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Color blindness usually affects a person's ability to tell the difference between shades of red and green or shades of blue and yellow. Complete color blindness, which is rare, causes a person to see most objects in shades of gray.
Color blindness occurs when light-sensing receptors in the eye do not work properly. In most people, color blindness is inherited. Acquired color blindness is caused by a disease that affects the retina or optic nerve. It can also be caused by certain medications.
Risk Factors
Genetics is the main risk factor for color blindness. If your mother, father, or grandparents were color blind, you may have the gene(s) that cause color blindness. The condition is also more common in men.
The following risk factors increase your chance of developing acquired color blindness:
- Having certain diseases, such as glaucoma and macular degeneration
- Taking certain medications that can damage the retina and optic nerve, such as hydroxychloroquine
People with color blindness cannot distinguish between some colors, especially red and green or blue and yellow.
Most people with inherited color blindness do not have symptoms. However, they may not see colors the same way as others without color blindness.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. An eye exam and vision test will be done. Or, you will be referred to an ophthalmologist (eye specialist) for testing. You may want to consider going to an eye specialist first. The eye specialist may be better able to make a diagnosis.
Your vision will be tested. This can be done with:
- Ishihara plates test
- An arrangement test
There is no cure for inherited color blindness. Most people with color blindness learn methods to tell the difference between colors.
Talk with your doctor about coping skills. Depending on the level of color blindness, some doctors recommend using color-corrective glasses or contact lenses. Some mobile devices have apps that can help someone determine the differences between colors and some shades of color.
In some cases of acquired color blindness or deficiency, treatment of the medical problem or changing medications may correct the color blindness.
To help reduce your chances of getting acquired color blindness, discuss your use of prescribed medications with your doctor.
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Based on the popular series on the Disney Channel, this app features Chuggington and his friends embarking on missions to make deliveries and fulfilling their important train duties. There are four different games that kids can play that involve jumping rails, loading cargo, making pick-ups and deliveries, and more. Kids can earn gold, silver and bronze badges for their efforts, all the while getting encouragement from Chuggington and friends.
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Rockstar Games made one of 20 covers to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Esquire UK's Man At His Best series.
They made one hell of an image for it.
The cover art, according to the official Rockstar blog, is "designed to reflect the decay that exists alongside all things beautiful, definitely warrants close inspection - not only is it a little creepier than it appears at first glance, but you might see a few things you recognise from our games across the years."
Can you spot the references to Rockstar's games?
Rockstar Covers Esquire Magazine's 20th Anniversary 'Man At His Best' Issue [Rockstar Games blog]


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Number: 110-29
Date: June 26, 2008
House Passes H.R. 6331, the
"Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008"
On June 24, 2008, the House passed H.R. 6331, the "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008," by a vote of 355–59. The bill would prevent a scheduled 10.6 percent pay cut to physicians from becoming effective on July 1, 2008, and would provide a 1.1 percent increase in Medicare payments to physicians, effective January 1, 2009. H.R. 6331 also contains provisions intended to improve Medicare services, pharmacy access, and assistance to low-income beneficiaries. The bill has been referred to the Senate for further consideration.
H.R. 6331 contains the following provisions of interest to SSA:
Eliminating Barriers to Medicare Savings Programs Enrollment
• Would require SSA to provide applicants for Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) with information about Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) assistance, including information about how to contact the State health insurance assistance program (SHIP).
• Would require SSA (with the consent of those filing) to transmit LIS application data to the States. Once received, the LIS data would serve as a protective filing for MSP, with State agencies being required to complete appropriate MSP development and make eligibility determinations. The content, form, and manner in which information (on a uniform basis for all States) shall be transmitted would be determined by the Commissioner, in consultation with HHS and the States. Would be effective January 1, 2010.
• Would require SSA to provide MSP training to employees currently involved in LIS application-taking, so that those employees can promote beneficiary awareness of MSP, thereby increasing MSP participation.
• Would provide start-up funding of $24.1 million to SSA for activities related to MSP outreach and transmittal of data to States. Funds would be appropriated as of October 1, 2008, and remain available until expended. Ongoing funding for MSP-related activities would be provided, beginning with fiscal year 2011, through a separate ongoing appropriation of $3 million annually to HHS. HHS would provide this funding to SSA via a reimbursable agreement, and the funds would only be available to HHS for this specific purpose.
• Would provide additional funding of $24.8 million to SSA for LIS activities required due to changes in MSP and LIS programs. Funds would be appropriated as of October 1, 2008, and remain available until expended.
Exemption From Income and Resources for Determination of Eligibility for Low-Income Subsidy
• Would eliminate counting in-kind support and maintenance as income and life insurance as a resource for LIS purposes. Effective for applications filed on or after January 1, 2010.
Judicial Review of Decisions of the Commissioner of Social Security Under the Low-Income Subsidy Program
• Would codify SSA's existing policy that denied LIS applicants can appeal to the civil courts, once the administrative appeals process is exhausted. Would be effective as if enacted with the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
Translation of Standardized Medicare Savings Programs Application
• Would require HHS to translate their model MSP application into at least the 10 languages (other than English) most often used by Medicare applicants, and to make the translated forms available at Social Security offices. Effective January 1, 2010.
Extension of Qualifying Individual Program
• Would extend the Qualifying Individual (QI) program through December 2009. Additional funding of $200 million would be provided through December 2008, with an additional $500 million for 2009.
Application of Low-Income Subsidy Assets Test to Medicare Savings Programs
• Would apply the LIS standard resources test ($6,290 for an individual/$9,440 for a couple in 2008) to MSP, effective January 1, 2010.
Elimination of Medicare Part D Late Enrollment Penalties Paid By Subsidy- Eligible Individuals
• Would eliminate Part D late enrollment penalties for individuals who are eligible for LIS, effective January 1, 2009.
Eliminating Application of Estate Recovery
- Would clarify that, in the event of a recipient's death, the State is not allowed to attempt recovery (through the recipient's estate) of costs associated with providing MSP assistance. Would be effective January 1, 2010.


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Both Apple's Platinum and QNX' PhotonUI revelled in the 3D effects that were a big thing in '90s UI design, but both did so tastefully, using it where it made sense to make elements stand out and to visually separate them from one another. Both of them were also decidedly square and angular, as opposed to the later obsession with rounded corners.
Lastly, and most importantly, both of them were designed in an era where applications were mere means to an end, and users expected - and rightfully so, demanded - that they fit in with the rest of the operating system. This made both of them highly consistent, which I still believe is one of the biggest virtues in UI design, even if the rest of the world no longer cares (in fact, inconsistency seems to have become a goal, not a flaw, since applications need to stand out between the 99.99% of App Store/Play/etc. applications which are utter crap).
Sadly, from the early 2000s onwards, all this was thrown out, and the world was 'blessed' with things like Aqua, Luna, KDE4's Oxygen, Aero, and so on. All of these styles - Aqua and Aero in particular - pretty much ruled the roost, and to this day, Aqua-like and Aero-like themes tend to dominate the popular theme lists for GNOME and KDE.
Still, there's one theme that bucks this trend; a theme which brings the what we now consider 'classic' UI design of the '90s into the modern age, and despite not having seen an update since 2010, has in fact managed to do just that. Christoph Feck's Skulpture for KDE4 manages to bring together classic and modern, arriving somewhere in the middle with something which, while clearly taking you back to those days of Platinum and PhotonUI, still looks entirely modern and fancy. Striking a balance between classic and modern is hard, but Feck nailed it.
The three design principles behind Skulpture tell you all you need to know, really.
- Skulpture has a classical look
Flat gradients are used to oppose the current trend of shiny or "glassy" buttons used in other styles, giving it a conventional classical look that can stand the whole KDE 4 lifetime, if not longer.
- Skulpture is three-dimensional
Light and shadow effects are applied to generate the impression of a three-dimensional user interface, with elements raised out of (and sunken into) the window surface.
- Skulpture is real artwork
Giving it a photo-realistic (antialiased) appearance, pixel-perfect alignment and spacing between user interface elements, this style has been created to please users eyes.
However, none of these design principles are taken to their extremes. Sure, it prefers flat gradients, but it doesn't take it too far. It goes for the 3D look, but the third dimension doesn't overstay its welcome. Less professional themes tend to take things way too far - transparency impeding readability, extreme glossiness causing focus issues, and so on - but Skulpture does it all in moderation.
It's not all roses and sunshine, though. The theme hasn't been updated in almost three years now, and it's starting to show - Kwin changed its shadow system somewhere around KDE 4.7, and as a consequence, the Skulpture Kwin decoration no longer has one, with no way to fix it. You really start to appreciate the importance of window shadows the moment you have to do without.
Still, this may be a blessing in disguise, since in my view, Skulpture's window decoration is clearly its weak point. It doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the style, and the gloss stands out like an eyesore. Because of these two things, you'd do good by opting for a different Kwin decoration.Lastly, it's quite hard to find a proper colour scheme that really makes the most of Skulpture. I've been using Skulpture for years, but only this past week have I finally managed to find just the right scheme, but it took lots of tweaking. Skulpture doesn't like it too light, but it doesn't like it too dark either. Like Skulpture striking a perfect balance between classic and modern, you have to find the perfect balance between light and dark to really make it shine.
In a world full of themes with transparency-up-the-bum and now-with-even-more-gloss, Skulpture stands as a pillar of reason, and offers the answer for those of us with a longing for something to bring the interfaces of the '90s into the modern age. You can get Skulpture through KDE's Get New Stuff, or straight from its own website. There's a 3rd party matching Plasma theme (whoever decided not to unify Plasma with regular KDE styles needs to be point and laughed at) called Atelier as well (which, coincidentally, could also use an update).


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gf turtle wrote:Yeah, Rotties are darned big! Roger's a handsome dog but he was a lot of dog... And being dog aggressive would make it tough.
Riggs is a good size at 50 pounds or so. I hope you have a good time with him and keep us updated, too.
Yup, big is the word for it. He's about 105 right now, and he's thin. He could use another 10 pounds of muscle. He's ok with Ruby, but Roger and Connor just don't mix.
We did some OB today, and he was good. He just crawls out of his skin for something to do. He is just enough smaller than Ruby to need the next size down crate - which is the biggest that will fit into my car when put together. Isn't that what's most important?


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Effective Date: 12/01/2006, Docket: CP06-351-001, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 155 Original Sheet No. 155 : Effective
31. Creditworthiness - Financial Assurances
31.1 "Acceptable Credit Rating" means a Credit Rating no
lower than BBB- from Standard and Poor's Corporation or Baa3 from
Moody's Investor Services, Inc.
31.2 "Credit Rating" means the rating given to Customer's
unsecured long term debt by Standard and Poor's Corporation or
Moody's Investor Services, Inc.
31.3 "Material Adverse Change" means the failure of Customer
at any time to satisfy the requirements pertaining to
creditworthiness set forth in Section 3.3, to maintain an Acceptable
Credit Rating or to maintain or reinstate one of the forms of
Financial Assurances specified in Section 31.7 within five (5) days
after written notice from BLUEWATER.
31.4 "Financial Assurances" means one or more of the forms of
security set forth in Sections 31.7(a), 31.7(b), 31.7(c) and
31.7(d), in accordance with and in an amount as set forth in Section
31.5 If Customer suffers a Material Adverse Change, then
Customer shall provide BLUEWATER with one or more of the forms of
Financial Assurances as set forth in this Section 31. Customer
shall provide such Financial Assurances within five (5) Business
Days of written notice from BLUEWATER in an amount equal to one
month of firm service reservation charges, one month of
Interruptible service charges calculated on a one hundred percent
load factor basis and/or the market value of Customer's loaned gas,
each determined in the manner described in Section 31.7 below, as
applicable. Customer shall fully comply with Financial Assurances
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Brian Stoller, of Dunellen Road, also was issued an infraction for possession of less than a half-ounce of marijuana, police said.
Police said Stoller struck the support wall on the underpass by North Benson Road and Eliot Street about 2:13 a.m. Monday and that the car he was driving sustained heavy front-end damage.
He failed field sobriety tests at the scene, police said.
Stoller was released after posting $100 bond and was scheduled to appear May 13 in Bridgeport Superior Court, police said.


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The starting pitching matchup at the All-Star game - whatever it ends up being - could be one for the ages.
Seattle's Felix Hernandez looks like the front-runner in the American League, with a 10-2 record and a 2.11 ERA. Meanwhile, National League manager Mike Matheny of St. Louis could end up choosing between Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw (10-2, 1.85) and Cardinals star Adam Wainwright (11-4, 1.89) for the start.
The last time both All-Star starters had ERAs under 2.15 was back in 1974, according to STATS. Gaylord Perry (1.47 ERA at the break) took the mound for the AL against Andy Messersmith (2.11) of the NL.
Of course, that game wasn't exactly a pitching duel. The NL won 7-2. Messersmith and Perry both went three innings, with Messersmith allowing two runs and Perry one. They both did go on to reach 20 wins that year.
New York Yankees sensation Masahiro Tanaka, another pitcher being mentioned as a possible starter in 2014, is expected to go in his team's final game before the break, which would rule him out.
Wainwright is supposed to pitch Saturday, but he says participating in the July 15 All-Star game shouldn't disrupt his schedule too much.
''It's the All-Star Game,'' Wainwright said. ''Vacation, right? Except it means something.''
Here are five things to watch around the major leagues this week:
MARQUEE MATCHUP: The Los Angeles Dodgers visit Detroit for two games against the Tigers in what could be an interleague matchup of first-place teams. Detroit's Max Scherzer and Los Angeles' Zack Greinke - both All-Stars - take the mound Wednesday.
SMOKE AND MIRRORS?: San Diego right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne has walked eight and struck out only five in his first three big league starts, yet here he is with a 2-0 record and a 0.92 ERA. He'll face Kershaw and the Dodgers on Thursday night. The Los Angeles lefty will try to extend his 36-inning scoreless streak.
SETTLING IN: It looks like a two-team race may finally be developing in the NL East, now that Miami has fallen off the pace a bit. Atlanta's nine-game winning streak ended Sunday, but the Braves lead Washington by a half-game atop the division. Atlanta faces the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs this week, while the Nationals take on Baltimore and Philadelphia.
CATBIRD SEAT: It seems like everyone has had a turn as the team to beat in the AL East this year, and now it's Baltimore leading the division by two games over Toronto. Nelson Cruz has lifted the Orioles with 27 homers. After four games against Washington this week, Baltimore hosts three against the New York Yankees.
REBUILDING: After trading Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to Oakland, the Chicago Cubs will obviously be shaking up their rotation this week. Tsuyoshi Wada is expected to make his major league debut as part of a doubleheader at Cincinnati on Tuesday. The Japanese left-hander has struck out about a batter an inning at Triple-A Iowa this season.
STAT OF THE WEEK: Kershaw threw eight scoreless innings against Colorado on Friday, his first start against the Rockies since he no-hit them June 18. In those two games against Colorado, Kershaw totaled 200 pitches, holding the Rockies to a .038 average with 23 strikeouts and one walk.
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A sad realization occurred this week to me as I realized that our local Kmart store has stopped selling CD's. This is a travesty!
Sure, downloading music has taken over, but it's not the same thing. As I was told by the young check out girl, "Um, like we don't sell those anymore," an overwhelming sadness came over me. I quickly remember what it felt like for me to go and buy my first cassette tape. Walking down the aisle and seeing all the record albums and cassettes was a big deal to me. There's something to be said album art – it's cool and a clear reflection of the artist's overall appeal.
Sadly, that is gone when you download a song or an album. I haven't caved yet, but the time is nearing when I'll have to. And, believe me – it will never have the same feeling for me.
My trip to Kmart was a bust. I had gone in to get a few things – i.e. Christmas cards, some lights, and a few Christmas CD's. I never dreamed I'd come out of there empty-handed of music. It almost felt as if someone had punched me.
I guess I don't understand why they've completely disappeared. Some stores have scaled back the inventory, no doubt, but they've still managed to keep new releases in abundance and current best-sellers.
You know, a friend of mine recently posted a Facebook status depicting the same realization at a store in Tampa. He, too, was severely sad by this decision not to carry music anymore. His discovery came when trying to take his son to pick up a CD for a song he liked. That whole magical experience was wasted because some stupid idiot has decided that downloading is the way to go.
I'm the type of guy who likes to open up the packaging, pull out the cover and read through the liner notes. I enjoy learning about the album, who wrote the tracks, and the musicians playing on them. This is all gone now if you download the music.
People wonder why concert tickets cost so much? This is the No. 1 reason why. Artists don't make crap when you download the music, so most are forced to tour constantly to make it worth while.
Up until recently several artists were able to resist putting their music on iTunes, however, even some of them have caved. AC/DC is the most recent band who finally gave in, but Garth Brooks has yet to do so. I now have a reason to like him.
Too many things have come and gone in this new fast-paced techno-world we are living in and I'm not convinced it is the way to go. This is another thing to make us rely more on the Internet. What an even sadder day it will be when if something happens to the Internet. Our reliance on it is far too great.
Going back to Kmart – I've decided to not shop there anymore. To not even have the latest in Christmas music available for purchase is just wrong. I was hoping to pick up new releases by Colbie Calait, Blake Shelton, Ceelo Green, Lady Antebellum, Scotty McCreery, Chris Mann, Rita Coolidge, Richard Marx, and A Very Special Christmas 25. Count them – that's 9 CD sales just for me they lost by not having them. Plus, I was planning on purchasing multiple copies of Shelton and Green's for packages I'm sending out. So, in all, Kmart lost out on a total of 15 CD's they could have sold to me at one time.
I know this might not sound like a big deal to some of you, but it is to those who absolutely live for their music. It scares me to think what is next!


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Carriage wrote:The free gear while better than no free gear, isn't the greatest. The bottle didn't let water out that well, even with a good squeeze and tasted worse than your average plastic bottle. The pump isn't rated to 100psi if I remember correctly, which is the pressure I run at. The lights, while they do work, aren't bright enough for night riding. I do have them on my bike as a backup/daytime running occasionally. I can't comment on the lock as they didn't have one in stock when I got my bike and given I already had a D lock, it was too much of a bother to go get one when they came in.
I have a reid condor if I haven't mentioned it btw.
+1... the Reid free stuff is really basic, I swapped out the lights/bottle within one ride, and why they bother with that pump is beyond me, the only thing I do use is the lock, which could probably be had for about $15-20, so, I seriously wouldn't let that be a deciding factor.
I bought my first road bike about a month and a half ago (got the Reid Falco), never ridden the Osprey, but I've been pretty happy with the Reid overall. I'm pretty new to the whole cycling thing, so I can't really effectively judge the Frame, but it's doing the job for me so far. I will say, I jumped on a friends Bianchi the other day, and I'm starting to see what people mean by a frame's responsiveness, that thing just felt amazing.
Alot of people rave about Reid's customer service.The Brisbane store (my local) is not so great, the guys aren't very friendly, and seem to be all geared towards getting you back out the door as quick as possible. It's very possible Melbourne may be better though.
Reid do offer free servicing for a year, which is really basic, but helpful if you are as un-mechanically minded as me. The Brisbane store refuses to look at bikes on weekends, which is a bit annoying, but I guess if they're giving it away for free, it's their call.


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Top Shelf: Awkward ending to Alfie's long run in Ottawa
Philadelphia, PA – The NHL's free agency period opened with a flurry of action on Friday, but after the initial buzz of activity went silent, there was only move still generating noise.
Daniel Alfredsson exuded class while representing the Ottawa Senators franchise for nearly two decades, but the captain's ultimate break from the club was the opposite of graceful.
The 40-year-old Swede's decision to sign a one-year deal with Detroit has sent shockwaves through Canada's capital city and the ramifications have only begun to unfurl.
In the aftermath of the breakup, it's been difficult to determine who exactly was at fault for what amounts to the end of an era in Ottawa. Alfredsson, a sixth-round pick by the Senators in 1994, seemed to be an Ottawa lifer, not unlike Joe Sakic was, and still is, with the Quebec/Colorado franchise.
According to Alfredsson, his decision to sign with the Red Wings for $5.5 million is because he's still chasing a Stanley Cup and believes Detroit has a better chance than the Sens to achieve that goal in 2013-14. The problem is, Alfredsson may be in the minority when it comes to that opinion.
The Red Wings and Senators have similar championship prospects next season, but the one difference is Detroit is built around veteran players like Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. Meanwhile, Ottawa is young, but with budding superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson -- already a Norris Trophy winner at 23 -- still coming into his own, the sky is the limit for the Senators.
The problem for Alfredsson is he can't afford to patiently wait for the Sens to take two steps forward and one step back, as young teams often do. Ottawa could experience a breakout season in 2013-14, but it could just as easily regress.
Whether or not Alfredsson picked the better team remains to be seen, but he isn't keeping his intentions a mystery. Alfredsson himself admitted his decision was a "selfish" one.
"I'm doing this for myself," Alfredsson added. "I think this is right for me."
Those types of comments make it difficult to believe the Sens had any chance of retaining Alfredsson's services. Still, many folks have opted to blame Ottawa owner Eugene Melnyk for low-balling Alfredsson with an initial offer of a one-year, $4 million contract.
However, Sens general manager Bryan Murray insists Melnyk was willing to sign Alfredsson no matter the cost.
"Whatever they come back with, get it done," Murray quoted Melnyk as saying.
The good news for Ottawa fans is Murray didn't sit back and pout when Alfredsson chose Detroit, but rather he put the finishing touches on a deal for four-time 30-goal scorer Bobby Ryan.
The Sens parted with prospects Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and a first- round pick at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft to acquire Ryan from the Ducks. Ryan is a winger with the size and skill to vastly improve Ottawa's offense, which ranked 27th in the NHL last season. It was a bold move by Murray, who claims to have spoken with Alfredsson about the possibility of acquiring Ryan before he departed for the Motor City.
It appears what really drove Alfredsson away from Ottawa was a crisis of confidence in the Sens' leadership. He seems to have a deep belief this franchise can't get over the hump and win a championship.
Perhaps, he knows what he's talking about. After all, Alfredsson had been with the club longer than both Melnyk and Murray before he jumped ship. Then again, maybe Alfie went through too many playoff disappointments in Ottawa to see the team's current situation clearly. He could have lost faith in the Sens and sees Detroit, a franchise with four Stanley Cups since the mid-1990s, as a beacon of hope in his hunt for a championship.
Ultimately, the tension created by this situation is a good thing for the NHL. Thanks to realignment, the Red Wings and Senators will be in the same division in 2013-14 and each club will have a lot to say about whether the other one makes the playoffs or not.
Can you imagine the atmosphere when Alfie returns to Ottawa dressed as the enemy for the first time? It should be interesting to say the least. Count Alfie among those who think his reception in Ottawa will be less than cordial.
"I expect there will be resentment and anger from fans, as I think there definitely should be," Alfredsson said.
The day will come when Ottawa can open up and love Alfredsson again. Still, even he knows that day won't arrive while he's wearing the "winged wheel" across his chest.


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This directory represents the coastal areas of Oregon, which include Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties and the coastal towns of Lane and Douglas counties. OCCA is the regional arts council for this area. Learn more about OCCA's regional arts activities.
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ASOC is a 501-C3-community performing arts organization, based in Astoria, Oregon. Since 1983, our mission has been and continues to be to strengthen our community through cultural enrichment while supporting regional economic growth.
In one short decade the Astoria Music Festival has become one of the most active summer musical events in the Northwest.
There's something for every taste and pocketbook this summer, from Verdi's La Traviata, Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, and the West Coast Premiere of the recently rediscovered sequel The Magic Flute, Part 2: Das Labyrinth to Symphonic Masterworks, free "Classics 4 Kids," intimate Chamber Music and informal Happy Hours. It's a feast for the senses.
Clatsop Community College presents original art exhibits in its Art Center Gallery and a versatile menu of arts and cultural activities on campus and at other locations in Clatsop County. The college's Arts & Ideas series of events can be found at https://www.clatsopcc.edu/community/arts-ideas.
The Columbia River Maritime Museum is one of the finest maritime museums on the West Coast. Six Galleries, the Great Hall, and the Lightship Columbia interpret the Pacific Northwest's rich maritime history.
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The Liberty Theater, in the heart of downtown Astoria, was designed to transport you to a Venetian Palace and is one of Oregon's best examples of a 1920's vaudeville-motion picture palace.
The mission of the Lower Columbia Diversity Project (LCDP) is to engage pro-actively with diversity issues in the region, educate the community on the benefits of diversity, tolerance, and inclusion, and provide a forum through which individuals, groups, and organizations may address concerns relating to diversity in the community.
The North Coast Chorale is a welcoming; community-based non- profit organization dedicated to the presentation of great choral literature and is committed to the promotion of music education.
You'll find us at our winter and spring concerts as well as special events such as the Messiah Community Sing-along to benefit local foodbanks, collaborating with the Astoria Music Festival, and other concerts.
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After several months of searching and interviewing potential candidates for the top slot in the Oak Ridge school system, the Oak Ridge Board of Education has started over in its search for a school superintendent — adding a new incentive for candidates.
After several months of searching and interviewing potential candidates for the top slot in the Oak Ridge school system, the Oak Ridge Board of Education has started over in its search for a school superintendent — adding a new incentive for candidates.
Seven new recommendations for potential candidates includes a change in salary for the new chief that reportedly will better reflect the current market, and hopefully attract new candidates.
Don Long and Ryan Ray of Ray & Associates, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based professional search firm that the board retained to conduct a nationwide search, met with the School Board in a special-called meeting Monday night to share the firm's latest recommendations.
Long asked the School Board to reset the salary for the superintendent at $175,000. In the recent search, the salary range was $150,000 to $160,000.
Long said at least three of the five potential finalists in the last search said the salary and benefits being offered were below their expectations.
The School Board in December looked at five possible candidates, chose three to interview, but none were chosen to fill the position.
Two finalists withdrew their applications and a third didn't get a second interview.
Long described the salary increase as similar to buying a car, stating that an increase to $175,000 might look like "sticker shock" because the School Board hadn't had to look at the market rate for many years. School Superintendent Tom Bailey retired at the end of December, after having served the school system for more than 10 years.
Long said 10 school systems with a student enrollment of 5,500 pay an average of $180,700 for a superintendent. Oak Ridge schools have an enrollment of about 4,700 with a support staff of about 700.
"It would place Oak Ridge from (Number) 13 to 6 in salary," Long said of the state's ranking. "It opens the door to a new level."
Board member Bob Eby said, "I think we're going to have to pay" to get a quality superintendent.
"Our schools are one of our city's biggest employers," said board member Jenny Richter. "We're providing services for nearly everyone in Oak Ridge."
Long called schools an economic base for the city's future and said superintendents "take on a tremendous task."
The company's additional recommendations include:
• Repeating limited advertising with the new salary;
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• That Ray & Associates contact previously interested candidates with the new salary information;
• That Ray & Associates screen and investigate candidate backgrounds in order to present a list of semifinalists, the same as before; and
• Setting a start date for the new superintendent at no later than June 15, 2013.
Beverly Majors can be contacted at (865) 220-5508.


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A member of the Baltimore County Police Arson team, right, looks on as Jacksonville volunteer firefighters put out hot spots at a fatal two-alarm fire. The fire broke out at about 11:30 p.m. last night at a two-story single family dwelling in the 5600 block of Sweet Air Road in Baltimore County. An elderly man in the house died and two firefighters were injured battling the fire, according to Baltimore County Fire Department.
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A man was struck in the head with a rubber mallet at the North Point Plaza Flea Market on Sunday afternoon during what a police dispatcher initially characterized as a "motorcycle gang-related" fight.
Officers responded to the market in the 2400 block of North Point Road in Dundalk about 1:10 p.m. for a report of a fight between two groups and found the man with a serious but non-life-threatening injury, said Cpl. John Wachter, a police spokesman.
Wachter would not confirm a connection to a gang or provide more details on the nature of the fight.
The injured man was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, the dispatcher said.
Two other men were injured in the fight but refused medical treatment, Wachter said.
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What does Mikael Backlund have in common with Lanny McDonald, Al MacInnis and Jarome Iginla?
They're all recipients of the Ralph T. Scurfield Award.
The award is presented annually to the Flames player who demonstrates determination and leadership on the ice, and exemplary work off the ice within the community.
"It's awesome. Very proud and honoured to receive this award," said Backlund after the Flames' morning skate prior to hosting to the Anaheim Ducks.
Backlund prides himself on being immersed in the community, and being a leader in the Flames' locker-room, too.
Ever since 2007, when Backlund was a first-round selection, the Swedish star has become a fan favourite, and increasingly involved in Calgary charities.
"Iggy (Jarome Iginla) was such a role-model for me," said the 25-year-old centre. "The whole team does a great job involving themselves, so I thought I would, too."
To be mentioned in the same breath as Iginla and McDonald as Scurfield winners is an honour to Backlund.
"Great players, and even better guys."
Backlund is the spokesperson for Kids Cancer Care Foundation, and donates $150 per point to the organization. Prior to Wednesday's game against Anaheim, Backlund had 18 goals and 20 assists for 38 points, third overall on the Flames. Which means he has donated $5,700 to the foundation to date.
"Pretty good year for them, so far," said the native of Vasteras, Sweden.
"Hopefully, it'll get even better."
In the summer of 2013, Backlund also took part in the Ride for Hope bike race in Sweden, raising $23,000.
The lovable Swede is also a spokesperson for the Special Olympics, and an athlete leader at their Breakfast of Champions event.
"I had a great time with the Special Olympics kids," said Backlund, "they make me laugh, and they're always smiling. I love being around kids, they have such good spirits.
"It's nice to make them smile, especially in such tough times, makes me warm inside."
Backlund credits who he is today, and how he was raised, on his family.
"I like helping others. I was very fortunate, growing up. I want other kids to have the same opportunities that I had.
"I hate see young kids getting sick, or being underprivileged. I just want to help out as much as I can."
Backlund was presented with the award before the game, which also happens to be Ducks' legend Teemu Selanne's last game in Calgary.
"It'll be lots of fun. Teemu's my idol, my hero," said Backlund, whose mother is Finnish.
Backlund even tried to shoot right-handed playing road hockey with his friends growing up, just to mimic Selanne.
"He has such a passion for the game, and keeps his body in great shape."
Backlund cheered for Finland up until the '98 Olympics, and was happy they won the bronze by defeating Canada.
"I was bullied, though," Backlund admitted.
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The earliest records of this Church are dated from Great Nine Partners, Charlotte Precinct, N. Y. Its first members appear to have emigrated from Massachusetts, and were organized into a Church, Oct. 1, 1759, in Dutchess County, by covenanting together and appointing Ephraim Bullock and Corner Bullock to preach the gospel and administer the ordinances among them. At this meeting the members had the assistance of Elder Jabez Wood and Elder Robert Wheaton, who were elders of the First Baptist Church in the town of Swansea, Mass. For nearly twenty years harmony prevailed in the church, but in 1778...Read More


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Manufacturing Sustainability: Why M4.0 is Changing the Rules
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Here are three key reasons why manufacturing 4.0 should change the way you think about the future of sustainability in your manufacturing organization.
Enterprise Visibility: Much of the promise of Manufacturing 4.0 technologies, big data, and pervasive sensor networks is all about visibility, in degrees of detail, depth, scope, immediacy, and insight that have never been possible before. As visibility increases across every manufacturing activity, the use of materials, energy, and resources, and a company's measurable impact on its locations and the wider environment, will become more explicit. Everything you do in the decades ahead will be digitally traceable, verifiable, and transparent. How you, and others, measure and judge your sustainability performance will change forever.
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Manufacturing Leadership Council members gather at Merck's manufacturing site in Durham, NC, to see how vaccines and other drugs are made, and to discuss key issues in digital manufacturing, including needed skill sets and how to use data effectively. Read More →
Smart, connected products offer manufacturers a wealth of opportunities to reduce operational costs while also driving new sources of revenue and higher levels of customer intimacy. But, in order to realize the promise of smart products, manufacturers will need to drive much more internal, cross-functional collaboration; cultivate new, closer ties with customers; and invest in upgrading legacy product and technology infrastructure. Read More →
Manufacturing leaders who still harbor doubts about the serious nature of the cyber attack campaigns today targeting their companies should take a close read of an alert recently issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI. The document, officially called a Technical Alert, details what it calls an ongoing and persistent cyber attack campaign that has been underway since at least May of this year and that targets "critical manufacturing sectors" as well as government entities and organizations in the energy, nuclear, water, and aviation sectors, according to the report. Read More →
Speakers at the third annual Smart Factory World Symposium debate whether the U.S. manufacturing industry is still competitive as well as the challenges and opportunities of embracing Manufacturing 4.0, the next wave of industrial progress. Read More →
"It was after the downturn in 2010 when we decided to shed 60% of our customer base." John Sammut, CEO of electronic manufacturing services provider Firstronic told members of the Manufacturing Leadership Council at a recent plant tour at his company's Grand Rapids, MI, plant. How many CEOs have you met that would walk away from 60% of their customer base? Regardless of the scale, this is a bold move. Done for the right reasons with the right focus, these pruning measures can position the business for the right type of growth. Here is my take on how Firstronic's market insight, organizational alignment, and customer focus paved the way for a great turn-around story. Read More →
The Manufacturing Leadership Council invites you to participate in this year's Manufacturing Sustainability 4.0 Research Project. The results of this survey will be published in the December 2017 issue of the Manufacturing Leadership Journal. Read More →
After a 16-day, four-city trip to China, ML Council co-founder David R. Brousell reflects on what he saw and learned about China and the country's manufacturing direction. Read More →
We at the Manufacturing Leadership Council are of the belief that the journey to a next-generation manufacturing model isn't just about aggressively adopting emerging digital technologies. Yes, IIoT, advanced analytics, modeling, smart products, and machine learning technologies are emerging as important components of M4.0 transformation, giving manufacturers unprecedented power to optimize operations in response to or even in advance of market and other changes. Read More →


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Telefónica said in a statementTuesday that if its bid is successful it plans to combine GVT with Vivo, its own Brazilian unit. Vivendi, a French company, said that, while "none of its subsidiaries are for sale," it would nevertheless study the bid. Vivendi's next board meeting is expected to be held before...


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Custom Shortcut Menus
What's a shortcut menu, you ask? Not sure if you use them?
I'd bet that you use them all the time. You know when you're working and you do that quick little right click? What happens?
Yep, that's right. A small menu will open listing a few of the more useful options that are available. This is your shortcut menu.
So, now that you know you're using it, it's time to take a look at how to customize them. (I was only able to make these modifications in MS Word and PowerPoint).
First, you need to open the Customize window. An easy method would be to right click over any toolbar and choose Customize from the bottom of the list.
Next, go to the Toolbars tab and check the Shortcut Menus item in the list.
A floating toolbar will open displaying the categories of shortcut menus available.
When you start looking through these, you'll find a shortcut menu for just about everything you may do while using the programs.
To customize these menus, you'd do the same work as you would for any other toolbar or menu. You could easily drag and drop commands from the command tab to any of the menus. If you'd like to rearrange the order of items in a menu, you can drag and drop them within the same menu. Drag an item off the menu to remove it completely.
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Days after a Ferrari crash in Times Square, nine crew members filming the Nicolas Cage flick The Sorcerer's Apprentice were injured when a BMW X5 hit them after jumping a curb. Is this movie cursed?
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Quote from: trudawg on July 14, 2010, 01:09:12 PMDebt, schmebt!How profoundly irresponsible.
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The reputation of a school does indeed matter. It is not, however, the only factor in the equation to success. A great school and good grades can garner more opportunities, but talent and drive make the difference between a good and a top-notch lawyer.
Most people don't want to work in Big Law. Some do, but not everybody. You actually did say one thing that had a correct statment in it if you go to Cooley you probably won't work in Big Law. No matter what law school you go to the odds of Big Law are low. However, the majority of legal jobs are not Big Law and Cooley Grads I am sure do in fine in non big-law situations. Again take the LSAT and step foot in a law school clasroom or at least hold a job for a day that pays you something.
I need degrees, that is why. People do not understand that a piece of paper doesn't show how much knowledge you have on a subject, but they want it as verification anyway. I get that, so I will abide by the customs of society because the breakdown comes when those who cannot assimilate to the dominant culture or abide by the rules believe they don't have to. I know people who are foreign, poor, or new to the culture must become apart of it and that requires them to uphold the same customs and traditions. The American dream they want mainly due to that being shoved in their face from one end to another. I am not out for the "American dream" which is what separates me from other people, especially in my peer group. I love talking with them because a flesh full of great ideology spews out and you'd think it was just a faucet of knowledge being streamed through a pipe seamlessly.


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Need for Speed: Most Wanted
|Need for Speed Most Wanted
NFS Most Wanted Cover
|EA Black Box
|Release Dates
|NA - November 15, 2005
EU - November 24, 2005
|Single Player
|PC, Mac, 360, PS2, Xbox, NGC, GBA, NDS
[edit] Overview
Need for Speed: Most Wanted was developed by EA Black Box and was first released in the US on November 15th, 2005. This game reintroduced Police pursuits to the series and is the 4th game in the series to feature them. Most Wanted is set during the daytime, unlike the series' previous two games Underground and Underground 2.
[edit] Gameplay
Need for Speed: Most Wanted has a heavy influence by the police in the storyline. To move up the blacklist players must win races, and increase their bounty and complete milestones in pursuits to become the most notorious racer in Rockport City. It also introduces day time racing last seen in Hot Pursuit 2.
The main focus is to make it to the top of the Blacklist and defeat Razor, becoming the best, and most notorious racer in Rockport. The player must win races set by the Blacklist members, evade police pursuits and achieve milestones within those pursuit before they get a chance to challenge the next Blacklist Rival.
[edit] Race Types
- Circuit: Very straight forward racing style, players must race around the track several times, usually 2 or 3. Position doesn't matter until crossing the finish line.
- Lap Knockout: Exact same thing as a circuit, however the player last at the end of each lap is eliminated, so it's important to always stay one ahead of last place at the end of each lap.
- Sprint: Sprint races are point to point, race begins at one spot, and ends in another. Simple racing mode, just be first across the finish line to win the race.
- Drag: Drag races are short sprint races, that focus on the timing of shifting gears and avoiding collisions. Drags must be done in manual transmission, and steering consists of lane changes, rather than complete control of the car.
- Speedtrap: Speedtraps are sprint races, with Speedtraps in certain parts of the track, these record your speed as you go through them and the player with the highest total speed wins, however, as soon as the first player crosses the finish line, other players lose points from their speed count, so being first still matters.
- Tollbooth: Tollbooths are the Time Trials of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, they work in giving a time limit to reach the next Tollbooth on a sprint track and when the player passes the tollbooth, a new time is posted for the next one.
[edit] Pursuit Milestones
- Bounty: In this Milestone, the player must reach a certain amount of bounty within the pursuit. Bounty increases with pursuit time and with the damaging and destruction of police vehicles.
- Cost To State: The player must reach a certain amount of Cost to State in a single pursuit, this means destroying and damaging anything possible, cop cars, signs, civilian cars.
- Trade Paint: A trade paint milestones involves damaging a certain amount of police cars. A slight bump to putting the car out of commission, any contact between the cop car and player car counts.
- Infractions: The Infractions Milestone is just recording a certain amount of infractions within a pursuit. See list of them below.
- Pursuit Time Challenge: Player must stay in a pursuit for longer than a specified time, then evade. Getting this Milestone could involve toying with the cops, instead of evading as soon as possible.
- Pursuit Evasion: Evade a pursuit within a time limit, needing to evade the pursuit quickly. This can be done easily by having a secondary car with a low heat level as lower heats are much easier to evade.
- Roadblock Challenge: To obtain this milestone the player must avoid/break through a certain amount of roadblocks before evading.
- Spike Strip Challenge: Same thing as the Roadblock Challenge, only avoiding Spike Strips instead of Roadblocks.
- Photo Tickets: These milestones don't give as much bounty as the other ones do for each racer, and aren't achieved in a pursuit. Photo Tickets involve a similar thing to a Speedtrap race found in the open world, where the player must exceed a certain speed on a point on the map.
[edit] Pursuit Infractions
- Hit and Run: Crash into a civilian car.
- Speeding: Drive with a speed in excess of 150MPH (240km/h).
- Excessive Speeding: Drive with a speed in excess of 180MPH (290km/h).
- Reckless Driving: Drive with a speed in excess of 200MPH (320km/h).
- Ramming a Police Vehicle: Trade paint with a police car, a certain amount of force in the collision may be required.
- Driving off Roadway: Driving off the road, on the grass, car park, golf course, etc.
- Damage to Property: Destroy anything. Signs, rubbish bins, gas stations, etc.
- Resisting Arrest: Enter the cooldown mode of the pursuit.
[edit] Story
The game starts out as you are challenging the Blacklist rival No. 15, or Razor. After handing Mia the pink slip, you enter a cut scene showing the race and you being chased by heat level 1 cops. After the cut scene, you are put into the race, racing for maybe about a minute then it takes you back to 6 weeks ago, when you first entered Rockport.
After you meet Mia, you look for a racer, that racer being later Blacklist rival No. 3, Ronnie. After you beat Ronnie, Razor will confront you and have you race Bull. After you beat Bull, you finally race Razor. This brings up the earlier cut scene you saw. You race for until Mia comes up on the phone, saying that you left a huge oil spill at the starting line. Then when you engine gives up, you lose your BMW M3 GTR to Razor. After this, you come out from prison and Mia shows you the city. Then you go find you a brand new car at the car lot.
Your choices are:
- Fiat Punto
- Lexus IS 300
- Chevrolet Cobalt SS
- Volkswagen Golf GTI (Only affordable at start of game if you have a game save of NFS Underground 2 that gives an extra $10,000)
Once you have chosen your car you drive back to a safehouse where you meet Mia. She explains the blacklist to you and you learn that the only way to get your car back is to work your way up to the top of the blacklist and beat Razor.
[edit] Car List
- Aston Martin DB9
- Audi A4 3.2 FSI Quattro
- Audi TT 3.2 Quattro
- Audi A3 3.2 Quattro
- Cadillac CTS
- Chevrolet Corvette C6
- Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
- Dodge Viper SRT-10
- Fiat Punto
- Ford GT
- Ford Mustang GT
- Chevrolet Cobalt SS
- Lamborghini Murcielago
- Lamborghini Gallardo
- Lexus IS300
- Lotus Elise
- Mazda RX-7
- Mazda RX-8
- Mercedes CLK 500
- Mercedes-Benz SL 500
- Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG
- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
- Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII
- Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
- Pontiac GTO
- Porsche 911 Carrera S
- Porsche 911 GT2
- Porsche 911 Turbo S
- Porsche Cayman S
- Porsche Carrera GT
- Renault Clio V6
- Subaru Impreza WRX STI
- Toyota Supra
- Vauxhall Monaro VXR
- Volkswagen Golf GTI
[edit] Blacklist Members
- Razor - No. 1
- Bull - No. 2
- Ronnie - No. 3
- JV - No. 4
- Webster - No. 5
- Ming - No. 6
- Kamekaze - No. 7
- Jewels - No. 8
- Earl - No. 9
- Baron - No. 10
- Big Lou - No. 11
- Izzy - No. 12
- Vic - No. 13
- Taz - No. 14
- Sonny - No. 15
[edit] Black Edition
The Black Edition of Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a Collector's Edition of the game. It features extras and bonuses expanded onto the normal version. Some of the extras are:
- 2 Exclusive Vehicles, a '67 Camaro and a BMW M3 GTR available to play in Quick Play mode straight out of the box.
- 3 Exclusive Races
- Pursuit Challenge featuring the most aggressive tactics from police.
- Bonus DVD
[edit] Soundtrack
- Styles of Beyond - Nine Thou (Superstars Remix)
- T.I. Presents the P$C - Do Ya Thang
- Rock - I Am Rock
- Suni Clay - In A Hood Near You
- The Perceptionists - Let's Move
- Juvenile - Sets Go Up
- Hush - Fired Up
- DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo feat. Chuck D - B-Side Wins Again
- Celldweller feat. Styles of Beyond - Shapeshifter (EP)
- Lupe Fiasco - Tilted
- Ils - Feed The Addiction
- Celldweller - One Good Reason
- DJ Hyper - We Control
- Static-X - Skinnyman
- Dieselboy + Kaos - Barrier Break
- Disturbed - Decadence
- The Prodigy - You'll Be Under My Wheels
- The Roots and BT - Tao Of The Machine (Scott Humphrey's Remix)
- Stratus - You Must Follow (Evol Intent VIP)
- Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
- Evol Intent, Methods of Mayhem & Thinktank - Broken Sword
- Bullet for My Valentine - Hand Of Blood
- Paul Linford and Chris Vrenna - The Mann
- Avenged Sevenfold - Blinded In Chains
- Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like It Should (Timo Maas Remix)
- Paul Linford and Chris Vrenna - Most Wanted Mash Up
|This game is part of the Need for Speed Series
| Preceded by
Need for Speed: Underground 2
| This is the 12th game in the
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| Succeeded by
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Alternative Names
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L.A. losing millions of dollars on uncollected parking tickets, other fines and fees, audit shows
On a day when Los Angeles laid off more than 200 employees, a new audit released Thursday revealed that the city is losing tens of millions of dollars in revenue because of collection practices that barely capture half of parking ticket fines and other fees.
"I don't know of any business that would stand for such a low collection rate," said City Controller Wendy Greuel, who released the audit of six departments -- police, fire, housing, transportation, sanitation and building and safety. "It's simply not sustainable, and the city cannot and should not allow this to continue."
The audit, which looked at fiscal year 2008-09, showed that only 53% of some $553 million in city billings were collected. That's a loss of $260 million annually—enough, said City Councilman Paul Koretz, to have helped fill a budget gap that has led to hundreds of layoffs, reduced library hours and other service cuts.
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The audit is a follow-up to a similar study three years ago. The city controller found some improvement, but said it was "outrageous and unacceptable" that Los Angeles had not made more progress.
Under-collection of revenue is a problem at every level of government, and officials acknowledge that not all billings are ultimately collectible. For instance, some vehicle owners will never pay their tickets, while indigent patients may never reimburse the city for ambulance fees. How Los Angeles' collection rate compares to other cities was not known, the controller said.
However, Greuel said there was ample room for improvement, and pushed for several reforms. Among her recommendations were the creation of a centralized billing process and a mandate that police and fire departments expeditiously refer delinquent accounts to outside collection agencies.
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Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation. An estimated 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis; most do not know they are infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers an online assessment to determine if you are at risk for viral hepatitis.
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When you gain control, save your game and explore the tiny apartment. You could get sucked in by the television in Roman's living room, so feel free to flick it on if you want some laughs. Otherwise, head out into the hallway and run down onto the street, all the while paying attention to the on-screen prompts that will let you know how to do various things. This is a Grand Theft Auto game, however, so now it's time to steal your first car!
It's doubtful, but if you're somehow new to the Grand Theft Auto series, jacking a car is as simple as walking up to the driver's side or passenger's door of any given car (not a cop car, unless you have a death wish) and pressing the corresponding button on your control scheme to get in. Remember -- the citizenry of Liberty City is crazy, and many of them will fight back (just take a look at the pictures below of the cab we stole. The cabbie hung on to the car for dear life!)
Once you've secured a ride, getting to the "R" on your HUD (representing Roman) is as simple as heading north up Mohawk Avenue for several blocks. Once you do, you'll want to swing left on Cisco Street. The taxi office will be on your left before the street ends. Park in front of it where the arrows direct you and you'll witness another cutscene. This time, you'll meet Mallorie, Roman's "something", and his hardass boss, Vlad. You'll also get your second mission.
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Between superhero orgies (The Avengers) and bubblegum 3D concerts (Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D), there's a rich array of warm-weather fare, from pint-sized love stories (Moonrise Kingdom) to sci-fi prequels (Prometheus) to breakout festival faves (Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Queen of Versailles). In addition to catching the final chapter of Christopher Nolan's Batman saga (The Dark Knight Rises), we're dying to see Joachim Trier's follow-up to Reprise (Oslo, August 31st), Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest sure-to-be humanistic triumph (I Wish), and a twisted revenge-horror flick that's already made waves in Australia (The Loved Ones).
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