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The means-tested State Pension (Non-Contributory) is a payment for people
aged over 66 who do not qualify for a State Pension (Contributory) or
who only qualify for a reduced contributory pension based on their insurance
Depending on your circumstances, some or all of your State pension non-contributory payment may be liable to income tax. The Department pays State pension non-contributory, without deducting tax. The Department does, however, notify Revenue of the taxable amount of State pension non-contributory to be taken into account for income tax purposes. This means you do not have to do anything for the correct tax to be paid. Information about the taxation of social welfare payments is available from Revenue and on the Jobs and Pensions page of the Revenue website www.revenue.ie [or click on https://www.revenue.ie/en/jobs-and-pensions/taxation-of-social-welfare-payments/index.aspx ]PRSI and USC are not charged on State pension non-contributory payments
The Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 made a number of changes to the
qualifying age for State pensions. The qualifying age will rise to 67 in 2021
and 68 in 2028. So:
Under the National
Pensions Framework a number of other changes are planned to the qualifying
conditions for the State Pension (Contributory) from 2020. These changes do not
affect the State Pension (Non-Contributory).
You may qualify for the State Pension (Non-Contributory) if:
Your means are assessed under the following headings:
Any cash income you have is assessed in the means test. This includes income
from a social security pension from another country. However, certain items of
cash income are not taken into account in the means test. For example, earnings
of up to €200 per week from employment (but not self-employment) are not
taken into account (or are disregarded). This disregard applies to
both you and your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant. Any income from work
above €200 is assessed as means.
If you own or lease land your net income from farming or leasing is fully
assessed with no disregards. The net income is worked out by deducting expenses
incurred from the gross income. If you own land that is not productively used
or leased this is assessed on its capital value.
Payments you get under the Farm Retirement Scheme and income from property
that has already been assessed on its capital value are also not taken into
More information is available in our document about cash
income not taken into account in the means test.
Savings, investments, cash on hand and any property you own (but not
your own home) is assessed as capital. All your capital from different
sources is added together and a special formula is then used to find your
weekly means from capital.
The property and investments that may be assessed under this heading include
savings in a bank account (or anywhere else), a house that you have let and
stocks and shares. You may or may not be getting an income from the property or
investment. Income from property already assessed on its capital value is not
assessed in the means test - see 'Cash income' above.
If you or your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant saves a portion of your
State Pension (Non-Contributory) each week, these savings as well as savings
from most other sources will be taken into account as part of your means.
More information is available in our document on how
capital and property is assessed as means.
Different rules for the assessment of capital are used in the means tests
for Disability Allowance (DA) and State Pension (Non-Contributory). This means
that people moving from DA to State Pension (Non-Contributory) at age 66 could
have found that their pension was lower than their DA. However, the Social
Welfare and Pension Act 2008 provides that, if you are moving from DA to
State Pension (Non-Contributory) at age 66, you will not get a lower-rate
pension due to a less favourable assessment of capital.
The value of the house you live in is not taken into
account in the means test. However, any income you are getting from it is taken
into account. For example, if you rented a room in your house, that income is
assessed. There is an exception to this, if not renting the room means that you
would be living alone then your income from rent is not taken into account.
Selling your home
If you sell your home, the proceeds of the sale would normally be taken into
account as means. If you are living in accommodation which no longer suits you
or which you are no longer able to maintain, you may be able to sell your home
and move to more suitable accommodation and have up to €190,500 of the
proceeds of the sale excluded from the means test. This exemption of €190,500
applies if you sell your house in order to:
Usually the first €190,500 of the sale proceeds is not taken into account.
However, if you use the proceeds of the sale to buy more suitable
accommodation, the balance of the proceeds after buying the
new accommodation is exempt up to a limit of €190,500.
However the proceeds of the sale may be taken into account by the Health
Service Executive (HSE) when your entitlement to the Nursing
Homes Support Scheme is being assessed.
Investment income from the sale of your home
Any benefit you get from investing the sale proceeds is assessable as means.
Interest which is kept as capital is assessable in the same way as capital is
normally assessed. However, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social
Protection states in its Operational
Guidelines on Means Assessment that an allowance should be made where a
person has significant maintenance expenses, such as nursing home costs, which
are met out of interest payments. In such cases, only the interest on the
exempted capital (up to a maximum of €190,500) may be disregarded as
Leaving your home but not selling
If, due to old age or incapacity, you leave your home either on a temporary
basis or indefinitely, the value of your home will not be assessed as means.
However, if it is put to profitable use (for example, rented out), the capital
value of the house will then be assessed as means.
Your means under the various headings are added together to see what level
of pension, if any, you can get. If you are one half of a couple (married
couple, civil partners or a cohabiting couple) then your means are taken to be
half of the total means of yourself and your spouse, civil partner or
cohabitant. Note that you can have savings or assets of up to €20,000 and
earnings of up to €200 per week from employment and still qualify for a full
State Pension (Non-Contributory).
The first €30 per week of means as assessed by the Department of
Employment Affairs and Social Protection does not affect the rate of pension.
After that, the pension is reduced by €2.50 each week for every €2.50 of
If you were getting Farm Assist and the
different means test that applies to the State Pension (Non-Contributory)
results in you getting a lower level of payment, you keep your entitlement to
the higher amount.
When your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant reaches 66 you will no longer
get an increase in your payment for them as a qualified adult. However, he or
she may apply for a State Pension (Non-Contributory) in his/her own right.
If you are getting State Pension (Non-Contributory) the Increase
for a Qualified Adult will be paid directly to your adult dependant.
This only applies to applications for state pensions received by the
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection after 27 September
State Pension (Non-Contributory) from 29 March 2019
To apply fill in a State
Pension (Non-Contributory) application form (pdf). You can get an
application form from your Intreo
Centre or Social Welfare Branch Office, post office or Citizens Information
Centre. You should send your completed application form to the address below.
You should apply three months before you reach 66.
If you need help filling out the form you can visit your nearest Citizens
Information Centre. You should make sure that you fill in all relevant sections
and provide evidence of your income and assets where required – otherwise
there may be a delay in processing your application. You should include
information about all your bank, credit union or post office accounts,
including recent statements from each account you hold. You also need to
provide recent payslips if you are working and information about any other
pensions you have.
You may be visited by a social welfare officer who will assess your means.
You will be told how exactly your means were assessed. If you are not
satisfied, you may appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals
You must always tell the Department of Employment Affairs and Social
Protection if there are any changes
to your circumstances while you are getting a State Pension
(Non-Contributory). If your means or circumstances change you may no longer
qualify for the payment or it may be reduced. This could mean that you have to
an overpayment.
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Opening Hours: This office does not offer a service to personal callers. All queries must be made using the online enquiry form, by telephone or in writing.
Tel: (071) 915 7100 (If calling from outside the Republic of Ireland please call + 353 71 915 7100)
Locall: 1890 500 000 (Note: the rates charged for using 1890 (Lo-call) numbers may vary)
Homepage: http://www.welfare.ie/
You can email the State Pension (Non-Contributory) section using the secure
enquiry form. If
you wish to talk to someone face-to-face about your pension entitlements, you
can visit your local Citizens Information Centre, Intreo Centre or Social
Welfare Branch Office.
If you are getting State Pension (Non-Contributory), you may be entitled
Welfare Allowance Scheme There are a number of supplementary payments under
this scheme, for example, Rent Supplement and Back to School Clothing and
Footwear Allowance.
Supplement is a payment that helps with the cost of your rent.
Alone Increase is a supplementary payment for people getting certain social
welfare payments who are living alone.
Benefits Package is a package of benefits that provides financial
assistance with the cost of some household utilities. It includes an
Electricity or Gas Allowance and a Free Television Licence.
Free Travel Pass
allows people on certain social welfare payments to access public transport
services for free. If you live on a specified island off the Irish coast you
can access certain private transport services.
Fuel Allowance
is an allowance that provides help with the cost of fuel to people who are
dependent on long-term social welfare payments.
Increase is a supplementary payment for people getting certain social
welfare payments and living on specified islands off the coast of Ireland.
Centenarian's Payment is
a payment made to all Irish citizens and people normally considered to be
living in the State on reaching 100 years of age. This payment is issued
automatically to those who are getting a State Pension (Non-Contributory).
Carer's Support
Grant is an annual payment made to carers, aged 16 or over, providing
full-time care for at least six months a year.
If a person getting a State Pension (Non- Contributory) from the Department
of Employment Affairs and Social Protection dies, you should:
In many cases, the spouse, civil partner, cohabitant or carer will receive a
for six weeks following the death.


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Last week we brought you a video called "Love for Life," an attempt to get inside the racer's mind.
Today we bring Clash Productions' collection of its best from 2011, unofficially titled "The Human Side of Racing."
Despite being fierce competitors on the track, the brotherhood the drivers share involves a camaraderie not often found in sports. Check out the video.

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March Against Cruelty to Animals Planned for November.
The March Against Cruelty to Animals is scheduled for November 16 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Organizations and individuals who care about the humane treatment of animals are invited to join and march in solidarity against cruelty and abuse.
The Cause..
There are many ways to show compassion for animals. We should take satisfaction knowing that millions of people advocate for some form of kindness every day and it results in better lives for animals as a result. We see it in the family who refuses to patronize the circus, the friend who used to eat animals and now lobbies others to stop, and the co-worker who proudly tells us she bought a product labeled "cruelty-free." Thoughtful decisions come in all forms and they always matter.
Why March?..
Hopefully the success of the march and media coverage of it will inspire people to evolve and others to join the soon to be formed non-profit organization, The Marches Against Cruelty (The MAC), to organize a march in their state and it will become a regular event throughout the country that will raise awareness and save lives.
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Use the links on the right side of this page for detailed information.
Pay Online: We accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discover.
One week prior to the commencement of each semester, students may register on-line and pay by credit or debit card only.
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Located just 2 minutes walk from the town centre and 1 minute walk from the beach, our self contained apartments are designed specifically for the holiday makers seeking short or long term accommodation and is suitable for families and great for romantic weekends away.
Our recently constructed property, with on-site managers, is set amid delightful landscaped gardens and each apartment offers an outdoor balcony, many with glorious ocean views and or lake views, all with a cool sea breeze. We also offer a heated swimming pool and spa, gymnasium, sauna and amenities.
Each of our well appointed apartments have been tastefully designed with furnishing and décor of the highest quality and standard. Our 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments are in keeping with today's modern comforts and are fully self contained.
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The resort complex consists of 130 beautifully appointed one and two bedroom, fully self-contained, hotel and residential apartments.
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Guns blamed for sparking some wildfires in West
(AP) SPOKANE, Washington - In the tinder-dry U.S. West, where campfires, fireworks and even lit cigarettes are banned across public lands, another fire-starting culprit remains free of most restrictions: guns.
This year, officials believe target shooting or other firearms use have sparked at least 21 wildfires in Utah and nearly a dozen in Idaho. Shooting is also believed to have caused fires in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.
Officials have been asking the public to scale back shooting as legions of firefighters contend with one of the busiest and most destructive wildfire seasons to ever hit the West.
But many in the region avid proponents of the Second Amendment right to bear arms, so most state lawmakers are hesitant to enact any formal restrictions.
"We're not trying to pull away anyone's right to bear arms. I want to emphasize that," said Louinda Downs, a county commissioner in fire-prone Davis County, Utah. "We're just saying, target practice in winter. Target practice on the gun range. When your pleasure hobby is infringing or threatening someone else's right to have property or life, shouldn't we be able to somehow have some authority so we can restrict that?"
The state's Republican Gov. Gary Herbert took the unusual step of authorizing the top state forest official to impose gun restrictions on public lands after a gunfire-sparked fire. Herbert said his decision doesn't limit gun rights, but is a common-sense response to dry conditions.
Wildfires spark gun control debate in Utah
Military raises death toll in C-130 wildfire crash
Wildfire-fighting C-130s grounded after deadly crash
Colorado wildfires may stomp out fireworks
Watch: Firefighters gain ground on Western wildfires
Guns rights advocates are skeptical that firearms use can cause so many wildfires.
Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Sports Shooting Council, said that perhaps 5 percent of the wildfires in the state have been caused by target shooters this year.
"I don't know how much of a problem it really is," he said.
Officials believe steel-jacketed bullets are the most likely culprits. One shot that hits a rock and throws off sparks can ignite surrounding vegetation and quickly spread. Popular exploding targets are also blamed for causing wildfires.
For weeks, state officials have said they were powerless to ban gun use because of Second Amendment rights, but legislative leaders say they found an obscure state law that empowers the state forester to act in an emergency.
Among the recent fires, target shooters on June 21 ignited a blaze south of Salt Lake City that forced the evacuation of about 2,300 before it was contained.
Aposhian said his group will conduct tests to determine if the steel-jacketed bullet theory is true. If there are limits, "we want to make sure it is not knee-jerk legislation to ban guns or ammunition," he said. "If it turns out the problem is with a few types of rounds, we will not be an apologist for them."
There is no need for such tests, Utah state fire marshal Brent Halladay said. With steel bullets, "you might as well just go up there and strike a match," he said.
Statistics on wildfires caused by firearms are incomplete because the federal government does not list "shooting" as a cause on its fire reports. But some officials write in "target" or "shoot" as a cause, said Jennifer Jones of the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho.
On land managed by the U.S. Forest Service only, the center found 17 such wildfires in 2010, 28 last year and 13 so far this year.
This year, the federal Bureau of Land Management said 11 of 31 wildfires it has battled in Idaho have been sparked by shooting activities.
Officials at Arizona's Tonto National Forest had seven wildfires caused by firearms in 2010, 10 in 2011 and at least five so far this year. The potential for fire is so great that shooting for several years has been prohibited on BLM property in the Phoenix area.
In one case in the state, prosecutors said five friends at a campout and bachelor party set off a fire on May 12 when one loaded an incendiary shell, which burns rapidly and causes fires, into a shotgun and pulled the trigger.
Meanwhile, firefighters are wary of more wildfires with the arrival of the Independence Day holiday on July 4.
"Many people use these times to show patriotism as well as support for the Second Amendment," Aposhian said.


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Reich & Korot's Three Tales: on CD/DVD
Reich & Korot's Three Tales: special CD/DVD release
Andrew Clements reviews the new Nonesuch recording of Reich and Korot's Three Tales, combining DVD and CD
The Guardian (17 October 2003)
There is nothing else quite like Steve Reich and Beryl Korot's Three Tales, first seen in its final form in May last year. "Video opera" is a useful shorthand for describing the work's fusion of images and live music. But "opera" implies a degree of drama that neither the music, nor the visuals, attempts to meet. The video and the score are inseparable, though, and the result is a kind of musical documentary. Nonesuch has packaged the work as a two-disc set: the soundtrack - Reich's music and the soundbites and interviews that provide its musical sources as well as its philosophical and political dialectic - is on CD, while the DVD has the complete work, images and score wedded.
Three Tales takes in a wide sweep of 20th century technology, exploring three very different events - the construction and destruction of the airship Hindenberg in 1937, the first tests of the hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll in 1946, and finally the cloning of Dolly the sheep in 1996. The three movements get progressively weightier, more discursive, more visually inventive: Hindenberg is essentially a potted history of the events via newsreel footage and a motoric musical accompaniment; Bikini looks more closely into the effects and implications of the tests, while Dolly takes the cloning as the springboard for a much wider examination of genetic engineering and its implications for humankind.
Korot's images provide the increasingly virtuoso surface - the images in Dolly especially are quite dazzling - while Reich's music provides the binding structure, and the proportioning of the whole 65-minute work. It moves from Niebelheim-like hammerings and martial rhythms as the Hindenberg is built, through menacing countdowns and prayer-like reflectiveness in Bikini, to the explosion of inventiveness and exuberance in Dolly with speech rhythms and melodies feeding back between the talking heads like Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould and James Watson on video, and the music of the live singers and instrumentalists.
Though it's possible to connect the processes in Three Tales to Reich's earlier techniques in City Life and the string quartet Different Trains, this piece represents a quantum leap in complexity and technological achievement, and no other musical work I know comes near its imaginative synthesis. It is unique, and seems all the more extraordinary the more you watch and hear it.
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Unfractionated heparins
Low-molecular-weight heparins
Direct thrombin inhibitors (only used in the hospital)
Anticoagulants are often called blood
thinners, but they don't really thin blood. They work by increasing the time it
takes for a blood clot to form. This prevents an existing clot from increasing
in size, thereby preventing a
heart attack or
Anticoagulants are not typically used to treat coronary artery disease. But you might take them after having angioplasty or bypass surgery. You might take an anticoagulant if you also have atrial fibrillation or other complications.
Anticoagulants lower the risk of problems caused by blood clots, such as a heart attack or stroke.1
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Bleeding: Call 911 or other emergency services right away if:
Call your doctor right away if you have unusual bleeding:
If you are injured, apply pressure to stop the bleeding. Realize that it
will take longer than you are used to for the bleeding to stop. If you can't get the bleeding to stop, call your doctor.
Allergic reaction: Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor if you have:
Heparin: Side effects often happen at injection sites. These side effects include:
Warfarin: Other side effects include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is
not available in all systems.)
When you take anticoagulants, you need to take extra steps to avoid bleeding problems.
For more information, see:
Long-term use of heparin is not typically
recommended. It requires one or two injections each day. And long-term use is linked with
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Do not take warfarin if you are pregnant. Warfarin can cause miscarriage or birth defects. If you are taking warfarin, talk to your doctor about how you can prevent pregnancy.
If you think you might be pregnant: Call your doctor. If you are pregnant, you will take heparin during your pregnancy.
If you plan on getting pregnant: Talk with your doctor. You and your doctor will decide which medicine you will take—warfarin or heparin—while trying to get pregnant.
If you are pregnant: You will take heparin during your pregnancy. Heparin has not been shown to affect the fetus.
For more information, see Pregnancy and the Increased Risk of Developing Blood Clots.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency (JPA) sold the first $100 million in bonds for the new arena at an interest rate of 3.2 percent. The difference between the conservative 5-percent estimate the City used for planning and the actual 3.2-percent rate will result in a savings of about $1.8 million per year during the first 10-year period. Over the 35-year life of the bonds, the savings is $50 million.
"Today's sale is a strong indication that our loan expenses will indeed fall below our projections, in this case far below," said Mayor Beutler. "This also confirms another point we made in the campaign. Interest rates may never be lower. There may never be a better time to build a major municipal project like the arena than now. Good planning and hard work have resulted in millions of dollars in savings to Lincoln taxpayers. We hope this news justifies the faith the public has placed in us as stewards of the public dollar."
The City's bond counsel, Lauren Wismer with Gilmore & Bell P.C., said that outside of Lincoln Electric System bonds, the City has never issued a bond amount this high and never received an interest rate this low for a long-term bond issue.
The bonds are Build America Bonds, which are sold on a taxable basis, with the federal government providing a 35-percent subsidy. The City received six bids from four firms, and the buyer of the bonds was Wells Fargo. The bids are posted online at aicauction.co (click on "results"). The City's financial advisor, Scott Keene from Ameritas Investment Corp., facilitated the transaction.
City Finance Director Don Herz said today's sale "sets a pattern" for the rest of the bond issues. He said the second arena bond sale for $30 million in Economic Recovery Zone bonds will take place later this year. Those bonds have a federal subsidy of 45 percent.
Information on the West Haymarket JPA is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: west haymarket).


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Thanks to MindLoveMisery's Menagerie for hosting this prompt. For the prompt I have chosen the theme "a trip behind the looking glass," the male Z name "Zenith," the female Z Name "Zephira," the instrument of a "mandolin," the scent of "vanilla," and the verb "surrender." Also, I'm combining the Prompt with Grace from Poetic's Pub #dVerse on boarders.
Mirror divides, boarders in this place from next,
She's a second Alice, in blue, much perplexed.
Her name, Zephira, born in distant lands.
Fingers graze looking glass, ripples expand,
Beyond here she knows lies Wonderland where —
She'll meet talking creatures, rabbits, hares.
Through the looking glass, Zephira finds new life.
She's read of Alice's journey; though glass,
So she enters, vanilla an aroma that lasts;
Invades her lungs as she breathes it in,
This new reality, chance to explore freedom.
Not to be forced to surrender to life's —
Hypocrisy, marriage games played with spite.
Alliance (loveless) to wealthy prospects,
Zephira forgets, enticed with perspective.
Through the looking glass, Zephira finds new life.
Notes of the mandolin strummed lead her bare feet,
To places wondrous where flowers her greet.
Rising high, to top of mountain peeks, finds,
Zenith, who'll not control her, so she shines.
Zephira surrenders to him, her choice glad,
Holding hands in boarders of Wonderland.
Through the looking glass, Zephira finds new life.
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Title: Emma
Author: Jane Austen
Pages: 354
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Cover Rating: 4/5
Character Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Overall Rating: 4/5
I deeply loved this book... How could I not?? Jane Austen is a master mind when it comes to weaving a plot and incorporating believable characters... This was a great book and I give it full marks for everything... I just wish I had read it all in a shorter period of time... But all in all I LOVED it... I recommend it to all Jane Austen fans..
(this is not really a plot summary, but I liked it... so I thought I would put it here instead.)
Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like." In the very first sentence she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich." Emma, however, is also rather spoiled; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; and she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives and is often mistaken about the meanings of others' actions.


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Europe under pressure as German output declinesJune 21, 2012: 10:29 AM ET
The bad news just keeps piling up for Europe.
An index of purchasing managers, formally known as the Markit flash eurozone PMI, came in at 46 in June, still showing contraction but unchanged from May. The index has been contracting since September, and it remains at the lowest level since 2009. The second quarter has also seen "the steepest downturn" in three years.
The only glimmer of hope is that the PMI didn't contract any further; any reading below 50 signals contraction. "They continue to point to a contraction in the economy but do not suggest that activity has collapsed," said Ernst & Young senior economic advisor Marie Diron.
While that slim silver lining may appease some worriers, the 17-nation eurozone is still suffering under massive amounts of debt in many of its sovereign nations ... and time is running out to save the likes of Greece and, to some extent, Spain.
And conditions in Germany, the healthiest and largest eurozone country, deteriorated for the second month, with output declining at the fastest rate in three years.
That could set the stage for a sharp decline in second quarter GDP.
"There is a risk that without decisive action by policymakers, confidence in the eurozone will rapidly deteriorate," said Diron. "Without clear commitments to take measures to restore stability in the region in a durable manner, the eurozone could fall into a much deeper recession."
Related: Should Draghi be more like Bernanke?
Some say the PMI figures could raise calls for a rate cut by the European Central Bank when it meets next month. Earlier this month, the ECB left interests rates unchanged at 1%, but the vote wasn't unanimous and raised chatter about what the central bank would do next.
ECB president Mario Draghi also recently said the central banks stands ready to help.
Today's PMI figures may make the call to action grow louder.


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Every year, approximately 12,000 women in the United States receive a diagnosis of cervical cancer and about 4,000 women will die from the disease. The good news is that cervical cancer can be prevented with both screening tests that catch the disease in its earliest, precancerous stages and vaccines that provide protection.
Cervical cancers are caused by persistent infection with high risk human papillomavirus (HPV), a common infection that spreads through sexual activity. HPV can also cause vaginal, vulvar, anal, and penile cancers as well as cancers of the head, neck and throat. Additional risk factors for cervical cancer include smoking, a family history of cervical cancer, lowered immunity, being overweight, use of birth control pills for five or more years, three or more full term pregnancies, having several sexual partners and experiencing pregnancy before age 17. Although cervical cancer typically occurs in women over the age of 30, all women are at risk.
In its earliest stages, cervical cancer has no symptoms. In more advanced stages, symptoms include abnormal vaginal bleeding, abnormal vaginal discharge and pain during sex.
If cervical cancer is found in its earliest stages, there is a much greater chance that it can be cured. Screening with the Pap test and, for some women, the HPV test, can detect changing cells in the cervix before they turn into cancer. The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists recommends as a general rule that women aged 21 to 29 years should have a Pap test every three years (HPV testing is not recommended); women aged 30 to 65 years should have a Pap test every 3 years, or co-testing with a Pap test and an HPV test every five years; and women over age 65 who have had years of regular screenings with normal results do not need to be screened for cervical cancer. Because each woman's individual risk for cervical cancer is unique, it is always a good idea to ask your doctor what screening schedule is best for you.
The HPV vaccine provides safe and effective protection against the high risk HPV strains that most commonly cause cancer. The Food and Drug Administration has approved three vaccines to prevent HPV infection: Gardasil®, Gardasil®9 and Cervarix. Given in a series of injections (shots), the HPV vaccine is recommended for pre-teen girls ages 11 or 12 or for females between the ages of 13 and 26 and males between the ages of 13 and 21 who have not received any or all of the shots when they were younger. However, it is important to note that women who have been vaccinated will still need regular screening for cervical cancer because the HPV vaccine does not prevent all of the types of HPV that can cause cervical cancer.
Other ways to reduce your risk for cervical cancer are by not smoking, using condoms during sex, delaying the onset of sexual activity and limiting the number of sexual partners.
Treatment for cervical cancer depends on the stage of the cancer when diagnosed and the patient's medical condition. The most common forms of treatment are surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, used alone or in combination.
New ways to prevent and treat cervical cancer are currently being explored in clinical trials , including immunotherapy, targeted therapy that specifically targets gene changes or growth factors in cancer cells and other novel approaches.
Women living in the tri-state area can receive high-quality, comprehensive gynecologic cancer care in state-of-the-art, comfortable environments at one of NewYork-Presbyterian's Cancer Centers in New York City or Westchester. Our board certified gynecologic oncologists collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists to provide each patient with an individualized plan of care. The team frequently collaborates with the gynecology/oncology faculty at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NYP/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, many of whom are world-class experts in the field, to discuss our most complicated cases. To find a gynecologist or cancer specialist at the location most convenient for you, please visit nyp.org/cancerlocations.
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Back in 2000, the popular HBO series "Sex and the City" launched a cupcake craze with the main character's devotion to New York's Magnolia Bakery. Like a contagious sugar rush, shops dedicated to the single-serving sweets started to dot U.S. cities like liberally applied sprinkles. The virtues of cupcakes – comforting thoughts of mom and home, their egalitarian nature – were trumpeted from coast to coast. That wave had yet to truly dissipate when the next one took hold, self-serve frozen yogurt. And so it goes on and on, the cyclical pattern that makes a particular food the sudden darling of the dining world.
Now it is bacon that has that satisfying sizzle, and bloggers, foodies, restaurants and chefs across the country, including in San Diego, cannot get enough of the fatty, crispy not-just-for-breakfast-anymore treat.
The rise of bacon has become a cultural phenomenon. Wikipedia has an entire page dedicated to the topic of recent "bacon mania." Now, there are special camps and retreats for bacon lovers where they can get together to discuss all things sliced from the sides, belly or back of a pig. Need the perfect push-up? Try the bacon bra.
"It's sinfully delicious, and it's really fun when you start wrapping stuff in bacon," said Corey James, "Chief Baconographer" at bacon news Web site Bacon Today, which launched in June of last year and reports more than 100,000 unique visitors per month.
"We went to the bacon camp in San Francisco and must have had 40 bacon items in three hours. Even for us that was tough."
Cookbook authors and food columnists have been talking about the bacon resurgence and its hot-food status for years. However, in their rush to snatch their own strip of the bacon craze, reporters and cookbook authors have been spreading a specious statistic in order to bolster their claims of a bacon rebirth.
Let's try to smoke out its origins, shall we?
James Villas, in the preface of his 2007 "Bacon Cookbook," touched on just how big bacon had become by mentioning the oft-repeated statistic: "Just the 40 percent increase in bacon consumption in the United States over the past five years might have justified my writing this book." Perhaps caught up in the mania himself, or just blinded by bacon grease, Villas will want to think of some other justifications, because that number is more bogus than bacon-flavored tofu.
There is "no way" the 40 percent figure is true, according to Ceci Snyder, assistant vice president of consumer marketing at the National Pork Board.
"We are aware of the increased attention bacon is getting and it's very exciting, but we have yet to see an effect on the real numbers. Bacon consumption has been steady for the last four years," Snyder said on the phone from Iowa.
As the bacon craze has spread, so has the fallacious figure. With viral Internet hits like the artery-nuking bacon explosion – a 5,000-calorie speed bump of sausage wrapped in woven bacon strips – and new products like Baconnaise, bacon vodka and bacon salt, newspapers picked up on the trend and wrote about how the country was ignoring health concerns and re-embracing bacon in old and new ways.
The earliest reference to the dubious digit predates the "Bacon Cookbook" and comes from the The Dallas Morning News, which wrote: "During the past five years, in fact, there has been a 40 percent increase in bacon consumption in the United States," in its Dec. 13, 2006, article "We are living in the Golden Age of Bacon." There is no specific source for the statistic, but the book "Seduced by Bacon" by Joanna Pruess is referenced throughout the article.
The most recent dissemination of the figure was from the Contra Costa Times, which actually quotes "Seduced by Bacon," published in October 2006, as saying "Bacon consumption is up 40 percent from 2003." Never mind the fact that this story was published on March 21, 2009, and therefore is referring to a completely different time period than The Dallas Morning News reference. Not only does "Seduced by Bacon" not have the 40 percent figure, it actually contains a different statistic that completely contradicts it.
"From 2002-2007, bacon sales are predicted to grow 15 percent," the book's introduction states. That number also has no specific source, but in the acknowledgments, Pruess thanks Snyder from National Pork Board for help with research.
Kathie Jenkins, a restaurant critic for Pioneer Press in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, quotes the same number in a Nov. 11, 2008, article, again with no source, but decides to hedge her bets and be vague about the time period. "Bacon mania is sweeping the country. In recent years, there has been a 40 percent increase in bacon consumption in the United States."
Considering the hard data that is available, the bacon statistic simply cannot be true. A 2001 report from the National Pork Board put the previous five years' growth in bacon consumption at just 5 percent. Also, according to the USDA, annual per capita pork consumption barely budged from 1996 to 2006. So unless bacon magically replicates in the refrigerator like mold on cheese, there is no way Americans are eating 40 percent more bacon each year.
This does not entirely discount the emergence of a U.S. Baconation. San Diego restaurants, like those from New York to San Francisco, have bought into the rebirth with new bacon-centric recipes. North Park's The Linkery scoops up a house-made "lardo" ice cream with candied bacon. Restaurateur and chef Kelley Jones, who opened Suite & Tender in the Hotel Se earlier this year, created a maple syrup-glazed bacon appetizer for the menu that became an instant hit.
"It came about as a whimsical approach to typical bacon dishes. Everything is wrapped in bacon, bacon-wrapped shrimp, bacon-wrapped scallops. People love those things, but they love it because of the bacon. So I said let's do bacon and not wrap anything in it – it's one of the most popular appetizers."
The founders of Bacon Today added to the mania with the turbaconducken – duck stuffed inside a chicken stuffed inside a turkey wrapped in bacon – which was in turn used as a metaphor for the government's stimulus package by a news columnist. On April Fools' Day, a tongue-in-cheek video about squeezable bacon traveled the Web.
Bacon is big for sure; you can bank on that like cash in your bacon wallet. It's just not 40 percent-jump-in-five-years big, that's all. This isn't the first time mistakes have been made with statistics, and it won't be the last, but let this serve as a warning to future bacon buffs: If it sounds too good to be true, it's probably isn't. Tovin Lapan writes for SignOnSanDiego.com
If you can't resist the seductive sizzle of bacon, here are some San Diego restaurants that are serving it up in traditional and innovative ways:
The Linkery: 3794 30th St., North Park; (619) 255-8778. House-made "Lardo" ice cream, with candied bacon.
Alchemy: 1503 30th St., South Park; (619) 255-0616. Hail Mary house cocktail, a bacon-infused Bloody Mary.
Suite & Tender: 1047 Fifth Ave., downtown; (619) 515-3003. Maple Syrup Glazed Bacon appetizer.
Hodad's: 5010 Newport Ave., Ocean Beach; (619) 224-4623. Double Bacon Cheeseburger.
Yakitori Yakyudori: 3739 Sixth Ave., Hillcrest; (619) 692-4189. Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus with Japanese mayo.
Riviera Supper Club: 7777 University Ave., La Mesa; (619) 713-6777. Bacon Chocolate Cake
Bacon-Wrapped Tater Tots
2 to 3 servings
10 slices bacon (your choice), cut in half
20 Ore-Ida Tater Tots
Dill pickles (optional)
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wrap a half-slice of bacon around each Tater Tot. Place the Tots on a rimmed baking sheet (to catch the bacon grease so it does not drip off the sheet in the oven). Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until the Tots are golden and crispy and the bacon is cooked. Remove from the oven and put the Tots on a paper towel-lined plate to drain the excess bacon grease.
Mix equal parts of ketchup and mayonnaise to create a "special dipping sauce" for your Tots. And call me crazy, but I also like to serve my bacon-wrapped Tots with dill pickles. As soon as the Tots are cool to the touch (but they taste best warm so make sure they don't cool too much), dip them in the special sauce and enjoy!
(From "Bacon: A Love Story" by Heather Lauer, William Morrow)
Bacon Brownies
Makes 1 (9-by-13-inch) pan of brownies
1/2 pound margarine
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Pinch of salt
4 strips bacon, cooked until crispy and finely chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Melt the margarine in the microwave. Stir in the cocoa. In a separate large bowl, beat together the sugar and eggs. Add the flour and salt and mix well. Add the cocoa mixture and bacon and stir well. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until you can insert a toothpick into the center of the brownies and it comes out clean. This is best served warm, even better with a scoop of ice cream.
(From "Bacon: A Love Story" by Heather Lauer, William Morrow)
Makes 1 cocktail
Bacon grease
3 ounces vodka
Dash Tabasco
Dash olive juice
1 slice cooked bacon
Lightly mist martini glass with vermouth and rim the edge with bacon grease. In an ice-filled cocktail shaker, mix vodka with Tabasco and olive juice. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Skim excess bacon grease from surface of cocktail. Garnish with bacon slice.
(Adapted from justaddbacon.com)


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Learn more about the Jeep Wrangler: Jeep Wrangler Reviews, Pricing, Specs and more »
Buying a used Jeep Wrangler makes a statement about you: that you are an outdoorsman, adventurer; someone who does not care if he gets dirty by four-wheeling in the backcountry. The doors, front windshield and the top come off so that the interior can be hosed down after a four-wheeling run. The vehicle lacks quite a number of safety features, is a gas-guzzler and is not smooth riding. This vehicle does not have a lot of room for passengers or cargo, with no locking "trunk".
Remember this is a four-wheeling vehicle used to a lot of abuse and hard-hitting road adventures. Be sure to inspect it thoroughly and even test-drive it, if possible, on both regular roads and off-roads for handling and stability. Some dealerships have "off-road" tracks to test drive on. There are 9 different trims available, offering rear wheel drive or four-wheel drive, manual or automatic transmission, all with a 3.8L V6 engine and 17 mpg. The prices range from $21,000 to $32,000.
Before answering the "For Sale" sign, research the vehicle's features. Be sure that the lack of luxury, smooth ride and space is agreeable to you. Some used car dealers will certify their vehicle and provide a car history upon request. If buying from a private party, be sure to obtain a car history online first and definitely test-drive it. Inspect it thoroughly, especially the powertrain and underneath for any evidence of "hanging it up" (where the vehicle is straddling a rock or something with wheels off of the ground). This can spell trouble in the future since there may be damage to the undercarriage.
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Earth & Space Science: About the Course
Course Overview
From the soil and rocks beneath our feet to our connection to the Moon and Sun, the story of Earth is a fascinating one — and most of what is known about the Earth has been gathered through observation and interpretation. Children are careful observers of their surroundings, and try to make sense of their world from a very early age.
As teachers, it is important to encourage students' curiosity, help them sharpen their skills of observation and interpretation, foster their development of science knowledge, and share with them the excitement of exploring Earth and the solar system. The challenge is to ensure that their understandings are scientifically accurate. To do this, teachers need to be comfortable with the science content they teach, and to have their own sound understandings of core science concepts. Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science is a content course designed to help K-6 teachers enhance their understandings of "big ideas" in Earth and Space Science.
This course is composed of eight sessions, each with a one-hour video program addressing a topic area in Earth and Space science that emphasizes the science content that is likely to be part of any elementary school science curriculum. Posing the question "What is Earth's structure and its place in the universe?", the course begins by looking at soil, the top layer of the solid Earth and interface between rock, water and atmosphere. We then explore the nature of the dynamic Earth and the internal and external processes that are continually at work shaping the planet. Moving on from the Earth, the course continues with an investigation into Earth's neighborhood in space. Video examples, colorful graphics, lively animations, models, and other visual strategies are used as learning tools to bring meaning to the content being addressed.
Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science also highlights the ideas that children bring to the classroom about these topics. The programs include interviews with children that uncover their ideas about science concepts related to the content of each program, providing participants the opportunity to confront their own science ideas. The programs also feature first- through sixth- grade classrooms in which students and teachers explore Earth and Space Science topics. Connections to current science knowledge are made through scientist interviews about the ideas they apply on a daily basis.
By exploring topics that range from soil to the solar system, Essential Science: Earth and Space Science strives to provide participants the opportunity to increase their science content knowledge, become better informed of students' science conceptions, and develop new understandings of how this content connects to K - 6 classrooms.
Session Descriptions
Session 1.Earth's Solid Membrane: Soil
How does soil appear on a newly formed, barren volcanic island? In this session, participants explore how soil develops, its composition and structure, its role in certain Earth processes, and its place in the structure Earth.
Session 2.Every Rock Tells A Story
How can we use rocks to understand events in the Earth's past? In this session, participants examine the processes that form sedimentary rocks, learn how fossils are preserved, and are introduced to the theory of plate tectonics.
Session 3.Journey To The Earth's Interior
How do we know what the interior of the Earth is like if we've never been there? In this session, participants investigate the internal structure of the Earth and focus on features that are connected to tectonic plate movement.
Session 4.The Engine That Drives The Earth
What drives the movement of tectonic plates? This question is explored by looking at how plates interact at their margins, what makes volcanoes work, and the story of Hawaii's formation.
Session 5.When Continents Collide
How is it possible that marine fossils are found on Mount Everest, the world's highest continental mountain? In this session, participants examine what happens when continents collide and how this process shapes the surface of the Earth.
Session 6.Restless Landscapes
If almost all mountains are formed the same way, why do they look so different? This session focuses on forces continuously at work on the surface of the Earth that sculpt the ever-changing landscape.
Session 7.Our Nearest Neighbor: The Moon
Why is the Moon, our nearest neighbor in the solar system, so different from the Earth? This session explores the complex connections between the Earth and Moon, the origin of the Moon, and the roles played by gravity and collisions in the Earth–Moon system.
8: Order Out of Chaos: Our Solar System
Why do all the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction? Why are the planets closest to the Sun so different from the gas giants farther out? In this session, participants examine the nature of the solar system by considering scientific evidence about its formation.
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Women?s Golfer of the Week ? No. 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jada Bennington of William Woods (Mo.) has been named the NAIA National Women's Golfer of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Bennington was selected based on her performances from April 2 - 8 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group golfer of the week selections.
Bennington, a native of Beloit, Wis., carded an even par 144 to claim her first individual championship of the season at the William Woods University Spring Invitational on April 2 - 3. Additionally, she propelled the Owls to their second-straight team championship and set a new school record for a 36-hole tournament with a team score of 592 (295-297).
On the season, Bennington ranks fifth nationally with a 76.2 stroke average in 18 rounds this season. Her previous season-best finish was a second place at the Eagle Invitational on March 19 - 20.
The next Women's Golfer of the Week will be announced on April 18.
Nominees: Katie Legge, Cumberland (Tenn.); Sarah Craycraft, Davenport (Mich.); Kenzie Rottinghaus, Grand View (Iowa); Morgan Dockery, Oklahoma Christian; Ann Nahl, Mobile (Ala.); Courtney Shelton, Lee (Tenn.); Jessica Schiele, Oklahoma City; Megan Garrison, Indiana Tech; Dani Bellet, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.); Whitney Hocutt, Rogers State (Okla.); Audrey Nelson, Bryan (Tenn.); Liz Stephens, Cumberlands (Ky.); Emma Wynja, Northwestern (Iowa); Michelle Hall, Madonna (Mich.).
2012 Composite Award Winners
Week 1: Jessica Schiele, Oklahoma City
Week 2: Maggie Yang, William Penn (Iowa)
Week 3: Anna Arrese, Oklahoma Christian
Week 4: Jada Bennington, William Woods (Mo.)


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Windows Network Troubleshooting Utilities for the A+ Certification Exams
When problems arise on a Windows network, you can use the following utilities to do your troubleshooting. Having a clear understanding of all of them will help you on the A+ Exam.
ipconfig: Display basic TCP/IP configuration, such as IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
ipconfig /all: Display TCP/IP settings, including your Media Access Control (MAC) address, domain name system (DNS) server, and lease information.
ipconfig /release: Release your IP address.
ipconfig /renew: Renew your IP address.
ping <IP address> or ping <host name>: Send four test messages to the IP address or host name you specify; verify whether the other system is up and running.
netstat: Display TCP/IP protocol statistics and connection information. Can be used to see who is connected to your system; what ports are open; and if you use an
-oswitch, what the process ID is of the program that opened the port.
nbtstat: Troubleshoot NetBIOS over TCP/IP. For example, you can view a remote NetBIOS name table using
nbtstat -a <IP address>.
nslookup: Troubleshoot DNS problems. For example, you can get a listing of all the records in DNS using
arp: Troubleshoot ARP. For example, you can use
arp -ato view your Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache.
Tasklist: View a list of running processes.
Taskkill /PID <pid> /F: Terminates a process when you supply the process id.


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By Larry O'Hanlon
Discovery News
Ozone isn't just bad for your lungs, it also gets in the way of insects finding their favorite food, say researchers. Ozone, because it reacts readily with aromatic compounds put out by plants, interferes with the come-hither call of the plants to insects.
"The insects need a threshold amount of gas released by the flower," said Jose Fuentes of Penn State University. That threshold is pretty low, only about six molecules, for the beetles to detect the plant odor.
He and meteorology undergraduate John Zenker and University of Virginia researcher T'ai H. Roulston tested beetles inside a Y-shapped tube so that the insect could choose which branch to follow the plant scent. Researchers collected the insects from pumpkin and squash plants then tested them using wild buffalo gourd plants.
NEWS: Cause Of Odd Arctic Ozone 'Hole' Found
When they ramped up the ozone, the ability of the beetles to choose the right branch of the tube dropped. When they lowered the ozone again, the beetles were able to detect the gourd plants again. They published their findings in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
On the face of it, this would seem to be good news for the gourd plant, but not really, Fuentes explained.
"There's a very very important ecological story there," said Fuentes. "We have a lot of plants releasing scents to pollinators." If ozone increases in rural areas, it could impinge on pollinators' abilities to find flowers. "The pollination will decrease. It will affect both native plants and some crops."
And since 70 percent of our food comes from plants pollinated by insects, Fuentes said, too much ozone in rural areas could affect our food supply. Urban areas of the United States are seeing lower ozone levels thanks to the Clean Air Act. But rural areas are seeing more ozone as pollution, because the intense industrialization of Asia blows across the Pacific Ocean, Fuentes said.
NEWS: Antarctic Ozone Hole 2nd Smallest In 20 Years
Another potential complication for plants is that some are known to protect themselves with scents. When under attack by a plant-eating insect, some plants will release special odors to attract predatory insects that will eat the herbivores. But if ozone is interfering with this distress signal, the plants lose one of their most powerful defenses.
"I think this study is very important with regards to how human activities can affect ecological systems," said Paul Shepson, who directs a atmospheric chemistry lab at Purdue University. "It's an area of impact that not a lot of people are looking at."
On the other hand, Shepson point out, not all ozone is bad. At lower concentrations, it's essential for breaking down pollutants, even those produced by swamps and other natural features, that can then be rained out of the atmosphere.
"If there wasn't this mechanism for the atmosphere to clean itself, we'd be dead in months, or would have evolved very differently," said Shepson.


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19th Annual Cops and Kids great success for Orange County
Close to 1800 people showed up to Claiborne West Park on Friday, June 14 to take part in the 19th Annual Cops and Kids event for Orange County. Police officers, sheriff's deputies, state troopers, firemen and numerous people representing other emergency and safety services participated to make the event a huge success.
Emergency personnel showed children how to use a fire hose, taught them about the equipment utilized by professionals during emergencies and generally gave the families attending an educational and good time. In addition to the man displays, children could have their photos taken with a variety of backgrounds, have their faces painted and enjoy treats like watermelon, snow cones, cotton candy, hot dogs and more. An inflated slide kept kiddos further entertained, as did a train ride around the park.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office's emergency command center was on display. An air rescue helicopter landed at the park as fascinated children and adults watched. Children climbed on board rescue boats and inside the caged backseats of patrol cars.
"The kids really loved," OCSO Sheriff Keith Merrit said of the event. "It was just tremendous."


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Recently, a CNN article talked about the danger of being spiritual but not religious.
Here's the article: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/29/my-take-im-spiritual-not-r...
Does the danger exist because some of us are still entertaining world views not based in reality but in hopes and (pipe) dreams.
Is spirituality just a catch-all for an emotionally charged, wishy washy, perforated way of thinking? I am beginning to think it is. Anytime one develops a movement organized around hopes and dreams completely or partially disconnected from rational, empirical means of achieving those hopes and dreams, one runs the risk of becoming a religious machine. Does it necessarily lead to a holocaust or crashing commuter planes into skyscrapers? No, but it does provide a seed.
I have even called myself spiritual but not religious, but mainly because I don't have a single word to describe the constellation of feelings and thoughts that actually goes on most of the time.
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I've lived about an hour from Santa Fe (the real one -- New Mexico) for decades. It, and northern New Mexico in general, has been a center for the "spiritual but not religious" since the sixties. Vague women in filmy dresses wafting by; scruffy men with occupations from farming to begging; unwashed children of various ages playing or crying but not attending school. Am I a bit negative about the "movement"? Intellectually and physically lazy, self-satisfying, self-worshiping folks living on the land, and off the work, of others. But I see no "movement" there; it's each one focused on herself, himself. A danger? Only economically, stressing an already stressed area. Some eventually wake up, sober up, and take a shower and join the world. Others overdose or find other ways to slow suicide. But a threat? To themselves only. (OK: Most are not this serious; our topic is the answer they give to "What church do you go to?)
The amorphous of all amorphous words, also ambiguous-spiritual. I agree with Loren's definitions although there are probably others. If I am in a serious conversation with someone who uses that term I will ask for their definition.
Deism is the last conceptual or intellectual step before atheism. Perhaps spiritual but not religious is for some the last emotional step before atheism.
My objection to the word, "spiritual" is simple. Its root word is "spirit," to which I say, WHAT spirit ... and for that matter, how is "spirit" to be defined? Ultimately, there is no more spirit than there is god, heaven, hell, soul, and the rest of the detritus which too many religions lay on us and insist we believe in.
Alternatively, I can be contemplative and self-reflective, meditate on my own nature and be in awe of the vast scale of the universe which somehow gave rise to us. I think a recognition of the frequent imprecision in use of language is what gives rise to these kinds of problems. I am neither spiritual nor religious, but that does not mean I may not have unanswered questions or occasional numinous experiences.
Cutting away the linguistic bullshit is one among many steps I see as necessary to a better means of giving voice to exactly what it is we're thinking and experiencing and from there to understanding it.
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Demo 09: New Hardware for Netbooks, Displays, and Video
Three of the most interesting products at Demo were hardware products, shown on stage this afternoon, including a machine that converts from a netbook to a tablet; an inexpensive video camera network; and a new display technology.
Always Innovating showed its Touch Book, which converts between a Linux-based netbook and a touch-based tablet. At first glance, it looks like a small netbook, but you can remove the keyboard and then it looks like a tablet. The product uses an ARM-based processor and a custom version of Linux, and the company says it can last 10 hours on a charge. The device is unusual - it's magnetic, so it can attach to a refrigerator; and has a USB port inside the device for plugging in a USB flash drive. I've seen products with removable keyboards before, such as Compaq's original tablet PC, but they were much more expensive. This is slated to start at $299 for the tablet version; $399, with the keyboard, and supposed to be available in June.
Avaak showed Vue Personal Video Network. Essentially, this is a network of tiny cameras that use a mesh network to transmit video to a gateway, which then puts it on the web. The cameras can be quite small. They seem to have shown some cameras that were plugge in, but others small enough to run on batteries. You can then automatically view the cameras over the web, and the site also lets you share the video, images, or clips with others. It will be packaged starting with a combination of two cameras and a gateway. I thought it looked great.
Qualcomm MEMS Technology shows its mirasol color displays, which won a PC Magazine Technical Excellence award last fall. These are reflective, bistable displays - they don't have their own lighting, but instead reflect room light. Thus they use a lot less power than LCD displays - only 1 milliwatt vs. 200 milliwatts or so, so they could enable 40 percent better battery life in a mobile phone. There are other low-power technologies - such as the E-ink technology used in e-book readers like the Amazon Kindle or the Sony Reader today, but Qualcomm's difference is that it has color displays already announced for products like the Skullcandy MFM Pro Headphones and MP3 player, as well as a number of "bichrome" displays. The displays look quite good for low-power displays. (See the image above.)
The afternoon also included a panel of venture capitalists, who talked about how much tougher it is to fund companies these days, the need for longer incubation before venture capital; and how companies need to make money last longer. Another panel focused on "social entrepreneurship" -- companies designed to make money for good causes or otherwise focus mostly on changing society, such as work in emerging countries. Most of the panelists were young entrepreneurs who had great visions for helping people through their businesses.
The afternoon sessions concluded with Silverstone Solutions Matchmaker, a tool for matching potential kidney donors. This enables a Kidney Paired Donation program, which matches incompatible donor/recipient pairs (people who want to donate a kidney, but aren't biologically compatible) with another pair with a similar problem where there is cross compatibility. The concept has been around for a long time, but it's been very complicated because of the difficulty in matching genetic information. Matchmaker uses proprietary algorithms to prioritize the list, and the company says 18 people have already been matched using the software at a California medical facility. It's a very specialized application, of course, but one that could save lives.


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12:00 - Four set out that day, each holding an exploration charter from the Lord Mayor of Restov, to go forth and explore the Stolen Lands. Oghren, the dwarven barbarian, does not understand much in the ways of the world, but he finds himself a purpose of honor to dispatch the thieving bandits of the Greenbelt. Erlarf the Fat, and Human Fighter, seeks to protect his company with his huge size and massive
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Is it possible to find a strictly positive function $\sigma:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$, such that a solution $X_t$ to an SDE $$dX_t=-X_tdt+\sigma(X_t)\circ dB_t,$$ with $X_0$ being arbitrary, is a martingale? $B_t$ denotes standard Brownian motion. I need to find an example of such a function if the answer is positive, or a proof if it is not.
I have tried the following. Writing the equation in Ito form, we have $$dX_t=\left(-X_t+\frac{1}{2}\sigma(X_t)\sigma'(X_t)\right)dt+\sigma(X_t)dB_t.$$ So if I find a function $\sigma$ such that $$X_t=\frac{1}{2}\sigma(X_t)\sigma'(X_t)$$ then $X_t$ is indeed a martingale. One such function is $\sigma(x)=\sqrt{2}x$, but it is not strictly positive. Any hints?


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For a child, the brown-eyed boy has had more than his share of misfortune. He was born with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Then several months ago he developed a rare form of leukemia.
On Tuesday, doctors at the University of Minnesota are planning to try an extraordinary procedure that they believe may cure him of both illnesses.
So far, only one person on the planet has had this type of treatment. And six years later, he's considered free of HIV.
The treatment injects the patient with cells that are resistant to AIDS. If it works — and there are a lot of ifs — it could do more than save a boy's life, says Dr. John Wagner, a specialist in children's cancer who is leading the medical team. It would show the world that the first patient wasn't just a fluke, and set the stage for future research on a possible cure.
"Of course, our goal is to cure him of both diseases," said Wagner. "We've been waiting for the opportunity to do it."
The standard treatment for the boy's type of leukemia — a bone marrow or cord blood transplant — was ordinarily considered too risky for HIV patients, Wagner said.
But that changed in 2007, when a man named Timothy Ray Brown, who had both HIV and leukemia, had an experimental treatment in Germany.
Brown, who became known as "the Berlin Patient," got a bone-marrow transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that, scientists knew, guards against HIV infection. When people are born with this genetic quirk, the AIDS virus may knock at the door of their cells, but can't get in.
After his transplant, Brown stopped taking his AIDS medications for good, and tests show he's still free of the virus. "Now I'm basically immune to HIV," said Brown, 47, who now lives in Las Vegas. "I'm told by doctors that I can't get HIV anymore."
Dr. Timothy Schacker, an AIDS expert at the University of Minnesota, was one of the skeptics — until he studied Brown's test results with a panel of experts. Schacker said the doctors "ultimately said, in our best opinion, this man is cured of HIV."
So far, the feat has yet to be repeated successfully — in part because it's hard to find a perfect bone-marrow match.
But Wagner and his team thought they had a better idea: to use cord blood cells, which come from umbilical cords and are far easier to match. The university has pioneered such transplants, performing 1,300 in the last 20 years. "If anyone is going to try this, it should be here," Wagner said.
Wagner and his team were just waiting for the right patient when they got the call from the boy's hometown doctor in another state.
'I like Rubio'
To the naked eye, the young patient looks perfectly healthy. Curled up in a lounge chair, he was chewing gum and playing a video game when Dr. Michael Verneris, a transplant specialist, stopped in to check on him last week. An impish grin crossed the boy's face, as two thin tubes poked out beneath his "How to be a Ninja" shirt, linking him to a cluster of IV bags. At the moment, all he wanted to talk about was basketball.
"So you're like becoming a Minnesota fan?" asked Verneris.
"Yeah, I like Rubio," replied the boy, whose family asked that he not be identified.
After chatting with the boy's mother, Verneris asked if they had any questions. "I've got a question," the boy piped up. "Who's going to win the playoffs?"
Despite the boy's demeanor, his doctors say they don't sugarcoat the dangers.
"It's a rough road," says Verneris. The transplant is riskier than most types of heart or brain surgery, he said; one in five die from the procedure. The recovery can be brutal, too, leaving patients sick and fragile for months.
"When I tell a parent that," says Verneris, "if they're not crying at the end of the discussion, they didn't hear me."
Without a transplant, though, the boy's odds are even worse, he said. Because this particular procedure is experimental, the university got approval from the Food and Drug Administration to try it.
HIV resistant
Last week, the boy had chemotherapy and radiation to destroy his immune system and, hopefully, the cancer and HIV infection at the same time. On Tuesday, he's scheduled to receive an infusion of cord blood cells, which should replace his own immune system. Doctors made sure that the new cells, from a newborn's umbilical cord, had the rare genetic mutation that resists HIV.
After the transplant, he'll be in isolation at the hospital, and won't be able to go home for at least 100 days, Verneris said.
While checking for signs that the leukemia is gone, his doctors plan to keep him on anti-AIDS drugs — for awhile. At some point, says Schacker, "we'll stop the [HIV] drugs and, on pins and needles, wait to see if the virus comes back."
No one suggests this kind of transplant is the cure for HIV, Wagner said. But if it works, it will be a "proof of concept" that could lead to simpler, less toxic ways of curing the infection.
Bill Tiedemann, executive director of the Minnesota AIDS Project, cautions that the research is still in its early stages. But he calls the university's work "an incredible opportunity." The hope, he said, is that it will serve as "a steppingstone" to more research, "and that we will eventually reach what we all want, which is a cure for HIV."
For Timothy Brown — the Berlin patient — it's noteworthy that scientists are even talking about a cure. Just last month, doctors reported that a Mississippi baby girl was cured of HIV through intensive treatment after birth. And Brown has launched his own foundation to promote the cause. "Since my case came out in the news, people are now talking about it, and medical researchers are looking for a cure," he said. If Tuesday's procedure is a success, he added, "it would give people a lot of hope."
In the meantime, Brown said he plans to reach out to the boy's family. "I'm very hopeful that he will get through this very well."
The boy's physicians are cautiously optimistic. "We really are kind of going into the unknown," says Verneris, "with eyes wide open."


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SARASOTA – From the second level of the Lakewood Ranch lineup, Kelly Sun showed just how powerful the Mustangs' two-time defending state champion golf team can be on a day when its No.1 player shot 5-over par.
The Mustangs' sophomore No.4 player methodically went out and blistered Sara Bay Country Club with a tournament-record 7-under par (33-32) 65 featuring eight birdies on a windy day to win medalist honors in the 20th annual Donald Ross Memorial Invitational.
"I have established myself as a proven player," said Sun, in his first year as a regular in the Mustangs' lineup. "I feel very honored to be on a team that has achieved so much. I feel I am a part of it now."
The Mustangs (98-5) won the area's most prestigious team tournament for the third consecutive year by 19 strokes over runner-up Riverview (301).
"We're on the roll now," said Lakewood Ranch coach Dave Frantz, whose team just won the Qdoba Tournament of Champions outside Orlando on Saturday. "I just wish states was in a couple weeks, instead of month."
Sun overshadowed his Big Three teammates _ No.1 Ramsey Touchberry (41-36 77), No.2 Danny Walker, (36-34 70), the 2010 Donald Ross medalist who won a 3-hole playoff for the runner-up spot, and last year's medalist No.3 Luke Miller (37-35 72).
So now the Mustangs are The Big Three, Plus One.
"It feels good that I beat Ramsey and took his spot," said Sun, who was playing in his first Donald Ross. "That's what's good about our team, we don't always have to play good."
"It's nice to know when I'm shooting 77, my fourth man here, shooting 7 under to beat me by 12. That's awesome," said Touchberry, who had seven bogeys with 33 putts, and two birdies in his second-worst round of the season. "That's why we are who we are, is because we have a fourth man who can shoot 65.
"He's been seeing what we're shooting but also shooting well himself and it's given him a lot of confidence. Now he knows he can go lower than he ever thought."
"This is a great boost for Kelly this time of year," said Lakewood Ranch assistant Matt Gordon. "Every putt, it seems like inside 15 feet, he made. His ball flight is perfect for the wind."
Sun's round surpassed the previous record 67, which was shared by Jordan Miller, (2011) of Bradenton Christian and Tyler Leon (2002) of Saint Stephen's.
"It's nice to win (Donald Ross) the past three years and especially nice to have three individual winners out of the past four years," Touchberry said. "That means a lot, too."
Manatee junior Gianna Tomeo fired a 1-under par 71 to win the girls medalist honors for a second consecutive year, trimming five strokes off her 2012 victory total 76, in a tuneup for a run at her third consecutive FHSAA state tournament.
"It's a big accomplishment for me, I came out here just wanting to break my record of last year," said Tomeo, who made a pair of 35-foot putts and four birdies with three bogeys. "Winning is just the top of that. Definitely, the putting was crucial. You want to keep it close so you can tap it in for par, not try to make too many birdies and hit it too far by. That's what really made me shoot low. They are not greens that you can drive it in."
Saint Stephen's, with a team of international players, led by Michelle Yan's (36-37) 73 and her sister Vanessa Yan's (39-38) 77 won the girls team title, with help from Phoebe Zhao (40-43) 83 and Natalie Pleyrova (37-39) 76
Venice, last year's girls team champion, finished runner-up, led by Grace Gildner's (40-39) 79 and Victoria Cangero's (38-42) 80.
Nicole Polivchak (42-37 79) and Kadi Pallastrone (41-39 80) lead the Riverview girls (360) to a third-place finish. Manatee (426) was fourth, followed by Cardinal Mooney (427), Lemon Bay (434), Charlotte (444), Lakewood Ranch 459 and Port Charlotte (520).
Walker won a three-hole playoff over Tony Jiang (33-37) 70 of Sarasota Christian.
The Riverview boys were led by Jeremy Perna (37-35) 72 and Mason Fox (39-36) 75.
Philip Knowles of Bradenton Christian, last year's runner-up, shot (36-37) 73, after a double bogey on No.16.
Rounding out the boys standings were Saint Stephen's (310), Out-of-Door Academy (311), Sarasota Christian (314), Community Christian of Port Charlotte (318), Braden River (322), Venice (322), Bradenton Christian (329), Charlotte (330), Lemon Bay (342), Cardinal Mooney (350), Sarasota (355), Manatee (355) and Port Charlotte (360).


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Alpha Chi Omega ~ ΑΧΩ
Open Motto: "Together let us seek the heights."
Mascot: Butterfly
Symbol: Grecian Lyre
Colors: Scarlet Red and Olive Green
Flower: Red Carnation
Alpha Chi Omega was founded at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana -- October 15, 1885. In 1885 the Dean of this prestigious music school invited seven young women to start a women's fraternity -- Anna Allen, Olive Burnett, Bertha Deniston, Amy DuBois, Nellie Gamble, Bessie Grooms and Estelle Leonard. This talented group of young women included 2 singers, 3 pianists, a composer and a cellist/ violinist/ bassist.
In the beginning, association with the music school was preferred however, the women's fraternity was never strictly a musical organization. Its members actually graduated from several departments within the university. The founders selected the greek letter A (Alpha) because it was the very first sorority started at a school of music, they chose Ω (Omega) because they believed that they would also be the last fraternity of this kind. "Kai" (meaning and) was also added but later changed to Χ (Chi).
Today there are 132 chapters of Alpha Chi Omega at colleges and universities across the country, with over 200,000 lifetime members. Currently, almost all the chapters are working to end domestic violence. They do this by volunteering at women's shelters, collecting clothing and other need supplies for women and children living in the shelters, and staffing domestic violence hotlines.
Any woman who is part of a legacy - meaning her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother are Alpha Chi Omega members - has an excellent chance at being accepted into the organization as well. Those strong connections are very important but being a legacy doesn't necessarily guarantee membership. Also, Alumna Initiates are women who weren't Alpha Chi Omega members in college and may have graduated many years ago. Alpha Chi Omega offers these women a fantastic opportunity to be part of the organization and benefit from all the wonderful things being a part of Alpha Chi Omega, has to offer.