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Blackhawks focused on winning 'one hockey game'
They haven't lost Game 5 yet, so the Chicago Blackhawks haven't lost hope.
All they've got left, after falling behind 3-1 in their series to the Los Angeles Kings, is the scarcely comforting knowledge that you're still alive until you're dead. So that's what they're going with in trying to convince everyone, including themselves, that the wounds suffered through four games of the Western Conference final aren't fatal.
Their plan — what they've been able to map out so far, anyway — is to lift an arm or a leg out of that coffin they've been fitted for so L.A. can't slam the lid.
If it works, they'll make the rest up as they go along.
"It's obviously not the way we drew it up (at the start of the series)," said Hawks defenceman Duncan Keith. "But we've got to regroup again and just find a way. Be excited about going back home to Chicago.
"All we have to do is win one hockey game. That's all our focus is on: Just winning one hockey game. We were in the same position last year against Detroit and found a way, so it's up to us to dig down deep and find a way."
It was a much different time and place when they stormed back from 3-1 down on the Red Wings, but they have done it before, so those will be the memories they use to inspire themselves before Wednesday's Game 5 at the United Center.
"It was a special feeling when we came back and were able to win it in seven games in overtime," said Patrick Kane. "You can look back at that and say, 'We came out and were successful, so why can't we do it again?'
"It's tough with the position we're in right now, but at the same time, we still feel good about our team in here. You can't really think about what happened the first four games now. You've got to make sure you're ready for Game 5, focus in on that game solely, try and win that one, and see what happens after that."
It seems an impossibly hard road, but it's the only one that leads out of this mess.
"Just don't look at the big picture," said Hawks captain Jonathan Toews. "If we do, obviously, we don't like what we see. Just got to focus on the next game. We're still alive in this series.
"Teams have come back from this situation before, even our team, even this group. So that belief and that confidence has to be there.
"We've just got to go do it. It's not one guy, it's not two guys, it's got to be everybody. We'll have a great start to Game 5 and get excited and just enjoy the moment and get that energy and that swagger back."
Being angry and desperate is good — it'll help some — but it doesn't change the significant issues that put Chicago in this 3-1 hole in the first place: Mediocre goaltending, crappy special teams, lost battles and costly mistakes at the wrong times. They've spent 12 periods trying to find a weakness in L.A.'s game and all they've managed to do is expose more holes of their own.
If they don't fix a lot of those issues, then it's bye-bye.
"We know that there's something else we can bring to the table," said Toews. "We've just got to do some little things here and there to make ourselves feel good.
"We've got to find a way to get that confidence and make plays. We've got tons of skill in this room, it's just up to us and go out there and make plays and make things happen. We'll work ourselves out of this."


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A 14-year-old girl who was arrested along with four people suspected of taking part in the beating death of a Chinese USC graduate student near the campus will appear in Juvenile Court later this month to answer to a series of charges stemming from a separate robbery at Dockweiler Beach.
The teen, whose name was not released because of her age, has not been charged in connection with the July 24 death of USC student Xinran Ji. Four other people, ranging in age from 16 to 19, have been charged in the killing.
When police announced arrests in the USC student's killing, they noted that the 14-year-old girl had also been arrested, but it was unclear if she had a connection to the USC case. It was the Dockweiler robbery, however, that in part led to the arrests of all the suspects, police said.
The 14-year-old girl was charged with robbery and attempted robbery shortly after her arrest, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. She appeared in court and denied the allegations — the juvenile court equivalent of a not-guilty plea. Several days later, the girl was charged with five additional counts — carjacking and two counts each of assault with a deadly weapon and assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury.
She is expected to appear in Juvenile Court in Inglewood Aug. 27 to answer to the additional charges, according to District Attorney's Office spokesman Greg Risling.
Jonathan Del Carmen, 19, and Andrew Garcia, 18, are charged along with Alberto Ochoa, 17, and Alejandra Guerrero, 16, in the attack on Ji, 24, that occurred about 12:45 a.m. July 24 near 29th Street and Orchard Avenue. They are scheduled to be arraigned next week.
The criminal complaint against the four includes the special-circumstance allegation that the murder occurred during an attempted robbery. Prosecutors will decide later whether to seek the death penalty against Del Carmen and Garcia.
Ochoa and Guerrero, who were charged as adults, cannot face the death penalty because they are younger than 18.
The criminal complaint alleges that Garcia, Ochoa and Guerrero used deadly weapons — a bat and a wrench — during the crime, in which authorities said Ji was beaten and struck on the head.
The electrical engineering graduate student, who was walking home after taking part in a study group, managed to make it back to his City Park apartment in the 1200 block of West 30th Street, where he was found dead about 7 a.m. July 24. A trail of blood marked the path Ji walked.
Garcia, Ochoa and Guerrero also are charged with one count each of robbery, attempted robbery and assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly taking part in the attack on a man and woman at Dockweiler Beach later that day.
The group allegedly robbed the woman, but the man managed to escape and flag down police, according to Deputy District Attorney John McKinney.


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Rapper Del the Funky Homosapien (of the Hieroglyphics Crew) got together with Arnette to create two limited edition versions of their Fire Drill shades. Featuring a matte black frame that dissolves out into purple on the lower rims and temples, Del's signature logo in featured on one arm, while the Hieroglyphics 'third eye' logo is seen on the other.
Lens options include the blue mirror pictured or a polarized gray fade. Available exclusively at Sunglass Hat in the US and Canada on October 20, 2011.
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The following sections describe procedures that you can follow
if you encounter problems with your system.
If the system does not boot because a hardware problem occurs,
a question mark (?) usually precedes the error message displayed
on the console terminal. An example of a hardware problem is a
read error on a disk. Another is a BIB condition in an nPartition
on a cell-based server. You can use VFP to check the nPartition boot
state. If VFP indicates that all cells in the nPartition are at
BIB, the nPartition is inactive and you must use the MP bo command to boot the nPartition past BIB and make it active.
One way to get to the EFI Boot Manager to attempt to reboot
is to use the MP rs command.
For more information about using VFP and MP, see your hardware
If you suspect a hardware problem, do the following:
Consult the hardware manual for your Integrity
Contact HP Customer Support.
When the operating system is loaded into memory, a message
similar to the following is displayed on the terminal screen:
SYSTEM job terminated at 27-JUL-2006 15:05:03.17
If the system does not display this message, a software problem
has probably occurred. Do the following:
Turn off the system. Turn it back on and
try to reboot.
Perform a conversational boot using the default system
parameters or try one of the emergency boot procedures described
in "Emergency
If the system boots, run the AUTOGEN procedure. For
more information about the AUTOGEN procedure, see the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems.
If your system exhibits unexpected behavior, note the following:
If the system displays a bugcheck
message on the console terminal and shuts itself down, it means
the system encountered a problem that made further operation impossible
or dangerous. If the system does not reboot automatically, set
up your system to boot automatically as explained in "Configuring and Managing OpenVMS Booting
on Integrity Servers ", or reboot the system manually
as explained in "Booting
Manually from the Local System Disk"
If the system stops responding to your commands
(that is, if the system hangs), there is a possible failure in a
system software or hardware component or a possible power failure.
If the system exhibits erratic behavior (it does
not respond according to specifications), it indicates a possible
failure in a system software or hardware component.
To determine whether the failure is a system problem:
Be sure that you did not press F1 (Hold Screen). The Hold Screen light turns on when you press either F1 or Ctrl/S.
Press Ctrl/T to check the status of your process. A status line should
appear indicating the name of the program that is executing and
other information. If the status line does not appear, the program
you are executing might be stalled or hanging. (If you have disabled Ctrl/T by entering the command SET NOCONTROL=T, or if you have
set the terminal to NOBROADCAST mode by entering the command SET TERMINAL/NOBROADCAST,
this procedure does not work.)
Make sure the cable connecting the terminal or monitor
to the system is secure.
If you determine that you have a system problem, take the
following steps:
Force an exit from a stalled or hanging program
by pressing Ctrl/Y. Note that pressing Ctrl/Y causes any work performed by the program and not saved
on disk to be lost.
If the system is still unresponsive, halt it (see "Halting
the Integrity Server to Recover from Hangs and Crashes" for more information.)
Note in detail the sequence of events that caused the
problem and notify HP Customer Support.


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Northampton Domestic Partnership Coalition Collection
Established in 1995 to gain city-wide support for a domestic partnership ordinance, the Northampton Domestic Partnership Coalition's campaign included fund raising and neighborhood canvassing. Their early efforts succeeded, and in May 1995, the Northampton City Council passed an ordinance recognizing domestic partnerships in the city allowing people of either gender to register as a couple and entitling them to visitation and child care rights in schools, jails, and health care facilities. After a summer of campaigning on both sides, the measure failed by fewer than one hundred votes.
Consisting chiefly of newspaper clippings covering both sides of the debate over Northampton's domestic partnership ordinance, this collection includes perspectives extending from Northampton and Boston to Washington D.C. Among the publications represented are The Catholic Monitor, The Washington Blade, and Boston Magazine.
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- Domestic partner benefits--Law and legislation--Massachusetts
- Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--Massachusetts
- Lesbian couples--Legal status, laws, etc.--Massachusetts
- Northampton (Mass.)--Politics and government
- Northampton (Mass.)--Social life and customs
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Greenville woman arrested on forgery charge
April 02. 2013 2:17PM
NASHUA - A Greenville woman was arrested on a forgery charge after she tried to cash a check for $2,200 Monday at Citizens Bank on Main Street, police said.
Shannon Fontaine, 28, of 42 Adams Ave., also is charged with possession of a prescription drug, trazodone hydrochloride, a class A misdemeanor.
Police said she was arrested after a bank teller noticed the signature on the check did not match the account holder's signature on file. A call was made to the account holder, who knows Fontaine, and who said no check was issued to her.
Police said Fontaine fled the bank on foot but was later stopped by officers and arrested. When she was searched, police said they found the drug on her. She did not have a prescription for it, according to police.
What's next: Fontaine was released on $2,500 personal recognizance bail, pending an April 17 arraignment in 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division.


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There are dozens of important issues to be covered in tonight's presidential debate on foreign policy. In addition to questions about Iran and Afghanistan and China, we will almost certainly hear more about the 9/11 attack in Benghazi. Here are a few points I hope are made about the president's handling of the attack:
1. The President was obviously determined to blame the attack in Benghazi on a spontaneous demonstration against a video. The most likely reason is that to admit it was a terrorist attack would disrupt the narrative that bin Laden is dead and the terrorists are "on the run" or "on their heels." It is very telling that the president recently removed those phrases from his stump speech.
2. In addition to how wrong it was to intentionally mislead the public about the nature of the attack, there is a big problem with all the apologies, even if the attack had been a spontaneous reaction to a video. The President of the United States apologized to the world -- in a speech to the UN -- for a video created by a private citizen. By apologizing over and over again for a video the government had no role in, he is, in effect, apologizing for the freedom our country provides all its citizens to the free speech that allowed such a video to me made.
3. One thing most in the media have not covered is that the President of the United States reported the video to YouTube and that the creator of the video was picked up by law enforcement in the middle of the night. I'd like to know what other videos the White House has reported to YouTube. What kind of message does that send to the world?
4. I hope we see the President asked about his "bump in the road" and "not optimal" references to the four Americans killed in the Benghazi attack.
For me, the President's handling of the Benghazi attack comes down to lies and apologies -- neither of which should be the basis for America's foreign policy. This is just one small issue in the big foreign policy scheme of things, but in many ways it is a fitting example.
Update (October 23): On the CBS News tonight they did a segment on the Benghazi emails that
were just released. The emails they showed made it very clear that the
White House Situation Room and several others in the administration
received emails in real time alerting them of the situation on the
ground in Benghazi as it unfolded and in the first couple hours they had a very good idea about what was happening.
They also showed a clip from 60 Minutes that was from an interview shortly after the attack in which Obama said it did look like it was probably more than a mob action, different than the situation in Egypt, and that it looked likely that Americans were targeted from the start. You can see the text of the CBS report and video of the 60 Minutes clip here. They didn't say much about all the apologizing he did for weeks over the video, though.


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Cervical radiculopathy is pain in the distribution of a specific cervical nerve root due to compressive pathology from disc herniation, spur formation or hypermobility states. Radiculopathy may eventually lead to surgery.
A Chiropractic Solution for Mouse Shoulder
Clinical literature abounds with articles about repetitive injury and conditions related to the use of electronic devices, especially stationary or desktop computers and work stations.
TCHM Sustainability: Protecting Medicines That Protect Health
Sustainability concerns with some Chinese herbal medicines are growing in complexity. The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) helps to demystify this for the profession by attending the meetings of the CITES plants committee.
Important ICD-10 Updates
Changes for ICD-10 take place Oct. 1, as they have since the inception of ICD-10 (and for that matter, ICD-9). This year is no different, and there are several changes that will likely affect the chiropractic provider.
The Future of Chiropractic: New Assessment Tools
One the greatest "bottlenecks" we have in becoming movement specialists is our antiquated assessment tools, which limit the engagement of the patient in the assessment process, and reduce the overall efficiency of the practitioner. Fortunately, the future looks bright.
When Neurotoxic Medications Cause Peripheral Neuropathy
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Acupuncture in an Integrative Oncology Center
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An Audit From Anthem for Misuse of 99212?
Q: I had a friend who was audited by Anthem for their use of 99212, an office visit and now they are requesting a large refund stating its use was improper. I, like my friend, perform an evaluation of my patient daily.
New Neck Pain Best Practices Guideline in Development
The Clinical Compass (originally the Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters – CCGPP) recently issued a call for interested DCs to help shape a new best practices guideline for chiropractic care of neck pain.
Overlooked Considerations When Managing Heel Pain
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Document Laser Therapy (Pt. 2)
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A Chiropractic Presence on the Forbes Nonprofit Council
Dr. Sherry McAllister, executive vice president of the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, (F4CP), has been accepted into the Forbes Nonprofit Council, an invitation-only community of chief executives involved in nonprofits.
Restored UnitedHealthcare Headache Coverage Confirmed
The American Chiropractic Association has confirmed what we suspected and reported last issue: UnitedHealthcare has restored its coverage of manipulative therapy for headache.
What's in Your Fish Oil? A New Test Tells You
Norwegian lab company ORIVO has developed a first-of-its-kind test that verifies whether a fish oil product is made of real marine sources (salmon oil, salmon meal, anchovy oil, cod liver oil, krill oil, etc.); and the specific region from which the fish oil was sourced.
CalATMA: The Pulse of the Profession
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Key Findings From Latest Annual Gallup-Palmer Report
The fourth annual Gallup – Palmer College report is out; here are some of the key findings excerpted directly from the executive summary.
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In part 1 of this series, I mentioned that I have not witnessed a child regress into an autistic state after being vaccinated. This holds true today; however, I recently spoke with a friend from college who distinctly witnessed his child's behavior change immediately after being vaccinated.
Chiropractic Takes Orlando by Storm at The National
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NCCAOM: Limited Time Route to Certification
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Don't Believe Everything You Read: Skepticism, It's Not a Bad Thing
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Dr. Ken Yorgan: A DC on the Congressional Campaign Trail
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Attract More Patients: Master the Art of Public Speaking
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Hiring Other Practitioners: How to Find the Right Candidate for Your Team
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October 24th is AOM Day!
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Targeting Restless Leg Syndrome: Supplement Power
It is estimated that 7-10 percent (possibly up to 15 percent) of the U.S. population has restless leg syndrome. It is a bit more common in women than men.
Modernizing an Ancient Practice: A Q&A With Chad Everts of Modern Acupuncture
They're the new kids on the block, but not everyone's a fan of their concept-so we're playing devil's advocate.
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Essentials, Online Set to Gain When US Equity Trading Resumes: Source
Non-essentials will find themselves pretty low on consumers' lists.
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL After being closed for two days, the US equity market should prove fairly busy when it reopens on Wednesday, October 31. "In addition to pent up demand, tomorrow is not only the month's end but the close of the fiscal year for many mutual funds," said an East Coast-based hedge fund manager whose residence, in New Jersey, is incidentally without power.
"Right off the bat you can say that essentials will gain, batteries, generators, flashlights, food, home repair," said the source who had relocated to a relative's home. "So, Home Depot (NYSE:HD), Lowe's (NYSE:LOW), and Procter & Gamble (PG), certainly comes to mind."
PG (manufacturer of Duracell) is already in the spotlight due to its better-than-expected third quarter results (on low expectations) and a large stake taken by activist investor William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, he noted. Ackerman's $1.8 billion investment in the company is, to many, a sign he will push for the company to break up.
Interestingly, it can't be assumed that major regional retailers are automatic gainers, post-hurricane, he said. Walmart (NYSE:WMT) may have seen a bump in pre-storm, stock-up buying, but it also will have missed at least two day's of normal business due to the storm.
On line retailers selling essentials, like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), are bound to be on the side of the gainers, he noted. "If there's something I need that I can't find locally, or think it would be too much trouble to get to, I'm going to be online checking off 'two-day delivery' along with everyone else."
Losers will certainly include anything discretionary, he noted. "Apparel stores, anything selling something you can get by without for now, and through the holidays, are going to hurt not just from the lost traffic, but from the distraction of people concentrating on survival."
Other winners and losers will be those companies which showed substantial gains or losses over the past year. "Since tomorrow is the last day to get their house in order, some fund managers will be shifting money to companies which showed substantial gains--regardless of the industry or any shorter-term reason--and out of the losers. So 'them that gots shall get and them that's not shall lose,'" he said referencing the Billy Holliday song. Those stocks--the longer-term gainers and losers-- ironically, could show the greatest volume over anything storm-related in trading when it resumes tomorrow. "Normally, fund managers like to do these transactions over a couple of days, but the storm has made it impossible, they don't have the luxury of time. Tomorrow is do-or-die if they want to erase the losers from their prospectus," he said.
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In one of the tightest playoff races in MLS history, only the New York Red Bulls have secured a spot in the 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs with only three weeks to play.
The Colorado Rapids could be next, and it could happen as early as Wednesday.
The Rapids would clinch a berth in the playoffs with a win in San Jose over the Earthquakes - AND - if the Vancouver Whitecaps either tie or lose to the Seattle Sounders earlier the same night.
The top five teams in each conference make the playoffs.
Here's why the Rapids could clinch a berth on Wednesday:
A win by Colorado would push the Rapids to 51 points on the season with two matches to go, guaranteeing a top five finish:
- A loss by San Jose would keep the Earthquakes at 44 points. With two games remaining, the most points San Jose could finish with is 50.
- Vancouver enters the week with 42 points with three games remaining. If they tie Seattle, the most points the Whitecaps could finish with is 49.
- Dallas, at 41 points, can at most reach 50 points on the season if they win their final three games.
- Chivas USA has already been mathematically eliminated from contention.
The Rapids-Earthquakes match will be televised live on Altitude TV at 8:30 p.m. MT. The Sounders-Whitecaps game can be seen on MLS Live of the MLS Direct Kick package at 8 p.m. MT.


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Definitely not a play you take a girl/guy to on the first date. The play had a depressing undertone and a few uncomfortable taboo ideas to swallow. The plot and idea of the play was twisted, dark, different and gave you a scary look inside what technology could bring. The writer, Jennifer Haley, has a serious imagination that could of let this play take too many disturbing turns but she kept balance and let the end unfold into a beautiful tragedy. The actors embraced the uncomfort of the scenes and did a phenomenal job. Although, it was an acting battle between the youngest actress, Brighid Fleming, and the oldest actor, Dakin Matthews. Both were equally as seasoned and stole the show. There is irony in this but you have to wait and watch the play to realize why.
Every piece of information you get leads you to believe you know exactly what's going on but the next piece of information you get leads you right back to square one of the mystery. Every character has the depth of an onion and every outer layer is hiding something underneath that you don't see until the very end. And like an onion, every layer you peel back of the character leaves your eyes stinging with the urge to slip out a tear or two. Are the characters confused souls, crazy and twisted, or completely normal? You decide. Aside from the story line and actors, the set design by Adrian W. Jones was beautiful and led you to believe you really were in their world.
The Nether will be performed at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in downtown Culver City. The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232. Directed by CTG Associate Artistic Director Neel Keller, the play stars Brighid Fleming, Adam Haas Hunter, Robert Joy, Dakin Matthews and Jeanne Syquia. The set design is by Adrian W. Jones, costume design by Alex Jaeger, lighting design by Christopher Kuhl and sound design by John Zalewski. Casting is by Erika Sellin and the production stage manager is Kirsten Parker. Performances continue through April 14, 2013. Tickets for "The Nether" are available by calling (213) 628-2772, online at http://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/2013/The-Nether/, in person at the Center Theatre Group box office at the Ahmanson Theatre or two hours prior to performances at the Kirk Douglas Theatre box office.


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In Menendez's troubles, echoes of past scandals
WASHINGTON (AP) — An ethical cloud is following Sen. Robert Menendez in Washington, even as he has leading roles in some of Congress' most important policy debates.
The New Jersey Democrat heads the Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee at a time when tensions with Syria, Iran and North Korea are rising. At home, the Cuban-American lawmaker is at the center of the immigration overhaul fight that's captivating Capitol Hill.
All the while, a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into Menendez's conduct persists, with many of the same questions about politics, money and influence that have dogged members of Congress through history: When does helping a supporter become a quid pro quo?
At issue is Menendez's relationship with Dr. Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist under FBI investigation.
The two men have long and deep ties, and their relationship bears similarities to past congressional scandals, experts said.
Menendez has acknowledged several instances when actions he or his office has taken appear to have benefited Melgen. Menendez insists he's done nothing wrong.
"No one has bought me, No. 1. No one. Ever," Menendez has said. "In the 20 years I've been in Congress, never has it been suggested that that could even be possible. Never in 40 years of public life. So I'm not going to reach this moment in my life to make that a possibility."
It's a familiar Washington dance.
From the "Keating Five" scandal, one of the more celebrated congressional ethics cases, to more recent investigations, members of Congress have regularly run into trouble over the question of when helping a supporter crosses a line into impropriety.
"Most senators are doing this and you rarely get nailed for it," said Richard Painter, chief ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush and now a law professor at the University of Minnesota.
Menendez has run into trouble because "he didn't dot the i's and cross the t's. That allows (the Senate Ethics Committee) to open up a file and investigate."
Painter said that is similar to how past ethical scandals have unfolded.
During the Keating Five scandal, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., drew attention for flights he took on the plane of Charles Keating Jr., a top donor. Menendez's flights on Melgen's plane created a similar stir.
Ethical experts said Menendez's publicized actions are similar to those that have brought censure in the past.
"It's clear to me he crossed the line," said Melanie Sloan, a former federal prosecutor and the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group.
Sloan said Menendez's advocacy for Melgen on numerous fronts, particularly with federal regulators, is what makes his situation stand out as ethically questionable.
Lawmakers consistently find themselves on slippery terrain by helping donors, said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics in Washington. She said that appeared to be the case with Menendez, too.
"We certainly have run across our fair share of scandals inspired by or really cemented by actions taken on behalf of donors," Krumholz said. "Often, too often, there's a nexus between top donors giving significant amounts of money and that money amounting to a significant return on investment."
She added, "Not a Congress goes by without there being some question of improper actions being taken."
Melgen is Menendez's top political donor. Last year, Melgen's practice gave $700,000 to Majority PAC, a super PAC set up to fund Democratic candidates for the Senate.
Aided by Melgen's donation, the super PAC became the largest outside political committee contributing to Menendez's re-election, spending more than $582,000 on the senator's behalf.
In January, Menendez reimbursed the doctor $58,000 for flights to the Dominican Republic aboard his private plane. Painter said Menendez's flights with Melgen were a red flag that elevated his case.
"It becomes a question of what other stuff is there," he said.
Menendez has acknowledged at least three areas where his official work appeared to serve the interests of Melgen, though he has steadfastly denied wrongdoing.
A staffer in Menendez's office sent emails to the Homeland Security Department in January questioning potential U.S. donations of cargo-screening equipment to the government of the Dominican Republic.
At the time, donated screening equipment could have jeopardized a lucrative port security contract for a company owned by Melgen. The government told Menendez's office that it had no plans to donate equipment. That came six months after Menendez himself raised concerns about the Dominican government's port security in a Senate hearing with senior officials from the State and Commerce departments.
Menendez sponsored legislation with incentives for natural gas vehicle conversions that could have benefited a company that Melgen was invested in called Gaseous Fuel Systems Corp. of Weston, Fla.
In another instance, Menendez has acknowledged that his office contacted U.S. health agencies in a way that would help Melgen. Menendez said he contacted the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ask about billing practices and policies. The contacts came during a dispute between CMS and Melgen over millions of dollars in Medicare payments.
It's Menendez's interactions with health officials that draw the most direct comparisons to the Keating Five case, Sloan said.
"I think we're always going to see stuff like this," Sloan said. "But it also opens a window into the way Congress operates. There may not be a quid pro quo in every case, but they're very often taking actions for top donors and that's why people are cynical."
The Senate Ethics Committee also investigated the Keating Five case, wrapping up its work in 1991. It centered on five senators — four Democrats and one Republican, McCain.
All took contributions from Keating, a real estate investor and savings and loan owner who became the face of the savings and loan crisis that cost many investors their life savings. Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan was among many institutions that failed.
McCain took $112,000 in donations from Keating, his family and associates for early political campaigns. Like Menendez, McCain also flew on a plane owned by his donor, traveling to the Bahamas among other places.
McCain eventually repaid all of the donations tied to Keating to the U.S. Treasury and reimbursed Keating for his travel. Again like Menendez, McCain said at the time he believed that Keating had previously been repaid for his travel, but he had not been.
An ethics probe was triggered after McCain and the other senators advocated for Keating with financial regulators in 1987, as they investigated Keating and considered referring criminal charges to the Justice Department. Keating eventually went to prison.
The Senate Ethics Committee found three senators had interfered significantly and inappropriately with federal regulators. McCain was cleared of acting improperly, but the committee said he had "exercised poor judgment in intervening with the regulators."
None of the five senators involved resigned, and two — John Glenn, D-Ohio, and McCain — ran successful re-election campaigns.
Writing about the case in his 2002 book "Worth the Fighting For," McCain said he vowed to never again intervene in regulatory decisions if "such interventions could be construed, rightly or wrongly, as done solely or primarily for the benefit of a major financial supporter of my campaigns."
In interviews about Melgen, Menendez has sought to distinguish between questioning policies he said he finds questionable and taking actions to benefit his top contributor.
"The fact that someone is a donor does not do away with the right or the opportunity to consider whether something is correct or incorrect, to ask questions, raise concerns," Menendez has said.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Despite long stretches of possession, the Colorado Rapids could not overcome a first half strike from San Jose forward Chris Wondolowski and dropped a 1-0 decision in California to the Earthquakes.
Less then a minute after Conor Casey's shot inside the left side of the Quakes area went wide left, Wondolowski powered a left-footed shot past Colorado goalkeeper Matt Pickens, driving the ball from just inside the penalty box off the crossbar and into the net in the game's 33rd minute.
Ramiro Corrales' lead pass was flicked on by Ryan Johnson and gave Wondolowski just enough room to get space on Drew Moor and strike the ball soundly on the bounce.
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It was Wondolowski's third goal of the season - his third in as many matches.
The goal capped a first half in which the Rapids (3-2-1) held the advantage in time of possession. However, the Earthquakes did an impressive job of keeping their shape and limiting space in the final third, and did not allow Colorado many quality chances on frame.
Midfielder Wells Thompson had the Rapids' best chance the with a minute to go in the first half, striking a powerful shot from 22 yards that was saved by a diving Joe Cannon.
Watch: THOMPSON'S SHOT / CANNON'S SAVE
Even as Colorado threw players forward in the second half, they couldn't often crack San Jose's back four. Early on, Cannon denied Kosuke Kimura on a near post shot, and then cleaned up long shots from Thompson and Danny Earls.
Claudio Lopez made his Rapids' MLS debut when he entered for Jeff Larentowicz in the 77th minute but also had difficulty finding space to create opportunities.
Colorado returns home on Wednesday, May 5 to face the Western Conference leading Los Angeles Galaxy at Dick's Sporting Good Park at 7:30 pm MT.
SJ -- Chris Wondolowski 3 (Ryan Johnson 2, Ramiro Corrales 1) 33
Colorado Rapids -- Matt Pickens, Drew Moor, Kosuke Kimura, Marvell Wynne, Danny Earls (Julien Baudet 61), Mehdi Ballouchy, Jeff Larentowicz (Claudio Lopez 77), Pablo Mastroeni, Wells Thompson, Conor Casey, Omar Cummings (Quincy Amarikwa 70).
Subs not used: Ian Joyce, Scott Palguta, Colin Clark, Ross LaBauex
San Jose Earthquakes -- Joe Cannon, Chris Leitch, Ramiro Corrales (Justin Morrow 84), Jason Hernandez, Bobby Burling, Joey Gjertsen, Andre Luiz (Brad Ring 59), Brandon McDonald, Bobby Convey, Ryan Johnson (Eduardo 59), Chris Wondolowski.
SJ -- Chris Leitch (caution; Reckless Foul) 87
SJ -- Bobby Convey (caution; Dissent) 93+
COL -- Wells Thompson (caution; Reckless Foul) 94+
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Referee's Assistants: Frank Anderson; Jeff Muschik
4th Official: Tyler Ploeger
Attendance: 8,674
Weather: Sunny-and-75-degrees


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Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism would be on anyone's list of books that changed the world. But it is a classic that is deeply marked by the period in which it was written–a period, as Arendt put it, of "both reckless optimism and reckless despair." She started work on it in 1945, when Hitler had just been defeated, and finished in 1951, when the new state of Israel was beginning to flex its military muscles in the Middle East, communist revolutionaries had taken power in China, and Berlin had been blockaded under the shadow of the atom bomb.
"Never has our future been more unpredictable," Arendt wrote; "never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest." We had no hope of recovering our old-time faith in progress, but there was not much chance of returning to "the old world order" either. The best traditions of Western culture had been vandalized and laid waste by Fascism and Nazism, and we found ourselves defenseless at the prospect of World War III.
Socialism and Marxism might once have offered shelter for political optimists, but not anymore: They had by then been absorbed into Stalinist Communism, which, far from being the antithesis of Nazism, turned out to be its horrible twin–an undeclared totalitarianism of the left, exactly mimicking the self-proclaimed totalitarianisms of the right.
Arendt was not the first to describe Marxism as a form of totalitarianism, and several of her conclusions had been anticipated by Karl Popper in The Open Society and Its Enemies in 1945–though she seems never to have acknowledged his work, or he hers. But no one before her had presented a sustained historical argument for regarding German Nazism and Soviet Communism as "essentially identical systems." As she saw it, the essence of totalitarianism was not dictatorship or one-party rule but a kind of ideological alchemy that transmuted a few fanciful notions of historical fate into ruthless imperatives of government. To Arendt, totalitarian ideology was manifestly ludicrous: If the future is really being shaped by an iron historical destiny, it should not require assistance from an iron political will. But ludicrousness is no obstacle to influence, and totalitarian fantasies had been the inspiration of several megalomaniacal regimes–notably in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union–that tried to override the inherent unpredictability of human affairs and to treat people as superfluous to grand historical projects. "The totalitarian belief that everything is possible," Arendt said, "proved only that everything can be destroyed."
The mood of The Origins of Totalitarianism was sober but never despondent. Totalitarianism as Arendt portrayed it was the upshot of an extraordinary concurrence of historical circumstances rather than an expression of some deep-rooted hideousness in human nature. By an unlucky accident, the collapse of rigid class structures in Europe had coincided with the decay of well-defined nation-states and the dissolution of old-style imperialisms, leaving traditional networks of solidarity in ruins. Totalitarianism had then filled the political vacuum with a new form of nationalism–a "tribal" nationalism that appealed to the self-pity of the mob while offering an attractive platform to intellectuals with delusions of omniscient grandeur. Even the persecution of the Jews was incidental rather than inevitable. Anti-Semitism had a long and repellent history, but before the rise of totalitarianism it had been little more than a hobby for boorish buffoons. When prosperous Jews lost their former function as state financiers, however, they became easy targets for inchoate mob rage, and anti-Semitism was transformed into a concerted policy of mass murder. Totalitarianism, in short, was a kind of accident, and it "became this century's curse only because it so terrifyingly took care of its problems." With the defeat of Nazism, however, the problems facing the world had changed; and if there were continuing grounds for fear, there were also fresh reasons for hope.


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Tailgating is an important part of the concert experience for you the fan. We are committed to creating a SAFE environment that is fan friendly for all of our guests to enjoy. For most fans, tailgating is a time for listening to music while enjoying the company of friends and family. For your SAFETY and the enjoyment of all, we ask that you please help by observing these tailgating guidelines.
*SBC parking lots are reserved for concert patrons only.
*Please be aware of your surroundings and make note of where you are parked. Please be careful and mindful of all vehicle traffic while in the parking lot especially while your row is being parked.
*Parking is first come-first served. No saving of parking spaces is permitted.
*Occupy only ONE parking space per vehicle.
*Guests must tailgate in front of or behind their vehicle only. Tailgating at your vehicle should not interfere with the normal traffic flow. Please see the diagram below for an approved tailgating set up.
*All tailgating activities must be conducted in accordance with New Jersey State law and the City of Camden Municipal Codes. Underage drinking is prohibited by law and minors in possession will be addressed aggressively by Camden County Metro Police, Camden County Sheriff's Department and National Event Services event staff.
*NES Parking Lot Staff will continuously patrol the lots to provide the information (door times, show times, etc) and assistance and to ensure that guests comply with the established tailgating guidelines. This staff will be dressed in bright yellow.
*No tents or canopies will be allowed in order to keep the driver aisles clear for traffic flow and emergency vehicles.
*All guests will be encouraged to to enter the facility at the start of the advertised show time. For event specific information, please call 856-365-1300.
*Please clean up your tailgating area before entering the show. Bring trash bags with you to dispose of trash. Trash and reclycing dumpsters will be placed throughout the parking lots, please refrain from leaving loose trash and litter in the parking areas.
*Generally, the parking lots will open and tailgating will be allowed to start 2 hours prior to the door time, however, parking lots opening times may vary for some concerts.
*Tailgating will shut down 20 minutes after the start of the advertised show time. Guests will be asked to enter the show or leave the parking lot. Tailgating is not allowed after the concert. All parking lots will be closed at the conclusion of egress.


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NCAA Baseball: Penmen win again
May 17. 2013 11:27PM
The Southern New Hampshire University baseball team scored three runs in the third inning and that was enough for a 3-2 victory over Pace in Friday night's winners' bracket game in the NCAAA Division II East Regional at Penmen Field.
The Penmen scored their three runs by loading the bases. With Riley Palmer at bat, pitcher Mike Tamburino uncorked three successive wild pitches, allowing all three runners to score.
Jon Massad worked six innings for SNHU (35-17), scattering seven hits over seven innings. Powers pitched the final two innings for the save.
The Penmen, the only unbeaten team in the tourney, advanced to play tonight at 7 against the winner of today's first elimination game between Pace and Franklin Pierce at 11 a.m.
New Haven 3, Franklin Pierce 1: Ravens pitching was very good, fanning 15 New Haven hitters, but New Haven's was a little better. With the loss, sixth-seeded FPU dropped to 33-17. Third-seeded New Haven will also play an elimination game today, at 3 p.m., against top seed Wilmington (Del.), which eliminated second-seeded St. Thomas Aquinas, 8-1, in Friday's first game.
Franklin Pierce scored its run in the sixth, on an RBI double by Derry's Zach Mathieu.
The loss went to sophomore lefty Steve Hathaway, who allowed all three runs, three hits and fanned 11.
NCAA Division III
Wheaton 3, Daniel Webster 1: In Harwich, Mass., eighth-seeded DWC was eliminated in the NCAA Division III New England Regional. The Eagles finished 29-12 — the most successful season in school history.
Daniel Webster, 1-2 in the double-elimination tourney, was led by Devin DeCarteret of Pelham, who had a double and single.


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A woman looks at the damage from a rocket fired from Gaza which landed in the middle of a residential neighborhood Thursday in the city of Kiryat Gat, Israel.
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JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire to start Friday, the U.N. and U.S. said, although Secretary of State John Kerry cautioned there were "no guarantees" the lull in violence would bring an end to the 24-day-old Gaza war.
The surprise announcement came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas' tunnel network "with or without a cease-fire" and as the Palestinian death toll soared past 1,400.
Noting the difficulties that lay ahead, Kerry said: "This is not a time for congratulations or joy or anything except a serious determination — a focus by everybody to try to figure out the road ahead."
"This is a respite. It is a moment of opportunity, not an end."
At least four short humanitarian cease-fires have been announced since the conflict began, but each has been broken within a few hours by renewed fighting.
A joint statement released simultaneously in New Delhi, where Kerry is traveling, and at U.N. headquarters in New York, said the U.S. and U.N. had gotten assurances that all parties to the conflict had agreed to an unconditional cease-fire.
Soon after an official at the prime minister's office confirmed that Israel had agreed to a 72-hour truce beginning at 8 a.m. local time Friday. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the Islamic militant group was also in agreement, "due to the situation faced by the Palestinian people."
Israeli and Palestinian delegations were expected to travel immediately to Cairo for talks with the Egyptian government aimed at reaching an end to the conflict.
"It is up to the parties — all of them — to take advantage of this moment," Kerry said. "There are no guarantees. This is a difficult, complicated issue."
During the cease-fire, Kerry said Israel will be able to continue its defense operations to destroy tunnels that are behind its territorial lines. The Palestinians will be able to receive food, medicine and humanitarian assistance, bury their dead, treat the wounded and travel to their homes. The time also will be used to make repairs to water and energy systems.
"We hope this moment can be grabbed by both parties, but no one can force them to do that," Kerry said.
"Israel has to live without terror and tunnels and rockets and sirens going on through the day," he said. "Palestinians have to be able to live freely and share in the rest of the world and live a life that is different from the one they have long suffered."
The Palestinian delegation is expected to include members of Hamas, which the United States and Israel consider a terrorist organization and cannot be negotiated with directly. So if the Israelis and Palestinians meet face to face, the Hamas members will not participate in those talks.
The Egyptians will be the go-between for the sides and will help coordinate, a senior State Department official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official wasn't allowed to discuss the issue publicly.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the cease-fire was the result of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's recent trip to the region "but also 48 hours of extremely active diplomacy at all levels from the secretary-general to his senior advisers talking to key regional players."
Robert Serry, the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, U.S. Mideast envoy Frank Lowenstein and others were expected to go to Cairo for the Egyptian-mediated talks.
At least 1,441 Palestinians have been killed, three-quarters of them civilians, since hostilities began on July 8, according to Gaza health ministry officials — surpassing the at least 1,410 Palestinians killed in Israel's last major invasion in 2009, according to Palestinian rights groups.
Israel says 56 soldiers, two Israeli civilians and a Thai agricultural worker also have died — far more than the 13 Israeli deaths in the previous campaign.
Israel expanded what started as an aerial campaign against Hamas and widened it into a ground offensive on July 17. Since then, Israel says the campaign has concentrated on destroying cross-border tunnels militants constructed to carry out attacks inside Israeli territory and ending rocket attacks on its cities.
For its part, Hamas has said it will only halt fire once it receives guarantees that a Gaza border blockade by Israel and Egypt — tightened after the Islamic militant group violently seized power in Gaza in 2007 — will be lifted.
Israel says most of the 32 tunnels it has uncovered have now been demolished. But Netanyahu said Thursday he would reject any proposal that prevents the Israeli military from completing the destruction of Hamas' tunnel network.
"We have neutralized dozens of terror tunnels and we are committed to complete this mission, with or without a cease-fire," Netanyahu said in televised remarks. "Therefore, I will not agree to any offer that does not allow the military to complete this important mission for the security of the people of Israel."
For Israel, the tunnel network is a strategic threat. It says the tunnels are meant to facilitate mass attacks on civilians and soldiers inside Israel, as well as kidnappings, a tactic that Hamas has used in the past. Palestinian militants trying to sneak into Israel through the tunnels have been found with sedatives and handcuffs, an indication they were planning abductions, the military says.
Several soldiers have been killed in the current round of fighting by Palestinian gunmen who popped out of underground tunnels near Israeli communities along the Gaza border.
Earlier Thursday, the Israeli military announced it was calling up an additional 16,000 reserve soldiers to pursue its campaign against the Islamic militants. Israeli defense officials said the purpose of the latest call-up was to provide relief for troops currently on the Gaza firing line, and amounted to a rotation that left the overall number of mobilized reservists at around 70,000. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
However, Israeli officials have also said they do not rule out broadening operations in the coming days.
Palestinians have fired more than 2,850 rockets at Israel — some reaching major cities but most intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. On Thursday alone, more than 100 rockets were fired toward Israeli cities, the army said.
Israel has launched more than 4,000 strikes against Hamas-linked targets, including rocket launchers and mosques where it says weapons were being stored.
One Israeli was seriously wounded when a rocket exploded in a residential area of Kiryat Gat in southern Israel, the military said. The rocket damaged a house and destroyed several cars parked on the street. Another rocket was intercepted over Tel Aviv by Israel's rocket defense system, the army said.
Israeli attacks continued Thursday, killing at least 56 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials.
Gazans said munitions struck the Omar Ibn al-Khatab mosque next to a U.N. school in the northern town of Beit Lahiya. The office of the military spokesman said Palestinian snipers inside the mosque had shot at troops, wounding one Israeli soldier and prompting retaliatory fire.
The strike in Beit Lahiya damaged water tanks on the roof of a building near the mosque, sending shrapnel flying into the adjacent school compound, where dozens of Palestinians displaced by the fighting had taken shelter.
"The shrapnel from the strike on the mosque hit people who were in the street and at the entrance of the school," said Sami Salebi, an area resident.
Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said at least 15 people were wounded in the strike, including three who were in critical condition.
Among them was Kifah Rafati, who was being treated for shrapnel injuries at the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital. She said she and her six children had been sleeping in a classroom inside the U.N. school when the explosion went off.
"There is no safety anywhere," the 40-year-old Rafati said.
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NBC should listen to Angela Lansbury.
The actress is not thrilled that the network is planning to make a new version of "Murder, She Wrote," the long-running CBS drama that she starred in about a mystery writer who becomes a real-life detective of sorts.
"I think it's a mistake to call it 'Murder, She Wrote,'" Lansbury told the Associated Press when asked about NBC's plans.
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A warm salad featuring roasted sweet potatoes, fresh corn cut from the cob and green chiles with a light lime and olive oil dressing.
Vibrant, zesty and colorful with a little Southwestern twist, it's a great way to use up all that juicy, succulent corn you and I are going to be cooking up this summer.
If it's too hot to turn on the oven you can easily grill the sweet potatoes instead. Slice them into thick rounds and cube them up after grilling. You can also leave out the green chiles if they're not your thing and still have a tasty salad.
This will easily perk up your next potluck, picnic or barbecue! Since the dressing doesn't have any mayo in it you don't have to worry about it going bad in the hot sun.
I love the soft potatoes with the crispy pop of the corn and the tanginess of the chiles and lime juice. It's a little sweet, a little sour and completely delicious.
A warm Southwestern salad featuring roasted sweet potatoes, fresh corn cut from the cob and green chiles with a light lime and olive oil dressing.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with sides with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Grease with 1 tablespoon oil.
- Place the sweet potatoes on the greased pan and drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil, massage the potatoes with your hands to coat then spread out in one layer. Generously season with salt and pepper. Bake until fork tender about 25 - 35 minutes.
- Add the sweet potatoes to a large mixing bowl with the remaining tablespoon of oil, the corn, chiles, lime and cilantro. Toss gently and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Adapted fromSerious Eats
Copyright ©2013 Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice by Reeni Pisano All Rights Reserved.


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Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: January 18
This week Morrissey Goodale tracked ten domestic deals and one international deal to add to the record 2012 activity.
This week Morrissey Goodale tracked ten domestic deals and one international deal to add to the record 2012 activity.
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2013 Transactions to Date:
M&A Transactions
National engineering, consulting and construction management firm to the energy, environmental and infrastructure markets TRC Companies (Lowell, MA) acquired 40-person leading energy efficiency consulting firm Heschong Mahone Group (HMG) (Sacramento, CA). Serving prominent utilities and government agencies, HMG is a leader in building science, policy development and program management across the energy efficiency sector and specializes in the application of its expertise in building design, construction technology, program design and policy development to the problem of making populations of buildings more energy efficient. Link to details
Global engineering, architecture and science consulting firm Kleinfelder (San Diego, CA) acquired Simon Wong Engineering (SWE) (San Diego, CA), a 115-person multi-discipline provider of project management, structural and bridge engineering, construction management, inspection and public relations support services to the transportation and water markets in California. Link to details
Engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald (Croydon, United Kingdom) acquired 45-person Procyon Oil & Gas (Guildford, United Kingdom), a multi-discipline engineering consultancy to the upstream oil and gas industry in both onshore and offshore locations, and a provider of specialized services across all phases of upstream design, engineering, construction and operation, including conceptual design, cost estimation, facilities definition, front-end engineering design (FEED), detail design, procurement, construction management and operations support. Link to details
Leading engineering, environmental and energy consulting firm Golder Associates (Atlanta, GA) acquired the assets of InterGEO Services (Philadelphia, PA), a geo-environmental contracting company with capabilities to operate from design-build, general contractor, specialty contractor or construction management positions. Link to details
Engineering, procurement and construction management firmSSOE Group (Toledo, OH) merged with Evergreen EDC (Hillsboro, OR), a 300-person multi-discipline engineering, design and construction management firm to the semiconductor, solar/photovoltaic, life sciences, advanced technologies, laboratories, and data center industries. Link to details
National full-service engineering and architecture firm Farnsworth Group (Bloomington, IL) acquired Systems Engineering (Colorado Springs, CO), a facilities engineering firm providing mechanical, plumbing and process piping engineering services to a broad range of clients throughout the nation. Link to details
Leading national energy, water resources and environmental consulting and engineering firm Apex Companies (Rockville, MD) acquired A2L Technologies (A2L) (Tampa, FL), an environmental consulting, engineering and remediation company specializing in real estate and financial institutions. Apex Companies is a portfolio company of Tailwind Capital (New York, NY), a private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented middle market companies. Link to details
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Physicists predict a nuclear arms race, 1945
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This declaration of concern, written after the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offers insight into the Manhattan Project, an atomic development program led by the United States. The "Preliminary Statement of the Association of Manhattan District Scientists" emphasizes the need to control atomic weaponry and acknowledge the consequences of its use. The scientists warn of the havoc that nuclear weapons could wreak if not handled with extreme care and consideration. They also stressed their "very special responsibility to the people of America . . . because of our special awareness of the possibilities of atomic energy for the advance of our civilization or its utter destruction."
A heavily edited draft of the statement was found among the photographs and personal accounts of Mildred Goldberg, a Manhattan Project secretary. Goldberg unknowingly became a key contributor to the development of the atomic bomb as she typed out and organized the scientists' notes. She described a pleasant work environment and expressed glowing admiration of the men she worked for—including Irving Kaplan, Francis Bonner, Andre J. De Bethune, William Nierenberg, and Howard Levi. This statement's significance weighs even more heavily when one considers that this warning was written during a time when policies controlling the development of atomic energy were in their infancy.
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We have been made strongly aware of the dangers inherent in the mishandling of this tremendous force by the peoples of the world. We have seen in the case of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that one crude, pioneering atomic bomb is sufficient to destroy a city of medium size. It is certain that further development will result in bombs of vastly greater destructive potential. The Pearl Harbor attack which destroyed most of Pacific Fleet may be dwarfed in a future war by a disaster in which as much as a quarter of our population and the major part of our industry will suddenly disappear. This may even be a conservative estimate of the damage that will occur before we are in a position to retaliate, if retaliation be any longer possible. It will be a small consolation to have the largest supply of the world's best bombs; it may be too late to use them. It is possible that we may not even know who our attackers are.
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No, Sony Electronics, Nintendo And EA Have NOT Publicly Changed Their Position On SOPA
from the come-on-people dept
Now, jump forward to last week. A number of lists have been put out listing the companies who supposedly support SOPA -- but many of the lists were made up by combining two separate lists. One was the official list from the House Judiciary site, which does, in fact, list out companies who have explicitly said they support SOPA. The other... was that letter that the Global IP Center sent. So, here's the problem. It appears that Lynley just checked the list from the House Judiciary Committee... and saw that Sony Electronics, EA and Nintendo were not on that list... and decided they must have quietly removed themselves from the list.
Here's the problem: those three companies were apparently never on that list. They were on the other list.
You can see an older version of the House Judiciary Committee list of SOPA supporters here. Note that it has GoDaddy on it, as well as all those law firms who demanded removal from the list. This was the original list that the Judiciary Committee came out with. You know what you'll see? Absolutely no mention of EA, Sony Electronics or Nintendo.
And yet... a ton of news sites have picked up on the BI story and written their own versions, claiming that those three companies have quietly dropped their SOPA support:


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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it is pushing forward with plans to build hundreds of homes in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem.
An Interior Ministry committee on Monday gave intermediate approval to the construction of 1,500 housing units in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, a part of the city Palestinians claim for a future capital.
The ministry says the project still must go through additional planning stages, and it could be years before construction begins.
The announcement is nonetheless expected to anger the Palestinians and even Israeli allies who oppose settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.
The project was first announced in 2010 during a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden, causing a major diplomatic rift with Washington that took months to mend.


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For those of you who don't speak sex toy, the Hitachi Magic Wand is the Cadillac of toys; Super fun to drive, even if it is a bit bulky and out-dated. This bad boy still plugs into the wall—that's how out-dated it is, and the box it comes in looks like it's straight from the 80s, equipped with pictures of spandex clad ladies massaging their calves with it. One, everyone knows you don't use the Hitachi in a PG fashion and Two, who the heck actually massages their calves?
I've been coveting a Hitachi for years, so when I found out one was coming for me to review I got so excited I told just about everyone I know. "Nice knowing you…" my boyfriend said. "Oh, you're in for a good time," said my friend C, a Hitachi owner herself. "How does that make you FEEL?" asked my therapist. (Not really. I can't afford a therapist.) But real talk, Hitachi is a POWER TOOL company so you can imagine the force behind their toy, which is roughly the size and weight of my forearm.
When my box came in the mail I opened it with more excitement than any Christmannukah gift I've received in the past decade and paced around the apartment anxiously waiting for my room-mate to leave. I didn't even need to try it out to know that no matter how loud I blast my Cat Power Pandora station, the powerful hum of this baby will not be muted. The Hitachi is as discreet as a 7 foot drag queen with a 5 o'clock shadow.
Warning: this toy is not for those who don't appreciate extremely intense stimulation, or those who don't want to make weird animal noises normally reserved for dying birds and fornicating primates. The Hitachi only has two speeds: Really Intense and Holy Fuuu-I Came. Usually, when I am giving myself some attention, I like to take my sweet time. I prefer toys that allow me to edge a bit—take myself nearly there and then back off so that my orgasm is crippling. While the Hitachi WILL make you come out of your ears, there is no way to ease yourself into it. My friend C, the Hitachi fan mentioned above, described it perfectly: "The Hitachi is great for when you're tired and horny and just want to get off and go to sleep." You will not last for more than 5 minutes unless you have a clit of steel.
I love my Hitachi on a level that is almost comparable to the way I feel about my cat. Not really, but enough to make me want to drive 20 minutes home on my lunch break, spend 2 ½ minutes panting like a prom queen in the back of a Buick, and drive 20 minutes back to the office. Five days a week.
So, what do you think of the Hitachi? Roseanne Barr loves her Hitachi, too. At an MTV VMA show she crowed, "Hitachi make such a good vibrator, I think I'll buy one of their TVs!" I feel you, Roseanne.
Want a Hitachi? Yeahhh you do. Get it.
Side note: After an intense bout of Bootcamp where I was forced to do 100 plus Burpees (Tough Mudder training!) I actually used the Hitachi on my arms. Just like this picture.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge has ordered a Philadelphia man and woman to stand trial in the starvation of their disabled toddler, saying the girl looked like a victim of a Nazi concentration camp when she died.
Carlos Rivera, 30, is charged with first-degree murder and Carmen Ramirez, 27, is charged with third-degree murder in the death of 3-year-old Nathalyz Rivera, who weighed just over 11 pounds when she died in September.
Municipal Court Judge James DeLeon said at a preliminary hearing Wednesday that the girl looked "like an Auschwitz child." He ordered her parents held for trial on all counts after hearing testimony from doctors, homicide detectives and a city social worker.
Officials said Nathalyz was born blind and unable to talk or walk. Associate Medical Examiner Andrew Rosen, who ruled the death homicide by starvation, said her lack of nutrition and medical care was "glaring."
"You can almost count every rib individually," Rosen testified.
Defense attorneys unsuccessfully sought a reduction or dismissal of the charges.
Ramirez cried as a detective read a statement to police in which investigators said she told them that she and her new boyfriend had been at a casino for hours when Rivera called her around midnight.
"He told me, 'Nathalyz is not breathing,' and 'What do you want me to do?'" she said, according to the statement read in court. "I said, 'Take her to the hospital.' He told me he did not want to because the police would lock him up on the spot."
Rivera kept his head in his hands as a statement was read in which police said he told investigators that he never fed the children breakfast or lunch and usually left Nathalyz and her siblings alone in the house while he sought casual work.


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April 13, 2013
President Comandante Hugo Chavez Frias will be remembered for his efforts in the transformation of Venezuela and Latin America away from the dominance of United States imperialism. Chavez championed socialism, national liberation and international solidarity. He reaffirmed the indigenous and African roots of Venezuelan and Latin American culture and society.


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PUBLIC NOTICE CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of a civil action Writ of Execution to me directed, issued out of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Cumberland County Docket # F02369917 bearing the date of 1/31/2018 wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA MR. COOPER is the plaintiff AND DANIEL R KETCHAM ET AL are the defendants. I will expose for sale to the highest bidder at the Sheriff's Office, 220 N. Laurel Street in the City of Bridgeton, County of Cumberland, and State of New Jersey on: 10/30/2018 At 2:00 P.M., prevailing time all of the following tract or parcel of land at the premises situate and being described as follows: SHORT FORM DESCRIPTION The property to be sold is located in the VINELAND in the County of CUMBERLAND and State of New Jersey Commonly known as 478 WEST WEYMOUTH ROAD, VINELAND, NJ 08360 Tax LOT 41 (F/K/A 19) BLOCK 501 (F/K/A 82) Dimensions of Lot: .92 AC Nearest Cross Street: NORTHWEST AVENUE THE SHERIFF HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN THIS SALE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE THROUGH PUBLICATION. *SUBJECT TO ANY UNPAID TAXES, MUNICIPAL LIENS OR OTHER CHARGES, AND ANY SUCH TAXES, CHARGES, LIENS, INSURANCE PREMIUMS OR OTHER ADVANCES MADE BY PLAINTIFF PRIOR TO THIS SALE. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE TO CONDUCT AND RELY UPON THIER OWN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT ANY OUTSTANDING INTEREST REMAIN OF REOCRD AND/OR HAVE PRIORITY OVER THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED AND, IF SO THE CURRENT AMOUNT DUE THEREON. 2018 TAXES: QTR1 - 02/01 : $1,079.35 OPEN; QTR2 - 05/01 : $1,079.35 OPEN Surplus Money: If after the sale and satisfaction of the mortgage debt, including costs and expenses, there remains any surplus money, the money will be deposited into the Superior Court Trust Fund and any person claiming the surplus, or any part thereof, may file a motion pursuant to Court Rules 4:64-3 and 4:57-2 stating the nature and extent of that person's claim and asking for an order directing payment of the surplus money. The Sheriff or other person conducting the sale will have information regarding the surplus, if any. For sale information, please visit Auction. at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Together with all and singular the right, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. The amount sought to be satisfied is the sum of $78,628.59 together with an interest and costs. Terms of sale: 20% of bid in cash, certified check, cashiers check. MADE PAYABLE TO THE SHERIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, from the successful bidder IMMEDIATELY upon the conclusion of the foreclosure sale. BALANCE DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. Right to adjourn the sale is reserved without further notice of publication. "Persons that need an accommodation (e.g. sign language, interpreter, assisted listening devices, etc.) Must notify the County Office for the Disabled, 800 East Commerce Street, Bridgeton, NJ 08302, 856-453-2156 within 14 days of the scheduled meeting. Cumberland County cannot provide for any accommodation not requested." ALL PUBLICATION COSTS ARE PAID FOR BY THE PLAINTIFF. ROBERT A. AUSTINO RAS CITRON LLC Atty (s) Phone: 973-575-0707 Cost: $390.40 (8793156) 10/8,15,22,29/18 4t
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Courtesy Demi Lovato
New week, new haircuts! Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus both changed up their hairstyles (again) last week, sharing photos of their new looks on Twitter.
Lovato — a natural brunette who was most recently a redhead — went blonde Saturday. "Thank you SO much Nine Zero One salon for my new locks," she wrote after spending 11 hours at the salon as colorist Amber Maynard transformed her hair (and extensions) from red to blonde. Fans must've liked the look: later that day, Lovato Tweeted, "Haha Demi Blondevato is a trending topic?!! Y'all are funny!"
Cyrus's change was a bit more subtle: the singer, who took five inches off of her hair last month, went a bit shorter and added some face-framing layers. Her Tweet of "You likey?" was met with compliments like "fab" and "beautiful" from adoring followers.
We love both ladies' new looks, but want to hear what you think. Tell us: Do you like Lovato and Cyrus's new dos?
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th Apr 2013 09:31 UTC
"Many PC OEMs are dissatisfied with what Microsoft has done with Windows 8 and the way the company has handled the negative response to the operating system. Privately, one OEM source told me that Microsoft is 'destroying' the PC industry, while another claimed that Windows 8 has 'handed over millions of customers to Apple'. Other OEMs are making their displeasure known publicly. Both Lenovo and Samsung have released Start button replacements for Windows 8." Windows Phone isn't the only thing not catching on. I'm really happy with my Surface RT - warts and all - but there's no denying the response to Windows 8 has been Vista-esque bad.


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Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru gets Nashua zoning board approvalBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
March 04. 2013 10:40PM
NASHUA - In a close vote last week, the Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a new Dunkin' Donuts and bank to be built off Spit Brook Road that some members of the board fear will become a traffic nightmare.
In a 3-2 vote, variances specific to the donut shop and bank's drive-thrus narrowly passed the ZBA last Tuesday, as some members warned of unforeseen consequences down the road.
Gerry Reppucci, ZBA board member, said he couldn't support a Dunkin' Donuts at that location, adding that when development in the area is complete in a few years there will be huge amounts of traffic and people dangerously jockeying for position in the drive-thrus.
Reppucci unflatteringly compared the proposal to several already built Dunkin' Donuts drive-thrus in Nashua, such as the one on West Hollis street, as examples of unsafe traffic flows created by the coffee shops.
Despite saying that he is in favor of people getting the most out of their property, Reppucci said the drive-thrus "look crammed in there."
The proposed dual Dunkin' Donuts, bank building is part of the Gateway Hills, a Flatley Co. project being constructed off Spit Brook Road near the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
Despite the fact that previous Dunkin' Donuts applications, including one approved last month, met city specifications, just as other members said the proposed Spit Brook Road did, Reppucci said the situations created by the drive-thrus are still unsafe and that the requirements themselves may be outdated and in need of fixing.
There was also concern during the meeting that Spit Brook Road, which board members said is already clogged with traffic from cars from the F.E. Turnpike, may get backed up even more due to the presence of a Dunkin' Donuts.
However, the majority of the other board members did not reflect Reppucci's concerns, as they agreed to focus on the variances Flatley, a Braintree, Mass. company, applied for.
Reppucci said that part of his concern stems from his fear that along with local traffic, the location would attract commuter traffic as well, further congesting an already congested area.
Flatley representatives denied this, and said the plan is to cater to local consumers, and added that the proposed entrance would be located almost at the point that Spit Brook Road narrows from two lanes to one and the drive-thrus would not be seen from the road.
In the end, Flatley received approval for all four variances it applied for.


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"Slowdive" is Charles Cave's atmospheric TonePrint that was made for the Flashback Delay. Cave's intent was to create a subtle delay but the result was in fact the opposite. It is a tape delay that adds a long feedback and spreads like an invisible reverb. Cave recommends this TonePrint to be used as a solo effect using the higher pitched bass notes.
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TC: What kind of sound are you after with the Flashback Delay? Cave: I don't really know. Something again that will be subtle. Something that is not going to be too rhythmic because we run into problems with guitars using delays that are set to different rhythms from me. Perhaps something that is more of a swell after the note or maybe something that will extend the note or what I am playing as opposed to actually having a definite repeat, for example. So perhaps one of the modulation settings or even a long feedback but a very low effect level so that it's doing a lot but you don't hear it too much. I thought the tape delay setting sounded really good.
TC: When would you use this delay? Cave: It's very much of a solo effect. If there was ever a moment when someone else's instruments were breaking on stage, this is when I would turn this pedal up and calm everyone down; calm the audience, calm the band and keep the show going.
TC: How would you describe this TonePrint? Cave: It's not subtle but it's quite gentle. It doesn't change the note too much and the repetitions are quite clean. It's the kind of delay that spreads like an invisible reverb over everything. It's not a tone you would use on the deeper bass notes but instead it's better for the higher pitched ones. It's atmospheric and is something nice for adding a soundtrack-like vibe to a piece of music.
TC: What would you call this TonePrint for the Flashback Delay? Cave: I've named it "Slowdive" because I've named it after one of my favorite bands from the late 80s/early 90s and their pretty shoegazy kind of act. They are my favorite from that genre. They actually have some beautiful pop songs.
TC: As a bass player, what kind of bass players have influenced you? Cave: I think the best thing I can say about the bass players that have influenced me is that I often don't know their names. They are the kind of bass players that you don't really notice too much. I love Justin Meldal-Johnsen. When I was learning to play bass, Geezer Butler was my favorite. I loved learning to play Black Sabbath songs and I always like it when there's a band that have a great riff and the bass player does the same thing. Rex Brown from Pantera is great as well. In recent times, I have got a huge appreciation for Chris Squire from Yes because "Close to the Edge" is one of my favorite albums of all time.
TC: So what is a good bass line to you? Cave: I think there are different kinds of good bass lines. I think some of the simplest bass lines are good like "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" by Queens of the Stone Age, which is just one note. I think the song "Charmer" by Kings of Leon is one of the best bass lines ever written and I am very very jealous that I didn't come up with it.
TC: Do you experiment a lot to find new sounds for bass? Cave: Yea I guess I do. I am not really looking to find new sounds in terms of sounds that no one has made before. I am trying to get my sound as close to the ones I have heard on records and just love. So we have taken a lot of time recently to make sure the clean tones are as good as they possibly can be. I have found that running the signals through really well made effects pedals, even if they are doing very little in terms of the level of them, really helps.Read more about Charles Cave