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Chromium 6 Hinkley California Lawsuits, Debuts
Class Action and a separate and distinct civil lawsuits and the respective criminal complaints, are sought to be filed by a numerous law firms.
Since all lawsuits are on contingency basis, certain law firm may not participate, not limited to conflict of interest issue, or other issues, regardless of invoked Crime Victims Compensation Act, which can foster legal and court's fees reimbursement to law firms.
Defendant is the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E Corporation, based in California.
Other Defendants and/or Respondents, and/or Appellants, within the State of California and the Federal Government Agencies, to be named therein some, or all of these numerous lawsuits, are County of San Bernardino Assessor, County of San Bernardino Tax Collector, Mojave Water Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), California Department of Public Health (CDPH), (These Board, board's departments, and offices are under the umbrella of the California Environmental Protection Agency), California Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Since the Honorable Dianne Feinstein, US Senator, Barbara Boxer, US Senator, Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman and Nora Campos, Assemblymember, were all involved in the Chromium 6 issues, they will be mentioned therein these lawsuits, as witnessing the sufferings and the toxic tort sustained by the Inhabitants, town of Hinkley, California.
Among various, multiple and immediate Restraining Orders to be filed with the Superior Court State of California, Civil and Criminal Divisions and the Federal District Court, Civil and Criminal Divisions, involving the Defendant, the Government Regulatory Agencies and the Inhabitants of Hinkley, California, are those stipulating the followings:
The Defendant shall be restrained from injecting fresh water in any water well, in an attempt to chase away the Chromium 6 Plume, in either the upper or lower aquifer below that well and immediately perform water test on Chromium 6 concentration in the water well next to it, or adjacent within one mile radius, all in an effort to provide fraudulent evidentiary to the Regulatory Government Agencies (the Lahontan Water Board), as to Chromium 6 plume concentration of less than 3.1 ppb (parts per billion). That is one of the many criminal counts for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.
The County of San Bernardino Assessor / Tax Collector and Mojave Water Agency, shall be restrained, on a verified motion, to immediately suspend property tax collection from the Inhabitants in the town of Hinkley, California, on the undisputable ground that the real properties ground whole-house-waters in said town are all promulgated as contaminated and are at virtually zero-value assessment.
Others are in a process to commence litigations, not later than September 13, 2011.
Certain Plaintiffs has already retained law firm in a Class Action and others with significant damages are praying for representation by other law firms and some of these law firms are:
Girardi I Keese ( http://www.girardikeese.com )
Rose, Klein & Marias, LLP (http://www.rkmlaw.net )
Latham & Watkins ( http://www.lw.com )
Arias Ozzello & Gignac LLP ( http://www.aogllp.com )
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (http://www.orrick.com )
Morrison & Foerster LLP [ MoFo ] (http://www.mofo.com )
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JeffLearnsReact – Classes
Classes are templates that create objects. Class names are usually CapitalCase class Dog { constructor(name) { this.name = name; this.behavior = 0; } } The CLASS calls the CONSTRUCTOR method every time it creates a new INSTANCE of the class. An INSTANCE is an OBJECT that contains the property names and methods of a class, […]
Classes are templates that create objects.
Class names are usually CapitalCase
class Dog {
constructor(name) {
this.name = name;
this.behavior = 0;
The CLASS calls the CONSTRUCTOR method every time it creates a new INSTANCE of the class.
An INSTANCE is an OBJECT that contains the property names and methods of a class, but with unique property values
In CLASSES you do not add commas between METHODS
class Dog {
constructor(name) {
this.name = name;
this.behavior = 0;
get name() {
return this.name;
Calling METHODS on CLASSES:
The syntax for calling methods and getters on an instance is the same as calling them on an object — append the instance with a period, then the property or method name. For methods, you must also include opening and closing parentheses.
let nikko = new Dog('Nikko'); // Create dog named Nikko
nikko.incrementBehavior(); // Add 1 to nikko instance's behavior
let bradford = new Dog('Bradford'); // Create dog name Bradford
console.log(nikko.behavior); // Logs 1 to the console
console.log(bradford.behavior); // Logs 0 to the console
When multiple CLASSES share the same PROPERTIES you can use INHERITANCE to simplify (DRY) code.
With inheritance, you can create a parent class (also known as a superclass) with properties and methods that multiple child classes (also known as subclasses) share. The child classes inherit the properties and methods from their parent class.
If we want to create classes for Dogs and Cats, start with a PARENT CLASS of Animal.
class Animal {
constructor(name) {
this._name = name;
this._behavior = 0;
get name() {
return this._name;
get behavior() {
return this._behavior;
incrementBehavior() {
To create a CLASS for Cats, we EXTEND the Animal PARENT CLASS
class Cat extends Animal {
constructor(name, usesLitter) {
this._usesLitter = usesLitter;
// The extends keyword makes the methods of the animal class available inside the cat class.
// The constructor, called when you create a new Cat object, accepts two arguments, name and usesLitter.
// The super keyword calls the constructor of the parent class. In this case, super(name) passes the name argument of the Cat class to the constructor of the Animal class. When the Animal constructor runs, it sets this._name = name; for new Cat instances.
// _usesLitter is a new property that is unique to the Cat class, so we set it in the Cat constructor.
// NOTE: you must always call the super method before you can use the this keyword — if you do not, JavaScript will throw a reference error.
Create a new Cat
const bryceCat = new Cat('Bryce', false);
console.log(bryceCat._name); // output: Bryce
// NOTE: normally you'll use an INHERITED GETTER instead of the _name underscore
When we call EXTENDS in a CLASS declaration, all of the PARENT METHODS are available to the CHILD CLASS.
In addition to the inherited features, CHILD CLASSES can contain their own PROPERTIES, GETTERS, SETTERS, and METHODS.
Sometimes you will want a CLASS to have METHODS that aren't available in individual INSTANCES, but that you can call directly from the CLASS.
Take the Date CLASS, for example — you can both create Date INSTANCES to represent whatever date you want, and call STATIC METHODS, like Date.now() which returns the current date, directly from the CLASS. The .now() METHOD is STATIC, so you can call it directly from the CLASS, but not from an instance of the CLASS.
CLASSES are templates for OBJECTS.
Javascript calls a CONSTRUCTOR METHOD when we create a new INSTANCE of a CLASS.
INHERITANCE is when we create a PARENT CLASS with PROPERTIES and METHODS that we can EXTEND to CHILD CLASSES.
We use the EXTENDS keyword to create a SUBCLASS.
The 'super' keyword calls the constructor() of a PARENT CLASS.
STATIC METHODS are called on the CLASS, but not on INSTANCES of the CLASS.
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We've known for a while now that the Liberals were going to shoot past their promise of holding deficits down to $10B per year for three years. Just three wafer thin deficits they said, but we knew better.
Now it's looking even bigger and Finance Minister Bill Morneau confirms they have no intention of meeting their election promise.
Morneau answered with political speak of course which requires a translator but essentially he means "we're not going to be able to balance the budget".
Regardless of what they say, this is a government that inherited a surplus and had they done nothing at all, they would have had a small deficit.
Instead, we're going to have a massive deficit and it's only going to get bigger.
And it's going to get bigger so Justin Trudeau and the Liberals can repay all who helped get them elected.
Those people are going to be feeding at the trough for a long time and the rest of us are going to be paying for it.
Trudeau has made too many promises to too many people and too many special interest groups and that's bad news for the rest of us.


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Do you go to roller derby practice a few times a week and routinely skip the optional outdoor skating endeavors that your team hosts? Why do you cheat yourself of this great cross training alternative? Outdoor skating is an excellent training option for these reasons.
• You can push your cardiovascular development and speed work.
• You can try different wheels than the usual rink or indoor surface variety.
• You can improve your agility and footwork as you maneuver around obstacles.
• You can find peace and serenity from skating in an environment that you find beautiful.
My favorite outdoor skating venue is Audubon Park in New Orleans, LA and Central Park in New York, NY. As a Louisiana native, I frequent Audubon Park more often. Audubon Park features a paved course for bicycling, walking/jogging, or skating. It is very shaded and features beautiful wildlife and nature. I enjoy choosing a distance and then timing my completion. Since I'm also a runner, I think it is fun to pick a running distance – like a half marathon. I calculate the number of laps that I need to do to reach 13.1 miles, and get after it. Then, the next time I return, I try to beat my previous best. Though I'm very careful of obstacles (especially after breaking my ankle during a rough road outdoor skate earlier this year), I also find myself becoming more and more comfortable jumping sticks, cracks, and acorns with each trip. This improves my agility and confidence. I'm confident that it translates to better performance in the game of roller derby.
Here's a link to find outdoor roller skating areas across the United States.
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Oh, we're going for it, champ. Sort of. Maybe. At least for a few provisions. I think.
The cool, sweet fact of the matter is that the GOP has a lot to run on this fall. How shall we hammer them? Let us count the ways:
These are the tried-and-true issues for Republicans to hit: jobs, Medicare, the deficit, taxes and spending, and Congress. There will be other messages out there, but individually each of these would be very potent. Running on them all in a single election is something else entirely. If the Republicans pick up lots of seats in November, some Republican campaign "guru" will come out of the woodwork to claim credit – but c'mon, the ads write themselves.
The GOP need not and will not focus primarily on the idea of "repeal," which is far too vague. That's not to say that the party shouldn't promise repeal. It's just to say that its rhetorical emphases should – and will – focus on the messages that have been proven over the years to be effective.
One of the virtues of the repeal push is that it touches on all of those issues, so it becomes a conversation-starter about the Dems' broader bread-and-butter failures. That's a nifty way to appeal to centrists while simultaneously rallying the tea-party base against the mother of all welfare-state incursions. Coalition-building! Expect plenty of pushback of the sort you're about to see vis-a-vis heartless Republicans — like these? — from people who need them. Never, ever forget: There are no trade-offs in utopia.
So confident is The One in his ability to win this argument with Republicans that he's … already reminding voters not to expect any major improvements overnight. Patience, America. It'll work. Someday.


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'Girls' review: HBO's groundbreaking sitcom
TELEVISION HBO's groundbreaking 'Girls' a flare from front lines of young and female
Girls, comedy series, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, HBO
Lena Dunham just may be the future of television. If not, she comes thrillingly close with Sunday's premiere of her groundbreaking sitcom "Girls" on HBO.
Dunham is the impossibly young (26 next month) creator, writer, director and star of the Judd Apatow-produced series which is unlike anything else on TV and suggests what young, female voices can contribute to the future of the medium. And, no, you don't have to be young or female to love it.
Dunham wrote, directed and starred in the 2010 indie film "Tiny Furniture," which won honors at the Independent Spirit Awards and South by Southwest. Meeting with HBO to talk about developing a series, she said she didn't see any women on TV she recognized from her own life. With the backing of Apatow and HBO, she remedies that situation with a series that's not only smart and good but so realistic it seems like a documentary.
The subject matter and characters of "Girls" are similar to those of "Tiny Furniture": Women navigating young adulthood, including trying to understand the nature of intimacy and friendship when interpersonal communication is so refracted by social media and electronic devices.
Dunham plays recent college graduate Hannah, who has an unpaid internship at a publishing house and is trying to finish a book of essays. At the start of Sunday's premiere, she is told by her college professor parents that they've supported her long enough and are cutting her off.
She tries asking for a salary from the book company, only to find out how little she's really worth. Would they at least be willing to look at her book when it's finished? No can do, she's told, since she's the person who would have been assigned to do that, and since she wants money for her work, she's now unemployed. Various job interviews go nowhere, including a promising meeting that crashes and burns when she makes a joke about date rape to the man interviewing her.
Real-life stuff
From there, the so-called plot of "Girls" becomes less a structured series of events and more "stuff that really happens in life." Hannah interacts with her friends, who include best friend Marnie (Allison Williams), in a long-standing, uninspiring relationship with Charlie (Christopher Abbott), British jet-setter-in-training Jessa (Jemima Kirke) and almost annoyingly sunny Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet).
She also hooks up with her sort-of boyfriend, acting hopeful Adam (Adam Driver), who's more interested in physical connections than the emotional variety, although he knows how to fake concern when it's called for.
"Girls" isn't a standard sitcom because it lacks a weekly situation that somehow resolves itself after 22 minutes, leaving time for commercial breaks. Funny things certainly happen, but not in such a predictably self-contained, episodic way. Each show comes to an end when it comes to an end. We don't come back the following week to see what new high jinks the "Girls" get themselves into, but, rather, because we're engaged instead by interesting, credible young women and their world.
Not surprisingly, Hannah's is the show's dominant presence and she's nothing like most main characters in TV sitcoms. She's very smart, self-deprecating, very funny, a keen observer and commentator about modern life, but she's not, at first, attractive - at least not in the traditional Hollywood way.
She isn't pencil thin, her features haven't come from some plastic surgeon's catalog, and her rather mousey brown hair hangs limply around her sad-eyed, minimally made-up face. She's real, though, and she is alluring because of who she is and what she thinks and says.
Men don't come off all that well in the show. There's Adam, the "animal," as Hannah's roommate calls him, who launches into hysterically inappropriate fantasy scenes when he's having sex.
Then there's Charlie, who is such an "evolved" male it's no wonder Marnie is bored with the relationship. He shows more passion holding his hand out so Marnie can give him her retainer than he displays when he's in bed with her. And let's not forget Elijah (Andrew Rannells), Hannah's college boyfriend who stuns her with some personal news of his own when she reconnects with him to let him know she has an STD. Elijah is now gay, he announces.
How could he have slept with Hannah knowing he was gay when they were in college, she asks?
He found her "handsome," he says.
Women rule
Given its subject matter, and how men are treated in the series, "Girls" ought to give Lee Aronsohn a lifetime of nightmares. In case you missed it, "Two and a Half Men" co-creator Aronsohn gave the keynote speech earlier this month at a Toronto screenwriters' conference in which he bemoaned what he perceived as a surfeit of female-focused sitcoms on TV.
"We are approaching peak vagina on television, the point of labia saturation," he said. "Enough, ladies, I get it: You have periods."
He later apologized for what he said was "a stupid joke." Any thinking person would deem it much more than that - offensive, sexist and out of touch.
Whether Aronsohn likes it or not, more and more women are in charge of making TV in the 21st century, either as entertainment division heads (CBS's Nina Tassler, HBO's Sue Naegle), network chiefs (PBS's Paula Karger, OWN's Oprah Winfrey) or show creators.
In the last category, consider women such as Tina Fey ("30 Rock"), Laura Dern ("Enlightened"), Emily Spivey ("Up All Night"), Chelsea Handler ("Are You There, Chelsea?"), Whitney Cummings ("Whitney," "2 Broke Girls"), Liz Meriwether ("New Girl"), Veena Sud ("The Killing"), Emily Kapnek ("Suburgatory"), Darlene Hunt ("The Big C"), Sherry Bilsing and Ellen Kreamer ("I Hate My Teenage Daughter"), Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair ("Best Friends Forever"), Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline ("The Middle"), Shonda Rhimes ("Scandal," "Grey's Anatomy"), Nahnatchka Khan ("Don't Trust the B- in Apartment 23"), Lauren Lungerich ("Awkward"), and Theresa Rebeck ("Smash").
Some of these shows are hits, others are not. Some are co-created with men, most are not. And some are intelligent, others dumb as a box of rocks.
Sexual themes
But, together, they represent some of the ways women are having a big impact on TV, and one of the most visible ways they're doing that is through sexual themes - not in the way that Aronsohn put it in Toronto - but by creating and writing shows that include realistic female points of view and characters like the four women in "Girls."
The sex in "Girls" is not titillating or at all sensual. It's frank, prosaic and almost clinical. It's a matter of convenience at times, or just something to do when there's nothing else to merit Hannah's attention. Her hookups with Adam are dryly humorous on the surface, but hollow beneath. She isn't desperate for his physical attention and doesn't fool herself into thinking he's actual boyfriend material.
Adam's emotional obliviousness becomes an object of curiosity as much as anything for Hannah who is, otherwise, anything but clueless. To use the most overused description of 21st century ennui, it is what it is.
While the casual nature of sex in "Girls" may dismay some viewers, it is nonetheless representative of the detachment of many young men and women of Hannah's generation. It's also notable that there isn't the slightest hint of romance or even longing for romance in any of the relationships depicted in the first three episodes of the series.
The possibility that the women of "Girls" are representative of the "whatever generation," reserving passion and excitement to be expressed through emoticons and tweets, is what underscores the show's droll humor and gives it provocative depth.
"Girls" represents an exciting moment in television history because, like a handful of other shows (MTV's "Awkward," most notably) it not only makes great use of the medium but has the creative guts to realign it for a new century and a new generation.
David Wiegand is The San Francisco Chronicle's TV critic. email@example.com


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He dreamed of the endless waste. On the crest of a hill he could see below him the figures traversing the dust, the full moon swallowed in their black robes. Above him the stars were innumerable, so deep and so bright in the clear stillness.
His demon was beside him. It was a woman here, with long black hair and an angular face and freckles that would look more at home under red hair.
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He said nothing, his vision red.
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"No," it admitted. "But it's simple enough."
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It did look petulant then. "Your talk with the beta."
"I already knew beforehand. If someone wanted to close the gates by becoming Eternal, the gates would be closed already."
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He was becoming angry again. "You do nothing but lie. You don't care what I become."
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Harper had slid off the couch and was now curled up on the floor. Bryan checked the time: 11 PM. Nine more hours, and no one had woken him. Perhaps no one was out hunting tonight. Perhaps even Connors had thrown in the towel, though he had told Bryan previously that he would be at the synagogue at 8, waiting for the armies to march through.
Bryan had asked him why. He didn't have an answer.
Just had to see it for himself, probably.
Bryan slipped silently from the couch and out the door. Harper didn't stir.
He went to the lobby and was shocked to see security running a full shift as usual.
"What are you guys still doing here?" he said to Johnson.
Johnson shrugged. "Our jobs."
"Yeah, we know. But someone's got to be here to keep the crazies out." He stuck a thumb at the doors, where two cops were standing around outside chatting. "Protesters finally went home for bed at 10."
"Good. I was worried I would have to fight my way out."
"Why would you want to?" Johnson asked incredulously. "Whole city's gone nuts."
"I should see it." Bryan clapped Johnson on the back. "Thanks, Johnson. For everything."
"Just doing my job."
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Checklist for Big Kid/Teen's Art Table: desktop, open wire drawer unit or plastic drawer unit, & optional divided tray drawer insert
Checklist for Smaller Kid/Toddler-sized Coloring Table: desktop, 2 drawer units (1 medium & 1 narrow), Velcro (for securing desktop to drawer units), & optional feet (for elfa units)
The Container Store elfa drawer units come in several widths & heights & you can vary the size of the drawers you use, unlike IKEA ANTONIUS which has only one size wire drawer. You do get a little variety w/ the plastic ANTONIUS drawers 7 gallon $8 or 13 gallon $10.
The Container Store elfa Open Wire Baskets (w/ optional Liner) are cheaper than the elfa Wire Mesh Baskets, but not as cheap as IKEA ANTONIUS Open Wire Baskets. You will however need to buy either the Hangmate Shoe Rack $10 or Hangmate Accessory File $10 (x2) for holding the Paper Roll/Banner from The Container Store.
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Former Teacher Can't Sue for Nasty Blog Posts
Remember Natalie Munroe,the Bucks County teacher caught back in 2011 writing an anonymous blog where she disparaged students? She got fired, then sued the school district for wrongful termination, claiming her First Amendment rights were violated.
A court disagrees. U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe rejected Munroe's suit Friday, saying it failed a legal test that determines if a teacher's speech is worth the disruption it can cause in school.
The judgment is one of the first court decisions involving public employees and their online comments about the workplace, according to Mary-Rose Papandrea, a professor at Boston College Law School.
"Public employees who blog about their work do so at their own peril," Papandrea said. "There's no guarantee that any speech about the workplace will be protected."
Munroe's lawyer plans an appeal.


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My oldest just came barreling though the door upset. Two neighborhood kids told her they would not be friends with someone who doesn't believe in god and jesus. Religious intolerance does indeed start young and I see the indoctrination all too much. Teach your children your faith and include in that the fact that others live their lives based on something different more than likely. Teach them to accept that and value one another regardless.
Intrapost Update: One of our neighbors mom's heard the whole thing and is currently ripping her son a big one. I'd rather see a calm discussion about religious tolerance, but understand she wants to get his attention. Question I have is where did the impetus come from in the first place for him to take this view? Starts early. Be careful with the children. They are the world you always wanted.
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How to Make an Ecommerce Business Plan for Your Startup
So you've decided that you want to quit your day job and start your very own e-commerce empire. That's great!
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Re: minimize with complex numbers
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg91258] Re: minimize with complex numbers
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:45:52 -0400 (EDT)
On 8/11/08 at 6:08 AM, shammashahbaz at yahoo.com (shama shahbaz) wrote: >hi , when i use minimize command with real numbers i get the >required answer but with complex number it doesnt give me any answer or er= ror >Syntax::sntxb : Expression cannot begin with "(1+1 i) ` x[1]+(1-1 i) >` x[2]". Syntax::tsntxi : "(1+1 i) ` x[1]" is incomplete; more input >is needed. Syntax::sntxi : Incomplete expression; more input is >needed. >My minimize expression is >((1+1i)*x[1] +(1-1i)*x[2] )^2 +(x[1]+x[2])^2 You have syntax issues here. In Mathematica, x[2] is the function x to be evaluated at 2. I doubt this is what you had in mind. Also, the symbol i is not defined. You want the built-in symbol I which is the square root of minus 1. However, fixing the syntax issues will not get you what you want. Minimize only works with real valued expressions. If I fix your syntax problems by substituting x for x[1], y for x[2] and I for i then Expand, I get In[5]:= ((1 + I)*x + (1 - I)*y)^2 + (x + y)^2 // Expand Out[5]= (1 + 2 I) x^2 + 6 y x + (1 - 2 I) y^2 which is clearly only real valued for the case where x^2 == y^2. Minimize is restricted to real valued functions since for complex variables x, y x > y is not defined.


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(CN) – A Massachusetts woman who was repeatedly raped by a police officer with a history of sexual misconduct can advance claims against his employers, a federal judge ruled.
Kevin Sledge, a former officer of the police department in Lawrence, Mass., is serving 10 years after he was convicted of raping Couerdalene LaPierre, as well as three counts of indecent assault and battery.
LaPierre sued Sledge, the city of Lawrence and Lawrence police chief John Romero, claiming that they were negligent and violated her civil rights.
She claimed to have met Sledge on Sept. 25, 2008, after she was separated from the friends with whom she had gone out drinking to celebrate a birthday.
LaPierre said her phone broke, and that Sledge offered to drive her to the police station in his own car, a silver Jaguar, so that she could get in touch with her friends.
Sledge had been on duty, working the 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. shift, according to media reports of his criminal trial.
On the way to the station, LaPierre allegedly fell asleep in the passenger seat. Sledge parked near the station, reclined her seat and went back to work, but surveillance video shows that he revisited his car five times that morning, according to the complaint.
LaPierre said she faded in and out of consciousness as Sledge fondled her, put his hand inside her, and thrust himself onto or into her.
Lawrence and Romero moved to dismiss the negligence-based claims, but U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel tossed just one of the six counts Wednesday, finding that LaPierre cannot hold the city liable for failing to properly monitor the video cameras that observe the police station premises.
Section 10(j) of Massachusetts general law protects public employers against liability for failing to prevent harm caused by others.
Zobel said "the 'negligent failure to maintain adequate security measures' does not 'originally cause' any harm committed by a third party."
"In this context, it is irrelevant that Sledge was a public employee, since the asserted negligence in Count VI stems from the city's failure to monitor its premises rather than from its relationship with Sledge," Zobel added.
In refusing to exempt other claims, Zobel said "it is not clear how section 10(j) should apply to a claim that that a public employer negligently failed to supervise or train a public employee."
Though the exemption would shield a parole officer who failed to prevent a rape committed by a parolee, public employers are still liable under 10(j) for failing to prevent harmful actions committed by their employees.
"It is hard to see why a city should be liable for negligently hiring him and assigning him to a position where he can do harm, but should not be liable for negligently supervising and training him after it assigns him there," Zobel wrote. "Imagine two cases: In one, a city hires a known psychotic lunatic to be a police officer. In the second, a city hires an apparently normal person to be a police officer, watched the officer descend into psychotic lunacy during his employment, and nevertheless continues to employ him in the same position with no supervision. Why should the first city be liable, but not the second?"
Lawrence must face claims that it was aware of Sledge's propensity to periodically leave his post and engage in sexual conduct with other individuals.
"In fact, the city had raised Sledge's 'inappropriate and high risk sexual behavior while on duty' as a defense to a discrimination action that Sledge had previously filed," the ruling states, summarizing LaPierre's complaint.
Zobel refused to let Lawrence claim the exemption available under Section 10(c)of Massachusetts law, which covers claims arising from "intentional actions" on the part of their employees.
This exemption is inapplicable because the counts in question "seek to hold the city defendants liable for their own negligent acts in training, supervising, and employing Sledge and in failing to monitor their premises."


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Astronomers have discovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole, weighing in at 17 billion suns. However, it has astronomers puzzled as it was found in the most unlikely of places.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Telescope in Hawaii were the first to observe the supermassive black hole, with the unexpected behemoth lying deep inside the isolated galaxy NGC 1600, around 200 million light years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Eridanus.
The largest supermassive black holes — roughly 10 billion times the mass of our sun — have only been found at the cores of very large galaxies in expanses of the universe which are packed with other large galaxies. The largest to have ever been found weighs in at 21 billion suns, residing in the crowded Coma galaxy cluster consisting of over 1,000 galaxies.
This new find now indicates these colossal objects may be more common than once thought. Chung-Pei Ma from the University of California Berkeley, who led the international team of researchers, saying in a statement:
"The newly discovered supersized black hole resides in the center of a massive elliptical galaxy, NGC 1600, located in a cosmic backwater, a small grouping of 20 or so galaxies. There are quite a few galaxies the size of NGC 1600 that reside in average-size galaxy groups.
"We estimate that these smaller groups are about 50 times more abundant than spectacular galaxy clusters like the Coma cluster. So the question now is, 'Is this the tip of an iceberg?' Maybe there are more monster black holes out there that don't live in a skyscraper in Manhattan, but in a tall building somewhere in the Midwestern plains."
The researchers were also surprised to find the black hole was 10 times more massive than what was predicted for a galaxy of this mass. Using previous surveys of black holes by Hubble, astronomers had established a connection between a black hole's mass and the mass of its host galaxy's central bulge of stars (the larger the galaxy bulge, the proportionally more massive the black hole).
However, galaxy NGC 1600 massive black hole's mass is far beyond the mass of its relatively sparse bulge, with Ma saying:
"It appears that that relation does not work very well with extremely massive black holes; they are a larger fraction of the host galaxy's mass."
One explanation of the black hole's monster size would be that it had merged with another black hole long ago when the galaxy interactions would have been more frequent.
When two galaxies merge, their central black holes settle into the core of the new galaxy, and then orbit each other. Stars that are falling near the binary black hole can actually deprive the momentum of the whirling pair, and then can pick up enough speed to escape from the galaxy's core — depending on their speed and trajectory.
It is this gravitational interaction that causes the black holes to slowly move closer together, helping them to eventually merge to form an even larger black hole. The then supermassive black hole will continue to grow by devouring the gas funneled to the core by galaxy collisions. Ma said that:
"To become this massive, the black hole would have had a very voracious phase during which it devoured lots of gas."
The frequent meals consumed by NGC 1600 may also explain why the galaxy has few galactic neighbors. NGC 1600 is the most dominant galaxy in its galactic group, being at least three times brighter than that of its neighbors. Most of the galaxy's gas was consumed a long time ago when the black hole was a brilliant quasar from material streaming into it that was heated into a glowing plasma. Ma explained:
"Other groups like this rarely have such a large luminosity gap between the brightest and the second brightest galaxies.
"Now, the black hole is a sleeping giant. The only way we found it was by measuring the velocities of stars near it, which are strongly influenced by the gravity of the black hole. The velocity measurements give us an estimate of the black hole's mass."


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Home Office figures for England and Wales show that in 2002/2003 nearly 3,000 Asians were stopped and searched.
The total number of stop and searches under terror laws more than doubled in 2002/2003 from 8,550 to 21,577.
Muslim groups have criticised the rise, saying it showed prejudice and "Islamophobia" were evident.
In total there were 869,164 stop and searches in 2002-03 in England and
Wales, including the searches under the Terrorism Act.
This was a rise of 22% on the year before and the highest level since 1998-1999.
The percentage resulting in arrests remained at 13% for the second year.
Of last year's searches, 61% were carried out in the Metropolitan police area and 21% in the City of London.
The government is to set up a Stop-and-Search Action Team, including community representatives, which will look at how the powers are being used and produce a guidance manual for all police forces.
Home Office Minister Hazel Blears said the rise in searches of Asians had to be seen in the context of the rise in the total number of searches.
"This is obviously the result of the heightened threat from terrorism since 2001 and also there are very many more police-led operations," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"The increased threat is from international terrorism, mainly from al-Qaeda and from groups associated with al-Qaeda, so if these powers are being used properly to prevent terrorism and pre-empt terrorist activity, then inevitably that is going to be a target."
She refused to be drawn on whether prejudice played a part in the high number of Asian searches but acknowledged that the proportion of Asians being stopped was too high.
In regard to the low level of arrests resulting from the searches, she said terrorism searches often involved preventative action.
"People accept that the threat from terrorism is heightened and it's absolutely right that police are trying to protect people in this country, but they've got to do it properly and therefore they've got to use their powers in specific operations."
Muslim Council of Britain secretary-general Iqbal Sacranie said the practice of stops and searches needed to be reviewed.
He told Today: "It seems a very clear message that certainly prejudice does play a part, and the community can perceive that this can be part of Islamophobia."
Glen Smyth from the Metropolitan Police Federation said the actual rise was from two searches per day to eight.
"In terms of the number of people, it's a pretty small number bearing in mind the circumstances in which we are operating," he told BBC's Radio 4 Today programme.
Shadow attorney general Dominic Grieve described the rise in the numbers of
Asians being subjected to stop and search as "troubling".
However, he rejected suggestions that figures reflected prejudice among the
Of all stop and searches, there was a 17% increase in searches for whites, a 38% increase for black
people and a 36% increase for Asians.
The majority of the searches were carried out under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act.
The report said the most common reason for conducting a search for blacks,
Asians and those of other ethnic appearance was drugs, while for whites it was
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Jake's Song
I was not unaware of the ties that bound
Me to this body and to her soul
The body no longer useful
To one so brave, so big, so bold
One loved by her
With a strength untold
Now no pain, not scared
She set me free
Thru tears untold
To blinded to see
That I could run, zoom, leap, then nap
Behold I'm free, I'm grateful for that
But wait
There's more story left untold
I wait, I'm patient, I listen, on hold
For that laugh, that smell, that step, that smile
They are only for me
But I'll have to wait for a while
She will come, I'm sure
She would never let me down
She is faithful this one
Her love for me profound
The journey for us
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Active, Passive, and Indirect
Strategy, Tactics, and Operations (Dec 4, 2012)
Roles and Magic Combat (Feb 24, 2012)
Continuing development of the Star Wars total conversion of Fourth Edition Dungeons & Dragons let to further refinement of the character roles this afternoon. I used some terminology to better illustrate the differences between the roles, and even came up with a new at-will power for a random defender class.
Strikers deal "active direct damage," generally represented as weapon plus ability modifier A plus ability modifier B. An example of this would be the Essentials slayer class, which focuses on melee basic attacks (Strength-based), and applies bonus damage equal to its Dexterity modifier.
[w] + ability A + ability B
Defenders deal "passive direct damage," through a combination of Opportunity Attacks, immediate actions (interrupts or reactions), and "punishment" effects. This is best represented by the classic fighter and paladin classes, through use of Combat Challenge and Divine Sanction respectively.
Gambit, Punishment, Aura/Zone
Controllers deal "active indirect damage," hitting multiple enemies with area burst, close burst, and close blast attacks, effectively "spreading around" the damage. Alternatives to damage including a menagerie of status effects, and powers that function independently of attack rolls are part of the controller's repertoire.
Burst, Blast, Multi-attack
Leaders deal "passive indirect damage," choosing either to act through their allies and companions or summoned creatures, or alternately applying vulnerabilities and creating zones to provide boons to their allies and cause problems for their enemies.
Granted action, Companion, Summons
I also compared the features of each role side-by-side with an estimate of where their advantages would be the most useful, though it should be noted that the outcome of some match-ups are tenuous at best, and most likely dependent on the builds of individual characters (attacker and defender) for "real" results.
Controller beats Defender
> A controller tends to target multiple opponents at once, and doesn't really care if the defender wants a front-row seat. There isn't much a defender can do to prevent a controller's status effects, or stop them from targeting multiple creatures.
Defender beats Striker
> The defender wants to stop the striker from getting to targets in the group like the leader and/or the controller. Presumably the defenses of the leader are better than those of the controller, if only slight, but the defender is built to take a beating.
Striker beats Leader
> There's only so much a leader can do to mitigate the effects of a focused striker before they fall under the onslaught of all that DPS. Controllers will tend to dampen the effects of a striker's attacks, making them less vulnerable in the long term.
Leader beats Controller
> More defensible than a controller, the leader is more effective against lone targets (due in part to concentrated-fire tactics) and is better armed against the controller. A healing-focused leader can outlast the controller in a straight fight.
It can safely be assumed that match-ups that aren't against either the role you have an advantage against, or the role against which you're disadvantaged are up in the air, based almost entirely on how each combatant has spec'ed out their character.


text: Well not really. After work today, and tomorrow a holiday I thought I might head out for a walk. Ah no cars in the lot! I was heading down a path, when I heard a really feeble attempt at a Turkey call. Well if this thing does not wander out of the bush, it seems I was between him and his mate. He screamed at me, I really thought it was going to take a run at me.


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I've spoken before about how tricky it can be to stay productive every day when working from home. It can become even more of a challenge when my mood is low. If you struggle with any sort of poor mental health, you will know just how difficult some days can be. Here are some ways to stay productive when your mood is low.
Change your environment
My sofa is my happy place. I work really well here, it's comfortable, it just works well for me. Some days however, I definitely find myself stuck in a rut because I'm sitting in the same spot every day. It might sound too simple, but often just moving from the sofa to the dining table to do some work can make such a difference.
Of course it isn't always possible to completely change your environment if you work in an an office or another space which isn't your own home. Other simple changes such as going for a walk at lunch instead of staying in the staff room can really help.
Start with tasks you enjoy
This contradicts what some professionals would advise. Many people would say you should start with the worst task first to get it out of the way. There is even a book about it called "eat that frog". The issue is, when I'm feeling like crap and want to do nothing, that logic doesn't really work for me.
Instead, I like to start with the easy or enjoyable tasks. Something like washing the dishes, throwing the contents of the laundry basket in the washing machine, spending time on my social media to promote my blogs or answering a few emails. They're small tasks and won't take me long and once they're done I often end up feeling more motivated to carrying on with other things.
Worst case, once the easy tasks are complete I still don't feel like doing anything else but I have ticked a few things off my list and kept the house in some sort of order.
Take a day off
Sometimes you just need a break. I don't think this needs much more explanation. It is OK to take a day off. Use it for something that you know will help renew your productivity the next day. That could mean going for a long walk, meeting family or friends, having a bath, eating well or just catching up on sleep. Do whatever it is you need to do to recuperate. It can be hard to take time off when you already feel unproductive, but I promise you it will help.
Keep a rolling to-do list
This is something that I have found to be very very helpful.
On my phone I have a notes section and in there I store my to-do list. Each day I set myself a focus task (or tasks) and then a bonus task too. This allows me to distinguish easily between the important things I have to do, and the less important.
My focus will always be something like my freelancing work, normally with a deadline. Whichever important project I need to spend my time on that day takes priority that day. It will also likely have a blogging task in it. My bonus is, as you would imagine, the extra task I will try and get done in my day. It is normally something like dust the house or clean the bathroom. This one is not mandatory, but it would be ideal if I could complete it on top of my focus task(s).
Once my tasks are complete I replace them with a tick. I do not give myself new tasks for the next day until late that evening, right before bed. This means that, say I finish my focus at 3pm, I have all afternoon and evening to enjoy the fact that my list is complete. This has a major impact on my mental health and really helps to calm my brain down!
The beauty of the rolling to-do list, for me, is that it is not restricted to a page in a diary. This means that I don't feel put off if I don't complete something, which can be the biggest killer of motivation. Instead, it just gets rolled over to the next day.
We all have days when productivity just goes out the window and our mental health takes control. Instead of letting it frustrate you and stop you from functioning altogether, try some of these tips. No one has the ability to be on top form and productive every single day. It's impossible. Recognise that that is OK and know that you will figure out your own way of finding the motivation to be productive again.


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Niseko Shinrin Park
This forest park is located at the foot of Mt. Annupuri, and is considered to be the best place to enjoy an early morning walk with singing birds providing enchanting background music.
Many visitors go there to enjoy bird watching and to savor the scents and sounds of the forest.
Annupuri Summer Gondola
Just a 10-minute ride by gondola from the foot of the mountain takes you to 1,000 meters above sea level. From the sightseeing tower at the top you can see not only Mt. Yotei but also a panorama stretching to Lake Toya, Mt. Usu and Funka Bay.
Cherry Blossoms
The best viewing point in Niseko, where there are beautiful views of two cherry blossom trees, Mt. Yotei, and fields.
Sakuragaoka Park
The park is about a 7-minute walk from JR Niseko Station. At about the time of Golden Week (end of April to early May) people gather from all over to see the vast number of small grass flowers in full bloom.
Click here for more information about a hiking course starting from Niseko Shinrin Park to JR Niseko Station.


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No, these are NOT heart healthy, but they're cute. Krispy Kreme hooks up its patrons with these doughnuts on Valentine's Day. Who can't resist a something heart-shaped?
Pink peppercorn crusted pork tenderloin, blood orange salsa, and collard greens
Pink Peppercorn Crusted Pork Tenderloin Serves 16
The inspiration behind this dish came last year during my first foray into the Royal Foodie Joust over at the LeftOver Queen's Forum (of which I haven't entered in months...that may change soon enough). The ingredients were pork, citrus and pink peppercorns. The dish didn't win, but it was tasty to me. I decided to bring it back and introduce it to a whole new group of people.
6 Tbsp Pink peppercorns, crushed
¼ tsp. Kosher salt
4 lbs. Pork tenderloin roast, raw
Cooking spray
Butcher's twine
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
3. Rinse tenderloin under cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
4. Using a spice grinder or hand-held grinder, grind peppercorns and put them on a plate and mix in the kosher salt.
5. Spray all sides of loin with nonstick spray. Place loin on pepper-covered plate and roll until all sides are coated evenly with pepper.
6. Place loin on prepared baking sheet. Roast in preheated oven for 25-35 minutes or until roast registers 160 degrees F on meat thermometer.
7. Let rest for 10 minutes and serve with blood orange salsa.
Blood Orange Salsa Serves 4
'Tis the season for citrus and any citrus combinations work well in this recipe. Blood oranges are beautiful and give the salsa a slightly sweet, yet tart flavor. To offset the tartness, using navel oranges or even mandarin oranges would be advantageous.
2 each blood oranges
2 each navel oranges
½ each red onion
1 Tbsp. fresh mint, chiffonade
1 each jalapeno pepper
1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
¼ tsp. black pepper
1. Peel and remove pith from oranges. Cut into supremes and dice.
2. Dice onion into small pieces.
3. Stem jalapeno pepper, remove all seeds and mince.4. Combine all ingredients, toss, refrigerate for 30 minutes to chill before serving.
Lemon Curd
Serves 4
Usually made with multiple egg yolks, sometimes butter (to produce a creamier texture), fruit and their zest, curd is generally thought of as a fattening and certainly NOT heart healthy. The recipe below uses one egg yolk, splitting the cholesterol intake by four. Substitute orange or any other natural fruit juice to produce a tasty curd to be slathered on scones, eaten in a demitasse with clotted cream (or in this case, cottage cheese) or as a filling for a tart, cake or pie. Cottage cheese is added in this recipe to cut the tartness of the curd.
¾ cup Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
1 ½ Tbsp. cornstarch
1 each egg yolk
1 cup lemon juice
4 tsp. grated lemon zest
½ cup fat free cottage cheese (optional)
1. Put 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch in a nonreactive mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Whisk in the egg.
2. Combine lemon juice, zest, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
3. Whisk this in a thin stream into the egg mixture.
4. Return the mixture to the saucepan and bring to a boil, whisking steadily.
5. Reduce the heat and simmer 1 minute, until thickened.
6. Transfer curd to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap, pressing it against the surface of the curd to prevent a skin from forming.
7. Make a slit in the wrap to allow the steam to escape.
8. Let cool to room temperature then refrigerate.
9. When ready to serve, spoon 1 oz. cottage cheese in a bowl with 1/4 cup curd.
7 comments:
- vanillasugarblog said...
You know I love krispy kreme, and I'm so glad there are none near me as I would eat way too many. But when I go to nyc I over-indulge.
I want to try this blood orange salsa, think it's ok to omit the mint? I hate mint. I would think so.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- Nikki @ NikSnacks said...
The mint is just there for decoration. You don't even taste it. Then again, if you hate it, it won't taste any different without it.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- kat said...
Lovely meal
- February 18, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- The CDM said...
All those Krispy Kremes need is a half pound of med-rare beef and 2 slices of Am. cheese between them and...
Sorry, I almost slipped into a diabetic coma just thinking about it. On a serious note, I have some tenderloin that needs to be dealt with and this looks simple enough, nothin' wrong with that.
- February 18, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- Alicia Foodycat said...
That salsa looks like it would be beautiful with so many different things! Yum!
- February 20, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Shari said...
I love lemon curd! And I've never heard of a blood orange salsa, but it sounds delicious!
- February 21, 2009 at 2:50 PM
- The Duo Dishes said...
No one told us about the heart shaped doughnuts!
- March 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM
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Motoring Review - Toyota Auris HSD
PUBLISHED: 13:34 26 August 2010 | UPDATED: 17:46 20 February 2013
Toyota's acclaimed hybrid technology is more widely available thanks to the Auris Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD). Steve Walker reports
More than any other manufacturer, Toyota has gambled on the double act of internal combustion engine and electric motor being the driving force behind our cars in the short to medium term future. Before the Auris HSD, UK car buyers who wanted a Toyota hybrid had only the iconic Prius. There were models using the technology carrying Toyotaspremium Lexus badge but the Prius was the only petrol/electric Toyota.
The Auris HSD is Toyotas industry leading Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain in a familiar package and a key part of the plan to take hybrid mainstream. In contrast to the Prius, a car defined by its hybrid mechanicals, the Auris HSD is another version of Toyotas Auris family hatchback. Environmental and financial advantages are very much intact and its built locally at the Burnaston plant near Derby.
The Hybrid Synergy Drive is a fiendishly complex piece of kit compared to standard petrol or diesel engines available elsewhere in the Auris range and the wider family hatchback sector. Its built around a 1.8-litre petrol engine with VVT-I variable valve timing and a 97bhp output. That unit is then complemented by an 81bhp electric motor, a high performance battery and an advanced power control unit that ensures the two power sources work effectively together.
The Auris HSD is a full hybrid that means the two power sources can work in tandem or in isolation. The car can run exclusively in Electric Vehicle EV mode for short periods but under normal circumstances, the electric motor assists the petrol engine under acceleration. When the car is coasting or braking, the electric motor acts as a generator, recapturing kinetic energy to charge the battery.
The total power output of the Auris HSD is 134bhp, a healthy figure for a family hatch, and its sent to the wheels via a CVT automatic gearbox. Detailed information is provided via the cars multi-information display to keep drivers abreast of what the Hybrid Synergy Drive is up to as well as the fuel economy being achieved.
The Auris HSD looks ostensibly the same as any other Toyota Auris with styling thats neat and tidy. Its a far cry from the Prius which cases the same powertrain in bodywork that has come to shout hybrid at anyone with a passing interest in cars. There are clues as to the technology that lies beneath the Auris HSDs exterior. These include a reshaped grille and an extension of the wide air-intake below to improve air-flow and cooling efficiency. The ride height is 5mm lower too and special alloy wheels are fitted along with a rear spoiler. The modifications are chiefly made for aerodynamic reasons and they reduce the Auris HSDs drag coefficient from 0.290 to 0.283, but the knock-on effect that they also make the car look a bit sportier may be of more interest to many buyers.
The story doesnt deviate much inside where the usual Auris cabin design gets a few tweaks. The instruments have been reconfigured to include a series of graphical representations showing the operation of the hybrid system and various measures of how efficient the Auris is being and has been. The starter button illuminates in blue and there are switches on the centre console to choose between the EV, ECO and Power driving modes.
Toyota has invested a lot of time, effort and cash into developing its Hybrid Synergy Drive technology and the Auris HSD is tasked with reaping the dividends. The Prius grew larger in its latest third generation guise, coming close to the larger Avensis in capacity, and the Auris slots in below it as a more affordable Toyota hybrid option. A key rival will be the Honda Insight hybrid but to really make it big, the petrol/electric Auris will need to persuade buyers away from green versions of mainstream family hatchbacks, the majority of which use conventional diesel engines. Volkswagens Golf BlueMotion and Fords Focus ECOnetic will be in its sights.
Weve established that the Auris HSD is an extremely advanced family hatchback but to what end? The ultimate goal of all that technology is fuel efficiency and its resulting environmental and financial benefits. The car is being made available in two versions, one with 17-inch wheels that achieves 71mpg and CO2 emissions of 93g/km and another that, thanks to 15-inch wheels, improves matters to 74mpg and 89g/km. That makes the Auris HSD one of the most efficient cars on sale and sets the standard to which the rest of the family hatch class must aspire.
Toyota has made a huge investment in developing and refining hybrid engine technology and the Auris HSD is one of the models that must make it pay. It brings the Hybrid Synergy Drive to a more mainstream audience by installing it as little more than an engine option in the companys sturdy family hatchback. Although its possible to get close in its most efficient diesel rivals, its hard to argue with economy and emissions figures that make this Auris one of the cleanest vehicles on sale.
Facts at a Glance Car: Toyota Auris HSD Prices: 18,950-20,700 on the road Insurance Groups: 4-5 (est) CO2 Emissions: 89-93g/km Performance: Max Speed 112 mph / 0-60mph 11.4s Fuel Consumption: (combined) 70.6-74.3mpg Standard Safety Features: seven airbags / ABS with EBD and BA / MICS Minimal Intrusion Cabin System Will it fit in your garage? 4220mm long, 1760mm wide, 1515mm high


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Written by Tim Morral
Published: 6/14/2012
Window Genie franchise targets local communities in Windows 4 Wishes, a campaign designed to promote engagement and giving back at the grassroots level.
Giving back is an important part of owning a business. But in franchise organizations, opportunities to give back are sometimes overlooked, especially when national franchisors are too far removed from the communities where the franchise operates.
Since January, the Window Genie franchise has been taking the concept of giving back to a new level with "Windows 4 Wishes" -- a franchise-wide initiative designed to encourage franchisees to give back to their local communities in several important ways.
Window Genie's "Windows 4 Wishes" program focuses on creating a giving company culture by encouraging franchisees across the nation to give back in four possible ways:
Named the 41st fastest growing franchise system in the U.S. by Entrepreneur magazine, Window Genie has made community service as a pillar of their franchising philosophy.
When the program launched, Window Genie founder and CEO, Richard Nonelle, said, "I am so excited to roll out this new program and I anticipate tremendous participation and excitement from all Window Genie partners. This initiative will further the Window Genie culture that focuses on community citizenship, something we have always stood for."
To date, more than 15 Window Genie franchisees have participated in the program, giving back through each of the four ways suggested by "Windows 4 Wishes". The organizations that have been helped by the program include charities that serve the homeless, wounded soldiers, victims of abuse, the elderly and children.
With more than 100 franchisees across the nation, Window Genie hopes to eventually have 100% franchisee participation and increased involvement at the national level, ensuring that the franchise is giving back in every community where Window Genie has a market presence.
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The leaders of the House and Senate have called the members of the Illinois General Assembly back to Springfield on December 3, 2013 to vote on legislation that may profoundly affect the pension rights of current and retired employees of the State of Illinois.
While the actual bill has yet to be drafted, initial reports indicate that it will not be friendly to the futures of State employees. It will limit cost of living increases that allow seniors' pensions to keep up with rising inflation, raise the retirement age, cap salaries and must importantly exclude pension issues from collective bargaining.
The Illinois Retirement Security Initiative states that 2009 census data indicates the Illinois average pension benefit was $27,400. They also note that nearly 80% of the retirees receiving benefits from an Illinois pension fund do not receive Social Security benefits.
The vast majority of retirees that receive a State pension are people who work hard every day on behalf of the citizens of Illinois. They are law enforcement officers, teachers, nurses' aides, prison guards, among other workers. They teach the developmentally disabled, patrol the highways, guard violent offenders and assist the elderly. They do difficult, sometimes dangerous and often thankless jobs on our behalf and deserve to have promises made to them, about their futures, honored.
Interestingly, "According to the Illinois State Comptroller, pension benefits paid to regular state employees in Illinois are low relative to benefits provided by other states. Illinois ranks in the bottom one fifth of all states for retirement benefits paid to an average state worker. The total of all participants in the state's pension plans represent only 5.3% of Illinois' total population. In fact, Illinois ranks dead last in the nation, in number of employees per capita." Illinois Retirement Security Initiative citing the Illinois State Comptroller.
On a day where the strongest voices advocating a change to the Pension system are multi-millionaires who do not need to be concerned about food and shelter as they enter the later years of their lives, the working people of this State need to support the people who have spent their lives working on our behalf.
Please call your Senator and Representative and tell them that you will not support a change to the Illinois Pension system that threatens the State's employees and retirees. If you are not certain about who represents you in the General Assembly please click here and you will be directed to your Senator and Representative.
The ILFOP has formed a coalition with other leaders from police and fire associations and the Illinois Public Pension Association in response to the Municipal League's attack against public employees' pensions.
Unions across Illinois have come together to form a coalition that is even larger than public safety, including the Illinois AFL-CIO, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois, AFSCME Council 31, Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective Association, Service Employees International Union, Laborers International Union of North America Midwest Region and the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association.
These groups have banded together to form WeAreOneIllinois. The primary goal of the WeAreOneIllinois campaign is to provide truth to the public about the average public worker and the average public pension.
Sources in Springfield say a legislative committee could take up a pension-cutting bill as soon as this week. Please keep speaking out!
To contact your legislators dial 888-412-6570 and follow the prompts. You will be connected with your state senator or representative. Tell them to do the right thing, say NO to cutting the modest pensions earned by public employees who keep us safe, educate our children, care for the sick and disabled and more.
Please help the WeAreOneIllinois Coalition protect the pensions of hardworking, middle class Illinoisans.


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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Work in Progress Granola Bars
6 comments:
Your granola bars looks SO delicious!! Sadly I became allergic to oats less than a year ago and now I can't eat any of my favourite things, like granola, oatmeal and oatmeal cookies :( If I ever can find a replacement for oats, I'm going to try your recipe... I'm drooling just looking at the pic, lol.
- July 8, 2010 at 11:03 PM
- Sarah said...
I've had these before and I've found them tasty.
I look forward to trying your finished recipe!
- July 9, 2010 at 5:28 AM
- affectioknit said...
Yum! We love granola bars!
- July 9, 2010 at 7:29 AM
We gave up store bought granola bars as well. I have two recipes that I use. This one - http://debbiedas.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/one-small-change-update-2/
uses no sugar - only apple juice and grated apple to sweeten (along with whatever dried fruit you add to it.) They are a little crumbly but very nice.
And then there is this one -
which is very good but does use both sugar and honey. But man...are they good.
I so prefer to make them myself. Nothing compares, really. I will try out your recipe. You are right, it's good to have a few on hand. -Debbie
- July 9, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Heather said...
Hi Sunshinemama (great name!)- at our bulk food store we can buy rolled grains of all sorts, not just oats but kamut, spelt, rye and a few more. Maybe you can find something like that to use instead of oats?
Hi Sarah, thanks for the link. Those looks great and it is nice to try several recipes.
Hi Debbiedas, thanks for those links too. We have lots of camping times and beach days so I will get the chance to try out all the recipes.
- July 12, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Sherrie said...
We make the same recipe that Sarah linked to, and it's what I was going to share! I don't usually use quite as much sugar, and I leave out the cinnamon because I think it makes them taste weird, and I add in whatever I feel like. And they're pretty much always good. Especially when my husband has a say in the matter and they have chocolate chips in them. :)
- August 1, 2010 at 5:42 PM


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