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Few challenges are as complex as reducing global hunger. No wonder, then, that Bill Gates stirred up debate with his suggestion to score international donors on their agricultural programs.
"The goal is to move from examples of success to sustainable productivity increases to hundreds of millions of people moving out of poverty," Gates said Feb. 23 at a gathering of food security leaders in Rome. "If we hope to meet that goal, it must be a goal we share. We must be coordinated in our pursuit of it. We must embrace more innovative ways of working toward it. And we must be willing to be measured on our results."
His focus on innovation, coordination and evaluation isn't new.
Ten years ago, Vernon W. Ruttan, the well-known economist and expert in agricultural development, wrote in the Journal of Economic Perspectives: "If the world fails to meet its food demands in the next half-century, the failure will be at least as much in the area of institutional innovation as in the area of technical change. This conclusion is not an optimistic one. The design of institutions capable of achieving compatibility between individual, organizational and social objectives remains an art rather than a science."
Ruttan added: "At our present stage of knowledge, institutional design is analogous to driving down a four-lane highway looking out the rear-view mirror. We are better at making course corrections when we start to run off the highway than at using foresight to navigate the transition to sustainable growth in agricultural output and productivity."
Here's the rub: What exactly should be measured on an agricultural scorecard?
Gates stayed mum on the point last week, but he indicated that he's working on a plan — and he wants the U.N. food agencies to adopt "scorecards of progress" by the end of the year.
The World Food Program, Food and Agriculture Organization and International Fund for Agricultural Development, he said, should "work together to create a global productivity target for small farmers — and a system of public scorecards to measure how countries, food agencies, and donors are contributing toward the overall goal of reducing poverty."
Over the past 50 years, the development of high-yield cereal grain varieties has kept millions from starving. Improvements in irrigation and the distribution of hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides to farmers have boosted productivity. And yet, in the past 20 years, productivity growth in global agriculture has slowed down markedly due to challenges with soil, water, pest and climate.
The Gates Foundation already uses scorecards for its vaccination programs, and many other aid groups are moving in the same direction, setting numerical targets for their work — often to the chagrin of implementers facing ever-changing reporting requirements.
So the design of any scorecard will be controversial. Will it encourage the use of genetically engineered seeds, new farming technologies, solar power, reforestation? If — as the saying goes — you teach a man (or woman) to fish, how do you ensure that person gains access to the local well? What about transport, storage and trade? And what are the added costs of having people live longer and procreate?
"A non-technology solution centered on regenerative agriculture would employ more people as producers of food, less of an energy and resource drain on the Planet Earth and a far better chance of a long and happy future for the human race," wrote Jim Boak in response to a post by Bill Gates on the Impatient Optimists blog.
Lakna Paranawithana chimed in from Colombo, Sri Lanka, posting on the Devex Facebook wall: "Why can't these 'donor' organizations work with the private sector according to private sector work ethics? Let the governments set rules and monitor and allow the private sector to act in the field. All these smallholders targeted are linked ultimately to private sector-managed supply chains and value chains."
Kamaua Bareua, a retired civil servant, relayed his experience seeing "trials after trials, projects after projects, yet no significant progress ever achieved" in Kiribati.
Aid groups and civil society have a unique chance now to influence the conversation on sustainable development in the run-up to Rio+20, the U.N. gathering coming up in June. Bill Gates' speech in Rome was a welcome reminder.
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Zimmerman's Research Guide is a free online encyclopedia for legal researchers created, edited and updated by Andy Zimmerman, Manager of Library Services for the D.C. office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
Andy has decided it's time to retire Zimmerman's Research Guide. The Guide will no longer be available online after December 31, 2015.
The Guide began a number of years ago when Andy was visiting a senior law librarian at her office. She had a black ring binder stuffed with paper—her "black book," holding the 20-odd years of her accumulated wisdom. That afternoon Andy started his own black book.
Andy made his accumulated knowledge available to other librarians, at first in print, and eventually online—with the goal of making the Guide accessible to all researchers at no cost. The first home of the Guide was on LLRX.com beginning in late 1999. LexisNexis began hosting the Guide in 2003.
Zimmerman's Research Guide has been a great starting point for research and will be missed by researchers around the world. LexisNexis has been pleased to host the Guide for the past 12 years.
Andy would like to thank all the librarians who contributed to the Guide over the years. He would particularly like to thank Marsha Pront, Gitelle Seer, Cindy Chick, Trevor Rosen and Sally Munson for their exceptional contributions. Andy adds, "A special thanks is due to Cindy Spohr, manager of the LexisNexis Librarian Relations Group, for finding the Guide its long-term home on the InfoPro website."

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Race Track Tricks And Discoveries - Track Tech Q&A
Racing Is All About Discovery:The Joy Of Learning New Things
I've been on a bit of a discovery binge of late. I have ventured out and done some experimentation using my imagination and made some significant discoveries, some of which you will read about in this issue. I can't tell you how much fun all of that was. And it made me think about racers in general and how we all yearn to discover.
I get displeased sometimes with the direction some teams go in the quest to find the "perfect" setup. But isn't that what racing is all about. From the time I was a small kid, I read hot rod magazines and others and followed racers around trying hard to understand what it is they do. The mechanics of the sport intrigued me more than anything else and I fell in love with the way racers were never defeated.
When they ran up against something difficult, they got busy. There was nothing that couldn't be designed and built to suit the problem at hand. There was this freedom of thought and actions in racing, with no one telling them they couldn't do this or that, that interested me to no end.
Rules are a racer's arch enemies. Of course we need some rules, but when we restrict the basic processes that make us want to go racing, we take away that which drew us in the first place. Tech officials take note. Some racers want it made easy with lots of rules that produce cookie-cutter cars, but most, and I emphasize most, don't want the excessive restrictions. The problem is this, the whiners will usually cry louder than the majority.
We desperately need the innovators, engineers, and scientists in racing. And I'm not talking about degreed individuals necessarily, although those are welcomed too. I'm talking about the average guy with a mechanical inclination who just loves to build things and see them go fast.
Getting back to my personal discoveries, I have never considered that everything that could be known about race car design and setup has been discovered, applied, and written about. No way. We all need that extra boost that comes when the light goes on and you experience that Halleluiah moment. You know what I'm talking about.
It usually comes when there is something that is happening and you just can't put a finger on why it is happening like it is. I still have areas of setup engineering where I just can't define why something works, but I can't deny it does. I just can't explain how. And that frustrates me to the point of obsessing on the search for the discovery.
My thought for the day is this, when you get to a point where you can't figure out something on your race car, dig and push until you do. I'm probably preaching to the choir here. The answer to our mysteries lies somewhere, if only in a place waiting for discovery. We can all be explorers in this sport and you never know when you might be the one who comes up with the answer.
If you have made your own discoveries and want to share them with the rest of us, please don't hesitate to write and we will do all we can to pass it on. It's very simple, the easiest way is to email me here at Circle Track. We may even open up a special section for these ideas if the response is big enough. Meantime, keep those brains working and try not to push those unwanted rules too far, just far enough to have fun.
If you have comments or questions about this or anything racing related, send them to my email address: firstname.lastname@example.com, or mail can be sent to Circle Track, Senior Tech Editor, 9036 Brittany Way, Tampa, FL 33619.
Another Freak Accident or Two
I was reading your article about Massa and the coil-spring incident, the situation strikes very close to home with my family. I was a SuperModified racer for 20 years, and am now the co-owner of the track where I did most of my racing, Oswego Speedway. Whether it be good or bad, my son is now in his fourth year of racing Supers.
There is no Masters of Modifieds or Doctorate of Dirt Late Model degree that I know of, unfortunately. There should be. These cars are far more complicated than any course you will ever take in college. There are opportunities to help design and build race cars in college. Look around and find one that suits your interests and that's not too far from home.
I believe you are thinking in the right direction and your college experience will enhance the designs of your family's race cars. Remember that true learning comes after college, but we use that knowledge base to build on. I graduated with a mechanical engineering degree, but only really used it later on in life. I never forgot the principles though.
This past Labor Day weekend during Oswego Speedway's premier event, the Budweiser International 200, my son was involved in a freak accident. Having his right rear tire go down, his car was disabled in a very vulnerable spot on the track. His car was struck by another with the other car's bumper sneaking perfectly between the support tubing, dislodging his right kneecap and breaking his left leg in two places.
We are now in the process of rewriting our rules to plate the right side to protect the driver. We have support bar plating rules in place for our small-block Super division but never thought about it in the Supers because the driver is in the center of the car. In looking at other divisions, like Sprint Cars, the driver could be vulnerable to a puncture situation also. It may never happen, but I think now that we've seen what can happen, we'd be remiss not to address the situation.
We all know racing is a dangerous sport, but as you stated very truthfully we need to protect the most valuable investment, the driver.
Yours in racing,
Steve Gioia Jr.
Thanks so much for writing. We all learn from these kinds of experiences. Racing will never be totally safe, but as we progress, we can move toward a much safer environment. It is important that we analyze each and every accident to see if we can do something different to try to avoid the same outcome.
We promote safety in racing and encourage track owners and promoters to always keep it at the top of the priority list, right above making money. We all lose when someone gets hurt. Unfortunately, many times we see organizations move too slowly when obvious change needs to be made. I commend you for both acting quickly and for sharing this with all of us.
We recently received word of a couple of other freak accidents that happened at Lowe's Dirt track where Chub Frank was injured. From the World of Outlaws website: "Frank, 47, of Bear Lake, Pa., visited a specialist near his home and was informed that he would not need surgery for his injuries, which included fractures in his right cheek and orbital bone. He suffered the injuries during the first heat of the WoO LMS Hungry Man Showdown on Nov. 4 at The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway when an apparent clod of thick, hard-packed clay entered his car's cockpit and smashed into his helmet."
Clint Smith and Tim Fuller were also hit by large flying dirt clods at the same event, but were more fortunate than Chub. Maybe it's time to require a heavy screen on dirt cars to break up the larger chunks into smaller, less lethal ones.
College Major Related to Racing
Mr. Bolles,
I am a 16-year-old Junior in high school and I need a little bit of help with choosing a major that I would be interested in for college. I work for my dad and stepmom at Fast 1 Fabricating and we build Dirt Modifieds and Limited Modifieds during the week and race on the weekends.
I am very interested in the way race cars work such as the dynamics and weight transfer (especially Modifieds). However, my problem is I'm having trouble finding a major that would increase my knowledge on the dynamics and the way a race car works.
I would enjoy a major in that area because I would like to take Fast 1 Fabricating and the Fast 1 Chassis to the next level and eventually get to the stature of Skyrocket Chassis, for example. If you don't mind, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Kyle Dixon
I recommend working toward a major in mechanical engineering. Everything that happens with a race car is related to the subjects you will learn in that program. Some colleges have dedicated racing programs along with that major as a base.
A Comment On Parity in Racing
Mr. Bolles,
I also think parity in racing is/has killed the sport. I think it is more obvious in IndyCar racing. I remember the excitement of the turbine cars, I saw Jim Hall's ground effects Pennzoil cars run at Indy. These provided some buzz to the sport. People still talk about them and they didn't even win the first time they raced.
Now, it's all about the drivers, some of whom are as boring as bricks, and one can only take so much of Danica.
NASCAR is suffering from the same things. If you're not a Hendrick driver, or have Hendrick's power, there's not much of a chance, because you can't work harder to come up with a new innovation to knock them off the top.
Perhaps make things a little more interesting. Let Hendrick show up with his cars and then let the drivers draw numbers to see which car they will drive. Chad wouldn't know if he would have Jimmie or Jr. Let's see him handle that situation.
Mike Walton
Very interesting. But soon (hope not) we may be seeing more of an IROC-type of car in NASCAR, remember them? They were all identically prepared cars where the driver was supposed to be the key to winning. They all ran close together and changed the lead numerous times throughout the race . . . oops, sounds like IndyCar and NASCAR in 2009.
Honestly, the Hendrick organization has done its homework and the 48 team must be holding something back from the other ones under that banner. But you have to give it to Mark Martin, the old man is kicking some serious butt.
Speaking of which, I heard from Dick Anderson last week and he is coming out of retirement and may run some races at Speedweeks at New Smyrna. Look out, if you think Mark is doing well, I don't think Dick has lost a step either.
Wrong Call On Pit Road?
Hi Bob, quick question.
I heard a comment made by a pit reporter in Sunday's Cup race that contradicts all that I've learned from you-I even backed up my DVR to make sure I heard it right. The 20 car pulled in on a pit stop complaining the chassis was way too loose, so we were told that one spring rubber was going to be added to the RR, and, one rubber would be removed from the LR.
Wouldn't this raise the rear MC making this a backwards adjustment? Just want to be sure I've got this straight.
Peter Ording
First off, that change would normally make a neutral car looser. It does not change the rear moment center, it will change the rear roll angle dynamics. Yes, that change does not seem to make sense, but remember, you are hearing this from a pit reporter who may, or may not, have gotten the message wrong, or was misled, as is often the case.
Please don't set up your car based on what a pit reporter says. I think these TV people try to make the race interesting for the average fan, but are never speaking to real racers.
On the other hand, we have talked about the Tight/Loose syndrome. That is when the car is so tight that the driver has to turn the steering wheel too much to where just past mid-turn the car snaps loose.
What the driver might have thought was a loose car could have been a real tight car. Those cars are typically tight with the current design and you either are too tight or too loose, it is hard to find the middle ground.
Short or Tall Springs
Hello Bob,
After reading the spring rubber tech article, I have a question that relates to springs. What is better to use, springs with a short free height or ones with a tall free height? My interest is especially in Asphalt Modifieds which use coilover suspension. I see many teams using the shorter springs and only a couple using the taller ones.
There is a drawback to longer coilover springs. If too long, they may tend to bend and make contact with the shocks. This is never a good situation and you should monitor your springs and the shock body to make sure the spring is always free from contact. Also, up front in a stock clip car, shorter springs are easier to change out, if the spacing is sufficient to avoid spring bind.
I was wondering if there is an advantage/difference between the shorter springs or the taller ones? Are the shorter springs more consistent because of the thicker diameter wire? Or do they set quicker when the car dives into the turn? For example, would an 8-inch 450-pound front spring be better to use than an 10-inch 450-pound front spring? What do the differences in heights affect?
Free height of the springs makes no difference as far as rate and movement. Two different length 450 pounds per inch-rated springs will move the same displacement at the same speed as load is added or removed. Adding 450 pounds to a 450 lb/in spring still moves it 1 inch no matter the free height.
What is different is the amount of travel each will endure before you start seeing spring bind. The longer springs are usually used when running softer springs because they will travel farther before we see spring bind which will increase the rate of the spring due to the reduction in the number of coils.


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Marlins promote Noffsinger amid front-office changes
Harvard graduate steps up after working with GM Jennings past three seasons
MIAMI -- The Marlins continue to reshape their front office.
The club announced Monday afternoon that Mike Wickham has been relieved of his duties as director of baseball operations, with Dan Noffsinger promoted to the post.
The move comes a day after Michael Hill was introduced as the organization's president of baseball operations and Dan Jennings was named general manager.
Noffsinger, a Harvard graduate, has spent the past three years as the Marlins' assistant director of pro scouting, where he assisted Jennings. The 32-year-old has worked closely with Jennings in overseeing all phases of the professional scouting department. He's also kept tabs on all 30 teams' Minor League prospects.
Noffsinger will be entering his 11th season in the organization.
Wickham spent the past three seasons as Miami's director of baseball operations, where he assisted Hill and former president of baseball operations, Larry Beinfest, who was dismissed Friday.
Prior to joining the Marlins, Wickham spent three seasons with the Padres as director of Minor League operations.


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GSI Wins Printed-Electronics Award
GSI Technologies, which specializes in industrial-graphics products, was honored with the Best Commercialization Award during the IDTechEX Printed Electronics Europe Conference, held Apr. 8-9, in Dresden, Germany. The Printed Electronics Awards celebrate excellence in business achievement, innovation, and success.
The award for Best Commercialization is conferred on the basis of having created a successful business that sells printed electronic products. GSI Technologies is a manufacturer of a variety of functional printed products, including medical devices, smart-card inlays, printed displays, EL Lamps, and antennas. Its largest printed electronic product line is a biomedical sensor with a production volume of more than 1 billion units per year and a percentage yield of more than 99.5%.


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Aeroshell Oil 100 is a 6 quart case is a straight mineral oil used primarily during break-in of most four-stoke cycle certificated aviation piston engines. This oil is blended from selected high viscosity index base stocks and contain pour point depressants for improved fluidity at cold temperatures. It also has the following benefits:
- Contain a pour point depressant for improved fluidity at cold temperatures
- Compatible with most other aviation oils
- Available in a full range of viscosity grades to meet your requirements
- Four-stroke cycle certificated aircraft reciprocating piston engines when use of an ashless dispersant (AD) oil is not required
- Used for break-in of most certificated four-stroke cycle aviation piston engines. The duration and lubrication for break-in vary, so aircraft owners should refer to the original engine manufacturer and/or overhaul facility for specific recommendations
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Snipped this map from the Ontario Power Authority's two-year FIT program review. Here are some key takeaways from the review:
- Solar prices are coming down, and in some cases way down. Small rooftop and ground-mount installs (under 10 kw) will see the FIT rates fall roughly 31 per cent . Large ground-mount systems of 500 kilowatts or higher will see rates fall by 21 per cent.
- Wind of all sizes will see rates drop by about 15 per cent.
- Other renewables, such as hydro, biomass and biogas, will remain the same.
- Going forward, FIT prices will be set when contract is offered, not at time of application.
- It's being recommended that the government review supply and demand at end of 2013 and consider rising its green energy targets.
- Up to 50 megawatts of contract capacity is being reserved for hydroelectric.
- FIT rate reviews and adjustments will now take place annually.
- Regulatory approvals are being streamlined in some areas.
- Projects with a minimum of 15 per cent equity participation from aboriginal groups or communities will get extra points that give them priority in the queue. More points go to projects that have municipal or aboriginal council support.
- 10 per cent of remaining FIT contract capacity will get set aside for projects that have a minimum of 50 per cent community or aboriginal ownership.
- It looks like programs that offer supportive funding for community and aboriginal projects, such as the Community Power Fund, will get a boost based on recommendations from fund manager and program administrator.
A lot of coverage of this is making it seem like the government is reacting to rural protest against wind and solar farms, and unfounded public concerns about higher energy costs due to green energy. This is partly true, such as with the move to give communities more say, to encourage greater community participation, and to set aside capacity for projects with community ownership. These are all good moves. But the reduction in solar and wind prices, that was all to be expected. This is how FIT programs work — prices are supposed to come down over time. Even for solar, many in the industry seemed prepared to accept a reduction of around 25 per cent to reflect lower technology costs. The 15 per cent reduction for wind is also fair, in my view. My own opinion, however, is that large-scale solar should have seen greater reductions, and small rooftop rates should have seen lower reductions. MicroFIT solar installations, taken together, are still so small that they barely register in the overall price mix. Large solar projects benefit from economies of scale, do have a much greater impact on electricity prices, and should have taken a slightly larger rate haircut. There's also the fact that small rooftop projects aren't controversial and make it possible for more citizens to participate in Ontario's energy future.
What I didn't see in this review was a much-needed call to accelerate transmission build-out and upgrade distribution systems with an eye to modernizing our electricity system — i.e. building a smart grid that makes the system more efficient and can accommodate more renewables. This entire area, in my view, has been neglected. There was also no talk of creating FITs for geothermal heating/cooling and solar thermal, and no talk of moving larger projects — particularly large wind projects, of say 20 megawatts or more — to the RFP model we used to use. Also, no talk of trying to work energy storage into the mix. At the moment, the FIT program discourages experimentation with solar because wind and solar producers aren't penalized for producing energy during off-peak times when we don't need it. The failure to come up with a FIT rate that differentiates between peak and off-peak times won't lead to the kind of innovation we need.
One small note: It was good to see that domestic content rules are being created for concentrated solar thermal technology. The absence of these rules has made it difficult for Toronto-based Morgan Solar to participate in the FIT program.


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Do Wall Street pros know something the rest of us don't? Why are billionaire investors ahead of the curve, while most individual investors are behind it?
According to trader Joe Terranova, it's because money pros regularly employ strategies that regular folk don't even know exist.
In his book "Buy High and Sell Higher," Terranova reveals some of those "trade" secrets; edicts that he and his colleagues live by.
Click ahead to learn about some of these powerful strategies. Also find out how the Fast Money traders leveraged these concepts in real-world circumstances.
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Exterior outlets: Stirratt explains why Wilco rocks on
Over the past couple decades, few bands have been as consistently successful as Wilco, who have managed without a steady lineup or even a regular sound. Starting off as an alt-country act, Wilco changed into an experimental rock band and swapped members almost as frequently as aesthetics (with multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett's 2002 departure discussed almost as much as that year's landmark album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot). As the roster slowly settled, the band moved away from experiments for a while, but last year released one of its most challenging records, The Whole Love.
Bassist John Stirratt (along with Jeff Tweedy, one of only two remaining founders) acknowledges that the recent stability has been fruitful.
"What Nels [Cline, guitarist] and everyone can do in terms of atmosphere is sort of endless," says Stirratt. "Almost any sort of weird sound could be organically generated. It's amazing, but it's also sort of intimidating."
In The Whole Love, this "wider" possibility becomes guitar freakouts and extended folk numbers, punk attacks, and country tones. The disc's scattered styles stay sonically unified, feeling like the natural output of a band that's comfortable with itself but unwilling to stay so.
"Within the band, there's a restlessness," says Stirratt. "You don't want to make the same album twice."
This album stems more from studio work than a relaxed album like Sky Blue Sky, and these songs became a "journey" throughout the recording process. "Sunloathe," for instance, features Cline on four types of guitars, and his bandmates add an assortment of keys, synths, and even a glockenspiel.
"'Art of Almost,'" explains Stirratt about the tense opener, "started out as almost a soul jam." Stirratt says orchestration, such as the strings on "Black Moon," emerged under the influence of co-producer and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone's influence– "a very attentive, detail-oriented person in the studio."
Making an ambitious, varied album could have felt unsafe, but Stirratt says, "I guess we've made risky records that were more of a departure from the previous record before." This album, though, was the first one for Wilco's own label dBpm, which provided the band some extra incentive to put out something good. But as Stirratt points out, "In the past, we've been rewarded for taking risks."
Wilco's experiments on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and resulting label drop and re-signing has been well documented, but the band's had plenty of artistic freedom.
"For years, Warner didn't really care enough about us to really stick their nose in," laughs Stirratt. "Moving on to Nonesuch after that, we were looking for creative freedom, and we found it." So has Stirratt.
"I'm working in collaboration with the rest of the members on Jeff's tunes," he says. "I was more of a solo songwriter on the first album," he explains, "but Jeff had been in a collaboration for so long at that point, he had so many songs, and he was looking for a platform for his material."
One of the keys to Wilco's current stability may be knowing that the band that plays apart stays together, and each of Wilco's artists have other musical outlets, such as Stirratt and Sansone's the Autumn Defense.
"I don't really understand how a band stays together without any sort of exterior [outlet]," he says "It's important to see how other people play, so the thing doesn't feel so hermetic. It keeps us sharp, even if I'm not playing bass."
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Nice article. Looking forward to the Wilco show on the 19th! I saw Tweedy play at Trax with Uncle Tupelo on the Anodyne tour, and with Wilco right after A.M. was released. Tweedy's sell out solo show at the Paramount was a testimony to the caliber of singer/songwriter that he is. Welcome back to C'vlle Wilco! This is a show not to be missed.


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Following the successful projects in Antwerp (and surrounding municipalities), Genk, the Brussels Capital Region and several projects in France, EUROSENSE has been awarded with the project for the creation of a thermographic map of the city of Ghent, including the harbour.
The city of Ghent aims to be a climate neutral city by 2050 (www.gentsklimaatverbond.be). The methodology as proposed by EUROSENSE and successfully implemented in Antwerp and Genk has been recognized by the city as the most suitable methodology to sensitize citizens of the need for an energy efficient roof insulation.
In case the weather conditions become suitable for this type of missions, EUROSENSE will execute the flights over the project area. Approx. 20.000 thermal images with a resolution of 50cm will be acquired. Approximately two months after the flights, the thermographic map, including the interpretation key and legends, will be finished. The city of Ghent will subsequently launch a web application similar to the one in Antwerp (http://zoominopuwdak.antwerpen.be) to present the results to their citizens.
first flight has been executed in the night of the 17th on the 18th
February 2011.The Flemish public television (VRT) joined the
EUROSENSE-employees executing terrain measurements on the ground:http://www.deredactie.be/permalink/1.965917
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J.K. Rowling Publishes a New Harry Potter Sequel Short Storyby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Take deep breaths, Harry Potter fans, because it seems that there is a new chapter in the Harry Potter saga!
The Internet has gone wild over news that J.K. Rowling has published a short story which updates fans on the lives of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom.
Rowling has written the story update as the character Rita Skeeter, a faux gossip columnist for The Daily Prophet at the official Harry Potter community site, Pottermore. Registration is required to read the story but it is free if you haven't signed up yet.
We won't spoil too much if you are hoping to read the article yourself. In the article, we learn that six key members in Dumbledore's Army have reunited for the Quidditch World Cup Final. The characters are now in their mid-30s and have moved on in their adult lives years after the final battle with He Who Could Not Be Named.
Harry is showing signs of grey hair, Ron is showing signs of thinning hair, Hermione is enjoying a successful career in the Ministry, Neville is married and still teaching and Luna is now married with children.
That's all we'll tell you for now. At the end of the article, Skeeter (Rowling) writes, "But let us not be severe. Harry Potter and his cohorts never claimed to be perfect! And for those who want to know exactly how imperfect they are, my new biography: Dumbledore's Army: The Dark Side of the Demob will be available from Flourish and Blotts on July 31st."
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Maldives Denies Russian Claims That Secret Service Kidnapped a Politician's Son
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Rei (128717) writes As was previously reported here, the Russian government has accused the U.S. Secret Service of kidnapping the son of ultranationalist LDPR MP Valery Seleznev in the Maldives. The son, Roman Seleznev, stands accused of running one of the world's largest carding operations, with others charged in the affair having already been convicted; however, Roman had until recently been considered out of reach in Russia. Now the Maldives has struck back against these claims, insisting that they arrested him on an Interpol Red Notice and transferred him to the US, as they are legally required as an Interpol member state to do. "No outsider came here to conduct an operation," president Abdulla Yameen stated. "No officials from another country can come here to arrest anyone. The government has the necessary documentation to prove it." Note: the Slashdot post linked didn't include the accusations of kidnapping, but the Krebs On Security link above mentions these claims.
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When Fritz Richmond passed away in 2005, Oregon lost one of the greatest washtub bass and jug players of all time. Fritz has been featured on dozens of albums and became famous nation-wide, playing with John Sebastian, Tom Rush and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band.
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fremontcollege necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 45 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Fremont College
Fremont College is a for profit college located in Cerritos, CA. We offer AA programs in Sports Therapy, Massage Therapy, Business, Accounting and Paralegal.
65% Female | 35% Male
Age 21 - 25
Ethnicity - Hispanic, Caucasian, African American
We need a single 8.5 x 11 page that will be inserted to a marketing folder for prospective students. The page will need to highlight some of the events that past students have attended.
I've attached the Fremont logo, which should be incorporated into the design. Please keep the the same coloring scheme for the entire document.
There are a variety of other photos from events we've attended. Some events have 2-3 photos. I would like at least one photo per event, but open to creativity and ways more could be implemented.
Please title the images (on image or under image) with the name of the image. This allows individuals to know what event is being attended.
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I am a speaker, author, serial entrepreneur and angel investor. I am an expert in small busines financing and entrepreneurship and work with entrepreneurs all across the country. I'm looking to put together a site that has more than just a blog with articles. I want to promote the other sites I'm involved with and speaking engagments. Also I would like to have a section for someone to hire me for Coaching.
Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and those looking to start a business.
Some examples of sites that have similiar navigation to what I'm looking for are bradsugars.com; harveker.com , keystothevault.com
I am also an author with 12 books and would like to have a section promoting these items.
The main sections of the site (nav) would be:
David's Blog
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The Village of Fornacello
The village of Fornacello belongs to the municipality of Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia, region Emilia-Romagna.
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For the province of Reggio Emilia, to whom Fornacello belongs, on 2020-06-03 are reported 4,952 cases. In the previos day there were 4,952 cases, thus having a variation of 0 cases, i.e. 0.00% with reference to the number of cases reported in the previous day.
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The village of Fornacello is 5,00 kilometers far from the same town of Correggio to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Correggio also belong the localities of Argine (2,38 km), Bottega San Prospero (3,90 km), Budrio (4,82 km), Campisio (6,80 km), Canolo (4,53 km), Case Codeluppi (7,22 km), Case Matte (7,32 km), Case Nuove (3,14 km), Case sparse (-- km), Caseificio Morini (5,76 km), Casino Salati (2,82 km), Casino Tirelli (4,71 km), Cesis (4,52 km), Fabbro (1,75 km), Fazzano (3,14 km), Fosdondo (5,46 km), Lemizzone (5,26 km), Mandrio (3,65 km), Mandriolo (0,66 km), Mandriolo Inferiore (1,67 km), Prato (7,01 km), San Biagio (2,72 km), San Lodovico (3,23 km), San Martino (2,56 km), San Prospero (3,40 km), San Tommaso (6,67 km), Villaggio Industriale (2,97 km).
The number in parentheses following each village name indicate the distance between the same village and the municipality of Correggio.
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If you can keep track of the Miami New Times's Hack-a-Shaq saga, then we salute you. It is an overlapping jumbled mess of blackmailing and threats and nearly indecipherable text messages. We tried drawing a visual aid for all of the accusations cataloged here, but we gave up, because there are, like, three mistresses named Vanessa, and they all think that Shaquille O'Neal had it in for them.
(That's inaccurate. All that I'm saying is, Shaq had a lot of mistresses. Allegedly.)
Today, Gus Garcia-Roberts of the New Times published a feature that brought together the claims he's been documenting on the paper's blog for the past month or so, and then some. The piece is centered around Shawn Darling—he's pictured above, and described in the New Times as Shaq's "rogue IT guy"—who has filed a lawsuit claiming that Shaq attempted to frame him by planting child pornography on his personal computer. Darling now possesses "somewhere between 13,000 and 19,000 messages" from Shaq's personal email and chat correspondence. (His chat handle, for the record, was King of Diesel Dog Mafia.)
In court on Aug. 26, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marc Schumacher said that the emails contain "allegations against so many people in so many different positions in society...that their release would really wreck lives."
If you can keep up with all of the claiming going on here (some variation of the word "claim" is used 18 times throughout the article), then there really are some delightful anecdotes amidst the wrecking of the lives. In August 2006, for example, Shaq allegedly joined a SWAT team bust in rural Virginia:
In August 2006 in the sticks of Virginia, one pumpkin farmer got well-acquainted with Keystone Shaq's special brand of law enforcement. That's when a cavalcade of police cars screamed onto A.J. Nuckols's farm and disgorged barking cops in SWAT gear, including the tallest man he had ever seen.
Told he was suspected of possession of child porn, Nuckols was tossed against his Ford pickup. The giant officer reached into the truck's gun rack and hoisted the rifle like it was Pablo Escobar's coke spoon, booming victoriously, "We've got a gun!"
The farmer studied the behemoth.
"Are you... Shaquille O'Neal?"
The officer grumbled, "No. My name's Tony."
Nuckols, it turns out, was innocent. Nine days later, the local sheriff, who admitted that O'Neal had accompanied the raid, attributed the blunder to faulty information from an Internet company.
There's much more over at the New Times, including a lot of complaints from former mistresses. Have a look and, if you're able to coherently map this mess, let us know. We have no idea just how this will end for Shaq, the puppy dog whose shit never seems to smell, but if Darling has his way, he won't have a job with NBA on TNT next year. He told Garcia-Roberts that he "will ruin Shaq."
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A sex crime in California that captivated the nation for most of this month was a painful and frightening reminder of our vulnerability to such predators. Norfolk County District Attorney William Keating and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz have lobbied for longer prison sentences, extended probation or lifetime parole for the worst offenders.
A sex crime in California that captivated the nation for most of this month was a painful and frightening reminder of our vulnerability to such predators.
Local police and prosecutors say there's no reason to believe the same type of brutal attack – which led to the Feb. 28 arrest of a convicted sex offender for the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in California – couldn't happen here.
Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III is accused of murdering Chelsea King and is a suspect in the murder of 14-year-old Amber Dubois as well.
His arrest has raised many questions.
Do sex offender registries work?
Should residency laws be strengthened to further corral where offenders can live and work?
Should the worst offenders serve longer sentences or be incarcerated for life?
Unfortunately, there are no simple answers.
Our prison system is already overburdened. And limits on where sex offenders can live and work push them further away from the support and services that are needed to keep them from re-offending.
"This problem doesn't lend itself to one solution," said William Keating, Norfolk County District Attorney.
Both he and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz have lobbied for longer prison sentences, extended probation or lifetime parole for the worst offenders.
"Some of these people can't be fixed or helped," Cruz said. "Some of them should never be released."
Opponents to such moves argue they violate our Constitution and would push the prison system to the point of collapse and bankrupt the state in the process.
The parents of Chelsea King have launched a campaign in California – with plans to push it as a federal law – that would strengthen oversight of child-sex predators.
They've introduced a bill, called Chelsea's Law, that would increase electronic monitoring, including lifetime parole with GPS monitoring for certain offenders.
It's an idea worth serious consideration.
Meanwhile, there are things that should change immediately, such as aggressively using existing laws.
That means judges imposing maximum-allowed sentences on the predators most likely to re-offend. That means vigilant enforcement of the existing terms of parole and probation. It also means parents taking advantage of access to information – either through the state or at local police departments – about potential threats.
Yes, the sex offender registry has it's flaws. Some offenders do not register properly or at all.
But while it cannot pinpoint all possible threats, it gives parents more information than they would have without it.
Few things elicit the kind of visceral reaction we have to stories of sex crimes against children.
Elected representatives should continue to push for laws that improve protections without bankrupting us or gutting our system of justice.
At the same time, stories like Chelsea King's are important reminders that even as legal protections evolve, we can never let down our guard.
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Radio Network to Commemorate Birthday of U.S. Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
Last week, the Pacifica Radio Network recommended that show hosts at all Pacifica stations "produce special programming on April 24th, the birthday of Mumia Abu-Jamal, in order to highlight and bring attention to his case."
The resolution came before the National Board, which is the governing body of the Pacifica radio network and includes stations WBAI (New York), KPFA (Berkeley, California), KPFK (Los Angeles), WPFW (Washington D.C.) and KPFT (Houston).
April 24th will be the 56th birthday of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the award-winning journalist who has spent the last 28 years of his life on death row in Pennsylvania. Abu-Jamal was convicted for the shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer, Daniel Faulkner, in December, 1981 -- a crime Abu-Jamal insists he did not commit.
The resolution was presented by Alex Steinberg, a Director from WBAI (99.5 FM) and Chair of the station's Programming Committee, to the often fractious national board. In a surprising display of unity the resolution passed it unanimously.
Steinberg said that "it is part of the Pacifica network's core mission to draw attention to a case of injustice that has dragged on for 29 years and of the political uses to which the death penalty is being put."
Drawing connections to the Sacco and Vanzetti case in the 1920s and the Rosenberg case in the '50s, Steinberg continued: "The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal fits exactly into Pacifica's mission as a radio network, which is to to gather and disseminate information on the causes of conflict between groups, and to use the radio to provide accurate, objective, comprehensive news on all matters vitally affecting the community."
The idea for commemorating Mumia Abu-Jamal's birthday on public radio stations was raised in a letter by Yuri Kochiyama, an activist and survivor of the U.S. government's internment camps of Japanese-Americans during World War II. It was further developed by Carole Seligman in California and by Mitchel Cohen, the Chair of the WBAI Local Station Board in New York, who worked with Steinberg on it, and received help from KPFA producer Noelle Hanrahan in formulating the idea for nation-wide programming for April 24th.
Hanrahan, who coordinates the Prison Project and has been supplying broadcasters with Abu-Jamal's commentaries for years, asks: "Why is the simple truth of life in prison and a searing perspective from death row perceived as such a threat? The answer lies in the fact that Mumia Abu-Jamal's voice reaches people, informs them and changes consciousness."
Efia Nwangaza, of Greenville South Carolina's WMXP (95.5 FM) and a representative of the over 140 stations affiliated with Pacifica Radio, supported Steinberg's resolution. "Encouraging programming that highlights Mumia Abu-Jamal's case is the kind of programming for which Pacifica is known and which best serves our nation," she said. "An informed electorate makes for a healthy democracy."
The Pacifica radio network has been at the forefront of informing listeners and challenging government censorship from its inception. Broadcasting the voices of prisoners including Mumia Abu-Jamal and investigating the conditions of imprisonment in the United States is in Pacifica's storied tradition of investigative, uncompromising, groundbreaking journalism.
When National Public Radio (NPR) censored Mumia Abu-Jamal's commentaries in 1994, canceling his debut as a featured regular commentator on All Things Considered at the behest of Senator Bob Dole, it was Democracy Now! and Pacifica radio that aired his voice across their national network.
As scholar Cornell West puts it, "Will we ever listen to, and learn from, our bloodstained prophets? Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks to us of the institutional injustice and spiritual impoverishment of our culture."
Mumia Abu-Jamal represents many others in death-row circumstances similar to his own, both in the fact of his case and in his writings, in which he discusses many other cases but rarely mentions himself. And he faces the same fate that many have faced before him and others still face -- that of being executed for a crime which, he insists, he did not commit.
Another Pacifica National Board Director from WBAI, Jennifer Jager, sums up her views on why she supported the resolution:
"Mumia Abu-Jamal was framed not because of any act he committed on that evil night in December 1981, but for his political writings exposing the corruption and lies of the police department in Philadelphia."
Indeed, in Feburary, 2000, the independent human rights group Amnesty International, among other organizations, released a report sharply criticizing the Fraternal Order of Police in Philadelphia in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Amnesty wrote: "Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer in 1982 after a trial that failed to meet international standards. In this report Amnesty International conducts a full analysis of the trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal including the background and atmosphere prevailing in the city of Philadelphia in 1982 and the possible political influences that may have prevented him from receiving an impartial and fair hearing."
Jager applauded the Pacifica Foundation "for having the courage and integrity to stand with Mumia and provide information about his case to the public. I am proud to serve on the board of this unique institution which provides true non-commercial free speech radio, and information you cannot hear anywhere else on the dial."
And WBAI Board Chair Mitchel Cohen concluded: "In my opinion, highlighting the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal not only exposes injustices present in this particular case but a racist pattern of abuse by the police and courts and usurpations of civil liberties of all of us that becoming increasingly evident in other cases as well – the situation of Troy Davis, Leonard Peltier and numerous others comes to mind.
"This sort of national programming is what the Pacifica network is all about, why we do innovative radio to begin with, and why Pacifica is so important in today's America," Cohen said.
For background information and recordings of Mumia Abu-Jamal, please visit:
Noelle Hanrahan
Prison Radio
Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
(510) 763-2347
Mitchel Cohen
2652 Cropsey Avenue, #7H
Brooklyn, NY 11214
(718) 449-0037
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Birthday of U.S. Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Bloomberg is buying another term in office! It's an outrage!
That's what lots of my fellow liberals said when billionaire Michael Bloomberg spent $102 million of his own cash – about $174 per vote – to win re-election as New York mayor in 2009. And they were right. Unchecked money turns politics into a corrupt poker game, where the well-to-do get to stack the deck.
So why aren't these same critics complaining, now that Mr. Bloomberg is showering his millions on candidates who back gun control and same-sex marriage? Because liberals like these causes, of course.
As President Obama heads to Colorado today to praise the state's newly passed gun-control legislation and push for action in Congress, it's worth taking a step back to look at the money in the fight. The National Rifle Association spent roughly $25 million – more than twice as much as Bloomberg did – in the 2012 elections. Liberals will argue they're only trying to even the playing field – to fight fire with fire, using their own loaded benefactor to counter the muscle of the NRA.
But if we are truly opposed to the undue influence of money in politics, we should protest that influence in all cases – no matter who wins. If we only call for limits on campaign spending when our team is losing, then we don't really believe in those limits at all.
There's no question Bloomberg's money has swayed election outcomes. In 2012, he spent more than $3.3 million to unseat Democratic gun-rights supporter Joe Baca in a California state Senate race – roughly three times three times what Mr. Baca spent himself.
Now, Bloomberg has poured about $12 million into his recently established political action committee, Independence USA, to back eight candidates around the country who have progressive platforms, including support for marriage equality, education reform, and especially gun control.
In Illinois, the PAC became a major player in the special election primary race for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s old congressional seat. Bloomberg's PAC spent more than $2 million to help defeat Democrat Debbie Halvorson, condemning her "A" rating from the NRA.
And last month, Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns group launched a $12 million ad campaign to run in 13 states, targeting 15 senators who could be "persuaded" to support gun control legislation, specifically background checks. The targeted lawmakers include Susan Collins (R) of Maine, Rob Portman (R) of Ohio, Joe Donnelly (D) of Indiana, and Mary Landrieu (D) of Louisiana.
Bloomberg reportedly paid for the entire ad campaign and also funded the "national day of action" on guns that the Mayors Against Illegal Guns group organized for last Thursday. The day drew lavish praise from Mr. Obama and others on the left.
But whereas liberals have blasted the mayor for purchasing his own re-election, they were largely silent about Bloomberg "buying votes" for gun control.
That's patently inconsistent, and it's also deeply cynical. Campaign-finance regulation came to America 100 years ago via people who called themselves "Progressives." So it's particularly outrageous to see self-described progressives seemingly turning a blind eye to it today, when it suits their purposes to do so.
For the first century of American history, most political campaigns were financed via the spoils system: The winning political party got to hire government employees, who were in turn "assessed" a fee by the party. Starting in the 1880s, however, Congress and the states instituted civil-service examinations and bans on party assessments.
So the parties looked to America's burgeoning corporate sector for election funds. In 1896, Republican operative Mark Hanna raised at least $3.5 million – a then-unheard-of sum – in support of the victorious William McKinley, distributing more than 100 million campaign documents in 10 different languages. According to Theodore Roosevelt, Hanna "advertised McKinley as if he were a patent medicine."
But in 1904, during his own successful run for the White House, Roosevelt was stung by revelations that his campaign manager – a partner in the J.P. Morgan investment bank – had secretly deposited almost $50,000 in an account of the Republican National Committee. To get in front of the scandal, Roosevelt called for a ban on corporate contributions in federal elections.
Three years later, Congress enacted such a ban. Shortly after that, it also passed laws requiring parties to disclose their campaign contributors and capping total expenditures on House and Senate contests. "The use of inordinate sums of money in campaigns is un-American and undemocratic," declared one lawmaker, in support of the reforms. "It puts a premium on greed and avarice and magnifies these qualities into political ideals of the nation."
A local judge echoed the same Progressive theme: Without strong regulations, rich people would dominate politics. "Our boasted freedom and equality have become mere mockery and delusion," the judge wrote, if "the hopes and aspirations of every man for political preferment, whatever his learning, ability, and talents, must be measured and bounded by the size of his pocketbook."
Alas, that's precisely what happened. In the 1970s, Congress restricted how much an individual candidate could contribute to his or her own campaign. But the restrictions were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in its 1976 Buckley v. Valeo decision, which deemed campaign contributions a form of speech – and hence protected by the First Amendment.
And three years ago, in the Citizens United case, the Court struck down limits on corporate spending as well. Although corporations are still barred from giving money directly to campaigns, they're now free to shell out as much as they'd like to persuade the public to vote for – or against – a candidate.
Liberals like myself howled at these rulings, which allow a billionaire like Michael Bloomberg – or any big corporation – to exert an absurdly disproportionate influence on electoral outcomes. To borrow our favorite metaphor, the rich get a megaphone. And it drowns out the rest of Americans, no matter how loudly we shout.
So where are the liberal voices, rising up in indignity to protest Bloomberg's most recent political spending spree? I don't hear them. Instead he's our hero, because he's bankrolling endeavors that we embrace.
Our Progressive forbears knew that politics should depend on who can make the best arguments, not on who has the biggest wallet. Gun control was an urgent and worthy cause well before Michael Bloomberg started underwriting it. By keeping quiet about his undue influence on the process, we erode our own credibility. And that might ultimately harm the campaign for gun control, all in the guise of propping it up.
Jonathan Zimmerman is a professor of history and education at New York University. He is the author of "Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory" (Yale University Press).


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Washington, Dc — Last month, more than 140 health and fitness industry leaders from 26 states gathered in Washington, DC, to speak with their respective Congress members as part of the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association's (IHRSA) Sixth Annual Legislative Summit, an effort to remove federal barriers to exercise and focus legislators' attention on the need to focus the health care system on prevention and wellness.
It was Robyn Kretschy's second time participating in the summit. The choice to come again was an easy one for Kretschy, the owner of Healthy Results, Chicago, a company that works with physicians to provide exercise services for individuals. The experience was an opportunity to learn about the legislative process, network with other fitness professionals, share her passion about legislative issues with her Congressmen and do her part to help make the industry more professional.
"The American way of being able to go into your Congressman's office and tell them how you think about a subject is pretty cool," Kretschy says. "I feel very passionate about my industry, so to be able to go there in this collaborative effort is very fulfilling."
During the two-day summit, fitness advocates attended 133 meetings with their members of Congress and encouraged support of two health promotion bills: ?The Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act (H.R. 245) and The Workforce Health Improvement Program (WHIP) Act (H.R. 1748 and S. 1038).
The PHIT Act would allow people to pay for exercise and physical fitness programs, certain exercise equipment, and children's sports league fees with pre-tax dollars through their flexible spending account, medical savings account or health savings account. That means Americans could save 20 to 30 percent a year on their fitness-related costs because they wouldn't be paid for with taxable income, according to IHRSA.
The WHIP Act promotes wellness in the workforce by balancing current law and allowing for off-site fitness center memberships as a tax-free benefit for employees. Current law allows employees to use on-site fitness facilities free of any tax implications, but when a business needs to outsource this health benefit, employees who receive off-site fitness center subsidies are required to pay income tax on the benefits. Their employers bear the associated administrative costs of complying with IRS rules. The WHIP Act eliminates this tax on off-site fitness center subsidies, making it easier for all employers to offer exercise incentives for their workers.
Kretschy met with staff members for Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL). IHRSA informs attendees that although it's rare to meet with your actual Congress person, the staff person you meet with often is someone who handles health-related policy issues for the Congress person, Kretschy says, adding that these staff members have a lot of say with the senator or representative.
"What you learn is that the process of passing a bill takes years and years, so if you are in the industry to stay, then [attending the summit] is worth it," she says.
According to a national public opinion poll commissioned by IHRSA, seven in 10 Americans say they'd encourage their member of Congress to pass PHIT, and three-quarters of Americans say they'd encourage passage of WHIP.


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I did that last year, all I did was send a picture of the character i was cosplaying.... and i got in..
I know I'll always be Martel. I'm doing FMA:Brotherhood Martel one day, probably on Friday and in the evenings.I'll be doing Olivia on Saturday, and then for Chess, if I get in.
>:[ Saturday, So I'll be Roy Saturday.Then Horrible for Chess, if I get in.Then Two-face whatever free day that isUgh. My Horrible cosplay makes me so happy. But I have no camera to take an updated picture >:[ I need to memorize Brand New Day Lol xD Pretty much the hardest song ever >> <<8D I need to watch Brotherhood. >> Is it any good? I've been like, afraid to watch it.
8D I need to watch Brotherhood. >> Is it any good? I've been like, afraid to watch it.


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30% think the Court doesn't put enough limits on the federal government. 40% thinks the Court gets it just right — which I presume is partly because people tend to trust the Court's authority on legal issues and partly because the Court is actually pretty good at providing just about the right degree of countermajoritarian balance.
That 40% — those who think the Court is getting it right — is about the same among Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated groups. But what about the rest of the Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated groups? Are they saying too much or not enough? Interestingly, the Republicans and unaffiliated voters are saying not enough. The Democrats are divided into too much and not enough. All of that shows, I think that attacking the Court as "activist" isn't a very useful political move.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of all voters trust the Supreme Court more than the other two major branches of the federal government – the presidency and Congress. Thirty percent (30%) trust the president more, while only 12% put more faith in the Congress. Nineteen percent (19%) are not sure. Those figures reflect only modest changes since May 2009....
Most Republicans (70%) and voters not affiliated with either of the major parties (54%) have a favorable regard for the high court. Democrats by a 50% to 42% margin do not.Interesting how the "unaffiliateds" seem more in sync with Republicans than with Democrats. This suggests it is not wise for Democrats to continue to denigrate the Court.
But then 60% of Democrats trust the president more than the other two branches of the government. Fifty-five percent (55%) of GOP voters express more confidence in the Supreme Court, a view shared by just 19% of those in the president's party. Among unaffiliateds, 40% trust the court more, while 27% have more confidence in the president.


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You're probably looking for a doo-rag and figuring you'll have to make a trip to Adrian or Toledo.
No so fast. That special person on your shopping list can be taken care of right here in Morenci.
Head up the road from Wakefield Park to Morenci Marathon and you'll find a selection of doo-rag head gear, including one model with a Confederate flag pattern.
If a doo-rag wasn't on anyone's Christmas list, you might want to pencil it in. It's a unique gift to be enjoyed by many.
There's much more than this to be found in Morenci and Fayette stores. You'll probably be surprised if you look around.
Morenci Marathon, Morenci Deli and Fayette's Circle K store are all excellent sources of stocking stuffer material. Bike bells to ward off evil spirits, huge selections of beef and ham jerky, the biggest selection of candies, and, of course, a lottery ticket or two. Don't forget to add a note on the card about sharing the winnings.
Hardware stores are packed with unusual items. Did you know pet nail trimmers are available at both Johnson's Hardware in Morenci and D&R Hardware in Fayette?
A do-it-yourselfer might appreciate a cake of beeswax to lubricate screws before driving them in. There's a large selection of Maglite flashlights and back-saver snow shovels with the curved handles.
Start your young builder off with a kid's carpentry set, then add a kit to build a wooden toolbox, birdhouse or message board. D&R has a new shipment of Dickies work coats, too.


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In a departure from our usual Q&A style I want to post a follow-on to my previous discussion about how transaction log corruption can lead to transaction log backup failures, and how to recover from them (see here).
Any operation that tries to use a corrupt log record will encounter failure, and DBCC CHECKDB is one of those operations.
By default, DBCC CHECKDB will create a hidden database snapshot under the covers to provide a transactionally-consistent view of the database on which to run the consistency checks. The process for creating a database snapshot is to checkpoint the real database, and then essentially run crash-recovery on the real database, but into the context of the database snapshot – not affecting the real database. This pseudo-crash recovery rolls back the effect of any uncommitted transactions that are occurring in the real database, making the database snapshot consistent.
If this process encounters a corrupt transaction log record, then the database snapshot creation will fail – leading to the DBCC CHECKDB failing too. A bunch of errors will be generated, including one that identifies the corrupt transaction log record, like below:
DBCC encountered a page with an LSN greater than the current end of log LSN (141131:0:4) for its internal database snapshot. Could not read page (9647:-33648758), database 'PaulsDB' (database ID 26), LSN = (-1302554001:2131886119:4432), type = 255, isInSparseFile = 1. Please re-run this DBCC command.
The page ID and its LSN are obviously completely wrong.
All is not lost, however, as there are two ways around this issue.
Firstly, you could employ the technique I described in the blog post I referenced above (switch to the Simple recovery model, checkpoint to truncate the log, and switch back to the Full recovery model), but you'd have to make sure there are no uncommitted transactions otherwise the transaction log may not truncate past the corruption.
Secondly, you could use the WITH TABLOCK option for DBCC CHECKDB. This will skip creating a database snapshot and will instead require a short-term database exclusive lock while allocation consistency checks are completed, and then table share locks as each table is consistency checked. This is the offline version of DBCC CHECKDB, but it won't fall foul of the transaction log corruption.
Whichever method you use, don't forget to perform root-cause analysis to determine what caused the transaction log corruption in the first place.
Note: Although I've talked about DBCC CHECKDB in this post, everything here also applies to DBCC CHECKALLOC, DBCC CHECKTABLE, DBCC CHECKFILEGROUP, and DBCC CHECKCATALOG.


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It's February, which means that winter is almost over, and spring is almost here, but we're stuck in the grey middle ground. January and February are the hardest months for a lot of people, but there are things that you can do to help disperse the grey.
1. Exercise. Being physically active releases endorphins that lift your mood. Something as simple as a brisk walk (outdoors in the fresh air, if possible) can take the edge off.
2. Vitamins. So few daylight hours and so little sunshine can find you with not enough vitamin D, among other essential vitamins. Consult your Doctor/nutritionist to see what you need.
3. Eat good foods. It's easy to drown your blues in chips and ice cream, but those foods and their sugars and fats can make you feel even worse. Eat them in moderation, and fill the rest of your meals with foods that give you energy and nutrition.
4. Wear bright colors. We tend to wear dark colors in the darker months, but splashes of color can do a lot to lift your mood.
5. Lightbox therapy. Twenty minutes a day in front of a light box is reported to have have great effects on your overall well-being.
6. Take up a new hobby. Learning something you enjoy will brighten your days.
7. Plan a getaway. Whether it's a trip to Hawaii, or an overnight at a resort nearby, the change from your every day routine can do wonders for your overall mood.


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Author: justagirllost2
Just a girl lost in some ways, found in others. Writing my thoughts, ideas, dreams, realities, pieces of me... not all pretty~ definitely real. I'm a mother with faith in God's divine providence that my mistakes and selfishness, my immaturity and past are all part of a journey. That all is never what it seems. That good will always claim victory and there is a plan beyond what human eyes and our fallen natures can see. My three children are my miracles, my life, my blessing and they inspire me to be a better woman and human being. I hope that you and I share and learn from each other in the beauty and reality of life on this ever evolving journey. xo ~ This is a place without masks~ without broken glass paths ~ This is a place to be free To be me~Just a girl lost XxX


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Plan Comparison
- PPO 80/20 – Plan Summary (PDF)
- PPO 80/20 – Summary of Benefits and Coverage (PDF)
- PPO 80/20 – Travel Coverage (PDF)
- HDHP – Plan Summary (PDF)
- HDHP – Summary of Benefits and Coverage (PDF)
- HDHP – Travel Coverage (PDF)
Essential Drug List - 4 Tier Drug Plan
The following are a few definitions which may be helpful when making your health plan choices. More definitions can be found in the Summary of Benefits and Coverage.
- Covered Services: A medically necessary service or supply for which the benefit plan will reimburse expenses according to the plan's limits.
- Co-Payment: The fixed dollar amount you pay each time you receive specific services, supplies or prescriptions.
- Deductible: The specified amount of covered medical expenses you pay for yourself and/or covered dependents each calendar year before any additional covered medical expenses are paid by the Plan. Applies to covered services noted as percentages.
- Co-Insurance: After the annual calendar-year deductible met, co-insurance will apply. Co-insurance is your share of the cost of a covered service. The cost is calculated as a percent of the allowed amount for the service.
- Out-of-Pocket Maximum: The maximum amount you pay in co-insurance for covered expenses in a calendar year before the Plan pays 100%.
- Usual, Customary & Reasonable (UCR): A fee usually established by health insurance or government agency that is considered to be the "usual" cost of a specific medical service. The fee is commonly based on the amount the company or agency will pay for that service and may vary with geographic area.
- Generic Prescription Drug: A prescription drug that is produced by more than one manufacturer. It is chemically the same as brand and usually costs less than the brand name prescription drug for which it is being substituted and will produce comparable effective clinical results.
- Brand Name Prescription Drug: A prescription drug that has been patented with the brand name and is produced by the original manufacturer under that brand name.


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TM33 may refer to:
- Generation I, III, IV, and V - Reflect
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Besser S140 Big Board Splitter maximizes versatility
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- Published: Thursday, 23 February 2012 14:26
- Written by CP Staff
Besser Co. introduced the S140 Big Board Splitter in 2008; the first was installed by Brampton Brick in July. Nearly four years later, Brampton Vice President of Manufacturing George Housh reports that the S140 was a solid addition to the production line, noting especially the 52-in. splitter's performance. "The S140 has increased the production rate around 50 percent," he affirms.
Read more: Besser S140 Big Board Splitter maximizes versatility


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DEWOLFF is a three-headed rock 'n roll monster from the Netherlands' Deep South: it's a fire-breathing love child of the great Rock bands from the 1970's and psychedelic cosmic radiation from the future. DEWOLFF was formed in 2007 by singer/guitarist Pablo van de Poel, brother/drummer Luka van de Poel and Hammond organist Robin Piso, and has grown to be one of the greatest live acts around. It's Leon Russell meets DEEP PURPLE, BLACK KEYS meet ALLMAN BROTHERS. But above all, DEWOLFF sounds like DeWolff; an old soul in a young body; an eccentric and very hard-rocking young band that has already released six studio albums and a live album. Seeing DeWolff live is an experience one will never forget: it's a mixture of inexhaustible energy, great musicianship, contagious enthusiasm and a play-like-it's-your-last-show-mentality that seems pretty rare nowadays.
On June the 6th they announced that "we started recording our 7th album!"
Today's tune "Sugar Moon" is taken from the latest album "ROUX-GA-ROUX"
Upcoming shows:
FRI 14 JULY Big Rivers Festival 2017Dordrecht, Netherlands
TUE 25 JULY Free and Easy Festival at BackstageMunich, Germany
FRI 28 JULY Rock Im Wald 2017Michelau in Oberfranken,, Germany
SAT 5 AUGUST Festival du Chien à Plumes 2017Langres, France
SUN 6 AUGUST Colos-SaalAschaffenburg, Germany
FRI 11 AUGUST WaterpopWateringen, Netherlands
SAT 12 AUGUST Finki Open Air 2017Finkenbach, Germany
FRI 18 AUGUST Nirwana TuinfeestLierop, Netherlands
SAT 19 AUGUST Festival 't Zeeltje 2017Deest, Netherlands
THU 24 AUGUST Museum Schloss RheydtMönchengladbach, Germany
FRI 25 AUGUST Sommer in AltonaHamburg, Germany
SAT 26 AUGUST Rebel Run Festival 2017Trier, Germany
More info @
Official DeWolff Web
Listen to "DeWolff - Sugar Moon" on Spotify!
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Facebook IPO: Investors still hitting the 'unlike' buttonJune 6, 2012: 11:52 AM ET
Facebook (FB) was expected to be the poster child of success when it went public two weeks ago but since its May 18 debut, shares have slid 33% from the initial public offering price of $38.
In fact, the stock closed higher only three times since then, including its first day, when it closed at $38.23 a share. That's not much of a showing for a tech IPO, especially one that was as hyped up as Facebook. Consider LinkedIn (LNKD). On its first trading day, the stock doubled (priced at $45 and ended the day at $90). Groupon (GRPN) was another hot tech IPO. Its stock surged 30% when it debuted. Of course, one good, or even great for that matter, day doesn't spell long-term success. After a series of missteps, Groupon's stock is now trading at half its IPO price.
Both of those companies also didn't have to contend with the same opening day troubles as Facebook, which faced a delayed open because of technical glitches at Nasdaq (NDAQ) that left numerous investors with unwanted shares as trade cancellations and confirmations got hung up.
Related: Individual investors get burned
Shares of Facebook managed a late-day surge Wednesday. After hitting a fresh low of $25.52, the stock ended the day up 3.6% at $26.81. Compare that with Facebook's opening day, when the stock surged -- very briefly -- as high as $45. But it came dangerously close to ending its public debut below the IPO price as outrage over botched trades grew.
The mismanaged opening has been a big blow to Nasdaq, which is called the tech-heavy index for a reason. The exchange got caught completely unprepared to handle the speed and volume of trades and cancellations, which led to the 30-minute delay. And in the days and weeks since, investors, traders and brokers are still trying to untangle that web.
Related: Wall Street's Facebook losses mount
Midday, Nasdaq said it had a plan to compensate market makers -- the firms making the actual trades on behalf of brokerages -- to the tune of $40 million, but only $13.7 million of that will be in cash. And for many individual investors, they're still left twisting in the wind. And for many, Nasdaq's mea culpa is way too little too late.