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Yates et al v. The State of Illinois et al
Plaintiff: Keia Yates, Leonardo Rodriquez and Johnny Jimmerson
Defendant: The State of Illinois, Brent Fischer, The City of Chicago and Ginger Evans
Case Number: 1:2018cv02613
Filed: April 11, 2018
Court: Illinois Northern District Court
Office: Chicago Office
County: Cook
Presiding Judge: Robert W. Gettleman
Nature of Suit: Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
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|MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order; For the reasons described in the attached Memorandum Opinion and Order, the State defendants' motion to dismiss [Doc. 34 ] is granted and the State defendants are dismissed. The City defendants' motion to d ismiss [Doc. 25 ] is granted as to Counts I and III, and denied as to Counts II and IV. The City is ordered to answer Counts II and IV on or before December 18, 2018. The parties are directed to file a joint status report using this court's f orm on or before December 21, 2018. The status hearing set for December 4, 2018 is stricken. This matter is set for a report on status on January 9, 2018, at 9:10 a.m. Signed by the Honorable Robert W. Gettleman on 11/27/2018. Mailed notice (cn).
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Firefox Guys Admit That Competition Is What Drives Innovation
from the imagine-if-they-had-patents? dept
"Were there not other competitors who were just as interested in making Web browsers faster, I don't know if we'd be able to find the gains that we can find," he said. "Now it's a game of one-upping each other."Imagine if instead of thinking that way, the concept of a browser had been patented way back when? Does anyone honestly think that we'd have as innovative a web world as we do today?

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I used a veggie protein sausage substitute from Gimme Lean which I found at Whole Foods. I also used beans, which are a traditional ingredient in chili, and eggplant to add more chunky goodness to my version.
We ate Red-Hot Chili piled high on chunky bread with a super-simple salad of cucumber, avocados and onions that's flavored only with red wine vinegar (try it- it's delicious).
Thanks, Harini, for inspiring me to revisit a favorite.
- 1 14- oz package of Gimme Lean sausage-style veggie protein
- 1 large red onion , diced
- 1 cup cooked pinto beans
- 1 medium eggplant , cubed
- 5 large cloves garlic , minced
- 1 cups crushed tomatoes
- 3 chipotle chilies in adobo sauce , chopped (Cut down if you don't like your chili too hot. These are important because they add that great smoky flavor. You can find them for a dollar a tin in the Hispanic foods aisle of any supermarket)
- 2 cups vegetable stock or water
- 1 tbsp canola/vegetable oil
- Heat oil in a large skillet. Add the onions and garlic and saute on medium heat until softened, around 3-5 minutes.
- Crumble the Gimme Lean into the skillet. Stir until the sausage starts to brown, which may take about 5-8 minutes. Try to scrape up anything that sticks to the bottom of the skillet, but don't panic if all of it doesn't come off: it will come off later when you add the liquid ingredients, and so long as you don't burn it over very high heat, it'll add more fabulous flavor to the chili.
- Now add the cubed eggplant and some salt and stir a few more minutes until the eggplant is fairly tender.
- Add the beans and the tomatoes and the chipotle chilies.
- Stir around for another couple of minutes. Then add 2 cups of water or vegetable stock.
- Cook, covered partially, over low heat for around 45 minutes until the chili is quite thick.
- Serve hot with salad or just finely diced onions.
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100 photos for 100 years of New Mexico
On Jan. 6, 1912, New Mexico became the 47th U.S. state, beating Arizona by a month and Hawaii and Alaska by about 47 years. To mark its centennial, I've pulled together 100 images from my travels there: napping nomads in Truth or Consequences; a working artist in Santa Fe; a native gathering in Albuquerque; an idle biker in Grants; and a slate-gray sky, about to dump a monsoon on the highway near Hillsboro. -- Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times staff writer View thumbnails of these photos.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a man with a mission: to erase the bitter stain of defeat and attain personal political redemption with a victory in a national election this month.
With his Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition (LDP) back in power since December and all but assured of a handsome win in a July 21 poll for parliament's upper house, Abe might forgiven for slowing his pace a bit.
But allies and critics agree the 58-year-old heir to an elite political family will not rest until the votes are counted and his ruling bloc is in control of the chamber, reversing a humiliating defeat that led to his resignation six years ago.
"I guess history is a turn of Fortune's wheel. The LDP led by Prime Minister Abe suffered a crushing defeat in the last (2007) upper house election, which led us to lose power," Abe's close ally Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference last week as the official campaign commenced.
"We must resolve the split in parliament through this upper house election. By doing so, Prime Minister Abe can finally get his revenge from the defeat of six years ago."
Upper house lawmakers serve six-year terms and half the seats are contested every three years, so the seats to be filled in the coming election are those that were at stake in 2007.
When he succeeded popular Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in September 2006, Abe - then aged 52 - had high support ratings. Ten troubled months later, his popularity eroded by scandals in his cabinet and public outrage over lost pension records, Abe led the LDP to its worst election defeat since it was founded in 1955.
He clung to power for another two months before suddenly quitting in the face of a deadlock in parliament, where the opposition-controlled upper house was blocking a key bill, and ill health due to a flare up of his chronic ulcerative colitis.
Two years and two more LDP prime ministers later, the LDP lost power to the novice Democratic Party of Japan in an historic 2009 lower house poll.
"The setback then has been deeply embedded in my heart," Abe told a news conference after parliament ended its session late last month. "I cannot lose the upper house election."
Abe spent much of the next five years regaining his health and repairing his reputation with the support of equally conservative lawmakers and business executives. By 2012, he was ready for another run at the premiership. He secured a rare second chance as prime minister after the LDP and its junior partner swept aside the Democrats in a December lower house election.
Abe has been in campaign mode ever since.
A string of overseas visits, frequent interviews, domestic photo op events and use of social media including Facebook have kept him constantly in the public eye.
The non-stop schedule prompted some close aides to urge Abe to take a break and even caused some concern that exhaustion might lead to a gaffe just when everything looks rosy.
"The prime minister feels that he was responsible in the past for losing the upper house election and for the ensuing situation. He has tasked himself with not resting until the upper house election is won," Economics Minister Akira Amari told a news conference last month.
Abe is showing no signs of taking victory for granted. Recalling how media had forecast an LDP win in a 1998 upper house poll, only to see the party lose after then-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto flip-flopped over income tax cuts in the final days, Abe on the weekend warned against complacency.
"If we are not on our guard until the end, we will lose," he said on a Sunday TV talk show with other party leaders.
Abe insists that once the election is won, he will not be distracted from his drive to revive the economy with a mix of hyper-easy monetary policy, fiscal spending and structural reforms, including deregulation.
But some fear that with the stronger position, he will shift gears to focus on a conservative agenda, including revising the post-war pacifist constitution to legitimize the military and bolstering pride in Japanese traditions rather than dwelling on Japan's wartime past.
"Every country has pride in its history so what is important is to have mutual respect," he said on the Sunday TV show.
The conservative, hawkish Abe imbibed many of his political ideals at the knee of his grandfather Nobusuke Kishi, a wartime cabinet minister who served as prime minister from 1957 to 1960.
Kishi was forced to resign without achieving his goal of revising the U.S.-drafted constitution due to a furor over a U.S.-Japan Security Treaty that he rammed through parliament.
Abe will face one test on August 15, when many of his rightwing backers would like him to pay his respect at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied Tribunal are honored with war dead.
"Mr. Abe has an internal struggle between his head - the pragmatic realist - and his heart," said Columbia University political science professor Gerry Curtis, adding that Abe's emotions incline him to explain away Japan's wartime actions.
"As long as his head is in control, he's OK. But if he says what he really thinks, then he gets in real trouble."
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Since there are a bunch of tourists this weekend who might not know about them
Since there are a bunch of tourists this weekend who might not know about them, we offer you:
1. Zeke's Island: Take this treacherous hike across the jetty at Fort Fisher. Only attempt it at low tide and wear shoes with secure footing. It's the most challenging walk in the region.
2. Topsail Skating Rink: It's 49 years old, located above the post office in Topsail Beach and the music is played on old 45s.
3. Cape Fear Serpentarium: Snakes, lizards and crocs live in downtown Wilmington, but don't worry, they're all behind glass. Call ahead for feeding times; you'll get some serious cool point with the kids.
4. Old Books on Front: It has moved up downtown' Front Street a bit, but it's still a great place to get lost in for a few hours.
5. Ocean Grill & Tiki Bar: The Carolina Beach spot really isn't all that hidden, but drinks in an open-air bar that stretches out to the ocean is relaxation defined.
6. Shuckin' Shack: The original restaurant at Carolina Beach is a tiny place with a unisex bathroom, but there's plenty of seafood and corn on the cob to go around. And you don't need utensils.
7. Blue Moon Gift Shops: If you want to find an original gift to take back home, this artsy, crafty mall on Racine Drive near UNCW has more than 100 booths for you to check out.
8. Summer Rest Trail: If you're seeking solitude (and shade), this 0.7-mile trail near Wrightsville Beach is a relaxing place to get away.
9. Lula's: A Pub: Not a great place if you're claustrophobic, but walk through the tunnel to enter this downtown Wilmington bar and you'll be captivated by its character (and the characters within).
10. Old Brunswick County Jail Museum: Tired of mansions and big boats? Southport offers tours of its old jail on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
11. Kindred Spirit Mailbox: A mailbox on an isolated beach at Bird Island near Sunset Beach where introspective passersby can leave their thoughts, stories and hearts.
12. Winnie's Tavern: Located near the port on Burnett Boulevard, it's the last place you'd expect to find the best burger in town, but there it is.


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While Bay Rum aftershave holds a special place in grooming legend, the benefits of a modern postshave lotion are hard to ignore. This bracing aftershave balm features the best of both worlds, combining the classic scent of a Bay Rum formula with a choice blend of modern moisturizers. The result is a cooling postshave remedy that reduces dryness and razor burn, leaving only the aroma of Her Majesty's Navy.
I bought this because I was curious about the scent. Wanted something different. Worked out great! My wife and my girlfriend love it, also got several compliments at the office. No overbearing like some aftershaves and lasts a decent amount of time. Not only does it smell great, it soothes my my skin after a "running late" shave better than anything I have tried. Will def buy again.5


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2. In a distinguished career spanning over four decades, he has held important command and staff appointments. The General Officer has taken active part in the Indo-Pak War of 1971 in the operations for Liberation of Bangladesh. As Commanding Officer of 74 Medium Regiment he oversaw its conversion from heavy mortars to medium guns. His performance as Chief Operations Officer for all United Nations forces deployed in Somalia was recognized by the award of the Vishisht Seva Medal.
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5. The General Officer has schooled at Sainik School, Kunjpura and is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and National Defence College. He has an abiding interest in self education, self improvement and acquisition of knowledge. He is an excellent sportsman and has played hockey, basketball, tennis and golf at various levels. The General officer retired on 30 Mar 10.
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Although we found mention of Kenai Lake during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Kenai Lake was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it's a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists.
We've added Kenai Lake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Kenai Lake - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Kenai Lake, please Contact Us.
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St. Patrick's Day is the one time of year where anyone with a drop of Irish blood can justify getting day drunk in the name of ancestry, but chances are that neither swigging green beer nor drunkenly swaying to Dropkick Murphy's "Shipping Off to Boston" are recognized forms of merrymaking in the old country. In case you'd like to recognize your forefathers respectfully instead of shaming them with your drunken attempt at an Irish accent, New York has no shortage of Irish enclaves and the bars and restaurants that serve them. And if you, like the New York City Council, plan on skipping out on the parade over its exclusion of gay groups, you'll have plenty of other options for festive debauchery with an authentic feel. Here's where you should hit this St. Pat's, whether you're looking for a filling meal of traditional eats or a filling meal of Irish whiskey.
Irish Eats
Starting any day of celebration with the most important meal—a hearty Irish breakfast— will have us well equipped to tackle whatever booze, dancing, or combination of the two come our way later. In addition to its Irish smoked salmon, Irish apple pie, and Guinness battered fish and chips (a Friday specialty), Soho's Puck Fair also dishes out a full spread of bangers, mash, and white and black pudding. Pro-tip: There are rumors abound that the Irish bar, named after one of the country's oldest street fairs, is not long for this world, so grab a heaping plate while you still have a chance.
Less authentically Irish in terms of atmosphere but not flavor, the Irish breakfast served at The Fitz (inside the Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel) still serves as a filling way to begin any celebration. Expect two eggs cooked the way you like 'em, Irish-cut bacon, sausage, black and white pudding, grilled tomato, brown bread and preserves, and your choice of coffee or tea. If you're watching your figure or saving space for a few pints of Guinness, opt for Flahavan's Irish oatmeal, which is imported from Ireland.
A Bronx staple, Mary's Celtic Kitchen slings out Irish fare round-the-clock, with Kilkenny-born Mary Moylan helming the kitchen. Choose from items such as Irish stew, a rasher-laden Irish toastie sandwich, and beer-battered fish and chips, and polish it all off with a homemade sherry trifle and a cup of Irish tea or coffee.
Irish Drinks
Now that your stomach's been properly coated, it's time to give it a healthy dousing of beer. The Irish bartenders at Molly's Shebeen
(named after an illegal drinking establishment) are always more than happy to draw a Guinness (or three) before you cozy up to the fireplace or shuffle across the sawdust-strewn floor. Frequently cited as one of the most authentic Irish bars in the city, Molly's is also a safe bet for specialties such as Shepherd's pie and a decidedly non-authentic but still delicious burger. You can also snag a weekend Irish breakfast here as well, if you weren't able to fill up beforehand, and tipples like Murphy's Irish stout and more than a dozen Irish whiskeys.
It's hard to miss McSorley's Old Ale House come St. Paddy's Day weekend, with its lines stretching down the block, but make it through the wait and you'll be rewarded with two beers of your choice—light or dark. As the oldest continuously operating bar in the city, McSorley's has collected its fair share of ephemera, including a collection of dusty wishbones, sawdusted floors, and efficient but curt bartenders accustomed to dealing with the drunken masses and cramped interior.
If you're Irish through and through, head to The Dead Rabbit's Irish to the Core tasting event on Sunday the 16th. Northern Irish bartenders Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon will host a cocktail how-to, and you'll have the opportunity to sample five legendary spirits from Ireland: Knappogue Castle Single Malt Irish Whiskey, Clontarf 1014 Irish Whiskey, Boru Vodka, Celtic Honey Liqueur and Brady's Irish Cream. In case your stomach's back to growling, The Dead Rabbit will also have Gaelic grub like popcorn fish-and-chips and mini shepherd's pies on hand. Return on Monday for a St. Patrick's Day whiskey feast, with complimentary corned beef sandwiches and a selection of Jameson Black Barrel cocktails in the parlor.
Irish Tunes
In addition to allegedly being the world's first and only all-Guiness draught bar, Paddy Reilly's Music Bar features a mix of Irish trad, Celtic rock, bluegrass and more, seven nights a week. For Monday's holiday, the Kip's Bar bar has lined up live performers from 1pm until close, which you can enjoy alongside a Guinness (what else?) or another pick from its selection of bottled beers or spirits.
Cobble Hill's Céol, run by Dublin ex-pat Loretta Heaney, is painted a striking shade of green, in case you have a habit of stumbling past less-conspicuous drinking establishments. Gaelic for music, Céol has lined up a week of live music in celebration of the holiday, culminating in day of giveaways and prizes on Monday, followed by "staff hangover day" on Tuesday.
Decorated like a Gothic Irish Monastery, Bay Ridge's The Wicked Monk features wood and stained glass shipped directly from the Chapel in Greenmount in Cork, Ireland, and other authentic touches. Expect four nights of live music for the holiday, heart fare such as Guinness-braised short ribs and Shepherd's pie, plus properly poured pints of Guinness—owner Michael Dorgan has been known to toss a few that don't live up to his standards.
Escape the Drunken Masses and Get a Real Taste of Ireland This St. Paddy's Day
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To provide design teams and projects the opportunity to achieve exceptional performance above the requirements set by the LEED Green Building Rating System and/or innovative performance in green building categories not specifically addressed by the LEED Green Building Rating System.
Credit can be achieved through any combination of the Innovation in Operations and Exemplary Performance paths as described below:
Path 1. Innovation in design (1-5 points for NC and CS, 1-4 points for Schools)
Achieve significant, measurable environmental performance using a strategy not addressed in the LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations, LEED 2009 for Core and Shell Development, or LEED 2009 for Schools Rating Systems.
One point is awarded for each innovation achieved. No more than 5 points (for NC and CS) and 4 points (for Schools) under IDc1 may be earned through Path 1—Innovation in design.
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Achieve exemplary performance in an existing LEED 2009 for New Construction, Schools and Core & Shell prerequisite or credit that allows exemplary performance as specified in the LEED Reference Guide for Green Building Design & Construction, 2009 Edition. An exemplary performance point may be earned for achieving double the credit requirements and/or achieving the next incremental percentage threshold of an existing credit in LEED.
One point is awarded for each exemplary performance achieved. No more than 3 points under IDc1 may be earned through Path 2—Exemplary performance.
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One of the grand challenges on the Web is canonical identification. Its easy enough launch resources into the aethers. If the organization is naturally oriented towards persistence, even that, in general, is tractable. One's constituents tend to howl when you don't keep this promise.
But choosing a good identifier and making it stick is pretty hard. Identifier functional characteristics often conflict with one another, and the identifiers favored by business purposes (which pretty much always carry the day) aren't necessarily optimal from a perspective of long term persistence and management.
One aspect of the problem just got easier. Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have agreed on a convention for identifying the canonical identifier for a given resource that may be rendered under different transactional URLs.
It is a simple, elegant solution that requires no new tags... rather, a new attribute on the link tag that has been around since the beginning. No new technology: just add consensus. Search engine optimization (SEO) just got easier.
This is a step forward in making the Web a more coherent place. See, among others, Mark8t.com blog
The Buddy System: our dishwasher has a pre-wash setting with marginal carbon footprint of zero. Other sorts of footprints can be problematic.


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Letter to the Editor — Abortion
To the Editor:In light of the new moves in federal funding and state government amendments to curb abortion, this should cause us to pause and reflect on this life issue. The universal law that binds us all, whether we are believers and unbelievers, whether Jew, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or any other religion; the law is 'thou shalt not kill'. We need to understand that all human life has potential. The person to be born can make a difference in the world be it for an individual, community, or the whole world. So who can sit in judgment to who lives or dies? We can sit back and look at history, for example, Nazi-Germany. We say in criticism and judge the people of that time, 'I never would have done that', and standby while they took Jews, mentally handicapped, and those labeled as being inferior because they were looked down as not of the superior Aryan race! Do we of Abilene and the Big Country realize that we are standing by remaining silent as every year innocent children are murdered; put to death at the Perini Choice Planned Parenthood Center for the 'crime' of being conceived and temporarily occupying their mothers' womb. Are they given a choice?Will future generations make the same judgment on us as we make on the people of Nazi Germany, because we refuse to speak out to protect the rights of the most vulnerable of children, the unborn? Our silence is not speaking out; we are just as guilty of murder as those who serve in the Perini Abortion Center who have not given these children a choice to live.Remember, it is not a choice. It is a child with potential to change the world. For us to allow the Perini Planned Parenthood 'Choice' Center to continue to exist and exterminate life, I think we ourselves are guilty of destroying our future.This is why we must support legislation to protect life and speak out against the Perini Planned Parenthood 'Abortion' Center by writing to our representatives both on the Federal and State level, and to publicly protest in front of the Perini Planned Parenthood Abortion Center.Reverend Michael A. RodriguezSweetwater


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The former nickname came from National Journal or The Wall Street Journal, I'm not sure which. The latter nickname comes from Institute for Health Freedom president Sue Blevins.
See here for details on an upcoming event in Dallas where Goodman's National Center for Policy Analysis will play host to Romney.
It should be an interesting event. With all 40 Republican members of the U.S. Senate, including moderates like Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), voting to declare an individual mandate unconstitutional…with 35 states moving legislation to block an individual mandate…with the Heritage Foundation rebuking an individual mandate…and with Virginia's Democratically controlled Senate approving legislation to block an individual mandate…well, Romney may have a tough road to hoe with the conservatives who typically attend NPCA events.


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Happy National Cupcake Day – the holiday for cupcake lovers everywhere! Although I don't demand presents, I got the second best present* I could have asked for "today": my honey baked ham cupcakes are featured on Today.com!
I am totally honored to be in such incredible company in the article. Also featured are cupcakes from America's Test Kitchen, Food and Wine, Giada De Laurentiis, Cupcakes Take the Cake, and Katherine and Sophie Kallinis, the bakers of Georgetown Cupcakes, stars of TLC's "DC Cupcakes" and authors of "The Cupcake Diaries." Thanks to Today for making my day!
Did you get any presents for National Cupcake Day?
*Why second best? The best would have been if I were actually on The Today Show (TV vs. the blog). Maybe that will be my present next year. I'll ask Cupcake Klaus real nicely.


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The APIT photo features 1951 Corinth School Graduates: left to right, Marcella Rogers, Louise Green, Nancy Dailey, Hazel Mulligan and Frances Livingood. There were no guesses this week. Thanks to Hazel Gordon of Williamstown for providing the photo. If you've got an old photo, you'd like to see featured, bring it to the News office. Photos can be scanned and returned.
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Burgess family to hold reunion
The family of the late James Burgess will hold a reunion at 1 p.m. July 17 at the Meadowview Community Center in Dry Ridge.
Fortner family plans reunion
The Fortner family reunion will be held at 11 a.m. July 24 at the Grant County Park in Crittenden. Everyone is welcome.
When Gabe Stephenson sees a bug, he doesn't run for the fly swatter. Instead, he reaches for his net and jars.
He is already preparing his entomology project for the Grant County Fair.
Stephenson has been participating in 4-H since he was 9-years-old and has been involved with entomology, the study of insects, for two years. Stephenson creates an insect collection in which he captures, freezes, defines and displays different specimens.
Star Wars, Cars and Spongebob are among some of his favorite video games to play, just like countless other children. Justin Alexander is like any other kid his age, except he has hemophilia.
Alexander was diagnosed with hemophilia, a rare blood disease, as a small child. His favorite subject at Dry Ridge Elementary is recess.
"At recess I really like to go down the slide but I do not like to go down the pole. I saw one kid, and he fell down when he was on the pole and he hurt himself really bad. I have to be more careful," Alexander said.
The Old Timers Car Club will be giving back to the community while showing off some classic cars.
The Grant County club's 20th annual Car/Truck and Motorcycle Show will take place Saturday, July 16 at Noble's Truck Stop in Corinth.
15 Years
June 27, 1996
Ray Berger resigned from the Grant County Board of Education to travel across the country. Berger, a retired Grant County school teacher, along with his wife, planned to travel as it had been a life-long dream of both. For his many years of service, Berger was given a preliminary drawing of the new Grant County High School.
This APIT photo features the Dunn family. Pictured are from left to right, Marley Dunn, Marlyn Dunn Ransdell, the late Margery Dunn Hook, Norman Dunn, the late Melrose Dunn Lawrence and Wendell Dunn. Thanks to Williamstown resident Linda Dunn, for providing the photo, and Corinne Webster of Dry Ridge, and Freda Steinagel of Michigan and Williamstown for calling in guesses. Webster was their neighbor and went to church with them and Steinagel grew up with them and went to Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ with them.
Who among us is guilty of not noticing it until it's too late? Yes, all of a sudden there is nothing left of your blue spruce or arborvitae. Bagworms have been munching on the needles for weeks and we wonder how it all happened. Well, they are at work right now so go outside and take inventory of your evergreens because that's what the bagworm likes the most. Now is the time they do their damage unless we put a stop to it.
Use systemic insecticide
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Alexander Kinyua was charged with killing a family friend in their Harford County home and eating his organs. The disturbing story came just days after a Miami cannibalism case had made national news. Though the killing didn't take place anywhere near Morgan's campus, the actions of school officials were questioned when The Sun revealed that a professor had described Kinyua as a "Virginia Tech waiting to happen" and that he later attacked another student with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire. Morgan would be in the news again for crime, with two campus shooting rattling students. Kinyua pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible in December to the beating of the fellow student. Accepting the plea, a judge said he had been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. The case of the Harford killing could go forward early next year.
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The most important thing when teaching Karate is to consider the safety of the students. Safety must always come first. This is my greatest concern whenever and wherever I teach.
Karate is inherently dangerous, particularly when any kind of contact is made. If you strike toward your partner's face a sufficient number of time, you will hit it, even if you try to miss. For example, if you strike toward your partner's face 1000 times, you might not hit it. But the 1001st time, you will. You can think of this as failure analysis. Given enough time, something will go wrong.
As a result, you have to plan for failure. When I teach a certain pairing off drill, I instruct the students to punch toward their partner's shoulder. The actual technique would be a punch to the face. But since the students will practice the drills hundreds or thousands of times, I am planning for failure. If a student accidentally hits his partner, it will be on the shoulder rather than in the face.
You also have to remember that failure analysis is multiplied by the number of students in the dojo. If 20 students will perform a movement 100 times, there are 2000 chances for failure.
It is also important to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of all the students in the dojo. One student might be very strong, another very weak. A student might have a particular medical problem or might have suffered a broken arm or leg in the past. Students might have even had rotator cuff surgery (like I had).
The dojo is a very active and exciting place. Presiding over all this activity (and sometimes chaos), the Sensei must ensure the safety of all students.
By focusing on safety, the Sensei also teaches the students to be very careful, both inside and outside of the dojo. More than half of self defense is situational awareness and prevention. Perhaps this figure is closer to 90%.
Safety first, second and third. What use is Karate training if the student is injured more in the dojo than on the street?
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At 6:45 a.m., Alan Smolinisky pads out to his driveway in a hillside cul-de-sac just west of the Getty Villa.
He wears black-and-white-checked flannel pajama bottoms and a pristinely white T-shirt that glows like a beacon in the muted light. In one arm, he carries 15-month-old Charlie, named for billionaire investor Charles Munger.
Bending carefully toward the concrete apron, Smolinisky lets Charlie scoop up three newspapers stuffed in plastic bags.
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The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) has been working in the U.S. since 2011 when, under the direction of chief executive Dessie Farrell and chairman Donal Og Cusack, it set up an Advisory Board in New York to help develop a network of supporters for the work of the group, and to promote Gaelic games to a wider American audience.
The GPA supports over 2,000 elite amateur Gaelic footballers and hurlers in Ireland by providing a comprehensive development program for players.
The objective of the development program which includes educational, career, life-skills and health and well-being supports, is to make a meaningful difference to the off-field careers of county players, encourage their long-term personal development and ensure that they reach their potential on and off the field.
Identifying and supporting the innate leadership qualities and transferable skills players possess will help the GPA to produce a new cohort of leaders, something the association believes will be good for Gaelic games and good for Ireland.
In 2012, with the support of Declan Kelly and Teneo Holdings and the American Ireland Fund, the GPA held its inaugural fundraising event in New York, the Irish-U.S. Gaelic Heritage Awards, where it honored the former president of Coca-Cola Don Keough, acknowledging his outstanding contribution to the economic development of Ireland.
The gala was attended by the all-star Gaelic footballers of 2012 and 2011, and while in New York a group of players was invited out to the Irish American community of Breezy Point in the Rockaways to help lift morale following the devastation inflicted on the area by Hurricane Sandy.
Having witnessed the destruction first-hand, the GPA vowed to return to offer meaningful support to the community which it duly did the following January when, with the support of Aer Lingus, a work party of current and former players and tradesmen went back to Breezy Point to help with the reconstruction effort and raise funds for the local sports program.
The arrival of Irish sports stars to Breezy Point really struck a chord with the American public who witnessed it on NBC News reports. The charitable act of an Irish group fundraising in the U.S. and giving back to the community was acknowledged by President Obama during his St. Patrick's Day address in the White House.
On June 8 the GPA returns to Breezy Point, where a unique Gaelic sports team-bonding day overseen by former stars of Gaelic football will once again help raise funds for the on-going Breezy Point disaster relief effort.
As part of its strategic plans to promote Gaelic games in the U.S., the GPA is bringing an exhibition hurling game to the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana on October 19 to coincide with the big Fighting Irish vs. USC college football clash.
With an all-star line-up of hurlers, the GPA has devised a short-form of the game so that it can be facilitated on the university's Arlotta Stadium lacrosse grounds. The match will take place during the build-up to the football game that evening.
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Nobody does preppy chic like Ralph Lauren. His current home collections are totally aligned with what you'd expect from the man who styled Hollywood's version of The Great Gatsby. Le Grand Hotel is inspired by luxury resorts on the French Riveria, and La Plage is inspired by the strip of shoreline just beyond the hotel steps.
It's classic summer style—blue and white, cotton and linen fabrics, and a healthy dose of wicker. The collections remind us of Nice in all its sun-drenched, overheated, and overcrowded glory. It's a style that's recognizable, friendly, and a little predictable—how many times and how many ways can one person do wideband navy blue stripes? Still, we love seeing it come around again every summer.
What do you think? Is this look distinguished or dull?
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Fuel cells have long been heralded as the energy technology of the future. Invented in 1838, the cells promise an almost limitless supply of clean energy for everything from cars to electrical grids, but have always proven too expensive to manufacture, fuel and maintain to enter mainstream use. Hoping to bring down those costs, a team of Bucknell faculty and student researchers has developed a new tool that could greatly accelerate fuel cell experimentation, and one day lead to the first commercially viable fuel cells.
The tool developed by professors Michael Gross and Ryan Snyder, chemical engineering, with a team of four students, is a computer program to model fuel cell electrodes and predict what happens when engineers use different components to build them. Gross, a fuel cell engineer, and researchers like him will employ the program to quickly simulate the time-consuming task of building and testing prototype cells.
"I know a lot about fuel cells, and through experience I've gained an intuition for what matters, but I need to quantify and communicate that to people," Gross said. "I can do it experimentally but it's slow. If I could make it faster, the impact would be much greater."
"The kinds of experiments we're doing really will help shape the way fuel cells are made, run and optimized in the future," said Mike Synodis '13, a chemical engineering graduate who spent more than two years programming and testing the modeling tool. "The end goal of all this is to attack some of the problems our society is facing."
Other researchers have taken notice, not only of the project's lofty goals, but of its practical potential for accelerating experimentation. Energy science and trade publication Renewable Energy Global Innovations named the Bucknell researchers' paper describing the program a Key Scientific Article for Progress and Innovation in Renewable Energy Research.
"The benefit of doing a model is not only to look at the range of parameters you typically would examine in the lab, but also to do things that you don't typically try to do," Snyder said. "If the model says we're 10 times more efficient if we operate under a totally different condition than we thought about before, then it's worth putting effort into trying to do that in the lab."
Fuel cells require greater refinement, Gross added, because they require expensive components and maintenance. The cells produce power by combining oxygen with a fuel — Gross focuses on hydrocarbons, but hydrogen and alcohol are also used — in chemical reactions that release electricity. But to create those reactions, current generation hydrocarbon fuel cells must operate at intense temperatures of up to 900 degrees Celsius. These temperatures force manufacturers to build fuel cell electrodes using either costly rare earth metals that can handle the heat or cheaper materials that degrade quickly.
"All of the problems holding back this fuel cell technology relate back to this very high operating temperature," Gross said. "We're trying to develop materials and composites that can efficiently work at lower temperatures to mitigate the degradation issues and the high cost of these exotic materials."
Though they've been put to use everywhere from NASA spacecraft to the corporate offices of Google, eBay and Wal-Mart, Gross said fuel cells will not become a mainstream power source until they can compete unsubsidized with conventional power sources.
"Green technology sounds nice, but until it reaches the point of affordability, there won't be widespread commercialization," Gross said.
The researchers said they will continue refining their modeling software, though they admit that the first truly commercially viable fuel cells will be a larger effort requiring the work of many more scientists from around the world. Even their software, the Bucknell researchers said, was a truly collaborative effort.
"Neither one of us could have done this on our own," said Snyder, whose expertise is not in fuel cells but in computer simulation. "It was our working together that made it happen."
The student researchers too played an active role, developing and encoding most of the program, and co-authoring the paper describing it.
"It really felt like it was mine," Synodis said. "They had come up with the idea, but we built the whole thing from the ground up. It was nice to be a part of a partnership with professors rather than just being taught or told what to do."


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GLEN ELLYN — Candidates for Glenbard Township High School District 87 Board of Education laid out their positions on multiple issues facing the high school district during a Glen Ellyn League of Women Voter's forum March 19.
Three incumbents — Robert Friend, board President Richard Heim and Tom Voltaggio, who has served on the board for more than 20 years — touted the districts successes in turning around a dire financial situation of a $24 million deficit to a $12 million surplus. They also lauded continued student achievement across the district.
The challengers — 2011 Glenbard North High School graduate Anthony Schullo, retired teacher Judith Weinstock and Jennifer Jendras, a mother of two in the Glenbard system — said the School Board needs new perspectives. As a recent graduate and current North Central College student, Schullo said he brings a student perspective, while Weinstock said she provides the perspective of faculty members. She said teaching 32 years at Glenbard West High School gives her "an inside view of what's best for the district." Jendras, an employee of the U.S. Department of Labor, stressed the importance of having a parent of current students on the board.
The candidates fielded a variety of questions from audience members, expressing their views on issues such as pension reform, physical education waivers for seniors and the need for additional vocational training courses.
The candidates said pension reform is an issue that will dramatically impact the finances of the district, and most likely not for the better. Voltaggio and Friend said the unfunded liabilities of the Teachers Retirement System create serious problems for long-term funding plans.
"The state is bankrupt. As a community we need to decide what the sacrifices and what the issues are as to how we decide to provide an outstanding education to our kids," Heim said.
Jendras agreed, saying taxpayers are at a "breaking point" and could not shoulder more financial irresponsibility.
As a former teacher Weinstock said she worked hard for her pension and does not support any changes to her plan.
Schullo agreed that teachers deserve their pensions. He suggested voters send a new slate of legislators to Springfield to handle true reforms.
The six candidates all supported senior waivers for PE classes, saying the time can be better used exploring various artistic or academic electives.
The six candidates also all touted the various vocational training programs in the Glenbard system that provides students with another avenue for future employment. The candidates agreed also that the vocational programs could be better advertised to the community so parents can talk with children who may not be planning a university future.
One area that divided the incumbents from the challengers was how often board members should be inside the schools. The three incumbents agreed it was best practice to rarely visit the schools, except for public events or walkthroughs with the administration. The three challengers each said as board members they wanted to meet with students and teachers inside the schools on a weekly basis.
Four of the six candidates for the College of DuPage Board of Trustees also addressed the audience. Incumbents Dave Carlin and Joseph Wozniak did not attend due to a conflict with a scheduled COD board meeting.
Kathy Hamilton, a certified public accountant with a focus on corporate finance, said she's seeking a seat to serve as a budget watchdog, make sure academic offerings are "relevant to the community" and make sure both the faculty and administration are accountable to the community.
Retired architect Edward Agustin said he has been encouraged to run by some incumbents to serve as a watchdog over the numerous construction projects on campus.
"I have the experienced, educated eye to watch what's going on and know what's going on," he said.
Challenger Frank Flores said he is running to "help alleviate the acrimony between the board and the faculty" and see "higher completion and transfer rates" at the college.
Mike Lanners, a retired College of DuPage employee, said he wants to reduce costs at COD and keep an eye on school spending.
"I am not a rubber stamp. ... I would rather say no to any kind of taxes or more exorbitant spending," he said.
The four candidates also expressed a need for more transparency beyond what state sunshine laws demand. Lanners said the board has a reputation for not responding to messages from constituents. He said he would talk to as many people as often as he could.
Flores criticized the board for passing its most recent budget at the end of a long board meeting after many people in the audience had left. He said weighty matters like the budget should be addressed early in meetings.
Hamilton coupled transparency issues with the feud between the college administration and faculty leaders. By the time things get to the board level, she said issues were voted on as part of a consensus agenda without much debate.
Agustin said the board needs to post meeting information on the school website much earlier than it already is. He said that will give the public more time to "absorb the information."


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The speed at which Shanghai has dusted off plans to become a test bed for bigger economic reforms, including full capital account convertibility, has caught market watchers by surprise even as Qianhai pressed ahead with a charm offensive to attract companies and banks to set up shop within that zone.
The barren stretch of reclaimed land near the Hong Kong border is not alone in feeling the heat.
The Shanghai proposal has also overshadowed similar plans for Hengqin island in the Zhuhai special economic zone and Nansha, a district of the provincial capital Guangzhou which have also thrown their hats into the ring to become such zones.
"There will be competition between Shanghai and Qianhai in the long run, given both are targeted mainly at the opening up of financial services," said Liao Qun,China chief economist at Citic Bank International.
"Of course, Shanghai has a higher starting point given the development of trade of goods but in the area of service trade, Shanghai free trade zone is also starting from almost zero."
A draft policy outlining reforms in Shanghai's recently approved Free Trade Zone (FTZ) could be released as early as this week with its interim management plan due on Sept. 27, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
Plans for FTZs in southern China come at a time when the government is attempting reforms to rebalance its economy, shifting dependence away from manufacturing to consumption.
The proposed Shanghai trade zone will cover less than 30 square kilometers, while Qianhai, which has been dubbed a mini-Hong Kong, is about half that size. But it won't be size that matters, as what measures and incentives they offer will determine their success with investors in the coming days.
Focused on finance, logistics and technology and backed by the Communist Party, the proposed $45 billion Qianhai Bay zone hopes to draw on Hong Kong's expertise as it seeks to provide similar financial services and trade settlement.
But while Qianhai has struggled to attract Hong Kong property developers at its recent land auctions, media reports have outlined a slew of initiatives for Shanghai targeting shipping, insurance, healthcare among various others.
But the case for Shanghai is also not entirely clear, especially in its ambitious dream to operate as a fully liberalised trading hub for the Chinese currency.
If authorities restrict the companies to conduct all their business only within the zone, the impact will be very small, while if the freed-up financial services within this zone were accessible to any firm in China, then it would basically have opened up its capital account, Standard Chartered analysts say.
But one thing is certain. Shanghai hosts the country's markets while Hong Kong is a global financial center and the competition will be between these two cities in the long term.
For now, market watchers in Hong Kong are adopting a wait-and-see approach to see what policies will be unveiled by Shanghai, with some officials welcoming the challenge.
Citing a Chinese saying, Norman Chan, the chief of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said competition among financial centers has always been fierce and will be even more in the future.
"Excel and advance" or "stay put and be left behind!" he said at a conference. (Reuters)


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People call StarStar Me subscribers by tapping the star key twice, followed by a unique word or number grouping on a mobile phone's keypad. With the StarStar Me app, subscribers can choose to have calls ring their phone, automatically respond to calls with a custom text message when they're unavailable, or provide callers with a mobile web page that links to their blog, website, and social media accounts like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The subscriber's contact info can then easily be added to the caller's address book.
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Verizon subscribers can have up to three StarStar Me numbers per mobile phone number. The service costs $3.00/month per StarStar Me number. Calls to StarStar numbers work within the U.S. on any Verizon, Sprint,T-Mobile, or AT&T mobile phone.
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The Monday night plenary speaker at the 2012 American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study of Energy Efficiency in Buildings, held every two years in beautiful Asilomar, California, was Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Wellinghoff described his coming to FERC in 2006 as a border crossing from the world of energy efficiency—according to Steve Nadel, before joining FERC, Chairman Wellinghoff attended 12 Summer Studies—to the world of the grid and the wholesale power marketplace. Now he sees his mission as integrating the two.
Using a colorful map of the Midwestern United States, Wellinghoff described a grid in need of some more coordination, so that electricity load and production correlate more directly, therefore causing the electricity grid to operate more efficiently. A system in steady state is more efficient than one that is constantly ramping up and down—this is true of cars, HVAC systems, and the electricity grid.
In Wellinghoff's example, the blue states are the ones with an overabundance of electric power, making it relatively cheap (even dipping below zero cost), and the red states, the ones where electricity is scarce and expensive. At 1 am the area around Terre Haute, Indiana, is desperate for electric power, while up north in Illinois, nuclear power is cheap and plentiful and westward in Iowa, wind generation is at a peak. Up by Fort Wayne they are burning kilowatts for next to nothing. Through the course of the day the map constantly turns colors, with hot spots (expensive electric power) and cool spots (cheap power) covering large swaths of the map or popping up in particular locations. In the afternoon, Michigan is dark red and across Lake Michigan, Jainsville, Wisconsin, is a dark blue spot.
Making the whole map bluer, so to speak (no reference to political affiliations intended), requires digital controls at end uses, transmission, and production. It requires the participation of homeowners as well as factory bosses. On the residential end use side, Wellinghoff sees price signals offering individuals the greatest opportunity for control of their energy and the cost of that energy. This is a great opportunity for people to participate more directly in the grid. Imagine utility customers becoming utility partners. Imagine providing power back to the grid from your car battery, and getting paid for it!
Add efficiency to the mix, and you not only increase the load factor, i.e. better match production and load, create a more efficient grid, and lower energy costs, but you can lower overall energy use as well.
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(Killed and eaten cats, argh, I knew it!) This has been one of those rare occasions when I've read through a massive sub, so consider yourself special. This was a really good read though, shockful of interesting stuff, and while I was a bit tempted to deduct 0.5 for all the cat murders, I can't rightly do so, it deserves nothing less than a 5.
And since I am who I am, I also proofread it as I went along;
the wizard will be an unhelpful and insulting throughout this adventure
The cats occupy certain streets, but favor the rooftops. The rats occupy some streets, but favor the rooftops. (Shouldn't it be the sewers for the latter?)
by the Longtails stationed outside the church. If the party is sleeps here for the night,
They are extremely stealthy, can run on walls, and can tear a man's throat out faster than he an blink.
and drag the surprised Norvegicus to his death. He didn't know where catacombs down there.
Norvegicus is a wizard with some necromantic talent, and so he has brought has a skeletal guardian. If *he has not been alerted by the noise upstairs
their rat bites will always seem to get infected, and cat monsters will always try a little bit harder to kill him. Additionally, no cat will ever willingly let the PC*s pet them ever again. Such is the fury of a demigod scorned.
Assuming the Norvegicus is dead and no one is a rat,
It's not so bad being a rat. For starters, your mind in unaltered
However, there are about a dozen cats that have no where(*nowhere) to go
He'll also offers his boon--the only boon he ever offers
the Fimbrian's corpse rose from his coffin to defend Pargaul.


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Altered Art, collage, mixed media 2007 creations.Thank-you for your interest, Kim aka
Plain JaneShe loved to crochet, sew, and sing in the church choir. Other than that she was plain. I gave her a pretty brooch and I think she smiled at me.knv
Set of 4 greeting cards with envelopes, blank inside with parchment inserts
Give wings to your muse.
Let your imagination soar
Believe you can fly
May your dreams take flight
Blank parchment paper inside for writing a personal note
Back side is finished.
Gypsy dancer. Wooden Plaque measures 8 x 5.5. Finished height is 14".Collaged with many treasures and trinkets from my stash, a beautiful piece to drape in a vintage dressing room.
Vintage nude ladies collaged wall plaque. started with 4 x 4 with 2 extra attached pieces. The nude woman image was carefully collaged onto the two pieces for a puzzle effect. Finished size is approx 4" width by 10" tall.
Collaged curio shelf crackle painted & decorated including back. Small wooden block decorated as extra trinket. Doors stay open and span 8" Height 7.5" width 2.5"
Art card size 2.5 x 3.5 with extra plaque along bottom. 9"tall with hanger
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Codex Alimentarius Commission
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is an intergovernmental body with over 180 members, within the framework of the Joint Food Standards Programme established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), with the purpose of protecting the health of consumers and ensuring fair practices in the food trade. The Commission also promotes coordination of all food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non governmental organizations.
The Codex Alimentarius (Latin, meaning Food Law or Code) is the result of the Commission's work: a collection of internationally adopted food standards, guidelines, codes of practice and other recommendations.
- Member Countries of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
- Understanding the Codex Alimentarius
- Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual 23rd Edition
- Delegate's Report on the 40th Session held in Geneva, Switzerland, Jul 17-22, 2017
- Delegate's Report on the 39th Session held in Rome, Italy, June 27-July 1, 2016
- Delegate's Report on the 38th Session held in Geneva, Switzerland, July 6-11, 2015
The next session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission will take place in Rome, Italy from July 17 - 22, 2017. Upon availability, the agenda and committee be accessed at http://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/.


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The Protestant Church in the Netherlands is the largest protestant church in the Netherlands in terms of membership.
It is the continuation of three former churches, the Netherlands Reformed Church, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and it exists as from May 1st, 2004.
A Protestant congregation can be found in nearly every city, town and village in the Netherlands. These local churches are faith-based communities of people who are united by their belief in Jesus Christ.
Facts & figures
The Protestant Church in the Netherlands has 1.9 million members, making it one of the largest religious denominations in the Netherlands, with nearly 1800 local congregations and over 2200 ministers. About 600 of the Protestant ministers are pastoral workers in care facilities, at prisons and judicial authorities, and in the armed forces.


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Jessica Simpson Wears Blue Snakeskin Dress to Baby Shower
Jessica Simpson is a slave to fashion. Even though the singer is due to give birth to her first child in a few weeks, she still wears heels and incredibly fashionable attire. Case in point: her baby shower. Simpson's friends and family threw her a baby shower in Culver City, Calif. on Sunday (March 18) and the about-to-pop singer/actress (and 'Fashion Star' mentor) was wrapped in a blue, snakesin dress, looking fab as usual depite her belly being massive.
Simpson is not about to forego style just because she is heavily pregnant with a daughter, which she revealed in ELLE earlier this month.
Lil' sis Ashlee toted her son Bronx, 3, to the fete, while Jessica Alba, a hot mama of two young daughters, was also in attendance.
A source told Us Weekly that the mother-to-be "seemed completely ecstatic." Don't forget fashionable!
Then again, you can't be on a national show called 'Fashion Star' and run your own clothing empire, featuring shoes, handbags and clothes, and let yourself get slovenly during late-stage pregnancy.
So we understand that Simpson is protecting her brand and her image. Plus, she looks terrific!


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Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball and Excel
Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball and Excel
ISBN: 978-1-118-16113-5 August 2011 288 Pages
DescriptionPraise for
Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball(r) and Excel(r)
"Professor Charnes's book drives clarity into applied Monte Carlo analysis using examples and tools relevant to real-world finance. The book will prove useful for analysts of all levels and as a supplement to academic courses in multiple disciplines."
-Mark Odermann, Senior Financial Analyst, Microsoft
"Think you really know financial modeling? This is a must-have for power Excel users. Professor Charnes shows how to make more realistic models that result in fewer surprises. Every analyst needs this credibility booster."
-James Franklin, CEO, Decisioneering, Inc.
"This book packs a first-year MBA's worth of financial and business modeling education into a few dozen easy-to-understand examples. Crystal Ball software does the housekeeping, so readers can concentrate on the business decision. A careful reader who works the examples on a computer will master the best general-purpose technology available for working with uncertainty."
-Aaron Brown, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, author of The Poker Face of Wall Street
"Using Crystal Ball and Excel, John Charnes takes you step by step, demonstrating a conceptual framework that turns static Excel data and financial models into true risk models. I am astonished by the clarity of the text and the hands-on, step-by-step examples using Crystal Ball and Excel; Professor Charnes is a masterful teacher, and this is an absolute gem of a book for the new generation of analyst."
-Brian Watt, Chief Operating Officer, GECC, Inc.
"Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball and Excel is a comprehensive, well-written guide to one of the most useful analysis tools available to professional risk managers and quantitative analysts. This is a must-have book for anyone using Crystal Ball, and anyone wanting an overview of basic risk management concepts."
-Paul Dietz, Manager, Quantitative Analysis, Westar Energy
"John Charnes presents an insightful exploration of techniques for analysis and understanding of risk and uncertainty in business cases. By application of real options theory and Monte Carlo simulation to planning, doors are opened to analysis of what used to be impossible, such as modeling the value today of future project choices."
-Bruce Wallace, Nortel
About the Author.
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Financial Modeling.
Risk Analysis.
Monte Carlo Simulation.
Risk Management.
Benefits and Limitations of Using Crystal Ball.
Chapter 2: Analyzing Crystal Ball Forecasts.
Simulating A 50–50 Portfolio.
Varying the Allocations.
Presenting the Results.
Chapter 3: Building a Crystal Ball Model.
Simulation Modeling Process.
Defining Crystal Ball Assumptions.
Running Crystal Ball.
Sources of Error.
Controlling Model Error.
Chapter 4: Selecting Crystal Ball Assumptions.
Crystal Ball's Basic Distributions.
Using Historical Data to Choose Distributions.
Specifying Correlations.
Chapter 5: Using Decision Variables.
Defining Decision Variables.
Decision Table with One Decision Variable.
Decision Table with Two Decision Variables.
Using OptQuest.
Chapter 6: Selecting Run Preferences.
Chapter 7: Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return.
Deterministic NPV and IRR.
Simulating NPV and IRR.
Capital Budgeting.
Customer Net Present Value.
Chapter 8: Modeling Financial Statements.
Deterministic Model.
Tornado Chart and Sensitivity Analysis.
Crystal Ball Sensitivity Chart.
Chapter 9: Portfolio Models.
Single-Period Crystal Ball Model.
Single-Period Analytical Solution.
Multiperiod Crystal Ball Model.
Chapter 10: Value at Risk.
Shortcomings of VaR.
Chapter 11: Simulating Financial Time Series.
White Noise.
Random Walk.
Additive Random Walk with Drift.
Multiplicative Random Walk Model.
Geometric Brownian Motion Model.
Mean-Reverting Model.
Chapter 12: Financial Options.
Types of Options.
Risk-Neutral Pricing and the Black-Scholes Model.
Portfolio Insurance.
American Option Pricing.
Exotic Option Pricing.
Bull Spread.
Principal-Protected Instrument.
Chapter 13: Real Options.
Financial Options and Real Options.
Applications of ROA.
Black-Scholes Real Options Insights.
ROV Tool.
Appendix A: Crystal Ball's Probability Distributions.
Appendix B: Generating Assumption Values.
Appendix C: Variance Reduction Techniques.
Appendix D: About the Download.
- After reviewing the basics, this book covers how to define and refine probability distributions in financial modeling, and exhaustively reviews the concepts behind the simulation modeling process.
- It includes a discussion of simulation controls and analysis of simulation results.
- Exercise models help students apply risk analysis to such areas as derivative pricing, cost estimation, portfolio allocation and optimization, design analysis, and cash flow analysis.
- The tools and techniques reviewed will help students immediately develop essential skills in the areas of areas of valuation, pricing, hedging, trading, risk management, project evaluation and portfolio management.


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San Diego, California (June 1st 2012)- Dye is an Official Sponsor of the new Woodward at Tahoe Boreal location. Helping fuel the most progressive training facility on the west coast, with Dye Optics, Dye Protective, and killer prizes to keep campers stoked!
Dye Pro Bjorn Leines will be hosting his signature session for week 2 June 17th-23rd. Every snow camper during Session #2 will take a home a special gift from Dye Snow.
In addition to sponsoring Woodward Tahoe, Dye is awarding the "Dream Reality" scholarship to make one lucky candidate's "Woodward Dream" a Reality. Visit the Dye Snow Facebook page www.facebook.com/Dyesnow to enter.
Woodward camps are the pinnacle of training facilities for action sports. Each new location continues to improve on an already killer set-up. Attaching the camp to a resort like Boreal makes it that much better for skiers and snowboarders.
Thanks to product innovation and camps like Woodward, action sports are progressing at a very rapid rate. Jumps are getting bigger and bigger, and tricks for technical, doubles triples etc. Advanced Protective gear is something many Team riders have been asking for, and with today's level of riding, demand for this type of product has never been higher.
Dye has expanded their product line to offer full body Protective layering for the areas of your body most prone to impact/injury. The new Dye Protective line will be launched at Woodward Tahoe this summer.
"Our Team riders do a lot of training in the off season, hitting bag-jumps, foam pits, and riding the same features as most Woodward campers/customers do. Protective layering is always something they ask for." –Dye Marketing Manager, Joel Kramer
Dye protective gives athletes the extra protection and confidence needed to learn new tricks and walk away from the occasional slam. The entire Dye Protective line features patented Bonesaver technology, a 5-layer design built to maximize protection and mobility for action sports. Woodward Tahoe will have protective demo equipment available for anyone using the Launch Pad foam pits, Bag-Jump, Resi pits, Trampolines and/or Skate parks.
"We are super excited to be a part of Woodward. Places like this are where kids dream about going. Dye is always pushing the limits of product innovation; aiding and guiding evolutions of our sports are a fundamental that we share with Woodward. Supporting progression and participation of action sports will always be important to Dye." –Dye Marketing Manager, Joel Kramer
The Woodward Tahoe Grand Opening is Saturday June 9th, 2012. Dye staff will join the Tahoe community and guest pro athletes for a day of summer shredding at Boreal in celebration of the new Woodward location.
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