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World's Largest Barbecue Franchise Re-Opens Oviedo Location and Welcomes New Owners
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Nov. 6, 2012 11:00 PM
OVIEDO, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It is with great passion and pride that Dickey's Barbecue announces the Oviedo restaurant will re-open under new management on Thursday, November 8 at 11 a.m. In order to remind the community what they have been missing for months, Dickey's will be giving the first 100 customers a free Pulled Pork Big Barbecue sandwich.
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"When we saw Dickey's Barbecue Pit go up for sale in June, we knew that it would be the best adventure for our family," said Glenn Hughes who owns and operates this location with his wife Stephanie. "We can't wait to bring the joy of great tasting barbecue back to our community."
Glenn has spent 30 years in the technology sector, and his wife Stephanie has been in the insurance industry for over 15 years. The couple has three sons.
Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Oviedo is located at 5414 Deep Lake Road, Suite 1152, across from Kohl's and Wal-Mart. The store phone number is 407.571.9506. Dickey's is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
"We are unlike most restaurants because both my wife and I are actually in the store serving customers," said Glenn Hughes. "As owners, we want to make sure the community knows how passionate we are about our business and how dedicated we are to making our customers love our slow smoked barbecue."
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HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man is accused of killing his Chihuahua by deliberately hitting it with his car in an attack caught on surveillance video.
The Torrance Daily Breeze (http://bit.ly/1gcrWYl ) says a resident found the dead animal Thursday.
Police investigated and found the video from Dec. 28 that shows a man in an alley removing something from his trunk of a car — possibly the dog. The Chihuahua then runs in front of the car, and the car runs it over before driving off. The dog is left convulsing and bloody.
Hawthorne police Lt. Scott Swain says investigators traced the car and arrested Michael Parker on Friday on suspicion of willful animal cruelty.
The Hawthorne resident was later released and couldn't be reached for comment.
Police haven't released a motive for the killing.
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Date: Nov 05, 2012
Press Release Number: 187-2012
PATH will resume limited rail service on Tuesday, November 6, beginning at 5 a.m. Trains will run from Journal Square in Jersey City to 33rd Street in Manhattan and in the return direction until 10 p.m.
Stops will include:
Jersey City, NJ
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There will not be stops at Christopher and 9th Streets in Manhattan. Disabled passengers will have access only to the platforms at Journal Square and 33rd Street.
Service remains suspended between Newark Penn Station and Journal Square, Hoboken, Exchange Place, Harrison, and World Trade Center as recovery efforts are continuing.
The Port Authority cautions passengers to expect extended waits and potential service delays as PATH personnel and third-party contractors continue working around-the-clock to safely return the entire system to normal service. In an effort to minimize delays in operations, the Port Authority is waiving fares for Tuesday, November 6.
The PATH system suffered unprecedented and widespread flooding in the tunnels and at multiple stations, as well as power outages that shut down signals and switches. Crews continue to work to restore power and to pump water from some of the tunnels.
The PATH rail system reported nearly 77 million commuter trips in 2011. It is our goal to return the system to a status of fully operational as soon as conditions safely permit. We appreciate the patience of our loyal passengers during this difficult time and pledge our continued efforts to return other stations and lines back to safe operation. For up to date information please go to our website http://www.panynj.gov/path/ and follow us on Twitter @PATHTweet.
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Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where construction crews are building the iconic One World Trade Center, which is now the tallest skyscraper in New York. The Port Authority receives no tax revenue from either the state of New York or New Jersey or from the City of New York. The agency relies on revenues generated by facility users, tolls, fees and rents as well as loans, bond financing, and federal grants to fund its operations. For more information, please visit http://www.panynj.gov.


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Marilyn joined the department in 1997, has taught numerous
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department with our initial, successful accreditation application
as well as our recent re-accreditation, and held several leadership
positions over her tenure in the department. She served on numerous
committees at the department, school, and college level including
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older adults and use of virtual reality as a therapeutic medium for
adult intervention. Marilyn has forged strong relationships with
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It has been a while since I've done one of these and I thought it was time.
I truly wish I had much more time to devote to this blog but with managing the shop, being a mommy & wife and sister & daughter...there just isn't enough of me to go around.
I am excited to say though that the blog is getting a facelift! I've tried to do as much as I can on my own, with little time and I feel like it's really looking shabby and neglected. My good (and talented) friend Ana is working on it though and I hope we'll get something great finished here soon. Don't expect fire works or anything, I want to clean up some things, add a navigation option so old posts are more easily found along with a new logo and more organized columns. Other than that, I enjoy reading blogs with very simple layouts so I'm doing the same, just a better version of simple I hope!


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Before the end of The Search for WondLa, Eva Nine had never seen another human, but after a human boy named Hailey rescues her along with her companions, she couldn't be happier. Eva thinks she has everything she's ever dreamed of, especially when Hailey brings her and her friends to the colony of New Attica, where humans of all shapes and sizes live in apparent peace and harmony.
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* Islamic finance loses powerful political backing
* Potential demand among population still there
* Egypt increasingly reliant on Gulf economic ties
* Officials do not rule out sovereign sukuk issue
* Bankers see no impact on business since July
By Ahmed Lotfy and Andrew Torchia
CAIRO/DUBAI, Sept 1 (Reuters) - With the fall of the Muslim
Brotherhood, Islamic finance has lost strong political support
in the most populous Arab nation. But economic pressures mean
the industry remains likely to grow and the country will
eventually start issuing Islamic bonds.
Islamic finance, which obeys religious principles such as a
ban on interest payments, was neglected and even discouraged by
authorities for ideological reasons in the three decades before
the revolution which ousted President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
The market share of Islamic banks in Egypt is only about 5
percent, well below estimates of roughly 25 percent in the
developed Arab economies of the Gulf.
That seemed about to change when Islamist President Mohamed
Mursi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, took power in June
2012. The Brotherhood made expanding Islamic finance one of its
top economic policy planks, promising to issue sovereign sukuk,
introduce rules to facilitate Islamic fund-raising by companies,
and reform the operations of Islamic endowments.
This political backing has disappeared with the ouster of
Mursi in an army-backed uprising in early July; the interim
government which is to serve until elections early next year has
much less fondness for Islamic finance.
But underlying demand among Egypt's mostly Muslim population
of 84 million, the country's need to develop what financing
sources it can, and the growing role of wealthy Arab countries
in the Egyptian economy mean the sector may still grow.
"Sukuk will be available in Egypt particularly because they
are the sole instrument used by some investors in the Gulf
Cooperation Council and southeast Asia," Sherif Sami, the new
head of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority, told
Reuters last week.
Sami stressed his body would only handle the technical side
of sukuk issues, and any decision to push forward with legal
changes to facilitate sukuk would be political.
The technocrats who dominate Egypt's new economic policy
team, many of them with experience from the Mubarak era, have
shown little personal interest in Islamic finance.
The image of political Islam has been severely damaged in
the eyes of many Egyptians by Mursi's troubled year in office
and his weak management of the economy.
But long-term demand for Islamic financial services has not
necessarily changed. Only around 10 or 15 percent of Egyptians
use formal banking services, analysts estimate; this implies
great potential for growth in both conventional and Islamic
finance, and sharia-compliant banking could be a way to draw
many people into the formal financial system.
Abdel Rahman Al Kafrawi, head of Islamic transactions at
Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit (PBDAC),
said he had noticed no negative impact since July on business at
the 18 PBDAC branches offering Islamic finance.
The state-run bank, which caters to Egyptian farmers,
launched sharia-compliant retail banking earlier this year,
setting aside an initial 50 million Egyptian pounds ($7.1
million) to provide financing for the purchase of durable goods,
agricultural equipment and education fees.
"Such needs never cease to exist regardless of politics or
macroeconomics, and hence no negative impact has been felt or is
expected," he said.
Mursi's government fought a six-month battle to pass a law
clearing the way for sovereign sukuk issues, overcoming a bitter
controversy over the use of state-owned assets to back sukuk.
Officials then talked of Egypt making a debut international
issue of Islamic bonds this year, and of raising $10 billion a
year by selling sukuk.
Such hopes always looked too optimistic, and because it will
take time to make technical preparations and restore political
stability, a sovereign sukuk sale may not be possible before
late next year. But that does not mean future Egyptian
governments will abandon the idea.
In the past year, governments and companies in the Gulf and
Turkey have stepped up sukuk issues, tapping large pools of
Islamic funds whose demand for sharia-compliant instruments has
exceeded supply.
To help replenish its foreign exchange reserves and bridge
its huge state budget deficit, Egypt will remain under strong
pressure to follow suit - especially since the Gulf has become
increasingly important to the Egyptian economy.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have
become Egypt's main financial backers since Mursi was deposed,
pledging $12 billion in aid. Any revival of foreign investment
in Egypt is expected to depend heavily on the Gulf.
Finance Minister Ahmed Galal told reporters last month that
the interim government had no problems in principle with using
sukuk, but would not make them its principal instrument.
While post-Mursi governments are likely to promote Islamic
finance less aggressively than the Muslim Brotherhood, they may
regulate it more efficiently - most types of economic
policy-making under Mursi were marred by political bickering and
bureaucratic logjams. So in the long term, Islamic finance may
develop in a more healthy environment.
Shahinaz Rashad, executive director of the Cairo-based
Metropolitan Training Academy, which offers training to
personnel at Islamic financial institutions, said customer
demand had not slackened since July.
"Clients are pursuing their personal preferences, whether
Islamic or conventional, regardless of who is on top in the
government," she said.
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The Nobel committee said their research on "vesicle traffic" — the transport system of our cells — helped scientists understand how "cargo is delivered to the right place at the right time" inside cells.
"Disturbances in this system have deleterious effects and contribute to conditions such as neurological diseases, diabetes and immunological disorders," the committee said.
Rothman is a professor at Yale University while Schekman is at the University of California, Berkeley. Suedhof joined Stanford University in 2008.
The medicine prize kicked off this year's Nobel announcements. The awards in physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be announced by other prize juries this week and next. Each prize is worth 8 million Swedish kronor ($1.2 million).


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The only possible practical SSTV uplink scenarios that I can think of are: 1) Full duplex repeater so everyone can hear whats going on the uplink 2) Completely secret uplink for one station per orbit (assigned like a school contact) I don't see any possibility at all of a full 40 seconds of clear uplink otherwise... Good luck. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: email@example.com > [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Steve > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:02 PM > To: amsat > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS > > I believe this would be impractical. There are a number of satellite > operators that don't read these messages. Of those that do, > there are bound > to be some who don't wish to comply with the rules for one reason or > another. If only a hand-full don't cooperate the resulting > pandemonium would > encourage those that do cooperate to abandon the program or give up. > > If you've ever been in a DX pileup, you'll know what I'm > talking about. > > Steve .. AI7W > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr Jeffrey L Ross" > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 15:42 UTC > Subject: [amsat-bb] xmit sstv to the ISS > > > > Hi folks, one member just reminded me about what is the > chance one station > > uplinking one picture uniterrupted? > > Maybe we could cordinate here and use are calls as a your > turn my turn > > such > > as abzzz goes first as his starts with A, or use the last > letter of the > > call > > such as kc8gkf and everyone with f in there call (last > letter) thats there > > day to xmit up. something like that I think we could work > out. That would > > cut down on the stations trying to xmit up. Or someone > could pass out > > times > > to the users (get a list here) to xmit up. Anyother ideas? > > > > kc8gkf > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of > the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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November 18. 2013 10:29PM
Starbucks loses 'Charbucks' appeal against NH coffee roaster
By TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
A small, family-owned New Hampshire coffee roaster has scored a grande victory in a 12-year legal battle with coffee giant Starbucks.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Black Bear Micro Roastery in Tuftonboro may keep selling "Charbucks Blend," "Mister Charbucks" and "Mr. Charbucks" coffee.
Starbucks Corp. had first sued Black Bear in 2001, charging that the business was "blurring" its brand by selling the beans, which were named for Black Bear's very dark roast.
Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier wrote that Seattle-based Starbucks did not deserve an injunction to stop Charbucks sales, having failed to prove that consumers would be confused by brand blurring.
The New York-based appeals court let stand a December 2011 finding by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan that Charbucks was "only weakly associated with the minimally similar" Starbucks trademark.
Black Bear owner Jim Clark said the ruling was a relief. "All I can say is all my wife and I wanted for these past years is for this to be over. It has been a ridiculously stressful situation for us. Hopefully this is the end of it," he said.
Black Bear does business under the name Wolfe's Borough Coffee Inc. Clark said he had nothing against Starbucks as a corporation or Howard Schultz, its founder and chief executive. "I've listened to Schultz speak, and I think he's very pro-small business," he said. "I don't think he would have anything to do with this, but it's a big corporation and everything gets delegated. I think there were just some very bad decisions (by the company)."
Clark said his insurance originally covered the legal costs associated with the case because Starbucks had sought both an injunction and $150,000 in damages. After Starbucks appealed the case, the Manchester-based firm Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green took it on pro bono, Clark said. He credited the firm's lawyers with presenting a "superior" case to Starbucks' attorneys.
A spokesman for Starbucks said in a statement that the company had made "significant investments" to develop its brand and intellectual property. "We have an obligation to protect our intellectual property from infringement in order to retain our exclusive rights to it," spokesman Zack Hutson said.
Hutson did not indicate whether Starbucks would drop its legal action, but he said the company is "respecting the court's decision."
A centerpiece of Starbucks' case had been a phone survey of 600 people by the pollster Warren Mitofsky, which found that "the number one association of the name 'Charbucks' in the minds of consumers is with the brand 'Starbucks.'"
But the 2nd Circuit said the survey was "fundamentally flawed" and drew its conclusions from how consumers thought of "Charbucks" in isolation, not its real-world context.
It said that while 39.5 percent of participants thought of "Starbucks" or "coffee" when asked what came to mind upon hearing "Charbucks," just 4.4 percent said "Starbucks" or "coffee house" when asked who might sell a "Charbucks" product. "Grocery store" was the most popular answer to that question.
Christopher Cole, a lawyer at Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green representing Black Bear, said in an interview, "This is a sound decision. It flows from the dramatic dissimilarity between how the different products actually appear in commerce and are seen by consumers."
Starbucks has grown since 1971 from a single store in Seattle's Pike Place Market into the world's largest coffee shop chain, with close to 18,000 stores in 60 countries and more than $14.8 billion of annual revenue.
Black Bear created "Charbucks Blend" in 1997 and now sells dark-roast coffee as "Mister Charbucks" and "Mr. Charbucks."
The 2nd Circuit noted that one reason Black Bear used "Charbucks" was the public perception that Starbucks uses an unusually dark roast for its coffee.
Material from Reuters was used in this article.


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Immigration Bill Would Open the Gates to More Tech Talent
Apr 17, 2013 12:54 PM PT
A group of senators known as the "Gang of Eight" on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan immigration bill that could permit an increase in H-1B visas for high-tech workers. The group is led by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and John McCain, R-Ariz. Another notable member is Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the GOP's latest rising star.
This legislation is the biggest effort at bipartisan immigration reform since 2007, when a Senate proposal was met by opposition in the House.
Of particular interest to the tech industry, the new bill would raise the current base cap on H-1B visas from 65,000 to 110,000 a year. However, as many as 180,000 visas could be made available based on industry demand and employment opportunities for certain tech-related skills.
The cap on additional H-1B visas made available to foreigners holding advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields, also has been raised, from 20,000 to 25,000.
Thus, the total number of H-1B visas eventually could reach 205,000 per year if the legislation is adopted.
The Gang of Eight called the overall immigration reform a common-sense way to fix a broken system, promising that it will help secure America's borders while advancing economic growth.
Visa Increase
One criticism of the bill is that the H-1B increase could discourage U.S. students from entering STEM fields.
"U.S. workers will be losers, since they will be competing with more temporary foreign workers for each tech job," said Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy Institute.
"In computer and information science and in engineering, U.S. colleges graduate 50 percent more students than take jobs in those fields each year. Of those computer science graduates not entering an IT job, 32 percent say it is because IT jobs are unavailable; 53 percent say they found better job opportunities outside of IT occupations," he told the E-Commerce Times.
"Universities will be winners, because more of their grads will be exempted from the quotas, making enrollment in their programs even more valuable to foreign students," Eisenbrey added.
Striking a Balance
While this bill does promise to increase the cap on foreign workers, it also requires companies that utilize large amounts of foreign labor to pay a price for it.
Firms that rely primarily on foreign employees could face fees of US$5,000 to $10,000 per H-1B visa, depending on the overall percent of visa holders in a company's workforce.
"The bill might discourage some visa use by Indian outsourcing firms, which will have to pay higher fees for each H-1B they hire," said Eisenbrey.
"The legislation does have a sunset clause, which is aimed at Indian IT or American consulting firms," noted Neil Ruiz, senior policy analyst and associate fellow at the Brookings Institute. "There is an extra fee if your firm hires more than 30 percent H-1B visa workers in your total workforce."
Techies' Path to Citizenship
The bill could also change the way many foreign workers apply to be U.S. citizens, as H-1B has been used as a way station, of sorts, for green card holders.
"Employers could sponsor those who are working for a bachelor degree or above, and they could apply for citizenship without going through H-1B," Ruiz told the E-Commerce Times.
Winner and Losers
Who wins or loses with this reform largely depends on point of view. Proponents say it offers more opportunities for American businesses to recruit the best talent, but opponents claim it reduces opportunities for those already here.
"The proposal seems to be very balanced," Ruiz observed. "It is a win for American businesses, including technology centers, but also protects American workers at the same time. It very much based on supply-and-demand metrics."
However, it could upset that balance of supply and demand, suggested Eisenbrey.
"H-1Bs already take about 30-50 percent of net new computer science and IT engineering positions each year," he pointed out. "Doubling the number will drastically reduce opportunities for U.S. students and workers."


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Fox Business anchor Trish Regan backs New Hampshire's Amazon bidBy MIKE COTE
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 20. 2017 7:24PM
The Granite State will get a promotional boost Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, before a national audience when Fox Business anchor Trish Regan makes the case for Amazon to choose New Hampshire for its second global headquarters.
The 2 p.m. segment will feature Regan's cousin, Deaglan McEachern, one of the organizers of an online petition calling for New Hampshire lawmakers to pursue luring Amazon here.
Gov. Chris Sununu and Taylor Caswell, commissioner of the state's Department of Business and Economic Affairs, have been working on a bid. On Friday, the state's Democratic Party Leadership also called on the Republican governor to pursue the project.
New Hampshire's proximity to Boston would allow the state to become a magnet for the workforce Amazon needs — one that would be attracted by the state's lack of income and sales taxes, Sununu said Wednesday. He said he has been talking with business leaders as well as elected officials as his office puts a team together.
"That's how you go after these types of companies," Sununu said. "You bring these peer support systems in." New Hampshire doesn't need to prove it has the best government but that it offers the best state, the best quality of life, for the company's long-term vision, he said.
McEachern, who recently moved back to his native Portsmouth with his family, is a veteran of the tech industry in San Francisco. While he realizes the state's chances of winning the national contest are slim, McEachern has said that the goal is "to raise awareness around the types of jobs that are coming to the economy and what is required of communities, cities and states in terms of attracting that talent."
Regan, a former Miss New Hampshire who grew up in Hampton, touted her home state when news broke that the Seattle tech giant was seeking a spot for a new campus that will employ 50,000 workers during the next two decades and include more than $5 billion in capital expenditures. "I think #NewHampshire would be a pretty good spot!" Regan tweeted Sept. 7.
Regan says New Hampshire could attract investment via a lower corporate tax rate, which would make the state the ideal place for a business to set up shop.
"You can't beat the people and the quality of life," she said via email Tuesday night. "The jobs would be great for the state — and we definitely have a lot to offer."
Amazon's list of preferences for the new headquarters includes financial incentives, such as tax credits and exemptions. The executive director of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, a free-market think tank in Concord, says that's reason enough for New Hampshire to sit out the competition.
"Rather than join other states in a contest to see who can give the most taxpayer money to the world's third-largest retailer, run by one of the three richest men on the planet, state officials should continue focusing on making New Hampshire a better place to live, work and do business for all," said Andrew Cline, interim president, in a statement.
Matt Pierson, a Bedford-based investment banker and venture capitalist who serves on the board of the New Hampshire High Tech Council, says New Hampshire doesn't have enough skilled workers to meet Amazon's needs. "I would prefer to see ... workforce development occur at an incremental, scaled-up level to support New Hampshire's existing businesses before we try to attack an Amazon or a similar company that is going to suck all the best people out of all these little startups," he said.


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Pujols doing more on surgically repaired knee
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols hopes to begin agility drills and light running in a couple of days to test his surgically repaired right knee.
Pujols underwent arthroscopic surgery on the knee in October, what he considered a minor cleanup procedure, but said Thursday he will ease into spring training with the hopes of being fully healthy for opening day.
"It was just regular rehab," Pujols said. "Everyone knows that a week after the season needed to have a little cleanup to my right knee. You saw how I played the last six or seven weeks of the season. I was in a lot of plain. Everything's good, I rehabbed really well. Coming down to spring training is going to be a little bit different than last year where I was kind of doing everything. Right now, I'm kind of easing into it. My goal is to be ready for opening day."
He said he will get his at-bats in some Cactus League games as soon as his knee can handle it. There's no reason to overdo things in mid-February with the season still almost two months away, he said.
Pujols struggled early last season and hit .285 with 30 homers and 105 RBIs in his first season with the Angels after leaving the St. Louis Cardinals on a $240 million, 10-year deal.
He strained his right calf in late August, and was limited on the basepaths and in the field for the rest of the season. Pujols largely was a designated hitter down the stretch, and his leg injury noticeably affected his baserunning.
The three-time NL MVP has begun hitting and fielding groundballs. The Angels' first full-squad spring workout is Friday at Tempe Diablo Stadium.
"We're going to keep it simple, not much running yet," Pujols said. "We have plenty of time. I'm not going to rush myself."


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Hey there everyone, I haven't had my computer for almost a week now and it is driving me nutso! It has been hanging out at the Mac store since last Wednesday and they only just started working on it last night... As someone whose entire career/s are managed off of her computer, it has been both kind of nice to be forced to take a break from some work but also torture because when I can't work, I can't sustain myself and my businesses. Technology is a double edged sword, it is so helpful when it's working, and other times it bites ya in the bootie. But hopefully I'll get my computer back tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to pay all my bills tomorrow! Fingers crossed!
Along with that, I wanted to talk about Pinterest for a little bit. Like I said, technology is a double edged sword. I am amazed and honored that I have over 500,000 followers on Pinterest and on quite a few of my individual boards, I have over a million followers. Yea, what?? Isn't that crazy insane? I don't know how it happened because Pinterest has been pretty much the only online site that I don't use for business, only play. I guess that just pinning what I love and finding happiness just playing around on Pinterest has made other people happy too who have found my boards. Hooray for happy and loving community, right?
What I do need to point out though is that I have been getting a lot of really frustrating comments on my Pins lately. It starts with one person leaving a negative comment on a pin then someone else chiming in with them, dramatizing the negative comment. Then someone else jumps in to either defend me and my taste or just the product I pinned itself. And then it escalates into women just straight up being nasty, demeaning and rude to each other through pointless argumentative debates on Pinterest. Here are a couple of prime examples:
- Women escalating to bitching each other out and putting each other down over commenting on a RING. Just completely ridiculous. I couldn't restrain myself from leaving a final comment on this one and I do hope the ladies who were being rude read my comment and take the words with thoughtfulness and kindness.
- Ladies getting judgmental and dramatic over a mixed patterned outfit. It's ok to not like a style or trend. It's ok to have opinions, but do we need to be so rude and theatrical about it? I would like to personally apologize to the ever so sweet Angie (Angela Bailey on Pinterest) as I saw that a woman was directly rude to Angie in the comments of this post and I was pretty frustrated reading it. Angie, thanks for not biting back at her with demeaning words like she did to you (Smiley faces do not mask a rude comment, by the way.) It was hard for me to not jump in and get mad at that women directly but I think we have more grace than that, right?
- Ladies criticizing each other over the spelling of the expression "Woot" while commenting on a picture of SHOES. Ai yi yi... pointless arguments.
- I got really really really frustrated reading the comments back and forth on this beautiful image of a girl with piercings. I really CANT STAND seeing people, especially women being so self righteous. One older woman was pretty demeaning to the younger generations. Then a younger girl gets frustrated, rightfully so, and vocalizes her thoughts but lets her words escalating to a really combative level. Not so cool. Then another middle aged woman who at first was pretty nice about her thoughts on the image suddenly just attacks the younger girl saying "Who you YOU think You are" and in the same paragraph says she herself RESPECTS others. Ermm... sometimes being respectful means checking yourself and knowing when to just walk away from the conversation rather than egging others on. Getting in arguments that escalate and escalate, generations attacking other generations, using the mask of the internet to not check yourself and your words and how you treat others... this just sucks, you guys. It sucks. And it makes me really sad seeing it on my Pins when I have not encouraged this sort of language. I just pin what I love.
I've got to say that I am just sick of women treating each other badly, especially on the web, especially on my Pinterest boards. I grew up in a lot of ways having to be my own mom, having to learn at an early age the importance of setting a good example for my little sisters, for younger generations, for peers and elders, having to make due when I couldn't find good women role models. I care so deeply about empowering women and encouraging women to find strength in their voices. I care about the community of women on the web, I care about how we treat each other, how we show respect and grace on the web. I care about that fact that we all have different opinions, and we are all entitled to different opinions. But there are times when we just DON'T need to vocalize all of our thoughts, especially when those thoughts are negative, overly dramatized and may hurt someone else.
I want to ask you friends if you would please take a pledge to be KIND and thoughtful with your words on Pinterest. And that should spread to our blogs, our twitter, facebook, all of our social media accounts too. It is so much easier to spread hateful and demeaning words when we are behind the safety of our computer screens, I do understand that. It is hard to keep ourselves in check when we are rapidly typing away and not taking control of our emotions in the moment. We are women and we have SO much greatness inside of us to spread, and to do that, we've got to keep ourselves in check when those negatives emotions arise. We are not merely emotional beings but we have wisdom, strength and powerful minds that guide our emotions, our thoughts, and how we express those feelings and thoughts. So let's reflect our better, more graceful, wise and kind selves on the web, and especially on Pinterest. You and I will feel better for doing so. Will you join in? I would love it if you would pin the image at the top of this post to try and share this message on Pinterest. Feel free to drag it to your desktop to post on your blog or wherever. Let's spread a message of kindness and positivity on the web. <3


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U.S. stocks rose amid optimism lawmakers will reach a budget agreement before the end of the year to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases. Treasuries climbed and the Dollar Index halted its longest slump in more than a year. Oil and gasoline slid on supply data.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 0.2 percent to 1,409.28 at 4 p.m. in New York after earlier slumping as much as 0.6 percent. Ten-year U.S. note yields lost one basis point to 1.59 percent and the Dollar Index increased 0.2 percent after declining for five days. Spain's bonds extended losses after the government missed a maximum sales target at a debt sale.
A few dozen Republicans joined a bipartisan call to break the impasse between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over taxes for the highest-earning Americans, signing a letter calling for exploration of "all options." Obama told a business group in Washington that "nobody wants to get this done more than me" and lawmakers probably could solve the budget debate in about a week if Republicans move.
"The President had a more positive tone with regard to a resolution of the fiscal cliff today," said Rick Fier, director of equity trading at Conifer Securities LLC in New York. His firm oversees $8 billion in assets. "People expected the worst when he gets on the TV and he didn't come across so negatively so the sellers stopped."
Banks Rally
Citigroup Inc. surged, and diversified financial firms led gains among 24 industries in the S&P 500, after announcing it will eliminate more than 11,000 jobs and scale back operations in some emerging markets. Bank of America Corp. also rallied. Trading in the two companies led to a surge in trading volume, according to Miller Tabak & Co. chief technical analyst Jonathan Krinsky. Trading of S&P 500 stocks was more than 25 percent higher than the 30-day average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Travelers Cos., the insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, jumped after saying it is resuming share buybacks and projecting that superstorm Sandy will cost the company about $650 million. Plains Exploration & Production Co. and McMoRan Exploration Co. surged as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. agreed to acquire them for about $9 billion.
Apple Inc. slid and led the S&P 500's earlier decline amid concern Nokia Oyj is getting a leg up in China. Market researcher IDC said the company's share in the global tablet market will slip to less than half by 2016.
Two-year Treasury yields decreased less than one basis point to 0.24 percent and 30-year rates were little changed at 2.78 percent. Treasury 10-year yields were in a range of 22 basis points last month, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, the narrowest since April 2007. This month, the gap has been 5.6 basis points, or 0.056 percentage point.
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DENVER (AP) LeBron James had 27 points and 12 assists, and the short-handed Miami Heat ended a decade-long drought in Denver with a 98-93 win over the Nuggets on Thursday night.
Shane Battier added 18 points - all on 3-pointers - in the Heat's first win at Denver since Jan. 29, 2002, a streak of 10 straight losses. Every other NBA team has won at the Pepsi Center during that span.
The Heat nearly blew a 19-point second-half lead but held on despite being without Dwyane Wade (foot) and Mario Chalmers, who went to the bench after just 7 1/2 minutes with a strained right triceps.
Andre Miller had 19 points and Kenneth Faried led the Nuggets with 16 points and a career-high 20 rebounds. Ty Lawson, who is averaging 13.5 points, didn't score.
Lawson would have given Denver its first lead of the night with 5:35 remaining, but his basket was waived off when he was whistled for an offensive foul for running over Battier.
Coming off a loss to the Clippers 24 hours earlier, the Heat looked primed for a letdown at altitude but instead never trailed in beating Denver for the second time in two weeks.
Ray Allen, who had the go-ahead four-point play with 6.7 seconds left in a 119-116 win over Denver in Miami on Nov. 3, sank a 3-pointer just before halftime that gave the Heat a 54-42 lead at the break after committing just two turnovers.
The Heat went up 70-51 on back-to-back 3s by Mike Miller and Battier and still led 79-66 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets cut the Heat's lead to one point on a couple of occasions - but kept blowing chances to go ahead.
JaVale McGee had 18 points, including a hook shot after getting the inbounds with just 0.4 seconds left on the shot clock that made it 79-74, and the Nuggets chipped away until Andre Miller's three-point play pulled Denver to 85-84.
That's when Lawson had a breakaway and as the crowd cheered what it thought was Denver's first lead of the night, his foul negated the bucket and James scored at the other end.
After missing two free throws, Faried made two, pulling Denver to 92-89. Andre Iguodala's two foul shots at 1:37 made it a one-point game again.
Allen missed a 3, but Danilo Gallinari rushed a long-range 3-pointer with about 15 seconds left on the shot clock that missed the basket by several feet.
Norris Cole made the Nuggets pay with a 3-pointer at the other end for a 95-91 lead with under a minute left.
Gallinari then mistakenly let the ball go out of bounds at midcourt, giving possession back to Miami, and James sank two free throws with 23 seconds left to ice it.
Wade was held out because of a sprained left foot a night after scoring just six points - well below his 18.4-point average - in Miami's 107-100 loss to the Clippers.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the move was cautionary, emphasizing, ``It's not anything major. He has a bunch of little, minor, nagging injuries, so we'll continue to take it day by day.''
Notes: Several Denver Broncos were in attendance. Champ Bailey was sporting a LeBron sweat shirt at team headquarters. ``Oh, dang. Don't call me out like that,'' he said. ``I'm always rooting for the Nuggets. I like LeBron, don't get me wrong. He's a great player. But I'm Nuggets all the way.'' Not so Miami native Elvis Dumervil, but even he declined to disparage Denver. ``That's a tough question,'' he said when asked if he had split loyalties. How about this: Excited to see LeBron? ``Yeah, let's put it that way,'' Dumervil said. ... The Nuggets hit the road again now, travelling to San Antonio, Memphis and Minnesota. ... Faried's previous best was 17 rebounds, accomplished twice, including Saturday against Golden State.
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Y'all, it's official. We told you about how Miley Cyrus Twitter-dumped Liam Hemsworth over the weekend. Now her rep confirms Miley's engagement with Liam is officially off. Dunzo. Finito. Other word in another language that means over and ends in the letter "o." Can someone name one? Whatever. The point is, that thing we kept forgetting was supposed to happen (Miley and Liam getting married someday) is NOT going to happen after all. What a relief! Not that we believed that wedding was ever actually going to take place, because don't make me laugh. But at least they've finally dropped the exhausting charade.
"Liam and Miley are completely done and broken up," an insider told Us Weekly. And now, as we sort through the shattered wreckage of this on-again, off-again love story, it is time for us to feel our feelings. Here are all the emotions we're having about the Miley-Liam split.
First of all, we're just tremendously grateful that this engagement is over and everyone is moving on.
I mean, what took you so long, Liam? How much of Miley's immature acting out could you take? And how dense could you be that this girl was just not that into you?
We don't understand why anyone would even attempt to marry Miley Cyrus. You do not marry Miley. You witness Miley.
Every time Miley and Liam told us they were TOTALLY still a couple, we were just so exasperated.
Seriously losing patience with these two. And then after that crazy VMAs performance? We just lost it.
So yes, we're extremely happy with Miley and Liam for finally arriving at this very mature conclusion, however they reached it.
Seriously, brought us to tears. But a warning to you, Miley and Liam. Do not, DO NOT!!! Attempt a reconciliation. Ever. Not even when you're in you're 80s. I am warning you.
How do you feel about Miley and Liam's split?
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Gerard Butler: From NYC to LAX!
Gerard Butler is handsome as he touches down at LAX Airport after arriving from a flight on Monday (February 17) in Los Angeles.
The 44-year-old actor made sure to sign autographs as he was greeted by a crowd of fans while making his way through the terminal.
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That same day, Gerard was spotted rocking a furry brown coat while chatting with an individual on his cell phone in the East Village neighborhood of New York City.
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COLUMIBANA, Ala. (AP) — Black residents are wondering what might happen to their electoral chances in the Alabama county at the heart of the Supreme Court decision blocking part of a civil rights law.
Located near Birmingham, Shelby County has grown dramatically in the decades since Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965. But white conservatives were in control of the county government both then and now.
Republican county school board chairman Aubrey Miller is the only black person holding countywide office in Shelby County, and he says the federal law is suffering a premature death. He fears the county will slide back toward discrimination.
County attorney Butch Ellis says the area has changed dramatically since the '60s, and Shelby County shouldn't be subjected to federal oversight of changes in its election practices.
Shelby County filed suit to block part of the Voting Rights Act in 2010 following an election challenge involving the city of Calera. The Supreme Court sided with the county in a decision Tuesday.


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TRENTON – Citing "selfishness" and "duplicity," an angry and frustrated Gov. Christie blamed a fellow Republican, House Speaker John Boehner, for withholding $60 billion in aid for Sandy victims.
"Last night politics was placed before our oath to serve our citizens," Christie said at news conference carried live on CNN. "For me it was disappointing and disgusting to watch."
Minutes after Christie wrapped up his remarks, which dominated cable news and trended on Twitter, House Republicans said votes on Sandy aid would be held by Jan. 15. Two votes may be held, with the first coming this Friday for $9 billion in flood relief.
But Christie had been assured that the House of Representatives would vote on the Sandy aid package before the current Congress adjourns tomorrow. The Senate, with bipartisan support, had already approved it. Then, at 11:20 last night, he was told Boehner pulled the bill without explanation.
So Christie called Boehner. He called four times. But the highest-ranked Republican in the country wouldn't take the governor's calls.
Christie began his remarks this afternoon by listing the amount of time it took Congress to send aid to victims of other natural disasters – like 10 days for Hurricane Katrina. By contrast, it's been 66 days since Sandy damaged or destroyed 346,000 New Jersey homes and housing units, and sent more than 7,000 people to shelters.
"Sixty-six days and counting: Shame on you, shame on Congress," Christie said. Congress showed "callous indifference to the suffering of the people of my state."
And while the governor praised the Republican leadership's No. 2 in the House, U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor (R., Va.), he laid the blame, specifically and squarely, on Boehner.
"The speaker's irresponsible action in not moving on anything at least appears, from the information I've been given, will leave the flood insurance program broke by the end of next week," Christie said.
Christie spoke with Boehner this morning, he said, and was told that the speaker would meet with New Jersey congressmen today. Christie didn't disclose any more of their conversation, and he said he wasn't sure what caused the last-minute tabling of the bill, but he indicated a power struggle -- "palace intrigue" -- between Boehner and Cantor may have been the cause.
"On a political chessboard of internal palace intrigue and politics our people were played last night as a pawn, and that's why people hate Washington DC, that's why people hate this politics," he said. "Last night it was my party responsible."
Christie dismissed my suggestion that the failure to bring the spending bill up for a vote had something to do with the right wing of his party, embodied by the anti-spending tea party, which since the 2010 GOP takeover of the House has wielded considerable sway among Republicans.
"No, no, no, no, no no no," he said. "I'm telling you, Matt, it's internal politics."
Later, he added: "If one set of Republicans was trying to prove something to another set of Republicans, I hope they proved it."
Christie fell short of calling for Republicans to withhold donations from the House GOP, as one Republican congressman from New York has suggested, but he said: "Certainly at the moment I wouldn't be looking to do much for House leadership." He also threatened to campaign against incumbent House Republicans who played a part.
"Primaries are an ugly thing," he said.
But, "tomorrow's a new day, and he can prove to me that he really cares about the people of New York and New Jersey and get this done," Christie said.


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When European nations resume talks with Iran in Vienna Wednesday over that country's nuclear ambitions, two dangerous new factors are in play. On the one hand, the patience of the Europeans and the United States with Iran is running thin. On the other hand, Iran's newly elected president has shocked a string of nations with some megalomanic pronouncements that if supported by his people would plunge Iran back into isolation. The stage is not set for compromise and consensus.
At issue is whether Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear technology for military purposes is purely for peaceful purposes, as it claims. The European nations and the US doubt that, pointing to a string of deceptive Iranian actions, including hiding from the International Atomic Energy Agency its secret installations to enrich uranium and produce plutonium.
Britain, France, and Germany have been conducting on-again, off-again negotiations with Iran that have produced little progress and raised questions as to whether this is a delaying tactic by the Iranians. The patience of the Western negotiators is running out. In a recent Wall Street Journal article their three foreign ministers declared that if Iran continues on its present path "Central Asia and the Middle East, the world's most volatile areas, may well be destabilized."
Meanwhile Western nations have been stunned by the confrontational rhetoric of Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," and called the Holocaust a "myth." From the foreign ministries of a string of countries have come statements terming the comments irresponsible and unacceptable.
With such hardening of opinion on both sides where do we go now? Economic packages suggested by the Europeans have failed to deter the Iranian regime from its present course. A suggestion that Iran's uranium enrichment processing could be undertaken in Russia but only to enrichment levels for fuel, and not military use, seems to have gone nowhere. If the discussions between the European nations and Iran fail to produce any more than they already have, the next step would be for Iran's intransigence to be brought before the United Nations Security Council. Theoretically the Council could impose punitive sanctions on Iran, but Council members like Russia and China have substantial economic interests in Iran.
Remaining diplomatic options thus seem limited, and military action seems unrealistic. Militarily the US is fully committed in Iraq. While patience with Iran is running out in Europe, there is little stomach there for a military expedition to Iran. The nation probably most threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran with an unpredictable president would be Israel. Iran has missiles capable of reaching Israel and any hint that Iran is capable of putting a nuclear warhead on one of them would certainly cause any Israeli cabinet to ponder a preemptive Israeli strike. But Israeli action against a Muslim state like Iran would touch off a firestorm in the Middle East.
One imponderable is the extent to which President Ahmadinejad can be reined in by cooler heads in Tehran. Various Iranian spokesmen have been quick to tone down, or otherwise minimize his controversial remarks. While he may have support from hard-liners in parliament, other parliamentarians have crossed political swords with him. For example, for the important job of oil minister, parliament rejected his first three choices on grounds that they were technically unqualified. In addition to this, two-thirds of Iran's population is under 35, and unemployment in their ranks is high. To hold their support, Mr. Ahmadinejad will have to come through with jobs and economic prosperity. This could be impossible to do if he leads Iran into isolation from the outside world.
The US already is dealing with another unpredictable leader with nuclear pretensions, namely North Korea's Kim Jong Il. But while Mr. Kim is motivated by a variety of factors, Ahmadinejad seems to be on a single-minded crusade fomented by the perverse and hateful interpretation of Islamic lore that fuels the suicide bomber and terrorist.
• John Hughes, a former editor of the Monitor, is editor and chief operating officer of the Deseret Morning News.


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It's important to work closely with your doctor and other members of your health care team to create the best treatment plan for you or the person in your care. Your treatment goals are likely to change during your journey with Alzheimer's disease. Make sure you understand all the available options and the benefits and risks of each choice as your treatment plan evolves.
An optimal treatment plan will take into account your:
- Age and overall health
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Fran Lebowitz comes to Fairfield University for talk
Few people are confronted by their younger selves the way Fran Lebowitz was not long ago.
The writer and social commentator has delighted readers for more than 30 years with her two essay collections -- "Metropolitan Life" and "Social Studies" -- but it was only recently that Lebowitz's publisher asked her to go into a New York recording studio to do the audiobook versions.
Digging into pieces she had written as long ago as 1974, Lebowitz had mixed feelings.
"On the one hand, I frequently had the occasion to say, `I was a prophet,' and saw that I had changed my mind very little," the writer said of her reaction as she recorded many of the vintage essays.
Some of the other pieces were startling to revisit. "You're younger than you thought you were ... and sound like a punk," the 60-year-old writer said to the 21-year-old version of herself.
"It was a chilling experience," Lebowitz noted of the recording session in a phone interview from Manhattan to promote her Monday, Jan. 28, appearance at Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center, billed as "Metropolitan Life: An Evening with Fran Lebowitz."
"Each thing has to be crystal clear. They tell you what to wear. (At the first meeting) they said, `Your shirt is too crisp,' so I actually had to bring one to change into for the recording."
Lebowitz's wry take on urban life has never gone out of fashion since the two books appeared -- both have been perennial best-sellers -- but she was introduced to a much larger audience two years ago when the HBO documentary "Public Speaking" played in arthouses and on the cable network.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film is basically a cinematic talk show that allows Lebowitz to expound on the aspects of New York City life that drive her crazy and the ones that make it impossible for her to live anywhere else. (For example, she must always be within hailing distance of a cab.)
Like many baby-boomers, Lebowitz misses the golden age of talk shows when such hosts as David Susskind and Jack Paar and several others allowed guests the time to develop ideas and to bring sharp humor to wide-ranging topics. "Gore Vidal would go on the Johnny Carson show at least once a year and people would watch. ... The first time I encountered James Baldwin was on a talk show," she said of the authors.
Lebowitz is occasionally asked to do some of the contemporary talk shows, but the segments are short, and guests like her always have the feeling that everyone is "waiting for Brad Pitt."
The writer came of age 40 years ago in a much different New York, when it was easier for young people to find places to live (albeit dumpy apartments you would never invite people to) and she could pay the rent with odd jobs like driving a cab.
"They had more garages in those days and I'd just work until I had enough for rent and then stop," she recalled.
Don't assume Lebowitz is nostalgic for the Manhattan of the 1970s, however.
"I get a lot of this: `Oh, New York used to be better.' But do they mean it was better to be 21 or was it really better? Of course, it's better to be 21, but a lot of it depends on what kind of person you were," she said.
Lebowitz has lived in the city long enough to know that it is always changing, and that New Yorkers tend to hang on to their affection for the way it was when they were young and just starting out.
At the moment, Manhattan can sometimes appear to be a glossy playland for the rich downtown and for middle-class tourists in midtown.
"The only thing that gives me any hope is that I know it won't stay like this," she said. "It may get worse."
Lebowitz is looking forward to the end of Michael Bloomberg's term of office as mayor.
"We've really been suffering under this awful, square, dictatorial rich guy. I think being a billionaire should disqualify you from office. I actually said to him once, `I never thought I'd have the chance to vote against you three times.'
"Why do these people want this?," Lebowitz asked, rhetorically, of the ultra-wealthy buying their way into political office. "Certainly, if I was rich, I would just enjoy my life, bossing people around."
When I suggested to Lebowitz that rich people often behave as if they don't believe they will ever die, she agreed.
"I know they don't think they're going to die," she said of her own experience with the wealthy. "And they don't die as young as other people. ... The worst people live the longest. That's how they get THAT rich."
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Financials: June Bonds are currently 4 higher at 149'00 and the 10-year Notes 3 higher at 133'17.0. Positive results for an Italian 10-year auction putting rates at a recent low of 3.5% have added a bit of upward pressure on Treasury prices. Of note is that last week's high of 149'06 (the overnight high was 149'05) has not been breached. Near term support remains at 147'22 and resistance the 149'05 area. If resistance does not hold the next level will be the 151'00 level. I am currently on the sidelines and concerned that something is awry. With equities pushing at five-year highs and gold about 20-25% off of highs made nearly two years ago, I feel that under normal circumstances Bonds should be retreating. Please note that I have said "under normal circumstances," given "Quantitative Easing" and the sequester to use a phrase I have often used "I fear we are rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic." I am currently on the sidelines in fear of fading the Fed. As I have said these markets are not acting normally and I do feel at some point something has got to give. Scenario one will be Bonds hold or rally and equities break. Scenario two, equities hold and Bonds will break. I do not believe that there is enough money on the sidelines to support both higher Bond prices and higher equity prices for the long term.
Grains: July Corn is currently 12'2 higher at 632'2, July Beans unchanged at 1381'0 and July Wheat 7'0 higher at 699'4. As noted in my last "Report" dated 4/23/2013 I recommended buying July Corn between 605'0 and 612'0, on last Wednesday it traded as low as 610'0. If you went long on this break, either take profits or use a protective sell stop at 623'0. We remain long out-of-the-money call spreads in Dec. Wheat. Markets are currently higher as talk persists of late planting because of excess ground moisture and a weakening dollar.
Cattle: June LC closed 30 lower at 122.60 and May Fc 40 lower at 141.80 on Friday. June LC are now 220 points above the lows made a week ago in response to the Apr. 19th Cattle on Feed Report and May FC 415 points higher. Last week I recommended buying breaks and I must acknowledge there weren't many buying opportunities to be had on breaks.
Silver: May Silver is currently $0.36 higher at $24.13 and June gold is $14.00 higher at $1,468.00. We remain lightly long silver. I am on the sidelines in gold. Support for June gold is currently $1,430.00 and resistance $1,484.00.
S&Ps: June S&Ps are currently 5.50 higher at 1582.00. We continue to hold a combination of short futures and short the June 1520 put and must admit that this position has worked against us in the last week as the market started trading above last Tuesday's resistance of 1564.00. For the near term support is currently 1568.00 and resistance 1586.00. If the 1586.00 resistance level does not hold the next level will be the 1593.00 area. A close below the 1558.00 level could indicate a retest of recent lows in the 1530.00 area.
Currencies: As of this writing the June euro is currently 56 higher at 1.3089, the Swiss 44 higher at 1.0657, the yen 46 higher at 1.0229 and the pound 19 higher at 1.5501. The June Dollar Index is currently 33 lower at 82.24. If you went short the June Dollar Index in the 83.30 area, either take profits or lower your stop to the 82.80 area.


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Four oversized wooden chairs have been constructed and located at the popular site, on the beach in front of Harbour View Restaurant.
Parrsboro special projects co-ordinator Taylor Redmond said the idea was brought to her by Harbour View Restaurant owner Judy Wheaton.
"I just thought it would be a great idea, with all of the scenery here," said Wheaton, who credited her sister, Shirley Kurlyuk for giving her the idea. "You seem them in town, so we thought, why not something like that out here?"
Redmond agreed that it was a great idea, with one slight issue. There was no budget available for the project.
She canvassed a few businesses and soon found enough support for four chairs, with Harbour View sponsoring one, Wheaton's Irving sponsoring another, Ken's Grocery sponsoring yet another, and the town sponsoring the fourth.
The chairs were built by local woodworker Dale Morris, and installed at the beach recently by the town public works crew, after a paint job from Redmond.
The chairs blew over twice in the strong wind, but that problem has since been resolved.
"I now have them anchored, so we should be good to go," she said. "While I was working on the chairs yesterday, tourists were sitting in them – couples, kids, and lots of people taking pictures."
The chairs fit in well with Redmond's focus this summer to expand the Main Street streetscape by creating interesting, fun, photo op locations.
"It is so super to have such teamwork going on in town," she said. "We are accomplishing a lot. People have to remember, not only do we improve our own day-to-day experience, we create an enjoyable, unique experience for our visitors."


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Those who enjoy the popular television show will be happy to know that November 8, 2009 will feature a variety show from the makers of Family Guy, and it will play for its entire allotted time without any commercial interruption-- courtesy of Microsoft. The company has made a deal with Fox to have Windows 7 propaganda integrated into a special entitled "Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show," which will include varied live-action Family Guy musical performances, animated shorts, and celebrity guest appearances. Just how the show will be used to advertise Windows 7 is unclear, but the folks at Microsoft say that "you'll see us deeply integrated into the content... you'll hear a lot about how Windows 7 can help you simplify your PC -- it's simple, fast and easy to use." So sit back in the lazy chair on November 8th, take a bite out of your Windows-branded toast, and enjoy.
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The recent news story that the Iranian Navy is moving some of its ships closer to our waters should be cause for concern by our government. Why is Iran doing this? Obviously,there is a reason for this action,which could certainly be conceived as provocative.
Our Navy needs to position ships near the Iranian ships and watch their every move. Even after recent overtures from our country to the Iranian government, Iran is a nation that is not to be trusted until it really proves its sincerity regarding reducing its nuclear program, as well as not meddling in the affairs of neighboring nations.
Then and only then will the U.S. be willing to constructively engage in a dialogue with Iran.
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DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager has issued an order stripping the pay and authority from AWOL City Council President Charles Pugh.
Pugh has been a no-show at recent council meetings and failed to acknowledge by a 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline that he would be returning to work.
Spokesman Bill Nowling says emergency manager Kevyn Orr signed the order Thursday. It takes effect July 7.
Orr is operating under Michigan's emergency manager law. He can't fire Detroit elected leaders, but does control their pay and responsibilities. Pugh earns about $76,000 per year.
The Associated Press has left messages seeking comment from Pugh.
Pugh also is the subject of a complaint the Detroit Public Schools received from the mother of a recent graduate who says the councilman had improper contacts with her son.


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Hi, I have problems getting a game in ScummVM to run on my PalmCentro (OS5). I tried two games, but when I start them it is importing databases and than the screen just flashes white a few seconds and brings me back to my programm-view.
I installed the frontend and the skin to my palm and copyed the other stuff to /PALM/Programs/ScummVM/ and my two games (Maniac Mansion and Indy3) to the games-folder. The programm itself starts. I select my card with the little icon and add a game. I am using the path indy3 for indy3, because its in the default games-folder (also tried the long version). The engine is scumm and the system DOS/PC.
Then the id: in the list its just "indy3" and "maniac". But when I start the same game in my PC-Version of Scumm-VM it is: "indy3-vga-de" (german vga-version) and "maniac-v2-de" (from german DOTT). Tried both on both games, doesn't work.
Then I tried some options: OS5 advanced mode, larger stack (whats that?), but no change... any ideas?
edit: when I do this deselecting of a game and starting with the scumm engine it works. There I see the Path for my indy-game is not .../indy3, but /INDY3. Is that the difference? Well, I changed it in the skined scummvm (because the no-skin-version is extrem loud and doesn't change the volume) and now I don't come back to my home-folder when I start the game, but my Palm is restarting over and over again - until I press the home-button many times!! Strange...
edit2: now I do not even come to the no-skin-scummvm, it just restarts my palm when I start only the scumm-engine...
try deleting the scummvm configuration on your card (scummvm.ini in /palm/programs/scummvm. This could avoid the restarting problem. You could also take a look in the log file (same folder)
The "white flash error" usually indicates that your path isn't correctly set.
hope that helps (at least a little)
no, deleting the ini didn't change anything. and in the log file is just written down that scumm is using this ini-file.
I was thinking that it might have to do with my memory. I am new to smartphones. I have some programs installed and very often I ask myself why the programs can't be closed. Very often there is no quit-button, you just go to another program or the telephone to leave a programm. They seem to be still open in the background. Maybe its just to much for the system to take the big scumm-software in the memory as well as sim city and more stuff I was using recently.
try deleting everything that is scummvm related - also scummvm and then reinstall it.
I don't think that you have a memory problem. I don't know very much about the centros specs or PalmOS memory management. But centros heap memory should be sufficient for running scummvm (it seems obvious to me that it is enough - you wrote that you could start a game via the "direct mode").
Applications are always send to the background if the loose their focus, to avoid long loading times. I think their used heap is reduced to a minimum after they were send to background.
As long as no pro of this forum has a good idea, you could also try a older version of scummvm. As i read in other threads - on some devices this does (partly) the trick. You can get older builds via scummvm mainpage -> Links - PalmOS Port -> Chrilith page (you'll be on after clicking) -> download
okay, I deleted scumm and installed it new, but left the skin this time. Now it works. It doesn't react when I change any settings (volume), either globally nor for a specific game, but thats okay...


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We were lucky enough to have Spoonflower print the MQG logo (designed by Jane Fitts) and then have Angela Walters, amazing long arm quilter, quilt it for us. Here is her post from her blog, Quilting Is My Therapy.
I really love quilting smaller items. I get the thrill of starting a new project and the satisfaction of completing a project without a lot of work in between! This latest quilt is a great example of just that.
When the Modern Quilt Guild asked me to quilt the banner for their exhibit at Quilt Market, of course I said yes. It's a small panel, which made it a pretty quick project. The panel was printed out through spoonflower and is one solid piece of fabric, although it looks as though it was pieced.
Since I knew it would be hanging a lot, I decided to use two layers of batting. Doing so helps keep it nice and stiff, and also helps the letter "pop" up just a little bit.
To help the letters pop out even more, I quilted really dense designs. I love the way it looks, but I couldn't imagine doing this over a whole quilt!!
Here's a picture to help give you a sense of how small the swirls are!
Do you want to know a quilting tip? If you want your quilting to look great, use matching thread and quilt really, really small. This is the same swirl design that I always do, but quilting it so tiny makes it look so much better. It's not harder, just a lot more time consuming.
Part of the panel looked like piecing, so I quilted it just as I would have quilted a "real" quilt.
I would never quilt a larger, regular quilt like this….I don't think that I would have the patience. But going all out on a smaller project is so fun and fulfilling!!
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State Asks Poly Board to Justify $25 Mil. Request
Source: Lakeland Ledger, 2/22/2013
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LAKELAND — The State University System Board of Governors wants a detailed accounting of why Florida Polytechnic University's leaders intend to ask for an additional $25 million to set up the school.
Dean Colson, chair of the Board of Governors, mentioned during a Thursday meeting that he wrote to Florida Polytechnic Chairman Rob Gidel to ask that he attend next month's BOG meeting. The Ledger requested a copy of the missive, which is dated Wednesday.
"We are requesting you attend our next meeting, taking place March 27th and 28th, 2013 at Florida A&M University," Colson said. "Due to the time that has elapsed since the passage of SB 1994 and the subsequent appointment of the Florida Polytechnic Board of Trustees, it is important to update the (BOG) on Florida Polytechnic's progress toward the established benchmarks."
When it was decided that Florida Polytechnic would be created as the state's 12th university, the BOG established specific benchmarks that were to be met. The creation of the university was launched with Senate Bill 1994.
"Those benchmarks include expectations regarding accreditation, academic programming, staffing, student enrollment, and facilities," Colson said.
His letter was in reaction to a decision made at a recent Florida Poly board retreat, when the board agreed that Chief Operating Officer Ava Parker would approach the BOG and ask for another $25 million. The university has a $100 million building under construction and will have an annual budget of about $27 million, but its leaders plan to ask for additional funds to get the campus ready for students.
"Given the news reports of Florida Polytechnic's intent to request $25 million from the Legislature, I would also ask that the presentation include specific information on any perceived funding shortfalls not covered in Florida Polytechnic's initial budget or by way of exemptions granted in SB 1994," Colson said.
Requests for funds from universities are made via the BOG, and the deadline for universities to make requests before the upcoming Legislative session has passed. BOG spokeswoman Kim Wilmath said no amendments to the legislative budget request have been submitted. The total request is for about $100 million, to be distri- buted among all of the state's universities.
Florida Polytechnic's Parker, who formerly was chair of the BOG, said she will go through the board to make the request of the Legislature.
The deadline could not be met for Florida Poly's request, she said, because the school is just now being formed. Parker was brought on board in late December.
Colson advised Gidel to provide presentation material by noon March 14.
"Please contact the board office with any questions, and thank you in advance for your attention to this important matter," he said.


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