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Rated: R for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material.
Release Date: 2009-06-05
Starring: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
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Official Website: http://hangovermovie.warnerbros.com/
'The Hangover' is the type of comedy I like. Slightly in your face, but never pushing the envelope past the point of no return (i.e; Observe and Report). It's this year's Pineapple Express. But the best thing about this film is the plotline. Absolutely fantastic! It's really hard to find stories interesting enough to perk up your senses in today's Hollywood.
Two days before his wedding, Doug (Justin Bartha) and his three friends (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis) drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they'll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can't remember a thing, nor where the soon to be husband Doug is. With no clue as to what transpired and little time to spare, the trio must retrace their hazy steps, figure out what happened to Doug and get back to the weeding in time before anyone suspects what happened.
There are moments when the story drags a bit in the middle, but all worth disregarding due to the compelling and amusing story. So how was the acting? Terrific. Zach Galifianakis, the bearded fellow, was such an annoying puss that he really managed to get under my skin. Cooper was just a rock star and after this film, he'll no doubt be leading man material in his next project.
This is perhaps the most entertaining film of the year. I enjoyed it and so will you!

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Mr. Speaker, March 24 was World TB Day, an international day of action to mobilize political will to combat tuberculosis.
Every year, 8.8 million new people become infected with TB and 1.4 million die needlessly from this curable disease.
Canada is not immune to this epidemic. Sixty-three per cent of Canada's TB cases are among newcomer Canadians, reinforcing the fact that TB is a disease that knows no borders.
Tuberculosis remains a global problem, requiring continued global leadership to develop concrete strategies and commit sustained resources toward global TB control.
I ask all members of the House to join me and commit to take action as global leaders to prevent death from tuberculosis.


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With the election a month away, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have just a few weeks left to woo voters across the U.S.
If you're still on the fence about which candidate to vote for, your final decision may hinge on how their policy ideas could potentially impact your wallet.
We have simplified and broken down each candidate's stance on three key issues — job growth, taxes, and housing — to help you understand exactly how each candidate's proposals could affect your wallet.
Read more about their stances on college costs, health care, and family leave here >
Hillary Clinton plans to create new jobs by investing $50 billion in programs that promote youth employment, small business growth, and re-entry programs for the formerly incarcerated. She plans to invest another $50 billion in the Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund, a publicly funded initiative that seeks to invest in public infrastructure in rural areas to attract more businesses and, as a result, more jobs for the under- and unemployed.
Clinton is also a supporter of the "ban the box" movement to get rid of the box on applications that requires job seekers to select whether or not they have a criminal past. She has proposed banning such questions on applications for federal employees and contractors. She will also require companies to only consider criminal history when it is related to the job applied for and grant the right of appeal to those who are rejected because of a criminal past.
Clinton says she will invest $25 million in small business and private investment. She wants to do that through mentorship programs and by expanding federal funding for programs that target small business development.
Donald Trump has said he plans to relax federal regulations in order to lower the cost of doing business for major corporations in the U.S., an effort he hopes will dissuade them from moving their business (and jobs) overseas.
Trump's plan points to energy as a source for new jobs in the future. He says will make the U.S. the world's dominant leader in energy production by scraping programs like the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, a 2015 initiative led by President Obama to reduce carbon emissions and increase regulations on coal-powered plants. The plan has been stalled since February, when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that questions the constitutionality of the plan.
Clinton's tax plan focuses on raising taxes on high-income taxpayers (the top 1%) and closing tax loopholes. Her plan also includes increasing estate and gift taxes. The majority of her proposed tax policies won't affect the bottom 95% of taxpayers, according to the Tax Policy Center.
Part of Clinton's plan is to raise taxes on higher-income taxpayers with a 4% "Fair Share Surcharge," which would apply to those making $5 million or more annually. She also says she'll close tax loopholes favored by the wealthiest earners in part by supporting the Buffett Rule, which would levy a 30% income tax on any individuals earning $1 million or more. The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan research group, has warned that such a plan would provide a meager boost to tax revenue.
In addition, Clinton wants to restore the estate tax to its 2009 level. Doing so would increase taxes on multi-million dollar estates — to as much as 65% for an estate valued at more than $1 billion for a couple — and close loopholes that deflate the value of the estates.
According to the Tax Policy Center, a left-leaning think tank, which in March completed an analysis of Clinton's tax proposal, the plan would generate an additional $1.1 trillion in tax revenue. Households earning less than $300,000 would see little to no change in their federal income taxes, according to the analysis.
At the core of Donald Trump's plan are tax cuts for everybody — with an emphasis on corporations and middle- and high-income Americans. Trump says he will reduce the number of tax brackets to three from the current seven.
Under his plan, the new tiers would be:
- 12% (married filing jointly households earning less than $75,000)
- 25% (married filing jointly households earning between $75,000 and $225,000)
- 33% (married filing jointly households earning more than $225,000)
*Brackets for single filers would be half of these amounts.
The Trump plan would also increase the standard deduction for joint filers to $30,000, from $12,600, and the standard deduction for single filers to $15,000. His plan would also eliminate the death tax (aka. the estate tax) and gift taxes.
Trump's plan would reduce the nation's income by about $4.4 trillion to as much as $9.5 trillion over the next decade, according to several independent research groups. It would also mean increased income for all income levels, with the largest gain going to the top 1%. The top bracket could see its average annual income boosted by as much as 16%, while the bottom 80% would see a 0.8% to 1.9% rise according to the Tax Foundation. The Tax Policy Center estimates that Trump's plan could increase the national debt by as much as 80% if it isn't counterbalanced with huge spending cuts.
Hillary Clinton's proposed policies include a $25 billion investment in housing. She plans to offer a federal match of up to $10,000 for savings going toward a down payment for people who earn less than the median income in their area. She also plans to increase access to "lending in underserved communities, support housing counseling programs and police abuse and discrimination in the mortgage market."
Clinton says she will raise support for affordable rental housing and wants to motivate communities to try land-use strategies that may make it easier to build lower-cost rental housing near businesses. Clinton says she will also make efforts to expand living options for recipients of housing vouchers.
Donald Trump doesn't have a housing policy outlined on his campaign site.
Make sure to register to vote by Oct. 14.
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Peter wrote:the OB experience which is is difficult for me, feeling like there are 2 of me, split apart in two separate realities
I tend to think that on one level there is only one of us/me and its the means of exploring the world that is different so in a dream I use my energy body but also only when I want to as there have been plenty of explorations that require no body but there is an awareness that has the essence of me having the experience.
I have all the experiences that a body has, but never see one. I can look at my hands, but they are not there otherwise. I can stamp my feet on the ground and experience all of the sensations, yet I never see any feet. I know the mind/body separation is just a perception, yet it has the weight of real experience behind it. In dreams, experience is reality.
Peter wrote: As for dream length its only fear so kick that away and get on with it, last night I had dream time of around 50 minutes plus and pulled myself back because of nothing else I wanted to do. I was happy to come back to wakefulness and enjoy the feelings of the dream and they are still with me hours later.
I'm working on dealing with that fear, getting used to the reality frame of lucid dreams, but it really is trippy. I really never expected that level of realness and the OBE experience is otherworldly. I also get the feeling that not everyone has the same level of intensity in their dreams.
Peter wrote: The dreamscape is as real in memory, retained experience to support memory and at the time as full and complete as daily life + more at times
Yes, that's true in what I would call the "full experience". It's really quite a thing to say, that a dream could have that same level of experience as waking life, isn't it? But of course we know it's true. It really leaves me shaking my head sometimes for the whole next day.


text: Main Content Section 600.5744 friendly link Printer Friendly REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)Act 236 of 1961600.5744 Issuance of writ of restitution; conditions; foreclosure of equitable right of redemption. Sec. 5744. (1) Subject to the time restrictions of this section, the court entering a judgment for possession in a summary proceeding shall issue a writ commanding the sheriff, or any other officer authorized to serve the process, to restore the plaintiff to, and put the plaintiff in, full possession of the premises. (2) On conditions determined by the court, a writ of restitution may be issued immediately after the entry of a judgment for possession when any of the following is pleaded and proved, with notice, to the satisfaction of the court: (a) The premises are subject to inspection and certificate of compliance under the housing law of Michigan, 1917 PA 167, MCL 125.401 to 125.543, and the certificate or temporary certificate has not been issued and the premises have been ordered vacated. (b) Forcible entry was made contrary to law. (c) Entry was made peaceably but possession is unlawfully held by force. (d) The defendant came into possession by trespass without color of title or other possessory interest. (e) The tenant, willfully or negligently, is causing a serious and continuing health hazard to exist on the premises or is causing extensive and continuing injury to the premises and is neglecting or refusing either to deliver up possession after demand or to substantially restore or repair the premises. (f) The action is an action to which section 5714(1)(b) applies. (3) When a judgment for possession is based upon the forfeiture of an executory contract for the purchase of the premises, a writ of restitution shall not be issued until the expiration of 90 days after the entry of judgment for possession if less than 50% of the purchase price has been paid or until the expiration of 6 months after the entry of judgment for possession if 50% or more of the purchase price has been paid. (4) In all cases not controlled by subsection (2) or (3), a writ of restitution shall not be issued until the expiration of 10 days after the entry of the judgment for possession. (5) If an appeal is taken or a motion for new trial is filed before the expiration of the period during which a writ of restitution shall not be issued and if a bond to stay proceedings is filed, the period during which the writ shall not be issued shall be tolled until the disposition of the appeal or motion for new trial is final. (6) When a judgment for possession is for nonpayment of money due under a tenancy or for nonpayment of money required to be paid under or any other material breach of an executory contract for purchase of the premises, the writ of restitution shall not issue if, within the time provided, the amount stated in the judgment, together with the taxed costs, is paid to the plaintiff and other material breaches of the executory contract for purchase of the premises are cured. (7) Issuance of a writ of restitution following entry of a judgment for possession because of the forfeiture of an executory contract for the purchase of the premises forecloses any equitable right of redemption that the purchaser has or could claim in the premises. History: Add. 1972, Act 120, Eff. July 1, 1972 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 105, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004 © 2017 Legislative Council, State of Michigan


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HOUSTON—Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by nine this week to 1,818.
The Houston firm said in its weekly report Friday that 1,498 rigs were exploring for oil and 316 for gas. Four were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago there were 1,738 active rigs.
Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas gained 11 rigs, Oklahoma increased by five, Pennsylvania gained three and New Mexico increased by two.
Louisiana lost six, Alaska fell by three, Kansas lost two and California, Colorado and Wyoming lost one each.
Arkansas, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah and West Virginia were unchanged.
The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981 and bottomed at 488 in 1999.


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The key for me in having a good week, fitness-wise, is Tuesday.
The ideal week begins with a tired Monday. If I feel like riding on Monday, I didn't ride/run/whatever hard enough over the weekend.
Tuesday I typically either ride to work, go out to do some intervals, or get a good run in. Actually, it's been awhile since I've actually done any intervals. But I've been fairly reliable on doing one of the other two options.
Wednesday can be ride to work, do the Noon Ride up Old La Honda, or go off and do a lunch ride on my own. Some weeks I've run on Wednesday instead.
Thursday is then an easy day. Just ride to work and back. But some weeks I've also ridden to work on Thursday.
Friday I typically recover if I rode in on Thursday, or else try to get is little ride in. The Apple lunch ride is a good option, or I just ride on my own around Mountain View.
Then the weekend: During Low-Key Hillclimb season, I was doing the climb on Saturday, then some sort of Sunday ride or run. Now I try to get in something decent each day. It could be a run, a long ride, or a mountain bike ride perhaps. The key is to push myself fairly hard, to be tired on Sunday, ready to start over the next week.
But rewind to the beginning of this week. Saturday was the MegaMonster Enduro, a 100+ mile ride from Paicines, south, and back again. With the climbing, wind, rain, and 200 miles spent in a car, it was a long and tiring day. I was exhausted.
partial data from MegaMonster, until my Edge 500 battery expired.
Bill Bushnell photo of me suffering at the MegaMonster
Sunday I worked on the results, which with all of the split times (3 for each rider, plus start time + finish time) always takes a lot more work than I think it will. Eventually I got that ironed out, but only after taking a break to do a ride around the city. My initial plans were truncated when I realized I was still exhausted. After getting home then working on results a bit longer, I collapsed on the futon for a long nap.
Okay, that's not a problem. Rebound...
Monday was a recovery day as usual. Nothing wrong with two recovery days in a row, and to try to ride hard on Monday would have just disrupted the plans for the rest of the week. Plus I was still tired.
Then came Tuesday...
I was at work, and all of a sudden it was 11:20.... time to change if I wanted to make the Noon Ride, for which I'd need to leave @ 11:30. No, in the middle of something, I'll go out on my own at 12:00...
Then it was 12:00. Still stuff to do. Plus I was hungry. I went to the cafeteria to get lunch instead...
Lunch over, eaten at my desk. I couldn't do anything right after lunch.... I'd go for a run later.
But later never came. It came time to rush off, ride the 2.5 miles to the train station to catch a northbound baby bullet. I contemplated doing a run when I got home, but I was too tired and hungry at that point. I should have stopped at the gym, perhaps...
So nothing on Tuesday. I knew then I wasn't going to race on Saturday, an option I'd been contemplating. If I was to race, anything hard on Thursday would have not been an option. But I badly wanted to get in a few good efforts during the week.
Wednesday: I rode to work ("Skyline Way"). Thursday, I did it again... Riding to work always makes for a good day. I feel energized and alive, productive straight through lunch and until I need to catch the train. Okay, so maybe I didn't drink enough on the rides and was feeling a bit light-headed for awhile... but mostly good days.
Friday: even though I was quite tired Thursday night, and still tired Friday morning, I went to catch the noon ride, wanting to work off some frustration. The Noon Ride has virtually a 100% success rate of this.... and it was a good ride, even if I did get popped from the lead group on the final climb, up Arastradero. I just lacked the extra 5% I needed there.
So I feel pretty good now, Friday night. But we're entering a holiday weekend, and I know if I got hard on Saturday, while I may be able to drag myself out on Sunday, that will have been five hard days in a row and there's no way Monday will make that six. So ideally I do something easy tomorrow, then get in two solid days Sunday-Monday, before recovering on Tuesday then doing a hard ride on Wednesday.
But that would be too intelligent. I'll probably go bang my head against some wall tomorrow and spoil it all.
So missing a Tuesday workout is always the same thing: the initiation of a cascade of destruction ending in tragedy. There's always a good reason to not go out, to take the train in instead of ride, to sit at my desk instead of go for a run or ride at lunch. Once I start accepting these excuses, it's over.


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DLR involved in Braunschweig research project
Setting off, accelerating and braking – all done without a human driver. This is made possible by the 'City Pilot' (Stadpilot) project in which the German Aerospace Center (Deutches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is involved. The project is being carried out under the auspices of the Automotive Research Centre Niedersachsen (Niedersächsisch Forschungszentrums Fahrzeugtechnik; NFF) of the Technical University of Braunschweig. On 8 October 2010, the vehicle performed its first automated drive along a preselected route through Braunschweig's urban traffic as part of a presentation of interim results.
At speeds of up to 60 kilometres per hour, the research vehicle 'Leonie' is capable of staying in one lane of the dual carriageway of the Braunschweig ring road; it can take account of junctions, avoid obstacles and adapt its distance and speed to match the prevailing traffic conditions. Although the car can drive unaided, for safety reasons, there is always a driver on board, there to intervene if it should become necessary.
'City Pilot' project
'City Pilot' is the world's first research project to implement automatic driving under real urban traffic conditions. It implements the experience gathered from 'Urban Challenge 2007' in the real traffic of Braunschweig. In this competition, an interdisciplinary team from the Technical University of Braunschweig used their test vehicle 'Caroline' to demonstrate that automated driving is feasible in an urban environment.
Safety always takes centre stage
DLR has been involved in the development of the vehicle since May 2010. Work at DLR focuses on the simulation of driving functions. For a vehicle of this kind to be considered safe, it has to have all of its functionality checked during an elaborate series of test procedures. Recent tests conducted on test tracks are supplemented by simulation trials for numerous complex scenarios, performed by DLR. As the project progresses, the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems (Institut für Verkehrssystemtechnik) will be creating simulations of the Braunschweig ring road area, and will then integrate these into one of DLR's driving simulators. "The algorithms which enable Leonie to drive autonomously in urban traffic will be checked on our simulator before they are put into operation in the real world, to verify their functionality and safety," says Prof. Karsten Lemmer, Director of the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems, as he outlines what is due to happen next. "This is especially important for the complex situations faced in an urban traffic environment."
AIM facilitates further research
Something Leonie has not yet been able to do is to correctly recognise traffic lights. This is still an area where the 'safety driver' has to intervene – by pressing a button. If the traffic light is red, the driver must press a red button – or a green one if the light is green. The driver is not required to take any further action; the car operates its brakes as necessary and sets off again automatically.
As part of a major project called Application Platform for Intelligent Mobility (Anwendungsplattform Intelligente Mobilität; AIM), DLR is also equipping sections of the Braunschweig ring road with measuring systems and communication units. This means that, in future, traffic lights will be able to communicate with the test vehicle and notify it when they are about to change. With this knowledge, the vehicle can then be driven more fuel-efficiently. "Once we are sufficiently advanced with AIM, our test vehicle will no longer need that human touch – it will manage without someone pressing the traffic light buttons," explains Prof. Lemmer. "AIM will make further research into automated driving much easier."


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This is more of a basic C/C++ question. I'm using ifstream to read from a text file the shader program. glShaderSource needs that shader code in the form of GLchar **. Is there anyway to get a const char * array that is just large enough to hold all the lines in the code? Or is there some other way I'm not seeing?
That's basically what I'm doing and I'm passing shader.c_str(). However, the shader is failing to compile. One thing I don't understand though, if my shaders are failing to link and compile (and they obviously are since my triangles are not being colored blue), but I'm still getting two white triangles. I thought shaders were needed to do everything in the core profile?fstream shaderFile( filePath, ios::in );
if ( shaderFile.is_open() )
std::stringstream buffer;
buffer << shaderFile.rdbuf();
shader = buffer.str();
I've also checked my c_str, and it has all the shader code with newlines. Should I be inserting '\0' and setting the last parameter of glShaderSource to NULL instead?// load and compile vertex shader
string shaderProgramText;
const char* text = getShaderProgram( shaderInfo.vShaderFile, shaderProgramText );
GLint length = shaderProgramText.size();
glShaderSource( GL_VERTEX_SHADER, 1, (const GLchar**)&text, (GLint*)&length );
glCompileShader( shaderObject );
I used glGetShaderiv and got:
Shader compilation failed...
(0) : error C0000: syntax error, unexpected $end at token "<EOF>"
What does this mean?


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I am always for displaying great sportsmanship and conduct, but I do get a kick out of watching tennis players absolutely lose it! To the novice, it is a battle out there on the courts and if you expect to come out unscathed you have a rude awakening coming at you.
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January 10th, 2013 at 11:24 AM ^
Lewan got a tweet from the Space Emperor himself about his decision.
The power. Space bitches. Space.
January 10th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
I'm cool with that, especially if it featured him holding Clowney in check
January 10th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
Did he offer any advice via twitter?
January 10th, 2013 at 11:43 AM ^
Seeing as Taylor followed his heart, Hollis probably approves
January 10th, 2013 at 12:05 PM ^
I'm surprised it has taken this long, but this is the best Lewan staying comment yet.
January 10th, 2013 at 11:28 AM ^
Why not a basketball-themed banner at least for the next few months?
January 10th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
Taylor would tell you himself. It's the team not just one man. That's what he proved yesterday above anything else. I can't wait till he raises that big ten championship trophy over his head.
January 10th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^
I was going to agree, but then I looked at the current banner and it has a picture of Denard (Or Vincent Smith wearing a Navarre jersey). Given the time of year, I say we use a basketball theme.
January 10th, 2013 at 11:36 AM ^
I feel like this kept coming up when people were tracking Denard's ultimate breaking of the FBS record for QB rushing: There's nothing wrong with fans appreciating or celebrating individual players, and there's nothing wrong with fans getting excited about players breaking statistical records. Yes, any player worth his salt will put the team and winning above any individual recognition or achievement, but there's no reason that we as fans can't get excited about it, recognize it, or celebrate it.
I'm not attacking you specifically, it's just that there's a very predictable bit of finger wagging that will pop up when people on the board are excited about meaningless records or want to recognize individuals. We're fans, our love for Lewan does not interfere with his focus on the team.
January 10th, 2013 at 1:17 PM ^
Well said. One interesting aspect that I think a lot of hardcore fans like us fail to appreciate is that its individual players that spark interest in the team and create fans of that team. For example, I'm sure hundreds of young kids watched Michigan to see Denard play. And maybe they had a good experience and became Michigan fans for life. I think its great to honor individuals knowing that the love for the team itself always underlies this individual focus. Hell, I became a Barcelona fan from first wanting to see Messi play and then realizing how great it was watching the team in general.
In other words, I think its great that we have standard bearers that we single out and recognize even above the team itself sometimes.
January 10th, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^
I wonder what a close-up of his finger w/ the stache (in the place where Denard's helmet currently resumes) would look like? Anyone with photoshop skills wanna give it a whirl?
P.S. I think a Lewan banner might be a nice temporary statement but I'd love to see something basketball related takeover during this seemingly groundbreaking season.
January 10th, 2013 at 11:40 AM ^
Just as a reminder that M hockey is not a complete dumpster fire.
January 10th, 2013 at 11:48 AM ^
If Brian is done with this year's hockey team (at least in print), I don't think we'll see them featured in the banner anytime soon.
January 10th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
Burke breaking ankles with a crossover? Or some such pic. It's hoops season now. The banner can always be changed to Lewan this summer in another 6 months before football season starts.
January 10th, 2013 at 12:57 PM ^
How about Lewan lifting Denard???
January 10th, 2013 at 2:59 PM ^
I'd be in favor of that for the next couple of weeks - but then I think we should go with a basketball theme.
January 10th, 2013 at 8:37 PM ^
... Lewan dating Miss Michigan. Brent Musberger approves- too much. Kirk Herbstreit swallows his tongue. Obama and John Boehner seen riding a twosie in DC. William Gholston undeclares for the NFL for another shot at Lewan. What does any of this have to do with new banner- nothing! Time for my meds! GO BLUE!!!
January 10th, 2013 at 11:42 PM ^
in celebration of lewan coming back i think we should put a picture of the william gholston "incident" up on the banner.


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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2009 Media Releases
Mayor Chris Beutler today said the City will use its share of federal stimulus road funds for the rehabilitation of arterial streets. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed into law in February provides $9.3 million in road funding for Lincoln. Beutler has directed the City Public Works and Utilities Department to add $6.9 million in local street funds for a combined package of $16 million. (A list of street projects follows this release.)
"We have arterial streets in desperate need of improvement in every corner of the City," Beutler said. "These are the streets we drive everyday, and they are critical to our neighborhoods, our businesses and our future. Combining our local funds and the stimulus dollars will create jobs quickly, provide the most bang for the buck and make our streets smoother and safer."
The Mayor said the federal and local funds will allow the City to rehabilitate 310 blocks of 25 arterial street segments. In contrast, he said, Lincoln has resurfaced only one arterial street segment of 22 blocks in the last five years due to tight budgets. The City estimates the projects will create or save hundreds of jobs.
Beutler said new road construction projects not on the stimulus list are very important, and the City will continue to seek state and federal funds for them. But he said many of those projects are not eligible for stimulus funding because the funds cannot be obligated within one year. "We need to focus on what we can do, and what we can do is fix the roads we already have," he said. The Public Works and Utilities Department said the City can rehabilitate 7.8 miles of streets for the same cost as building one mile of new four-lane road.
The City uses a pavement management system to identify which streets are most in need of repair and the most appropriate means of extending the useful life of the streets. Mayor Beutler directed the Public Works and Utilities Department to update the data last summer.
"As a result, we have current information that puts us ahead of the curve in identifying which streets are the best candidates for rehabilitation," he said. "My proposal to couple local and federal funds will allow us to address most of the roads rated as 'poor' or 'fair.'"
Beutler thanked U.S. Senator Ben Nelson for his role in negotiating a bi-partisan solution that resulted in a bill that will stimulate the economy. "We can create jobs while protecting the largest asset our City has - our billion-dollar investment in our City streets and roads."
More information on the City's stimulus package is available on the City Web site, lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: stimulus).
310 blocks of street improved. Since 2004, only 22 blocks of Lincoln streets have been improved.
NOTE: A portion of the Antelope Valley project will be paid for with the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act in order to free local funds to complete the list above.


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The little Lexington Elementary School in the mountains is now closed as students, teachers and administrators prepare for a new chapter in the school's more than 50-year history.
Lexington will be torn down in February to make way for a new $24.3 million school that will be built at the same site.
The last day of classes was Dec. 20. When school resumes after the holiday break on Jan. 7, Lexington's 152 students will be at Fisher Middle School, where they will attend classes until the new school is finished. Completion is projected for no later than August 2014.
To mark Lexington's closing, the home and school club prepared a special program that involved the entire student body, faculty and parents, as well as former principals and teachers.
Among the crowd was retired principal Ron Harder, who served at the school from 1972 to 1983. "Both my children went here and I felt very happy to be assigned to a school in the mountains," Harder said. "I have a lot of care for this school because it's been very important in my life and my children's lives."
People who live in the mountains consider the school to be central to their community, which is why they fought so hard to keep it. As other Los Gatos Union School District schools were modernized, Lexington never received the nod and came close to being closed altogether. After years of wrangling, the school board agreed last August to build a new school.
The old school had become dilapidated, with a leaky roof and cracked floors, among other things. "Some are sad to leave this school, but I understand these walls are tired," home and school club president Tracey Calassa said.
For their part, the students had mixed emotions about leaving their school behind. "I'm pretty sad because I have a lot of memories at this school," third grader Savannah said. "We always play a lot of fun games on the playground."
Savannah's friend Isabella attended Daves Avenue Elementary before coming to Lexington. She said, "It'll be different but I'm sure it'll be fun."
A fourth grader named Ty said he isn't worried about being at the same school as middle school students. "Older kids don't matter," he said. "I play soccer with 12-year-olds."
Ty's buddy Darren agreed. "I think it's going to be kind of fun," Darren said.
Because enrollment at each of the district's other elementary schools ranges from 550 to 680-plus students, the new Lexington will be built to accommodate as many as 236 students in 16 classrooms. If money is available and Lexington needs to accommodate more students, it could later be expanded to accommodate 385 students.
As former principal Maury Nelson said in a letter that was read to the gathering, Lexington is "often outnumbered, never outclassed."
"His words should guide us as we move ahead to rebuild the school," principal Susan von Felten said. "Definitely outnumbered, but we should never be outclassed. As we move to our temporary home at Fisher, I would like everyone here to maintain pride in the work it takes to build a sense of community and as we are visitors we treat our hosts with respect and kindness–especially in the drive-through lanes."
Parent Lenny Buttita said driving his children into town is going to be an obstacle, but added, "It will all be worth it to come back here."
After students sang a farewell song that included the words, "My heart is down, my head is turning around, I have to leave my mountain school for Los Gatos town," members of the student council lowered the U.S. and California flags, folding them carefully, because they, too, are coming to "Los Gatos town."


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By Diana Croissant
I shared a Christmas memory; and because I did, I received emails from distant relatives. That was so exciting for me. But Easter was, in many ways, more special for our family than Christmas, so I want to share memories of that, too.
Though it may not be a German-Russian tradition, the Easter dresses and bonnets always come to my mind when I think about Easter celebrations. Mother worked many hours in advance of Easter sewing special Easter dresses for her three girls. And we each of us always got to pick out a bonnet to go with her new dress.
Easters were most often spent with my Croissant cousins after church having Easter dinner at my grandparents' house. Just walking into the house to smell the food preparing was a treat in itself. We would have roast chicken and all the other fixings. But dinner always started with chicken noodle soup (and the noodles were the home-made variety, of course) with butterballs. Those butterballs were so much part of the enjoyment of having the soup for me that it wasn't until I was much older that I realized that my friends at school did not know what they were. My Grandma Croissant always flavored them with allspice, and we always sprinkled a little cinnamon into the soup. Grandma's garlic rolls and her cherry Kase-kuchen were also not to be missed at Easter.
But for the young, Easter dinner was also special because we got to feel quite grown up since we also got the shot glass of Easter wine at our place setting. My grandparents' house was not very big, so the covered card tables pushed together wound throughout the house.
Grandma had a large collection of shot glasses so that all the aunts, uncles, and cousins could have one at his or her plate. He filled each with Mogen David grape wine. Today, when my "cultured" friends have their wine-tasting parties or when they talk about special wines, I can't even imagine a better tasting wine than Mogen David grape.
Grandpa had spent the morning hiding the colored Easter eggs in his backyard; and, of course the egg hunt is also a source of special memories for me.
As we grew older, Easter also became important because it meant that the week before, during the year each of us turned fourteen, we would be confirmed in the church.
We had been studying our catechism at confirmation school each Saturday since the late fall. On Palm Sunday, we would be confirmed after the pastor had put us through the question-answer session to test our learning. We were usually each presented with a gift Bible from our respective godparents. (I still have mine, and it has always been my favorite Bible.) Then, on Maunday Thursday, we were finally able to participate in the Lord's Supper, having learned its meaning. Reverend Stroh had prepared us for that, too, by telling us what our particular family preferred: the wafers or the pieces of bread.
For us girls, being confirmed was also a transition into a more adult world. We, again, got to have a special dress made to wear, but this time it would first be worn under our white confirmation robe. But more importantly, it was the first time we were allowed to pick out "high" heels to wear with our dress and, of course, nylon stalkings. (The heels were not very high, though, usually only 2 inches at the most.)
Easter was always so important as I grew up. I cherish the memories and think of my family who are now not living, hoping they know how much I miss them.


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Effects of GlobalizationBy Kevin Fogarty | Posted 2008-02-29 Print
'Alignment' of IT and business is obsolete; IT is part of every business process, so the people who can use IT effectively should be, too.
Globalization has enabled major corporations to source their parts and services from so many places, and shift their sourcing so quickly, that IT is unable to provide an additional layer of cost-savings to that process.
Supply chain management, global communications, decision-support and all the other tools of modern corporate management and decision-making are at the core of that capability, of course, Strassmann said. But that level of involvement in the business process is just table stakes – the kind of contribution technology manager can't escape, not a unique benefit they can deliver.
"If you ask IT people to create value, they can't do that because they're creating 'IT' outside the delivery units," Potts said. "Salesforce automation – which isn't the best example, but is apt – isn't something that can be done best by IT people. You have to be expert in how the salespeople work to be able to make those key decisions.
"If you're looking to have IT make a difference in your sourcing, the decision-making should be within the same strategy as the rest of the sourcing," Potts said. "It might not be in the same sourcing department as the people who buy the widgets, but it can't be in some separate area where the IT strategy is created separately from the business strategy."
That's always been a requirement – or at least a personal goal and method of operation for successful IT people – according to Nick Ibrahim, chief technology officer for Ruby Tuesday's restaurant chain.
Ibrahim's latest "IT" project is actually a marketing effort that uses databases and data mining and customer relationship management capabilities to draw customers in to both Ruby Tuesday's restaurants and its database. Customers who bring in coupons delivered in the paper mail are entered into a central database and become the target for discount offers and other marketing processes designed to increase per-visit sales and increases in the number of visits per known customer.
The project would be impossible without IT, but it's not an "IT" project, Ibrahim said.
That's the key difference between the last generation of corporate IT and the next generation, Strassmann said.
IT - accelerated by advances in transportation, international free trade agreements and the availability of cheap labor in developing countries – has slashed the cost of manufacturing and distributing goods.
But the cost of marketing them, administrating the organization needed to keep the business on track, legal considerations, tax and finance requirements and all the other administrative function that contribute to the cost of goods sold, but often add little value on their own, Strassmann said.
"We've done a lot of the big cost-reduction stuff," Strassman said. "Now we're stuck with those sticky transaction costs like marketing and legal and finance; in the long run if you can use IT to reduce those transaction costs you're going to come out ahead. IT itself is somewhere between 20 percent and 30 percent of transaction costs, but IT is getting a lot cheaper. [Software as a Service] and pay-by-the-drink IT will help reduce IT costs 20-fold in the next 10 or so years, but it's going to take time to get there."
It's also going to take a fundamentally different way to think about "IT," Potts said, that doesn't include putting every function or decision involving IT within the same department.
"People tend to lump IT together as one thing, but we break it down into seven areas of discipline," Potts said. "Sourcing IT, for example, is different than developing software; IT sourcing is the equivalent of a supplier, but they're in-house. An internal IT delivery unit that focuses on application development and other things is probably not as good at that as a regular sourcing department."
"CIOs and IT really should have a different job, but that new role doesn't have a single name yet," Potts said. "It's about investment in change in the company. Sometimes it's the VP/investment of change; or it could be the Director of Change. Those sorts of roles are appearing as the nearest edge of IT, compared to the way people have done in the past.
"It's really focused more on what kind of strategy makes sense than what kind of box you use to execute some part of the strategy," Potts said.
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Lipscomb's Lady Bisons extended their winning streak to five games Tuesday night with a 92-56 victory over Fisk University at Allen Arena.
"It was good to get everybody in," said Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett. "This was a chance to reward players who don't get to play much."
Courtney Boynton scored a game-high 23 points for Lipscomb, the third consecutive game she has scored more than 20 points.
Fisk kept the game close for much of the first half, shooting 51.6 percent from the field. The Lady Bisons held an eight-point advantage at the half at 43-35.
"No one has shot close to that against us," Bennett said. "They do a good job driving with the basketball, and we couldn't stop them in the first half. We did a better job of execution in the second half."
Also in double figures for the Lady Bisons were Katie Beth Pate with 12 points and Catie Woods and Karli Osborn with 10 points each.
Boynton finished with nine steals, a new school record in the NCAA era. Kendra Ramsey held the old record of eight set against Rochester Nov. 17, 2004 .
Pate and Penny Jones each pulled down a game-high seven rebounds.
Fisk was led by Tiffany Young with 16 points. April Johnson added 10 and led the Lady Bulldogs in rebounding with six.
The Lady Bisons are 5-2. Fisk fell to 3-3.
This was the last game for the Lady Bisons before Christmas. They will return to action Dec. 28 when they visit the University ofNorth Carolina in Chapel Hill for a 1 p.m. game.


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After meeting the Weavers in Episode 1 (Is Beekeeping For You) and going over the hive basics with Danny Weaver in Episode 2 (Meet A Healthy Hive), Skip is ready to get started with his first bees. Binford Weaver has a couple three pound packages and hives ready to go. Binford has worked bees since he was a boy, and Skip is truly learning from a pro. There are several ways to hive a package (and several types of hives), but the method Skip (and you) learn is one of the best for success, especially for a beginner beekeeper.
Announcer: Meet the Weavers. They've owned an apiary since 1888. Meet Skip. He thinks he's ready to start a bee colony.
Skip: Hey, Binford.
Binford: Hey.
Skip: You know I've given it some thought, and I think I'm ready to start my own bee colony. So I'm ready for my starter kit.
Binford: Great. We'd prefer that you order it online.
Skip: Right. Well, you know, I've seen you raise these bees here on the farm. But what am I going to do when I get back home by myself in my backyard?
Binford: Well, let's go out and let me give you a little demonstration.
Skip: Great.
Binford: I will talk you through this, and I'll do the first one while you watch, and then I am going to expect you to do the second one.
Skip: All right, I'll try.
Binford: These bees have nothing to start with. They have no stored honey. So we have to give them some feed while they're getting started and getting their combs drawn out. So we have a mixture here of sugar and water, at least half sugar to water.
Okay. Here's your package, and this little aluminum strip, your queen is in her individual cage, and she's hung from that little strip. So the first thing we have to do is get the queen out. So let's pull that staple out that's holding the queen. Now, you want to have a good hold on that strip of the queen cage so that she doesn't fall down while you're getting the can out.
Okay. I got her loose. So I'm going to put the can back in while we prepare her. Now the queen is in here in her own cage, and this white is what we call the queen candy. It is a mixture of powdered sugar and honey. Now, for her to get out, we have to pull the cart plug out of the end that has the candy. I'm going to show you the method that has the least risk involved.
Skip: I appreciate that.
Binford: So I pull out about five of your frames out of the side away from the feeder. I get the queen, and you see she still has that little aluminum strip. So let's put her down in between two of these frames, do all that little aluminum strip, bend it over. She's got her syrup, got the queen hanging in there. So we're ready for the bees.
The can that has the feed for her also acts as the hole stopper for the can. We'll pull the can out and just dribble a few bees over the top of the queen, put the can package back in the hive, with the lid open, and cover it up. Presto, you've got your package hive.
Now, in about two days you need to go in here and pull that queen cage out. Close it up and don't disturb it again for about a week. Then you go back in. It will probably need a new feeder of syrup, and on these combs they should have started making wax and making comb out of this foundation, and the queen will be starting to lay.
Now there is a trick for seeing and recognizing queen eggs. They're just a little white bar that's down in the bottom of that cell, and for a while you'll not be sure whether you're seeing queen eggs or not. But after a week, when you give it a new feeder of syrup, in the second week, well by then if everything is well, the eggs will be hatching into the larva, and you'll see the little larva or little worms down in the bottom of these cells.
Okay, Skip. Now we're ready for you to give it a whirl.
Skip: All right.
Binford: I have helped you out a little bit by getting the queen cage out of the package.
Skip: Okay.
Binford: And remember, what's the first thing we need to do about feeding right?
Skip: Yes, syrup.
Binford: Okay. There you go.
Skip: All right.
Binford: Good deal. What are you going to do next?
Skip: I'm going to come back in one day and check on it, pull the queen cage out, check it in a week to see if I need to add more feed.
Binford: Which you probably will.
Skip: Probably will. Now I've got to explain it to my daughter.
Binford: Yes, sir.
Skip: Well, that was easy. Thanks Binford. Where does that guy go to?


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Fishlabs was quietly showing off an alpha build of their upcoming free-to-play galactic empire game, Galaxy on Fire: Alliance at GDC 2013, and we got some time to play around with it.
If you've ever played Mob Wars or anything like that, you'll be familiar with the idea of building up a persistent force of troops and taking the fight to other players in the game. Galactic commanders have to form alliances, harvest planetary resources, build ships, and improve their character's skills to cut out their territory in the stars.
Usually, these base-building games that rely on long cooldown periods are very starkly text-based, and at best have well-created icons, but Galaxy on Fire: Alliance turns that notion on its head by implementing some exceptionally great graphics. The version of Galaxy on Fire: Alliances that we were shown was still in the very early stages, but the concept screenshots that we were shown of what's coming looked extremely promising. Even on the mechanics front, Galaxy on Fire: Alliances looks like it will be doing some unique things with coordinating attacks among other alliance members. It sounds like in-app purchases will be employed exclusively to speed up tasks, so nobody should have to worry about being steamrolled by a ridiculously massive star destroyer just because some dude was willing to pay five bucks for it.
Though I'm hesitant to apply the real-time strategy or the MMO label on this game as liberally as Fishlabs has here, Galaxy on Fire: Alliances will very clearly be raising the bar for these types of games, whatever you want to call them. Keep an eye out on this one in the third quarter of the year.


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First-Time Nominee: Morgan Page
The Recording Academy asked this year's first-time GRAMMY nominees to collect their thoughts and share what it feels like to be nominated for a GRAMMY. Tune in to the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13 on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
When I heard about my GRAMMY nomination I was in the studio. I checked Twitter for a minute and saw people tweeting about the nominations, which I had completely forgotten about. Then a little later an e-mail came through with a "congrats" from a fellow producer, which I thought must have been a mistake. Then two more came in, then a dozen. My pulse started to race, and I convinced myself for a few days that it wasn't real. It took a good week to settle in!
It's a huge honor for me to be nominated and have my work recognized after 10 years and 126 remixes, and especially after my song "The Longest Road" (Deadmau5 Remix) got nominated in 2008 for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. I told my parents 10 years ago, "GRAMMY before 30," and right now I'm 29. It's great to be in a category with so many amazing artists that I respect: Axwell, Dirty South, David Guetta, and Wolfgang Gartner are incredible producers — so there is some serious competition! I'm pretty sure Axwell & Dirty South or David Guetta have a lock on this, but in the insanely unlikely and slight event that I win, I will either get dangerously intoxicated or go streaking through downtown L.A. Hopefully I'll get to hit up some cool GRAMMY parties. Now I need to decide what to wear! I don't have any suits — I've invested every cent in to the studio!
(Morgan Page is nominated for "Fantasy" (Morgan Page Remix) in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, category. He has remixed recordings for artists including Coldplay, Nelly Furtado, Stevie Nicks, Katy Perry, and Tegan & Sara, among others.)
Come back to GRAMMY.com tomorrow as we hear from first-time GRAMMY nominee Alex Cuba. Tune in to the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. Meanwhile, visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Facebook and Twitter for updates and breaking GRAMMY news.


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Number 567, April 25, 2010
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1776 Part Deux, Is It Time??
Special to The Libertarian Enterprise
I wrote this a few months ago. It is even more relevant today then it was.
"When in the course of human events" begins THE most important document in the history of this country. It is the ONLY document we have that was adopted unanimously by every state/colony in existence at the time. It set forth the legitimate reasons the 13 colonies set forth as the justification for open revolt against the established government. Among the mentioned grievances were two that stick out in my mind as relevant in todays America. They are as follows.
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance" For the last twenty or so years, "CZARS" have become the political rage. These czars are appointed (CREATED) to run new offices, given powers and salaries, and the abilities to create regulations that "eat out their substance" by removing money (taxes, fees, penalties, and passed on price increases necessary for companies to recoup their losses) from the American citizen.
"For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent" This one becomes a little tricky, as we technically have "Consent" through our elected representatives. My opinion on this is easy to explain, but may be murky to those who have not yet thought it out this way. Well, HERE WE GO!!!
How many times have you said "Hell, I voted for that guy, but that isn't what he SAID he was going to vote for." How many times, thanks to the Electoral College, Has every vote cast for one candidate or another wound up discarded thanks to a slim majority of cast votes? When a candidate wins by an Electoral landslide, but only by a slim popular vote margin. How many people have you heard say "Why should I vote? You know that NYC votes mostly Democrat, and the city has more votes than the rest of the state." While this statement is not, strictly speaking, true it does have it's salient points. Often, as it is here in rural Steuben County, NY, the majority of presidential votes never get to the candidate because of the 3-4 cities that carry the most people overrule the rural votes. This is the reason for the whole Red State/Blue State maps you see on the news on election night. Personally, I NEVER fail to vote, but I know many who do not even register because they "know" their vote will be simply a waste of time. And to be truthful, as it stands today, they might well be right. How many times have you heard people say "If you do not vote for a Democrat or a Republican, you are wasting your vote." This is true, for two reasons. (I NEVER VOTE R or D, I AM A LIBERTARIAN) Unless a candidate is registered in enough states to theoretically carry the votes electorally speaking, they do not even make it to the national ballot. And, in the event of no one reaching a majority of Electoral votes, these people would never even be considered as possible candidates in the House of Representatives, the deciding group in the case of a tie, or insufficient Electoral votes received. Since the House is crewed almost entirely with Democrats and Republicans, what are the odds that a third party candidate would get the nod no matter the number of electoral votes received.
So, when do we start the revolution? Hopefully, on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Location for the first blow? Your local polling place. Starting now, we all need to push good people, honest people, and most important trustworthy people who will vote the way they promise, each and every time, no matter the influence pushed upon them, or the incentives offered them to change that vote. Impossible, you say? No, it really isn't. You already know the first one to nominate. He's the guy that always ticks you off by saying something, then sticking with it even when it inconveniences him, because "My word is my bond" is more than a catch-phrase. Or the woman down the road who will never tell even a "little white lie", and has offended a neighbor or twenty with comments like "I'm sorry, Mabel, but that shirt just looks hideous on you", and it is not to be mean, it is just because she can't stand to lie even a little. Do my examples seem a little trite? I sure hope so, because people like this are the backbone of this country. Hey, are YOU the person in your neck of the woods? Any skeletons in your closet? They will not necessarily stop you, if YOU are the one to bring them out. I do not care what your politics are, as long as you stick with them. Never give your word unless you mean it. Never go back on your word once you give it. Keep every promise you make. You WILL NOT succeed right away, so never promise what you can't deliver. An example, you ask? Okay, how about this. If I am elected, I will force the repeal of the Gun Control Act of 1938. While, if you are pro-gun (as I most certainly am) this statement will get you tons of votes, unfortunately, as a 1st term Congressional Representative, impossible to fulfill. Now, the right way to make a promise you CAN keep. If elected, I will vocally oppose all further restrictions on gun ownership presented, and I will never vote for any of them. I will endeavor to convince my fellow Representatives to do the same, and maybe we can stem the tide of 2nd Amendment rights being eroded. Of course, many of you may not be pro-gun, but you can see the way to work it. Promise reality, not fantasy, AND KEEP YOUR WORD. Winning is the ultimate goal, but simply by being there, and keeping your word, you win even if nothing you want done gets accomplished the first time. You win by showing others how a real man or woman behaves. You win by showing others that people who aren't scumbags and liars can go to Washington and remain human.
As you may be able to tell, I am rather extreme in my opinions, and I tend to stick rather firmly to what I feel is right. BUT, I can assure you, I will support a person who represents almost nothing I support but who keeps their word over a person who says they believe everything I do and then does the opposite when crunch time comes.
So, my fellow revolutionary, shall we all work towards this simple goal of a peaceful revolution, to remove the Electoral College. So that we may then get back on the road towards a true, democratic republic, removing many if not all of the roadblocks the liars, cheats, and turncoats in Washington DC have placed in the road towards freedom? To re-assert that "we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" to work to avoid a fracturing of this formerly great nation, but rather to restore that former greatness and, indeed, increase it manyfold so that we may pass on to our posterity every gift this nation is capable of bestowing, and without stealing it from others in order to do so.


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When placing your embellishments, it often helps to use the "Rule of Uneven Numbers". This rule states that using an odd number of embellishments (such as 1, 3, 5 or 7) is visually appealing and will give balance to your design. This might be one large Dazzles™ as the focal on a card, 3 brads along the edge of the card mat, or 5 small silk flowers as a border. The embellishments don't have to be exactly the same, either: You can use an uneven number of similar embellishments to add impact—similar embellishments might be the same item but in a different color, material or size.
Some embellishments that are perfect for cards:
When you design your card, you might keep in mind whether you plan to mail it, or hand it to the recipient. Cards with bulky or heavy embellishments might require extra padding in the envelope, and can cost more to mail.


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We're working hard to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour to make your area a safer place to live and work. You can have your say on how these priorities are set by contacting your neighbourhood policing team and indentifying the issues that matter to you.
Here are the priorities we are currently tackling in your area:
For a full list of priorities, click here
Community meetings are held regularly in your community, giving you an opportunity to speak to your local officers or discuss local policing issues.
None currently scheduled
Phone Number: 0161 856 4423
Email Address: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Shoheb Chowdhury
Craig Hodson
Peter Baldwin
Steve Dixon
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Greater Manchester Victims' Services
Manchester Council crime advice
Two jailed after a family were attacked in their home
Two people have been jailed after a family were attacked in their own home in Cheetham Hill.
Man jailed after assault on heroic police officer
PC Joanne Aitken was struck while apprehending Anthony Woodhead Robertson in Moston on 15 May 2018, causing a deep laceration wound


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The Science of Smallpox
by Vijaya Khisty Bodach
The smallpox virus is a bomb. Variola major is large, spiky, and brick-shaped. Like all viruses, it needs to grow inside a host cell, which, unfortunately, humans provide. Other animals also have pox viruses, including cowpox, monkeypox, and even insectpox.
Smallpox is very contagious, and that's why it is considered a "Category A" bioterrorist threat by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA. You could get it by just standing next to somebody who has it. It's that dangerous! But don't worry—smallpox has been eradicated from the human population. However, it has not been wiped off the Earth. The virus has been stored in deep-freezers in America and Russia and probably other countries, too. It could be a potent biological weapon.
The Biology of Smallpox
Smallpox is spread when a person breathes it in…and out. The virus gets inside the cells lining the throat and hijacks the cellular machinery to make millions more smallpox viruses. The cells explode, releasing smallpox "bombs." Those virus particles go on to infect other cells in the body. After a week, the person gets a high fever. Then comes the rash—red, itchy spots that grow into blisters. After another week, the blisters dry and crack and turn into scabs. A month later, the scabs fall off, leaving deep pits in the skin. The good part is that the person will never suffer from smallpox again—if he or she survives.
The bad part is that the infected person can die. How? From all those exploding cells. Remember that your body is an organized collection of different types of cells. If one cell is damaged, that's not a problem. But when millions of cells are damaged and entire organs are destroyed, you fall apart from the inside out. And that's exactly what happens in the most severe cases of smallpox. It's a gruesome way to die.
Unfortunately, the smallpox virus doesn't die with the death of its host. Blood carries the virus to its next victim. The scabs of victims are full of virus. The victim's clothes and beds are infectious for days or even months.
The Fight Against Smallpox
People noticed that survivors of smallpox never got it again. So some deliberately tried catching a milder version of smallpox called Variola minor. This process was called variolation and protects the person from getting the more severe form of the disease. Although it saved many lives, this practice also kept the virus in the population.
Edward Jenner was an English country doctor in the late 1700s who knew his patients well. He was a kind and caring man who took the trouble to listen to his patients. A milkmaid once told Jenner that she did not fear smallpox because she already had had cowpox. This idea stayed with Jenner for a long time. He talked about it with several doctors, but they didn't want to believe some old wives' tale about cows and milkmaids.
A decade later, when there was a simultaneous outbreak of cowpox and smallpox, Jenner decided to test the hypothesis that an infection of cowpox could prevent smallpox. Sarah Nelmes, a milkmaid, came down with cowpox. Jenner collected some of the pus from the blister and "vaccinated" James Phipps, a boy of eight. He used the term "vaccination" to distinguish it from "variolation," because "vacca" is "cow" in Latin. A couple of months later, he tried inoculating the boy with the mild form of smallpox. The boy resisted it—he did not get smallpox!
Jenner published his findings from numerous cases, but people didn't believe him. They were afraid of vaccination. They thought that a blister from a cow could turn them into a cow. Others saw it as tampering with nature. Ultimately, people saw that vaccination was safe, and in the early 1800s the practice spread all over Europe and eventually the world.
The Eradication of Smallpox
In 1967, the World Health Organization (WHO) took it upon itself to rid the world of smallpox. Instead of trying to vaccinate everybody, they used a method of vaccination combined with isolation. That is, when they found someone with smallpox, they vaccinated everybody who had or could come in contact with that person. In addition, they isolated the sick person until that person was no longer infectious. This method worked.
We won the war on smallpox. In 1980, WHO declared "the world and its people" free from smallpox. The virus had one fatal flaw: It could use only one host—humans. Once the chain of infection was broken, there was nowhere that the virus could hide.
The Demon in the Freezer
Smallpox remains in freezers—for research purposes. And, for deadly purposes. Throughout history, smallpox was used as a weapon. Today, most of us have no experience with pox viruses. We are now like the Aztec or Inca long ago. If someone were to unleash one upon us, most of us would die.
In light of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the U.S. government is preparing for a possible smallpox attack. Large quantities of vaccines are being made. Our military troops and frontline medical teams that would respond in an attack have been vaccinated. Doctors are learning to recognize smallpox. If there is an outbreak, you and your family will have to make tough decisions. Will you get vaccinated? Will you be willing to be isolated if you catch the disease? Will you give up your civil liberties for the greater good of this world?
Let us hope that those decisions will not be necessary. Let us hope that no one will undo one of the great achievements of science and humanity.
- biological weapon: A biological agent, such as a virus, used in an attack.
- eradicated: To have gotten rid of.
- immunity: The ability to resist disease.
- replicate: To make identical copies.
- The article mentions that, in the future, people may need to make choices about whether or not they get certain vaccines. Another debate focuses on whether or not people would be willing to be isolated if they caught contagious diseases that put large portions of the population at risk. Choose one of these issues, and write a paragraph explaining why some people support the issue and why some people oppose the issue.
[anno: Answers will vary but could include reasons for opposing certain vaccinations, such as the fear that new vaccinations have not been thoroughly tested for long-term effects. In support of the vaccinations, answers might include that by vaccinating people against diseases that could potentially be used as biological weapons, the country's citizens are safer from terrorist attacks. In opposition to isolation, answers might include that someone's personal freedoms are being violated. In support of isolation, answers might include that isolating infected individuals is the only way to protect the general public.]


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Post travel, zombie-like, getting caught up on the news and noticed that "ideas and technology" were trending today. I guess on that topic, people are looking for the next big idea to grow their business and their career in this economy.
Reading the articles and writing one myself about Intel's SciFi, I wondered what the next big idea is in cycling? I think 08 was cargo in the States.
- Inspiration Can Be Found in Many Places, but You Need to Be Looking
- The Care and Feeding of Entrepreneurs
- Gates Foundation awards $10 million in grants for 'crazy' ideas
What about 09? Is it bikes and technology or back to simplicity? Electric? Robots? Washing machines?
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When last I met Bernd Hahn, he was the product lead on NAVIGON for iOS, one of the best turn-by-turn navigation apps on iOS in an era when neither Apple nor Google offered any such functionality. Now Garmin has bought NAVIGON but luckily they were smart enough to not only keep Hahn on, but put the Garmin for iOS app firmly under his passionate, creative control as well.
At Macworld|iWorld 2013, Hahn tells me how he keeps both apps, and lovers of both apps in harmony. Garmin, which looks and feels like a traditional, stand-alone turn-by-turn device interface, and NAVIGON, which more enthusiastically embraced iPhone design and interface qualities, give their customers a choice. This year, they've also gone social. They make it easier now to share location, but to control for who and how long. They've also added foursquare, but not only check-in -- their database as well.
It's still early days when it comes to exploring the real potential of social, integrated location, however, so for now Garmin is working on showing people the difference between their apps and the free alternatives from Google, Apple, and others. And they've got some pretty cool stuff in the pipeline for 2013.
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IBM back in networking
BNT its cutting edge
IBM is buying Ethernet switching company Blade Networking Technologies and so returning to the networking business. Why?
Big Blue says "BLADE specializes in software and devices that route data and transactions to and from servers." With Blade; "IBM can drive innovation at the systems networking level to enable clients to speed the delivery of key information from system to system - for workloads such as analytics and cloud computing - while also reducing data centre costs."
IBM has seen that ownership of its own data cent networking technology is essential in a data centre world embracing converged IT stacks, where the three basic hardware building blocks are servers, storage and networking, and the basic software building blocks also include networking.
It chose to buy Ethernet-only BNT rather than Brocade with its Fibre Channel and Ethernet technology. Long term, Fibre Channel is thought to be giving way to FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) so BNT is a better place for IBM to invest than Brocade.
This move reverses the strategy that caused IBM to divest its System Networking Architecture business to Cisco in 1999. Now Cisco is building servers that compete with IBM's servers, and has entered into the vBlock alliance with VMware and EMC. Dell, HP and Oracle are busy building out their own converged IT stack product sets. Virtualised data centres built from stack-in-a-box software + servers + storage + networking combinations are rocketing towards us.
The rewards for the major system vendors could be huge and the purchase of BNT gives IBM the beginnings of the networking it needs to have creditable table stakes in the new data centre dominos game.
Dell has just announced its first networks business VP. Like storage, networking is no longer a peripheral interest; it is front and centre, and Dell, I'm betting, will have to buy its table stakes in that part of the grand game as well. ®


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Guardian Law necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 59 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Guardian Law Group, can be shortened to just Guardian Law, or GLG
We are a law firm specializing in credit report correction, mortgage loan modifications, expunging criminal records, transactional law, wills & trusts, litigation involving consumer protection, employment law, business formation, and many other areas. We primarily view ourselves as protecting consumer rights.
We are a smaller company but we anticipate rapid growth. We are not one of the traditional formal overpriced law firms. We believe in quality service at a reasonable price. We plan on using a value-based pricing structure in which we charge a flat fee for each service instead of an hourly rate. This gives our clients comfort in knowing their expenses upfront and that we aren't just running up their bill unnecessarily.
We also may be looking for someone to complete our Joomla website (or start over using another language and system). Contact me at email@example.com if you are interested. Make sure you have samples of your work. Our anticipated site will be pretty simple with only 8-9 pages.
We will be targeting a wide and diverse market. Basically 90% of every credit report has incorrect or unverifiable information which is lowering a credit rating. We will first attempt all legal means to have them removed and if they will not remove we will may institute a lawsuit. We also work with distressed homeowners to restructure their mortgage loans to allow them to retain their homes and make lower payments. Our other legal services primarily stem from the above groups needing additional legal services, but we take in new clients with varied needs.
We need a logo that will work for our website, business cards, and letterhead.
I'd like to see at least a few of you try the shield idea, initials, or entire name or just Guardian Law, be creative and see where it takes you. Remember we are a law firm so we need to project strength, honesty, stability, trustworthiness, and confidence. Colors are open. I also like hidden items in logo(not req.).
Please take creative liberties and show me what you can do.
Additional requirements include:
- Vector versions of the logo
- Photoshop version of the logo
- The original file format used (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, etc.)
- Explain your design when you post. I would like to read about what inspired you to create your design.
- Our name "Guardian Law" or "Guardian Law Group" in a font and style that compliments the design
- Disclose the names of any fonts used so I can purchase them for use in future print or design pieces
- Must look good on a white and black background
We'll be using the following rating system (modified from the GiGiKi and Morgan Lewis contests):
1 star - Wrong direction, start over
2 star - Some elements we like, but it's still a miss
3 star - Interesting concept that needs further refinement. You're getting close but need revisions or a different angle to your design
4 star - A great design. Probably only needs a tweak of color or shading.
5 star - You've made the Final Cut.
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Always a favourite, our Imagewrap hardcover photo books feature a full-bleed cover image of your choice in sophisticated matte finishing. Available in several sizes, this book is a great option to create a stunning engagement album, wedding anniversary or one-of-a-kind travel album with a modern and contemporary look.
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gordone necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 31 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Customerforce is launching a content aggregation site titled Mashr. You will be able to create custom websites which source content from sites that you choose. On launch, the only interaction will be between Mashr and the user but we want to explore ways to make Mashr a more social experience.
We used 99 designs to choose a logo and as a result we are using it to design our website. We loved the way designers worked with us to refine their ideas based on our feedback.
Wide. Unisex. Web users in general, but specifically, it must appeal to a mature audience (25 - 40) as well as a young one. It can't exclude anyone.
Our target audience care about form and usability, the site should personify this. Different themes should target a different 'person,' for example, more egocentric users are going to want a large space for a picture of themselves, ome will want a plain and simple design that is solely designed to stream feeds in a readable way. Ecetera, ecetera.
Templates should be innovative or thought provoking. Check all of the different Tumblr themes for inspiration. Initially focus on background and then on the elements inside the boxes.
For all aspects of the background and page layout and sub panel the designs should incorporate these elements:
• Theme
• Design elements
• Font,
• Texture
• Color
• Framing
• Shadowing, etc…
Some notes on specific sub-elements in the wireframe…
Page Layout
Fixed width ~960px
Gallery / Lightbox / Slideshow
• Design skin for jQuery-based content rotator with images, headlines, and links
• Navigation and Thumbnails
Area below feature panel
Widget Design on right hand side of page
Other Content Boxes
mashr.me (password protected)
http://lmk.com/ unusual
http://safe.tumblr.com/theme/preview/979 Visual Arresting. Love this one. Like the transparency, overlay and layering
http://safe.tumblr.com/theme/preview/441Love the overlays and layering. This one rocks.
http://backburnertheme.tumblr.com/ bold
http://obox-splatter.tumblr.com/ interesting
http://www.stylelist.com/ Like the multiple column format
http://www.noisecreep.com/ would be useful to have a music based template
http://www.shelterpop.com/ Like the fact that they use rotating backgrounds
http://thehipstyle.com/ This has a similar layout to the wireframe. The widget in the right hand rail needs to be dramatically restyled


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Lila Pro was created on the coast of Andalucía, inspired by its vibrant colour's contrasts, and lush climate. This new script has all the advantages of OpenType technology that allows a variety of combinations: standard ligatures, contextual alternates, discretional ligatures, word ending and tails. Specially designed for creating logos for products and packaging, this font can also be used as body text for its good legibility and accurate kerning.
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Congressman Tom Rice of South Carolina, a Republican, is sponsoring a resolution in the House of Representatives that would, if adopted, direct the legislative body "to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions taken by the executive branch." In other words, Rep. Rice wants to take President Obama to court for not faithfully executing the laws.
"President Obama has adopted a practice of picking and choosing which laws he wants to enforce. In most cases, his laws of choice conveniently coincide with his Administrations political agenda. Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress and vested this power in the President. However, President Obama has chosen to ignore some of the laws written by Congress and implemented by preceding Presidents," Rice wrote in a letter to fellow House members to ask them to co-sponsor this resolution.
"This resolution allows the House of Representatives to bring legal action against the Executive Branch and challenge recent actions, inactions, and policies."
The "legal action against the President" would be, according to an aide for Rep. Rice, "for ignoring Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution." Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution states,
He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.
The resolution alleges that President Obama and his administration have abused executive power and failed to execute the laws of the United States faithfully.
Thus, the resolution calls for "CIVIL ACTION.The House of Representatives shall bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge any of the following policies or actions:
(1) The policy of the Department of Health and Human Services that, with respect to health insurance coverage that is renewed for a policy year during the period beginning January 1, 2014, and ending October 1, 2014, health insurance issuers may continue to offer coverage that would otherwise be terminated or cancelled for being out of compliance with various requirements of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and corresponding portions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as announced by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on November 14, 2013.
(2) The 1-year delay in the application of the reporting requirements of sections 6055 and 6056 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (and related requirements of section 4980H of such Code), as provided under Department of the Treasury Notice 201345, as announced by the Department of the Treasury on July 2, 2013.
(3) The policy of the Department of Homeland Security to exercise prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children, as announced by the Department of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012.
(4) The authorization, approval, renewal, modification, or extension of any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) that waives compliance with a requirement of section 407 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607) through a waiver of section 402 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 602).
In plain English, and in the words Rice used to ask fellow members to sign onto the resolution, the complaints are:
1. President Obama recently announced an administrative fix in regard to cancelled healthcare plans due to Obamacare. Of course he plans to provide a fix which will substantially alter his signature legislation without involving Congress.
2. Over the summer, President Obamas Administration announced a one-year delay in Obamacares employer mandate without involving Congress.
3. Last year, President Obamas Administration granted temporary status to illegal immigrants who entered the United States as children without involving Congress.
By: Daniel Harper , The Weekly Standard
Congressmen Want to Bring Obama to Court for Not Faithfully Executing Laws | The Weekly Standard
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