the same three years ago. Prior to that, however, assessments were generally more positive, including a 73% six to 10 rating in January 2001 — the highest on record. The three previous points in time when ratings were as low as or lower than the 2013 rating were in August 1979 (34%), April 1974 (33%), and January 1971 (39%). The 1979 measure came at a time when the economy was in bad shape and inflation was rampant, while the 1974 measure came in the midst of the Watergate scandal. When Gallup first asked the question in August 1959, 68% of Americans rated the state of the nation in the six to 10 range.
What about the future?
The 48% who give a six to 10 ranking when asked to project the status of the U.S. five years from now is tied with the 1979 measure as the lowest in Gallup's history of asking the question. Additionally, the 40% who give a negative rating (zero to four) when asked to look ahead is lower than at any point in history. These negative ratings include 10% who say the situation of the country in five years will be zero, the worst they can imagine.
Not so much. Don't worry Bernanke, I'm sure another 50 S&P handles will make everything better.
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The Oakland Athletics organization has released the following information to the media:
The defending American League West Division champion Oakland Athletics will get an early start on the 2013 season, Sunday, Jan. 27, as the club hosts Oakland A's FanFest 2013 at Oracle Arena from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Free autographs and question-and-answer sessions with Manager Bob Melvin; fan favorites such as Yoenis Céspedes, Grant Balfour and Coco Crisp; and former legends like Swingin' A's captain Sal Bando, will be among the up-close-and-personal features at this month's event, which will be sponsored by Comcast SportsNet California, the team's local television partner.
"We are thrilled to give our fans the chance to welcome back the 2012 AL West Division Champions," said Jim Leahey, A's vice president of sales and marketing. "The Oracle Arena will provide a wonderful environment in which fans will have special access to current players as well as legends from our 1973 team."
With 2013 representing the 40-year anniversary of the 1973 World Series Championship, the A's have announced a planned in-season celebration of this historic accomplishment April 27 vs. Baltimore, when 10,000 fans will receive a Reggie Jackson bobblehead, sponsored by Pepsi.
FanFest will initiate those festivities by featuring some of the icons from 1973. In addition to Bando, FanFest will include appearances by 1973 team members Bill North as well as catcher and current A's broadcaster Ray Fosse.
Admission tickets for Oakland A's FanFest 2013 are priced at $10 for the general public and $5 for current A's season ticket holders and fans who put a deposit on a 2013 season ticket package.
Children age six and under will be admitted for free. Admission tickets went on sale January 4 for season ticket holders and will go on sale January 11 to the general public and can be purchased online www.oaklandathletics.com/fanfest.
Tickets are limited and may sell out in advance of the event. Parking for the event is FREE to all fans.
Oakland A's FanFest 2013 activities include free autograph, photo, and question-and-answer sessions, free photos with the team's four World Series Trophies and former A's legends, a memorabilia sale to benefit the A's Community Fund, tours of the A's clubhouse, a coach's corner, Comcast SportsNet sportscaster experience booth, and A's Kids Club signup booth, sponsored by the Oakland Zoo and Round Table Pizza.
FanFest also serves as the first opportunity for fans to purchase individual game tickets for the upcoming season. Tickets will be on sale at the O.co Coliseum Box Office, online at www.oaklandathletics.com/tickets or over the phone by calling 877-493-BALL (2255).
For more information, please visit www.oaklandathletics.com/fanfest.


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Moving To London Area Guide
Make sure that your moving to London area guide gives you a good overview of each suburb and the amenities as well as the major transport routes.
Americans Moving To England
If you've never lived abroad, many Americans moving to London, England are somewhat nervous of what they're going to find
Relocation To London Advice
The best relocation to London advice is to tackle the big move in separate and distinct phases.
London Relocation Package
When you negotiate your London relocation package you need to be aware of the exchange rate and just how expensive living in London can be.


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Hazoor gave his Friday Sermon today in continuation of the subject of the Divine attribute of Al-Razzaq, The Provider. Quoting from the Holy Quran and elucidating its verses though ahadith, Hazoor said that most definitely Allah is Pure and only accepts what is pure and wholesome and that He has commanded the believers to eat from that which is pure and wholesome and to do good deeds. Hazoor remarked how could the prayers of one who lives the life of grubbiness and eats what is forbidden be accepted? He added that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be on him) said that man is deprived of provision because of his own error of ways and that when one who wishes to be well provided for and wishes to attain long life; one should treat one's relatives kindly. Hazoor commented that this aspect was most neglected and that the community still experiences lack of sila rehmi; that is kindliness towards relations.
Hazoor explained that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be on him) said that one who is patient is granted the capacity to be patient, one who is content is made contended and one who adopts purity is granted purity and that there is no greater provision from Allah than patience. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be on him) would make the following prayer at nighttime: 'O Allah, forgive me my sins, and broaden my house for me and bless whatever provision You have granted me.' Hazoor cited when Allah provided the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be on him) with food he would make specific prayer, as he would when he would drink milk, the prayer is: 'O Allah bless this for us and provide us more of this because I do not have knowledge of any other food or drink that is a complete food like milk'.
Speaking with reference to verses (17:32) of Surah Bani Israel Hazoor expounded that one should never consider the issue of scarcity in planning one's family because it is Allah who provides for all His creation. Hazoor said family planning based on a fear of lack of provision is sinful.
Illustrating Razzaqiyyat with reference to the writings of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) Hazoor said just as a sovereign has rules and no entry zones, the no entry zone of Allah is all that is (haram) forbidden. Hazoor said the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) wrote that supreme happiness could only be achieved through God. Man, by definition, is in some anguish or the other and the nearer he gets to Allah the greater peace he finds. He is then also granted provision.
The Jumu'ah (Friday) prayer is one form of congregational worship in Islam. It takes place every Friday. Regular attendance at the Jumu'ah prayer is enjoined on the believer. According to a Saying of Muhammad(sa) this congregational prayer is twenty-five times more blessed than worship performed alone. (Bukhari)
"O ye who believe! When the call is made for Prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance of Allah, and leave off all business. That is best for you, if you only knew." more
"… (He who) offers the Prayers and listens quitely when the Imam stands up for sermon, will have his sins forgiven between that Friday and the next" (Bukhari)


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ITHACA, NY—Campus
Compact has named Ithaca College junior Allison Currier a 2013
Newman Civic Fellow for her demonstrated commitment to community
service and civic engagement. An environmental
studies major, Currier is one of 181 college and university
students to receive the honor.
Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education by improving community life and educating students for civic and social responsibility.
"These students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders," said Campus Compact president Maureen Curley. "They serve as national examples of the role that higher education can — and does — play in building stronger communities."
In nominating Currier for the award, Ithaca College president Tom Rochon called her the embodiment of a Newman Civic Fellow, having enriched the campus and the lives of many others through her commitment to civic engagement.
"Through her dedicated efforts in environmental awareness and sustainability, Allison was at the forefront of creating the college's first permaculture garden located in the heart of our campus," wrote Rochon. "Allison eagerly embraces leadership roles in all of her commitments, serving as president of the Environmental Society and as a member of the executive committee of the Environmental Leadership Action Network (ELAN), which has worked to move the college towards using 100% recycled paper and has recently engaged in an effort to encourage the college to divest its endowment from companies involved in producing fossil fuels."
Currier has participated in a number of programs dedicated to social justice at the local, national and international levels, including the Power Shift youth conference and Worldwide Organization of Organic Farmers.
"As a recipient of the Newman Civic Fellow award, I will continue to hold myself, Ithaca College and the greater Ithaca community accountable for creating a world worth graduating into," said Currier. "Divesting from the fossil fuel industry is the most important action we can take as an institution today, and I am grateful for the recognition in working towards this goal. Winning campaigns need broad support, so I thank President Rochon for his nomination. Together, we will not stop until Ithaca College truly is a sustainable campus, including in our investments. As a student activist, I will continue to take what I learn inside the classroom to create positive change outside."
The Newman Civic Fellows awards are made possible through the support of the KPMG Foundation. For more information on Campus Compact and the Newman Civic Fellows, visit www.compact.org.
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ITHACA, NY—Campus
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Networking in the Google Cloud
Fundamental 5 Steps 6 hours 33 Credits
Networking is a principle theme of cloud computing—it's the underlying structure of GCP and it's what connects all your resources and services to one another. This fundamental-level quest will cover essential GCP networking services and will give you hands-on practice with specialized tools for developing mature networks. From learning the ins-and-outs of VPCs, to creating enterprise-grade load balancers, Networking in the Google Cloud will give you the practical experience needed so you can start building robust networks right away.
Prerequisites:The labs in this quest will teach you networking basics and advanced features incrementally, but hands-on experience with GCP's core computing and infrastructure services is required before beginning. It is recommended that the students have at least earned a Badge by completing the hands-on labs in the GCP Essentials Quest.
Quest Outline
VPC Networking Fundamentals
In this lab, you create an auto-mode VPC network with firewall rules and 2 VM instances. Then, you explore the connectivity for the VM instances.
Multiple VPC Networks
In this lab, you create several VPC networks and VM instances and test connectivity across networks.
VPC Networks - Controlling Access
In this lab, you create two nginx web servers and control external HTTP access to the web servers using tagged firewall rules. Then, you explore IAM policies and service accounts.
HTTP Load Balancer with Cloud Armor
In this lab, you configure an HTTP Load Balancer with global backends. Then, you stress test the Load Balancer and blacklist the stress test IP with Cloud Armor.
Create an Internal Load Balancer
In this lab, you create two managed instance groups in the same region. Then, you configure an Internal Load Balancer with the instances groups as the backends.


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Minor Eye Problems
If you have a recent problem with your eyes, such as sore eyes, red eyes or visual disturbance, you can be assessed and treated by our local Minor Eye Conditions Service. This is a free service for patients registered with a Bedfordshire GP, which is available from a number of local opticians.
What is a Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS)?
- Red eye or eyelids
- Dry eyes or gritty and uncomfortable eyes
- Irritation and inflammation of the eye
- Significant recent sticky discharge from the eye, or watery eyes
- Recently occurring flashes or floaters
- Ingrowing eyelashes
- Recent and sudden loss of vision
- Foreign body in the eye
Also, if you have a major eye condition that is being regularly monitored by your optometrist or hospital eye service, this will not be covered by this service, for example cataracts, diabetic retinopathy or glaucoma.
Where should I go?
An appointment will normally be required at authorised opticians, so please telephone first. Appointments are available during normal working hours and some practices offer weekend appointments. Not all practices have an optometrist available every day, but if they don't, they will be able to find you an alternative appointment nearby.
Who is this service for?
If you are registered with a local GP, you can use this free service. It is for people of all ages – adults and children. Children under 16 years must be accompanied at their appointment by an adult.
How do I book an appointment with the service?
To make an appointment, call one of the opticians that are listed above. You will be asked some questions about your symptoms in order to assess how quickly you need to be seen by the service, which will be withing 24 hours in urgent cases and withing a few days for routine appointments.
Please take your glasses and a list of your current medication with you to the appointment. The optometrist may put drops in your eyes to enlarge your pupils in order to get a better view inside your eyes. You should not drive until the effect of these drops have worn off, which may take a few hours.
If your condition is more serious, the optometrist will book you an urgent appointment at a hospital eye clinic. If you need a routine appointment with a hospital, the optometrist will organise this for you. You may also be advised to make an appointment with your GP if your eye condition is related to your general health.


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No more MST'S?!?
Says who?
How could they?
How could they do that, and NOT reject all those original poems that make no sense (I'm going to get a reproachful glare from all those original poets now... meh...) and, as Reed said, all those fics starring the bane of human existence besides Calculus and teenyboppers; "Boy Bands"?
I've seen very clever and well-written MST's (which, sadly, is a category mine do not fit into) on Fanfiction.net, and it really is an unhappy day to see them go.
For anyone else who finds themselves in my same (slightly tipsy) boat, I suggest Mystery Octagon Theater (http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/80982, click on the "Theater" button), or the MSTing stylings of Neo Vid, e X ! L e, and their entire gang of loons on DMGIce's "Oddish".
Here's hoping Fanfiction.net changes their minds. Before I have to get the plasma cannon and blast them off their fancy-pants, too-good-for-MST's, high-horse myself.
"It's like COmedy Central and Sci Fi Channel... all over again..."
~Me, after reading Fanfiction.net's announcement
Keep circulating the tapes.


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The AAFP is praising the release of a final CMS rule that implements a provision in the health care reform law that brings Medicaid payment for certain primary care services up to Medicare levels for the next two years.
In a prepared statement, the Academy said the rule is a "step in the right direction." The AAFP is urging states to act quickly to implement the payment provision so low-income, working families and the elderly in nursing homes can immediately benefit from the provision.
"We know from research that when Medicaid beneficiaries cannot find a physician who accepts new Medicaid patients, they face the same access problems as those who have no insurance," said AAFP President Jeff Cain, M.D., of Denver, in the statement. He noted that these patients are less likely to have a usual source of care, and they tend to skip needed preventive and acute care. Because of this, they often develop complications that require intensive and costly medical intervention and generally have poorer health.
Although current law limits the payment parity rule to only two years, "bringing Medicaid payments up to Medicare levels will do much to enable physicians to care for Medicaid patients," said Cain.
The final CMS rule implements Section 1202 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and requires state governments to take further action before 2013 to implement the provision, prompting the AAFP's call for states to take immediate action. Cain pointed out that states will receive an estimated $11 billion in new funds during 2013-2014 to bolster their Medicaid primary care delivery systems. He stressed, however, that the funding is only temporary.
"Unless Congress acts to permanently extend and fund this provision, a sudden return to disparate and inadequate payment for primary services needed by Medicaid patients after only two years will again threaten to restrict their access to such needed services," said Cain. "It would once again shut out people who have come to know and depend on their primary care physicians. Only by extending Medicaid parity with Medicare can we ensure that these Americans continue to have uninterrupted medical care in the future."
Cain noted that more than six in 10, or 64 percent, of family physicians accept new Medicaid patients and that Medicaid beneficiaries make up 15 percent of the average family physician's patient panel.
"Family physicians commit themselves to a long-term relationship with all their patients, including Medicaid beneficiaries," said Cain. "However, increasingly inadequate Medicaid payment has forced nearly two in 10 family physicians to stop accepting new Medicaid patients."
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Bishop Hendricken High School's Summer Stage program proudly presents "Shrek The Musical ," opening tonight and running through Sunday, at the school's air-conditioned Harrop Theater.
Show times are 7 p.m. the evenings of Thursday-Saturday, July 25-27, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 28. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students, and can be purchased at Bishop Hendricken's on-campus box office or on-line at www.hendricken.com/arts/boxoffice.
The musical tells the story of Shrek, a large green ogre who heroic deeds help save his swamp and his beloved Princess Fiona. Along the way, he gets help from his unlikely friend Donkey and overcomes the reign of the evil Lord Farquaad.
Joseph Fielding directs the Bishop Hendricken version of the show, and Alex McKhann is the production manager. The lead role of Shrek is played by Mike Villanueva.
The musical is based on the popular DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig. It was originally produced on Broadway by Dreamworks Theatricals and Neil Street Productions. The show's book and lyrics are written by David Lindsay Abaire, and the music is by Jeanine Tesori.


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Instead, one is delivered the rather anodine:-
Don't turn the clock back on prostitution
You don't believe me?
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In the shadow of Think Big
With this accompanying photo.
Goebbels would have been proud of them.
"Obviously for the money I would be Tiger Woods. You get paid a truckload of money," he said, adding "there are other benefits that clearly come with the job" too.
The conversation took a sexy turn after Veitch asked the jovial PM if he'd like to be love-rat Warnie. "Yeah, well given his current liaisons with Liz Hurley," Key said.
"I like Liz Hurley actually. I reckon she is hot." Key, who has two teenagers, Stephie and Max, admitted that Hurley was a "definite" in his dream date top three, adding that she's "slightly older".
"Older" in this case actually meaning years younger than he is. However, effectively that is "older," because for the demographic Key is trying to appeal to here, a man in his late 40s should really be coming up with the names of girls around his daughters' age when asked whom he'd like to cheat on his wife with.
Key's state of the nation speech, in which he announced plans to partially privatise some state assets, was much bolder than anyone predicted. It was always likely the Nats would look to a sell-off eventually, but it has come quicker than most picked.
It still deserves, though, to be rated a bold move.
With an election to be held this year, Key has put everything on the line and given Labour a key point of difference that Phil Goff will no doubt be relishing.
Well, actually he's given National a clear point of difference which Labour will be hating.
Key's transparency is to be applauded. He said he would not sell off assets without the voters having their say, and they will get it, likely in November.Did the Hammeroids seriously believe good and reliable policy can be plucked out of this air? That's the Labour way. Note Goff's half arsed and ill considered outburst a week or so ago. It takes time and careful research to establish good policy.
It is also heartening to see the Government doing something to put the brakes on its borrowing and to stimulate the moribund economy. Apart from the long overdue reining in of state sector costs, National has until now appeared to be indecisive and lacking ideas on how to help spark a recovery.
And that's the real killer for Labour. Everybody across the whole political and media spectrum has misunderestimated the PM. From the Labour stooges at The Standard to the shouters of the Right. Suddenly and to their obvious surprise, their sneering 'smile and wave' sobriquet has become 'strong and decisive'.
Key's personal rating, however, should have been enhanced by the moves this week. He has been a populist leader so far in his first term and has been reluctant to rock the boat.
We have now seen strong, decisive leadership. That, more than the sales themselves, should be the most comforting aspect of the political week.
I'm trying so hard to remember who was the PM in 2005.
Mr Wilce was sacked in 2003. He applied in 2004 to head the Defence Technology Agency, was appointed in 2005 and held the job for five years until September when he quit after a 60 Minutes story on his background.
"...journalism is a noble trade. It is the pursuit of truth to inform citizens......."
Mr Ross was elected to the Manukau City Council in 2004. On the new Auckland Council, he is co-leader of the right-wing Citizens & Ratepayers group and is the youngest councillor.
Also last night, the Labour Party chose Michael Wood, a member of the Puketapapa Local Board, as its candidate for the byelection.
Mr Wood, a former union organiser, was Labour's candidate in Pakuranga in 2002 and 2005.
A born loser versus a consistent winner.
But Mr Hickey, from financial website interest.co.nz, said that based on last year's earnings the four state-owned enterprises paid a dividend of 7.6 per cent, against the 5.5 per cent cost of new borrowing. "On the face of it the Government is a net loser by selling half of these state assets."
Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin agreed with Mr Key's assessment that electricity prices would not increase with partial privatisation.
"The power companies over the past 10 years have been rapacious in putting up their prices and I don't see that making part of the company available for the public to invest in will make much difference there."
However, Ms Chetwin said companies would become more transparent and would have to explain their actions to the public.
Kinda sums it up pretty well really. I like that word 'rapacious.' It accurately describes Goff, Cullen and Clark.
Nobody seems to have noticed but Cunliffe appears not to have given Goff the right script.
"We can unleash state-owned enterprises to create and grow new subsidiaries with private partners and shareholders," he said.
And finally, I hope all those Hammeroids noticed Mr Key quietly foreshadowing further asset sales for next parliamentary term. Hammeroids tend only to notice anything over 120 decibels.
Mr Key said none of the other state-owned enterprises were being considered for sale. However, more sales could be possible in 2014 or after.
...the Egyptian government was stable and looking for ways to respond to its people's aspirations.
Orakei councillor Cameron Brewer put it mildly when he suggested most Aucklanders would be surprised to learn that unelected members of the Auckland Council's Maori advisory board can vote on council committees.This indeed would be astonishing, if true. But it isn't true.
Astonished would be more like it. The Government, having rejected the sensible option of dedicated Maori seats on the council, has breached a fundamental precept of democracy to ensure the Maori voice is heard. Handing full voting powers to appointed advisers - Maori or otherwise - is anathema. It will serve only to breed resentment in the wider community.
Under subsection (1), the board is required to appoint a maximum of two persons to the committees that deal with the management and stewardship of natural and physical resources. It appears the appointments are therefore limited. And, the Council can ask for more if it likes.
85 Board's specific functions
(1) The board must appoint a maximum of 2 persons to sit as members on each of the Auckland Council's committees that deal with the management and stewardship of natural and physical resources.
(2) If the Auckland Council asks the board to appoint a person or persons to sit as members on any other of the Council's committees, the board may do so.
(3) The board must,—
(a) before making the appointments, seek the views of the Auckland Council as to the skills and experience that the Council would like the appointees to have; and
(b) when making the appointments, take the views of the Auckland Council into account.
(4) The board must consider a request by the Auckland Council that the board accept the delegation of a function by the Council.
(5) The board must act in accordance with a delegation that it has accepted.
"We asked the council for its requirements in regards to skills and expertise that it wanted for the members to join the committees prior to Christmas and we did not get a response back," he says.
"So, rather than wait any further, we have nominated two names for each of the majority of the committees. We have considered what skills they should have and we have put those names forward."
Asked if the public seemed aware of the Maori appointments, Mr Taipari replies: "I'm starting to find out that that's probably not the case. I believe the council has yet to get its head around it. But have we gained the balance of power? I would say we have not. What we have gained is an opportunity to participate.
"In my view, the council will always be in control of the make-up of the committees. If the council is unhappy, it can change the make-up of the committees by the flick of the wrist or the stroke of a pen. I just hope it's not made a mockery of."
[My emphases].
Note the last paragraph, that I've highlighted. That will become important.
If Taipari is to be believed, and I think he can be, he says he asked the Council for feedback, but never got a reply. So he just did what anyone would have done - he just got on with it and nominated two names for a majority of committees.
Standing Orders.
Council committees obtain their powers, including voting rights, not through legislation, but through council's own standing orders. Those standing orders regulate meeting behaviour, and may permit votes for appointed or co-opted members of committees, or they may not. That is up to each council. Or, if standing orders are silent on the voting rights of co-opted or appointed members, the chair of the committee can put it to a vote whether such co-opted or appointed member on the committee is entitled to a vote. This isn't unusual. Many councils and community boards throughout the country have non-elected members sit on them for their voice, but not their vote. An example is youth representatives.
So whether any co-opted or appointed member gets a vote, is entirely up to the council. This is the same for the Auckland Council, or Invercargill City Council. Provided councils act in accordance with legislation, they create their own destiny in this regard. Remember, all the legislation does is appoint the members. It didn't regulate their voting power.
Could you imagine the outcry if the Auckland Council legislation said Maori appointees could sit on committees for management and stewardship purposes but couldn't vote!! Opposition MPs (including Phil Twyford) and others would be screaming blue murder!! There would be cries of "toothless appointees" and "votes for Pakeha, but not Maori".
So the government did not put in the legislation that the appointees from the Maori board get a vote. They couldn't; that is for the Council. The legislation merely appointed them, and that is a far cry from the Herald's protestation that the government has handed "full voting powers to appointed advisers - Maori or otherwise..."
The government has merely give them a seat. Voting rights is for the council; and the government shouldn't be telling, and hasn't told, the Council who can, and cannot, vote.
Auckland Council Standing Orders
The Auckland Transition Agency set Standing Orders to serve as the standing orders of the Council until the Council adopts its first standing orders. I understand that hasn't happened. That's important because after they are adopted, any amendment of them requires a vote of not less than 75%.
Because they haven't been sdopted, the council can, as Mr Taipari alluded to, change the make-up of the committees by the flick of the wrist or the stroke of a pen. In one motion, it can, by simple majority, amend the ATA's standing orders by removing the right of appointed members, Maori or non-Maori, to vote. And Mayor Brown has a majority on the council.
But will he do it?
Today, the Mayor seemed ambivalent:
Play what cards? The cards you have trump any cards you were dealt!
Asked for a definitive position on the matter, Mr Brown said it was important to remember that the decision to set up the Maori statutory board was made by the Government.
"We need to play the cards that were dealt to us. It is vitally important we establish ways of ensuring strong Maori representation and input into the Auckland Council.
"I am working with other councillors and the Maori statutory board to clarify their role and how they will interact and guide the work of the Auckland Council," Mr Brown said.
Labour's Auckland issues spokesman Phil Twyford said it was untenable and undemocratic for unelected members of the board to have voting rights alongside elected representatives and the Government should amend the law to make the positions advisory only.
Mr Twyford is correct. It is untenable and undemocratic. But it is not the government's problem to mend. That's a nice way of saying "we don't want Len to have to deal with it". And, I've dealt with the point about the positions being advisory - you know, government says votes for Pakeha but not Maori etc. It should never be the government's position to mandate how a council chooses the voting rights of a council committee - that's for the Council!
To me, it looks like the government has handed Mayor Brown a problem he could do without. Does he accede to his Labour Party heirarchy and amend standing orders accordingly? Or does he allow votes to non-elected committee members?
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Laarrrrf my arrrrse off!
I just wish Labour had presented it more carefully, as something that would take them a few years to implement after they found out how much more revenue a crackdown would yield, rather than exposing themselves in this manner. Overpromising and relying on magical thinking benefits no-one; it just leads to disappointment and adds to the public's cynicism about politicians. And that's something Labour should be trying to avoid.
Labour is promising the first $5000 earned will be tax free by the end of its first term in government - but those earning top dollars will pay more.
It would introduce an across the board 'tax free zone' so earners paid no tax on up to their first $5000 earnings, at an estimated cost of $1.3 billion.
Although likely to be initially introduced at a lower level, Labour would look to increase that zone to reach $5000 during its first term in government.
However, it would also introduce a new top tax rate for those earning at least six-figure salaries, although Labour had not yet decided what that would be.
Mr Goff said Labour would not pay for its tax reforms through borrowing, raising GST or selling off assets. Instead it would do so by "claiming back some of the windfall tax cuts from the very top earners".
He said the current 33 cents in the dollar was low by international standards.
Although the new top tax rate, or at what level of income it would set in, was not yet decided, Mr Goff said it would only apply to those earning at least more than $100,000 a year.
It's no bloody wonder Labour has not decided what the top tax rate will be. If you look at the IRD graph below, you will see the number of tax payers with incomes greater than $100k. A generous interpretation of the graph would have say 5,000 taxpayers at most with an average income of say $120k. It is a very very thin blue line, folks.
When you do the maths, you will see that Philly will need to apply a fat cats rich prick tax at the rate of, wait for it, drum roll...........
$13.00 for every dollar of income over $100,000.
Don't you believe me?
5000 people x $20,000 income = $100,000,000.
To raise tax revenue of 1,300,000,000 from $100,000,000 requires the tax payer to cough up $13.00 tax for every one dollar of income.
There can now be no doubt.
Phil's phucked.
The only gap bigger than the one between his front teeth is the one in his brain.
"But to be insulted without even knowing it, even though a billion others do, is dumb even by Obama standards."
Early morning TV viewers in China knew it would be played an hour or two beforehand. At the White House State dinner on Jan. 19, about six minutes into his set, Lang Lang began tapping out a famous anti-American propaganda melody from the Korean War: the theme song to the movie "Battle on Shangganling Mountain."
Adolf Fiinkensein says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.Any fool can see there's only a faint passing resemblance to Hitler.
Yes. I agree it is appalling to use the Hitler analogy.
Tokyo Rose is far more appropriate.
Ms Tolley has put an end to speculation over whether Grammar's decision to have the majority of its Year 11 students sit Cambridge International Exams instead of NCEA is legal.
Questions were raised this week over whether Grammar was breaching the Education Act which says schools must offer a "nationally and internationally recognised qualifications system", such as NCEA.
The ministry has said the Cambridge exams do not meet that requirement as they are not nationally recognised.
But Ms Tolley disagrees, saying they are accepted by all universities.
She says that the Auckland school is offering NCEA to those who want it, even though it will be only a handful of Year 11 students.
Yes Minister, well done.
You've just earned National a couple more points in the next Roy Morgan poll. Why even the Hammeroids might have to admit Labour could never in a million years allowed such a terrible intrusion on state control.
This is the minister who has been falsely painted by Labour and its media friends as weak. Doesn't look particularly weak to me!
Lets have more of the same common sense please.
The contract of the 36-year veteran is due to expire on April 3 and he had wanted to stay on until August 2012 to make the most of his superannuation scheme.
But Police Minister Judith Collins declined – and told him that to agree would make her "a corrupt minister".
"The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner holds a State Dinner for a man who has the 2010 winner under House Arrest."
Behind Dimona's barbed wire, the experts say, Israel has spun nuclear centrifuges virtually identical to Iran's at Natanz, where Iranian scientists are struggling to enrich uranium. They say Dimona tested the effectiveness of the Stuxnet computer worm, a destructive program that appears to have wiped out roughly a fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges and helped delay, though not destroy, Tehran's ability to make its first nuclear arms.
The truth is they didn't want to pay the price and decided to take the risk themselves. Now they want some one else to pay.
Some Queenslanders say they have not been able to get flood cover, but the industry says that is a furphy.
Mr Sullivan says flood insurance is available - at a price - to everybody in Queensland.
Last April, Kennedy had signed the deal with Hyperion for the blockbuster book based on interviews her mother, Jacqueline Onassis, recorded in 1964, shortly after her husband's assassination, with historian Arthur Schlesinger. The recordings were intended for the future JFK library. But Onassis, who died in 1994, decided she did not want them made public during her lifetime. Caroline, who now controls the tapes, chose the 50th anniversary year to let them be heard.
The deal with Hyperion included releasing the 6½ hours of audiotapes whose existence had been kept secret for 46 years. ABC would be the first to air them.
But then Caroline got wind of "The Kennedys" project, which had been green-lighted in 2009. A&E first knew it had trouble with the clan last summer when a story about the miniseries appeared on the front page of The New York Times.
The story contained details from an early draft of the script -- leaked to Kennedy family associates -- depicting JFK and Bobby's supposed sexual exploits
I worry that in the tremors and hysteria of the Times we're seeing the sad end of liberalism.
Its passing is to be mourned, perhaps most by true conservatives. -Civilization owes a debt to liberal politics. From the Reform Act and the religious emancipation fight of the British Whigs to the American civil rights movement, liberals have in fact held positions on political high ground (though not during Clinton's exploitation of the Oklahoma City bombing). Liberals have seen government as a force for good, and sometimes it can be. World War II comes to mind. While conservatives have delighted in the free market, liberals have been there to remind us that all freedoms, including market freedoms, entail responsibilities. At the very least it can be said that we conservatives would not be so upright in our ideals if we hadn't been pushing against liberals.
But liberalism, as personified by the New York Times, became a dotty old aunt sometime during the Johnson administration. She's provincial, eccentric, and holds dull, peculiar views about the world. Still, she has our fond regard, and we visit her regularly in her nursing home otherwise known as Arts and Leisure and the Book Review. Or we did until Sunday, January 9, when she began spouting obscenities and exposing herself.
A majority of 57% say that politics had nothing to do with the shooting, and even a plurality of 49% of Democrats agree.This tawdry episode of hypocrisy and misinformation highlights for me all that is wrong with the Left, be it in the USA, Australia or New Zealand. It is not the wrong headed policies that are their worst feature but rather their absolute lack of morals and ethics. Obama, Rudd, Gillard, Clark and Goff are all peas in a pod.


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"CV - Irreg rate and rhythm, no murmurs, clicks or rubs."
No doubt this was a documentation macro that was not edited or else the intern failed to examine the patient (or maybe both).
No excuse! It's time to end the crap being spewed forth into electronic medical records!
I say that every time such a note is discovered like this by our new medical trainess, they fail their rotation. Yep: make the penalty severe and make it stick! That way, they'll think HARD about what they contribute to the medical record and be held accountable!
Of course there's a few sticky problems with such a heavy-handed approach:
- Attendings do not critically review what is actually written in the chart by interns because it is buried in pages of electronic morass and rarely found, and...
- No one has a clue what to do to attendings who do the same thing. After all, when it comes to getting paid for your work, it's not about what doctors write in a chart, it's about how many things doctors write about so they can bill the government for their professional services.


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Bellingham School District selling ad space at turf field
By Matt Tota Daily News Staff
Before the start of the fall sports season, school officials hope to have nearly every inch of the fence that rings Anderson Field covered in advertising signs.
The district has started selling ad space at the new turf field to raise revenue for the upkeep. Funds could also go toward upgrades to the field, such as a pavilion at the entrance, the Daily News reported.
On Tuesday, School Committee members approved the rates, ranging from $750, which buys both an 8-foot-wide metal sign and a 6-foot-wide fabric sign displayed at Anderson Field and the high school gym, to $300 for a 3-foot-wide sign placed only at the field. Additionally, a package is available offering two metal signs at the field and one fabric sign in the gym for $1,000.
School officials said businesses must renew their space after two years, but can do so for half the cost of the original rate.
The signs are to be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.
"This is a good place to start," said School Committee Vice Chairman Michael Carr. "We can see what the market will bear."
Bellingham CFO Chris Laviolette said a fund has been created for the advertising revenue.
"This will be for preventative-type maintenance as opposed to any long-term savings," he said. "We can spend up to $25,000 in a given year. Anything in excess of that will unfortunately revert to the general fund; but Town Meeting can take a vote to increase the cap."
In 2012, the town paid $1.3 million to have the field installed. Its grand opening was delayed last year because construction crews unearthed ledge. The track is still under construction and should be ready by the fall sports season.
The field has a 12- to 15-year life expectancy, and replacement will cost an estimated $475,000.
Revenue generated from ad sales will help offset the cost to maintain the field, according to School Committee member Michael Reed, who worked with Dennis Baker, the district's athletic director, to set the advertising rates.
Hopedale-based advertising agency AXLE Brand was contracted to prepare the signs.
"I think there's going to be some interest," said School Committee Chairman Daniel Ranieri of the advertising. "I don't know exactly what we'll raise, but I think we could probably collect as much as $20,000."


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Alexander Betts, who has worked at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and as an advisor on the politics of migration and refugee protection to numerous European organizations, visited SMU on September 11 at the invitation of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies in partnership with the Hunter and Stephanie Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity.
He also was interviewed on KERA's Think that day, talking about the plight of international refugees. Listen to or download the KERA interview.
Betts is university lecturer (associate professor) in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies in the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, where he was previously the Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations and a Fellow of Wadham College.
He is author or editor of numerous books, including Forced Migration and Global Politics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime (Cornell University Press, 2009), Global Migration Governance (Oxford University Press, 2011), Refugees in International Relations (with Gil Loescher, Oxford University Press, 2011), and UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection (with Gil Loescher and James Milner, Routledge 2012).


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By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2009 – The detention facilities at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, meet all standards of humane treatment and are in compliance with Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, the vice chief of naval operations said today.
Navy Adm. Patrick M. Walsh was chosen by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to head a team to review and report on the facilities at Guantanamo as part of an executive order President Barack Obama issued Jan. 22.
The review team conducted more than 100 interviews with Joint Task Force Guantanamo personnel over 13 days of investigation in Cuba . The team conducted multiple announced and unannounced inspections of all camps, reviewed paperwork and observed many aspects of daily operations, Walsh said.
"Collectively, we talked to a number of detainees and observed daily activities, including [use of feeding tubes] and interrogations," Walsh said during a Pentagon news conference.
The team looked at shelter, clothing, food and water, practice of religion, recreation, the detainee discipline system, protections against violence, sensory deprivation and humiliation, human-to-human contact, health care, interrogation and access to attorneys and outside entities. Common Article 3 of the Geneva Convention prohibits violence to life and person, taking of hostages, outrages upon personal dignity and passing of sentences without judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court.
"From our review, it was apparent that the chain of command responsible for the detention mission at Guantanamo consistently seeks to go beyond the minimum standard in complying with Common Article 3," he said. "We found that the chain of command endeavors to enhance conditions in a manner as humane as possible, consistent with security concerns."
The team also recommended ways to improve conditions at the detention facilities. While Obama wants the facility closed by next year, until it does close, conditions must meet all humane standards, Walsh said.
"We do not intend to suggest that these recommendations are items that the department must pursue to satisfy Common Article 3," he said. "Rather, they are items that we view as consistent with the approach of the chain of command to continually enhance conditions of detention."
Socialization, or interaction among detainees, is important for the detainees because of the length of time they have been detained, he said. In certain camps, more socialization is needed. The team called for more "human-to-human contact, recreation opportunities with several detainees together, intellectual stimulation and group prayer," the admiral said.
The review team recommended better health care, and the task force leaders appreciate the role health care plays at the facility, Walsh said.
Finally, as long as the facility remains open, it must have the requisite resources, the admiral told reporters.
"The most significant activity in this regard involves the continued support for camp improvement projects currently under way that affect the ability to provide socialization opportunities," he said. "Of significant concern is that the department continued to properly resource Guantanamo until every detainee departs."
Navy Adm. Patrick M. Walsh
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A Senate Liberal has received a full apology from the New Democrats, who say that information used to attack Sen. Marie-P. Charette-Poulin over her attendance was "unfounded."
In a January release, sent out as part of the NDP's ongoing efforts to discredit the Senate and push for its abolition, the party alleged Charette-Poulin had the worst attendance record of any senator since the 2011 election.
But on Thursday afternoon, the party retracted its statements, using wording that suggested the apology would avoid legal action.
"The NDP retracts all its remarks to the effect that Senator Marie-P. Charette-Poulin had the worst record of absenteeism in the 41st Parliament and about her lack of voting," said the online statement from NDP president Rebecca Blaikie.
"The NDP offers its sincere, complete and unconditional apologies to Senator Marie-P. Charette-Poulin for having spread unfounded information on the NDP website regarding her absenteeism and voting record."
Charette-Poulin did not immediately return a request for comment.
The NDP had told Postmedia News in January that it came to its conclusions by looking at the Senate journals to determine who was in the Senate chamber on any given day, and who was off attending to other business.
The Senate tracks attendance, only allowing its members to miss 21 sitting days a year before they are docked pay. (A similar attendance rule doesn't exist in the House of Commons.)
According to a letter Charette-Poulin received from the clerk of the Senate, she missed 38 of 208 sitting days — 16 of those were for medical leave, three for personal reasons and 19 days were for Senate business. And since June 2, 2011, the letter said, Charette-Poulin missed 26 of 70 votes, eight while she was on medical leave and seven while she was attending to other Senate business.


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When we first heard about Fujifilm's X-Pro 1 – its new and only mirrorless camera – we thought, this could be good. When we actually saw the thing, jaws needed to be picked up. And that black, rippled, grip-friendly body made fighting to get a look at it in CES a real challenge. But it was worth it to hold the surprisingly light (for it's size) 16MP snapper.
In an age of touchscreen the Fujifilm X-Pro 1 is making up for a lack of buttons elsewhere by cramming loads in here. Initially it is a little baffling but after a play it's clear to see why Fujifilm did it – speed. From changing aperture to adjusting shutter speed, loads of options are instantly accessible without trawling through the UI jungle like most cameras make you do. But you need that speed as shooting is slow.
Alright it wasn't slow, just slower than the Nikon J1 for example. Although shooting photos on auto in the crazed lights of CES is a challenge for even the Sony NEX-5N we used to snap it – so lag can be forgiven. Especially with that brilliantly engineered body, which sits in your hand with perfect weighting – using this lens anyway.
The hybrid multi-view finder is crisp and clear with so much information overlaid you may start feeling like a cyborg. So smart is the viewfinder, that is even knows the lens you are using and adapts to it. We didn't test that but did enjoy being able to switch viewing modes at the flick of yet another handy, dedicated button.
You can get three XF lenses (18mm, 35mm and 60mm) now, with nine due out over the next three years. Plenty of time to save then, after spending what we expect to be at least £500 for the camera itself – though no official pricing has been announced – even though it's out in February. Check back soon for our full review.
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Swan was a much-needed break from murder and mayhem, although a tragic death is the catalyst for much of the action in the book. Frances Mayes has written a smart story full of smart, literate, thoughtful people who happen to be as eccentric as any true southerners.
Ginger Mason and her brother J.J. were devastated when 11-year old Ginger discovered the bloody corpse of her mother on the kitchen floor of their house in Swan, Georgia. Swan is one of those places that exists, lush and ancient, in a pocket of the deep South, clinging to its old ways, kindnesses and cruelties. Ginger fled, eventually, to Italy to work on an Etruscan archaeological dig. Marco is the archaeologist who wins her heart but even he can't compete with disturbing news from Swan that sends Ginger back across the Atlantic to her family and its ghosts.
J.J., once considered to be headed to medical school to follow in his father's footsteps, spends his time hunting and fishing in the swamps and bayou, collecting old arrowheads and carved fishing spears from the Creek Indians who once inhabited the area. He disappears for days and weeks at a time, as he has since the day their mother was declared a suicide and their father began the two years of steady drinking that would lead to a stroke and life in a nursing home.
The story tracks what happens when their mother's grave is vandalized, dumping her mostly preserved body out in the mud of the graveyard. The crime opens all the old wounds and exacerbates the losses. The aunt who raised the two children is one of the women who discovers her sister-in-law's body and is thoroughly unnerved. But her agitation has as much to do with a sense of guilt as it does with shock.
Past secrets can't remain buried once the corpse is exposed and a routine inspection of the body reveals another shocking truth. Ginger and J.J. try to cope with the onslaught of new knowledge and old pain. They use the haunts of their childhood to soothe the damage and the strain of dealing with their quirky family, longtime help and the citizenry of tiny Swan, Georgia in which privacy is a foreign concept and memories are long.
Swan is beautifully written—a real pleasure to read. The characters are intelligent, not oafish or superficial. I've never read Mayes' well-known Tuscany books but I might check out one or two for the pure enjoyment of reading such fluent and rewarding writing.
Swan Frances Mayes | Broadway Books 2002


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- Conqueror's Turalyon's Plate
- 9,624 Armor.
+489 Strength.
+703 Stamina. [+36]
- Meta Socket
Red Socket x2.
Yellow Socket x2.
Blue Socket x3.
- Equip: Improves block value by 409.
Equip: Improves defense rating by 305.
Equip: Increases dodge by 201. [+4]
Equip: Improves parry rating by 102.
Equip: Improves expertise rating by 37.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 45.
- Conqueror's Turalyon's Plate (5 pieces)
- [Turalyon's Breastplate of Conquest]
[Turalyon's Handguards of Conquest]
[Turalyon's Faceguard of Conquest]
[Turalyon's Legguards of Conquest]
[Turalyon's Shoulderguards of Conquest]
- (2) Set: Decreases the cooldown on your Hand of Reckoning ability by 2 sec and increases the damage done by your Hammer of the Righteous ability by 5%.
(4) Set: Decreases the cooldown on your Divine Protection ability and reduces the duration of Forbearance by 30 sec.
- Combined stats. Numbers in [brackets] indicate socket bonuses
Conqueror's Turalyon's Plate is the lower rank of the Turalyon's Plate set, the alliance protection (tanking) paladin Tier 9 set. The middle set is Triumphant Turalyon's Plate, the upper set is Triumphant Turalyon's Plate (heroic).
The Horde equivalent of this set is Conqueror's Liadrin's Plate.
- See also: Turalyon's Garb set or Liadrin's Garb set for the healer (holy) set.
See also: Turalyon's Battlegear set or Liadrin's Battlegear set for the melee (retribution) set.
The parts of this set are Item Level 232, and are purchased solely with Emblems of Triumph.
| _ of Conquest
iLvl 232
| _ of Triumph
iLvl 245
The Item Level 245 versions ("... of Triumph") require half again as many emblems, and a [Trophy of the Crusade] as well. The trophy is a drop from each boss in the 25-man Trial of the Crusader. It is also found in the Argent Crusade Tribute Chest gained after defeating Anub'arak in Trial of the Crusader's Heroic mode.
The Item Level 258 versions (heroic "of Triumph") are purchased with a [Regalia of the Grand Conqueror]. This regalia item is gained solely from the Argent Crusade Tribute Chest, and only during the 25-man heroic mode version of Trial of the Crusader.
All three versions count towards satisfying the set bonus requirements.
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