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UNITED STATES vs. GERMANY
Details/TV: In Recife, Brazil; 9 a.m., Thursday, ESPN:
There are times during the U.S. team practices when players such as Jermaine Jones, Julian Green, Timmy Chandler, Fabian Johnson and John Brooks converse with each other in German.
Those five have dual citizenships; all were born in Germany to fathers serving in the U.S. military there. The 32-year-old Jones, the hard-nosed starting midfielder who lives in Encino, recently told Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated there is no conflict for him to represent the U.S. despite what others may think as this important Group G matchup finally happens.
"I will always have the half-side of Germany in my heart, but all of us 'half' players — and the coach, too — we will try to win this game for America. We want to get to the next round."
The coach, of course, is Jurgen Klinsmann, the 1990 World Cup star for West Germany who lives in Newport Beach and as recruited to coach this American squad in a way that may not please everyone.
Following Sunday's stunning, last-second, 2-2 tie with Portugal, all is not lost for the Americans. Actually, far from it. If they win, they are through to the next round as the winners of Group G and will play the second-place team from Group H. If the U.S. and Germany draw, Germany wins the group and the U.S. finishes second. The result of the other Group G game between Portugal and Ghana would be meaningless. If Germany wins, it wins the group and the U.S. would finish second unless Ghana or Portugal won and passed the U.S. on goal differential. The U.S. is plus 1, Ghana is minus 1 and Portugal is minus 4. If Portugal and Ghana draw, the U.S. and Germany advance. Germany would win the group unless it loses to the U.S. Got all that?
Details/TV: At New York, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, ESPN:
By the time the Lakers get to pick over the what's available at not-so-lucky No. 7, the smart move might be Oklahoma State point guard Marcus Smart. Or maybe they really dig Creighton's Doug McDermott or the free-falling Kansas center Joel Embiid. There's also three UCLA guys — Zach LaVine, Kyle Anderson and Jordan Adams — waiting to hear their names called. Then again, maybe Mitch Kupchak will trade it on a whim as he has every other Lakers first-round pick the last seven seasons. Meanwhile, the Clippers, picking at No. 28, can make some positive news for a change.
NO. 3: TENNIS: 128th WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Details/TV: Opening rounds, 4 a.m., Monday, ESPN:
Now that England has vanished from the World Cup radar, the nation can focus on its singular grass hero, Andy Murray, who defends his men's title starting today against 104th-ranked David Goffin of Belgium. If Murray stays on track, he'll meet Rafael Nadal in the final. But then again, Nadal and Roger Federer were early exits a year ago. On the women's side favorite Serena Williams, who made only a brief appearance at the French Open, is seeded to meet up with Maria Sharapova in the final. Sharapova hasn't defeated Williams since the Wimbledon final 10 years ago. Camarillo's Bob and Mike Bryan, who won the men's doubles last year, return as the No. 1 seeds. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNEWS have about 140 hours of combined coverage through the men's final on July 6.
NO. 4: MLB: DODGERS vs. ST. LOUIS
Details/TV: Thursday-Sunday, SportsNet L.A. and Ch. 11:
Flash back to last year's NL Championship Series, when the Cardinals needed six games to wipe away the Dodgers' plans for a World Series appearance. Remember when rookie Michael Wacha beat Clayton Kershaw twice, Hanley Ramirez couldn't do much with injured ribs and Yasiel Puig was making a bigger mess of things in right field? The 22-year-old Wacha (5-5, 2.49), scheduled to pitch Friday in this four-games series, has been running out of gas lately, sporting a 4.24 ERA in June, and the team is trying to make sure they don't overdo it with him. With the playoff atmosphere in place, the Dodgers will counter by giving away Brian Wilson bobbleheads during Thursday's opener.
The series: Thursday and Friday at 7:10 p.m., SportsNet L.A.; Saturday at 4:15 p.m., Ch. 11; Sunday at 1:10 p.m., SportsNet L.A.
NO. 5: MLB: DODGERS at KANSAS CITY
Details/TV: Monday-Wednesday, SportsNet L.A.:
MLB: ANGELS at KANSAS CITY
Details/TV: Friday-Sunday, FSW
Circling back to Kauffman Stadium in ol' K.C., Zack Greinke has a career record of 36-28 and a 3.48 ERA, most of it accumulated during the seven seasons he spent there with the Royals (which included his 2009 AL Cy Young Award season). He's been back twice with two other teams — no-decisions pitching for Milwaukee and the Angels in 2012. As much as locals may not be all that enthused to see Greinke show his face again in the opener of this interleague series against the Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw arrives Tuesday with some more of that no-hit stuff he showed against Colorado last week. If one SoCal visit to K.C. isn't enough, the Angels lumber in for the weekend right after. They took two of three from the Royals in Anaheim over Memorial Day weekend.
The Dodgers-Royals series: 5:10 p.m. each day, SportsNet L.A.
The Angels-Royals series: 5:10 p.m. Friday, 11:10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, FSW
Details/TV: From Las Vegas, 4 p.m., Tuesday, NBCSN:
Expect to see a flush of Kings present, if only to parade around the Vegas Strip with the Stanley Cup again. Anze Kopitar, a finalist for the Selke Award given to the best defensive forward, awaits to see how that vote went. There'll also be recognition for forward Dustin Brown, goalie Jonathan Quick and general manager Dean Lombardi. The NHL Network has a red-carpet show (2 p.m.) and a recap (6 p.m.), and then kicks into the annual draft in Philadelphia (Friday and Saturday).
NO. 7: ANGELS vs. MINNESOTA
Details/TV: Angel Stadium, Tuesday-Thursday, FSW:
The Twins' decision to sign Kendrys Morales to a deal a few weeks ago may not be such a big deal after all. See if any of the Angels' fans who show up even remember him for anything other than breaking his ankle in that game-winning, grand-slam celebration four years ago.
The series: 7:05 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday; 12:35 p.m., Thursday, FSW
NO. 8: MLS: GALAXY at SAN JOSE
Details/TV: At Stanford Stadium, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, NBCSN:
The Galaxy have been busy arranging viewing parties for the Southern California kickball fans during the World Cup. Would it take some kind seismic activity for someone to set up a neighborhood watch group so someone will be tuned into this?
NO. 9: WNBA: SPARKS vs. SEATTLE
Details/TV: Staples Center, 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, TWC SportsNet:
The Sparks finish off a four-game home stand with an afternoon game in hopes a bunch of kids who have nothing to do this summer will show up. With a paying adult, of course.
Also this week:
Sparks at Tulsa, Saturday at 3 p.m.
Details/TV: At Bethesda, Md., Thursday-Sunday, Golf Channel and Ch. 2:
Tiger Woods, backed into a corner since early March because of his recent back injury, said he'll play in this one at Congressional Country Club. The 38-year-old, who hasn't won a tournament this year, has three weeks to get ready for the British Open at Royal Liverpool if his back can stand the cross-ocean travel.


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All people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities* benefit when fully included in community life.
Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities often are not treated equally. They have been labeled by their disability and separated from the community. For many years they were relegated to sterile, dehumanizing institutions. Even as they have begun living in the community, they have experienced exclusion from its schools, jobs, and social life. Moreover, the services they receive frequently segregate, isolate, and focus on an individual's deficits rather than their strengths and lifestyle choices.
All people benefit when persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are included in community life. People with disabilities should be welcomed and included in all aspects of our society. This includes public activities, programs and settings, and private establishments which are open and accessible to members of the general public. People with disabilities should receive the supports they need to participate actively in community life without having to wait.
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September 21, 2009
Board of Directors, The Arc of the United States
October 29, 2009
Congress of Delegates, The Arc of the United States
November 14, 2009
Reviewed and extended without revision, 2015
*"People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities" refers to those defined by AAIDD classification and DSM IV. In everyday language they are frequently referred to as people with cognitive, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities although the professional and legal definitions of those terms both include others and exclude some defined by DSM IV.

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Report on the investigation of the ejection of six people from the rigid inflatable boat 'Milly', 5th May 2013, on the Camel Estuary, Padstow, Cornwall UK. The full Marine Accident Investigation Board (MAIB) report is attached (43 pages).
A fast turn led to the tragedy, two deaths and lifetime serious injuries to passengers and crew.
The Royal Yachting Association
Revise the powerboat scheme content and delivery to ensure that more extensive guidance is made available to powerboat drivers covering the additional hazards presented by high powered craft and operations at high speed, and the measures that should be taken to mitigate these risks for passengers and crew. Specific guidance should be provided on the hazard of hooking, and the importance of appropriate seating and handholds when travelling at speed.
APV Marine Limited
1. Review its RCD conformance documentation to ensure these contain consistent references to the relevant ISO standards, particularly with reference to maximum engine power.
2. Review the design of the hull of its Cobra RIB range and make modifications to reduce the steep angle of heel which the boat adopts in tight turns.
Actions taken by other organisations:
The Royal Yachting Association
has taken a number of actions to promulgate advice relating to safety on powerboats. It has:
• Published articles in the RYA members' magazine which have included safety advice.• Produced film clips, for use on YouTube, social media and the RYA website on how to attach kill cords, how to check a kill cord is serviceable and on general safety tips for powerboat operators.• Held safety talks at the Southampton Boat Show, September 2013, relating to powerboat safety, kill cord use and safety training courses.• Produced stickers for attaching to powerboat control consoles relating to the need to wear a kill cord.• Conducted several TV interviews promoting powerboat safety and the wearing of kill cords.• Launched a Safety Campaign during the London Boat Show, January 2014, that includes further guidance on the importance and correct wearing of kill cords.• Undertaken to issue guidance to powerboat instructors on the need to advise individuals undertaking 'own-boat' tuition on high powered RIBs and sports boats of the advisability of conducting additional training beyond the Powerboat Level 2 course.
The British Marine Federation
has taken the following action:
• Briefed the Boat Retailers and Brokers Association on the accident.• Begun work on preparing a handover checklist for powerboat owners.
The Devon and Cornwall Local Resilience Forum
has reviewed the emergency response to this accident and agreed that:
• An early notification to harbour authorities will occur in the future.• Reference to local marine emergency plans, and co-ordination of landing places will be made in future emergency responses.


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Document IdentificationUsers should pay particular attention to version identification or dates of publication of documents retrieved. Earlier, possibly superseded, versions of documents are also stored here. Title
Property Tax Appeal Board Decision 2005-26335-R-1 Phillips
- Property Tax Appeal Board Decision 2005-26335-R-1, Phillips, Appellant, Cook County, Lemont Township,
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Number or Issue: Date Created: 2009
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Access This Publication1. Property Tax Appeal Board Decision 2005-26335-R-1 Phillips (20110519143917_2005-26335.pdf).
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Tales in Possible
Transition Possible
— January 17, 2013
Military veteran Wendy Swart enhances her leadership skills and network through the EMBA program.
I knew that NYU Stern had a great reputation, a convenient location and that I'd have the chance to build a professional network.
"I always knew I wanted to be a pilot," said Wendy Swart, an MBA student in NYU Stern's Executive MBA program.
Wendy spent nine and a half years in the military, with deployments in Africa, Afghanistan, Germany and Iraq. As a flight commander, she flew a CI30 and managed 40 pilots. "I had the privilege of flying Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Baghdad during the Iraq War. She hugged me when we landed."
In 2007 Wendy separated from the military to become a commercial pilot for Delta airlines. She brought with her a track record of success in leadership, management and operations. But she lacked a traditional background in business.
"As a veteran, the post 9/11 GI bill offered me tremendous support to go back to school. In the military, I was making important decisions, and managing people and lives every single day. I missed this responsibility, but I knew I would need a business degree to compete for a role like this in the private sector.
"I knew that NYU Stern had a great reputation, a convenient location and that I'd have the chance to build a professional network," said Wendy. "Additionally, I bring a different outlook to the discussions with my classmates about how to solve problems based on my military experience."
Wendy specialized in Leadership and Entrepreneurship, and enhanced her global experience through Global Study Tours to Poland, Croatia and China.
Having just completed her final semester, Wendy reflects on her experience.
"I vastly expanded my business knowledge, and my networking and leadership skills. I particularly valued the team-based environment, especially working in study groups made up of such diverse classmates. I know that I've gained important skills that will serve me well in the corporate sector."
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DCI Banks "Strange Affair" When DCI Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his brother Roy, he drops everything to find him, just as new recruit DI Helen Morton finds evidence linking Banks to the body of a murder victim.G
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Lark Rise to Candleford Tensions rise between Dorcas and Sir Timothy; she plans to sell the Post Office and travel. Philip becomes increasingly possessive of Laura and she expresses doubts about their relationship. Robert refuses to reveal the identity of the poacher to Sir Timothy. Zillah's friends and neighbors gather at the Post Office to celebrate her birthday.G
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Midsomer Murders "Ring Out Your Dead, Part 2" One note left with the body of a bell ringer is different. It alludes to a long-ago incident in Midsomer Wellow's past. Barnaby and Troy must find the connection between this note and a past Midsomer Wellow murder to stop one villager's quest for bloody revenge. Part 2 of 2G


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The HRPP is the home of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the protection of human subjects. The IRB holds autonomous decision making when reviewing human subject research studies under the jurisdiction of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. The mission of the IRB is to ensure the adequacy of the research plan, to minimize risks and to maximize the potential for benefit for human subjects who participate in research.
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I never met Uncle Benno, but my husband Howard seems to hold very fond memories of him. He married Howard's grandmother's next older sister, Jane Elizabeth McDonald on 26 Oct 1922 in Huron County, Michigan.
Benno Frederick Christian Hahn was the son of German immigrants, August R. and Fredericka (Boettcher) Hahn. When the United States declared war in April of 1917, Benno was already 26, elderly by military standards, but he ended up in the Army anyway. Because of his German parentage, he was not allowed to serve in the infantry, so he was assigned to the Ambulance Corps.
As Howard remembers it, Uncle Benno had Parkinson's disease, because he had an arm with a serious tremor, so severe he would sit on it to keep it still, and wore a spot in his recliner from the vibrations.
It wasn't until a few years ago that we learned it was not Parkinson's – Uncle Benno had been wounded in the war, hit in the head by shrapnel in the land of his ancestry and carried his badge of courage throughout his life.
Evidence of his struggle is poignantly shown in his signature on his draft card in 1942 – the "Old Man's Draft" as it became known because men between the ages of 45 to 64 years of age were required to register.
Below are Mr. & Mrs. Benno Hahn and Mr. & Mrs. Howard Keillor, probably about the late 1920s.


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The title pretty much says it all. I have tried deleting everything and uninstall/re-install and still the same problem. It does the initial sync just fine but all subsequent sync attempts cause Handbase desktop to crash.
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Prepare to be shocked. What starts out as a girl wanting to do a stunt jump off a cliff turns into her boyfriend making the decision for her. After numerous countdowns, the girl says, "I don't want to do it." However, her boyfriend decides that she will thank him later if she is forced into it instead. Watch the whole video here to see what happens next.


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|NYU Psychology
|Bob Rehder
Professor of Psychology
For more information about my lab's research, please see the lab webpage.
Why do we perceive the categories and causal relationships in the world we do? In the domains of categorization and causal reasoning, I address the age-old question of whether human knowledge derives largely from prior beliefs and biases (rationalism) or from observations (empiricism). In my research, I investigate how prior beliefs combine with our observation of property clusters to form our mental representation of categories, and how prior beliefs about possible causal mechanisms combine with observations of correlated variables to form our mental representation of causal relationships. In other areas of higher-level cognition such as skill acquisition and problem solving I also inquire how prior knowledge and skills influences current performance. To further the development of precise, quantitative theories, an important component of my research is the development of computational models.
Categorization and causal reasoning. In contrast to a strict empiricist view that categories are induced solely from observations, prior research has demonstrated that people (even very young children) often possess extensive (albeit tacit) theoretical beliefs and biases about the structure of the world that influences the way they acquire, represent, and use knowledge about categories. The most important form of theoretical knowledge is causal knowledge about how the world works (e.g., we not only know that birds fly and have wings, but that birds fly because they have wings). I have established that an object's category membership is a function of whether or not it conforms to the causal laws governing one's understanding of the category. I have also investigated the hypothesis that humans possess an innate tendency to postulate the existence of an invisible cause (i.e., called by some an essence) to explain the properties of categories that are directly observed.
In a number of other research projects I investigate the interplay between theoretical, linguistic, and empirical knowledge that takes place during the learning, development, and revision of conceptual systems. First, to evaluate the effects of knowledge versus empirical structure, I independently manipulate a category's causal knowledge and the statistical structure of its category members (e.g., the pattern of correlations among category attributes), and have found that judgments of category membership tend to be dominated by causal knowledge. Second, I investigate the nature of higher-level categories such as superordinate categories (e.g., mammal) that are abstract because do not specify any concrete features. Rather, these structures have the effect of constraining the allowable combinations of features that may appear in exemplars of the category. Third, I investigate the issues of disconfirmation and revision of conceptual systems in light of the theoretical knowledge that underlies those systems.
Computational modeling. I have three modeling efforts with respect to accounting for the effects of knowledge on categorization. First, I have developed a model of categorization named causal-model theory which utilizes Bayesian networks (also known as causal networks,or influence diagrams) as a representation, or model, of the causal knowledge associated with a category. I have shown that causal-model theory yields better fits to human classification performance in the presence of causal knowledge than traditional similarity-based models. Second, I have developed a connectionist model named the knowledge resonance model (KRES) which employs a constraint satisfaction network to account for the drastic reduction in the time required to learn a new category when the category is coherent, or makes sense, in light of prior knowledge. In this network, learning proceeds via contrastive Hebbian learning (rather than backpropagation) and prior-knowledge units accelerate learning by amplifying the activation of knowledge-consistent features and dampening the activation of knowledge-inconsistent features. Contrastive Hebbian allows the network to learn to suppress those prior knowledge units that are irrelevant in light of feedback. Third, I have conducted basic research involving the use of Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) as a model of human conceptual knowledge. LSA analyzes large numbers of text documents in order to extract word/document co-occurrence information, andrepresents the meaning of lexical items in a high-dimensional semantic space. I am investigating LSA as a model of the statistical category knowledge that human learners extract from written text.
Cognitive skill acquisition and procedural memory. I have investigated the phenomenon of procedural interference, the interference between items in procedural memory. In a series of experiments, I established the existence of procedural interference, and demonstrated that the strength of this interference varies as a function of the strength of the competing items. The magnitude of interference was undiminished even after a one-week retention interval, a result attributable to the durability of procedural memories. This research has implications for the retraining of skills, demonstrating that obsolete procedural memories can produce errors in performance long after retraining was thought to have eliminated them. These data are being fit to the dominant instance-based models of cognitive skill acquisition.
Problem solving and metacognition. I investigate the nature of metacognitive skills in the realm of problem solving. I have used signal detection theory to study to what extent are people able to detect that problems (i.e., algebra word problems) are unsolvable because of missing information. Use of signal detection theory provides estimates of detection sensitivity (i.e., the ability to discriminate between solvable and unsolvable problems) that are uncontaminated by response bias (i.e., the tendency to report that problems are unsolvable). In this research detection sensitivity and response bias were found to be affected by whether a "hint" that problems might be unsolvable was provided, indicating that many individuals possess the metacognitive skill to detect missing information, but that conscious effort is required for that skill to be deployed.
Interdisciplinary research. In the past I have been involved in interdisciplinary cognitive science research on the topics of computer programming and human-computer interaction. I have also investigated the role of background knowledge during learning from educational texts using Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA). A patent for the related task of automatic exam-grading is pending.
I received a B.A. in Physics and a B.S. Computer Science from Washington University at St. Louis. After graduation I was employed as a scientific programmer for a firm developing brain scanners based on the CAT (cranial-axial tomography) technology. After working for a number of other software companies, I earned a Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University in 1990, and during this time worked as a research assistant in a number of labs at Stanford's psychology department. I received a Masters (1995) and Ph.D. (1998) in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Colorado in, where I carried out basic research with Reid Hastie (my dissertation advisor), Walter Kintsch, Tom Landauer, and others. I was postdoctoral research associate at the Beckman Institute of the University of Illinois from 1998-1999, working there with Drs. Brian Ross and Greg Murphy.


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Because our 1975 mobile home was drastically out of level (3" over 24"), we had new piers added and the coach leveled. Now the deviations are far less (3/4" maximum), but the particle board subfloors have a number of high spots and low spots. We want to put in laminate but are uncertain about how to proceed. We had planned to use plywood in varying thicknesses to bring it closer to a flat plane and then even it out with self-leveling compound, but the self-leveling compounds we have found only mention concrete, plywood, vinyl, and tile as substrates. Have any of you successfully dealt with wavy particle board subfloors? Is there a reasonable way to get our floors flat enough for laminate or had we better give up and go back to carpet? Thanks
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Blue Collar Comedy Tour: the Movie
Original Theatrical Date: January 10, 2003
A feature film version of America's hit comedy concert tour, Blue Collar Comedy Tour - The Movie stars renowned comedians Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall and fellow Blue Collar comics Ron White and Larry The Cable Guy.
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It has been a crazy few weeks for a lot of us in bed bug land, with multiple daily media inquiries from pretty much every corner.
Coverage of this site in particular has shifted from the initial 'bedbugs are back' stories from years past (nearly all of them unfortunately entitled "Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite!") to a focus on what the insects mean for the hotel industry and the various businesses that profit from them, to a recent obsession with whether it's fair to let people report their bed bug encounters on the Internet without seeking the permission of some authority figure.
What I have not seen reported is any warning of what things are going to look like in six months or a year, when bed bugs begin to proliferate in public spaces and start appearing in dorms, airports, restaurants, taxis, public transit, libraries, hospitals, and the whole depressing litany of locations that offer perfect habitat and have only escaped infestation because no intrepid bed bug has found them yet.
It is not hard to see this coming - the insects are spreading at an accelerating rate, there is nothing to stop them, and we're already seeing initial reports from all the public spaces where they were historically a nuisance before being nearly eradicated in the last century. But no one in the press has seemed to draw the obvious conclusion about where the resurgence is headed. Instead, soon we'll hear talk of a bedbug "backlash" after all the recent hysterical press coverage, and a consensus that the bed bug problem has been overhyped, until the media cycle begins again.
Meanwhile the number of infestations will continue to grow, and the prospect of controlling this insect at all will correspondingly recede. The public health response in American and Canadian cities continues to be minimal, and in some cases laughable, at a time when we are rapidly losing the ability to prevent the bed bug becoming as ubiquitous an urban pest as the cockroach.


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Well, my first piece of advice would be to ensure that you're talking about installing a legal copy, as discussion of pirated copies is against the rules and grounds for an immediate ban.
Secondly, if you're running Windows 7 64 bit, then you're not going to be able to install NBA Live 2000, as it's installation routine is a 16 bit program. You'll need to install virtual machine software such as WMWare Player, along with an earlier copy of Windows (ideally 98 or XP). Once again, we can only help you if you have legal copies of those operating systems.
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En español | Financial experts seem to speculate endlessly about boomers' projected lifestyle in retirement based on their savings and spending patterns. Now a new survey that polled recent retirees about their standard of living has found that, for some, you don't need a lot of money each year to retire comfortably and live happily.
According to the survey by Baltimore-based investment firm T. Rowe Price, recent retirees report living on 66 percent of their pre-retirement income on average – $58,000 annually – and say they're very satisfied.
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The retirees surveyed had a 401(k) or IRA and a median household savings, including any home equity, of $473,000.
Retirees typically have fewer expenses than people in other age groups. They no longer pay for work-related costs, for example. And by the time they're retired, their children – and the expenses that go along with them – are gone.
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Dave Richmond, president of Richmond Brothers, a wealth management company in Jackson, Mich., says it's easier than you may think to live on a smaller percentage of replacement income.
"If you're still living with a mortgage and you have [consumer] debt, you're going to need a higher percentage of your pre-retirement income," he said. "But if you made $100,000, you no longer need to save the maximum $23,000 in a 401(k). That's a 23 percent savings. And now you're in a lower tax bracket from 25 percent to 15 percent. That's another 10 percent savings. So now you're saving 33 percent [of pre-retirement income] right there. Now you're down to 66-67 percent."
Living on less is not what Sacha Millstone, a senior vice president of investments at Raymond James & Associates in Boulder, Colo., says her newly retired clients want. They plan to spend about as much as they did when they were working.
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"I have been practicing for 30 years and I do a lot of work preparing people for retirement and managing their accounts after they retire," she said. "I can tell you my clients are spending much more than 66 percent of their pre-retirement income and much more than $58,000 annually. They want to do things they couldn't do when they were working. The first years of retirement they tend to make more trips … and they spend more."
The survey also reaffirmed how important Social Security is to a retiree's lifestyle. The government benefit was by far the most important source of income for retirees, accounting for 43 percent of what they brought in, the survey found. Pensions made up 19 percent. Funds from retirement plans, personal savings and investments accounted for 18 percent of their income.
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Industry and Agency Partners Show Strong FSMI Support During Board of Regents Meeting in Sitka
Story and photos by Monique Musick
Accented by the stunning backdrop of the Tongass national forest, the towering Mt. Edgecumbe volcano, islands and ocean stretching far as the eye can see, the University of Alaska Southeast Sitka campus on Japonski Island is well suited to host important partnerships with seafood, maritime and fishing companies, businesses and agencies. Although the Fisheries, Seafood, Maritime Initiative (FSMI) was not the lone focus of the Board of Regents meeting held at the campus April 11 and 12, stories and testimony related to the initiative dominated the two day meeting.
FSMI aims to attract, train and educate Alaskans for careers in these critical marine job sectors and to provide lifelong support and training to new, mid-career and professionals alike. Alaska's current workforce in these areas is 'graying out', and opportunities are growing for young Alaskans to step into these fields. The objective is not only to assist with workforce development, but also to establish clear paths Alaskan residents can follow into secure, rewarding lifelong careers. The delivery of technical and trade skills related to a whole cross section of these marine subsectors is vital to the Alaska economy now and into the future.
Sitka enjoys one of the most diversified economies in the entire State of Alaska. Strong sectors exist in commercial fishing and fish processing, tourism, health care, education and government agencies. Although small, the city of Sitka is home to the ninth largest harbor system in the United States (the largest in Alaska) and is fifth largest in the U.S. by value of seafood harvest. Of the local population aged sixteen and over, 19 percent is directly involved in the seafood industry. To serve the commercial fishing fleet and other vessel owners, Sitka has marine industry support businesses including: boat builders and shipwrights, marine electronics, general marine repair, welding and fabrication, fishing gear sales, heating and refrigeration, industrial sewing, painting, fiberglass repair, parts and equipment sales, and marine safety equipment and training. Each have their own unique training needs in addition to basic skills that cross over all the industries.
Sitka Sound Science Center (SSSC)
Collaboration and partnerships between industry, government, Alaska Native entities and education providers—the heart of the FSMI—are nothing new to Sitka. The newly-founded Sitka Sound Science Center (SSSC), located in a building formerly part of the Sheldon Jackson College campus, illustrates how integrated industry, management, aquaculture and education really are. When Sheldon Jackson had to close its doors in 2007, the Sage Building, which was home to the college's science labs and a full-scale salmon hatchery, was nearly abandoned. Experiments were left on lab tables, the students and faculty left and the doors were closed. In 2008, the SSSC reopened the doors with the mission of increasing understanding and awareness of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the Gulf of Alaska through education and research. Researchers from around the globe come to the center to conduct studies ranging from ocean acidification and marine debris research to whale avoidance and salmon survival. SSSC is also a popular visitor destination, with thousands of people coming through each year to view the aquariums, orca skeleton, touch tanks and hatchery.
The hatchery at the Sitka Sound Science Center has a special partnership with the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (NSRAA) for their Deep Inlet fishery.ĀSSSC provides training and research for NSRAA, and raises coho, pinks and chum salmon in the historic hatchery. This year they aim to raise 250,000 coho, 3 million pinks, and 10 million chums (with 9 million released at Deep Inlet). Throughout its history the hatchery has trained many of Alaska's fisheries biologists, fisheries managers and aquaculture specialists, and it continues to play a vital role in aquaculture education.
SSSC has a special partnership with the University of Alaska Southeast Fisheries Technology Program.ĀThe Fish Tech program provides a Certificate and Associate degree for students throughout coastal Alaska who are interested in aquaculture and fisheries management. Most of the program is offered through eLearning, through UAS partnerships with Prince William Sound Community College, UAA's Kachemak Bay Campus and the UAF Bristol Bay Campus. Faculty in the program include Kate Sullivan at the UAS Ketchikan Campus, SSSC chair Jim Seeland, and SSSC Aquaculture Director Lon Garrison. The SSSC provides on-the-job training opportunities for students in the programs. Workshops and internships occur out of the Science Center Hatchery through the program, giving UAS Fish Tech students hands-on learning opportunities.
The center also partners with K-12 educators to provide during and after school programs and activities. The center offers summer science camps and has recently partnered with the Sitka Whalefest, a major event held each November celebrating humpback whales and other marine life in the sound.
Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association (ALFA); Fishery Conservation Network (FCN)
The Sage Building also houses the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association (ALFA) office. The non-profit association is composed of independent longline vessel owners and crewmembers who are committed to continuing the sustainable harvest of fish, healthy marine ecosystems, and supporting coastal communities through resource stewardship and collaboration with federal, state and private partners. By actively participating in the latest research, Fishery Conservation Network (FCN) fishermen work to protect marine mammal populations while maintaining viable coastal fisheries. ALFA's Fishery Conservation Network has worked these past four years to collect bycatch data and to map the seafloor, compiling information to help commercial vessels reduce bycatch: the unintentional harvesting of a non-targeted species. Much of their focus has been on rockfish, a common bycatch in halibut fishing, in part because their long lifespans and low reproduction rate make them especially vulnerable to overharvesting. The research has helped keep the area's commercial fleet under rockfish bycatch quotas, and the bycatch rates continue to decline as more data and mapping is acquired.
ALFA started a pilot program to develop an accurate, cost effective, electronic monitoring (EM) system for small longline vessels. The goal is to provide longliners with the option of either EM or human observers to fulfill the at-sea monitoring requirements set by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in 2010. The program proved that EM systems are reliable and adaptable to a variety of vessel configurations; capable of identifying 94 percent of fish on reviewed hauls; and are a cost effective tool for fulfilling observer coverage requirements.
Working with the scientists, ALFA's FCN fishermen also recorded acoustic data from sperm whales preying on longline hooked fish to assess the amount of depredation: fish taken off the line by predators. By being able to better quantify how many fish are lost to depredation, the fishery assessment process can be more accurate, and the catch limits based on fish population can more accurately reflect the abundance of the resource. New fishing gear and techniques were also developed and tested by fishermen to improve species selectivity and reduce interactions with marine mammals. They designed deterrents that were field tested in the summer of 2012 to keep whales away from fishing vessels. A similar study for killer whales is underway.
Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA)
Further up the Sitka Channel towards Halibut Point, a former residence houses the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA). This non-profit organization offers cold water safety and survival training throughout the U.S. Their Coast Guard-approved courses range from required emergency drill training classes to emergency procedures for boaters. Courses include children's classes and a new ergonomics program designed to improve efficiencies and reduce damage and injury from repetitive motion. Their network of more than 1,200 active instructors allows them to deliver customized training throughout the country on demand. Since forming in 1985, AMSEA has trained nearly 200,000 people to be prepared to handle a variety of emergencies and increase their chances of surviving Alaska's extreme conditions.
Representatives from each one of these organizations came to the Board of Regents meeting on the Sitka campus to testify in support of the FSMI mission of developing a strong and sustainable fisheries, seafood and maritime workforce in Alaska. They are advocates in the establishment of new marine programs at UA and in many cases will be the suppliers of educational coursework.
Of everyone who spoke before the Regents about FSMI, student Vene Stough, a UAS Fisheries Technology student, gave the most compelling testimony about the importance of the educational opportunity provided through the University of Alaska. She was clearly emotional as she recounted the journey that brought her from a childhood on the coast, to a student at Mat-Su College, back down to UAS Sitka and finally to a promising career with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.ĀHer real-life testimony and success story put a face to the importance of expanding UA's presence in the many facets of fisheries, seafood and maritime training. She underscored why the university needs to attract students to these careers through early school outreach programs, prepare them for jobs in these critical industries, and provide continuing education and support necessary to sustain them through all stages of their careers.


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ST. LOUIS (MarketWatch) — Conventional wisdom says that after leaving your job, it's smart to roll your old 401(k) into an IRA. In many cases, that's true. An IRA typically offers a much greater range of investment options than a 401(k).
There are, however, certain situations — some of them fairly common — in which it makes sense to leave your old 401(k) alone or move it somewhere other than an IRA:
1. You plan to retire between ages 55 and 59.5
As you've probably read before, taking money out of a traditional IRA prior to age 59-and-a-half results in a 10% penalty, unless you meet one of several exceptions.
What many investors don't know is that with a 401(k), the 10% penalty on distributions does not apply if you are at least age 55 (rather than 59.5) at the end of the calendar year in which you left your employer.
So, if you're planning to retire prior to age 59.5, keeping money in your old 401(k) is an easy way to get penalty-free access to some cash for the years between ages 55 and 59.5. Then, after you reach age 59.5, you can roll what's left of the 401(k) into an IRA if it makes sense to do so.
2. You're planning a Roth conversion
If you have a traditional IRA that includes nondeductible contributions and you are planning to do a Roth conversion in the near future (a "back-door Roth," for example), holding off on a 401(k) rollover is likely to be beneficial.
When you do a Roth IRA conversion, the percentage of the conversion that is not taxable is calculated as your net nondeductible contributions, divided by the sum of:
— All of your traditional IRA balances (and SEP and SIMPLE IRA balances) as of the end of the year of conversion,
— Any Roth IRA conversions you made throughout the year, and
— Any other distributions you took from your IRA throughout the year.
Rolling a pre-tax 401(k) into an IRA increases the first item on that list, thereby reducing the portion of a conversion that would be nontaxable. In other words, rolling over a pretax 401(k) into an IRA in the same year that you do a Roth conversion will increase the portion of the conversion that is taxable as income.
3. Your old 401(k) has better investment options
In some cases — particularly if your previous employer was a large organization — you may actually have better investment options in your old retirement plan than you would in an IRA.
For example, if your ex-employer's retirement plan includes the "Institutional" share class of Vanguard mutual funds, the expense ratios on those funds are typically about 1/3 lower than the cost of the ETF or "Admiral" share classes that you would have access to in an IRA.
Or, if you worked for the federal government and had access to its Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), no fund available to retail investors is going to be less expensive than the 0.025% expense ratio you're paying on the TSP funds.
4. You have employer stock in your 401(k)
If you have appreciated employer stock in your old 401(k), you might want to roll that stock into a taxable brokerage account rather than into an IRA in order to take advantage of the "net unrealized appreciation" rules.
Here's why: If you roll the stock into an IRA, all of it will be taxable as ordinary income when you eventually withdraw from the IRA.
But if you roll the stock into a taxable account, only your cost basis (the amount you paid for the shares) will count as a taxable distribution. Any net unrealized appreciation (the amount by which the stock has increased in value while in your 401(k) account) will be taxed as a long-term capital gain rather than ordinary income.
It's important to understand, however, that if you're under age 55 when you roll the employer stock into a taxable account, the 10% penalty will apply to your basis in the stock, because it will count as an early distribution.
If you're considering taking advantage of this particular tax break, I would suggest consulting with a tax professional to make sure you follow the necessary rules.
Mike Piper writes the popular blog Oblivious Investor, where he discusses strategies for low-maintenance investing. He is also the author of eight personal finance books, including his most recent, Social Security Made Simple.
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All of these were VIN-identified as 1965 models, however several changes were made at the standard opening of the brand-new design year (beginning August 1964), consisting of the addition of back-up lights on some designs, the introduction of alternators to replace generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu into 289 cu in. In the case of at least some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production consisted of some uncommon quirks, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo beneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These attributes made enough difference to warrant classification of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a distinction that has actually withstood with perfectionists. Mustangs For Sale in Bristol ME are easy to find now with online shopping.
The 1973 OPEC oil embargo brought with it more rigid pollution laws and the desire for fuel-efficiency. This was likewise the very first time in automobile history that the Huge 3 were having to compete with imports. The brand-new Mustang II was smaller sized than the very first variation but, due to the extra equipment needed to fulfill new United States emission and security regulations, was much heavier than the very first design. Performance was lowered and in the first year just 385,993 cars were sold.
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Created: 23 Feb 2009, created by Tim Nelson from miscellaneous documents lying around Last Modified: 19 Nov 2009 Version: 7
Special Variables
This document serves as a collection point for what is known about special variables in Perl 6 and correlates them with the changes from Perl 5.
If you are trying to find the Perl 6 equivalent of a Perl 5 special variable you know, try searching this file for the Perl 5 version. Each main entry is followed by a note containing the corresponding Perl 5 variable(s). The list of main entries is also followed by a table showing the 5 and 6 variables side-by-side.
Secondary Sigils (also known as "twigils")
A quick reminder of the relevant twigils from S02:
$?foo # Compiler constants (fixed at compile time) $*foo # Context variable, default global (run time) $=foo # File-scoped Pod data
The various $?foo variables are determined at compile time, and are not modifiable at run time. This does not mean that the variable has the same value everywhere; for instance, $?LINE is different on every line of the program.
The $*foo variables function both as dynamically scoped variables and as globals. Globalness is relative, in other words. Any dynamic scope may modify the set of globals visible via the $*foo notation. Most of the standard globals listed below actually live either in the PROCESS or the GLOBAL package, where PROCESS contains globals belonging to the entire process, while GLOBAL contains the globals belonging to the current interpreter, since a process may be running more than one interpreter. Unless otherwise indicated below, the outermost definition of these variables are kept in the PROCESS package.
The $=foo variables are related to the $?foo variables insofar as the text of the program is known at compile time, so the values are static. However, the different twigil indicates that the variable contains Pod data, which is primarily under user control rather than compiler control. The structure of these variables will be fleshed out in S26.
Named variables
Variable Spec Type Description -------- ---- ---- ----------- @_ # ??? (FIX) $! S04 # Current Exception object $/ S05 Match # Last match $0, $1, $2 S05 Str # First captured value from match: $/[0] $?ARCH SoftwarePackage # Host architecture $?XARCH SoftwarePackage # Target architecture @*ARGS S06 Array of Str # command-line arguments $*ARGFILES S02 IO # The magic command-line input handle &?BLOCK S06 Block # current block (itself) ::?CLASS S12 Str # current class (as package or type name) $?CLASS S02 Class # current class @=COMMENT (S26) # All the comment blocks in the file %?CONFIG Hash of XXX # configuration hash XXX What does this do? $*CWD Path # current working directory $=DATA (S26) IO # data block handle (=begin DATA ... =end) @=DATA (S26) Array # Same as above, but array %?DEEPMAGIC S13 Hash of XXX # Controls the mappings of magical names to sub definitions $?DISTRO S02 SoftwarePackage # Which OS distribution am I compiling under $*DISTRO S02 SoftwarePackage # Which OS distribution am I running under $*EGID Int # effective group id %*ENV S02 Hash of Str # system environment variables $*ERR S16 IO # Standard error handle $*EUID Int # effective user id $*EXECUTABLE_NAME Str # executable name $?FILE S02 Str # current filename of source file $?GRAMMAR S02 Grammar # current grammar $*GID Int # group id $*IN S16 IO # Standard input handle; is an IO object @*INC S11 # where to search for user modules (but not std lib!) %?LANG S02 Hash of Grammar # What is the current set of interwoven languages? $*LANG S02 Str # LANG variable from %*ENV that defines what human language is used $?LINE S02 Int # current line number in source file %*META-ARGS S19 Hash of XXX # Meta-arguments $?MODULE S02 Module # current module %*OPTS S19 Hash of XXX # Options from command line %*OPT... S19 Hash of XXX # Options from command line to be passed down $?KERNEL SoftwarePackage # operating system compiled for $*KERNEL SoftwarePackage # operating system running under $*OUT S16 IO # Standard output handle $?PACKAGE S02 Package # current package $?PERL S02 SoftwarePackage # Which Perl am I compiled for? $*PERL S02 SoftwarePackage # perl version running under $*PID Int # system process id %=POD S02 # (or some such) $*PROGRAM_NAME S19 Str # name of the Perl program being executed %*PROTOCOLS S16 Hash of Method # Stores the methods needed for the uri() function ::?ROLE Str # current role (as package or type name) $?ROLE S02 Role # current role &?ROUTINE S06 Routine # current sub or method (itself) $?SCOPE S02 # Current "my" scope (XXX unnecessary?) $*UID Int # system user id $?USAGE S06 Str # Default usage message generated at compile time $?VM S02 SoftwarePackage # Which virtual machine am I compiling under $?XVM S02 SoftwarePackage # Which virtual machine am I cross-compiling for
Note that dynamic variables such as $*OUT may have more than one current definition in the outer dynamic context, in which case the innermost dynamic scope in which it is defined determines the meaning. For instance, $PROCESS::OUT is the stdout for the entire process, but each interpreter can set its own $GLOBAL::OUT to make $*OUT mean whatever it wants independently of other interpreters. Any dynamic scope may also declare a local meaning of $*OUT that applies only to called code. Likewise each thread could log its own errors to its own $*ERR, since a thread is a dynamic scope.
Special Classes
These are classes defined especially for the benefit of the Special Variables.
class SoftwarePackage { has Str $name; has Version $version; }
This class is intended to represent a software package at a fairly basic level.
Perl5 to Perl6 special variable translation
If a column has a "-" in it, it means that item is unavailable in that version of Perl.
Perl 5 Perl 6 Comment ----------- ----------- ----------------------- STDIN $*IN See S16; actual variable is $PROCESS::IN STDOUT $*OUT See S16; actual variable is $PROCESS::OUT STDERR $*ERR See S16; actual variable is $PROCESS::ERR $_ $ARG $_ More lexically aware $_[1],$_[2].. $^a,$^b.. $a,$b - Just params to anonymous block - $/ Object with results of last regex match $1,$2,$3... $1,$2,$3... $& $MATCH $<> $` $PREMATCH substr based on $/.from $' $POSTMATCH substr based on $/.to $+ - But info can now be retrieved from $/ $^N $*MOST_RECENT_CAPTURED_MATCH ...or some such. or $/[*-$n] ...or omit @- $1.start, etc @+ $1.end, etc. %! - $[ - This feature has been removed $* - Deprecated long ago $# - Deprecated long ago $^H - These were only ever internal anyway %^H - - $! Current exception (see L<S04-control>) $! $ERRNO $OS_ERROR - Use shiny new $! $? $CHILD_ERROR - Use shiny new $! $@ $EVAL_ERROR - Use shiny new $! $^E - Use shiny new $! $^S - $. $NR $*IN.input_record_number() $/ $RS $*IN.input_record_separator() $| $*OUT.autoflush() $, $OFS $*OUT.output_field_separator() $\ $*OUT.output_record_separator() $" $LIST_SEPARATOR - $; $SUBSEP - $$ $PID $*PID $< $UID $*UID Real UID (User ID) $( $GID $*GID Real GID (Group ID) $> $EUID $*EUID Effective UID $) $EGID $*EGID Effective GID $0 $PROGRAM_NAME $*PROGRAM_NAME $^C $COMPILING $*COMPILING $^D $DEBUGGING $*DEBUGGING $^F $SYS_FD_MAX $*SYS_FD_MAX ...or some such $^I $INPLACE_EDIT $*INPLACE_EDIT ...or some such $^M $*EMERGENCY_MEMORY ...or some such (or omit) $^O $OSNAME $*OSNAME ...or some such $^P $PERLDB $*PERLDB ...or some such $^R $*LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT ...or some such. Or omit. $^T $BASETIME $*INITTIME A Temporal::Instant object $^V $] $?PERL.version $^W $*WARNINGS (if any dynamic control needed) ${^WARNING_BITS} $?WARNINGS $^X $*EXECUTABLE_NAME ...or some such ARGV $*ARGFILE Note the P6 idiom for this handle: for lines() { # each time through loop # proc a line from files named in ARGS } @ARGV @*ARGS ARGVOUT TBD $ARGV TBD @F @_ %ENV %*ENV @INC @*INC (but not for std library modules) %INC %*INC (maybe, if needed) %SIG event filters plus exception translation $SIG{__WARN__} $*ON_WARN $SIG{__DIE__} $*ON_DIE ${^OPEN} - This was internal; forget it
The following items are not yet defined, but will need to be defined.
XXX Don't remove this line until this section is completely blank.
We also seem to have $*INC in the table at the top, @*INC in S19 and the table immediately above, %*INC also in the table above.
The $?LANG and $*LANG variables are also confusing (both in S02).
These go in the Perl5 to Perl6 conversion table:
Perl6 Perl5 ----- ----------------------------------------- - $% $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER - HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR) - $= $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE - HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR) - $- $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT - HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR) - $~ $FORMAT_NAME - HANDLE->format_name(EXPR) - $^ $FORMAT_TOP_NAME - HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR) - $: $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS - IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters - $^L $FORMAT_FORMFEED - IO::Handle->format_formfeed - $^A $ACCUMULATOR
${^ENCODING} variable -- S32/Str.pod implies this is $?ENC $?NF -- unicode normalisation form ${^UNICODE} variable
Infectious trait spec
${^TAINT} variable, which is pending, among other things, infectious trait spec
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Iowa Quaker Oats workers claim $241M Powerball pot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A group of 20 workers at a Quaker Oats plant in Iowa stepped forward Wednesday to claim a $241 million Powerball jackpot.
Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer said the agency verified the winning ticket, which was sold June 13.
One of the workers bought the winning ticket for the group and the winnings will be split 20 ways, said Dan Morris, a spokesman for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union that all the winners belong to in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Morris said the winners all are between 35 and 64 years old and work in the Quaker plant's shipping department.
The group took a chartered bus paid for by their union from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines on Wednesday to present their ticket to lottery officials.
"They're in shock. Still trying to recover," said Joe Day, the group's lawyer.
Day said the group had yet to decide what to do with the winnings, but described the winners as "ecstatic."
"Financial security for a lifetime," he said. "Anybody would want that."
The jackpot is the 15th largest won by Powerball players and, according to Neubauer, would amount to roughly $5.6 million per person after taxes if the group chooses the lump-sum cash option.


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Other Worlds, Other Storms
by Patricia d. Lock
Weather is everywhere! We live in it every day, and with weather come storms. What you may not realize, though, is that our neighboring planets and moons have weather and storms much as we do.
"ET" Storms
We call the study of the planets in relation to each other comparative planetology. The field looks at the different natures of the planets and moons in our solar system to help understand the origin, history, and future of our own planet. Atmospheric scientists study the composition, structure, and motions of atmospheres, both on Earth and off.
"The planets can be thought of as 'weather' laboratories, in which different climatic changes and weather occur naturally because the planets have different atmospheres, different surfaces, and different amounts of sunlight," says atmospheric scientist Dr. Richard Zurek. "All of this gives us a new perspective on the weather and climate of our own planet. The same forces are at work, but in different proportions."
Planetary Weather Forecasts
- Mercury—Hot!
- Mercury's weather forecast would be rather like one for the moon. Nothing, nothing, nothing. Its high temperature of greater than 750 degrees F does not allow a permanent atmosphere and, therefore, any weather.
- Venus—Cloudy and hot.
- On Venus, the forecast is cloudy with a high of 840 degrees F. The chance of a breeze is zero percent, with weather at the equator being the same as that at the poles. The sky looks as if a storm is coming, but there are no storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, or jet streams.
- Mars—Cool and windy. Leave the dusting for tomorrow.
- Mars is a bit more hospitable, with sunny days and cool nights. The average temperature is minus 67 degrees F, with lows of minus 207 degrees F in winter and occasional summer highs of a pleasant 80 degrees F. The seasons on Mars are longer than Earth's, as its year is 687 Earth-days long. The most interesting weather on Mars is its huge dust storms. In 2001, a storm raised a cloud of dust that engulfed the entire planet for three months.
- Jupiter—Cloudy with a chance of thunder and lightning.
- Jupiter's weather, while beautiful from a distance, would be rather turbulent for the visitor. The temperature at the top of Jupiter's ammonia clouds is minus 227 degrees F, and winds reach 400 miles per hour. Huge thunderstorms cause lightning over areas the size of the United States. Some of the largest thunderstorms are 50 miles tall and 2,500 miles wide.
- In 2000, scientists watched two of Jupiter's "white oval" storms, each about half the size of Earth, collide and merge to form an even bigger storm. Researchers think that a similar event built Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm twice as wide as the Earth that has lasted for more than 300 years.
- Saturn—Windy and cold; winds dropping later.
- Just north of its equator, Saturn's clouds move at more than 1,000 miles per hour, with temperatures of minus 310 degrees F. Saturn's storms behave a lot like the storms on Earth: They are influenced by jet streams and travel large distances, and many are the size of our hurricanes. Saturn recently had an unexpected change in its weather: Winds near the equator slowed from about 1,050 to 600 miles per hour. Saturn's long year, about 30 Earth-years, and the shadow from its rings could possibly account for this change.
- Uranus—Spring is in the air!
- With a "tilt" of almost 90 degrees and a year lasting roughly 84 Earth-years, Uranus has seasons that last for 20 years. The northern hemisphere of Uranus is just now coming out of winter, and huge storms and temperatures of minus 300 degrees F are battering the planet. The hemisphere facing away from the sun is in darkness the entire season.
- Neptune—Stormy and cold, high winds for the rest of the season.
- Neptune is also coming into a spring period, with the change in sunlight causing its cloud bands to get wider and brighter. Massive storm systems have winds that reach 900 miles per hour and temperatures of minus 350 degrees F. Like Uranus's, Neptune's seasons last for decades because its year lasts almost 165 Earth-years. It is remarkable that Neptune exhibits any seasonal change at all, because the sun is 900 times dimmer there than it is on Earth.
- Pluto—Skating, anyone?
- Spacecraft have visited all of the planets except Pluto. With our limited knowledge of it, weather prediction is, at best, a wild guess. The temperature is also a guess, but scientists believe it to be around minus 385 degrees F. It is so cold during the 100 years when Pluto is farthest from the sun that even nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane gases freeze onto its surface.
Learning From Our Neighbors
What have we learned? A lot! "Mars told us that there can be global dust storms, and that got people to think about what might happen if an asteroid collided with Earth and threw a massive dust cloud into the atmosphere," Zurek explains. "Venus tells us that if you have too much carbon dioxide, you can get a runaway greenhouse effect in which the surface becomes very hot."
According to Zurek, we also know now that Mars is the planet most like the Earth, in that it has a relatively thin atmosphere, has seasons like the Earth, has a day that is just a little longer than ours, and also uses sunlight as its principal energy source. Mars also has a surface temperature that, while cold, is closest to that of Earth.
Where To, Next?
In 2004, the Cassini spacecraft began an in-depth study of the Saturn system and landed a probe on its moon, Titan. Two rovers, two orbiters, and a lander are on their way to Mars. In 2005, an orbiter was launched to make daily weather maps of the Red Planet. (Zurek is the Project Scientist for this mission, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.) There are also plans to revisit Jupiter's moons this decade, and to visit Pluto by 2020.
"It takes a long time to do a space mission, and you always wish you knew more so that you could design the systems better," Zurek says. "But we make progress step by step."
So stay tuned for the next storm watch from other worlds.
- Which planet has storms that are like the storms on Earth? What are the similarities between the storms on the different planets?
- What kinds of factors affect the weather on a planet?
- Why are scientists interested in studying the dust storms on Mars? What might happen if there were a global dust storm on Earth that lasted for three months? Write a paragraph to explain your answer.


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9:00 pm
Billy The Kid: American Experience This is a story of a child born to impoverished Irish immigrants, who leads a hardscrabble, itinerant life, coming of age in a lawless corner of New Mexico. An Irish immigrant ring controls all money-making endeavors, with the Mexican population frequently cheated out of property. Henry McCarty, known as Billy the Kid, is ensnared in a centuries-old Irish-English conflict on the plains of the Southwest.G
10:00 pm
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid: American Experience In the 1890s, the exploits of Robert Leroy Parker (Butch Cassidy) and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (Sundance Kid) and the Wild Bunch Gang captivated Americans by seeming to vanish into thin air after robbing banks and trains in the American West. This film traces their outlaw career and success in eluding the Pinkerton detectives and other lawmen.G
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Independent Lens "Spies of Mississippi" This film tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation during the 1950s and 1960s. Granted broad powers, the commission investigated citizens and organizations in attempts to derail the civil rights movement.G


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When the Labor Department releases the data on jobs created in May, the figures are expected to show that, for the first time, the total number of jobs has surpassed the level when the U.S. entered recession in December 2007. The U.S. is just 113,000 jobs away from the previous peak reached in January 2008. Economists polled by MarketWatch expect a 210,000 gain.
It's been a long time coming. Every other post-war recession has seen jobs recover before then, according to data compiled by the Minneapolis Fed. The 1980 recession took 44 months from the peak to recover; barring a major surprise, this one will take 77 months.
And it's important to note the U.S. population has grown by about 12.5 million people since 2008. Not all of them will be in the work force, but if the numbers on labor-force participation of that group are similar to what's seen nationally, that's another 6 million positions to fill.
The stock market (represented by the S&P 500 total return index) recovered more than two years ago and has been surging since. As measured by GDP, the economy bobbed between the full recovery line before finally pushing through in 2011.
House prices (measured by the Case-Shiller 20-city composite), by contrast, still have a long way to go.
— Steve Goldstein
Also read: How the May jobs indicators stack up
What to look for in the May jobs report


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Reasoning with the LORD
Isaiah 1:18 is a great promise indeed, assuring us that no matter how much sin has stained our souls, God can cleanse us completely and make us stand before Him as His holy people. But for this to happen ...Read More
The Vision of Isaiah
God often causes His people to prosper materially, so we may enjoy the fruit of our godly labors. However, material abundance can be dangerous because, if we are not careful, we can forget the Source of all blessings and trust ...Read More
Honoring God's Covenant
We will look more at church discipline in the days ahead. As we close our study today, let us be reminded that coming into the Lord's presence without repentance is dangerous indeed. It is particularly risky when we claim to ...Read More
Sending Away our Sins
In Christ, our guilt has been dealt with. When we trust in Jesus alone, we are forgiven of our sins. They are sent out of God's sight, not in that He pretends they never happened but in that they ...Read More
The Remission of Sins
How do you view yourself? Do you acknowledge that you are a sinner who is no longer guilty because of Christ? Or are you weighed down by guilt for the sins that you have committed? If you have trusted in ...Read More


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Danelle necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 444 diseños de 97 diseñadores freelance.
Method Direct Marketing
We are a husband and wife team that set out to create the coolest Direct Response company out there. Our clients include Playboy, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, ExtaMax and others.
We realized last night that we stopped carrying business cards because we are embarrassed to hand them out! The message they send out is not us!
We are heavily positioned in the Male market, but not exclusively, as we have a new project called Weightloss Dojo (http://www.weightlossdojo.com), that is marketed mainly to women.
We meet with conservative companies that we help find alternative revenue streams. We like to come across as serious, not wasteful and effective.
We would like something clean, simple and direct without being boring (is that possible?)
We are known mostly as Method, so we would like the emphasis to be on Method, with Direct Marketing as secondary. We are not opposed to something with MDR as long as the word METHOD stands out.
a couple of things we would like to avoid:
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See the most you can on campus and in Burlington. Take advantage of the tours, but don't be afraid to see campus for yourself after the tour. It is a really friendly and welcoming community. Be sure to also check out downtown Burlington, there is plenty to do!
The summer months! It is a nice blend of awesome weather, eating outdoors, and many outdoor activities.
Make it a point to come out and see the campus. The Saint Michael's experience is very unique in comparison to other campuses. It is good to see it live and in action. Don't be afraid to ask questions and learn as much about the campus and student life as possible.
I enjoy meeting new families, and being able to assist potential students to achieve a college degree. Education has always been important in my family, and I have taken that with me into my professional life.
Saint Michael's is an excellent campus for students from all walks of life. It is unique in the fact that the class sizes are tailored to small groups, and that it is a 100% residential college. The education and skills that you learn at Saint Michael's College will help you become a more well rounded person, with a great education! There are many things to do around campus, and it is always a good idea to get involved in as much as possible, without feeling overwhelmed.
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The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Original Star Wars Trilogy, Remember the Titans
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Family Guy, 30 Rock, Sports Center
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Let's stipulate that the CIA's discovery a fortnight ago of yet another underwear-bomber plot, this one originating with al Qaeda in Yemen and aimed at an American airliner, was a splendid feat of intel tradecraft.
Stipulate, too, that it gets us one step closer to nailing Ibrihim al-Asiri, the terrorist behind the earlier Christmas Day underwear-bomber plot in Detroit in 2009, as well as the bombs hidden inside laser printers stashed aboard cargo planes in 2010.
And let's agree that foiling the operation by means of a double agent inside al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's operational structure potentially saved many lives.
But here's a rude question: Why do we even know about this?
One of the unsung stories in the War on Terror is the active cooperation of Arab and other Muslim officers working in-country: Saudi intelligence officers, Iraqi cops and local Afghani chiefs. The FBI in particular has done a splendid job of recruiting, training and partnering with locals on the ground, developing invaluable sources and operational assistance.
Their identities — their very existences — are generally kept secret, not only for their own protection, but for the continuing effectiveness of counterterrorism ops. You generally don't let the bad guys know you've penetrated their inner sanctums. Moles stay underground for a reason.
Yet here was John Brennan, the White House counterterrorism adviser, showing up on national TV to take a very public victory lap. "I think people getting on a plane today should feel confident that their intelligence services are working day in and day out to stop these types of IEDs from getting anywhere near a plane," he said.
Thanks for sharing. Of course, if Brennan and the CIA had quietly broken up the plot, rolled up the network (two of the plotters in Yemen were killed in a drone attack on Sunday; the announcement of the plot was made the next day) and kept their mouths shut, the public wouldn't be worrying about those IEDs, because they wouldn't have realized the threat remained.
So why blab? Why endanger an asset like the brave Saudi double agent who penetrated al Qaeda, helped track the other plotters and came away with the bomb itself?
No matter how closely guarded his identity is, he is very likely a dead man walking.
A charitable explanation is that by leaking some details, our government is trying to convince al Qaeda's command structure that it's no longer secure, which will inhibit further operations until they purge and regroup. Making an enemy believe his cells are crawling with spies is a good way to neutralize him.
But there are other motives in play — both for the CIA and its political masters.
With the economy in shambles, the president and his team have been floating a national-security campaign, based largely around the Navy SEALs' killing of Osama bin Laden a year ago in Pakistan and the ongoing drone attacks on terrorist leaders. Last week, Obama flew all the way to Kabul to pat himself on the back for bin Laden's death.
Reminding the citizenry that the CIA is on guard feeds this narrative.
That's a campaign the agency is only too happy to oblige, for Langley is among the leakiest ships in the intelligence community. Sources in its National Clandestine Service (formerly the Directorate of Operations), routinely feed favored reporters tidbits of inside info to make themselves look good or bolster the CIA's status in the Washington turf wars.
Yes, even post-9/11, the agency remains locked in battle with rival intelligence services, including the FBI and Pentagon entities such as the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency — many of whom regard the CIA as a bunch of showboating hot dogs who are not above callously "burning" a foreign agent and then laughing about it.
But the politicization of intelligence is no laughing matter. Obama did the right thing in moving Democratic functionary Leon Panetta over to Defense and replacing him at CIA with Gen. David Petraeus, who's both apolitical and the soul of discretion — you can bet Petraeus didn't authorize the leak.
But even the man who led the turning of the tide in Iraq can only do so much to clean up the swamps of Washington and Langley.
The House Homeland Security Committee promises a major investigation of this leak. With al-Asiri still apparently on the loose, premature crowing may yet have severe blowback.
The old adage, "Loose lips sink ships" still applies, and that goes double for airships.


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This is the 36th post in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company.
When I started began my first job working in a hospital, my IBCLC mentor explained what happened at the holidays on the maternity unit. The formula company salesman, she said, would arrive with a gigantic box of Godiva chocolates for the childbirth unit staff. Wanting to be generous at the holidays, too, my mentor brought in her own gift – a plate of oatmeal raisin cookies – and set it down beside the chocolates.
That image – Godiva chocolates vs. oatmeal raisin cookies – has lived on in my mind as a David vs. Goliath representation of what we, as breastfeeding moms and supporters, are up against.
And unfortunately it lives on in the form of other gifts and incentive programs designed by formula companies to promote their brands, and formula feeding, among hospital staff. A lactation consultant friend who works in a California hospital told me that her stomach sinks every time she hears a nurse call down the hall, "The formula company guy brought frapuccinos again!" My award for most egregious example? An incentive program which a doctor actually had the poor sense to explain to a mom this way: "If I tell you that 'Lipil is the best', then we get free catered lunches from Panera!"
I do have hope that this will change, as companies and hospitals come under more pressure to stop gifts from pharmaceutical representatives (from the same parent companies that produce formula). There are signs that someday the oatmeal raisin cookie will prevail over the Godiva chocolates.
For an explanation of all this, we asked Marsha Walker, executive director of the National Alliance of Breastfeeding Advocacy and author of Still Selling out Mothers and Babies, to explain how formula company gifts to your hospital providers might influence the kind of breastfeeding care you get.
Are you getting the best lactation care and services in the hospital after you have a baby? Or have the nurses and physicians fallen under the spell of food, gifts, and hype from the formula company salespeople that haunt the hallways of most maternity units in the U.S.?
Formula manufacturers know that most people understand when they are the target of advertising, being easily able to recognize an ad when they see or hear one. So to create a more effective sales force for pitching formula, they enlist the help of trusted nurses and physicians, as most patients trust that advice from their health care providers is given with the patient's best interest in mind. Nurses and physicians are routinely wined and dined with expensive dinners, lunches brought onto the maternity unit, distribution of gifts to staff, and all sorts of other gimmicks to convince the staff that formula is as good as breastmilk, and that brand X is better than any of the others. This paves the way for the easier flow of formula when breastfeeding problems arise or when patients ask which is the best formula to use. That question is not necessarily answered with scientific evidence but all too often with the name of the brand whose salesperson just provided food or gifts for the staff.
Creating a benevolent image of a formula company and assuring brand loyalty to a specific brand of formula is accomplished is some eye-opening ways. One clever formula salesperson conducted a bottle cap contest for the nurses, offering a gift certificate to a fancy store to the nurse who collected the most formula bottle caps. A nurse would walk into a mother's room with a formula bottle, remove the cap, leave the bottle with the mother (whether it was needed or not, whether the mother was breastfeeding or not), put the nurse's name on the cap, and place it a bag that was later collected by the formula salesperson who then counted the caps and awarded the prize. Another salesperson offered prizes to hospital maternity units who gathered the most nurses to listen to an audio presentation on using formula. Hospital staff are routine regaled with piles of glossy reprints and handouts extolling the benefits of their formula and urging health care providers to recommend it to new mothers. Food, flattery, and friendship are offered to staff for the purpose of developing loyalty to a product in order to circumvent evidence-based practice.
It is really time to stop this kind of approach to peddling pricey formula to new mothers. Who wants health care delivered to them from a commercial perspective? Families deserve better than this. Mothers who deliver their babies at a hospital with the Baby Friendly designation are assured that corporate loyalty does not supersede evidence-based health care. All staff at a Baby Friendly hospital have been trained in proper breastfeeding support and do not act as marketing reps for a particular brand of infant formula. If your hospital is not Baby Friendly, ask why. Baby Friendly hospitals have the best interest of all their infants in mind, not just the breastfed ones. Isn't this what all families are entitled to?
Do you know if your providers accept gifts from formula companies? Do you think it can influence the kind of care you get?


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WALNUT CREEK — Don't wait for Santa to bring you new galoshes or a raincoat this year. You'll need them long before Christmas.
A series of storms expected to hit the Bay Area as soon as Tuesday night could leave residents dodging persistent showers for the next five days, with heavy rain in parts that will prompt a rapid rise in small creeks, officials say.
The Tuesday night forecast from the National Weather Service notes a slight chance of rain. By Wednesday, strong winds in the morning should give way to thunderstorms and rain brought by a short but intense system in the afternoon, according to Charles Bell, a meteorologist for the weather service.
After that, the sun will be playing hide-and-seek for the rest of the week, with scattered showers filling in gaps between storms that are expected to drop between two and four inches of rain on the East and South Bay by Sunday evening.
Higher-elevation areas in the North Bay could see as much as 10 inches, Bell said.
"We won't have completely dry conditions (through the end of the week)," he added.
Thursday will provide a short break, with showers possible throughout the day. The next system will move in on Friday, with another following Saturday afternoon and clearing out by Sunday evening.
That weekend system may still be lingering overhead when the Oakland Raiders host the Cleveland Browns at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Bell said.
Residents are advised to check storm drains and rain gutters to make sure they're not blocked by debris, Bell said. Officials aren't expecting any major river flooding, but small creeks could rise rapidly, he added.
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