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Sebastian Vettel's domination continued with pole position for Sunday's Indian Grand Prix.
The German blitzed the field in a tactical top ten shootout as several teams opted away from using the fragile soft tyres.
With an extra set of the faster tyres available Vettel set a 1:24.119 giving him a huge three-quarters of a second advantage over Nico Rosberg , who will line-up alongside him on the front row. Lewis Hamilton was third as the Mercedes also opted to use the softer rubber.
Mark Webber was the fastest driver on the more durable medium compound in fourth ahead of Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Hulkenberg who look to take advantage of their better tyre conservation on the soft tyres tomorrow.
Fernando Alonso took eighth on the medium tyres ahead of the two McLaren's as Sergio Perez beat team-mate Jenson Button.
In Q2 little action of note on the track however both Force India's missed out on the top ten for their home race, Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil12th and 13th respectively.
Daniel Ricciardo is well placed in 11th with his team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne in 14th, Valtteri Bottas was 15th ahead of Esteban Gutierrz who couldn't make Q3 for the third straight race.
A major surprise came in the first session as Lotus misjudged the tyre situation keeping Romain Grosjean on medium tyres as the teams behind switched to the quicker soft tyres, the Frenchman also encountered traffic on his lap and as a result he was only 17th and
knocked out in the first part of qualifying.
Pastor Maldonado joined him in the knock-out zone for Williams ahead of the two slower teams, Jules Bianchi again the fastest for Marussia ahead of Giedo van der Garde and Charles Pic in the Caterham's, Max Chilton will bring up the field.
Back at the front however and it's all about tyres, Vettel leads from pole and looks certain to claim the championship with Alonso down in eighth, as to whether he'll win the race, well we will have to see just how far those soft tyres can go tomorrow.
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The German American Social Club is hosting its second Gartenfest of the year Sunday, March 16, on the club grounds on Pine Island Road in Cape Coral.
The outdoor festival runs from noon to 5 p.m., just like the Oktoberfest, and the afterparty moves inside the clubhouse at 5 p.m. with more live music and a full bar.
"The Gartenfest is a mini Oktoberfest," said Gartenfest chairman Tom Samean. "All the same authentic German food and beer as the Oktoberfest is duplicated. We have the same live entertainment, just not by the band that comes over from Germany for the Oktoberfest."
Admission to the festival is $3 per person, children under 12 and parking are free. Proceeds go to the club, which distributes donations to area charities after the Oktoberfest each year.
Live music is provided by Sepp & Heinz while guests enjoy Schnitzel, chicken, German bratwurst, hot dogs and potato pancakes with German and domestic beer, wine and soda. Arts and crafts vendors, door prize drawings and souvenirs will be available as well as a visit by the Jagermeister Girls.
"The Gartenfest is well attended," said Samean, "but we want our guests to be aware of the construction and lane shift on Pine Island Road. Please use caution, watch for the signs and volunteers helping direct traffic. All of the driveways to the club and parking lots will be open."
The club grounds, located at 2101 Pine Island Road, are seven miles west of U.S. 41.
For additional information, call the club at 239-283-1400.

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With cases of SARS, West Nile, and the threat of bioterrorism on people's minds, a new system for detecting and tracking outbreaks within 24 hours could help calm concerns and save lives.
The computerized program is being put to use in NYC and it's being hailed as the most advanced early warning system for possible disease outbreaks in the nation.
Health department workers are gathering and analyzing 50,000 pieces of electronic information daily from hospital emergency rooms, pharmacy prescription sales, and 9-1-1 and ambulance dispatch agencies.
It's called Syndromic Surveillance, or an early warning system for detecting possible diseases and bio-terrorism.
New York is one of the first city's using the latest technology to track immediate illness patterns. It is a program that will likely serve as a model for health departments around the nation.
Doctors say the goal is to have their fingers on the health of the city in as real time as possible so it can help the city differentiate between cases of influenza, SARS or worse.
In 1999, New York's Health Dept. used a map to track diseases like the West Nile virus. But pinpointing problem areas took days and weeks instead of hours.
The events of 9-11 and the anthrax cases that followed put a higher priority on early detection.
The information could end up being the first line of defense if or when any outbreak occurs.


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LITTLE ROCK — Two schools in east Arkansas have received a combined $6 million in federal School Improvement Grant funds.
The Arkansas Department of Education announced Monday that Wonder Junior High School in West Memphis will receive $3.7 million over three years and Forrest City Junior High School will receive $2.4 million over two years.
Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell said the federal grants will allow the schools to implement new programs to improve academic performance.
The state has classified both schools as "priority schools" because of low performance on state assessments.
The Education Department said the schools have proposed a number of initiatives, including before and after school instruction planning, Saturday morning tutoring programs and partnering with higher education to highlight careers in science and math.
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Great. Now , let's beg the Feds for money for Lee County and Hall High and it's feeder schools.
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When UC Davis scientists collected air pollution particles in Fresno and then exposed laboratory mice to them, they found that one of the most toxic sources was the backyard grill.
Along with particles from vehicle and wood-burning emissions, particulates from residential cooking had the greatest measurable impacts on mice lung function.
"That was like, wow!," said Anthony Wexler, the study's coauthor and director of the Air Quality Research Center at UC Davis. "It's not that you're cooking; it's how you're cooking. We think it's the [charcoal] briquets that are the problem."
The health effects of particulate pollution are well known, with the smallest particles considered the most harmful. Scientific studies have linked inhalation to heart and lung problems, including the premature death of those with heart or lung disease.
But Wexler said his research breaks new ground by collecting atmospheric samples and using them to gauge the toxicity of different sources of particle pollution.
"This is quite a bit more realistic about what we're really inhaling," said Wexler, who conducted the research with Kent Pinkerton, a professor of pediatrics at the UC Davis School of Medicine.


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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Brian Banks, a one-time high school football star who was recently exonerated in a California rape case in which he was falsely accused, is finally getting a chance to play professional football.
The 26-year-old Banks, a linebacker, is signing with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.
The team confirmed the news in a statement Wednesday.
Banks served more than five years in prison following a conviction a decade ago on rape and kidnapping charges. The woman later recanted her claim and offered to help Banks clear his name.
Banks and the Locomotives will announce the signing at a news conference Thursday.
Locomotives coach Jim Fassel says the team is pleased to give Banks "an opportunity in football that was denied him years ago."


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the supplies are not critical
In other words, it had everything worth living for in it. You don't *need* tasty food or new videos to survive.
Pretty much:
Known in Russia as Progress M-06M, the new Progress 38 spacecraft is packed with nearly 2.5 tons of fresh food, clothes, equipment and other supplies for the space station's six-person crew.
Packed aboard the spacecraft are 1,918 pounds (nearly 870 kilograms) of propellant for the station, 110 pounds (nearly 50 kilogram) of oxygen, 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of water and 2,667 pounds (1,209 kilograms) pounds of dry cargo including spare parts, science equipment and other supplies.
About 213 pounds (97 kilograms) of the delivery ship's cargo is earmarked as items for the station crew. Astronauts always look forward to fresh fruit and other foods that arrive on Progress spacecraft, NASA officials have said.
Some personal treats for the station astronauts are sometimes included, but NASA officials kept mum on anything unique riding on Progress 38. "Anything that would be of interest is probably a surprise," NASA spokesperson Kelly Humphries told Space.com from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
you really don't need video's sent into space on any physical medium either.
Russia Today said after this first ever failure to dock that a second attempt will be made on Sunday.
No, not technically. But international data rates to the space station are a bitch.
Idf the unmanned capsule is reusable, you put a HD on it, and have it load the digital mead while docked. While you will have additional weight in the sup-ly ship, it's a content weight, and it doesn't add mass to the space station.
"digital mead" - sounds tasty.
Also, what's a "sup-ly ship?"
I wouldn't expect that they would need data traveled via RocketNet (haha, instead of sneakernet? har har) - they have plenty of communications gear and are in a good position to make and receive transmissions.
Maybe the space module was using AT&T to communicate. AT&T better blast Owen Wilson into orbit to try to save face.
Probably a lot less than the data rate on my cell plan.
This is NASA's way of pulling a USS Liberty incident on Russia's Aeronautical Space Ship (hereinafter A.S.S.)
I bet those asstronaughts were up there saying:
We got their automated docking source-code, so link our ISS vectoral impulse control system upto this Perl script written on my GNU/Linux OpenPandora computer because I wrote it to spoof and avoid their docking effort.
Haha look at that shit go by us, yous Moiphies! Quick, send them an eMail that their software didn't anticipate the solar wind effecting
Ah, but then you'd need a space-tug-tug to pull your space-tug back when it fails...
Where exactly do you get the idea that they are doing this in a half-assed manner? Contrary to what you might think, this is rocket science.
Ah, but then you'd need a space-tug-tug to pull your space-tug back when it fails...
Yo Dawg, I heard you liked space tugs...
Where do you get the fuel to nip out, catch the vehicle, and bring it back in?
What to do about it? Launch another one. Either that or wait until November and have the Space Shuttle go pick it up...
Because no one else on Earth _wants_ anything close to it. They cost way too much for the marginal benefits they provide.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone were both born in the USA.
Skylab was a lab in space before the space shuttle. Salyut 1 was before that, but it had two missions that both failed. Soyuz 10 that could not board due to fire and Soyuz 11 that crew died on rentry do to a lab. Shuttles are pointless ISS could have been lifted by cheaper and safer rockets.
You seem to be wrong on all accounts.
I don't know about it proving "marginal benefits."
As I see it, "marginal benefits" means what does it provide that something like a Saturn 1B couldn't. As I see it, there's a vast amount of unused capability in the Shuttle. It can repair satellites, but nobody wants to repair a satellite for the cost of a Shuttle mission. It can return vast amounts of mass to Earth (called "downmass"), but as far as I can tell, aside from the odd experiment, the only thing that ISS managers want returned is trash and that can be returned on vehicles (like the Progress, ATV and HTV) which burn up in the atmosphere. It has a bunch of flexibility in landing that really isn't that useful (landing people or downmass at an airport isn't much more useful than dropping them in the middle of the ocean, compared to the cost of a Shuttle launch).
As far as I know, there would be no ISS if it wasn't for the SS.
In other words, bad planning on the part of the ISS builders. None of the components were particularly massive. The Proton (or a Saturn 1B, Ariane 5, Titan IV, Delta IV Heavy, etc) could have launched all of the ISS components, if it weren't for the volume and dimensions of the pieces. By making the pieces large enough that only the Shuttle could lift them, then NASA insured that the ISS was beholden on the Shuttle in order to exist. This was, no doubt, part of an attempt to wring more funding for the Shuttle and protect NASA's supply chain from budget cuts. The drawback was that any delay to Shuttle flights, such as from the Columbia accident, insured that the ISS was pushed behind schedule. While if there had been other vehicles capable of servicing the ISS's construction needs, then NASA could have kept going with construction despite the loss of Columbia or even of the entire Shuttle program.
To summarize, the Shuttle became a single point of failure for the ISS and contributed considerably to the overall cost of the ISS's construction and past operation which is thought (once one includes the operation of the Shuttle past 2003) to run well over 100 billion dollars in current dollar cost. My view remains that with a smarter choice of sizing of ISS components and not using the Shuttle, NASA could have dropped the cost of the ISS to 20-30 billion dollars. in my view, we could have built 3-5 ISS for the cost of the ISS we actually built.
the benefits are not marginal, they where huge.
While I agree, the benefits are "marginal" until you need them.
One advantage of the Shuttle is it is designed to be a jack-of-all-trades. It has a big cargo bay that you can fill up with stuff, including a space lab. The arm can be used to grab nearby things and put them in the cargo bay for maintenance. It allows seven astronauts to work in a shirt-sleeve environment for two weeks. It's a pretty impressive vehicle.
The "problem" is ISS can do most of the science stuff that the Shuttle did better than the Shuttle could (because it stays up longer). So as a science vehicle, it's not really that useful anymore. The Satellites you might want to maintain are outside the Shuttle's reach. While satellites like the Hubble Space Telescope are within the Shuttle's range, HST was designed to be maintained by the Shuttle and, in fact, has to do some crazy stuff to target stars while whizzing around the Earth within the Shuttle's range. So at this point, the Shuttle's only mission is to carry astronauts from Earth to ISS. This is akin to using a big honkin' four-wheel-drive SUV to pick up groceries at the corner store--sure it will work but it's kind of a wasteful way to do it.
Using the Shuttle to capture the Progress Drone could probably be done. But it's kind of silly to spend $60,000,000 to launch a Shuttle to rescue a Progress drone that probably cost $10,000,000 to launch. Just launch another Progress and be done with it.
I won't bag on the Space Shuttle--it's a great machine. But we really don't need it anymore. Let NASA get on to the next big thing (whatever that may be) and let private industry take over supplying ISS with people and supplies.
It was not an exact copy at all. It looked similar, it performed a similar task and was designed as a response to our shuttle. It was not an exact copy, it was not parts compatible or anything like that. The Tu-4 was about as an exact Russian copy of the B-29 as was possible for them. Even that was not parts compatible in the engines an guns/mounts.
Indeed. The only failure I can see is that the space station fuel is either not compatible or not mingled with the supply pod fuel. If it were, at least there'd be a chance of salvaging something, (sans the wasted fuel, of course.) a few orbits down the line.
Everything is going completely as planned.
There were no supplies on the vessel and the pod was purposely sent off course. This was a very thoroughly planned tactical decision in order to acquire the funds for the supplies via the insurance payoff.
We would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those meddling kids and their dog!
We're doing this whole space station thing in such a half-assed manner because approximately half of the people in Congress would dearly like to see the entire thing cancelled (and this is not a vote along party lines).
Out of curiousity, do you have a roll-call vote we can refer to that might give us some idea who to vote out of office if we don't like them half-assing it? I for one would like to know names.
Both groups are at fault. The anti's, for keeping it from its full potential, and the pro's, for not realizing that sometimes a thing half-done might not be worth doing at all.
But the pro's are worse, because they never offered a compelling argument as to why it should be done with public money, which every man is compelled to contribute regardless of his will.
Also, the radiation higher up than LEO is a bitch.
Although the space program had (has) it's share of fuck-ups, I would be hesitant to jump up and yell aloud: "Everyone is stupid, I just had a great idea no one else thought of before". I mean, what you say sounds reasonable, but if hundreds of scientist didn't provide for some sort of space tug, they probably had some reason, other than plain stupidity. Some possible reasons I can think of from the top of my head (at 3:00AM; disclaimer - IANAS*):
1) The frequency of such missed dockings is too low to justify the cost.
2) It is cheaper to send another probe than to have a space tug ready at all times - Remember that mass is money in space, and also you have maintenance to consider.
3) The technology for the space tug is not safe enough - it could be unpleasant if one of the astronauts gets marooned on the space tug.
Please don't try to refute the above points. I am not saying this are the reasons, those were just examples.
You may be right and nobody thought about some sort of contingency plan for such a scenario, but I would check it before marching around and talking about "half-assed manner".
* IANAS - I am not a scientist.
Well the cash always seems to be there for the US to go to war.
Why not think in terms of a permanent space station, and all that entails?
If you've got the money, honey, they've got the time. Remember, the ISS is anything but permanent. It's going to be deorbited in a couple of years unless the various agencies find a whole lot of money to keep it up.
It's not clear to me why we're doing this whole space station thing in such a half-assed manner.
See above. This, folks, is why we need the ISS as half assed as it is. We have to learn how to solve all of these little
No, that this much harder to do than you imagine.
And think of the value for money - the development cost and launch cost of such a rescue vehicle versus the cost of a single Progress mission. Unless accidents like this happened really frequently, the cost of a rescue vehicle would vastly outweigh the advantages.
Mostly because Congress is more concerned with funding the military industrial complex than scientific advancement that doesn't include more efficient ways to kill people.
Packed aboard the spacecraft are 1,918 pounds of propellant for the station, 110 pounds of oxygen, 220 pounds of water and 2,667 pounds of dry cargo
More like 0 pounds. Surely slugs would be a more useful measurement in a weightless environment. Or better yet: kilograms.
Pounds are a measure of mass, not weight [wikipedia.org]
This is because the most common definition of a pound is in terms of kilograms.
Even Hollywood had this one figured out.
Manual override.
Why didn't they have some sort of override for the Astronauts/Cosmonauts on board the station to correct trajectory in the last few moments? After all, they are the only ones that actually have a real eye on the situation and can react the fastest.
That must have been frustrating watching Mom's chocolate chip cookies and the latest issue of "High Times" go sailing past and not be able to do anything about it.
"They have manual control available for once the Progress gets to the parking orbit. The issue is Progress 38 didn't go to the parking orbit, it just went straight on past."
Ok, new plan.
Train Proboscis Monkeys (extra digit for controls) to pilot Progress in for the last docking maneuver and solve the "Fresh Food" issue at the same time.
The is a point where there is no return. It just has to keep going. depending on the failure, you can just 'change' trajectory.it could end up going to fast, or arc to a not quite the right position and destroy the station.
OTOH, would could just send up flying transforming robots. I mean, Hollywood has that figured out to, right?
Russians, "We are 15 centimeters from docking".
Nasa, "15 meters, rodger".
Russians, "No! 15 centimeters!"
Nasa, "How many feet is
Nasa, "Never mind".
This is what passes for "Progress" in space these days?
...folks on
And with that, the space salvage industry was born in a rush to be the first to recover this massive payload.
Carmack - go get 'em!
That's 27 gallons / 100 liters. I don't know how the water recycling works on the IIS, but I find it interesting that they send up a seemingly small amount...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISS_ECLSS [wikipedia.org]
The ISS has two water recovery systems. Zvezda contains a water recovery system that processes waste water from showers, sinks, and other crew systems and water vapor from the atmosphere that could be used for drinking in an emergency but is normally fed to the Elektron system to produce oxygen. The American segment has a Water Recovery System installed during STS-126 in Destiny that can process water vapour collected from the atmosphere, waste water from showers, sinks
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It takes a family to make a bagel — and to run a bagel mini empire.
"Izzy was the bagel maven," Paul Wayne, a partner in Goldberg's Famous Bagels in East Hampton and Montauk, said of his grandfather, Izzy Goldberg, who started the family in the bagel business in the years after World War II.
As he talked on Sept. 16, he cut a brisket into paper-thin slices. Rosh Hashana would begin at sunset, and the demand for brisket, corned beef, and pastrami was strong. As was the call for challah bread, which the store continued to make throughout the day.
Mr. Goldberg had four sons, Artie, Jerry, Alfred, and Marty, all of whom went into the family business, starting at a shop on Webster Avenue in the Bronx, then at shops in Brooklyn and Manhattan, before the family took their businesses to New Jersey.
Outside of the five boroughs, "there was a lack of bagels in the late 1960s," said Mr. Wayne, whose father, Marty, changed his last name to Wayne, after his hero John Wayne, during a brief pursuit of a theatrical career.
It was Mr. Wayne's cousin Mark Goldberg who brought the family business from New Jersey to the East End. "Fourteen years ago, I was vacationing out here and I saw a sign in Southampton that said, 'Bagel store wanted.' I left a bunch of stores in Bergen County for a better life in the Hamptons," Mr. Goldberg said.
Located on County Road 39, Goldberg's Southampton shop was a success, and six years later, Mark Goldberg had the opportunity to open an East Hampton store, this one at 100 Pantigo Place.
"I was in O'Malley's when I heard that the health food store wanted to get out of their lease," Mr. Goldberg said. His uncle Marty Wayne was his partner in opening the second South Fork store.
At first, the elder Mr. Wayne had his doubts about the location. "You're in the back of a building. You're not in town," Mr. Wayne remembers his father saying to his cousin. But he threw himself into the business.
"My father was a real schmoozer," Mr. Wayne said about the business's early days in East Hampton. "He would go to London Jewelers, Prudential, the hair salons" to drum up business.
Eventually, though, the elder Mr. Wayne wanted to return to New Jersey. His son wanted to come to East Hampton. "He was 65. I said to him, 'Whenever you don't want to do this anymore.' " Two years ago, the two men traded businesses, with Paul coming east.
Now, Paul Wayne knows most of his clientele by their first names, and just how they like their bagels.
Key to the Goldbergs' success was mastering the art of making a bagel and slicing the lox.
"My dad taught me," Mr. Goldberg said. "I am by trade a bagel roller and bialy maker. Paul is more of a counter man. Cutting corned beef and pastrami, a lox cutter."
Lox must be cut paper thin to qualify for a Goldberg's bagel or flagel (a flat bagel).
From Memorial Day until Columbus Day, Goldberg's imports a lox slicing expert from Staten Island to stay ahead of the demand.
"I've been doing this since I was a kid," Stuart Kull, the Goldberg's hired knife, said last week.
"The key to slicing lox is a light hand and a sharp knife," Mr. Kull said. "During the height of the season, I can slice up to 100 pounds a day."
While not a Goldberg, Mr. Kull is part of the extended family. "His dad had a store next to my dad's store in Jersey," Mr. Goldberg explained.
Indeed, the entire staff has a family feel. "It's fun here," said Aura Hernandez, as she doled out bagels to hungry customers.
Mr. Goldberg and Mr. Wayne are willing to discuss their recipe for bagels, to a point. "Flour, water, brown sugar, a little salt, and our own special ingredients," said Mr. Wayne, explaining that the secret ingredients used date back to the first Goldberg store in the Bronx.
"We mix the dough for about 12 and a half minutes," Mr. Wayne said, adding that some bagels can be mixed in one of their 200-pound mixers, though all are rolled by hand, while other bagels, pumpernickel among them, must be done entirely by hand, depending upon the particular dough.
Mr. Goldberg's father taught him the art of bagel rolling.
Originally, the bagel business in New York City was a wholesale business, with the bagels being sold to delis and stores nearby.
The bagel rollers who made the bagels were part of a tight union, which was strictly father and son. Owners were not taught the secrets of the trade.
That changed when the first retail bagel store opened, according to Mr. Goldberg, "The first retail store was Bagel Oasis on the Long Island Expressway — really called Triboro," because the three owners were from the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. "That's where everybody went to learn back in 1960. It was in Fresh Meadows, and is still there today."
That was where Mr. Goldberg's father learned the secrets of bageldom, which he, in turn, taught his son.
But there is more to Goldberg's than bagels. There's also what Mr. Goldberg called "the Jewish soul food" — brisket and corned beef, pastrami and matzo ball soup, and other traditional dishes, all prepared under the direction of Denise Goldberg, Mr. Goldberg's wife, who doubles as chef, as well as supervising the day-to-day operations at the Southampton store, along with their daughter, Amanda.
At the beginning of July, Mr. Wayne and Mr. Goldberg opened Goldberg's Bagels and Flagels Deli in Montauk, which they are hoping to keep open year round.
Besides their Hobo, a bagel with eggs, cheese, bacon, and home fries, their Power House wrap — egg whites, turkey, and cheese in a whole wheat wrap — became their hottest Montauk seller.
The East Hampton store is open seven days a week, 365 days a year, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"It's not about the money," Mr. Wayne explained. Their customers rely on them to be there, on holidays as well as on working days, and so they are. Mr. Goldberg gets to work at 4 a.m., and Mr. Wayne not much later.
"It's a mom-and-pop kind of place," Mr. Wayne said, "It's old school, just like the bagels."


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WINOOSKI–The Lake Region Lady Rangers used a balanced attack to dispose of Winooski Thursday in schoolgirl softball action, 15-3.Nine different Rangers got hits, while LR scored in six of seven innings to back the 6-hit pitching of Michelle Thibeault.The Rangers got things rolling right out of the gates, dropping three runs on the Spartans in the top of the first inning behind Callie Cashin's two-run double down the right field line. The Spartans came back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first to make it a 3-2 ballgame, but after that it was all LR.Sabrina Roberge and Alyssa Royer had RBI singles in the Rangers' 3-run second to extend their lead to 6-2. Whitney Poginy and Hannah Leroux each knocked in runs in the third to make it 8-2.In the bottom of the third, the Rangers made the defensive play of the day. With the Spartan's Rebecca Spittle on second and two outs, Amanda Natress stroked a single to right. As Spittle tried to score, Cashin fielded the hit, found her cut-off Stephanie Merchant, who whirled and fired to catcher Corrina Cota, who applied the tag to nail the runner at the plate.LR kept their foot on the throttle, plating three more in the fourth to salt the game away. Cashin walked and stole second, followed by a Sarah Burnham single. Merchant's sacrifice fly plated Cashin, and Whitney Poginy worked the count for the second of her three walks in the game. Burnham would score on a throwing error, and a Kaitlin Adams' base knock brought Poginy home. The Rangers would push five more runs across over the final three innings, while Thibeault got stingy on the mound, allowing just one hit after the 3rd inning to gain the victory.Something rarely seen in high school softball, Cashin picked up her second outfield assist of the contest in the bottom of the sixth as she nailed Winooski's Avah Eaton at second trying to stretch a single into a double. "Not too bad for a girl with a bad wing," said LR coach Matt Tinker, referencing Cashin's injured arm which will require surgery after the season."We did what we needed to do. We still need to do a much, much better job on defense, but our offense and pitching was there today. We haven't put together a complete 7-innings at our full potential yet this year. I'm hoping that will come around by play-offs." Leading the LR attack, Poginy turned a single and three walks into four stolen bases and four runs scored. Cota matched Poginy with a single and three walks of her own atop the Ranger batting order.The Rangers improve to 5-8 on the season, and have a 3-game home stand to close the regular season, hosting Lyndon on Monday, Enosburg on Tuesday, and finishing with Richford on Thursday


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netbuzz writes: From this week's IETF meeting in Anaheim comes word that leading Web content providers are talking about creating a shared list of customers who can access their Web sites via IPv6. The DNS Whitelist for IPv6 would be used to serve content to these IP addresses via IPv6 rather than through IPv4. David Temkin, network engineering manager with Netflix, says: ``We're looking into the same service that Google has, where we will try to track what connectivity the user has. `We're in discussions with Google, Yahoo, Netflix and Microsoft to see whether it makes sense to have a shared, open source DNS whitelist service.'' ISPs are not wild about the idea.


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Just over a week since the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out Players Association are returning to the bargaining table Monday in New York. Conversations that restarted Friday between NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr produced enough positive feeling Saturday for the sides to set up another face-to-face meeting that the sides hope will lead to an agreement to save the season. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman suggested to union executive director Donald Fehr on Thursday that the sides take two weeks off from negotiations. The union maintained its desire to keep talking, and now bargaining is back on . . . Senators defenseman Jared Cowen will be out 6-8 months following surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left hip. Cowen, 21, played in all 82 games for Ottawa last season as a rookie.
Jimenez, Campbell tied after 3 rounds
Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 2-under-par 68 to share the third-round lead with Michael Campbell at the Hong Kong Open. Campbell made a 15-foot par putt on the last hole to complete a round of 69 that put him at 10-under 200. Jimenez had a scare during his round when he accidentally knocked his ball off the tee at the par-4 10th hole while taking a practice swing. The 2005 US Open champion avoided a two-stroke penalty after a ruling that he had not addressed the ball and was not in breach of the rules. Matteo Manassero shot a 64 for a share of third place at 9 under with Lian-wei Zhang (69) . . . Henrik Stenson shot a 69 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the European Tour's South African Open in Johannesburg despite George Coetzee shooting a course-record 63. Stenson was at 16-under 200. Coetzee and Magnus Carlsson were three shots back . . . Defending champion Ian Poulter shot an 8-under 64 for a three-round total of 13-under 203 and a one-stroke lead over Adam Scott (67) after the third round of the Australian Masters in Melbourne . . . US Women's Open champion Na Yeon Choi fired a 3-under 69 to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the LPGA Titleholders in Naples, Fla. Choi was at 12-under 204, one shot ahead of Ai Miyazato (71).
Czech Republic leads Davis Cup final
The Czech Republic won the doubles match in Prague to take a 2-1 lead over defending champion Spain in the Davis Cup final, moving one victory away from its first title as an independent nation. Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek rallied to beat Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3, to take the edge going into Sunday's reverse singles. The sixth-ranked Berdych can clinch the best-of-five series in the first reverse singles with a victory over David Ferrer. Spain is looking for its fourth title in five years, while the Czechs' only victory came in 1980 as Czechoslovakia, which split in 1993.
Maryland, Rutgers eye Big Ten move
A person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press that Maryland and Rutgers are in discussions with the Big Ten to possibly join the conference in 2014. The person said Maryland would have to be ''the first domino to fall,'' but added that an agreement could be reached this week for both schools. The Big Ten has 12 members after adding Nebraska last season . . . Oklahoma State's top-ranked men and Oregon's women won NCAA cross-country titles in Louisville, Ky. . . . Britain's Carl Froch (30-2) stopped American Yusaf Mack (33-5) in the third round to retain the IBF super middleweight title in Nottingham, England . . . Fall River native Tom Lawlor lost his middleweight fight with Francis Carmont by split decision at UFC 154 in Montreal . . . Goldencents, partially owned by Rick Pitino, led from start to finish in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot in Vinton, La. Goldencents beat Bern Identity by 1¾ lengths in the field of nine 2-year-olds . . . Closing in on a third straight world title, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel secured pole position for the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. If Vettel wins Sunday, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso must finish no worse than fourth to force the championship into the final race next week in Brazil . . . Alexandr Zubkov won the World Cup four-man bobsled event in Park City, Utah, depriving Steven Holcomb of a sweep on his home course. Holcomb won gold in two-man bobsled Friday . . . American Ashley Wagner and Japan's Takahito Mura won gold at the Trophee Bompard figure skating event in Paris.


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Oracle DBA at Athena Info Consulting Pvt Ltd, in Muscat
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Oracle Database Administrator is responsible for maintaining the Oracle Database Servers. Duties include database installations, migrations, trouble shooting, performance tuning, capacity planning, backups, disaster recovery and monitoring of assigned databases. Assists in administration and troubleshooting.
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I am excited to introduce house plans by Andrus Elm and Oliver Kangro of Concept Home, a company from Estonia on the Gulf of Finland with wide engineering, architecture, and development experience across Southern Europe and Scandinavia. Concept Home is the newest member of our International Exclusive Studio, which also includes plans by architects from Australia, Brazil, India, Ireland , and Italy. I'm drawn to Concept Home's open and adaptable layouts, wide range of plan types, and warm contemporary style. Plan 537-9, for
example, which has 1,487 sq. ft., would work well for a ski chalet or a country getaway, with its strong
indoor-outdoor connections (terraces on two sides) and upstairs balcony leading
to two bedrooms, which lets the upper level share views out the tall living room window wall. Plan 357-13, below, has 4 bedrooms, three baths in 2,300 sq. ft.
boasts a handsome extended hearth in the living area and a generous covered
dining terrace off the kitchen. With its shed roof, vertical board siding, and
window wall, Plan 537-17 recalls classic modern designs like the Sugar Bowl Ski
Lodge of 1939 designed by architect William Wurster (photo courtesy 2729
Hyperion.com) and a mid 1960s house like this one at Sea Ranch by Joseph Esherick (photo courtesy Sea Ranch Escape).The layout of Plan 537-17 is
carefully thought out with a multi-functional island — for cooking and dining –
separating the kitchen from the living area, a large storage closet near the kitchen, and terraces at front and rear on the ground floor and deck above. The aim of Concept Home is to design houses that are flexible, functional, full of
natural light (this is Plan 537-4), and inexpensive to build. They feel natural and warm. And, according to Concept Home: "Most of our houses can be adjusted to passive house principles in a great variety of geographical locations. We believe that a modern house must be energy-efficient." Bravo.
So welcome home, Andrus and Oliver — or should I say it in Estonian: Tere tulemast kodu!!


text: Family, My Work Giving Back In Our Own Community If there is one thing we have been embracing this year, it is the power of giving to others. I shared with you last week our tutorial on how to make homeless care packages (complete with free printables for buying your supplies for your own kits and a community resource list). This month Walmart gave our family a chance to select charities in our own town that we are passionate about for the holidays and showcase how families could recreate a giving project in their own homes. As I always disclose, I am compensated for my writing, BUT instead of accepting the compensation, we invested what I would have earned along with the gift card budget Walmart gave me to give back to a couple of special organizations in our town. The first thing we did with our funds was head to Walmart and stock up on canned peas, boxes of macaroni, and cans of tuna that were being requested for a Kids Helping Kids food drive that was happening over at our church. The Faithworks program had a drive to help area kids who would be on Christmas Break. They had a goal of providing a meal to 1,400 students at a couple of our area schools and giving each of these kids a bag of food to take home. Emily was my assistant and helped me count up the donations. We were able to provide 76 kids with a meal which was so exciting for both of us to do and to get the opportunity to share. None of those three items cost more than $.68 so for less than $3, we were able to provide a meal to one child. The other project that we selected was at our own school this year. They had a hat and glove tree set up in the lobby for students that needed hats and gloves for the winter season. Emily and I selected hats and gloves in all different colors for the students. If you are looking for an inexpensive spot to pick up donations, Walmart carries Faded Glory hats and gloves for a mere $.97! If you choose plain gloves, you can get them 2 for $.97! We were able to grab enough for 25 of the students and I had fun decorating the tree with all of these cold weather accessories. We hope it keeps a few more students warm on the playground this year. Thank you to Walmart for giving us the opportunity to give back in our own community this year. We feel so blessed to get to pay it forward to those in need around the holidays! I am a part of the Walmart Moms program, and Walmart has provided me with compensation for these posts. For this project, all compensation was invested in aiding our community. My participation is voluntary and opinions are always my own. Published December 12, 2012 by: Amy Allen Clark is the founder of MomAdvice.com. You can read all about her here. Sugar & Spice Nut Mix Easy Microwave Peanut Brittle


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A Framework for Analyzing Attorney Liability Under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5,
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Corporate Speech and the Right of Response in the Commercial Free Zone,
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|Resources » Zionism » Zionism General
A. General Matters
1. The Peace Process
Peace and security are a supreme value for the entire Jewish People. Achieving peace accords between Israel and her neighbours is a national need for every Jew wherever he/she may live.
The Jewish communities in the Diaspora identify with what is happening in Israel, including the peace process.
The Zionist General Council sees the need for peace treaties as a high priority and calls on the Government of Israel to achieve peace and security by means of a compromise between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the other Arab countries which have not yet signed peace treaties with Israel.
The Zionist General Council commends the Prime Minister and the negotiating team on progress in the peace accords between us and the Palestinians and notes the important role of the President of the United States and his team in bringing the sides to agreement while ensuring the principle of reciprocity and maintaining the security of Israel.
2. Support of Students
WHEREAS higher education in Israelis one of the most important objectives of the State of Israel and is connected with the future of a democratic, Jewish and modern state; and
WHEREAS higher education in Israelis an outstanding Zionist magnet for drawing Jewish students from all around the world - a project about which the Zionist Movement has been zealous for decades; and
WHEREAS at this time, Israeli students are struggling to lower the burdensome high tuition which, as the cost of living goes up, causes them suffering and real difficulties and puts the continuation of their studies in doubt for many of them,
The Zionist General Council identifies with the demands of the students and calls on the Government of Israel and the Ministry of Finance to assist the students by means of a significant cut in tuition to the universities.
3. Yitzhak Rabin z"l
The Zionist General Council at its XXXIII/2 session and upon the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel, is meeting in Jerusalem three years after the murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin z"l.
The Zionist General Council bows its head in sadness and shock at the murder of a prime minister at the hands of an extremist.
The Zionist General Council at its XXXIII/2 session strongly condemns any demonstration of violence, aggression and lack of tolerance and states that in an orderly society it is possible to deal with differences in world views only by means of democratic processes and not by means of aggression and murder.
The Zionist General Council expresses deep concern over the increase in verbal and physical violence in light of political differences in Israeli society and strongly condemns vilification and threats against any prime minister and members of his cabinet.
Yitzhak Rabin, soldier and commander, general and statesman, was murdered by an extremist while he was in the midst of the implementation of the peace process between us and the Palestinian people. His pioneering
Zionist way, full of belief and action in building our independence, will be a guiding light for future generations.
4. Establishing a Committee for Implementing the Resolutions regarding the Independence of the Zionist Movement
The Zionist General Council instructs the Executive to establish a committee, including Executive members, public figures and representatives from Israel and the Diaspora, which would propose ways of implementing the resolutions of the 33rd Zionist Congress and XXXIII/2 session of the Zionist General Council regarding the independence of the Zionist Movement.
Recommendations of this committee will be presented for discussion at the Zionist General Council session in June 1999.
The Executive will report regularly to members of the Zionist General Council on progress on the work of the Committee.
B. Legislative Matters
1. Constitutional Amendment: Representation of the Zionist Council in Israel
WHEREAS the XXXII/8 session of the Zionist General Council (23/12/97) recommended that "the status of the Zionist Council in Israel be regulated in the Constitution of the World Zionist Organization at the Zionist General Council session taking place in 1998".
Therefore be it resolved to amend the Constitution of the World Zionist Organization (hereinafter: "the Constitution") as follows:
To add a new paragraph to Article 26 Section 4 (regarding the composition of Congress) which would read:
1.1. The Zionist Executive, with the consent of the Zionist General Council, may make an agreement with the Zionist Council in Israel, granting this body representation with voting rights on Congress, on the Zionist General Council and other organs of the World Zionist Organization.
1.2. The voting rights as mentioned in par. (1) above will be limited, and no representative of the Zionist Council in Israel will participate in elections to the institutions of the World Zionist Organization nor vote in matters of candidature. Therefore, notwithstanding the above generalities, these representatives will not participate in elections according to Articles 14 (e)-(g) and Article 32 Section 1 and 4.
1.3. Notwithstanding what is stated in this Constitution and its Regulations, representatives of the Zionist Council in Israel will not join any faction of Congress or the Zionist General Council.
1.4. The representatives of the Zionist Council in Israel will not be taken into account in the number of delegates to Congress, according to Article 17 of the Constitution."
2. Constitutional Amendment: Chairman of the Workers' Committee
Be it resolved to amend Article 41 C of the Constitution as follows:
"The Chairman of the Workers' Committee of the employees of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization will serve, ex officio, as an observer on the Executive without the right to vote".
(Amendment underlined)
Interim Instructions: This amendment will become valid only at the beginning of the term of the next elected Chairman of the Worker's Committee, and will not apply to the Worker's Committee Chairman serving at the time of the passing of this resolution.
C. Zionist Activity
1. Goals of the Zionist Movement:
1.1. To be a framework for the national organizations working for the fulfillment of Zionism.
1.2. To strive towards strengthening Zionist awareness and disseminating it as a way of life, based on the recognition of the uniqueness of the Jewish People, the continuity of its history, national unity, mutual responsibility of all segments and their joint responsibility for the historic fate of the State of Israel and ensuring its future and centrality in Jewish life.
1.3. To strive for the realization that aliyah to Israel is a value of ultimate importance.
1.4. Turning the Hebrew language into the language of the Jewish nation, while advancing and recognizing Jewish values and pluralism.
1.5. To maintain and strengthen the pioneer Zionist youth movements.
1.6. Strengthening young leadership in the territorial movements and integrating them into the Zionist leadership.
2. Tools and Objectives
2.1. The basis for realizing these aims will be the educational activity carried out by the pioneer Zionist youth movements, youth organizations, students, the young generation and Dor Hemshech, in order to create young leadership and continuity of Zionist activity.
2.2. The objective of the educational activity will be strengthening Jewish identity and free Zionist awareness which places the State of Israel in the center of the experience of the Diaspora Jewish community.
2.3. The World Zionist Organization in the 3rd millennium must be a federation of organizations which have Zionism as their central axis. At the same time, individual affiliation should be made possible through membership in the territorial movement.
3. Equality between the Genders in Material Produced by the World Zionist Organization
In view of the 100th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress and the 50th anniversary of Israel's independence, we, the assembled members of the Zionist General Council call for the Zionist Movement to ensure that the educational and hasbara material produced by the World Zionist Organization for in Zionist and Jewish education in the Diaspora and for hagshama activities, relate in an equal manner to both genders, in both content and language.
We urge that equal emphasis be given to the recognition of the vital contributions made to the building of the country by members of both genders.
We ask institutions of the Zionist Movement to see to it that the contributions made by chalutzot (women pioneers) in the pre-state era be added to Zionist educational material to enable their equal representation in it.
We expect a report to be presented to the next meeting of the Zionist General Council affirming that at least two pieces of material produced by both the Education and Hagshama Departments will reflect the implementation of this concept.
4. Increasing Educational Activity
The Zionist General Council calls for the increase of educational activity among the young generation and for the allocation of the necessary resources for this.
The Zionist General Council calls for the intensification of the struggle against assimilation and mixed marriages among the young generation in the Diaspora by expanding Jewish education and struggling against ignorance in the areas of Jewish history, religion and culture and the lack of knowledge of the Hebrew language.
This educational activity is an absolute precondition for strengthening Jewish identity and intensifying solidarity of young Diaspora Jews with the Jewish people and the State of Israel. This educational activity is intended to strengthen the Jewish communities in the Diaspora and increase aliyah to Israel.
5. The Electronic University of the Jewish People
The Zionist General Council acknowledges the extraordinary increase of Jewish educational activities taking place through the Internet.
The Zionist General Council expresses its approval of training and educational activities, opportunities, college-level courses and complementary adult education initiatives in Jewish education currently being made available through the Internet and thus contributing to endeavors in Jewish continuity.
6. Funding of Administrative Expenses of Zionist Federations
WHEREAS the Zionist Executive decided to withdraw administrative funding to Zionist Federations in the 1998 budget year and instead decided to provide funding only for projects, proposed by Zionist Federations and approved by the Zionist Executive; and
WHEREAS that decision is in direct conflict with the will and the resolutions of the Zionist Congress; and
WHEREAS the execution of that decision will ruin the Zionist Federations' existing administrative infrastructure, necessary to initiate and carry out any activity or project; and
WHEREAS in the past years the Zionist Federations' administrative infrastructure, as a result of earlier budgetary cutbacks, has already been reduced to an operational minimum; and
WHEREAS consequently the decision to withdraw administrative funding to Zionist Federations is counter-productive to its own apparent goals, namely to reinforce Zionist activities and the implementation of Zionist projects,
Be it therefore resolved:
In relation to the decision of the Zionist Executive regarding the withdrawal of administrative funding to the Zionist Federations in 1998, the Zionist General Council instructs the Zionist Executive to provide funding, beginning from 1999, to the Zionist Federations in order to develop and/or maintain an organizational infrastructure that will operate efficiently and will carry out Zionist activities and projects, in accordance with the Jerusalem Program, the decisions of the Zionist Congress and the Zionist General Council, while taking into account local needs and circumstances.
7. Aims and Goals of the World Zionist Organization
Further to the resolutions of the 33rd Zionist Congress, the Zionist Movement will prepare itself for an independent organizational structure and independent Zionist activity, beginning from 1.1.2000. The aims and goals of the Zionist Movement will be:
7.1. Fostering hagshama activities in the young generation as a meaningful factor in the leadership of Jewish communities.
7.2. Ideological Zionist education in Israel and the Diaspora.
7.3. Encouraging aliyah from the West.
7.4. Continuation of the partnership in the Jewish Agency in the financial field in order to ensure Jewish-Zionist education, promotion of aliyah to Israel from all the Jewish communities, and strengthening the link between Israel and the Diaspora on the basis of the centrality of Israel in the lives of all Jews.
7.5. Establishing a popular movement for students of Hebrew.
7.6. Integrating the Keren Kayement Le-Israel as a valuable and strong Jewish-Zionist instrument.
8. Aliyah from South Africa
The Zionist General Council views aliyah as the fulfillment of the highest Zionist goal for generations and calls upon the leaders of the Movement abroad to set a personal example and come on aliyah.
The Zionist General Council views with great concern the emigration of Jews from countries of economic distress to other Diaspora countries and calls for the establishment of a special emergency mechanism to deal with these communities.
The Zionist General Council calls for the allocation of special resources for the aliyah and absorption in Israel of South African Jews, who are leaving their country of current residence in large numbers but are mostly preferring to emigrate to other Diaspora communities.
The Zionist Movement must not miss this opportunity to bring them to Israel.
9. Zionist Federations
The Zionist General Council calls on all the Zionist Federations to strengthen their activity and open their doors to all the organizations, religious streams and ages in order to be relevant to the Jewish public in every country, by such means as: the study of Hebrew, student activities, hagshama movements, and activities of solidarity with Israel. Every Federation will design its specific activities in accordance with the local circumstances and conditions.
The Zionist General Council calls on the Zionist Executive to operate in such a way that the activities of the Jewish Agency abroad will be implemented under one roof
D. Hagshama
1. The Zionist Hagshama Youth Movements
The Zionist Hagshama youth movements are the spearhead of the Zionist Movement. They are a basic component of building young Zionist leadership in the Jewish communities in the Diaspora and are the reserve for aliyah to Israel, while educating towards hagshama.
The Zionist General Council demands to uphold the resolutions of the 33rd Zionist Congress, establishing the importance of the youth movements for hagshama.
The Zionist General Council demands that the budgets of the youth movements will not be cut but will be increased, in order that the youth movements fulfill the objectives and tasks with which they are charged.
2. Long-Term Programs
WHEREAS long-term programs (programs in Israel lasting at least six months) are experiential and educational programs meant for encouraging hagshama; and
WHEREAS long-term programs in Israel create important encounters between Diaspora youths and students and Israelis of all ages in communities throughout Israel; and
WHEREAS long-term programs in Israel are the most effective tool for promoting aliyah among young Jews from the West,
Be it resolved that recruitment for long-term programs be a high priority in the World Zionist Organization and that they should be viewed as an important tool for encouraging Zionist activity within Israeli society.
3. Youth and Students
3.1. The Zionist Movement is deeply concerned about the diminishing size of the Jewish People and that in this era of "acceptance" by the surrounding non-Jewish world, a situation has been created in which ever-larger numbers are dropping out and assimilation is reaching worrying proportions.
3.2. The Zionist Movement believes that reinforcement and enhancement of Jewish education and the increase of frameworks for Jewish study can serve as a block against assimilation.
3.3. The Zionist Movement calls for expansive allocation of resources in order to establish Jewish learning frameworks wherever Jews live, whatever their age and their level.
3.4. The Zionist Movement calls for the establishment of a recruitment network whose function will be to reach out to those Jews who are not affiliated with Jewish educational or activity frameworks, to convince them to join, on the basis of "a friend brings a friend".
3.5. The Zionist Movement calls for support of Jewish student organizations throughout the world, for help in developing their activities on the campuses through means and content.
3.6. In its belief in the value of a visit to Israel as a means for maintaining world Jewry, the Zionist Movement calls for the establishment of a scholarship fund that would finance trips of Jews to Israel so that there would be no Jew who has not visited the State of Israel.
3.7. The Zionist Movement calls for the establishment of a University of the Jewish People in Israel, to enable Jews from all over to come and study in Israel according to their system.
3.8. The Zionist Movement calls for improvement of the "Bar and Bat Mitzvah in Israel" project, gives priority to joint summer camps for Israeli and Diaspora Jewish youth on a regular basis, encouragement of Jewish university students to pursue academic studies in universities in Israel and the establishment of a comprehensive network of Hebrew ulpanim in every active Diaspora Jewish community.
3.9. The Zionist Movement considers the strengthening of Jewish education and activity among youth and students in the CIS a top priority that will guarantee the prevention of assimilation and the loss of members of our People and calls on the Government of Israel to allocate resources and special manpower for this purpose.
4. Informal Education
4.1. The Zionist Movement calls on the new Education Department in the Jewish Agency to give priority and resources to informal education. Youth movements which educate towards aliyah must continue to receive assistance from the new department, especially in fields such as shlichim, the Institute for Training Youth Leaders from Abroad, long-term Israel Experience programs and funding of youth movements.
4.2. Whereas there lies significant potential in Latin America for Zionist hagshama, there should be a significant increase in budget for activities and shlichim in certain places, in fields such as informal education and shlichut, and shlihim from Israel who help to achieve the ultimate goal - aliyah.
4.3. The World Zionist Organization will make sure that a program be formulated enabling preparatory training and integration of youth and students in the future meetings of the World Zionist Organization, including the Zionist General Council and Zionist Congress.
5. Zionist Youth Movements
The Zionist youth movements are the most important chance for raising a new generation among the Jewish People, one which can inherit its heritage and create its future. The Zionist youth movements prepare the young people for leadership, lead to aliyah by choice, and enliven the Zionist idea as a challenge of hagshama.
The Jewish Agency, as it assumes responsibility for Jewish education, must assume responsibility for Zionist education by developing youth movements.
E. Means of Achieving Financial Independence
1. Properties of the World Zionist Organization
The Zionist General Council instructs the Zionist Executive to take all the necessary measures in order to preserve all properties registered in the name of the World Zionist Organization and ensure its rights in them.
2. Financing the Zionist Movement
It is hereby resolved that the financing of the Zionist Movement in the future will come from the following sources: the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth Lelsrael and the Government of Israel.
The Zionist General Council instructs the Zionist Executive to act urgently with the various organizations, principally the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth Lelsrael and the Government of Israel, in order to ensure suitable sources of funding for the independent existence of the Zionist Movement starting January 1, 2000.
The Executive will present the results of its activity to the Zionist General Council in June 1999, in order to determine the policy of the Zionist Movement at that time.
F. Means of Representation in the Legislative Institutions
1. Representation in the Zionist Congress
The World Zionist Organization is a democratic organization and therefore the representation to the Zionist Congress will be based on one person, one vote and on the basis of the payment of a membership fee the "Zionist shekel" by every member of the organization.
In addition, each country will be represented by at least one representative.
Be it further resolved that all organizations in any territorial Zionist Federation must be in good standing in order to participate in the election process as well as in the election.
2. Publication of Parties' Agreements regarding elections to the Zionist Executive
Prior to the election of the members of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization, all agreements between parties with regard to personnel, departments, the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the World Zionist Organization and its related departments in the Jewish Agency shall be published and brought before all the delegates to the Zionist Congress.
3. Coordination Committee with the Government
The Zionist General Council calls on the Government of Israel and the Zionist Executive to renew the activity of the coordination committee between the World Zionist Organization and the Government of Israel.
4. Representation of Youth in the Institutions of the World Zionist Organization
The Zionist General Council views with overriding importance increasing the number of youths, students and young leadership among the institutions of the World Zionist Organization.
The Zionist General Council instructs the Executive to present a proposal for constitutional amendment to the Zionist General Council session taking place in June 1999 which would ensure that at least 50% of the delegates of the Zionist Congress and members of the Zionist General Council be of the young generation and young leadership.
G. Zionist Activity in Israel
1. Advancement of Holocaust Studies
The Zionist General Council urges that money of Holocaust victims or found in banks and insurance companies around the world, be allocated to supporting the financing of higher education for Jewish students from the Diaspora and Israel, in Israel, and strengthening Holocaust studies.
Thus the moral obligation for the continuity and future of the Jewish People will be fulfilled.
The Zionist Executive must conduct discussions with factors in the Jewish world dealing with this issue.
2. Strengthening Social Solidarity within Israeli Society
We, the Zionist General Council members, out of concern over the social-economic instability of Israeli society, urge Zionist activity in Israel for strengthening social solidarity, closing the gaps in Israeli society and fortifying it on the basis of social justice.
3. Zionist Council in Israel
3.1. The Zionist General Council welcomes the declaration of the Zionist Council in Israel regarding expansion of its activity in Israel among the young generation, students and others, for the sake of bringing all segments of the population together and strengthening the Zionist camp in Israel.
3.2. The Zionist General Council notes the initiative of the Zionist Council in Israel for holding a "Zionist gathering in Israel". The gathering will deal with issues of concern for Israel society, Zionism in Israel and around the world, and will propose practical methods of voluntary activity among activists for implementing ideas and proposals.
The Zionist General Council calls on all the organizations to allocate appropriate budgets for this unique Zionist activity.
3.3. The Zionist General Council calls on the Zionist Council in Israel to increase its activity for the sake of developing direct links between Diaspora Jewish communities and branches of the Zionist Council in Israel.
H. Elections
1. Election of Member of the Presidium of Zionist General Council
In accordance with Article 35 Section 2 of the Constitution, the Zionist General Council, in recognition and esteem, elects Dr. Yosef Burg as a member of the Presidium of the Zionist General Council, in place of Solly Sacks, who resigned. Notwithstanding what is stated in Section 4 par. 4 of the Standing Orders of the Zionist General Council, the Zionist General Council elects Solly Sacks as deputy member of the Presidium with voting rights solely when Dr. Burg is absent from a Presidium meeting for any reason whatsoever.
2. Election of Member of the Executive
In accordance with Article 43 Section 2 of the Constitution, the Zionist General Council elects Amir Peled as member of the Executive instead of Itamar Herman who resigned.
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Roly Poly
We are back at home – thankful for safe travels. We may not live in the majestic mountains, but the Texas Hill Country is a delightful and lovely place to dwell. I have one more story from our trip that applies to the BTD.
On the last day, we were in a restaurant for lunch. One of our friends had a hard time deciding between a fried chicken dinner and chicken & dumplings. He finally decided on the fried chicken, but asked the waitress for a taste of chicken & dumplings "for my grandma's sake.
He closed his eyes and sighed as he tasted the dumplings. "Mmmm, just like grandma's." Then he said, "That is why people on my mother's side of family were so fat. All roly poly. They ate stuff like that."
Perhaps when you read that he chose fried chicken, you were a little judgmental. It's easy for those of us who have been involved with a demanding diet like the BTD to look with disapproval on others who don't eat as we do.
When I look at our friend, I see how far he has come. He was not taught good eating habits as a child, but like most of us he could get away with eating anything when he was young. When he and my husband met in Viet Nam in their 20s, they were both thin and fit. He gradually put on weight until by the time he was in his 50s he was getting portly. A diagnosis of diabetes got his attention. He changed his diet and began to exercise. Today he looks great and has lots of energy.
Was fried chicken the best choice for a Type O with diabetes? No. If I had been ordering for him, I would have chosen something else. But there were certainly worse choices on the menu – like chicken & dumplings.
I never want to be so rigid that I cannot celebrate when people make meaningful changes to their eating habits that bring them a step closer to the Blood Type Diet – which I consider to be the best way to eat for maximum health.
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I remember C.I. Greenwood as a student at Springfield High School. If he so hates government-run health care, the Affordable Care Act isn�t even close, I wonder how he handled his own eligibility for VA and/or Medicare benefits?
As for me, I have been shut out of the insurance marketplace for a few decades and paid dearly for whatever coverage I could get, lately the insurance of last resort, ICHIP.
Last Monday I paid my first premium on a better and more affordable policy. I am back in the game, and it is life changing, thanks to the ACA.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (Feb. 1, 2013) – John Persson's power play goal midway through the third period tied the game at four and Greenwich native Sean Backman backhanded a rebound past Whale goaltender Cam Talbot 1:57 into overtime, as the Bridgeport Sound Tigers came from behind to beat the Connecticut Whale 5-4 at XL Center on Friday night. With the win, the Sound Tigers improve to 20-19-2-3 overall. The Whale's record moves to 20-20-4-1 with the overtime loss.
Backman's heroics came on a broken play after the Sound Tigers zone entry was interrupted. The puck hopped onto Persson's stick and his initial shot from the point was knocked into the air by Talbot. However, Backman backhanded the puck mid-air past Talbot for his fifth goal of the season to snap the Sound Tigers' four-game winless streak and earn a comeback win over their in-state rival.
The Whale led the game on three separate occasions and struck first with two goals early in the first period. J.T. Miller created a turnover behind the net and found Kelsey Tessier in front, who snapped a shot past Sound Tigers goaltender Kevin Poulin to give the Whale a 1-0 lead just 38 seconds into the game. Brandon Segal increased the Whale's lead to two at 5:41, firing a shot from the right half-wall that snuck past Poulin's glove.
The Sound Tigers responded exactly two minutes later to cut their deficit in half. Kirill Kabanov kept the puck in the zone and found Matt Donovan at the top of the right circle. Donovan spun and fired towards the net, and Matt Watkins deflected the feed past Whale goaltender Cam Talbot for his eighth goal of the season to cut the Whale lead to 2-1.
Blair Riley evened the score 22 seconds into the second period. Ty Wishart sent a shot from the right point through traffic and Riley's deflection beat Talbot for his fifth goal of the season to make the score 2-2. The seesaw battle continued as the Whale retook the lead at 7:24 of the middle frame. After Marc Cantin was called for high-sticking, Micheal Haley caught the Sound Tigers on a line change, broke in on Poulin and fired over his shoulder to put the Whale ahead 3-2.
Jack Combs would knot the score for the Sound Tigers with 4:11 left in the second period. Brock Nelson stole the puck behind the Whale net and fed Combs in front, who put his own rebound in for his third goal of the season to tie the game at three.
However, Nino Niederreiter was called for too many men on the ice with 42 seconds left in the period when he jumped on for a change and touched the puck before Riley came off the ice, and the Whale capitalized on the ensuing power play. After Poulin had made a pair of acrobatic saves down low, the puck cycled around the point to Blake Parlett, who one-timed a shot from the left circle to beat Poulin to give the Whale a 4-3 lead at 19:34 of the middle period.
The Sound Tigers dominated the action in the third period, outshooting the Whale 18-7 and scoring the game-tying goal on the power play 7:10 into the final frame. Aaron Ness' point shot was stopped by Talbot, but Persson roofed the loose puck for his 15th goal of the year to bring Bridgeport even again and set the stage for Backman's game-winner.
The Sound Tigers return to action tomorrow evening when they host the Norfolk Admirals at Webster Bank Arena at 7:00 p.m.
NOTES: Friday's win was the first time the Sound Tigers had won when trailing after two periods; they were 0-15-0-1 … Persson and Backman each recorded a goal and an assist, and Ty Wishart followed Thursday night's two-goal performance with two assists … Poulin made 32 saves to earn the win … The Sound Tigers were 1-for-2 on the power play, the Whale went 2-for-4 … 11 different Sound Tigers recorded at least one point.
1. BRI: Sean Backman
2. CTW: J.T. Miller
3. BRI: Ty Wishart
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
40 Mike Halmo – 29 Brock Nelson – 22 Nino Niederreiter
23 John Persson – 14 Matt Watkins (A) – 77 Kirill Kabanov
42 Brandon DeFazio – 4 Scott Campbell – 20 Blair Riley
18 Chad Costello – 5 Jack Combs – 16 Sean Backman
46 Matt Donovan – 6 Ty Wishart
15 Marc Cantin – 7 Jon Landry (A)
27 Aaron Ness – 8 Nathan McIver (A)
38 Kevin Ploulin (starter)
45 Anders Nilsson
Connecticut Whale
18 Micheal Haley – 28 Andrew Carroll – 24 Shayne Wiebe
14 Jason Wilson – 7 Kyle Jean – 92 Christian Thomas
21 Andrew Yogan – 10 J.T. Miller – 90 Kelsey Tessier
23 Brandon Mashinter – 11 Kris Newbury – 26 Brandon Segal
48 Mike Vernace – 39 Logan Pyett
25 Sean Collins – 2 Dylan McIlrath
3 Sam Klassen – 5 Blake Parlett
33 Cameron Talbot (starter)
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Oh yeah! Today we are eating the fine foods of Brazil! Lucky us!
Mmmmm! Here in Santa Cruz, we have a great little Brazilian breakfast & lunch spot, called Cafe Brazil. They're vegan-friendly, but even so, most of the dishes are definitely heavy on meat and eggs. So, now I finally got to have my very own savory Brazilian feast!
Brazil has a special place in my heart, mostly just because Brazilian music pretty much rules the world. So, imagine some Brazilian tunes wafting through the air... I like this festive song:
Now that you've set the mood... let's move on to the food! I made three great recipes from Viva Vegan for this special dinner: Feijoada, Brazilian Kale, and Orange Rice. Each of these dishes was great in its own right, but together they really shined. The feijoada had black beans, portobello mushrooms, and soy curls... it was hearty and filling. I did look around at some other non-vegan feijoada recipes, all of which included at least six kinds of meat, with things like lamb or blood sausage. Needless to say, I came running back to the safety of Viva Vegan with my tail between my legs! I found the flavor a tiny bit flat, but that's probably my fault for always reducing the salt and oil in everything I cook. However, it was nothing that a good squeeze of lime juice couldn't fix! I really, really loved the rice and the kale, and they were both perfectly balancing elements to the feijoada. All together it was a great meal. In particular, that kale really won me over and I think it will be my go-to kale method from now on.
Well, pack your bags (and your copy of Viva Vegan), we're leaving South America tomorrow for something different!


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You Handsome Scarf
Though Spring is officially underway in London, the scarf Knows -- as every scarf Knows -- that the cold will come again. He has been practising patience since he was four mere balls of yarn languishing in the Stash; what's another double handful of months to a scarf? He can wait.He's six feet long and eight inches wide. He's good looking and he knows it.
Happy trails, you Handsome Scarf.
16 comments:
- becomingthatfamily.com said...
That is a very handsome scarf. I think even my husband would wear it.
- March 30, 2011 at 3:52 p.m.
- JelliDonut said...
- March 30, 2011 at 4:25 p.m.
- laurel bud said...
Swit Swoo, a very handsome scarf indeed.
I LOVE this yarn, it's really knit up lovely.
- March 30, 2011 at 5:07 p.m.
- Beverly said...
It is indeed a handsome scarf. I love the manly colors.
- March 30, 2011 at 7:18 p.m.
- knit one, knit two said...
love it!
- March 30, 2011 at 8:20 p.m.
- Heather G. said...
- March 30, 2011 at 9:24 p.m.
- tamara said...
Can I add my voice to those proclaiming a deep admiration for this lovely bit of string?!
- March 30, 2011 at 9:49 p.m.
- Kate/Massachusetts said...
It's a beautiful scarf! Any chance you are going to write it up as a pattern for sale?
- March 31, 2011 at 8:21 a.m.
- Ruth said...
- March 31, 2011 at 9:34 a.m.
- Cakewalk Yarns said...
handsome indeed. DH won't wear hand knits, but I think I could get him to wear that easily. You have quite an eye for men's items.
- March 31, 2011 at 12:18 p.m.
- Julie said...
what a gorgeous, well travelled, multi-national scarf!!
- March 31, 2011 at 1:19 p.m.
- woolyjooly said...
Love that handsome cad! Thanks for sharing. I'm sworking on the Sea Mineral Mittens but my color choice isn't as lovely as yours.
- March 31, 2011 at 3:01 p.m.
- Sarah said...
- March 31, 2011 at 6:22 p.m.
- Sônia Maria said...
Your job is lovely!
- April 1, 2011 at 9:19 a.m.
- Frances said...
Is this some sort of waffle pattern?
- April 4, 2011 at 10:58 a.m.
- spillyjane said...
Thank you, everyone...the pattern is actually a farrow rib (my all-time favourite basic-scarf rib.)
I will be releasing the pattern as a freebie very soon. It's a great all-purpose, highly-adapatable scarf.
- April 6, 2011 at 10:22 a.m.


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Video: Interviews with Co-Curators of 'Light Before Dawn' Exhibition
Asia Society Hong Kong Center caught up with the curators of the Light Before Dawn: Unofficial Chinese Art 1974-1985 exhibition, which is currently showing at the Asia Society Gallery (Former Magazine A).
The exhibition is guest curated by Professor Kuiyi Shen of University of California San Diego, a leading expert on Chinese contemporary art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and Professor Julia F. Andrews of The Ohio State University, who was the first American art historian to conduct research in China after formal establishment of U.S.-China relations in 1979.
In this video below, Professor Andrews explained the background of the exhibition which aims to shed light on the little-known artwork of this era, presented by three of China's most influential contemporary artist groups of this period: Wuming (No Name), Xingxing (Star) and Caocao (Grass Society), that helped to set stage for the emergence of a contemporary art movement in China and also on the global scene. Professor Shen gave anecdotes of his personal accounts when he was an art student in China in the late 1970s, which he experienced the transitional period of modern Chinese art development after the Cultural Revolution in the middle of 1980s. As art historians, both curators think it's their duty to let people understand the basic context of how Chinese contemporary art developed.
The exhibition is on view through September 1, 2013 at Asia Society Gallery.
Video: Watch the complete talk (5 min., 12 sec.)


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Brussels, 26 May 2010
Commission sets out vision for bank resolution funds
The European Commission is today proposing that the European Union establishes an EU network of bank resolution funds to ensure that future bank failures are not at the cost of the taxpayer or destabilise the financial system. Following discussion at the forthcoming European Council, the European Commission will present these ideas at the G-20 Summit in Toronto on 26-27 June 2010. Such funds would form part of a broader framework aimed at preventing a future financial crisis and strengthening the financial system. The Commission believes that a way to achieve this is by introducing requirement for Member States to establish funds according to common rules into which banks are required to pay a levy. The funds would not be used for bailing out or rescuing banks, but only to ensure that a bank's failure is managed in an orderly way and does not destabilise the financial system. .
Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier said: "It is not acceptable that taxpayers should continue to bear the heavy cost of rescuing the banking sector. They should not be in the front line. I believe in the 'polluter pays' principle. We need to build a system which ensures that the financial sector will pay the cost of banking crises in the future. That is why I believe that banks should be asked to contribute to a fund designed to manage bank failure, protect financial stability and limit contagion – but which is not a bail-out fund. Europe must take a lead in developing common approaches and providing a model for cooperation which could be applied globally."
Why bank resolution funds are needed
As a result of the financial crisis, national governments have had to use massive amounts of taxpayers' money to support their financial sector, maintain financial stability and protect depositors. Efforts are now needed to ensure that such situations never happen again. The Commission is already putting in place preventive measures which should reduce the probability of bank failure, but work is also needed to ensure that should bank failures arise in the future, robust mechanisms backed by private money are in place to deal with them.
In October 2009, the Commission made clear that it supports the establishment of a new crisis management framework at the EU level. This new framework will include a harmonised set of powers and rules allowing regulators to prevent bank failures and to take measures to facilitate the orderly resolution of insolvent banks whilst minimising costs to taxpayers (IP/09/1549). The Commission is now suggesting resolution funds as a complement to this new framework. Naturally, their size and scope would depend on the efficiency of improved supervision and regulation.
A number of EU Member States have already introduced, or are considering introducing, levies on their banking sector. However, the lack of a coordinated approach towards how much money should be levied and how it should be used means there is a risk of competitive distortions between national banking markets and of cross-border cooperation during crises being hampered.
What is the Commission suggesting? An EU network of bank-funded resolution schemes
The Commission believes that establishing an EU-wide network of pre-funded schemes with narrowly defined mandates would constitute the best use of bank levies. These funds would be designed to provide financing for the types of measure outlined in the October 2009 Communication on crisis management, which include: providing financing for 'bridge bank' operations; total or partial transfer of assets and/or liabilities; and financing a 'good bank' / 'bad bank' split.
The establishment of resolution funds would enhance the resilience of the banking sector and avoid the need to revert to taxpayer funds. The Commission also recognises that the existence of large bank-funded schemes raises important 'moral hazard' issues if there is a belief that such funds exist to protect banks against future failure. This is a major concern which needs to be addressed by making it clear and unambiguous that shareholders and uninsured creditors must be the first to face the consequences of a bank failure and that resolution funds will be no insurance policy, and be used not to bail out failing banks, but rather to facilitate an orderly failure.
Potential size and operation
Bank resolution funds would need to be constituted over a period of time and the contributions levied from the banks could be designed in ways which incentivised appropriate behaviour and mitigated the risk of resolution. However it is not the Commission's intention at this stage to provide precise details about how bank resolution funds would be expected to operate and how large they would need to be. The Commission recognises that it will be essential to develop a clear understanding and careful assessment of the cumulative impacts of the broad set of reforms dealing with levies and bank capital. It will also be necessary to ensure that these costs are calibrated in such a way as to avoid stifling the economic recovery and the cost of credit to the real economy.
Next steps
The Commission will present its ideas to EU Finance Ministers, Heads of State and the G20 over the course of June 2010. It will press for broad agreement on general principles and orientations.
In October 2010 the Commission will put forward more detailed proposals on its broader plans for the development of a new crisis management framework and the planned adoption of legislative proposals. The Commission will carefully consider the implications of its proposals for resolution funds in accompanying impact assessment work.
The Commission, with a view to maintaining a worldwide level playing field, intends to lead G20 efforts to find a global approach on resolution funds based on the ideas put forward in this Communication.
The Commission's Communication on bank resolution funds is available at:
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Il Circolo Italiano
Il Circolo Italiano, meaning in English, "The Italian Club," is Gettysburg's resident Italian culture organization. Officially founded in March of 2005, this club's purpose has been to further the understanding and appreciation of Italian Culture here at Gettysburg. The rather wide scope of this club includes everything from Italian music appreciation to rooting for the azzurri during "calcio" games to good old home cooked Italian meals. And don't worry, you don't have to be Italian to join, all you have to be is interested in promoting the Italian Culture!
For questions, please contact:
President: Melissa Menna
Vice President: Nicholas Saladino
Advisor: Christina Petraglia