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Bursitis is the inflammation or irritation of the bursa. The bursa is a sac filled with lubricating fluid, located between tissues such as bone, muscle, tendons, and skin, that decreases rubbing, friction, and irritation.
What Causes Bursitis?
Bursitis is most often caused by repetitive, minor impact on the area, or from a sudden, more serious injury. Age also plays a role. As tendons age they are able to tolerate stress less, are less elastic, and are easier to tear.
Overuse or injury to the joint at work or play can also increase a person's risk of bursitis. Examples of high-risk activities include gardening, raking, carpentry, shoveling, painting, scrubbing, tennis, golf, skiing, throwing, and pitching. Incorrect posture at work or home and poor stretching or conditioning before exercise can also lead to bursitis.
An abnormal or poorly placed bone or joint (such as length differences in your legs or arthritis in a joint) can put added stress on a bursa sac, causing bursitis. Stress or inflammation from other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis, thyroid disorders, or unusual medication reactions may also increase a person's risk. In addition, an infection can occasionally lead to inflammation of a bursa.
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Bursitis is more common in adults, especially in those over 40 years of age.
What Parts of the Body Does Bursitis Affect?
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The most common symptom of bursitis is pain. The pain may build up gradually or be sudden and severe, especially if calcium deposits are present. Severe loss of motion in the shoulder — called "adhesive capsulitis" or frozen shoulder — can also result from the immobility and pain associated with shoulder bursitis.
How Can I Prevent Bursitis?
If you are planning to start exercising, you will be less likely to get bursitis if you gradually build up force and repetitions. Stop what you are doing if unusual pain occurs.
How Is Bursitis Treated?
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- Taking over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medicines
If the condition does not improve in a week, see your doctor.
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Regional Statistics, South Australia, 2004 (Cat. No. 1362.4) presents a statistical summary of key economic and social information for Local Government Areas (LGAs), Statistical Subdivisions (SSD) and Statistical Divisions (SD) in South Australia. It contains the latest available data (at the time of preparation), as well as historical data, for a selected range of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and some non-ABS data items. Topics covered include population, births and deaths, labour force, income, income support customers, building approvals, property sales, local government finance and motor vehicle sales. MAP SHOWING SSDs IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA The publication contains:
This is the seventh issue of this publication and continues the ABS' strategy to improve the availability and range of statistical data at the regional level. A bibliography and other sources of regional data are also included. MAIN FEATURES Regional South Australia (Regional SA), or the area outside the Adelaide SD, is the main focus of the overview outlined below. Data for the Adelaide SD and South Australia are used for comparison purposes to help illustrate the current status of areas in Regional SA. POPULATION At 30 June 2003 the population of South Australia was estimated to be 1,527,148 persons. The Adelaide SD contains the majority of South Australia's population with 1,119,718 persons, with only 26.7% (407,430 persons) living in Regional SA. In Regional SA 29.2% of the population (118,828 persons) resided in the Outer Adelaide SD, which had a population growth of 2.2% (2,572 persons) in the 12 months ending 30 June 2003. The Northern SD, with 19.2% (78,184) of Regional SA's population, also has a significant population base. Eyre SD and Yorke and Lower North SD have the smallest populations with 8.4% (34,402) and 10.9% (44,537) respectively of Regional SA's population.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS The number of births to women usually resident in South Australia fell from 17,481 in 2001–02 to 17,242 in 2002–03. The crude birth rate for 2002–03 of 11.3 births per 1,000 resident population was the lowest recorded level. Regional SA also recorded a decrease in the number of births between 2001–02 and 2002–03, from 4,883 to 4,758 with the crude birth rate falling from 12.1 to 11.7. In the Adelaide SD the highest crude birth rate in 2002–03 was recorded in Playford (C) (15.0) and the lowest was in Adelaide (C) (6.4), which was also the lowest in the state. In Regional SA the highest crude birth rate was in Roxby Downs (M) (24.7) and the lowest, 7.2, was in Victor Harbor (C). In 2002–03 there were 11,699 deaths of South Australians, an increase from 11,578 deaths in 2001–02. There was a decrease in the number of deaths in Regional SA for the same period, from 3,194 in 2001–02 to 3,182 in 2002–03. For 2002–03 the crude death rate in South Australia was 7.7 deaths per 1,000 population. The crude death rate for Regional SA was similar at 7.8. A crude death rate of 11.3 deaths per 1,000 population was recorded in the Yorke SSD while in the Far North SSD the rate was 4.6 deaths per 1,000 population. UNEMPLOYMENT The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) unemployment rate for South Australia for the June quarter 2003 was estimated to be 6.3%, down from 6.7% for the same period of the previous year. The unemployment rate in Regional SA also decreased from 7.0% for the June quarter 2002 to 5.5% for the June quarter 2003. For the June quarter 2003 unemployment rates above 10% were evident in the Whyalla SSD (12.9%), Pirie SSD (11.1%), and Far North SSD (10.7%). Low unemployment rates were evident in the Upper South East SSD (2.0%), Mt Lofty Ranges SSD (2.5%) and Barossa SSD (2.7%). Unemployment rates vary within and across regions. For the June quarter 2003 Peterborough (DC) and Coober Pedy (DC) in the state's north had unemployment rates estimated at 17.0% and 15.1% respectively, while in the same region Roxby Downs (M) had an unemployment rate estimated at 0.9%. Other LGAs to record low unemployment rates for the June quarter 2003 were Kimba (DC) (1.0%) and Tatiara (DC) (1.1%). UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, Statistical Divisions, June 2003 INCOME For the financial year 2001–02 average individual annual taxable income in South Australia was $36,404. The average in the Adelaide SD was $36,865 and in Regional SA, $35,020. Within Regional SA the Eyre SD, with $37,402, Yorke and Lower North SD, with $36,920, and Northern SD, with $36,643, had average individual taxable incomes higher than the state average while in the Murray Lands SD the average was $32,213. In the Adelaide SD, the Eastern Adelaide SSD had the highest average at $44,659. For LGAs in Regional SA the average annual individual taxable income ranged from $53,098 in Roxby Downs (M) in the state's far north to $30,262 in Ceduna (DC) on the far west coast of the state. Seventeen LGAs in Regional SA had average individual annual taxable incomes greater than the Adelaide SD's average of $36,865, the most notable being Roxby Downs (M), Barunga West (DC), with $46,290, Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), $42,734, Kimba (DC), $42,353 and Cleve (DC), $40,727. The last three LGAs are located within the Eyre SD. INCOME SUPPORT With 26.7% of South Australia's total population, Regional SA had similar levels of persons receiving various income support assistance for all but one of the income support assistance categories included here from the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services. As at June 2003 there were 12,935 persons (28.1% of the state's total) in Regional SA receiving Newstart Allowance, 46,135 (26.6%) receiving an Age Pension and 17,055 (26.5%) receiving a Disability Support Pension. There were proportionally fewer Youth Allowance recipients in Regional SA (6,707 persons or 20.6% of the state's total). The Northern SD, with 5.1% of South Australia's population, had 3,948 persons, or 8.6% of the state's total, receiving Newstart Allowance and 8,743 persons (5.0% of the state's total) receiving an Age Pension. The Outer Adelaide SD, with 7.8% of South Australia's population, had 2,562 persons, or 5.6% of the state's total, receiving Newstart Allowance and 13,146 persons (7.6%) receiving an Age Pension. BUILDING APPROVALS In the year ended 30 June 2003 there were 10,581 new residential dwelling units approved in South Australia. In Regional SA there were 3,224 new residential dwelling units approved (30.5% of the state's total). The pattern of increasing numbers of new residential dwelling approvals for the state reversed in 2002–03 with a 2.7% drop in the number of new residential dwelling approvals. Regional SA approvals decreased by 12.2% over the same period. Only the Adelaide, Yorke and Lower North and South East SDs recorded an increase in new residential approvals. The number of approvals increased by 25.5% (from 353 in 2001–02 to 443 in 2002–03) for the Yorke and Lower North SD. Increases for South East SD and Adelaide SD were 4.5% (from 398 to 416) and 2.1% (from 7,207 to 7,357) respectively. Despite the drop in the number of new residential dwelling unit approvals, the value of new residential dwelling unit approvals for South Australia rose by 14.8% to $1,384.6m from $1,206.6m in the previous year. The value of new residential dwelling unit approvals for Regional SA increased slightly from $382.3m to $386.8m. Onkaparinga (C) (1,076) and Salisbury (C) (979) continued to have the greatest number of approvals for new residential dwellings in the Adelaide SD. The values of these approvals were $115.9m and $122.1m respectively. The LGAs in Regional SA with the greatest number of approvals of new residential dwellings were Mount Barker (DC) with 362, Alexandrina (DC) with 330 and Victor Harbor (C) with 270. The value of non-residential buildings in South Australia increased from $808.0m in 2001–02 to $1,010.3m in 2002–03. The value of non-residential building approvals showed a decrease in the Murray Lands SD and the Northern SD. The largest absolute increase occurred in the Adelaide SD where the value of non-residential building rose by $185.2m (29.8%) from $622.1m in 2001–02 to $807.3m in 2002–03, while the largest proportional increase occurred in the Outer Adelaide SD where there was a 50.3% increase from $63.0m to $94.7m. Overall, the value of non-residential building approvals in Regional SA rose from $185.9m to $203.0m. Within the Adelaide SD the Northern Adelaide SSD (up from $147.3m to $287.1m, or 94.9%) and Southern Adelaide SSD (up from $65.2m to $123.4m, or 89.3%) recorded the greatest increases in the value of non-residential building approvals, while the Eastern Adelaide SSD recorded a fall (down from $303.9m to $285.2m, 6.2%). The Northern Adelaide SSD LGAs of Playford (C) and Salisbury (C) recorded increases in the value of non-residential approvals of $115.6m and $47.1m respectively while the Southern Adelaide SSD LGAs of Mitcham (C) and Marion (C) showed increases of $43.1m and $4.1m respectively. The most notable increases outside of the Adelaide SD occurred in the Outer Adelaide SDs of Light (RegC) where the value of non-residential building approvals rose from $5.5m in 2001–02 to $26.8m in 2002–03 and Kangaroo Island (DC) with an increase from $1.0m to $10.3m. NUMBER OF NEW RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, Statistical Divisions, Percentage change from 30 June 2002 to 30 June 2003 PROPERTY SALES The pattern of increasing numbers of residential property sales since 1997-98 in South Australia reversed in 2002–03 with 38,623 sales, a decrease of 4.2% on the previous year. In Regional SA sales rose 2.8% from 10,027 to 10,306. In the Adelaide SD the number of sales decreased 6.5% from 30,287 in 2001–02 to 28,317 in 2002–03. All SDs in the state, other than Murray Lands, Eyre and Northern, recorded a decrease in the number of residential property sales. The average value of residential property sales for 2002–03 in South Australia rose 23.0% (from $165,900 to $204,000) from the previous year. The average in Regional SA rose 19.3% to $138,500 compared with a 24.9% rise to $227,800 for the Adelaide SD. Since 1997–98 the average value of residential property sales in South Australia has increased by 64.6%, Regional SA has increased by 59.0%, while the Adelaide SD has increased by 68.1%. In 2002–03 the average residential sale price in the Outer Adelaide SD of $193,600 was over double that in the Northern SD ($78,500). High average residential property sale prices for 2002–03 were recorded in Unley (C) ($453,200), Walkerville (M) ($446,300) and Burnside (C) ($377,100) while lower averages were recorded in Peterborough (DC) ($41,000) and Coober Pedy (DC) ($47,100). AVERAGE VALUE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SALES Statistical Divisions, June 2001-02 and June 2002-03 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE For the year ended 30 June 2003 the total outlay on goods, services and land by local government in South Australia increased by $65.7m (6.4%) to $1,099.4m. In Regional SA there was an increase of $22.7m (5.9%) to $406.3m. Outlay on infrastructure in Regional SA accounted for 24.8% ($100.6m), a decrease over the previous year of 13.8% ($16.0m), of the total outlay, while outlay on environmental services accounted for 10.8% ($43.7m), a decrease of 2.7% ($1.2m). For the Adelaide SD outlay on infrastructure and environmental services in 2002–03 accounted for 14.4% (16.3% in 2001-02) and 13.3% (14.2% in 2001-02) respectively of the total outlay on goods, services and land. In Regional SA significant increases in the total outlay on goods, services and land between 2001–02 and 2002–03 were recorded in the South East SD (from $53.9m to $61.2m, 13.5%) and Murray Lands SD (from $63.4m to $71.4m, 12.6%). The Adelaide SD recorded an increase of 6.6% (from $650.1m to $693.1m). Rates per rateable property vary considerably across the state ranging from $2,271 in Adelaide (C) and $1,119 in Tatiara (DC) to $364 in Orroroo/Carrieton (DC). In 2002–03 the average rates per rateable property was $805 for South Australia, $709 for Regional SA and $851 in the Adelaide SD. Yorke and Lower North SD had the lowest average with $569. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES In the year ended 30 June 2003 the number of new motor vehicle sales in South Australia increased by 11.5% to 56,610 from 50,756 in 2002. New motor vehicle sales in Regional SA rose from 12,196 in 2002 to 12,402 in 2003, an increase of 1.7%. Between 2001–02 and 2002–03 the Adelaide SD showed a 14.0% increase in new motor vehicle sales and for the Outer Adelaide SD the increase was 7.4%, while the number of new motor vehicle sales decreased in the Yorke and Lower North, South East and Northern SDs. Regional areas with the largest increases of new motor vehicle sales were Light (RegC) (from 234 to 325), Berri and Barmera (DC) (from 432 to 505) and Port Lincoln (C) (from 351 to 403). 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Wisconsin LawyerVol. 85, No. 4, April 2012
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The Zoning Ordinance (PDF), Section 5.3, allows you to build a fence on your property line or any other place on your property depending on your zoning district. A permit from the Building Department is required. The maximum height of a fence is 42 inches within the front yard. Beyond that point, towards the rear of your property, the height of the fence can be up to 6 feet. A visibility triangle for traffic safety purposes must be maintained.
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Zoning provides the standards and regulations that apply to land and structures in Grand Blanc Township. These standards and regulations help implement the Township's Master Plan (PDF) which contains goals, policies, and recommendations of how development in the township (long-term) is to be achieved. Grand Blanc Township has many zoning districts. Each one has a list of permitted uses and standards for building setbacks, densities, and heights. Please refer to the Zoning Ordinance (PDF) for details on each classification.
Zoning and Land Use information can be found by using the township's online mapping information system. For land use questions please contact the Planning Department, Community Planning Division.
The Township is required to notify property owners within a 300 foot radius of a property that has been applied to be rezoned or granted a variance from the Zoning Ordinance (PDF). A summary description of the proposed application can be found within the body of the notification. A public hearing date for the proposed change is included in your notification.
You are invited to attend the hearing to oppose or support the proposed change. Your attendance is optional, but this is the most effective way to voice your opposition or support to the hearing body. Once filed, all application information is public record and may be viewed or copied by any member of the public subject to public records laws.
The Zoning Ordinance (PDF) lists the permitted uses and special land uses for each zoning district. In addition, the Ordinance contains a Use Matrix that lists all uses and shows all the districts in which they are permitted.
These development criteria depend on the zoning district. The zoning district can be found by following the steps outlined above in Question 2.
View the Grand Blanc Zoning Ordinance (PDF) online.
Forms are available at the Planning Department. Prior to filling out and submitting forms, it is recommended that you consult with Planning Department staff and schedule a pre-application meeting.
All Township applications can be found on the Planning and Zoning Forms page.
All applications are in PDF form and are available for download. At this time all applications can be:
Site Plan Reviews typically take 30 to 60 days. Applications and site plans that provide all needed information tend to get through the process sooner than those with missing information.
Special land uses require a public hearing and may take 60 to 90 days, depending on the complexity of the request. Rezoning (change of zoning district) applications for regular rezoning, conditional rezoning, and Planned Unit Developments are held in a series of Public Hearings before the Planning Commission and the Township Board. These types of requests typically take 60 to 90 days, or longer for more complicated developments.
Variance requests (relief from the conditions of the Code) are held in a Public Hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals. Since this body does not meet monthly, it can take up to 60 days for a variance request to be processed.
Home-based businesses are termed 'home occupations' in the Zoning Ordinance (PDF). Home occupations meeting certain criteria are permitted in any residential district. Home occupations do not allow:
A zoning exception may be required for home occupations that generate traffic. For full text on home occupations, please refer to Section 4.37 of the Zoning Ordinance (PDF).
Yes, with certain conditions. In the Zoning Ordinance (PDF), this use is classified as a care center/daycare center or family day care home, depending on the age, relation, and a number of children being supervised.
Family day care homes are defined as a private home in which one but less than seven minor children are received for care and supervision for periods of less than 24 hours a day, unattended by a parent or legal guardian, except children related to an adult member of the family by blood, marriage, or adoption. It includes a home that gives care to an unrelated child for more than 4 weeks during a calendar year. These family day care homes are permitted in all residential zoning districts.
Yes, with certain conditions. The Zoning Ordinance (PDF) defines these types of buildings or structures as accessory structures. In most residentially zoned districts, accessory structures can be located in the rear or side yard of your property as close as 3 feet to the rear and/or side property lines. In most residential districts, these structures may have a maximum height of 14 feet. Section 5.2 of the Zoning Ordinance (PDF) contains more information about the size and setbacks for accessory structures.
Whether or not a property is eligible for subdivision requires the analysis of several factors, including the zoning district, road frontage and access, total acreage, as well as a number of other items. The Planning Department will be happy to provide you with more information on the subdivision process.
This may be a permitted accessory use depending on the zoning district you are in and whether or not the dwelling would be attached or detached. Refer to Section 4.4 of the Zoning Ordinance (PDF) for more information.
Usually, in residential zoning districts, boats, RVs, and utility trailers are required to be parked behind or beside your house. They must meet the front yard setback for the zoning district of that particular property. See Section 4.58 of the Zoning Ordinance (PDF) for more information or contact the Planning Department.
Generally, no. The setbacks for pools or other accessory structures are usually less than the required setbacks for your house as long as they are built at least 15 feet from any lot line. However, these accessory structures can only be located in rear or side yards, not in the required front yard area. See Section 4.70 of the Zoning Ordinance (PDF) for more information.
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A Christian baker in Colorado is appealing a judge's ruling that he must violate his religious beliefs and bake a cake for a same-sex wedding ceremony.
"Jack simply exercised the long-cherished freedom to not speak by declining to promote a false view of marriage through his creative work," explained lead counsel Nicolle Martin, who is allied with Alliance Defending Freedom.
"It's outrageous that the government would turn its guns on Jack and threaten him with a potential jail sentence unless he says and does what the government demands."
Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., declined in July 2012 to make a wedding cake for two men who had recently obtained a civil marriage license in Massachusetts.
Phillips explained that his evangelical Christian faith prevented him from making a cake for a "gay wedding." In response, the two men filed a discrimination suit.
In December 2013, Colorado Judge Robert Spencer ruled that Phillips' actions constituted discrimination and do not fall under protected freedom of speech because the requested cake did not explicitly include text supporting "gay marriage."
Judge Spencer also rejected Phillips claim that he has a right to live out his religious beliefs in his business decisions. The judge said that baking a wedding cake "does not involve an effort by the government to regulate what Respondents believe. Rather, it involves that state's regulation of conduct."
Phillips was issued a "cease and desist" order that required him to bake wedding cakes for same-sex couples.
He is now appealing that decision, aided by Alliance Defending Freedom, which argued in its summary judgment brief that the baker "did not discriminate 'because of' sexual orientation."
"It is undisputed that Jack has served homosexual customers in the past, creating all manner of baked goods for a variety of occasions," the brief explained, adding that Phillips had specifically told the couple that he would bake other products for them.
While Phillips is happy to serve homosexual customers, his faith prohibits him from affirming "gay marriage" ceremonies through his actions, the brief said.
In making this decision, he is exercising his right to live out his religious beliefs, the law group stated. Furthermore, by choosing not to bake a cake, he is refraining from participating and promoting speech and beliefs that he does not hold, a practice that is "both statutory and constitutional" under Colorado law.
In addition to avoiding participation in same-sex wedding ceremonies, Phillips closes his store on Sundays and "does not create baked goods for Halloween because of his deeply held religious beliefs."
By requiring Phillips to "conform his conscience to their definition of marriage," the legal brief stated, "Government is unconstitutionally attempting to force (him) to violate his sincerely held religious beliefs and to compel him to speak a message that is contrary to his actual beliefs."
"Every artist must be free to create work that expresses what he or she believes and not be forced to express contrary views," explained Senior Counsel Kristen Waggoner.
"Forcing Americans to promote ideas against their will undermines our constitutionally protected freedom of expression and our right to live free. If the government can take away our First Amendment freedoms, there is nothing it can't take away."


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A New Year, A New Beginning: Don't Start Off On The Wrong Foot by Making Excuses
Bryan Golden
December 22, 2022
The New Year is a time of resolutions. It's a time when people commit to making a change in their life. Losing weight, changing jobs, saving money, making money, a new relationship, getting in shape, going back to school, or giving up smoking, are just some of the goals people set for themselves on January 1st.
Although it's possible for anyone to make a change or a new start, it takes determination, commitment and persistence. A new goal must be your own. You have to really want it. Without a burning desire, your motivation will fade quickly. It's virtually impossible to make a change due to external pressure.
You may agree to what someone else wants you to do, but it's very difficult to succeed without an internal drive. So, in order to successfully make a change or reach a goal, you have to make sure it's what you really want.
Don't start off on the wrong foot by making excuses as to why you will probably fail. If you don't truly believe you can do it, you won't. People who do this will say something like, "I'll try to do it, but …" Or you may hear, "I tried before and it didn't work but I'll give it another go." Before you begin, make sure the only things you are telling yourself are, "I can," "I will" and "I will do whatever it takes."
A new beginning is a three-step process. You have to first know what you want, formulate a plan to achieve it and then take the necessary action to get it. Setting a specific goal is essential. The more detailed the better. If you want to lose weight, how much and by when? If you want a new job, what will it be and how much will it pay? If you want to save money, how much and how often?
Next, you need a plan. Just like your goal, your plan must be as detailed as possible. If you are going to lose weight, what will be on your menu each week? Are you going to go on a specific diet, cut out certain foods, or just eat less? For finding a new job, what will be your strategy? Do you need a new resume? Will you look on line, in the classifieds, use an employment agency, network, cold call, or all of these? If you want to save more money, in what areas will you cut back? Do you know where your money is going? Have you created a budget?
You want your plan to be doable. The smaller the steps are, the more likely you will be to succeed. Any time you feel a step is too big, break it down further. It doesn't matter how small each step is so long as you keep going and never give up.
Losing 20 pounds may feel overwhelming, but dropping two pounds a month doesn't seem too bad. If you keep at it for 10 months, you will reach your goal. Saving $3000 might appear beyond reach, but cutting back $9 a day on family spending is manageable.
Finally, you must take action. The best goals and greatest plans will go nowhere without action. The reason you divided your plan into small sections is so it would be easy to take action, one day at a time. All you have to do is keep going, until you achieve your goal.
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RADAN to Exhibit at WESTEC 2012
RADAN, a leading CAM solutions provider, is demonstrating the benefits that it brings to the sheet metal fabrication industry at WESTEC 2012, taking place March 27 – 29, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California.
Along with showcasing enhancements and additional functionality contained in the latest release - RADAN 2012
R1, visitors to booth #3022 will see how RADAN plays a vital role in helping manufacturers gain the most from their machine tool investment.
As a leading CAM software for sheet metal fabrication, RADAN drives punching, profiling, nesting and bending functions for machines from a wide range of manufacturers. RADAN can process entire assemblies or individual parts without file transfer, automate the programming of CNC press brakes, provide vital collision detection and design verification, and ensure peak machine efficiency. RADAN assists customers in increasing their material utilization and reducing inventory, while providing a significant return on investment.
Radbend, which is RADAN's solution for offline press brake programming will also be on display in booth #3022.
Generating accurate bend allowances means Radbend ensures that all bending is totally accurate and repeatable.
The software gives manufacturers full, accurate 3D model simulation of the bending process, including advanced features such as automatic bend sequence calculation, automatic tool selection and automatic finger-stop placement, offering simple programming and high productivity.
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Partisans Ignore the Facts on America's National Debt | Commentary
Since 2010, conservatives have used a 2010 paper in the American Economic Review by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff to claim spending cuts should be made to preserve the economic and fiscal futures of America. The argument claims that debt levels greater than 90 percent of gross domestic product — 15 percent lower than America's current debt-to-GDP ratio — harm economic growth. This position has been prominently touted by, among others, former Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis.
In recent weeks, this argument has been challenged by three researchers at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, for alleged errors in the original Reinhart-Rogoff paper. According to Thomas Herndon, Michael Ash and Robert Pollin, the Reinhart-Rogoff conclusions are wrong. Their prominent political supporters include Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and former Sen. (and Virginia gubernatorial candidate) Tim Kaine, who have used these critiques to call for an end to alleged "austerity."
This has sparked a ferocious national discussion over the relationship between the national debt and economic growth. Recently, as part of that discussion, Just Facts President James Agresti dug into both studies. What he found was devastating to the arguments put forth by Herndon, Ash and Pollen.
As Agresti documented at JustFactsDaily.com, Herndon, Ash and Pollen chose, in fact, to ignore their own conclusions. "The primary results are basically similar to Reinhart-Rogoff's: countries with debt/GDP ratios higher than 90 percent have notably lower economic growth."
What are those results? Agresti notes that Herndon, Ash and Pollen "found that advanced countries with national debts over 90 percent of GDP had 31 percent less economic growth than when their debts were 60-90 percent of GDP." This sounds oddly familiar. In fact, Reinhart-Rogoff's paper expects a 1.2 percent drop in economic output per year at 90 percent of GDP, while Herndon, Ash and Pollen say the percentage is about 1 percent at 90 percent of GDP. These are quite similar findings overall. Moreover, Agresti calculated that America's 2012 GDP would have been about $2.6 trillion less ($8,333 per American) had 1 percent less GDP been garnered annually for 20 years.
According to Herndon, Ash and Pollen and their supporters, Reinhart-Rogoff's work has been the intellectual basis of the "austerity" movement across the nation. Yet, as Agresti states, "such claims are belied by actual data on government spending from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)." Between the start and end of the Great Recession, total government spending increased by 17 percent, and from 2007 to 2012 government spending increased by 9 percent, as compared to the U.S. economy.
The critics still persist, however — even though Reinhart and Rogoff are not the only reputable economists claiming high debt is harmful. The Congressional Budget Office reported in February 2013 that $4 trillion in deficit reduction measures over 10 years would improve economic growth in the same time period, put out a 28-slide presentation outlining the dark fiscal future facing America under "current law," the more optimistic of the two projections the CBO generally makes about future policies. Here is one finding: By 2023, tax revenue will be higher than the 40-year average, but so will spending. Most of this spending is because of growth in Social Security and Medicare.
The consequences of this growing fiscal calamity are a concern, according to the CBO, for several reasons, including the "crowding out of capital investment," the loss of flexibility to lawmakers facing future challenges and "a heightened risk of a fiscal crisis."
So what is to be done? First, Van Hollen, Kaine and other supporters of Herndon, Ash and Pollen's conclusions should concede that Reinhart and Rogoff were largely correct in their paper. Additionally, Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republicans should explain how the debt is harming America now — which is seen in the tepid growth of the economy.
Once both sides publicly agree the debt is a problem, Congress should focus most of its attention on implementing policies that will prevent a fiscal crisis from arriving. This should start with the elimination of massive budget inefficiencies in Washington, thorough tax reform and the elimination of harmful regulations.
In the end, the answer to the growing debt problem the CBO, the Treasury Department and others see coming is simple: Washington must let the American economy flow once again without the Beltway's interference. Otherwise, the dark future they see will become more than a mere academic theory — it will be reality. And the willingness of Congress to ignore the problem for the sake of political expediency will be shown for the charlatan practice it is.
Kavon W. Nikrad is the founder and editor-in-chief of the campaign and elections website Race42016.com and a 2011-2012 policy fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs.


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A song shows the way to a new home
For nearly 20 years, the Somali capital Mogadishu has seen endless violence and chaos, with rival militias clashing in the streets. But to Mohammed Hadi, it was home. There, on the Indian Ocean, he remembers a more idyllic time.
"Mogadishu was a beautiful place," Hadi says. "Mogadishu has the nicest beaches I have ever seen. It was safe and you could sleep outside and no one would bother you. It was like heaven."
Life for Hadi changed forever in December 1989 when he returned from work and saw soldiers everywhere and his neighbors' children carrying guns.
Hadi fled Mogadishu with his wife and two daughters, ages one and four months. He had never been outside the city before. Hadi and his family spent three years in a refugee camp along the border of Kenya before emigrating to the United States.
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After living in Fargo for six months, they relocated to St. Paul where the family moved into the Habitat for Humanity house seven years ago.
"I helped build my house," he says proudly. "They cleared the place and I helped even dig the foundations. We also helped build our neighbors' homes too in Minneapolis and St. Paul, all around."
The meaning of home is at the heart of the Minnesota Chorale's "Sing Me a Home" concert. It's a multi-cultural and multi-generational perspective on the issue of affordable housing and the meaning of community. Several Habitat for Humanity families were interviewed for the project. Using transcriptions of those interviews, students created texts that were then set to music by local composers.
St. Paul Central High School senior Anne Goetz adapted Mohammed Hadi's story for the song sung by her high school's choir, "Here We Can Dream."
"He didn't take the home from Habitat for Humanity just for his family," she says. "He was really insistent that home should be a place for the whole community. When he built his own home he made sure there was a room expressly to be used by other Somali immigrants so that they could stay with him while they got back on their feet. That sense that home isn't just for one person or one family really jumped out at me and I wanted to bring that out in my piece."
Twin Cities composer David Evan Thomas wrote the music for "Here We Can Dream." He says it comes directly from Anne Goetz's poem. In preparation he listened to Somali music to understand the musical traditions the Hadi family came from, but he didn't try to copy them.
"There was really no way that I would have insight or a native kind of feeling for the culture," Thomas says. "I tried to find a middle ground where some of the rhythmic elements of African music might be present and that the piece would have a kind of rhythmic life to it. But harmony for me is very important and that's an element that's less important in Somali music, so I had to find a middle ground and a way to continue be my own compositional voice, but nod toward the culture."
The music Thomas and the other composers wrote for the Minnesota Chorale's "Sing Me a Home" concert is accessible enough that it can be sung easily by other groups. Minnesota Chorale Artistic Director Kathy Saltzman Romey says she wants the songs to have a life long after Saturday's concert at St. Olaf Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
"We've thought all along that this is a form of choral activism," Romey says. "We hope that perhaps Habitat communities around the country could take one of these songs and that a student chapter might sing it at a home dedication, or that a church organization that's building a Habitat home could take one of these texts and read it, because I do think that they reflect a larger whole and who we are as a greater community."
In the opening stanza of the song telling Mohammed Hadi's story, the text wistfully recalls life in the sunny Mogadishu of his youth, ending with the words "kani waa gurigii"--"this was home." At the end of the song, a "bitter wind" blows through St. Paul, but the singers affirm "Here We Can Dream" and conclude with the words, "this IS home."
"When I came here, I told my wife, 'This is it, this is our place and we're going to integrate,'" Hadi says. "This is where I'm going to end up dying."
In his new home, Mohammed Hadi teaches English as a second language at Arlington High School in St. Paul. He and his wife are raising a family of four. Their oldest daughter is graduating from high school and will attend the College of St. Catherine in the fall.


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From time to time, the body needs to be adequately cleansed in order to function better. To do this, people try out different cleansing methods with the aim to remove all harmful body toxins, to clear the skin, rejuvenate the organs, and maintain a youthful appearance.
Cleansing Soup
Soups are a great meal for detoxifying the body and supplying it with important nutrients. By cleansing the body, homemade soup will better the performance of the lymphatic system, lungs, gut, kidneys, liver, and the skin. The soups we've prepared for you today will also better the digestion and strengthen your immunity.Since they have fiber, these soups will boost your energy levels, control your blood sugar, and better your mental sanity. Homemade soups can also prevent diseases, rejuvenate the cells, encourage weight loss, and lower inflammation.
How Does the Soup Cleanse Work?
The soup cleanse should last 1 to 3 days, that is, the first phase begins with one day and one month later, the duration of the phase is three days. On a daily basis, you need to consume five to six bowls of soup. Besides adding veggies to the soup, you should also mix in healthy spices and herbs. During the detox period, you need to drink a lot of water to encourage the elimination of surplus water and toxins in the body. You need to drink half the amount of your weight in ounces of water daily.Additional tip: Prepare soup in advance and you will have soup for several days.
Detox Soup Ingredients
First, prepare a miso, bone, or vegetable broth.
Second, add spices like turmeric, ginger, cumin, garlic, cinnamon, etc.
Third, add the veggies like kale, spinach, zucchini, leeks, onions, carrots, etc.
Fourth, add starchy veggies like potatoes, acorn squash, parsnips, beets, etc.
Next, don't forget about proteins and make sure to add beans, nuts, or lentils
Additional ingredients you can put into the soup are coconut, avocado, or olive oil, ghee, etc.
Detox Soup Recipes
Broccoli detox soup
You will need:
- 2.5 cups of broccoli florets
- 3 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- A cup of kale or spinach
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 cups of vegetable or bone broth
- Half a tsp of sea salt
- Juice of half a lemon
- 2 tbsp of coconut oil
- 2 tbsp of collagen (optional)
Preparation: First, you need to heat the coconut oil in a pot and then add the broccoli, celery, and onion. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes and then add the broth. Leave it to simmer for 5 minutes or until all the ingredients blend and the soup is even and thick.
Carrot and ginger soup
You will need:
- 2 pounds of carrots, chopped
- 2 onions, chopped
- 6 cups of bone or vegetable broth
- 3 tbsp of fresh ginger, grated
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- A cup of coconut milk
- Sea salt, black pepper, and onion to taste
- 2 tbsp of ghee or coconut oil
- 2 tbsp of collagen (optional)
Preparation: Put the carrots, ginger, garlic, and broth in a pan and bring it to boil and then leave it to simmer. Next, sauté the onions in a pan and add the ghee and cook it until the texture is caramel-like. Then, put the onions and broth in a blender and blend them for a few minutes. At the end, add the coconut milk and seasonings and stir the content well.
Red lentil soup
You will need:
- ¼ cup of coconut oil, olive oil, or ghee
- 2 sweet potatoes, chopped
- An apple, chopped
- An onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- Half a cup of red lentils, rinsed
- Half a tsp of ground cumin
- Half a tsp of chili powder
- Half a tsp of paprika
- 4.5 cups of bone or vegetable broth
- 1-inch ginger root, minced
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- Coconut cream (optional)
First, warm up the olive oil on medium heat in a pot. Next, add the potatoes, apple, carrots, and onion and cook them for 10 minutes. Then, add the lentils, ginger, cumin, broth, chili powder, and paprika and let the soup boil. Leave it to simmer for 30 minutes or until everything softens. When the soup thickens, simmer it for a while and in the end, season it with coconut cream.
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Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
September 28, 2013
More than 12,000 alumni, parents and friends returned to campus for Homecoming and Reunion Weekend Sept. 27-28, 2013. Friday evening featured Forward Ever Forward: A Saint John's Celebration, which included the presentation of the Walter Reger Distinguished Alumnus Award to Jim Frey '78 and the announcement of Forward Ever Forward: The Campaign for Saint John's. Saturday included football and soccer games and the Celebration on the Tundra.
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Photo: Keo 101Working with people as a nutritionist, I'm often met with resistance. I try to explain how to make healthful food choices without using trigger words like "organic," "sustainable," or even "local."
"When I hear the word organic I think of Birkenstock-wearing hippies in Cambridge or Berkeley," one of my clients told me recently. Other clients have referred to whole, organic foods as "yuppie food."
There's no doubt that food choice and diet is an indicator of class and culture. But what perplexes me is this notion that eating a diet of processed, sugary junk foods is what "real Americans" eat.
According to food historian Felipe Fernandez-Arsmesto, author of Near a Thousand Tables, food has always been a marker of class and rank in any particular society. "Food became a social differentiator at a remote, undocumented moment when some people started to command more food resources than others," he writes, and later: "Class differentiation starts with the crudities of basic economics. People eat the best food they can afford: the preferred food of the rich therefore becomes a signifier of social aspirations."
But this isn't true in modern-day America. The preferred food of the rich is now considered elitist and scoffed at by many Americans. In fact, there is data to suggest that even though many Americans can afford higher-quality foods, they chose to eat cheaper and less nutritious foods. Jane Black and Brent Cunningham wrote an op-ed recently about this in the Washington Post:
Many in this country who have access to good food and can afford it simply don't think it's important. To them, food has become a front in America's culture wars, and the crusade against fast and processed food is an obsession of "elites," not "real Americans."
I would argue that the advertising agencies that work hand-in-hand with the big players of industrial food should take much of the blame for this change. Within the span of three short generations, Americans have come to accept industrial food as their mainstay — not only have they accepted it, they defend it like they'd defend the American flag as a symbol of their patriotism and allegiance to the "real" America.
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There's some perverse logic at work here, and it strikes me as vaguely similar to "Stockholm syndrome" — a paradoxical psychological phenomenon in which hostages express adulation and positive feelings towards their captors. While Americans are not experiencing a physical captivity, they are deeply mired in a psychological condition in which they're captive to industrial food products and the corresponding ideologies that are ultimately harming them. Call it the American Fast Food Syndrome.
Part of the problem is that most Americans don't realize that industrial food is a relatively recent development in the history of agriculture. Although human beings have been cultivating food for more than 10,000 years, industrial agriculture as we know it today has only been around for about 60 years. To many Americans, industrial food — food processed and packaged into cheap, convenient calorie-delivery vehicles — is simply "food." They assume this is the way it has always been. Americans have all but forgotten that food might be the product of a farm and not a factory.
I think it's safe to say we've reached peak indoctrination: two out of three Americans is obese or overweight and one out of five 4-year-olds is obese. This is more than just a coincidence as we embrace our American industrial food diet wholeheartedly.
The fact that food advertising is a completely unregulated force doesn't help. Advertisers spend billions of dollars on campaigns to make us want to buy their products. In her book Diet for a Hot Planet, Anna Lappé writes of a sly technique advertisers often use. The food industry "is skilled at inoculation messaging, and part of its success comes from the 'we're one of you' pitch … The message, whether from Perdue, Nestle, or Cargill, is that these companies are like us; they care about the same things we do. It's a message that forms another strand of the inoculation strategy."
This "we're one of you" ideology coupled with industrial food products' corresponding affordability is slick marketing at its best.
You may remember a similar strategy used by Sarah Palin and John McCain in their 2008 presidential campaign. Palin's constant invocation of Joe the Plumber, Joe Six Pack, and soccer moms was the same "we're one of you" rhetoric. Palin worked this angle again recently when she came running to the defense of the "real" Americans as she personally gave out cookies to elementary school students in her effort to stop the food police from depriving children of their god-given right to eat sugar-laden, processed foods. (Tom Laskawy wrote about GOP's anti-good-food backlash for Grist.)
These messages, from advertisers and politicians alike, are drowning out a sensible approach to healthy eating and improved quality of life for many Americans.
Free your mind and your waistline will follow
I know that when people stop eating processed foods and start cooking whole foods, it's nothing short of a revelation. My clients experience a transformation when they cut out junk foods — they lose weight, improve chronic health conditions, and feel better than they ever have before. Unfortunately, many Americans who really need guidance on healthy eating and cooking won't get it. What they will get instead is a constant barrage of advertising for cheap industrial foods, paired with the all-American rhetoric of Sarah Palin and her ilk.
Until all Americans see industrial food for what it really is, education about healthier food options will remain a cultural battle. We can blame specific ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup or trans-fats indefinitely, but for a large portion of Americans, their cultural identity seems to be tied up in Big Macs, fries, and Cokes. As long as the food industry continues to succeed at imbuing their products with a particular sense of American authenticity, and as long as Americans continue to buy this image — and reject the organic, sustainable, and local food movement as part of some liberal agenda — we will remain a country in the midst of a dire health and food crisis.
A version of this post first appeared on Civil Eats.


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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some awesome articles on things teens should do with their money, keeping your receipts in order, and planning for a new financial paradigm.
5 Things Teens Should Do With Their Money — Encourage your teen to save and invest his or her money. [Christian PF]
8 Tips to Keep Your Receipts in Order — Keep your receipts in order by using sites and apps. [PopSugar Smart Living]
Planning for a new financial paradigm — When planning for a new financial paradigm, don't lose your old self in your new finances. [Get Rich Slowly]
Is Your Online Activity Jeopardizing Your Job? — Your online activity is important when it comes to whether or not you get hired. [MoneyNing]
How Are Your Taxes Prepared? — Did you know 60% of people have their taxes prepared by an expert? [Free Money Finance]
11 Ways Women Can Save Money on a New Car — To save money on a new car, women can develop relationships with Internet salespeople. [Forbes]
3 tips for avoiding an IRS audit — If you want to avoid getting audited, check your work on your tax forms. [Money Blue Book]
Potluck: A Fiscal Attitude Worth Adopting — If you are going to host a potluck party, make sure you have a theme! [Five Cent Nickel]
3 basic steps to creating a retirement plan — The first step in creating a retirement plan is to take stock of where you stand. [CNNMoney]
5 Quick Dinner Ideas for Busy Nights — On busy nights, consider making scrambled egg burritos for dinner. [Parenting Squad]
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During an appearance on NFL Network Tuesday, the sixth-year tailback explored the idea of pairing with the cross-town, cross-conference New York Jets.
"Whoever I feel that I can get a better chance of playing and helping," Bradshaw said, via the Newark Star-Ledger. "… The New York Jets are a team that I'm excited to hear about, just to stay home, not make a big move from New York. It's just right across the street from where I am now." (photo: Zruda, Flickr)
Bradshaw was released by the Giants last week. Coming off a foot procedure -- his third in as many years -- he'll need to prove he can still trot like the 1,000-plus-yard rusher he was in 2010 and 2012.
The Jets shouldn't and likely won't bring back running back Shonn Greene, who is slated to hit free agency in March. Gang Green has a progressing tailback in Bilal Powell and a change-of-pace back in Joe McKnight, but the offensive backfield could use a shot in the arm.
If Bradshaw can come at a reasonable price, the Jets could make a move. While they're not in spending mode, they'll be in a much better situation when they drop linebackers Bart Scott and Calvin Pace and tackle Jason Smith, which will knock down their cap number by nearly $30 million.
Other free agent running backs about to hit the market are Rashard Mendenhall, Felix Jones and Cedric Benson. The Jets could also target RB in the draft. We'll just have to wait and see.
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The Age: Bernard McGrath, the Australian paedophile wanted on more than 250 child sex charges, has beaten law enforcement agencies again, fleeing Sri Lanka last week.
McGrath, wanted since June, was reportedly living on a tea plantation in the Sri Lankan midlands, having skipped out of New Zealand ahead of an order for his extradition to Australia.
The Controller-General at Sri Lanka's Department of Immigration and Emigration, Chulananda Perera, confirmed to Fairfax Media on Sunday that McGrath had fled the country: "Yes, he has left Sri Lanka. He is gone this [past] week."
It is understood McGrath took an overnight flight to Singapore late last week.
Law-enforcement agencies were not aware he had left the country, as there had been no formal Interpol warrant issued for his arrest. However, it is understood the Criminal Investigation Department had begun a search for him last week, and the Chairman of Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority Anoma Dissanayake said she had alerted the Immigration Department to McGrath's presence in the country. The 65-year-old McGrath is alleged to have repeatedly raped, molested, and abused dozens of young boys at Church-run institutions in the Newcastle-Maitland diocese over several decades.
In 2006, he was jailed for two years in New Zealand for sexually abusing young boys there.
Paroled in 2008, he was living in Christchurch until this year.
On 27 June, a court in Newcastle laid 252 abuse charges against him, dating to the 1970s. McGrath faces 30 counts of homosexual intercourse with a male between the age of 10 and 18, 30 counts of homosexual intercourse between a teacher and a student aged between 10 and 18, and 102 charges of indecent assault.
It is understood a number of the charges relate to McGrath's time as a brother at the notorious Kendall Grange College in Morisset, New South Wales.
NSW police were to seek McGrath's extradition from New Zealand. But he was allowed to fly out of that country, even after the charges were laid against him in Australia, a New Zealand police source saying the formal extradition request from Interpol was delayed five months.
The order to arrest McGrath arrived with New Zealand Police only on 15 November, months after McGrath allegedly left the country. Sri Lanka is a known haven for paedophiles, particularly outside of its major cities, and organised child-sex rings are known to operate throughout the country.
McGrath's current whereabouts are unknown.


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Grappling with who's ultimately responsible, Laguna Beach's City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to proceed with a social host ordinance that would make it illegal for adults to serve alcohol to teenagers other than their own. City staff was directed to draft such a measure and present it at a later date. If enacted, Laguna will be the fourth city in the county to do so, following Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills and Irvine.
Laguna's police Chief Paul Workman said the proposed ordinance will not single out parents who are hosting teenage parties, but puts the onus on anyone 18 or older who is "in control of a residence" and providing alcohol to underage guests. Workman acknowledged that such a measure is not the end-all for curbing underage drinking in Laguna Beach but a tool to assist police in curtailing the problem.
"It's a greater problem than parents who are hosting a party," explained Workman.
Several council members expressed concern over potential ramifications at private parties where teenagers are permitted to drink. Council members Verna Rollinger and Toni Iseman asked for options that would provide exceptions for homecoming parties, particularly for U.S. soldiers, rather than a broad-sweeping crackdown.
Other residents who opposed underage drinking felt the ordinance curtailed freedom and failed to put responsibility where it belonged. Approximately 20 people spoke on the proposed ordinance with several from local schools and the school board.
"I urge that minors take responsibility for their own actions," commented Schuyler Vanderveen, a junior at Laguna Beach High School. "High school students aren't going to parties unaware of the dangers of drugs and alcohol. We've been educated about the long-term effects of alcohol on our livers and the lethal effects of overdoses and we've learned of the soul-crushing oppression that is addiction."
Vanderveen said his peers understand the risks they're taking. "We've had it beaten into our skulls before we reach double-digits by programs like DARE," he said. "Placing the blame for our mistakes on parents who may not know a party is occurring inside their homes is not the answer."
Workman said the ordinance would not allow police to target unaware or away parents and "hunt them down." Council member Elizabeth Pearson added: "This is called a social host ordinance for a reason. It's about the adults. It's about penalizing the adults who are providing the alcohol."
Robert Winoker, director of the emergency departments at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo and in Laguna Beach, sees the proposed ordinance as a wake-up call. "I don't see this as a personal freedom issue. I see this as parents stepping up to the plate and accepting responsibility for what's going on in our community of underage drinking taking place in their absence," he said.
"We see the effects every day at Mission Hospital of drinking, underage and overage, and many deaths. Approximately 25 to 40 percent of our trauma patients are alcohol related accidents. It's about preventing deaths. It's about preventing kids from getting into cars and driving and ending up in our hospitals in our trauma unit and dead. If we were ahead on this program, this would be on the decline, not on the rise."
Options suggested for the ordinance include a six-month period to inform residents about the penalties, and then a warning, followed by escalating fines as well as making the ordinance apply only to incidents involving teenagers under 18 years old. "Behavior modification is what we're after," said Rollinger.
Iseman said a video of an intoxicated woman she encountered at a recent concert would provide a silent cure. "I would just take 15 minutes of photographing her and her behavior and show the class without a comment, then ask students: 'What do you think about that?' Let people see what happens when they get beyond stupid. That is part of this education." Iseman said she hopes the ordinance opens up community dialog about underage drinking and related health risks.
Local high school students had mixed opinions. Macklin Thornton, who described himself as a champion for freedom, said he finds it "despicable" for adults who want to look cool to provide alcohol at teen parties. "These parents only cheapen and tarnish my hope of a new culture," he said. He added that prohibiting a behavior can trigger the opposite effect. "When the government restricts a group of people, those people will fight back."
But Ellie Sharf, a sophomore, said most teenagers are confused about alcohol. "Statistics say that children who start drinking at an early age, their brain is 10 percent smaller than kids who don't drink and wouldn't drink until their brain is fully developed," she said. "You can't reach your full potential if you're partaking in this."
Town elder Bruce Hopping, supporter of the arts and youth programs, avid waterman and 62-year resident, also weighed in on the problem. "If you imprint respect for the human body, you will not abuse it nor will you abuse other persons nor will you abuse the environment and the creatures therein," he commented. "That will extend to good citizenship and respect for the laws.
"We have more people in jail than any other nation in the world, mostly for abusing drug laws. That hasn't stopped the war on drugs; we import more cocaine than any other nation in the world. We should imprint our youngsters with a sense of self-esteem. The reason why the Olympians 2,500 years ago ran their games without clothes is because they had respect for all of the body. Don't put another law on the line. Develop self-respect and you won't abuse the law."


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Press Release
Ralph Lauren Corporation Resolves
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation
and Agrees to Pay $882,000 Monetary Penalty
For Immediate Release
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Ralph Lauren Corporation (RLC), a New York based apparel company, has agreed to pay an $882,000 penalty to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by bribing government officials in Argentina to obtain improper customs clearance of merchandise, announced Mythili Raman, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and Loretta E. Lynch, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
According to the agreement, the manager of RLC's subsidiary in Argentina bribed customs officials in Argentina over the span of five years to improperly obtain paperwork necessary for goods to clear customs; permit clearance of items without the necessary paperwork and/or the clearance of prohibited items; and on occasion, to avoid inspection entirely. RLC's employee disguised the payments by funneling them through a customs clearance agency, which created fake invoices to justify the improper payments. During these five years, RLC did not have an anti-corruption program and did not provide any anti-corruption training or oversight with respect to its subsidiary in Argentina.
In addition to the monetary penalty, RLC agreed to cooperate with the Department of Justice, to report periodically to the department concerning RLC's compliance efforts, and to continue to implement an enhanced compliance program and internal controls designed to prevent and detect FCPA violations. If RLC abides by the terms of the agreement, the Department will not prosecute RLC in connection with the conduct.
The agreement acknowledges RLC's extensive, thorough, and timely cooperation, including self-disclosure of the misconduct, voluntarily making employees available for interviews, making voluntary document disclosures, conducting a worldwide risk assessment, and making multiple presentations to the Department on the status and findings of the internal investigation and the risk assessment. In addition, RLC has engaged in early and extensive remediation, including conducting extensive FCPA training for employees worldwide, enhancing the company's existing FCPA policy, implementing an enhanced gift policy and other enhanced compliance, control and anti-corruption policies and procedures, enhancing its due diligence protocol for third-party agents, terminating culpable employees and a third-party agent, instituting a whistleblower hotline, and hiring a designated corporate compliance attorney.
In a related matter, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a non-prosecution agreement with RLC , in which RLC agreed to pay $$734,846 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Daniel S. Kahn of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and Sarah Coyne, Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section of the Eastern District of New York. The case was investigated by the FBI's New York Field Office. The department acknowledges and expresses its appreciation for the assistance provided by the SEC's Division of Enforcement.
Additional information about the Justice Department's FCPA enforcement efforts can be found at www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa.
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KANO— THE factional chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano State, Hussaini Mairiga, yesterdaty came down hard on President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a total failure.
Mairiga, who spoke with journalists in Kano, said "from the looks of things, President Buhari has betrayed the confidence of the Nigerian masses who voted for him massively into power." The factional chairman said it was not an exaggeration that members of many families in the country go to bed without at least one square meal, while others had fled their homes because they could no longer provide the basic needs of life for their loved ones.
Mairiga, who is known for his bluntness, expressed worry that after one year of the Buhari administration in power, there was nothing to show while poverty in the country had reached an unprecedented level.
He lamented that while a bag of rice now sold for N16, 000, prices of other essentials commodities had tripled. Mairiga noted with dismay that prices of goods were rising at a time the ordinary man did not have money to make a living. Another disturbing scenario, according to the factional APC chairman, was that those around the president, including his ministers, had refused to tell him the truth and advice on the reality on ground.
He reminded Buhari of his campaign promises, stating that he did not like the way the masses were allowed to wallow in destitution and penury. He said Nigerians were in the worst condition that needed urgent attention.
The APC chairman advised the President to stop deceiving Nigerians that the nation had no money whereas on monthly basis, the federal and states governments continued to enjoy a boost in their allocations.
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Slow pace of carbon cuts brings catastrophic climate change closer: UN
The gap between the carbon emission cuts pledged and the cuts scientists say are needed has widened, report warnsquoting 'warnings' from those in the business who know. Warnings about the gap between what needs to be done in terms of GHG reductions and actual achievements. UNEP director Steiner and UN
Climate Chief Figueres warn that 'time is running out' but that there is still a chance to stay within the 2 degree limit. The European Environment Agency says "Climate change is a reality around the world, and the extent and speed of change is becoming ever more evident. This means that every part of the economy, including households, needs to adapt as well as reduce emissions."
Last week the journal Nature carried a comment from finance capitalist Jeremy Grantham, encouraging climate scientists to speak out. He is not concerned about overselling, because the reverse is more unethical. He wrote: 'Overstatement may generally be dangerous in science (it certainly is for careers) but for climate change, uniquely, understatement is even riskier and therefore, arguably, unethical.' He even thinks scientists should get arrested, if necessary (necessary for what?): 'It is crucial that scientists take more career risks and sound a more realistic, more desperate, note on the global-warming problem. Younger scientists are obsessed by thoughts of tenure, so it is probably up to older, senior and retired scientists to do the heavy lifting. Be arrested if necessary. This is not only the crisis of your lives — it is also the crisis of our species' existence. I implore you to be brave.' Will this make an impression on the old guard?
We now had 17 Conferences of the parties, none leading to the desired result. The 15th was supposed the crucial one, but the most disappointing. This time the expectations are lower, but the pre-COP rhetoric has not changed register. Will this old script attract any new audiences? Is there anything attractive in the announcements? Rhetorical questions, I know.


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It's win and they host for the BC Lions this weekend as they play the final home game of the regular season against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. A home playoff game for the first time since 2012 is in the sights of Wally Buono's squad. We look back a little at the final game at Mosaic Stadium, and chat with a couple of long time Lions fans, when listeners Chris Allan and Chris Jones join the show for a new Lions roundtable segment.
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Van Lang University, Vietnam
The Opportunity
Founded in 1995, Van Lang University is one of the first and most distinguished private universities in Vietnam. With three sprawling facilities across Ho Chi Minh City, Van Lang University offers an array of educational amenities, including an expansive technology center, a smart library and a world-class concert hall. In order to provide exceptional sound and lighting for events in their concert hall, Van Lang University required a powerful yet easy-to-use audio, lighting and control solution.
The Solution
Ba Sao Investment Co., Ltd. equipped Van Lang University's concert hall with a JBL VRX932LAP line array loudspeaker system and VRX918SP line array subwoofers for class-leading sound with brilliant highs and deep lows. JBL PRX815W floor monitors provide speakers and performers with clear, intelligible sound while on stage. Ba Sao also selected JBL LSR305 powered studio monitors for their detailed, accurate sound.
Chosen for its unrivaled sound quality and intuitive workflow, Ba Sao installed a Soundcraft Si Impact digital mixing console to provide front-of-house engineers with total control over the sound in the concert hall. A Soundcraft Mini Stagebox 32R and dbx dB12 direct boxes offer rugged, durable solutions for connecting equipment on stage.
In order to capture exceptional sound for speakers and performers on stage, Ba Sao provided the University with AKG D5 professional dynamic vocal microphones and WMS470 D5 professional multichannel wireless microphone systems. AKG IVM 4 in-ear monitoring systems provide musicians, vocalists and presenters with crystal-clear sound while performing on stage. The system also utilized AKG antennas, power supplies and splitters.
Selected for their robust routing options and advanced signal processing capabilities, BSS BLU-100 signal processors and EX-8BV-BLK-EU Ethernet controllers provide the staff at the University with an intuitive interface for controlling sound and lighting in the concert hall.
In order to deliver dazzling lighting displays, Ba Sao equipped the concert hall with an array of Martin Professional lighting fixtures and a JEM ZR25 fog machine. A Martin M2PC lighting control surface enables staff to quickly create professional lighting displays.
The Impact
"Van Lang is one of the most prestigious universities in Vietnam, and they required a state-of-the-art AVLC solution to produce world-class events in their concert hall," said Nguyen Huu Tuan, Sales Director, Ba Sao Investment Co. Ltd. "Aiming to provide the University with a user-friendly system, we selected a range of HARMAN Professional products for their unrivaled flexibility, intuitive controls and superior sound and light quality."
"We wanted to install a modern AV system in our concert hall with enough flexibility to handle events of any size," said Minh Tri, Operations Manager, Van Lang University. "We asked Ba Sao to design a future-proof AV and lighting system with effective communication and collaboration tools as well intuitive controls. Our new HARMAN AV system is easy for our staff and students to learn and operate, and provides us with everything we need to produce successful events."