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The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team seized a record amount of cocaine during a nearly two-year-long investigation to dismantle three drug rings in Coastal Georgia and South Carolina.
On Monday, CNT officials announced that 23 kilograms of cocaine, worth more than $1 million, seized during one traffic stop was the largest amount it has seized at one time in its 18-year history.
In total, 23.40 kilograms of cocaine - valued at $2.76 million - was seized during the 20-month investigation in partnership with the Beaufort/Jasper Multi-Agency Drug Task Force and federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
Thirty-nine suspects have been indicted in Chatham Superior Court in connection with the investigation, dubbed Operation Full Circle, on charges of conspiracy to violate the Georgia Controlled Substance Act.
Investigators also seized 10.9 pounds of marijuana - valued at $48,832 - along with 10 firearms from convicted felons and a total of $312,769.
CNT Director Everette Ragan said thousands of hours of surveillance, both manpower and electronic, went into the investigation that began in March 2011 with the identification of a drug organization operating mainly in Beaufort and Jasper counties as well as the Savannah area.
For a year, investigators made numerous undercover purchases of cocaine. Numerous warrants were then executed and drugs seized during the following year.
Ragan said the main players were five "multi-kilo drug dealers." Four of the five, he said, lived outside Savannah city limits but brought the drugs inside the city to do business at places such as 35th Lane at Ogeechee Road, 58th Street just east of Waters Avenue and the 500 block of Park Avenue.
Their hideouts were in Pooler, Garden City and other nearby areas, Ragan said.
The two main sources of supply for the cocaine were in McIntosh County and Atlanta, according to investigators.
Most of the cocaine was seized on July 3 from the arrest of two suspects who fled from dozens of marked police vehicles on Interstate 16 in Laurens County. Police seized 23 kilos, or 50.70 pounds, of cocaine and $24,520 after the 2012 Nissan Pathfinder crashed through a cornfield.
Three residential search warrants for Ernest Edwards, Grilly Holloway and Jack Lee Brown were executed in Chatham County following the seizure, resulting in the seizure of marijuana and $69,677. According to an indictment, the men traveled from the Savannah area to get the drugs in Atlanta.
On Nov. 29, a sweep in partnership with more than 14 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies resulted in 39 arrests throughout Georgia and South Carolina and the seizure of cocaine, marijuana, guns and $158,433 in cash.
Ragan said judges worked closely with agents in issuing court orders.
Of the 39 people indicted, 35 had prior arrests in Chatham County and 32 of the 35 had been previously arrested by CNT agents, said CNT agent Gene Harley.
"As a result of the cooperation and hours spent on this, this is a success story for CNT and all of the law enforcement agencies in this community and surrounding areas who participated," said Ragan.
"Any time we needed something we reached out and were never turned down. The spirit of law enforcement and cooperation was eminent and something we can be proud of."
In attendance at Monday's news conference in the Chatham Commissioners meeting room were dozens of elected and law enforcement officials, including Savannah Mayor Edna Jackson, police Chief Willie Lovett, District Attorney-elect Meg Heap and commission Chairman-elect Al Scott.
Commission Chairman Pete Liakakis praised the work done by all participating agencies, especially CNT, whose agents he said have logged 2,993 hours this year.
"Sometimes it has taken over 20 individual agents to work just one case," he said.
"It's really important that we have an organization like this and where they go beyond the call of duty to do these things that are important for the citizens in our community."
The following people were indicted in Operation Full Circle:
Telly Savalas Riley, 37; Ernest Antonio Edwards, 33; Grilly Holloway Jr., 33; Rashawn Ahamd Stewart, 30; Stephen Patrick McCoy, 37; Jack Lee Brown, 42; Tarrus Davon Mosley, 29; Anthony Dether Aaron, 35; Percy June Anderson, 35; John Fripp Jr, 33; James Warren Wright, 38; Leonard Anthony Kennedy, 36; Harold Roberson, 27; Kimberly Monique Roberson, 32; Anthony King, 41; Michael Jernard Singleton, 29; Dyshawn Jamel Beasley, 34; Leroy Chisholm, 37; Onikwa Taiwan Denmark, 41; Ron Bernard Allen, 36; Vincent Lonon Bryant, 42; McArthur Knight Jr., 41; Shanitera Latrell Dukes, 34; Naquana Shatera Fields, 28; Donald Eugene Fennell, 28; Ricardo Jermaine Crawford, 41; Eric Bernard Grimes, 37; Marlena Mutee Golson, 35; Jawyann Porchai Pringle, 29; Ateician Quamain Norris, 30; Cory West, 32; Willie Lee Jones, 30; Joseph Lamar Medlock, 29; James Rudolph Askew, 30; Nathaniel Furlow, 31; and Michael Lavon Bostick, 34.


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By Paco Wertin, CFCA chief executive officer
No individual can live alone, no nation can live alone, and anyone who feels that he can live alone is sleeping through a revolution. The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.
ñ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968
I see and feel a kinship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and CFCA as we celebrate his birthday.
He believed in the beloved community, in which all people can share the wealth of the earth and that obstacles like poverty, racism and war can be overcome if we learn to resolve conflict non-violently, together.
I find an echo of that in the words of CFCA president and co-founder, Bob Hentzen:
This community is based on new relationships forged between those who have and those who do not have what is necessary to live. The first step is overcoming obstacles. Obstacles can be lack of nutrition, lack of access to health care, education and skills development, and lack of community and hope. The next step is having choices. Having choices means freedom. So free from the obstacles, we can be free for creating community.
CFCA communities in India and Africa express their desire to overcome all that is in the way of forging these new relationships by singing "We Shall Overcome" at their gatherings.
We join them in that song and deep in our heart, in kinship with Dr. King, we pray:
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Common sense as well as experience tell us that handling and dialing cell phones while driving compromise safety, and evidence is accumulating that phone conversations also increase crash risk. New Institute research quantifies the added risk — drivers using phones are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. The increased risk was estimated by comparing phone use within 10 minutes before an actual crash occurred with use by the same driver during the prior week. Subjects were drivers treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries suffered in crashes from April 2002 to July 2004.
The study, "Role of mobile phones in motor vehicle crashes resulting in hospital attendance" by S. McEvoy et al. is published in the British Medical Journal, available at bmj.com.
"The main finding of a fourfold increase in injury crash risk was consistent across groups of drivers," says Anne McCartt, Institute vice president for research and an author of the study. "Male and female drivers experienced about the same increase in risk from using a phone. So did drivers older and younger than 30 and drivers using hand-held and hands-free phones."
Weather wasn't a factor in the crashes, almost 75 percent of which occurred in clear conditions. Eighty-nine percent of the crashes involved other vehicles. More than half of the injured drivers reported that their crashes occurred within 10 minutes of the start of the trip.
The study was conducted in the Western Australian city of Perth. The Institute first tried to conduct this research in the United States, but U.S. phone companies were unwilling to make customers' billing records available, even with permission from the drivers. Phone records could be obtained in Australia, and the researchers got a high rate of cooperation among drivers who had been in crashes.
Another reason for conducting the study in Australia was to estimate crash risk in a jurisdiction where hand-held phone use is banned. It has been illegal while driving in Western Australia since July 2001. Still one-third of the drivers said their calls had been placed on hand-held phones.
The results suggest that banning hand-held phone use won't necessarily enhance safety if drivers simply switch to hands-free phones. Injury crash risk didn't differ from one type of reported phone use to the other.
"This isn't intuitive. You'd think using a hands-free phone would be less distracting, so it wouldn't increase crash risk as much as using a hand-held phone. But we found that either phone type increased the risk," McCartt says. "This could be because the so-called hands-free phones that are in common use today aren't really hands-free. We didn't have sufficient data to compare the different types of hands-free phones, such as those that are fully voice activated."
The findings of the Institute study, based on the experience of about 500 drivers, are consistent with 1997 research that showed phone use was associated with a fourfold increase in the risk of a property damage crash. This Canadian study also used cell phone billing records to establish the increase in risk. The Institute's new study is the second to use phone records and the first to estimate whether and how much phone use increases the risk of an injury crash.
Taken together, the two studies confirm that the distractions associated with phone use contribute significantly to crashes. Other studies have been published about cell phone use while driving, but most have been small-scale and have involved simulated or instrumented driving, not the actual experience of drivers on the road. When researchers have tried to assess the effects of phone use on real-world crashes, they usually have relied on police reports for information. But such reports aren't reliable because, without witnesses, police cannot determine whether a crash-involved driver was using a phone.
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amazincc wrote:How do you guys define ideal weight? Exactly?
LaylaWoobie wrote:ditto.
Layla isnt show quality, but she's definitely healthier now thats she's dropped some pounds. She's faster, more agile and performs better now that she's not carrying around 15 pounds of extra fat.
All too often, "show quality" means that the dog LOOKS like what a middle aged, female dog hobbyist with limited working experience thinks the breed should look like.
TheRedQueen wrote:And that's often what middle-aged female dog hobbyists look like too...short and fat (usually minus the hair though...)
LaylaWoobie wrote:TheRedQueen wrote:And that's often what middle-aged female dog hobbyists look like too...short and fat (usually minus the hair though...)
I've seen some pretty hairy broads out there...
LaylaWoobie wrote:mmm I love me a woman with a mullet.
LaylaWoobie wrote: But you're right, show dogs have become fat and gross.
TheRedQueen wrote:Yup, "show quality" in my mind conjures up visions of short, fat dogs...no matter what breed is brought up. Add "lots of coat" if you're talking about a breed with coat.
I don't like "show" Aussies, BCs, or most herding breeds...I'll stick to the non-show dogs that can actually perform what they were bred to do. I like rangier pit bulls too...the short and wide syndrome affects them worse than many breeds!
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Christina Aguilera Is Pretty in Pink While Promoting 'The Voice' [Pictures]
Christina Aguilera is back… promoting 'The Voice,' as she returns for Season 5 after taking a pause for the show's fourth turn. And she was pretty in pink while doing so.
The singer dished about the upcoming season, but we couldn't help but gawk at how gorgeous she looked. She was the epitome of a California girl in summer with her bronzed skin, platinum locks and itty bitty dress.
Xtina looked fit and pretty at a recent promo event for the show and wasn't afraid to show off her shape.


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A winner was selected from 98 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
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Gatekeeper Property is a modern, forward thinking Property business covering residential sales, lettings and mortgages.
Our rapid expansion plan has seen us launch approximately 20 new branches this year with a further 30 planned by the end of next year.
Our web presence is at the core of our success.
We are keen to continue to out perform a well documented tough market place.
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Our customers stretch all demographics in all age groups - so we need a broad appeal.
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- Moving house can be stressful, the 'house hunting' element is the only joy most people find in the process - we want to amplify this feeling not dampen it down.
- Our new web site should reflect this desire to inspire, and open peoples eyes to the possibilities and aspirations they may have.
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- The web development is the first part of the marketing review and designs should be able to translate to both printed material (press and brochure literature) and potentially property for sale and to let boards.
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http://www.chancellors.co.uk/ - quite like the colorways in this design - rate them as clear and fresh
Leading Property Portals, http://www.rightmove.co.uk/, http://www.propertyfinder.com/ - none of which we are particularly impressed by design wise - but customer looking for properties on-line are likely to have seen/used these sites.
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Kofi Annan was on the Jon Stewart show last week. Asked to evaluate the state of the world at the moment, the former secretary general of the United Nations said we are in pretty much of a "mess." I had that feeling myself when Libyans, Egyptians, Yemenis and Iraqis started burning the American flag, lighting up our embassies and killing our diplomats. And then Pakistanis by the thousands took to the streets — all to protest an anti-Muslim film made by some hate-monger in California.
Despite the particularly bad week, I felt challenged to write a "good news" column as we turn from summer to autumn, as we leave behind surf and sand and take up winter's work and worries. We need to double down on vigor and hope as we face the future.
But it ain't easy, my friends.
It's easy to focus on breaking news that a Syrian air strike killed dozens of people, with no end in sight to the bloodshed. In our faces, every day, are front-page stories about healthy American men and women with no work and little income and no prospects of making an independent life for themselves because the economy still stinks in much of the country.
We can't avoid the stories about the dark side of the Internet, where any mouth-breathing fanatic can post a story or a film or a cartoon that is guaranteed to ignite violent protest.
We can't turn aside alarming reports of climate change, such as the New York Times story on Thursday that noted the "drastic melting of Arctic sea ice," which has set off new warnings about the "rapid pace of change in the region."
My mission here is to find a thread of gold among the dross.
But it's a challenge. I just watched two mindless, mean-spirited political ads on TV (one from each side) that avoided the substantive issues and took direct aim at the opponent's personality and character. Cable news is giving me a breakdown. It's like being caught in a blender that goes round and round, with the same stories and the same distortions, until it's all mush.
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The roses are a hardy Finnish hybrid called "Polar" that Alaska Mill and Feed sells and I've had mine for three years now and it's over eight feet tall. That's impressive for Alaska--you don't take roses in the garden for granted here as they don't winter well.
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Mayor Chris Beutler said the conversion of a government access channel to health and wellness programming will help expand access to information, a primary recommendation of the 2009 Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Healthcare Safety Net. A three-year grant from the Community Health Endowment (CHE) will support the conversion of Time Warner Cable channel 10 into 10 Health, and partial-day programming will begin October 1.
"Keeping Lincoln healthy benefits every sector of our community from education to economic development," said Mayor Beutler. "Working with our community partners, 10 Health will be able to provide accurate and timely information that is geared to the needs of our local community. It's an innovative idea that will help Lincoln reach CHE's goal of becoming the healthiest community in the nation."
Channel 10 served as a bulletin board for local non-profit organizations and events for many years. Funding for the staff time to program the channel was eliminated in the 2009-10 City budget, and the channel has been carrying programming similar to that airing on 5 CITY-TV, the City's other government access channel.
The City will receive $135,000 from CHE over three years to fund a half-time coordinator and programming expenses for the channel. The City is accepting applications for the position until 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. The goal is to have the channel dedicated solely to health and wellness programming by January 1, 2012. Programming also will be available through video-on-demand on the City website, lincoln.ne.gov.
"We are pleased to support this innovative effort," said Lori Seibel, President/CEO of CHE. "We believe that the channel will allow the community to learn about the services provided by our many excellent nonprofit agencies and, at the same time, energize the general community around active and healthy living."
The grant application was supported by the Lancaster County Medical Society, the Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln and Teach a Kid to Fish, a local organization addressing childhood obesity.
Diane Gonzolas, Manager of the Citizen Information Center for the City of Lincoln, said a steering committee made up of representatives from City agencies and community organizations has been formed to guide programming on 10 Health, and partnerships will play a big role in the success of the channel.
"This is an outstanding opportunity for the entire community," Gonzolas said. "The CHE grant will get us started, and we are confident that program underwriters and other revenue sources will help make 10 Health a long-term health resource for the community."
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There's some good news for residential HVAC contractors: residential construction markets are poised for a partial recovery in 2010. Single-family construction and improvements to existing properties should finally turn higher, while multi-family work continues to slump.
Several factors have turned favorable for single-family home construction. First, even with more than 10% of the workforce unemployed, there are still more than 100 million people with jobs, plus self-employed individuals and retirees who can afford a home. Roughly one million new households are formed each year, and 300,000 houses are destroyed by fire, flood, and neglect. In other words, there is demand for both replacement housing and additional units.
Mortgage rates have recently reached the lowest points in the history of Freddie Mac's weekly surveys, which date back to the 1970s for some series. Home prices have fallen to multi-year lows. This combination makes home ownership more affordable than it has been in years.
In addition, the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers — now augmented by a $6,500 credit for existing homeowners who have occupied their home for five of the past eight years — will give at least a temporary boost to sales of both new and existing houses. Currently, the credit applies only to sales contracts ratified by April 30, 2010, with closing by June 30. But Congress has already extended the credit once, and might do so again.
Even if there's an increase in the number of potential homebuyers with the demand and the means to buy, why would they buy new houses, when there are millions of unsold existing homes on the market? The answer is that even in heavily overbuilt markets, the houses on offer are not what prospective buyers want.
Many of the unsold houses are in formerly fast-growing markets that have lost their allure, such as Florida and southern Nevada. Other areas with excess inventory include hard-hit industrial states, such as Michigan. Homebuilding in 2010 is more likely to occur in regions that are still experiencing a population inflow, such as Texas; areas around military bases that are getting an influx of new military and civilian employees from the base realignment process; and central-city and close-in suburbs of large metropolitan areas.
Moreover, the stock of unsold existing homes masks what has happened to new home supplies. Homebuilders have successfully cut their inventories to less than a quarter of a million houses, down about 60% from 2007. With even a modest pickup in new home sales, many markets will be very short of new supply.
If home sales rise there will also be an upturn in renovations and additions to existing homes. Some would-be sellers will make improvements, hoping to make their homes more saleable. Federal tax, loan, and grant incentives will also help homebuyers invest in weatherization, energy-efficiency, and other heating- and cooling-related projects.
While these market segments strengthen, the multi-family market is likely to weaken further. Usually, a drop in home ownership helps the rental market. But in this downturn, many would-be renters have lost jobs or failed to get a first job after graduation, forcing them to double up or move back in with parents. In addition, the first-time homebuyer tax credit has enabled many existing renters to become homeowners, further depleting the stock of renters.
Finally, the overhang of unsold properties is leading many homeowners, builders and banks to offer houses for rent, at least until sales improve. It's likely that single-family construction will rise 20 to 30% in 2010, albeit from a tiny base in 2009. Spending on improvements could climb 5 to 10%. Multi-family construction will shrivel by 25 to 35% from already depressed levels. Putting these cross-cutting trends together, total residential spending should be 5 to 10%. That's not great, but it's a lot better than it's been the past four years.
Ken Simonson is chief economist, Associated General Contractors of America. He can be reached at 703/387-5313 or by e-mail at [email protected].


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A favorite way to look at literary history is to contrast the stuffy "neoclassical" eighteenth century with the exciting "Romantic" period that followed it. English 317 will reconsider this simple opposition by tracing the prehistory of the English Romantic movement through a great age of literary experimentation. Works will include Gray's "Elegy," Godwin's
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Suffolk County Helen Keller Services for the Blind is seeking volunteers in all areas of Suffolk County to spend one or two hours a week visiting blind, elderly people who are homebound. Visits will involve socialization, reading mail and in some cases, transportation to the store or doctor.
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Global public transport industry needs to get onboard with innovations in transport ticketing. And more and more are in cities around the world. What's the smartest way to move forward? At Accenture, we believe the best solution is the one that is most adaptable—providing a level of flexibility demanded by today's marketplace.
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An adaptable solution: Our approach provides operators with the ability to quickly change fares, create new products, deploy new customer channels or enable new types of fare media without incurring significant costs. It can integrate with any fare device vendor and accept all forms of contactless media.
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Mayor Chris Beutler announced today that Occupy Lincoln will peacefully vacate Centennial Mall by May 1. The group's governing structure, the General Assembly, voted Sunday to accept the City's proposal to voluntarily leave the Mall by May 1. Occupy Lincoln has been protesting on Centennial Mall since October 2011 against what its members see as corporate excess.
In a letter sent from City Attorney Rod Confer, the City of Lincoln had set a March 1 deadline for the movement to leave the Mall to make way for a planned renovation. Mayor Beutler said the City set the initial date so contractors could be assured during the bidding process that the area would be available for storing materials and equipment. Occupy Lincoln's commitment to leave the Mall by May 1 provides bidders with the assurance that construction can begin in early May.
"We believed we could find compromise if we had a date certain for clearing the Mall. That's why we proposed May 1, "Beutler said. "That date allows us to proceed without delaying the construction schedule."
Confer said the compromise avoids a potential legal battle over the use of the Mall. "First Amendment cases are complex and in some cases, take years to resolve," he said. "A joint agreement allows us to avoid expensive litigation at taxpayer expense and make progress on an important State project."
Beutler said the renovation project has been needed for years. "Centennial Mall has tremendous symbolic importance to the people of Nebraska," he said. "It serves as a point of unity for the diverse people of the State, a place where we can celebrate our pioneer heritage, educate our youth about our State's rich history, and laud the accomplishments of great Nebraskans.
"We are now taking the steps to re-create a Mall worthy of the reverence afforded it by all Nebraskans," he said. "Occupy Lincoln shares in that belief of the importance of Centennial Mall. They have agreed to peacefully vacate the Mall without condition to make way for renovation, a positive outcome for everyone involved."
Beutler said the compromise prevents the kind of confrontations between civic officials and protesters that have taken place at other Occupy sites across the nation.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 9, 2013) – With the 2013-14 season inching closer, the Buccaneers have garnered their first preseason honor with senior forward Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) earning a spot on the preseason All-Atlantic Sun First Team by College Sports Madness.
Even after battling through injury for much of last season, the Bluffton native was still able to lead ETSU in points per game with 11.5 and rebounds per game with 8.1. Her 11.5 points per game was good for 12th best in the conference and her 8.1 boards per game ranked second in the league in 2012-13. Mitchell also shot an efficient 50 percent from the field last season, good for fourth best in the A-Sun.
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Congress might have worked through the night and into the new year to avert falling off the fiscal cliff, but the legislation doesn't do enough over the long term to improve the United State's credit rating, according to Moody's Investors Service.
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In a release Wednesday, Moody's said the fiscal package agreement helps clarify the medium-term deficit and debt trajectory of the federal government, but falls short of providing a basis for a meaningful improvement in the government's debt ratios over the medium term.
"Although the fiscal package raises some revenue through higher tax rates on individuals earning more than $400,000 ($450,000 for joint filers) and through some other smaller measures, the estimated amount of increased revenue over the next decade is far outweighed by the amount of revenue foregone through the extension of lower tax rates for those with incomes below $400,000, the indexation of the alternative minimum tax, and other measures," the ratings firm said in a release.
The New York-based firm also stated that it expects more fiscal measures in the coming months, but the "lack of further deficit reduction measures could affect the rating negatively. Notably, yesterday's package does not address the federal government's statutory debt limit, which was reached on December 31. The need to raise the debt limit may affect the outcome of future budget negotiations."
After weeks of gridlock and days of long-lasting negotiations, the House passed H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 by a 257-167 vote late Tuesday night. The Senate passed the bill Monday, a few hours after the government hit its limit on federal borrowing.
The deal, which was brokered by Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.), and sealed by Speaker of the House John Boehner, permanently extends the Bush income tax cuts for those making $400,000 or less, extends unemployment's benefits for one year, and holds the estate tax threshold at $5 million. It only delays the massive spending cuts for another two months.
Moody's said that further revenue measures and debt trajectory will determine whether the country's credit rating returns to a stable outlook or downgraded to Aa1. A credit rating evaluates the credit worthiness of a debtor and is important to maintain since countries rely on foreign investors to purchase their debt.
Global and domestic financial markets rallied on the first trading day of the year on news lawmakers reached an agreement.
Also on Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund said the economic recovery would have derailed if the country went off the cliff.
"However, more remains to be done to put U.S. public finances back on a sustainable path without harming the still fragile recovery," said Gerry Rice, director of external relations at the IMF in a statement. "Specifically, a comprehensive plan that ensures both higher revenues and containment of entitlement spending over the medium term should be approved as soon as possible. In addition, it is crucial to raise the debt ceiling expeditiously and remove remaining uncertainties about the spending sequester and expiring appropriation bills."


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If you build it, they will come. Sounds simple, right? This common phrase is often used to describe situations with definite outcomes. Hang up a bird feeder and you get birds. Plant wildflowers and you get bees. Put up a bluebird nest box and you get bluebirds . . . well maybe. With bluebirds, it may not be quite as straightforward as "build it and they will come." Providing a nest box does improve your chances of attracting one of these colorful birds, but other actions like selecting the right location and habitat for the box, reducing predators, and evicting non-native birds may ultimately be the factors that determine if bluebirds eventually inhabit your yard. Regardless, the key first step is putting up a nest box. But how do you get one?
The two most common ways of acquiring a nest box are to either purchase or build one. Fully constructed boxes are available from some stores, such as home and garden centers. These boxes may seem appealing to time-pressed individuals or folks with few woodworking skills, but buyer beware. Many of these commercial boxes are not appropriate for bluebirds. To properly function as a bluebird nest box, it must be large enough (at least 4" x 4" at the base), provide a wide enough opening (1.5 inches in diameter), be accessible for routine nest checks, and made of durable material that will protect young chicks from inclement weather.
A better option is to build a bluebird nest box yourself so you can ensure it meets the correct specifications. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Wildlife Division has been supporting the construction of bluebird nest boxes for over 25 years by distributing rough-cut lumber to organized groups. This annual program has been highly successful in generating tens of thousands of bluebird boxes and helping restore bluebird populations statewide. The timber for this program comes from state forests and the lumber is milled at the state saw mill so that it can be provided free-of-charge. The lumber can be reserved by organized groups on a "first come, first serve" basis. Interested groups should send an email to email@example.com. Be sure to include the group name, the group leader's name, a mailing address for an informational packet, and the number of bundles requested. Each bundle of lumber yields approximately 15-20 boxes. The large size of each wood bundle has limited the availability of wood to GROUPS ONLY.
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The Bible, the word of God, is the main factor in the Middle East conflict. In the eyes of Muslims, however, the deciding factor is the Koran.
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A question I asked myself recently was this:
Which is the worst offence when publishing an article about some feature of Oracle:
Saying something does work when it doesn't
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Saying something does work when in some cases it doesn't.
Saying something doesn't work when in some cases it does.
I don't think it's an easy question to answer and, of course, it's not made any easier when you start to consider the number of cases for which a feature does or doesn't work (how many cases is "some cases"), and the frequency with which different cases are likely to appear.
I'm not sure that there is a correct answer to the question, but in terms of impact (time wasted) I'm inclined towards damning claims that something works when it doesn't – imagine the two extreme scenarios:
- Someone is trying to solve a problem and finds a publication that offers a solution that is supposed to work – how much time might they waste attempting to make that solution work because they "know" it should work.
- Someone comes across a publication that says a mechanism they've already implemented successfully doesn't work (they won't be searching for the article, of course, because they've already solved the problem). They're not going to waste any time – unless they decide to point out the error in the article.
There is, inevitably, a counter-argument. Someone may be looking for strategic ideas on how to approach a major stage in their implementation, and discard a very useful line of attack because of a publication that says it won't work. If that happened the consequences could have a major impact on the quality and scalability of the end product; but I'd like to think that anyone thinking strategically about design options wouldn't be inclined to discount an idea on the basis of a single article unless it contained some very good arguments and demonstrations.
Perhaps the issue is not so much what an article says, but how it says it. It's okay to be wrong or (as happens more frequently) partially wrong provided you have some clear demonstration of the work that you did to come to your conclusion. If you've provided some evidence (and managed to present it cleanly) it gives the readers the opportunity to make observations like: "the example is storing integers in a varchar2() column", "the example uses a two-column index, but I will have a single column", "the example is using smallfile tablespaces, not bigfile" and, perhaps most significantly, "the example is running on 22.214.171.124, not 126.96.36.199".


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Cocaine is rarely pure. Cocaine users may think what they are getting is pure cocaine but the truth is it is always cut with something to make it less pure and therefore upping the profit for the cocaine dealer. There are many things that cocaine can be cut with. Here are some of the most common things:
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- Sugars, such as lactose, inositol, and mannitol.
- Local anesthetic, such as lidocaine or benzocaine, which mimics or adds to cocaine's numbing effect on mucous membranes.
- Cocaine may also be "cut" with other stimulants such as methamphetamine.
What can cocaine be cut with? Baking Soda
Baking soda is merely just another almost unrecognizable powder that can be mixed with cocaine so the user doesn't know it has been cut. Sodium bicarbonate or baking powder is a white solid that is crystalline but often appears as a fine powder. It has a slightly salty, alkaline taste resembling that of washing soda (sodium carbonate).
What can cocaine be cut with? Lactose
Another major use of lactose is in the pharmaceutical industry. Lactose is added to pills as filler because of its physical properties and low price. Because of this reason it also makes a great thing to cut cocaine with.
What can cocaine be cut with? Inositol and Mannitol
Inositol is used as an adulterant (or cutting agent) in many illegal drugs, such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and sometimes heroin. It is presumed that this use is connected with one or more of the substance's properties of solubility, powdery texture, or reduced sweetness (50%) as compared with more common sugars. Inositol is also used as a stand-in for cocaine on television.
Mannitol is sometimes used as an adulterant or cutting agent for heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine, or other illicit drugs. In popular culture, when it is used in this manner, it is often referred to as baby laxative. Other places you can find mannitol? Your chewing gum!
What can cocaine be cut with? Lidocaine
Lidocaine is often added to cocaine as a diluent. Cocaine numbs the gums when applied, and since lidocaine causes stronger numbness, so a cocaine user gets the impression of high-quality cocaine when in actuality, the user is receiving a diluted product.
What can cocaine be cut with? Benzocaine
Benzocaine is commonly found, as an impurity in street cocaine. While it gives a numbing effect similar to cocaine on users' gums it does not actually produce the effects of cocaine
What can cocaine be cut with? Meth
Cocaine cut with meth can make a dangerous mixture. This is especially true for the person who thinks they are just doing cocaine and has never done meth. Meth is much more potent than cocaine and the high is much more long lasting. Cocaine that is cut with meth would be very potent and intense.
Regardless of what cocaine is cut with, cocaine users should be wary. If cocaine is cut with anything that doesn't mix well with the user it can be highly dangerous.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
When he first announced his intention to form a party and run for Knesset, popular television personality Yair Lapid was hailed far and wide as a kingslayer for being most capable of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
When it became clear Lapid would join Netanyahu's new govrnment, he was instead held aloft as a kingmaker, because without Lapid's Yesh Atid party, Netanyahu would not have a stable coalition.
Now that it has come to actually governing the nation, Lapid is being mercilessly attacked as the "Facebook minister" due to his preference to respond to criticism of his work as minister of finance via social media, rather than at the Knesset itself.
Earlier this week, it was leaked that Lapid was planning major budget cuts, in particular an education cutback that would result in a rise in university tuition. The Knesset called a special meeting on the topic and the harsh criticism was leveled at Lapid.
But, Lapid wasn't there. Although, it was clear the finance minister was watching the meeting on television, because one hour in, he responded on his Facebook page, insisting he had approved no cuts that would harm university students.
His fellow MKs were shocked at Lapid's decision to respond from afar.
"The finance minister had time to write on Facebook instead of coming to the Knesset and answering the opposition's questions in a respectful manner?" opposition leader Yacimovich asked incredulously. "We have reached a new low."
Israeli media expert Yossi Aloni told Israel Today that the general assessment is that "Lapid is afraid that journalists would bombard him with questions he could not answer. After all, the man lacks knowledge and experience in economics."
Nevertheless, Lapid's decision to respond via Facebook was troubling and strange, considering that it isolated a large portion of the public that does not use social media.
Once a darling of both the Israeli media and the public, Lapid has quickly learned that politics in Israel is a scary business, and those who lavished praise upon you one day will be out for blood the next.
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Eugene McGuinness was contemplating a career in fine art but, thankfully for us, he made a dramatic u-turn and moved to Liverpool to make music instead. His first venture, the sublime album The Early Learnings of Eugene McGuinness arrives with us August 6th 2007 and indicates just the start of much more to come from this talented young newcomer. Not restricted to one city or 'scene', he continues to divide his time between London, Liverpool and Ireland or to wherever he can afford the train.
His music is distinctly pop-orientated with a wry humorous take on those every day things in life; anything from his own procrastinating, to the weather and vampires… Albeit unsettling at times, his songs are always genuine and heartfelt with the occasional literary reference to boot. Eugene's lyrics evoke a feeling of eternal possibility while at the same time a constant reminder of the possibility of failure.
Possessing razor sharp lyrics and a mesmerising voice, Eugene romanticises everyday experiences and emotions, as in the single "Monsters Under The Bed", released July 2nd ("my will to move or even use my brain, is weathered by eternal English rain") to the quietly affecting in "Vampire Casino" ("you were a hit, you were off script, and in love") and funny "I'm not going to watch Neighbours twice today". Inspired partly by the lyrics of Morrissey and partly by the melodies of Cole Porter, Eugene is definitely not your average artist. With influences as diverse as Dizzee Rascal and The Pogues, he is a distinctive outsider making him a class apart from his peers.
Eugene is a refreshing change from the current wave of young singers fabricated to appeal to a particular youth market and offers a new take on the singer-songwriter stereotype. More universal in his appeal, further reaching than just his own generation and, most importantly, he's sincere, completely unaffected and has no agenda other than to write catchy, layered, humorous and intelligent pop songs so his "name can be passed around for a while".
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We're about 30 percent more entrepreneurial than the nation as a whole. Our state's entrepreneurship community skews more male and a little older. We're less afraid of risk, and we're more likely to take our business global.
That's what Florida looks like, according to findings in the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor U.S. Report, issued recently by Babson College and Baruch College.
Donna J. Kelley, associate professor of entrepreneurship at Babson and one of the report's lead authors, said both positives and negatives can be drawn from the findings. A big positive: Florida is more globally focused than the nation as a whole. Nearly 19 percent of Florida entrepreneurs in 2012 reported that more than one-fourth of their customers come from outside the country, while the national average is 12.4 percent.
While the rate of early stage entrepreneurial activity is high — Florida's total entrepreneurial activity rate (17 percent) exceeds the national rate (nearly 13 percent) — more of Florida's entrepreneurs say they are in business out of necessity, rather than solely for the opportunity, Kelley said. Florida's rate of necessity entrepreneurship is 26 percent, compared with the national rate of 21 percent and much lower rates in some parts of the country. Higher rates of necessity entrepreneurship can typically result in more very small companies with less growth potential, she said.
Here are a few more findings:
• Florida men are more than twice as likely to engage in entrepreneurial activity than women are, compared with a 10-7 ratio found nationally. Also, among both genders, much more of Florida's entrepreneurial activity falls into the 35-54 age group than into the 18-34 or 55-and-over age groups.
• The state is distinguished by its positive assessment of capabilities (64 percent) compared with the national average (56 percent).
• Florida entrepreneurs have a lower-than-average fear of failure (26 percent) compared with the national average (32 percent).
"Given low median household income levels and stagnating GDP, entrepreneurship can contribute to the Florida economy in many ways. Previous efforts regarding taxes and promoting entrepreneurship may go a long way to make use of the growing population, but more specific programs aimed at youth and women, as well as growth businesses, might benefit the state," the report said.
Nationally, the report found, the U.S. entrepreneurial activity rate of nearly 13 percent in 2012 was an all-time high since the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor first began tracking entrepreneurship rates in 1999. And it was up substantially from 7 percent in 2009. The entrepreneurial activity rate measures those who have recently started businesses or are on the verge of doing so.
"Despite a sluggish economy, 2012 was marked by U.S. entrepreneurs reporting greater optimism and confidence in their abilities to start new businesses," said Kelley. "Nearly 13 percent of the U.S. adult population was engaged in entrepreneurship, with the vast majority starting businesses to pursue an opportunity rather than out of necessity. On the downside, Americans closing businesses were twice as likely as those in other innovation-driven economies to cite difficulties financing their ventures."


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Comcast Corporation, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services, is the owner of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations and a major motion picture company and theme parks. Comcast Corporation acquired 51% of NBCUniversal from General Electric and became majority owner of the company on January 29, 2011. Comcast completed its acquisition of NBCUniversal upon its purchase of General Electric's remaining common equity stake on March 19, 2013.
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• Boxing Day •
Pronunciation: bahk-sing-day • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun phrase
Meaning: No, it isn't a day we traditionally get into the ring, though children overenthused by the bounty of Christmas might have gotten a boxing of the ears in days past. It is the first weekday following Christmas, the traditional day for giving gifts to servants and employees in the English-speaking world.
Notes: Throughout the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada December 26 is still an official holiday. If the day after Christmas is Saturday or Sunday, Boxing Day is the following Monday.
In Play: Boxing Day is also known as the Feast of St. Stephen, named for the first Christian martyr. It originated in 19th century England under Queen Victoria, when it was the day "on which postmen, errand boys, and servants of various kinds received a Christmas box of contributions from those whom they serve," in the words of Charles Dickens. If you come from one of the unfortunate English-speaking countries that does not recognize Boxing Day, just remember that it comes right after "unboxing" day, Christmas.
Word History: Boxing Day is probably the day after Christmas because servants often worked on Christmas. It was called "Boxing Day" because it was the day when a box was filled with Christmas gifts and delivered to service providers. (We hope that our old friend Grogie of the Alpha Agora has had another wonderful holiday as a reward for suggesting today's very topical, seasonal phrase several years ago.)


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