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Last year I already declared my love for the Tuscan countryside after visiting my dear friend Barbara from the label Area di Barbara Bologna. When the opportunity arose to pay another visit to her studio and the surrounding cities Florence, Pisa and Lucca, I didn't hesistate for long. This time around I was accompanied by friends and experienced a totally new side of Florence, a city which I can wholeheartedly claim now as one of the most beautiful places in Europe. Whether it is the relaxed "dolce far niente" athmosphere, fantastic food, friendly people or the amazing surrounding nature, this is where my soul is at ease. There are not too many places left in the world that make your heart skip a beat, or rather create a calm, stress free pulse. It's no wonder I'm already getting an itch to visit Tuscany again.
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Year in and year out it becomes ever so clear why producers should garner as much recognition as their lyrical counterparts. Would "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" be as heralded as it is without Pete Rock's soulful backdrop? Would Snoop Dogg's "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" turn the party out as hard if Dr. Dre's signature G-funk drums were missing? History has shown time and time again the significance of the contributions being made by the ones behind the board, and 2012 was no different.
Not only did the usual suspects deliver some of the best records of their careers, newer talents likewise staked their claim for respect and admiration amongst their peers. In that respect, it was difficult to pick just five individuals as the entry pool was ripe with certifiable beat makers who made this year what it was. With that said, these are the five producers we feel pushed the envelope in 2012. Some are older, some are younger. Some cater more toward a mainstream appeal, while others are deep in the underground scene. And yet, what they all have in common is a mutual passion for their craft. Furthermore, they know how to elevate an emcee's game without compromising their own abilities. These, simply put, are the best producers of 2012.
Just like our favorite emcees, what we expect from our most prized producers is quality control and consistency. However, to describe what Alchemist did this year in that way would be a vast understatement. It seemed like every month the veteran producer was releasing a new project, and rarely were his listeners let down by his execution. His contributions to the collaborative Vodka & Ayahuasca with fellow producer-rapper Oh No were cryptically enthralling, Russian Roulette was a seminal piece of impassioned art, and his joint effort with Action Bronson on Rare Chandeliers was the icing on the proverbially cake. With the amount of work that he put in this year, there would subsequently be too many highlights to name here. Without a doubt, 2012 was the year of Alchemist.
Harry Fraud
While he's been producing for quite some time, Harry Fraud's presence within Hip Hop didn't fully emerge until last year when he laid down the backdrop to French Montana's New York-centric club record "Shot Caller." Ever since then, the Brooklyn-native has been on a roll, collaborating on full-length projects with the likes of Curren$y (Cigarette Boats) and Smoke DZA (Rugby Thompson), as well as continuing his musical relationship with Montana. His standout cuts for this year included "Kenny Powers," "Ashtray," "Bird On A Wire" and "The Zenith," which matched him up alongside Maybach Music Group. With plans of an Action Bronson project (Saab Stories) just on the horizon, there's no doubt that Harry Fraud will continue his success into 2013.
Mike WiLL Made It
If the club (gentleman's included) is somewhere you frequent, chances are Mike WiLL Made It and his layered beats were the soundtrack for the night. In fact, the Atlanta-bred producer seemed to be featured everywhere this year, and his versatility likewise knew no bounds. "No Lie" had the males scheming, "Bandz A Make Her Dance" had the ladies doing exactly what the title declares and "Turn On The Lights" and its infectiously sensual beat had us doing the two step, even if Future did all he could to bury the record vocally. Club joints aside, where Mike WiLL Made It found his biggest strides were on album cuts that didn't get the radio treatment. Built over a hazy melody and throbbing drums, ScHoolBoy Q's "My Hatin' Joint" was a slice of Hip Hop success while "Just a Sign" fittingly brought out a lyrically-introspective B.o.B. on Strange Clouds. When you hear Mike WiLL's tagline next year, rest assured what's coming is heat.
You could say 2012 was a resurgence of sorts for El-P. Seemingly languishing away as business concerns with Definitive Jux took up the majority of his time the last few years, El-P surprisingly made his return on R.A.P. Music, a collaborative album that paired him with veteran Atlanta emcee Killer Mike. While Mike received countless praise for his top-notch lyricism and execution, El-P was just as good on the production side, serving up records like "Reagan" and "Southern Fried" that showcased his knack for visceral craftsmanship. Not more than a week later he released his fourth album Cancer 4 Cure, which further solidified his presence that few could match. Even if El-P isn't as productive in 2013 as he was this year, his latest efforts will most certainly not go unrecognized.
Hit-Boy has quickly become a go-to producer for many within the industry, and with good reason considering his 2012 achievements. One of G.O.O.D. Music's in-house beat makers, the 25-year-old provided his crew with the posse cut "Clique" as well as Kanye West's 2012 magnum opus "Cold." The heat didn't stop there, as work with A$AP Rocky ("Goldie"), Kendrick Lamar ("Backseat Freestyle") and Nicki Minaj ("I Am Your Leader") heeded impressive results. While his own debut, HITstory, was subpar on the lyrical side, he still came through with an onslaught of fresh cuts ("Old School Caddy," "Fan") that gave the project much-needed depth. He even blended an urban vibe with Pop sensibility on "Right Here," stretching out his comfort zone for a record that could be enjoyed regardless of your take on Justin Bieber.
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To get ahead in today's hyper-competitive marketplace, your business has to take advantage of the data you already have and mine that data to give you new insight, metrics, and clues to what drives successful customer interactions. In Pro SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence Solutions, you'll learn exactly how to unlock that magic, build business intelligence facilities on SharePoint, and glean insights from data to propel your business to the next level.
To understand the various business intelligence offerings in SharePoint 2013, you need to understand the core SQL Server business intelligence concepts, and the first part of the book presents a comprehensive tutorial on those fundamentals. Pro SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence Solutions then focuses on specific SharePoint business intelligence investments including:
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Dunn Guest House
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- See on map: 40 Mountain Avenue
- Renovated 2001
- 8,463 square feet
Standing next to historic Libbey Forum and christened in honor of Robert Dunn '50, L.H.D. '99 and Gladys Bovino Dunn '51, the 19th-century farmhouse has become the first ever Bates College guest house.
The three-floor house offers five guest rooms for special visitors, including honorary degree recipients, acclaimed speakers or performers, and other friends of the College. A three-room common space dominates the first floor, while the second floor features three bedrooms. The third floor features a suite of rooms. A handicapped-accessible room will adjoin the main building on the first floor.


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Although it wasn't a total win for homeowners and sellers, the patchwork legislation that emerged from the "fiscal cliff" fracas on Capitol Hill came pretty close.
In fact, it even reached back and resuscitated two key tax benefits for housing that had expired more than a year ago. Now homeowners will be able to take deductions on their upcoming 2012 tax returns that they assumed were no longer available.
Here's a quick tally sheet on what the new legislation could mean for you as a buyer, seller or owner.
>> Do you, like millions of Americans, pay mortgage insurance premiums or guarantee fees on an FHA, VA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Rural Housing loan? The American Taxpayer Relief Act - the fiscal cliff compromise bill - allows you to write off the insurance premiums you paid during 2012 along with your mortgage interest, provided your household income does not exceed $110,000. Legal authorization for this deduction expired at the end of 2011. But the new bill retroactively permits write-offs for all of 2012 and 2013 for qualified borrowers.
>> Did you do some energy efficiency renovations in your home during 2012, installing insulation, energy-saving windows, doors, roofing material, non-solar water heaters and the like? Maybe you're thinking about doing a little green rehab in 2013? For either year, you may be able to claim up to a $500 tax credit thanks to the revival of a home energy improvement incentive that lapsed in 2011. Five hundred bucks may not sound huge, but remember: It's a credit, not a deduction, so it means $500 off the bottom line of your federal tax return.
>> Are you planning a short sale of your underwater home this year or hoping to receive a principal reduction on your loan as a result of a mortgage modification by your lender? The new legislation reautho-rized the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act that had been scheduled to terminate Dec. 31, and spares you potentially punitive federal taxes on the amount forgiven. Had the debt relief exception in the tax code not been renewed, large numbers of underwater owners participating in short sales - where banks agree to accept less than the full amounts owed on a loan as part of a sale to a new buyer or investor - would have faced taxation on the full amount forgiven, as if it were regular income.
Lenders and real estate brokers say thousands of financially distressed homeowners would have been devastated by the expiration. Alexis Eldorrado, a Chicago-area real estate specialist in short sales, says she has five clients who are underwater on their mortgages by an average of $100,000, and awaiting short sale closings in the coming weeks. They probably would have had to file for bankruptcy - or go to foreclosure - had Congress not renewed the debt forgiveness law, she said, because none of them could afford to pay taxes on $100,000 they never actually received.
What's in the legislation that some buyers or sellers might not like? Start with steeper capital gains taxes for high-income sellers with big gains that exceed current federal exclusion limits of $250,000 (single tax filers) and $500,000 (married joint filers). Say you are a single earner and earn more than $400,000, or you're married, file jointly and earn more than $450,000. Under the new legislation, you can expect to pay 20 percent on capital gains. So if you sell your principal residence this year and your gain on the sale is $750,000, the capital gains tax on the $250,000 excess above the $500,000 exclusion limit will be at 20 percent, rather than 15 percent. Sellers with income below the $400,000 threshold will still pay capital gains taxes at 15 percent, and earners at the two lowest tax brackets will pay zero on capital gains.
Another negative: The fiscal cliff deal limits deductions for mortgage interest, property taxes, charitable donations and other write-offs for single-filing taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes above $250,000 and married joint-filers above $300,000. The formula it uses is complex, but it could amount to about $1,000 in additional tax liability for a couple with an income around $400,000, according to housing industry esti-mates.
All in all, not so bad. Then again, major tax reform efforts are coming this spring, with mortgage interest and other real estate write-offs prominent among the targets. So enjoy the fiscal cliff bill results - at least for a little while.
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Website design standards continue to evolve and grow more sophisticated. Tables are out; CSS is in. Flash is out (or should at least be used sparingly): HTML5 is (almost) in. Screen sizes now range from small smartphone screens to large, widescreen desktop monitors.
Beyond the technology, website designs are becoming more visually rich, with increasing use of animation, lush photography and beyond-the-ordinary typefaces. What website design trends should graphic artists take note of? How can you add life to a standard signup form? How can you utilize texture, transparency, and even Twitter to spice up website design? How do you know when it's time to redesign your website? What strategic considerations should guide user experience design?
Discover the answers to these questions along with a heavy dose of artistic inspiration here in 27 of the best website design guides, tips and insights of the past year.
Visual Website Design
33 Beautiful Social Media Icon Sets For Designers And Bloggers by WebDesignBooth
Why settle for plain social media icons on your website or blog when you can add personality with these sets, featuring social media icons in woodgrain, blue jelly, hand-drawn doodle, origami, chrome, grunge, crumpled paper and other outside-the-box styles.
20 Resources for Displaying Twitter Updates by Mashable
Jacob Gube presents 15 examples of creative and unique ways that organizations have integrated Twitter feeds on their websites, plus five resources to help display a Tweet feed on any site.
Get Inspired: Beautiful Examples of Textures in Web Design by 1stwebdesigner
Ari Suardiyanti shares five types of texture usage in web design in this lavishly illustrated collection of examples.
39 Brilliantly Designed Login and Sign Up Web Forms by CreativeFan
As with 404 error pages, sign-up forms don't have to be plain and boring. Eric Shafer here compiles a remarkable collection of playful, epic and otherwise visually interesting sign-up and login forms from around the web.
60 Beautiful Corporate Website Designs for Your Inspiration by Oneextrapixel
Hilde Torbjornsen presents a compilation of visually stunning examples of corporate web design, mostly from very large organizations like Sony and Ford Motor Company. Much of the photography is dazzling. No clipart here.
60 Excellent and Beautiful Flash Websites For Inspiration by Tripwire Magazine
Dustin Betonio exhibits a gallery of remarkable Flash design examples from agencies, brands and elsewhere.
30 Fresh Inspirational Web Designs by CreativeFan
Writing "web design inspiration can help you stay up to date on current trends, as well as seeing how to structure designs, control color palettes, work with usability, and understand the overall design process," Eric Shafer shares a gallery of beautiful and remarkable website designs.
40 Great Examples Of Transparency In Website Design by SpyreStudios
Jon Phillips notes that "Transparency is one of those things that can really add depth and make a website design pop – when it's done right," then provides 40 dazzling examples.
Website design: 12 sites dissected by iMedia Connection
Lisa Wehr uses a dozen examples to explain how visually rich design can be combined with user experience testing to create sites that are both beautiful and effective. Though her focus is on ecommerce sites, many of the principles apply more broadly.
25 Websites Featuring Stunning Typography by Site Sketch 101
Effects like texture, Flash and transparency aren't the only ways to make a site that's visually arresting; Nicholas Cardot shows how typography can be employed to produce websites that really pop as well.
23 Logos (With Innovative Ideas) That Make You Say WOW by Smashing Apps
An inspirational collection of impressively executed logos: clever, creative, cunning and cool.
Web Design Strategy
Web Visitors: Make Them Stick 10 Tips by SEO Wizardry
You spend a lot of time, effort and money to attract visitors to your site. In this post, Pete Hollier provides 10 tips to keep those visitors on your site for as long as possible, like living up to expectations (one would hope so!), making the site visually appealing, minimizing page load times and making your site easy to share.
5 ways to improve a website's "brand voice" by iMedia Connection
Tim Garrigan recommends providing site search capability that gives visitors multiple ways to find content and using labels in your navigation that are clear to visitors (and not based on internal lingo) among other tips for optimizing the user experience on your site.
The Web Strategy Pyramid: A Well-balanced Web Strategy by Six Revisions
Jason Schubring suggests designing a site based on a five-layer pyramid model with content at the base, PPC at the top, and usability, SEO and social media sandwiched between.
5 Things That Websites Need in 2010! by Social Media Dudes
Five ways to separate your site from the millions of others out there, such as CSS—no, not cascading style sheets (they are a standard) but rather by crafting a design that is Clean, Simple and Straight to the point.
7 ways to improve your homepage by iMedia Connection
Robin Stevens recommends communicating a clear value proposition, providing a clearly marked and functional site search capability, and formatting content for the way people use websites (they don't read, they scan) among other best practices for optimizing your site's single most important page.
5 Items to Delete From Your Website Today by HubSpot Blog
As websites become more complex, with video, Flash, social media icons and more, Brian Halligan offers a handful of suggestions for what to remove from your site, such as industry jargon and long blocks of text.
5 reasons people hate your website by iMedia Connection
Lisa Wehr (again) advises that if you don't want visitors to click away from your site screaming, avoid these five sins of web design such as having "a site that looks old, washed up, and like it was designed and launched in 1997" or appearing "socially inept" through the lack of any mention of your social media presence.
Is It Time For A Website Redesign? by B2C Marketing Insider
Josh Levine list seven questions to ask to determine if it's time for a complete site redesign; answer "no" to any of these questions (e.g., is your site flexible? Are you utilizing social media?), and it's a "yes" that it's time to think about a new website.
Why marketers need open-source CMS solutions by iMedia Connection
Contending that "proprietary, commercial CMS solutions, such as Autonomy's Interwoven and Microsoft's CMS, are expensive, difficult to maintain without paid support from their vendors, and limited in terms of their customizability," John Bosso reviews three popular open source alternatives that give marketers maximal flexibility at minimal cost.
Google Instant Previews Makes Site Design A Priority by MediaPost Online Media Daily
Frequent best-of contributor Laurie Sullivan explains how the Instant Preview feature in Google search works, and why it "could prompt an increase in demand for designers and put more emphasis on colors and page layout…(and) have brands scrambling to redesign Web sites."
6 reasons to rethink your website by iMedia Connection
Frank O'Brien outlines six ways to develop an awesome website, "an experience that engages your audience," from incorporating social elements and creating an integrated marketing network (hmm, sounds a bit like web presence optimization), to rewarding your brand advocates.
Mobile Website Design
How to Create a Mobile Version of your Website by 1stwebdesigner
Abhishek Bhardwaj discusses "key aspects & techniques that a web developer/designer must follow to have a clean & professional looking mobile version of any website," with sections on layout, coding and tools.
8 Tools for Easily Creating a Mobile Version of Your Website by American Express OPEN Forum
Jacob Gube (busy guy) here reviews eight tools for creating mobile websites that are "all aimed at site owners who don't have any web development/coding experience. They're perfect solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses because of their cost effectiveness."
10 Excellent Tools for Testing Your Site on Mobile Devices by Six Revisions
As you work on building a mobile version of your site (see the posts above), you need to test it to assure it displays properly of course. But how do you test for the vast number of different mobile devices and platforms out there? John Pring reviews 10 tools that can help you make sure your site renders properly on the mobile web, without forcing you to buy one of every mobile device on the market.
Custom 404 Error Pages
Weekly Inspiration: 22 Awesome 404 Error Pages – N.13 by Underworld Magazines
As if the funny, bizarre, creative and otherwise unusual 404 error pages covered here weren't enough, this post features almost two dozen more inspiring and off-the-wall alternatives to the boring, standard 404 error page.
50 Outstanding and Stylish 404 Error Pages by DesignsMag
Sure, custom 404 pages are fun, but they're practical as well as pointed out in this post: "many designers these days are taking a little extra time and effort to get creative with the 404 page. Doing so helps ease frustration by the user and shows an attention to detail." The noteworthy examples shown here can help keep visitors on your site when they end up in the wrong place due to a typo, out-of-date link or other error.


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VANCOUVER — Team Finland did something Saturday it couldn't manage the day before.
It showed up.
Finland bounced back from one of its most humbling defeats to beat Team Slovakia 5-3, winning the men's hockey bronze medal in a disjointed but entertaining game.
Down 3-1 in the third, Finland scored four unanswered goals, including one on a Kimmo Timonen point shot and two others scored in a span of two minutes by Olli Jokinen.
On his second, Jokinen showed a burst of speed, slicing through the Slovak defence. All alone in front of the net, he slid a backhand through Jaroslav Halak's pads.
Finland looked both energized and committed Saturday.
Recovered from their 6-1 drubbing at the hands of Team USA on Friday, the Finns swarmed the puck and the Slovaks, outshooting them 12-5 in the first period and taking a 1-0 lead on a Sami Salo power-play goal with 1:10 left in the frame.
But on a second-period power play, the Slovaks got back into the game. After a screened Miikka Kiprusoff fought through traffic to make a good save off a Zdeno Chara blast, Slovakia managed to control the rebound. Chara faked another shot, then worked the puck to Pavol Demitra who, with a pretty saucer pass, found his old friend and former teammate Marian Gaborik in the slot. Gaborik took his time before wiring a wrist shot over top of Kiprusoff's right shoulder. Demitra thrust his fist in the air.
It was just the start for Demitra, who had a terrific game. Less than seven minutes later, and on another power play, he set up Marian Hossa for a goal and Slovakia had a 2-1 lead.
The Finns appeared poised to get it back when Slovakian forward Branko Radivojevic took a double minor penalty for high-sticking.
It was the Slovaks, however, who took advantage. After a takeaway, Hossa and Demitra were off on a short-handed two-on-one rush. Hossa slid the puck cross-crease to Demitra, who snapped it by Kiprusoff.
It was Demitra's third point of the game. It gave him 10 for the Olympics, more than any other player in the men's tournament.
Down two goals in the third, Finland wormed its way back into the game on a bit of a fluke. Timonen's point shot appeared to hit at least two bodies before going in the net.
Valtteri Filppula added an empty-netter to seal the third-place finish.


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The figure of Aaron, his ancestry, and his rise to priestly prominence is treated rather tersely in the Bible. Though he stems from the lineage of Levi (Levi, Kohath, Amram, Aaron; Ex. 6.16–20), he must be distinguished from the secondary class of temple servants who also come from that tribe and more properly bear the name Levites. [See Levi.] The account of Aaron's elevation over his Levitical brothers is not recorded in the Bible, but we do have the Korah story, in which his prominent role amid the other Levites is contested (Nm. 16–17); his investiture as chief priest also is described (Ex. 29).
When we turn to the Second Temple sources found at Qumran we find a surprising dearth of interest in the figure of Aaron as a narrative character. Though the name Aaron occurs numerous times, it almost always refers to the category of Aaronic priests, rarely to the biblical person himself. Many of the more important references of this kind are to be found in the Rule of the Community from cave 1 (1QS). [See Rule of the Community.] Here we find the community itself broken down into two composite parts: the "Sons of Aaron" and the "majority of the members of the Community." There is some variation here as to how the priestly element is named. Alongside the title "Sons of Aaron" (1QS v.21) one also can find "Sons of Zadok" (1QS v.2, v.9), and simply "the priests" (1QS vi.19). These different titles for the priestly element of the sect must be understood as synonymous. [See Zadok, Sons of.]
Interest in the role of the Aaronic priests also is prominent in the War Scroll (1QM vii.10, xvii.2); here the biblical role of Aaron in raising up the militia of Israel (Nm. 1ff.) is drawn upon. In Temple Scrolla (11Q19) there is frequent reference to Aaron as the person to whom Israel's sacrificial legislation was first entrusted (11Q19 xxii.5, xxxiv.13). [See Temple Scroll.] Finally, one must note the interest the scrolls show in a messianic figure from the line of Aaron, nearly always paired with a messianic figure from the line of David (e.g., Damascus Document, CD xix.11). [See Damascus Document; Messiahs.]
This lack of interest in Aaron's narrative character is counterbalanced by the very significant attention the figure of Levi receives in Second Temple sources (cf. Jub. 30–32; Testament of Levi; Aramaic Levi [1Q21], Aaronic Text A (bis) [4Q540], and Aaronic Text A [4Q541]; Heb. 7.9). [See Levi, Aramaic; Testaments.] Nearly all of Aaron's priestly attributes (and their anticipated return) are funneled into stories about Aaron's ancestor Levi. Indeed, in much of this literature the relationship envisioned for the restoration of a royal and priestly office is expressed through the figures of Judah and Levi.
Alongside the question of the restoration of an Aaronic messiah is the very complicated question of what constituted authentic Aaronic lineage. This question cannot be addressed without some consideration of the figure of Zadok. [See Zadok.] The biblical picture portrays Zadok as one of David's two leading priests (2 Sm. 8.17). Eventually Zadok emerged as the leading priest in Jerusalem, once the Temple was built. The foundation story of Zadok's elevation is to be found in 1 Samuel 2.27–36. Here the house of Eli, the other major priestly family in David's kingdom, is condemned to lose its priestly status. The historical origins of Zadok and his genealogical relationship to Aaron are contested issues in biblical scholarship. But however that historical problem is to be solved, the Bible's own solution is clear: Zadok is given an Aaronic ancestry (1 Chr. 5.27–34). The position of Zadok reaches extreme heights in the Book of Ezekiel (44.15–26). For this prophet claimed that, as a result of the priestly errors that led to the exile, only priests of Zadokite descent would be qualified for service at the altar.
The question of how these biblical categories of priestly superiority functioned in the Second Temple period is very complicated. On one level, the name of one particular priestly party was transformed into the title of a much broader political constituency in the affairs of this Second Commonwealth, that of the Sadducees (the Hebrew term for Sadducees is derived from the name Zadok). [See Sadducees.] Yet on another level, the figure of Zadok continued to serve as the person from whom all legitimate high priests would trace their ancestry. This is made quite clear by Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 11.347) when he notes that the ancestry of the Oniad family could be traced back to the last high priest mentioned in the Hebrew scriptures, Jaddua (Neh. 12.22). Much of the political intrigue related to currying favor with the Seleucid rulers in Syria involved rival claims to priestly power. [See Seleucids.]
The Dead Sea Scrolls themselves make ample use of the polemical biblical texts about Aaron and Zadok. But frequently these allusions do not presume the specific polemical import of their biblical origins. Aaron and Zadok function as ciphers for the sect as a whole. For example, 2 Samuel 2.35, which points toward the rise of the house of Zadok and the "sure house" he would build for Israel, is alluded to in the Damascus Document (CD iii.19) when the writer describes the sect itself as the "sure house" God has built within Israel. In a more obvious fashion, the text of Ezekiel 44.15 is quoted verbatim just a few lines later in the Damascus Document (CD iii.21–iv.4). Here again the priestly titles "Levite," "Sons of Aaron," and "Sons of Zadok" are given metaphoric value. The Aaronic priests are the "penitents of Israel"; the Levites are those who "accompanied" (a wordplay on "Levi" in Hebrew) those "penitents" into exile; and the Zadokites are the "chosen ones of Israel."
The ability to trace a clear and pure Aaronic pedigree back to the specific figure of Zadok was an especially important matter in the second century BCE. With the rise of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the large-scale persecution of those who desired to remain true to the demands of the Torah, there arose yearnings for a return to more ancient and customary forms of religious observance. [See Antiochus IV Epiphanes.] Among those desires was the restoration of the true Aaronic priests and their proper Zadokite leader. Hopes must have been raised quite high when the Maccabees appeared on the scene, restored a modicum of independence, and, most importantly, rededicated the Temple. Yet those hopes were quickly dashed when the first two Hasmonean rulers, Jonathan (152 bce) and Simon (143 bce), both laid claim to the office of the high priest (1 Mc. 14.41), a claim that could only be viewed as illegitimate by religious traditionalists. [See Jonathan; Simon.] Most likely it was the traditionalists of this stripe who formed the backbone of the group at Qumran; the history traced above accounts for the strong asseveration of the priestly role of Aaron and Zadok in the Qumran sect's documents of self-definition.
- Collins, John J. The Scepter and the Star. New York, 1995. .
- Licht, Jacob. Megillat ha-Serakhim. Jerusalem, 1965. .
- Schiffman, Lawrence H. The Halakhah at Qumran. Leiden, 1975. .
- Schiffman, Lawrence H. Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls: The History of Judaism, the Background of Christianity, the Lost Library at Qumran. Philadelphia, 1994. .
- VanderKam, J. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. Grand Rapids, Mich., 1994. .
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Dominican Republic officials have pulled the plug on an upcoming Miley Cyrus show in Santo Domingo on morality grounds.
acts that go against morals and customs, which are punishable by Dominican law
Members of the country's commission that oversees public performances have axed the 13 September (14) show.
In a statement released on Thursday (21Aug14), they reveal fears that Cyrus will perform "acts that go against morals and customs, which are punishable by Dominican law".
In addition, they state Cyrus performs with "unsuitable costumes" and uses "language and images which encourage sex and violence" and "inappropriate objects", while also alluding to "crime... and denigrating acts before civilized culture".
The pop superstar has upset parent groups and critics in recent years with naked videos, twerking, thrusting and crotch grabbing at concerts and references to her love of marijuana onstage.
She came under fire last year (13) at the MTV Video Music Awards for her raunchy performance of hit song Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke, and she'll hit the stage at the 2014 ceremony this Sunday (24Aug14).
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Something Kind of Funny
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Something Kind of Funny
Just thought this was rather amusing yesterday...I live in North Dakota and it was -23 degrees outside BRR! Hope you all are warmer then that!
"No day but today!" ~RENT~
that's COLD! haha everytime I look at the clock it's always an hour and 23 minutes , and in front of my school there are 2 numbers 23! (I found out today when I glared out the classroom and suddenly a huge silver 23 showed up! then when I went outside after school I noticed there were 2 houses 23 ) + in belgium we have to wait still 23 days untill the number 23 comes in theatres! XD (and this evening when I went on JCO I had just 32 messages posted on the forum)
two stories:
We went out to eat the other night and the ticket read 323 but only 23 was highlighted!
I was at the movies and we strolled by the poster and both my friend and I's drinks flew out of our hands!
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
^ I remember when you last posted that!
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
yeah I ve decided that one of these days I am going to move to a wamer climate...I really only like the snow and cold at Christmas...I can travel once a year back here for that LOL the -23 isn't the coldest we've had either...its been as cold as -35 or - 40 below outside. BRRR
"No day but today!" ~RENT~
Ya is about..
-23 with the wind chill factor up here right now.
Your right!
Reading alot, like to X country once I bundle up though,
when the sun is out it's even better, only a bit of sun this week.
haha Our regualr bus broke down so we rode bus number 23!
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
Me and a friend participated in the half final of an artcontest, it was the 8est edition of the contest. Or artwork hang at place 184, we were like hmm a number... this must have something to do with the number 23. And sudenly we noticed: 8x23=184!!
And we WON the half final!!! (we won a FREE workshop (food, hotel and stuff, all included) for 6 days to work with real art ists, a ticket for the final, a key ring, a t-shirt, and lots of honour )
I hope we'll also win the final!
Lena, pls keep us updated....
on your Artsy experience, sounds like fun.
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Span sits vs. Hamels; Harper shifts to center
PHILADELPHIA -- The Nationals' starting outfield had a different look to it Tuesday.
Newly acquired Scott Hairston got the start in left field, Bryce Harper shifted to center and Denard Span was on the bench against Cole Hamels, a left-handed starter.
Span, a left-handed batter, is hitting just .154 with just two extra-base hits and one RBI in 91 at-bats against left-handed pitching this season. The Nationals acquired Hairston to have an outfielder who could come off the bench and face lefties. Hairston will also start Wednesday against southpaw Cliff Lee, and manager Davey Johnson is happy to have more outfielders at his disposal.
"I think he'll come out of it," Johnson said of Span's slump against lefties. "But I also think it sends a message to our league that I will use Hairston in his spot. And it also causes problems for other managers when they go to their bullpen, that I might hit Hairston."
The start in center field was the first for Harper this season. He's played one game there, but shifted to center after starting the game in left field. Harper did get a lot of center-field experience under his belt last season, and Johnson did not seem to think the switch would be a problem for the 20-year-old.
"I talked to him yesterday, I said 'Harp, you think your legs are good enough to play center field?' " Johnson said. "[He said] 'Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, I'm ready to play center.' He likes playing center field. He can run around and rumble."


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Lily Collins in Crop Tops for Mortal Instruments Premieres
Lily Collins Induces Ab — and Outfit — Envy on Every Stop of Her Tour
Lily Collins Induces Ab — and Outfit — Envy on Every Stop of Her Tour
Never mess with a good thing — we're guessing that may be Lily Collins's thought process behind dressing for the Mortal Instruments promo tour. That's not to say the actress's red carpet wardrobe has been a snooze fest — far from it. With a penchant for crop tops and sleek pencil skirts, she's safely earned a reputation as a serious trendsetter (with seriously flat abs), who knows her way around some sexy ensembles.
That's something of a switch for the star, who first caught our eye with the ultra-feminine wears she donned while promoting Mirror, Mirror not so long ago. With every stop on tour — and every stop in between — Lily's quickly solidified herself as a fashion force with something of a signature style. And she shows no signs of slowing down, see the proof inside.


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Wallula consists of three discontinuous parcels, ownership of which was transferred from the National Park Service to the County in the early 1990s. The parcels are remote and generally inaccessible, one of which being little more than the sheer basalt cliffs of Wallula Gap itself. These parcels, along with their sister parcels in the Two Sisters area of Walla Walla County, have "National Natural Landmark" status, and as such the County must file status reports with the Park Service every five years. Wallula is potentially a prime location for land trusts to buy land for perpetual public use, connecting these parcels and facilitating opportunities for unique outdoor experiences in our area.
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UNECE/FAO Joint Wood Energy Enquiry Capacity Building Workshop
11 - 13 June 2012
Paris, France
Improving Wood Energy Data for Better Policy Making
This meeting is aimed at improving wood energy information in the UNECE region. It is open by invitation only.
Meeting Summary
Recent studies have shown that more wood is used for energy than previously estimated, and that a substantial part of this comes from non-forest resources such as industrial co-products, landscape care wood and recovered wood.
Strong political support has seen wood energy markets grow notwithstanding the economic downturn and the consequent sharp decline in demand for forest products. Wood is currently the principal source of renewable energy in the UNECE region, accounting for about half of all renewable energy consumption. In addition to addressing climate and energy commitments, wood energy has the potential to create new job opportunities in rural areas by stimulating wood harvesting and processing and the development of wood fuel markets and trade opportunities.
A major objective in energy policy in Europe and beyond is to increase the share of renewable energies: ambitious targets have been agreed and incentives have been put in place in several countries. National renewable energy action plans specifying how these targets will be achieved have been drawn up in all European Union member states: similar plans exist for most other European countries or are being developed.
For wood and paper products production, most countries have reliable information available for the current and expected wood fibre supply and demand. On the other hand, wood energy statistics are often scattered among different entities and integrated within statistics on energy from renewables and waste. Energy statistics typically focus on the consumption and transformation side rather than the underlying supply patterns and origin of fuels. Developing reliable statistics on the sources and uses of wood energy is thus a highly cross-sectoral and complex exercise.
The UNECE/FAO Joint Wood Energy Enquiry addresses this information gap by providing a framework for dialogue and cooperation between all relevant wood energy stakeholders. The Joint Wood Energy Enquiry provides specific information on the origin and amount of wood energy consumed by different users. This knowledge allows decision makers to enhance socio-economic welfare by reducing conflicts between energy and material use while guaranteeing the fulfillment of renewable energy targets and sustainable forest management commitments. Reliable statistics are fundamental for policy formulation at both national and international level.
The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section supplemented its analytical work with capacity-building activities. Thanks to the generous support of the French Ministry of Agriculture, the French Ministry of Sustainable Development and the FAO Forestry Department, over 60 participants from 23 countries and 8 international organizations met in Paris on the premises of the Ministry of Agriculture from 11 to 13 June 2012 at a UNECE/FAO workshop on "Improving Wood Energy Data for Better Policy Making". Participants discussed the reliability of current wood energy data and identified the weaknesses and constraints. Countries shared experiences, tools and solutions for improving data. A growing network of correspondents and experts is being established as improving data requires constant communication between all stakeholders at both the national and international level.
The next UNECE/FAO Joint Wood Energy Enquiry will be issued in autumn 2012, collecting wood energy data for the year 2011.
|Arnaud Brizay, UNECE/FAO
|Purpose and objective of the workshop
|Introduction to Energy Statistics: their role in policy and decision making
|Jean-Yves Garnier, International Energy Agency
|International Perspective: Importance of Good Statistics for Sound Policy Making
|Marilise Wolf-Crowther, EU, DG Eurostat
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|Overview of the Joint Wood Energy Enquiry: development, purpose, structure, results
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New York: We Check Out the New Joe's Pizza
Pizza reviews in NYC.
Joe's Pizza
150 East 14th Street, NY NY 10003; map); (212)388-9474; joespizzanyc.com
Pizza Style: NYC
Oven Type: Gas
The Skinny? Quintessential NYC street slice, replicated almost perfectly at the new location.
Price: Slice $2.75
I went to high school a few blocks away from the original Joe's Pizza, back when it sat at the intersection of Carmine and Bleecker. It was my go-to slice back then; an affordable snack that I could grab while skipping class and heading over to Bleecker Bob's to peruse records. In retrospect, I took those slices for granted, just as I did the rest of my wayward youth. This was in the late 1980's, and although Joe's had been open for well over a decade, I don't think it had quite attained the quintessential NYC status it holds today. The amazing thing is, the pizza at Joe's hasn't changed at all in the ensuing years—it remains as classic an example of the New York street slice as I've ever known.
What has changed, and drastically so, is the city itself. We have lost neighborhood slice joints like Joe's at an alarming rate. The pizzeria was actually forced to move back in 2005, but thankfully only a few doors down the block, on Carmine. The assault on traditional slice joints comes not only from gentrification, escalating rents, and the encroachment of national chains, but also, somewhat paradoxically, from the allure of rapidly proliferating $1 slice joints. It may be hard to argue with the cost of a $1 slice; what it delivers in the way of value is another matter entirely.
Granted, New Yorkers have enjoyed a renaissance of high-end pizza of late, especially for lovers of Neapolitan-style pies. And Artichoke Pizza has done a good job of generating a market for $4-5 slices. But what is increasingly missing, especially in the East Village / Union Square area, is the middle ground: authentic NY slices for under $3, at the ideal intersection of cost and quality.
Which is why I'm so giddy that Joe's has, at long last, expanded. The new 14th Street and 3rd Avenue pizzeria is mere blocks from my home, meaning that I've eaten there on more than a few occasions since it opened earlier this month. I couldn't be happier to report that "new" Joe's is still the real deal. It's a pure slice joint—no heroes, wraps or pasta—and at its best, the slices are virtually identical to those at the flagship location. Even when they don't quite meet those lofty standards, it's still easily my top neighborhood pick.
What to order
The plain cheese slice ($2.75) is a sure bet, especially if a pie looks fresh. I personally prefer a slightly warm slice that has been sitting for a bit to a piping hot reheat, but even the latter is a solid option.
The crust is thin in comparison to most other classic slice joints, and positively anemic when compared to most anything from Artichoke. It is crunchy and rigid enough to avoid complete tip sag, but still pliant, giving a pleasing textural contrast. This is a slice that is eminently portable—just fold and go.
The sooty blisters that are such a hallmark of the original Joe's are starting to appear on the pies on 14th Street as well, though they were decidedly absent on my initial visits.
The sauce—mild, slightly sweet and blessedly low in acidity—and the cheese—a milky low moisture mozzarella—are applied in perfect proportions for the thin crust. This slice is all about synergy, as so many have noted before.
The Sicilian ($3) is actually my favorite slice at Joe's, but it needs to be fresh from the oven...reheats tend to rob much of the life and sponginess from the crust.
But at its best, it's deceptively light and airy, with a crisp exterior giving way to a yeasty, honeycomb-structured interior. The cheese and sauce are also applied with the same harmonious balance as the regular slice.
What not to order
Unless you are getting a whole pie made to order, I would steer clear from any toppings. There always seems to be a beleaguered pepperoni pizza ($3.50) behind the display case, looking an awful lot like a regular cheese pie with some cold pepperoni thrown on top. Not only have the flavors never mingled in the oven, but the pepperoni is practically screaming "I'll never be crisp." Instead, it leaches its oil all over the pie, perching soggily on its bed of cheese. The same holds true for other toppings, so order at your own risk. If you insist on ignoring my good advice, at least insist that they leave the slice in the oven for as long as possible—they have a tendency to under-heat things when left to their own devices (this applies to the Sicilian slice as well).
I wanted to like the fresh mozzarella slice ($3.50), but I'm just not a fan. The cheese becomes desiccated, losing much of its flavor. I also discovered that the cheese on the regular slice adds a crucial structural component, holding the crust together where it ruptures.
The cheese on the fresh mozzarella slice is so sparsely dispersed that it provides no help whatsoever in this department.
Joe's Pizza is most assuredly my new go-to slice in the neighborhood, and I won't take it for granted this time around. Just as Joe's in the West Village is an easy recommendation for the area, the same holds true here. There's simply no reason to spend more than $2.75 a slice in these parts, and there is certainly no reason to spend less.
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Americans Are Living Longer, but Not Necessarily Healthier, Study Shows
Years of Living With Disabilities Increase, Partly Because of Age
Americans are living longer than they did two decades ago, but they are losing ground on key measures of health to people in other developed nations, a new study shows.
The findings, from the most comprehensive analysis of the health of the U.S. population in more than 15 years, show progress in reducing death rates, adjusted for age, across a variety of diseases. But death rates from illnesses associated with obesity, such as diabetes and kidney disease, as well as neurological conditions like Alzheimer's disease, are on the rise.
Meanwhile, the number of years of living with chronic disability, an indicator of quality of life, rose for the average American in the past 20 years, partly reflecting increased longevity.
Measuring the Health of Americans
See how life expectancy and obesity vary for men and women by state.
Plus, explore an interactive map on health trends at the county level from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Despite gains in longevity, Americans are living the extra years "not necessarily in good health," said the researchers, led by Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The study was published Wednesday by JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Murray also presented the results, along with separate reports on physical activity and obesity in counties across the U.S., at a White House event hosted by first lady Michelle Obama as part of her campaign against childhood obesity.
Dr. Murray said the U.S. has also made important headway against such problems as strokes; certain cancers, including colon and breast cancers; and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. "It's important to recognize that there are some areas where we do well," he said.
With annual health-care outlays in the U.S. totaling nearly 18% of gross domestic product, according to federal data, outside experts cast the study's findings in economic terms.
"Despite a level of health expenditures that would have seemed unthinkable a generation ago, the health of the U.S. population has improved only gradually and has fallen behind the pace of progress in many other wealthy nations," said Harvey V. Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine, in an editorial accompanying the report. The IOM advises the government on health matters.
In every measure examined, including life expectancy and quality of life, Dr. Fineberg said, the U.S. ranking fell among the 34 members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, a think tank for developed countries.
Michael Roizen, chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, said the findings put the U.S. at a disadvantage in the global job market. But he said much of the problem could be addressed by better diet, smaller food portions, increased physical activity, quitting smoking and better management of stress. "They are things we totally have control over," he said."It's a matter of us getting serious about this."
The analysis was based on data for 291 diseases and 67 risk factors for disease, as well as a variety of government-sponsored health surveys. It included data from 187 countries, making it one of the most ambitious efforts undertaken to assess the disease burden not only in the U.S. but around the world.
In the U.S., life expectancy rose three years to 78.2 years in 2010 from 75.2 in 1990, researchers found. But the nation's ranking among OECD countries fell to 27th from 20th 20 years earlier.
Moreover, people were in good health, or without short- or long-term disabilities, for just 68.1 of those years on average, the report found. The gap of 10.1 years between total life span and a healthy life span rose from 9.4 years in 1990, and the U.S. ranking for a healthy life span fell to 26th from 14th two decades ago.
Despite progress on cardiovascular disease and some cancers, the lead causes of premature death in the U.S. remained heart disease, lung cancer and strokes. Leading contributors to disability were lower-back pain and other disorders of muscles, nerves and joints, as well as depression and anxiety.
While many chronic disabling conditions play only a limited role in premature death, they are major drivers of health-care costs, Dr. Murray said. "We are not very good at preventing them or curing them and only mildly good at treating them."
Researchers also found that poor dietary habits have overtaken smoking as the most important risk factor associated with years of life lost to disability and to premature death.
Findings from the county studies presented at the White House show a substantial increase in physical activity, including in Kentucky, a state that traditionally has trailed in healthy living habits. But over 20 years, he said, not one county in the U.S. reduced the burden of obesity among its residents.
For Sister Donna Hawk, who left a job as a hospital chaplain at the beginning of this year, the link between longer life and potential disability came into focus when she recently turned 70. Her father died just before turning 70, having had two open heart surgeries, and other family members had similar problems. She herself has seven stents in her heart, and had been overweight.
"So I'm thinking in their older age, they weren't as healthy as they wanted to be," she said. "I feel like I have a few good years ahead of me and I wanted to take care of myself in such a way that I could enjoy myself."
She has lost 25 pounds in the past year, partly through a program at the Cleveland Clinic. She has improved her cholesterol, has started a plant-based diet and has begun exercising regularly.
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus reintroduced on Wednesday his draft bill calling for a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for advisors—one week after industry sources told AdvisorOne that an SRO bill was imminent.
On the same day, the House Financial Services Committee's Capital Market Subcommittee grilled Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairwoman Mary Schapiro at an oversight hearing. At the hearing, Schapiro said in response to a question from one lawmaker on her views of an SRO, that she spent 12 years at an SRO, and that "at a time when there are extremely limited resources in the federal government, the need to leverage an SRO is critical."
Bachus said that his draft bill, which he introduced with Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., is in response to an SEC study that revealed the agency lacks resources to adequately examine the nation's nearly 12,000 registered advisors. As part of its study, which was a requirement of the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC recommended—as one of three options–a self-regulatory organization for Congress to consider as it looks for ways to help the agency monitor the industry.
The Bachus-McCarthy bill, the Investment Adviser Oversight Act of 2012, would authorize "one or more self-regulatory organizations (SROs) for investment advisors funded by membership fees."
A vote on the bill could occur in the committee as early as next month.
The two lawmakers noted in introducing the proposed legislation that investment advisors and broker-dealers "often provide indistinguishable services to retail customers, yet only 8% of investment advisors were examined by the SEC in 2011 compared to 58% of broker-dealers.
Said Bachus: "The average SEC-registered investment advisor can expect to be examined less than once every 11 years. That lack of oversight, particularly in the aftermath of the Madoff scandal, is unacceptable. Bad actors will naturally flow to the place where they are least likely to be examined. Therefore, it is essential that we augment and supplement the SEC's oversight to dramatically increase the examination rate for investment advisers with retail customers."
The legislation would amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for the creation of National Investment Adviser Associations (NIAAs), registered with and overseen by the SEC. Investment advisors that conduct business with retail customers would have to become members of a registered NIAA, and the SEC would have the authority to approve the registration of any NIAA.
The proposal also recognizes the authority given to the states over small investment advisors in Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act by preserving state authority over investment advisors with fewer than $100 million in assets under management, so long as the state conducts periodic on-site examinations.
Reactions to the proposal were swift and varied. David Tittsworth (left), executive director of the Investment Adviser Association (IAA), said that IAA "strongly opposes this ill-advised legislation that is intended to expand" the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) jurisdiction. "Outsourcing the SEC's critically important role in regulating and inspecting investment advisory firms is not the right solution, particularly when FINRA has demonstrated its lack of accountability, lack of transparency, and poor track record. The legislation also would force smaller businesses to bear the excessive costs of FINRA oversight."
FINRA released a statement just after the proposal was released stating that the "bipartisan bill…is an important and thoughtful effort to address a serious gap in investor protection. The bill recognizes the need for regular exams of investment advisers, while rightly focusing on retail accounts. As FINRA has said, the current level of IA exams is unacceptable, and SROs can help fill this untenable gap in the protection of investment advisory clients."
Dale Brown, president and CEO of the Financial Services Institute (FSI), said that "hard-working American investors shouldn't have to be regulatory experts to know whether their financial advisor is getting the proper oversight needed to ensure they're protected." From a business standpoint, "retail investment advisers have an unfair advantage over independent broker-dealers, who are examined by FINRA every two years. It's time to protect investors and level the playing field."
The Financial Planning Coalition—comprised of the Financial Planning Association, National Association of Personal Financial Advisors and the CFP Board—said, "While we agree with Chairman Bachus and Representative McCarthy that better oversight of investment advisers is needed, we oppose the legislation introduced in the House Financial Services Committee."
As a recent Boston Consulting Group study found, the Coalition said, "outsourcing SEC oversight to a new SRO would be twice as expensive as directing adequate resources to the current SEC oversight program. Building on the SEC's existing infrastructure and experience is a better option than creating an added layer of regulation, and could be accomplished more quickly and effectively, and at far less cost."
In addition, "creating an SRO for investment advisers would unnecessarily burden small business owners with additional costs."
Robert Miller, president of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), which has advocated that Congress authorize FINRA to become the SRO, subject to appropriate SEC supervision, said that the Bachus-McCarthy legislation "would provide an important consumer protection," at a time when "public faith in all financial professionals depends on intelligent regulation that provides appropriate oversight without creating overwhelming compliance burdens. When the SEC has never taken even a cursory look at a third of investment advisers, that creates a trust gap with consumers."
Miller added that "having FINRA serve as the SRO for investment advisors would be the least disruptive and most cost-efficient option for these dual-registered NAIFA members."
Ken Bentsen, executive VP of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), said that SIFMA "applauds" the legislation, noting that as Bachus and McCarthy point out "retail investment advisors are rarely visited by federal regulators, where their broker-dealer counterparts who provide similar services are seen regularly. We thank Chairman Bauchus for his thoughtful leadership on this issue and look forward to working with the Congress on seeing this legislation move forward."


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National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal, invites applications for admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme commencing in 2014.
Eligibility:Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in any discipline with 55% of marks from any of the recognised universities.
The candidates will be selected based on entrance exam score, group discussion and interview.
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Experts develop strategies for teacher training and professional development in Response to Intervention
WASHINGTON - November 24, 2008 -
Nothing is more frustrating for educators than seeing a child struggling to learn and not having the proper tools to help. Today, the National Education Association and the RTI Action Network brought together experts in Response to Intervention, a multi-tiered approach to helping students succeed. They provided their best thinking and began developing a comprehensive plan for the future.
"Proper training could boost students' self esteem, improve achievement and reduce the number of students inappropriately labeled as needing special education," said Dennis Van Roekel, president of NEA. "At the end of the day, educators just want to make sure students are receiving the proper support they need."
RTI is a tiered approach to early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. Educators collect and process data, develop specialized instruction methods and monitor students to ensure their skills are improving.
NEA and the RTI Action Network, a program of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, hosted the half-day symposium called Creating Capacity: Preparing Educators for RTI. Education leaders, congressional staff and RTI experts used an interactive response system provided by Smart Technologies to give instant feedback on critical issues. That data will be compiled into a summary report that will suggest recommendations and next steps for both practice and policy to address RTI, teacher preparation and professional development issues. The report will be released in late December.
"Studies show that lack of teacher training is the biggest obstacle to implementing Response to Intervention," said National Center for Learning Disabilities Executive Director James Wendorf. "We need to arm educators with information so that they can intervene when a student shows signs of struggle and not wait until that student fails."
The results of Creating Capacity: Preparing Educators for RTI also will be available online. Additional partners include the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, IDEA Partnership, International Reading Association, and National Association of Elementary School Principals.
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Curbing obesity epidemic is key health care priority
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- CHILDHOOD OBESITY: A 'BIG' PROBLEM. // Medical Update;Mar2001, Vol. 24 Issue 9, p5
Addresses the incidence of obesity in children.
- Today's kids are no worse for weight. Kleinman, Ronald // Education Digest;Apr94, Vol. 59 Issue 8, p69
Discusses various aspects of obesity among children. Defining overweight; Causes of obesity in children; The issue of fat and cholesterol; Ways in which adults can encourage good eating habits.
- Take A Hike, Junior. Hyde-Keller, O'rya; Sanchez, Brianne // Backpacker;Aug2004, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p74
Gives pieces of advice on preventing obesity in children.
- Sedentary living. // Healthy Weight Journal;Mar/Apr97, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p26
Presents the results of a Tufts University, Massachusetts study on the impact of reducing sedentary behavior on obesity in children. Ratio of total daily energy expenditure to resting metabolic rate measurement; Reasons why reducing sedentary behavior is more effective than engaging in exercise...
- Tracking obesity into adulthood. // Healthy Weight Journal;May/Jun98, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p34
Reports on a follow-up study conducted to obese youngsters in a Japanese city from 1974 to 1995. Statistics of youngsters who remained obese; Definition of obesity.
- Clarification. // U.S. News & World Report;10/1/2007, Vol. 143 Issue 11, p11
A correction to the article "How to Win the Weight Battle" that appeared in the September 10, 2007 issue is presented.
- Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. Cole, Tim J // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);05/06/2000, Vol. 320 Issue 7244, p1240
Objective: To develop an internationally acceptable definition of child overweight and obesity, specifying the measurement, the reference population, and the age and sex specific cut off points.
- Five-year-olds in Wales overweight, warns report. // Nursery World (Haymarket Business Publications Ltd);7/15/2013, Vol. 112 Issue 4323, p19
The article reports on the prevalence of obesity among reception class children in Wales, as indicated in a data released by Public Health Wales in July 2013.
- Three household routines may prevent childhood obesity. // Infectious Diseases in Children;Mar2010, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p59
This article discusses a study on an association between household routines and obesity in children.


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Whenever I see advice on saving money on commuting fuel costs, the suggestions often revolve around completely giving up your car.
I'm as guilty of that as anyone else. It's a great way to drastically trim your finances.
Let's be honest, though: a lot of people simply aren't going to give up their car. They have too much emotionally tied into the freedom of having an automobile to take them wherever and whenever they want.
So, with that in mind, here are fourteen pieces of advice that will each help you save on the fuel costs of your commute. Every single one of these tactics will improve either the efficiency of fuel consumption on your commute or will reduce the number of miles you put on your car.
1. Air up your tires to the maximum recommended pressure each month.
Tire air pressure is measured in psi. For every psi below the maximum recommended pressure that any one of your tires falls, you're losing 0.125% of your fuel efficiency. So, if all of your tires are 8 psi low, you're losing 4% efficiency just because of air. Your 25 mpg car becomes a 24 mpg car just because you haven't aired up the tires lately. Since airing up your tires is free at many gas stations and it only takes a few minutes, you should take the time once a month or so to air your tires up.
2. If at all possible, telecommute.
If you work at a job that allows you to work from home, even if it's one day a week or one day a month, take advantage of that time. Every single day that you don't have to commute to work is savings in your pocket.
3. Minimize every little bit of accelerating and brake usage.
Every time you accelerate your car, your engine starts burning more fuel, and the harder you accelerate, the more fuel you burn. Every time you touch your brake, you're compensating for too much acceleration earlier on or you're ensuring that you're going to have to accelerate more soon, which takes you back to more acceleration. Instead, accelerate slowly out of stops and break as little as possible.
4. Familiarize yourself with gas prices along your route.
Which gas station along your route consistently has the lowest prices? Watch the stations along your route and continually compare them. Often, you'll find that a station or two tends to have lower prices than others along your commute. Frequent those stations.
5. Use a credit card tied to the gas chain with the lowest prices.
If you're satisfied with one of those low-cost stations, check and see if they have a credit card tied to the chain that offers rewards for using it for refueling. Many chains offer rather impressive rewards cards. If they do, sign up for that card and use it only for fueling, paying it off at month's end and using the rewards as often as possible.
6. Minimize your heater and air conditioning usage.
Both of these burn fuel. Simply get your car's internal temperature to something tolerable and flip it off. If it's hot out, roll down the windows and use air motion to bring the car's temperature down significantly before using the air to lower it further (if you must).
7. Use fuel efficiency as one of your big factors in your next car purchase.
When you buy a car, figure out the fuel efficiency of the models you're examining and use that as one of your major factors. It doesn't have to be the only factor, of course, but it should provide significant impact on your purchasing decision.
8. Ask about employer programs for commuting, such as a gas allowance.
Some employers offer a stipend or a reimbursement to employees for their commute. Often, it's a program that's not shouted from the rooftops to current employees but was perhaps included as a perk in a collective bargaining agreement. Ask the human resources office at your workplace if such a program exists.
9. Use your commute home for reasonable errands along the route.
If you know you're going to need some specific item when you get home, shoehorn it into your commute. That way, once you're home, there's no reason to waste the fuel to drive out of your residential neighborhood again. You already have the item you need. I used to find that a Post-It note stuck to my rearview mirror in the morning was a perfect reminder.
10. Get rid of any and all extra weight in your car.
If you are storing any items in your car that aren't necessary for the trip, get them out of your car. Your fuel efficiency gets worse with every extra pound that your car is carrying. Toss anything and everything extra out of your vehicle. (Remember, of course, that safety equipment, particularly in winter, is not an extra – it's essential.)
11. Use the cheap fuel.
Read your manual and find out what kind of fuel is recommended for your car. Most of the time, the manual suggests 87 octane fuel and, if it does, that's what you should be using. There is very little advantage to the premium fuel – what little there is does not add up to the cost difference for a car that runs fine on 87 octane.
12. Get your oil changed regularly and use the type recommended in your car manual.
Fresh oil keeps your engine properly lubricated, minimizing the work that the parts have to do in order to provide the power needed to run your car. Old oil causes the parts to run with less efficiency. Thus, if you want to minimize your fuel use (and prolong the life of your car), get oil changes according to the manufacturer's schedule.
13. Carpool.
Carpooling means that some days, you don't have to even drive to work. Someone just drives you right to your door. It also means that on the days you do drive, you can use the HOV lane for more efficient driving. Even if you're just giving someone a lift each day, it's still worthwhile. If you have a HOV lane available to you, you can now access that lane and drive at a more reasonable pace with substantially less stop-and-go driving.
14. Replace your air filter according to your maintenance schedule.
A final tip: change your car's air filter on a regular basis. Proper clean air flow contributes to the fuel efficiency of your car. Change the filter according to the recommendations of the filter manufacturer.
Keep on top of these things and you'll get more miles on fewer dollars.


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Thanks for the consideration, as you know, it's hard to get people to test things given the size of the community.Per wrote:I'd be interested in hearing feedback from people testing out these changes.
Learning how to "test" was a big part of making this so I'd like to share how I went about testing balance changes. Otherwise, people won't know what to look for when testing. I don't expect anyone to test like this but in theory, this is how it's done.
At first I was really unorganized but eventually realized that simulating a flawless research game such that all items are researched the moment they are available is the only game that needs to be measured. All other scenarios can be derived from that.
I run two instances of WZ in window mode side-by-side (muted), the EB-Sample map and the exact same map without the mod named, EB-SampleNoMod. So I compare mod vs no mod, side by side, 3.2 and 3.1.5 (sometimes).
To simulate in 3.2.x, use the EB-Sample map, T1 half base, 5v5 nexus AI on easy mode. If you do Medium difficulty, the nexus AI cheat finishes research so you will get distorted data. All other AI's do not continuously research in 3.2. Unfortunately there are still some minor lapses of no research periods so this method is not entirely accurate but it's well within reason. Half-base and no-base have different arrival times but for time's sake half-base is faster to measure.
As soon as the game starts, use debug mode to set auto-game on, game speed to 100x and whale fin for infinite power. This is an objective measurement of total power produced over the course of the tech tree.
Compare side-by-side arrival times of research items at periodic intervals e.g. 5 minute mark or at key research items e.g. Mantis body or Lancer Rocket. Observe divergences, mod vs no mod.
Make saved games at certain marks but if you change the stats the save game no longer works.
Observe the speed of droid designs before-and-after engine upgrades.
Test the speed of the droid designs by drag racing them side by side, compare them mod vs no mod.
Use debug mode to simulate any structure/unit interaction with the proper upgrades relative to their arrival in the tech tree. (Would be nice if there was a way to instantly generate 135 droids of a type instead of having to click back and forth 100x times )
Use editor to quickly make adjustments as necessary (<10 secs).
Close WZ, reopen WZ, Repeat test… … 1000x times???
Testing is very time consuming, I expect it will be awhile before any solid feedback but feel free to comment on the concepts in general.


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June 25, 1941
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802 prohibiting racial discrimination in the national defense industry.
July 26, 1948
President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 abolishing racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces.
May 17, 1954
The SCOTUS decision in Brown v. Board of Education declares laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
March 6, 1961
President John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 10925, requiring government contractors to "take affirmative action" to ensure that applicants and employees are treated equally without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.
July 2, 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women, in public accommodations and the workplace.
August 6, 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits discrimination in voting.
September 24, 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Executive Order 11246 requiring all federal contractors to ensure fair employment practices regardless of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
June 12, 1967
The SCOTUS decision in Loving v. Virginia invalidates laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
October 28, 2009
President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which extends federal hate-crime law to crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
September 20, 2011
The legislative repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," which prohibits openly gay, lesbian, or bisexuals from serving in the United States Armed Forces, goes into effect.
June 26, 2013
The SCOTUS decision in United States v. Windsor declares that restricting U.S. federal interpretations of "marriage" and "spouse" to apply only to heterosexual unions is unconstitutional.