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When are diagnostic tests used?
The tests covered in our Tests and Diagnosis section are used in three distinct situations:
- To diagnose urgent conditions such as a heart attack or unstable chest pain (e.g., blood tests to diagnose a heart attack, the resting ECG).
- To screen patients with an intermediate to high risk for heart disease or those experiencing symptoms such as chest pain or shortness of breath (e.g., exercise stress testing, echocardiography).
- To detect very early signs of heart disease. The fatty plaque associated with atherosclerosis begins to buildup on the lining of the arteries in your early 20s, but you will not feel any symptoms or show signs of a problem during typical diagnostic testing until decades later when the blockage is large enough to significantly reduce blood flow.
The idea behind these newer tests is to detect very early signs of trouble, such as a loss of elasticity in the lining of the artery, so that steps can be taken to prevent heart problems in the future. Blood tests for emerging risk factors such as C-reactive protein and calcium scans fall into this category.
Do I need to have a diagnostic test?
One in two men, and one in three women will develop heart disease in their lifetime.
Overall, the lifetime risk of heart disease is slightly lower for women than men: One in two men, and one in three women will develop heart disease in their lifetime.
If you have not already been diagnosed with heart disease, your doctor may use a risk calculator to determine whether you have a low, intermediate, or high risk of developing heart disease in the next 10 years.
If your risk score is low and you are not experiencing symptoms, you will not be sent for further testing. However, you should continue to keep your risk factors in check. If you have an intermediate or high-risk score or you have symptoms of heart disease, you may be sent for diagnostic testing.
What are noninvasive and invasive diagnostic tests?
There are various diagnostic tests available to detect heart disease, ranging from noninvasive tests that do not involve cutting through the skin (although some entail injections) to invasive tests where a small incision is made.
In cardiac catheterization, the most common invasive test, a thin flexible tube called a catheter is inserted into your groin or forearm and a thin wire — known as a guidewire — is used to guide the catheter into the different arteries of your heart. The purpose of this test is to find out if there are any blockages in the arteries of your heart.
Noninvasive tests are used first in order to avoid unnecessary invasive testing. This is particularly important in women,since up to 40 percent of women sent for cardiac catheterization do not have significant blockages in the arteries of their heart.
Noninvasive diagnostic testing:
- Blood tests
- Chest x-ray
- CT heart scan
- Echocardiogram (TEE or TTE)
- Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG)
- Exercise stress test
- Holter monitor
- Nuclear testing/PET
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Technology and expertise at Lee Health
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In 2011, Lee Health hosptials performed more cardiac procedures than any other hospital in the region. A high volume is considered one of the best predictors of an excellent outcome.
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Editor's note: To give Trevis a bit more time to recover, we're featuring a guest post today by a longtime friend of the blog, Rusty.
I used to wear Superwoman knickers. Not a good look for anyone, ever. They have this habit of strangling the life out of you and leaving you gasping for air, wondering what happened. They seemed all-powerful and impenetrable. Then I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
When I eventually got up off my mattress on the downstairs livingroom floor and had to face the reality of my MS situation, rather than only being able to foggily focus on crawling to the toilet and taking pills at correct times, I was shocked to realize I had no "play clothes" and no regular fun stuff to do — just Superwoman suits and high heels. All I had done for years was work.
Call me Pollyanna or roll your eyes up into your head, but there are so many more good things in my life with MS. Superwoman is dead, those knickers long gone and now I have a life, a good life, albeit with MS.
The pre-MS Superwoman never had any time for me; she didn't give a brass razoo about my health. Now she's gone, I truly care about and nurture myself and others. This freedom is phenomenal and enhances my wellbeing, spirit, and health enormously.
MS also brought me yoga and the profound, self-realized lessons of "Go slow. Don't push. Be gentle." Superwoman simply cannot survive under these conditions! I don't feel as guilty about doing things for me like I did pre-MS. Instead of feeling like a record playing on the fastest speed possible, I now play on the correct speed and the music is more beautiful.
Post diagnosis, I realized that Hushbum had been living in my Superwoman shadow for years. I had put him second last (just before me) on my list of priorities. It was a horrible revelation. MS has us happily joined at the hip and more in love than ever, because I now have time to reflect, time to devote, and time to both love and, importantly, allow myself to be loved.
MS has allowed me a much more intimate connection with my friends too, because I now have time to truly "be" with them, instead of slotting quick gasps of conversation in between meetings.
The events of MS have helped me work out that family is not necessarily the key support unit. Now, close family and friends who are dearly loved are known as my "fRamily".
Cooking; gardening; yoga; being close to nature; noticing the seasons; and painting crazy; ginormous, canvases are all beautiful additions to my life, post-MS. My focus on the world has slowed and changed for the better. I now exist on a deeper, healthier level of awareness.
MS times can be tough, scary, painful, and downright debilitating, but there are so many more good things in my life with MS than there ever were before. It is a costly gift, but a gift nonetheless.
What do you think? Are there new, good things in your life with MS that weren't there before?
Wishing you well,
Before she was "knee-capped by MS and diagnosed in 2002," Rusty (a.k.a. Heidi Schmidt) was a secondary schoolteacher and educational researcher; a PR professional, State Manager for Occupational Health and Safety Training, president of a national education association, State Youth Manager for the building and construction industry, and private consultant to government and the corporate world in Australia and Southeast Asia. She lives in Perth, Western Australia. Says Rusty, "I may be sick, but I'm happy."
Don't forget that you can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and our new group on MS Connection.org. Check out our bi-monthly blog for the UK and look for our Very Special new monthly blog for the National MS Society.


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Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (Esophageal Plication)
The esophagus is the tube that moves food from your throat to your stomach. When the esophagus develops cancer or high-grade dysplasia (abnormal cell growth or a risk for cancer), the multidisciplinary team at the Esophageal Center at Cedars-Sinai may recommend that the surgeon perform an esophagectomy to remove all or part of the esophagus.
If the surgeon is concerned that there may be an underlying disease not identified by testing, a staging procedure may be performed where a laparoscope (a tube with a camera) is inserted into the patient to confirm the stage of the cancer and make an informed decision on whether the patient is a good surgical candidate. Endoscopic ultrasound can also be used to stage the cancer. Sometimes the staging procedure can be performed on the same day as the surgery unless biopsies are necessary. In this situation, surgery is delayed pending the biopsy results.
Surgical Procedures
The surgeons at the Esophageal Center are experienced in both open and minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of esophageal disorders. There are four types of esophagectomy procedures, three invasive or open surgeries and one minimally invasive approach. You and your doctor will decide which option is best for you, based on your overall health, age and prognosis but all esophagectomy surgeries may take up to six or seven hours:
- Trans-hiatal esophagectomy: Through incisions in your neck and upper abdomen, surgeons remove the part of your esophagus where the cancer or dysplasia is located. Lymph nodes are removed to see if the cancer has spread and staples are used to close off part of your stomach. Your remaining esophagus will be reconnected to your stomach, using part of your stomach to create a new tube
- Trans-thoracic esophagectomy: This surgery is similar to trans-hiatal surgery although the incisions are made in your right chest and upper abdomen
- En block esophagectomy: This is the most invasive open esophageal surgery as larger incisions are made to your neck, chest and abdomen and your entire esophagus and a large portion of your stomach is removed. The remaining portion of your stomach is then shaped to resemble your esophagus. In this procedure, your surgeon typically removes all of the lymph nodes in your chest and abdomen
- Minimally invasive esophagectomy: This approach is similar to open surgical procedures except the incisions made to your upper abdomen, chest and lower neck are small. A laparoscope is inserted through one of the incisions and the video from this tiny camera is viewed by the surgeon as a guide during the procedure. There are distinct advantages to this procedure if it is possible, including less chance of infection and a shorter recovery time as well as a lower chance of morbidity, shorter hospital stays and a more rapid return to normal activities
All patients will have a feeding tube in place while they recuperate from the surgery.
Risk Factors and Side Effects
Your surgeon will discuss the risks of esophageal surgery with you. Elderly patients as well as patients who are obese, young , smoke heavily, take corticosteroids or are unable to walk, are at an increased risk of complications. As with any surgical procedure, you may be at risk for blood clots, infection or stroke.
Recovering From Surgery
No matter which procedure your surgeon performs, recovery from an esophagectomy is slow, although the minimally invasive approach usually means a faster recovery. You will undoubtedly be in the intensive care unit for a few days and might be hospitalized for as long as a week.
You will probably be asked to walk the day of or day after your surgery. You will be fed through a feeding tube which may be removed a week or so after your procedure, although the timing for this depends on the patient's progress. You will be able to resume a normal diet after some period of a clear liquid diet. Patients may find that they can't eat as much as they did before at one sitting so smaller, more frequent meals can help with this. Recovering patients should avoid smoking, watch their weight and avoid excessive alcohol intake. You are encouraged to move as much as you can to avoid complications from blood clots.
It is possible that you might require chemotherapy or radiation after your surgery, which is not uncommon for cancer patients. Your oncologist, along with your surgeon, will discuss these options with you.


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Chevron's shocking sustainability news
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Chevron's shocking sustainability news
It's not every day that one of the world's biggest corporations files an ethics complaint against a little-known government official -- in fact, if it's happened before, I missed it --but that's exactly what Chevron did last week in the state of New York.
The company accused Thomas DiNapoli, the state comptroller, who oversees the state's pension fund, of accepting about $60,000 in campaign contributions from lawyers and supporters of people who are suing Chevron in Ecuador. The campaign donations, it is alleged, influenced DiNapoli to use his power as the trustee of the pension fund, which owns Chevron stock, to push Chevron to settle the long-running, bitterly-fought lawsuit.
Imagine. Politicians being influenced by campaign donations.
Chevron would know about that. Last month, the company donated $2.5 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that supported House Republican candidates. The donation "appears to be the largest contribution from a publicly traded corporation to a political group" since the Supreme Court's Citizen United ruling, The Washington Post reported. Chevron also spent nearly $15 million on Washington lobbying since the start of 2011, the Post said.
So … evidently, it's fine for Chevron to lavish money on politicians -- the company said it supports candidates who are "committed to economic development, creating affordable energy, strengthening American businesses, and delivering good government" -- but unethical for its opponents to do so.
As it happens, Chevron's complaint against DiNapoli was not even the most surprising news about the company to surface last week. Even more unexpected was the announcement that Chevron was being added to the holdings of the Nasdaq OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index, a "benchmark for stocks of companies that are taking a leadership role in sustainability performance reporting."
The Nasdaq CRD Index is used to help guide investors seeking companies that are more sustainable. Just a few months ago, at the Rio + 20 confab, Nasdaq and several other stock exchanges promised, along with the UN Global Compact, to "promote long-term, sustainable investment in their markets."
But what does that mean when an index includes Chevron, America's second-biggest oil company?
Oil and natural gas companies, it turns out, are routinely included in sustainability indexes, especially those that take a "best-in-class" approach to their portfolios in order to gain exposure to all sectors of the economy, including energy. Shares in fossil fuel companies are also held by many funds that describe themselves as socially-responsible, or say they are concerned about climate change–including such well-known names as Calvert, Domini and Parnassus. I'll have more to say about this in a day or two.
Chevron has a particularly unseemly record when it comes to the environment, and not just because of the lawsuit in Ecuador, which is about as tangled an affair as you can imagine. [If you want to read both sides of the lawsuit story, along with thousands of pages of documents, visit The Amazon Post, which is Chevron's website arguing that the lawsuit is a fraud, and ChevronToxico, the critics' website. Here's the latest on the case from Roger Parloff of Fortune, a respected legal journalist.] A court in Ecuador last year awarded plaintiffs suing Chevron over environmental damages an $18 billion judgment, but a US federal judge has called the verdict tainted.
Set the lawsuit aside for now. There are other good reasons to ask why Chevron would be included in a sustainability index. Among them:
- Chevron has been operating in the tar sands of Alberta since 2006, digging up some of the dirtiest oil to be found on the planet.
- Chevron's huge Richmond, CA, oil refinery caught fire last summer, sending 15,000 people for treatment for respiratory problems. It's had a history of air pollution violations.
- Chevron's investments in alternative energy have been touted in advertising ("Human Energy") but they represent a small fraction of the money the company spends exploring for oil and gas.
- Chevron's climate change policy is weak. The company has opposed, through trade organizations like the American Petroleum Institute, pricing carbon emissions.
Finally, and most importantly, Chevron is a fossil fuel company. Don't you get it, people? Burning fossil fuels is not sustainable. In fact, if you believe the numbers compiled by Bill McKibben and the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which remain unchallenged by the oil industry, the global economy can burn no more than about 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide and stay below 2°C of warming, an climate target agreed-upon by nearly all the world's nations. But fossil fuel corporations already now have 2,795 gigatons in their reported reserves -- five times the safe amount. Exploring for more fossil fuels, which is core to Chevron, is folly if you believe McKibben. [See my blogpost, Do the math: Bill McKibben takes on Big Oil.]
There's much more to say, enough to fill a 64-page alternative annual report produced by environmental groups that oppose Chevron.
Cary Krosinsky, a founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative who has just been named executive director of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets (NSFM), says:
Chevron seems to be a company deeply mired in sustainability controversies around the world from the larger carbon bubble to Ecuador and much more. I wouldn't want to own a sustainability focused fund that held Chevron without a proper explanation.
Nell Greenberg of the Rainforest Action Network, which ran a three-year campaign against Chevron, says:
Chevron likely puts out lots of data and checks all the right sustainability boxes to boost its sustainability rankings according to this methodology. However, unless a "data-driven" sustainability ranking builds in careful, qualitative judgments about a company's overall social and environmental record, it will continue to miss the forest for the trees — vacuously patting company's like oil giant Chevron on the back without taking into account reality on the ground or in our air and water.
I emailed Michael Muyot, president and founder of CRD Analytics, which develops the index for Nasdaq, thinking perhaps that Chevron was included because the index focuses only on disclosure, not performance. No, he told me, the index
is powered by a rules based methodology that takes into account both disclosure and relative performance. It employs 141 environmental, social and governance performance metrics …
I understand how some companies like Chevron are very controversial due to news headlines and public statements but we have always looked at sustainable development and investing from a much broader and more holistic perspective.
Hmm. It's hard for me to imagine how a "broader and more holistic perspective" can ignore the threat that companies like Chevron (and to a lesser degree their customers, i.e., you and me) pose to the planet. The oil industry isn't moving away from fossil fuels fast enough, and with the occasional exception (Shell), the industry fights against government policies, like a price on carbon or an end to their subsidies, that would make it easier for them to transform themselves. There's nothing sustainable about that.
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This is a response to: The Federal Reserve Suck Machine is propelling US into 'Neocommunism'.
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I would like to add to this analysis in a minor way to substantiate the point that its basis is indeed rooted in calculated pre-meditation. Thank you for putting it all together very well.
Norman Dodd confirmed this 'devilishly' calculated premeditation to G. Edward Griffin in 1982. For this revealing interview, and because of who Norman Dodd was, certainly not a 'kookish tin-hatted conspiracy theorist' – graduate of Andover and Yale, a banker and insider, and finally, a Congressional investigator – the world owes both Mr. Griffin, and posthumously to Mr. Dodd, a belated thank you.
Here is what Dodd says of what he learnt as the lead investigator, Director of Research, for the Reece Committee, chartered by Congress to look into the tax-exempt foundations. But before going into that, it is instructive to hear what Dodd revealed of a conversation in 1930, between him and Morgan Bank high officials, his bosses, in the aftermath of the crash of 1929, when upon being asked to do so, he had "rendered" a critical report on the stock market crash to his bank's superiors. According to the paraphrase by Mr. Dodd of the Morgan bank official's statement:
"Norm what you're saying is we should return to sound banking. … We will never see sound banking in the United States again. … Since the end of World War One we have been responsible for what they call the institutionalizing of conflicting interests, and they are so prevalent inside this country that they can never be resolved."
With that as the backdrop, this is what Norman Dodd says of a conversation he had with the President of the tax-exempt Ford Foundation in 1954 as part of his Congressionally mandated investigation of tax-exempt foundations:
"Mr. Dodd, we've asked you to come up here today because we thought that possibly, off the record, you would tell us why the Congress is interested in the activities of the foundations such as ourselves." Before I could think of how I would reply to that statement, Mr. Gaither then went on and said: "Mr. Dodd, all of us who have a hand in the making of policies here have had experience operating under directives, the substance of which is that we shall use our grant-making power so to alter life in the United States that it can be comfortably merged with the Soviet Union."
ED GRIFFIN: Why do the foundations generously support Communist causes in the United States?
NORMAN DODD: Well, because to them, Communism represents a means of developing what we call a monopoly, that is, an organization of, say, a large-scale industry into an administerable unit.
ED GRIFFIN: Do they think that they will be the ones to benefit?
NORMAN DODD: They will be the beneficiaries of it, yes.
Another interesting thread is when Dodd reveals of what his lead investigator discovered in the minutes-books of Carnegie Endowment for Peace. The following was recorded on the old-fashioned dictaphone machine by Katherine Casey as she was browsing the minutes-books in the CEP library:
We are now at the year 1908, which was the year that the Carnegie Foundation began operations. In that year, the trustees, meeting for the first time, raised a specific question, which they discussed throughout the balance of the year in a very learned fashion. The question is: "Is there any means known more effective than war, assuming you wish to alter the life of an entire people?" And they conclude that no more effective means than war to that end is known to humanity.
So then, in 1909, they raised the second question and discussed it, namely: "How do we involve the United States in a war?"
Well, I doubt at that time if there was any subject more removed from the thinking of most of the people of this country than its involvement in a war. There were intermittent shows in the Balkans, but I doubt very much if many people even knew where the Balkans were. Then, finally, they answered that question as follows: "We must control the State Department." That very naturally raises the question of how do we do that? And they answer it by saying: "We must take over and control the diplomatic machinery of this country." And, finally, they resolve to aim at that as an objective.
Then time passes, and we are eventually in a war, which would be World War I. At that time they record on their minutes a shocking report in which they dispatched to President Wilson a telegram, cautioning him to see that the war does not end too quickly.
Finally, of course, the war is over. At that time their interest shifts over to preventing what they call a reversion of life in the United States to what it was prior to 1914 when World War I broke out. At that point they came to the conclusion that, to prevent a reversion, "we must control education in the United States." They realize that that's a pretty big task. It is too big for them alone, so they approach the Rockefeller Foundation with the suggestion that that portion of education which could be considered domestic be handled by the Rockefeller Foundation and that portion which is international should be handled by the Endowment. They then decide that the key to success of these two operations lay in the alteration of the teaching of American history. …
Project Humanbeingsfirst once again thanks both Mr. G. Edward Griffin, and posthumously, Mr. Norman Dodd, for their untiring efforts to uncover hidden agendas, even at the expense of being ignored. So was Socrates in his time.
The complex puzzle for the "Enduring Capitalist Conspiracy for World Government" [1] all comes together when viewed in this perspective, of socialism, communism, or 'Neocommunism' as the author of this article put it, that it is the not-so-hidden an agenda.
The agenda is empirical – and each time there is a bust, the banksters consolidate their grip on ownership. The WB-IMF [1a] tag team [through its structural-lending magic] owns pretty much all the developing nations' assets, including the Amazon Basin (as I have been told, I haven't actually confirmed the latter item, but indeed have numbers to substantiate the general claim). In the developed nations, the con is committed through the private central banks ending up owning all the real assets of the nation by owning the National Debt.
The agenda then, which is fully empirical and undeniable – except by the world's E-con-omists who win their Nobel Prizes that way by perpetuating gibberish [2] – is to manifestly own all the planet's resources and land, to manage it centrally in a world-government, and have all the peoples of the planet, except the owners, and perhaps the Ayn Rand's 'manager' class, become paid serfs, serving the interests of the real global land/wealth/asset owners.
That, my dear fellow travelers on Earth, is the end game!
But as a wise man once said – there is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
[1] http://humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/09/capitalist-conspiracy-world-government.html
[1a] http://humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2007/03/introducing-game-as-old-as-empire.html
[2] http://humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/10/monetary-reform-who-will-bell-thecat.html
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Officially the result of the Fiesta Bowl will go down as a significant upset, but UCF left no doubt who the better team was in the Fiesta Bowl. The Knights pulled away in a shootout with Big 12 champion Baylor as quarterback Blake Bortles passed for 301 yards three touchdown passes and running back Storm Johnson rushed for 124 yards and three more in a 52-42 victory. It is UCF's first BCS bowl appearance and victory, and it puts the cherry on top of the first year for the American Athletic Conference's existence.
The scary part is UCF may just be getting started.
UCF is currently set up very well for long term success in the American Athletic Conference. With Louisville leaving the conference to join the ACC in 2014 and Rutgers leaving to join the Big Ten, the level of competition in the conference figures to be swinging more and more in favor of UCF given the resources and location for the program. Cincinnati should be a perennial contender as well, but UCF right now has all of the momentum in the conference as some new members will join the fray next season.
Now the question will be whether or not Bortles returns to the program for more in 2014. Bortles is being hyped as a rising quarterback prospect by NFL scouts and those who break down the NFL Draft, although he is officially waiting for the results of an official evaluation and review from the NFL before making any decision final. Against Baylor Bortles completed 20 of 31 passes for 301 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. Two of those touchdown passes went to receiver Rannell Hall, the first a fine 50-yard pass in the first half.
Baylor opened the second half by tying the game at 28-28 with a Bryce Petty touchdown run. Petty rushed for three touchdowns in the game and passed for one more, but the high-scoring Baylor offense was unable to keep up with UCF in this one.UCF went on a 28-14 run to close out the game following that game-tying touchdown. The Knights put up 558 yards of offense in a game that saw the teams combine for over 1,000 yards.
UCF will open the 2014 season across the Atlantic Ocean against Penn State in the Croke Park Classic in Ireland. In addition to that opening game, UCF will also play on the road at Missouri, who played for the SEC championship this season. UCF also hosts BYU in October. Are they set up for a run for another impressive season and perhaps sneak in to the new four-team playoff?
Baylor will enter next season as the defending Big 12 champions and expect to have Petty back. As long as the program keeps head coach Art Briles in Waco, instead of leaving for Austin or the NFL, the Bears should offer more of the same sort of offensive production. Defense, as usual, will be what keeps Baylor from being a true national title contender.


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(Reuters) - BlackBerry will stop selling smartphones in Japan, partly because the company cannot justify the cost of modifying its operating system to accommodate the Japanese language, the Nikkei business daily reported.
BlackBerry's market share in Japan has shrunk to 0.3 percent from 5 percent, the daily said.
BlackBerry could not be immediately reached for comment.
The company, which changed its name from Research In Motion when it launched its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones a week ago, will continue to offer support to existing users, the Nikkei said.
Reporting by Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore; Editing by Supriya Kurane


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SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops on Tuesday launched an offensive against pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern city of Slovyansk and advanced through the city's outskirts, the nation's interior minister said.
Arsen Avakov said that government troops broke through rebel positions around the village of Semenovka on the eastern fringe of Slovyansk. "An active offensive stage of the counterterrorist operation is underway in Slovyansk," he wrote on his Facebook page.
Local residents said that several Ukrainian combat jets and helicopter gunships attacked rebel positions on the eastern outskirts of Slovyansk, and heavy artillery barrages have continued throughout the day.
An AP journalist heard sustained gun and artillery fire and saw plumes of black smoke rising over the city. Ukrainian combat jets could be seen flying over the city.
Avakov warned residents in Slovyansk and the nearby cities of Kramatorsk and Krasny Liman to stay at home.
A Ukrainian military officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media, said one serviceman was killed and 13 others were wounded when their vehicle came under rebel fire near Slovyansk.
The Interfax news agency quoted Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the leader of insurgents in Slovyansk, as saying that his men downed a Ukrainian jet and a helicopter gunship. The information, which was denied by the Ukrainian military, couldn't be independently confirmed.
Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly announced an escalation in armed operations, only to eventually back down. Government forces have in recent days been noticeably reinforced to the north of Slovyansk, however, and deployment of air power over the past week has signaled increased determination.
Slovyansk, which sits on a strategic highway, has seen daily fighting between government forces and the rebels, who have seized government buildings and set up checkpoints around the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk that form Ukraine's industrial heartland.
The fighting has escalated following the May 25 presidential election won by billionaire candy magnate Petro Poroshenko, with rebels launching an attack on Donetsk airport and shooting down a government helicopter over Slovyansk.
On Monday, hundreds of rebels armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades mounted a daylong siege of a border guards base on the outskirts of Luhansk that coordinates the protection of Ukraine's border with Russia. Border guards said they killed at least five rebels in repelling the attack.
Rebels in Luhansk said that eight people were killed and another 28 were wounded Monday when a Ukrainian jet fired rockets at the regional administration building that the insurgents had turned into their headquarters.
The Ukrainian military denied launching the attack and said that the building was hit by a rebel rocket that misfired, but an observer mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Tuesday that the building was hit by an air raid.
Ukraine's acting chief prosecutor, Oleh Makhnitskiy, said Tuesday that 181 people, including 59 Ukrainian servicemen, have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine and another 293 have been wounded. With the insurgents controlling several cities in the east, the death toll released by Makhnitskyi is likely to be incomplete.
Efrem Lukatsky near Izyum, Ukraine contributed to this report.


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The former site of a mobile home park in Margate, Fla., may be transformed into a $30 million community for 646 luxury RVs, according to the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
A group of 10 French-Canadian investors, calling themselves Aztec RV Resort Inc., hopes to buy the 106-acre plot south of Southgate Boulevard and east of State Road 7 for $15 million.
Another $15 million would go into making improvements to the site, such as a new clubhouse and landscaping, the group's attorney, Louis St. Laurent. told the Margate City Commission Wednesday (May 6).
The investment group needs to secure adequate zoning that requires several changes, St. Laurent said.
The commission directed city staffers to put the plans on the agenda for the next Development Review Committee meeting in July.
The luxury RVs (Class A motorhomes) cost between $200,000 and $1 million, said Jack Tobin, who spoke on behalf of the investors at Wednesday's meeting.
So far, Tobin said, the developer has been contacted by about 40 people who are interested in buying the lots based on word-of-mouth alone. He said most residents would be part-time residents from other states and Canada.
Commissioner Pam Donovon expressed skepticism.
"I don't believe these are going to be selling like hotcakes like they say they will," Donovan said.
"I don't like that this is all transients. I don't like that there are 646 lots and only about 40 of them are sold. I have a real problem with this."
Other commissioners, however, said it did not matter that the RV residents would be in the area for only a few months a year.
"Many who buy condos only stay for four months," said Commissioner Joe Varsallone. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."


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The Federal Reserve's ultra-loose monetary policy has driven capital into emerging markets. But the Fed doesn't view itself as central bank to the world.
China's economy has slowed and its shadow-banking crisis has intensified. Meanwhile, countries from Turkey to Hungary to South Africa have been gorging on loose foreign money.
These observations go a long way explaining the "why now" of the emerging-currency selloff. If it sounds familiar, that's because it is in several respects.
Just as deficit spending, U.S. borrowing and speculative investments helped set the stage for the 1997 currency crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management, Newedge strategist Robbert Van Batenburg traces how the zero-interest policy and quantitative easing have fattened emerging markets with foreign capital.
The reining-in of easy money has been discussed for months, but it's still a shock. As colleague Randall Forsyth put it yesterday in Up and Down Wall Street, noting central bankers' view of emerging markets as marginal in their commentary this week: "The only surprise about the Federal Reserve's decision to taper its bond-buying program by another $10 billion a month is that anybody was surprised. That doesn't mean the markets took it well."
The stress showed this week in the Turkish lira and, Friday, the Hungarian forint, among other emerging-markets currencies. If it gets worse, that's where China may come in. The shadow-banking system has grown to 100% of GDP over the last three years, Von Batenburg estimates, creating a systemic risk as the threat of defaults grows.
Emerging markets fight back by draining their foreign reserves to support their currencies. But that's a path to exhaustion.
Back in 1997, the flight of foreign capital forced Asian countries to de-peg their currencies, triggering a stock-market collapse. Countries already engaged in a steep drawdown of their reserved over the last year include Pakistan, Venezuela, Argentine, Ukraine,Kazakhstan and Venezuela.
So what should you watch from here? Several emerging-markets stock indexes have held up better than others. South African stocks haven't been affected much, Von Batenburg notes, whereas Turkey and Brazil have been hit hard. Seeing South Africa or Russia get hit would mark a shift.
Checking in on Friday's trading, the early selloff has abated a bit. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) is down by 0.2% and the highly leveraged Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3X Shares (EDC) is down by 0.8%. Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) is down by 0.6%, iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) is down by 0.7% and iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR) is in positive territory, gaining 0.1%.


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The number of homeowners is falling.
Renting is on the rise. As MSNBC reports, the number of housing units occupied by renters rose by 749,000 in the last quarter of 2011, according to Commerce Department figures. At the same time, home ownership rates have been falling, and are now down to their lowest levels since 1998. The graphic above highlights these trends (though, note that two different scales being used—an earlier version of this post missed that fact, and we apologize for any confusion on that score).
We've documented the downside of home ownership. As colleague Emily Badger wrote "home ownership is out in the new economy. It's now a liability, not an ambition." As she explains:
Homeowners are no happier than renters. They're certainly more stressed out. High home ownership in industrialized countries has even been correlated with unemployment, suggesting that home ownership—long believed to be a central determinant in creating healthy and vibrant communities—may actually be preventing some of the people in those communities from achieving the other American dream: having a job.
Worst of all, home ownership fails to live up to one of its greatest selling points. Yale economist Robert Shiller has figured out that from 1890 to 1990, the rate of return on residential real estate in America, after counting for inflation, essentially amounted to nothing. "I can't help but wonder," Atlantic Cities colleague Richard Florida has written, "if this dream doesn't belong to a bygone industrial era."


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Fat gets a bad rap, mostly for its association with weight gain and heart disease. However, fats are an important part of a balanced diet. Our bodies need fat for warmth, protection, and to carry out vital functions.
The fats we eat effect the amount and type of cholesterol in our blood. There are 3 major types of cholesterol in the body, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and triglycerides. High levels of LDLs (known as bad cholesterol) and triglycerides are a major risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), which leads to heart attack or stroke. However, high levels of HDLs (known as good cholesterol) reduce the risk of CAD.
The trick is to know which fats are good and which are bad and create a balanced diet with this knowledge. Dietary choices can be confusing but some simple fat facts below may help.
You probably have heard about saturated and trans fats. These fats do more harm than good. They raise you bad cholesterol levels and lower your good cholesterol. Limit these fats as much as possible.
Saturated fats are associated with animal products, such as red meat, poultry with skin, lard, cream, butter, and whole-fat dairy. It can also be found in in bakery items and fried foods. Fortunately, you can control the amount of saturated fat in your diet without having to completely give up these foods. Look for low fat version of meat and dairy and limit your portion sizes of foods with saturated fats.
Most trans fats are additives, that are generally considered the worse type of fat. You can find them in deep fried foods, and bakery items like cookies and donuts. On food labels, trans fats may appear as partially hydrogenated oils. Again, these treats do not have to be completely eliminated, however, look for options that are made with healthier fats. For example, many restaurants have chosen to eliminate or reduce trans fats in their foods. Again, limit your portion sizes. This will allow you to eat your favorite foods without the negative consequences.
That's the bad news, now on to the good.
Good fats help lower the bad (LDL) cholesterol and triglycerides, while boosting the good (HDL) cholesterol. They should be the preferred choice in your diet. These fats are mostly plant-based and can be found on food labels as monounsaturateded fats or polyunsaturated fats.
Monosaturated fats give you energy and help keep your body warm. This type of fat can be found in foods like vegetable oils, avocados, peanut butter, nuts, and seeds. In addition to their fat benefits, monounsaturated fats also contain vitamin E and antioxidants.
Polyunsaturated fats may also contain omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. These are heart healthy fatty acids which your body cannot produce on its own. This type of fat can be found in soybean, corn, or safflower oils. It can also be found in dark meat fish, like salmon, or trout.
But before you eat too much of a good thing, remember that fats are very high in calories. A little bit goes a long way. In general, calories from all fats should no more than 30% of your total calories.
Now you know what is good for you. The next step is to learn to make those changes to your menu.
So, which is better? Butter, margarine, or something else? When looking for a spread, keep in mind some differences when you read the label:
If you find labels that are alike, eat what you think tastes best, but be aware of the fat content. You may find a healthier choice that tastes better than butter if you try different items.
Making the change is not as difficult as you may think. Many food companies have made changes to their product to offer healthier fat choices. The first thing is to learn to read nutrition information on food labels. Try practicing at home before you go to the store. Look at what you already have in your kitchen.
Next, you will want to replace as many saturated fats with unsaturated fats as possible. Remember, fats eaten in moderation are a part of a healthy diet, so do not be afraid to add the right ingredients to your menu. Here are some dietary recommendations:
American Heart Association
International Food Information Council
Dietitians of Canada
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Dietary guidelines for Americans 2010. US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Health and Human Services. Available at: http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2010/DietaryGuidelines2010.pdf. Accessed September 1, 2018.
Dietary recommendations for cardiovascular disease prevention. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Accessed September 1, 2018.
Fats 101. American Heart Association website. Available at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/FatsAndOils/Fats101/Fats-101_UCM_304494_Article.jsp. Accessed September 1, 2018.
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How Michigan Could Save $3.5 Billion a Year
Michigan is facing a projected $2.8 billion state budget shortfall. As a result, Governor Granholm has cut $212 million from state public school spending — rousing the ire of parents and education officials around the state. But if Michigan merely converted all its conventional public schools to charters, without altering current funding formulas, it would save $3.5 billion.
Here's how: the average Michigan charter school spends $2,200 less per pupil than the average district school — counting only the state and local dollars. Put another way, Michigan school districts spend 25 percent more state and local dollars per pupil, on average, than charter schools. Sum up the savings to Michigan taxpayers from a mass district‐to‐charter exodus and it comes to $3.5 billion.
Anyone who wants to check that calculation can download the Msft Excel 2007 spreadsheet file I used to compute it. It contains both the raw data from the relevant NCES Common Core of Data files, and all the calculations. Among other things, it shows total per pupil spending and the pupil teacher ratio for every charter school and every public school district in the state. (Unlike certain climatologists, some of us researchers not only keep our data around, we're actually happy to share them).
Journalists who have questions about this file are welcome to get in touch. Note that it is also viewable, I believe, with the free OpenOffice spreadsheet program, though I haven't tested that.


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Adults who would like some alone time without the kids can go to the Lost Oak Winery or the Sunset Winery to relax and sample some of the best wine in the region. When the sun sets, they can bid the day goodbye at popular joints such as Hoots 1187, where they can enjoy a beer or karaoke nights. Locals who love golfing can swing their clubs at the Southern Oaks Golf Club. There are also plenty of parks within this city where residents can enjoy picnics or peaceful strolls.
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- What is the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)?
- What is the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)?
- Who are the ASEM members?
- What are ASEF's areas of work?
- How is ASEF structured?
- How are ASEF's projects supported and funded?
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What is the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)?
ASEF is an intergovernmental not-for-profit organisation that:
- advances mutual understanding and collaboration between the people of Asia and Europe through intellectual, cultural, and people-to-people exchanges;
- acts as the civil society outreach of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), and works as a platform for Asia-Europe dialogue to stimulate permanent networks that reinforce Asia-Europe bi-regional relations;
- acts as an interface between civil society and ASEM governments and consequently, contributes to the ASEM process by generating unique recommendations for officials' consideration
ASEF was established in February 1997 by the partners of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and remains to this day the only established institution of ASEM. Although based in Singapore, ASEF operates in all ASEM countries. ASEF is funded by contributions from ASEM partners. Most of ASEF projects are also supported financially by civil society organisations, public institutions and businesses that ASEF works with. Since its inception, ASEF has initiated projects engaging over 17,000 individuals from Asia and Europe.
What is the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)?
ASEM is an informal dialogue process among governments currently representing 51 Asian and European countries, plus the ASEAN Secretariat and the European Union.
It aims to forge stronger relations between Asia and Europe, based on equal partnership, mutual respect and mutual benefits. Its activities are grouped into 3 pillars:
- political pillar,
- economic pillar and
- socio-cultural pillar.
The inaugural meeting of ASEM leaders was in March 1996 in Bangkok, Thailand. Since then, ASEM Summits have been held every 2 years.
Who are the ASEM partners?
Since its inception, ASEM has gone through several stages of enlargement. Currently the 53 ASEM partners are: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, the ASEAN Secretariat and the European Union.
What are ASEF's areas of work?
ASEF activities cover the following areas:
The activities under these thematic areas closely align to ASEM priorities.
How is ASEF structured?
The Board of Governors is ASEF's decision-making body and represents the respective ASEM partners. The Governors are nominated by partner governments for a renewable period of 3 years. The Board meets thrice in a 2-year cycle and sets out the policy directions of ASEF.
ASEF is headed by the Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director, who take management decisions based on directions and policy guidelines set out by ASEM governments and the ASEF Board of Governors. They are supported by the Executive Office. ASEF also has 4 programme departments which are supported by the Finance & Administration. These departments are:
How are ASEF's projects supported and funded?
ASEF projects are generally co-organised with institutions from Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) partner countries. ASEF shares the cost of the event with the co-organiser(s). Grants given by ASEF to support initiatives are very limited.
Co-organisers and sponsors include:
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- student and youth organisations
- cultural and heritage promotion organisations (e.g. museums, arts festivals etc)
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- other relevant civil society organisations
What is the procedure to organise a project in partnership with ASEF?
If you wish to organise a project in partnership with ASEF, please let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com.
How can I participate in ASEF projects?
Participation in projects carried out by ASEF is open to nationals from ASEM countries. Exceptions can be made, where a non-ASEM national may be critical for a project's success. As different projects may have different requirements, please go to the relevant project web page on our website or contact the respective department for further information. All calls for applications are available on ASEF's website.
How can I join ASEF as an employee or an intern?
ASEM country nationals can apply for job and internship opportunities. You can apply by sending your CV and cover letter to email@example.com. Calls for vacant positions and internship opportunities are posted on the ASEF website. The requirements may vary from one position to another.
How can I keep up with developments within ASEF?
ASEF publishes a monthly eNewsletter (ASEF eNewsletter). You can subscribe to ASEF eNewsletter directly from the ASEF website or by contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
How can I order ASEF publications?
To order a publication, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
What does the ASEF logo mean?
The ASEF logo is a pictorial representation of the letters "a" for Asia and "e" for Europe in a multicoloured continuous strand twisted ribbon. The form of the letters also hints at a meeting of East and West. This logo "Embracing Diversity, Bridging Peoples, Shaping Partnerships" also reflects the objectives of ASEF's work over the past years, and for the years to come.


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Smith still owns school records for 100m (10.54 in 1976) and as part of the 4x100m relay (41.54 in 1976) and will forever own retired records for the 100-yard dash (9.64 in 1975) and 220-yard dash (21.04 in 1976).
"Tucker has put together a pretty incredible freshman indoor and outdoor season thus far," head coach Bill Taylor said. "He has ignited our short sprints and it's pretty amazing what he has accomplished already. We believe he has a lot of room to improve too, so the future is pretty exciting for him and for the program."
Tucker finished sixth overall out of 70 competitors in the men's 200 meters. Teammate Nasheed Burgess finished 35th with a new all-time PR of 22.45. Tucker also finished 18th in the men's 100 meters with a time of 10.89.
Eight other school records were broken at the meet.
In the most exciting race of the meet for Lipscomb, the women's 4x800m relay of Priya Pappu, Katie Bunker, Amanda Twigg and Dani Walker won in a new school record of 8:55.20, more than one minute and 26 seconds faster than the previous school record set last year.
It was a dramatic win too. The Lady Bison's were never lower than second at any handoff, and found themselves in a duel with the University of South Carolina from the second leg on. South Carolina took a slight lead early in the anchor leg, and seemed to be pulling away with 200m to go, but Dani Walker started reeling them in, passing in the final 50m to earn Lipscomb the victory.
"That was a very fun race," Taylor said. "I love relays because it's a team working together for a shared accomplishment. It's a sign of teamwork, of desire for team success, of responsibility and care for your teammates, and it's a statement about your program.
"Plus, it builds so much excitement within the team. I think it inspires everyone, and this type of race and victory sends a strong message within and without."
One field event record was set in the meet. Brittany Duerk, in her first meet of the season after completing her basketball season for the Lady Bisons, broke teammate Taylor Mason's shot put record with a toss of 36-8.5.
Dillon Seigenthaller broke his own school record in the 110-meter high hurdles with a mark of 15.87 during his decathlon competition. Dillon finished the decathlon competition in second place with 5929 points.
The men's 4x200m relay of Nasheed Burgess, Mike Knox, Bobby Bassett and Tucker Peabody broke the school record set last year, with a time of 1:30.65.
Ashton Fisher broke his own school record in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase with a mark of 9:38.88 to finish sixth overall. Isaiah Greer also ran a new PR of 9:45.57 in the event, for eighth place.
For the women, three other distance records were broken.
In the women's 800 meters, Katie Bunker broke freshman teammate Dani Walker's school record of 2:13.32, with an all time PR of 2:12.24.
In the women's 3000 meters, Walker led three Lipscomb women under the previous school record. Dani ran 10:07.79 to finish fifth out of 50 competitors, edging teammate Tessa Hoefle for the record. Tessa's time of 10:08.85 was her all time PR, and good enough for sixth place. Catherine Beals also ran faster than the previous school record, running a lifetime best 10:13.18 for 8th place. All three surpassed Samantha Wood's school record of 10:24.60, set in 2007.
Finally, Hoefle broke teammate Walker's school record in the 5000 meters with a time of 17:46.42. Dani set the previous school record last week. Tessa was the top collegiate finisher, and second overall to former Olympian, world champion and world record holder, Zola Budd. Tessa's time was also a new personal record.
"School records don't define success, yet breaking them is one of the goals we have," Taylor said. "We want to keep pushing the bar ever higher. We want to make our records incredible in every event. It means we are breaking new ground and it shows we are getting better and better as a program.
"I'm sure there will come a time when we aren't breaking so many records, and maybe that will be true even as this season goes on. But I think we will continue to push the bar higher and enjoy more record breaking meets and seasons. We are just getting warmed up."
Other notable performances on the weekend:
Walker finished second overall out of 59 competitors in the women's 1500 meters with a time of 4:41.83. Teammate Amanda Twigg finished fourth with a time of 4:45.33.
Behind Tessa's second place 5000-meter finish, Catherine Beals finished fourth in 18:00.36. Emily Longden finished ninth in a new PR of 18:20.49. Missy Dowd was 12th in a new PR of 18:26.89. Caitlin Anderson and Louisa Van Batavia finished 13th and 16th with times of 18:37.55 and 18:49.41.
"Both 5000-meter races this season have been tough conditions for the women," Taylor said. "Our women had to lead again and did all the work until about the last two laps when Zola Budd passed and surged. And it was windy again, so conditions weren't ideal by any means."
In the men's 5000 meters Tim Muller was the top Lipscomb finisher in fourth place with a new PR of 14:58.93. Teammates Geoff Musick and Benton Reed also ran new PR's of 15:16.22 and 15:44.68.
Tim doubled back on Saturday in the men's 3000 meters, posting another PR of 8:38.50 for fifth place. Ashton Fisher and Geoff Musick also ran new PRs of 8:52.73 and 8:56.15.
Emily Longden ran a new PR in the women's 3000 meters, finishing 13th overall in 10:30.06. Missy Dowd also PR'd in the 3K with a time of 10:46.65.
Alex Jerkins finished ninth in the shot put.
"It was another hot and windy meet for the most part," Taylor said. "The wind was significant and played a role in our final times. It not only slows runners down because of the resistance, it creates slower and more tactical races, since nobody wants to lead into the wind.
"I really thought we did all we could with the conditions. Even though it was hotter than last week, I really didn't feel like the heat bothered us. And I didn't really see our athletes worrying much about the wind. When they needed to take care of business, they fought their way through the wind."
Taylor called the spring break trip a successful one on many levels.
"We had a fun spring break trip out here," Taylor said. " We had a couple of days to relax and enjoy Myrtle Beach, did a lot of team bonding, created some great memories, and took care of business on race days. It was a very successful weekend."
Lipscomb will next compete in the Vanderbilt Black & Gold meet in Nashville on March 26.


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To be no possibility that something will be done or is the case. (Note: Often confused with the phrase "be no question that" something will happen/is the case, which means that what is being discussed is absolutely certain.) For the record, in the eyes of this administration, there is no question of the Senator's being involved in any untoward business activities. If Justin's sales slump continues, there will be no question of a promotion any longer.


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Season Premiere: "Battle Lines" - Monday, January 28, 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
The battle for Ewing Energies heats up as Christopher and John Ross clash over opposing visions for the company. As Christopher seeks to gain the upper hand in his divorce from Rebecca Sutter, a game-changing revelation turns everything on its head, causing the entire family to put their differences aside and rally together -- except for John Ross, who uses J.R.'s dirty little tricks to take revenge on Christopher and Elena. Meanwhile, Ann is blackmailed by her ex-husband, Harris Ryland, forcing her and Bobby to confront a shocking secret from Ann's past.
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MALVERN, PA -- USA Technologies has introduced a mobile implementation for its ePort cashless payment acceptance system, used in vending and other retail channels. Called ePort Mobile, the solution is designed to give retailers the ability to accept credit cards on the go, in the field, through USAT's secure ePort Connect service platform.
Features of ePort Mobile include three levels of data security -- payment-card data is encrypted twice and transmitted using a proprietary communications protocol. It provides a durable industrial-grade magnetic swipe-reader option designed for commercial applications, and has the ability to integrate its sales and transaction data with the information provided by other USAT products, including ePort GS and EDGE, and the software development kit, for easy access to transaction and operational information across the entire business.
USAT's ePort Connect, a turnkey service, offers ePort Mobile customers merchant account setup -- there is no need for them to establish their own merchant accounts -- and automatic processing, settlement and transfer of money due to the customer's bank account. The service provides online sales and reconciliation reporting that integrates into many existing accounting systems for easy settlement. The company said it has 3,225 customers representing more than 163,000 connections on its ePort Connect service.
According to an analysis by Banking Research Associates, the mobile merchant market is comprised of more than 5.7 billion businesses that account for $233 billion in traditionally check- or cash-based revenue. USAT noted that its entry into the multibillion-dollar mobile payments acceptance market leverages its more than 15 years of industry leadership in helping cash-based unattended retail businesses move into cashless payment acceptance.
The new offering was partly inspired by requests from customers who have expressed the need for an immediate payment solution for route collections, events and other ancillary segments of their operations.
"USAT customers in the unattended space are already seeing how cashless offerings can improve their business results," the company noted. "Now, business owners requiring mobile credit and debit card acceptance can harness similar benefits through a mobile-based technology solution that can expand selling opportunities and reduce costs through less invoicing and improved collections."
USAT chief executive Stephen P. Herbert reported that USAT's mobile payments plan calls for focusing initially on its core markets, including vending and kiosk operations, and broadening distribution of ePort Mobile through its partners. "Finally, a key element will include making certain software available to developers that makes it easy and seamless to direct their mobile applications to USAT's ePort Connect service."
EPort Mobile is currently entering into field trials with select customers; pricing and availability will be announced. Information may be had from USAT sales representatives by calling (800) 633-0340. To view an introductory slideshow, click here.
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Sydney harbour is very scenic area and it is really great place for lighthouses hunters Good way to see some of them is to take trip on Sydney Ferries from Sydney (main wharf is Circular Quay in the City) to Manly (suburb of Sydney).
First light on the way will be Fort Denison lighthouse, built in 1913 on the top of 19th century fort (all images below are clickable)
Robertson's Point (1910) is next one on the port side just after Fort Denison.
Next lighthouse is very simular to Robertson Point - Bradley's Head light:


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Choose the picture you desire and click on it. A larger picture will load. Then right click on the picture and choose save as. Choose where to save the picture on your computer at that point.
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Reenactors for the 1619 House of Burgesses
Civil War era reenactment of a volunteer company
Left, in the Loyalist camp during "Under the Redcoats." Right, Mike Durling portrays a Plymouth pilgrim.
D.A. and Miriam Saguto experience the 1940s.
Lindsay Gray and Dennis Farmer as Jamestown colonists.
Camp followers for "Under the Redcoats" reenactment
Accoutrements in a British military tent.
Soldiers in town during "Under the Redcoats."
Miriam Saguto as a 1932 Bonus Army supporter
Richard Peeling reenacts the 1932 Bonus Army march on Washington.
From the article "Reflections on Reenacting" in the Winter 2011 journal.
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Eclectic Approach Close Out Downtown Summer Nights on August 29th.
The Downtown Summer Nights season come to an end on August 29th as we feature Eclectic Approach.
Eclectic Approach is a high energy electro-funk-pop band from Seattle, Washington. Recently being chosen as the top unsigned band by MTV's OurStage.com, they have performed all over the United States, including a national television appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. They perform a mix of original upbeat dance music and well known covers that is entertaining and fun for all ages.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The National Science Foundation has joined in supporting Penn State's goal of taking more of its discoveries to market by awarding Penn State a five-year, $500,000 Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to establish the Invent Penn State I-Corps Site in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partner's TechCelerator, Happy Valley LaunchBox, and Invent Penn State's Innovation Hubs.
The Invent Penn State I-Corps Site will provide mini-grants, commercialization training and mentorship for up to 30 startup teams per year. These training boot camps will help inventors begin customer discovery, learn about the commercialization process, network with experienced entrepreneurs, and determine if a market exists for their innovation. The benefits of participation are numerous.
Selected teams will:
Faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, recent alumni and community members interested in exploring the commercial viability of their idea or innovation can apply to any one of a number of established boot camps based on the lean startup and customer discovery methods endorsed by NSF I-Corps.
At University Park, eligible teams can apply to one of two qualified programs for fall 2017:
Ben Franklin Technology Partner's TechCelerator program
Located in Innovation Park, TechCelerator specializes in commercialization support for faculty research-derived technologies in complex, often regulated, markets. Fall applications are due Sept. 15, 2017.
Happy Valley LaunchBox FastTrack Accelerator
Located on Allen Street in downtown State College, Happy Valley LaunchBox specializes in support for early-stage, scalable startups focused on emerging markets, digital innovations or novel business models. Fall applications are due Oct. 15, 2017.
At Penn State Altoona, eligible teams can apply to:
Altoona LaunchBox 8-week Training Program
Located in the heart of downtown Altoona, LaunchBox engages future business owners and local entrepreneurs to explore their startup business ideas and get feedback on challenges they face.
These I-Corps programs are grounded in the same customer discovery-focused philosophy taught at the Penn State Clinical & Translational Research Institute's Innovations Program, which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
Contact James Delattre at email@example.com for questions on eligibility or award details. Penn State Commonwealth Campuses interested in participating in the 2018-19 Invent Penn State I-Corps Site expansion should contact Rick Brazier at firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Invent Penn State
Invent Penn State is a Commonwealth-wide initiative to spur economic development, job creation and student career success. Invent Penn State blends entrepreneurship-focused academic programs, business startup training and incubation, funding for commercialization, and University-community collaborations to facilitate the challenging process of turning research discoveries into valuable products and services that benefit Pennsylvanians and humankind. Connect at invent.psu.edu.


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North Carolina's new Mining and Energy Commission, created by state legislation this summer, will hold its first orientation meeting on Sept. 6.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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North Carolina's new Mining and Energy Commission, created by state legislation this summer, will hold its first orientation meeting on Sept. 6.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Coal plant cleanup law benefits consumers, study says
North Carolina's 2002 Clean Smokestacks Act, which cracked down on pollution from coal-fired power plants, will save consumers money as it keeps them healthier, says a paper from Duke University.
The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, announced last year, reduces power-plant emissions that add to smog and fine-particle pollution. A second set of new standards place the first federal controls on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired plants.
Because N.C. utilities have already paid for pollution controls to meet Clean Smokestacks, they and their customers will save money in meeting the new federal standards. Duke Energy and its new subsidiary, Progress Energy, plan to shut down older coal-fired units rather than upgrade them.
Expected costs of meeting the new federal standards will depend on how long pollution controls stay in service and how much it will cost to replace them.
Future savings for Duke Energy Carolinas customers, for example, range from $1.2 billion to $1.9 billion under the decades-long scenarios the paper analyzed. Those in Progress Carolinas territory would save $600 million to $1.1 billion. The savings drop, but stay in the hundreds of millions of dollars, when past spending under the state law is included.
Clean Smokestacks also kept people alive longer by giving them cleaner air to breathe, the paper says. It put the median monetary benefits of avoiding premature N.C. deaths at $6 billion to $16 billion, depending on two differing studies, from 2005 through 2011 -- several times more than customers paid for pollution controls.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Delay pig waste-to-energy mandate, utilities ask
It's not easy turning poultry litter and pig poop into economic electricity, North Carolina's power providers are finding.
Duke Energy's two Carolinas utilities reported Wednesday that they have agreed with farm and renewable-energy groups to support a delay in a state mandate to make electricity from poultry and swine wastes. The mandate, spelled out in a 2007 law, goes into effect this year.
The agreement supports a request to the N.C. Utilities Commission to give electric suppliers another two years to comply with the law. They won't be able to meet the mandate in 2012 and 2013, the suppliers say.
The suppliers cited "overly optimistic" projections by swine waste developers, leading to contracts being canceled. Poultry waste projects, they say, have been afflicted by cost, financing, permitting and "commercial viability" problems.
The agreement reported to the commission Wednesday is among the Duke utilities, the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association, the N.C. Farm Bureau, the N.C. Pork Council and the N.C. Poultry Federation.
Under its terms, Duke would report its progress in securing swine and poultry power twice a year, set up a website to help energy developers and increase its solar-energy output for 2012 and 2013.


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Location1201 Euclid Avenue between Eunice Street and Bayview Place, Mobile Unit 1
- Northeast Berkeley
Getting There Map of Parks
Codornices Park offers a wide array of recreational and play opportunities in a beautiful hillside setting.
Baseball/softball fields
Multi-purpose turf
Full basketball court
Tot play area featuring tot train, swings, comfortable benches
School-age play area featuring popular 40-foot hill slide, large swings, track ride, 8' high wood structure with slide, sliding pole, and net climber.
Picnic areas for groups and individuals, including BBQ
Hiking/trails through sunny glade and groves of magnificent oaks, bay trees, and redwoods
Two forks of Codornices Creek
Tunnel underneath Euclid Avenue leading to the Berkeley Rose Garden
Group picnic areas and baseball fields are available for reservation or rental. For reservations and further information, please call the City Recreation Office at 510-981-5150, or click here.(You can click the thumbnail photo to see the full size picture)
Restroom Available
No Off-Street Parking
The picnic tables are accessible.
The main entrance from Euclid and play features are wheelchair accessible.
Park HoursOpen from dawn to dusk unless otherwise posted.
HistoryOne of the first parks in Berkeley, Codornices Park was opened in 1915 with a splendid field house, a fine tennis court, and many other play features. By an agreement dated October 11, 1921, the City of Berkeley leased the land, which was owned by the Water Company (succeeded by the East Bay Municipal Utilities District, or EBMUD) for $1.00 a year for 50 years. The City exercised the option to buy the land in 1967 and acquired the property from EBMUD for $68,968 on January 22, 1976. The softball field was added in 1970. A community group, Los Amigos de Codornices, came together in 1980 to develop a park plan and begin a series of community work parties to restore paths, meadows, hillsides, bridges, and trails.
For questions on park maintenance, please go to the Parks Maintenance page https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Parks_Rec_Waterfront/Trees_Parks/Park_Maintenance.aspx
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quinkie replied to jebarr's topic in Relationships/FamilyI realize this is a bit after the fact, but I just heard recently of a toast that was made, not with beverages, but with the favorite candy of both the bride and the groom. Everyone was given a piece of the candy for those who wanted to participate in the toast. I thought this was a wonderful alternative to beverage toasts.
quinkie replied to John81's topic in The LoungeYes, I believe in prayer. I have had many prayers answered.
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quinkie replied to AVBibleBeliever's topic in The LoungeYes, as long as the Holy Spirit is dealing (drawing) with the individual. They have to know they are a sinner and in need of a Saviour, they need to be sorry that they have sinned against God, they need to confess that need, they need to endeavor to not continue in their sin, they need to believe that Jesus paid for their sins, and then receive the gift of eternal life that Jesus is offering them. When the Philippian jailer asked that question, the answer he was given was "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." If having "steps" helps the one who is encouraging the other to get saved, I see nothing wrong with it. If a person is just going along to get you off their backs, (or if you are pushing them and it is not their own decision) then no, the "steps" will not get anyone saved.
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I am not sure we are talking about the same man. I do know he was into secular music, but what I found about him does not seem to be the same one you are referencing. Google :North Valley Baptist Church. Pastor Clint Miller.
I did not know those types of songs done by him were on the internet. I never looked for them.. I know before he was saved, he did sing worldly songs, was connected with Nashville music. I only recommended him because of his songs about the Psalms since he got saved. I surely would not want all of you to know the types of songs I sang before I got saved.
His church is North County Baptist Church Pastor Clint Miller
I remembered the name of the Pastor in California. His name is Pastor Clint Miller. If you google him, you can hear one of his Psalms.
I have heard of a Pastor in California that does this, I have two of his cassette tapes (shows how long ago this was) but I cannot think of his name and I have the tapes at church. If I can remember I will check it out at church tonight,.
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quinkie replied to 1Timothy115's topic in The LoungeAs homosexuality becomes more accepted, and as it comes closer to homes of more people, the temptation to change our minds will become greater. The devil knows we never want to have to separate from our children. But we will have to stay strong. Pray for your Pastors like never before, pray for the leadership of your churches. Pray for those who are not strong enough to withstand the temptation.
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quinkie replied to The Glory Land's topic in The LoungeThe invitation is given weekly at our church, not only for salvation, but for any other issues the people may be dealing with.
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