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Normally this time of year I'm buying a batch of Summer Survival Gear Treats. I like to buy a new CD for the driving back and forth to lessons and camp; a new outdoor toy or two; a new board game; some craft supplies; maybe a new video game.
This year, we seem to be all set. We've bought all the CDs, and/or the kids are too old for them now. (I'd like to get The Book of Mormon soundtrack because they've loved the few songs I've shown them on YouTube, but the lyrics to a lot of them are…not ones I want them singing absentmindedly next year in school.) We already own a Stomp Rocket and a plasma car and a hula hoop and some jump ropes and a scooter. We've got Skip-bo and Wits & Wagers and Scrambled States. Our video game shelf and craft bin overfloweth, and I just got a big bag of kid books from the library book sale.
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The Supreme Court's ruling on President Barack Obama's health care initiative was a cause for great anticipation for Alicia Steinberg.
In the parking lot of Brown Memorial Woodbrook Church on Thursday, the West Towson resident was waiting until the last possible moment to take her daughter Avey, 3, into her music class as she listened to the news.
She heard the initial — and inaccurate — report across the radio that the individual mandate, a piece of the Obama package requiring people to purchase health care, had been struck down by the nation's highest court.
"I was just so disappointed," said Steinberg, 37. "It's enough for your child to have cancer, and then to worry about anything else. … We have so much more to deal with in this other part of our lives."
Moments later, she said, she began receiving text messages inside the class. After she had turned the radio off, the story changed.
In fact, the legislation was upheld in every aspect, including a provision that's most important to Steinberg's family — that children can't be denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. For Steinberg, it means her daughter, who was diagnosed with leukemia in October of last year, is protected from being denied treatment or coverage.
A few hours later, as her daughter bounded around their living room, Steinberg said, "It's just such a huge relief. ... Avey has this pre-existing condition for the rest of her life."
"We won't be at the mercy of some insurance company, and it matters when she's an adult and out looking for a job on her own, and trying to get insurance on her own, that she won't have her opportunities limited because of this diagnosis she had when she was two years old," Steinberg said.
On a Friday in October, Steinberg brought her daughter to the pediatrician with what she thought was "a minor kid illness."
"Kids get fevers," she said, but the doctor ordered blood work and called Steinberg the following Monday to tell her Avey needed to get to the emergency room at once.
"We went to the Hopkins ER, and stayed at Johns Hopkins for 24 days," she said.
Avey started intensive chemotherapy for her leukemia, and her stay in the hospital was extended because of an array of infections.
"She basically had no immune system," Steinberg said.
Avey lost her ability to walk, and when she returned home from the hospital, couldn't even sit up by herself. Doctors assured her parents, Steinberg and her husband, Damian O'Doherty, that she would bounce back, and once the chemo cycles slowed down, she did.
Now, the newly-minted 3-year-old, who had a "Dora the Explorer" cake at her birthday party, is back in music class..
Avey still undergoes maintenance chemotherapy, a two-year phase that requires treatment as infrequently as once a month, but her blond hair is beginning to grow her hair back. She's enrolled in pre-school for the fall.
Avey's treatment has been covered under Steinberg's insurance through her previous employer, the Hilltop Institute at UMBC, a health research organization that conducts analysis and evaluation on health care issues for foundations, nonprofits and the government.
Through that work, Steinberg met officials for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and when the department began conducting town hall meetings with Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Obama plan, they asked Steinberg if she would be willing to tell Avey's story.
She agreed, saying it was important to put a human face on the health care debate.
In recent weeks, Steinberg has also been featured on a HHS website and a YouTube video produced by the department as part of its MyCare communications initiative.
All that promotional work came once Avey was doing better. In the interim, Steinberg had used up her vacation and leave time at Hilltop. She attempted to resume working from home, but the juggling proved too much and Steinberg resigned.
The family is now covered by COBRA health benefits, which continue after loss of employment, but those benefits runs out in 18 months. After that, they'll switch to coverage provided by O'Doherty's public affairs firm, KO Public Affairs. KO is involved in state and local government affairs and communications work, but Steinberg said the company has not been involved in the MyCare campaign or her advocacy for it.
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The more we watch these powerful folks in politics, the clearer it is that many of their actions can be explained by "rationalization," the term we all learned back in our basic Psychology 101 course. For example, when Charlie Rangel is accused of not paying his taxes after having written much of the tax code, or Eliot Spitzer consorts with prostitutes after he wrote and enforced many of the laws against "Johns," we ask ourselves how they could be so stupid. Or when former Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno skirts the ethical line by selling a nearly worthless nag as a way of having a business associate funnel money to him, we shake our heads and wonder what he could have been thinking.
The answer, I am convinced, is that they truly do not believe they are doing anything wrong. Any lie detector read-out would indicate they were telling the truth when they insisted they had done nothing wrong. Some have described this self-deception phenomenon as a sense of entitlement. Some suggest that when you get very powerful you think you are owed by the rest of society. I've seen this kind of arrogance in politicians up close and personal, time and again.
Speaker Sheldon Silver says that his house passed a very strong ethics bill which, for some reason, was vetoed by Governor Paterson. The bill was vetoed because it had enough loopholes to drive a semi-truck through. The people deserve to know where every penny a legislator raises comes from. Shelly Silver and his colleagues don't like that. If that had been part of the ethics bill, the governor would have signed it.
The very powerful seem to act as though the laws are for other people. I know many of these people fairly well and, more often than not, I really like them. They are real characters. Sometimes they spring at you like a Damon Runyon character from Guys and Dolls. When you speak to them, they are just like us. They have foibles. They are human. They have a sense of humor. They have good and not so good sides to them. In some case, they have flirted with legal prohibitions and enter into a state of denial. In others, they fool themselves on policy matters.
These days it is fashionable in some reform quarters to speak of Shelly Silver, the top guy in the state Assembly, as if he is the devil himself. His former chief of staff, Pat Lynch, is now one of the most important lobbyists in Albany. The word on the street is that if you want something from Shelly, you hire Pat Lynch, his former, most trusted aide. In Albany, true or not, perception is everything. Perception gets lobbyists hired.
When I recently asked Shelly whether lobbyists in Albany are too powerful, he answered that he can show us good laws like "Leandra's Law" which was pushed by citizen lobbyists and makes it a felony to drive intoxicated with children in your car. Hey, come on now, Shelly, there is a huge difference between the big boys and girls who push the laws and funnel money to the legislators for their election campaigns and the few good government types who occasionally get a win to make the Legislature smell good.
When I asked the speaker about the law that the governor and the Senate are pushing that would "empower" SUNY, he seemed dead set against it. He says, and he is again right, that every time you raise tuition, a young person will be denied the American dream. Under the "Empowerment Act," SUNY schools and presumably City University schools will be given the power to raise tuition for their schools and will, presumably, be allowed to keep the increase to run their schools.
The problem is that we are in really tough times. The State University has been slashed terribly. To keep the university viable it makes sense to allow the schools to raise tuition otherwise the great SUNY and CUNY systems are truly doomed. The Speaker has the power to make sure that those with the least are given tuition assistance (TAP) funds.
All this proves that both politically and substantively, our public officials are human and can get it wrong.
Originally published in the Legislative Gazette, 7/27/10


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Nick Jonas Opens Up About 'Chains' and New Musicby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
On Thursday, Nick Jonas debuted the first solo single, 'Chains,' since the Jonas Brothers disbanded. 'Chains' is very different from the songs he released with his siblings, and Nick confesses that it felt right.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter said that the journey of writing new music on his own was very much a natural one. "What was really great about this process is that it just fell in to place, there wasn't a whole lot of intense thinking about it," he admits.
Jonas describes his new sound as "alternative pop with a soul-based vocals." He acknowledges that fans that used to love the bubblegum pop that the Jonas Brothers used to put out might not fall for his new material. "There are those that want to come on and be understanding, but not everyone will, and that's okay," he says. "I gotta be bold enough to say that I love my fans and appreciate those that want to join me, and for those that don't, that's okay, there will be a whole new audience that's opened up to this approach."
As for whether brothers Kevin and Joe heard his new stuff, Nick reveals, "I played 'Chains' and another song called 'Numb 'pretty early for my brother Joe, and his reception was great."
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Next up in this look at benchmarks from the 2006-2007 season to which the Caps may be compared, the second line…
BENCHMARK: "The Kid Line" –
The reason this group is selected as a benchmark is that the Caps' second line could be a relatively inexperienced one (this assumes Chris Clark is not on one of the top two lines). The Anaheim group of last year -- Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Dustin Penner – having only 132 games of combined experience coming into the 2006-2007 season, certainly, as Nuke LaLoosh might have put it in 'Bull Durham," announced their presence with authority. All three played in all 82 regular season games and registered a combined 71-76-147, +27. The thing is, though, this production was achieved with less ice time than one might think. None of the three were among the Ducks' top ten in regular season ice time per game. In fact, the three averaged only 13:50 per game, per man. Perhaps most stunning among the statistics in the context of their ice time is that the three combined for 15 game-winning/overtime goals – almost a third of
In the playoffs these three would see their ice time increase to an average of 17:25 per man, and the three would hold their own on the score sheet, going a combined 16-24-40, +10 in 21 games. They combined for six game-winning goals in
Physically, it was an imposing group. Averaging 6'3", 219 pounds, they could physically dominate opponents. But for such a young group, and given the reputation of the Ducks as a group, it was a relatively disciplined group. They amassed only 179 combined penalty minutes during the regular season, among which were five major penalties (all for fighting…boys will be boys) and a misconduct.
One could argue whether this was the best second line in the NHL last year, but that's not the point here. They constituted a very young, very green unit that rose to the occasion and played an integral role in the Ducks' success last year. Without their level of play,
The Capitals (projected): Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom, Eric Fehr
First off, we recognize that it is at least as likely that Chris Clark starts on the right side of this line to open the year. A veteran presence might be what Semin (who can be undisciplined) and Backstrom (a rookie) will need. But Fehr projects, at some point, to be a top-two line right winger. This could be that year, and for purposes of argument, we'll put him here.
The three will bring a total of 154 games of experience into the 2007-2008 season, virtually all of them accumulated by Semin (129 games). Backstrom will bring a respectable 110 games of experience from the Swedish Elite League (Brynas), having delayed his entry into the NHL for a season to play an additional year in
Semin has a world of talent, both in shooting and handling the puck, but he also seems to have a world of discipline to gain in certain aspects of his game. If he can make the next leap in the mental aspect of his game to match what is possible at the business end of his stick, he can tap deeper into his considerable potential. What should give Caps fans hope is that Semin scored 38 goals last year without the benefit of a true playmaking center on the roster. The trick is for the sniper to let others (well, Backstrom) find him in shooting space, rather than commandeering the puck for long stretches and taking his linemates out of the play.
Fehr is a wild card here. He was put on the shelf last year just as he was starting to look like he had an inkling of what was going on out on the ice. He's had a steady improvement in his goal-scoring progression at each stop in his brief career (11-26-50-59 in juniors; 25 in 70 games, then 22 in 40 games – which projects to 39 in 70 games – at Hershey). Nothing is a given in the last big jump to the major league level, but there is little to suggest he will not be a goal scorer at the NHL level. Time and improved health (a back injury shelved him last year) are the keys with him.
As a group, they are not the imposing physical specimens that comprise the
If this trio mines any depth of their potential, they will be an improvement on a club that had no reliable center or right wing on the second line last year. But it has a long way to go to approach the benchmark of
I'll call it "The SNICKER Line" – Semin/NICKlas Backstrom/ERic Fehr.
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White House Theme: We're Spending LOADS of Your Money for our Holiday!
Nobody Wonders
Why would anyone put up 58 Christmas trees in the White House, and then…go to Hawaii and not even look at them? Is this a record for Christmas trees in the White House? And is that the biggest gingerbread house ever made?
While the country is about to be forced into a major depression, Obama and Mochelle seem to think nothing of spending another $4 billion on a three-week vacation (at our expense) in Hawaii…and that's not counting the REAL cost. So…tell me—Why do they need 54 Christmas trees at the White House? Oh wait, they are called "Holiday" trees…right.
Oh..and just to make us all feel good about the fact that they ACT LIKE KINGS! They have announced that this year's theme is JOY TO US! I mean…'Joy to All'
This year's theme is Joy to All.
(Translation: Have fun now folks, because in a few months, the joy will be gone.)
It celebrates the many joys of the holiday seasons, the joy of giving and service to others, the joy of sharing our blessings with one another and of course, the joy of welcoming our friends and families as guests into our homes over these next several weeks.
("Service to others? Gee…how about doing us all a big service and don't tax us to death. Nobody's sure, as soon as you get back from Hawaii, those 58 "holiday" trees will be chump change compared to the elaborate parties you are going to throw for your second inauguration. You want us to hate the rich? Well, you're helping that theme right along.)
We've also continued the tradition of decorating trees throughout the House. We have 54 trees in the White House. 54! That's a lot of trees.
(Wow..Michelle…can count. Who knew? Let's all send copies of our household expenses to Michelle….and ask her to count it all up. Maybe she can learn how to balance a budget, now that she can actually count. )
We have found some wonderful ways to pay tribute to your service and sacrifice as an important part of ourholiday decorating
efforts here at the White House. And it starts, as you all have seen, the minute visitors walk through the White House for their tours, the first thing they see, the very first tree they see, honors our men and women inuniform
for the extraordinary sacrifice they and their families have made. And thanks to several of you here today, I know that this tree is now decorated with special gold star ornaments bearing the names of some of America's greatest heroes, those who gave their lives for our country.
(Service and sacrifice–translation: You WILL sacrifice everything, because we are going to take it from you. )
We are also honoring our military families with some very special decorations on the official White HouseChristmas tree
that's in the Blue Room. That's the biggest tree in the house. It's huge, stands close to 19 feet tall, it is one of my favorite trees. This very special "Joining Forces" tree is covered with hand-decorated ornaments made by military children living in U.S. bases around the world.
(Oh…give the BIG tree to the vets because THEY didn't get to vote. How generous of you. Many of the ones losing their jobs and benefits can now go and see their "joining forces" tree and feel better. Good thing you won't be there.–smart. )
And of course, keeping with past holiday traditions, we have our annual White House Gingerbread House. Yeah, have you guys seen that yet? A White House holiday staple since the 1960s, this year's house weighs nearly 300 pounds so it's a pretty big house, and its walls are made to resemble granite, so he did some kind of technique to make it look like real granite. And it even includes chandeliers that light up. It glows.
(Come on Michelle,…put 58 Christmas trees in that GINGERBREAD House, and really make it glow. Wait…those are "holiday trees." A gingerbread house that looks like concrete? Wow–very fitting. I would like to shake the hand of the artist.)
So..if you are wondering why anyone who had the privileged of spending Christmas at the White House with 58 beautiful trees..why in the world, would they want to leave?
Because.—-.as Obama once so very gallantly said: You can put red lipstick on a pig…but it's…still a pig.
Do you honestly think a Muslim wants to spend Christmas anywhere?
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Okay…just so you know…anyone who thinks that the elites are really just stupid idiots who couldn't plan a walk outside their pool house, and that's why conspiracy's theories about them all getting together to take over the world, are just hogwash…might want to watch AND listen…to this lady.
While she doen't really lay out specifics, her goal is clear: Take control of all the money. Period. It should be done tomorrow, but darn it, it's just going to slow.
The United Nations is meeting in Qatar to negotiate a "complete transformation of the economic structure of the world," explained Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a Monday press conference.
"What is occurring here, not just in Doha, but in the whole climate change process is the complete transformation of the economic structure of the world. It should happen much quicker, but it cannot happen overnight," she added.
I thought, that in my lifetime—that I would NEVER observe a woman who frightens me more than Hillary Clinton..but, she's here. The ending of Christiana's speech is the scariest part. I would say "Enjoy" but…you would think I'm mad.
The women of the U.N.–are scarier than California Zombies attacking New Yorkers Christmas shopping, on a moonless night.
Now, if ONLY we had a vaccine…


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In what will, I suspect, be a surprise to many parents, it's been reported that uninflated balloons are the leading cause of child suffocation.
HealthDay News says, "Balloons may appear to be a soothing toy for young children, but experts say uninflated balloons are the leading cause of child suffocation."
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission offers this additional information:
- Children may accidentally inhale an uninflated balloon and suffocate.
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Wolf Blitzer delivers the most important breaking news and political, international, and national security stories of the day. Tune to The Situation Room weekdays 5-7pm ET on CNN.
House Intelligence Chair Rep. Mike Rogers tells Wolf Blitzer the Libya attack had "all the hallmarks of an al Qaeda-style event."
RELATED STORY: U.S. vows to hunt down perpetrators of Benghazi attack
Everyone is missing the point. It is not who is behind the attack it is what is behind the attack. If you don`t recognize you have an enemy you cannot defeat him. Afghanistan is a overseas contingency operation not a war. Terror attacks are man caused disasters. Murdering our soldiers is green on blue or blue on green violence. Ft. Hood is workplace violence instead of a terror attack. And this is what got our embassador and three others killed. 911 is now a day of community service and not a day of remembrance. Why would you beef up security if you don`t recognize what happened on 911.
It' ridiculous to keep hearing from the U.S. government and media that these uncivilized acts towards the U.S. are happening because of a film. We all know it has nothing to do with that. They hate us and want all of us dead because we are infidels, we don't live the way they do. Has anyone asked the question about the book just released about capturing and killing Osama Bin Laden? Or about them chanting "We are all Osamas, Obama"!, on 9/11 ? They need no excuses to act like uncivilized murderous animals. They don't want their Koran burned and we don't want our flag burned and our servicemen and diplomats murdered! The whole middle east is and has been out of control since the beginning of time with their ridiculous Holy War. It will never end as long as their is life on this planet. So we need to oblitherate them all or stay out of their uncivilized B.S. war. Quit sacrificing our young military mens lives! All of America has had it, enough is enough!
Why can't the biased Liberal media of CNN, get it right. These attacks were not just from a film that was posted 6 months ago. It was a terrorist attack, on anniversary of 9/11. Yet, Cnn continues to spin it the other way. No, I am not a conservative Republican, I am an American concerned about this country.. With people like Wolf Blizer, Erin Brown, Piers Morgan, Jack Cafferty, and the rest of your liberal CNN reporters reporting lies like this, our country is in big trouble. They are more worried about what Mitt Romney said or didn't say, and getting Obama, relected, thanreporting the truth!! ! God Bless this country, we will need it, if this continues.
If you want to know who is behind the Libya attack, all one needs to do is begin with the cast members who were in that ridiculous video – who will lead you to the created/director. Two have since been interviewed by the media and are the least bit apologetic that they played a role in the film and it lead to the death of three US State Department FSOs. The creator and the cast should be investigated for conspiracy for inciting an insurrection against the United States and knowingly causing the potential harm and unfortunate death of US Government personnel and US citizens. If you follow the money that was raised for this film, then we will have the answers to who was behind the attack in Libya.
When are you going to educate yourself, and stop listening to this liberal media, who is trying to say it is only the movie that has caused this. If they would call it what it is , a terrorist attack, and stopped going on about this movie, a lot of these other countries would not be protesting like they are. T
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Touche! If you want to get conspiratorial, then one could agree that the continue covert push to get the anti-Islamic film noticed and recognized by the correct group of Islamic extremists within the Middle East, was but a diversionary event to focus on the real intent to assassinate a US State Department Official within north Africa and/or elsewhere within the region.
FYI: Foreign Intelligence Services all over the world engage in assassination operations and planning all the time. The alleged planned attack on Ambassador Steven's location – resulting in the death of his security detail and himself, can not definitely be classified as a terrorist attack, nor identified as a targeted assassination. However, I think we can all conclusively agree the timing of the violent protesting of the film within the region can be tied to the 11th anniversary of 9/11/01. But let us not forget that a single US citizen consciously, knowingly and intentionally timed the continued push to get it noticed to coincide with the 9/11/01 – 11th anniversary. This is why this S...MBacile should be charged with inciting an insurrection against the United States – causing the deaths of (4) US citizens and damage to US government property.
Prov.27 [6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
I Hate to have to quote this but we must recall that Qaddafi did say that the (HIS) enemy was al Qaeda but the Secretary of State was eager to lead a band into a partnership with a "WE DON"T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE". Qaddafi did cause the USA pain but did he not try to mend his ways? His pleas went unheeded and now this. Who will pray this prayer? Exodus 10 [17] Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
hi all this was an act of war against the us. embassy are us soil. about time we get it right. same thing happened in 90's with african embassy.
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After enduring brutal abuse from his father, Jay-J, a 3-year-old boy from North Tonawanda, inspired a change in the law.
Jay-J's Law, a child-abuse law named in the boy's honor that was spearheaded by State Sen. Timothy Kennedy, D-Buffalo, and Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak, D-Cheektowaga, passed the Assembly Friday and Senate early Saturday.
The law, which helps ensure stiffer penalties against repeat child abusers, was written by Kennedy in late 2011. Earlier that year, Jay-J suffered 11 fractured bones and a lifetime of developmental delays at the hands of his father.
The law increases the "look-back period" from three years to 10 years in abuse cases involving children younger than 11. Once the bill is signed into law by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, an extended record of previous convictions will be considered in cases of repeat abuse.
Jay-J's father missed an aggravated assault charge by one year, despite being convicted in 2007 of breaking the arm of another one his sons. Had Jay-J's law been in effect in 2011, his father, who was charged with third-degree assault and second-degree attempted assault, would have faced the harsher penalties that come with an aggravated assault charge.
Kevin Retzer, Jay-J's uncle, considers the new law a "common-sense bill." He and his wife watched a live feed of the legislation proceedings for 12 hours. When the bill passed the State Senate at 2 a.m. Saturday, the two were reduced to tears of "unbelievable joy," Retzer said. "We were fighting for every child in New York State," he added.
The law will "empower law enforcement" to charge abusers with aggravated assault if they "have a history of ... hurting defenseless children," Kennedy said.
Though laws are on the books to protect children, offenders can "escape appropriate punishment" because the prosecutor or sentencing judge does not have access to the "entire record of the accused," according to Gabryszak.
Kennedy said New York State needs to become a leader in the nation for "strengthening the laws to increase penalties for anyone who would ever hurt a child."
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The project site is the cross-border region of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa. The region is largely undeveloped, this being exacerbated because it falls within a malarious area. Increased anti-malarial drug resistance and inadequate malaria control measures in the past (mainly in south Mozambique) has contributed to this impeded development.
MALAREO aims at (i) the identification and prioritization of the current capacity needs in the project area, (ii) the development of EO methodologies in response to the needs, (iii) local EO capacity development and (iv) the dissemination and promotion of developed methodologies. The EO monitoring service combines frequently large area monitoring at high resolution (20m 30m) with detailed annual monitoring at very high resolution (0,5 m).
A gap analysis survey is carried out in the National Malaria Control Programmes of South-Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland to analyse the local use and capacity of EO methodologies for malaria vector control and management. As response to the user requirement survey, relevant and sustainable EO-products will be developed by the use of suitable sensor systems. Examples of such products are land use/cover classifications (indicate conditions for the vector ecology), high-resolution mapping of house distribution (supports the in-house spraying (IRS) campaigns) or the identification of permanent and transient water bodies (reflects favourable vector larval breeding sites) etc.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Tombstone Tuesday - Beatrice L. Smith
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Since 1930 you probably already pulled the death certificate. Also the county or city death record will have more. Is the Oakdale Cemetery private or public? If public this is when they will have a city record of it. Can you find the holder of the original Oakdale Cemetery records? Who paid for the burial, this is often a hint. You can also check for the local coroner/funeral home records for that area in 1930 for informant information.ReplyDelete
Happy Solving,
Problem is, the death took place in the 1870s, it appears. The 1930 was when the WPA walked the cemeteries around the country... They didn't have a birth or death date. Not on death records, anywhere I have found. Just checked 12 pages of transcription for Oakdale Cemetery for LDS tape, on liine in Scott County, but her name does not appear! Still a brick wall, it appears. ;-)ReplyDelete


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Though the tornado came and went in less than a minute, weeks later the nerve-grating din of chain saws carving up downed trees and the screech of circular saws slicing aluminum still dominate.
Things have not quieted down in once-peaceful Terra Mar Village.
It's still noisy, even nearly two months since a tornado rampaged through the mobile home community between Oak Hill and Edgewater, leaving behind 90 damaged residences — 40 with "major damage."
And though the tornado came and went in less than a minute, these weeks later the nerve-grating din of chain saws carving up downed trees and the screech of circular saws slicing aluminum still dominate.
"There is so much noise in the park," said resident Janet Lafond, "when it used to be so quiet."
Then there is the almost $1.7 million in random destruction created by the estimated 110-mph winds generated out of the Dec. 10 storm.
Leo Berner considers himself lucky.
"I lost an awning," he said, standing in the driveway of his Cypress Street residence watching a tree trimming crew cut away the remains of the oak that lifted the corner of his neighbor's home. It's the same tree that flattened the carport and the car it covered, belonging to the lady two houses down. "It just so happens, the wind was blowing the other way."
While there are signs of recovery, blue tarps still cover the missing roofs peeled away like tissue paper, and portable storage units hold some residents' belongings, illustrating just how far the path back to normalcy remains.
A faded "unsafe for occupancy" notice is still visible on the front of Pat and Bob Ash's Pine Street residence.
"We lost the whole roof. Just like that," said Pat Ash as she pointed to a folded-back section of aluminum that was once their neighbor's roof. But it is the 6-inch-long, 1-inch-around bit of tree limb she uses to illustrate the destructive forces of the early evening storm.
"It went right through there," Pat Ash said, pointing to the caulked-filled hole at the base of their aluminum tool shed. "A bit was sticking out from this side and a bit from that."
The Ashes have had a roof over their heads since the Dec. 10 storm thanks to Janet Lafond. The couple have been living in the Lafonds' Dolphin Way home, which, like more than half of park residences, had minimal or no storm damage.
Such neighbor-helping-neighbor generosity has been the greatest constant since the tornado swept through this community of mostly retired or senior citizens.
"There has been a tremendous outpouring of support," Lafond said. "It was heartwarming."
And it didn't just come from within, although there was a lot of that.
"Two residents in their 80s couldn't do anything else so they filled the back of their car with food and drove it around the neighborhood to people who could not get out," she said. "I met people I had never met before."
Pine Street resident Phil Getz said he was amazed by the support that came from not only civil services and church groups, but also members of Southeast Volusia's business community, bringing items such as tarps, buckets and garbage bags to make the neighborhood livable.
"They didn't have to do that, but they did," he said.
There were also offers of monetary support from other area manufactured home developments, said Carol Vernam, the wife of Terra Mar Homeowner's Association president Greg Vernam.
She said there are discussions among such developments to organize a disaster survival support network that can come to each other's aid for such occurrences in the future.
Residents also joined forces for the cleanup, donating scrap aluminum from their homes to a fund used to hire a crew to pick up much of the debris.
"If we had not done that, it would have been up to each of the property owners to pay for it individually," Carol Vernam said.
Community manager Diane Husmann said she is still receiving offers of assistance, including one recently from a New York resident who went through Superstorm Sandy.
Husmann said while there are residents who have left the community since the storm, many are still assessing their options.
"We had one who said they did not want to go through it again," she said. "Another is staying with their daughter in Port Orange."
Bob Ash said he had the option of having his home pulled out and starting anew, but it was cheaper just to repair what was left.
Indian River Road resident Bob Tellier wasn't sure if he would be able to replace the screen porch ripped away by the storm, initially believing his insurance would not cover such a structure.
But then his insurance company came up with enough money to fix the other damage to his trailer and the extra repairs.
Other residents raised questions about delays in securing the permits needed to make those repairs.
However, Volusia County spokesman Dave Byron dismissed such criticism, saying the county has not only expedited permits but has waived the variance process property owners with non-conforming lots must go through before repairs can be made.
"That saves them almost $1,000," he said.
In addition, Byron said, if property owners have all their needed paperwork, the county is turning permit applications within three days.
Making sure an owner has all the required plans and drawings has slowed some repairs, according to Tom Donatti, a contractor whose crews are working on 10 of the damaged residences to the tune of $200,000.
He said in many cases, repairs must be made to current building codes and that requires a set of engineering drawings.
"That can take five to seven business days," he said.
Touring their neighborhood, Lafond and Vernam suspect it will be several more months before things get back to normal for some of their fellow Terra Mar Village occupants, if ever.
"There are those of us," Lafond said, "who did not lose our homes, who almost feel guilty."


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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Random Thoughts for the Day:
I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
There is great need for a sarcasm font.
Did we ever learn how to fold a fitted sheet?
Was learning cursive really necessary?
Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
Bad decisions make good stories.
You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.
I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this -- ever.
I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
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Maritime Companies Directory
- Ship Owners (10)
- Ship Managers (13)
- England (1)
- Norway (1)
- Taiwan (1)
- United Arab Emirates (1)
- United Kingdom (1)
- United States (690)
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MN100: Apply Now
Marine News magazine is now accepting entries for its annual MN100 awards edition. Each year, the publication's August issue profiles 100 of the top firms in the shallow-draft, brown water, workboat space. Is your company one of the best? Apply now.The 100 companies selected will be featured in the largest BPA-audited b-to-b publication in this genre. OEMs, service providers, shipyards, operators and the full gamut of marine-related businesses are eligible. But, only those who apply before July 1, 2020 will be considered for inclusion.Click here to apply.Let us know if you have questions. Reach editor Eric Haun at email@example.com.
P&O Cruises' Iona Nearly Ready for Delivery
P&O Cruises' new ship Iona is on sea trials and nearing delivery a few months behind schedule after the coronavirus pandemic caused construction delays at Meyer Werft's Bremerhaven shipyard. The new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered cruise ship had been slated for delivery to Carnival's P&O brand earlier this Spring and was due to enter service in May before COVID-19 disrupted work on board Iona and at many shipyards across Europe, including Fincantieri, MV Werften and others.Outfitting work on Iona was able to resume after the Port Medical Service, the Bremerhaven Port Authority and Meyer Werft drew up a joint concept allowing shipyard activity to continue under protected conditions
Elliott Bay Design Group Promotes Reeves
Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) announced that Senior Engineer, John Reeves has been promoted to Director of Business Development to oversee business development, generate leads and provide leadership to the sales and marketing team.Reeves joined EBDG in 2015 bringing field experience gained through 23 years of operating and maintaining some of the most complex vessels in the U.S. Coast Guard fleet. His background includes five years as port engineer and manager of four industrial repair facilities, serving as an Associate Professor at the U.S.
Two New Tugs Being Built for China Petroleum
Shipbuilder PT. Graha Trisaka Industri, in Batam, Indonesia is building a pair of new TRAktor V-3200 tugs for China Petroleum Corporation (CPC), of Taiwan.The shipyard, with support from Robert Allan Ltd., was awarded the construction contract by CPC following an international bid process. A steel cutting ceremony was held for the newbuilds on April 15.Upon delivery, the custom designed tugboats will operate at the CPC liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Shenao in Taiwan.The TRAktor V design by Robert Allan Ltd. applies to Voith-propelled tugs designed for harbor, offshore terminal, or tanker escort duties.
UK Startup to Apply Aviation Fuel Tracker for Shipping
A U.K. startup tracking fuel-use performance in aviation will look to apply its product in the maritime sector in an effort to improve the environmental record of the shipping industry.One of 10 winners of MarRI-UK funding, Signol and its academic partners at University College London's Energy Institute have been awarded a total of £130,000 ($162,200) for STEAM (Sustainability Through Efficient Actions in Maritime), a project looking to directly change the behavior of ships' crews with the aim of improving energy efficiency.


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"Soyrizo" with brown rice and veggies
I can't believe I actually have a food post to share with you guys. It's a rarity these days, I know. I have just been waiting to be inspired. I'm glad it happened!
Truthfully, this recipe isn't anything spectacular on the surface. Just a few ingredients I threw together that ended up tasting great. And it's good for those of us who like to save money on meals 🙂
"Soyrizo" with brown rice & veggies (about 3-4 servings)
- 1 package of Trader Joe's Soy Chorizo (aka vegan spicy faux sausage) – $1.99 by the way!
- Organic brown rice (I cooked 1 cup + 2 cups water in my steamer/rice cooker, not sure how much that came out to)
- 1 package of Steamfresh garlic baby peas & mushrooms – $1.49
- Steam rice first since that takes a good 45-50 minutes (but is so worth it to me)
- Remove soy chorizo from casing (you have to squeeze it out) and begin heating in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat
- Cook peas & mushrooms in the microwave per the bag's directions
- Add cooked peas & mushrooms to chorizo on the stove and mix together well until everything seems to be cooked enough
- Place a scoop of brown rice in your bowl, then add a couple scoops of chorizo-veggie mixture and stir 🙂
It's also not the most attractive thing but it's tasty (spicy!), cheap and filling! I can't put a price on the brown rice really since I just used a cup dry and I buy a huge bag that lasts me forever. But based on the other two ingredients, I'm guessing this meal would only cost $1-2/per serving.
It could easily feed you and a couple of friends or you and your kids or just you for 3 meals like me 🙂
I used cereal bowls but they were piled pretty high! The above picture was taken about 2/3 of the way through lunch today, when I had the bright idea to blog about this new "recipe" of mine.
Related articles
- My first visit to Trader Joe's (seesaraheat.wordpress.com)


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AMSTERDAM - Royals and other dignitaries are out in force Tuesday to watch the abdication of Dutch Queen Beatrix and investiture of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, as new king.
Here is a list of some of the visitors in Amsterdam for the royal generation change.
Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, United Kingdom
Prince of Asturias Felipe and Princess Letizia of Spain
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium
Prince Guillaume and Princess Stephanie of Luxemburg
Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein
Prince Albert II of Monaco
Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco
Prince El Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath El Hassan of Jordan
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa of Bahrain
Haitham bin Tareq Al-Said of Oman
Sheika Moza bint Nasser al-Mishned of Qatar
Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates.
Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako of Japan
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand
Crown Prince Billah and Princess Sarah of Brunei
Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission
Herman van Rompuy, president of the European Council
Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee
Kofi Annan, former secretary-general of the United Nations
Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Program


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AAA is one of the best resources for drivers around and they have just added a new resource to their arsenal that comes in the form of a free mobile app that is supposed to be used in the minutes after a driver is involved in a crash.
The "AAA Insurance" app is for the iPhone and iPad and it walks drivers through the post-traffic crash process telling them step by step what to do and who to call.
You don't need to be a customer to download it.
"There are a lot of things to do and information to collect following a collision that can seem overwhelming when combined with the stress of a car crash," said AAA Northern California spokesperson Matt Skryja. "The AAA Insurance app provides step-by-step instructions on what information you should gather, including photos. It also helps you request a tow truck."
Here's the list in case you aren't an app kind of person:
- Take photos of the crash scene and damage to the vehicles and property
- Document vehicle models and people involved in the crash
- Document the location of the crash
- Identify damage to vehicles by making a few taps on your phone
- Document witnesses and police report details
The AAA Insurance app is available for free from the iTunes App Store on an iPhone or at www.itunes.com/appstore/. Please visit www.aaa.com/mobile for further details.


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Don't blink or you might miss the new clips from Britney Spears' latest music video, "3."
The pop singer's team posted three short 5-second clips from the video for the pop star's latest single, which recently topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Pop Princess Britney Spears
Two of the clips show a blonde Britney stroking her face and moving seductively while clothed in a white dress.
A third snippet shows off the pop star's legs in designer heels and lacy black stockings.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: 2008 Video Music Awards: Britney's Big Comeback!
The song, which her Web team described as a "racy paean to the joys of three-way sex," is part of Britney's latest greatest hits style CD, "The Singles Collection," which hits stores on November 24.
The full video premieres on Friday.
Click HERE to check out the clips.
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MORE ACCESS ON THESE TOPICS: Britney Spears - Pop - Music - Music Video


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Update March 1, 2013
As we have mentioned before, BMO Capital market conference is the very good place to pitch Los Azules Copper project for Rob McEwen. BMO is hired by McEwen Mining to market the Sale of Los Azules. Any development on this front will be the Catalyst for McEwen Mining and TNR Gold turn-arounds from the recent heavily oversold levels.
We think that journalist is off on numbers a little bit, required capitalisation to join S&P 500 is 4 billion as per our research and Rob McEwen was talking about 5 billion in his recent video interview with TFNN.com.
Rob McEwen: People Will Return To Gold - Will They Return To McEwen Mining? MUX, TNR.v
"In relation to total market cap of MUX even with additional 50% discount on "Argentina circumstances" gives you an astonishing leverage of at least 370 mil potential Sale value for Los Azules in comparison to 754.8 million market cap of McEwen Mining. Another benchmarking point could be Lumina Copper valuation with, as well depressed, market cap of 379 million dollars as of this Friday.
New High Grade Copper Intersections from TNR Gold's Northern Part, released Valuation of Los Azules and any hint about potential buyers kicking the tires from BMO can ignite the next rally in McEwen Mining."
McEwen Mining presentation BMO Capital Markets.
Rob McEwen Looks For Gold To Keep Rising As Nations Run Up Debt Levels
By Allen Sykora of Kitco News
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:45 AM
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:45 AM
(Kitco News) - Longtime mining executive Rob McEwen looks for the price of gold to keep rising with the debt of Western nations.
Meanwhile, his own company, McEwen Mining (MUX), is aiming to begin construction on the El Gallo 2 mine in Mexico later this year, McEwen said. The company is in the permit process. It is also working to secure the necessary financing, considering alternatives such as a joint venture or sale of its copper projects, McEwen said.
He outlined his views on the gold market and provided a status report on his still-young company during the 2013 BMO Global Metals and Mining conference taking place this week in Florida.
McEwen Mining was formed in January 2012 through a merger between Minera Andes Inc. and US Gold Corp. Minera Andes had a cash flow from a 49% passive ownership in the San Jose Mine in Argentina, while US Gold had a development pipeline of projects. McEwen owns 25% of the shares and works for no salary in trying to build the company. He was the founder and former chief executive of Goldcorp.
He spent the first several minutes of his presentation outlining his views on the gold market itself.
"I want to make one thing perfectly clear – it (gold) is a currency," said McEwen. "If you don't think of it that way, you should, because it's going to play a bigger and bigger role in the monetary world. And it's going to keep going up, too."
The biggest driver is likely to be the continued creation of debt by governments, the CEO said. While he said debt is occurring throughout the Western world and are not isolated to any one country, he cited the U.S. in particular. "It's now in excess of $16 trillion," he said.
He displayed a chart showing the price of gold has climbed since 2002 as the U.S. deficit did likewise. The metal consolidated for a while back around 2008-09, as it is now, before resuming its upward path.
"The White House last February said the debt was going to $26 trillion by 2022, and I think we can say most politicians underestimate how much debt they're going to create," McEwen said. "Gold is going to continue tracking that."
And, McEwen continued, stimulus measures are likely to continue in North America and Europe. The CEO said he still believes gold will eventually hit $5,000 an ounce.
He sees equities as "historically cheap" relative to the price of gold, losing their premium to gold since around 2008-09. Some of this may be investors instead moving into exchange-traded products for gold exposure, but he also cited factors such as capital-expenditure over-runs in the industry.
The CEO said he sees gold stocks as "oversold" at the moment. "It's cheaper to buy gold in the ground than it is to buy it in a vault today," he added.
As for his current company, McEwen Mining commissioned the El Gallo 1 mine in Mexico last month and hopes to begin construction in the third quarter of this year on El Gallo 2. Construction will take around a year and the cost is estimated at $180 million, McEwen said. The company would have to raise some $100 million to $110 million. McEwen Mining is also in the permit process for its Gold Bar project in Nevada, hoping to begin construction in 2014.
"So we're going from 100,000 ounces of gold and gold-equivalent to 300,000 ounces by the end of 2015," McEwen said. The company announced last month that full-year 2012 output was 105,050 gold-equivalent ounces, with production in 2013 forecast to grow by 24% to 130,000 gold-equivalent ounces.
McEwen said the company has a large resource base of 7 million ounces of gold, 230 million ounces of silver and 18.5 billion pounds of copper, the latter through the Los Azules copper project in Argentina. He said the company has no debt and $65 million in the bank.
The CEO reiterated the still-young company has a goal of qualifying for inclusion in the S&P 500 index in 2015, pointing out that more than $1 trillion is invested by index funds in the S&P 500 but there is only one gold stock currently. McEwen Mining has met five of the seven criteria and is working toward the remaining two -- $1 billion of market capitalization and four consecutive quarters of earnings, the CEO reported.
By Allen Sykora of Kitco News; firstname.lastname@example.com"
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Greg W. Marshall, Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Greg has 13 years of selling and sales management experience and when he left the field to teach in 1986, he was the manager of the top selling performing ales district in the United States. His research focuses on sales force selection, performance and evaluation, sales force diversity, decision making by marketing managers, and inter-organizational relationships. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management and currently serves as Special Guest Editor for a JPSSM issue on iquest;Strategic Issues in Selling and Sales Managementiquest;iquest;iquest;
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