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Down in my area, chk a chk uh.. real shit nigga uh
It's the ROC
Yeah... Free... yea uh feel me.. Pa pause
Yo.. yo
[Verse 1: Freeway]
I was born in west but migrated to north
Remember cold nights grindin' AK in a Taurus
Four door for the stick up boys if they want war
Fiends comin' all night all I heard was four more
Rocks in the cap
When it was jumpin' me and Rell hit dances
You could pick me out the crowd rockin' the cap
But things change
Cause my man Rell fightin' a body
On State Road where it's so cold
Rockin' his blues
I roll with the ROC
Still trynna rock at a show
Shit ain't like 98' niggas pockets is low
Which way do I go?
Indictments blew over
Man whipped a few shoulders
Shovel nick boulders gettin' it slow
Me, I'm in the studio switchin' the flow
Changin' the styles
My son and daughter need pampers
Cause they just shittin' them up
And changin' the size
My man Just quipped the Jags
See the change in his eyes
[Hook: Freeway - 2X]; followed by [Rell]
And I eat, sleep, buy, sell - drugs
Cause I'm just another victim of the ghetto
When I rob, steal, lie to get money, bust slugs (shots)
Cause I'm just another product of the ghetto
[Rell] This is how it goes down in these ghetto streets
[Rell] This is how it goes down in my neighborhood
[Rell] This is how it goes down in these ghetto streets
[Rell] This is how it goes down in my area
[Verse 2: Freeway]
My man blingin' platinum wheel, platinum gat
Took a trip down south came back with platinum caps
I'm still trynna write platinum raps
But made a slight change from verse one
Started jugglin' packs
It's like I'm travelin' backwards
Rewindin' the time
Putting four on nine
Must be outta my mind
(uh) nine, get it outta my palm
Just grab four and a half get it outta my trunk
Free we need you at the studio
Out to lunch - out on the block
These niggas just pulled out on my man
And the only rock I worry bout is right on my face
We bout to go shake, rattle his block (shots) with no plans
Shots fired, cops came
But I'm a grown man
I stick around till my clip is empty
Cops threw me on the ground
When my clip got empty (shots)
Now bars is all I see a thug is all I'll ever be
[Verse 3: Freeway]
I got, 11 in I was facin' a dub, got nine left
My click show love they write back
My cousin M's son, little Di he's so grown
Said he hold chrome, run blocks, and write raps
Wrote him right back
Told him I control the bones
Try to play the phone
We could rhyme and hold wax
Leave that drug shit alone
Don't forget you grown
It'll put you places where your mind can't get you back from
Little nigga ain't write me back since
Still supply the jail
L.Pridgon you got mail
It's probably all the letters you wrote him
What you mean?
All the fucked up shit you told him
This shit from my cousin Emily I'm quotin' (uh huh)
Right out her letter
Little Di, got popped in the head trynna steal a nigga leather
That's what the cops said but the streets could tell you better
Track #11 of Philadelphia Freeway ,An Album By Philadelphia Rapper Freeway , Released Under Roc-A-Fella Records


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In Sunday school, they always made Esther out to be the biblical version of a Disney princess—young, pretty, dressed in fine clothes, and blessed, no doubt, with a fine singing voice. Her story was told as a love story, complete with a handsome but aloof Prince Charming, who picked her by means of a beauty pageant. I figured that in addition to her twelve months of beautification, Esther must have performed a talent and answered questions from a glass bowl before winning the heart of a love-struck King Xerxes.
I never learned in Sunday School that Esther, whose Jewish name was Hadassah, was drafted, along with perhaps thousands of virgin girls from Susa, into King Xerxes harem. Or that the king had banished his first wife, Queen Vashti, for refusing to publicly flaunt her body before his drunken friends. Or that, as the sexual property of the Empire and under the direction of the royal Eunuchs, Esther and the women of the king's harem each took a turn in the king's bed to see who would please him best. Or that the women received just one night with the king, after which they were transferred to the eunuchs in charge of the concubines with the instruction not to return to the king's chamber unless summoned by name, under the penalty of death. Or that Esther was likely a child of twelve or thirteen when all of this happened. Or that the text never mentions her wishes or desires because, in this culture and under these circumstances, they were inconsequential.
They left those details out of the flannel graphs.
Esther may have been a queen, but she wasn't the queen of our Western, Disney-influenced imagination.
Her story takes place in an ancient Near Eastern culture that regarded women as property, a culture in which Jews like Esther were struggling to retain their identity and safety amidst the violence, power, excess, debauchery, and volatility of the Persian Empire.
Like many of Scripture's most interesting and influential women, Esther has been subjected to glorification, projections, and distortions through the years, but in all my years of studying Esther, I have never encountered a reimagining of her story as bizarre or as harmful as that being put forth by mega-church pastor Mark Driscoll in his new sermon series at Mars Hill.
In true Driscoll fashion, he turns Esther's story into a story about sex:
"[Esther] grows up in a very lukewarm religious home as an orphan raised by her uncle. Beautiful, she allows men to tend to her needs and make her decisions. Her behavior is sinful and she spends around a year in the spa getting dolled up to lose her virginity with the pagan king like hundreds of other women. She performs so well that he chooses her as his favorite. Today, her story would be, a beautiful young woman living in a major city allows men to cater to her needs, undergoes lots of beauty treatment to look her best, and lands a really rich guy whom she meets on The Bachelor and wows with an amazing night in bed. She's simply a person without any character until her own neck is on the line, and then we see her rise up to save the life of her people when she is converted to a real faith in God."
To compare forced concubinage to an audition for "The Bachelor," and to ascribe sexual culpability to a girl who in a patriarchal culture had no ownership over her own body and no control over her own marriage, is as bizarre as it is disturbing. It's just as ridiculous as turning Esther into a Disney princess, only Driscoll—being older than 10—has no excuse to project this strange reading onto the text. Esther is not a flawless character (few biblical characters are), but to question her basic morality like this without any support from the text or from traditional interpretations of it seems from my perspective to reveal a troubling agenda.
Is this not how women have been silenced throughout history--by rendering them either helpless princesses or dirty whores? And is this not how victims of patriarchy and male violence are treated around the world—as sexually culpable, as guilty, as "wanting it"? Will we let our pastors do this to Esther as it has been done to countless women before?
The bizarre interpretations do not end there. I have written before about how, in Real Marriage, Mark and Grace Driscoll present Xerxes and Esther's relationship as model for godly submission in a Christian home. Once again, in their attempts to try and bend the stories of an ancient near eastern culture to fit into the dynamics of a modern-day, Western, nuclear family—perhaps to simply make them more applicable to readers— they have dismissed the actual story of Vashti and Esther and replaced it with one of their own making. (In fact, in the actual story, male obsession with wifely submission is treated quite farcically!)
Now, let me be clear: I am not interested in countering these irresponsible interpretations with equally irresponsible interpretations that render Esther a feminist hero. No, as with the rest of scripture, we have to read this story on its own terms. And, like it or not, this story is not about sex, it's not about gender roles, and it's not about marriage (though these themes are present and should certainly be discussed). At the end of the day, this is a story about Jewish identity and heritage. It's a story about what it means to be Jewish in the context of diaspora. It's a story about God's preservation and providence to a scattered people, God's presence in God's hiddenness.
(Though it should be noted that at times the story is funny and satirical, with hapless characters who seem more suited for a Shakespearean comedy than the Bible. In the Jewish community, it is typically read out loud during a feast - complete with boos and cheers from the kids...which sounds like great fun.)
This may not be a theme that draws big crowds to your church on Sunday morning, but I believe it is a more faithful reading of the text. And if we're going to be faithful to scripture, we must learn to love it for what it is, not what we want it to be.
And so, in that spirit, I'd like to commit the next 5-6 Mondays to a series on Esther. We'll start with the context of the story, then move through its major movements, drawing insights each week from a variety of commentaries from both Jewish and Christian scholars. Since I am not scholar myself, I want this series to be highly interactive, so please feel free to share your own thoughts in the comment section with links to other resources, books, articles, and sermon series. I've heard of several other pastors and bloggers who are also planning to work through Esther over the next few weeks—both online and with their congregations—so I'll be keeping an eye on their work in order to share it with you.
Unfortunately, this new, distorted perspective on Esther has become too big and too popular to ignore, so the best way to respond to it is with better information. This will not be a reactive series—we'll have our own outline and go at our own pace— but rather a proactive one, in which we gather together to reason with one another and wrestle with what the text actually says.
Because we can't allow a woman like Esther to be crammed into our preferred molds—as a Disney princess, a victim, an easily-dismissed whore, a contestant on "The Bachelor," or even a feminist.
Because Esther is so much more than that.
Like every woman, and like every hero and heroine of Scripture, she is more complicated than we wish her to be.
So, what questions have you wrestled with when it comes to the story of Esther? What are your favorite resources and perspectives? What would you like to see happen with this series?
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text: It seems like it's been years since the original announcement of South Park: The Stick of Truth. In fact, most people can't even tell you when that date was and, honestly, neither can we. Numerous delays have plagued the development of the title and many have wondered if the game would ever get released. After a November announcement from developer Ubisoft seem to mark the game for deletion after what had to be the 47th delay in the game, South Park: The Stick of Truth has an official release date, and it's sooner rather than later. The title will be released on March 4, 2014, as in roughly three weeks from now. This is a heck of a 180 for the title that has seen its fair share of criticism for its delay, but if the game ends up being anywhere close to good, fans should get their barbs in now. Ubisoft has always been a company that puts the quality of the title over a release date, so time will tell whether the game is truly worth the many delays it has seen. So, standby gamers: The Stick of Truth is almost here.


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How To Search a Web Page Using Internet Explorer
Sometimes it helps to be able to search a web page for specific information; luckily, Internet Explorer lets you search a web page easily. For example, you might search a web page to find out if it really contains the information you're looking for, which is handy if your Internet search produced a lot of results.
1With Internet Explorer open and the web page that you want to search displayed, click the Edit menu and choose Find on This Page.
The Find toolbar appears.
2Enter the word that you want to search for.
As you type, all instances of the word on the page are highlighted.
To narrow the results, click the Options button. Select Match Whole Word Only to find only matches to the whole word. For example, use this option if you enter elect and do not want to find other words like electron or electronics. Select Match Case to match the case, such as the uppercase Catholic and not the lowercase adjective catholic.
3Click the Next button and you move from one highlighted instance of the word to the next.
If you want to move to a previous instance, click the Previous button. When you're done searching, click the Close button on the left side of the Find toolbar to hide it again. You can continue to display the Find toolbar if you like.
Many websites have a Search This Site feature that allows you to search not only the displayed web page but all web pages on a website, or search by department or category of item in an online store. Look for a Search text box and make sure that it searches the site — and not the entire Internet.


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The Munich Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics (MIAPP) hosts several topical programmes in astrophysics, cosmology, nuclear- and particle physics per year.
MIAPP is a centre for scientific exchange
The scientific framework of the programme is organised by renowned scientists in the field of the programme focus. They organise the schedule and create a stimulating platform for informal discussions, collaborations and creative thinking together with the programme participants.
Facts about the MIAPP programmes
- For every programme about 60-70 scientists are invited
- Each programme lasts four weeks
- A minimum stay of two weeks is required
- Every participant receives office space and stationery
- External researchers receive financial support to participate in the programmes
- For more information regarding previous programmes please see MIAPP reports 2014-15 & 2016-17 (hardcopies available upon request)
MIAPP is an initiative of the Excellence Cluster "Universe" and is embedded in the academic environment of the physics departments of both Munich universities, the local Max Planck Institutes and the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It is located at Garching Research Campus.


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The new host did a bang-up job – and is pure charm in his Monday night debut
I could be Fallon in love.
Ha, ha. But no, seriously.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, replacingjolly old Jay Leno and moving the former Late Night host up an hour on the NBC schedule, premiered Monday night, and it was a winner. It was charming.
As it should have been: Fallon, 39, is almost pure charm. He's boyish, silly, modest, eager – emerging from the set's tall blue curtain, he bowed his head and for a moment looked like Jiminy Cricket, a small ambassador of good will. And he can dance, sing and do voices just well enough without ever doing them too well, which would make you wonder why he was a talk show host instead of an actor with a sitcom.
The opening show was burdened with the mechanics of making sure everything was sufficiently big, new and heavily stamped with significant faces from show business. A parade of celebrities marched in early on, including Lady Gaga, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey and Kim Kardashian (who also sang on the Leno farewell). U2, so completely draped in the mantle of rock deity one presumes they drop down from the sky and then fly back up, performed "Invisible" on a rooftop before a beautiful Manhattan skyline streaked with the red and yellow of sunset. (Fallon is keeping the show on the East Coast.)
But the host's personality was never lost in all this: He would resurface like a boy very happy to be buried beneath too many Christmas presents.
A choreographed gag with Will Smith, "The Evolution of Hip-Hop Dancing," was ebulliently stupid. (When Fallon was still with Late Night, he and Michelle Obama famously performed "The Evolution of Mom Dancing.") There is never, ever anything wrong with stupid ebullience, especially when it energizes a format as predictable as the talk show. I also liked his brief impersonation of a Russian thug – he's adept at conjuring up a character with just a phrase, and he does it with less manic intensity than Conan O'Brien – and a segment on Olympic athletic "superlative" awards. Skeleton racer Ben Sandford was "most likely to play jazz flute."
This could be a very, very good run.


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I am not a web developer - this would be my first foray.
I can do HTML/CSS/Javascript, but never created a website for a company.
If anybody is creating a site for small company (expecting some 10-15 static pages), what kinda things would it need to have? I am thinking of the following:
- Make the eventual owner buy in his/her name: Domain name, Web Hosting package and Email package. Q - DO Web Developers generally ask their clients to buy this stuff and then ask them to share their passwords? OR - Do Web Developers ship the source files to clients so that they can upload it?
Add SEO stuff like Meta tags and xml file for crawler
Buy professional images from stock website Q - IS there is a best-practice for this step?
Add Copyright stuff. Q - ANY idea about how to do this?
Add Faceboook widgets, so people can 'like' my website.
Register website somewhere so that its searchable from multiple search-engine/yellopages. Q - DOES such a thing exist?
Please check my checklist :) and let me know what you think could be missing?


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One of my genealogical forays this summer was into DNA testing. (I'm not sure I'll post about this - I'm still trying to wrap my hear around the science of it all.) But anyway, while filling out my profile on one of the testing sites, I flipped back to check a "fact" in the Greenleaf genealogy (1896).
Regular readers will know that one of my favorite ancestors to write about is Marion Constance Greenleaf, my great-great aunt who died of typhoid in 1900.
While flipping through the preface, I found this little acknowledgment:
I like this. For several reasons. I like knowing that Marion took the time to contribute to this publication - that it meant something to her in some way. I am comforted somehow knowing that she had ready access to the family portraits, too, and was somehow able to obtain photographs of them.*
All of this was only a few years before her death, as the genealogy was published in 1896, and I like knowing that too.
* I note that the portraits don't seem to be reproduced in the version on the Internet Archive. Either they're missing from the book or weren't included for some reason. At least the first few portrait pages I looked for had only a caption - no illustration. Disappointing.


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Foreign Lottery Scams Target Older Americans
By Ian Cunningham , April 15, 2013 01:33 PM
Recently I learned the story of an Idaho man who was visiting his 81-year-old widowed mother when he noticed large amounts of cash being withdrawn from her bank account, totaling $26,000. His mother admitted that she had been sending money to Jamaica. She'd been told she had won a $2 million lottery, and all she had to do to collect the prize was pay a few taxes and fees. She even attempted to wire another $15,000, when a representative at the money transfer company intervened, warning her it was a scam, and successfully stopped her from wiring more money.
Sadly, this family's story is all too common. Foreign lottery fraud is one of the most malicious scams targeting older Americans today. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claims that lottery and sweepstakes scammers from Jamaica and elsewhere may be stealing more than $1 billion a year from Americans. But the FTC estimates that more than 90 percent of lottery scams go unreported because the victims are too embarrassed or ashamed to file a complaint.
Quiz: How prepared are you to avoid common crimes of the season? Test your scams and fraud IQ
At AARP ElderWatch in Colorado, a program with the Colorado Attorney General and the AARP Foundation, we have received 319 complaints related to these scams over the past five years. The majority of folks did not respond to the scams, which is a great thing. However, 21 percent of those approached by the scammers fell victim with reported losses as little as $20 and as much as $250,000. The estimated total amount lost during the five-year period is $786,406, and the average age of the victim was 75.
If you're concerned about protecting yourself or loved ones from foreign lottery and similar scams, or learning more about the red flags associated with these scams, I encourage you to tune in to AARP Live! on RFD-TV Thursday, April 18, 8 p.m. MT/9 p.m. CT/10p.m. ET, where AARP panelists will offer advice on how you can protect yourself from this type of fraud. One of the panelists, Nancy Mahoney, is a long-time AARP ElderWatch volunteer in Colorado who will share her experience in providing assistance to peers who have called in to the AARP ElderWatch hotline after being exposed to this scam.
As Nancy knows, it is very difficult for agencies to track down money that is wired overseas, so most people who respond to foreign lottery scams will never see their money again. As she has told many callers, no legitimate sweepstakes requires you to pay a fee upfront to collect your "winnings", and you should never wire or send money to anyone, anywhere who says you've won a prize.
Joining Nancy on-set will be AARP Indiana State Director June Lyle, Oklahoma State Director Sean Voskuhl and Vermont State Director Greg Marchildon.
Please tune it to for AARP Live! on RFD-TV, Thursday, April 18, or watch it streaming live at www.aarp.org/rfd and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aarp (click here for "by zip code" channel locator). Viewers are encouraged to phone in during the show, 877-731-6733 toll-free, to share your questions/concerns.
Photo: Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Global Photo Archive on Flickr
Also of Interest
- Protect Your Parents from Financial Fraud
- Staggering Stories of Jamaican Lottery Scams
- Join AARP: Savings, resources and news for your well-being
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Could you explain the difference between business rules and event rules? What are the differences from a business context, and when it is appropriate to use one over the other?
We recently built a sample application in IBM Operational Decision Manager for the IBM Redbooks publication Implementing an Advanced Application Using Processes, Rules, Events, and Reports. The sample application was a warranty reporting solution that processes post-puchase warranty claims for product repair. In the sample application we defined two rules:
if the value of a warranty claim is greater than $1,000 then set manager approval to mandatory
if the number of warranty claims of the customer within the last month is greater than 4 then send a request to the call center to contact the customer
From a business user's perspective, both of the above are rules. They reflect a business policy that the warranty system needs to implement. But there is a fundamental difference. The first example is a business rule and the second is an event rule. The distinguishing difference between the two is that the first has no reference to time, while the second does (for example "within the last month").
- Receives data synchronously.
- Responds synchronously.
- Is stateless.
- Is called asynchronously.
- May trigger an asynchronous response.
- Is stateful if the rule correlates the current event with any previous events.
The way we use business rules and event rules in the context of a business process is fundamentally different too. Business rules are typically called from a process in the same way any external, stateless service would be called: the process sends data to a Decision Service and receives a synchronous response.
Conversely, we can use business events to trigger a business process. The business event detects a certain situation that requires prompt action, and invokes the appropriate business process. This is an example of a sense-and-response pattern.
By combining both business rules and business events we are able to use rules to trigger business processes, and to incorporate rules that determine how a business processes should run. A powerful combination indeed.
Martin Keen is an IBM Redbooks Project Leader. He leads publications on many areas of IBM middleware. Follow Martin on Twitter at @MartinRTP.
Martin Keen is an IBM Redbooks Project Leader. He leads publications on many areas of IBM middleware. Follow Martin on Twitter at @MartinRTP.


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Fresh out of bankruptcy, GM is embracing the Net, testing a new partnership with Silicon Valley online auction giant eBay to sell cars. The experiment will start on the West Coast and spread later if it works. While dealers already list used cars for sale on eBay, GM dealers will now list new cars on eBay, where the customer can bid on them at auction or buy at a fixed price.
People have been buying cars on eBay for years. But GM, which has become synonymous for "slow to change," is at least showing that it understands how people shop for cars these days. With eBay's "Buy It Now" format, car buyers can go for a no-haggling price, or chance it in an auction.
The question is, will the transparency of the Internet cut into the profits of GM dealers? Time will tell, but I spent a couple of hours at GM dealerships today, and you could hear the crickets chirp. Customers are hardly walking onto the lot. Trying something new is probably a good idea.
The best news about this partnership? The consumer wins. If you don't get the deal you want on the lot, go online and see what you can find. Maybe, instead of feeling beaten up by your local car dealer, you can wield the auction hammer yourself.


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When Gregg Easterbrook's old "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" initially appeared on
ESPN Slate, way way way way back in the day, it seemed like a revelation, and we say that not only because of his consistently amusing (and depressing) "Arizona (CAUTION: MAY CONTAIN FOOTBALL-LIKE SUBSTANCE) Cardinals" crack.
Once it was tossed around from Football Outsiders to NFL.com back to ESPN.com, because of those famous "Kill Bill" comments — irony alert: "Kill Bill" didn't even make that much money! — it began to feel a bit more rote and tired. But we still read it every week ... or at least 50 percent of it, which is still a rather substantial amount.
Easterbrook is also famous for his criticism of the space program. Yeah! NASA sucks!
So: Do you like the Gregg Easterbrook? Do you not like the Gregg Easterbrook? Line 'em up.


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For the past week and a half, we've been hearing rumors citing various dates for the launch of AMD's DirectX 11 graphics cards? ranging from GDC in China to newly invented delays that would push the launch window in to November.
However, all of these rumors are false, given that AMD has firmed its "Cinema 3.0/DirectX 11" launch. As tradition goes, the North American launch will happen in seven weeks in San Francisco [sources disclosed Thursday, September 10th] on a very special place indeed – but we're not at liberty to say where the event will take place. All we can say is that it will be someplace that neither Intel nor nVidia would even remember.
ATI will catapult not one, but rather a complete DirectX 11 line-up into the orbit, ranging from $50 to the high end parts in their respective three-figure pricing brackets. Just like the Radeon 4000 series, consisting out of 4400, 4500, 4600, 4700 and 4800 parts, the new Radeon series will consist out of entry-level, mainstream, performance and high-end parts with one or two GPUs. Note that not all of these parts will be launched on the same day. Some parts might have to wait until Holiday season to get them in OEM-level numbers, but all in all – this is the strongest line-up ATI had in years. We might even dare to say strongest line-up ever from any GPU manufacturer.
According to information we have at hand, initial rumors about the names and specs proved true – these parts bring DirectX 11 compliancy from top to the bottom, and if you want to play upcoming DirectX 11 games [so far, there are six confirmed DX11 titles launching this year] in a budget less than $500, you have no other choice but to go ATI.
Update, July 29, 2009 08:03AM GMT – We received word that Chinese ChipHell website leaked an alleged image of a card belonging to Evergreen family. According to information at hand, the card is a little bit longer than 2900XT, and features two six-pin connectors, just like the 3870 and 4870. Truth to be told, the length of a card would imply a dual-GPU solution to us.
ATI's "RV870" e.g. performance card from the Evergreen family. Picture credit: Chiphell.


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Juror Frequently Asked Questions
Section C
1. What is a petit jury?
A petit jury, also known as a trial jury, hears evidence during a civil or criminal trial and returns a verdict. It is generally composed of 6 to 12 citizens.
2. What is a grand jury?
A grand jury decides whether probable cause exists that a crime was committed, not whether a particular party is guilty or innocent. It is generally composed of 23 citizens.
3. What is the length of service for a juror?
Petit jurors are on call for approximately one month, but they will probably not be needed every day during that month.
Grand jurors serve for 18 months, convening one time each month.
4. What does "on call" mean?
"On call" means that prospective jurors will not be asked to report to the courthouse unless their names are randomly selected to serve on a jury. But jurors are expected to be available throughout the term of their service and to report when the court calls them.
5. Why is jury service required?
The U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a jury trial in certain cases. The jury must represent a cross-section of the community in order to prevent discrimination. For this reason, citizens will only be excused from serving on a jury for a few reasons.
6. How are citizens selected for service?
A computer randomly selects potential jurors based on the Nebraska driver's license, state identification card holders, and voter registration lists. Due to the random computerized selection process, some citizens' names may be selected several times, while other citizens' names may never be selected.
7. How do you determine where jurors will serve?
Grand jurors from throughout Nebraska report to the federal courthouse in Omaha. Petit jurors report to the federal courthouse in Omaha, Lincoln, or North Platte, depending on their county of permanent residence.
Jurors who reside in the following counties serve in Omaha:
Antelope Cuming Holt Sarpy Boone Dakota Knox Stanton Boyd Dixon Madison Thurston Burt Dodge Nance Washington Cedar Douglas Pierce Wayne Colfax Greeley Platte Wheeler
Jurors who reside in the following counties serve in Lincoln:
Adams Hamilton Merrick Richardson Butler Harlan Nemaha Saline Cass Howard Nuckolls Saunders Clay Jefferson Otoe Seward Fillmore Johnson Pawnee Thayer Franklin Kearney Phelps Webster Gage Lancaster Polk York Hall
North Platte
Jurors who reside in the following counties serve in North Platte:
Arthur Dawes Hayes Morrill Banner Dawson Hitchcock Perkins Blaine Deuel Hooker Red Willow Box Butte Dundy Keith Rock Brown Frontier Keya Paha Scotts Bluff Buffalo Furnas Kimball Sheridan Chase Garden Lincoln Sherman Cherry Garfield Logan Sioux Cheyenne Gosper Loup Thomas Custer Grant McPherson Valley
8. Am I qualified to serve as a juror?
Every person is qualified unless he or she:
- Is not a citizen of the U.S.;
- Is under 18 years old;
- Has not lived in Nebraska for one year;
- Cannot read, write, and understand the English language well enough to fill out the juror qualification questionnaire;
- Cannot speak English;
- Is mentally or physically unable to serve on a jury; or
- Has pending felony charges or has been convicted of a felony and civil rights have not been restored.
9. What if I have a disability or need special accommodations?
The court will make every effort to accommodate jurors with disabilities or special needs. Please include your needs on the juror qualification questionnaire or notify the court in writing by e-mail, fax, or U.S. Mail. Be sure to include your telephone number because the jury clerk may need to discuss accommodations with you. You may request to be excused if you are disabled and jury service would be an undue hardship or extreme inconvenience.
10. Can my employer fire me for serving as a juror?
Federal statute 28 U.S.C. § 1875 states that, "[n]o employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce any permanent employee by reason of such employee's jury service, or the attendance or scheduled attendance in connection with such service, in any court of the United States." An employer who violates the law may be subject to criminal and civil penalties. But this job protection does not include the loss of vacation time or other employment-related benefits. In addition, there is no federal statute requiring your employer to continue to pay you while you serve as a juror.
11. Will I be asked to provide sensitive information over the telephone?
A jury clerk will not ask you to provide sensitive information like social security numbers or credit card numbers over the telephone. Most federal court contact with prospective jurors will be through U.S. mail.
12. What factors or life circumstances may exempt or excuse me from jury service?
The following prospective jurors are exempt from jury service. This means they will not need to serve on a jury.
- Members in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States;
- Members of the fire or police departments of any state, district, territory, possession, or subdivision; and
- Public officers in the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of any federal, state, or local government who are actively engaged in the performance of official duties. A public officer is either elected to public office or directly appointed by a person elected to public office.
The following prospective jurors may request to be excused from jury service. The court may or may not grant the excuse, or may require the juror to report during a different month.
- Persons over 70 years of age;
- Volunteer safety personnel, such as volunteer firefighters or members of a rescue squad or ambulance crew;
- Persons caring for children under ten years of age if the children's health or safety could be harmed by care giver's absence for jury service;
- Persons who are caring for elderly or ill individuals; or
- Persons for whom jury service is a temporary hardship or extreme inconvenience.
13. May I be excused if I am a full-time or part-time student?
You may be excused if jury duty will cause you undue hardship or extreme inconvenience. Explain in detail why you are requesting to be excused on your juror qualification questionnaire. If you have already submitted your questionnaire, your request must be made in writing and submitted either by accessing eJuror online or by e-mail, fax, or U.S. Mail. The court will consider each request on a case-by-case basis.
14. Can my jury service be postponed to another month?
If serving during the month you are called would cause you undue hardship or extreme inconvenience, you can request to serve during a different month. Explain the reasons for your request on the juror qualification questionnaire. If you have already submitted your questionnaire, your request must be made in writing and submitted either by accessing eJuror online or by e-mail, fax, or U.S. Mail. The court will consider each request on a case-by-case basis.
15. May I be excused for a portion of the jury term because I have prior plans?
The court will try to honor a juror's request for a partial excuse for a doctor's appointment, scheduled vacation plans, or business obligations. Explain the reason for your request on your juror qualification questionnaire, giving the date(s) you need to be gone. If you have already submitted your questionnaire, your request must be made in writing and submitted either by accessing eJuror online or by e-mail, fax, or U.S. Mail. The court will consider each request on a case-by-case basis.
16. Am I required to complete and return the juror qualification questionnaire?
Yes, the law requires you to return the questionnaire either electronically [eJuror] or by U.S. Mail. You can be punished if you do not return it. Please call the jury clerk if you lose your summons or questionnaire so the court can mail a new one to you.
17. What if my address changed?
Indicate your new permanent address on the juror qualification questionnaire. If your new place of residence is still in Nebraska, the court will notify you in writing if your service changes to another division of the U.S. District Court for Nebraska. If your new residence is outside the state of Nebraska, you no longer qualify to be a juror in federal court in Nebraska.
18. Why do you need my telephone number and email address?
The court may contact you with advance notice of upcoming trials or last minute changes. Automated calls and emails are frequently used to communicate jury information.
19. What if I am a caretaker for a disabled person who receives a questionnaire or I receive a questionnaire for a relative who is now deceased?
Submit the juror qualification questionnaire on that person's behalf. In the designated area, indicate 1) the nature of the person's disability or the date of his or her death, and 2) your name and relationship to the individual.
20. What should I do if I lose my juror qualification questionnaire?
Please call or e-mail the jury clerk as soon as possible. A paper questionnaire will be mailed to you if you are unable to complete it online using eJuror.
21. How will I know when to report?
You will receive a summons giving the first day of your reporting term. The summons will tell you to begin calling the toll-free automated jury message system after 3:00 p.m. Central Time on the Friday before your reporting date, and each Friday throughout your service, or as instructed. When you call the automated jury message system at 1-866-534-5317, it will ask you to enter your 9-digit participant number shown on your summons. The message system will tell you whether or not you are scheduled to report for jury service. If you are not scheduled to report, the message will tell you when to call again.
22. Will I receive advance notice to report?
Yes, you will receive calls or emails from the court's automated jury message system or a letter from the court giving you advance notice of upcoming trials.
23. Why must I call the evening before I appear for jury duty?
The court's schedule occasionally changes at the last minute. For this reason, you must call the automated jury message system the evening before you are to report to the courthouse. The message may tell you to report or tell you that your appearance is not necessary. If you report to the courthouse when you have been told not to report, you will not be paid or given credit for that day's attendance.
24. Where do I report?
First Floor, Jury Assembly Room
Room 1126
Roman L. Hruska U. S. Courthouse (west entrance)
111 South 18th Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska
Fifth Floor, Jury Assembly Room
Room 598
Robert V. Denney Federal Building
100 Centennial Mall North (16th & 'O' Streets)
Lincoln, Nebraska
North Platte:
Third Floor, District Court
301 North Jeffers Street
North Platte, Nebraska
25. Where do I park?
26. May I stay overnight?
You may stay overnight the night before any day that you are required to report to the courthouse if you live approximately 60 miles or more (one-way) from the courthouse. This includes the night before your first reporting date. You must have your own money or a credit card to cover the first night because the court will not be able to reimburse you on the first day you report. The court will mail you a list of hotels before the date you are to report. You may stay wherever you wish near the courthouse. When making your reservation, ask if they have a government rate that would apply to federal jurors. If verification is requested when you check in, present your summons. If you have a problem finding a room please contact the jury clerk.
27. What should or shouldn't I bring with me when I report for jury duty?
- Photo ID (required to enter the building);
- Jury summons (you may be asked to identify yourself as a juror); and
- Enough clothing and personal items to accommodate a stay of up to five days if you live 60 or more miles away (one-way) and are staying overnight.
Allowed personal items:
- Newspaper, book, magazine, etc.;
- Laptop computer (if you present your summons upon entering the building; free wireless Internet access is available in Omaha and Lincoln);
- Food, snacks, or items for special dietary needs (refrigerators and microwaves are available in Omaha and Lincoln); and
- Cellular phone (if you present your summons upon entering the building; must be turned off or silenced in courtroom).
Not allowed:
- Weapons;
- Cameras and other image/video devices;
- Mace or pepper spray;
- Portable TVs; and
- Radios.
28. What should I wear?
Either casual or professional dress is acceptable. Bring a sweater or light jacket because the courtroom temperatures may vary.
29. If I am selected to report, does that mean I will serve as a juror on a case?
Not necessarily. A jury will be selected from the large group of people who are summoned to report.
30. How long will I be there the first day?
A jury will be picked on the first day you report for jury duty. If you report in the morning and are not chosen as a juror, you could be dismissed by noon or early afternoon. If you are chosen to serve as a juror, you will be finished by approximately 5:00 p.m.
31. What are the standard court hours during a trial?
Most trials begin at 9:00 a.m. and end by 5:00 p.m. Jurors are given at least one hour for lunch and will receive one break in the morning and one break in the afternoon.
32. How do I prove to my employer that I was on jury duty?
As part of the check-in process on the day you report, the jury clerks will provide you with a certificate of attendance to give to your employer.
33. What if I am late or just don't show up?
Any person summoned for jury service who fails to appear as directed may be ordered by the district court to appear and show cause for his or her failure to comply with the summons. Any person who fails to show good cause for noncompliance may be fined, imprisoned, and/or ordered to complete community service.
34. What if bad weather is predicted?
For weather-related announcements, you can call the court starting at 6:00 a.m., Central Time. If you are serving in Omaha or North Platte, call 1-866-220-4381, option 7. If you are serving in Lincoln, call 1-866-220-4379, option 7.
Jurors who live some distance from the courthouse should bring enough clothing and personal items to accommodate a stay of up to five days if bad weather is predicted.
35. How are people actually chosen to be on a jury for a specific trial?
The judge, the lawyers, or both the judge and the lawyers will ask the jurors who reported for service a series of questions. The questions can cover topics such as the jurors' background, employment, friends, beliefs, and so on. This questioning, which takes place in the courtroom, is called "voir dire." Based on the answers that the jurors give, the lawyers pick the individuals who will actually be on the jury for that trial. Jurors who are not picked are usually free to leave the courthouse.
36. May I take notes or ask questions during the trial?
The judge will let the jurors know if they may take notes or ask questions.
37. How long does a trial last?
The length of a trial depends on how complicated the issues are. Most trials last three to five days.
38. Does the court provide meals?
The court does not provide meals, so you are free to go out to eat. Court staff can give you a list of restaurants near the courthouse. If you want to bring your own food, the court provides a refrigerator and microwave if you are serving in Omaha or Lincoln.
39. May I go home each night? Will I ever be required to serve late in the evening or stay overnight?
Unless the judge tells you otherwise, you may go home each night. Occasionally, trials continue into the evening hours. If this happens, the judge will give you time to make arrangements and to call your family.
It is very unlikely that you would ever be required to stay overnight unless the judge orders the jury in a criminal case "sequestered." A sequestered jury is one kept from most outside contacts during the trial.
40. Will I be asked to report for jury selection more than once during my term of service?
If you report and are not selected as a juror, you could be called to report again. Continue to call the automated jury message system until the court tells you that your service is finished.
41. How can my family reach me in an emergency?
Your family should call the clerk's office, and a court employee will get the message to you as soon as possible.
If you are serving in Omaha or North Platte, your family should call 402-661-7350 or toll free 1- 866-220-4381 (dial zero for immediate assistance).
If you are serving in Lincoln, your family should call 402-437-1900 or toll free 1-866-220-4379 (dial zero for immediate assistance).
42. What will the court pay for?
Attendance fee: You will be paid a $50 attendance fee for each day that you report for jury duty. (Employees of the federal government are not entitled to the attendance fee).
Lodging: The court will pay for your subsistence and lodging at the current rate if you cannot return home each night. You can find the current mileage, subsistence, and appearance fees on the court's Juror Web page.
Mileage: You will receive the current mileage rate for travel to and from your home and the courthouse. You can find the current mileage, subsistence, and appearance fees on the court's Juror Web page.
Parking: You will be reimbursed for parking. If your parking costs more than $25.00, you will need to give the court a receipt.
43. Are my attendance fees taxable?
Yes, attendance fees are reportable and taxable. Jurors paid $600 or more in attendance fees will receive a 1099 Form from the court. This form will be mailed prior to January 31 of the following year. For additional information visit the Internal Revenue Service Website at www.irs.gov.
44. What is a supplemental questionnaire?
A supplemental questionnaire is an additional questionnaire that asks jurors to answer in advance questions often asked during jury selection. This questionnaire shortens the time needed for jury selection, so it saves jurors' time and taxpayers' money.
45. Am I required to complete the supplemental questionnaire?
No, the information is requested, but not required.
46. Who will see the information provided in the supplemental questionnaire?
The information will be shared with the lawyers in those cases where you might be a juror, but it is confidential and does not become part of the public case files. The lawyers are required to destroy copies of the supplemental questionnaires after the jury is selected.
47. Are counseling services available to petit and grand jurors?
Yes, the court may provide counseling services to grand and petit jurors through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) in cases with especially troubling testimony and evidence. Services are provided by Federal Occupational Health, a component of the U.S. Public Health Service. EAP counseling services can be provided as long as the jurors are serving; it is not available once jurors have been dismissed from service. The trial judge must enter an order prior to the end of trial extending "for administrative purposes" the jurors' term of service for a period sufficient to allow individual jurors to obtain counseling. Jurors can be provided up to six sessions each.
48. What if I have a prior conviction and I do not know if my civil rights have been restored?
It is your responsibility to determine whether your civil rights have been restored. If your civil rights have been restored, please enclose documentation to prove your status. Unfortunately, without documentation showing that your civil rights have been restored, the court will be unable to call you for jury service.


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I got the call about five minutes before the announcement was made. I had never received that call before, and thought finally, it would be the good news I had been waiting for. I was going to be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame.
Unfortunately that was not the case. The call was a courtesy to tell me I had come up five votes short. Only one player got in, they said, and I knew right away it wasn't me.
I've vented in the past about not making it. But getting so close (five votes short) and making such a big leap overall in percentage (from 62.7 percent to 74.2 percent), I have to look at is as a positive. ESPN's Chris Berman gave me the nickname Bert "Be Home" Blyleven. So, maybe 2011 will be a good year for me. I'm not going to count my chickens before they hatch, but hopefully the momentum will keep going my way.
I am very happy for Andre Dawson making it to Cooperstown, and I'd also like to congratulate Randy Johnson, who just announced his retirement on Tuesday and will surely be a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2015.
I faced Dawson when I was with the Pirates, and while I did pretty well against him (.195 batting average in 41 at-bats), he did hit a couple home runs off me, and was a middle of the lineup guy who had many good years. He did so many things right on the field, and showed great determination once his knees started to go. He did everything. And when we played against him, fans got to see two of the finest outfield arms around with he and my teammate Dave Parker.
As for the Big Unit, he was all about fear, intimidation and aggression. He was a lot like Nolan Ryan. Both threw so hard, and night after night were the guys people wanted to come see pitch. Baseball had never seen a pitcher like Johnson, who at 6-foot-10 struggled to find his control early in his career. It took him awhile to find the right release point, but once he did he was amazing, winning five Cy Young awards.
As for this year's voting, I'm happy to be as close as I was, and hopefully 2011 will be my year. With only five more votes to go, I think I have a good chance.
I'm very happy for Dawson, but I must admit that when they told me only one player got in to Cooperstown, I assumed it would be Roberto Alomar, a dominant second baseman with the glove and the bat. I thought he would be a lock, and all the experts were expecting him to go right in. I'm sure he'll be in there next year as he logged only three fewer votes than I did in his first year of eligibility.
I also think Barry Larkin, who got just more than 50 percent, is a future Hall of Famer as probably the best shortstop of his era.
Former Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez (36.2 percent) is an interesting case as he played the majority of his career as a designated hitter. Some will knock him for that, but the DH rule was put into baseball in 1973, and Martinez simply played a role that is part of the game, and I don't think he should be penalized for that.
I faced him and he was just a pure hitter. He was highly respected by everyone in baseball. Opposing players, myself included, would come out just to watch him take batting practice, and he was admired for how he went about his business and prepared for a game.
I know that if the DH didn't exist Martinez would have been in the lineup somewhere, and I think he will eventually get into Cooperstown.
I also think Jack Morris (52.3 percent) is finally getting the respect he deserves and I hope he also makes it into the Hall of Fame. And next year, Rafael Palmeiro, Jeff Bagwell and Larry Walker will be among the new eligible players, and all are deserving.
I have had to fight for my cause, and at times it has been hard. I have received some great help from guys like Rich Lederer at BaseballAnalysts.com.
It was sad that I missed getting in by a mere five votes, but for the most part I am very positive and optimistic. It will be a year of anticipation, and hopefully the same voters who selected me will stick with me, and we can convince a few others to join.
I feel very good that I jumped almost 12 percent in the voting and came so close to getting in. It was very encouraging. Hopefully next year will be my year.


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Does a new transformer represent a major expenditure for your company? Not only does such an investment cost thousands of dollars, but it's also vital to the ongoing operation of your business. Reliability is obviously a top priority here. So, how do you ensure equipment integrity and performance? Witness testing is one way to make sure your new transformer meets industry standards and will provide quality performance after installation.
About 75% of the transformers purchased by utilities undergo witness testing, compared to about 10% of those built for industrial/commercial applications. Witness testing is also more common for larger, complicated designs. Often, as customers forge a strong working relationship with a manufacturer, they're less likely to witness test every transformer. What does witness testing require? Just a visit to the plant to examine the new transformer and watch it perform during various tests. The success of a witness test depends on proper preparation by the manufacturer and you, the purchaser. Here are some useful tips.
For the manufacturer:
Notify inspector, who will witness the test two weeks in advance of test date to confirm schedule. Then, verify this information three working days before the test.
Complete routine tests before the inspector arrives to prevent delays in witness testing. However, you, as the inspector, may wish to witness the routine tests.
Confirm calibration of instruments as scheduled. Use standard data sheets to record test values.
Provide test certification and data sheets as standard documentation. (See ANSI/IEEE C57.12.90-1993, IEEE Standard Test Code for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power and Regulating Transformers and IEEE Guide for Short Circuit Testing of Distribution and Power Transformers, and C57.12.91-1995, IEEE Standard Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers, for minimum information on test requirements.)
For the customer:
Completely understand the tests you'll witness.
Designate you or someone else as the inspector when you place the order for the transformer. Notify the manufacturer so you or your representative receives all applicable documentation.
Notify the manufacturer of any discrepancies in documentation.
Accommodate the manufacturer's schedule to avoid possible cost overruns.
Review all test documentation before arriving at the plant so you're familiar with the design parameters.
What to do at the site:
Review the purpose of the tests and any associated procedures with the manufacturer's test engineer prior to commencing the tests.
Discuss which tests are of particular importance so the manufacturer can give them extra attention.
What to look for during testing:
Understand how to read results and how they impact performance.
Listen to the transformer's sound level when the technician applies voltage, particularly if you've requested a sound test.
Allow sufficient time for tests. Some tests, such as an induced over voltage test, require 15 min of setup time and last as little as 18 sec. Others, such as taking temperature readings, can last overnight.
After the test:
Conduct a physical inspection of the transformer, using the following checklist as a guide:
Transformer grounding positions are correct.
Paint color is as specified.
Name plate, cautionary plates, etc. are correct and in an easily readable position.
Transformer terminals allow for reliable connection and cable support in the field.
Accessories are in the proper location.
Gauges and monitors are positioned for readability and accessibility
Alternatives to witness testing. Although manufacturers usually don't charge for testing that doesn't incur unreasonable expenses, you must pay for your inspector's time and travel. If this is prohibitive, you should consider the following less expensive alternatives.
Company audit.
If you plan to or already work repeatedly with a single manufacturer, conduct a quality audit. Audits, which are standard among major corporations, include an in-depth inspection of the company's facilities and a review of procedures to determine if the manufacturer pays proper attention to all design and manufacturing processes. When you've identified, and the manufacturer has resolved, any issues of concern, you can forego future witness testing or do so only on an as-needed basis.
Design and production partnership.
Less formal than an audit, this partnership encourages you and the manufacturer to work together throughout the order-production-testing process. You receive detailed test reports before shipment. Careful examination and discussion between you and the test engineers, or manufacturer representative, can provide the same information as a witness test.
Similar unit test.
You'll receive results from tests conducted on similar units to provide an early view of your transformer's performance. These reports are available at any time during your transformer's construction life. Getting the transformer you want means effective coordination. Whatever level of product quality review you choose, remember partnering with your transformer manufacturer is key to getting the unit you want. If you change your specification requirements, let the manufacturer know of the changes immediately to minimize the cost later. Lastly, but most importantly, witness testing can provide you a better understanding of your transformer's operation.
Editor's Note: Part 2 of this series was presented as a very large Table in the print issue dated July 1999. This Table was too large to reproduce online. You can request a fax copy of the Table by sending an email to: [email protected]
SIDEBAR: Tests You Can Witness
All transformers undergo two kinds of industry-standard tests, routine and design, to ensure the transformer will perform as designed. Further optional tests explore the quality of the transformer's construction, assurance, and adherence to standards.
Manufacturers in the United States perform tests in accordance with applicable IEEE and NEMA standards (as approved by ANSI procedures). Overseas customers may require their transformers comply with IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) specifications. Generally, the manufacturer repeats tests for witnessing for only those you specify. If you have no specific requests, the manufacturer will conduct routine ANSI tests. These include:
Ratio and phase relation;
Excitation loss and current;
Load loss and impedance;
Applied voltage; and
Induced voltage
Design tests, also called type tests, are required only on one of a series of similar or duplicate units. However, you may request the manufacturer perform any of the design tests (usually impulse tests) on any unit. These include:
Short circuit;
Temperature (heat run);
Insulation power factor;
Insulation resistance;
Sound; and
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Minutes from downtown St. Augustine, Lennar at Palencia offers Lennar homes with the upscale features and energy-efficient construction you want. Within walking distance is the 40-acre Village Center and The Palencia Club, with a 33,000 sq. ft. clubhouse and 72-par, 18-hole Arthur Hill-designed golf course.
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Florida is known for its resorts. At Palencia, you can live in one. Swim laps in our Olympic-sized swimming pool. Practice you tee shot at the 400-yard double-sided driving range, or go ahead and play our Arthur Hills-designed 72-par, 18-hole course. And whenever you want, you can get lost in 30 acres of nature preserve and eight miles of multi-use nature trails. As a Palencia homeowner, you'll have full access to enough resort-style amenities to get you bouncing like a kid every morning.
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As some of you may know, Top Gear producer Andy Wilman has a pair of lucky underoos that he wears to secure his show its awards. Watch him try and repair them.
Wilman has been wearing his Calvins since the '90s, when he was jet setting around the world with Jeremy Clarkson on old Top Gear. When he and Clarkson put together the new format, Wilman wore his lucky pants every day in the studio to guarantee that the show would work.
Many awards and millions of pounds later, the show is an international hit, a 19th season is on its way (finally), and his underwear is in somewhat rude health.
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Ergonomics is defined as fitting the workplace to the worker. A workplace includes not just our work areas but also our tools and equipment. Unless the workplace is fit to the worker, the worker is at an increased injury risk. Workplace injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, or back strain are often associated with small, repeated traumas to the musculoskeletal system (muscles, ligaments, tendons, joints, bones) and the nervous system when the job does not match the worker's capabilities. These injuries, also called Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs), account for some of the largest costs in injury claims and lost work time in the DOD. The Ergonomics Program at APHC is dedicated to decreasing those costs and reducing worker pain and suffering.
For specific information on what the Ergonomics program offers please visit our Organization page.
If you have a question or need ergonomics assistance please email us at
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For contact information for the APHC (Provisional) Ergonomics Program, check out our
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Ergonomic News:
Ergonomic Injuries (or WMSDs), Injury Risks, and Workplace Redesigns
An illustrated guide.
Office Ergonomics
How to ergonomically set up your office.
Return On Investment
Ergonomics can save your program MONEY.
Sitting Too Much Is a Health Hazard
American College of Sports Medicine brochure on Reducing Sedentary Behaviors.
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Army and DOD Regulations, Policies & Guidance on ergonomics.
Sit/Stand Workstation Research
Information for researchers on sit/stand workstations
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Free one page Fact Sheets, printable Posters, and other ergonomics resources.
Human System Integration / Health Hazard Assessments
HSI assessment methods used for HHAs.
On-line Ergonomics Courses
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Jan. 7, 2008 -- Anxiety may make heart attacks more likely in aging men, a new study shows.
Anxious men were 30% to 40% more likely than calmer men to have a heart attack during the 12-year study, regardless of other physical or personality risk factors.
The study included 735 Boston men. When the study started, the men were 60 years old, on average, and had no history of coronary disease or diabetes.
The men completed personality surveys that gauged their anxiety, anger, depression, hostility, type A behavior, and other negative emotions. They also got blood pressure tests, provided blood samples, reported their alcohol and cigarette use, and noted other facts about themselves, such as their marital status and years of education.
Twelve years later, the group had had 75 heart attacks, 11 of which were fatal, according to a cardiologists' review of hospital records about any potential heart attacks.
High anxiety scores on the personality tests predicted which men had heart attacks, regardless of other factors including the men's age, cholesterol levels, marital status, education, and BMI (body mass index, which relates height to weight).
"Anxiety-prone dispositions appear to be a robust and independent risk factor of myocardial infarction [heart attack] among older men," write the researchers.
They included Biing-Jiun Shen, PhD, of the psychology department at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Shen's team notes that it's not clear if the findings apply to women, and more research is needed to understand the relationship between anxiety and men's heart attacks.
(If you've already had a heart attack, did you have anxiety issues beforehand? Do you have anxiety now? Talk with others on our Heart Disease: Support Group board.)


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Silver Cross and Ribbon Candy Wrapper, Item# CB40499CO
Note: Sparkles are simulated and will not light up.
Silver Foil Cross and Pearl Ribbon
What would sweeten your special occasion more than a customized Candy Bar Wrapper with a delicious chocolate bar inside? Recipients will be thrilled with this unique favor!
"Silver Cross w/Ribbon" features beautiful details accenting this classic white design. A pearl bow complements the Silver Cross.
Wrappers come unassembled, however we will email you assembly instructions.
The wrapper is designed to fit a 1.55 oz. Hershey's® Candy Bar. Note: foil is not included. Our wrappers fit directly over the Hershey's® Candy Bar Wrapper.
Due to the hot summer months and the chance of chocolate melting while in transit, we temporarily do not offer the Hershey's Chocolate Bars with the wrappers.
You will be able to select the typestyle and ink colors to use for your personalized text during the design process. Start by clicking on the green 'Personalize and Continue' button. We recommend using the default typestyle and ink colors.
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Never before have Canadians been as concerned about clean air. When this webpage was launched in 2000, public health experts estimated that air pollution was responsible for 16,000 premature deaths in this country each year; at this rate, 40 Canadians die from air pollution-related causes each and every day.
Much of the content for this site has been adapted from the publication: cleanair.ca: a citizens action guide authored by the Environmental Law Centre at UVic and published by the Ecojustice, formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund.


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Everything is ready for Museum2you
After lots of work, the first Museum2you display is complete and now on display at Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in North Sydney.
The Museum2you team have been offline for the last few weeks finalising the design and printing of all the display material. Everything came together in the end, the display banners were delivered yesterday and the information panels were waiting in the loading dock when we arrived this morning.
It was like Christmas morning, Isabelle and I excitedly opened all the boxes and bubble wrapped panels, we sorting through everything to make up a complete set of all the resources. Isabelle printed and bound all the support material and gathered all the books and specimens ready for the first loan of the trial period.
Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in North Sydney has taken the display for the test run. We spent a couple of hours this afternoon with Hayley and Michelle from North Sydney Council setting up the display. It was great to finally see the results after a year of planning.
We have over 12 organisation book in for the free trial period during 2012, but we still have some places left. If you are a council, library, small museum or community organisation let us know if you would like to be involved with Museum2you.


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- Half of disability benefits appeals won in tribunal court
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- Hidden rape conviction target revealed
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- Who should I vote for? General election 2019 policy guide
- General election 2019: What is the secret behind tactical voting?
- General Election 2019: Green Party pledges to appoint 'carbon chancellor'
- General election 2019: Is grime still for Jeremy Corbyn?
- Election 2019 in maps: Where are the seats that could turn the election?
- Brexit: Claims about EU tax rules fact-checked
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- Charlie's Angels: What did the critics think?
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- Football-mad girl 'struggled' to find team in Cardiff
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- Election 2019: NHS policy check - what to look out for in party manifestos
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- Election 2019: Young voters react to Facebook political ads from parties
- Leonardo da Vinci goes 'immersive' at London's National Gallery
- Teen Instagrammers open up on mental health chat
- Election 2019: Flood criticism, a cyber-attack (and Hillary Clinton)
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