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Perspective: Broader Horizons
By Dean Joseph J. Helble
For more than 50 years, study abroad has been an important component of a Dartmouth education. Dartmouth routinely ranks first among Ivy League institutions in the percentage of students undertaking an international academic experience and has one of the highest levels of participation nationally. More than 60 percent of Dartmouth's class of 2010 earned academic credit for a language or foreign study program, an impressive increase from the slightly more than 50 percent participation levels seen as recently as five years ago.
Perhaps even more impressive is the growing level of participation of engineering students in Dartmouth's international study programs. In the class of 2008 35 percent of engineering A.B. recipients earned academic credit for study abroad. In the class of 2009 the level grew to 41 percent participation; in the class of 2010 it reached 52 percent, approaching the levels seen for Dartmouth as a whole.
In a world increasingly defined by global markets, capital flows, and collaborative scientific and design teams, providing engineering students with opportunities for a substantive international experience is a priority for Thayer School. Our students have always taken advantage of Dartmouth's language and foreign study programs in arts and sciences, but in recent years we have looked for ways to provide our students with an international engineering educational experience. By studying engineering in an international setting, taught by faculty from that country, while sitting in the classroom and working in the laboratory with engineering students from that country, Thayer students are able to experience not just a different culture and language, but a different approach to technology development. This experience will serve them well when they find themselves part of an international project development team at an early stage of their careers.
Since 2001 Thayer students, primarily at the B.E. and master's levels, have been able to study mechanical engineering at Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Germany. In 2008 we added our first formal A.B. engineering exchange program, with Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Through this exchange, a small group of "Chula" students comes to Hanover each fall to participate in our project-based, hands-on approach to engineering education. A group of Thayer A.B. students then travels to Bangkok each January to spend a semester studying engineering in the structured, lecture-centered format characteristic of engineering education in much of Asia [see "Travelers' Tales"].
We are in the process of adding two new exchange programs for A.B. students. We have sought partner institutions that provide a high-quality engineering education in a region where technology-driven economic growth is of primary importance. In fall 2011 we will initiate our next exchange program in partnership with the Chinese University of Hong Kong. We are working on another such university partnership for 2012 as we look to further develop our strategic focus on Asia and provide a range of international academic opportunities for our students.
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BOSTON (AP) Paul Pierce scored 34 points, including a 3-pointer at the start of the second overtime to give Boston the lead for good, and the Celtics held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 117-115 on Wednesday night.
Rajon Rondo had 16 points, 15 assists and nine rebounds, and Kevin Garnett added 16 points for Boston.
O.J. Mayo scored 24 points for Dallas, and Shawm Marion had 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists.
Pierce made five of six free throws in the second overtime to help clinch the Celtics' second straight victory. With his basket with 59 seconds left in the first overtime, he surpassed 23,000 points in his career. He is the 25th player in NBA history to reach the mark.

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Beautifully composed and incredibly moving, director Sylvain Chomet ("The Triplets of Belleville") takes animation to a new level through sublime simplicity in "The Illusionist," a bittersweet, melancholy tale about a slight-of-hand illusionist at the end of the vaudeville era, as the performers find themselves becoming obsolete.
Told almost wordlessly, if there was ever a filmmaker to make the case for a return to silent cinema, it's Chomet who adapted the screenplay, which is almost dialogue-less but still stunningly evocative, from one originally written by mime/filmmaker Jacques Tati.
There's been a flurry of controversy surrounding the film, with a number of conflicting reports over the inspiration for the film. Many claim it was written as Tati's attempt to reconcile with his eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, a child he abandoned as a baby, leading some to speculate the film was inspired by his shame and remains the only public recognition of her existence.
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"The Illusionist," or "L'Illusioniste" in Tati and Chomet's native tongue, is such intimate, delicate filmmaking, it makes Pixar fare look downright garish. Hand animated, the film follows a silver haired magician whose tricks have grown dusty and quaint, whose rabbit has diva tendencies and whose appeal is quickly evaporating in a world where pop rock is emerging. But when the Illusionist travels to a remote island off the coast of Scotland to perform in a small village pub, he meets Alice, a young girl dazzled by his magical powers, especially when he produces a new pair of shoes for her. Though they don't speak the same language and have little in common, they forge a tender father-daughter relationship when Alice stows away in his luggage and finds herself in Edinburgh, at a hotel for vaudeville performers, and receiving more and more "magical" gifts, procured by the Illusionist not through magic, but by toiling at a series of soul-sucking jobs.
Using music and gentle touches of character instead of eruptions of dialogue, the story is unfolds visually, with each slumping shoulder or raised eyebrow conveying what some actors couldn't articulate in a lifetime. Every frame of "The Illusionist" feels personal and familiar but somehow transportive as well. With 3D and computer animation, the idea is supposedly to create a more "immersive" experience but "The Illusionist" is one of the most disarmingly engrossing films of the year.


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Trials of Volga-German Intellectuals
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Krieger, Dr. Viktor, and Alexander Spack. "Trials of Volga-German Intellectuals." Volk auf dem Weg, April 2006, 16-17.
Translation from the original German-language text to American English by Alex Herzog, Boulder, Colorado
The sudden end of the creative activity of such outstanding personalities as Georg Dinges and Peter Sinner has not been dealt with in sufficient detail.
Professor Georg Dinges (1891 - 1932) dedicated his entire life to the research of the language of the Volga-Germans, undertook several folkloristic expeditions to German villages, was the first Director (1925 - 1929) of the Central Museum of the Volga Republic he had personally founded, actively supported the establishment of the national German Pedagogical Institute, and served as its Deputy Rector before his arrest on January 30, 1930.
Peter Sinner (1879 - 1935?) is widely known as an astute publicist, knowledgeable ethnic researcher, gifted pedagogue, and sensitive lyricist. He was arrested in Leningrad on August 14, 1930 and, during a trial including Prof. Dinges and Anatoliy Synopalov, who for a time had taught at the German technical university in Pokrovsk/Engels, was accused of anti-Soviet and counter-revolutionary activities. On February 1, 1932, each was sentenced to three years of banishment. This constituted the first of its kind of actions conducted by the secret service against German-Russian intellectuals, only to be followed by numerous other trials during subsequent years.
Opening of the German Pedagogical Institute
Not until the very end had anything pointed to the upcoming arrests. On January 6, 1930, governmental, party and trade union organs held a solemn, joint celebratory session specifically dedicated to the opening of the first national technical university, purposely timed with the sixth anniversary of the transition to an Autonomous Republic. Telegrams of greeting arrived from Syrzev, the governmental chief of the Russian Federation, from Bubnov, the People's Commissar for Education, and from many other prominent representatives of the government and of the Party, as well as from scientists and from various organizations. Johannes Schwab, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic of Volga-Germans and, concurrently, Rector of the new Institute, delivered, in German and in Russian, a speech that lasted several hours. During the session, the official Deputy Rector also took the podium, speaking on the cultural morphology of the Volga-Germans. Prof. Walter Ziesemer of the University at Koenigsberg, organizer of a significant book donation campaign, delivered greetings from German colleagues. The appearance of Christian Horst, Secretary of the Region's Party Committee, raised everyone's attention when he said: "The German technical university has been given the honorable task of providing Marxist-educated teachers who, as cultural pioneers, are to shed light on the spiritual darkness of German villages." Given this context, there would certainly be no room for the "old" intelligentsia that was not grounded in Marxist categories.
"Socialist Transformation of Agriculture" and Counter-Revolution
Characteristically, Schwab dedicated a significant portion of his formal speech to the "class struggle in German villages and the emigration movement among the kulaks." Departure from the New Economic Policy (NEP) and the subsequent course entered into during the late 1920s by Stalin and his followers constituted a fundamental transformation of traditional society and a complete break from traditional culture, religion and mentality. The most significant features of the new policies were:
(1) Acceleration of industrialization; (2) Total collectivization of agriculture; (3) Counter-revolution.
All this led to the prohibition of any autonomous economic and cultural activity directed toward the creation of a common culture, and also resulted in the centralization of all branches of the economy. And on the way to the formation of the "new society," entire groups and sections of the population were destroyed that, in the eyes of the Stalinist helpers, might pose any potential danger to their absolute power. Included were small enterprises, prosperous farmers, independent occupations, nationally thinking intellectuals, "citizen" specialists and scientists, as well as spiritual and active members of all faith communities.
The OGPU, the secret police, in those years simply engineered secret and covert trials with the goal of intimidating political opposition and to play up arising difficulties and mistakes as the work of "those harmful to the people." The show trial of engineers and technicians of the mines in the coal city of Shakhty/Ukraine during the spring of 1928 marked the onset of a wave of arrests enveloping the entire country and affecting "bourgeois" technical experts of any kind. The political trial of Sergei Platanov, the well-known historian and member of the Academy, set the stage for the sentencing of many scientists during the years 1929 - 1931.
No less harshly suppressed was the "old" intelligentsia of the national and autonomous republics. In Ukraine, for example, the Czekhists "uncovered" in 1930 the "Society for the Liberation of Ukraine," and among the 45 accused there were Academy members, publishers' editors, university professors, and writers. In February, 1931, the OGPU further uncovered a counter-revolutionary espionage organization of "Marist" intellectuals (Mari was a Finno-Ugric, central-Volga-region people who were alleged to be striving for an autonomous State under the Protectorate of Finland. The first to be arrested was the Director of the Regional Museum and noted ethnic researcher, Evseyev, subsequently accused of collaborating with Finnish scientists. Further arrests of local university teachers, scientists and linguists ensued.
Neither Tatarstan or Kazakhstan or Udmurtia nor any other ethnic/national territories within the Soviet Union were spared from similar trials. Not rarely were representatives of Finno-Ugric peoples accused of Pan-Finnism, or Turkish-speaking peoples accused of Pan-Islamism or of Pan-Turkism. And, of course, German-Russian intellectuals would be accused of Pan-Germanism.
Professor Georg Dinges, 1926
A newspaper clipping: Excerpt from the front page of the [Volga-]Republic newspaper "Nachrichten" [News] on the opening of the German Pedagogical Institute
Disastrous Connections with Germany
Among German farmers, protests against dispossessions and religious persecution eventually issued into a mass emigration movement. Toward the end of 1929, around 13,000 farmers, primarily Mennonites from West Siberia, gathered in Moscow to demand free emigration from the country, and in this matter they turned their attention to the German embassy and to the public abroad. For the Soviet Union this constituted an enormous loss of prestige and led to noticeable worsening of German-Soviet relations, strengthening an already existing tendency toward cessation of any foreign relations not explicitly approved by Moscow.
Earlier, in the 1920s, the Bolshevist leadership had still shown interest in aid from international assistance organizations in the fight against the catastrophic famine of 1921-1922, as well as in cooperating with Germany in economic and scientific matters. In that context, at the beginning of 1922, the German Red Cross (DRK) was able to undertake a medical assistance expedition in the Volga-German region, aimed at fighting the perils of epidemics, primarily cholera, typhus, and widespread malaria. Dr. Otto Fischer, the chief representative of the expedition and headquartered in Saratov, and Prof. Heinz Zeiss, director of the bilogical central laboratory of the DRK in Moscow, often met in efforts to educate the rural population, and they also met with Peter Sinner and Georg Dinges to aid in distributing assistance materials. Sinner was even permitted to publish in various German periodicals several articles on the history, literature, mores and customs of his countrymen. At the time, this was still not considered to be an activity inimical to the State. Dinges maintained numerous contacts with German linguistic experts and in May, 1924 traveled in Germany for three months. In 1928, and again in 1930, he met in Saratov with the noted German Germanist Walter Ziesemer.
Even in 1926, during an official visit of a delegation of the ASSRdWD [German acronym for Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Volga-Germans - Tr.], Johannes Schwab underscored his side's strong interest in cultural exchanges with Germany. During the 1930s, however, these contacts would prove to be the undoing of all involved.
The Indictment
Below we shall provide some excerpts from the indictment against Georg Dinges, Peter Sinner and Anatoliy Synopalov brought against them on October 10, 1931. The numerous spelling mistakes have been corrected, but the frequently clumsy forms of expression have been preserved. The original text may be found in the documents covering preliminary proceedings in this penal matter. These are currently located of the Archive of the Administration of the Federational Security Service (successor organization to the GPU-NKVD-KGB) in the Saratov region.
Concerning the indictment of Citizens DINGES G.G., SINNER P.I., per Articles 58-4, 58-6 of the Penal Code and against SYNOPALOV A.K., per Article 58-4:
In 1930, a Special Department of Empowered Representatives of the OGPU uncovered and, to a certain degree, suppressed counter-revolutionary and nationalistic espionage activities by Catholic and Lutheran clergy (Penal Procedures against BAUMTROG, KAPPES, ERBES, HARFF, WAGNER), as well as by nationalist-chauvinist elements within the Volga-German intelligentsia (Penal Procedures against Professors BEHNING, GROSS, etc.). According to testimony from accused individuals and witnesses, the accused Prof. DINGES and teacher SINNER figured as persons of Pan-Germanist orientation, inimically disposed toward the Dictatorship of the Proletariat in the USSR, and closely allied with secretly active organizations ("Eastern Europe," "Foreign Germans") or with White-Emigre organizations ("Society of Volga-Germans") in Germany. These organizations also figured prominently in the sentences of the above-mentioned BAUMTROG, KAPPES, BEHNING and others, who had already been sentenced by the Collegium of the OGPU. Further instances of counter-revolutionary behavior inimical to the Soviet power merely served as a basis for their being involved in preliminary criminal proceedings.
From the preliminary proceedings, the following conclusions were drawn: the accused DINGES, SINNER and SYNOPALOV, who according to citizen-democratic and nationalist traditions are stripped of German nationality, from the very beginning acted negatively toward the Dictatorship of the Proletariat that had resulted from the October-Revolution, and they had thereby placed themselves into the class of enemies of the Soviet Union. They were in solidarity with the Menshevists, allied with social-revolutionary thought, and were reputed to welcoming a Constitutional Convention for the proclamation of a citizen-Democratic power.
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10 million dollars. That's what Monsanto and other pesticide corporations have spent so far to defeat a ballot initiative in Washington State to label genetically engineered (GE) food. In a replay of what took place in California last year, a handful of companies is trying to confuse the issue so people vote against our right to know. But the money trail — and corporate spin tactics — are very clear.
To date, more than half of the funds spent to defeat I-522 have come from pesticide and biotech corporations, with Monsanto making the largest contribution of $4.8 million. Why are these corporations so invested in defeating GE labeling initiatives? Likely because they fear losing marketshare for their GE, pesticide-resistant corn and soy.
Pesticide and genetically engineered seed companies are increasingly one and the same. As I highlighted in a recent post, just six companies control a majority of the commercial seed market and a majority of global pesticide sales. The "Big 6" marketshare grows as they develop new GE seeds and complimentary pesticide products —driving up use of these increasingly harmful pesticides.
More than 60 other countries have passed laws that require labeling of genetically engineered foods. And in the U.S., Washingtonians are on the frontline of the issue, working to ensure they know what's in their food and how it's grown. Farmworkers, farmers and nurses agree — that's part of what GE labeling helps do. It allows families to choose the food and farming system they want to support.
Hopefully, Washington state won't be a replay of California's narrowly defeated Proposition 37. The "Yes on I-522" campaign and partners are working hard to cut through the scare tactics and misinformation and make sure voters have the facts. Contrary to what opponents claim, we know that labeling GE foods won't make groceries more expensive. Instead, it will simply gives shoppers more information and more choices.
Washington isn't the only place these issues are at play. About half of U.S. states have introduced legislation or considered efforts to label GE foods, and two states — Connecticut and Maine — passed laws that will go into effect once surrounding states are on board. And others are growing public awareness about pesticide use and its links to GE crops.
Even though most Americans say they have a right to know what's in our food — more than 90% — the Big 6 will undoubtedly continue investing in defeating initiatives like I-522 and creating campaigns of confusion.
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What Defines Me?
I just discovered a colleague's very stylish blog, and was inspired by her post asking "What Defines You?," and her subsequent personal list. As a bit of a Top 10 List addict, I was fast on my way to rounding up my own. I've left jcm off the list, as it's eminently clear that this blog defines me, but that's just too easy, eh? Here they flow, in random order:
My 7th Birthday Photo
This photo (May '77, Cincy, OH) conjures up the warm, sentimental feelings of uncomplicated youth, and a loving connection with my family. Although my folks aren't pictured here, their nurturing presence is all around (and on the other side of the camera). The Winnie the Pooh cake was likely by my special request. I love the retro feel of the old square prints, with rounded corners.
There is a simplicity to my memories of childhood, and of these such moments…no crowded party, or branded birthday theme (seemingly requisite these days), just closeness and joy. I'm so thankful to have the foundation that my upbringing provided me. Funnily enough, CJ has a photo that is almost exactly the same (parallel lives?). Now, just two months from my 40th bday, I suppose I'm a bona fide "adult"!?
"Peristeriona" Ceramic Vase
This vase holds all the memories of CJ's and my beautiful around-the-world journey together…Hong Kong to Greece to Senegal. It was something I had dreamt of doing for decades, while I racked up frequent flyer miles!
We purchased this in a charming little shop on Sifnos, an authentic, less touristy Greek Island option that we both long to return to one day. The yellow and black colors call to mind the brilliant glow of the sun, and the contrasting shadows, on the traditional white structures and breezy hillsides.
CJ and I have the gift of travelling very well together, and our time on this island was one of our most special yet…divine food, a white-knuckle scooter ride through the hills, and lots of R&R by the sea.
Nude for a Prude
How fortunate I felt when Fernando Reyes accepted my request for a visit to his Oakland East Bay art studio, to experience more of his work, and see his creative setting. What a great opportunity to see the technique and true color of some of the pieces I had admired on his website. Particularly his Scape Above series (including Dusk, and Blue Skies), as well as Red Pair D'anjou. Jeff, my friend who was my portal to Fernando's work plans to join me for the adventure.
This is an extension of my recent self-guided gallery hops, with the aim of finding an original piece for our prominent family room wall. What is always so wonderful about an artistic quest or creative journey is that it's often the unexpected that ends up being most meaningful and memorable. That would proove to be true on this day.
The Visit
We pull off 580 into Fernando's studio neighborhood, and are immediately immersed in the strong visual character of Jingletown, as it's called. Rustic, distressed, and still remaining (at least visually) true its industrial roots. It has a bit of the SF Hunter's Point/Mission bay vibe. Clearly, the area is now largely inhabited by artists, unlike the gentrified live/works in SOMA. We pass multiple mosaics, along the road, liberally applied to the building walls, and then, not surprisingly pass the Mosaic Institute and Studio Supply. I really want to explore this place, but we have somewhere to be, so I table it for later. Thankfully, CJ finishes his East Bay tax meeting in time, and meets us out front.
Fernando buzzes us in, and we enter the grounds of the very interesting multiple studio building he inhabits. There is a garden of potted plants and cacti just outside his entrance. It already feels very welcoming and homey. The moment we set foot in his studio my eyes land on a piece that is sitting on his easel, near the entrance. Is it kismet? I gasp (yes, out loud), as my reaction to it is so visceral. The piece is called Details III.
Details III
I first respond to its overall palette and balance. The colors are vastly appealing and very much in "my" palette: mustard, warm greys, dusty blue, dark rust, etc. Slowly, the subject emerges before me, an amazing collage of deconstructed male nudes.
Fernando shares that all the segments are crops from his drawings, and woodblock prints. I immediately recognize the 2 largest pieces, from Les Hommes, which Jeff had recently purchased a print of. They include the back of a head, and a large, expressive hand that tells a world of stories. There are also more sensual parts captured, a beautiful lower back and butt, and muscular arm and chest crop. And, there is the elbow (top row, 3rd segment from right), which makes visual allusions to much more (a nod to Georgia O'Keefe?).
I realize that despite having gone to his studio with a nature or still life in mind, I was really drawn into this piece and its style. He shares with us that he had just created these pieces, mostly for the 14th Annual Erotic Art Fair Weekend in Los Angeles/West Hollywood the following week. It's a new style and approach for him. He uses the good parts of existing drawings, and prints that are otherwise not ideal, sellable or usable. This particular piece is of all male subjects. But, he also has one which is all women (Details I), and a smaller, square one (Details II). I have to literally fight my preferential instinct towards square formats. My Bauhaus design background haunts me in this way.
Taking a break from this wonderful surprise, we peruse his studio, as he pulls out countless drawers with countless drawings and stories to accompany each. What I thought would be a 20 minute visit, balloons into a wonderful 2 or so hours… and were it not for an afternoon appointment, he would have had to give us the boot. Fernando enjoys talking about his work, and does so eloquently and passionately. Amazingly, he used to be a banker, but left that career to live as an artist. The upside of that is that he has as clear a grasp on the left brain perspective of his industry as the right.
He also has some smaller urban paintings of Jingletown. They are very clean, with minimal paint application visible, and appear almost photographic from a distance. I love them, but they were not of the scale I want for our wall. (They will be my next purchase someday, if they're still around and I have any dough left.) In the corner we see some pieces that look almost like multi-colored fish scales, which are made up of VERY thick oil strokes. Fernando shares that they are made out of the remaining paint daubs from his actual process. How beautifully random!
Afterwards we grab a bite at Tiki Tom's. It's perfectly eccentric. Painted surf boards line the ceiling, and it sits right on the river/inlet. Think edgy Jimmy Buffett. Their BBQ pulled pork and french dip sandwiches are redonculous! GO! Now!
Long story short-er, Fernando allows us to enjoy Details III in our home for 2 days "on approval", to make sure it works in our intended space, and to "sleep on it". Since he intends to take it to LA, we know we have to make a quick decision, lest it be purchased by someone there, and lost to us forever. We realize how special it is that both of us love the piece so much, and appreciate how unique it is. So, I make the purchase…my first substantial, original piece of art. It is truly one-of-a-kind, as are all of the drawings included.
Literally, each day I discover something new in it…a texture, image, or color. I also jokingly renamed it 10 Nipples, since that there are! This is all quite ironic, considering I recently shared that I didn't really care for "nudes" in my home, and yet this piece that we so love just happens to be. Funny how that works. And, there are plenty of squares in the design to keep me happy, even if the overall format is landscape.
Upcoming Open Studio
East Bay OPEN STUDIOS 2009
JINGLETOWN Art Walk
June 6 & 7 – 13 & 14, '09
11:00am – 6:00pm
Over 25 artists exhibiting
Fernando Reyes Fine Art
Ford Street Studios
2934 Ford Street, Oakland, CA 94601
An Aside: Galleries to Visit
(These recommendations augment those already profiled here.)
Arthaus, @ 411 Brannan St.
Director James Bacchi was very helpful, and gave me a passionate, engaging tour.
Artist's Gallery at Fort Mason, Building A
A vast array of "museum quality" artists. Don't miss their auction later in the year! And, if you go, check out the amazing map collages by artist Tofu.
Hang Art, @ 556 Sutter St
And, be sure to check out the annex across the street.
Studio Gallery, @ 1815 Polk St.
Showing works by favorite Carol Aust, among others.


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US Air's New Challenge: Connecting Systems, Not Just FlightsBy Larry Dignan Print
US Airways climbed out of its second bankruptcy by merging with America West. Can the new company combine its information systems as effectively?
The new US Airways formed from the combination of low-cost carrier America West Airlines and the twice-bankrupt US Airways, officially took flight on Sept. 27.
The company will announce its collective financial results Nov. 9.
But while the airline looks like one entity, its information systems remain separate and distinct. For the coming months, the company will keep two Web sites, handle reservations on two systems and run its business applications separately.
US Airways CIO Joe Beery, however, is working to meld these disparate systems. Over the next two to three years, he'll try to bring the systems together into a single information management platform (America West systems will dominate).
Beery will also diminish the airline's reliance on Electronic Data Systems, which operated the old US Airways technology systems under a $200 million-a-year contract.
The challenge: Bring the old US Airways costs down to America West levels. America West spent 11.4 cents per seat mile in the second quarter, while US Airways spent 15.3 cents.
"This will be closely watched," said Doug Abbey, a partner at The Velocity Group, an airline-industry consulting firm. "And the integration is going to take years, not months."
But Beery has a plan, which includes:
Insourcing Technology Operations:US Airways had outsourced all of its technology operations to EDS in July 2001, keeping about a dozen technology managers on staff to manage the contract. America West, meanwhile, had hired EDS to operate its reservations system, but prefers to keep development of critical applications—such as an airmail-tracking program to comply with new U.S. Postal Service mandates—in-house.
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EDS will still provide services to the new US Airways and integrate the company's two reservation systems, but ultimately its "job is going to get smaller," Beery said.
The parties won't comment on the value of EDS' deal with the merged company.
Beery plans to have a combined staff of about 240 people, the same size that America West had. It is unclear how many EDS workers will remain under contract at the new US Airways since integration plans aren't set.
Beery's America West technology staff is meeting with counterparts at EDS to analyze gaps in how they performed their jobs. For the most part, the way EDS organized US Airways' technology staff mirrors how Beery set up America West's.
"People are aligned," said Beery. "That's convenient."
Simplify Systems and Processes:What may not be quite as convenient is simplifying and updating US Airways' technology systems.
The integration of America West and US Airways is a "three-hump camel," Beery says.
That is, the work falls into three areas: back-office applications, such as human resources, payroll and finance; operations systems, such as crew scheduling and aircraft maintenance; and reservations, the highest-priority system.
Each reservations system currently stores millions of passenger name records for travel booked for today, tomorrow and even three years out, according to Jim Dullum, vice president of U.S. transportation at EDS.
In the next year, US Airways' passenger name records will be merged into America West's system. The companies haven't outlined how they'll merge back-office, scheduling and maintenance systems.
The low-cost mandate of the new US Airways will simplify the software supporting the business.
For example, US Airways allowed planes to carry hazardous materials while America West didn't. Hazardous materials are now prohibited— which means the new company won't have to track that cargo.
The new company also won't allow unaccompanied minors to make connecting flights, a service US Airways had provided. That means the reservations system doesn't have to deliver children through multiple handoffs.
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US Airways will also adopt America West's simpler pricing schemes.
"A lot of the business processes we had were simpler and enabled us to run at a lower cost," Beery said.
Invest:Another chore for Beery will be upgrading infrastructure. US Airways had stopped upgrading personal computers and local-area networks at its airport terminals while in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, said Beery. America West, meanwhile, upgraded its field computers and self-service kiosks last year.
And since US Airways was in bankruptcy proceedings twice—from August 2002 to March 2003, and again from September 2004 to September 2005—customer-facing technology such as desktop PCs needs to be replaced.
"I don't think things are falling apart, but a byproduct of bankruptcy is there wasn't enough investment," said Beery. "We have to catch up with renovation in the field."
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Defensive Midfield Scores Six In 13-7 Win Over Fairfield
BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland defensive midfielders Scott Ratliff and Josh Hawkins combined to score six goals on as many shots, and Pat Laconi added an assist, as the Greyhounds' defensive midfield was in on almost half of their goals during a 13-7 victory Saturday afternoon over visiting Fairfield University in ECAC Lacrosse League action at Ridley Athletic Complex.
Ratliff, a long-stick midfielder, scored four, and Hawkins added two for Loyola (9-2 overall, 5-0 ECAC), which clinched a bid to the 2013 ECAC Championships that will be played May 2-4 at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y. Ratliff also had four caused turnovers and three ground balls, and Hawkins tallied a pair off the ground and caused one Stags turnover.
Fairfield (6-5, 3-2) took an early 1-0 lead as Marshall Johnson scored on a seven-yard shot from the top at 10:32 in the first quarter, but less than two minutes later, an extra-man goal by Loyola would start a 5-0 Greyhounds run.
A Stags push gave Loyola a man advanatage, and Harry Kutner fed Kevin Ryan who hit an over-the-shoulder shot from just in front of the crease to tie the game at 1-1 with 8:44 on the first-quarter clock.
Ratliff then picked up the ground ball on the next faceoff, and he struck with a 12-yard shot from the top of the box to give Loyola its first lead, 2-1, just nine second after Ryan's goal.
Chris Layne scored the Greyhounds' third goal, taking a flip from Davis Butts and running left-to-right past his defender to score at 6:27. Justin Ward then scored his first of two-straight at 3:11 with a sidearm shot from just outside the crease.
Ward added another 59 seconds later, converting a bounce shot from a tough angle on the left side after rolling from 'X'. That goal pushed the Greyhounds' advantage to 5-1.
Drew Frederick came off a check on the right side and scored on a low-to-low shot with 40 seconds left in the first quarter, but the Greyhounds still had enough time to score one more before the end of the first 15 minutes.
Nikko Pontrello came off a Ratliff screen, and Ratliff rolled to the right side of the crease where Pontrello hit him with 23 ticks showing for Ratliff's second of the quarter.
Sean O'Sullivan gave Loyola a 7-2 lead at 12:09 in the second quarter when he got free down the right alley, but Fairfield got back within four at 9:40 on a Eric Warden bouncer after rolling the crease on the left side.
Ratliff quickly built the lead back to five for Loyola, flicking a shot into the net off a Ward feed at 9:12.
Later in the quarter, with a 30-second warning in place, Sam Snow came down the right side and hit an overhand bouncer at 3:46, cutting Loyola's lead to 8-4.
Hawkins, however, pushed the lead back to five before halftime, running a slow clear and backing off a check for a hard shot from seven yards out with 56 seconds remaining before the break.
Jordan Greenfield pulled the Stags back to within four, 9-5, 1:22 into the second half with a low-to-low shot from the right side off a Snow pass, but Ratliff to a Laconi pass in transition and hit a 10-yard step-down shot at 12:44.
Mike Sawyer used a Ward pass at 10:53 to score his first of the game before Warden scored his second with a goal for Fairfield at 10:18.
The score remained 11-6 in Loyola's favor for several minutes before Sawyer scored in highlight-reel fashion. He was knocked to the turf, and a penalty flag flew on Fairfield, but Sawyer got off a hard shot from the ground and scored at 1:29 to push the lead to six.
Ratliff then caused a Fairfield turnover with under 45 seconds left in the quarter, and Hawkins appeared to settle the play before faking a pass and running down the left alley to score with 18 seconds left in the third.
Fairfield scored the fourth quarter's lone goal with 1:56 left in the game on a Tristan Sperry shot.
In addition to the multi-point efforts by the defensive midfielders, Ward finished with two goals and two assists, and Sawyer scored twice.
Joe Fletcher matched Ratliff and goalkeeper Jack Runkel for team-high honors with three assists, and defenders Pat Frazier and Reid Acton each caused two turnovers.
The Greyhounds play their final regular-season home game of the season on Saturday, April 13, at 1 o'clock against the University of Denver.


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Vivo Y93 PD1818F Firmware (Stock ROM)
The Vivo Firmware helps you to downgrade or upgrade the Stock Firmware of your Vivo Smartphone, FeaturePhone and Tablets. It also allows you to fix any IMEI related issue, Software related issue, bootloop issue.
Package Name: Vivo_Y93_PD1818F_EX_A_1.16.8_LA.UM.6.6.2.R1-04200-89xx.0_SDM439.zip
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Step 3: Now, Install the provided Qualcomm USB Driver on the Computer.
Step 4: Once you have successfully installed the USB Driver, Open QFIL Flash Tool on the Computer.
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The overmantle was donated to the Museum in 2008 by Messrs. Scott-Morgan and it includes ornately carved Renaissance panels which date from 1522-38.


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If you are looking for a holiday or short break in Cowes then we have a huge range of holiday accommodation to choose from. We have apartments, cottages, town houses and country houses.
Property Ref: 101
Gracious detached 7 bedroomed house in its own grounds in an elevated position with sea views. Built for the Ratsey family in 1928. All amenities including wireless broadband, AGA and additional range cooker, dining room seating 15. Three en suite bedrooms plus an additional three bathrooms. Best quality Egyptian cotton bedlinen and towels. Large gardens with patio, pond , trampoline and BBQ/patio area. Parking for 6+ cars. Ideal for corporate, careful teams and large family groups. Bedrooms on three floors. Available for Cowes Week, Little Britain Cup (LBCC) etc.
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Wonderful, high ceilings, classic grade II listed Victorian house in the centre of old Cowes. Full of period features. Dining and sleeping for 10. Sea views. A stone's throw from the water, nearest parking 100 metres away on the sea front. Wifi, big TV, best quality Egyptian cotton bedlinen and towels, this house has it all. Ideal for corporate lets, regatta lets and holiday accommodation.+ More details
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Turn of the century cottage in the heart of Cowes. Four bedrooms, two convertible twin/doubles, a single and a triple. Recenly redecorated (2015) with stripped floors but retaining original features. Very characterful and deceptively large sheltered sunny with garden. Patio area with BBQ. Available for all regattas, LBCC, Cowes Week, Round the Island, Swans, Commodores Cup etc. but also holidays and corporate lets. TV with cable package, fast cable wifi and fitted kitchen. Best quality Egyptian cotton bedlinen and towels.+ More details
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Newly refurbished (2011) this semi-detached house in the ever popular Beckford Road is finished to a very high standard with four bedrooms. All can be twins or doubles and one of them a triple giving a maximum capacity of nine. There is a kitchen/dining room and a good sized lounge with flat screen TV, Wifi, etc. Double glazed throughout, this house is cosy at any time of year. Paved back garden on two levels with BBQ and seating. Best quality Egyptian cotton bedlinen and towels. Available for Cowes Week, Little Britain Cup (LBCC) Swan Europeans, Round the Island race as well as for holidays and corporate guests.+ More details
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Beautiful four bedroom, three bathroom gite in the Charente Maritime sleeping up to ten. Very large swimming pool (15 metres by eight metres with diving board) and sun terrace. Four bedrooms, two of which have en-suite shower rooms, one of those being on the ground floor.
The gite was completed in June 2012. A plan is available. Everything is brand new with full insulation (important in the hot summers), new bathrooms and kitchens from the UK and laminate flooring, slate laminate in the kitchen and bathrooms, and cherry everywhere else.
The gite is wired for internet and multi-media, and there is a hard drive with 250 plus films and 33,000 songs which are streamed to both of the ultra-thin TVs with sound bars. In the upstairs rumpus room there is also a Wii. Internet is also available wirelessly. If you bring your own PCs and DVDs then these can be plugged in and played as well.
There is a log burner there for chilly evenings and the whole gite is centrally heated in the winter.
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Very sparkly new first(and top) floor apartment on Mill Hill Road. Handy for the marinas and Red Jet, newly built to a very high standard. Two bedrooms, one with zip and link beds which can be either a double or a twin and another twin. There is also a double sofa bed. Fully fitted kitchen, comfy lounge and some nice touches including iphone charging alarm clocks. Single parking space outside and small paved patio areac with seating and BBQ. Available for regattas ans holidays including Cowes Week, Round the Island Race, Little Britain, Swan European and Cowes Classics.+ More details
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A welcoming cottage in Cowes close to the Medina river and with views of the river from the back bedroom. Three bedrooms, one with a king sized double, one with a standard double and a bunk room with grown up bunks. Seating in the lounge for six as well as dining for six. On street parking and garden with BBQ and seating for six. This house is available for Cowes Week, Round the Island race, Cowes Classics, LBCC and holidays.+ More details
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A pretty, light airy two bedroom holiday home (one double one twin) with downstairs bathroom.
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BOSTON (AP) — Two law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation say two of the three people newly arrested in the Boston Marathon bombing case are two men originally from Kazakhstan who were friendly with the main suspect.
Azamat Tazhayakov (AHZ'-maht tuh-ZAYE'-uh-kov) and Dias Kadyrbayev (DYE'-us kad-uhr-BYE-ev) appeared via video for a visa violation hearing in immigration court in Boston on Wednesday.
The officials who said they were in custody spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the investigation.
One of the officials said the third suspect was a man.
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Mount Pocono has a garbage problem.
Mount Pocono has a garbage problem.
Borough Council has been deliberating for the last two months on whether it will continue to provide municipal trash pick-up for residents, with only about six weeks before the borough's current trash-hauling contract runs out.
The borough has two options, to either bill its residents for the entire cost of municipal trash hauling, or allow its residents to contract with a private trash hauler.
Borough Councilman Jeff Woehrle, the head of the borough's sanitation committee, said he's in favor of allowing residents to contract their own garbage hauling.
"Government has enough control over what residents can do," he said. "This seems like a good way to give control to the residents."
The current trash arrangement has been a money-loser for the cash-strapped borough. Residents are charged a flat fee of $150 per year, but the actual cost to the borough is between $250 and $300, borough officials said.
The remaining amount is paid for out of property tax payments. Auditors for the borough have said the borough cannot bill for garbage partly through taxes and partly through separate billing, it must be one way or the other.
Adding the full billing amount to taxes likely would put the borough over the state-mandated 30-mill tax limit, leaving the borough no choice but to bill the entire amount to residents.
The borough is at 27.5 mills of property tax right now.
"We just can't have it completely in the budget," council President John Finnerty said.
Because the current bill rate is a flat fee, not based on how much trash a resident has hauled away, the cost is the same for a family of six as it is for someone who lives alone.
"We have a lot of people who live in their homes for the summer only, but they're charged the same rate," Woehle said.
Woehrle said the companies he found will be able to haul residential trash for about $240 per year.
Currently, trash is picked up on Monday for the entire borough.
Council President John Finnerty said one of the worries is that with private companies, the pick-up likely will be on varied days, taxing the borough's roads with garbage trucks.
Due to cost constraints, the borough has put off paving any of its roads for four years, he said.
In early October, the borough postponed a decision on new garbage contract bids. Earlier this month, council asked to see new bids with the requirement that the garbage hauler would bill the residents directly, a cost Finnerty said likely would add at least 10 percent to the contract.
The new bids, and the option of allowing residents to contract with their own garbage hauler, are scheduled to be on the agenda for the Dec. 3 meeting.


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WASHINGTON (AFNS) — When a new policy takes effect, probably this summer, schools will need to have a signed memorandum of understanding to participate in the Defense Department's Tuition Assistance Program, Pentagon officials said.
A 90-day extension that expired March 30 allowed DOD officials to work with stakeholders to address issues associated with the memorandum, and a revised memorandum now is complete, officials said.
When the new policy takes effect, schools that provide education programs through the DOD Tuition Assistance Program must agree to the new memorandum and have a signed copy on file with the Defense Department for service members receiving tuition assistance approval to attend their institution, officials said. The revised memorandum and the policy implementation date will be announced on the Defense Department's memorandum of understanding Web page.
The memorandum is meant to ensure service members have the widest variety of choices for their continued education, officials said, explaining that it puts important educational protections for service members and government oversight into writing.
"I am pleased that over the past 90 days we have been able to collaborate with our partners, including the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; American Council on Education; National Association of Institutions for Military Education Services; and numerous veteran service organizations and military service organizations," said Robert L. Gordon III, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy. "As a result, we have a stronger, clearer memorandum."
The revised memorandum contains these key guidelines:
— Prior to enrollment, schools must disclose all policies regarding admissions, transfer of credit and residency requirements, as well as costs such as tuition, fees and other charges to the service member;
— Prior to enrollment, schools must provide service members access to a financial aid advisor who will provide a clear and complete explanation of available financial aid, including Title IV, and appropriate loan counseling before offering, recommending, or singing up a student for a school loan; and
— Schools must have a policy that bans aggressive marketing and inducements, and must refrain from aggressively marketing to military students or use inducements to encourage military students to enroll in their school.
Once internal coordination of the revised memorandum is complete, schools will have ample opportunity to review and sign the memorandum before the policy goes into effect, officials said.
Academic institutions participating in the Tuition Assistance Program will continue to receive tuition assistance, regardless of whether they have signed the original memorandum with the department. Once the new policy goes into effect, only those schools that have signed a memorandum of understanding with the department will be able to receive tuition assistance.
Institutions that have signed or are in the process of signing the original memorandum will not have to re-sign or make changes to the document, officials noted.
"Even though more than 2,070 institutions of higher learning have already signed the memorandum, it is the department's intent to ensure our service members have the widest variety of choices for their continued education," Gordon said.


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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he would not rule out further bond purchases to boost growth and reduce unemployment, which he called a "grave concern."
"The costs of nontraditional policies, when considered carefully, appear manageable, implying that we should not rule out the further use of such policies if economic conditions warrant," Bernanke said today in a speech to central bankers and economists at an annual forum in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Bernanke's speech comes two weeks before he leads a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee to decide whether an expansion of the Fed's record stimulus is needed to spur growth. Two rounds of large-scale asset purchases totaling $2.3 trillion have so far failed to reduce the jobless rate below 8 percent more than three years into the recovery.
Stocks pared gains after the remarks. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index advanced 0.4 percent to 1,404.94 at 10:04 a.m. in New York. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.63 percent from 1.62 percent late yesterday.
Bernanke's 24-page speech at the Kansas City Fed's symposium reviewed the Fed's policy actions through the financial crisis and use of nontraditional policy tools such as communication and outright bond purchases, concluding that they have been effective in boosting growth and improving financial conditions. He said that declines in the unemployment rate would continue only if growth picks up above its longer term trend.
"We have seen no net improvement in the unemployment rate since January," Bernanke told central bankers and economists in the audience, according to a text of his remarks released in Washington. "Unless the economy begins to grow more quickly than it has recently, the unemployment rate is likely to remain far above levels consistent with maximum employment for some time."
The Fed chairman said long periods of high unemployment produce "enormous suffering and waste of human talent" and also risk causing "structural damage on our economy that could last for many years."
Policy makers at their Aug. 1 meeting were moving toward additional action, according to minutes released last week. Many members of the panel said more stimulus will be needed "fairly soon" unless the recovery shows signs of a "substantial and sustainable strengthening."
The Fed chairman echoed those remarks, concluding his speech by saying "the Federal Reserve will provide additional policy accommodation as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery and sustained improvement in labor market conditions in a context of price stability."
Since the August meeting, data on housing, manufacturing and retail sales have exceeded expectations.
Retail sales rose 0.8 percent in July, the most in five months, and sales of existing homes rose from an eight-month low. Consumers increased spending for the first time in three months, government data showed yesterday, and retailers such as Gap Inc. and Macy's Inc. posted same-store sales this month that topped analysts' estimates.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index has climbed 11 percent this year as company earnings beat forecasts and investors speculated that the Fed will take steps to support the expansion. About 71 percent of companies in the index reported results that exceeded analysts' estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.62 percent yesterday from a 2012 high of 2.38 percent in March as investors sought the safety of U.S. debt.
Recent signs of strength in the economy may not be enough to satisfy Fed policy makers whose mandate from Congress bids them to aim for maximum employment and stable prices.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.7 percent annual rate in the second quarter, slowing from 4.1 percent in the final three months of last year. Employers probably added 127,000 jobs in August, down from 163,000 a month before, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists.
At the same time, inflation is falling below the Fed's goal of 2 percent. The measure watched by central bankers, known as the personal consumption expenditures price index, slowed to a 1.3 percent annual increase in July, the least since October 2009.
Cooling growth leaves the world's biggest economy more vulnerable to what Bernanke has called "two main sources of risk" -- the debt crisis in Europe and the so-called fiscal cliff in the U.S., the $600 billion of tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect automatically at the end of the year unless Congress acts.
The minutes of their last meeting showed policy makers considered extending the time horizon the Fed expects to keep its benchmark interest rate low.
Since January, the Fed has said economic conditions would likely warrant keeping the rate "exceptionally low" through at least late 2014. The rate has been kept close to zero since December 2008.
Policy makers could also opt for a third round of large- scale asset purchases, known as quantitative easing, intended to push long-term borrowing costs lower.
The steps are among the unorthodox policy tools wielded by Bernanke, a 58-year-old former Princeton professor, as he sought to pull the nation out of its worst recession since the Great Depression and then to ensure a lasting recovery.
Bernanke, a student of the Depression, has presided over what the economist William White, a former member of the Bank for International Settlements' executive committee, calls "one of the greatest economic experiments of all time."
Three years into the expansion, Bernanke has tried to nudge the economy onto a path of stronger growth to boost hiring. The FOMC on June 20 extended a program, known as Operation Twist, that replaces short-term notes in its portfolio with longer-term assets in an effort to further suppress longer-term interest rates.
The Fed chairman's unprecedented use of the central bank's powers -- which also involved the rescue of Bear Stearns Cos. and American International Group Inc. during the financial crisis -- has become a contentious issue in an election year.
Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, told the Fox Business Network on Aug. 23 that he wouldn't reappoint Bernanke, raising questions about the succession more than a year before Bernanke's term expires in January 2014. The 2012 Republican platform calls for an audit of the Fed's monetary policy.
"Criticism is fair game, but this is like political football," said Mark Gertler, a New York University economist and research collaborator with Bernanke. "Years from now, people who will look back are going to thank God we had Bernanke as chairman over this period and that he was able to keep the focus on the job and conduct responsible monetary policy."
Bernanke's speech at Jackson Hole in 2010 signaled a willingness to undertake additional unconventional policies to ward off weak growth and the risk of deflation.
At its meeting the following November, the Fed announced it would embark on a second round of bond purchases. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rallied 18 percent beginning Aug. 27, 2010, when Bernanke spoke, through the year end.
While Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Charles Evans, head of the Chicago Fed, have called for additional stimulus since the last FOMC meeting, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said in a Bloomberg Television interview today that he "would like to see some more data before taking really big action."


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Monday, June 11, 2007
Oh for the Love of Bugs
A Lovebug flew into Nicholas ear! How does this happen? Well if you know anything about lovebugs they fly around in partners, well I pull out the lovebugs or I thought....One lovebug was in my hand and the other still in Nick's ear ARGGH! My parents where over and my mom and I are trying to think how to get the lovebug out while my dad ran around the kitchen screaming take him to the hospital! Dad ~ I am not taking the baby to the hospital for a lovebug. So I try to take the lovebug out of his ear with a tweezer, I got his legs and a wing not the whole bug Shit! Dad still screaming hospital. We descide on some proxcide and watch the bug start to desinagrate. Good we are on the right track. 3 days later we are out and Nick is telling anybody who will listen to 2 year old chatter: "bug, ear, medi".
Monday, June 11, 2007
Oh! For the Love of Bugs....
Monday, June 11, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
Homestudy Hooray!
Monday, June 04, 2007
Homestudy Complete!
Well our homestudy went very well, the boys were excited about adopting a little sister so we had no negative comments from the peanuts! LOL I want to thank Amanda, April, Denise, Kristi and Jen for the wonderful letters. A few days later we found out we will not be a match for sweet "Jessica" in the states. (She was the little one who started this all) She was taken from an abusive/violent home which she needs 100% attention from her caregivers so ideally no siblings. She is mentally retarded due from severe beatings from her family, which is making her extremely voilent and her case worker is afraid for Nicholas safety since she can not understand right from wrong. We feel we would be doing her more harm then good by pursuing her. Her case worker agreed.
We are looking into the country of Belize, they have 6 orphanages, travel is 7-10 days and after the county receives all our paperwork it can be as little as 5-8 months for our "Isabella" to come home. We will keep everyone posted!


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MONTREAL — Saying she is only seeking closure, Maria Rizzuto-Renda, the wife of reputed Mafia leader Paolo Renda, appeared before a Superior Court judge on Thursday to ask that her husband be declared dead because she has seen no sign of him for more than two years.
"This is hard for me to say. But I feel my husband is dead," Rizzuto-Renda told Superior Court Justice Caroline Roy at the Montreal courthouse. Last year, she and her adult son and daughter filed a request seeking to have her husband officially declared dead. The Montreal police believe he was abducted on May 20, 2010. His Lexus sport utility vehicle was found abandoned on Gouin Blvd., roughly 300 metres from his home on Antoine Berthelet Ave. Roy will render her decision on the matter at another date.
Rizzuto-Renda, 65, revealed some of what is known about the last few hours her husband was seen alive. She said he went golfing in the morning and then went to the funeral home the family owns in St-Léonard. She said her husband called her from the funeral home to say he would be picking up four steaks to bring home for dinner. She said by about 3 p.m. she became worried because Renda was usually punctual. Her son-in-law decided to drive around tracing Renda's usual route and found the Lexus with a window down and the steaks inside.
Her daughter, Domenica, who also testified Thursday, said she and her mother have been told through lawyers that construction workers saw a black Dodge Cobra with a siren on top pull over the silver Lexus and that two men, dressed as police, appeared to arrest Renda. Domenica Renda said the Montreal police were also trying to track down a black car that appeared to be following Renda when he left the location where he bought the steaks.
"It wasn't just any man driving down the street," Renda's daughter said, adding she is certain the construction workers saw her father being abducted. "My father would never have left us in this situation. Never ever, ever. "
The family's lawyer, Carmine Mercadante, told Roy that Rizzuto-Renda and her children have nothing to gain from having Renda declared dead. He said Renda had no life insurance and that his family is growing tired of dealing with things like his tax returns. Normally, relatives have to wait seven years before seeking a death certificate unless there is clear proof the person is dead. Mercadante argued the proof is clear in Renda's case.
According to Rizzuto-Renda, no one has heard from her husband since he disappeared and she said that after nearly five decades of marriage, she would know if her husband had suddenly decided to go into hiding.
"My husband was a wonderful man. He never gave me reason to think he would run away. Impossible. There's no reason," said Rizzuto-Renda, dressed head to toe in black.
Rizzuto-Renda has been a witness to the turmoil that her family has gone through over the past few years. She was with her father Nicolo (Zio Cola) Rizzuto Sr. the night he was killed by a sniper inside his home in November 2010, just months after Renda disappeared. Her nephew, Nick (The Ritz) Rizzuto, was killed in December 2009. The attacks on the Rizzuto organization occurred while Rizzuto-Renda's brother, Vito, was in a federal prison in the U.S. The organization had also been weakened by Project Colisée, an RCMP investigation that led to the 2006 arrests of several Mafia leaders in Montreal, including both Paolo Renda and Nicolo Rizzuto Sr.
Renda had just been released on parole the previous February when he disappeared. The death of his nephew caused the Parole Board of Canada to amend his release and impose severe conditions on him. Rizzuto-Renda said her husband had to call a parole officer often and that the Correctional Service of Canada could check in on him any time it felt it was necessary.
"If he golfed, they had to know who he golfed with," she said, adding that one of Renda's parole officers expressed concerns for her safety over having to travel to the Renda home.
At the time, the Rizzuto organization faced the most serious threat as the leaders of the Mafia in Montreal. Police sources believe a small group headed by Salvatore Montagna tried to reach a consensus on who should take over the Mafia in the city with Vito Rizzuto absent and Renda on parole. Montagna was killed in 2011.
Rizzuto-Renda made no direct mention of the turmoil the organization faced. But she did say her husband was warned that his life was in danger before he was granted parole.
"Seeing as who my husband was … you know … well … it was dangerous," Rizzuto-Renda said with hesitation. "My husband was warned before he came out that there were people who wanted to see him."
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Three New Jersey Investors Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions
WASHINGTON – Three financial investors who purchased municipal tax liens at auctions in New Jersey pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at tax liens auctions held by municipalities, the Department of Justice announced.
Charges were filed today in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, N.J., against Isadore H. May of Margate, N.J.; Richard J. Pisciotta Jr. of Long Beach Township, N.J.; and William A. Collins of Medford, N.J.
According to the felony charges, from at least 2003 through approximately February 2009, the investors participated in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions for the sale of municipal tax liens in New Jersey by agreeing to allocate among certain bidders which liens each would bid on. The investors proceeded to submit bids in accordance with their agreements and purchased tax liens at collusive and non-competitive interest rates.
"The collusion taking place at these auctions is artificially raising the interest rates that financially distressed home and property owners must pay, and is lining the pockets of the colluding investors," said Sharis A. Pozen, Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. "The Antitrust Division will vigorously pursue these kinds of collusive schemes that eliminate competition from the marketplace."
The department said that the primary purpose of the conspiracy was to suppress and restrain competition to obtain selected municipal tax liens offered at public auctions at non-competitive interest rates. When the owner of real property fails to pay taxes on that property, the municipality in which the property is located may attach a lien for the amount of the unpaid taxes. If the taxes remain unpaid after a waiting period, the lien may be sold at auction. State law requires that investors bid on the interest rate delinquent homeowners will pay upon redemption. By law, the bid opens at 18 percent interest and, through a competitive bidding process, can be driven down to zero percent. If a lien remains unpaid after a certain period of time, the investor who purchased the lien may begin foreclosure proceedings against the property to which the lien is attached.
According to the court documents, May, Pisciotta and Collins conspired with others not to bid against one another at municipal tax lien auctions in New Jersey. Because the conspiracy permitted the conspirators to purchase tax liens with limited competition, each conspirator was able to obtain liens which earned a higher interest rate. Property owners were therefore made to pay higher interest on their tax debts than they would have paid had their liens been purchased in open and honest competition.
Each violation of the Sherman Act carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for individuals. The maximum fine for a Sherman Act violation may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victim if either amount is greater than the $1 million statutory maximum.
Today's charges are part of efforts underway by President Barack Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF). President Obama established the interagency FFETF to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes. For more information on the task force, visit www.StopFraud.gov.
The ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Antitrust Division's New York Field Office and the FBI's Atlantic City, N.J., office. Anyone with information concerning bid rigging or fraud related to municipal tax lien auctions should contact the Antitrust Division's New York Field Office at 212-335-8000, visit www.justice.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm or contact the Atlantic City Resident Agency of the FBI at 609-677-6400.


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