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Few moments in the history of the AIDS epidemic have been as pivotal as the speech South African High Court Justice Edwin Cameron gave one year ago at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. In a talk that Science magazine writer Jon Cohen recently called "one of the most remarkable acts of activism I've seen in 12 years of covering AIDS," Cameron told of how he grew ill with AIDS in 1997, a dozen years after becoming HIV positive, and his near-miraculous return to health on combination therapy. "Amidst the poverty of Africa, I stand before you because I am able to purchase health and vigor," he told the hushed audience. "I am here because I can afford to pay for life itself."
He compared those who sit back and allow the world's poor to die for lack of access to HIV/AIDS treatment to those who passively allowed the evils of Nazi Germany and South African apartheid to unfold. The speech crystallized sentiment in favor of providing treatment in impoverished nations, leading to a variety of proposals, from drug company price cuts to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's proposed international AIDS fund.
A year later Cameron is still acting as a conscience of a world that is too willing to let poor people die. AIDS Treatment News spoke to him during a visit to San Francisco on June 19.
AIDS Treatment News: A year has passed since your Durban speech. How has the response been -- in action, not just rhetoric?
Cameron: There are two major changes. One is the change at the level of rhetoric, and one must never underestimate the importance of rhetoric. The Durban conference changed the discourse about drug access. Up to Durban it had been accepted that we lived in a globalized world in which drug pricing was a given. Durban changed that irrevocably. Durban cast a moral judgment on drug companies' prices.
The rhetoric of drug company pricing was vital, and that rhetoric has changed. Supplanting it has been an international consensus that drug treatment ought to be made available in Africa -- a consensus shared by almost everyone except the South African government, I might say. Our minister of health on the fifth of June reiterated that she's not providing drugs in the public sector.
The second change, of course, has been at the level of drug pricing, which has been dramatic. Some combination therapies have come down in price by 80 percent. Two nukes and one NNRTI are now available for $100 a month -- which is still out of reach of 90 percent of Africans but is no longer out of reach of 99 percent.
ATN: In recent months there has been some pulling back from that consensus, more voices saying, "Well, maybe we really can't do this, maybe prevention is more important," etc.
Cameron: First of all, the treatment/prevention dichotomy is entirely false, because treatment offers the most persuasive way of making prevention work -- at a physiological level, a psychological level, a social level. It's a false proposition to suggest that treatment is an area of concentration neglecting prevention.
With regard to your question about pulling back, I don't think one should underestimate the issues. There are real behavioral and institutional issues [in providing treatment]. Realistic approaches don't neglect those. The Harvard Declaration -- despite very considerable conceptual flaws, and there are huge conceptual flaws in it -- is a visionary breakthrough because it actually addresses in a hard-headed way the practicalities of treatment access.
You may be right that there's been a pulling back, but no one ever said that this was going to be easy. Every single argument that the do-nothing camp advances doesn't withstand scrutiny. In fact, the infrastructural initiatives that drug access will require will assist health care delivery in regard to other diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. Certainly it's going to take some infrastructural initiatives in Africa, but once they're up and running they're going to alleviate other pressures.
ATN: What about the widely-quoted comments by USAID head Andrew Natsios arguing that drug treatment is impractical because most Africans "don't know what Western time is . . . and if you say one o'clock in the afternoon, they don't know what you are talking about"?
Cameron: As a legitimization of inaction, it's appalling. It's almost as though it's a cheap target because he makes Africa sound like a Bongo-Bongoland, and that's an insult to Africans. The same rhetoric was used 40 years ago to justify not giving Africans the vote -- the same rhetoric of incompetence and lack of sophistication. The same rhetoric was used not only by white colonialists but by black African dictators to justify denying African people fundamental rights.
The real point is that there are issues -- behavioral issues of compliance, issues of infrastructure and delivery. What I want to focus on when someone says foolish things like that is how do we address the real issues, not how do we counter misdirected rhetoric.
ATN: What's your impression of the U.S. government's role?
Cameron: I think the [Secretary of State Colin] Powell trip to Africa in May had a very productive resonance. It actively gave a sense of a Secretary of State who was concerned and was engaged. I know that he's been criticized as not following through on rhetoric, but the substantive message of the trip was the Secretary of State at least -- a very highly, highly placed official in the administration -- wants to be engaged. He appeared to be personally moved by the extent of AIDS. And what he said -- and again, never underestimate the importance of rhetoric -- he said that there is no bigger war, with thirty million lives at stake this is the biggest war on the globe at the moment.
My sense is that the administration might be able to deliver more than people expect it to.
ATN: What about the U.N.?
Cameron: Kofi Annan is the right person to head this. His global fund is a breakthrough. Again, like the Harvard statement, it creates a vision which requires implementation. But a year ago we even lacked the vision. Precedent steps to action are changing the rhetoric, creating the vision and making plans. And setting in place the preconditions, one of the preconditions being substantial reductions in pricing. We need more reductions, but at least there have been those changes since a year ago.
ATN: Is it worrisome to you that there hasn't exactly been a rush to donate billions of dollars to Kofi Annan's AIDS fund?
Cameron: Yes, of course it worries me. I would like that pledge to be made unreservedly and immediately by the G-7 or G-8 now, today. Once the money is there, the real issues of implementation loom enormous -- like democracy in Africa, like the coming of independence presented real challenges to us in how we crafted our constitutions, how we permitted freedom of association and freedom of expression.
We're going to have to start realistically. Botswana, a nation of 1.6 million, with the highest percentage prevalence of any nation in the world, over 30 percent, has undertaken to provide antiretroviral treatment in the public sector. It will offer a good model, because it's an ethnically homogeneous society with a high per capita national wealth and strong governmental commitment.
What I'm saying is the funding is essential and yes, it must be provided immediately -- and then the work can begin.
ATN: How significant, in terms of day-to-day efforts to deal with AIDS in South Africa, has President Mbeki's interest in the denialists been?
Cameron: [After a long pause and a half-suppressed chuckle]: It's a question I always welcome, especially when a tape recorder's running. Let me be diplomatic. The year during which President Mbeki openly gave sustenance to denialist beliefs was a year of horror -- for AIDS prevention, for AIDS implementation, for everything. It was a year of nightmare.
In October of last year the President accepted advice that he back off on the issue publicly. In April this year he gave an interview in which he said that he wouldn't have an HIV test because it would merely be giving substance to what he called "one particular paradigm." I believe that it's a grievous tragedy that we are still approaching the matter as though these are debatable paradigms.
The underlying anxiety that everyone has is whether the President's own ambivalence on the paradigm that HIV causes AIDS is leading the government's continued dithering on drug provision. The minister of health, on the fifth of June in Parliament, on the very anniversary of the first MMWR report on AIDS, reasserted her government's refusal to provide antiretroviral treatment. She then said -- very significant -- I wish to assure members of parliament that our position is "not ideological."
It remains to be seen whether the President's ideological position on whether HIV causes AIDS is in fact not at the root of the government's position. If it is, the words of Professor William Makgoba, who is the President of our Medical Research Council -- he gave the James Hill Memorial Lecture to the National Institutes of Health in April this year -- he said that if dissident views have impeded our treatment of AIDS, "history may say we have collaborated in the greatest genocide of our time." I cannot do more than quote those words.
ATN: Is that what's behind the South African government's reluctance on treatment, even on things like mother-to-child transmission? Or is something else involved?
Cameron: Like the free provision of nevirapine by Boehringer-Ingelheim -- an offer made a year ago to South Africa, still not accepted. No, I can't think of any other issues related to that. The minister of health says, "toxicity." The birth of 200 babies with HIV every day is a toxic issue that outclasses on any scale the doubts about the toxicity of nevirapine, which could reduce those 200 births every day in South Africa to 100.
ATN: American AIDS denialists say that there is no AIDS epidemic in Africa. They admit some people are ill and even dying, but say they're dying from endemic, poverty-related diseases that have plagued Africans for generations.
Cameron: It's demonstrable, pernicious, willful, distorted untruthfulness. What is significant about our death rate in South Africa is not just that it's increased -- the dissidents, particularly [Charles] Geshekter, explain this on the basis that the figures for South Africa before 1994 excluded the bantustans. But that's not the only way that our death rate figures have changed. The shape of the figures has changed. Women in mid-life are now dying more than men are dying. Women in their 20s and 30s are dying in a way that women nowhere else in the world are dying -- before men.
This is an epidemic. It is an infectious agent. It is called HIV. It leads to a syndrome of immune dysfunction that leads to a terrible and lingering death. And most importantly it is avoidable by virologically specific treatments. And to deny that there is an epidemic in South Africa is precisely the same as denying that five and a half million Jews died in the Holocaust in the second world war. It is a denial of the same epic and the same pernicious, ideologically loaded proportions.
ATN: How important a role have activists from the U.S. and other developed countries played in efforts to bring HIV/AIDS treatment to Africa?
Cameron: Central. Pivotal. Critical. The change in rhetoric and the reduction in drug prices were the direct consequence of principled, strategic intervention by angry activists. The AIDS epidemic has reshaped the way we think about ourselves as humans. I don't think it's too dramatic or pretentious to say that. 20 years ago we thought that we'd conquered disease, there was a medical model of human well-being that was certainly entrenched. AIDS has shaken that.
AIDS activists in America in the 1980s changed the nature of the doctor-patient relationship, the nature of the research community's relationship to the patient community. It changed the way that the gay and lesbian community related to the larger society. And activists are still leading the debate. They are changing the way in which people permit themselves to see other people.
ATN: What can people in the U.S. or other places outside of Africa do now?
Cameron: Three things, which all sound quite grandiose, but we've got to start somewhere: Pressure on the drug companies to permit generic production of patented medicines. Secondly, pressure on governments to make the funds available. The question with the funds is not whether it's affordable, the question is one of will. It really is. $7-$9 billion a year -- which is for all Kofi Annan's associated costs, not just for AIDS -- is not a great amount on any metric.
And thirdly, individual initiatives are also very important. This is something that is underestimated. There is an organization called AIDS Empowerment and Treatment International. AIDSETI has got 800 to 1,000 people on treatment this year who wouldn't otherwise have had treatment. It collects drugs, gets donations, makes treatment available with monitoring, with medical supervision, even in Africa.
What I'm saying is that there is something that everyone can do. Every organization ought to think of partnering with an organization in Africa. $5,000 dollars equals the salary of one nurse for one year in South Africa. There are organizations currently that can use recyclable drugs.
We don't only have to be grandiose in what we think we can do. The problem also requires minute, person-to-person, organization-to-organization responses. If we look only at the grandiose we risk paralysis, but there's a great deal we can do at organizational and personal levels now.
ATN: Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Cameron: I think what AIDS asks us to do is to give people on both sides of the First World/Third World divide a sense of empowerment about themselves. The people in the First World should realize that there is something they can do, not feel a sense of paralysis or helpless guilt. And the same in Africa, that this is a problem that we can confront.
Copyright 2001 by John S. James. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used.
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The FBI investigation that led to the resignation of David H. Petraeus as CIA director on Friday began with a complaint several months ago about "harassing" e-mails sent by Paula Broadwell, Mr. Petraeus's biographer, to an unidentified third person, a government official briefed on the case said on Saturday.
When FBI agents following up on the complaint began to examine Ms. Broadwell's e-mails, they discovered exchanges between her and Mr. Petraeus that revealed that they were having an affair, said the official, who spoke of the investigation on the condition of anonymity.
The person who complained about harassing messages from Ms. Broadwell, according to the official, was not a family member or a government official. One Congressional official who was briefed on the matter on Friday said senior intelligence officials had explained that the FBI investigation "started with two women."
"It didn't start with Petraeus, but in the course of the investigation they stumbled across him," said the Congressional official, who said the intelligence officials had provided no other information about the two women or the focus of the inquiry. "We were stunned."
Mr. Petraeus said in a statement that he was resigning after 14 months as head of the Central Intelligence Agency because he had shown "extremely poor judgment" in engaging in the affair.
The government official dismissed a range of media speculation that the FBI inquiry might have focused on leaks of classified information to the press or even foreign spying. "People think that because it's the CIA director, it must involve bigger issues," the official said. "Think of a small circle of people who know each other."
The FBI investigators were not pursuing evidence of Mr. Petraeus's marital infidelity, which would not be a criminal matter, the official said. But their examination of his e-mails, most or all of them sent from a personal account and not from his CIA account, raised the possibility of security breaches that needed to be addressed directly with him.
"Alarms went off on larger security issues," the official said. As a result, FBI agents spoke with the CIA director about two weeks ago, and he learned in the discussion, if he was not already aware, that they knew of his affair with Ms. Broadwell, the official said.
Web-based e-mail like Gmail and Yahoo Mail can be quite vulnerable to hacking, and it is possible that FBI experts were studying whether Mr. Petraeus' accounts had been compromised. Any possibility that hackers could use the CIA director's e-mail as a route to break into sensitive government computer systems would be an obvious concern.
But the fears of bigger security problems proved unjustified, and the security questions were resolved, the official said.
Neither the Congressional intelligence committees nor the White House learned of the investigation or the link to Mr. Petraeus until this week, officials said. Some Congressional staff members said they believed that the bureau should have informed at least the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees about the unfolding inquiry, and the committees are likely to demand an explanation of why they were not told.
White House officials said they were informed on Wednesday night that Mr. Petraeus was considering resigning because of an extramarital affair. On Thursday morning, just before a staff meeting at the White House, Mr. Obama was told. That afternoon, Mr. Petraeus went to see him and informed him that he strongly believed he had to resign. Mr. Obama did not accept his resignation right away, but on Friday, he called Mr. Petraeus and accepted the resignation.
"Dave's decision to step down represents the loss of one of our nation's most respected public servants," James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence, said in a statement on Friday.
A senior intelligence official said on Saturday that Mr. Clapper had learned of Mr. Petraeus' situation only when the FBI notified him about 5 p.m. Tuesday. That night and the and next day, the official said, the two men discussed the situation, and Mr. Clapper told Mr. Petraeus "that he thought the right thing to do would be to resign," the intelligence official said.
Mr. Clapper notified the president's senior national security staff late Wednesday that Mr. Petraeus was considering resigning because of an extramarital affair, the official said.


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WASHINGTON -- Braves right-handed reliever Cory Gearrin appears destined to undergo Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery. But Gearrin wants to get another opinion before going through with the surgical procedure that would likely sideline him for an entire calendar year.
The Braves' medical staff found a partial tear in Gearrin's ulnar collateral ligament, and Dr. James Andrews confirmed this diagnosis during an examination this week.
Despite the fact that the Braves and Andrews have suggested he needs to undergo Tommy John surgery, Gearrin is currently seeking another opinion.
Gearrin seemed destined to win one of the final available spots in Atlanta's bullpen before he experienced right elbow discomfort during his March 25 Grapefruit League start against the Tigers.


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An oily sheen containing a chemical contaminant has been found in a drinking water reservoir in Princeville on Kauai. Results from extensive laboratory testing have determined water distributed from the drinking water system does not pose a health threat and continues to be safe. The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) and the Princeville Utilities Company Inc. (PUCI) are taking immediate action to protect the purity of the water and the health of residents who depend on it.
On Oct. 16, following routine sampling of drinking water systems across the state, DOH found that minute trace amounts of the organic chemical Aroclor 1254, a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), may have been present in a Princeville water system tank on Kauai. The water system tank serves a population of about 1,700 people.
The DOH directed PUCI, owner and operator of the Princeville water system, to conduct testing to determine if PCBs were present and to identify the possible source of contamination.
PUCI sent water samples collected on Oct. 23 and 24 to CalScience Laboratory in California for testing. PCBs were not detected at the tank's compliance sampling point where water exits at the bottom of the tank, nor at the two wellheads that supply the tank. The DOH collected and tested weekly samples at the compliance sampling point and throughout the distribution system Nov. 14, 19 and 27 and Dec. 4. No PCBs were detected in the samples analyzed by the state Laboratories Division.
"Fortunately, our follow up testing indicates that PCBs are not found in the water that reaches people's homes," said Gary Gill, Deputy Director for Environmental Health. "Our Safe Drinking Water Branch is maintaining active surveillance of the distribution system and will continue to monitor and test the water being served to consumers to ensure that the public is protected."
While PCBs were not detected in the two wellheads, at the tank's compliance sampling point, nor within the distribution system, the DOH on Nov. 8 learned that PCBs were detected in an oily sheen sample skimmed from the surface of the tank water at 18 parts per billion (ppb). Since water exits from the bottom of the tank and PCBs do not dissolve well in water, this does not represent a health threat. As a precaution, additional water testing is continuing and PUCI is removing the oily sheen from the tank water surface. On Nov. 30, subsequent sampling and testing confirmed the presence of PCBs in the surface sheen at 1.38 ppb. Sampling on Dec. 6 revealed the concentration of PCBs in a skim sample was 1.4 ppb. For more information on PUCI's mitigation measures, contact Mike Loo at (808) 826-6100.
The source of the oily sheen is still undetermined. Upon findings of PCBs in the oily sheen sample, PUCI immediately took Well #1, an oil-lubed well, out of service. PUCI tested previously used and currently used pre-lube oils used to lubricate Well #1. On Nov. 30, PUCI confirmed that neither of these oils contains PCBs. Well #2 is water-lubed and therefore was not at issue.
The federal and state Maximum Contaminant Level for PCBs is 0.5 ppb at the compliance sampling point. The standard is set to avoid health risks based on a lifetime of consuming water containing that level of contaminant. PCBs are a group of organic chemicals formerly used in the United States in hydraulic fluids, plasticizers, adhesives, fire retardants, and de-dusting agents. PCBs do not dissolve well in water. To date, the Princeville water system is in compliance with federal and state PCB standards for drinking water.
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Whether retirement days are near or far, you should be up-to-date on the types of retirement plans available to you and your employees. The plans you will hear most about are IRA, SEP, SIMPLE and 401(k). In addition to providing for your retirement, they may offer significant tax benefits today.
Individual Retirement Arrangement, IRAs are plans that let you set aside money for your retirement. Banks, financial institutions, mutual funds and stockbrokers are among those who offer IRA accounts.
To contribute to a traditional IRA, you must be under age 70½ at the end of the tax year and have taxable compensation greater than or equal to your contribution during the year. Contributions may be tax deductible in full or in part, depending on your circumstances. The amounts earned by your IRA contributions are usually not taxed until you withdraw the money. Generally, you can't withdraw money from your IRA before you turn age 59½ without paying income taxes and a 10 percent additional tax.
Regardless of your age, you may be able to set up a Roth IRA. You can't deduct your contributions, but if certain requirements are met, earnings will be tax-free.
A Roth 401(k) is an account available in some 401(k) plans that allow participants to make some of their contributions to after-tax accounts. A Roth 401(k) differs from a traditional 401(k) because traditional 401(k) contributions are tax-deductible, Roth 401(k)s contributions are taxed but withdrawals during retirement are tax-free. Read more about Roth 401(k): Rules & Contribution Limits
SEP Plan
The Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) was specifically designed for small employers and has very few administrative burdens or costs. Employer contributions are made directly to IRAs that the employer sets up for the employees. For additional information, see Publication 4333, SEP Retirement Plans for Small Businesses.
How Does a SEP Work?
Quincy Chintz Company decides to establish a SEP for its employees. Quincy has chosen a SEP because the chintz industry is cyclical in nature, with good times and down times. In good years, Quincy can make larger contributions for its employees, and in down times it can reduce the amount. Quincy knows that under a SEP, the contribution rate (whether large or small) must be uniform for all employees. The financial institution that Quincy has selected to be the trustee for its SEP has several investment funds from which the Quincy employees can choose. Individual employees have the opportunity to divide their employer's contributions to their SEP-IRAs among the funds made available to Quincy's employees.
SIMPLE Plan
Generally, employers can set up a Savings Incentive Match Plan For Employees(SIMPLE) if they have 100 or fewer employees and meet several other requirements. A SIMPLE plan is an arrangement under which an employer makes contributions to employees' SIMPLE retirement accounts. Additionally, employees can make salary reduction contributions. The two types of SIMPLE plans are the SIMPLE IRA and SIMPLE 401(k) plans. For additional information, see Publication 4334, SIMPLE IRA Plans for Small Businesses.
How Does a SIMPLE IRA Plan Work?
Elizabeth works for the Rockland Quarry Company, a small business with 50 employees. Rockland has decided to establish a SIMPLE IRA plan for all its employees and will match its employees' contributions dollar-for-dollar up to 3 percent of each employee's salary. Under this option, if a Rockland employee does not contribute to his or her SIMPLE IRA, then that employee does not receive any matching employer contributions from Rockland.
Elizabeth has a yearly salary of $50,000 and decides to contribute 5 percent of her salary to her SIMPLE IRA. Elizabeth's yearly contribution is $2,500 (5 percent of $50,000). The Rockland matching contribution is $1,500 (3 percent of $50,000). Therefore, the total contribution to Elizabeth's SIMPLE IRA that year is $4,000 (her $2,500 contribution plus the $1,500 contribution from Rockland). The financial institution partnering with Rockland on the SIMPLE IRA has several investment choices and Elizabeth is free to pick and choose which ones suit her best.
401(k) Plan
401(k) plans are the most popular type of retirement plan used today. They can be a powerful tool in promoting financial security in retirement for employees and are a valuable option for businesses considering a retirement plan. Employees may defer a portion of their salary as either a pre-tax or an after-tax contribution.
As with IRAs, there are different kinds of 401(k) plans. Depending on the type, the employer can make either non-elective or matching employer contributions. For additional information, see Publication 4222, 401(k) Plans for Small Businesses.
For assistance in determining what type of plan might be best for you and your small business, see Publication 3998, Choosing a Retirement Plan for Your Small Business.
IRS Retirement Plan Navigator
The Employee Plans (EP) Office of the Internal Revenue Service understands that it's easy to get lost in all the information about retirement plan options allowed by the law. The IRS Retirement Plan Navigator was created to help you find the retirement plan information that's right for your business. The navigator is intended to provide employers with an easy-to-use guide that focuses on three areas: choosing a plan, maintaining a plan and correcting a plan.
Retirement Plan Fix-It Guides
You may find the SEP, SIMPLE IRA Plan and 401(k) Fix-It Guides at the IRS.gov website. Tips on how to find, fix and avoid common mistakes for these plans are a sure-fire way to keep your plans healthy. For additional information on employer-sponsored pension plans, call Employee Plans Customer Account Services at 877-829-5500.
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There is something about returning home from a road trip that circumvents the end-of-odyssey blues I normally feel when I complete a journey: that little sadness as I turn the key in the door, the funereal quiet as I wake up that first morning in my own bed. I often see myself as leaving behind those things that excite me – adventure, stimulation, discovery – and coming back to the mundane, the daily run of banal challenges, the schlepp. Today though, the feeling is different: one of accomplishment and gladness to be back. Indeed, after two weeks of continuous road travel a couple of personal limits have been reached, at least for us.
Firstly, we've been noticing for the last day or three that our capacity to get excited about yet another city/mountain/castle/cathedral/restaurant or beach is flagging. We're full up – we need time to absorb what we've seen (so much!), not more stuff to see. It becomes just that after a while: stuff.
Secondly, if I have to spend one more day in a Kia Picanto I think I'm going to have an embolism. Don't get me wrong – we love Polly. She's ours. She's done us proud – up mountains and down, along motorways and country lanes. But she's small. She's very small More


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94-year-old woman stabbed, dumped in stream
Name: Orma B. Smith, 94
Body found: In Big Elk Meadows creek, about 10 miles southeast of Estes Park
Agency: Larimer County Sheriff's Office
Date killed: July 9, 1982
Cause of death: Several stab wounds
Suspect: Convicted killer John Agrue
Retired librarian Orma Smith knew nearly everyone in Longmont and often accepted rides to her church library or to a beauty salon.
But her trusting nature may have led to her murder on July 9, 1982. Her body was found in a stream in Big Elk Meadows near Estes Park with numerous stab wounds.
The senseless attack on a woman who apparently had no enemies left investigators scrambling to find a suspect. The name of an insurance salesman who owed Smith money came up.
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First-person shooter from Destineer. Players lead a four-man fire team of US Marines through the perils of modern urban combat in Beirut. Gamers can play through the campaign as either a single player or a co-op experience through the use of online, LAN, Xbox Live or split screen. In addition, gamers can go head-to-head in the fire team arena with as many as 8 players simultaneously competing. Close Combat: First to Fight utilizes authentic Marine urban military doctrine, tactics and assets to save lives, take down insurgents and restore order. With direction from the US Marine Corps and a beautiful new engine from Destineer, Close Combat: First to Fight is as close as you can get on a computer or Xbox to being a Marine fire team leader in modern urban combat.
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In the past three developer diaries, we covered how U.S. Marines, just back from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, helped make First to Fight realistic. In this diary, we discuss why and how Destineer created its own 3D engine for First to Fight. Read More »
In our first two developer diaries, we discussed the features of Close Combat: First to Fight that make it realistic. In this diary, we discuss specifically how the Marine Corps has participated in making First to Fight, as well as some of the changes active-duty Marines just back from combat in Iraq asked us to make in the game to make it more realistic. Read More »
There might be a perceived lack of many things on Xbox, but military-themed shooters don't fall into this category by any stretch. It is thus with bravery that First to Fight attempts to break into this well-populated category, much in the same manner that America's fearless, valiant warriors of justice perform their various operations throughout the world. Familiar as the path is (and arguably with the odds stacked just as highly in its favor, as our well trained and equipped armed forces), First to Fight seems to have something to it that, if it's implemented correctly, could just as well make it stick out. Read More »
Also known as: Close Combat: First to Fight -- United States Marines
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Release Date: April 5, 2005
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30208. Waiver. If before the expiration of the time prescribed in Section 30207 for the mailing of a notice of deficiency determination the taxpayer has consented in writing to the mailing of the notice after such time, the notice may be mailed at any time prior to the expiration of the period agreed upon. The period so agreed upon may be extended by subsequent agreements in writing made before the expiration of the period previously agreed upon.
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12 Tips for Less* Hate of Maven
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We're (stuck*) using maven on a project, and this means often the build doesn't act like you're expecting. Debugging requires knowledge about maven's capabilities and less documented features. Here are some tips, please add more in the comments.
- The
-Xflag shows debug logging, and tee it to a file which you then search for clues of what happened. This is great for verifying if a plugin actually ran, and what it did. Example:
mvn -X install | tee out.txt
mvn dependency:tree(show the transitive dependencies of your dependencies) [1]
-Dtest=MyJavaTest(just use the name of the class, no package necessary)
mvn help:system(show environmental variables and system properties) [2]
mvn help:active-profiles(show the active profiles to be run)
mvn help:all-profiles(show all profiles maven reads)
mvn help:effective-pom(show the logical pom.xml being used)
mvn help:effective-settings(show the logical settings.xml which is being used)
mvn help:describe -DgroupId=org.apache.maven.plugins -DartifactId=maven-resources-plugin -Ddetail(show details about a plugin's options)
-DskipTeststhis will skip running tests, but still compile it. or
-Dmaven.test.skip=truewhich will skip compilation and execution of tests (use with judgment, I believe in testing)
- If
-Xdoesn't show you the properties when you needed them, you can also use the ant-run plugin to echo a property value (does anyone else know a better way to do this in maven? Tell me what a property value is at the time of the plugin or goal executing?)
- Run your tests paused in debug mode, waiting for a debugger to attach to port 5005 with mvn -Dmaven.surefire.debug test [4]
- [1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/
- [2] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/
- [3] http://cvs.peopleware.be/training/maven/maven2/debuggingPom.html
- [4] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/debugging.html
- http://puredanger.com/tech/2009/02/25/maven-tips/
- Personal experience
*Note: Initially I disliked the confusion and long, slow learning curve with maven. After working 8 months with maven and my colleagues Lucas Ward and Paul Hammant, I'm feeling much more comfortable and am generally okay with it. For small open source work, where you want a project quickly, but don't want to spend a few hours with ant, I like it very much. For our large project, maven is fundamentally broken. Too much file copying is required, and manual intervention on a complex build is impossible, or extremely tedious. Running with our own build script we control could be dramatically more flexible.
On a mailing list Paul recently recommended a few other to consider:
Maven Dependency plugin
mvn dependency:tree
- shows me the transitive deps (say, "how the hell is MX4J being dragged into the build ?")
mvn dependency:analyze
- show me unused, but declared dependencies.
There's a ton of free capability to that plugin – http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/
An Atlassian dependency plugin
Atlassian wrote a plugin ( http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/FedEx+XI+-+Keeping+track+of+you+maven+dependencies ) that guards against undesired changing dependencies.
Maven Enforcer Plugin
A more intrusive way of guarding against deps that, say, should not make it into a war. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-enforcer-plugin/
What tips do you have? Please share them in the comments.
4 Responses to '12 Tips for Less* Hate of Maven'
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[...] previously wrote about useful debugging techniques with maven. Our maven builds have become complex, with Branch By Abstraction, and about 40 devs working [...]
"For small open source work, where you want a project quickly, but don't want to spend a few hours with ant, I like it very much. For our large project, maven is fundamentally broken."
IMHO, large projects, especially with multiple interdependent modules, is exactly where Maven excels. It's not necessarily simple, but it makes manageable, even possible, things which are a neverending swamp of config nightmare, or even just plain impossible, using Ant or similar systems.
Have you considered that you possibly don't "get" Maven ? It's a whole philosophy shift from Ant.
BTW: Your list of tips above is very useful indeed!


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Frank Gore provides balance in 49ers' win over Packers
- Gore ran for 75 of his 119 yards in the second half%2C providing balance for Colin Kaepernick
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SAN FRANCISCO — Despite all of Colin Kaepernick's exploits, the San Francisco 49ers led by just three points at the half Saturday, and felt they had not pounded out the tough inside yards that wear down opposing defenses.
So they put in a call to old-reliable Frank Gore.
The franchise rushing leader ran for 75 of his 119 yards and a touchdown in the second half, providing an offensive balance to Kaepernick's breakout game as the 49ers manhandled the Green Bay Packers 45-31 to reach the NFC Championship Game for the second year in a row.
Kaepernick's breath-taking performance, which included four touchdowns, 444 total yards and 181 yards on the ground – an NFL record for a quarterback – will deservedly get the lion's share of the attention.
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But whichever feathered opponent plays the 49ers for the right to go to the Super Bowl – the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks will vie for that chance Sunday – they better beware that Kaepernick's are not the only set of legs they'll have to mind.
"We wanted to be really balanced in the second half and really establish the line of scrimmage,'' offensive coordinator Greg Roman said of the halftime decision to get Gore more involved. "In the first half I felt like we did, but not to quite to the extent we wanted to.''
Enter Gore, who had not cracked the 100-yard mark or scored a touchdown in his two career postseason games.
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His 2-yard scamper in the waning seconds of the third quarter capped an eight-play, 93-yard drive that boosted San Francisco's lead to 38-24, and his 47 fourth-quarter yards got him over the century mark.
"I was really proud of him,'' tackle Joe Staley said. "I know he was frustrated, kind of shut out as far as 100-yard games go toward the end of the season. He's just happy to win, but this is the cherry on top.''
Gore finished the season with 1,214 yards, the second-highest total of his eight-year career, but only 461 of those came in the final seven games, after Kaepernick had taken over as the starting quarterback.
The read-option play that Kaepernick runs so well and accounted for a large chunk of his yardage does not give a tailback much time to find a hole, and Gore had not reached triple digits since Oct. 18.
"I was happy I got my number called,'' Gore said. "I'm a football player. I know how to adjust to whatever. If (the read-option) is the way we get W's, I'm with it. I just want to win.''
After starting the season 2-3, the Packers had won nine of their final 11 to go into the playoffs with such a head of steam, many considered them favorites to knock off the 49ers at Candlestick Park.
The Green Bay defense ranked 11th in the league in total defense and points allowed during the regular season, and it had held opponents to an average of 18.2 points as the Packers went 4-1 in December.
They also contained league rushing leader Adrian Peterson in a 24-10 victory in the first round of the playoffs, holding him to 99 yards on 22 carries.
The 49ers, however, found gaping holes in that defense all night, setting franchise postseason records with 579 total yards and 323 rushing yards. The latter total was a major factor in San Francisco dominating time of possession by nearly a 2-1 margin – 38:01-21:59 – which kept hot quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the bench cooling his heels most of the night.
He had only 156 yards passing through three quarters and did not throw his second touchdown pass until late in the fourth quarter, by which point the game was well out of hand.
"It's very helpful, especially when we were able to get the running game going, milk that clock and get first downs and put points on the board,'' 49ers safety Donte Whitner said of keeping Rodgers off the field.
The 49ers also got 21 rushing yards from backup running back LaMichael James and a late touchdown from fullback Anthony Dixon.
More important, though, they had the Packers flummoxed with the read-option, which figures to be a significant part of their game plan in the conference title game next Sunday.
"The offense we have creates a lot of confusion with a quarterback who can run as fast as he can and possibly throw the ball downfield with the accuracy that he can,'' Staley said. "We want to move the chains any way we can, but it's great to move them with the run game because it sets up the passing game and keeps things open.''


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Freedom Forum Institute > News & Commentary > Inside the First Amendment > Why claims of conscience matter
Lest we forget, our Framers put religious liberty, or freedom of conscience, first on the list of fundamental rights protected by the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …"
Why first? In his famous "Memorial and Remonstrance," James Madison put it this way:
"The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right."
But today, 220 years after the ratification of the Bill of Rights, claims of conscience seeking religious exemptions from government laws and regulations are frequently the last to be heard (if they are heard at all) in debates over public policy.
Has our "first freedom" become an afterthought — or, worse yet, an annoyance?
Consider the current battle over whether religiously affiliated institutions must provide coverage for contraception in their health-insurance plans. In the initial federal regulations, nothing was done to address the inevitable conflicts that would arise by mandating that religiously affiliated institutions do what they cannot do as a matter of conscience.
Only after a political firestorm greeted the rules did the Obama administration scramble to provide an accommodation for claims of conscience. (Seven states and various religious groups are still challenging the modified regulations in court, arguing they don't go far enough to protect religious liberty.)
Or consider the long-running fight in Washington state over whether to require pharmacists and pharmacies to dispense Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, even when doing so violates their religious convictions.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton blocked implementation of regulations promulgated by the Washington State Pharmacy Board, pointing out that "the rules exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from stocking and delivering lawfully prescribed drugs for an almost unlimited variety of secular reasons, but fail to provide exemptions for reasons of conscience."
Not to be deterred, the state is challenging the decision — and is given a good chance of prevailing in the court of appeals.
By criticizing the unwillingness of many in government to take religious conscience seriously, I am not arguing that religious claims should always trump other important societal interests. When religiously motivated parents, for example, refuse medical care for their gravely ill child, the courts have rightly ruled that the state has a compelling interest in ordering treatment.
But whatever the outcome, the government has a responsibility under the First Amendment to take claims of conscience seriously when laws place a substantial burden on religious practice.
This isn't special pleading for protecting Christian conscience (the focus in these health-care debates). In 2006, I applauded when the airport authority in Minneapolis attempted to work out an accommodation for some Muslim taxi drivers who couldn't as a matter of conscience pick up passengers carrying alcohol. Unfortunately, public backlash against the accommodation caused the airport authority to drop it.
Of course, finding ways to accommodate religious conscience is a balancing act between competing interests — and accommodation isn't always feasible. But if arriving airline passengers are easily able to get another cab, or if female employees are offered alternative coverage for contraception, or if pharmacy customers have easy access to a nearby store or another pharmacist, then government can and should find a way to provide the service while simultaneously upholding religious liberty.
Religious liberty is less about the freedom to do what one wants or enjoys — and more about the freedom to do what one must do according to the dictates of conscience. To our credit, American history is replete with examples of protecting the right of people to follow their conscience, from exemptions from combat for conscientious objectors to exemptions from the flag salute for schoolchildren.
Does it take work? Yes. Is it messy? Yes.
But doing whatever it takes to uphold religious liberty is what makes America, on our best days, a haven for the cause of conscience.


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Online talent communities replace job boards
Zappos opened a new era in recruiting late last month when it announced it would no longer post job openings on its own website or external job boards and instead rely on an online talent community to find employees.
A person interested in working for the online retailer must come to Zappos' new careers portal, sign up to become a Zappos Insider and upload a resume or LinkedIn profile. That will open a two-way communication between the person and the company that one day could lead to a job.
Zappos describes Insider as a "special membership for people who want to stay in touch with us, learn more about our fun, zany culture, know what's happening at our company, get special insider perspectives and receive team-specific updates about the group that you'd like to join."
Job prospects can stand out by asking Zappos employees in their social or professional network for a referral, submitting video resumes or following Zappos recruiters on Twitter.
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The program is designed to eliminate the huge waste of time that online job postings have become and find a better way of reaching those passive candidates, who are not actively seeking a job but would take one if the right offer came along.
The Insider portal is powered by Ascendify of San Francisco, which makes cloud software that helps companies "leverage social technologies" to acquire talent, says Matt Hendrickson, Ascendify's chief executive officer. The 2-year-old company has almost 20 other clients including GE Software, Teach for America, Huddle and Deloitte.
The program has been described as a social network, but Zappos says that's a misnomer. "The goal is not for insiders to get to know each other, it's for us to get to know them and them to get to know us," says Mike Bailen, Zappos senior human resources manager.
Although the industry term for what Ascendify provides is a talent community, Hendrickson has also described it as a "private social network" that employees can place on their career site and control.
It works like this: People join the community with their LinkedIn or Facebook profile or by uploading a resume. Ascendify creates an online persona, similar to a profile page.
People who join can see recruiters' profile pages and send them short, 300-character messages, which recruiters can respond to quickly. They also can view the profiles of hand-picked employees.
Candidates can see if they are connected to current employees through Facebook or LinkedIn and if so, ask for a referral. Employees can see who in their LinkedIn or Facebook network has joined the talent community and post comments about them that are visible only to recruiters.
No more job boards
Although it's possible, none of Ascendify's clients post their entire employee directories in the talent community, nor do they let candidates communicate with each other.
Zappos is the only Ascendify client that has turned off job postings entirely, although it will use highly targeted marketing for hard-to-fill positions.
Others could follow Zappos' lead.
"It's an acknowledgment that in today's market, the job board is just not useful anymore," says Kris Stadelman, director of the Nova Workforce Investment Board in Sunnyvale. "It's generally speaking, a black hole" that creates a "negative relationship" with companies.
Job postings were created mainly to help companies comply with employment laws. Applicants who happen to see an opening during the few weeks it is posted might spend 45 minutes filling out an online application, which goes into a computerized tracking system. If the applicant gets any response, it will likely be a computerized rejection.
Zappos has said it received applications from more than 31,000 people last year and hired just 1.5 percent of them. That means it had to reject 30,000 people - including current or potential customers.
Reducing turnover
With a talent community, people - even the happily employed - can sign up in a few minutes. If, at some point, a job opens up that might be a fit, recruiters can contact them, sparing the need to reject thousands of unqualified people.
Amber Grewal, head of talent acquisition of GE Software in San Ramon, says Ascendify helps her compete for sought-after talent such as mobile developers and user-interface designers, because it's new and high-tech and lets her develop a relationship with prospects. It also works on mobile devices. "If I go to a meet-up, I can have my phone or iPad" and quickly sign up people for the company's talent community.
Tom Spengler, chief executive officer of Granicus of San Francisco, a cloud platform for government, says his firm has cut way back on the use of recruiters (saving about $20,000 per position) since it started using Ascendify about a year ago. It has also reduced job postings on sites such as Monster.com and Dice, but still uses Craigslist for entry-level jobs.
It has also reduced turnover. "We are doing a great job of finding people that fit into the culture," he says.
Will Granicus ever eliminate job postings? "I don't know," Spengler says. "It would be great if we could. It's expensive."
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TiVo chief downunder ejects to the US
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The struggling Australian operation of TiVo, operated by Hybrid TV Services, has quietly lost its founding CEO Robbee Minicola, who has moved to a board position with the company and returned to her native USA.
The company has yet to issue an official announcement regarding the executive changes, however Minicola confirmed her departure via Twitter on September 7. "Haven't really 'left' - I am now on the Board and our CMO is now the GM ANZ for the biz. So still connected!"
Hybrid TV chief marketing officer Tim Boys has taken her role as CEO of Hybrid TV Australia and New Zealand which is the Australasian licensee of TiVo and owned by Seven West Media and TVNZ. Telecom New Zealand is its major ISP partner in New Zealand.
Prior to joining Hybrid Television Services, Boys was an account director at Euro RSCG on the Sony Australia business and was also a marketing communications executive at Panasonic Australia.
Minicola, a seasoned digital executive, joined Hybrid TV in late 2008 to launch the TiVo service. It is understood that her contact had ended. "Ready for the next challenge – living stateside now after working abroad for the past 27 years!" she also tweeted.
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NEW YORK — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the Iraqi Parliament should replace embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki with a "less divisive and more unifying figure" to reconcile political and religious factions.
Clinton, the 2008 Democratic presidential front-runner, made her comments the same day President Bush reaffirmed his support for al-Maliki before a veterans' convention in Kansas City, Mo.
In a statement released by her Senate office, Clinton echoed a call by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin for Iraq's Parliament to oust al-Maliki in favor of a leader who could restore order to Iraq's unity government.
"During his trip to Iraq last week, Senator Levin ... confirmed that the Iraqi government is nonfunctional and cannot produce a political settlement because it is too beholden to religious and sectarian leaders," Clinton said. "I share Senator Levin's hope that the Iraqi Parliament will replace Prime Minister Maliki with a less divisive and more unifying figure when it returns in a few weeks."
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House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
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Clinton voted in 2002 to authorize military action in Iraq and has since become a staunch critic of the conflict. She traveled to Iraq just before beginning her presidential campaign in January and expressed reservations about al-Maliki's leadership upon her return.
In a speech before the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, Bush reiterated support for al-Maliki a day after expressing frustration with the Iraqi leader's inability to bridge political divisions in his country.
"I support him," Bush said. "It's not up to the politicians in Washington, D.C., to say whether he will remain in his position. It is up to the Iraqi people who now live in a democracy and not a dictatorship."
Clinton was criticized by some of her Democratic rivals Monday after she told the VFW that new military tactics including a troop increase in Iraq's Anbar province appeared to be working.
In her statement Wednesday, she said the U.S. military had performed "magnificently" in Iraq but Iraq's divisions require a political solution.
"Our best hope of fostering political progress in Iraq is to begin the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops," she said.
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Conditioning for a Big Season
COLUMBIA -- Power, strength, and agility. All three are key elements to a basketball player's arsenal, but those attributes aren't just given.
These three elements are the goals of Mizzou Strength and Conditioning Coach Todor Pandov, "we train movements. We train movements, we don't train isolating muscles, and we don't get caught up in the numbers as much as some other programs do. Because it's not a true test of how strong somebody is."
He may not be drawing plays in the huddle, but what he draws up off the court is what prepares his players for the demand of a college basketball season, "their workouts are really individualized. So some guys need more flexibility, some guys need to get stronger, some guys need to lose weight. So everybody's workout is very different," Pandov said.
Pandov separates the team into small groups so he can individualize, but it's clear it's the entire team that excites him, "we got great guys, we got great guys, great chemistry. We got unbelievable athletes and I'm just so glad to be a part of such a great group of guys. Because it's a lot of fun training those guys. When you see Keion getting up and dunking that ball, it's just fun to train athletes."
Pandov enjoys working with his players, but do the players enjoy him? "One word to describe Coach Pandov? I'd have to say diverse because of what I just explained to you, you know he's intense but laid back at the same time," senior guard Keion Bell replied.
Junior guard Phil Pressey feels that Pandov is enthusiastic, "I want to say enthusiastic because he's always like always on his game. Always, always amped up, always trying to get us going."
As one of Mizzou basketball's most anticipated seasons is just a hop, skip, and a jump away, it's workouts like these that push the team towards the end goal.
"Championships. Winning championships, that's always the main goal. Obviously the most prepared person wins. The more, the harder work you put in here, it's going to put you in a better position to get out there and play better," Pandov concluded.


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Anchor Grants aid truly needy members of Delta Gamma, including members who find themselves in financial distress, emergency or crisis through aging, medical or other severe personal or family problems. A written financial statement and statement as to the reasons for need will be obtained from each applicant prior to any financial help being instituted. Three letters of reference must also be submitted to the Anchor Grant Committee. Two of the letters must be from Delta Gamma alumnae and one must be from an individual such as a doctor or member of the clergy who is knowledgeable about the member's needs and reason for applying. All letters must be signed, dated and include the current phone number and address of the writer.
To apply for an Anchor Grant, you must be an initiated Delta Gamma member and in good standing with the Fraternity. Anchor Grants cannot be used to pay sorority dues or study abroad. If you are a collegiate member of Delta Gamma and would like to apply for financial assistance or learn more visit Anchor Grants. For questions, contact Kathleen Kirby at email@example.com or call 1.800.644.5414.
Golden Anchor Program
The purpose of the Golden Anchor Program is to assist Delta Gamma senior citizens, as well as other senior citizens who reside in health care facilities throughout the United States and Canada, by bringing joy to their lives in the way of personal interaction and the bonds of friendship. This program is an option for collegians and alumnae alike.
How might the Golden Anchor Program fit into your programming? It can be used for service hours needed by collegians. This is a group commitment where members would only need to participate once a semester as a collegian or a few times a year as an alumna. The Golden Anchor Program is compatible with the mission of the Foundation, sight preservation and aid to the blind. The program is funded by the Foundation.
Log in to myDG and go to the Volunteer In Box to learn more about this worthwhile and rewarding program.


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Summer page with an image gallery (and links) to all of my favorite Summer posts and products.
Here is a snapshot of the Summer Galleries page. As you can see, there are links to each recipe category - Summer Desserts, Summer Salads, Summer Appetizers, etc. Anytime you need some inspiration, just start browsing!
You can also find links to these galleries and recipe indexes on the right side of the page - all of the thumbnails on the bottom right.
Here is a snapshot of what each gallery looks like - this is the Summer Appetizers page. As you can see, it has an image/link gallery of all of my summer appetizer recipes from years past. I loved going through and finding the recipes again - many favorites that even I forgot about.
Another big improvement is my new Email Newsletter system. I've upgraded it to a prettier format, with personalized messaging. Click on My Email Newsletter to add your email address to my receive regular emails with whats new on the blog.
I'm also working on indexing all of my recipes from the last 6 years. Gulp. It might take me a couple more weeks, but it will be another great improvement.
All of these changes have been made from your suggestions. Thanks so much for continuing to encourage me to improve my site and services. Happy Summer to you - naptime is officially over and Emma and I are off to the pool : )


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At the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, students enrolled in the course Social Media Optimization & the New Web learn and become "experts" on web applications such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. They stay up-to-date on the latest trends on the Internet by reading and thinking critically about the industry and reporting on the changes that are occurring.
An interesting part of the class is that students get to Skype with several industry leaders:
Craig Newmark – founder of Craigslist
David Meerman Scott – author of the New Rules of Marketing & PR
Guy Kawasaki – author of The Art of the Start
Zadi Diaz – host of Epic Fu
John Batelle – founder of Wired
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Churidar trousers are included with this Kurta. Alternatively this Kurta can also be worn with traditional Shalwar or Jeans.
The Kurta size will be 6 inches larger on the chest to allow for fitting. This is because Kurtas are meant to be worn with a loose fitted look. Please refer to our size chart for details.
All Sherwani King products come with Free Delivery as standard. More Delivery options will be available at checkout. Alternatively, you can choose to collect this item from one of our global Showrooms.
Sherwani King a simple and hassle-free returns policy. Just send your items back within 14 days for a full refund if you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase.
As most Sherwanis are straight cut long length, the most important measurement required for fitting is the Chest Size. Sherwani King uses Standard UK sizing identical to all Major Suit retailers in the UK.
All our Sherwanis fit the specified Chest Size providing a Tailored fit for all gentleman with a height of 5ft 7in to 6ft 2in (170cm to 188cm). If your height is outside this range then we can make adjustments accordingly. Additional charges may apply.
I am in between Sizes?
All chest sizes are good for a fit up or down by one inch. For example, a Size 40 Sherwani will provide a tailored fit for men with chest sizes 39, 40 and 41.
Does My Sherwani come with Trousers?
As standard we provide a Churidar or Open Trouser in a matching or contrasting colour unless stated otherwise. These are universal Sizing and can be adjusted to fit any waist up to 50 inches. If you would like a specific colour of trouser then please add to your order notes and we will send out your requested colour as an alternative (subject to availability)
For most Reception Style Sherwanis we provide a straight cut trouser to compliment the shorter length. In such instances, a universal size trouser will also be sent out as a back up, providing more flexible styling options.
What Accessories will I Need?
We offer a range of Shoes, Scarves and Turbans to compliment your Sherwani. Depending on what your desired look is, you can choose contrasting accessories to compliment your style. We recommend a pair of Mojri-Khussa Shoes as a minimum to complete the look.
What are the exact dimension of My Sherwani: If you would like to know the exact measurements of any Sherwani please Contact Sherwani King to find out more. As standard, the above tables provide a guideline to the exact dimensions, depending on style:


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Website and Blog
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This website and blog are for those interested in the American Revolution. We are focused on a specific event: the June 1776 fight at Breach Inlet during the Battle of Sullivan's Island near Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina. We seek to understand this nearly-forgotten battle and share the history with the public.
I hope you will explore the site and offer constructive feedback and suggestions. Click on maps or other images to enlarge them for greater detail.
Every page except this Home page is interactive. Simply write what you think in the Reply or Comment section at the bottom of any other page. The first time you post a comment, you will be asked to enter a name of your choice (which others will see) and your email address (which others will not see).
This site presents a summary of the history and describes a small, public park at the site of the battle. To see remarks and photos from the 2011 dedication, reception, and exhibits, visit the Dedication section of this website, https://thomsonpark.wordpress.com/dedication. Text from the 2012 Carolina Day address about the Battle of Sullivan's Island may be found here Carolina Day Remarks.
The park was completed in 2012 with a final exhibit installed by our professional partners at The History Workshop, a division of Brockington and Associates.
Donations help maintain and enhance the privately-funded park. If you are interested in contributing, please call or email me or send a check to the Fort Sumter – Fort Moultrie Historical Trust, 40 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Be sure to designate your gift for Thomson Park. The Trust is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that extends the reach of the National Park Service with programs and projects like Thomson Park that help preserve, protect, and utilize these historic sites for the common good.
Thanks for your interest. I hope you enjoy learning about the Battle at the Breach.
Doug MacIntyre dougmac1776 on the blog firstname.lastname@example.com 843-860-9173


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It's the time of year where we all give thanks, and among many other things, we here at Lifehacker are thankful for all the free apps out there that improve our lives (and the developers that make them!). Here are 50 of our favorites.
Every year we ask you which free apps you're most thankful for, and every year you offer a ton of suggestions both classic and new. Here, we've taken your votes (and added a few of our own) and ranked our 50 apps using those votes as a (rough) guide. So without further ado, here are 50 free apps for your downloading feast. (Be sure to check out the original thread
What Free Apps Are You Most Thankful For This Year?
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1. Feedly
Category: News Readers
See also: The Best Extensions and User Scripts to Power Up Feedly, The Best New Features Feedly Has Added for Google Reader Switchers, Five Best Google Reader Alternatives, and more Feedly coverage Alternatives: The Old Reader, Tiny Tiny RSS
2. Google Maps and Waze
Category: Maps
See also: The Best Extensions to Make Google Maps Even More Awesome, The Best Ways to Use Google's New(ish) My Maps Tool, How to Set Up the Ultimate Personal Google Maps, Make your GPS App Give You Better Directions, Wean Yourself Off Your GPS Dependency, Waze Helps You Find the Nearest Gas Station and Avoid Road Closures, and more maps coverage
3. Dropbox
Category: Cloud Storage
See also: The Cheapskate's Guide to Getting Free Dropbox Space, How to Get 8GB+ Extra Dropbox Space for Free with Google AdWords, Seven Downloads and Extensions to Make Dropbox Even More Awesome, Top 10 Clever Uses for Dropbox, How to Supercharge Your Dropbox with Wappwolf, The Start-to-Finish Guide to Securing Your Cloud Storage, and more Dropbox coverage
4. Google Chrome
Category: Web Browsers
See also: The Always Up-to-Date Power User's Guide to Chrome, The Best Packaged Apps for Chrome, The Best Chrome Apps You're (Probably) Not Using, The Secret Powers of Chrome's Address Bar, Speed Up Chrome for Android with this Settings Tweak, Lifehacker Pack for Chrome, and more Chrome coverage
5. Firefox
Category: Web Browsers
See also: The Always Up-to-Date Power User's Guide to Firefox, The Best About:Config Tweaks for Making Firefox Better, Lifehacker Pack for Firefox, Speed Up Firefox By Enabling Its New HTTP Cache, and more Firefox coverage
5. Gmail
Category: Email
See also: How to Master Gmail with These Tips, Shortcuts, and Add-Ons, Top 10 Clever Tricks Built Right Into Gmail, Fix Gmail's Newest Annoyances with These Userstyles and Userscripts, Everything You Need to Know About Gmail's New, Super-Confusing Layout, How to Use Inbox by Gmail for More Productive Email, and more Gmail coverage
6. Evernote
Category: Notes
See also: I've Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here's Why It's Actually Amazing, What's All the Fuss About Evernote? Should I Be Using It?, The Best Evernote Apps for Organizing Even More of Your Life, The Handiest Evernote Notes to Keep Filed Away, Note Taking Styles Compared: Evernote vs Plain Text vs Pen and Paper, and more Evernote coverage
Alternatives: OneNote vs Evernote, Springpad vs Evernote, Simplenote
7. Pocket
Category: Reading
See also: The Best Way to Save All the Useful Articles You Come Across Online, How to Use Pocket Like a Pro to Save Everything from the Web, and more Pocket Coverage
Alternatives: Instapaper and Readability
8. Plex
Category: Media Centers
See also: How to Stream Your Media Anywhere with Plex, Plex vs XBMC, RasPlex Puts Plex on the Raspberry Pi, Create a Home Server with Plex, and more Plex coverage
9. Google Keep
Category: Notes
See also: Not Just Another Notes App: Why You Should Use Google Keep, Google Keep Adds Reminders So You'll Never Forget to Act on Your Notes, and more Google Keep coverage
10. Pushbullet
Category: Notifications
See also: How to Use Pushbullet to Get Notified of Anything on Any Device, Send Text Messages from Your Computer with Pushbullet, and more Pushbullet coverage
11. Skype
Category: VoIP
See also: Get Better Quality Video Chat, Disable Skype's Ads, The Five Best Webcams, Phone-ify Your Computer for Considerably Improved At-Home Calls and Texts, and more Skype coverage Alternatives: Five Best Mobile VoIP Apps
12. Spotify
Category: Music Streaming
See also: The Best Spotify Tips and Tricks You're Probably Not Using, Why Spotify Apps Are Actually Pretty Useful, How to Automatically Mute Ads on Spotify, How to Stop Spotify from Posting Every Song You Listen to on Facebook, Spotify Offers 50% Discount Off Premium Subscriptions to Students, and more Spotify coverage
13. Google Drive
Category: Cloud Storage/Office Suites
See also: 8 Extensions That Make Google Drive More Powerful than Dropbox, How to Stream Your Media Anywhere with Dropbox and Google Drive, How to Make Google Drive Work Like a Desktop Suite, Access Most Google Drive Commands with One Keyboard Shortcut, Four Skills That Will Turn You Into a Spreadsheet Ninja, and more Google Drive coverage
14. Google Calendar
Category: Calendars
See also: The Coolest Things You Can Add to Google Calendar, Manage Your Money with Google Calendar, How to Use Google Calendar as a Project Management Tool, 8 Great Experimental Features to Enable in Google Calendar's Labs, and more Google Calendar coverage
15. Google Play Music
Category: Music Streaming
See also: How to Make Google Music Your Secondary Media Player (and Why You Should), Google Turns YouTube into a Streaming Music Player with Music Key, Google Music All Access: Should It Be Your New Streaming Service?, Cloud Music Comparison: What's the Best Service for Streaming Your Library Everywhere?, Music Plus Makes Google Music Awesome, and more Google Play Music coverage
16. Google Now
Category: Personal Assistant
See also: Everything You Didn't Know You Could Do with Google's Voice Commands, Top 10 Awesome Features of Google Now, How to Train Google Now to Give You Better Suggestions, Learn Over 60 Google Now Commands with This Infographic, Speed Up Google Now with This Simple Tweak, and more Google Now coverage
17. Swiftkey
Category: Keyboards
See also: How to Improve Your Predictive Keyboard, SwiftKey Adds Custom Keyboards You Can Resize and Move, Improve Your Typing with SwiftKey's Heat Map, and more SwiftKey coverage Alternatives: Five Best Android Keyboards and iOS Keyboards
18. Wunderlist
Category: To-Do Lists
See also: Wunderlist Is a Simple, Elegant, and Free To-Do App that Synchronizes Across Your Machines, Back to Basics: How to Simplify Your To-Do List and Make It Useful Again, How to Fix the Recent Syncing Issues in Wunderlist, and more Wunderlist coverage
19. Pandora
Category: Music Streaming
See also: How to Discover New Music in the Post-MP3 Age, Five Best Internet Radio Services, and more Pandora coverage
20. Google Hangouts
Category: Messaging/Video Chat
See also: Five Google Hangouts You Can Join to Learn Something New (or Have Fun), 15 Free Google Helpouts to Get Expert Tips for Your Everyday Problems, Google Hangouts Adds SMS Support, Location Sharing, and GIFs, and more Hangouts coverage
21. LastPass
Category: Password Managers
See also: The Intermediate Guide to Mastering Passwords with LastPass, Is LastPass Truly Secure, How to Build a (Nearly) Hack-Proof Password System with LastPass and a Thumb Drive How to Automatically Fill in Repetitive Web Forms (and Avoid Tons of Tedious Typing), LastPass Updates with a New Design, Shared Passwords, and More, and more LastPass coverage
Category: Media Centers
See also: Create a Kickass, Seamless, Play-Anything Media Center: The Complete Guide, How I Built the Media Center of My Dreams for Under $500, Turn a Raspberry Pi Into an XBMC-Based Media Center, How to Make XBMC Easier to Use (Especially for Non-Geeks), XBMC vs Plex, Top 10 Ways to Power Up Your Home Theater PC, and more XBMC coverage
Category: Media Players
See also: The Best Hidden Features of VLC, Master Your Digital Media with VLC, Set a Video as Your Wallpaper with VLC, How to Fix Movies that Are Really Quiet, then REALLY LOUD, and more VLC coverage
Alternatives: PotPlayer
24. Mint.com
Category: Personal Finance
See also: How to Create (and Stick to) a Realistic Budget with Mint, Is Mint Ready for Your Money?, Four Ways Mint Can Make Your Tax Season Easier, and more Mint coverage
Category: Automation
See also: How to Supercharge Your Favorite Services with IFTTT, How to Post to Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ at the Same Time with IFTTT, All the New Stuff in IFTTT for iOS and Android, and What You Can Do with Them, Make Your iOS Notifications Smarter, The Best Uses for IFTTT's Location and Feed Channels, and more IFTTT coverage
26. Authy
Category: Security
See also: Here's Everywhere You Should Enable Two-Factor Authentication Right Now, Authy is a PIN-Protected Manager For Your Two-Factor Authentications, Authy Brings Two-Factor Authentication to Your PC, No Need for a Phone, The Best Two-Factor Authentication App for Android and iPhone, and more Authy coverage
27. Google Voice
Category: Communication
See also: The Most Helpful Ways to Use Google Voice that You're Not Using, Top 10 Clever Google Voice Tricks, How to Improve Your Google Voice Experience on the iPhone, Get the Most Out of Google Voice on Your Non-Smartphone, How to Port Your Number to Google Voice Without Paying an Arm and a Leg, and more Google Voice coverage
28. TeamViewer
Category: Remote Access
See also: Use Your Home Computer from Anywhere: A Comprehensive Guide to Remote Controlling Your PC, How to Get the Best Experience from TeamViewer, How Do I Troubleshoot My Parents' PC Remotely? and more TeamViewer coverage
29. Avast! Free Antivirus
Category: Antivirus
See also: The Best Antivirus App for Windows, How to Disable Avast's Annoying Sounds and Popups, The Difference Between Antivirus and Anti-Malware, Why You Should Use Antivirus Even If You Browse Carefully, and more Avast coveage Alternatives: Five Best Antivirus Programs
30. Any.DO
Category: To-Do Lists
See also: Five Best To-Do List Managers, The Coolest "Extra" Features in Any.DO, and more Any.DO coverage
31. Ubuntu (and other Linux Distros)
Category: Operating System
See also: Getting Started with Linux: The Complete Guide, How to Find the Perfect Linux Distribution for You, Five Best Linux Distributions, Build a Killer Customized Arch Linux Installation (and Learn All About Linux in the Process), Ubuntu vs. Mint: Which Linux Distro Is Better for Beginners?, Turn an Old Computer into a Networked Backup, Streaming, or Torrenting Machine with Ubuntu, and more Linux coverage
32. MusicBee
Category: Music Players
See also: The Best Music Player for Windows, Five Best Desktop Music Players, Top 10 Underhyped Windows Apps, Music Player Showdown: Which Desktop Player Is Best for Syncing to Android?, and more MusicBee coverage
33. uTorrent
Category: BitTorrent Client
See also: How to Completely Anonymize Your BitTorrent Traffic with a Proxy, How to Disable Ads in uTorrent, How to Monitor Your BitTorrent Downloads from Any Computer or Mobile Device, How Do I Torrent Safely Now That Demonoid Is Down?, How to Add Automatic Virus Scanning, Video Conversion, and Remote Downloading to uTorrent for Free, and more uTorrent coverage
Alternative: Transmission
34. CCleaner
Category: Utilities
See also: The Maintenance You Need to Do on a Windows PC, Run CCleaner on a Schedule to Keep Your PC Crap-Free, CCleaner Enhancer Makes CCleaner Even Better, Now Cleans 270 New Apps, and more CCleaner coverage
35. HandBrake
Category: Video Conversion
See also: How to Rip a DVD to Your Computer, The Hassle-Free Guide to Ripping Your Blu-Ray Collection, Calculate the Perfect HandBrake Video Encoding Settings for Your Device, and more Handbrake coverage
36. VirtualBox
Category: Virtualization
See also: The Power User's Guide to Better Virtual Machines in VirtualBox, The Beginner's Guide to Creating Virtual Machines with VirtualBox, Should I Run a Second Operating System in a Virtual Machine or Dual Boot?, How to Run Mac OS X Inside Windows Using VirtualBox, and more VirtualBox coverage
37. CyanogenMod
Category: Android ROMs
See also: Everything You Need to Know About Rooting your Android Phone, How to Flash a ROM to Your Android Phone, Are ROMs Really Necessary on a Nexus?, Android ROMs vs Xposed, CyanogenMod Unveils New User Accounts for Remote Find and Wipe, and more CyanogenMod coverage Alternatives: Five Best Android ROMs
38. F.lux
Category: Utilities
See also: Flux Changes Your Screen Brightness by Time of Day, Make Your Computer and More Friendly to Use at Night, Prevent Eyestrain at Your Computer, and more Flux coverage
Category: Image Editing
See also: Top 10 Photoshop Tricks You Can Use Without Buying Photoshop, How to Make GIMP Work More Like Photoshop, Build Your Own Adobe Creative Suite with Free and Cheap Software, Is GIMP better than Photoshop?, and more GIMP coverage
Alternatives: Five Best Photoshop Alternatives
40. LibreOffice
Category: Office Suite
See also: Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared, LibreOffice 4.0 Adds Better Collaboration and Text Comments, Plus a Ton More, Four Skills That Will Turn You Into a Spreadsheet Ninja, and more LibreOffice coverage
41. Thunderbird
Category: Email
See also: The Best Plugins to Supercharge Thunderbird, What Desktop Email Clients Still Do Better than Webmail, How to Sync Your Desktop Email Client (Outlook or Thunderbird) Across Multiple Computers, Thunderbird to Slow Down Development, Focus on "Security and Stability" Only, and more Thunderbird coverage
42. Picasa
Category: Photo Manager
See also: How to Upload and Share Photos on Flickr, Picasa, or Facebook, Picasa 3.5 Organizes Your Photos with Facial Recognition, Picasa Now Offering Virtually Unlimited Photo Storage, Brings Google+ Tagging, and more Picasa coverage
43. Twitter
Category: Social Networking
See also: Top 10 Uses for Twitter (That Aren't Self-Indulgent), How to Fix Twitter's Biggest Annoyances, How to Mute Retweets from Any User on Twitter, Navigate the New Twitter Like a Pro with Keyboard Shortcuts, Why's Everybody So Pissed About Twitter, and Should I Care?, How to Deal with Your Biggest Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ Annoyances, and more Twitter coverage
44. AutoHotkey
Category: Utilities
See also: Turn Any Action into a Keyboard Shortcut, The Best Time-Saving AutoHotkey Tricks You Should Be Using, Show Us Your Best AutoHotkey Script, and more AutoHotkey coverage
45. Launchy
Category: Utilities
See also: Why You Should Be Using an App Launcher (and How to make It Do More Than Launch Apps), The Best Application Launcher for Windows, and more Launchy coverage
46. Quicksilver
Category: Utilities
See also: Hack Attack: A beginner's guide to Quicksilver, Top 10 Quicksilver Plug-ins, Turn Any Action Into a Keyboard Shortcut on Your Mac, and more Quicksilver coverage
Alternatives: Alfred
47. Mailbox
Category: Email
See also: Malbox Is the Best Gmail Client We've Seen for iOS, Get 1GB of Free Dropbox Space with Mailbox, and more Mailbox coverage
48. Titanium Backup
Category: Utilities
See also: How to Set Up a Fully Automated App and Settings Backup on Android, How to Upgrade to a New Android Phone and Take Everything with You, and How to Speed Up Your Old or Sluggish Android Device
49. Notepad++
Category: Text Editors
See also: How to Get More Plus Out of Notepad++, The Best Programming Text Editor for Windows, Make Notepad++ an Even Better Editing App with Powerful Plug-Ins, and more Notepad++ coverage Alternatives: Five Best Text Editors
50. 7-Zip
Category: File Compression
See also: What's the Best Way to Compress a Bunch of Files? and From Saucy Pics to Passwords: How to Share Sensitive Information Over the Internet
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Tremonton City Corporation
Planning Commission
December 22, 2015
Meeting to be held at
102 South Tremont Street
5:30 p.m.
Persons with disabilities needing special assistance to
participate in this meeting should contact
Linsey Nessen no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Notice was posted December 21, 2015, a date not less than 24 hours prior to the date and time of the meeting and remained so posted until after said meeting. A copy of the agenda was delivered to the Leader (Newspaper) on December 21, 2015.
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Linsey Nessen, Deputy Recorder
*Utah Code 52-4-202, (6) allows for a topic to be raised by the public and discussed by the public body even though it was not included in the agenda or advance public notice given; however, no final action will be taken.


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We've built a super-fast outdoor wireless network across the North West and we're looking for other areas to expand our network.
We'll work with local resident's and councils to enable your area too. Unlike BT & Virgin, we don't use cables, we prefer wireless technology as it enables us to go where others can't.
ADSL & Fibre (FTTC) services connected to our super-fast UK network
There are many UK companies now providing Internet Services, some combined with your telephone line & TV package. Here at Vispa, we have over 10 years of experience in providing high quality Internet services.
We have a UK based network which is quite simply unrivalled by many of our competitors. When compared to large corporate companies such as Sky, Orange and TalkTalk we out-perform not only on quality of service but more importantly customer support.
Vispa clearly understands that everyone's needs from the Internet are different and subsequently offer a range of flexible packages to meet those individual needs.
We are committed to bringing you only the very best in Internet Services in a friendly yet efficient manner.
We offer you so many more features as part of our standard packages such as static IP addresses, VoIP lines & cloud hosting.
Vispa wants all of our clients to share in the Vispa Community and bring everyone into contact with one another. We hope you will all interact with each other and enjoy the whole Vispa Experience.