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1st Earl of Leicester and Count of Meulan (Mellente), Seigneur of Beaumont, Pont-Audemer, Brionne, and Vatteville. He was a Norman nobleman. He was with William the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066. He distinguished himself early in the day by a charge on the right wing in which he was the first to break down the English palisade. "A certain young Norman soldier, son of Roger de Bellomont and nephew and heir to Hugh, Earl of Mellent, making the first onset in that fight, did what deserveth lasting fame, boldly charging and breaking in upon the enemy with the regiment he commanded." In 1068, he was rewarded with large grants in Warwickshire. About 1080, through the right of his mother, he succeeded to the county of Meulan (Mellente) in Normandy that had been his uncle Hugh's. In 1089, on the death of William the Conqueror, he and his brother espoused the cause of William Rufus, and were afterwards high in his favor. He succeeded his father to the family fiefs of Beaumont and Pont Audemer and became a powerful vassal in England, Normandy, and France. In the struggle between Robert of Normandy and William Rufus he sided actively with William in Normandy. In 1097, when William Rufus invaded France to recover the Vexin, he threw in his lot with his English lord, and by admitting him to his castle of Meulan (Mellente), he opened the way for William to Paris. He then became the king's chief advisor. On August 2, 1100, he and his brother were present at the king's death, and both accompanied Henry I in his hasty ride to London. Henry I probably created him earl of Leicester, but, being already count of Meulan, he was never so styled. He adhered firmly to Henry in the general rising that followed, and became his trusted counsellor. In 1104 he was one of the Norman barons who adhered to Henry on his arrifval in Normandy. He was present in the KingÕs army at Tinchebrai, September 28, 1106. "He impressed the imagination of his contemporaries by his unbroken prosperity under successive kings, by his steady advance in wealth and power, while those around him were being ruined, but above all by his unerring sagacity." He was described as "a cold and craft statesman" and was appealed to "as the Oracle of God." He is said to have introduced the fashion of a single meal in a day in place of "the Saxon profuseness." He was almost the last survivor of the Conquest generation. He had five daughters and three sons.
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May 19, 2013, Kingston, Ont (ISN) – Turkey won the last two sets to defeat Canada 21-25, 25-19, 17-25, 25-15, 17-15 on Saturday in the third and final match of a three-match series between the two countries in men's volleyball.
The Canadians, preparing for the FIVB World League tournament which starts May 31 against the Netherlands in Quebec City, had won the opening two matches earlier this week at the National Training Centre in Gatineau, Que.
Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon led the Canadian attack with 16 points while Dallas Soonias of Red Deer, Alta., and Rudy Verhoeff of Calgary added seven apiece. Head coach Glenn Hoag continued to provide court time to most of the players as he evaluates for the World League.
Steve Brinkman of Bowmanville, Ont., a veteran of more than 200 international matches, is excited about this upcoming season with Team Canada.
"It's better than ever," said Brinkman, who won a league title with his pro team in China this past winter which also included Team Canada captain Fred Winters. "This is a team that is on the rise. The more we play, the better we get and playing in World League is going to help us even more towards our ultimate goal of qualifying for the 2016 Olympics."
Adam Kaminsky of Chatham, Ont., who spent the winter playing pro in the Czech Republic is also confident Canada will have plenty of success in 2013.
"We have a good summer of us," said Kaminsky. "We have a great mix of veterans and youngsters and we can certainly help each other out. For the veterans one of our biggest roles is to bring stability."
In the World League, Canada will play the Netherlands on May 31-June 1 in Quebec City then travel to Mississauga, Ont., for matches June 7-8 against Portugal and June 14-15 against South Korea.
Canada travels to Finland for matches June 28-29 and Japan July 6-7 to conclude its preliminary round schedule.

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Please note, these stories are for the most part unedited, and do not necessarily represent the FFF's opinions. They are also not political statements – this is an arena for people to share their thoughts, and I hope we can all give them the space to do so.
The last FFF Friday of 2011 comes from Ella Blood, who is a frequent and valued contributor here at FFF and also on Bottle Babies. Her story highlights the point that not only is breast not best for every mother, the saying is also incorrect for some babies. As she says in her story, what happened to her daughter is a unique case – but all babies are unique in some way, and what makes us good parents is our willingness to be flexible and adjust to our children's individual needs.
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Germany complains to U.S. about alleged monitoring of Merkel's phone
Germany on Wednesday became the latest nation to express outrage at alleged American spy practices, accusing the National Security Agency of possibly monitoring Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone.
Merkel's office made the accusation in a statement that began: "The federal government has received information that the mobile phone of the federal chancellor is possibly being surveyed."
The statement said Merkel had phoned President Barack Obama about the possible monitoring and told him the practice was unacceptable.
The White House confirmed the call and said Obama had assured the German chancellor that her phone wasn't being monitored. But the German statement made no mention of those assurances. It called monitoring the cellphone of the leader of a friendly country "a severe breach of confidence."
"Such practices should be stopped immediately," the statement said.
The German allegations come a day after Mexican officials reacted angrily to reports that the NSA had hacked into the email account of its president and two days after France summoned the U.S. ambassador to explain news reports that the NSA had monitored more than 70 million French communications, including the phone calls and emails of political and business leaders.
What precisely sparked the German pique wasn't clear. The German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported that the country's Federal Intelligence Service had brought the matter to Merkel's attention after the magazine alerted it to the information.
But the magazine didn't say how it had come by the information or whether it had been included in documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the source of many recent Der Spiegel reports about NSA surveillance.
"The unusually strong reaction from the chancellery was prompted by Spiegel research," the magazine reported. "After the information was examined by the country's foreign intelligence agency, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the Federal Office for Information Security, Berlin seems to have found their suspicions plausible enough to confront the U.S. government."
NSA surveillance programs for Internet and cellphone communications have been the subject of bitter German commentary since they were first revealed in June, especially among residents of the former East Germany, who are only two decades removed from the tyranny of the Stasi spy organization. Earlier reports had alleged that 500 million electronic communications from Germany had been captured and stored in NSA databanks.
Online comments Wednesday took Merkel to task for waiting to issue a tough denunciation of U.S. practices until she herself was the victim of alleged spying. Germans have been upset for months about the idea that someone was intercepting their communications. The matter has been the subject of numerous political talk shows and news programs, and over the summer television commercials encouraged viewers to sign up for an email service that at no time passes through servers in the United States.
The statement, issued by Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert, said that part of the phone conversation with Obama involved Merkel asking for answers to questions that Germany originally had posed when the NSA program was revealed in June.
The statement seemed to suggest that an unsatisfactory answer might endanger U.S.-German intelligence sharing. "Being a close ally, the federal government expects a clear contractual base for the practices of the services and their collaboration," the statement said..
The outrage from Germany sounded familiar.
Mexico warned Tuesday that the reported surveillance of top Mexican officials might sour security cooperation between the countries.
Reading a statement in Geneva, Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade noted that the NSA allegedly had hacked into email accounts belonging to President Enrique Pena Nieto and former President Felipe Calderon.
"Shared security within a neighborhood that is respectful and jointly responsible cannot be built by breaking the law and violating the trust," Meade said. "Mexico is convinced that such espionage constitutes a violation of the standard, an abuse of trust built between partner countries, and dishonors the historic friendship between our nations."
That followed the angry response of France, where newspaper Le Monde reported that more than 70 million French phone calls had been recorded during a single 30-day period last year.
Le Monde reported that some phones were recorded automatically, and the NSA gathered text messages based on keywords. Those spied upon extended far beyond those suspected of having terrorism links and included high-profile business people, politicians and the French administration.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault demanded "clear answers, justifying the reasons these practices were used and above all creating the conditions of transparency so these practices can be put to an end."
James Clapper, the U.S. director of national intelligence, issued a statement late Tuesday denying the report: "The allegation that the National Security Agency collected more than 70 million 'recordings of French citizens' telephone data' is false."
His statement went on to note, however, that he wouldn't discuss "the details of our activities" but that whatever information was gathered is essential "to protect the nation, its interests and its allies from, among other things, threats such as terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction."
On Wednesday, Carney was asked about his use of the word "monitoring" in his remark that "The United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor" and whether that didn't leave the door open to the possibility that the NSA, as part of a broader sweep, had picked up some of Merkel's communications.
"As we've said in the past, you know, we gather foreign intelligence just like similar agencies of other countries," he said. "But we are working to, as the president has said, to review the way that we gather intelligence to ensure that we properly balance both the security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that everyone shares."
Lesley Clark contributed to this story from Washington.


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The race begins at 10 a.m. and will wind its way through spectacular Indian Creek Canyon in the height of the fall colors. The course begins at Newspaper Rock and finishes 6.2 breathtaking miles later, near the Dugout Ranch at the mouth of the canyon.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech soccer team will wrap up its regular season schedule this weekend when it hosts Southeast Missouri and travels to face Ohio Valley Conference leader UT Martin. The Golden Eagles are fighting for their playoff lives, trying to earn one of just six postseason berths to the OVC Tournament.
Tech controls its own destiny this weekend as they try to solidify their first postseason appearance since 2009. It's as simple as this; if the Golden Eagles win both matches this weekend, they make the tournament. If they lose one, they don't. Of course there are always other scenarios that involve ties and tiebreakers, but Tech knows that its always best to control your own destiny.
"We've got two must-win games this weekend, to use the old cliche, to get into the playoffs and survive the regular season," said head coach Daniel Brizard. "SEMO is going to be tough. They started off a bit slow but they've picked it up and they're sitting around at sixth in the standings. We have to beat them in order to give ourselves a chance going into Sunday."
The Golden Eagles' match-up against Southeast Missouri marks the last home match of the season. Game time is set for 3 p.m. CT at the Tech Soccer Field. Tech will then travel to Martin, Tenn. to take on the first place Skyhawks and earn a playoff spot. The match will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
"We need to play well as a team," said Brizard. "We need to impose ourselves on our attack and move forward. We need to connect well on our passes. We can't get strung out on our attack and leave gaps in our midfield that they can exploit, because they will. We're looking for consistency in our play through both halfs on Friday and hopefully can take that into Sunday against who I believe will be the regular season champs."
Scouting Southeast Missouri
- Southeast Missouri is 4-9-4 on th year, grabbing ties against Saint Louis, Evansville, UT Martin, and Belmont.
- The Redhawks have earned a 3-3-2 mark in OVC play this season, earning a key tie against Belmont last weekend.
- Friday's match will mark the 15th meeting between the two teams with SEMO owning a 5-8-1 advantage.
- In last season's match, Southeast Missouri defeated the Golden Eagles 3-0 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
- Torey Byrd leads SEMO in goals this season, scoring three. She is tied with Courtney Luehmann and Jacey Boyko with six points for the team lead.
- Renee Kertz owns a fantastic 0.83 save percentage this eason, racking up 68 saves.
Daniel Brizard on the Redhawks
"I think SEMO is very blue collar and hard working. They'll likely attack us in a 4-3-3. They'll pass the ball around, but I think they're a lot like us. They like to hold possession of the ball, but if they see the quick strike they're gonna go for it. SEMO lost some players from last year due to graduation, so they have a chance to be a real wild card this year. It hink it will be a good physical conference match. They need a win just a bad as we do to help stay alive. We just have to play our game."
Scouting UT Martin
- UT Martin owns a 9-5-3 overall record this season.
- The Skyhawks lead the OVC race, sitting at 6-1-1 in conference play with the sole loss coming at SIUE.
- Sunday's match will mark the 17th meeting between the two teams, with Tech owning a slight 8-7-1 advantage.
- UTM defeated TTU 2-0 in last season's meeting in Martin, Tenn.
- Saphyra Coombs-James leads the socring race for UT Martin, notching eight goals this seson, along with four assists for a team leading 20 points.
- Mariah Kelenke leads the Skyhawks saving efforts, leading the team with 70 saves and four shut-outs this season.
Daniel Brizard on the Skyhawks
"UT Martin is always physical as far as working hard and getting 50-50's. They're a real hard working team. I think they'll play a little more direct into the forward's feet. They play a lot more longer balls than SEMO, but I think they'll still be a 4-3-3. We'll just have to deal with it and hope that we can put a good performance forward on Sunday."


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The recent Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford event focused on Big Data, the next "next big thing." Analysts are saying that going forward, companies will differentiate on how they handle data. Photo: Reuters
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The fuel pump's main responsibility is to deliver gas from the fuel tank to the fuel injectors. The pump must deliver the right amount of fuel and at a high enough pressure to keep the engine running smoothly in all conditions.
How does the fuel pump work?
Fuel pumps on most cars and trucks use an electric motor to drive a fluid pump. The pump can be either inside or outside the fuel tank. Either way, the fuel is sucked out of the fuel tank and pushed through a line to a filter, and then to the fuel injectors.
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Tax Collector/ Town Clerk Anne Clark has tendered her resignation effective Monday, July 23 and was accepted by the board of selectmen. We wish Anne the best in her new endeavors.
This unexpected resignation along with the discovery by the board of selectmen that the deputy tax collector will be absent for an extended period, has left the town challenged in manning that office.
Michelle Beauchamp has been appointed to the position of tax collector/town clerk until the next election cycle. But, until such time as she is certified by the state DMV the office hours may be modified on certain days due to lack of coverage. "We will attempt to minimize the impact of those seeking to register their vehicles. We ask for understanding as we try to rebuild that office in the coming weeks."
In other news, residents at the recent selectmen's meeting included, Lue Snyder, Mark McGowan, Steve Elliott, Steve Noury, Alan Akerstrom, Jennifer Duprat, Nick Marique, Susan Brown, and Karen Brown.
The board met with the recreation commission, representatives from American Powerboat, antique cars, and antique boats to discuss the previous Summer Kickoff.
They reviewed the events and procedures and some discussion on how to improve the event. It was noted that the "No Pet Policy" and the "No Smoking Policy" at the town's beach needs to be clearly outlined for Powerboat Association members. Members had not been informed prior to the event and there was unintentional instances of violations. Paper work will be distributed next year explaining the town's policies.
Antique Boats representative expressed concerns regarding the boat dock, they felt that it was too short and owners of antique boats, as a rule, do not like to scrape the bottom of their boats on a sandy beach. There was some discussion about alternatives to launching and docking antique boats. The representative mentioned the possibly of next year's event having a special race between the fire chief, police chief and the board of selectmen. There was no immediate takers from the selectmen.
There will be more marketing of this event for next year now that everyone has had a favorable experience. It was noted that the event was well received and will be repeated next year. The food pantry received over $1,000 in food donations.
Fire Chief Nick Marique noted that the Powerboat Association should have a certified EMT on board their rescue boat.
The board accepted the submitted names for membership to the Town House Stewardship Committee. According to the town's web site the following are committee members, Tom Gray, Bobbie Dunton, Susan Brown, Brandy Banks, Bob Carrier, Bob Naeger, John Katwick and Rusty Martin.
The board discussed the proposals for sewer manhole rehabilitation. It was agreed to allow the sewer plant operator, Dale Sprague to expend up to $850 per manhole , using a vendor of his choice.
There was some discussion regarding the expenditures of the welfare department, noting that it has become an area of prime concern. Strafford County (CAP) will be asked to attend a meeting with the board to discuss concerns in nonpublic session.
Selectman, Bob Srnec told the group that he was concerned about the negative numbers on the budget spreadsheets, noting that this throws off his spreadsheets. The town administrator and the bookkeeper will review the sheets and make correction where necessary.
After some discussion with regard to Lockhart Field it was agreed to return the care of the Field to the parks and recreation department. In 2011 the board had turned the care of Field over to the Teneriffe Club.
The Farm Museum is offering a summer day camp program for children ages 7 to 11 years of age on Wednesdays from 9 am until 3 pm. August 1 and August 15, younger's will meet and learn about all the farm animals, collect eggs, pick berries, make butter, card wool, hike the trails and help pick the harvest. Campers to bring their own lunch.
August 8 will be Victorian Day. Time travelers will see the farm animals, collect herbs for tea, play croquet do fern and flower prints, art and nature hikes. The cost is $35 per day, members will pay $30 per day. These programs are directed by professional educators and have limited enrollment of 10 to 12 children.
The NH Farm Museum if a non-profit educational institution dedicated to preserving, promoting and interpreting New Hampshire's rural life and agriculture heritage. The Museum is located on Route 125 in Milton. For more information call 652-7840.
Senior Citizen Bingo will be held Sunday, July 29 beginning at 1 pm. Doors open at 11:45 am. Steamed hot dogs, chips, soda and cookies will be available for a donation. According to the town's newspaper, state law requires players to be 65 years or older to play senior bingo.
Clark resigns as tax collector, town clerk
Tax Collector/ Town Clerk Anne Clark has tendered her resignation effective Monday, July 23 and was accepted by the board of selectmen. We wish Anne the best in her new endeavors.


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Throughout my personal fat acceptance journey there have been small moments of victory that I actually realized were victories at the time. The time where I tossed a size 10 sequin raincoat – I fit for all of ten minutes back in 2002 – into the donation pile without one second of, "Well, maybe I could work out a bit more and…" or evicted that pair of tiny pants draped sinisterly over my bedroom door. Times where I didn't hold up an OBVIOUSLY too small sweater and wonder if I could make it work and instead actually listened to the screams of protest coming from the region just south of my neck.
Paring down my closet so it only housed items I could fit at that very moment was revolutionary for me. As I was given – like many women – to having what I termed a Kirstie Alley closet, named after reading about the wide range of sizes housed in her own wardrobe. Purchasing clothing in my actual size isn't the struggle it was during my college years, nor does it fill me with the kind of hopelessness it once did. I can't believe I used to torture myself with jeans that had no hope of ever making it north of my ankles and then get mad at my body rather than the damn pants.
And for all that progress there was still one remaining dragon: magazines.
Long after I was healing and accepting my body as is, I was still buying magazines that suggested otherwise. You know the ones. The ones with pictures of a giant, juicy cake underneath fantagical claims such as, "Drop all the weight you want by ___! (whatever holiday was two hour away)". The ones with a celebrity airbrushed from here to ya ya talking nonsense about healthy eating plans and sensible exercise programs.
For some reason I still bought and collected these magazines even though I knew better and despite their presence making me feel worse. I carried them to the gym and read them during workouts, thus making them drudgery rather than pleasurable. Instead of raging it Big Willie Style I was raging it Big Whiny Style, not seeing the disconnect between my feelings and my actions.
Even after I started blogging here, I was still BUYING those damn magazines. While not actively engaging in hot buttered diet fail, actively purchasing those magazines was highly problematic. I could talk all the fat acceptance I wanted, but I was kidding myself as long as some part of me felt compelled to buy those four dollar tomes of false promises and shame.
One afternoon while engaging in some minor craft fail and The Last Dragon on Netflix instant view I decided to purge my place of those magazines. I grabbed stacks and stacks and began dumping them into my blue recycle bin. Kept at it until I had reclaimed the space under my bathroom sink and three shelves in my linen closet.
I made four trips to the dumpster singing the chorus of Rhythm of the Night and I felt fucking good slaying the last dragon.


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With sixty per cent of the state in drought and a hot, dry season predicted, Queensland Fire and Rescue Service predict an increasing risk of bushfires for Queensland in the summer months. How prepared are you for a bushfire?
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"The reason why you should prepare a Bushfire Survival Plan is because circumstances in bushfire events can change very quickly, very dynamically and without warning.
"A Bushfire Survival Plan will give you the ability to plan if your intention is to leave or if your intention is to stay."
Mr McCormack says preparing around your home prior to the bushfire season may help reduce the risk to your property.
"To prepare your property for the threat of bushfire, you need to look at the risk around your home.
"The biggest fuel trap in any home is the gutter. Clean your gutters on a regular basis."
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Team co-captain ... Recipient of Harvard's Henry Zimmerman Free Throw Accuracy Award ... Started all 30 games ... Finished second in the nation in free-throw shooting (.926) and set a new Harvard single-season record for foul shooting ... Scored 10.1 points per contest overall and averaged 9.8 points per game in Ivy League contests ... Shot 49 percent from the field during the regular season and hit 46.2 percent of its 3-point attempts overall ... Reached double figures 17 times, including a stretch of seven straight games Dec. 29-Jan. 28 ... Was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field and from the free-throw line and finished with 10 points and five assists in win over Holy Cross (Nov. 17) ... Dished out five assists, grabbed seven rebounds and chipped in seven points at Bryant (Nov. 24) ... Netted 17 points on 3-of-3 shooting from beyond the arc, to go along with five assists in victory over Colorado (Nov. 28) ... Dished out seven assists and came down with four rebounds against Fordham (Dec. 1) ... Handed out six assists at Michigan (Dec. 4) ... Scored a season-high 20 points, making four treys and hitting all eight free throws against WPI (Dec. 7) ... Hit three shots from long range and finished with 11 points and five assists in win over Boston University (Dec. 11) ... Recorded three steals at No. 4 Connecticut (Dec. 22) ... Made two treys and was 6-of-6 from the line for 14 points against Monmouth (Dec. 29) ... Shot 4-of-6 from the field for 12 points and handed out four assists against MIT (Dec. 31) ... Scored 12 points on 3-of-4 shooting and was 5-of-5 from the line in win at Boston College (Jan. 5) ... Hit 3-of-6 shots from the floor, went 4-of-4 from the foul line, scored 12 points and handed out three assists at Dartmouth (Jan. 8) ... Connected on 4-of-6 shots, tallied 16 points and made three steals in win at George Washington (Jan. 15) ... Buried 9-of-10 free throws en route to 12 points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds in comeback win over Dartmouth (Jan. 22) ... Tallied 17 points, making nine free throws, in win over Columbia (Jan. 28) ... Hit the game-winning shot with 11.5 seconds left in 83-82 double-overtime win at Penn; also had four assists and six rebounds (Feb. 5) ... Shot 6-of-7 from the floor for 15 points and collected six boards in victory at Columbia (Feb. 19) ... Scored a team-high 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting and made five steals and handed out four assists at Brown (Feb. 25) ... Made four baskets, including two from long distance, for 12 points in win over Penn (March 4) ... Made a season-high 10 foul shots on 10 chances and finished with 15 points to help Harvard top Princeton to win share of Ivy crown (March 5) ... Made two treys, was 4-of-8 from the field and hit all three foul shots for 13 points in Ivy League playoff against Princeton (March 12) ... Shot 4-of-8 from the floor and scored nine points at Oklahoma State in NIT (March 15).
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Recipient of John Harnice '84 Spirit Award ... Played in all 29 games, starting 19 ... Led Harvard in free-throw percentage (.833, 55 of 66) ... Averaged 22.6 minutes and 7.0 points per contest ... Scored 11 points and went 6-6 from the free throw line in season opener at Holy Cross (11/13) ... Played 41 minutes and scored 17 points in triple overtime win over William & Mary (11/15) ... Had nine assists and no turnovers in 24 minutes against UNH (11/25) ... had a career-high three steals with 13 points in 28 miuntes against Rice (12/2) ... Was 3-of-3 from the flloor with two triples for eight points and four assists in 17 minutes at Columbia (1/29) ... Came off the bench to shoot 4-5 from 3-point range for 14 points in 20 minutes against Penn (2/06) ... Hit a free throw shot with 1.4 seconds in regulation to send the game into OT in a win at Yale (2/12) ... Scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half against Columbia (2/20) ... Handed out four assists and netted 14 points against Brown (2/21) ... Dished out four helpers against Appalachian State in CollegeInsider.com Tournament (3/17).
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Appeared in all 28 games and made three starts at point guard including the season opener ... Averaged over 23 minutes per game and showed the ability to make big shots ... Connected on both of his first collegiate free throws while adding four points and three rebounds in first collegiate game and start at New Hampshire 11/19 ... Had six points at Colorado 11/22 ... Started the first three games before being limited due to an injury against Army ... Was 4-for-8, including 4-of-5 from inside the arc, for eight points to go with three assists in 24 minutes against BU 12/3 ... Hit a late jumper that gave Harvard the lead for good in a 67-64 win at Colgate on 12/6 ... Was 2-of-2 from 3-point range and had four assists in 20 minutes at George Washington on 12/13 ... Scored 10 points with five at the free throw line (5-6) at Maine on 12/21 ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on 1/12 ... Was 10-of-11 from the free throw line and hit a clutch 3-pointer in a victory at 17th-ranked Boston College on 1/07 ... Hit the game-winning shot with 13 seconds to play at Dartmouth on 1/10, which was one of two late jumpers as the score changed hands several times in the final minute of play ... Scored 16 points in a season-ending win at Yale.
Son of Vicki and Rich ... Four-year letterwinner and two-year starter for The Branson School as a point guard and shooting guard ... Also was a four-year starter on the school's soccer team as a striker ... Captain of the basketball team as a senior ... Part of three-straight league and Division V state championship teams ... Three-time Marin County Athletic League first team selection ... Teams posted a combined 129-12 record during his four-year career ... Two-time California Division V Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... Two-time All-Metro selection by the San Francisco Chronicle and was the newspaper's Player of the Year as a senior ... Spent the summer of 2007 working in New Orleans for Habitat for Humanity ... Is an avid collector of athletic shoes ... Great, Great Grandfather, Herman T. Baldwin graduated from Harvard in 1891 and received a medical degree from Harvard in 1894 ... Great Grandfather, Clarke T. Baldwin graduated from Harvard in 1922 ... Great Grandfather, Peter Rodes, was the football captain for Navy's 1913 season when the Midshipmen went 7-1-1 ... Grandfather, Clarke T. Baldwin, Jr., graduated from West Point in 1943 and was the captain of the polo team ... Brother, Xander, is a junior on the basketball team at the University of Denver.
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WORCESTER, Mass. -- Brandeis University junior starter Mike Swerdloff (Scarsdale, N.Y./Ardsley) staked the Judges to a 5-2 lead with seven strong innings, but the host Worcester State University Lancers ralled with three runs in the eighth and another in the ninth to walk off with a 6-5 win today.
The Judges (6-25) scored in the first inning when rookie 2B Tommy McCarthy (Yonkers, N.Y./Fieldston School) came home on a wild pitch. They tripled the lead in the second inning on a successful squeeze bunt by rookie 3B Rob Trenk (West Orange, N.J./West Orange) and an RBI single by senior C Kenny Destremps (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee), his fifth in the last two games. Brandeis had a chance to add to the score after McCarthy singled to load the bases, but WSU hurler Jared Kuzio induced a ground out to escape further damage. McCarthy made it a 4-0 game with an RBI single in the fourth inning.
Worcester State (6-18) finally got to Swerdloff for a run in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out RBI single by LF Cody Osburn. The Lancers added an unearned run in the fifth when Swerdloff committed an error on the first hitter of the inning, who came around to score three batters later. With the score 4-2, the Judges added a run in the seventh on a two-out triple by senior CF Zach Malis (Merrick, N.Y./Bellmore JFK). After Swerdoff set the Lancers down in order in the bottom of the frame, the Judges were six outs away from a second-straight win.
Unfortunately for the visitors, WSU rallied, getting two singles to lead off the eighth. After Brandeis sophomore Colin Markel (Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale) got a flyout to center for the first out of the frame, the next two Lancers were more successful. Catcher Joseph Carlier tripled to center to make it a one-run game, while Osburn followed with a sac fly, also to center, knotting the game at 5-5.
Osburn got his chance to help his team on the hill as well in the top of the ninth, retiring the side in order with two strikeouts. In the bottom of the frame, the Lancers worked three walks against Judge senior Alex Tynan (Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat), loading the bases with one out. Tynan induced CF Jeff Bolio to ground to first, but third baseman Dan Ubele beat the throw home to give WSU the walk-off win.
Brandeis was paced at the plate by Destremps, who went 3-for-5 with an RBI, and Malis, who was 2-for-5 with a double and a triple - the Judges' only extra-base hits - and an RBI. McCarthy and sophomore Pat Seaward (York, Maine/York) also had two hits. On the hill, Swerdloff went seven innings and allowed seven hits. He struck out three and walked none in his fourth seven-inning outing of the season. Tynan suffered the loss and fell to 0-2 on the season.
WSU only had two multiple hitters, as their top two batters, 2B Nick Geziotis and Bolio each went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Osburn earned the win as nine different Lancer pitchers tossed an inning each.


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AN ERGON ENERGY employee has died after being bitten by a deadly snake while working in central Queensland.
The Yeppoon crew leader Andrew Vaughan was working through dense bushland on Friday with a backhoe operator trying to beat a path to a pole that needed maintenance.
During the work, Mr Vaughan lost contact with the crew, who raised the alarm as soon as they realised, according to an email sent to Ergon Energy staff by the operations executive general manager, Peter Billing, who called the death ''tragic''.
Mr Vaughan was dead by the time he was found after a huge search by police, SES volunteers and Ergon Energy employees. It has been confirmed by Ergon Energy he died from a bite of a taipan, pictured.
''His death is a shock to us all and the organisation continues to support his family and workmates,'' Mr Billing said in the email. ''We are staying in contact with Andrew's wife and family and offer our continuing support.''
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has launched an investigation into the death and Ergon is holding an internal investigation.
Mr Vaughan's funeral will be held this Friday at Yeppoon.
''The incident is a reminder to us all of the potential dangers our people in the field face every day while undertaking their job,'' Mr Billing wrote.


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The evergreen Hussey, who continues to flourish at 37, just months younger than Ricky Ponting who called it quits earlier this month, said he wanted to spend more time with his four young children, who are all aged under eight.
"The Sydney Test against Sri Lanka will be my last Test match for Australia and I'm going to retire from international cricket at the end of the Australian summer," he told the Nine Network.
"I was quite excited to tell them (children) that I'm not going to go away and play for Australia any more."
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Hussey's retirement will leave a huge hole in Australia's lower batting order ahead of next year's back-to-back Ashes away and home series against England preceded by a tour to India in February-March.
Hussey said the final straw was the realisation that a long Test tour of India no longer excited him.
"The clincher for me was when when I started looking ahead to the Indian and Ashes series," Hussey told Australian Associated Press.
"I didn't have the excitement and buzz about facing the challenges of those two tours that I felt like I should have. So for me that meant that I was making the right decision. They're two tough tours where you're away from home a long time."
Hussey has scored 19 hundreds in 78 Tests and averages 51.52.
Hussey's recent form has been outstanding and he has been averaging 180.00 after two Tests in the current series against Sri Lanka. He said any Test match is a stressful experience, but next week's third Sydney Test could be different.
"I feel like I can come into this last Test match with no pressure whatsoever," he said.
"I can just really go out there and enjoy it."
Australia have already clinched the three-match series against Sri Lanka with huge wins in Hobart and Melbourne.
Hussey, who made his Test debut at the late age of 30 in 2005, has become Australia's 12th-leading runscorer with 6183 runs at 51.52.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said Hussey would be a huge loss on and off the field for Australia. "Michael Hussey has been a vital contributor to many Australian team wins over his very successful Test cricket career," Sutherland said.
"Affectionately known as 'Mr Cricket', he has always been thoroughly committed to meticulous preparation and the highest levels of physical fitness, which have in turn delivered consistent performances in all forms of the game.
"An incredibly reliable player and leader within the Australian cricket team, Michael will retire from Test cricket with a record that puts him amongst the very best Australian batsmen of all time."
Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) president and former Australian fast bowling great Dennis Lillee said Hussey was an ornament to the game.
"He is the ultimate professional, one who left no stone unturned in being the best in all of the areas that he could possibly be," Lillee said.
"He is a great exponent of all forms of the game, but it is his Test cricket skills that excited me as he could play with his back to the wall and be aggressive -- or a combination of both -- at the flick of a switch.
"He will go down as one of the all-time greats for WA and Australia." (AFP)


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Haynes:TypeIIS Assembly
by Karmella Haynes, 2013
Principle: The familiar "BioBrick cloning" enzymes (i.e., EcoRI, NotI, XbaI, SpeI, PstI) are Type II restriction enzymes, which cut the sequences that they specifically bind to. The Type IIS Assembly method uses a Type IIS restriction enzyme, which binds at a specific sequence and cuts at a non-specific location exactly five base pairs away. As a result, the enzyme cleaves away its own binding site and leaves behind the most useful feature of assembly, sticky overhangs. When designed properly, Type IIS sites can be used to perform seamless assembly of parts. As an added convenience, this protocol allows cutting and ligation to occur in a single tube, as a single reaction. Thus, gel purification steps can be eliminated.
This protocol uses the Type IIS restriction enzyme BsmBI (CGTCTCn/nnnn).
Use PCR to prepare the parts
- Multiple parts can be assembled in one step.
- Parts and the destination vector should be amplified by PCR.
- Make sure that none of the parts/ vector have any BsmBI sites!
Digestion/ Ligation Reaction
1. Dilute the purified PCR product to 20 fmol/μL
- Measure ng/μL of the purified sample.
- Use the following formula to calculate the volume of purified DNA (x) you will need to dilute in a final volume of 20 μL
- Formula: x = 20 μL final volume * 20 fmols/μL * length in bp * 650 fg/fmol ÷ 1,000,000 fg/ng ÷ measured ng/μL
2. Golden Gate Reaction
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Thermal cycling
- [45°C, 2 min.; 16°C 5 min.] x25
- 60°C, 10 min.
- 80°C, 20 min.
3. Transformation
- Add total volume (10.0 μL) to 50 μL chemically competent cells (e.g., BL21) in a 2.0 mL tube.
- Incubate on ice for 2 min., heat shock at 42°C for exactly 90 sec., immediately place on ice.
- Add 800 μL sterile SOC medium.
- Grow with shaking at 37°C for 30 min.
- Pellet the cells at top speed in a microcentrifuge for 3 min. at room temp.
- Discard the supernatant. Resuspend the cells in 100 μL LB + antibiotic.
- Plate cells on pre-warmed LB agar + antibiotic. Grow overnight at 37°C.
- Quick-transormation (e.g., DH5α-Turbo) is not recommended


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Sugar: A Bittersweet History offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us savour every day yet know little about. Impressively researched and commandingly written, this thoroughly engaging book follows the history of sugar to the present day. It is a revealing look at how sugar changed the nature of meals, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, generated a brutal new form of slavery, and jumpstarted the fast-food revolution.
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Tuesday that the level of its surveillance on the H7N9 avian influenza strain will return to normal, ending the operation of its H7N9 Central Epidemic Command Center.
The CDC's latest assessment found no evidence that there will be widespread human-to-human transmission, CDC Director-General Chang Feng-yee (張峰義) said.
"The risk of the disease spreading widely in Taiwan via humans in the near future is considered low," Chang said.
The mortality rate of H7N9 remains the same, at about 30 percent, but its relatively limited human-to-human transmissibility has made pandemic control more manageable, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Liu Ting-ping (劉定萍) said.
Liu said the risk of a massive local outbreak is now seen as low.
At the moment, there is a higher likelihood that cases will be imported from China, Liu said.
To date, a total of 574 suspected H7N9 cases have been reported to the CDC and infections have been confirmed in two imported cases from China since the disease broke out there in March last year.
Since April 14 last year, a total of 420 H7N9 influenza infections have been confirmed around the world, according to the WHO.
All of the cases have been either Chinese nationals or originated in China. Related disease monitoring will not stop and will be handled during regular conferences held by the Executive Yuan, Chang said.
The H7N9 command center opened on April 3 last year and has operated for 374 days, making it the nation's longest-serving disease control unit, Chang said.
One of the most important tasks the command center accomplished in response to the H7N9 outbreak is a ban on the slaughter of live poultry at traditional wet markets that became effective on May 17 last year, Chang said.


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Treasure Cave Introduces Four Crumbled Blue Cheese Flavors
Treasure Cave Crumbled Blue Cheese now comes in four flavors: Chipotle Pepper, Southeast Smoked, Southwest Chipotle and Black Bean, and Zesty Buffalo Wing. Developed and marketed by Saputo Cheese USA Inc., the new flavored crumbled cheeses come in either 4.5 or 5.0-oz. plastic tubs and are designed to be merchandised in the self-service deli case with other premium and specialty cheeses.
The Chipotle Pepper variety is blue cheese infused with rich notes of hickory smoke and a zesty blend of onions and spices for a south-of-the-border taste sensation. Southeast Smoked is packed with the rich, slow-cooked taste of natural smoke flavor, while Southwest Chipotle and Black Bean combines hints of garlic, green pepper and onion. And last, but likely the most traditional flavor combination, Zesty Buffalo Wing was inspired by the perennially crowd-pleasing appetizer. It has a cool taste sensation with the power and punch of buffalo wing sauce.
A single serving is about a fourth of a cup, or 28g, and contains 100 calories and 8g of fat. The company says the cheeses are great toppers for chili, salad and soup. They can also be combined with cream cheese and sour cream for dips and sandwich spreads. The suggested retail price is $3.99.


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Membership in the Student Assembly is automatically granted to all APHA student members. However, APHA members who are not students are welcome to join as well.
Today, the Student Assembly has upward of 7,000 students and young professionals in a variety of health professions among its membership. Guided by its mission and vision, the Student Assembly works to build capacity for a stronger public health workforce and infrastructure in the future.
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Once a staunch opponent of embracing Steve Jobs as the savior of publishing, Time has signed up to sell magazine subscriptions through Apple's newsstand.
Apple and Time made the announcement Thursday, which will make 20 magazines from Sports Illustrated to People to InStyle available for purchase and download on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
The nation's largest magazine publisher joins the likes of Heart and Condé Nast who already have deals to sell magazine subscriptions through Apple.
Time had initially refused to work with Apple in part because of a series of restrictions the company places on subscription sellers using its platform, including take a cut of the subscription price.
The deal is one of the first major moves by new Time chief executive Laura Lang, who took over the company in January.
Apple has also eased some of its restrictions at it faces competitions from other tablet-makers and Amazon.


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Tuesday morning as East Coast residents woke to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the pleas were already being made for blood donations, funds donations, and other ways for those of us who can to help our fellow Americans.
The Wall Street Journal has an article listing the ways people can help from the Red Cross to the ASPCA, to help with pets stranded during the storm.
Coming on the heels of one of the worst blood shortages ever, national leaders are urging donations to the American Red Cross, which collects funds and coordinates blood donations. The organization sheltered more than 3,000 people across nine states during the worst of the storm. You can donate $10 by phone by texting the word REDCROSS to 90999.
To schedule a blood donation, a search for blood drives by zip code shows several upcoming drives in the region over the next several days.
For more information about how to help, check out the National Service Blog from the Corporation for National and Community Service (serve.gov).
No doubt there will be more news over the coming months as the effects of this storm continue to ripple out.
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Olympic athletes on China, boycotts
The International Olympic Committee this week sent out a statement by its Athletes Commission, following a meeting they had in Lausanne, on the ongoing isssues surrounding the Beijing Olympics.
Here is their statement:
"In 2001, the International Olympic Committee voted to award the Olympic Games in 2008 to Beijing, China. We believe the rationale for that choice – that the bid was the best one, technically excellent and that the Games should be brought to a country where one fifth of the world lives – was a sound rationale then, and remains sound today. Indeed, some of our Commission members were members of the IOC at the time and fully supported the choice of Beijing and still do.
The Olympic Games are an event that allow athletes from across the globe to show us a world as it can be when people come together peacefully to celebrate their commonality rather than focus on their differences. We believe firmly that sport has, over the past seven years of Games preparation, served as an entry point to allow a growing understanding between China and the world and vice versa. Of particular note is that in the past weeks three World Championships, which by the way are also the test events for the Olympic Games, have been staged smoothly and successfully. There can be no better way to encourage China's change and celebrate the positive steps already taken, than to engage through sport. And no better way than through the Olympic Games, watched by billions around the world, and millions who will come to Beijing.
We are all of the wholehearted belief that boycotts are pointless and senseless – and only hurt the athletes. Some of us know this through bitter, personal experience. Others know it through our friends. We are heartened by the fact that the futility of boycotts is recognised by the majority of governments and organisations around the world. We note, however, that in some quarters there are those who chose to play with the idea of boycotting the Opening Ceremony. On this point, we would like to stress that for each of us individually, parading for our country at the Opening Ceremony was a key moment of pride, the memories of which we remember fondly today; athletes who have this opportunity ahead of them will doubtless recognise how special this moment will be for them. The Olympic ceremonies, like the Games, are for the athletes; it is for the athletes that the crowd in the stadium cheers and the supporters watch on TV screens around the world. Having heads of state, government and sports ministers alongside the general public in the stadium is a sign of support for their athletes.
Athletes have a right to express themselves, and plenty of opportunity to do so ahead of and during the Games. Typically, however, they are focused on how to achieve sporting success. They have trained years for their moment and deserve to experience it without being burdened with geopolitical issues – no matter how important those issues might be. Athletes from 205 different countries and territories compete against each other at the Olympic Games. This is why our event has regulations in place to discourage its politicisation. With so many issues and conflicts in our world, if we allow our event to be the place to raise them, this would change the essence of what we are there to do – to compete athlete against athlete in a spirit of respect, friendship and fair play. Athletes have the right not to express themselves – and certainly the right not to feel obliged to do so. It is normal that the majority of athletes will simply want to be allowed to focus on their preparations and their competitions. We support and defend them in this right.
With only three months left until the Olympic Games, we are excited and eager for the start of the event. The Torch Relay, which heralds the Games, and symbolises our values and dreams, has not had the peaceful passage it deserves. We are truly saddened by this. Violent protests around the Olympic torch are totally counter to the values the torch stands for. The torch, which does not belong to any country but rather to the world, represents Olympic values – nothing else, and should be allowed to pass peacefully. We do not want to see it mistreated nor exploited.
As National Olympic Committees make the final selections for the teams they will field in Beijing, we would like to wish athletes around the world the best of luck in the final qualification processes. This is your moment to shine on a world stage, to enjoy the experience and to know that you will be part of history. We can tell you from our experience that you will be warmly welcomed in Beijing by the Chinese people. We can also reassure you that the Organising Committee is paying the necessary attention to managing the air quality and that your health is of great importance to it. We believe today, as much as we did back in 2001, that Beijing 2008 will be a great success, giving Beijing and China the opportunity of a positive legacy they can manage and sustain. We, your representatives, along with your National Federation, your National Olympic Committee, and of course the International Olympic Committee are here to guide and advise you. Good luck!"
Commission members present: Sergey Bubka – track and field, Lee Kyung Chun – Short track speed skating, Robert Ctvrtlik – Volleyball, Yaping Deng – Table Tennis, Rania Amr Elwani – Swimming, Frank Fredericks – track and field, Hicham El Guerrouj – track and field, Barbara Kendall – Sailing, Ljiljana Ljubisic – track and field, Mireya Luiz Hernandez – Beach Volleyball, Alexander Popov – Swimming, Peter Tallberg – Sailing, Pernilla Wiberg – Alpine skiing, HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein – Equestrian (by telephone), Charmaine Crooks – track and field (by telephone)
Excused: HSH Prince Albert II – Bobsled, Manuela Di Centa – Cross country skiing, Saku Koivu – Ice hockey, Rebecca Scott – Cross country skiing, Jan Zelezny – track and field.


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Happy Park(ing) Day
What does it take to turn parking spaces into lively public parks? Not much, it turns out.
One day a year, in cities throughout the country, parking spots take on a whole new meaning. Simply by paying the parking meter and rolling out some grass, residents claim these spaces as public parks—and have their say about how small but precious pieces of urban real estate are used.
To view the photo essay, click here.
"That's public space. Nobody can use it." That was one Portland city official's response when Mark Lakeman and his neighbors first began building unauthorized gathering places in their neighborhood in 1996. Now, together with the City Repair Project, he's transforming the way the city thinks about public gathering places.


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Ex-reality TV dad Jon Gosselin said he isn't a deadbeat despite claims by estranged wife Kate that he drained their joint bank account of hundreds of thousands of dollars and left her -- and the kids -- broke.
"I pay $7,500 per month for the kids, utilities, two mortgages and everything else that needs to be paid," he told "Entertainment Tonight" in a new interview. "I'm not the bad guy here."
A tearful Kate Gosselin said yesterday she was worried she'd be unable to provide for her eight children because the divorcing dad allegedly withdrew $230,000 from the couple's joint bank account.
"When you've left their children and their mother unable to pay for the roof over their head, it's unacceptable," Kate told "Today" show.
Jon said the charges were bogus. He also claimed in the new interview he halted production of the family's new TLC reality show -- "Kate Plus Eight" -- because he thought it was harming his eight young kids.
"Right now, my kids are coming off TV," he told ET. "I'm not the bad guy here. I'm the one trying to protect my children -- that's called being a parent. I'm protecting my children. I need to pull them off television so we could work this out."
Gosselin, 34, insists he wants to try to repair his relationship with Kate despite the allegations that he was playing to the media while he bilked the family out of cash.
"If you fix the relationship, everything else will come," he said. "You won't have to worry about everything else."


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This piece was initially published at LobeLog. Please check it out, as it's an indispensable source for foreign policy news and analysis. You won't regret it!
The annual Israel-Congress orgy dubbed as the AIPAC Policy Conference kicked off today. It might just as well be called the War on Iran conference — that's sure to be the
issue that dominates the proceedings. The US-Israel relationship is taking the second spot. And the Palestinians? More than ever before, they will be invisible.
There are a few sessions at the conference that deal with Israel's occupation of the West Bank in very general terms. But Iran will be the focus, as evidenced by related bills which AIPAC had some of its most loyal members of Congress introduce in advance of their lobbying day. Those bills work to give Israel a green light to attack Iran if it feels the need to and puts the "special relationship" between the US and Israel on paper.
Last week a Senate resolution was introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ). The two senators are widely known as AIPAC favorites and have led bipartisan actions like this in the past, working with AIPAC quite closely to develop legislation favorable to the lobbying organization. The resolution states that if Israel decides to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear weapon, this would be considered an act of self-defense and that "…the United States Government should stand with Israel and provide diplomatic, military, and economic support to the Government of Israel…"
The bill is a "sense of Congress" resolution, so it is not binding; hence the word "should" rather than "will" is used. Still, it is a very clear expression that the Senate expects and desires that President Obama provide a full range of support to Israel in the event of an Israeli attack on Iran. It certainly sends a signal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he will have Congress behind him if Obama tries to restrain Israel from taking such a step. While the bill's wording clarifies that it should not be understood as a declaration of war in the event of an Israeli attack, a commitment to military support of Israel in the event of a purely Israeli decision to attack Iran could well amount to the same thing. Continue reading


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I set the table using my own Anna Weatherely china plates from our wedding that are a lovely soft blue with a gold rim. Each place setting got a cupcake (on a stand, of course) and a place card with a Seaside Folded Card.
I created a very, very easy centerpiece by filling the table with white hydrangeas in drinking glasses. I love how it filled the table in a mass looking very impressive... but was literally the easiest centerpiece I'd ever made. I used 12" Hand Dipped Taper Candles in Navajo Cream in my pewter holders, but the Seaside color would've looked great, too.
You can see the mass of hydrangeas from this angle. If I had tried to put all 8 of them in just one vase, it would've looked nearly as full or impressive.
Here is the recipe for the yummy Wedding Cake Cookies.
LaMarca Prosecco sent me this beautiful bottle that inspired this post! Love this for a Bridal Shower or gift for the wedding toast.
These mini bottles make a perfect parting gift along with my "Wedding Cake Cookies."
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Govt savings bodies close to saturation point with NZX shares
Jan.18 (BusinessDesk) - Government pension and savings funds collectively own more than 5 percent of 47 companies listed on the NZX and more than 10 percent of 17 companies.
The analysis of combined market power of Accident Compensation Compensation, New Zealand Super Fund, Government Superfund and National Provident Fund is disclosed in an annual portfolio report by Treasury's Crown Ownership Monitoring unit.
The level was not excessive but there was limited scope for more investment, given the size of the NZX, the report said.
"This means CFIs would need to look at private market opportunities in which to invest or move to a more passive approach in investing in New Zealand equities."
The review also discloses $199.2 million of expenses, including staff costs, to manage the Crown financial institutions' (CFIs') funds in 2011/12, $110.7 million of which for the Super Fund.
The analysis found they had $3.5 billion worth of investments as at June 29, 2012, equal to 6.3 percent of the NZX's capitalisation and 9.6 percent of its freely floating capital.
"Where the combined holding across the CFI portfolio totals more than 10 percent there is potential for CFIs to represent a significant percentage of voting rights should they each choose to vote in line with each other," the report said.
The reality is that they employ external managers, which limits their ability to work together.
CFI's collectively own 15.6 percent of Skellerup, 14.4 percent of Auckland International Airport, 13.9 percent of NPT, 13.5 percent of Restaurant Brands and 13.2 percent of Ebos.
Kathmandu, Fisher & Paykel Appliances, Kiwi Income Property Trust, AMP NZ Office, Diligent, Infratil, DNZ Property, SKY City Entertainment, Argosy, Nuplex, Pumpkin Patch and NZX itself are also on the list of combined holdings in excess of 10 percent.
The aggregate $3.5 billion worth of shares in NZX-listed companies as at June 29, 2012 is up 30 percent from the level as at November 30, 2009.
The ACC, which managed investments in house, was the most efficient of the CFIs in terms of investment management costs.
"It is encouraging to see that over the past two years the active investment strategies employed by the CFI's have in aggregate added value after fees to the Crown's CFI portfolio," the report said.


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