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The first of the young Harry Potter stars to land a leading role outside of the blockbuster franchise, Rupert Grint shows he has what it takes to enjoy an acting career post-Hogwarts in Driving Lessons -- an engaging coming-of-age dramedy that also stars Julie Walters. (In an ironic twist, Walters plays Grint's mom in the Potter series.)
Screenwriter Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland, Mrs. Brown) makes his feature directing debut with this modest, moving and semi-autobiographical film. The story follows shy, conservative Ben Marshall (Grint), the 17-year-old son of a vicar (Nicholas Farrell) and his overbearing, pious wife, Laura (Laura Linney).
Here's what Ben is doing on his summer vacation: bible classes, helping out at the old people's center and getting driving lessons from his super-vigilant mom. In order to help out at home, Ben finds himself a summer job. That's when his dull, repressed world gets thrown into upheaval.
He lands a job as an assistant to the profane yet haughty Evie Walton (Walters), an aging diva of a retired actress. Evie's unconventional behavior and increasingly unruly antics both shock and amaze Ben, who finds in her the sort of free spirit his own mother will never be.
Pulled into a string of misadventures, Ben learns a lot about life even as he runs afoul of his mother. Evie and Ben eventually take a road trip to a literary festival in Scotland, where Evie will have her first gig in years and Ben will find romance in the arms of cradle-robbing twentysomething Bryony (Michelle Duncan).
Ben and Evie's journey helps both of them overcome what has been eating at them in their respective lives. Evie comes to terms with her own tragedies and professional disappointments, while Ben finds the courage to confront his parents and express who he wants to be. In other words, this is the summer that Ben grows up.
Driving Lessons is a throwback to such films as Harold and Maude, Gregory's Girl and Educating Rita, which also starred Julie Walters. It was refreshing to see a simple but effective story about people again. These characters are real; they have lived lives before the story began and will continue to do so afterward. We're merely witnessing events that are already in motion.
Grint's understated performance, something which his work in Harry Potter has hinted at, reveals a wise beyond his years maturity and soulfulness that should allow the actor to escape from being forever seen in casting director's eyes as Harry Potter's funny sidekick. By the end of the film, both Grint and Ben have grown into young men.
Walters chews the scenery, but that's her character: She is an actress, someone for whom everything is dramatic. In fact, you never quite know if she's being genuine or merely performing and manipulating your emotions. Walters should join Helen Mirren and Annette Bening as a frontrunner for this year's Best Actress Oscar race.
Although her English accent occasionally sounds forced, Linney manages to make her character sympathetic and understandable even when she's at her most controlling and overbearing.
While the last act of Driving Lessons is too long and the plot is a somewhat formulaic rehash of other coming-of-age films, the movie works because you care about the relationships between these characters and want to see their lives improve.


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Is Socialism Compatible with the Constitution?
Originally published at Liberato.US
November 5, 2017
Could we have socialism in this country without changing a word of the Constitution? You might think the answer is no, but it could very well turn out to be yes.
The Founders had the example before them of the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements where communism did not work. The colonists put their crops in a common store from which each could draw according to their needs. Disaster quickly ensued. Later, there was some criticism of what was called the "levelling spirit" at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, but the delegates did not put any particular economic system into the Constitution, or rule any out.
People who have considered the question have cited various provisions in arguing that socialism is incompatible with the Constitution. For example, Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution says the United States shall guarantee to every state a republican form of government, not a dictatorship. Article 1, Section 8 sets up limited government and says Congress only has certain enumerated powers. Under the 5th Amendment, no one can be deprived of property without due process of law. If the government takes property, it's supposed to provide just compensation. This would seem to prevent the wholesale nationalization of industries under socialism.
Moreover, early Supreme Court jurisprudence strictly enforced property and contract rights on natural law grounds. [Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law, 4th Ed., p. 622 – citing, e.g., Fletcher v. Peck from 1810] The rationale changed to the due process clause in the Lochner era, but the Court continued to strike down state laws that regulated private business.
But Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a famous dissent in the Lochner case declaring that the "constitution is not intended to embody a particular economic theory, whether of paternalism … or of laissez faire."
Then the New Deal changed everything. The Supreme Court began upholding federal statutes regulating business. The last time the Supreme Court struck down a regulation on constitutional due process grounds was 1937. [Chemerinsky, p. 641]
If socialism means equalizing incomes, we have a progressive income tax no one has successfully challenged on constitutional grounds. What principle stops progressive taxation until it completely levels everyone's income? I can't think of one.
If socialism means government ownership of the means of production, we're already half way there in terms of a constitutional stamp of approval. The Chrysler bondholders were wiped out after the financial crisis of 2008. Thanks to Obama, their money went to UAW retirees who were unsecured creditors. And it was all considered perfectly legal. AIG shareholders are still in court trying to get back what they believe was wrongfully taken from them in the financial crisis.
And I haven't even mentioned the amendment process yet. FDR proposed a Second Bill of Rights guaranteeing everyone a job, a home, and healthcare, among other things. The Second Bill of Rights would even guarantee a right to adequate recreation. You can't have Utopia without adequate recreation, right?
We have a Supreme Court that turns night into day and makes up rights out of whole cloth. Why not a right to an equal income? If Obamacare is a tax and, at the same time, not a tax, anything is possible at the Supreme Court.
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation just put out another survey showing that more Millennials would prefer to live in a socialist country than in a capitalist country. If you want to preserve limited government and free markets, don't count on the Constitution to keep socialism at bay. Roll up your sleeves and get to work.
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ELIZABETHTOWN-While no one disagrees about the man, there have been some issues brought up over the possible re-naming of the Essex County Jail and Public Services building.
After it was announced that the county was looking into costs that may be associated with re-naming the structure in honor of former Essex County Sheriff Henry Hommes, some supervisors said that they received phone calls and messages from their towns asking if re-naming the building was the appropriate thing to do.
"It is a very sensitive issue," Moriah supervisor Tom Scozzafava said during the April 4 meeting of the county board. "I did have calls and concerns from my constituents and the main comment that I have been hearing is if it is appropriate to name the building after one law enforcement officer when there are several examples of law enforcement officers who have served and even died in the line of service."
North Hudson supervisor Robert Dobie said he was not in favor of a name change.
"I have a problem with naming something like a jail after someone," he said.
Chesterfield supervisor Gerald Morrow was named to head a sub-committee to look into the concerns and the feasibility of re-naming the building.
"We were able to meet and address all of the concerns," Morrow said. "I think that we will have something in place that will be agreeable to everyone at the public safety committee meeting April 11."


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Lover's Refuge (The Hemocil Society Book 3) – by Ruthie L. Manier
James the youngest of the Mantango clan needs his four brothers' assistance and as always they're armed and ready to defend their kin.
James fell hard for Mariah appearing before him so close he could kiss her full, sassy, lips smelling of cotton candy. Her stance is proud with the luscious body of a goddess. She's covered from head to toe in a sheer body glove sprinkled with gold dust, darker gold in the more private areas making it hard for him to cast his eyes off her. He craved her from first sight, beautiful and feisty the perfect combination for a Va'atacos male.
Learning of her terrible past life, he has a burning desire to rescue Mariah and her daughter and won't stop until the deed is done. He lost her once and now that she's returned he swore he'd cross hell to fight the devil himself, before releasing her again.
Mariah didn't reincarnate from the heavenly realm to find James in lust with the woman whose corpse she transferred into. Nor to discover that James rescued her child, Peach, only to be brutally attacked by the family responsible for her mortal death. Can she set her feelings aside long enough to reclaim a relationship with her daughter, bring the McCurry clan to justice, and rekindle the spark; she fears James might have lost for her?
From the Author: Lover's Refuge was a fun book for me to write. Using Northern State Psychiatric Hospital was the idea of two of my co-workers. It was the perfect place for James the youngest of the Mantango brothers to go and heal, while him and his brothers set a plan to get their vengeance. It's a historical land mark here in Sedro Woolley, Washington off of Fruit dale and Highway 20. If you ever get out this way you should go and tour the grounds and walk through the many paths, barns, and graveyard as the patients and the workers there did. It's said to be haunted and every time I've went out there alone I swear someone is watching me.
Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Vampires, Werewolves & Shifters


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Broward County's Museum of Archaeology won't have to move to another location -- at least not right away.
The School Board, which owns the building at 203 SW First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, where the museum is housed, canceled the museum's lease Thursday after a city inspector cited the structure for code violations that would have cost $55,300 to repair.
Monday, however, the city notified the School Board that it had erred and that there were no violations. Now school officials say they will allow the museum to stay.
"We're naturally very, very pleased and very, very relieved," said Calvin Austin, president of the archaeological society.
Billy Helms, chief code compliance inspector for the city, said an inspector put the building in the wrong classification. Instead of putting the building in a group that includes museums, it was placed in a group that includes skating rinks, theaters and places where exhibitions are held.
"It's just an honest mistake," said Helms.
The reprieve may not last long, however. The School Board wants to put its new administrative complex on the site where the museum now stands.
Although the museum's $2-a-year lease doesn't run out until September, the School Board could cancel with 30 days' notice.
"It puts us in a position of looking awfully hard for space," said Austin. "We can't afford to sit on our duffs and cross our fingers and pray. We have to go out and beat the bushes."
Judith Hunt, safety and lease director for the school system, said the School Board will be asked to overturn its previous action at a meeting set for Thursday, Feb. 21.


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Below are a few of the events involving Women in Leadership
DSWIL Fall 2014
The 2nd Annual Women In Leadership Symposium will take place in the newly renovated Warren Hall on September 19th and 20th, 2014. The event is an opportunity for students to engage with high level Female Cornell Alumni from various industries about their experiences as women in leadership. Friday's Kick off event will feature Suzy Welch, Best selling author and public speaker. Saturday's events will include panels, workshops and one-on-one sessions with speakers.
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Female alumni involved in business, government and non-profit businesses will share their stories with students at the first Symposium on Women in Leadership, sponsored by the Dyson School, scheduled for Feb. 21-22.
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What It Is
A comfortable, versatile, and chrome-loving SUV for those who want a strong presence on the road.
Best Thing
Smooth ride and top-of-the-line comfort.
Worst Thing
High price tag, subtle interior orientation from lower models.
Snap Judgment
The 2015 GMC Yukon Denali gives the current Escalade a run for its money.
Often overlooked in the auto industry, GMC caters to a unique consumer taste. General Motors' number two volume brand has always been known for its refinement, professional-grade vehicles, and high loyalty among customers. GMC is building on this reputation with the introduction of the all-new 2015 Yukon full-size SUV lineup. The automaker invited us to drive the top-of-the-line Yukon Denali, so we took it for a spin down the roads of Napa, California.
Although it shares its sheetmetal with the Chevy Tahoe and Suburban, the Yukon Denali brings refinement and exclusivity to a new level. Thoughtful interior changes enhance this SUV's overall appeal against more mass market SUVs. But the most important upgrade here is an all-new 6.2-liter V-8 that is exclusive to the Yukon Denali.
WalkaroundThe new Yukon Denali looks remarkably like the old one, but General Motors made subtle yet effective changes. All-new lighting in front gives the car a fiercer look with standard HID headlamps. New body lines across the vehicle and a rear spoiler add to a sportier appeal for this next-gen SUV. Tow hooks are no longer visible on the front face of the SUV, giving it a little more refinement. As always, the Yukon Denali is bedecked with chrome, but doesn't go as far as the Escalade. Buyers will likely appreciate the Yukon Denali for its strong presence on the road, but also one that isn't too ostentatious.
Sitting DownI was impressed by the car even before I sat down. When opening the door, a large chrome step emerges from the bottom of the car to help drivers and passengers enter the vehicle easily. Once inside, you will see pretty much the same exact layout as the Tahoe and Suburban, but with a little bit of added refinement. Instead of plastics, the Yukon Denali features real aluminum and real wood accents throughout the cabin. The seats, while feeling nice to the touch, are also comfortable and supportive on long drives. Denali buyers will enjoy heated and cooling seat functions, vibrating seats that tell drivers when they are drifting, and OnStar 4G LTE that creates a WiFi hotspot for your car (late availability).
The comfort and convenience extends to all three rows, which receive the same soft-touch materials as in the front. Back seat passengers also have access to multiple USB ports and plenty of cup holders. All around, GM tried to maximize storage in every nook and cranny. A gear selector near the steering wheel frees up tons of storage space between the driver and front passenger, enough room that GM has created a space that can double as a small file cabinet. Other than this, there are dozens of storage cubbies on the doors and armrests, increasing space from the previous model. One particularly clever storage space is located behind the infotainment touchscreen. With the push of a button, the touchscreen rises up off the console to reveal a USB port and space for small items. And another nice touch: third row power folding seats.
DrivingFor a full-size SUV, the Yukon Denali delivered an impressively nice ride. With magnetic ride control, the suspension is able to quickly adapt to most road conditions. While sometimes I could hear noise on rough highways, the Yukon Denali insulates passengers from road noise and provided an overall quiet ride.
As earlier mentioned, the Yukon Denali gets its very own engine: a 6.2-liter V-8 that produces a whopping 420 horsepower, more than the previous generation. Passing other, smaller vehicles, on the highway is not a problem thanks to the responsive engine. Its 460 lb-ft of torque provides for impressive handling on the highway and on windy roads.


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Don't Ask, Don't Tell cannot stand.
This 15-year-old law, which bans gay Americans from serving openly in the military, was the subject of its first ever Congressional hearing on July 23. The testimony was damning.
Members of the Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee were unusually outspoken.
"Just bonkers."
"An affront to me and many of the soldiers."
Those were just some of the criticisms levied by members, who included a retired admiral and an Iraq veteran.
These rebukes mark a turning point in the debate that will likely lead to repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the next couple of years.
There are two big reasons for the increasing support for gay, lesbian and bisexual service members.
First, there is significant new data about how Don't Ask, Don't Tell undermines military readiness.
Second, there has been a major cultural shift in support of gay Americans over the past fifteen years. 2008 is simply not 1993.
The 2000 Census showed that there are 65,000 lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans currently serving in our armed forces. There are one million gay veterans. According to a Zogby poll, 23 percent of returning Iraq and Afghan veterans report that they knew of an openly gay service member in their unit, exploding the myth that gays are not serving openly, even at risk to their careers.
Though short of troops, the Pentagon has discharged more than 12,500 service members for being gay since Don't Ask, Don't Tell was implemented. Each year, an additional 4,000 service members resign their commissions or decline to re-enlist because of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
The Pentagon admits it has discharged service members in mission-critical specialties since Don't Ask, Don't Tell was made law. The most notorious instances are the sixty Arabic linguists the military let go, despite the Army's severe shortage of language specialists.
Proponents of Don't Ask, Don't Tell said that openly gay troops would undermine readiness and morale. But American forces have been serving with openly gay troops from foreign militaries in joint operations and with NATO forces deployed around the world, and yet there has been no report of operational deficiency as a result.
In 2000, America's strongest military ally, Great Britain, lifted its ban on gays in the military without incident, joining 23 other nations that have lifted their bans, including one of the most combat-tested militaries in the world -- Israel's.
In 1993, the sense was that military leaders unanimously opposed gays serving openly. Today, sixty-two flag officers are on record supporting repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General John Shalikashvili, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Wesley Clark, and the first woman to achieve the rank of lieutenant general, Claudia Kennedy.
A poll by military sociologist Charlie Moskos during the debate in 1993 found that only 13 percent of the troops supported gays serving openly. According to a new Washington Post/ABC poll, 50 percent of veterans support gays serving openly.
The seismic shift in military opinion supporting gays serving openly has paralleled the shift among the general public. According to the Post poll, 75 percent of Americans support gays serving openly today, up from 44 percent in 1993. Significant majorities of evangelicals (57 percent), Catholics (82 percent) and conservatives (64 percent) support gays serving openly.
At the hearing of the Personnel Subcommittee, the Pentagon testified that it stood ready to implement any change to the law that Congress approves.
Now that is a welcome sea change. It should sweep away any lingering opposition to overturning Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
C. Dixon Osburn is co-founder, and former executive director, of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Google to Offer New Phone Direct to Consumers in 2010
Android was a nice start, but…
For sometime now Google has been offering its custom built mobile OS – Android – to various carriers and manufacturers. News has been released however that the company plans to offer its very own phone direct to consumers by Quarter 1 – 2010.
Here's what seems to be the consensus among the community, mostly based on leaks, or supposed leaks from Googlers.
- Hardware: HTC built
- Software: Android 2.1
- Screen: OLED
- Keyboard: soft only
- Pictures: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/12/nexus-one-google-phone-picture/
(Though i am skeptical of the authenticity as the background does not match the typical "open work area" that Google promotes for employees)
Analysts see this as a direct move against Apple, and their popular iPhone. With Eric Schmidt off Apple's Board of Directors, there is no longer any conflict of interest with such a product line.
The Google Phone – offerings
There is not yet too much known about the device – many speculate pointing to the HTC built unbranded phone being carried by some Googlers dubbed "Nexus One". HTC has already done a great job delivering hardware that runs Android OS.
What about service?
Google has not announced plans to enter the telecommunications business – but it hasn't stated it won't either. The new phone, sold direct from Google to consumers will most likely be an unlocked phone that you bring to your current carrier in order to get service. The phone relies on GSM – meaning T-Mobile and AT&T are the only players who could support the phone currently. Other rumors fly that Google may rely on a concert of Carrier negotiations to get user's connected. Alternately some theorize it would rely entirely on the ever-propagation and nearly ubiquitous attributes of Wi-Fi. Is Google Wireless their next big endeavor – unlikely.
Costs and Pricing
Google has not been keen on charging consumers directly in the past for any of its services. Typically they rely on marketing and IT budgets of larger companies to foot the bill. Would a Google phone be any different? unfortunately it seems so. Consumers may even expect inflated costs since the phones are not being heavily discounted by a carrier trying to lock you in for two year stretches.
But one can be hopeful – Maybe the voice and data plans will be subsidized by audio advertisements that play during ring-times. Instead of hearing your friend's favorite R.Kelly hit (ughhh) when their phone rings, the ring back might just be an advertisement for Aspercreme – and I think I would actually prefer that 🙂
Update – Confirmed
Google is confirming the internal testing of a new phone, shared with employees from the recently created "mobile lab" – http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/12/android-dogfood-diet-for-holidays.html – but not sharing much more details
Unfortunately, because dogfooding is a process exclusively for Google employees, we cannot share specific product details. We hope to share more after our dogfood diet.


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New York Fashion Week: Jenny Packham's Spring 2013 Collection Inspired By the '60s
The British gown designer who's be-gowned both Kates -- Middleton and Winslet -- takes a step back from beading and glamour, and goes fresh, young and slightly '60s for spring.
In the last couple of years, Brit Jenny Packham has emerged as a gown force to be reckoned with: after all, Angelina Jolie's sported her gowns, as have Kate Middleton, Kate Winslet and a lot more celebs on varied red carpets.
Packham's designs are as likely to turn up these days as Oscars or Zacs. But for spring, she left the embellishment and Hollywood beading behind, and opted for something else: opticals and a clean silhouette. Black and whites, and short, short shifts were a big part of the '60s-inspired collection -- as was a new gown shape-shifter: a long look gathered and folded and pinned at the waist, so the skirt falls in cascades with an opening down the leg at center. It was slinky and very I Dream of Jeannie. Yes, it had a bit of a harem feeling about it.
Instead of the brights of recent seasons -- and the metallics and shine of seasons past -- her palette was filled with fresh whites, clear orange, dove grey, a hot new hue in many collections, and opticals in silver and black or black and white. Her mini shifts -- only the under-30 set need apply (great for Emma Watson and Elle Fanning) -- were straight out of Mary Quant; but are Hollywood women really going to walk red carpets in itty bitty mini's? If so, let's hope they don't wear them with six-inch heels: the Vegas hooker look went out with Mischa and Lindsay, remember? Even Britney's well passed it now.
Minka Kelly, the ubiquitous Lauren Conrad (does she ever stay home?) and Jordana Brewster adorned the front row, so we could be seeing them in this new dress-up simplicity sooner rather than later. After many seasons of bright color, red lipstick, adorned shoes, giant necklaces and neon hair -- it's rather nice to see a well constructed pretty dress again.


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Report NEP-EXP-2012-02-01This is the archive for NEP-EXP, a report on new working papers in the area of Experimental Economics. Daniel Houser issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Martin G. Kocher & Peter Martinsson & Kristian Ove R. Myrseth & Conny Wollbrant, 2012. "Strong, bold, and kind: Self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas," ESMT Research Working Papers ESMT-12-01 (R1), ESMT European School of Management and Technology, revised 28 Mar 2013.
- Charles R. Plott & Jean-Louis Rullière & Marie Claire Villeval, 2011. "Introduction to the special issue Special issue on Behavioral Public Economics," Post-Print halshs-00661261, HAL.
- Tor Eriksson & Marie Claire Villeval, 2012. "Respect and relational contracts," Post-Print halshs-00642527, HAL.
- Pedro Bordalo & Nicola Gennaioli & Andrei Shleifer, 2012. "Salience in Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect," NBER Working Papers 17761, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Mathias Erlei & Heike Schenk-Mathes, 2012. "Bounded Rationality in Principal‐Agent Relationships," TUC Working Papers in Economics 0006, Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Technische Universität Clausthal (Department of Economics, Technical University Clausthal).
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- B. Arruñada & M. Casari & F. Pancotto, 2012. "Are Self-regarding Subjects More Strategic?," Working Papers wp805, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
- A. Banerji & Neha Gupta, 2011. "Do Auction Bids Betray Expectations-Based Reference Dependent Preferences? A Test, Experimental Evidence, And Estimates Of Loss Aversion," Working papers 206, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
- Yuki Tanaka & Alistair Munro, 2012. "Regional Variation In Risk And Time Preferences: Evidence From A Large-Scale Field Experiment In Rural Uganda," GRIPS Discussion Papers 11-19, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
- Banerjee, Simanti & Kwasnica, Anthony M & Shortle, James S, 2011. "An Iterative Auction for Spatially Contiguous Land Management: An Experimental Analysis," Stirling Economics Discussion Papers 2011-19, University of Stirling, Division of Economics.
- Costard, Jano & Bolle, Friedel, 2011. "Solidarity, responsibility and group identity," Discussion Papers 309, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Department of Business Administration and Economics.
- Banerjee, Simanti & Kwasnica, Anthony M & Shortle, James S, 2011. "Agglomeration Bonus in Local Networks: A laboratory examination of spatial coordination failure," Stirling Economics Discussion Papers 2011-18, University of Stirling, Division of Economics.
- Proost, Karin & Germeys, Filip & Schreurs, Bert, 2011. "When does Impression Management Work: The Influence of Temporal Distance On Interviewer Evaluations," Working Papers 2011/30, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.
- Rogers, Todd & Aida, Masa, 2012. "Why Bother Asking? The Limited Value of Self-Reported Vote Intention," Working Paper Series rwp12-001, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
- Lübbe, Ingmar & Bolle, Friedel, 2011. "Who helps whom? Risk taking and solidarity in a virtual world experiment," Discussion Papers 310, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Department of Business Administration and Economics.
- Christie, Michael & Colombo, Sergio & Hanley, Nicholas, 2011. "What are the consequences of ignoring attributes in choice experiments? An application to ecosystem service values," Stirling Economics Discussion Papers 2011-20, University of Stirling, Division of Economics.
- Talbot Page & Louis Putterman, 2012. "An Uninterpreted Spatial Version of the Trust Game: Evidence of Reciprocity without Suggestive Words, Evidence of Iterated Dominance Self-Taught," Working Papers 2012-1, Brown University, Department of Economics.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012 11:27 AM
Carlyle Group LP, in a transaction nine months before it filed to go public, saddled itself with debt to pay owners including William Conway, Daniel D'Aniello and David Rubenstein a $398.5 million tax-deferred dividend.
The private equity firm borrowed $500 million from Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Development Co. in December 2010, saying it would use part of that to expand investment products. Instead, it paid out almost 80 percent of the money to existing owners, according to regulatory filings. Separately, the Washington- based firm negotiated bank credit giving it the option to distribute an additional $400 million prior to its initial public offering, lending agreements filed last month show.
The deals, which echo the dividend recapitalization private equity managers use to extract cash from the companies they acquire, leave Carlyle's future shareholders with the cost of servicing the debt. Assuming Carlyle holds its IPO by the end of June, Mubadala will have earned a return in excess of 50 percent, including a $200 million equity stake the owners gave away to obtain a loan that lasted about a year and a half.
"It begs the question, 'Why would you do that?' " said Matthew Pieniazek, the president of Darling Consulting Group, an adviser to banks in Newburyport, Massachusetts. "IPOs are not guaranteed. They were willing to give up some of the upside for the certainty of" a distribution.
Chris Ullman, a spokesman for Carlyle, declined to comment.
By financing the dividends with debt, Carlyle's founders can receive the full amount without facing an immediate tax bill, and without having to sell shares in the IPO. Under Internal Revenue Code regulations for partnerships, the owners can defer paying taxes on the distribution until the debt is retired, said Allan Weiner, a partner in the Washington office of the law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.
Dividend Recaps
"They are essentially creating a distribution without paying taxes," Weiner said. "Presumably, because it is debt, they are burdening the existing entity."
Carlyle has taken advantage of borrowed money in the past to pay its fund investors dividends before taking holdings public. So-called dividend recaps were used when Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. borrowed $1.25 billion in 2010 to pay $500 million to owners Carlyle, Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP. Dunkin' went public last year in a $486 million share sale.
Six months after the buyout of Hertz Corp. in 2005, the car rental company used a $1 billion loan to pay a dividend to its new owners, Carlyle and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC.
First Investors
Carlyle, founded in 1987, is the second-biggest private equity firm, with $148 billion in assets as of Sept. 30, including stakes in companies such as Dunkin' Brands and Nielsen Holdings N.V. Its three founders received a combined $413 million last year, mostly from distributions. Apart from the founders and Mubadala, its owners include the California Public Employees' Retirement System, or Calpers.
The firm found some of its first investors in the Middle East, including the Saudi royal family and owners of the Saudi Binladin Group, the Jeddah-based construction company founded by Osama bin Laden's father, Mohammed. Carlyle returned the family's money after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The firm has weighed an IPO since at least 2007 when larger competitor Blackstone Group LP went public. As financial markets started to collapse, Carlyle instead agreed to sell a 7.5 percent stake to Mubadala, an investment vehicle owned by the Abu Dhabi government, for $1.35 billion in September 2007. Mubadala got a 10 percent discount and received protection against a drop in the value of its holdings.
Mubadala's Stake
Mubadala made the second investment in Carlyle in December 2010, buying $500 million in debt convertible into Carlyle stock at a 7.5 percent discount to the IPO price. Carlyle agreed to pay an interest rate of 7.25 percent and give Mubadala a 2 percent equity stake valued at about $200 million, an expense booked as an "upfront cost" to secure the debt financing, according to the firm's registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Carlyle refinanced half of that debt in October, a month after filing to go public and securing a bigger credit line from its banks. Carlyle borrowed $265.5 million under the expanded credit agreement to retire $250 million face amount of the notes. Carlyle paid Mubadala a $10 million premium, a fee that is often assessed when bonds are retired ahead of time, and $5.5 million of accrued interest.
The private equity firm may repay the balance of Mubadala's debt before the IPO, according to a person familiar with Carlyle's plans who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. If it doesn't, Mubadala would be entitled to convert the debt into Carlyle stock at a 7.5 percent discount to the IPO price.
'Big Win'
Private companies typically pay interest rates of about 13 percent to 14 percent when taking out so-called mezzanine loans that rank behind senior debt, such as bank loans, when it comes time to being repaid, according to James Hill, who heads the private equity practice of the law firm Benesch LLP in Cleveland.
While the interest Carlyle is paying is low in comparison, the equity stake makes it expensive for current owners. Carlyle has about 100 partners who own a piece of the company. The three founders own more than half.
"As long as Carlyle goes public, it is a pretty big win for" Mubadala, Hill said in an interview. "If they hadn't gone public, it wouldn't have been as big a win because you own two percent of a privately owned management company and who knows what that is worth over time."
IPO Setback
The sale was subject to Calpers waiving pre-emptive rights that it received under a February 2001 agreement to invest in Carlyle, according to a Feb. 14 SEC filing. Calpers also had to consent to the deal between Carlyle and Mubadala, the filing shows.
Carlyle's previous IPO plans had been set back in 2007 when a publicly traded credit fund sponsored by the firm fell victim to the housing crisis. Carlyle, which unsuccessfully tried to rescue the fund, had obtained an $875 million credit line at that time from a banking consortium led by Citigroup.
Carlyle has agreed to pledge 70 percent of the firm's quarterly management fees, along with the carried interest of its partners, as collateral, according to the most recent version of the loan agreement, filed with the SEC last month.
Carlyle entered into additional collateral agreements in December 2008, involving U.S. and U.K. bank accounts under the name of Carlyle Investment Management LLC. The firm reported a net loss of $514 million that year, according to the IPO filing.
Founders' Commitments
After Carlyle filed to go public in September of last year, its lenders -- Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. -- agreed to increase the revolving credit line to $750 million from a prior limit of $150 million. According to a copy of the borrowing agreement, revised again in December, the banks will no longer require the management and carried interest fees that Carlyle and its partners pledged as collateral once the IPO is completed and Mubadala is repaid.
All three banks were awarded top roles managing Carlyle's share sale. Officials for the banks declined to comment.
The Mubadala financing in 2010 helped Carlyle distribute $787.8 million in cash to its top executives that year, up from $215.6 million in 2009 and $253.9 million in 2008, according to regulatory filings.
Carlyle didn't give a reason for the dividend payout. Its founders were among senior professionals who had committed to contributing $1.2 billion to the firm's buyout and other funds as of Sept. 30, according to the IPO documents. Such commitments can sometimes prove burdensome for private equity executives, said David Miller, a tax attorney at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in New York.
'Managing Cash'
"It was not infrequent during the recession that private equity managers had to draw on credit lines because they had commitments," Miller said.
In addition, when Carlyle's buyout funds sell portfolio companies, either through direct sales to another suitor or through IPOs, the firm's partners must recognize income for tax purposes, even though they may not get any of the actual cash. Instead they must wait until outside investors in Carlyle funds have gotten all of their capital back plus a preferred return of 8 to 9 percent, according to the firm's IPO filing.
"Managing the cash in a private equity arrangement is a little more of a challenge than in a typical hedge fund that has liquid assets," said Jim Browne, a partner at Strasburger & Price LLP, a Dallas-based law firm that specializes in general tax planning.
'Little Kicker'
The stock grant that Mubadala received when it bought subordinated notes from Carlyle in 2010 raised its holdings to 9.5 percent. Carlyle's valuation of the 2 percent equity stake assumed that the buyout company was worth $10 billion, according to the filing. The purchase price Mubadala paid for its initial investment in 2007 implied a valuation of about $20 billion for Carlyle at the time.
The terms for Mubadala's 2010 investment "could simply be a way of giving them a little kicker for what both parties knew was an overvalued equity infusion three years earlier," said Pieniazek.
Shares of Blackstone, which is based in New York, have lost half of their value since they were first sold in the 2007 initial offering at $31 each.
Following Carlyle's offering, Mubadala will be restricted from selling parts of its stake for 12 to 24 months, according to Carlyle's registration statement. The Abu Dhabi company, the second-largest Carlyle owner after the founders, is also restricted from holding a stake bigger than 19.9 percent.
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Dr. Virginia Apgar, the woman behind the APGAR score - an assessment that a midwife or MD performs on newborns, helped pioneer a new way of providing maternal care. She focused attention on newborn mortality and was able to help obstetricians learn to look for signs of distress immediately after birth.
The APGAR score is taken at one minute after birth to assess how well the infant fared during childbirth and then again at 5 minutes of life. If necessary, or if the 5-minute score is low the test might be scored a third time at 10 minutes. The assessment covers 5 key areas: skin colour, heart rate, grimace response, activity, and respiration.
While she reimagined maternal care globally, she was the sort of woman that I hope my own daughters aspire to be one day: brave, intelligent, adventurous, strategic and by all accounts warm and fun loving.


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Steps on installing Navi-X on Apple TV 2
I tried searching from the internet on how to install Navi-X and other kinds of plugging on my Apple TV 2. I was able to find something that refers me to Apple TV 1 and to some folders in which I could not find in my Apple TV. Can somebody please tell me where XBMC application is located on Apple TV 2 (which I logged in as a root)? How do I install Navi-X or any other kinds of plugging? Any links for a tutorial or a step-by-step procedure will be highly appreciated.


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NIACL AO Salary, Job Profile, allowances, career growth.
NIACL AO Salary, Job Profile & Career Growth:
New India Assurance Company Limited(NIACL) issued a notification on October 14th, 2016 for 300 positions of Administrative officers across India. The last date to apply for NIACL AO is November 1st, 2016.
Today we will be discussing some frequent doubts candidates have about NIACL AO Salary, Job Profile, promotions and career growth. But first, let's take a look at what is New India Assurance Company and what are the duties of NIACL.
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About NIACL:
- The New India Assurance Company limited (NIACL) is a Mumbai Based one of the five assurance companies which is ownes by Government of India.
- NIACL is the largest general insurance company of India on the basis of large premium collection.
- It was founded in 1919 by Sir Dorabji Tata and was nationalised in 1973.
- Formerly NIACL was a subsidiary of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC), but as per IRDA act 1999 when GIC became re-insurance company, its four leading subsidiaries got autonomy.
- The four subsidiaries of GIC which got autonomy after IRDA act 1999 includes:
- New India Assurance
- United India Insurance
- Oriental Insurance
- National Insurance
- New India Assurance serve both in India and Foriegn Countries. Lately it has collaborated with some of the famous public sector banks of India like SBI, CBI, Corporation Bank and united western Bank to expand its distribution network.
NIACL AO Salary:
- Basic pay: Rs. 32,795/- per month
- Pay scale: Rs. 32795-1610(14)-55335-1745(4)-62315.
- Allowances: It includes Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Transport Allowance etc., as admissible from time to time.
- Gross emoluments: Approximately NIACL AO Salary is Rs. 51,000/- per month.
- Accommodation: Subject to availability.
- Reimbursements: For expenses for maintenance of vehicle for official purpose, newspaper, briefcase, book Grant, allowance for the furnishing of residence, etc. as per eligibility.
- Dispensary facilities: Apart from reimbursement of medical expenses for OPD treatment/hospitalization as per eligibility) NIACL AO also gets certain dispensary facilities.
- Loans and Advances: Granted at concessional rates of interest for Housing, Car, Education, Consumer Articles, and Personal Computer.
- Governance: By the Defined Contribution New Pension Scheme, in addition to the benefits of Gratuity.
- Total Annual Pay: Including allowances along with admissible perquisites attached to the post of NIACL Administrative Officer (excluding the value of housing) works out at the minimum to Rs. 6, 50,000/- p.a. (approximately).
NIACL Administrative Officer: Additional Points
- Transfers: Transfer in New India Assurance usually takes place after three years of service, but if you are posted in Surat, Ahmedabad, Baroda or Guwahati you may have to spend some more years.
- Rural postings: NIACL AO postings are generally all over India. Lady Officers get a choice of Posting.
- Work pressure: There is no such work pressure in any office of New India Assurance, However there may be some offices with exception.0000000
- Working Days and Timings: Work timings in New India Assurance are 9.30AM to 5.30PM and NIACL works 5 days a week.
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Rick Minotty was lusting after the mansions and the ocean from his rusty Mercury Comet one sunny spring afternoon in 1983. He was a frustrated land- locked Michigan resident who wanted nothing more than to dump his car, hop on a bicycle and really see the Palm Beaches.
So he dumped his car, hopped on a bicycle a Palm Beach kid was selling and really saw the Palm Beaches.
``I do what I want to do when I want to do it,`` said Minotty, 28.
Minotty said it was the first time he had been on a bicycle since he was a child but it all came back to him - kind of like riding a bicycle.
He became hooked. Now he lives in Detroit and bicycles back and forth to work every day. He wears a helmet and carries a knife so he doesn`t worry about the traffic or the crime.
``I love it. There`s something about getting out of a smog-making car and into nature or at least your environment,`` a sweaty Minotty said on a recent biking vacation in Boca Raton.
Palm Beach County is a haven for bicyclists. It`s got the ocean, the mansions, the woods and everything any other South Florida location has but the traffic.
``It`s a great place to bike, or at least to start a bike trip from,`` said Dave Vanderlaau of Lake Worth, former touring director of the West Palm Beach Recreational Biking Club. ``It`s a beautiful place.``
The county is full of bicycle paths for those who want to be safe from careless drivers. Almost every city has developed a bicycle path or a series of small bikeways connected to sidewalks in the last 10 years.


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text: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has become more reliant on First Principles Model and Simulation to assess the effectiveness of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This is due in part to the continued growth in cost and schedule for ground based testing program that have traditionally been used for such assessments. Results from the Phase I SBIR, MDA-073-019 SBIR, Hypervelocity Intercept Modeling with First-Principle, Physics Based Tools, showed a path to a robust fast-running high fidelity first principle physics based tool for conducting intercept analyses across the BMDS. It is our vision that the use of these fast turnaround first principle tools will provide intercept debris data sets that will be incorporated into the Kinetic Impact Debris Distribution Model (KIDD). To accomplish this, the tools need to provide accurate debris data for a variety of intercept conditions. They should be robust, easy to use, and provide quick run times so that the debris information can be incorporated into a database framework.


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Moscow suddenly became a site for citywide PTSD. The city's subway, which carries anywhere between 7 to 10 million passengers a day, on the day of the blasts only took in a fraction of that number. As 22-year-old Daria Kovtunova, personal assistant at Ernst and Young, put it, "Only those who had nothing to lose" took the subway after the explosions: immigrants, unmarried men and tired Moscovites who could not afford a taxi.
It is not the first time that the metro, the symbol of Moscow's vitality and mobility, has come under attack. Most recently, in late August of 2004, a female suicide bomber set off an explosive device at the entrance hall to the Rizhskaya metro station, killing herself and nine other people and sending over four dozen to the hospital. Before that the largest subway bombing in terms of casualties was in February of 2004, between Paveletskaya and Avtozavodskaya metro stations: fifty were killed, more than a hundred injured.
Only hours after the blasts, secretaries at a call center of a major foreign consulting firm in Russia spent hours crying and frantically calling their colleagues to make sure everybody was safe. Cell phones were constantly ringing in offices and were sitting in everybody's lap on the subway, ready to be picked up and deliver the hopefully good news about friends and colleagues. Friends and relatives outside of Moscow too were trying to reach their loved ones, shocked at what they were being shown on TV. My roommate tried to reach her mother on her cell phone and the latter had to step out of the subway panting, her blood pressure rising, to take a breath and realize that neither she nor her daughter were anywhere near either of the two blast sites.
I found out about the blasts at 10 am when I turned on the TV and started to quickly get ready for work. The full extent of what had happened did not hit me until much later. I went to work only to discover the subway a ghost town and to see Russian police officers crowded in front of exits and entrances to all of the city's subway stations, even those far from the two sites of the explosions.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, cabbies were reportedly taking 3,000 to 4,000 rubles per ride (approximately $100-$135) and traffic jams paralyzed downtown. A helicopter was landing next to FSB headquarters. Its building, which some say was the target of the explosion, stands within walking distance of where the first suicide bomber took the lives of dozens of innocent people. After that, events unraveled quickly: victims were driven, airlifted or walked in to ten different hospitals across Moscow. Part of the affected subway line was shut down until about 6 pm of the same day and 3,500 people were evacuated. Officials encouraged people to take any means of elevated transport. By early afternoon it all looked, sounded and seemed surreal, like a scene from a Hollywood blockbuster.


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Shake Spears! is a new Android Game from the folks at Alawar Entertainment that lets you try to earn glory, honor, and fame on the back of a horse. You won't be racing horses, but jousting on the back of them in this fun little quick play game.
You'll play a knight in a jousting tournament that's out to defeat the best knights around and win the heart of his lady. To accomplish this you're going to saddle up and take on Knights in a tournament spanning 20 different cities. The actual jousting part is fairly simple as you'll swipe vertically on the left side of the screen to raise or lower your shield while the right side controls your lance. Your goal is to send your opponent flying from his horse, and you can do just that once you get past his armor.
Powerups can help you out in this area as Shake Spears allows you to upgrade your battle gear and lets you add some spells to your arsenal for good measure. The upgrades are done in "package" which is pretty lame because you can't change out individual pieces of gear; the battle spells are pretty cool though and I would recommend picking those up early on. Shake Spears does have 2 levels of difficulty with Path to Glory and Act of Valor; you'll get to fight in 20 different towns with 5 stages a piece bringing the level count to right around 100 in all.
Shake Spears is a great jousting game and a good way to kill some time. The battles are over with pretty quickly which really allows you to zip through the game if you're good enough. I did feel that the game was a little too easy early on, but that quickly changed by the time I hit the first big castle and got my ass kicked. I do wish there were more options in the armor/upgrade department, but overall the game is quite a bit of fun. If you're ready to get Medieval with it, you can pick up Alawar Entertainments Shake Spears on Google Play for free.


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Should Web managers assemble a complete department filled with programmers, designers, writers, plus a Webmaster to manage it all? What kind of pay range is appropriate? And how can you attract and keep the best people?
No clear models exist yet, as different companies pursue a variety of strategies. But some ideas come from agencies that handle Web sites for corporate marketers.
For example, Cincinnati-based marketing communications agency Hensley Segal Rentschler has a Web staff that includes client service executives, copy writers, programmers and designers. Each of these people could run a medium-size site within a company, says Richard Segal, one of Hensley's founders.
Add to that basic list a consumer research/marketing specialist, says Chan Suh and Kyle Shannon, co-founders of Agency.com, a New York-based Web design firm whose clients include GTE Corp., American Express Co., and British Airways.
Another possible addition: A customer service rep to handle online correspondence and order taking.
What skills should these people possess? Phil Growick, managing director at Jerry Fields Associates, a New York-based search firm specializing in the advertising field, looks for writers who can distill complex information into bite-size pieces.
But don't mistake that talent for what ad copywriters do, warns Hensley's Mr. Segal. On the Web, he says, "The character of the writing is more like PR than advertising; it's more rational and logical."
With programmers, Mr. Segal says he looks for technical skills, but also an "appreciation of aesthetics," which will enable the programmers to work comfortably with writers and designers.
As for designers, Mr. Growick says that until recently Web graphics were often created by technical people with few formal design skills or by graphic artists with scant Web experience.
More people are becoming able to combine the two talents, he says. "Now you've got these kids who are eating, sleeping, and dreaming the Web."
Likewise, Mr. Segal says, the job of Webmaster, once held by people with strong technical backgrounds, now demands a greater marketing emphasis.
"The lion's share of first-wave Web pages were not developed by marketing people," he says, while companies now increasingly are asking marketing-oriented agencies like Hensley to rethink those early efforts.
Salaries for Web-adept employees more or less match those for people in traditional creative fields. Mr. Growick says he recently placed a Webmaster at a large New York publishing house for $45,000.
Designers might receive anywhere from $30,000 to $40,000, entry-level programmers from $20,000 to $30,000, with writers' salaries falling somewhere between programmers and designers.
But money alone won't keep the best talent on board. People involved with the Web tend to be very entrepreneurial, Mr. Segal says. "They're liable to leave and start their own boutique Web design firm."
Hensley uses top-of-the-line hardware and software as a lure to retain talented employees. In other words, instead of money, throw high-tech toys at Web-oriented employees.
When Web staffers request a new hardware or software package, says Mr. Segal, "We don't say no to them."


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Holiday shuffles school openings
Decision is up to individual districts on how to allow for Rosh Hashana celebration
The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana this year coincides with the start of school, prompting staggered school opening dates around the Capital Region.
The Jewish holiday, the first of the High Holy Days in the fall, begins at sunset Wednesday. Celebration customs include prayers, sounding the shofar — a hollowed-out ram's horn — and eating sweet foods. Since the Jewish calendar is a lunar one, the holidays do not fall on the same date every year.
This week, some schools open for the school year Wednesday, close Thursday and resume classes on Friday.
Those include the Saratoga Springs, Shenendehowa and East Greenbush school districts and Tech Valley High School in Rensselaer.
"Our students come from 33 school districts," said Tech Valley Principal Dan Liebert. "Tech Valley has 120 students with a good representation of religions. We make the decision based on the needs of our staff, faculty and students. It is important to recognize all celebrations."
Elsewhere, Rensselaer students start classes on Tuesday and Schenectady on Wednesday. They continue through the rest of the week without a holiday break.
Others put off the first day of classes until after Rosh Hashana. Troy starts Thursday; North and South Colonie begin Friday and others, such as the Albany and Niskayuna school districts, begin the school year on Sept. 9.
The state does not mandate closing or opening dates for religious holidays, leaving the decision up to individual districts. "School districts make their own calendar," said Antonia Valentine, media relations specialist at the State Education Department, in an email. "The law requires 180 days of instruction."
Rabbi Ron Cashman and his family live in Albany. His three children, now grown, attended Albany High. "We used to ask permission for them to be excused for the Jewish holidays," he said. "Nowadays, school districts are more attuned to the holidays of the minority students in their districts."
Cashman grew up in Newburgh, in which schools did not close for Jewish holidays.
"Calendars are put together in February," Cashman said. "You need to advocate for yourself and those putting together calendars need to be proactive, too. It works both ways."
Christmas, which falls during a time when most schools are on a week-plus break, has become secularized in America. Religious commitment is down and the number of the religiously unaffiliated is up. Still, most school district calendars list Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu holidays, and administrators are aware some parents may call to say their children will not attend school for a religious observance.
Many immigrants choose to celebrate their religious holidays and share them with others, believing religious holidays create awareness in students and teach respect for others' observances.
Recently, Hindus called on the New York City Department of Education to establish Diwali, the festival of lights, as an official holiday for city public school students.


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I recently found myself in need of a method to search values in a multidimensional array. I searched around a bit and could only find methods that searched the entire array for a specific value. This doesn't work for me, however, because a particular value may appear in several places within my array. I needed a way to look for a value in a specific positional within the array, so I ended up creating the following prototype:
Array.prototype.queryArray = function(columnName:String,columnValue:String):Number {
var arrLength:Number = this.length;
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The prototype looks for a column name and a value to search for within that column. If a match is found the array index is returned. If no match is found, -1 is returned. Need some examples?
var searchResult:Number = my_array.queryArray("phone","5558888″);
trace(searchResult); //returns 1
searchResult = my_array.queryArray("firstname","joe");
trace(searchResult); //returns 0
searchResult = my_array.queryArray("firstname","sally");
trace(searchResult); //returns -1
Using this prototype I can check to see if a 'record' exists for a particular object. If it exists, I can update that record with new values or delete it from the array. If it doesn't exist, I can push it.


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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - This is the Italian version of a dish most Southerners know well—Grillades & Grits. For Italians, this is hearty comfort food at its best. Served with some warmed, crusty country bread and a full-bodied red wine, this will take the chill off of any fall/winter evening, whether in Italy, or in Alabama where I live. [If you are opposed to using veal, stew beef works well.
For the Veal Tips:
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 small onion, finely minced
1 large garlic clove, finely minced
1 1/2 pounds veal top round, cut into 1-inch cubes (beef tips or stew beef may be substituted)
1 cup dry white wine
1 teaspoon salt, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more to taste
6 whole, peeled canned Italian plum tomatoes, (if using fresh plum tomatoes, run them through a food mill to remove the skins)
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary, stems removed
In a large pan over medium heat, heat the oil and butter until the butter has melted and is bubbling. Add the onion and veal tips, and cook until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic, stirring until combined, and cook for 1 minute. Add the wine, scraping the browned pieces from the bottom of the pan, and cook until the wine as almost evaporated, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the salt and pepper. Place the tomatoes into a small bowl, and using your hand, crush them into small pieces. Add the rosemary and crushed tomatoes (and their juices) to the pan, mixing until well combined. Lower the heat, cover the pan, and simmer for 35 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the meat is tender. If the sauce starts to thicken or dry out too much, add a tablespoon of hot water at a time while stirring.
*NOTE: This dish may be served over Polenta, recipe below; or served over grits or mashed potatoes.
For the Polenta:
10 cups water
1 tablespoons salt
3 cups yellow polenta, medium-grind
1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Pecorino Romano cheese, or more to taste
In a large pot, bring the water to a boil over medium heat. Stir in the salt and as the water starts to come up to a boil again, lower the heat slightly and, using a whisk, slowly pour in the polenta in a thin stream, whisking it into the water, always whisking in the same direction to help prevent lumps. When the cornmeal is completely incorporated into the water, switch to using a wooden spoon and stir the polenta, crushing any lumps against the side of the pan to remove them. If the polenta is boiling or spitting too much, lower the heat a little at a time, until it sputters without coming out of the pot. As the polenta cooks it will thicken. Cook the polenta, stirring frequently, for 25 to 30 minutes until it is thick and starts to pull away easily from the sides of the pan. Turn off the heat and stir in the cheese.
Spoon the hot polenta into serving dishes and top with the veal tips and some of the sauce. Makes 6 servings.
Wondering what to do with leftover polenta?
Pour the extra polenta onto a 9-inch x 13-inch baking sheet and spread until it is level. Let the polenta cool for 10 to 15 minutes and cover with plastic wrap to keep a skin from developing. When the polenta has cooled, using a knife dipped in water, cut the polenta into 3-inch squares and place in layers, separated by parchment paper, in an airtight container in the fridge. Leftover polenta slices can be grilled, pan-fried in some olive oil, or layered with sugo and mozzarella, and baked in a casserole.
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Customers Order over 3,000 Next-Generation ViaSat L-band Managed Service Terminals
Both airborne and fixed-site terminals in development
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Customers are beginning to place advance orders for next-generation Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) terminals from ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) for operation over the recently announced ViaSat worldwide L-band network. The orders, totaling 3,150 terminals, include a mix of both fixed-site machine-to-machine (M2M) and airborne units that are scheduled for delivery next year. Vehicular, maritime, and asset tracking terminals are also available for advance order.
As previously announced, ViaSat is providing an upgrade to MSS networks by using an innovative new L-band waveform optimized for high capacity. The technology leverages ViaSat experience in serving the U.S. government, enterprises, and consumers with highly secure, reliable, and rugged satellite-based global services. By using bandwidth more efficiently, the new satellite technology brings a number of performance improvements to MSS customers:
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• Broadcast and multicast
• Low latency
• Netted voice
• Guaranteed availability
"These advance orders are an indicator of the value we are bringing to this market," said Phil Berry, vice president, ViaSat MSS. "They represent the strong response we are seeing to the combined dimensions of value our new network offers, and how that can optimize the total cost of ownership."
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ViaSat creates satellite and other wireless networking systems that efficiently deliver the most bandwidth for fast, secure, and high-performance communications to any location for consumers, governments, enterprises, and the military. The company offers Exede® services in North America, which feature ViaSat-1, the world's highest capacity satellite; worldwide mobile satellite services, including global tracking and messaging as well as high-speed in-flight Internet; satellite broadband networking systems; Wi-Fi and other hotspot operations, support, and management systems; and network-centric military communication systems and cybersecurity for the U.S. and allied governments. ViaSat also offers communication system design and a number of complementary products and technologies. Based in Carlsbad, California, ViaSat employs over 3,300 people in a number of locations worldwide for technology development, customer service, and network operations.
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Could we create a standard CH chain hotkey format please, just looking for the message in /auction and physically counting isn't the most efficiant way to do it. I respectfully submit the following template:
line 1: /auction COMPLET HEAL INC < %t >, AJAMAN you are next!
line 2: /cast (CH gem slot)
line 3: /pause (enter the pause time between healers)
line 4: /auction AJAMAN CAST NOW!
I know we all like our clever little cast messages but this way everyone does it the same way and there is no question when/who the next healer in the chain is and when they are supposed to cast, the only thing the caster needs to watch for is a fizzle, which at our level/skill should be VERY rare.
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One of the thing that makes asp.net.mvc so interesting is default model binding. Model binding in simple words allows you to take the posted form data from the view and bind it to the action method's parameter in the controller without any fuss. But there is a security flaw in model binding which everyone using asp.net mvc should know .The problem is, in asp.net mvc controller you cannot be sure what you got as the posted value from the view because it is absolutely possible that an extra property, or an overwritten property which you don't want get passed to the controller which could spell disaster. And in the controller if the property matches the orginal property then the things could get out of hand.
Here's a simple scenario to understand more what I have defined. A person filling a create user form to become the member of the website requiring some payment in the process passed an Isenabled=true property (which we all have) and unfortunately there is a match in the model at the controller and you haven't defined any whitelist properties (which are included at the controller) or any black listed properties which (which we excluded at the controller) then the user will automatically become active. The cycle which was to be followed was that the moderator after viewing if everything was right and the payment is successfully accepted was going to enable him. So there is a voilation of that cycle.
You can create the scenario by using firebug.
By using Include or Exclude in the Bind Attribute class we can lock the properties that are allowed in the model.
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] public ActionResult CreateUser([Bind(Include="UserName, Password,ConfirmPassword EmailAddress")] UserView User)If there are large quantity of fields you have the option to use exclude to restrict the properties.
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] public ActionResult CreateUser([Bind(Exclude="IsEnabled")] UserView User)Other option
[Bind(Exclude="GroupID")] public class Group { [Key] public int GroupID { get; set; } [Required] [Display(Name = "Group Name")] [StringLength(50)] public string GroupName { get; set; } [ScaffoldColumn(false)] public DateTime? CreatedDate { get; set; } [ScaffoldColumn(false)] public DateTime? ModifiedDate { get; set; } }


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Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.00
Price: $335,000
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text: My iPod nano is now fully charged connected to about a 4 year old Apple dock. The iPod says: "Connected. Eject before disconnecting". I was just wondering if I am supposed to leave it on the dock 24/7 leaving this screen on, possibly damaging the screen, or is it supposed to turn off after x minutes


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Situated in the western Mediterranean, south of the French island of Corsica, Sardinia's dazzling white sands and clear blue waters make it one of Italy's most beautiful islands.
Cagliari means castle in local dialect, and the hilltop fortress dominates within the walled medieval quarter, still lively today. In the busy streets below, visit the Cattedrale di Santa Maria, and then enjoy the buzz of Piazza Yenne and the Santa Chiara market. The public gardens, an ideal resting-place, are also home to the Galleria Comunale d'Arte, containing modern, contemporary and Sardinian art.
East of the city is a saline lagoon complete with resident flamingoes, close to the slightly-faded style of Poetto beach.
Sardinia is also rich in natural beauty, with holm oak forests, the canyon of Golo Su Gorropu, and walking trails to discover inland. The stunning coastline is best known for the rich playground of the Costa Smeralda, but head instead for the solitude of the cliffs of the Golfo di Orsei, or the secluded bays of the Costa del Sud. Explore Costa Verde's sand dunes, wind surf on the island's north coast, or dive for shipwrecks, submerged caves, and underwater ruins.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cagliari
Standing in Piazza dell'Arsenale, the Archaeological Museum's extensive collection ranges from early Neolithic to Roman times. Around four hundred superb bronzetti (bronze figurines) provide an insight into Sardinia's pre-Carthage nuraghic culture, complemented by the Giganti di Monte Prama, two metre-high stone nuraghic sculptures.
Santuario & Basilica di Nostra Signora di Bonaria Pilgrims travel from around the world to this fourteenth-century Gothic church to pray to a statue of Mary and Jesus, said to have saved Spanish sailors.
In thanks, the conquistadors named Argentina's capital Buenos Aires after Bonaria, with both meaning good air. Roughly a kilometre from Cagliari, this historic seat of the Mercedari monks was once a fortress as well, but only a few features remain today.
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