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Stephane Le-Mounier appointed President, SKF Automotive
2014 October 27, 14:30 CET
Gothenburg, Sweden, 27 October 2014: SKF announces that Stephane Le-Mounier has been appointed President of the business area SKF Automotive. Stephane will assume his new role on 1 January 2015 and will be a member of SKF's Group Management and Executive Committee. He succeeds Tryggve Sthen, who is retiring.
Stephane joined SKF in 1988 and has held a number of senior positions within both SKF's industrial and automotive businesses. Most recently, he was Director of the Group's aerospace business unit. Stephane holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a post-graduate degree in Finance and Controlling. He is a French national.
Tryggve joined SKF in 2003, leading the Automotive business for 12 years. He will work with Stephane to ensure a smooth handover until his retirement at the end of 2014.
SKF Automotive serves manufacturers of cars, light trucks, heavy trucks, trailers, buses, two-wheelers and the vehicle aftermarket. In 2013, the business area generated SEK 17,421m in net sales, representing 27% of the Group's total.
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300 challenging puzzles to improve problem-solving skills and stimulate the brain
Studies have shown that puzzles like Sudoku, crosswords, cryptograms, and other "mental aerobics" can help reduce memory loss due to normal aging and minimize the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases. Brain Games For Dummies features 300 fun mental exercises that will keep readers' neurons firing: 100 crossword puzzles, 75 Sudoku puzzles, 50 word searches, 25 word scrambles, 25 cryptograms, 15 riddles, and 10 logic puzzles, along with complete solutions. Ranked by level of difficulty (easy, tricky, tough, and treacherous), these puzzles are a surefire way to boost mental fitness. The book's portable trim size makes it perfect for playing on the go or during the commute home.


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We shouldn't use Brendan Horan's political execution as a reason to reintroduce bad law.
Following Brendan Horan's rather summary casting out from the New Zealand First caucus - or, at least, so Winston Peters has told the House ... and the assumption is that if Peters says something will happen within New Zealand First, then it will happen - there's been some mutterings about the need to revisit the now lapsed party/waka-hopping law.
In some ways, such mutterings are a bit strange. It's not as if Horan is the first MP in recent memory to leave his party caucus (willingly or otherwise) to sit as an independent MP. Here's a list of such post-2005 refugees from off the top of my head, without having resort to DuckDuckGo.com (yes - you heard about it here first!)
- Gordon Copeland
- David Garrett
- Chris Carter
- Philip Field
- Hone Harawira
- Tariana Turia
- Anyone else who may have slipped my mind but should be listed here (and I'm sure some busybody know-it-all will be along to remind me of just who that is).
I guess Horan is a different kettle of fish in that he is a list MP (unlike Carter, Field, Turia or Harawira) who has indicated he intends to remain in Parliament despite NZ First wanting rid of him (unlike Garrett). Thus the only relevant comparator is Gordon Copeland, and even he quit the United Future Party rather than get kicked out by it.
That being so, perhaps Horan does pose in quite stark terms the fundamental problem of a list MP's "mandate": why should a person who gets into Parliament purely because of the voters' support for her or his party be permitted to remain there after that party decides it wants her or him to go?
That's the question asked on RNZ's Morning Report of three MPs - Peter Dunne, Meteria Turei and Grant Robertson. Their discussion is summarised here:
It is a "quirk of the system" which allows a list MP to stay on in Parliament even though they have been expelled from the party which brought them there, Peters says.
It's a quirk Labour deputy leader Grant Robertson would like reviewed and he says now is the time to do it.
"I understand the complexity of the situation but I do think for the credibility of Parliament we need to make sure there are clear rules which uphold that," he says.
"If someone has been elected as a list MP for that party and then is no longer part of that party, then their credibility to stay on as an MP is in question."
It was a different situation for MPs voted in by an electorate.
"It gives them a particular mandate but the mandate the list MP has comes from their party."
The Government is currently reviewing the MMP system and Robertson would like to see it extended to include a review on rules for list and electorate MPs who are either expelled or leave their party on their own accord.
Loathe as I am to correct a Prime-Minister-in-waiting (albeit, I quickly note, long after David Shearer has lead the Labour Party to Government in 2014 and presided over a much-loved and highly successful administration, before choosing to step down and hand Grant the mantle of power in an orderly and completely voluntary manner), there's a couple of points that Grant needs pulled up on.
First of all, there already is "a review on rules for list and electorate MPs who are either expelled or leave their party on their own accord" in train. This is one of the issues that the Government's ongoing Constitutional Review has been tasked to tackle and report back on by the end of next year. (I wrote about that review here, so there is no excuse for anyone not to know about it in full ... I mean, why do I bother if you people aren't going to commit my every word to memory?)
Second, I am strongly of the opinion that the apparent enthusiasm Grant shows for reintroducing some sort of party hopping law is misplaced.
It's worth noting that we don't yet know whether Brendan Horan's case even indicates such a law is necessary. After all, we don't know why he's been kicked out of the NZ First caucus - all we have is Winston Peters' word that there are reasons good enough to justify this action. If it turns out he's wrong about that, then we may see the picture change. And even if Peters' conclusion about Horan is correct, we don't know what Horan will do. Sure, at the moment he is vowing to stay on in Parliament ... but whether that early bravado translates into long-term commitment remains to be seen.
And even if the worst transpires - Horan is revealed to have behaved in an (at least) ethically dubious fashion justifying NZ First's decision to dump him, but nevertheless refuses to resign his seat - the issue will resolve itself in 2014. As all MPs who have left their party under a cloud (rather than on a point of principle) have discovered, independents do not get elected to New Zealand's House of Representatives. They just don't.
But nevertheless, in this worst case scenario we do still have Horan continuing to sit in the House (and draw a nice little salary with perks) for near-on two years, whilst NZ First (and all those who supported NZ First at the election) is reduced from 8 MPs down to 7. Surely that can't be right?
And I agree - no, it can't. Such behaviour would be indefensible from an ethical point of view. But just because there is a bad thing happening does not mean that legislation is needed to fix it. In some cases, a law designed to cure one ill may create others that actually are worse in nature.
That's my view of party hopping laws. And I think an examination of how the law that we did have in New Zealand between 2001-2005 actually played out in practice bears out my view.
First, those who think we need "clear rules" about the fate of party-hopping MPs in order to uphold "the credibility of Parliament" might care to cast their minds back to how such a party-hopping law operated in the context of the Alliance's implosion.
The anti-defection legislation failed within a few months of it being implemented. In fact, New Zealand's Prime Minister, Helen Clark, effectively used its failure as an excuse to call the 2002 election, scheduled for November, four months early.
The Alliance, Labour's coalition partner, fell apart in a row over the group's relationship with Labour. As a result of the wrangling, the Alliance split the party's leadership. Jim Anderton, who had formerly been both the parliamentary and the national leader of the party, remained the parliamentary leader (even though he no longer commanded majority support of the party members at large) because he retained the support of five of the Alliance's 10 MPs. Another Alliance MP, Laila Harre, became leader of the party outside parliament. Anderton made it clear that he would lead another party into the election.
In announcing that he intended to form a new party, Anderton - ironically, one of the main proponents of the anti-party-hopping legislation - should have been hoist with his own petard, invoking the provisions of the Act and resigning from parliament. However, in a demonstration of how one can follow the letter of the law, while defying its spirit, Anderton managed to avoid being caught in the anti-defection law because he retained control of six of the Alliance's MPs. That is, his five supporters plus himself gave him the two-thirds of the party's parliamentary members that the law mandated to have control over whether or not a party member could be expelled.
Such 'outrageous' and 'hypocritical' manipulation of the technicalities of the Act provoked considerable derision from the legislation's opponents, who raised numerous points of order in the House over the 'real' leader of the Alliance. Clark said the time spent on such points meant parliament had become a 'farce' and an election was the only option.
Say what you want about how the public might view the ethics of an ousted list MP who will not resign, at least the actions of such MPs have not brought Parliament to such a stand-still that an election is required to resolve the problem!
Note also that this outcome wasn't the result of bad drafting or the like. Rather, it was the unavoidable consequence of the legislation's basic intent. A party-hopping law seeks to freeze representation as it is apportioned at the time of the last election, by saying that any reason an MP may have for wanting to leave (or any reason why an MP is forced to leave) his or her party is irrelevant and so the MP must also leave Parliament. That basic intention means that where you have a genuine, irreconcilable clash of ideology within a party - as took place in respect of the Alliance, and as (allegedly) took place within United Future in Gordon Copeland's case - there is no way to resolve that split neatly by separating the party into new, clearly distinct political organisations ... unless one or the other disaffected groups is prepared to walk out of Parliament altogether.
Second, the one occasion that the old party hopping law actually was applied resulted in a court case that went all the way to the Supreme Court. We might put aside the general desirability of turning political matters into legal ones that then drag the courts into the mix and instead focus on what the Supreme Court said about how the party-hopping law was to be interpreted and applied.
In a nutshell, the Supreme Court concluded that if an MP was no longer a member of a party, then that fact in and of itself justified a party leader having the MP removed from Parliament altogether. In other words, the Supreme Court collapsed the right of an MP to remain in Parliament into the right of a person to be a member of a particular party. And so, if a party chooses to use its own internal rules to expel an MP from it, that action thereby enables the party leader to get the MP kicked out of Parliament altogether.
Well, if the MP has done something really bad - as it turned out Donna Awatere Huata had, and as (apparently) Peters believes Horan has - then fair enough. But note that this approach puts an awful lot of power into the hands of a party leader (assuming that she or he still has the backing of her or his party). And where there is power, then there is the temptation to use that power in ways bad as well as good.
So let's take a reasonably recent example of inter-party conflict: the alleged coup being plotted by David Cunliffe against David Shearer. (Whether or not this was ever going to happen is irrelevant here; what matters is that it was talked about publicly and so drew a response.) I don't think anyone (outside of camp Cunliffe) has a problem with a party leader being able to respond to perceived disloyalty by demoting an MP in the caucus ranks. That's a part of normal inter-party power politics.
However, what if David Shearer went a step further and sought to have David Cunliffe expelled from the Labour Party altogether for his (alleged) behaviour - as happened, you may remember, to Chris Carter? Should that decision - that Cunliffe is no longer considered fit to be a member of the Labour Party - then automatically translate into a power for Shearer to have Cunliffe kicked out of Parliament altogether? Are we comfortable giving party leaders that degree of coercive authority over the rest of their caucus?
(Incidentally, just a quick word on the list-vs-electorate MP issue here. It may be argued that electorate MPs (like Cunliffe) shouldn't be subject to party-hopping laws because they were voted into Parliament as individuals, not due to their party affiliation. To which I say ... bollocks. Electorate MPs owe their place in Parliament just as much to their party as do list MPs. Or, to put it another way, is there any electorate MP in New Zealand confident enough of their individual, personal mandate to say "if I stood as an independent at the next election, my electorate would still vote me back in because it's me as a person that they really love." Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Robertson?)
So for these reasons, I've predicted (again, here) the following about the outcome of the Constitutional Review:
[A party hopping law] will be deemed unnecessary (unless there is a meltdown within a party between now and 2013). Since the "Waka Hopping Law" disappeared in 2005, this problem has largely resolved itself (Chris Carter being the present exception, and 2011 will solve that).


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RICHMOND, Va. – The VCU Athletic department is joining forces with its fan site, VCURamNation.com, on a campaign to bring ESPN's College Gameday to the Siegel Center during the 2012-13 season.
We want to show the world why the Siegel Center has sold out 18 straight games, and why VCU was one of only five schools to sell out every home game last season.
We're asking all fans to use the hashtag "#Gameday2VCU" on Twitter and send tweets to ESPN throughout the summer. Some ESPN personalities to hit? @espn, @ESPNHomeCourt, @ESPNU, @DickieV, @JayBilas, and @ESPN_ReceDavis.
Ram Nation is more powerful than ever. On Facebook, send messages and post on the walls of ESPN, ESPN Home Court and ESPNU,and tell them why they should come to the Stu.
Lastly, head over to VCURamNation.com and sign on the petition to bring Gameday to Richmond. Every signature will send a tweet and email to ESPN to let them know another member has joined the movement!
With less than 10 opportunities for this to happen, Ram Nation has to get moving. ESPN traditionally announces its locations for the upcoming season in late August.
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Utah Shakespeare Festival Extends Its Season
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Cedar City, UT – Today the Utah Shakespeare Festival announced that it is extending its current season due to the overwhelming interest from Festival guests and fans in the fall plays. Les Misérables, Hamlet and Stones in His Pockets will run one additional week, through October 27. In addition, the Festival has added new Monday evening performances of Les Misérables on October 1, 8, and 15.
According to Marketing Director Kami Terry Paul, this has been one of the most popular Festival seasons in history with over thirty-five consecutive sold out performances of Les Misérables this summer. "We are right on track to have a record breaking year in ticket sales, and we haven't even opened Hamlet or Stones in His Pockets yet," said Paul.
Les Misérables. Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel, Les Misérables is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. It focuses on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean as he searches for meaning, love, and redemption in nineteenth century France. The musical includes some of theatre's most memorable songs: "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Bring Him Home," and "Do You Hear the People Sing," among many others.
Hamlet. Perhaps the greatest play in the English language, Hamlet comes to the indoor Randall Theatre this year for a new look at William Shakespeare's vision of murder, betrayal, family, love, and loss. The Festival's 2012 telling of this classic tale will juxtapose Shakespeare's beautiful and powerful language against the backdrop of an aging medieval castle being renovated by its modern residents (the upper echelon of the kingdom dressed in haute couture clothing). Written at the height of Shakespeare's career, this powerful examination of the human psyche is his most mature, and chilling, revenge tragedy.
Stones in His Pocket, an audience favorite at the Festival, will return with David Ivers and Brian Vaughn once again playing a host of characters in this tragic, comic, and ultimately surprising tale of two Everymen. At turns hilarious and somber, touching and hugely entertaining, this play centers on Jake and Charlie—and the numerous roles they play onstage and in life. This two-man, fifteen character comedy/drama won raves in 2005 at the Festival and is back by popular demand. Next spring, the show will move as a shared production to Chicago's Northlight Theatre where it will run from March 8 through April 14, 2013.
Les Misérables, Hamlet and Stones in His Pockets will run until October 27. Additional Monday evening performances of Les Misérables run on October 1, 8, and 15.
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Button opts for No.22
Jenson Button has confirmed he has picked 22 as his career number, while McLaren team-mate Kevin Magnussen has opted for 20.
This year drivers get to choose which number they will run for the rest of their F1 career after the FIA introduced a similar numbering system to the ones used in NASCAR and MotoGP. Button won the title running 22 on his Brawn car in 2009 and tweeted on Thursday that he had chosen the number going forward.
#Jenson22 great memories, looking forward to making a few more. #22WDC2009— Jenson Button (@JensonButton) January 9, 2014
Magnussen, who will make his F1 debut with McLaren next year, announced on Twitter that he had opted for 20, the number he won the World Series by Renault with last year.
Here's some news: my driver number will be 20 this year, which I won the @WSR_Live 3.5 title with last year. pic.twitter.com/0xZdZXYYTv— Kevin Magnussen (@KevinMagnussen) January 8, 2014


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An elderly businessman has been arrested for allegedly molesting a lady teacher here, police said.
The accused Suresh Agrawal was arrested yesterday on molestation charges, Kanpur DIG of Police, Amitabh Yash, said today, adding that protection will be given to the victim.
According to a police spokesperson, accused Agrawal is a prominent city businessman whose grandchildren used to take private tuitions from the lady teacher at his residence.
But she was forced to discontinue the tuition after facing harassment by Agrawal.
In her complaint on the 1090 helpline, the woman also accused Agrawal of sending her indecent SMSes.
She said that even after she had quit giving tuitions to his grandchildren, the accused persisted with his offencive behaviour.


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North Shore's backup service
To the Editor:
The article "North Shore to provide backup ambulance services" (Nov. 22-28) prompted me, as a former chief of the Rockville Centre Fire Department and the current captain of the department's Floodlight Rescue Co. #1, to field numerous questions and concerns from residents as well as department members about what this really means.
First, our residents should know that Floodlight is, and will continue to be, the primary ambulance provider for our neighbors. That hasn't changed. But because your reporter didn't talk to me, or to any active members of Floodlight, the article failed to make this clear and omitted other important facts our residents should know about the new arrangement.
In this, our 70th anniversary, Floodlight has 16 advanced life-support technicians and 13 basic life-support technicians supplemented by more than a dozen "techs" from other companies. Our members take enormous pride in the care we provide, spending hundreds of hours training each year to ensure that patient care remains our top priority. We operate two advanced life-support ambulances as well as a heavy-duty rescue truck.
Last year Floodlight volunteers responded to between 1,500 and 2,000 ambulance calls, motor vehicle accidents and fires, at no charge to our residents. That's not the case with the new arrangement: As stated in the article, North Shore will be billing residents.
North Shore will now assist us when our two ambulances are on assignment or in the increasingly rare event that we have more calls at one time than ambulances or members available. But there was no reason to replace the more cost-effective backup provided by the Nassau County Ambulance Bureau, a system that had worked extremely well for years.
The men and women of Floodlight will continue to be there for our neighbors, but an issue of such importance to the health and welfare of our community deserves a far more thorough discussion than provided in the article or what can be covered in a letter to the editor.
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Fear of wolves is roiling Germany once again
German police reached the accident to find what news stories would describe as a scene from a horror show: Seven horses, huddled on a small, dark, highway, had been ripped to pieces by two speeding cars. The drivers had been badly injured. Investigators found pieces of auto wreckage and horseflesh scattered around the site.
But the reason the December car wreck remained national news for weeks had only a little bit to do with the carnage. Instead, what's made the accident the talk of Germany is its suspected cause: wolves, which reportedly spooked the horses into the paths of the oncoming cars.
It's difficult to capture the fear and excitement that wolves generate in this country. The predator has played a role in many a German fairy tale, and for about 150 years it was considered extinct in Germany, hunted down and disposed of.
Now, however, wolves have made a comeback, growing over the past 20 years to a stable population of 35 packs, about 150 wolves in all. That's set off a furor over whether Germany is big enough for both people and wolves. They've made regular headlines, been the subject of numerous television news programs and have even been featured on Germany's popular police drama "Tatort."
If the past is prologue, the future for wolves is not rosy.
Critics maintain that Germany is too densely populated for a large, wild carnivore to be allowed to roam freely. Fans and scientists maintain they're simply part of the natural order, and signs of an ecosystem in need of a predator.
The December accident shows how far apart the two camps are. The Hunters Association of Saxony says wolves caused the horses to flee their pen and head onto the road. "With great concern we are following the uncontrolled spread of the wolf," the organization wrote to the Interior Ministry.
Others have strong doubts that wolves were in any way involved. They note that no evidence of a wolf presence was found at the scene.
It's hardly the first time Germans have voiced such fears. One need look no further than Grimm Brothers tales such as "Little Red Cap" _ the Grimm version of "Little Red Riding Hood" _ and "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids." In those tales, the wolf was depicted as voracious and dangerous.
And they don't end well, for the wolves. In both those tales, the wolf was killed.
How seriously the Germans took the wolf threat was evident about the time those stories were published. In the early 19th century, for example, Germans organized a wolf hunt on the Rhine River: 69 riders on horseback and 385 hunters on foot, aided by 3,250 "drivers," who crashed through the wilderness pushing the wolves before them to the hunters.
Each time a region cleansed itself of the lupine threat, hunters erected a "Wolfstein" or a tombstone in the field where the last one was killed, and wrote on it who killed the animal and when. Officially, the "Tiger of Sabrodt" was the last wolf killed in Germany, in 1904, but they'd been considered extinct in the country since before the original unification of Germany in 1871.
Hermann Ansorge studies wolves as the head zoologist at Goerlitz Senckenberg Natural History Museum. Sadly, he said, the wolves he studies aren't nearly so dramatic as those creating public fear and political panic. For instance, his office studies wolf poop to determine what the creatures eat.
The results: Fifty-two percent of the diet is tiny roe deer, 25 percent the larger red deer, 16 percent is wild pig. Sheep, cattle, goats and house pets combined make up less than 1 percent of the diet.
"There is no human in the diet," he said, smiling, then adding, seriously, "None."
Christian Dueker, a representative of the museum, noted that the "wolf eats man" fears in Germany trace back to the Thirty Years War, which engulfed central Europe from 1618 to 1648. The dead, from hostilities and starvation, were so numerous that they became a source of food for carnivores, such as wolves.
Ansorge said he was neither pro- nor anti-wolf. What he is, he said, is pro-scientific fact and pro-research. And he said the story of the return of the wolf to Germany was fascinating.
Wolves returned after "die Wende" or, as Americans would call it, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the socialist east. The eastern border, next to Poland, was the first point of return for the wolves. But while an occasional animal had been seen coming in from Poland during the last 50 years, East Germany allowed them to be hunted. The few that arrived were killed, researchers suspect.
After die Wende, East Germany found itself in the European Union, which bans wolf hunting. But it wasn't just the end of wolf hunts that drew the animals. In the past 20 years, Germany has invested heavily in alternative energy, including ethanol. The grain fields raised to feed Germany's energy needs also have led to a boom in the wildlife population.
"These fields were perfect for wild pigs and deer, among others," Ansorge said. "Never in recorded German history have we had such a high wildlife density. For predators, like the wolves, once the hunting ban was imposed, dinner was served."
It didn't take long once the wolves were around for the conflict with humans to begin. In late April 2002, a shepherd left his sheep for the night. The next morning he woke to find the pasture soaked in blood. Twenty-seven sheep were gone, some completely; others had been ripped to pieces.
A few nights later, a neighbor watched what he described as a "blitzattacke," or lightning attack. The wolfpack returned, and, before he could react, had killed six more sheep. Today a new flock is kept behind a highly charged electric fence, with a guard dog.
Indeed, farmers and hunters form the backbone of those who are critical of the impact of the wolves. Germany now subsidizes protective fences for those who are raising possible prey, and it offers payment for animals that wolves kill. Still, the rumors circulate: Sheep herds go sterile from fear. Wild pigs form mega-herds for protection, trampling and destroying whatever they touch. Horses stampede. House pets vanish.
The mouflon, they say, has vanished from Saxony (experts acknowledge this, but note that the mouflon, a wild big-horned sheep, was introduced to the area as game and needs its native mountain slopes to escape predators).
The hunters association's letter claimed that "Saxony now has the highest wolf density anyplace worldwide." Secretly, they say that when they see the creatures in the wild, they follow the "3S rule" (shoot, shovel under, be silent)
Vanessa Ludwig, a spokeswoman for the Saxony Wolf Management Plan, said the group's claim was a bit of a stretch. The German wolf population has increased but isn't yet even considered sustainable. Of the nation's 35 packs, 15 are near her region, and the territories of three others surround it.
She noted that seeing a wolf is still very rare for those who don't dedicate their days to searching for them. She said Germany's wolves were studied pretty closely. In her region, the estimate is that wolves had a total of 100 pups from 2000 to 2010, about half of which are thought to have survived.
The landscape isn't in danger of being filled with them anytime soon. The wildlife density isn't declining, meaning the wolves still have more than enough game to eat. Ludwig explained that her job is to inform the public that there's room for coexistence.
"We lived without the wolves for a very long time," she said. "All we had left of them were all these scary stories. So now they return, and people don't know what to expect. We just want people to get to know these fantastic animals. There's more to them than we learned about in 'Little Red Riding Hood.' "
Claudia Himmelreich contributed to this report.


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In previous article we have introduced a big collection about javascript 6 Ajax library/framework(see The Most Complete AJAX Framework and JavaScript Libraries List(124+) ). They can help us to quickly develop web pages, but we don't always need a whole ajax library or framework — mostly we only need a part of them. For example, only a form, input text, button etc. Form is usually used in web applcations. Now we have collected 28+ useful ajax css-based forms. Hope it can save your time.
1) AutoSuggest: An AJAX auto-complete text field
The AutoSuggest class adds a popdown menu of suggested values to a text field. The user can either click directly on a suggestion to enter it into the field, or navigate the list using the up and down arrow keys, selecting a value using the tab key. The values for the suggestion list are to provided as XML (by a PHP script, or similar).
Tested on Safari 2.0.4, Firefox 2 Mac & PC, IE 6, IE 7
Discuss how to style and stop web forms. You can click on the text to activate the adjacent inputs, checkboxes and radios. Forms are not very friendly when it comes to CSS and each browser has its own way of handling them. Styles that work in one browser will not work in another, so depending on which browser you are using you will see a slightly different interpretation.
Let you know how to use AJAX in order to process and validate your forms.
Excellent example of accessible AJAX. The author put together a page of what is inside the zip file as a try-out demo just to show that it does in fact work right out of the box.
A great example of a well designed form using modern css techniques. It works in Win/IE6, Firefox v1.0+, Win/Opera v8.0, has minor layout differences in Mac/Safari v1.0.3 and Mac/Safari v1.2, and is usable but fairly buggered in Mac/IE5.2. It is simply unable or unwilling to pass focus to selects, radio buttons, checkboxes, file inputs, or buttons when the user tabs from an input or textarea.
An attempt to use multiple checkboxes in a scrollable list – better than using ctrl-click in a normal multi-select listbox. This basic example is described in the Check it, don't select it article on C82. View some nicer-looking samples of what's possible with this method.
9) Cforms
cforms is a powerful and feature rich form plugin for WordPress, offering convenient deployment of multiple Ajax driven contact forms throughout your blog or even on the same page.
10) FancyForm
FancyForm is a powerful checkbox replacement script used to provide the ultimate flexibility in changing the appearance and function of HTML form elements. It's accessible, easy to use and degrades gracefully on all older, non-supporting browsers.
11) FancyUpload using Mootools
FancyUpload is a file-input replacement which features an unobtrusive, multiple-file selection menu and queued upload with an animated progress bar. It is easy to setup, is server independent, completely styleable via CSS and XHTML and uses MooTools to work in all.
12) fValidator
fValidator is an open source (free) unobtrusive javascript tool for easy handling form validation. Nowadays everybody knows that javascript can be used to validate input data in HTML forms before sending off the content to a server. Despite of that, when there are many fields in the form, the JavaScript validation becomes too complex and boring to code.
The jQuery Form Plugin allows you to easily and unobtrusively upgrade HTML forms to use AJAX. The main methods,
ajaxForm and
ajaxSubmit, gather information from the form element to determine how to manage the submit process. Both of these methods support numerous options which allows you to have full control over how the data is submitted. Submitting a form with AJAX doesn't get any easier than this!
14) JotForm – a web based WYSIWYG form builder
JotForm is a completely web based form builder. It is developed for webmasters with minimum design experience. JotForm has an intuitive drag&drop and instant edit form editor. You can create web forms, collect submissions and payments from your web site visitors.
15) Live Validation
LiveValidation is a small open source javascript library for making client-side validation quick, easy, and powerful. It comprises of two main parts. Firstly, it provides developers with a rich set of core validation methods, which can also be used outside the context of forms. Secondly, it provides your visitors with real-time validation information as they fill out forms, helping them to get it right first time, making the forms easier, quicker and less daunting to complete.
This is a masked input plugin for the jQuery javascript library. It allows a user to more easily enter fixed width input where you would like them to enter the data in a certain format (dates,phone numbers, etc). It has been tested on Internet Explorer 6/7, Firefox 1.5/2/3, Safari, Opera, and Chrome.
17) Niceforms 2.0
Niceforms is a script that will replace the most commonly used form elements with custom designed ones. You can either use the default theme that is provided or you can even develop your own look with minimal effort.
The form fields and the buttons created are fully scalable. You can specify their width (and height for textareas) through regular HTML properties such as
cols and
rows. Buttons will automatically expand to accommodate the amount of text present. Keyboard-only navigation is also supported.
Prettier Accessible Forms is a form-styling solution that is both accessible and portable (in the sense that we can move the code from one project to the next), anyone could easily reuse on any project: a style sheet that, when applied to a correctly marked up HTML form, would produce the basis of the required layout. So here it is—my attempt at portable, accessible forms.
This form technique has been tested with Safari 2.0.3, Firefox 1.5, Opera 8.5, Internet Explorer 7b2 , Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 5 (Windows), Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh), Netscape 7.2 (Macintosh), and Netscape 8.1 (Windows).
19) Prototype window login form
A simple tutorial to demonstrate the use of prototype Window login form with RubyOnRails and Ajax. The idea behind this is to override Ok event of Dialog.confirm() form and send Ajax request to controller. The demo application makes use of RJS for Ajax callbacks.
20) Really Easy Field validation with Prototype
Really Easy Field validation with Prototype is a a form validation script that is very easy to use. The basic method is to attach to the form's
onsubmit event, read out all the form elements' classes and perform validation if required. If a field fails validation, reveal field validation advice and prevent the form from submitting.
21) Styling form controls with CSS, revisited
The author spent way too much time creating a total of 224 screenshots showing the effects of various CSS rules applied to form controls. The screenshots are taken from 8 browsers on 4 operating systems, for a total of 14 different browser + OS combinations.
Showing Good Form is accessible complex, grid-style (i.e. table-like) form using semantic markup (fieldset, legend, label etc…) and CSS.
23) Styling the Button Element with Sliding Doors
A technique that demonstrates a cross-browser technique for button elements with sliding doors. Each button shown uses the same markup and style — only the label text is different on the demo.
24) Sensible Forms
Sensible Forms provides a stunningly clear tutorial on how a form that is well designed with good visual layout will benefit all sighted users. Forms can present problems for Web users with vision and/or mobility impairment and for people with cognitive or learning disabilities.
It is very easy for someone with impaired vision who relies on an assistive output device such as a screen reader, talking browser or Braille display to get lost in a form. For these technologies to work effectively the devices need to be able to associate a form label (request or prompt) with the correct form control, such as a text field or checkbox.
25) Tableless Forms
Tableless Forms has a great login form example, with a graphic in the input field. You just need to apply classes to your page elements and than you will have to style those classes.
26) Uni-Form
Uni-Form is an attempt to standardize form markup (xhtml) and css, "modularize" it, so even people with only basic knowledge of these technologies can get nice looking, well structured, highly customizable, semantic, accessible and usable forms.
Usage: Download it and you're pretty much all set! It is encouraged to edit css properties only in the uni-form.css file, so you can easily upgrade to the newer versions as they come along by copying over the old copy of uni-form-generic.css.
27) Validation Hints for your form
Explain one way of achieving Validation Hints effect while the user type using JavaScript and CSS.
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West Quadrant Plan News: Bringing It All Together
Planning efforts for the Central City's West Quadrant have shifted to developing a high-level concept for the study area, which is summarized in the West Quadrant Concept Development Workbook. This document contains a series of quadrant-wide principles and concept layer maps that will help shape the policies and goals to come.
These eight organizing ideas for quadrant-wide urban form are based on key themes from the West Quadrant Charrette.
West Quadrant Guiding Principles
- Strengthen Places. Enhance the existing character and diversity of the quadrant by strengthening existing places and fostering the creation of new districts.
- Embrace the River. Develop a true "city on the river" by increasing riverfront attractions, clarifying east-west connections and access to the Willamette, building a series of vibrant new riverfront communities and enhancing wildlife habitat.
- Connect Places. Link the different places in the quadrant with a signature loop system that is part of a clearer, more diverse set of streets, paths and trails.
- Design with Nature. Integrate natural systems into the built environment through infrastructure and building design. Plan for climate change.
- Expand Housing. Continue to broaden the range of housing type, size and affordability by integrating new housing opportunities in each district.
- Grow Employment. Reinforce the office core as the Central City's hub of business, while growing new employment centers in education, innovation and affordable incubator space.
- Extend Retail Core. Stretch the traditional Downtown retail core to the river and extend it north to include new retail anchors in the West End and Pearl District.
- Shape the Skyline. Use building forms to help frame and enclose special places, districts and experiences in the quadrant.
The maps at right help to illustrate some of these guiding principles.
Through upcoming Stakeholder Advisory Committee meetings and an Open House on October 24, these preliminary principles and maps will be refined to reflect the views of the committee and the public. Save the date for the Open House and share your thoughts about these new concepts for the West Quadrant.
Next: Draft concept layers (maps) for land use, special attractions, height, street and development character, open space, and green systems.


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Larry King's split with Shawn Southwick, wife No. 7, has been at the top of the headlines for a week, but could the divorce actually be off?
According to the CNN host's lawyer, Dennis Wasser, that actually could be the case.
"There's a 50-50 chance this divorce is not happening," Wasser told People on Monday. "His focus is on the best interest of his children. It's not clear to me which way he's going to turn on this issue."
When asked if the couple might undergo marital counseling, Wasser had no comment.
Although Larry has remained quiet on the subject, telling Access Hollywood on Monday morning in Beverly Hills that he "did not want to talk about it," his lifelong friend Sid Young seemed to hint the divorce may not happen after all.
"I don't think he wants to split," Young told Access.
Last week, despite rumors of infidelity, Larry and Shawn were seen embracing as they watched their son, Chance, play baseball in Beverly Hills on Thursday night.
Amid the relentless snapping of photos by the paparazzi, they greeted each other with a hug and smile.
Following the game, the couple exchanged what appeared to be a few pleasant words, before being escorted by police to their cars.
Earlier in the day, the talk show host was hounded by paparazzi at a Beverly Hills pizzeria owned by actress Cathy Moriarty.
"Did you cheat on you wife Larry?" a paparazzo asked Larry, who only smiled back. "Is it true? Is it true? Did you cheat on your wife?"
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, last Thursday, Larry's attorney confirmed to Access that the couple did not have a prenup, but noted there was another agreement in place that would be brought up during their divorce proceedings.
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The name may also be of occupational origin and in this latter case it was originally derived from the Old English word busshel and would probably have been used to describe one who made bushel-baskets.
The parish of Hutton-Buscel (also in the North Riding of Yorkshire) is of particular significance to the family. "This parish derives its name from having been anciently the 'High town of the Buscel or Bushel family.' " [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Over in Leyland, Lancashire, another branch of the family was found in ancient times. "Warin Bussel, one of the barons under Roger de Poictou, in the reign of William I., held, among his ample demesnes, the parish of Leyland: at a very early period." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Another early record was found in Birkdale, Lancashire. The manor of Birkdale was originally held by Wibert in 1066. Warin Bussel (presumably the same as the aforementioned) held a portion of Penwortham before 1100. However, there mention of Bussel handing the property down to his heirs as the manor was passed to the Halsall family. [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
'Townships: Scarisbrick', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1907), pp. 265-276. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp265-276 [accessed 21 January 2017].
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IOC Launches Bid Process For 2018 Winter Olympics
July 31, 2009: The International Olympic Committee said it has initiated the bid process for the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The IOC said it would name the city July 6, 2011 during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban.
As the first step in the process, National Olympic Committees have been invited to submit the name of a city within their jurisdiction as an applicant to host the 2018 Games. Early candidates include Annecy, France; PyeongChang, South Korea; Bukovel, Ukraine; Sofia, Bulgaria; Munich and Geneva, each of whom already have indicated an interest in hosting the 2018 WInter Games. Tromso, Norway, had been moving toward that goal but officials there withdrew late last year due to economic situations. The U.S. Olympic Committee said it would not bid on any Winter Games until the process for 2022 comes up, at the very least.
Upcoming Olympics are 2010 Winter in Vancouver, 2012 Summer in London and 2014 Winter in Sochi, Russia. The Summer 2016 Games will be decided during an IOC meeting in October from among Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo,
According to the IOC, Phase 1 of the process, known as the candidature acceptance procedure, "involves a thorough review by the IOC of each city's potential to host the 2018 Games." The IOC said that cities would be asked to reply to a questionnaire and their answers will be studied by the IOC to help the executive board select the cities that will become Candidate Cities and move on to the next phase. Phase 1 is scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2010 with the IOC executive board acceptance of candidate cities.
In Phase 2, also known as the candidature procedure, the candidate cities would be requested to submit their candidature files and prepare for the visit of the IOC evaluation commission. The evaluation commission visits would take place in February and March of 2011, with the election of the host city that July. Back to Home Page


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Transit Treasure necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 14 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
Transit Shopping Network
The Transit Shopping Network is a first of its kind, online affiliate shopping mall created exclusively for users of public transportation. Public transit users that complete their online shopping through the Transit Shopping Network online portal will benefit from exclusive discounts, special offers, and outstanding deals from hundreds of brand name retailers.
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This logo should be very simple. Please google "Bloomingdales shopping bag." The Bloomingdales shopping bag is a brown bag that says "little brown bag" or "big brown bag," etc. I want to model our logo to look exactly like that except it will say "transit shopping network." So the logo will be a brown shopping bag with the words "transit shopping network" on the side. Our first market is New York City and this logo should be instantly recognizable to all New Yorkers. If anyone wants to go the extra mile and create additional unique logos for Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, DC, that would be much appreciated as well. I am, however, most knowledgeable about the New York City market and it was easy for me to think of something that is easily identifiable with that market.
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Pembroke schools filled out three open holes in its leadership roster recently.
Former Pembroke High School Assistant Principal Marybeth Brust was promoted to fill the new Teacher and Learning Supervisor position for all of Pembroke Schools. David Nix was promoted to assistant principal of the high school, replacing Brust. Finally, Dr. Diane Hartley was hired from Plymouth South High School to fill the new Humanities Department Head position in the school system.
Pembroke Schools Superintendent Frank Hackett said he values hiring from within as well as from other school districts.
"I think whenever we have openings, we're always willing to look outside the schools for new talent," he said. "But we like our people to know there is upwards mobility in our school system."
Hackett said it was easy to settle a tie.
"If all things are equal, we side with someone within our district," he said.
Both the Teacher and Learning Supervisor position and the Humanities Department Head position are creations of this year's budget process.
In an effort to save money, the Social Studies and English department head positions were being combined.
Coupling that change with significant savings from replacing retired teachers, Hackett found there was extra money in the budget. At a previous school committee meeting, school committee members approved using some of those funds to create a new position — the teaching and learning supervisor.
Brust said she was excited to get started in the new position.
"I've been a department head for eight years, and one of my favorite things has always been to work with other teachers," she said. "This gives me an opportunity to broaden that focus."
Brust said the department heads are very engaging, and she is glad she can work with people that bring so much energy. For now, she said she is planning how to contribute early on in the school year.
"We're trying to see where we can support the teachers and administration," she said. "That's how I see my role, as a member of the support team."
Rix said he was also excited about his new position. He said there will be an adjustment period for him now that he will be in administration. Rix said he had been teaching for the past 15 years.
"Going into administration means I can make more of a positive impact on the school as a whole," he said. "I'll miss teaching with one breath, but be excited with the possibilities of the new position with the other."
Dr. Diane Hartley, the new Humanities department head said working in Pembroke works out well for her as well.
"I've taught for 15 years, the last 14 at Plymouth South High School," she said. "Pembroke kind of lined up for me. It's perfect for me right now."
Hartley said she was excited for the school year to start.
"I'm happy to be in Pembroke," she said. "I'm excited to work with the dynamic leadership team here."
Three leadership positions filled in Pembroke schools
Pembroke schools filled out three open holes in its leadership roster recently.


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Among the rest of the full-size SUV crowd, the Cadillac Escalade stands out like a ruby in a diamond chest. Although it's just as capable as the rest in terms of towing and sheer luxury, it makes its mark by being possibly one of largest and most flashy cars not only in its class, but on the road.
You'll Like The 2012 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid If...
If you are looking for a capable, full-size luxury SUV that isn't shy about attracting attention, the 2012 Cadillac Escalade belongs in your driveway - since it probably won't fit in your garage.
You May Not Like The 2012 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid If...
If exorbitant cabin space and impressive towing capability are nonessentials in your next vehicle purchase, there are plenty of practical alternatives that are a bit more refined and subtle from Lexus, Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
What's New
Cadillac Escalade models receive a few modest updates for 2012, highlights of which include two new exterior colors for Escalade SUV models (Radiant Silver Metallic and Crystal Red Tintcoat), a new center console design, and navigation system enhancements.
Interior Features
The 2012 Escalade's interior takes Cadillac luxury to its extreme end. The interior is so solidly wrapped in sound-deadening materials one can almost hear a pin drop. Comfort levels rise to new heights on Escalade SUV Platinum trims with such items as heated and cooled cup holders, a heated steering wheel and Tehama aniline leather seating surfaces for all rows. Even the base 8-passenger SUV models and 5-passenger EXT variant are lavish beyond reason, with leather trim blanketing the seats, doors, steering wheel and center console, and with the interior pillars wearing rich-looking fabric.
Exterior Features
From its massive signature Cadillac grille to its chrome-clad fender vents to its enormous available 22-inch chromed-aluminum wheels, there is nothing subtle about the 2012 Cadillac Escalade. Its road presence is made all the more apparent by the sharp-edged lines, flush-mounted headlights and long, tinted side-glass panels. Stepping into the Escalade requires a hike up, but thankfully, every Escalade model offers standard assist steps for suitable ingress and egress from the vehicle. The Hybrid model boasts a distinctive front end featuring unique upper and lower grilles accompanied by a slew of Hybrid badges.
Driving Impressions
Due to its sheer size and weight it should come as no surprise that the 2012 Cadillac Escalade lacks razor-sharp agility and steering. However, we feel the Escalade delivers the smoothest and most comfortable ride offered on a body-on-frame vehicle. Thanks to a host of electronic stability, traction and suspension controls, winding roads that would have lesser SUVs heaving and tossing are simply tamed. All the electronic goodies in the world, however, can't help make the Escalade easy to park. As for power, the 6.2-liter V8 (standard in everything but the Escalade Hybrid) is as smooth as glass and has what feels like an endless reserve of torque on hand. If you need to tow a boat or horse trailer, the Escalade's V8 suddenly becomes indispensable. The heart of the Escalade Hybrid is a 6.0-liter V8 that feels as responsive and powerful as the conventional V8, yet it returns a 33 percent improvement in city fuel economy.
Pricing Notes
The 2012 Cadillac Escalade SUVs have a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) ranging from around $64,000 for the base model to nearly $90,000 for a fully-loaded AWD Hybrid model in Premium trim. The EXT truck also starts around $64,000 and tops out just under $74,000 for the fully-optioned Premium version. To get a better idea of what people in your area are paying for their Escalades, check out Kelley Blue Book's Fair Purchase Price in the "What should I pay for my new car?" section on our homepage. While the sticker prices of Escalade SUV models remain considerably higher than those of the Lincoln Navigator, they are not far off from comparably equipped versions of the Land Rover Range Rover HSE and the Lexus LX 570. The Escalade EXT's closest competitor, the Ford F-150 SuperCrew Platinum Edition with 4-wheel drive, is priced in the mid-$40,000 range but can't match the EXT in terms of luxury or horsepower. The 2012 Escalade SUV lineup equals the Lincoln Navigator and Land Rover Range Rover when it comes to resale values, but unfortunately falls behind those of the LX 570. As for the EXT truck, we project it will retain a resale value lower than the F-150 Platinum Edition and its corporate stablemate, the Chevrolet Avalanche.
Notable Equipment
The 2012 Cadillac Escalade's comprehensive standard equipment begins with road-sensing suspension, automatic rear leveling for heavy loads, a power liftgate, and remote vehicle starting. Inside, you will find leather-trimmed 14-way power heated and ventilated front seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, power-adjustable pedals, DVD navigation with a rear backup camera, Bose Surround Sound, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and OnStar with spoken turn-by-turn directions. Additional safety and convenience features include six airbags, OnStar emergency assistance, a sonar proximity warning system for difficult parking situations, and a specialized stability control system with roll-over mitigation.
Notable Options
With so much standard equipment and a variety of trims, 2012 Cadillac Escalade models offer an abbreviated list of options. Available equipment includes all-wheel drive (AWD) for Escalade SUVs (standard on the EXT truck), 22-inch chromed-aluminum wheels, power retractable running boards, a power sliding sunroof, a heated steering wheel, blind-spot monitoring and an automatic high-beam system, which detects the headlights of oncoming traffic and automatically switches between high and low beams accordingly.
Favorite Features
Remote Vehicle Start
This is one of those standard features that you may not want to live without once you've become used to it, especially in hot summer or cold winter weather. A touch of the key-fob button from afar can start the engine and begin cooling or heating the cabin before you're even inside.
Power Fold-and-Tumble Second-row Seat
Third-row access is a serious issue in big SUVs and an easy-folding second-row seat can save a lot of irritation. This feature operates with buttons on the console and interior door pillar.
Under the Hood
The 2012 Cadillac Escalade features a potent 403 horsepower, 6.2-liter V8 with Active Fuel Management, which deactivates half of the cylinders under light loads for increased fuel economy. The Escalade's 6.2-liter engine is also E85 (ethanol/gasoline fuel blend) compatible. The Hybrid model boasts a more-efficient 6.0-liter V8 combined with a 300-volt battery pack as well as the conventional engine's gas-saving Active Fuel Management technology.
6.2-liter V8
403 horsepower @ 5,700 rpm
417 lb-ft of torque @ 4,300 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 14/18 mpg (rear-wheel drive, gasoline), 13/18 mpg (AWD, gasoline), 9/13 mpg (EXT/ESV model with AWD, E85), 10/15 mpg (Standard Escalade model with rear-wheel drive, E85), 10/14 mpg (Standard Escalade model with AWD, E85)
6.0-liter V8 hybrid
332 horsepower @ 5,100 rpm
367 lb-ft @ 4,100 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 20/23 mpg
Editors' Notes
While the automotive landscape continues to shift towards smaller, lighter and more-efficient vehicles, the full-size luxury SUV segment remains relatively unscathed by this recent market shift. The Escalade nameplate remains as popular as ever, and the 2012 lineup satisfies America's appetite for excessively large vehicles with four capacious offerings, including the classic Escalade and its more efficient Hybrid accomplice, a long-wheelbase ESV variant, and the versatile, yet stately, EXT open-bed truck. Despite its inherent impracticality, the 2012 Cadillac Escalade makes a case for itself by offering one of the most spacious, extravagant and comfortable rides available.


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This week's episode of "Saturday Night Live" poked fun at the commander in chief every chance it could.
They had a lot of ground to cover, from the lack of a deal to avert $85 billion in sequester cuts to mixing up Star Trek/Star Wars terminology during a press conference.
"SNL" began with its own White House presser where Obama (Jay Pharaoh) tried to put the gravity of the spending cuts into perspective. He first said that his wife Michelle Obama would "only do four television appearances a week, down from her usual 75."
A FAA worker then explained that air traffic controllers will watch a 20 second ad for Doritos before looking at their radar screens, a border patrol agent said they'll let every tenth Mexican run across the border, and national zoo spokesman said that he would fire three monkeys and let them loose on the streets of the nation's capital.
"They'll be homeless, out in the streets just tossing poop and ripping off faces," the zookeeper said.
Obama then had a naval officer, a police officer, a construction worker and a Native American join him on stage. He told the Village People-esque grouping to have faith that the failed political talks and their economic ramifications wouldn't destroy the county.
"Young man, there's no need to feel down," Obama said, as the men slowly made postures in the letters of Y-M-C-A. "Young man, pick yourself off the ground. Young, man, just because your funding is down, there's no need to be unhappy."
On Weekend Update, host Seth Meyers continued the sequester banter with a tirade of his own with critical words for Republican House Speaker John Boehner.
"He's the man for the job," Meyers said. "If the job is not doing your job."
Comedian and SNL host this week Kevin Hart also appeared on the segment. Along with Meyers, the duo addressed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's comments this week on continued renewals of the Voting Rights Act On Wednesday, Scalia said that the repeated renewals of the act since the Civil Rights era were, "a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement."
"Supreme Court, don't think you can't be called racist because Clarence Thomas is your one black friend," he said. "Nothing is more racist than having one black friend."
NBA great Dennis Rodman made headlines this week when he and members of the Harlem Globetrotters traveled to North Korea to spend time with the country's supreme leader Kim Jong-un and to hold basketball clinics in the country. Rodman (Jay Pharaoh) and Jong-un (Bobby Moynihan) were also guests on the segment.
After "The Worm" and the Korean dictator expressed his love for American pop culture, Jung-un discussed how different basketball is in North Korea.
"The winner of the game gets a cracker," he said.
Hart also played Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis in another sketch as well as a survivor turned walker, with swag, on "The Walking Dead."
The musical guest was rapper Macklemore and DJ Ryan Lewis.


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City of Lappeenranta (population 60.000) is the economic and cultural center of southeast Finland situated at the southern edge of the Saimaa, the largest lake (system) of Finland. Its culture and dialects are strongly part of Eastern Finland. Lappeenranta has a colourful, over 350-year-old history between the east and the west.
Get in
By car
Two highways, 6 and 13 pass through Lappeenranta. Bus companies operate frequently to Helsinki and other cities, even St. Petersburg in Russia. Highway 13 extends to the Russian border, some 25 km from the city center, where the Nuijamaa border station is the second busiest border crossing in Finland. Russian tourists usually use this pathway to come to the city either by bus or a car.
By train
The main railway station of Lappeenranta connects the city to the rest of Finland with fairly modern trains, operated by VR [1]. The travel time to Helsinki is currently 2 - 2½ hours. The new shortcut line opened in September 2006 shortened that by roughly half an hour. Trains to St. Petersburg and Moscow stop at a smaller station in Vainikkala, located near the Russian border.
By air
The airport is located perfectly only 2 km from the center. It is the oldest in Finland established in 1918 with frequent flights mainly to/from Helsinki.
By water
Lappeenranta is a popular destination for boaters within the Saimaa lake area. Cruise boats sometimes operate from Lappeenranta to other destinations within the lake area. Lappeenranta is connected to the Gulf of Finland through the Saimaa canal. Cruise boats only operate from Lappeenranta to Vyborg, Russia through the canal, but it is popular among boaters, and private boats come sometimes from as far as Southern Europe.
Get around
Everything is within walking distance at the center. Even the airport is within walking range if you do not have much luggage, but taxi is probably preferable.
Getting farther to suburbs is easy by bus.
A few mid-range and budget hotels are present. Local student housing foundation, LOAS offers affortable accommodation during the summer months for tourists.
Stay safe
Lappeenranta is a safe city very accustomed to foreigners. Lappeenranta is the second most popular destination in Finland, mainly due to Russian shopping tourists, but also many other nationalities visit during summer months.


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PAT CAPUTO: Bottom line is the Pistons are stuck on Rodney Stuckey WITH VIDEO
When a professional sports team hits rock bottom, the future is all that remains.
Problem with the Pistons early this season was their future was doing just fine. Greg Monroe, 2010's first-round draft choice, had made tremendous progress. He went from a nice piece to a vital cog. All the discussion about Monroe's lack of athleticism and sizzle proved to be unfounded. He is just a good player. Dare we say a very good one? Great one? Well, that might be a stretch. But, honestly, who thought he was capable of garnering 16.7 points and 9.8 rebounds per game at this early stage of his career?
Only the less-than-truthful.
Detroit's most-recent first-round draft pick, Brandon Knight, was equally impressive. Everything the Pistons' gushed about on draft night, when Knight inexplicably fell into their lap at eighth overall, proved correct.
There is not only athletic ability, but competitive character present in the form of Knight.
And it didn't matter. The Pistons were getting blown out of the gym on a nightly basis.
A 4-20 record? That was bad enough. It was losing 11-of-12 games and literally putting up no resistance on road trips, even against struggling teams.
It was painful to watch the Pistons. And impossible to see a light at the end of the tunnel, despite the promise being shown individually by Monroe and Knight.
Was that just Feb. 1?
The Pistons are 7-4 since, and while they did lose their final two games before the break for the All-Star fiasco to sub-.500 teams (at Cleveland and Toronto), their progress has been significant.
The difference? There has been help for Monroe and Knight. And it's not from a veteran player not long for the Pistons, but rather Rodney Stuckey.
Should we dare trust Stuckey? We've been through this before, where he has grabbed our attention. The first half of his rookie season, he appeared as this brilliant future star. He went for 40 points one game, 38 in another. Then he just kind of faded ...
You'd see some sparks, but they were too far and in between. Last season, he disappointingly fell into the same malaise as his many teammates. Not exactly leadership.
Joe Dumars signed him to an $8 million-per-season long-term contract essentially because he had to, in order to protect his value. Stuckey responded by playing mediocre basketball to start this season, although he was hindered by a groin injury.
How good is Rodney Stuckey? Anybody know?
Monroe and Knight aren't the gauges as to whether the Pistons are going to win on a given night. Their numbers in wins and losses aren't that much different. In games the Pistons have won this season, Stuckey is averaging 18 points compared to just 12 in losses.
It's not a coincidence he went on a scoring surge at the same time the Pistons fortunes changed. Or that he played poorly in the final two games before the All-Star break in which the Pistons lost -- including a truly non-existent presence at Toronto.
Stuckey won't turn 26 until April. While Knight is hardly the consummate point guard at this stage, he could be in the near future. Stuckey is better at off guard than running the point. He is driving more, which is his gift because of his size, leaping ability and explosive athleticism. Could it be the Pistons will have one of the better backcourt tandems in the league soon?
I would have scoffed at that notion on Feb. 1. I remain skeptical as March approaches, but can see light at the end of the tunnel.
Dumars has been blasted often for not drafting well, but Monroe is turning into a gem. Jonas Jerebko is tremendous value for a second-rounder. So maybe Dumars was more lucky than good when it comes to Knight, but seven teams did pass on him. The Pistons weren't the eighth.
It all comes back to Rodney Stuckey. He was the 15th overall pick in the 2007 draft. Brilliant pick or just one of those classic cases of a player who leads you on and ultimately lets you down?
It still hasn't been answered yet, but at least it remains an open question.
A month ago, it didn't appear that way.
Given his long-term contract, it's made Stuckey the most important player on the Pistons roster.
Pat Caputo is a senior sports reporter and a columnist for The Oakland Press. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com and read his blog at theoaklandpress.com. You can follow him on Twitter @patcaputo98.


text: All 8 incubators are full of geese, duck, & chicken eggs. No more power can be consumed without a new rewiring of the hatching room, so these are for sale! This is a great value as on preorders we sell at $5 an egg! This is a $60 value!!!! Take advantage of us with our full incubators of custom hatches! Expected ship date of June 7 or June 8 if laying continues as anticipated and payment is prompt. 12+ means that you will be getting at least 12 eggs and possibly more depending on the hens on the day of shipping. NEWS ALERT! Just received a message from Terri that 8 of the eggs we sent her have made it to lock down!!!! Yahoo...Your results may vary dependent upon handling and incubator but I'm so pleased with this report! I love being Granny Nanny to so many babies! These are lavendar orpingtons from our Hinkjc lavendar Project Orpington line....All the babies will be lavendars! My incubator's full and I really want these beautiful eggs to have an opportunity to be babies!!!! These Lavendar Project Orpington Eggs these are from a beautiful flock born from Hinkjc eggs. In this flock, there are only Lavendars! A baby from the Lavendar project orpingtons: Six Lavendar Project Orpington chicks from a custom hatch done in February. The other babies stayed at the Garry Farm. Some of the adults (This quad was sold as a grouping a few months ago) Here are pictures of some of the second generation (for our farm) Lavendar Project Orpingtons The eggs from this grouping first were released this spring, so the wonderful improved size and typing are not yet available from other BYC'ers. Get it here first! One of the roosters: One of the younger hens - she's still growing: Shipping Details: These will be mailed on June 7 or 8 if payment is received promptly at the close of the auction, unless there is any change in the pattern of laying eggs, which is not expected. We are now working on our third generation of Lavendar Project orpintons here on the Garry Farm, expect to release eggs from those IN 2012!!!! I love a good project, don't you!!!! Payment and Shipping Details: The shipping shown above is computed on average based priority mail, confirmation delivery,packing materials, etc. if you want xpress or insurance, it will be more. If your shipping is actually higher, we'll take the loss in order to get these eggs to you promptly. We are very care about selecting, carefully packing, packing materials, priority shipping and confirmation delivery. Usually I compute the shipping based on your zip code but in order to get this package moving at the close of this sale, we are giving a FLAT rate on our shipping. We only ship at this rate within the continental US (48 states). This rate reflects priority mail and confirmation delivery. If you want insurance, it will be $2 more. If you are in Alaska, please contact me for your shipping price as shipping is more expensive for us to Alaska! If you are the successful winner of this auction, please paypal funds to us right after your winning the auction, so we can mail these eggs right away! (our PO ships in the afternoon). Our paypal is: [email protected] Pm us with any special mailing instructions, if you want to pick up at post office, (then we'll need a phone number), etc. Please be sure that your paypal has an address listed. Should you want insurance it is $2 more. We ship eggs the same way we would like to receive them. We bubble wrap each egg separately, putting in a regular box (not an egg carton) which is then cushioned and set in a larger box. These are not the prepaid priority boxes but we use the large boxes that can be ordered through USPS as the standard mailing box. In order to minimize the time that our eggs are on the country roads where we live, we take our eggs shipments to the post office where they know to set ours by themselves and stack on the top of all the boxes when it's time to ship! It's worth the gasoline, wear and tear on the car and our time to give your eggs the best possible chance of travel. Our mailing costs can often be higher than the prepaid boxes but we find that they arrive in better shape, so it's well worth the extra time, packing materials and shipping costs. Occasionally with a large order, we will use an even larger outside box. Even as carefully as we ship, we cannot guarantee that there will be no breakage in transit. We do not guarantee the percentage of your hatch as the incubators temperature and humidity are very variable. We will provide assistance to you during the hatch and help in every way possible to have the best hatch possible. We are a chemical free farm and farm full-time. We feed our animals with the best feed, sprouted grains, fresh grasses, treats from the garden and loving care. For more information about our farm, please visit our website http://www.freewebs.com/thegarryfarm/ or facebook The Garry Farm or blogging here: http://thegarryfarm.blogspot.com/ Please check out our feedback. http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pcz6aC_klXJDTE8H01hR-RA We also have feedback in the new system as you'll see above Please pm me with any questions/orders and we'd be so honored to fill your order. Thanks for your interest. Have a blessed day! Nancy Edited for Typo!