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California seeks Race to the Top grant for Early Learning Programs
By Theresa Harrington
Thursday, October 20th, 2011 at 1:19 pm in California, Early learning programs, Education.
Although California has been criticized for failing to signal early interest in a No Child Left Behind waiver, the state is not shying away from going after a federal Race to the Top grant to support early childhood education.
State schools chief Tom Torlakson announced Thursday that California has submitted an Early Learning Challenge grant application for up to $100 million. But California will face competition from 34 other states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico for the $500 million available.
"Our application reflects California's dedication to the principle that — even in these challenging times — every child deserves the opportunity that comes with a good start in the lifelong journey of learning," Torlakson said in a news release.
"We know that investments in early learning pay off for our state, our society, and for California's children. I'm hopeful that federal authorities will see that this application represents an opportunity to build on state and local efforts to help close the achievement gap by improving the quality of California's early learning and care programs."
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the competitive grant program in May along with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The funding is intended to increase the access of low-income and disadvantaged children to quality early childhood education programs.
To be eligible for the funding, states were required to design systems that align early learning programs, workforce development, evaluations, and parent outreach.
More information about the grant program is at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-earlylearningchallenge/index.html.
Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, who is pushing California to apply for a No Child Left Behind Waiver, said today that he was happy his home state entered the competition.
"I am excited to see that so many states are applying to be a part of this innovative and critical initiative," Miller said, in a news release. "It shows the vast interest and broad consensus about how important high quality early education opportunities are to our nation's future. I'm especially pleased to see that California decided to apply. Our children begin learning well before they enter kindergarten and our investments in education should reflect this reality. I look forward to seeing the results of this competition. Regardless of who wins, our country will be stronger when more children have access to great early learning programs and I applaud Secretaries Duncan and Sebelius for taking this step in the right direction."
The U.S. Department of Education expects to award grants to "states that are leading the way with ambitious yet achievable plans for implementing coherent, compelling, and comprehensive early learning education reform," according to its website.
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ormer Vancouver Canucks general manager Brian Burke has quietly won a default judgment in B.C. Supreme Court against five online posters who allegedly defamed him.
The five defendants -- who are only identified by their online surnames NoFixed Address, CamBarkerfan, Lavy 16, Tulowd and Naggah -- had failed to file and serve a notice of response to Burke's lawsuit within the time allowed.
Burke, who is now president of hockey operations for the Calgary Flames, had earlier won the right to serve his legal papers against the online commenters via the message boards they used to spread the allegedly defamatory material.
One individual, believed to be a commenter identified as "Mowerman" was tracked by a process server to a home in Ontario in June.
The process server noted a man mowing the lawn of the property and asked if he was the individual in question.
"The man refused to answer these questions, became irritated and ordered the process server off the property," says the court document.
The suit was filed in B.C. because Burke has had work done by a local law firm now handling the defamation suit.
The default judgment was granted Sept. 11 by a deputy registrar of the B.C. Supreme Court.
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"Earning this award from ConAgra Mills shows Union Pacific's commitment to building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, as well as to providing value and quality service," said Paul Hammes, Union Pacific vice president and general manager Agricultural Products. "It is a great honor for all Union Pacific employees who work hard daily to reliably deliver our customers' products."
Union Pacific was awarded the special honor at ConAgra Mills' recent Vendor Partner Meeting. This marks the second consecutive year Union Pacific has received this recognition.


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When Emerita started reading conventional tampon boxes and saw what was in themΓÇörayon, polyester, fiber finishesΓÇöthey were surprised, but after learning about the processing these ingredients go through Emerita was shocked! So Emerita decided women deserve an education, and a smarter choiceΓÇÓ100% Organic Cotton Tampons. Emerita's 100% Organic Cotton Tampons are also rayon-free and hypoallergenic, which means less risk of irritation. The applicator of Emerita's 100% Organic Cotton Tampon is made of biodegradable cardboard and has a smooth, rounded tip for easy insertion. Women deserve a choice, and they deserve cotton.
You Buy Organic Produce. Why Not Organic Tampons?
The average woman will use 12,000 tampons in her lifetime. What you put in your body matters. All tampons are not created equal. Very few are organic cotton. And most have other ingredients in them. So read labels and know what you're buying.
- 100% Organic Cotton - means no pesticide residue.
- Chlorine-Free - means no traces of dioxin, a carcinogen, from the chlorine bleaching process.
- Fragrance-Free - means no chemical perfumes.
Why aren't all tampons made this way? Emerita doesn't know.
The vagina is a delicate place. It's like a little ecosystem with its own balance of good bacteria. And it's one of the most chemically absorbent places in the body. Which is why Emerita makes sure to use the highest-quality ingredients available in their products.
When it comes to tampons and pads, what's health got to do with it?
A lot, it turns out. Here are 8 reasons you (and your daughters, sisters and friends) just may want to change your brand. Tampons and pads are probably the last thing you want to think about, right? Out of sight, out of mind! Unfortunately, itΓÇÖs what youΓÇÖre not thinking about that could be the problem.
As the women of Emerita set out to launch a new brand of tampons and pads, here are a few things they learned along the way:
1: Most tampons and pads are not made of cotton.
Emerite asked a number of women what they think their tampons are made of, and without exception, they heard the word ΓÇ£cotton.ΓÇØ And, true, if you read the ingredient label on your tampon box (be forewarned: youΓÇÖll need a magnifying glass), it probably lists cotton ΓÇô along with a bunch of other ingredients, like rayon, polyester, polyethylene, perfume, and something referred to as ΓÇ£fiber finishes,ΓÇØ whatever they are. Cotton is naturally breathable, hypoallergenic and absorbent. Companies are going to a lot of trouble to manufacture materials that are kind of like cotton, but when all is said and done, they simply are not cotton.
2: That vaginal itching you experience from time to time may have something to do with the kind of pads or tampons you use.
Your vagina is like an ecosystem and it doesnΓÇÖt take much to upset its delicate balance. Health experts agree: the number one way to avoid yeast infections? Wear cotton underwear. They also suggest avoiding scented tampons and pads. Cotton is naturally breathable and naturally wicks moisture.
3: Toxic Shock Syndrome did not go away after Rely Tampons were taken off the market back in the early ΓÇý80s.
Every box of tampons sold in the United States carries a warning label as a result of a wave of Toxic Shock Syndrome deaths in the late 1970s that were linked to the use of super-absorbent tampons. One brand of tampons associated with the outbreakΓÇöRelyΓÇöwas taken off the market, and warning labels were made mandatory. But Toxic Shock Syndrome (often referred to as TSS) didnΓÇÖt go away. It just didnΓÇÖt make big news any more. The warning labels state that the incidence of TSS is 17 in 100,000 women. But because the symptoms of TSS resemble the flu, it may be under-reported.
In the 1990s another round of menstrual TSS research was done, and this time it showed that the TSS bacteria grew in tampons made with rayon, but not in cotton tampons. The independent studyΓÇÖs lead researcher, Dr. Philip Tierno, has advocated against rayon tampons ever since.
And TSS is in the news again lately, the result of a social media campaign started by family and friends of Amy Elifritz, a 20-year-old whose death has been linked to menstrual TSS.
4: The rayon in your tampons may contain minute traces of dioxin, a carcinogen.
Cotton is required to be processed with Totally Chlorine-Free methods, but rayon isnΓÇÖt. Rayon undergoes a chlorine-bleaching process that has been shown to leave behind tiny, tiny traces of dioxin. There have not yet been long-term studies on the health effects of this, so no one knows what the results of those thousands of trace exposures could be. So if you donΓÇÖt want to take chances, choose 100% cotton tampons.
5: Organic Tampons = Pesticide-free.
What you put in your body matters. Conventionally-produced cotton is one of the most-heavily sprayed crops on the planet. Organic cotton isnΓÇÖt just friendlier for the environment, itΓÇÖs friendlier for you. Enough said.
6: Typical tampons tend to shed fibers more readily than cotton tampons.
Put one of Emerita's 100% Organic Cotton Tampons in a water glassΓÇÓ and place a typical tampon in another water glassΓÇÓand watch what happens. Over the course of an hour or so, youΓÇÖll notice the other tampon is shedding fibers. Tampons should be about removing stuff from your body, not leaving stuff behind, right? Emerita's tampons are designed for minimal fiber loss, because when fibers are left behind, thereΓÇÖs a chance for bacteria to grow on them. Eww!
In the glass on the left sits a conventional tampon, on the right a 100% Organic Cotton tampon. Both have been sitting in the water glasses for the same amount of time.


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Manchester United's stars, inadvertently or not, rubbed their title triumph in the face of Manchester City in the early hours of Tuesday morning as they hopped into a taxi branded with the logo of their rivals.
Having just thrashed Aston Villa 3-0 at Old Trafford to seal a historic 20th title win, and wrest the Premier League trophy back from City, Sir Alex Ferguson allowed his players to paint the town red in celebration.
Things turned blue, however, at around 2am as Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Anderson piled into a cab on their way to a nightclub, with the vehicle in question covered in Manchester City branding.
The driver of the taxi, Derek Izzit, is a lifelong supporter of Manchester City and has a hunch the Manchester United trio were making a deliberate attempt to gloat about their Premier League success.
"It's the only one in the city decked out in sky blue," he told The Sun.
"Maybe they were taking the mick — or in a rush."
Manchester United's players partied until 5.45am following Robin van Persie's stunning hat-trick against Villa, with Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra even turning barmen in one particular drinking establishment.
See pictures of Manchester United players in a Manchester City taxi here.
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YORK, Pa. – The York College women's soccer team saw their 2011 campaign come to an abrupt end Sunday afternoon, as they fell to visiting Mary Washington 2-1 in overtime in the first round of the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament. The Spartans conclude the year with a 7-11 mark while the Eagles improve to 9-6-2 and move on to face top-seeded Salisbury in Wednesday's CAC Semifinals.
After a scoreless first 45 minutes, the Spartans struck first on Jena Arnister's second goal of the season as she tallied in the 57th minute. Arnister cracked a shot from 30 yards out as her deep chance found its way over the head of Tina Brehm and into the Mary Washington goal. The junior forward's tally put the Spartans up 1-0 in the playoff match.
The Green and White looked to pad their lead over the next several minutes as Caitlin Aversa and Lacey Phillips each had attempts on the Mary Washington goal.
Unable to add that insurance tally however, the Eagles drew the score level in the 74th minute. Excy Herrera collected a loose ball, getting in behind the Spartan defense along the right side. Herrera then provided a pinpoint service as she found Kelsey Carter on the back post. Carter put her head to the ball and redirected back across the goal and in for her fifth tally of the season.
With the match spilling into overtime, York nearly won the match twice in the first extra session. In the 94th minute, the Green and White had an opportunity on a Beth Bunn corner kick. Then, late in the 96th minute, senior midfielder Stephanie Rice struck a shot that forced Brehm into a collapse save.
It would be Mary Washington however, that found pay dirt in overtime. Erin Reynolds hit a shot that initially stopped but followed her own attempt, putting home the game-winner.
For the game, the Spartans held a 14-9 lead in shots while also owning a 6-2 advantage in corners.
In the final game of her strong career, senior goalkeeper Sarah Spanarkel recorded a five saves for the Green and White. Brehm also finished with five stops for Mary Washington.
With the heart-breaking defeat, the Spartans bid adieu to their six seniors as Phillips, Rice, Spanarkel, Lauren Ward, Kathryn Leyendecker, and Emily Cook close out their careers. Over the past four seasons, York has accumulated 39 victories including a strong 22-8-2 record in CAC regular season play while also making an appearance in the 2008 CAC Tournament Championship match.
PHOTO: Senior captain Lacey Phillips plays a ball during York's match against Wesley earlier this season. Courtesy of Zach Clabaugh - www.sharpedgefoto.com


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The Three Best Ways to Go Green in Style for St. Paddy's
- Najib Benouar
News flash: St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner. Monday, to be exact.
So you'll probably want to wear something green to ward off any handsy coworkers, relatives or passers-by. (Unless you're into that sort of thing.)
Come to think of it, as far as sartorial traditions linked to holidays go, this might be one of the better ones—considering all you've got to do is wear "something" green. Which means you can be subtle about it—and, more importantly, get into the spirit without sacrificing your dignity.
Luckily, we've laid out the three best ways to go green in style:
The Pocket Square: Like this one from Ovadia & Sons.
The Tie: You can't go wrong with a silk knitted tie, à la Sid Mashburn.
The Socks: Extra points if they've been dyed with chlorophyll, like these from Tender.


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Submission + - Playbook OS 2.0 released: native email, Android app support (theglobeandmail.com)
Alt-kun writes: "As of February 21st, The Blackberry Playbook has finally received its long-promised overhaul. Called Playbook OS 2.0, this major upgrade provides native email and calendaring apps, limited support for Android applications (the developer has to repackage the app for the Playbook), and a bunch of other features. There are some fairly positive initial reviews, although one can no doubt expect a lot of too-little-too-late naysaying from various quarters as well.
The Globe and Mail article also contains this somewhat interesting note:
The Globe and Mail article also contains this somewhat interesting note:
until RIM began deep discounting
... the device languished way behind rivals such as the iPad in terms of market share. One recent report by Toronto-based Solutions Research Group, however, pegs RIM's share of the tablet market at around 15 per cent, a big jump after discounting over the holiday buying season.


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Below the densely forested slopes of the Appalachian Mountains in southern West Virginia is a layer cake of thin coal seams. To uncover this coal profitably, mining companies engineer large—sometimes very large—surface mines. This time-series of images of a surface mine in Boone County, West Virginia, illustrates why this controversial mining method is also called "mountaintop removal."
Based on data from Landsat 5, 7, and 8, these natural-color images document the growth of the Hobet mine as it moves from ridge to ridge between 1984 to 2015. The natural landscape of the area is dark green forested mountains, creased by streams and indented by hollows. The active mining areas appear off-white, while areas being reclaimed with vegetation appear light green. A pipeline roughly bisects the images from north to south. The town of Madison, lower right, lies along the banks of the Coal River.
In 1984, the mining operation is limited to a relatively small area west of the Coal River. The mine first expands along mountaintops to the southwest, tracing an oak-leaf-shaped outline around the hollows of Big Horse Creek and continuing in an unbroken line across the ridges to the southwest. Between 1991 and 1992, the mine moves north, and the impact of one of the most controversial aspects of mountaintop mining—rock and earth dams called valley fills—becomes evident.
The law requires coal operators to try to restore the land to its approximate original shape, but the rock debris generally can't be securely piled as high or graded as steeply as the original mountaintop. There is always too much rock left over, and coal companies dispose of it by building valley fills in hollows, gullies, and streams. Between 1991 and 1992, this leveling and filling in of the topography becomes noticeable as the mine expands northward across a stream valley called Stanley Fork (image center).
The most dramatic valley fill that appears in the series, however, is what appears to be the near-complete filling of Connelly Branch from its source to its mouth at the Mud River between 1996 and 2000. Since 2004, the mine has expanded from the Connelly Branch area to the mountaintops north of the Mud River. Significant changes are apparent to the ridges and valleys feeding into Berry Branch by 2009. The images from 2013 and 2015 show some green-up of restored lands. The images also show expanded operations in the southwest and northeast. Over the 31-year period, the disturbed area grew to more than 10,000 acres (15.6 square miles).
According to a report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, nearly 40 percent of the year-round and seasonal streams in the Mud River watershed upstream of and including Connelly Branch had been filled or approved for filling through 1998. In 2009, the EPA intervened in the approval of a permit to further expand the Hobet mine into the Berry Branch area, and worked with mine operators to minimize the disturbance and to reduce the number and size of valley fills. In 2010, the EPA reported that Hobet 45 mine met the requirements of the Clean Water Act.
Still, some scientists argue that current regulations and mitigation strategies are inadequate. In February 2010, a team of scientists published a review of research on mountaintop mining and valley fills in the journal Science. The scientists concluded that the impacts on stream and groundwater quality, biodiversity, and forest productivity were "pervasive and irreversible" and that current strategies for mitigation and restoration were not compensating for the degradation.
- Duke University (2013, August 15) Mountaintop mining has a distinct isotopic fingerprint. Accessed October 8, 2013.
- Palmer, M. A., Bernhardt, E. S., Schlesinger, W. H., Eshleman, K. N., Foufoula-Georgiou, E., Hendryx, M. S., et al. (2010). Mountaintop Mining Consequences. Science, 327(5962), 148-149.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2009, September 11). EPA Releases Preliminary Results for Surface Coal Mining Permit Reviews. EPA.gov. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2010, January 5). EPA Makes Announcement on Two Proposed West Virginia Mountaintop Coal Mines. EPA.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1998). Permitted Stream Losses Due to Valley FIlling in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia: A Partial Inventory. Pennsylvania Ecological Services Field Office, State College, PA.
Mountaintop Mining, West Virginia
By Rebecca Lindsey
September 17, 1984
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World of Change
- Columbia Glacier, Alaska
- Growing Deltas in Atchafalaya Bay
- Coastline Change
- Antarctic Ozone Hole
- Shrinking Aral Sea
- Water Level in Lake Powell
- Recovery at Mt. St. Helens
- Antarctic Sea Ice
- Arctic Sea Ice
- Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada
- Sprawling Shanghai
- Athabasca Oil Sands
- Ice Loss in Glacier National Park
- Mountaintop Mining, West Virginia
- Development of Orlando, Florida
- Global Temperatures
- Amazon Deforestation
- Fire in Etosha National Park
- Green Seasons of Maine
- Drought Cycles in Australia
- Burn Recovery in Yellowstone
- Severe Storms
- Seasons of the Indus River
- Urbanization of Dubai
- Seasons of Lake Tahoe
- Solar Activity
- Larsen-B Ice Shelf
- Mesopotamia Marshes
- Yellow River Delta
- El Niño, La Niña, and Rainfall
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The Vikings said Thursday that they take seriously the allegations of former punter Chris Kluwe. The Vikings have proven it by hiring a pair of lawyers to conduct an independent review of the situation.
Former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Eric Magnuson (pictured) and former U.S. Department of Justice Trial Attorney Chris Madel will lead the investigation.
"It is extremely important for the Vikings organization to react immediately and comprehensively with an independent review of these allegations," Vikings owner/president Mark Wilf said in a team-issued release.
"This is a highly sensitive matter that we as an organization will address with integrity," Vikings Vice President of Legal Affairs and Chief Administrative Officer Kevin Warren said. "Eric and Chris have stellar reputations in both the local and national legal community. They have handled numerous cases involving a wide range of issues, and we are confident they will move swiftly and fairly in completing this investigation."
Kluwe alleges that special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer used homophobic language in Kluwe's presence, and that the Vikings cut Kluwe in May because of his public stance regarding gay rights.


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Moscow, Russia (Mar. 10) – Olympian Emily Cook (Belmont, MA), back on the World Cup after a six week absence, finished 12th in the FIS Freestyle World Cup in Moscow, Russia. Cook was the only American to make the finals where she qualified 11th. It was a Chinese sweep with Fanyu Kong the women's winner and Zongyang Jia taking the men's podium. The field heads to Voss Norway this weekend, site of next years's World Championships.
QUOTESTodd Ossian, Freestyle Aerials Head CoachWe've just come off of a much needed ten day break and we were in a really good place leading into the event in Moscow. We traveled well, prepared well, and trained well. The aerial site was in amazing condition and the weather couldn't have cooperated any better. Unfortunately, we just didn't perform well as a team today.
The World Cup Final next weekend in Voss, Norway, is important for a couple of reasons. First, it's our final World Cup of the season, and second, the event will serve as the 2013 World Championship test event – our most important competition outside of the Olympic Games. We'll be studying video and working hard to be prepared and ready to perform in Voss next week.
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Sunscreen is commonly hailed as safe, essential body armor. It protects us from blistering sunburn, keeps our skin from wrinkling and helps guard against squamous cell cancer.
But the evidence is inconclusive as to whether sunscreens reduce the risk of basal cell cancer and melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. Some scientists have accused dermatologists and the sunscreen industry with scaring Americans out of the sun's powerful ultraviolet (UV) rays, which the body needs to generate vitamin D.
And although most of us assume that sunscreens are safe and effective, we could use some federal quality and safety standards. Four out of five name-brand sunscreens offer inadequate protection, according to the second annual sunscreen summary by the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit environmental research organization. Leading brands - Coppertone, Banana Boat and Neutrogena - were the worst offenders according to the group, which recommended 143 products at cosmeticsdatabase.com.
Still, as a fair-skinned, light-haired sun worshiper who has every other risk factor for skin cancer, I consider sunscreen an important tool. Here's how to use it wisely.
Seek shade or make it. Don't use sunscreens as a first line of defense against melanoma or a license to bask in the sun, said Robert J. Davis, author of "The Healthy Skeptic" (University of California Press, $21.95). Instead, stay out of the sun at peak hours - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - and "cover up with dark-colored clothing that's made of tightly woven fabric or specially treated to block UV radiation," Davis wrote.
The oxybenzone debate. The EWG recommends avoiding sunscreens containing the commonly used chemical oxybenzone out of concern that it can disrupt hormones, cause allergic reactions and damage cells. "It's one of the most absorbed sunscreen blockers, which wouldn't necessarily be a concern but it has high toxicity issues," said EWG senior analyst Sonya Lunder. But the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) recommends oxybenzone because it ensures "broad-spectrum" coverage, which means it filters out both UVA and UVB light. Pick your side.
Be wary of "seals of approval." The AAD has been criticized by some of its members for its commercial endorsement of sunscreens. Many AAD officers have ties to companies that manufacture sunscreens. One product with the AAD seal, Johnson & Johnson's Aveeno Sunblock Lotion with SPF 55, contains oxybenzone; it scored a "moderate" risk in the EWG rankings.
The Skin Cancer Foundation also has a "seal of recommendation" program. But "the main criterion for displaying the seal is donating $10,000 to SCF to join the Corporate Council," Davis wrote.
For a fee, sunscreen manufacturers such as Neutrogena display the American Cancer Society logo on their products. Only one Neutrogena product - the mineral-based Neutrogena Sensitive Skin Sunblock Lotion, SPF 30 - is recommended by EWG.
The Sun Safety Alliance, which promotes sunscreen use, was founded by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, whose members sell sunscreens, and Schering-Plough, maker of Coppertone, according to Davis.
Don't rely on SPFs. The Sun Protection Factor numbers (SPFs) refer only to the ability to deflect UVB rays. Look for "broad spectrum" to protect against both UVA and UVB rays. An SPF 30 screens 97 percent of UVB rays; an SPF 15 screens 93 percent of UVB rays. Rather than reach for SPF 70, apply a lower number generously and often.
Use at least 7 percent zinc oxide or titanium dioxide. Zinc and titanium act as a physical barrier on the skin and, unlike other sunscreen chemicals, don't penetrate the skin, don't show hormone-like activity, don't break down in the sun and block a wider spectrum of the sun's rays than other products.
May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. For more information about skin cancer and melanoma, contact the American Academy of Dermatology.
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Incident Report Solution Expedites Reporting Process
WALL, N.J., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in wireless public safety solutions and finger based biometric identification, today announced a contract award for $96,000 from the Littleton, Colorado Police Department to implement the final phase of an automated incident reporting system, which is a module of BIO-key's Mobile Office(TM) solution. The new system will be integrated with BIO-key's MobileCop(R) wireless query and messaging solution and will enable officers on patrol to complete case reports on laptops in their vehicles. The Littleton police department has been using MobileCop since 1999.
An interface with the department's records management system (RMS) will automatically check to see if a subject's name is already on file. "The automated name lookup will eliminate errors and duplicated data," said Littleton Police Department Sergeant Trent Cooper. "It will definitely decrease the time spent writing reports, and also increase productivity and efficiency." Once completed, the incident report will be electronically routed for supervisory review and then uploaded to the RMS.
"In addition to improving the accuracy and completeness of information, our Mobile Office solutions help our customers keep their officers in the community, rather than in the station, where they're a visible deterrent to crime," noted Ken Souza, Vice President and General Manager of BIO-key's Law Enforcement Division. "This is another example of how law enforcement agencies can save time, save money and save lives with BIO-key solutions."
About BIO-key
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and delivers advanced identification solutions and information services to law enforcement departments, public safety agencies, government and private sector customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology provides first responders with critical, reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national databases. BIO-key's high performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise data to improve security, convenience and privacy and to reduce identity theft. Over 750 police departments in North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the leading supplier of mobile and wireless solutions for law enforcement. (http://www.bio-key.com)
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of these statements. The words "estimate," "project," "intends," "expects," "believes" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk factors that may affect the future performance of BIO-key International, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company also undertakes no obligation to disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Company Contact: BIO-key International, Inc.
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Swing Cats Big Band
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- Orange& LA Counties, CA 92886
Our professional musicians can bring the fun and excitement of classic big band swing music to your next celebration, treating your guests to dancing experience that's suitable for all ages.
Weddings are meant to be celebrated, and our energetic and talented swing band is sure to get your guests onto the dance floor with our authentic renditions of music from the 30s, 40s and 50s, as well as many of today's top hits. Swing music has an infectous exhuberance that will delight guests from 6 to 60.
We can provide a 17 piece big band for large affairs, a 10 piece combo with a big band sound, or a 5 piece combo for smaller gatherings. We bring back the classic sounds of such artists as Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey. Band leader Dan Methe has spent years performing with the Moonlight Express Jazz Band, Pacific Symphony Institute, Doc Anello Swing Machine, and have performed at Disneyland and in Europe.
Our female trio The Swing Kittens specialize in expertly performing classic hits by The Andrew Sisters, the McGuire Sisters, and other acts from the Golden Era of music. Visit our website to hear audio samples and music clips.
Our band is perfect for wedding receptions, dances, theme bar/ bat mitzvahs, or to add some jazzy flavor to a corporate gathering. Whether your guests like to jitterbug, foxtrot, or slow it down with a smooth romantic ballad, our music will create just the right atmosphere for your next celebration.
Among other cities, Swing Cats Big Band may serve the following areas: Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Southern California, Long Beach, Santa Clarita, Glendale, Anaheim, Irvine, Van Nuys, Santa Ana, City of Industry, North Hollywood, Orange, Orange County, Pasadena, Torrance, Inglewood, Whittier, Burbank, Garden Grove, Laguna Beach, Lakewood, Newport Beach, Santa Monica, Canoga Park, Fullerton, Hollywood, Huntington Beach, La Puente, Lancaster, Mission Viejo, Northridge, Palmdale
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Matt Velic is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month. You have a week to get a post ready on the apply operator.
To help you out, here's the BOL page on Using the Apply operator. It's an operator that essentially lets you invoke a table valued function for each row of a result set. Not necessarily the most efficient way to get some things done, but it can be a powerful way of combining complex data that requires a function to interpret.
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The wok- there's a reason why everyone from college students to Italian chefs have one of these in their kitchen. Stir-frying is a technique that can be your best friend when you need to cook on the fly, which is exactly what Ming is doing on this episode of SIMPLY MING. He'll enlist the help of Charles Phan, the chef who put great Vietnamese food on the map in San Francisco. Together they'll create two new wok-stirred dishes on the spot, Sweet and Sour Clams with Plums and Cucumbers and a Classic Lemongrass Chicken.
Visit the Website: https://www.ming.com/
Episode #922 / Length: 27 minutes


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Florida Democrats are urging Governor Scott to call a Special Session on Medicaid.
View the PDF to see the petition signed by Democratic leaders from across the state.
Florida Senate Democratic Office: The attached letter was sent to Governor Scott today on behalf of the 14-member Senate Democratic Caucus. Citing not only the one million uninsured in Florida, but the potential multi-million dollar impact to Florida's businesses as a result of the Medicaid standoff, the Caucus is calling on the governor to immediately return lawmakers to Tallahassee for a special session.
Office of U.S. Senator, Bill Nelson
Dear Gov. Scott:
In Florida – a state where roughly one-in-five residents not covered by Medicare lack any health-insurance coverage at all - the consequences of the state Legislature's recent decision not to expand Medicaid loom large.
As you know, in passing the Affordable Care Act, Congress fully funded the expansion of Medicaid coverage to an estimated one million Floridians. And, your announcement last February - when you publicly declared you wouldn't be the one to "deny" these Floridians this coverage - was seen by many as a "watershed moment" for the nation's health-care bill.
Now, the Legislature has done exactly what you said you wouldn't: it has denied these Floridians access to coverage. And now, only you have the chance to remedy the lawmakers' failure to expand Medicaid to these needy Floridians. Therefore, I urge you to call a special session.
As governor, you have a responsibility to the safety and welfare of all Floridians. And absent further action on your part, hundreds of thousands will continue receiving their medical care in hospital emergency rooms across our state – where the costs are the absolute highest, and taxpayers and policyholders foot-the-bill.
Not only was this an unconscionable and callous decision by the Legislature – it was also a bad decision for many business owners who could now end up paying tax penalties of $2,000 to $3,000 per employee. As a former state treasurer and insurance regulator, I can also tell you one of the ways to curb a rise in premiums is by reducing the high expenses associated with uncompensated and indigent medical care that get passed on to the rest of us.
So, again, I strongly urge you to remedy the Legislature's inexcusable failure. I look forward to hearing from you on this issue of special importance and working with you to provide Floridians with this much-needed medical coverage.
[Bill Nelson]


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text: Providence officials have placed a middle school teacher on administrative leave after she was charged with assaulting police officers and disorderly conduct at a North Kingstown restaurant over the weekend. Police said Gilbert-Stuart Middle School teacher Jane O'Connell went out with friends Saturday night to Seven Moons Restaurant. Police said that when an officer tried to help one of O'Connell's friends who had fallen off a bar stool, O'Connell confronted the officer and became belligerent. Police said O'Connell fought with officers as they tried to handcuff her, yelled obscenities at them, and continued to struggle with police after being arrested.


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Carolina in the Headlines
Columbia locals have been hogging the headlines lately (even without the primary all over the news) and I bet you didn't even know it!
Did you even know there's a guitar effects pedal company in town? I didn't! Caroline Guitar Company's Wave Cannon pedal was named one of Guitar World's "Top 10 Effects Pedals of 2010". The pedals are designed and created right here in Columbia, and the company is part of the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator. One cool thing about them is that they don't have labels for the knobs that change the gain, volume, and other aspects of the sound - they're little symbols, chosen because play testers were more willing to experiment with sound when the knobs were unlabeled.
Susan Lenz is an art quilter who works out of a cooperative Columbia studio. She was profiled in an issue of Quilting Arts which describes her quilts inspired by gravestone rubbings and stained glass windows. Take a look at the magazine or visit her website to see her amazing textile art.
Last year, WIS was profiled in Broadcasting & Cable, a trade magazine for the TV industry. The article discussed the station's growing market share and high ratings among other local stations.
The New York Times recently wrote an article (""Southern Farmers Vanquish the Cliches"") about stereotypes of Southern food and the chefs and farmers who are shaking them up. Emile DeFelice, heritage hog rancher of Caw Caw Creek Farm and champion of the Columbia Locals Only Famers Market, is interviewed, as is Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills.
Drop by the Periodicals Department at the Main Library to find out who's talking about us!
Ask us how to find the articles listed below:
- "Guitar World Staff Picks: Paul Riario's Top 10 Effects Pedals of 2011" by Paul Riario in Guitar World
- "Susan Lenz" by Ellen Seeburger in Quilting Arts
- "Nobody Beats the WIS: The Wheel Deal in South Carolina's Capital" by Michael Malone in Broadcasting & Cable
- "Southern Farmers Vanquish the Cliches" by Julia Moskin in The New York Times


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the scary part is at the time and even now, i can still relate to him and all these crazy ass mass murdering, school shooters on a personal note. i can see why they would do something so fucked up. whenever people are at their lowest point, have some underlying mental issues, have nobody to turn to for help and etc, the rage they have within themselves eventually spills out on to other people. they begin to hate other people and view them as the enemy. they begin to look @ every little thing that other people do as a sign of disrespect even when it's not. if they get disrespected by someone, they pretty much use that to fuel the rage they already have pent up. since they can't cope or are unable to stop their pain, they figure that going off on people will be an answer to their problems. the problem is that when you shoot and kill somebody for no reason other than you're mad at the world because you're mad with yourself... you pretty much have fucked yourself over and can kiss your ass goodbye. that's why these folks end up killing themselves or try to plea crazy because no way in hell they're going to get off. there's no way in hell they have a chance in court. they're looking at like 20 life sentences or a trip on death row and in his case, the state of virginia would have executed his ass for real. look @ the dc sniper. dude was sentenced to die in 2003 and 6 years later, they executed him. i used to think that hurting people because i felt they were disrespecting me or that other people had to suffer because i was suffering but that's NOT the way to go at all.
it's funny how the generational gap is. when the 80 babies were frustrated with our problems whether we got bullied in school or whatever, they shot the school up. when the 90 babies get bullied in school or whatever, they kill themselves. i used to be paranoid as hell back in high school wondering if someone was going to go columbine in school one day. bad enough we had bomb threats which turned out to be pranks right after 9/11 repeatedly. i thought that i was safe in college and what do you know, you have the 80 babies that didn't go off in high school, going off in college.
that shit is still crazy though. there's conspiracy theories floating around that the shooter might have been a mk ultra subject as in he might have been a subject of mind control by the government that led him to do that crazy shit. that's interesting considering that blackberg, va is like a huge military testing area. during the time, there were photos floating around with what was suspected to be him and another guy in military gear wearing ski mask in a tent.
but regardless, dude should be held responsible for what he did. nobody should have be scared for their lives at school for crying out loud, worrying if so and so is having a bad day so they're going to kill somebody instead of their damn selves. hell, i'll say it now, that guy should have killed himself if he was that upset with his life. why he had to shoot up all those people for? they didn't do shit to him. the fact that there's damn schools with metal detectors and security guards searching people as if it's a damn prison or something before they go into the classroom is disturbing in itself to keep idiots like those away. for a second, i thought they were going to start doing that to colleges too.
i was thinking to myself when i was in college and high school if i had to walk around with a bulletproof vest and a gun to feel safe or to prep myself if that happened. it shouldn't be like that.


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ZELIENOPLE — Little things were a big deal at the Zelienople Christmas parade Saturday on Main Street.
The 30-minute affair featured Zelienople police and firefighters, the Seneca Valley High School Marching Band, dancers, pageant queens and candy handed out by Salvation Army volunteers. But it was the little smiles, store visits, first-time experiences and final farewells that created the day's magic.
Joshua Hahn, an eighth-grader at Seneca Valley, received a trial by ice, playing trombone in the marching band for the first time, all in below-freezing weather.
"He told me, it's the first time he's marching, and there's snow," said Jay Hahn of Cranberry Township, who also brought daughter Victoria, 10, and son Bradley, 12.
"We like to make it a time to walk up and down Main Street, go to the bakery, go to the hardware store to see the trains," he said.
"We like the small-town atmosphere. I hope that fabric holds up."
Ernie Strawser of Cranberry Township, who donned a Santa hat for the event, could think of little else but the marching band before the parade. His son Benny, an eighth-grader, plays trumpet in the band.
"We're very excited. It's a great band," he said.
The feeling was mutual all around, as swaths of proud parents cut through the hundreds-thick crowd along Main Street, dashing through the light snow to take pictures of their instrument-wielding children.
Annie Lindsay of Seven Fields brought her daughter Meredith to the parade, continuing an old tradition in a new place.
"This is a holiday tradition. When we did it (as children), though, it was in Butler," she said.
"We thought the Fourth of July parade here was great. And, this is a perfect parade for a 2-year-old. It's just long enough, and you get to see Santa at the end."
Snuggled beneath blankets, a thick hat and mittens, Meredith Lindsay was happy to snack on miniature doughnuts and watch the festivities.
Bryan and Michelle Popp of Cranberry have returned to Zelienople after not coming for a few years.
"This is our first time at the Zelienople Christmas parade, but we've brought them up here to see Santa in the past," Bryan Popp said of the couple's daughter Nicole, a freshman who plays flute, and son Dan, an eighth-grader who plays trumpet.
Michelle Popp said the family has grandparents from Murrysville and cousins from Philadelphia visiting to enjoy the marching band as well as the Main Street atmosphere.
"Zelienople is such a great little town," she said.
Erika Wagner, 17, of Cranberry and Katie Lugaila, 17, of Zelienople attended their first Zelienople Christmas parade to support their friend Tara Seligman, a Seneca Valley junior who plays clarinet in the band.
"This is her last parade," lamented Debra Seligman of Evans City, Tara's mother, who joined the teens on a Main Street bench.
"She's tired of not being able to watch the football games from the stands. She wants to just have fun her senior year," she said.
The trio sipped hot chocolate from Z Town Cafe and planned to return there after the parade for breakfast.
"We're going to get pumpkin pancakes," Seligman said.
Jarod and Erin Stewart of Harmony brought daughters, Ava, 7, Ellie, 5, and Nora, 2, to enjoy the parade.
"We used to bring the dog, too, but he heard the band one year and took off (scared) down the street," joked Jarod Stewart.
"We've been coming here for a while. Both of us have lived here our whole lives," Erin Stewart said.
"We did it before we had kids and it's something they enjoy."
Still, the parade is representative of the holiday season at large kicking off.
"They have been bouncing around the house for days, excited," said Jarod Stewart of his children.
And what better way to start the big holiday season than with a small parade, completed by Santa, pulled in a miniature sleigh by a pair of tiny black ponies.
Santa Claus then retired to his miniature house at the intersection of Main Street and Grandview Avenue, the biggest deal of the day for the dozens of children lined up to convey their holiday wishes.
Santa will be in his house weekdays from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 5 to 8 p.m. through Dec. 23.


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The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits was little changed last week, signaling the labor market is stabilizing.
Applications for jobless insurance payments increased by 4,000 to 352,000 in the week ended April 13, in line with the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. There was nothing unusual in last week's data and two states, California and Kentucky, were estimated, a Labor Department official said.
The report indicates employers have enough demand to hold on to workers, which means they may be prepared to boost hiring should sales pick up. Gains in consumer spending, the biggest part of the economy, will be needed to prevent growth from slowing as automatic cuts in federal spending take effect.
"Businesses at least need the workers they have and probably could use some more," said Tom Simons, an economist at Jefferies LLC in New York, who projected claims would rise to 350,000. "Claims will probably stay in this range for some time."
Stock-index futures held earlier gains after the report. The contract on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index maturing in June rose 0.3 percent to 1,551.3 at 8:43 a.m. in New York, indicating the index will rebound from a three-week low.
Survey Results
The median forecast of 46 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a rise to 350,000. Estimates ranged from 330,000 to 380,000. The Labor Department revised the previous week's figure up to 348,000, from an initially reported 346,000.
The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, rose to 361,250 last week from 358,500. The figures jumped in late March and then retreated as the government had difficulty adjusting claims for the Easter and school spring break holidays that occurred a little earlier than usual this year.
Last week corresponded to the period the Labor Department surveys businesses to calculate the payroll data for April. The four-week average was higher than the 340,750 for the comparable period in March, reflecting the holiday-induced swings.
Payrolls grew in March by 88,000, the smallest gain in nine months, after a revised 268,000 February increase, the Labor Department reported on April 5. The unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent, the lowest in four years, from 7.7 percent.
Continuing Claims
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 35,000 to 3.07 million in the week ended April 6, today's report showed.
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Those who've used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended payments decreased by about 55,000 to 1.78 million in the week ended March 30.
The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 2.4 percent in the week ended April 6, today's report showed.
Forty-four states and territories reported an increase in claims, while nine reported a decrease. These data are reported with a one-week lag.
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Adding Staff
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"We're hiring to support growth and expect to end the year with meaningfully more people than we began the year," Ann Marie Petach, former chief financial officer of the company and currently BlackRock Solutions's senior managing director, said in an April 16 earnings call.
Bigger job gains will help sustain consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the economy, at a time growth is projected to soften. Gross domestic product may slow to a 1.5 percent annual pace in the second quarter following a projected 3 percent rate in the prior three months, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey from April 5 to April 9.
Federal Reserve policy makers in March reiterated their plan to buy $85 billion in bonds every month until the labor market outlook improves "substantially." It also pledged to keep interest rates near zero as long as unemployment is above 6.5 percent and inflation doesn't exceed 2.5 percent.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
12 Reasons to Love DiaperShops.com
The first step is admitting you have a problem. The second step (in this case) is stalking DiaperShops.com for the latest coupon codes!
Why am I so addicted to cloth diapers? They are soft, they are colorful, they are cute, they don't irritate my super sensitive little one's bottoms and they are reusable! I truly love my FuzziBunz perfect size diapers because of their literally perfect fit, and beautiful bright colors. My husband is a huge fan of the BumGenius aplix, because even with a wiggly baby, it's easy to diaper up and go. Furthermore, I can't resist pretty new colors and prints of Rumparooz, Happy Heinys, and GroVia...there simply could not be enough of any of these diapers, and there is always another one to try!
Seriously, we just don't have the finances to buy all the cute cloth diapers I want to get! We're a military family on a tight budget. We know the end result of cloth diapers is savings, but purchasing a stash all at one go was never an option. But, continuing to pay for diapers I'm just going to throw away? Even less of an option!
I bought one diaper at a time, and wondered how to maximize baby's time in cloth. I was elated when my friend told me about DiaperShops.com. I know, this is sounding like the cheesiest of infomercials, but it really has turned our whole approach to building a diaper stash completely around. Not only can you earn points every time you make a purchase (to earn more free fluff!), but there are coupons...for FREE diapers!
It may not sound like it could amount to that much. Even I underestimated the savings! As I wrote this post, I went back to my order status to count up how many free diapers I've received...and I had to stop counting at a dozen! That is the first 12 reasons I love DiaperShops.com! It amounts to over $200 of free diapers!
We're expecting our third child in March, and I actually have accumulated such a stash, I'm putting some of it aside to use for the first time on our little boy...even though I could use it now. The picture shows just a few of the diapers I have earned through points and coupon codes. I've received Econobum, KaWaii, Rumparooz, Katydids, and FuzziBunz (among others)...and even the cutest Bummis Swimmi diaper!
My favorite part of the order is of course opening the box, but with a little twist. My husband actually peeks over and I get to show him which diaper I got for free. The approving smile is priceless.
I could list many reasons for my love of our favorite retailer, and fluff in general, but I think those first 12 reasons are pretty good! (Who can argue with free cloth diapers?!) It's time to call it a night. After all, I need sleep so I can dream about the fluff that's on it's way in the mail right now!
By Julie G.
9 comments:
- Catherine said...
LOL! I am right there with you!!!!
- March 10, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- Dreaming Mama said...
I totally understand! I love the free diaper coupons, it is nice to get the surprise fluff.
- March 10, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Chantal said...
Sold! Just placed my order! :)
- March 10, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- JulieM said...
I totally could have written this article as well! I just added up my savings a couple days ago. Between free diapers and diaper reward points, I have about $160 of savings/free stuff. My husband could not believe it. Now I just need to convince I should keep spending money to get free stuff :)
- March 10, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- Victoria said...
Hi I'm Victoria, and I'm a cloth diaper addict too. I have a stash close to 50 with 2 more packages of fluff on the way (can't wait to see what free dipe I got). My excuse - my son is growing like a weed & cannot fit well into about 10 of those any longer (oh yeah, he's 2 months old & about 15 lbs, goodbye small sizes & size 1 diapers). :-D
- March 10, 2011 at 11:20 PM
- Lara + Chris said...
I am the exact same way. I have a bunch of freebies too! :)
- March 11, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- Maria said...
I love your store!
- March 11, 2011 at 3:33 PM
- thewrightlife said...
I helped outfit my sister, I buy them for my mom to give as gifts, and my son is on his way OUT of diapers, so I have no excuse to keep shopping...but I can't resist the free dipes and Kellyscloset :) How do I stop? We have a problem girls.
- March 14, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Laura said...
Absolutely! I Love the free diaper coupons & that is exactly how I have built up our stash! Of course I have ordered a number of diapers as well to build the stash but one to two at a time with a promo code.
- March 14, 2011 at 5:13 PM


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EU telecoms market still 'too fragmented'
Almost as though we were separate countries
The EU telecoms market is doing okay, but could be doing better, according to the latest report from the European Commission, which blames inconsistent regulation for the lack of a unified approach.
The market has done well to sustain its size during 2009 in the face of an overall economic shrinkage of 4.2 per cent. But the Commission reckons that things would be even better if local regulators didn't force operators to address 27 different markets rather than deploying services across national borders.
"National telecoms regulators often delay, sometimes by years, the enforcement of EU rules" says the report summery, before laying into regulators which have not kept up with legislative changes dictated by Brussels.
The fact that each country has its own radio spectrum allocations and legacy infrastructure issues also differentiates them, though that would disappear if the regulators would hand over power over to an EU super-regulator. But despite heavy lobbying this idea was castrated back in 2008, leaving the Commission shouting at local regulators it feels should be doing more.
The full report (pdf) includes a breakdown of the competitive landscape, both fixed and mobile, for all 27 countries (pdfs for each), which makes fascinating (if lengthy) reading.
The UK does okay in most aspects, boasting a mobile penetration of 126.2 per cent and average broadband price of £13.65 a month - compared to the £23.30 we were paying at the end of 2005. In fact the only thing the UK gets pulled up on is the proportion of our broadband connections that top out above 10Mb/sec, which is only 19.8 per cent, compared to the EU average of 23.2 per cent, but that could be the result of having one of the largest penetrations of broadband itself. ®
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Hey there,
looks like Samba 4 finally goes stable. Does Arch Linux currently have plans to update their samba package to 4.0 in the near future? Or will 3.6 remain for some time?
Last edited by silentsnake (2012-12-13 23:48:11)
Arch packages the latest upstream stable releases, so you can expect samba 4 as soon as the appropriate developer(s) get the time to do it. It has already been flagged out of date.
thanks :>
I compiled the Samba 4.0.0 source code. Needed to tweak the python3/python2 environment since Samba wants python2. Samba-tool gives me errors on some command options, which I attribute to probably a misconfigured install.
Eagerly awaiting the Arch package, which for sure will work much more seamlessly than almost anyone could ever attempt with an independent compile. I want to get rid of our Windows Server 2012 evaluation edition (a generous 180-day trial though) test domain controller. Not really worth paying for it since I only need the authentication/authorization features and minor group policies.
@SS-do u need version 4?
CPU-optimized Linux-ck packages @ Repo-ck • AUR packages • Zsh and other configs • 1.21 JIGOWATTS!
I've tested samba 4 during RC by installing it via AUR on a test machine, and plan to use it as a primary domain controller for a small network. It worked pretty fine and better than I expected but i've decided to wait until it is stable and available in the extra repo. So I was just curious if there are already some information about a specific date or something. But I think its not a simple update because the maintainer has to check if migration from 3.x works flawlessly and so on, so it is perfectly ok if it will take some time.
... I was just curious if there are already some information about a specific date or something...
It'll be ready when it hits [extra].
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Looks like it never will…
it's not a networking topic.
Looks like it never will…
Note though, that release of samba4 does not mean deprecation of samba3 (whose latest version is 3.6.11 released on 21 Jan).
While I use samba only on a file server and can't confirm this, there seem to be some migration difficulties from samba 3.x to 4 for folks using active directory and domain controllers: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO.
So I find it unlikely that samba4 will replace 3.6 in the repos unless 3.6 branch is declared obsolescent which will not happen anytime soon as 3.5 is still maintained.
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Not all roads lead to Rome
The diverse challenges of a struggling world need local solutions from a flexible church.
Among the theologians of the Second Vatican Council, the name of Dutch Dominican priest Edward Schillebeeckx is surely among the most well-known (and least pronounceable). His works on the church and ministry, such as the pithily titled Ministry and the more evocative The Church with a Human Face (both Crossroad), are marked both by their foresight and their pastoral sensitivity.
Though he is now quite elderly, Schillebeeckx's work continues to bear fruit, most recently among his Dutch Dominican brothers, who in the fall published a booklet titled "Church and Ministry," which argues that laypeople should preside at Eucharist if no priest is available. "Whether they are women or men, homo- or heterosexual, married or single, makes no difference. What is important is an infectious attitude of faith." Not surprisingly the U.K. Tablet judged the proposal "a radical recommendation."
But surprising solutions are not arising only in this country known for liberalism. In October 2002 Bishop Fritz Lobinger of Aliwal North, South Africa, with Austrian theologian Paul Zulehner, proposed a new order of ministry for the priest-poor churches of the developing world. In their vision a council of "Corinthian" priests would be ordained for a particular community to see to its sacramental needs and direct its ministry. These groups, made up of proven members of the community, would be supervised by "Pauline" priests, traditional celibates reporting to the bishop.
Though they offer different approaches to the same problem, what makes these ideas great is that they are local solutions created by people on the ground. Both might bring success, each in its own situation.
The problem, however, is that we Catholics are often beset by the attitude that all 1.1 billion of us have to be doing the same thing everywhere. But with so many cultures and countless different pastoral challenges-some of which have nothing to do with ordination-Catholicism fairly demands a variety of approaches to pressing problems. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the needs of God's people.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa is one case in point. The massive number of infections, and the efficacy of condoms as part of the strategy to prevent them, is why leaders such as Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, South Africa have argued for a change in the church's policy on condoms in relation to HIV. The pastoral reality he faces has little to do with artificial birth control but everything to do with life and death. He's not asking for the church to start distributing condoms throughout the world, just the flexibility in his own situation to meet a particular crisis.
Unfortunately local solutions don't often mesh well with the more "universalist" thinking of some Catholics and some in the Vatican in particular. The bishops of the United States were once leaders in responding to local realities, issuing two influential pastoral letters in the 1980s specific to the U.S. on the economy and peace. The bishops of Latin America did much the same then, producing documents that emphasized the preferential option for the poor.
Pope John Paul II in 1998, however, issued a papal "executive order," Apostolos Suos, that greatly restricted the ability of bishops to make such statements by requiring a practically impossible unanimous vote of a conference's bishops or direct Roman approval, which lately has been hard to get. A planned pastoral letter on women from the U.S. bishops in the early 1990s was effectively tabled, and little new has happened since.
Still, the Catholic Church needs local solutions now more than ever. Almost every local church needs greater access to the sacraments, whether that means commissioning laypeople or rethinking ordination itself. The churches of Asia are struggling with how to be Christian when the majority of their neighbors are not. Catholics in Africa face not only AIDS but war and intractable poverty. European Catholicism is questioning its place in an increasingly secular culture, while the Catholics of the United States must find creative ways to be faithful citizens of the world's only superpower.
To succeed, each church needs freedom and flexibility. Though a limited universalism can go a long way toward maintaining unity of faith, rigid insistence on a single answer to practical challenges doesn't help. As Schillebeeckx and theologians like him have long argued, now is the time to try new things.


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My 2004 season in review - Charlie Remail
What a wild and long seasoned it was starting off the season in Alameda . I had no idea what the year would bring. I hooked up with a buddy, a partner in crime, another individual seriously affected by the wind like when you were a kid sticking your arms out the window of the car playing with the wind, with your palms, letting the wind rise and lower your arms feeling the power of the wind in and around your body. I've been playing with the wind all my life if not with my arm out the window with a remote-controlled airplane or a windsurfer or kite or two; I love the wind.
Anyway, me and this buddy headed out to a new season, season two - 2004. Wow, what a season! I got drunk on tule juice (Sherman Island water!), boosted in the rain, kited blood alley, hit alameda upsidedown and backwards, fell in love with the delta daze in my underwear (no wetsuit) yaaaaa...ripped up to the toll plaza, found butter water at H's Lordships and kited all over Brooks Island and felt 16 years old every time I touched my board in the air. I never know what to expect before I go out kiting. Will I get overpowered, will the wind die, will I break something, can i get back to the car? After a minute I know all will be fine, I am kiting. Sometime in the middle of the season I started to feel at one with the kite; it didnt feel like it was going to kill me anymore and I started to fly it without having to look at it all the time.
I started off the season by watching Ollie kite 35+knots at alameda. I held him down as he launched his 8m and he was all fired up to go. When I let him go he shot off the beach like a catapult, tea bagging off shore but after a little while, he got control of his kite and started to sail around. I did not go out that day but just watched Ollie play. I did later in the year go out at Berkeley in what seemed like very steady 25 knots with my 12 rigged up, and it took me 20 minutes to get off the beach; my kite seemed alive - buzzing and twitching around like a mad bee up there.
I read a lot about downwinders, but upwinders? After just a couple of sessions with Ollie I know we were going to TI by kite not car! I've seen Ollie charge up from Emery Point and bang through the hole in the pier just too pop out way upwind just downwind of TI. I swear he's looking for Chip up there or something. Season 3 will bring many more trips to the TI from Berkeley and maybe more now that Ollie's been from Berkeley to TI he might go to Crissy and back and we all get sucked up that vortex. He started to get better upwind rides after Ollie had L.M.G. make him a new board that goes upwind like a rocket, so I had one made and now I go upwind like a rocket too! L.M.G. asked us why do we want to go upwind so hard and fast? Well because
we can! Next stop crissy and back.
I remember kiting with L.M.G.. right before he left for his island, we were riding alameda at low tide, I was on my 16m with a fat board and L.M.G. was on a 10m with pully bar setup. We were just getting a ride in light winds and he was throwing something, I dont know what it's called, Slimholdyourbutttight, or Roastbeefholdthemayo flipthing? Hell, I don't know. Anyway he digs a toeside edge on an off-balance landing and splats to his back, dragging around in inches of water, laughing and yellling covered in mud and sand and he went on for a while. I dont know how he got that 10m to fly that day, but it was very funny for me to see. I could'nt throw anything that day; not enough wind, but like many days before, kiting around watching L.M.G. throw stuff was a ball. Makes me feel I can throw something. Feeling good. I knew I'd smile for 3 days after that one. Ii still smile when I think of it.)
Some might wonder if Ollie and I compete with each other? Well yes, I suppose we do, but not so much with each other as with the wind or the conditions. Kiting is very personal sport, and can also be very social. It is so much more fun and relaxing to kite with buddies then when your all alone. Kiting with buddies pushes the "bar", has a sense of safety and means more when you pop that grab in or boost to the moon and someone sees it... just riding with other people jacks me up.
I can't wait to ride season three. Come on spring!


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NEW YORK (AP) — A city police officer dreamed up plots to kidnap, torture, cook and eat at least 100 women whose photos, names and addresses he pulled from a confidential law enforcement database, authorities said Thursday.
Gilbert Valle's fantasies about cannibalizing women — in one, he said he hoped to "cook her over low heat, keep her alive as long as possible" — were described in online fetish chat rooms and emails, and authorities said he was arrested because he was taking steps to carry them out.
None of the women were harmed, although a prosecutor said some of the women said they knew Valle and that the six-year veteran had stalked at least two of them at home or work, including once in uniform in a police car in a "very intimidating fashion." Authorities said he had had lunch with one of them.
Valle's estranged wife tipped authorities off to his chilling online activity, leading to his arrest, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing case.
Valle, 28, was held without bail in federal court on charges including kidnapping conspiracy and unauthorized use of law enforcement records. Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman called the allegations against him "profoundly disturbing."
One document found on his computer was titled "Abducting and Cooking (Victim 1): A Blueprint," according to the criminal complaint. The file also had the woman's birth date and other personal information and a list of "materials needed" — a car, chloroform and rope.
"I was thinking of tying her body onto some kind of apparatus ... cook her over low heat, keep her alive as long as possible," Valle allegedly wrote in one exchange in July, the complaint says.
In other online conversations, investigators said, Valle talked about the mechanics of fitting the woman's body into an oven (her legs would have to be bent), said he could make chloroform at home to knock a woman out and discussed how "tasty" one woman looked.
"Her days are numbered," he wrote, according to the complaint.
The woman told the FBI she knew Valle and met him for lunch in July.
Valle, who could face life in prison if convicted, sat quietly in a red T-shirt and jeans at his court appearance, answering one question with "yes, your Honor." No one answered the door to his home Thursday in a quiet, middle-class Queens neighborhood.
Public defender Julia Gatto had asked for bail, saying the alleged plot was "fantasy in a sexual world." She said it was a deviant fantasy and there was no crossing of the line from fantasy to reality.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Hadassa Waxman disagreed, saying Valle was arrested because he was too close to carrying out the plots.
A search of Valle's computer found he had created records of at least 100 women with their names, addresses and photos, the complaint says. Some of the information came from his unauthorized use of a restricted law enforcement database, authorities said. He claimed, according to the complaint, that he knew many of them.
"The allegations in the complaint really need no description from us," said Mary E. Galligan, acting head of the FBI's New York office. "They speak for themselves. It would be an understatement merely to say Valle's own words and actions were shocking."
There was no immediate response to a message left with the NYPD on Thursday.
The complaint alleges that in February, Valle negotiated to kidnap another woman — Victim 2 — for someone else, writing, "$5,000 and she's all yours."
He told the buyer he was aspiring to be a professional kidnapper, authorities said.
"I think I would rather not get involved in the rape," according to the complaint. "You paid for her. She is all yours, and I don't want to be tempted the next time I abduct a girl."
It says he added: "I will really get off on knocking her out, tying up her hands and bare feet and gagging her. Then she will be stuffed into a large piece of luggage and wheeled out to my van."
Cellphone data revealed that Valle made calls on the block where the woman lives, the complaint says. An FBI agent interviewed the woman, who told them that she didn't know him well and he was never in her home.


text: The Department of Public Works will hold its 8th annual DPW Day on May 23 at the Plymouth Public Library at 132 South St. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Families with children of all ages are invited to check out DPW trucks and equipment up close in the library parking lot, and there will be informational exhibits inside the library's Otto Fehlow Meeting Room. The event is free, and no registration is necessary. For more information, call the library at 508-830-4250, or visit www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org.


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So a rabbi, a priest, a talking duck and a blonde walk into a bar...
Do you feel a joke coming on?
We've been taught where to look for jokes. Certain places and times feel joke-friendly, and we're alert and aware of what's coming. The web is changing the vernacular daily, and I discovered this first hand with my vacation email memo from last week.
Here's an excerpt:
If you need to find me, I'll be at the UN for a few days, working on the oil for food scandal. You can reach me at the UN at 212 355 4165. Then I'll be in Beijing, consulting with the government on how they can more effectively do the messaging for the upcoming Olympics. I believe that their mascot is sending exactly the wrong message, and hope to persuade them to start using a cow.
I'll be ending the week at Beverly Hills Hilton in California, (a bungalow, just ask for me at the desk). It turns out that Steven has a bit of writer's block on a project and he asked me to stop by and help out.
I thought it was a pretty funny spoof of the self-important (okay, egomaniacal) vacation posts some people have been using. No, I didn't go to China, I went to Costa Rica (more on this soon). I was surprised, though, to discover that a whole bunch of people thought I was serious.
Now, that could be because some of my correspondents have such high regard for me that they figured I really was working with Kofi Annan at the UN, but more likely it's because we just assume that email vacation notes are true. Same thing happens with phishing when hackers use email to steal passwords. What else are we assuming are true, when it might be a joke, or an opinion, or a fraud?


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Nicki Minaj 2013
Heeey!!!.. Barbz & KenBarbs i have a question for you all well here it goes lol i kno im not alone with this but i want to kno who else besides me miss Nicki with theSignature Pink lips & Colorful wigs?? i love her with the blonde but i always check and continue to wait for the day she will be seen in one of her signatue color wigs besides in a music video.....


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It weakened down to 140 MPH, but it's expected to ramp back up as it hits open water in the Gulf. I hope the Cubans made it through okay.
Let's hope the losses and damages are minimal.
It weakened down to 140 MPH, but it's expected to ramp back up as it hits open water in the Gulf. I hope the Cubans made it through okay.
Let's hope the losses and damages are minimal.
The New Orleans mayor is on TV right now calling this the storm of the century. Says people have never seen a storm this strong and they expect it to only get stronger due to 90 degrees waters in the Gulf of Mexico. He's calling for a mandatory evacuation tomorrow morning.
On Drectv channel 363 they have hurricane information slids telling you the info and what to do.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, while Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal warned residents that the state "could see flooding worse than Hurricane Katrina," as Gustav approached the Gulf Coast.
Link to New Orleans tv news coverage:
webcast radio coverage may have to join site to listen: http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.cc/et...rlight&btr=low
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Winds have dropped to 135 mph but the storm is expected to strengthen into a category five sometime tomorrow. It also looks like it has jogged a bit to the east.
Winds have dropped to 120 but they are still saying it's expected to strengthen into a strong cat. 4 or 5. Some guy on Fox just said it could become a full force Cat. 5 sometime today.
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It is now expected to make landfall around 8 AM tomorrow. Here is the current track:
The guy on MSNBC says it appears the storm may be shifting to the east a bit.
New update. The winds remain the same but the pressure dropped which indicates the storm is strengthening. The meteorologist on CNN just said the storm is 440 miles wide...that's crazy.
Looks like the storm may have jogged slightly west.
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It's fair to say that FEMA and the Federal and State government agencies involved in the early days of Katrina failed miserably.
It was a monumental collapse from top to bottom as the world watched New Orleans' misery.
It's also fair to say that this time they are ready. They learned from the brutal public failures of Katrina.
This is the greatest CYA fest I've ever seen. Every agency involved is locked and loaded.
We'll see how it goes once the storm comes ashore. But for now, they're incredibly well prepared.
Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
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Guatemala (city, Guatemala)
Guatemala, city (1994 est. pop. 823,301), S central Guatemala, capital of the republic. Its full name is La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción. In a broad, fertile, highland valley, c.5,000 ft (1,520 m) high, it enjoys an equable climate the year round. It is the largest city in Central America, with a cosmopolitan atmosphere and many fine public buildings. It is served by international and local airways, railroads, and modern highways, and is the industrial, commercial, and financial center of the republic. To the city's markets come the fruits and vegetables of the tropical coasts and temperate highlands and also native handicrafts, especially textiles. Much of the produce is carried in from the countryside and sold in the market stalls. There is also a modern business section.
The present city is the fourth permanent capital of Guatemala; the capital was moved there after Antigua Guatemala was destroyed by earthquakes in 1773. An earthquake destroyed Guatemala City in 1917–18, but it was rebuilt on the same site. In 1976, another earthquake caused extensive damage to the city and its environs, resulting in more than 20,000 fatalities. The city is also near several volcanoes, the most active of which is Pacaya (8,373 ft/2,552 m high), some 15 mi (25 km) to the south. From the city excursions may be made to Antigua Guatemala and Ciudad Vieja, the third and second capitals. Many interesting remains of Mayan civilization have been unearthed in the vicinity of Guatemala City, notably at Lake Amatitlán. The Univ. of San Carlos de Guatemala (1676) is in the city, as are many other educational and cultural institutions.


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