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Google translation of Jorge Ebro @ El Nuevo Herald:
A star in the field and a gentleman in life, the White Sox were convinced they could not part with Alexei Ramirez and so tied to their destination for four years and $ 32.5 million. This new agreement makes the Cuban player with the biggest contract of all those who came to the majors after playing several seasons in the National Series. Ramirez's new contract includes a club option for a fifth season for $ 10 million, to become valid, ensure as Cuban-experienced player in baseball on the island, with the highest paid contract in history.
If Alexei's new contract replaces this year's $2.75 option, then it covers this year, the two arbitration years (2012 & 2013), and one year of Free Agency (2014). If the new contract starts next year, then it covers the two arbitration years (2012 & 2013), and two years of Free Agency (2014 & 2015).
UPDATE: Dave van Dyck says the new contract starts with this year. So, if D.V. Dyck is correct, the contract covers this year, two arbitration years (2012 & 2013), and one year of Free Agency (2014).
UPDATE #2: Brent Ballantini tweets that the $10 million option is for 2016. That would mean the new contract starts next year. If Ballantini is correct, the contract covers two arbitration years (2012 & 2013), and two years of Free Agency (2014 & 2015). Ballantini, also, reminds us that Alexei's value over his first 3 years with the Sox was $29.6 million; $15.2 million in 2010 alone (Fangraphs).
UPDATE #3: Gregor @ DH says the contract starts next year:
NEW: A source Monday night told me the extension doesn't kick in until 2012, which is good news for the Sox. And while details on the new deal are still being ironed out, Ramirez is going to make $2.75 million this season.


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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has presided over a record increase in the use of temporary foreign labourers in Canada, has slammed the program because of "blatant" abuses and exploitation.
"I'm not saying all companies did this … but we have seen very blatant examples of companies using this in ways that were not in the interest of Canadians," he told members of Vancouver's ethnic media.
The scathing critique was made last week. A recording of the meeting was provided this week to 24 Hours Vancouver.
Harper's criticism of the temporary foreign worker program, prompted a sharp rebuke from Opposition leader Tom Mulcair. Mulcair's NDP and the labour movement have long had similar complaints about the program.
"Every single time I have raised these exact concerns with the Conservative government, the prime minister denied there were any problems with this program," Mulcair told The Vancouver Sun. "And now, during a secret meeting, we see him attempt to adopt NDP positions? If Stephen Harper is going to steal our ideas, he should at least do it in public.
"And, if he has truly changed his mind on temporary foreign workers, he should apologize to all those who have been hurt by this program."
The B.C. business community is one of the most aggressive users of the program, and labour groups and human rights advocates have criticized the provincial government for not adequately protecting the rights of those workers.
Harper sounded frustrated and even angry in the audio recording as he discussed how some Canadian companies and sectors have used temporary foreign workers.
He even echoed the NDP's argument that more emphasis should be placed on bringing in permanent residents who would have equal rights with Canadians, including the right to bargain collectively.
While the federal government has been conducting a review of the program, and has announced some changes, there has been no indication Ottawa plans to sharply reduce the intake of temporary migrants in favour of permanent residents.
Harper didn't name names, though he appeared to be referring to a number of high-profile instances of apparent program abuse. He told the ethnic media reporters that the temporary foreign worker program has "grown very dramatically" over the past 15 years as bureaucrats adapted to the private sector's requests.
"But what did we see?" Harper said. "We saw numerous examples of abuse of this program, outright abuse — companies importing workers for the sole purpose of paying less than the prevailing wage, companies importing workers for the purpose of permanently moving the jobs offshore to other countries, companies bringing in foreign workforces with the intention of never having them permanent, and moving the whole workforce back to another country at the end of the job."
While stressing that not all companies abuse the system, those that do are engaging in "blatant" violations, he said.
"I'm a big supporter of business, I'm a Conservative, I'm a market-oriented guy — but government was assisting these companies to work around the marketplace in a way that disadvantaged Canadian workers only for the sake of the bottom line profit."
Harper noted that "certainly" in some parts of Western Canada and particularly Alberta companies "absolutely" require temporary workers.
"But there must be plans for companies to transition to permanent workforces, and what I say is, if you really need temporary workers permanently then that means we need permanent workers who become Canadian and they have a right to stay here and they have a right to bargain with their employer and they have a right to be treated fairly and not just sent back to where they came from the first time they don't like something."
The federal government launched a review of the temporary foreign program after media reported in 2012 a number of controversial uses of the program, including one instance of Chinese-owned companies bringing in Chinese nationals to work in B.C. coal mines.
The number of temporary workers entering Canada has soared from 122,365 in 2005, the year before Harper became prime minister, to a record 213,573 in 2012. Combined with those still in Canada last year, the total reached 491,547 last year, also a record.
B.C. takes a disproportionately large share of the temporary workers, with just under 50,000 arriving in 2012 — or close to a quarter of the national total even though B.C. only has about 13 per cent of the national population.
A spokesman for Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said in December that the federal government's review looks at potential changes to "make sure it complements, and doesn't undercut, the recruitment of Canadian citizens and permanent residents … while taking into account the needs of Canadian employers."
One the changes the Harper government has already made is to reverse an earlier decision to allow companies to pay temporary foreign workers 15 per cent below prevailing rates in the regions where they were working.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Dr. Ann Kolanowski, Elouise Ross Eberly Professor in the School of Nursing and director of the John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Penn State, is one of two project directors for a project titled "Toolbox for Improving Behavioral Health in Nursing Homes," recently funded by a $15,000 grant from The Commonwealth Fund in New York City.
Kimberly Van Haitsma, vice president of research and director of the Polisher Research Institute at the Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life in North Wales, Pa., is the other project director.
The project's goal is to develop a collection of resources for nursing home staff to help them implement nondrug approaches to managing common behaviors in residents with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
"Ninety percent of people with dementia will hit, scream, become verbally abusive or resist care at some point in the disease trajectory," Kolanowski says. "These behaviors can be difficult and dangerous to deal with, and are associated with risk for nursing home placement, more rapid functional decline and physical abuse.
"The major approach to care for these behaviors has been a pharmacological one, most notably the use of a class of drugs known as antipsychotics," Kolanowski continues. "Research has demonstrated that these drugs not only have limited effectiveness in reducing disruptive behaviors, they also carry a significant risk for death, particularly in older adults with cognitive impairments like Alzheimer's."
To provide alternative behavior-management approaches, the project team will identify peer-reviewed, expert-endorsed resources such as educational programs, literature, websites and video or slide presentations. These materials will be compiled into an accessible format for use by busy nursing home staff.
The grant, which runs through June, was supplemented by a $10,000 gift from The John A. Hartford Foundation.


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Kevin Drum wants to say that the difference between conservatives and liberals is that liberals believe in funding organizations like FEMA or the Corps of Engineers and conservatives don't. Nuh-huh. Real conservatives believe that the state should do a few things that no one else can do - defense, decent public education, police, law and order among the most obvious - and leave the rest to individuals. Funding FEMA and having a superb civil defense are very much part of conservatism's real core. It's when government decides to reshape society, redistribute wealth, socially engineer, and take over functions that the private sector can do just as well that conservatives draw the line. The reason I'm mad as hell over Katrina is precisely because I'm a conservative and this kind of thing is exactly what government is for. Bush in this sense is not now and never has been a conservative.Like Drum, who responds to Sullivan in an update, I don't know what the "real core" of conservatism is. I note that good rhetoric can be squeezed out of such ideas. I'm the real conservative. No, I am. I don't personally care that much about that sort of debate. I don't define myself as a conservative and am continually bemused by the tendency of other people to call me conservative. But I do agree with Sullivan that this is what government is for — especially, I would add, when you're talking about restoring order.
But I note that Sullivan doesn't address the line between the federal government and state and local government. Basic order is the responsibility of the city, which failed catastrophically here. The state also has an important backup role, which it seems to have performed badly. The role of the federal government in funding public projects is more complex. I think Drum is right that liberals are more willing to keep taxes high and fund more projects. And I tend to think the federal government should be blamed for not spending the money to solve the glaring disaster-waiting-to-happen that was New Orleans.


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Confession: When Samsung first released its Galaxy Note smartphone last February, I thought the company was crazy.
Part smartphone, part tablet — or "phablet," as some like to call it — the Galaxy Note is ginormous, and I just couldn't imagine anyone wanting to use such a big device as their phone. But a sequel is on the way, and competitors are following suit.
One of those competitors is the LG Intuition, which is available now from Verizon Wireless for $200 with a two-year contract. I spent the past week with this phablet, and though it offers a spacious five-inch display and speedy performance, I would not buy this device. It has an unwieldy design, and the screen's odd aspect ratio has trouble displaying some apps. And use of 4G takes a big toll on battery life. Also, the included stylus and note-taking apps should be highlights of this device, but feel like afterthoughts.
One thing's for sure: The Intuition will turn some heads. It almost makes the Galaxy Note look svelte, even though the Note is a quarter of an inch taller.
What makes this thing so cumbersome? It's super-wide. The device measures 3.56 inches across, and I had a really hard time wrapping my hand around it. When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, the company noted that a phone should fit beautifully in your hand, and I agree. I don't mind a slightly larger phone, but if I can't even comfortably hold it, then there's a problem.
Admittedly, I have small hands, but even when I passed it around to friends, they also mentioned how awkward it was to hold. You can pretty much forget about one-handed operation.
When I used it to make voice calls, I almost felt like I was part of a "Saturday Night Live" sketch. It felt ridiculous holding such a huge phone up to my ear; I kept waiting for Will Ferrell to show up with an equally comical prop, but, sadly, he never did.
And the large design wasn't just cosmetic; it also led to difficulties with phone calls. I initially thought the handset's volume was too low when I couldn't hear my friends on the other line, but I later realized that the problem was that the earpiece wasn't lined up directly with my ear because the Intuition is so wide. Once I lined the phone up the right way, I enjoyed clear audio.
The Intuition's colossal design isn't all for naught, as it allows for a five-inch touchscreen. Most smartphones today have displays that range between 3.5 inches and 4.3 inches, so the extra real estate made it easier to read emails, Web articles and e-books. Text and images looked crisp and sharp, and the display's 4:3 aspect ratio allows for an extra column of icons in the Apps menu.
Unfortunately, it also creates some problems with third-party apps and videos, since a majority of them are designed to work with today's 16:9 devices. When I was watching videos using the Netflix or Google Play Music and TV apps, there were black bars above and below the picture, so I didn't think it offered a better viewing experience than a regular-size smartphone.
Most major apps, like Facebook, OpenTable and the Weather Channel, worked fine with the display, but it wasn't all smooth sailing. For example, I downloaded Fitness Buddy, and the exercise descriptions didn't fit properly in the window, and there was a lot of extraneous white space. You can change the aspect ratio of any app to 16:9 by holding down the Home button, but you shouldn't have to do that.
Like the Samsung Galaxy Note, the Intuition comes with a stylus — which LG calls the Rubberdium pen — so you can jot down notes and draw sketches. I still take handwritten notes during meetings, so this part of the phablet revolution really appeals to me.
The device, which runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, comes preloaded with a note-taking app called Notebook, which includes options to add pictures, voice memos and stickers to notes. There's also a dedicated QuickMemo button on top of the device that will capture an image of your current screen so you can mark it up with comments.
I found this easy to use, but it is rather limited in functionality compared to Samsung's S Note app, which comes on the Galaxy Note. For example, S Note converts handwriting into text, smooths drawn-out shapes and even solves handwritten math problems using the Wolfram Alpha search engine.
With the Galaxy Note II, Samsung's S Pen even gains more features. It's pressure-sensitive, so you can draw fine and thick lines, and it adds the ability to hover the stylus over the display to preview email and video frames. Meanwhile, LG's Rubberdium pen is a one-trick pony, and to make things worse, there's nowhere to store the stylus on the device itself.
One cool feature of the Intuition is its near field communication (NFC) technology, which allows you to wirelessly exchange data between two NFC-enabled devices simply by tapping them together.
The Intuition comes with two programmable NFC stickers that you can use to switch to office or car mode simply by touching the back of the phone to the sticker. Office and car mode turns certain features of your phone on or off, such as Wi-Fi or Navigation, depending on whether you're working or driving, so you don't have to fumble through the settings menu. Setup for using NFC was a breeze, and I found it to be quite useful.
LG has an estimated talk-time battery life of 15 hours, and in my battery tests, I got 10 hours of continuous talk time. With moderate use, during which I checked email and Facebook, visited some Web sites and watched a couple of YouTube videos, the Intuition lasted almost a full day.
But with heavier usage of Verizon's 4G LTE network, the battery drained about 50 percent by mid-morning, and there's no way to toggle between 4G and 3G. The smartphone's general performance was smooth with little lag.
Sadly, the highlights of the LG Intuition are few and far between. For those looking for a smartphone-tablet hybrid, I'd recommend waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Or, if you're on a budget, T-Mobile and AT&T have both cut the contract price on the original Galaxy Note to $200.


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The vast majority of retailers and salesmen lie to your face and steal your hard earned cash when they sell you HDMI cables. If you paid more than $10 or so for your cables, you've been had, another victim of the CONNection scam. Does this shock you?
Rarely do I get all fired up about something, but when I see unwary consumers being outright lied to and robbed for no other reason than pure greed, it makes me sick; I am going to rip this one wide open so stand back, because this isn't going to be pretty.
FACT: ALL HDMI CABLES PERFORM THE SAME regardless of what price or materials they are made from. A $10 HDMI cable is going to give you the same performance as a $200 cable. IF a salesman tries to sell you a more expensive cable telling you it will give you a better picture quality, they are lying to your face, or have no idea what they are talking about, and they are incompetent. Either way, this is inexcusable. This is what I call the CONnection Scam.
Picture quality implies that the HDMI cable used would result in better color, contrast, clarity, etc. That is saying that the source and display is different with a digital signal. Pixels can't change. This is flat out wrong. A technical impossibility.
Scenario: Joe Consumer is excited, he got his paycheck and finally has enough to get himself that flatscreen TV he's had his eye on for months now. The salesman starts telling him he needs special cable called an HDMI cable to connect his Blu Ray, PS3, etc (this is true), now here comes the CONnection SCAM.
The salesman tries to sell Joe Consumer a 4 foot long $200 HDMI cable, confident that Joe Consumer has no idea that a $10 HDMI cable will do the exact same thing. All the salesman wants to do here is meet his sales quota and meet bonus as the expense of the customer.
That's right, let me restate a fact in big bold print to make sure this is clear: ALL HDMI CABLES PERFORM THE SAME.
Let's see why: It's all about the signal, which is what is transmitted over the cable in the first place. HDMI uses Transition Minimized Differential Signaling, or TMDS. An HDMI or DVI video signal is a small signal and it is digital. It is either good or not good. As long as the length is under 8 feet, there is NO signal degredation. With an HDMI signal, you either get a perfect image, or nothing at all.
Another CONnection Scam
You will see HDMI packages in the store, screaming "120 Hz," "240Hz" and "480 Hz".
FACT: HDMI cables can no more be manufactured for specific refresh-rate HDTVs than a garden hose can be manufactured specifically to water seeded lawns and sod lawns. The same water flows through either one. The same HDTV signal flows through all HDMI cables, whether labeled "120Hz" or "480Hz" — or not labeled at all.
A TV's refresh rate has nothing whatsoever to do with the signal flowing to that set. The refresh rate is determined by the set's circuitry once the signal gets there, so how can different HDMI cables be manufactured for different refresh-rate sets? A total lie. The CONnection scam.
HDMI Licensing LLC licenses the design, specifications and requires labeling of cables as either "Standard" or "High Speed." Only two types of HDMI cables are included in the HDMI licensing spec: "Standard" (aka category 1) or "High Speed" (aka category 2). Category 2 is required to insure the cable passes 1080P HD signals, (which includes 3-D), and is the highest bandwidth video signal available now and the forseeable future. (As of this writing, the latest version is HDMI v1.4, however, according to HDMI.org, As of January, 2012, HDMI will no longer list version numbers.)
HDMI cable makers are intentionally misleading consumers by hyping their cables with the various refresh rates used by set makers to improve picture quality. Despite the fact that some labels indicate signals of 480Hz, the signal fed by an HDMI cable to a set never exceeds 60Hz. Conversion to 120 or 240 Hz is done internally. There is no such thing as a 120 Hz or 240 Hz signal. It doesn't exist. If you are told an expensive cable is the only way your 240Hz set will work, demand to speak with the store manager.
Any "High Speed" HDMI v1.3 cable should handle any display and any video signal you can throw at it. Period. Full Stop. The next version is 1.4 which is intended for "4K" video, which only exists in extreme high end commercial applications.
As an extreme example of the CONnection scam, AudioQuest has a line of "High Speed" HDMI cables; its packaging states that it "delivers 100 percent of the data required for 120Hz, 240Hz, 600Hz displays." It costs up to a whopping $299.99 for its 9-8-foot Carbon model (sold online from Bestbuy.com).
What this means to you is that there really is no such thing as a "better" HDMI cable. Either an HDMI cable works or it does not. If it doesn't work, you will immediately know it. Your screen will freeze, or it will skip frames, or it will show big square blocks instead of a picture. It will be completely obvious that there is a problem. In that case you need to throw the cable away.
How much have YOU thrown out on HDMI cables? With the prevalence of HDMI cables on TVs, Playstation and xbox consoles, and more, this is affecting a lot of people. Share this with your friends, post on your Twitter and Facebook pages, and get the word out.
I am here to protect YOU, my readers, and I challenge any salesperson to prove me wrong. They either want to make bonus, or are incompetent and give the wrong information. Companies that label their cables for a certain frequency or claim to be better are outright scamming you. There is no getting away with it, 1+1 will always equal 2.
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Marple 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-4.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
Food handlers — See Ch. 150.
Food-vending machines and vehicles — See Ch. 153.
Noise — See Ch. 185.
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 200, Peddlers and Solicitors, adopted 12-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-5.
Words and terms defined. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
- Any person who shall engage in peddling, as herein defined.
- The selling or offering for sale of any goods, wares, merchandise or services for immediate delivery, which the person selling or offering for sale carries with him in traveling or has in his or her possession or control or offers to immediately provide to any person, homeowner or business in the Township.
- Any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
- Any person who shall engage in soliciting, as herein defined.
- The Township of Marple, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
No person shall engage in soliciting or peddling in the Township without first having registered and obtained a license from the Township Police Department.
Any person desiring to engage in soliciting or peddling in the Township shall submit in person a written application to the Marple Township Police Department on a form furnished by the Marple Township Police Department, together with a copy of the applicant's criminal history.
If any additional license or permit is also required from any state or county officer, including a license from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the collection and distribution of sales tax on all taxable items, the applicant shall, when making such application, provide the Township with proof of the current and valid issuance of each such license and/or permit.
The application shall include the following information:
The applicant's name, address and phone number;
The name, address and phone number of the person, corporation or other entity by whom or by which he is employed or represents;
The applicant's criminal history report, obtained from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and dated no more than 90 days before the date of the application;
The type of goods, wares and/or merchandise services he wishes to peddle, solicit and/or deal with or the subscription, article, device, contribution, service or contract for which he desires to sell or for which he wishes to peddle or solicit within the Township;
The length of time and dates of the peddling or solicitation for which the license is to be issued; and
The make, model, and license plate of each vehicle to be used by the applicant, if any.
Where a person makes application for himself and one or more helpers, employees or partners, all applicable personal information specified above shall be given for each such person, including required proof of identity, and an individual license shall be required for each such person to be engaged in peddling or soliciting.
Licenses issued under this chapter are not transferable from one person to another.
Applications for charitable solicitation shall include a copy of a current certification or other proof of current registration with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of State, Bureau of Charitable Organizations.
No permit or license shall be issued under this chapter until the proper fees are paid to the Township Treasurer, receipt for which may be given by the Township Treasurer, Township Manager or any authorized member of the Marple Township Police Department. Fees for permits required under this chapter shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Commissioners, which may be amended from time to time.
Upon receipt of such application and the prescribed fee, the Marple Township Police Department, or such other official as may be designated by the Board of Commissioners shall review the application. If such application is found by the applicable Township official to be complete and in proper order, said Township official shall issue the license required by this chapter within 10 days from the completed filing of said application. The license shall contain the information required to be provided on the application. Such license shall include a picture of the applicant to whom the license is issued, if the Township elects to so require.
Every such license holder shall display the license upon his person if engaged in peddling or solicitation from house to house or business to business and also shall display the license at every location where he shall engage in business if doing so from a fixed location.
The Marple Township Police Department shall not issue a peddling or soliciting license to any applicant who, within 10 years prior to the date of the application, has either been convicted of any felony, been convicted of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or served a sentence or period of probation for any felony or for any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within 10 years prior to the date of the application.
Every person licensed to solicit or peddle in the Township shall report in person on those days on which he intends to solicit or peddle and register with the Marple Township Police Department by signing a registration book, indicating his name and license number.
Every person to whom a license has been issued under this chapter shall, in the conduct of his activities, comply with the following rules of conduct:
He shall carry his license at all times and exhibit it, upon request, to any police officer or Township official or to any person on whom he shall call or with whom he shall talk.
He shall not permit any person to have possession of his license and shall immediately report its loss to the Marple Township Police Department.
He shall not cause or permit his license to be defaced or altered in any way.
He shall not enter or attempt to enter any dwelling without the invitation or permission of the occupants and shall immediately leave any premises upon request of the occupant.
He shall not be guilty of any false pretense or misrepresentation, and, particularly, he shall not represent his license to be an endorsement by the Township (or its agents, servants, workmen or employees) of such peddler or solicitor, his goods, the services of him or his employer nor the organization he may represent.
He shall immediately surrender his license to the Superintendent of the Marple Township Police Department, or their designee, upon expiration or revocation thereof.
He shall not engage in selling or offering for sale, or in seeking or taking of orders or contracts for, any goods, wares, merchandise, article, device, subscription, contribution, service or contract not stated in the application for which a license has been issued, nor shall any person use any vehicle for soliciting or peddling other than the vehicle registered upon his license.
No person engaged in soliciting or peddling shall hawk or cry his goods, wares, merchandise, offers, contracts or services upon any of the streets or sidewalks of the Township, nor shall he use any loudspeaker, except when the street is closed for a special event and a license for the said soliciting or peddling has been duly issued by the Township.
No person engaged in soliciting or peddling shall hawk or cry his goods, wares, merchandise, offers, contracts or services upon any of the streets or sidewalks of the township, nor shall he use any loudspeaker or horn or any other device for announcing his presence by which members of the public are annoyed.
No person engaged in soliciting or peddling shall park any vehicle upon any of the streets or alleys of the Township in order to sort, rearrange or clean any of his goods, wares or merchandise or samples, order books, contracts, circulars, literature or advertising matter pertaining thereto; nor shall any such person place or deposit any refuse upon any such streets or alleys or sanitary or storm sewers; nor shall any such person maintain or keep a street or curbstone market by parking any vehicle upon any street or alley in the Township for longer than necessary in order to solicit from or peddle to persons residing or businesses located in the immediate vicinity.
No person engaged in soliciting or peddling shall occupy any fixed location upon any of the streets or alleys or sidewalks of the Township for the purpose of soliciting or peddling with or without any stand or counter.
Upon the failure of the licensee to comply with the rules of conduct established by § 200-7 or any other provision of this chapter or upon ascertainment that the licensee has made any false statement in his application for license hereunder, any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be revoked by the Superintendent of the Marple Township Police Department, or his designee. Notice of revocation shall be given by written notice, personally served or sent by certified mail, to the address designated for this purpose in the application for a license.
Any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, any person, corporation, partnership or association, and the agents and employees thereof, who or which has complied with the provisions of and can exhibit satisfactory evidence of compliance with the Pennsylvania Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, 10 P. S. § 162.1 et seq., as amended, or Section 501(c), 501(d) and/or 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or any other statute of like nature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the United States governing solicitation for charitable, benevolent, patriotic or any purposes or who or which is soliciting for any civic, religious or charitable organizations representative of any public school, student, church, fire company, veterans' organization or similar institution shall be permitted, in lieu of the registration heretofore required, to register his or its solicitors and peddlers acting for and on behalf of such organization or association by the submission of the names and addresses (and pictures if requested) of all persons acting for and on behalf of such organization, together with a certification by the person submitting such list that all of the persons whose names appear on such lists are members of such organization and/or are acting on its behalf and have no criminal record as provided in § 200-5C hereof. Such group registrations shall be exempt from the fee provided herein.
The following organizations and activities shall not be required to register or pay the fee set forth herein. All other provisions of this chapter shall apply to said persons, organizations and activities:
The terms of this chapter shall not be held to include the acts of merchants or their employees or agents in delivering goods or services in the regular course of business.
Persons who have been licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to engage in an activity described in § 200-1 hereof, when so engaged, including, without limitation, real estate, insurance or securities brokers and salesmen.
Persons soliciting funds or canvassing for purposes permitted under the Act of 1937, June 3, P.L. 1333 (25 P.S. § 2601 et seq.), as amended (Pennsylvania Election Code).
Authorized persons, carrying satisfactory identification, engaged m making surveys or collecting information for the federal, state, county or Township government, or any agency thereof.
Commercial soliciting and peddling shall be limited to the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily.
It is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person, company, corporation or organization to enter upon the premises of a private residence or business at any time of the day or night for the purpose of conducting any form of soliciting or peddling where the owner or occupant of the residence or business has posted a "No Trespassing" sign or a "No Soliciting" sign, or upon any property duly registered by the occupant/possessor thereof on the Township's "Do Not Solicit" list, which shall be maintained by the Superintendent of the Marple Township Police Department and a copy provided to the applicant with the license.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fine and costs by imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Each and every day in which any person, firm or corporation shall be in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.


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For lectures to programs for children, come visit us at one of the library events and programs listed below. For more information, call 615-862-5750 or 1-800-342-3262.
This event is an opportunity for Deaf people to socialize, although people who can hear are also welcome. Meet in the food court of the listed mall beginning at 6 pm. The food court is near TGIF.


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Of Course Netflix Babysitting Spiked During Sandy
Least surprising Sandy story so far: People who were stuck inside waiting for the storm yesterday watched a ton of Netflix, says Netflix.
The streaming video service says viewership was up 20 percent nationwide yesterday. But for those of us in Sandyland, like New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., viewership was much higher — up more than 100 percent above a standard Monday.
Also unsurprising to anyone with a kid: A ton of that viewing came from Netflix's store of kid stuff.
Expect more of the same over the next couple days. In New York City, for instance, schools will be closed at least through Wednesday, and that is a looooooong time to keep little people occupied without the help of video narcotics.
On the other hand, think of how much more viewing time Netflix would capture if the company did what I'm told it discusses quite a bit internally: Add on a video-on-demand component so people who can't find what they want in the service's streaming library can buy or rent other movies and TV shows.
At AllThingsD's Brooklyn outpost, for instance, we dropped $25 on iTunes yesterday ("Happy Feet" and "The Lion King"), and I have a hunch we're going to spend more before the city dries out. Some of that money could be yours, Reed Hastings …


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I performed for several years as a standup, sketch, and improv comedian, many times at UCB, where I also took classes which very much inform my work and life!
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The film co-stars Harold night regular Marshall Stratton, and has several supporting characters from the UCB world including Molly Gaebe (who I cast and met for the first time after seeing her on Harold night!), Katina Corrao, Livia Scott, James Coker, Becky Yamamoto, Seth Herzog, Christian Finnegan, Griffin Newman, Shamikah Christina Martinez, Jessica Delfino, Charles Rogers and more!
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It's the height of humpback season and you still haven't seen any whales. While everyone else at Makapuu is shouting and pointing at spout after spout, everything that far away just looks like a wave to you. More like fail watching. What a flop.
It's too bad you're not on Maui, where they have an entire festival dedicated to whales. You can tell how much Mauians love the giant sea creatures—Leah Lawrence and Billy Bartels even named their jewelry line after them.
Baleen takes the simplicity and the beauty of the couple's time on Maui (they spend most of the year in Seattle but come to Hawaii about every four months) and puts them into elegant earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces. And, just like their designs, their prices are minimal, which means you can stock up on those rose-gold-plated studs, Herkimer-diamond earrings and raindrop bangles without breaking the bank.
Lawrence and Bartels both have their own separate companies (hers, a line of women's swimwear, Drifting Arrows; his, men's jewelry and leather goods, Vim Beget), but are each other's sounding boards, not only for their individual work, but for their collaborative pieces in Baleen. The clean, modern, hand-crafted aesthetics they both love are reflected in all of their lines, and in their home.
Think it'd be hell to work with your significant other? Not for them. Lawrence and Bartels bounce ideas off each other and team up through the entire process, from designing to creating, in a way that feels organic.
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We are very proud of our long partnership with Labe Bank. From sponsoring the annual Eli's Cheesecake Festival to monthly bingo at Eli's, and the recent addition of our Labe Bank ATM in the Eli's Cheesecake Cafe, Labe is an active member of the Eli's & Wright Community, always working for the benefit of our business, our people and neighbors.
It was therefore an honor for us to participate in the kickoff of Labe's 100 Year Celebration (1905-2005) on Tuesday, June 28th at the Ravinia Festival for the Beach Boys Concert. In keeping with the theme of the importance of its people and customers, Labe sponsored the sold out evening at this historic summer music festival and brought busloads of its people (according to Lowell Stahl, the Chairman, its most precious asset), members of the Good Life Club, which is the premiere senior group in the Chicago area and customers.
A great Bank deserves a great cake. Here is the 100 lb. Eli's Cheesecake for the 100th Anniversary of Labe Bank.
The Eli's Cheesecake is cut before several hundred Labe associates, Good Life Members and customers at Ravinia by Labe Vice Chairman, Don Versen, Eli's President, Marc Schulman, Labe President, Dave Arts, and Labe Chairman, Lowell Stahl.
The Beach Boys on stage at Ravinia. It was a warm but comfortable evening with the lawn and Pavilion totally sold out
Labe customers and friends lit the night with their Labe necklaces
Labe fans come in all ages
Labe's biggest booster, Chairman Lowell Stahl, and wife, Nancy, enjoying the Beach Boys.


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Pirates/Yankees AJ Burnett Trade
Earlier today, the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired AJ Burnett from the New York Yankees for $13 million in cash and low level prospects Diego Moreno and Exicardo Cayones. The Yankees will also cover the other $20 million that is owed to Burnett over the final two years of his current contract.
AJ's best years may be behind him, but I like the move. It was a good trade for both the Yankees and the Pirates. There is no loser in this deal. The trade allows the Yankees to go out and sign a DH with the money the Pirates are sending in the deal – likely Raul Ibanez, Johnny Damon, or Eric Chavez. The Pirates deepen a rotation that flopped in the second half of the season last year.
The move gives the Pirates six legitimate starting pitchers in their rotation.
Here's the Pirates rotation candidates along with their 2011 stats:
Charlie Morton 3.83 ERA, 29 GS, 171 IP, 110 K
James McDonald 4.21 ERA, 31 GS, 171 IP, 142 K
Jeff Karstens 3.38 ERA, 26 GS, 162 IP, 96 K
Kevin Correia 4.79 ERA, 26 GS, 154 IP, 77 K
Erik Bedard 3.62 ERA, 24 GS, 129 IP, 125 K
AJ Burnett 5.15 ERA, 32 GS, 190 IP, 173
So, who comes out of the rotation? Charlie Morton may not be ready for opening day, as he is coming off of a hip injury. Assuming he is ready, I think that Kevin Correia is the odd man out. Correia was a surprising All Star for the Pirates in 2011, but his season drastically changed when he was awarded a spot on the All Star team. In the first half, he was 11-7 with a 4.01 ERA, a WHIP of 1.28 and a opponents avg/slug of .270/.414. In the second half, he was 1-4 with a 7.23 ERA, a WHIP of 1.74 and an opponents avg/slug of .338/.597. He was shut down at the end of August with a strained oblique. Because of Correia's contract, I think he would probably fill the role of a long man in the bullpen and be the go to guy if a starter went down.
Will AJ Burnett be successful in Pittsburgh? I think he will be. First, he will be out of the spotlight and will be able to focus on pitching. He also will be close to his home, a mansion in Monkton MD, which is 4.5 hours from Pittsburgh.
AJ chose Pittsburgh in part because of its proximity to his home – he even nixed a trade that would've sent him to the playoff likely Angels for Bobby Abreu because he didn't want to play 100 games on the West Coast.
Secondly, AJ will face a much weaker offense division than in the AL East. I looked into AJ's career stats against the current players of each team in the NL Central:
Brewers vs AJ: .252 BA, .325 OBP, .324 SLG, 1 HR, 111 AB
Cardinals vs AJ: .263 BA, .365 OBP, .343 SLG, 2 HR, 99 AB
Cubs vs AJ: .160 BA, .263 OBP, .230 SLG, 2 HR, 100 AB
Astros vs AJ: .375 BA, .474 OBP, .438 SLG, 0 HR, 16 AB
Reds vs AJ: .192 BA, .261 OBP, .269 SLG, 0 HR, 78 AB
Those are impressive stats. Too bad Jason Michaels has owned AJ Burnett, or the Astros stats would be lower. Since the Astros will be playing with minor league caliber players in 2012, I'm not too worried about how he fares against them.
Thirdly, AJ will pitch half of his games in PNC Park, which typically surrenders home runs at a pace near the bottom of baseball. One reason is because of the Pirates offense, but another is that its a rather large field.
So, what did the Pirates give up? Besides the cash, not much. There's Diego Moreno, a pitcher who throws 98 MPH, but was suspended from the Pirates minor league team for unprofessional conduct for making out with a fan during a game in the bullpen.
His career line in 5 minor league seasons is 11-9, 2.41 ERA, 116 G, 194 IP, 212 K. When left unprotected in the Rule 5 draft, he went ignored by the other 29 teams in the MLB.
The other prospect is Exicardo Cayones, who is basically a reincarnation of Rafael Belliard, except he plays the outfield. He has no power whatsoever.
His career line in 3 minor league seasons is .272 avg, .372 obp, .380 slg, 1 HR in 558 plate appearances. He would be more valuable if he were fast since he seems to be able to get on base, but he only has 14 career steals in 28 attempts in the minors.
Kudos to Neal Huntington for not giving in to the Yankees original request of AJ Burnett for Garrett Jones.
Great trade.
What's everyone else think of this deal?
48 days until opening day, 1 day until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, and 2 days left to win this Dustin Pedroia T-Shirt.


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PHOENIX (AP) — The San Francisco Giants had an agonizing end to a bad weekend in the desert.
For the eighth time in a row, they lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and this one was particularly galling.
San Francisco had a six-run lead and Matt Cain on the mound but couldn't hold it, losing 7-6 on Sunday as the Diamondbacks completed a season-opening three-game sweep.
"They chipped away and we couldn't add on," manager Bruce Bochy said, "and in the one inning what could go wrong did go wrong. We couldn't make a play there and a couple of walks mixed in. We beat ourselves."
Ryan Roberts and Lyle Overbay hit consecutive two-out homers off Cain in the sixth inning and the Diamondbacks tied a franchise record by rallying from six runs down.
"The thing about those guys is that almost any of them can take you deep, so you have to concentrate on making good pitches to all of them," Cain said. "They all are a threat to hit the long ball and that is tough sometimes. You have to stay on your game and not let anything slip. That happened today a little bit. I didn't make my pitches when I needed to make them."
It marked the seventh time in franchise history that Arizona came from six down to win. The Diamondbacks did it twice last year, when they led the majors with 48 come-from-behind wins.
"It's nice," Overbay said. "To do it against Matt Cain and the Giants, that's a tough task."
Bochy was ejected for arguing home plate umpire Mike DiMuro's call that catcher Buster Posey missed the plate on a forceout, a ruling that allowed what proved to be the winning run to score in the seventh inning. Bochy said after the game that he was wrong.
"I couldn't tell to be honest. I argued, then came back and got word that he was on home plate," Bochy said. "That is when I lost it. Looking at it, he got it right. Buster was not on home plate."
Posey said he didn't know.
"I couldn't feel the plate," he said. "I couldn't tell. As hard as the ground is there, I couldn't feel."
Posey hit his first home run in nearly a year to help the Giants take a 6-0 lead through three innings.
Wade Miley (1-0) pitched four scoreless innings in relief of starter Josh Collmenter to get the win. Jeremy Affeldt (0-1) allowed two runs while getting just one out.
In the ninth, Bryan Shaw allowed a two-out single to Melky Cabrera and hit Pablo Sandoval with a pitch but fanned Posey on three pitches to get his first major league save.
The Diamondbacks won all three games by one run to extend their winning streak over the Giants to eight games.
Overbay also doubled twice, driving in a run with the first.
There were eight errors in the game, five by Arizona, one shy of the club record.
"I've said several times I love playing ugly games and winning them," Phoenix manager Kirk Gibson said.
Down 6-5, Arizona loaded the bases with one out in the seventh and tied it when shortstop Brandon Crawford couldn't handle Miguel Montero's sharp grounder for what should have been a double play. Chris Young then hit a bouncer to third, where Sandoval fielded it and threw to Posey. What appeared to be a routine out instead turned out to be the go-ahead run when DiMuro called the runner Aaron Hill safe.
"The umpires are trying just like we are to make calls," Gibson said. "I have no idea what he was but he called him safe and I was diggin' it."
Posey, the 2010 NL rookie of the year who was out for the season after a home-plate collision May 25, hit a two-run homer in the Giants' three-run third inning. It was his first home run since last April 24.
San Francisco scored three in the second when Posey led off with a single off Collmenter, then Aubrey Huff walked. Crawford doubled down the left field line to bring home Posey, and Huff scored when left fielder Gerardo Parra bobbled the ball. Crawford advanced to third on Parra's throw home and scored when Emmanuel Burris bounced out to short. Parra committed only three errors all of last season, earning a Gold Glove.
Cain, in his first game since signing a six-year, $126.5 million contract, gave up five runs on six hits in six innings, striking out four and walking two. Collmenter, who was lifted for a pinch hitter in the fourth, allowed six runs — five earned — on five hits. He struck out four and walked one.
NOTES: The Diamondbacks have Monday off then open a three-game series at San Diego on Tuesday, with ex-Oakland right-hander Trevor Cahill making his Arizona debut. ... San Francisco begins a three-game set in Colorado on Monday, sending Barry Zito to the mound against Jhoulys Chacin in the Rockies' home opener. ... Arizona did not commit an error in the first two games of the series. ... The Diamondbacks bullpen did not allow a run in the series.


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A late attempt by the finance industry to change Oregon mortgage recording laws is dead.
Oregon House Judiciary co-chair Wayne Krieger opened a hearing this afternoon and said the amendment sought by loan servicers, title companies and credit unions would not pass out of the committee today. Minutes later, the committee voted to approve Senate Bill 519, the bill that the financial industry lobby attempted to amend.


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Another kind of hero
The Legend of Colton H. Bryant
Alexandra Fuller
202 pages, hardcover: $23.95.
Penguin Press, 2008.
On Valentine's night in 2006, Colton Bryant fell to his death off a gas rig in the snowy, windswept vastness of Wyoming's Upper Green River Basin. To most of us, his death was as anonymous as his life; he was just another roughneck chasing big paychecks in dangerous conditions. But in The Legend of Colton H. Bryant, Alexandra Fuller brings this goofy, blue-eyed, hard-working "Wyoming boy'" to life, using fireside-style storytelling and creating vivid cameos of Colton's friends and family.
As in her best-selling debut memoir Don't Let's Go To the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, Fuller's prose in The Legend masterfully captures the humor, wisdom and distinctive voices of people who live with both feet on the ground. As we follow Colton from childhood to manhood, he embodies the collision of the romantic Old West with a harsh new millennium. He grew up breaking wild horses, tracking elk through the Wind River Range, and chasing rodeos with "a tin of Copenhagen on the dash, a .22 across his lap.'" Then he found himself working two-week blocks of 12-hour shifts 100 miles from home to support his wife, two children and a world gluttonous for energy. The work strains his marriage and his heart, but it's the only work he knows, and in Wyoming's booming energy economy, the only work that pays.
As Fuller notes at the beginning, The Legend is "a Western with a full cast of gun-toting boy heroes from the outskirts of town and city-shoddy villains from the head office. ... But like all Westerns, this story is a tragedy before it even starts because there was never a way for anyone to win against all the odds out here.'" Colton can't be separated from Wyoming, "the land that grew him,'" and the landscape itself develops into one of the book's most essential characters. "And the great high plains themselves,'" writes Fuller, "dry as the grave in these drought years, give more of an impression of open sea than of anything you could dig a spade into. A beautiful drowning dryness of oil."
In April 2007, senior editor Ray Ring introduced Bryant to HCN readers in his special report "Death in the Energy Fields," an award-winning investigation of the accidents that kill and maim dozens of oil and gas workers each year. The Legend picks up where Ring left off, fully fleshing out the details of one of the human sacrifices the West has made to the corporate energy machine.


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Enrolling in the program
Call BWC's employer programs unit at 1-614-441-0745. or email the employer programs unit.
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Employers agree to pay medical providers directly up to $15,000 in medical and pharmacy bills related to the claim.
Why participate?
BWC will not charge the employer's experience for payments made under this program, which may result in reduced premium costs.
Eligibility requirements
Be current (no more than 45 days past due) on any and all undisputed premiums, administrative costs, assessments, fines and monies due to any BWC administered fund as of the eligibility determination date.
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Employers notify employees and medical providers to ensure they send bills directly to the employer for payment. Medical bills paid by the employer under this program will not be included in the experience that BWC uses to calculate the experience modifier.
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- Not include paid wages as part of the $15,000 limit.
- Inform all employees and medical providers of the employer's participation in the program so medical bills are sent directly the employer.
- Pay the provider within 30 days of receipt of a bill.
- Pay in accordance with BWC's fee schedule.
- Not process the Request for Medical Service Reimbursement or Recommendation for Additional Conditions for Industrial Injury or Occupational Disease (C-9) or deny bills if claim/condition is allowed.
- Report some claims to Medicare beginning July 2010.
Employers can opt out of participation in the program, or remove an individual claim from the program, by calling 614-441-0745 or emailing the employer programs unit.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
The Countdown Begins...
Like what?
Weeks that begin with anticipation; has a middle with a birthday; and ends with the NC Blogger Bash!
Could it get any better?
If meeting a bunch of awesome NC Bloggers (and one faithful reader!) isn't enough inspiration to pull you away from your warm homes on Saturday night, how about Italian food? I know your thinking about it....
I've sent out an email to those who had already RSVP'd. If you didn't get an email and you wanted to come party with us, please comment or email me and I will send you the venue of our secret meeting place.
What's all this restaurant secrecy all about?
Glad you asked.
Seems The Mister was very concerned about my announcing the meeting place to the World Wide Web. I told him that only sweet, kind, non-axe murderers read my blog.
He wasn't convinced.
At this point our NC Bloggers Bash is going to be a relatively intimate group of less than 12, so to ease the anxiety of my safety conscious better-half, I will be keeping the venue on the down-low.
Except that I want you to be there, so email me and I'll tell you where we're gonna be....just leave your axe at home.
Happy Monday!
Posted by Unknown at 6:27 AM
Labels: NC Blogger Party
12 comments:
- Lori said...
Too funny about the potential axe-murdering guests! Gotta love a husband that concerned about your well-being. :) Have a great time!!
- October 19, 2009 7:21 AM
- Sandy said...
My hubby is known as "Mr. Safety Man", but most of the time, I am very grateful for his concern. Probably a good idea on the part of your hubby. The "1 reader" is really looking forward to Saturday!
- October 19, 2009 9:18 AM
- Tracey said...
Cool..I already know one person at the blogger bash. ( I know the 'one reader' ;) )
Looking forward to it! Thanks for doing all the hard work.
- October 19, 2009 10:04 AM
- Unknown said...
What a smart man!
Looking forward to it!!!
- October 19, 2009 10:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
My husband is the same way. He gets nervous when I write about lunch dates on facebook -- even with the highest security settings. It means they love us. :)
- October 19, 2009 11:22 AM
- really.truly said...
Oh, you all are going to have so much fun. Can't waith to hear all about it!!
- October 19, 2009 11:26 AM
- Laura said...
I would love to be there! A little to far of a drive but for a future party idea, I could gather many for a party VIA ichat if somebody else has a computer available. It only makes sense in this new world of the web to have connecting parties across the lands. How much fun would that be!
I hope you have a blast and I agree with the Mister!!
- October 19, 2009 11:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
I am recovering from the flu and do not know if I will have child coverage...but if I can, I would love to join you...
- October 19, 2009 6:46 PM
- Tiffani said...
It's going to be wonderful!!!
So happy you are having a birthday...wish I was right there with you!!
- October 19, 2009 7:40 PM
- Carpool Queen said...
Looking forward to it! I will be well by then. I will, I will!!
- October 20, 2009 9:01 AM
- The Lord Family said...
Hey! Just got confirmation that I'll be able to come out! Woohoo!!
- October 21, 2009 9:18 PM
- The Nester said...
Girl, you are so together planning up a bloggers get together! Good for you! The thought has passed my mind before and then flew away after considering that I am so unorganized. I hope you have a fantastic time!
- October 23, 2009 11:36 AM


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ProTrainer 5 program files are by default installed at C:\Program Files\Polar\Polar ProTrainer whatever the operating system is. However, personal and training data are saved to a different location. The locations are at
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Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO is hosting the second National Summit for Community Wireless Networks March 31-April 2.
The first summit last year was a seminal event and helped launch the community wireless networking movement. The Lindenwood summit is being hosted by the Mid Rivers Community Wireless Network and the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network. Nearly 500 attendees are expected.
"This is going to be a huge success," said Brian Bush, Lindenwood's director of information services and the vice president of Mid Rivers Community Wireless Network. "Wireless saves so much money in a community that it can't be ignored. This summit will help people understand how to make this happen."
Some of the issues to be discussed include:
-How can community wireless networks better serve their target populations?
-What is the future of unlicensed spectrum and what policies and regulations will support/hamper innovations in community wireless technologies?
-How can the hundreds of independently-operating community wireless initiatives join together to create a positive future for the movement?
-What technological and software innovations already exist, and what projects are currently being worked on?
-What are the pros and cons of different wireless systems currently available?
The three day summit allows participants to engage in extended conversations with presenters and with one another. Attendees will help develop strategic plans to expand community wireless network deployment and ensure that they federal government regulates spectrum to increase unlicensed access.
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I called up their hotline and asked if I really have to answer all of these questions, they admitted that not all are compulsory and asked which questions I have issues with. I tried to get through all questions to get a list of which ones are voluntary, but they talked to their supervisor and refused to tell me which ones are left.
I am just concerned about having so much personal details in a single database. In the wrong hands that is a data security nightmare.


text: From what I've observed, newly hatched virgins are relatively easy to catch and handle. Somewhat sluggish, and flying is not an option. I've seen swarm queens a bit more active upon hatching, but I speculate they were held in their cells by the workers until the proper time for swarming. My kids hold newly hatched queens often. A couple days later, they are quite developed in their movements, are extremely quick, and potentially will fly. It's as if they consumed mass amounts of caffeine in that period. I agree with Michael that the incubator is an added step. However, I segregate them a couple days before hatching. I don't have to worry about opening up a cell builder to find a virgin appeared and cleaned me out. Also if someone comes to pick up cells and an opportune rain shower appeared that day, no worries. I like to take them out of the builder four or five days before they hatch for safety and convenience. Newly hatched virgins do have a short "shelf life" of not cared for properly. It's best to use them within 12-24 hours unless you bank then in a queenless hive for a short time. Be careful introducing virgins that have been banked a couple days. Don't give them an escape route..... They're extremely flighty.


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Two storms will merge quickly enough to bring colder air, heavy snow and increasing wind to New England. Some areas will be hit with an all-out blizzard and a couple of feet of snow.
The worst of the storm will hit late Friday and Friday night and will wind down Saturday morning. However, lingering effects from blowing and drifting snow, blocked roads and other travel delays are likely to linger into much of the weekend.
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Strong winds will not only cause white-out conditions but can result in massive drifts.
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Coastal flooding is another concern with this storm along the coast of eastern Massachusetts. The period of strong northeast winds will be occurring within a couple of days of the new moon and high astronomical tides.
Warm air will play a major role in the storm from New York City, Long Island and central New Jersey on south and west in the mid-Atlantic, resulting in rain during part or all of the storm, depending on location.
Only if the two storms sync up completely would heavy snow wrap around into New York City for an extended period, bringing a foot of the white stuff. Even so, without complete phasing of the storms, New York City and Long Island will get significant snow.
A separate story on the storm's role in New York City and the mid-Atlantic is now available on AccuWeather.com.
Meanwhile, a fresh injection of arctic air will fuel the blizzard over New England. The colder air will cause rain to change to snow on Cape Cod and along the South Coast, as well as cause wet snow to become more dry and powdery with time, making it subject to blowing and drifting in central and southern areas.
In northernmost New England from northern Maine to along the Canada border of New Hampshire, Vermont and northern upstate New New York, too much dry air feeding in from the north may limit snowfall or cut off the storm completely.
Snow from the Alberta Clipper part of the storm will still deliver enough snow to shovel and plow over much of upstate New York.
Friday blizzard could bring 2 feet of snow
Two storms will merge quickly enough to bring colder air, heavy snow and increasing wind to New England. Some areas will be hit with an all-out blizzard and a couple of feet of snow.


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Picture the lives of today's Catholics in contrast to the lives of our ancestors a hundred years ago, or of even the older generation who grew up during the Second World War. Unlike our parents, most of us attend college. We must choose among universities as distant as San Diego and Miami and among programs from women's studies to oceanography. Our possible marriage partners come from all over the country and indeed from all over the world. Divorce is a seriously considered option in many of our marriages. We have a smorgasbord of careers to choose from and sometimes we make several choices in the course of our lifetime. Orders from our pastor, our bishop, even the Vatican plus a dollar and a half will get us a ride on the subway. Choice, choice, choice.
Sometimes we make wise choices, sometimes unwise, but we cannot escape the obligation of choice. Our personalities, our characters are shaped by a constant exercise of freedom-and the agony of decision making that freedom imposes.
The Catholic Church has yet to make its peace with the inevitability of the freedom of its laity. It does not like one bit the laity's assumption of the right to make its own decisions, and of its demand that it be persuaded instead of ordered. Moreover, church leaders miss the point of their own tradition, which has proclaimed that virtue is formed by the frequent repetition of free human acts. In any event, the church must adjust to the fact that in the present milieu, the laity reserve the right to say on what terms they will be Catholic. Nothing will change that fact, neither orders from Rome nor hysterical ranting from the tiny fundamentalist Catholic minority.
The failure of many, indeed most, church leaders from top to bottom to perceive this new situation is a horrific failure of leadership. The Vatican Council warned us of the necessity of reading the signs of the times. Our leadership resolutely refuses to read these signs or sees them as a departure from the discipline and the order of the good old days. The leadership, in a monumental failure, urges rather a return to the old discipline of the 1950s-or the 1750s.
But before we blame the Vatican or the chancery, we ought to examine our own behavior locally. To state the matter boldly: More personal pain is inflicted on the laity at the parish level than is inflicted by church leadership at any of the higher levels.
No one gives up power willingly. So church personnel, often thinking of themselves as "liberals," continue to search for ways in which they can exercise authoritarian control over the laity. Believing as they do that the laity are secularists, materialists, pagans, they feel that they must impose on lay folk the practice of virtue to open them up to the work of the Holy Spirit. In this mindset, it is inconceivable that the Spirit might already be at work among the laity, blowing whither she will despite our assumptions. It is also inconceivable that the laity's experience of the Spirit is richer and deeper than our own.
There are three differences between this new Catholic authoritarianism and the old: There are many more rules today than there used to be. There are a lot more rule makers, not all of them clergy by any means. And many of the laity are smart enough to know that there are parishes where such rules do not exist and that they can find one that for reasons of compassion or justice treats them like full-fledged, free human persons.
Since the power of the clergy and the quasi-clergy is hampered by their lack of credibility as leaders, they tend to become neo-authoritarian in the one area where they do have power-access to the sacraments. They often violate the Code of Canon Law in denying the laity the sacraments, but once you are determined to "do good" by forcing the laity to be virtuous, canon law is hardly likely to stop you. The Code asserts that the laity have the right to the sacraments, a right that only in rare and exceptional circumstances may be denied.
I herewith submit a litany of horror stories about the oppression of the laity by church personnel. I lack empirical data to say just how typical these abuses of power are, but I have enough information to say that they represent abuses that are widespread. Many of my horror stories are clear violations of canon law.
1) A couple visits the rectory and asks to be married in three weeks. The parents of the bride work overseas and have been granted an unexpected two-week leave, and the couple, graduates of Catholic colleges, want to get married when her parents are present. They know about the banns so they have come to the rectory in time for that requirement to be met. They also say that any day or evening of the week will be fine. The unsmiling priest tells them it will be quite impossible. "We have a rule here that you must be a registered member of the parish for six months before we permit you to be married in our church. Moreover, diocesan guidelines require six months of marriage preparation," he says. "We've been here at Mass every Sunday for the last year and a half," says the bride. "I don't recognize you," the pastor replies, "and so how do I know you're not lying to me?" "Guidelines are not rules, are they?" asks the groom. "Sure they are," the pastor replies, "why else would we have them? You can forget about being married in my church." So the couple goes down the street to the local Lutheran church and is married there. After the honeymoon, however, they continue to attend the Eucharist at their parish. Their first child is baptized by the Lutheran pastor.
2) A young couple is delighted that only 18 months after the birth of their son, they now have a little sister for him. The mother calls the rectory to arrange for Baptism. The director of religious education (DRE) informs her that she and her husband must come to class every Wednesday for six weeks so that they may be properly prepared to be parents of a newly baptized Christian. Another class will not begin for three months. The mother replies that both she and her husband have had 16 years of Catholic education. The DRE dismisses that as irrelevant. "But I work during the day, and my husband works at night," says the mother. "Get a baby-sitter," the DRE says curtly. The mother admits that just now they can't afford a baby-sitter and that their daughter is too young to be left with one anyway. "That's your problem," she is told. "We didn't have to do all this when my son was baptized," says the mother. "That's because I wasn't in charge here then," the DRE says, hanging up. Once more the Code of Canon Law is shattered.
In another parish, members of the "Baptism Team" are sent to the homes of parents seeking Baptism for their children to determine whether they are "worthy" of the sacrament.
3) A couple of academics, both with doctorates in policy studies, are told that their child cannot be confirmed unless they go to six classes on "The Church and the Social Order." They both know the Catholic Church's social teaching and interpret it in a moderately rightwing fashion. The nun who teaches it is a leftist who has simple solutions for all social problems. They are horrified by the ideological rigidity and the ignorance of her pronouncements, not to mention the dullness of her presentation. But since she can decide whether their child will receive the sacrament, they remain silent.
4) An Episcopalian who is married to a Catholic-all of whose kids are in Catholic schools, and who receives Communion every week-decides to become Catholic. He is told that he must go through two years of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) before he is admitted and that he must leave Mass after the gospel every Sunday for two years because he is a catechumen. He will thus not be able to receive the Eucharist. He wants to become a Catholic badly enough that he is willing to do it. His feisty wife, however, tells the RCIA director that she knows that RCIA is only to be used for those who are not already baptized Christians. The woman responds that in this parish RCIA is used for all adult converts. The wife tells her she is violating church law. "We will not receive your husband into the church," the RCIA director responds. Whereupon husband and wife go to a neighboring parish where the husband, about whose Catholic faith and knowledge there is no doubt, is admitted to the church.
5) A priest preparing the documents for a marriage discovers that the couple have the same address. Are you living together, he asks (which is none of his business). They admit they are. We don't marry people here who live together before marriage, he informs them. As a compromise he insists that they must sleep in separate bedrooms if they wish to be married in this church. They promise him that they will; he's ignorant enough about the human condition to believe them.
The proper approach to the sacraments is to make the ceremony of administration so charming, so moving, so celebratory that the nature of the sacrament is luminous to everyone who is present. Wise parish staffs will make the preparation sessions so intelligent, so excellent, so sensible that the people in the community will want to come. Guidelines, however, cannot and should not be enforced as though they are rules. Even the stern enforcement of the obligation to attend a "pre-Cana" conference is wrong (and a violation of canon law). One persuades people to attend, one does not order, and one certainly accepts the decision of the laity.
What is wrong with this clericalist neo-authoritarianism? It often violates the rights of the laity as specified in the Code of CanonLaw. It is almost always a violation of justice, charity, and compassion, which makes the church look terrible and drives people away.
And it doesn't work. The attitudes and behavior of the laity will not be changed by mini-courses. Only one ignorant of the nature of human nature would think that six sessions will change anything. The truth is that the liturgy of the sacrament, properly performed (which it usually isn't), can have a far more powerful impact on people than classroom instructions.
What can be done about these abuses of power by the neo-authoritarians? The laity have the right to appeal to the bishop. Unfortunately most laypeople and clergy and some bishops are unaware of that right. In some dioceses you waste your time with such an appeal.
Finally, the laity are the ministers of the sacrament of Matrimony and are also valid ministers of the sacrament of Baptism. When appeals fail to vindicate their rights, the situation becomes a "case of necessity." In such situations the laity can administer Baptism. Moreover, if it is impossible to find a priest who will witness the sacrament of Matrimony within 30 days, then the couple is automatically excused from the form and may contract marriage without the priest and the two witnesses. These are drastic measures. They deprive laypeople of the splendor of liturgically elegant administration of the sacraments (which they often don't receive anyway). Yet they may in some cases be the only possible responses to irresponsible, power-drunk neo-authoritarians.
Or you might even try writing the pope. I know of a case where a Catholic couple was refused marriage because she was an immigrant and the deacon in charge concluded that she was marrying him merely to become a legal immigrant, even though they had known each other for five years in the country of her origin. So they wrote to the pope. Within two weeks, the diocese intervened to vindicate their rights to the sacrament.
This article appeared in the July 1998 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 63, No. 7, pages 24-26).


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24 December 2012 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
License agreement - Yuhan to use CEVEC CAP-T technology
Singapore: CEVEC Pharmaceuticals, the developer of a novel human expression system derived from amniocytes, and Yuhan Corporation, a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical products based in Seoul, South Korea, announced the signing of a CAP-Technology license agreement. The license will enable Yuhan to utilize CEVEC's CAP-T and CAP cell expression systems for the production and development of various therapeutic proteins.
CAP-T CAP cells are immortalized cell lines for transient and stable protein production developed by CEVEC. These non-tumor origin cell lines exhibit high protein expression, have been adapted to serum-free suspension culture and show post-translational modifications that are human-like, including authentic human glycosylation patterns. The technology allows for superior protein yields in a shorter time frame than traditional methods.
"With Yuhan Corporation we have won one of the most prestigious Asian Pharma Companies as a customer. We're very pleased that Yuhan has chosen our CAP and CAP-T expression sytems as a pivotal platform to develop therapeutically relevant molecules. I'm convinced that the cells will have a major impact to develop more efficient biologics and will also shorten the timeline to enter clinical phases," stated Dr Wolfgang Kintzel, CEO, CEVEC.
Dr Jong-Gyun Kim, head, bio-innovation unit, Yuhan Research Institute, said that, "After evaluating CAP and CAP-T we are excited about the potential of CEVEC's CAP Technology. We obtained outstanding results from transfections of various target proteins in CAP-cells and we are convinced that this expression system with it's authentic human glycosylation profile will be of great benefit to further develop our pipeline molecules"