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Jacque Vaughn gathered his players together in their locker room before they tipped-off their regular season Friday night and he told them, "Thank you." He expressed his gratitude for how they performed throughout October.
Over the two-plus hours that followed, Orlando Magic players thanked Vaughn in their own way.
They throttled the Denver Nuggets 102-89 and gave Vaughn his first victory as an NBA head coach in front of an announced sellout crowd at Amway Center. When it ended, Jameer Nelson presented Vaughn with the game ball. The Magic couldn't have imagined a much better start to their post-Dwight Howard era.
"At the end of the day, we're taking baby steps," said Glen Davis, who scored a game-high 29 points. "And we're building, we're building, and this was a good day to build."
Davis and his teammates stifled the Nuggets' offense by keeping the ball in front of them and sprinting back in transition. They fought for loose basketballs. And they received contributions from up and down their roster, including from backup point guard E'Twaun Moore and backup big man Josh McRoberts.
"It was a good feeling just to win and play well together," said J.J. Redick, who added 21 points and dished out six assists. "We were all on the same page, doing it for the same thing, no other agendas. That's a really good feeling."
The night's lone negative could be costly, though. Veteran small forward Hedo Turkoglu broke his left hand during the third quarter and didn't return to the game. Team officials said the injury would be evaluated over the weekend, but he seemingly could miss an extended period of time.
The small-forward position already was undermanned.
The two rookies expected to back-up Turkoglu — Maurice Harkless and DeQuan Jones — didn't play Friday night. Vaughn wants Harkless, who underwent sports hernia surgery during the offseason, to practice a few more times before he appears in a game. Jones, meanwhile, has a strained abductor muscle in his hip.
Newcomer Arron Afflalo, playing against his former team, often played small forward instead of his natural position of shooting guard. Although Afflalo missed 10 of his 13 shot attempts, he helped set a tone on defense. He grabbed six rebounds and was part of an overall team effort that kept the Nuggets from driving into the lane.
"It's exciting," Afflalo said. "There's been a lot of change around here. The expectations haven't been too high. So for us to get off to this type of start, it's a good feeling."
Early in the second quarter, Davis collected a defensive rebound and crashed onto the parquet floor. Seated on the court, he threw a bounce pass upcourt, and the ball eventually found its way to Redick, who sank a 3-pointer.
The basket gave the Magic a 36-22 lead.
The crowd roared, and they erupted again when Davis blocked a Wilson Chandler layup attempt and Moore followed by swishing a long jumper.
"They played hard," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "They played really well. Redick and Davis had big-time games and showed that they would be competitive this year."
But Denver (0-2) regained the momentum early in the third quarter.
Denver started the period on a 15-4 run. Orlando's energy waned, and speedy Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson drove to the hoop for a few scores.
Vaughn watched calmly from his seat on the Magic bench for almost the entire stretch, often with his hand positioned against his chin.
He finally called a timeout after a jumper by Chandler cut Orlando's lead to 62-52.
From the day he was hired in late July, Vaughn pledged he would be calm on the sideline. He did that on Friday, as his college coach, North Carolina's Roy Williams, watched from the opposite side of the court.
"You don't build a winning organization in one night, and you don't become a great coach in one game," Afflalo said. "He did a great job tonight. He always seems to have a calming effect. As the intensity of the game goes up and down and players become emotional, he's been a real stable force on the bench."
A pair of youngsters lifted Orlando (1-0) early in the fourth quarter.
Moore employed some crafty dribbling to gain some space and hit a runner in the lane to put the Magic ahead 80-68.
On Denver's ensuing possession, Nelson stole the ball from Andre Miller.
Moore then missed a 3-pointer, but rookie power forward Andrew Nicholson, making his NBA debut, scored on a putback.
"One of the things that we've been stressing from Day One," Vaughn said, "is that on any given possession, you don't know who's going to have the ball, who's going to score it, who's going to shoot it, and that's OK with us.
"We shared the basketball tonight. We looked for each other, and it was fun to be a part of."
For the last several weeks, the Magic have inundated the airwaves with the marketing slogan "We Will," a promise that their new-look team at least would play hard.
On Friday night, even the most cynical fan had to utter the words "They Did."
Afflalo was asked afterward if the team had made a statement.
"I don't want to go too far," he answered. "It is just one game."
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Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he is going to resign on February 28, 2013 due to deteriorating physical strength. Needless to say it is very uncommon for a Pope to resign.
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On the bright side, they could hardly be worse. Except in that, by being slightly less evil, they would be more insidious. That would be worse, I suppose.
Damned if we do, damned if we don't, I guess.
'Les peuples passent, les trônes s'écroulent, l'église demeure.'
Napoleon Bonaparte
So far that's been true, Napoleon ... but I'm not certain I've found any absolute truisms as regards human nature. Institutions fail and fall, most frequently when they fail to keep up with the times. If the fall of the RC church has been slow to the point of being unobservable, it is at least in part because of its long history and an ability to adapt itself superficially while maintaining its core structure.
Right now, though, progress and human advancement has never been faster, and with that, the availability of information, good and bad, has never been greater. The RC church is discovering that there are fewer and fewer boulders to hide behind, as its own peccadilloes are becoming more exposed to public scrutiny. Ireland has literally turned on a dime with the revelation of the extent of incidences of priest child abuse there, and increasing attention to the "sins of the church" are coming from multiple quarters, particularly from US.
The church is wrong, Napoleon, and you and I both know it. We may not live to see its demise, but I have no doubt that said demise is underway.
The belief in the catholic church and a supernatural dimension is generally diminishing in the western world but not so in poor parts such as the Philippines and Africa where exploding populations still flock to the churches.
I feel that if an individual has a comfortable life affording physical and mental health, education, good surroundings and is not always in need, then they are better able to think rationally. The Internet is very important in liberating people with information and exchange and where would we be without it now ?
The church is wrong but where would all the poor unfortunate people of the world be without it ? I think we will never know.
Interestingly enough, though, we could raise every child on earth out of moderate absolute poverty, i.e., give food, clean water, shelter, medical care, and a 6th grade education to every person on earth under 18 who doesn't have those things, for less than the amount of money Americans alone give to churches on an annual basis. We give over $100 billion annually to churches. The food, water, shelter, and medical care would cost about $30 billion, while the primary education would cost about $60 billion.
I like that thought Humble.
I see the resignation as a sign of weakness. He could have made a courageous stand in remaining Pope while physically deteriorating. I don't think he would have been any less effective that way because there are any number of people that could have helped with his duties. If he had made such a stand people would have tended to feel sorry for him and to glorify him to the benefit of the Church. As such, I think he copped out. He certainly can't be labeled a martyr. In my opinion to the benefit of us all he has shown his true colors - those of being a coward when he could have been a hero.
The only way he could have been a hero was to turn over the records of child molestation, kept by the Doctrine of the Congregation of Faith (Inquisition), to the civil authorities of each country where molestation has been and is occurring, and given full cooperation to those authorities for the prosecution and imprisonment of the guilty. Then, while speaking Ex Cathedra (Mr. Infallible) on matters of faith and morals, let it be known that any immoral behavior by any member of the clergy with a minor would be dealt with in the strictest possible terms, including but not limited to criminal prosecution. Personal opinion is that the scandal has gotten beyond his control, so it's time to exit - stage right - and let someone else deal with the mess. Instead, he gets to lounge around Castle Gandolfo, with free medical care, sipping vintage European wines, eating gourmet food, and offering up incantations for the benefit of the poor.
No argument on any of the above, Pat. In addition, Joe the Rat means to irresponsibly dump the whole unresolved problem into his successor's lap. The problem with your proposed solution is that not Joseph Ratzinger, not Karol Wojtyla, nor any pontiff before any of them has ever learned how to play their cards face-up. They CAN'T; it's against their nature and their own indoctrination in the usages of secrecy. Being open in any measure simply is not who they are.
I'll bet that, if someone could actually ask Ratzinger himself about it, the whole child abuse scandal scares him shitless. It's already cost him Ireland, for all intents and purposes, and if things continue to track the way they have been, it may ultimately cost the church the entire first world. No great surprise, then, that Vatican City has turned its attention to Africa as a new source of
sheep faithful. Still, with the attention of those who have thrown off the catholic yoke on them, it may be that even that supposedly fertile field can be denied them. Cut off from a means of growth, they might be able to maintain a status quo for a bit, but in the long run, there is only one direction for them and that is DOWN.
And what we have to do is keep the pressure on.
I didn't mean that he could have been a true hero. I'm surprised that anybody could have interpreted it that way given the context. I meant that to his followers and fence sitters he could have appeared to be a hero by playing the martyr roll. Had he done that it would have been to the glorification of himself and the Church. It, however, would have required suffering on his part and he didn't have the guts to endure it. That's why I said I thought his resignation was a sign of weakness and that it was founded in cowardice. I need to be more aware that different people consider context to different degrees. I'm glad you love children so much because I certainly do and have posted about it many times.
Thank you for using the "C" word, John, because in the final analysis, that is what Joe is: a COWARD. He is running away and saddling the next pontiff with what continues to be the single most deleterious issue the RC church has faced in over a century. One hopes it will become the issue which us the final undoing of their little cabal, and it damned well should be.
The Roman Catholic Church is a morally bankrupt anachronism, if for no other reason than its utter failure to address and rectify its inarguable culpability in a sexual abuse scandal which encompasses a time far in excess of the current awareness of that shameful reality. It deserves all the accusation and derision that it gets and more.
And it is past time that benighted institution just plain went away...
Seeing all the folks with ashes on their foreheads today, I wanted to ask them about this. About how they felt about the "Holy Father" running away from the questions and cover-ups. About how they could stand with such a tradition, as it dwindled away. I didn't, as a student. Though were these my actual coworkers, people I knew better, I would have.
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The International Preservation News published in December 2005 an article titled "Misperceptions about White Gloves." I found this an interesting read.
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Triathletes have plenty of gear to carry around, from swimming goggles to running shoes to all the bicycle equipment they need.
Triathletes have plenty of gear to carry around, from swimming goggles to running shoes to all the bicycle equipment they need.
Yet the race directors of the Orange County Triathlon are asking a favor of participants and spectators at the third annual event on Sunday in Newburgh.
Leave the backpacks and duffel bags at home.
"It's unfortunate, it really is, that we have to live in a society where we're constantly having to up the security," said co-race director Neal Wilkinson. "This is the new normal we live in. In light of the tragic events up in Boston, we have to do more."
On April 15, three people were killed and 264 wounded when bombs exploded near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. Wilkinson and co-race director Jeff Vizethann spent two years planning the Orange County Triathlon before the first race in August 2011, and safety has always been one of their biggest concerns.
This year, however, they've made an extra effort to partner with the Orange County Emergency Management team and Newburgh police and fire officials in order to make the triathlon as safe as possible for athletes and spectators alike.
"We are asking that no one at the event, spectators, volunteers, participants, the public, vendors, no one carry a backpack," Wilkinson said. "That will make it so much easier for us to manage the event. It's not too much to ask. It really isn't."
Soles 4 Souls, a nonprofit that distributes new and lightly used clothing to those in need, has partnered with the race this year. In previous years, those competing would leave bags with their belongings before they jumped in the Hudson River to start the race. Volunteers would then shuttle those bags to an area where they could be reclaimed later.
Soles 4 Souls is hoping that some participants will donate their clothes at the start. Those who decline will have their things gathered in clear plastic bags.
"I realize we're not the biggest event on earth, but it doesn't matter if we have 100 or 100,000 participants," Wilkinson said. "We still want to make it safe, just so the racers can feel secure."
Next year, the Orange County Triathlon, which had 154 finishers last year, will be held in September in an effort to encourage the participation of college triathlon teams in the Northeast.
The event organizers also plan to include a sprint distance event. The sprint triathlon features a 0.47-mile swim, 12 miles on the bicycle and finishes with a 5-kilometer (3.1 miles) run. They will continue to run an Olympic-distance triathlon, as well.
Gina Donato, a Newburgh Free Academy graduate who lives in Florida, will return for this year's race. Donato was the female champion in the inaugural 2011 event, finishing in a time of 2:25.15. She did not participate in 2012.


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Sex fans, we have a load of lovely lubes to tell you about. We received five of the hottest selling Boy Butter products to test, and test we did! In fact, The Dr Dick Review Crew has pert near wore out their parts testing this stuff. What we won't do in the name of science.
Review Crew members; Mick & Chuck, Kevin & Gina, Jack & Karen and Carlos walk us around these products.
Boy Butter Warming 5 oz EZ-Pump —— $20.99
Gina & Kevin
Gina: "We've both been wanting to try a warming lube, so I'm glad we were chosen for Boy Butter Warming ."
Kevin: "I like the pump container. It's easy to use and there's not the mess that often comes with traditional containers."
Gina: "This stuff really works! With just the first application I could feel the warming sensations. At first, I thought it was going to get too intense for me, but it didn't."
Kevin: "It's a coconut-oil based lube so it's not compatible with latex condoms. That's not an issue for us, but I did want to mention that in my review. Also, this is the first creamy lube we've used. I was impressed with its lasting power."
Gina: "I must confess; I had my misgivings at first. I have very sensitive skin and I often have adverse reactions to new lubes. I checked the label on Boy Butter Warming and secretly thought to myself, I can't even pronounce half of the ingredients. This doesn't bode well for me using it. At least, that's what I thought. Curiously enough, I experienced no irritation or discomfort. So yeah for that!"
Kevin: "We love our silicone lubes, but they are a bitch to clean up and they stain clothing. This product however, despite containing silicone and being oil-based, cleaned up in a snap. In fact, it cleaned up like a water-based lube."
Boy Butter 5 oz EZ-Pump —— $16.99
This is the original formula Boy Butter. It comes in several different packaging options, so you may have seen it in a tub or a squeeze bottle. Personally, I think this E-Z pump is the best. It's easy to handle, and you can dispense just the right amount of lube you need every time. The plastic top keeps it from accidentally messing up anything else it may come in contact with.
I really like the creamy consistency of Boy Butter. It lasts longer than other oil-based lubes I've tried; and I've tried plenty. The organic coconut-oil base keeps it slick and silky. I've never found a better jack-off lube than Boy Butter. It even outlasts my favorite silicone-based lube. I'm sold on this product.
Keep in mind; you can't use Boy Butter with latex condoms.
Clean up is pretty easy too, soap and warm water will do. It's so much easier to clean up than my favorite silicone-based lube.
Boy Butter H2O 5 oz EZ-Pump —— $16.99
Jack & Karen
Jack: "Damn, this stuff is great!"
Karen: "This is the first creamy formula water-based lube I've eve seen. I didn't even know you could make such a thing."
Jack: "We concur with all our fellow reviewers, Boy Butter H2O last long, never gets sticky. We really like the pump container too. Very convenient!"
Karen: "This formula is perfect for use with latex condoms. And because it is water-based, clean up is a breeze. It won't stain clothing or beading either. And that's a big plus in my book."
Jack: "Neither one of us experienced any negative reactions to this lube; no irritation, nothing. And we used it for fucking, not just for jillin' or jackin' off.
Karen: "Yeah, I was really surprised by this. I'm always very careful about what I put near, on or in my pussy. But knock on wood, I've had no adverse reaction at all."
Jack: "Kudos for great packaging and branding. It's fun and smart. Funny, up until we got Boy Butter H2O to review, I had never heard of the company. I wonder, is it a product line that is primarily marketed to gay men?
Boy Butter Extreme 5 oz. E-Z Pump —— $17.99
Boy Butter Extreme Desensitizing H20 Based 5 oz EZ-Pump —— $19.25
Mick: "We have a little confession to make. Chuck and I had already used Boy Butter Extreme before we were asked to review it."
Chuck: "We hadn't used the H20 Based formula and we really wanted to, so we asked if we could test both products."
Mick: "Until we tried the H20 Based one, we thought Boy Butter Extreme was the best such product on the market. We've tired several other desensitizing products, but we liked Boy Butter Extreme best."
Chuck: "Sometimes Mick has difficulty relaxing into butt sex. I'm not tooting my own horn here, but I'm hung 8.5", pretty thick too."
Mick: "Trust me, it's a sight to behold. But it's true; I have a tendency to tighten up when I'm just getting started in a fuck. Boy Butter Extreme helps me over this initial phase allows me to enjoy all that is to come."
Chuck: "I love the pump container. Both products are long-lasting and remain slick and silky, which makes fucking a joy. I hate it when lubes get sticky!"
Mick: "Both products use the maximum amount of Benzocaine (7.5%) allowed by law. So you know this is industrial strength!"
Chuck: "Some people have an adverse reaction to Benzocaine. If you do, these are not the products for you."
Mick: "I am so happy that Boy Butter make a H20 formula, because Chuck has to use a condom when I use either of these products. And the H20 Based version is condom safe."
Chuck: "I was just about to mention that. We had an unfortunate experience a while back when we first started using desensitizing lubes and whatnot. I didn't wear a condom and my dick became desensitized too."
Mick: "Come to think of it, this wouldn't be such a bad thing for a guy who has a real short fuse, right? The Benzocaine would probably just the thing to help him last longer."
Chuck: "Oh, and may I suggest that you use these products sparingly. A little goes a very long way. You certainly don't want to over use either of these lubes. It will take all the fun out of the fuck for both top and bottom; you'll not be able to feel a thing."
Mick: "Exactly, ya simply want to apply a small amount of Boy Butter Extreme (or the H20 Based formula) to your finger, insert it into your ass. Smooth it around till you've lightly coated your sphincter. You will notice the numbing effect in a minute or two. Remember, you can always add more if needed, but you can't eliminate it once it's been applied. At least, not without soap and water."


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Apple may launch an updated version of the iPad 3 (officially called The New iPad) at the Apple press event next Tuesday (23 October), but a Newer iPad (or iPad 4) isn't expected until mid 2013, and, according to supply chain sources will merely feature a "simpler manufacturing design".
The new version of the iPad 3 could ship with a Lightning Connector and offer compatibility with the UK LTE 4G network that will be provided by EE.
Earlier this year, the UK government allowed EE (Everything Everywhere) to 'refarm' portions of its 2G spectrum in the 1,800MHz band so that it can offer a 4G service in a handful of cities around the UK. The iPhone 5 uses the 1,800MHz band, which is good news for EE. Currently the iPad 3 uses the 700 and 2100MHz band.
EE has announced that it will launch its new 4G service on 30 October. In a statement the company said: "We are delighted to announce that the official launch of our new customer brand, EE, offering the UK's first superfast mobile 4G and fibre broadband service, will take place on the 30 October 2012."
Telecoms watchdog Ofcom is supposed to be auctioning off chunks of radio spectrum (the 800MHz and 2.6GHz frequencies) that will support the 4G services to the other mobile networks - when this version of 4G launches it will not be compatible with the current iPhone 5 model or the current iPad 3.
When will the iPad 4 launch?
As for the likely launch date for a The Newer iPad - which we will refer to as the iPad 4 to avoid confusion (see what you have done Apple!) - reports are claiming that Apple has told suppliers that they will be launching a next generation iPad in the middle of 2013.
According to DigiTimes, the next iPad will feature a "simpler manufacturing design" and the number of LED chips used in backlighting for the iPad will be reduced in the next model.
This news comes days after Apple was sued for its LED lighting in the New iPad (aka iPad 3) and MacBook Pro. According to Patently Apple, LED Tech has named Apple in a patent infringement suit. The company claims that Apple's products infringe on its patents for "apparatus of controlling and powering a solid-state light source such as a light-emitting diode or LED, for a portable battery-powered flashlight."
A separate DigiTimes report suggests that Apple's supply chain wants to charge the company more. According to DigiTimes sources, Foxconn and other partners have: "Demanded the brand vendor accept a price rise, as their labour costs in China have been rising".
According to that report, Apple has: "Placed strong pressures upon the upstream supply chain players' profits and caused the related players to demand higher prices for their components."
Also expected to launch at the press event on Tuesday 23 October is the iPad mini, 13in Retina MacBook Pro, Mac mini and a thinner iMac.
Macworld will be on hand with its customary live coverage of the iPad mini launch.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The United States is calling for international action against Hezbollah, which was tied to a Bulgarian bus attack, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Bulgarian officials said Tuesday they had evidence to suggest Hezbollah was involved in the July bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria, that seemingly targeted Israeli tourists.
Hezbollah holds Cabinet-level positions in the Lebanese government but maintains a military wing that's waged war on Israel in the past.
Kerry, whose government considers the entire Shiite movement a terrorist organization, called on European allies to respond by cracking down on Hezbollah.
"We need to send an unequivocal message to this terrorist group that it can no longer engage in despicable actions with impunity," he said in a statement.
A spokesman for Catherine Ashton, Kerry's counterpart in the European Union, called for justice for those responsible for the July attack in Burgas.
"The implications of the investigation need to be assessed seriously as they relate to a terrorist attack on EU soil, which resulted in the killing and injury of innocent civilians" the statement read.
Hezbollah's terrorist designation isn't universal. Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem was quoted by The Daily Star newspaper in Lebanon as accusing Israel of "running a campaign of global terror against Hezbollah."


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Lorrie Ourada's elegant desertscape of a yard stands out from the lush, green lawns that dominate her Porter Ranch neighborhood. Last fall, the Realtor installed drought-tolerant shrubs and succulents, decomposed granite pathways and large boulders in front of her Mediterranean-style home. Not because she's a tree-hugger but because she wanted it to look like Palm Springs.
"Don't ask me to name the plants," she said. "I just know they're gorgeous."
It helps that the landscape design is easy on her pocketbook.
To a lot of people, having a low-water garden smacks of save-the-planet activism. But a growing number of folks, like Ourada, are making improvements toward water or energy conservation at home because it makes economic sense.
In her case it's also easy to maintain.
Before her "Palm Springs" conversion Ourada had thrown fertilizer, seed and water at her lawn until water was pouring down the sidewalk into the street. And still "it just always looked so-so," she said.
So when the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power sweetened the incentive for replacing grass with a sustainable landscape she decided it was too good to pass up. The California Friendly Landscape Incentive Program increased from $1.50 to $2 a square foot of turf replacement.
It's a classic win-win.
Ourada saves money and time and gets a beautiful garden while limiting runoff that carries pollutants. Even on the driest day, L.A.'s Stormwater Program estimates tens of millions of gallons of urban runoff flows through concrete-lined channels and enters the Pacific Ocean. But drought tolerant landscapes require little if any irrigation depending on the type of plant. Some natives need only rainfall.
In an average year, Los Angeles gets about 15 inches of rain. Creating permeable pathways allows that rainfall to soak into the ground, naturally hydrating plants.
Another alternative is to actually harvest rain.
South Pasadena resident June Scott recently installed a 55-gallon rain barrel for use on the container plants in her native garden. It cost her $120 minus the new $75 rebate through SoCal SmartWater, which is funded by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
The rebate is good for up to any four rain barrels, 50 gallons or more.
"I found one that I thought was really reasonably priced and also attractive, so I was super happy with it," she said. "It's got a mesh screen on top and I'm going to put stones in there. Even though it's plastic, it looks like ceramic and it comes in a few different colors. And there are a lot of different websites now that stock the rain barrels so they're easy to find."
Energy Savings
Home Depot's website makes it easy for people to find rebate-associated products by zip code. Water conservation is only one of the top searches. Energy savings is another with LED lights among the most-sought after products.
These new technology bulbs can be used to replace a range of standard lights, including incandescent, candelabra and two-pin halogen. They can even be dimmed. Some have a lifespan of 20 years.
"The fear with LEDs when they first came on the market was the price," says Tony Hurst, regional vice president at The Home Depot. "Now it's very affordable when you think about the energy savings combined with the life of the particular bulb. So we're definitely seeing some great movement with those products."
Nelu Ardeljan replaced the standard incandescent bulbs in his Palos Verdes Estates home with $2,200 worth of LED lights hoping to make a dent in his electricity bill. His monthly bill was typically $450 to $500, and that's without running the a/c.
"It was a big investment, but I didn't see too much of a difference with the LED lights," he said.
A family member suggested solar energy might help.
According to a report by the Environment California Research and Policy Center, harnessing energy from the sun reduces air pollution and the huge amounts of water used to cool fossil fuel-burning power plants. It adds Los Angeles leads the nation in solar installation among major cities.
Ardeljan's custom Spanish-style home as it turned out wasn't suited for solar because the roof is tiled, lacks sufficient space and gets too much shade. But Verengo Solar assured him it could be done by removing the tiles and then replacing them around the panels. Most roofs are pitched or flat without tiles making the installation easier.
In all, the installation cost more than $40,000. Ardeljan received a 30 percent federal tax credit and about $1,000 Southern California Edison's solar rebate program toward the total system cost. But even without the incentives he would have gone solar, he said.
"I was keeping my fingers crossed, and to my surprise, my first full-month bill came down to $22, and with the $40 'climate credit' from Edison, it brought me to minus," he said. "I thought if I could keep my bill under $100 a month I would be satisfied, but I didn't expect it to go this low. Saving this much on electricity, I'll probably be breaking even within seven years."
Together, energy and water savings are attracting public support. LADWP's hardware rebates and call for voluntary conservation are "very effective," said Mark Gentili, water conservation specialist.
The amount of water consumed by residential customers is 89 gallons per person per day.
Social responsibility and financial common sense also come together in Southern California Edison' s Refrigerator Recycling Incentive and Energy Star Qualified Refrigerator Rebate programs, among the utility's most popular. The former has been offered for the last 20 years and was recently increased from $35 to $50 for inefficient working refrigerators and freezers.
Inefficient refrigerators are costly
"Generally when a customer has a good, solid, working refrigerator and they'd like to hold onto it when they get the new refrigerator, they will often times move it out to the garage," said Steven Starks, manager of the Mass Market Programs Portfolio for LADWP Efficiency Solutions. "Often time they're ill placed. Garages are poorly insulated and sometimes have exposure to the sun, which causes that refrigerator to work even harder."
For many young people though, energy and water conservation is about being socially responsible with limited resources.
"People can easily get into a routine where it's easy to turn on a switch or plug in your computer and leave it plugged in," said Jessica Bass, 19. "It's easy to forget you have to burn fossil fuels and put out pollutants to produce it."
Bass was among Claremont McKenna College students who participated in a nationwide challenge to cut their energy use.
"With conserving energy comes the notion that you might have to sacrifice some personal comfort, things like air conditioning and light are usually associated with energy so people don't want to give those things up," said Bass, a member of the campus club SPEAR (Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility) that stresses the "social" in social responsibility. "Instead of everybody going into their own rooms and lighting them up and cooling them down every single night, we encourage people to use the library or study lounges.
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Worst-kept secret in the world right now? The dividend scenario is looking good.
And that\'s not something strategists at Morgan Stanley expect will change anytime soon.
In a note dated Tuesday, U.S. equity strategist Adam Parker and others lay out the case for dividend-yielding stocks, offering up a few of the firm\'s best ideas. Now in case you\'ve forgotten how much dividends matter, he reminds that dividends have accounted for over 40% of total market return since 1930.
So why is it looking so good? The dividends in their analysis are yielding 340 basis points more than the 10-year Treasury bond . Government bond cycles tend to happen at regularly-spaced periods of time, \"meaning the yield of these equities remains relatively attractive for some time,\" the strategists say.
\"We believe that this low-rate environment will continue for some time to come, and should continue to make high-dividend yield relatively attractive,\" said the strategists. Morgan Stanley\'s own U.S. interest rate strategist estimates the 10-year Treasury will finish this year at 2.25% and federal fund rates should remain low as long as they continue to meet Fed criteria on unemployment and inflation.
So, on with the show, which stocks does Morgan Stanley like? The firm focuses in this report on telecom, tobacco, utilties and MLP (master limited partnerships) industries. It ran a screen for companies with market capitalizations of more than $15 billion plus with over a 4% dividend yield, and screened for sustainability based on dividend coverage, balance sheet, productivity, growth and potential risks.
And the winners are:
- Telecom. Morgan Stanley says the sector offers best value by trading below 7 times EV/Ebitda, while supporting rich dividends with moderate payout ratios/leverage levels. Picks are AT&T t , BCE bce and CenturyLink c
- Tobacco. Provides healthy dividends that screen well, but strategists are equal-weight on Altria Group , Lorillard and Reynolds American based on valuation. The winner: Philip Morris
- Utilities. The sector offers safe dividends due to industry regulation and defensive opportunities with above-average total return for these top picks: Ameren , Duke Energy
- MLPs: Morgan Stanley says this group screens well due to growth characteristics, but are also the most expensive. ONeok , Plains All American Pipeline
And don\'t just take Morgan Stanley\'s advice. MarketWatch contributor Mark Hulbert has come up with some solid tips on how to approach dividend-paying stocks and create your own portfolio of those. Check out the article here, along with our Encore blog on the subject.
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By Tom Fidgen
From the February 2010 issue #181
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When I think of a tool chest, I think of a carpenter's box, usually open and inviting, a little rough perhaps but clearly made by the hand. Think of Roy Underhill merrily skipping over the stream … remember the toolbox he was carrying? What I've come up with is a toolbox, made entirely by hand, that is both practical and traditional in construction. Well, sort of …
Do you need to carry tools? Are you going to be on a jobsite outside of your workshop? This chest will be manageable and hold most of your workshop essentials while incorporating some unique and practical design elements.
For starters the sliding lid, (captured in dados) pushes off the back and is held open to access the interior. While in the open position the lid serves as a shield to cover your two backsaws that are safely held on the exterior back with a protective shelf underneath them. This turns into a little shelf to place things like tiny screws you'd surely lose on-site if you didn't have such a dedicated area to toss them.
It has a built-in shooting board, and a workspace complete with surface clamp and miter hook that will get all of the applause from your fellow craftsmen on site. I don't know how many times I've been installing a cabinet or perhaps some finish moulding
somewhere, and a makeshift bench surface, saw hook and shooting board would have been really handy – it's also nice to rest your arse on the edge from time to time. It's simple in form, as a tool chest should. We'll get started with the basic box so we can get on to some of those unique design elements.
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Jerri Bullock was a fanzine editor and a artist.
In 1948 she and co-editor Russ Manning released Fan Artisan. It was the organ of the group The Fantasy Artisans Club, of which both editors were members.
The Fantasy Artisans Club was a correspondence club for artists and fans interested in fantasy and science fiction artwork. Members included Bullock and Manning as well as John E. Blyer, Ken Brown, Lee Budoff, Ed Cox (co-editor of The Chigger Patch of Fandom), Lester Fried, Bill Grant, Joe Gross, John Grossman, W. Leslie Hudson, Roberta Hess, Bill Kroll, Sol Levin, "Loki", Howard Miller (co-editor of Dream Quest), Ray Nelson, William Rotsler, Albert Toth, as well as J. Henk Sprenger of the Netherlands and Ben Abas of Holland and later, Frank Dietz. They exchanged information about drawing techniques, stenciling, as well as offering critiques of each other work, and information about requests from fanzine editors for art. Fan Artisans was the first publication to come from the club.
One issue of Fan Artisan appeared before Russ Manning went back to college and Jerri Bullock decided to incorporate the zine with the photo offset printed Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction, edited by Frank Dietz, Jr., which became the official organ of The Fantasy Artisans Club in October, 1948. The second issue of Fan Artisan appeared as a split zine with the third issue of Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. The fourth issue of Science, Fantasy and Fiction incorporated Fan Artisan, which then no longer existed as a separate publication.
The Fantasy Artisans Club, with Art Rapp (editor of Spacewarp), produced the official publication for the Cincinatti SF convention, called Cinvention.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has set a hearing for Friday after a defense lawyer claimed the suspect prosecutors say was both a relative of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida's spokesman after Sept. 11 might be the wrong man.
Judge Lewis Kaplan scheduled a hearing after claims were made Wednesday on behalf of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (SOO'-lay-mahn AH'-boo GAYTH).
Attorney Zoe Dolan wrote that the defense recently learned there may be a second person with a similar name as Abu Ghaith who is at Guantanamo Bay. Dolan says the government is believed to have information about the other individual.
A trial is scheduled to begin Monday for Abu Ghaith. He is charged with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as al-Qaida's spokesman after 9/11. Prosecutors did not immediately return a message for comment.
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Such an adorable idea! Found your blog on the Project Queen link party. MeganReplyDelete
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Teaching Old Dogs New or Forgotten Tricks (Lifelong Learning Program at Shepherd University)
February 3, 2012 - Austin Porter
I was never much on school.
Maybe it was kindergarten that put me off learning. There was a puzzle. The word was that no one had ever been able to assemble it. "It's missing a piece," we would whisper as though that one piece was the key to its difficulty. One day, I decided to give it a go. I struggled with it throughout the morning. I was forced to work through lunch. Finally, mid-afternoon, the teacher had the class gather around me. "Austin, here," she said as she pushed me and my chair away from the table. In what seemed like seconds, the puzzle, minus one piece, waswhole. "You see class, it's easy when you know what you are doing. Austin, obviously, doesn't."
Maybe she was trying to make a point about hubris. At the time, I thought she was a nasty, no good, so and so.
In fourth grade, I was the straw monitor. Each student in class got a small carton of milk, and then took a straw from the box I was holding. Unfortunately, that box had a habit of slipping out of my hands. Perhaps I was trying to avoid feeling proud about never dropping the straws on the floor. After letting gravity have its way once too often, the teacher screamed, "You're no longer the straw monitor. You understand me, you're fired!" Then, feeling the need to justify her decision to the class, she shouted, "We put those straws in our mouths. In...Our...Mouths." I felt very proud about not having anything to be proud about.
In junior high, there was the rattan, a flexible cane about a yard long, 3/4 of inch in diameter, flexible and porous. When you misbehaved, out went your hand palm up, and down went the rattan. Some educators stored the cane with a third of its length stuck in a vase that was filled with vinegar. The blood blisters that would often appear during the whipping would often time burst. When that happened the vinegar would sting.
In high school art class, an artist, if you will, was demonstrating that a male torso was seven and one half heads tall. On the blackboard, there was a drawing of a sexless torso over which was superimposed the required number of heads. Shortly into the lecture, he pointed out that the midpoint of the torso was three and one half heads from the torso's feet. He emphasized this fact by hitting the drawing's crotch with his pointer. Smack. As he undoubtedly expected, several of us laughed. This gave him an excuse to berate us for being sexual perverts. I remember that his rant was so intense, so insanely over the top that I feared he might march the laughers, if not all of us, off to the nurse's office for castration.
College had its moments. The promiscuity made up for a lot of its short comings. Coffee was inexpensive. And the library was a comfortable place to nap. But there was a weirdness that just made the whole experience unreal. For instance, I was in a production of "Waiting for Godot." We didn't have time to work on the second act so we did the first act twice. No one seemed to notice, least of all the professor who was drunk and left at intermission.
You can imagine that when I first heard about Life Long Learning, I was skeptical. Childhood learning had been such a disaster, why go on? And who needs a program taught to and by old people. This says something about how I have yet to fully deal with the issue of aging. Maybe next semester L.L.L.P. could offer a course on aging with dignity. Call it "Being Old is Just Like Being Young, Except You're Old."
Surprisingly enough, when the schedule of classes was posted, I was tempted to take every course. They were that interesting. After checking with Karen Rice, the Director, to verify that there would be no rattan, I became a member and signed up for three course: Abolitionist Writers taught by Sara Smith, Poetry taught by Philip Bufithis, and The Holocaust taught by Robbye Horowicz. There was a fair amount of reading, but no tests or papers. Fellow classmates wanted to learn. The teachers, all experienced and all very good, taught for the love of teaching eager students. There was always lots of discussion. I had a blast.
This term, the courses all look exciting. I've enrolled in several. If I were you, I'd check out the web site. Robbye is back with Bible as Literature, Great Books, and a seminar on Shepherdstown in the early years. Art Wineburg, who I know through the Shepherdstown Mens (oops) Community Club, is leading The Fifties: The Post-war Decade. He's hoping people who lived through that period will participate. Unfortunately, I'm not quite old enough to remember the 50s.
On Wednesday, February 29, from 5:30 PM until 7:00 PM, there's the Lifelong Learning at Shepherd University Reception held at McMurran Hall, on German Street. Be there or be square, or at least out of the loop on what a great program this is.
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This guest post is from Nancy Bentley, co-owner of Kinkead Ridge Winery in Ripley, OH.
An editorial note: I try very hard as a blogger to stay apolitical. However, I do not require this of my guest bloggers. Nancy's post expresses her personal feelings about some legislative issues affecting agriculture in Ohio and is a legitimate Opinion piece. I invite you to express your own feelings about the legislature in the comments or by contacting Nancy.
It makes me laugh how the Wall Street Journal continually posts ads from the state of Ohio suggesting what a great state Ohio is to start a business. In 1999, we relocated from a highly successful vineyard operation in Oregon, in order to prove that great wines could be made in southern Ohio and to revitalize the area with new wineries for agritourism. We personally mentored at least five new wineries, and continue to help more.
I would like to describe several current situations regarding the Ohio Department of Agriculture and wineries, and then two other situations that reflect how they are hurting small farmers. To put finances in perspective: The Ohio wine and grape industry released its 2008 economic impact report, which finds that Ohio's grape and wine industry has a significant impact of more than $580 million on the state's economy.
Highlights of the report include:
Situation #1: Given the fact that the Ohio wine industry contributes so much money to the economy, we are appalled at the latest overreach by the Ohio Department of Agriculture bureaucracy. There is a law on the books that allows them to inspect wineries as food production facilities, something that neither California, Oregon or other huge wine producing states do. Only wineries that wholesale their wine are subject to this annual inspection, which wineries will be charged an annual fee for, ranging from $50 to $300. Wineries that only sell retail will not be inspected. I have actually been in a winery in Ohio that only sold at retail that had dog turds on the floor. Wholesale warehouses that store wine may not be inspected (follow the distributor lobby money).
Nothing harmful to humans can live in wine. We actually had an ODA person suggest that we wash the grapes to eliminate insects, a laughable comment. There was a suggestion to use bleach to clean up black mold, a product that is well known to cause TCA taint in wine. Our only avenue for change is to change the law to exempt wineries. In the meantime, inadequately trained, probably highly paid registered sanitarians will be hitting the road and generating travel expenses to make sure that wineries have hairnets in the building. The maximum amount of money these fees could generate for the state would be $30,000, and it will be much less than that.
The claim is to protect the public, but there are no plans to take samples of wines for testing of any kind, and wineries are already highly regulated by the federal government (TTB) and local health organizations. This is just bureaucratic bloat and a waste of taxpayer money.
We cannot get a straight answer as to what part of the regulatory code will be enforced. On a conference call, I was basically told that wineries could be inspected with different criteria. And imagine if your winery is inspected in January, when everything is cleaned up, or at crush, when bees, fruit flies, etc. fill the winery.
Situation #2. We have been making Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Viognier/Roussanne and Petit Verdot for 10 years. In general these wines are in the 12%-13% alcohol range. A fine vintage from 2008 pushed them all over 14% alcohol. The federal government approves all wine labels. For free. The state of Ohio rubber stamps such labels, at an initial fee of $50 per label. Because these wines went over 14%, I was required to submit "New Label Registrations" and write a check for $250 to the state.
Situation #3: It goes beyond wineries. Last year, Harmony Hill Vineyards had a wonderful farmers market. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has now said that if you want to sell your eggs or meat at a Farmers Market, a cooler with blue ice is no longer good enough to store your food for a couple of hours. "Mechanical refrigeration" is required. So that means you load up a refrigeration, hope you can plug it in somewhere, transfer your food in the cooler, load it in the fridge, and reverse for the trip home.
We use farm fresh eggs in fining, and needed 6 dozen eggs from a small egg producer in Ripley. She is NOT allowed to deliver the eggs to us, a few miles away. We had to pick them up.
Situation #4: The Fizzleville Fair in Adams County has made home made ice cream for over 30 years. Apparently that will no longer be allowed.
So, in summary, this is a bureaucracy out of control. We need new leaders who will get out of the way and let Ohio small business do what they do best without excessive and stupid regulations. Ohio is hurting and driving small business out of Ohio, not encouraging it.
– Nancy Bentley
You go girl. If we had more people in Ohio taking a stand on this nonsense, we wouldn't have a budget deficit and taxes would be lower.
Thanks John. The whole thing raises my blood pressure. We will continue to press for legislation to exempt wineries.
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COSMOS CountdownTo1.0
Countdown schedule
- Starting in i14, we will track weekly status on the Countdown page
- by Sept 26, any inactive committers will resign their committer status
- by Sept 26, Ruth to find new mentors for COSMOS (not sure how realistic this is, but let's start with this date)
- by Sept 26, Ruth to schedule the release review for COSMOS with the Eclipse EMO. Ask for Oct 17.
- by Oct 17, everyone to try and resolve any Eclipse Legal outstanding items for axis2
- by Oct 17 (tentative), attend the release review to request permission to release COSMOS 1.0 and to graduate COSMOS into a mature project
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- Paul to own Install Guide
- David and Jack to own the Developer Guide
- Javadoc still needs to be written but that's in the code itself and is owned by development
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- High - takes more than a week
The Status column can have one of these values:
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- Defer (no longer a priority for COSMOS 1.0)
- Not started
Must do for 1.0
|Project or subteam
|Blocked by (if applicable)
|Check every week
|Release Review
|Check bugzilla to ensure that we have no blocker or P1 to finish.
|Ruth Lee
|Check every week
|Release Review
|Check bugzilla to ensure that there are no bugs open that are targeted to a past iteration or untargeted.
|Ruth Lee
|On track
|Release Review
|Maintain documentation of third party dependencies
|Ruth Lee
|Not started
|Release Review
|bugzilla 229078
|about.html and other legal notices to be added to the build
|Ruth Lee
|Not started
|bugzilla 248451
|Update the download page for COSMOS 1.0
|Saurabh Dravid
|On track
|bugzilla 246855
|DOJO zip file
|Saurabh Dravid
|Split CVS into COSMOS 1.0 and COSMOS post-1.0 stream
|Saurabh Dravid
|Not started
|bugzilla 246868
|Update MDR toolkit in response to 246855
|David Whiteman
|Not started
|bugzilla 216210
|Define & document COSMOS 1.0 hardware & software operational guidelines, recommendations, and best practices
|Jimmy Mohsin
|Not started
|bugzilla 240382
|Update install guide for new version of Dojo
|Paul Stratton
|Not started
|bugzilla 218825
|COSMOS User's Guide development
|David Whiteman and Jack Devine
|bugzilla 245568
|Cannot open staff query folder
|Martin Simmonds
|Not started
|Update User Guide and Developer Guide with changes due to changed code and package names, or any other updates required
|Jimmy Mohsin
|Not started
|Add missing sections to User Guide
|Jimmy Mohsin
|Not started
|Add missing sections to Developer Guide
|David Whiteman and Jack Devine
|Not started
|Release notes need to be created for known critical issues
|Pam Kusnirik
|bugzilla 247658
|MDR Toolkit : Problem with DataManager Name
|David Whiteman
|Release Review
|Finish the release review slides
|Project Leads, Architecture Lead, Ruth Lee
|Not started
|Release Review
|Schedule a meeting with Bjorn to inform him of updates (cancel 0.9, staffing) and ask what are his recommendations given that we had to cancel 0.9 due to legal clearance issues. Can we run through a practice run with the Eclipse board (or maybe even just Bjorn and new mentor) before going for the Big 1.0 Review? Also ask Bjorn how the review works; i.e., Anne reviews the slides & tells if there's a big problem, team presents to the board and has the five weeks to correct before GA?
|Ruth Lee
|Release Review
|Find new mentors for COSMOS
|Ruth Lee, Jimmy Mohsin
|Not started
|Release Review
Schedule a meeting with the two new mentors:
|Ruth Lee
|On track
|Release Review
|Book the review itself with EMO
|Ruth Lee
|Not started
|Release Review
|Send project IP Log to Eclipse Legal at least 3 weeks in advance of the release review date
|Ruth Lee
|On track
|Release Review
|Cancel any bugzillas that we will not complete by COSMOS 1.0 or the first release after COSMOS 1.0. (This is to cull the list of any "noise" (abandoned bugzillas). If someone wants to reopen it then fine. We should put the list of bugzillas on this page.)
|Project Leads
|Not started
|Release Review
|Clean up the committer list of any inactive committers (need to check with Bjorn to see what he thinks about retaining committer status for the IBMers who may be back in 2009)
|Mark Weitzel and Ruth Lee
Recommended for 1.0 but can be dropped if necessary
|Project or subteam
|Blocked by (if applicable)
|On track
|bugzilla 175382
|Create manual tests for the UI components of the SML-IF plugin
|Naveen Tirupattur/Ramesh Pokala/Monica Lupu
|bugzilla 196213
|SML-IF Export Wizard first page should clear error message after project name corrected
|Monica Lupu
|Not started
|bugzilla 220594
|Release readiness: contextual help
|David Whiteman
|bugzilla 243026
|SML-IF validation failures - One of the required SAX properties is not available
|Naveen Tirupattur
SML: In Research items
COSMOS 1.0 will contain an SML-IF document editor and utilities to validate SML-IF documents. The SML code will not have cleared the Eclipse Legal process required to validate the IP cleanliness of external dependencies, e.g. XSD files, by the 1.0 release and therefore, will be given the designation "In Research". The implication of this is that this portion of the code will not be forced to comply with the release readiness requirements of COSMOS.
- IPZilla review for SML schema and SML-IF schema files 2240 (awaiting analysis - checkin due to parallel IP)
- IPZilla review for Schematron skeleton 2584 (awaiting analysis - checkin due to parallel IP)
- documentation will not be guaranteed to be complete by 1.0
SDD: In Research items
The COSMOS 1.0 deliverable will be a validation utility for SDD documents and a corresponding programmatic interface. The SDD code will not have cleared the Eclipse Legal process by the 1.0 release and therefore, will be given the designation "In Research". The implication of this is that this portion of the code will not be forced to comply with the release readiness requirements of COSMOS.
- IPZilla review for SDD Change Analyzer 2316 (awaiting committer)
- IPZilla review for Schematron skeleton 2472 (awaiting analysis)
- IPZilla review for Schematron text implementation 2473 (awaiting analysis)
- Some more details involved in what needs to be covered at the Release Review and Graduation Review
- Active or inactive? post to read
- Docs
- bugzilla 215135 Run BVT
- reassign any ownership in bugzilla to the new component owner
- IPZilla review for DOJO 2026
- IPZilla review for Log4J 2309


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Generous – and hungry – donors at UC Davis Children's Hospital were treated on Feb. 1 to a great breakfast on the run as a preview of IHOP National Pancake Day and to benefit the children's hospital and Children's Miracle Network (CMN).
Visitors to the morning event could drive up and receive a stack of buttermilk pancakes in exchange for a donation in any amount to CMN. Participants such as Sierralyn Williams, 2, thought the fluffy buttermilk pancakes were scrumptious.
IHOP National Pancake Day, which was celebrated this year on Feb. 5, is honchoed in Sacramento by Tariq Munir, the owner of all of the region's 22 IHOPs. Munir and his pancake-slinging crew raised $86,000 for the children's hospital last year. This year's goal was $100,000.
Munir's IHOPs have been involved in National Pancake Day since its inception in 2006, raising many tens of thousands of dollars for UC Davis Children's Hospital.
"It's really taken on a life of its own," Munir said. "We love the fact that all of the money that we raise for the Children's Miracle Network stays locally in Sacramento."
Munir added that his restaurant employees also participate in the CMN fund drive, and members of his wait staff often donate their tips.
This year, National Pancake Day coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Utah-based CMN, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children's hospitals. UC Davis Children's Hospital is the regional CMN affiliate.
From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on National Pancake Day, IHOP guests all over the U.S. enjoyed a complimentary stack of buttermilk pancakes in exchange for donations to CMN. Since 2006, the event has been held each year on Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day or Mardi Gras (translation: fat Tuesday), the first day of Lent.


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SHREWSBURY — An elderly man was killed and his wife was injured Wednesday night in a fire at their home at 24 Artemas Ave.
Fire Chief James M. Vuona said this morning that Richard W. Hosking, 82, died in the fire. Anne M. Hosking, 85, was taken by ambulance to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus for treatment of smoke inhalation.
When firefighters arrived at the house about 7:30 p.m. in response to several 911 calls, they found Mrs. Hosking outside the two-story house with a relative who lives nearby. She told them that her husband was still trapped in the house.
Firefighters found him fairly quickly on the first floor, toward the middle of the house, outside a bedroom, Chief Vuona said. He was unconscious when he was brought out of the building and taken by ambulance to UMass, according to the chief.
Firefighters found walkers in the house, leading them to believe that at least one of the couple had problems with mobility.
Officials said firefighters' efforts were hampered by the design of the house, the large accumulation of materials spread throughout the house and the volume of smoke from the fire.
"They liked their stuff," said fire Capt. Seth Colby. "There sure were a lot of contents in there."
When firefighters "walked two feet in the door, it was all completely black smoke. They couldn't see anything," the chief said.
The house, he said, has had "a lot of additions to it over the years — It's a really kind of a funky layout, almost like a maze."
The house was a total loss, he said. The fire appears to have started in a first-floor side room on the front left side of the house, the chief said. The vinyl siding on that side of the home was completely charred on the first and second floors.
Fire investigators took pictures and examined the burned remains. A representative from the state fire marshal's office was at the site. An electrical inspector is expected to examine the damage today.
The chief said firefighters initially focused all their efforts on locating the missing man, but were able to reassign some crew members to tackle the flames as other crews arrived from Westboro, Northboro and Boylston. He said engines from Worcester and Grafton covered the Shrewsbury fire station. It took firefighters 35 to 40 minutes to bring the blaze under control, he said.
Most fire companies were gone after about 1� hours, according to Chief Vuona. An engine company planned to remain at the scene all night keeping fire watch to make sure there were no flare-ups.
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text: Meeting the needs of those who manage people, projects, or networks, all four Microsoft Visio 2000 editions share a set of intelligent diagramming tools and a common graphics engine that help convey ideas. Visio 2000 helps you communicate effectively with easy-to-assemble drawings and diagrams, and helps you create organizational charts and flowcharts, draw technical schematics and annotate CAD drawings, build Web site maps, and manually or automatically work on network, software, and database design. An online tour—Virtual Visio 2000—lets you explore the product in action. The tour also includes system requirements and pricing. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/overview.htm to learn more about Visio 2000.


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Wonderful promises!
by Rob Kerby, Senior Editor
What is abundant life? The Bible is full of incredible assurances that God will protect and provide. Not only that, His provision will be generous and wonderful. Does He promise earthly riches? There are verses that would seem to do just that. But more than that, He promises happiness, peace and contentment. Our hearts, souls and minds can be at peace if we seek to listen to and follow Him.


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I have been working as an engineer in a petroleum services company for ten years. My basic job is maintaining the company's equipment and providing technical support, but other tasks have been added to my job over the last ten years. My company treats me like anyone else, or less than that, because I do not demand increases in my salary as others do; rather I wait for the company to evaluate me, which has only happened once or twice. I began to invent things for my company and I was promised more than once that I would be rewarded, but this has not happened. On the contrary, I was rebuked because I asked to be rewarded. I have introduced many inventions and huge improvements. But that was to no avail; all I get is moral support and words of praise. Now I have invented something but this time I did not give it to my company directly; rather I gave it to an intermediary company to submit it in its name to my company in return for commission that I agreed to give to this intermediary company, after it gets the price for my invention when it sells it to my company. This invention already exists in America, but it is very expensive, at least 50% more. My company has benefited greatly from this product. My question is: is what I have done halaal or haraam?.
Patents, inventions, copyright and so on belong to the inventor or author, and he has the right to receive payment for them, because it is customary that these rights have financial value in the marketplace.
The Islamic Fiqh Council has issued a statement to this effect, the text of which is as follows:
"The Islamic Fiqh Council, in its session held during its fifth conference in Kuwait, 1-6 Jumaada al-Awwal 1409 AH/10-15 December 1988 CE, after studying the research presented by members and experts on the topic of intangible rights, and listening to the discussions that were held concerning this topic, has determined the following:
Firstly: trade names, company names, trademarks, writings and inventions are all the copyright of their owners or authors, which in modern practice have acquired monetary value. These rights are respected by sharee'ah and it is not permissible to transgress against them.
If your work to invent this thing did not involve using any of the products belonging to the company, and you did not do it on company time, meaning that you worked on it outside of working hours, or at times when you were not required to work, then this is your exclusive right as stated above, and there is nothing wrong with selling it to your company or to an intermediate company who can sell it to your company.
But if that was at the expense of your work for the company, or you used the company's materials, products or laboratory, then you have done wrong because you got distracted frin your work and because you used the company's resources for a purpose other than that for which they were intended, and you have to compensate the company for what is their due. The basic principle is that you should tell them and work out an agreement to be paid for your efforts and invention. If you will be harmed by admitting this or you think it most likely that the company will not give you anything, then try to give them their due by any means possible after working out what you owe them with the help of experts in that field.
This right of the company, if it is proven, does not make it permissible to transgress against the company on the grounds that they did not give you an increase in your salary or that they did not appreciate your work and inventions, because two wrongs do not make a right. You should strive to improve your standing in the company by proper means, such as asking for it.
And Allah knows best.


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This section of Real Estate Transactions focuses on the basic principles of real estate transfer and finance as encountered in law practice. The course emphasizes application of these principles to problems encountered by clients. Although the course centers on residential real estate, it provides the base of information necessary for any type of real estate practice. The course highlights: the essential legal theories underlying residential real estate transfer and finance; the sources of real estate law; practice tools; the role of the lawyer in real estate transactions; and the broad issues involved in modern real estate practice.


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|Carl Zeiss is one of the world's leading optics companies in the fields of microscopy and industrial metrology, high-performance lenses for microchip fabrication, surgical microscopes and instruments for ophthalmic diagnosis and therapy.
|Originally consisting of 26 individual divisions, the Carl Zeiss Group focuses its business on four growth markets: Semiconductor technology and microelectronics, life sciences, eye care, industrial metrology.
|Carl Zeiss invests in the future-oriented field of semiconductor technology. With the new factory for optical lithography systems, the most modern in Europe, Carl Zeiss sets new standards at the Oberkochen location. On a surface area measuring around 45,000 square metres, about 1,000 people will be employed in this factory in the future.
|From October, the Semiconductor Technology Group operates as an independent enterprise with the name Carl Zeiss SMT AG.
|Carl Zeiss Meditec AG – the result of a merger between the Ophthalmology Division and the firm Asclepion-Meditec AG – is the first publicly listed company in the Carl Zeiss Group.
|The Carl Zeiss Board of Management presents the new global corporate vision to employees and the public. It is the basis of the new strategic orientation of the company. The message inherent in the new vision is conveyed by the slogan "We make it visible."
|The "Innovation Days" take place for the first time in Göttingen. In the future, this event will be held on a regular basis as a forum for the exchange of information and ideas among scientists and engineers within the Carl Zeiss Group.
|Carl Zeiss retroactively becomes a stock corporation on 1 October 2003. The revised foundation statute comes into effect at the same time. The Carl Zeiss Foundation remains the sole shareholder of the company.
|The Eyeglass Division merges with the US company SOLA to form a leading global supplier of spectacle lenses.
|Official inauguration of the new plant of Carl Zeiss SMT AG, the world' most modern development and production centre for lithography optics.


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How to Dominate Your Husband A Beginners Guide. Your husband has fantasies about being dominated and you have no idea how to fulfill them. You're not alone. Most couples I would say have one member whose fantasies go beyond the comfort zone of the other and you can either ignore them or try to embra


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Demi Lovato: New Arm Tattoo!
Demi Lovato just got a new tattoo and she shared her experience with her fans on Twitter!
The 20-year-old singer and X Factor judge got inked by celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D on Sunday (November 25).
"Thank you so much @thekatvond for my new ink!! I think it's beautiful and I love it!!" Demi wrote of her new tattoo, which also features twelve birds flying up her arm.
"And another picture of my new birdies" Demi added.
WHAT DO YOU THINK of Demi Lovato's new arm tattoo?
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A young Newfoundland student's video about the resettlement of his family from Silver Fox Island in Bonavista Bay is one of six videos chosen winners in this year through Canada's History Young Citizens program.
The winners will attend the Governor General's History Awards at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Dec. 10.
Matthew Rogers of St. John's will also have his video featured at this year's National History Forum in Ottawa.
In his description of the video, Matthew writes:
"My project on Silver Fox Island explores the resources available and the determination of the people who struggled to survive on a small island in Bonavista Bay, NL. They depended upon the land, sea and the air for the necessities of life. When the opportunity was presented from the government, they uprooted their families and moved to larger communities in hope for a better life. These people are my family!"
To view Matthew's video, CLICK HERE.
Canada's History Society encouraged students across Canada to film and re-enact historical milestones in their communities and Matthew's video was selected as one of the six recipients.
A news release notes that every year, more than 110,000 students showcase their history projects at Heritage Fairs across the country. Canada's History Society along with Great-West Life and the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Take Charge program, encouraged students across Canada to film and re-enact historical milestones that mattered most to them and their community. Through Canada's History Young Citizens program, 200 students embraced the challenge and brought history in their towns and cities to life through filmmaking.
"We proudly support Canada's History Society to help recognize and inspire young minds to take a leadership role as we all work to build stronger communities together," says Jan Belanger, Assistant Vice-President, Community Affairs, for Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life. "In sponsoring the 'young citizens' of this program, we're pleased to give them the opportunity to think and express themselves creatively while connecting others to the history in their communities."
Six of the best of these Young Citizens registered the most online votes across Canada and were chosen by a panel of judges to be this year's recipients.
This year's recipients of the Young Citizens program are:
Matthew Rogers – St. John's, NL – Silver Fox Island;
Sierra Friesen – Winnipeg, MB – Emily Murphy;
Frédéric Pelchat – St-Gédéon-de-Beauce, QC – La cartographie;
Kristen Schulz – North Vancouver, BC – The Heritage of My Home;
Kristin Smith – Grande Pointe, MB – Ribbon of Steel: Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway;
Brandon Snyder – Bridgewater, NS – The War of 1812.
To view the entries and contest winners, visit www.YoungCitizens.ca.


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This track would be perfect for any corporate website, a business presentation or any other project that could use a motivational music to send positive and moving messages, such as commercial, advertising, short film, video games, etc. Thank you!
1. Positive Happy Loop: time – 1:10 http://audiojungle.net/item/positive-happy-loop/5504918
2. Corporate Business Day: time – 1:30http://audiojungle.net/item/corporate-business-day/4900795
3. Extreme Advertisement: time – 1:24 http://audiojungle.net/item/extreme-advertisement/5229803
4. Corporate Holiday Good: time – 1:46http://audiojungle.net/item/corporate-holiday-good/4966795
5. Happy Holiday Punk: time – 1:45http://audiojungle.net/item/happy-holiday-punk/4562098 All of these tracks, you can also download separately!


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WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Will Obama kick the SOCCKET?
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — A spirited game of soccer can energize a crowd. Turns out it can also energize a light socket.
The SOCCKET ball, invented by two female Harvard graduates, is among the featured devices President Barack Obama will see on exhibit during a presentation at a Tanzanian power plant Tuesday.
U.S Trade Representative Michael Froman and deputy national security adviser Benjamin Rhodes said they played around with the ball for Obama to get ready for the event.
"We tried it, we test drove it," Froman said.
The ball has been mentioned by former President Bill Clinton as a device that could bring a bit of light to rural areas of undeveloped countries.
According to Uncharted Play, the gadget's manufacturer, the soccer ball has a pendulum-like mechanism that creates kinetic energy during play and stores it. The firm says 30 minutes of play can power a simple LED lamp for three hours. The plan is to distribute the innovative balls to kids.
"Kids play soccer all day long. They take the ball home and you can plug a lamp into it, and they can read at night, or they can plug a cellphone charger into it," Froman said.
No word yet whether Obama, who played some soccer as a child in Indonesia, will create his own energy.
An avid basketball fan, Obama can't seem to take his mind off the game, even during meetings with heads of state from other countries.
So it was after his closed-door, one-on-one meeting with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. At a news conference immediately afterward, Obama said they "covered a lot of ground" but did not discuss a 7-foot-3 Tanzanian athlete who plays center for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the U.S. National Basketball Association.
"The president and I are both basketball fans," Obama said. "We did not discuss Hasheem Thabeet, who plays in the NBA, but maybe next time we'll have a chance to talk about that."
In Senegal last week, Obama openly wished for his beloved Chicago Bulls to draft Senegalese native Gorgui Dieng, who played center for Louisville.
His wish was not fulfilled. Dieng was drafted by the Utah Jazz and traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Obama tried to impress guests at a state dinner in his honor with his humor.
He noted that he arrived in Tanzania from South Africa, and that he was following the path of Robert F. Kennedy, who visited both countries in the same order nearly 50 years ago.
"It was a little different back then. Kennedy and his wife, Ethel, rode in the back of an open truck," Obama said. "The Secret Service has me and Michelle inside a fortified limousine. We call it 'The Beast.'
He continued: "As Kennedy's truck made its way through the crowds, he picked up two boys and let them ride alongside him. The Secret Service doesn't let me do these things."
And the kicker: "When Kennedy came, it was a public holiday here. I apologize to Tanzanians that you all had to work today."
Michelle Obama paid her respects at a memorial for victims of a deadly bombing at the U.S. Embassy here nearly 15 years ago.
The U.S. first lady accepted flowers given to her by girls and placed them at the foot of the memorial, which is located at the National Museum.
The somber moment soon was supplanted by a lively performance by the Baba wa Watoto dance group, which performed for Mrs. Obama, her daughters Malia and Sasha and Tanzania's first lady, Salma Kikwete, at the center that carries the group's name. The center serves underprivileged boys and girls ages 5 to 18.
Mrs. Obama visited on Monday because she has a solo event Tuesday at the same time her husband was scheduled to visit the memorial.
Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn and Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.
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Neisner Brothers, Inc.
List of Deals
Neisner Brothers was a five cent to one dollar chain of general merchandise stores organized in 1911 in Rochester, New York, by brothers Abraham and Joseph Neisner with a cash investment of $12,000. The company grew quickly. By the time it was incorporated in New York in 1916, it had five stores and annual sales of over $500,000. By 1921, the chain had six stores and sales of $1.2 million. By 1927 it had sales of $6.5 million and twenty-two stores located in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
In December 1928 Neisner Brothers created a subsidiary, Neisner Brothers Realty Company. After incorporating this new company in Delaware, Neisner then transferred to it most of the leases and real estate of the operating company. In February 1929 Neisner acquired a substantial interest in British Home Stores, Ltd., of England, marking the first step in a broad expansion program. British Home operated a chain of three-pence-to-one-shilling stores located in London and environs. Besides F.W. Woolworth, British Home Stores was the only other chain store operating in Britain.
The year 1929 capped a decade of sensational growth for Neisner. The Neisner common stock was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in October of that year, and sales for 1929 were $15.1 million, up 39 percent from $10.9 million in 1928. Beginning in 1930, the effects of the Great Depression and an ambitious expansion program left their mark on the bottom line. In 1930, sales grew from $15.1 million to $16.5 million, yet net income fell from $861,639 to $175,642. In the following two years sales fell and the company experienced its first losses since at least 1916.
As the 1930s progressed, the company's fortunes once again started to turn for the better. Sales and net income returned to 1929 levels in 1934 with earnings of $831,995 from revenues of $16.6 million. Income was $1.2 million from sales of $20.9 million in 1936. Part of this improvement could be attributed to an improvement in the economy, to the company's reduced inventory, to its selling its entire interest in British Home Stores for one million dollars to an English syndicate, and to the premature death of the elder Neisner brother, Abraham, at age forty-nine, and the insurance the company received from his estate.
By 1937 Neisner was operating 108 stores and still selling merchandise in the five cent to one-dollar range. The company now employed 3,787.


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Liquid Daffodil is best known for their incredibly random, but useful Windows Phone apps (let's not get started on branding). The developer has got in touch with us to reveal numerous new apps that are well on the way to the Windows Phone Store. One of these apps is called piehole, a unique app that enables you to enjoy random Vines submitted by the community.
So who is piehole for? Do you enjoy browsing through Vine entries on the likes of 6Sec? Well, piehole will enable you to catch random submissions in a new and unique experience. Instead of focusing on just people you follow, who could well publish similar content, piehole lets you go slightly random and trust the app to provide you with some interesting Vines to view.
Since piehole interacts with the Vine community, integration with 6Sec, a popular unofficial Vine client for Windows Phone, is also featured. Find a Vine you like? Favourite it, share it with friends or open directly with 6Sec and start following that user. The beauty of piehole is that because it's all random, you'll never know what you'll come across next. Be it random, crazy, weird, boring or hilarious.
The app itself is real nice looking, but simple in functionality. You fire piehole up, connect to Twitter and away you go. Utilising similar touches to 6Sec, swiping left (or right) on each Vine listing will reveal sharing (retweet), like and 6Sec options. Searching is also featured, simply type in more than 5 letters and you'll be greeted by a bunch of results relevant to the query.
Ready to enjoy Vines in a new and random way? Grab piehole from the Windows Phone Store for $0.99 using the link or QR code below. We've also been told that Piehole will also be available for Windows 8.