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NYC Area Potholes with 21" wheels | tire and rim insurance?
NYC Area Potholes with 21" wheels | tire and rim insurance?
I've asked about this in another thread but no response. I suspect half the crowd isn't familiar with what /35s and >19" rims means. The tesla shop says $3500 a rim! My M5s have had about 4-5 rims and 6-8 tires each in the last 12 years thank god for those policies:) If you find a third party please post I'm looking too.
I just read though my final paperwork earlier today and there is a note at the bottom that says the 21" wheels are more susceptible to road damage. It's Tesla's legal disclaimer saying it is your fault if you hit a pothole and blow out a tire.
For someone with passion for performance driving, 21" is the way to go. I don't know anything about insurance, but I chose 19" for safety reasons. After all, no spare, only a $50 kit.
My car was delivered in early December, and in the 6 months prior to delivery, I had multiple opportunities to ask Tesla employees about 19 vs 21 wheels. When I said I was afraid of tire/rim damage, everyone I talked to said to go with 19". In fact, both the Tesla employee in charge of chasis design, and the employee who was the primary test driver (this was before the public was allowed to test drive) said they would choose 19" themselves.
Also, 21" cost $3500 more, plus the tires will last only 1/2 as long. If a person only cares about pushing the car to the max,21" is the choice. 19" will be much cheaper over life of the car due to upfront cost, tire costs, and even milage (according to yet another Tesla employee, but not quantified).
Whoa, you've smoked multiple M5 19" rims on potholes...and now you're going for 21" tires? You sir, are a glutton for punishment...
FYI, here is how my conversation went with the Tesla Test driver back in early summer.
me: "I am worried about the 21" rim"
He: "you should not be, it performs great"
me: "Our roads are bad...".
He: "I have driven the Model S for months. No problem if you are careful. Tesla engineered the rims to perform well"
me: "which rim will you get when you get your model S?"
He: "19 inch"
Adding chopped worn-out tires to the asphalt mix reputedly makes it much longer lasting, resilient, and pothole resistant, plus providing better traction. Should be done everywhere, IMO.
Two flat tires plus both rims had to be replaced on the left after hitting a pot hole on the BQE in NYC. Spend some quality time underneath the Williamsburg Bridge on Christmas waiting to be towed. Welcome to New York Brother. 21" rims in this neighborhood, the wrong choice, according to the service manager at Long Island City. Who knew? Tesla obviously protected themselves against pot holes. Thanks however to the insurance company which absorbed most of the damage.
(different subject) My electricity bill has almost doubled since i have my Tesla S-signature. )November & December over last year. Drove only 2,200 miles and paid #136 more in Decmber this year over last. Nov almost the same. Only difference is the electric car. Live in NJ - Tesla figures coast on 11 cent country average, in Nj after all is done it's 17 cents - average miles 76 per gallon using their estimate of 33 KWH per gallon - still Ican't figure out the enormous electric bill - anyone have an answer
Regarding road conditions, the German fuel tax is just short of NINE times that of the US: 24.4 cents USA federal tax vs $2.07 Germany, per gallon (Feb 2011 per Forbes). I'd just buy insurance given your stated history...
What is the Nov-Dec kWh difference? Is it rational, given the driving you did?
To help protect my rims I bought a product from alloygator.com which protects them from curb rash. I plan to have it installed on my model S as soon as I get it. It won't protect against big potholes but it will at least protect the edge of the rim.
Made in Germany vs. Made in the USA ?
Excluding Tesla right ;-)
I live in NY (Hamptons area of Long Island)...Before finalizing my configuration, I was also trying to decide between the 19s and the 21s...Most people from Tesla said get the 19s for the northeast, but I had a hard time downgrading from the 21s that came with the performance, since theey came with them, and I really love the aesthetic of the 21s...That's what I first saw of the Model S, and that's what I fell in love with. Not so much with the 19s.
Since I was originally expecting my car late summer/early fall, I decided to get it with the 21s, and order a set of 19s for winter driving. However, when I finally received my car (December 30), they were backordered on the 19s...So, I've been driving around on the 21s, through all of this lovely snow, ice and rain that we've had over the last month, and I have to say, I've been very impressed with how they have handled the conditions. So much so, that I probably with not get the 19s now.
Of course, I understand that handling is different than comfort, safety, range, and longevity, and it's totally possible that one or several of the factors will eventually lead me back to the 19s. But for now, They ride pretty comfortably around town, although a trip into NYC was a little bumpy, but I noticed that more on the headrest, which didn't feel as soft as I would have liked it to be). Driving around NYC seemed fine, and I'm already used to avoiding potholes and storm drains anyway. I would like to drive someone else's Model S with 19's (maybe I'll do a test drive, as I've yet to see/meet anyone else with a Model S) to see if it really changes the feel of the ride.
Has anyone on here driven both 19's and 21s? If so, what can you tell us about the ride difference?
jeremyshao: yes I had the same experience with Classic BMW in Dallas fixed everything with $0 on the bill. Just curious if there's third parties to help. I realize I'll probably have to pay Tesla and get reimbursed since it isn't done by them.
archibaldcrane: I've had 2 M5s and am buying a 100k car without ever seeing it or sitting in it. What do you think;)
I'll post if I scare something up on the intertubes.
Jeremy - sorry but tax rate doesn't appear to help improve driver ability. To wit, your state, NY, has the highest rate in the nation at .69/gal (per API 2013) and I've not noticed that y'all are the best drivers...
I hit a pot hole last week (in California), and it sprayed gravel into the wheel well, (21") and I ended up with one of those rocks between the brake rotor making horrible noise, I had to have the car flatbed trucked to Tesla in Menlo Park to get it fixed (removed the rock). So that would be a hazard regardless of the size of the wheel. Tesla didn't charge me for the trouble though! and they covered the tow truck too.
@christurbeville - It's not $3,500 a rim. It's for the whole set of four, installed: http://shop.teslamotors.com/collections/model-s-functional/products/21-s...
Although this thread seems to be closed, I have just been looking for problems with the 21" tires too. I have had NINE, yes, NINE tires blown in 14 months. Three were from nails, one from wear, and the others from potholes or weird side wall damage. Its unbelievable! Any cost savings from no gas has been "blown-out" by the tires!
@echris - Wouldn't it be prudent for you to swap out to 19" rim/tires combo. Why would you continue to take a beating from pothole central on these 21" tires?
Unless you predominantly drive on the highway, do not get the 21" tires.
@echris I have just been looking for problems with the 21" tires . . .
You don't have to look for problems with the 21s, they'll find you. :-)
Had low profile tires on my cars for the last 15 years and will take delivery of a P85+ with 21". I would not do it any other way but that's just me. I could just buy a Camry if I want to avoid "problems".
I have only once had to replace the rim of my Porsche. I did not notice anything after hitting the pot hole (I remembered that real bad one) until months later when I took the car to service and informed of the bent rim. It's still drivable but not at "high speed" per service. I replaced it anyway. So it has cost me an extra $1500 for 15 years of enjoyment. I think it's well worth it. What I'm trying to say is you don't really need to have them but you should not let the small trouble to stop you from getting them if that's what you really like.
BTW I don't think nail damages and blown tires have anything to do with low profile tires.
There is good "Click and Clack" discussion about NYC and low profile tires, and constant damage issues. Profile is very personal, so go with the look that you like. If you dodge the big holes, you should be OK- see carlk response. I do not like the low profile appearance- it is the balance of the black to silver ratio in the wheel well. My F40 uses a relatively high sidewall ratio (45), and it handles very well....
I agree with most here that the 21s make the MS look a lot better its almost like a different car.
I have had both 19s and 21s on my P85 here in NYC.
My conclusion is it is impossible to drive with 21s in the city. I am very careful but the 21s were out of round within weeks.
No matter how careful one is, one will sooner or later miss that pothole in the dark/rain.
My 19s held up very well and are still fine even after the most tooth shattering potholes.
I made another important discovery; when I got the standard all season tires and I noticed that they unfortunately can't handle the torque of a P85. I think you need high perf tires on your 19" wheels for the car to make sense
The "High" performance, low profile tires ought to be "Low" performance, low profile tires. If you are driving on a race track (I did this with my turbo jag), they are wonderful. My turbo jags all came with these tires and I was replacing 3-4 a year. My tire center sold me insurance for the tires $25 per tire for 2 years no matter what for replacement of tires, and then a wear percentage. Since the jag had a spare, AAA could service the flat and I could be on my way, But, the S has no spare and of course, you can't jack the car anyway, so what worth is there for 1-3 hours for a Tesla car carrier to take you to a service center to replace the tire. And 3-4 times a year? So, I have 19 inch tires and they don't go boom in potholes.
Anyone surprised by the 21s' problems hasn't been paying attention.


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Is Conventional Pomegranate Extract Enough?May 2010
By Julius Goepp, MD
An abundance of clinical data has established pomegranate as a broad-spectrum, multi-modal defense against the leading causes of death in the Western world, from atherosclerosis to cancer and diabetes.1
In the last decade alone, more than seven times as many studies have been published validating pomegranate than in all the preceding years combined.2
The bulk of this research has focused on the benefits of pomegranate juice and fruit extracts. Now scientists are discovering a novel source of pomegranate's myriad benefits: the various botanical components of the pomegranate tree, particularly its seeds and flowers.
The latest scientific evidence indicates that pomegranate flower extract and seed oil uniquely complement conventional pomegranate fruit extract's capacity to combat multiple diseases of aging.1
For example, a 2009 pre-clinical model found that extracts from pomegranate flowers reduced hardening of the arteries by 70%, while juice alone reduced it by only 40% compared to controls.3 In addition, flower extracts were found to significantly decrease blood lipid and glucose levels.
In this article, you will learn the latest scientific evidence of pomegranate's life-saving effects, along with new studies exploring various constituents of the plant and their power to combat a host of degenerative diseases through distinct physiological pathways.
Conventional Pomegranate Extracts: Polyphenols Provide Degenerative Disease Defense
The polyphenolic content of pomegranate juice and pulp have historically aroused the greatest scientific interest. In particular, the formidable antioxidant capacity of their ellagitannin content has been credited with much of pomegranate's health-promoting power.4,5
Recent analysis has further clarified pomegranate's underlying mechanisms of action, most notably in the area of beneficial gene expression—inhibiting pro-inflammatory nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kB)4 and downregulating production of cancer-stimulating androgen receptors in prostate cells.5 Pomegranate's unique role in upregulating expression of paraoxonase-1 (PON-1), an enzyme required for artery-cleansing high-density lipoprotein (HDL) to function optimally, has also generated substantial scientific interest.6,7 (See Innovative Strategies to Combat Kidney Disease)
Pomegranate's clinically validated cardioprotective effects have prompted some to label it the "heart-healthy" juice.8 Its flavonoid content inhibits oxidative damage to low-density lipoprotein (LDL), helping to protect blood vessels against atherosclerosis.9 Pomegranate polyphenols exert anti-inflammatory effects that further protect blood vessels from damage, reduce the size and number of atherosclerotic lesions, prevent thickening of arterial walls, and lower blood pressure.8
Polyphenols and other components in pomegranate juice exert beneficial effects that extend beyond the cardiovascular system. Numerous phytochemicals in pomegranate juice—ellagic acid in particular—have been shown to disrupt cancer development at multiple stages.2,10,11 Another polyphenol unique to pomegranate is punicalagin, which converts into molecules known to slow prostate cancer cell growth.4 These act by inhibiting pro-inflammatory NF-kB, a cytokine implicated in the development of numerous forms of cancer.4,12-14
Scientists have also focused on pomegranate's antimicrobial potential. Polyphenols contained in the juice inhibit the growth of a number of pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria, fungi, and parasites.15-17
Pomegranate Flower Extract: Preventing Metabolic Syndrome
The global epidemic of metabolic syndrome and its associated pathologies—obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease—has lent new urgency to the discovery of anti-diabetic agents with low toxicity suitable for long-term use.18 New research points to extract of the pomegranate flower as an attractive, safe, low-cost intervention.
In 2006, Chinese scientists discovered a previously unknown polyphenol in pomegranate flower extract that combats weight gain, impaired glucose control, and systemic inflammation. They gave it the name pomegranatate.19
Indian researchers have demonstrated the capability of flowers from male pomegranate plants to influence blood sugar in normal and experimentally diabetic rats.20
In 2005, researchers in Australia demonstrated that 6 weeks of supplementing obese diabetic rats with pomegranate flower extracts prevented blood sugar increases following a glucose-laden meal—but had no such effect in normal rats.21
Yet another profound anti-diabetic activity emerged: pomegranate flower extract enhanced gene expression of the vital transcription factor PPAR-gamma, which regulates cellular responses to energy intake. (See Innovative Strategies to Combat Kidney Disease) It also normalized expression of a glucose-transporting protein in heart muscle, enabling the diabetic animals' hearts to better utilize energy from sugar. 21 Together these effects suggest a viable molecular pathway for improved insulin sensitivity—an important step in preventing diabetic complications (and slowing aging).
The same researchers convincingly demonstrated that extracts of pomegranate flower reduce cardiac muscle triglyceride content in diabetic rats, simultaneously lowering triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in the blood.22 Normalization of these vital lipid parameters occurred through upregulated expression of PPAR-alpha, the gene transcription factor that controls how cells take up and utilize fatty acids. These twin findings have profound implications: drug companies have spent millions in the effort to find a pharmaceutical that could induce these effects. As a dual PPAR-alpha and PPAR–gamma activator, pomegranate flower extract offers potential realization of that effort through a safe, low-cost, natural intervention.23
The same team of researchers reported that pomegranate flower extract significantly reduced heart muscle fibrosis (thickening and stiffening) in obese diabetic rats.24 Cardiac fibrosis ranks among the more deadly complications of diabetes, resulting in gradually diminishing cardiac output and heart failure. Six weeks of oral treatment with the flower extract reduced the amount of inflexible collagen protein in the animals' left ventricles and around their coronary arteries.
These results were attained via alterations in gene expression, in this case through downregulation of genes that produce the stiffening proteins collagen and fibronectin. Pomegranate flower extract also reduced heart muscle signaling of endothelin-1, a vasoconstrictor (blood vessel-narrowing) peptide implicated in cardiac fibrosis. Additionally, the extract reduced gene expression of the inflammatory regulatory molecule NF-kB,24 which plays an important role in controlling the inflammation and metabolic alterations associated with obesity.25
Inflammation is the target of another newly discovered component of pomegranate flowers—punicanolic acid, a member of the triterpene family of beneficial essential oil molecules. In laboratory studies, punicanolic acid inhibits production of the potent inflammatory mediator TNF-alpha,26 which is found at increased levels in overweight and obese people and contributes to insulin resistance.27
The inflammation observed in obese and overweight people not only adds to insulin resistance. It also underlies the increased risk of cardiovascular disease seen in obese individuals and in animal models of type 2 diabetes. The condition is characterized by substantially elevated blood sugar levels, LDL, very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), triglycerides, and oxidized fats. At the same time, beneficial HDL and cellular antioxidant systems are found to be depressed in such individuals.
Oral administration of pomegranate flower extract reversed all of these conditions in a laboratory rat model of type 2 diabetes, highlighting its potential utility for aging individuals at risk for diabetes and its cardiovascular complications.28 The extract also helps ameliorate fatty liver disease,29 the most common cause of liver function abnormalities in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Pomegranate flower extract is a potent inhibitor of the digestive enzyme alpha-glucosidase.30 Alpha-glucosidase breaks complex carbohydrates into their simple sugar components for absorption into the blood. Inhibiting its action slows the rate at which free sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream.
The practical effect of this beneficial action was apparent in an animal model: in diabetic rats fed a carbohydrate-rich meal, oral administration of the flower extract markedly lowered plasma glucose levels during the postprandial (after-meal) period.30 This is a vitally important finding, because postprandial blood sugar elevations contribute greatly to the tissue damage caused by high glucose levels (glycation). Postprandial sugar spikes are also responsible for excessive insulin release that can cause a subsequent drop in glucose levels, triggering inappropriate hunger and further eating.
Additional multi-targeted effects of pomegranate flower extract are emerging rapidly: phenolic compounds from the flowers exhibit numerous anti-atherosclerotic effects even in non-diabetic animal models, reducing the size and number of atherosclerotic plaques by up to 70%.3


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The numbers are daunting: The cost of a private college education can run over six figures--and that's for tuition and fees alone, no room and board. As parents, we all want a better future for our kids, and a college education seems like a mandatory expense these days. But should you really be footing the bill for Junior's college education? Here are some reasons you may want to think twice.
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Student loans used to be considered "good" debt, but that assumption is proving false in today's economy. Just like mortgages have ballooned because of hiked rates, many of today's college grads are sitting on six figures worth of debt, growing monthly with compounding interest charges.
Parents often co-sign these student loans, meaning they're responsible if their kid doesn't pay--a costly ding to credit scores and finances at a time when parents should be preparing for retirement, or might be (financially) be caring for an elderly parent.
And how about that retirement: Are you deferring savings from your retirement nest egg to pay for your kids' college? That monthly tuition or housing payment you're forking over to put Junior through college shouldn't come at the expense of financial security in your golden years. Imagine your son or daughter in the future, having to take out a loan to pay for your expenses.
Too often, parents put their children's college expenses above saving for retirement--a costly mistake. The best way to ensure your child's financial security is to make sure your retirement is taken care of, so you're not a financial burden.
Exploding Debt
College away from home is often seen as a sign of success, with parents proudly declaring the top-notch school their kids were accepted to. Meanwhile, student loans balloon, and your kid is struggling to pay for groceries. The average undergraduate's debt runs $20,000, but variable interest on loans can make it inflate until the payments are impossible to make on an entry-level salary.
Graduate students in medical or law-related careers often graduate with over $100,000 in student loans. Add to this an average of $2,864 in credit card debt by graduation and Junior is bogged down by debt and moving back home. Families often assume that just because it's college-related debt, it's OK--but it's still debt that will be a ball and chain for years (and years and years) to come.
A college education is still the best chance at a lucrative career. The Department of Labor shows that employees with a bachelor's degree out-earn their high school graduate counterparts by almost 77%. The best way to limit your child's debt is to look at alternatives to the conventional scenario, where your son or daughter moves away for four years to finish a degree. Start while your child is still in high school, and look for local community college classes he or she may be able to take before graduation. Consider your in-state public college; tuition will be much lower, and your college student can continue to live at home instead of paying for room, board and other expenses somewhere else.
Together with your child's school counselor, look for grants, jobs, work-study programs and other ways to pay for college--this is a great opportunity to teach him or her about money, and how to graduate with the least amount of debt. Look at all alternatives; it's easy to be wooed by a private school's catalogue, but consider the debt you may be incurring.
The Bottom Line
Neglecting retirement savings or cosigning for large student loans isn't just dangerous for parents; it's a noose around the neck of their college graduated children too. Finding smart alternatives is the key to securing a strong financial future--for the whole family.


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Good morning all, Sammy here with a mid-month tutorial for you all.
For the challenge this month, I did a trio of mixed media canvases.
So I thought I'd share with you how I made them.
Each canvas is just under 6" square, which is my personal ideal size and shape to play with. If you have trouble finding the size canvas you like working with for a reasonable price, check your local charity/goodwill shops. That's what I did here. I bought a set of 3 pre-printed canvases for £1.25. bargain! All you need to do is liberally apply Gesso...
As you can see, after only one coat, the previous design still shines through, but depending on the opacity of the Gesso you're using, usually after 3 or 4 coats it is brilliantly white (or you can use black, if you're going for a darker piece) and ready for you to create on.
I started off by adding a stencilled texture paste pattern to the canvas, then dug around my stash for the embellishments I wanted to use. It's always a good idea to place the pieces on your canvas to decide on composition before you commit to anything.
As you can see, there's a variety of shapes and textures, and even some things you might not immediately think of as craft supplies! Remember that the colour of the items doesn't matter, as the next step is to Gesso it all.
I Gessoed everything but the flowers and the metal charm, and adhered them to the canvas.
then it was a simple matter of sprinkling some pigments, spraying with water and adding the charm and flowers back in (which I wanted to keep white, hence waiting to add them until after the pigment step).
A sentiment sticker, edged in black and a couple of gems finish the piece off nicely. If you want your piece to last, and want it to withstand dusting/people prodding at it, I would recommend using a spray sealant to protect it, and to stop the pigments from coming off again, as they return to being quite crumbly when they dry. I would NOT recommend hairspray, as I have it on good authority this turns yellow after a while!
To make a matching set, just use similar "ingredients", varying them a little and changing up the composition a bit. Then use the same colours on each, which will give it a cohesive look.
When deciding where to sprinkle your pigments, look for places with lots of crevasses, like the ornate resin frames I used, and absorbent surfaces like lace or other fabrics. The pigments will take beautifully to those areas, and add a lot of depth to your finished piece.
And that's it from me. I hope you've found something useful in the steps above, and if you decide to have a go yourself, please do come and share it with us in our challenge!
Have a lovely day!


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India should remain firmly in focus this week, as a new central bank governor takes the helm at a time of financial crisis in Asia's third largest economy. He's not the only central banker in the spotlight with the Reserve Bank of Australia and Bank of Japan scheduled to meet this week.
In China, economic data could be scrutinized closely for more signs of a pick-up in economic growth, while attention is likely to turn to the prospects for an unwinding of U.S. monetary stimulus with the release of the closely-watched U.S. non-farm payrolls report Friday.
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For a while, during her club act at 54 Below on January 24, Marin Mazzie looked like she might spend the evening circling without landing. She opened with a remembrance of her Illinois childhood, giving us a snapshot of a typical Saturday evening when her parents, cocktails at the ready, danced in front of the hi-fi to classic romantic ballads of the period such as "Tenderly." During this part of the evening, Mazzie seemed oddly "posed" and removed from the audience; she seemed to be in on a joke that she wasn't going to share with us, and it was hard to get a handle on where we might be heading.
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Mazzie is one of the most exciting singing actresses on the Broadway scene, and I'm always a little frustrated that, apart from Passion, she hasn't originated a show that was really worthy of her. (Her replacement-cast performance in Next to Normal, opposite her talented husband Jason Daniely, was one of the most electrifying turns I've seen in years.) Now I'd like to see her do a full-scale cabaret show on the order of those offered by the great Marilyn Maye — something that really lets us know who she is.


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BRIGHTENING up most North Yorkshire landmarks does not involve safety harnesses and a good head for heights – but volunteers at a spot near Thirsk take it in their stride.
The Kilburn White Horse is being given a new paint job this weekend – and despite the demanding job volunteers say looking out over one of the best views in the region more than makes up for it.
Helen Harrison, vice chairman of the Kilburn White Horse Association, said the group tries to re-spray the horse every five years, using around 1,000 litres of paint on the one and a half acre area.
Ms Harrison said: "We have three people painting the horse, working their way down on a harness then being pulled back up.
"It will take us most of two days and it is hard work but the views are spectacular."
The paint for the job has been sponsored by Instore Solutions Limited, based in Melsonby, near Richmond.
Ms Harrison, 31, added: "I grew up on top of the hill so it has always been part of my life.
"My dad has been in the White Horse Association since he was in his 20s and I was brought in at an early age so it has always been important to us to maintain."
She added: "It was actually a coincidence that the re-paint was done before the Tour de France but hopefully it will look good for visitors to Yorkshire."


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Manila Hotel's buffet rates are not so friendly to start with. It's actually more expensive than Dusit Thani's Crossover and EDSA Shangri-La's HEAT. But later on we did understand why. Here are 3 words for you - nine buffet stations! The selection is really overwhelming.
Cafe Ilang Ilang | Manila Hotel Buffet rates:
Lunch: P1,550++
Dinner: P1,770++
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siomai and hakaw
sauteed shrimp and veggies
pork belly
seafood paella
prawn tempura
shrimp teriyaki
sushi and sashimi rolls
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actually i already eaten a slice while roaming the place. =)
i like pesto. i like shrimps and salmon. so this dish cant go wrong!
ribs-bland for my taste. salmon-perfect.
and i discovered i love those asparagus. very tasty.
Im so full, but I cant miss my favorite crepe with ice cream!
Next, cakes and pastries.
choco cake + gelato part 2 + mango cream
i also had sansrival, hindi lang photogenic so i scrapped that from this picture
We underestimated Manila Hotel's buffet. Never hesitate to buy some Cafe Ilang Ilang discount vouchers if there any ongoing promo. Super sulit!
And by the way, why not experience a night here in this historical hotel?
Now we know why Manila Hotel is still one of the premiere hotels in the Philippines.
Thank you Rob. Ang sosyal ng ating super ahead birthday celebrations!
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Senior editorial writer Collin Levy on the Sixth Circuit's rejection of a Michigan voter-approved ban on affirmative action. Photo: Associated Press
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... I ... senior editorial page writer Collin Levy to talk ... about a recent Federal Court ruling that overturned ... Michigan's ban ... on using the race and ethnicity and gender ... in college admissions welcome column ... I didn't sew up ... Kalam ... as I see this this is pretty much a textbook case ... and aam a results oriented judicial activism now ... and is ... the next ... since then ... in that case that we have in the six day ... on the panels with a sentiment is very partisan decision ... on this case that basically said Michigan's law ... was passed ... that's restricted the use of race in which has ... been these treasonous ... was unconstitutional unless it was the toughest courses you know ... is that ... it's in our case to grasp the time to unleash ... more said at ... the University of Michigan's use reasons the least ... so that basically that's it for saying that the state in which a ... chance to sell its university is not that it's the unconstitutional ... thing that has been extended into ... so this is really in tents going on in in a mess and the the rationale the core of the majority opinion as I understand it ... this is not that aam ... Michigan Canavan ... operation discrimination college admissions is how they went about doing it that the court took issue with using this ... ballot initiative process which they said ... place an undue burden of some kind on opponents ... of that that they might not be able to muster the resources to push back ... to a ballot initiative so it's better to do this to the legislature that is that is that of pretty much the the rationale here ... yet that Brayden and it can hear what they're really taking issue with a good example of late to the admission ... that what the hey ... you know if someone wants the talent whether or not they're they're they're gonna daughter ... can have a preview of the mom from family considered and whether or not they should be admitted to in the kitchen at all different kind of way is ... that they can challenge ... I'm man enough that aspect of the admission ... fee but if someone wants to ... I ask that affirmative action ... half the rate be considered in their admission to a public university ... they are the only thing they can do is try to overturn the ballot referendum that with ... that with their thinking for for making the call snow we have a ... Supreme Court case ... coming up ... this term regarding college admissions at the University of Texas ... the Fisher case which I guess could make all of this mission businessmen cracked ... yet because Daddy you have read it I ... think that they have a slightly different issue ... aam you we don't have to get into it and in that but but only to say that that that there have to do with whether or not check the ... wiki thing when it is cheaper for you think you're a neutral policy ... aam and and that but basically if if the court applied there ... that ... we couldn't admissible in addition that will make it the less important it ... otherwise would be happy or you know California the ninth Circuit Court of appeal that is typically a very liberal with it ... I'm up help California banned ... aam on the race in admissions to have a circuit but here's ... the funny actually have the US the ninth circuit on the other side of the lecture can ... be affected but denied that the kid and kick the can for the two are likely will be in it ... aam in resolving the ... if if the bill ... and a live issue ...


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JACKSON, Miss. -- A West Jackson grocery violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on September 26, 2011.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit against Venture, Inc., doing business as a Save-A-Lot, a manager repeatedly propositioned female employees for sex, even offering to exchange sex for money and other benefits. The EEOC also alleges that the manager regularly used sexually offensive and degrading language, made graphic comments describing sex acts and engaged in other sexually degrading behavior.
The complaint alleges that other managers knew about the conduct but took no corrective action. The EEOC also contends that some female employees complained about the conduct to management and that management witnessed the behavior.
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination which is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit (Civil Action 3:11-cv-00596-WHB-LRA) in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
"Rampant workplace sexual misconduct is a serious and costly problem," said EEOC Birmingham District Director Delner Franklin-Thomas. "It adversely affects the employees involved and the employer when effective corrective action is not taken."
C. Emanuel Smith, regional attorney for the EEOC's Birmingham District, said, "Every employee should be protected from workplace sexual harassment, and that is not accomplished solely by having a written policy."
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Personal Progress Online Questions and Answers
Young Women Personal Progress Technical Support
- What do I do if I can't see the Leader Summary page?
This problem generally happens when your calling is not entered correctly in the MLS system (the record system of the Church accessed through your ward or stake clerk). Non-standard callings will not be allowed to see the Leader Summary page. "Personal Progress Adviser" is a non-standard calling. Those who need to see this information need to be identified in the MLS system by one of the standard callings. This list (along with the position id) is as follows:
id="1" Stake President
id="2" Stake Presidency First Counselor
id="3" Stake Presidency Second Counselor
id="4" Bishop
id="5" District President
id="12" Branch President
id="54" Bishopric First Counselor
id="55" Bishopric Second Counselor
id="59" Branch Presidency First Counselor
id="60" Branch Presidency Second Counselor
id="66" District Presidency First Counselor
id="67" District Presidency Second Counselor
id="183" Young Women President
id="184" Young Women First Counselor
id="185" Young Women Second Counselor
id="186" Young Women Secretary
id="187" Laurel Advisor
id="188" Mia Maid Advisor
id="189" Beehive Advisor
id="248" Gen YW Board Member
id="751" Stake Young Women President
id="752" Stake Young Women First Counselor
id="753" Stake Young Women Second Counselor
id="755" Stake Young Women Secretary
id="244" General Young Women President
id="245" Gen YW Presidency First Counselor
id="246" Gen YW Presidency Second Counselor
id="1372" Laurel Assistant Advisor
id="1373" Mia Maid Assistant Advisor
id="1374" Beehive Assistant Advisor
id="1439" District Young Women President
id="1440" District Young Women First Counselor
id="1441" District Young Women Second Counselor
id="1442" District Young Women Secretary
If you have a calling on this list and your ward or stake clerk has used the correct position id but you are still unable to see the Leader Summary page, please contact us through the Feedback button for further information.
- How do I add or remove a young woman from the Leader Summary page?
You cannot manually add or delete a young woman from Personal Progress online. Since membership data is used to populate records, those names will appear when a young woman turns 12 and remain in view until she turns 19 or when her records are transferred to another ward (regardless of marital status or whether or not she is still attending Young Women).
- Is there a way to print the Leader Summary for just one young woman?
Unfortunately there is not. You have the option of either clicking on a young woman's name from the Leader Summary page and doing a screen capture and printing that image, or you can print and fill out a tracking sheet for each girl, just like you would for girls who are not using Personal Progress online. Although not necessarily seamless electronically, the paper version does invite individual interaction and provide a chance to encourage a young woman and her progress.
- What do I do if I can't find the journal entries that I have recorded?
Over the last several months the journal entries saved within Personal Progress have been merged with the Notes and Journal page of lds.org. You should be able to see your journal entries by clicking on My Journal and Testimony found in the lower right menu. You should also be able to view your journal entries on the page of the value experience or project you are working on. Your journal entries can also be seen by Signing In at lds.org and clicking on Notes and Journal. In the left menu you will see a notebook called Personal Progress. Your journal entries should be in that notebook if you clicked on SAVE each time you made a journal entry. If you are unable to see your journal entries in the Personal Progress pages or in the Notes and Journal page, it is highly possible that you didn't push the SAVE button. If you know that you properly saved your entries and still cannot find them, please contact us through the Feedback button for more information.
- How do I restart Personal Progress after I have already finished?
Go to the Personal Progress homepage; click on My Profile and Print found in the lower right menu; and then click on Restart Personal Progress. The record of past value experiences and projects you completed will be erased and will not be archived. However, all past journal entries that were saved in the Personal Progress pages are also saved to the Notes and Journal page of lds.org. To view these entries go to lds.org; click on Sign In/Tools and sign in; click on Notes and Journal and look under the notebook titled Personal Progress.
- As a parent or leader how do I see a young woman's progress after she has started?
A parent or leader who signs in and enters the Personal Progress homepage can click on Parent Summary or Leader Summary found in the lower right menu. A parent will see a Parent Summary page with the names of all daughters who are Young Women age. A leader will see a Leader Summary page with the names of all young women in her ward. Each name is followed by a birthdate and a line of small icons which represent the value experiences and projects of the Personal Progress program. The name of the young woman will be in red letters if she has correctly created a profile. (See note below.) The name of the young woman will be in black letters if she has not correctly created a profile or is not doing Personal Progress online.
If a young woman is doing Personal Progress online, the program automatically updates her record. You can see a line under those experiences which are in progress and a filled in and checked icon for those experiences and projects which have been completed and approved. A young woman decides if she wants a parent or leader to approve an experience (square indicates parent, dot indicates leader). A red asterisk by the name of a young woman indicates that she has an experience or project that needs approval. A parent or leader can see which experiences or projects need approval, and after meeting with the young woman, can approve the experience or project online.
The leader can use the Leader Summary page as a valuable record keeping tool for all the young women under her stewardship, whether they are doing Personal Progress online or in their books. The leader creates a profile for those young women not doing Personal Progress online by clicking on their names (in black letters) on the Leader Summary page. She will receive a prompt which says, "Profile does not exist. Do you want to create a profile for this individual?" She clicks on OK. The Personal Progress Summary screen for that individual comes up. The leader can then click on those experiences and projects which have been previously completed and approved.
If a young woman has been working on Personal Progress online but did not create her profile correctly, none of the experiences and projects she has completed will be checked in the Parent or Leader Summary page. She can correct this by adding her Membership Record Number (MRN) to her profile by going to http://ldsaccount.lds.org.
Note: Correctly create a profile by:
- First of all, obtain your Membership Record Number (MRN) from the ward clerk.
- Go to lds.org
- Click on Sign In/Tools at the top of the page.
- Click on Sign In.
- Click on the words in blue "Register for an LDS Account."
- Follow the prompts to set up your account.
- How do I order Personal Progress recognition items online?
In order to order any item online you need a Unit ID #. Please check with your ward clerk in order to receive that number.
- Why isn't there a system to track the ribbons the young women have received?
There is no system to track which ribbons you actually gave each young woman. However, you can see which ribbons they have earned by going to the Leader Summary page of Personal Progress. (See note below.) Each young woman in your ward is listed on this page along with her birthdate and a line of icons which represent the value experiences and projects that can be completed. If a young woman is doing Personal Progress online, the value experiences and projects she has completed will appear with a check within the icon. If she has completed six value experiences and the project for a value, she has earned the ribbon for that value. If a young woman is not doing her personal progress online, her leader can enter which experiences and projects she has completed through the Leader Summary page. She can click on the young woman's name, create a profile for her, and click on those experiences and projects she has completed. Once this record has been entered for each young woman, you can see which ribbons she has earned. At this point it is up to you to record which ribbons have actually been given to the young woman. The ability to also check a box in the Personal Progress Record page when a ribbon has been given is a good idea, and we have submitted that request.
- How do I recover my user name or password, or modify my LDS Account?
When you are prompted to sign in and have forgotten your user name or password, you can click on these prompts and follow the directions given.
- If I am a leader and am not able to access the Leader Summary page, what do I do?
Check with your ward membership clerk to make sure that the information about your calling has been recorded correctly in the MLS (Member and Leader Services) system. Access to the Leader Summary page is required to view the status of your young women and to approve their progress. See #1 for further explanation.
- We registered all our young women for Personal Progress online, but some do not show up on the Leader Summary page. What is wrong?
Each young woman has a Membership Record Number (MRN). This number is tied to her ward or branch record and also tied to her family record. Her name should appear in the Leader Summary page regardless if she has a Personal Progress profile or not. Check with your ward clerk to see if her record has been entered correctly. The young women you created profiles for should appear in the Leader Summary page with their names in red. Young women who do not have a Personal Progress profile but are members of your ward should appear in the Leader Summary page with their names in black.
Questions about How to Use the Personal Progress Site
- Who can participate in Personal Progress online?
Personal Progress is a program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for young women ages 12 to 18. Other members of the Church and nonmembers can also participate in this program, but their online Personal Progress record will not be included in any Leader Summary or tied to a Church ward or branch. Also, approval is not required for completion of value experiences and projects if the individual is a nonmember or not in the Young Women program. A nonmember can create a Personal Progress profile without a Membership Record Number. She should click on the words Register for an LDS Account. At the prompt "Are you a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?" the nonmember answers "NO" and follows the prompts to register and create a profile.
- Is a Personal Progress app available for mobile devices?
We are currently working to make Personal Progress more interactive on mobile devices, especially while offline. Efforts are underway in relation to Personal Progress and the ongoing developments within Gospel Library 3. Keep your eye on the Young Women section of LDS.org for announcements and updates as soon as they become available!
- What can I do with Personal Progress online?
Those doing Personal Progress online have ready access to the scriptures and other Church publications through online links to these publications. As they complete each experience and project, their progress is recorded online and their journal entries are saved to the Notes and Journal page of LDS.org. At the completion of the program they can print their own personalized Personal Progress booklet. Approval for completion of experiences and projects is also given online by parents and leaders. Parents and leaders tracking the progress of a young woman can integrate value experiences and projects into family home evening lessons, Church lessons, and Church activities. In addition, this online record will remain intact through changes in ward and stake leadership as well as through family relocations.
- How do I create a Personal Progress profile and sign in?
To start working on a value experience or project, you must sign in using the name and password of your LDS Account. If you don't have an LDS Account, click on the words Register for an LDS Account, found under the sign-in username and password window. You will need your Membership Record Number (MRN) and date of birth to set up an LDS Account username and password. Your MRN can be found on the Individual Ordinance Summary, which is available from your ward membership clerk, or your MRN can be found on your individual temple recommend. Young women under the age of 13 will need a parent's email address to complete the process. This username and password will be used on all other LDS.org websites that require sign-in, such as FamilySearch. (Use only letters or numbers in your username; no special characters, please.)
- Can parents sign in?
Yes. Parents may sign in using their own LDS Account username and password. Once they have signed in, they can access the Parent Summary page and view their daughter's progress and also see which value experiences need to be reviewed or approved. Parents can also do Personal Progress online and do not need approval from a Young Women leader to complete a value experience or project.
- I have a young woman who is not baptized; can she use Personal Progress online?
Yes. The young woman follows these steps to create a nonmember LDS Account:
- Go to LDS.org.
- Click on Sign In/Tools at the top of the home page.
- Click on Sign In.
- Click on the words in blue: "Register for an LDS Account."
- Click on NO at the question, "Are you a member of the Church . . .".
- Follow the prompts to set up your account.
A nonmember who completes a value experience or project will not be required to get online approval from a parent or leader. She may, however, choose to print the Personal Progress Record Sheet (click on Profile and Print found on the Personal Progress home page in the lower-right menu) and have a parent or leader approve her work and sign her form. At the completion of the program, a nonmember can earn the Young Womanhood Recognition award.
- Who can approve a value experience or project?
Young women may request a parent or leader to approve the completion of a value experience or project. The parent clicks on Parent Summary to view requests for review or approval. Leaders click on Leader Summary to view requests for review or approval. A young woman can work with another adult, but only her Young Women leaders or parent can approve the completion of an experience or project. Nonmembers and others not in Young Women do not need approval at the completion of value experiences and projects. Additional instructions are included below (see questions 8 and 9).
- How does a young woman submit a value experience or project for approval?
After a young woman has completed all the requirements for a value experience or project, she clicks on the Submit for Approval button. She is then prompted to choose approval from her parent or leader. An asterisk appears at the side of her name on the Leader Summary page or Parent Summary page, and a dot or square also appears on the icon for that experience or project.
- How does a parent or leader review or approve a value experience or project?
From the Personal Progress home page, sign in, and then click on Parent Summary or Leader Summary (lower-right menu). On these summary pages, a red dot or red square indicates a request for review or approval of a value experience or project. After interviewing the young woman requesting a review or approval, the parent or leader clicks on the square or circle and can then approve the experience or project by clicking on Submit. Please note that the ability to approve an experience or project online should not undermine the importance of the face-to-face contact between a young woman and her parents and leaders.
- Which leaders have permission to view the Leader Summary page and review or approve a value experience or project?
The following leaders will have the ability to view Personal Progress information for those young women for whom they are responsible: ward Young Women president, counselors, and secretary; Laurel, Mia Maid, and Beehive advisors; assistant advisors; stake Young Women president, counselors, and secretary; bishop, bishopric first counselor, and bishopric second counselor; and stake president, stake president first counselor, and stake president second counselor. Only the ward Young Women leaders listed above can approve value experiences and projects and make changes to a young woman's Personal Progress record.
- Is the online journal confidential?
Yes. Only the young woman can view her own journal entries by signing in and entering her username and password.
- Does Personal Progress online track the Honor Bee?
Yes. Those working on the Honor Bee can enter mentoring hours, and the progress towards 40 hours is displayed by a growing progress line.
- Do we need to transfer the data from an old Personal Progress book?
Transferring Personal Progress data and journal entries to the Personal Progress online program is optional. However, it is easy to enter this data through the Leader Summary or Parent Summary page. A Young Women leader or parent simply clicks on the young woman's name, and her Personal Progress Summary page appears. The leader can then click on the icons of those value experiences and projects that have been previously completed and approved. If the young woman has completed the program and earned her award, the leader has the option to click on the square found in the upper-left corner, "Mark Personal Progress complete," and her record will be updated with six value experiences and all of the projects shown as complete. A young woman cannot open and make changes to her own summary page. Her Young Women leader must do this.
- When are languages available? Which languages will be used with the online Personal Progress?
The Personal Progress booklet is translated into the major 10 languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). Online Personal Progress is available only in English, Spanish, and Portuguese at this time.
- Still have training questions?
If your question has not been answered in these materials, please email the Young Women General Office at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Dickens Festival St. George, Utah – "It's an Experience"
The Dickens Festival St. George, Utah is back!
We hope everyone's Christmas holiday will be spent in the best way possible, with family and friends, with good food, good times and good spirits.
Every year the Dickens' Festival in St. George is held the first Saturday of every December and the three days before. And each year abbreviated plays are performed of the musicals "Scrooge" and "Oliver". Below is a scene from "Scrooge", in the fateful moment when Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by his past and now ghostly business partner Jacob Marley. (Jacob is played by Mori Kessler, one of the employees at the Best Western Coral Hills – and we are proud of the great job he did.)
For all our past, present and future guest; as Tiny Tim said:
May God Bless Us, Everyone!
The sights and sounds of 19th Century London come alive at the Dickens' Christmas Festival.
This Festival is not just another craft show, but a unique and unusual entertainment and shopping experience. Olde English shops, hundreds of period costumes, fortune tellers, orphans, royalty, and the "real" Father Christmas all combine to offer our guests a Christmas experience like no other!
The Festival is known for its unique gifts and quality merchandise. Shoppers come to The Dickens' Festival for that special treasure. Join us as the streets of Olde London come to life!


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Hello! p5.js is a JavaScript library that starts with the original goal of Processing, to make coding accessible for artists, designers, educators, and beginners, and reinterprets this for today's web.
Using the original metaphor of a software sketchbook, p5.js has a full set of drawing functionality. However, you're not limited to your drawing canvas, you can think of your whole browser page as your sketch! For this, p5.js has addon libraries that make it easy to interact with other HTML5 objects, including text, input, video, webcam, and sound.
p5.js is a new interpretation, not an emulation or port, and it is in active development. Try it out now in the new p5.js Web Editor!


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Donald Trump stepped back into one of the most racially charged controversies in New York City history this week, saying he still believed the "Central Park Five" were guilty.
Two years after a judge approved a $41 million settlement with the five men, Trump told CNN they should not have been exonerated, after one of the men said he was hoping for an apology from the Republican presidential nominee.
"They admitted they were guilty," Trump told CNN in a statement. "The police doing the original investigation say they were guilty."
The five black and Hispanic defendants were convicted as teenagers in the rape and assault of a white woman. They served six to 13 years in prison.
Following their arrest, Trump took out full-page ads in the city's newspapers calling for New York to bring back the death penalty, though he did not explicitly say those five defendants should be executed.
Their convictions were thrown out in 2002 because of evidence that someone else, acting alone, was responsible. The victim was found in the brush with more than 75 percent of her blood drained from her body and her skull smashed.
She was in a coma for 12 days, suffered permanent damage and remembers nothing about the attack.


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Old school moving to new cool. As versatile and entertaining as any vocal jazz group you may hear. The Flash Mob Jazz boys take their original influences of some iconic masters and transforms them into their own unique flavour and unforgettable sound.
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Securing the future of the French pension schemes
By 2050, one in three people in France will be aged over 60 and the key
challenge will be to balance the nation's pension system.
Pension schemes will need to adapt in line with an ageing population and
the need for long-term financial sustainability.
The challenges are fivefold :
- Ensuring a decent standard of living for pensioners
- Giving people more choice about when to retire
- Achieving intra-generational solidarity among pensioners
- Improving employment rates among older workers
- Ensuring the financial viability of the pension schemes
Better regulation of the health insurance system and of health care spending
The challenge for the health insurance system is to make the health care
system more efficient by using collective resources wisely. This will be
achieved through the implementation of health risk management policies
to ensure quality and regulation in the sector, and the development of
managed care techniques as a route to delivering productivity gains.
Exploring new financing mechanisms and better ways of organising the
health care system are also among the objectives to be pursued. In this
context, the DSS coordinates the development and management of the risk
management policies implemented by the regional health agencies (ARS).
Promoting family policies geared to the needs of families
Family policy must constantly adapt to deep societal and socio-economic
changes - changing family structures, the growing number of lone-parent
families and the decline in marriage rates, to name but a few. The increase in
the number of working women, for example, has focused attention on how
to better reconcile work and family life. And various initiatives are underway
to diversify childcare and ensure financing of childcare services.
Managing change in the area of occupational injury and illness
Significant changes are also taking place in the area of prevention and
compensation of accidents at work and work-related illnesses. The
development of compensation systems for victims of road accidents,
transfusion-acquired HIV infection, crime, terrorism and medical accidents
has inevitably had far-reaching implications for the compensation of such
injuries where they are work-related.
Recent years have also seen a sharp increase in cases of illness linked to
asbestos exposure and as a result the development of systems to help
asbestos victims.
Ensuring the financial sustainability of the social security system
With a budget larger than the state budget and in a context of efforts to
control public spending in general, the financial implications are critical.
Strengthening social security revenue streams, exploring new ways of
financing the social security system and improving the financial management
of the social security system in a transparent fashion are key areas of concern
for the DSS.
Improving the performance of the social security system
Improving services through the simplification of administrative formalities,
the development of new technologies and e-administration services are also
priority areas for the DSS. Performance is also at issue in the management
of the social security institutions and in the pursuit of productivity gains
through rationalisation and pooling of certain resources.
Beyond efficiency improvements in the public social security service,
performance considerations also come into play in the efforts to optimise
the impacts of health and social policies on household income and living
standards. This is why the "programmes for quality and efficiency" (PQE),
as set out in Appendix 1 of the Social Security Financing Bill, adopt an
objectives/outcomes approach to these policies.
Fighting fraud in the social security system
The DSS drives the development of initiatives to monitor and fight benefit
fraud in the social security system. This combat is at once a political issue since social security fraud undermines the principle of solidarity that
underpins the French social security system - and a financial one, since there
is no slack in the system to absorb the attendant costs of such fraud (albeit
committed by only a small proportion of the population). And it is also a
management and performance issue that forces the social security system to
build additional security into its processes, both at the benefit payment and
contribution collection levels.
The 1st of January 2010 saw the introduction of the MNC, a national
monitoring and audit body operating under the authority the Director for
Social Security and replacing the regional health and social security services
(DRASS) as the organisation responsible for monitoring and assessing the
work, performance and organisation of the local social security bodies.


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Nation & World
Lebanon authorities want to question head of Alawite party in mosque bombings that killed 45
Lebanese prosecutors are seeking to interrogate a former member of Parliament, whose party supports Syrian President Bashar Assad, about a double bombing in August that killed scores of worshippers at mosques that support Syrian rebels.
The Arab Democratic Party has denounced the request for its leader, Ali Eid, to appear for questioning about the attack after allegations that he helped several of the accused suspects flee the Lebanese city of Tripoli for nearby Syria. The party, which Eid and his son, Rifat, lead, dominates life in northern Lebanon's Alawite community, which has very close religious and political ties to the Syrian regime. Assad and much of the Syrian elite are Alawites, who follow an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
It's these ties that immediately drove suspicion of the party's involvement in the double bombing, which targeted Sunni Muslims known for their anti-Assad stance. The ensuing warrants and arrests by judicial authorities indicate that investigators have concluded the party was involved in the plot along with Syrian military intelligence officials, who've been named as conspirators in the bombings but cannot be apprehended across the nearby border in Syria.
A series of arrests and interrogations of low-level figures in the apparent plot recently led to top officials in the party being named as persons of interest in the case, most recently Eid himself. The ADP denies the charges and has threatened to block – with military force – any attempt to arrest or question party members in the case.
ADP's well-equipped militia has been battling Sunni militias in central Tripoli for weeks in some of the worst sustained fighting linked to the neighboring Syrian conflict in over a year. Dozens of people have been killed or wounded in two weeks of near constant violence, which has highlighted the inability of the Lebanese military and police to assert control.
The head of the Alawite sect in Lebanon – Sheikh Assad Assi – this week denounced the investigation into the blasts as "politicized" and said it was "linked to a foreign scheme," phrasing that is often used here to describe not just events in Lebanon, but the anti-Assad insurgency as well.
At the same time, he said the Alawite sect "totally disavows" the mosque attacks.
In an interview Friday with a local news outlet that also supports the Assad government, Rifat Eid said his father would not make himself available to the police and claimed that foreign pressure from Saudi Arabia was behind the request.
The current allegation that Ali Eid was involved in the attack revolves around the testimony of his driver, who is in custody for the bombing and reportedly told investigators that he helped Ahmed Mehri, a party member suspected of playing a key role in the bombings, escape Lebanon for Syria at the request of the elder Eid.
Prosecutors from Lebanon's secretive military tribunal system have charged seven men in the bombings, which killed 45 and wounded hundreds as they left prayer services. Most of the accused have direct links to the ADP. Only three men have actually been arrested, and investigators believe the rest are in Syria.
On Friday, Lebanese officials struggled to prevent Tripoli from exploding into further violence after a week that saw army units come under repeated fire from both sides of the conflict as they tried to restore order.


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The Shell Graduate Programme
Within Shell's Trading Graduate Programme, you'll experience various rotations in Trading relevant assignments, working with the commodity sector's leading experts. You'll be supported to develop your trader capability and contribute to the organisation's bottom line through on-the-job exposure to an assigned Trading desk. We seek commercially savvy individuals to take on challenging Operations and Commercial assignments in Trading and within other areas of the Shell business relevant to Trading. From this you'll gain an understanding of the end-to-end value chain and, by leveraging unrivalled industry expertise, you'll be nurtured into an accomplished Shell Trader and future leader.


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Before Mike Heller created Talent Resources— a global strategic marketing firm based in New York — he was an entertainment lawyer who also briefly acted as Lindsay Lohan's manager.
With Lohan, Heller used his law degree and connections from past event planning to help the then-20-year-old actress plan a Malibu birthday bash and later score deals to be the face of brands such as Jill Stuart and Louis Vuitton.
That was 2006.
Fast forward to today and Heller is no longer tied to the actress (although his father, a famous attorney, did bail her out of her most recent stint in jail) and Heller is running Talent Resources, an integrated marketing company that is pairing celebrities with brands and brands with events.
Heller and his team work with brands in conjunction with their annual programs, such as Sean John, Playboy, Vibe magazine, Kia and Chapstick and he also represents an array of clients in each of Talent Resources divisions.
But Heller tells Business Insider "It's not just about pairing brands with a celebrity anymore, it's pairing them with what lifestyle they're looking for, what demographic they are trying to hit."
For example, when Kia wanted to promote their summer car, Talent Resources rented out a house on the beach in Malibu and threw a party that celebrities such as Lauren Conrad showed up to, and then organically tweeted pictures from the event. "We go above and beyond to provide a comfortable experience for both the brand and the talent," Heller says.
Tour the office space frequented by celebs >
As for how Talent Resources profits from the event, Heller explains, "Out of respect for the clients we work with, we try not to disclose this information but we have structured it in a way that benefits both parties, in the most fair way. Sponsorships and celebrity integration are elements these brands seek, and were able to deliver according to their budgets. The results are so valuable, and smart brands pay up to six figures because they know this."
"But it wasn't about pairing with a specific celebrity," Heller says of promoting the brands he works with. "It was about pairing it with a specific integration and activation that we were working on. For Sundance, we have done a luxury gifting lounge for the past five years called the TR Suites. Sean John is coming back again for the second year in a row. They have the best snow jackets."
In addition to the Sundance Film Festival, Talent Resources also coordinates big events at the Super Bowl, Fashion Week, the Kentucky Derby, among others.
"For Superbowl, we took over the biggest space in the French quarter on the Mississippi River called Jax Brewery. And then what I'm doing there is now I'm a producer like I am at Sundance," explains Heller. "I'm putting the money up front before I have any content whatsoever. And then putting a deck together and going out to different sponsors that are in my wheelhouse, in my network, saying this is an opportunity you can buy into."
One brand on board for Super Bowl is Playboy.
"So Playboy comes in and they say 'I want to do a Playboy party Friday night' and we'll put that whole thing together in our space that I own for the three nights. They now can choose to use our company or not use our company to find them celebrities, to find them a performance, do the press outreach, to push out to social media on their behalf and utilize our digital division (the newest division) to create an even more unique experience."
Digital can be an aspect all its own, as Talent Resources was in charge of just the digital for this year's big Lacoste party during Coachella.
"We usually augment other things that are going on, or you can buy into our overall program," explains Heller. "So the mentality isn't that we are an agency that's brokering a deal between a celebrity and a brand. That's the small part and that's the catalyst, but they're coming to us for expertise in consulting of what direction the brand should go in, what their budget should be allocated towards. Whether it be buzz public relations, traditional public relations, experiential marketing, celebrity integration, social media consulting, SEO optimization or all of the above, my team can provide it. Should they seek a one off deal or should they attach themselves to a program of events that are all on brand, we do it all."
"Basically we take the risk that a brand has doing its own activations and say 'listen, you don't have to take a risk anymore. We'll do everything for you.' It's a turn-key situation," explains Heller. "We have the space, we have the event PR, celebrities, celebrity hosts."
And other than small offices in Los Angeles and Brazil, the 21-person Talent Resources team does all of their wheeling and dealing from a four-story townhouse in Manhattan.
Rumor has it that celebrities like Avril Lavigne, Rachel Hunter, Lindsay Lohan, Kris Humphries and Stephen Dorff have all visited or stayed at Heller's home-turned-office space.


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The Vermont Law School has reduced its workforce by 12 people, laying off two and buying out 10 other workers.
Law school spokeswoman Carol Westberg says none of the workers were faculty members.
Westberg says the buyouts were offered to staff in November, with a deadline of Jan. 3 to accept or decline.
The 10 who took buyouts from the South Royalton school have negotiated with the school when they will leave. The two laid-off workers have already left.
President Marc Mihaly tells the Valley News those who took the buyouts received severance packages based on the length of time they had worked at the school.
The downsizing was needed because the school has received fewer applications from potential students over the past three years.