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Wealth generations
My father and my mother met at a venerable English university. I went to the same place, as did two of my sisters. Now that my stepbrother has followed in our footsteps, I am starting to think that there may be more than coincidence behind the whole business.
If we accept that fluke is an unlikely explanation for the uniformity of the Harford educational experience, it is an example of what economists call “intergenerational transmission of educational attainment”. Intergenerational transmission of income is a closely related issue: do the children of rich parents grow up to be rich, and do the children of poor parents grow up to be poor?
The simple answer is that it depends in which country they live. In the US and the UK, if your parents were twice as rich as the average for their generation, you could expect to be 40 per cent richer than the average for your generation and so your children could expect to be about 16 per cent richer than the average for theirs.
Sensible readers will be wondering whether that suggests a lot of intergenerational income mobility or not. I do not know the answer: it’s very hard to say what we should expect, or want. What we do know – thanks to the efforts of Gary Solon, a professor at the University of Michigan and a leading light in the field – is that the transmission of income down the generations is higher than we used to think. Estimates from the 1970s and 1980s, which suggested much lower income persistence, were dogged by poor data.
We also know that rich parents are much more likely to have rich children in the US, UK and France than Canada, Sweden or Denmark. In Denmark, if you are twice as rich as the average, your children will tend to be just 15 per cent richer than the average. (These international comparisons come from a survey by Miles Corak of Ottawa University.)
Solon thinks these findings are “just the beginning of a discussion, not the end”. He has a good point. Should policy try to respond to the fact that I went to the same university as my parents? That rather depends on whether I got in because my father called in a favour from the tutor for admissions. What if I simply benefited from a family love of books, or even inherited some bookish genes? It is hard to imagine any but the most totalitarian state doing much about that.
While we think of intergenerational income mobility as a sign of meritocracy, if we did live in a genuine meritocracy, it is hard to know how much mobility we should expect to see. People have a certain kind of “merit” in mind when they speak glowingly of a meritocracy, and that kind of merit tends to run in the family.
That is true for both genetic and cultural reasons. A fascinating new study, co-authored by Solon, looks at a remarkable set of data on adopted Swedish children. The researchers have data on all four “parents” – two biological and two adoptive – and use it to look at the correlation between the parents’ level of education and the child’s. It turns out that all four parents influence the child’s educational level. (If anything, sharing genes has a stronger influence than sharing a home; there is not much in it.)
If, as Solon suggests, this is just the beginning of a discussion, where should the conversation go now? Many economists believe that we should be looking for effective interventions to improve the health, nutrition and education of pre-school children in an attempt to level the playing field. It is not yet clear whether we shall find them. | {
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The grass is greener on the beach
In Iowa there are approximately two people and 15 cows and pigs per square mile and the threat of being shot while behind the wheel is almost nonexistent. Assuming you are not behind the wheel of a mobile meth lab, that is. In Florida, the threat is pretty much omnipresent. You could be shot at anytime on virtually any road — and everyone knows it. Oh sure, Florida has the gigantic Oldsmobiles with the drivers barely able to see over the dashboard from the enormous, couch-like seat driving in the left lane with their right blinker forever and uselessly flashing; but for the most part, people tend to get out of the way of others hoping to move at a faster rate of speed. They do that because they subconsciously know they truly could get shot if they don’t get out of the way of the maniac that roared up behind them.
Leaving the gray sky of Illinois in the rear view mirror, I am heading home to my dream. Mitch Traphagen photo
There is no such fear in Iowa. That is a place in which the occasional murder still leads the evening news. If you should actually manage to get shot while driving in Iowa you could take some comfort in the fact that not only would your story lead the news but it would probably lead for the next several days while half the population tries to figure out how something like that could happen in Iowa and the other half says, “Hey, I know that guy!” The very real downside of having no threat of getting shot while driving is that people in Iowa tend to drive — well, badly.There are two primary threats to life and well-being on Iowa roads: deer and people pulling out from gravel roads directly in front of you as you hurtle down the highway at the speed limit. Both are cause for extreme, sudden deceleration. Both could land you in a ditch. Both could get you killed.The reality is that I could use some extreme deceleration. Perhaps our entire society could use a bit of it. I really need to figure out how to slow down. I love traveling but lately my form of travel has been to rush from one place to the next, always in a hurry to get there and get back. As a result, I miss the local flavor of new places. Lately while on the road, I tend to meet people through fast-food drive-through windows. That’s not how things should be. There is so much to see in this country and despite what is shown on the nightly news, Americans are amazing, caring and wonderful — just as our forebears were. Inside of us, we are the same people that built this nation into the greatest on earth. But it is easy to forget that. It is far too easy to become cynical. Meeting new people at drive-through windows doesn’t necessarily help.There is wonder in America and there is still so much to discover. It is awe-inspiring to drive from a northernmost state to a southernmost state during a change in seasons. I landed in Minnesota just a few weeks ago and there were still piles of snow on the ground. A few days of unseasonably warm weather took care of the snow and flowers and plants began to spring forth from the earth. But not even Mother Nature can rush the trees. They remained leafless, appearing lifeless. Despite a few appearances, spring had not yet sprung. But after driving just a few hours south, suddenly spring was in full bloom. Five or six hours further south still, the beginning of summer was well underway.I’ve long since learned that the joy and adventure of traveling is in the journey, not the destination. The things I remember are always the mileposts along the way. But for me lately, the joy is indeed in the destination — traveling has involved moving trucks or visiting a mother recovering from surgery. In such cases, my goal is the destination. To go home. To return to Florida. What you may read about the economy and foreclosures notwithstanding, it is still a dream for so many. Driving south last week through the Illinois farm country, a place without a drop of navigable water, I was passed by a late model Toyota with Illinois plates and the words “Key West Parrotheads” on the license plate frame. Had the driver noticed my Iowa plates, he probably would have felt sorry for me — that I was living somewhere in flyover country lacking even his kind of dream. But the reality was I was happy he even had a dream as I watched him exit into a nondescript farm town under gray skies. Yet I felt sorry for him because I was on my way to living his dream. I was headed back to paradise. A place of sunshine, palm trees and beaches. A place where life is easy and even the old people are somehow younger. Yes, it is also a place where life is occasionally cheap.There is nothing funny about being shot at while driving; and the truth is that it does happen here and in other heavily populated states. After all, Florida is a dream and even psychopaths have dreams. But Nirvana is what you decide it will be and every place has problems if you look for them. It is human nature to believe the grass is always greener somewhere else. But summer is coming to Florida — a time when you can feel the air you breathe and the warm rain brings forth the greenest grass imaginable. Sure, there may be the occasional lunatic with an assault rifle; but the cows here tend to keep to themselves and I’ve yet to see a gigantic, slow moving farm implement pull out in front of me on I-75. I’m going to the beach and I’ll think about the guy in a Toyota from Farmersville, Illinois; dreaming about paradise. No, he doesn’t worry about getting shot at while driving; but then I don’t much worry about that, either. Besides, the grass is definitely greener on the beach. | {
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Madagascar mobilises health workers to introduce pneumococcal vaccine
Vatomandry, Madagascar, 5 November 2012 - Madagascar’s first pneumococcal vaccine was delivered in the coastal town of Vatomandry on Tuesday, a signal to thousands of health and community workers to start immunising the nation’s children against the primary cause of pneumonia.
The high-level event celebrating the introduction of the vaccine for newborn children kick-started Madagascar’s nationwide celebration of the 13th Mother and Child Health Week. As part of this event, four million children under five years of age and one million pregnant women will receive vital health interventions.
Great day
"This is a great day for the children of Madagascar as they will be better protected against one of the major cause of infant mortality" said Marie-Ange Saraka-Yao, Director of the GAVI Programme Funding Team. Pneumonia is responsible for 18% of all under-five deaths in Madagascar.
Madagascar is the 21st GAVI-eligible country to introduce pneumococcal vaccine with the support of GAVI and its partners. By 2015, more than 50 GAVI-eligible countries are expected to have introduced the life-saving vaccine, just a few years after it reached wealthier countries.
National priority
"Madagascar has made immunisation a national priority and has used innovative approaches to reach every child in each district,” added Saraka-Yao. “These efforts have had an impact but the effort must continue.”Underlining the Government’s commitment to its national immunisation programme, some 8,284 health workers and 22,557 community workers have been mobilised to deliver pneumococcal vaccine across 22 regions in Madagascar.
Successful programme
Over the last two decades, Madagascar has been one of a handful of countries to reduce its child mortality rate by 60 percent thanks in part to a successful national immunisation programme. However, according to UNICEF, coverage has recently slipped back due to a number of challenges. | {
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2015/12/03
#12 BROWN EYES
I just mentioned the people. Indian people with their amazing big brown eyes, watching you. I mean, your a tourist, of course they watch you. How could they even resist watching somebody carrying their beauty idol of white skin and those western-looking face ?
Those big brown eyes, staring at you. Full of envy, full of curiosity, full of desire.
Each of those can tell you stories, stories we probably couldn't imagine.
We western people. Western people full of affluence, full of ignorance, full of shame.
They watch us, still, calm, justified. And we would maybe give them a squint back, maybe. But maybe we don't even glance back, as we are scared by all those stories we heard from India (especially as a woman). But we could never give them the same look, the same expression as we get.
When I came to India I was really scared. Not only because of that I am a women, but because of that I was just about to visit those poor country, and even though I would act as a volunteer there, to be honest I just visited, just tried to get a look. I, as I am one of those 'rich' western people, I would just go there to look, to get an insight of their country, their live and their amazing culture. To leave afterwards and continue living my high-standard life in Germany.
Actually that's loathsome.
But I did it. And I experienced the feeling of being followed by those brown eyes.
In the beginning, I was scared to glance back. With time I started to try. And in the end I realized that I am incapable to do it.
I am not worth doing the same as they do. How could I. I got no clue of life, no clue of their life. My eyes cant tell them a dignified story back.
Exactly these poor people, those people who appear to have almost nothing, maybe craving for food or a place to sleep from day to day, those people are the most rich ones in the entire world.
They know how to be happy. How to feel pure happiness.
Every time I am happy, I am happy because. Because of something, I need a reason. They don't.
They don't need anything to be happy, just themselves and those beautiful world we all live in.
It is a shame to visit India. It is absolutely selfish. It is amazing for yourself, for your lost, filthy soul which can may get waked up, may get clean, may get improved in a beautiful way.
But it's the worth you can do for the people. You just do a catwalk, carrying your Chanel bag and your Gucci shoes along their broken street. You are showing the lion, who was locked away for his entire life how happy you are, as you are a free one enjoying all your opportunities, all those advantages life gifted you. The lion didn't know before. He was happy, living a great life in ignorance.
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Tracklist For Wizkid’s Sophomore Offering
Wizkid shared this picture via his official instagram page, it is believed to be the final track listing of his sophomore album out anytime soon, we still don’t have a title for the album, looks like a great line up with the features on it. | {
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How To Un-Google Yourself
Google is a search engine which does not see any boundaries, unless and until you show it some barriers, by blocking it using robots.txt. Many of us, including webmasters, like to have Google index our content as soon as possible.
However, some of us would prefer that we are not on Google. If you are someone who does not want to show up in Google search results, the Wired wiki has a nice little article which will show you how to Un-Google yourself.
They cover using robots.txt as well as social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, so that you are covered all around. However, if you want to stop Twitter too, all you have to do is to convert your account to a protected one.
Another interesting point covered in the article includes how to choose smartly between image sharing websites, lest your wedding pictures make it to all of the Internet.
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Nutrition Guide 101: Protein, Fats and Carbohydrates
Use this nutrition guide to start understanding the macronutrients.
Macronutrients: the nutrients that provide calories or energy needed for growth, development, metabolism and all body functions. Macro means large therefore macronutrients are the nutrients we need in the largest amounts.
The 3 main macronutrients are:
Protein
Fat
Carbohydrate
Calories: Each macronutrient provides different calories
Protein = 4 calorie/gram
Carbohydrate = 4 calorie/gram
Fat = 9 calorie/gram
Alcohol provides 7 calories/gram but it is not considered a macronutrient because it is not needed for survival.
Carbohydrates
Needed in largest amount (50-60% of daily calories)
Basic form of carbohydrate used by the body is glucose (blood sugar)
Glucose is stored by the body in the form of glycogen
Carbohydrates are found in plant foods only with the exception of lactose (sugar in milk)
Carbohydrates make up all fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds
Used by the body for energy
Fiber is a form of carbohydrate but is not digested or absorbed by the body. Instead it is used to keep our digestive track healthy by forming and eliminating waste from the body
Whole grain vs. refined
Whole grains are foods that have not been significantly altered from their state they occur in nature. i.e white rice versus brown rice.
Refined grain have most of the nutritional parts removed and are therefore enriched, or re-fortified
Foods such as fruit contain both simple and complex carbohydrates. They contain fructose which is the simple sugar that cause them to taste sweet and they contain complex carbohydrates, the fiber, that gives them peels and form/structure.
Fiber is the structural part of the plant that we cannot digest. We need fiber for:
Promote healthy gut flora (healthy bacteria in the large intestine)
Facilitate elimination
Reduce cholesterol
Reduce risk of colon cancer
Help maintain healthy body weight
Control blood sugar
Diets low in Fiber have a risk for:
Constipation
Hemorrhoids
Diverticulosis
Obesity
Diabetes
Soluble versus insoluble
Soluble fiber (fruit/oats) is soluble in water meaning in absorbs water as it goes through the digestive track. This adds bulk to your stool.
Insoluble fiber (vegetables/grains) is insoluble in water meaning it does not absorb water as it goes through the digestive track. This speeds elimination time through the system.
Fiber recommendations: 35gms/day
Fats
Fats are the second macronutrient in this nutrition guide.Needs: 20-30% of daily caloric intake
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Jelly's Donut
You may be wondering about the kid's stories. Hopper, and now this one. I decided a few months ago that it was sort of stupid that I hadn't written Eryn any stories she could call her own, considering I had a Master's in writing. I hadn't given any thought to publishing any of them, and I have a Creative Commons license on the site, and no story will ever make it into a book without illustrations, and I'm a seriously bad artist, so I don't see any harm in putting them out here for anyone to read to their kid(s). Eryn's particularly fond of this one. That's a picture of her on National Donut Day. Note that the author of Arnie the Doughnut is in no way associated with, or gave blessing to, my story.
Jelly's Donut
When Jill was young, really just a baby, her favorite food in the whole world was a big jar of grape jelly. Her parents would feed her squashed peas, squashed carrots, and sometimes squashed squash, and like the good little girl that she was, she would eat every bite. But as soon as she was done, she would point at the refrigerator with a tiny finger and grunt, “elly, elly, elly…” Even before she could say “dessert”, she knew what dessert was and what she wanted for dessert.
Her parents would sigh and ask her if she wouldn’t rather have something else. Maybe an ookie, or a piece of ake. But Jill would just keep pointing at the refrigerator, insisting, “elly, elly, elly!” until they gave in.
Jill wanted grape jelly so much and so often that after a while her parents quit calling her “Jilly”, as some parents are wont to do with a little girl named Jill, and took to calling her “Jelly” instead.
Jelly’s mother and father thought she might outgrow her jelly phase. But over the years she only learned to love it more. When she was two, she discovered it was great on crackers. At three, she embraced peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. At four, she went back to eating it straight out of the jar.
Whenever Jelly’s father went to leave the recycling at the end of the driveway, he would watch for neighbors first, just so they couldn’t see him carrying a big bag full of empty jelly jars, each of them licked cleaner than if they’d been run through the dishwasher.
“She doesn’t eat just jelly,” said Jelly’s dad. “She eats her vegetables and her fruits and her meats and dairy. She just likes to finish off with a spot of jelly.”
“A jar is not a spot!” exclaimed Jelly’s mom. “And they won’t have even that much at school. We need to find her another dessert.”
“I’ll try something new tomorrow,” said Jelly’s dad.
So the next day, Jelly’s father took her out for dinner. When dinner was over, a bunch of people came out in funny hats and sang her a birthday song, which confused Jelly, because it wasn’t even her birthday. But they left behind a huge bowl full of twenty-one scoops of ice cream in all the colors of the rainbow. Jelly carefully stuck one finger in a large scoop of chocolate, and then stuck the finger in her mouth. Then she made a face. And not a good face, like the kind you would normally see on a kid with a finger covered in chocolate ice cream, but a squinchy face, like a kid who just drank lemonade without any sugar.
Dad bought Jelly a jar of grape jelly at the supermarket on the way home.
“I’ll try,” sighed Jelly’s mom.
So the next day Jelly’s mom took Jelly out for dinner. But instead of going to a restaurant, they went to a bright store full of long, white dresses, which was attached to a bakery full of large white cakes, each cake topped with two little people.
The woman gave Jelly a big slice of marbled cake, simply oozing white frosting in all manner of swirls and whorls. Jelly ran a finger through the frosting, leaving behind a little furrow. She popped the frosting in her mouth. Then spit it in her hand.
Mom bought Jelly a jar of grape jelly at the supermarket on the way home.
Jelly’s grandfather was visiting that night when Jelly and her mother came home and understood the seriousness of the situation. “I’ll try,” Jelly’s grandfather volunteered.
So the next day, Jelly’s grandfather took Jelly out for dinner. Later, he and Jelly came home. Jelly looked as happy as a clam, while grandpa quickly made excuses and headed up the stairs to the guest bedroom.
“I’m old,” he said. “And tired,” he added. “And I should be in bed,” he finished. Then he ran upstairs like a man much younger than 74.
Jelly’s parents sighed.
“So did you have a good dinner?” Jelly’s father asked.
“Yes I did,” replied Jelly.
“And did you clean your plate?” asked Jelly’s mother.
“Yes I did,” replied Jelly.
“And did you have dessert?” asked Jelly’s mother and father together.
Instead of replying, Jelly pulled a big white box out from behind her back and opened it. Inside were a dozen delicious looking donuts.
Jelly’s mother clapped her hands. Jelly’s father did a little danced and shed a few tears of happiness. Jelly handed them each a donut as they looked in the mood to celebrate. They all got very serious and touched their donuts together, as if to wish good cheer, good luck, and many more donuts in the future. All three of them took a big bite.
Jelly’s mother’s face fell.
Jelly’s father’s face teared up again, but not as happy as a moment ago.
Jelly’s face broke into a great, big grin. Through a mouth stuffed with donut she exclaimed, “Elly-filled!”
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“Play” opens at the Taubman this weekend
The third ticketed show set to open in the special exhibitions gallery at the Taubman Museum of Art has a more “playful” tone. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has more on an exhibition designed “for the kid in all of us.”: | {
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Lewis Hamilton 2012 Hungary Special Helmet
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Hannah King, Board Member
Hannah King has been the Curator/Researcher at the Stevens County Historical Society since 2016. Hannah earned a bachelor’s degree in history and anthropology with a minor in folklore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She then completed the museum studies program at UW-Milwaukee and worked at several museums in the area before moving to Minnesota. She also serves on the board of the Prairie Renaissance Cultural Alliance, a local arts organization that provides gallery space to local artists as well as arts programming. She enjoys the unique ways each organization allows her to share local stories with their communities.
Hannah also enjoys reading, bar trivia, and attempting to keep houseplants alive despite the best efforts of two cats. She lives in Morris, Minnesota.
Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums: Peers Helping Peers Since 1991 | {
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Ve3tro Review: Splinter Cell: Conviction
Ve3tro writes: "The return of Sam Fisher is brutal, he's enraged and on the warpath. While the changes are different to previous Splinter Cell titles, it's a step in a better direction with the results being one of the leading titles in the franchise but it has faults." | {
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The size of salamander populations reflects forest habitat quality and can predict how ecosystems rebound from forest logging activity, a new study shows.
The researchers believe these findings can be translated to other species within forest ecosystems throughout the world.
Woodland salamanders are small, lungless amphibians that live in moist, forest habitats throughout the US and the world. Salamanders often serve as vital links in forest food chains—their population size and recovery from major disturbances can help predict the health of forest ecosystems.
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“One of our primary interests is in conservation of amphibians and the habitats that they utilize,” says Ray Semlitsch, professor of biological sciences at the University of Missouri.
“We are trying to understand how land use, and particularly forest management, affects the survival of amphibians on the landscape. We also determined that salamander recovery—or the amount of time it takes for salamanders to repopulate a cut forest area—can help forest managers determine appropriate logging schedules.”
Semlitsch and fellow researcher, Grant Connette, a graduate student in the division of biological sciences, chose to study a forest area in the southern Appalachian Mountains that has the highest diversity of salamanders in the world.
Although seldom seen in the daytime, these animals breathe using their wet skin and forage at night. The researchers conducted surveys of terrestrial salamanders, which don’t rely on water or streams, to examine patterns of their abundance relative to timber harvest and species movement behavior. They discovered that forests logged more than 100 years ago may still be affecting salamanders today.
“Most conservation biologists study the pattern of change within a species—for example, how they decline or how they recolonize after a major event,” Semlitsch says. “Our lab takes it a step further by seeking to understand the causes of species decline. We’re finding that population fluctuations depend on the animal’s behavior, like their ability to disperse, following a major event like logging a forest and can last for many years.”
Roughly half of all forest area in the United States is on public land, where modern forest management increasingly uses alternatives to clear-cutting. These techniques include limiting the size of logged areas and maintaining large areas of forest at highly mature stages, which may prove less disruptive to wildlife than clear-cutting.
Semlitsch hopes to help find the balance between the economics of using natural resources and conservation and hopes to share this information with forest managers so they can make informed decisions about conservation and biodiversity.
Their research appears in Conservation Biology. The US Environmental Protection Agency provided graduate student support. Semlitsch also wishes to recognize the cooperation of the US Forest Service in this study. | {
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Sound Band lets you listen to music, and still hear the world around you
There are plenty of times when you want to listen to music, but you don’t want to disturb the people around you. This, of course, is why things like headphones and earbuds were invented. However, by design, there are situations where you simply cannot use them safely. These are times when you need to still be able to hear the world around you, such as when you’re riding a bike. What you need is a way to privately listen to music that will still let you hear your surroundings.
Sound Band is a new headset that is aimed to deliver audio into your head, without covering your ears, and blocking out other sounds. It’s able to do this because it doesn’t use conventional speakers to project sound waves. Instead, it uses surface sound technology to transmit the sound waves through the bone and tissue in your head. This results in you hearing the same sounds as you would through conventional speakers, but only the wearer is able to do so.
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Falkirk’s youngest residents have reached new heights after raising one of the largest amounts of money ever in The Falkirk Herald’s annual Kids 4 Kids challenge.
Primary pupils across the district collected a fantastic £1882.39 for this year’s appeal in aid of Kidney Kids Scotland.
The magnificent sum was raised after 15 schools signed up to take part.
This week, a spokeswoman for our chosen charity said she she couldn’t believe how well the children had done.
Alison Tomanek of Kidney Kids Scotland said: “We are overwhelmed by the generosity shown by the people of Falkirk.
“We were delighted to be chosen as the charity for the Kids 4 Kids appeal and are absolutely thrilled that so much money has been raised.
“It is especially nice that the money has been raised by children for children suffering from kidney or urology problems.
“The money will go towards the purchase of a haemodiafiltration machine for the renal ward at Yorkhill Children’s Hospital in Glasgow.”
The Falkirk Herald and Kidney Kids Scotland would like to thank all our schools, especially the primary sevens, for taking time to raise the money during what we understand was a particularly busy term. | {
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Be you still fair, honour'd by public heed;
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Amazon’s founder, who last year accepted Human Rights Campaign (HRC)’s National Equality Award while saying that “equality is a core value,” gave over $10,000 to Colorado Senator Cory Gardner, according to Pink News.
Gardner, who, as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, is one of the most powerful people in his party, has previously voted to stop same-sex couples in Colorado from adopting children.
He also moved to block a bill which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and while he was in the US House of Representatives, repeatedly spoke out and voted against same-sex marriage.
Jeff Bezos’s donation, which was reportedly made in September, comes just weeks after Amazon opened a centre in Colorado which employs 900 staff. He was joined in contributing to Gardner’s campaign—which is for the 2020 election, not next week’s midterms—by Amazon’s chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky, worldwide consumer CEO Jeffrey Wilkie and senior vice presidents David Clark and Doug Herrington, as well as a number of other less senior employees.
In his speech delivered to HRC last year, which he made after he and his wife pledged $2.5 million to the fight for equal marriage in Washington State in 2012, Bezos said that when it came to inequality, “we have to expose it, understand it, question it and fix it. And we… we are fixing it.”
He added: “It’s up to every one of us to keep making progress together.”
Pink News reported that they have contacted the HRC for a comment related to this controversy.
Jeff Bezos’s donation to Gardner, a member of the Republican Party—which has repeatedly targeted transgender people while controlling Congress and the presidency—comes just months after Amazon UK released a set of guidelines encouraging employees to support their trans colleagues.
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Since Season 20 will be a big 10 year anniversary for DWTS, I thought it would be a nice idea to take the time to look back on each of the past seasons, and see and discuss how the show evolved. We’ll do one season a week, and one dance from each of the contestants. If possible, I’ll try to find a pro dance from the season.
So here we are!
SEASON ONE premiered June 1, 2005 and ran for 6 weeks. with 6 stars competing. Harold Wheeler Orchestra and his singers provided the music, and we had 3 judges, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. Tom Bergeron was our host, and his co-host number one was Lisa Canning.
TRISTA SUTTER and LOUIS VAN AMSTEL was the first couple eliminated on DWTS. They danced a waltz and a rumba, and left the show on June 8, 2005. Here’s their waltz.
EVANDER HOLYFIELD and EDYTA SLIWINSKA was the second couple eliminated, on June 15, 2005. They danced a cha cha, quickstep and a jive. Here’s their quickstep. Read more..
This is Lori and thank you to @DWTS Gossip for finding and posting the interview below. It’s not to be missed, especially if you want to know more about Keoikantse Motsepe. And you should, because I think he is going to quickly become one of the favorites! This is Keo, in his own words, and he pronounces his name. Thank you, Keo!!!
And in other news, @dancingABC STILL has not announced their 13th Pro!! But did find this photo of our Karina.
Lori here….and this is a DRAMA FREE ZONE! I’ve been thinking about this post for the last few weeks, kind of keeping it in the back of my mind and waiting for the right time. At first, I thought that between seasons might be it, as a way to close out what’s been a very interesting Dancing season.
Instead, we’ve all seen, and discussed, some pretty bad stuff posted about people who have been putting their hearts and souls and bodies through a lot just to provide us with ENTERTAINMENT!! And it’s brought the tone of the season down, for me at least.
So in appreciation to our WONDERFUL Finalists for DWTS Season 18, I’d like EVERYONE to post something positive about each. Even if you are supporting one pair more than the others, POST SOMETHING ABOUT EACH! I’ll try to keep this updated with your responses.
ANYTHING that I (or one of the other mods) deem as negative WILL BE DELETED, this is your only warning.
MERYL AND MAKS
Meryl, you are an incredible dancer, and I’ve admired how calm you’ve been able to be all season. Maks, I appreciate the work you’ve done for yourself and your partner, to try to make this the best season for Meryl. –LoriRead more..
This is Lori! That Switcheroo Thingy is upon us already and I am DREADING it!!!!! I don’t want it to happen, but it’s going to happen!!!
Apparently, the viewers are going to vote after the first elimination, for the Switch to happen (I am guessing) in week 3. And I am going to guess that TPTB are still trying to decide how they’re going to work it. Knowing them, they’re screw it up. Here is what what we know about the switcheroo, make sure you read if you’ve not already.
Anyway, since we are going to be STUCK with it, I thought we could take the time to share how WE would match them up. For our purposes, we will ignore the elimination, and just match all 12 celebrities to a pro, and since I don’t know how they’re planning it, I’m adding the Troupe in also.
Here’s the Celebrities:
Danica
Amy
Candace
NeNe
Diana
Meryl
Charlie
Cody
James
Billy Dee
Sean
Drew
Here’s the Pros:
Cheryl
Karina
Witney
Emma
Sharna
Peta
Lindsey
Jenna
Derek
Val
Maks
Tony
Mark
Henry
Sasha
Artem
So…. YOUR job now is to rematch the celebrities to a different pro, and unfortunately, ALL must be rematched. How would you do it, and why would you make the choices you did?
Here are mine. I picked two same sex couples, but, that doesn’t mean that the couples can be same sex or not for what they have planned.
1. Amy and Henry. I want her to stay with Derek, but since she can’t, I figured he is closer than the other choices. Or Sasha.
2. Diana and Cheryl, because Diana said she wouldn’t mind dancing with Cheryl.
3. Drew and Derek, because I liked that ad, and I’m sure that both Drew and Derek can come up with a creative dance full of humor.
4. Charlie and Karina because she is a top choreographer.
5. Candace and Val. No real reason, I just would like to see how he would work with her.
6. NeNe and Maks just to see if there’s fireworks
7. Meryl and Mark because he’s shorter than Maks.
8. Danica and Artem just to see what he can do, since I’m not familiar with him. I figure one week might be fine. Or Sasha.
9. Sean and Peta would make a gorgeous pair.
10. Cody and Emma because she’s young, and I’d love to see what she can do with a young partner
11. James and Sharna would make another gorgeous pair.
12. Billy Dee and Tony. This was BY FAR the hardest pair for me. I wanted to keep BDW with a female partner, but the ones I had left, I felt were just too young to pair with him, and I didn’t really want to shuffle the others around. Tony’s always done well with older partners, so I chose Tony…. With a lot of hesitation.
First, let’s WELCOME! the new cast of Dancing With The Stars, Season 18! If anything, this season will have people talking! I don’t know if that will be a good thing or a bad thing yet. Time will tell. Here’s a quick bio of our new cast, since it is unusual that everyone knows everyone. None of them will be complete, so I’m sure there’s things that you think I should have added. Put it into the comments section, please.
DANICA MCKELLER is 39 years old and has lived in the Los Angeles area for most of her life. Since it is stated in her IMDB profile that her mom owned a dance studio, it is probably safe to assume that she has had dance training. She was Winnie Cooper on “Wonder Years,” and I am old enough that I remember when that show was first on! She’s very intelligent, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA as a Math major, and has written a few books to help youth with math (I think…) In other words, she’s beauty AND brains! Danica is paired with Val Chmerkovskiy. I’m not sure yet about this couple. They look good together, and they will get past the halfway part of the season, because they look good together. That means they have TONS of chemistry to the judges, whether we can see it or not.
CODY SIMPSON is 17 years old and from Australia. He DOES have a girlfriend, she’s the daughter of one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills so if TPTB were hoping for some romance between him and Witney, they’re out of luck! And he’s a singer. And honestly, that’s about it! And he seems to be extremely popular on Social Media. Cody is paired with Witney Carson. This is her 1st season as a teaching pro, she spent 2 seasons in the Troupe, immediately following a season on SYTYCD. I will be honest, I was completely against pairing them up, and I still am against pairing them up. Yes, they needed someone young, since they cast a teenaged boy, but I think she’s too untested. I know Zendaya was the same age, but teenage boys do mature slower than girls. I keep remembering the other Cody, who was 19 when he was on. This Cody is even younger, so I do think that while he does need a younger female pro, he also needs someone quite mature, and I think Witney is too untested yet. And, I don’t think I know her choreography skills. I think she’s the latest in a long line of them trying to find Julianne 2.0 and I don’t think it will succeed. Again, they’re young and cute and look good together, so to the judges, it will equal “tons of chemistry.” Read more..
This is just an appreciation post for the Orchestra, led by Harold the Amazing Musical Wizard! Without him, and the orchestra, DWTS probably wouldn’t have become the powerhouse show that it’s been for several years now. Without them, I think we will lose an integral part of the show, since Harold worked well with the pros to create the best music for each dance. Let’s face it, many songs that they’ve had to deal with were HORRIBLE choices, and Harold Wheeler and the Orchestra and our pros somehow managed to MAKE the songs and the dance styles fit together. Nathan’s post did a great job starting the discussion, and now we know that the orchestra has indeed been cut, all we can do is “deal with it” even if we don’t want to. I would MUCH prefer that they all be rehired, but I’m just one viewer, and what I want is supposed to be what they tell me I am supposed to want for the show, whether it’s what I really want or not. Yes, send emails. But if they get enough, will they simply delete unread? I’d LOVE if we could find a LOT of dances to put here, and hope that sometime, someone from our wonderful orchestra can read and realize how much we really appreciate how much they’ve done for DWTS. We know, and we appreciate, and we will remember. And THANK YOU for all of your hard work and dedication, they will not be forgotten.
I love that Harold was the one who did the musical arrangements for every song that they’ve played over the last 17 seasons. I love that he’s ALWAYS been very respectful of the music, of the original, and many times, of the professional dancer and the dance itself.
It can’t be easy to basically rewrite that many songs every week, so that they everything meshes best… Harold and the orchestra were truly the best!!
I’ve always loved the dances where the professional worked closely with Harold to change details in the songs to better fit the dance… Derek was always great with that, but several others were, too. I almost feel as if I’m in mourning for the loss of the orchestra, and the dancers ability to make better use of a crappy song.
I’d love to add as many dances to this post, so if you think of any, add it in the comments… DO NOT POST LINKS! but instead, PLEASE try to give me the couple and the season, and which dance style. I don’t know if I will be able to find them if you give me the song titles without the dance. They’ll be added when possible, please be patient.
Let’s not forget Season 17’s PLUGGED/UNPLUGGED challenge during semi-finals, where each couple did 2 different dance styles to the same song. That NEVER would have been possible without OUR orchestra. And, we have THESE dances to remember…
I’m raising my hand, and admitting that some of my FAVORITE contestants on DWTS since season 3, have been the ones that didn’t win… The ones who had a LOT going against them even before they started the season. How many times have we heard one of the following about a contestant?
“How could they cast….?” “NO ONE is ever going to vote for…” “I hope they quit before they start and save themselves the embarrassment!” “Does anyone ever google and see how awful this person is???” It’s DEFINITELY not fair to anyone, when we say or hear things like that. They’re the ones who put themselves out there on the show, and they’re the ones who ended up showing us someone completely different than what we thought. With the help of a very patient professional, they’ve been able to surprise us, and sometimes themselves, and shown a completely different person than who we thought we would see! I love watching the transformations of each of the contestants, and I always love to “see” someone grow and blossom!
This by far ISN’T going to be a complete list, but here are some Underdog Charmers from previous seasons.
Andy Dick from Season 16 taught by Sharna Burgess. Andy’s fresh in our minds, and I am NOT going to go back through his history, since it wasn’t that long ago that it was all brought up again. But, he DEFINITELY ended up charming everyone, and showing a side of himself that I don’t know he even knew he had!
Here’s Andy’s dances for you to enjoy again!Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7
Lil Kim from Season 8 and Joanna Krupa from Season 9 both taught by Derek Hough. I’m putting both of them together for a reason. Kim came into her season with people determined to hate her, thinking that there was NO WAY that she should be on, since she had spent some time in jail. Joanna came into her season after attempting another reality competition show, where she was paired with a professional athlete, and had a public breakdown, with many words said that were not repeatable. And, since that show aired not long before her season of DWTS, it was fresh in people’s minds, and again, she came in as an underdog. Here are most of their dances to relive!
Lil Kim: Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9
Joanna: Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9 *I did not include Week 5 for Joanna, because Derek was ill with the flu, and was replaced by Maks for that week only. I could have included that week, but chose not to, just to make it easier on me.
Adam Carolla from Season 6 taught by Julianne Hough. Adam is the first one that I can remember, where there was “visible noise” surrounding his announcement, both over his questionable past, and being paired with Julianne. They even had precautions in place, since they weren’t sure “who” he would end up being on the show. I remember that the trigger-happy censors were so sure that he would need to be bleeped, that they ended up bleeping Julianne instead! He survived 4 weeks, against all odds! It was fun rewatching his dances, because he definitely knew how to crack everyone up back stage! Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4
Soo…… I didn’t put everyone that I could have included in this post, we’ve had MANY contestants that would fit here, so I’m looking to do more posts, with MORE of our Underdog Charmers! Who would YOU include, and why? Who do you think people were NOT looking forward to see dance, because of their pasts, only to be charmed by THEM?
Well, we’ve completed 3 weeks of Season 16, and I think it’s time to look at our new pros, and hear some comments from you. I figured that now is a good time to start, since we still have all 3 of the new pros, I’m not sure how long they’ll last. So, I think it’s Interim Report time!
SHARNA BURGESS came to us first in the Troupe, where honestly, I didn’t notice her much, other than as a brunette among a sea of blonde female dancers. She’s paired with Andy Dick, a comedian.Andy and Sharna’s Week 1 Foxtrot They earned a 6, 5, 6 for 17 points for week 1.Andy and Sharna’s Week 2 Jazz They earned a 7, 6, 7 for a total of 20 points, and 37 for the first 2 weeks. They were placed In Jeopardy in the first Results show.Andy and Sharna’s Week 3 Cha Cha Cha They earned a 6, 6, 6 for a total of 18 points for week 3. They were placed in the Bottom 2 in the Results show.
They earned 55 points for the first 3 weeks of competition.
GLEB SAVCHENKO is originally from Russia, but came to us from Australia, where he was a professional dancer on DWTS Australia last year. He is paired with Lisa Vanderpump, a Real Housewife and restauranteur.Lisa and Gleb’s Week 1 Foxtrot They earned a 6, 6, 6 for a total of 18 points for week 1.Lisa and Gleb’s Week 2 Jive They earned a 6, 6, 6 for 18 points for week 2 and a total of 36 for the first two weeks. They were in the bottom 2 in the Results show.Lisa and Gleb’s Week 3 Viennese Waltz They earned a 7, 7, 7 for a total of 21 points.
They earned 57 points for the first 3 weeks of competition.
This past Monday was a very emotional one for Carrie Ann, her father, Rodney, passed away this past Thursday.
In her Style Blog in People, Carrie Ann talks about her dress and jewels for the show, but also opens up about losing her father.
Monday night’s fashion choices were important because it was the premiere … but also for other, personal reasons. I needed to feel safe and comfortable. You see, last night was really emotional for me.
My father, Rodney Y. Inaba, passed away this past Thursday morning and it’s been a really challenging time. Losing a loved one is something that is so very hard to understand and cope with. I’m filled with a tremendous sadness but also a relief, for he is in a better place now.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to make it through the show with all the emotions that have been overflowing. But I felt my father’s spirit was with me last night, supporting me and cheering me on. And I dedicated the show to him, in gratitude for all that he taught me about life; for his bravery, his courage, his huge heart and his love for the underdog.
He was a special man and to know him was to love him. He was a pioneer, an entrepreneur, an animal lover and he was never afraid to speak his mind. I think I got some of this from him. I’m grateful for the gifts he has bestowed upon me. And in honor of my father, I chose to do the first show and not take the time off because in my heart, I know he would have wanted it that way.
I want to thank my team (hairstylist Anna Maria Orzano, makeup artist Jojo McCarthy and my stylist Kit), Len, Bruno and the ABC and BBC family for supporting me throughout this challenging time and for helping me through the first show.
Dad, I know you’re up there dancing in joy (he used to do a little ballroom/social dancing when he was in the service). I love you.
Carrie Ann, everyone here at Pure DWTS are very sorry for your loss, and can understand the difficulty you’re going through right now.
Well DWTSers, it looks like they’re expanding the Troupe this year, from 6 dancers to 8! Sharna was promoted out of the troupe this season, so we knew we would get at least one new pro troupe members. Instead, we get THREE!
First, ELENA SAMODANOVA… She comes to us from Australia’s DWTS, like Gleb, who is one of our new teaching pros.
Elena was born in a dance family so she started dancing before walking. Since her infant years Elena has always been on the dance floor dancing to all different styles of music..
During her youth Elena has won many Russian championships and awards in Latin American and Ballroom genres internationally.
Elena became a professional dancer at the tender age of 16 and she became the “World Youngest Professional Latin American Dancer” and soon after such, Elena was ranked the Top 20 dance couple in the world ranking in Latin American genre. Even since she has been performing, teaching and competing all over Europe and Asia.
The next decade marked further special achievements in Elena’s career in which she won many more international competitions and championships around the world. In 2009 she hit the Top 10 professional dancers in the World ranking of Latin American. Elena’s titles include being the Asian Professional Champion, Hong Kong Champion, Japanese Champion, Singaporean Champion and England Champion.
Elena has obtained her official certificate as a professional Latin American and Ballroom professional dance teacher and has the highest credentials and qualifications to teach in Russia, Hong Kong, England and Australia.
At this moment Elena Samodanova is the National Australian Professional Latin American Champion having won the 4 major dance titles down under and as a result she will now be representing Australian on the next World Dance Championship this November. This year Elena also makes her DANCING WITH THE STARS debut.
ADDING: What fun! I finally realized that I could possibly find more about our new troupe dancers on You Tube! Elena WAS on DWTS Australia, but my computer wasn’t cooperating with me to play any of those videos! However, I DID find one of her dancing the Paso with Gleb! And, since he’s a New Pro, and one we HAVEN’T seen dance yet, here’s our opportunity!Elena and Gleb dancing Paso at a private function, 2009(ish)
Second, WITNEY CARSON… Witney competed this past summer on So You Think You Can Dance along side her friend Lindsay, who is now one of our new teaching pros.
Witney Carson was born and raised in American Fork, UT. Witney has been dancing since the age of 3; training, performing, and competing has been her life. Her specialty dance is Ballroom. She recently graduated from American Fork High School, and is ready to start her new adult life!
Unfortunately, my search has come up scarce, and all I could find on Julz is what’s on his twitter bio, Dancing With The Stars season 16 cast member. International Ballroom and Latin American Champion, Dance Teacher/Coach, Model, Actor and a whole lot more people. That, and he has Gleb and Jason Gilikson on his facebook friends list.
ADDING: Julz was dancing in Australia on the show, “Everybody Dance Now 2012″ which ran only one season, and was cancelled. I did find one video with him dancing with his partner Annalisa. He’s in the first 5 minutes of the video…Julz and Annalisa, “Everybody Dance Now” Australia 2012
If you know or can find anything more on Elena, Witney or Julz, PLEASE let us know in the comments, with url or documentation, and we’ll add it and credit you. Unfortunately, all 3 are new to me. | {
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LOS ANGELES — Soda already has been blamed for making kids obese. Now, new research blames
sugary drinks for behavioral problems in children.
Analyzing data from 2,929 families, researchers linked soda consumption to aggression, attention
problems and social withdrawal in 5-year-olds. They published their findings in the
Journal of Pediatrics on Friday.
Although earlier studies have shown an association between soft-drink consumption and aggression
in teens, none had investigated whether a similar relationship existed in younger children.
To that end, Columbia University epidemiologist Shakira Suglia and her colleagues examined data
from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, which followed 2,929 mother-child pairs in 20
large U.S. cities.Mothers answered questions about behavior problems in their children. They also
reported how much soda their kids drank on a typical day.
Suglia and her colleagues found that even at the age of 5, 43 percent of the kids consumed at
least one serving of soda per day, and 4 percent drank four servings or more.
The more soda kids drank, the more likely their mothers were to report that the kids had
problems with aggression, withdrawal and staying focused on a task. For example, children who
downed four or more servings of soda per day were more than twice as likely to destroy others’
belongings, get into fights and physically attack people, compared with kids who didn’t drink soda
at all.
Even after adjusting for the potential influence of socioeconomic factors, maternal depression,
intimate-partner violence and other environmental variables, the researchers still saw a strong
association between soda consumption and behavior. “That was pretty striking to us,” Suglia
said.
But the study has its limitations, she noted. For one, it relies on self-reported data, which
can be unreliable. Furthermore, it doesn’t prove that soda causes behavioral problems in kids.
The new findings add to mounting evidence of soda’s negative health effects.
“We already know soda is not the healthiest option for kids,” she said. “This is another reason
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Nancy Lieberman has been a collegiate National Champion, an All-American, Olympian, the first woman to play in a men’s professional league, WNBA player, Hall-of-Famer, WNBA head coach, and the first female coach of a men’s team under the NBA umbrella. Today, the team’s first head coach has accepted a new position as the Legends’ Assistant General Manager.
Lieberman led the Legends to a playoff berth in their inaugural season last year – becoming only the third coach in the NBA or NBA D-League to lead an expansion team to the play-offs. Now, she will have an opportunity to contribute to even more success from the front office.
“Nancy took on a tremendous challenge in becoming our head coach,” Legends owner Donnie Nelson commented. “And she embraced that challenge like she has throughout her life. She was everything I could have hoped for as a head coach.”
Lieberman’s path from the coaching bench to the front office mirrors Nelson’s successful move of the same nature in 2001. After nine seasons as an assistant coach in the NBA, Nelson moved to the Dallas Mavericks’ front office, where he is now President of Basketball Operations and General Manager of the NBA champions.
“I have no doubt that Nancy will be successful in her new capacity,” Nelson added. “Her experience as a coach will only make her a stronger asset in the front office.”
Lieberman’s 31 years in professional basketball have been filled with firsts, including her role as the first woman coach of a professional men’s team in the NBA or NBA D-League. She was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.
“Coaching with the Legends has been a dream,” Lieberman commented. “The players did a tremendous job throughout the season. Their respect for the coaching staff, work ethic, and team-first attitude was everything I wanted to see in a team. That being said, I have always been very intrigued with management at the NBA level. The opportunity to work with Donnie in this capacity is too great an opportunity to pass up. I am looking forward to continuing to build the Legends organization and strengthening its reputation as the standard-bearer in the NBA D-League.”
The move not only moves Lieberman into management with a team under the NBA umbrella, but also will allow her to spend more time with her son as he finishes high school.
“My family is tremendously important to me,” Lieberman added. “The challenge of balancing my family life with my professional aspirations has long been one that I have embraced. I truly believe that every woman can attain both their personal and professional goals. My position as Assistant General Manager allows me to balance my schedule while maintaining my professional goals. I look forward to working with Donnie, Del, and Spud as we move towards our goal of winning an NBA D-League championship.”
Lieberman joins basketball legends Del Harris (1995 NBA Coach of the Year) and Spud Webb (1986 NBA Slam Dunk Champion) in the Legends front office. Lieberman, Harris, and Webb will play an integral role in a national search for her replacement as Legends’ head coach.
“Nancy has left big shoes to fill on the sidelines,” Nelson concluded. “She will have a lot of valuable insight for the next head coach. I’m excited as our team only gets stronger with Nancy taking on this new responsibility.”
Maloof Sports & Entertainment (MS&E) and the Sacramento Kings today announced that it has promoted John Rinehart to Executive Vice President of Business Operations. Rinehart, who joined MS&E 11 years ago after serving in finance roles for the Anaheim Angels and Mighty Ducks as well as the San Francisco Giants, will now oversee all financial, business administration, arena programming and building operations for the Kings and Power Balance Pavilion.
Craig Amazeen, who joined the Kings in November 2002 as the Director of Broadcasting, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Broadcasting and Brand Development. Under his leadership, the Kings broadcasting department has won seven Emmy Awards, including the 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Live Broadcast.
“These promotions recognize the valuable role John and Craig have played in the success, growth and renewal of the Kings organization,” said Matina Kolokotronis, President of Business Operations for the Kings in the release sent to InsideHoops.com. “We are a smarter, more creative and effective organization because of them.”
Additionally, Jeff David who has served in the NBA’s global marketing partnership as Senior Director of Business Development for the past year will return to the Kings as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining the NBA, David worked three seasons for the Kings as Vice President of Corporate Partnerships. He has strong experience in sports marketing, ticket sales and sponsorship, cultivated through earlier stints at the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball.
“It’s great to have Jeff back,” said Gavin Maloof, owner of the Sacramento Kings. “Jeff’s knowledge of the Sacramento community combined with the experience he has gained at the NBA will help us further build the momentum and excitement we’ve got going.”
“Bringing on Jeff and promoting John and Craig further strengthens this very effective, hard working team,” said Chris Granger, Executive Vice President of the NBA’s Team Marketing and Business Operations, who has been in Sacramento working with the MS&E team the last two months. “We look forward to continued collaboration with them.”
Indiana Pacers Head Coach Frank Vogel announced his coaching staff, naming Brian Shaw as associate head coach and Jim Boylen and Dan Burke as assistant coaches.
“This is a well-rounded, experienced staff,” said Vogel. “Each individual brings something different, yet collectively they all fit. Everyone will contribute, whether it’s offense, defense, player development or game preparation. All three are very capable of handling any responsibility. There was a lot of interest from other teams in all three of these coaches. The fact they chose to be here is indicative of what we’re building.”
Shaw comes to the Pacers after being an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers since 2004. The 45-year-old Shaw played with Boston, Miami, Orlando, Golden State, Philadelphia, Portland and the Lakers in his NBA career. He was part of five championship teams with the Lakers, three as a player and two as a coach.
Boylen is 46 years old with a wealth of coaching experience at the collegiate and professional levels. Collegiately, Boylen was an assistant at Michigan State and most recently, head coach at the University of Utah. In the NBA, he was an assistant at Houston, where he was part of two championship teams, Golden State and Milwaukee.
Burke will be entering his 15th season with the Pacers after joining Larry Bird’s coaching staff in 1997. The 52-year-old Burke has 22 years of NBA experience, getting his start in Portland where he worked for eight years before coming to Indiana.
Whatever happens in Detroit could trigger Mike D’Antoni’s activity in searching for a defensive assistant coach.
All eyes will be on what happens with the Pistons head coaching position, as the finalists appear to be Mike Woodson and Lawrence Frank.
From what we’ve been hearing, D’Antoni personally likes Frank and there is a strong mutual interest there for many reasons.
First of all, whomever the Knicks hire would have to accept a one-year deal because D’Antoni is going into the final year of his contract and there is some uncertainty about his future. Frank, unlike most, would likely be amenable to accepting a one-year contract because it gives him the freedom to continue to look for head coaching jobs.
Frank might also prefer New York over returning to Boston for proximity reasons, as well, because he could be home full-time in New Jersey, where his wife and two daughters remained last season when he worked for the Celtics.
The Thunder dealt two first-round picks to trade up to snag Aldrich at No. 11 in the 2010 draft, and the organization hasn’t put Aldrich on any sort of timetable for when he should sprout. If anything, though, Mohammed’s presence should speed Aldrich’s development rather than delay it.
But because Aldrich was limited to 18 games and only 7.9 average minutes in his rookie season, it becomes easy to view Mohammed’s return as a detriment. A better way of looking at Mohammed’s re-signing, however, is to focus on the impact he can have on a young player.
There is no guarantee that Mohammed remains ahead of Aldrich in the rotation. It’s possible Aldrich bumps Mohammed next season and becomes the full-time backup center to Kendrick Perkins. But even if Aldrich doesn’t crack the rotation, he’ll have Perkins and Mohammed, as well as Nick Collison, to learn from in practice.
And Aldrich has proved to be a willing learner.
“He’s a humble guy, he works hard and he can play,” Perkins said. “I think he’s going to provide some good minutes for us next year. He’s just got to be ready. One thing I’ve learned about Coach (Scott) Brooks is he’s not just going to give you minutes. He’s going to have to come in and earn his minutes.”
Aldrich has dedicated this summer to sharpening his skills. He said his main goal is “just to get better.”
Ben Wallace wants to be the first friendly face a troubled youth sees when he is on the wrong side of the law.
He’ll be dressed in his best blue suit with briefcase in hand, ready to tackle another case in court. When Wallace hangs up his basketball sneakers, he wants to go to law school.
But will the Pistons want Wallace for the one more season he would like to play? NBA players are locked out, so Wallace packed up and headed to his Virginia home. He can’t work out at the Pistons’ practice facility and can’t have contact with Pistons personnel. Until the lockout is over and Wallace has a conversation with Pistons president Joe Dumars, Big Ben won’t know if he’ll get one more shot in Detroit.
“We will see how it goes,” Wallace said.
He knows the end of his NBA career is just around the corner. Wallace, 36, averaged just 2.9 points and 6.5 rebounds in 22.9 minutes over 54 games last season. But Wallace believes he still can be a mentor to young Pistons like Greg Monroe.
Wallace not only wants to represent clients, he wants to tell them his long-shot story and make them realize their lives are not over despite youthful mistakes. Wallace is doing plenty of research now into law schools. The thought has been brewing for years, and he even spoke to former Pistons coach John Kuester about it three years ago when Wallace played in Cleveland. | {
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Buddy
The proximity claxon awoke him from a dead sleep. He jumped out of the storage container he used as a makeshift bed and yelled, “Buddy!”
He ran down the corridor that led to the secondary communications center. As he opened the hatch, he heard a familiar metallic whirling sound behind him. He turned to see Buddy, his only companion for what….two years now?…ambling down the corridor. It seemed impossible it had been that long.
“Buddy,” Jeramie Landof said. “Buddy! They’ve finally come!”
He would have hugged his metallic friend, but he knew better. In the weeks following the accident two years ago, Landof managed to scrap together enough spare parts to build Buddy. He was constructed out of the remains of a service droid, one of those designed for remote controlled repairs outside the ship. But, Landof had retrofitted him with one of those holographic emitters that were so popular with the kids back on Earth. A few other scrap parts found here and there on the wreckage of the ship, and Jeramie Landof had himself a companion. They were inseparable.
He ran into the communications center once the door opened, and flipped on the view screen. For a second, he saw nothing. Then, off to the left of the screen, he saw the flicker of navigation lights.
“They’ve come! At last!”
Buddy whirred and clicked.
“I’m surprised they heard the beacon,” Landof said. “We’re so far out.” He ran to the console but knew there was no way he could communicate with the incoming ship. The asteroid had disabled his ship. The rest of the crew had been sucked out into the vacuum of space, leaving Landof alone. Only a few small sections of the ship were left habitable.
“Oh Jeez! They’re coming!”
For the next hour, he and Buddy waited impatiently for the other ship to dock. They had to use one of those universal docking clamps because all the hatches had been blown, exposing the innards of the ship to space.
He could only listen—but not see—as they docked, covered the damaged section of the ship with a docking clamp, pumped in oxygen, and came aboard.
When the hatch opened, he started crying.
Buddy lurched toward the intruder.
“Buddy! Stop!” Landof yelled.
Buddy stopped just short of the man, his talon-like fingers extended.
The man stepped inside, closed the hatch, and took off his helmet. “Who are you?” he asked.
Landof told him.
“My name’s Captain Kisat, of the survey ship Antari. Are there any other survivors?”
“No.”
The man shook his head. “Jesus, you’ve been alone in space for two years?” he asked.
Landof nodded. Then, he looked at Buddy. “I had Buddy,” he said.
The man scrutinized the haphazard concoction of servos and circuit boards. “It’s a miracle you’re still alive,” he said. “This deep in uncharted space. You’re lucky we heard your distress beacon. It was pretty weak.”
“Thank God,” Landof said.
Captain Kisat sent a message back to the ship. A few minutes later, another man with an extra spacesuit stepped through the hatch. He handed it to Landof. “Here,” he said. “Put this on.”
Like a kid at Christmas time, Landof put on the spacesuit.
“Let’s get back to the Antari,” Kisat said. “I’m sure you’re ready to get off this crate.”
“I am,” Landof replied.
They opened the hatch and Landof stepped through. He stopped and turned. “Goodbye Buddy,” he said. “Thanks for being there for me.”
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Coverage for a serious risk
It’s a must for most sports and recreation organizations to carry Non-owned and Hired Auto Liability insurance, which can be a stand alone policy or part of the General Liability policy. Very few sports administrators understand the importance of this coverage and what they should be doing to protect their insurance carrier from ever having to pay a claim.
A non-owned auto is one that is not owned by the sports or recreation organization, but is instead owned by an employee or volunteer or borrowed from an organization such as a church. If a non-owned vehicle is involved in an accident while on association business, the following parties can normally be sued: the vehicle owner, the driver, and any organization for whose purpose the errand is being run. In other words, the sports organization can be sued for their vicarious liability of their staff member.
Its important to note that Non-owned Auto Liability insurance does not cover the driver or damage to the vehicle. It only covers the association that is the named insured on the policy. The driver will have to rely on his or her own Personal Auto Insurance olicy to provide liability and physical damage protection.
I came across some excellent loss control material from Philadelphia Insurance Company on the topic of controlling the Non-owned Auto Liability risk in the sports and recreation context. This exposure represents an infrequent but high severity risk where damages can easily exceed $1 million. The insurance carriers that insure sports and recreation organizations are concerned about this exposure because it’s difficult to collect the proper premium for a low frequency/high severity risk. Sports organizations need to take this risk very seriously and implement the recommended controls.
Auto accidents and related lawsuits represent a high severity potential for sports and recreation organizations. Therefore, a Business Auto policy should be given serious consideration.
A Business or Commercial Auto policy should be written to cover every owned, non-owned, and hired autos of the sports or recreation organization. An owned auto is one that is titled in the name of the sports or recreation organization. A non-owned auto is one that is owned by an employee or staff member but used to run errands or make trips on behalf of the organization. A hired auto is one that is rented from a car rental company or borrowed.
Owned Autos
Each state’s financial responsibility laws set minimum insurance requirements for owned vehicles. Most require the owner of the vehicle to provide proof of Auto Liability in an amount of $30,000 per person, $60,000 per accident, and $25,000 property damage. Some states require higher limits. In addition, many require Uninsured Motorists and Personal Injury Protection/Medical Payments (no fault) coverage.
These minimum insurance limits are too low to cover damages incurred from an auto accident resulting in moderate to serious bodily injury or property damage. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that sport organizations carry limits that are significantly higher than the minimum state requirements. Below are the typical coverages and limits that should be carried on owned autos:
Auto Liability: $1million Combined Single Limits. Auto Liability pays for bodily injury and property damage claims from injured third parties, such as passengers pedestrians, and damage to other vehicles, Since auto accidents tend to result in serious injuries to multiple passengers, it doesn’t make sense to carry a limit lower than $1 million. If available, combined single limits are preferred since combined single limits offers more flexibility in the allocation between bodily injury and property damage and multiple injured persons.
Uninsured Motorists: $1 million. Uninsured Motorists reimburses bodily injury and/or property damage when the fault is that of an uninsured driver. The Uninsured Motorist limit will reimburse the insured for the amount that the insured is legally entitled to recover if the negligent party had carried insurance. It is recommended that the Uninsured Motorist limit should match the Auto Liability limit.
Underinsured Motorists: $1 million. Underinsured Motorists for bodily injury and/or property damage when an underinsured motorist is at fault. The Underinsured Motorist limit will reimburse the insured for the amount that the insured is legally entitled to recover had the negligent party carried insurance. It is recommended that the Underinsured Motorist limit should match the Auto Liability limit.
Personal Injury Protection/Medical Payments (no fault): $2,500. Personal Injury Protection or Medical Payments compensates the injured insureds for medical expenses, lost wages, etc. without regard to fault. Many states mandate a minimum limit, but higher limits may be purchased of an additional premium charge.
Collision: Actual Cash Value of Auto. This pays for damage to the covered auto in the event of a collision with another object or a rollover.
Comprehensive: Actual Cash Value of Auto. This pays for damage to the covered auto caused by anything other than a collision.
Note: Many states have versions of no-fault coverage, a discussion of which is beyond the scope of this article. In addition, a discussion of other, less important coverages such as Towing and Labor and Rental Reimbursement has been omitted.
Non-owned and Hired Autos
A sports or recreation organization can be vicariously liable for auto accidents resulting from non-owned vehicles owned by employees or volunteer staff used to run errands on behalf of the organization. Non-owned Auto Liability coverage protects the sports organization but not the individual driver, who would need to look to his or her own Personal Auto Policy for protection.
A sports or recreation organization and its driver can be liable for auto accidents resulting from the use of rented or borrowed (ex: church van) vehicles. Hired Auto Liability coverage protects both the sports organization and its authorized driver while using such vehicles on official sports organization business.
Many insurance carriers in the sports and recreation niche are reluctant to provide Non-owned and Hired Auto Liability for member insurance programs. This is due to the severity risk of a serious auto accident involving multiple injuries and high medical bills. The risk is even more difficult to underwrite because most sports organizations don’t run motor vehicle record checks on its drivers or provide driver training.
It is customary for insurance carriers to attempt to control the severity risk under Non-Owned and Hired Auto Liability by excluding the use of 15-passenger vans from coverage and limiting coverage for the transportation of participants. Both of these areas represent a significant severity risk due to the possibility of serious injuries to multiple passengers.
It’s important to note that Hired Auto Liability does not extend physical damage coverage (comprehensive or collision) to the vehicle itself. As a result, separate coverage arrangements must be made either through the purchase of Hired Car Physical Damage from the insurance carrier or through the Collision Damage Waiver from the rental car company. This matter is also complicated by the possible availability of similar coverage when using certain credit cards for payment of a rented vehicle. The decision on the best way to insure the physical damage exposure for rented vehicles is a complicated matter and beyond the scope of this article. An insurance agent should be consulted prior to renting a vehicle.
This article is a follow up to a prior posting entitled “Are Athletes at Risk in Chartered Buses?” which exposed the dangers and possible liability risks of hiring a charter bus service without running a background check.
MSNBC reports that at least 20 of the approximately 220 commercial bus companies that were fined and ordered to shut down are still running along the highways and byways. Investigators say the companies stayed on the road using different names after being ordered shut down for violations that range from suspended licenses to drug use.
What is and isn’t covered
Sports organizations occasionally rent vehicles for transporting athletes to out-of-town games and tournaments or officers to travel out of state on business. If a Non-owned and Hired Auto Liability policy is in place, it will not respond to damage to the rented vehicle itself.
There are three options available for insuring damage to the rental vehicle:
Purchase Collision Damage Waiver from the rental car company. This is the safest course of action to follow as it will often pay for 100 percent of the damages. The cost of this coverage typically ranges from $15 to $30 a day.
Purchase Hired Car Physical Damage from the sports organization’s insurance agent. Coverage typically costs $250 per year. However, this policy will not pay the following damages that are triggered by many rental car contracts:
The difference between actual cash value and replacement cost in the event the vehicle is totaled.
Loss of profits to the rental car company while the vehicle is out of the fleet being repaired.
It’s your responsibility to find out
A recent report by ESPN indicates that charter bus safety is an issue for college athletes who are being transported to competitions. Due to the propensity for tipping over and structural integrity problems of 15-passenger van, college athletics departments began using charter buses more frequently in recent years. Charter buses are statistically safer than 15-passenger vans, but the number of bus crashes climbed from 8,555 in 2003 to 13,195 in 2007. Over this five year period, there were 1,651 fatalities.
Most athletic department administrators hire charter buses on the basis of price and availability, rarely paying attention to safety records. However, experts recommend that safety records be given top priority All athletic departments should refer to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration website and click on “search company safety records.” The safety record of a charter bus service can be referenced if you know their DOT number.
ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” study for the time period 2007-2008 found that almost one-third of NCAA Division I schools used charter bus services that had one or more deficiencies in federal safety scores. Of these 85 schools, approximately 35 used companies with an overall safety rating of “conditional” which is one step under “satisfactory.” The U.S. DOT ratings range from “satisfactory” to “conditional” to “unsatisfactory”. These ratings are issued based on drug testing, recordkeeping, bus maintenance, and driver qualifications. It is recommended that a charter bus service should not be hired unless it has a rating of “satisfactory.”
Another commonly used test of safety is the SafeStat score, which focuses on both drivers and vehicles based on tickets, accidents, and violations found during roadside inspections. A score 75 or above is considered deficient.
It is my opinion that potential legal liability exists for athletic departments that subcontract out their transportation to charter bus services without first checking their safety record to verify adequacy.
What’s covered and what’s not
When vehicles in use for business pertaining to a sports organization are involved in an accident where the passengers or other third parties are injured, the sports organization may be vicariously liable. This means they can be included in any lawsuits arising out of the accident. Injured parties often seek out the sports organization as a deep pocket when the owner of the vehicle is uninsured or underinsured.
This is why sports organizations need Non-owned and Hired Auto Liability to cover their liability arising out of the use of vehicles that are not titled to the sports organization.
A non-owned auto is an auto that is not owned by the sports organization but is instead owned by an employee or volunteer who runs errands or transports participants at the direction of an authorized league official. Sports organizations benefit from the use of non-owned vehicles.
Non-owned Auto Liability covers the sports organization itself but does not normally cover the individual vehicle owner or driver. Individual vehicle owners or drivers must look towards their own Personal Auto Policy for coverage.
A hired auto is either borrowed (ex: church van or school bus) or leased from a rental car company. Hired Auto Liability protects both the sports organization and driver from liability arising from an auto accident when a vehicle is borrowed or leased. It is important to note that Hired Auto Liability does not provide any coverage for damage to the rental vehicle itself.
Non-owned and Hired Auto Liability can be obtained on either a Business Auto policy or a General Liability policy. However, the insurance carriers are reluctant to write these coverages for sports organizations due to the potential for high severity and the fact that sports organizations typically don’t implement loss control protections.
Basic loss control protections include driver screening by obtaining acceptable Motor Vehicle Reports and requiring that employees provide evidence that they carry a Personal Auto Policy with limits of at least $300,000 combined single limits. In addition, many insurance carriers are reluctant to extend coverage on the rental of 15-passenger vans due to their documented propensity for tipping over.
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Murphy's Law: What is Skype Up To?
The recent announcement of Skype turning quote-unquote open source has me twirling a finger with delicious glee. It's not that I dislike Skype. And it's not that I'm about to get into one of my 1,500-word debates on the differences between the definition of "free" and "open-source," I promise. This is nevertheless an important premise of Skype's entire move, as some Internet commenters are crying foul that Skype is only half-opening its popular application to the crowd. The GUI code will be yours to play with as you please. The underlying Skype protocol... nope!
To them I say: Duh.
I don't want to put words where they don't exist, but I'm willing to bet that Skype's sudden shift toward open-source waters has more to do with applying a giant, universal band-aid to staggered Linux development. It's not quite an altruistic gift to the community so much as it is a package and a bow with the phrase, "you fix it" written on the label. And that's fine. Let the community create the functional GUIs for Skype. It would be suicide for the company to release its heavily encrypted voice protocols for common use.
So what, then, is Skype up to?
Stronger Integration
Linux isn't just for geeks in the basement anymore. The open-source operating system powers an innumerable amount of devices, including super-small netbook PCs, equally small tablet PCs, mobile phones, et cetera. While opening up the Linux GUI still requires the underlying architecture of the Skype client in order to have any semblance of functionality, this is at least a first step toward smoothing the integration of Skype into Linux-based devices of all shapes and sizes. Developers could freely embed the Skype client and skin it to match the look and feel of a particular device--surely a boon versus, say, waiting for Skype to come into the app center of-sorts for each and every permutation of product.
Third-Party Takeover
And we now venture into the realm of the hypothetical. Imagine, if you will, that Skype's opening of the Linux GUI is but the first step in a gradual elimination of the Skype Client as a whole. Sure, this downloadable application would still exist for those that care to use it, but what if Skype was looking to offload the client's functionality into any software platform that wants to take it? Skype would still control the underlying protocol (depending on how the legal battle sorts out), yet this "naked GUI" approach, as it's been dubbed, would allow one to perform the same call functions using an application like Pidgin, for example.
For consumers, this approach would be a marvelous way to integrate Skype into existing "favorite applications." But there's also a fairly large flaw surrounding this plan. Skype would need to come up with some ingenious way to keep its services relevant, because you can bet that I'd want to add more VoIP services than just Skype to my communications app of choice. I'd love to be able to receive calls on Skype and call other people for free on Skype... but if there was a way to use a cheaper provider for outbound calls, I'd cast off the Skype experience like a boot on the end of a fishing line. Integration with third-party apps is truly a double-edged sword.
Skype as a Service?
Suppose Skype opts for option two and extends its service into third-party applications. What if this is not a measure of altruism, but rather, an investment? With countless developers around the world working on their own programming variants that somehow tie back into the underlying Skype protocol, what's to stop this mass intelligence from coming up with The Next Best Thing for Skype integration?
Both TechCrunch and I envision a future where even the desktop client has been rendered useless by the Skype service. No more installations; no more new applications to load up. Skype would be as permanent and unobtrusive a fixture in your operating system as Windows Contacts. Or, better still, you'd be able to dial up Skype directly through a Web application. As soon as you were to click on a phone number, the call would launch right in your browser of choice.
These are all far-off ideas. Some could even be ideas that only exist in a dreamy haze. Skype is promising a "larger offering" to come centered on its open-source Linux GUI announcement. When that big thing happens, do give me a ring.
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Investigators say Coach James Shannon Arnett had "a lot" of pictures of Lake Gibson High School students in suggestive poses mixed in with pornography on a personal flash drive. The Polk County, Florida Sheriff's Office said a student found the porn.
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Sen. Matt Jones of Louisville said Wednesday he plans to introduce a bill in the next session to give local governments more authority to “plan, zone, and refuse to allow oil and gas operations as they see fit — just as they do with every other industry.” Though Jones is the Senate Democrats’ appointed leader […]
I am proud to work in oil and gas. I am proud to be part of an industry that provides our state, country and world with energy and improves lives. And I am proud to work for an organization whose members are truly committed to giving back to the communities where they live and work.
Oil and natural gas companies that do business in Colorado are investing in a lot more then drilling, pumping, support services and politics. Members of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association have donated about $10 million, and climbing, to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. “Houston, in many […]
Colorado’s Front Range stands at the brink of being bumped from “moderate” to “serious” nonattainment of the 75 parts per billion ozone standard issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2008.
If Metro Denver and the northern Front Range do not meet the standard this summer, the bump-up to “serious” nonattainment could have significant impacts not only on our health but also on our economy. Imagine the disruption if air quality regulators had to take steps to control more sources of emissions, with rigorous reporting and monitoring requirements. Not only would Colorado be a less attractive place to live, it would quickly become a less attractive place to do business.
Only a third of Colorado’s ozone precursor emissions are produced by Coloradans. The rest comes from naturally occurring background sources, other states and even other countries.
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But we are confident that by working together across all fronts, Colorado can take the action needed to address this situation and reduce our local footprint while still protecting our economy and enjoying a healthy lifestyle. Our major industries and companies have made significant strides to reduce their emissions, and they are committing to future action. Now it is important that we as individual citizens do our part.
We urge you to check out the Colorado Oil and Gas Association’s “Clear the Air” program at coga.org/ozone/ and the Regional Air Quality Council’s “Simple Steps, Better Air” campaign at raqc.org/our_programs/ozone_aware/ to learn more about what we can all do to help get Colorado into compliance and moving toward cleaner air. Some steps are as easy as signing up to receive notifications on ozone alert days so you know when not to mow your lawn.
Thank you to the RAQC and to COGA for encouraging us to do our share and for making it easy to know what steps to take.
While ozone levels are falling in north metro Denver, both sides of the oil-and-gas development debate are taking a deep breath to explain why.
State regulators report that emissions of volatile organic compounds, a key ingredient in ground-level ozone, have fallen by one-half in metro Denver and the northern Front Range, the battlefield over fracking.
The Colorado Oil and Gas Association, an industry group, reports that meanwhile production statewide quadrupled during the six-year period.
The industry, its association said, has reduced emissions and mitigated effects “as part of its ongoing commitment to being good stewards of our natural resources and protecting the environment.”
The falling numbers prove regulations are working and more can be done, said Dan Grossman, the Environmental Defense Fund’s Rocky Mountain regional director and senior director of EDF’s state programs on oil and gas.
“Colorado’s oil and gas industry is responsible for the emission of hundreds of thousands of tons of ozone-precursor VOCs and climate-disrupting methane each year,” he told Colorado Politics. “And as the state looks to comply with the more stringent 2015 ozone standard of 70 ppb, and to continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we can’t afford to rest on our laurels.
Grossman added, “Simple, cost-effective measures (such as increased inspection requirements for smaller wells and replacing leaky pneumatic devices with more efficient ones) are readily available to industry to further reduce pollution from the state’s oil and gas facilities. It is past time to implement them.”
Dan Haley, president and CEO of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, said the reductions can be attributed to “technological innovation, regulatory initiatives currently on the books and leadership from our industry.”
COGA pointed out that the West’s “background” ozone levels, those that occur naturally without a human-related cause, are the highest in the United States.
“Consequently, addressing ozone related challenges in Colorado is an extremely difficult, economy-wide undertaking, as only 20 to 30 percent of the emissions needed to form ozone in the non-attainment area are actually produced by Colorado-based human activity,” COGA said in a statement. “These activities include but are not limited to cars, boats, planes, tractors, as well as industrial plants, lawn and garden equipment, and even household products like paints, solvents, and hair spray.”
The industry has invested heavily in research and public outreach to convince Coloradans not to impose new rules that could drive the business out of the state.
“This summer’s ozone season is not over yet, and there is a lot Coloradans can do to mitigate ground-level ozone and reduce the number of ozone-exceedance days,” Haley said in a satement. “COGA will continue sharing the facts and working with members of industry to support ongoing efforts to reduce emissions in the nonattainment area.”
A Colorado-sized political fight is collecting heat just below the surface of a non-election year summer. In next year’s governor’s race, money could be spent like it’s never been spent before if the flash point issue is energy. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is a candidate striking matches. The best-known (and likely to be the best-financed) […]
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy CommitteeLiberal journalist extraordinaire David Sirota did what he told Colorado Politics he would do back in May. He got his eyeballs on Colorado Senate Republicans’ e-mails from a period when a bill to move oil and gas wells farther from schools was pending in the legislature.
But he didn’t find any bombshells. Just both sides pleading their case.
From the article:
While the emails, which were obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests filed by IBT, show no sign of illegal activity or quid pro quo dealings between lobbyists and lawmakers, they do reveal the asymmetrical war fought between the fossil fuel lobby and ordinary citizens who work and live near their facilities, many of whom wrote their representatives to assert that they weren’t anti-fracking, but simply worried about their own or their children’s health. Some pleaded with their representatives for help, only to receive a form letter, or nothing at all.
He cites an example letter from a Greeley school teacher to Sen. John Cooke, a Republican from Greeley who is a member of the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee. The committee killed Democratic Rep. Mike Foote’s House Bill 1256 on a party-line vote on April 12. The teacher wrote she was begging for Cooke’s support.
“We should not be risking the health and safety of children without an attempt to at least provide the minimum of support of a 1000 foot setback from where they are playing and breathing. Protecting the health and safety of children should not be a partisan issue — we all care about protecting the most vulnerable, and as a former Weld County Sheriff, I’m sure you understand.”
Sirota also found an e-mail to Cooke from Brent Backes, an executive with DCP Midstream, a petroleum services company based in Denver, as well as an executive board member of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association.
“DCP has a lot of new development activity in Weld County that I would like to make sure you are aware of as well as having a general discussion of the issues facing our industry,” Backes wrote. “I would be happy to come to the Capitol as our headquarters are located just a few blocks away.”
Sirota found that Cooke RSVP’d to a COGA seminar later, but it’s hard to say if Cooke responded to the e-mails, Sirota wrote.
In the scheme of things, that’s not unusual. Legislators from both parties attend all kinds of events put on by special-interests groups, from industry to philanthropy. Associations associate with policymakers because that’s how the public sausage is ground. Legislators say they learn about the issues from the “stakeholders,” even if you prefer to call that influence.
Editor’s note: This story corrected that Sen. John Cooke is a member of the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee, not the chairman. The chair is Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling.
North metro Denver Democrats introduced a bill in the Colorado House Friday to create maps of where underground oil-and-gas pipelines are located. Industry representative said that work is already under way, however.
Yes and no. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is working in what’s called a “notice to operators” process. But the kinds of documents and data points policymakers use and those local residents can understand are very different.
Reps. Mike Foote of Lafayette and Steve Lebsock of Thornton, the sponsors of the bill, made that case to the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Commission.
“Data doesn’t do any good if it’s somewhere where the public can’t get it,” Lebsock said.
Foote said it’s the legislature’s responsibility to make sure the commission provides transparency.
“We as a legislature need to step up and give some direction to the agency,” Foote said. “We do that all the time.”
House Bill 1372 would require oil-and-gas operators to provide the maps it has about its underground operations to the commission. The commission would build a database to show homebuyers or residents, along with local land planners, were lines are located.
The legislation becoming law, however, is a long shot. For one, the legislature adjourns next Wednesday, and House Bill 1372 still has to pass at least six more votes — the House Appropriations Committee, two votes on the House floor, at least one committee vote in a Senate committee and then two more on the House floor.
That assumes oil-and-gas-friendly Senate Republicans won’t kill the pipelines bill in committee. They will. But even if they didn’t, the bill still would have to pass the upper chamber without any amendments, which is unlikely. Just one amendment would mean the House and Senate would have to negotiate a compromise then both chambers would have to pass it by midnight Wednesday.
“The timeline is very challenging,” Foote said after introducing the bill Friday morning. “But there’s really no way around it. We’re done on May 10, and we only found out on Tuesday what the problem was with Firestone.
“We’ve had constituents all around the Front Range area contacting all of us about their concerns with this problem, so we wanted to do what we could.”
As always with energy, House Bill 1372 is politically divisive. Rep. Lori Saine, R-Dacono, said she won’t support it. The explosion was in her district. She told the Denver Post Democrats were trying to grandstand on a tragedy.
“My daughter goes to school within 1,000 feet of where the explosion occurred,” Saine told the Post’s Christopher N. Osher. “And I think she’s safe. This is an isolated incident. It had some human error. Doing this in the last four days of session without checking with anyone in the community is just politicizing a tragedy.”
Senate Republicans punted a Foote bill this session to move oil and gas operations back to 1,000 from a campus property line, instead of 1,000 feet from the main school building.
Dan Haley, president and CEO of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, a trade group, said operators want to do the right thing and he expressed sympathy for the families of those killed injured in the explosion.
He and Tracee Bentley, executive director of the Colorado Petroleum Council, said they would prefer to work on the maps for the pipelines with the state Oil and Gas Commission rather than a piece of legislation they had not seen before Friday morning.
“We just started talking about this bill this morning,” Haley said. “We don’t have any malice toward this bill, or the sponsors, we’re just trying to work through this process in the best possible way.”
Just last Friday we noted here that incendiary anti-fracking activist Andrew O’Connor of Lafayette was “poised to mount a petition drive for what could be the next big ballot battle with the oil and gas industry.” His proposal: doubling Colorado’s severance tax on oil and gas production. Not a fan of the industry, that O’Connor.
You’ll recall he also was the guy who had made headlines (and drove page clicks) with his endorsement of violence against fracking operations, as enunciated in a letter to the editor of the Boulder Daily Camera. He told us in a follow-up chat, “I wouldn’t have a problem with a sniper shooting one of the workers” at a fracking site.
But as it turned out, by later the same Friday, a lot had changed: O’Connor still abhorred fracking, to be sure — but his ballot proposal was dead.
Although as we initially reported, the proposal’s ballot title had been set April 19 by the state’s title setting board — allowing O’Connor to begin petitioning the proposal onto the statewide ballot — a motion for a reconsideration was filed last Wednesday by attorneys for Chad Vorthmann (he’s executive V.P. of the Colorado Farm Bureau). His motion contended among other things that O’Connor had made changes to the draft of his proposal after the public comment and review period, but he failed to indicate what those changes were. That left the title board in the dark.
The board agreed and on Friday reversed its previous decision, nixing the proposal. It ruled that without clear direction on what changes were made, the board lacked jurisdiction to approve the proposal.
Colorado Oil and Gas Association President Dan Haley, not surprisingly, said it was all for the best:
This was a poorly structured ballot initiative from the beginning and the title board’s 3-0 ruling clearly showed its flaws. The entire state benefits from the current severance tax structure, which has provided a stable mechanism that has served us well for decades.
But will the outspoken O’Connor drop from the scene as quickly as his ballot proposal? We’ll guess he’s going to stick around a while.
"Yeah, it seems like they don't like it that much," said state Rep. Mike Foote on Thursday. He was talking about the oil and gas industry's view of his new drilling setback bill.
Foote's <a href="http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1256" target="_blank">House Bill 1256</a> would clarify that the minimum 1,000-foot distance separating schools from new oil and gas wells must be measured from the school property line, not from the school building.
Foote, a Democrat from Lafayette and a Boulder County deputy district attorney, has taken up the issue of suburban drilling on the northern Front Range repeatedly at the Legislature, only to run into stiff resistance from the industry and Republican lawmakers. He said he has been in preliminary communication with the industry about his bill.
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(CNN) -- For the past several months, Amy Wolf has been glued to the television, intently watching for information on how best to prepare for H1N1 flu.
Eight months pregnant, Amy Wolf (shown with her husband and son) signed up for an H1N1 vaccine trial.
She usually does not worry about the flu, but this year is different: Wolf is eight months into her second pregnancy. "I watch the news like crazy, and it seems like every time I would watch or read something, there was a picture of a pregnant woman," Wolf says.
She's right to be concerned. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pregnancy puts Wolf at higher risk of complications for flu in general, and so far that also holds true for the novel 2009 H1N1 virus. The most recent data show that from April 15 to May 18, 2009, thirty-four percent of the pregnant women infected with the H1N1 virus were hospitalized, and by June, six pregnant women had died.
More worrisome -- the virus is already widespread in Tennessee, where she lives. Wolf says a neighbor's son was recently hospitalized. "[H1N1] just seems more real to me than a lot of the other health concerns." Track the H1N1 flu »
A perusal through our Empowered Patient inbox found swine flu is a hot topic among pregnant women. We took the questions we received to experts for answers.
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According to a guide for pregnant women released by the CDC, the H1N1 vaccine "will be made using the same processes and facilities used to make seasonal influenza vaccines," which are already proven to be safe, and are currently recommended for pregnant women.
"We anticipate the safety to be similar to the seasonal flu vaccine, which has been given to millions of pregnant women and has not been shown to have any adverse events in pregnant women or their children," says Dr. Naomi Tepper, an obstetrician for the CDC's H1N1 vaccine task force.
However, recognizing that pregnant women in particular may be hesitant, Dr. Jesse Goodman, chief scientist for the Food and Drug Administration, says "out of an abundance of caution" researchers are conducting studies on pregnant women and other high-risk groups. "It's always good to have more information," Goodman says. The FDA approves and licenses the vaccine. Quiz: Test your H1N1 knowledge
About 120 expecting mothers are participating in clinical trials across the country. Health officials anticipate the results of these studies will be available in the coming weeks. Watch more on the vaccine trials »
Should I get the H1N1 vaccine, a regular seasonal flu shot (or both) while I am pregnant?
The CDC encourages pregnant women to get the seasonal flu shot now because it's available, and to also get the H1N1 vaccine as soon as it becomes available.
"A pregnant woman who gets any type of flu is at risk for serious complications and hospitalization," the CDC says in its guide for pregnant women. Tepper also says this is important no matter which trimester you are in. "It should not be delayed until beyond the first trimester because even pregnant women in the first trimester have become very ill," she wrote in an e-mail.
As a woman advances in her pregnancy, her immune system becomes more compromised, which is one of the reasons both the CDC and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend women who will be pregnant during the flu season get flu shots.
If I get the vaccine while pregnant, will this also protect the baby when he/she is born?
"One of the things the body does very well is give antibodies to the babies," says Dr. Buddy Creech, a researcher conducting clinical trials on pregnant women at Vanderbilt University. "It's one of the greatest reasons we vaccinate pregnant women."
Creech says past flu studies have found that when women get flu shots before giving birth, they help build immunity for their child that is particularly helpful during the infant's first few months of life. Watch more on pregnancy and H1N1 »
"If we're going to protect those children, it'll be with vaccines rather than drugs," Creech says.
Is it safe to get vaccinated while breastfeeding? Should my newborn also be vaccinated?
According to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, the H1N1 vaccine will be recommended for children ages six months and older. Newborns and infants younger than 6 months cannot receive the vaccine.
Health officials say breastfeeding is one way a mother might be able to help protect her baby. "The vaccine is safe if she breastfeeds, and she may even pass along some immunity to her infant," says Tepper of the CDC. "It will also reduce the chance that [the mom] will get the flu and pass it to her infant."
What's the difference between the seasonal flu shot and the H1N1 vaccine?
The seasonal flu vaccine is updated each year to protect against the predominant flu strains expected to circulate during the flu season.
Health officials say the process and formulation of the H1N1 vaccine is identical to that of the seasonal flu shot. The main difference is that the novel 2009 H1N1 strain was first seen in April 2009, after the seasonal vaccine had been developed.
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According to the CDC, versions of the H1N1 vaccine will be ordered with and without the preservative thimerosal. Preservatives are sometimes used in vaccines to help prevent the growth of fungi and bacteria that find their way into the vaccine vials. Read what the CDC says about Thimerosal in H1N1 vaccines
The FDA has approved applications from four manufacturers to begin producing the novel 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine. In all, some 40 million to 50 million doses are expected to be produced.
Amy Wolf is not as worried anymore: On September 15, she became one of the first pregnant women in the United States to receive the vaccine. She participated in the clinical trial at Vanderbilt University, where she is employed. "I thought If I could do something now to protect both myself and my baby, then it just seems stupid not to."
Wolf signed up only after speaking with the researchers at the university and her OB-GYN, and asking a ton of questions. She says, for her, the benefits of participating outweighed the risks.
"I really don't feel like a guinea pig," Wolf says. "I haven't had a single medical professional tell me I shouldn't do it. And that made me feel really confident." | {
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Description: The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Description: The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Description: The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Description: The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Description: The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Description: The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Description: The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Description: The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Description: On July 31, 2003, the Senate, facing obstacles to passage of its comprehensive energy bill (S. 14), substituted the energy legislation the Senate had passed in the 107th Congress. It is in conference, now as H.R. 6, in the 108th Congress. The Senate bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to issue, not later than 15 months after enactment, “newregulations setting forth increased fuel economy standards” reflecting “maximum feasible fuel economy levels” consistent with factors set out in the original legislation authorizing the corporate average fuel economy [CAFE] standards – the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA, P.L. 94-163).
Description: One of the least controversial provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) established corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars. This report presents a brief background and analysis regarding the price of crude oil that brought into sharp focus the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. The report also discusses the previous issues and the most recent developments regarding CAFE.
Description: One of the least controversial provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) established corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars. This report presents a brief background and analysis regarding the price of crude oil that brought into sharp focus the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. The report also discusses the previous issues and the most recent developments regarding CAFE.
Description: One of the least controversial provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) established corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars. This report presents a brief background and analysis regarding the price of crude oil that brought into sharp focus the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. The report also discusses the previous issues and the most recent developments regarding CAFE.
Description: One of the least controversial provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) established corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars. This report presents a brief background and analysis regarding the price of crude oil that brought into sharp focus the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. The report also discusses the previous issues and the most recent developments regarding CAFE.
Description: One of the least controversial provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) established corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars. This report presents a brief background and analysis regarding the price of crude oil that brought into sharp focus the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. The report also discusses the previous issues and the most recent developments regarding CAFE.
Description: One of the least controversial provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) established corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars. This report presents a brief background and analysis regarding the price of crude oil that brought into sharp focus the fuel inefficiency of U.S. automobiles. The report also discusses the previous issues and the most recent developments regarding CAFE.
Description: On April 11, 2003, the House passed comprehensive energy legislation, H.R. 6 (247-175).Action on comprehensive energy legislation is in progress in the Senate. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee began markup of a comprehensive energy bill on April 7, 2003, agreeing by week’s end to provisions regarding hydrogen, hydroelectric relicensing, nuclear and renewable energy. On April 11, 2003, Chairman Domenici pulled a controversial section on climate change from the bill and indicated it would be addressed later.
Description: On April 10, 2003, the House passed comprehensive energy legislation, H.R. 6 (247- 175). The bill was a composite of four measures – H.R. 39, reported from the House Committee on Resources, H.R. 238, marked up by the House Science Committee, H.R. 1531, reported from Ways and Means, and an unnumbered bill reported out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Unlike comprehensive energy legislation (H.R. 4) debated in the 107th Congress, H.R. 6 includes a section on electricity which has stirred some controversy. H.R. 6 would provide authorization for exploration and development of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Description: On April 10, 2003, the House passed comprehensive energy legislation, H.R. 6 (247- 175). The bill was a composite of four measures – H.R. 39, reported from the House Committee on Resources, H.R. 238, marked up by the House Science Committee, H.R. 1531, reported from Ways and Means, and an unnumbered bill reported out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Unlike comprehensive energy legislation (H.R. 4) debated in the 107th Congress, H.R. 6 includes a section on electricity which has stirred some controversy. H.R. 6 would provide authorization for exploration and development of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Description: On April 10, 2003, the House passed comprehensive energy legislation, H.R. 6 (247- 175). The bill was a composite of four measures – H.R. 39, reported from the House Committee on Resources, H.R. 238, marked up by the House Science Committee, H.R. 1531, reported from Ways and Means, and an unnumbered bill reported out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Unlike comprehensive energy legislation (H.R. 4) debated in the 107th Congress, H.R. 6 includes a section on electricity which has stirred some controversy. H.R. 6 would provide authorization for exploration and development of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Description: Concern about national energy policy remains high amidst high prices for oil products and natural gas during the winter of 2003 and oil inventory levels that have been observed to be at historic lows. On February 28, 2003, Representative Joe Barton, chairman of the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, released a draft omnibus energy bill that includes a number of issues debated, but left unresolved, in the 107th Congress. The Senate has indicated its intention to introduce omnibus energy legislation as well.
Description: On April 10, 2003, the House passed comprehensive energy legislation, H.R. 6 (247- 175). The bill was a composite of four measures – H.R. 39, reported from the House Committee on Resources, H.R. 238, marked up by the House Science Committee, H.R. 1531, reported from Ways and Means, and an unnumbered bill reported out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Unlike comprehensive energy legislation (H.R. 4) debated in the 107th Congress, H.R. 6 includes a section on electricity which has stirred some controversy. H.R. 6 would provide authorization for exploration and development of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). | {
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Georgia Eliminates Its ADAP Waiting List
The waiting list for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) in Georgia has been reduced to zero, The Associated Press reports. Reaching a high point of 1,600 people, the current list was erased using $8.4 million in emergency federal funding. More than 350 people previously using ADAP were put into an insurance pool for people with pre-existing conditions, which is part of the health care reform law. Advocates are concerned that the list may return if federal budget cuts are implemented.
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Toquinho was born in São Paulo, the son of Italian immigrants Diva Bondeolli Pecci and Antonio Pecci. He has one brother, João Carlos Pecci. His paternal grandfather was from Toro[2] and his paternal grandmother was born in Calabria; his maternal grandparents were from Mantua.[3] As he was very short as a child, her mother used to call him "meu toquinho de gente" ("my piece of person"), which was the origin of his nickname.
His first guitar lessons were with Dona Aurora, a piano teacher who also knew how to play guitar. However, she could not continue to teach Toquinho. At age 14, he began lessons with Paulinho Nogueira and went on to study harmony with Edgar Gianulo, classical guitar with Isaias Sávio and orchestration with Léo Peracchi. He also studied with and befriended Oscar Castro-Neves.
Initially playing in colleges, Toquinho's professional career took off in the 1960s at shows promoted by radio personality Walter Silva at the famous Paramount theater in São Paulo. He composed his first recorded song with Chico Buarque entitled "Lua Cheia" (Full Moon).[1] His first big hit was composed in 1970 with Jorge Benjor, "Que Maravilha" (What a Wonder).
Throughout his career, Toquinho composed songs for children, and recorded five albums for young audiences, including Arca de Noé (1980), with Vinicius de Moraes, and Casa de brinquedos (1983). Toquinho continues to record and play, and he remains popular in Brazil and Italy.[4] | {
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It Has Been Said “You Are What You Eat”: In Homeopathy, You Are What You Feel
Each homeopathic remedy belongs to a certain class of remedies that have their own set of overall characteristics. The three main classes or kingdoms are Plants, Minerals and Animals. Within each of these kingdoms are sub-kingdoms, such as in the Mineral Class there are the salts and the metals. Sub-kingdoms share the same general characteristics of the main kingdom, but they also have their own individual characteristics that vary based on the degree of compensation and desperateness. Within each sub-kingdom are the members; again, each member has its own special characteristics that define the remedy for use.
While analyzing a case during the interview process, the Homeopaths often look for the key features to help them determine into which class the patient’s symptoms fit. This is especially important when looking at healing chronic or long-term complaints such as asthma, chronic infections, diabetes, etc. For acute or new conditions, although the characteristics of the classes are important, the changes in a person’s physical status, mental processes and/or emotions are usually used to identify which Homeopathic Remedy would be indicated.
For example, when a person is stung by a bee, the symptoms from that sting would be considered ACUTE as they are new changes. Instead of looking at the characteristics of a class, one would look at the changes that have occurred from the bite. The healing remedy could be found in any class, and would be used based on the current symptoms. For the case of a bee sting, the two most-indicated remedies are Ledum palustre (a plant remedy) and Apis mellifica (an animal remedy).
For healing of LONG-TERM, CHRONIC ILLNESSES, the remedy kingdoms and their sub-kingdoms must be considered for true healing to occur. It may be possible to select a remedy without considering the perceptions and sensations within each remedy; however for complete removal of the disease and all its components, one MUST look deep within for the indicated remedies.
The first step is to determine the Kingdom. Again, the three main homeopathic kingdoms are the Plants, Minerals and Animals.
Plants
The common Plant characteristic is sensitivity. Plants are unable to just “pick up and leave” if the weather is bad or if they don’t like the neighbors. Therefore, they are sensitive to their environment and everything around them because they have to adapt and adjust accordingly. Several of the plant sub-kingdoms are trees, herbs and fungi.
An example of a plant sub-kingdom is Compositae which all members share the sensitivity of being hurt or injured; its members all have their own expression of being hurt or injured, such as Arnica montana has a “bruised sensation” whereas Chamomilla has “a reacting to hurting others.”
Minerals
Minerals are the elements of the Periodic Table, or some combination of these elements. The main characteristics of all the elements are structure and order/organization. Everything built from a mineral has uniformity and structure. The biggest concern of those needing a mineral remedy is loss of that structure in some way in their life, as when a person loses his livelihood after the loss of a job, or when a structure of the family changes after a parent dies or through divorce.
The two main sub-kingdoms of minerals are Salts and Metals. Each row and column of the Periodic Table has their own characteristics. For example, elements of the first column are very unstable and react with other elements because they need the stability the other elements bring; whereas the last column is very stable by themselves and don’t need others (other elements). As for the rows, they progress from simple thoughts and beginnings and progress in heaviness and complexity as the table progresses downward, ending in disintegration and decay around rows 6 and 7.
Homeopaths often look at which row and column a person is at when they have been identified as having the chief characteristics of a Mineral Remedy.
Animals
The main themes of the Animal Kingdom are survival, competition and aggressor/victim issues. Most people can understand the issues of the animal kingdom because of our familiarity with animals. Animals in nature focus on survival; some are predators (aggressors) and some are prey (victims). Animals work hard to attract mates (survival) and to be the head of the herd or pride (competition), as well as to find food (survival). Looking at any animal, one can easily see these characteristics displayed in some fashion.
Knowing these characteristics, they are usually identifiable in people. A person may dress in unusual clothing to attract the attention of others. Sometimes two men fight over a woman, or two women fight over one man. In relationships, a dominant male often subdues or stifles those he perceives as “under” him (his wife and children).
Like Plants and Minerals, the Animal Kingdom also has sub-kingdoms. Each has the key characteristics of the main kingdom, but again, each also has its own characteristics. For example, Snake Remedies’ main characteristics (which focus on survival) are that they wait in hiding and to attack when least expected; they choke the life out of their victims. Also included in the Animal Kingdom are Spiders, Insects, Mammals, Birds and Sea Critters.
Identifying the Kingdom
On the whole, it may seem like it would be an easy task to determine into which class the remedy would be found to start the healing process for an individual. Surprisingly so, a Homeopath must look beyond the thoughts and look at the perceptions to find the kingdom.
I’ll use a personal example. When I was first learning these three classes, I looked at different people in my life at the time and said, “He’s definitely an Animal”, or “She’s a Plant” based on the characteristics I saw the person display and how the person talked and acted. But I was wrong in my assumptions. I didn’t look deep enough.
A friend who I thought was an “Animal” acted like he was the king of the world. He expected everyone to do his bidding while he did everything he wanted to do without regard for other people’s feelings. He was right and if you didn’t believe him, then tough. He had to get to the table first to fill his plate first, and then everyone else could have what was left. He was the boss and could do no wrong.
So, of course I felt he had animal characteristics.
But what was the feeling or perception behind those actions? When looking deeper, he was afraid. He felt that his survival depended upon his being right. He was afraid to lose his position in society and in the eyes of others, so he acted like he was smarter, stronger and in a higher position than everyone else. Although some of these characteristics are Animal Remedy characteristics, because he was afraid of what others thought or that others might “dethrone” him, those are Mineral Remedy characteristics. In the end, my friend was a “Mineral Remedy” and the indicated remedy was Arsenicum album.
His wife, on the other hand, I saw as being a “plant.” She was quiet and docile; always seemed to be concerned with her health. She cried easily (sensitive). She rarely left the house and when she did, she was anxious to return as quickly as possible (rooted).
But when looking deeper within, to the reasons behind her actions, I found her perceptions were that of a victim. She was always afraid of her husband or how she would be treated by him, so that was why she cried a lot. And she was afraid to leave her home because she didn’t know how long was okay for her to be gone. She stated she felt like a mouse caught in the clutches of a snake. She did very well on a “snake remedy”.
Therefore, always look deep into the person’s beliefs and perceptions to find out why the person acts as he does. Don’t just assume his actions will point to the right Kingdom.
Best wishes,
Dr. Ronda
Disclaimer: The information provided by Dr. Ronda Behnke Theys is for educational purposes only. It is important that you not make health decisions or stop any medication without first consulting your personal physician or health care provider.
Author's Bio:
Dr. Ronda Behnke Theys is a distinguished practitioner of Classical Homeopathy and other Natural Healing methods. As co-founder of The Homeopathic Centers of America, Dr. Ronda passes on what she has learned through her seminars, articles, books and when working with individuals. You can contact Dr. Ronda via the www.MyHCA.org or by calling 920-558-9806. For a FREE guide to help you along your healing path, visit the HCA website as noted above. | {
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Crouching, facing forward, with all its limbs drawn in, ringed markings on its back probably contrived with ukibori, the eyes inlaid in dark material.Signed beneath: Kozan. Although worn, the markings on the back are interesting, probably produced with a metal punch. It is possible that some of the circular rings were in raised relief using the ukibori technique. | {
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Hardeeville Elementary School will celebrate Black History Month on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the HES Multipurpose Room. Times are:
• Pre-k-K-8:30 a.m.
• 1st-2nd-9:15 a.m.
• 3rd-5th-10:00 a.m.
Black History Month originally was known as Negro History Week by Historian Carter G. Woodson in 1926. His goal was to educate the American people about African-American History, focusing on African Americans’ cultural backgrounds and reputable achievements. Come join HES as it recognizes some of the people that helped to make America great. Ms. R. Anderson, principal, Ms. M. Almon, assistant principal, Ms. A. Finley, counselor and Ms. J. Pitts, counselor.
Dance at Hardeeville Elementary
Mother/Son, Father/Daughter or a Sweetheart Dance is planned for Thursday, Feb. 23 in the HES Multipurpose Room.
The dance is from 6—7:30p.m. Cost is $2 per family and is for HES students and parents. RSVP by Feb. 16. Semi-formal attire encouraged. Light refreshments will be served and 5x7 pictures will be available for $5.
Singing Ministers program
St. Stephen A.M.E. Church, 710 Main St., Hardeeville, where Rev. Evon Robinson, Sr. is pastor cordially invite you to “Singing Ministers of the Lowcountry” Program at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26. This program is sponsored by the bereavement committee. Everyone is invited.
Lions Club meeting set
The Hardeeville Lions Club will have its meeting on the third Thursday of the month.
The meeting will be held at noon at Cripple Crab in Hardeeville.
Career fair set for Feb. 23
Businesses are invited to participate in Hardeeville Middle School Career Fair on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 8:30-11 a.m. at the school gymnasium.
Providing students with the opportunity to hear valuable career information from the people making a living in a variety of fields is important. Employed adults will share job descriptions of daily duties, information about the preparation needed to perform a particular job, working conditions, and benefits available in various areas in the real world of work.
To participate in the Career Fair at Hardeeville Middle School to share information about your job/business career with students contact guidance at 843-784-8635 or email [email protected].
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Sturdy draws criticism for investments
MLA bought shares in online gambling site last year
Learning Experience MLA Jordan Sturdy has been criticized for buying shares in a gambling company that competes with BC Lottery.
A local MLA is drawing criticism for recent investment decisions.
Documents obtained by Business in Vancouver show that MLA Jordan Sturdy invested in a grey market online gambling company that competes with BC Lottery, a provincial Crown corporation.
BIV reporter Bob Mackin found that Sturdy bought an unspecified amount of shares in Amaya Corp last December. The company owns online gambling sites PokerStars and StarsDraft.
Reached for comment, Sturdy said he felt the BIV story was "a distortion."
"It's a $4-billion, publically traded company on the TSX, so I don't understand their concern necessarily," he said.
"It's focused on online gaming around the world. B.C. is really an inconsequential piece of it all."
Sturdy said he made the investment in anticipation of online gaming being approved in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
"So there was an expectation that there would be an increase in the value of the company, and that was my focus," he said, adding that he looked at a number of different gaming sites in an effort to diversify his portfolio.
"Perhaps I could have... thought about the optics of it, which I didn't."
NDP MLA and opposition gambling critic David Eby said he can't think of any rule that Sturdy has broken, but you "can't legislate common sense."
"The idea that he's investing against the interest of the province in a company that's operating in a dubious legal environment really says to me that he's not using his head and he's not thinking about what his responsibility is as a government MLA and a parliamentary secretary," Eby said.
"Certainly if any vote... or discussion comes up around additional law enforcement in relation to grey market gambling sites, or gambling generally, he's going to have sit those discussions out, because he has a clear conflict of interest."
The problem isn't so much that Sturdy made the investments, but that the system allows for it, said Duff Conacher, co-founder of advocacy group Democracy Watch.
The loophole exists countrywide, and is found in the definition of what is a private interest, Conacher said.
"'Private interest' does not include an interest arising from the exercise of official power or performance of an official duty or function; that applies to the general public, that affects the member of the legislature as one of a broad class of electors," Conacher said.
"The Members Conflict of Interest Act really should be called the 'Almost Impossible for a Member to be in a Conflict of Interest Act,' because 99 per cent of the decisions that they make apply to the general public as well as themselves."
Conacher called the definition issue is a "huge loophole" that could be fixed by simply removing the definition of private interest.
"Then the definition of private interest would be, well, anything in which you have a private interest, as opposed to pretty much everything being exempt," he said.
Sturdy said he meets with a conflict of interest commissioner on an annual basis, and his investments are all public.
"I hadn't even considered the BC Lottery component of it... in retrospect I see that they are potentially a competitor," he said. "It's been a learning experience for sure." | {
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October 27, 2011
THE MODERATOR: Coach, opening statement.
COACH MCCAFFERY: I feel really good about our team right now. As we came into this season, you know, I think the most important thing was to look back to the previous few months since our season ended.
We had some highlights, we had some lowlights last year, but what we did was improve. And I think I've been around long enough to know that you have to watch and see how our players respond to how the season ended and what they do in the spring, what they do in the summer, what they do in the fall.
And what I've seen is a tremendous commitment individually to improving physically, which I think is important, especially for our big guys, when you look at Basabe and Zach McCabe and Andrew Brommer, Devon Archie. Body fat down. Weight up. Much better shape to play the kind of style we want to play.
Now they understand what we're doing, and I think when you look at the fact that we have so much experience back and an excellent recruiting class, I feel very strongly that we're going to be much improved.
THE MODERATOR: Questions?
Q. Fran, could you give us an update on a couple of your injured guys, specifically White and Brommer?
COACH MCCAFFERY: White's fine. The two guys that concern me right now are obviously Andrew Brommer hurt his knee on the first day of practice. It could have been worse, but it wasn't a good one. So he's probably going to be out overall about a month. He's progressing well. He's been doing some pool workouts. And he had worked so hard to get in great shape.
He was down 4 percent body fat and he was up eight pounds, up over 250. And we need that kind of bulk in this league. So he was playing great. But unfortunately got hurt. So he'll stay on top of it. But he's probably a good three weeks out before he can play. Hopefully it will be sooner.
Devyn Marble is a bigger concern. He suffered a concussion about the third or fourth day of practice, and he has been out since then. As you know, that's something that is much more scrutinized than it ever was before. He looks fine, he says he feels fine, but there's a variety of tests he has to pass that aren't going as well. So we're not going to risk that.
Q. You talked on Media Day about the challenge of implementing your system in the Big Ten against a predominant style. Doc talked about that there's some -- Doc Sadler -- that there's different styles in the Big Ten you have to adjust to. Can you talk about, first of all, implementing your up-tempo style in this league and running into different preparations across the spectrum?
COACH MCCAFFERY: Obviously in this league there are a tremendous group of coaches that prepare extremely well. It is primarily a half-court league. We prefer to go a little bit quicker than that.
It's not that teams don't run. Some of them are opportunistic running teams. Some will run based on who their point guard is and some are more set play-oriented teams.
I've always been a quick up, attack the rim and press more. We didn't press nearly as much last year as I wanted to. For two reasons: number one, we weren't deep enough, and, number two, the talent of the perimeter players in this league and the ball-handling ability of the front-court guys is so good that you better be pressing correctly -- your slides and your angles and things of that nature better be on target or else you could press and get ripped to shreds.
So it's great to say those kinds of things, but what you have to do is be able to back it up with quality play. We did it at times, and other times we would back it off because it wasn't working as well.
Now we're in year two. We have more time to spend working on that and to get our guys organized. Now we're teaching it to three players and not the entire team. And it's always better. Whatever presses you run are always better in years two, three, and four.
So I think: Can you play faster? Absolutely. This is not a walk-it-up league like I think a lot of people think it is, but it is a league where there's going to be a lot of strategy and there's going to be different approaches. And I think that's part of what makes it so much fun for us as coaches and I think for the fans as well.
Q. How much is Melsahn Basabe been playing since is out in practice?
COACH MCCAFFERY: He's playing the 4. That would be my desire. Archie has been playing the 5. He's doing extremely well. Actually our leading rebounder from the first day of practice has been Gabe Olaseni, our 6'10" freshman. He's been phenomenally consistent. Aaron White and Zach McCabe are playing extremely well.
I don't know right now who I would start in another position. You might be right. It might be White or McCabe, but it very well could be Archie or Olaseni.
So I would prefer to leave Melsahn at the 4. Leave him there. I think that will help him stay out of foul trouble. But he's getting reps at both starts and can play both. He's up to 234. So he could play a little bit more there. I should say he would be a little more effective there maybe than he would have been last year.
So we'll just have to wait and see.
Q. Something else Doc talked about coming into the league is the attendance in the Big Ten and the crowds, and you've talked about going on the road in the Big Ten and how difficult it is. How do the crowds play into that? And how different is it from your experience elsewhere?
COACH MCCAFFERY: Well, it's phenomenally different from my experiences elsewhere. We didn't play in front of crowds anywhere near what we see on a nightly basis. I think that's what makes it so exciting.
I think when you factor in everything that goes into playing on the road, obviously there's the fatigue part of the travel. We try to eliminate that by chartering as much as -- we charter as much as possible.
So it's not like the old days where you were stuck in airports all the times. So that helps. But you still have to travel. You still have to play on their floor and staying in a hotel and you're dealing with the opponents' fans which are going to be on you.
And the crowds, they impact the game in a positive way for the home team. There's a reason why 75 percent of the time the home team wins. And it's all of those factors together that play into it.
There's no question that we're going to shoot the ball better at home. And that's just a fact. It's not that you couldn't go on the road and have a great shooting night. But on a percentage basis you're going to shoot the ball better at home. Turn the ball over less at home.
And the game is influenced greatly by the intensity level of the crowd. And there's not one crowd in this league that is not great.
So I think all of us would say to a man, you want to protect your home floor and then have enough toughness and have enough quality guard play to win some of those close games on the road.
And that's typically the teams that end up in the top half of the league and end up in the NCAA tournament.
Q. You're an Eastern guy in a Midwestern locale that typically has had a little bit of a problem finding a certain foothold in recruits anyway. After a full year of recruiting, have you developed any philosophy along those lines, or do you just get players wherever you can get them?
COACH MCCAFFERY: Obviously we've tried to lock in to the best players of our state. I think everyone in this league does that. But after that, then you're going to go to the Midwest. When you grow up in the Midwest, you grow up with a Big Ten influence. I think most young players they watch the Big Ten games and they've grown up following their parents and their coaches, they grew up following the Big Ten. So we're going to go there. And then we're going to take advantage of the contacts that I have back East and my staff and so forth.
But when it's all said and done, I think what the Big Ten Network has done has enabled us to pretty much go anywhere. When you think about you look at our three best players, one's from New York, one's from LA, and one is from Iowa City. So that pretty much covers the whole country.
And that's what we're going to do. We're going to go anywhere we have to to find players. And when they think of the Big Ten, it's not something that I have to sell. I mean, everybody knows the Big Ten. They know who is in our league, they want to play on that television network and play in front of those kinds of crowds.
So then they come and take a look, and they see that Iowa City is a great city and we have phenomenal facilities. Our new facility has been very helpful there, our new practice facility, weight room, all of those things together, and they see a level of commitment.
So it's a step-by-step process, but it's not as difficult to sell as you might think.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you, Coach. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports | {
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Your real estate appraiser and how to work with them
All too often, home sellers find themselves losing sleep over an unanticipated home valuation. An estimate of your home’s value can feel insulting, ingenuine, and – worst of all – too low, leading to animosity toward your appraiser. It’s easy to see where the frustration arises, and the reputation that appraisers have acquired since the market crash in the late 2000s certainly does no good to the situation. But your appraisal is as integral to the real estate process as anyone, and it’s best to have your appraiser as much on the same page as possible.
Of course, the relationship between a seller and an appraiser is far less personal than that of many other components of the process. One important thing that doesn’t always come across to sellers is that the appraiser doesn’t work for you or your realtor – they work for the bank. As such, since the banks have to ensure the avoidance of the sorts of raw deals that led to the housing crash, appraisers are now playing defense. In general, paperwork for a single appraisal can reach 30 pages. The impersonal feeling you can get in these sorts of transaction begins to make a lot more sense when you think of the kind of leg work these officials must maneuver through.
And on top of that, the appraiser may well never even become a physical acquaintance. Increasingly, since the Dodd-Frank reforms were put in place at the end of the housing crisis, appraisal management companies (or AMCs) are an outsourced service. That can mean that the person who’s assigned to value your home has never even stepped foot in your city – or even state. In the case of areas like Columbia, where local economics are not nationally covered but crucial to the local real estate market, this can lead to headaches quickly.
If that headache is already starting to form, just imagine the way the appraisers feel. First of all, there simply aren’t enough of them. A report by the Appraisal Institute showed a decline of almost 10% in ranks between 2011 and 2015. The reason for this might well have to do with the job requirements; just becoming an appraisal trainee requires 75 hours of classroom time, with another 150 hours required to qualify for a license. Perhaps the most frustrating part of the job is the pay – some appraisers only earn about $150 per job after the AMCs take their cut. For a job that’s often met with such vitriol, the pay hardly seems enough; that said, it’s a bit more appealing than losing your career entirely to drones that are beginning to be implemented as a less costly replacement.
With all of that in mind, let’s detail a few ways you can work with your appraiser without having to feel defensive:
Remember the difference between market value and investor value
Your home value may drastically differ depending on who’s on the other end of the sale. An investor looking to use your property to build or expand will see it very differently than an objective appraiser looking at comparables. As such, if your situation might call for it, expect different opinions on value. With some of the other considerations in mind, don’t forget – an appraiser’s valuation might be different than you’d expect, but it will be the legal standard in your transaction.
Consider your legal rights
All appraisals are required by federal law to be shared with consumers who request it in writing. That can be your secret weapon in the case of a particularly questionable conclusion. If you feel that your home is undervalued with that evidence, you can file a complaint with your local state regulatory agency. That said, there are still not federal complaint structures in place here, so don’t treat this as a guaranteed ability to change an appraiser on a whim. It’s best to think of this legal path as an asset on your end with which to communicate with the appraiser from somewhat of a level ground. And speaking of communicating…
Communicate – don’t pressure
The situation can be high-stress on all sides, and adding your own cool head can make an enormous difference. Don’t be afraid to reach out – just do so in a non-confrontational manner. On the flip side of that coin, remember that an appraiser is not the same thing as a home inspector. They aren’t working for you – they’re doing a federally mandated job, and they deserve that sort of consideration in terms of how you work with them. | {
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This chapter is geared toward people who may extend or enhance
abuild by adding additional rules, platforms, or compilers.
Anyone interested in extending abuild in this way should also be
familiar with the material covered in Chapter 30, Best Practices. If you think you may need to
modify the main code of abuild itself, please see also Chapter 33, Abuild Internals. This section covers the most
common uses for plugins. Examples of each topic presented may be
found in Section 29.5, “Plugin Examples”.
29.1. Plugin Functionality
Plugins are build items that are named in the build tree root's
Abuild.conf in the
plugins key. The list of which items are
plugins is not inherited through either backing areas or tree
dependencies. In other words, if a tree your tree depends on
declares something as a plugin, it does not automatically make
you get it as a plugin. The same applies to backing areas, but
in practice, the list of plugins is generally effectively
inherited because your local build tree's
Abuild.conf is typically a copy of its
backing area's Abuild.conf, assuming your
partially populated build tree was checked out of the same
version control system. The non-inheritance of plugin status
through tree dependencies is appropriate: since plugins can
change abuild's behavior significantly, it should be possible
for a given build tree to retain tight control over which plugins
are active and which are not. For example, a build tree may
include a plugin that enforces certain coding practices by
default, and use of this build tree as a tree dependency should
not necessarily cause that same set of restrictions to be applied
to the dependent tree. Plugins themselves are ordinary build
items and can be resolved in tree dependencies and backing areas
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American Made (2017) Subtitles
Barry Seal was just an ordinary pilot who worked for TWA before he was recruited by the CIA in 1978. His work in South America eventually caught the eye of the Medellín Cartel, associated with Pablo Escobar, who needed a man with his skill set. Barry became a drug trafficker, gun smuggler and money launderer. Soon acquiring the title, 'The gringo that always delivers'. Written by Viir khubchandani IMDb | {
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To this day, the question of the role of the law of God in the Christian life provokes much debate and discussion. This is one of those points where we can learn much from our forebears, and John Calvin’s classic …Read More
As I read the scriptures, particularly the New Testament, there is a theme that recurs again and again regarding the Christian’s willingness to be in submission to various types of authority. Given the rebellious spirit of our age, that frightens …Read More
Sometimes I like to ask my boys if God can do anything. By now, they understand enough theology to answer that God can do anything He wants to do, or that God can never act against His character. The immutability …Read More
The word religion has fallen on hard times in recent years. Many have tried to pit religion against faith, saying that Christianity isn’t a religion but a relationship. That sounds nice, but that isn’t quite the case. Faith and religion …Read More
At a PGA Tour tournament in October 2015, Ben Crane disqualified himself after completing his second round. He did so at considerable financial cost. No matter—Crane believed the personal cost of not doing it would be greater (encouraged by a …Read More
Steering a course between the Scylla (rocks) of antinomianism on the one hand and the Charybdis (hard place) of legalism on the other is an unceasing responsibility of the Christian life. The difficulty is compounded by the fact that most …Read More
I do not, in the least, disagree with the editors’ decision this month to address a series of hard sayings of Jesus. In fact, I think it a good decision. Years ago, when I was actively involved in planning Renewing …Read More
The disciples of Jesus, like their Jewish contemporaries, believed that when the Messiah came, he would come as the “Prince of Peace,” bringing political freedom and material prosperity (Isa. 9:6–7; Zech. 9:10). Moreover, Jesus taught them that peacemakers were indeed …Read More
Jesus was severe with the Pharisees, calling them “whitewashed tombs” (Matt. 23:27), “hypocrites” (Mark 7:6), and sons of the devil (John 8:44). And yet, in Matt. 5:20, He points to them as He raises the bar for righteousness: “For I …Read More | {
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"Testing out mobile recording for the show. Let’s… get out of the tavern…"
Summary
Chunt has had a talk with his subjects, and they’ve come to a “mutual agreement” that all the badgers are going to leave and establish a kingdom somewhere else. This leaves him King of the Badger, since he’s still his own subject. Additionally, while they were under the impression he was king of all the badgers in Foon, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Usidore suggests maybe it’s time for a change; specifically, changing into something that might be more useful when they leave on the quest in four weeks. Chunt says he’s been more dangerous animals before, and is just comfortable being a badger. Arnie asks if this means he’s taking up celibacy. Chunt thinks that he might’ve lost his groove, so Usidore runs off screaming that the quest is doomed. Arnie is unclear on how this follows, but calms Usidore down by convincing him Chunt hasn’t lost his charm. Chunt is nevertheless very down in the dumps about losing his subjects, though they point out he still has his two knights in badger service. Usidore urges Arnie to lift Chunt’s spirits and they both tell him he’s doing great.
Since they’re leaving on the quest soon, Arnie has been working all week to rig a mobile podcasting system, as the podcast will certainly be useful in defeating the Dark Lord. He’s invented “micro-ropes”, which is just tying a rope to the mics so they can wear them around their necks. Usidore is a bit exasperated by his priorities, and Chunt is disappointed in his branding. Arnie suggests they should put their mics on and test the rig out by going to the dungeon. Chunt and Usidore are both incredulous at first, but Usidore becomes extremely excited when he realizes he’s serious. Arnie points out that he’s wearing his fan-made “I’m Questing for the Lunar Sword” shirt. A skeptical Chunt insists he hasn’t seen him get out of the chair in four weeks.
They do actually leave the tavern, and Usidore shows them the side entrance to the dungeon, through a hatch next to the tavern. They’re stopped by Clacks, who then realizes who it is. He’s very excited, but legally has to read them a waiver which they must verbally agree to. Arnie answers “yarp” in the hopes that it’s a loophole. Clacks asks them to look out for for his missing rib bone, assuming they’re there casually. Arnie asserts this time is for real and they’re going to get the Lunar Sword today. Clacks warns them this is serious business, but Usidore says they have a party now; a wizard, a magical creature, and fumbles to describe Arnie’s role, going with “a bard or a jester”. Clacks points out Arnie’s t-shirt DOES read “the Luna Sword”, which are the tiny swords available at the gift shop. Usidore promises to buy Arnie one if they fail.
Clacks warns them that the first few levels are full of badgers, clearly hiding from Chunt. An upset Chunt wants to leave, but Arnie talks him out of it, saying the badgers will all respect him once they have the sword. Usidore persuades Clacks into coming along, largely in hopes of skipping some of the levels. Clacks feels the dramatic “build” of the dungeon is important, but agrees to help them avoid the badgers.
Clacks starts to lead them through the dungeon, describing the geology. They discuss some dungeon remodeling, adding natural light and taking out a wall to add an island. Speaking of light, Clacks warns them that the Lunar Sword waxes and wanes in size with the moon’s phase, and if it’s a new moon it will be invisible. Chunt asks about a red velvet rope, and Clacks informs him it’s a VIP area, with bottle service, which hosted a “panty party” the night before.
Clacks shows them a stone to press that opens up a staircase; Usidore solves a puzzle at the bottom with colored tiles that open a door, but it’s only storage. They encounter Ooze, who asks Clacks about a record it loaned him, which was not for keeps. Once a piece of the Ooze that had been in the Vermillion Minotaur filters in, it remembers Arnie, Chunt and Usidore. Ooze is surprised to see them so far into the dungeon, and warns them it’s not sure they’re ready, in spite of Usidore’s bluster. It says they should be okay with Augie the Manticore, who Chunt realizes is his uncle he’s been out of touch with. Clacks criticizes him for not coming on Family Day. Usidore is concerned he’ll have to kill Chunt’s uncle, but Clacks and Ooze agree that since he’s on level 7 they should be able to talk their way past. Once they’re in double digits, they have to kill on sight.
Arnie suddenly realizes he should’ve brought a weapon, and is very surprised to learn that Chunt has a dagger and a mace. All he has is a microphone on a rope; so Usidore gives him his sword, which he finds very heavy. Chunt decides to use his warhammer, which he claims he’s always had and Arnie just isn’t observant. Ooze warns them about the hydra, which he’d mentioned on the podcast as the only creature the dungeon denizens are afraid of, and becomes distressed talking about it. They discuss how they might kill her on Ooze’s behalf, though Clacks points out that she was much nicer before she lost a son. They feel bad about this, and Ooze says that many of the things they’ll need to kill in the dungeon aren’t evil. Arnie wonders whether any of them are.
They move on, and Usidore takes his sword back because Arnie’s dragging it on the floor. Ooze departs and says he’ll follow them, but to give it a second to remember them.
They do the sponsor break from the dungeon, with Usidore and Chunt providing the musical accompaniment. There is beatboxing. Arnie admits he’s fallen off the red potion wagon.
Chunt discovers a door by using one torch to light another, surprising even Clacks. Usidore is overly startled by some (3)(regular) spiders, which he attacks with a fireball; the others agree his yelling was the only scary thing. Clacks confirms there are a lot of regular spiders in a dungeon.
They encounter another part of Ooze, and have the same conversation about the record until their Ooze arrives. Arnie learns the Foon version of a record is actually a journal or scrapbook. They sort out the disagreement between Clacks and Ooze by concluding it could be a shared journal for everyone in the dungeon to connect.
They’ve made it to level 12, and Usidore is startled again by some millipedes. Arnie tries to open a secret door by moving a branch, but it just breaks. Chunt jumps down a green pipe before anyone can stop him, or Clacks can tell him that’s just the plumbing. He regrets his decision. Usidore spots a pattern on the floor, and tells his compatriots to step on specific tiles. They successfully line dance another door open.
They comment on how the dungeon seems to mainly consist of doors, with much less monster fighting than expected. They criticize Arnie for having struggled so much previously, but then Clacks realizes that it’s Flensday and a lot of people are on vacation; he’s worried they won’t get the “full experience”. They assure him they don’t mind.
Chunt finds an inscription on the floor: “only the penitant [SIC] man shall pass”. Arnie tries kneeling, but nothing happens until Clacks remembers he knows a Derek Penitant, at which point the door opens. They encounter Chunt’s Uncle Augie, who is filling in on level 18 and very disappointed Chunt didn’t come on Family Day. Clacks and Ooze call him out on hoarding biscuits, and then he challenges them all to a fight to the death. Chunt insists he won’t kill his uncle, so Usidore throws a fireball at him, which does nothing. Arnie asks for Usidore’s sword again, but can’t even manage to lift it to swing it. Augie is very unimpressed. Chunt instead promises to write now that he knows they have a mailroom, and to come to the next Family Day, and Augie lets them pass.
Chunt jumps down another chute without looking first. Arnie gives Usidore’s sword back, and is delighted to learn that the Lunar Sword may be weightless, as it’s created from light. Chunt calls for help from down the chute, and while Arnie admirably leaps to come after him, he gets stuck. They try kicking him, then Usidore shrinks him to fit.
At the bottom they encounter the 14 year old girl, Denise, who is viciously critical of Arnie’s fashion sense, even when he’s back at normal size. She sasses the rest of the group as well, despite Usidore telling her to respect her elders. Ooze asks why she’s not on break, and she says she didn’t want to see her family. Ooze expertly gets her to start talking about her problems so that they can sneak around her. Clacks comments that the dungeon isn’t “dark because it’s underground, it’s dark because it’s emotionally tragic”. They conclude the work environment may be bringing everyone down.
Chunt has found three pipes labeled 50, 75, and 100, and a flute which he says he does not want to play. Only Arnie gets this joke. Clacks has never been this far before and can’t help. Usidore jumps down 100, and Chunt and Ooze follow, before Arnie can say anything. Clacks tells him he’s headed back, and Arnie asks why he thinks he’s not worthy. He says this part is for creatures of great power, and he’s just the skeleton of a dead re-upholsterer. Arnie replies that he’s no hero, either, and Clacks asks what he’s even doing there. Arnie admits this is a good question; but suggests adventures shouldn’t just be for chosen heroes; why not them? Clacks says he’s more worried about Arnie than himself, because he finally has friends and would hate for anything to happen to Arnie. He questions whether the Lunar Sword is really worth risking his life, but Arnie persists that even though it’s probably not, he feels he’s made an oath he has to keep. Especially since it was in front of the listeners.
Chunt and Usidore burst back into this heart-to-heart, with the Lunar Sword. The hydra was apparently just in the next area and Ooze defeated it. While they excitedly discuss how amazing the experience is, Arnie realizes to his great distress that after all this time and effort, he’s missed the culmination of the quest. He woefully asks whether there might still be some treasure left, so Chunt offers him a souvenir Luna Sword as a consolation prize. Usidore insists Chunt keep the Luna Sword as his treasure, so Arnie sadly relinquishes it. But then Usidore says since he already has a sword (which Arnie can’t lift), he’s giving Arnie the Lunar Sword, which is as weightless as advertised. Ooze adds that it has a gravitational pull, so anything that comes near Arnie will be “attracted to him in some small way”, which they think is nice. Clacks also discovers Ooze has had his missing rib this whole time just to troll him.
The teenage girl appears again out of nowhere, still talking about her family problems, and Arnie stabs her so he’s not left out of the quest. Then they make him regret killing a 14 year old in his attempt to be heroic. She points out that she’s not dead, just decapitated. Arnie puts her head back on and this is the push she needs to decide to go home to her family.
Clacks reads another legal document with a thanks from the staff. Chunt talks Usidore into buying some of the souvenir etchings of their adventure, even though Arnie’s eyes are closed in most of them.
Walking out, they agree that at least it was a successful equipment test, but a somewhat discouraged Arnie considers not uploading the podcast since he’s not sure he wants anyone to know about it. Usidore and Chunt try to cheer him up by telling him he should be proud of how far he made it, and leaving the tavern at all. Now that he has a weapon he can wield, Usidore promises they’ll train him in the weeks before the battle against the Dark Lord, and Arnie leaves the dungeon feeling hopeful that he’ll have many more chances to be heroic soon. | {
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"Flat out the funniest documentary since The Aristocrats."
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"Must-see"
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"Filled with talking heads you actually want to listen to, this movie is the closest most of us will get to hearing the funniest voices of the ‘70s shooting the breeze about what a strange, wacky, druggy, wildly creative time they had."
- Playboy
"Grade: A. Fascinating, funny, smart, juvenile, tragic, and likely to offend just about everyone. It’s a must-see for anyone who cares about comedy."
- Entertainment Weekly
"A MUST-SEE FOR COMEDY LOVERS."
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"Critics' pick."
- Time Out NY
"It’s a rib-tickling ride of a story that demands your laughter, your curiosity, and your tears."
- Consequence of Sound
"Hilarious and heartrending. A wonder to behold."
- BlackBook Magazine
"A HELL OF A RIDE. Energetic, laugh-stuffed and very colorful"
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"Meet the unsung heroes of American funny business."
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"Fascinating and frequently hilarious"
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"Pack rats of a certain generation will all but run to their attics after seeing Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead."
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"Keeps the laughs coming. If you think there is nothing funnier than putting a sacred cow in a blender and hitting the purée button, this is the movie for you."
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From the 1970s thru the 1990s, the hippest and most outrageous comedy in print was the National Lampoon. The groundbreaking humor magazine pushed the limits of taste and acceptability parodying everything from politics, religion, entertainment and the whole of American lifestyle. The print publication even branched out into successful radio shows, record albums, live stage revues and iconic movies, including Animal House and National Lampoon’s Vacation. The National Lampoon launched the careers of legends like John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest, Gilda Radner and many more. | {
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3E Services is now Radwell International, Inc.
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Radwell International, Inc. continues to expand its global reach. Radwell offers its customers more options, both domestically and globally, for their industrial automation needs which includes repair services for Schneider Electric, SICK, Omron, Baldor, Siemens, Fanuc and 1,000's of other manufacturers.
3E Services is now Radwell International, Inc.
Radwell has facilities in New Jersey, Indiana, North Carolina, Texas, Missouri, the UK, Canada, and now Georgia.
Tucker, Georgia (PRWEB)March 09, 2016
Radwell International, Inc. is dedicated to offering its customers more options, both domestically and globally, for their industrial automation needs. We are pleased to announce that Radwell International has acquired 3E Services of Tucker, Georgia. Radwell is also known as “PLCCenter” and is the world leader in industrial repair, surplus, factory new supply, and asset recovery. It is our goal to continue to support and invest in 3E’s Team and Customers.
All of 3E’s Customers can expect to receive the same great personal service that they have enjoyed in the past from 3E Services, with enhanced product and service offerings backed by the worldwide resources of Radwell International. In addition to our international web presence, Radwell has facilities in New Jersey, Indiana, North Carolina, Texas, Missouri, the UK, Canada, and now Georgia.
In addition to Radwell’s new Tucker, Georgia office please be sure to visit Radwell.com as your best web resource for researching and exploring the wide array of products and services available. To receive a quote or to place an order or for any other questions please call our toll free number 888.966.0663 or send an email to sales(at)radwell.com | {
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failure
I’m not really excited about celebrating failure, although events like FailFest are fun – and you can learn a ton from failure. Failure is usually the default state. Sometimes, people go out of the way to find a way to fail. Celebrating failure is like celebrating the fact that it’s Thursday. If you want failure, change nothing, […] | {
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Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 8/01/12
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Envirolution 2018 is on the way!
I feel like we’ve neglected the website aspect of Envirolution a teensy bit.
With so much focus these days on social media, our Facebook and Twitter serves plenty of updates as it allows us to participate in more of what is happening in and around Manchester, and it really feels like things are moving forward.
We’re totally excited to get the ball rolling properly for Envirolution 2018, with acclaimed street food event hosters extraordinare GRUB bringing some of their best and brightest street food traders together to perform one of their Plant Powered Sundays, but on a Saturday, at Envirolution!
To keep up to date with everything, follow the event on Facebook, share with your friends, and get excited for summer! If you want to get involved, as always, just get in touch 🙂 | {
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When Long Beach Police Officer Lindsey Allison would walk into the canine unit's office, a male colleague frequently leered at her while tucking in his shirt in a suggestive manner. It was his way of emphasizing what several officers recently testified was his attitude toward the elite unit, where Allison also worked: "It's a man's detail and it will always be a man's detail." Officer Melissa Clerkin also saw the Long Beach Police Department as a male enclave.
Two Long Beach policewomen who sued the city and Police Chief Lawrence Binkley for sexual harassment were awarded $3.1 million Thursday by a federal court jury. Lindsey Allison and Melissa Clerkin testified that they were subjected to sexual harassment and that supervisors did little or nothing to stop it. Allison was awarded $1.4 million, Clerkin $1.7 million. Their victory came as a sharp blow to the Police Department and the financially strapped city.
The flowers that came to her desk told her that other women deputies believed in what she was fighting for. The note in the bouquet told her that she would be fighting alone. For more than 10 years, even before the flowers--and the card reading "Thanks, from those who aren't brave enough"--Susan Bouman Paolino has pursued her federal sex discrimination suit against the county Sheriff's Department, after she was denied a sergeant's promotion in spite of her qualifications.
Three male Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, fired for allegedly urging inmates at a county jail in Castaic to commit obscene acts in front of a rookie female deputy and pelt her with food, are seeking reinstatement on the grounds that the hazing of new officers is a common practice condoned by the department. "I don't think it's fair to say the department puts out a bulletin saying it's OK to haze rookies," the deputies' attorney, Richard A.
Almost lost in the Christopher Commission's encyclopedia of shockers--both statistical and anecdotal--are women. Yet in the judgment of some who testified before the commission and the panel's sole woman member, press and public reactions to the report and its calls for a new kind of police work have overlooked this: while 13% of the Police Department are women, none of the department's worst 132 offenders in shootings and in use of force and personnel complaints were women.
Several concerns raised by critics of the Christopher Commission have begun to influence the panel's inquiry into excessive use of force by the Los Angeles Police Department in the wake of the Rodney G. King beating. While community activists have failed to win all of their demands, they have brought about changes in the makeup of the staff and caused the panel to pursue lines of inquiry into women's issues that otherwise may have been overlooked.
Lyle Alzado, whose lawyer said last month that the former NFL star has inoperable brain cancer, was charged Wednesday with battery on a peace officer, authorities said. Alzado is to be arraigned on May 21 in Culver City Municipal Court on one count of misdemeanor battery, said Mike Botula, a spokesman for the district attorney's office. Alzado, 42, is free on $5,000 bail. He is charged with assaulting a woman deputy marshal who was serving papers on him April 16 in a civil matter, Botula said.
Lyle Alzado, an imposing former Raiders defensive lineman, found himself overmatched Tuesday in an early morning encounter with a 110-pound female deputy marshal armed with a can of chemical Mace and some law enforcement friends, according to authorities.
A former Los Angeles policewoman who allegedly became romantically involved with a high school football player while serving as an undercover narcotics officer has lost yet another bid to get her job back. A Police Department Board of Rights late Tuesday ruled that Sharon Fischer should not be reinstated after her dismissal for writing sexually suggestive letters to the 17-year-old Granada Hills student, telephoning him at home and maintaining an improper relationship with a minor.
Five male Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies will be fired for allegedly urging inmates at a county jail facility in Saugus to harass a rookie female deputy as part of a hazing scheme, sheriff's officials said Tuesday. A five-month internal investigation found that some inmates at the Peter J. Pitchess Honor Rancho, at the urging of deputies, exposed themselves and threw food at Deputy Alyson A. Fox, 26, who has filed a $1-million claim against the Sheriff's Department. | {
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Hospira recalls one lot of electrolyte solution after mold found
January 28, 2013|Reuters
(Reuters) - Hospira Inc is recalling one lot of an intravenous electrolyte solution after the discovery of the presence of a substance that was consistent with mold, U.S. health regulators said on Monday.
The Food and Drug Administration said the affected lot of the product, known as Lactated Ringer's and 5% Dextrose Injection, was distributed nationwide between June 2011 and January 2012 to wholesalers, hospitals and pharmacies.
The FDA said the substance in the solution was discovered by a Hospira customer. The customer was not identified.
Electrolyte solutions are used to replenish fluids and calories.
The FDA said Hospira has not received reports of any injuries to patients, but said that contaminated solution could cause thrombosis, a type of blood clot; septic shock or fatal infection.
The FDA said anyone with an existing inventory should stop use and distribution and quarantine the product immediately.
Hospira officials had no immediate comment.
Hospira's stock fell 1.9 percent to $34.42 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange. | {
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What are you coming for Showtime? Baker at 185#? Cause I’d be down to watch that.
I want to read the PbP of the main event. My imaginary PbP= Vinicios spends the first round demonstrating his capo while Baker backs off and laughs/blocks. Baker comes out swinging in the second, gets the TD and submits.
I enjoy Vinicos and his bro and their Capo, but I just don’t see the practicality when faced against guys who have more of an all around game.
We managed to bring about 60 Gracie Barra crew for Ryan Allen vs Bret Deacon. Huge respect from all of us for Bret taking the fight on short notice. Orgill canceled on us and Bret stepped up, thanks again Bret! Also congrats to our boy Ryan we are proud of you!
I did the PbP for mmamadhouse/topmmanews. Delgado looked awesome. Ryan Allen was pure class. Aurelio’s kick was out of this world! Swayze should have won.Dwyer was impressive. Baker was a tornado and deserved the win, but it looked like an illegal blow to the back of the head/neck to me. Great show all in all. | {
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Finding it a bit difficult to get into your aluminium boats. Then why not get us at Holt Marine to fit your boat with a practical step. It is larger than the usual step and the raised hand rail for good leaverage.
This small side console is large enough to hold guages, switch panel, fishfinder as well as the steering wheel and can be frabricated for your aluminium boats. If this is just what you were looking for give us at Holt Marine … Continue reading → | {
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Theme: Tennis!! In case you somehow escaped my mother’s tales of tennis – which I highly doubt – this is her favorite sport and a great way for me to cover up this big surprise! I will be telling her that we are headed to go play tennis and instead drive to Salt Brewery in Saline for the “big game.”
Thus, please jump in and dress up in tennis or athletic gear for “The Grand Slam 60-Love” party. No game gear? No problem, dress as comfortably and as casually as you’d like.
When: Friday, July 8th 2016
Time: 6pm-9pm
Arrive before 6:30pm for Karen’s arrival & the big surprise!
I will be taking her on a mother-daughter tennis photoshoot to keep her distracted and get her in her clothes, while dressing up before arriving at Salt for the party.
Where: Salt Springs Brewery on the Patio
(117 South Ann Arbor Street, Saline MI 48176)
There will be games, appetizers and cake provided. Feel free to order yourself additional food or drinks from your server.
RSVP: Serve Up a Response below by selecting either of the FREE “tickets” – this is simply so we can get a head count for attendance! Thank you!
Bring: In lieu of a card or gift please bring a single can of tennis balls. There is no particular kind, color or brand needed, just a single tube. Please write your own Happy Birthday message on the can and be sure to include who it’s from! We will have markers upon your arrival. | {
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"I'm not really a career person.I'm a gardener,basically.".....George Harrison
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Back To The Garden…..
After our quick trip to Tallahassee,where we welcomed the ever delightful Emma to the garden party,we are now back at TheGreatWall.After eight days away,we returned to a weedy,over grown mess.
(but it was more than worth it!)
While in Tallahassee,we took some time to visit two places we have always wanted to see.
First up,Tony’s Garden Patch.The Dirt,on TBO.com,had an article about this place a while back.And ever since,we have wanted to see it. Plus,maybe we could finally find a nice cat statue for the garden.Find the statue we did(for $7.50!)….
but wait!
There’s more…..
Shouldn’t everyone should have a six foot gargoyle in their garden?
How about life size concrete pigs?
You want it,they got it!
And this is only a very small portion of what they have!It would take an entire day to see everything.
Whether they’ll perform this fall or not,is debatable.But they will next fall.And,hopefully,I should have extra bulbs to give away.
~~~A slight interruption for a Emma alert! ~~~
I wanted to thank everyone for their wonderful comments about our Emma.After a few bumps in the road,she is now home with her Mom and Dad,and doing beautifully.
See……
and with her adoring daddy….
Now,we return you back to regular blogging…..
This weekend was spent putting in the fall veggie garden.
Also planted were broccoli,red,green and orange peppers,two heirloom tomatoes, Big Boy and Better Boy tomatoes,and cucumbers,.Previously planted were leeks and herbs.I still need to get onion sets.YardBoy wants some collards and turnip greens,but he has to find his own space if he wants those.Our version of The Great Gardening Debate….
Chris,Emma is BEEEautiful... really. What a divine little face. Sweet times for everyone ahead.
My favorite nursery in the whole world is in Tallahassee! It is sort of south (opposite of the Native Nursery)but it is well worth the drive. Next time you go you must make a detour. Let me know and I'll give you the details.
You brought home some fun stuff. You planted broccoli already? I never know when the ideal time is but I'm waiting a couple of weeks until the soil cools a tad. Did you get those seeds at Duncheon's...I recognize that packaging... so pretty. I'd let yard boy plant collards... they are SO easy to grow. Where did you tell me you buy your onion sets? I need some too.Sorry for babbling,Meems
Meems-I figured I'd give the broccoli a try,just because ...Yep,got the seeds at Duncheon's,when they had them on sale.And there way more nurseries we wanted to visit,but we'll have plenty of chances in the future.
Little Emma is such a beautiful flower to add to your garden party! What fun it must have been to wander around that statuary place. I'm having a hard time envisioning that gargoyle or the pigs in any garden setting. Hmmm... I need to get me some of those hurricane lilies.
Emma is precious. Please interrupt the blog post anytime to give an update on her. Both places you visited seem very interesting and full of stuff every gardener MUST have. (Except for the gargoyle.) Can't wait to see the progress of the veggie patch.
Your new interruption is very sweet. Congratulations! I'm happy to see her dad isn't 90! (Big smiles)
I really like hurricane lilies. When I was growing up, we called them surprise lilies because you never knew where they would come up. And if you get the azalea to bloom, you will love it. My mom took one from southern GA all the way to NE Mississippi, and it's done well.
Hi, Chris! I'm so glad you threw in that Emma alert...she's gorgeous! But seriously, that gargoyle is very scarey! It should not be in the same post as that sweet little baby. I like your kitty, though.
Great purchases...I bet you had trouble choosing with such a collection. I love those hurricane lilies! If you have extras, please put me on the list!!!
Hi Chris...Emma is so beautiful and sweet looking. You must be absolutely delighted!
How lucky to have a chance to visit two places while you're there. Those hurricane lilies look outstanding...gorgeous. Both places look really neat. I'll have to remember them when I get up that way again. | {
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World Cup stops in Beaver Creek
December 2, 2010
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. - Olympic champions Bode Miller, Ted Ligety and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal are among the world's best skiers competing at the Audi Birds of Prey races Friday through Sunday in Beaver Creek. As the only men's Audi FIS Alpine World Cup stop in America, the Birds of Prey races are among the world's premier alpine events featuring downhill, super-G and giant slalom over three classic days of racing on what will be the site of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
NBC will feature the Audi Birds of Prey downhill at 2 p.m. Sunday. Versus will also carry a full broadcast package from Beaver Creek with the downhill and super-G airing on Dec. 11 at 4 and 5 p.m., respectively.
"Birds of Prey is a world class hill," said Miller, who has won three times in Beaver Creek. "The same guys who were competing at the Olympics will be there and they always put on a great show."
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Bode Miller, left, and Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid pose following the super-G race at the Vancouver Olympics. Miller won silver and Weibrecht won bronze in the event. (AP file photo — Jacques Boissinot)
A men's World Cup stop for 14 years, the U.S. Ski Team has a storied record of success in Beaver Creek with 15 podiums, including five wins since 2003. Miller accounts for three of those victories, plus an additional two more top three results. Ligety, the 2008 and 2010 World Cup giant slalom champion, owns three giant slalom podiums and Steven Nyman has added two downhill podiums.
"We love going home to Beaver Creek, it's an awesome hill with every element of modern downhill," said head coach Sasha Rearick. "We're also super stoked to have a super-G back in Beaver Creek, not just because we love it, all nations see Birds as one of the best super-G trails in the world."
On the world stage, Beaver Creek has become a classic venue producing numerous historic moments in ski racing. Austrian legend Hermann Maier owns an impressive six wins on Birds of Prey including a complete sweep in 1999.
In 2004 Miller captured his first downhill victory in Beaver Creek with now retired speed icon Daron Rahlves in second. A year later Rahlves grabbed the downhill victory over Miller and the pair continued the podium swap the next day by going 1-2 in giant slalom
Olympic super-G bronze medalist Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid made a name for himself among the World Cup elite in 2007 with an on-the-edge ride from 53rd to 10th becoming an instant YouTube classic. That same race, Svindal suffered a season-ending crash on the Golden Eagle jump and returned the following season to win both the downhill and super-G.
Last winter, Swiss phenom Carlo Janka reproduced Maier's legendary sweep to become the first person since Jean-Claude Killy in 1967 to win three World Cup races on three consecutive days. He then went on to capture the overall World Cup title for 2010.
"The Audi Birds of Prey is always a special time for all of us," said Ceil Folz, President of the Vail Valley Foundation. "The event takes on even greater significance now that Vail and Beaver Creek have secured the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. It's exciting to think that we will continue to enhance the legacy of Birds of Prey as we start to put the pieces in place for a great World Championships in 2015." | {
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ANAHEIM, Calif.− Guests will enjoy wild, hilarious flying lessons beginning July 1 at Goofy’s Sky School, one of several new attractions and restaurants opening in Paradise Pier at Disney California Adventure park. Along with the debut of The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, these new experiences will complete the transformation of Paradise Pier, a section of the park reminiscent of a seaside amusement park of the 1930s.
The fun at Paradise Pier adds to the excitement of Disney Soundsational Summer, June 3 through Sept 5, offering guests even more ways to make special memories at the Disneyland Resort.
New dining locations also make their debut July 1, offering a variety of options for lunch, dinner and snacks at Paradise Pier -- Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta, Paradise Garden Grill and Bayside Brews, a beer and pretzel kiosk. This spring, the popular Corn Dog Castle made its return and Seaside Souvenirs opened as a restyled merchandise location.
During the past two years, Walt Disney Imagineers have added new attractions, enhanced the entertainment offerings and updated the architecture in Paradise Pier, the boardwalk area surrounding Paradise Bay. The water spectacular “World of Color” opened in 2010, along with Silly Symphony Swings, and guests first enjoyed the high-scoring fun of Toy Story Mania! in 2008.
Ariel and Goofy are now part of the cast of Disney characters along Paradise Bay, inviting guests to stay and play all summer long.
Goofy’s Sky School – Joining the fun along Paradise Pier July 1, this coaster attraction invites guests to enroll in Goofy’s Sky School, a hilarious adventure filled with zany dips, twists and family thrills. Inspired by the classic Goofy “How-to” shorts of the 1940s and 1950s as well as the cartoon short, “Goofy’s Glider,” the attraction takes “novice pilots” on a flying lesson through the wild, blue yonder. Zipping over and through the clouds, the flight path rises three stories high with plenty of wacky antics and instruction from Goofy via whimsically animated billboards.
Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta – The sights and sounds of the boardwalk are part of the flavor at this quick-service Italian eatery, which offers something for everyone. The menu includes delicious pasta dishes and salads, and guests will be able to watch their flatbread pizza being pulled piping hot from the ovens. Flatbreads run the gamut from a traditional cheese or pepperoni to a Portobello mushroom and spinach flatbread with pesto, artichokes, mozzarella, ricotta-salata and Pecorino Romano cheese. Pasta fans can dig into classic spaghetti and meatballs, pasta tossed with chicken in a sun-dried tomato cream sauce, or five-cheese ravioli with pesto and toasted pine nuts.
Paradise Garden Grill – Guests will find a Mediterranean spin on the food at this location with a variety of skewers and kabobs. Signature items include chicken, beef, vegetable, and tofu skewers served with rice pilaf, cucumber salad and grilled pita bread, with a selection of sauces, including Moroccan chili tomato and tandoori-spiced yogurt. Refreshing Greek salads and a kid’s menu are also available
Bayside Brews – Warm, salted pretzels are an ideal treat to pair with a cold beer, available at this new kiosk beginning July 1 at Paradise Pier in Disney California Adventure park. Bayside Brews will offer beverages and six types of beers on tap, for guests 21 years of age and older. The beers include domestic and specialty brews.
Corn Dog Castle – This boardwalk favorite returns to serve one of California’s favorite beach snacks. The quick-serve eatery offers two choices for corn dog fans, original and hot link. A meatless option is also available, as a delicious, deep-fried cheddar cheese stick.
Seaside Souvenirs - This quaint boardwalk mercantile recalls the nautical-themed curio shops of seaside towns across the land. Formerly known as Souvenir 66, the mementos here are themed to the nearby The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure attraction, and it also carries general merchandise and sundries.
Fun Facts About Goofy’s Sky School:
The attraction is inspired by the classic Goofy “how-to” short films of the 1940s and 1950s as well as the cartoon short, “Goofy’s Glider.”
The flight instructor’s motto is on the entrance sign: “Fly the Goofy Way.”
The attraction tells the story of Goofy’s decision to launch a flight academy following a failed attempt as an egg farmer on his California farmland.
Residents of the egg farm-turned-flight school still linger on the premises, making this wacky flight school even more thrilling.
Guests will enjoy unexpected turns on this “flight,” which features several "switchback" sections over 1,200 feet of track.
Attraction vehicles will hold four guests per car.
Guests must be 42 inches tall to ride, and FastPass is available for Goofy’s Sky School | {
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Root cause analysis and time exploration updates to Azure Time Series Insights
Azure Time Series Insights is currently in public preview, and we’ve been hard at work the last couple months to help our customers better manage and find value in their time series data. Time Series Insights is a fully managed analytics, storage, and visualization service that makes it simple to explore and analyze billions of IoT events simultaneously. Additionally, it allows you to visualize and explore time series data streaming into Azure in minutes, all without having to write a single line of code. For more information about the product, pricing, and getting started, please visit the Time Series Insights website on Azure.com.
Faster root cause analysis and investigations
We’ve heard a lot of feedback from our manufacturing, and oil and gas customers that they are using Time Series Insights to help them conduct root cause analysis and investigations, but it’s been difficult for them to quickly pinpoint statistically significant patterns in their data. To make this process more efficient, we’ve added a feature that proactively surfaces the most statistically significant patterns in a selected data region. This relieves users from having to look at thousands of events to understand what patterns most warrant their time and energy. Further, we have made it easy to then jump directly into these statistically significant patterns to continue conducting an analysis.
This new feature is also helpful for post-mortem investigations into historical data. Most of our customers have existing alerting mechanisms in place (for example, Azure Stream Analytics jobs) and use Time Series Insights as a complementary investigative tool to understand the context of an alert. These customers are using Time Series Insights to look back during a postmortem for additional clues to help mitigate and prevent similar issues from occurring in the future.
Below is a GIF showing patterns in the stats tab and adding a pattern as a new term:
Greater control of time for data exploration
Additionally, we have heard from customers across many verticals that they are using Time Series Insights to help them triage and diagnose issues involving sensor data from their key assets, but they have been asking for finer control over their ability to navigate time in our visualizations. To give these customers more control, we have provided several new usability improvements to time navigation to make triage and diagnosing easier.
First, we’ve added a time interval slider for more precise control of movement between large slices of time that show smooth trends down to slices as small as the millisecond, allowing customers to see granular, high-resolution cuts of their data. Further, we’ve set the slider’s default starting point to be the most optimal view of the data from their selection; balancing resolution, query speed, and granularity.
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Secondly, we heard from customers that they would like an easier way to move between time ranges when conducting diagnostics on their sensor data. Previously, a user needed to leave their search and reselect the period they wanted to explore from their environment all over again to complete this task. To make their workflow more seamless, we have added a time brush to make it easier to navigate from one time span to another, putting intuitive UX front and center for easy movement between time ranges.
Below is a GIF showing how simple it is to navigate using the brush:
We are excited about these new updates, but we are even more excited about what’s to come, so be on the lookout for more product news soon! You can also explore Time Series Insights and take these new updates for a test drive using our free demo environment, you’ll just need an Azure.com account to get started. You can also stay up to date on all things Time Series Insights by following us on Twitter. | {
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The Emoji Movie does not deserve the hate
The Emoji movie came out in 2017 and made headlines for all the wrong reasons. It was criticized and named the worst movie of the year; while in reality, that is not the case at all. It showcases a subject that is current to the youth of this generation in a creative and relevant manner. | {
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The smartphone plan allocates 20GB of shared data across 10 devices, 40GB across 20 devices, or 60GB across 30 devices. The more data and devices, the higher the cost -- ranging from $139.99 through $349.99 per month. The first device must be a smartphone, with an extra charge tacked on for tablets, hot spots, and USB dongles. It's an additional $30 or $40 for unlimited talk and text.
The tablet plan covers anywhere from five to 30 devices, with the first device being a tablet. Prices range from $59.99 to $319.99 depending on the amount of data and number of devices.
The plans are available only through Sprint Business Direct, Care, or Telesales.
Sprint has been known for touting its unlimited data plans, and it will still keep its other business plans alive, including Business Advantage and Everything Business. But the new shared data plans mark a change for the company.
Caralene Robinson, a Sprint marketing vice president, said at the time that "the concept of sharing a monthly data allowance across a family or group of users increases the likelihood for a surprise monthly bill due to data overage charges."
Has the carrier changed its tune?
A Sprint spokesperson told CNET that the company offers online tools to business customers so they can view and manage their data usage.
"In addition, we only charge $0.015/MB in overage ($15/GB)," the spokesperson said. "And, unlike Verizon and AT&T who charge for the whole GB, Sprint only charges the business customer for what they use."
Updated 10:20 a.m. PTwith comment from Sprint. Clarification, 10:45 a.m. PT: The headline has been changed to make clear that Sprint has introduced the plans for small businesses. | {
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I recently rediscovered my recipe for Almond Poppy Seed Bread, and I’ve been making it fairly often ever since. This bread is good to serve, spread with butter, as a side dish to almost any meal, and it’s texture and stability make it a good sandwich bread when a slightly sweet bread enhances the filling. […]
It’s that time of year again! Baseball is now going to be a huge part of our lives for the next few months. I couldn’t be happier. Of course, all of those practices and weird game times can mean that we end up grabbing fast food in town if I don’t plan ahead. There’s nothing […]
Winter Olympic viewing has been fun for the last week or so, but I kind of miss reading. Actually, I miss it a lot! The excitement of the games has been fun, but I’m actually longing to settle into my chair, put my feet up, and spend some serious time in a book. Next week […]
Evernote is my go to app for everything. As I work towards making my home, and my homemaking, as paperless as possible, Evernote is proving to be just the right tool for the job. I’m now using Evernote as my paperless homemaker’s journal, my recipe box, and my filing cabinet for a hundred other purposes. […]
I used to participate in The Simple Woman’s Daybook on a regular basis. With so much going on right now, I thought it might be fun to use her daybook platform, with a few of my own changes, to catch up a bit!
I’m moving all of my hundreds of recipes to Evernote. Let me tell you why.
I’ve been married and cooking for two or more people for more than thirty-five years. I’ve collected a lot of recipes during that time and I’ve had various ways of keeping them so they were easy to use – binders, […]
As many of you know, I’m a rather eclectic reader, and I like to have three or four books, from different genre, going at the same time. I take my time through most non-fiction books, but given the right circumstances time-wise, I’ll plow right through a novel! There’s nothing like turning page after page of […]
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Destruction Derby 2
Destruction Derby 2 is a manic mayhem game full of crumple zones with advanced 3D graphics featuring spectacular 3D crash sequences, where cars will actually flip, roll and cartwheel in real-time before hitting the dirt. Upon impact, you will see dramatic new special effects, including shooting flames, flying sparks and vehicle parts propelling through the air. | {
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Oh Canada? "The Biggest Student Uprising You've never heard of "
Dedicated to all the students in Quebec who have peacefully hit the streets to protest AUSTERITY!
I had no idea that there were so many of you protesting
As is so typical the msm is absent/downplaying and lying!
They do not want the rest of Canada aware. They do not want the rest of the world aware.
Protestors are being attacked by the Surete de Quebec. (provincial police force)
The Surete has a history of brutality. The Surete has a history of using provocateurs.
We hear endlessly about so called protestors in Syria and their government oppression. Which is bullshit.
In Canada the NATO media complies with the powers that be, therefore large protests against Austerity do not exist
On an unseasonably warm day in late March, a quarter of a million
postsecondary students and their supporters gathered in the streets of
Montreal to protest against the Liberal government’s plan to raise
tuition fees by 75% over five years. As the crowd marched in seemingly endless waves from Place du Canada, dotted with the carrés rouges,
or red squares, that have become the symbol of the Quebec student
movement, it was plainly obvious that this demonstration was the largest
in Quebec’s, and perhaps Canadian, history.
The March 22nd Manifestation nationale
was not the culmination but the midpoint of a 10-week-long student
uprising that has seen, at its height, over 300,000 college and
university students join an unlimited and superbly coordinated general strike.
As of today, almost 180,000 students remain on picket lines in
departments and faculties that have been shuttered since February, not
only in university-dense Montreal but also in smaller communities throughout Quebec.
The strike has been supported by near-daily protest actions ranging
from family-oriented rallies to building occupations and bridge
blockades, and, more recently, by a campaign of political and economic disruption
directed against government ministries, crown corporations, and private
industry. Although generally peaceful, these actions have met with
increasingly brutal acts of police violence: Student protesters are routinely beaten, pepper-sprayed, and tear-gassed by riot police, and one, Francis Grenier, lost an eye
after being hit by a flashbang grenade at close range. Meanwhile,
college and university administrators have deployed a spate of court
injunctions and other legal measures in an unsuccessful attempt to break
the strike, and Quebec’s premier, Jean Charest, remains intransigent in
spite of growing calls for his government to negotiate with student leaders.
So, why haven’t you heard about this yet?
While the Quebec student strike is comparable in scale to student
movements in Europe and Latin America, it is entirely unique in the
context of Canada and the continental United States, which makes the
absence of media coverage outside the province puzzling at best and
disturbing at worst. As the veteran Canadian activist Judy Rebick
observed in a recent rabble.ca column, “it is incredible that there has
been almost no coverage of this extraordinary uprising of young people in Quebec in English Canada,” and, save for a brief mention on Democracy Now!,
the movement has been ignored by even the independent American press. A
key factor, certainly, is language: Quebec is a predominantly
French-speaking province with a fully separate media infrastructure, and
its famously militant
student unions, which are responsible for organizing the strike,
operate largely independently of the academic and activist networks that
link the rest of the continent. In this sense, English and French
North America exist as two solitudes
in much the same way that English- and French-speaking Quebecers once
did—that is, they live in close quarters but don’t actually talk to each
other very much.
Still, language differences are no excuse for overlooking this
important student movement. Montreal, the province’s cultural capital,
is a bilingual city and student leaders have made efforts to ensure that
strike information is available on English Web sites, Facebook
groups, and Twitter feeds. Further, the English student media, based
at Montreal’s Concordia and McGill universities, have provided
consistent and often excellent coverage of the strike and related
protests. Even the national Canadian press has finally picked up the story, albeit without addressing the larger historical and political context
of the strike or its connection to the austerity measures that are
being imposed on students and workers across Canada and around the
world. More promisingly, next weekend’s Edufactory conference, The University is Ours!,
is holding a special plenary session on tuition struggles in Quebec,
which will help to raise awareness of the events that have fueled le printemps québécois.
At the very least, the student strike should serve as inspiration to
social movements far beyond Quebec’s borders, as well as an urgent call
to solidarity.
Well the media is doing a great job in portraying the students as violent spoiled brats, they are also using this to divide us via the old Quebec vs ROC thing. It's working too, if the comment sections of both CBC and the G&M are any indication. Easy peasy for the PTB to spin this given the already antagonistic relationship between Quebec and the ROC.
I was talking to a young fellow about this, he said, when they see the dudes all in black show up, everyone kind of knows they are cops, sent to whip up violence and vandalism. His friend was one of those arrested in Gatineau last week.
FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE ISRAHELLI FOREIGN MINISTRY & ONCE ISRAHELLI AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY SAYS HE MET WITH SYRIAN OPPOSITION IN ''TURKEY'' RECENTLY http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2012/04/former-director-general-of-israhelli.html
Agree with you and Buffy on the dumb comments at CBC reflecting the extent to which Canadians have been dumbed down and filled with petty hate and jealousy.
As for the lack of media coverage, I believe it is simply because this is NOT a controlled opposition event.Arab springs, and Occupy clearly serve the 1% and get media "coverage". As the song says, the revolution will not be televised.
True, not for some time now on Occupy.Created and financed by the 1%, it was set up as controlled opposition and crushed last fall in a coordinated well publicized fashion. I was part of the protests and clearly most people there were good and honest, trying to do the right thing. But they/we were not in control.
The biggest takeaway from the Occupy movement was that we can't win (I don't believe that) and that the establishment will crush and hurt us. Protesting = failure.Again I don't believe that, but the media presentation of the entire Occupy cycle made that assertion.The bombardment of information about police abuse of innocent citizens, US supreme court allowing strip searches for traffic violations and such, the brutalization of NYC Occupy protesters are all designed to break our spirit.The Montreal protests are real, the spirit and emotion are real, so it is uncontrollable. That is why our media are not permitted to cover it and prefer to do damage control past tense.
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Screenshot Captor Portable 4.29.0
Quickly and easily take screenshots using keyboard shortcuts
Bob Thornton April 2, 2018
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There are numerous reasons why you might need to take a screenshot - an image of the programs and windows that are open on the desktop. You may want to take a picture of an error message which is too lengthy to remember, or you may want to save an image of a web site. Screenshots are also very handy when producing brochures and manuals. This can be achieved by simply pressing the PrtScn key on your keyboard and then pasting the contents of the clipboard into an image editing program, but the options are fairly limited. Using Screenshot Captor, it is possible to grab a picture of the entire screen or just a single window by pressing a customisable keyboard shortcut.
But it doesn’t end there. You can also opt to capture a portion of the desktop, or even capture an active window in its entirety even if the whole window is not visible on screen. When composing a screenshot, a delay can be imposed to allow time for windows to be arranged as required and menus opened if they need to be included in the image. Images can be automatically saved in a range of popular formats in a folder of your choice, and you can choose between including the mouse cursor in the screenshot or disregard it.
Screenshot Captor also provides access to a number of image editing options which can be used to enhance your screenshots once they have been captured. Sitting in the system tray, the program is always available so there's no need to remember to run it in advanced as it will start automatically with Windows.
This is the portable version, which can be run directly from USB flash drive.
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Did you ever add up the time you spend browsing the net, going on Facebook, Youtube and Linkedin?
According to recent surveys, more than 500 million people spend 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. 700 billion minutes…
The Internet can save us a lot of time when we search for something useful for our job or for school. We can also pay our bills, do our banking online and do a lot of other useful tasks. There are lots of benefits of using the web but we must discipline ourselves to use our time wisely. It is tempting to go on the Internet and spend an hour to look at random stuff. We must check our habits and set boundaries to avoid wasting precious time.
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Al-Qaeda chief's brother arrested in Syria: Report
The brother of al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri has reportedly been arrested by Syrian military forces in the city of Dara'a, southwest of the capital Damascus.
The 59-year-old Mohamed al-Zawahiri was arrested while he was meeting opposition militants in Dara'a, the English newspaper The Independent reported on Friday.
According to the daily, Western intelligence agencies fear the arrest could lead to the detention of more al-Qaeda members in Syria.
Zawahiri spent 14 years in prison in Egypt on charges of being involved in the assassination of former president Anwar Sadat in 1981 and taking part in terrorist acts.
Ayman, 61, became the head of al-Qaeda in 2011. In May 2011, US Navy SEALs claimed they killed former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Ayman has called for military action against the Syrian government.
Reports say hundreds of al-Qaeda terrorists are active in Syria under the banner of the al-Nusra Front group.
Last month, the US State Department designated the al-Nusra Front group as a terror organization linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are reportedly arming and funding militants fighting the Damascus government to implement Western plans in the Arab county.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of security personnel, have been killed in the violence.
The Syrian government says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants fighting the Syrian government are foreign nationals.
Several international human rights organizations have accused the foreign-sponsored militants of committing war crimes.
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Byrdak in game action for first time since surgery
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
MIAMI -- Left-hander Tim Byrdak tossed one inning Saturday in extended spring training, his first game action since undergoing surgery last August to repair a torn capsule in his pitching shoulder. The Mets are still eyeing a July return for Byrdak, who was on pace for 86 appearances last season before suffering the injury.
Posting a 4.08 ERA in nearly two full seasons with the Mets, Byrdak signed a Minor League deal to remain in the organization last winter. He has since split his rehab between Port St. Lucie, Fla., and his home in Illinois.
The Mets have a history of placing overworked lefty specialists (see: Byrdak and Pedro Feliciano) on the disabled list in recent years, so Byrdak's return could provide some welcome relief for similarly overused reliever Scott Rice. Serving as the team's primary left-handed reliever in Byrdak's absence, Rice is on pace for a league-leading 97 appearances.
That is in large part a function of his success; Rice is holding lefties to a .150 average and a .333 OPS, and he has not allowed a run in eight of his last nine appearances.
Consider it a trend for the bullpen as a whole, which entered Saturday's play with two earned runs allowed over its past 15 innings to reduce its season ERA from 4.90 to 4.57. Manager Terry Collins chalked the sudden success up to the fact that Mets starters have averaged 6.7 innings per game over that stretch, versus 5.6 innings leading up to that point.
"That's exactly what it is," Collins said. "[Starters] are going deeper into games, so you're looking at certain matchups now that ... you're bringing guys in to face certain guys in their lineup that they're going to have better success against."
Collins expects Niese to make next start
MIAMI -- Mets manager Terry Collins reiterated Saturday that he only expects injured starter Jon Niese to miss one turn through the rotation. With left shoulder tendinitis sidelining Niese for Saturday's game against the Marlins, Collin McHugh made the start in Miami.
"I have no reason to think he won't," Collins said of Niese taking the mound Friday at Citi Field. "He was feeling a lot better yesterday; he felt a lot better today."
Niese, who felt discomfort in his shoulder after each of his last four starts, will not attempt to throw again until Tuesday in Washington. He had been thriving recently in spite of his injury, posting a 1.33 ERA over his last three starts.
Adjustments at plate may be paying off for Davis
MIAMI -- The opposite-field double that Ike Davis ripped in the fifth inning Friday was not only his first extra-base hit since May 9, but the hardest-hit ball he had mustered in weeks. It was also some of the best evidence yet that Davis' mechanical changes may be working, at a time when he still faces constant danger of a Minor League demotion.
"He's changed a lot of things," manager Terry Collins said. "He's moved up on the plate a little bit. Obviously he's more upright than he has been. He's been able to keep himself back on his backside a little bit longer, which I think has helped. If you look at where he's hit the ball, he's not necessarily trying to pull, pull, pull. So I think that's made a big difference."
Davis entered Saturday's play riding a modest 6-for-19 run, though even that stretch is not without its flaws. He has struck out eight times in those 20 plate appearances, walking just once. And he has not hit a home run since April 25.
Collins said what least concerns him is the lack of over-the-fence pop; if Davis can correct the flaws in his swing, the home runs will inevitably come.
"If he makes better contact, he's going to hit homers," Collins said. "That comes with his territory. He's a big, strong guy. Ike's struggles came because he wasn't hitting. He wasn't hitting the ball. If he makes solid contact, he's going to hit home runs."
Worth noting
• Outfield prospect Matt den Dekker hopes to begin swinging a bat regularly next week in his continued rehab from a fractured right wrist. den Dekker has been swinging with his left hand only, according to Collins, because his right wrist atrophied while in a cast.
• Jordany Valdespin started his first game in 15 days Saturday, replacing Marlon Byrd in right field. Valdespin has been marginalized since the acquisition of Rick Ankiel, who has started every day in center against right-handed pitchers. That has left Byrd, Valdespin and Mike Baxter to fight for playing time in right, with Byrd and Baxter receiving most of it.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. | {
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BC-AP Sports Digest
By: The Associated Press
November 24, 2014Updated: November 24, 2014 at 3:00 pm
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For reruns, call the Service Desk (800 838-4616) or your local AP bureau. All Times EST.
TOP STORIES
FBN--ONE-HANDED GRABS
The astonishing touchdown catch by Odell Beckham Jr. that became Sunday's most talked-about play did more than boost his standing with the Giants. It highlighted the rewards of a routine becoming more popular with players — practicing the one-handed catch. By Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 7 p.m.
FBN--RAVENS-SAINTS
NEW ORLEANS — The Baltimore Ravens look to keep pace in the AFC North race night when they visit the Saints. New Orleans is trying to end a two-game skid and can remain in first place in the NFC South with a victory. By Brett Martel. UPCOMING, 750 words, photos. game starts 8:30 p.m.
FBN--JETS-BILLS
DETROIT — Buffalo "hosts" New York in a game rescheduled for Monday night and moved to Detroit after a snowstorm pummeled western New York. Fans are given free tickets to a game between teams at the bottom of the AFC East. By Noah Trister. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos. Game starts 7 p.m.
MACAU — Chinese boxing fans are beginning to understand a sport once banned in the country. That wasn't the case last year when Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming made his pro debut and pro boxing debuted in this gambling enclave. Zou won on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri bout. By Boxing Writer Tim Dahlberg. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 4 p.m.
NEW/DEVELOPING
BBA--RED SOX-SANDOVAL
SAN FRANCISCO — Free-agent third baseman Pablo Sandoval and the Red Sox agree to a multiyear contract, the AP is told. Sandoval met with Boston last week. After winning his third World Series in five years with San Francisco, he indicated he wanted to retire with the Giants. By Baseball Writer Janie McCauley. SENT: 130 words, photos. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos by 6 p.m.
BBO--HALL OF FAME BALLOT
NEW YORK — Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz are among 17 newcomers on baseball's 2015 Hall of Fame ballot. Craig Biggio, who fell two votes short of the 75 percent needed in the 2014 balloting, tops 17 holdovers. Voting results will be announced Jan. 6. SENT: 400 wpords, photos.
BKN--CAVALIERS-JAMES
CLEVELAND — With the Cavaliers on a four-game losing streak and failing to live up to enormous expectations, LeBron James offers a critical analysis of his own game. "I stink," he says. "I'm not doing my job." By Tom Withers. SENT: 500 words, photos.
NEW YORK — U.S. swim stars are honored for the year's best performances at the annual Golden Goggles. But hanging over the event is the absence of the sport's biggest name, the suspended Michael Phelps. By Rachel Cohen. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos by 8 p.m.
OLY--USOC-NIKE
The U.S. Olympic Committee signs an extension to its sponsorship deal with Nike that will last through the Tokyo Games six years from now. No dollar figures are announced, but these contracts traditionally have been worth between $12 million and $15 million over four years. By National Writer Eddie Pells. SENT: 300 words.
COMMENTARY
ON FOOTBALL-BACKWARD STEPS
The Seahawks still might repeat as Super Bowl champions. And they could wind up facing the Broncos again. The 49ers might appear in their fourth straight NFC title game. Yet all of them, a few other NFL teams, clearly have taken a step back this season. By Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 6 p.m.
NFL
FBN--PATRIOT ROUTS
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots don't just beat top teams. They beat them up. Sunday's 34-9 win over the Detroit Lions was their third straight rout of a division leader. By Howard Ulman. UPCOMING: 700 words by 6 p.m.
FBN--SEAHAWKS-QUICK TURN
RENTON, Wash. — The first step for Seattle was clearing in-house issues about playing for each other and beating Arizona. Task accomplished. Now comes a chance to get back into the NFC West race with Thursday's game at San Francisco. By Tim Booth. UPCOMING: 600 words, 8 p.m.
FBN--DOLPHINS CONTENTION
DAVIE, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins haven't been able to win a game decided in the final minutes, meaning they might need to sweep the rest of their schedule to earn a playoff berth. By Steven Wine. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos by 6 p.m.
Kentucky sure didn't do anything to jeopardize its No. 1 spot, romping over then-No. 5 Kansas during another perfect week. Wisconsin and Arizona are tied for No. 2 in the Top 25. Duke and North Carolina round out the top five. By Dave Skretta. SENT: 650 words, photos.
NEW YORK — In a matchup of Top 25 teams, No. 12 Villanova plays No. 14 VCU in the semifinals of the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center. Both teams are 3-0. Villanova, the reigning Big East champs, survived a scare last week against Bucknell. By Dan Gelston. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Game starts 7 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FBC--T25-IRON BOWL-ONE SECOND
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama players have agonized over the Iron Bowl's ending. The Auburn Tigers get giddy at replaying that memorable "one second" that turned their seasons. Another Iron Bowl is coming up. By John Zenor. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos by 4 p.m.
FBC--T25--OHIO ST-GAME TIME
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Year in and year out, it's the biggest game on Ohio State's schedule. Even though archrival Michigan has had a mediocre season, the Buckeyes realize what's riding on Saturday's showdown: winning streaks, rankings, national standing. By Rusty Miller. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos by 6 p.m.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Pat Quinn, a former NHL player, coach and executive, dies at 71. He coached the Fklyers, Kings, Canucks and Maple Leafs and guided Canada to the gold medal at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. SENT: 950 words, photos.
HKN--OBIT-TIKHONOV
MOSCOW — Viktor Tikhonov, the Soviet hockey coach whose teams won three Olympic gold medals but lost to the United States in the "Miracle on Ice" game in 1980, dies after a long illness. He was 84. SENT: 450 words, photos.
AUTO RACING
CAR--F1-HAMILTON'S VOW
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Lewis Hamilton promises to race even faster next year when he defends his Formula One title. Hamilton won the title for the second time by capturing the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. By Jerome Pugmire. SENT: 700 words, photos. | {
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Best Pendulum Rides For Parks
Choosing The Best Pendulum Rides For Parks
Pendulum rides have the ability to awaken the little one within you, because they are very similar to the swing sets that made your childhood a bit happier. Children love swinging, as it offers
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Is it Safe to Lay on Your Back When Pregnant?
I was hanging out by the hotel pool this past holiday weekend when I saw a young pregnant woman laying on her back, sunning herself, next to the pool. I had spoken to her briefly earlier when she came into the pool area, and congratulated her on the beautiful bump she was sporting in her red bikini. She was 6 months pregnant with her first, and so very excited. She definitely was in the glow. It surprised me how uncomfortable I was to see her lay completely flat in a horizontal position. I wrestled with the urge to approach her and tell her that it was not a safe way for her to be resting. But is that true? Is it SAFE to lay on your back when pregnant?
I controlled myself, and remembered my manners. I didn’t know her, it was none of my business, and most importantly, I had no definitive answer as to whether it was legitimately safe to lay on your back or not at 6 months pregnant or any time when pregnant. I recall being told by my friends, yoga instructors, aunts, etc. when I was pregnant that it was unsafe, dangerous even. But I wracked my brain and could not remember if a doctor or midwife ever gave me this warning.
What is definitely clear in my memory is that I seemed to dance each night in bed searching for a comfortable way to sleep. And each week it became more of a challenge. But was I avoiding my back due to safety issues or because it was no longer comfortable? Is this a myth or a pregnancy fact?
According to Web M.D., one of the reasons that you are advised not to lie on you’re back during pregnancy is that “the weight of the pregnant uterus slows the return of blood to your heart which reduces blood flow to the fetus…this could mean that the baby gets less oxygen and fewer nutrients.” Just Mommies polled their experts and they concluded that “it just was not the best position for you or your baby but not necessarily harmful.” Clearly the farther along you go in your pregnancy the less comfortable it is to sleep on your back or certainly your stomach. In fact, it becomes more and more difficult to get cozy in bed, in the car, or on a chair – yep it starts to get tricky.
Interestingly enough many women tend to sleep on their left side as opposed to the right side when they’re pregnant. What side are you sleeping on ? I loved my body pillow, it was with me religiously during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. I got a full body pillow from Bed Bath and Beyond, nothing fancy, and it was wonderful. My favorite position was to put it between my legs when I slept on my left side. Hey all you beautiful pregnant women out there, how are you sleeping? And if you are no longer preggo, any tips for our fellow sisters?
No matter how you slice it, while you’re pregnant sleeping turns into an art form. Especially as your belly and breasts grow, and your bladder seems to shrink! A good nights sleep is always the best thing for you and your growing baby, and for your partner. You all need as much rest as possible because labor is exactly that, it is a marathon, you will work very hard to deliver that baby. Get your rest to help you prepare. Postpartum is no picnic in regards to sleep. The first few weeks, and for me the first 3 months, are challenging. Remember the baby sleeps typically in 2 to 3 hour stretches. So use your pregnancy to be creative with sleeping positions, it will come in handy later.
The final verdict on laying on your back when pregnant? Well you see the results of my Google search. I encourage you to do your own, and of course, ask your OBGYN or Midwife, and share what they tell you as a comment on this post. It could be a great reference for other women.
Sweet Dreams,
Alisa Donner, MSW, LCSW, Co-Founder of PAM, and mother to a magnificent wonder!
**Disclaimer, PAM is a blog of moms and women who LOVE all things pregnancy and new parenting, we are NOT providing medical advise here. None of us are medical professionals, we are not doctors or midwives. Please get all of your medical advise from medical professionals. And think of us as mom’s who are sharing their experiences and opinions. | {
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An Apron for the Fair
Those of you who have been visiting for a while (bless you ;)) know that I have a wee obsession with entering contests. Not sure what that’s about – but there it is.
So when I heard that on the last day of the San Diego County Fair there was an Apron contest – what was I to do? Get sewing of course! Nevermind that I just got back from a long vacation and we have family in town. There’s always time for sewing right? Hmmm?
Here’s what I came up with.
I used that darling rooster fabric that I found a month or so ago at the quilt fair and I crocheted the trim at the bottom and around the button placket. I also did a Anthropologie-ish swoop on the front skirt – so it’s an uneven hem. Do you love it? I confess I do.
I have a quick tutorial for you if you’d like to make your own.
Here are the materials you’ll need:
For the underskirt, top, and ties, (blue fabric) – 2 yards of fabric if you don’t want to piece the waistband.
For the over-skirt and detail fabric on the top (rooster fabric) – 1/2 yard
Crochet thread for trim – I used a ball I already had, but I didn’t use much of it (or purchased trim – 1 yard for over-skirt, 1/2 yd for placket trim)
3 buttons, coordinating thread
Out of your underskirt fabric cut the following:
2 pieces 72″ x 3″ for the waistband ties
2 pieces 36″ x 2″ for the neck ties
1 piece 17″ x 29″ for the underskirt
2 pieces 11″ tall and 10″ wide at the top, 12″ wide at the bottom. (A rectangle smaller at the top than the bottom) for the apron top
2 pieces 2 1/2″ x 6″ for the top placket
Out of the over-skirt fabric cut the following:
1 piece 11″ tall, 5″ wide at the top and 3″ wide at the bottom
1 piece 15″ x 32″ for the over-skirt
If you’re going to crochet the trim, I recommend you do that first. For the bottom of the over-skirt I did a crocheted ric rac:
and for the top I did a tiny scallop.
Both of the patterns for these came for the book, Crochet Adorned, by Linda Permann. But if you don’t have that book, there are a ton of free trimming patterns out there. Crochet Pattern Central has a great list. Or you can always use purchased trim. That would be just as cute.
Let’s start with the top of the apron first.
Take the small 6″ x 3″ rectangles and round off the corners on the bottom of both pieces. It helps to fold them in half so the two sides are the same.
Sew your smaller trim around the two sides and the bottom of one of the rectangles. Then sew the two rectangles together, with right sides together and the trim between. Clip your corners, turn right side out, and press.
Sew on the three small buttons, spaced evenly down the placket.
Awww. That’s so cute already.
Now sew the uneven rectangle you cut out of the over-skirt fabric:
to one of the uneven rectangles cut out of the underskirt fabric.
Press the sides of the rooster fabric under about 3/8″. Lay the rooster piece on the blue piece. The wide part of the rooster rectangle and the narrow part of the blue rectangle should be together.
Sew the sides of the rooster fabric down.
Lay your button placket at the top of the rectangle and center it in the rooster fabric. Sew it down close to the edge.
Lay the other rectangle your cut from the underskirt fabric over this one, right sides together and sew along the top seam only. Turn and press.
For the neck ties, fold the long sides in 1/2″ and press, then fold in half and press. Do this for both ties. Lay the top between the folds, like a bias tape, with the bottom edges meeting.
Pin and stitch these down on both sides, sewing the apron top between the folds, and continuing down the length of the tie.
If you want, angle the ends of the tie by folding the end under, then folding the sides in a triangle, then sewing together.
Now the apron top is finished. Woohoo!
On to the skirt!
For the underskirt, hem the two sides and the bottom by turning under twice and stitching close to the edge. Run a gathering stitch along the top and pull up the threads so the top measures 17″.
For the over-skirt, draw out the uneven hem with a disappearing ink pen, then trim that bottom edge.
Hem only that bottom edge. Then sew on the trim. Depending on the type of trim you decide on, you might want it on the front of the fabric or the back. I wanted it on the front and I used a medium sized zigzag to sew it on.
Hem the two sides and gather the top to 17″, just like the underskirt.
Mark the center of your waistband ties, then measure out 8 1/2″ on each side. Mark or put pins at these points. Make a sandwich with the right side of one waistband facing up, the underskirt facing up, the over-skirt facing up, and the other waistband piece, wrong side facing up. Pin these together frequently, making sure that the apron pieces are between your two measurement pins. Sew all the pieces together with a 1/2″ seam, starting at one end of the waistband tie and continuing through all apron pieces to the other end.
Press the waistband pieces up. Press the top, unsewn edges of both waistband pieces under 1/2″.
Lay the apron top in between the waistband pieces and pin in place. Try it on and see if everything lays nicely. Depending on your bust size, you may want to move down the apron top a bit farther into the waistband. Because the Lord did not see fit to bless me much in that area, I moved the apron top down past the waistband top folds 1″.
Sew the top of the apron to the top waistband piece only.
Pin the waistband pieces together, making angled corners again, and sew the top pieces together close to the edge. Continue around the waistband and top stitch the bottom also.
And you’re done! Nice and easy right? I love that there are no open seams on the back – makes it almost as pretty as the front.
And a couple more shots . . .
Including one of me . . . in which I’ve decided that blogging and modeling what I make is an excellent diet incentive. haha.
Wish me luck – I’m off to the fair in the morning! I’ll let you know how it goes. ;)
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What a fabulous apron and tutorial! I have to send you a huge thankyou! I loved your apron so much that I decided to make 6 of them (including a kids sized one), in various colours, for christmas presents this year. All the women adored them! So many thanks again. Now I just need to make one for myself one day :)
Hi. I just love the different layers of this great apron. I’m going to make it, I will I really will. thanks for all the ideas. now, for your more well endowed readers I’d like to say, They could cut the bib square and put in darts at the top to more fully cover the bosom. believe me, sometimes you need that. I had a Bib overall that had that and I loved it. After it wore out I took it apart just so I could make another. (still working on that)
I found interests just a few months ago and I love this site. I’m also a apron fanatic and love the tutorials. Your apron deserved a ribbon. Judges were probably men and didn’t know what they were judging. I make aprons and other things to sell here in Humboldt Co. CA. There are a lot of crafts in this small county. I’m just starting my business. I can’t seem to stop sewing. When I’m not sewing I wish I was. I’m hooked for sure. I’ve been sewing for 50 years and never been hooked like this. Now I just need to sell my creations so I can make more.
GREAT WEBSITE.. ..GREAT INFO!!!!!!
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Some more details have been shed on the 2014 BMW M3 thanks to leaked information. As always, the M3 will be powerful and fast around the corners, while also preserving the cool look we have grown accustomed to. According to the source, the 2014 BMW M3 will sport under the hood a six cylinder, 3.0 [...] | {
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This year’s GeoSiberia was a milestone for the organizers, the
tenth edition and this event has grown to become a recognized forum,
one that combines an international exhibition and scientific
conference, providing participants to gather annually and the
opportunity to make and renew friendships, to debate and demonstrate
the utility and usefulness of geospatial sciences, technologies and
practices for sustainable national development and nation building.
FIG President CheeHai Teo gave a plenary speech and also visited the
Siberian State Academy of Geodesy.
News in 2014
10th Interexpo GEOSiberia “Advanced Geospatial and
Information Technologies for Environmental Management and Sustainable
Territorial Development” and visit to Siberian State Academy of Geodesy
15 – 18 April 2014, Novosibirsk, Russia
This year’s GeoSiberia was a milestone for the organizers, the tenth
edition and this event has grown to become a recognized forum, one that
combines an international exhibition and scientific conference, providing
participants to gather annually and the opportunity to make and renew
friendships, to debate and demonstrate the utility and usefulness of
geospatial sciences, technologies and practices for sustainable national
development and nation building.
At the opening ceremony of GeoSiberia 2014
FIG President CheeHai Teo accepted an invitation from the Rector,
Prof. Dr. Alexander P. Karpik and his colleagues and co-workers at
the Siberian State Academy of Geodesy (SSGA) to visit the Academy and
participate in the 10th edition of Interexpo GeoSiberia. Joining the FIG
President at the event was Dr. Ivo Milev, Chair-elect FIG Commission
6 and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schwieger, Chair-elect FIG Commission 5.
Prof. Igor A. Musikhin, SSGA Vice Rector for International
Affairs, met the President on arrival. During the visit to the Academy, the
President had a meeting with SSGA Rector together with colleagues from
ISPRS, ICA, ISDE and DVW. The President also met Prof. Vladimir A.
Seredovich, SSGA Vice Rector for Scientific and Innovative Activities.
At this event, SSGA hosted the ISPRS council meeting. The International
Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Council comprises Prof.
Chen Jun, President; Prof. Orhan Altan, First Vice-President,
Prof. Marguerite Madden, Second Vice-President; Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Christian Heipke, Secretary General and Prof Jon Mills,
Treasurer. The 10th Interexpo GeoSiberia also saw the participant of a
number of colleagues from fellow organisations within the Joint Board of
Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS). International Cartographic
Association was represented by Prof. László Zentai, its Secretary
General and Treasurer; Prof. Dr. Milan Konecny, formerly President of
ICA, represented the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) and is
its current Vice President. Other notable colleagues at the 10th GeoSiberia
included Christof Rek, Vice President of DVW; Emeritus Prof. Gottfried Konecny, ISPRS Honorary Member and Prof. Dr.
Ammatzia Peled,
a former ISPRS Vice-President.
Meeting the students at the Siberian State Academy of Geodesy
Prof Karpik & Prof Musikhin at the Closing Ceremony
During the visit to the Academy, a forum was held with students of the
Academy and the President fielded a series of questions from them. During
the visit the President was shown the Planetarium within the Academy as well
as their laboratories on cadastral engineering and terrestrial laser
scanning. While at these laboratories, the President was not only shown the
projects and researches carried out, but also had some opportunities to
interact with post-graduate students at these laboratories.
The 10th Interexpo GeoSiberia was officiated by Vladimir F. Gorodetsky,
Deputy Governor of Novosibirsk Region, Prof. Dr. Alexander P. Karpik,
Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Rector of the Siberian State Academy
of Geodesy, Prof. Chen Jun, President of ISPRS, China, Christof
Rek, Vice President of DVW, Chairman of Regional Faction of Berlin of
the German Association of Publicly Appointed Surveyors (BDVI e.V.), Germany,
and the FIG President was also invited to make an opening remark on behalf
of FIG. Apart from thanking SSGA, the organisers and partners of 10th
GeoSiberia for their invitation and hospitality, the President commented
that better information of our territories leads to better knowledge that
can contribute towards informed policies, decisions and actions. And that
our sciences, technologies and practices are more than just ideals, gadgets
or tools but can be leveraged and harnessed to unlock the wealth of
knowledge about our society, environment and economy, contributing to a more
sustainable development within our territories.
The organizers also convened a meeting with Mr. V. Tolokonsky,
Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in Siberian
Region. Mr Tolokonsky was thanked for his support and contribution that saw
the growth and development of GeoSiberia since the first event in 2005. This
has in turn contributed to continuing engagement and exchanges between SSGA,
international organisations such as FIG, between the local, national and
international professionals and practitioners. FIG President took the
opportunity to inform Mr. V. Tolokonsky of the upcoming United Nations
Resolution on Geodesy and commented that our worldwide professional
community looks forward to the support of the Russian Federation in the
successful passage of this UN Resolution.
International Federation of Surveyors, FIG, is a United Nations and World Bank recognized
non-governmental organization of national member associations
and covers the whole range of professional fields within the
global surveying community. It provides an international forum
for discussion and development aiming to promote professional
practice and standards. | {
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The flying Dutchman has been on a 16 year hiatus and was last seen working with David Coverdale's Whitesnake on the 'Restless Heart' album.
But after concentrating on spending quality time raising his daughter and making a living from his art projects Adrian Vandenberg has kicked off his clogs and picked up the six string again, much to the delight of fans who first heard his potential with a trio of albums from his eponymous named band Vandenberg who reached a high level of success in the early 80s before he disbanded the group and joined the pretty boy line-up of Whitesnake to promote the '1987' album.
Although he didn't actually play on that album, it is Vandenberg's memorable solo on the remixed version of 'Here I Go Again' that was a huge chart success. Although a serious wrist injury prevented Vandenberg from performing on the follow up 'Slip Of The Tongue', he remained in the touring line up and was always the main man in the eyes of Coverdale.
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Vandenberg's Moonkings features Adrian with three relatively unknown Dutch musicians with vocalist Jan Hoving having a real unique screamer of a voice that can scale the range of Coverdale that suits the style in which Vandenberg plays.
This album continues with the same feeling and vibe that Vandenberg worked on with Coverdale on the aforementioned 'Restless Heart' album. There's a couple of tracks here that have that Led Zeppelin style inherited by Whitesnake, for example 'Close To You' and the Pagey riffing of 'Leeches'.
There's a couple of ballads that still hold a hard rock groove with 'Breathing' and 'One Step Behind' whilst 'Good Thing' and 'Feel It' are elating party belters.
The album sees a reunion of Vandenberg with David Coverdale on a re-working of 'Sailing Ships' which is a welcome addition as this version is less polished and sounds as it was originally intended.
A most welcome return.
We also ran a competition where you could win a CD copy of 'Vandenberg's Moonkings' by answering the question: What Dutch football team does Adrian Vandenberg support? | {
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Georgia’s “Slow-Poke” Bill Goes After Left-Lane Sitters
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One week after approving a new confederate license plate, the state of Georgia has responded with something all drivers can unite behind: a real effort to fine people sitting in the left lane. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Georgia House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would modify the state’s current highway laws and label left-lane lollygagging as a misdemeanor. Specifically, the bill would require all drivers in the left lane, whether they are driving at the speed limit or not, to move over for any faster vehicle. That means Georgians would actually need to check their mirrors and “should reasonably know that he or she is being overtaken in such lane from the rear by a motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed.”
A violation would not apply to situations involving heavy traffic, poor weather, vehicles approaching left-lane tolls and exits, or for emergency vehicles and highway crews doing work. A similar law that would set fines of at least $75 failed to pass in 2010.
While every state has a similar law on the books restricting left lane usage, the language varies. Some mandate that no cars be in the left lane unless a driver is performing a passing maneuver, while many others mandate that slower drivers should move over only if they’re going slower than traffic. But when it comes to enforcement, just a handful of states are serious about moving oblivious drivers to the right.
Two months after approving the nation’s highest speed limit, Texas state troopers began a left lane crackdown in November with fines of up to $500. In August, a New Jersey law went into effect that doubled the minimum left lane fine to $100 after police issued more than 4200 tickets in 2012. In Colorado, where the speed limit on many highways is 75 mph, a left lane violation can cost drivers up to three points on their license and $106.
Most police and traffic officials recognize the value of clearing the left lane for passing. Emergency vehicles have a clear shot, traffic flows freer, and faster drivers—whether they’re above the speed limit or not—are less apt to tailgate, abruptly change lanes, or otherwise become aggressive and cause accidents. But most police officers never issue a citation, because sitting on the roadside with a radar gun is much easier and, often, more lucrative for the state. Go to places where drivers are more educated and aware of their surroundings—Germany being a prime example—and the seas part when you’re going faster. That’s the America we’d like to drive across. | {
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Turkey Inc reeling as crisis prompts bailout speculation
Desperate measures are in the air in Turkey: Trading rooms are awash with talk of a bailout by the International Monetary Fund and potential capital controls. But there's a vacuum at the core of economic policymaking.
Desperate measures are in the air in Turkey: Trading rooms are awash with talk of a bailout by the International Monetary Fund and potential capital controls. But there's a vacuum at the core of economic policymaking.
The central bank and government have remained largely silent as the currency plummeted to record lows and the US imposed sanctions and threatened more. The lira rebounded after falling by the most in a decade on Monday, getting a lift from news that Turkish officials were headed to Washington for talks. The yield on 10-year bonds surged above 20pc to an all-time high.
Capital controls are now "more than a tail-risk scenario now as the authorities show no signs of reverting to more orthodox policies", said Shamaila Khan, AllianceBernstein's director of emerging-market debt in New York. What the lira really needs is "independence of the central bank, tighter fiscal policies and an IMF programme", she said.
Late on Tuesday, the IMF put out a statement saying it has "received no indication from the Turkish authorities that they are contemplating a request for financial assistance".
Yet the radio silence from Ankara is deafening. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won almost absolute power in June elections, is a staunch critic of higher interest rates and investors worry that he may be standing in the way of the central bank.
"It is very difficult to foresee an about-face by the authorities," said Per Hammarlund, chief emerging-market strategist at SEB in Stockholm. "The moment when Turkey will be forced to go to the IMF for support is drawing closer."
The lira is buckling under the weight of one of the widest current-account deficits in emerging markets and inflation is spiralling ever higher. As of July it was running at more than three times the central bank's target, driving the real policy rate to below 2pc, the lowest since December.
Ten-year yields fell 19 basis points after earlier surging as much 42 basis points to a record 20.09pc; the benchmark stock index was up more than 2pc.
Although investors are pushing for a significant rate increase from the central bank, there is growing consensus it is going to take more than monetary policy to reverse the tide.
"It's going to be a shock of one type or another: either a policy shock or a macro shock or some combination of the two," said Christopher Granville, managing director for EMEA and global political research at TS Lombard in London. "But the way to sugar that pill," he said, would be a "political accommodation with the West. That would make the pain much less."
Turkey's deputy foreign minister Sedat Onal was leading a delegation with officials from the finance, justice and foreign ministries to the US, the foreign ministry in Ankara said in a statement, fuelling speculation that a deal to patch up relations - strained by Turkey's detention of an American pastor - may be in the works.
The US remains a solid friend and ally of Turkey, the US embassy in Turkey said in a Twitter post, as it denied news in Turkish media that a US official predicted the lira would weaken to 7 per dollar.
On Monday, the central bank boosted banks' access to dollar liquidity by $2.2bn, an effort to take some pressure off the lira. The currency trimmed its losses briefly, only to plunge to successive record lows through the night as investors saw the move as evidence that the bank's hands were tied.
The lira's meltdown is not only hurting consumers' sentiment and wallets, but it's pushing corporate balance sheets closer to the abyss. Companies that borrowed heavily in foreign currencies now face a growing burden due to the tanking lira. Turkey Inc is weighed down by $337bn of foreign-exchange liabilities, with a shortfall of $217.3bn net against assets, according to central bank data. Bank borrowing costs are also rising ahead of more than $100bn in debt payments coming due over the course of a year.
"It will remain like this until the central bank commits unconditionally to hike rates and keep them high until inflation has turned," Henrik Gullberg, a strategist at Nomura International, said by email. "The market needs that sort of hard commitment."
Investors are watching closely to see whether Turkish banks will maintain access to the foreign funding they need to keep economic activity humming.
Turkish lenders have a good record of foreign borrowing even at the height of a financial crisis and are strong enough to weather a slowdown, according to bank executives. But the nature of the current crisis raises the possibility of a new set of external shocks, most notably from the US, which is retaliating with economic attacks against Turkey's imprisonment of American citizens.
Even if foreign banks continue lending to their Turkish counterparts, "costs will rise and access to markets will be hampered, with many investors not willing to increase their exposure to Turkey," said Trieu Pham, an emerging market credit strategist at ING Bank NV in London. "If sanctions were applied on banks, that would be the worst-case scenario given the high external financing needs, but that's not a likely scenario for now."
Last week, the US started the pressure by sanctioning two ministers, and on Friday it announced a review of duty free trade for about $1.7bn in Turkish exports. The Turkish government has been trying to negotiate relief for a two-track investigation into state-run bank Turkiye Halk Bankasi, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has already warned Turkey that "the clock had run out" on its deadline to set the prisoners free.
The heads of Turkey's two largest banks say they're still able to borrow.
"There is no issue at all regarding the syndication," Akbank TAS Chief Executive Officer Hakan Binbasgil said on July 25 during a teleconference after the bank's first-half earnings. Akbank borrowed a total of $1.15bn in syndicated loans in August 2017, $945m of which will mature in September, according to a public filing.
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi CEO Ali Fuat Erbil said strong relationships allow banks to roll over loans even against a turbulent economic backdrop. "In the toughest days I remember during 2008 and 2009, our rollover ratio was around 88pc, not below 80pc," Mr Erbil said in an earnings teleconference on July 26.
Fitch downgraded Turkey and then 24 Turkish banks further into junk in July, saying tougher financing conditions and a weaker economy will likely hit the performance of the banking sector.
Even a 100pc rollover ratio doesn't meet Turkey's needs at a time of weak capital inflows, according to Inan Demir, an economist at Nomura. "Investors are watching restructuring demands and their impacts on banks' balance sheets and creditworthiness very closely," he said. "I don't know when these will have a negative impact on foreign borrowings, but we can't say that they will have no impact on foreign lenders' appetite." (Bloomberg) | {
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Gore-geous glam on the go. Monster High style! This Creepy Cool Compact looks just like your phone. Press the button and it slides open to reveal 9 cream eyeshadows. Cool. With a mirror on the front... | {
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Other than the fact that both are regarded as a type of sport, there would seem to be no common denominator between chess and volley-ball. Volley-ball entails physical effort, on a large court, usually out-doors and requires a ball. Chess…
Guess what you won’t find in Tehran’s Freedom Stadium? That’s right: freedom. If you’ve been following our blog, that shouldn’t be news to you – we pointed out the irony in naming a stadium Freedom, then denying women the freedom… | {
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Unforgettable trip to Bundaberg
The next quick stop destination on our journey to Airlie beach was a town called Bundaberg. Famous for its rum and ginger beer.
Whilst the boys headed to the rum factory, I took a little break and read my book instead. Luckily they told me all about it. The process of making rum comprises of three ingredients; yeast, water and molasses (the by product left from the crushed sugarcane juice that hasn’t formed to sugar crystals on the outside of the centrifuge.)
The Bundaberg factory produces a number of different rums, some of which have won awards. The boys favourite was the Bundaberg Royal Liqueur coffee and chocolate.
We then headed to our camp site we had booked, Lighthouse Holiday Park, before making our way to Mon Repos Turtle Centre…for an evening I’ll never forget.
During the months of November – January, loggerhead turtles make their way onto the shores to lay their eggs. Then during the months of January – April the baby turtles hatch and make their way to the sea.
I was lucky enough to witness the hatching of 127 turtles.
We arrived at 6:45pm and were put into a group of about 30 people. A food truck was stationed near the centre so we grabbed a hot dog from the van and waited for our group to be called to the sand.
Volunteers scour the beach for possible hatchlings and once they are spotted a group is called down to the sand. You can expect to wait until 1am before being called. Whilst you wait there is an information centre that allows you to learn about the turtles and a number of short presentations. Luckily for us we were called down at about 9pm.
I would recommend making a booking and also bringing bug spray – so many mosquitos.
It is very dark on the beach so we had to carefully make our way to the place the turtles were spotted using the light from the tour guides torch.
All other sources of light were not allowed because it dis-orientates the turtles. They use the light from the horizon to guide themselves towards the sea so any other constant light is a distraction.
We were able to feel their little fins and take a couple of photos when the guide instructed.
Watching them make their way to the sea was magical. I couldn’t believe I was able to experience such a special moment.
After all of them had been taken away by the waves we returned to the nest to count how many were born. We watched 126 make their way to the sea. We managed to help another turtle, who had been trapped in the nest so that made 127. However only 1 in 1000 turtles make it to adulthood (aged 30) which is incredibly sad. 132 eggs had been laid but five did not hatch.
Bundaberg will always hold a special place in my heart for allowing me to witness the 127 turtles making their way into the world. Truly magical.
Campsite: Lighthouse Holiday Park, $40 per camper van on an unpowered site | {
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AJAX, web applications are fun to build. They are like the fancy
sportscar of Websites. Web applications allow the designer and developer
to get together and solve a problem for their customers that the
customers might not have even know they had. That's how the blogging
tools like MovableType and Blogger came about after all. I mean, before
Blogger, did you know you needed an online tool to build your Web site
blog? But most Web applications are slow and tedious. Even the fastest
of them has lots of free time for your customers to go get a coffee,
work on their dog training, or (worst of all) head off to a faster Web
site. It's that dreaded hourglass! You click a link and the hourglass
appears as the Web application consults the server and the server thinks
about what it's going to send back to you.
Ajax is Here to Change ThatAjax
(sometimes called Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a way of
programming for the Web that gets rid of the hourglass. Data, content,
and design are merged together into a seamless whole. When your customer
clicks on something on an Ajax driven application, there is very little
lag time. The page simply displays what they're asking for. If you
don't believe me, try out Google Maps for a few seconds. Scroll around
and watch as the map updates almost before your eyes. There is very
little lag and you don't have to wait for pages to refresh or reload.
What is Ajax?
Ajax is a way of developing Web applications that combines:
* XHTML and CSS standards based presentation * Interaction with the page through the DOM * Data interchange with XML and XSLT * Asynchronous data retrieval with XMLHttpRequest * JavaScript to tie it all together
In the traditional Web application, the interaction between the customer and the server goes like this:
1. Customer accesses Web application2. Server processes request and sends data to the browser while the customer waits3. Customer clicks on a link or interacts with the application4. Server processes request and sends data back to the browser while the customer waits
There is a lot of customer waiting.Ajax Acts as an IntermediaryThe
Ajax engine works within the Web browser (through JavaScript and the
DOM) to render the Web application and handle any requests that the
customer might have of the Web server. The beauty of it is that because
the Ajax engine is handling the requests, it can hold most information
in the engine itself, while allowing the interaction with the
application and the customer to happen asynchronously and independently
of any interaction with the server.Asynchronous
This is the
key. In standard Web applications, the interaction between the customer
and the server is synchronous. This means that one has to happen after
the other. If a customer clicks a link, the request is sent to the
server, which then sends the results back.
With Ajax, the
JavaScript that is loaded when the page loads handles most of the basic
tasks such as data validation and manipulation, as well as display
rendering the Ajax engine handles without a trip to the server. At the
same time that it is making display changes for the customer, it is
sending data back and forth to the server. But the data transfer is not
dependent upon actions of the customer.Source | {
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Warning: Don't Believe These Celebrity Beauty Lies
Sure, it would be amazing if every celebrity beauty tip worked. But let's face it: most of them don't. These seven lies are the biggest in the biz
Celebrities appear to have flawless skin and perfect bodies. And although most of them work unbelievably hard to look that way, they often credit the latest miracle serum or supplement instead of 'fessing up to pricey spa treatments and hours logged at the gym.
While we know these A-listers have armies of dermatologists, trainers, and stylists working behind the scenes, we want to believe that it's easy to look as good as they do. (If there were a pill that could give you Scarlett Johansson's skin or Gisele's hair -- no matter how big of a skeptic you are -- wouldn't you take it?)
Which is why we end up dishing out money on celeb-endorsed products or starving ourselves on crazy fad diets -- only to find out that we've been duped by another celebrity beauty lie.
We turned to experts to help dispel some of the myths celebrities have us believing -- from the ones that we know are far-fetched (like detoxing with leeches) to the ones that seem like they could work (juice fasts, anyone?). Read on to see which myths are totally busted.
This is a fantastic article. Exposing the myths while giving advice or showing evidence to refute is a great addition, making things much clearer. It is especially important for young women, who haven't lived enough to have healthy skepticism. | {
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WEBVTT DAVID: GOVERNOR LEPAGE BACK INAUGUSTA THIS MORNING AFTER ATRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C.WEDNESDAY.LEPAGE VISITING FOR AN ENERGYMEETING IN THE MIDST OF A BATTLEOVER THE SENATE HEALTH CAREBILL.GOV. LEPAGE: I MET WITH SENATORCOLLINS THIS MORNING, AND ITHINK SENATOR COLLINS IS BEINGBRIEFED ON WHAT THE STATE REALLYTHINKS ON HEALTHCARE >> DO YOU THINK SHE'LL VOTE FORTHIS BILL?GOV. LEPAGE: I HAVE NO IDEA.I DON'T READ HER MIND.DAVID: THE GOVERNOR SAYING IF HEWERE IN CONGRESS, HE WOULD NOTVOTE FOR THE BILL BECAUSE IT | {
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