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The U.S. unemployment rate continues to tick down, hitting a more than four-year low of just 7.6% in March. In much of Europe, however, the situation is very different. If the latest developments in Cyprus are any indication, the economic and employment woes of Europe are nowhere near over.
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According to the latest figures released by Eurostat, the statistical agency that measures the European nations, the United States and Japan, the unemployment rates in 10 countries were roughly four percentage points higher than in the United States. These include the poster children for the European debt crisis, Spain and Greece. According to the most recent data, Spain's unemployment rate is 26.3%, while Greece's is even higher, at 26.4%.
While unemployment in the U.S. rose sharply during the recession, from 5.8% in 2008 to 9.3% in 2009, the effects of the European debt crisis were even more rapid and severe — especially in some of the nations where unemployment remains high. In Lithuania, the unemployment rate increased from 5.3% in 2008 to 13.6% in 2009. Ireland had the lowest unemployment rate of the 31 countries reviewed in 2005. Now, it has one of the highest rates in Europe.
24/7 Wall St. reviewed the countries measured by Eurostat because they are primarily developed nations. While many other countries have higher unemployment rates than the countries on this list, the residents of developed nations rely on services from their governments that do not exist in developing nations. Unlike most developing countries, government assistance becomes a costly burden when unemployment rises in developed countries.
Read: The Most Generous Countries in the World
Sustained unemployment rates in excess of 10% can be very costly for governments. In 2009, Ireland spent 3.5% of its gross domestic product on unemployment benefits alone, while the United States spent just 0.9% on similar benefits. Making matters worse, as Mark Keese, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) head of employment analysis and policy division explained, "In some countries like Portugal, Spain, and Ireland, social protection is quite well developed and generous. Of course, any increase in unemployment gets translated into large increases in public expenditures, and puts upward pressure on debt."
Debt as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the countries with the worst unemployment are among the highest in the developed world. In 2012, government debt as a percentage of GDP exceeded 110% in four of the 10 countries with the highest unemployment rates, and six were among the top 20% for debts as a percentage of their GDP out the of the 174 countries measured by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that year.
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However, not all the countries on this list have high debt as a percentage of GDP — evidence of how different levels of government support for the unemployed affect costs. Keese noted that in high unemployment countries like Latvia and Bulgaria, where debt is not as high, those social protection systems are less generous, and so higher unemployment is less likely to translate into debt and poor sovereign debt ratings.
There is increasing pressure on these high unemployment countries by their citizens, international lenders and credit ratings agencies to improve their severe unemployment situation. According to Keese, countries like Spain, Portugal and Greece have enacted reforms of employment protection legislation and wage bargaining reforms, "In an effort to show that they are trying to tackle the structural problems in their economies."
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To determine the countries with the highest unemployment rate, 24/7 Wall St. examined the most recent unemployment rates published by Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union which tracks European nations, the United States and Japan. Most of these data were for February 2013, and none were from earlier than December 2012. 24/7 Wall St. also reviewed national-level GDP and debt statistics. Most of these data were collected by the IMF through 2011 or 2012, with figures for some nations estimated by the fund. To reflect real changes in output, we reviewed GDP growth figures based on constant prices. We reviewed GDP per capita figures based on purchasing-power-parity to reflect real differences in the spending ability of residents of each nation. Additional figures for government spending on specific social services are from the OECD. Credit ratings were provided by Moody's Investors Service and are as of April 4, 2013.
These are the countries with the highest unemployment rates.
10. Italy > Unemployment rate: 11.6% > Credit rating (outlook): Baa2 (negative) > GDP per capita: $30,136.38 > GDP growth: -2.37% > Debt pct. of GDP: 126.98%
Italy's unemployment rate rose in the past year from an already bad 10.1% in February 2012 to an even worse 11.6% in February 2013. For Italy's youngest workers, those under 25, the job market is even worse. Nearly 38% of them were unemployed in February. In 2012, Italy's GDP fell by nearly 2.4%. The IMF expects this contraction to continue in 2013, and estimates its GDP will drop an additional 1.5% this year. Italy's general government debt totaled roughly 127% of national GDP in 2012, one of the highest among countries surveyed. Also, the country's general election in February remain in a deadlock. Despite these, IMF economist Jorg Decressin recently noted that Italy was making progress in repairing its economy.
9. Bulgaria > Unemployment rate: 12.5% > Credit rating (outlook): Baa2 (stable) > GDP per capita: $14,311.58 > GDP growth: 0.78% > Debt pct. of GDP: 18.50%
Many of the countries with high unemployment also have very high debt per capita. Bulgaria is an exception. The country's debt is among the lowest in the world, at just 18.5% of GDP in 2012, compared to the United States' 106.5% of GDP. In 2009, the eastern European nation had the 10th-lowest unemployment rate of the countries measured at just 6.8%. By 2012, unemployment had risen to 12.3%, the ninth-highest rate. Many of the economies with high unemployment rates are poorer than much of Europe, and none more so than Bulgaria. Bulgaria's GDP per capita in 2012 was just $14,312, which is lower than all but one of the 31 countries measured by Eurostat.
8. Lithuania > Unemployment rate: 13.1% > Credit rating (outlook): Baa1 (stable) > GDP per capita: $21,615.34 > GDP growth: 3.62% > Debt pct. of GDP: 39.59%
In 2010, Lithuania's average unemployment rate was 18%. While it fell to an average of 13.3% in 2012 and to 13.1% in February 2013, Lithuania's unemployment rate remains among the highest among countries measured by Eurostat. Although the nation's GDP fell by a whopping 14.9% in 2009, the second largest contraction of any nation in the world that year, the Lithuanian economy steadily has recovered from the global economic recession. GDP has risen in every following year, and the IMF predicts the nation's gross debt — which nearly doubled between 2008 and 2009 — will remain nearly flat relative to GDP in the next few years. The IMF also noted the nation cut its budget deficit from more than 9% of GDP in 2009 to just an estimated 3% in 2012.
7. Cyprus > Unemployment rate: 14.0% > Credit rating (outlook): Caa3 (negative) > GDP per capita: $27,085.98 > GDP growth: -2.43% > Debt pct. of GDP: 86.21%
The unemployment rate in Cyprus has climbed steadily in recent months, and at 14% in February was nearly four percentage points above its 10.2% unemployment rate a year before. Last year, the country's GDP declined by 2.4%, one of the largest declines in the world in 2012. Central to the nation's problems were its banks, which lent heavily to Greece. In order to keep its economy afloat after the banking sector collapsed, Cyprus received a bailout package from the IMF and eurozone's bailout fund. In January, Moody's downgraded the country's credit rating to Caa3, among the worst ratings, due to the problems the country's banks are facing.
6. Ireland > Unemployment rate: 14.2% > Credit rating (outlook): Ba1 (negative) > GDP per capita: $41,920.73 > GDP growth: 0.94% > Debt pct. of GDP: 117.12%
For the past several years, Ireland has had extremely high unemployment. According to Eurostat, in 2010 the average unemployment rate was 13.9%. In 2011 and 2012, unemployment was even worse, at an average rate of 14.7% in both years. In recent years, the country has taken on large amounts of debt. Between 2009 and 2010 alone, the government's debt rose from less than 65% of GDP to more than 92% of GDP, according to the IMF. Ireland's 2010 bailout is likely a major reason for this rise. The bailout, provided by the IMF and European Union in late 2010, was used help the country cover its budget deficit. In 2010, government spending totaled nearly 65% of GDP, fourth most in the world. Last year, government spending totaled a more modest 41.6% of GDP.


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Claremont college's nursing program loses voluntary accreditationBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
August 19. 2013 10:32PM
CLAREMONT — River Valley Community College's Associate Degree Nursing Program lost its voluntary accreditation with the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) on Aug 1.
"The decision does not reflect deficiencies in instruction or student performance," Dr. Susan Henderson, Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs, said in a statement last week. "The rigor of the program and the quality of our graduates is evidenced by our record of pass rates on the nursing license exam that are consistent with other programs in New Hampshire, and by the successful employment experiences of our graduates, who hold positions in hospitals, schools, medical offices, and business and industry in the Upper Valley and across the Granite State and New England."
The program continues to be approved by the New Hampshire Board of Nursing, and the college intends to take the steps necessary to regain its ACEN accreditation, which it had held since 1990.
"Accreditation by the ACEN is not required, but we feel it is worth having and we will work to regain it in the upcoming months," Henderson said.
On Monday, Henderson said the lengthy process of regaining the accreditation is expected to take about two years.
In the meantime, River Valley Community College plans to hold meetings with freshmen, who were to enter the program this fall, as well as seniors, who are halfway through the program, within the next week.
The freshmen will be encouraged to work at getting their liberal arts courses completed while the community college works for re-accreditation, Henderson said. Seniors are being encouraged to stay in the program and graduate from the program that is still approved by the New Hampshire Board of Nursing, she said.
"They just would not be able to say they graduated from an ACEN program," Henderson said.
Henderson said while the ACEN program is voluntary, the accreditation is important.
"We value a peer review and accreditation," she said. "And that's why we went through this whole process way back when their program was created in the late '80s and early '90s and we value that. It's like a stamp of excellence."
Suspension of the ACEN accreditation was due to insufficient documentation and articulation of two of ACEN's six accreditation standards: documenting the alignment of curriculum and instructional processes; and documenting that student outcomes are measurable and specific for each component of the academic plan.
"We are just in the process of creating a corrective plan of action to take care of those areas," Henderson said.
It is not a matter of creating the documentation, but centralizing it and making it more understandable, Henderson said.
"Both River Valley and Community College System of New Hampshire are committed to dedicating the resources necessary for the college's nursing program to transition back into ACEN accreditation status as soon as possible," Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith, the new president of River Valley Community College, said in a statement.
River Valley has been educating and training practical and registered nurses for more than 45 years. The college launched its Practical Nursing program in 1968 and established its Registered Nursing program in 1981.Current and entering River Valley Community College Associate Degree Nursing students who take classes at the main campus in Claremont and the college's Academic Center in Keene will remain eligible to take examinations for state licensing, and any River Valley nursing graduate who chooses to pursue a bachelor of science and/or master's degree in nursing may do so without impediment.

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I am attending and moderating a session (chairing) at the Digital News Affairs DNA 2008 and I am having a blast, started with a blast when Michael Rosenblum, President of RosenblumTV and the designer of current.com (Al Gores social network news site) talked about his view, you might say little black and white, but still not to be ignored. He talked about old media being a little like the Ice salesman before the arrival of the fridges, fine business until the refrigerators replaced them. The Internet being the refrigerators and the ice salesman the old type media. Then there was a session on "How to survive in the digital news age" chaired by Richard Gizbert and I must he did a great job tackeling a big topic "The future relationship between content, consumers and the media; what do modern news and content organizations need to do to succeed in the digital news age." what I found lacking was though the role of pull versus push in regards of content gathering and how media like Reuters are dealing with localization, having in mind that only 30% of the Internet users speak English and even fewer have it as their mother language.
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Hey guys,
I want to tell you about my best friend's dad. His name was Bill.
Now, the only reason I ever got to know Bill was that from Kindergarten through Highschool I was best friends with his son. Bill was a good guy. He did his time in the Airforce then came home to marry and raise a family. Soon after returning to Indiana, he put his technical skills to work, getting a job working for a plumber/HVAC contractor. Later, after he'd had his second son (my friend) he got his plumber's license and opened his own shop doing plumbing, electrical, and HVAC work.
I always thought Bill was a really neat guy. Sometimes he used to take me fishing in his johnboat. We'd head out to a little lake about sunset (just the two of us, as his son's couldn't stand fishing). We'd fish until about midnight I guess while he'd real in the occasional bass and I'd try to keep my lure from getting snagged.
Later, after I grew up, Bill helped me on projects around my house. He helped me install my current furnace. The only thing he didn't do was hook up the electrical for the air condinioner. You see, it was winter when we installed the furnace and he said he'd come back and hook up the a/c unit to it later in the spring.
Bill didn't make it to spring. He died in his bed one night that winter. Doctor said the kind of heart attack he had is always fatal. There was nothing the EMTs could do.
In the spring, I was able to recall enough of what Bill told me so that I could hook up the a/c unit. It was just a couple of wires. Really no big deal, I guess. It was just hard to do while I was crying. He was a good guy and I miss him.
I'm getting to the point...just bear with me. You see Bill gave me some advice that I've heeded...but I'm no longer certain it was the best advice.
When we were working in my basement, I asked Bill about putting a humidifier on that furnace. He wouldn't hear of it. He told me they caused a lot of problems, including rust, and he would never have one on any furnace of his...but it was up to me. Well, as far as I was concerned, this guy walked on water...so what was I going to do? I never installed a humidifier.
Now I have a delimna though. My kids are getting nosebleeds in the winter. It's very dry in the house. I read about all the benefits of having a humidifier and I think I want one. Except, Bill told me not to get one, so I haven't.
I'm to the point though I'd like a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and possibly 5th opinion. The question is this: Was Bill right or wrong? Is putting a humidifer on a furnace a good idea in a cold weather climate.
Thanks for any advice you can provide!


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Xorg 7.2 has almost been committed to the FreeBSD ports tree. "Within the next 24 hours, the long-awaited update to the X.org 7.2 windowing system will be committed to the ports tree. This upgrade has been 6 months in the making and would not have been possible without the dedicated work of Florent Thoumie, Dejan Lesjak and many others in our army of developers."


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KARIWA, Japan (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co sees no imminent resumption of operations at the world's biggest nuclear plant, shut down after last year's Fukushima disaster, further raising its costs as it spends more on fossil fuels to generate electricity.
A wall to protect the 8,212-megawatt Kashiwazaki-Kariwa station's seven reactors against tsunamis will not be finished until June next year, said Shiro Arai, deputy site manager.
"It is too premature to talk about when reactor restarts will happen," Arai told Reuters in an interview at the plant in Niigata prefecture on Japan's northwest coast.
An earthquake and tsunami on March 11 last year wrecked the company's Fukushima Daiichi plant, on the northeast coast, causing widespread radiation contamination.
All of Japan's nuclear plants were shut down after the accident, the world's worst since 1986, and public fear about nuclear safety has made it hard to persuade authorities to agree to approve the restart of plants.
Prospects also appear dim for any quick restarts as safety standards, to be drawn up by a new nuclear watchdog, will probably not be issued until the middle of next year.
Tokyo Electric Power Co, known as Tepco, needs to get Kashiwazaki-Kariwa running to reduce fuel costs, which totaled 1.34 trillion yen ($16.87 billion) in the six months through September when none of its reactors were online.
Restarting Kashiwazaki was also a central plank of the bailout of Tepco by the government, which injected 1 trillion yen of capital into the utility in July. Tepco also got a commitment from its banks to lend it another 1 trillion yen based on getting the reactors operating again to reduce losses.
Tepco President Naomi Hirose said two weeks ago that Tepco remained committed to starting the first of the plant's seven reactors in April. But Tepco's lack of transparency after the Fukushima disaster is a major concern, especially for those living in the shadow of the plant.
Four years before Fukushima, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was damaged by an earthquake, triggering a fire and radiation leaks. At the time of the Fukushima disaster, three of its reactors were still being repaired and were not operational.
Arai, who had previously worked at Fukushima, showed Reuters elements of the 70 billion yen safety upgrade at the plant, about 220 km (130 miles) northwest of Tokyo.
Tepco is building tsunami walls to a height of 15 meters (50 feet) above sea level around the two clusters of reactors. The wall surrounding reactor No. 5, 6 and 7 has been completed but the defenses around the older 4 reactors are still being built.
Workers could be seen setting steel reinforcing in place for a 1-km (half mile) section of concrete wall. In the distance, waves crashed against a sea barrier.
On a hill above the reactor buildings, pump trucks and trucks with generators and heat exchangers are standing by in case the power and cooling system are knocked out.
The company was also filling a newly completed reservoir capable of holding 20,000 tonnes of water for use in an emergency to keep reactors cool.
Tepco still needs to have radiation filters installed to protect staff inside an emergency bunker it built after the 2007 earthquake, Arai said.
Work on fitting reactor building doors with seals to prevent water intrusion will not be completed until the end of September next year, according to a schedule provided by Tepco.
Geologist Masaaki Tateishi, a member of a panel of experts that advises the Niigata government on safety at the plant, said Tepco needs to reassess the danger from earthquakes.
"Tepco has mostly finished implementing the safety steps required after the Fukushima disaster apart from finishing the tsunami walls, but I doubt whether these upgrades are enough to avoid a repetition," Tateishi said.
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Chobani Greek Yogurt, with processing plants in New Berlin, N.Y., and Twin Falls, Idaho, is partnering with Cornell University to promote innovation in dairy and food science through a $1.5 million gift to the university.
A press release from Chobani states the partnership is an important step in elevating the broader dairy industry and New York state's role as a leader in Greek yogurt and reinforces Chobani's continued focus on quality.
In addition, the company has appointed Alejandro Mazzotta vice president of global quality, food safety and regulatory affairs.
Calls and emails to Chobani were not returned by deadline.
Both announcements come a little over a month after consumer complaints and reports of illness tied to consumption of Chobani's Greek yogurt led to a voluntary recall by the company.
Consumers, however, registered anger and frustration on Chobani's Facebook page and on Twitter over the company's slow response to complaints, which began in late August.
Initially, the company said it was investigating complaints of off product and bloated containers and asked retailers to remove product from store shelves but issued no recall or public alert. The voluntary recall didn't come until nearly a week after complaints started rolling in.
Chobani later identified the problem as contamination at its Twin Falls plant — which began production in November 2012 — stating the culprit was a mold common in the dairy environment and was unlikely to cause any ill health effects.
Chobani's gift to Cornell will establish a research and training program that will support graduate student research along with work force development in dairy quality, Chobani stated.
Cornell's Department of Food Science is one of the leading programs of its kind globally and matches Chobani's mission to bring better food options to everyone, Chobani President and CEO David Denholm stated in the release.
The appointment of Mazzotta, with more than two decades of leadership in microbiology, food science and compliance, furthers Chobani's commitment to food innovation and quality, he said.


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, December 10, 1907
A wild deer which evidently came from the mainland has been seen near the north end of the island.
The firing of the large guns at Fort Greble yesterday did no damage here as far as known, although the most firmly built buildings were shaken by the explosion.
From the Newport Daily News, December 13, 1907
Mr. Alton Head is having an addition 20 by 25 feet built on the barn at the stone quarry. Mr. Fred Anthony is doing the work.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 10, 1932
A meeting of the Board of Trade was held at the office of Meredith & Clark Friday evening. After the usual opening exercises, Dr. Henry Ecroyd and Dr. Arlen, on the matter of procuring a nurse for Jamestown and the cost attendant, was heard and the matter discussed by the members. … Mr. Lyons suggested that the Board call a meeting composed of a committee from each organization for the proper distribution of supplies to the needy in the town, so that each family would receive a proper share. In past years, confusion in the giving of supplies existed, and it is hoped that the matter will be corrected by proper distribution.
From the Newport Daily News, December 13, 1932
Superintendent of Schools Trowt extends an invitation to parents and friends of pupils to visit the schools, and see the work in Christmas decorations done by the pupils.
From the Newport Daily News, December 16, 1932
At a special meeting (of the town council) it was voted … that the town of Jamestown request the State Unemployment Relief Commission for a loan of $6,584.81 on the amount allotted to the town for the relief of the unemployed in the said town subject to the act passed by a special session of the legislature, approved November 2 (sic), 1931.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, December 9, 1957
The site of the historic "one gun battery" of Captain John Eldred in Jamestown will be maintained and made accessible to the public by Commerce Oil Refining Corp., the Town Council will be informed tonight.
From the Newport Daily News, December 10, 1957
The Jamestown Town Council will meet Tuesday night to take action to abandon as a public highway the extension of Eldred Avenue between East Shore Drive and Narragansett Bay. … The town right of way to the shore is bounded on both sides by land owned by Commerce Oil Refining Corp. When the road is abandoned the 50 to 3,000 foot strip will pass to the abutting owners.
From the Newport Daily News, December 11, 1957
If this country is to meet Russia's challenge to American education, the place of action is at the local level, Dr. Robert L. McMaster, chairman of the Jamestown School Committee, said last night.
From the Newport Daily News, December 12, 1957
Modern industry recognizes the necessity of being a good neighbor, an official of the architectural-engineering firm designing the oil refinery in Jamestown told the Narragansett Rotary Club. … He (Henry W. Blankenship) cited the fact that the new Commerce Oil Refining Corp. plant would have a handsome administration building, that the grounds would be landscaped completely and that the refinery's appearance would be attractive.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 11, 1982
Thomas J. DiTomasso of Calvert Place has been appointed postmaster of the Jamestown Post Office. … DiTomasso fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Postmaster Stephen Z. Zweir Jr. last August.
From the Newport Daily News, December 14, 1982
The state has made a commitment to build a closed drainage system for the proposed bridge connector road before the bridge is opened.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, December 10, 1992
The Jamestown School Committee last week postponed taking a second vote on whether seven acres of school property should be set aside permanently for recreational purposes.
Town Council members will vote next week on a proposed compromise to the state's plan to upgrade North Main Road. The compromise proposal came out of a 90-minute debate Monday night between the council and a number of residents who wanted the entire length of North Road from Eldred Avenue to East Shore Road to have a width limited to 20 feet of pavement, eight feet less than what current Department of Transportation plans call for in one section of the road.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, December 11, 1997
The Planning Commission is putting the final touches on a lengthy survey expected to be sent to each and every Jamestown household in early 1998. The survey is the first step in drafting a new Comprehensive Plan for Jamestown.
The Town Council Monday approved a lease that would allow East Passage Sailmakers and the town Recreation Department to share the second floor of the town-owned Country Club. The sailmakers would pay about $24,000 over a three-year leasing period for the use of the south end of the building, but in reality the company will not have a full three-year lease. The lease will be prorated to coincide with the three-year leasing agreement Joseph Mistowski, who rents the town-owned golf course, entered into last spring.
Finance Director Maryanne Crawford was appointed interim town administrator by a 4-0 vote of the Town Council Monday.


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7 U.S. Code § 8314 - Enforcement
The Secretary shall have the power to subpoena the attendance and testimony of any witness, the production of all evidence (including books, papers, documents, electronically stored information, and other tangible things that constitute or contain evidence), or to require the person to whom the subpoena is directed to permit the inspection of premises relating to the administration or enforcement of this chapter [1] or any matter under investigation in connection with this chapter.[1]
The attendance of any witness and production of evidence relevant to the inquiry may be required from any place in the United States.
In case of disobedience to a subpoena by any person, the Secretary may request the Attorney General to invoke the aid of any court of the United States within the jurisdiction in which the investigation is conducted, or where the person resides, is found, transacts business, is licensed to do business, or is incorporated, to require the attendance and testimony of any witness, the production of evidence, or the inspection of premises.
A witness summoned by the Secretary under this chapter shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid to a witness in a court of the United States.
A witness whose deposition is taken, and the person taking the deposition, shall be entitled to the same fees that are paid for similar services in a court of the United States.
The Secretary shall publish procedures for the issuance of subpoenas under this section.
The procedures shall include a requirement that subpoenas be reviewed for legal sufficiency and, to be effective, be signed by the Secretary.
The United States district courts, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the highest court of American Samoa, and the United States courts of the other territories and possessions are vested with jurisdiction in all cases arising under this chapter.
Any action arising under this chapter may be brought, and process may be served, in the judicial district where a violation or interference occurred or is about to occur, or where the person charged with the violation, interference, impending violation, impending interference, or failure to pay resides, is found, transacts business, is licensed to do business, or is incorporated.
[1] See References in Text note below.
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), was in the original "this title", and was translated as reading "this subtitle", meaning subtitle E (§§ 10401–10418) of title X of Pub. L. 107–171, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 494, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
2008—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 110–246, § 11012(b)(1), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary shall have power to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance and testimony of any witness and the production of any documentary evidence relating to the administration or enforcement of this chapter or any matter under investigation in connection with this chapter."
Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 110–246, § 11012(b)(2), struck out "documentary" before "evidence".
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Subsec. (a)(2)(C)(ii). Pub. L. 110–246, § 11012(b)(3)(B), substituted "question, produce evidence, or permit the inspection of premises" for "question or to produce documentary evidence".
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The fatal shooting happened at around 9.30pm at the Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, Jenkinstown near Dundalk.
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan said he was deeply saddened to hear of the death of his colleague.
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Minister for Justice Alan Shatter said gardaí "will spare no effort in ensuring that those responsible are brought to justice. In doing so, they have the unswerving support of the Government and Irish people at this very difficult time".
Detective Garda Donohoe was one of two detectives on escort duty when the shooting occurred.
It is believed four armed men were waiting outside to rob the credit union and moved to hold up staff at gunpoint as they were leaving work.
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His colleague has been severely traumatised but is otherwise unhurt.
The raiders fled the scene in what is believed to have been a dark-coloured car.
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November 29, 2005
Oriental Institute Job Posting: Tenure-track position in Hittitology
The Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of the University of Chicago invite applications for a tenure-track position in Hittitology that will be occupied in Fall, 2006.
Applicants should have broad competence in Hittite and Anatolian languages and cultures, with a firm background in Akkadian. Familiarity with Hurrian is recommended. The successful applicant is expected to engage in research, both individual and as part of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary Project, and to teach introductory and specialized courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Junior-level candidates are strongly encouraged to apply but all levels will be considered. All applicants should have the Ph.D. completed at the time of application.
Please submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae with list of publications, and a list of 3-5 referees (including e-mail addresses whenever possible) before January 15, 2006, to:
Chair, Hittitology Search Committee
The Oriental Institute
1155 E. 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Inquiries and electronic submissions may be sent by email to firstname.lastname@example.com with a copy to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The University of Chicago is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
November 7, 2005
Oriental Institute Job Posting: Research Associate
Research Associate required for an ongoing research project at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. The successful applicant must be proficient in ArcGIS, ENVI, show familiarity with ASTER, Spot and Corona data. Research focus must include Mesopotamian archaeology, landscape and geo-archaeology. The main task for this research position is to compile, synthesize and analyze data on the ancient landscape of southern Mesopotamia. The research associate will be part of a multi-disciplinary team modeling the development of early settlement systems within their economic and environmental context. Some experience with computer application and the study of ancient agricultural systems is preferred.
Apply online via jobs link at www.uchicago.edu by 12/4/05.
October 20, 2005
Symposium: PERFORMING DEATH: SOCIAL ANALYSES OF FUNERARY TRADITIONS IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
October 19, 2005
As part of its ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS ON-LINE, the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces two new electronic publications:
OIP 126. Tax Receipts, Taxpayers, and Taxes in Early Ptolemaic Thebes Brian P. Muhs
OIC 29. Catalog of Demotic Texts in the Brooklyn Museum George R. Hughes, with contributions by Brian P. Muhs and Steve Vinson
Both of these documents are Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
October 7, 2005
The Oriental Institute's on-line catalogue of the Research Archives (http://oilib.uchicago.edu/) (note the URL change) has received a completely new look (you may have to empty the cache in your internet browser to get to the new version). The display problems of bibliographic entries in the old catalogue have been corrected, and search options have become more sophisticated and intuitive.
The changes are not limited to the graphical user interface. The entire catalogue has been moved from an iMac G3 computer to a brand new iMac Mini with a dedicated Apache server. This should ensure robust and very fast access to the catalogue.
The on-line catalogue of the Research Archives is a powerful and useful resource. In order to further improve it's usefulness, we have significantly increased the efforts of retrospective cataloging of material from before 1990. In the last three months, we have added some 15,000 bibliographic records into the catalogue. As of today, the total number of records stands at 154,556.
September 22, 2005
The ETANA team has developed an RSS feed for the What's New in Abzu pages. The XML source for the feed is:
Those of you who already use RSS feeds can now add Abzu to your aggregator.
Those of you who do not already use RSS feeds can find out more about it at:
http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml (among other places)
The Abzu feed will alert you to new entries as well as to newly edited entries in the database.
August 25, 2005
A new article by Robert K. Ritner, entitled "The Lost Land of Nubia: Egypt's Southern Neighbor in Africa" is now available.
August 25, 2005
The Middle East Librarians Association Committee on Iraqi Libraries anounces the publication of "Indispensable yet Vulnerable: The Library in Dangerous Times A Report on the Status of Iraqi Academic Libraries and a Survey of Efforts to Assist Them, with Historical Introduction," by Jeff Spurr:
August 4, 2005
Circa 106 new seal and seal impressions from the Diyala site of Tell Agrab, as well as several from Nippur, have been added to our on-line Iraq Museum Database, bringing the current total to circa 1256 objects.
August 2, 2005
Dr. Magnus Widell becomes Head of Oriental Institute Research Archives
The Oriental Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Magnus Widell as the new Head of Research Archives. Magnus has studied Assyriology in Uppsala, Vienna and Changchun, and his research focuses on socio-economic, environmental and agricultural issues. For the past 2 1/2 years Magnus has been working as a Research Associate at the OI within the project, "Modeling Ancient Settlement Systems." This project, funded by the National Science Foundation's biocomplexity program, is working to create an interactive framework for modeling the social, agricultural and economic systems of ancient city-states in the Near East.
Magnus's agenda for the upcoming year and beyond is to build on many of the projects and programs that Chuck Jones developed over his years of exemplary service to the Archives. This includes, but is not limited to, updating and improving the online catalogue of research material, and continuing the Archives involvement in academic electronic communications.
July 29, 2005
After a several week hiatus the Oriental Institute is pleased to announce the re-launch of the ANE list. With the departure of Chuck Jones to Athens, the list is now organized and maintained by John C. Sanders (OI Computer Lab) and Magnus Widell (OI Research Archives). Basically, list operations remain as the were while Chuck was running the list. It's a testament to Chuck's capacity that it has been relatively easy for us to take over the list operations.
Ok, lets start ANE scholarly discourse again!
A description of ANE and instructions for subscribing are at: https://listhost.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/ane
The archive of traffic, dating from July 1993 is accessible via:
Offlist communications, private issues and list problems should be addressed to either John Sanders
or Magnus Widell
May 4, 2005
The Annual Oriental Institute Members' Event, PASSPORT TO THE MIDDLE EAST, Saturday, May 14, 2005, 3 to 7PM, at the Oriental Institute.
This year, the Annual Members' Dinner makes an exciting return in the form of a festival of Middle Eastern arts, culture, and (of course) food! Members are invited to see the entire Institute transformed into an authentic Middle Eastern Suq, centered around a huge, colorful bazaar featuring the finest selection of Middle Eastern carpets. Members enjoy the first look at these new arrivals. Then, travel from room to room exploring the wealth of cultural riches from the lands in the Fertile Crescent, collecting stamps in your "passport" along the way. From carpets to kebobs, you'll get a thorough taste of the Middle East without ever leaving the Midwest!
May 2, 2005
Peter Dorman, Associate Professor of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute, has authorized this preprint of his contribution, "The Long Coregency Revisited: Architectural and Iconographic Conundra in the Tomb of Kheruef," to a volume of essays in Memory of William Murnane. The projected title of the book is: "Causing his Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian History and Epigraphy in Memory of William J. Murnane". Editors: Peter Brand and Jacobus van Dijk.
"A generation of young scholars has been introduced to the complex issue of Egyptian coregencies through Bill Murnane's seminal dissertation on the topic, published by the Oriental Institute in 1977. Of all the coregencies discussed by Murnane, none has been debated with more passion than the one alleged between Amenhotep III and his son. The long coregency of ten or eleven years is far more than a chronological quibble: it has serious implications for the structure of royal administration, the determination of foreign relations, the management of economic resources, the promulgation of art styles, the coexistence of apparently conflicting religious cults, and the reconstruction of the genealogy of the royal family at the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty. This present revisitation of a subject that Bill Murnane himself addressed several times is affectionately dedicated to his memory, in admiration of his scholarship and out of gratitude for his unfailing personal generosity-and with the hope that he would have found the argument of interest..."
May 2, 2005
Recent additions to Abzu:
- 91 items have been catalogued in Abzu during April 2005
April 29, 2005
Oriental Institute Job Posting: Head of Research Archives
Head of Research Archives
The Oriental Institute
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
The University of Chicago's Oriental Institute is an internationally recognized research center for studying the archaeological and textual record of the ancient Near East. A primary unit within the Institute is its Research Archives, a rapidly growing research facility with over thirty-seven thousand volumes covering the full range of scholarship on the Ancient Near East. The Head of Research Archives ensures the quality of the collections of the Library and provides objective assessment of needs in all areas of scholarship on the Ancient Near East; provides reference service to inquiries from national and international academic communities; manages the collections, acquisition and cataloging of material; supervises facility personnel and resources; and maintains and develops the on-line catalogue of the Research Archives collections. The Head of Research Archives is expected to participate actively in the intellectual life of the Oriental Institute and in the broader field of Ancient Near Eastern studies. Candidates must have academic experience in one or more fields of Near Eastern studies, and a demonstrated background or advanced degree in the field of library sciences.
To apply for this position, please apply online at http://jobs.uchicago.edu, or send a CV and cover letter via mail to Gil Stein, Director, Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Applications must be received by May 23rd, 2005.
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.
April 19, 2005
Circa 60 new seal and seal impressions from the Diyala sites have been added to our on-line Iraq Museum Database, bringing the current total to circa 1150 objects.
April 5, 2005
Recent additions to Abzu:
- 128 items have been catalogued in Abzu during March 2005
April 4, 2005
Information Regarding Access to Collections and Resources at The Oriental Institute during the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in July 2005 Is Now Available On The Oriental Institute's Website
March 14, 2005
As part of its ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS ON-LINE, the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces the electronic publication of a "corrected version" of: Implicit Models of Cross-Cultural Interaction: A Question of Noses, Soap, and Prejudice, by Robert K. Ritner. It was originally published as Chapter 34 in Life in a Multi-Cultural Society: Egypt from Cambyses to Constantine and Beyond (SAOC 51). This document is an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file.
March 7, 2005
62 new entries were added to our Iraq Museum database, most of them sculpture and reliefs from the Diyala sites and seals and sealings from Tell Asmar. We are grateful to McGuire Gibson for supplying us with photographs of 16 mostly unpublished seals found during his excavations at the site of Umm al_Hafriyat; image scanning and text editing were done by Alexandra Witsell. Other additions include objects photographed in the Iraq Museum in May 2003, which were kindly provided to us by Joanne Farchakh. Since the last update in January we also changed the layout of the on-line database changed significantly in order to create a more user-friendly browser interface. Every page now has a horizontal bar with links to the "Lost Treasures of Iraq" homepage, the Iraq Museum Database homepage, our collection of recent photos of archaeological sites in Iraq, and the IraqCrisis email list.
In addition, every category and object page now has links to five major object sorting criteria in its left side bar:
- material
- principal object type
- Iraq Museum numbers
- archaeological provenience and excavation numbers
- publications / sources
Comments concerning these changes and suggestions on how to improve the layout are welcome and should be forwarded to Clemens Reichel (firstname.lastname@example.com)
March 3, 2005
Recent additions to Abzu:
- 149 items have been catalogued in Abzu during February 2005
February 7, 2005
Oriental Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship for 2005-2006 Academic Year
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago invites applications for the Oriental Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship program for the 2005-2006 academic year. This is a twelve month, non-renewable fellowship. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will organize and conduct a one-to-two day conference at the Oriental Institute on key comparatively-oriented theoretical or methodological issues in the field of ancient studies (archaeological, text-based, and/or art historical avenues of research). We encourage cross disciplinary proposals that deal with the ancient Near East (including Egypt) or that compare the Near East with other cultural areas. The conference will take place in mid-February 2006. After the conference, the Fellow will assemble and edit the proceedings for publication by the Oriental Institute. The Fellow is also encouraged to pursue his or her own research while in residence and to interact with the Oriental Institute community. Qualifications: Ph.D. in a discipline relating to ancient studies must be complete at the time of application. Applicants should send: a) 5-page proposal outlining nature and structure of the conference (including names and paper topics of five to eight key participants who have agreed to make presentations, should the conference be funded) b) curriculum vitae, c) 3 letters of reference (these may be sent under separate cover). Electronic submissions are welcome. Deadline for completed applications is April 30, 2005. Start date is September 1, 2005.
Send applications to:
Oriental Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Attn. Olivia Boyd
Oriental Institute
University of Chicago
1155 East 58th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
February 18, 2005
The 2002-2003 Oriental Institute Annual Report is now available. Links to its respective entries will be added shortly to homepages of numerous Institute archaeological and philogical projects and departments.
February 17, 2005
The MESOPOTAMIAN DIRECTORY - 2005 is now available as an Adobe Acrobat file. It lists the names and addresses of persons domiciled in North America who are engaged in research on the pre-Islamic archaeology, history, and languages of greater Mesopotamia (including Syria east of the Upper Euphrates, the Elamite plains, and regions using a standard cuneiform script). It includes academics, museum personnel, library staff, and senior graduate students with a formally approved dissertation topic.
February 17, 2005
A University of Chicago Chronicle article from February 17, 2005, entitled Scholars to examine language, power it gains in evolution from spoken to written is now available. The article elaborates on the up coming Oriental Institute conference, ÒMargins of Writing, Origins of Cultures: Unofficial Writing in the Ancient Near East and Beyond,Ó to be held in Breasted Hall Friday, Feb. 25, and Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005. This link will open in a new window!
February 14, 2005
162 photographs taken by Joanne Farchakh in Iraq (2002 - 2004) have been added to the "Lost Treasures" website
Joanne Farchakh, who is currently on a lecture tour through the United States (a webcast of her lecture at Berkeley given on February 7, 2005 is available on-line)) and who recently (February 4, 2005) addressed an audience at the Oriental Institute, is a Lebanese archaeologist and journalist.
Between 2002 and 2004, she undertook numerous trips to Iraq to document the state of its archaeological sites. Her site photographs bear dramatic testimony to the damage that sites such as Umma, Umm al-Aqarib, and Larsa in the South, or Nimrud and Nineveh in the North have suffered from looting since the 2003 Iraq War. In May 2003, one month after the end of the Iraq War, she visited the Iraq Museum and documented the damage by looting that had occurred under the eyes of Coalition Forces after the fall of Baghdad in early April.
In conjunction with her lecture tour, Mrs. Farchakh has provided us with numerous photographs taken on these trips, which are posted at "Lost Treasures" with her kind permission. The URL is: http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/dbfiles/farchakh/farchmain.htm
February 8, 2005
As part of its ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS ON-LINE, the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces two new electronic publications:
OIP 124. Excavations at Tell Es-Sweyhat, Syria, Volume 1: On the Margin of the Euphrates: Settlement and Land Use at Tell Es-Sweyhat and in the Upper Lake Assad Area, Syria. Tony J. Wilkinson, with contributions by Naomi F. Miller, Clemens D. Reichel, and Donald Whitcomb.
OIS 1. Changing Social Identity with the Spread of Islam: Archaeological Perspectives. Donald Whitcomb, editor, with Case Studies by Jodi Magness, Tracy Hoffman, Yury Karev, Mark C. Horton, and Timothy Insoll.
Both of these documents are Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
February 1, 2005
Recent additions to Abzu:
- 254 items have been catalogued in Abzu in the period 1 January - 31 January 2005
January 18, 2005
106 new objects are added to our on-line Iraq Museum Database, bringing the current total to 1090 objects. The new additions include Diyala sculpture (including relief and votive plaques) and more Diyala seals.
January 11, 2005
|Two Programs on The Oriental Institute are now available on a single DVD
January 3, 2005
The Oriental Institute Museum opens its East Wing with three new galleries on January 29, 2005, under the heading: Empires in the Fertile Crescent: Ancient Assyria, Anatolia and Israel. The new galleries are the Dr. Norman Solhkhah Family Assyrian Empire Gallery; the Henrietta Herbolsheimer, M.D. Syro-Anatolian Gallery; and the Haas and Schwartz Megiddo Gallery.
Visitors will get a rare look at one of the most important geographic regions in the ancient Near East. The galleries showcase artifacts that illustrate the power of these ancient civilizations, including sculptural representations of tributes demanded by kings of ancient Assyria, and some sources of continual fascination, such as a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls--one of the few examples in the United States.
The galleries also contain artifacts connected with the beginning of two important eras, the Bronze Age and the later Iron Age, as well as artifacts from a site connected figuratively with the end of all eras--Megiddo, the site referred to in the Bible as Armageddon.
January 3, 2005
Recent additions to Abzu:
- 138 items have been catalogued in Abzu in the period 1 December - 31 December 2004


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So the beauty editors at Allure took it upon themselves to give the star a makeunder for their January issue. "Today we really want to switch it up," she says in the video, above. "So I didn't have very much makeup on, and just had a modern dress [and] bangs." The results are elegant, showing off her luminous skin and pretty lips, in what artistic director Paul Cavaco calls a "clean" makeup look.
"I like the idea of trying new things, of playing around — as long as you can go back to what you're comfortable in," Lavigne tells the magazine, while also confessing that she relies on her long hair as a "security net." Check out the video below for the finished makeunder, and see another video that explains how Lavigne gets her eyeliner just right here.
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Success!!! I just had a pass and I heard and decoded quite a few packets which showed up in the UIView terminal window. I also had WA4AEJ in Florida show up on the map. On checking the website, he appears to be the only active APRS station that was in the footprint at the same time I was. Now to work on the TX side. Thanks again to Roger, Andrew and everyone else for all of the advice!! 73, Michael W4HIJ Roger Kolakowski wrote: > Check here after or during a pass to see what is really happening that you > are not hearing: > > http://www.ariss.net/ > > Roger > WA1KAT > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Tondee" <email@example.com> > To: <email@example.com> > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 11:43 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS Packet activity? I'm having problems and > gettingfrustrated > > > >> Since for the moment I am down to just a two meter mobile for ham >> equipment, I have been trying to get a setup going for packet and APRS. >> At the moment I have only been experimenting with the receive side of >> things but I'm not having much luck. >> I'm using a 4 element beam with Az/El tracking that I used to use when >> working the LEO's along with SatPC32 for rotor control. >> I'm setup with AGWPE and UIview32 using a soundcard. I've tried several >> passes tuned to 145.825 and so far on just one I was able to get one >> small packet to decode on the UIView32 terminal screen. I'm not seeing >> any APRS stations appear on the map and on the last three good passes >> I've tried I've heard little if any packet activity at all. What am I >> doing wrong here? >> Is it possible there is no activity on some of the passes? Even when >> I've heard packets I've only successfully decoded one. >> Tnx for any advice or pointers someone could give, >> 73, >> Michael, W4HIJ >> AMSAT # 36017 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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House bill delays 'Obamacare' 1 year, pays troops
September 28, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that House Republicans will unveil a new bill for preventing a government shutdown on Tuesday that would also delay implementing the rest of President Barack Obama's health care law for one year.
Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California told the AP that the new bill also would repeal a new tax on medical devices in the Affordable Care Act. Republicans also will try to pass a bill that would get paychecks to members of the military on time if a shutdown occurs.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said the Senate will not pass any bill keeping the government open past Monday that would alter the health care law.


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Today we continue to post great series of articles "Stack it!" by by Jim Stoppani. So enjoy reading and the apply this information.
In this, the third of a four-part series on stacking supplements, we show you how to stack to increase testosterone
by Jim Stoppani, PhD
If there is one hormone every body-builder needs to be in tune with, it's testosterone. That's because testosterone enhances strength, muscle mass and leanness. Therefore, knowing how to keep your levels maximal is critical for your bodybuilding success. Use this supplement stack for optimal levels of testosterone.
Also known as Tongkat Ali, this rainforest plant has been used for centuries as a medicinal herb. It enhances testosterone levels through different mechanisms. One mechanism involves the freeing up of testosterone from sex-hormone-binding globulin, a protein that carries testosterone in the blood and prevents it from entering muscle cells, where it can stimulate growth. Another way that eurycoma works is by stimulating the Leydig cells of the testes to directly increase testosterone production. Research confirms that eurycoma can lower SHBG by about 30%, and increase testosterone levels by almost 20%. It has also been shown to enhance muscle growth and strength greater than a placebo.
What was once known just as a fat burner is now known for its potent testosterone-boosting effects. Forskolin is the active ingredient from the herb Coleus forskohlii. It works as both a fat burner and a testosterone booster due to the fact that it activates the enzyme adenylate cyclase. Activating this enzyme ramps up testosterone production by the testes, as research confirms in a 2005 study from the University of Kansas (Lawrence).
Another supplement that was known as just a popular fat burner, but now is known for its ability to enhance the action of testosterone, is carnitine. Thanks to a few studies performed by University of Connecticut (Storrs) researchers, we now know that supplementing with carnitine can augment the anabolic properties of testosterone. Subjects taking carnitine had higher levels of androgen receptors in muscle cells. Testosterone binds to these receptors to instigate muscle growth. The higher the number of androgen receptors in a muscle cell, the greater the muscle cell's potential for growth. Carnitine works synergistically with the other two test boosters — they raise testosterone levels, and carnitine allows more of that testosterone to do its work in the muscle.
Consume 100-300 mg of eurycoma with breakfast, 30-60 minutes before workouts, and before bed. Look for Coleus fors-kohlii standardized to provide 20-50 mg of forskolin and supplement with it two or three times per day. For carnitine, take 1.5-3 g with breakfast, with your preworkout and postwork-out shakes and your nighttime meal. Cycle eurycoma and forskolin for eight weeks, then take two to four weeks off before repeating. Carnitine can be consumed without cycling.
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Officer: Dog rescued from cliff ledge in park ran away from home
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JUNEAU, Alaska – A dog rescued from a cliff ledge in Kenai Fjords National Park apparently ran away from home.
Seward, Alaska, animal control officer Shelli McDowell said the people who had adopted Sadie on a trial basis were out of state for a family emergency and left the Labradoodle with a house sitter.
McDowell said they learned Tuesday that Sadie had been missing. McDowell estimated Sadie had probably traveled about 20 miles from home.
Park officials last week started hearing reports of a dog on Exit Glacier and along the Resurrection River. Rangers rescued Sadie on Monday.
McDowell said Sadie is skittish, shy and a runner. McDowell was waiting to see if the family would be able to keep her or if she would have to be placed with someone else.


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Rising fleet utilization, a soon-to-be growing installed base and a bigger share of engines under long-term maintenance agreements has Pratt & Whitney bullish on its aftermarket outlook, United Technologies Corp. (UTC) CEO Louis Chenevert says.
"The good news is the airlines are flying. The cycles are there, the hours are there," Chenevert said during the Deutsche Bank Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference June 4. "So we always said when we had the slump that they would come back, and it is coming back."
Lower aircraft utilization and concerted efforts by operators to defer work suppressed engine overhaul revenues during the last several years. A notable uptick that began in the second half of 2013 seems to be taking hold, with many aftermarket providers, including UTC's Pratt and UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), reporting strong year-over-year improvements.
"As we [get to] the back-end of the year, compares will get more difficult," Chenevert noted. "But for now we're up double-digit in Pratt, double digit in UTAS, and I see that continuing."
Two key legacy models, the PW2000 and PW4000, have "stabilized," while the International Aero Engines V2500 is "what really moves the needle," he added.
The V2500 installed base, which cracked the 2,000-engine threshold in 2011, should break through 2,900 sometime next year. On its heels is the geared turbofan (GTF) series fleet, which—depending on the version—is 60% to 80% covered by Pratt long-term fleet management programs (FMP). That compares to about 20% for the PW2000 and 40% for the PW4000, Chenevert notes.
"This is [a] game changing process and creates a much better model," he says of FMP.
Pratt's installed base is transitioning as legacy models like the JT8D and JT9D and the early PW2000s and PW4000s are phased out. Counting IAE products, the Pratt family's installed commercial engine base has dropped from about 7,000 in 2005 to less than 6,000 today, a Jeffries analysis shows. The IAE fleet has more than doubled, to about 2,700 engines, but the legacy Pratt fleet has declined 47%, to about 3,000 engines.
But the macro fleet trend is changing. Continued V2500 growth and a backlog of some 5,500 GTF engines slated to start delivering next year will soon reverse the overall fleet decline.
Chenevert points out that the fleet shift also means resetting the overhaul cycle. The new-engine maintenance honeymoon period means only about half of the current Pratt and IAE engines in service have made their first shop visits, he says.
Pratt also is streamlining its aftermarket business, aligning two dozen profit and loss centers to focus on a single bottom line (Aviation DAILY, May 28) . The simplified approach is expected to help slash turn times by as much as 20%, company officials project.


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BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Catherine Bell was born in London on this date in 1968. This birthday gal stars as Denise Sherwood on the series "Army Wives." Bell played Sarah MacKenzie on the hit series "JAG" from 1996-2005. On the big screen, she's appeared in "Bruce Almighty" and "The Triangle," as well as starring in and co-producing the TV movie "The Good Witch" and its sequels.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ask for favors without fear. In the week to come, you can call in a few favors or ask for help without worrying that you have gone too far or been too pushy. Your hobbies or children can become a source of pride.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Draw others into the fold. Sharing your vision of the future with other people could bring the help you need to make dreams come true. In the week ahead be generous with praise and support others.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The truth shall set you free. During the beginning of the week, you can ask questions and receive a truthful answer. You might even be a bit wiser than usual and able to detect prevarications.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be tolerant and willing to give everyone the benefit of the doubt; you can easily achieve a meeting of the minds. Start something in the early part of the week and the outcome will be somehow fortunate.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Try saying, "Thanks for the memories." This week, you can be grateful for family and friends who offer you their time and thoughtfulness without any notion of recompense. People will see you as a leader.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get a grip. It is necessary to find a handhold when riding the bucking bronco of unstable financial situations. In the upcoming week, hold on tight to whatever resources you have already gathered.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Break free of misconceptions. Last week, false hopes bound you to unlivable situations and blinded you to real possibilities. This week, you can revive your belief in a viable future by setting goals.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Gentle persuasion is palatable. You won't need to force your ideas on others in the week to come to get results. Your judgment about finances is better than average; make decisions now.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Flattery can take you far. You are like everyone else and tend to like those who hold up a mirror to your vanity. The extra self-confidence you gain from well-wishers helps your progress this week.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Go along and offer the gift of giving. What you gain from being generous can be more fulfilling and satisfying than what you lose in the week ahead. Peer pressure can appear in the form of flattery.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You won't tempt the fates by testing your luck. Be extra nice to the new guy in the office and be optimistic about starting a new project. The stars smile on romances and relationships in the week ahead.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Improve your public standing by standing in the spotlight. Let people see the real you. Maintain professional standards at a high level in the week to come and navigate social gatherings with ease.
IF AUGUST 14 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: You are at your peak attractiveness during the next several weeks. A vacation or romantic fling might suit you perfectly. Your business sense and street smarts are well in hand, so between now and the start of October is a good time to pursue career advancements. If you are looking for love, be sure to be in the right places. Don't make major changes and decisions during November or waste time, money or energy on the pursuit of an impossible dream during late December. During March, you can put key plans into motion, such as starting a new job or making an important commitment. If you need a job, get your resumes out and set up interviews because people will perceive you as being just a bit better than you really are.
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Spike Inks New Seasons of Ink Master and Tattoo Nightmares
Spike TV inks new seasons of two of the network's highest-rated original series. Ink Master returns for a third season of 13 episodes in Summer 2013, and the network orders 26 episodes of Tattoo Nightmares.
Furthering the network's mission to expand its audience and demographics, Spike TV has greenlit new seasons of two of the network's most broad-appealing and highest-rated series, "Ink Master" and "Tattoo Nightmares." Season three of "Ink Master," will debut in the summer of 2013 with 13 one-hour episodes. The 26 new episodes of "Tattoo Nightmares" will run in 2013. Both series will go back into production early in 2013.
"The real stakes and compelling drama that both 'Ink Master' and 'Tattoo Nightmares' deliver resonates with our ever-expanding audience," said Sharon Levy, Spike TV's Executive Vice President, Original Series.
Season two (through 8 episodes, Oct 9-Nov 27) of "Ink Master," is averaging 1.8 million viewers and has improved the timeslot with Persons 18-49 by 105% and Persons 18-34 by 132%. "Ink Master" is hosted by music legend and tattoo aficionado Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction) and judged by renowned tattoo artists Chris Nunez ("Miami Ink") and Oliver Peck (Elm Street Tattoo). The show is produced for Spike by Original Media ("Swamp People," "NY Ink," "Comic Book Men," "The Rachel Zoe Project,") with Charlie Corwin and Andrea Richter serving as Executive Producers.
Premiering in October 2012 (through 7 episodes, Oct 16-Nov 27), "Tattoo Nightmares" is averaging 1.5 million viewers and has improved the timeslot with Persons 18-49 by an astounding 187%. The show is produced by 495 Productions ("Jersey Shore," "Friend Zone," "Nail Files," "Repo Games," "Snooki & JWOWW") with SallyAnn Salsano and Joel Zimmer as Executive Producers. The series showcases real people with really bad tattoos who seek the help of some of the best cover-up artists in the business to fix them.
About "Ink Master": Tattoo artists compete in various challenges that not only test their technical skills, but also their on-the-spot creativity, where they must create and execute an original tattoo on a 'human canvas.' These 'human canvases' range from tattoo virgins to connoisseurs to those who want to cover up a prior tattoo misstep. The challenges focus on different tattooing techniques such as contrast, adaptability, balance and dimension as well as styles including New School, photorealism, American traditional and pin-up. After every challenge the contestants face a tough panel made up of Navarro, Nunez, and Peck and a roster of guest judges. Each individual artists' work is critiqued and one contestant is sent home. The masterpieces these artists create will last forever, but so will their mistakes.
About "Tattoo Nightmares": With more than 40 million Americans having at least one tattoo somewhere on their body, you are bound to come across bad permanent ink, ranging from hilarious tattoos to ones that are just downright disturbing pieces. The stakes are high as regretful clients go under the tattoo gun a second time to see if one of the three expert artists at Tattoo Nightmares (Big Gus, Tommy Helm and Jasmine Rodriguez) can work a miracle and turn their disaster pieces into masterpieces. Through re-enactments, clients reveal the stories behind how their dreadful ink came to be.


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Cards drop battle of bullpens to Brewers in 11th
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals went 26 games without blowing a three-run lead before suffering an extra-inning loss on Monday that, a day later, was still festering for manager Mike Matheny.
"All day long," he noted Tuesday afternoon, "I felt sick."View Full Game Coverage
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals went 26 games without blowing a three-run lead before suffering an extra-inning loss on Monday that, a day later, was still festering for manager Mike Matheny.
"All day long," he noted Tuesday afternoon, "I felt sick."View Full Game Coverage
Matheny couldn't have felt much better reliving that feeling a few hours later.
With unwelcome deja vu, the Cardinals again frittered away a three-run lead to fall to the Brewers in extra innings, as their bullpen could once again not hang with Milwaukee's. There were more late-inning run-scoring opportunities missed and an inability by the team's starter to sustain a lead.
It left the Cardinals, in front of 40,531 at Busch Stadium, hardened by a 5-4, 11-inning defeat to a Brewers club playing without a handful of starters. But nothing much is hindering Milwaukee these days as it reached 20 wins faster than any other club could get to 18. Milwaukee is 11-1 away from home, using the quick start to build a 6 1/2-game cushion in the National League Central.
"It's April," Matt Adams said when asked about his concern over the Brewers' early control of the division. "We're not happy that we're not winning right now, but we're going to continue to show up every day ready to compete, and things are going to turn in our favor."
Starter Lance Lynn, with a second shot at winning his fifth game of the month, lost his early cushion by giving up three runs in a 42-pitch fourth inning. Tyler Lyons, pitching in relief after the Cardinals decided to unplug him from the rotation, let the Brewers in front by serving up a two-out homer to Carlos Gomez in the seventh.
The unanswered Milwaukee run would come in the 11th, when, after the Cardinals' bullpen had strung together 10 consecutive outs, Kevin Siegrist slipped.
It started with leadoff double by Khris Davis, who had delivered Monday's game-winning hit after an 0-for-5 showing. He was hitless in four at-bats before this one.
Lyle Overbay twice tried to bunt Davis over, but then swung away with two strikes and lined a ball that caromed off Mark Ellis' glove and trickled far enough into center to allow Davis to score easily.
Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez then shut the door to earn his 13th save, matching the Major League record for most saves before May. He is the anchor of Milwaukee's bullpen, which has allowed one run in 11 innings this series.
"They've got a lot of confidence on their side, too," Matheny said. "They've had a lot of things go their way, and that tends to help as well. But they're a scrappy club, and they're fighting. You're seeing the good at-bats. You're seeing them do the little things right. They didn't get the bunt down, and they end up getting a big base hit. Those sort of things, when they're going right, they go right. We're seeing the other side of it."
The Cardinals, now 14-14, scored just once in the final 10 innings. That came in the seventh, as they evened the game at 4-4. But they should have had more.
Peter Bourjos opened the inning with a pinch-hit walk off lefty Will Smith and was replaced on first by Matt Carpenter after a forceout. Matheny considered challenging whether Jeff Bianchi's foot was on second, but he opted not to after getting feedback from his video coordinator.
Allen Craig followed with a game-tying triple, yet the Cardinals flopped in two chances to push him home from third. Adams struck out first.
"Just a bad at-bat," Adams later said. "He threw a first-pitch slier for a strike and then threw two more out of the zone."
Yadier Molina went down swinging next.
"We had a little hiccup," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "But you know something? Smith made some great pitches to keep them from scoring two runs."
Milwaukee's bullpen wouldn't allow another baserunner to reach scoring position.
"When you have those situations in these close games, it's the little things that are going to either help us or kill us," Matheny said. "We have had trouble getting guys over, a runner on third, less than two outs, getting him in. It's something that we've had a lot of confidence in ourselves getting done. It's almost a confidence issue now, because we're seeing the opposite of it."
St. Louis had pounced on old friend Kyle Lohse quickly to take the lead. Once his batterymate, Molina took Lohse's 1-1 sinker deep for a two-out, first-inning, three-run home run. The homer, Molina's fourth of the season, was his 10th hit in 17 at-bats off Lohse. Three of those hits have been over the wall.
"He's a tough guy to plan for, because I feel like he changes his approach from at-bat to at-bat," Lohse said of Molina. "I don't know if that's true, but that's the way it looks from the other side."
Lohse then settled in to pitch five scoreless innings.
The lead was Lynn's to hold, and through three innings, he looked relatively strong. The fourth then unraveled on him.
There was a leadoff single that nicked off Lynn's glove, and a wild pitch to set up Overbay's first RBI hit. Two walks sandwiched the second out, but Lynn fell behind, 2-0, on Lohse with the bases full and was then forced to make pitches over the plate.
Lohse took the seventh fastball he saw in the at-bat -- it was Lynn's 88th pitch of the night -- and dropped it into left field for a game-tying, two-run single. Lynn ended the inning without further damage, but he only had enough pitches to finish one more.
"I was right where I needed to be," Lynn said. "I let them right back in the game right there, and that's something you can't do. If you can't put the pitcher away with two outs and the bases loaded and a two-run lead, you deserve not to win the game."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB.