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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The United States is fighting a messy war alongside an unreliable ally in Asia, residents are deeply divided between conservatives and liberals, a new health care law just took effect and the nation is struggling with racial and ethnic divisions.
What's happening in the United States in 2012 could just as easily describe the nation in the 1960s: President Lyndon Baines Johnson escalating the war in Vietnam, defeating conservative Republican nominee Barry Goldwater, passing Medicare and pushing through landmark civil rights legislation.
An insider's look at how the Texan dealt with those challenges is on display at the newly remodeled LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, where the old 1970s-style exhibits now use 21st century technology to put visitors in Johnson's shoes. Mark Updegrove, the library's director, said the reopening comes as historians take a fresh look at Johnson's efforts to fight poverty and improve the health of the nation by creating a Great Society.
"The election of 2012 was a referendum on the Great Society programs put into place by President Johnson," he said. "If you look at what is happening in America today, the Great Society is so evident, in the Supreme Court taking a look at voting rights or racial quotas, and the Congress debating cuts to Medicare or PBS."
The new permanent exhibit takes advantage of the presidential archives, which includes 643 hours of recorded phone conversations between LBJ and dozens of people. At one station, a display resembling an old telephone booth plays key conversations about civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and others. After a yearlong renovation, the library reopens Saturday in honor of first lady Lady Bird Johnson's 100th birthday.
The library also has a Vietnam "situation room" where an interactive display provides formerly secret documents and recordings of conversations with advisers such as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The display lets the visitor decide what they would do and then shows whether LBJ agreed. The computer screen then displays the consequences, with short videos of presidential historians explaining the significance of the decision.
LBJ's biggest accomplishments, though, are the Great Society programs that extended life expectancies, reduced poverty and banned discrimination. An exhibit shows how he used his years of experience in Congress to push through some of the most iconic laws in the nation's history, including Medicare.
"Every social issue we're dealing with now, Johnson tried to tackle it," said historian Douglas Brinkley of Rice University in Houston. He added that "the season is right for a revisionist look" at Johnson, with a focus on his domestic achievements.
Updegrove, who this year authored "Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency," said that when LBJ took over after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, the U.S. poverty rate was at about 20 percent. It plunged to 12 percent, by the time he left office. Poverty in the United States hit an all-time low of 11 percent just after LBJ left office, then went up to 15 percent under President Ronald Reagan, where it remains today.
Medicare was the Affordable Care Act of its time, providing federally administered health care to all people 65-years-old or older. Reagan, a young conservative at the time, called Medicare a socialized medicine scheme that would bring an end to freedom in America. More than 45 years later, the program is one of the most popular in the nation.
That year Congress also passed Medicaid, the joint state-federal health care program for the poor. President Barack Obama tried to expand Medicaid coverage through his health care overhaul, but a dozen Republican governors around the country have refused.
LBJ also passed major civil rights legislation that guaranteed people of all races the right to vote, access to public services and to equal opportunity. Yet LBJ's decision to expand the war in Vietnam remains his foremost legacy, something Updegrove believes is changing.
"We haven't properly honored Johnson's herculean domestic achievements," said Brinkley, the historian from Rice University. "It got overshadowed by the Vietnam War. Half a century later we can see that a lot of what Johnson did has stuck."
For now, though, Democrats rarely invoke LBJ's name, and Republicans use the phrase "Great Society" to ridicule social justice proposals. But Updegrove said politicians of all stripes could learn a lot from how Johnson forged consensus.
"The conversations are a primer in how to get things done in Washington," he said. "If you listen to those conversations you can hear how remarkably effective LBJ was at getting things done and they serve as an example of Washington can do."
Associated Press writer Jamie Stengle in Dallas contributed to this report.


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The addendum strangely focuses on rule changes that have already been made like changes to the alternative method of calculating secured funds. They conclude, "We urge regulators to strengthen existing disclosure requirements to customers so that they will better recognize and understand the risks they face when they invest their funds in one place vs. another."
Here, Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) and the other Democratic members of the subcommittee show a shocking lack of understanding to what occurred. Customers of MF Global never made any investment in MF Global. They opened accounts to trade futures. They are required to post margin to back the trades they make through MF Global. MF Global is allowed to invest the excess margin money of their customers in certain limited safe investments provided they post appropriate collateral before making any such investment. Customer money should never be at risk. If those customers wish to trade on overseas markets, their money is placed in part 30 secured accounts that allowed this alternative method of calculating what the broker must set aside for customers.
But make no mistake, futures customers are assured from the beginning of their involvement in trading that their money — placed as margin for their trading activity — is safely segregated from firm money. That is what was violated here. Reforms in certain regulations that may have arguably provided a loophole from total segregation such as the alternative method are welcome, but by no means explain violations of segregation.
While the addendum does acknowledge Corzine's culpability going so far as to acknowledge that he could face criminal charges, to in any way take pressure off of Corzine is irresponsible and quite appropriately calls into question their motivation.
The addendum even promotes Capuano's recently introduced legislation to merge the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission, though it offers no information on how that may have helped prevent what happened at MF Global.
The shocking part of this entire episode has been how weak the investigation into wrong-doing has been and the lack of urgency in returning the property of former-MF Global customers. To use this report as an excuse to promote pet projects or ask for additional funding for regulators is symptomatic of what is wrong here.

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Napoli have seen their two-point deduction over a match-fixing scandal erased, while Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava had their six-month bans overturned, it was revealed on Thursday.
The Italian side had been fined €70,000 (£58,545) and seen their points tally this season reduced by the Disciplinary Commission due to Matteo Gianello's attempt to fix matches.
The former Partenopei goalkeeper was banned for three years and three months in 2012 after admitting he offered to fix Napoli's clash with Sampdoria in May 2010.
Cannavaro and Grava were given half-year sentences to sit on the sidelines for not reporting being approached by Gianello ahead of the game, but they insisted that such a conversation never occurred and the defensive veterans have been cleared on appeal.
The Federal Court's decision means the Azzurri sit just three points behind Juventus in Serie A, level with Lazio but ahead of the Biancocelesti on goal difference.
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STANDISH — When Republic Services' contract for trash pickup in the city of Standish ends June 30, Sunrise Disposal Services Incorporated, Tawas City, will take over the duties of waste and recycling collection after a decision made by city council on June 18.
Representatives from both rubbish collection services presented bids to the city and stated the case for their companies to city council the night the decision to change to Sunrise was made.
According to the bids, from July 1 to June 30, 2010, which would be the first year of a three-year contract, Sunrise is 58 cents cheaper per mixed waste cart (Sunrise: $7.27; Republic: $7.85) and 19 cents cheaper per recycling collection receptacle (Sunrise: $2.81; Republic: $3) for the city.
The bids also show that by the third year, recycling and waste collection services combined would be a dollar cheaper by contracting with Sunrise.
Sunrise's agent, Kristine DeTroyer, said new carts for city homes would be ordered swiftly, but added the waiting time could be four-eight weeks. She says used carts may be distributed to residents or that bagged garbage pickup would be done in the interim.
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While dispirited Democrats stew over their party's uncertain future, they might check out an unusual cluster of progressive "activists" forming within their ranks. Some politicians with real muscle are pursuing far-ranging possibilities for reforming the economic system. Their potential for driving important change is not widely recognized, perhaps because the reformers are drawn from unglamorous backbenches of state government–treasurers, comptrollers, pension-fund trustees. Yet these state officials, unlike the minority Democrats in Congress, have decision-making power and control over enormous pools of investment capital. They are fiduciaries who manage the vast wealth stored by state governments in public-employee pension funds, invested in behalf of working people–civil servants, teachers and other types of public workers–who as future retirees are "beneficial owners" of the capital.
In the wake of Enron-style corporate scandals, in which public pension funds lost more than $300 billion, some of the leading funds have restyled themselves as more aggressive reformers. They are picking fights with Wall Street orthodoxy they long accepted, like the obsessive maximizing of short-term gains. More important, they are broadening their definition of fiduciary obligations to retirees by trying to enforce corporate responsibilities to serve society's long-term prospects. Instead of adhering passively to market dogma, the activist funds now regularly accuse corporate managements and major financial houses of negligently or willfully injuring the long-term interests of pension-fund investors, therefore injuring the economy and society, too. Pension-fund wealth is thus being mobilized as financial leverage to break up the narrow-minded thinking of finance capital and to confront the antisocial behavior of corporations.
The core players in this struggle are the largest and most progressive pension funds in the nation–anchored by blue-state constituencies in California and New York. The heavyweights are occasionally joined by a handful of smaller states like Connecticut, North Carolina, Iowa and a few others where pension officials are kindred spirits. Together and individually, their efforts are possibly the only reform impulse ascendant among Democrats. Party leaders trying to rethink strategies could learn a lot from these state-level officials (and come to their political defense, if they had the nerve). "We're thirty-year investors and we have to take the long view," California Treasurer Phil Angelides explains. "I believe one of the things that led to the corruption of recent years was this notion that infected America that wealth is somehow created in six to nine months and all that matters is whether this quarter's returns are better than last quarter's–not whether you are building companies and products and an economy that will have enduring value."


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More women seen taking up firearmsBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 26. 2013 10:55PM
Prompted by concerns for their own safety and that of their families, more women in New Hampshire are purchasing guns, learning how to use them and practicing their shooting skills, say firearms dealers, shooting range attendants and the Second Amendment Sisters.
The Sisters, a national nonprofit organization with a growing New Hampshire chapter, is dedicated to maintaining the constitutional right to bear arms. Some New Hampshire members meet monthly at a shooting club in Manchester.
Most recently, the SAS has voiced its opposition to HB 135, a bill before the Legislature that would repeal the state's stand-your-ground law. The current law, which passed last year, says a person who is in a place where he or she has a legal right to be does not have to first retreat from a deadly threat before using deadly force in self-defense. It also gives the person using deadly force immunity from civil lawsuits if he or she causes death or injury, including to innocent third parties, while using legal deadly force.
"Telling a woman she should try to turn her back on an assailant is the Legislature telling a woman to take a chance to become a victim or, worse yet, die at the hands of a criminal," said Jenn Coffey, an Andover resident and the national legislative affairs director for the Second Amendment Sisters. "We value our right to choose what happens to our bodies. This legislation is nothing more than a knee-jerk reaction to mass media reports."
Coffey, who belongs to SAS' state chapter, says the women in her group say the No. 1 reason for owning a gun is personal safety. She cites New Hampshire Uniform Crime Report statistics that show in 2011 there were seven murders, 2,478 acts of violent crime, 429 forcible rapes, 474 robberies, and 5,749 burglaries in the Granite State. The number of rapes represents only those reported to police.
Coffey and other SAS members were among several hundred people who attended a State House hearing on House Bill 135 on Tuesday. Coffey said there have been no reported problems with the current stand-your-ground law.
"In fact, as an organization we have found that our members feel safer knowing they have the legal right to defend themselves when they travel outside their homes alone," said Coffey. "There is no clear definition as to what 'safely retreat' means, and that in and of itself could cause an unsuspecting citizen to find themselves sitting at the defense table trying not to end up in jail for refusing to be a victim of a violent crime."
"By repealing this law, the Legislature is encouraging criminals to sue the very victims of their crimes if they become injured," said Coffey.
"I'm not in favor of the changes," said Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien of Derry, who shoots with her husband at the Londonderry Fish and Game Club in Litchfield. "I think it creates a safer society when people are aware that other people are going to defend themselves. It might keep the bad guy from breaking into your house. I like to hike and cross-country ski, and it means a lot to me that in this state a bad guy would have to think twice about if I or any other woman was armed or not if he saw me in the woods. I actually would not want to live in a state with stricter gun laws, such as Massachusetts, because I would not feel comfortable hiking or skiing alone. I think this is a feminist issue, and I agree with Annie Oakley, who thought all women should learn to shoot and be comfortable with firearms."
Prudhomme-O'Brien says her enthusiasm for guns has been passed down to the next generation.
"Shooting is a family hobby of ours," said Prudhomme-O'Brien. "My husband and I both shoot. Our older college-age daughter shoots. She goes to the gun club with her father when she comes home, and our 11-year-old daughter is involved in a 4H group at the Chester Rod and Gun Club that does archery and rifle target shooting."
"I take my 15-year-old daughter with me to the range, and we usually have a few teenage girls in tow with us," said Lucinda Boutin of Manchester, who has a membership to shoot at the Manchester Firing Line Range on Brown Avenue. "Their parents let them go along. I think it's important for women to learn to protect themselves. I've been a member for about a year now, and I've seen more and more women taking courses and target practice. I think it's great."
Traci Allard is a gun salesman at Pelham Firearms. She says the uptick in women gun owners isn't entirely spurred by safety concerns.
"There's the enjoyment, the sense of achievement, that you get target shooting," she said. "There's always been interest in the classes and gun ownership in general, but we have seen growing interest among women," said Bob Gillespie, owner of Belmont Firearms and Range in Belmont. "We have women taking safety and shooting courses with their husbands. We have single women. The classes are usually full, and it's pretty even between men and women taking part."
Personal protection is the No. 1 reason cited by women buying their first guns at his store.
"We saw an increase among women customers, and men for that matter, after the Mont Vernon attack," said Gillespie. "People want to be able to protect themselves."
A woman was murdered and her daughter seriously injured in that attack.
Carey McCloud, owner of Shooter's Outpost in Hooksett, has noticed a growing number of female customers in her store.
"They are very interested, mainly for protection reasons," said McCloud. "I am out on the floor a lot and am able to help them select a gun that suits them, better than a man would in some cases."
McCloud and Gillespie said women typically prefer to purchase smaller firearms, guns that are easily concealed and easy to use.
Boutin said she took up hunting with her father as a child and feels more secure as an adult who knows how to handle a gun.
"No doubt, personal safety is the top reason out there," said Boutin. "A lot of the women I know, when they are looking for advice about getting a gun or learning to shoot, they all ask me. I always ask why, and the reason they all have in common is safety. We live in a different world now."
Coffey said she became a gun enthusiast after an incident about 18 years ago. She was living with her husband and infant son in an apartment across the street from a bar in Plymouth, Mass. The couple, who worked opposite shifts, had a rifle in the apartment, which she knew how to use but didn't see a need for.
One night when she was home alone with her son, she heard two men, "obviously drunk," talking loudly outside her door. She called the police, and the two men left.
"As soon as the police left, the men came back," said Coffey. "And they weren't happy."
Coffey said the men began pounding on her door and windows, yelling profanities and vowing to kill whoever called the police. Coffey got the gun, made sure it was loaded, and laid it across her lap while sitting facing the door, ready to shoot anyone who broke in.
"That moment changed my entire life, my way of thinking," said Coffey. "If they had managed to break in, to break down that door ... all I could think of is what would they do to my son. If they did something to me, what would they do to my baby?"
Once a month, Coffey and the Second Amendment Sisters host a women-only target-shooting session at the Wilson Hill Pistol Club in Manchester.
"The last one we had, in January, the number of people there doubled" to about 35, compared with the previous meeting, said Coffey. "The interest level is there, and it's only growing."
She said her group will continue to speak out against HB 135.
"Criminals are hoping they pass this legislation," said Coffey. "With its passage, they know the law-abiding will fear defending themselves and they know if they break into your home and you fight for your life, they can sue you for damages. We have a right to choose, and what we choose is to defend ourselves, our families and our homes."
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GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A jury found two Georgia men guilty on Friday of plotting to make the poison ricin in what prosecutors described as a plan to target federal government officials.
The jury deliberated for 90 minutes before finding Ray Adams, 57, and Samuel Crump, 71, guilty on two counts against them. The verdict came after nearly two weeks of testimony before U.S. District Judge Richard Story in Gainesville.
Both men were found guilty on a single count each of conspiring to make ricin to be used as a weapon. They also were found guilty of one count each of possessing a biological toxin for use as a weapon, identified in the indictment as ricin in its natural state, meaning it hadn't been extracted from castor beans in which it occurs naturally.
Adams had also been charged with a single count of attempting to develop, produce and possess a biological toxin because prosecutors said they found evidence at his home that he had been actively trying to extract ricin from castor beans. The jury acquitted him on that count.
Each charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. No sentencing date has been set.
During his closing argument Friday, prosecutor Bill McKinnon set evidence on a table in front of the jury that included an identical ricin recipe found at both defendants' homes; shelled castor beans, the main ingredient in ricin, found at both homes; acetone, an ingredient in ricin production, found at Adams' home; and rubber gloves to protect hands from the toxin found at Crump's home.
McKinnon then reminded the jury of secretly taped conversations from 2011 between a group of men that sometimes included Adams and Crump in which the men could be heard discussing their hatred of the federal government, the possibility of using ricin against government targets, their willingness to kill and steps they would need to take make the poison.
Defense attorneys had argued that their clients were talking big about their frustrations with the federal government but that they never had the intention or means to carry out an attack.
Ed Tolley, a defense attorney for Adams, said the case was hard-fought.
"What that boils down to is if you have castor beans, you better not suggest you're going to do anything with them," Tolley said after the verdict.
Dan Summer, Crump's attorney, said he respected the jury's decision.
"They did what they thought was the right thing to do," he said. "All I can ask for is a fair trial and I believe the court gave us a fair trial."
McKinnon said after the verdict that he didn't immediately have a comment.
Adams and Crump were among four men arrested in November 2011 after recordings were made by an undercover informant who attended their meetings at homes, during car rides and at a Waffle House restaurant.
The other two men, Dan Roberts and Frederick Thomas, pleaded guilty in April 2012 to conspiring to get an unregistered explosive and an illegal gun silencer. Story sentenced them each to serve five years in prison.
The law enforcement informant, Joe Sims, was a key witness for the prosecution. Sims had contacted the FBI in mid-2010 when he was in jail facing child molestation charges that were later dropped and child pornography charges in South Carolina. Sims eventually pleaded guilty to the latter charges.
Once he was out on bond, agents took Sims up on his offer to infiltrate a militia group he had ties to. He contacted Roberts and was invited to attend militia meetings in the spring of 2011. He attended many meetings while wearing a recording device provided by a federal agent.
While Roberts and Thomas had been militia members, Adams and Crump had never formally joined the group.
During his testimony, which lasted several days, jurors heard secret recordings Sims made between March and October 2011 of conversations among Roberts, Thomas, Adams, Crump and others. In the recorded discussions, the men can be heard talking about a wide variety of topics, including recruiting new members, what kind of weapons they would need for an armed uprising and how they could use toxins to poison government officials.
Defense attorneys repeatedly raised questions and concerns about the government's use of a confidential informant, but Story told lawyers before the jury came in Friday that he didn't believe the case involved entrapment.
The defense tried to discredit Sims by putting his ex-wife on the stand to testify that he was a liar. Defense attorneys also argued that Sims drove the discussion during the meetings and pushed Adams and Crump forward in the ricin plot because he was hoping for a reduction in his own charges and sentence.
McKinnon, the prosecutor, reminded jurors that Adams and Crump actually took steps toward making ricin — looking up a recipe and gathering ingredients. Other men who could be heard in some of the secretly recorded discussions never did anything more than talk and, therefore, weren't facing any charges.


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Week 5 down and I'm pleased to say that I'm also down another 2.8lbs. It wasn't a huge loss, but it was a loss and I'll take it!
Week 5 down and I'm pleased to say that I'm also down another 2.8lbs. It wasn't a huge loss, but it was a loss and I'll take it!
A few things I've discovered…
It's difficult to use all of my points in a day! As you know, I'm following Weight Watchers and measure points vs. calories. I've noticed that I'm coming in well below my target. I'm happy about this, but I do remember during one of the countless weight loss meetings that I've attended or in one of the things I've read along the way that if you eat too little it impedes your weight loss. Your body decides that you are starving it and it begins rebelling.
Clementines are one of my new favorite fruits! I've always been a "picky" eater. I like bananas, raisins and canned peaches. I'm not a model student when it comes to my fresh fruit intake. Clementines were my trial fruit this week and I have been consuming 2/day and loving it! I'm going to test drive cherries next.
If you've ever seen "The Paper" starring Michael Keaton you will understand my love of Coca-Cola. I have not consumed a REAL, Classic Coke since the start of the New Year. Anyone who knows me knows that this is a huge accomplishment! It is my liquid heroin. Instead I've been drinking no less than 9 glasses of pure water daily plus my usual morning coffee and a very occasional "Diet" Coke. Funny thing is, most days I don't even miss the caramel colored gold and I actually prefer straight water to diet colas.
I've heard that when someone stops smoking that their taste buds come back to life. I think that this also happens to dieters. I've noticed that food tastes better! I had lasagna primavera with grilled chicken this week and although it was light on cheese, the fresh tomatoes and zucchini were bursting with flavor.
As we approach Week 6, I know that the fight is going to intensify. Every pound is going to be a hard win. If I continue to lose 1-2 lbs per week I should be able to hit my personal 12 week goal of 21. Until next week!


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OpenVMS Calling Standard. Such applications must have routines that are externally
callable. Implementation of a distributed application is dependent, in particular,
on the ability to reuse application logic without having to substantially rewrite
legacy code to remove unwanted embedded terminal I/O and other nonreusable code.
BridgeWorks' wrapping ability extends to DCL procedures, ACMS applications,
and aggregate datatypes (structures and arrays) for Java-based connections.
Application wrapping includes the ability to autogenerate the
componentized application definitions, including complex nested structures (ACMS
only), by scanning standard compiler-generated STDL and analysis files.
HP BridgeWorks accelerates and simplifies the process of implementing distributed
applications, by providing a robust and scalable integration solution, even
for nonthreadsafe applications. Generated components easily integrate with third-party
products, enabling you to build end-to-end solutions for the widest range of
client platforms and the Internet.
HP BridgeWorks includes online help and start-to-finish tutorials for new users
to build their first distributed applications.


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In LLPSI Orberg Scribit:
Diu, Vasta maria tibi navigandum est..
'navigandum' is a gerundive... and the sentence means 'For you the wide seas must, for a long time, be sailed' - I reckon.
but.. What's 'navigandum' agreeing with? It would seem that it should agree with 'maria' the seas must be sailed but why is singular...? Wouldn't the sentence be more correctly written:
Diu, Vasta maria tibi naviganda sunt. ??


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Value (owner estimated) of private dwelling - Refers to the dollar amount expected by the owner if the asset were to be sold.
In the context of dwelling, it refers to the value of the entire dwelling, including the value of the land it is on and of any other structure, such as a garage, which is on the property. If the dwelling is located in a building which contains several dwellings, or a combination of residential and business premises, all of which the household owns, the value is estimated as a portion of the market value that applies only to the dwelling in which the household resides.
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Subsidized housing - Refers to whether the dwelling is subsidized. Subsidized housing includes rent geared to income, social housing, public housing, government-assisted housing, non-profit housing, rent supplements and housing allowances.
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Highest certificate, diploma or degree is the classification used in the census to measure the broader concept of 'Educational attainment.'
This variable refers to the highest level of education that a person has successfully completed and is derived from the educational qualifications questions, which asked for all certificates, diplomas and degrees to be reported.
The general hierarchy used in deriving this variable (high school, trades, college, university) is loosely tied to the 'in-class' duration of the various types of education. At the detailed level, someone who has completed one type of certificate, diploma or degree will not necessarily have completed the credentials listed below it in the hierarchy. For example, a person with an apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma may not have completed a high school certificate or diploma, nor does an individual with a 'master's degree' necessarily have a 'certificate or diploma above bachelor level.' Although the hierarchy may not fit all programs perfectly, it gives a general measure of educational attainment.
This variable is reported for persons aged 15 years and over in private households.
Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree', available in the
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'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate' includes only people who have this as their highest educational qualification. It excludes persons with a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree.
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In this lesson we'll be uncovering how to conditionally display elements with Vue.
We want to display text that says if our product is in stock or not, based on our data.
Notice we've added a new data property there at the bottom: .
Often in a web application, we want elements to appear on the page depending on if a condition is met or not. For instance, if our product is not in stock, our page should display the fact that it's out of stock.
So how could we conditionally render these elements, depending on whether our product is in stock or not?
Vue's solution is simple and straightforward.
Given that our data contains this new property:
We can use the and directives to determine which element to render.
If is truthy, the first paragraph will render. Otherwise, the second paragraph will. In this case, since the value of is true, the first paragraph will render.
Great. We've used conditional rendering to display whether our product is in stock or not. Our feature is done. But let's explore conditional rendering some more before we move onto our next topic.
We can add a third degree of logic with . To demonstrate, let's use an example that is a bit more complex.
If our data looked something like this:
We could use expressions, inside the quotes, to make our conditions more specific.
The element that will render is the first element whose expression evaluates to true.
If your app needs an element to frequently toggle on and off the page, you'll want to use the directive. An element with this directive on it will always be present in our DOM, but it will only be visible on the page if its condition is met. It will conditionally add or remove the CSS property to the element.
This method is more performant than inserting and removing an element over and over with / .
However, in the product app we're building, using a and works just fine, so we'll keep that as our solution.
Add an property to the product's data that is used to conditionally render a that says "On Sale!"
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Crowdfunding is a way of raising finance by asking a large number of people each for a small amount of money. Traditionally, financing a business, project or venture involved asking a few people for large sums of money. Crowdfunding switches this idea around, using the internet to talk to thousands – if not millions – of potential funders. Typically, those seeking funds will set up a profile of their project on a website such as those run by our members. They can then use social media, alongside traditional networks of friends, family and work acquaintances, to raise money. Below is a brief description of each of the different type of crowdfunding.
People invest simply because they believe in the cause. Rewards can be offered (often called reward crowdfunding), such as acknowledgements on an album cover, tickets to an event, regular news updates, free gifts and so on. Returns are considered intangible. Donors have a social or personal motivation for putting their money in and expect nothing back, except perhaps to feel good about helping the project. UK Sites include:
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Fresno Deputy Sheriff's Association
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Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce
Elected Officials
Honorable Brent Adney Fresno County Republican Central Committee
Honorable Leonel Alvarado Former Fresno City Council Member
Honorable Joseph R. Amador City of Mendota Council Member
Honorable Susan Anderson Former Fresno County Supervisor
Honorable Carol Armstrong Fresno Co. Republican Central Committee Member (fmr.)
Honorable Alan Autry Former Fresno Mayor
Honorable Jim Avalos Selma City Council Member
Honorable Oliver Baines Fresno City Council Member
Honorable Lee Brand Fresno City Council Member
Honorable Mike Briggs Former Cal State Assemblyman
Honorable Cruz Bustamante Former California Lt. Governor
Honorable Richard Caglia V.P. State Center Community College District
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Honorable David Cardenas Mayor of Fowler
Honorable Luis Carrillo Del Rey Community S.D.
Honorable Sylvia Chavez Mayor of Huron
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Honorable Valerie Davis FUSD Board Member
Honorable Gloria De La Pena Pinedale County Water District
Honorable Amarpreet Dhaliwal Mayor of San Joaquin
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Honorable Jose Flores Clovis City Council Member
Honorable Ruth Gaddenbush Former FUSD Board Member
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Honorable Ralph Garcia Former Selma Mayor
Honorable David Hadden, M.D. Fresno County Coroner
Honorable Hank Hendrix West Fresno School District Board Member (fmr.)
Honorable Gabriel Jimenez Orange Cove Mayor
Honorable Cal Johnson FUSD Board
Honorable Les Kimber Former Fresno City Council Member
Honorable Craig Knight Firebaugh Mayor Pro-Tem
Honorable Richard Lake, CPA Clovis Unified Board
Honorable John Leal SCCCD Trustee
Honorable Rick Lehman Former US Congressman
Honorable Armando Lopez Parlier Mayor
Honorable Victor Lopez Orange Cove Mayor Pro-Tem
Honorable Dennis Lujan Former Mayor of Selma
Honorable Steve Magarian Former Fresno County Sheriff
Honorable Diane Maldonado City of Parlier Council Member
Ronald H. Markarian Major General Army Reserve Ambassador for the State of Calif. Fmr. Chairman of the Fresno Count Republican Central Committee
Honorable Javier Marquez Former Mayor of Firebaugh
Honorable Luisa Medina Former FUSD Board Member
Honorable Andre Minuth, M.D. Fresno County Republican Central Committee
Honorable Joshua Mitchell Mayor, City of Sanger
Honorable Sandie Monis City of Fowler Council Member
Honorable Manuel Nunez Former FUSD Board
Honorable Clint Olivier Fresno City Council Member
Honorable Yolanda Padilla City of Parlier Council Member
Honorable Ralph Pardo Orange Cove Council Member
Honorable Daniel Parra Fowler Mayor Pro Tem
Honorable Nicole Parra Former California State Assemblymember
Honorable Charles Pashayan Former US Congressman
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Honorable Dan Payne Fresno County Republican Central Committee Chair (fmr.)
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Honorable Henry Perea Fresno County Supervisor
Honorable Henry T. Perea California State Assemblymember
Honorable Leticia Perez Kern County Supervisor
Honorable Larry Powell Former Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
Honorable Robert Poythress Mayor of Madera
Honorable Sal Quintero Fresno City Council Member
Honorable Maria Reyna Del Rey Community S.D.
Honorable Joseph Riofrio City of Mendota Council Member
Honorable Derek O. Robinson Madera Mayor Pro Tem
Honorable Trinidad Rodriguez Former Mayor of Kerman
Honorable Arlie Rogers Kingsburg Hospital District
Honorable Dan Ronquillo Former Fresno City Council Member
Honorable Craig Scharton Former Fresno City Council Member
Honorable A.P. Sidhu, M.D. Former Fresno County Republican Central Committee President
Honorable Robert Silva Mendota Mayor
Honorable Jim Simonian Fowler City Council Member
Honorable Rusty Souza N. Central Fire Protection District Trustee
Honorable Cynthia Sterling Former Fresno City Council Member
Honorable Gerald L. Tahajian Former Fresno City Council
Honorable Sally Tannenbaum Former Fresno County Board of Education Member
Honorable Doug Vagim Former Fresno County Supervisor
Honorable Alex Valdez Former Mayor of Mendota
Honorable Eva Valdez Pinedale County Water District
Honorable Sergio Valdez Mendota City Council Member
Honorable Richard Valle Kings County Supervisor
Honorable Raul Villanueva City of Parlier Council Member
Honorable Bob Waterston Former Fresno County Supervisor
Honorable Don Watnik Clovis Veterans Memorial District
Honorable Stuart Weil Fresno Republican Central Committee
Honorable Larry Westerlund Former Fresno City Councilman
Honorable Bob Whalen Clovis City Council Member
Honorable Tom Wright Clovis Veterans Memorial District Board Member
Community Business Leaders
Kamal Abu-Shamsieh Chaplain
Eduardo Acevedo
Annette Adams
Brett Adney
Tino Aguilar Real Estate Broker
James Aldredge Former Fresno City Manager
Tony Amundsen Clovis North H.S. Basketball Coach
Roger Anthony
Anthony Realty
Faisal Aranki, M.D.
Jose Arechiga, CPA
Robert Arendt Retired Fresno Police Officer
John Arriaga
JEA Associates
Paul S. Aulakh, CPA
Pradeep Bali Small Business Owner
Gregory Barfield
Dee Barnes
Fresno City EmployeesAssociation
Jeffrey Barnes
Michael Bassim, CPA
Barry Bauer
Herb Bauer Sporting Goods
Don Beauregard Educator
Ben Benavidez
Paul Betancourt Farmer and Former President of the Fresno County Farm Bureau
Charlotte Bien
Diana Bleth
George Bleth
Hal Bolen Attorney at Law
Jim Bouskos
Paul S. Brar, CPA
Melissa Bravo
Charlie Briggs Realtor- Appraiser
Judy Brown
Sally Caglia
Electric Motor Shop and Warnors Center for Performing Arts
Eric Cano
Michael Cardenas, CPA
Bill Casarez, CPA
Margaret Casarez, CPA
Tony Castellum Business Executive
Christine Cerda Realtor- Member of NAR CAR
Dan Cheney Realtor
Larry Cleveland, CPA
Larry Coffin, CPA
Ruben Coronado, CPA
TJ Cox
Central Valley NM TC Fund
Dr. Alfredo Cuellar
Linzey Daniels Fresno County District Attorney (fmr.)
Hrant Darakjian, CPA
Malcolm (Mel) Dedekian, CPA
Joe De Losantos
Rod De Luca De Luca Development Construction
Kathleen Dennen
Michael Der Manouel, Jr. Fresno County Lincoln Club
Pat DeSantis Farmer
Pat DiCicco DiCicco's Pizza
Jim Dirlam, CPA Former Fresno City Controller
Robert Donabedian
Cindy Dunn Fresno City College
Jerry Dyer Fresno Chief of Police
Jeff Eben Former City of Fresno Deputy Mayor
Jose A. Elgorriaga TV Station Executive
Phillip Erickson, CPA
Emerson Estrada
Paul Evert Fresno Business Owner
Harjeet Fagura-Dhaliwal, M.D.
Bobby Fena
Colliers Tingey
Dan Fitzpatrick Former Fresno County Chief Administrative Officer
Ernie Flores
Mike Foley
Charles Francis
Pauline Fuller SCCCD, Professor Emeritus
Dennis Gaab Developer
Venancio Gaona Community Leader
Marian Garcia
Sophia Garcia
Tony Gastelum Consultant
Humberto Gomez Labor Leader
Gene Gonzales, Sr. Realtor
Salvador Gonzales
Victoria Gonzales Realtor
Zulma Gonzales
Dr. Luz Gonzalez
Dean Gordon Attorney at Law
Armand Gougasian, CPA
Julie Griffiths
Javier Guzman Chicano Youth Center
Zetta Hadden
Jeffrey A. Hagopian, CPA
Jennifer Hall
Boghos Handian
Greg Haney, CPA
Honorable Scott Hawkins Fresno Co. Republican Ctrl. Committee Member (fmr.)
Martha Elizabeth Hernandez Realtor
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John Hutson
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Gary I. Istanboulian, CPA
Steve Jackson, CPA
Alex Jaramishian, CPA
Peggy Jelmini Artist
Dr. Kay Hickman
Rick Jelmini, DDS
Bob Jennings Labor Leader
Rev. Bobby Jones
Christina Jones
Donald N. Jones, CPA
John Jones Clovis High School Basketball Coach
David Jordan, CPA
Dr. Husan Kaileh
Janet Kardashian Clovis Schools Educator
Varus Kardashian Developer
Ed Kashian Lance-Kashian Co.
Larry Kellerhals
Keith Kelley Community Activist
Dick Keyes
Hal Kissler, CPM, CCIM Manco Abbott Real Estate Management
Teang "Tan" Koo, CPA
Hagop Krioghlian, CPA
Claude Laval, III
Dorsey Lee
Dr. Joe Lee
Jerold P. Logoluso, CPA
Dr. Karl Longley
Brigitte Loren
Mark Lozada
David Macias
Marina Magdaleno Stationary Engineers Local 39
Ron Manfredi Retired Kerman City Manager Fmr. Firebaugh Interim City Manager
Gus Kavalos Coalinga Farmer
Sophia Kavalos Coalinga Farmer
Tom Marsella Business Executive
Athena Matsikas-Caglia Radio Personality
Joseph E. Mattes, CPA
Gloria Medina, CPA
Marvin Meyers Farmer
Dr. Robert S. Mikell Professor Emeritus Fresno State University
Bessie Miller
Rev. Harry Miller
Robert Mitchell
Robert K. Mitchel Jr., M.D.
Marlene Murphey Fresno RDA Successor Agency Executive Director
Ali Nekumanesh Fresno Business Owner
Paul Nelson, CPA
Ed O'Neal Farmer
Frank Orvis
Marian Orvis
Wayne T. Ota, CPA
Gilbert Padilla Community Organizer
Stephone Paige Former NFL Player
Debbie Parda
Jacky Parks President, Fresno Police Officers Association
Maxie Parks 1976 US Olympic Medalist Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame (1990)
Dirk Poeschel
Gloria Ponce Rodriguez
Jose Ramirez US Olympic Boxer
Oscar Ramirez, P.E.
Mike Ratley Westside Ford "No Suits, No Ties, No Lies"
Enrique Reade Funeral Director
Jeff Reid Attorney At Law
Mike Reynolds Author of Three Strikes Law
Nancy Richardson
Randy Risner Attorney at Law
Jeff Roberts Selma Farmer
Chris Rockas, J.D.
Elenis Rockas, M.D.
Matt Rogers Chair, Fresno County Young Democrats
Vic Roznovski Retired MLB Player Spano Development
Joanna Ruiz
Paris Ruiz
Dr. Jackie Ryle Former Fresno City Clerk
Mohammad Saeed, M.D.
Jim Sabbatini, CPA
Abraham Saghdejian Saghdejian Farms
Manas Saghdejian Saghdejian Farms
Victor Sahatdjian Victor Packing
Gordon Saito, CPA
Dale Samuelian Pearson Realty- Ag Appraiser
Phillip V. Sanchez Former US Ambassador to Honduras
Rudy Savala, Esq. Attorney
Frank Scharton, CPA
Eric Schmidt, President Fresno Deputy Sheriff's Association
Michael Sigala Sigala, Inc.
Curpal Singh Farmer
Mandhir Singh Farmer
Irma Soltero-Sparks Realtor
Noel Smith, M.D. William Smith Attorney at Law
Jervy Smith
Bob Smittcamp Lyons Magnus
Rick Snow
Al Solis Sol Development
Stanley Spano Spano Development
Anne Speake Business Community Leader
Robert N. Srabian, CPA
Rod Stark Valley Small Business
Raymond Steine, CPA
Elaine Steitz
Moses Stites
Tom Stefanopoulos Stamoules Farms
Darrel Stewart, CPA
Maurice "Mo" Talbot Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame (2004)
Dr. Peter Tannenbaum
Dorothy Thomas
Wayne Thornton Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame Boxer
Russell Tidrick
Milton Torigian, CPA
Archie Tovar Technology Expert
Phillip Traynor
Ted Triffon
Cliff Tutelian Tutelian Company
Angelo Tsakopoulos AKT Investments
Becky Vagim
Frank Villegas
Rick M. Wan, CPA
Kirk Wanless President, Fresno City Firefighters Local 753
Charlie Waters Veteran, Korean War
Howard Watkins Community Leader
Ikuko Watnick
Peter Weber Business Community Leader
Gordon Webster Publisher
Jack Weisberg Attorney at Law
Leah Simon-Weisberg Attorney at Law
John Welty President Emeritus, Fresno State University
Chris Williams
LaVera Williams LaVera's Day Care
Jimmy Wingfield
Rev. Hymann Wood Retired Pastor, Peoples Church
Sylvia Woodburne
Bill Woolman Attorney at Law
Danell Wright
Pamela Young-King
Nick Yovino
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One of the most intriguing films of the year is "District 9," which made a huge splash at Comic-Con International and looks to be the break-out hit in fanboy cinema this year. Chris Lee, who writes about film and music for the Los Angeles Times Calendar section, is back on the mighty Hero Complex with his article on the filmmakers behind the project, one of them a newcomer from South Africa and the other a certain ringmaster from New Zealand.
In the docu-style, sci-fi thriller "District 9," which arrives in theaters Aug. 14, hundreds of thousands of aliens become stranded in South Africa after their massive spaceship comes to a standstill above downtown Johannesburg.
Unable to fix the craft, this massive population of tentacle-waving, exoskeleton-sheathed aliens eventually outstays its welcome; they become reviled by humans for burdening the country's welfare system even though all they really want to do is go home. Corralled into District 9 — a rubbish-strewn refugee camp that calls to mind Mumbai's septic squalor, captured to striking effect in "Slumdog Millionaire" — they are segregated from the general populace by barbed wire. There, the film's sentient yet excitable aliens are denied such basic necessities as running water and are denigrated by native earthlings as "prawns" for their resemblance to Sasquatch-sized shellfish.
Given the film's real-life setting amid Soweto's teeming townships and its segregationist signage — "For humans only! Non-humans banned!" read placards in the movie — it's impossible not to correlate the aliens' predicament with recent South African history. And that's no accident. Call "District 9" the world's first autobiographical alien apartheid movie.
Writer-director Neill Blomkamp grew up in Johannesburg during an era of white minority rule; later, memories of the apartheid government's social divisiveness and authoritarian control became "the most powerful influence" in shaping his creative vision.
"It all had a huge impact on me: the white government and the paramilitary police — the oppressive, iron-fisted military environment," Blomkamp said over breakfast recently in a Santa Monica hotel. He appeared boyish, fresh-faced in jeans and a button-down shirt, his hair spiky with product, while exuding a preternatural sense of focus.
"Blacks, for the most part, were kept separate from whites. And where there was overlap, there were very clearly delineated hierarchies of where people were allowed to go."
He continued: "Those ideas wound up in every pixel in 'District 9.' "
Arriving as one of the hottest properties at San Diego's recent Comic-Con International, the movie wowed its fanboy premiere audience and set the TweetDeck alight with reports that "District 9" is the real deal: one of the most original sci-fi films to come along in years.
It should boggle the imagination of anyone who sees the movie to discover, then, that for all its narrative assuredness and engrossing neo-realism, "District 9" is the debut feature of a director who has not yet reached the tender age of 30. Moreover, despite showcasing more than 600 computer-enhanced shots of bizarro aliens, high-tech weaponry and crazy spaceship blastoffs — much of it shot in cinéma vérité-style that one-ups last year's "Cloverfield" — Blomkamp, 29, managed to shoot "District 9" on a modest $30-million budget.
Those merits aside, however, Sony's decision to roll out the film in the midst of summer's ultracompetitive movie lineup boils down to three words attached to "District 9": "Peter Jackson presents." Jackson, the Oscar-winning writer-director behind the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" franchise, was key in actualizing Blomkamp's vision for "District 9," producing the film, arranging its independent financing and helping Blomkamp iron out kinks in the script.
"He saw South African society — both the good and bad of the society there — and he wanted to put a science fiction spin on what he witnessed growing up because he's a science fiction geek," said Jackson, who had traveled from New Zealand to Comic-Con primarily to sing Blomkamp's praises. "I really like the idea that here was a guy who was making a movie based on life experience, not just on some movie that he was a fan of. 'District 9' is not reflective of any movie that I can imagine. It's really very original, which I love about it, and that's totally Neill …"
There's more, read the rest …
— Chris Lee
Peter Jackson: Movie fans are "fed up with the lack of original ideas"
Jackson: "District 9" director has "courageous sense" as filmmaker
The Lord of the Geeks arrives in San Diego
Jackson: "Hobbit" script is 3-4 weeks away
"The Hobbit" is just the beginning of the del Toro Decade
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Expansions in Education and Service: 1975 - 1990
1990's - Present
A 30-Year Reflection: by John Norsetter
The Center's Vision for the Future
Professor Frank Remington begins to develop idea for correctional internship program.
Eight interns complete the Correctional Internship Programs at two institutions.
Supreme Court rules in Johnson v. Avery that correctional systems must provide a law library or other legal system for inmates. The LAIP interns were made available to provide this legal advice.Student interns begin to be assigned to the Central State Hospital. First grant expires.
First supervising attorneys are hired.
Fifteen interns participate in LAIP. Programs expand to include the new federal prison in Oxford.The Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice grant expires.
Legislative funds for LAIP are added to the Law School's base support. LAIP moves to the old State Crime Laboratory at 913 University Avenue.Walter J. Dickey is named Director of the LAIP program.
Clinical Associate Professor Ben Kempinen helps draft Wisconsin Statute section 973.155, mandating sentence credit in appropriate cases.
Legislature requires the Department of Corrections to comply with the State Administrative Procedure Act. Walter Dickey is given the job of rewriting the Department's rules.
Forty interns participate in LAIP. Diane Collins is hired as secretary for the program.
LAIP again encounters funding problems. Professors Remington and Dickey ask for students to write to the Law School attesting the importance of the program. State funding is then established.
Professor Dickey becomes the director of the Department of Corrections
Ben Kempinen is involved in drafting revisions to "good time laws", legislation that credited inmates for time already served.Paralegal work begins in the Fox Lake Correctional Institution with two inmates, including Bobby Austin.
Ken Lund becomes director of LAIP.
David Cook begins the Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program, later renamed the Restorative Justice Project.
Catherine Manning award, for outstanding LAIP students is established in memory of the late supervising attorney, Catherine Manning.
Crime lab building at 913 University Avenue is demolished. Program moves to 212 N. Bassett Street.Ben Kempinen takes over as director of an expanded Prosecution Project.
Fifty-five interns participate in LAIP. Meredith Ross becomes Deputy Director of LAIP. Public Defender Project is launched with Michele LaVigne as director.
Frank Remington retires from the Law School faculty but continues as emeritus professor.Law School begins construction of an expansion of the existing building to include LAIP offices.
Criminal Appeals Project begins with Kate Kruse as director.
Restorative Justice Project arranges meeting between Jackie Millar and Craig Sussex.
Frank Remington passes away.The expansion of the Law School is completed and the Program moves into the new building. The Frank J. Remington Center for Education, Research and Service in Criminal Justice is dedicated. Meredith Ross becomes director of the Center. Neighborhood Law Project launched to provide legal services to the poor in Madison.
The Family Law Project is created with Kate Kruse as director.
The Innocence Project is created with John Pray and Keith Findley as co-directors.
Michele LaVigne starts the Delavan Project, a mock trial for deaf students.
110 students are offered internships in the eight programs at the Remington Center. Diane Collins celebrates 20 years at the Center. Meg Gaines starts the Patient Advocacy Project, later renamed the Center for Patient Partnerships.
Meredith Ross retires as director of the Center. The civil clinics within the Remington Center are reorganized under the umbrella of the Economic Justice Institute, which is now distinct from the Remington Center.
The Federal Appeals Project is created with Adam Stevenson as director.


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Meet in our cafe at 6.20pm for a 6.30pm start. Run4It will take runners on a gentle 5k run in the local area before returning to the store for a FREE smoothie.
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Meaning of B1000 engine trouble code is a kind of body trouble code and when the check engine light comes B1000 code on the first you should check is the gas cap. Pull over, retighten it, and take a look at the cap to see if it has any cracks in it. Continue driving and see if the check engine light turns off. Alternately, you can purchase a gas cap for about $3 at an auto parts store. All you need to do is take the old one off and screw on the new one. If you've already made it to the store, you might as well just replace it. While not car-threatening, it's good to take care of this right away to improve gas mileage.
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Gasoline engines use spark plugs to cause an explosion of fuel within the cylinder. In a properly timed engine, this explosion occurs at the proper moment to send the piston to the bottom of the cylinder and provide power to the drive shaft. If the plug wires are out of sequence, the explosion occurs at the wrong time. The improper timing of the explosion sometimes pushes the cylinder the wrong direction or interferes with the turning of the crank. As a result, the engine stutters or backfires, if it runs at all.
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|OBD-II Diagnostic Body (B) Trouble Code For Engine
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|Ambient Air Temperature Sensor Circuit Low
|Cold Start Injector 1 Malfunction
|Shift Solenoid E Performance or Stuck Off
The oxygen (02) sensors on your car measure the oxygen in the exhaust to determine how rich or lean the ratio of fuel and air are in the cylinders. Optimizing this mixture means better fuel economy and fewer exhaust emissions.
B1000 OBD-II Diagnostic Body (B) Trouble Code DescriptionB1000 engine trouble code is about Shift Solenoid E Performance or Stuck Off.
Main reason For B1000 CodeThe reason of B1000 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Ambient Air Temperature Sensor Circuit Low.
B1000 code on vehicles with electronically controlled automatic transmissions, the 3-4 shift solenoid is responsible for actuating the hydraulic circuits to activate clutches or bands that change gears inside the automatic transmission.


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Scholarship and research is focused on diabetes in pregnancy with a view to improving quality and safety for mothers and neonates. Her current research was presented at the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) in Denver in April 2014 and at the (New York State Perinatal Association) NYSPA in Albany in June 2014.
She is currently working on a prospective exploratory study of women with diabetes in pregnancy that will be complete in Dec 2014. Recent research efforts are looking at the increasing incidence of adverse complications related to repeated cesarean delivery.
Kathleen earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Stony Brook University, Masters Degree from Syracuse University, and Midwifery degree from Frontier University. Dr. Dermady is a clinical educator for students in midwifery, nursing and medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University and Stony Brook University.
Kathleen is actively involved in educating health care providers, residents and students about collaborative practice. Working to pass the Midwifery Modernization Act in 2010, she has been instrumental in developing and establishing collaborative practices with NYS licensed midwives and the SUNY Upstate Regional Perinatal Center, providing access to comprehensive care for women choosing to birth in the home.
The Health Foundation for Western and Central NY chose Kathleen for the Health Leadership Fellows 2014- 2016.
A NYS licensed midwife at SUNY Upstate Regional Perinatal Center, and a member of the clinical faculty at SUNY Upstate Medical University; Kathleen combines knowledge, experience, resources, and enthusiasm in providing health care for women with high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Dermady is the director of Centering Pregnancy Special Care for Women with Diabetes. The program was the result of a generous grant from the March of Dimes to provide targeted healthcare, education and support to women with pregestational and gestational diabetes in pregnancy; women at highest risk for adverse perinatal outcome.
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Experts say more than 50 percent of adults over 50 avoid potentially life-saving exams for one of the most preventable types of cancer, all because of embarrassment.
Bowel habits are not something most people talk about, so they choose to avoid the topic altogether and that avoidance can be deadly.
Colon or rectal cancer, also known as colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer among both men and women and the second most deadly cancer in Americans. According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 150,000 men and women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2006 and about 37 percent will ultimately die from it.
The disease is also one of the only human cancers with a precancerous stage.
That means it can be discovered and removed before it ever becomes deadly. With proper screening, almost all colon and rectal polyps can be found before they turn into cancer.
Polyps are precancerous masses that form on the lining of the colon or rectum. Left untreated, certain polyps can become cancerous.
Men and women aged 50 or older should get regular screening exams such as a colonoscopy. This exam allows the physician to directly inspect the entire colon for potentially cancerous growths. People with a family history of colon polyps or colon cancer should begin screening at age 40, or earlier if young relatives are affected.
Unfortunately, only about 45 percent of Americans aged 50 or older get any type of screening or surveillance exam at the appropriate time.
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Andrew Warhola, who later styled himself as Andy Warhol, was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh to immigrants from what is now modern day Slovakia. A sickly child, Warhol contracted choreia, a neurological disorder characterised by abnormal involuntary movements which left him bedridden. During this period of illness he collected and drew magazine clippings of movie stars. This was to inform his later obsession with celebrity, seen in his silk-screen prints of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Elizabeth Taylor, produced from 1962 onwards.
Relocating to New York in 1949, Warhol began a career in magazine and advertising illustration, seen in his Ice Cream, Dessert and Shoe, Shoes, Shoes. art prints of the mid-1950s. Warhol's later artwork blurred the boundaries between art and pop culture as he plundered images from advertising culture. He depicted American brands such as Campbell's Soup and Brillo, using replicas of their packaging in repeated patterns, perhaps as a comment on the banality of mass consumer culture. Warhol's legendary studio in midtown Manhattan was named The Factory, where he set up a mass-production assembly line to produce his art in the most efficient way possible. The Factory also became the premises for wild parties amongst the bohemian New York set. In 2006, Sienna Miller portrayed the actress Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl, a film set around Sedgwick's relationship with Warhol in the mid-1960s and the shenanigans in his NYC studio.
In his lifetime, Andy Warhol cemented his own celebrity status by partying with the right New Yorkers but also by the sheer volume of the work he produced including drawings, screen-prints, paintings, photographs, films and installations. He had his own TV show, magazine and acted in Japanese commercials. Warhol also undertook advertising commissions, managed The Velvet Underground & Nico rock outfit, designing their notorious Banana album cover in 1967. He also indulged in a spot of modelling and book writing. Indeed, was there anything that Andy Warhol, the master manipulator of the media, hadn't done?
In 1968, Valerie Solanas, a former actress in one of Warhol's films and a member of SCUM (The Society for Cutting Up Men) attempted to murder the artist outside his studio, paranoid that he was stealing her ideas for artistic gain. Warhol survived the shooting but became emotionally scarred by the incident, making him obsessed with notions of death in his later work. Andy Warhol died of cancer in 1987, after somewhat over-extending his allotted 15 minutes of fame.
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Betty Thomas, 86, of Osceola died Jan. 1, 2013.
Services were 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Kale Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St. The Rev. William E. Ballard, chaplain, HCI Care Services, officiated. Memorials may be directed to the University of Iowa Foundation, Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund.
Betty Catherine Thomas, daughter of Jeanne Isabelle (Hollingsworth) and James Herbert Williams, was born Jan. 26, 1926, in Liberty, Ky.
Betty received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska.
On Feb. 1, 1951, Betty married David Mickey Thomas in Iowa City.
Betty worked as a registered nurse at Clarke County Hospital for 18 years.
Betty was a member of Osceola United Methodist Church.
Betty is survived by her husband David Mickey Thomas of Osceola; daughters, Becky (Dwight) Martin and Susan (Gregory) Moulton, all of Vienna, Va., and Judy Thomas of Waltham, Mass.; grandchildren, Matthew and Ashley Moulton and Caleb Martin, all of Vienna, Va.; brother James (Shirley) Williams of Dodge City, Kan.; sister Margaret (Harvey) Miller of Montrose, Colo., as well as other relatives and many friends.
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Prime Therapeutics earns CEO Cancer Gold Standard Accreditation
Eric Elliott, president and CEO of Prime Therapeutics, joins other U.S. CEOs fighting cancer in the workplace
Feb 25, 2013, 09:00 EST
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Therapeutics (Prime), a leading pharmacy benefit manager, has earned CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ from the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, in recognition of its efforts to promote workplace wellness and encourage healthier behaviors of employees and their families.
"Prime is proud to be a part of the national effort to raise awareness about cancer and the lifestyle choices related to cancer-related illnesses," said Eric Elliott, president and CEO of Prime Therapeutics. "We want our workplace to support our employees in their efforts to be to be as healthy as possible."
To receive a Gold Standard accreditation, Prime established programs to (1) reduce cancer risk through discouraging tobacco use, encouraging physical activity and teaching diet and nutrition; (2) detect cancer at its earliest stages; and (3) provide access to quality care and clinical trials.
Through Prime's wellness program, be well, employees and their families are encouraged to use a variety of Prime's resources and opportunities that contribute to their physical, emotional and financial health. Be well, which launched in 2010, includes components such as
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Prime's wellness efforts have been highly praised and recognized by Minneapolis Star Tribune (No. 19 – Top 100 Workplaces in Minnesota), Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Top Three Healthiest Employers) and Minnesota Business magazine (No. 3 – Best 100 Companies to Work For).
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The CEO Roundtable on Cancer is a nonprofit organization of cancer-fighting CEOs who created the CEO Cancer Gold Standard in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute. The organization was founded in 2001, when former President George H.W. Bush challenged a group of executives to "do something bold and venturesome about cancer within your own corporate families." The CEOs responded by creating and encouraging the widespread adoption of the CEO Cancer Gold Standard, a comprehensive program designed to combat cancer from every angle by focusing on prevention, early detection and quality care. Today, more than 3 million employees and family members are benefiting from the vision and leadership of employers who have chosen to become Gold Standard accredited.
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Did somebody get to Dale Sveum? Specifically, did somebody in Cubs management tell the manager to stand down after his comments about threatening to bench Starlin Castro because of exasperating mental mistakes in San Francisco?
Reading comments out of Milwaukee in Wednesday's paper, it sounds as if Sveum got chastened by a boss. Either that or we're learning that Sveum's no-nonsense voice can come out with a lot of nonsense.
To back up to Monday, Sveum threatened to bench Castro for embarrassing mental gaffes in two of the four losses in San Francisco over the weekend, once stopping short of second base on a steal attempt, then forgetting how many outs there were.
"It's the last straw,'' Sveum said Monday. "He better start getting his head in the game, period.''
Sveum went on to make clear that "it's something obviously that's unacceptable at any time. Whether we could've turned the double play or not is irrelevant to not knowing how many outs there are in the most important part of the game.
"It's not acceptable. These things have got to stop happening, or we're just going to stop playing him.''
OK, so we have "last straw'' and "these thing have got to stop happening, or we're just going to stop playing him.'' Big talk by the first-year manager, threatening to bench his best hitter.
By Tuesday, however, the first-year manager perhaps realized what he said, or someone above him realized it for him. Whatever, Sveum was saying that some people were making a "big thing out of" the incident.
But wait. Didn't Sveum make it a "big thing'' to start with by threatening to bench Castro?
Why, yes, I believe he did. So, was it a "big thing'' or just big talk?
"Was it a big thing? Of course it was," Sveum told reporters Tuesday. "But veterans do the same things too sometimes, so it's not a case of being young and all that. Everybody on this team and everybody who's 22 years old still has played a lot of baseball. There are certain things that happen that people get embarrassed by, and he feels horrible about it.
"But there's no (excusing it because of age) or anything like that. You're not going to bench a guy for something like that. You're going to bench guys for not playing hard or not preparing, things like that.''
Hold on a minute. What happened to "last straw'' and "these things have got to stop happening, or we're just going to stop playing him''?
How did he suddenly get to "you're not going to bench a guy for something like that'' by the next day?
But wait. Sveum had more apparent double-talk.
"I'm not reneging on what I said,'' Sveum said Tuesday, "and he knows that. It's the last straw, meaning a number of things, not just a 'brain fart' on the field. It's the whole package of doing everything you can to make yourself and the people around you better.''
How can you have more than one "last straw''? And if something is the "last straw,'' then there wouldn't seem to be any other straws or "a number of things,'' as Sveum put it.
Double-talk, contradicting himself -- what is going on with a manager who has Jim Leyland's voice and a similar unvarnished honesty?
Here's what I think is going on: Sveum was told to pipe down about benching a young player -- THE young player -- who could bring a motherlode in a trade.
Theo Epstein certainly would consider dealing Castro, no matter what he said last week. Castro will hit for average, but he doesn't appear inclined to show the patience to work deep counts and run up the OPS+ the way Epstein's new administration wants.
What's more, some people don't think Castro is best-suited at shortstop, suggesting third base or perhaps even center field a la Robin Yount.
But either way, Epstein cannot have his manager -- his rookie manager -- hurting the kid's trade value by trying to act like, well, a manager.
I could be wrong about this. Sveum could've walked away form his stinging postgame threat Monday thinking he went too strongly on the kid.
But I don't think so, and here's why: That doesn't sound like the Sveum who has been clear about what he expected from players even before he was hired. Remember, Sveum chided the Mike Quade Cubs for lollygagging. Given that backdrop, it doesn't seem as if Sveum would think he came down too hard on Castro.
No, it reads more like someone thought it for him. That, in turn, leads to a conclusion that we might be seeing a manager being compromised. What Sveum wanted to do as manager might not be as important as what someone above him wants to do for the franchise. It's just a theory, and I could be wrong, but it sure feels like check and mate.
Look, Sveum had a right to be mad about Castro's mindless weekend. He had the right to say it. He had a right to bench Castro if he so chose. That's what managers do.
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JCB conductor Bethany Clarke will lead the band in arrangements that include Leroy Anderson's holiday favorite "Sleigh Ride;" Mel Torme's "Christmas Song;" Polar Express tunes; a holiday fanfare, "Christmas Florish;" "Celtic Christmas," plus visits from Frosty and Rudolph.
The concert and refreshments are free, but donations to the band will gladden everyone's heart, especially this time of year.
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The Jamestown Community Chorus has completed rehearsals for its concert on Saturday, Dec.11, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 12, at 3 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church.
Readers were unable to come up with the solutions to B.J.'s first letters' puzzles.
TFNTADSWTCPSIFWTL: "The First Noel"
GRYMGLNYD: "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"
JBJBJATW: "Jingle Bells"
Tickets for the concert – entitled "A Very British Christmas; or, What the Dickens!" – are available at Jamestown Hardware, Baker's Pharmacy and the Secret Garden. You may also call 423-1574 for reservations.
Sing on!
Also, no takers on the poser either. It's a children's Christmas song entitled "I'm Happy (The Holidays Are Coming)" by Barbara Klaskin Silberg.
Kudos to islander Dana Larkin who came in second in her age group for All-State Chorus. The 14-yearold North Kingstown High School freshman is a frequent cast member of the Jamestown Community Theatre, having just completed a run as one of "Ella's Angels" in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella." Last year Dana was nominated by Motif Magazine in the Best Child Actor category.
We erred last week in not mentioning Dec. 7. It's a date that should never be forgotten.
*** Our favorite "study" last week came to us via the ProJo. The study said that men whose index finger is longer than their ring finger are at lower risk of prostate cancer.
It's a good time of year for a little island nostalgia. This from Robert Fleming:
"Nostalgia seems to breed as we get older. A quick story about Ms. Clara Lewis, who taught seventh grade at Clarke School, and was one of the most dedicated teachers I will ever know, and truly admired, especially for her classes in English. She was dedicated and proud of all who were in her class.
"My story encompasses the time my brother Bill was nominated to be valedictorian of the 1948 graduating class at De La Salle Academy. Ms. Lewis presented him with a book, autographed by her, to show how proud she was of her former student. My mother, in return, asked her to accompany our family to the graduation. I recall Bill standing on the podium and myself staring at the floor, not wanting to make eye contact.
"On the way home, on the ferry Governor Carr, the conversation naturally was about Bill's presentation. My mother, openly proud of her son, said, 'Well Ms. Lewis, how do you think Bill did?' I'll never forget her reply. In an un-emphatic tone. she replied, 'It was OK.'
"My poor mother's [pride] defl ated like a balloon. Ms. Clara Lewis, always the teacher, had thought he could have done better and that is one of the reasons I admired her. She was one of a kind and spoke her convictions."
Thanks Robert!
More Christmas doings from Lisa Sheley, children's and young adult librarian at the Jamestown library. Children of all ages are invited to Holiday Crafting Workshops this month. They will run Monday through Thursday of each week from 2 to 5 p.m. on a drop-in basis. The schedule is Dec. 13-16, card making workshop; Dec. 20-23, ornament making workshop; and Dec. 27-30, crafting workshop with a new, surprise craft made each day.
Questions? Call Lisa at 423- 7280.
Call in your stuff to 829-2760 or 423-0383, or e-mail us at jtnwalrus@ hotmail.com Thank you.


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Out of the many games that hit the App Store, there are many which show huge amounts of originality, highlighting the best that iPhone developers have to offer, involving a great deal of thought and, indeed, time.
Two such examples of this are Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds; both massive sellers in their own right. However, what would happen if you took a little slice of each and merged then into a single game, not to mention the naming reference to Cut the Rope? Surely you'd have a massive hit on your hands, and a damn fine game to boot?
Maybe or maybe not, but that precise scenario has now happened with the Frankenstein's monster-like birth of...
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We're going to cut to the chase with Cut the Birds: it's a simple game, it's fun and it's free. The view in which all the action happens is pretty much the same as you get in Fruit Ninja, although to our knowledge you don't get the option of unlocking any special backgrounds.
As you stare out into the wilderness a variety of different feathered creatures emerge out of the horizon aimed directly at your iPhone's screen, hoping to smash their way through.
In order to stop the birds you must move your finger across the screen to create a virtual slash, each one being able to disable one or multiple assailants. As the time goes on, the birds become more numerous.
There are also bombs to reckon with, and these must be avoided at all costs otherwise it's game over. Despite it being basic, and the fact that it's likely you're going to get bored of it pretty quick, it's worth a download.
And if you really want to immerse yourself, you could always pretend you're a lone samurai pig fighting a hopeless battle against the evil bird army - or maybe not...