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On Saturday, Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., a walk-a-thon will be held in Blue Springs to fight against childhood cancer.
The "Stomping Out Childhood Cancer" walk-a-thon, a benefit for the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, is to be at the Vesper Field track, across from the Blue Springs Freshman Center, 2103 N.W. Vesper St. in central Blue Springs.
Participants are encouraged to walk as many miles or laps on the track as they like within the alloted time frame. Several other events will be offered, including a calk walk, raffle drawings for Kansas City Royals and Sporting KC tickets, as well as cupcake, lemonade and children's activity booths. At the end of the event, pizza will be provided to all participants.
"Another raffle item will be an autographed soccer ball signed by the two Sporting Club KC team members who played in the World Cup," said Ashley Gilbert, one of the coordinators of the event.
Registration for walkers is $15 per person. However, Gilbert said children who attend the event will be exempt from the registration fee.
To sign up for the walk-a-thon, visit the "Stomping out Childhood Cancer... One step at a time" event page on Facebook. The Facebook page provides the link to register for the walk-a-thon at eventbrite.com . For those who are unable to attend but still want to make a donation, visit https://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/1116039 .
According to Gilbert, a University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing student, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15. ALSF, a registered charity, emerged from a front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra "Alex" Scott to raise money to help find a cancer cure in 2000. The foundation has evolved into a national fundraising event and has raised more than $75 million toward Alex's dream of finding a cure for cancer.

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|• Reset the BIOS to Default Settings
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|• Create RAID Volumes
|• Enable ISRT
|• Set UEFI Configuration
|1.Enter system setup.
|2.Using the arrow keys, navigate to the Exit tab.
|3.Select the option to load default settings and press Enter.
|4.Press Y to confirm.
|5.Select the option to save the changes and exit.
|6.Press Y to confirm.
|1. Highlight 1st Boot and press Enter. Select CD/DVD and press Enter.
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|1. Sign-in to Windows.
|2. On the system tray, double-click the ISRT icon to launch the application.
|3. Click Accelerate
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|5. Under Select the size allocation for the cache memory, click the specific memory size indicated. For example, 18.6 GB and so on.
|6. Under the Select the disk or volume to accelerate section, select Disk on port 0.
|7. Under the Select the acceleration mode section, select Enhanced mode.
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J. Koster needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 112 designs submitted by 40 freelance designers.
JK-RUFF is the creation of two like-minded musicians. Jordan Koster, and Kristian Laemmle-Ruff. The Project JK-RUFF has been a two-year recording project with acclaimed Producer Peter Dacy. (Taxi Ride, The Androids). Upon the completion of JK-RUFF's first album 'Ocean Arms' The team intend to shop the record as a band to the major labels in Australia, with the intention of trying to create interest and potentially secure distribution, publishing and marketing deals.
Please listen to the music.
Tracks can be heard at: http://www.myspace.com/jkruff
The name of the Album is 'Ocean Arms'
It is an epic 12 track journey. Many crescendo's.
Using mandolin, 12-string guitar, electric guitar, sitar,
organs, and many harmonies. "Sounds like its from the 70's"
It is Important that the logo reflects the music.
The theme of the music is generally about love.
The ocean, the tide, the sun, and time.
We think the logo should feel fluid yet have a commercial strong edge.
We want to be portrayed as a folk/psychedelic rock band with strong ties to the ocean.
The response from the music so far has been extremely positive from all age groups.
Our target audience is 15 to 50. The Album has a mature and sellable sound. Catchy for the kids, and plenty of depth for the listeners. The oldies like it because it reminds them of the 70's (harmonies, guitar parts, open hearted, real instruments, no samples.) Ages 15-30 like it because of the authenticity confidence and strength in vocals. There is a real transparency in the music, an honesty that people warm too.
We want our logo to reflect both a 70's and now feel, because that is our music.
Our aim is to be sellable, in a commercial sense. We like a strong text like LED ZEPPELIN, its bold. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS cursive, yet strong with height.
The logo will encompass the word 'JK-RUFF' which is our corporate identity.
We would like a fluid yet strong logo. The ocean,the tide,the sun,and the earth are all ingrained words and themes throughout the album.
A balanced symmetrical feel with shape would be fantastic. Although not essential.
A logo that encompasses a hippy crossed with a rock god vibe.
natural flow with a boldness. We want our logo to feel old and young. 70's and now. fluid and bold.
Please check out the music.
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19 Nov, 2018
ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL: Ryan Reynolds Tells Fred Savage a Sordid Tale in the Official Trailer
Okay, I have to admit that I was on the fence when it came to the PG-13 version of DEADPOOL 2 renamed ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL but after seeing the official trailer, I will most certainly be checking the re-edited R rate film out come this holiday season. If you ever wanted to know what would happen if the Merc with a Mouth kidnapped Fred Savage well then this film will answer all your questions. Check out the new trailer below and get ready for one sordid Christmas tale! Official Synopsis: On
19 Nov, 2018
REVIEW: The Action Short Film NIGHT SHIFT Pummels the Competition with Bad Ass Fisticuffs & Emotion
REVIEW: NIGHT SHIFT STARRING: Adele Elasmar, Stephen Degenaro, Liz Conrado and Zia Kelly DIRECTED BY: John Balazs OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: A guilt ridden police officer is forced to tackle her inner demons and rely on her training to survive and fight her way through 5 floors of a drug lab. THE REVIEW: Short films are a rare commodity in that they are made by people who love their craft and even though they have short running times, they are aiming to please a select audience while at the same
18 Nov, 2018
HOME VIDEO: NIGHTSHOOTERS with Action Phenom Jean-Paul Ly is Available for Pre-Order!
The Holidays are fast approaching and if you're looking for that special gift for that special action fanatic in your life (especially if you live in the UK), then look no further as the indie martial arts action-thriller NIGHTSHOOTERS with powerhouse phenom Jean-Paul Ly hits Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital next month! The film which has been hitting the festival circuit hard over the past few months, finally makes its way to home video for all to enjoy. Ly is certainly the next big thing in martial
17 Nov, 2018
BUFFAL BOYS: The New Indonesian Western Debuts a New Domestic Trailer and Poster!
Much hype has been made of director Mike Wiluan's new Indonesian Western BUFFAL BOYS since the initial trailer was released a while back. Subsequent trailers have been released since but now we have a brand new North American trailer to feast our eyes at along with a new poster which showcases stars Yoshi Sudarso and Ario Bayu. The film was recently acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films for a North American debut next year so it's time to stop talking and start watching! Check out the new trailer
17 Nov, 2018
REVENGER: Bruce Khan Brings the Pain in a Fast and Furious Fight Clip from the New Action Film!
A few weeks ago, a new trailer was released for an awesome Korean martial arts action-thriller which features the long awaited return of powerhouse Bruce Khan who has been lying dormant in wait since he appeared in the film THE LAST EVE back in 2005. Fast forward 13 years later and he's back with a vengeance in the epic looking movie where he plays a man who infiltrates a brutal prison island to avenge the deaths of his family. The trailer was quick but it gave us a tasty sample of what is to
17 Nov, 2018
THE INFORMER: Joel Kinnaman Goes Undercover in the Trailer for the New Thriller
Fresh off the heels of the hot series ALTERED CARBON which debuted on NETFLIX earlier this year, Joel Kinnaman (SUICIDE SQUAD) is back on the big screen in a new thriller named THE INFORMER which is based on a novel from authors Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström. A new trailer was just dropped on the web and we have your first look at it right below! Official Synopsis: Based on the novel "Three Seconds" by Roslund/Hellström, the film follows an ex-special forces agent and convicted felon
16 Nov, 2018
Stu Bennett and Vinnie Jones Double Down on Action with the New Teaser Poster for VENGEANCE 2
I can assure you that action films are still in good hands these days and one proof of that is the awesome action=thriller VENGEANCE (I AM VENGEANCE here in the U.S.) which featured former wrestling bad ass Stu Bennett who has now become a rather bad ass action star. Helmed by director Ross Boyask, the thriller debuted late this summer to glowing reviews from the masses (mine included) and a sequel was announced immediately. Then the real fun began as the cast was announced and we learned that
16 Nov, 2018
Action-Flix Streaming Pick: The Live Action ILLANG: THE WOLF BRIGADE Invades Netflix
Hey there everybody! The first snow fall has officially arrived as we got around eight inches of snow and it's not even Thanksgiving yet. Oh how I love living in New England. Anyway, enough of that. I'm here to give you some rather rad news in that I've recently discovered that NETFLIX has debuted the live action adaptation of the popular ANIME JIN-ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE which has been renamed ILLANG: THE WOLF BRIGADE. The film hails from Korean director Kim Jee-woon and it tells the Dystopian
15 Nov, 2018
Action-Flix Streaming Pick: It's a Free For All with Tim Man in the High-Octane KILL 'EM ALL!
What's up Action-Flix and streaming fanatics. I haven't done an Action-Flix Streaming Pick in a while so I just wanted to tell you that it's back and with it we have a crazy free for all of an action film titled KILL 'EM ALL (not the Van Damme version although this one is better in terms of action). It stars action maestro Tim Man who is best known for choreographing some of the most recent action greats like NINA 2: SHADOW OF A TEAR, ACCIDENT MAN and the recently released THE MARINE 6: CLOSE
15 Nov, 2018
JACK REACHER is Set for a Reboot as a TV Show as Author Lee Child Signs Deal
It seems that Tom Cruise's height has finally caught up to him when it comes to playing the role of JACK REACHER as it turns out that there won't be a third film in the franchise with Cruise as author and creator Lee Child has told BBC NEWS that he has signed a deal to reboot the character in a new TV series. Child has always been public in stating that he felt that Cruise was too short to play Reacher as he is described to be 6 feet 5 inches in the novels. In speaking with BBC News, Lee
15 Nov, 2018
Gina Carano Joins Pedro Pascal in Disney's Upcoming STAR WAR Series THE MANDALORIAN
It was announced a few days ago that Pedro Pascal from GAME OF THRONES and NARCOS had landed the lead in the highly anticipated STAR WARS live action series THE MANDALORIAN but the casting news isn't done yet as The Hollywood Reporter is bringing word that former MMA beauty turned actress Gina Carano has landed a role as well in the series that is written by IRON MAN's Jon Favreau who is also executive producing. Of course, there are no real details on her role or Pascal but that is to be


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In south Louisiana, where ATVs are as much a part of daily life as seafood, fishing and festivals, leaders may be changing the tide on ATV safety attitudes.
In south Louisiana, where ATVs are as much a part of daily life as seafood, fishing and festivals, leaders may be changing the tide on ATV safety attitudes.
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office and Houma Police Department both announced last week that they will enforce a zero-tolerance policy on laws affecting ATV riders.
Historically, however, Louisiana politicians have not always been so supportive of stepping up enforcement of laws for off-road vehicles.
The applicable laws include vehicle registration, driving without a license, improper supervision and operating an unsafe vehicle.
Police arrested and charged the 13-year-old who was driving a side-by-side off-road vehicle that overturned last Sunday in Houma, killing 14-year-old John Farmer. The teen was charged with driving without a license and vehicular homicide.
The move both surprised and pleased advocates for ATV safety.
"I am actually impressed that they charged the kid in this case," said Sue DeLoretto-Rabe, spokesperson for Concerned Parents for ATV Safety. "It might look bad, but at some point somebody has to raise attention and send the message that these things are dangerous."
District Attorney Joe Waitz has said his office would treat the 13-year-old on a premise that "a 13-year-old is a 13-year-old" in deciding how to pursue charges. DeLoretto-Rabe said the act of simply charging the youth is bound to raise parents' attention and awareness over the potential hazard.
In the year leading up to Farmer's death, at least seven other people under 16 died in off-road vehicle accidents in Louisiana, including a 13-year-old who was killed Oct. 11 on U.S. 90 in Iberia Parish.
In Gheens, four-wheelers and off-road vehicles scour the roadways. Nearly everybody in Gheens owns and uses ATVs, off-road vehicles and even golf carts.
Lindell Toups, the Lafourche Parish Council member from Gheens, said while it will be difficult to get the message across, it's time to start enforcing laws to protect children.
"We have a lot of people that use ATVs or golf carts to get around. It's just the way of things here," Toups said. "What happened to that kid last week, though, that good kid, that is very sad and we have to do whatever it takes to stop that from happening."
Toups even said he would be supportive to coordinate enforcement efforts between Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes if it means children would be kept safer.
But at the state level and beyond, lawmakers have struggled in recent years to make any progress with improving laws that govern off-highway vehicle safety.
In 2007, at the urging of one parent whose son suffered debilitating brain damage after he fell off an ATV in 2005, then state Rep. Clara Baudoin proposed legislation that would have required people under age 16 to wear a helmet and use available safety restraints.
The bill, HB 747, did not pick up traction in the House and failed in a 50-41 vote. Baudoin said she was doubtful it would make it past the Senate. At the beginning of her term, Baudoin sponsored legislation that overturned one of the most controversial safety laws in the state, a rule allowing motorcycle riders to forgo helmets on state and interstate highways.
But when she got ready to tackle ATV safety, many of her fellow representatives showed her the cold shoulder.
"Legislators in my neighborhood that sat beside me said 'Clara, does that mean I couldn't have my parent beside me on my yard without a helmet?'" Baudoin said.
Before she reached her term limit, Baudoin was able to pass a resolution memorializing two children who had been killed on ATVs. The resolution urged Congress to take action to bring distributors to a mandatory safety standard, but six years later some off road vehicles still do not meet any mandatory production and safety standards.
Baudoin was contacted by Lafayette resident Kim Smith. In 2005, Smith's son Bryan went to Texas on an athletic recruiting visit to a private high school.
"He went to the school, they loved him. The very day he had his accident he was going to take his physical," Smith said.
Bryan and his cousin jumped on the back of a four wheeler for some afternoon fun when a dog ran out into the road as the two boys were travelling over 60 mph.
As a crowd of neighborhood boys looked on, Bryan's cousin swereved to avoid the dog. Bryan flew 25 feet in the air before his body impacted the concrete, tumbling and spiraling before leaving the 15-year-old athlete motionless.
Pronounced dead in the ambulance, Bryan was revived after repeated efforts by paramedics. He spend three weeks in a coma and the next few years in rehabilitation where he learned how to walk.
"All our hopes and dreams for him are just in the toilet, gone, forever because of an ATV," Smith said. "It was 100 percent preventable, just like John Farmer, 100 percent preventable. Didn't have to happen."
Kim Smith is haunted by her son's accident and she has devoted her spare time to advocate for better safety requirements. But she said it is often impossible to find an audience for her concerns.
"There are a lot of issues here that people just don't want to talk about because they want to ride, plain and simple," Kim Smith said. "This has totally completely changed my son's life. He was looking forward to a career in football."
When Bryan finally reached peak recovery, he had regressed on cognitive tests from high school to third grade. He has not been able to graduate from high school.
Washington State has even gone so far to pass legislation that legalizes the use of off-road vehicles on some state roads. In most states, including Louisiana, off-road vehicles are prohibited on state roads because they do not meet highway safety standards. Some groups, however, have advocated that roads be open to ATVs so riders can travel seamlessly between various trails.
Advocacy groups have called foul. In Louisiana all off-road vehicles must be registered with the state, with the exception of farm-only equipment, and ATVs and ROVs remain illegal on public roads and highways.
Now, with local law enforcement and political leadership promising change, Kim Smith hopes the fledgling safety movement might gain momentum beginning with the promises made by Terrebonne Parish.
The question, she said, is whether the changes will be carry to the state level where real laws can be enacted.
"They're all saying the same thing about ATVs, they're all saying the same thing; kids under 16 don't belong on these vehicles," Smith said. "I just can't wait until someone has the guts to stop talking and actually do something about it."


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HONG KONG, Feb. 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Renewable Energy Trade Board Corporation, formerly known as China Technology Development Group Corporation (Nasdaq:EBOD) ("we" or the "Company"), a fast growing clean energy group in China based in Hong Kong, today announced that it intends to voluntarily delist its common stock from the Nasdaq Stock Market and deregister the Company as a reporting company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
The Company has notified the Nasdaq Stock Market of its intent to voluntarily delist its common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market and will file a notice on Form 25 relating to the delisting of its common stock with the SEC on or about February 11, 2013, but no earlier than February 11, 2013. The Company expects that the trading of its common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market will be suspended on the date the Form 25 is filed, with the official delisting of the Company's common stock becoming effective ten days thereafter. Simultaneously with the effectiveness of delisting, the Company plans to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Upon the filing of the Form 15, the Company's obligations to file certain reports with the SEC, including Form 20-F and Form 6-K, will immediately be suspended. The Company expects that the deregistration of its common stock will become effective ninety days after the date the Form 15 is filed. The deregistration of the Company's common stock is subject to the SEC's review.
Following the delisting, it is expected that the trading of the Company's common stock by continuing shareholders may be effective through privately negotiated transactions or on the Pink Sheets, a centralized electronic quotation service for over-the-counter securities, so long as market makers demonstrate an interest in trading in the Company's common stock. However, the Company can provide no assurance that the trading in its common stock will continue in the Pink Sheets or in any other form. More information about the Pink Sheets can be obtained from its website at http://www.pinksheets.com.
The decision to voluntarily delist and deregister its common stock has been driven by the Company's goal to reduce current expenses and to avoid future expenses associated with the NASDAQ listing and compliance with SEC reporting requirements, which include audit, legal and other administrative fees. The Company's common stock is very thinly traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market and has generated no significant institutional investor interest or analyst coverage. The Company's Board of Directors authorized the delisting and deregistration of the Company's common stock after concluding that the consequences of remaining an SEC-reporting company, including the significant costs associated with regulatory compliance, outweighed the current benefits of remaining listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company believes that the expense reductions inherent in delisting and deregistration will benefit the Company and its shareholders and serve to maximize the long term value of the Company. In addition, the deregistration will enable the Company's senior management to focus more of its time and resources on operating the Company and enhancing shareholder value. Following the deregistration, the Company intends to continue to be audited by independent accounting firms and prepare and publish its consolidated annual financial results on its company website www.energy-board.com.
About EBOD:
EBOD is a fast growing clean energy group in China based in Hong Kong, providing solar energy products and solutions to the global market under the "LSP" brand. For more information, please visit http://www.energy-board.com
EBOD's major shareholder is China Merchants Group, a state-owned conglomerate in China (http://www.cmhk.com).
Forward-Looking Statement Disclosure:
It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not historical facts and statements preceded by "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed," "plans," "will" or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it. Because they involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from the results that the Company currently expects. Factors that could cause these differences include the risk factors specified on the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011 under "Item 3.D Risk Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.
CONTACT: Enquiry: Serena Wu, Assistant to President China Technology Development Group Corporation Tel: +852 3112 8461 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Web: www.energy-board.comSource:Renewable Energy Trade Board Corporation


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'The Walking Dead' episode preview: 'Isolation'
The mysterious flu is taking its toll on the prison group in the latest episode of "The Walking Dead," titled "Isolation" and premiering at 8 p.m. CT Oct. 27 on AMC. As Daryl and Michonne lead a group to a local college to find supplies, those who stay must deal with recent losses while preserving what remains. Check out the preview photos and video below in which Sasha falls victim to the illness. I think this is the episode in which Daryl drives over dozens of zombies. Cast and crew talk about the scene in the behind-the-scenes video at the bottom of this story. Curt Wagner, RedEye's Show Patrol
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Yamaha DTX530K & DTX560K Electronic Drum Kits: New for NAMM 2012
New Yamaha DTX Electronic Drum Kits
The latest additions to the Yamaha DTX500 series have been announced for NAMM 2012. Both the Yamaha DTX530K and DTX560K feature the incredible DTX-PADs, and the only obvious difference between these two beauties is that the 560K comes with DTX-PAD toms as well as the snare.
Express Yourself...
These two newbies to the range manage to provide a "feel" exceptionally close to that of an acoustic drum kit. These kits go beyond realism, integrating seamlessly into a hybrid electronic-acoustic set.
The DTX-PAD is a result of the collaboration of knowledge, experience and thirst for perfection, from Yamaha themselves and some of the world's top drummers, who had some input in the design process.
Yamaha hold years of experience in designing some of the best quality (and value for money) instruments the industry has seen and the new DTX-PAD does just that. Designed to set a new benchmark for electronic drum kit standards, the DTX-PAD provides users with a great feeling surface, offering comfort and playability that is surprisingly close to that of an acoustic kit, whilst being deafeningly quiet.
Choke it!
The DTX cymbals are not like many other cymbals on the market. The 3-zone crash and ride, with the "choke" feature 360° around the edge allow for realistic expression in each section of the cymbals, the cup, bow or on the edge.
The DTX hi-hat features the essentially realistic pedal action, as well as translating your varying playing techniques, like closed/open hat. As this hat consists of a dual-trigger pad, just like the crash and ride, you can attack different sections of the cymbal and capture a life-like, animated sound.
The Brains
The new DTX kits feature the updated DTX500 module, containing improved kits and voices, which is also compatible with the XP series DTX-PADs. This new module features 50 preset kits in a wide range of styles, 427 drum and percussion sounds, 22 melodies and a number of effects including multiple reverb and EQ settings. You also have the option to find the samples that suit you and create up to 20 'user kit' arrangements; you have a fully customisable platform.
The module's featured samples include sound elements that many other electronic kits do not. Simulating the highest quality oak, maple, beech and birch drum enclosures; Yamaha haven't cut any corners with the DTX. Other special features include velocity-switching samples that change sound characteristic is you play harder, replicating a live set and accentuating every nuance you express.
The DTX530K and 560K offer more than an acoustic kit ever could, with the new sound module, you can play along to the wide selection of great tracks, and with this function you have the option to mute the accompanying drum track, or solo the bass etc. Whatever your style or preferred practice and performance techniques, the DTX gives you the most realistic and beneficial playing experience.
Friendly Connectivity
The DTX500 module is so kind, it allows the user to connect it to an external music player so you can play along to your favourite tracks, the songs you are learning or even your own compositions.
With a MIDI connection round back, you can just as easily get recording, layering up and editing your performances.*
*MIDI recording requires a MIDI connection to your computer.
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Last Saturday night, Volcom hosted a grand opening for its first retail store located at 126 La Brea in Los Angeles, California. Held in full VeeCo style, the trendy, rocker, punk, DIY 150-plus person crowd milled between the clothing racks inside and overflowed into the alley-turned-patio located just out the store's backdoor. Red-Bull vodka, tallboys of Bud, and pizza were flowing through an eclectic mix of regular LA kids, sponsored athletes, and industry bros who had turned out to see and be seen.
The store is located just a few blocks (ok so they're LA blocks, but blocks nonetheless) from the trendy Melrose/Fairfax shopping district and only three storefronts down from fellow action-sports brand Stüssy's own retail hub. The store is currently the only storefront in the works for Volcom, and will be used as a way for Volcom designers to introduce some one-off's and special designs to the LA public before making them for a mass-market audience. "It's something the designers and artists have wanted for a long time," said VeeCo President Richard Woolcott. "It's a great place for them to get close to the people who buy our stuff."


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Were you there? If so, you might see yourself in the next few pages. Mike Flynn and Mike Brooks (the 'twin Mikes of bass') report on the triumphant London Bass Guitar Show, held on 2 and 3 March in association with BGM. Images by Tina K
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As I learn Latin and, more importantly, as I learn to SPEAK Latin I find myself needing to refer to modern things. I look them up and usually find one or more ways to express these modern concepts. I then try to break these words down. Examples would be Raeda (car / cart), Radiophonia (Radio), Telephonum gestabile (mobile phone), or Birota (bicycle / two wheels). Most of the time they make sense.
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Report: Toronto FC sign Brazilian Julio Cesar
Sporting Kansas City's Seth Sinovic, left, Aurelien Collin and Julio Cesar, right, celebrate a goal by Teal Bunbury during the second half of the first game in the Eastern Conference semifinal MLS soccer playoff series against the Colorado Rapids on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)
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Published Monday, January 14, 2013 3:29PM EST
Last Updated Monday, January 14, 2013 6:02PM EST
TORONTO -- Toronto FC has added experience and helped stiffen its defence in the form of Brazilian veteran Julio Cesar, once on Real Madrid's books.
The MLS club had yet to announce the pickup as of late Monday afternoon but a source confirmed the signing of the holding midfielder/defender.
The 34-year-old Cesar played 27 games for Sporting Kansas City in each of the last two seasons before being waived in November. Cesar made a hefty US$255,750 in 2012.
Kansas City had the league's stingiest defence last season, yielding just 27 goals. Toronto was worst in MLS with 62 goals conceded.
Cesar has only scored three goals in MLS but two came against Canadian teams.
His one goal in 2012 came against Toronto, a stunning volley from close range off a corner. It won goal of the week honours. The Brazilian opened his MLS account with the deciding goal in a 2-1 victory over Vancouver in June 2011.
Cesar's club resume is extensive.
He signed with C.D. Marathon before moving to Spain's Real Valladolid at 17 and then Real Madrid.
He went on play for Italy's AC Milan, Portugal's Benfica, Austria Vienna, Valladolid (again), England's Bolton Wanderers, Mexico's Tigres, Greece's Olympiacos, Romania's FC Dinamo Bucuresti, Turkey's Gaziantepspor and Portugal's Maritimo Funchal.
Veteran Torsten Frings is ostensibly Toronto's holding midfielder but has also played in the backline to shore up a leaky defence. The addition of veteran defender Danny Califf -- and possible additions in Thursday's SuperDraft, should allow Frings to remain in midfield.
Still Frings is coming off hip surgery and, at 36, isn't getting any younger. Toronto president and GM Kevin Payne, however, says Frings has assured him he is healthy and ready to go.
Payne met with Frings in London prior to Christmas. TFC's strength and conditioning staff has also checked up on Frings.
"He's a proud man and an accomplished player," Payne said last week when Toronto announced Ryan Nelsen as its new head coach. "He does not want people to remember him by the season that either he or the team had last year."
Cesar's football pedigree fits in with Payne's desire to stiffen his team's spine.
"We're looking for men, we're looking for real character on this team," he said . "We're going to have a lot of young players too. We're going to invest money in young players but we need to have the right people around to teach those young players what it takes to be successful and not just assume that a young player, because he's a great soccer player, is going to walk out on the field and be successful."


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The economy is as good a reason as any to re-establish an old American tradition: Serve a house punch instead of wine or beer for your holiday dinner.
Instead of buying bottles of wine, craft a warming concoction with favorite juices and spices, topped with a glug or two of a favorite spirit. The cost in savings will be substantial, and you're likely to create a new family tradition.
History shows that British sailors first drank punch in India in the 16th century. The word "punch" comes from the Hindi word "panch," which means five -- the five ingredients then used in the drink: tea, sugar, lemons, water and arrack, an alcoholic beverage made from fermented fruit, grain, sugarcane or sap of the coconut palm.
Sailors being sailors, they took the drink back home, shared the recipes. Eventually the colonists carted punch to the New World.
References to punch, punch bowls and recitations of how much punch was consumed at events began as early as 1682. The colonists, it seems, were happy tipplers of punches. They named their punches after favorite taverns or bartenders, prominent ingredients or lascivious escapades. They used whatever spices, flavorings and spirits were available with one exception: malt liquors.
Maybe it's that kitchen-sink approach that makes punch adaptable to any menu.
Mulled cranberry, apple and rum cider
Servings: 12
1 large orange
3 cups cranberry juice cocktail
3 cups apple cider
3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
4 1/2 (3-to-4-inch) cinnamon sticks
18 whole cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
6 tablespoons dark rum
6 additional 3-to-4-inchcinnamon sticks (optional)
6 orange slices (optional)
Using a vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only; not bitter white pith) from orange in strips. Place strips in large saucepan; halve orange and squeeze juice into pan. Add cranberry juice cocktail, apple cider, sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves and nutmeg. Bring to boil over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Reduce heat to medium and simmer 25 minutes. Add rum to punch; simmer 5 minutes. Pour into punch bowl. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and orange slices, if desired.
Plan ahead: Can be made 1 day ahead but reserve rum and remove cloves and cinnamon sticks; cover and chill. To serve, add rum and simmer 5 minutes or until warm and garnish.
Nutrition information:
Per (1-cup) serving: 121 calories (1 percent from fat), trace total fat (trace saturated fat), no cholesterol, 26 grams carbohydrates, trace protein, 7 milligrams sodium, trace dietary fiber.
Source: Bon Appetit Fast Easy Fresh by Barbara Fairchild and published by Wiley.
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|Type of Order
|Decostar Settlement Information Sheet
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached a settlement agreement with Decostar Industries, Inc. (Decostar) to address violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Under the terms of the settlement, Decostar will take steps to control levels of hazardous air emissions from their facility in Carrollton, Ga., in order to protect workers and the surrounding community and improve overall air quality.
|Consent Agreement
|Corrective Action Order to address lead and VOCs impacts to soil and groundwater
|an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC or order) under Section 3008(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to Exide Technologies, Inc. for its facility in Frankfort, Indiana.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. Nationwide RCRA Administrative Settlement
|Whole Foods Market owns and operates hundreds of retail grocery stores throughout the United States. These grocery stores are organized and managed by region.
|Consent Agreement and Final Order
|Innophos Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Settlement
|EPA today announced that Innophos has agreed to cease sending hazardous waste from the company's chemical processing facility in Geismar, Louisiana to an unpermitted facility for disposal to resolve alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Innophos will also pay a $1,398,000 civil penalty.
|EPA Issues RCRA Corrective Action Order to Expedite Cleanup at the US Magnesium Facility
|EPA) issued an administrative order on consent under section 3008(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to US Magnesium LLC for cleanup work at the US Magnesium facility in Toole County, Utah.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC Settlement
|EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC that will ensure the proper treatment, storage, and disposal of an estimated 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste at six Mosaic facilities in Florida and two in Louisiana.
|Consent Decree
|Order to Navy for Gorst Creek Landfill Cleanup
|EPA issued a RCRA 7003 order to the U.S. Department of the Navy to clean up contaminants at the Gorst Creek Landfill in Port Orchard, Wash.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|Corrective Action Order Spurs Redevelopment in Toledo Industrial Corridor
|EPA entered into a RCRA 3008(h) administrative order on consent (AOC) with the city of Toledo to address corrective action at the former Textileather Corporation site in Toledo, Ohio.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|RCRA Settlement will Result in Improvements to Moca, P.R. Landfill Operations
|EPA reached a settlement agreement under section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act with the Municipality of Moca, P.R. and Moca ECO-Park Corporation that will result in improvements to the municipal solid waste landfill in Moca, P.R. The total project costs are expected to be around $10 million.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|Hercules Agrees to $1 Million Cleanup at its Hattiesburg, Miss. Facility
|EPA and Hercules Incorporated (Hercules) agreed to an order on consent under section 3008(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regarding the Hercules facility in Hattiesburg, Miss. to conduct cleanup work valued at $1 million to address on and off-site contamination.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|Bankruptcy Settlements Reached with the Eastman Kodak Company worth $49 Million
|U.S Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved bankruptcy settlement agreements to resolve Kodak's liabilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at the Eastman Business Park in Rochester, N.Y. and under Superfund at the Mercury Refining Superfund Site in Colonie and Guilderland, N.Y., and the Fair Lawn Well Field Superfund Site in Fair Lawn, N.J.
|Settlement Agreement
|Anadarko Fraud Case Results in Billions for Environmental Cleanups
|EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an agreement to resolve fraudulent conveyance claims against Kerr-McGee Corporation and related subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Of the environmental-related recovery in this settlement, nearly $2 billion will be paid for cleanup work associated with numerous EPA-lead sites, resulting in the largest bankruptcy-related award that EPA has ever received for environmental claims and liabilities.
|Consent Decree
|Oregon Companies Settle with EPA for Illegal Disposal of Millions of Pounds of Reactive Hazardous Waste
|Oregon Metallurgical of Albany, Ore. and TDY Industries of Millersburg, Ore. have agreed to pay a combined total of $825,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations related to improper storage, transportation, and disposal of anhydrous magnesium chloride, a reactive hazardous waste that can pose serious fire and explosion threats.
|Court Decision in Tronox Bankruptcy Fraudulent Conveyance Case Results in Largest Environmental Bankruptcy Award Ever
|The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York decided against Kerr-McGee Corporation and related companies that are subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in a fraudulent conveyance case. The Court awarded damages between approximately $5.2 billion and $14.2 billion to the plaintiffs, which, even at the low end of the damages range, is the largest amount ever awarded in a bankruptcy proceeding for governmental environmental claims and liabilities.
|EPA Issues AOC to Implement Final Remedy at Occidental Chemical Company Facility in West Virginia
|EPA issued a RCRA section 3008(h) Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) to Occidental Chemical Company (OxyChem) to implement the final remedy at its facility in Belle, West Virginia.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|EPA Issues RCRA Cleanup Order for North Field Properties Site in New Jersey
|EPA Region 2 issued a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) section 7003 administrative consent order (AOC) to four corporations for appropriate site investigation and any necessary remediation of contamination of a 17.8 acre former industrial site in Woodbridge Township, N.J.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|Agrium U.S., INC.
|Agrium U.S., INC. Consent Agreement and Final Order
|City of Vicksburg, Mississippi
|This is th Consent Agreement and Final Order for City of Vicksburg, Mississippi
|Settlement Reached on Requiring Monitoring and Testing at Schott Metal Facility in Ohio
|EPA and Schott Metal Products, Inc. agreed to a settlement resolving claims for alleged violations of section 3013 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which calls for completion of activities under and approved work plan for monitoring and testing of soil and groundwater contamination at the Schott Metal facility and for payment of a $375,000 civil penalty.
|Consent Decree
|Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Settlement
|Walmart has resolved civil violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board has approved a Consent Agreement and Final Order between Walmart and EPA requiring the company to take significant actions to ensure future compliance and pay a civil penalty.
|Consent Agreement and Final Order
|PCS Geismar (Louisiana) Clean Air Act MACT Settlement
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced that PCS Nitrogen has agreed to reduce air emissions and hazardous waste generated from phosphoric acid production at its facility in Geismar, La.
|Consent Decree
|EPA Addresses Environmental Concerns at Walter Coke Facility in North Birmingham, Ala.
|On September 17, 2012, EPA entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with Walter Coke, Inc., which became effective on September 24, 2012. The company owns and operates an industrial coke operation in North Birmingham, Ala. that produces foundry and furnace coke and coke by-products. The AOC requires Walter Coke to finalize RCRA Corrective Measures Studies and implement EPA approved remedies at the facility.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|EPA enters into Prospective Purchaser Agreement with Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC.
|In July 2012, EPA entered into a prospective purchaser agreement (PPA) with Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC that resolves potential claims by the federal government related to past pollution at the refinery and enables refinery operations to continue.
|Settlement Reached with Formosa Plastics Corporation to Obtain Site-Wide Corrective Actions at Point Comfort, Texas Facility
|On June 14, 2012, a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 3008(a) Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas (Formosa) was filed with the Regional Hearing Clerk for the EPA Region 6. This new Order complemented the existing 3008(h) AOC to obtain site-wide corrective measures for remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater and closed negotiations regarding a site-wide RCRA 3008(h) Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO).
|Unilateral Administrative Order
|Settlement Reached for Groundwater Contamination Cleanup at Harcros Chemicals Site in Davenport, Iowa
|On May 29, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 7003 Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) for cleanup work at the Harcros Chemicals Inc. site in Davenport, Iowa. Groundwater contamination at levels above "unrestricted use" cleanup levels still exists in onsite and offsite groundwater. The cleanup work is expected to address over 1.2 million cubic yards of groundwater contamination.
|Administrative Order on Consent
|Southern Wood Piedmont Financial Assurance Settlement
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Southern Wood Piedmont Company and its parent company, Rayonier Inc., have agreed to pay a $317,000 penalty to resolve violations of hazardous waste financial assurance requirements and have obtained more than $41.7 million in financial assurance.
|Consent Agreement
|Agrifos Fertilizer Company Settlement
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Agrifos, a former phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizer producer, has agreed to pay a $1.8 million dollar penalty and conduct an environmental project to resolve alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Clean Air Act.
|Consent Agreement and Final Order
|BP Financial Assurance Settlement
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that several subsidiaries of BP America Inc. have agreed to pay a $426,500 penalty and ensure that more than $240 million in funds are secured to resolve violations of hazardous waste, drinking water and Superfund financial assurance requirements.
|Department of the Interior Indian Affairs Settlement
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) have reached an agreement to address alleged violations at schools and public water systems (PWSs) owned, operated, or otherwise the legal responsibility of DOI, Indian Affairs (IA). IA is comprised of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).
|Consent Agreement
|Corrective Action Cleanup work to begin at Former Pharmacia and Upjohn Facility
|On April 8, 2011, EPA announced a $150 million agreement with Pharmacia & Upjohn to begin design and construction of the cleanup remedy along the Quinnipiac River, a cleanup process that will result in new business opportunities and open-space for North Haven, Conn.
|Administrative Order
|Motors Liquidation Company (f/k/a General Motors (GM) Corporation) Bankruptcy Settlement: Overview of 2011 Settlement Agreements
|On March 3, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court approved an additional six settlements between the United States and Motors Liquidation Company (MLC, also known as "Old GM", and formerly known as General Motors Corporation), to settle certain environmental liabilities at six sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly known as Superfund) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). On March 7, 2011, the court approved a seventh settlement resolving environmental claims at 34 non-owned sites under CERCLA, RCRA, and the Clean Air Act (CAA).
|Consent Decree
|Tronox Bankruptcy Settlement Agreement
|Settlement Agreement to resolve Tronox Incorporated's environmental liabilities with EPA, other federal, state, and local agencies, and the Navajo Nation (collectively, the "Governments") relating to numerous contaminated sites around the country. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the Governments will receive, among other consideration, $270 million and 88 percent of Tronox's interest in a pending fraudulent conveyance litigation.
|Settlement Agreement
|Motors Liquidation Company (f/k/a General Motors (GM) Corporation) Bankruptcy Settlement
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ), and the Unites States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, along with the states of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe announced that Motors Liquidation Corporation (MLC) has agreed to resolve its liabilities at 89 sites in the aforementioned 14 states across the U.S. for approximately $773 million.
|Settlement Agreement
|Air Products LLC Settlement
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced that Air Products LLC has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in civil penalties to resolve hazardous waste mismanagement violations at its Pasadena, Texas chemical manufacturing facility. The settlement resolves Air Products' Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in transferring spent acid to the neighboring Agrifos fertilizer manufacturing plant.
|Consent Decree
|CF Industries, Inc. Settlement
|(Washington, DC - August 06, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced that CF Industries, Inc. has agreed to spend approximately $12 million to implement a treatment system for hazardous wastes at its Plant City, Fla. phosphoric acid and ammoniated fertilizer manufacturing facility near Tampa. The settlement resolves CF Industries' Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations and requires the company to pay a civil penalty of more than $700,000 and provide $163.5 million in financial assurances to guarantee appropriate closure and long-term care of the closed facility. This is the first case concluded under EPA's National Enforcement Initiative for Mining and Mineral Processing.
|Consent Decree
|American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) Bankruptcy Settlement
|Bankruptcy settlement with American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO). EPA, along with other federal and state agencies pursued and received $1.79 billion to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under the bankruptcy reorganization.
|Settlement Agreement
|Kinder Morgan Consent Agreement and Final Order
|(Washington, D.C. – May 2, 2007) Kinder Morgan Transmix Co. has agreed to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $600,000 to resolve numerous violations of federal air and hazardous waste regulations, including mixing hazardous waste with gasoline.
|Consent Agreement and Final Order
|New York City Underground Storage Tank Settlement
|The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the EPA announced a $1.3 million proposed consent decree with the City of New York involving violations of the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in connection with the city's underground storage tank systems.
|E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company PFOA Settlements
|EPA settles PFOA case against DuPont for largest administrative civil penalty On December 14, 2005, EPA forwarded to the Environmental Appeals Board (Board) a settlement with E.I du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) for the largest civil administrative penalty EPA has ever obtained under any federal environmental statute.
|Consent Agreement
|Tanknology - NDE, International, Inc. Criminal Plea
|On October 30, 2002, Tanknology - NDE, International, Inc. was sentenced in federal district court in Austin, Texas to pay a criminal fine of $1 million and pay restitution of $1.29 million to the United States for the costs of the potential retesting of underground storage tanks that the company had falsely tested. In addition, Tanknology will serve five years probation. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Tanknology will implement a quality management system to ensure that false and improper testing practices do not occur again.
|Power Engineering Company - Favorable EPA RCRA Case Decision
|On September 4, 2002, the 10th Circuit upheld EPA's authority to bring enforcement actions for violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in states with authorized hazardous waste management programs (U.S. v. Power Engineering Co., No. 01-1217 (Sept. 4, 2002)). The court also found that EPA' s enforcement action was not barred by res judicata, because EPA and a state with an authorized hazardous waste management program are not in privity unless EPA pulls a "laboring oar" in the state's enforcement action.
|Premcor Refining Group, Inc. (Clark Refining and Marking, Inc.) Multimedia Settlement
|On April 1, 2002, the Justice Department, the EPA, and the State of Illinois announced a settlement with Premcor Refining Group, Inc. in which Premcor is to pay $6.25 million to resolve claims that it violated five environmental statutes at its Blue Island Refinery in Blue Island, Illinois. The complaint alleged violations of the Clean Air Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Recovery Act; and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, as well as State of Illinois environmental laws and regulations.
|Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO) Civil Settlement
|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entered into the broadest lead disclosure settlement ever with one of the nation's largest property management firms, the Denver-based Apartment Investment and Management Co. (AIMCO). Residents living in more than 130,000 apartments in 47 states and Washington, DC, will live in lead-safe units as a result of this landmark settlement.
|Consent Decree
|ExxonMobil Corporation Hazardous Waste Settlement
|U.S. EPA announced the settlement of one of the largest hazardous wastes cases in history with the filing of a consent decree on December 13, 2001 of a case filed against Mobil Oil Corporation. The case alleged mismanagement of benzene-contaminated waste at Port Mobil, a major petroleum storage and distribution terminal on Authur Kill at Staten Island, New York. Benzene, a known human carcinogen, became a regulated hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1990
|TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc. Hazardous Waste Settlement
|In agreements with the U.S. Government and the State of Arizona that were announced on January 18, 2001, TRW 's Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. resolved charges that it violated hazardous waste laws at its airbag manufacturing plant in Queen Creek, AZ under a civil settlement and criminal plea agreement. The Criminal Plea Agreement and Consent Decree call for payment of $17.6 million in fines for failure to manage hazardous wastes in accordance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulatory requirements.
|Consent Decree
|Lee Brass Company, Inc. Hazardous Waste Judicial Settlement
|On September 26, 2001, a consent decree was filed in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Alabama for settlement of a judicial action against Lee Brass Company, Inc., Anniston, Alabama, for alleged violations of RCRA. The Complaint alleged illegal treatment of hazardous waste foundry sand in the sand reclamation unit without a permit, illegal storage of the sand, disposal in violation of Land Disposal Restriction lead standards, preparedness and prevention violations, training violations, and container management violations.
|Consent Decree
|Fort Lewis, Washington, Underground Storage Tanks Settlement
|In a settlement with the U.S. EPA announced on May 21, 2001 the U.S. Army has agreed to pay $60,000 in penalties and will perform at least $200,000 in Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs). This is part of a settlement involving violations of the underground storage tank (UST) requirements at Fort Lewis, Washington. The Army also agreed to remove a number of unregulated heating oil tanks and, if contamination is found during the removals, to clean up the contamination. EPA filed the complaint against the Army in September, 2000, after a 1999 UST inspection at the facility.
|Consent Decree
|Nucor Corporation, Inc. Multimedia Settlement
|Nucor Corporation, Inc. will spend nearly $100 million to settle an environmental suit alleging that it failed to control the amount of pollution released from its steel factories in seven states, under an agreement reached with the Justice Department and EPA. This is the largest and most comprehensive environmental settlement ever with a steel manufacturer.
|Consent Decree
|Morton International, Inc. Multimedia Settlement
|On October 26, 2000, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) entered into a settlement with Morton International Inc. that resolved charges that the chemical company violated several environmental laws at its Moss Point, Miss., facility under a civil settlement and criminal plea agreement. Morton, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rohm and Haas Company based in Philadelphia, agreed to pay a $20 million penalty to be divided equally between the United States and Mississippi under the civil settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Biloxi. This penalty marks the largest-ever civil fine for environmental violations at a single facility.
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|BP Exploration, Inc. (BPXA) Multimedia Settlement
|BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has pleaded guilty to one felony count related to the illegal disposal of hazardous waste on Alaska's North Slope, and it agreed to spend $22 million to resolve the criminal case and related civil claims.
|ASARCO, Inc. Mining Corporation Multimedia Settlement
|On January 23, 1998, the U.S. EPA announced that it reached a settlement agreement with ASARCO, Inc. that requires the national mining and smelting company to invest over $50 million for environmental cleanup and to correct alleged hazardous waste and water pollution violations at two of it facilities in Montana and Arizona. This agreement also marks the first time that a company has agreed to establish a court-enforced environmental management system (EMS) that is applicable at all of its active facilities nationwide -- 38 operating facilities with over 6,000 employees in seven states.
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|FMC Corporation, Inc. Hazardous Waste Settlement
|On October 16, 1998, settlement was reached with FMC Corporation, Inc. for numerous RCRA hazardous waste violations at its phosphorus production facility in Pocatello, Idaho. In the settlement, FMC has agreed to spend a total of approximately $170 million -- including the largest civil penalty ever obtained to date under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of $11,864,800. The most serious of violations involve mismanagement of ignitable and reactive phosphorus wastes in ponds. Storage of such hazardous wastes in ponds is prohibited by RCRA because of the potential threat to human health and the environment. The sediments in these ponds burn vigorously and persistently when exposed to the air, and a number of fires have been documented at these ponds in the past. The wastes in these ponds also generate phosphate and hydrogen cyanide, highly toxic gases that can cause serious health and environmental problems. FMC at times has reported elevated levels of phosphine around the ponds, and it is believed that migratory bird deaths in the area also may be attributable to phosphine poisoning.
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ever tried the Dyno 18 from 2011 ?Better height, hang time, lower bar pressure, and it's just so easy to fly.
Bar pressure is something good. Too light is not good.
Anyway, need to try to see myself!
Dimitri: releasing is safe, and that should be trained for, not just letting go of the bar.
And the microloop is for experienced riders, not everyone.
A stopper will NEVER be as good as a microloop.
I do tricks you will NEVER land with a stopper.
Consider it as an extra add on to the bar. I am sure you will make some people happy.


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Church has employer's duty of liability for parish priests
16 July 2012
JEG v The Trustees of the Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan [2012] EWCA Civ 938
Elizabeth Anne-Gumbel QCand Justin Levinson of One Crown Office Row acted for the claimant in this case. They did not write this post.
The Court of Appeal has now confirmed that the church can be held liable for the negligent acts of a priest it has appointed. Permission to appeal to the Supreme Court has been refused.
This appeal was another preliminary stage in the main action between the claimant's action for damages following the alleged sexual abuse and assault by a parish priest (now deceased), and the trustees of the diocesan where he served. The Court of Appeal has now confirmed that the defendants can held to account, even though there was no formal employment relationship between Father Baldwin and the Diocesan – see Rachit Buch's post for an excellent analysis of the issues and summary of the facts.
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Jade Gallagher - Lakewood A32 Guitar on Tour!!!!
Jade Gallagher, a local solo artist is set to go on tour with Byrds legend Roger McGuinn. She will be using a fabulous Lakewood A32 acoustic guitar, bought from The Guitar Shop and custom fitted by us with a Fishman Rare Earth pick-up.
Check her out at www.myspace.com/musicjadegallagher for music and tour dates! check out The Guitar Shop for more Lakewoods


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Caltech students were throwing eggs off the top of 150-foot Millikan Library Tuesday, June 3, 2014, as part of the annual Egg Drop.
The competition had students developing parachutes and other contraptions that allowed the eggs to land safely on the ground without getting scrambled if their designed worked.
Viewing on a mobile device? See the videos here. See photos from the event here.
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Mr. Musk, As was to be inevitable, the coast-to-coast record for an alternative fuel vehicle that Maxwell Materne and I set in October of 2011 has been bested. I congratulate your successful run, and concede that the two Model S sedans did in fact shatter the previous record held by the Magnolia Special(89 hours) by an astounding twelve and a half hours. Although I have been outspent by millions of dollars, your team equipped with chase vehicles, rotating driver shifts, and amenities beyond my limited resources, it does not in any way diminish the achievement of 76.5 hours. You have indeed earned the victory and for that, I salute you, and your team.
You have managed to defeat a one man show in a garage in New Orleans running a natural gas powered vehicle that is admittedly about as sophisticated as a barbecue grill. For myself, and for purely selfish and immature reasons, I hold it as a badge of honor that it took over two years, the construction of an all new electric infrastructure, and dedication of tremendous resources (both public and private) to achieve your goal.
You are also to be credited with a well run marketing and PR strategy that effectively captured the attention of the general public, an area of which my humble effort should be considered an unmitigated disaster. Be that as it may, you know as well as I, that the template for this discussion was invented in 1903 by H. Nelson Jackson and I thank you for at last validating the idea for so many in the 21st century, a sophisticated seed of messaging that I failed to sew in the infertile soils of the swirling modern media landscape.
Perhaps your greatest triumph however, is in exposing the dour purveyors of that "other fuel"….Special criticism should be ladled upon the myopic Natural Gas Industry for their complete lack of interest in, or enthusiasm for, the mining of talent within the ranks of their very own pioneers. A poverty of passion, creativity, and enthusiasm at the helm of the Natural Gas Industry is now laid bare for all to see, with an attitude that at best is shameful, at worst, potentially suicidal. Especially irksome when one considers the fact that the current advertisement and lobbying campaign for their industry is, by dollar amount, the most money ever spent in the history of such frivolous public relations exercises.
But as with all great races, this one is an ongoing saga and as it stands, the cost to coast race is one of endurance, and patience. I will again return to this field of battle, armed with a new car capable of breaking your current record in the near future, but in keeping with the spirit of the giants upon whose shoulders we both stand, I will continue to race with one car, two men, and no chase vehicle or special accommodation.
With the overarching philosophy that competition between alternative energy vehicles is the rising tide that lifts all boats, I look forward to your most honorable concession letter.
Yours Truly,
JT Nesbitt


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Speed Week column
As the modified drivers were on the track qualifying, rain moved back into the area, forcing track officials to cancel the racing at Fairbury American Legion Speedway last weekend.
Track officials did everything they could to get the first race of the year in and had the track in excellent shape, but with the last rain shower, the track was lost for the night.
"What a mess Saturday, although I think we did what we could all night long," said FALS race director Matt Curl.
A muddy pit area had several vehicles stuck in the mud. Several officials were using tractors to pull the race teams out of the muddy conditions.
This Saturday night at FALS, will be the first race in the Alkota "Keep it Clean" Series. According to Curl, the Alkota "Keep It Clean" Series is a four-race points competition that each of the four weekly divisions will have an opportunity to take part.
Each driver will earn points based on their feature finish and those will be added up for each of the four nights. The driver with the most points for the series will receive a new Alkota Hot Water Pressure Washer valued at more than $3,100. Second place will receive a 55-gallon drum of cleaning soap.
Rural Route Repair in Dana and M&M Pumps in Clinton sponsor the series. The four dates are this Saturday, June 29, July 20 and Aug. 3.
The pit and Second Street gates open at 3 p.m. The First Street gate will open at 5. Hot laps start at 5:50, qualifying begin at 6:30, and racing will follow. Gate admission is $10 for adults and children under 12 are free. Pit passes are $25. Fans my use their rain checks for the week or any regular night of racing.
Curl, in his first year as FALS director is looking forward to getting the season started.
"I am really excited about my first year as race director," Curl said. "I am not only excited for me, but for all who are involved with the planning of our events throughout the season. Right now it's hard because you want to know how all your hard work is going to pay off and we haven't been able to show that yet which is a little frustrating.
"I know we will have plenty of races this year, but a race fan like myself, and everybody around this area alike, want to race every weekend," Curl added. "It's just in the blood."
In addition to Fairbury, all weekend racing was canceled around the area due to the rain.
LaSalle Speedway
Next Friday and Saturday the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will invade the LaSalle Speedway for the "Spring Shootout." The two-day event will present a complete show each night, with the winner of the late model feature winning $10,000 for his efforts.
Pits and grandstands open at 3 p.m. Hot laps start at 6, qualifying at 6:30 and racing will start at 7:30 each night. Admission is $25 and children under 11 are $5. Skybox seats are $40 or an all-access ticket, which allows fans into the pits and reserves a seat in the skybox for $65.
A bonfire, with music and food, will be held following the conclusion of Friday's racing. Defending race winner Don O'Neal joins former track champion Dennis Erb Jr., Jimmy Owens, Scott Bloomquist, Bobby Pierce, Steve Francis, along with area favorites Jason Feger, Kevin Weaver, McKay Wenger and a host of national and local drivers. UMP modified, street stock and 4-cylinder divisions will also take part in the weekend program.
Farmer City Raceway
Farmer City Raceway will present a full race program on Friday night. The UMP sanctioned track has gates opening at 3, hot laps at 6:30, qualifying at 7 and racing to follow. Admission is $12 and children under 11 are free.
Kankakee Speedway
Kankakee County Speedway will try again this Friday for their first race of the year. UMP sanctioned late models, pro late models, modified, street stock, I-mods and compact drivers will be in action. Main gates open at 5, hot laps at 6, qualifying at 6:30 and racing starts at 7:30.
Lincoln Speedway
The Graue Big Ten Late Model Series returns Friday night to Lincoln Speedway, along with a full racing show. Gates open at 3, hot laps at 6:30 and racing starts at 7. Gate admission is $10 and ages under 12 are free.
Grundy County Speedway
Race fans looking for something different can try the 1/3-mile, paved Grundy County Speedway in Morris. Late models, sportsman, street stock, and 4-cylinder classes compete each Friday through Labor Day.
Former NASCAR driver Rich Bickle Jr. is racing at the speedway and has indicated his plans to race for the track championship. Located at the fairgrounds, admission is $12 for adults, seniors are $10 and children under 11 are free.
Route 66 Speedway
Pontiac's Route 66 Speedway will try again this Sunday for its first race of the year. Gates open at 10:30 a.m., practice starts at 12:15 p.m. and the first race is at 1. Admission is free for spectators but a donation box is set up to help with the cost of running the 1/8-mile dirt oval.
In the Pits
The late Jack Tyne was inducted into the Illinois Stock Car Hall of Fame on April 13 at the Holiday Inn in Rockford. A multi-time track champion at Fairbury, Tyne also captured the crown on several occasions at Farmer City. In addition, Tyne competed on many tracks throughout Illinois and Indiana.
A resident of Streator, Tyne passed away in July 2009, at the age of 80.
A benefit will be held on May 19 at the Country Side Banquet Facility in Washington for Gary Cook Jr.
Cook, the 2009 UMP national champion in the modified class and four-time track champion at Fairbury, has been fighting a long battle with cancer. The benefit, which will start at 1 p.m., will have a bag tournament, auction, food and a raffle. The cost is a $10 donation.
Currently in the planning stages at Fairbury, will be a skybox to be located on the backstretch. The skybox was part of the package deal, along with the new stands, that were bought from the now closed Shepps Speedway.
"The plan is to possibly try and have it up this year," Gunner Sullivan, the marketing director for the track, said. "We are working on plans for the structure to be sat on. The skybox will be available for rent and for marketing partners to host customer appreciation nights. It should hold between 20-30 people."
Season tickets are still on sale for $200 at the track gates. Season pit passes are also on sale at the main office. Information on reserved seating and reserved camping for the Prairie Dirt Classic can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jason Feger lost his appeal to the World of Outlaws for allegedly altering a tire used to win a heat race during the Illini 100 at Farmer City.
Feger was disqualified from the race, lost all of his purse money ($20,050), the winner's trophy and $400 for a tire analysis fee. In addition, Feger was fined $3,000, lost 1,000 points, was suspended from all World of Outlaw Late Model Series and DIRT car UMP late model events for three months and will be placed on probation following the conclusion of his suspension for the remainder of the 2013 season.


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Google rolled out a solution for the problem that multiple language sites started facing due to Panda filter. This key was in the form of 'hreflang' and 'canonical' tags. This is Google's way of telling site owners that they should use a regional subtag in their head tag for the website URL. This will help Google search crawlers to figure out the nature of content on each page and its relevance to a search performed. With these tags on websites, Google will comprehend that content on the site is truly intended for that region.
So how do the Hreflang and Canonical tags help?
More at Multilingual Search
The year 2011 was a good year for search engine marketing. As content became the king, some real impressive search engine optimized websites were developed. Many small and big players around the globe also poured into the domain of search engine marketing.
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I was totally joking about the title. I couldn't think of the unique title name, so I just made it up.
Anyways, this pic is for the Challenge: ?HYDE? which is by miableachgirl
I thought to break the ice by submitting my pic first (don't think, there gonna be any extra point for finishing it quickly lol).
I don't have recent pics of HYDE, so google around and found this pic: concert, so I use the clothes. I was debating on BG colors to Brown & Black or Blue & Purple... but somehow it ended up Yellow and Green. lol
I noticed there gonna be a point system for grading the drawing:
Joined Contest: 20 pts
Drawn: 40 pts
Colored: 10 pts
Background: 25 pts
Initialed, watermarked, or signed: 5 pts
Total: 100 pts
I wonder how many point I can get.... 20? 45? Never know
Comments/Feedback is most appreciated
To be truthful, I'm more Gackt fan than HYDE, sorry


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Unveiled: KTM E-Speed
If you have a WTF* expression when you see this machine, you're not alone. This is KTM's take on your domesticated scooter with a dash of motocross madness.
As you can see, KTM has an aversion to anything curved – exception being the wheels. This can especially be seen upfront, where the traditional full-front shield has been discarded for a two-part air deflectors upfront. Moving to the rear, things get a tad bit scooter-like with a conventional one-piece seat and floorboard.
The E-Speed is powered by an electric motor that makes 14.8bhp and 36Nm of torque that sends power to the rear wheel via a belt drive. KTM claims, the 4.36kWh battery packs enough juice to power the E-Speed to a top wrack of 85kph and a range of 64km. Braking power comes from 220mm disc brakes (front and rear), that provide regenerative braking to charge the onboard battery.
For now this off-road moto-scooter is just a concept, but we are sure KTM is gauging pubic reaction closely before green lighting the E-Speed for production.
*What the Flowers. Really!


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Iroquois' Market Optimization process involves analyzing an Insurance agency's current carrier relationships and carrier needs to help determine the most beneficial, productive and stable assortment of carriers available. Optimizing markets will allow the insurance agency to profitably write and retain more business over the long term, for its benefit and that of its current and future clients. (It isn't about more or less markets, but about identifying the right ones.)
Once the optimum market mix has been identified, then we can help the Member insuranceAgency develop a plan to transition from their current markets to the optimum mix. Some agencies only need minor fine tuning to reach their optimum mix, while others may need to make significant changes. Either way, Iroquois is willing and able to assist its Members with this process and to help them maximize the upside potential and minimize the transition downsides.
When transitioning to the optimum market mix, an insurance agency network must sometimes eliminate weak or broken carrier relationships. Often, agents are hesitant to end a carrier relationship -- regardless of how unproductive it may have become -- due to concern for the short-term disruption and cost to staff and clients. Iroquois' Market Alignment Program (MAP) and ReMarketing Program were designed to address these concerns. Through these programs, Iroquois representatives help manage the entire process; minimizing the resulting disruptions and expense to clients, the insurance agency network and its staff; and maximizing the benefits of the change for all concerned. In many cases, Iroquois can provide financial incentives to move or consolidate books to one of our core carrier partners.
Iroquois is committed to helping its Members improve their financial results. One financial tool available to Member Agents in the top 2 levels of the PartnerPlan is the Agency Financial Benchmarking Analysis. This complimentary service involves a highly confidential analysis of the Member's latest full year Income and Expense Statement, comparing the Member's income and expenses to those of average peer agencies and to those of top performing peer agencies. Meaningful differences between the Member's actual results and those of their average and best-performing peers are noted and, where appropriate, recommendations are provided on actions that may improve the Member's results. Agencies benefit by knowing that their advertising or vehicle expenses, for example, may be out of line with comparable agencies, but as with all Iroquois programs, the agency principal is under no obligation to make changes or act on any recommendations.
Iroquois provides a special service for its Member Agents who may be interested in either buying or selling an agency. Interested Members may confidentially register for the EXCHANGE Program, which features a database of enrolled Members and the parameters of their desired purchase or sale. (This is NOT a listing that other Members will see but rather a confidential, "behind the scenes" matching service.) Iroquois will notify participants when we identify either a prospective buyer or seller who meets the Member's pre-determined specifications.
Iroquois insurance group is committed to stimulating growth for its Member Agencies and Carrier Partners. One strategy for stimulating growth is the Iroquois Producer Financing Program (PFP), whereby Iroquois group co-invests with select Member Agencies in the cost to hire and train new producers. This program is designed to benefit all parties involved: the Member Agency, new Producer, Carrier-Partners and Iroquois services. See your Iroquois insurance Representative for more details.
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Iroquois' more than 2,250 Member Agents share a common need to find, hire, train and develop the right employees to help their agencies grow and thrive. To help its members with this critical function, Iroquois works with insurance consultants George Nordhaus and Virginia Bates and their Iroquois Hiring Systems (IHS).
IHS is a web-based Human Resources portal, providing valuable tools and information on the candidate assessment and hiring process. IHS takes you beyond simple resume review and standard interviewing, enabling you to focus on objective assessment techniques to learn who a candidate is and what they do, not just what they say.
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The assessment tools are available to Iroquois members at a discounted price.
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1) Earn profit sharing through Iroquois on books of business with directly appointed carriers that fall below the carrier's minimum premium requirements. (e.g. Carrier X requires $400,000 in premium to qualify for profit sharing but through Iroquois the Member can earn profit sharing at $50,000 or $100,000.)
2) Consolidate E&S business with one of Iroquois' Specialty Access Markets to move up in Iroquois' PartnerPlan and earn more total revenue on other Iroquois-provided carriers
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New Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation: 4 Big Changes
Dr. Sharon Orrange -
Almost 6 million Americans have the irregular heart rhythm atrial fibrillation. Atrial fib increases your risk of stroke, heart failure, dementia, and early mortality. New guidelines have just been released, with some pretty big changes on how to manage atrial fib. Here is what you need to know:
1. Know the score.
The decision of whether or not you need to be on blood thinners when you have atrial fib has always been based on your score. See More


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MasterOfDomains necessitava di un nuovo design di logo e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 284 design presentati da 89 designer.
Imagine creating the logo for a new TV network. This is your chance! If you win, you will be required to warrant that all work is original, and you must assign all rights to your work to us.
We need the following formats:
Standard Web, .jpg and .gif
Vector, .eps, .pdf, .ai
Layered fonts, .psd, .tiff
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
We are CharityOne, a new Television network to debut in 2008--all across America and around the globe!
We are a non-profit organization in much need of a logo. Can you help us, please?
- This logo will become our Brand Identity. It will be seen on TV, the Internet, Promotions, Fundraisers, Print Advertisements, etc. It must scale any size (and it must work as a network "bug", that is the small logo that you see on most networks in the bottom right corner of the TV screen).
- We are open to any colors. You might even try making the word "Charity" one color, and the word "one" another (just an idea, not mandatory). One color that we do favor is navy blue. However, we want to see your ideas.
- We prefer that you create an icon that accompanies the CharityOne type. The icon should be simple but have emotional impact. We may or may not use the icon in every application. Sometimes we will probably use "CharityOne" by itself.
- Overall, think Simple, Caring, Emotional, but with Authority--we are the "source" for charity news and information.
- We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to name a second place winner at $100, and a third place winner at $50.
- Chances are good that we will have a second contest, once the logo has been selected, for a stationary package.
- Please put a small "TM" next to the right hand side of the CharityOne logo. CharityOne is a Trademark, registered with the USPTO.Our mission is simple, to bring the world's charities to the forefront of the hearts and minds of all viewers via Television and the Internet with our innovative TV programming. Â
Recommendation: Before you start designing your entry, we recommend that you check out several major charity websites online and look at their logos, colors, font, etc., to get a feel for the charity world. Then, we recommend that you look at the websites of several major tv networks (NBC, CBS, ABC, CW, FOX, TNT, USA, PBS--you get the idea) to check out their look. You need to marry the idea of Charity with Network Television.
Check this site out daily for possible updates on creative direction and suggestions!
Thank you very much and good luck,
The CharityOne Team
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STOCKTON - Whether the state had passed pension reform legislation over the summer, the cost of providing retirement benefits to public employees was going to increase next year in San Joaquin County.
STOCKTON - Whether the state had passed pension reform legislation over the summer, the cost of providing retirement benefits to public employees was going to increase next year in San Joaquin County.
County government's annual contribution to the county retirement fund is expected to grow from $108.2 million to $119.8 million in 2013, an increase of about $11.6 million, according to the county.
On average, it's more than 30 percent of the county payroll.
The global financial crisis of 2008 wreaked havoc with investments in the county retirement fund, and it is expected to cost the county for years to come.
The San Joaquin County Employees' Retirement Association handles pensions for county government and some other agencies in the county. It also manages the roughly $2 billion retirement fund.
When the fund shrinks, government agencies pay higher annual contribution rates to make up for the loss. The 2008 hit was so bad, the Retirement Board spread part of the loss out over decades. The extended "smoothing" of the extraordinary loss kept the amount of money the county paid into the retirement fund to keep it healthy from skyrocketing during an era of budget cuts.
Even so, the cost of providing retirement rose steeply and is expected to rise again, according to county and Retirement Association officials.
Rates employers pay vary by type of employee and contract agreements. It works out that the county is paying a rate of up to 55.6 percent for public safety employees and up to 30.7 percent for general employees. On average, public safety employees pay an average rate of 4.4 percent and general members pay a rate of 3.25 percent.
A second tier for employees hired on or after Jan. 1 is new this year, created by statewide pension reform law. The county pays lower rates: 41.3 percent for public safety workers and 23.5 percent for other employees. The employee rates are higher, too, with public safety workers paying 13.75 percent and other workers paying 8.25 percent.
At the end of 2011, the retirement fund had grown by 1 percent, to a market value of about $1.9 million, according to the retirement association. It had an unfunded liability of $918 million.
But the fund is on track to have a much better 2012. Through September, the fund saw growth of more than 9 percent, said Annette St. Urbain, Retirement Association CEO.
That beats the assumed rate of return set by the retirement board.


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Parents and caregivers are often the first to notice signs of
cerebral palsy in a child. Typically, parents suspect
a problem when their baby does not reach developmental milestones at
predictable times.
3 months
Baby does not:
5 months
6 months
By 6 months: Baby does not roll over.
After 6 months: Baby pushes food out of his or her mouth with
the tongue rather than accepting it, as most babies would at this
8 months
Baby does not sit without support.
12 months
Baby either does not crawl or crawls dragging one side of the
body or both legs.
Before 18 months
Baby always prefers using one hand over the other.
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