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It's been more than 10 years since we last dipped into the Mailbag under a post with that heading. I thought we might retrieve it to publish a couple of messages from readers.
In my view, John Hinderaker is one of the few commentators on the subject of guns and the Second Amendment writing in the aftermath of the Newtown massacre who has consistently added facts and context that illuminate the issues. Dr. Scott Gilchrist shares my view. Dr. Gilchrist addresses John:
Thank you for your spot-on articles on a number of issues and, more specifically, "gun control." I share an interest in guns and recreational shooting. And I'm not a closet anarchist or shadowy soldier-of-fortune kind. I'm a physician, father of five children, and married 31 years. The lunacy and demagoguery in DC is beyond any description of sanity. All of my children handle weapons safely, and a "ban," if it happens at all, will be no more useful than the prior law in 1994.
The massacre at Newtown was heartbreaking, but we lose about 48 people a day to drunk driving–about 16,000 people a year. Where is the moral outrage over those who chose to drink and drive and often do so repeatedly and then injure and/or kill others?
I've never written you guys before. I truly find your opinions refreshing and intellectually stimulating. You'll find this amusing. I'm an Ob/Gyn and I generally don't like lawyers. When a colleague asks me if I have any friends who are lawyers, I tell them I do. I ask them to go check out the guys on Power Line!
Keep up the good work.
Best regards,
Scott Gilchrist, M.D.
Following up on one of John's posts, reader Jeffrey Meling copied us on his letter to the editor of his local Gainesville newspaper:
Luddites at the AP
The Associated Press article appearing on Wednesday's (January 23) front page entertained us with the notion that jobs are "being obliterated by technology." Really. This claim is of a kind with President Obama's lame 2011 attempt to blame 9.1 percent unemployment on bank ATM's and airport kiosks. The AP's all too obvious intent was to provide cover for Obama's "jobless recovery," which, unlike the previous, truly is jobless.
John Hinderaker has posted a thorough analysis of the AP story at Powerlineblog.com (January 23). Read it all. Hinderaker refers to Ned Ludd, an 18th century English worker from whom the term "Luddite" derives. The term has come to describe those opposed to technological change. Hinderaker notes "that blaming unemployment on technology has a long and disreputable history" and that Singapore, not exactly tech-averse, now has 1.9 percent unemployment.
The AP story's unintentionally rich ironies include that the "progressives" Obama proudly leads employed "Forward!" as their 2012 campaign slogan and preach that science should be followed wherever it leads. More evidence that being a progressive-Democrat means never having to be intellectually honest.
Jeff Meling
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there was the buddhas original sangha, they had their suttas, then this sangha split off into many other sanghas. each kept some texts and omitted others and added new ones and then decided when to stop this process and keep it consistent, once this decision is made it's called "canonizing" the texts. a finalization of a set of texts is canonizing.danieLion wrote:Which split, and what, exactly, do you mean by sangha?alan... wrote:the canon has existed as long as other schools existed since the split of the sangha
or a different example, if there are star wars books that lucas films agrees should be in the star wars story line, they are "canon". side stories by random authors that lucas films does not like are "not canon". same with the suttas, one school picks suttas 1-95 but leaves out 95-100, they stop there and don't make any more changes, they have "canonized" their texts. another school picks suttas 1-99 and adds another 50 suttas the other school doesn't include in their texts and stops there and they don't make any more changes, now they have their own, different "canon".
not sure if you really don't get this or if you're just trying to trip me up and catch me off guard to make it seem i don't know what i'm talking about or what?
the sangha split, this is a well known fact, every school had it's own texts called "canons" in todays english. they would have been called something else back then but still a similar word to differentiate between each others texts, otherwise there would be no way to differentiate between each schools texts. this is not a western imposition. canonizing existed before the west was a "thing".


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I have an extensive tree of the descendants of Thomas Ryan b c1770 d 1841 Emly Tipp Ire and Mary Buckley b ? c1770 d ?
From Tipperary Known residences Shronell or Shronehill, BallyCohey, Bansha and Emly.
Their children were -
Michael Ryan b 1793 Shronehill TIPP IRE d 1894 Sydney NSW AUS M Alice Quinn; John Ryan b1788 Shronell TIPP IRE d 1868 Tipperary M Catherine Hayes; Daniel Ryan b 1793 Shronehill TIPP IRE d 1861 Eden NSW AUS M Mary Connor; William Ryan b 1797 Shronehill TIPP IRE d 1872 Windeyer NSW AUS M Bridget Hogan; Thomas Ryan b 1789 Emly TIPP IRE d ?; and Mary Ryan b c1800 Emly TIPP IRE d ?
There are currently 1118 descendants in my tree, so i will not be posting them all, however my tree can be found on Geni.com, or i will provide answers to queries when possible.
If anyone out there is able to help with my brick wall which is Thomas Ryan and Mary Buckley i would be delighted to hear from you, i know nothing at all about Mary Buckley, i have only been able to track down 9 Buckley's in The Tipperary Religious Census in 1766 but know nothing about them, they may of course be related to the Buckley's of Cappawhite who are well researched but i cannot link them. The father of Thomas Ryan may have been John Ryan and his father Luke but i have no proof of that at this stage.
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In its long-awaited decision announced on Tuesday in Stoneridge Investment Partners LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., 552 U.S. __ (2008) (the Court's slip opinion is here), the Supreme Court ruled that so-called scheme liability under SEC Rules 10b-5(a) and (c) -- claims based on deceptive conduct and manipulative acts and practices (and/or on the participation of secondary actors in deceptive or manipulative schemes to defraud) rather than on material misrepresentations or omissions -- may continue to state a valid claim under the federal securities laws. At the same time, the Court upheld the dismissal of the complaint by focusing its analysis on the reliance (i.e., causation-in-fact) element of such claims and finding it lacking in Stoneridge. From this precarious vantage point, scheme liability survives, even if perhaps only for another day or Term.
Writing for a 5-3 majority, Justice Kennedy's opinion for the Court reaffirms the principle that claims seeking to impose liability on "secondary actors who commit primary violations" of the securities laws are actionable under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and SEC Rule 10b-5. Stoneridge, 552 U.S. at __, slip op. at 15, citing Central Bank of Denver, N.A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N.A., 511 U.S. 164, 191 (1994). In other words, even though the Section 10(b) implied private right of action does not extend to mere aiders and abettors, id., slip op. at 6-7, following the holding of Central Bank of Denver, supra, 511 U.S. at 177, 180, 191, a secondary actor can be liable if its conduct independently satisfies each of the elements for liability under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5. After Stoneridge, status as a secondary actor cannot be argued to automatically and concomitantly confer immunity from civil liability as a mere aider and abettor.
The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit had upheld the dismissal of the plaintiffs' complaint in Stoneridge on the basis that (i) the complaint did not allege that the defendants had made any misstatements relied upon by the public, and (ii) the defendants (suppliers and customers of the company, Charter Communications, Inc. ("Charter"), in which the plaintiffs had invested) did not have a duty to disclose and therefore did not (indeed, could not) violate such duty. The Eighth Circuit based its decision on the belief that only misstatements and omissions by one who has a duty to disclose are deceptive within the meaning of Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5. Slip op. at 4, 7, citing In re Charter Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation, 443 F.3d 987, 992 (8th Cir. 2006).
The Supreme Court affirmed the result reached by the Eighth Circuit but not on the same grounds or based on the same reasoning. Indeed, the Court explicitly concluded (contrary to the views of the Fifth and Eighth Circuits) that conduct standing alone, without statements or omissions, can constitute actionable deception or manipulation, and that any suggestion that "there must be a specific oral or written statement before there [can] be liability under § 10(b) or Rule 10b-5" would be "erroneous." Stoneridge, slip op. at 7.
The Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of the complaint in Stoneridge because the investor-plaintiffs did not rely in deciding to purchase or sell securities on any of the deceptive acts committed by the defendants in that case. The decision was based solely on the missing element of reliance.
A plaintiff's reliance on a defendant's deceptive act (or false or misleading statement or omission) is an essential element of the Section 10(b) private cause of action. Reliance ensures the "requisite causal connection" between a defendant's misrepresentation or omission, or deceptive or manipulative conduct, on the one hand and the plaintiff's injury on the other. Id., slip op. at 8, citing Basic Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224, 243 (1988); Afiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States, 406 U.S. 128, 154 (1972) (requiring "causation in fact"). As the Court noted, "reliance is tied to causation" -- "whether [the defendants'] acts were immediate or remote to the injury." Slip op. at 9. The Court further noted that the deceptive act must not only be relied on in a meaningful way, it must also be committed "in connection with the purchase or sale of any security." Id., quoting 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b).
The suppliers/customers in Stoneridge had no duty to disclose and their deceptive acts were not communicated to investors. Slip op. at 8. Therefore, no cognizable claim was asserted against them because "[n]o member of the investing public had knowledge, either actual or presumed, of [their] deceptive acts during the relevant times [and,] as a result, [plaintiff] cannot show reliance upon any of [defendants'] actions except in an indirect chain that we find too remote for liability." Id. The deceptive acts of the suppliers/customers were too remote because "[i]t was Charter not [defendants] that misled its auditor and filed fraudulent financial statements; nothing [defendants] did made it necessary or inevitable for Charter to record the transactions as it did." Id. at 10.
Finally, the Court noted that the plaintiff in Stoneridge sought to apply the Section 10(b) private cause of action in the realm of ordinary business transactions, such as purchase and supply contracts, which are outside of the securities markets. Id. The deceptive acts committed by Charter's suppliers and customers "took place in the marketplace for goods and services, not in the investment sphere." Id. at 16. The Court stated that Section 10(b) "does not reach all commercial transactions that are fraudulent" (id. at 11), and that it "should not be interpreted to provide a private cause of action against the entire marketplace in which the issuing company operates." Id. The Court found this limitation on the reach of Section 10(b) private causes of action to be in accord with both Congress' intent in responding to the decision in Central Bank of Denver (id. at 11-12) and enacting the PSLRA (id. at 13-15), and sound policy considerations. Id. at 12-13 ("[o]verseas firms with no other exposure to our securities laws could be deterred from doing business here" which may, in turn, "raise the cost of being a publicly traded company under our law and shift securities offerings away from domestic capital markets").
Early blog commentary on Stoneridge has been as widely disparate as the 30 amicus briefs filed with the Court and spans the entire political spectrum. Among the more thoughtful examples, Lyle Denniston has this post on the case for Scotusblog, and Lyle Roberts provides his typically cogent analysis for The 10b-5 Daily here. Elizabeth Nowicki's criticism of the opinion at the Truth on the Market blog can be found here. Meanwhile, the National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys (NASCAT) apparently agrees with much of my reading of the opinion, as reported here. And Larry Ribstein's provocative and insightful critique, per usual, is here.
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Recently I drove my son and two other boys on their scout troop's annual weekend outing to the Bodega Dunes campground in Bodega Bay. It was during this trip that I discovered it is good to have a Plan B when your original plan does not work out.
Recently I drove my son and two other boys on their scout troop's annual weekend outing to the Bodega Dunes campground in Bodega Bay. It was during this trip that I discovered it is good to have a Plan B when your original plan does not work out.
We left for this trip about 4 p.m on a Friday and made good time, arriving just before sunset. I had to work the next day, so I couldn't stay overnight, but I figured I could get a nice sunset shot or two before leaving for home.
It took about 30 minutes to drop off my son and other scouts and get them situated in their campsite. There was not a view of the ocean from the campground, which was located just beyond the northern town limits. The most direct route was about a half-hour hike over hilly terrain to the beach. For me, the quickest way to the ocean and the sunset was back to town and to the Bodega Head, which looks westward to the sea.
The sunlight was fading fast, so I knew I needed to hurry. A relatively thin ribbon of clouds arched overhead and was quickly turning aglow with a beautiful golden color. Though it was probably miles wide, it took up only a narrow portion of the vast skyline, culminating in an arrowhead point on the west.
For sunsets, clouds can be a wonderful thing. They're like cooking with tofu or rice. In and of themselves they don't have much of a taste but will add texture and pick up the flavors of the other ingredients. A cloudless sky at sunset can be pretty flat and boring. There will be some warm color at the horizon, but the rest of the sky will turn just a deeper blue until fading into the blackness of night. Clouds can pick up the evolving hues of a sunset. From capturing warm oranges and yellows to fuschia-like pinks set against the deepening blue sky, clouds can make the setting sun come alive (there can be a problem of having too many clouds, which can block out the sun altogether).
Keeping an eye toward the west, I drove as quickly as I could. This proved to be easier said than done. Part of the road wound its way through the small town and then became a narrow country road along the eastern base of the peninsula that made up the hilly headlands that helps to protect the small cove on which Bodega Bay sits.
Over the hills of the headlands, I could see that the clouds were rapidly turning pink, meaning that the sun was dipping below the horizon (or had already done so) and I was running out of time. Moreover, there was another problem. Out of the corner of my eye from the north I could see that a high-altitude jet was racing toward the clouds as I raced toward my vantage point. Trailing behind the plane was its contrail. The last thing I wanted in the natural scene was an unnaturally, ruler-straight line of the plane's vapor trail bisecting the photo.
I drove the best I could but soon realized that I was going to be too late to avoid the plane for sure and possibly miss the sunset as well. I started to slow down the car, feeling a bit defeated when I glanced eastward across the bay. I was concentrating on the sunset so hard that I had ignored the view in that direction.
The clouds that started in the west arced through the sky all the way to the eastern horizon. Although it wasn't quite as vibrant as clouds in the west, it was still picking up a bit more subtle yet still gorgeous deep magenta color. I quickly pulled over and made a short walk to a small beach along the road and made some quick pictures before the color faded away.
I did make it up to the viewing area of the Bodega Head, and, indeed, most of the color was gone by the time I got there. It reminded me that it's always good to have a plan but be flexible enough to change gears when things don't go according to that plan.
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I'm a first timer.
I've been skating for over a year and have discovered the fun of oudoor skating this summer.
I've flirted with derby in the past, but have converted recently to artistic and outdoor. I digress...
I'm looking for trails in the Greater Manchester area. I live near Media City and Salford Quays so have been skating round there, which is ok, but I can't cover much distance.
The problem in the UK is finding a trail long and flat enough.
Away from Manchester I've skated on Llandudno promenade, which is rather bumpy. I'm considering Millhouse park in Sheffield next time I'm there.
There is a trail I might try in Cadishead on the A57 which is a cycle path by the Manchester ship canal. Also there are paths by Kenworthy woods in Chorlton/Didsbury/Northenden.
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Necrothread ressurect! Just in case you're still skating...was just searching for Manchester skating trails myself & I see you received no replies - hardly surprising unfortunately, as it seems outdoor skating in the UK is a mysterious, arcane art to all those outside London (or Nottingham, who also have excellent organised street skates).
I go to the cycle track at UCLAN in Preston - it's just under a mile and closed to the public (supposedly), when I want to train (Skatemania [google it] also run marathon events there and at Rhyl). £4 a pass, unlimited time. You have to check it is available first as it can be booked privately or other events mean it's often closed. Apart from the random dog walkers who somehow get onto the 'closed' track, it's my favourite skate training location - the track is smooth enough to use indoor quad skate wheels (there was a couple skating on Belair Hockey wheels, 101a hardness, at last weekend's marathon/dual marathon event!).
As I live in Wigan, other than that it's the park in the centre - which isn't ideal for distance training but OK for a potter about - or Victoria Park or the promenade in Southport.
Other than that, Wigan Roller Rink is one of the largest in the UK and is a great indoor venue (but can get busy with kids etc).
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Jet ski drug smugglers busted in Spain
MADRID (AP) — A gang that allegedly used jet skis and boats to smuggle drugs into Spain through the country's southern coast has been busted, with police making 30 arrests, authorities said Thursday.
The smugglers used fishing and recreational boats to carry drugs from Morocco in North Africa to rendezvous points in the Mediterranean Sea. Once there, hashish was transferred to couriers on jet skis, the Interior Ministry said.
The organization, led by an Italian resident in Spain, laundered its profits using a catering business in the Sierra Nevada region of Andalusia and operated a distribution network along the popular and luxurious Costa del Sol seaside resort, the ministry said.
Police raided and searched seven houses in the southern provinces of Malaga, Algeciras and Cadiz and seized goods including 488 kilograms (1,075 pounds.) of hashish, 11 vehicles, three ships and two firearms worth an estimated 3.3 million euros ($4.3 million).
Authorities believe the entire gang had been nabbed. The suspects include Spanish, Moroccan and Italian citizens and they are awaiting trial.


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This Tuesday was all about cuts – first news from ABC that "Dancing With the Stars" would be narrowed to just one day a week next season. And then, of course, whittling down one more couple before the "DWTS" Season 16 Finals next week. But this was "DWTS'" 300th episode, and the show was in a mood to celebrate. So it was with little tears and much fanfare that hunky actor Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson were deemed the next couple eliminated.
Everyone could see this coming a mile away, including Ingo himself. "The other four deserve a spot in the finals for sure," the "General Hospital" star said graciously. "If I don't go home tonight, someone else will be very upset."
Well, the actor, who professed he had "two left feet," didn't paddleboard off into the sunset with a Mirrorball trophy, but he still made off with his stunning good looks, his house in Hawaii, his best dance ever with the Charleston and his Peanut. We'll see you at the after party.
The final four couples remaining are Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough (whose perfect-30 Argentine tango was selected as the encore dance), Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff, Alexandra Raisman and Mark Ballas, and Zendaya and Valentin Chmerkovskiy. Zendaya and Val had to suffer being in jeopardy (though "not necessarily in the bottom two") after their car wreck of a quickstep, which had the Disney Channel star biting her lip in nervous anticipation.
The hour kicked off with a 300th episode performance extravaganza featuring the pros (Chelsie Hightower! Dmitry Chaplin! Anna Trebunskaya! Louis Van Amstel!) and the Troupe and choreographed by Jason Gilkison. Pros all over the place! Confetti falling from the sky! Is this a celebration or what?
We had a segment where the couples turned the tables on the crew and turned the cameras on each other. Ingo was concerned with his image, so Kym had to assure him that he looked pretty good. Val admitted he was disappointed to be paired with Zendaya at first. Kellie confessed that Derek reminded her of her brother, who's 12, and that she loves how he's the first person to laugh at his jokes. Aly didn't expect to have this much fun on the show. Ingo didn't think he'd make it past Week 4.
The AT&T Spotlight Performance highlighted young dancer Sophia Lucia, who just broke the Guinness World Record for most consecutive pirouettes (55!) — all at the ripe old age of 10. After accomplishing something like that, where do you go from there? Straight to "DWTS," of course! And she got to perform with her favorite dancer of all time, Chelsie Hightower (along with Lindsay Arnold, Witney Carson and Tyne Stecklein). The other girls wore black but Sophia was "Queen Bee" in yellow fringe that only served to highlight the twirling dervish's impressive spins. This San Diego native made like a Disneyland teacup and just went round and round and round.
The Wanted swooped in on a British sea of fog to sing "Fill A Heart," while Tyne Stecklein and Blake McGrath performed lovingly on the dance floor. Proceeds from their single will go toward ending child hunger in America. Later, Avril Lavigne got on stage in leather pants and her signature smoky eyeliner to perform her new single, "Here's to Never Growing Up," while Lindsay and Witney and Henry and James rocked it on the dance floor. Avril looks pretty much the same as her "Sk8er Boi" stage. Maybe a little less "Complicated."
Sharna Burgess and Gleb Savchenko showed off their beautifully tumultuous getting-ready-for-bed routine, writhing and twisting and hurling themselves at each other in a satin windstorm while Internet sensation Christina Grimmie sang stock still beside them. "Who says the Santa Ana winds can't be sexy?" Tom quipped.
What do you think, ballroom fans? Was the right star ejected from the glitterverse? Sad Bruno won't be judging in Speedos next week? If you could take anything from the "DWTS" set, what would it be? Who do you think will win the coveted Mirrorball trophy?
'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Prepping for finals
'Dancing With the Stars' results recap: Breaking up is hard to do
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Not sure how this works, so someone help me, but if we traded Tebow instead of cutting him, don't we save the cap space?
Last I checked, the Jacksonville owner really wanted him. Why not trade him for a late round pick? Will it save cap room? Even if it doesn't, we'd pick up another pick instead of just cutting him.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) Chris Paul had 23 points and 11 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers welcomed Chauncey Billups back to the lineup for the first time this season with a 101-95 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Billups had eight points and three assists in 20 minutes as the Clippers ended a four-game losing streak. The five-time All-Star, beginning his 16th NBA season, was sidelined for more than nine months after tearing his left Achilles' tendon on Feb. 6 in a 107-102 victory at Orlando.
Blake Griffin, who had career lows in points (four) and field goals made (one) during Monday night's 105-98 home loss to New Orleans, had 18 points and six rebounds.
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Lawrence stumbled as she took the steps to the Oscar stage, falling to her knees in her flowing Dior gown. That drew a sympathetic ovation from the auditorium.
She remained endearingly flustered during her acceptance speech, thanking her family, those who worked with her on the film and wishing a "Happy Birthday" to a fellow nominee, Emmanuelle Riva of "Amour," who turned 86.
"Look at this dress. I tried to walk up stairs in this dress," Lawrence said of her white, floor-length gown. "I think I stepped on the fabric and they wax the stairs."
Lawrence said she thought of a "bad word" to say when she tumbled but kept it to herself.
She had already been bleeped by ABC when she let loose with a four-letter word while joking with Kristin Chenoweth on the red carpet.
Asked how she got ready for the day, Lawrence said it was "chaotic" from the start, with her family taking over the house to prepare for the big evening.
After fumbling for a more descriptive answer, she apologized: "I'm sorry. I did a shot."
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Claudia Wieser apprenticed as a blacksmith before studying to be a painter, though she has become known for her multimedia installations and drawings. Her works utilize many plastic materials like mirror, copper, ceramic, wood, and paper; she also draws on architecture, handicrafts, and techniques from the Arts and Crafts Movement in her practice. Certain projects, however, have a more research-based or specific point of reference, for example her tableaux of glazed ceramic inspired by the Bauhaus and Wassily Kandinsky's 1931 music room, or immersive installations of photocopies based on Belgian interiors. A common trait of Wieser's work is the use of strong geometric, ornate forms, and a selective application of color. She also employs these in her drawings, often via gold leaf or colored pencil additions on found imagery.
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Dear SOS: Is there anyway I could get the recipe for the wonderful vegetable lasagna from Cafe Roka in Bisbee, Arizona ? It's the best....
Jana Nash
Mesa, Ariz.
Dear Jana: With layers packed with fresh spinach, portobello mushrooms, artichokes and gooey mozzarella, there's no shortage of creamy richness in this lasagna from Café Roka (and your guests might never guess it's vegetarian). Assemble the lasagna ahead of time if you wish, then bake before serving; it makes a perfect dinner whether you're planning for company or a simple family dinner.
Café Roka's artichoke and portobello mushroom lasagna
Total time: 2 hours
Servings: 10 to 12
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, medium dice
1 pound portobello mushrooms, medium dice
1/2 cup dry white wine
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 (14-ounce) can artichokes (packed in water), drained and coarsely chopped
Salt and pepper
1 pound coarsely chopped spinach
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1/4 cup flour
4 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
Ground nutmeg
1 (9-ounce) box oven-ready lasagne sheets (no-boil style)
1 pound grated whole milk mozzarella
1. Bring a large pot of water to the boil to blanch the spinach.
2. Meanwhile, heat a large skillet heated over medium-high heat until hot, then add the olive oil and the onion. Cook the onion, stirring frequently, until the onion starts to soften, 3 to 5 minutes. Increase the heat to high, stir in the mushrooms and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until any of the liquid released from the mushrooms has evaporated, 8 to 10 minutes.
3. While the mushrooms are cooking, blanch the spinach: Add the spinach, in batches, to the boiling water and cook until the spinach softens and turns a bright green, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Transfer the spinach in a large bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Repeat until all of the spinach is blanched. Drain the spinach, and wrap it in a large kitchen towel, squeezing the towel to drain the spinach of any excess moisture.
4. When the liquid from the mushrooms has evaporated, add the white wine, stirring to scrape any flavoring from the bottom of the pan. Add the garlic and artichokes, stirring until completely combined. Taste the mixture, and add three-fourths teaspoon salt and one-half teaspoon pepper, or season as desired. Stir in the spinach, then taste and season again if needed. Remove from heat and set aside.
5. Make the tomato-bechamel sauce: In a medium, heavy-bottom saucepan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. When the butter is foamy, whisk in the flour. Slowly whisk in the milk and cook over medium heat, whisking frequently, until the mixture begins to thicken and take on a sauce-like consistency, 10 to 12 minutes. Slowly stir in the parmesan cheese, and when the cheese is melted, stir in the tomatoes. Taste the sauce, adding three-fourths teaspoon salt and one-fourth teaspoon pepper, along with a pinch of nutmeg, or season as desired.
6. Heat the oven to 350 degrees and assemble the lasagna: On the bottom of a 13-inch by 9-inch baking dish, ladle about 1 cup of the tomato-bechamel sauce. Cover the sauce with a single layer of lasagna noodles. Sprinkle one-fourth of the vegetable mixture over the noodles, then ladle over another cup of the sauce. Top the sauce with one-fourth of the grated mozzarella. Repeat with the noodles, vegetables, sauce and mozzarella until you have 4 layers (if you have more than one cup of sauce left when assembling the fourth layer, go ahead and pour all of the remaining with that layer before sprinkling over the last of the mozzarella cheese). The dish can be assembled up to this point, covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated up to a day before baking; remove the plastic wrap and leave the lasagna out at room temperature while heating the oven before continuing with the next step.
7. Cover the baking dish with foil and place the dish on a rimmed baking sheet to catch any drippings. Bake the lasagna for 45 minutes. Increase the temperature to 450 degrees, remove the foil from the lasagna and continue baking until the top is lightly browned, 8 to 12 minutes. Remove and cool slightly on a rack for 20 minutes before serving.
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text: Hunting: News News Posted 07-01-2014 Some Things Are Just Meant To Be Host Joe Thomas harvests the mule deer of a lifetime Joe Thomas, host of Summit's High Places exclusively on Outdoor Channel. It's the start of a new season here on Summit's High Places and the crew is ready to start things off with a bang in Colorado. For a number of years host Joe Thomas has patiently waited for the opportunity at a Colorado Mule Deer tag and is primed to take advantage. Join the team as Joe Thomas does everything in his power to harvest the Mule Deer of his dreams on this week's episode of Summit's High Places. The excitement level is building as the group dives into a new season on Summit's High Places. If big game hunting runs through your veins like it does for this group, then High Places is the show for you. Join Joe Thomas and Branch Warren in the chase for a true trophy. Catch the new season of Summit's High Places exclusively on Outdoor Channel – Wednesdays 1:30 p.m., Thursdays 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays 1:30 a.m. All times Eastern Time. About Summit's High Places: Summit's High Places presents hunting like you do it, with amazing hunting action and real-life situations that are sure to increase your heart rate. Get up-close and personal on deer, bear and elk hunts charged with high-intensity action. The Team lives to hunt, and it shows. While they're always looking for that trophy buck, they often won't pass up a doe, because each member holds a hunter's heart in the truest sense. This is real hunting with all of the highs and lows that make our sport the most exciting in the world. For more information on Summit's High Places, please visit www.highplacestv.com. Share This Story Next From News Planting for the Future on The Revolution with Jim & Trav Related Fishing : Posted 03-09-2011 Joe Thomas' Blog - FLW Tournament On Beaver Lake View Comments Categories News Stories Recipes Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Deer Season Outdoors 365 with Lynn Burkhead Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Short Stories by Larry Potterfield Opening Days Live Hunts Hunting Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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STOCKTON - A few extra nerves for Sam Held was a good thing Saturday.
STOCKTON - A few extra nerves for Sam Held was a good thing Saturday.
Held made his first playoff start for the Delta College baseball team in the California Community College Athletic Association Northern Regional playoffs. The right-hander led the sixth seeded Mustangs past No. 11 Monterey Peninsula 5-0 at Nick Cecchetti Field.
Held took a no-hitter into the ninth to give Delta (24-12) a two-game sweep in a best-of-three series with the Lobos (23-15) and sends the Mustangs to the Super Regionals to face Chabot in Santa Rosa at 3 p.m. Friday.
"I definitely felt a bit of an adrenaline rush today," Held said. "This is probably the best I've felt in a while pitching."
A freshman from St. Mary's, Held was two outs away from a no-hitter when Garrett Woodward came up. The Coast Conference Pacific MVP took a first-pitch ball before lining a fastball up the middle for a single. Shortstop Andrew Urbistando gave chase, but there was no chance.
Held was taken out after the hit for Alex Lott, who retired the next two batters in order to complete the one-hit shutout. Held finished by throwing 101 pitches with three walks, two hit batters and seven strikeouts.
Urbistando had a key back-handed grab on a grounder in the eighth inning to get an out at second base. Two batters later, second baseman Stevie Robinson knocked down a hard grounder and made a spinning throw to first for the out. Josh Bailey started the inning with a diving grab on a line drive in left field.
"Our guys played tremendous defense," Delta coach Reed Peters said. "Everyone's focus is a little higher when you have a no-hitter going."
The Mustangs took the lead in the first inning when Marcus Mastrobuoni drove in two runs with single and Dayton Mellor knocked in another run with a single.
Tyler Stieb led Delta by going 3 for 5 with a double and a RBI. Urbistando was 1 for 3 with an RBI.
"That is a quality team," Lobos coach Daniel Phillips said. "They can hit and pitch. They outplayed us."


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Kidney Question
How can I increase kidney function? I only have 30 percent right now. Can I stop it from decreasing?
This depends on what the cause is of your decreased kidney function. If it's diabetes or high blood pressure, the best you can hope to do is probably to keep your kidney function from getting any worse. But be aware that 30% is plenty of function for most people -- you can live comfortably on that, as long as it doesn't decrease further.
Please see the links below for more info on chronic kidney disease and what can be done to manage or stabilize it. The main points are:
- Good control of diabetes and/or high blood pressure
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April 04. 2013 2:19PM
Police use stun gun, pepper spray on Gilford man charged with DWI
By DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
GILFORD – A local man has been charged with DWI and several other charges for leading police on a chase that ended when police used a Taser and pepper spray on him Monday night.
Cameron Lobo, 23, of 344 Old Lakeshore Road, No. 13, was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving an unregistered vehicle, misuse of license plates, operating without a valid license, resisting arrest and simple assault, police said.
Police said that at 9:26 p.m., they received a 911 call from a resident on Cherry Valley Road reporting that a vehicle had been in a motor vehicle collision with a sign in front of the Gunstock Inn and that the driver appeared to be drunk.
When Field Training Officer Douglas Wall arrived at the address, he observed Lobo walking "at a fast pace" away from a 2001 BMW that had struck a guy wire attached to a utility pole, police said. Wall ordered Lobo to stop, at which point Lobo began to run down a steep hill toward the parking lot of the Gunstock Inn. He then fell and rolled down the hill, police said.
Wall caught up with Lobo in the parking lot and issued repeated commands to stop and to place his hands behind his back and to get on his knees, but Lobo began yelling obscenities and would not comply, according to police. A struggle ensued and Wall used his Taser on Lobo, police said.
Lobo was subdued, handcuffed and held on the ground until more police arrived. While being taken to the Gilford Police Department, police said, Lobo began hitting his head against the cruiser's barrier. As a result, he sustained a cut to his forehead.
Officer Kevin Baron stopped the police cruiser on Cherry Valley Road and tried to calm Lobo to prevent him from further injuring himself, but Lobo would not, and during the struggle he was sprayed with pepper spray, police said.
After being initially treated on the roadside, Lobo was taken to Lakes Region General Hospital for further treatment, police said. While at the hospital, Lobo was uncooperative, yelling obscenities and threatening officers and hospital staff. While he was being placed in four-point restraints, Lobo head-butted Wall in the chest.
A nurse was also injured when Lobo spit blood and saliva in her right eye, police said.
After he was medically cleared, Lobo was transported to the Belknap County Jail. He refused bail and was video-arraigned at the 4th Circuit Court, Laconia District Division, Tuesday. He was released on $2,500 personal recognizance bail.


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Samantha & Scott necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 29 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
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Chiropractor from Irvine, California.
Like clean, Web 2.0 with gradients, bold heavy Helvetica fonts, no-reflection.
Warm colors - we don't want a clinical, sterile doctor site. Pictures of families and people enjoying activities and life are important.
Main Purpose:
1. Generate leads for people that are looking for a Chiropractor and want to call or schedule a visit.
2. Be an online brochure to answer questions and interest people.
3. Below the main header, we want to list Common Conditions like the list here: http://doctorken.com/problems.html and a place for some testimonials.
4. We don't have a logo, so you can just use some Web 2.0 font, or create something if you wish.
I have attached a wireframe for the basic layout.
Also, please look at these examples for websites we like:
We really like how the images "pop" out of these sites. We love the use of a big image that uses gradients and colored brushes on top or around the picture to make room for the "call to action" (like "Call Us Now For an Appointment". Then use faded gradients around the image to integrate the heading and form for them to fill out. The images fill out the space. They are big.
If you read the following articles on "polish", "quality" and "negative space", we will love your design:
And Quality:
And Using negative space (see their demo):
Functionally, this is everything the home page needs (refer to the wireframe)
1. Logo, Phone #, and space for 3 - 5 pages in the top navigation.
2. Beautiful picture w/ call to action and an arrow or something subtle to point to the form on the right. The image should be large and fill the space. I DO NOT just want a picture in a rectangular box. I want the picture to either "pop out" of the box, or to fade into the top or body and work with the text around it.
3. a form containing a header, smaller description, name, phone, email, submit button and privacy statement on the right hand side.
4. Under that, a place for the main blog, extra content and a sidebar.
I can't say it enough - imagery and polish, imagery and polish. I want it to look like it was created in 2010.
Common Complaints From Completed Projects.
1. Don't make the top of the page vibrant with color, and then forget about the rest of it and make it different greys.
2. The image should use gradients, brushes, fades to integrate it behind the form. It should also "pop out" of the box if possible.
3. Don't go too crazy with boxes. I dont want box with an image, with a box for a form, a box for a phone, a box for each heading, etc. You can achieve much of the same effect just using spacing correctly


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Amelia was trying to get across the world as a pilot. The people wanted to find out where she was. First they could not hear her, the they did. After that she disappeared somewhere. No one can find her.We don't think Amelia is alive but she might be. She said, ''It was awfully fun!'' She also loved flying.
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A lot of game players are of the opinion that this bloated creature deserves a top billing production of his own. So, if it's absolute fun you're looking for, you can never go wrong with Mario and Luigi: Bower's Inside Story.
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The Mario Brothers of Nintendo are legends when it comes to gaming. Who wouldn't love Mario and Luigi as they journey through the mushroom world looking for Princess Peach. Getting a boost with every mushroom and flower, jumping on through enemies up to the castle where Bowser dwells only to find out that the Princess is in another castle! Well, Bowser's Inside Story has again brought the Mario Brothers gaming into new heights.
This Nintendo DS game starts with the outbreak of the Blorbs, an unknown virus that is persistently working its way throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. Infested citizens are swelling up into huge magnitude and are rolling about everywhere. This catches the attention of Princess Peach and so she decides to hold a summit to talk about finding a cure and solving the problem; but even before the summit is finished Bowser barges in.
He tries to kidnap the Princess but he is banished by Mario into the woods. In the woods, Bowser meets a hooded ally, which is actually Fawful from the Superstar Saga, who gives him a special mushroom that can help defeat Mario. The moment he devours it, the Koopa King breathes in everyone around him including the Princess, Mario, Luigi and other Toad servants. Now trapped inside Bowser's body, gamers have to deal with the tall order of looking for a way out, break Fawful's plans and find an antidote for the Blorb.
The game plot isn't entirely new. The same mechanics goes for Mario and Luigi where they will have an alternate chance of battling and each gets to play when one player is unfortunate enough to meet up with an enemy. Their moves are just the same as the previous installments. Apart from retaining these original features they've come up with new and fresh features that include the development of levels and mechanics to boost this game's playability.
This Nintendo game now incorporates the need for touchscreen (stylus) control that is used in some of the mini-games and some core gameplays. You have to use the stylus to counter Bowser's special attacks and some boss fights, too. The developers also made sure that this is accessible by both newbie and old-school players; allowing for tutorials, to learn the intricacies of the newly incorporated specialties and watch videos of these attacks as performed by the characters without affecting your SP points.
Even a game that has undoubtedly been a great success for years, minor glitches are sometimes inevitable, like the story being too long that makes people to skip walls of text to go back to the game. Some mini-games can also be annoying at times. But these are just inconsequential irritants. So small that some don't even bother about it and just continue on enjoying the game.
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is a great sequel to the Mario Legacy. Here, the game is taken into new heights with cool and awesome fresh features like the stylus touchscreen controls, mini-games and the playability of Bowser's that makes up for a totally new experience.
Like all RPG games, this Bowser episode of the Mario Brothers escapade for this particular has to end; but don't fret because it can just be the jumping-off point for another great game quest in the offing – just imagine, meeting Bowser again in the next episode! A lot of game players are of the opinion that this bloated creature deserves a top billing production of his own. So, if it's absolute fun you're looking for, you can never go wrong with Mario and Luigi: Bower's Inside Story.
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text: Bustling scene at a market in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Shutterstock 30 juillet 2017 The global food system still benefits the rich at the expense of the poor Laura Pereira, Stellenbosch University Global food system issues can be traced to colonial history. It's time food production became more sustainable so that it meets the needs of people - equally.


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The first thought many of us have when receiving such calls comes in the form of a question:
"Where did the $1.2 trillion per year the taxpayers shell out to the Pentagon and its related departments and agencies of the federal government go?"
Of course, the answer is that much of it is lost to military-industrial complex corruption. This complex lobbies to start new wars or preparations for war, usually successfully. The wars themselves are rarely successful for anyone but the complex, which always profits greatly from them. The wars never actually end. They just morph into permanent military occupations all over the world.
And they are devastatingly unsuccessful for the "wounded warriors," on whose behalf so many telemarketers call us day after day soliciting contributions.
Relatively few Americans have died in the wars of this century. However, tens of thousands have been physically wounded and many more than that have been mentally damaged. You would be wrong if you thought Uncle Sam had any real commitment to caring for these people with tax dollars for the next 50 years.
The first and greatest priority of the money allocated to the trillion-dollar-plus "national security state" is to satisfy the desires of the weapons contractors to build new weapons systems, some of which the Pentagon doesn't even want anymore.
Now it has a new "black hole" in which to shovel taxpayers' dollars — the creation and maintenance of a worldwide cybersystem of "total information awareness" of everything any of us has ever said or done, in flagrant violation of Americans' inalienable rights under the Fourth Amendment.
The system now works exactly as the military general who was the allied commander during World War II and later became President of the United States for eight years, the late Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas), predicted it would if we took our liberty for granted (and obviously we did).
On Jan. 17, 1961, the President known informally by his nickname, "Ike," said the following in his nationally-televised Farewell Address to the nation:
"Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations.
"This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
"We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Monday announced new proposed cuts to programs which benefit the actual human beings who volunteer or have volunteered for the military. Now you know why this occurs. The actual human beings have no lobbyists. They were naive enough to volunteer to serve the "machine" and failed to read the fine print. They will always be waiting at the back of the line while the civilian billionaires in front of them feed at the military-industrial complex trough.
Often there is not enough left over for the actual human beings who volunteered. Billionaires' appetites are rarely sated. That's why they're billionaires. Thus, the charitable organizations will continue to call and beg us to give more money to the troops, past and present, even after we thought we'd already done so on April 15.


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A Framework for Comparing Social Security Reform Proposals:
an introduction by Dallas L. Salisbury
President and CEO, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Chairman and CEO, American Savings Education Council
Arnold & Porter Conference Center
555 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1202
Any views expressed herein are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Employee Benefit Research Institute or its membership.
I express my thanks to Kelly Olsen of EBRI for her invaluable assistance
in preparing this introduction.
I. Introduction
Policy reform comparisons take the form of both numeric-based and value-based analysis. Numeric analysis quantifies "nuts-and-bolts" policy outcomes. Value-based analysis builds on the results of quantification by assessing where predicted policy outcomes fall relative to certain normative criteria. That is, value analysis asks which reforms, given their predicted outcomes, are desirable as public policy against a given set of normative policy objectives. For example, value analysis would include questions such as, "Is the retirement income provided under a given plan 'adequate'?" and "Are the costs 'fair'?"
The model used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Actuary has been the primary source of quantified data about Social Security. Social Security policy simulation modeling in the private sector has been limited, and the models have not been continuously maintained. Private models have usually been constructed to simulate either the current system or one policy alternative's outcomes.
Furthermore, the available models in both the public (SSA) and private sectors are "static," as opposed to "stochastic." Static models can predict outcomes under a few economic and demographic scenarios but cannot present a distribution of the wide range of scenarios that could arise from different combinations of economic and demographic variable values. Only stochastic models can measure the "risk" of their performance measure values, because stochastic models, using Monte Carlo methods, are based on probability distributions. [1] Risk is an important policy consideration because no one can predict the future with certainty.
As a result of the SSA's near monopoly on analysis, its numeric analysis results are the basis on which proposed reforms are most frequently compared against normative value objectives. Hence, Social Security reform comparison, both value- and numeric-based, is primarily dependent on the numbers generated by the SSA Office of the Actuary, which has limited resources and must respond on a priority basis to public-sector officials. As a result, the ability of the private sector to fully participate in reform debates has been limited.
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Social Security project has contracted to work with the Policy Simulation Group to create a complementary simulation model called the EBRI/SSASIM2 Stochastic Model. This model will be available to run simulations of various Social Security reforms. Like the SSA Office of the Actuary, the EBRI Social Security Reform project does not make value comparisons between reform proposals.
The EBRI/SSASIM2 model provides quantified data that will allow others to apply their normative values and goals for the assessment of each reform's
* benefit adequacy
* fairness of benefit distribution
* fairness of cost burden distribution
* overall program economic efficiency.[2]
Preliminary results[3] suggest the EBRI/SSASIM2 Stochastic Model is a reliable means of providing quantified comparison data. In fact, when the same assumptions are used, preliminary simulations of the costs and benefits under the current system closely resemble those generated by the model used at the SSA Office of the Actuary.
Because the answers to some important questions for Social Security reform comparison cannot be quantified, the EBRI Social Security project includes a variety of other considerations in its framework for comparison. These considerations are delineated in Section III. EBRI's framework sets the stage for policy discourse and debate by specifying the major categories of consideration that should be applied to each Social Security reform proposal if it is to be comprehensively and fairly compared with others.
II. EBRI/SSASIM2 Model Performance Measures
One of the components of the EBRI Social Security project's framework for comparing reform proposals is contained in the performance measures used by the EBRI/SSASIM2 Stochastic Model.[4] This simulation model uses nine measures of benefits and two measures of costs to compare each Social Security reform plan as well as the current system:
Benefit Measures:
* Lifetime Program Benefits: Actuarial present value of lifetime program benefits (adjusted for inflation and mortality).
* Benefit-Contribution Ratio: Actuarial present value of lifetime program benefits divided by the actuarial present value of lifetime payroll contributions.
* Net Benefits: Difference between actuarial present value of lifetime program benefits and the actuarial present value of lifetime payroll contributions.
* Net Benefits as a Percentage of Earnings: Net benefits minus contributions, divided by the actuarial present value of lifetime earnings.
* Internal Rate of Return: Internal rate of return on benefits given contributions.
* Average Benefit: Average annual real benefit over retirement years.
* Replacement Rate: Percentage of final year of preretirement earnings that is replaced by the average benefit for a continuously employed person earning average wages.
* Low Benefit Avoidance: Percentage of beneficiaries expected to have retirement benefits above a low-benefit threshold.
* Real Per Capita gross domestic product (GDP): Inflation-adjusted value
of the GDP.
Program cost measures:
* Average Cost Expressed as a Percentage of Taxable Payroll
* Actuarial Balance Expressed as a Percentage of Taxable Payroll
Finally, for each proposal as well as for the current system, EBRI/SSASIM2 assesses the risk inherent in the individual performance measures by using Monte Carlo simulation methods that calculate different demographic and economic scenarios.[5] Risk is the likelihood that a performance measure will fall below a specified threshold value because of possible changes in human behavior, demographic factors, and economic variables. A reform that would have advantages only if demographic, human behavioral, and economic variables stay the same as they are today, for example, presumably would be less desirable than a reform that would produce advantages under a variety of possible economic and social outcomes.
III. Further Numeric Analysis Derivable from the EBRI/SSASIM2 Stochastic Model
Aside from the EBRI/SSASIM2 Stochastic Model's performance measures, there are other important considerations in making comparisons that the model is able to quantify. These considerations include breakdowns of aggregate benefit and cost data generated by the model. After identifying simulated cost and benefit distributions, these distributions can be compared with alternative program goals. The following considerations can be answered for each reform by disaggregating the model's quantified data output:
* How would reform benefits be distributed across the target beneficiary ranges under each proposal?
* Under a given reform, would all beneficiaries receive the amounts intended by program goals or would some fair unexpectedly well and some unexpectedly poorly?
* If implemented, would a given reform deliver benefits to all beneficiaries intended, or would there be unintended distinctions between those who do and those who do not receive benefits?
* What would be the cost distribution be under each reform? For example, how much of total cost would be administrative? How much would be transitional?
* Is the above in line with the reform's intent or are administrative,
borrowing, transitional, operating, or other costs higher than anticipated by program
* Would cost burdens be distributed to groups and individuals according to the program's intent, or would some bear an inadvertent and disproportionate amount of burden?
* Under the reform proposal, would all persons pay into the program as
intended by program goals, or would there be unintended distinctions between those who
contribute and those who do not contribute to the new system?
* What would be the overall costs and benefits under each reform, not
just from an individual perspective but from an intergenerational family perspective as
IV. Other Reform Proposal Comparison Considerations of the EBRI Social Security Project
Some policy outcomes are not easily quantified, yet they are nevertheless important considerations in making fair comparisons among Social Security reform proposals. EBRI's Social Security Project will study these potential outcomes in the months ahead. These include predicted program macroeconomic effects, economic implications of alternative revenue structures for transition funding issues, the effect of policy reforms on private defined benefit and defined contribution programs as well as on individual savings behavior, the potential effects of Social Security reform on other government programs, the likely impact of political forces on reform, and the possible effects of Social Security reform on other aspects of society.
Macroeconomic effects among various reforms have been a popular topic of debate since many reform proposals involve reallocating funds from investment in the public sector to investment in the private sector. In addition, some reforms seek to bolster the United States' personal savings rates in hopes of favorably impacting economic investment and growth. Given the interrelated nature of the components of the U.S. economy, attention must be given to each reform's impact on various macroeconomic considerations. These include each reform proposal's likely effect on:
* the bond, corporate, and equity markets
* the employment rate
* the federal deficit
* interest rates
* private borrowing
* overall economic growth rates
* labor-leisure choices
* savings-consumption choices
A Social Security system, like any retirement income program, can be designed in ways that influence the above macroeconomic variables. A system primarily accomplishes this through its incentives structures, which encourage or discourage certain human behaviors.
To demonstrate a national Social Security system's effect on individual decisions, consider that a plan offering the same benefits at age 62 as at age 65, all things being equal, would encourage early retirement, whereas a plan that raised annual retirement pensions by 10 percent for each year retirement is deferred would discourage early retirement. Due to the interconnected nature of macroeconomic systems, retirement rates, in turn, can influence a number of economic variables, from the employment rate to GDP. Retirement rates, depending on plan design, may also affect the duration of time that participants withdraw benefits from the program and the amount of benefits collectible in retirement, affecting overall program costs.
Similarly, pension plans can encourage either savings or consumption of workers' disposable income. Theoretically, if a program's minimum guarantee were, for example, a lump-sum distribution of $2 million, few workers would be likely to contribute to augment this minimum. On the other hand, if there were no minimum, workers might panic into saving every last penny for fear of starvation in retirement. In turn, a Social Security reform plan's savings-consumption incentives for workers and retirees may affect macroeconomic variables such as private investment and economic growth. However, changes in individual savings may not necessarily change overall national savings if higher individual savings rates are offset by additional federal debt. Federal debt plays an enormous role in predicting macroeconomic outcomes, as does the rate of interest accrual on that debt. In short, Social Security reform structures can have numerous effects on macroeconomic variables. Because of the interrelated nature of these variables, the effects may multiply, and hence they are important considerations when comparing Social Security reforms.
Another important concern, related to the potential macroeconomic effects of reforms (because of its possible impact on individual savings), is the possible effect of Social Security reform on the rest of the U.S. retirement system. Because many employment-based pension plans are designed to be integrated with the current Social Security system, any changes in Social Security will certainly affect employment-based savings. The following considerations arise:
* What will be the administrative burden on employers to integrate the new Social Security reform into their established systems?
* What will be the employer's tax burden under each proposed reform?
* In what ways could each reform affect individual participation in employment-based pensions?
* Will employers need to spend increased resources on participant
education as a result of reform?
In addition, Social Security reform will affect individually initiated savings such as non-employment-based individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Ultimately, Social Security reform could impact the composition of the three-legged retirement stool.
The government will be impacted differently under the various reform options. Consideration must be given to each reform's effect on other government programs, both those that affect retirement income (such as Supplemental Security Income and Medicare) and others. In a society of finite resources, opportunity costs must be weighed for each reform. For example, a fair comparison cannot be made between two reforms, one that provides spectacular benefits and is actuarially balanced and one that provides fewer benefits and is also balanced, if it is not mentioned that the former program is so costly that other important programs are overwhelmed or abolished as a result. Possible opportunity costs need to be made clear for each reform.
Any Social Security system will be subject to political pressures. These "political risks" must be assessed to make accurate comparisons among Social Security reform plans. Among many others, these "political risks" include:
* For reforms that would have the government invest a portion of the Social Security trust fund in private equities, would there be special interest pressure to invest in certain equities and public pressure to engage in "social investing."[6]
* Would people pressure the government for pre-retirement access to
individual accounts under a defined contribution-style Social Security reform?
* If the reform involves private market investment, will voters be able to accept natural market fluctuations and ride them out, or will the public panic during market down-turns and demand political action?
* Aside from actual economic efficiency, how would a proposed Social
Security reform effect people's confidence in their national retirement system and in the
government as a whole?
Finally, there are multiple social considerations involved in Social Security reform. These social considerations involve social goods that do not have a quantifiable price tag associated with them. Some examples are the following:
* Does the program promote financial literacy?
* Does the program promote a sense of national community?
* Does the program alleviate family burdens of supporting elderly family members?
* Does the program contribute to individual peace of mind in retirement planning and retirement?
* Does the program, by design, present its risks and benefits so that all participants are aware of them?
Public reaction to reform proposals will be affected by all the factors noted. Public education will be essential, and the EBRI project seeks to make that more achievable than it might otherwise be. For example, EBRI's November edition of EBRI Notes provides a point-by-point comparison table of seven Social Security reform initiatives, based on the best information available. The article, entitled "Keeping Track of Social Security Reform Proposals," is one of a number of EBRI initiatives to assist people at all levels of understanding to learn about the current Social Security reform debate.
V. Conclusion
This project would not be possible without the prior modeling initiatives by the Quadrennial Advisory Council on Social Security and the SSA Office of the Actuary. It builds on EBRI's work prior to the 1983 Social Security Commission, as well as on EBRI's published study, Social Security: Perspectives on Preserving the System (1982). It is but one more step in what has been, and what will be, a long road to secure the economic security of retired Americans through private and public action.
VI. Endnotes
1 It is conceptually straightforward to apply Monte Carlo (or stochastic) simulation methods to the Social Security current-law projection problem. The basic idea is to recognize that the future values of the assumption variables in a Social Security model are not known with certainty. The Trustees Report recognizes this fact, but grapples with it in an ad hoc manner that has been criticized by several review panels over the past decade. Monte Carlo methods deal with the fundamental uncertainty concerning the future values of key model assumption variables in a more systematic fashion that involves describing the uncertainty with probability distributions. Each probability distribution formalizes expectations about the future value of each assumption variable. Then the simulation model is used to produce a many-scenario run, in which random sampling from these probability distributions is used to generate the values of assumption variables for each scenario. During each scenario, detailed output and summary results are collected on whatever aspect of the simulation system is of interest. After a number of scenarios have been simulated and their results have been recorded, a distribution of output values (describing each output variable's risk properties) is available for statistical summarization or visualization.
2 Economic efficiency is achieved by the program that costs society least and benefits society most when compared with policy alternatives. Economic efficiency involves normative value assumptions because of the weighting of importance of individual costs and benefits involved in computing overall economic efficiency.
3 Martin Holmer, Development Progress Reports on the EBRI-SSASIM2 Model, October 11, 1996 and October 24, 1996, Policy Simulation Group.
4 This section of the paper refers solely to those quantitative criteria which will be used in the first phase of this study to compare the relative merits of alternative reform proposals against the status quo. Other components, such as private investment returns on mandated private savings, will also be generated by the model. See sections III and IV for more detail on the other components.
5 The model may also be used to isolate the impact of a particular scenario. For example, the model has the capability of looking at different mortality assumptions and their impact on the financial health of the Social Security system.
6 Social investing involves favoring investment in equities and stocks offered by companies engaging in "socially desirable" behaviors, such as recycling waste or building schools.


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Man rides mattress on pickup truck on highway
Man rides mattress on pickup truck on highway
Manchester, Kentucky, resident Kyle Smith was driving to work when he saw a man lying facing down across a mattress on a pickup truck traveling down a highway.
Smith said he was driving on Wednesday afternoon on Hal Rogers Parkway when he saw the pickup ahead of him going about 60 mph for several miles.
The mattress was above the bed of the truck, and Smith said the man seemed to be trying to hold it down.
"I wouldn't have done it for a million dollars," Smith said. "There was absolutely nothing holding it down except the guy on top of it."


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On page 123 Section 277 we see a sentence (line 5):
Terra et mare sunt inimica.
Here "terra" is feminine, "mare" is neuter, and the adjective used to refer to these two nouns here is neuter and plural.
So does it mean "feminine"+"neuter"="neuter"?
What if it's "masculine"+"feminine"? and "masc"+"neuter"? Then in what gender should the adjective used to refer to them be?
Thanks in advance for your responses.


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Antrim crash injures three driversBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
July 22. 2013 8:53PM
ANTRIM -- Three drivers who were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Route 202 Monday night appear to have only minor injuries, Police Sgt. Ryan Storro said at the scene.
Two of the drivers, a man and a woman, were taken by ambulance to Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough. The third driver, a woman, was not hospitalized but appeared to have been treated at the scene for chest injuries. The names of the drivers were not available yet, Storro said.
The crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. when an eastbound Honda Civic, driven by a woman, slowed to turn left onto Old Turnpike Road and the female driver of an eastbound Volkswagen Passat traveling behind the Honda was momentarily distracted, causing her to rear-end the Honda. That collision pushed the Honda into the westbound lane where it collided head-on with a Cheverlot 1500 pickup driven by the male driver, Storro said.
The Volkswagen driver was injured, but signed off at the scene, Storro said.
Antrim, Bennington and Hillsborough police shut Route 202 down for about an hour.
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SANDY, Utah — Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis says he knows the exact day when his team and Sporting Kansas City became rivals: March 8, 2011.
And "as odd as this may sound," it came during a preseason match in Arizona that "got way out of control," Kreis told reporters this week.
The "very, very physical affair" came as "Kansas City was just starting to implement a really competitive nature about themselves," he said. "And we were embarrassing them a little bit preseason, 2-0, knocking the ball around."
Sporting Kansas City's play got rougher as the game went along, according to Kreis. And after they'd tied the game at 2-2, a brawl broke out.
According to game reports, it was sparked by a studs-up challenge by former SKC midfielder Roger Espinoza on RSL midfielder Javier Morales.
"Things got completely out of hand," Kreis said. "The referee couldn't control it."
According to match reports, the referee red-carded the wrong Kansas City player. And there were disputed reports that, in the ensuing melee, Morales was kicked in the head as both benches cleared.
"We had to stop the match and walk away," Kreis said. "And I feel like ever since then, there's certainly been a rivalry. Physical confrontations between players. And you can tell that it means a little bit extra when these two teams play against each other."
That was certainly true when the two teams, who will meet for the MLS Cup on Dec. 7 in Kansas City — met at Rio Tinto Stadium back on July 20. That match that featured 26 fouls, seven yellow cards and one ejection.
"They bring out the best in us in terms of our competitive nature," Salt Lake defender Nat Borchers told reporters. "Just their physical matchups and just how they want to play."


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If you are new to Guile and start the REPL right away you will find yourself with no history, no completions, no colors and even the cursor keys not working as expected.
Fortunately, all these problems can be solved by loading a couple of modules.
The first one is to enable readline support. This will enable command history, completions (pressing TAB), cursors will work properly, you will have parenthesis matching, Emacs key bindings support and more.
Simply put this in ~/.guile:
(use-modules (ice-9 readline)) (activate-readline)
To colorize the REPL there is also an awesome new module, nala-repl. This module doesn't come with Guile yet, so you have to clone the repository and install it yourself:
$ git clone git://github.com/NalaGinrut/nala-repl.git $ cd nala-repl $ sudo make install
And, as before, add the following lines to your ~/.guile:
(use-modules (nala colorized)) (activate-colorized)
nala-repl provides some more nice modules, make sure to read the README file.
Now, go and enjoy the Guile REPL!


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April 26, 2009
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Freshman pitcher Krista Cobb threw a complete game two-hitter on Sunday afternoon, helping guide UC Santa Barbara (23-22, 6-9) to a 5-0 shut out of Big West foe Pacific (17-29, 2-13) at the Tigers' Bill Simoni Field.
The Gauchos got on the scoreboard at the top of the third inning when Tiffany Wright hit an RBI single to the shortstop sending Jackie Conlin home. Amanda Ziegler then hit a single to left field and during the same play Wright was able to score on an error by the left fielder, putting the Gauchos ahead, 2-0.
At the top of the sixth, Jessica Beristianos walked with one out. During the next play, the Tigers committed two errors, allowing Kelsey Anderson to reach first base and Beristianos to come home for the second unearned run of the game.
In the seventh, Wright hit her second two-run homer of the weekend over the left field fence to give the Gauchos a 5-0 advantage.
Cobb allowed a one-out single in the bottom of the inning - just the second Tiger hit of the game - before striking out the final two batters swinging to lock-up the win for the Gauchos.
At the plate, Jessica Ziegler was phenomenal, going 3-for-3 with a run. Wright went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI. Christine Ramos and Katie McWhirter each had two hits apiece.
Cobb pitched all seven innings and allowed just two hits. She walked three and struck out seven. The win improved her record to 16-8, tying her with Jennifer Davis (2004-07) as the winningest freshman pitcher in UCSB history.
Gabby McDaniel (3-10) took the loss after pitching six innings and allowing three runs ¬- one earned - on eight hits. She walked two and struck out six. Chelsea Engle closed the game and allowed two runs on two hits while walking one.
The Gauchos will return to Campus Diamond next weekend for a three-game series with UC Davis. The conference set will begin with a doubleheader at noon on Saturday, May 2 and will conclude with a single game on Sunday. To purchase tickets, please call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus or click here.
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SANTA CLARA — All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis injured his right hand early in the 49ers' practice Wednesday and did not participate in the ensuing team drills.
Coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Trent Baalke individually checked on Willis, who remained on the field and watched practice with his hand heavily wrapped, presumably with ice.
Trainers examined Willis' his wrist region during a one-on-one blocking drills between linebackers and running backs.
Michael Wilhoite, a second-year veteran, replaced Willis on the first-team unit during early red-zone drills. Lining up next to Wilhoite was NaVorro Bowman, who missed Tuesday's session with an apparent groin strain.
Willis has made the Pro Bowl each of his six seasons, and made the Associated Press' First Team All-Pro for a fifth time last season as the 49ers reached Super Bowl XLVII.
Outside linebacker Aldon Smith, who had a franchise record 19½ sacks last season, was not practicing Wednesday for the first time this training camp. Smith came out to watch practice in shorts and showed no visible signs of injury, although he had labrum surgery this offseason.
Others not practicing were wide receivers A.J. Jenkins, Kyle Williams and Kassim Osgood, all of whom are battling recent leg injuries. Center Jonathan Goodwin was not at practice for a second straight day, although he was at the facility and his health status is unknown.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.