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While the majority of Americans see their country falling behind other nations economically, they also believe the nation can improve its standing with more college degrees, according to a new survey from Kaplan. The Kaplan University Education Insights Survey found 83 percent of adults in the United States agree that the country is falling behind, with seven in 10 saying that the nation can improve its standing if more people earn college degrees.
"America has the talent to be competitive," said Peter Smith, senior vice president for Academic Strategies "If we can help close the 'degree gap'--by making higher education more accessible to more Americans--we will stop wasting our talent, increase our global competitiveness, and get more people into sustainable, higher paying careers."
This finding comes on the heels of a study by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems that found that the United States will need to produce 63.1 million degrees to match leading nations in the percentage of adults with college degrees by 2025. At the current pace, the country will fall short of that threshold by 16 million degrees.
The survey also found that:
"During tough economic times, college applications tend to rise and this slowing economy is no exception," said Smith. "People go back to school to sharpen their skills or obtain credentials that enhance their competitiveness, and the investment pays off. U.S. census data shows that in 2007 people with bachelor's degrees earned 90 percent more than high school graduates. On average, college graduates earn $59,365 annually compared with high school graduates who earn $33,609."
The "Education and the Economy" survey was conducted online for Kaplan by Harris Interactive this fall among 2,256 U.S. adults, of whom 1,276 are employed full time and/or part time.
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Twins overpowered by Phillies in slugout
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- P.J. Walters was long gone from the mound when the Minnesota Twins rallied from their early deficit.
Now they have another hole in their rotation to fill.
Jim Thome drove in four runs against his former team, including a long homer to pad Philadelphia's lead, and the Phillies hung on for a 9-8 victory over the Twins on Wednesday night.
After three straight soft singles to start the game against Walters (2-2), Thome smacked one to right field to drive in two runs and prompt Twins manager Ron Gardenhire to visit the mound. Walters wasn't able to get loose, and he left with no outs and stiffness and pain in his shoulder.
"You never want to leave the field like that. You always want to be healthy and help the team. The last thing you want to do is have the bullpen throw nine innings," Walters said. "Offense puts up eight runs tonight, and we lose. That's about as bad as you could've drawn it up."
Jeff Manship entered, and two batters after an RBI single by Carlos Ruiz, John Mayberry cleared the bases with a three-run homer. Gardenhire said the team had "no idea" about Walters' discomfort.
"When I went out there he said, 'I'm fine, I've got no problem,'" Gardenhire said. "And I said, 'You're not fine. You're throwing 80 miles an hour. You threw one pitch at 85. What's going on here?' And he said 'Skip, I'm fine. I can do this.'"
Walters said he's never missed a start before, but that streak will probably end. The Twins announced after the game they will recall right-hander Lester Oliveros from Triple-A Rochester to give the bullpen more depth. After four solid starts, Walters has been roughed up over his last three turns.
"He hasn't been in the training room and hasn't received any treatment, but obviously he's trying to pitch through something," Gardenhire said. "That's not a good way to go about it tonight, because it put us in a pretty big hole."
Mayberry also had four RBIs to give Cole Hamels (9-3) a six-run lead he barely held. Jonathan Papelbon got the last four outs for his 17th save in as many attempts. Hunter Pence and Carlos Ruiz both had three hits and scored two runs, helping the Phillies -- who have been in last place since May 5 -- win for only the second time in their last 11 games.
Denard Span had three hits, Joe Mauer drove in two runs and Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe both homered for the Twins, who nearly erased deficits of 6-0 and 9-3. Papelbon promptly ended their rally by striking out Mauer in a perfect ninth.
After a two-run single in the first, Thome took Anthony Swarzak deep -- really deep -- for a two-run shot in the fourth.
The distances are unscientific, estimated on the spot by Twins communications staff in the press box, but Thome has the four longest home runs in Target Field's three-season history. This one took third place, measured at 466 feet to the standing room above the batter's eye in center field.
Since coming off the disabled list last week -- he missed more than a month because of a lower back strain -- Thome is hitting .435 in 23 at-bats with six runs, 10 RBIs and both of his homers this year. Twins fans enjoyed the soft-spoken, hard-hitting slugger so much in his two seasons here that they stood, cheered and clapped for the 41-year-old as he jogged around the bases.
Willingham's leadoff home run in the sixth trimmed the lead to 9-4. Nine of his 13 long balls this year are at home. Then came the seventh, which Brian Dozier started with a sharp double. Span drove him in with a double, summoning Antonio Bastardo from the bullpen. Ben Revere met him with an RBI single, Mauer did the same and another run came in on a groundout by Justin Morneau after a wild pitch moved the runners up to avoid a possible double play.
NOTES: Plouffe has 11 homers, second-most on the team, with 10 in the last 20 games. He is batting .400 (16 for 40) with four doubles, six homers, 13 RBIs and 11 runs in 10 games this month. ... Willingham stretched his hitting streak to 15 games. He's hitting .337 at home this season.

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Students at Virgina Tech can make their 3D-modeled dreams into little plastic realities thanks to the DreamVendor, a free 3D-printing vending machine in the College of Engineering, powered by four MakerBot Thing-O-Matics. The machine was created by Virginia Tech's DREAMS Lab (Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems).
From their site:
The DreamVendor is an interactive 3D printing station for Virginia Tech students to enable them to quickly fabricate prototypes for their academic, and even personal, design projects.
Think of it as a vending machine with an infinite inventory – you simply insert an SD card that contains 3D printer code (generated from your CAD model) into the machine; the DreamVendor then prints your 3D part and dispenses it into a bin when it's finished.
In addition, the DreamVendor houses physical examples of the latest research by the members of the DREAMS Lab. We hope that the DreamVendor will provide students with an easy way to access the exciting field of additive manufacturing.
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Troop Committee Chairman Welcome
by Scott Bertetti - Troop 80 Committee Chairman (former)
Congratulations to you for selecting Boy Scout Troop 80 for your Boy Scouting experience!
Troop 80 is a member of the Three Rivers District of the Northern New Jersey Council and has a tradition extending over 85 years of providing character building, physical fitness, and skills development to boys between the ages of 10-1/2 and 18 years of age.
Scouting is an activity that boys and their parents can enjoy together. It is also an activity that boys can take into adulthood. Some of our adult leaders have been active in scouting since their own childhood and others since their sons joined scouting as first graders.
Troop 80 is fortunate to have all this experience on our troop committee. The primary function of the troop committee is to support the uniformed trained adult leaders (i.e., the Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters) who guide the boys in the troop. We do that in part by planning annual fund raising, providing transportation,recruiting new uniformed leaders and ensuring the troop's uniformed leaders and committee members are current on all their BSA training. The committee is composed of adults, all registered with the Boy Scouts of America, who meet monthly to discuss troop activities, review initiatives introduced by the national organization or our Council, and ensure the troop's back-office operations are running smoothly.
Our troop, like most others, is a boy-led organization. The boys, through the Patrol Leader's Council (PLC), make the decisions about troop activities and camping trips; plan them and then carryout their plans. To maintain the high degree of success enjoyed by the boys in the troop, it is essential that a continuous flow of trained adult leaders be available to accompany them on camping trips and other troop activities; and guide them in rank advancement.
Parents of new and veteran scouts alike are strongly encouraged to read the Scoutmaster's Introduction elsewhere on this site. Also, the Troop's Welcome Guide is available from the Scoutmaster, it contains significantly more information. We believe that all this information will be very helpful and we look forward to a long and successful relationship with you and your son.
If you have questions about the troop, please feel free to contact our Troop Committee Chairman Bill Berde or Scoutmaster Mikki Rehak.
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Just a reminder that if the Park Ridge High School is closed on a Monday solely due to weather conditions, our Troop meeting will also be cancelled unless conditions improve enough before meeting time. If severe weather hits after school releases for the day and the meeting is cancelled you will be contacted by your Patrol Leader. If your Patrol Leader does not call, the meeting will beheld as scheduled.
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THE SECRET WORLD OF MAGIC features Pete Firman and Alistair Cook, ace magicians and good friends, as they lead us on a mysterious tour of magic from Last Vegas to Madrid, Los Angeles to New York and Paris to Buenos Aires. On Pete and Alistair's road , we meet their heroes as they reveal secrets of the world's most legendary tricks.
DISC 1: In Las Vegas, our tour guides wow the locals in a show of their own, and then on to Madrid where we meet a Spanish pop star who is an accomplished card magician. As Pete and Alistair perform their magic at a school an 11 year old student threatens to overshadow them with his unique brand of magic. In Los Angeles, our magicians perform at the prestigious Magic Castle, fulfilling a life long ambition.
DISC 2: Arriving in Paris, Pete and Alistair find that Parisians are not so easily fooled or impressed. Our magicians must come up with more than "Is this your card?" to get any attention. As we arrive in New York, the magicians talk their way into performing at The Big Apple's premiere magic venue before a sellout crowd; and Pete fulfills another dream by performing at world famous Coney Island. Our final stop is Buenos Aires, where we meet the world's only professional one-handed magician.
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Join us for a Community Meeting regarding the rebuilding of a NEW Tucker Road Ice Rink! Topics covered will include:
• Update on Project Funding
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• How we are assisting the Teams and Users
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• Questions and Answers
This meeting will take place on Monday, June 19, 2017, 6:30-8 pm at the Southern Regional Technology and Recreation Complex, 7007 Bock Road, Fort Washington.
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VMI Barracks History
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The Virginia Military Institute, founded on the site of a Virginia State Arsenal, opened its doors to cadets on November 11, 1839. For more than a decade, students were housed in the old arsenal barracks, wholly inadequate to meet the needs of a modern college with a growing student body. Francis H. Smith, VMI's energetic young Superintendent, worked with the noted American architect Alexander Jackson Davis to design new buildings for the school, among them a new barracks. His Gothic revival style has since influenced every other building on the VMI Post. The Barracks was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966, and the VMI Post was named a National Historic District in 1974.
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Dick's Sporting Goods claims in a lawsuit filed Feb. 20 in Mercer County Court that Mitchell Modell, CEO of Modell's Sporting Goods, showed up at a Dick's store in Princeton in February saying he was a Dick's senior vice president. The lawsuit was first reported Friday by The Record newspaper.
Dick's alleges Modell told employees he was to meet the Dick's CEO there and persuaded workers to show him the backroom of the store and to answer questions about the business. Modell gathered information about online sales, including a "ship from store" program that gets products to customers' doors quickly, the lawsuit said.
Dick's accuses its rival of civil conspiracy and trespass and is seeking attorneys' fees and a judge's order to prevent Modell and his workers from entering nonpublic areas of Dick's stores or posing as employees.
Modell's spokesman Jason Karlowski says he can't comment immediately but would be able to answer questions later Friday.
In 2012, Mitchell Modell shaved his head and put on an oversized mustache to pose as a low-level employee on the CBS show "Undercover Boss." He later said the experience taught him how physically demanding warehouse work was and led to staffing and workload changes throughout the company.
His New York-based chain has more than 150 stores, mostly in the Northeast. Dick's, based in Pittsburgh, is a publicly traded company with more than 550 stores nationwide.


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National Geographic unveils 'Wilma' the Neandertal lady
In an obvious reference to the Flintstones cartoon series, National Geographic have run a story on the reconstruction of a Neandertal woman they call 'Wilma'. Her face appears partially on their cover, pictured here; you can see the full-facial view on NG's site.
Although her dirty and disheveled appearance and rough, marked skin still reveal a touch of bias toward the notion of some 'early primitive', the face of Wilma is unmistakably human. Factor in some washing and grooming (which for all we know may have been a feature of Neandertal life anyway) and some nice clothing and you would not comment if she was sitting at a restaurant table next to yours.
Neandertal fossils have been known to the modern world since 1856, when a specimen was discovered in a quarry in Germany's Neander valley (valley = Tal in modern German1).
This group of humans has some characteristic features in their bony skeleton that enable them to be distinguished from our own group. So, not surprisingly, when Darwin's Origin of Species broke onto the scene only three years later, 'Neanderthal Man' was in a prime position to be enlisted in the cause of evolution.
Even though Neandertal skulls had a brain capacity larger on average than ours today, their sturdy frame and the fact that they were frequently found buried in caves made them the archetype of the 'ignorant, grunting caveman' concept. In due deference to Darwinism, the earlier reconstructions of Neandertals portrayed extremely savage-looking brutes, most more animal than human.
As is usually the case with alleged 'ape-men' touted as 'links' in human evolution, once another possible candidate surfaces, people are willing to more critically examine the previous one. So once Java Man, Peking Man and the like surfaced, to be followed by Lucy and others, a more dispassionate look at the evidence regarding those they displaced from the podium followed each time. This has meant that Neandertal reconstructions have on the whole been gradually coming to look more humanlike. This process has been helped along by discoveries associated with Neandertal culture that bear testimony to their humanity. The list includes:
- Evidence that they lived in structures of wooden frames covered in animal hide, like modern-day nomadic peoples. This suggested not only a human level of technical skill, but a high degree of social organization.
- Sophisticated hunting javelins, perfectly balanced and designed.
- Evidence of trade in bodily ornaments.
- Evidence of the use of fire, including cooking implements and the application of spices in cooking.
- A hollow bony structure with holes spaced at intervals that indicated it was the broken remnant of a flute.2
- A complex structure, constructed by Neandertal people about 1 ½ km (c. one mile) underground with no natural light.
Who were they?
From a biblical perspective, Neandertals were descendants of Adam and Eve. Their fossils are often found in caves, which is a logical place for nomadic hunters to bury their dead. (Unlike their tents, a cave reflects permanence, a place localized by landmarks and somewhere one can go back to from time to time to visit the remains of friends and relatives, and possibly engage in religious ritual. Genesis records caves being used as burial sites.)
Their settlements were prominent at the edge of the ice sheet during the great biblical Ice Age, which happened as a natural consequence of the Genesis Flood (warmer water, most of it from beneath the ground, provided the energy for the extra precipitation needed to get massive volumes of water out of the oceans and up onto the continents as huge sheets of ice). So caves also made a good place to shelter from freezing weather.
The walls of caves are made up of rock with mostly marine fossils deposited by the Flood, so they are clearly post-Flood humans, and given that most of them are found outside the middle East, clearly post-Babel.
The dispersion via God's supernatural confusion of languages meant that people ended up being isolated from their previous civilization, with each group taking only a subset of the technology and 'know-how' of their time, plus a subset of the total gene-pool of variation.
This was an ideal circumstance for the sorts of differences between people groups which used to be called 'racial' to arise in one generation. Fine tuning of such differences by natural selection would also occur. Thus, those with genes for stockier body build and relatively shorter limbs would lose less heat in colder weather. So they would be more likely to survive and pass on their genes within such an Ice Age group, until soon the whole group had such a characteristic. But all of the genetic variability in humanity (apart from that arising by subsequent copying mistakes called mutations, which overall tend to lose information, not gain it) would have been inherited originally from the large pool of variation contained in Adam and Eve. When a large interbreeding population breaks up into smaller inbreeding ones, some of the information in the original population may be confined to one or a few of the 'daughter groups'. If one of these groups goes extinct, as seems to have happened with the Neandertals, then some of the genes in the original population may also vanish forever.3
What about those dates?
Most everything we know about Neandertals fits well within that framework, apart from the 'dates' assigned to them which are much older than any reasonable biblical date for Adam could allow. However, these dates can be regarded in the same fashion as so much other evolutionary speculation, given all the assumptions that go into dating methods.
In fact, if a date does not support the paradigm, it is not accepted by evolutionists themselves. A lab faced with a dating result of, say, 20 million years on a layer of volcanic rock in association with, say, dinosaur fossils would immediately assume some error or contamination. 'Everyone knows' that it's the wrong age for dinosaurs.
The Rossist dilemma
Despite this fluidity, the movement known as 'progressive creationism' or sometimes 'long-age creation' (mostly linked to the teachings of Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe) seeks to accommodate all of these secular dates within an understanding of Genesis which, despite their labeling it 'literal', is immensely strained.
In short, such thinking (unfortunately very common among well-meaning evangelicals) rejects Darwin's ideas about biological evolution, but accepts naturalism's 'big picture' about the evolution of the earth and the cosmos over billions of years.
Because they try to accept both a literal Adam and Eve and secular dating methods at the same time, progressive creationists (PCs) are in a quandary with any human fossil specimen that is dated as extremely old. They do try to stretch the (actually watertight) genealogies to some tens of thousands of years, long past any reasonable breaking point. But this just won't work for Neandertals, the 'ages' of which can range up to hundreds of thousands of years before the present. The only solution apart from giving up their position altogether is to assign Neandertals to a non-human category. They are labeled as soul-less non-human (but human-like) animals that God created (and then let go extinct, after hundreds of thousands of years of pointless, pre-Fall pain and suffering) prior to His creation of the first pair of humans.
Evolutionists, though not constrained by the above scheme, are themselves divided about the status of Neandertals. Many still claim that they were a separate species, Homo neanderthalensis, which encourages the PC camp. Fossil evidence of interbreeding with 'modern' human types has been used by other evolutionists (as well as creationists) to show that, by definition, they were the same species (Homo sapiens, perhaps meriting a subspecies title in addition to be H. sapiens neanderthalensis).4,5
PCs were, however, heartened by the recent release of mitochondrial6 DNA data from a Neandertal that showed a good number of differences to the average of modern humans. But as human genetics researcher Dr Robert Carter of CMI-USA showed in a recent article on that mtDNA announcement, the conclusion is far from the sure thing it was touted to be. For one thing, living chimps in the same species differ from one another more than Neandertals differ from the modern average when it comes to this mtDNA.
It's especially interesting that the very pro-evolutionary National Geographic (whose senior science editor, Jamie Shreeve, still believes that the Neandertals were a separate species) not only gives its 'Wilma' a very human 'look' in her reconstructed eyes, but says that the reconstruction is based on not just fossils, but also the evidence from DNA, including nuclear DNA.
Shreeve confirmed on NG's website that DNA was a part of the reconstruction information used. He said: 'For the first time, anthropologists can go beyond fossils and peer into the actual genes of an extinct species of human'.7
The DNA in the nucleus, the centre of the cell, is the main 'information bank' for the construction of an organism, as opposed to the tiny bit of DNA in the mitochondrion. Nuclear DNA has indicated, for instance, that at least some Neandertals would have had red hair, pale skin and possibly freckles. This is because the same mutation that causes this in humans has apparently been found in a Neandertal DNA specimen.
Shreeve went on: 'We saw an opportunity to literally embody this new science in a full-size Neanderthal female, reconstructed using the latest information from genetics, fossil evidence, and archaeology.' While we acknowledge the limitations of any reconstruction, and the hype sometimes associated with NG's pronouncements, it's no surprise to find their Wilma looking as thoroughly human (though unkempt) as she does. Like a number of other Neandertal reconstructions of recent years, it makes it ever harder to hold the position that such people living in communities, with music, technology, hunting, and all the rest, were some sort of 'experiment' on the way to God's creating 'real people'.
In conclusion
The Neandertals were not only as real as you or I; they were people, pure and simple. Not some sort of subhuman. The Bible's history makes it plain that people were always people, and mentions nothing of any quasi-human forerunners. Just as has been said of many 'Stone Age' tribes living today, given the benefits of modern technology and education, there is no reason why a Neandertal baby somehow growing up in our culture could not have been able to fly a jet plane or operate a laptop.
- At the time of the discovery, the German spelling was Thal, the h later being dropped from the word for valley. However, even though most literature now refers to Neandertals in this modern way, the first specimen's name Homo neanderthalensis, by scientific convention, retains the same spelling as when first assigned. Return to text.
- See http://www.greenwych.ca/fl-compl.htm and Wieland, C., Speech, music and Neandertals, 27 February 2008. Return to text.
- Debate has raged as to whether some of the features in modern Europeans are a result of inheriting some otherwise uniquely Neandertal genes. Some prominent evolutionary paleoanthropologists are convinced of this from anatomical evidence at least. The verdict will need to await much more complete and widespread studies of Neandertal nuclear DNA. Return to text.
- Line, P., Inconvenient Neandertaloids, Journal of Creation 21(1):15–19, 2007. Return to text.
- Janroncyk, R., A new Neandertal/modern human fossil hybrid? Journal of Creation 21(1):7–8, 2007. Return to text.
- The mitochondrion is a small organelle within the cell that acts as an energy factory. It has a very small proportion of the total DNA in the cell. MtDNA is not inherited in the normal fashion, from both parents, but mostly (though not exclusively) via the mother (the egg which is fertilized has mitochondria in it already). Return to text.
- Neandertal face unveiled, nationalgeographic.com, September 17, 2008, Return to text.


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More Clinton emails to be released
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Thursday that portions of 275 emails released on New Year's Eve from Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state have been newly classified, bringing 2015 to a close for the Democratic presidential front-runner.
Clinton has said she didn't send or receive information that was classified at the time via her personal email account, which was run on a private server at her New York home. Republicans have repeatedly questioned whether her use of a private email system put sensitive information at risk.
In all, the State Department said 1,274 of Clinton's emails have been retroactively classified since the department started reviewing them for public release.
Two emails released Thursday were designated "secret," the second-highest level of classification, which applies to information that could cause serious damage to national security if released. Most of the emails were classified "confidential," which is the lowest level of classification.
In a statement Thursday night, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said, "With more than 1,250 emails containing classified information now uncovered, Hillary Clinton's decision to put secrecy over national security by exclusively operating off of a secret email server looks even more reckless."
About 5,500 pages of Clinton emails were released on the final day of 2015. Here's a look at what was in the latest batch:
Clinton and one of her closest aides, Jake Sullivan, had an exchange in September 2010 that showed considerable confusion over her email practices.
"I'm never sure which of my emails you receive, so pls let me know if you receive this one and on which address you did," she wrote to Sullivan on a Sunday morning.
A few hours later Sullivan responded: "I have just received this email on my personal account, which I check much less frequently than my State Department account. I have not received any emails from you on my State account in recent days — for example, I did not get the email you sent to me and (Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeff) Feltman on the Egyptian custody case. Something is very wrong with the connection there."
Sullivan added, "I suppose a near-term fix is to just send messages to this account — my personal account — and I will check it more frequently."
Clinton also cited trouble with her BlackBerry in January 2012, according to one of her emails. "Sorry for the delay in responding," she wrote to Jamie Rubin, a diplomat and journalist, saying her BlackBerry was having "a nervous breakdown on my dime!"
Billionaire George Soros, a major donor to liberal causes, confided to a former Clinton aide that he made the wrong choice in supporting Barack Obama in the 2008 primaries over Clinton.
Soros told Neera Tanden during a dinner sponsored by Democracy Alliance, a liberal group, that he "regretted his decision in the primary — he likes to admit mistakes when he makes them and that was one of them," Tanden told Clinton in a May 2012 email. "He then extolled his work with you from your time as First Lady on."
Tanden also said Soros had been "impressed that he can always call/meet" with Clinton on policy issues but he hadn't yet met with Obama. Soros has been a major donor to Priorities USA, a pro-Clinton Democratic super PAC.
Politics was never far from Clinton's mind at the State Department. In September 2010, as Republicans threatened to take the majority in the House, Clinton told former policy adviser Neera Tanden, president of the left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress, "I confess I'm bewildered at how poorly the Dems are doing in driving any message and putting the Rs on the defensive."
"Do you and CAP have any ideas as to how to change the dynamic — before it's too late?" Clinton asked. Losing the House would, she wrote, "be a disaster in every way."
Republicans seized control of the House in the 2010 midterm elections in what President Barack Obama later called a "shellacking."
Clinton expressed outrage at a Hasidic Jewish newspaper that airbrushed her and another woman out of a famous photograph of officials in the White House Situation Room watching the raid on Osama Bin Laden.
The original photo had shown Clinton seated at the table, her hand covering her mouth. Counterterrorism director Audrey Tomason had also been pictured, standing at the back of the room. Both were blacked out in the newspaper's reproduction of the photograph.
"The Jerusalem Post reported today that a NY Hasidic paper Der Zeitung published the sit room photo w/o me (or Audrey T) photoshopped out perhaps because no woman should be in such a place of power or that I am dressed immodestly!!" Clinton wrote in an email with the subject line "Unbelievable."
The email was sent May 8, 2011, to aides, including Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, and to her daughter, Chelsea, under the alias Diane Reynolds.
Clinton showed keen interest in the politics of her hometown of Chicago when longtime Mayor Richard M. Daley announced in September 2010 he would not run for re-election.
Betsy Ebeling, Clinton's close childhood friend, told Clinton in an email that she was in "shock." Clinton responded: "I'm in shock too," asking Ebeling to "share any and all insights into this huge news (as any real Chicagoan knows it to be!)"
Ebeling said the next day that "Rahm rumors are everywhere," referencing then-White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who is now Chicago's mayor.
Clinton replied: "I can't tell yet whether Rahm will actually decide to run. So it will be a wild ride the next few months."
Philippe Reines, Clinton's senior communications adviser, developed an elaborate flow chart during the summer of 2012 to determine a specific pecking order: Who gets to ride with Hillary?
In an email to a group of Clinton advisers, Reines said longtime aide Huma Abedin should ride with Clinton under most circumstances, with deputy chief of staff Jake Sullivan joining Clinton on other occasions. Capricia Marshall, a Clinton insider and the chief of protocol, was also listed as someone who should ride with the secretary of state.
The flow chart also includes cases in which Clinton could ride with "Ambassador Tolerable," how they should handle drives covering 10 minutes or more and the circumstances in which Reines "should jump in." As they say, access is power.
Confidant Sidney Blumenthal wrote Clinton that sanctions freezing Libya's foreign bank accounts presented "serious challenges" to dictator Moammar Gadhafi, but he was still sitting pretty on "143 tons of gold and a similar amount in silver" valued at more than $7 billion.
In an April 2, 2011, email, Blumenthal wrote that Gadhafi moved the gold and silver from vaults of the Libyan Central Bank in Tripoli to Sabha, a city in southwest Libya that is in the direction of the nation's border with Niger and Chad. At the time, the World Gold Council also estimated Libya's trove of gold at 143 tons.
The gold, Blumenthal wrote, was intended to be used to establish an African currency based on Libyan currency, which African countries then could use instead of the French franc. "French intelligence officers discovered this plan shortly before the rebellion began, and this was one of the factors that influenced President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to commit France to the attack on Libya," Blumenthal wrote.
Gadhafi was deposed in August 2011 and killed two months later.
A September 2011 exchange with Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland showed Clinton's ties to the female Democrats in the Senate, her former colleagues.
Mikulski emailed Clinton, a former New York senator, to celebrate that the Senate had confirmed Wendy Sherman as an assistant secretary of state and invite Clinton to a gathering of female senators.
Noting they now meet in the Strom Thurmond room in the Capitol, Mikulski remarked, "Isn't that a hoot" — an apparent reference to the late South Carolina senator's history of womanizing.
Clinton wrote back, affectionately addressing Mikulski, the longest-serving female senator, as "dean." Clinton said she probably couldn't make it to the gathering.
Mikulski told Clinton she would always be welcome in the Senate and suggested she come over to the State Department "for a Diet Coke or something stronger."
The State Department said it wouldn't meet a court-ordered goal of making 82 percent of Clinton's emails from her time at State public by year's end. The department said prior to Thursday's release that while it has "worked diligently" to come close to the goal, it will fall short because of the large number of documents involved and the holiday schedule.
The department said Thursday it plans to release more Clinton emails next week.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took note of the timing of the latest release on Twitter, writing: "Do you believe that The State Department, on NEW YEAR'S EVE, just released more of Hillary's e-mails. They just want it all to end. BAD!"
But Trump's tweet was off-base. A federal judge set the schedule for the release of the emails, not Clinton or the department.
Associated Press writers Josh Lederman, Catherine Lucey, Robert Burns, Jill Colvin, Erica Werner, Becky Bohrer, Justin Juozapavicius, Kathleen Ronayne, Jill Colvin, Chad Day, Deb Riechmann, Michael Sisak, Jill Zeman Bleed, Janie Har, Matthew Brown, Jonathan Cooper, David Eggert and Corey R. Williams contributed to this report.


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Vernalis PLC and Servier Achieve Research Milestone in First Oncology Collaboration
This first collaboration with Servier was initiated in May 2007 and expanded in October 2011 and is focussed on developing three promising oncology targets. The collaboration utilises Vernalis' proprietary structure and fragment-based drug discovery platform and Vernalis receives fees and research milestones along with a potential share in the downstream success of the product. Financial terms are not disclosed.
Ian Garland, CEO of Vernalis commented: "We are delighted to achieve this milestone which underlines the success of this collaboration".
Bernard Marchand, PhD, General Manager of Servier Discovery Research, added: "We are very pleased to have reached a new step in the development of a compound addressing a very promising target in oncology."
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Servier is the leading independent French pharmaceutical company, established in 1954 by its founder, Jacques Servier, M.D., Pharm.D. The group is established in 140 countries and 90% of Servier products are prescribed out of France. Sales turnover in 2011 rose to 3.9 billion euros. Almost 25% of Servier's turnover is invested in Research and Development. The Servier Group counts 19 International Centers of Therapeutic Research, and its principal therapeutic research orientations are cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neuropsychiatric disorders, cancer, and osteoarticular diseases. 2
More information is available at: www.servier.com.
About Vernalis
Vernalis is a revenue generating development stage pharmaceutical company with significant expertise in drug development. The Group has one marketed product, frovatriptan for the acute treatment of migraine, an exclusive licensing agreement to develop and commercialise multiple novel products focussed on the US prescription cough/cold market as well as eight programmes in its NCE development pipeline. Vernalis has significant expertise in fragment and structure based drug discovery which it leverages to enter into collaborations with larger pharmaceutical companies. The Company's technologies, capabilities and products are endorsed by collaborations with Endo, Genentech, Lundbeck, Menarini, Novartis, Servier and Tris.
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Microsoft has released the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista. This update rollup is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.
In addition to the fixes that are contained in the updates that are listed in the "Hotfix replacement information" section, the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista resolves the following issues:
- Several issues that are related to the Media Center Extensibility Platform.
- An issue that affects digital cable card components when you use Scientific Atlanta cable cards.
- Interaction issues that occur between Media Center PC and Microsoft Xbox 360 when Xbox 360 is used as a Media Center Extender.
- Autolaunch issues that occur with video CD (VCD) media.
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Norway shows the way
Norway's reaction after the tragic events of July 22nd is witnessed all around the world. The entire population, with the prime minister and royal family at the helm, has come together in deep sympathy with those affected. Hearts are opened and unimportant things have been revealed as just what they are - unimportant. We had our eyes opened to what really matters in life.
To show respect and support after July 22nd, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation, invited to an open meeting at the Oslo Convention Centre with the topic: "Call for a violence-free, prejudice-free society". Guest speakers were Oslo mayor Fabian Stang, actor and singer Mia Gundersen and lawyer and politician Abid Raja. A full hall participated in a joint peace meditation. In just 20 minutes the audience was able to relax and let go of botherations, under the loving guidance of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Abid Raja was the first guest speaker. He talked about how important it is to expose different opinions through dialogue. "Dialogue can be hard, brutal, ruthless and honest. A troll (note: mystical, sometimes dangerous creature from norse mythology) needs to be brought to light. Let the racists be exposed! Why should it be hidden? Dialogue creates reflection, and reflection is essential to bring about change."
Mia Gundersen emphasized the value of daring to be a fellow human being in everyday life - being able to meet a man with something as simple as a smile. "There is an inherent power in every one of us. There hasn't been room to talk about this in Norway. After July 22nd we saw what love does, we saw that we stood together as a people. I was proud and overwhelmed by my people. It was like a big wave came in and cleansed us of the little things in life. This is the most important thing that has happened after July 22nd. It has triggered so much love. I am grateful to be part of this. "
Fabian Stang said that it is completely incomprehensible that someone who has been part of the Norwegian democracy can do something like that. Furthermore, he urged everyone to stop slander and consider others worse than us, and emphasized that we all have a job to do: "This is a job we must do every day for the rest of our lives in order to succeed. Every day when we wake up, everyone of us must do something to take care of others, in a better way than we have done so far."
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: "Only ten years ago there was not much room to talk about love. I think that love's language is the language the world should speak now. From Norway this message has spread around the world. Even in times of crisis we talk about love, and that is what is needed today. Love and wisdom. Today's youth must receive a multi-cultural and multi-religious education for the world to be a safe place. Non-violence and compassion must be valued. The way the Norwegian press and the community has responded is an example. Love, not anger, and understanding that compassion and love is more powerful than hatred."
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Pronunciation: æ-fê-riz-êm • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A pithy adage, a terse statement of a believed truth.
Notes: Oscar Wilde was an aphorist nonpareil. He constantly created amusing aphoristic phrases like, "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." "Work is the curse of the drinking classes," is not a spoonerism, as sometimes thought, but yet another Wilde aphorism. The adjective is aphoristic and one can talk aphoristically.
In Play: Much of our lives and many of our attitudes are determined by aphorisms. It was not an American but the French writer Voltaire who originally said, "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." Englishman Edmund Burke alerted us to the conditions for evil with, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Finally, Benjamin Franklin who warned us, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Word History: Today's Good Word came to us through French from Late Latin aphorismus, a word borrowed from Greek aphorismos. Aphorismos is the noun of aphorizein "to delimit, define". This verb is made up of apo- "(up)on" + horizein "to demarcate, define". As you might have guessed, the verb horizein also lies at the bottom of Greek horizon, the word referring to the boundary between the sky and earth, which English also borrowed, directly from Greek.
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Instantaneous self-consumption consists in generating electrical energy oneself and consuming it at the same time.
This particular form of electricity generation is increasing significantly despite current laws in some countries such as Spain, because it is precisely this form of electricity generation that makes it possible to authorise generation installations as any type of electrical installation. This simplifies and reduces the cost of managing photovoltaic installation to the authorities, making it equivalent in legislation terms to a diesel generator.
This simplification means that more and more consumers and autonomous regions in Spain are becoming interested in instantaneous self-consumption as an alternative, efficient and cheaper energy source.
Under Spanish law our photovoltaic installation must meet three requirements:
• It must not inject electricity generated into the electrical distribution lines,
• It must comply with European ЁАanti-islandingЁБ regulations that do not allow a stand-alone generator to supply electricity if there is no supply from the electrical distribution lines.
• It must comply with current safety standards
Therefore, the most important factor is complying with the provision of not injecting into the distribution lines and the ЁАanti-islandingЁБ regulations, both of which are achieved thanks to CIRCUTOR's Dynamic Power Control (CDP) kits.
Dynamic Power Control kits (CDP) for self-consumption
In Spain an increasing number of private and industrial consumers are turning to instantaneous photovoltaic energy self-consumption because solar photovoltaic energy is more competitive in the long term. In fact, the same traditional utilities are offering these types of installations to their customers, particularly industry.
In developing countries or isolated consumers, instantaneous self-consumption is also proving interesting because:
• Energy is expensive,
• Supply is often poor in quality,
• Electricity supply is difficult to access,
• There is an increasing demand for electrical energy.
In these environments it is possible to create micro-networks at competitive prices that do not depend on major infrastructures or large companies. Diesel oil is a common solution in these cases, but quite often it is not possible to access the place of consumption, running the risk of not having any electric supply if there is any delay in sending the diesel oil.
There are presently actual examples of instantaneous self-consumption where, thanks to the generation and self-consumption of photovoltaic electrical energy, customers are gaining a return on their investment and achieving significant savings.
For example there is a small hotel and restaurant in Sant Cugat (Barcelona), which wants to take advantage of photovoltaic self-consumption.
Annually it consumes 241,731 kWh of power, but due to the small surface area available for the photovoltaic panels, it could only self generate 20,149 kWh a year, 8% of the total amount. Despite this, the customer recouped their investment after ten years, with a total forecast saving of 65,176.35 after twenty-five years.
Despite having a reduced surface area for photovoltaic panels, the customer was able to save 8% of the energy they needed.
The above graphic shows the electrical consumption of the electrical network, with photovoltaic energy self-consumption marked in green. It must be ensured that no electricity is injected into the electrical network at any time.
The current legislative framework on instantaneous self-consumption installations enables a return on investments over a reasonable period of time and a cheaper and efficient electric supply. For this, current regulations must be observed, with the carrying out of a suitable technical study. Whenever the traditional financial market is not receptive, financing through similar companies is viable and very useful.
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Easy access to I-95, golf, fishing, and beaches
Enjoy the comforts of home while away when you book a room at our Baymont Inn & Suites Kingsland hotel. With easy access to I-95, our hotel places you near fishing, swimming, hiking, beautiful beaches, and pristine golf courses. Jacksonville International Airport is only 30 minutes away.


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Modesto Junior College Student Stopped From Handing out Copies of the U.S. Constitution on Constitution Day (VIDEO)
By Russell WesterholmA Modesto Junior College (MJC) student wanted to pass out copies of the U.S. Constitution on his campus for Constitution Day, but was stopped by administrators and law enforcement.
According to a Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) news release, the student, Robert Van Tuinen, stood outside MJC's student center and handed out free copies of the U.S. Constitution on Tuesday, which was also Constitution Day.
Recorded on video is a campus police officer engaging Van Tuinen and telling him he needed to stop because he had not requested permission from the school in advance. Even then, he would have had to hand out his pamphlets in a "free speech area," as one MJC administrator explained in the video.
While the campus police officer and school administrator were focused on the act of handing out pamphlets without prior consent, Van Tuinen made it a point to repeatedly state it was a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
FIRE wrote an open letter to MJC's president, Jill Stearns, asking the policy be removed immediately. FIRE vice president Robert Shipley said he was highly discouraged to see the video and also brought up the issue of such "free speech zones."
"The video of Modesto Junior College police and administrators stubbornly denying a public college student's right to freely pass out pamphlets to fellow students-copies of the Constitution, no less! - should send a chill down the spine of every American," he said. "Worse, FIRE's research shows that Modesto Junior College is hardly alone in its fear of free speech. In fact, one in six of America's 400 largest and most prestigious colleges have 'free speech zones' limiting where speech can take place. This video brings to life the deeply depressing reality of the climate for free speech on campus."
Constitution Day is observed on Sept. 17 every year to commemorate the day in 1787 the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia. As Van Tuinen was keen to remind the officer and administrator, it is "the highest law of the land" and guarantees Americans a right to free speech and assembly.
According to the administrator, any student wishing to hand out literature on campus must first reserve a day in advance, allow the school to photocopy their school ID and then stand in the "free speech area" while distributing their document.
The school administrator and the campus police officer did not have an issue with Van Tuinen handing out copies of the Constitution, but that he was handing out a document of any kind. Van Tuinen was then referred to the school's vice president of student services.


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Put this another way. When your campaign strategy loses Matt Lauer, Chris Matthews Bob Shrum, and earns four Pinocchios from the Washington Post, where exactly does that leave you? In a fine, feathered mess, that's where. Lauer interviewed Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs this morning on Today, and asked, "Is that the kind of political ad that a campaign releases when it feels that it has ideas and solutions on its side, or is that the kind of political ad a campaign releases when it simply wants to get attention?" As if on cue, Gibbs insists that Mitt Romney declared "war on Sesame Street":
Well, I'd say Matt Lauer got his answer. The Washington Post provided another one today, assigning the maximum number of Pinocchios to the argument Gibbs amplified from the ad:
But in any case, Romney clearly said that he loves Big Bird, not that he wants to kill it. And even if he eliminated public funding for PBS, how would that affect Sesame Street, where Big Bird resides?
Not much. The 2009 financial disclosure from Sesame Workshop, the company that produces the program, shows that just $7.9 million came from government grants out of $130 million in total revenue, or about 6 percent.
The company also benefits from station program fees, some of which may come from federal dollars given to local PBS affiliates, which the company has suggested brings the percentage up to about 8 percent. The rest of the money comes from many corporate partners — as well as sales from those cute stuffed toys. …
How did "I love Big Bird" turn into "kill Big Bird"? Only through a spin machine going on hyper drive.
Romney may have been off base in suggesting PBS funding has much to do with the deficit, but that's no excuse for the Obama campaign to declare that means the demise of a popular children's character. According to the financials of Sesame Workshop, Big Bird should do just fine, with or without public funding.
Over on the Right, the Wall Street Journal agrees with Lauer, and calls the Big Bird ad a sign of a "small President":
Having been routed in the first debate, President Obama has found a comeback strategy: Fly Big Bird. Specifically, mock Mitt Romney's call to cut federal subsidies for the millionaires at the Sesame Workshop and pledge to defend the Public Broadcasting Service no matter how much money the Treasury has to borrow.
At least he's finally discovered a second-term agenda. …
At the end of fiscal 2011, Sesame Workshop and its subsidiaries had total assets of $289 million. About $29 million was held in cash and "cash equivalents," mainly money-market mutual funds. Another $121 million on the balance sheet was held in "investments." According to the accompanying notes, these investments included stakes in hedge funds and private-equity funds. It's unclear from the financial statements if Big Bird has ever invested in funds run by Bain Capital, founded by Mitt Romney, but no doubt Sesame would be welcomed as a client by many investment managers.
So Big Bird likes to maximize revenues and investment gains as much as the next muppet. And now the President has made this adorable critter the symbol of federal programs that allegedly require eternal taxpayer aid, even if it has to be put on the future tax bill of today's pre-schoolers. Is that funny?
In this case, let's give the last word to the Left. Chris Matthews, who normally carries the White House water reliably, called the ad "Mickey Mouse" (via PJ Tatler and WFB):
Maybe it's more like Wile E. Coyote … sooooper genius. And when you've lost Bob Shrum …


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Will the real Dr. Martin Harris please stand up? Identity theft kicks it up a notch in Unknown, a not-bad thriller starring Liam Neeson. If that sounds like faint praise, it is, but at least this overgrown "B"-movie tickles the brain just a tad, unlike Neeson's lunkheaded but blazingly popular Euro-thriller from two years back, Taken.
Neeson plays Harris…or does he? Yes, it's that sort of movie: in Berlin to speak at a biotechnology summit, the doctor runs an errand away from his wife and takes an unscheduled plunge off an overpass. Awakening from a four-day coma, Harris experiences memory loss and what may or may not be severe cognitive confusion: when he attempts to step back into his responsibilities, he finds his wife Liz (January Jones) with another man (Aidan Quinn), a man who insists that he's Dr. Martin Harris.
Under no apparent duress, Liz confirms that Martin #2—who produces all the evidence Martin #1 can't—is the real deal. What's a concussion victim to do? Apart from questioning his own sanity, Mr. Harris hires ex-Stasi p.i. Ernst Jürgen (Bruno Ganz of Downfall). At Jürgen's urging, Harris attempts to make contact with the Bosnian illegal-immigrant cab driver (Diane Kruger) behind the wheel during the crash (she may remember something useful), as well as an older colleague (Frank Langella) who Harris believes can confirm his identity.
What makes Unknown compelling—for those who will find it so—is the desperate, soul-shaking situation facing Martin. Unfortunately for the audience, the more help he gets and the more he learns, the less taut the film becomes: at first crisply paced to stay a step ahead of us, the story gradually slackens. Action sequences begin to fill the time until the big reveal: Bourne-lite hand-to-hand combat with goons and a Frankenheimer-esque car chase (with admittedly impressive stunt driving).
Still, in aspiring to match the thrillers of Frankenheimer and Hitchcock (and Polanski's Hitchcock homage Frantic), Unknown mostly lacks the grindhouse energy fans of Taken might come expecting; they may find the picture a little too tasteful in the hands of director Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan) and as adapted by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell from Didier Van Cauwelaert's novel (a.k.a. Out of My Head). On the other hand, a time bomb does show up at one point, so it's not exactly My Dinner with Andre.
Best of show goes to any scene that puts the canny Ganz front and center: his character is the only one with anything truly interesting to say, as when he identifies willful forgetting (of Nazism and Communism) the German national pastime. The scene putting Ganz tête-à-tête with Langella captures the frisson of two old lions sizing each other up.
When Unknown doles out its answers and pits "good guy" against "bad guy," you'll be forgiven for wishing the film were more interested in moral complexity, but even after the guesswork is over, Neeson's towering intensity holds the picture's center.
[This review first appeared in Palo Alto Weekly.]
Warner's Blu-ray +DVD + Digital Copy special edition of Unknown may not be so special in the bonuses department, but it does feature a fantastic A/V presentation. The hi-def transfer lovingly recreates the filmmakers' chosen palette and contrast, as well as the minutest of details and textures. Light grain is apparent (as it should be), and black level is rock solid. The lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround mix gives the film a full-bodied aural treatment that's likewise true to its source, with impressive low-end punch and thoughtfully rendered separation and distribution of the various elements of the soundscape.
The two paltry bonuses are promo-style featurettes, both with behind-the-scenes glimpses and bland talking-head interview snippets. "Liam Neeson: Known Action Hero" (4:33, HD) includes comments from Liam Neeson, Frank Langella, January Jones, director Jaume Collet-Serra, producer Joel Silver, Diane Kruger, production designer Richard Bridgland, Aidan Quinn, and stunt coordinator Olivier Schneider. "Unknown: What Is Known?" (4:24, HD) features Neeson, Langella, Jones, Collet-Serra, Silver, Kruger, Quinn, and Sebastian Koch.
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The fastest way to contact Monitor Connect support staff is an email them and briefly describe your issue. Remember to include your name and telephone number.
You can also speak to someone Monday through Sunday by calling 800-788-9157 and listen to the prompts. There are options for English and Spanish.
Please note that if your number is not working, you may not be enrolled yet by the Adult Probation Department. Please try again later in the week or next week. If the issue is voice recognition, please move to a quiet location and try again. Please remember that you must make a payment before you are able to report in. If you are unable to pay, please contact your probation officer to discuss options.
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Probation is a sentence allowing the defendant to remain in the community under supervision. The courts have the right to re-sentence the defendant if he/she violates the rules and regulations of their probation.
Parole is a conditional release from incarceration, not a release from legal custody, under a set Rules similar to probation. In Pennsylvania, an inmate must serve at least the minimum Sentence before being paroled.
In Pennsylvania, a sentence of incarceration will normally have a minimum and a maximum length of time. In fact, the minimum cannot be more than half of the maximum sentence. This is why you will note that sentences are 1 to 2 years, 3 months to 23 months, 10 to 20 years, etc. In Pennsylvania, a State sentence is one in which the maximum sentence is 2 years or more.
A County sentence of incarceration is one in which the maximum sentence is 2 years minus one day or less. For State sentences, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole assumes responsibility for the case, determines when the inmate is to be paroled, and supervises the parole case through their state agents. In a County sentence, the sentencing judge determines parole and supervises the case through our department's parole officers.
Usually, a State sentence will be served in State Correctional Institution (Graterford, Camp Hill, etc.) and a County sentence will be served at the County Jail. However, the sentencing judge may choose to allow the offender to serve a sentence of up to a maximum of 5 years minus one day in the county jail even though it is a State Sentence.
Our Department supervises County jail sentences when they are paroled. We also supervise almost all of the persons placed on probation, without consideration of the length of the probation sentence.
DUI legislation taking effect in 2004 creates exceptions to the answer below. The exceptions are for only DUI arrests on or after February 1, 2004.
If you need to contact a State Parole Agent that supervises a case in Bucks County, call the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole District Office out of Allentown at 610-791-6157.
Rule 1 of the Rules and Regulations states that a probationer/parolee will permit a probation officer to visit them at their home or place of employment. However a probation officer will generally try to schedule appointments around your work schedule.
This depends upon you, your history, your behavior, and several factors used in determining how often you are to be seen. Your probation officer will discuss this with you when they see you. They may see you as often as necessary to see that you are complying with the orders of the court and help you complete your probation or parole period successfully.
Generally, you are asked to wait a half-hour past your appointment time. A telephone call to the office after 15 minutes past the appointment time would be a good suggestion. Especially if you do not have a telephone number that the probation officer can reach you in case there has been an emergency for which the probation officer is unable to keep the scheduled appointment.
In general there is usually not a problem with someone living with a probationer/parolee, however the probation officer will review this on a case by case basis.
Each officer has a list of agencies that are certified in various treatments and can make a referral for you. You can also visit the Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission website for a list of licensed Drug and Alcohol providers in Bucks County, or see the Human Services page for Mental Health services.
There are two rules in General Supervision that address your concern. They are:
During your period of supervision you will probably be drug tested so that we can verify to the court that you are complying with Rule 6. It is not uncommon to have random and frequent drug tests while you are on probation or parole supervision or to be asked to give a breath test to determine if there is alcohol present in your body.
While on supervision, the ability to travel is a privilege and reserved for individuals who are in compliance with supervision and meet the appropriate criteria. That criteria varies based on the nature of the travel and can be reviewed by your supervising Officer. All overnight travel as well as travel outside of Bucks County should be reviewed with your supervising Officer in order to determine eligibility, criteria and guidelines. You should discuss your wish to travel with your Officer in advance of your desired travel date in order to ensure that you are approved, can produce any necessary documentation and receive a travel permission form if it is required. Failure to plan ahead (for non-emergency situations) or meet the necessary expectations will result in your travel approval being denied.
Act 1991-35 states a probation supervision fee is to be imposed on all probation and/or parole sentences where the defendant is placed under the supervision of the Bucks County Adult Probation Department. Per the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, the local supervision fee is $40 per month.
You can call any of our office locations and ask who the Probation Officer is for a particular person. Although that person's records are confidential, the fact that they are on probation or parole and who the assigned probation officer is are not confidential. The same is true if you are a victim calling to find out the status of restitution or other pertinent information.
All address changes must be coordinated and approved by your Probation/Parole Officer in advance. Failure to report a change of address to your probation officer is a technical violation and could result in a warrant being issued for your arrest if you cannot be located.
Please contact our department at 215-348-6640 during normal business hours and ask to speak to the Probation Officer handling warrants for the day. You can also report in person to the Justice Center and either go to the Public Defender's office or the Adult Probation Intake office.
As part of a probation/parole plan, a defendant may desire to establish residence or return to his/her residence in another county within the Commonwealth or another State. If you meet the criteria, courtesy supervision can be requested from the county in which you live.
For those defendants desiring to live in another State, courtesy supervision shall be requested through a formal arrangement between States called the Interstate Compact Agreement. All defendants whose cases are transferred to another county or State for supervision should be informed that, although actual supervision of their case is transferred to another agency, jurisdiction of their case remains with Bucks County. All payments for court financial obligations, including restitution, are to be made to the Bucks County Clerk of Courts - Criminal Division. Be aware that any violations of probation or parole must ultimately be resolved by the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas.
It should be noted that conditions for transferring cases to other jurisdictions change regularly, that some jurisdictions will not allow certain defendants into their State, and that reporting requirements frequently change. In some States, certain defendants are not allowed to visit or live in their jurisdiction without permission, and being there without permission will result in a new offense.
Restitution, court costs/fines and supervision fees are paid to the Bucks County Clerk of Courts - Criminal Division.
You will only be responsible to pay supervision fees to the jurisdiction in which your case is being supervised.
Probation /Parole cases from states outside Pennsylvania are processed by and if appropriate, supervised by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. If you reside in Bucks County and are convicted in another state, your case may be transferred to the Pennsylvania Board of Probation/Parole, located at:1101 S Front StreetHarrisburg, PA 17104-2538 Phone: 717-787-5699, ext. 315
GPS payments are accepted at any of the Adult Probation office locations in the form of cash or money order only. It's important that these payments are made on time in order to stay compliant with your electronic monitoring.
The District Attorney's office does not accept online community service. You must find a nonprofit organization within the community in order to volunteer your time. Examples include: the SPCA, thrift store, fire department, church or other faith based organization, local library, recreational centers such as the YMCA, a nature center, Parks and Recreation or a senior center. If you are considering a site, but not sure if it is approved, please call 215-529-7081 for verification.
If you need to speak to the ARD unit about community service, letters or certificates of completion and ARD financial obligations, please call 215-348-6344.
If you have completed your community service requirement, please send proof of completion to Bucks County Adult Probation Department at:261 California RoadSuite 3Quakertown, PA 18951
You can also fax it to 215-529-7138.


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Academic Regulations Applicability of Degree RequirementsStudents may choose to complete either the specific degree requirements published in the appropriate bulletin at the time of entry into the university or those in the bulletin current at the time of graduation. Residency RequirementsThe campus at which a student is admitted will certify and award the degree. Intercampus TransferStudents enrolled in the School of Informatics at any campus of Indiana University may transfer to the School of Informatics on another campus, provided they are in good standing. Transfer of CreditA maximum of 8 credit hours of graduate course work with grades of B (3.0) or better may be transferred from other accredited colleges and universities and applied to the School of Informatics degree programs. The transfer must be approved by the dean, and is not an automatic occurrence. (See "Revalidation" section below.) RevalidationNormally, a course may not be counted toward degree requirements if it has been completed more than five years prior to the awarding of the degree for master's students. The advisor may recommend to the dean that course work taken prior to the deadline be revalidated if it can be demonstrated that the knowledge contained in the course(s) remains current. Currency of knowledge may be demonstrated by (a) passing an examination specifically on the material covered by the course; (b) passing a more advanced course in the same subject area; (c) passing a comprehensive examination in which the student demonstrates substantial knowledge of the content of the course; or (d) publishing scholarly research demonstrating knowledge of the content of the course. Courses taken while an undergraduate and counted toward the requirements of a baccalaureate degree may not also be counted toward a graduate degree. Grading SystemThe official grading system is as follows:
A minimum of a B (3.0) average in graduate work is required for continuance in graduate study. Courses completed with grades below C (2.0) are not counted toward degree requirements, but such grades will be counted in calculating a student's grade point average. Note that no work may be transferred from another institution unless the grade is B (3.0) or higher. IncompleteA grade of Incomplete may be given only if the completed portion of a student's work is of passing quality. It is the responsibility of the student to satisfy the requirements of that course within one calendar year from the date on which the Incomplete is recorded. The student is expected to finish all necessary work in time for the instructor to assign a regular grade before the expiration of this time period. If the student is unable to do so, it is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor of the course and the graduate advisor within the year to request an extension of time. Every overdue Incomplete will be changed to a grade of F after one calendar year. WithdrawalsBecause deadlines for withdrawal from courses may vary by campus and/or school, students should check with the current campus Schedule of Classes to verify deadlines and procedures. Course WaiversRequests for waiver of specific courses or requirements on the basis of previous course work are to be submitted in writing to the dean. Credit Earned in Nondegree StatusNot more than 9 hours of graduate credit completed as a nondegree student may be credited toward a School of Informatics graduate degree. Deficiency courses do not apply to the 9 credit hours. Graduate CreditGenerally graduate credit may not be awarded for graduate courses taught by graduate students. Academic StandingStudents are considered to be in good standing during any semester in which their academic grade point average is at least 3.0 (B) for both their last semester's course work and for the cumulative average of all course work completed. Only courses with grades of C (2.0) or above may be counted toward degree requirements. However, grades below C are used in computing the cumulative grade point average, even if a course is repeated and a higher grade is earned. Academic ProbationStudents are placed on probation following a semester in which their graduate cumulative or semester grade point average falls below 3.0. Students on probation are required to attain an average of at least 3.0 for all graduate course work completed by the end of the next semester of full-time enrollment or its equivalent (9 credit hours). Failure to do so is cause for dismissal. Academic IntegrityAcademic integrity requires that students take credit only for their own ideas and efforts. Misconduct, including cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, interference, or facilitating academic dishonesty, is prohibited because it undermines the bonds of trust and cooperation among members of this community and between us and those who may depend on our knowledge and integrity. Complete details are contained in the Indiana University Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct. ThesisDepending on particular degree requirements, students will complete either a capstone project or a research-based thesis under the guidance of an advisor. More details are given in the appropriate section for each program. Dual Master's ProgramStudents who are concurrently enrolled in two schools may qualify for two master's degrees under a provision that allows credit earned to satisfy the major requirements of one program to count as elective credit in a second program. Any area of substantial overlap in the two courses of study will be negotiated by the graduate advisor. A student must be formally admitted by both programs. All requirements for both degrees must be met. All course work must be completed within a period of six years. Degree ConferralFor all students seeking a master's degree, an application for the degree must be filed with the School of Informatics at least 60 days before the date anticipated for degree conferral. All degree requirements must be completed at least 30 days prior to the date of expected degree conferral, including submission of the bound copies of the master's thesis (if required for degree). Time RequirementsAll requirements for the M.S. degrees must be met within five consecutive calendar years from the date of completion of the first credited (i.e., nondeficiency) course.
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18 Headless Bodies in Mexico Tourist Area
Zetas drug cartel blamed for beheadings near Lake Chapala.
May 10, 2012 — -- Police found 18 mutilated, headless bodies near a lake popular with tourists and American retirees just outside Guadalajara, Mexico, a massacre that authorities blamed on the Zetas drug cartel.
A phone call alerted police to two vans on a dirt road near Lake Chapala early Wednesday morning. When police opened the van, they found 18 headless and dismembered bodies inside. Some were so badly mutilated that police have still not determined their gender. The bodies appear to have been refrigerated after death.
Handwritten messages were found in the van. "They are clearly messages between rival groups that are in conflict," said Tomas Coronado, prosecutor for the state of Jalisco. Officials said the notes were signed by the Zetas.
PHOTOS of Mexican drug cartel violence.
Los Zetas have been battling the Jalisco New Generation gang, a minor cartel allied with the Sinaloa cartel, which is the Zetas chief rival for dominance of the Mexican drug trade. The Zetas cartel, which was founded by ex-members of the Mexican military, controls most of eastern Mexico and much of the north.
A woman detained yesterday in connection with the separate kidnapping of 12 people in the same area told police that the abductions were connected to events in Tamaulipas state. Two dozen men and women were found decapitated or hanging from bridges in Nuevo Laredo, on the border with Texas, on Friday, where the Zetas are battling the Gulf cartel, another Sinaloa cartel ally.


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- Artist
- Andy Warhol 1928–1987
- Part of
- Electric Chairs
- Medium
- Screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 900 × 1216 mm
frame: 912 × 1230 × 30 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1982
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Catalogue entry
P07733 [from] Electric Chair 1971 [P07725-P07734; complete]
Ten screenprints each approx. 35 3/8 × 47 3/4 (900 × 1216) on Velin Arches paper, printed by Silkprint Kettner, Zurich, published by Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich in an edition of 250
Each inscribed 'Andy Warhol 71' on the back and numbered on the back with a stamp
Purchased at Sotheby's, Los Angeles (Grant-in-Aid) 1982
Repr: Hermann Wünsche, Andy Warhol, Das Graphische Werk 1962–1980, Bonn 1981, pls.59–68 (col.)
The image used for this portfolio of prints was derived from the 'Electric Chair' paintings Warhol made in 1967. It is also closely related to the 'Lavender Disaster' painting of 1964 (repr. Warhol, exhibition catalogue Tate Gallery, February–March 1971, p.47). According to the publisher, in a conversation with the compiler on 13 September 1985, he asked Warhol to do a publication and discussed with him which subject might be suitable. The publisher wanted something which would relate to Warhol's principal earlier work but cannot remember whether it was he or Warhol who proposed the eventual subject. It was intended to make a print of an image which Warhol had already made famous.
The actual image for the prints was taken from the earlier paintings the source for which was a newspaper photograph. According to Calvin Tomkins the particular eletric chair was at Sing-Sing prison ('Raggedy Andy' in Andy Warhol, exhibition catalogue, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, October–November 1970, p.13). The 'Electric Chair' paintings were part of a series on 'Death and Disaster'. According to Warhol it was Henry Geldzahler who gave him the idea to start the series. 'We were having lunch one day in the summer [of 1962]... and he laid the Daily News out on the table. The headline was "129 DIE IN JET". And that's what started me on the death series - the car crashes, the Disasters, the Electric Chairs ...' (quoted in Carter Ratcliffe, Andy Warhol, New York, 1983, p.37). According to Rainer Crone (Andy Warhol, London, 1970, p.29) the 'Electric Chair' paintings are political statements, symbols of the misuse of government sovereignty, an open confession of a deficiency in cultural development. He claims that the paintings were made to insist on the message that the law of capital punishment be changed. There is little evidence from Warhol to substantiate such a specific claim.
Each print in the portfolio depicts the same basic image of an empty chair but they vary in colour. According to the publisher there is no particular order to the prints. He stated that Warhol made proofs with many different colours and together with the publisher chose those he liked best. The publisher has one hundred or more different proofs. The edition comprises ten prints the majority of which are printed in two colours. The image of the chair in eight of them is less distinct as though fading away or charged with electricity.
Warhol made one print with very gestural marks. According to the publisher the artist wanted to make the whole edition in this manner but the publisher dissuaded him because he felt it ran contrary to the spirit of the paintings from which they were derived. The artist persuaded the publisher to retain one image in this manner for the editioned set. Apart from the particular character of this print the portfolio differs from the screenprinted paintings in that the ground colour of the paintings was applied by hand with a roller, whereas each colour in the printed version required a separate screen.
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The Best View On Cape Cod
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Let me start by saying thank you to John for being a wonderful guest, a friend and a great pilot and thank you for giving Annabelle a trip that she will never forget. John offered to take Annabelle or myself up in his two-seater plane for an aerial view of Cape Cod. As a devout… [ READ MORE ]


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