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Mexico reports 40 more swine flu cases
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MEXICO CITY -- Forty more people have tested positive for the H1N1 swine flu virus in Mexico, bringing confirmed cases to 300 with 12 deaths, authorities say.
Schools, businesses and non-essential government offices will be closed for five days in an effort to contain the outbreak. President Felipe Calderon urged people to stay home during the Cinco de Mayo holiday, the Voice of America reported.
Meanwhile, the United States announced plans to purchase an additional 13 million courses of flu medicine to add to the treatment stockpile.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that 400,000 of the additional treatments will be sent to Mexico, the epicenter of the influenza outbreak.
The United States already has more than 70 million courses of anti-viral drugs stockpiled across the country.
The U.S. has confirmed 109 cases, including the only death recorded outside of Mexico, that of a Mexican toddler visiting the the border state of Texas.
Some U.S. cities are closing schools, but the government is keeping border crossings open and is encouraging people to travel inside the country as usual unless they are experiencing flu-like symptoms.
The flu has not reached pandemic proportions, but the World Health Organization is asking all countries to combat the spreading virus with "increased urgency."
European Union ministers held emergency talks on the crisis Thursday in Luxembourg and ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plan to meet next week.
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Quarterbacks will rule the NFL's offseason. Beginning with Alex Smith going to Washington when the league's new year starts next month and Jimmy Garoppolo agreeing to a record-breaking deal with San Francisco on Thursday , several quarterbacks will find new riches and many teams will land new QBs in 2018.
Quarterbacks will rule the NFL's offseason.
Beginning with Alex Smith going to Washington when the league's new year starts next month and Jimmy Garoppolo agreeing to a record-breaking deal with San Francisco on Thursday , several quarterbacks will find new riches and many teams will land new QBs in 2018.
Tom Brady may have been denied another championship but not his coordinator, and some believe Josh McDaniels' sudden change of heart this week in spurning the Indianapolis Colts was related to doubts about Andrew Luck's health.
Either way, McDaniels is staying in New England to help the Patriots bounce back from their 41-33 loss to Philadelphia in Super Bowl 52 .
The Eagles aren't just celebrating their first championship since 1960, but also an abundance of talent at the position in franchise QB Carson Wentz and Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles.
Should Wentz's recovery from knee surgery go well, the Eagles will have a huge bargaining chip to help restock their roster.
Wentz's injury rehab will be closely watched this offseason, just like Aaron Rodgers ' repaired collarbone in Green Bay and DeShaun Watson 's torn ACL in Houston.
Those teams figure to be contenders for Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta if their quarterbacks are healthy. A dozen other teams will either jockey for their next star or dole out big bucks to keep the one they have.
Kirk Cousins and Drew Brees lead an exceptionally large group of veteran quarterbacks lined up for big paydays and possibly new opportunities that includes the Minnesota Vikings' trio of Teddy Bridgewater, Case Keenum and Sam Bradford.
Garoppolo, Brady's longtime backup, got a five-year contract from the 49ers that will pay him a reported $137.5 million to keep him off the free-agent market without forcing the team to use the one-year franchise tag.
NFL Network first reported the terms of the contract, which is worth $27.5 million per season to top the previous record set by Detroit's Matthew Stafford last year by $500,000 per year — but presumably will soon be surpassed by Brees or Cousins.
San Francisco acquired Garoppolo from New England before the trade deadline for a 2018 second-round pick. He led the 49ers to five straight wins to end the season, pushing his record as a starter to 7-0.
Teams that miss out on one of the prized free agents can look to the draft, which features Baker Mayfield, Josh Allen, Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, Lamar Jackson and Mason Rudolph.
The quarterback carousel began in the days before the Super Bowl when Kansas City agreed to trade Smith to the Redskins.
The deal, which cannot be finalized until March 14, spells the end of Cousins' time in Washington and hands the Chiefs' job to Patrick Mahomes III, the 10th pick in last year's draft out of Texas Tech.
So, Smith, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 draft, moves on to his third team just as he's coming off the best season of his 13-year career.
"I think Washington is getting a phenomenal player, a great leader," Rodgers said last week while discussing the league's current quarterback commotion.
"Now you've got Kirk Cousins, what's going to happen with him? You've got probably five guys that are going to get drafted in the first round, Jimmy Garoppolo and his situation.
"There's a lot of moving pieces."
In the not-too-distant future, Rodgers could find himself one of them.
Rodgers, 34, has two years left on his contract and if he stays healthy in 2018, he'll be in line for a mega payday that could obliterate any of the deals that will be signed.
Rodgers told the AP last week that he wants to play well into his 40s and might have to finish his career in another team's uniform as Brett Favre did.
"I think you have to be humble enough to realize if it could happen to Brett, it can happen to you," Rodgers said.
Among the teams looking for an upgrade are the Denver Broncos, who haven't been back to the playoffs since Peyton Manning retired a champion two years ago.
Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller said he trusts general manager John Elway to fix that in the next few weeks: "We have a Hall of Fame quarterback running the show who's going to get the right guy," Miller said.
Miller has a tip for his GM, too.
"No disrespect to Trevor Siemian or Paxton Lynch, but I would love to play with Kirk Cousins," Miller said. "When Peyton came to Denver, we just took off. Kirk's an elite starter, too. I could roll with that."
With eight trips to the Super Bowl and five rings, Brady is the gold standard of quarterbacks.
Yet, this time he was outdueled by Foles, who showed just how important it is for teams to also have depth at the position.
"To get in a shootout with that guy on the other team is probably not ideal for anyone — ever," Eagles tight end Zach Ertz said. "The guy is the best quarterback to ever play the game. That team is phenomenal. They are coached amazingly."
Yet, the Patriots were beaten by a journeyman QB who contemplated retirement not long ago after he kept losing his starting job with his employers in perpetual search of a better option.
Foles turned into a flawless fill-in after Wentz got hurt in December, stepping in to deliver Philadelphia its first Super Bowl title.
Foles has one year left on his two-year deal, and his Super Bowl performance bumped his name up on the long list of coveted quarterbacks.
"He's amazing," Ertz said. "The past three weeks he's been playing out of his mind. People panicked when Carson went down. Nick, we had all the confidence in the world in him."
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|Hello loves, So I've sort of put my house hunt on hold for a few reasons; one being that everything in my price range in the towns I want to live in are absolute DUMPS. Holy shiz it's depressing. I'm trying to stay positive, but this single mama can only afford so much if I want to keep my sanity. I need to maintain a bit of a social life! Yes, in a perfect world I'd just stay in with my hubbie and sip cocktails as we painted walls after the kiddos have drifted off, but that's not the case and TRUST me right now I'm okay with that. I'd rather lose a creep of husband early on than spend twenty miserable years with him. I mean don't get me wrong I wasn't a fool, I didn't marry a creep (he had us all fooled), some guys just can't keep it together after you have a family. They stray and become detached in every way possible and that's precisely what happened to me. So in all honestly if Santa could bring me anything in the world it would be a charming little house at a reasonable price. I'm OKAY with a little elbow grease I just can't buy a money pit nor can I live in a money pit with two kids under the age of six. Anywayyyyy onto my post! :) I've shared this top photo before. (My apologies because I don't remember the source, but I'll find it and link back, promise). A little cape like this would be perfect, I'd even be open to a little house that I could eventually add on to. I love the glassed room off of this home and adore the classic simplicity of the black + white facade and the beautiful bucolic approach. This would be my little dream pad. See?? I'm not asking for much am I? A little pretty like this would cost quite a bit in the Boston area. I've been collecting images via the web and started a pinterest board, new home, it's full of a bunch of dis-jointed goodies, but I guess they all make sense to me. I've assembled a mini-inspiration board below showing the overall feel of the space. It'd be fairly simple with graphic details, patterns and pops of brownish-grey, pink, tan, cream and white. And of course splashes of other accent colors like emerald green, brass and yellow. The agate stone was really the impetus and inspiration around the color palette. I love it! I like fresh clean kitchens and bathrooms, and am undecided on white or black cabinets but I guess I have some time to think about that!
|This marble wrapped counter, brass hardware and glass door cabinet are beyond amazing! I will absolutely have ALL of these in my kitch! image via
|A little sunny, happy banquette would also be perfect and makes such efficient use of space in a small home. I'd switch out the fabrics and colors and would plump up that seat cushion a bit but you get the idea!
|I'd love to have comfy seating area and a lounge worthy sofa like this!
|My daughter's room will be a mix of pink, yellow and charcoal and no matchy, matchy concepts here.


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Ethics and Public Integrity
The Attorney General's Office is committed to improving ethics in government as it is the responsibility of all public servants to maintain a high ethical standard in order to effectively and honestly serve the citizens of Illinois. The Illinois General Assembly recently passed a comprehensive ethics measure to ensure a more open and honest government. Included in this law are several new provisions that enhance the ethics structure in Illinois, including the creation of an Executive Ethics Commission to which the Attorney General serves as an advisor.
The Executive Ethics Commission consists of 9 commissioners appointed by the State Constitutional Officers. The Commission receives complaints, conducts administrative hearings, prepares and publishes guides regarding the ethics laws, issues subpoenas, and makes rulings and recommendations in disciplinary cases. The Commission has jurisdiction over the employees and officers of the Executive Branch of government.
The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act created five offices of the Executive Inspector General - one for each constitutional office. Along with Michael J. Luke, the ethics officer for the Attorney General's Office, Diane Saltoun, the Executive Inspector General for the Attorney General's Office, serves as our point person on ethics, advising employees of their ethical duties, answering questions on ethics, investigating allegations of ethics violations, and filing pleadings with the Executive Ethics Commission when appropriate. She also oversees yearly ethics training for all employees and sets the frequency and number of hours for that training.
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Excellent and true. You stated the case beautifully. Add to this the physics viewpoint that time is a block, with the past, present and future all there, all happening at the same time and eternally, and free will disappears. If the future is already there, surely there's no free will. Still, as you say, we find ourselves in this construct and we will always perceive our reality as one that involves choice. It's a lovely delusion and a joy, really since it adds to life's meaning (without the oppressive call for gods).
Looks like I don't know how to use this reply thingy yet. I was trying to reply to a specific response. I'll get the hang of it, and at least I presented my view. Interesting discussion with many informed comments. I like it.
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Not long ago, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell toured the state to highlight its crisis in transportation funding. He called on the General Assembly to resolve the crisis this year. In May, the State Transportation Advisory Committee estimated that the state faced a funding gap of $3 billion to meet needs for maintaining, repairing, and expanding state and local roads, highways, and bridges.
In spite of the crisis, it is doubtful whether the legislature will agree to raise fuel taxes or find another way to raise additional money for highways and bridges this year. Although this may be partly a reflection of the state of the economy combined with election-year politics, opposition to raising fuel taxes remains strong at both the national and local levels.
Americans were not always so hostile to fuel taxes. One of the few taxes that was generally accepted and even welcomed when it was first enacted was the tax on gasoline. Unlike most other taxes, many Americans recognized that paying fuel taxes would result in benefits for themselves. They valued the improved roads and highways, which fuel taxes made possible.
Recent strong opposition to increases in fuel taxes does not mean that Americans are less willing than before to pay taxes in order to have better roads. What it does reflect is voters' opposition to money paid in fuel taxes being used for purposes other than highway spending. In recent years, almost 20 percent of money paid into the Federal Highway Trust Fund (FHTF) has been spent on mass transit. In addition, FHTF money is being spent on recreational trails, historic preservation, and scenic easements. Besides the FHTF money allocated for non-highway purposes, a growing share is used for earmarks that reflect the political priorities of members of Congress rather than the priorities of highway users who pay gasoline taxes.
Why should federal fuel taxes, which are paid by rural and urban drivers alike, be used to pay for public transportation, which primarily benefits residents of large metropolitan areas? In Pennsylvania, 90 percent of transit-operating grants is paid to the Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC). But only 50 percent of the state's population lives in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas served by these transit agencies. In these two metropolitan areas, less than five percent of local trips are on public transportation while almost all the rest are by automobile.
Not only is it unfair to use fuel taxes to subsidize transit and other projects of dubious benefit to the drivers who pay them, but it is evident that transit subsidies are often spent on projects that are excessively costly relative to the benefits they provide. A good example of this is the North Shore Connector, a 1.2-mile extension of the light-rail line in Pittsburgh, which is currently under construction. Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn recently criticized this project as one of the three most offensive uses of federal stimulus funds. If it had not been for $62.5 million of economic stimulus funds, construction of the Connector would likely have been halted due to cost overruns. Not only has the cost increased from an original estimate of $363 million to $528.8 million, but, as noted by the Allegheny Institute, the project was scaled back in size after the federal government agreed to provide most of the funds.
Consumers will not be willing to pay even close to the cost (more than six dollars per ride) that would be required to cover just the annual interest on the money invested in the North Shore Connector. The money spent on this project could be used to buy a brand new $40,000 SUV for each of the 11,500 riders per day that are expected to use this 1.2-mile section of light rail.
The federal government would get much more for its transportation dollars if it used all of them for maintaining and expanding highways and bridges and left transit funding to local governments. If the federal fuel tax were eliminated and each state raised its fuel tax by the same amount, more money would be available for roads and highways. The Pennsylvania Constitution prohibits using state fuel-tax revenue for purposes other than funding roads and highways. Using the money paid in fuel taxes exclusively for roads, highways, and bridges would eliminate some of the funding gap faced by Pennsylvania and other states. In addition, a variety of innovative approaches to highway construction and maintenance, including public-private partnerships, could help reduce costs. To make up the remaining shortfall, citizens might be more willing to pay higher fuel taxes if they could be confident that the money was being spent for highways and bridges with spending priorities better reflecting drivers' priorities.


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bradway13 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 23 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
WikiWeightWatchers is a website that acts as a wiki and displays information for using the weight watchers points system. It also allows users to upload recipes etc to the site.
Looking for a logo and a tagline. The design of the site will be pretty simple. It will have a Wikipedia feel with a few banner ads. We need a logo that will help brand the name WikiWeightWatchers and we need a tagline with it.
Keep in mind that weight watchers is primarily a community for women. These women are either overweight or were overweight at one time. Our website is extremely easy to use and useful. The purpose of the website is to get points for restaurants or recipes to try at home. Let's say Susan wants some Taco Bell for dinner. She could go to our website and find that the Grande Soft Taco will cost her 12 points. We need a logo that will brand well to this community.
I need something that focusses on the "wiki" as much as the weight watchers. In other words, Please do not try to make this look like weightwatchers.com. It needs to look like a brand called wikiweightwatchers.
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Acti-Kare's long term care services focus on a range of supportive home care services that assist the patient with the routine activities of daily life, seeing to their physical needs as well as addressing quality of life issues, including their psychological and social needs. Our caregivers work with patients in their homes, in assisted living centers and in nursing facilities. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for all our patients, by providing supportive care and companionship in a variety of ways, all based on our belief that providing for our patient's needs is the most important thing we do.
For seniors and others who need help at home, having a regular caregiver to depend on can make a big difference in their long-term health and well being. While families often try to provide for their many needs, most families find they need extra support, either help with physical care like bathing and mobility, or with care that takes time they may not have, like running errands and providing companionship.
This is where a long-term caregiver can make the difference. Long term caregivers help with the activities of daily living, seeing to whatever the patient's needs are that day, as well as seeing to routine chores and activities that help relieve the burden on family caregivers. Among the many service our caregivers can provide are:
Our caregivers work with family members to coordinate a range of care so that all of the patient's needs are met. Over time, caregiver and client develop a trusting and comforting relationship, giving the patient a sense of ease and anticipation of the caregiver's visit. Whether it's a conversation, a card game or a visit to the garden, our caregivers try to bring something fresh and new to brighten the patient's day and lift their spirits.
Families caring for a member with Alzheimer's or dementia know that these are conditions that require a lot of time and patience. Particularly with Alzheimer's, the patient's condition deteriorates over time, so care and supervision can become more difficult. Both conditions may be accompanied by personality changes that make behavior harder to manage. Memory care patients are at risk of depression and illness. They may become disoriented and put themselves in physical danger or wander off and become lost.
Most of our caregivers are experienced and trained to work with memory care patients. They will know what to expect and how to handle the tasks and behaviors that come up during caregiving. Patients benefit from the one-on-one caregiving and the dedicated attention they receive. Caregivers can see to physical care that may be difficult for family members, such as dressing, bathing and feeding. They can also provide companionship and help the patient participate in activities that stimulate memory and communication. They can help patients enjoy activities and hobbies they are interested in, something they may hold fond memories of, and be able to enjoy in the moment. With regular, attentive care, Alzheimer's and dementia patients can benefit both physically and mentally from the services a long term companion and caregiver can provide.
When it comes to long term care, family members or others who are responsible for daily patient care sometimes need to enjoy personal time of their own, spending time with other family members, resting or attending to other things. Acti-Kare caregivers can provide that needed safety net, providing relief, or respite care, for caregiver vacations, weekends away or just regular afternoons off to attend to other chores. Because our caregivers are experienced, they can come in and pick up where your care leaves off, and make the transition easy for both the patient and the regular caregiver.
Respite care is available for almost any situation, including care for elderly, disabled and autistic children and adults. Whether you need help in the daytime, nighttime or overnight, Acti-Kare is here to help.


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This is a custom checklist specific for the 160,000 mile (256,000 km) maintenance. It combines the emission control system and general maintenance and lubrication schedules from the FJR1300 Owners Manual. Note: the FJR1300 SERVICE MANUAL with the white cover is missing a bunch of service items, apparently the version with the blue cover is correct. They both have the same part and edition numbers.
Many of us perform our own service, and this page is a useful checklist for that as well, to make sure we don't forget anything. Note that Yamaha recommends that you have your dealer perform these service items, as many require special tools and knowledge.
Several items are time based, or also have time limits, rather than being solely mileage based. For instance:
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Loki's been visiting dog parks around the area for the last couple of weeks. There are about 4 of them that are within an acceptable drive's distance away. There is one in Ann Arbor that has had the most dogs so far. When we went last Monday, there were about 20 dogs all running around chasing each other and playing keep away with sticks and jumping in the water. It was amazing to me at first to see so many dogs getting along and playing together. Very cool.
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