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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The San Antonio Spurs had rallied within a basket of the Los Angeles Clippers with less than 30 seconds remaining and the crowd was buzzing.
Some would call it a tense situation. Chris Paul calls it ``winning time.'
Paul had 19 points and eight assists and the Clippers beat San Antonio 92-87 on Monday night for their second win against the Spurs this season.
Paul's 10-foot jumper in the lane with 24.6 seconds left gave the Clippers a 91-87 lead.
``Yeah, I wanted to shoot; I didn't know how, I just needed a little space,' Paul said. ``I love those situations - when it's winning time. We're up two with 24 seconds left, I want it.'
Spurs guard Gary Neal missed a 3-point attempt on the subsequent possession, which Eric Bledsoe gathered for his fifth rebound. Bledsoe, who had nine points, made one of two free throws for the final margin.
Matt Barnes added 14 points, DeAndre Jordan 13 and Blake Griffin had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers (8-2).
Tim Duncan had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Spurs (8-3), who suffered their second home loss this season. Manu Ginobili added 15 points and Tony Parker 11.
The Spurs rallied when Matt Bonner made a pair of 3s sandwiched around one from Parker to pull to 88-85 with 2 minutes remaining.
Bonner, who did not play in the first three periods, finished with 10 points.
San Antonio needed the late rally after losing a lead and Stephen Jackson after the first quarter. Jackson, who suffered a non-displaced fracture to his right pinkie finger late in the first quarter, is expected to miss four to six weeks.
Jackson finished with two points and two rebounds, but the team missed his toughness most.
``Of all our games, this game was in the soft category,' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. ``We never had five guys that competed hard enough to win the basketball games. The Clippers took it with their aggressiveness and their toughness, both mentally and physically. For a portion of that game, we were an embarrassment.'
The Spurs were outscored 29-14 in the second quarter while shooting 3 for 18 from the field. It was a season low for points in a quarter by San Antonio.
Neal, returning to the lineup after missing two games with a cut on his right index finger, made a runner on his first attempt to give San Antonio a 30-20 lead. That runner with 11:19 left in the half was the last basket for 8 minutes for the Spurs, who missed 11 shots and had six turnovers in the drought.
``We know we're a handful on the offensive end,' Barnes said. ``If we can start controlling the defensive end, that's when we're really going to start winning games and making an imprint in this league. We have the talent to do it. We have the athleticism to do it. It's just the heart and hunger to do it.'
Jackson's injury didn't muster any sympathy from Paul during or after the game.
``Injuries happen,' he said. ``We're without Chauncey (Billups, left Achilles rehab) and Grant (Hill, right knee bone bruise).'
Paul's jumper gave the Clippers a 34-33 lead with 5:31 left in the first half that they extended to 45-36 on Paul's 22-foot jumper.
Danny Green's 3-pointer pulled the Spurs to 67-63 with 1:29 remaining in the third, but Paul responded again with another jumper on the ensuing possession.
NOTES: Jackson was starting his second game in place of Kawhi Leonard, who is out with quadriceps tendinitis in his left knee. Jackson is averaging 8.3 points this season while making 10 of 34 3-point attempts. . Leonard missed his second game after missing only two last season in his rookie year. .. Clippers F Caron Butler suffered a right shoulder strain in the first half and did not return. His status was unknown. . The Spurs open a six-game road trip Friday at Boston. It is San Antonio's fourth road trip of four games or more to start the season. . Popovich said the team will likely activate G Cory Joseph to replace Jackson on the roster. . The Spurs opened the season with four straight wins before losing 101-79 to the Clippers on Nov. 5 in Los Angeles.


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The Daily Freeman (http://www.dailyfreeman.com)
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
KINGSTON >> For the next 19 months, Ulster will be among the most environmentally forward-thinking counties in New York state.
County Executive Michael Hein on Wednesday signed an executive order requiring the county to buy all its electricity for the rest of 2014 and all of 2015 from green, renewable energy sources.
The order is the first of its kind by any county in New York, he said.
"We believe with all the challenges facing our nation with respect to climate and our environment, bolder leadership is required," Hein said in an interview.
"I believe we have an obligation as a government to show leadership as well as what is possible," he said.
Hein said that, effective immediately, the county will begin purchasing "green e-energy certified renewable energy certificates, considered one of the leading renewable energy certification standards in the nation, for all of its electricity."
The county will purchase the certificates from the Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance, a consortium that has partnered with the New York State Association of Counties to bring competitive energy prices to counties.
Hein said the county used 14 million kilowatt hours of electricity in 2013, down 2 million kilowatt hours from the 16 million used in 2011 to power the county.
By purchasing the renewable energy certificates, 7,500 tons of carbon dioxide emissions produced annually from conventional electricity production will be offset, he said.
"The purchase yields an environmental benefit of avoiding the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent of burning 7.3 million pounds of coal or driving a car around the earth 647 times," Hein said.
The cost of the renewable energy certificates will be about $13,000, Hein said, but he expects those costs to be offset by efficiencies and reductions in the county's overall usage of electricity, or potentially through increased self-generation of electricity.
"I am directing the county Department of Environment, the Planning Department and the entire buildings and grounds operation to develop a plan that will make this financially net-neutral," the executive said.
Judith Enck, regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, lauded Hein's decision, calling it in a press release issued by Hein "an inspired and sensible renewable energy program that is a model for every other county government in the state."


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Advanced decision makingOctober 19th, 2007 , by admin
"Say no to harmful, say yes to beneficial." I've been listening to an MP3 from Living on the Edge about developing discipline in my Christian life. When I heard those words I marveled again at how the principals that govern issues of faith also govern issues of health. Here is some of what Chip Ingram had to say about spiritual discipline, and some of my thoughts about how it applies to the Blood Type Diet.
"The really important things," he said, "always get procrastinated because we can't delay gratification. We can't say no to food going in our mouths. We can't say no, so we immediately gratify our senses."
I thought it was interesting that he used food to illustrate what he was trying to say about discipline in prayer and holy living. I immediately identified with the example. The difficulty following the BTD is the urge to put off what I know is the best and yield to the immediate desire to indulge in one of my old favorite foods.
He said that it's part of our culture to think short term. But short term thinking produces stress, rationalization, lying to ourselves, vulnerability to do things we wish we hadn't done and feelings of guilt. If I hadn't told you that those words came from a recording about spiritual discipline, you would have thought that I quoted them from the Forum. Short term thinking about the food we eat creates exactly the same results.
Just Wednesday night I was with a group and snacks were served. There were fruits, carrots, and sour cream coffee cake. I remember my Mom making sour cream coffee cake. It's delicious. I began to rationalize - "I don't want to hurt the feelings of the lady who baked the cake." I lied to myself, "A little wheat/dairy combo won't really hurt." I was becoming vulnerable to what I knew I shouldn't do."
"I need to change. I need to know how to keep priorities," the MP3 continued. "Discipline is never developed as you go. It is always cultivated in advance." Ingram calls this "advanced decision making" "Say no to a quick fix that will feel good right now. Say yes to a hard road that will produce long term benefit."
Is that not the essence of the Blood Type Diet? Say no to avoid foods that I crave so that I can enjoy long term good health and energy.
"Say no to impulses, say yes to lifelong habits."
Fortunately on Wednesday the lifelong habits kicked in and I passed the plate of sour cream coffee cake. Partly I knew that I my stomach would remind me all night that I had done something harmful to my body. Partly I knew that if I ever tried to talk with these people about the Blood Type Diet, they would remember me stuffing my face with cake.
Whether you are new to the BTD or you're an old hand, do some serious advanced decision making. What will you do in a social situation? What will you do in a restaurant? Do not go with the flow or follow your impulses. Set your priorities. Decide now that the long term benefits are more valuable than the immediate gratification.
If you want to know more about how this impacts your spiritual life, Ingram took the principal from 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT, -0.47% said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 9% to $3.64 billion, or $1.08 a share, from $3.34 billion, or 96 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Sales rose 3.4% to $113.2 billion. Wall Street analysts expected the Bentonville, Ark., retailer to earn $1.07 a share on sales of $114 billion, according to a survey by FactSet. Wal-Mart said it expects full-year profit of $4.88 to $4.93 a share, compared to its earlier estimate of $4.83 to $4.93 a share. Analysts are looking for earnings for the year of $4.93 a share. "Current macroeconomic conditions continue to pressure our customers," the company said. "The holiday season is predicted to be very competitive, but we are well prepared to deliver on the value and low prices our customers expect." Shares of Wal-Mart fell 2.7% in premarket trades.
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In fact, the whole point is that in house is a simplification. mandriva SA is controlled by 2 heads, one from JM Crozet, a switzerland business man, and the other by leonid Reiman, a russian "businessman", whose record on the web should explain why no one would say no to him. So basically, what is the reason of a complex strategy is the result of a compromise
- desktop is mainly targetted at russian school and the rosa distribution. Rosa pay people who pushed the incompatibility with Mageia for innovation
Yeah, no problems keeping those straight.
Each major RHEL release starts with a fork from a Fedora release.
RHEL6 is apparently based on Fedora 12/13 [wikipedia.org]
Fedora is basically the experimental version of RedHat - Red Hat uses Fedora to test the integration of bleeding edge (Desktop) technology which then will eventually end up in RHEL.
In my (3-4 years old) experience this results in every Fedora version upgrade breaking something new.
I think the original Fedora codebase (when they migrated from being a set of extra repositories to being a full-blown distro) was taken from the (discontinued) Red Hat Linux, with some caveats (see above rgd stability) Fedora has
Mageia is a fork of the rock solid Mandriva 2010 codebase, Mandriva crashed with their experimental 2011 codebase and threw out the main builders of the product, these builders united in september 2010 to start Mageia.
They used the Mandriva 2010 to build the servers that make the distribution (puppet based) and made the Mageia 1 distro with the servers in june 2011.
At this moment Mageia 2 is out there but it is not as stable, the product is in the middle of changing from startup scripts to systemd and has d
PCLinux is an old fork, probably it is too far from the codebase of Mandriva.
Texstar (PCLinux' maintainer) used to be a packager for Mandriva years ago, he rpm'd a lot of applications in those days, and the packages were of exceptional quality.
This is exciting to see. Giving the community greater influence over the future development of the distro has put this on my list to watch. I've used Ubuntu and Fedora (laptop and desktop) for years, but I used Mandrake years back and would be open minded to doing so again.
I also enjoyed Mandrake for quite a stretch. At some point, they started littering the install process, and then the desktop with ads. I respect the need for a revenue model, but I feel the experience was too intrusive. There were plenty of alternatives, so I jumped ship.
But wouldn't using Mandrake re-invoke copyright battles w/ Hearst corporation, who had already won a case against them in 2004 over the use of that name? As it is, Mandrake Corporation was already in trouble due to the use of the magicians's bowler hat and wand as its logo, and to top that, the use of a Linux tool named Lothar, who in the strip was Mandrake's friend and principle body-building aide. The merger w/ Connectiva and the resulting name change resolved that issue. The last thing the company nee
Whats the difference between desktop and server other than what marketing has tried to create?
Imagine having to support two versions of mysql, one on the KDE desktops and one on the backend server. Lovely.
About $5000... ba da bum bum...
The Mandrake Team created a dependency tool (urpmi) at a time when only debian did, and poor redhat users had to download dependencies by hand.
The Mandriva Team improved on the -drake family of tools, and came up with a centralized configuration panel : the MCC ; SuSE was doing the same ahead of 6 months, and poor debian users had to dpkg-reconfigure each packages by hand.
In all that time, it was still the same people doing the good job (Pixel, warly, fpons, and so on).
Now that they have all left (fired or
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|Resources » Zionism »
|Author: Louis Brandeis
Numbers Count
This message was sent to the Zionist Council of Greater New York on the occasion of its tenth anniversary in December, 1915.
It is to be hoped that your Council will be able to report a substantial increase
in the number of those who have agreed in this time of trial to stand up and be counted. Such action is demanded of all Zionists in this great crisis. Zionists have met the first onset of the war in a practical, earnest and hopeful spirit. They have brought succor to all the Jews of Palestine; they have supported the movement that inspires hope in all the sorely stricken Jews of Europe.
The Provisional Committee has accomplished much. To continue our work, we must make heavy demands upon every Zionist individually; and all Jews and Jewesses in New York should be moved to stand resolutely together with that group of Jews who are laboring unafraid and undismayed to heal the wounds of our afflicted people.
There may be a thousand difficulties ahead of Zionist accomplishment. We readily admit the obstacles to be overcome. But in New York City alone there should be a hundred thousand factors in favor of its success. Let but a hundred thousand of our own people bring to the movement their enthusiasm, determination, ability and means, and all obstacles will yield and success will be assured.
Zionism has not sprung out of the war; it was vital and active before. The Zionist movement will not pass out with the ending of the war. But the war has made the necessity for the movement obvious. For Zionism aims at the fundamentals of Jewish life, the self-respect, rehabilitation and restoration of the Jewish people. Hence, he who would be counted as a loyal Jew and American, self-respecting and conscious, trusting in his people, in their ability and character, will join in aiding the Zionist cause.
Of the members of your organization I say confidently that they will understand and respond with American readiness and heartiness:
1. The Provisional Committee is pledged to make good all intentional and particularly Palestinian obligations. We rely upon you to help us make good, both to the letter and the spirit of those pledges. We must raise this year $200,000 for our Emergency Fund; and of this amount we rely upon New York's raising at least $50,000.
2. Double or triple this year the number of organized Zionists, for we shall shortly need the support and cooperation of every affiliated member of our organization. Numbers count, will be counted.
The Victory of the Maccabees
This message to the Zionists of America was issued on Hanukkah, December, 1915.
The Jewish calendar has many sorrowful days. Hanukkah, the Feast of Maccabees, is one of the few joyous Red Letter days. It celebrates a victory, not a military victory only; but a victory also of the spirit over things material; not a victory only over external enemies, the Greeks; but a victory also over more dangerous internal enemies, the Sadducees; a victory of the many over the ease-loving, safety-playing, privileged, powerful few, who in their pliancy would have betrayed the best interests of the people; a victory of democracy over aristocracy.
As a part of the eternal world-wide struggle for democracy, the struggle of the Maccabees is of eternal worldwide interest. It is a struggle of the Jews today, as well as of those of 2,000 years ago. It is a struggle of America as well as of Palestine. It is a struggle in which all Americans, non-Jews as well as Jews, should be vitally interested because they are vitally affected.
For the Zionists the day has special significance. The Maccabees' victory proved that the Jews, then already an old people, possessed the secret of eternal youth, the ability to rejuvenate itself through the courage, hope, enthusiasm, devotion and self-sacrifice of the plain people. In that distant past the plain people achieved a rebirth. They will bring again a Jewish Renaissance.
Not by Charity Alone
Chicago was the first city to respond officially to Dr. Theodor Herzl's call for a Jewish Congress (The First Zionist Congress) in 1897. After the return of the elected delegate, a small group of Zionists organized the Knights of Zion, a fraternal organization chartered in 1897. In 1918 it became a constituent part of the Federation of American Zionists, and merged with it completely in the formation of the Zionist Organization of America in 1918. Following is an excerpt of an address delivered by Justice Brandeis before the convention of the Knights of Zion in Chicago on January 2. 1916.
You cannot in my opinion do your duty as Jews unless you help raise the Jewish people to that point where it may best serve America and the world.
And that can be done only by the realization of the ages long dream and the fulfillment of the prayers of Jews that they may have again a homeland, where the Jewish life may be lived according to the Jewish spirit, without trammel of any kind. You and each of you are called upon to do your part.
You may not shift that duty to others. You may not rely upon others to do more than their share and you do less. Your own self-respect, your own duty demands that you join a Zionist organization because without organization, without a great and perfected organization the cause which brings us here this evening cannot succeed. You, who hear about Zionism without being members of an organization, cannot picture to yourselves the forces that have kept alive Zionist thought and made possible the Zionist achievement.
There are no miracles. Things happen in the world of Zionism as they happen in your own businesses and in your own households. Things come from working. Men accomplish because they work, because they work with the necessary material and instruments. That means effort and it means money.
The great thing that the Zionist movement does and has sought to do in all its years is this: To look at the Jewish problem as something to be solved, and to go about it with statesmanlike aim, to remove once for all the causes of misery. We are not satisfied merely to alleviate suffering or, by charity, to lessen the tribulation and distress of centuries. We have learned, each and every one of us who are interested in the attainment of social justice, that no amount of philanthropy can ever remove social injustices unless we first remove its causes. The Zionist movement is undertaking to do just that, to remove the causes of the injustice to the Jew and thus to end his misery; to give him liberty; and not only to give him liberty but to give him that standing in the world without which no legal declaration of liberty will be of serious moment.
Palestine, as you know, has not only been harassed by the war, but it has also suffered because of the cutting off of its export and import. Palestine has lived largely from the exports of its plantations, orange groves, vineyards and wheat fields, and when the war came that was stopped. We have tried to sell some of their oranges here. You of Chicago know a little of that. But then came the complete prohibition of exports and the valuable orange crop was lost. The colonies were in great need, not in need of charity, but of capital, capital to operate their plantations, capital to continue that life of self-support and self-respect which had won the admiration of all who are acquainted with their story and their struggle. We in America, the Zionist Provisional Committee and others, undertook to raise a loan for those planters, to be repaid when better conditions would enable them to market their products.
Later there came to Palestine besides the severe sufferings incident to the war, sufferings incident to a locust plague. In the thirty-three years since the colonies were originally established there had been no locust plague there.
This year the horrible pest came. Had they had a well ordered government it would have been possible to have put an end to it or to have prevented it from coming, particularly since the general direction of the thing was in the competent hands of Aaron Aaronsohn. If he had had the power of government behind him the locust pest might have been prevented, but he did not have the power of government behind him, and consequently the colonies did suffer despite the tremendous fight they made. The locust came like an enemy, devastating the land. While, thanks to the heroic efforts of the colonists, no permanent damage was sustained, the year's crop in large part was lost. Now these planters need further help and the Provisional Committee is endeavoring to arrange another loan. That is the line of work we are doing.
But there is only one way in which we can carry on effectively, and that is through organization. We must bring behind the Zionist movement, the Zionist organization, the Provisional Committee and the Actions Committee, the support, not of a few, but of the many, because the cause for which they are fighting is the cause of the whole people. They need the whole people behind them. Everyone should give as much as he can even if he can give only little; but besides that which he gives in money there must be the giving of the heart and of the head.
You will have the opportunity in a few minutes to listen to the address of one who understands the Zionist problem so thoroughly and who feels it so deeply that each and every one of you who has a drop of Jewish blood and a speck of Jewish consciousness will, I am sure, be moved by his words. When Dr. Levin talks to you, you will feel more strongly than ever what Zionism is. No one here can move you more mightily. But do not rest satisfied, even with what he says. Learn, study, read what has happened in the Zionist world.
There isn't a thing that should be more interesting to a Jew today than the events of Zionism as they are occurring from week to week. Your local papers give you some information. The "Yiddishe Folk" and "The Maccabaean," the two Zionist organs published by American Zionists, will give you infinitely more. Read them. Read them as they appear. Learn about Zionism, and there will be no doubt as to your own interest, or your desire to move others to follow your example and to become members of the Zionist organization. There is work to be done for each and everyone of you. Let no one of you, if he be a true American, shirk his duty.
Blackstone and Herzl
The Reverend William A. Blackstone (1841-1935) a fundamentalist Protestant clergyman, on March 5, 1891, presented a memorial to President Benjamin Harrison, in which outstanding American Christian and Jewish leaders urged the president to use his good offices with the various governments of Europe "to secure the holding at an early date, of an international conference to consider the condition of the Israelites and their claims to Palestine as their ancient home, and to promote in all other just and proper ways the alleviation of their suffering condition." On May 8, 1916, he presented a petition to President Woodrow Wilson, calling on him to intercede with the European powers for the summoning of an international convention for the purpose of considering the Jewish situation and the claim of the Jews for a secured political home in Palestine. The following brief remarks indicate Justice Brandeis's reaction to an address on Zionism delivered by this minister on July 2, 1916, at the 19th Annual Convention of the Federation of American Zionists held in Philadelphia.
Those of you who have read with care the petition presented twenty-five years ago by the Rev. Wm. Blackstone and others, asking that the President of the United States use his influence in the calling together of a Congress of the Nations of the world to consider the Jewish problem with a view to the giving of Palestine to the Jews, must have been struck with the extraordinary coincidence that the arguments with Rev. Blackstone used in that petition were, in large part, the arguments which the great Herzl presented five years later, in setting forth to the world the needs and the hopes of the Jewish people. That coincidence alone, the sameness of the arguments presented in America and later by Herzl, shows how clearly and strongly founded they are.
They come to all men who will regard in a clear an statesmanlike way the problems of the Jewish people.
Democracy Means Responsibility
An address delivered on July 7, 1916, before the Convention of the Federation of American Zionists in Philadelphia.
Our work can be accomplished only if we recognize and live up to the fundamental basis of Zionism, the democracy of the Jewish people.
Democracy means not merely, I had almost said not so much, the rights of the whole people, as the duties of the whole people. It means that every Jew in this land, preeminently every Jew in the Zionist Movement, has a right to be heard. What is more, he has also a duty to be heard. This duty extends down to every private in the ranks; each and every man, each and every woman, must realized that with him or her rests the power; that upon them rests the duty to spread the Zionist Movement, spread the Ideal and the work, by word of mouth, by act, and by constant sacrifice. For only by constant sacrifice on the part of the whole people can we achieve what we are seeking to achieve. There should be no such thing as shifting responsibilities and tasks to be performed to the officers, be they the officers of the Provisional Committee, or the Federation, or of any of the other numerous central and local organizations.
It is our proud boast (if boast there be on the part of the Jewish people) that we have been a literate people, accustomed for thousands of years to use the mind, and use it especially for study, learning and intellectual pursuits.
We may ask, therefore, of each and every Zionist that he make study a part of his daily work; study of Zionist facts, not merely of the theory of Zionism. Doubtless every Zionist has some knowledge of the theory of Zionism; but the facts of Zionism, what is being done in Europe and what is being done in America to advance the Zionist cause, should also be known by each of us. If you know what is being done, if you understand the Zionist past and particularly if you understand the Zionist present, you will be able to picture it and the Zionist future to others; and you cannot adequately aid in our work without such knowledge.
Every Zionist should make it a part of his business to read at least one of our Zionist papers and to read it, not cursorily as he reads and throws away the daily paper, morning and afternoon, but to read it diligently and digest its contents. Read and master the facts and you will be able to overcome the indifference and the opposition which surround you. Approach the people who are Zionistically inclined but indifferent, equipped with a knowledge of the facts; make them understand what the problem is, and what the remedy is that Zionism is offering. In at least nine cases out of ten, the people you are approaching will be obliged to admit that the Zionist program is the only practical solution of the Jewish problem. Those who wish to help, if they will use their brains, must accept that program.
No Zionist is doing his duty unless he is affiliated with a Zionist organization, and no member of a Zionist organization is doing his duty unless he sees to it that his brother and sister are also doing Zionist work. In that way and in that way only can we achieve what is before us.
We have, as the figures tell you, accomplished much. But the figures are only a part and not the most important part of what has been done. The most important work is that which has made those figures possible, the spread and intensification of Zionist conviction; that is what has made it possible to do what we have done. But what we have done is of interest mainly as an indication of what we can do. The past is valuable as the mirror of the future.
In the past year, we have practically doubled the activity of the preceding year in all fields, in membership, fund raising and propaganda among Jews and non-Jews. Now we must look forward to doubling our efforts and accomplishments during this year of 1916-17. For unless we do this, we shall be inadequate for the task which is set before us and which the Jews of the world are looking to us to perform.
When shall this work begin? Here and now on the part of those who are present, and as for your friends and associates whom you can reach and to whom you can carry our message, immediately after the Convention. Every Zionist should realize that this Convention is the beginning, not the end of the season's activities. Let each and every one of us carry on during the months of July, August and September with determination. In that way, and in that way only, can we hope throughout this year to bear the burdens which we have assumed.
All of the speakers made reference to the fund of $240,000 which we propose to raise. Do not be deceived by the sum named. That is the money which we need for what we call the Emergency Fund. We need an infinite amount more. But that fund of $20,000 which we must raise each and every month for the ordinary disbursements of the Provisional Committee is of vast importance. In order that you may understand what it means to raise that fund, let me remind you that last year our budget called for only $135,000. In other words, we must almost double our regular budget. There is, in addition to that, the extraordinary work, the work for relief and those large loans of which you have heard.
No month must pass without our raising $20,000 for the ordinary expenses and disbursements of the organization. It should be done, so far as possible, by monthly or annual pledges, by self-taxation on the part of members and societies. The Zionist Organization should have a regular income to meet its regular budget. I hope the time will come soon, when the Committee may say: "Our regular expenses are taken care of." But in addition to the budget of the Committee we require a large sum to carry forward the Zionist work throughout the world, and particularly the Zionist development in Palestine.
In conducting this work of our organization, we must call upon ourselves and upon others for an account, a monthly account, of what is being accomplished. This is to my mind one of the most important features of our method of proceeding. I want to say a few words to you on the importance of sending to the respective organizations a monthly account of what has been accomplished, in order that you may repeat them to your associates at home.
We must get from every local a monthly account of the additions of membership; a monthly account of funds raised; a monthly account of the activities and the meetings, and other functions that have been held. A difficult task you may call it. Yet you must realize, on a moment's reflection, that without that monthly account those who are endeavoring to lead and direct your organization, and to determine what obligations they may assume in its behalf, will go astray in their calculations, if you fail to provide them with such accounts. The central body necessarily relies upon the local organizations scattered throughout the country, and it must have this information if the leaders are to act intelligently in the present and plan wisely for the future. I ask each and every one of you to impress this upon your associates. Every unnecessary letter which you compel the central organization to write you about accounts and pledges detracts by just that much from what the Federation, the Provisional Committee and the other organizations could otherwise accomplish.
That task of looking after others to see that they do their work is a task which, in a democratic body like the Zionist Organization, ought to be wholly unnecessary. An organization of democrats is an organization of equals.
Members of such a body ought not to require policemen to see that they do their duty, or inspectors to see that they perform their task. Just as it is a part of the Zionist duty of each and every member to press forward in the work of propaganda instead of leaving it to the officers, so each member should, so far as possible, relieve the officers of all other kinds of work that can and should be done by the members throughout the land. The mere task of direction is a serious one. When once a rule has been laid down, when once a direction has been given, it ought to be the eager desire of each and every affiliated Zionist to obey those rules, to enforce the law upon themselves and not have it enforced upon them. It is a reflection upon ourselves, if an officer of any organization is compelled to call upon us more than once to induce us to carry out our duties to the Zionist ideal to which we have pledged our loyalty.
Such is the work before us. Such is the work for each and every one, for every man, woman and child in the service of the Zionist Ideal.
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As you'll see in the November issue of Super Chevy, the government is waging war on the automobile and the next salvo could truly hurt the components in your classic car-or even your late-model vehicle.
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) reports that "pressure from ethanol producers to raise the ethanol content in gasoline, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could issue a decision later this month allowing the use of E15 in late-model cars. It could permit the use in other cars at a later date."
In E15, 15 percent of the gasoline is comprised of ethanol. The pumps at almost every station now dispense E10, which is 10 percent ethanol. If your car is not set up to run on this E10, the results can be disastrous. Adding 50 percent more ethanol content can only make it worse. We've already seen proof in carbureted cars that the E10 has harmful effects on fuel system components.
The SEMA Action Network (SAN) opposes the shift from E10 to E15 due to concerns that the additional content will harm automobiles of all ages, including special interest collector and historic vehicles. To date, there is a lack of conclusive information regarding E15's effect on engines of different model years. In addition to the potential harm of E15 on engine components, the EPA has no procedure in place to ensure misfueling does not occur or any plan for ensuring regular gasoline continues to be available for older vehicles. The SAN's concerns are shared by a number of other industry organizations. ?
The SEMA Action network has drafted the letter below to help enthusiasts contact President Obama to put the brakes on this hare-brained scheme, which is a political carrot to ethanol producers.
Dear Mr. President: I strongly urge you to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from raising the amount of ethanol in gasoline from today's 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15) - a 50 percent increase.
The EPA is under pressure from some corporate ethanol supporters to raise the rates in order to boost sales. However, scientific studies have not yet been completed on concerns that the added content could harm auto parts of all ages. When ethanol levels are raised, engines react differently and in a potentially dangerous way. Ethanol causes engines to burn hotter which could lead to premature engine and equipment failure. For newer cars, the "check engine" light may appear unnecessarily or too late to avoid costly repairs.
Ethanol also increases water formation in the fuel system, especially when the vehicle sits over a period of time. Under these conditions, formic acid is created which corrodes metals, plastics and rubber. This can lead to engine/parts failures and, potentially, safety hazards.
If the EPA approves E15, it will state that the increased ethanol is only for recent model cars. However, once a new fuel mix enters the gasoline supply system, it will inevitably end up in the wrong engines.
Gasoline without any ethanol may simply disappear from the marketplace for millions of Americans with older cars or special interest collector and historic vehicles. E10 has already made this a reality in many areas of the country.
The EPA should wait until all of the scientific research is complete. There is no need for a rush to judgment.
Please contact President Obama at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
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Stir Up Customer Thrills With Display Cooking
Looking for a quick infusion of customers and revenue? Display cooking can quickly fill the bill.
Display cooking stations come and go—literally—which makes location selection, planning and preparation all the more critical.
"What's really interesting is that everyone thinks you automatically have to have the café built for [display cooking]," says Julie Jones, director of nutrition services at The Ohio State University (OSU) Medical Center in Columbus, OH, "but you can do a lot on a shoestring [budget], too. Some may feel that if it's not a permanent station it must be sort of a pain from a back-of-the-house perspective. But our customers are thrilled with it, and that's what counts."
Where the station gets set up depends on the availability of a power source, says Jones. In OSU's case, the dining area's original design included an abundance of power lines, many of them in columns, which means greater flexibility. "We even have a station that basically wraps around a column," she says.
Prep begins early, but the actual display station gets set up during breakfast service, says Jones. The process takes from two to four foodservice staffers between two and three hours to complete. OSU doesn't use gas power, preferring to rent electrical equipment or stick with basic butane burners. Sinks are nearby, and thus unnecessary for the station.
Pathways: Jones calls transporting raw materials from the kitchen the most challenging facet of operating a temporary display station. "We have to figure out our traffic pathways to keep people moving through our cafeteria, and product moving through," she says. She and her staff are fortunate to have a pair of doors, on opposite sides of the dining room, that connect with the back of the house, "so we can get a little bit more throughput than we would have if we had just one door."
Customer access to the station is regulated by stanchions that form a single line. To build traffic, Jones always has one of her assistant directors, Berta Lucas, "out selling the event, hawking the event, meeting and greeting the people and directing them to through the line. If we're making omelets and there are five omelet stations she will direct them to one of them."
Abundant food: "You want [customers] to see food, and abundant food," says Joe Maher, vice president for customer support for Foodbuy, a division of Compass Group, and a one-time Eurest chef. "You have all your mis en place [supplies] in front of them displayed in nice big piles with different colors." More food than will be needed is unnecessary, he adds.
Compass chefs generally place cold food in display plans, bowls and/or containers on ice in front of diners, and hot food in steam table pans. While many operators add mirrors strategically placed over food for added emphasis, Maher does not, although he will instruct chefs to keep the food tilted a bit toward the customers "so that it shows well. You also keep it nice and full so that they're looking at the food instead of the pan."
Before the station even opens for business, chefs need to make sure they have everything that they need to do their dish. "You want to have your vegetables and your proteins, and usually there is some sort of sauce involved," says Maher. "It's also good to have impulse items on hand. So for example, if you're doing a pasta dish you might want to have some rolls there. The customers might also want to buy some garlic bread, and maybe a beverage. This allows them to come to the station and get everything they need, like a one-stop shop."
Any size: The space needn't be large, Maher notes. "We do some things on a portable chef's table. You can use a 6-ft. banquet table, or even less space than that. The important thing is to have a chef out front working with the food so that the customers can see him, you get that interaction, as well as the sensory stimulation from the smell and the sizzle." More often than not, the tables have a small shelf underneath where chefs can keep all their supplies.
Stations should be located "somewhat close" to the kitchen, Maher suggests, "but as long as you have a runner, someone who can help keep the station stocked, you're all right. Obviously, the closer to the kitchen you are the simpler [things will run], but that's definitely not something that should keep you from doing it."
As for apparel, Maher prefers traditional chef whites. "If you're doing an ethnic dish you might have someone wear the ethnic garb, which might attract some attention."
Music is "absolutely" a plus, Maher believes. "If it's ethnic cuisine you want to have ethnically themed music, and around the holidays you certainly want to have some holiday music. It adds another dimension. You want to create an atmosphere: it's the food, it's the way people look, it's the customer interaction and the music. So if you're preparing Cajun cuisine, you want tohave some New Orleans jazz playing."
Selling the Sizzle
Food can sometimes sell itself—but a display station needs the right person.
Training a chef to handle a display cooking station means instilling a degree of salesmanship and inspiring confidence—as well as emphasizing the need to maintain well-organized, meticulously clean facilities.
A chef working at an exhibition station "needs a personality," says Tom Doehm, corporate chef for Metz & Associates, a contract caterer based in Dallas, PA. "As I'm looking at display I'm trying to not only show a product but to entice the customer into trying the product. If I have someone doing display who interacts well with people and gets into conversation with them, that's great. It's almost like trying to gain their confidence."
Small talk, big boost: Indeed, Doehm explains, guests generally love to chitchat with the chef as he describes the product he's preparing. "All of a sudden the customers are saying, 'You know, this guy may be right. If he says I'll like it, then I'll try.' Once you get them to try it—and of course assuming you're putting out a good product—you usually have them."
But can that relationship with customers be taught? Doehm believes that, to some degree at least, it can. "I think there is some training that's involved," he says. "Obviously you want to stay away from [discussing] some very personal things. You want to stay with very generic questions, even if it's talking about the weather, what's going on out there today, what are you doing in this part of town, that kind of stuff." To help develop the gift of gab even in shy chefs, Doehm has them do some public speaking, which adds poise and confidence.
Training can also help display chefs smooth over mistakes they may make. "You have to know your product and you have to think," says Doehm. "If you make a mistake out there, is it something you can cover up so they don't know it's a mistake? If you're talking about the preparation and you realize you've put something in the pan in the wrong sequence, can you get past it?"
The secret is to do "a misdirection," he adds. "You kind of turn their attention to something else so they don't realize that you already put that in."
Training for display prep also involves teaching chefs to work "extremely neat and clean," he says. "You've got to be very precisely organized, because you don't have a whole lot of room to spread product out. You can't make it look sloppy or you lose the customer right off the bat." The initial set up must include everything that will be needed, since the chef can't leave the station to go get it in the middle of preparing a dish.
The type of containers to use depends on the items being prepared. If food prep is scheduled to go on for an extended period some items may need to be iced down or refrigerated, or heated. "If you're just setting up for a very brief demo you might want to use nice glass containers," says Doehm. "They look nicer, they're neater, and will make things look a little more organized—and show people that you're not hiding anything."
Chefs must also be trained to wipe down their areas as they cook. "It will have a chance to air-dry, so you're still meeting health codes," Doehm notes. "If you're temping with a thermometer, make sure that you wipe it down with the wipe that is set aside for the thermometer only to make sure that it stays clean and sanitized. A lot of people don't do that."
Tools of the Trade
Like snowflakes, no two display stations are alike–but they do share some basics.
The tools of the trade for cooking in front of customers are many and varied, leading some to think of a display cooking station as almost the culinary equivalent of a Swiss Army knife.
What a display cooking operation needs "really depends on what you're trying to achieve," says Barry Greenberg, fsd and executive chef at the Iowa Memorial Union, the student union building on the campus of the University of Iowa. "If it's a one-time situation or a long-term station within a designated spot—for instance, if it's a demo station that's going to be in the spot every day—then it's going to be built with equipment, hookups and things of that nature that are pre-existing. That way you're not reinventing it every single time you go out there."
Naturally, a permanent display area means a wider menu and greater flexibility—for example, the ability to barbecue or grill over an open flame. "That's not something I would want to try in the middle of the dining room somewhere," Greenberg suggests. "When it comes to live cooking versus assembly, I think that would be a good place to draw the line."
Following are common components of display cooking stations, according to Steve Shipley, director of culinary relations at Johnson & Wales Univ.:
- Induction systems come in handy, Shipley insists, "when you work at a law firm in a 50- or 60-story high-rise in New York City and you're on the 26th floor with no exposed flames allowed."
- An 8-ft., cloth-skirted table is also necessary, says Shipley.
- Induction burner and sauté pans, which need to have something magnetic in their base in order to work with the induction cooker.
- Refrigeration is "a good idea," he says. "What's important to remember is that when food is being heated you're taking it over 140°F. If you have any type of proteins such as chicken or meat you should either have them refrigerated or on ice so that they stay under 40°F."
- Having a hand sink is not a necessity, Shipley says, "but you have to have access to some type of water somewhere. Whether you're making omelets or sautéing different dishes you've got to clean those pans somehow."
- Utensils include a pair of tongs, some type of spatula, wooden spoons for stirring foods like risotto, and tasting spoons for yourself and guests. Cutting boards may also be needed, and color coded ones to help avoid cross contamination are helpful.
"A nice thing to have when you're doing display cooking is a table in front of you on which you have your display set up and a second table behind you where you can store your backup items," says Shipley. "Sometimes these display tables actually have shelves underneath where you can store plates, extra pans or other supplies."


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Annapolis police say a burglar ran out of a home after he saw the 93-year-old resident.
Officers say the woman heard noises behind her home early Saturday.
The Capital of Annapolis reports that when she went to investigate, a man in the home saw her and ran through a sliding glass door, which had been removed from its frame.
Nothing was taken from the home.
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Having a huge problem. Store and all customisation was working fine for months. no changes made but suddenly started getting apache test page for linux error. Wanted to follow instructions as suggested in the welcome.conf file but using Plesk control panel so have no access to linux files. I contacted service provider for access so i could edit using ssh client but was informed by SP that they do not provide this access. They simply stated that the reason i am getting the error is because i do not have an index.html, index.htm or index.php file in the root of my /httpdocs folder. My problem is that i never had one in there when the site worked properly so why now. Secondly if i do require one what should the content of it be. I created one as a test and added some generic html content from my define_main_page.php file and all it does is display the raw html content. its not linked to a stylesheet so obviously no formatting but the actual store does not load at all. i dont care about formatting but how do i get my template to load.
I reverted back to the classic template, created a new template, searched the forums, renamed .htaccess files etc to no avail.
Is there a way to create an index file in /httpdocs root and link it to the rest of my template files? Is that the actual solution. Forgive my ignorance but i am very new to this and know very little about web dev.
My site address is www.poor-boys.co.za.
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University of Vermont
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Gerontology (Undergraduate Minor)
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|The minor in Gerontology consists of eighteen credits. Required courses (twelve credits): SOC 020 (or HDFS 020), SOC 120, SOC 220, SOC 222. Electives (six credits): ANTH 189; HDFS 266; HDFS 152; SOC 154, SOC 254.
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|If majoring in Sociology, Sociology courses that are used for the minor are included in the forty-five credit major rule.
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MT. RAINIER - With snow beginning to accumulate and winter recreation demand starting to increase, Mount Rainier National Park staff are preparing for winter operations and visitors.
Superintendent Randy King notes that "Mount Rainier provides outstanding winter recreation opportunities and has been doing so for over 100 years. It's a wonderful time to visit the park and area, provided visitors come well-prepared for the snow and road conditions. Safe back country travel in winter requires an especially high level of preparation, caution and knowledge."
The park earlier this week transitioned to winter hours of operation and service. As in past years, the road gate immediately above Longmire is closed nightly to ensure visitor safety and the safety of park staff, including rangers and the road crew. Rangers and snow plow operators evaluate road, weather, avalanche and staffing conditions every morning in making a decision on whether it is safe to open the Paradise road above Longmire. All times are subject to change based on weather and road conditions.
Visitors planning a trip to Paradise should check for current road status and weather on the park's website.
"Due to the reduced and uncertain budget picture, we are strategically deploying available park staff and resources to provide as much access as possible," said King.
Between now and Dec. 21, the gate at Longmire will open Thursdays through Mondays, at 9 a.m. The road will close nightly at 5 p.m., with the uphill gate closing at 4 p.m. to allow time for visitors and staff to exit safely. The gate will not open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during this period.
Between Dec. 21 and the end of March, the goal will be to provide access to Paradise every day of the week. The target open hours for the road above Longmire during this period will continue as 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the uphill gate closing at 4 p.m.
The entire park is open for visitor use throughout the winter season, including overnight winter camping with a valid permit seven days a week. Overnight campers should plan their travels with an understanding of nightly or scheduled gate closures. Visitors camping at Paradise between now and Dec. 21 should not plan on driving out on Tuesday and Wednesday when the road is closed.
The Longmire area will remain open seven days a week, barring major storm events. This includes the historic National Park Inn.
For reservations at the National Park Inn, call 360-569-2275 or visit www.mtrainierguestservices.com. With the exception of the Thanksgiving and December holiday periods, general park information, including winter activity guidance, back country permits and sales of park books and maps from Discover Your Northwest will be available.
The Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise is open on weekends from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The visitor center will also be open on Thanksgiving and the Friday that follows, as well as Dec. 21 through Jan. 1. During weekdays, park rangers will be available from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Longmire Visitor Information Center (historic Longmire Administration Building).
Visitors are reminded that all vehicles are required to carry tire chains when traveling in the park, including four-wheel-drive. Tire chains are available at the Summit House in Ashford. Road conditions can deteriorate quickly at any time and mandatory chain use may be required for all vehicles.
At this time, state routes 123 and 410 remain open, depending on changing weather conditions. The Stevens Canyon Road east of Paradise, the White River, Sunrise and Mowich Lake Roads are now closed to vehicle access for the winter, but remain open to winter recreation.
Visitors are encouraged to obtain up-to-the-minute updates on road conditions and restrictions by calling the park at 360-569-2211 for recorded information.
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Orange County Early Voting Hours Extended Sunday Following Judge's Ruling
Some voters had faced waits several hours long on Saturday, the last scheduled day of early voting. The judge ruled on a lawsuit filed late Saturday in Orange County after an early voting site was shut down for several hours. The Winter Park library was evacuated when a suspicious package – a cooler – was found outside. It was later detonated by a local bomb squad.
Bill Cowles, the Orange County elections supervisor, said that voters who show up on Sunday will be asked to use a provisional ballot because the Republican Party of Florida had appealed the decision. The extra hours will be offered at just the Winter Park library.
The state party also filed a federal lawsuit Sunday morning seeking more voting time in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
Voting in Miami-Dade County didn't wrap up until around 1 a.m. Sunday because voters standing in line when the polls closed were allowed to vote.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson as well as other Democrats asked Gov. Rick Scott this past week to use his emergency powers to extend early voting. The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature last year cut the number of days available for early voting from a maximum of 14 days to eight days.
Scott and state election officials, however, turned down the extension requests. Secretary of State Ken Detzner maintained that there was not a true emergency that justified the extension.
The federal lawsuit says counties should offer absentee ballot voting at local election offices if early voting cannot be extended.
Christina White, deputy supervisor with Miami-Dade County, said the county had already planned to accept absentee ballots for four hours at its main office.
Absentee ballot voting differs from early voting in that voters must fill out their ballot, place it an envelope and then sign it. The ballot envelopes are opened later and then fed into voting machines.
During early voting, voters place their ballots directly into the voting machines.
The Orange County lawsuit asked that early voting be extended at Winter Park and that the court ask local television and radio stations to let voters know about it.
The lawsuit included sworn statements from several voters who said they waited in line for hours and were turned away because voting was suspended at the site. A volunteer with the campaign of President Barack Obama said that the crowd of voters dwindled from 300 to just 40 after voting was halt


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Intl Trademark Law (LAW-646-001)
Pre-req: Trademark Law or IP Law or IP in Cyberspace
This course concerns the international system regulating the protection of trademark rights. It focuses on the principal international conventions in the field of trademarks, but we will also look at select regional and bilateral agreements. The course considers jurisdictional issues, anti-dilution, geographical indication protection, domain names and the protection of famous marks. We will also consider comparative trademark law for particular issues.
Prerequisite(s): U.S. Trademark Law (LAW-609) or Intellectual Property Law (LAW-670) or Unfair Trade Law (LAW-689) or permission of the instructor.
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WORKSOP Air Cadet Kieran Simcox has brought home a selection of swimming medals.
In September 15-year-old Kieran represented Air Training Corps 303 Worksop Squadron at The Wings swimming competition. Here he broke the Wing backstroke record which Worksop Squadron has held since 2004. He brought home two gold medals and a silver.
Next he represented the Wing at the regional swimming competition, claiming a gold medal for backstroke and two silvers.
Then on 27th October Kieran represented the entire Central and East Region at national corp level, winning two more silver medals.
"It is a great achievement and the whole squadron is very proud," said Flight Lt Carl Leadbeater.


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It's looking more and more like a boat.
The covering boards, or long decks, cover the spaces between the sheer clamps and the long carlins. They are made from book matched resawn cedar slices finished to 3/16 inch thickness. Their undersides are sealed with a coat of epoxy. They are attached with epoxy and brass escutcheon pins.
After attaching the covering boards, four knees are added as additional framing for the short decks. They are spruce. Epoxied and screwed to the bulkheads and long carlins.
The upper short decks complete the closing of the watertight compartments. They too are made from book matched resawn cedar slices finished to 3/16 inch thickness. Their undersides are sealed with epoxy. They are attached with simple household caulk and screws. No epoxy here because they might need to be removed occasionally.
Being a slow and deliberate builder is paying off. All of the recent work has moved along well with no time spent in the moaning chair. Most pleasing was avoiding inadvertent damage to the very thin very pointy ends of the upper deck boards.
Next come:
- Coamings
- False stems
- Backrest (The seat is the bottom of the boat, no raised seat in this canoe.)
- Footrest
- Finishing (outside painted, inside and decks "bright")
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Andrew Fisher, chief executive of national IFA Towry, has lambasted rival advice firm St James's Place (SJP) over its transition to the retail distribution review (RDR).
Speaking at a Marketforce conference on the future of distribution, Fisher said tied network SJP would continue to remunerate its advisers with commission after the RDR.
Fisher (pictured) said the RDR had focused on distribution, how products were marketed to clients rather than enhancing the advice process, and predicted a second piece of regulation from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) called the retail advice review.
He said that it would be necessary for more regulation post RDR because 'you're not going to get the whole industry to change overnight'.
'One of the most financially successful [firms] in financial services today is a network of ARs, which operates entirely on commission and will continue to do that next year, which is St James's Place.
'Their movement towards the RDR has been brilliant in terms of changing the word commission to fee which is quite extraordinary.'


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"Neither a borrower nor lender be." This is obviously advice debt lenders shun, and for good reason. E-tailers have a reputation for short lifespans, and even smaller promotional budgets. But if your business needs a financial boost, what can you expect a lender to look at? The devil, it seems, is in the details.
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It was of great interest when the TP printed an article saying the Saints and Mayor Nagin are pushing the State on pursuing the creation of a park that would allow for true tailgating outside of the superdome. The state and city own 25 acres between Poydras St. and Broad St. that could be converted into a park that could be used for many purposes in that area of the city. The main focus would be to have a place where Saints fans, Tulane fans, Sugar Bowl fans, and Super Bowl fans could gather before and after games to tailgate, including actually cooking outdoors. This is a dimension that the superdome has lacked since 1975 upon opening and if created, would give fans a place to gather in true tradition as football is done all over the United States Of America. The most interesting part of the article was that since the land is already owned, this project could be done in first class fashion for as little as ten million dollars and done on a shoe string budget of three million dollars for a bare bones facility. Also, another 25 acres of adjacent property owned by individuals would be available. Ten million bucks for a state of the art 25 acre park seems like a heck of a deal. A blighted area of fenced in concrete turned into a beautiful natural green space. Imagine gathering with friends and fellow fans as you tell stories while sipping on a cold one with the smell of bbq smoke drifting by while you are kicked back in the SHADE. Does this idea make to much sense are what? The cost is less than a first round rookie signing bonus. Maybe if the state can't come up with money Mr. Benson might do so if given the rights to concession outlets placed within the park. Heck, 25 cent port a potties alone would pay for this in a short time by themselves. Pay for air conditioned booths might help. Hot tubs?
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Tailgating In The Park
Bumping an old thread here guys but thought this was a GREAT idea at the time and still do. Haven\'t heard another peap about it since then and now with the state crying about the payment due the Saints we probably won\'t ever again.
This would be great for downtown New Orleans and give Saints and Green Wave fans something they don\'t have now, a great pre and post game area to tailgate. This seems like such a small investment to compliment the dome.
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coondoggie writes: "When it comes to relatively new technologies, few have been developing at the relentless pace of mobile. But with that development has come a serious threat to the security of personal information and privacy. The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report on mobility issues and said less than one-third of Americans feel they are in control of their personal information on their mobile devices."


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The Scholar's Dashboard project is a series of three two‐day "design and build" workshops, teaming humanities scholars, librarians, and technologists in innovative application development to optimize use of humanities collections from the Digital Resource Commons (DRC).
Dashboard users will select and combine collections, add descriptions and metadata, and re‐visualize and re‐present information. DRC collections with relevant information (oral histories, narratives, records, documents, images, e.g.) will form the design base. "Design and build" workshops allow researchers and scholars to specify features needed to rapidly expand DRC functionality.
We're not looking only for experts, or only people who have extensive experience in the digital humanities. We're also looking for people who are curious and willing to talk through the challenges that we face in making Ohio's digital resources accessible and useful to humanities scholars.
- Workshop 1: Space. How can we best analyze and visualize the spatial distribution and dimensions of the artifacts in our collections, of their creators, and their content? November 8 and 9, 2012.
- Workshop 2: Time. How can we best analyze and visualize the chronological distribution and dimensions of the artifacts in our collections, of their creators, and their content? February 7 and 8, 2013.
- Workshop 3: Identity and community networks. How can we best analyze and visualize the ways that artifacts, their creators, and their content were or are socially and culturally embedded? April 4 and 5, 2013.
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IPEVO P2V is a sleek, affordable ($69) and powerful document camera that is also highly portable. This is very high on my Edtech wish list. If you can't wait for funding to come through for technology into your classroom or an ELMO, this might be a nice solution.
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VICTOR — When Kyra Stuart bought a pony as a Christmas present for her 13-year-old daughter, Heidi, she never fathomed that one day the pair would help create and run the area's most prestigious equestrian eventing competition.
After wet field conditions canceled last year's program, the Cosequin Stuart Horse Trials in Victor returned last weekend and celebrated its 25th anniversary in eventing. More than 250 riders from 15 states and Canada competed over the course of three days, July 11-13, in what is often called the triathlon of equestrian sports, combining show jumping, cross country racing and dressage.
The event, which had its inaugural year in 1990, would not be possible without Heidi Stuart Vahue, who is both the organizer of the trials and the inspiration for creating them.
"My mom really started this whole baby. She had the vision," Vahue said. "But it came from both of us going and competing. She would come with me to my events and we would pick the best things from this event, the best things from that event, and we put it all here."
The 100-plus acres of land that host the Stuart Horse Trials are lent to the event by seven landowners, but the majority of the land is owned by Ebets and Tom Judson. Ebets Judson has deep roots in the Mendon Pony Club — her father was the founder — where Vahue happened to train as a young girl.
As Stuart tells it, when the club was looking for land to train for competition the Judsons offered up their property, and the rest is history.
"It started off as just the schooling course, somewhere we could practice before we would compete," Vahue said. "Then we thought since we have this course, we might as well compete."
The first event, featuring about 70 riders, took three years to plan and featured only novice- and training-level competitors. The event has grown every year since then, Stuart said, and the 2014 event had more than 250 riders competing at the beginner novice, novice, training, preliminary and intermediate levels.
"It's grown every year and we really never do anything quite the same twice," Stuart said. "At least a third of our cross country fences are different and new each year. It keeps it fun for the riders who come back."
Riders competed Friday in the dressage category, where the rider leads the horse in making particular movements within an arena. Riders Saturday raced the cross-country course — the heart of eventing — which involves steep inclines, riding and jumping through water and fast speeds. Saturday and Sunday competitors took on show jumping.
"Our course is very unique," Stuart said. "In the whole country there is not probably one with what we call horse moguls — it's a result of the glacier formation between the Great Lakes and the Finger Lakes — and these little upheavals make it marvelous for the animals."
Landowner Ebets Judson could watch the event from her own home, as the cross country course is right in her backyard. She even opens her garage to store food and drink for the patrons tent, just a few hundred yards away, and to volunteers who are set up with computers to update the website with the latest scores in real time.
"It's been a community effort," Judson said. "It's sort of a special neighborhood, especially when it comes to this time of year."
Judson said the course has become known as a top conditioning course, which brings in top riders year after year looking to test their horses and bring them to the next level.
One of those top riders who had spectators in a frenzy this year was Olympic gold medalist Phillip Dutton, who competed with seven different horses at the trials. Dutton is also a member of Team USA and will compete at the 2014 World Equestrian Games later this summer in Normandy, France.
Planning the event that brings in more than 15,000 spectators and more than $1 million in economic activity to the area is a year-long process, Vahue said. Keeping up with changing safety protocols and international rules, plus fund-raising and promoting the nonprofit event, take a dedicated team.
Vahue said during last weekend's event she was already taking notes on how to make it better for next year.
"The thing I like about the event is it's now something the whole community looks forward to," Vahue said. "We do try and bring in pieces of the community and different things for different people who may not like horses even. I think we have something for everyone."
Stuart Horse Trials results
Following are the results from the Stuart Horse Trials, held this past weekend in Victor. Ribbons are awarded to first through sixth place in each division.
CIC2 (cross country): First place — Phillip Dutton, atop Fernhill Cubalawn (2-6 - Dutton atop Atlas, Jennie Brannigan atop Henry, Dutton atop Fernhill Fugitive, Holly Payne atop Santino, Jennifer Clover atop Scimitar II)
CIC1: First place — Nilson Da Silva, atop Cash (2-6 - Drew Keller atop Detailed Just Right, Barbara Allen atop My Main Man, William Coleman atop Luckington, Carrie Mulks atop High Octane, Carolyn Wehle atop Foghorn J. Leghorn)
OPEN INTERMEDIATE: First place — Phillip Dutton, atop Mansfield Park (2-6 - Dutton atom Seems Ready, Janelle Phaneuf atop Irish Ike, Dutton atop Get Ready, Mara DePuy atop Coolcorron Kinsale, Rebekah Smith atop Jazz King)
OPEN PRELIMINARY A: First place — Jennie Brannigan, atop Celtic Heritage (2-6 - Erica Jarrell atop Uni Sprite, Mckenzie Bennett atop Leap of Faith, Mara DePuy atop Congo Brazzaville C, Dick Bayly atop Cool Jack, Jorgen Olijslager atop Northern Quest Lady's Man)
OPEN PRELIMINARY B: First place — Mara DePuy, atop Chequers Macon (2-6 - Kelly Suit atop Prince Cavanagh, Marcia Kulak atop Cool Connection, Hanna Krueger atop Pinney North, Lindsay Alberts atop Top Gun, Renee Fancher atop Vertical Limit)
OPEN TRAINING: First place — Marilyn Payne, atop Safe Harbor (2-6 - Jennie Brannigan atop As Cool as Ice, Shanon Baker atop Bangarang, Valerie Vizcarrondo atop Good Intentions, Kathryn Lasher atop Silver Surfer, Bridgette Kuchta atop ATF Special Agent)
SR. TRAINING RIDER: First place — Donna White, atop High Stakes (2-6 - Kim Ciulla atop Lena's Lost Sock, Stephanie Roberts atop GonnaGetMarried, Cindy Welch atop Just Jack, Barbara Hyams atop Honey Locust Rembrandt, Brandon McMechan atop Oscar's Wild)
Y.R. TRAINING RIDER: First place — Ali Scannell, atop Epona (2-6 - Ciara Tonno atop Athene Noctua, Fylicia Barr atop Galloway Sunrise, Greta Muxworthy atop Rasmus Fang, Nicole Carolan atop Topgun, Olivia Greene atop Casino Royale II)
JR. NOVICE RIDER: First place — Ben Leahy, atop Exeter's Independence (2-6 - Alexandra Peterson atop Willie Wiggins, Alexa Gartenberg atop Mister Mowgli, McKenna O'Neill atop Shamrock's Shadow, Paris Beddingfield atop Northern Spy, Chloe Celani atop HEZA HIDDEN BREEZE)
OPEN NOVICE: First place — Carol Kozlowski, atop Main Attraction (2-6 - Jennie Brannigan atop Class Century, Kozlowski atop Hideaway's Ness, Gwendalyne Lehari atop Invictus, Brannigan atop Mixed Blessing, Jason Racey atop Casino Royal)
SR. NOVICE RIDER: First place — Sarah Fischetto, atop Sin Fallo (2-6 - Marcy Lewalter atop Arctic Whirl, Rebecca Barber atop Mr. Popps, Kristie Wells atop Temple, Anne Mortimer atop Gatatea HU, Greta Muxworthy atop Kallie)
JR. BEG. NOVICE RIDER: First place — Tobin Calder, atop Big Ben (2-6 - Andrea Shill atop Riff, Jessie Schwartz atop Adanax, Aubrey Wagner atop Model American, Isabel Giordano atop DaVinci, Olivia Hayes atop Mint Julep)
OPEN BEG. NOVICE: First place — Holly Payne, atop Money to Burn (2-6 - Anne Eilinger atop Diamond's Leap, Olivia Lapham atop Trial by Fire, Jennifer Fair atop Andeken, Brigid Williams atop Dashing Darius, Samantha Galway atop Kili)
SR. BEG. NOVICE RIDER: First place — Sterling Campbell, atop Top Gun (2-6 - Laura Mack atop Bananen Po, Lauren Sara atop H.W. Beckett, Kristina Kleeh atop Everlasting, Bonnie Thorman atop Delia, Lisa Devlin atop Cinemax Impressive Doc)
Stuart Horse Trials: World-class equestrian event in Victor is a family affair
VICTOR — When Kyra Stuart bought a pony as a Christmas present for her 13-year-old daughter, Heidi, she never fathomed that one day the pair would help create and run the area's most prestigious equestrian eventing competition.


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My shoppe http://www.shop.sabbykatdesigns.com Sells my own graphic art designs to other artists who need such pieces for their own art projects.
The issue that we believe we will run into is pricing. Because we want to keep prices lower, so that people get more for less, and because we are using Paypal as our only payment source, we have had to make some decisions regarding payment options between their regular business payment processing ($.30+2.9% per transaction), and the microtransactions payment processing ($.05 +$.05 per transaction; which is really only worth while if the majority of your sales will be under $10.00 each).
The way to remedy this, we believe is to get customers to pay for more items with each purchase. Rather than do this, mostly because I feel uncomfortable pushing my products on someone before they're ready to buy it on their own choice, We've decided to create a program called SabbyKash (a play on the name of our art shoppe).
Basically, what we would do is this:
Sell customers gift certificates that are instead called SabbyKash. SabbyKash sells at a rate of $.01 per unit. (On a base 100 system where one SabbyKash is equal to one penny.) we then plan to upsell our SabbyKash by giving clients free SabbyKash when they purchase set amounts as seen on the website SabbyKash
I've tested most of it out, and the plan works great. We simply go through all SabbyKash purchases then manually distribute the bonus SabbyKash through the email function.
BUT...cosmetically, it's not working.
1. We have to use the Category "Gift Certificate"
2. We have to use the Model "gift_cert" (I've used the correct one, just can't remember it at the moment).
3. My attributes lable is "Gift Certificate"
Now, does anyone know if there is a way to clean these up so that they read "SabbyKash" and don't break the Gift Certificate distribution coding? Would we be better off completely changing the gift certificate feature to a SabbyKash feature through the core coding? I'm not sure where to go from here because I don't want to break the GV program code and delivery...
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It is understood Fisher Funds international investment strategy has been dealt a blow with the imminent departure of star portfolio manager, Ken Applegate, and his US-based colleague, Scott Brown.
Both Applegate and Brown joined Fisher in 2007 as the fund manager branched out from its traditional asset class of Australasian equities. The move also coincided with the launch of Fisher KiwiSaver product, adding an important dose of diversification away from the Australian and NZ share markets.
Fisher has since broadened its offering even further, launching conservative and fixed income products over the last couple of years.
The transition to a more traditional diversified funds management group has been spurred mostly by the extraordinary growth of Fisher's KiwiSaver scheme. Fisher has leapfrogged local, and international, rivals in the KiwiSaver league titles with a few opportunistic buy-outs (notably the $191 million from the Huljich scheme last year for about $20 million) as well as impressive organic growth.
The alleged departure of Applegate and Brown, however, would leave the Fisher international equities portfolio in limbo. Fisher is somewhat unusual in running an international equities book from New Zealand, albeit with assistance from the San Francisco-based Scott. The normal funds management practice in New Zealand is to select offshore managers to look after global share investments.
However, Fisher isn't alone in managing international equities from NZ. Tower, for example, brought most of its global shares management in-house last year.
According to the 2011 Fisher KiwiSaver report, just over 33 per cent of the scheme's growth fund is invested in global shares. Assuming the same ratio still holds, the international equities portfolio would represent approximately $175 million of the total $530 million in the Fisher KiwiSaver scheme.
Applegate is also responsible for managing the listed Fisher international shares vehicle, Marlin.
It is understood Fisher has already engaged a headhunter to find a replacement for Applegate.
Fisher Funds boss, Carmel Fisher, was not available for comment prior to press time.


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Ken Ober, MTV's 'Remote Control' host, dies
By Rick Porter
November 16, 2009 12:04 PM
At first blush it looked like the latest fake death rumor on the Internet: According to sketchily sourced reports, Ken Ober, the comedian best-known for hosting MTV's late-'80s game show "Remote Control," had died.
Sadly, though, this rumor turns out to be true. Ober's reps confirm that he passed away over the weekend at the age of 52. No other details were available late Monday morning.
Ober had worked as writer and producer on Comedy Central's "Mind of Mencia" in recent years and also did a stint as a consulting producer on "The New Adventures of Old Christine" in 2006. He also worked behind the camera (and occasionally in front of it) on his friend and "Remote Control" announcer Colin Quinn's show "Tough Crowd" earlier in the decade.
To legions of Gen-X'ers, though -- people like me -- he'll be remembered as the host of "Remote Control," the TV-obsessed game show that aired on MTV from 1987-89 and featured such categories as "Brady Physics" and "Dead or Canadian." It also helped introduce Adam Sandler to the world; he worked as a writer on the show (so did Denis Leary) and played the recurring on-screen characters Trivia Delinquent and Stud Boy.
Take a look at Ober in his "Remote Control" element from 1988 (footnote: Contestant Zachary is, at least according to the person who uploaded the YouTube video, future "X2" and "Incredible Hulk" screenwriter Zak Penn).
Ken Ober, MTV's 'Remote Control' host, dies - From Inside the Box - Zap2it
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Hello Youssef,
I am also wanting to improve mine. I have read a lot of articles about this from the Web and commonly they say to improve your english speaking and writing you will need to think english frequently.
To improve speaking, you can do the following:
- Watch english movies.
- Listen to an english radio station.
- Speak english to practice using it.
- Talk to a an american or to a person who knows how to speak english. You can share ideas to each other.
To improve writing, you can simply apply the above mentioned and to read frequently.
These are some of the things that you should apply to your life style and there are a lot more you can do. You can browse the Web and do chat to english speaking people as well.


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Pettis County Emergency Management Prepares for More Severe Storms This Afternoon
Mother Nature has unloaded rain across Missouri for the last 24-36 hours. According to Pettis County EMA Director, David Clippert, three to four inches of rain fell in Pettis County within a period of two hours this morning (April 3). We've had five to six inches of rain since yesterday.