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Six cleantech investment opportunities
• Sweden's 10 greenest brands
• Hottest cleantech trends in Scandinavia
Clean technology, such as recycling, renewable energy and energy efficiency, is one of the most popular sectors for foreign investors looking at Stockholm.
But which companies are most interesting to place your money in?
Pär Hedberg, CEO of Stockholm Innovation and Growth (Sting), a business incubator that helps entrepreneurs to build international growth, ranks six exciting cleantech companies.
"We see a massive inflow of new cleantech companies in Stockholm. The sector is booming", he told The Swedish Wire, adding that Swedish cleantech is on the rise internationally. "I just came back from China where the interest for Swedish innovative cleantech companies is massive. Several of our companies have succeeded better with their sales in China and India than in Sweden and Western Europe."
Business concept: Cortus develops, produces and commercialises solutions for supply of clean synthesis gas through an advanced and efficient gasification system.
Target market: Markets with significant contribution to the carbon dioxide emissions – namely electricity generation, transportation and energy-intensive industries.
Business concept: Develops technology, products and services for organic material moisture content analysis.
Target market: Industries based on the use of crops, wood, biomass, pulp, biofuel etc
Business concept: Offers a groundbreaking new sanitation solution to help solve the ongoing sanitation crisis. The Peepoo is a single-use self-sanitation biodegradable toilet in the form of a small bag that after use turns to valuable fertiliser.
Target market: Emergency relief, refugee camps, urban slums, schools.
Business concept: SEEC´s patented energy system saves the excess heat from the summer and uses it for heating during the winter, thereby solving the heating and cooling needs of properties and reducing the purchase of energy up to 80 %.
Target market: All types of large buildings, such as shopping centers, hospitals and sports facilities.
Business concept: Develops and markets patented high-efficiency hybrid solar panels for production of heated water and electricity
Target market: Commercial, industrial and private housing. Solar-panel farms, small scale grid-in electricity systems etc.
Business concept: Leader in the field of micro, hydrogen fuel cells with proprietary and innovative FuelCellSticker and Blade Assembly Technology High performance fuel cell chargers and low cost fuel cell components provide mobile power solutions wherever electrical grid is inaccessible or unreliable faster.
Target market: Charger product solutions for Outdoor Recreation, Disaster Relief and Emerging Markets.
Sting's business incubator helps entrepreneurs to build international growth companies faster. By offering support within business development, financing, and networking, they want to create the right conditions for startups to conquer the world.
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NEWS-- Math, Music and Art, a course taught jointly by Heather Pinson and Monica VanDieren, was one of only two syllabi selected through a peer-review process by the National Collegiate Honors Council this year to add to its web site of model honors courses. The course syllabus has been published at http://nchchonors.org/members-area/sample-honors-course-syllabi-2/. VanDieren, the co-director of the University Honors Program, is an associate professor of mathematics. Pinson is an assistant professor of communication and media arts.-- The School of Business is sponsoring the fourth annual Sustainable Enterprises of the Future International Conference on April 18. For more information about the conference go to www.rmu.edu/SusEntConf.
*WELLNESS TIP* If you have hip, knee, or shoulder problems, don't stop physical activity. You'll most likely have more pain because your joints will be stiff from lack of use. Talk with your doctor about your pain. Add small activities, like walking, to your day and slowly increase your level of activity.EVENTSBelow are a sampling of upcoming events. For other events, go to http://www.rmu.edu/events/CampusEventsEvery Friday in February, Great African AmericansFeb. 28, March on NicholsonAthletics:Friday, Feb. 3*Men's Hockey vs. Canisius (7:05 pm/Island Sports Center-Clearview Arena/free admission)-Sign up between Sections 6 & 8 for a chance to win $500 by playing the Clearview Federal Credit Union Empty Net Challenge!-Between periods promotional contests feature prizes from Eat'n Park and Wendy's plus cash!Sunday, Feb. 5*Women's & Men's Tennis vs. Colgate (noon/Club Four Life-Monroeville, PA/free admission)*Women's Lacrosse vs. Howard (2 pm/Joe Walton Stadium/free admission)-All fans at the lacrosse match receive a 2012 schedule poster compliments of Eat'n Park.-Take the Wendy's halftime lax shootout challenge for the chance to win free food!
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — LaKisha Hoffman and Jennifer Hoffman rode past the Harlem Globetrotters to win "The Amazing Race."
The sisters, both coaches originally from Chicago, crossed the finish line first to win the CBS reality series's $1 million grand prize. Despite never landing on the mat first on any leg of the around-the-world race's 18th edition, the sisters overcame Globetrotter teammates Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton and Herbert "Flight Time" Lang to win the final leg that aired Sunday.
"The only time it matters winning a leg is this last leg," LaKisha Hoffman said.
The athletic teams battled for the top spot after traveling from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Miami, Fla. The Hoffmans said in a phone interview after Sunday's finale that the most influential part of their win was a Miami taxi driver named Louis, who helped them decipher clues with his smartphone and guided them along the route to the finish line.
"Our cab driver was an angel sent from heaven," said Jennifer Hoffman, who added that she wanted to find him to tip him some of their $1 million prize.
That wasn't the case for father-and-daughter duo Gary and Mallory Erwin, who lingered in third place after their driver got lost on the way to a dry dock boat challenge. The race's outcome was clear during the final task: setting up a trailer. The teams worked side by side so their trailer encampments mimicked a photo in a mobile home brochure.
"I'm gonna be livin' in one of these if I don't win this," Mallory Erwin teased.
In visibly windy conditions, the Hoffmans constructed their trailer first and charged past the Globetrotters on tricycles to the finish line at the other side of the Seven Mile Bridge. Lofton and Lang, who came in first during the previous two legs of the competition, realized on the bridge that they wouldn't be able to catch the Hoffmans.
"We got beat out by a couple girls, but that's OK," Lang joked at the finish line.
The Hoffmans' win marks the second time in the race's history an all-female has taken the top spot.
LaKisha Hoffman, a social work graduate student, said Sunday that she would use part of her winnings to pay off her student loans, while Jennifer Hoffman said she would use her money to contribute to several charities. They called their win "the best Mother's Day present ever" for their single mother.
The 18th edition of "The Amazing Race" featured 11 teams of veteran contestants who had never won the show's grand prize. The race began at a wind farm in Palm Springs, Calif., and included stops in Australia, Japan, China, India, Austria and Liechtenstein.
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Greyboy Allstars Confirm Additional Dates, Blue Note Residency
Photo by Dino Perrucci
The Greyboy Allstars—who released their fourth studio album Inland Emperor today—have announced a new run of dates. Their upcoming gigs include four shows at Seattle, WA's Dimitirious Jazz Alley as well as three nights at the Blue Note in NYC beginning on June 24. Houston Person, James Carter and Gary Bartz will perform with the band in New York as part of the Blue Note Jazz festival. The tour includes a few other multi-night runs, and kicks off this Thursday at the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, FL.
Here's a look at the Greyboy Allstars' upcoming dates
April 18 Live Oak, FL—Wanee Festival
April 19 Chicago, IL—The Congress Theater
April 26 New Orleans, LA—La Maison
April 27 New Orleans, LA—Tipitinas
May 10 San Francisco, CA—The Independent
May 11 San Francisco, CA—The Independent
May 16 Seattle, WA—Dimitirious Jazz Alley
May 17 Seattle, WA—Dimitirious Jazz Alley
May 18 Seattle, WA—Dimitirious Jazz Alley
May 19 Seattle, WA—Dimitirious Jazz Alley
June 1 Solana Beach, CA—Fiesta Del Sol Festival
June 14 San Diego, CA—The Casbah
June 15 San Diego, CA—The Casbah
June 24 New York, NY—The Blue Note
June 25 New York, NY—The Blue Note
June 26 New York, NY—The Blue Note
June 27 Washington DC—Howard Theatre (Lance Herbstrong supports)
June 28 Baltimore MD—Soundstage (Lance Herbstrong supports)
June 29 Philadelphia PA—Union Transfer


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This Target Coupon Is Made Of Lies
Target confiscated Nick's coupon for 10% off items left on his wedding registry after randomly deciding that the coupon was too generous.
While Target's competitors make it clear that their coupons are one-use affairs, Target's coupon expressly orders their cashier: "return card to guest." According to one Target manager, this means "one use only." Go figure.
In case you needed another reason to avoid Target's wedding registry, read Nick's sad story:
Dear Consumerist,
My wife and I registered at Target for our wedding registry. We shop there often and were very happy with the selection of items we would be able to register for. Our experience went pretty well, until we tried to buy the items that were still left on the registry. We're hoping you'll be able to make a difference like you did with the whole gift receipt issue.
When we signed up for our registry, at the bottom of one of the pages, was a note about getting a coupon for 10% off everything left on the registry. The exact words were: "For up to 90 days after your wedding, save 10% on all items remaining on your registry. Look for a special coupon in the mail". Excellent, we thought, we'll be able to buy everything on our registry, but we won't have to buy it all at once. I figured that Target would have some restrictions, so I made a mental note to check the card carefully once it came in the mail.
Fast forward 5 months, we're now married and ready to buy what's left on our registry. The coupon comes in the mail and it says "Take 10% off any items remaining on your Club Wedd Registry. See back for details". We check the back side for details and note the date that it expires (actually 85 days from the day of our wedding, not 90), and two sentences that seemed to explain the policy best. "Limit one 10% coupon per Club Wedd registrant." and "Cashier: Scan the coupon, scan the registry bar code and return card to guest." (Side note: we also registered at Bed Bath and Beyond, whose 10% coupon loosely read "THIS IS A ONE-TIME USE COUPON!" Maybe not quite so strong…but close) After reading those two sentences (and taking into account how strongly BBB worded their coupon) we decided that it must mean we can use that coupon any number of times until the expiration date and we would get 10% off on the items that were remaining on our wedding registry. Why else would they return the coupon to us if we couldn't use it more than once?
So coupon in hand, we went to the nearest Super Target (since the Target in town is old and doesn't have as much selection) to see what items from our list they had in stock. We found quite a few of the things we had registered for, but didn't buy everything because we needed to bring a bigger vehicle for some of the items and money was a little tight since we had just gotten back from our honeymoon. It wasn't a big deal though, we would be able to come back later with a bigger vehicle and get the rest. We go to the register with the items we had room for, received our 10% off and got our coupon back from the cashier. Perfect!
The very next day, a certain high demand video game system that we had registered for happened to be in stock at our local Target, so over lunch we went in to buy it. The cashier rung us up and scanned the coupon and got a nasty error sound with a message that said the coupon is not valid or has been used. Of course it's been used, we've got 90 days to use it to get the stuff from our registry! The manager comes over to see what the problem is and tells us that she has only ever used the wedding registry coupons as one use. What!? We tell her none of the information we got said that, plus why would they return the card to us if it was only good for one use? She wondered the same thing, and after consulting with someone over a walkie talkie, decided to give us the discount and told us if we wanted the 10% off of anything else we had to get it right then. Well great, we each had 5 minutes left before we had to get back to work, so we just took the discount and left without buying anything else from our registry.
I've tried calling the Club Wedd toll free number, but they've been no help and when I was able to escalate my call they simply told me that the coupon was one time use only and they could not reactivate the coupon. We've been extremely happy with Target up until this point, but now we just feel we've been lied to. In the information they gave us there was no indication that we could only use this coupon once. We directly affected at least $1300 in sales from items on our registry, not to mention everything else our guests bought because they happened to be in the store. All we want is to get 10% off the items left on our registry, whether that be through another one time use coupon, or a coupon that is reusable, like the information led us to believe. We've already told several other couples and they thought the coupons were reusable as well. Maybe Target should also change the wording so other couples don't have the same problems we did.
Thank you,
The fine print is clear: this is a reusable coupon that provides 10% off items stuck on the registry. Target is a massive corporation, with plenty of cash to throw at soulless corporate lawyers. If they wanted a one-use coupon like their corporate compadres, they should have printed one. But they didn't!
Fire off an Executive Email Carpet Bomb, and if that doesn't restore the discount you are owed, ask a small claims court to enforce Target's poorly written contract.
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THOMASVILLE | City officials approved economic development incentives for two companies that, between them, plan to create more than 40 jobs and invest $4.5 million in the area.
THOMASVILLE | City officials approved economic development incentives for two companies that, between them, plan to create more than 40 jobs and invest $4.5 million in the area.
Thomasville City Council approved the packages for Project Z13 and Project Hem on Monday. The true identities of the companies were not revealed during the meeting.
Davidson County Economic Development Commission Executive Director Steve Googe, who brought forth both incentive packages, recently told members of the press that the EDC will be more open with the public and elected officials about projects, including the names of companies involved in incentive deals. Googe said non-disclosure agreements were being drawn up so that more information could be shared with elected officials during closed sessions.
During the public hearing for Project Hem on Monday, Thomasville City Council member Joel Pierce asked, "When can I sign the non-disclosure statement?"
"I think you probably need to ask (city manager Kelly) Mr. Craver that," Googe said. "We are in the process of trying to get a public hearing approved for a Community Development Block Grant. We will be back here to talk to you about block grants. At that point in time, I don't think you will even need to sign a non-disclosure agreement."
Pierce said, "OK."
Craver confirmed after the meeting that he discussed a future CDBG project with Googe recently.
During the second public hearing for Project Z13, Pierce again asked a question to Googe, "I was under the impression that the non-disclosure forms would be available to know what the businesses were prior to."
Googe told Pierce that if he was referring to the EDC's recent conversation with members of the media, those non-disclosure forms were being drawn up for members of the Davidson County Board of Commissioners, who asked to sign one. Googe was referring to Davidson County commissioners Todd Yates and Steve Jarvis, who along with Pierce, have recently spoke out about the need for the EDC to be more open with public officials.
Googe also recommended Pierce review general statutes.
"It's very clear in statute that we have the right to maintain the privacy of the company's name until an agreement is put in place by both parties, if we feel that disclosing that name would jeopardize location of company," Googe said. "One of the commissioners made it very clear to our board that he would not vote for any more incentive projects unless he knew. He agreed to sign a non-disclosure. We decided to provide him with non-disclosure agreements when we provide projects in closed session. That would be a closed session issue and not in a public forum."
"I would like to have one of those non-disclosure forms as well," Pierce said.
"We are more than happy to provide that to city council if the city council would prefer it," Googe said.
Project Z13 plans to create 11 jobs sand invest $2.2 million. If the company locates to the area and creates jobs, it would be entitled to a tax rebate grant for five years equal to .0028 times the company's amount of new investment in a plant, machinery and equipment. The grant would not exceed $6,160 each year, according to the grant contract.
Project Hem plans to create 30 jobs and invest $2.3 million. If the company locates to the area and creates jobs, it would receive a tax rebate grant for five years also equal to .0028 times the company's amount of new investment in a plant, machinery and equipment. The grant would not exceed $6,440 each year.
Local government watchdog Barney Hill said he gave both projects his usual, "lukewarm" endorsement; however, Hill recommended officials remove the "not to exceed" language from the contracts.
"If your goal is more investment, why do you cling to a provision that expressly discourages Project Hem from doubling, tripling, or quadrupling its investment?" Hill said to the council during a public hearing on the incentive package for Project Hem. "Deleting the not-to-exceed language will incur no risk because the additional reimbursement will always pay for itself."
Earlier this year, Davidson County Commissioners approved up to $29,700 in incentives for Project Z13 and up to $31,050 for Project Hem.
In other business, city council:
• Approved the acceptance of a loan, a capital project ordinance and the intent to award a bid for a North Hamby Creek Outfall project, which will replace thousands of feet of old sewer line across Thomasville.
• Approved the acceptance of a North Carolina Clean Water Revolving Loan and the adoption of a loan project ordinance for a North Side Pump Station project, which will update the station's electrical system and pump motors, among other things.
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Lady Stangs 3rd at SA
After a third-place Silver Bracket finish at a San Angelo tournament over the weekend, Sweetwater's volleyball team will take a 9-6 record into a three-way match today at Water Valley against both Water Valley and San Angelo Lake View.Sweetwater finished the tournament with a 4-2 record, ending the event with a 25-14, 25-19 win over Lamesa in the Silver Bracket third-place match on Saturday. The Lady Mustangs began Friday by defeating both El Paso Jefferson (28-26, 26-24) and Midland Greenwood (19-25, 25-21, 25-21) while losing to Midland Christian (25-22, 12-25, 19-25) in pool play, putting them in the Silver Bracket on Saturday.Sweetwater then started bracket play by beating Lake View 25-10, 22-25, 25-19 in its first match before losing to a tough Odessa High squad 22-25, 14-25, setting up the match with Lamesa where the Lady Mustangs dominated with a straight-set victory. Shelby Cason had five kills against Lamesa while Kendra Crosson and Kathleen Campbell had four. Kelsi Crosson had three kills and a team-high 10 digs. Kinsey Browning had nine digs, while Suede Shirley had five aces and 11 assists. Against Odessa High, both of the Crossons had six kills while Alicia Finn had nine assists and Shirley five. Against Lake View, Sweetwater was led in kills by Cason and Kendra Crosson with eight and six, respectively.Kendra Crosson also had 11 kills against Midland Christian, 10 against Midland Greenwood and seven against El Paso Jefferson. Kelsi Crosson had eight, eight and nine kills, respectively, in those matches.Freshman team wins consolationThe freshman volleyball team on Saturday captured consolation honors by defeating host Abilene High 23-25, 25-22, 15-10. Sweetwater had lost to Abilene High by scores of 25-22, 17-25, 8-15 in its opening match of the one-day tournament, but Coach Jessica Withrow's team rebounded to defeat Lake View 25-22, 25-17 in its next match. Sweetwater then beat Permian 25-20, 25-18 to get another shot at Abilene High. Marissa Duran led the team in total digs, Bailey Bernal was the top server and Zanisha Williams and Caroline Brennan led in attacks.


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iMops is a full-featured, stand-alone development environment for programming the Mac.
- Based on Forth with extended object-oriented features
- Interactive development environment provides for fluid and productive programming by allowing quick testing and modification of small code segments
- Comes with a large class library supporting many Smalltalk-like classes
- Seamless integration of Macintosh Toolbox calls
- Supports AltiVec and external frameworks such as OpenGL and Mach-O
- Carbon-compliant
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- Message cascading feature using { - } pair. It could be thought as a way to create a small list of objects for sequential message sending.
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Day One Of Bamboozle Goes Well In Asbury Park
The first day of the Bamboozle Festival's return to Asbury Park went smoothly on most but not all fronts.
Under sunny skies with perfect temperatures thousands descended on Asbury Park's north beach for a day of soaking in the sun and and an evening of music.
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Asbury Park officials estimate 23,000 descended upon the Festival on Friday reports the Asbury Park Press.
Townsquare Media's Joel Mahan reports from Bamboozle on Friday night.
Bamboozle's first attempt at using wristbands to enter the concert area did not go well according to the Star Ledger which reports long lines stretching from Asbury Park into Ocean Grove. There was also some confusion with the shuttle buses running between Monmouth Park and the Bamboozle site in Asbury Park according to comments on the Bamboozle Facebook page.
The gates officially open at 5PM with performances tonight by late addition My Chemical Romance and Foo Fighters, who will then take a helicopter to Manhattan for their appearance on Saturday Night Live. Pauly D from MTV's Jersey Shore will also make an appearance.
Bon Jovi caps off the 3 day festival tomorrow.
Joel Mahan contributed to this report
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The number of crime incidents for Davidson County and Thomasville City schools increased from the 2010-11 school year to last school year while Lexington City acts remained the same.
The number of crime incidents for Davidson County and Thomasville City schools increased from the 2010-11 school year to last school year while Lexington City acts remained the same.
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction released its annual School Crime and Violence report Thursday. The state reported 11,161 total acts of crime and violence, compared to 11,657 the previous year, which is a 4.3 decrease.
State Superintendent June Atkinson said in a press release there are two clear facts when it comes to high student achievement.
"Students learn best in an environment where they feel safe and supported, and students not in school are at greater risk for dropping out. It is gratifying to see these numbers continuing to decline, and I encourage educators to continue their efforts to keep schools as safe as possible and to encourage positive student behavior," she said.
Lexington City Schools had seven acts — four possession of controlled substance, assault on school personnel, possession of a weapon and a sexual offense — which is the same number from the 2010-11 school year. The incidents occurred at Lexington middle and high schools.
Rick Kriesky, superintendent of Lexington City Schools, said the schools have discipline issues like any other system, however the staff's high expectations for students in the way they conduct themselves has led to students talking with adults about situations before they occur. Kriesky said that allows the staff to be proactive.
"These expectations are changing the culture of these schools," he said. "The low number of criminal incidents is in large part due to the relationship that our adults have with our children. The adults are working very hard to look at each student individually. Doing that allows a much better relationship to be built. The result is a trust and a bond that builds that allows more communication."
Incidents in Davidson County Schools rose from 161 to 223.
North Davidson High had the most occurrences. The school reported 70 acts with 49 of them being possession of controlled substance, nine possession of weapons, six possession of alcoholic beverage, five assaults on school personnel and one possession of a firearm.
West Davidson High School reported 40 incidents — 38 possession of controlled substance and two possession of a weapon. East Davidson High School had 32 acts — 27 possession of controlled substance, four possession of weapon and one possession of alcoholic beverage — while Central Davidson High School reported 30 incidents — 24 possession of controlled substance, four possession of firearm and one each possession of weapon and possession of alcoholic beverage.
Other schools reporting incidents were Central Davidson Middle, 12; Davidson County High, 2; E. Lawson Brown Middle, 8; Fair Grove Elementary, 1; Ledford Middle, 4; Ledford High, 4; North Davidson Middle, 4; Silver Valley Elementary, 2; South Davidson High, 7; South Davidson Middle, 1; Tyro Elementary, 3; Tyro Middle, 2; and Welcome Elementary, 1.
Christy Slate, director of student services for the system, noted the system is looking into the number of reportable acts to check for any errors. She said the incidents were higher than expected, and they will pull all reports to check the numbers again.
She also mentioned that principals have a good working relationship with the schools' resource officers, and they report every incident that happens. She said everyone works together to stop the incidents whatever they may be. Slate also made reference to guidance counselors working on a drug task force in the future to address substance abuse and educate the students.
Thomasville City Schools had 17 incidents compared to 11 in the 2010-11 school year.
Most of the acts occurred at Thomasville High School — six possession of controlled substance, two possession of alcoholic beverage, one possession of weapon and one assault on school personnel.
Thomasville Primary School had five possession of a weapon while Thomasville Middle School reported two possession of alcoholic beverage.
Thomasville officials could not be reached for comment.
The state also released the 2011-12 Suspension and Expulsions Report for high schools. The number of short-term suspensions —10 days or less — decreased for Lexington City Schools and increased for both Davidson County and Thomasville City schools. The state's number decreased from 266,488 to 258,197 — a decline of 3.1 percent.
Lexington City Schools reported one student was suspended short term. The system had eight the previous year.
The state acknowledged Lexington as having one of the lowest rates along with nine other systems. Lexington was also recognized as having one of the largest three-year percentage decreases in the number of suspensions.
Kriesky made reference to the staff expectations again.
"This data is evidence that the culture in our schools, especially in our high school, is changing and taking great strides forward," he said. "Students know there are adults in our building that will take the time to talk with them when they have issues."
Kriesky also gives credit to the Jacket Academy — an alternative in-school suspension program — that gives the system a place where students remain in school but still serve out their consequence. He said the goal is not to have repeat offenders. He said the program has positively reduced the number of out-of-school suspensions.
"We're sending a message that we don't want to put you out on the street … we're going to keep educating you," he said.
Davidson County Schools increased to 1,233 students being suspended short term from 1,078.
Thomasville City Schools had 505 students suspended short term for a rate of 76.28 per 1,000 students. The previous year the system had 390 students suspended.
Thomasville was recognized by the state as having one of the highest short-term suspension rates.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Coming off consecutive prime-time games at home and facing one of the NFL's worst teams on the road, the New England Patriots were poised for a letdown.
Patriots 23, Jags 16
They surely didn't expect a near meltdown.
Tom Brady overcame a rough start by throwing two touchdown passes, and the Patriots held on to beat the woeful Jacksonville Jaguars 23-16 on Sunday.
"We came out flat and I think it showed out there," Patriots receiver Wes Welker said. "We've got to do a better job of starting fast and doing what we do to take control of the game. "
A week after falling behind 31-3 against San Francisco, the Patriots found themselves down 10-0 in Jacksonville. Brady had two interceptions in the first quarter, the second one helping the Jaguars (2-13) build a double-digit lead.
But the Jaguars faded in the third quarter for the fourth consecutive week, lost for the 11th time in the last 12 games and set a franchise record for losses in a season.
Brady had a lot to do with the home team's latest setback, finding his rhythm after a sluggish start and picking apart Jacksonville's defense.
He hooked up with Welker for a 2-yard score on the second play of the fourth quarter, putting the Patriots (11-4) ahead 23-13. That seemed like plenty of cushion against the offensively challenged Jaguars. Jacksonville, though, had two decent chances to tie things in the closing minutes.
They failed to make good on either chance.
"A win is a win, but we know we've got to play better no matter what," Patriots safety Devin McCourty said. "It's better to come out here when you're not at your best and get a win. I think this team really understands it's all about us. We've got to play our best each week. It's disappointing knowing that we didn't play as good as we could."
New England avoided consecutive losses in December for the first time since 2002.
Brady completed 24 of 41 passes for 267 yards, his worst outing in six games against Jacksonville. Welker caught 10 passes for 88 yards, passing Jerry Rice and Andre Johnson for the most 10-catch games (18) in NFL history. Stevan Ridley ran 18 times for 84 yards.
Brady entered the game having thrown for 1,207 yards, with 13 touchdowns and no interceptions, in five wins against the Jaguars. His string of success ended with his first pass, though.
Ridley tipped the ball down the sideline, and safety Chris Prosinski picked it off for his first interception of the season. Jacksonville moved the ball, but settled for a field goal.
The Jaguars had the ball inside New England's 25 seven times, but came away with a touchdown and three field goals.
And not scoring touchdowns against the league's most prolific offense is hardly a formula for success.
"We had them on their heels for a while," Jaguars defensive end Jeremy Mincey said. "They just capitalized, got a few interceptions and a few first downs on us. "


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Now, that's an OS! granted, it doesn't have many bells and whistles that other OS's have, but it's still one of the cleanest, simplest, coherent and logically organized OS I have ever seen, and I've seen many OS's.
This release brings one thing we all awaited: true [multi]threading thrown into kernel space. It makes possible to use multi-core and multi-cpu HW without any problems. Performance boost + very good security - now, beat that, "OtherOS"
I'm using OpenBSD myself for quite some time now [several years] and it never let me down.
@evert - it doesn't mean it's not possible. Full disk encryption is usually made using external tools anyway. OpenBSD has vnconfig -k capabilities with built-in Blowfish support [I don't trust AES and other stuff]. It is usually more than enough to encrypt your /home [vnconfig -k /dev/vnd0c /path/home.raw] or other mount points [it would need a little hacking, though. You'd have to add few lines of code into the /etc/rc to execute your vnconfig -k /usr, /var, etc early in the boot process]. It's all about knowing HOW to do it, not about "It cannot be done".
And one more thing - OpenBSD configures WiFi from within the installer flawlessly, which cannot be said in other OS's case, really. It also has many tools integrated in order to simplify their usage. No "wpasupplicant" crap. It's all in ifconfig ...


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Things I've Been Putting Off - Wing Mirrors And Boot Struts
martinspoon replied to martinspoon's topic in Ford Focus ClubThis is great, thanks - need to double check the manual when I get home, my focus is the 'style' trim, certainly doesn't have puddle lights or automatic fold, need to check if it's heated. The mirror units you linked above are a better price than I was able to find, they're listed as heated - if I don't have heated, do you know if I'll be able to fit my existing mirrors to this anyway? And presumably it's going to use the same loom connection? And thanks for the tip on the struts, will give that a go.
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Mk2.5 Rear Drums Sticking
martinspoon replied to martinspoon's topic in Ford Focus ClubThanks both, I'll have a look inside this weekend. As it happens, I have a service booked in for a few weeks time (the dealer gave me a service pack for free when I bought the car), so if I can't see anything obvious I'll maybe wait for that. If I were to take it apart, do you think I'll have any problem refitting the original springs, or should I be ready to put new springs in? I live in a flat on a busy street and it's a bit of a pain to do work on the car so I haven't taken the wheel off again to double check this (will do at the weekend) - but from memory last time I had the wheel off, the drum didn't have a dust cap or nut to remove in the middle - this is a random photo I've found online but I think it was similar to this: http://i.ehow.com/images/a02/70/v9/remove-tires-brake-drum-800X800.jpg Is that familiar to anyone? I'm pretty sure it has a hole to screw a bit into to help get it off (I was watching them do it when I had it in ATS), but otherwise just a case of persuading it pull off. I think I read somewhere it's a 8mm threaded bit you need for the hole? Thanks all!
2015 Focus Facelift (Mk 3.5) Unveiled
martinspoon replied to alexp999's topic in Ford Focus ClubI quite liked the front and bonnet of the mk3 - this new style isn't terrible, but I prefer the mk3.
Things I've Been Putting Off - Wing Mirrors And Boot Struts
martinspoon posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubApologies for making two new threads, after posting the last one realised I should maybe get a few things sorted whilst I'm in the mood! My 2009 mk2.5 Focus is in need of a few things - Wing mirrors. I'm really struggling to find mk2.5 specific advice for this (maybe it's the same as the mk2?). The black plastic trim around the mirror itself (sorry, don't have a picture handy, will add one later) is cracked, meaning the indicator is a bit loose. Held on with some tape for now. Am I right in saying that I need to replace the whole wing mirror assembly if I want to sort that? Looks like that's about £70-75 for an original part. Those don't come with the mirror itself, the indicator strip, or the cover. Does anyone have any experience of re-using - i.e. will I get away with taking those three parts off my existing wing mirror and using them on the new assembly? Any idea if that's difficult? Also, the struts on the boot are a bit rubbish. Any views on whether a cheap set of ebay are ok, or if I should spend a little more (e.g. these aftermarket ones http://www.sgs-engineering.com/car-boot-tailgate/ford/focus/nl1386-ford-focus-tailgate-strut )? Thanks!
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Mk2.5 Rear Drums Sticking
martinspoon posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHello all, I know sticking rear drums is a common problem in wet weather, but mine seem to be really bad. It's a 2009 Mk2.5 (Auto), about 25k, got it last summer, first 4 months or so no problems at all. Ever since it's started to colder and wetter though, I've been having problems. Unfortunately I live on a slope so I really need to use it to park. After just a few hours with the parking brake on, they will almost always stick. Most of the time it'll just pull away once I get going, although one time it stuck hard and I had to go at it with a hammer. After that I took it down to the local ATS to have a look at it (they've been pretty reliable in the past), they said inside the drums look fine, they gave it a clean and sent me on my way. It's still happening though, and this morning it took a bit more persuasion to get it to release, and there was a bit of a clunking noise from the brakes afterwards for the first few times I used the brakes after pulling away. It stopped after a minute but that was a bit concerning. Anyway, I really don't want to send it off to another garage just for them to tell me the same thing, and I'm relatively happy going into the drums myself if I have to (although I don't have a decent jack so that might be a problem), just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice. I read in the common problems thread that spraying the cables with WD40 can help - is there anything else I can do? If I go into the drums and give them a really good cleaning, or replace the springs? I'm sure ATS would have said if the pads were needing done, but at 25k they should be fine. Any ideas much appreciated!
Squeak From Left Hand Side Of Focus Mk2
martinspoon posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHi, I recently bought a 2007 mk2 Focus (auto), with about 53k miles on it - haven't driven many miles on it yet, but noticed a squeak coming from somewhere on the left (passenger) side of the car, noticeable when driving over bumps at 20-30mph. It's through a dealer who have agreed to take it in for a look, but they're not a Ford specialist, so wondered if this community can suggest any likely causes. I've found a few threads on this.. but wondered if anyone could offer a brief list of any most common/known mk2 issues that might cause this? So far all I've checked is whether it's being caused by anything moving inside the cabin - but I can't find anything. Going to take it for a longer drive tomorrow and see whether I notice anything else. Thanks
martinspoon posted a topic in New Member IntroductionsHi, I've just joined, so saying hello. I currently have a 2011 Zetec C-Max 1.6 TDCI, but it's a company car and as I'm about to go through a big career change (leaving the corporate world and training to be a teacher), I've had to go out buy a new car. This week I ended up getting a 2007 Zetec Focus 1.6 (Auto), a bit of a step back I guess, but perfect for what I need this year and I'm pretty happy with it so far!
Installing Parrot Mki With Inka Musiconnect To 07 Focus Mk2
martinspoon posted a topic in Audio & ElectronicsHi, newbie here.. I've just "downgraded" from a 2011 C-Max to a 2007 Mk2 Focus (C-Max was a company car that I'm returning as I'm leaving my job). I got very used to the integrated bluetooth connectivity on the C-Max so I'm looking at my options to replicate some of that in my Focus. Primarily to stream music via bluetooth from my phone, but also for making calls. Can anyone tell me if this sounds right? The Focus has the standard CD6000, and does not have the factory fitted aux input (I know I could install that reasonably easily if I wanted to). I just want to be absolutely clear on what adaptors etc I need to get. So assume I buy the MKi 9200. I've read that instead of using a standard SOT ISO convertor lead, there are alternatives that will let me run streamed music from the parrot blue box straight into the aux connector on the CD6000 - meaning I use the car's own amp, and I can access music from my phone via bluetooth using the Aux button on the stereo. They're fully populated and look a bit neater. I'm aware of the Inka MusiConnect cable - has anyone got experience of this? http://www.drivesaferdirect.co.uk/shop/default.asp?go=search&sq=inka-048-2082 I also found this one - not sure if it's the same thing? http://www.justcarkits.co.uk/acatalog/info_464.html So basically, if I buy the parrot kit, and one of those leads (and assuming I have the tools and stereo keys etc to do the job), is that everything I'm going to need? Do I need another lead to connect to the aux port or anything like that? The alternative, cheaper, and simpler solution will be to just install the standard Aux-In in the glovebox, and connect that to my phone (which is already on a brodit mount on the left of the stereo). I could then buy a separate visor bluetooth kit. Less integrated and more cables, but simpler!
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, a 153-bed facility located in New Albany, Miss., was voted Best Hospital (under 100 beds) by the Mississippi Nurses Association and the Mississippi Nurses Foundation in 2008. Baptist Union County serves the fast-growing Union County community, ranked No. 41 in 2006 in Progressive Farmer Magazine's list of the top places to live in the Southeast.
After becoming part of Baptist Memorial Health Care in 1987, Baptist Union County completed a 70,000-square-foot expansion and renovation project in 1993 that included a new bed tower, surgical and recovery suites, emergency department and convenient patient loading areas. The women's center, renovated in 2008, features advanced birthing facilities, including 10 labor/delivery/recovery rooms, 28 private postpartum rooms and two surgical suites for Caesarean sections. Each year, more than 1,100 babies are born at Baptist Union County.
Baptist Union County is committed to providing patients with advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technology. It was the first hospital in the area to be accredited in mammography by the American College of Radiology. Baptist Union County offers a wide range of services to aid in early detection and enhance quality of life through successful treatment. Even more important, all of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are performed by a staff of highly qualified professionals.
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I was at the Doctors this morning for a minor operation to remove a cyst on my back. Yes, I am human and thus grotesque. It's been there for a while, but I don't care as it's on my back and I can't see it, but my wife told me I had to get it seen to (just because the last time I had one, it became inflamed and painful and I had to have antibiotics before it exploded - what are the chances that that would happen again?) Bloody wives. With their caring about your well being. They're brilliant aren't they? Am I right fellas? Don't leave me hanging here.
Anyway the GP had told me that she could get rid of it for me, but that I'd have to go under the knife and today was the day. Things seemed a little disorganised when I got there, the room I was meant to go in wasn't ready, so I had to have my local anaesthetic and then wait for ten minutes and then once we were in the room the doctor didn't know how to move the bed around and there was no paper sheeting on the roll. But that was probably OK. It's not like I was trusting these people to cut into my flesh with knives and not kill me.
Finally all was set and I was lying face down on the bed with the doctor and a nurse making their preparations. They made an exploratory cut just to check that the anaesthetic had worked. They told me I should only feel pressure, but I could feel the knife cutting into me and though it wasn't too painful, it was a bit painful. But I didn't know if that was normal or not. As I wasn't shouting out about being stabbed in the back I assumed it was OK. I didn't want to look like a baby who couldn't even stand having sharp knives pushing into his back. I thought of all the people who had been operated on before pain relief became a possibility and thought I probably shouldn't make a fuss about this minor discomfort.
After a few minutes of prodding and me feeling quite a bit of sensation a move was made that hurt a bit more and I flinched and they decided to give me more anaesthetic. Which was probably for the best. And indeed once that I had done its work my back was a lot more numb and I only felt the occasional very slight twinge of pain from there on in.
But the procedure was taking a lot longer than I had anticipated and at one point the nurse and the doctor were whispering to each other, which I thought was probably not a good sign. I was glad all this was happening behind me. I am not great with blood, even when it's someone else's or it's just pretend blood on a TV show, so I didn't really want to see my own. Or my beautiful body being hacked at.
A different nurse took over from the first one, not, I don't think because it was such a long operation, just that she had meant to be in on the procedure from the start. She seemed disappointed to have missed this saying this was one of her favourite things to do. I don't know if she meant minor operations in general or specifically cutting cysts out of the back of middle-aged men. But she seemed a bit put out to have missed the fun.
Finally the doctor finished and they started to sew me up. But they didn't have enough cotton (or whatever they're using) which again made me think that maybe things had been a bit more extreme than they were expecting. She told me that the wound was quite deep and that the cyst had been difficult to extract. I had kind of worked that out. But I was sewn up and the doctor left and the new nurse finished up. She asked me if it had been a bit of a spurter as there was quite a lot of blood on the floor. I had been oblivious to the drama going on behind (or inside) my back, thankfully. The nurse laughed because she could see that it had gone on the other nurse's shoes and there were bloody footprints on the floor. Perhaps she liked doing operations because of the grim comedy involved. It made it feel like a crime scene, but everything was cleaned up as I lay face down on the bed so I never got to see the bloody aftermath.
I wondered if they'd give me the cyst to take away in a little jar - I thought it might make an interesting item for the final "What's in the bag?" at Fubar radio tomorrow. But I wasn't offered it. I was just told that I wasn't allowed to do any upper body exercise for the next week so that I don't rip out the stitches, which is a shame, though hopefully I can still do some running. It might mean we have to postpone the start of my personal training though.
I had thought about relaxing in the afternoon with a bit of Me vs Me snooker, but wondered if that might be too energetic and the cueing might burst my stitches, so i mainly took things easy.
Tickets for the Friday show of "We're All Going To Die!" at the Bloomsbury are going fast so book now if you want to come and see the DVD record and have your laughter (or lack of) recorded for posterity! There are plenty of tickets for Thursday and so there's a special offer on tickets. You can get £5 off (tickets for just £10) if you call 020 3108 1000 and quote RH-PROMOCODE. Do let your friends know about the show if you enjoyed it. Be nice to go out on a bang. I am giving a free "10" DVD to everyone who attends these last two shows (previously it was just going to be for the final show). As the "10" DVD costs £12, if you come on Thursday you're essentially getting £2 to attend. Right?


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We've had data visualisation. We've had data journalism. But there's a missing layer that sport has ignored. Only the most passionate of fanatical sporting statisticians can get joy from the data that accompanies the world's most popular sport. There must be a better way of telling the stories behind the stats. Soccer has as much data as any other sport and with an estimated 3.5 billion fans, it has more audience than anyone else. But entertaining that audience, rather than simply informing them, is where the challenge lies. Richard Ayers, the digital innovator at Manchester City FC, one of the world's top soccer clubs, will reveal where the club is going and explore the best examples in the game. He'll look at the pace of change in Soccer's stats as the top club's strive to engage a wider demographic and will assess parallels in F1 Grand Prix, the differences with North American sports and the impact of second-screen experiences.
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Economic downturns like the current one produce a double-whammy for federal and state Medicaid budgets: enrollment in the program grows as there's less money to pay for it. That means more potential for provider reimbursement cuts – something NCPA is trying hard to avoid. Pharmacies can simply not withstand any more Medicaid reimbursement cuts, especially in light of last year's AWP rollback. Here's a rundown of some related state activity NCPA's monitoring, along with federal efforts. Continue reading 'Medicaid News in the States'


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I know what a limited account is. I wanted someone to tell me what limited was in their own words. A limited account is really a bad description. I can do almost the same amount of things with a 'limited' account that I can with root privs.
I was trying to help you realize that.
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It turns out everyone's favorite closeted homosexual support group the Republican Party seems to have wanted Lady Gaga at last summer's Republican National Convention far more than it wanted noted sleeping aid Mitt Romney there: according to the hilarious details of a lawsuit against one of the RNC vendors, Lady Gaga was offered one million dollars to perform at the convention. Let's all take a moment to hope that there is a parallel universe out there where she did in fact agree to appear for all the squealing Republican convention-goers, so we may all imagine the waxy tears in Lindsey Graham's eyes as he mouthed along to the lyrics from his front-row seat.
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Many entertainers, including Journey and Lynyrd Skynyrd, agreed to perform at the convention, but Lady Gaga's offer was the most lucrative, according to an email sent last summer by AAN's director of development, Pete Meachum.
"See what it would take to get Gaga instead of Dolly," Meachum requests of Rob Jennings, who heads Cater America LLC, an event production company based in Wyoming.
Jennings, whose company is being sued by AAN, was instructed by Meachum to try to make the offer to Lady Gaga more tempting by telling her it would be an event "honoring women who run for public office."
Oh, Pete Meachum. You are making us think you have already wandered over to that parallel universe, this one where you can ask Lady Gaga to perform at a GOP event under the banner of "honoring women." What is it like there? Is Rick Santorum a butt plug salesman in this universe? Is Newt Gingrich thin? Is Kentucky literate? [Washington Examiner]


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Monday, October 04, 2010
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (October 3, 2010)—Running beyond seven furlongs for the first time, Rigoletta, a 32-1 shot, turned the tables on favored Tell a Kelly to win the $250,000 Oak Leaf Stakes Sunday at Oak Tree/Hollywood Park.
The Oak Leaf was the first of two Grade I's that wrapped up the first week of the inaugural Oak Tree at Hollywood Park meet.
Third, beaten 6 ¾ lengths by Tell a Kelly in the Darley Debutante Sept. 4 at Del Mar, Rigoletta became the highest priced winner in Oak Leaf history.
The 2-year-old Florida bred daughter of Concerto and the Montbrook mare Almost Aprom Queen returned $67.40, $11.40 and $4.60 for owner Thor-Bred Stable LLC.
Cut Class had held the record, paying $63.60 when she won as a part of an entry in 1974.
Trained by Dan Hendricks, who was earning his first victory in the Grade 1, Rigoletta rallied directly outside of Tell a Kelly and jockey David Flores did some race riding, keeping the 1-2 choice in some tight quarters during the stretch run.
At the finish, Rigoletta prevailed by a half-length. The final time for the 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track was 1:44.03.
"I just tried to put her in a good position,'' said Flores after his fourth Oak Leaf victory, one fewer than leader Chris McCarron. "She was in the bridle the whole way.
"Tell a Kelly bumped her and it got her into the race more…she got aggressive and fought back. I thought I was going to get beat, but that (bump) seemed to make her madder.
"Dan told me to ride with confidence and I think had her in the perfect spot. I'm very proud of her.''
Hendricks said he would like to run Rigoletta, who has won two of four and earned $210,820, to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs. She earned a spot in the field as the Oak Leaf was one of the Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In'' races.
Tell a Kelly, who had a two race win streak snapped, is also being pointed to the Juvenile Fillies, according to trainer John Sadler. She paid $2.60 and $2.10. The show price on Indian Gracey was $4.
"The reason I tried to go between horses is that she wasn't going to go by the one in front (Indian Gracey) and I didn't think I had enough horse to go around,'' said Alonso Quinonez, Tell a Kelly's rider. "She was working real well and everything set up perfectly for her, but we really didn't have any excuses.''
Ahead of only Where's the Remote with a quarter of a mile to run, Champ Pegasus finished strongly on the outside in the closing yards to win the Hirsch.
Owned by breeders Diamond A Racing Corporation and Arturo Vargas and trained by Richard Mandella, the 4-year-old Fusaichi Pegasus colt and the Salt Lake mare Salt Champ won by three-quarters of a length.
The win was the second in a row and fourth in eight starts for Champ Pegasus. Ridden by Joel Rosario, he increased his earnings to $358,520. The final time for the 1 ¼ miles was 2:01.21.
Now 2-for-4 on the grass at Hollywood Park, Champ Pegasus paid $5.40, $3.40 and $2.40.
Where's the Remote, making his graded stakes debut for owner Greg Unruh and trainer Mike Mitchell, paid $6.40 and $3.40. Bourbon Bay, the 2-1 second choice making his initial start in some 5 ½ months, returned $2.60 to show. He wound up a neck behind Where's the Remote and a neck in front of pacesetter and stablemate Marlang.
"He just kind of keeps improving and getting better as we go,'' said Mandella after his fifth Hirsch victory., "We'll probably have to get a little bit better than this to win the Breeders' Cup (Turf on Nov. 6).
"He showed that style at Del Mar (when winning the Del Mar Handicap on Aug. 29) that he was kind of believing in himself to do it.''
Rosario, who collected his first win in a race named in honor of one of Oak Tree's founders and its longtime president, thinks better days are ahead for Champ Pegasus.
"He's getting better every time,'' he said. "I worked him the other morning and he went great, like he was really ready to go. He surprised me today the way he moved turning for home. I'm pretty excited about him.''
Earlier in the program, favored Mother Ruth led throughout en route to a 4 ½ length victory in the $58,400 Louis R. Rowan Stakes, an ungraded event for older fillies and mares.
Trained by Bob Baffert for Zayat Stables LLC, the 4-year-old Speighstown filly out of the Colonial Affair mare Seven Four Seven won for the fifth time in 12 starts. She has earned $211,143.
Ridden by Martin Garcia, Mother Ruth completed the 6 ½ furlongs over Cushion Track in 1:16.27. She paid $5, $3.20 and $2.20.
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You guys are paranoid. Without a tracking mirror they could never even aim a laser from space, much less use it to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientists and start World War III.
Hey, did you guys hear that a new season of "The Real Housewives of Miami" started last week? We should all watch it and talk about that. How about that Adriana, huh?
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It's been notorious in the aerospace industry for decades that the best way to get classified information is to read Aviation Week and Space Technology.
* Any speculation on the amount of payload it can take up? Could people go up?
* Any speculation on the cost of the plane itself?
* The cost of a launch?
* Is it reusable?
In short, would it be a replacement, if only partially, for the Space Shuttle?
1. No idea, payload bay is 2.1 × 1.2 m and its launch weight is 5000 kg
2. Hundreds of millions to billions - "Details on the funding level remain within the Air Force's classified budget request"
3. Launch vehicle is an Atlas V (~$13,000 per kg to LEO - $65 million per launch)
4. Yes, supposedly, OTV-1 came back, has not launched again yet, OTV-2 is still up there
http://www.space.com/8239-details-secretive-37b-space-plane-revealed.html [space.com]
... payload bay is 2.1 x 1.2 m
So a modern satellite reconnaissance camera/sensor package is about 2x1m?
Yep, that or the hardware to leech off Russia, French, Israeli and Chinese recce satellites is 2 x 1m now.
It is re-usable and they are working on a manned version. A lot of the tech involved in it's creation was gathered from the original shuttle program. That program went on for over 20 years so it provides a great deal of information for building future vehicles. One interesting mission for this type of craft would be attacking another countries satellites. They don't even need missiles they can just alter it's orbit. The really funny thing is how everyone has been moaning about the US giving up on their spa
Didn't say it was manned. I said they were working on a scaled up manned version. Working out the kinks out on the unmanned version before creating a manned version makes a lot of sense.
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Comrade Cosmonaut been in space for over 50 years!
Comrade Cosmonaut been in space for over 50 years!
Is the pod Laika was in still in orbit?
Perhaps whatever it is designed to target doesn't need to be targeted just yet.
"In your face from outer space" - motto of the USAF Space Warfare Center
I keep reading "Orbital Test Vehicle" as Orbital Testicle
The secret military mission is really a cover for further NASA cutbacks. It's just cheaper to keep it up there all the time than it is to bring it down.
The surest way to get funding is working on projects that might have military uses.
And its just one step to get back home!
Ya, I guess it is safer in orbit than say in Modesto, CA (2010 highest per capita vehicle theft rate). Now I want to go steal it, just to ruin that stat. How bad would it skew the numbers, with a population of 0 and 1 theft.
Funny, those are the exact some advantages the guy at the Ferrari dealership pointed out when it turned out the only car in my price range was one already in space. He forgot to mention how awesome it is to own a car in space! I'm so smart.
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The New Mexico teenager accused of fatally shooting his parents and three younger siblings told police he had been having homicidal and suicidal thoughts. According to a probable cause statement, a Bernalillo County sheriff's detective questioned 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego on Saturday about the killings at the family home in a rural area southwest of Albuquerque.
The statement says Griego told the detective he first shot his mother as she was sleeping and then shot a younger brother in the same room and then two younger sisters in another.
It says he then told the detective he waited for his father to return home and then gunned him down.
Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Aaron Williamson said Monday he couldn't immediately comment on the document.
Authorities say the New Mexico teenager accused of fatally shooting his parents and three younger siblings had apparently never been in trouble with the law. A spokesman for the state child welfare agency had no record of any trouble with 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego or his family.
A records check also indicated the teen had never been involved with the juvenile justice system before being charged over the weekend with killing his five family members.
Among the victims was his father, Greg Griego, a pastor who once served at one of Albuquerque's largest Christian churches. He was also well-known for his spiritual work with firefighters and jail inmates.
Investigators processed evidence at the Griego home Monday. They say there had been no emergency calls to the home in the recent past.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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Not long ago, businesspeople were carrying around two devices: one for work and the other containing the digital content of their personal lives. But this juggling of devices, while necessary for security reasons, was a very clunky solution to the problem.
Plus, it made people look kind of silly -- like bumbling technology caricatures swimming in airs of self-importance.
Mobile virtualization, a term used to describe various technologies that strike the long sought after balance between device security and usability, stands to change all that.
By dividing a device into two parts, one for work and the other for one's personal life, mobile virtualization addresses the IT risks that stem from the bring-your-own-device phenomenon while allowing the productivity benefits of the trend to flourish within organizations.
[Related: VMware On Mobile Virtualization, BYOD]
"Security has, and will be, at the top of mind when thinking of mobile devices, but often it's seen at odds with end-user usability," said Jason Nash, data center solutions principal at Varrow, a Greensboro, N.C.-based virtualization solution provider.
Vendors have different approaches to mobile virtualization, but all strive for an identical look and feel across smartphones, tablets and notebook PCs. "It also needs to be easily provisioned and secured by corporate IT, with minimal effort from the end user," said Paul Kunze, director at IntraSystems, a Braintree, Mass.-based solution provider.
Dan Weiss, CEO and co-founder of Varrow, says mobile virtualization will clear up the gray area that currently exists within organizations that have given up trying to stop their employees from using personal devices at work.
"We have control -- or perceived control -- when it comes to Windows. And we have lots of tools that we are familiar and confident with to manage desktops and user's data," Weiss said. "What we don't have is a lot of control over the BYOD concept. If employees are using apps and accessing the corporate network with their own devices, there's not an easy way to manage a device that the company doesn't own."
Mobile hypervisor, which allows employees to purchase their own mobile device and operate a separate OS that's exclusively for corporate apps, seems to be the answer to this problem, though not without some debate.
There are two types of mobile hypervisor: Type 1, also known as "bare metal," operates at the hardware level and is installed by the mobile device OEM; and Type 2, which runs as a secure application on the device. Type 1 is regarded as more secure but takes longer to implement, while Type 2 is seen as offering greater flexibility.
In the Type 1 camp is Red Bend Software, a Waltham, Mass.-based vendor whose vLogix Mobile 5.0 product is used by Panasonic and other Android OEMs, as well as carriers. Open Kernel Labs, another Type 1 vendor, is working with LG to develop Android smartphones with hardened security for the Department Of Defense.
NEXT: VMware To Enter The Market With Horizon Mobile


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Sunday,November 27th
4000 South Parker Road
Denver, CO 80014
(720) 200-1001
So this is official! Rain, Snow or Shine.
Now i know its gonna be cold, and you should very well expect it to be. I Hope all you true BassHeads will show up and compete.
Do to the day lights savings and the 5:00 sundown, i would like to have everyone there by 11:00am at the latest.
Entry will be $25
Events pending the poll


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RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University Athletics Hall of Fame enshrined its seventh induction class, featuring eight individuals, during a Friday evening ceremony in EKU's Keen Johnson Building.
The 2012 induction class includes: Charmaine Byer (women's track & field, 1984-88), Alex Dominguez (football, 1979-82), Clay Elswick (baseball, 1983-86), Kevin Greve (football, 1978-81), Chris Isaac (football, 1978-81), Teresa McNair (women's basketball, 1999-2003), Dave Quick (baseball, 1961-64) and Garfield Smith (men's basketball, 1964-68).
The group will also be recognized just prior to the Colonels' football game against Eastern Illinois Saturday at noon.
For more information on the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame, please contact Karl Park, Executive Director of the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame, 859-200-6686 or email@example.com.
Below are the bios for the 2012 induction class.
Charmaine Byer Sizemore (women's track & field, 1984-88)
Charmaine Byer Sizemore competed on the EKU track team for coach Rick Erdmann for four seasons (1984-88). A 1987 NCAA qualifier in the indoor 4X800 meter relay, she won the Ohio Valley Conference indoor 400 meters and the OVC outdoor meters for three years each. The current school record-holder in the outdoor 400 meters (53.46), Sizemore is also set a school record in the indoor 400 meters (56.17). She is also the current school record holder in the indoor 500 meters with a time of 1:13.90. She was also a member of six other school record relay teams, including the indoor 4X200 meters (1:41.90); the 4X800 meters (8:50.2); indoor sprint medley relay (4:00.1); the 4X55 meter shuttle hurdle (30.24); the outdoor 4X200 meters (1:37.73); and outdoor distance medley (11:22.48). The 4X55 meter indoor shuttle hurdle relay time was a world best time when it was set. She was also a member of the No. 3 ranked indoor 4X400 meter relay (3:51.06); the No. 4 ranked outdoor 4X400 meter relay (3:43.62); the No. 5 ranked outdoor 4X100 meter relay (46.19); the No. 4 ranked long jump (18-8 ¾); and the No. 5 ranked outdoor 200 meters (24.42). She was a driving force as Eastern won both the 1985 and 1986 OVC indoor and outdoor championships. She also set a conference record in 1985 for the indoor 440-yard dash, an event that has since been retired, at 56.70.
Alex Dominguez (football, 1979-82)
Alex Dominguez, a member of EKU's All-Century Football Team, played four seasons for coach Roy Kidd at linebacker, playing for all four of the Eastern teams that made it to the national championship game from 1979-82. His career took off for Eastern his sophomore season in 1980 when he led the team in tackles and assists with 90 stops and 60 assists, the fifth best tackle totals for a single season in school history, and was named second-team All-Ohio Valley Conference when EKU finished as the national runner-up. Good things continued his junior season as he was selected to the first-team All-OVC unit in leading Eastern to the regular season OVC championship and a second consecutive national runner-up finish. In 1982, while serving as co-captain, Dominguez was a huge part of the magical undefeated season for the Colonels that culminated with a final 13-0 record and the school's second national championship, a 17-14 victory over Delaware. He totaled 69 solo tackles, 64 assists, three caused fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception and eight tackles for loss that year and received first-team all-conference honors for a second straight season. He finished his EKU career as the seventh all-time leading tackler with 378 stops.
Clay Elswick (baseball, 1983-86)
Clay Elswick was a four-year letterwinner for coach Jim Ward's EKU baseball team and started at first base his last three seasons from 1984-86 when the Colonels won the OVC championship each year and participated in three consecutive NCAA Regional Tournaments. A member of Eastern's All-Century Baseball Team, Elswick capped off a fantastic collegiate career in 1986 when he was chosen as the OVC Player of the Year, a first-team All-South Region pick, a first-team Academic All-American selection, a third-team NCAA Division I All-American choice and collected first-team All-OVC honors, all while batting .426 with a single season school-record 20 home runs and 82 RBI's. He still holds the EKU career record for most home runs with 52 and the career slugging percentage of .680. With a career .355 batting average, he batted .450 as a freshman, .305 as a sophomore and .312 as a junior. During his four years as a Colonel, Eastern won 128 games, including the school-record 42-win season of 1985. After playing his last game as a Colonel in 1986, he was the holder of 13 EKU single game, single season and career records after serving that season the 1986 year as co-captain. He graduated in 1986 with a bachelors degree in Biology, while minoring in Chemistry. Later that summer, he started in the doctoral program at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. He graduated from Palmer with a Doctorate of Chiropractic in 1989, moved back to Lexington and has been in private practice for the past 23 years. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Shelley Smith, also an EKU grad.
Kevin Greve (football, 1979-82)
Kevin Greve was a four-year letterwinner at offensive guard for coach Roy Kidd from 1978 to 1981 and was also a member of EKU's All-Century Football Team which was honored in 2009. As a sophomore, he was a big contributor to the Eastern offense that ran the ball all over a vaunted Lehigh defense in the 1979 national championship game, which resulted in a 30-7 victory for the Colonels and the school's first national football crown. In that 1979 national title game vs. the LU Engineers, Eastern was able to rush the ball for 288 yards and four TD's. The first time EKU had the ball against Lehigh, the Colonels, assisted heavily by the blocking of Greve, ran 20 times for 72 yards and a touchdown and didn't even attempt a pass. For that season, Eastern rushed the ball for 2,827 yards and 33 touchdowns. Greve, as a junior in 1980, helped Eastern rush for 2,662 yards and 31 TD's, followed by his senior season when EKU led the OVC in total offense with 5,006 yards, an average of 357.6 yards per game, rushed for 40 touchdowns and averaged 26.8 points per contest on its way to a second consecutive national runner-up finish. Greve was a first-team All-OVC choice for three seasons. He was also a Kodak first-team All-American in 1981 while serving as offensive co-captain and a second team Associated Press All-American as a junior in 1980.
Chris Isaac (football, 1978-81)
Chris Isaac played four seasons (1978-81) at quarterback for coach Roy Kidd's EKU Colonels, leading Eastern to back-to-back national runners-up finishes his junior and senior seasons. As a junior, he was the team's offensive most valuable player as he threw for 1,318 yards and seven touchdowns and ran the ball of 274 yards and five more TD's. He was EKU's MVP in the national championship game vs. Boise State when he 16-25 passes for 250 yards and a TD, a go-ahead 55-yard bomb to David Booze with less than a minute to go. Isaac, a second-team All-OVC choice, also ran for 40 yards and a TD in the 1980 national title game. He was the only quarterback to hit 50 or more percent (.520) of his passes that season. One of his most stellar efforts came in a 28-16 win at East Carolina when he hit 11-12 passes for 177 yards and two TD's. While serving as offensive co-captain as a junior and senior, he set an EKU single game record for most yards passing in 1981 when he hit 15-30 passes vs. Murray State for 318 yards, including a 61-yard scoring fling to fellow EKU Hall of Famer and All-American wideout Steve Bird. Isaac also came up big in '81 semifinal playoff game vs. Delaware when he hit flanker Ranard McPhaul along the far sideline for the game-winning 32-yard TD pass with less than a minute to go in Eastern's thrilling 35-28 win over Delaware. He finished his career as the seventh leading all-time EKU passer in yards passing with 3,611 yards. During his four years at Eastern, the Colonels posted a 41-9 overall record, won all 25 home games at Roy Kidd Stadium, captured the national title in 1979, two national runners-up trophies and won the 1981 OVC championship. Following his collegiate career, he played three seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Ottawa Roughriders where he won the CFL's Rookie of the Year award in 1982 and was chosen for the All-Star Game that same season. He served the next 18 years as an assistant football coach and instructor at New Smyrna Beach High School and Mainland High School in Daytona Beach before serving as head football coach at Deltona (FL) High School for one season. He has been serving as a math teacher at Pine Ridge High School in Deltona since 2004. He also had two stints as an assistant football coach at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach from 1996-2002 and 2004-07.
Teresa McNair (women's basketball, 1999-03)
Teresa McNair played four seasons at EKU from 1999-2003 and started in all but five of the 116 games she played for coach Larry Joe Inman's women's basketball team. She was an integral part of 76 victories during her career at Eastern, which included a fantastic junior year in 2001-02 that saw EKU finish with a 23-8 record, the regular season Ohio Valley Conference title and an advancement to the Women's Invitational Tournament Sweet Sixteen. She closed her Eastern career with 1,183 points which ranks her 15th on the Lady Colonels' all-time scoring list. McNair led the OVC in steals each of her four seasons at Eastern and holds the conference career steals mark with 406. As a Class 5A first-team All-State choice out of Forest High School in Ocala, FL, she made an immediate impact at Eastern, averaging 10.0 points and being named to the All-OVC Freshman Team. As a sophomore, she started all 28 games and won the second of four EKU Team Defensive Awards she collected in her career. Her junior season saw her score 11.1 points per game and finish 24th in the nation in steals per game as Eastern won the regular season OVC title, total 23 wins, second most in program history, defeat Southwest Missouri in the opening round of the WNIT and host Alabama in the Sweet 16 of the WNIT. As a senior, she set EKU and OVC single season records for steals with 131 and led the nation in steals, while averaging 10.8 points per game and being named first-team All-OVC. She also holds the school single game record for steals when she had 11 in a win over Jacksonville State as a senior. She is also listed among Eastern's top 10 career leaders in field goal percentage (fifth, .488); rebounds (eighth, 631); free throw percentage (ninth, .736); and blocks (tied for 10th, 37). She earned her degree in Business Administration and Information Technology from EKU in 2003. She then graduated from Saint Leo University with a master's degree in Business Administration with concentration in Information Security Management in 2010. Now she is working toward her master's degree in Education Leadership from Grand Canyon University to be completed in January, 2013. In 2006, she was offered a job in secondary education teaching introduction to Information Technology. She became the first African American women's head basketball coach at Forest High School in Ocala, FL, in 2006.
Dave Quick (baseball, 1961-64)
Dave Quick, a left-handed pitcher from Amityville, NY, pitched four seasons (1961-64) for coach Turkey Hughes' EKU baseball team and was selected recently to be on Eastern's All-Century Team. He was a two-time, first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection, was the Co-OVC Player of the Year in 1963 and was chosen on the OVC's 40th Anniversary All-Time Baseball Team in 1988. In 1962 as a sophomore, he compiled a 4-2 record in leading the Colonels to the OVC championship, including a 3-1 victory over Middle Tennessee in the OVC championship series. Quick also defeated East Tennessee 14-4 in the one-game playoff that clinched the OVC's Eastern Division. Other outstanding efforts that season were a one-hit, 1-0 win over East Tennessee and a five-inning, two-hit, no-run outing vs. Kentucky. His best season came as a junior when he recorded a 6-2 record with a miniscule 1.38 E.R.A. That season, he struck out 66 batters in 60 innings and pitched one of the all-time impressive games in Colonel baseball history. He hurled a 12-inning, 2-0 shutout victory over Morehead State in a contest that saw him strike out 19 Eagle batters, allow only six hits and strike out the side in the third, sixth and 11th innings. Playing fewer games (17-24 games during his four-year span at EKU), Quick picked up 12 victories in his Eastern career. Upon graduating from EKU in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in education, he moved with his wife, Brenda to Dayton, OH, to teach high school. He then completed his master's degree from Xavier University and his Ph.D. from Miami University.
Garfield Smith (men's basketball, 1964-68)
Garfield Smith, a member of Eastern's All-Century team, played four seasons of basketball at Eastern, three of those on the varsity, and finished his career as the third all-time leading rebounder with 884 rebounds and just shy of 1,000 points with 983 points. Smith came to Eastern from Campbellsville High School where was an All-District, All-Fifth Region and All-State player. The first African-American basketball player in the history of the program, Smith was named OVC Freshman Center of the Year in 1964-65 after averaging 24.0 points and 15.8 rebounds per game, including one game where he scored 44 points. As a sophomore in 1965-66, Smith averaged 8.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, hit 60 percent from the field and registered a top rebounding performance of 21 boards in a win over Central Missouri. He averaged 17.8 points and 13.4 rebounds as a junior, while hitting 54.7 percent from the field which led the conference. He was also second in the league in rebounding and fourth in the conference in scoring. An honorable mention all-conference selection, his best scoring performance was 39 points vs. Transylvania and his best rebounding effort was 22 rebounds against Florida State. As a senior, Smith was a first-team All-OVC pick, while averaging 17.1 points and 19.7 rebounds per contest. His rebounding average led the team and was the second best in the nation that season. His best rebounding game was 33 vs. Marshall, which still stands as an EKU single game record. He was a first-round pick of the Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association and a second round choice of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. After serving a two-year stint in the Army, Smith played two seasons (1970-72) for the Celtics. He also holds the Eastern career rebound average at 13.2.
--Brooklyn Fox notched his seventh career interception while Cejay Ceniza tallied his third career pick.


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One cool recent NFL trend: team-run conference calls where fans interact with coaches, players and other club personnel.
The Dolphins held a call with fans on Wednesday, and multiple Miami defensive players had praise for what they have seen from second-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill, Andrew Abramson of the Palm Beach Post reported Wednesday.
According to the Post, new Dolphins linebacker Dannell Ellerbe told fans that he's "seen a lot of good decisions" from Tannehill, the Post said. And defensive back Jimmy Wilson, who's entering his third season with Miami, believes Tannehill has raised his game this offseason.
"Seeing Tannehill as a rookie and seeing him now, I think he's increased his skill level leaps and bounds," Wilson said, according to the Post. "I think he's more comfortable with the game. He's bigger, faster, stronger and everybody knows he has a NFL arm."
The Dolphins spent big money to revamp their pass catching corps in the offseason, signing receivers Mike Wallace and Brandon Gibson and tight end Dustin Keller. However, that will be money well-spent only if Tannehill consistently puts those receivers in a position to make plays. Wilson and Ellerbe's observations on Tannehill are the type of comments a team should like to hear about a young quarterback trying to build on a promising rookie season.


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ST. LOUIS – It had been a long time – since November of 2011, in fact – since Larry Fitzgerald had made two touchdown catches in a game.
But Fitzgerald looked like the any-other-year-but-2012 Fitzgerald Sunday against the Rams, after he got a couple of touchdown throws from new quarterback
The idea of bringing in Palmer and coach Bruce Arians was to capitalize on a receiving corps that
"With us three you never know who is going to have a big game," Roberts said. "Larry had two touchdowns, that's a big game. Mike had big catches. We all had big catches and in our offense, you never know who that guy is going to be."
Coach Bruce Arians praised Roberts but included all his top receivers. None of the trio could fully endorse the game after the inability to convert enough third downs in the fourth quarter. Fitzgerald was disappointed the Cardinals couldn't continue first-half success into the second half.
"We made a step in a positive direction," Floyd said. "You saw what we were capable of doing."
The Cardinals wouldn't have had a chance late in the game had it not been for the first of what the Cards hope are many dynamic defensive plays from rookie safety
Rams tight end Jared Cook – who had seven catches for 141 yards and two touchdowns – beat linebacker
But Mathieu sprinted after Cook and leaped at Cook from behind inside the 10-yard line, knocking the ball loose into the end zone, where Dansby jumped on it for a turnover.
"It was the same thing that was going through my head that goes through on every play," Mathieu said. "Try to make a game-changing play. We were in a two-deep and we knew the middle of the field was open. I saw he caught the ball with nobody in front of him. He didn't even look at me for a second. I just tried to get the ball."
Arians was impressed.
"It was one of the best plays I have ever seen at this level," Arians said. "It was all-out hustle."
Nose tackle
With the Cardinals trailing, 13-10, linebacker
"I just wanted to catch it and get into the end zone," Williams said. "We do that in practice, get tipped balls and try to run it back. I just tried to grab it. I knew I was close."
Rookie running back
He would have been an even bigger hero had he been able to come down with the pass thrown to him on third-and-2 with two minutes to go. He had beaten the linebacker up the field, but Palmer's throw missed him to the outside.
"It was a miscommunication," Ellington said. "It's something we work on a lot actually, but we just couldn't get on the same page. He was thinking he wanted me to adjust it but the rule is to stay high. Just bad communication."
Palmer blamed himself for the play.


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Filed under: Capitalism, Democrat Corruption, Economy, Freedom, Progressivism, The United States | Tags: A Tax Rate of 80 Percent?, French Economist Thomas Piketty, Marxism Revisited
Inequality is currently a big deal because 1). Barack Obama wants to use it in his campaign for keeping the Senate in the fall elections 2). the lapdog media is obediently cooperating in emphasizing Obama's theme of the moment and 3). A new book by French economist Thomas Piketty which is focused on inequality, wealth redistribution, capitalist wealth, and the horrors of capitalism. Karl Marx is revisited for the 21st century.
From Cato's Michael Tanner:
Capital in the Twenty-First Century provides a serious critique of inequality in modern capitalist economies and warns that market economies "are potentially threatening to democratic societies and to the values of social justice on which they are based." To remedy this, he argues for a globally imposed wealth tax and a U.S. tax rate of 80 percent on incomes over $500,000 per year.
The Left has been rapturous. In the last two months, Piketty's book has been cited more than a half-dozen times by the New York Times, something that has happened with no other book in recent memory. Paul Krugman hails it as "the most important economics book of the year.
From Daniel Suchman in the Wall Street Journal:
Thomas Piketty likes capitalism because it efficiently allocates resources. But he does not like how it allocates income. There is, he thinks, a moral illegitimacy to virtually any accumulation of wealth, and it is a matter of justice that such inequality be eradicated in our economy. The way to do this is to eliminate high incomes and to reduce existing wealth through taxation. …
Soaring pay for corporate "supermanagers" has been the largest source of increased inequality, according to Mr. Piketty, and these executives can only have attained their rewards through luck or flaws in corporate governance. It requires only an occasional glance at this newspaper to confirm that this can be the case. But the author believes that no CEO could ever justify his or her pay based on performance. He doesn't say whether any occupation—athletes? physicians? economics professors who sell zero-marginal-cost e-books for $21.99 a copy?—is entitled to higher earnings because he does not wish to "indulge in constructing a moral hierarchy of wealth."…
He assumes that the economy is static and zero-sum; if the income of one population group increases, another one must necessarily have been impoverished. He views equality of outcome as the ultimate end and solely for its own sake. Alternative objectives—such as maximizing the overall wealth of society or increasing economic liberty or seeking the greatest possible equality of opportunity or even, as in the philosophy of John Rawls, ensuring that the welfare of the least well-off is maximized—are scarcely mentioned.
Michael Tanner had the most obvious answer to the problem of the inequality of the lower classes, or the less fortunate: "Instead of attacking capital and capitalism, why not expand the number of people who participate in the benefits of having capital? In other words, let's make more capitalists."
It should not be surprising then that "the Left is unremittingly hostile to exactly those policies that would give workers more access to capital." They want to abolish 401(k) plans, replace them with social insurance, limit tax breaks for wealthier participants, and expand (the broke) Social Security instead.


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My daughter has a peanut and tree nut allergy. There are a few products that we could not do without. First of all, for nut-free chocolate, we love Vermont Nut-Free. They have holiday candy, baking chocolate and every day treats that are delicious and guaranteed nut-free.
Since I'm a baker, I also love Divvies for their wide range of candies that are perfect for decorating cakes and cookies. We also love their delicious snacks and baked goods.
Another item we love is SunButter. With peanut butter and other nut butters off-limits, our entire family now loves this product for sandwiches, snacks and baking.
Two Chicago area allergy-friendly foods that we also love are Surf Sweets organic gummy treats and Enjoy Life Foods -- their trail mix, granola are especially loved by our family because they are nut-free (rare for these products) and made in a dedicated facility.
We love Enjoy Life Foods! Sadly surf sweets use grape in their candies, though. :(


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Rosetta Stone Comics (2009)
Rebecca Migdal is a graphic novelist and an interdisciplinary artist, performer and writer working in new and traditional media. She also writes and illustrates social justice and political comedy comics, and darkly funny psycho-fantasy erotica. Migdal received her Bachelors in Studio Art in 1982 from the University of California, Santa Cruz. During the 1980s she exhibited and performed at galleries and museums across the US. From 1990-1997 she was a singer-songwriter in the New York alt-pop bands The Rubber Dahls and Clockwork Robin.
Fool's Gold (World War 3 Illustrated, 2007)
Since 1996 Migdal has been the sole proprietor of R.L.Migdal Creative Multimedia, offering digital design, animation and presentation services to a variety of clients in publishing, media and the fashion industry. She is a regular contributor to World War 3 Illustrated, a semiannual political comix magazine. She has also self-published comic books like 'Zombie Punk' (1996) and 'SubversEve' (2008). She lives in Brooklyn NYC.
Ana and the Calabash (2009)