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June is National Disaster Preparedness Month for Animals. Each year devastating disasters occur in our nation, which affect both humans and animals. These include earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornados, fires, hazardous blizzards, chemical spills, and terrorist attacks. Even disasters such as gas leaks and minor flooding can keep you from tending to your animals for extended periods of time. Being prepared for any type of disaster can help save the life of your pet.
Be ready
There are a number of things you can do to prepare for an emergency of disaster. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has developed these suggestions:
- Talk to your veterinarian. Set up an appointment to talk to your veterinarian about planning for your animals during disasters.
- Assemble an animal evacuation kit and first aid kit.
- Check all pet carriers or transport cages to make sure they are in good condition, have no sharp edges, and have the following information indelibly printed on them: your name; phone number; address; a description of your pet (distinguishing marks, age, sex, spayed, neutered, etc.); the name of your pet; microchip ID or tattoo ID, if any; pet insurance policy number; and the address and phone number where you or a contact person can be reached if you are not at home.
- Have identification tags (and license and rabies tags, if appropriate) for your animals. Identification should provide your name, home address, a phone number where you can be reached, and an out-of-area phone number of someone with whom you will be in contact during or soon after the disaster/evacuation. If possible, include your veterinarian's name, location, and phone number. Some of this information could be printed in indelible ink onto tape and attached to the back of the tag.
- Assemble veterinary records. Make photocopies of important veterinary documents to store in your animals evacuation kit including vaccination records, medical history, important test results (FeLV, FIV, heartworm, Coggins, TB, other infectious diseases), medical conditions, and medications.
- Assemble proof of ownership information. Make copies of registration information, adoption papers, proofs of purchase, and microchip/tattoo or other identification information to store in the evacuation kit. List each of your animals and their species/breed, age, sex, color, and other distinguishing characteristics. Keep current photographs of your animals in the evacuation kit for identification purposes. Include yourself in some of the photos to help you reclaim your lost animals.
- Develop a disaster plan for each type of disaster that your area could be affected by, including a hazardous materials spill.
- Develop an evacuation plan for all of your animals.
- Make a list of motels in your area that will accept pets. Find out if motels with "no pet" policies will waive them in an emergency. Keep this in your animal evacuation kit.
- Check with relatives and friends not in your immediate area to determine if they will take your pets in the event of an emergency.
- Make a list of boarding facilities, veterinary clinics, animals shelters, or other establishments that would accept pets in an emergency.
- Prearrange an evacuation site(s) and emergency shelter arrangements for your family and your animals. Remember that Red Cross shelters do not allow animals.
- Keep written directions to your home near your telephone. This will help you tell emergency responders how to get to your home if you are in a state of panic and in need of rescue, or if a person unfamiliar with your area is the only person in your home during a disaster.
- Keep a list of phone numbers (including cell phone numbers) of friends or neighbors you may want to contact in the event of an emergency.
- Identify alternate sources of food and water.
- Keep all vehicles full of gas.
- Keep emergency cash on hand.
If you have warning of a disaster
With some natural disasters, you may have some warning. If so,
- Call to confirm your emergency shelter arrangements (e.g., make motel reservations at a pet friendly motel).
- Contact all family members to confirm where you are going to meet.
- Bring any animals that are outdoors, inside. You may wish to confine cats to a small room (or a pet carrier) so they are easier to find. Do not try to hold onto an animal during a disaster (earthquake, tornado, etc.). Place the animal in a pet carrier, which will be much safer for you and the pet.
- Check your animal evacuation and first aid kits.
- Place any frozen or refrigerated pet food you may need into a cooler with ice packs.
- Attach any collars/harnesses with identification tags.
- If you must leave while a warning is in place, take your pets with you. You may not be able to return.
- Evacuate early, or emergency/rescue personnel may not allow you to bring your pets.
In case you are not at home
Preplace stickers on front and back house doors, barn doors, and pasture entrances to notify neighbors, firefighters, police, and other rescue personnel that animals are on your property and where to find your evacuation supplies. Provide a list near your evacuation supplies of the number, type, and location of your animals, noting favorite hiding spots, in order to save precious rescue time.
To facilitate a successful rescue, provide muzzles, handling gloves, catch nets, and animal restraints where rescue personnel can find them. Animals may become fractious when frightened.
Designate a willing neighbor to tend to your animals in the event that a disaster occurs when you are not at home, and meet you at a pre-arranged location. This person should have a key to your home, be familiar with your animals, and know your evacuation procedures and where your animal evacuation and first aid kits are kept. It is suggested that you provide a signed letter that releases your neighbor from responsibility, should one of your animals become injured, and a signed veterinary medical treatment authorization form.
If you must leave your pet at home during a disaster
Often, people have been told to leave their homes for a 'short time,' only to find that they cannot return for days or weeks. It is almost always best to take your animals with you. If you cannot:
- Confine your pets to a small room.
- Leave plenty of food and water.
- If possible, visit your pet(s) daily until you can return home.
In case you are in an accident
Develop contingency plans in case you are in an accident, become ill, or otherwise are unable to care for your pets.
You should have a card on you, in your vehicle, and on the refrigerator that has your name; phone number; address; a description of your pets (distinguishing marks, age, breed, sex, spayed, neutered, etc.); the names of your pets; microchip IDs or tattoo IDs, if any; pet insurance policy number; and the address and phone number where you or a contact person can be reached if you are not at home. Also include information as to where your pets are (including favorite hiding spots), any medications they are taking, the name of your veterinarian, and who to contact regarding them. That contact person should know your vet, and know where you keep your pet's medications and where medical records are stored.
None of us like to think about being separated from our pets, but by careful planning, we can assure their safety and our peace-of-mind in the event such a situation would occur. Remember to be patient with your pet. It may take your pet up to several weeks to recover from the stress of a disaster/evacuation.


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The new translation takes into account advances in linguistics of the biblical languages, as well as changes in vocabulary and the cultural background of English, in order to ensure a more accurate translation. This issue is addressed in the apostolic exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini, in which the pope says, "The inculturation of God's word is an integral part of the Church's mission in the world, and a decisive moment in this process is the diffusion of the Bible through the precious work of translation into different languages.
The new translation also takes into account the discovery of new and better ancient manuscripts so that the best possible textual tradition is followed. The NABRE includes the first revised translation of the Old Testament since 1970 and a complete revision of the Psalter. It retains the 1986 edition of the New Testament. Work on most books of the Old Testament began in 1994 and was completed in 2001. The 1991 revision of the Psalter was further revised between 2009 and 2010.
The revision aimed at making use of the best manuscript traditions available, translating as accurately as possible, and rendering the result in good contemporary English. In many ways it is a more literal translation than the original New American Bible and has attempted to be more consistent in rendering Hebrew (or Greek) words and idioms, especially in technical contexts, such as regulations for sacrifices. In translating the Psalter special effort was made to provide a smooth, rhythmic translation for easy singing or recitation and to retain the concrete imagery of the Hebrew.
The NABRE is approved for private use and study. It will not be used for the Mass, which uses an earlier, modified version of the NAB translation.

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Few subjects have been explored and scrutinized more than business strategies to improve profitability.
But Shawn Achor says many businesses have overlooked a simple solution: employee happiness.
His book, "The Happiness Advantage," argues that happier employees are smarter, more energetic, and more creative.
These benefits translate into increased productivity and profitability.
Achor cites three main predictors of happiness: an optimistic mindset, social support, and the ability to see stress as a challenge instead of a threat.
He says his research has proven that employees with these characteristics generally are more successful than negative employees."Happiness is the precursor to success—not really the result of it," says Achor, who'll address the America's Credit Union Conference in San Diego (June 17-20). "One of the things we suggest to people is to stop saying, 'I will be happy when [this or that] happens,' because if we can find a way to become happier now, it raises our success rate of getting to that goal."
Achor advises organizations to have employees do simple exercises to boost their happiness. These methods include things like journaling about positive experiences, consciously smiling more often, meditating, or having employees write quick emails to those in their social support networks.
Even the smallest behavioral changes can make a big difference, Achor says, citing a study in which the 1,100 employees at Oshner Health Systems took part in Achor's "10-5 way" activity.
In this exercise, employees passing within 10 feet of someone made eye contact with the person and smiled. If they passed within five feet, they said hello.
As a result, the hospital experienced huge increases in employee engagement and happiness. Patients picked up on the positivity, Achor says, and were more likely to recommend the organization.
Engagement among doctors also improved—to the point that when offered higher-paying jobs elsewhere, they chose to remain at Oshner.
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March 17--Those who venture to Yosemite National Park for the arrival of spring are getting shocked on the drive to the park: The sight of the Rim Fire zone feels like getting punched in the gut.
Along Highway 120, east of Groveland as you approach the park's Big Oak Flat entrance station, nearly everybody stops at the Rim of the World lookout on the left.
From there, you can see how the Rim Fire burned nearly everything in your view, 402 square miles or 257,314 acres from August to October, the third-largest fire verified in California history.
As you scan across the land, you can see how there are a few spots of green from manzanita and a few patches of ground-level vegetation, but otherwise it looks as though there was a war and we lost.
Some slopes look as if they have been scraped clean. This is where the fire was hottest, where chemise, manzanita and pines were the fuel for a wind-blow inferno so hot that it burned down to the soil. Not even tree skeletons were left standing.
In the fire's interior, there are miles and miles of dead, blackened trees, canyon after canyon.
About 20 miles in, firefighters protected Cherry Lake and its campground. But the access road is still closed from salvage operations.
Near Hetch Hetchy, firefighters also saved San Francisco's Camp Mather, but the fire burned right up to its flank. A bigger issue in the short run is a reliable water source for the coming summer. Nearby Evergreen Lodge, with gorgeous cabins in the woods, emerged untouched and is open for business.
Many wonder how long it will take the landscape to recover. For the answer, scan the landscape burned in the 1990 A-Rock Fire at Foresta, visible on Big Oak Flat Road on the drive to Yosemite Valley. Some 16,000 acres burned there and it still looks sparse, desolate and grim.
That was nearly 25 years ago. It will be far longer than that before the Rim Fire zone bears even a faint resemblance to the national forest that once spanned across the land.
Tom Stienstra is the San Francisco Chronicle's outdoor writer. E-mail at email@example.com.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Serena Williams has been known to say she isn't satisfied with this or that aspect of her game, even after easily winning a match, say, 6-3, 6-2.
So it was somehow refreshing to hear Williams actually praise herself after a victory by that very score over 26th-seeded Maria Kirilenko at Wimbledon on Saturday.
Yes, only five matches since returning to the tour after nearly a full year off because of a series of health scares, Williams produced a performance worthy of the 13-time Grand Slam champion that she is. And then Williams talked the talk of someone finally ready to concede that British bookmakers might very well have been right to make her the pre-tournament favorite.
Asked whether she was surprised by the odds, the seventh-seeded American smiled widely and said: "I wouldn't bet against me."
After hitting 10 aces and compiling a 32-9 edge in winners against Kirilenko, Williams termed the showing her "best I've played since I came back."
"I was a little more consistent, and I played my game more," said Williams, trying to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win three consecutive Wimbledon titles. "Wasn't as tight and nervous and uptight. I was able to relax more today."
A few days after winning her fourth Wimbledon title last year, she cut both her feet on glass at a restaurant. That led to two operations on her right foot; she later was hospitalized for clots in her lungs, and then to remove a pool of blood that gathered under the skin on her stomach.
Understandably, she explained Saturday, she'd been playing tentatively until Saturday.
"You're always thinking, 'I can get hurt again.' You just kind of have to let those thoughts go or anything could happen," Williams said. "And I wasn't thinking that at all today. It was just a big difference."
On Monday, she'll face 2007 runner-up Marion Bartoli. Other fourth-round women's matches include Williams' older sister Venus vs. No. 32 Tsvetana Pironkova, who upset the five-time Wimbledon champion a year ago; Wozniacki vs. No. 24 Dominika Cibulkova; and Sharapova vs. No. 20 Peng Shuai.
After beating Kirilenko — her first straight-set victory in five matches since returning — Williams revealed another, if less serious, mishap from her annus horribilis: She scraped her right shoulder and face when she fell off her pink bicycle during a ride near her home in Florida in October.
"I'm thinking, 'Oh, nooooooo,'" Williams recounted, as though replaying her words in slow motion. "All I thought was, 'Don't fall on my face. Don't fall on my face.' When I fell on my face, I was like, 'No!'"
Since then, she's been sticking to stationary bikes.
Serena Williams Moves into 4th Round at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Serena Williams has been known to say she isn't satisfied with this or that aspect of her game, even after easily winning a match, say, 6-3, 6-2.


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Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) proudly serves Fortune 500 companies, world champion sports teams, state-of-the-art healthcare providers, the world's leading educational institutions, iconic destinations and cultural attractions, and numerous municipalities in 19 countries around the world. Our 270,000 team members deliver experiences that enrich and nourish millions of lives every day through innovative services in food, facilities management and uniforms. We operate our business with social responsibility, focusing on initiatives that support our diverse workforce, advance consumer health and wellness, protect our environment, and strengthen our communities. Aramark is recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE, as well as an employer of choice by the Human Rights Campaign and DiversityInc. Learn more at www.aramark.com or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.
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- Greet and assists customers while anticipating their needs
- Count, organize, and balance cash drawer; fill out the cashier slip; and make deposits
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Easy to clean and reusable, this pastry bag is ideal for piping everything from buttercream and royal icing to mashed potatoes and savory pastry fillings. Made from soft canvas with a nonslip texture and lined with polyethylene, it will not get soggy during use, and washes out with soap and water. Simply trim the bag tip, add your desired decorative tip (not included), then pipe.
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For all cutlery returns (knife sets, single knives, cutting boards, knife sharpeners and knife storage), please contact us at 888.922.4108 to initiate the return.
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Made to Order and Final Sale Furniture items are non-returnable and cannot be cancelled once the order is placed.
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Altru Health System is a community-owned, integrated healthcare system with a Trauma II hospital, a specialty hospital, more than a dozen clinics in Grand Forks and the surrounding region, and a large home care network. More than 200 physicians are employed with Altru crossing 44 specialties and serving a referral population of over 225,000 residents in in northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. As the first member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, Altru's providers have access to clinically integrated tools extending Mayo Clinic's knowledge and expertise to patients.
Altru Family Medicine Residency offers teaching opportunities for residents and fellows in family practice, obstetrics, and sports medicine. Also located in Grand Forks, the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences offers research and teaching opportunities for medical students and general surgery residents.
As a regional-owned health system, Altru has provided outstanding healthcare for over 130 years. Our bold new era of care is our plan for the next 130 years and is our commitment to our region's physical and economic health. This bold new era positions us as a medical destination, providing an economic boost that attracts new business and families looking for a vibrant place to call home. It also enables Altru to expand efforts in population health and engage with residents throughout their lives to keep them well.
By combining world-class facilities, technology and a new approach to patient care, we are meeting our patients' changing needs and expectations and securing our region's healthcare future for generations to come.
How does an organization achieve world-class care? At Altru, we adopted a model that encompasses three core elements to help us achieve this vision: evidenced-based leadership, lean management and high reliability. We call this The Altru Way.
These three elements work together: leaders align and support continuous improvement to realize greater reliability and better outcomes. Our physicians are critical to leading, applying the improvement methods, and learning with the teams.
Grand Forks is a community of more than 55,000 residents located on the border of North Dakota and Minnesota. Low housing prices and income taxes, low crime rates and modest healthcare costs make it one of the safest and most affordable places to live. The north-flowing Red River and the 2,200-acre Greater Grand Forks Greenway provide year-round outdoor recreation in the heart of our community.
Grand Forks is home to the University of North Dakota (UND), a flagship liberal arts university and research college. UND houses a medical school, a law school, aerospace school, entrepreneurial program and many other experiential learning programs for a diverse and challenging educational experience.
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"A friend will help you move," goes the saying, "A true friend will help you move… a body". When it comes to needing help moving something, multiple sclerosis can be "a body".
Friends come and friends go in this world of ours. With the advent of social media it's easier to keep in touch or to reconnect with friends who are no longer in our vicinity or when things just keep us from getting out much anymore. Our blog community has offered virtual friendships that, in some cases, developed into true camaraderie.
For too many of us we have seen friends fade (or dash) away with the onset or the progression of our MS. I feel fortunate to count many, many new friends whom I would not have met but for the commune of our condition.
Last year, when I was speaking at a large event in Seattle, it came to me while on stage and mid-speech that all but two of the thousand-odd gathered in the convention center ballroom hadn't known me before my diagnosis. That is not to say that I lost all but two compatriots. Many friends have stuck by me – even in the difficult times when I felt it best to pull away from some of those closest to me – through the toughest of times.
True friends, both new and old, can offer so much to a person's life – especially a person living with a chronic illness that can make us feel isolated at various and inconvenient times. Deadwood friends (as a dear one calls them) simply suck life from the healthy parts of us and weigh us down in the midst of a storm.
These "friends", like the arboreal waste for which they are named, must be trimmed away from the healthy tree so we may grow and live fully.
Since the end of September, Caryn and I have been living in the guest room of some very dear friends ("The Special Neighbors" we've come to call them) in advance of our sift to new digs. From a three bedroom/2 bath we downsized into our mother-in-law apartment with a garage full of boxes and from there into a guestroom and a crammed storage locker and now we are down to four suitcases, two carry-ons and a dog crate just a week before our flight.
We have experienced nearly three months of going away gatherings which have left us feeling ever grateful. It's been like ninety days of Christmas to be honest (and my body is beginning to feel and show the effects!).
Friendships – real friendships – are hard to come by in the best of times. Making new friends and holding on to old relationships is more difficult since MS. I've learned to cherish those who cherish me, to love those who return the love and to sever "road sign" friends ("One-Way" & "Dead End").
As we head into the holiday season with its gatherings and expressions, I thought I'd offer a platform for all of us to discuss how MS has changed our friends, how we look at friendship and learn best practices from one another. That's something else good friends do; teach without preaching.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
You can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and in our group on MS Connection.org. Also, check out our bi-monthly MS blog for the United Kingdom, look for our very special new monthly blog for the National MS Society, and don't forget to check out TrevisLGleason.com.


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Adam Jasinski should be used to being under constant surveillance 24 hours a day so prison might not be that big of an adjustment.
The former "Big Brother 9" winner was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for using his winnings on the reality show to become a drug dealer.
The Delray Beach resident won $500,000 from the CBS reality show in 2008, but was promptly busted in 2009 when he tried to sell 2,000 oxycodone pills in a drug deal in Boston. Unfortunately, the buyers were actors of a sort - undercover cops.
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Jasinski had faced 14 years, but has been cooperating with authorities.
He was also found guilty of tax evasion because he never paid the government its fair share of the "Big Brother" prize.
Let's hope Jasinski gets along better with his new housemates this time around.


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"En Villar de Ciervo, Diocesis de Ciudad Rodrigo y provincia de Sala
manca, hoy dia primero de
tro, Yo el infrascripto parroco de la unica iglesia de S. Agustin
bautize solemnemente a una nina que nacio a las doce de la noche del
dia veinte y tres del proximo pasado mes de este mismo ano, y se le
puso por nombre Josefa, hija legitima de mis feligreses Manuel
Ribero molinero de oficio y Orofila Gonzalez naturales de esta
poblacion; Abuelos paternos Jose Ribero y Agapita Serradilla esta
natural de Guadapero, y todos los demas de esta poblacion; maternas
Agustin Gonzalez y Ana Maria Garcia ya difuntos; fueron sus
padrinos Josefa y ?? Maurano solteros y de esta naturaleza y
vecindad, a quienes adverti lo que manda el Ritual romano y
testigos Bonifacio Santos y Santicopa? todos de esta naturaleza y
valera? y vecindad en la que para que conste lo firmo pre-
chon ? at supra - vorado octubre, no vale= bajo ?? Noviembre
Vicente Barruero"
Translation from Spanish to English
"In Villar de Ciervo [Village of the Deer], diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo and province of Salamanca, today the first day of October November of one thousand eight hundred eighty four, I, the undersigned priest of the only church of St. Augustine solemnly baptized a girl who was born at twelve at night of the twenty third day of the last month of this same year, and who was given the name Josefa, legitimate daughter of my parishioners Manuel Ribero, miller, and Orofila Gonzalez, natives of this village; paternal grandparents Jose Ribero and Agapita Serradilla, a native of Guadapero, and all the others of this village; maternals Agustin Gonzalez and Ana Maria Garcia now deceased; the godparents were Josefa and ? Maurano batchelors and of this area and village, to whom I advised the directions of the Roman ritual and as witnesses Bonifacio Santos and Santicopa? All of this area and ? and village and which I signed ? I erased October, no good, underwritten as November
Vicente Barruero"
|A painting of the village of
Villar de Ciervo, Spain
with the steeple of San Agustin church
Josefa Rivero is my husband's great grandmother. She was born on 23 October 1884 in Villar de Ciervo and died on 17 November 1937 in the same village. She was married in the same church of her baptism, St. Agustin's of Villar de Ciervo, on 23 January 1904, to Manuel Martin. She had four children, Maria Joaquina, born 1904, Nicolas, Luisa Antonia, born 1906, and Maria Consuelo, born 1908. The youngest daughter, Consuelo, was my husband's grandmother.
If you know Spanish, you will see that the spelling is very old fashioned here: Ribero=Rivero, vorado=borrado
Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


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Winners and Losers: Congrats, Dow!
It was a week for record-setting for the Dow and investors, too. David Benoit discusses on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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For years, Masonic Avenue has been one of the most dangerous streets in San Francisco. In five years, 122 people were injured and two killed. But all of that is going to change: a much safer design was unanimously approved and funded, with construction beginning soon.
In 2013, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a redesign of Masonic Avenue, which includes San Francisco's first raised bikeways, sidewalk improvements for pedestrians and 100 new trees to be planted on a median. Thanks to the hard work of San Francisco Bicycle Coalition members, this project was fully approved by the SFMTA Board in 2012 and later funded in June 2013! After a lengthy process of environmental review and detailed design work, construction of a new and much-improved Masonic Avenue will start later this year.
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We hope that parents will review the NSO material with their first year student and encourage them to take responsibility for getting answers to their questions. It is up to the student. Your role is important here?you need to let them make these decisions on their own. At NSO, while general academic information will be given to you and your student in a room together, the students will develop their class schedule in consultation with academic advisers while parents are attending another session. And, while it may be tempting for you to intervene on their behalf, we urge you to resist the temptation. We will be there to help them make good decisions. We have had years of experience working with academic decision-making. Please trust us to support your sons and daughters through this process. We have their best interests and their success at the core of our philosophy.
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President Obama has said an immigration deal may be possible after the election because Republicans would want to improve their position with Hispanic voters -- and there are signs this may be happening.
Two prominent conservatives -- radio host Sean Hannity and columnist Charles Krauthammer -- advocate an immigration bill that would include both tighter border security and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who are already here -- i.e., something close to Obama's position.
Their views could give cover to Republicans interested in a comprehensive immigration deal with the White House.
"If some people have criminal records, you can send them home," Hannity said on his radio show. "But if people are here, law-abiding, participating for years, their kids are born here, you know, first secure the border, pathway to citizenship, done. You can't let the problem continue -- it's got to stop."
In years past, some Republicans have backed an enforcement-only policy, deporting all illegal immigrants.
Tuesday, Obama won more than 70% of the Latino vote against Mitt Romney -- and Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment of the population.
In his weekly column for The Washington Post, Krauthammer says Republicans can appeal to Hispanics with "a single policy change: Border fence plus amnesty.
"Yes, amnesty," he says. "Use the word. Shock and awe -- full legal normalization (just short of citizenship) in return for full border enforcement."
He writes, "I've always been of the 'enforcement first' school, with the subsequent promise of legalization. I still think it's the better policy. But many Hispanics fear that there will be nothing beyond enforcement. So, promise amnesty right up front. Secure the border with guaranteed legalization to follow on the day the four border-state governors affirm that illegal immigration has slowed to a trickle."
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Struggling to find the best buy-to-let mortgage in Stevenage? speak to one of our buy to let mortgage advisers today
The term 'buy to let' generally refers to either the practice of buying a property to be let for profit or to the type of mortgages used to purchase a property for such letting. Many countries, both in the western world and in the developing nations, have seen a surge in the growth of the buy to let property market in the last 2 decades and this has fuelled a growth in amateur landlords and the but to let mortgage providers who are keen to encourage and profit from them in turn. In addition, this growth has generated a lot of commerce in other related sectors such as buy to let insurance.
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Many countries, both in the western world and in the developing nations, have seen a surge in the growth of the buy to let property market in Stevenage the last 2 decades and this has fuelled a growth in amateur landlords looking for quality mortgage advice, this is why mortgage brokers in Stevenage who specialise in Buy-to-let are so important and the but to let mortgage providers who are keen to encourage and profit from them in turn. In addition, this growth has generated a lot of commerce in other related sectors such as buy to let insurance.
Stevenage Buy to let mortgages have been available in the UK since the mid-nineties and they are specifically designed for investors to borrow money to purchase property in the private rental sector. The amount that a prospective but to let investor can borrow is generally determined by the rental valuation of the property. The annual income for a rented property has to cover a certain percentage of the mortgage repayments, the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) states that landlords should seek to be able to obtain gross rent returns equivalent to between 130 per cent and 150 per cent of the rental property's mortgage repayments, this takes into account the surplus rent to cover costs of property maintenance and slack periods when the property may be vacant of tenants.
Stevenage Buy To Let Mortgages.
Some buy to let mortgage lenders in Stevenage will lend you a maximum sum based on a multiple of your salary (usually a multiple of three) plus a percentage of the forecast rental income on the property. So if your annual salary is said 30,000 Franks and the forecast rental income is 10,000 Franks they will lend you 95,000 Franks. Other mortgages, in addition to factoring in your salary, will include any existing loan commitments you have, and then apply what is known as the 'deduction rule'. This rule relates to the annual mortgage payments worked out at a pre-set level of interest.
Buy to let mortgage interest rates are generally fairly close to residential mortgage rates but will generally be slightly higher and typically charge higher fees. This is due to the fact that buy to let loans are considered by the financial sector to represent a greater risk than residential owner-occupier mortgages, and they generally are.
The Situation in the UK About Buy To Lets
The buy to let market literally 'exploded' in the Stevenage around the beginning of the millennium with rising property prices and the increasing availability of buy to let funding fueling a surge in would-be investors trying to cash in on the trend of the market. One reason for their popularity is the tax advantages that are available to the UK buy to let investors. Rental income is treated just like a salary by the Inland Revenue, and is therefore often taxed at 22% or even 40%. However, landlords are allowed to deduct costs from the taxable portion of their rental income, and these costs can include the interest of the buy to let mortgage repayments as well as maintenance costs on the property. These tax incentives made the buy to let market very attractive for both professional investors and amateurs looking to make the most out of their savings.
Would-Be Buy-to-let Investors
The market peaked around 2007 and now the market is saturated in many areas across the country with too many properties available to tenants. While buy to let is generally not a good idea for people who do not possess some extra budget there are a lot of remortgage deals which will fund a deposit for a home. If you are worried about losing money during void periods many companies will provide insurance which can deliver as much as six months mortgage payments in the event of a property in Stevenage remaining unoccupied.
You may still be lucky, and find a hotspot but you need to do your homework and the figures correctly. Buy to let trends differ from town to town and literally from street to street. Good advice for potential investors is to visit the local letting agents who should be able to tell you who is renting what at the moment so you can define your target audience. It could be students, young professionals or families, for example. Look for areas that do have a shortage of properties and for indicators that people will move there, such as new business developments.
Buy to let mortgage deals are still rife and the rates are almost as competitive as with conventional deals. The mantra with your buy-to-let must be 'don't expect to get rich quickly'. You need to look long-term: an absolute minimum of five years – but probably nearer to ten years.
Hi I'm James Hill from The Locks Heath Property Blog and this is my Buy to Let Deal of the Week.
Now here I am in Lawson Close in Lower Swanwick where Walker & Waterer have just listed a three bedroom terraced house for offers in excess of £240,000.
Now it looks in really good condition with very little to do in order to get your first tenant.
As you can see from the photos it's got a recently refitted kitchen, a nice modern bathroom and what looks like recently fitted carpets throughout.
In today's rental market this property would rent out around £950 per calendar month.
If we times that rent by twelve to give us the annual rent and divide that by the asking price, in this instance £240,000, it gives us a nice healthy yield of 4.
As I said, this is a really good opportunity to snap this property up so get in touch with the guys at Walker and Waterer and they'll be happy to show you around.
If you want any further information about the Locks Heath property market give me a call on 01489 570011.
I'll see you soon.
Buy to Let Deal of the Day 11th Jan 2017
You maybe in full-time employment and don'thave any free time to manage your investment properties, or maybe your like me and youdon't feel like you have the knowledge or experience to manage your investment propertiesand the tenants.
Or maybe you would simply prefer to spend your time in doing other things.
In which case you will require the help of a letting agent, and in this video I willtalk through the different levels of service that letting agents provide and how I go aboutfinding the best one.
Hi, I'm Andy Walker from monoperty.
Com whereI blog online about my journey as a property investor and landlord, sharing what worksfor me and what doesn't, to help you start or expand your property portfolio.
In recent years there's been a number ofonline letting agents appear with some very attractive fees, however, I don't have experiencewith these, my experience is based on the traditional type high street letting agency,which is what i'm going to be talking about today.
If I do make the move to an onlinecompany one day, I will be sure to provide feedback to you when that day comes.
Ok, First of all, let me tell you about thetypes of services letting agents provide, there are 3 different types and each attractit's own level of fees: For a Tenant Find service the letting agentwill advertise your property online using popular portals like RightMove, Zoopla andOnTheMarket.
They will answer queries that they receive and conduct any viewings withprospective tenants.
They'll also carryout tenant referencing and credit checks.
Fees will vary, but to give you an idea, Iwas recently quoted £195 + VAT to have a property let on a tenant find basis only Next is the Let Only and this package includesall the services provided in the Tenant Find plus the issuing of the tenancy agreement,taking the deposit from the tenants, and then registering that deposit with a deposit protectionscheme, setting up any direct debits and submitting meter readings to the utility companies.
They may also offer to provide extra servicesthat will incur additional charges like creating a inventory, providing an Energy PerformanceCertificate and a Gas Safety Certificate.
It can be cheaper for you to arrange thesecertificates as letting agents typically charge a percentage for spending time in making thearrangements, so it depends on how much time you have to get those certificates in place.
You can expect to pay anywhere between theequivalent of 2-4 weeks rent for this service.
So it could be that your fist months rentis spent in getting tenants into the property.
And the last one is the Full Management Servicewhich is the most expensive but it's the one I use as it helps to keep my time free.
This includes all the services of the Let Only package plus regular inspections, dayto day management of the property and rent collection.
Now with this service it means if the tenantshave any questions or any issues, they will contact the letting agent instead of me.
Theletting agent fees will be a percentage of the rental income over the letting term andwill be dedicated from the rent that's received.
The fees typically range from 6 to 15 percentdepending on the type of property.
I did manage to negotiate a fee of 5.
5% for one of my propertieslast year, but I take on any arrangements and supervision of any repairs that may needdoing which is very rare.
So with this service the letting agent findsthe tenants, vets the tenants, takes the deposit, issues a tenancy agreement, secures the depositin a protection scheme, collects the monthly rent, pays the rent into my bank account lesstheir fees and handles any phone calls from the tenants.
Now when it comes to finding a letting agent,the easiest method is probably word of mouth.
If your lucky enough to know someone in thearea who is using a letting agent that they would recommend because they are happy withtheir services, then that's great, but I would also recommend doing your own research.
I approach at least 3, and the first thing I do is look online for other properties thatthey are marketing.
I look for good photo's and good descriptions.
The properties withthe best marketing will attract the quickest viewings.
Getting a prospective tenant toenquire and getting them through the door of the property is what you want to achieve,because hopefully the property will sell itself.
And obviously, the least amount of time theproperty is on the rental market, the better.
I also like to visit their offices to havea look and get a feel as to how they operate.
Property is very much a people business andif I have two or three agents that appear to be good at marketing and are good at conductingthemselves, then I will typical choose the agent who I resinate with most.
To help you and your letting agent, make sureyour property is in a good state of repair and that it's good to go because it willsave you and your letting agent time and most issues are easier to be fixed when the propertyis vacant anyway.
Having a letting agent can also help to makesure you are compliant as a landlord.
And the introduction of the Right To Rent Schemehere in the UK in February 2016, is a good example of that.
They should also check that the relevant safetycertificates are in place and my letting agents always contacts me and reminds me when thosecertificates are due for renewal.
That said, I also keep a log for myself so I know whenthey're due, because ultimately landlords are responsible for the safety of their tenants,and if things go wrong, it will be the landlord that's summoned to court and not the lettingagent.
Before I finish, there are two other pointsworth mentioning for UK landlords.
Since October 2014, all letting agents mustbelong to a redress scheme which provides a free service for resolving any disputesbetween the letting agents and their customers, whether that's landlords or tenants.
I willlist the 3 government approved redress schemes in the description box below, but rememberto ask your letting agent which scheme they belong to.
And for transparency, since 27 May 2015, lettingagents must display all their fees and charges for both landlords and tenants, on their websiteand in a prominent place within their offices.
And you should always check the associatedfees before entering into negotiations with a letting agent.
This is my last video of the 'Getting Started'series.
I hope you have found this video, and the seres useful.
If you have watchedall 8 of them, you now have a basic understanding and knowledge of how to start investing inproperty and become a landlord.
If you still feel that you have some unanswered questionsabout finding a letting agent, or starting out in property investing and being a landlord,then please leave a question in the comment box below or head over to monoperty.
This is just the start for this channel though, I already have over a hundred other videoideas and I will continue to release one a week which, of course, will all be gearedtowards helping you start or improve your property business.
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Unlike his NBA brethren, who are working at the local Home Depots, assistant coaching at Division I schools, and throwing down in local leagues, Spurs forward DeJuan Blair is apparently spending his extended off-season recording covers of terrible pop songs that are a mere two months old.
Our first taste of Blair's musical potential comes with his version of Drake's "Trust Issues," a track that somehow will not make it onto the singing rapper's sophomore album, Take Care. The original song deals with Drake's insecurities: he is afraid that "bitches" are going to date rape him, and he is afraid that "certain people don't like [him] no more" (we trust that he's at least still in LeBron's good graces). So what is DeJuan Blair so afraid of?
Aside from correct pitches, it's unclear. We know that he, too, does not trust "these bitches," who claim that he's "colder than a brain freeze" (a line that, for the record, isn't true to Drake's hashtag-rap form; the former Degrassi star likely would have infuriatingly delivered it as "bitches claim that I'm cold — brain freeze!"), that he once let his guard down and had his "love broke," and that he's wary of people who might not be "real." Blair does share, however, one of the most significant fears for the 21st-century male athlete: "You can see it how I tweet 'em/if you really want the D you would say it in a DM." As TBJ points out, that's a Drake-worthy line right there—it's just a shame that he didn't share that knowledge with Ron Artest before Ball'n came out in February.
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A judge dismissed a case Monday challenging the mental competency of media mogul Sumner Redstone.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan ruled Monday that he found video testimony from the 92-year-old Redstone convincing. He testified that he wanted his daughter, Shari, to make medical decisions for him if he is incapacitated and that he no longer wanted his ex-girlfriend Manuela Herzer in his life.
Herzer had contended that Redstone, who controls CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc., lacked the mental capacity to remove her from his life last year.
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Redstone's attorneys sought to dismiss the case during the first day of a competency trial that began Friday. They argued the billionaire knew what he was doing when he decided he no longer wanted Herzer in charge of making medical decisions on his behalf and that he was not the subject of undue influence of his family members and his caretakers.
The judge had asked attorneys to present their best evidence over the weekend so he could rule. Cowan also viewed video testimony of Redstone, which he viewed Friday after attorneys for both side questioned him at his Beverly Park home.
"The court was able to see the strong conviction he had about what he said," Cowan wrote. "He was very composed and did not appear angry. The court does not believe Redstone had any confusion about what he was asked, about his wishes or the reasons for his wishes."
Asked by one of his lawyers what he wanted the judge to do, Redstone replied he desired that his daughter, Shari Redstone, serve as his health care agent, Cowan wrote.


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by MIKE CHOMENTOWSKI
These recent weeks have been particularly calm and peaceful in this first-time father's house. There's almost been a return to the quiet that filled our home before our son Henry was born. Things we are grateful for: He's sleeping through the night; he's napping regularly during the day; he's eating like a foal; he's staying relatively still when you change him, and he's playing happily in the Babies "R" Us that used to be our living room.
He doesn't cry as much, which makes me very happy, and my wife, who has not-been-pregnant long enough that she can look at pictures of herself while pregnant without screaming and running from the room, is starting to feel like her old self. The other evening I even thought I heard her whistling – a simple carefree expression that I haven't heard in nearly two years, unless you count the high pitched wheezing noise her left nostril makes after tripping over my shoes (which were right out in the open in the middle of the floor, come on), or in response to my innately helpless questions like "Do we have any bowls?"
Yes, we have hit a sort of stride, and we feel like parents – not just two people who had a baby left on their doorstep with no note, like in some Katherine Hepburn movie (the diaper goes on the other end, dahling). We're starting to recognize ourselves, as we were before Henry.
A big reason for our return to normalcy is – and feel free to send your congratulatory cards and flowers c/o the Local – we are done pumping breast milk. Let me say straight away that the only thing my wife loves more than no longer having to pump is my insistence on using the first person plural when discussing how "we've" been breastfeeding for the last ten months. However, I feel justified in using "we" in the same way a civilian, though not in the military, says with great solemnity, "we are at war." Like war, breastfeeding is hell, and I, if nothing else, am a patriot. Semantics aside, we are putting our breast pump out to pasture, and we couldn't be more, um, pumped about it.
Our choice was to breastfeed our baby from the start, but when nursing did not go as smoothly as expected, my baby's mama stayed committed to breastfeeding. So we pumped and bottled and froze and repeated that simple yet arduous routine until every cubic inch of freezer space was crammed with storage bags of mother's milk. Steph pumped on average five times a day, everyday. That's 35 times a week and roughly 140 pumps a month. Over the course of 10 months we pumped about 1,400 times. Moo – that's Merrymead Dairy Farm level production. If I can speak for both of us, it was exhausting.
And all of this could not have been possible without one piece of equipment that was probably the most important item we owned: the breast pump. But based on the schedule we kept and the number of times we used it, maybe it's fairer to say it owned us.
I remember the first time I saw my wife's breast pump, fresh from the box, still stickered and the color of optimistic yellow. It was smaller than I would have thought, but then again, I had never thought. When we plugged it in for the first time, it lit up, like the smiling face of a helpful wet nurse, and it gave a soft, electronic, pulsating murmur, as if reassuring us, "don't worry, your baby, will eat, sit back, re-lax."
A quick point about the soothing sound of the breast pump: after 1,400 uses, the whirr, whirr, whirr of that device is forever lodged in my head like the roar of the ocean in a conch shell. It was worse than tinnitus. There were times when I heard it and looked at my wife and found she wasn't pumping; I heard it when she wasn't home; I hear it now.
Anyway, we got down to making milk. Steph seemed to be forever pumping, while I helped by bagging, labeling, cleaning bottles, feeding babies (what, there was just one?) and generally being my supportive self. By the way, as the Milk Storage Manager (I even made myself a nametag), I'd like to say I didn't spill a drop, but sadly that would be a lie. I do appreciate that my exhausted wife followed the worn adage to never cry over spilt milk – she was far too busy screaming over it. Personally, I would have preferred a small, quiet cry.
The kitchen freezer filled quickly, and, although I protested at using the basement freezer (or "my refrigerator" as it were, following an unwritten rule that any refrigerator in a cellar or garage is the property of the husband for the sole purpose of beer and red meat storage), I was quickly "cowed" into giving up the valuable cubic inches to more breast milk.
As time passed, the breast pump was everywhere I turned: in the refrigerator, on the kitchen sink waiting to be washed, on the coffee table waiting to be used … everywhere. The pump conveniently came with a car adapter so that on our family outings, there it was, in the passenger seat – whirr, whirr, whirr.
My wife took the pump with her when she went back to work for those unimaginably nerve-racking pumps in her office, hoping a deadline-crazed boss didn't come barging through the door. There were the lunchtime phone calls when I could hear the whirr, whirr, whirr in the background. I remember one frantic call from my wife when she told me that sparks were flying from the pump and she worried she might catch on fire. I wondered aloud if that was how the Great Chicago Fire started. She hung up, presumably to find a fire extinguisher.
From the first pump at 7 a.m. until the last at 11 p.m., my wife's schedule and sanity revolved around the pump. Weekends were just as stressful, and our plans revolved around the pump's schedule. I would always feel a pang of sympathy when I saw Steph try to sneak inconspicuously upstairs for twenty minutes at dinner parties. She never missed a pump and she never complained … actually, she complained all the time, but who can blame her. She had definitely soured on the whole routine.
Hmm, sad to think that this is my last chance to get these limpid puns in while I can. I didn't get in as many Mooooooo'mmy jokes as I'd have liked, and unfortunately the hands-free aspect of my wife's breast pump made it lethally easy for her to hurl remote controls and forks at me when I would comment from across the room at how "utterly" amazing it was to watch her make milk, or how moooooooo'ved I was by her commitment to breast feeding.
There were the dinner parties and family get-togethers we attended, when Steph would indulge in a glass of wine and I would start a one-man chant of "pump and dump, pump and dump," a phrase that blithely summarized the act – an act that amazed me I should note – of pouring out breast milk after having a bit too much wine the night before.
Recently we did an inventory (during which my wife was not sure why I was wearing overalls and chewing on a straw of wheat) and realized we had enough in surplus to get us to Henry's first birthday, at which point he could start drinking the milk more bovine in origin. I could not have been prouder as I patted the door of the full freezer and looked at my wife. I started to say something about taking the blue ribbon at the State Fair and … let's just say my dairy farmer daydream turned into a nightmare as quickly as you can say "mad cow."
So now my wife is happy, and she has her life back. The pump is currently on loan to a cousin who just had a baby boy and who's starting her own daily routine of pumping. I still hear the whirr, whirr, whirr of the pump, but it is growing fainter. Our son is in the 90th percentile of both weight and height from all those bottles he sucked down. And while I have my basement freezer back, for now it sits empty.
During the pumping season, I would often fantasize about how I would use the space when it was once again mine to use: maybe buy half a cow from a local farm and store the various cuts of meat. But after going through what we just went through, I don't know if I have the heart.
Maybe we'll fill it with ice cream or chicken.


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Working in Washington to 'Fix the Debt'
Honeywell Chairman and CEO David M. Cote tells WSJ's John Bussey what he learned about Washington during his work there on the Fix the Debt campaign.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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As President Obama heads into the main stretch of his re-election campaign, his immigration policies have produced few gains for Latinos, whose votes could be crucial for him in November.
The Department of Homeland Security reported last week that only about 4,400 deportations of illegal immigrants had been halted nationwide under a major initiative started a year ago.
In a strategic shift, immigration authorities had said they would focus on deporting criminals and people who cheated the visa system, while sparing illegal immigrants with clean records. But after an administration review of more than 288,000 deportation cases before the immigration courts, the total suspended by prosecutors so far is less than 2 percent.
That is not the only policy that has been a jarring disappointment for Latinos. Mr. Obama, who easily won a majority of their votes in 2008, promised to move in his first year to overhaul the immigration system and to give legal status to illegal immigrants.
As it becomes clear that Mr. Obama faces a tight race against the presumed Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, pressure is building for him to do something more for Latinos.
Early in his term, Mr. Obama put a stop to raids in factories and fields that snared many illegal immigrants who were working to support families. But quiet inspections of employers' hiring records have accelerated, forcing many thousands of unauthorized workers to leave their jobs.
The Department of Homeland Security has aggressively expanded a fingerprinting program, which vastly increases the chances for an illegal immigrant to be detained, even for minor offenses like traffic violations.
In January, administration officials announced a measure that would make it easier for Americans who are married to illegal immigrants to gain legal residence for their spouses. Although it awakened great hopes — there are hundreds of thousands of couples in that situation — the measure is making its way through the bureaucracy and will probably not take effect before November.
At the same time, Mr. Obama's record on deportations has not been matched since the 1950s, with nearly 400,000 foreigners removed in each year of his term.
"People are saying, 'What gives?' " said Clarissa Martínez de Castro, director of immigration issues for the National Council of La Raza, or N.C.L.R., the nation's largest Latino civil rights organization. "Immigration is deeply personal for many of our voters, and there is disillusionment out there."
Hispanics tend to have low rates of voter registration. Polls show that they place a higher priority on jobs and education than on immigration. But many Hispanic immigrants have family or friends who are here illegally.
Despite his immigration results, Mr. Obama enjoys a wide lead over Mr. Romney among Hispanics. A recent Gallup poll, based on nationwide telephone interviews conducted from May 14 to June 3, found that Hispanic voters favored Mr. Obama over Mr. Romney by 67 percent to 26 percent. In the 2008 and 2010 elections, Latinos mobilized late but in large numbers against Republicans who took a hard line against immigration, handing victories to Mr. Obama and other Democrats in closely contested states.
This year, Mr. Obama's supporters are warning, it may be much harder to prompt that late turnout, even though many Latinos have been dismayed by attacks on illegal immigrants by Mr. Romney and other candidates in the Republican presidential primary race.
"There is ambivalence about the president, where there really should be none," said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
During Mr. Obama's first two years, he leaned hard on enforcement, seeking to build credibility with Republicans to attract their votes for an immigration overhaul. But with the economy lagging and millions of Americans out of jobs, Republicans backed away from proposals that would aid illegal immigrants. In 2010, they rebuffed a bid by Mr. Obama to pass the Dream Act, a bill to give legal status to students who are illegal immigrants.
Since then, the administration has tried to soften the impact of deportations on communities by focusing on expelling criminals. But the effect has been limited.
"I do believe the administration has the right intention, prioritizing deportations," Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, a leading Democrat on immigration issues, said after seeing the low figures from the deportations review. "But these abysmal numbers raise serious questions about whether the Department of Homeland Security is making that vision a reality."
The White House defends its programs for Latinos, saying they go far beyond immigration. On Saturday, senior administration officials gathered in Arlington, Va., for the latest in a series of town-hall-style meetings the White House organized with local Hispanic leaders to discuss jobs, education and health, as well as immigration. Also, Cecilia Muñoz, the White House domestic policy council director, has made it clear that the administration will try to blame Republicans for Mr. Obama's failure to pass his immigration overhaul.
Democratic leaders are saying that is not enough. Mr. Menendez called on the administration to expand the reviews to stop deportations of many more immigrants who are close relatives of citizens. Senator Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat who is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, said prosecutors should give work permits to immigrants who are allowed to remain here under their case reviews.
Students who would be eligible for legal status under the Dream Act are demanding that Mr. Obama grant them a general reprieve from deportation. One group of students staged a sit-in protest last week at the Obama campaign office in Denver.
Latino leaders are worried. Ms. Martínez de Castro said, "Our immigration policy cannot continue to be at war with our beliefs and our needs."


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Yesterday hedge fund heavyweight Bill Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, presented his big idea at the 8th annual Value Investing Congress.
He wants the sale of one of his long-time investments, General Growth Properties, to Simon Property Group.
Ackman began his presentation by talking about how he likes real estate investment trust General Growth Properties. Ackman said that the stock has done "quite well" since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
During his presentation, Ackman said Brookfield Asset Management is getting "creeping control" by increasing its stake in GGP. He noted that if BAM could get its stake to 45% then it will have "de facto" control and that could be harmful to minority shareholders.
However, Ackman said he sees Simon Property Group making a bid for GGP and that's a good thing.
According to Ackman, Simon Property Group made four offers to acquire GGP. Since Simon's offer for GGP in 2010, the company has come a long way, he explained.
As a standalone business, GGP is attractive, Ackman said. However, a Simon merger is "substantially superior" to GGP remaining independent.
We've included Ackman's massively detailed presentation in the slides that follow. He includes excerpts from letters he's written and he even calls out one of General Growth Properties board members for earning fees from Brookfield as an investment banker.
Now learn something from another hedge fund titan...
Leon Cooperman Gave Students A Tremendous Presentation On Life, Hedge Funds And The Outlook For Markets >


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Exterior Insulation Finishing using T-Max™ 657
It works great!
The general painting contractor Mazet is one of the top 3 painting companies in France and is specialised in painting and plastering. Mazet is a user of various Graco sprayers, such as the EH200, Mark V HD and numerous UltraMax units. They shared with us below their success on a big job using a T-Max unit.
The job, completed by Mazet, was a 20.000m² surface, of which 1.500m² was treated with T-Max, situated at Clermont-Ferrand, France. It consisted of isolating the outside walls of a building by Exterior Insulation Finishing System (EIFS), a fast expanding process in France and Germany that consists of projecting a splatter finish plaster onto a mesh sheet attached to polystyrene boards fixed and glued to the façade.
Exterior Insulation Finishing is a system that offers numerous advantages, such as increased comfort, temperature regulation, energy savings, the suppression of thermal cold-bridges and an increase in real estate value. EIFS can be carried out on new or old buildings, individual or collective constructions.
For this project, Mazet used a T-Max 657 with a size 8 tip and a 36m³/h compressor. The choice to use a T-Max unit stemmed from its strong and stable performance, its dismountable concept, its easy mounting and its low cost of service and simplicity.
"It works great!" are the words used by the jobsite manager on describing the T-Max unit. "The buyer is overjoyed and the users of the unit too. So much so, that the company already foresees the purchase of a second Graco unit to complete additional projects!"
Tip for the Painter:
Instead of using the hopper, containers of 200 to 1000 litres of splatter finish plaster (available from some material manufacturers) can also be used.These containers can be connected to the T-Max and are easier and save time when spraying larger surfaces. Fittings to attach these containers to the T-Max are available on demand.
The T-Max compressor can also be used to spray decorative materials, although only with a maximum grain size of 1 mm.


text: Hows it going everyone?! Well anyways a little background information about myself. Im currently a freshman at Illinois State University majoring in Information Systems. I've had some experience with java before this year but web development and design was mainly my thing. Glad to be on the forums, Im sure it'll be a huge help to my future learning experience with java!