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Android Is The Big Star at Google I/O
At Google's annual developer conference, the mobile OS got a major facelift while versions of it for the watch, the car, the TV and more were shown off on stage. WSJ's Joanna Stern reports.
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Dell Black Friday Xbox One bundle offers insane value at $300
Dell.com is preparing a Black Friday Xbox One bundle that is full of goodies, for just $300.
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Dell Black Friday deals include PS4 bundle with GTA 5, The Last of Us: Remastered - report
Yes, it's that time of year again, and with the Thanksgiving holiday just three weeks away, Black Friday deals are starting to leak.
Microsoft denies Xbox One will run Windows 8 apps
Microsoft has quashed rumours that the Xbox One will be able to run all Windows 8 apps, in contradiction to information posted by Dell earlier today.
PC hardware sales drop worldwide as tablets continue to rise, report finds
PC hardware sales have declined worldwide as consumers make the jump to tablets, a new research report has suggested.
Dell has Xbox 360 Elite Bundles on sale
If you are in the market for a new Xbox 360, especially an Elite, Dell may just have the buy you're looking for.
Concerts and exhibitors announced for PAX East
Concerts and exhibitors were announced today for PAX East, and if you thought Jonathan Coulton wouldn't be there again – you've lost some nerd cred with us.
Get 'em while they're hot: $255 PS3 Slims
Want a PS3 Slim? Of course you do. $300, though? Statistics state that you're probably part of the 18-34 year old male demographic, and you guys are exceedingly thrifty, right? Well, that's where Dell comes in. Dell's throwing economic cautions to the wind and having a 15% off electronics sale. Just enter the corresponding coupon […]
Gas Powered Games, GameStop and six others join PC Gaming Alliance
The PC Gaming Alliance has welcomes eight companies into the fold, including GameStop and Gas Powered Games. Other new members include BFG Technologies, Bigfoot Networks, Flextronics, GameTap, Howie's Game Shack, and InstantAction. "I've spent most of my career fully immersed in the world of PC gaming. It's where many of the world's biggest gaming franchises […]
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4 Health Conditions That Often Get Misdiagnosed
In the winter of 2003, eating became a nightmare for Joanne Fennessy. No matter what or how much she ate, every meal left the 27-year-old nauseated and doubled over with stomach pain for hours. She followed her doctor's advice to reduce her stress and cut fried, fatty foods and dairy products from her diet, yet her symptoms continued. Six weeks later, Fennessy was vomiting three or four times a day. "I carried a bucket with me at home and in the car," the high school math teacher in Wantagh, New York, says. "I even had to ask somebody to sit in on my classes in case I needed to make a quick getaway." At one point, the vomiting became so severe, she spent a week in the hospital. After CT scans and blood work all came back normal, her physician suggested irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), although that common condition is typically characterized by chronic diarrhea, constipation and abdominal pain, not vomiting. Fennessy mentioned a family history of gallbladder problems, but doctors said a sonogram had revealed hers was normal. Besides, most gallbladder trouble hits after age 40.
Still in pain and not convinced she had the right answer, Fennessy saw two more gastroenterologists after her release. One decided to do a different gallbladder test, which found that the organ indeed wasn't functioning properly. He recommended surgery to remove it. During the procedure, doctors discovered Fennessy had chronic cholecystitis, or an inflamed gallbladder. A sonogram alone usually cannot reveal this condition, and the gallbladder function test was a step that Fennessy's prior doctors might have taken before defaulting to IBS, particularly considering that she was not a classic case. After her surgery, Fennessy felt better immediately. But she is still troubled by how long it took to pinpoint the condition. "I lost nearly four months of my life," she says.
Cases such as Fennessy's happen all the time. In fact, about 40 percent of people who've experienced a medical mistake say the error was misdiagnosis, according to a survey by the National Patient Safety Foundation, a nonprofit organization in North Adams, Massachusetts. It's easy to place blame on rushed, overworked doctors and relentless pharmaceutical advertising pushing the latest drug for fashionable conditions. And both of those problems do play a role, says Peter Green, M.D., director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. But they're far from the only reasons patients are misdiagnosed. Tests do not exist for every disease, and some illnesses have such similar symptoms that it's difficult to tell them apart. "Plus, physicians are under pressure to provide a diagnosis for insurance purposes," says Robert G. Lahita, M.D., author of Women and Autoimmune Disease (ReganBooks). "Neither the doctor nor the patient is reimbursed without it."
The best way you can protect yourself from misdiagnosis is to show up at your appointment armed with information. Check out the disease decoder on the next two pages to help you differentiate among eight of the most common look-alikes.
Four common confusing complaints
Chronic stomach problems
complete with pain, bloating, diarrhea and constipation
The look-alikes Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and celiac disease
Why they're tricky to tell apart Because IBS is rife, especially in women, many docs diagnose it without properly ruling out other problems, Dr. Green says. It's not a bad first guess; studies show that IBS affects up to 20 percent of the general population. "But if you screen people diagnosed with IBS, about 5 percent will actually have celiac disease," Dr. Green says. Adding to the confusion, many docs think celiac disease is a rare pediatric condition, when in fact it strikes adults.
The dangers of misdiagnosis Untreated patients with celiac disease are more likely to develop lymphoma, Dr. Green says—up to nine times more. A missed IBS diagnosis won't kill you, but it can certainly make your life miserable.
How to tell if you have... IBS interferes with the movement of stool through the colon as well as with fluid absorption. If the muscles are sluggish, the intestines absorb too much water, leading to constipation; other times, spasms push waste through too quickly, causing diarrhea. People with IBS also often feel as if they have to void frequently. There's no test, so your M.D. should order blood work, stool exams and imaging studies to check for tumors, inflammation or infection before diagnosing IBS.
Or if it's... Women with celiac disease have an intolerance to the wheat protein gluten, which triggers an immune reaction in the intestines. More than half of patients also complain of symptoms such as fatigue, tingling or numbness in the hands and feet and/or a blistering, itchy rash on elbows, knees and buttocks. Your doctor should test your blood for antibodies to the tTG enzyme and confirm a positive result with an intestinal biopsy. Eating a gluten-free diet (visit Celiac.org for information) is the only treatment.
Stiff and painful joints
along with a low-grade fever and fatigue
The look-alikes Lupus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Why they're tricky to tell apart These are both autoimmune disorders that can strike women in their 20s and 30s, and each has a wide range of symptoms, such as swelling and redness, mostly around the joints, says Michael D. Lockshin, M.D., codirector of the Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Neither one has a single definitive diagnostic test, and symptoms vary for both—and they may not always be present. "No two lupus patients are alike," Dr. Lahita says.
The dangers of misdiagnosis "Someone who needs a simple anti-inflammatory drug for rheumatoid arthritis could end up taking a high-dose steroid if she's misdiagnosed with lupus," Dr. Lockshin says. Worse, lupus can be life-threatening.
How to tell if you have... Unlike RA, lupus tends to affect connective tissue throughout the body, not only the joints. One telltale sign in about half of patients is a butterfly-shaped rash across the cheeks and nose. Others have chest pain when breathing deeply, sensitivity to light, ulcers in the nose and mouth and muscle spasms. If your doctor suspects lupus, she should give you five blood tests known as the lupus panel, which look for antibodies, and a urine test to screen for certain proteins.
Or if it's... Rheumatoid arthritis triggers the immune system to attack the soft tissue lining the joints. What to look for: tender, warm, swollen joints, particularly in the fingers and wrists. RA occasionally affects the neck, hips and shoulders. The pain occurs on both sides, and patients usually feel stiff for 30 minutes or more after waking up. For an accurate diagnosis, your M.D. should order a blood test for rheumatoid factor along with X-rays to check for joint damage. Be sure to get both—the blood test alone isn't definitive.
Sad feelings that are not going away
plus tiredness, weight gain and inability to concentrate
The look-alikes Hypothyroidism and depression
Why they're tricky to tell apart Prolonged, inexplicable sadness can be a symptom of either low thyroid function or clinical depression. "A doctor may not think of checking for thyroid problems if a patient comes in complaining of despondence or depression," says E. Chester Ridgway, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Boulder. And although both illnesses are common in women, depression is more so—striking about one in five compared with the one in 10 women who have thyroid dysfunction.
The dangers of misdiagnosis When missed, hypothyroidism can elevate cholesterol and raise heart disease risk. Treatment for depression is even more critical. Untreated, patients can become suicidal. Depression is also linked to heart disease.
How to tell if you have... When your thyroid slows hormone production, your metabolism becomes sluggish and you may gain weight. Your intestines get lazy, leading to constipation; your skin can't retain moisture and becomes dry. Many women also feel cold often and experience frequent, heavy periods. If a blood test reveals that your level of thyroid-stimulating hormone is high, meaning the thyroid is failing, you'll likely be prescribed a thyroid hormone supplement. If you have a family history of thyroid or other autoimmune diseases, ask your doctor for a screening test.
Or if it's... People with depression often lose interest in activities they usually enjoy, experience a change in their sleeping pattern or have feelings of worthlessness or guilt for no reason. And that's often on top of a persistent sad mood, fatigue and weight gain (or loss). Up to half of all cases are missed, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. You may not think to discuss emotions with your general practitioner, but it's critical to be honest. Prior to your visit, you can also take a self-test at Psycom.net and bring the results to your M.D. It can't hurt to ask for the thyroid check, too. You needn't continue to suffer, as depression is treatable with therapy, medication or both.
Constant fatigue plus muscle pain and/or joint pain,
headaches, memory or concentration problems, mood changes, sore throat, sleep disruption
__The look-alikes__Chronic fatigue syndrome and Lyme disease
Why they're tricky to tell apart These symptoms could point to either one, but docs may default to Lyme disease because chronic fatigue syndrome is so much harder to pin down. That's not to say it doesn't exist. Recent research suggests that patients with chronic fatigue may have abnormalities in their spinal fluid. Yet only 10 percent of the more than 1 million people who probably have it have been diagnosed, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. As for Lyme, it's a slippery diagnosis because the tests available to detect the bacteria, especially in the early stage of infection or much later when symptoms become chronic, can be unreliable.
The dangers of misdiagnosis "Chronic fatigue is not fatal, but it's also not living life," says Brian A. Fallon, M.D., director of neuropsychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. A missed Lyme diagnosis can lead to arthritislike symptoms, partial facial paralysis and even heart problems.
How to tell if you have... Controversy still surrounds chronic fatigue, even though diagnostic guidelines have existed for more than 10 years. Patients must experience severe chronic fatigue for at least six months (meaning they may sleep for 14 hours a night and wake up feeling exhausted; normal activities are often impossible), and they must have at least four other symptoms, including substantial memory and concentration impairment, sore throat, headaches and tender lymph nodes. There is no single diagnostic test, but other possible causes of fatigue, including Lyme and fibromyalgia, must be ruled out first. For more info, visit CFIDS.org.
Or if it's... Lyme disease can make you feel headachy, stiff-necked and feverish. The infection happens when a deer tick latches onto you for longer than 48 hours and transmits the Lyme bacteria; a majority of people with Lyme develop a red rash at the bite site, sometimes in the form of a bull's-eye. If there's a chance you could have been bitten and you have the rash, your doctor likely will immediately prescribe a round of antibiotics. If your symptoms aren't as clear-cut (you don't have the rash, for instance), ask for an ELISA or Western blot blood test, both of which can help identify the disease after you've been infected for several weeks. Be persistent in your follow-up, and you will get relief.
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Curbside Collection Service Requirements and Rates
Curbside Collection Service Requirements
Curbside collection service for households with four or fewer units is provided by garbage and recycling companies in franchised areas. The City oversees these companies and sets rates and service options. Your garbage bill comes directly from the company that services your rental property.
Property owners of residential rentals of houses and smallplexes (2-4 units) through City of Portland Title 29 Code are required to:
- Contact the garbage and recycling company that services your property to set up service in the property owner's name. (Service cannot be set up by or billed to the tenant. The bill can be sent to a property management company).
- Directly pay the garbage and recycling company for services provided.
- Provide at least the minimum required service level of 20 gallons of garbage capacity per unit
Under Title 29 the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability considers landlords and garbage and recycling companies in compliance as long as the bill is in the landlord's name and is sent to the landlord, or property manager for payment. All issues related to how, or if, landlords charge tenants for provision of services are outside of BPS authority. Title 29 neither requires nor prohibits landlords from recouping these costs from tenants. For landlord-tenant assistance contact Community Alliance of Tenants at 503-288-0130.
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Property owners who fail to provide adequate service can be subject to enforcement actions, including fines.
Green roll cart for food scraps and yard debris - Weekly pickup
- One green composting roll cart for single family homes, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes.
Blue roll cart for recycling - Weekly pickup
- One blue recycling roll cart for single family homes and duplexes.
- At least two blue recycling roll carts for triplexes and fourplexes.
Yellow bin for glass only - Weekly pickup
- One yellow glass only bin or other rigid container with a glass-only sticker.
Garbage - Every-other-week pickup
- The minimum requirement is 20 gallons per unit.
- Property owners can choose the size and number of garbage containers for each property.
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Cherry and Berry Yogurt Granola Parfait
Granola parfait has the perfect components to start the day: the crunch of the granola, the creaminess of the yogurt and the sweetness of the fruits. Most important, this will keep you full until lunch time.
I've been married for almost five years, and I think that cooking is the best way to say 'I love you'. It might sound sappy but I love seeing my hubby's smile in the morning when I bring him breakfast in bed. Make this for someone special in your life, and I guarantee they will appreciate it.
Yields: 42 cups plain whole yogurt
2 Tbs crème fraîche (optional)
4 Tbs sweetened condensed milk
1 cup granola
3/4 cup cherries
1 cup blackberries
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp fresh mint, finely chopped, + extra for garnish
1 tsp powdered sugar, for dusting
Wash the cherries. Stem them. Cut them in half and remove the pit. Gather all the cherries in a bowl. Sprinkle with sugar. Add a teaspoon of finely chopped mint. Toss the cherries to ensure all the cherries are coated with sugar. Some juice will form at the bottom of the bowl. Toss occasionally. Let stand for at least 15 minutes.
In another bowl, repeat the same procedure with the blackberries.
In a separate bowl, combine the yogurt, crème fraîche and the condensed milk together.
In a mortar and pestle or using a rolling pin, coarsely crumble the granola.
I usually serve granola parfaits in clear tall glasses so that you can still see each layer. The size of the glass depends on the appetite of the eater!
Be organized. Line up the glasses. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of cherries into each glass. Create an even layer. Create another layer with about 2 tablespoons of yogurt over the cherries. Smooth the surface, then sprinkle about a tablespoon of granola. Repeat the same layers until you reach the top of the glass. Finish with yogurt. Top with a few blackberries and a teaspoon of granola. Garnish with a small mint leaf and dust with powdered sugar.
Serve with a cup of Vietnamese coffee, masala chai or green tea.
Dig in!
I use the Longevity Brand sweetened condensed milk, the one with the picture of a long, white bearded old man. You can easily find it in Asian stores; well at least it's very easy to find it in California.
You can also make your own yogurt; check the recipe here. The weather is much warmer now and you can get a firm result overnight.
Crème fraîche is the French version of sour cream. It has a very nice tangy taste and richer mouth feel. I think it brings a much thicker consistency to the granola parfait but you can omit it if you're health-conscious. I get it from my local market. If you cannot find it, you can substitute regular sour cream or make your own at a low cost. Place a tablespoon of buttermilk and one cup of heavy cream in a small saucepan. Heat to 110°F. Transfer to a glass jar, cover with a cheesecloth and set it aside in a warm place for a whole day. The mixture will have a thicker consistency. Stored it the refrigerator, you can keep it for up to 2 weeks.
Check out my other drink recipes to pair the granola parfait with and other breakfast ideas.
UPDATE: I've received some questions about replacing the sweetened condensed milk with agave nectar. I think that should work fine in terms of sweetness, but condensed milk also helps create a thicker consistency in the entire parfait, which any other sweetener will not be able to do. You don't want a runny product because the granola will absorb too much of the liquid and get soggy.
You can use your favorite granola. The specific variety really does not matter.
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Farley-Bouvier Calling for DCF Changes In Wake of Oliver Case
|State Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier is on a House of Representatives panel reviewing the Department of Family and Children after the high profile Oliver case.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It isn't enough for the Legislature to take action only in the wake of crisis, says state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier.
The Pittsfield representative sits on the House oversight panel formed to review the Department of Children and Families in the aftermath of the high-profile Jeremiah Oliver case.
The 5-year-old Fitchburg boy has been missing since September and is feared dead. Three DCF workers were fired for mishandling the boy's case.
From her seat on the panel, Farley-Bouvier is calling for regular oversight meetings from now on so the state knows what is going on in the department and what policies need to be in place to fix issues. She is also looking to reduce caseloads for each worker and improved technology.
"The Legislature only seems to pay attention after some high-profile case. Every four or five years there is a high-profile case and we sweep in with oversight hearings. I think we should be having regular oversight hearings of the department and done in such a way, similar to how they have audits on the municipal level," Farley-Bouvier said on last week. "I don't think it is OK to just wait for the next crisis before you pay attention to the department, not this department. This department is way too important."
The Oliver case led Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo to call for an investigation, which is being held by the House members of the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disability, of which Farley-Bouvier is a member, and the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight. Meanwhile, Gov. Deval Patrick has called in the Child Welfare League of America to review DCF.
The House panel will review the Child Welfare League of America's information, focused on national practices and interviews and investigation into the department. The House is supplementing that information with its own research and talking to other organizations that would be affected by Legislative changes.
Farley-Bouvier said two bills filed more than a year ago, well before the Oliver case, called for a commission to oversee the DCF regularly. But Farley-Bouvier believes the Legislature should be doing the oversight, not a new commission.
"I think there are a lot more voices we need to hear. I think we need to hear from parents," Farley-Bouvier said. "I think we need to hear from the social workers themselves. I think we need to hear from alumni of the DCF system. I think we need to hear from teachers, superintendents and people in the medical community. There is a lot of voices left to hear. All of those perspectives are important in putting together a picture of it."
Already jumping out to Farley-Bouvier as the panel scrambles to enact legislation by the end of July, is the caseload numbers. The department has already reached an agreement limiting the number of cases a single worker has to 15 families, 28 children not more than 10 in placement. But "we're not even close to that," Farley-Bouvier says.
"I would expect that in the spring we'd have some legislation to change policy and I think in the budget process, there will be a lot of discussion around the department, advocating for funding," she said.
In the Berkshires, caseloads are on par with the rest of the state. But, the rest of the state does not have the transportation challenges, meaning the social workers here are spending extra time driving. Farley-Bouvier says when considering policies, she will advocate to make sure those setting policy keep the difference between rural and urban issues in mind.
"An additional issue for our caseworkers is when they have to do a home visit, they could be driving to North Adams and that just adds minutes to the day. It is not realistic to get all of these things done in a day," she said, telling the story of one local caseworker who had to drive to four distinct parts of the county for a single visit with all involved. "I've asked that when they consider caseloads, they should be considering the difference between a rural area and an urban area."
She also has concern that the caseload numbers are growing right now because of the Oliver case. She says now every report of neglect or abuse on a child under the age of 5 is being screened for a full investigation, adding to the overall number of cases.
"Because of the spotlight on the department, basically any report of neglect or abuse for a child 5 or under is basically being screened in for an investigation," she said. "My concern right now when I hear all this is the caseloads which we are already concerned about are going to be going up significantly. You can't have more and more investigations without impacting caseloads."
Farley-Bouvier said that since 2008, DCF has lost $100 million in funding and she will be advocating to boost the state's investment in the department. However, she is calling for specific conditions with money going to hire additional caseworkers and to upgrade the department's technology.
"In my mind, we want to support social workers so they can support families and the children are protected," she said. "You don't lose $100 million in funding without it impacting your ability to do your job."
Meanwhile the computer systems are "antiquated and cumbersome" and improved hardware and software would go a long way in helping the social workers do their job better.
For example, social workers often spend hours in court waiting, so improving mobile access to information will help them keep a closer eye on their clients. Case works should have tablets that can be taken on home visits, where they check in on a GPS system and document seamlessly.
"If we're making the investment, we'll have a say in how its spent," she said.
While the "crisis" originated out of Fitchburg, Farley-Bouvier says her panel will be implementing policy for the entire state, meaning the Berkshires will also be affected. Those policy decisions are urgent, she said, and the panel is hammering through its study in the coming month.
She says changes to DCF are particularly needed "because there is no room for error."
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Antonoglou Beach Villas is a luxury private collection from 11 beautiful beachfront Villas, all with private access to the beach, amazing sea view and private pools. Every Villa is uniquely decorated and fully equipment to make of your stay a comfortable, relaxing experience. Our wide variety of Villas includes superb Houses on breathtaking spots and waterfront pools that can take your breath away!
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First, let me confirm the description and pictures are 100% accurate. If you are looking for a beautiful, traditional, quiet villa – with an owner that absolutely cares about your group having a wonderful vacation – this is the villa for you.
I stayed with a group of six family members that included young children, a teenager, adults, and a slightly older relative (who hopefully isn't reading this) and we all had an amazing time. We are already saving our pennies and planning the next trip!
The owners were well-prepared for children and babies with cot and bedding/highchair etc. Villa Kiotari is a real find and we will definatelly go back. What else can you do when your 5 and 7 yo daughters keep asking to get them back there and stay a bit longer this time?
The house is direct on the beach and the view is amazing specially on Sunrise !!! Very Romantic!!! It is one of the most beautiful houses we ever stay and the host Tsampikos was very helpful in everything we ask!! He also book table for us every night in the best restaurants around !!! We hope that we will come back soon!
What we liked the most is that there was literally NO ONE around on the beach as far as you can see (though worth mentioning a nice Mojito bar approx. 300 meters away on the beach). The beach is clean and all yours (same as your private pool). Strawberry mojito in the Mojito bar is a must; you must definitely try it!
The beds incredibly comfortable, the beach very quiet perfect for families with children owners were very welcoming. Helped us to book a table at some fantastic restaurants with amazing Greek food and fresh fish. We have Great time. I think I will never forget this house. We loved it and will return. Thank you Tsampiko were all amazing.
Elisavet was very helpful answering all my questions promptly and thoroughly and giving lots of useful information. We would wholeheartedly recommend this villa to anyone wanting to experience the beauty of Rhodes and a marvellous holiday home. Thank you Tsampikos, we will certainly consider returning.


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The FCC ruled last week that KSDS/"Jazz 88" can increase its signal from 3,000 to 22,000 watts of power. KSDS general manager Mark DeBoskey says that by March his straight-ahead jazz station will be heard in buildings and in cars that currently lose the signal in certain areas.
"It is a horrible mistake," says Richard Jones, general manager of XETV/Channel 6. "It will have a severe impact on our signal.... I really don't think our viewers want to hear jazz audio in the background." Channel 6 broadcasts to rabbit-eared televisions on 87.7 FM; KSDS uses 88.1.
"We don't know that any interference will be caused," says DeBoskey.
Jones says Channel 6 will continue the fight that's lasted years. "I can't tell you everything," he says. "There are a lot of legal proceedings going on."
KSDS, owned by the San Diego Community College District, has about 35 DJs who program music for their mainstream jazz, Dixieland, blues, and spoken-word shows.
"They were never supposed to go above 800 watts," says Channel 6's Jones. "They are a junior college radio station that is supposed to teach students how to use radio."
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More fuzzy math? How GOP estimates carbon tax impact
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are trying to convince consumers that the White House and Democratic lawmakers will raise their taxes every time people flick on a light switch.
They're gaining some political traction as Washington struggles to craft legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, one of the Obama administration's top 2009 priorities.
Republicans' main attack is a claim that climate legislation will cost U.S. households $3,100 a year. They got the number by doing some additional math based on a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, and they're sticking with it, even though John Reilly, an MIT economist and the author of the study, told them that they misinterpreted his work and that their number is wrong.
The cost to consumers will be the top issue this month when Congress gets to work on a bill to limit greenhouse gas emissions for the first time in the U.S. Economists say the bill would raise energy prices from fossil fuels as the country makes a transition to cleaner energy sources.
Those who back emissions controls say the cost of doing nothing will be higher because of the risk of such problems as inundated coastlines, droughts and more extreme heat waves. Raising the cost of coal and oil also would create incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
In Congress, some Democrats and at least one Republican senator support a plan that would return all the money the government collects in the program to all Americans to compensate for the higher energy costs.
Republicans, however, say that there's no agreement yet on how to control costs, so they didn't factor that in.
Republicans in the House of Representatives explained on a release how they got their cost estimate, using a total of climate permit revenues from a hypothetical climate system that MIT studied two years ago:
"We took MIT's own number — $366 billion — and divided that by the number of U.S. households. Assuming 300 million people, and an average household size of 2.56 people (or 117 million households), each household would pay $3,128."
Figuring what households would actually pay, however, is more complex, said W. David Montgomery of the consulting company Charles River Associates, which did one of many cost estimates of last year's climate bill. He said the Republicans' figure was a correct calculation of how much the government could collect, divided by the number of households, but, he said, "It all depends on what the government does with the money."
Antonia Ferrier, a spokeswoman for Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, said that so far the Democrats' plan hasn't spelled out whether there'd be any rebates for consumers.
If that's added or Democrats promise they won't use the funds for anything else, "then we can change our numbers," she said.
The draft of the climate bill in the House contains a provision to limit greenhouse gas emissions known as "cap and trade." It would require certain companies to buy permits from the government that would allow a limited amount of greenhouse gas pollution. The limit would be lowered each year. Some proposals would give some of the permits to companies for free.
It's expected that companies would pass the costs on to consumers.
What the bill doesn't spell out yet is how the government would compensate consumers for higher electric, gasoline and heating bills. The size of the increase is unknown because it depends on factors that are still being discussed — including how strict the limits would be.
The draft bill in the House contains no language on paying back consumers. Lawmakers are working on those provisions. Under one proposal, revenues the government collects would be returned to consumers.
Reilly, of MIT, wrote a letter to Republicans saying that their figure didn't accurately account for the cost of the permits and that the total cost of those pollution permits would have little bearing on the actual cost to the average person.
Republicans dismissed his letter. Nonetheless, there's some evidence that their political offensive is working.
Republican campaign committees have been sending out press releases and e-mails to districts and states represented by vulnerable Democrats.
Last week, for instance, the National Republican Congressional Committee sent 44 different press releases to media in 44 districts. Each had the same message: "(Incumbent's name) failed to be up front with his constituents today when he supported a budget proposal that omits major details about how Congress intends to raise the money to support their new government spending."
The release then details the member of Congress' vote on the $3.6 trillion fiscal 2010 budget. The budget creates a "reserve fund' for carbon emissions reduction legislation, but provides no details.
At the Capitol, Republican leaders have taken every opportunity to blast the Democrats' plans.
Just before the House approved the budget on a largely party-line vote last week, Boehner said that the energy plan would "cost the average family $3,100 a year."
"As we flip on a light . . . in Ohio, our electricity rates go up at least 50 percent the day this bill passes, 50 percent. And they could go as high as 100 percent."
Senate Republicans also have used the $3,100 cost estimate. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., among others, warns of a "national energy tax."Many congressional Democrats and some Republicans are eager to act against global warming, but seem to realize they have a political problem.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said that because rates could go up, "you must have a credit immediately, dividends, right on that same bill. . . . We can't go forward unless we make the ratepayer whole."
Pelosi hasn't spelled out how that would be done, but a diverse group of lawmakers, including Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and others, are pushing a form of "cap and dividend" plans. Van Hollen, who's Pelosi's assistant for policy issues, would sell all the allowances at an auction and return a monthly "consumer dividend' to mitigate higher energy prices.
Pelosi said she understands the sensitivity of the issue, and how easily opponents can use it against incumbents.
"Even if you had the votes," she aid, "You would not want to do this unless you had consensus."
Clean energy revolution waits for economic winds to shift
Pelosi's power a matter of personality, lopsided majority
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Google Voice Refresh Adds New Features & Icon for Android
One of the most popular small business mobile apps is Google Voice (well, at least I think so). Google continues to ever-so-slightly tweak its features to offer a better experience. One the latest updates includes offline sms queues, new feedback option, and an icon redesign.
Of course, the few folks who managed to get their hands on a shiny-new Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Ice Cream Sandwich (OS 4.0) will "see" the bulk of the updates due to the new user interface specifically for the OS. But, everybody else will also be able to benefit from offline sms capabilities (queue messages offline to be sent the next time you are connected), and a user feedback menu, to keep the good ideas flowing from the user base.
One final little upgrade is an icon redo that gives it an iCS-esque look. If you don't already have Google Voice to give your small-biz/freelance outfit an "official" number, or just don't really want to give out your primary mobile number to anybody, download it from the Android Market and let us know what you think in the comments section.


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Electric motor failures are often caused by "in-operation" factors, such as production activities and the factory environment in which they operate. Other failures are due to "off-line" factors, including inadequate or substandard motor repair practices, and improper motor shipping, storage, and installation. Compared with in-operation failures, those caused by off-line factors are much easier to eradicate — and represent an overlooked opportunity to improve electric motor reliability.
To capitalize on this opportunity, your company should evaluate and work with electric motor rebuilders based on their adherence to high-quality repair standards and practices. It's important to remember that the expertise, professionalism, and overall quality offered by electric motor repair companies can vary significantly from shop to shop — and also over time. Regardless of size or location, however, expert repair shops share many of the same characteristics. When choosing a provider, look for the following traits:
Maintains clean, orderly work areas and has a stable workforce of well-trained, technically proficient employees (Photo 1).
Is fully equipped with state-of-the-art test equipment and instruments. Expert shops will calibrate their instruments annually to National Institute of Standards and Technology (or equivalent) standards to ensure the accuracy of repair readings and measurements.
Adheres to a documented set of repair procedures. High-quality motor shops are procedure driven and never rely solely on the skills and experience of shop technicians. These providers have developed detailed procedures covering electric motor repairs and document each step of the repair process. This helps ensure your motors are repaired or rebuilt to documented mechanical and electrical standards every time, regardless of when repairs are made or who made them.
Use high-quality replacement components procured through transparent supply channels. This alleviates customer concerns about obsolete or counterfeit components that may result in poor motor performance.
Repair procedures
Among other actions, the procedures followed by high-quality shops include conducting a stator core test before and after winding removal, as well as confirming that the core has not been damaged during the repair process. Core loss testing and "hot-spot" testing are vital when it comes to determining the condition of the AC induction motor stator iron integrity. Operational costs and long-term stator winding reliability are the primary considerations. Core losses decrease the efficiency of electric motors and can increase a plant's utility costs.
Leading motor shops spend considerable time and resources on electrical and mechanical acceptance testing. State-of-the-art acceptance testing requires a significant investment in test instruments, but is highly recommended as a way of detecting problems before the motor leaves the shop and is returned to service. Electrical acceptance procedures include insulation resistance (IR) testing, high-potential testing, stator winding resistance imbalance, polarization index (PI), step voltage, and surge testing. Mechanical acceptance procedures include vibration spectrum analysis, shaft end runout, soft foot testing, and rotor balancing. Rotor balancing should reference an ISO balance grade to ensure established balancing standard. Qualified shops are equipped to test-run electric motors at rated voltage because tests at reduced voltage may fail to reveal certain problems.
Certifying electric motor shops
A few select motor shops have earned special certification in motor rebuild and repair from motor and rotating-equipment technology companies. Under the certification, these exclusive and highly professional shops agree to adhere to technical requirements covering all aspects of motor repair. Employees participate in intensive training, focusing on key factors that influence motor performance and motor service life. Shop personnel refine their skills in analyzing motor problems and identifying the root causes of motor failures. Root-cause analysis seeks to identify the underlying sources of motor problems and to propose solutions that will prevent problems from recurring.
To complete certification, the repair shops typically undergo a stringent quality audit covering the following: work orders and processes; quality control; equipment calibration; storage of consumables, work in progress and serviced motors; motor assembly/disassembly procedures; machining practices; tools and instrumentation; lubrication practices (Photo 2 on page 18); cleanliness and housekeeping; mechanical and electrical motor conformance testing; and correct shipping procedures. In addition, some certification programs require the shops to complete a shaft and housing measurement test to assess the mechanical measurement capabilities of its employees. Many shops also participate in continuous improvement efforts and undergo recertification every year or two.
Enhancing quality standards
Electric motor repair shops with an ongoing commitment to high-quality standards are the ones most likely to earn certification. This was the case with Electrical Repair Service Co., Inc. of Birmingham, Ala. The 90-year-old company has a customer base consisting mainly of pulp and paper producers, mining operations, and cement and aggregate plants. According to the company's general manager, Kirk Kirkland, the certification process and requirements dovetailed with Electrical Repair Service Co., Inc.'s business culture and philosophy.
"As one of Alabama's oldest motor repair providers, we have always been committed to quality, and we have a progressive customer base that understands and appreciates this commitment," he says. "Even so, the certification process required a considerable investment of time and energy and increased expenditures on new assets and equipment."
To ensure measurement accuracy and repeatability, the company acquired new measuring devices and tools, including micrometers, surface roughness testers, hardness testers, and Gauss meters. It also purchased induction heaters for bearing installation and installed an inertia base, a solid pedestal (used for electric motor vibration analysis) insulated from ground movement and shop vibrations.
In accordance with the certification's requirements, the firm took additional steps to protect motors during shipping. The motors are covered to guard against the elements, placed on rubber mats, and safely secured to truck beds before shipping. Motor shafts are blocked to guard against brinelling damage to bearings.
According to Kirkland, the certification process has minimized the risk of rebuild-related problems.
"Due to our ongoing emphasis on quality, this was never a huge issue for us," he says. "But we have now improved our quality standards even further. We have essentially eliminated the risk of a motor failure or serious problem stemming from motor repair, rebuild, or transportation."
Certification from technology providers and adherence to best practices are reliable indicators of a motor repair shop's quality. Working with expert motor shops can help your company minimize motor failures and improve motor performance and reliability.
Fränding is global manager SKF Certified Programs, SKF Service Division, based in Kulpsville, Pa. He can be reached at [email protected].
Sidebar: Reducing Reliability Costs
Upgrading repair standards and quality has become an important priority across the industry as a means of improving reliability and reducing maintenance costs. One case in point involves a major paper manufacturer. The paper mill can have up to 10,000 operational electric motors, driving almost every part of the paper-making process. An evaluation of reliability data for mills operated by the manufacturer documented that electric motors consistently ranked among the top five sources of reliability incidents, resulting in millions of dollars in reliability-related costs. The findings underscored the need to reinforce motor reliability as a core initiative with primary objectives to improve motor service life, reliability, and efficiency.
A reliability task force was charged with finding a solution to minimize electric motor reliability incidents. At the task force's recommendation, the paper manufacturer developed higher standards and specifications for new and rebuilt motors and communicated these expectations to its electric motor repair providers. The manufacturer also took responsibility for implementing and adhering to standards internally, and served as a driver for continuous process improvement.
The program has already proved successful. The manufacturer has documented a 10% reduction in reliability incident costs and expects to achieve additional cost savings as the program matures. Data from one of the company's paper mills is particularly encouraging. Between 2006 and 2007, purchases of new motors decreased by 39%, and repair purchases decreased by 45%. The number of AC motor repairs dropped by 33% and DC motor repairs by 32%.


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Pocket Watch
This isn't an antique, and I got it for a song online. But I enjoy carrying it around. It's got a nice heft to it, a strong tick-tock rhythm (all mechanical winding, no battery here), and it's fun to pull out and check the time. I find myself dramatically checking it and saying things like "The 5:15 to Birmingham should be departing shortly."
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Happy Earth Day, everybody.
Today is the 40th annual love-your-planet observation, and not to get all baby boomer nostalgic on you, but I worked the first one. OK, it's not Woodstock, but surely I should get some tree-hugger street cred for staffing a table in New York for a group called Environment! and roller skating down closed-to-traffic Fifth Avenue.
Those were the world-changing days, kids. Remind me to tell you about the time I picketed the GM building in midtown Manhattan wearing a long, black robe and a gas mask (laugh if you will, but did cars stop using leaded gasoline? You're welcome).
But I digress. Earth Day lives on, an invitation to help save the planet and to appreciate its natural beauty. And on this patch of the planet at this time of year, that means spring wildflowers.
Carol Freeman is already on the job. A professional photographer of Chicago-area nature, Freeman spends her days exploring forest preserves and prairies in search of pictures that capture the diversity and beauty of local plant and animal life. She knows where the wildflowers are.
"Any healthy woodland," she said. "That's the key; it's got to be healthy."
If it is choked with non-native buckthorn and garlic mustard, those invasive plants will block the sun from hitting the forest floor so that the wildflowers can bloom. That's why you can't just pop into any nearby forest preserve.
"A lot of them are overgrown," she said. "That discourages people. They'll go to the forest preserve and they'll walk around and see bare dirt. Nothing's growing. It's not very pretty."
If you want pretty, you have to go to a woodland that is being actively managed — where the buckthorn and garlic mustard have been removed.
Such as?
"Places like the Chicago Botanic Garden and Morton Arboretum are excellent places to see native wildflowers," she said. "The Botanic Garden has a lovely wooded area most people probably don't know about. It's just off the parking lot — McDonald Woods."
Near her home in Glenview, she likes Harms Woods; from the parking lot, cross the bridge, take the path and just look around.
"On the south side, there's Black Partridge Woods — just an amazing display of wildflowers," she said. Elsewhere, "Waterfall Glen is a wonderful place. And Ryerson Woods has just beautiful carpets of phlox, sedges and May apples."
She has her own more challenging search going on: Since 2004, she has been on a quest to photograph every endangered or threatened species — plants, animals, insects, birds, fish, reptiles and snakes — in Illinois. There are 483 of them; she has photographed 115.
"They are extremely rare and really hard to find," she said. To find the endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly, for example, she went out looking along the Des Plaines River near Lockport every other week during the summer flight season. It took her three years.
As for plants, "they're out in the middle of nowhere, sometimes just a handful of plants," she said. She locates them with the help of organizations such as the Chicago Botanic Garden's Plants of Concern, which, in return, get to use her photos for education and advocacy. And she does not publicly reveal the plants' location, lest people steal them for their home gardens.
But a flower doesn't have to be rare to be beautiful. The other day at the Morton Arboretum's ground cover garden, where you can see wildflowers along paved, wheelchair-accessible paths, Freeman got down on the ground to photograph bright yellow woodland poppies, Virginia bluebells and the upside-down trumpet-shaped flowers of trout lilies.
Paying such close attention has added to her sense of wonderment at the beauty and variety of flowers.
"It's fascinating," she said. "How did they evolve? Why is this flower shaped this way?"
Credit Mother Nature, and blow her an Earth Day kiss.
A few nature notes
A tip of the hiking hat to Chicago Wilderness magazine, which is ceasing publication after more than 10 years of covering the area's native biodiversity and the professional and volunteer community devoted to it.
"It was a marvelous resource and very successful for the people that were very devoted to it, but like so many magazines we were seeing the subscriber base quickly eroding," said Melinda Pruett-Jones, executive director of the Chicago Wilderness alliance. The organization is looking into other ways to communicate in hopes of reaching a wider audience, but its archives — including its excellent searchable database of great nature spots, Into the Wild — will remain on chicagowildernessmag.org.
Speaking of outdoors archives, the Tribune now has one. Selected Outdoors Adviser columns are now at chicagotribune.com/outdoors. Go on some of my favorite outings — and if you have suggestions of your own, find me on Facebook.
Wildflower havens
Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe; 847-835-5440; chicago-botanic.org
Morton Arboretum, Illinois Highway 53, north of Interstate Highway 88, Lisle; 630-968-0074; mortonarb.org
Harms Woods, near Morton Grove; entrance on Harms Road just south of Old Orchard Road
Black Partridge Woods, near Lemont; entrance on Bluff Road/111th Street, west of Lemont Road
Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, Darien; main entrance on Northgate Road, just west of Cass Avenue
Ryerson Woods, Deerfield; entrance on Riverwoods Road between Half Day Road and Deerfield Road
For inspiration, check out Freeman's new photo book "Every Day in May," which follows her monthlong search for the birds and flowers of spring, available at inbeautyiwalk.com.
Tips for photographing flowers
Carol Freeman advises:
Look for blooms in shade or muted light.
Bright sun is too harsh.
Take your time.
Don't shoot the first bloom you see; keep looking for one that looks particularly pleasing, and maybe has an insect alighting on it.
Keep your hands steady
(because she shoots such low-growing flowers, she doesn't use a tripod).
Beware of wind.
Jackets recalled Remember the battery-heated jacket that was so toasty, lightweight and beautiful that it seemed too good to be true ("Hot-wired: Putting Battery-Powered Apparel to the Test," Dec. 17)? Turns out it was too good to be true. The Mountain Hardwear Refugium and Radiance jackets, and the Ardica Moshi power system they used, have been recalled. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the electrical connections in the warming components can overheat, posing a burn hazard. The company received five reports of overheating, though no injuries were reported. My conclusion: If it's warm enough for me, it's probably dangerous.
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Mayor's Office
A public open house of the Antelope Creek Watershed Basin Management Plan is set for 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 30 at Gere Library, 2400 S. 56th St. Presentations will begin at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. and will last about 20 minutes. Residents are invited to discuss the plan and provider input to staff from the City of Lincoln and the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) as well as the scientists and engineers working on the project.
The plan will guide actions to improve the water quality in Antelope Creek. The plan will cost about $507,100, which is being funded by the City and the LPSNRD. The project began in May and is expected to be completed by September 2011.
For more information, contact Ed Kouma, City of Lincoln Public Works and Utilities Department, at 441-7018 or visit the City website at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: watershed).


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Sharing my research with my son and his family
Spent a lovely afternoon this Veteran's day with my son and his family sharing with them my research of the Gonzales and Ayala family lines. It was great going over with them the love I have for building our Family History. I hope to instill in them and anyone else the importance of connecting our lineage.
As I go over our family charts with our extended family at our Ayala-Gonzales Family Reunions held every three years in Visalia, California, I can feel the sense of pride that comes over my cousins and their children as they find their names and how they connect to La Familia. Our ancestors suffered great hardships as they made their way from Zacatecas and Michoacan, Mexico to the USA in the early 1900's. They came to escape the agrarian revolution led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata in search of a peaceful land where their children could grow up without fear of war.
That dream was dampened a bit when some of our relatives were told to sign up for the draft, as America had entered into World War I, following the German attacks on the Lusitania and the Sussex, both passenger liners traveling in neutral waters. I don't know if any of our relatives actually fought in WW I. However, the record shows that they were signed up for the draft. Never-the-less, their children did, in fact, fight in WW II. In a future post I will introduce you to my uncle, Ramiro Zamora, a most decorated veteran.


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Just kidding. They were right.
Anyways, aside from the obvious pot-shots to take, a few things to note:
There did seem to be a low number of interviewers in one of the big reception rooms (as a commenter has noted), but not low enough as to lower the difficulty of trying to hear someone sitting right next to you.Finally, for those souls with us in NYC, keep your eyes open and ears to the ground. I hear that someone (me) is scattering Sunday Comics styled 'Hello, My Name is PHIL' name tags around the hotel; I want pictures of you wearing them.
These high-tech, super-fast elevators are making me dizzy.
With a mediocre interview under my belt and having to wade through gobs of philosophers and tourists to use said elevators, the Church of Scientology's ads promising me a more stress-free life that are prominently displayed out my window are looking mighty appealing now.
I went to a talk today that was sparsely attended and tried to stay awake after only being able to sleep in 40 minute bursts last night (nerves); I'm assuming that's par for the course.
Time for coffee.
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We offer a range of home nursing and personal care services to members of the veteran community to help you maintain your health or maximise your independence.
We also offer community nursing services to privately-funded (health insurance) or self-funded individuals. Most health funds offer home nursing as part of private health insurance policies.
Our community nursing service
You may have been referred to our community nursing service by your doctor for help with your treatment or personal care. You can also self-refer.
The nursing services we offer through community nursing include:
- wound care – wound assessment, changing and maintenance of dressings
- medication management – such as administration of medication, insulin for example
- nursing assessments – a comprehensive review of your current health needs. If we identify that you need the assistance of other allied health professionals or a doctor we contact them on your behalf.
The personal care services we offer through community nursing include:
- bathing and showering
- dressing (including putting on compression stockings)
- medication assistance – assistance with removing tablets from bottles or blister packs.
Depending on your treatment or care plan you may have visits from nurses, personal care assistants or allied health professionals during your time with us.
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If a hospital or doctor has referred you to our service they will communicate with us to admit you to our program.
You can also self-refer, however we need confirmation from a general practitioner or hospital that there is a clinical need for our services (DVA specific).
Once you are in our program we work with you to put together your treatment or care plan, with input from your doctor, and allied health professionals if needed.
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My first autologous treatment by Dr. F was around 11/1/13 and I followed the protocol as directed.
Around 1/1/14 I posted that my sob had increased as had my cough and phlem production. The comments I received prompted me to trouble shoot everything to find the possible problem. The main culprit was a defective neb - I could not get the glutathione into my lungs. This could have been a problem for two months. I bought a new neb and have now been doing the treatment for 6 weeks. There has been no improvement in my condition since buying my new neb.
I have been speculating on what to do. Has anybody out there had a successful follow up stem cell treatment? Im only trying to stop the march of my copd so would welcome anything that might work even just a little.
I am trying losartan potassium which was a reference by jgp to Barbara some time back. I was taking a low dose for my blood pressure but jumped my dose about 2 weeks ago when my Doc juggled my meds. I am my own guinea pig tester [dont call me a pig] as Im sure you may be too, but maybe you have something that worked for you even just s little.


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Tim Graham of the Media Research Council calls me a "mugwump" for stating that I'd join a vote for Romney to a vote against George Allen, Richard Mourdock, or Todd Akin if I lived in the relevant states.
He's got me busted: yes, I've had some good things to say about the merits of the Mugwumps.
A ferocious but highly choreographed politics, intensely felt but also remote from the concerns of everyday life: that was American politics 125 years ago, and in many respects it is American politics today. And that was the politics against which the political reformers of the 1870s and 1880s struggled.
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Two weeks ago, I commented on The Season in general. Now, as the start is less than a month away, here are a few dos and don'ts on dress codes to help you navigate this social juggernaut for some of the main events.
Chelsea Flower Show
Probably the most relaxed event in terms of dress code, and it is all in the entrance here. Take the bus, tube or arrive by taxi, but be prepared to queue at the gates so arrive as early as you can. Essentially, you are here to look at the flowers and gardens, and not on a fashion parade, so understated investment dressing is the key here: depending on the weather go for light suits or dresses and jackets, and do remember a lot of walking is involved, so wear comfortable shoes. If you are attending the private view then cocktail dress of course, but the men can get by all day in a crisp blazer and chinos with well-polished loafers.
Don't, whatever you do, dress down. Polo is probably the most high-profile of the season's events, and attracts not only an international crowd but also seems to be a magnet for the celebrity crowd, from jet setting movie star to B-lister wannabee. If the weather is good, team a pretty summer dress with the highest Jimmy Choos, or wear a chic trouser suit. The latest designer sunglasses are a must-have – but do make sure that if you are invited into the Royal tea tent, you remove them out of the glare! Men can get by with a blazer and well pressed trousers – the more one imitates the well-dressed smooth good looks of George Clooney, the better!
Royal Ascot
Morning suits and top hats are de-rigeur, as of course are the most fabulous hats. Trousers for ladies are now permitted, but skirts must not be far above the knee, and if you are hoping to enter the Royal Enclosure you will need to apply for a sponsored badge many months in advance, with a reference from a member of the Royal Enclosure. Top hats should always be black silk, and morning suits can be grey or black – my own preference is grey. Ladies Day is the traditional one to 'be seen', when even the more conservative hat-wearer can really push the boat out. A word of caution though: if you are not used to wearing a hat, practice putting it on and off and wearing it around the house several times before the big day, and learn to relax – otherwise you will have severe neck strain and a bad headache before you go near the champagne!
The cult brands of Jack Wills, Musto and Joules will be raking in the money this year as sailing appears to have taken off again – if it ever went out of fashion. For spectators, stick to looking the part in deck shoes, sunglasses, windproof gear and a chance to wear that perfect Hermes headscarf – and there are plenty of wonderful wellies around if the weather is wet. A plug here for the wonderful work of the RNLI – spare a thought for this entirely volunteer-led organisation which aims to raise some £131 million a year to maintain the fleet of rescue craft and on-shore lifeguards. There is rarely a day when crews do not risk their lives to save others at sea so, if you are attending any sailing event this year, pop a coin into the nearest donation box; you never know when you may need them!
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DGUSA celebrates its second birthday in grand style with a dream DGUSA Title Match. The two top competitors in YAMATO and PAC collide in an amazing bout with the Open The Freedom Gate belt as the prize. The Blood Warriors vs. Ronin feud continues with an epic Six Man Elimination Match plus so much more including Masato Yoshino vs. Ricochet, Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Sami Callihan & Arik Cannon and other hard-hitting, athletic contests.


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A wildfire west of Bend Thursday triggered evacuation orders and warnings at Cultus Lake.
The Muskrat Fire started sending up smoke around 12:45 p.m., said Jennee Elliff, one of the four owners of Cultus Lake Resort. It started as a little plume of black smoke.
"Within 20 minutes it was turning white, and you could see the red from the flames," she said.
As the fire grew, it prompted the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office to issue a Level III evacuation order for West Cultus Lake Campground, a boat-in campground, on the west side of Cultus Lake, and Level II evacuation warnings for the resort and Cultus Lake Campground on the east side of the lake. As of Thursday night, the Muskrat Fire had burned 30 acres of heavy timber northwest of Cultus Lake in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, said Kassidy Kern, spokeswoman at the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center. Although a containment estimate was not available Thursday night, she said smokejumpers, helicopters and air tankers helped firefighters slow the spread of the fire earlier in the day.
"We were really able to rein it in and keep it inside a box," she said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Firefighters estimated the fire at 200 acres Thursday afternoon but lowered the size Thursday evening to 30 acres after observers from the air got a better view of the fire.
Earlier in the day, smoke made the blaze difficult to size, Kern said.
"The fire area was pretty obstructed," she said.
The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office is in charge of issuing evacuation warnings and orders. A Level I warning means be ready to evacuate; a Level II warning means prepare to evacuate at a moment's notice; a Level III order means evacuate now.
The Level III evacuation order issued Thursday afternoon for the Muskrat Fire covers the west and north shores of Cultus Lake, as well as the backcountry north of the lake, according to the Sheriff's Office. The backcountry Level III evacuation order is for Corral Swamp and Winopee, Muskrat and Teddy lakes.
The evacuation warnings and orders were still in effect Thursday night, said Sheriff's Capt. Shane Nelson. In determining where to issue evacuation warnings and at what level, he said Sheriff's deputies confer with firefighters to learn where a fire may spread. The deputies also factor in how long it may take people to evacuate.
"We want to give people enough information ahead of time so they can leave an area in a safe and smooth manner," he said.
Elliff said she's been an owner at Cultus Lake Resort for 17 years and this is the first time there's been any level of evacuation warning or order due to wildfire. The resort — which opened in 1954 and can house up to 135 guests in 23 cabins — was full Thursday. Despite the evacuation warning, she said no guests had decided to leave.
"It's all good," she said. "You just can't get to the other side of the lake."
For campers in and near West Cultus Lake Campground, the Muskrat Fire brought an early end to a midsummer vacation, including a large group of family and friends. For 40-plus years, members and friends of the Snodgrass family of Portland have gathered at Cultus Lake for a week of camping at the beginning of August.
A friend of the family, Piper Stewart, 25, of Oregon City, said she was water-skiing when she saw the plume of smoke.
"It just kept getting bigger and bigger," she said.
A Sheriff's boat came around, and deputies warned them they may need to evacuate. They returned later to order the evacuation.
About 50 people were at the campout, and Stewart said boats were carrying the last loads of people and gear across the lake around 7:30 p.m.
She and Eric Wood, 34, of Gresham, whose wife is in the family, said it was the first time a wildfire has caused an evacuation at the annual campout. Both were headed home Thursday night.
The fire, about 11/2 miles from the campground, was the closest Wood said he's been to a wildfire.
"It seemed really close," he said. "The smoke was all over."
— Reporter: 541-617-7812, email@example.com
Editor's note: This article has been corrected. A previous version misidentified Capt. Shane Nelson's rank. The Bulletin regrets the error.


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Golf can be a game of opposites...Go back to move forward!
Congrats to the new RBC Canadian Open Champion, Sean O'Hair who ended a long dry spell with his 4th career PGA TOUR title. Sean won on the first playoff hole over Kris Blanks by laying up with a pitching wedge and making a bogey 5 that was good enough for the win! Hats off to Adam Hadwin from British Columbia earning the honors of Low Canadian Professional. We could be looking at the future of Canadian golf for years to come. After being 5 over par for the day after 11 holes, Adam roared back into the top 10 with a string of 3 birdies to finish 2 under par for the championship and a fourth place tie.
One of the statistics that stood out about Sean O'Hair's victory was the low percentage of fairways hit in regulation. Sean hit less than 60% of the fairways off the tee, yet he did not have a double bogey during the tournament. Due to his poor driving accuracy, Sean engaged in a strategy of going back to move forward up the leaderboard.
Golf can sometimes be described as a game of opposites. If you swing easy, the ball goes farther than swinging harder. If you swing to the left, the ball goes to the right. Swing down to the ball, it usually goes up in the air. In keeping with this philosophy that golf is a game of opposites, if you back off the distance of your tee shots, you could be closer to hitting the green in regulation.
Sean O'Hair played his own version of a game of opposite as he started driving the ball with irons and fairway metals down the final stretch of holes. He backed off on the distance he was trying to play off the tee, and then had a better chance reaching the green in regulation
Sound crazy? Not if you are driving the ball poorly and want to end a long dry spell! The extremely narrow fairways, deep rough, and heavy forest surrounding each hole made it imperative for Sean to hit his tee shots in the fairway. A major tee shot blunder would result in a loss of a shot in the form of a short pitch out to the fairway. Therefore, he made sure that he was in the fairway in spite of giving up to 40 yards in distance. This gave him a better chance than the rest of the field to hit more greens in regulation resulting in critical pars and birdies. The professionals who faded down the stretch were constantly in the rough and trees and could not hit the miracle recovery shots they needed.
For the average golfer, this can be a tough decision to give up the chance to hit it long enough off the tee to reach the green in regulation. However, the payoff is a high percentage chance to be in the fairway which will set up the hole for a favorable score. It does take a great deal of mental discipline to think this way, even for the touring professionals. An example is the bogey that Andres Romero made on the 72nd hole to fall out of the playoff. His errant tee shot forced him to take a shot from the right rough ending up in the greenside bunker. After a disappointing bunker shot, he missed a long putt for par and elimination from the playoff.
So remember, backing off your distance off the tee with an iron or fairway metal will enable you to find the fairway and help you move forward with a better chance to reach the green in regulation.
John Reger, Jr., has been a member of the PGA since 1982 and has served in a variety of roles in the golf industry that includes golf professional, tournament announcer, golf course owner, tournament player, broadcaster, consultant, golf manufacturer, promoter, golf course developer and student of the game. John is the Founder and President of Briefcase Golf, Inc. based in Gainesville, Florida and co hosts a weekly syndicated radio show on ESPN stations across the state of Florida. For additional information visit www.briefcasegolf.com


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today said that the City's water supply is in better shape as we approach warm weather than it has been in recent years. For that reason, he is not asking residents to follow the voluntary designated day watering schedule implemented seven years ago.
"The aquifer is full, Platte River flows are slightly above normal and precipitation has been at normal levels," Mayor Beutler said. "While we are not asking residents to following the designated day schedule as we have in the past, summer weather can be very unpredictable, and it's always a good idea to practice water conservation.
The Mayor's Water Conservation Task Force recommends the following:
Lincoln Water System (LWS) fees are structured to encourage conservation – the more water you use, the higher the rate. LWS Chief Engineer Jerry Obrist said the City is currently reviewing its water rate structure and its schedule for the replacement of aging infrastructure. "The structure of our rates must take many factors into account," Obrist said. "We must ensure that we always have an ample water supply available for basic health and fire protection needs. At the same time, we need to have the resources for maintenance and replacement of our current infrastructure and for building new infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing city."
Obrist also said that energy conservation continues to be a priority. LWS recently completed construction of a large water transmission main. Obrist said the new main will reduce electricity consumption in its early years of operation while providing extra capacity to meet the city's future growth needs.
A complete description of water rates and the City's Water Management Plan are available on the City website, lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: water).


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You've heard it all before: iPods are high-theft items, and there has allegedly been an increase in crime as a result of the proliferation of our favorite white (or black… or aluminum anodized in our favorite colors) devices. But there hasn't been much data on the possible phenomenon, just anecdotal evidence and a few police reports here and there. The Urban Institute hopes to throw its own data into the mix, though, with a new report suggesting that rising crime rates may in fact be linked to iPods.
The Urban Institute says that iPods' "high value, visibility, and versatility make them 'criminogenic'—or 'crime-creating,' in the vocabulary of criminologists." Researchers John Roman and Aaron Chalfin say that robberies rose in both 2005 and 2006, while overall theft actually declined during the same time period. According to Roman and Chaflin, the iPod's popularity make it a "special target" for juvenile offenders. "Indeed youth robbery arrests jumped 11 percent in 2005 and 21 percent in 2006," they wrote.
The 15-page paper (PDF) goes on to mention that, during the first three months of 2005, major felonies in the NYC subways increased by 18 percent—excluding iPod and cell phone thefts, however, felonies actually declined by three percent. (Let's just pretend like we didn't see that "and cell phone" part, I guess?).
The authors admit, however, that the "iCrime wave" may wane due to the ever-increasing ubiquitousness of the iPod. "Many of those who covet one likely already have one," reads the research paper. The correlation between the two is certainly intriguing, but it will likely be hard for some to accept that the iPod may actually be the cause of such crime spikes. We'll let you be the judge on that one.


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A judge has decided that a trial can proceed for a man charged with murder in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, N.J., is accused of abducting and killing Patz, who was last seen walking to his school bus stop in 1979. His body has never been found.
Hernandez confessed to killing Patz after his arrest last year and had made incriminating remarks years before. But his lawyer argued that Hernandez is schizophrenic and bipolar, and that his admission was false, peppered with questionable claims and made after almost seven hours of police questioning.
"No evidence or witnesses have been found corroborating any of the few facts" in Hernandez's confession, defense lawyer Harvey Fishbein wrote last month in papers arguing that the case should be dismissed.
The Manhattan district attorney's office argued there's enough proof to sustain the case, Hernandez willingly talked with investigators and prosecutors don't believe his confession is a mentally ill man's imaginings. Under New York law, a person can be convicted based only on a confession, if there's additional evidence that a crime was committed.
A judge said Wednesday that the grand jury proceeding was legally sufficient to continue.
Etan vanished on May 25, 1979; the anniversary later was named National Missing Children's Day in his memory.
Hernandez, 52, was arrested last May after police got a tip that he'd told people years before that he had killed a child in New York City.
Hernandez then told authorities he'd seen Etan at the bus stop, offered the boy a soda to entice him to a corner store where Hernandez worked and choked the boy in the basement. Hernandez said he tossed Etan's book bag behind a basement freezer, put his limp body in a box and left it with some trash about a block away.


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Federal prosecutors charge human capital chief with soliciting job with contractor.
A former human resources officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is reportedly pleading guilty to conflict of interest charges filed by federal prosecutors on Jan. 2. as part of a larger case involving alleged government contract overcharging by the Gallup Organization.
As reported by NBC News investigative reporter Michael Isikoff, Timothy Cannon, director of FEMA's Human Capital Division from 2007 to 2009, plans to plead guilty to one felony charge for "knowingly and willfully" participating in the award of contracts to Gallup while arranging to accept a $175,000-a-year job with the polling and research firm.
The attorney for Cannon, a former Army officer, said his client accepts responsibility for his actions. The complaint included email exchanges from 2007 and 2008 in which Gallup discussed what became a $6 million contract to poll FEMA employees on training issues as part of the agency's BEST Workforce Initiative. The exchanges included references to Cannon interviewing for a job with Gallup. An offer was eventually made but then withdrawn over ethics concerns, NBC News reported.
Gallup Vice President for Law and Associate Counsel William Kruse said in a statement on Tuesday, "The Department of Justice's previously filed civil case against Gallup was based on the false allegations of a former disgruntled employee. I am confident that there were no illegal actions taken by Gallup staff on government contracts or any other contract for that matter. In addition, last week's criminal filing was not against Gallup, but rather DoJ's allegations against a former FEMA employee. As such, there is nothing Gallup can comment on in regards to this development."
A FEMA spokesman referred queries to Justice.
The larger case began in 2009 when a disgruntled ex-Gallup employee named Michael Lindley filed a whistleblower suit accusing the company of violating the False Claims Act by making inaccurate claims for payment under contracts with the U.S. Mint, the State Department and other agencies. In August 2012, the Justice Department joined the suit.
According to the whistleblower's complaint, Gallup gave the government inflated estimates of the number of hours that it would take to perform its services, even though it had separate and lower internal estimates of the requirements.
"Contractors must understand that it is unlawful to use inflated estimates to obtain higher contract prices," said Stuart Delery, acting assistant attorney general for Justice's Civil Division, in a release. "The decision to join this civil lawsuit underscores the commitment of the Department of Justice to recover federal funds that are unlawfully claimed."
Neil Gordon, an investigator for the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight, noted in a recent blog that the ongoing investigation could target current and former employees as well as the company itself. "The civil fraud case blames lax training and weak managerial oversight at Gallup for the alleged overbilling," he wrote. "The criminal charges against Cannon also paint an unflattering picture of Gallup's corporate culture, implying that the questionable conduct went all the way to the top of the company."