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The places I tend to get my news from are:
- Posts by friends on Facebook.
- PBS and OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) on TV the internet and the radio when driving.
- Local News Stations on TV
- Other news sources are: Science Daily, Scientific American, Slashdot and Discover Magazine online
- I occasionally watch or read articles from more mainstream news sources like the Washington Post, Deutsche Welle, BBC, New York Times, Welt Online
I do come to T|A quite often to see what the perspectives of people here on T|A are and I do especially enjoy the Sunday School posts by Nelson they are very informative. I am a news hound so T|A hasn't increased my awareness it's just given my awareness a new set of perspectives... perspectives devoid of god and religion which is refreshing as it seems that theistic perspectives are over represented not only in media we consume in the US but media from other places too. I am in the current events group but I haven't as of yet spent much time exploring and interacting in the groups. I do repost articles members of T|A have brought to my attention on Facebook (I do not have a Twitter account) but I do not have my T|A and facebook account linked since I'd prefer to keep them separate since I do not want my facebook to become a place for people to debate with me and I use facebook to mainly to share things I like and to communicate with friends and family. Anyways I hope that answers your questions and I am curious to see the responses of others.
Twitter comes first the live feed is the best way to get news on anything happening after that BBC to confirmed the accuracy of the news. I tend to RT & post a lot of science/news on twitter & facebook most of the kids my age probably don't know or care about what happened in Japan it's sickening these kids are the future.
I do have several apps that inform me about news articles i.e, Discovery News BBC etc..
I agree we do view things differently, a aussie friend of mine who mind you is religious herself, she asked why people hate or don't allow gay marriages to happen. Simple because "holy scripture" tells them it's wrong that's why.
I always question the nature of everything, i wonder would atheist if in charge would allow fossil fuels to be our main source of energy, it takes me to the scene in 'The Walking Dead' episode 6 when the scientist is telling them how stupid it was to relay on such a limited source. Promise you one day we will laugh at the fact that we once lived in a world when the majority was blind to faith.
I do it old school , I read two newspapers everyday ,usually in the evening ... as for the internet , yes ,but only for general knowledge .. sometimes I come across some good stuf on facebook ... but ,afte all, facebook for me is only for entartainment and chatting .... news on Tv ? only if i have enough time on breakfast and this is rare ... TV is for MTV or nothing lol ... oh, I almost forgot , youtube too !
thanx Misty
I have not had much time to keep up on topical events lately. But when I do, I try for a wide variety of sources, depending on the subject. Since all news is filtered to one degree or another, I find it is beneficial to gather information and view the topic in context of that aggregate data. It is not unlike the example of three blind men stumbling across an elephant and trying to guess what it is by touch. Each guessing alone will have different answers, but analyzing their collective data will yield a much more accurate picture.
Also, I try to find the information closest to the source. So, blogs that link to blogs that link to stories with no links to the source material are usually discarded. Analysis that directly reference sources (e.g. link to the full text of a proposed bill) tend to provide much more reliable information in my experience.
T|A does provide some novel news information to me from time to time, but often it is something I have already seen around the atheist blogosphere or other news sources.
I've gotten my news from the net for well over a decade now. I've rarely had anyone with whom I could have serious discussions. I think the biggest change I've encountered since joining TA is that I now have a lot more people to discuss things with. Nelson's Sunday school is a great source for good reading on all sorts of topics, and I usually don't finish my 'lesson' before the week is almost up and it's time for the next.
I think what I enjoy most here is reading other people's blogs. I used to hate blogs because so many were based on pop-culture crap. Most people here seem to have deeply considered and developed views on an incredibly eclectic range of disciplines.


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If the professor is confirmed by the US Senate - as seems almost certain - his tenure will differ in tone from that of his predecessor Steven Chu, whose department had billions of dollars in stimulus grants to disburse. Moniz will undoubtedly focus more on climate change and shale gas.
At the respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Moniz has headed the energy initiative, which publishes broad peer-reviewed reports.
Critics have lambasted what is seen as Moniz's emphasis on natural gas as the predominant source of US electricity generation until 2050. It is also unclear whether Moniz will steer the Department of Energy (DOE) towards more recognition of how easily and cheaply wind can be integrated into the grid.
Shale cheerleader
The 2011 MIT study The Future of Natural Gas, which Moniz co-chaired, described the environmental impacts of shale development as "challenging but manageable" and said research and regulation were needed to minimise them.
Additional gas-fired capacity will be needed as back-up if variable and intermittent renewables, especially wind, are introduced on a large scale, it said.
Bill Snape, senior counsel at the Centre for Biological Diversity, an environmental group, noted that Moniz does support renewables and understands there must be an energy revolution because of climate change. But he said it is "disturbing that [Moniz] is arguably leading the charge for natural gas – it is not a clean energy source."
He added: "It's disappointing that the amount of time and energy spent on fracking will divert funds from renewable energy and a smart grid."
And Ron Lehr, former chair and commissioner of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, disagrees with Moniz' use of the term intermittent for wind – "it's a natural weather-based variability" – while he noted that wind's integration need not require more gas-fired capacity, just more flexible gas-fired capacity.
Additionally, if there is no price signal for the market to build such plants, "that's the fault of market not wind," he said.
Presidential credentials
In addition to his MIT work, Moniz was under-secretary of energy under president Bill Clinton, on the president's council of advisers on science and technology, and was associate director of the White House office of science and technology policy.
"I have great admiration for him; he's a dedicated and gifted scientist with a longstanding interest in policy, and he's extraordinarily well informed about the full spectrum of potential US and global energy solutions," said Ralph Cavanagh, co-director of Natural Resources Defence Council's energy programme, who has worked with Moniz.
Long-time energy consultant Robert Kahn cautioned, however, that there is often a gap between what an energy secretary can say and what he can achieve as head of a $25-billion bureaucracy.

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City of Lincoln Weed Abatement Program
When plants are overgrown they become a nuisance and unacceptable to the general public and need to be controlled. Lincoln's ordinance specifies that weeds or worthless vegetation must not grow higher than six inches above the ground.Why should these plants be controlled? Affects on Property Owner
- They are heavy users of soil moisture.
- They crowd out desirable plants.
- They reduce property value.
- They become a misdemeanor law violation if not controlled.
Other Adverse Affects
- They are unsightly.
- They attract pests.
- They may cause health problems.
- They are a fire hazard.
- They are aggressive spreaders.
- They adversely affect the appearance of the neighborhood.
Prevent the Germination of Weeds
- Plant and maintain desirable vegetation.
- Use temporary vegetative covers.
- Use mulches and ground covers on bare areas.
- Use pre-emergent herbicides.
Control Weeds that do become Overgrown
- Have a timely mowing and weeding schedule.
- Use post-emergent herbicides.
- Do a complete job.
- A few overgrown weeds look as bad as a lot of weeds.
Lincoln's weed control program places the responsibility for cutting vegetation on the property owner. Citizens are responsible for controlling weeds and worthless vegetation growing on their property and in the area from the property line to the center of the alley or street abutting the property.Inspection
An inspector may visit property as a result of a complaint or their observation that there may be overgrown weeds and worthless vegetation. If there are overgrown weeds, the owner is issued a notice requiring cutting and/or removal within five days.
Owners that don't perform timely cutting of their weeds and worthless vegetation are subject to having the cutting and removal done by the City or a contracted weed control service.Contracted Weed Control Service
If a weed notice is not complied with, the City may have the cutting and/or removal done. The owner will be billed for all costs associated with this cutting. This will include the cost of the contracted cutting and/or removal, and related clerical and inspection costs. This resulting cost will be significantly greater than if performed by the owner or someone the owner hires to do the work.Special Assessment
Any unpaid bills will become a lien on the property and a special assessment levied. These special assessments, plus interest, have to be paid before land can be sold.How to Report Overgrown Vegetation
Any citizen may call the Weed Control Office at (402) 441-7817 to report a location with overgrown vegetation.


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As we're getting ready to support private and hybrid clouds in RightScale I thought it would be worthwhile to write up some of the experience and thinking that we've gone through. Over the past few months we've seen a sustained rise in the buzz around private and hybrid clouds. As far as I'm aware, the following terminology has pretty much emerged from multiple sources:
- a public cloud is a shared cloud computing infrastructure that anyone can access and that is connected to the public Internet
- a private cloud is a cloud computing infrastructure owned by a single party (usually with deep pockets to pay for data centers and machines!) and that may or may not be connected to the public Internet
- a hybrid cloud is the union of private and public clouds that are used together to be able to leverage the benefits of both
To date cloud computing has by and large been in the realm of public clouds. There has been a lot of buzz around "I want a cloud in my own data center" but it is taking time for the technology to mature and for players to commit the resources and do the build-out. Let's review the pros of public vs. private clouds (pros of one are cons of the other):
Public clouds:
- no capital expenditures – pay per use
- ability to pass headaches of expansion to someone else
- no physical plant staff and reduced sysadmin staff
- leverage high-volume Internet connectivity
Private clouds:
- ability to control details of hardware provisioning and of hardware characteristics
- fully owned infrastructure reduces security concerns, ability to satisfy regulatory requirements without requiring cooperation of cloud provider
- close proximity to non-cloud data center resources, potentially also to offices or other parts of physical plant
- may leverage existing resources (sunk costs)
What has been really interesting to watch is the level of interest in hybrid clouds, which is an attempt to get the best of both worlds. While many organizations would really love to have a private cloud they realize that a lot of what attracts them to the cloud computing model in the first place is intrinsic to the public cloud. So it is natural to want to put into the public cloud the workloads that benefit from its advantages and into the private cloud what is better served there.
From the bullet lists above it is clear that the benefits of the public cloud all revolve around cost and can only be duplicated internally at a really large scale. The benefits of the private cloud all revolve around control. So it makes sense that almost everyone ends up gravitating toward wanting a hybrid model.
I was originally skeptical about the whole notion of an internal cloud. What ended up convincing me is the long list of use cases we've encountered. Here are the most typical ones:
Develop in public, deploy in private. You may be outsourcing part of the development and so running dev and test servers in the public cloud makes it all much easier. Even if the developers are internal but distributed around the globe it's often easier to converge in the public cloud. The flexibility to acquire and relinquish dev as well as test resources is also often a key benefit. But in the end production may have to run internally for regulatory reasons or similar concerns. In that case it should ideally run in an internal cloud that is managed the same way that dev & test resources were to ensure that everything works as planned.
Develop in private, deploy in public. You may have existing in-house dev and test resources that you'd like to bring to bear on projects that ultimately will be launched in the public cloud for connectivity, redundancy, and scalability reasons. Being able to test using the same type of environment as will be used in production is a good reason to set up an internal cloud with the same management system bridging the internal and external deployments.
Private core, public expansion. You may have applications in-house that need to stay there for regulatory or other reasons but you have related apps that can run internally or externally. For example, batch analysis, seasonal/temporary apps, etc. These can run internally or be moved to the public cloud and having the flexibility can ease the transition as well as help optimize costs.
Some runs are public, some are private, some are in-between. You may have researchers running modeling or analysis applications that span the spectrum of security requirements. Some runs or experiments use public software and run on public domain data sets, these are likely able to run in the public cloud already. Others use proprietary software and operate on very secret data sets. Some of these may never be candidates for the public cloud. Many other experiments fall in-between. Giving the researchers the ability to launch a cluster of machines on-demand internally or externally whenever they want to test something out can really enhance productivity and reduce overall cost.
What we hear across the board is the requirement to link the two types of clouds together. Users want to be able to seamlessly move applications back and forth. Oops, let me be more precise. Users want the assurance that they can develop an application and build deployments in one cloud in such a way that they can replicate the same type of deployment successfully in the other type of cloud. And they would like to use the same management system for all these deployments. It's basically the requirement of being able to realize the above use cases.
What we fortunately hear much less frequently are ideas about seamlessly scaling apps out from the private cloud into the public cloud. Sort of transparently adding public cloud resources to your private cloud when the latter runs out of capacity on one app. The reason I'm not a fan of this is that it just raises a lot of tricky technical issues, from latency and bandwidth bottlenecks to routing and access control issues.
I believe there is a very simple realization that makes such "scale out into the public cloud" scenarios unattractive: by the time you convinced yourself that you can run half of an app in the public cloud, you effectively also convinced yourself that you could run it entirely in the public cloud! I'll come to exceptions below, but what happens is that the most cost effective way to proceed is to move the app entirely into the public cloud and make room in your data center for the growth requirements of some other app that is more difficult to run in the public cloud.
Good exceptions are situations where your application has legacy requirements around the database tier but you want to run some compute intensive parts of the application in the public cloud. Say you have an Oracle RAC installation that you can't move into the public cloud, but you need an increasing amount of horsepower to perform compute intensive analysis of some data. Then it's interesting to evaluate how the database can stay in private and the compute stuff can scale out into the public cloud.
Next week we'll take the first step in supporting the above use cases by allowing anyone to plug their private cloud into the RightScale service for free. We'll help you do the following:
- commandeer a bunch of machines
- create a cloud using Eucalyptus
- register your cloud with RightScale
- enjoy the power of RightScale for your cloud for free
- invite your friends to your cloud
All this will be just the first step on a long road towards realizing the promise of hybrid cloud architectures.


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Are Babies Taking Longer to Outgrow Milk Allergies?
Q&A with Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD
New research presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology indicates that children may not outgrow milk allergies as early in life as experts had thought.
Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD, is a pediatric allergist at MassGeneral Hospital for Children and director of the Food Allergy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. His research focuses on food allergy and asthma.
Q: What is the main takeaway from the study?
A: The main takeaway is that milk allergy diagnosed early in life appears to be more persistent than it was 10 years ago. This is consistent with the anecdotal impression that many pediatricians and allergists have and with earlier studies that have looked at this as well. However, there are some important qualifications that may limit how we apply these findings to the general population.
These young children (average age 9 months) were recruited as part of a study of risks for the development of peanut allergy and in addition to a positive test for milk allergy had to either have eczema or a convincing history of reacting to milk when it was consumed. Many children are diagnosed with milk allergy with less strict or specific criteria. In addition, not all children were given milk to try after the two-year follow-up period to prove whether or not they were still milk allergic, so the actual rate of milk allergy at the end of that two years is not based on the gold standard and is likely to be at least a bit lower.
It is also important to emphasize that the study does not inform us beyond these two years of follow up or suggest that children will be less likely to ultimately outgrow their milk allergy.
Q: Should parents do anything differently?
A: No. They should continue to follow this with their allergist and perhaps discuss with them whether their child might be a candidate for a trial introduction (most likely in the office) of milk in baked products as that has been shown not to prolong milk allergy and may hasten its resolution.
Q: Should parents be careful about giving babies milk for the first time?
A: The current consensus statements from all major pediatric and specialty societies regarding the introduction of milk, egg, peanut or any other food, is to follow general pediatric guidelines. They have completely veered away from treating any food differently regardless of family history or the presence of eczema, and I strongly agree.
Delaying the introduction of these foods has not been shown to be helpful in reducing the risk for food allergy and there is some evidence that it does the opposite.
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LOS ANGELES - Late one night last November, as Professor Carla Hayn prepared to "close shop" after a long day of teaching and research work, she decided to give one last shot at searching the Web with the keyword "transparency." Professor Hayn, like many of her colleagues, has struggled with ways to operationalize the notion of financial transparency for empirical testing purposes. She had a specific question in mind: Are stock prices affected by the requirement of the new accounting standard (SFAS No. 123R) to expense the estimated value of stock options granted to employees? If so, are they affected differently as a function of the company's transparency? A good measure of transparency was badly needed for this research to proceed.
As she was about to "google out" for the night, Professor Hayn's last search turned up "Audit Integrity LLC," a company located next door in West L.A. The company claimed to have a measure of financial statement transparency. It was obviously too late to call, but when she did contact the company the next morning, they were as eager as she was to meet and discuss her research interests. After a number of meetings with the company's top management, Hayn began using Audit Integrity's measure (known as the Accounting and Governance Risk Rating of AGR) in her research.
"We established a good working relationship," Hayn says about her contacts with Audit Integrity. "I've had the opportunity to sit in on a couple of strategic meetings and consulted with management on various applications of their product."
After Enron
Mike Walter ('93) is responsible for marketing Audit Integrity's services to institutional investors, including various money managers and hedge fund managers. As explained by Walter, Audit Integrity has developed and refined a proprietary database of approximately 1,000 companies that have had a Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement action against them in the past 15 years. The company analyzed the accounting and governance practices of these companies and found the relationship between these firm characteristics and the likelihood of SEC action. What they found was that the more open and transparent a company was, the less likely they were to have an SEC investigation.
In a post-Enron world, confirmation of this correlation seemed very valuable. Audit Integrity tracks more than 9,000 public companies based on their accounting and governance practices, assigning a rating to each. Beginning with a score of 100 and subtracting points when companies' financial statements are more aggressive relating to their past reporting practices and industry peers, conservative companies might have a score as high as 88, while aggressive companies that lack transparency could score down in the teens.
According to Walter, the first clients Audit Integrity attracted were insurance companies offering director and officer insurance. Being able to identify which companies were more likely to be investigated impacted rates. The next clients to come on board were the big accounting firms that were interested in determining which firms were more likely to have to restate their earnings.
Risk, Ratings and Returns
As time went on and Audit Integrity grew, Walter says they began to wonder if the risk rating (which is associated with the level of reporting transparency, disclosure practices and corporate governance attributes) was associated with the firms' stock returns.
"That's where Carla Hayn came into the picture," Walter says. "She has done research on accounting disclosures and stock returns." Hayn says, "Audit Integrity's leaders were curious as to whether their product was related to future stock prices. I did some testing on portfolios formed on the basis of Audit Integrity's transparency measure. The results were surprising. Portfolios of firms with more transparent financial statements performed better over the following one- and two-quarter periods than did their counterparts with less transparent financial statements. This difference was particularly pronounced for smaller firms for which there is less publicly available information."
The relationship between Hayn and Audit Integrity has evolved over time. It allows for collaboration on research topics of interest to both parties. Occasionally, Hayn is called upon to test some aspect of the models developed by Audit Integrity. She often receives calls from potential clients of the company with questions about the quality of Audit Integrity's Accounting Governance measure. "I explain to them that, while I have found the measure highly correlated with past returns, I have no guarantee it would perform as well in the future," says Hayn.
Transparency is Paramount
One of the by-products of the collaboration between Professor Hayn and Audit Integrity is that the company is now one of the sponsors for UCLA Anderson's Director's Training and Certification Program, which is offered to corporate directors. "Audit Integrity's participation in the program gets board members thinking more about accounting issues and the relative transparency of their own firm's financial statement disclosures," Hayn says.
Enron and the many other accounting scandals of recent history have brought accounting issues and the need for clear financial statements into the limelight.
"Transparency is paramount now," Hayn says. "A quantitative measure that effectively encompasses all of the ingredients that are part of what we conceive of as 'transparency' is a big step forward.
"Investors appear to be paying attention to transparency and to reward it," she concludes, based on her research results. "This is an interesting finding and good news for a company like Audit Integrity that has worked hard to develop and validate a measure to gauge the phenomenon."
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management is ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award-winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective admissions, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning environment.
The mission of UCLA Anderson School of Management is to be a global leader in management education, research and service. Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,400 students enrolled in MBA and doctoral programs, and some 2,000 executives and managers enrolled annually in executive education programs. UCLA Anderson alumni number more than 35,000 graduates around the world dedicated to continued networking, professional development and educational activities.


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Combine your love of color, fabric and design in Thread Art, an adventurous class for quilters who want a rainbow of hues on their fabric palettes. Fun-loving, make-no-rules art quilter Lola Jenkins will teach you her seven-step process to stitching vivid, textured images, including her signature stitch, "Lola's Wiggle."
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The following information was sent in a memo from Interim Chief Human Resources Officer Paul Sundberg to increase awareness of an essential federal compliance issue and to ask your assistance in ensuring that Ohio University is 100 percent compliant. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-9 is used to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. One of our responsibilities as an employer is to correctly complete and retain a Form I-9, verifying identity and eligibility to work in the United States, for every employee. This can be a challenge because we employ a large number of people in a variety of ways.
Although newly hired benefits-eligible employees generally complete the Form I-9 during the full day orientation from University Human Resources (if they attend orientation on their first day or sooner), we must rely on department representatives for compliance with most non-benefits-eligible employees including new student employees. To be fully compliant,
1. the employee section of the form must be completed on or before the first day of employment, and
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The 10th recruitment exam for Animals Asia's Guangzhou Dr Dog programme turned out to be a record breaking year as 12 dogs became eligible therapy dogs.
As registered therapy dogs, the new graduates and their volunteer guardians will visit hospitals, homes for the elderly, disabled centres, orphanages and schools in Guangzhou.
To make the grade, candidates had to pass a thorough vetting process.
First, their interactions with guardians, strangers and other dogs was evaluated and their temperament assessed. Hopeful canines also underwent a basic health check of eyes, ears, teeth and skin before undergoing a handling test to ensure they will be comfortable when handled by those unfamiliar with dogs.
Lastly, their reaction to loud noises and large groups of people was monitored before passing a final obedience exam to ensure that graduates respond to guardian commands.
Animals Asia founder and CEO, Jill Robinson MBE said:
"The Dr Dog programme has touched the lives of so many people in the last two decades and has really helped to change people's attitudes to dogs. Thanks to wonderful companion animals like these new graduates and their tireless volunteer guardians, the course can continue to teach the value of dogs as friends, not food."
Animals Asia's animal assisted therapy programme has been running since 1991 with over 1,000 canine consultants having qualified as official Animals Asia animal therapy dogs.


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Lunchtime round two
1)Ace Frehley or Ted Nugent
2)Stephen Pearcy or Dee Snider
3)Angus Young or Paul Stanley
4)Tony Iommi or Ritchie Blackmore
5)Steve Harris or Glenn Tipton
6)Cliff Burton or Diamond Darrell
7)Sebastian Bach or Bret Michaels
8)Lita Ford or Joan Jett
9)Geddy Lee or Steven Tyler
10)Eddie Van Halen or Jimmy Page
***Bonus triple threat
Slash or CC Deville or Nikki Sixx
***Extra Bonus triple threat
Sammy Hagar or David Coverdale or Joe Elliot
My choices are:
1)Ace. I might pick the Nuge if he promised not to talk about politics, but I don't see that happening.
2)Dee. He went to court to defend metal lyrics while Stephen Pearcy went to court to try and get the rights to the name Ratt.
3)Angus. It actually is a tough choice, but I am more a fan of his band.
4)Iommi. Both were known as being not the friendliest sorts at times and Tony did set his bass player on fire once, but I think he has mellowed since then.
5)Harris. He is my favorite bass player and next to Lemmy probably the person in metal that I respect the most.
6)Cliff. He died before he hit his peak. Then again he didn't have to be a part of the black album.
7)Sebastian. Both sound like alright guys, but I have always thought Bach had more attitude and was more of a fan of the music.
8)Joan Jett. I think I would get sick seeing Lita Ford.
9)Geddy. I like Aerosmith, but I love Rush. He is also another bass idol of mine.
10)Eddie. Tough choice and I am sure he looks rough with what he has been through, but hey it's Eddie.
Slash. I think CC would get us into trouble and Motley Crue's stories are already known.
David Coverdale. Not a huge Whitesnake fan, but I liked Slide it in and the albums he did with Deep Purple.
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Irish PM raises immigration issue
President Obama welcomed the prime minister of Ireland for an early celebration of St. Patrick's Day on Friday, but also heard about a pressing domestic issue: Immigration.
Prime Minister Enda Kenny told Obama -- and, earlier, Vice President Biden -- that the Irish are being treated unfairly under current immigration law, and questioned why U.S. lawmakers have been unable to agree on an overhaul.
People look at elected representatives and ask "why can't you do these things," Kenny said during a breakfast with Biden at vice presidential residence."
"We've got 50,000 (Irish) here in America, undocumented," Kenny said. "And what we want is a process of legalization, where they pay their taxes, pay their way, raise their families, travel home and travel back ... To do that, in terms of the numbers that are in this country is what's going to make America. It's what's going to regenerate it from generation to generation."
After the Biden breakfast, Kenny said he raised the issue with Obama in an Oval Office meeting.
The Obama administration backs what it calls "comprehensive" immigration reform, including a "path to citizenship" for people who already in the country illegally.
Many congressional Republicans object to a "path to citizenship," saying it would reward lawbreakers.
For his part, Obama praised Ireland for backing the U.S. in its dispute with Russia over military intervention in Ukraine.
The president also praised Ireland for making "some very tough decisions" on its economy.
"As a consequence, I think it's really well positioned to start building for the future and attracting businesses with a highly skilled and well educated workforce," Obama said. "There is tremendous investment by U.S. companies in Ireland. There's tremendous investment here in the United States by Irish companies. We're an example of the mutually beneficial trade that can take place across the Atlantic."
After the Oval Office meeting, Obama, Kenny, Biden went to Capitol Hill for the annual St. Patrick Day's luncheon.
Presumably, Kenny can raise the immigration issue with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other members of Congress.
Obama also hosts a St. Patrick's Day reception for Kenny at the White House on Friday.
The actual St. Patrick's Day is Monday.


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Aww.. he's popped up just in time for Easter.ReplyDelete
awwwww it makes me want to cry a little bit...maybe I 'm just tried and emotional heehee xxxReplyDelete
super cute bunny on a super cute blog.ReplyDelete
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awwwwwww so so cute. it reminded me... i have to buy a bunny for my cousin, for Easter.... if only i could find a cutie like the one on the photo...ReplyDelete
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baby rabbits may very well be the cutest things that exist the face of this earth. Just sayin'.ReplyDelete
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Lolla Moon ~ hehe that's what I said. But didnt wanan write it on my blog incase people thought I was weird wanting to eat it up. hehe. why do we get that urge?ReplyDelete
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If you are still interested in the knitting group, I am organising a meet up this sunday arvo if you are free (sorry about the late notice) anyway, would love to have you if you can come, details on my blog
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Tickets Available For Remaining ODU Men's Games
By ODU Athletics
Jan. 19, 2011
NORFOLK - Following this week's home contests on Jan. 19 and Jan. 22, the Old Dominion University Monarchs have six remaining home games, and tickets are available to the general public for five of those contests.
Tickets are sold out for the JMU game on Jan. 19 and the VCU game on Jan. 22, but good seats remain for the following contests:
Monday, Jan. 24 vs. UNC Wilmington - 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 vs. Towson - 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2 vs. Delaware - 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15 vs. Ga. State - 7 p.m.Bracketbuster contest, Feb. 19 or 20 vs. TBA - time TBA (opponent and date will be announced on Jan. 31st on ESPNU at 6:30 p.m.).
Tickets are priced at $15 for adults and $12 for youth, senior citizens, military and ODU faculty and staff. Club seating is still available for all games for $30 each, with the exception of the Delaware contest and Georgia State. There are no general public tickets available at this point for the Monarchs final home game against William and Mary on Feb. 26.
Fans can package tickets and receive a discount by selecting four of the five remaining games for $48. Tickets for this package must be purchased prior to noon on Monday, Jan. 24 to receive the discount. Order online at www.coxtix.com beginning at noon today, or call 1-888-3coxtix, beginning tomorrow at 10 a.m. To select the "4-pack" click onto the ODU basketball page.


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Mayors of state's largest cities warn against LGA cuts
The cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth warn that a Republican proposal to wean them off state aid would devastate their communities.
Both the GOP-controlled House and Senate this week passed a tax plan that would cut the amount of local government aid that cities across the state are certified to receive this year by 26 percent or $137 million.
Republicans say the effort is needed to balance the state's budget deficit. But critics say it's a politically charged move aimed at crippling urban centers -- which are largely governed by Democrats.
DFL Gov. Mark Dayton said he'll reject the proposal, which he believes would amount to higher local property taxes that have already been soaring.
LGA was part of a series of tax reforms in the '70s known as the "Minnesota Miracle." It was designed to pay for basic services -- from parks to public safety -- that cities with greater needs couldn't cover through property taxes alone. The idea was no matter where you lived in Minnesota, your quality of life would be consistent.
But the philosophy on LGA is evolving. Republican Rep. Linda Runbeck of suburban Circle Pines told her colleagues in the House this week that she sees LGA as, in her words, "very discretionary."
"It serves no known specific government purpose, and that is why we need to look at it carefully, and ask: 'Are we getting our fair value for it?' " Runbeck asked. " 'Is it a buck well spent?' It's time to keep ratcheting it down, keep looking at what we're getting for our money, and keep asking these local governments to start sharing, start cooperating, and start living within their means."
Duluth Mayor Don Ness says his city is doing that -- to the point where services are nearly skeletal. As LGA has waned over the past decade, Ness says Duluth has reduced library hours, closed community pools and eliminated a senior bus program.
"We've taken all these steps to focus on core services, and we're proud of the fact that we now have budget stability," Ness said. "And yet, because of the inability of the state of Minnesota to address their own problems, they're now looking to make us the scapegoat. They're now looking to bring more pain to the local level and force us to cut these services that people care about."
Duluth stands to lose $10 million this year. Ness said that's a big piece of his city budget; the city typically spends $5 million on parks and libraries combined.
In St. Paul, Mayor Chris Coleman said the proposed $28 million cut in LGA and market value homestead credits would mean layoffs and higher taxes. And Coleman said that's just the beginning.
"If the leadership of the Republican Party wants to come and look through my budget, tell me how many cops they want me to lay off, tell me how many fire stations they want me to close, tell me how many libraries I'm supposed to close. The fact of the matter is they're governing in ignorance. They don't know what we do. They have a mythology of what cities do. They have a mythology of where we spend our money."
Coleman said his city and the other DFL strongholds of Minneapolis and Duluth are being unfairly targeted.
The Legislature's plan would phase out LGA payments to Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth by 2014 -- but omits fast-growing Rochester. The GOP is targeting so-called "first-class cities" -- which are defined as having populations of more than 100,000. Rochester meets that threshold today, but Republican leaders are using 2008 levels to make their calculations.
Last year, Rochester received about $5 million. Duluth received more than five times as much.
In Minneapolis, where LGA makes up nearly a quarter of the city's general fund, Mayor R.T. Rybak said the cuts would hurt the middle class. He said the city has trimmed its work force by 10 percent over the past decade.
In response to shrinking LGA payments over roughly the past decade, the city last year developed a priority list of things that would go first if more cuts to state aid came. City paving projects would be among the first items on the chopping block. But the city could also be forced to lay off positions in the police and fire departments, depending on the magnitude of the LGA cuts, said City Council Member Betsy Hodges.
Under the Legislature's plan, the Twin Cities and Duluth would see their checks from the state whittled by 25 percent annually over the next four years until it disappears completely. All other cities would receive this year what they got last year -- or what they're certified to receive this year -- whichever amount is less.
Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers rejects the argument that the plan would amount to higher taxes. He says local communities have chosen to raise property taxes even in years with a budget surplus.
"So if someone goes out and raises property taxes because they have either the same amount of money or a perceived loss in the increase, I would say it's on the local officials -- whether it by city, county, mayor, whatever. The argument doesn't fly anymore."
The prospects of the bill are unclear, as the budget battle remain deadlocked leading up to Monday's deadline for adjournment.


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Once again, LA Fitness, Irvine, CA, faces a class-action lawsuit involving its cancellation policies with its monthly membership contracts.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida by the Philadelphia law firm of Berger & Montague, P.C., which filed a similar lawsuit last year in the state of Pennsylvania.
The lawsuit in Florida was filed on behalf of former members of LA Fitness who have incurred at least one additional monthly billing charge after they attempted to cancel their monthly dues membership agreement. The lawsuit also was filed for current LA Fitness members who entered into monthly contracts which contain, according to the lawsuit, egregious cancellation provisions, forcing the members to pay for one or more months after they attempt to cancel their memberships.
LA Fitness, according to the members, breached its contract and violated Florida's consumer protection laws known as the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. The lawsuit contends that it is "virtually impossible" to cancel an LA Fitness monthly contract without being charged at least one or two months of additional dues, even when members follow the contract's cancellation procedures.


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Leading Expert on Gender and Hazing to Speak at Wabashby Karen Handley • October 13, 2005 Share:
Elizabeth Allan, leading expert on gender and hazing, will give a talk at 8 p.m., Thursday, October 20, in Baxter Hall, room 101. Allan's talk is titled, "Seeing Through the Haze: Perspectives on Gender, Masculinity, and Hazing." Her talk is sponsored by the Wabash College Gender Issues Committee, Sphinx Club, InterFraternity Council, and Hadley Fund.
Allan is the Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership at the University of Maine. She has over ten years of professional experience educating about hazing including lobbying efforts for the passage of a statewide anti-hazing law. She is the author of essays, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries on the topic of hazing and is co-founder and manager of www.stophazing.org. She has served as a speaker and consultant for colleges and K-12 schools and has been interviewed about hazing for newspapers, radio, and popular magazines. Most recently, she is featured in Unless a Death Occurs, a PBS documentary about hazing.
A questions and answer period will follow her talk, which is free and open to the public.


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One Day trips
Nymphenburg Palace
(Tram 17 from Hauptbahnhof, get off at Schloss Nymphenburg). When the Bavarian royals packed up to leave town, this is where they headed. The spacious palace park – a true kingdom for people out walking – enchants with watercourses and pavilions.
Neuschwanstein Castle World-famous fairytale castle built by King Ludwig II on an imposing rock in the seclusion of the mountains. Close by are the old castle of Hohenschwangau and the crystal-clear Alpsee lake. Catch a train to Füssen (a Bayern-Ticket for the round trip costs EUR 22 for one person (2p for €26, 3p for €30, 4p for €30, 5p for €34, on weekdays not valid before 9 am). Bus 78 brings you to the castle(s) from the station in Füssen. The castle's interior can only be visited with a tour; tickets should best be bought online (www.hohenschwangau.de) and cost EUR 12. We recommend you take the train shortly before 10am since you really need the whole day and the Bayern Ticket is not valid until 9am. It is arguable whether the interior is worth all the hassle anyway – the post-card-view is entirely free, just walk up to Marien-brücke, which spans a 90-meter-deep gorge with a waterfall in it – it's a spectacular sight by its own right.
Lake Starnberg
(S-Bahn line 6 to Starnberg)
The only thing you need to buy is a S-Bahn ticket, spend the day at "Starnberger See" or "Ammersee" and enjoy the green areas of Munich.
Our closest lake is about 20 km long and 5 km wide. It is a popular place for daytrips. 20 km of the 49 km shoreline are reserved for recreational purposes only. Four ships sail on the lake, also to Berg, where King Ludwig II died – which happened like this: in 1886 he was declared insane by his own government because his passion for expensive castles was draining Bavaria's budget (he was grounded to Schloss Berg, which is a posh hotel now). Oddly enough, he was quite a popular king and rumours said he was planning to escape to reclaim his power. Coincidentally, he became suicidal and drowned himself in the lake (where it is only waist-deep). His shrink, who said he was not at all suicidal, drowned too, coincidentally! Years later, the royal coroner suddenly remembered in his deathbed that there were two bullets in the King's back, which always struck him odd. Especially since seven witnesses have coincidentally died or disappeared soon after the King's death. However, others say this is only a wild conspiracy theory. Ironically, nowadays Ludwig's castles are fairytale cash-cows for Bavaria's government.


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Garry Kasparov's love-hate relationship with technology continued on Saturday, as the former World Chess Champion was buzzed by a remote controlled flying penis during a political speech in Moscow. As reported by Gizmodo yesterday, Kasparov seemed bemused by the brief encounter, which ended when an aide swatted the penis to the floor and stomped on it (a little too enthusiastically, if you ask me. Um, Dr. Freud? ...). Most-probably-not-safe-for-work photo after the jump.
Kasparov, the only world champion to lose to a computer in match play (Deep Blue in 1997), retired from chess in 2005 to concentrate on politics. He is now a writer and political activist.
If only the remote control flying penis would use its powers for good, instead of evil.
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Saint Etienne travel information
Getting to Saint Etienne by air
The nearest airport to Saint-Etienne is Saint-Étienne Bouthéon airport. Since this airport has few connections, it is easier to fly to Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport, which is an hour away by car.
On arrival at the airport, disabled passengers should head for the 'Reduced Mobility' reception area at arrival point 27 in Terminal 2, or for their airline check-in desk, where staff will contact the assistance service.
For more information, visit: www.lyonaeroports.com/eng/Traveller-s-guide/Assistance/Passengers-with-reduced-mobility
Tel. +33 (0)825 108 208
Getting to Saint Etienne by rail
The main railway station in Saint-Etienne is Châteaucreux, approximately 3km from the stadium, which has high-speed links to Paris and Lyon, as well as various other domestic and regional connections.
TGV and intercity trains on the French national network have two wheelchair spaces. For more information, visit: www.sncf.com/en/services/handicap/information-booking
To check whether your departure and arrival stations are accessible, or for any other information, contact Accès Plus:
Accès Plus, open 7 days a week (07.00 to 22.00)
Tel. +33 (0)890 640 650
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.voyages-sncf.com/services/acces-plus (French only)
To book a wheelchair space, please visit www.sncf.com/en/services/handicap/information-booking
If you require assistance during your journey, you must book this with Accès Plus at least 48 hours before departure (see contact details above). You should arrive at the station at least 45 minutes before departure and go to the Accès Plus office. The staff there will contact their colleagues at your destination station to ensure they are prepared for your arrival.
If you are travelling with other operators, CAFE advises you to book assistance as early as possible.
Getting to Saint Etienne by bus
International bus connections are available from the Châteaucreux transport hub.
Several coach companies provide buses to the tournament host cities and vehicle accessibility may vary. CAFE advises disabled supporters planning to travel by bus to discuss their specific access requirements with their travel provider before booking.
SNCF offers inter-city bus services that include accessible vehicles. It is advisable to book in advance and explain your specific access requirements at least 48 hours before departure. Levels of accessibility may vary.
For more information and to book your tickets, visit: www.ouibus.com/persons-limited-mobility


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In its first season in the USSF Development Academy league, the Houston Dynamo Academy U-18 team qualified for the playoffs thanks in part to a 2-1 record at the USSF Spring Showcase in Sarasota, Fla., May 28-31. The Dynamo are one of 32 playoff teams in their age group and will begin play in Greensboro, N.C., June 26. Although the groups have not yet been drawn, the playoffs consist of eight groups of four teams each, with the group winners advancing to the USSF Finals Week in Carson, Calif., in July.
Although Houston slumped in the second half of the season with a 2-5-2 record, losing its chance to win the Texas Division, the Dynamo entered the showcase with a chance to qualify for the postseason as one of 12 wildcard teams, based on overall points per game. After losing their opener to a strong New York Red Bulls team, the Dynamo defeated the Virginia Rush 3-1 and Arsenal (Temecula CA) 3-0, eventually ranking eighth in the wildcard standings.
Since the playoffs will be a similar format – three games in less than one week – Dynamo Director of Youth Development James Clarkson is confident his team, which was often beset by injuries and absences in 2010, will rise to the occasion.
"Now we've got three games," Clarkson said. "Hopefully we can win them and get ourselves to the national finals. Our goal at the start of the season was to make the playoffs. We are the Houston Dynamo. We expect to win."
>>Sign up now to try out for Dynamo Academy teams for next season
The Dynamo came together for their best performances of the calendar year in Sarasota, scoring six goals in three games while only allowing three. Forwards Martin Castillo (Pasadena Sam Rayburn) and Abe Matamoros (Strake Jesuit) both finished with two goals apiece in the showcase. The team also benefitted from the return of midfielder Bryan Celis (Katy Mayde Creek), who is so young he will still be eligible for the Dynamo's U-16 team next year. Celis, though, joined the U.S. U-17 national team residency program in January and is only available to the Dynamo on breaks when he is not training with the national team.
"(Bryan) is a great asset and brings a lot of energy to the team," Clarkson said. "Defensively, he is very good. He is good for the atmosphere and good for morale. We also had some players get fit that were injured; guys that had been injured for the majority of the spring season. It was good to get them back."
Celis was not the only departure that the team had to deal with this season. In March, midfielder Francisco Navas Cobo became the second player in Academy history to be signed to a professional contract. Navas Cobo had helped lead the team to first place in the Texas Division by the end of November, scoring five goals and setting up numerous others.
"It didn't help our record when Francisco signed with the first team, but that is what made the season successful, and that is what we are all about," Clarkson said. "Regardless of how we do in the playoffs, the fact that we got a player on the first team this year is a huge success for us."
The departure of Celis and Navas Cobo and injuries to key players such as Matamoros have forced the rest of the team to become more balanced and take on its own identity, a process that took some getting used to.
"We were thinking so hard that we lost those players and now we had an excuse to lose, and we shut down for a bit," admitted Sebastien Ibeagha (Fort Bend Hightower), who has moved from midfield to center back out of necessity this spring. "We didn't take our own responsibilities. Finally in Florida, we said that it didn't matter, so we just took it."
Ibeagha said the Spring Showcase demonstrated the team's potential that had been on display sporadically throughout the season.
"It just came together and clicked," Ibeagha said. "As a team we played well, and if we keep playing like that, we should hopefully win the whole Academy league."
Reaching the playoffs in their first year in the USSF Development Academy league is a major achievement for the Dynamo's seniors, including Ibeagha, defender C.J. Odenigwe (Fort Bend Travis), defender Benji Saenz (Aldine MacArthur), midfielder Steven Salinas (Katy Mayde Creek), and goalkeeper Pat Wall (Strake Jesuit), all veterans of multiple years in the Dynamo Academy. They want to go out in style before moving on.
"It means we are one of the best 64 teams out of 300-something teams in the country," said Odenigwe, referring to teams in both the U-18 and U-16 age groups. "We have to set the bar as high as we can for the seniors' first and only year they have to continue the trademark for the Houston Dynamo. Our expectations are to go all the way and win."


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Sequester squashes U.S. Army Chorus collaboration with the Colorado Symphony
If you were looking forward to the Colorado Symphony's May 18 program with the U.S. Army Chorus, think again. The concert has been replaced with a different program because the U.S. Army Chorus' travel is being limited to its homebase due to budget cuts that are a part of government sequestration.
The U.S. Army Chorus, which was created in 1956 as a counterpart to the U.S. Army Band, isn't allowed to travel beyond its home of Washington D.C. because of the sequester, according to a release from the symphony. The sequester affecting federal spending began on March 1.


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Jan 04, 2005 | 240 Pages
Praise for The Automatic Millionaire:
"The Automatic Millionaire is an automatic winner. David Bach really cares about you: on every page you can hear him cheering you on to financial fitness. No matter who you are or what your income is, you can benefit from this easy-to-apply program. Do it now. You and your loved one deserve big bucks!"
–Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager


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FaceTop displays your FaceBook page as part of your Desktop without the need for your favorite browser. It's always there. It will update smoothly. It will be there if you want it, or slowly become transparent when not using it.
What's New in FaceTop
Version 1.2.0:
- completely new icon
- reacts better to keyboard/mouse events
- will upload photos, etc.
- will react to non-Facebook links
- will open non-Facebook links in the default browser
- redesigned preference window
- shortcuts to make text smaller or larger
- shortcuts to go back or forward
- menu items for contact and review
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Active, passive, innovative.
Because it's best to prevent dangerous situations from arising at all, the smart fortwo has a whole host of innovative assistance systems to avoid accidents.
Because it's best to prevent dangerous situations from arising at all, the smart fortwo has a whole host of innovative assistance systems to avoid accidents.
And should the worst come to the worst, the innovative tridion safety cell and five airbags as standard offer maximum protection.
The tridion safety cell is made of high-tech steels and encases the passengers like the hard shell of a nut. Deformation is kept to a minimum in the event of an impact. In conjunction with the bodypanels the unmistakable iconic look is created.
Crosswind assist is even able to compensate strong gusts of wind. When the esp® sensors sense the vehicle is at risk of leaving the lane they automatically initiate controlled brake intervention. The vehicle stays on course and the steering effort is greatly reduced.
The radar-based forward collision warning function can help to prevent rear-end collisions. If an insufficient safety distance is detected a warning lamp lights up in the instrument cluster. If the distance becomes critical with a risk of collision there is also an acoustic warning.
Lane Keeping Assist is an attentive passenger that helps prevent you from leaving your lane unintentionally. A video camera scans road markings and detects differences in contrast between the road surface and boundary lines. An acoustic and a visual warning is given.
Hill start assist prevents the vehicle from rolling backwards when moving off on a hill. The system is part of esp® and maintains the brake pressure when the driver moves their foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal.
When the airbags are triggered in an accident the crash sensor automatically activates the hazard warning lights. This enables vehicles behind to be warned in good time and subsequent collisions to be avoided.
The anti-lock braking system prevents the wheels from blocking during emergency braking. The vehicle remains steerable and an obstacle can be avoided. Electronic brake-force distribution ensures the optimum distribution of braking forces between the front axle and the rear axle.
Cruise control enables you to set a cruising speed of your choice. In addition, a maximum speed can be set with the limiter. This offers additional comfort and safety when there are speed limits, for example in 30 km/h zones.
esp® can prevent accidents caused by swerving. The system compares the vehicle's behaviour with the driver's intention, for example based on the position of the steering wheel. Split-second brake intervention on individual wheels and torque adjustment stabilise the vehicle.
The rear parking aid facilitates manoeuvring and helps to avoid annoying damage. Three sensors in the rear bumper measure the distance to obstacles detected. The smaller the remaining distance, the shorter the intervals of the warning tone, culminating in a continuous tone sounds.
The reversing camera makes reversing into a parking space easier and safer. It is switched on when reverse gear is engaged and shows the area behind the vehicle on the multi-touch display of the smart Media-System. Dynamic guide lines show the steering angle.
If the value falls below a level relevant to safety, a warning lamp in the instrument cluster lights up. This automatically reduces the risk of breakdowns and accidents.
The airbags for driver and passenger inflate like a protective layer and can prevent serious chest or head injuries. The air cushion inflates within milliseconds to protect the upper body and distribute the force applied to as large an area as possible.
In addition to airbags for driver and passenger, the smart fortwo comes with a kneebag for the driver and two head/thorax bags in the driver and passenger seat backrests as standard.


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Getting Your School Counseling Initial License in Oregon
Graduates with a Master's in School Counseling qualify for the Initial I School Counseling license with the Oregon Teacher's Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC). Upon completion of program requirements, the graduate may apply for the Initial I School Counseling license through preparation of the C-1 Application. The Graduate School of Counseling processes the C-2 Authorization stipulating program "completer status" once all program requirements are verified successfully completed.
For graduates who would like to apply for their license in the State of Washington, visit their website for the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
If you still have questions related to counseling licensure, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: 24 Nov 2013 12:30 Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, and Brazil's low cost airline Gol Intelligent Airlines have implemented anInterline e-ticketfunctionality that will provide new seamless booking and ticketing opportunities for both airlines' passengers. Effective immediately, passengers can book a single combined ticket for Etihad Airways and Gol flights through the Etihad Airways offices and call centres or through any travel agency. Etihad Airways guests will now have access toGol's extensive network serving 51 destinations throughout Brazil and 12 international destinations across South America, the Caribbean and Florida. Kevin Knight, Etihad Airways' Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, said: "Brazil is a growing market for Etihad Airways with many exciting opportunities on the horizon. This collaboration with Gol Intelligent Airlines will allow us to offer our guests even more connections and flexible travel options."Our guests will now be able to enjoy easy and convenient connections through São Paulo to destinations throughout Brazil including Rio De Janeiro, Salvador and Brasilias."Etihad Airways launched flights to São Paulo, its first destination in South Americalast June, offering 3,360 seats per week between Abu Dhabi and São Paulo. Get in touch with us. Contact us Let us know what you think Send feedback Join our community Etihad Facebook Watch our latest videos Etihad YouTube Follow us Etihad Airways


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GAFFNEY, S.C. – The Coker women's basketball team lost 91-62 in a Conference Carolinas match against Limestone (3-0) on Saturday (Nov. 17) night. The Cobras are now 2-1 on the season.
Amber Lau had a game high 20-points for the Cobras. Lau also pulled down 13 rebounds, and shot 77-percent (7-of-9) from the charity stripe.
The Saints' offense started off quickly and took a 21-7 lead only seven minutes into the game. The Cobras battled back and were only down seven points, but Limestones' offense shot nearly 53-percent from the floor and was able to take a 48-26 lead into the locker room.
The second half proved to be a struggle for Coker as they shot only 36-percent from the floor, and 20-percent from three point range.
Angie Lawrence and Jasmine Evans also hit double-digit points for the Cobras, with Lawrence scoring 14, and Evans dropping 13.
Coker will look to bounce back on Tuesday, November 17 as they travel to face Converse in a Conference Carolinas match. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start.


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I have attached the Waterfront and Water Access Homes for Sale in the Earleville MD Waterfront Community of Bay View Estates as of March 13, 2014. It is the time of year that vacation home buyers need to start looking at areas they may want for next season. Most new buyers want to be in their vacation home by March so they can make changes for the season. It's never too early to start looking!
Located on the Chesapeake Bay at the end of Pond Neck, the community has an active HOA with Community Boat Ramp, and Privately maintained Roads. For more information regarding Bay View Estates, or if you are considering Selling your home in Bay View Estates please Call 1-(800)-890-0381 or request a Free Market Analysis. You can also see all the homes we have Sold in Bay View Estates at www.BestOfChesapeakeBay.com.
The "Bay Property Team" was formed in 2006 by Susan and Steve Hubbell to specialize in helping Buyers and Sellers invest in Waterfront and Water Access Properties in Chesapeake City, Elkton, Earleville, and Warwick in Cecil County MD including Bay View Estates. We also serve, Georgetown, Galena, and Kennedyville in Kent County MD and surrounding areas. (800)-890-0381


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With backup Cory Schneider emerging in the Vancouver Canucks' playoff loss to the Los Angeles Kings as the Canucks goalie of the future, it looks like Roberto Luongo's days in Vancouver are numbered.
Luongo's tenure in Vancouver has been marred with playoff disappointments and continued flakiness. Luongo, who has excelled in the regular season to become one of the game's best and also owns an Olympic Gold medal to his name, is too prideful to be a backup.
But here is where this trading Luongo in the offseason thing gets tricky; he has a no-trade clause and a monster contract until 2022 at $5.3 million per. Luongo would have to waive his no-trade clause, which he likely will, and the Canucks will have to find a deal that offers salary-cap flexibility for both clubs.
Below are some scenarios that are likely, some that are possible, but not as likely and others that have the word "blockbuster" written all over them.
New Jersey Devils
With Martin Brodeur's career winding down and no clear top-goalie prospect in the system, the Devils are going to have to look to life without Marty. The Devils will have the daunting task of having to re-sign star forward Zach Parise this summer and also have another insanely large contract to work around with Ilya Kovalchuk making $6.6 million roughly till around 2025.
So, the deal would have to be obvious here; have Kovalchuk waive his no-trade clause and he can go to a contender in the Canucks. The Canucks get one of the game's best forwards and dynamic scorers, but also get a lengthy contract in exchange for Luongo and his big contract. Kovalchuk would be a player that may help the Canucks get over the hump and bring home a Stanley Cup. He also brings grit to the table that outside of Ryan Kesler, the Canucks top-six forwards are lacking.
For the Devils, they get a No.1 goalie that they don't have in their farm system along with cap flexibility to try to re-sign Parise. Is this likely? Likely not, but it would make sense for both clubs and would be a blockbuster
Edmonton Oilers
This is one of the youngest team's in the league with tremendous upside and young talent, plenty of cap space, plus the No.1 pick in this year's draft. What they need to help push them from a young squad of future stars to a playoff team is goaltending. If this deal would happen, who would the Canucks get? They could ask for this year's No. 1 pick or try to pluck a package of offensive players like Sam Gagner and Ales Hemsky.
Anaheim Ducks
Trading to a rival? This scenario is probably the least likely to happen, but the Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller hasn't been the same since battling vertigo and the Ducks may just need a shake up. The Canucks would have to try to get the talented Bobby Ryan or try for the Ducks captain in Ryan Getzlaf. Both had off seasons last year, and could use a change of scenery. Also, Getzlaf has the size, skill and nastiness the Canucks need.
Winnipeg Jets
The Jets would love to get a Canadian gold medalist in their nets with Luongo. The team had a solid first year in Winnipeg, but a goalie upgrade would help push them to the next level. The Canucks could acquire restricted free-agent goalie Ondrej Pavelec and have him support Schneider, or go after another RFA in Evander Kane. Kane is an unlikely option since he is part of the team's young core, but he'd be another type of player the Canucks would love to have on their team in a playoff series.
Dallas Stars
The Stars have some attractive options for the Canucks. Captain Brenden Morrow is a gritty, two-way player full of leadership and is just the player the underachieving Canucks need.
The Canucks could also swap goalie-for-goalie and ask for Kari Lehtonen ( signed till 2014 at $3.5 mil per) to give them depth if Schneider falters. While these deals would make sense for the teams, Luongo's monster contract may not make this a reality, since Dallas may not be able to swing any large deals with ownership issues pending.
Columbus Blue Jackets
OK, is it too insane to think a Rick Nash for Luongo trade straight up? Oh, and no way Luongo would approve of a trade to Columbus. But imagine. …
Tampa Bay Lightning
They could sure use some goaltending, huh? There would have to be some salary-cap magic worked here to make any deal to send Luongo to the Lightning work with Tampa Bay having so much money tied up in their top four forwards.


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After making an estimated $60 million in his NFL career, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Warren Sapp is filing for bankruptcy.
Sapp is $6.7 million in debt after he says a construction deal went south.
Here's what he told the Tampa Times:
The trouble started, he said, with the wrong construction deal at the wrong time. By the time it went bad, most of Sapp's money was gone.
The idea was to build low-income housing in Fort Pierce in 2005. Sapp said the original agreement was the houses would not be built until a buyer had been approved for a mortgage, but one of his partners approved the construction of three houses so there would be something to market. But 2005 was not a good time for real estate, and the houses went unsold.
Sapp works for the NFL Network as an analyst. But his wages have been garnished for the last 11 months.
He filed Chapter 7 to avoid jail time, and claimed 240 pairs of Nike shoes and a painting of a naked woman as assets in legal documents, according to the National Football Post.
Still, the famously charismatic Sapp remained optimistic, saying, "If there is air in my lungs, I'll find a way.''
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What happened to Firefox Home?
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Firefox Home was a free application that worked with Firefox Sync to give you instant access to your Firefox desktop history, open tabs and bookmarks on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The Firefox Home iOS app is no longer available for download. If you currently have it installed it will continue to work for the time being.
While the app is still usable today, we can't say how long it will keep syncing information with your other devices. If you have difficulties with the app as it is today, here are some of the most common questions and issues.
I forgot my password
If you've forgotten your Firefox Sync password you can reset it.
This is something you have to do on your desktop.
Click the Firefox Account icon in the toolbar.
- Click .
- On the Firefox Account page, click next to Password.
- Follow the steps to enter your old and new passwords, then click to finish.
- Click the menu button and choose . .
- Click the tab on the left.
- In the Firefox Account panel, click the Manage Account link.
- On your Firefox Account page, click the button next to Password.
- Enter your old and new passwords in their respective fields and click the button to finish.
- Close the about:preferences page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.
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If you are using Private Browsing, disable it, reset your Sync data and re-add your devices to your Sync account. Then make sure you wait until Firefox has completely finished syncing your data before trying to log in to Firefox Home.
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- Your WiFi access point or network requires a log in via a website. Some networks may appear to connect but require a log in before allowing in traffic. Open the web site on your iPhone in Safari and log in before trying to log in to Firefox Home.
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David Weir continued his relentless pursuit of quadruple gold in London by making it three out of three with yet another masterful ride.
The wheelchair racer has established himself as the hero of the Olympic Stadium in the same way Mo Farah did at the Olympics, with confident, stylish and tactically-superb racing.
And the 'Weirwolf' was at his imperious best as he devoured a world-class field to deafening roars from the enthralled capacity crown, adding the T54 800m crown to his 1500m and 5,000m titles.
The 33-year-old, the defending champion, tracked China's Zhang Lixin for the first lap before attacking with 250m to go.
Urged on by the whole stadium, he moved level with Zhang on the home straight before racing past to win in one minute 37.63 seconds.
Weir, who has the marathon left to come on Sunday, now even has his own battle cry thanks to the werewolf howls his team-mates have developed, adapted from the rock song Werewolves Of London by Warren Zevon. And the 1970s track was played in the stadium ahead of the race.
Victory took his total haul of Paralympic golds to five, having won Great Britain's only two in Beijing four years ago.


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Rachel Rockwell to Helm SHREK at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 7/13-9/1
According to the Chicago Tribune, Rachel Rockwell is set to helm Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Shrek The Musical on Navy Pier. The show will run July 13- September. 1. Additionally CST will put on a new version of Othello, titled Othello: The Remix. Written by the Q Brothers the rap musical will run at the Upstairs Theatre, March 12- April 28.
Multiple Jeff Award-winner Rachel Rockwell's current and upcoming projects in Chicago include The Music Man (through Feb. 3 at Paramount Theatre), Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Feb. 23 - March 23 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and Oliver! (April 4 - June 2 at Drury Lane).
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater is a leading international theater company, known for vibrant productions that reflect Shakespeare's genius for intricate storytelling, musicality of language and depth of feeling for the human condition. Recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, Chicago Shakespeare's work has been recognized internationally with three of London's prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards and by the Chicago theater community with 70 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Artistic Excellence. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and Executive Director Criss Henderson, CST is dedicated to producing extraordinary classic productions, new works and family fare; unlocking Shakespeare's work for educators and students; and serving as Chicago's cultural ambassador through its World's Stage Series.


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LOS ANGELES - Carissa, the short-film documentary directed by UCLA Anderson alumnus David Sauvage ('07), received the jury prize at the Newport Beach Film Festival in the "Best Documentary Short" category last week.
The documentary details the life of Sauvage's classmate, Carissa Phelps ('07). Phelps was abandoned as a child in Fresno, California. She was ultimately forced into prostitution at the age or 12 as a means of survival. The film describes how she turned her life around, eventually and simultaneously earning an MBA from UCLA Anderson and a law degree from the UCLA School of Law.
Read the story in the Orange Country Register.
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- 1/2 lb. sweet Italian sausage
- 5 tablespoons good olive oil
- 3 large cloves garlic crushed
- Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
- 1 to 3 tablespoons unsalted butter (optional)
- 1 cup or more excellent chicken stock
- 6 quarts water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 lb. orecchiette pasta
- 1 ounce or more Pecorino Romano cheese grated
- Special Equipment Suggested:
- A 12-inch saute pan 3 inches deep, with tight-fitting cover
- A tall stockpot holding at least 2 gallons with cover
- A large warm platter or warm soup bowls or plates
- Preparing the Broccoli di Rape: Wash and spin-dry the broccoli di rape and remove the large tough leaves, leaving just tender leaves and flower buds. Cut off and discard the lower part of the stems, leaving broccoli about 8 inches long. Peel the stems by lifting strips from the stem end and drawing them up toward the bud area.
- Preparing the Sauce: Peel the sausage, crumble it, and saute over moderately high heat in a tablespoon of olive oil. In a moment or two, add the crushed garlic and continue sauteing for another 2 to 3 minutes, until the sausage is lightly browned. Drain out the fat in the pan, and add a tablespoon of olive oil. Roughly line up the broccoli di rape and slice into 4-inch lengths: add to the pan, tossing. Taste, and season lightly with salt and pepper flakes. (At this point, you could start the pasta.) Cover the broccoli pan and let steam for several minutes: when the broccoli has wilted, stir in the butter, then the stock and bring to a boil. Taste again for seasoning, and let cook uncovered for several minutes more to reduce and concentrate the liquid. (At this point grate the cheese.) Again taste and correct seasoning. Set aside until the pasta is ready.
- Boiling the Pasta: Heat 6 quarts of water in the stockpot, adding the salt, and timing so that the water is at a full boil by the time the broccoli di rape goes into the pan in the previous step. With the heat at its maximum, stir in the pasta and cover the pan until the water is at a boil. Then set the cover ajar and maintain at a moderate boil for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring and checking on the progress now and then. After 9 minutes, start testing by eating a piece. It should be just cooked through, but not quite as tender as you would like because it will cook a little more with the sauce. Drain at once, and proceed to the serving.
- Serving the Pasta: Reheat the broccoli di rape as soon as the pasta has cooked and drained. Turn the hot pasta into the hot sauce and toss gently to blend. Taste carefully for seasoning, and remove from heat. Sprinkle on half of the freshly grated Romano cheese, and toss to blend. At once, turn the pasta onto the hot platter or plates, sprinkle with the rest of the Romano, and serve.
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Wild Turkey released a limited edition bourbon in celebration of Jimmy Russell's 60 years with Wild Turkey. As Master Distiller, Mr. Russell has been responsible for providing the whiskey loving world with great whiskey all those decades. It's pretty remarkable. The Diamond Anniversary Bourbon is a blend of 13 and 16 year old bourbon from barrels selected by Eddie Russell, Jimmy's son and the other Master Distiller. Incidentally, Eddie has been with Wild Turkey for 34 years himself – pretty impressive (but it's not 60). Let's tuck into this one and see what it's got.
Wild Turkey Diamond Anniversary Bourbon, Barrel 45.5% abv (91 proof), $125/bottle
Color: Medium Amber/Golden
Nose: Honey, dried apricot, orange, brown sugar, sweet vanilla & floral notes, dry toasted oak.
Palate: Razor sharp and elegant. Honey, caramel, vanilla, bright orange, fresh mint, chile heat, cinnamon, and dry oak.
Finish: Medium finish, dry, lingering caramel sweetness, bitter char, and barrel spices.
Overall: This whiskey is an absolute beauty – presenting both bright, balanced, clean flavors while being extremely complex and nuanced. On top of that it is effortlessly drinkable. All of this quality comes at a price though – great whiskey abounds for this much dough. Whether it's worth it to you or not depends completely on your whiskey budget and how much you enjoy this style. If you can stomach the price, you will be rewarded with an outstanding pour. Here's to Jimmy Russell and a fitting salute to 60 years.
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We are 1 week into the annual 2 week Baylor Fitness Center pool cleaning. It seems like forever. So in the meantime, i'm swimming LCM at SMU at evening and/or weekend practices.
It's hard to say whether I am swimming well or not. The sets are quite different and honestly I don't really feel any need to prove myself, swim fast, or do anything extra special. In fact, I am now swimming in lane 4 to avoid the awful group dynamic and so I am leading the lane. I estimate I put in 87.5% blended effort, and modify some, but not as much as i'd like. Just trying to get through the next week without losing conditioning, sprint mode, or feel for the water. But I am also very conscious that I am only "treading water" and not making any attempt to "train" or "further fine-tune".
I'm not sure how fast I am going. LCM just doesn't translate. Here are some sample times:
6 x 100's pull on 1:55 desc. by 3: Held low 1:20 to 1:13's
50's pull on 1:00 held 36-28
A few 50's strong 33 high
100's kick - strong effort 1:18 with optimus fins; otherwise 45 ave per 50 on 150's kick.
So I don't think that's great, and i'm thinking the best thing to do is put on my TYR Burners and chase my swim times. Or wear my Speedo optimus fins and go my swim times.