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Well, I'm back from a week's vacation at Hilton Head. But I can't seem to get that excited about any of the stories being churned to death by the mainstream media. Sure. I fret about Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, just like everyone else. And Ann Curry got the shaft on Today, apparently because she didn't measure up on the cooking segments. Go figure.
Maybe it's the hot, humid weather in NE Ohio and elsewhere. I've been trying to hit the concrete or chase the treadmill belt most days, but August is my least favorite month to run. And it's been August now since May. I know. Plenty have it worse: our soldiers in Afghanistan and the fire fighters who saved the community in Colorado that I'm planning to relocate to before Labor Day.
And maybe it's the presidential election campaign — which seems to me to be entering its fourth year now. Will this long national nightmare ever end? Hate to admit this. But the more ads I watch the less I trust both candidates and both political parties. If Pinocchio ran as a third-party candidate, he'd win. At least we would know for sure when he was fibbing.
Or not.
It appears that doing the wrong thing is pretty acceptable these days, especially on Wall Street. Here's an interesting story from Reuters: "Quarter of Wall Street Executives See Wrongdoing As Key To Success: Survey":
July 10 (Reuters) – If the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes were to go out with his lantern in search of an honest many today, a survey of Wall Street executives on workplace conduct suggests he might have to look elsewhere.
A quarter of Wall Street executives see wrongdoing as a key to success, according to a survey by whistleblower law firm Labaton Sucharow released on Tuesday.
In a survey of 500 senior executives in the United States and the UK, 26 percent of respondents said they had observed or had firsthand knowledge of wrongdoing in the workplace, while 24 percent said they believed financial services professionals may need to engage in unethical or illegal conduct to be successful.
Oh, mama. Don't let your babies grow up to be investment bankers.
Better, if they want the big bucks, that they become CEO of a company involved in a merger. That's where the big buck are. For example, here's from the NYT: "Ouster at Duke Energy Draws Scrutiny in North Carolina":
A boardroom coup at Duke Energy, the nation's largest electric utility, is expected to come under scrutiny on Tuesday when North Carolina regulators question the company's chief executive.
James E. Rogers, Duke's chief, has been in a harsh spotlight since last week, when Duke closed its $26 billion merger with Progress Energy, a rival. The transaction, struck 18 months ago, called for Progress's chief executive, William D. Johnson, to run the combined company. But just hours after the deal's completion, the Duke-dominated board ousted Mr. Johnson and put Mr. Rogers in charge.
Duke's directors, including Mr. Rogers, have refused to discuss the reasons for the switch. Neither has Mr. Johnson, who received an exit package worth up to $44 million and signed an agreement not to disparage the company.
Wow. A $44 million exit package for a guy, Mr. Johnson, who according to The Daily Mail only had the job for 20 minutes.
Oh by the way. Rogers, Duke's former and I guess now current chief, is heading what apparently has been up to this point a rather lackluster fundraising effort for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Maybe he should put the arm on Mr. Johnson for some cash.


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Former "Saturday Night Live" star Tracy Morgan has been released from a rehabilitation facility one month after the deadly limo bus crash that left him critically injured and a fellow comedian dead, his agent said in a statement Saturday.
"Tracy has been released from the rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery efforts at home with an aggressive outpatient program," Lewis Kay said in a statment. "He asked me to pass along his sincerest gratitude to everyone who has helped him get to this point. He would also appreciate some privacy during this crucial point in his recovery."
Morgan suffered a broken leg and broken ribs when the limousine van he was riding in was hit from behind June 7 by a Wal-Mart truck on the New Jersey Turnpike.
The wreck killed 62-year-old comedian James McNair, who went by the name Jimmy Mack. Comedian Ardley Fuqua and another passenger, Jeffrey Millea, were injured.
The update on the actor's medical condition comes after Morgan filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart over the crash on Thursday. The complaint claims the retail giant should have known that its driver had been awake for over 24 hours and that his commute of 700 miles from his home in Georgia to work in Delaware was "unreasonable." It also alleges the driver fell asleep at the wheel.
"As a result of Wal-Mart's gross, reckless, willful, wanton, and intentional conduct, it should be appropriately punished with the imposition of punitive damages," according to the complaint.
Morgan's lawsuit seeks a jury trial and punitive and compensatory damages. Fuqua and Millea are also named as plaintiffs. Kay confirmed Morgan and other victims of the crash are suing Wal-Mart.
"We know it will take some time to resolve all of the remaining issues as a result of the accident, but we're committed to doing the right thing for all involved," Wal-Mart said.
Truck driver Kevin Roper, 35, of Jonesboro, Georgia, has pleaded not guilty to death by auto and assault by auto charges.
A report by federal transportation safety investigators said Roper was driving 65 mph in the 60 seconds before he slammed into the limo van. The speed limit on that stretch of the turnpike is 55 mph and was lowered to 45 mph that night because of construction.
Roper had been on the job about 13 1/2 hours at the time of the crash, the report concluded. Federal rules permit truck drivers to work up to 14 hours a day, with a maximum of 11 hours behind the wheel.
Morgan, a New York City native, was returning from a standup performance at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Delaware when the crash occurred.


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Thud! Thunk! Ka-ching! It's pothole season in the USA
It's a bad year for potholes, with the rough weather making things worse. Unsuspecting drivers can get hit with hundreds in auto repairs and state budgets are stretched thin already.
Many drivers prayed in recent months as one winter storm after another hammered one part of the nation or another.
Now comes the cussing.
It's pothole season in the USA, when drivers hear that dreaded thud-thunk as their tire drops into an unseen crater that wasn't there the day before.
With a particularly rough winter this year following several milder ones, this is a nasty pothole season. It's hitting motorists in the wallet and eating through the budgets of transportation departments like — well, like salt through ice.
Ben Haddon encountered a pothole on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C., last week "that seemed to be growing in front of my eyes." After driving into it on the way to work, he noticed the car pulling to the right. The pothole had ripped a hole in the sidewall of his tire.
"After what seemed like half a day, the spare was on my car and I was off to work, wet, muddy, cold and (ticked) off. I made it to work safely and took my car to the local service station where I had to pay $250 to replace both front tires," he says. "I'm ready for summer."
Potholes are created when melting water mixed with a melting agent such as salt or brine works down into road surfaces through microscopic cracks and bigger fissures. It then repeatedly freezes and thaws, breaking up the pavement and causing a pothole as motorists drive over the spot.
The situation is made worse on most of the nation's roads because the pavement is already in such poor shape, says Leland Smithson, coordinator of the Snow and Ice Cooperative Program for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. "Everybody's driving on an aging infrastructure," he says. "Most of the pavement has outlived its design life, because everybody's been short on funds to take care of that infrastructure."
He says the main vehicle damage from potholes comes with damaged tires and rims, and suspension problems. "A lot of times, drivers don't even see them (potholes)," he says. "Or, they appear as just water sitting there but you don't know how deep it is."
Saju Thomas of Berkeley Heights, N.J., recently drove into a "massive" pothole. "I had to get two tires and a rim replaced," he says.
In some states, higher than expected spending on pothole repair — and other winter storm spending — means deferring non-safety items such as mowing, brush and tree-cutting and roadside garbage cleanup.
The Michigan Department of Transportation, for instance, budgeted $88 million for winter maintenance this year. Through January, MDOT had spent twice as much as over the same period last year — about $79 million, compared with about $39 million. The agency projects that total winter costs will be $126 million to $140 million.
"We'd used 440,000 tons of salt through January, compared with 238,500 tons last winter, an increase of about 85%," spokesman James Lake says. This year, MDOT used more than twice as much sand — 96,690 tons compared with 44,485 — and nearly three times the number of overtime hours — 54,902 vs. 19,207, Lake says.
• Vermont usually spends $20.6 million on winter maintenance and uses 87,500 tons of salt for the entire winter. So far, they've spent nearly $20 million and used over 91,000 tons of salt. "We expect his year's pothole season to be particularly bad," says Scott Rogers, director of operations for the Vermont Agency of Transportation. "Cold temperatures will result in deep frost, which should result in a heck of a mud season/pothole season. Now that we're getting some significant amounts of snow, the spring melt could be more significant than we'd like, as well. Lots of frost and lots of water typically mean lots of potholes."
• Since 2010, Delaware has spent an annual average of $10.1 million on storm-response efforts; as of Feb. 19, the state had spent $12.4 million. "This pothole season is worse than an average year due to the wide swing in temperatures and frequent precipitation," says Delaware Department of Transportation spokesman Geoff Sundstrom. "This means some emergency repairs have been taking place. However, they are often temporary in nature and may need to be redone later this year because permanent repairs often require warmer temperatures."
• Rhode Island has spent $13.5 million for winter operations this year, compared with the five-year average of $11.5 million for this point in the year. Last winter, drivers there made 463 claims to the state for pothole damage to vehicles from November 2012 through May 2013; this winter, there have been 650 such claims since last November, says Rhode Island Department of Transportation spokeswoman Rose Amoros.


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S.A.S.S Integration & Design
SASS Integration & Design is a custom integration design and installation company. We integrate services such as Home Theatre, multi room audio, security (burglar alarms), intercom, data networks, telephone, lighting control systems & access control. Providing a multitude of interfaces by way of simple switches through to in-wall touch screens and hand held remotes as examples.
We garner an understanding of our client's lifestyle needs for their new home through design brief meetings prior to any construction commencing. This is what we promote as being the most important part of the process for anyone looking at any or all of our services. The people we are talking to include architects, builders and of course the people that are building their new dream home or new commercial premises. You wouldn't think about starting to build your home without having agreed to the construction plans, so why would you not plan for all of the cabling that is going to be needed for your homes Plasmas, Projectors, computers, security systems and the music that you will be listening to once you are living in your new home? That is where we come in, we provide the information and support in the design of these technologies & systems.
Once the design is complete we also provide installation of these services right through to detailed client instruction meetings after commissioning.
Most of our client's are from mid 30's and on as they have a higher level of disposable income. Many in this demographic have a lower level of understanding of new technologies, so not only are we discussing the design layouts but have a responsibility to educate.
Importantly although these are our end user clients many of our leads are generated through Architects & Builders. Their ability to generate ongoing business for us means we view them as being our primary client in many cases. Infact our initial education process is with these people so that they will refer their clients on to us during the initial building design phase.
Although we are a start up company we are looking for a logo that is to be our corporate image as we grow. We have decided upon our corporate colours: Black, White & Green (Pantone 361).
Our desire is to have a corporate logo that leads the company name so that the logo can then be used for things such as water marking stationary.
We like how these two company's have a logo that is based around their first letter but still standalone in front of the company name.
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Ian Poulter
- Full name Ian Poulter
- Birth date January 10, 1976
- Birth place Hitchin
- Current age 43 years 283 days
- Height 6 ft 1 in
Ian Poulter has talent oozing out of every pore, but is in danger of being overshadowed by his larger-than-life profile.
Poulter is famed for the colourful outfits he wears on tour, which form part of his own fashion label, but the path to the professional ranks was a tough one for the man from Hitchin.
He took up a job in a local pro shop and was not able to devote as much time to his golf as he would have liked, before taking the plunge and turning professional in 1996. He picked up the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award in 2000 a year in which he won his first Tour title, the Italian Open.
Poulter has been a regular winner on tour and secured the WGC Accenture World Matchplay Championship, adding the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shenzhen in 2012 to become only the second European, alongside Darren Clarke, to win multiple World Golf Championship events.
Poulter had a fine year in 2008, coming second at the Open and hitting a famous hole in one at the Masters but he is yet to show his best form in the majors.
Instead, it is in Ryder Cup play that Poulter has produced his greatest golf. Having justified his selection as a wildcard in 2008 by winning four out of a possible five points, he made the 2010 team by right and again played a key part in the success at Celtic Manor.
A captain's pick for the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah, Poulter arrived as a pantomime villain and left a hero. The self-proclaimed 'Postman' delivered in style, sparking Europe's final-day fightback with his scintillating form over the course of the weekend.
Career high:
'Postman' Poulter's five birdies while playing alongside Rory McIlroy at the end of the second day at Medinah inspired Europe's unlikely Ryder Cup fightback, cementing his status as a Ryder Cup legend.
Career low:
It's tough to class a second place finish in a major as a career low, but he finished second to Padraig Harrington in the 2008 Open after leading at one stage on final day.
"Don't get me wrong, I really respect every professional golfer, but I know I haven't played to my full potential and when that happens, it will be just me and Tiger."
Has his own clothing design, Ian Poulter Design, and is a huge fan of Arsenal. He chartered a jet to take him to the 2006 Champions League final, in order to get back to the Irish Open for his tee-off time on the Thursday morning.
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The Punched Card and the Electron in Inventory Control
By WILLIAM W. GERECKE In-Charge Accountant, San Francisco
Presented before the Industrial Materials Handling and Packaging Conference, Stanford University — March 1957
The term "tight money" has received considerable attention in the last twelve months and gives promise of staying with us. It has been used to explain the decline in home building, the reduction of plant expansion, and the suffering of small business. In its simplest sense, it reflects the competition
for capital, either borrowed or invested. Why not employ the same thought in evaluating the allocation of capital within a business?
Business is frequently composed of several units, locations, or divisions which are competing for the use of capital resources. Each unit has certain working-capital requirements which are reflected in its annual budget. To justify its budget each unit should be able to demonstrate ability to con-tribute to the profit of the business at a rate competitive with alternative uses of the capital. For example, if the sale of merchandise produces a return of only 4 per cent on capital invested in the activity, and if the same amount of capital invested in a good preferred stock yields 5 per cent, why accept the risks inherent in merchandising? Without the spur of competition for available resources, control becomes more academic than real. Budgetary control can exercise over-all control in the management of capital, but it must be carried out with special-purpose tools to be most effective. One of these tools should be inventory control.
There are several basic requirements which inventory control must satisfy if it is to function as a part of the system of capital management. First, it must provide financial and physical accountability; that is, how much should be there, not just what is there. If the system is to maintain control, the tail cannot wag the dog, for management must be satisfied that its record-keeping process is reliable. It is in this area that the authority of the documents supporting inventory movement must be established. All receipts should be covered by receiving records, and all shipments by invoices. Production records should generally account for internal movement,
but in some instances additional documentation may be desirable to record transfers, and requisitions should account for self-consumption.


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FundForm LLC
We provide legal document templates to investment fund managers, our closest competitor is LegalZoom.com.
We need a logo developed for a legal documents business for the investment industry. The business name that should be represented in this logo is FundForm LLC
Please note that there is no space between the words Fund and Forum in the name FundForm LLC. Above all it is absolutely critical that the logo is very professional, trusted, and law or investment related looking.
Here are some examples of trusted logos that should not be copied but are in the same league of what we are hoping our logo will end up looking like:
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* http://www.floridasmallbusinesslaw.com/logo.jpg
* http://www.yiustudio.com/portfolio/…ges/01.jpg
We would rather have a simple logo rather than an overly complex logo, we want it to be easy to remember.
We will take the time to provide feedback to any logo submitter who gets rated a 3/5 stars or better within the contest.
What we don't want: Neon, pastel, or busy logos with too many colors.
We also do not want logos with cartoon characters, this needs to be a very conservative, reserved, and professional logo that looks like it belongs to a prestigious law firm and trusted website.
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Ezekiel Emanuel: Brief on ACA site
Former White House health care adviser Ezekiel Emanuel said Monday that administration should be giving "wonky" daily briefings on what is wrong with the health care exchange website — and how they're going to fix it.
"I think they need to have daily briefings and they need to give us milestones over the next four weeks as to what we should look for for improvement. Reassurance verbally is not worth much at this point," Emanuel said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
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The former adviser to the Office of Management and Budget, who left the administration in 2011, said the briefings should be detailed.
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"I would like it to be a little wonky. Tell me exactly what the problem is and what you're doing to fix it, and what problems are going to remain after four weeks that will be fixed over the next year," Emanuel said.
The bioethicist and brother of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said he isn't sure why the administration isn't releasing enrollment numbers from the exchanges more frequently, but he said that's not as big a concern as fixing problems that have plagued the site since its roll out at the beginning of the month.
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"At the moment, enrollment isn't the key question," Emanuel said. "What I'd really like is for people to easily be able to shop and easily be able to make comparisons. That's the key. Because I don't think most people are going to plunk down that money for the first month of insurance until Thanksgiving and after. That's why I think this next four weeks is the critical period."


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Contact - email@example.com, NY (08/04/2014) - Slocum-Dickson Foundation, Inc., awarded two grants totaling $19,355 to two of Utica College's medical educational programs.
A grant of $13,855 will be applied toward the purchase of an interactive human patient simulator of color to aid UC nursing students in building the skills, clinical judgment and cultural sensitivities required for effective patient care and management through scenario-based training.
A grant of $5,500 will support the Utica College Geriatric Scholar Certificate Program in the Greater Utica/Mohawk Valley region for 2014 to 2015. The program provides essential training in geriatric health care to many types of health and human services professionals who are involved in caring for the elderly.
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A US researcher has proposed a carbon dioxide sequestration method that would lock up one billion tonnes of the gas in solid form each year for five years in Antarctica.
Ernest Agee, a scientist in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Purdue University in Indiana, says his method was inspired by a NASA photograph from 2005 that showed a CO2 ice cap on the south pole of Mars.
"The presence of this CO2 ice cap triggered the idea to consider the possibility of terrestrial air CO2 deposition at Earth's South Pole, considering that this is the coldest location on Earth and the energy required to sequester CO2 from the atmosphere (and to maintain insulated storage) might be within the scope of reality," he writes in a research paper in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
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A blockade at a Melbourne construction site could continue after a Federal Court judge said he would restrain the involvement of a union but not community protesters.
The Fair Work Building and Construction Inspectorate has been granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the AMWU, its employees and organisers from involvement in the protest at the Werribee water treatment plant.
A group of unemployed locals who call themselves the District Western Alliance Group has been protesting since last week against the employment of four Filipino workers on 457 visas at the site.
The building watchdog alleges AMWU organiser Tony Mavromatis was involved in the protest calling for local workers to be employed instead of foreigners, breaching a provision of the Fair Work Act which prohibits action to coerce someone not to employ a particular person.
The union has denied allegations it is behind the blockade, which has forced workers to be flown onto the site by helicopter.
In the Federal Court in Melbourne on Thursday, Justice Shane Marshall said there was sufficient evidence, even on Mr Mavromatis' own account, that he may have breached the act.
He restrained the union from preventing access to the construction site or encouraging others not to enter or work there, until the hearing of a trial.
But the judgment has no impact on the community protesters, he says.
"This judgment is not about the rights and wrongs of the employment of foreign nationals in circumstances where Australian citizens are out of work and available for that same employment," he said.
"It is also not about the rights and wrongs of the actions taken by community protesters."
Contractor Tedra's director Alan Atchison said he had no comment on the court decision, but looked forward to work resuming.
"Tedra's only concern is getting back to work on our project," he told AAP.
"We hope the blockade will be unwound as soon as possible."
Mr Mavromatis claims he only made contact with the protesters after being repeatedly asked to by the company's industrial relations consultant Grace Collier.
He says discussions with management regarding the protest were designed to facilitate a resolution of the issue and did not amount to support of demands for the removal of the Filipino workers.
Ms Collier says Mr Mavromatis told her: "Give these blokes a job and the picket will end."
The watchdog is seeking pecuniary penalties against the union and Mr Mavromatis, as well as compensation for losses suffered by the action.
It wants to use conversations secretly recorded by Ms Collier, on a device hidden in her bra, as evidence of the union's involvement.
Justice Marshall previously said he had grave concerns about the evidence, asking whether Ms Collier thought "she was in a James Bond movie".
On Thursday, he said the recordings had been inadequately transcribed and could not be relied upon.
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Thought I'd write something about my first day using a raceboard yesterday. It might be of use to someone else?
Turns out that whole, "It's like staring again" thing is kind of true. I started kiteboarding when the thought was the you should start on a directional and then move to a twin so I have some old time experience of riding big boards with fins (although in those days the boards were more like big surf boards with largish 20cm fins). These days I usually ride an Underground freewave, although I've had a couple of years off after burning out on kiting for a while. Basically I've got a little directional board experience but not a whole lot lately and I while I thought a raceboard would be different I probably underestimated just how different they are.
My raceboard is a North proto that was left here for sale after the North Americans last June. It's box rule size, 69cm wide and I bit the bullet and got some Rista fins for it. I've also just got some RRD Addictions too, having a forward pulling max de-power kites felt a lot better than using my older kites (a rev and a cult).
Firstly, when you read around the internet and people say, "Go down a size, or two in kites" they're not kidding. I had a hard time believing that I'd be overpowered in 15-17 (or whatever Sherman was yesterday) on a 13m, but I was. More on that later. I rode for about a hour before switching to a 9m, much better and really nicely powered. the board should be doing the work, I think, and not the kite.
The biggest difference to other boards was getting started. I'm so glad I read somewhere the tip about not trying to start with your back foot in the strap. Start with in on the edge of board but be ready to get it at onto the center line once you're standing. Trying not to edge is a hard habit to break, but you really want to go through something like: Power stroke to get you out of the water, up onto plane slightly downwind, back foot on center line to push board flat, front foot pressure to start heading upwind, back foot toward windward rail. If you just try and head upwind straight away you'll just send a huge spray of water out in front of you, followed by your butt plonking back into the water. If you're too agressive trying to stand you'll find the fins won't go sideway but you'l happily get yanked across the other side of the board and ping off into the distance.Good body dragging practice though. I spent the first 20 minutes getting up and trying to get my back foot in the back strap. After a while I gave up and just left it on the rail forward of the strap, my upwind wasn't as good, but I could control the fins. Later on I started getting into the strap but it's still kind of a wild ride. It's also helpful to keep the kite up higher that you would on a twin tip. Use those awesome fins. Going upwind is so easy that you don't need to try too hard, going downwind is the tricky bit. I started that by just trying to do really long drawn out gybes, which worked okay. Later on I was able to gybe while underlooping, which actually made it easier as the lower down pull kind of helps pull the gybe around without the line going slack. Being less powered helped commit to that too. Gybing felt easier than my Ungerground, the raceboard has so much volume that you can kind of stand there with your feet parallel, work out where you need to be and shuffle around for a while without anything too drastic happening. That did mean I ened up heading the new direction for a while without either foot in a strap, having some strapless session helped there, plus being in relatively flat water was huge. I tried a few tacks, almost made one, but getting the nose of the board all the way through the wind was tricky. The board was either pointing head to wind and I could get it to keep going once I switched feet, or I'd really try and push it with my back foot and it would end up shooting 10 feet upwind of me. More practice needed there, obviously. Later on I started trying to get my back foot in the rear strap. Once it's in there everything changes, the fins come to life and drive upwind like crazy. This also means the leeward (upwind rail) is trying to lift out and upwind and tries to trow you over the toe side/downwind rail. I guess having the 4:1 race bar thingy would help here. Anyone done that with the RRD bar? It looks like it should be fairly easy as the center line thingy is so long so there's a lot to work with. Once I got home I moved the rear strap to the most forward position and made them all a little wider. It felt really hard to get started when my toes where only just getting into the straps, and my heels kept getting lifted when the board did it's bucking bronco thing. Moving the back strap forward is probably "cheating", but I'll work on moving it back as I progress. I don't have chicken straps (there are holes but I bought all the straps Live2Kite had :)) yet but when I try going downwind fast in the flat water my back foot was on the center line of the board but way forward so I'm not too worried about them yet, sounds like proper fast downwind is a whole new set of skills anyway.
It was a fun day of learning for sure, and I'm keen to get out a few more times in some flatish water (Sherman was great) before heading out at Crissy. It also made me realize my wet suit is probably too big, every body drag (and there where a lot) had me filling up with a new dousing of water. Thanks to the Sherman locals for showing me around the launch and putting my kites up. Now if someone could remind me not to back into the camp site marker poles it would be much appreciated. The pole is fine by the way. The rear quater panel on the car? Not so much :S
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Many questions loom surrounding potential cuts to government programs geared to assist America's veterans and service members as a result of sequestration. Armed with its 2013 Legislative Priority Goals, the VFW will continue to combat all changes or cuts to programs that could have an adverse effect on our nation's heroes.
We want you to know exactly where we stand on the issues. So, we are hosting our first VFW Twitter Chat Friday, April 19, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. EDT. The VFW will answer participants' questions regarding the VFW's 2013 Legislative Priority Goals for one hour in real-time via the VFW's National Twitter page, @VFWHQ, using the hashtag #ASKVFW.
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I know it's a fairly redundant statement but I've always loved travelling and have always been fascinated with design elements when travelling. Airports can be the worst places in the world but I miss when luggage tags when were well thought out and unique to each place. I decided to bring this back and add a little more flair.
I added a blank element to each tag so each print can be customised and personalised by you. I bought a fancy rubber stamp so you can now commemorate that amazing holiday, the time you got engaged or married or some other special occasion. Just type your message after you have added the print to your cart. The message should be no more than 25 characters. Check the images to see examples of the personalisation.
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June 13, 2013, Iquitos, Peru (ISN) – Canada qualified to the quarterfinals of the XII Pan American Cup women's volleyball tournament on Wednesday night defeating Costa Rica 25-18, 25-23, 25-19.
With fewer errors than the opponent (16 to 23), and a difference of 36-30 in attacks, the Canadians claimed the victory to finish in second place in Pool B with two wins and a loss.
Canada opened the tournament losing in five sets to Cuba on Monday then defeated Peru in five on Tuesday.
Top scorers for Canada were Kyla Richey with 18 points and Lisa Barclay with 15.
Canada's head coach Arnd Ludwig was pleased with his team's performance.
"I am very happy with this result since it is the first occasion in many years that we are able to advance to the quarterfinals of the Cup," said Ludwig. "I feel glad about the progress of the team and I hope we can maintain the same rhythm in the next phase.
Thursday is a rest day. Canada faces Brazil in its quarterfinal on Friday. The Brazilians were also 2-1 in round robin play and placed second in Pool C. Cuba faces Argentina in the other quarterfinal.
The winners of the two quarterfinals move into the semis with the U.S., and the Dominican Republic. The Americans and Dominicans received a bye to the final four sporting the best records in the round robin.
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12-member Canadian roster for the Pan Am Cup June 8-17 in Lima, Peru:
Outside Hitters:
Lisa Barclay, Brandon , MB,, University of British Columbia
Shanice Marcelle, Victoria BC, UBC
Brittney Page, Vernon BC, Barbar D'X-Elles (Belgium)
Tabi Love, Daupin, MB, Caguas Criollas (Puerto Rico)
Marie-Pier Murray- Methot, Quebec City, Montichiari Volley Femminile (Italy)
Kyla Richey, Robert's Creek, BC, SC Potsdam (Germany)
Middle Blockers:
Marisa Field, Kelowna BC, Istres Ouest Provence (France)
Jaimie Thibeault, Sylvan Lake AB, E.S. Cannet Rocheville (France)
Lucy Charuk, Tsawwassen, BC, ZOK Split 1700 (Croatia)
Dani Smith, Beaverlodge, AB, Vancouver Island Univeristy
Jennifer Lundquist, Surrey, BC, Montana State Univeristy
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Mo. Child Support Absconder Enters Guilty Plea
KANSAS CITY (AP) - A 60-year-old Missouri man has pleaded guilty in federal court to fleeing the U.S. to avoid paying $1,500 a month in child support.
The U.S. attorney's office says Randy Lee Essary was a Kansas City resident in 1996 when a Jackson County judge set child support for his son, who currently lives with his mother in Utah. Essary admitted in his plea Tuesday that he fled the U.S. in 2007 and moved to Thailand, where he was senior vice president of development for Eclipse Hotels and Development.
Essary acknowledged that he hadn't paid court-ordered child support for his son in more than eight years, starting in January 2005, and owes nearly $165,000.
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Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) announced the appointment of Andy Berens as product sales manager. According to a press release, Berens will work primarily with national customers on aquatic recreation products and systems for waterfront and commercial pools.
After earning his bachelors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Berens went on to attain over 12 years of business development experience in the fundraising and media industries in addition to being a certified teacher, tennis pro and coach. While balancing these initiatives, he later returned to the UW to earn his MBA.
"Our team is very excited to have Andy as we gear up for the 2013 recreation season," said CRS president Ron Romens. "CRS is growing, and Andy's experience and skill set will significantly benefit our customer service and overall customer satisfaction."
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Italian Embassy in Bern demands investigation
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Paul Joseph Watson in St. Moritz, Switzerland
June 12, 2011
The Italian European Parliament member who was violently assaulted by security guards outside the site of the elitist Bilderberg conference at the Suvretta hotel in St. Moritz has vowed to take legal action.
Mario Borghezio attempted to enter the conference on Thursday but was met with a hostile response from security and police. Reports circulating at the time suggested that Borghezio had been pushed away and even had his nose broken.
"Borghezio announced at a press conference on Friday that he would bring legal charges in connection with the incident," reports Swiss Info.
The Italian Embassy in Bern has also demanded an investigation be launched into what transpired.
Borghezio's attempt to crash Bilderberg as a symbolic protest against the secretive group's inherently undemocratic foundation was followed by a similar effort led by Swiss People's Party representative Dominique Baettig on Friday night.
There was no violence towards Baettig, but like Borghezio he was asked to leave by police.
Before he arrived, Baettig had warned police and security guards in a letter that there would be significant consequences if protesters were mistreated or prevented from exercising their free speech rights.
Today is the final day of Bilderberg 2011, and with the astounding events of yesterday, when Bilderberg elitists were confronted by angry protesters outside the Bilderberg security perimeter, globalist attendees will probably be glad to be leaving.
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SUNSET PARK — Five firefighters were hurt when a heavy fire ripped through a one-story commercial building in Sunset Park Tuesday evening, authorities said.
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Five firefighters suffered minor injuries. Two were treated at the scene and three were taken to Lutheran Medical Center in stable condition, the FDNY said.
The blaze began in the basement of the building and spread to the first floor, officials said.
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Hiking even just a portion of the Appalachian Trail is the adventure of a lifetime, but you'll enjoy that adventure even more if you're prepared. Brush up on the basics below.
The Appalachian Trail (A.T.) is almost 2,190 miles long, passes through 14 states, eight different national forests, six national park units and numerous state parks, forests, and game lands. But you don't have to hike every mile of the Trail to experience its beauty (and toils). People enjoy the A.T. in a variety of ways! Here's some common lingo.
Although you will get dirty backpacking, it shouldn't be an unsanitary experience. Flush toilets and showers don't exist on the A.T., but you can still prevent the spread of Norovirus, a highly contagious illness, and you can treat things like blisters to prevent infection.
Some critters on the A.T. are capable of transmitting diseases. Learn about these diseases and how to minimize your risk before setting off on your hike.
Keeping your phone fully charged, carrying a map, and keeping a cool head will help you in emergency situations.
Sudden weather changes, river crossings and lightning on the A.T. introduce environmental risks to hikers.
Take sensible precautions.
Although the A.T. is generally known for being a friendly place and one where acts of kindness are common, it is not immune from crime. Continue reading for tips to help minimize your risk.
Hikers (and hunters) should be aware that hunting
regulations vary widely along the A.T. Be prepared by knowing those regulations before you set out on your trek.
The Appalachian Mountains are home to many plants and animals, and some have the potential to harm you. The best way to avoid a bad encounter is to respect the wild animals and plants from a distance.
The equipment, clothing and footwear you will need depends on the season and the length and location of your hike.
You should carry some kind of food and water on even the shortest A.T. hike, but anything longer than a short jaunt presents special considerations.
Hikers will encounter springs, streams and, occasionally, faucets, pumps and spigots on the A.T. Water from any of these sources should be treated prior to consumption.
The A.T. is marked for daylight travel in both directions using a system of white "blazes," or a rectangle of white paint 2 inches wide and 6 inches high. Blazes are found most often on trees, occasionally on posts and rocks.
Piled rocks called "cairns" are also used to identify the route above treeline. Side trails and shelter trails use blue blazes. Distance between blazes varies, but if you have gone a few hundred yards without seeing a blaze, stop. Retrace your steps until you locate a blaze. Then, check to make sure you haven't missed a turn. When your map or guidebook indicates one route, and the blazes show another, follow the blazes.
In the 25 federally designated wilderness areas the A.T. passes through, blazing is intentionally much less frequent and signage is minimal to retain the wilderness character of the land. Blazes may be 1/4 mile apart. Side trails may not be marked. Carrying a map and compass are especially important in these areas, found in Georgia through Virginia, and Vermont and New Hampshire.
White blazes mark the A.T. and may be located on trees, rocks, posts or guardrails, among other places.
Two white blazes, one above the other, signal an obscure turn, route changes, an incoming side trail or other situation that requires you to be especially alert to changes in direction. Sometimes the two blazes will be offset in the direction of the turn.
These rock piles identify the route above treeline and where snow and fog may obscure paints blazes.
Planning a family hike requires a different approach than planning a hike for adults. Even experienced hikers may not be prepared for the needs of children.
Groups are welcome on the A.T., but bear in mind that the Trail is narrow and campsites are small. Please follow the group guidelines as you plan your outings.
Dogs are permitted along most of the A.T., but they impose additional responsibilities on the hikers who bring them along.
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This climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of the true deserts in low-latitude semiarid steppe regions. It is transitional to the tropical wet-dry climate on the equatorward side and to the mediterranean climate on its poleward margin, with a cooler, wetter winter resulting from the higher latitude and mid-latitude frontal cyclone activity. Annual precipitation totals are greater than in tropical and subtropical desert climates. Yearly variations in amount are not as extreme as in the true deserts but are nevertheless large.
The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "BSk". (Tropical and Subtropical Steppe Climate).
The average temperature for the year in Hurley is 59.9°F (15.5°C). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 79.9°F (26.6°C). The coolest month on average is December, with an average temperature of 41.0°F (5°C).
The highest recorded temperature in Hurley is 116.0°F (46.7°C), which was recorded in June. The lowest recorded temperature in Hurley is -17.0°F (-27.2°C), which was recorded in December.
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Hurley is 10.1" (256.5 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is July with 1.9" (48.3 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is April with an average of 0.2" (5.1 mm). There are an average of 34.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in July with 6.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in April with 1.0 days.
In Hurley, there's an average of 3.4" of snow (0 cm). The month with the most snow is December, with 0.9" of snow (2.3 cm).


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Dalam ruangan ini, terdapat pelbagai kata-kata mutiara ( dalam bahasa Inggeris dan Melayu)
I am not afraid of storms, for I'am learning to sail my ship. (LM Alcott)
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trial ( Chinese Proverb)
The greater the difficulty the greater the glory. ( Cicero)
It is not until we have passsed through the furnance that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition. ( CC Colton)
Adversity reveals genius; prosperity concelas it. ( Horace)
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ( W Irving)
We become wiser by our adversity. (Seneca)
Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance. (HG Bohn)
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him. (Chinese Proverb)
He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak. (Montaigne)
Anxiety is good for nothing if we cannot turn it into defense. (Meyrick)
Try not to be a man of succes, but rather to become a man of value. (Eisnsten)
Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries or distinctions of race. ( H Spencer)
For man is man and master of his own fate. (A L Tennyson)
Common sense is not so common. (Voltaire)
Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake anlysis of the obvious. (A N Whitehead)
You cannot reate experience. You must undergo it. (A Camus)
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. (B Franklin)
Mind is the partial side of man; the heart is everything. (Rivarol)
Hope, of all ills men endure. The only cheap and universal cure. (A Cowley)
Nothing is more scandalous than a man who is proud of his humility. (Aurelius)
Always laugh when you can; It is cheap medicine. (Byron)
Humour is man's greatest blessing. (M Twain)
Patience is concentrated strength. (Bulwer-Lytton)
Patience and fortitude conquer all things. (Emerson)
Patience is the art of hoping. (Vanvenargues)
No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself. (H W Beecher)
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. (Lao Tse)
There is no greater delighet than to be concious of sincerity on self-examination. (Mencius)
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (E Roosevelt)
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. (G Eliot)
To generous souls, every task is noble. (Euripedes)
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray. (R G Ingersoll)
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The mission of the ULM Diversity Committee seeks to create an environment which promotes behaviors that show acknowledgement of and respect and appreciation for Diversity on the ULM campus.
To that end, we invite you to peruse this Web site and find how you can affect Diversity, how Diversity affects you, and how you can participate to make Diversity more widespread across the ULM campus.
Please contact me or any Diversity Committee member if you need more information, have questions or want to be a part of Diversity at ULM.
All the best,
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Online Greenhouse
Welcome to Arlington Cemetery's online greenhouse. The items below are available for placement and will be delivered to the gravesite within three days of receiving your payment. We are currently unable to accept online payments. Please send your check, money order to Arlington Cemetery PO Box 1010 Drexel Hill, PA 19026. Or you may call our office with your credit card information to expedite placement at 610-259-5800.
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Bikini Afghan, C2C Crochet Pattern
Bikini Afghan, C2C Crochet Pattern
When the weather is too cold outside for a real bikini you can snuggle up in this one!
What you need for the Bikini Afghan:
• Medium Worsted Weight #4: Flesh 40oz, Blue16oz, Black 10oz and less than 1oz of Red and Brown
• Hook = size H
• Yarn Needle
• Yarn Bobbins
Size: 56" x 60"
Gauge: 10 Rows = 9"
Blocks: 70 x 75
If you would like this afghan a little bit smaller, you can substitute mini C2C for the Standard C2C. Pattern includes video link to mini c2c. The Bikini afghan would measure 42" x 45" using an H hook and mini C2C
**The pattern testers are permitted to use the colors of their choice so you will frequently see completed projects that are done in different colors than the pattern calls for. You, of course, are welcome to follow the colors of the pattern or use your own color choices.
If you need assistance with understanding part of the pattern, please feel free to contact us, we are happy to help!
You may keep, give away or sell any items you make from our patterns but we do ask that you don't share any of our paid patterns.
Thank you and Happy Crocheting!
All our C2C Crochet patterns are delivered in a pdf format that includes:
**Full size graph which prints out in 4-6 pages (individual squares or very small graphs will just have one graph that fits to a page)
**Graph scaled down to print on one page
**Color coded row by row word chart
**Black and white word chart and
**Basic instructions for the C2C Graph.
**Video links for helpful tips when doing graph projects
So, whether you prefer to work from a graph or hate the counting and like it written out, this pattern has both.
Pattern also has a page that gives additional measurements and yarn requirements for Sport or Baby #2 yarn using either hook F, G or H - Light Worsted Weight Yarn #3 using either hook F, G or H - Medium Worsted Weight Yarn #4 using either hook G, H or I so you can find the right size for you.


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I found the letter to the editor published Sept. 8. 1934, from George Streator that this column refers to. I still agree with Streator. Sorry, Dad! This debate on capital punishment started with a column Ebenezer published Sept. 1, 1934.
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World first: database to predict and prevent disease from spreading
16 March 2011
How diseases like swine flu and bird flu might arrive in Australia and spread could be accurately predicted in the future thanks to a world first database that will be developed at the University of Sydney.
Professor Edward Holmes, an internationally renowned infectious diseases expert and the recipient of a five-year, $4 million National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Fellowship, is the researcher behind The Australian Disease Database.
"Given that a number of important viral infections have emerged in Southeast Asia, it is clear that Australia is at risk for emerging viruses in the future," Professor Holmes said."My research will help in predicting what sorts of virus will emerge and how they will spread."
Professor Holmes' research aims to determine the rules that underpin successful host jumping: why, for example, influenza viruses are able to jump to humans from birds and pigs, while viruses such as Ebola or West Nile seem unable to.
"Knowledge of why some types of virus seem intrinsically better able to cross species boundaries than others will help us to predict, prevent, and control major disease epidemics in the future," Professor Holmes, currently based at the Pennsylvania State University, said.
His project will combine information from a growing database of virus genome sequences, with socio-economic and geographical information about Australia, including population densities, domestic and international flight traffic, major road networks, work patterns, and major landscape features such as the Great Dividing Range.
Professor Holmes said: "This unique resource will make it possible to predict how quickly and in what directions any new or existing pathogen will spread once it reaches Australia, and therefore how we might best control it.
"Emerging infectious diseases are one of the great health challenges of the 21st century. Environmental disruption, high population densities of humans, animals and crops, together with global climate change, migration and rapid transport to all parts of the world are converging to create opportunities for pathogens to dramatically change their host range."
Professor Robyn Overall, Head of the School of Biological Sciences said: "As viruses can jump species boundaries, an understanding of the range of habitats and biology of animals in Australia is an important element in modelling the emergence of medically significant viruses.
"Professor Holmes' appointment will forge a powerful link between the fundamental work of the School of Biological Sciences on evolutionary mechanisms at play in natural systems, and that carried out in the Sydney Institute for Emerging and Infectious Diseases on the emergence and spread of viruses that infect humans."
The National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Fellowships are awarded to outstanding health and medical researchers who have leading international status in their field.
Professor Holmes is due to commence his fellowship at the University of Sydney in early 2012.
The daily routine of a manhaul expedition is one of constant workload, vigilance, routine, concern about hazards such as the weather and crevasses, and maintaining a philosophical attitude towards all the inevitable problems that arise.
Watch Professor Holmes deliver a seminar at the University of Sydney in 2010, "On the origin of epidemics"
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Below is a tutorial on how to activate and edit the featured items in your store, if you already know how to use this feature then skip to the end of this post where you will find a couple of tips on how to use your featured items more effectively.
How to activate and edit your Featured Items
The featured items in your Etsy store allow you to show off 3 listings of your choice right at the top of your page. Unlike your other listings that are ordered by the date they were listed, these 3 are hand picked by you and seen first by visitors to your store, like a shop window.
To choose your featured items, first log on to Etsy and then click on Your Etsy at the top of the page.
Each of your active listings will be displayed here, you can select a featured item by clicking the star next to it so that it turns green. Choose at least 3 items to feature. When you have made your selection you can rank your featured items by clicking rank featured.
On the next page you can move the listings up an down as you wish. The first 3 items are the ones that will appear on your shop page, if one of them sells then it will disappear from your featured items and the 4th featured item will move up to replace it.
Tips on using your featured items more effectivelyChoose more than 3 featured items. This will help you avoid a blank space when one of them sells.
Choose listings that show a variety of prices in your store. For the best effect on your sales choose the most expensive listing, the cheapest listing and one from in the middle. Most customers like to buy a middling price item - not too cheep, not too expensive - and seeing the whole price range easily like this will help them choose quickly. When I started doing this is had an immediate effect on my sales.
Use your featured items to make your Etsy Mini look like a treasury. Did you know that if you have an Etsy mini, the items in it are always from your featured items first, and then from your recently listed ones? This way you can make all your Etsy minis look beautiful no matter if they are on your blog, website, myspace, facebook or anywhere else! Choose a colour theme or show off all the items from a certain section. Change them up often to keep your viewers watching!
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Is Bow Wow Broke?
After a summer tour where he played nearly empty venues, it's safe to say that not only does Bow Wow lack the appeal of his salad days, but is hurting for cash. According to TMZ, the rapper/actor is indeed in the midst of some financial difficulties, which was confirmed during a child custody hearing this past week.
Standing before a judge, Bow Wow said he was making $4,000 a month, which is a far fall from when the 25-year-old was raking in the money starring in Lottery Ticket, Like Mike and The Fast and the Furious:
Tokyo Drift. He also says that he has only $1,500 in his bank account and owes back taxes since 2006.
TMZ also uncovered documents that confirm the man who is set to be the next host of 106 & Park indeed does have some problems. In 2008, he leased a 2005 Ferrari F430 and by February, 2009, the leasing company sued him and got a judgment for $216,084.75 for failing to pay for the car and hasn't forked over what he owes since.
Bow Wow will need to save every penny he gets in order to settle the financial misgivings of his youth.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Homework Assignment
Explore the Developing Educational Standards Web site, a repository for information about national, state, and local educational standards and curriculum frameworks.
Reading Assignment
The following required readings will support your understanding of Program 7 for the for-credit workshop:
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I am renting a car to take a day or two road trip from Phoenix through Sedona, Arizona on our way to the Grand Canyon. Any recommended places to stop by and see?
While I'm by no means a new-age person, the "vortexes" seem interesting for their geological and Native American historical significance. Is there one to drive to and see for yourself?
I've also heard Jerome is a nice town to drive through.
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Did America Learn Anything From the Housing Crisis?
The stabilization of the U.S. housing market is an essential component of the broader American economic recovery, and first-quarter gross domestic product data prove that. In the first three months of the year, when GDP expanded at an anemic 0.1 percent annual rate, the housing sector was a significant drag on the economy.
January's cold weather was a major culprit. That month, housing starts — a measure of residential construction — dropped to the lowest level experienced in almost three years. Data from the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index of property values for February revealed that ongoing increases in mortgage rates caused demand for both new and existing homes to slow. Rising prices and borrowing costs have also priced out many prospective buyers, and consumers still remain cautious.
Read more: Housing Market Breaks This Winning Streak
Together, those factors created a chilling effect on the housing market. In fact, residential fixed investments lowered GDP growth by 0.18 percentage points in the first quarter after contributing 0.33 percentage points to U.S. economic output for all of last year. The collapse of the housing market pushed the United States into the Great Recession, but the U.S. housing market is now a major engine of economic growth.
Read more: Is the Housing Recovery Showing Signs of Life?
The significant contribution that sector made to GDP last year was evidence of growing demand, and it triggered an expansion of home construction and pushed up home prices, increasing homeowner equity and therefore boosting household wealth for American homeowners. In 2013, housing prices rose 13 percent, a jump that suggested the housing market was well on its way to recovery. Broadly, excluding the winter-induced slowdown, construction and homebuyer activity paint a picture of growth. That 13 percent increase in home prices lifted 4 million homeowners up from being underwater.
Read more: 5 Housing Trends You Can Expect to See in 2014
Yet it cannot be ignored that the housing recovery lost momentum early this year. Nor can the other lingering reminders of the housing crisis be ignored. It remains difficult for many American households to access the credit needed to purchase a home, and that further hurts the U.S. economy.
The Obama administration has noticed that the credit score the average borrower needs to be eligible for a government-guaranteed loan is significantly higher than before the financial crisis and subsequent recession. It is also higher than usual given the current economic fundamentals like the improving job market, the stabilization of business confidence, and the falling federal government deficit.
In an effort to address this loan eligibility issue, the "Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) took important steps last week to ensure that more responsible, creditworthy families can obtain a loan when they're ready and prepared to buy a home — while ensuring we do not return to the days of unsound lending practices," said Council of Economic Affairs Chair Jason Furman and Jeff Zients, director of the National Economic Council, in a White House press release.
The steps Furman and Zients mentioned were officially announced by Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, at a May 13 speech before the Brookings Institute. "Lenders believe that too much uncertainty still exists in this area for them to ease their credit overlays," he said. This leaves credit standards tighter than they should be given the health of the economy.
That same day, the FHA issued its "Blueprint for Access," which detailed in general terms how the agency would expand access to credit for "underserved borrowers." The steps included encouraging borrowers to attend a counseling program approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and establishing clear "rules of the road" to help lenders quantify the risk of making a mortgage loan while ensuring that greater access does not result in a return to "the days of unsound lending practices."
To further clarify government policy, the FHA created a handbook detailing standards for lenders. If loans meet those credit guidelines, originators will not be penalized. The press release accompanying the announcement of the new rules emphasized the importance of a healthy housing market to the sustainability of the economic recovery.
Furman and Zients argue that the new FHA rules have "already begun to pay off," noting that some banks — like Wells Fargo — have reduced the credit score required to qualify for for government-guaranteed loans. "As we take these steps to strengthen and provide certainty to today's housing market, we also need a long-term solution that advances the president's principles for comprehensive housing finance reform, a solution that will lead to a safer and more inclusive system," they said.
A long-term solution has materialized in the form of the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2014, which was advanced by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson, a South Dakota Democrat, and ranking Republican Mike Crapo of Idaho, along with Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia.
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae own or guarantee 60 percent of all U.S. home loans, but because of the role they played in the financial crisis, the two government mortgage financiers have drawn much criticism. However, congressional Republicans and Democrats generally agree that their services are still needed, as removing both institutions from the equation would increase the cost of taking out a mortgage for borrowers.
By comparison, President Obama would like to wind down their involvement in the U.S. housing market, but even the White House has argued that any reforms must leave the government involved to some degree in order to preserve easy access to the 30-year mortgages that are a staple for middle-class buyers. Unsurprisingly, the main issue standing in the way of reform is the role of the government.
But while the Obama administration has hailed its housing reforms, the administration's housing policy has been tentative at best. For the most part, it has avoided any big changes that could further weaken the housing market or banks. It is true that some bolder steps came later in Obama's first term, including national mortgage settlements made with big banks and the establishment of aid programs for homeowners overseen by the Department of the Treasury.
Though Obama's economic advisers have said time and again that the administration wants the housing market to function without significant government support, it has taken few steps to advance that goal.
More From Wall St. Cheat Sheet:
- 5 Housing Trends You Can Expect to See in 2014
- Is Another Financial Crisis Just Around the Corner?
- Obamacare and Benghazi: Is the Real Crisis in American Leadership?
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Yes, we've all laughed at Ted Steven's "series of tubes" line—including Jon Stewart. But as Andrew Blum writes in his new book, Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, the Internet may be more tube-like than most people realize.
Sure, if you're an Ars reader, chances are that you have at least a basic understanding of how the Internet works. That is to say, of course, the computer you're on right now talks to your ISP, which in turn talks to a central hub, which in turn connects to other networks, over fiber optic cables, and so forth. All in tiny fractions of seconds, all the way to its destination. You probably understand the basic principle of packet switching, that the route of data can change, and indeed, that this is its primary innovation.
But even the most geeky network engineers among us may not know that the very first original TCP/IP router, the "IMP," was nearly tossed out of its original University of California, Los Angeles home. Or how oddly appropriate it was for an early porn site from the late 1990s, Danni.com [NSFW], to have a photo shoot at an important Internet exchange, called MAE-West. Or, who the current power couple of the North American Network Operators' Group is.
Tubes explores not just the Internet's history, but more importantly, its physicality, its infrastructure—trying to understand the question of why the Internet is laid out the way it is. The book easily belongs in the growing canon of essential books about Silicon Valley and the Internet as a whole, in the tradition of The Soul of a New Machine (1982), Where Wizards Stay Up Late (1998), The Victorian Internet (1998), Fire in the Valley (2000), and Who Controls the Internet? (2006).
I have to admit, when I first picked up Tubes, I was a bit skeptical that I would enjoy it. I'm not a network engineer, but I have poked my head inside of a data center, and I've looked at an undersea cable map before. I too am fascinated with what happens when sections of cable go down—as was the case on December 26, 2006 when an earthquake off of Taiwan knocked out seven of the nine major cables passing along the Luzon Strait, thus disabling 600 gigabits, and crippling Internet access in much of southeast Asia for weeks. Heck, my undergraduate thesis focused on the history of the Internet in Senegal, host to one of the landing stations for the SAT-3 cable that runs down the coast of West Africa.
But what I didn't fully appreciate was what, as Blum writes, "happens here, in the Internet's version of a city, deep in our version of the suburbs, where hundreds of networks have their offices (or cages) cheek by jowl." He explores what the Internet actually looks like, calling cable-laying a "data center mille-feuille."
Throughout the tome, Blum takes the reader on a historic and geographical lesson of both the Internet's origins (in a humble room on the UCLA campus), but also to some of its networking hubs, including Palo Alto, Ashburn, London, Amsterdam, and their friendly rival down the continent in Frankfurt. The main point Blum drives home is that even in the digital world, geography continues to matter a lot to the Internet's history and to its present operation—case in point, what's apparently been called the "Chicago problem."
"Two small competing Internet service providers in rural Minnesota might find themselves sending and receiving all their data to and from Chicago, by buying capacity on the paths of one of the big nationwide backbones, like Level 3 or Verizon," Blum writes.
"But—as with a hub airport—the path of least resistance doesn't always make a lot of sense. In the simplest example, an e-mail from the first network to the second network across town would travel to Chicago and back. Visiting the University of Minnesota's website, while sitting in Minneapolis, would entail a digital trip across state lines. But if you had a local Internet exchange, you could connect the two (or more) networks directly, often, for only the cost of the equipment. The thing is, that might not even be worth the effort given the low cost of getting traffic to Chicago, and the low volume of traffic between those two particular networks. Sometimes it is easier to fly through Atlanta. But if that local traffic were to increase—and it always does—there's a point at which the elegance of interconnecting all of them, literally cutting Chicago out of the loop, is unmistakable."
The last section of the book focuses on data centers, and the author makes a trip to Oregon, where Google, Facebook, and many others are expanding into what the local press has called "Silicon Forest." Blum seems almost surprised that he doesn't get very far into the belly of Google's beast, where its data lives, where "the not-so-subliminal message was that I, and by extension you, can't be trusted to understand what goes on inside its factory—the space in which we, ostensibly, have entrusted the company with our questions, letters, even ideas."
Perhaps he's not an Ars reader—we've identified numerous instances where Google's transparency on its privacy practices have been less than stellar. After all, not only is Google a private company that we all love to hate, but it's a hugely profitable one, too. Still, Tubes is a great, playful, wondrous read—particularly for someone like me who self-identifies as a "wanderlust geek"—for those of us that aren't network engineers.
Note: If you're in the Bay Area, Andrew Blum will be speaking Thursday and Friday nearby.


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IDB presents DIS\PLACE: Notions of Home in Latin American Photojournalism
November 12, 2017
Exhibition features works by 11 photojournalists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will present the exhibition " DIS\PLACE: Notions of Home in Latin American Photojournalism " with works by 11 photojournalists who illustrate experiences of displacement in Latin America. The opening reception to the public will take place on November 15, 2017 at 6pm. Registration is free.
IDB Group will meet with the Civil Society representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean in Bolivia
October 10, 2017
Event will be in Santa Cruz from November 8-9 and will examine topics on innovation sustainable development in the region ***The event will be transmitted via Livestream*** Representatives of the civil society organizations from 26 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in Bolivia on November 8-9 to host the XVII Annual Meeting of the IDB Group-Civil Society.
Finance Ministers of more than 30 countries and high officials of multilateral organizations to meet Oct. 11 at the IDB
October 04, 2017
Finance ministers from 34 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean are expected to attend a high-level meeting on October 11 with executives of the Inter-American Development (IDB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to discuss policy options for financial inclusion and regional trade integration. Argentine Finance Minister Luis Andrés Caputo will chair the Ninth Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean, which will be held at the IDB's headquarters.
Fact sheet: the economic impacts of natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
September 12, 2017
Do country GDP growth rates suffer any long-term consequences from disasters?
Wastewater as a resource, not as waste: Eye on Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Water Week
August 28, 2017
The Inter-American Development Bank is coordinating the Latin American and the Caribbean sessions during the World Water Week in Sweden's capital, focusing on the need to adopt wastewater reuse practices to meet the region's present and future water needs STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Latin America and the Caribbean has the potential to lead a revolution in the management of wastewater as a resource by reusing it in agricultural and industrial activities, and by promoting circular economy models while at the same time striving to meet Sustainable Development Goal 6
IDB rewards the most successful good practices and experiences in water and sanitation in the Americas
August 10, 2017
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has opened a call to identify the best practices and experiences in drinking water provision, sanitary network improvements, and sustainable solid-waste treatment in Latin America, the Caribbean and North America. In its role as coordinator of the World Water Forum's Process of Regional Dialogue for the Americas to be held in 2018 in Brazil, the IDB is organizing a contest to act as an incentive for fresh ideas to tackle a problem affecting millions of people in the hemisphere.
IDB launches Code for Development, an open code digital tools platform
April 26, 2017
The Bank is providing governments, civil society and developers with a series of digital tools to improve people's lives As part of its promotional strategy to raise awareness and improve people's lives in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched Code for Development, a platform that allows governments, civil society and citizens to explore and reuse open code digital tools to support programs and projects for social and economic development in the region.
IDB launches 2017 Call for Proposals to promote Regional Public Goods in Latin America and the Caribbean
February 24, 2017
The deadline for accepting proposals is April 26th, 2017 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the 2017 Call for Proposals of the Initiative for the Promotion of Regional Public Goods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which supports projects aimed at resolving shared challenges and seizing opportunities for development through regional cooperation among at least three countries. Since 2004, the RPG Initiative has financed 140 projects, investing a total of more than US$103 million.
Ministers, business leaders and experts to attend IDB annual meeting in Asunción, Paraguay
February 24, 2017
· IDB business forum will bring together business leaders from more than 33 countries to discuss business opportunities in the region. · Media online registration is now availablefor the meeting, to be held March 30 to April 2
Seminar: Key challenges and solutions facing governments in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017
February 01, 2017
Learn about the key findings about the study Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, conducted by IDB and OECD The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organization from Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) invite you to a discussion with top economists and experts to discuss the state of the public administration in Latin America and the Caribbean.


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PORTLAND, Ore. - Cardiologists taking part in the American Heart Association's annual Portland Heart and Stroke Walk saved a fellow participant who went into cardiac arrest on the Eastbank Esplanade.
The Oregonian newspaper reports Dr. Joaquin Cigarroa was just a few steps behind the man who collapsed Saturday. The doctor immediately performed CPR.
Cigarroa and another cardiologist on the walk, Brad Evans, pumped on the man's chest and detected spontaneous heart beats.
Paramedics who had struggled to get to the scene because of the big crowd and a closed bridge then used a defibrillator to restore the man's heart rhythm.
The unidentified man was taken to a hospital. Cigarroa told the paper he heard the man will survive and is neurologically intact.
The event drew 8,000 participants.


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The Digital II music box
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The Digital II is an updated version of the industry standard Digital chime unit. It retains the rock solid dependability that made the original Digital an all time best seller, while introducing improvements to bring vending chimes into the 21st century.
Improvements Include:
- An adjustable internal volume limiter, which allows for compliance with local noise ordinances.
- Eight of the most requested vending songs: The Entertainer, Turkey in the Straw, Little Brown Jug, Sailing Sailing, Camptown Races, Redwing, Brahm's Lullaby, and La Cucaracha.
The Digital II's custom renditions of 8 classic vending favorites are unavailable in a single package in any other way.
We have some samples of the files for you to listen to and evaluate. Just click on the name of the song and a new page will launch with a player on it. Be forwarned, it automatically plays!


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A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant.
Miguel Sanchez, 59, initially gave officers a false name when he was arrested Wednesday, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. After he was fingerprinted, police discovered his identity and that he had a $2 million warrant in California.
"Kentucky Fried Chicken called and said he was peeing on the wall," said Colorado Springs police Lt. Dan Lofgren. "On the run for 13 years, and then they get caught for being stupid."
Sanchez is accused of stabbing someone multiple times after an argument in 2000, then stabbing a second person before running away.
Los Angeles police Sgt. Albert Gonzalez said the crime was classified as domestic violence, and that one victim was male and the other female. He declined to provide more details.
Prosecutors filed four felony charges against Sanchez in 2000: two counts of attempted murder, one count of aggravated mayhem and one count of assault with a deadly weapon, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office.
Gonzalez said LAPD officers were working on extraditing Sanchez from Colorado.


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