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Herdman names Canada's roster for U.S. friendly
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7 Cameroon Olympic athletes go missing in London
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London 2012: Canada loses 2-1 to Japan in Olympic women's soccer opener
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London 2012: Canada meets Japan Wednesday in crucial women's soccer opener
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PIL seeks removal of encroachments in Furniture market
Chandigarh:The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued notices to UT Administration on a PIL demanding complete execution of work for development of a park in the third block of the furniture market in Sector 34. The PIL has also demanded removal of all encroachments made by owners of furniture shops in Sector 34.
SBI gives bus to school for underprivileged
Chandigarh:The chief general manager of State Bank of India (Chandigarh Circle) N K Chari handed over the keys of a school bus to the president of Hamari Kaksha a government nursery school in Sector 7 Dr Anuradha Sharma on Thursday. The vehicle will be used to ferry underprivileged children from their homes to the four branches of the institute.
Shatabdi from New Delhi reaches late
Chandigarh:The evening Shatabdi from New Delhi to Chandigarh got delayed by around one and a half hour on Thursday. The delay was caused by derailment of a goods train.

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I counted 86 flicks and they can all be streamed in Flash or downloaded in Windows Media and MP4 files. (That number has actually shrunk since we last checked in here.) Quality varies, but themajority of the movies offer average-quality playback. You'll find a few with higher bit rates, though. You can add comments, rate the porn and save photos to a favorites section.
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I've alway been interested in plate tectonics. To keep things short
and simple, I'll just cover different types of plate boundaries.
Plates are always pushing against each other (collision boundaries),
pulling apart (diverging boundaries), or going over/under another
(subduction boundaries. What type of boundary exists in a certain
location is dependent upon the movement of each plate and their
thickness. Generally speaking, continental (land) plates are a lot
thicker than oceanic plates. I'll cover some basics here:
Two Land Plates: This is the simplest plate boundary. The
movement forces the edge of each plate to move upward, forming
mountains. A great example of this would be how India is pushing
up against China. This formed the "large" mountains in Nepal.
Two Ocean Plates: As I mentioned, ocean plates are thinner that
land plates. One ocean plate is pushed under the other. This ends
up creating magma under the top plate. Water from the ocean is
sucked down with the Earth. This generates cone (aggressive)
volcanoes and a trench where the lesser plate is sucked under.
Check out the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Wikipedia or something.
Land/Ocean Collision: Again, the thickness of the plates come into
play here; the ocean plate is almost always shoved under the land.
Magma is again formed from the heated and buried Earth. Cone
(aggressive) volcanoes form along these regions and a trench is
formed not far off the coast. Check out the ring of fire.
Two Land Plates: When two land plates pull apart, the link between
them is weakened. This provides a path for magma (turning into
lava upon emerging) to come up. Volcanoes form, but I'm not sure
if they are cone (aggressive) volcanoes or shield (calm). I'd guess
Two Ocean Plates:Same thing here, except under water. These ones
are definitely shield volcanoes. Are great example of this is the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Hot-Spot (Mantle Plume): When you've got a hotspot in the Earth
and a (thin) ocean plate is rolling over it, an Island chain will form.
This process is very slow. The older islands, due to Erosion, are
much smaller. The most obvious example (and the only one I can
think of right now) is Hawaii.
Sliding: This is a boundary where two plates are "sliding" against
one another but not directly impacting or pulling away. You'll get a
fault here and an increased risk of Earthquakes (thus Tsunamis if
it's near water). Check out the San Andreas Fault.
Puzzle-Fit: A lot of cartographers use this to an awesome extent,
and most also know what it is. You'll see it with South America and
Africa; the continents look like they fit together because of the
plates moving apart.
--->Why do plates move? Plates, like many things here on Earth,
move because of convection currents. This is (essentially) when
something hot rises and cools when it falls. Think of a lava lamp.
Currents such as this also drive the wind and waves (I might talk
about that later). The half-molten rock that is part of the Earth's
crust is also moving, albeit slowly. This movement causes the
plate movement we see today.
--->If plates are being melted at some boundaries, how is a plate
formed? In essentially the same way! Underwater volcanoes,
especially, contribute to the formation of ocean crust. All of the
rocks on Earth are just in a really slow cycle.
--->Do plates change their directions of movement (and, if so,
how?) Well, check out the below pic; it's of the hotspot that created
the Hawaiian Island Chain. What's cool is that it bends! That suggests
change in movement. Plate traffic-jams can cause massive change
in plate movement across the world. There may be other reasons.
Additional Resources:
Plate Movement Animation Here you can find an animation of the plate
movement over the past 150 million years! This is a popup (potentially).
Island Chain Animation Here is an animation
of how an island chain forms, featuring a hotspot. This link
opens a text page; click the image on that page.
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If you're using this for a project, please check my research with some of
your own. There's a chance I jumbled something up here. Let me know
if I did; I'll edit it.
If you have a further question or such, ask it! Send me information and
I might edit it into this post. The goal of this thread is to be a hub of
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Ruth Reichl Is Writing a Food Novel Set During WWII
Food and bombs!
In addition to joining Gilt Taste as editorial advisor and recently taking an editor-at-large position at Random House, Ruth Reichl has been working on some new, nonfiction books, including a cookbook based on her occasionally koanlike tweets. In addition to all this, there have been rumors for years the former Times critic and Gourmet editor has been chipping away at a novel. After returning from a New Hampshire artists' colony last year, the Observer reported her novel-in-progress would be called Delicious!; Reichl had previously said the book was "not really" food-related. Today, she sets the record straight for Haaretz: "I'm writing a novel that is very much about food," says Reichl. "It's set in two times: today and in World War II. WWII is a particularly interesting time for food because the food was rationed and it was like a huge social experiment in this country." [Haaretz, Earlier]


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World Juniors underway
Posted By On December 26, 2011 @ 5:32 pm In Hockey,New York Rangers,NHL | 43 Comments
No John Tortorella pre-game presser. He spoke to the media masses after the morning skate today.
Meant to post this, you know, before the World Junior championships actually began.
But I didn't.
It started today. Team USA plays Denmark tonight at 8 (your focus might be elsewhere, but you could theoretically skip MSG 150 to watch some of that game).
Sam Rosen's kid, Matt, does the play by play on NHL Network, and my friend Dave Starman does color commentary.
Here's the schedule from NHL.com. [1]
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Season 1, Episode 6 | November 7th, 2004
Lynette locks horns with officious mom Maisy Gibbons (guest-star Sharon Lawrence) at the twins' school who is trying to produce a "politically correct" play about "Little Red Riding Hood." Meanwhile, Susan continues to investigate the mystery of Zach's sudden disappearance. She soon finds out his father Paul put him in Seacrest, a mental institution. She and Julie then go to investigate. Mama Solis (guest-star Lupe Ontiveros) comes closer to discovering Gabrielle's dirty little secret of her affair, and Bree comes undone when Rex suggests they hire a sex surrogate.
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Two residences south of the Eight Mile Corner on East 1000 Road west of Hwy. 97, south of El Dorado Springs, were burglarized and ransacked in mid-day on Friday, March 8, according to the Cedar County Sheriff's Office.
The crimes occurred between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
The report said that a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee, occupied by two male subjects, was seen in the area.
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A federal judge has sanctioned one of the nation's largest health care corporations for "unacceptable" conduct in a whistleblower lawsuit that he said spoiled its required disclosure of information with false testimony—a decision that could force the company to reimburse whistleblower attorneys as much as $2 million.
U.S. District Senior Judge Charles Pannell Jr. ruled that DaVita Inc., which operates more than 2,000 kidney dialysis clinics, demonstrated "enough of a showing of bad faith" to warrant reopening discovery in the seven-year-old case. The suit, filed by two former employees who worked at DaVita clinics in Georgia, accuses the company of defrauding the federal government of hundreds of millions of dollars.
The judge said he contemplated awarding attorney fees and costs for any prior discovery that was "impeded or spoiled," the entire cost of new discovery, including redeposing witnesses, and the cost of filing and litigating the sanctions motion. The whistleblowers' lawyers said those costs could exceed $2 million.
Pannell issued the nine-page-order on Aug. 12, following three days of hearings in July and eight months of what the judge described as "a series of protracted fights resulting in furious rounds of briefing, hearings and accusations."
Benjamin Fox, one of a team of attorneys led by John Floyd and Mickey Mixson of Atlanta's Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore that is defending DaVita, said in response to Pannell's order: "We respect the court and the process. We are confident that any additional discovery will not support relators' claims." DaVita, he added, "will ultimately prevail in this litigation." He declined further comment.
DaVita's legal team also includes a group of attorneys led by Mark Pearlstein at McDermott Will & Emery in Boston and attorneys from Houston firm Gibbs & Bruns.
The case against one of the nation's leading providers of kidney dialysis services was filed in 2007 by Dr. Alon J. Vainer, a board-certified nephrologist who was the medical director for several of DaVita's Georgia clinics, and Daniel Barbir, a registered nurse, who worked as a clinic director in Cumming.
The two former DaVita employees claimed in their suit that, for years, DaVita systematically defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and civilian medical programs for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Defense Department. They claim the company boosted profits by prescribing—and billing the federal government—for vials of drugs that were larger than the smaller doses actually administered to patients, thereby artificially increasing the cost of the care. The suit also names Gambro Healthcare Inc., a company that merged with DaVita in 2005, as a codefendant.
The federal False Claims Act allows private citizens to file civil actions on behalf of the government against individuals and companies who defraud government programs. Those who sue, called relators, receive a portion of the recovered damages if their allegations are upheld.
The whistleblowers' lawyer, L. Lin Wood, said that if the suit is successful, monetary damages could approach $300 million. Because damages are trebled under the False Claims Act and may be augmented by the addition of civil monetary penalties for each false claim submitted, DaVita could be potentially liable for more than $2 billion, Wood said.
"So DaVita must have felt it had a couple of billion reasons to lie in this and not disclose the truth about a significant piece of evidence central to its fraudulent scheme," he said.
Wood and cocounsel Marlan Wilbanks have claimed that a DaVita computer program, known as "Snappy," was integral to the alleged dosage maximization scheme. They sought evidence on how Snappy worked, how the program was used by DaVita's doctors and nurses and whether the program recommended dosages that created medically unnecessary waste.
The two lawyers sought sanctions against DaVita, claiming that key witnesses either had given false testimony in depositions or recanted statements to conform to the company's assertions that Snappy was not programmed to recommend wasteful dosages for at least one of the drugs at issue.
Calling Pannell's ruling "a major step" in the litigation, Wood said, "DaVita tried to defraud my clients and the court in this litigation but did not succeed."
"DaVita intentionally defrauded Medicare and the United States for years, but like its discovery fraud in this litigation, it will be exposed," he continued. "DaVita will be held accountable."
Said Wilbanks: "We have always believed that much of the scheme was hard-wired into the DaVita dosing grids in order to maximize profits and waste. The DaVita executives and corporate representatives provided false testimony about that, but the truth finally came out."
Court pleadings defending DaVita dismissed the sanctions fight as "a single and peripheral issue of fact about a version of software no longer in use" and a "complete red herring."
"Regardless of whether or how Snappy suggested a dose, the suggested doses all fell within the dosing range ordered by the treating physician and recognized as appropriate by the medical profession and the supposed victim federal agency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)," defense attorneys said.
Acknowledging that one of DaVita's witnesses "testified inaccurately about the display on one screen of a massive software system," they contended, "That error was replicated in other witnesses' testimony … before DaVita discovered and corrected this from the witness and inaccuracy."
That DaVita employees "would fail to remember precisely one field on one screen in one module of software that was no longer in use when the testimony was given, in a system in which a user would see potentially hundreds of screens and thousands of different fields, is not surprising and certainly not evidence of perjury," defense attorneys concluded.
The judge rejected that explanation, saying he was "convinced that the defendants have spoiled discovery related to Snappy to such a degree that sanctions are appropriate and the court must reopen discovery."
In his order, Pannell singled out the testimony of Richard Tetley, whom DaVita had identified as the corporate representative with the most knowledge of how Snappy worked.
Pannell said that Tetley first gave "unequivocal testimony" that Snappy did not recommend doses for one of three drugs at issue in the case. But a year later, the judge wrote, Tetley "admitted that his deposition testimony was false."
Pannell observed that during the year of discovery when Tetley's original testimony remained uncorrected, witnesses who were deposed by the whistleblowers' lawyers, and whose testimony contradicted Tetley's, "would change their testimony to hew to Tetley's false testimony" after a break in the deposition or in an errata sheet submitted later.
"At worst, the defendants purposely manipulated the evidence and witnesses to hide the truth from the [whistleblowers] and the court," Pannell said.
"The court does not believe that the evidence the [whistleblowers] have submitted unequivocally shows that the defendants committed this more nefarious level of discovery practice, but the 'forgetfulness' and changed testimony from so many witnesses is highly suspect."
Pannell turned down a request by whistleblower lawyers that he issue a default judgment against DaVita. But, the judge said, "The defendants' extreme delay in correcting Tetley's testimony, their attempts to ensure that subsequent witnesses' testimony hued to Tetley false statements, and their failure to retract other admittedly false statements even after the relators filed this motion for sanctions amounts to at least enough of a showing of bad faith to reopen discovery and award attorney's fees."
The case is Vainer v. DaVita, No. 1P:07-cv-02509 (N.D. Ga.).


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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson left Vancouver today (May 3rd) after filming re-shoots for Breaking Dawn Part 2, the final installment of the Twilight series (give me a moment).
Director Bill Condon assured us fans that nothing drastic is being changed during these re-shoots. "Our Part Two puzzle is finally coming into full view, and in a few weeks we'll be heading back north to pick up some additional shots—the last tiny missing pieces," Condon wrote on Facebook April 15th (via USA Today).
"I am really looking forward to being back on set with some of the friends I've made on my Twilight journey, like the great Guillermo Navarro, our cinematographer, and his crew," Condon added. "And yes, Rob and Kristen will be there too, to pop in those gold contacts one last time…"
Per Twitter, Stewart will appear on France's Le Grand Journal alongside her Snow White And The Huntsman co-star Charlize Theron. As we reported earlier, Pattinson has been cast as army interrogator Eric Maddox in the psychological thriller, Mission: Black List.


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Brown tries to become NHRA's 1st black champion
Antron Brown started his week at Miramar College in San Diego, where he used his own experiences in urging students not to set limits on what they can accomplish.
Brown had mistakenly done that himself early in his NHRA career, when he figured Pro Stock Motorcycle was the highest level he could reach.
"My biggest dream was always to race a Top Fuel or Funny Car, but I always thought it was way out of reach because we didn't come from money," Brown said this week in an interview with The Associated Press.
"And I began to ask myself, `Why am I settling?' Then when I got the partnership with the U.S. Army, it taught me how to use my tools. I began to use my personality, my drive, my approach to people - how I never take failure. And that's exactly what I did, and I got myself into a fuel car," he said.
Five years after making the move from Pro Stock to Top Fuel, Brown is poised to become the first black champion in any NHRA pro series. He takes a 65-point lead over teammate Tony Schumacher into this weekend's finals at Pomona.
Brown is not thinking about the milestone, and points out that NHRA has long been the most diverse series in motorsports. Shirley Muldowney was the first woman to earn a license from NHRA to drive a Top Fuel dragster and won three championships, and brothers Cruz and Tony Pedregon, who are of Hispanic descent, both won Funny Car championships.
Earlier this season, Erica Enders became the first woman to win a Pro Stock event, beating four-time champion Greg Anderson in the finals at Route 66 Raceway.
So Brown thinks his success is just another testament to NHRA's wide opportunities.
"Our sport has been so diverse for so long," he said. "The thing that is important about this for me is hopefully I can inspire some inner city kids or some minority kids. If I could open the doors up for kids, get them intrigued and interested, then that would mean something to me."
But this is no gimme for Brown, who was eliminated in the first round at Las Vegas two weeks ago and had his lead in the standings gobbled up by Schumacher. Brown had gone into Las Vegas up by 136 points over his teammate, who advanced to the finals against Bob Vandergriff but fell short in his bid to win his 70th career victory.
Schumacher, a seven-time champion, thinks he's got a shot at an eighth title.
"I always wanted the ball in my hands for the last shot, and I always wanted to sit in a seat and have to win to be the champ, not hope someone else loses," he said. "I think Antron is in a really good spot right now. He's ahead of us, but he's not that kind of guy. He does not want to have to watch someone lose, he wants to close the deal, just like we do."
Lurking right behind Brown and Schumacher is Spencer Massey, who is 70 points out of the lead, and Shawn Langdon, 116 points back.
"There are more great cars than we've ever seen - great drivers, great teams," Schumacher said. "We seem to have all settled into a pretty good home between the drivers and the crew chiefs, and the battles are incredible. The guy who stands on the podium at the end is going to be well-deserving of the Full Throttle championship because it has been as difficult as anything I've ever seen, I've had to drive better. Antron, Spencer, all of us have had to drive better.


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Foreign Aid and Free Trade and Their Effect on Income: A Panel Analysis
Ali, Abdiweli M., Isse, Hodan Said, The Journal of Developing Areas
This paper uses a panel approach and annual observations of over 150 countries for the period 1975 - 2000 to examine the impact of foreign aid and trade on income. The paper addresses the simultaneity of international trade, foreign aid and economic performance by using a full information system or three-stage least squares approach. The findings of this paper strongly suggest that foreign aid and trade are strong determinants of GDP per worker, albeit in opposite directions. The regression results are robust to the inclusion of a multitude of exogenous variables that are considered to be determinants of GDP per worker. Foreign aid is a commonly owned resource, powerful individuals and state heads establish property right in the system and, as a result, rent extractors expend resources resisting deregulation that attempt to remove that privilege. On the other hand, the empirical evidence reaffirms that international trade appears complementary to economic performance.
JEL Classifications: F10, O10, O40
Key Words: Foreign Aid, Free Trade, Economic Growth
The fact that so many countries register low per capita income after receiving enormous amounts of foreign aid questions its effectiveness on economic performance. Moreover, despite the world's massive movement toward trade liberalization both in goods and services, foreign aid recipients remain stagnated by lack of trade, restrictive trade policies, and low per capita income. The impact of foreign aid and trade on living standards is ultimately an empirical question, and one that will be addressed in this paper.
While the belief that foreign aid promotes economic growth is reasonable, it has been difficult to verify empirically. Despite extensive research devoted to the impact of foreign aid on economic development, improper measurement of official aid, endogeneity problems, and poorly specified models diminish the importance of these studies and have produced only mixed results. This paper addresses a previously unconsidered issue: empirical investigation that takes into account the simultaneity among international trade, foreign aid, and economic performance. Single-equation models overlooked much of the interdependence that exists in the world today. The best approach for understanding these interdependencies is to model them explicitly with feedback loops. This means using simultaneous equations instead of looking at one equation at a time, the approach in much of the prior studies. To account for the interdependencies among variables this paper uses a full information system, or Three-Stage Least Squares approach and identifies three equations, an income model, a trade model, and a foreign aid model.
The paper tries to quantify the determinants of GDP per worker, which is used as a proxy for living standards. It uses a panel approach and annual observations for over 150 countries for the period 1975 to 2000. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section Two is a literature review of the effects of aid and trade on income. Section Three sketches the model and section four presents the empirical results. Section five provides the summary and concluding remarks.
Trade as an Engine of Growth
Two contrasting events happened after the Great Depression. Foreign aid and international trade (financial and goods services) have emerged as the two primary aspects of global interdependence. International trade has expanded the volume of goods and services since World War II. The importance of international trade on economic performance has a long history in economic thought. The evidence overwhelmingly indicates that trade promotes economic performance. There is a voluminous literature on the positive effect of trade on growth. The most recent include Dollar (1992), Ben-David (1993), Sachs and Warner (1995), Edwards (1998), and Frankel and Romer (1999). …


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With the U.S. stock indexes sitting near two-year highs there are a large number of stocks already at highs or at least close to breaking out. The short sellers covering their positions and creating a buying frenzy often fuel stocks that are on the verge of breaking out.
IN PICTURES: 9 Simple Investing Ratios You Need To Know
One way to search for potential breakout candidates is to search for strong stocks that have a high short interest ratio. The short interest ratio measures the amount of trading days it would take for all the shorts to be covered with average volume. For example if a stock trades on average two million shares per day and has ten million shares short it would take five days to cover all the shorts. Thus the short interest ratio would be 5.0. (For more, see Short Interest: What It Tells Us.)
Below are five stocks that have high short interest ratios that are either on the verge of breaking out or just did breakout recently.
ViaSat (Nasdaq:VSAT) has a short interest ratio of 17.3 and 11.9% of its float is short. The satellite company designs and produces its products for the government and private customers. A recent breakout from a two-month consolidation has led the stock to the best level in over 10 years. The stock has an average valuation with a forward P/E ratio of 27.6, but the technicals point to higher prices. (For more, see Short Selling: What Is Short Selling?)
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Advent Software (Nasdaq:ADVS) has a short interest ratio of 26.9 and 27.7% of its float is short. The software firm offers products to the investment management sector to help information flow between both internal and external parties. Similar to VSAT, the stock is not a value play with a forward P/E ratio of 32.4 - however, the chart is impressive.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE:WAB) has a short interest ratio of 12.6 and 6.3% of its float is short. The company provides technology-based equipment and services for the rail industry. Their products range from parts for existing freight cars to the building of new commuter locomotives.WAB is more of a value play with a forward P/E ratio of 17.8. This is even after a big run-up to begin the month of December. (For more, see The Basics Of Outstanding Shares And The Float.)
A Pricey P/E Ratio
Shutterfly (Nasdaq:SFLY) has a short interest ratio of 9.7 and 13.5% of its float is short. This is one company many investors have either used or heard of because the average consumer will use the photography website to personalize and share photos.The stock is up nearly 100% in 2010 and the forward P/E has ballooned to 53.8; clearly the stock is a momentum play rather than a value stock.
A Lower P/E Play
RPC Inc. (NYSE:RES) has a short interest ratio of 7.4 and 16.6% of its float is short.RES is an oil and gas service company with two divisions (technical services and support services) mainly in the United States. The stock has been very strong as it hits new all-time highs on a regular basis. With a forward P/E ratio of only 14.1, the stock has more room to run. The key, however, is not to chase the stock, but rather to buy on pullbacks.
Bottom Line
The reason short interest ratio can be helpful to picking stocks that are on the verge of breakout is because it scares the shorts when a stock reaches a high, and they all tend to cover their positions at the same time. A short seller must buy back the shares to cover, and suddenly the bulls are joined by the bears in creating buying pressure. (For more, see Interested In Short Interest Leaders?)
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You've probably heard of AshleyMadison.com. It's a website aimed at making it easy for married people to have an affair, known for their risque ads and slogan, "Life is short. Have an affair." The website recently released data about the city of Columbus that shows which neighborhoods have the most cheaters. Keep in mind this doesn't necessarily reflect these areas as a whole, but here's the list:
- New Albany 9%
- Worthington 8.7%
- Hilliard 8.5%
- Westerville 8.3%
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- 42% of philanderers in Columbus are female (average age 36)
- Adulterers living in Worthington have the most children on average
- Hilliard's cheaters have the most affair partners


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Today, as President Obama went to Ohio State University to discuss the all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for American energy, the White House announced new funding to advance the development of American-made small modular reactors (SMRs).
President Obama highlighted his Administration's focus on a sustained, all-of-the-above approach to developing American energy.
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a determination and market impact analysis authorizing uranium transfers to fund accelerated cleanup activities at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio, through the third quarter of calendar year 2013.
Just two days after the Department of Energy requested more than $770 million for nuclear energy in 2013, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visited the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia.
Energy Secretary Announces New Nuclear Energy Research Grants and Next Steps on Used Fuel Recommendations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a new seismic study today that will help U.S. nuclear facilities in the central and eastern United States reassess seismic hazards.
Through the draft Funding Opportunity Announcement announced today, the Department will establish cost-shared agreements with private industry to support the design and licensing of SMRs.
New Funding Opportunity Announcement Will Support SMR Design and Licensing for Widespread Commercial Use
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu issued the following statement today in support of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) decision to certify Westinghouse Electric's AP1000 nuclear reactor design, a significant step towards constructing a new generation of U.S. nuclear reactors.
Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman spoke at the Tokyo American Center today about nuclear power after Fukushima.
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The next Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, has appeared before the Treasury Committee.
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MPs got their first chance today to ask the next Governor of the Bank of England about his priorities when he starts in July.
Canadian Mark Carney said alongside hitting the inflation target, he may take into account growth and unemployment.
ITV News' Economics Editor Richard Edgar examines the impact of his answers.
Interest rates held despite triple-dip recession threat
Despite the threat of triple-dip recession the Bank of England held off from further emergency support today.
Interest rates are being held at their record low of 0.5%. The Bank's quantitative easing programme - or the level of money it pumps into the economy - is being maintined at £375 billion.
Hints of radical change as new governor faces MPs
Bank of England set to hold interest rates
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is expected to hold their course and keep interest rates at 0.5% today.
Economists predict the Bank will continue to keep its money printing quantitative easing programme on hold, as it looks to its Funding for Lending Scheme and a recent fall in the price of sterling to boost the economy.
The Bank will meet after gross domestic product figures showed the economy slipped back into the red in the final three months of last year, with fears last month's snowstorms will have hit output at the start of this year.
Next BoE Governor Mark Carney to appear before MPs
The new Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, will appear before the House of Commons Treasury Committee today.
The current Governor of the Bank of Canada is likely to face questions from MPs on his experience, the process by which he was appointed and his thoughts on monetary policy and financial stability in the UK.
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Budget Drags India Shares Lower
MUMBAI--A disappointing federal budget saw India shares reverse early gains to close at a more than three-month low Thursday.
The markets didn't like the proposed tax increases for rich companies and individuals and more government borrowing.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-stock S&P BSE Sensex ended down 290.87 points, or 1.5%, to 18861.54 points--its lowest since Nov. 27, 2012. The National Stock Exchange's 50-stock Nifty index shed 103.85 points, or 1.8%, to 5693.05 points.
Negative sentiment was also fueled by Thursday's expiry of monthly derivatives contracts, traders said.
However, the budget delivered on market expectations of keeping the fiscal deficit in check. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced a cut in the securities-transaction tax, too. He announced steps to make it easier for foreigners to invest in Indian stocks and bonds.
Nevertheless, more taxes on annual incomes of more than 10 million rupees ($184,000), a transaction tax on non-agricultural commodities trading and an increase in excise duty on high-end vehicles disappointed some, dealers said.
"It's a balanced and a realistic budget but lacked details on how the government will revive growth," Mumbai-based Magnum Equity Broking vice assistant for research Nilesh Karani said.
Banks--which make up a third of the benchmark index--led declines. The budget proposes continuing lower interest rates for short-term loans to farmers. Lower rates hurt banks. The BSE 14-stock S&P BSE Bankex index fell 3.6% to 13203.87. State Bank of India SBKJY 0.00 % fell 5.8% to 2085.40 rupees and ICICI Bank IBN 4.90 % closed 3.9% lower at 1040.30.
A proposal to increase lending to agriculture 22% is also a big negative for banks, brokerage IndiaNivesh head of research Daljit Kohli said. Banks have typically found it difficult to recover some loans in the sector.


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I take your point and it's obviously difficult to discuss different subjective truths in any kind of sensible way. For me, if you know what you're trying to do and you do it - that counts as pitch perfect.
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A second major preseason publication has selected Utah punter Tom Hackett and kicker Andy Phillips to its preseason all-Pac-12 first team. Athlon Sports joined Phil Steele in placing Hackett and Phillips on its first team and also predicted five other Utes would win all-conference honors.
Athlon named safety Eric Rowe to its second team, and receiver Dres Anderson and returner Geoffrey Norwood to its third team. Earning fourth-team recognition were defensive end Nate Orchard and safety Brian Blechen.
Rowe, Anderson, Orchard, Blechen and Norwood were also named to Phil Steele's all-conference teams, as was linebacker Jason Whittingham, offensive tackle Jeremiah Poutasi and running back Devontae Booker.
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The doc told Sarah not to fly until 4 weeks after the op, which was a good additional incentive to take the train. And to make it easier, we decided to stop a night in Paris. Pip had never been there before, except for the Metro between the Gare du Nord and Gare de Lyons. Sarah lived there for a while - 30 years ago! (How did that happen, then?) But she'd not been back much, so this was an adventure for both of us.
At that time, Sarah had stayed a short while at the famous Shakespeare & Co bookshop, just opposite Notre Dame , and it was her only postal address for most of her stay in Paris. It's famous for being the home of the Anglophone literary scene in Paris since the 1920's, particularly for Americans. It hasn't changed a lot - it's still heaped with books from the last 100 years of American, British and Irish literature. It's got more touristy (or it seems that way) and it's still staffed by enthusiastic youngsters who in some important way do not get the complexity, longevity and pluralism of Europe. Sarah found a useful book though - that's still the same.
We stayed to listen to the historian Gregor Dallas talk about Abelard and Heloise. What might have been very interesting actually became incredibly dull, as he stretched out the story beyond belief. His main point seemed to be that Heloise had objected strongly to being made to become a nun, and that it was Abelard who had made her do it. But it took him over an hour to get to this position. After about 75 minutes, we slipped away.
We'd missed the boat trip we planned to take, so Pip headed us back to a bar in the Latin Quarter that had caught her eye on an earlier wander past. The chandeliers were hung with bra's. And there were women there. Lots of women. So we ventured in and ordered fancy cocktails. They came with sparklers. And sparkly it was: we had ventured into a male strip joint! Pip was facing the video screen and came over all fluffy. We drank our cocktails and returned to the street.
Paris is full of lesbian bars: Sarah had offered to find one. But this was a spontaneous discovery with a twist.
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We visited Sarah's mother in Norfolk, and made an important trip to Cardiff. Our dear friend Polly is still unresponsive, and it is not clear whether she will ever improve beyond her current state. It was a shattering experience to see her. Her sister Jenny and partner Lizzie are working so hard to protect and represent her, while remaining realistic about future choices, and staying in their own jobs.
The picture above is Polly at Rye, in Sussex, taken somewhere during our convoluted trip delivering Roaring Girl from Ipswich to Brighton six and half years ago.
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And here it is completed (or very nearly). Pip has done a huge amount of work, painting nearly every wall in the house, organising plumbers, electricians, carpeting and generally running herself ragged. Sarah finished the contract in Merton, had a few days grace and then went into hospital for surgery. Which went very well, and adds an impressive four new scars to her already criss-crossed stomach.
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Well! We succumbed to the collapse of the property market and bought a house. The aim is to let it out rather than live in it, though in fact we will be there over this winter, and let it afterwards.
Depending on the market and our own finances, we might even buy another one in the autumn - it beats putting into a bank to do nothing!
This house needs of quite a bit of work. Above is the bathroom before Pip stripped it out ...
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Home for Easter! A long overdue week off, loving life afloat, sorting out various jobs and getting that shower working again.
We are hauling RG out of the water on Tuesday. It's getting expensive to be afloat now, so rather than keep her in the water for a possible long weekend in May, we're heading across the Petit Rade to a boatyard where she can be in (relatively) cheaper dry dock for the three remaining months we expect to be earning.
Today we went up Mount Faron, one of the several hills surrounding Toulon. We walked to the bottom of the cable car, to be honest. Then we had a nice ramble around the heavily managed park/classified site at the top, enjoying what we could see. As you can tell, it's been a pretty murky, rainy sort of Easter even here in Provence. (Good Friday was magnificent and it may get better tomorrow).
This is the view across the Petit Rade. The straight line breakwater to your left marks the barrier from the Grand Rade, which is then open to the sea. You can access the Petit Rade at either end. The maze of docks directly below us is only a small part of the wharfage; another huge area is out of shot to the right, all of it belonging to the Navy as well as half of what you can see.
It's not at all surprising that Toulon is the second biggest naval base in France. It is very defensible (as both the French and English have found out at various times) from sea and land, with good fresh water. Its hinterland is arid scrub, however, which makes it less safe under siege than Portsmouth or even Cartegena.
One way or another we'll have spent quite a bit of time here (though not as much as Roaring Girl herself!) But because it's been very bitty we haven't really made friends or got a lot of connections with the town, which is a shame
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Our dear friend Polly Kitzinger was badly injured in a car crash, not far from her home in Brecon, on 30 March. At the time of writing (12 April) she is still in a deep coma but her condition is stable. If any readers who know Polly want to keep up with her news, you can find out more on www.welove.polly.org. That's also the place to send any messages of support, photos and memories.
Polly sailed with us for a long time, particularly introducing Sarah to many adventures in the early days with Hushwing. Most recently, she sailed across Biscay with us in July 2006 - her third time across, but the first for us. The picture shows the four Roaring Girl crew (including Fiona who was with us too) at our excited arrival in A Coruna.
Getting there was made more interesting than it might have been by our lack of an engine. The propeller headed for the seabed about 120 miles from Spain. When we got to the Coruna entrance, Polly helmed magnificently as we picked our way through to safety. That champagne was well deserved.
We hope for the very best for Polly and remember her company, skill and humour with such love and respect. Our thoughts and love are with her partner Lizzie, her sister Jenny and many other friends and family.
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She was followed by this lion - the two men jumped from pole to pole, stood on it's hind legs and performed amazing acrobatics for about 10 minutes.
We spent Xmas in Toulon, at home on Roaring Girl. We did take pix, but due to various lash-ups, haven't got them now. Mother Xmas abseiled off the town hall and distributed chocolates to the crowds watching tumblers and buskers around the Navigator's statue on the waterfront.
Much of the time, we have been based in London, with a long-running contract with one borough and several other pieces of work going on. This is keeping us shore-based far longer than usual, but it makes sense to earn the money while we can in these difficult times. Since last September, when we started work again, the job of a regeneration consultant has changed dramatically!
We expect to continue working to July, then take off for the west coast of Italy and associated islands. We won't get long, as Sarah has to have some medical treatment in October. So we'll get back to the UK, base ourselves in Ipswich and work through the duller months, but we're set on a March start to cruising in 2010.
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Well, it's been a while. This is written in April but starts on 1 February, when we celebrated Chinese New Year in Trafalgar Square. This dragon was stunning.
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For Pip's birthday, we went to the Boat Show. This entry is actually written on 1 November, back in Toulon, and looking back at SIBS feels like a different world; the economy looked rough then, and the euro very strong. Now, of course, everything is in meltdown. We are very glad we are not in debt anywhere, and lucky enough to be able to find work. Last summer was excellent practice for living very cheaply even when everything around us was astronomically expensive - a skill we will all need to hone over the coming years.
In the meantime, some things we needed were cheaper bought at the Boat Show, in sterling. Spare oil filters, new anode, some flat fenders. And some great rope for replacing our spinnaker halyards.
A Kiwi company was using these aliens to promote their product. We can't remember what they're selling , but they have a map of NZ on the back. They were everywhere, adding a certain peculiar frisson to the event!
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We all took the 1230 ferry across to St Raphael. This is very simple: it leaves from the quay outside the 'new port' (the marina for ordinary sized boats), and you pay on board. (?'?13 one way, ?'?22 return). It wasn't particularly crowded, although the jetty itself is rather a scrum.
In St Raphael, you get a bus to Nice airport. The maps of the town, including the one displayed outside the TIC, show the Gare Routiere (bus station) outside the Gare SNCF. Hah! That's been demolished and is still being rebuilt. The bus station is back down at the Vieux Port, on the opposite side from the ferry.
Even with that diversion Fiona and Melanie caught the 1400 airport express with ease, and we got a text confirming their safe arrival in London. They managed to collect the full set: boat (x3), bus, plane, train (DLR) and tube.
We caught the ferry back, brought a few provisions in the local little supermarket and treated ourselves to drinks in the Hotel Sube. The first floor bar is bang in the middle of the Vieux Port quayside, but remarkably quiet, and has fabulous yacht photos all around the walls. Definitely the best place for a drink in the tawdry vulgarity that marks most of the town.
Our plan now is to wait out the south-westerly (blowing as we write this on Wednesday afternoon), which would give us a beat to the Lies adhere. If the forecasts are right, we will head back to Port Man tomorrow for a last weekend at anchor. From there, on Monday we will sidle round to Plage de la Courtade, where we will ring the port in Toulon to see if our high hopes of a berth there are confirmed. If they are, we will tie up next week in our winter berth, before returning to the UK for Sarah to start her temporary job in South London on 2 September. That will mark the end of 18 months in which we have spent all but three travelling, and allow us to replenish our depleted coffers.
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We finally found a spot in this busy anchorage, about a kilometre east of the entrance to the port of St Tropez. The anchorage is full of super yachts, and quite deep. So far it's been very comfortable, save for wash, though it is quite open to the north east.
Fiona and Melanie invited us out for dinner, to celebrate Sarah's birthday. We went to a good Provencal restaurant called Table du Marche in Rue Georges Clemenceau, and can thoroughly recommend it! We were very full, as well as enjoying cocktails and two excellent bottles of wine. Unaccustomed luxury: thanks to the two of them.
We also discovered that there is a water taxi in St Tropez (not mentioned in the Pilot book, possibly because it's ?'?40 every trip, though the boat can take about 8 people.) Ring on 06 12 40 28 05. Pretty good English spoken. This took the worry out of a potential trip home in Bridget in the dark, and gave us unaccustomed rides in very fast ribs, which were great fun.
On Tuesday morning, there were candles in the fresh baguettes to accompany a very nice bottle of champagne - a great way to start the day!
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From Nice we had a pleasant sail west, back to the Anse de la Salis off Antibes. Down went the new Rocna. The first time we don't think we gave it enough time, but it certainly bit the second time. Fiona and Sarah went swimming; the water was cooler than last time we were there, but still had that silkiness peculiar to this bay.
That night we had this amazing sunset over the hills, followed by firework spectaculars in both Antibes and St Laurent.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The president of the National Black Farmers Association says he's owed $8 million for lobbying Congress to fund a $3.4 billion government settlement with Native American landowners who were swindled out of royalties.
John Boyd has filed a lawsuit seeking $8 million, saying the attorneys in the Native American class-action settlement recruited him but never shared in the $99 million they received in attorney's fees.
The settlement was the result of a 1996 lawsuit filed by Elouise Cobell of Browning, Montana.
The Indians' settlement was combined with a $1.15 billion settlement of discrimination claims by black farmers on the same appropriations bill in 2010.
The Cobell attorneys say they had no work agreement with Boyd and that Boyd was primarily lobbying for the funding bill's passage on behalf of the black farmers.


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Greg Robinson was the Def Corr at Texas and became the head coach at Syracuse. I read through some of his bio and he has some similarity to Gene. Even played linebacker in college!
I pray that this is not a bad omen!
Maybe I am just so damn dazed after that Texas buzzsaw I can see strait!
"where there is pain, let us bring grace. for those afraid, let us be brave. where there is misery, let us bring relief. let us be the remedy" dc*b
Why is it a bad omen?
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
Win loss record is not good!
Greg Davis was with Mack Brown all the way back to Tulane. Then took over for a while, not a valid comparison due to the fact that Gene coached at many places.
Jeffrey A Crawford
Thanks for killing this for me!
It just kept kickin around in my head.
Chizik was at Texas for 18 months not exactly a long tenure.
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But seriously, I will check out the night sky....
At 4:32 am PDT on Sunday, the Earth's sole natural satellite will appear as large as it will get this year as it swings through 2013's closest orbital distance – but if you're not in the San Francisco Vulture Annex's time zone, you may also be lucky enough to get your own lunar treat at a time appropriate to your location. …
But seriously, I will check out the night sky....
"The moon's distance to Earth only varies about 50,000 miles"
Oh, so only only about 20 percent then. Still, it would make other things challenging if say the bed or your trousers were 20% smaller at times.
Tides ...
That's your 2748th post, Eadon and it's too easy to take seriously.
You Googled the question.
Is it something to do with Microsoft?
I watched it too.......
That's why the moon is getting further away :)
Because your head gets bigger with every post, and the repulsive force you emit is slowly pushing it out of orbit.
> Because your head gets bigger with every post, and the repulsive force you emit is slowly pushing it out of orbit.
But surely that would cause gravity on earth to increase, and thus cause the earth-moon system to speed up.
Fairly sure the reason lies here somewhere :-)
Not quite... you see, as his head gets bigger from all the accumulated ego, it emits the previous mentioned repulsive force. that alone would push small moons out of orbit, but it also has an influence on the Earth itself. Give it another 150-200 ego-stroking posts and he'll actually start to hover gently as he begins to escape gravity itself.
Eventually, in an orbit between the Earth and Moon will be the Eadonsphere, a self-righteous repulsive mass that constantly shrieks about everything that doesn't fit into his world view. Of course, we'll be spared the noise, as there isn't any air up there to transmit the frothing loony-rants back to us.
Oh, and I almost forgot... eventually his head will be big enough to support colonisation attempts, which would begin with pressurised geodesic domes supporting a variety of plant and animal life.
This will be known as the Eadon Project.
... A regular Garden of Eadon.
<... A regular Garden of Eadon. >
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! My head!! My head!!!
Has Eadon been modeated out of existence ?
Is it time to start printing up 'Free Eadon' T-Shirts ?
Has he moved to Equador yet ?
I did wonder. Noticed same on some other threads. Perhaps he has finally lost it.
Or perhaps moderatrix is back.
Sneaky bastards are going to wait until the moon breaches our outer defense perimeter to strike!
Then again I may wake up Sunday am to find a lunar descent stage on my lawn with a "how do YOU like finding this crap in YOUR yard!" Note on it.
It's simple. The earth is slowing down (due mostly to all the crap we humans dump all over the place, it's like atmospheric friction). As the earth slows it gets weaker (kind of like when we get old). When that happens there will be less gravity and the moon will fly off into space, with only Moonbase Alpha to record what happens next.
As for earthlings, some say the moon affects the menstrual cycle. If this is so, it'll be Children of Men for real.
> the moon affects the menstrual cycle
"Menstrual" = of the moon. The moon affects the cycle of the moon.
(That the term "menstrual" is used to refer to another cycle that has close to the same period (pun intended) as the moon is a coinkidink - or possibly an evolutionary trait due to available light pre-artificial lighting.)
I was aware that menstrual = of the moon (from menstrualis, latin for monthly, which used to be based on moon cycles); however, when referring to that duration when females get grumpy and need mini-nappies to catch this blue liquid that pours out of them (well, according to the TV adverts ;-) ); what would you have preferred I call it?
Woah, I'm sure the sainted Steven Fry informed us there were two, not three, no six, no five... or something.
If he did say there were two, he was mistaken (a not-so-uncommon occurance). 3753 Cruithne, a small near earth object, which sometimes appears to be in our orbit was probably what he was saying that about, but it isn't orbiting Earth.
Bertrand Russell's chocolate teapot?
How can they tell?
If that building in DC is really "bathed in the light of the 2011 supermoon", then either the moon is emitting light rays which bend 180 degrees to lilluminate the side of the building facing us.
Or there's a supermassive object inside the building doing it.
Either way, it's scary.
That's what the NSA said.
I think we should ask Dr Hans Zarkoff
But will Gordon be playing Polo or American Football?
That's no moon......
NASA (probably tongue in cheek) felt the need to issue an advisory stating that the super large moon would *not* drive everyone crazy or cause extreme tidal conditions, presumably meaning we won't all need boats to get to work next week.
I felt though, this failed to answer all questions, so I responded by asking them if satellites would be in danger of being knocked out of the sky and if planes would need to fly lower to avoid crashing into the moon.. for some reason they refuse to adequately address those questions.. I can't imagine why unless they've all been driven crazy by the huge moon or are too busy ordering boats to save themselves from tidal waves.
Is that also known as The Moon of Steel?
Couldn't see f*** all; sky covered with 100% cloud. (Like I couldn't guess that would happen!)
Getting more light from the crappy little solar powered garden lights the neighbours insist on sticking on their lawns; {$_.deity} knows why they bother, as none of them go out in their gardens after dark.
Too late.
Last night I looked up and thought "My word the moon looks big tonight". Just to think I could have been in the cellar cr*pp*ng my pants If I had known.
Happy daze. Must get some more Tramadol.


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This Wednesday, February 20th, Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) is launching a project to provide free weekly legal advice in East Oakland, Berkeley, and North Oakland. The first cafe meeting is at the Crossroads Cafe from 4:30-7:30 pm.
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Raul Pacheco
Raul Pacheco-Vega (BSc. Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Guanajuato; MBA/MEng. Advanced Technology Management, The University of British Columbia; PhD. Resource Management and Environmental Studies, The University of British Columbia) is a Vancouver-based researcher, educator and consultant in environmental politics and policy. He has conducted research in the field of environmental public policy and politics for over 10 years.
Dr. Pacheco-Vega has conducted independent research on wastewater governance, comparative environmental policy in North America, urban sustainability and environmental NGO mobilizations. He is a member of the Consultative Group for the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NACEC)' North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry. He is on the editorial board of the international, peer-reviewed journal Water International and has served on various local and national committees on environmental issues in Mexico.
His main teaching interests include environmental politics, public policy, water governance, urban and economic geography and comparative and global environmental politics. His geographical area of expertise is North America (Canada, US, Mexico) and his methodological tools include quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as some expertise in geographical information systems (GIS). Dr. Pacheco-Vega's research is broad and interdisciplinary in theoretical frameworks, empirical research methods and uses a policy-oriented approach to environmental problem-solving.


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My setup: JBoss Messaging 1.4 running on JBoss 4.2.3
I have a couple of MDB's that subscribes on one topic, and the MDB's onMessage() tries to deliver the received message to one web service each.
My problem is that I can't figure out how to pause the subscriptions in the case when the web service is offline.
My plan is to do the following in onMessage():
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I want to pause ONLY the one subscription that have the problem - NOT all my subscribers.
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First Time Fishing
Type: Nontidal
Region: Central
Location: Lake a Elkhorn
Gabe went fishing for the first time! He fished along the bank of Lake a Elkhorn in Columbia, MD. He didn't catch any fish, but he did learn how to cast like a pro and loved learning about fish, worms, turtles and birds!


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Despite tail-end buying amid easing of wholesale inflation to seven-month low and firm global cues, the S&P BSE benchmark Sensex continued to rule weak for the third week in a row.
The 30-share index slipped another 10 points to settle at 20,366.82 this week.
Persistent capital outflows from foreign funds mainly affected the market sentiment. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 106.96 crore during the week, including the provisional figure of February 14.
Wholesale-based inflation eased to a seven-month low of 5.05 per cent in January from 6.16 per cent in December.
With industrial output in negative terrain and price rise under control, hopes rose that RBI will cut interest rates soon, said brokers.
Shares of power, metal, FMCG, healthcare and banking sectors declined on profit-booking, while consumer durable, IT and auto scrips firmed up on good buying enquiries.
The Sensex resumed higher at 20,429.16 and hovered in a range of 20,516.60 and 20,149.01 before ending at 20,366.82, showing a mere loss of 9.74 points, or 0.05 per cent.
The BSE benchmark index has tumbled by 766.74 points, or 3.63 per cent, in the last three weeks.
The NSE's 50-share benchmark Nifty moved down by 14.85 points, or 0.24 per cent, to settle at 6,048.35.
Small and midcap stocks witnessed volatility as the interim Railway Budget did not contain any big-ticket measure even as passenger fares and freight rates were left untouched.
Small and midcap indices declined by 0.78 per cent and 0.39 per cent, respectively.
Globally, stocks ended higher following upbeat trade data from China. An optimistic economic outlook from Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen also whetted investors' risk appetite.
Jignesh Chaudhary, Head of Research, Veracity Broking Services said, "It was a mixed trading week in equity markets which saw some positive as well as negative trading. It started the week on a negative note due to the absence of FIIs from the market who has been primarily net sellers.
"Markets then went on to trade positive for the next couple of trading sessions buoyed by growth in export in January 2014 resulting in trimming of trade deficit which brought a bit of a cheer to the otherwise dull market."
"Sensex later recovered supported by easing in wholesale inflation and some healthy capital inflows by FII's. The weak trend in the market is going to continue the next week also and we will see equity markets trading


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Sam & Ben (Samuel Emmert & Benjamin Christopher)
Leo & Ari (Leo Emmert & Ari Christopher)
Leo & Felix (Leo Emmert & Felix Christopher)
Sam & Leo (Samuel Christopher & Leo Emmert)
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I voted for Leo and Ari, which I think is great/
1 Leo and Ari - Leo is quite common, but Ari is quite interesting. I like them paired together, but some people may assume you're Jewish.
2 Sam and Ben- Let's be honest... Leo is a great name, but it is trendy. In other words, I know no adult Leos... but I know a number of little Leos (even among expats in China there are a few). Although Benjamin and Samuel are both popular, they're not trendy. Trendy names can become associated with shows or characters, their perceived socioeconomic status can drop (in British: become 'chavvy'), or dated. Samuel and Benjamin, though, will never seem old or chavvy, because they are classic. So when Leo or Felix seem dated, Samuel and Benjamin will still seem classic and new as ever.
3 Sam and Leo - Although I like Sam and Leo, I'd prefer that Samuel be matched with a name similar in length... maybe Samuel and Leonard.
4 Leo and Felix - Felix is a bit too feline for me... it's the perfect name for a cat. Makes it seem like you have a lion and a house cat.INTP Anthropologist Living in the centre of China, married to a Persian, and just enjoying a completely unpredictable life
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Names I love, but cannot use:
Soren Pasha, Caspian Bardia, Aryo Benjamin, Lorenzo Kaveh
Rosalind Katayoun, Viola Parvaneh, Colette Firoozeh
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Considerations for our next child's name: Cytheria, Caspian, Seraphina, Arcadia, Venture
Middles: Beatrix, Dwyn, Jupiter, Violet, Zephyr, River
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Grand Forks, ND – Altru Health System announced today that it has made care safer for its patients as part of its work with VHA Inc.'s Hospital Engagement Network (HEN). VHA is a national network of not-for-profit health care organizations that work together to improve performance and efficiency in clinical, financial and operational management. VHA's HEN helps hospitals improve in ten areas of focus ranging from falls and surgical site infections to readmissions as part of the federal Partnership for Patients initiative whose goal is to reduce preventable harm by 40 percent and readmissions by 20 percent by the end of 2014.
VHA's HEN hospitals have, in aggregate, met or exceeded the Partnership's 40 percent improvement goal in two areas of focus and are making strong progress in four other areas:
"Patient safety and ensuring we are providing the best care for our community has always been our highest priority," said Heather Strandell, administrative director of care management at Altru. "In the last year, we have reduced adverse patient events through the hard work of staff and our continued focus on applying best practices."
"VHA is extremely proud to have been selected as a Hospital Engagement Network by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Partnership for Patients. It is gratifying to see the results our HEN hospitals are achieving and it builds on our long-standing commitment to help hospitals improve their performance," said Dr. Keith Kosel, vice president and program director for VHA's HEN. "We hope that our overall network's results inspire hospitals that are not currently in a Hospital Engagement Network to join."
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Update 9/29/11 5:00pm--
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Leon High School football players will not be facing any criminal charges for a post game fight last week.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office closed the case at five this afternoon and will be releasing copies of the videotape later tonight. We will share that video with you as soon as we can.
The Principal of Leon High School says he is not going to hand down additional punishments to the players involved in a post game fight on Friday night.
Principal Rocky Hanna says the students are already being punished from football and he's not going to suspend them from school.
The FHSAA, suspended ten players from both Leon and Middleburg because of the fight. All 20 players received different levels of suspension depending on their involvement.
Hanna said, "The kids have been punished. The players have been punished. Some of them, it's their senior year, and it's now over. But it send a valuable lesson, We have zero tolerance for violence."
The FHSAA is not releasing any names of the players who are involved due to player privacy.
Hanna says from now on they are going to let the team have time to cool down before they go back on the field to shake hands to avoid another situation like this.
** Note ** New Incident Report Documents Releases; attached above.
Check out the embed below to see footage of the brawl.
According to Leon High School Principal Rocky Hanna: three Leon students have been suspended for one game, four students have been suspended for six weeks and three students have been suspended for the entire year.
Hanna is not releasing the players' names.
10 Middleburg HS football players have been suspended for their roles in Friday night's brawl at the end of the game with Leon. 2 players were suspended for a year, 5 players got 6-week suspensions, and 3 got a 1-game suspension. The school will not appeal the suspensions handed down by FHSAA.
UPDATED 9.27.11 10:46pm by Jill Chandler
Leon County School Administration says five to six players from both teams are expected to be suspended for the fight.
We will continue to update the story as it progresses. FHSAA is still gathering information about the fight.
FHSAA received the video of the fight Tuesday.
UPDATED 9.27.2011 6:55pm by Julie Montanaro
Florida High School Athletic Association Spokesman Corey Sobers says FHSAA is still gathering information about the fight after the Leon-Middleburg game on Friday.
Sobers says FHSAA was reviewing the tape today and schools have three days to submit information and materials. He says FHSAA could have a decision as early as Friday, but Sobers says there is no firm timetable for that.
Sobers says schools can be fined for unsportsmanlike conduct and there are four levels of sanctions for players and coaches: a one week suspension, a six week suspension, a year's suspension and a career-ending suspension.
Sobers says FHSAA has not yet reviewed all the materials in the Leon-Middleburg fight and has not yet made any determinations about what sanctions are appropriate in this case.
UPDATED 9.27.2011 5:50pm by Julie Montanaro
The Leon County Sheriff's Office has just released a copy of the incident report.
It lists the victim as Middleburg High School Coach Daniel Pearce and describes his head injury as a "severe laceration."
The report classifies the incident as aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which is a third degree felony.
All of the witness accounts on the first page are blacked out and the other two pages are not being released.
LCSO has denied our public records request for a copy of the video tape.
UPDATED 9.27.2011 3:30pm by Julie Montanaro
The principal of Leon High School says he was hurt and disappointed by the fight after the Leon-Middleburg game.
Rocky Hanna says he reviewed the tape last night, has forwarded a copy to Middleburg High School and to the Florida High School Athletics Association.
Hanna says FHSAA will be "judge and jury on this one." He says the school will abide by its decisions regarding any player and or team sanctions.
We are trying to reach an FHSAA spokesman to get more information on the potential penalties and a timeline for making a decision about them.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office is still reviewing the tape. We have filed a public records request to try to get a copy of it.
Tallahassee, FL 9-26-11 --
A fight broke out at a local high school football game on Friday night at Leon, and now deputies are investigating.
A criminal investigation is underway after a fight between Leon High School and Middleburg this past Friday.
The Middleburg High School Touchdown Club issued a statement over Facebook saying " no one has seen the video yet, and therefore no determinations have been made. Although we all know that they were the aggressors, we will still have to wait to see what is shown on the video."
Both football teams were back at practice Monday.
Leon County Sheriff's Office spokesperson, James McQuaig said, "We have now forwarded copies of this video to them, so that they can now conduct an administrative review. The purpose of that review would be to decide on athletic eligibility."
That review will also determine disciplinary actions taken against those who are involved.
LCSO says they hope to have the investigation wrapped up as soon as possible.
We do not have video of the actual fight, but according to the Middleburg Facebook page, one of their coaches had to get staples in his head.