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By Caroline McGraw Apr 25, 2013 0
Being Embarrassed
Have you ever wished you had a time machine, so that you could intervene and change the past? That's how I felt when I read Liane Kupferberg Carter's recent column, "The Way You Look at Him." As I read, I wanted a DeLorean; I longed to arrange for someone to show up in that waiting room and give Mickey a whole-hearted look of acceptance. The time-travel angle hasn't worked out yet, but reading Carter's moving account reminded me of my own recent experience with my brother drawing stares from strangers.
As Willie was having his "Kicking the Trees" meltdown during our family visit, I noticed a desire to hide, or "cover up," his behavior. We were in a residential neighborhood, and I could practically feel people turning away, pretending not to see and hear what was going on. I was struck with the thought, After all these years, how can I feel embarrassed by Willie's behavior? But, as Carter notes in her column, trying-not-to-stare glances can still cut to the heart, even after years of dealing with them. By contrast, our parents didn't seem to give the general public a second thought as they dealt with the meltdown. This makes sense. If your son is in the middle of a meltdown, you don't have much attention left to spare for bystanders. But if you're the older sister, sitting on the sidelines and giving your sibling room, there's more space for embarrassment to creep in.
Yet I also know that shame only takes over if I let it. If I keep my focus elsewhere—if I consider how far Willie has come in the last few years, and how proud I am of him—it invariably dissipates. And there's a small silver lining to the social awkwardness factor: Seeing how others interact with Willie has proved an excellent gauge for my own friendships and relationships. Ask any autism parent or sibling, and they'll affirm that the simple acts of kindness are treasured. When people greet Willie with respect, when they make efforts to include him in a conversation, you'd better believe that I notice.
At the same time, I empathize with those who don't know what to say when they meet someone who doesn't communicate in a "traditional" way. I've been in that position myself.
When I lived in Washington DC, I rode the Metro frequently. One day, I noticed a young man sitting on the floor of the train car. He had a sketchbook on his lap, and a pack of markers close at hand. He was drawing, and an older gentleman—his father, perhaps—was seated in the row closest to him, leaning forward in a protective way. After a few moments, I had a sense that this young man might be on the spectrum. I didn't want to assume, but his slight hand-flapping and rocking made it seem likely. I'd never seen him before, and I wished for a way to let him and his father know that I wasn't thinking, "weird" or "strange" or "what's wrong with him?" On the contrary, his presence brightened my day. His intense focus reminded me of brother at the piano; it made me smile.
My stop approached, and as I made my way to the door, I took the opportunity to look down at the young man's drawing. The subject escapes my memory, but I remember the quality of the workmanship. "That's a great drawing," I said sincerely. (I can barely draw a stick figure.) And as I spoke the simple words, I realized that they were sufficient.
The young man looked up with what might have been surprise; his expression seemed to say, Do you mean me? My drawing? I nodded and smiled, feeling foolish and glad all at once. Then the doors chimed, and I stepped off. As the train moved away, tears sprang to my eyes. But they weren't about pity, and the look on my face was not what Carter calls the, "there-but-for-the-grace-of-God-go-I Tragedy Look." Instead, it was something like, Here, by the grace of God, for just a moment, we met.


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Roxy made the decision to enter the fitness market for the second time in 2011. The plan was to approach the market from an outdoor perspective since it aligned with the overall brand strategy. I provided creative direction and developed the look and feel of the category for it's launch. For this project: Creative direction, art direction and marketing strategy assistance.
Roxy launched a successful and award winning marketing campaign called Let The Sea Set You Free. The campaign was going back to Roxy's roots and engaged the fans that helped grow it's business. I ran a team of talented designers and art directors that made up this global campaign. For this project: Art Direction and illustration.
Ipath was owned by Timberland and at the time I was brought in to help revamp it's creative and marketing program. The creative audit and new strategy helped contribute to a 40% increase in sales and regained lost market share. For this project: Marketing direction, Go-To-Market strategy, Creative direction, Graphic design assistance.
iTunes Europe hired me to help provide additional design support during the launch of new virtual stores in new territories. While at iTunes I provided design and production help for Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Netherlands and various assigned artist pages. For this project: Graphic design, Illustration and Production.
For the launch of the 5.11 Outdoor category we came up with the idea of creating a small series of outdoor episodes. It was the first of it's kind for the brand and has since laid the foundation for future video content creation. For this project: Creative writing, Copy creation, Creative idea generation.
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Date: September 27, 2007
Pro-Life Religious Council: Proposed California Assisted Suicide Group
Demonstrates False Compassion
"What this California group wants to do is morally no different than
telling someone standing on a ledge to jump," said Fr. Pavone.
"Compassion is not telling people how to die, but helping them to live.
Those who are terminally ill deserve every appropriate measure of care,
as well as our presence and our prayers. The NPRC will continue to echo,
in every denomination, the call to compassionate care for the sick."


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On September 16, 1962, Bobby Mitchell became the first black player to take the field for the Washington Redskins. The NFL had long been integrated, but the Redskins hadn't followed suit. Owner George Preston Marshall was a racist who, in addition, cultivated a southern fan base (there was no NFL team located in Dixie during the 1950s).
The Redskins integrated only after Secretary of the Interior Stuart Udall made doing so a condition of playing at the new Washington, DC stadium (now known as RFK Stadium). I doubt the federal government has done anything since that so improved the quality of my life.
In the first round of the next NFL draft, the Redskins selected a black player — the great college running back and Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis. They then traded Davis to the Cleveland Browns for Bobby Mitchell, already a great running back. The Browns dreamed of a backfield featuring Davis and Jim Brown, the NFL's best runner, both out of Syracuse. But Davis became ill, never played for Cleveland, and died of luekemia.
The Redskins moved Mitchell from running back to flanker (as the "wide-out" position was then called). It seemed like a strange decision considering what a great runner Mitchell was. Indeed, he had set the record for most yards rushing in a single game (surpassed many times since), and had set it against the Redskins.
But Redskins coach Bill McPeak knew what he was doing. Running behind the Redskins line was a difficult proposition for anyone. McPeak wanted to isolate Mitchell on defenders to take advantage of his great speed and moves. The coach called Mitchell "the ultimate flanker," and the player proceeded to revolutionize the position.
In his debut game, against the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas, Mitchell scored on pass plays of 81 and 6 yards, and set up two other touchdowns with a pass reception and an interference call. He also contributed a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. That's 35 points, which is what the Redskins scored in a 35-35 tie.
After the game, Dallas fans demonstrated further the folly of the Redskins' finally defunct "Southern Strategy." They cheered Mitchell.
Mitchell's next game was at Cleveland. The Browns went all out to stop their former teammate, and did limit him to three catches. However, on one of them, a quick, short pass to the flank, Mitchell juked his man-to-man defender and outraced the entire Cleveland defense for a long touchdown. On the day, Mitchell's three catches produced 94 yards, and the Redskins (who had won only once the previous year) gained a shock victory over the Browns.
The Redskins also won the next week, behind Mitchell. The "ultimate flanker" caught seven passes for 174 yards and two more touchdowns. Interior Department policy never looked so good.
As the season went on, defenses focused more and more on Mitchell, but productivity was little diminished. He delivered five more games of 100 plus yards receiving, and ended the 14 game season with 72 catches for 1,384 yards and 12 touchdowns. All of this Mitchell accomplished with a young, ordinary quarterback (Norm Snead), an unimposing offensive line, and no other high-quality receiver.
The Redskins have been blessed with many fine receivers since 1962, including two all-time greats — Charlie Taylor and Art Monk. But for my money, none ever played the position quite as well as Bobby Mitchell did during his first season with the Redskins, during which he bore the burdens of breaking the color barrier in Washington, DC and carrying the hopes of the city's large black population.


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Where did all the freedom go?
In 1938, composer Irving Berlin penned the introductory lyrics to "God Bless America." Most people don't know them.
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, "Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free."
"Swear allegiance to a land that's free." Those words are signifi cant. They represent the reasons for our forefathers fighting the Revolutionary War (1774-83), so we could be free from overt oppression by the British that included a long list of inequities.
The men and women who forged this country were insurgents. They put their lives on the line for our freedom.
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. We have allegedly been "free" for nearly 236 years. But what have we done with that freedom? Are we still free – really?
Let's take a look.
After the country was established, European immigrants flocked to America seeking adventure and easy wealth. They found adventure, but attaining wealth was not so easy. Nonetheless, those who were clever and persistent made enormous fortunes in the land of opportunity.
Unfortunately, the gap between the successful and the not so successful grew wide and deep. The land of the free turned into the land of the greedy, and "wealth at any cost" became a silent battle cry that is now unwritten American policy.
The hordes of the less successful were not to be denied. They did everything from engaging in illicit businesses to lobbying for a legislative path to a level playing field to give substance to their crusade.
Politicians, in their quest for power, championed the proletariat, promising to protect them from the elite that monopolized commerce and industry in exchange for votes. The battle between the "haves" and the "have-nots" continues to this day, and it has cost the nation the freedom that was so hard won when the nation was founded.
The United States has managed to attain the highest crime rate of any country in the world. We have more people incarcerated than any other nation. To demonstrate the absurdity of these statistics, let's use India as an example of the dramatic differences between the U.S. and the rest of the planet.
India has a population of 1,170,980,000 at its last census. That's nearly 1.2 billion people. Yet its crime rate is below average for the world. It has only 424,496 inmates in its prison system.
The U.S. population is slightly more than 308 million. We have 2,632,040 prisoners in our penal system. That is equal to one-quarter of the world's inmates. The People's Republic of China comes in second with 1.6 million prisoners, despite its population being over four times that of the United States.
The ratio of police to population in India is 1.3 per thousand. The ratio in the U.S. is 2.4 per thousand – nearly twice as high.
In 1950, the U.S. population was 152 million, less than half of what it is today. During the last 60 years, the crime rate, the number of police and prisoners, and the population, have all doubled.
Crime, and the business of deterring criminal activities, have become two of the nation's largest and most profitable industries. Our economy would suffer severely if either failed. Those are frightening statistics.
What have we as a nation done to rectify this deplorable situation? We have given the police more power and established more regulatory agencies so criminals have difficulty operating.
The results are not encouraging. Police are now arresting people for loitering when they catch them using cellphones to video aggressive police tactics. The regulation of Wall Street has made the solicitation for investment so diffi cult, that many sound ideas will never see reality. Wall Street has become a more exclusive club for the wealthy because only the rich can afford to participate.
Our quest for equal opportunity and protection from perceived injustice has resulted in building prisons of regulation, incarceration, and legal suppression.
When I was a 12-year-old boy my father asked me if I knew the difference between right and wrong. I said, "Of course." He said, "Then there won't be any rules unless you give me reason to make them. If you conduct your life in a responsible manner, I will allow you the freedom to live as you wish."
That freedom was precious to me. I feared losing it. Consequently, I never got into any trouble.
Maybe it's because freedom is not as precious as it once was. When the idea of freedom becomes precious again, we might start on a path to getting it back.


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Joel Johnson created a buzz by reporting that some Gmail invites and emails aren't getting through to Hotmail users. Several reports also claim the emails aren't getting through Yahoo! Mail filters.
Have you noticed any problems sending Gmail invites? Share your experiences at WebProWorld.
Paul Thurrett of WinnetMag reports Hotmail, which is owned by Microsoft, plans to increase its email storage to compete with the 1 Gigabite of space Google offers through its new Gmail service.
"Hotmail [may] be blocking the Gmail invitations," Johnson, editor of Gizmodo, announced after a Gmail invite he'd attempted to send to a Hotmail account bounced.
Alex Nobert, a reader of Johnson's blog, also reported similar problems sending invites to Hotmail from Orkut, Google's online community. "Orkut responded that they had to work out an arrangement with Hotmail," Nobert said. "About a month later several old invites arrived at Hotmail addresses. I suspect it has to do with an unknown source domain generating too many emails to Hotmail accounts in a short span and being picked up by Hotmail spam filters."
They aren't the only ones reporting problems. WebmasterWorld member Robert Skelton reported his ISP is blocking Gmail emails "due to potential privacy and confidentiallity considerations."
Google has been widely criticized for scanning emails, which draws up privacy concerns although users agree to Gmail's terms and conditions when signing up for the free service. "We collect limited account information and store and maintain your account and email messages on our secure servers," Google admits, but maintains that all collected information will not be shared or sold without user permission.
"The biggest threat to the privacy of the person's reply is the person they send it to - not the provider," Skelton says in this WebmasterWorld thread.
Several reports have also accused Google's leading competitor Yahoo! of sending Gmail invites straight to the spam filter.
"It's a well known issue with Yahoo! mail that Gmail invitations are being delivered straight into that bulk folder," claims one WebHostingTalk member.
"Since a competing free email service can potentially cut into Yahoo's business, they've set up filters to make it more difficult for Gmail invitations to get to their users (or at least, that's the way it appears)," writes Greg at the Talent Show. "As far as Yahoo is concerned, Gmail invites are spam."
Greg reported that Yahoo!, which recently increased its email storage to 100MB to compete with Google, automatically filters any email from a Gmail address that contains the body of a Gmail invite. If you have accounts with Yahoo! and Gmail or know someone who does, you can test this theory yourself by copying and pasting the following into an email body:
[blank] has invited you to open a free Google Gmail account. The invitation will expire in three weeks and can only be used to set up one account.
To accept this invitation and register for your account, visit http://gmail.google.com/gmail/
Once you create your account, [blank] will be notified with your new @gmail.com address so you can stay in touch with Gmail!
If you haven't already heard about Gmail, it's a new search-based webmail service that offers:
- 1,000 megabytes (one gigabyte) of free storage
- Built-in Google search that instantly finds any message you want
- Automatic arrangement of messages and related replies into "conversations"
- Text ads and related pages that are relevant to the content of your messages
Gmail is still in an early stage of development. If you set up an account, you'll be able to keep it even after we make Gmail more widely available and as one of the system's early testers, you will be helping us improve the service through your feedback. We might ask for your comments and suggestions periodically and we appreciate your help in making Gmail even better.
The Gmail Team
To learn more about Gmail before registering, visit: http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/benefits.html
(If clicking the URLs in this message does not work, copy and paste them into the address bar of your browser).
Send the email from your Gmail account to any Yahoo! account, then wait and see what happens. (Thanks to the Talent Show for this idea.)
WebProNews tested this theory and both Gmail invites and emails from Gmail accounts containing the body of Gmail invites were automatically filtered to Yahoo! Mail's "bulk mail" folder.
While privacy concerns may be getting Gmail blocked by some ISPs, Johnson personally doesn't believe Hotmail is blocking Gmail invites, although he says, "If Hotmail is blocking Gmail invites, they aren't doing it on a widespread basis."
WebProNews tested these reports by sending Gmail invites to a Hotmail account, and the invites were successfully received - although Gmail emails to some ISPs were caught by spam filters.
Could it be that Hotmail is blocking emails from Google or is it just a problem with spam filters?
Tell us what you think at WebProWorld, the WebProNews e-Business forum.
About the Author:
Brittany Thompson is an administrator for WebProWorld.com and contributes to the Insider Reports with her regular articles and interviews.
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may be true as my friends also complained thatthey did not recive my gmail invites inspite of my repeatd sending . the domains are mostly of yahoo ,ending with
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Benitez is well aware of the threats that the Russian side will pose, despite currently having a poor campaign domestically.
"At this stage of the competition every game is tough," the 52-year old told Chelsea's official website.
"They are a good team; they beat Atletico Madrid, and we know they are a strong team.
"They beat Levante, who are doing very well in La Liga, and they also finished ahead of Inter in the group stages.
"They are sixth in the Russian league, which isn't fantastic, but they have some good players.
|Chelsea are 5/2 with Bet365 to go all the way and win the Europa League this season
"The good thing is that we play the first leg at home.
"In another situation you would prefer to play the second leg at home, but in this case, because we have to play so many games, it could be good that we don't have to travel.
"We don't know yet where we will play. If it's in Moscow it will be a synthetic pitch, and if it's in Kazan it will be on natural grass, so we are waiting to hear."


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DICK WINTERS: 'HANG TOUGH' honors one of World War II's most respected combat leaders - Major Richard D. Winters (1918-2011). Emmy -winning British actor Damian Lewis (Homeland), narrates the documentary and shares his thoughts on Winters, who he portrayed in the acclaimed HBO mini-series Band of Brothers. 'HANG TOUGH' traces Winters' formative years growing up in Pennsylvania, his development as a leader in the U.S. Army, the famed attack on Brecourt Manor on D-Day, and the dedication on June 6, 2012 of the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument in Normandy, France. In addition to Winters' own recollections, original members of Winters' unit, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne, speak of his commitment to his men, his heroism and his legacy.
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Madeleine L'Engle, original name in full Madeleine L'Engle Camp, married name Madeleine Franklin, (born Nov. 29, 1918, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 6, 2007, Litchfield, Conn.), American author of imaginative juvenile literature that is often concerned with such themes as the conflict of good and evil, the nature of God, individual responsibility, and family life.
L'Engle attended boarding schools in Europe and the United States and graduated with honours from Smith College (B.A., 1941). She pursued a career in the theatre before publishing her first book, The Small Rain (1945), a novel about an aspiring pianist who chooses her art over personal relationships. After writing her first children's book, And Both Were Young (1949), she began a series of juvenile fictional works about the Austin family—Meet the Austins (1960), The Moon by Night (1963), The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas (1964), The Young Unicorns (1968), and A Ring of Endless Light (1980).
In A Wrinkle in Time (1962; Newbery Medal, 1963), L'Engle introduced a group of young children who engage in a cosmic battle against a great evil that abhors individuality. Their story continues in A Wind in the Door (1973), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978), and Many Waters (1986). In addition to her fiction for juveniles, L'Engle also wrote several books of fiction and poetry for adults. She discussed her life and writing career in A Circle of Quiet (1972), The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (1974), The Irrational Season (1977), Walking on Water (1980), and Two Part Invention (1988).


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Our rehabilitation services involve one-to-one meetings and sessions that may include physical, occupational, and respiratory therapists; speech language pathologists; psychologists; rehabilitation nurses; social workers; dietitians and physicians who work with patients to develop the skills needed to live outside the hospital.
Our mission is to address the rehabilitation/habilitation needs of individuals and families who require specialized therapy services. We administer skilled intervention in the spirit of compassion, hope, and creativity, using a team approach that demonstrates our essential role to enhance independence and quality of life. We will strive to promote health and wellness while effectively utilizing human and community resources.
This process of comprehensive rehabilitation care, along with counseling and support systems, education and training for family members, and our ability to manage complex medical care issues, earns EIRMC's reputation for excellent care.
Given EIRMC's Level II Trauma Center, the Acute Rehabilitation Unit has developed a unique niche of expertise in treating stroke survivors, people recovering from traumatic brain injury and ortho-trauma patients.
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The St George Illawarra Dragons club has been fined $15,000 after they admitted players had bet on themselves. In a media release today, the Dragons gave details of an incident when players placed a bet on their team to beat the New Zealand Warriors at Ericsson Stadium on June 23. The St George Illawarra club also wrote a letter to the NRL which gave explained how the incident took place.
Saints won the game and the bet in a 32-22 boiler over.
The NRL Code of Conduct and the NRL Operations manual both expressly prohibit players participating in gambling activities on matches.
The NRL said there that was no impropriety within the match, nor of any manipulation of the points in the game, but it still considered the incident a serious breach of its rules.
A further $10,000 fine was suspended for two years on condition that the club did not breach the gambling rules again.
"To its credit, the St George Illawarra club has been extremely cooperative in investigating the issue and this has mitigated the extent of the fine," NRL chief executive David Gallop said.
"We accept that we are talking about a very small amount, winnings of around of $2,000, and an isolated instance.
"However innocent it may appear at times, players betting on matches can only lead to unhealthy rumour and innuendo.
"Gambling involving players and the associated rumours have devastated other sports both nationally and internationally and it is not something we will tolerate in rugby league.
"Each year, every new player entering an NRL club attends a course which outlines his obligations as an NRL player and this includes specific reference to the gambling rules.
"Furthermore, each club under the Minimum Education Standards undertakes to provide a course covering gambling issues in sport."
"Clearly, had St George Illawarra's activities been on a larger scale, or had the activity been such that it could be seen as the club manipulating a result, then the fine would have been significantly greater and individuals could have faced much more serious action," Gallop said


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goodwinmedia needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 86 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
We are looking for a new logo for a motivational speaker named Allison Stanley. We know what we want but need you to come up with the final result. The logo should be a creative type treatment with an integration of pearls either in a strand or clustered. Think grunge, scrapbooky, and web 2.0
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We need a cool, creative, modern, and slightly grungy logo for motivational speaker Allison Stanley.
The logo should use browns and pinks that are natural and bold (see link to color pallet below). We also want to see pearls integrated into the design somehow (not photos of them). The pearls can be realistic or abstract but should look good with the type treatment.
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Market Overview – What We Think:
- Cumulative Volume (CV) negativity was eliminated last week with new short to intermediate-term highs in S&P 500 and S&P Emini, but relative to May 2011 highs and even October 2007 highs, ongoing weakness of CV underscores fact market has been rallying on diminishing volume. Is that long-term bearish? We think it is.
- There is also fact that Intermediate Cycle uptrend like its Major Cycle counterpart is "Overbought" and mature by any historical standard even though "Overbought" conditions can persist in bull trends
- While staying power of short-term trend will determine longevity of larger intermediate trend and possibly Major Cycle underway since March 2009, until short-term decisively reverses larger Intermediate Cycle positive, we must regard all near-term negativity as just another corrective phase in larger cycles.
- In background, so long as pricing and indicators are not in synch on upside, as they were from March 2009 until May 2011, doubts will persist as to long-term viability of Major Cycle and we will continue to wonder how much longer market will be able to shake off unfavorable indicator divergences.
But we do know that a Minor Cycle reversal will follow a short-term high that will prove to be the top of not only the Minor Cycle, but also of the Intermediate Cycle, and of the Major Cycle that has been underway since March 2009. Those are absolute certainties. No amount of hope will change those eventual realities, nor will all of the talking head prognostications or Internet chat. When that final smallest Minor Cycle peaks and turns negative, pricing will decline below the lower edge of the 10-Day Price Channel. "Overbought" short-term oscillators will head lower. Short-term Momentum will turn negative. Our measurement of short-term Volatility based on VIX will begin to move higher, a negative omen. Cumulative Volume will confirm on the downside and our indicators such as MAAD and CPFL both in terms of flow lines and Ratios will head south.
Daily S & P 500 with Cumulative Volume (CV)
Weekly S & P 500 with Cumulative Volume (CV)
Because that short-term trend will prove to be the absolute high of all cycles, it will then threaten the intermediate trend at the lower edge of its 10-Week Price Channel. Intermediate Cycle "Overbought" conditions will begin correcting lower as will all of our intermediate-term indicators that will move into negative territory. At that point, and providing the Intermediate Cycle remains under pressure, all short-term rallies should be used to sell. Investors looking for new opportunities to "go long" the market at this point will be betting against the tide because the next shoe to fall will be negativity on the Major Cycle that to date has only experienced four pullbacks of importance on the Intermediate Cycle (April 30-July10, 2010; May 6-October 7, 2011; April 6-June 8, 2012; and September 14-November 16, 2012). In other words, the next short to intermediate-term high could prove to be the peak of the Major Cycle.


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Henry Payne
Henry Payne is the editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News. His work is syndicated to an additional 60 newspapers nationwide via United Feature Syndicate. Payne has been a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize. Payne is a writer as well as an artist, and his articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard magazine, National Review and Reason magazine.
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Climate Science and the Inquisition
MichiganScience is a Mackinac Center quarterly magazine that helps meet the need for accurate and accessible information about the increasingly complex scientific issues confronting voters and lawmakers. The magazine reflects the idea that even the most technical scientific policy issues can be discussed with lively prose and compelling visuals. … more
Planet Lansing
In a state with the nation's highest unemployment and a $1.87 billion budget overspending crisis, taxpayers may wonder what planet Lansing is on. … more
Diversifying Michigan for Trial Lawyers
Even when Gov. Jennifer Granholm picks winners and losers, the winners get knifed in the back. … more
More Money After Bad
Throwing money at Detroit only diverts leadership from its core problems. … more
John Dingell: The True Face of Health Care Reform
Selling government-run medicine is easy as long as you ignore the evidence. … more
Bad Medicine
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Last week, while Michiganders shivered through more subnormal temperatures and watched their crop yields freeze from a summer of too-cool weather, a green echo chamber of media, government bureaucrats and activists gathered for a Midwest Governor's Association (MGA) conference in downtown Detroit to draw a "Midwestern Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Roadmap" to help Michigan navigate around . . . global warming. … more
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A PECL (Pseudo Emitter Coupled Logic) interface is supported to connect with an external 100Base-FX fiber optical transceiver. The chip utilizes an advanced CMOS process to meet low voltage and low power requirements. With on-chip DSP (Digital Signal Processing) technology, the chip provides excellent performance under all operating conditions.
The RTL8201CP can be used for applications such as those for a Network Interface Adapter, MAU (Media Access Unit), CNR (Communication and Network Riser), ACR (Advanced Communications Riser), an Ethernet hub, and an Ethernet switch. In addition, it can be used in any embedded system with an Ethernet MAC that needs a UTP physical connection or Fiber PECL interface to an external 100Base-FX optical transceiver module.


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Photo gallery: Catholics United petition Cardinal Roger Mahony to recuse himself from papal conclave
Shortly before he heads to Rome to help elect the next pope, Cardinal Roger Mahony gave a closed-door deposition on Saturday in a lawsuit over a priest suspected of molesting as many as 26 children in Los Angeles in the late 1980s.
Mahony was required to give the deposition regarding Father Nicholas Aguilar Rivera, who fled the country in 1988 as he was being investigated on multiple charges of sexual abuse.
Aguilar Rivera remains a fugitive in Mexico.
Attorney Anthony De Marco is suing the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on behalf of one of Aguilar Rivera's alleged victims.
De Marco said in a brief email afterward that the deposition "went well," but declined to comment further about it due to court orders.
Archdiocese officials did not return calls for comment Saturday.
Mahony, who retired as Los Angeles archbishop in 2011, has faced criticism for years over his handling of sex abuse allegations in the 1980s and 1990s.
Files released recently as part of DeMarco's lawsuit detailed to a new level the extent to which Mahony played a role in protecting priests accused of abuse, reassigning them to different parishes or sending them out of the country, but not turning over their cases to authorities.
As the extent of Mahony's actions became evident, last month Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor of his remaining public duties on behalf of the Archdiocese, primarily public speaking. Still, Mahony remains a priest in good standing and one of the members of the College of Cardinals who will elect the next pope.
Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is set for Feb. 28. The pope cited health reasons for stepping down. The election of his successor is expected by March 15 or earlier.
More than a dozen victims and their family members joined Catholics United and Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests on Saturday to protest Mahony's involvement in the papal conclave. The group gathered in front of St. Charles Borromeo Church in North Hollywood where Mahony is a Cardinal in Residence.
"Here's a man who is being deposed for covering up child sexual abuse and then less than 24 hours getting on a plane, flying to Rome and acting like a prince of the church. He is not a prince of the church," said Joelle Casteix, spokeswoman for SNAP and a victim of abuse by a priest. "Anyone who covers up child sexual abuse should be held accountable to God and the fullest extent of the law."
Casteix said the the inclusion of Mahony in choosing the next pope shows a "complete disrespect to the victims and Catholics."
"It's simply inappropriate for him to have anything to do with the conclave. Mahony is not going to vote for a reformer who will get child molesters and enablers out of the church," Casteix said. "He's going to vote for a pope who will protect the status quo and, as we've seen, the status quo is a very dangerous thing."
To that end, SNAP and Catholics United delivered a petition with 10,000 signatures to the cardinal's office on Saturday calling for Mahony to recuse himself from the upcoming papal conclave.
"If we can get rid of one cardinal from the conclave who is going to protect the status quo, maybe it will switch the votes in the right direction to elect a pope who will actually work to protect children," Casteix said.
Catholics United spokesman Chris Pumpelly also emphasized that while there has been much scrutiny of Mahony and pressure on him to stay out of the papal appointment process, the group hopes other Catholic Church leaders hear the message, too.
"There are other leaders of the church who have done similar things and have skirted justice, so we hope that if they have that kind of scandal on their conscience they recognize that it's not OK to cover it up," he said.
Manny Vega of Oxnard, a retired police officer, said he was supposed to take part in the deposition because he's a private investigator and assisted in the investigation of Aguilar Rivera. Vega, however, was told not show up at the deposition because he is considered "an enemy of the Cardinal."
Vega said he was molested by a priest for five years when he was 10.
"My respect for the hierarchy is certainly lacking, but I still consider myself a good Catholic. In fact, I consider myself a better Catholic than Roger Mahony. Roger Mahony decided to pick up the cross as a shield; but that cross fell on top of me. I didn't ask for any of this," Vega said.
Mahony could not be reached for comment Saturday. But in recent days, he has actively posted on his blog and Twitter feed on his excitement about heading to Rome to select the next pontiff.
"Just a few short hours before my departure for Rome," Mahony tweeted Friday afternoon. "Will be tweeting often from Rome, except during the actual Conclave itself. Prayers!"
He also wrote a blog entry on Feb. 20 titled "Carrying a Scandal Biblically" that discussed how he has been dealing with "this terrible sinfulness which has overwhelmed all of us in the Church."
In his 555-word post, he said the disciples of Jesus "are called to carry and live out a terrible scandal day by day" and went on to say he has accepted "being scapegoated" in the scandal.
"We're hoping that Mahony considers all of this before he hops on that plane," said Pumpelly of the group's plea. "There's still time for him to say, `I respect the victims and honor the needs of the church."'


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Shipways Estate Agents are part of The Connells Group, one of the largest and most successful estate agency and property services providers in the UK. Founded in 1936 and with a network of over 580 branches nationwide, the Group combines residential sales and lettings expertise with a range of services including new homes, mortgage services, surveying, Conveyancing and more!
We are currently recruiting for a Sales Negotiator to join our Residential Sales team in our Dudley Branch.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure every customer is greeted in a friendly, positive and enthusiastic manner in an attempt to build rapport.
- Ascertain applicants' needs by listening carefully to the details provided
- Qualify applicants, match them to suitable properties and organise viewings at the earliest opportunity.
- Ensure all viewings are promptly followed up and that the vendor is immediately advised of the details
- Ensure than when an offer is accepted that all administrative duties are attended to and that the sale is actively progressed through to a satisfactory and business like conclusion.
- Optimise every opportunity to secure valuations and to obtain Instructions
About You:
- An experienced Sales Negotiator
- Proven track record in generating new business
- Positive and resilient attitude
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You must have your own car as this is essential for the role.
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Andres Iniesta admitted Barcelona failed to show up against AC Milan following their 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League clash.
Goals from Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari stunned the visitors and means the Catalans now have a mountain to climb ahead of the second leg at Camp Nou.
"This was a very negative result. When you don't show up for a game, this can happen," Iniesta told reporters after the game.
Defender Dani Alves was left equally disappointed with the result and suggested the Blaugrana had not shown enough fight at San Siro.
"We could have competed better," he added.
"The Champions League is a big competition, you don't get anything for free and you have to fight for it."
Controversy surrounded the first goal, with a shot from Riccardo Montolivo appearing to strike the hand of Cristian Zapata, before Boateng fired home from the rebound and Gerard Pique was unhappy with what he felt was a clear infringement.
"For me it was totally clear, but apparently the referee didn't see it."
Barca will have the opportunity to make amends for a disastrous evening when they host the Rossoneri in the second leg at Camp Nou on March 12.


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Exclusive Interview With 'Parental Guidance' Star Bailee Madison!
It's been quite the year for Bailee Madison, and she's topping it off by starring in a movie with some Hollywood icons! The adorable actress is currently starring in Parental Guidance (in theaters now!), with Billy Crystal and Bette Midler, and we were able to chat with her about the movie and a few other topics. In Parental Guidance, Bailee plays Harper, a teen who has her parents pushing her to be a perfect daughter, student, and violinist, but when her grandparents (played by Billy and Bette) come into town to watch her and her brothers for a few days, they manage to stir things up. They manage to get her to let loose and she learns a few lessons along the way. (Plus, there's a hilarious scene where Bailee's character shoves her fave into an ice cream cake!) We talked to Bailee about the movie, her holiday traditions, what it's like to work with such famous actors and much more! Watch the interview above, and make sure to check out Parental Guidance, out now!


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NH says it already meets EPA's lower emissionsBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 02. 2014 9:42PM
New Hampshire officials said Monday they believe the state already is meeting the federal government's proposal to cut carbon emissions by 2030.
Public Service of New Hampshire, the state's largest electric utility, meanwhile, said it is too early to know whether the regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled Monday will cost ratepayers more.
"The impact of this rule on ratepayers will depend on what power sources, ultimately, are producing energy for customers, and at what cost," spokesman Martin Murray said in an email. "As an example, the wholesale price of energy in New England in 2013 was quite a bit higher than the year before — but that had to do with the increase in the cost of natural gas; it had nothing to do with new regulations." New Hampshire is one of nine states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which has helped reduce regional carbon dioxide emissions by about 40 percent since 2005.
"Our anticipation is they will, that we're already meeting the requirement, and they will impose no new requirements on new sources," said Mike Fitzgerald, assistant director of the Air Resources Division of the state Department of Environmental Services.
EPA officials said the 645-page plan would cut carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent nationwide below the 2005 levels. It would allow states flexibility in achieving those goals. The EPA isn't expected to finalize its rule until mid-2015 before requiring states to submit an initial plan by June 30, 2016.
The EPA's website provided state-by-state figures, calling for New Hampshire to cut its carbon emissions by 46 percent between 2012 and 2030.
But Joe Fontaine, the RGGI program manager in New Hampshire, suspects there was a wrong calculation made and he is looking to confirm that with the EPA. Fontaine said New Hampshire's 2012 emissions already meet EPA's 2030 target for the Granite State.
RGGI, the regional initiative, has capped the amount of carbon dioxide allowed to be released by power producers and developed a joint auction system to offer carbon dioxide allowances to companies producing power that cannot meet those goals through renewable sources.
Money gained from the auction is split and used by states to award grants to improve energy efficiency and develop clean energy technologies.
Murray said PSNH's power plants have cut their carbon emissions by 70 percent between 2005 and 2013.
PSNH operates a coal plant in Bow, a coal and biomass plant in Portsmouth and a plant in Newington that can run on oil or natural gas, or both, he said. He said PSNH does purchase carbon allowances, but couldn't immediately provide their costs.
Murray said "the most effective method to lessening any impact on customers rates is to replace energy produced by carbon-emitting sources with new, economic, cleaner energy sources."
Americans for Prosperity–New Hampshire criticized the EPA's efforts Monday, citing a study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that these rules would kill nearly 5,000 jobs in the New England region and cost the regional economy $2.7 billion annually. Also, the study said those regulations would hike electricity costs in the RGGI states by $600 million each year.
"President Obama talks repeatedly about an economic recovery, but now has submitted rules that will kill jobs and take our economy out at the knees," AFP State Director Greg Moore said.
Gov. Maggie Hassan said: "It is important that the federal government recognize that states like New Hampshire have been hard at work on this effort for a number of years, and I hope that these rules will level the playing field by requiring other states to begin to catch up to us."
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Voyage to historic Grecian adventures
It's perfectly normal to find yourself getting a little swept away by Nafplio, often cited as one of Greece's most romantic towns. We say embrace the feeling and let yourself fall in love. (Whether it's with the town, your partner, or a mysterious stranger is up to you.)
Graced with narrow streets, elegant Venetian homes, neoclassical mansions and plenty of sweeping views of the sea, Nafplio is easy on the eyes. Walk west from the harbor and pass through a rocky arch to discover a stunning view of the 18th century Palamidi fortress. If you're feeling ambitious, climb the 999 steps (we counted) to the top.
To see even more of the picturesque countryside, head to the nearby towns of Mycenae and Cornith. The former features fantastic ruins that were discovered using Homer's The Iliad, while the latter features a spectacular canal cut from the rocky shores.
And if you're concerned that your Nafplio love is going unnoticed, pick up a strand of kombolois (worry beads), hand-crafted from amber, coral, and horn. There's no guarantee that you'll always leave your worries behind once your Azamara voyage is over, but we promise these will make excellent souvenirs for family and friends back home.
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NHIAA Div. I girls' basketball: Bedford takes title over Bishop GuertinBy JIM FENNELL
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 09. 2013 11:39PM
MANCHESTER - Haley Driscoll made the two biggest plays of the game, and she waited nearly 32 minutes to do so.
The junior scored the game-winning basket with 6.8 seconds left and then deflected a potential game-winning shot on the other end as No. 2 Bedford shocked top-ranked Bishop Guertin of Nashua, 39-38, Saturday in the championship game of the Division I girls' tournament at Southern New Hampshire University Fieldhouse.
The comeback completed a remarkable debut in Division I for Bedford, which moved up from Division II prior to this season. The Bulldogs (20-2) had never won a playoff game during their four years in Division II, but they racked up four in this postseason, never allowing more than 39 points.
Driscoll's basket gave the Bulldogs their first lead since the first quarter, and she made it stand up when she got in the way of a driving Jamie Shelburne on the other end. The Bulldogs got to the loose ball, and the celebration was on.
"Incredible," Driscoll said. "This was our dream."
The win denied BG a second straight title.
The Cardinals (20-2) went ahead 6-5 midway through the first quarter and never trailed again until Driscoll's final basket. They led by as many as seven points, 35-28 with 4:50 left, but missed seven of their final eight shots from the field and three of their last four free throws, and they turned the ball over twice in the closing minutes. Worse yet for the team that allowed the fewest points in the division, BG allowed Bedford to score on seven of its last eight possessions.
"In pressure situations, you have to make plays," BG coach Scott Hazelton said. "(Bedford's players) made the plays when they had to."
None was bigger than the two made by Driscoll. She made a cut to the basket and scored off a nice feed from Mckenzie Brown to put the Bulldogs up 39-38.
"I saw an opening and took it," Driscoll said. "It was one of those moments when everything just freezes and you're looking at the basket."
She said she knew she was risking the chance of a foul when she stepped in front of Shelburne on the other end, but no whistle sounded as the ball was deflected away.
"You sort of have to take a risk," Driscoll said. "You have to step up."
Bedford survived with Brown - who played BG center Meghan Green to a draw when she was in there - sitting on the bench for parts of three quarters due to foul trouble.
Bedford coach Sue Thomas put Brown back in the game with four fouls two minutes into the fourth quarter, after Green (10 points) scored to put the Cards ahead 33-24.
"Meghan was just starting to find her groove, and we knew we had to get (Brown) back in there," Thomas said.
Mix two of the top defensive teams in the division with the jitters that come from playing in the biggest game of the year and the result was a first half that featured plenty of turnovers and missed shots.
BG went into the half with a 20-16 lead mainly because Bedford was 6-of-15 at the line.
The Bulldogs missed eight of 10 shots from the field in the first quarter, as well as four of five free throws, and committed five turnovers. And yet they only trailed 8-5.
The Cardinals, who scored four points in the first quarter of Thursday's semifinal win over Londonderry, were only marginally better this time around. They were 3-for-12 from the field and turned the ball over three times.
At MANCHESTER
Bedford 39, Bishop Guertin 38
Bedford: Haley Driscoll 4-0-8; Rachel Collins 0-2-2; Ali Glennon 2-2-6; Caroline Conrad 1-0-2; Mckenzie Brown 3-0-6; Maggie McGown 1-0-2; Brianna Purcell 1-2-4; Nicole Tucci 3-3-9. Totals 15-9-39
Three-pointers: None
Bishop Guertin: Jamie Sherburne 4-2-10; Madison Gibbs 0-2-2; Meghan Green 4-2-10; Nicole Hayner 4-0-10; Megan Kerutis 0-2-2; Paige Parkinson 2-0-4. Totals 14-8-38
Three-pointers: Hayner 2
Bedford (20-2) 5-11-8-15-39
Bishop Guertin (20-2) 8-12-11-7-38


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Treatment for Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
People with LTBI have TB germs in their bodies, but they are not sick because the germs are not active. These people do not have symptoms of TB disease, and they cannot spread the germs to others. However, they may develop TB disease in the future. They are often prescribed treatment to prevent them from developing TB disease.
Treatment for TB Disease
A person with active TB disease has a large amount of TB bacteria in the body. TB disease can be treated by taking several drugs for 6 to 12 months. It is very important that people who have TB disease finish the medicine, and take the drugs exactly as prescribed. If they stop taking the drugs too soon, they can become sick again; if they do not take the drugs correctly, their TB may become resistant to those drugs. TB that is resistant to drugs is harder and more expensive to treat. Learn more about TB treatment.
There are a number of treatment options for HIV-infected persons with either latent TB infection or active TB disease. Learn more about TB and HIV.
Case Management
After a person is referred to the TB Control Program, they are eligible for case management services. Case managers work with the patient's physician or health care provider to make sure he or she is receiving the proper medical care. Additional services include helping patients to find and access available services, picking up and delivering free medication to patients and finding, testing and treating individuals who have come in contact with the patient.
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DOT is a treatment plan that involves watching the patient take his or her medication to ensure that the pills are taken in the right combination and for the correct duration. PDPH case workers personally observe a patient taking his or her medication to make sure it is taken on schedule. Directly observed therapy is offered at the Lawrence F. Flick Memorial Center from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. It is also available, when needed, in the patient's home. All services are free through the TB Control Program and the city's health centers.


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The Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants program provides funding to crime laboratories and medical examiner offices through a two-part process consisting of "Base" and "Competitive" funding. In FY2005, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) made a total of 92 Coverdell awards. These consisted of 45 "Base" awards to State Administering Agencies (SAAs), 42 "Competitive" awards to units of local government, and 5 combination "Base" and "Competitive" awards to SAAs.
According to the Coverdell program, seventy-five percent (75%) of the total program amount must be awarded to states through State Administering Agencies based on individual state population. These "Base" awards are dispersed as formula grants to all eligible SAAs who apply for funding. SAAs from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories are eligible to apply for "Base" funding.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total program amount must be dedicated to the program's "Competitive" component. These "Competitive" funds may be awarded to SAAs and they can be dispersed directly to units of local government.
On December 8, 2004, President Bush signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Pub. L. No. 108-447). This Act appropriated $15 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants program. After rescissions and other program maintenance expenses, a total of $13,773,089 in Coverdell funds was available to be awarded in fiscal year 2005.
In accordance with the Coverdell program, $10,329,817 (75% of the FY2005 available appropriation) was allocated to the "Base" funding portion and $3,443,272 was allocated to the "Competitive" funding portion.
On April 21, 2005, NIJ publicly announced the FY2005 Coverdell program. In response to the announcement, NIJ received 223 applications for funding. Of these, 52 states and territories applied for "Base" funding. Additionally, 200 applications (29 states/territories and 171 units of local government) were received for "Competitive" funding.
The 200 applications for "Competitive" funding were reviewed by an independent panel made up of subject-matter experts from the forensic science community. The panelists reviewed and rated the proposals and presented their recommendations to NIJ. These recommendations were ranked and forwarded to the NIJ Director for review. Based on the panel recommendations and funding availability, the NIJ Director was able to fund 42 "Competitive" proposals.
NIJ is pleased to report some noteworthy improvements in the Coverdell program that were a direct result of the increased appropriation from Congress in FY2005. NIJ was able to increase the minimum "Base" award amount to the states and territories from $42,789 in FY2004 to $82,639 in FY2005. On the "Competitive" side, the increased appropriation allowed NIJ to raise the maximum award amount for "Competitive" awards from $80,000 in FY2004 to $95,000 in FY2005. NIJ received 40 more "Competitive" proposals than it received in FY2004 and was able to make 16 more "Competitive" awards to units of local government than it did in FY2004.
In addition, the Justice for All Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-405, section 311(b) (codified at 42 U.S.C. § 3797k) placed a new eligibility requirement on Coverdell applicants and added a general forensic backlog reduction component to the Coverdell program. The Act requires applicants to certify that a government entity exists and an appropriate process is in place to conduct independent external investigations into allegations of serious negligence or misconduct by laboratory personnel.
As a result of this new certification requirement, NIJ was not able to award FY2005 Coverdell funds to the Territory of Guam and the State of Maine. Officials in Guam, after consulting with the Office of Justice Programs, Office of General Counsel, decided that they could not meet the requirements contained in the certification. The State of Maine was not eligible to receive FY2005 Coverdell funds because the State's original application did not include any of the required certifications. Additionally, the State did not respond to NIJ's June 30, 2005 request to all applicants to resubmit the required certification concerning the independent, external investigation nor did it respond to NIJ's July 18, 2005 correspondence sent to those applicants that had not yet re-submitted the certification.
fiscal year 2005 Coverdell funds (xls, 91kb) awarded to State Administering Agencies and to units of local government within those states. The table includes "Base" and "Competitive" funding amounts and a short program description for each award.
Go to Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program home
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Set at a clothing-optional beach where gay men cruise for sexual partners, the French thriller "Stranger By the Lake" contains many dangling bits and much graphic sex. (And sitting naked on rocks. Ouch.) It's also an eerie portrait of alienation and trust that unfolds after Franck (Pierre Deladonchamps) witnesses Michel (Christophe Paou) do something terrible but prefers to get closer rather than turn him in. The motivations may be questionable, but desire has a way of clouding even the clearest heads.
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STOCKTON - The number and health of trees on Stockton's streets and parks - what's called the city's urban forest - for years has been a matter of guesswork.
STOCKTON - The number and health of trees on Stockton's streets and parks - what's called the city's urban forest - for years has been a matter of guesswork.
That is changing.
The city has undertaken an inventory project, noting each tree's type and age as well as how it's faring. By the end of March, the city expects to have a complete database. Armed with that information, officials say they will better be able to budget for maintenance as the city itself becomes financially healthy.
The city's trees are part of Stockton's recovery plan.
"We don't really know how many we have, and we don't know what condition they're in," said Gordon MacKay, acting director of the city's Department of Public Works. "That's a critical piece of the puzzle."
The city one year ago launched the task. To do the work, the city contracted with Davey Resource Group, Inc., a tree care firm. A team of Davey's arborists - with their hard hats, bright vests, clipboards and tape measures - is working its way through Stockton's neighborhoods.
Right now, city officials estimate 111,000 trees in Stockton. It costs $3.20 to give each tree a checkup.
Stockton obtained a $200,000 grant from the state's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and the city is contributing an additional $155,000 from its general fund and gas tax income.
The work will also serve to alert city officials to potential hazards and harm to homes and residents alike. Large, dead trees can be removed before they cause damage, city officials said.
Yet, Stockton's poor financial state also means that right now, residents can't depend on the city to care for the routine maintenance of each tree, MacKay said. That's why city officials in recent years revised the tree ordinance, giving residents the right to do routine maintenance on city trees standing within seven feet of the sidewalk.
Residents can prune mistletoe out of their trees without a permit from City Hall. It is still not acceptable to remove city trees or prune them to death, MacKay said.
"We encourage people to look after their street trees," he said. "Right now, the city's really not in the situation to do that."
Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/smithblog.


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DeBary family wins fight to keep chickens
DeBary family wins fight to keep chickens
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A Volusia County family has won its fight to keep backyard chickens for their autistic child.
On Wednesday night, DeBary's city council gave the green-light for a pilot program that will allow the Hart family to keep three of their pet chickens.
The Harts use the birds as therapy for their 2-year-old autistic son.
The family was initially told the feathered friends violated city code.
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Hero Complex stalwart Jevon Phillips keeps an eye on comics pushing into new tech mediums, and today he has a report on a Blackberry-based funny book…
Everyone is living on their cellphones nowadays with games, GPS directions, Cylon detectors and more, so why shouldn't comics readers be able to take advantage? Carnival Comics is making it possible.
Of course, if you have a phone that gives you the full Internet, you can read digital comics and graphic novels like "Heroes" or the ones from Marvel. Others have launched comic book apps, like Dark Horse's "Terminator", but Carnival went the extra step of making the downloadable tidbits available on the BlackBerry Storm. Two books, Carnival of Souls and Funhouse of Horrors, are being offered.
Clowns, as Stephen King and everyone else knows, are fairly terrifying. Carnival of Souls has three books split into 12 chapters, a breakdown that keeps download time shorter. The first three chapters are free, while the fourth is $2.99. Or as they say in the press release, "If you want to see how it all goes down, you've got to throw some coin to the clown!" The Funhouse of Horrors book was just recently made available for download, but was published last Halloween and sold out.
Guess I'll do what he says.
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Developers of the Northern Pass hydroelectric project said on Monday that they have identified a new route for the 1,200-megawatt transmission lines through the North Country, but did not provide further details.
In an announcement posted as a "project update" on the Northern Pass website, spokesmen for Northeast Utilities said, "We are in the process of finalizing this new proposal and will soon be prepared to announce its specific details. This proposal was created in consideration of concerns raised regarding potential view impacts and private property issues."
The new route will be submitted to the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Commission for consideration and review.
The web post also states, "In response to the feedback we received, we have spent the past year identifying routing options that would locate the line on land that we own or that has easements we have obtained from willing sellers, and positions the line in a manner that reduces potential view impacts as much as possible."
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LOS ANGELES - The family of actress Bonnie Franklin says the "One Day At a Time" star has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
In a statement released by CBS, the family says Franklin is undergoing treatment and continuing her normal schedule.
The statement released Monday says Franklin and her family "remain extremely positive" and ask that her privacy be respected.
The 68-year-old Franklin starred as single mom Ann Romano in the hit CBS comedy "One Day at a Time," which aired from 1975 to 1984. Her co-stars included Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli.
Franklin's recent credits include appearances on "The Young and the Restless" and "Hot in Cleveland." The actress lives in Los Angeles.
Her family says Franklin is grateful for people's support and concern as she fights cancer.