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More than 86,000 had filled the MCG on a sunny Saturday afternoon to watch ancient suburban rivals Collingwood and Carlton enact what would be, given their prominent positions, one of the most significant recent instalments in their long and bitter feud. Yet, throughout a tight but accident-prone game, the atmosphere remained relatively subdued.
The Carlton throng was muzzled, throughout, by the aching inevitability of defeat. As doggedly as they clung to the Magpies' coat-tails, the Blues never looked likely to bridge the narrow margin - 19 points at the final siren. And the Collingwood supporters, fabled for their braggadocio? A potentially distracting week had left them unusually apprehensive.
On Thursday night, coach Michael Malthouse had appeared on The Footy Show, making it clear he was disappointed with the role he had been offered next season when favourite son Nathan Buckley takes the senior coaching job. It was a performance of astonishing self-indulgence. So much so that, before Saturday's game, club chief executive Gary Pert said what many thought as Malthouse threw petrol on the flames. With the club so well placed to win back-to-back premierships, why was Malthouse turning an internal negotiation into a raging media inferno?
Then, on Friday, before Malthouse's disgruntled words had been fully digested, it was revealed two Collingwood players had been fined in relation to betting on a Magpies game. The sheer stupidity of Heath Shaw of betting on captain Nick Maxwell to kick the first goal - knowing that the defender would start in attack - was astonishing, even by the standards of modern professional football. Hence, the irrepressible rebounding defender can consider himself lucky his 14-week ban was reduced to eight and he can still play in the finals.
That Maxwell had told his family he would be starting forward, without warning them such information could not be used to place bets, was more forgivable. However, Maxwell is a strident figure so self-assured he recently started a press conference by both asking and answering the questions - thus portraying himself to be much smarter than the betting disclosure revealed. Would such public humiliation undermine the captain's leadership?
Geelong, the only team to beat the Magpies this year, remain strong contenders. However, as commentators looking for reasons why they might not have to swallow the bitter pill of successive Collingwood premierships watched one powerful Pies victory after another, a theory was concocted. The only thing that could stop the Magpies was the Magpies themselves.
So, as Collingwood jogged out on Saturday, some were convinced the ''hubris factor'' had taken hold: a coach who had been re-energised by the deal that gave him two more years at the helm - as well as a lucrative three-year superannuation package - railing at perceived injustices; the captain and another of the club's best players embroiled in a scandal that, on Saturday morning, covered eight pages of a local tabloid. A club in crisis.
No wonder it seemed the air had been sucked out of the MCG, even as the Magpies took control of the contest. For one game at least, the swagger had gone out of Collingwood's step. The players, Malthouse would say later, had been flat and distracted after the betting scandal. He did not say what toll his paid appearance on The Footy Show had taken.
Yet if the crowd was more subdued, Collingwood's young stars such as Scott Pendlebury and Dale Thomas performed with their usual nerve and creativity. Only some poor kicking in the first half kept the Blues in the contest until the last quarter. When the final siren sounded, the fans sung the song with gusto - even if the players themselves looked like they did not know whether to be jubilant or contrite.
The upshot of Collingwood's tumultuous week? The premiers stand at 14-1. They will regain Alan Didak, Chris Dawes, Dayne Beams and Shaw for the finals. And next year Malthouse will be replaced by Buckley - considered the hottest coaching prospect when he returned to Collingwood as an assistant two years ago.
''Oh'', many rivals will sigh. ''If only we could be in such turmoil.''
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A Choice Between Peace and Peril
Posted on Feb 23, 2009
By Chris Hedges
Bibi Netanyahu's assumption of power in Israel sets the stage for a huge campaign by the Israeli government, and its well-oiled lobby groups in Washington, to push us into a war with Iran.
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Netanyahu on Friday named Iran as Israel's main threat after he was called to form a new government following the Feb. 20 elections.
"Iran is seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon and constitutes the gravest threat to our existence since the war of independence," Netanyahu said at a ceremony at President Shimon Peres' official residence. "The terrorist forces of Iran threaten us from the north," the presumptive prime minister said in reference to Lebanon and Syria, where Israel says Tehran supplies arms to Hezbollah and Hamas. "For decades, Israel has not faced such formidable challenges."
Netanyahu, whose arrogance is as outsized as his bellicosity, knows that for all his threats and chest thumping, Israel is incapable of attacking Iranian targets alone. Israel cannot fly its attack aircraft over Iraqi air space into Iran without U.S. permission, something George W. Bush refused to grant, fearing massive retaliatory strikes by Iran on American bases in Iraq. Israel's air force is not big enough to neutralize the multiple targets, from radar stations to missile batteries to Revolutionary Guard units to bunkers housing Iran's Soviet- and Chinese-made fighter jets and bombers, and also hit suspected nuclear targets. The only route to a war with Tehran for the Israeli military is through Washington.
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"If you go into a problem with a mistaken assumption, you come out with a bad policy," said Sam Gardner, a retired colonel of the U.S. Air Force who has taught strategy and military operations at the National War College, Air War College and Naval War College, and who opposes the Israeli campaign to strike Iran.
Iran's nuclear program is currently monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran had amassed about 2,227 pounds of low-enriched, or reactor-grade, nuclear fuel by late January, according to the latest updates from the arms control watchdog for the United Nations. To produce the 55 pounds of highly enriched, or weapons-grade, uranium needed for an atomic warhead, Iran would need 2,205 to 3,748 pounds of low-enriched uranium. It apparently has this amount—which is why Netanyahu refers to Iran as "an existential threat" to the Israeli state. But Iran has made no move to enrich the uranium and until it does cannot be accused of having a nuclear weapons program. Iran also does not have enough high-speed centrifuges at its facility in Natanz to further refine the uranium, according to the United Nations.
Iran has turned to its old nemesis Russia for assistance as Israel has become more strident. The work on the Bushehr nuclear reactor will soon be assisted by 3,000 Russian technicians. And Russia has promised to sell the S-300 missile to Iran to boost that nation's air defense systems. The Russian Federation Security Council and the State Council's new national security strategy statement says that the primary focus of the struggle over the next decade will be on hydrocarbons. The Middle East and Central Asia are mentioned specifically. In these areas, according to the document, the struggle could develop into a military confrontation. And, while the document does not mention the United States, there is no other rival military force in the region that can match the Russian machine. The more we push Iran the more Iran flees into the arms of the Russians and the closer we come to a new Cold War struggle for control of diminishing natural resources. Iranian officials have barred inspections of facilities producing centrifuge parts, a move which worries arms control specialists. Iran may be planning to build an undeclared centrifuge facility separate from Natanz. Iran has also barred inspectors from its heavy-water reactor near Arak, an action that has concerned inspectors who hope to examine the site for possible telltale "clandestine" features that could be used in a weapons program. These signs would indicate that Iran could begin a nuclear weapons program. But as of now there is no such program. We should stop speaking as if one exists.
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By Natascha, March 7, 2009 at 7:40 pm Link to this comment
To Inherit the Wind: Thank you for your wisdom, eloquence, and intelligence. Your posts are greatly appreciated by me and (I have no doubt) by many others.
By Alan MacDonald, February 27, 2009 at 2:40 pm Link to this comment
Imagine, in this very modern 21st century, that we are still looking toward the end of the last of tribal 'empire-thinking'.
We are a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-racial, even post-racial, sectarian, mixing-pot-world of democracies on a small fragile planet—- and we are still not beyond the danger of existential death at the hands of ancient and irrelevant tribal 'empire-thinking'.
As only Kurt Vonnegut's sense of ironic black humor might envision, "It is as if the whole human race was about to sit down to a celebratory picnic for successfully reaching the 21st century, when we are all killed by one remaining giant dinosaur."
The last people in the world who should want to stay (or ever promote) a world of tribalism, are the Jews.
Fighter pilots have a saying, "speed is life". But, for all the rest of us, "inclusiveness is life"—- and tribalism is death by the oldest lie of empire.
Racism is another old lie of empire. Nationalism is a somewhat newer lie of empire. While, economic ideology is the newest, and current, lie of empire.
But all the lies and deceptions of Empire lead to the very same grave—- so choose your poison, stupidly. Or choose your inclusiveness, wisely.
By Sodium, February 26, 2009 at 10:01 pm Link to this comment
Re:Night Gaunt,February 26 at 3:14pm.
Your comments are correct except that Israel cannot use its nukes against a neighboring country,like Syria for instant,due to the closeness of the vicinity,unless it chooses "The Samson Option",which simply says "Oh Lord,on me and my enemy",and Samson destroyed the Temple by his enormous strength.Perhaps,the old movie entitled "Samson and Dilylah",starting by actor Victor Mature is wise to see it all over again.If not,then it will be even wiser to read the folling book:
"The Samson Option"
If you have not read it yet,I hope that you you will read it.You may find in your local library.
Although all of the forgoing is well known to the students of the Arab-Zionism conflict,there is one cause that have made the leadership of Israel nervous about Iran's nuclear program is the possible "DE-POPULATION" of Israel once Iran succeeds in building the atomic bomb.All it takes religious fanatics,on both side,to start pushing the buttons of their respective nukes.It is only human to flee from the place of danger before it takes place….
By jean gerard, February 26, 2009 at 7:55 pm Link to this comment
We have to do more than pray that Obama gets his foreign policy decisions right and avoids more wars.
By Sepharad, February 26, 2009 at 11:59 am Link to this comment
Inherit—Reading the posts, I can understand why the Israelis voted for Netanyahu. They're angry at Hamas' bad behavior rewarded by the international community again telling Israel to show more restraint but never asking Palestinians to become responsible for finding a leader who won't involve them in collectively suicidal behavior. Israel can't join the peace-and-love dance without a partner.
Shenonymous, on two research projects, requested chronological data leading up to the first Lebanon war, which I provided (in five parts) on the thread "When did we stop caring ..." Getting that together, saw the familiar pattern—drip-drip-drip terrorism leading to disrupted Palestinian life—first checkpoints, then the Wall. Between '67, when the Israelis captured the West Bank from Jordan, and '93, the beginning of the first intifada, Palestinians on the West Bank moved freely in and out of Israel, working, selling. Things were not so bad. Now, it's terrible. All that killing got the Palestinians exactly nothing and cost them dearly. Had there had been no continual attacks prompting checkpoints and wall, if their children had received real education instead of madrasses and Mickey Mouse Islamist style cartoons, by now the Palestinians on the West Bank would have built a sufficient economic base with adequately educated children to set up a country of their own.
Now, we try to making an omelette from broken eggs. Much harder. Netanyahu opposes a second state for now, but at least he's talking about building an economy in the West Bank. That's a start.
One more point of light: Zionist Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, got the joint Bard-Al Quds joint degree program up and running, thankfully before the elections. (Unlike the other joint academic programs with American University, Botstein pushed hard for and got a joint DEGREE program—medical, technology, humanities—which means that Israel will recognize the Al Quds-Bard degrees because Bard is a US college.) Dr. Nussibieh, President of Al Quds, has been working with Botstein for a long time on this. Not having a recognized degree handicaps graduates; having one opens the world up for them. Dr. Nussibieh said that some of his students had never been more than 40 miles from Jerusalem. I hope this doesn't paint a shoot-me-for-collaborating Hamas target on Nussibieh's chest; Palestinians can't afford to lose men like him.
Still, dark days for Israelis and Palestinians. It's depressing reading all the safe, comfortable people here babbling about things they do not understand, criticizing a country under siege, writing about Israel's founding "thugs." But then there were also people in the 19th century who hated Native Americans for massacreing Spanish, Mexican and Americans as they fought to defend their longtime land. Native American tribes displaced one another in bitter fighting every now and again, but only drove them farther away, never sought to exterminate them. Obviously I see today's Israelis as Native Americans. And the Arabs are, of course, the hordes of Hispanic and Anglo-Saxons who nearly extinguished the Native Americans. This will freak out some posters because if they think about it, it is an apt analogy—right down to the fact that the early Native Americans who came from over the landbridge overwhelmed an anciet race who'd lived here even longer, just as the ancient Hebrew warriors fought the Philistines and the Jebusites, Amalekites etc.
My current fight: the tendency to be rude and insulting. Am trying to learn from you and Shennonymous how to not only tolerate fools but also debate them point by point.
By AFriend, February 25, 2009 at 4:26 pm Link to this comment
Honesty moves people and can get a great deal done. Dishonesty is never the way.
I am 100% certain you have not read the reports in question.
By donnella whitacre, February 25, 2009 at 3:19 pm Link to this comment
wow. is this the same chris hedges who was caught lying about the IDF using palestinian children for target practice.
By bilejones, February 25, 2009 at 6:22 am Link to this comment
The Vomiting of the state of Israel onto the Palestinian people was one of the most cynical acts of the last century. Why should the Palestinians be destroyed because of what the Germans did to other Europeans?
By AFriend, February 25, 2009 at 5:39 am Link to this comment
Clearly you have never read the various IAEA reports nor the last few NIE's. You simply do not have the facts.
Why would you make the claims you wrote of after I've already indicated that I have, in fact, read these reports? It seems odd to me.
By marta kaye, February 25, 2009 at 5:01 am Link to this comment
Israel is obessed with the want of land, from Syria and especially Iran, the United States, and Britain, the oil under the land in all the Middle East. Both seem to care Less for the Human Lives that are taking away, especially children. All For Power and Greed.
By geronimo, February 24, 2009 at 2:53 pm Link to this comment
Public Support For Israel Is Waning
"Fear of an impending doom."
"Based on?"
"Israel getting us into a war with Iran."
"Peace on earth and goodwill to all living beings."
"Made possible by?"
"Yes we can."
By slinkymom, February 24, 2009 at 12:20 pm Link to this comment
It should be apparent to any thoughtful person on either side of the equation that, firstly, we cannot afford to polarize to immutable sides when considering such important issues and secondly, that there will never be a military solution to this or any other territorial and/or philosophical dispute. How many more young men, women, children have to have their life's blood spilled before humans finally see this.
We must talk, open our hearts, talk again, open our minds, talk again, talk again and again, with a real willingness to both solve the disagreement and realize how our "opponents" were born and what sustains their antipathy.
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Schwarzenegger Vetoes Significant Air Quality, Fish Protection Bills
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed some of the top environmental bills on his desk this week, including the most significant air quality bill for this sesson, SB 974, and Lois Wolk's Fish Rescue Plans bill, AB 1806.
Photo: Schwarzenegger playing the "Green Governor" role at Monday's "Green Chemistry Program" press conference in Sacramento. Photo from the Governor's Office.
"Green Governor" Vetoes Significant Air Quality, Fish Protection Bills
by Dan Bacher
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed many of the top environmental bills on his desk this week, including the most important air quality bill, SB 974, demonstrating that there is very little actually "green" about the "Green Governor."
Schwarzenegger also vetoed Assemblywoman Lois Wolk's Fish Rescue Plans Bill, AB 1806, supported by a broad coalition of fishing and environmental groups.
On the last day before the deadline to act on bills before him, the Governor vetoed the Clean Ports Investment Act, "the most significant air quality measure for this legislative session," according to Tina Adolina, Legislative Director for the Planning and Conservation League (PCL). SB 974 (Lowenthal) would have raised $300 million a year to fund critical air pollution mitigation efforts and improve freight transportation throughout California.
Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill under pressure from Alaskan Governor Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee. On the day before Senator John McCain named her as his running mate, Palin wrote a letter to Schwarzenegger urging him to veto the bill, claiming that SB 974 would lead to higher costs on goods shipped to Alaska. Schwarzenegger recently endorsed McCain for president.
"We are extremely disappointed that the Governor went back on his word and vetoed the best solution we have to the devastating pollution plaguing communities near the ports and other goods movement corridors," stated Andolina. "The state clearly lacks the funding needed to tackle this air pollution and SB 974 represented our best opportunity to finally address this epidemic."
SB 974 would have collected up to $30 per shipping container processed at California's three large ports - Oakland, Long Beach, and Los Angeles, and reinvests that money into infrastructure improvement projects and air quality mitigation measures. Nearly half of the goods entering the United States come in through these ports. However, the ships, trucks, trains and the cargo equipment needed to get the goods to store shelves are responsible for toxic air pollution.
Operations at the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles and Oakland along with related freight transport generate 30% of the statewide emissions of nitrogen oxide (a smog-forming pollutant) and 75% of all diesel particulate matter pollution.
"These pollutants contribute to increased rates of asthma, respiratory disease, and premature death," said Adolina. "In fact, diesel pollution is the worst toxic air contaminant in California, responsible for 70% of the state's air pollution-related cancer risk."
Approximately 3,700 deaths and 360,000 sick days in California each year are directly linked to toxic emissions from goods movement. The California Air Resources Board estimates that over the next 14 years, the state will spend an additional $200 billion in health care costs directly related to goods movement pollution. SB 974 would have provided a steady funding stream that could have generated nearly $300 million dollars annually to fund air quality projects and infrastructure improvements.
"The Governor likes to tout his environmental resume. However, when it came time for him to stand with all Californians and stand up to the big corporations polluting our air, he chose not to," said Andolina.
The Governor also angered members of a broad coalition of fishing and environmental groups, led by the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, when he vetoed AB 1806, the Fish Rescue Plans Bill, this week. Assemblywoman Lois Wolk's badly-needed legislation would require the Department of Fish and Game to develop a set of protocols to evaluate the need for fish rescue and relocation plans within the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
Schwarzenegger claimed, with no evidence whatsoever, that the bill "is unnecessary and duplicates authority already conferred to the Department by existing laws and regulations for mitigation for fish and wildlife impacts and coordination between federal, state and local agencies."
"While I am disappointed that AB 1806 was not signed, I want to express my thanks to the fishing community for their strong support in this effort," said Wolk, Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee. "The fishing community took up the challenge to help restore the state's fisheries and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and has proven a force to be reckoned with. When thousands of striped bass and other sport fish started dying on Prospect Island last year, it was fishermen who mounted the rescue operation that saved thousands of fish--and their advocacy helped send AB 1806 to the Governor's desk."
Schwarzenegger also vetoed AB 2447 (Jones) that sought to ensure the state follow a few common sense principles regarding fire danger as California population grows.
"The bill, the most meaningful measure on the Governor's desk related to wildfire danger, simply asked that all new developments have fire protection and that new communities are designed to ensure the lives of residents and firefighters are not put at risk unnecessarily," according to Traci Sheehan, PCL executive director, in the California Progress Report (http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/10/top_environment.html). "Given the unprecedented wild fires we have seen this year and knowing that catastrophic wildfires will be more frequent, Governor Schwarzenegger's veto of AB 2447 is both irresponsible and unconscionable."
The Governor also rejected SB 68 (Kuehl), a PCL sponsored measure "to help bring a bit of clarity," to counties, cities and the public bringing lawsuits under the California Environmental Quality Act.
"Currently, those filing lawsuits have no way of knowing for certain whom exactly they must include in a lawsuit. So, to be sure they include everyone to prevent their case from simply being thrown out, filers cast a wide net and include people they later learn are not involved," explained Sheehan.
"This practice, while necessary, serves no one. PCL worked with the California Building Industry Association and the California League of Cities to ensure SB 68 was a practical solution to problem. Despite the lack of any opposition to the measure, the Governor vetoed it," she added.
The Governor signed 772 bills and vetoed 415 after signing the budget on September 22. This veto rate of 35 percent is the highest percentage of vetoes in "at least 40 years," according to the Sacramento Bee's Capitol Bureau.
Schwarzenegger's contempt for clean air and public safety is only exceeded by his war on California's imperiled fish populations. Under his watch, Central Valley salmon fall run chinook populations have collapsed and four Delta pelagic (open water) fish species - delta smelt, longfin smelt, threadfin shad and juvenile striped bass - have declined to record low population levels.
While Schwarzenegger spouts off about "green jobs" and "stopping global warming" at carefully choreographed press conferences and events throughout California and the nation portraying him as the "Green Governor," his administration has pursued water and fishery management policies that have resulted in the collapse of salmon and Delta pelagic species. Record water exports from the California Delta to subsidized agribusiness under his administration have devastated the estuary's food chain and resulted in the dramatic decline of salmon, delta smelt, longfin smelt, striped bass and other species.
However, rather than working with fishing groups, environmental organizations, Indian tribes and Delta farmers to restore the Delta, Schwarzenegger is actively campaigning for a water bond that will result in the destruction of the largest and most significant estuary on the Pacific Coast.
The $9.3 billion water bond that Schwarzenegger and Senator Diane Feinstein are working to put on the ballot, probably in June, would bail out corporate water contractors while soaking the taxpayers for decades to come. It would result in the building of two new reservoirs, Sites and Temperance Flat, and the construction of "improved conveyance" - Schwarzenegger's code language for a peripheral canal, in order to export even more water from an already over-appropriated estuary.
Schwarzenegger's "Green Governor" image is nothing but a dark, cynical fantasy, based on the Governor's actions this week.
Here is the Planning and Conservation League's breakdown of the top environmental bills signed and vetoed by Schwarzenegger over the past week.
AB 31 (de Leon) – A comprehensive measure that allocates $400 million from Proposition 84 to address the need for neighborhood parks in the most park-poor communities throughout California, consistent with Proposition 84 criteria. Creates a competitive grant program for distributing funds through eligible public agencies and non-profit organizations to ensure California's park-starved communities receive the health, economic and environmental benefits that local parks provide.
AB 1879 (Feuer) – Enacts chemical policy reform by requiring the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations to identify and prioritize chemicals of concern in consumer products, evaluate the hazard traits of chemicals and their alternatives, and establish a range of regulatory actions to protect public health and the environment.
AB 2222 (Caballero) – Directs the State Water Resources Control Board to recommend investments and policies necessary to assist regions throughout California in protecting and cleaning up vital groundwater resources.
AB 2356 (Arambula) – Helps small disadvantaged communities avoid a cash-flow crisis by giving the State Water Resources Control Board the authority to disburse up to twenty-five percent of a wastewater infrastructure grant to a disadvantaged community in advance of costs incurred. Currently, grants are disbursed on a reimbursement basis and can take up to two months to process, making it difficult for disadvantaged communities to pay their contractors.
AB 2522 (Arambula) – Authorizes the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to increase the existing vehicle registration fee from $6 to up to $30 for incentive-based programs to achieve state and federal air quality standards and requires at least $10 million of the revenues to be used to mitigate air pollution in disproportionately impacted communities in the San Joaquin Valley.
SB 375 (Steinberg) – Requires regional transportation agencies to adopt a sustainable communities strategy within its existing regional transportation plan that will provide adequate housing for all economic segments of a region and meet regional greenhouse gas emission reduction targets set by the California Air Resources Board, taking into consideration the impacts of development of important resources lands and farmland. Provides CEQA incentives for development projects within a local jurisdiction whose general plan is consistent with the sustainable communities strategy.
SB 509 (Simitian) – Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish a web-based Toxics Information Clearinghouse containing data on the hazard traits of chemicals and, with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, to identify human health and environmental hazards posed by chemicals used in consumer products, based on available data.
SBX2 1 (Perata) – Directs existing bond funds to programs and projects that will help stabilize the Bay Delta Estuary and increase water supply reliability throughout the state.
AB 2447 (Jones) – Requires a city or county to make a finding that a new subdivision has adequate fire protection prior to approving the project. Also requires that the project have at least two escape routes and that the design allows all necessary safety improvements, such as turnarounds, defensible space, and emergency water systems.
AB 2970 (Eng) – Requires the Department of Water Resources to develop a Delivery Reliability Report for the State Water Project. This legislation advances accurate water planning by ensuring that water agencies base forecasts of water supply on reliable and scientifically valid information.
SB 68 (Kuehl) – Provides increased clarity during CEQA litigation by specifying that the parties that must be named in a lawsuit are limited to those who received an approval for the project and are listed by the public agency in its notice of determination or notice of exemption. The current uncertainty as to who must be named forces petitioners to cast a wide net and name all the parties they believe might have received an approval, resulting in unnecessary parties being included in a lawsuit.
SB 775 (Ridley-Thomas) – Establishes a program that will increase screenings of California children for risk of lead poisoning through the use of the immunization program, improve reporting of information by laboratories to better track cases of lead poisoning, require the Department of Public Health to provide annual reports regarding screening and lead poisoning rates in California, and make information about lead available to pregnant women.
SB 974 (Lowenthal) – Establishes a fee of $30 per shipping container (20-foot equivalent) that passes through the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland, with fee revenues used equally to improve infrastructure and reduce traffic congestion in port corridors and to reduce air pollution from the ports.
SB 1113 (Migden) – Allows a court, upon motion, to award attorney's fees and other costs, including expert witness fees, to a successful party in any action that has resulted in the enforcement of an important right affecting the public interest.
SB 1313 (Corbett) – Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any food contact substance that contains perfluorinated compounds in any concentration exceeding ten parts per billion. Requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternatives when replacing perfluorochemicals or their precursors. Prohibits manufacturers from replacing perfluorinated compounds with certain carcinogens and reproductive toxins.


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An all time favorite by many famous photographers, you will find yourself in front of worldwide known department stores such as Galeries Lafayette or Le Printemps. Here watch the constant flow of shoppers rushing in and out of these fashion cathedrals in search of the latest of the French chic. You'll also find travellers who came from far away for a day in paradise and glamour addicts walking the large sidewalks dragging huge bags. Stand at a crossroad and let the waves of shoppers come to you with views on century old facades of the Galeries Lafayette. While you are in the area, the Opera and Saint-Lazare train station stand only a block away. I also find them to be fun places to shoot as you'll always get that frenziness feeling with landmark buildings in the background.
Pictures type : Streets crowded with shoppers. Fashion, glamour, frantic.
Your best lens : 28 or 50mm
Favorite spot : In front of Galerie Lafayette, at the corner of Rue la Fayette.
When to go : Satudays afternoon
Must go : Inside Galerie Lafayette
Metro Station : Saint-Lazare
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NYC Grows by 70,000
The Big Apple has gotten even bigger. The number of New Yorkers grew by 70,000 in the 15 month period from April 2010 – July 1, 2011, bumping the city's population to more than 8.2 million people, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Wednesday.
That increase is good news according to the Joseph Salvo, the population direction for the Department of City Planning. This new number becomes the city's official population, used for federal and state allocations, until the next estimate is released a year from now.
"What's happened is that the city continues to experience a substantial inflow of people from around the country and around the world," Salvo said. "Many of these people are very young, and people who are very young go on to have families and children."
Across the boroughs, the population in Brooklyn changed the most — increasing by almost 28,000 people according to the estimate. Queens was second with an increase of 17,126 people, followed by Manhattan with a 16,075 bump. The Bronx and Staten Island showed the smallest gains.
The 2010 count was a disappointment to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city officials who unsuccessfully appealed the bureau's count, arguing that significant portions of Brooklyn and Queens had been undercounted. Salvo said the latest population number supports the city's claim.
"The two boroughs where we think the problem occurred, you look at the estimates, and those are the boroughs that are growing fastest," Salvo said.


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Today I'd like to find out what your sound system is at home - that is to say, what you use to listen to music away from your DJ controller or home studio.
For some of you that may be the same thing, but I guess for many of you, you have a DJ practice area in your bedroom, or in another room, and then you have another audio system in your living room or for your family. Maybe you're at college and in shared accommodation, and have something you all use in a common area? It's that audio system that I'm interested in! Do you use a home cinema system? Do you have a traditional "hi fi" that you maybe also have your TV wired through? Do you have an AirPlay or Bluetooth wireless system? A single room-filling Bose-style seaker/amp?
For me, all my "pro" DJ gear is in the Digital DJ Tips workshop (which is not where I live), so at home we have a stereo system in the living room (a Denon hi-fi mini separates set-up from a few years back, actually) with bookshelf speakers. It has an Apple AirPort plugged into it so it can be used to stream music from (usually) my iPhone, and it's also used as the TV sound system for watching films etc. The only time the CD ever gets used nowadays is to listen to children's songs that my two-year-old boy brings home with him from nursery!
How about you? What's your "main" non-DJing sound system? The reason I'm asking is that we may cover some good consumer hi-fi gear of the type that appeals to DJs in a round-up later on this year, and I'd like to get a sense of what other DJs are using and what you like/don't like so I can focus in on the right kind of stuff.
So, over to you. Let us know what you listen to tunes on at home when you're not practising your DJing, in the comments below...


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We had our reservations about the original Samsung Galaxy S but its talents were still many and accordingly it sold like hot cakes. Now Samsung is back with its follow up, the Galaxy S II. Can it possibly achieve the same success?
First impressions are extremely positive, the enormous 4.3in screen looks great with its very thin bezel, and the trio of controls on the front does little to break up the minimalist lines. The 8.9mm thinness is also immediately apparent, along with the phone's impressively light weight. Probably the single most positive thing to note, however, is the new textured back. Not only does it look great, it's also a much more practical finish that the glossy plastic of the original. It doesn't actually provide any more traction in the hand but it should be less likely to slide off soft furnishings.
The juxtaposition of the massive screen (which is possibly erring on the side of too big) and incredibly thin body does feel a little peculiar and the plastic construction does lend it a slightly, well, plasticky feel compared to the likes of the Sony Ericsson arc and iPhone 4, but it doesn't actually feel flimsy. Handling is also helped by the simple layout of physical features with the power button on the right edge, volume rocker on the left, headphone up top and microUSB on the bottom, with Menu, Home and Back buttons on the front. We're still a little unsure of the mixture of physical a touch buttons, on principle, but in terms of feel and responsiveness, they're fine. What is missing, however, is a button for the camera - this really shouldn't be omitted in this day and age, especially when you've an 8-megapixel camera on the back.
Primary among our concerns with the original Galaxy S was its screen, which used Samsung's Super AMOLED technology. Thanks to its Pentile arrangement of sub-pixels (sorry, getting technical here) it had a slightly grainy quality to it that some people found distracting. With its new Super AMOLED plus screen, Samsung has now fixed this issue by reverting to a conventional sub-pixel arrangement. The result is that despite having the same outward 480 x 800 pixel resolution, it actually uses 30 percent more sub-pixels and looks significantly sharper. The slightly blue tint that plagued the original has also gone. So, with AMOLED's usual plus points of amazingly bright and vivid colours, deep black levels, and infinite viewing angles, this is one top notch display.
It's also a responsive display, which is largely down to the super fast hardware running in the background. There's a dual-core Samsung chip at the heart of the operation, which runs at 1GHz and packs in quad GPUs theoretically delivering five times the performance of the Galaxy S' Hummingbird processor.
As with other dual-core smartphones we've seen, the performance benefit isn't immediately obvious as little of the interface and few of the apps actually benefit from the second core or extra graphics power. Where it should come into its own is multi-tasking - and future apps and games - but this is something that needs longer testing to really become apparent. Frankly, we're at a point where mobile hardware has outstripped software so it will be a while before these dual-core phones really benefit day to day use but obviously it will be a nice thing to have.


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ST. LOUIS -- Sarah Nelson of Creighton University has been selected Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week, Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today. Nelson was honored for her performance during the period of December 17-23.
Nelson, a junior, averaged 17 points and 7.5 rebounds in the Jays' two victories at the Caribbean Classic. In Creighton's opener against Miami (Ohio), the Bluejay post player led the team with seven rebounds and seven assists. The following afternoon, Nelson was unstoppable as she posted a career-high 29 points on 12-of-14 shooting.
Nelson nailed all four of her three-pointers against the USF Bulls and also led the team with eight rebounds and three blocked shots. The Omaha native led Creighton to its first tournament championship since 2007-08 when the Jays won the Rocky Mountain Invitational. Over the two contests, Nelson had 34 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists and just four turnovers in 60 minutes of play. Nelson boasts a 3.658 grade-point average as a finance major.
Now in its 14th year of existence, The Valley's Scholar-Athlete program honors its student-athletes for their athletic performance for a one-week period and academic success in the classroom.
To qualify for Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week laurels, student-athletes must carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20, completed at least one academic year at a Valley institution and must be at least a sophomore in academic standing.
Redshirt freshmen and first-year junior college transfers are not eligible. In addition to the academic qualifications, student-athletes will be evaluated on their athletic performance for a one-week period.
- Scheer, Nelson Named Scholar-Athletes
- Women's Basketball Weekly Notebook (Jan. 2)
- Women's Basketball Player/Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 31)
- Nelson Named Scholar-Athlete
- Women's Basketball Weekly Notebook (Dec. 27)
- Munn, Ryan Named Scholar-Athletes
- Women's Basketball Weekly Notebook (Dec. 18)
- Women's Basketball Player/Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 17)
- Shronda Butts and Walt Lemon Jr. Named Scholar-Athletes
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Tundra lesson #2: unlike the Northwest, in most places just because we could see them well did not mean we were in range. My Swarovski range finder gave me nothing. So out in the open we simply stumbled over the tundra (because that is all you can do) and got set up again where it looked good. This time I got 3 consistent readings: 1985, 1992, and 1987 yards. Well, that was a head scratcher. We figured we needed to cut the distance in half to get the shot into the high % category. Again, we simply moved straight toward the wolf and ranged as we went, having no other options. We finally got set up at 963 yards and felt pretty good about our setup. The wolf lay down on the ground facing us and watched our activity. I assumed he was trying to figure out whether or not we were something he could eat.
We entered the conditions into the PDA and looked at the wind. We made our best estimations and then stayed on top of the wind while waiting for the wolf to stand and give us a good shot. Quite some time later, the wolf got bored with us and stood to leave. When he turned broadside and stopped I told JR to send it. I was shocked to see the round impact the ground low and the wolf head across the tundra grabbing gears. Later we found JRs zero to be almost 2.00 moa low. This was strange, since in over 2 years the rifle has never shifted zero. Lesson learned about flight to remote destinations: always zero when you get there no matter what. It was an unfortunate finish to a unique opportunity.
It was later in the afternoon when I spotted the first group of caribou. They were maybe 3000-4000 yards away (a bit far no matter what you are shooting!). It was at this point that I got tundra lesson # 3: you dont just take off at mach 2 over the tundra, it is slow going and you have to lead the caribous direction quite a bit to intercept them.
We rocked and rolled over the tundra as fast as our kidneys would allow and finally closed the distance to a little over 1000 yards. Now it was time for tundra lesson # 4. (Pay attention; you will see this material again) Ranging anything over 600 yards on the rolling tundra was difficult. Getting a consistent reading was almost impossible.
We finally got a good reading at 1028 yards, but the caribou had moved quite some distance by the time I got dialed in. The good news was they actually closed the distance some and were now at around 927 yards, so we thought. I dialed for 930, looked quickly at the wind, and held 2.00 moa right. I fired my 300 gr SMK from my 338 Edge, and from the bulls reaction the bullet went high, completely clearing him and landing behind him. Tundra lesson #: 5 bullet impacts are nearly impossible to spot.
The BNGN (bad news/good new) was I had missed, but the bull ran closer to us, turned broadside and looked back at the impact spot. My ranger said he was at 827 yards. I dialed for 825 and now, somewhat flustered, fired without checking the wind that had obviously picked up, causing my impact to hit the bull good for elevation but a little further back than Id have liked. The bull spun and trotted into some willows, where we followed it up and collected it. I had taken a pretty good bull, but not my crowning moment as far as shooting was concerned.
Shortly after loading my bull into the Ranger, Tony spotted a set of caribou antlers sticking out of the tundra well over 1000 yards away. We drove to a closer spot where we could again locate the antlers. JR and I moved to about 400-500 yards from the bull but could not get an accurate range on the antlers only. We figured the bull to be bedded down at 450 yards but could not confirm it. JR set up for a 450 shot and we waited for the bull to rise.
We didnt have to wait long and the bull got up and turned to walk down a water course. JR sailed a 300 gr SMK from his 338 Edge through the heart, and the caribou ran a very short distance and went down within sight. We drove over and loaded the second caribou into the Ranger and headed back to camp. When we arrived at camp, Chuck and Jack had each shot pretty good bulls and the skinning, hanging, etc. began.
On our second day of the hunt Tony had yet to shoot a bull and was itching to use his 338 Allen Mag I built him special for this trip. We had not been out of camp an hour when I spotted a group of caribou bulls about 7 or 8 in number. We moved within 700 yards of them with the group moving toward us. By the time Tony got set up, they had closed the distance to 400 yards, not a challenge with the equipment at hand. Tony dialed for 400 and drilled the biggest bull and rolled him with one shot. We loaded up the bull and hauled him back to camp to hang with the others.
Barren ground caribou have a lot to offer the long range shooter and many challenges to offer as well. We learned several things about varied terrain and hunting a new species of animal. Caribou tags are over the counter, do not require a guide, and are a great long range hunting experience. I highly recommend going on at least one caribou hunt at some point in your hunting career.
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Ritter admitted that while she worked for PV-based Hub International, a packaging developer and service provider, she embezzled approximately $829,000. The embezzlement activities dated back to 2005, according to the Johnson County District Attorney's office. Police chief Wes Jordan said Monday it was the largest embezzlement case the department had investigated during his tenure.
The Prairie Village police department started investigating the case in 2011, and filed eight charges against Ritter in February 2012. Ritter pleaded guilty to all eight charges against her in January.
Ritter will serve her time in Kansas Department of Corrections facilities. She is also ordered to pay more than $870,000 in restitution.


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Distinguished Outreach Faculty Award
In recognition of the importance of faculty outreach, the Distinguished Outreach Faculty Award program began in 2004. The award was developed to recognize and salute the university's faculty for outstanding outreach activities. Academic and administrative faculty on a half-time or greater appointment with the University of Nevada, Reno are eligible. Nominees for the award are solicited from deans in August of each year. Applications are judged by a selection committee on the overall impact of their work, the sustained nature of their contributions, and the collaboration fostered by their activities. The recipient will receive a $5,000 award, a plaque, and recognition at the annual Honor the Best Ceremony in May. Funding is provided by the UNR Foundation and the Office of the Provost.
Previous Distinguished Outreach Faculty Award Winners:
- Bret Simmons, Managerial Sciences (2017)
- James Kent McAdoo, Northern Area, Cooperative Extension (2016)
- Marjorie Matocq, Natural Resources & Environmental Science (2015)
- Larry Engstrom, School of the Arts (2014)
- Erica Ryst, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (2013)
- W. Larry Williams, Psychology (2012)
- Diane Barone, Education (2011)
- Mary Ann Demchak, Education (2010)
- Edwin G. Smith, Western Area, Cooperative Extension (2009)
- Vern Luft, Education (2008)
- Susan G. Donaldson, Western Area, Cooperative Extension (2007)
- William Evans, Education (2006)
- David Bennum, Physics (2005)
- Marilyn Smith, Central/Northeast Area, Cooperative Extension (2004)


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Find recipes for exciting sides to any meal - whether it's the perfect roasties for a traditional roast dinner, mushy peas with your fish and chips or fragrant dal for an Indian spread.
This is the recipe for my grandma's rice. Being Mexican, this is about as authentic as you can get. Makes a great side dish to grilled meat or vegetables.
These Yorkshire puddings take less than 10 minutes from start to finish!
These roasties are lovely and crispy, perfect for all roast dinners. The tumeric gives a nice colour, but it isn't important for the taste.
Cauliflower is delicious roasted, especially with a bit of garlic and rosemary. This is an easy side, nice for when cauliflower is in season.
A fantastic roast vegetable dish, which goes perfectly with any roast dinner. Try it at your next Sunday lunch or Christmas dinner. Butternut squash, red peppers, sweet potatoes and red onion is tossed in a herby olive oil-balsamic vinegar dressing, then baked to perfection.


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Finance Slump to Whack London Jobs
City workers face 6,500 job cuts and reduced bonuses next year as the credit crunch bites, a report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research said.
Jobs in the Square Mile surged by 11,000 to a record 349,100 in the first half of this year as the roaring debt markets fuelled hedge fund activity, sales of structured credit products and private equity-driven takeovers.
The main casualties of jobcuts will be in investment banking, where about 2,300 staff will be cut, the CEBR forecasts. "What we are likely to see as we enter 2008 is a reduction of almost one for every two jobs added this year," Sarah Bloomfield, a CEBR economist, said. The 2 per cent fall will feel worse because the City has become used to adding jobs on a huge scale, she added.
Bonuses are set to fall by 16 per cent to a total of £7.4bn from last year's record £8.8bn. The payouts face a drop on the same scale next year, taking the total to the lowest level since 2003.
A slowdown in Britain's financial services sector always causes grave concern at the Treasury because City profits and bonuses are a major source of Government revenue. Increasing concerns about the effects of the credit crunch will provide a gloomy backdrop for the Chancellor's pre-Budget report and Comprehensive Spending Review tomorrow.
Firms in the City have been hit by higher costs from write-downs caused by the sub-prime crisis and increased funding costs from the drying up of the inter-bank money markets.
The CEBR said the easiest way for institutions to offset this is to slash bonus payments. Investment banks and hedge funds will make the biggest cuts, the research consultancy said.
The bonus cuts will dampen the London property market and sales at luxury retailers, Jonathan Said, the CEBR's senior economist said. But he added that the remaining bonus pool would be enough to avert a slump in those markets.
London has thrived as a global centre for financial services by attracting firms from outside the UK which have based their international operations in Britain. But that leaves Britain exposed to the fortunes of institutions in Europe and the US, where banks have been announcing massive write-downs as a result of the credit crunch. Switzerland's UBS announced 1,500 jobs in its global fixed-income division two weeks ago. Fears are growing that US banks such as Merrill Lynch, which admitted to $5.5bn of write-downs last week, will be forced to make cuts.


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" Brand: Boots / Texture: Cream / Type: Moisturiser / Skin type: for dry skin and for all types / What it does: Hydrates / Product line: Boots No7 "
I received a massive box of No. 7 products from my sister, as a present. I've been working my way through using them, some great, some OK and some I really dislike.
Hydro Quench, is not a moisturiser - as it's described above - it's a face mask, with a kick.
The tube is fairly non-descript, albeit obviously a No. 7 product due to the logo and script. The tube is a creamy-beige colour, with a flip-top lid.
To use the mask, first cleanse & tone or ex-foliate. You want to remove your make-up so the mask has access to your pores. Once you've prepped your skin, shake the tube well. This bit is essential as otherwise the product is watery.
I never like to say how much you should use of a product, as everyone is different, however, this can be spread quite thinly over your face, so you don't need to use too much.
Wet your face, although don't soak it, or you can wet your hands, as the product works properly when in contact with water.
The first thing you will notice as soon as you start applying this to your face, is the heat. The mask radiates a heat, so apply all over your face - avoiding your eyes and then relax for around 2 minutes.
Personally I find the biggest issue with this product is the fact you only have it on for two minutes! It's such a nice feeling, this lovely warm heat on your face. The mask will not harden, it won't crack when you smile at the sheer loveliness of the feeling. It doesn't require peeling off. It simply needs to be rinsed off well.
I find my skin is lovely and soft after using this mask. I don't tend to 'gush' over beauty products generally, but this, I feel is well worth it. Looking around, it costs about £9.75 for 75ml. Personally, I think it's a fairly good price as you won't need to use a lot and probably won't use it more than 1-2 times a week.
If No.7 could just extend the time the mask lasts on your face, I'd be ecstatic!
I've used various face packs over the years, clay based ones that set hard and if someone makes you laugh your face cracks, other types more gel like that set and you peel off. Other more creamy concoctions that you leave for 20 minutes and then wipe off, they all have various results, occasionally my face has been really red and within a few days I have even had a few spots as if the face pack has forced things to erupt! So I decided to try out the Hydro Quench Sauna mask that was in my box of goodies at Christmas, and to have an open mind and not judge it until I had tried it out.
The tube is a shiny white pearly plastic, and sits upright on the flip top which is a pearly colour. The gold No 7 is on the front and the name of the product. It is hypo-allergenic and on the back is Boots name and the website address. The instructions are to shake well before use, and to massage for 1 - 2 minutes onto damp skin avoiding the delicate eye area. Then relax for 2 minutes and rinse away thoroughly.
The tube has the following information that you can give unbalanced skin a helping hand by using the gently exfoliating thermal mask. It heats on contact with water to open pores and polish away impurities. Then as you rinse it tightens pores leaving your skin feeling healthy, refreshed and clean.
Each time I have used the mask has been before a shower as I find it easier to rinse off a mask in the shower and then wash my hair, as I tend to end up with mask in my hair! But you could apply, relax and then rinse as they say and use a band to keep your hair out of the way, especially as I have got a super band in the gift box!
Because I did this in the morning my face had been cleansed the night before so I just had to dampen it, but I would advise cleansing first if you have had make up on. I squeezed out about an inch onto my finger and applied to one side of my face and was amazed that I instantly felt the heat, I squeezed some more for the other side and massaged the mask onto my face paying special attention around my nose and avoiding the eyes as instructed. There was a slight smell of clay that I had noticed on other masks, but it wasn't over powering and certainly not unpleasant. It was surprisingly creamy but had a slight feeling of exfoliating, not too sore just a pleasant feeling. I relaxed a little after the massaging and then showered and removed the mask. The heat didn't last long, but the mask remained soft and creamy, no unpleasant face cracking!
I rinsed it off quite easily using my fingers no cloth or cotton wool was necessary, and was aware my cheeks felt soft and smooth, when I patted my skin dry I was pleased to feel it was soft and moisturised and it did feel and look clean sand healthy. Other face masks have left my face crying out for moisturiser.
Because this was in a box there was no leaflet so I'm not sure how often I should use this, I have used it once a week and have been using another exfoliater on other days. Suitable for normal to combination skin this costs £9.54 for a 75ml tube. I have discovered that it contains pumice particles to sweep away the dirt and everyday impurities and rosehip oil for skin conditioning. It also says on the website that they advise for best results using No 7 Hyro quench Day Sorbet and Overnight sorbet, and other Hydro Quench products. Although I do have a small tub of the day sorbet I am using another No 7 product at the moment and still think the results are OK!
Will I buy another tube? You bet I will! I love the feeling of the heat and the creaminess of the product, plus I'm getting good results. It isn't cheap, but often Boots have special offers and you only need a small amount so the tube will last a long time. I am more likely to use a product I like than one I don't which is why I rarely did the other masks! I found trying to find 20 minutes to relax with a mask on was quite difficult and this was much quicker. Well done Boots another good product.


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Keeping seniors active can be difficult, but there are many activities available for them to learn new things and have fun. Some of these activities can be done with little to no guidance, while some may require a hands-on approach. Try out some or all of these activities, because you never know what activities will be popular.
Computer and Internet Use
Technology is becoming a larger part of the world everyday, and allowing seniors to participate in that part of the world makes things much easier for them. Unfortunately, this may be a very difficult activity for some seniors to learn. But, if you remain patient and start with all the basics, then the payoffs will be great. This allows seniors to use software that can be fun and educational, and it allows them to easily look up information without scouring through hundreds of books.
Community Garden
Starting a community garden is a great idea. It allows all the seniors, along with their children and grandchildren, to work with the earth. All you need is a spare spot of land, some seeds and a few gardening tools. You can get seeds for flowers, or you can get fruit and vegetable seeds so the seniors can eat what they grow. Aside from being calming, having a community garden is very rewarding and it will make that particular area of land look more cheerful.
Aerobic Exercise
It's no secret that light aerobic exercise is the key to either alleviating or entirely fixing arthritis and inflammation. Not only that, but aerobic exercises can be help increase longevity and the body will function much better. You don't need to do anything too strenuous. Some light yoga and aqua-aerobics are great. You can also use resistance bands to help seniors gain and tone muscle.
Choral Groups
Starting a choral group can help lighten the spirits of some of the seniors, and it is a great way for some to learn their singing talent. Many senior choral groups actually go to other senior centers for less able seniors, or they participate in church gatherings.
You don't need to travel to other countries or even other states to have a travel group. What are some of the tourist attractions in your local area? Most areas will have zoos, gardens, theaters and art galleries. Schedule weekly visits to one or two of these areas, and let the seniors really enjoy their surroundings. Not only that, but you will often find new and interesting areas that you probably never knew of.
Book Clubs
Reading is a great pastime that keeps the mind young and constantly active. Not only that, but books can help lead to long and in-depth conversations between everyone in the club. This can help seniors remember old memories, make new friends and think about things they never have before. Choose books that everyone likes and books that make people think, and you should have no problem getting this together.
Crossword Puzzles
Crossword puzzles have long been able to help people think by forcing them to remember trivia. Making your own crossword puzzle should be easy. It is normally best to make larger puzzles so elderly adults can better see them, but this depends entirely on the senior's eyesight.
There are many senior centers that have knitting clubs. The best way to run a knitting club is to pick a certain garment of the day and ask the seniors to make it. For example, one day can be about making shirts or hats. This can even be used as a fundraiser idea. The seniors can make clothing, and the garments can be sold to bring in extra money.
Finding activities for seniors to do or participate in isn't all that difficult. Just find fun group activities, or things that will help keep elderly adults moving around and active. Just make sure to respect the senior's limits and don't do anything too strenuous or difficult for them to achieve. Otherwise, just find something fun and start doing it. Try one of the above activities, or make up your own. All of these are able to keep seniors active, healthy and happy while they live out their golden years.


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An Investment Opinion
by Warren Gump
Comparing Furniture Makers
Assembly required. Two words that strike fear in the furniture aisle of any discount store. Past experiences with these products likely conjure some type of nightmarish experience. Figuring out how to lug the 80-pound box from the store into your home or apartment. Trying to interpret instructions and diagrams that are poorly written. Assembling three-fourths of a bookshelf, only to realize that you mixed up the top and bottom panel and need to start over. Having strewn the various pieces of a home entertainment center across your home only to learn that a screw or connecting joint is missing. Does anyone remember how sore your arms were after twisting in 85 screws? Arghh!
Despite those drawbacks, it's hard not to notice that more and more of this ready-to-assemble (RTA) furniture is popping up in stores. You see it at Wal*Mart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Costco (Nasdaq: COST), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and even Sears (NYSE: S). While I don't have any hard statistics, it seems as if an increasing amount of space is being devoted to these stores. Part of the reason for this raised prominence is the emergence of home offices, which need to be filled with some furniture. Because of reasonable prices and an increasing array of attractive decorative features, RTA is filling the bill.
The three largest companies in the business are Sauder Woodworking, O'Sullivan Industries (NYSE: OSU), and Bush Industries (NYSE: BSH). Sauder, the largest manufacturer, is a privately held company based in Archbold, Ohio. It's always disappointing when a category leader isn't publicly traded, but there are still two more players. Which one of the two remaining players is a more attractive investment option? I find O'Sullivan to be the more compelling story for the reasons outlined below.
Beyond having a larger industry presence, the earnings outlook for O'Sullivan is much brighter. The company is already showing signs of recovering from a mild earnings downturn last year, whereas Bush is still experiencing a severe earnings squeeze. For the December quarter, O'Sullivan has already reported that earnings per share (EPS) increased 45% to $0.29 in the December quarter. After a December warning, analysts expect that Bush will earn $0.09 per share, down 79%. To be fair, O'Sullivan's prior year results were depressed, but the December 1998 results are still a couple of pennies ahead of those reported in December 1996.
The weakness in December 1997 was caused by lower than expected sales, as well as the rollout of new software and equipment at a factory. The recent earnings report suggests both of these problems have been resolved (sales were up 14% and gross margin increased to 28.7% from 27.3%). Analysts currently expect O'Sullivan to post earnings of $1.21 in calendar 1999, resulting in a price/earnings (P/E) ratio a bit under 13x. Long term growth is estimated at about 15%.
Bush's current problems sound eerily similar to those experienced by O'Sullivan, but more severe. Slower than expected revenue growth has been compounded by manufacturing issues at a recently acquired manufacturing facility. Revenue growth was up 23% because of acquisitions, but gross margin dropped to 27.0% from 29.3% and earnings plunged 81% to $0.07 from $0.36. Analysts expect earnings to continue falling for the next two quarters with a rebound in the latter half of 1999. While the stock is trading just under 11x current First Call estimates for 1999, those projections are more tenuous since they incorporate a turnaround that is not assured.
Investors should never stop at the income statement when looking at a company. Key information is also available on the balance sheet and statement of cash flows. Bush's October 3, 1998 balance sheet shows long-term debt of $125.6 million and shareholders equity of $122.8 million, resulting in a debt/equity ratio a tad over 1.0x (125.6/122.8).
While not absurdly high, I prefer seeing the number a little lower when a company is in a somewhat cyclical industry. (Yes, the furniture business -- even if the product category is relatively cheap -- is still cyclical.) In comparison, O'Sullivan has a fairly low debt/equity ratio of 0.2x based on its September 30, 1998 balance sheet shows debt of $39 million and shareholder's equity of $166.7 million. O'Sullivan definitely has a more favorable financial structure for investors.
I also checked out two balance sheet statistics for each company, days sales in inventory and days sales in receivables, to measure the efficiency with which working capital is managed. O'Sullivan had 51 days sales in inventory whereas Bush had a slightly higher 55 days. Both companies appear to maintain inventories at similar levels.
On the receivables front, however, O'Sullivan has a quite high 70 days sales in receivables, while Bush has a much more reasonable 38 days. I checked into this statistic further since they were so divergent. In the comparable prior year quarter, O'Sullivan had 73 days sales in receivables and Bush had 48 days. Both companies showed improvement, although Bush's was more impressive. O'Sullivan's reduction of this number over the past year alleviated some of my concern that its receivables were so high relative to sales.
Reading O'Sullivan's 10-K, I learned a probable reason for the high level of receivables. The company's top five customers account for about 58% of sales. In fact, its two largest customers, OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) and Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), account for 20.1% and 11.6% of sales, respectively. Significant business with such powerful retailers likely means that O'Sullivan grants generous credit terms. Such a strategy is fine, but there is increased risk if one of those companies encounters financial problems.
Moving over to the cash flow statement, O'Sullivan has better operating cash flow than Bush. Through the first nine months of 1998, Bush had negative cash flow of $9 million. During the same period, O'Sullivan's operating cash flow was a positive $26.9 million. The biggest cause for this difference was a much higher investment in inventory for Bush.
Considering the various company characteristics described above, I believe O'Sullivan to be the better investment option. While its P/E multiple on 1999 estimates is slightly higher at 13x compared to 11x for Bush, O'Sullivan has a much stronger balance sheet. Because of this, O'Sullivan will have much more flexibility to address unforeseen opportunities and problems. Also noteworthy is the fact that O'Sullivan is reporting rising earnings, while Bush's earnings are falling. Obviously, investors tend to prefer placing their money into companies where earnings and cash flow are rising.
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Would they be entitled to any ownership of the company if this happens?
They can transfer shares they own as they please. However, that does not give them the right to issue new shares from the company. The transfer of shares between spouses does not alter the total number of shares they own together so really does not impact the total ownership interest in the company. If you own 51% and the two of them each own 24 and 25% if they change their ownership between themselves they still own just 49% together.
I as 51% owner am very uncomfortable with this. Would this give the secretary-spouse then any say in the company?
The company is controlled by the board and the board is elected by the majority of the shareholder, i.e. you. Whether the spouse secretary has shares does not give him any more say in the business because he is a minority shareholder. Who are the directors of the company?
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If he is on the board, then whether he has shares or not does not make any difference. Do you have a shareholder agreement that determines who is on the Board?
Does the shareholder agreement say the three of you are on the board?
Then whether the spouse owns shares he gets no more power or voice in the company than was the case before the shares were transferred. A majority of the board of directors makes the big policy decisions governing the company. The President as chief executive officer is in charge of all day to day operations. The shareholders get to elect directors and vote on major issues affecting the company such as selling the company.
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How sweet it is!
This is a discussion on Went to the mailbox... within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Congrats on the new permit! Now for the WW Trek......
Congrats on the new permit!
Now for the WW Trek...
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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NRA Life Member
How sweet it is!
ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell!
"A superior Operator is best defined as someone who uses his superior
judgement to keep himself out of situations that would require a display of his
superior skills."
Congrats! I may get mine tomorrow!!
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Congrats on the arrival of your permit! Enjoy your WWW. Be safe!
"Gun control is being able to hit your target."
Glock 26
congrats. welcome to cc.
Save a Greyhound. Adopt one.
All righty... no Nacho's at my wal-mart... there is a Mickey D's inside but I figure I can do better...
As everyone here is shocked... no ammo in the case, :(. Did pick up some nice steaks for dinner though.
I carried a 4" XD 40 SW... had that gun for house defense with a 12 guage... I am going to get a 3" XD 40SW to carry... the 4 inch seems to print a little more that I think it should with the tightness of shirts that I normally wear. (They are not skin tight just not baggy) Maybe I am being overly concerned about it printing.
Super Tuck IWB holster feels good and keeps the gun secure and safe...
I will report back when the 3" gets here and I have put the normal 1000 rounds through it, :)
Still need stiffer belt; the Levi's leather belt I have just doesn't cut it.
Congratts and Welcome Aboard from Middle Tennessee!!
This was on the sign out front on my first Wally World Walk....
Thats what the call it here in Tn.we are open carry and /or conceal carry,Handgun Carry Permit (HCP)
Congrats! Be sure to give us an after action Wally World Walk report!
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Glock 23 OD with CT laser
Congrats! :)
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YES! You have no idea how happy I am, I'm 30 days into my wait in El Paso county. I guess they are pushing them along quickly, I was told 10 weeks when I applied.
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