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David Glover, Halifax historian and writer, aided by Mike Brook, presented interesting and amusing tales of deaths to Todmorden Antiquarians from his vast research into local records and churchyards.
He explained that his talk was mainly historically based, with touches of humour from grave jokes.
David has studied parish records, churchwarden's reports, newspapers, family archives and diaries.
It was almost obligatory to be buried in a churchyard or church during medieval times and those who wanted to ensure quick progress through purgatory paid extra for Chapel prayers, candles lit or poor men to accompany their coffin.
David quoted statistics for burial numbers in Halifax Church graveyard during certain 16th century years when burials cost just a few shillings.
Criminals whose heads were guillotined at Gibbet Street, Halifax until mid 17th century were granted burials in Church grounds, yet suicides were not permitted and often buried at cross-roads.
Near the traffic-lighted junction by the People's Park was probably one such location, known as Goldsmith's Grave.
In 1812 the Halifax mill-cropper and Luddite who was killed during attacks on Rawfolds Mill was permitted a burial, but no Church Service. Quakers could be buried in their own land and Brighouse Quakers, Jonathan Walsh and his wife, did just that in 1823.
David told of one shocking record in Halifax in 1770, when grave robbers suddenly saw Mary Haigh sit upright in a vault where her body had earlier been placed. She walked to her Shaw Hill home in her funereal clothes, where she was warmly welcomed by her grieve-stricken husband and even gave birth to another child in subsequent years!
In Victorian times elaborate funerals were statements of wealth.
Associated businesses profited from sales including mourning rings, black clothing, besides the sombre carriages and services like the professional mourners known as 'mutes'.
We heard of the lavish funeral arrangements for Joseph Lister in 1817 with itemized hand-written accounts.
Later when James Lister died in 1826, his funeral was accurately described in Ann Lister's diaries.
Amongst these details included Ann sending to London for her black mourning outfit, all their servants were given black gloves and the Vicar charged £4.11s.6d. The Lister Vault is in Holdsworth Chapel within Halifax Minster.
The 3acre non-denominational Lister Lane Cemetery dates from 1841 and is now Grade 2 Listed with its architectural Victorian gothic-spires and obelisk-shaped gravestones.
Stoney Royd large municipal cemetery opened in 1861.
Nowadays many cemeteries have dedicated 'Friends Groups' who record gravestone inscriptions and related stories.
David told of one Lister Lane story about Ben Rushton, a renowned local Chartist, whose funeral was said to have been attended by 10,000 mourners.!


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Spire Liverpool consultant chosen by English Rugby Union Team
22 October 2014
One of Spire Liverpool Hospitals sports medicine consultants has been chosen to work as the official doctor for the England Rugby Union team.
Nigel Jones will be working with the English senior team as official sports medicine consultant and doctor as they take part in this year's Autumn Internationals and next year's Six Nations and World Cup.
Nigel said: "It's an immense honour to get to work with the Senior England Rugby team. I have acted as official doctor for the under 19s and under 21s before but this is a different level of workload and intensity. I intend to enjoy every moment!"
Nigel's role will involve handling all medical issues for the team but in particular issues related to sports injury, diagnosing problems, and developing rehabilitation plans and treatments. He has extensive experience in this area from his work at Spire Hospital Liverpool and also from previous posts with Liverpool Football Club and British Gymnastics.
Dr Jones will balance his commitments with England Rugby with his patient work at Spire Hospital Liverpool.
Alison Peake, Hospital Director at Spire Liverpool Hospital, said: "It's great news for Nigel and really shows Spire's leadership in sports medicine with our consultants being appointed to some of the top medical roles in UK sport."
Nigel Jones and the Physiotherapy Team at Spire Liverpool
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By MATT SCHUCKMAN
Herald-Whig Sports Writer
DeAngelo Dean never denied what he needed to improve to be a more complete basketball player.
"Free throws," the Quincy High School senior forward said.
Mike Davis shared similar sentiments about his own game.
"Free-throw shooting," he said when asked where he could improve.
Friday night, the Blue Devils showed just how much they have improved.
Quincy went 28 of 32 from the free-throw line with the frontcourt of Dean, Davis and Jason Salrin combining to go 14 of 18 in a 66-57 victory over Galesburg in Western Big Six Conference play at Blue Devil Gym.
"What I really like, and I hope I'm not jinxing them, but DeAngelo, Mike and Jason really take pride at working on their free throws and getting better," Quincy coach Sean Taylor said.
Coming into Friday night, the QHS trio was shooting 52.7 percent from the line, but they got in rhythm like their teammates.
The Blue Devils made their first 13 attempts before Dean had one rattle out midway through the third quarter. They closed the game by making 7 of 8 in the final two minutes of regulation and outscored the Silver Streaks by 18 points at the line.
"You're just not going to win like that," Galesburg coach Mike Reynolds said.
Certainly not when Quincy keeps the ball in junior guard Martin Kvitle's hands. He went 12 of 12 from the line, including going 6 of 6 in the fourth quarter, and finished with 15 points.
In the last seven games — the Blue Devils have won six of those — Kvitle is shooting 83 percent from the line overall (49 of 59) and 86.8 percent in the fourth quarter (33-38). For the season, he is shooting 78.9 percent from the line.
"He's an outstanding foul shooter and he wants the ball late," Taylor said. "That's a good combination to have."
It's put Quincy (14-6, 4-3 WB6) in a good position.
The Blue Devils are in a four-way tie for second place in the WB6 following Rock Island's 70-53 victory over East Moline and Rock Island Alleman's 44-37 victory Moline. It leaves Rock Island alone in first place at 5-2, but Quincy could do no worse than tie for the championship if it wins its three remaining conference games.
"Our guys have given themselves a chance to have a big game next Friday," said Taylor, whose team plays Moline on the road next week. "Then we'll see what happens there. If we can win there, then the next game is a big game. They've given themselves an opportunity through their effort, their attitude and their chemistry. Now we'll see what we can do next Friday."
They'll have to start and finish with a flurry, sort of like the Blue Devils did against the Silver Streaks (9-16, 0-7).
Quincy opened the game on an 11-3 run but didn't score again until Kvitle's 3-pointer 29 seconds into the second quarter ended a 4-minute, 35-second drought. The lead grew back to eight points before Aslan Butler's three-point play pulled Galesburg within 20-18 with 2:27 to go in the half.
However, Quincy finished the half on an 8-2 run with Dean, who had 16 points and 11 rebounds, capping the flourish by following a Mason Fairley miss in transition with a putback.
"Those were effort plays," Taylor said. "We just dug in and made really great basketball plays. That's what this team does. They play so hard and they are not going to let each other down."
Galesburg committed two turnovers in its final three possessions of the half.
"Sometimes that's our bugaboo," Reynolds said.
When Quincy scored the first two baskets of the second half to push the lead to double figures, the Silver Streaks faced too much of an uphill climb.
"This is the first time in the last couple of weeks where maybe the other team beat us instead of us kind of giving the game away," he said.


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Jewish Culture Thriving In The High Desert
Cool adobe nights, fiery hot chili peppers: in Santa Fe, some things are classics. As 2012 winds down, New Mexico is celebrating its first 100 years of statehood, and the emphasis is on what makes this region timeless.
Much of the festivity takes place in Santa Fe, where the contrast between New Mexico's relative youth and the city's 400-year-old heritage is particularly sharp. A century ago, after all, the Palace of the Governors was already three centuries into life as America's oldest public building; the plaza had bustled for generations with artisans and traders.
But in a town that has long been a magnet for artists and pioneers, there's always something new. Recent years have added a Jewish film festival, a crop of Judaica galleries and a local history museum to the scene.
Santa Fe is only the fourth-largest city in New Mexico, a state not known for its metropolises to begin with. Nonetheless, this town of fewer than 70,000 — home to one of the country's most vibrant art scenes — has had an outsize hand in both the growth and the celebrations of New Mexican culture. And as New Mexicans turn a spotlight on their heritage, the role played by generations of Santa Fe Jews comes into focus.
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Observant visitors to the city's fabled St. Francis Cathedral, an ornate landmark on the central plaza, will notice a small Hebrew inscription tucked into the façade; according to local lore, it's a tribute to the generosity of Jewish merchant patrons.
The Palace of the Governors is now part of a complex that includes the recently opened New Mexico History Museum. The Jewish imprint is evident here, too — from the Spiegelberg Shop, named for one of Santa Fe's most prominent Jewish merchant families, to the Alfred and Ethel Herzstein Gallery. Endowed by local Jewish philanthropists, the gallery is currently showing "Contemplative Spaces," a photographic tribute to New Mexican sacred sites.
A hundred years ago, many of the merchants around the plaza and the Palace were German-Jewish settlers. To this day, many of the businesses are Jewish-owned, and the artisan tradition is represented by locals like Jim Cohen, a former D.C. lawyer whose Jewish-themed metalworking — including mezuzahs, candlesticks and jewelry – has an earthy, sculptural aesthetic.
Nearby at the New Mexico Museum of Art, the centennial will be feted with a Nov. 9 concert that includes "Caprichos," a commission by Roberto Sierra for Ensemble Music New Mexico/Chatter 20-21, along with "Pierrot Lunaire," a classic by German-Jewish composer Arnold Schoenberg, which premiered a century ago this month. A work by the contemporary musician John Adams rounds out a program befitting the state's pioneer legacy.
Until a few years ago, the NMMA was known as the Museum of Fine Arts; the new name better reflects its mission as repository of the state's singular arts heritage. "It's About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico," a centennial event on view into 2014, is an ambitious survey of Southwestern art from paleo and pueblo times through Spanish colonialism to the era of statehood. The show highlights the multifaceted legacy of this desert region, including the contributions of major Jewish artists such as Bruce Nauman, who have worked here. Just east of the city center, Canyon Road is the picturesque hub of Santa Fe's gallery scene. There's quite a bit of Judaica and many Jewish artists here in the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, where ceramics, turquoise, metalworking and desert landscapes are perennials.
You can easily lose a day among the quaint adobes on Canyon Road, where street musicians and coffee shops invite lingering. Off the Wall Gallery, at No. 616, is popular both for its Judaica and its pleasant café.
Just a few doors down is the studio/gallery of Sara Novenson, a New York-trained painter whose modern takes on Jewish folk art have put her work in collections around the world. This is the place to see her popular Women in the Bible series, alongside giclee prints of Israeli and New Mexican landscapes, some adorned with Hebrew prayers.
Visual art may be what Santa Fe is best known for, but cinema is raising its profile here. October saw the opening of the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival's third season, after a sellout first season and double the audience last year.
Rather than an intensive weeklong event, the festival screens Jewish-themed works every month or two at the Center for Contemporary Arts; a movie might be followed by a live Skype interview with the filmmaker or a discussion over bagels. Coming up in November is "Brothers," a provocative film about the Israeli military-service debate.


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Obama Administration Draws Closer to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
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Sailing Across the Banten Coast
Remembering Banten, our mind often wander through the Golden Age of an Islamic Kingdom under the rule of Sultan Maulana Yusuf. Then, lived lots of brave Ulamas (Islamic scholars and leaders) who fought aimlessly against Dutch colonialism. Dutch were once called them an aggressive and cunning rebels.
Banten is located on the furthest west coast of Java where its ocean considered harsh and dangerous, but naturally beautiful.
The people of Banten are quite different than most Sundanese people that occupied West Java. Perhaps, it's because Banten became the meeting point of Ulamas from every part of the country, who have brought different cultures and ethnics influence into the culture of Banten. However, Banten remains fanatic in their Islamic religion.
Therefore, their cuisine are strongly dominated by the food from Islamic area. These spicy food were introduced by the Arabic and Gujarat merchants.
Lamb and seafood are the two main components of Banten delicacies. Furthermore, both are required meals on festive Islamic celebration such as Hari Idul Fitri and Idul Adha.
Try these delicious ancient family secret recipes from the people of Banten. Happy cooking!
1. Sailing Across the Banten Coast Sate Bandeng (White Fish Satay)
- 2 (800 g) white fish, cleaned
- 350 ml thick coconut cream from 3/4 grated coconut, boiled
- 1 egg
Spice mix:
- 5 cloves garlic
- 9 shallot
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon palm sugar
- 2 flat bamboo skewer (2 cm wide x fish length)
Carefully cleaned and gulted fish intestine from its head. Wash thoroughly. Slowly pound white fish until it softened. Break the fish bone from the tail. Pull-out the bones from its mouth and slowly take out the fish fillet. Finely grind all spice mix ingredients. Fry dry fish fillet until half cook. Add coconut cream and ground spice mix. Stir constantly. Carefully insert back the spicy fish fillet into the fish skin. Secure with two bamboo skewer and grill until golden brown. Make: 4 serving
2.Sailing Across the Banten Coast Mamangut
(Stir Fry Gnetum Gnemon)
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil to saute
- 2 salam leaves
- 1 blade lemon grass, bruised
- 10 g fresh galangal
- 200 g small shrimp, remove shell
- 300 g skin of gnetum gnemon seed
- 250 ml water
- 5 long bean, cut into 3 cm lengths
- 100 g petai (stinky beans), cut in 1/2 (optional)
- 3 tablespoon tamarind juice
Spice mix:
- 6 candlenut
- 5 cloves garlic
- 7 shallots
- 9 red chillies
- 1 teaspoon palm sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon dried shrimp paste
- salt to taste
Finely grind all spice mix ingredients. Heat the oil and saute ground spice mix until fragrance. Add salam leaves, lemon grass and galangal. Put shrimp, gnetum gnemon and stir well. Pour water into the pan and cook until done. Add long beans, petai and tamarind juice. Continue to cook until the water boils.
Make: 6 serving
3. Sailing Across the Banten Coast Mahbub (Lamb Satay)
- 350 g ground lamb meat
- 100 g ground lamb heart
- 3 tablespoon tamarind juice
- 150 g lamb fat
- Satay skewer Banana leaves to wrap
Sweet soy sauce:
- 50 ml sweet soy sauce
- 10 bird's-eye chillies
- 5 shallot, coursely chop
Spice mix:
- 5 cloves garlic
- 5 tablespoon fried shallot
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon gound pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon caraway seed
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon palm sugar
- Salt to taste
Finely grind all spice mix ingredients. Blend well ground lamb, gound lamb heart and tamarind juice. Add ground spice mix and continue to blend. Take 2-3 tablespoon of lamb mixture and shape it into marble-size balls. Wrap the lamb balls with lamb fat. Put the balls into satay skewer and wrap with banana leaves. Grill until it cook. Serve with sweet soy sauce.
Sweet soy sauce: Put sweet soy sauce,bird's-eye chillies and shallot together in a pan. Stir well.
Make: 7 satay
4.Sailing Across the Banten Coast Pasung(Rice Flour Cone)
- 400 g rice flour
- 100 g cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon betel leaves juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 200 ml warm water
- 800 g palm sugar, chop
- 400 ml water
- 400 ml thick coconut cream from 1 l/2 coconut
- Banana leaves
Blend well rice flour, cornstarch, betel •* leaves juice and salt together. Gradually pour warm water into the dough while kneading the rice flour dough. Boil palm sugar and water until the sugar is melted. Strain. Slowly add palm sugar syrup and coconut cream into the dough. Continue to blend. Form banana leaves into around 30 cones shape. Put the dough into banana leaves. Steam rice flour cone until done.
Make: 30 cones
5. Sailing Across the Banten Coast Cecewer (Pandan Rice Flour Cake)
- 100 g rice flour
- 50 g corn starch
- 1 tablespoon betel leaves juice
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 200 ml pandan leaves and suji leaves liquid
- 1/2 young cooking coconut, grated
Mix well rice flour, cornstarch, betel leaves juice and salt together. Gradually pour pandan and suji leaves liquid into rice flour mixture. Blend well for 30 minutes. Thinly coat 2 cm diameter round baking pan. Pour the dough into the baking pan. Steam for 30 minutes and serve with grated coconut.
Grated coconut: lightly season young cooking coconut with 1 teaspoon salt. Steam for 5 minutes.
Make: 20 serving.
6. Sailing Across the Banten Coast Apem Cungkit (Fermented Cassava Desert)
- 200 g tapai singkong (ripe fermented cas sava)
- 100 g granulated sugar
- 200 ml coconut juice
- 100 ml water
- 250 g rice flour
- 100 ml coconut milk from 1/2 coconut
- Salt to taste
Palm sugar syrup:
- 300 g palm sugar, coarsely chop
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 500 ml coconut milk from 1/2 coconut
- 2 pandan (screwpine) leaves, tie in a knot
Finely grind fermented cassava with sugar. Pour coconut juice and water inter- changably into fermented cassava mix. Stir continously. Strain. Place rice flour and salt in a bowl. Gradually add fermented cassava mix into the rice flour and knead the dough for 15 minutes. Set aside in a room temperature for a night (for 12 hours) until it expands. Slowly pour coconut milk into the dough and continue to blend. Spread lightly an 18 cm diameter round baking pan with oil. Pour fermented cassava mixture into the baking pan. Steam for 30 minutes until done. Serve with palm sugar syrup.
Palm sugar syrup: Boil palm sugar, salt, coconut milk and pandan leaves in a cooking pan until the sugar is melted. Strain. Make: 12 serving


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MIAMI — Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette was included in a police report alongside 49ers' Colin Kaepernick and Quinton Patton in connection with what's being described as a "suspicious incident" earlier this month in Miami.
According to Miami police documents, an unidentified woman visited Lockette's Miami apartment on April 1 and reported a "suspicious incident" two days later. A Miami police spokesperson said there was no allegation of criminal wrongdoing made, and no detective was assigned to investigate a case.
On April 1, The woman mixed Lockette, Kapernick and Patton drinks and gave them shots of alcohol, the woman told police. The players then allegedly "told her that in order to drink the shots she had to 'hit' the bong which contained marijuana," the woman told police.
The police report says after drinking the shots the group watched a basketball game on a couch before the victim began to feel light headed and went to a bedroom to lie down. The woman told police she was in the room when Kaepernick came up behind her and kissed her. The woman told police Kaepernick began to undress her until she was completely naked.
Kaepernick then left the room.
Patton and Lockette allegedly opened the door when Kaperneick was away and "peeked" inside, police documents allege. The woman yelled at the football players, allegedly saying "What are you doing? Get out."
The players shut the door and left, documents show. The woman told police she does not remember anything after that moment.
Police said the woman woke later in a hospital bed, and she doesn't remember how she got there or who transported her to the hospital. The woman did admit to having a past sexual relationship with Kaepernick.
No one has been charged in the incident.
The Seattle Seahawks released a statement Thursday afternoon regarding the incident.
"We are aware of the situation, monitoring it closely and will not have any further comment at this time," a Seahawks spokesman said.
Lockette and Kaepernick were teammates in San Francisco in 2012.
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The Sarrazin factor
To the horror of the German elites, the book that's topping the Amazon (Germany) bestseller list is "Europa braucht den Euro nicht: Wie uns politisches Wunschdenken in die Krise geführt hat" (Europe does not need the euro: How political wishful thinking has led us into crisis) by the former Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin. The fact that the topic is now on the front page of Bild, the country's most popular paper, shows how emotional the debate around the common currency has become. The notion that German taxpayers will fund bankrupt euro members in perpetuity was deeply unpopular before Sarrazin's book was published; now, it's untenable.Tweet


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Over 60% of full-time Upper School faculty hold Master's Degrees or higher. Through their combined experience and collective expertise, our campus culture fosters a sense of curiosity and lifelong learning. Day by day, we purposefully integrate faith and learning in a way that prepares students to actively engage their world.
I encourage you to learn more about Grace Christian Academy. Schedule a visit. Connect with our current Grace families. Find out what makes Grace such an exceptional community. We'd love to get to know you!
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Today's blog post takes us to the wilds of Disney's Animal Kingdom park...
...where I have a brand new Disney cupcake to share with you all!
Kusafiri is THE cupcake spot at this park, and they recently got some new additions...
...the three treats on the menu...
The first is this adorable Simba Cupcake - he just can't wait to be king. ;) The flavor is passion fruit with vanilla icing.
Then we have the new Tree of Life cupcake which is chocolate with vanilla icing. I didn't try this one, but I was disappointed by the appearance. Let's be honest - it doesn't really look anything like the Tree of Life. Disney bakeries are more creative that this.
The standard zebra cupcake is still here - vanilla with zebra striped candy shavings on top.
While this gets high points for presentation, I wasn't really blown away by the flavor. It was too vanilla - there was a filling, but the passionfruit flavor didn't really come through.
Have you sampled the new Kusafiri cupcakes?
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Double Storey Ferret Hutch with Ramp (Medium)
Ferrets are social animals so much so that they will sleep and play together as a group. One of your best investments in responsible ferret ownership then is our Double Storey Ferret Hutch with Ramp!
Your pet ferrets deserve the best housing accommodations and our hutch certainly fits the bill. Made from durable fir, secure mesh wire, and asphalt roof, your ferrets will have a safe and secure home in which to sleep, play and eat while protected from the elements like the sun and rain. Keep in mind that your pets will also require exposure to the outdoors but always keep the hutch in a shaded area; ferrets can suffer from health issues even with just a few minutes of exposure in the hot sun.
Ferrets can easily escape unsecured cages but, fortunately, our hutch has strong security locks to prevent them from escaping into the outside world. But you will have easy access to the cage's interiors for cleaning purposes as well as for getting and placing your ferrets, thanks to the three access doors. Your cleaning activities will also be faster and easier with the slide-out plastic trays.
Of course, your ferrets will love playing in the spacious play area and sleeping in the cosy bedroom as a group. With the access ramp connecting the two areas, their lives will be easier while you will have a great time watching them play, too, through the mesh wires.
Key tip:Provide your ferrets with bedding to make his stay in the hutch comfortable as well as with toys, like tunnels and balls, in the run for his play time
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The Eyeglass Boutique is an eyewear store which offers general optician services. Services include lenscrafting, frames, contact lens fitting and more. The Eyeglass Boutique is located in Morristown, NJ just off of I-287's exit 33.
Established in 1981, Eyeglass Boutique provides full eye care for children and adults. The shop will perform general eye exams, contact lenses and test for eye diseases. Eyeglass Boutique offers a vast selection of glass frames and lens.


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When Jaeson Parsons went to Iraq as a medic, he was based in a particularly dangerous place in the desert. Inside a building, he stumbled on some graffiti - an image of a lighthouse that another American soldier left on a concrete wall. Jaeson recalls the words alongside the painting on the wall: "From sea to shining sea." In part to cope with his PTSD, Jason is now traveling back to Iraq to collect images of the art.
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Flickr Friday: The #Moonlight selection
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Our #TwitterTuesday theme yesterday was #Cats, and we've got a lot photos from all of you cat lovers. Meow.
Today's Twitter Tuesday theme is "Cats". Browse your photostream to find a matching photo or take a new one.
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"I think at one point or another, every kid dreams of being an astronaut," Tim Dodd says. "As a kid, I loved space. I had space sheets and space shuttle Legos. It's just something that came back to me as an adult." Now, the 29-year-old photographer from Cedar Falls, Iowa, shares his out-of-this-world passion in his hilarious photo series "Everyday Astronaut."
In this week's photo selection, we're taking a close look at the gigantic freshwater fish that's a prized catch for Brazilian fishing communities of the Amazon River.
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Freedom Park, where the Nebraska Cricket Club plays is right next to the Missouri River. The cricket ground is nestled within the premises of a Naval museum. Surrounding our field are ships, planes, helicopters, and a submarine. Here's the ground during gentler times (the river flows on the other side of the various machines):
Today, the Missouri River is raging, hell-bent of reclaiming its old floodplain. Our ground is under many feet of water. (Frame of reference: you can see the top of a chain-link fence that borders the field. The fence is about 5 feet in height!).
Hopefully, the river will recede and we will get to play on Freedom Park again. Sooner rather than later.
|(C.S. Manish 2010)
|(Peter Daliere 2011)
P.S. Here's an aerial view that shows the river (as it flows south towards downtown Omaha) and the location of the ground at Freedom Park. (The photo was taken from this site)
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A Car Wash & Lube On The North Carolina Coast Is The Featured Business For Sale For March 2012 At Sunbelt Business Brokers of Raleigh
Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) March 26, 2012
Sunbelt Business Brokers of Raleigh's featured business for sale for March 2012 is a Car Wash & Lube in a popular North Carolina Coastal city. In this case, Sunbelt is selling a business with a heavy real estate component and well-compensated management in place.
The car wash & lube was built in 2007 by an owner that had years of experience in the wash & lube business. The highest quality components were used and the
property was planned well. An example of the good planning is that vacuum lines are piped underground, with distribution to the entire property. The asking price of this business is $2,450,000 with the SBA-approved lending requiring approximately $400,000 down. In 2011 there were $750,000 in sales and $260,000 in cash flow to cover debt service.
"This business will require no major capital expenditures for years to come. With a little better economy and the continued growth of this city, it is easy to see $350,000 in cash flow from this business," says Mark Richie of Sunbelt. The growth outlook for eastern North Carolina in general is good. This county has grown in population 21.5% per year between 1990 and 2010, and the future outlook is more growth. The business is currently being run on an absentee basis, and the new owner could continue to run it that way. An excellent point of sale system feeds up-to-the-minute data to your smart phone or computer. The same applies to the sixteen-camera surveillance system.
When Sunbelt of Raleigh features a business for sale, advertising is enhanced across most mediums. Sunbelt Business Brokers uses fourteen different advertising websites to promote businesses for sale. The company then highlights those advertisements to increase exposure and buyer traffic.
Sunbelt is the world's largest business brokerage firm, with approximately 250 licensed offices located throughout the world. Annually, more than 1,400 Sunbelt brokers coordinate an estimated 3,000 Main Street and Middle Market business transactions. That is why the company says, "Sunbelt is the place to go to buy or sell a business."
The Raleigh office of Sunbelt has been serving buyers and sellers for 25 years. There is an experienced staff of brokers including specialists in the Food & Beverage Business and Publishing & Media.


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The Sonoma Mens Chainless Drive Evolution Urban Commuter Hybrid Bicycle brings us something new: the chianless bicycle. Brought to you by Dynacraft, Inc, this bike breaks some new ground with a chainless drive system. Here's our full review:
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Fairfax has a general population of 21,498 and an overall student population of 32,304. Approximately 32,067 of Fairfax's students are enrolled in schools that offer art programs.
George Mason University is the largest art school in Fairfax, based on student population. Approximately 19 students graduated in 2010 from George Mason University with credentials in art.
In 2010, 25 students graduated with an art degree from one of Fairfax's art schools. If you decide to attend one of Fairfax's art schools, you can expect to pay an average of $19,314 per year in instate tuition and $35,298 per year in out of state tuition.
You should also anticipate spending about $900 for art related books and supplies every year. And if you live on campus, you will face an additional expense of $7,700 per year, on average, for room and board at Fairfax-based art schools. Students who live at home can cut this cost down to approximately $12,024.
After graduating with your credentials in art, if you decide to work as an artist in Fairfax, your job prospects are average. In 2010, there were 550 artists in Virginia. Of these artists, 1,630 were working in the greater Fairfax area. The number of artists in Fairfax is expected to increase by 8% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is faster than the projected nationwide trend for artists.
As an artist in Fairfax, you can expect to make an average salary of $82,360 per year. This is higher than the average salary for artists in the state.
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Fox furs, or pelts, as the dried furs are commonly referred to, hold their value year-to-year and so are worth the trapper and hunter's efforts to obtain them. Once a fox is taken, the first step is to skin the fox properly to make sure the pelt arrives at the fur buyer in perfect condition. The skin of a fox is thin and easily damaged or torn, so it is necessary to proceed carefully when skinning. A small pocket knife with a narrow three-inch blade is the best choice for skinning a fox.
Pocket knife
Rubber gloves – snug fitting
Much of a fox's skin can be peeled off the carcass by hand. The skin over the face and around the hind legs will need to be cut free; cut slowly through the membrane holding the skin to the carcass.
In years past the feet were left on a fox skin as that was the demand of the market. Today, it is preferred by fur buyers to not have the feet on the pelt.
Cutting the arteries in the neck will release the blood which will run into the fur. This can be avoided by not pressing the sharp edge of the knife blade against the throat.
Wear rubber gloves for skinning to protect you from any health-related problems the fox might have had.
Pull the skin away from the carcass while skinning; do not cut near your fingers.
Tie a length of cord to each hind leg of the fox, just above the foot; tie the opposite ends of the cords to a rafter or anything that is above your head. Lower the fox, head down, until the hind legs are at eye level and pull the hind legs as far apart as they will go.
Put on the gloves. Cut through the skin just above each foot, front and hind legs, going completely around each leg in a circle.
Stick the tip of the knife into the cut on one back leg and cut an incision following along the back of the leg, just below the anus and along the back of the opposite leg ending up at the cut around the foot.
Cut around the anus and then poke the tip of the knife into the incision between the anus and the tail. Slice an incision on the underside of the tail half way to the tail's tip.
Peel the skin away from the tail bone with your fingers until the skin is free from the tail bone for the length of the incision. Push your fingers against the fur part of the tail at the end of the incision. Pull the remainder of the tail bone in the opposite direction, sliding it out of the uncut part of the tail.
Pull the skin away from the carcass at the hind legs and cut through the membrane holding the skin to the carcass. Keep skinning out the hind legs until the skin is free of the legs.
Slide the thumbs and forefingers of both hands between the skin and carcass and peel the skin down the body until the front legs are reached.
Pry the skin away from the upper part of the front legs with your fingers only, as a knife here can cut the skin. For each leg, push a finger through the opening made between the leg and freed skin, grip the leg and pull it toward the body while pulling the skin over the leg in the opposite direction. Pull until the skin comes free over the foot.
Skin down the neck to the ears using caution not to cut into the neck arteries. Cut the ears free by cutting against the skull and through the cartilage at the base of the ears.
Move the knife slowly, skinning down the face to the eyes. Press the knife blade against the eyes cutting through the membrane covering the eyes, being careful not to cut the skin around the eyes.
Pull and cut the skin free down the muzzle to the nose. Cut through the nose cartilage, freeing the nose. Cut the lips free by passing the knife between the skin and jaw bones. The skin is now free of the carcass and ready to be stretched and dried.
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- "Trapping North American Furbearers;" S. Stanley Hawbaker; 1969
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Your January Pension
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Here are four things to watch for on your January pension:
- The Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTO) membership fee deduction. If you're an RTO member, the membership fee is around $60 (based on an annual pension of $48,000), and deducted once a year, in January.
- 2018 inflation adjustment. In 2018, all pensions will receive the full 1.6% increase, even on post-2009 credit.
- Adjustments to health insurance premiums. If you subscribe to a health insurance plan through the RTO (Johnson's) or Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan (OTIP), premiums are often adjusted in December or January (premiums are deducted each month). Other than deducting premiums, we don't administer your health insurance plan. If you have questions about your coverage or premiums, please contact your health insurance plan directly.
- Changes in your income tax deductions. The Canada Revenue Agency sets the income tax rates deducted from your pension. The rates used in 2018 can be adjusted right up until Dec. 31, 2017. You can increase the amount of tax deducted each month from your pension by signing in to your online account.
Did you turn 65 in December?
If yes, then your bridge benefit will end and your pension will be adjusted in January. Why? We provide a bridge benefit, which is intended to supplement your retirement income until age 65 when you're eligible for an unreduced pension from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). If you've told us you're collecting a CPP disability pension, your pension has already been adjusted.


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Together, Veeam and LabTech deliver a way for service providers to offer a complete and centrally managed backup and recovery solution — an availability solution — to their customers.
Veeam Endpoint Backup for LabTech* enables service providers to offer a complete solution with high-speed, low-cost remote backup, recovery and management of physical endpoints. Veeam's Endpoint Backup technology provides a simple solution for backing up Windows-based desktops and laptops — and even some physical Windows-based servers. If the system crashes, hard drive fails, or a file gets corrupted or accidentally deleted, recovery is just a few clicks away.
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In the June issue of the NOSSCR Newsletter, Vol. 33 No. 6, It was reported that a claimant was allowed to reopen their appeal from 1978. The claimant showed "good cause" under social security ruling 91-5p and replied on "mental illness which prevented him or her from understanding the procedures to appeal and have good cause to file a late appeal." This decision gives incredible hope to any claimant that has a mental illness or mental impairment; you can argue that good cause prevented you from filing an appeal within 60 days of your denial.
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text: How often do you enter giveaways? I only enter them if I really, really want the giveaway because somehow it just doesn't seem worth the odds - and I never win so those are the odds. And given those odds I forget about the giveaway seconds after I leave my comment/entry. So it was just the most unusual and amazing thing when I found an oldish message in my inbox from Kylie at Paravent (formerly known as the artist from 3 Sheets) letting me know I had won her cushion giveaway. I must have seemed like the rudest person, just ignoring the email, not replying with even a basic thank you. Anyway to say I was dumbfounded is an understatement. I wanted these cushions really really badly. I immediately made contact fearful she had given up on me and done a redraw! When the cushions arrive and I saw them in person my jaw dropped. They are amazing. Not just cool but handmade flawlessly. Integrity all the way! Clever Kylie and lucky, lucky me.


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Spiritual Password to Freedom
Are you searching for calmness within your mind? Do you feel out of focus? How long has it been since you felt passionate about ...well anything? Restart the management of your internal dialog, and you will find the Passion for living you've been longing for. Life is too short! Let's get started understanding how.
All the answers are inside of you! As simple as that! You hold your power and the password inside. Here is what you need to know. Have you ever noticed the chatter inside your head? Some would express it like "my mind is racing, or I feel like I am going crazy inside, or possibly you are ridden by anxiety at times." Just relax because I have some answers that may help you. Sigmund Freud, as well as Dr.Wayne Dyer, give great insights in helping you to understand this more clearly.
Understanding the battle within your mind helps to clarify and simplify things. This will help you to find calm and peace within, and return to your original state of joy and just being in the present moment. To tame your thoughts is the secret spiritual password to Freedom of the mind.
Here is a video well worth watching called "The shift" by Wayne Dyer: "Make the shift from the Ego-Driven ambition to a life of meaning."
In The Shift, Dr. Wayne Dyer explains "4 shifts that are possible within our lifetime to reach fulfillment, meaning, and purpose.
1)Non-being>(born)being, spirit>form, invisible> physical world of things
2)Ambition>Ego (opposite of the place of spirit which we came) Most people stop here and continue to expand the Ego. Although we have a choice to shift further to greater meaning and purpose.
3)Making a u-turn back to the place of spirit (reaching for meditating, finding peace within, living a life of deeper fulfillment with love)
4)Ambition>Meaning is redirecting our ambition to the fulfillment of our Authentic Self."
To fully understand how to find the answers inside of us, we must first learn how all of our thoughts got there in the first place. Let's talk a little bit about the Structural model of 3 entities inside of our Psyche coined by the brilliant Sigmund Freud " The Id, Ego, and Superego."
1)The Id resides in the unconscious thoughts; This is the only one we are born with. In Freud's later years he describes the Id as "Eros" in Latin terms it means "love, Life energy, selfless love." This one in my view is the innocent outlook of a child. The primal, instinctual desire seeking entity. This is our real self/our spiritual beginning.
2)The Ego is split between conscious, preconscious and unconscious thoughts. This is our driver, the mediator of views. The ego has quite the challenge while moderating the Id's demands versus the Superego's shoulds.
3)The SuperEgo is what we were taught by your parents and society as to how to behave. This entity will should you to death. My view is the Superego is the one that is always on your case about following the rules set in place by society's standards (the one who beats you up inside).
So, which do you follow? What view will serve you best? Should you, should you not and on and on in your mind. There comes a point to where a person either breaks down or calms the chatter. This is what I am finding in today's world. Solution oriented I choose the later of calming the mind. How you ask?
Through meditating, exercise and nutrition focus is how. Leaving stressful conditions like a job that does not serve you. Look how many people are becoming Entrepreneurs. I did! I Love it! There is a trend growing with people seeking this internal calm state. We are all increasingly overstimulated and stressed by our work environments, technology, and life in general. With this fast pace, I believe there is a majority that has found tools for calming the incessant chatter within the mind. This all remains within your control. Understanding that it is natural and knowing why and where these thoughts are driven from, will help you take control and realize a calm state of peaceful bliss and focus. Meditation puts the thoughts on pause (which is great to be able to manage more efficiently) although the root is the understanding of how these thoughts are arriving. For more insights for calming the inner chatter stay tuned for more blogs. Learn to trust yourself, and you have all you need. Trust comes in when you reach certainty and go with the wisdom of your heart.
I have the secret password to success (starting your own business-Be your own Boss)! Listen to your heart and not to others trying to tell you how to feel. "Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going for yours!" Zig Ziglar
"We are not our bodies, our possessions, or our careers. Who we are is Divine Love, and that is Infinite!" Wayne Dyer
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change." Wayne Dyer
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You all know how I feel about entry level cars, especially entry level city cars. They are usually poorly made, poorly designed, ugly and slow, powered by a coup!le of starving anaemic hamsters on a treadmill. In short, they are cheap and nasty. They are paper thin bits of folded foil with 20c pieces for wheels and handle like demented slugs. So, when I was asked to take the up! for a spin I wondered if I was in for more of the same.
I took the key which is a cheeky white plastic fob with a flick-out key and the 3 control buttons VW uses across its range. As you approach, you realise it's quite sweet looking from the front and it looks like someone washed a Polo which then shrank. The back however is a different kettle of fish. The rear is all but covered by a single piece of frameless glass half of which is black, and the hatch opener is a simple plastic button and handle combo. The vertical tail lights have an intriguing inset for indicators and reversing lights. The closer you get the smaller it looks especially parked close to a normal sized vehicle.
VW's up! is cute and small, and weighs a mere 880 kgs. That's just as well because the engine is a paltry 1L 3 cylinder jobbie putting out a stunning 55kw/95Nm of oomph. It's sounding dire isn't it? The exterior is sans embellishment but somehow manages to avoid looking as if it was merely a collection of leftovers from the bargain basement's odd-bins section. It looks well-made and clearly comes from the same brand as the Passat or Golf. Our car was the 2 door so entry is easy even for a tall person. Unusually these days, steel wheels are standard.
From the outside there is little evidence that the up! costs a piddling $13k so how about the interior. No, still nothing to give away the up!'s humble price. The interior looks fine with nothing having fallen off during the stress of having the door opened. The first thing to hit you is the (optional) PID which looks like a kind of inbuilt Navman but more about that later.
One of my pet hates is horrible cheap fabric with sickening swirls intended to be playful but instead looks like faded pub carpet from the 50's. So you can imagine my relief at seeing a simple plain fabric with a simple stitching detail on the seats. The steering wheel has the same high quality feel of a Polo of Golf. Speaking of Golf, no, the door does not sound like a Golf when I closes. It doesn't sound tinny but it doesn't sound solid "like a Golf". The cabin seems to be rather well sealed too because you really have to put some shoulder into pulling the door shut behind you. Once you are comfortably ensconced, other highlights also become obvious such as the coloured plastic panels on the top of the door and dash board. They are painted with metallic tones and sparkle in the right light, and I like them very much.
The air conditioning is manual but you soon get used to not being able to set and forget a temperature. To be honest that rarely works anyway. VW have been very clever and have saved money where they were able, so both front seats are the identical. This means the adjustments are on the same side of the seat regardless of which side of the car it's fitted to. There's more, the window switches, yes they are electric, are a lone switch on each door arm rest. If you want to open the passenger's window you have to lean across and press the other button. I think that is a saving too far.
As for the rest of the switch gear, it has the same solid feeling as any other Volkswagen. Perhaps the plastic isn't quite the same quality but the way they feel when you push, slide or pull, is exactly the same. Another winner is the golf-ball vent to direct the air conditioning exactly where you want it. The weather wasn't particularly hot but the temperature control seemed to cope well.
The luggage space is tight with the seats up! (251L) but remember you'll not loading the up! full of people and gear and going away for the week. That's simply not what it is designed for. However, at a pinch, 2 could sneak away for a romantic weekend. With the back seats down there is an impressive 951L. Think of it this way, you could fit almost a tonne of champagne if you could un-bottle enough of it and the luggage area didn't leak. The seats aren't uber-comfy lounge chairs but they don't pretend to be. What they are is, like the rest of the car, well designed and made for a price. up! is an honest unpretentious car.
There is something quite wonderful about the drive that I can't quite put my finger on as is isn't any one single thing. The engine seems to have a very wide and forgiving range. The 5 gears also seem unconcerned with specific intervals at which they must be shifted. Most of the time taking off from the lights involves letting out the clutch and planting your foot to the floor then waiting for her to catch up. It was here where the experience started to remind me of Citroen's famous 2CV. In a lot of ways the up! is a 21st century solution to the same problem, a cheap to buy, cheap to run car that is easy to own. The up! also has very soft suspension that frequently reaches the end of its travel. As you go over a speed bump with more gusto than you should, it gives a little bump in the way in then again half way through as she bounces skyward. It is this softness that case the up! such an incredibly good ride especially for such a diminutive set of wheels. I won't try and tell you that the steering feels super sharp but it does feel very good. It's electric so is very easy at parking speeds with the assistance changing the faster you go. What surprised me most was the handling. The soft suspension had no effect on either the steering or the brakes and it simply went where it was pointed.
There are only 4 airbags but there is a full suite of electronic nannies to be had. There is also VW's version of City Safe which casts a beam in front of the car and slams on the anchors if it thinks you're going to hit someone or something at low city speeds. I was asked if the up! felt safe. I feel safe on a bike at 110kph so I certainly felt safe in the VW.
Similarly, you'll feel the same thing as you go round a corner. You feel like you're going to scrape your door handles off but at no stage does she let go, and you feel safe. You simply have to have the confidence that that no matter how hard you push her, she will not end up! as someone's garden decoration, having darted through the shrubbery. Do you get the impression I was beginning to fall for her? Yes, I was falling for her, and why not. Everything about the UP! is fun. The brakes and gears are a delight, much more so than a super cheap entry level city car has the right to be. Because of the lack of power and torque you will need to work those gears. Around town it's not much of an issue and on the highway the 5 speed needs taking down a cog or two when you come to hills. You'll also need to plan overtaking although if I were you I'd wait for an overtaking lane. At times like that all you need to keep in mind is the 4.9L/100k fuel usage. Since our test car didn't have the optional cruise control you would have to actually concentrate on what you're doing which isn't such a bad thing, though these days you expect things like cruise control and auto headlights and wipers.
The 3 cylinder naturally aspirated motor is like a little puppy bouncing about the place eager to please. It just wants to keep going. It has that familiar 3 cylinder sound which is strangely pleasing, and a leisurely 13.2 second 0-100 which is to be expected. In its defence, it feels much quicker when you're sitting behind the wheel but perhaps that's because you expect the UP! to be sluggish.
The centre instrument panel does not contain a tacho but if you absolutely have to have one the add-on dash mounted unit can display it for you. The PID unit is a stroke of genius which is hugely undersold. Many of its functions are voice controlled including the Satnav. Unlike many Satnav units, you are able to set directions in the up! by speaking to it and it's not just limited to a few pre-set destinations. There isn't a any of the psychotic behaviour we've experienced with many built in units. It also shows trip info and fuel usage but of course you can't do it all at the same time. The other remarkable thing is the speed of the unit. Most Satnav models are sluggish at best, and complicated too. They need big hugs after each and every input and sulk uncontrollably if they don't get their own way. The UP! unit can be removed in 2 parts leaving only the contact points on the dash. My one and only beef was the lack of a USB input on our base model audio unit nor are you able to BT stream. The PID has an SD reader though so it isn't a total loss. I'd suggest paying a little extra for the upgraded stereo.
There are some figures to ponder: from the 35L tank you should get about 550k's around town which means about $10 for 100k's of travel. Hybrid's make this kind of claim but I've not driven one yet that was able to deliver on it. Perhaps the most amazing thing is the way the UP! makes you feel. It is the only city car I haven't been embarrassed to be seen in, rather the opposite in fact. I was happy to drive it, even a little eager. It's meant to be good at taking you shopping or out to coffee. It's also meant to be easy to get into tight spots too, and it is. There are several tight spaces I regularly use and the UP! is the only one I have been able to drive straight into. The turning circle is a tiny 9.8m and is at least a metre smaller than the Polos and Golfs. We seemed to be able to sneak into spots usually reserved for those on 2 wheels.
For me the UP! gets extra points for cute looks, great ride, exceptional fuel economy and amazing value. You all expected me to hate it, but by the end of the week I found myself wanting one badly. I asked the VW official how they did it for the price and he said everyone asks that but said nothing further. Quite simply a better car can't be had for the price, from any brand, in any country.
I'm going to make a big call: up! is going to be huge for VW and possibly one of it's biggest ever sellers. It will steal sales from the Koreans and Chinese because it is better in every way. There will be "hot" up! models and people will adore them. You mark my words up! is a landmark vehicle not just for VW, but for the motor industry. The up! is inexpensive but not cheap.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas's highest court ruled on Friday that funding disparities between school districts violated the state's Constitution and ordered the Legislature to bridge the gap, setting the stage for a messy budget battle in the capital this year.
With its ruling, the State Supreme Court averted, for now, a larger constitutional showdown by ordering a lower court to reconsider the most controversial part of the case — whether the public school system statewide was adequately funded. The lower court originally ordered an increase of more than $400 million in school spending, and the conservative-led majority in the Legislature had vowed to defy that order if it were upheld. Legislators said it was the job of lawmakers, not judges, to appropriate money.
Still, the unanimous court decision Friday would seem to leave some Republican lawmakers in Kansas unsettled because it orders them, by July 1, to potentially appropriate tens of millions of dollars in payments to poorer districts to make the school system more equitable. The Legislature had been withholding those constitutionally mandated payments in recent years.
The issue of increasing base aid per student was politically charged because at the same time that lawmakers, led by the Republican governor, Sam Brownback, refused to increase funding, they passed the largest tax cuts in state history.
"I think the bottom line is that you still have a constitutional issue here as to which branch has the power of the purse," said State Representative Kasha Kelley, a Republican who is chairwoman of the House Education Committee. "And clearly that duty lies with the legislative branch. I don't believe that's the place of the court."
The court rejected the contention that it lacked the authority to make decisions on school funding, saying that it has the duty to determine whether legislative acts comply with the Kansas Constitution. "The judiciary is not at liberty to surrender, ignore or waive this duty," the decision said.
Most of the attention in the case, Gannon v. Kansas, had been focused on the trial court's order to raise base aid per student to $4,492, a 17 percent increase over the current level, to provide an adequate education for all Kansas students. On Friday, the Supreme Court held that the district court had not applied the proper standard to determine what constituted an adequate funding level and asked the lower court to re-examine that issue.
"Regardless of the source or amount of funding, total spending is not the touchstone for adequacy in education" under the State Constitution, the decision read.
Mr. Brownback and his fellow Republicans who are legislative leaders cast that point as a victory during a news conference at the Capitol on Friday afternoon. "It says schools should be measured by performance and outcomes, not by just money spent," Mr. Brownback said. "It focuses on equity — that a child in the poorer part of the state should have an equal opportunity at an education as someone from the richer part of the state, and I agree."
But divorcing money and outcomes was off the mark, said John S. Robb, the lawyer for the school districts that sued the state. "Outcomes are all that matter, but it takes resources to get there," he said.
The standard that the Supreme Court asked the lower court to use when it reconsiders whether there is adequate statewide funding accounts for the fact that money produces adequate educational outcomes, Mr. Robb said. So he was confident that the district court would reach the same result and again rule that base aid per student needed to be increased.
Mr. Brownback and his allies praised Friday's ruling for not setting a specific dollar amount that must be spent in order to create equality among the districts. The court held that the Legislature had to provide equitable funding "as contemplated by present statutes."
"I don't know that we have a number for that, and we aren't going to restrict ourselves," said Susan Wagle, the Senate president.
But Mr. Robb said the formula the state previously used for those supplemental funds for poor districts had totaled nearly $120 million. It would be difficult to see the court allow anything less than that, he said, because that formula was what the judges used when deciding the case.
"It takes a willing Legislature to comply with this order," Mr. Robb said. "I am confident they will follow their constitutional oaths and do what's right for kids."
In 2005, the court approved an agreement to gradually raise per-pupil spending, but the goals were never reached because of the nationwide recession and, more recently, the tax cuts.
In arguing the case last year, lawyers for the state asserted that it was unreasonable to restrict the Legislature's role in making financial decisions. The Kansas Constitution is "neither a suicide pact nor a bankruptcy pact," Stephen R. McAllister, a lawyer for the state, told the court.
In January, with the justices sitting nearby, Mr. Brownback essentially fired a warning shot during his State of the State address, saying that "the Constitution empowers the Legislature, the people's representatives, to fund our schools," and that the state should ensure that "our schools remain open and are not closed by the courts or anyone else."
Moderate and liberal legislators have said the case has highlighted the failure of the state to provide an adequate education for Kansas children.
For critics of legislative leaders and the governor, the shortfall in school funding provides fodder for a broader criticism of the path Kansas officials have set the state on. In the past two legislative sessions, the Legislature, backed by Mr. Brownback, passed tax cuts that are projected to decrease state revenue by about $3.9 billion over the next six years.
Those who believe the courts overstepped their bounds in previous rulings by mandating a dollar amount said lawmakers and schools needed to focus on efficient spending, rather than a pure dollar figure.
The debate over school funding in Kansas heated up in the 1960s when the Legislature added an article to the Constitution that read, "the Legislature shall make suitable provision for finance" of public education. That led to a court case decades later that ended with lawmakers agreeing to provide $4,492 in base aid per student.
But because of the nationwide financial crisis, the Legislature never reached that level of spending. It went as high as $4,400 by the 2008-9 school year, but under Gov. Mark V. Parkinson, a Democrat, the figure began a downward slide, which has continued under Mr. Brownback. The figure is now $3,838, and Mr. Brownback called for maintaining it in a budget proposal he released in January.
The reduction in school financing over the years led to the current lawsuit. A state appeals court ruled in January 2013 in favor of the plaintiffs, saying that the Legislature was failing to meet its constitutional obligation to adequately fund schools.
Fiscal conservatives argue that the base state aid does not represent the actual amount spent on education. Including federal sources, the amount was $12,656 in 2011-12. Those in favor of increased funding said that figure included money for things like pensions that are not directly related to helping students learn.


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Dinner in Winchester this month at Brasserie Blanc with my food hero Raymond Blanc – charming and inspirational! We caught up on food and art projects and enjoyed a few glasses of wine along with a delicious plate of food – my sea bass was cooked to perfection – what a treat, thank you RB x During the evening we auctioned one of my paintings for charity and I am pleased to say this original artwork
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Serik Sapiyev designated as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Sport (2013-2015)
On 24 August, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova designated the famous Kazakh boxer Mr Serik Sapiyev as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Sport for a two-year period (2013-2015). The official designation ceremony took place in the Kazakhstan Media Centre in Astana, in the presence of Mr Imangali Tasmagambetov, Chairperson of the National Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan for UNESCO and ISESCO and Mr Olzhas Suleimenov, Ambassdaor, Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Kazakhstan to UNESCO.
This title was bestowed upon Mr Sapiyev "in recognition of his commitment to promoting education and sport programmes in favour of young people in Kazakhstan, his charitable activities, and his dedication to the ideals and aims of the Organization".
"We believe sport can bring people together around shared values and "fair play". We believe sport is essential in the struggle for tolerance and against racism, against violence. We believe sport and physical education are key to healthy lives – This is UNESCO's position – sport can be a fabulous force for social inclusion, for gender equality, for youth empowerment, but this does not happen by itself – it takes will", stated the Director-General during her designation speech.
"I am truly proud to be designated as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and will put all my energy to promote UNESCO's work at national and regional levels", said Mr Sapiyev during this ceremony.
Mr Serik Sapiyev is a two-time world champion, Olympic Gold winner at the 2012 London Games, winner of the coveted Val Barker Trophy in 2012. As a Director of the Kazakh Boxing Federation, Serik Sapiyev supports the Astana Alumni Association, a Non-Governmental Organization that promotes education and sports initiatives, as well as youth leadership and charity events.
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BUCHAREST, April 30 (Reuters) - Even the investment plans seen as vital to Romania's efforts to reboot the beaten economy may come under the knife this year if economic prospects dive further and threaten IMF-backed budget goals, a deputy finance minister said on Thursday.
The European Union state has set aside roughly 38 billion lei ($11.8 billion) for investment this year, or 7.1 percent of gross domestic product, hoping to inject much needed cash into the economy as private investment slows down.
So far, Romania has managed to meet the first of quarterly budget deficit caps set by the International Monetary Fund, which oversees a 20-billion-euro aid package that the Black Sea state secured last month.
But as the world crisis rages on, it could see its tax receipts dwindle as output and demand slow down.
An IMF mission is expected in Bucharest in July to assess the country's budget targets, and if they lag behind, the centre-left government will have to fine-tune its plans.
"There is room left for adjustment in an area that is easy but not economically sound ... cutting some of the capital spending," Deputy Finance Minister Gheorghe Gherghina told Reuters in an interview.
"Despite the crisis, we have kept them at a higher level to compensate for a lack of investment in the private sector, to stimulate the relaunching of economic growth. But if we have no other options this is a first position where we could act."
The centre-left government has pledged to limit the cuts to current spending on goods and services and wages in its vast and inefficient public sector, but maintain investment levels.
"It is possible there might be a need to ... see what can be done on the revenues side. All possible taxes can be analysed. We are hopeful that this will not be the case," Gherghina said, adding there were no concrete plans at the moment.
Romania has the EU's lowest revenues as a percentage of GDP and with a flat tax rate of 16 percent on income and profit it also has one of the lowest taxation rates in Europe.
"Within the next 5-10 years we will have to come up with a way to bring revenues as a percentage of GDP towards 40 at least. Any tax hike is possible ... but no such raise is being taken under consideration at the moment."
Romania has turned from an investment hot spot and a fast-rising economy into one of the EU's most vulnerable states, as its large external deficit and dependence on scarce foreign cash exposed it to a potential financing crisis.
"We are hoping that the contraction in the first quarter was the bottom," Gherghina said. "At least we hope the economy will not fall further." He said the ministry had insufficient data at the moment to estimate a figure for first quarter GDP.
Official first quarter GDP data is expected in the middle of May. A Reuters poll of analysts conducted earlier this month showed a median forecast for a contraction of 2 percent on the year.
Gherghina said the cash secured from the IMF and the EU would help underpin markets and pump fresh cash in the ailing economy, which would help lending pick up. "We are hoping that the economy will start to recover in the fourth quarter, but for prudence, our calculations were made on a contraction of 4 percent," Gherghina said.
He also said consumption could switch focus on domestic products, as imports slow down due to a weaker leu. (Reporting by Luiza Ilie; Editing by Patrick Graham)


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- Type: Standard Procedure Change Process
- Submitter: System Management
- Title: Revised PSOP: Monitoring and Reporting Protocol
- Date Submitted: 14 March 2013
- Current Status: This Procedure Change was rejected by the IMO as published in the IMO's Decision on 1 August 2013.
Event Date Comment Procedure Change Proposal published 20/03/2013 Submission Period 21/03/2013 - 19/04/2013 The submission period is 20 Business Days from the date the IMO published the notification. Procedure Change Report published 22/05/2013 The IMO must publish the Procedure Change Report within 5 Business Days after receiving the report from System Management. The IMO's decision published 1/08/2013 The timeframe for publishing the IMO's decision has been extended in accordance with the Extension Notice published on 18 July 2013. Amended Procedure Commences n/a
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An explosion likely caused by fish-meal dust caused major damage to a Dutch Harbor, Alaska, seafood processing plant Monday night, officials said.
The blast occurred inside the Westward Seafoods Inc. plant on Captains Bay Road at about 6:45 p.m. Monday, said Mike Holman, director of Alaska's Department of Public Safety. Thirteen members of the department responded.
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There were employees inside the building at the time of the explosion, but no one suffered an injury. Westward Seafoods President Mark Johanson confirmed employees were in the facility, which he described as mostly "one large open space," but were not injured.
The blast likely occurred when an undetermined ignition source detonated dust from the production of fish meal, often used as feed for other fish, Holman said.
Johanson said the exact cause of the blast was still undetermined, though fish-meal dust was among the possible culprits. He declined to mention other possible causes.
"I don't want to speculate at this point," Johanson said. "We'll do our investigation and obviously we'll learn from it."
Johanson said the fish-meal plant remained closed for the time being, due to the extent of the damage.
"There's quite a bit of damage inside the building — some of the pipes erupted, and one of the doors was blown off its hinges into a container," Holman said.
Holman said no foul play is currently suspected in the blast, which is also being investigated by the state fire marshal. The plant's sprinkler system extinguished the resulting fire before crews arrived but contributed to damage estimates well beyond the $100,000 first reported after the fire.
"It sounds like the sprinklers, when they went off, they dumped a lot of water on all the electrical equipment," Holman said.
Johanson said pollock season was wrapping up and the fish-meal plant isn't needed in any current fishery openings. The company was optimistic the plant will be fully operational in time for another pollock season in January, he said.
Holman said he has seen two fish-meal dust explosions at Dutch Harbor plants during his 21 years with the department, but those blasts hadn't been as costly as the one Monday.
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