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Millard Public Schools wants to put a bond on the April ballot that focuses on school security.
The nearly $70 million bond was voted against in 2011, but after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, supporters are hoping it will get approved this time around.
The idea of bringing extra security in Millard was discussed after the Millard South shooting in 2011. The school board proposed a bond with $21 million worth of security upgrades, but the bond failed.
The latest bond calls for smaller upgrades instead of full changes. One change would be reconfiguring five schools, like Neihardt Elementary, from open classrooms to closed walls.
"If we want to make schools safer, we could spend $20, $30, $40, $50 million, but the public won't support that," said Mike Kennedy, board secretary.
The discussion was less about what was in the bond proposal and more about what wasn't.
"I don't want to be sitting here and answering the constituents' questions -- why didn't you do it in my school? Because the worst thing we can do is sit here and say it's never going to happen in our district. We know it can happen in our district. We've seen it happen," said Mike Pate, board president.
"The likelihood that we'd have a sexual predator or somebody else in the building who's not supposed to be is a lot higher, and we're making that even for everybody else in the district. Every one of our schools will have a locked secure system during the day," Kennedy said.
The board members questioned each other's thoughts on gun control and weapons inside schools.
Millard hopes to have the bond issue on the ballot for the general election this spring. Superintendent Keith Lutz said the board will go back and look at a full school system that alerts when doors are left open while creating a buzzer system to let people in the building during school hours, which could add several million dollars to the $70 million issue.


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Earnings estimates for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) have trended higher following its robust fiscal fourth quarter report late last month, which included a positive earnings surprise of more than 36% and an enhanced outlook for fiscal 2013. As a result, all 11 estimates for its current fiscal year have advanced in the last 30 days. In addition, this specialty coffee maker is currently trading at a 46.8% discount to its 52-week high of $71.15.
With long-term expected earnings growth of 17.9%, this Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) is an attractive investment opportunity with significant growth of brands and sales.
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On November 27, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters reported fiscal fourth quarter adjusted earnings of 64 cents, surpassing both the Zacks Consensus Estimate and last year's earnings by 36.2%. Due to a calendar shift, the quarter included an additional week, which contributed about 7 cents.
Earnings were primarily aided by solid top-line growth of 33.0% and a decrease in interest expense of 15.2%. The success of Keurig Single Cup Brewers, single serve packs (K-cups) and Keurig-related accessories drove the revenues.
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The company is focusing on its products and putting in efforts to turnaround its business. Apart from rolling out new products, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is upgrading its Keurig brewing system to attract more customers.
Based on its progress, the company raised its earnings per share projection for fiscal 2013 to between $2.64 and $2.74, instead of $2.55 to $2.65. The guidance for net sales growth was reiterated between 15% and 20%.
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Over the past 30 days, all 11 estimates for fiscal 2013 were revised upwards, lifting the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6.8% to $2.67 per share. This indicates year-over-year growth of 11.3%.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2014 increased 13.8% to $3.05 per share, as 4 of 7 estimates moved upward. This reflects a year-over-year increase of 14.3%.
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters currently trades at a forward P/E multiple of 14.2, which is at a discount of 11.8% to the peer group average of 16.1. The price-to-book (P/B) multiple for the stock is 2.6, which trades on par with the peer group average.
Also, the stock has a trailing 12-month return on equity (ROE) of 17.6%, which is above its peer group average of 11.4%.
Shares of Green Mountain have been rising consistently following the announcement of the solid fourth quarter results. Moreover, it is trading above its 200-day and 50-day moving averages, which stand at $31.24 and $26.64, respectively. Volume is strong, averaging roughly 7,549K daily.
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> Racism is a doctrine Has it ever occured to you that there might be people who also react to internal bioprograms telling about differences? Someone said in a text about how to make friends in less than some minutes, that a lot of people like people like themselves, and therefore to imitate them is a rapid way. The observation, that many people like people like themselves, you seem to disregard completely, like here could be no natural basics for that and everything to do with racism must just be some doctrine. >Islam (where believed that white people are devils and/or demons), Could you point out where it says that in Islam teachings? >> Nazism (where believed that the Aryans are the master race of the world) << The folks there have advanced, now they honk into space that they want to be the first world in the universe. It is noteworthy who follows. >Christianity (where believed that only through Jesus can a person obtain spiritual salvation). Thought one of the Gods was considered rather relevant, and some generalized holy spirit, and that Jesus was considered relevant in his teachings. But I am not of that religion, just thought there was some sort of triple power whatever consisting of those three. Seemed to me that they regarded one of the Gods relevant in the salvation thing, and Jesus to be nnot that God, but that he declared himself and everybody, wether Hindu or Buddhist or of Germanic religion or believing in Wakantanka, Greek or Roman Gods, etc. to be a child of the God he believed in. Also irregardless if they assented or not. >> All racist doctrines fail in all aspects when it is understood that the "soul" that resides in any person as the basis of individual existence, is the exact same "soul" that resides in the people << I have no soul. You are babbling nonsense. But just to check out of you are also babbling it about yourself, specify exactly what a soul is precisely of, so in case you are coming with some proof there I can get what you mean. You are in your way like a racist. You take your soul belief, and declare it for 6 billion other humans, not even knowing them. Scientific fact is, there is no soul ever proven, that is like the Easter Rabbit. You are taking your sould belief, and try to force such silly stuff on all on Earth, as if just because you need such a psych-crutch means, that everybody else has to get such forced on him by you. Scientific fact is we are not all the same. We are having different genetics. Magically it has been for a long time how differing human people(s) are. You are holding a rant on b.s. That goes not just for trying to force your creed on every human on Earth, but also for your near-death b.s. I have no soul, and I was several times near death. There is not one single detail description what a soul is supposed to be off of all persons I heard. When I asked some of the spirit traveller, if they can extend to centering outside, so I can perceive about that, they did that, so for me there is no doubt about it, that those people can do, at will when they wish. I could well perceive their spirit centering outside, and the main transconnecting "beam". >From the soul claimers they never showed me what a soul is. There always just came hollow babble, that sounded with most like they fear death, and need some psycho-crutch belief that after death there will be no decaying, but some wonderful eternal going on or something like that, and that to me registered as one of the main reason they were so desperately clinging to something as silly as some soul belief. >As a biologist I am convinced of the likelihood of the validity of NDEs from the viewpoint of quantum physics.< Have you had the direct view of quantum physics, are you referring to facts there or theories, and why would one need quantum physics opionions for something like near death experiences, where there are lots of stories around with people spirit extending out our or perceiving some tunnel; I would assume that such was long known before quantum physics came up. Not that I wish to say that what in my language might be called feinstoffliche and where in your language I might now select magic systems are nothing to do with what quantum physics is talking about. More that I do not get what they are relevant concerning a near death experience, as I would assume wether they do or do not have, that there are atomes and "feinstoffliche" (not hardware) energies in them. Also I am not sure if quantum physics is really into "the likelyhood of the validity". But then again, maybe some there are. ;-)


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Police are investigating reports of a gunman at the University of Rhode Island.world Updated: Apr 04, 2013, 22:15 IST
Police are investigating reports of a gunman at the University of Rhode Island.
Steven O'Donnell, head of the Rhode Island State Police, tells The Associated Press on Thursday that there is no evidence of an active shooter.
The school in South Kingstown wrote on its Twitter feed late Thursday morning that it was investigating a possible gunman on campus. It told people to seek shelter and stay where they were.
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text: Home > Business US Budget constraints limit Obama's second-term agenda By Andy Sullivan, Reuters Posted at Jan 19 2013 03:03 PM | Updated as of Jan 19 2013 11:03 PM Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama starts his second term in office facing unprecedented budget constraints that will challenge his ability to implement his economic vision. Spending caps that Obama signed into law in 2011 will make it difficult to boost investment in education, scientific research, transportation and other areas that he says will help the country retool for heightened global competition and rapid technological change, budget experts say. Because those caps won't keep pace with inflation and population growth, the government will effectively have 16 percent less to spend in these areas by the time Obama leaves office in 2017, according to White House estimates. That could constrain college loans, preschool education, job training and other programs that Obama says will boost national competitiveness. "Under the caps as they are currently constructed, we're going to see pretty significant diminishment of investment in all of those things," said Scott Lilly, who spent decades writing spending bills as a Democratic staffer in the House of Representatives. Since taking office in 2009, Obama has tried to balance his belief in an active government with concerns that the nation's finances are on an unsustainable course. Even as he has pushed through more than $1 trillion in spending increases and tax cuts to fight the deepest recession in 80 years, he has floated deficit-reduction plans that would trim costs over the medium term. As part of a deal that allowed the government to avert a first-ever debt default in August 2011, Obama and his Republican adversaries agreed to spending limits that would slow government spending growth by $1 trillion over 10 years. Those caps in the 2011 Budget Control Act do not apply to popular benefits like the Social Security retirement program and Medicare, the health plan for retirees. Obama and fellow Democrats have so far blocked Republican proposals to scale back these programs, which are projected to grow at the same rate as the economy for the next four years before expanding as aging "baby boomers" drive up costs. INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY Instead, the caps cover the 36 percent of government spending that is set annually by Congress. Known as discretionary spending, this category covers everything from the Defense Department to the National Endowment for the Arts. It also includes social programs that Obama allies say are crucial for his agenda of broadening opportunity and expanding the middle class. "If you were looking into all the corners of the budget to find those programs that helped to promote the economic mobility of disadvantaged people, many, if not most, would be there," said Jared Bernstein, a former economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden. The White House estimates that nonmilitary discretionary spending will shrink from 4.3 percent of the economy in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2011 to 2.8 percent when he leaves office in January 2017. That would be the lowest level since the government began keeping track in 1962. An automatic cut due to take effect in March, known as the "sequester," will slash discretionary spending another 8 percent unless Democrats and Republicans agree on a way to head it off. Obama frequently invokes the spending caps to rebut Republican charges that he does not care about reducing trillion-dollar deficits. He proposed another $100 billion in non-military discretionary cuts during his fiscal-cliff talks last month with Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner. But he also warns that deep program cuts will undermine future competitiveness. "The cuts we've already made ... mean that we spend less as a share of our economy than has been true for a generation," he said at a news conference on Monday. "And that's not a recipe for growth." The White House says it will be able to work within the spending caps to prioritize the areas it cares about most. But experts with experience in federal allocations say it will be exceedingly difficult to carve out room from other budget areas. MORE PRISONS, MORE TAX EXAMINERS The Census Bureau predicts the U.S. population will grow by 12.5 million over the coming four years. That will place increased demands on the government, requiring many agencies to boost staffing to avoid a performance downgrade, Lilly said. The FBI, for example, will need more crime fighters, and the IRS will need more tax examiners. Increased highway traffic will degrade roads more quickly, and increased air traffic will require more air traffic controllers. The Bureau of Prisons will face greater costs as it expects the federal inmate population to rise 8 percent in the next four years, while the Veterans Administration will see mounting health-care costs with an aging veterans population. Some technology-intensive agencies like the National Weather Service may save money through automation, said Joe Minarik, a top budget official under former President Bill Clinton. But others, like the Social Security Administration, will find that more powerful computers won't necessarily boost productivity. "You've just doubled the speed of the computer behind me, but the elderly person on the other side of the desk is not speaking any faster," Minarik said. Others say the Obama administration needs to show a greater willingness to cut ineffective programs. "It seems incapable of producing budgets that identify program areas that don't work. Everything works for these people," said Jim Dyer, a former top Republican staffer on the House Appropriations Committee. The Obama administration last year proposed $5.2 billion in discretionary spending cuts, and another $3.3 billion from defense. Because Congress has not passed any spending bills for the fiscal year that started last October, those cuts have not had a chance to become law. But many of them have already been rejected by Obama's Senate allies. The White House also tried to shift some highway programs out of the discretionary category, which would have freed up $44.5 billion over a 10-year period. Congress also rejected that idea and opted to fund highway spending with discretionary funds for at least another two years. Many budget experts expect Congress will ultimately conclude that the spending caps are too severe to work. The drive to cut spending could abate in coming years as well if an expanding economy boosts tax revenues and narrows budget deficits. But meanwhile, Obama will have few resources to implement his economic vision. "When I hear an aggressive agenda for investment, given the numbers we're looking at under the Budget Control Act I tend to be highly skeptical," Minarik said. Share Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Business,Top Stories,Obama,budget Read More: Obama budget


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An alligator has been found in a supermarket parking lot on New York's Long Island, just a day after another gator was discovered in the same lot.
A 3-to-4-foot-long alligator was discovered in the Pathmark parking lot Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday, a 2-to-3-foot gator was found there.
The reptiles were captured and turned over to the Nassau County Emergency Services Unit. They will be sent to a reptile sanctuary in Florida.
WCBS-Radio ( https://cbsloc.al/SyfI2h ) reports that authorities believe that someone dumped them there.
It was the third gator sighting on Long Island in less than a week. Last Friday, an alligator was found crawling on the front lawn of a Mastic beach home.
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Patricia is a 32-year-old criminology professor at a state university. She is married and has a five-year-old son and a three-year-old daughter. They live in the suburban area where her husband grew up.
What was your first sign that something was wrong? What symptoms did you experience?
I first had a problem in graduate school when I developed a rapid pulse rate and high blood pressure for no understandable reason. I would also get hot flashes. Shortly thereafter, I developed the worst headache I'd ever had behind my right eye and on the right side of my head. I went to the university clinic to see a doctor there. After an initial exam, he concluded I had a migraine, along with other problems. He prescribed some medication that helped a bit.
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I saw various doctors at the university clinic. I had insurance that only covered my visits to the clinic and really did not cover specialists. I was referred to a cardiologist eventually, but not a neurologist or headache specialist until just about 6 months ago (I'm now in a new state with new insurance).
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I had heard of migraines, and discovered that my mother experienced "painless migraines". I was very uninformed and just assumed it was a headache, something I'd deal with from time to time. Now I realize that migraines are not just headaches, and dealing with chronic migraines is more of a challenge than I'd ever have imagined.
How do you manage your disease?
I am currently managing this disease, but not very well. I have tried several types of medication: five migraine abortives, eight rescue pain medications, and five migraine preventives. I am currently taking two preventives—Prozac and Atenolol. I use two abortives—Amerge and Relafen (which is more of a rescue) when a migraine hits, and I use either Darvocet or Fioricet as a rescue, but only 2 times a week—same for the Amerge and Relafen.
Recently, I began to have menstrual migraines for the first time. For this type of migraine, I am now trying Relafen 2 times a day starting 2-3 days before I expect the headache (which is hard for me because I am irregular). I also use Benadryl (generic), ginger, and/or Reglan (generic) for nausea. Now I can knock out the nausea within an hour, which is a new and wonderful thing!
I am also trying "alternatives"—I recently started taking 500 mg of feverfew every day, and I do see some improvement. I also take magnesium and vitamin B2. Since I am prone to stomach ulcers, I have to be careful with the feverfew, B2, and Relafen. So I also take ginger for nausea or upset stomach, and drink chamomile tea when my stomach hurts. I take Tums during the day if necessary, but not within two hours of taking any medication.
Without my husband, I couldn't do what I do. He's learned what to do when a migraine hits: he immediately gets me coffee or diet coke, makes toast for me to eat when I take medication, etc. And even my five-year-old son will trot over with sunglasses, because light (even from the television) hurts my eyes.
I joined two on-line support groups to get and give support. I did not realize there were so many people struggling with the same disease. I have done a lot of research—books, websites, journal articles—on migraine, stroke, epilepsy, anything I can get my hands on.
Most importantly, I was referred to a headache clinic and work with a doctor and nurse practitioner who specialize in migraines and work closely with me. I've had to take my health firmly into my own hands and help direct my care. I'm not particularly assertive, but this disease has made me so, at least as far a migraine care is concerned.
Did you have to make any lifestyle or dietary changes in response to your illness?
I've made LOTS of changes. I go to bed at the same (early) time every night now. I get up early in the morning to avoid any "sleeping in" headaches that can morph into a migraine. I drink just about the same amount of caffeine every day—not too much, not too little—to avoid caffeine withdrawal headache and allow the caffeine to help me. I kept a food journal for four months, trying to identify a food trigger (to no avail). I drink almost no alcohol now because I fear it might trigger a headache. I try to exercise almost daily to release endorphins that might help.
I cut back on committee work on campus to avoid very heavy stress, since stress is the only trigger I identified. I also make sure to drink as much water as I can every day, because that seems to help. And mostly, I just try to stay healthy. I take a lot of vitamins now. I recently bought some books on meditation and relaxation and plan to look into this as well.
Did you seek any type of emotional support?
I seek emotional support from my family and from the two online support groups. Sometimes people who do not have this disease do not understand it. They have the attitude, "take some aspirin and get over it." But it's not that easy. So it's really helpful to know others have the same problem and go through the same stuff.
Did/does your condition have any impact on your family?
Well, both my five year old and three year old know what a migraine is. I have missed some birthday parties (for their friends), trips to the theater, school parties or events, trips to the zoo… all because of the migraines. That can upset my kids, but all in all, they handle it well. My husband is nothing but supportive, though I don't think he really understands the disease—but then, neither do I. The rest of my family lives far away, and I don't think they have any idea what migraines have been like for me.
What advice would you give to anyone living with this condition?
I would tell anyone living with this condition several things:
Read as much as you can about this disease so you can have an informed conversation with your doctors.
Find a specialist right away—not just a neurologist, but a headache/migraine specialist.
Listen to that specialist—give the medications and/or therapy a try no matter how bizarre it sounds.
Most importantly, trust yourself. If a medication is making you sick or making things worse, tell your doctor firmly that you need to discontinue it.
Try alternative therapies like herbs, acupuncture, etc. under the direction of your doctor (or at least informing him/her).
Tell your family and friends what migraines are like so they can have some understanding of what you are going through.
Know your rights at work, in case you need to take a step back and slow down.
Find people who will listen to you and not judge you—online support groups are really great that way!
Interviews were conducted in the past and may not reflect current standards and practices in medicine. Talk to your doctor to learn more about how this condition is diagnosed and managed today and what treatment approaches are right for you.


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Is life without Ljungberg better for the Sounders? Following Saturday's 1-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes—the side's third in a row—the question begs to be asked.
WATCH: Match Highlights
Since Freddie Ljungberg started searching for a new team—eventually moving to the Chicago Fire in a trade—the Sounders have picked up 10 points in four matches in league play, climbing to fourth in the Western Conference standings. They are 5-0-1 in all competitions since Ljungberg's departure, 3-0-1 in league play. Owners of a dismal 4-8-3 record after a loss to Los Angeles on July 4, Seattle now firmly stand in the playoff picture at 7-8-4.
They are also still alive in the US Open Cup and face a winnable CONCACAF Champions League match in El Salvador on Tuesday to make the group stage of the continental tournament. Without Ljungberg, any observer would see that the Sounders simply look better on the field, keeping possession ably and putting goals away at a commendable rate.
"I am going to let you answer the is-it-addition-by-subtraction question," general manager Adrian Hanauer told the Tacoma News Tribune earlier this week. "I am only willing to talk about the facts and how we got here which was at the beginning of the year Freddie wanted a new contract. We weren't willing to do it."
Hanauer's comments were echoed by coach Sigi Schmid, who did not want to speculate if the team was better without its iconic Swede.
What can't be disputed is that Ljungberg's absence has opened the door for other players, most notably Sanna Nyassi. The Gambian has picked up the slack on the right side of midfield with the Swede now gone.
Nyassi assisted on Fredy Montero's game-winning goal on Saturday, putting in an accurate first-time cross from the byline that Montero headed home from close range. With three assists in his past three matches, Nyassi has matched Ljungberg's total for the season.
He played the full 90 minutes against San Jose and held his own against Bobby Convey, both offensively and defensively. As a player who has found himself on the fringes of Schmid's squad, Nyassi has laid claim to the position and does not look ready to relinquish it.
Saturday's match also marked the debut of Seattle's newest signing, Alvaro Fernandez. Ostensibly Ljungberg's replacement player, the new designated player was solid in his 21 minutes. He had one chance in front of goal, but a heavy first touch allowed the Earthquakes defense to recover before he could get his shot off.
In the admittedly small sample size, the Uruguayan also seemed to adapt to the physicality of the league, something Ljungberg struggled to do in his time in Seattle.
The Sounders other DP, Blaise Nkufo, started and played 85 minutes, coming within inches of a goal in the second half.
While there may be other factors at play, the strong performances of the team's newcomers and the positive results over the past few weeks show the club hasn't missed a beat in Ljungberg's absence. Against San Jose, the Sounders picked up a win against a Western Conference opponent that started the day ahead of them in the standings.
"The thing about this league is that you have so much parity," goalkeeper Kasey Keller said. "You get yourselves on a good run, you shoot up the table, regardless of where your position is."
Montero, who has four goals and five assists in the past eight games, credited the team's effort with Seattle's recent run of form.
"These points are vital for us especially fighting for the playoffs," Montero said. "As a team we're doing well right now and we want to keep working hard. Everyone is working together and stepping up their game collectively."


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Colorado Lawmakers Under Recall Threat for Gun-Control Votes
Novice petitioners campaign for signatures to target four Democratic lawmakers.
May 1, 2013 -- A slew of new gun restrictions in Colorado might mean recall elections for Democratic lawmakers.
Efforts are underway to recall three state senators and one representative who voted for a slate of new gun measures, signed by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper March 20. After a nonprofit group failed to organize the recalls with centralized (and undisclosed) funding, the campaigns are being run by activists spread out across the state.
Gun-rights supporters are collecting signatures to recall state Senate President John Morse, state Sens. Evie Hudak and Angela Giron, and state Rep. Mike McLachlan, with more recall efforts are on the way, activists say. A website and Facebook page promote the recall of state Rep. Rhonda Fields, who sponsored two of the recent gun bills, but the Colorado Secretary of State's office said it has not received an application for a petition to recall Fields.
READ MORE: Gun Debate Rolls on Outside D.C.
Along with Connecticut, New York, and Maryland, Colorado enacted its own gun restrictions this year as federal efforts stalled in Congress. Three new laws expand background checks, institute fees for the checks and ban high-capacity magazines. Colorado became a focal point of gun politics in 2011, after the mass shooting that killed 12 and wounded many more at a movie theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
The campaigns are being run by political newcomers who claim little or no experience working on elections and say they were angered by the recent gun votes.
"There is no way to have a universal background check without gun registration," said Dave Saleh, who is helping to organize the recall of Rep. McLachlan in the rural southwestern part of the state.
Opponents fear that background checks will lead to a "national gun registry," which they say would mean excessive government monitoring of gun owners.
Saleh said he was not surprised by McLachlan's vote but that he was surprised Hickenlooper signed the bills.
"It shows what he really is, which is a liberal progressive," Saleh said. "We're going to damn sure deal with these politicians here, if not with the recalls then in 2014. ... This momentum will carry us into 2014 and beyond, this legislation in Colorado has been so overreaching."
Three of the lawmakers targeted by recall campaigns won their seats narrowly. Morse, the Senate president, won his district by 340 votes, or 0.18 percentage points, last year; Hudak won hers by 584 votes, or 0.23 percentage points, in 2010; and McLachlan won his House district by 917 votes, or 1.16 percentage points, in 2012.
Not all of the recall efforts are about guns exclusively. Leaders of the Hudak campaign told ABC News that their effort is driven by a general distaste for Hudak's politics, bristling at the notion that guns are the main issue. While their petition includes an accusation that Hudak "has infringed upon our constitutional right to keep and bear arms," it also accuses Hudak more broadly of "ignoring the voice of the people" on issues like taxes.
"This recall is not just about the 2nd Amendment," organizer Kandee Evans wrote to ABC News in an email.
None of the recall campaigns would say how many signatures they had collected so far, but Saleh admitted that it would be "very difficult" to obtain the 10,587 signatures necessary in his rural district. Other campaigns projected confidence that they'd be able to meet the signature requirements, all between 7,000 and 19,000 signatures. McLachlan and Giron represent the rural areas surrounding Pueblo and Durango; Morse and Hudak represent Colorado Springs and the Denver suburb of Westminster, respectively.
The first petition was approved in mid-March, as the gun bills made their way through the legislature. Organizers will have to submit their signatures between mid-May and early June. If they succeed, the lawmakers could see recall votes between July and October. Voters would decide simultaneously whether they want to recall the lawmakers and, if so, who should replace them.
Activists are relying on volunteers, and no campaign has raised more than a few thousand dollars. Victor Head, a plumber who is organizing the recall of Sen. Giron in the central Colorado town of Pueblo, says his volunteers have been collecting signatures in gun stores.
"We've got eight stores in Pueblo, whether it be my volunteers sitting behind the counter or the employees themselves," Head, 28, said. "[At] the high-volume stores, we've got someone there all day, every day."
Like other organizers, Head said he had never set up a recall campaign and didn't know how before this year.
"I'm a plumber," Head said. "I've never done anything like this in my life."
Early in the process, a nonprofit group called the Basic Freedom Defense Fund tried and failed to organize the recalls under one, centrally funded umbrella. Dave Palm, who runs a website affiliated with the Hudak recall, called the group "a lot of hot air and a lot of promises."
Other activists said they found the fund's early support helpful. Even without the fund's overarching guidance, the petition campaigns say they're talking to each other by phone and sharing information.
Basic Freedom Defense Fund does not disclose its fundraising and declined to who sits on is board. Anthony Garcia, a 27-year-old oil-field worker involved in organizing the fund, said the group's leaders are "normal people" who don't want to be identified for fear of reprisal from gun-control supporters. And he denied major influence or funding from national groups.
"The Basic Freedom Defense Fund is a completely grassroots effort," he said. "We don't have any big corporate or political affiliations. We're just the average Joe."
Asked whether any national or out-of-state groups had supported the fund, Garcia said, "There are a lot of groups who are interested in what we're doing. We're not affiliated with any of them officially. They support us, they love what we're doing, they try to help us."
The Basic Freedom Defense Fund is now the driving force behind the recall of Senate President Morse. The official Morse recall committee, the El Paso Freedom Defense Committee, reported raising only $100 at the beginning of April, two weeks after Morse's petition was approved.
For his part, Sen. Morse says he's not worried.
"What they're accusing us all of is passing sensible gun legislation that 90 percent of the public supports, so how does that work to get 50 percent to [vote for a] recall?" Morse asked.
A former police chief, Morse said he still owns the backup weapon he used as an officer, a Walther PPK.
"I'm a crack shot -- crack," he said. "I don't enjoy it at all, but I'm good at it."
This story has been updated.


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There are a number of reasons why companies, investors and other institutions should invest or otherwise do business in Wisconsin, from its efficient agricultural sector to its modernized manufacturing community to its growing high technology economy.
THE RIGHT PEOPLE: Wisconsin offers a well-trained, educated workforce with an outstanding work ethic and proven adaptability. High-school graduation rates and higher education rates in Wisconsin are above the U.S. average, and college entrance exam scores rank No. 1 or 2, year after year. In the technology sector, Wisconsin is building a cadre of experienced managers, many of whom have taken companies from the start-up level to acquisition, merger or initial public offering.
A WARM INVESTMENT CLIMATE: The enactment of investor tax credits and the creation of an angel investing infrastructure through the Wisconsin Angel Network have combined to spur increases in the number of angel networks (from six to 22), the number of reported angel network deals (up five-fold) and the amount invested in early stage deals ($15 million in 2008). Wisconsin has recently expanded its investor tax credit program, which will lead to a tripling of available credit dollars by 2011.
AN INVITING PLACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS: Wisconsin has created an integrated portfolio of services, both public and private, for entrepreneurs and early stage companies. The effort is paying off. The 2008 New Economy Index by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation showed that Wisconsin had moved up four places since 2002 in its 50-state report on multiple benchmarks.
COMPETITIVE BUSINESS COSTS: Doing business in Wisconsin can translate directly into savings. Construction and operating costs are as much as 45 percent lower than other areas of the country. Utility costs are typically 25 percent less than the national average. Land costs are extremely competitive and quality labor is available at fair prices. Corporate income taxes in Wisconsin rank in the bottom third among the states, sales taxes rank in the middle, excise taxes and fees are among the lowest in the nation, and recent tax reforms have helped put Wisconsin on a competitive platform with other states. Worker's Compensation rates and Unemployment Compensation taxes remain among the lowest in the United States.
WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC R&D: Wisconsin institutions conduct more than $1.1 billion per year in academic research and development, according to National Science Foundation figures. It's led by the UW-Madison with more than $900 million in research spending per year, good for second in the nation. Other leaders are the Medical College of Wisconsin, UW-Milwaukee and the Marshfield Clinic. The UW-Madison Institutes for Discovery, a $150-million facility now under construction, is the only interdisciplinary research center of its kind in the United States outside the East and West coasts. The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is the state's newest federal laboratory, backed by a $135-million federal grant.
A THRIVING LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR: The biosciences are an $8-billion industry in Wisconsin, including more than 400 companies and 28,000 workers in medical, industrial and environmental biotechnology, bioinformatics, medical devices, healthcare and value-added agriculture. Wisconsin is ranked in the top 10 for biotechnology employment growth. "Fierce Biotech," a leading industry bulletin, recently named Wisconsin one of the five places in the world best-positioned to be a hotbed of biotech innovation. GE Healthcare has more than 6,000 employees in Wisconsin alone. Recent company success stories have included the acquisitions of NimbleGen, MirusBio and Third Wave Technologies.
HIGH-TECH MARKETS ARE HOT, TOO: Information technology and other high-tech goods and services are an emerging sector in the Wisconsin economy. Drawn by the quality of academic research in Madison, Microsoft and Google have opened research offices there. Cyberstates 2009, an industry review by TechAmerica, showed Wisconsin third among the 50 states in electromedical equipment manufacturing employment, ninth in electronic components manufacturing employment, and 13th in software publisher employment. The state's high-tech payroll of $5.4 billion ranked 22nd overall, according to TechAmerica. The state consistently ranks among the nation's leaders in the number of patents issued.
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Sit in Easy Pose with your chin in and your chest out. Stick your tongue all the way out and keep it out as you rapidly breathe in and out through your mouth. This is called Dog Breath. Continue this panting diaphragmatic breath for 3-5 minutes.
To finish, inhale, and hold your breath for 15 seconds and press the tongue against the upper palate. Exhale. Repeat this sequence two more times.
This exercise brings energy to your immune system to fight infection. It is a very healing exercise. When you feel a tingling in your toes, thighs, and lower back it is an indication that you are doing this exercise correctly.
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This kriya is published in Praana Praanee Praanayam available through KRI.


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We haven't talked much about the under-the-radar hockey picture, Goon, since earlier this year, but writer/star Jay Baruchel lit up the Twitterverse today with talk of a sequel. The original starred Sean William Scott (American Pie) as Doug Glatt, the black sheep of his brainy family who works as a bouncer until an opportunity arises for him to be an enforcer on an underdog semi-pro hockey team. There is no word yet as to the plot of the sequel, but Baruchel will return to write the script with Jesse Chabot, director Michael Dowse will also return to direct the sequel; Evan Goldberg, who co-wrote the original, will return as a producer. Hit the jump to hear from Baruchel himself.
Check out what Baruchel had to say on Twitter, neatly gathered up for you rather than reading it 140 characters at a time:
I'd like to say thank you to all of you for all the GOON 2 love. You guys are wicked.
Though I do feel the need to clarify something from the last article I posted, GOON 2 will be written by @jessechabot and myself.
Evan Goldberg will be involved as a producer and we will all be working our asses off to make as awesome a flick as possible.
Please know this: GOON is pretty close to sacred for all of
us involved and we would only be entertaining the idea of continuing the saga if we were all equally convinced that Doug, Laflamme, Stevesy, the Russians, Rolie, Ogilvy Belchy and Eva were only getting started
We will give them and you guys the epic, violent, heartfelt awesomeness that is not just deserved but required. HIGH. LAND. ERS.
Sorry for the tweet carpet bombing, just wanted to provide context and give appropriate respect to my boy @jessechabot
And YES @mdowse is directing the motherfucker! #gaypornhard


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Thank you for the vidcaps!! It looks like Justin/Zev might be the Red team after all and Sam/Dan might be orange. What does everyone think?? We'll know better when we get a good clip of the Orange team. The guy on the right looks like Justin in this clip.
So the mystery team really is in this shot after all!
Ok...remember we heard about a "green Room" at Tokyo Tower.Suppose the Green Room was not a literal green room but a TV studio Green RoomIs that the TV studio in the background?What TV shows film using Red Visors?Is that the stairway at Tokyo Towers??
Well it was me who mixed them up in the first place! I tried to match them up as best as I could with the photos we had and I didn't see how Sam/Dan could have been the Orange guys from those photos. Sorry for the confusion...So I guess that means it's Sam/Dan in the Final Three since it's def Orange.
Oh gosh! SORRY about that, Sam and Dan!! and to Justin and Zev too! Heeee.....y'all can stop laughing now. We can just add this to our RFF blooper reel!!
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Johnson stand leads surging Penguins past slumping Hurricanes, 3-2
RALEIGH, N.C. - When things were most tense, Carolina had twice as many skaters on the ice as Pittsburgh did. To Penguins coach Dan Bylsma, it seemed as if it were even more.
"The 8-on-3," he quipped, "was pretty gutsy."
Backup goalie Brent Johnson came up big during the defensive stand that thwarted Carolina's three-man advantage and helped the surging Penguins beat the slumping Hurricanes 3-2 on Saturday night.
"You don't see 6-on-3s that often," Johnson said. "Just an excellent effort from our guys."
Arron Asham and Pascal Dupuis scored 1:27 apart in the third period, Craig Adams had a goal and an assist, and Sidney Crosby added an assist for the Penguins. They've won five of seven games since Crosby's return, and he has two goals and 10 assists in that span.
Johnson finished with 30 stops to win a battle of the backups against Brian Boucher. He stopped five shots during the final 2:04, when a series of Pittsburgh penalties gave Carolina a 5-on-3 advantage. The Hurricanes pulled Boucher and peppered him relentlessly in what Adams called "a shooting gallery."
Cracked Bylsma: "We were going to be short for another 24 hours."
Johnson's most impressive save came when Jussi Jokinen's shot off the post trickled past him before he covered it with his right shoulder with 17.2 seconds left.
"Good teams are going to block shots and they're going to shut down the middle of the ice," Carolina centre Jeff Skinner said. "We got some good looks. We got some good shots there at the end, but their goalie made some good saves (including) the one on the goal line behind him. You want to score on those. Just, tonight, we didn't get it done."
Asham broke a 1-all tie when his hard shot from between the circles beat Boucher with 11:27 left. Dupuis followed by hammering in a rebound to make it 3-1 with 10 minutes left.
Jamie McBain scored two goals and Boucher had 37 saves for the Hurricanes. McBain pulled them within a goal with 7:31 left when he scored a rare power-play goal—just the second for Carolina in six games.
But when the Hurricanes couldn't score with what amounted to a 6-on-3 advantage after Boucher was pulled, Pittsburgh claimed a matchup of teams at opposite ends of the Eastern Conference standings. The Penguins top the NHL with 36 points, while the Hurricanes entered one point out of last place and have lost six straight and 13 of 16.
"It's very frustrating," Jokinen said. "You can't deny that. It's been really tough, but there's nothing you can do. You can't change the past. You have to just watch the future. It's never too late to turn (around) the season. Just keep believing and keep your heads up and try to get that first win on Tuesday and try to go from there."
It wrapped up a rough first week on the job for Kirk Muller, who was hired Monday to replace the fired Paul Maurice. The 19-year NHL veteran as a player wound up taking on two first-place teams in his first five days as Carolina's coach, losing to Southeast leader Florida on Nov. 29.
"That's a pretty good team over there. A couple posts, a couple pucks on the goal line and the game turns out differently," Skinner said. "We just didn't get the win. That's the way it's been going around here. We've got to try and get those positive things."
Playing for the first time since Nov. 19, Johnson was impenetrable early on, breaking up a pretty backdoor pass from Bryan Allen to Jokinen and then stuffing Chad LaRose after a perfect cross-ice pass midway through the first.
He also caught a break late in the second when Skinner had a wide-open net but couldn't get control of a bouncing puck before Brooks Orpik and Johnson shut the door on him.
Adams put Pittsburgh up 1-0 midway through the second when he took a pretty backhand pass from Crosby at the end line and beat Boucher for his third goal. McBain tied it with 1:19 before the break on a delayed penalty, taking a cross-ice pass from Joni Pitkanen and blasting the puck past Johnson.
NOTES: Pittsburgh C Jordan Staal had his face bloodied by Tomas Kaberle's pass with about three minutes left. Bylsma said he had a cut under his eye but "I'm sure they'll be looking at making sure he's fine and structural-wise."... Johnson played in his 300th career game. ... McBain sat out the last two games as a healthy scratch. ... Since the Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh 5-3 on Nov. 12, they've only won twice since.


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The last thing tomboy Jennifer Senior expected while expecting? That she'd discover her inner girl.
For as long as I can remember, I have thought of myself as a tomboy. You might think that pregnancy would have momentarily rid me of this
belief about myself. It is, presumably, the peak state of femininity — or at least the peak state of womanhood, the incomparable expression of what separates gals from men. And yet carrying a
child did nothing to free me from the conviction that I am more masculine than feminine. Instead, it sharpened it — for the first six months, anyway.
Before I got pregnant, I was analytical and unsentimental and indifferent to shopping; during my first two trimesters, I was analytical and unsentimental and indifferent to shopping (I refused all
offers of baby showers, for instance, and never once set foot in Babies "R" Us, which I consider a Hades of chiming plastic and battery-operated kitsch to this very day). Before I got pregnant, I
gained weight in my gut, just like a man; when I got pregnant, I … gained weight in my gut, just like a man. (Now, at least, this trait makes aesthetic sense.) During the first trimester, I was
spared the gestational tortures so many pregnant women endure — the relentless nausea, the bloat, the volcanic acne — which somehow suggested to me that I was tougher than the average
pregnant dame. In my second trimester, true to stereotype, I hummed with energy, working late at the office and assembling bookshelves at home. I ate a lot. I slept the unanguished, crude mammalian
sleep of a man. And like a man, my skin got rougher in patches, drying out around my feet and elbows and knees (which explains the liters of goo marketed to pregnant women). I was also constantly
complaining about being too hot, just like my father. And when the women around me started comparing notes about their own pregnancies, I wandered into the next room, bored.
Mark, my partner (I'm also too unsentimental to get married), developed a term for my attitude. He called it "the macho pregnancy."
But I am now in the end stage, the preposterous stage, the stage where the fundamental inelegance of my condition cannot be ignored and machismo is completely out of the question. Being macho
requires a certain cool, and it is hard — very hard — to be cool when you're wearing stretch pants. Recently, a dear friend proposed I be towed out to sea to start my own artificial
reef. Another began calling me "Goodyear." I've become a hopeless dependent, relying on the kindness of strangers to give up their subway seats, open doors, and in one especially awkward instance,
tie my shoes (in end-stage pregnancy, the feet are apparently more elusive than the cervix). My doctor assures me it is normal — depressingly average, even — to have gained 25 pounds on
a 5-foot-6 frame by week 36. But these extra pounds have both revealed and weakened every kink in my posture, my core muscle strength, my gait. (About five weeks ago, my hips gave out, driving me
to a fabulous physical therapist named Isa, who observed: "Girlfriend, you walk all wrong.")
Worst of all, I've become stupid in these final laps, and intellectual helplessness is far more humiliating than physical helplessness. Words desert me. (Terms I forgot in the last 24 hours:
self-aware, neonatal, and shelf.) The basic skills of my profession elude me (filling me with the panic of those dreams in which we're asked to do things we cannot
— conduct the New York Philharmonic, play professional basketball). My prefrontal cortex, at long last, has been hijacked by hormones. In her best-selling book, The Female Brain, Dr.
Louann Brizendine says the brain shrinks by about 8 percent during pregnancy and doesn't return to its full size until six months after the baby is born. The image suggests that our brain loses
computational and reasoning power, but that's not what it feels like. What it feels like is a case of brain termites.


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Simple assault and ground level fall do not require cervical spine CT
Cervical spine CT examinations are unnecessary for emergency department (ED) patients who are a victim of "simple assault" or who have a "ground-level fall", unless the patient has a condition that predisposes the patient to spine fracture, a new study finds.
The study, conducted at Grady Memorial Hospital by researchers from the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences of the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, found that out of 218 exams for simple assault, there were none that were positive, said Andrew Nicholson, MD, lead author of the study. In the series of 154 cervical spine CT scans that were obtained for ground-level fall, there was only one positive exam. This fracture was in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis, a condition that is known to increase the risk of fracture of the spine.
"The criteria that exist for cervical spine imaging can be vague in certain circumstances and lead to many patients receiving this exam who likely don't need it," said Dr. Nicholson. "At our level 1 trauma center in the past 12 months, there were 5,046 cervical spine CT examinations; in 2003, there were 2,091, an increase of 241%," he said.
"While this study looks at a relatively small subset of the CT exams ordered from the ED, we believe it can have a significant impact on radiation dose reduction at a population level," said Chad Holder, MD, senior author of the study. "These patients frequently have CT scans of the head and/or the face at the same time. The radiation dose to the lenses of the eyes, thyroid and lymph nodes from cervical spine CT is not insignificant; reducing unnecessary radiation exposure to these organs is important," he said. "Additionally, overutilization of high-cost imaging exams has contributed to the increase in healthcare expenditures. Efforts to contain these two aspects should be led by radiologists, who can be a driving force to reduce overutilization," said Dr. Nicholson.
The study will be presented on May 3 at the 2012 American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada.
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As she said she would, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., introduced on Wednesday the Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2012, which would allow the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to collect user fees from advisors to fund their exams in lieu of a self-regulatory organization (SRO).
In introducing the bill, co-sponsored by Massachusetts Democrats Barney Frank and Michael Capuano, Waters said that "it is absolutely essential that we improve the oversight of investment advisers—the people that manage the assets of millions of individual and institutional investors across the country."
Since the crisis four years ago, she continued, "we have witnessed an unfortunate deterioration in the public's confidence in our financial markets. Though the vast majority of investment advisers operate with integrity and want to help their clients meet their financial goals, it is clear that the SEC's current examination levels need to be augmented in order to bolster the public's trust in this marketplace."
Like the Investment Adviser Association (IAA) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), Waters said she believes the user fee approach, rather than the establishment of an SRO to examine advisors as put forth in a bill by her committee's chairman, Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., "provides the simplest, most efficient solution to the problem of inadequate adviser oversight."
She said that "because the user fees contemplated in my legislation would only be used to fund the regulation of investment advisers, and not to subsidize other functions at the SEC, I think that this option would be more cost effective for the industry."
The Financial Coalition, comprised of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) and the CFP Board, said in a statement that Waters' bill was "a credible alternative to the Investment Adviser Oversight Act of 2012 (H.R. 4624), introduced in April [by Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.], which would impose higher costs and a redundant regulatory burden on small advisory firms by mandating that they join a self-regulatory organization (SRO), in addition to current SEC and state regulatory oversight."
While admitting that the "the status quo is not acceptable" and that the frequency of advisor exams needs to increase "dramatically," the coalition added that creating "a new SRO is not the right solution. The burden of excessive regulation and cost would fall unfairly on small-business owners while many larger firms would be exempt and would go unaffected."
Between "Waters' legislation and the recent Senate budget providing increased resources for investment adviser oversight, it is clear that an SRO is not the only option for increasing the frequency of examinations," the coalition said. "We look forward to working with the Financial Services Committee on a solution that will enhance consumer protection by increasing oversight of all investment advisers."
David Tittsworth, executive director of IAA, also applauded Waters' legislation as he said it "represents the smartest, fastest, and most cost-effective solution to ensure greater frequency of investment adviser examinations." However, as he told AdvisorOne in a previous interview, it's "unlikely" that either approach—SRO or user fees—will be adopted this year.
However, the Financial Services Institute (FSI), which supports Bachus' SRO bill, said in a statement that the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) estimated that, "in addition to its current enhancement efforts, OCIE would need to double the current number of its investment advisor examiners (460) to increase the frequency of examinations to even 20%." That roughly equates to 46 examiners per 1% increase, FSI says, "and thus the number of examiners needed to increase examination frequency to the average SRO examination rate of 43.5% would be 1,540, increasing the total to about 2,000."
FSI argues that "to increase the frequency to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) average, OCIE would need to add more than 2,000 examiners to its advisory program, bringing the total to about 2,500. To provide context for those numbers, OCIE currently has about 850 full-time employees covering all of its programs, and the Commission overall has about 4,000 full-time employees."
Key provisions of Waters' bill include the following:
The fee calculation formula used to determine the fees to be paid annually by individual advisory firms shall be established by rulemaking.
- The fee calculation formula shall take into account the estimated costs and planned frequency of inspections, and factors including the adviser's size and assets under management (AUM), number and types of clients, and other objective factors, such as risk characteristics, as determined by the commission.
- The commission shall review the fee calculation formula annually and, if it determines that it needs to be revised, it may do so—following notice and comment—before fees are assessed for the following fiscal year.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall conduct an audit of the use of the fees and the fee calculation formula, including any adjustments, once every two years and issue a report to the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee.
Funds derived from the user fees are not "public funds" and are available to the SEC without regard to congressional appropriation, apportionment or other fiscal year limitation.
This article was originally reported by AdvisorOne


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New York, NY —
OPERA America
, the national service organization for opera, announces the final two sessions of its 2008-2009
Making Connections
series, a professional development and networking program nurturing the next generation of performing and creative artists. Making Connections is geared toward early-career artists, including singers, composers, librettists, designers, directors and others who work in or would like to work in the field of opera.
OPERA America presented a total of 17 different sessions during the course of the full 2008-2009
Making Connections
season, which began in September. Each session begins with an hour-long panel discussion followed by an informal reception where attendees are able to meet one-on-one with the panelists, providing a unique networking opportunity.
"One of the most exciting aspects of Making Connections is this direct exchange between the participants," stated Marc A. Scorca, president & CEO of OPERA America. "In the increasingly competitive arts community, often, it's not only what you know but who you know that can make a difference. Through
Making Connections
, OPERA America is able to foster a real dialogue between aspiring artists and decision-makers in the opera community."
The next session,
Fundraising 101
, on Wednesday, May 20, will assist artists in identifying sources of income, creating a fundraising strategy, approaching potential funders, preparing taxes and other vital information not typically taught in schools. Leading this session is
Dianne Debicella
, the Program Director for Fiscal Sponsorship at Fractured Atlas, who has helped over 1,200 sponsored artists and emerging organizations, representing all artistic disciplines, find funding and other resources to support their work.
Panelists for
Designing for 21st-Century Opera
on Thursday, May 21, will explore current design trends in the field, including multimedia options for the opera stage and ideas for incorporating film, fashion and other art forms into opera productions. Speaking at this session are
Wendall Harrington
, projections designer for opera and Broadway;
Jessica Jahn
, costume designer; and
Joachim Schamberger
, virtual theater designer and stage director.
Allen Moyer
, scenic designer for opera and Broadway, will moderate.
Making Connections
sessions take place from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and are held in the OPERA America offices at 330 Seventh Avenue at 29th Street. A reception follows each panel discussion. Admission is $5 per session for OPERA America members and $10 for non-members. For additional information on individual sessions and speakers, contact OPERA America at 212-796-8620 or
. Those interested in attending any of the sessions may register online at
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
OPERA America
Making Connections
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Fundraising 101
Speaker: Dianne Debicella, Fractured Atlas
Workshop: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Designing for 21st-Century Opera
Speakers: Wendall Harrington, projections designer for opera and Broadway; Jessica Jahn, costume designer;
Joachim Schamberger, virtual theater designer and stage director
Moderator: Allen Moyer, scenic designer for opera and Broadway
Workshop: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
OPERA America leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Artistic services help opera companies and creative and performing artists to improve the quality of productions and increase the creation and presentation of North American works.
Information, technical, and administrative services to opera companies reflect the need for strengthened leadership among staff, trustees and volunteers.
Education, audience development and community services are designed to enhance all forms of opera appreciation.
Founded in 1970, OPERA America's worldwide membership network includes nearly 200 Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and more than 16,000 subscribers to the association's electronic news service. In 2005, OPERA America relocated from Washington, D.C. to New York as the first step in creating the first-ever National Opera Center. With a wide range of artistic and administrative services in a purpose-built facility, the Opera Center is dedicated to increasing the level of excellence, creativity and effectiveness across the field.
OPERA America's long tradition of supporting and nurturing the creation and development of new works led to the formation of
The Opera Fund
, a growing endowment which allows OPERA America to make a direct impact on the ongoing creation and presentation of new opera and music-theater works. Since its inception, OPERA America has made grants of nearly $11 million to assist companies with the expenses associated with the creation and development of new works.


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Dr Pepper 'the status takeover' by Lean Mean Fighting Machine
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Dr Pepper has its own bespoke Facebook app, by Lean Mean Fighting Machine, which it claims is the first of its kind.
The app gives users the chance to win £1000 every week, if they choose to let Dr Pepper update their Facebook status on their behalf. The updates are chosen at random from a bank of embarrassing options and the more embarrassing the user allows the update to be, the better their chance of winning the cash.
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Bangkok's urban style and creative flair is captured perfectly at
akyra Thonglor Bangkok – a luxury boutique hotel where the city's dapper and delightful drop in to chill out.
Packed with hip bars, cool community hang-out spots and a sampling of the best restaurants in town, the upscale enclave is a heady hive of activity day and night.
Nestled between the exciting Sukhumvit Soi 55 and Petchaburi Road, the 148-key akyra Thonglor Bangkok hotel offers studio rooms, plus 1-, and 2-bedroom suites, tapping into the trendy local aesthetic with a strong, contemporary design. The self-contained sanctuaries are perfect for leisure travellers, while guests passing through on business will want for nothing with an adjacent lifestyle mall and 24-hour supermarket.
A complimentary shuttle service to Thong Lo BTS skytrain station encourages guests to dive headfirst into the dynamic Thai capital.
|Just because the city doesn't sleep, that doesn't mean you shouldn't either. Rustle up a quick snack in your fully-equipped kitchenette, or settle down for an extended soak in the bathtub – our luxury hotel studios and suites offer residential comforts complemented with five star services.
Studio Room
37 sqm (398 sq-ft)
A contemporary studio suite featuring a king-sized bed, a well-equipped kitchenette, and complimentary Internet access.
Our Studios are contemporary spaces designed for extended stays. Set against floor-to-ceiling views of Bangkok's bustling cityscape, they feature chic furnishings, a kitchenette with premium appliances, and an ensuite bathroom with an oversized bathtub. Enhancing the ambience are warm timber floorings, and complimentary Internet access.
One Bedroom Suite
61 sqm (656 sq-ft)
A luxury one bedroom hotel suite featuring a bedroom with a king-sized bed, separate living and dining areas, a well-equipped kitchenette, city views, and complimentary Internet access.
Our expansive One Bedroom Suites feature warm timber floorings and partitioned spaces for enhanced privacy and panoramic Bangkok city views. Indulge in the oversized bathtub, or prepare meals with the premium kitchen amenities while two LCD televisions and complimentary Internet access keep you entertained and connected.
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118 sqm (1,269 sq-ft)
A luxury hotel suite featuring two spacious bedrooms, separate living and dining areas, a fully fitted kitchen, picturesque city views, and complimentary Internet access.
Our Two Bedroom Suites are designed to accommodate up to five guests with ample areas for living, dining and relaxation. The residential experience includes two elegant bedrooms, a spacious kitchen equipped with premium appliances and complimentary Internet access. Warm timber floorings, abundant natural lighting, and breathtaking Bangkok city views add to the vibe of this urban dwelling.
|Tuck into a hearty breakfast to set you on the right path, then when hunger strikes later in the day, allow us to bring the best of Bangkok's flavours straight to your door.
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Get the perfect start to your day with our range of Western and Asian breakfast favourites. Choose a nourishing meal to power up for the morning, or savour an indulgent spread for a great start to a relaxing day.
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Savour the best of the city's culinary offerings without leaving the comfort of your suite. With our in-room dining service, simply select from the menus of our partner restaurants and have your preferred dishes delivered directly to you.
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Our meeting venues are available for various setting styles with meeting packages customized to suit your demands, while smaller events are perfectly staged in the 154 sqm three-bedroom suites which can be set up in flexible layouts for bespoke gatherings.
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with a selection of high class department stores and fashionable hotspots at your doorstep.
Take in the effortless charm of this thriving concrete jungle as you pamper yourself with a collection of gourmet delights from the the high-end restaurants nearby.
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From Suvanarbhumi Airport, head east on the expressway and take the Sukhumvit Exit. Turn left on Sukhumvit 55, akyra Thonglor Bangkok hotel is located on your right.
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Bangkok is well-known for medical tourism; we are located close to 2 major hospitals in Bangkok, namely Bangkok Hospital and Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital.


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Audit seeks info on UW's new Internet plans
UW System institutions plan to discontinue their WiscNet memberships
MADISON, Wis. — State auditors want the University of Wisconsin System Administration to clarify how it plans to provide Internet services to its schools.
The UW System currently uses WiscNet, a nonprofit cooperative that brings high-speed Internet services to UW schools as well as to most public schools and libraries in the state. WiscNet gets most of its funds from the public entities, prompting arguments that it was unfairly competing with the private sector.
A law that takes effect next summer will change how that arrangement works. To comply, UW System institutions plan to discontinue their WiscNet memberships and get Internet access elsewhere.
In a report released Tuesday, the state Legislative Audit Bureau asked the UW System Administration to clarify how it will provide Internet services and how it will pay for them.


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Artists Fernando Mastrangelo and Ted Lawson, represented by Emmanuel Fremin Gallery, creates incredibly detailed sculptures our of organic materials like salt, sugar, corn, and even cremated human ash! For the fair, the artist created a wall sculpture entirely of salt and bonding agents. A swirling feat of geometric mastery, the circular sculpture is made up of hundreds of 3dimensional boxes, all of cast salt.
Strings of buttons were transformed into a penny farthing bicycle by Augusto Esquivel. Working almost exclusively in buttons, the artist likes to push the boundaries of such a common object, creating large scale hanging sculptures of colorful objects out of buttons. Using each button like a building block, he carefully hangs them my clear string to make up the whole of bicycles, wagons, and gumball machines.
Sheila Gallagher's massive collages were shown in a Lower East Side Gallery this past year, and made an appearance at this year's fair. Made from an array of recycled plastics, the conglomerations transform discarded bottle caps, LEGOs, pill bottles and toys into gorgeous colorful patterns of flowers and vines.
Metal artist Cal Lane carves intricate details into disused industrial metal objects, making even the most rusty object comparable to lace. Using a blow torch, the New York based artist carves flowers, birds, windows and other patterns into fuse boxes, shovels and even dumpsters!
We've seen many artists upcycle old books into art, and Alexander Robinson is a welcome addition. Using the actual book as a shadow box frame, the artist makes layered collages from vintage book plates, creating new narratives and visual interactions between great characters from literature.
Troy Abbott combines ancient bird cages with recycled technology. Abbott's piece blur the lines between tangible and representational. For SCOPE, he created a series of recycled sculptures that featured small LCD screens that played video of pet birds, fusing the technological with vintage metal and electronics.
Using hundreds of popsicle sticks, Michael Murphy makes abstract sculptures of common themes. The massive red crucifix depicts Jesus on the cross, ingeniously using the popsicle sticks as a cross hatching tool. Murphy's other piece, a stag head, uses layers upon layers of the sticks to build up the form, which is crowned with recycled popsicle stick antlers.
Artists continue to impress with their innovative use of recycled materials, bringing another great art fair week to a close!
Images © Lori Zimmer for Inhabitat


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