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The oldest daughter up and got married last spring. Then she moved to Hawaii! That is pretty far away and we miss her. We also are unmoved by her grumbles when it rains and she has "bad weather." Hello child. Your moms live in Illinois. A little rain and 75? Oh well.
I thought of her though when I saw this recipe–even though I can't imagine what is "Beach Boy" about it. It sounds just like the Cranberry Holiday punch my mother served to "the kids" and the church ladies when I was a child. She threw some fresh oranges on top and froze some oranges and cranberries in the ice ring though.
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Mix 1 quart cranberry juice, juice of two lemons, and 1 pint orange juice; pour into punch bowl over cake of ice. Add two quarts chilled ginger ale. Makes about 4 quarts.
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NEW YORK — Secondhand stores are trying to muscle in on the Black Friday blitz this year.
Thrift and consignment shops are betting that people who have bought more used things for themselves since the Great Recession will buy used gifts this year. They're copying other retailers with gift certificates, elaborate window displays and early-morning specials.
For the first time, some Salvation Army resale shops will be open at 6 a.m., touting 75-percent-off early-bird specials on the traditional kickoff of holiday shopping.
"People didn't consider us an option for Christmas gifts, but the stigma is wearing off," says the Salvation Army's Major Henri Graciani, who manages 10 stores in the San Diego area that will be opening early.
Several Front Range Plato's Closet stores, which buy and sell used brand-name clothing for children and teens, will open two hours earlier at 8 a.m. today. Stores in Littleton, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs will also give $20 gift cards to the first 50 people through the doors and offer 20 percent discounts on all items until noon.
This is the first year those stores will open early and offer Black Friday promotions.
"We thought we'd try to opening early because the other stores open a little bit early on Black Friday," said Emily Lord, manager of the Plato's Closet in Littleton. "The excitement for people is getting here early and seeing what we have."
At Goodwill Industries Inc., which operates 2,500 stores, sales rose about 10 percent each of the last two years. The National Association of Resale & Thrift Shops, the industry trade association, predicts a big increase in holiday sales this year.
But like in years past, Goodwill stores in the Denver area will not open early or offer any special promotions.
"It's hard to compete with the other retailers who are offering these great doorbusters," said Ric Berninzoni, vice president of retail operations for Goodwill.
Nonetheless, Berninzoni added, Black Friday is a big sales day for Goodwill because of the overwhelming retail traffic.
"It's a very good day for us, but we just don't go after it," he said.
Nationally, Goodwill recently opened its first temporary Christmas shops to increase its presence during the busiest shopping period of the year. The two stores, in Tacoma, Wash., area shopping centers, carry holiday furnishings, decorations and gifts. They'll be shut down on Jan. 2.
A rise in store vacancies since the Great Recession has allowed retailers to temporarily enter or ramp up in certain markets without making a big financial investment.
Merchandise varies at secondhand shops. Most inventory is used and slightly used items donated by individuals. Some goods are new and still in their packages, overruns from manufacturers or suppliers.
Returns usually aren't accepted at secondhand shops, so Goodwill is promoting gift certificates this year. So is Housing Works, a 50-store chain in the New York City area.
Roundabout, an upscale consignment shop with four stores in New York and Connecticut, will wrap gifts this year, owner Laurie Perren says. She says she's seeing more interest from wealthy buyers.
Perren has saved the best designer bags and accessories for Black Friday.
She's also been more aggressive in urging regular customers who sell on consignment to bring in evening wear and other holiday fare.
"This is a sign of the times," John Long, a retail strategist at Kurt Salmon Associates, says of the economy. "It's also a reflection that while consumers themselves are really looking for value, they're not abandoning the brands that they traditionally bought. They're finding a great brand at a discounted price at a thrift shop."
Renewed interest in glass-ball ornaments and other traditional holiday decorations also is helping these merchants. Resale shops often get goods that have been in households for years. Secondhand items also appeal to people who are passionate about the environment because thrift-shop goods have been recycled.
Longtime thrift-shop devotee Ruth Handel, 46, from Mar Vista, Calif., says she'll be buying vintage jewelry and crystal glasses as gifts.
"I am not going to buy clothing like a used blouse, unless it's something like a vintage apron from the 1950s," she says.
Stan Williams is the author of "The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating," and he operates a blog at elegantthrifter.blogspot.com. He advises secondhand shoppers to tell their loved ones where they bought the gift, maybe even brag a little about the special find.
"There's always a story behind each gift," he says.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
He's handsome, he's covered in fur, and he's the newest resident of our Seal and Sea Lion Habitat! Meet Troy, our three-year-old male harbor seal. He arrived at the Aquarium several weeks ago, along with three California sea lions, and has been residing in our mammal quarantine area. All new animals that come to the Aquarium go through a standard quarantine period before being introduced into their new, permanent home just to be sure that they are very healthy and don't have anything that could spread to our other animals. During this time, Troy was learning basic behaviors with our mammalogists and getting used to his new pals! This past Thursday was Troy's big day. Early in the morning he was wheeled up from the quarantine area and his carrier was placed into the holding area within the pinniped exhibit. The carrier door was opened, and after a few looks around and a few curious sniffs of the air, he made his way into the water of the 211,000 gallon Seal and Sea Lion Habitat to join current residents Shelby, Ellie, Miller, and Parker. He was a little shy at first, but now he can be seen exploring his new home and trying to keep our other two harbor seals company. Come on over and check him out!
Like sea lions and walruses, seals are pinnipeds, which means fin-footed. This group of marine mammals all have front and rear flippers. Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) can grow to a length of five to six feet and can weigh up to 300 pounds. They are true seals, so they do not have external ear flaps. They have small front flippers, so in order to move around on land they scoot along on their bellies. Harbor seals are found north of the equator in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and they can frequently be spotted locally hauled out along our coasts. Harbor seals do not bark like sea lions. Instead, they may growl, hiss, or snort.
Since Troy's arrival, many guests have asked me where our marine mammals come from so I'd like to take the opportunity to address that question here in my blog. Our marine mammals (seals, sea lions, and sea otters) come to us in one of two ways. One way is that they are born in a protected environment, such as another zoo or aquarium. These animals are used to being cared for by humans and therefore cannot be released their natural environment. The second way we obtain marine mammals is through animal rescue organizations that have rescued stranded, sick, or injured animals. For the most part, these rescued animals are rehabilitated and returned to their natural environment. However, some animals are deemed non-releasable after they are rescued. This means that, for one reason or another, these animals would not be able to survive on their own if they were returned. This could be due to thermo-regulation problems (such is the case with one of our sea otters), very poor eyesight (as is the case with our largest sea lion), or any other ailment that would make it impossible for that animal to survive in its marine environment. Either way they happen to end up here at the Aquarium, we're more than happy to give them a nice, safe home.
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Saturday, September 01, 2007 12:39 PM
Thanks for the insight on where your mammals come from. It looks like Troy is settling in fine with his new friends.
A few questions:
How long is the standard quarantine period?
Have you ever had difficulties introducing a new mammal into the group?
Great use of informative links!
Wednesday, September 05, 2007 04:51 PM
Hi, Boeluen! Thank you so much for stopping by.
The standard quarantine period can be anywhere between 30 and 60 days, depending on where the animal comes from. Quarantine periods are shorter for animals that come from other zoos or aquariums, and longer for those that come from rescue facilities since they're rescued from their natural environment. We have to be absolutely sure that new animals do not have anything that could spread to our resident animals, and that generally takes a bit longer when the animal is not from a protected environment.
To my knowledge, we've never had any problems introducing a new mammal into the group. From what I've seen, marine mammals are fairly similar to humans when it comes to new introductions. There might be some shy, awkward, and even uncomfortable moments at first, but eventually all that passes and everyone gets along just fine and settles into their own little niche. In addition, there's plenty of room and many hiding places inside the exhibit so if one of the animals decides they want to be alone for a while, they can be.
Great questions! Thank you so much for your comments!
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- Overview
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- Organizational Structure
- Cross-Agency Collaborations and Public-Private Partnerships
- Strategic Plan Development
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- Strategic Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
- Performance Tracking
- Contributing Programs for Strategic Objectives
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
HHS is responsible for almost a quarter of all federal outlays and administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined. The Department manages programs that cover a vast spectrum of activities that impact health, public health, and human services outcomes throughout the life span. HHS, through its programs and partnerships:
- Provides health care coverage to more than 100 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace;
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- Prepares Americans for, protects Americans from, and provides comprehensive responses to health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and domestic, whether natural or man-made; and
- Serves as responsible stewards of the public's investments.
The HHS Strategic Plan FY 2014-2018 includes strategic goals and associated objectives, strategies, and performance goals that focus on these and other major functions of the Department.
Mission Statement
The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of Americans by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.
Organizational Structure
HHS accomplishes its mission through programs and initiatives that cover a wide spectrum of activities, serving Americans at every stage of life. Eleven operating divisions, including eight agencies in the U.S. Public Health Service and three human services agencies, administer HHS's programs. In addition, staff divisions provide leadership, direction, and policy management guidance to the Department.
Appendix A includes the organizational chart for the Department. Appendix B presents the mission statements and primary functions of all of the Department's operating and staff divisions.
Cross-Agency Collaborations and Public-Private Partnerships
Through its programming and other activities, HHS works closely with state, local, and U.S. territorial governments. The federal government has a unique legal and political government-to-government relationship with tribal governments and a special obligation to provide services for American Indians and Alaska Natives based on these individuals' relationship to tribal governments. HHS works with tribal governments, urban Indian organizations, and other tribal organizations to facilitate greater consultation and coordination between states and tribes on health and human services issues.
HHS also has strong partnerships with the private sector and nongovernmental organizations. The Department partners with the private sector, such as regulated industries, academic institutions, trade organizations, and advocacy groups. The Department leverages resources from these organizations to enable HHS to accomplish its mission through strategies that minimize the burden on, and increase the benefits to, the American public. This effort occurs through faith-based and neighborhood partnerships as well as grantees in the private sector, such as academic institutions and community-based nonprofit organizations, which provide many services at the local level. HHS collaborates with other federal departments and international partners to ensure the maximum impact for the public.
The narrative and strategies under each strategic goal and objective describe how the Department collaborates with governmental and nongovernmental groups.
Strategic Plan Development
Every four years, HHS updates its Strategic Plan, which describes its work to address complex, multifaceted, and evolving health and human services issues. An agency strategic plan is one of three main elements required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (P.L. 103-62) and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-352). An agency strategic plan defines its mission, goals, and the means by which it will measure its progress in addressing specific national problems over a four-year period.
Each of the Department's operating and staff divisions contributed to the development of the Strategic Plan, as reflected in the Plan's strategic goals, objectives, strategies, and performance goals. A workgroup of liaisons from the Department's operating and staff divisions developed the narrative, strategies, and performance goals for the Plan. The workgroup ensured that the Plan aligns with the Department's annual GPRA reporting in Congressional Budget Justifications and the Summary of Performance and Financial Information, which together fulfill HHS's annual GPRA performance reporting requirements. This Plan also aligns strategic goals and objectives with priorities of the Administration, the Department, and HHS divisions.
Stakeholder Engagement
Under the GPRA Modernization Act, federal agencies are required to consult with Congress and to solicit and consider the views of external parties. To comply with this mandate, HHS engaged the public through the HHS Open Government website (http://www.hhs.gov/open), a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register, conference calls with tribal leaders, email notices to external stakeholders and HHS.gov subscribers, and social media postings. The public could review the draft on the HHS Open Government website or could request an electronic or paper copy. The public was able to submit comments via mail, fax, email, and the HHS Open Government website. HHS also sought input from Congress and the Office of Management and Budget.
More than 400 comments from the public were received during the six-week public comment period. Input ranged from editorial suggestions to more substantive comments, roughly equally divided among all of the strategic goals and objectives of the draft Plan. In response, HHS coordinated with agencies to incorporate responsive changes into the final Plan.
Strategic Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
The HHS Strategic Plan FY 2014-2018 describes the Department's efforts within the context of four broad strategic goals:
- Strategic Goal 1: Strengthen Health Care
- Strategic Goal 2: Advance Scientific Knowledge and Innovation
- Strategic Goal 3: Advance the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of the American People
- Strategic Goal 4: Ensure Efficiency, Transparency, Accountability, and Effectiveness of HHS Programs
The strategic goals and associated objectives focus on the major functions of HHS. Primary strategies for accomplishing HHS's goals are presented within each objective. Although the strategic goals and objectives presented in the Plan are separate sections, they are interrelated, and successful achievement of one strategic goal or objective can influence the success of others. For example, the application of a promising new scientific discovery (Strategic Goal 2) can affect the quality of health care patients receive (Strategic Goal 1) or the success of human services programs (Strategic Goal 3). Improving economic well-being and other social determinants of health (Strategic Goal 3) can improve health outcomes (Strategic Goal 1). Responsible management and stewardship of federal resources (Strategic Goal 4) can create efficiencies the Department can leverage to advance its health, public health, research, and human services goals. Multiple agencies within HHS often contribute to successful achievement of a strategic goal or objective; agencies that make these contributions to strategic goals and objectives are listed within the appropriate sections of the Plan.
Performance Tracking
Performance Goals. The GPRA Modernization Act and related guidance from the Office of Management and Budget requires the inclusion of performance goals for each strategic objective in the Strategic Plan. In developing and selecting performance goals, HHS included broad health and human services impact measures as well as more intermediate processes and outputs that have contributed to the achievement of long-term outcomes. HHS personnel regularly monitor more than a thousand performance measures to examine effectiveness and improve program processes. This Strategic Plan includes at the end of each strategic objective a representative set of important performance goals that track progress for those objectives. Progress on these performance goals will be tracked annually through the Annual Performance Report .
Agency Priority Goals. Among the performance measures monitored by the Department are several measures that support the Department's Priority Goals. These goals are a set of ambitious but realistic performance objectives that the Department will work on to achieve within a 24-month period. Agency Priority Goals support and align with the Strategic Goals and Objectives of the HHS Strategic Plan. The GPRA Modernization Act requires the inclusion of these Federal Goals in the Department's Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan. Agency Priority Goals for FY 2014-2015 can be found at http://www.Performance.gov.
Cross-Agency Priority Goals. The GPRA Modernization Act requires that the Department address Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals in its quadrennial Strategic Plan, the Annual Performance Plan, and the Annual Performance Report. The Department's contributions to, and progress on, CAP Goals is available at http://www.Performance.gov.
Contributing Programs for Strategic Objectives
The GPRA Modernization Act requires a central inventory of all federal programs. The federal Program Inventory has the potential to facilitate coordination across programs. This document makes it easier to find programs that can contribute to a shared goal, as well as improve public understanding about what federal programs do and how programs link to budget, performance, and other information.
The HHS Program Inventory describes each of the 115 programs that HHS administers across its 11 operating divisions, as well as how the program supports the Department's broader strategic goals and objectives.
In developing the program inventory, HHS worked to closely align the list to the Department's budget structure and Treasury accounts. This approach is consistent with how the Department operates and serves the American people and generally reflects the way Congress appropriates funding to HHS. In some cases, the Department aggregated or disaggregated existing structures with the goal of developing a program inventory that resonates with the American public and external partners and closely reflects agency operations.
Evaluation and Research Investments
As part of the HHS mission to provide health and human services to the nation, the Department is committed to continuously improving on the delivery of those services. That goal is accomplished through the evaluation of HHS programs to examine the performance of those programs in achieving their intended objectives. An important component of the HHS evaluation function is communicating the findings and recommendations of completed evaluation studies. The Department produces a Performance Improvement Report, available at http://aspe.hhs.gov/evaluation/performance, to make available to its stakeholders and the public summaries of evaluation studies recently completed and others in progress. The Department organizes evaluations by the strategic goals and objectives of the most current HHS Strategic Plan.
Throughout this Plan, narrative sections under strategic goals and objectives describe how evaluations contributed to the strategic directions the Department has chosen to improve health and human services outcomes for the populations it serves. In addition, strategies related to conducting research and evaluations, and applying that knowledge to programs and other efforts, are included throughout the Plan.
External Risk Factors
The GPRA Modernization Act also requires that agencies identify "key factors external to the agency and beyond its control that could significantly affect the achievement of the strategic goals." HHS agencies and offices have identified a number of economic, demographic, social, and environmental risk factors; these factors are included in the narratives at the beginning of each goal chapter. These risks include shifts in demographics in the general population and in the health, public health, and human services workforce; the new global regulatory environment; increased and changing demand for services; and challenging fiscal conditions at the state and local levels.


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For those of you who've been on road trips or have traveled extensively anywhere for long periods of time know that there is a certain energy and zest about these trips: it's about the site seeing, the ingesting of inspiration through our senses, it's about the travel.
The creative ideas come, and if we can trap them in our notepads and write (draw, etc.) in our spare time, then we may have the seedlings of some project that we can return to when we're not on the move.
We were on such a trip for almost 9 months. With a kid that demands my attention most of the time, my alone-time, my creative time collapsed into the negative digits, and I began to get extremely sad and reproachful of myself: "You've not executed what you wanted to. You've not done what you said you'd do."
To negate my inner critic and to begin to develop a peaceful practice amidst the turmoil, I prayed for an answer to this lack of space for creative outlet, and within a few days I stumbled upon something absurd, a solution I never would have thought would be helpful.
Enter "SimCity BuildIt", a mobile, light-weight version of the classic city-building game I played as a kid in grade school on those old gray macs that looked like tall toasters.
It begins slowly, making some boring buildings with metal and wood, then it gets more and more beautiful, then you're putting up police stations, beach areas and landmarks, and soon, you have a city with a quarter million people!
I didn't even realize my capacity to build, structure and redesign my city (aptly named Lilyville) until recently, until recently, until I could look up and honor that I've been completely exhausted, creatively physically and mentally, during our long trip. And that while nursing my kid to sleep, my phone-city, one with beautiful Parisian neighborhoods, tall skyscrapers, parks, beaches and mountain chalets, served as the happy place I could come back to and admire my work. Lilyville became my creative escape from the fact that little was being done on any other creative front aside from collecting ideas.
Try not to judge how you deal with stuff when exhausted.
It's a precious waste of your precious time.
And If I've learned anything in these months of transition, it's that your body and soul know what you need better than your head does, and in the light of pursuing what truly makes you feel good – as a litmus for your correct direction in life – allow the small joys that fill your day to be that.
Rest and recover so that you can do your art, in any form it may take.


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 Try re-designing your SQL statement using UNION or INTERSECTION - maybe that will get past the Parser.
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The SQL string shown is clean to start with - it does not need the regex you have attempted to use.

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Infrastructure management (IM) vendor solutions need to include a higher-level management perspective on the cost, value, risk, and flexibility aspects of delivering IT services, according to Ovum.
In its latest Decision Matrix: Selecting an Infrastructure Management Solution, the technology analyst firm reveals that disruptive technologies such as virtualization, automation, and cloud computing have raised the profile of this sector as the need for management and control begins to cross over from a purely technical realm to a more business-focused activity.
"Ultimately CIOs will become chief integration officers, responsible for matching the wide selection of IT sources to demands from customers," says Roy Illsley, principal analyst at Ovum. "The biggest challenge facing this role will be to understand what each IM vendor's vision is for the future and how this translates to their plans for the organisation."
Categorising the top ten players in the IM market into Leaders, Challengers and Followers*, Ovum's Decision Matrix (ODM) relieves some of this pressure from those having to make these difficult decisions.
"The IM market is splitting into two distinct segments catering for two different groups of organizations - 'just enough' management by small and medium-sized organizations, and service assurance by large enterprises," says Illsley. "But the needs are better amplified by the significance of IT to the organization. Where IT is a competitive differentiator, service assurance is of greater value, but if IT is seen as a cost of doing business, 'just enough' is better aligned."
The ODM shows that change within the IM vendor landscape has been driven by acquisitions and disposals. EMC's sale of assets to VMware has propelled VMware into the Leader category, while Dell's increased capability from acquiring Kace and Scalent has meant it now meets Ovum's ODM inclusion criteria.** There is also a clear variation in the approach and focus of all vendors to the role of the management layer: Symantec believes the security and operations alignment movement is an approach to enable greater flexibility, while Microsoft has chosen to build a large partner community to provide 'plug-in' modules to its core offering to provide the same objective.
However, the identified leaders (CA Technologies, HP, IBM, and VMware) all demonstrate capability of providing excellent siloed solutions, and have new, more heterogeneous cloud-enabled solutions and visions for how future infrastructure management will evolve.
"All vendors in the ODM share a vision that infrastructure management will become the critical technology for organizations to operate effectively and enable business agility, but the approaches to how this will be achieved differ. This is a sign of a healthy market in which the customer will decide which are mainstream and which are niche," concludes Illsley.
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Private First Class G. Haley was a Federation Marine on the G.F.S. Tyr when it crash-landed on Aether before the events of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Haley was a guard near the crashed ship and helped set up a base of operations. He was part of Force One. The Trooper Log that Samus Aran reads when she finds his body implies that Haley was more than a little insane near the end of his life; in it, Haley says he was afraid to sleep because he thought "they" would eat him. This also implies that he foresaw the Dark Splinter attack.
PFC M. Veroni was nearly shot by Haley on nightwatch; Veroni then spoke to a male doctor (either PFC X. Dominguez or LCDR T. Huxley, the medical officer) about Haley "losing it." However, the doctor reminded Veroni that they needed all of the help that they could muster.
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PFC G. Haley
I hear.
Everywhere. They're coming.
Can't sleep. Ever.
They'll eat me.
- Haley's actions can be compared to Hudson from the film Aliens. A member of the Colonial Marines, he becomes quite scared of the Aliens on Acheron LV-426, and loses his sanity. He is later killed by these very creatures.
- In the Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether manga, Klaus Schneider acts somewhat similar to Haley.
- In the beta of Echoes, G. Haley's name was K. Pearson. This is a reference to Kynan Pearson, a level designer for Echoes.
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| PFC X. Dominguez • PFC P. Wills • PFC O. Grippe • PFC G. Haley • PFC L. Brouda
PFC M. Veroni • PFC I. Crany • PFC S. Milligan • PFC E. Denys • PFC U. McKalla
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"Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N) is unlikely to make a counteroffer for MetroPCS Communications Inc <PCS.N, as it focuses on closing its $20.1 billion deal with Japan's Softbank Corp (9984.T), three people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Sprint, the third-largest U.S. wireless service provider, and Softbank, a mobile operator, announced in mid-October that the Japanese company would buy up to a 70 percent stake in Sprint.
Sprint thinks that making a bid for MetroPCS, which agreed to a takeover by Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile U.S.A., would complicate the ongoing regulatory review of its deal with Softbank, the people said.
Sprint, however, remains interested in U.S. consolidation and may revisit a potential deal after it secures approval for the proposed investment by Softbank, the people said. The people asked not to be named because the matter is not public.
Representatives for Softbank and Sprint declined to comment.
Shares of MetroPCS rose 6.2 percent in the past two trading sessions, with analysts and investors speculating that Sprint was preparing to make an offer for the smaller wireless service provider, before MetroPCS shareholders meet to vote on the deal with Deutsche Telekom.
That speculation was triggered by a three-week delay to December 21 in the filing of Sprint's and Softbank's proxy statement on their proposed deal with the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission.
However, the delay in filing was not related to MetroPCS, the people familiar with the matter said. The delay came for two other reasons, the people said - negotiations between Sprint and Clearwire Corp CLWR.O over an interest payment, and accounting implications related to Sprint's $480 million deal in November to acquire some assets from U.S. Cellular (USM.N).
Clearwire said on Monday that it has paid $255 million in debt interest due on December 1. Sprint said it delayed the proxy statement because it needed more time given the complexity of the Softbank deal.
The deal between Sprint and Softbank is expected to close in mid-2013, subject to shareholder approval, U.S. antitrust and regulatory approval by the Federal Communications Commission, and Softbank's ability to secure financing.
"The problem is that at this point for them (Sprint) to put a bid would delay the closing with Softbank from a regulatory standpoint," said one of the people close to the situation.
Sprint does not want to make an offer for MetroPCS that would be conditioned upon their receiving approval for a tie-up with Softbank, a second source said.
Reporting by Nadia Damouni; Additional reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Soyoung Kim and Steve Orlofsky


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In the moments after the Sea-Space Summit at Google ended in 2012, and some fantastic work had initiated, Charlotte Vick, who heads up the Sylvia Earle Alliance (and so much more) approached me and posed a very direct question.
"David, what exactly is it that you do?" Ever meet one of those people, who as soon as you connect, the recognition that you are of the same tribe becomes apparent in an innate manner? That was how Charlotte struck me. What she really wanted to know however, is who I was.
Hers was a very direct question. In fact, I doubt that you could find out the real answer if you Google that, and me. (funny video eh?)
Google will not tell you everything, btw. You still must know a person. Knowing is a spirit soul and body process, and will never be digital. Knowing is important.
In the past few years I have found myself immersed in project after project where incredibly gifted, educated people come to the table, and on their own dime, explore large issues concerning the Earth and Humanity. They come for various reasons. Some of these people come due to a self interested, job related reason, some are steeped in crystal clear altruism, others just want to help: anyone. They have high skill levels, each one.
I seem to be getting asked back or otherwise am invited to join the conversation in yet another think tank type event, as soon as the work is completed from the prior one. People want to hear, what I have to say. So I go, listen a lot, and contribute a bit.
Today I am just home from a meeting of what would appear to be far lesser consequence. It was an Advisory Council Meeting for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, where Dr Andrea Neal, Blue Wolf, a Chumash Indian, proponent and advocate of Chumash Culture, and myself, went to observe, as a part of a commitment to be stewards over our local waters.
In the course of the meeting, two young ladies, high school students, got up and gave a rather lengthy presentation on Marine Protected Areas. A subject which has been in front of me in several elite Science and Engineering based groups these past few years. The information communicated was basically a regurgitation of all that these children had been taught about MPA's and the Ocean.
When they had finished, and the busy and time pressed chair of the Council asked if we had questions for the girls, I asked a few. Here they are.
- In a year, what sort of things do you do in the Ocean?
- What is your first memory of the Ocean?
- How does the Ocean make you feel?
These very self motivated and well meaning young ladies, who could be doing anything that would be more fun than hanging out with the likes of us, communicated something telling. It was not based on info regarding the MPAs. It was that they did not know the Ocean personally, or intimately. They only knew what they were led to believe, about the Sea. Big difference between those two things: Believing and Knowing.
At their age, I would not have been caught dead in a meeting with the likes of us this day, talking about Marine Protected Areas. I was out in the Ocean engaging as a native, the very waters they were talking about. They simply did not have the same upbringing, opportunity and choices I had been given. (I wish that they did.)
So their talk saddened me a bit. It said a lot about what this culture programs into children, and how we inadvertently indoctrinate them, and in process, separate them from Nature, thereby making them proselytes rather than active members of a vital ecosystem.
This is a great tragedy.
However, the idea of the Ocean inspired the girls, and gave them a sense of scale, and of their significance in the grand scheme of things. Sadly though, they really could not nail down a specific memory of their first introduction to the Sea. That last part said a lot. It is what motivated me to write this piece- accounting.
So, this is who I am.
My name is David Franklin Pu'u. I am the son of David Wahinealoha Puu, a Native Hawaiian waterman, who served this country in the Military, Defense and Aerospace industries, who was the son of Kalani Pu'u, a Hawaiian singer and entertainer. I am Kanaka Maoli, by virtue of my genetics, and relationship with the Sea. (That video reminds me of my Grandfather, especially the voice)
The family history sort of meanders a bit at times, but most accounts trace it back to the Big Isle, where my ancestor, Chief Kalani O Puu, who appears to have been the Uncle of future king, Kamehameha, played a pivotal role in the slaying of Captain James Cooke, at Kealakekua Bay.
When my Father got out of Engineering school at Marquette University in Milwaukee (where I was birthed) the family pediatrician explained that due to genetics, my two brothers and I would likely never be healthy unless we were raised in a warmer climate. So my parents moved to California
I am 53 ocean years old. I was born to the Sea, on a warm Southern California afternoon when I was four. On that day, the water had become my home.
Imagine that, 53 years in the water.
I remember the moment I met the Ocean with crystal clarity. As I stood on the sand and watched a surfer glide to shore, I knew with no doubt that this was where my life would be spent.
And at the chronological age of 57, I am here to tell you, that my life has been and still is, wedded to the water. The Sea has taught me much. But more than that, she makes me happy, and gives me peace, and a sense of well being.
For 50 years I have engaged on a daily basis, my home waters, which range from the Malibu Coast up to Point Conception, and out to the Channel Islands, much as any Hawaiian would.
My colleague and friend, Hawaiian Historian Tom Pohaku Stone, once told me something that resonated. It did not create any bright flash of enlightenment for me. But it will help you understand who and what I am. This is what he said.
"The Sea is our home. The land is where we go to rest"
That is a key element if you really need to know what I am about or anyone is, who possesses an Ocean heritage, for that matter.
I have swum, paddled, sailed, surfed, dove, fished and worked a plethora of jobs and careers in, on, around and about the Ocean. I have traveled and experienced many seas, as was the way of my ancestors, who were explorers, and have learned a lot about Island people and the various globally scattered water tribes.
To this day I spend every possible moment in the water, and as a Film Maker and Photographer see it as routine, the 240-300 days a year I get to be engaging the Ocean globally. It is my home.
I have swum with all manner of marine life, and am currently on swim-encounter number 38 with Great White sharks. I began to keep track of them much as a WW2 flying ace would of his victories, about 18 years ago.
I swim with Dolphins and Seals a lot. Sometimes with enough frequency, that they get to know me, and we create a tenuous, yet wonderful, human-wild creature relationship.
I once spent 10 days in the Maldives, without touching land, swimming morning to dusk with a mermaid, content to rise each morning and meander with light, and current, in a life attached only to fluid passivity, and my mermaid subject's wonderful, illusionary embrace.
Water is life to our planet, but I know beyond any doubt that the Ocean has been the source of education, development and sustenance, spirit soul and body for me. God Himself touches me when I am in the Sea and through it I feel His pleasure, and have learned His ways.
The legendary Hawaiian waterman and cultural emissary from Hawaii , Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, was quoted as once saying: "Outside of the Ocean, I am nothing".
I admire the man's life and leadership style of aqueous precept and example.
He was a pinnacle of human endeavor and life in the Sea. It is what Hawaii is all about.
But I disagree with Duke in a manner of speaking.
Outside of the Ocean I am something greater that I could otherwise ever be, were it not for my 53 years in the Sea. Because when I disengage from my daily environment, I can share with those who will never ever be able to experience what I have. You see, the people who need to know the Ocean, are those not IN the Ocean.
When I stand up in a meeting, before those who may not really know the Ocean intimately, there really is no doubt in me about who or what I am, or what to say.
I am a Blue Voice.
The Wisdom of that voice can help create the brotherhood, and change which Humanity needs.
We all need to aspire to become a great, educated, connected, Blue Voice. For ourselves first, but for our children and future generation's health, happiness and well being, after that.
Think Blue, become Blue, speak Blue and be the change.
We ought to not only learn of Nature. (That does not help so much) We must become a part of it, and the human segment of the solution to the equations addressing our Blue Marble's evolutionary progress.
This link is to an Ocean brother's TedX talk at San Diego recently. His work is far more significant than many may guess. Dr Wallace J Nichols, a Blue Voice.
If, as you get to the end of this, you are more interested, or just want to otherwise question who and what I am, here is a small cross section of my stills work, cut together to the Blue Voice of Hawaiian, Justin Young. "Walking On Our Waters"
If it is true that a picture is worth a thousand words, this piece is a novel, albeit a hastily thrown together one. We got to see Justin perform last week here in Santa Barbara with Anuhea. The thought of it still makes me smile. Happiness comes from the Sea and Islanders love to share that.
Aloha Oe.


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Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG Launches New Subsidiary
Published: Mar 18, 2009
Peter Soelkner has been named Managing Director, and Oskar Gold will serve as Vice President of the new entity. Headquarters will be in Ravensburg, Germany, and Vetter Pharma International USA Inc. will be located in Yardley, PA.
"The formation of VPI allows us to better position ourselves as a worldwide leader in pre-filled aseptic injection solutions," Soelkner said. "By creating an entity that focuses exclusively on sales, marketing and customer service on a global level, Vetter will move significantly closer to the international market and can build even stronger relationships with our clients and prospects throughout the world."
VPF, which previously has managed all of Vetter's sales, services and manufacturing activities under a single corporate umbrella, will now focus exclusively on the company's manufacturing and pharmaceutical operations. "VPF will continue to be a strong partner for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, providing high quality pharmaceutical services that support the supply chain of aseptically pre-filled injectable products, from clinical development to market launch to ongoing delivery worldwide," said Soelkner.
"By realigning our resources to empower each entity's core competencies, both VPI and VPF alike can be major catalysts in Vetter's continued growth and expansion in the years to come—no matter how much the industry may change," he added.
About Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG: Vetter is an independent international specialist in the aseptic filling of syringes, cartridges and vials. Based in Ravensburg, Germany, Vetter also produces its own injection systems, such as the Vetter Lyo-Ject® dual-chamber syringe. With about 1,900 employees worldwide, Vetter holds nearly 140 patents and has longstanding experience in handling client products and processes approved by the FDA, the EMEA and other authorities. In 2007, the company also received the go-ahead as a foreign manufacturer for the Japanese pharmaceutical market from Japan's Ministry for Health, Labor and Welfare. Additionally, Vetter has received two awards for its new facility Ravensburg Vetter South (RVS): The Facility of the Year Award 2007 (Process Innovation category) and the European Outsourcing Award 2007 (Most Improved Process/Plant/Facility category).
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As has been demonstrated by the story of "Le Mozart Noir" or "the black Mozart," the arts have played and continue to play an integral role in the display and preservation of life and culture for African descendants. Thus, it's imperative that we support and help cultivate the creative minds and talents within the Diaspora who are seeking to continue our legacy as a people through art. One such individual and artist is photographer Tasha Bleu. On speaking on the importance of the arts, she shared the following words:
They say "The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." Well, the most talented individuals are in prison. that's a fact. My friend who is a CO often tells me how every offender locked up in his prison is very skilled and paints, draws or even does his logos for his side business very well. The sad part is that they may never be able to share their God given gifts with the world. As a woman first and artist second, I never planned on being a photographer and I did not have the best life before realizing my gift. I now realize how in life, everything is an opportunity cost. Every moment of our time can be spent doing something else; something for ourselves or something for the world to keep after we're gone. One thing we all have is time, until our individual clocks stop. Many people my age, are now VERY into the arts with the help of the internet and many of them need guidance but whether they are photographers, musicians, painters, designers or tree shapers…it is an opportunity cost. Remember, people can be out here shooting people with guns instead of shooting people with cameras and people forget how much EASIER it is to take that route. Art is not only good for the soul but when you live in a place where all of your friends are dead or in jail…art is also an escape from reality. As they are taking art out of schools, keep art close to home.
Appreciate all you can while you can,
Through her KickStarter campaign A Dollar & A Dream, Bleu has embarked on a mission to promote the arts by collaborating with 11 other females from LA to RI. If successful in her mission they will come together in NYC "to put on a free to the public event to inspire others of our generation and to foster social change through the use of colorful artwork during a dark time in music and fashion."
To make this event possible, Blue is required to raise a minimum of $3000.00 to help cover the costs of travel, supplies and hosting of the event. You can show your support for the arts and this amazing and inspirational project and artist by donating to the campaign. It only takes "A Dollar & A Dream."
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text: Encouraging news. Wonder if it will affect the tribal harvests as well? Anybody know? -------------------------------------------------------- Wild steelhead retention on eight Olympic Peninsula rivers opens Feb. 16 OLYMPIA - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding anglers that they will not be allowed to catch and keep wild steelhead on eight Olympic Peninsula rivers until mid-February. Earlier this year, the annual opening date for wild steelhead retention was changed from Dec. 1 to Feb. 16 on eight rivers with fisheries for wild steelhead. That change, adopted by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission last February, applies to fisheries for wild steelhead on the Bogachiel, Calawah, Clearwater, Dickey, Hoh, Quillayute, Quinault and Sol Duc rivers. Those eight rivers are the only waters in Washington where wild steelhead retention is allowed. The change does not affect fisheries currently under way for hatchery-reared steelhead - identifiable by their missing adipose or ventral fin. The commission, which sets policy for WDFW, changed the opening date for wild steelhead retention to protect the early portion of the run, said Bob Leland, WDFW's steelhead program manager. He noted, however, that anglers will still have an opportunity to catch and keep a wild fish during the peak of the return in late spring. "Making this change will help to maintain the diversity of the run - including a range of late and early returning fish - that is important in preserving the wild steelhead population," Leland said. As before, anglers will be allowed to retain one wild steelhead per license year on one of the eight rivers. For more information on season dates and fishing rules, check the Fishing in Washington regulation pamphlet at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/ . Leland said the change is consistent with WDFW's Statewide Steelhead Management Plan, which was approved by the commission in 2008. The statewide plan, available on WDFW's website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/fisheries/steelhead/ , sets out a variety of conservation policies to guide fisheries management, hatchery operations and habitat-restoration programs. Leland said anglers should be aware that the sportfishing rules adopted by the commission earlier this year also include regulations that prohibit the retention of wild steelhead on the Green (Duwamish), Pysht and Hoko rivers. The change is designed to protect wild steelhead on the three rivers, where wild runs have recently been in decline.


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a bomb with only 10 to 20% explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
artifact noun (man-made objects)
daisy cutters
bomb » weaponry » instrumentality » artifact
anti-personnel bomb | antipersonnel bomb | fragmentation bomb
Syllabification: (frag·men·ta·tion bomb) | a bomb designed to break into small fragments as it explodes. (14 of 35 words, 2 definitions)
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a bomb or shell whose casing is splintered upon explosion and thrown in fragments in all directions (17 of 31 words)
a bomb that has a thick outer covering which breaks into a lot of small pieces that are thrown in every direction when it explodes (25 of 30 words)
a bomb that scatters in broken, jagged pieces over a wide area when it explodes (15 of 17 words)
An aerial antipersonnel bomb that scatters shrapnel over a wide area upon explosion. (13 of 16 words)
a bomb designed to break into many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated. (12 of 14 words)
An antipersonnel bomb that scatters shrapnel when it explodes (9 of 11 words)
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air-dropped or ground-launched weapons that open in mid-air and scatter dozens, hundreds, or thousands of smaller submunitions (or "bomblets") over a ... (21 of 355 words)
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in volcanism, unconsolidated volcanic material that has a diameter greater than 64 mm and forms from clots of wholly or partly molten lava ejected ... (24 of 134 words, 1 image)
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SpongeBob SquarePants is a popular animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. The pilot episode first aired in the US on Nickelodeon after Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999. It officially aired on July 17 of the same year with the second episode "Bubblestand/Ripped Pants." The main characters are a naive but optimistic anthropomorphic sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants; his stupid starfish pal Patrick Star; the pessimistic octopus Squidward Tentacles; the penny-pinching cheapskate crab Mr. Krabs; and the hyperactive daredevil land squirrel Sandy Cheeks, who wears an astronaut suit almost all of the time outside her air-filled tree dome. Most episodes take place in the town of Bikini Bottom or the surrounding lagoon floor, or at the characters houses.
SpongeBob has gained a loyal international following with children and adults alike. Merchandise based on the show, for instance, ranges from Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Kellogg's cereal, and video games to boxer shorts, pajamas, and t-shirts. It has become a favorite cartoon for television viewers. The show also spawned a large and popular merchandise line at Hot Topic, Claire's, RadioShack, Target, Wal-Mart, and Toys "R" Us stores. There have been kids meal tie-ins at Wendy's and Burger King restaurants, so much so when a SpongeBob SquarePants movie promotion ran at most Burger King franchises in 2004, thieves stole nine-foot-high by nine-foot-wide SpongeBob inflatables, wanting Krabby Patties as ransom, and signed by someone who claims to be Sheldon J. Plankton, a character from the show. SpongeBob was also featured on VH1's I Love the 90s: Part Deux: 1999 as part of a commentary by Michael Ian Black. More recently, a tie-in beverage for 7-Eleven convenience stores has been created, a pineapple-flavored Slurpee. Events in the past with the SpongeBob SquarePants theme include an exhibit at Underwater Adventures aquarium in the Mall of America called SeaCrits of Bikini Bottom during the summer of 2003. In October 2004, a NASCAR Busch Series race was named The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300, presented by Lowe's and broadcast on TNT.
The cartoon is designed to appeal to older viewers as much as to children. This has a lot to do with the way underwater life and situations are represented, absurdly, as though they are almost equivalent to normal terrestrial lifestyles. Instead of cars, the residents of Bikini Bottom drive boats (with wheels). Once, while on a camping trip, Patrick questions how they could have a camp fire on the lagoon bottomthe fire is immediately extinguished with a sizzle. A flurry of bubbles accompany many actions, just to remind the viewer everything is underwater. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple, while his neighbor Squidward lives in an Easter Island head and Patrick lives under a rock. The suggestion is that both have fallen from a tropical island to become underwater habitats. Spongebob's house-pet is a snail named Gary, who meows like a cat (though characters have shown signs of being able to understand him). In relation to this, underwater worms bark like dogs. Jellyfish are the equivalent of bees (buzzing and stinging), but are collected or appreciated like butterflies and are used for their jelly.
SpongeBob is the first "low budget" Nickelodeon cartoon, according to the network, to become extremely popular. Low-budget cartoons had been living in the shadow of Rugrats, but SpongeBob aired in 1999 and almost immediately became more popular. SpongeBob follows some other Nickelodeon shows that have attracted "older" followers: The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life (whose executive producer was SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg), the Kablam! skits Action League Now!, The Angry Beavers. Other shows have followed in this trend as well: The Fairly OddParents and Invader Zim took a similar role when they aired in 2001 and the former is now second only to SpongeBob in popularity).
SpongeBob is one cartoon in a long line of shows to put in more "adult" references, and has become so popular with the adult crowd that it has been shown on MTV and Spike TV. A certain quote by Patrick ("It's gonna rock!") has been used as a promo for rock stations. Ren and Stimpy, among others, had followed a similar path. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, released on November 19, 2004, features a cameo appearance by actor David Hasselhoff.
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|Color / 30 Minutes
|United States
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Frank Welker.... Giant Clams
Clancy Brown.... Mr. Eugene H. Krabs (voice)
Mary Jo Catlett.... Mrs. Poppy Puff (voice)
Sirena Irwin.... Mrs. SquarePants (voice)
Bill Fagerbakke.... Patrick Star (voice)
Lori Alan.... Pearl Krabs (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence.... Sandy Cheeks (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui.... Scooter/Teen-age Fish/Dr.Fish/Announcer
Douglas "Mr." Lawrence.... Sheldon J. Plankton/Larry the Lobster/Fred/Tom (voice)
Tom Kenny.... SpongeBob SqaurePants/Gary/Father SqaurePants/Narrator/Patchy the Pirate/Annoucer/Tom (some eps.)/Grandpa SquarePants/Many Others/Old Man Jenkins (voice)
Rodger Bumpass.... Squidward Tentacles (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker.... Squilliam Fancyson/Customers/Vendors/others
Brian Doyle-Murray.... The Flying Dutchman (voice)
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Adriana Lima, Marko Jaric Welcome Baby Girl!by Free Britney at . Comments
Victoria's Secret angel Adriana Lima now has one of her own. She and her husband, NBA player Marko Jaric, welcomed a daughter on Sunday in New York.
"Adriana and Marko are thrilled to announce they had a baby girl, Valentina Lima Jaric," a rep for Lima said. "Mother, father and baby are all doing well."
Lima met the Memphis Grizzlies player in 2006 and got engaged two years later on her birthday. The pair eloped on Valentine's Day this year in Wyoming.
Soon after the honeymoon, Lima learned she was expecting: "We are so excited!" she said at the time. "We wanted this. We were absolutely ready."
"Even in my wildest days I knew that I wanted to be the ultimate family man," Jaric, who averaged 2.6 points per game for Memphis last year, but is probably the most popular guy on the bench because he sees Adriana Lima nude, said.
"We're very ready to settle down."
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A tentative increase in the Oro Valley Police Department's budget this year was a cause for concern for some members of council during a study session last Wednesday at Town Hall.
The police budget, which consumed nearly half the town's general fund last year, is up an additional 9.2 percent this fiscal year.
Police Chief Danny Sharp said the increase is the result of some long-awaited improvements, including an expansion to the evidence facility room, improvements to information technology, and vehicle replacement.
In light of the new expenses, Councilman Mike Zinkin questioned whether cuts could be made elsewhere, citing the fact that while the population since 2005-2006 has grown two percent, the police budget has increased 36 percent.
"It seems to be out of line with the rest of the departments in the town," said Zinkin.
Sharp refuted that point by saying that much of the increase is now coming due to the fact the department has deferred necessities in years past due to the recession.
"This budget is as lean as it can possibly be," he said. "We have to look at what decisions were made that were put off. We knew this would be coming down the road to see that kind of increase."
Zinkin also questioned what was "magical" about Oro Valley having 2.5 officers for every 1,000 residents.
"Gilbert is 1.06, and Surprise is 1.1, and Yuma is 1.8, and Chandler is 1.3," Zinkin said before questioning whether the town could effectively reduce its ratio to 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents.
"There's nothing magical about it," responded Sharp. "That's the number we have determined is the appropriate staffing level for the Town of Oro Valley. There is no national standard for this, there's no state standard, there's no standard, period. You have to staff based on what the expectations of the community are."
Another area of contention came when Councilman Bill Garner asked if elimination or reduction of take-home vehicles would reduce department expenses.
That was met with objection from Councilwoman Mary Snider, who argued that statistics show take-home vehicles not only have longer life spans, but also serve a purpose in the event an officer need to be readily equipped for on-call events or sudden emergencies.
Zinkin looked for ways to cut the department's slated overtime expenses, but Sharp said much of the overtime is required for community events, the School Resource Officer program, and the town's Police Explorer program, which helps prepare teens for a career in law enforcement.
The expansion of the evidence room will prove one of the most significant department expenditures, slated to cost $350,000. The funding will be used to expand the property and evidence storage, provide a safer working environment, and maintain contemporary forensic storage standards.
Sharp said the department first recognized the need for expansion in 2002, and by 2007, the need had peaked.
"It's only gotten worse, but because of the downturn in the economy, we found ourselves in a position to make dos… but it's something we certainly need to address sooner than later," he said.
From last year's numbers, an increase of $186,907 is being reserved to replace current vehicles, and a $56,000 increase in set-aside funds for future vehicle replacement. Gas and tire expenses are anticipated to stay flat year over year.
An additional increase in expenditures will come with improvements for information technology as the police department invests in the Pima County Wireless Integrated Network (PCWIN), a countywide cooperative effort to combine emergency services under a single multi-agency communication system. The total increase in IT funding, which includes additional equipment and maintenance expenses, is $323,767.
Travel and training expenses will increase about $55,000 to keep officers up-to-date on the latest laws, current crime trends, and new technology.
For a full presentation on the police department budget, visit www.orovalleyaz.gov.
The town budget is scheduled for tentative adoption on May 1. Final budget adoption is scheduled for May 15.


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I think we always want to promote compatibility with assistive technology, since there will always be some users that will need to assistive technology for the user interface. For examples a person who is deaf and blind. I think when we look at like a Kiosk or a palmtop (?) portable user agent. There maybe no assistive technology available or included. In this case we would want to promote direct accessibility by the user agent. We can work with the language and if you have any suggestions please send them to the list. Do you think the two tiered system would work for your needs? Jon At 09:33 AM 11/17/98 -0800, Kathy Hewitt wrote: >I disagree with the wording of: >[Direct or Compatible] >This technique can be implemented directly or through compatibility with >assistive technology when assistive technology is commonly available to >provide access to the user agent. If assistive technology is not commonly >available this feature should be directly implmented. > >What does it mean for an assistive technology to be commonly availabe and >who decides if it is commonly available? > >If it is going to be listed as [Direct or Compatible] then it should remain >an either/or listing and not this ambiguous "can be done directly or through >compatibility, but if not compatible, then it must be direct". > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jon Gunderson [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 9:16 AM >To: firstname.lastname@example.com >Subject: categorization of techniques > > >The current model for categorization of techniques, requires two levels. > >1. Priority Level (need from the users perspective) >[Priority 1] >This technique must be implemented otherwise one or more groups of users >with >disabilities will find it impossible to access information. Implementing >this >technique is a basic requirement for some individuals to be able to use the >Web. >[Priority 2] >This technique should be implemented, otherwise one or more groups of users >will >find it difficult to access information. Implementing this technique will >significantly improve access to the Web for some individuals. >[Priority 3] >This technique may be implemented, to make it easier for one or more groups >of >users to access information. Implementing this technique will improve >access to >the Web for some individuals. > >2. Implementation Recommendation ( >[Direct] >This technique must be implemented directly by the user agent and provide >comaptibility for third party assistive technology > >[Direct or Compatible] >This technique can be implemented directly or through compatibility with >assistive technology when assistive technology is commonly available to >provide >access to the user agent. If assistive technology is not commonly available >this feature should be directly implmented. > >How does this model work for people? > >Jon > >Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP >Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology >Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services >University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign >1207 S. Oak Street >Champaign, IL 61820 > >Voice: 217-244-5870 >Fax: 217-333-0248 >E-mail: email@example.com >WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund > http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: email@example.com WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccessReceived on Tuesday, 17 November 1998 13:10:44 UTC
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Gastric bypass surgery is a major weight-loss surgery that alters the digestive system to drastically limit the amount of food a person is able to eat and digest. It can be life-saving for some, but gastric bypass isn't a weight-loss option for everyone. And the procedure definitely isn't without risks. Be sure to talk to your doctor about whether it is right for you, and get the answers to these 10 questions:
1. Am I a candidate for this weight-loss surgery as indicated by my health and body mass index (BMI)?
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Folkies to Converge on Austin, Sept. 27-30, 2012by Michael Kornfeld on Sep 22, 2012 • 12:53 pm No Comments
The Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA) hosts its annual conference at the Holiday Inn Midtown in Austin, Texas, Sept. 27-30. Attendees – primarily performing artists, presenters, managers, agents and others engaged more than peripherally in the world of folk and acoustic music – will enjoy open mics, showcases and shared meals; be enlightened during daytime seminars, panel discussions and one-on-one mentoring sessions; and have an opportunity to forge new relationships, renew existing ones, and help build folk community.Artists selected to perform Official Showcases on Friday night, Sept. 28, include Michael Johnson, Barbara Nesbitt, Dana Cooper, Suzie Vinnick, Batdorf & Stanley, Jaime Michaels, The Flyin' A's, and Gleny Rae Virus & Her Tamworth Playboys. Saturday night's official showcase lineup will feature Brad Colerick, Natalie Gelman, The Hems, Ernest Troost, The Sea The Sea, Tom Prasada-Rao, Tommy Eiskes, and Claudia Russell & the Folk Unlimited Orchestra. Alternates include Paper Moon Shiners, Cary Cooper, Moors and McCumber, Nicolette Good, Alicia McGovern, Terry Holder, Michael Jerome Browne, and Honor Finnegan.
In addition to the Official Showcases, various artists, presenters and others will host afternoon and late-night showcases in their hotel rooms; Charlie Stewart and Paul Barker will host showcases for SWRFA Conference first-timers, and singer-songwriter Butch Morgan will host open mics by the pool.
A number of informative seminars and panel discussions are on the agenda during the daytime hours on such topics as radio programming and social media, health and wellness for musicians, performance opportunities outside the box, songwriting, focus on venues, and useful resources for the music community.
The conference begins Thursday evening with an open mic by the pool, followed by an Official Showcase Alternates Showcase. A short welcoming party is planned for Friday, while the conference concludes on Sunday with a brunch, followed by SWRFA's popular song assignment performances. All artists who are registered for the conference are given a random song topic to write during the weekend and perform on Sunday afternoon.
Although focused on the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, the SWRFA Conference draws people from throughout the U.S. and Canada. SWRFA (www.swrfa.org) is part of the larger Folk Alliance International, an association that seeks to foster and promote multicultural, traditional and contemporary folk music, while strengthening and advancing organizational and individual initiatives in folk music and dance through education, networking, advocacy, and professional and field development.


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SURGEON GENERAL WARNING: "Cigars Are Not A Safe Alternative To Cigarettes."
The Milano - Oak
A most popular choice, available in three select finishes: Oak, Rosewood and Cherry. Opens and closes smoothly on hidden quadrant hinges. Features gold plated lock and key with tassel, engraveable brass nameplate, plus:
Capacity: 75-100 Cigars
Dimensions (Outside): 13 5/8" W x 9 1/2" D x 6 1/4" H


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The Future Of Sports In The USANovember 11, 2009
We've all done it before. On a Sunday morning we get up especially late, take in the sunshine, and get out of bed to make ourselves a cup of coffee. Then, like clockwork, the TV is turned on and we proceed to watch the staple of sports news in television: SportsCenter. Either that, or we watch a sports game while sipping from our mugs, be it football, tennis, baseball, basketball, or something else. This is the ideal Sunday for many people around the United States.
Sports have had a long and illustrious history, dating back to some of the earliest civilizations. But what is to become of sports in the future? How and why will it change, and what will remain the same? While it is certain that sports will continue to have high place in society, there will most certainly be aspects of the sports themselves and the way we watch sports that will change.
The reason that sports will still have a high bearing in society is because of the feeling one gets when they watch the sport. When a sport-watcher becomes a fan of a team or individual, they unlock a kind of feeling that is so rarely felt with enthusiasm in regular life: a feeling that they belong to a group that is non-binding; A group that does not have any credentials or responsibilities that need to be met before one can be considered a part of that group. All you need is a love of sports. This is a feeling that, through trials and tribulations, war and peace, will never change.
However, there will be changes in the way that sports are played and watched. With astounding technological advances on the horizon, all sports will continue to be more fast-paced and efficiently played.
In tennis, new racquet and string technology will provide faster tennis matches, and new stadium designs with retractable roofs will allow players to play through rain or shine. New clothing lines with more air-flowing cloths will allow players to have more stamina, with not as much heat trapped in one place.
In baseball, the advancement of saber-metrics will cause changes in the way the sports fan watches the game. Saber-Metrics, or the analysis of baseball statistics, will allow statisticians to cross eras and could answer questions that have eluded baseball analysts and fans for years. They could answer questions such as "who was faster, Micky Mantle or Willie Mays?" or "Who better at bat, Ichiro or Barry?" When Saber-metrics grows strong enough that it actually logically finds the answers to these questions, it is possible that many fans will lose their interest in baseball, because there would no longer be heated debates about "who is better?"
In football, new helmet and padding technologies will lower the risk of injury. With the "Revolution" helmet line already used by several players, concussion risks are much lower. But with whispers of the creation of a helmet with "pre-injury recognition technology", the safety of the players could be at an all time high in the near future. Also, with many fields now turning to indoor stadiums or stadiums with AstroTurf, America's Game will be increasingly fast-paced.
The viewer demographics of sports as a whole are also destined to change in the near future. With the minority-majority taking place in America soon, suggesting an increase in the Latino population, there will be an increased viewer base in soccer, a sport that is the most popular international sport, but does not get nearly the same amount of recognition in America. With a star-studded group of young guns in tennis, the viewer base for tennis should see an increase very soon. Football and baseball's viewership have always been high and they will continue to be very popular. However, with the retiring of Tiger Woods on the horizon, golf will lose significant viewership.
All in all, sports will undergo many changes. Some will be for the better and some will be for worse. But one thing is for certain: sports will still remain among those Pantheonic venues of entertainment watched and loved by so many people in the United States.


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Changing your diet habits can be tough stuff, especially when you have to eat away from home! Staying on track while managing social lunches, boredom, and energy drain at work can be the biggest challenge, but there are ways to get around those issues! Check out the tips below to help you manage your diet while at work!
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Pack your lunch and snacks.
It sounds like a no-brainer, but you won't believe how many people try to make their diet work while going to the same rotation of lunch spots with their co-workers. Honestly, there are only so many days in a row that you can eat a chef salad at lunch, and that's if you're lucky enough to find a spot that offers one in the first place! Packing your lunch will help you save a ton of money, which worst case scenario helps you pay for higher quality food products, best case scenario you save for a vacation or go shopping for clothes! Besides saving money, you'll be able to eat exactly what you need to eat when you need to eat it!
It's not as hard as it might sound, at first. #MealPrepping is an entire (and beautiful) hashtag on instagram where you can get inspiration on how to prepare all your lunches for the week at the same time! While you're at it, prep snacks (think carrots and celery, hummus, yogurt, small salads or fruit salads, cheese cubes– the list of possibilities is huge!) that will keep you from wandering to the vending machine.
Drink lots of water.
Especially while we're working, we often feel bored or thirsty and mistake it for hunger! If you're getting the munchies but you know it's not time for a snack yet, have a glass of water. You can take a bottle with you to make infused water if you like flavors, or you can even brew cold teas to take with you! Of course, if it's hot, have a coffee or a tea here and there, but the point is to stay hydrated and to give yourself a chance to fix your munchies issue before diving into another plate of food!
Treat yourself.
While you don't want to go overboard with treating yourself, you don't want to go overboard on your strict diet either! Decide on one day per week where you can treat yourself with something– a lunch out with your coworkers, a snack from the vending machine, a soda after lunch– but only once per week! And of course, if you're really on track and don't want to invite temptation back into your life, treat yourself with something else– a lunch time manicure, lunch in the park instead of in your office, or something else that you can look forward to every week. Use it to reward yourself for sticking to your diet each week!
Find a partner.
There's probably someone else in your office that's dieting, too. Or maybe one of your teammates wants to start bringing their lunch too but they don't want to eat lunch alone every day. Find your people! Talk to them about eating lunch together in the office a few times per week (or every day, or once per week, whatever floats your boats). That way you won't feel antisocial or alone at lunch every day and you'll even have someone to trade tips with and chat with over lunch! You could even work together to bring different snacks each day– you just pack two of whatever you'd take for yourself, and she packs two of whatever she was bringing for her! Basically, find a way to make the diet scene at your office less lonely. It's always easier to stay on track with something when you enjoy it, so find ways to make your diet easy to follow and enjoyable!
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