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PwC Announces 20 Finalists for its Vision to Reality Awards
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a multinational professional services network has announced the 20 finalists that will participate in its Vision to Reality awards, a programme that celebrates emerging companies with tech-enabled solutions.
The 20 finalists, selected from a pool of over 80 companies across Africa, will pitch at PwC's Pitching Den at the SA Innovation Summit on August 28, after which 10 companies will be selected by a panel of judges and recognised at the SA Innovation ceremony.
The overall winner of the 2015 Vision to Reality awards programme will attend and present at the global PwC Accelerator conference where PwC's Accelerator team showcases the flagship companies, to enhance their visibility and credibility, boost their professional reputation and introduce them to potential partners.
"This year's finalists were chosen from the most dynamic, enterprising and successful businesses. It is encouraging that entrepreneurs are taking pride in the businesses that they have helped to create and transform. It is critical for governments to acknowledge and support these as they play an important role in the economy by creating jobs and stimulating growth." said Danie Fölscher, PwC Partner in Charge of the Western Cape region.
The 20 finalists are: BabyGroup, Clear Sky Energy (Pty) Ltd, Digicash, Emerge Mobile, eMoyo, Everlytic, Info Slips, Nomanini, Open Box Software, Origin Dynamic Systems (Pty) Ltd, Overscore (Pty) Ltd, PayFast, Quicket, Sea Monster Entertainment, SNC (Stellenbosch Nanofibres Technology), SPARK Schools, Telemedicine Africa (Pty) Ltd, Traderoot Technologies, Xpitec (Pty) Ltd and 10X Investments.
The Vision to Reality awards programme is supported by various key stakeholders in the ecosystem, including COCT, Wesgro, UCT GSB, SmartXChange, BizFarm, Silicon Cape, BWB/CITi, Start-up Grind and Knife Capital.


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Following the Money in New Mexico
At the University of New Mexico, the salary budget for upper administrators and associated professional positions, including directors, grew by 71 percent – in raw numbers an increase of more than $4 million – from 2002 to 2008. Compensation just for those positions above the level of dean (i.e. associate vice presidents and above) grew 42.1 percent between 2002 and 2007, and another 12.3 percent by 2008.
That's all according to an institutional report on administrative growth that many professors feel underestimates the total because it only accounts for base salary. "The administration and the faculty argue about how much growth there's been. But the investment in upper administration both in terms of total investment and individual investment appears to the faculty to be disproportionate with the investment in academic programs," said Howard Snell, the Faculty Senate president and a professor of biology.
Snell put it diplomatically, but variations on that theme are at the heart of tensions at New Mexico's flagship, where faculty took overwhelming votes of no confidence in the president, executive vice president for administration and (now-former) board chair in February, and approved a motion requesting an independent audit to establish where certain categories of funds have been spent since 2003. Many faculty point to languishing academic units – chemistry and math, in particular – or drops in the reputations of prominent programs, as administrative spending grew.
"The fundamental issues really have been financial issues – how money has been spent in the past and how money is going to be managed now," said Ursula Shepherd, co-chair of the university's committee on faculty governance and an associate professor of biology in the honors program. "Certainly the salary issue, [growth in] upper administration, that presents a place where we can find where money went, so in some ways that's the most transparent thing. But the call for the audit I think is a very serious call."
Shepherd cited a 19 percent increase in instructional expenditures (a statistic that comports with a five-year figure from that same institutional report on administrative growth), accompanied by about a 50 percent rise in undergraduate tuition. UNM's overall revenues, according to the report, rose by 60 percent from fiscal year 2003 to 2009.
Shepherd asked, "Where has the rest of the money gone?"
"Frankly, the president could be paid what he's paid if everything were going well," Shepherd said. (What he's paid is $587,000 if you include deferred compensation, housing and car allowances). "I have issues around who gets increases ... but really one of the big issues is our libraries are in a terrible state. We are always being asked how many more journals can we get rid of. That's ridiculous. We have not been poor," said Shepherd, stressing that the problems stretch back to a time when economic circumstances were rosy.
Citing statistics published in UNM's academic ledger, "If you look and see over the last five years, you will find that faculty salaries have increased 23 percent," said David J. Schmidly, the university's president. "You will find that instruction and general funds have increased 24 percent. You will find that all total current fund expenditures have increased about 25 percent. So clearly some money has gone into academics. The question of course is how much has gone to academics and how much has gone to administration and that's what we're going to answer through this audit."
"We're going to answer the financial questions the faculty have. I have no problem with those questions because most of them relate to where funds went before I got here and I would like to know the answers as well," said Schmidly, president since October 2007. Indeed, 2003 seems to be a watershed year at UNM, as many faculty trace their woes at least in part to changes in the Board of Regents ushered in by Gov. Bill Richardson.
"I think the real challenge at this university is there's been no stability in leadership," said Schmidly. "In the last decade I think there have been six presidents and seven provosts trying to lead the university."
"There is a lot of anxiety at the University of New Mexico. I recognize that; I'm frankly not surprised by it. I've been around the block long enough to know that when there are a lot of leadership changes at the top, a climate evolves in that circumstance where there's not enough trust -- and communication can frankly be, in some cases, not effective."
Amid the anxiety, however, there is a sense of optimism – in some cases quite cautious optimism – and also of limbo at UNM these days. In mid-March, Governor Richardson announced that board chair Jamie Koch – in whom faculty voted no confidence by a margin of 482 to 7, with 3 abstentions – would step down (he remains a board member). Raymond Sanchez, a former speaker of the state House of Representatives who is viewed more favorably by the faculty, is the new chair. (Sanchez declined an interview for this article through UNM's public relations consultant.)
"We're very much at a crossroads, a crossroads where there's enormous opportunity here. Faculty are paying attention to the governance of the university in a way that has not been true in the past," said Richard L. Wood, an associate professor of sociology and director of the Southwest Institute for Religion and Civil Society. The unanswered question, Wood said, is: "Can the university community come around to a much stronger, appropriate governance model?"
"The academic mission should be steering the university."
Corporatization and Administrative Pay
The current governance model, many faculty say, is top-down, like that of a corporation. "We'd like to see our leaders be promoting a traditional system of university governance," said Snell, the Faculty Senate president, "which places great emphasis on the contributions of deans and department chairs and less emphasis on the contributions of vice presidents."
In 2004, the board approved changes in UNM's leadership structure, including the creation of three executive vice presidential positions reporting directly to the president (also called the CEO), with the number of vice presidents and associate vice presidents below that expected to increase. It has done so, under three presidents and most recently with the elevation of four positions to VP-level under President Schmidly -- in athletics, branch campus operations, diversity and enrollment management. Schmidly adamantly defends each of those positions, stressing that he pledged to create them before he was hired.
On enrollment management, for instance, Schmidly said, "The institution had not been growing and it graduates less than 45 percent of its students in six years, and I felt that we need to make major changes in how we recruit, admit and graduate students." The administration provided numbers showing that fall applications were up by 27 percent this year and admissions by 15 percent, and applications from National Achievement, Hispanic and Merit Scholars about tripled, to 148.
Schmidly has promised to cut administrative spending by 15 percent over three years, and said that $3 million in last year's budget – his first since arriving at UNM – was reallocated from non-academic to academic purposes. He added, too, that 78 percent of funds saved during a round of mid-year budget cuts last fall came from non-academic accounts. "We were able to continue all 40-something faculty searches and also three dean searches," said Schmidly, who said that the budget being discussed for the coming year proposes $800,000 for new faculty hires and $500,000 in funds for teaching needs associated with enrollment increases.
As for corporatization of the university, Schmidly said, "I've never worked at a corporation in my life; I don't know what a corporate structure is. ... My take on their concern has been, there's too much top-down decision-making and that gets to the issue of shared governance. And I think that's what's driving a lot of concern here."
"Along with the corporatization, it's the centralization of power," said Christopher Ramírez, president of the Graduate & Professional Student Association and a Ph.D. student in American studies. The association's council took a no-confidence vote in Koch, the former board chair, in February, and is asking all graduate students to vote this month on no-confidence resolutions regarding Schmidly and the executive vice president for administration, David W. Harris.
"There's still this mentality. ... We're the professionals; we know best. … It really hit a nerve with this particular new president," Ramírez said. "I do think the president has heard [us] and I do think there is that sense of cautious optimism but at the same time who knows how quickly that cockiness can come back?
"Why cautious optimism? I'm not sure how much we can slow it down. It just seems like a national trend of the corporatization of higher education."
Meanwhile, the undergraduate student government originally proposed a motion of confidence in President Schmidly, but took it off the docket amid concerns that it would appear students were undermining the faculty, explained the president, Ashley Fate. There was a sense, she said, that if all this debate is about better serving the students, the students shouldn't pick sides.
On Academics
Amid the discussion of what money went where, a couple of academic departments are held up as illustrative of where the money's not going, at least. Faculty contacted for this article repeatedly mentioned the depleted states of the chemistry and math departments. "I call chemistry and math and want to talk science and I just get an earful of pain," said Maggie Werner-Washburne, a professor of biology. "If you don't have math and chemistry, you feel like you don't have your right and left arm, at least I do, so I just finally had to speak out."
Both departments have steadily lost faculty, although neither got there overnight or even just in the six years that have been the focus of debate (Werner-Washburne recently wrote a column for the student newspaper titled "The past six years: UNM's demise").
Jens Lorenz, interim chair of mathematics and statistics, said that when he came to the department in 1991, there were 40 full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty. In 1995, the department had 36, in 1997, 35, in 1999, 33, in 2005, 32, and now they're listed as having 28. "But actually of those 28, there are three on leave without pay who will not return, one has announced his retirement for the fall and one is on medical leave, not likely to come back, so it's really only 23," Lorenz said. Two searches are open.
The math department has come to rely heavily on poorly-paid part-time instructors -- including, most disturbingly for Lorenz, for 300-level courses. "I don't know where the funding problems come from," he said.
In chemistry, "We're roughly half the size of where we were in terms of research-active faculty when I came here 16 years ago," said Martin L. Kirk, interim chair of chemistry and chemical biology. The story of faculty declines in chemistry has also been 20 years in the making, Kirk said, but efforts to rebuild "have been hampered" by frequent changes in administration.
That said, Kirk said that just in the past few weeks, there have been "significant breakthroughs. ... I think I can safely say that the president, the provost and the dean are now fully committed to rebuilding chemistry as a viable and forward-moving research entity on campus."
President Schmidly cited tensions between senior and junior professors as contributing to the department's decline but confirmed his commitment to chemistry. "The situation in chemistry really bothers me. In fact, when I heard about it, I asked for an immediate report and I've got the provost and the dean working on an action plan right now, to resolve the situation."
More generally, the proportion of tenured and tenure-track faculty has stayed fairly steady over time at UNM, down 3.3 percent over five years (according to the academic ledger). Non-tenure track faculty are up 16.1 percent. Faculty have noted a drop in the student-to-faculty ratio from 14:1 a decade ago to 20:1 today, but Mark Chisholm, director of institutional research, said the methodology for calculating the ratio changed over that time. To compare apples to apples, he said, the student-to-faculty ratio was 18.2:1 in 1998, and 18.6:1 now.
Moving Forward
Doug Thomas, a professor and associate dean in the Anderson School of Management, said he traces the tensions "to misunderstanding and maybe disagreement over use and allocation of resources."
"There were tensions based on resource constraints, so it kind of brings out the issues that people might have underlying. But I don't think they are irreconcilable differences or things that we can't overcome. We have an accreditation visit next week, we have students to teach, research to conduct. I'm anxious to get on and I believe others are with the business of education -- business not in the money-making sense," said Thomas, who last week joined a group of faculty to meet with President Schmidly.
In terms of tangible next steps, along with the no-confidence resolutions and the motion calling for an audit, the faculty approved a motion in February -- 463 to 23, with 12 abstentions -- recommending that university leaders immediately address six principles outlined in a Faculty Senate statement. The principles include changing the executive structure so that there would be two executive vice presidents, instead of three, with the office for facilities and finance reporting to executive vice presidents for academic affairs and the Health Sciences Center (to "return to a focus on academic programs"). Other Faculty Senate requests included instating a "360-degree" culture of evaluating upper administrators – i.e. their superiors and subordinates would evaluate them – developing an annual report of faculty retention and loss, and requiring that all searches for tenure-track faculty, deans, and upper-level administrators be national.
"There was concern about, well, the two words that are used are cronyism and nepotism at the university," explained Doug Fields, an associate professor of physics and the president-elect of the Faculty Senate. "We want to make sure that searches are conducted in a nationwide, open way so that people understand the process and we get the best people we possibly can." (Fields didn't mention this, but Schmidly came under fire this fall when his son was offered a $94,000 job as UNM's associate director of sustainability; the son turned it down amid faculty outcry).
"I have hope that the president has asked the Faculty Senate to put forward a road map on how to proceed on some of these issues," said Fields. "Once we put that road map forward I hope they act on it."
Schmidly said he was open to discussing each of the six recommendations and said that in some cases, pieces were already in place. For example, on 360-degree evaluation, if a vice president has 20 people reporting to him or her, he said an evaluation form would already be sent to all 20 of those people. The form could easily be posted on the Web to invite broader response, he said.
On changes in the administrative structure, he seems unlikely to follow the faculty's lead. "Obviously in this day and age it's not likely that I'm going to have the vice president of finances not reporting directly to me. I am the person that is responsible for the fiduciary soundness of the institution, so I'm not foolish enough to go in a direction where I don't have a vice president of finances reporting directly to me, but I will listen to what they say and I will consider what they have to say," he said.
At the same time, Schmidly made clear a message of his own -- he is in New Mexico to stay. "You need to know something about me too. I'm not going anywhere. The faculty vote [of no confidence] is the faculty vote. I acknowledge it. I pledge to work hard to improve. I've been a president or a CEO of higher education institutions since 1992 and so I'm experienced enough to know these kinds of things happen. But I moved to New Mexico for a reason. I was recruited here for a reason and it was to provide stability of leadership and that's exactly what I intend to do."
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Judge John Hyde, presiding judge of Midland's 238th Judicial District Court, announced Tuesday he would seek reelection to that court in 2010. It is a four-tear term.
Hyde, a 67-year-old Republican, was appointed as district judge in 1990 by Gov. Bill Clements. Hyde has served on the Litigation Section Council of the State Bar of Texas, as a director of the Judicial Section of the State Bar, on the Midland Teen Court Board, the Palmer Drug Abuse Prevention Board and on advisory committees for Midland College.
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Police confirmed that a 16-year-old had been charged with first degree robbery and first degree murder in the Wednesday parking lot attack. They said they were still looking for a second 16-year-old suspect, Kenan Adams-Kinard.
The Spokane Police Department said in a press release officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday and found the victim, 88-year-old Delbert Belton, in his car with serious head injuries. He died Thursday in the hospital. Friends identified Belton, and say he was sitting outside a lodge for the Fraternal Order of the Eagles when he was attacked.
"It does appear random. He was in the parking lot, it appears he was assaulted in the parking lot and there was no indication that he would have known these people prior to the assault," Spokane Police Major Crimes Detective Lieutenant Mark Griffiths told the station.
The Spokane Police Department is asking anyone with information to call their hotline at 456-2233.
Why do you think was Delbert Belton beaten to death by these teens? What is the root of the many senseless violent crimes happening these days?
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Kyle McKay was born and raised in St. Charles, Missouri. He attended grade school at Immanuel Lutheran in St. Charles and graduated from St. Charles West High School. After college at Central Missouri State University, now University of Central Missouri, he worked full time in the world of professional sales, until finally having the opportunity to achieve his dream of becoming an attorney. He graduated law school from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 2007.
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Thomas Welch viewed 2011 as a breakthrough season.
The former Vanderbilt offensive tackle made his NFL debut — and his first start — that season, and played in eight games, the last five with St. Louis.
He looked forward to impressing the Rams in 2012. That was until they cut him on May 3.
"I didn't see that coming at all," Welch said by phone last week. "It was almost like a moment of shock when I found out. But everything happens for a reason, I guess."
He didn't stay unemployed for long.
The next day the Philadelphia Eagles signed Welch off waivers.
In barely two years, he has been cut — twice — by the team that drafted him and has spent time with five different franchises.
"It has been quite a journey, that's for sure. I don't even know where to begin," Welch said, laughing. "But I'm excited to be with the Eagles now. It is a great opportunity for me to showcase what I can do. I'm just excited to get a chance and hopefully prolong my career."
Since the New England Patriots drafted him in 2010, Welch has tried to survive, professionally speaking.
He was taken in the seventh round (208th overall), often a point in the draft when NFL teams take a chance on players with plenty to prove. Welch knew that being drafted wasn't a promise he would make the 53-man roster.
He didn't, and he eventually spent most of his rookie season on the practice squad of the Minnesota Vikings. He was promoted to the active roster for the last three weeks. He never saw the field, however, and the Vikings cut him at the beginning of last year.
Again, Welch didn't sit idle for long.
The Patriots decided to take another look at him. On Oct. 2, 2011, he made his first start against Oakland — as an extra tight end. Versatility has long been a strength of his. In high school he played quarterback, tight end and defensive end and started his Vanderbilt career at tight end.
"Tackle is my more natural position. I mean you don't really see many 300-plus tight ends out there," Welch said. "But I still felt comfortable going in motion and doing everything they asked me to do. But it is definitely more comfortable playing tackle given that's what I played on a daily basis. I am going to do anything that will get me on the field."
After playing three games with the Patriots, Welch again received the ax. Soon after, the Buffalo Bills came calling and placed him on the practice squad. Welch spent five days in a Buffalo hotel room before the Rams signed him.
"I knew somewhat that nothing was guaranteed. I didn't think I was going to be bouncing around like I have been," Welch said. "It goes to show you how competitive it is in the NFL, and how valuable some people are and what they can do. I don't know, my journey, if I was prepared for moving from team to team. But I was prepared, somewhat, playing in the SEC for the level of football I was going to have to go against. It is just different in the NFL, obviously."
While Welch saw firsthand the unpredictability of professional sports, he also proved his value. When one team has cut ties, another has swept in. His 6-foot-6, 300-pound frame and development as a pass blocker can't be downplayed in a league that emphasizes protecting the quarterback.
Describing it as a numbers game, Welch said what each team is looking for varies. He hasn't altered his mechanics or tweaked much from his college days, where he started his last 24 games despite battling an ankle injury for half of the 2009 season.
"If you're playing well that's all you have to worry about," said Welch, who still trains at Vanderbilt in the offseason. "I have to realize that I can't worry about anything else. I just have to go out there and play the best that I can."
Of course, he isn't opposed to the idea of staying in one place for a while.
He just got married a couple months ago. His wife, Megan, is at Vanderbilt working on a master's degree to become a nurse practitioner. She finishes in August and plans to join Welch ... presumably in Philadelphia.
"We just want to get established somewhere," he said. "In the NFL, obviously, you don't know how long you're going to be somewhere. But I feel like I'm ready to establish myself here and hopefully be here for a while. We want to be somewhere at least for a few years so we can enjoy married life and not have to live out of suitcases."
A look at some other recent Vanderbilt football players whose professional careers included multiple teams:
Drafted: Undrafted
Seasons: 9 (2000-04, 2005-09)
Teams: Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, Washington
He started just 14 games over nine seasons, but in his final four seasons — all with Washington — he scored six touchdowns on 20 receptions.
Drafted: Sixth round, Carolina, 2005
Seasons: 7 (2005-11)
Teams: Carolina, Tampa Bay (twice), Tennessee, Detroit
He not only changed teams routinely, he also changed positions. The vast majority of his 46 career starts came as a defensive tackle with Tampa Bay and Tennessee.
Drafted: Second round, San Francisco, 2001
Seasons: 10 (2001-10)
Teams: San Francisco (twice), Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Denver, Tennessee
He started just 35 times in 100 career games. His best season was in 2008 with Denver, but nine of his 10 career sacks came in his first four years with the 49ers.


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Question 6/5: Mr. Claude Monney cannot continue as Rapporteur for this Question. Mr. Ying Xiong (Huawei, China) acting Rapporteur accepted to be the new Rapporteur of this Question.Question 17/5: After the merging of Questions 17 and 20/5, two co-Rapporteurs were nominated: Paolo Gemma (Huawei, China) and Gilbert Buty (Alcatel-Lucent, France)Question 22/5: Mr. Franz Zichy (USA) was nominated as Rapporteur of this Question.Question 23/5: Mr. Dave Faulkner (UK) was nominated as Rapporteur of this Question and Ms Nevine Tewfik (Egypt) was nominated as Associate Rapporteur.
Mr. Agostinho Linhares de Souza Filho (Brazil) has been appointed as Liaison Rapporteur to ITU-R WP 1B and WP 1C. Merging of Questions 17/5 and 20/5
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From the chart, it looks like the increase in US per capita spending is not a lot less than the total per capita spending of even the most free-spending European countries.
There are some reasonable arguments for some of the other criticisms (Obama IS * more* socialist than, say, some republicans would be, even if he is not * very* socialist compared to lots of other people, including the bailout-pushing and free-spending big government GW Bush; Obama IS more muslim-respectful and experienced than most other candidates (to his credit), though obviously he is not a muslim).
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And Marriott's plans are a sign the recovery isn't producing any more free-spending buyers.
These are tough times for businesses that count on free-spending consumers and the advertisers who pay to woo them.
Across the Atlantic, the Obama team—which has never met a country, bank, company or homeowner it didn't want to bail out—is pushing to refashion the ECB as a carbon copy of the free-spending Federal Reserve.
As European soccer's Financial Fair Play regulations ripple through the free-spending front offices of the Continent's clubs, Premier League teams are no longer simply able to throw money at holes in their rosters.
The dissonance seems to reflect internal struggles within Mrs. Kirchner's team on whether Argentina will moderate its free-spending and interventionist policies in the second term, or whether it will offer more of the same, even though fewer resources are available.
Mr. Stringer made his name at Sony by turning around the U.S. movie and music businesses, which had been reeling from huge losses under a previous generation of free-spending American executives.


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At Brookfield Zoo, near Chicago, Illinois, nine endangered female Blanding's turtles were placed on the shoreline of a pond in their new private section of the zoo on Tuesday morning.
Dan Thompson, an ecologist for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, admired the endangered local turtles as they swam away from the shore after their release.
"They are a gorgeous turtle with a beautiful pigment," Thompson said. "There's a tremendous amount of work involved when bringing back a species (like the Blanding's turtle) from the brink of extinction."
The Chicago Zoological Society and the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County released the turtles into the pond as part of a new breeding-and-release program among the two agencies. The Blanding's turtle, which is native to Illinois and the Great Lakes region, is distinguishable by its bright yellow chin and throat.
Zoo and DuPage Forest Preserve officials said the turtles will likely live out the rest of their lives in the pond, mate, and hopefully produce offspring that will increase their numbers in the wild. Male turtles, which can be highly aggressive with the female turtles, will be introduced to the pond area at a later time.
The nine turtles released on Tuesday were brought to the zoo from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, the Cosley Zoo in Wheaton and from the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center in St. Charles, zoo officials said.
Only an estimated 100 Blanding's turtles live in DuPage County, Thompson said. The zoo pond site is surrounded by an electric fence that will keep predatory animals such as raccoons out of the area. The turtles can live 80 to 85 years and do not reach sexual maturity until they are roughly 13 to 15 years old, according to zoo officials. The nine turtles won't likely begin breeding for a couple of years, said Bill Zeigler, senior vice president of collections and animal care at the zoo.
"This is a safe place for them in the meantime, but we think they are big enough that most predators will leave them alone, such as the great blue heron and hawks," Zeigler said; "the zoo will give 12 other Blanding's turtles that are currently part of the zoo's Dragonfly Marsh exhibit back the DuPage County Forest Preserve officials this fall to help bolster the population in the preserves."
DuPage Forest Preserve officials originally gave the 12 turtles to the zoo two years ago to allow them more time to grow and mature in a safe environment. The turtles are an important part of our local wildlife habitat that should be preserved and protected, Thompson said.
"People always ask, 'Why put so much effort into saving one turtle species?'" he said. "The Blanding's turtle is a early warning system, like a canary in the coal mine, and it's saying that there are problems out there with the natural habit. The end result is biodiversity is critical to habitat health so we want to maintain every species that is out there."
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For no apparent reason, Michele Bachmann joined in on a discussion and agreeing with a suggestion that President Obama should be impeached. At a campaign stop in Iowa, Bachmann was asked by one of her supporters, "When will we impeach him and get him out of the way? We should be."
Never missing an opportunity to appear insane, the Republican presidential hopeful replied, "Well, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, I agree, I agree. Some people are really upset."
After the incident, campaign spokesperson Alice Stewart told CBS News: "She was not saying that she agrees that Obama should be impeached. She agreed with the man on what they were talking about before- that people are frustrated."
The incident came after she gave her standard stump speech at Uncle Nancy's coffee shop, a popular stop for presidential candidates courting voters in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. About 60 people turned out to hear Bachmann.
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As part of the strategic focus on offering hospitality telephony solutions, partnering with Cetis Inc., meets the diverse communications needs of the hospitality industry. It takes the guest experience to the next level.
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TelOnline LLC., a telephony solutions provider, today announced a new strategic partnership with Cetis, Inc., a leading manufacturer of telecom products.
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I have to say I was on the fence about Ryan until I started watching Crazy, Stupid Love the other day. Wow. So sexy. Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish watching the movie, so I'll have to track it down.
This is a Vine with Ryan Gosling created by Ryan McHenry, a Scottish film director who unfortunately died of cancer just a short time ago. Ryan McHenry was known for his humor and upbeat personality. RIP.
This Vine is from the Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal Vine series.
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Police said they were called to 6 Brevator St. to handle a 12:07 p.m. report of an emotionally disturbed man.
The shooting occurred less than two months after 19-year-old Nah-Cream Moore was shot and killed by police on South Pearl Street. Moore was killed on Dec. 29 after police say he tried to lift a gun after he exited an SUV.


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August 4, 1992
Mr. F.W. Lundy
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2000 International Park Drive
Post Office Box 12606
Birmingham, AL 35202-2606
Dear Mr. Lundy:
This is in response to your letter of July 1, requesting clarification as to what constitutes a hearing conservation program under the construction standard for occupational noise exposure, 29 CFR 1926.52.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that an effective hearing conservation program consists of the following elements:
(1) Monitoring of employee noise exposures,
(2) The institution of engineering, work practice, and administrative controls for excessive noise,
(3) The provision of each overexposed employee with an individually fitted hearing protector with an adequate noise reduction rating,
(4) Employee training and education regarding noise hazards and protection measures,
(5) Baseline and annual audiometry,
(6) Procedures for preventing further occupational hearing loss by an employee whenever such an event has been identified.
(7) Recording Keeping
Every construction industry employer's hearing conservation program must incorporate as many of the above elements as are feasible.
We appreciate the opportunity to clarify this matter for you.
Patricia K. Clark, Director
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DVD of the latest (and arguably greatest) Red Bull Rampage event.
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Good idea from torq but use a 3.ltr camelback how about a oneshot for us, have never used a bottle since i gave up breast milk
I've been using old (and cleaned out) film canisters to do exactly what Torq are doing there for a rather long time now. Nice idea but as showerman says it's not great if you run a 'bak.
Just stick four longshots into your bladder?
I may be the only one (except Chipps?) but I really, really like the Salsa Fargo. Looking forward to hearing what Chipps thinks of it.
Is it just me or does 'George' looka little, erm, old, for work experience…??
So that's what Del Amitri's ex frontman Justin Currie is doing now.
I've been looking at the Fargo – may just be the bike i'm looking for (29er, discs, off-road worthy, racks), Chipps – let us know how you get on with it, i've seen a couple built up with H-bars rather than drops…
would that be a mebbe slightly lighter Karate Monkey then?
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1- Check extended forecast for potential weather
2- Organize a group who will commit to showing up the day of (cost is still $15/person round trip and $75 minimum group charge)
3- Call Norm (823-3339) 3 days ahead of time. Not 24 or 12 hours. If you don't reach him leave a detailed message. He checks his messages regularly.
4- Check weather forecast again. If the weather forecast looks promising go to (5). if not go to (6).
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6- If you decided to cancel have the courtesy to call Norm back to let him know you will not be coming
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Close followers of the Commerce Department's monthly residential construction data have been wondering all month if September's strong showing in housing starts could sustain itself.
The answer was delivered this morning by the latest data, sort of. Housing starts officially slipped 0.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 628,000.
Monthly housing starts for June rose above the 600,000 mark for the first time since January, according to data released today by the Commerce Department.
Housing starts increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 629,000 in June, up 14.6% from the revised May estimate of 549,000. Single-family starts also showed a big improvement -- up 9.4% to a rate of 453,000.
The 629,000 annual rate came in much higher than anticipated by most forecasts, which had called for a rate of about 570,000.
All eyes are on the residential construction report for June, to be released by the Commerce Department Tuesday, July 19.
Analysts are expecting starts to come in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 570,000. If correct, that would be a 1.8% increase over housing starts for May. Starts have been under the 600,000 mark since January, when they were at a pace of 636,000.
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It is unendingly interesting to see what brings people to my site. Most of you come back here pretty regularly and that, right there, is the best. (I love you all more than cheese!)
Also awesome is when someone finds me through a link on another blog or through word of mouth. It is a true delight to "meet" new people.
But, every day, some of my traffic comes straight from search engines. That's cool, too, in its own way. Occasionally, though, I read through the search terms and think, "Man, did that person actually find their answer here?"
And, so, in honor of some of the wacky things that land people here, today I'm doing a write-up that is basically:
JessieLeigh Answers the Search Box
1. "How big are the balls in the busy ball popper?"
I don't really know. Maybe 2″ across? Big enough to not be choking hazards, but small enough to fit under any and all furniture, thus making retrieval a real nightmare.
2. "What goes with cheese bread?"
Everything. The end.
3. "How is hyperlexia diagnosed?"
Typically by a neuro-psychologist. There are other professionals who may be knowledgable about it, but the diagnosis will usually come from the neuro-psych.
4. "Can you freeze vodka?"
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Odysseo by Cavalia is Back in Orange County!
By Erin
*I have been invited to the show as media. All thoughts and opinions remain my own. I am a lifelong horse lover so of course this show is something I have a HUGE love and passion for!* <3
Odysseo by Cavalia is now back in Orange County for the holidays! Horse lovers everywhere will rejoice with the return of this majestic show. You recently might have seen the White Big Top again along the freeway off the 405 and 133. The show will be in town through January 8th, 2017 so you can enjoy one of the best shows that has ever been created. Watch as horses and man come together to perform some pretty amazing routines.
Odysseo by Cavalia Info!
WHEN: November 16 to January 8, 2017
WHERE: Under the White Big Top in Orange County at the junction of the I-405 & the SR-133 in Irvine
Want to go? Get YOUR TICKETS!!! Available at www.cavalia.net and by calling 1-866-999-8111. Tickets are priced from $29.50 to $254.50 + applicable taxes and fees. Special pricing & packages available for groups, children (2-12), juniors (13-17) and seniors (65+).
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* Odysseo features 65 horses of 11 different breeds including the Appaloosa, Arabian, Australian Stockhorse, Holsteiner, Lusitano, Paint Horse, Percheron Hanoverian Cross, Quarter Horse, Thoroughbred, Selle Français and Spanish Purebred (P.R.E.).
*The horses are from Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Australia, the United States and Canada.
* There are 48 artists – riders, acrobats, aerialists, dancers and musicians.
*The artists are from around the world including the United States, Canada, Brazil, France, Guinea (Africa), Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Italy and Australia.
* There are 350 costumes and 100 pairs of shoes and boots in the show. Artists may have up to seven different costumes.
* An artist may have no more than 30 seconds to do a quick costume change between numbers.
*A team of 13 dressmakers, one property master, one designer and one shoemaker worked in the Odysseo studios to create the costumes.
*Materials used in the costumes include linen, silk, cotton, leather and some imitation fur. The use of natural fibers gives the clothes sheen and lets them fall in a way that synthetic fibers simply cannot match.
* The costumes are adapted to the artists' needs, especially those of the acrobats and riders, to facilitate their onstage movement while not compromising their appearance.
*The on-tour costume department consists of one wardrobe person and three dressers who launders, mends and cares for the costumes. At times during the show, they juggle 15 simultaneous wardrobe changes. They have two sewing machines, one shoe-repair machine and one overlock machine.
*The White Big Top stands 125 feet tall, higher than the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland (77 feet)!
*The seating capacity is for 2,000 people. Air conditioning and heat are available.
*The stage is approximately 17,500 square feet, an area larger than the Anaheim Duck hockey rink.
*An underground drain system is built to flood 40,000 gallons of recycled water onto the stage for the splashing finale. After the show, it takes 15 minutes to drain the water.
Be sure to get to the show early to check out some pretty amazing artwork and find that perfect gift or souvenir for yourself to remember the moment forever!
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Rajiv Bajaj, MD of Bajaj Auto revealed that Bajaj Auto is planning to launch 6 new Discover motorcycles in fiscal 2013-14. Bajaj Auto is currently leading the Indian sports motorcycle segment, which holds a total of 10 percent in the Indian market. But now, Bajaj Auto wishes to enhance in the Indian commuter bike segment, which holds a hefty 63 per cent of the total market.
These new bikes will be a big push from Bajaj Auto to capture a major stake in the market. In recent development, Honda has pushed Bajaj to third spot, and that is why Bajaj wants to ensure that they won't lose market share in future. The bikemaker is developing the 6 new Discovers, which will target daily commuters, students and executives, however Bajaj hasn't disclosed the details of the bikes. At the moment, Bajaj is selling four Discover motorcycles in India including Bajaj Discover 100, the Discover 100T, the Discover 125 and the Discover 150.
Rajiv Bajaj revealed this to MoneyControl in an interview, "We have several launches lined up for this year. We have at least two new Pulsars. I can say this much - one will be smaller than Pulsar 200NS and one that will be much bigger. So I think that is going to help us defend our leadership of this space and that is very important for us so two new Pulsars in this year."
Rajiv Bajaj also commented on the future plans, he said, "I would like to see that number grow significantly. When I say significantly, I mean to something that is over 150,000 a month. The Discover 100T provides us some answers as to how we could do that. So as of now, we have planned the launch of several new Discovers. In fact, I can say specifically that we have six Discovers that are being ready for launch for this financial year. We may or may not launch all six. We will launch somewhere between four and six depending on the competitive situation because whether we like it or not. Often what we do depends on what our competition is so somewhere between four and six new Discovers. I am very hopeful and I am very keen that with that, we should see a 50 percent increase if not more in the sales of Discover which would then catapult Bajaj Motorcycle volumes to the next level."


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DETROIT — The elementary school moms didn't ask a lot of questions about this man Bill. They were too eager to tell him -- to tell anybody -- about the loose and snarling pit bulls, the gun-toting gangsters, and the dogcatchers and police who always seemed to come too late.
The principal, Helena Lazo, had introduced him simply: "Bill nos va a ayudar." Bill is going to help us.
When Bill O'Brien faced the five women at Roberto Clemente Learning Academy, he encouraged them to enumerate the problems plaguing their Southwest Detroit neighborhood. He propped an elbow on a table and listened.
When they had finished, he asked, with an impish grin: "So what else do kids do after school around here, besides shoot guns and let dogs loose on you?"
O'Brien, 60, stands out in this tough industrial neighborhood of working-class blacks, Appalachian whites and Latino immigrants. He is balding and tall, with the pinkish hue of an Irishman who has spent too much time in the sun. This morning, his open-collared dress shirt was tucked into a pair of gray slacks. He looked like a priest, perhaps, or a kindly English teacher.


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It's a wonderful way of getting rid of toxins since the juices do a thorough cleansing from the body. Here are some healthy juice for weight loss.
The best way to lose weight by juicing is always to juice fast. Juicing can be used for both weight loss and cleansing as a way to give your digestive system a rest. A juice fast happens when vegetable and fruit juices are drunk exclusively, omitting other foods. It's a wonderful way of getting rid of toxins since the juices do a thorough cleansing from the body.
Juicing can be used for both weight loss and cleansing as a way to give your digestive system a rest. But that doesn't necessarily guarantee that it's good for your health. Fruit or vegetable juice becomes a substitute to food which juice diet is followed for 4-5 weeks for weight loss. Here are some healthy juice for weight loss.
Carrot Juice
Every day to consume a certain amount of fresh carrot juice, can enhance the condition of the entire body. Fresh carrot juice can increase a person's appetite and immunity to infection. Lactating mothers every single day drink some fresh carrot juice, to secrete the milk quality is a lot higher than mothers do not drink the juice. People struggling with ulcer disease, drinking fresh carrot juice can significantly reduce symptoms, carrot juice may also relieve conjunctivitis and maintain the entire visual system.
Lemon Juice
If you plan to lose weight by consuming juices be sure you have lemons in your refrigerator. Drinking lemon juice before eating anything in the morning helps your body to cleanse and detoxify, thus speeding up the weight loss process.
Beetroot Juice
Even though beetroot juice may not be very popular, it is one of the healthiest juices out there. It contains vitamin A, B6, B12, C, D, E, K together with calcium, potassium, iron, phosphorous, potassium, zinc, magnesium and fiber. The vitamins and fiber helps your body to get rid of toxins and detoxifies your body, aiding the process of weight loss.
Aloe Vera Juice
Natural aloe-vera juice for weight loss is accompanied by a lot of people. However, consuming natural aloe-vera juice by itself is a rather struggle. Therefore, it ought to be combined with other natural juices. It'll taper the taste of natural aloe-vera juice, yet can help in weight loss. You might add natural sweeteners, if you learn the juice unpalatable.
Prune Juice
Prune juice is rich in fiber, therefore it will keep you satiated much more time of time. It is a laxative, hence it's advised to not drink too much of it.
Pomegranate Juice
The beautiful color and the sweet taste aren't the sole factors that make pomegranate juice very popular. These small sized grains are filled with fiber and they make you feel full. It's also rich in anti-oxidants as it boosts your defense mechanisms. This is really important for a healthy method of achieving weight loss.
Watermelon Juice
Watermelons constitute 90% water and it is a perfect healthy juice for weight loss. Also, due to abundance of electrolytes, vitamins and minerals, it ensures that you lose weight without losing energy and experiencing weakness.
Bitter Gourd Juice
Despite the fact that we know greens are good for us, bitter gourd juice isn't something that most people would not prefer to consume. However the antioxidants contained in it completely detoxify your body, improve digestion, increase metabolism, promote weight loss and stop accumulation of excess fat cells in your body.


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Acupoint Wellness Centre is a boutique alternative health clinic located in downtown Vancouver, B.C. We offer services in Registered Massage Therapy (RMT), Acupuncture, Biopuncture, Trigger Point Release, Vitamin B Injections, and Traumeel Injections. Established since 2009, our goal is to provide quality personalized natural healthcare in a calm and inviting setting.
Each of our Acupuncturists and Registered Massage Therapists are registered and licensed within our own governing professional body. As a result, if you have extended health insurance for these services you will be given an invoice to submit for reimbursement from your insurance company.
As a clinic we strive to stay at the forefront of our specialties by continually educating ourselves in the latest techniques and mastering new treatment modalities so that we can better help our clients.
Our clinic is small, tranquil, and yet conveniently tucked within the hustle and bustle of the downtown city core. Our strength as a small boutique natural health clinic is that we are able to effectively communicate with one another and work together as a team to help you feel better in as little time as possible.


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Humans are very closely related to the other apes, and share many aspects of their anatomy, behaviour and ecology. So why do we appear to be so different? What are humans not simply "just another great ape"?
I will argue that the key differences lie in the world of the imagination – our ability to live in a mental universe that parallels the conventional. I suggest that the archetypical examples of this are religion and story-telling. It is these that gives us our especially human characteristics, that define what it is to be human. By placing these questions into the framework of the social brain hypothesis, I shall try to show why these capacities evolved in the human lineage, and why they are unique to modern humans.
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When you are looking for the best beach wedding location, you should definitely consider a San Pedro, Belize wedding, especially if you are looking for a location that can offer a honeymoon destination right after saying I Do.
From the relaxing white sandy beaches with warm Caribbean blue waters that encircle the island, to all the mainland adventures that are only a boat or plane ride away, is why you should consider having your wedding in beautiful San Pedro, Belize, a paradise like no other. San Pedro is Belize's biggest and liveliest Island full of all the amenities and commodities that you are looking for when you start planning your destination wedding and honeymoon.
Although it may seem like just another touristy destination, let me tell you otherwise. San Pedro is the biggest and busiest destination in Belize but it still has managed to hold on to its Island charm. If you head into town, you will be able to see the everyday routine of all locals who work day by day to keep San Pedro the number one destination in the country. If you are looking for openness and tranquility, most of the remote resorts located in North Ambergris Caye can offer you this peace of mind and body. Even the resorts in town offer this peace of mind as they are all located on the beach where the only view you will have is that of frigate birds and seagulls looking for a fisherman who is cleaning his catch of the day.
After choosing Ambergris Caye as your destination wedding venue, you need to decide on the wedding type of your dreams. You can have your wedding ceremony right on the beach under a coconut tree, at the end of a dock, on a secluded Sandbar, or sailing on a catamaran/sailboat. After saying 'I Do', you can take off with your loved one for a kayaking adventure or go snorkeling on the Barrier Reef! You might even consider cruising on a golf cart around town and enjoy as all the locals congratulate you. Sounds like too much for you? Then all you have to do is retire inside your honeymoon suite.
San Pedro Town has some of the best restaurant in the country. Whether you are looking for a local or gourmet dining experience, you'll surely find exactly what you are looking for. Almost all resorts have a restaurant on site but there are also some amazing eateries around town or a boat ride away in North Ambergris.
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Mamta seeks to use office of profit issue in polls
March 27, 2006 09:52 IST
With Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's resignation from the Lok Sabha causing ripples in several states, opposition parties in poll-bound West Bengal have decided to cash in on the office of profit controversy.
The Trinamool Congress which has turned the heat on Left MPs by calling for the resignation of Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and nine other CPI (M) MPs for holding offices of profit, said it planned to make it a poll issue for the Assembly elections.
"It is definitely going to be a poll issue. Party chief Mamata Banerjee has lodged a complaint against 11 MPs," senior Trinamool leader Saugata Roy told PTI.
The party was also trying to ascertain the number of CPI (M) legislators in West Bengal holding offices of profit. "We will complain to the Governor," he said.
On the other hand, the Congress, which has described Sonia Gandhi's resignation as an act of sacrifice, will also make it a poll issue.
The Left Front, however, said that the opposition's campaign was to divert attention from issues of development and economic progress, which has been accorded top priority by the Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee government and is the major theme of the Leftists.
"We will explain to the people that the Trinamool Congress' allegation is baseless, said CPI (M) leader and chief whip of the Left Front Legislature Party Robin Deb.
After raising hue and cry over the voter's lists, the opposition, which he claimed did not have any policies and programmes, were making allegations against party MPs as a diversionary tactic, he told PTI.
Mamata had earlier said, "If Jaya Bachchan can be disqualified, how can the CPI (M) MPs continue? They have to follow law and the law is the same for everyone."
The onus now lies with the Trinamool Congress to provide details in support of its allegations with the Election Commission asking it to submit them by April 17.
Besides Chatterjee, Trinamool has sought disqualification of Lok Sabha members Mohd Salim, Hannan Mollah, Lakshman Seth, Amitav Nandi, Sudhangshu Sil, Tarit Baran Topdar, Bangsagopal Chaudhury, Sujan Chakraborty, and Rajya Sabha member Nilotpal Basu.
The state Congress, however, has not lent its voice to the Trinamool Congress' demand for resignation of the CPI (M) MPs for holding offices of profit in West Bengal.
"No, no, like Trinamool, we are not demanding the disqualification of CPI (M) MPs. It depends on their conscience," said the state Congress working President Pradip Bhattahcherjee.
On the other hand, the party aimed to highlight Gandhi's resignation."By declining the Prime Minister's chair and now resigning from Lok Sabha, Sonia Gandhi has done what no leader in Indian polity has ever done. Party workers should explain to the people about the values the Congress stand for," said Bhattacherjee.


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Not everyone looks smashing in red, but that doesn't stop thousands of people from smashing, mashing, chucking, tossing and splattering in a sea of sticky red goop right out of a bad horror movie every year.
But this annual event is no bloodbath. It's more like a salad — a fruit salad.
The Tomato Battle returns to Colorado on Saturday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. Reminiscent of Spain's La Tomatina tomato celebration, this all-for-fun food fight will use as much as 80,000 pounds of tomatoes in one battle.
"It's the largest food fight imaginable," said Tomato Battle co-founder Max Kraner.
Besides the hour-long battle that is the event's main draw, the afternoon also includes live music, a costume contest and a beer garden.
Kraner said he is expecting at least 3,000 people at the Denver event. This is his second year bringing the Tomato Battle across the country. Last year's stop in Colorado took over Copper Mountain. While there have been no severe injuries reported in previous battles, those seeking vengeance should come prepared with protective gear, he said.
"People might get some bruises, if someone has a really good arm," he said. "I'd say it's no worse than a paintball hit. Luckily most of the tomatoes are super soft."
The many tomatoes come directly from farmers in Arizona and California who have surplus, bruised, past-ripe or unsalable goods. Kraner said the actual tomato fight usually lasts about an hour.
Costumes are also encouraged, especially tomato-related ones. Plates of spaghetti and ketchup bottles have made appearances in the past.
Aleah Goldman, who attended the Tomato Battle in Colorado last year, said she could have never imagined such a spectacle: thousands of people covered from head to toe in tomato. Her husband bought a Heinz 57 ketchup T-shirt just for the occasion, and she wore goggles, which she recommends for any participant.
"People were lobbing the tomatoes from one end all the way to the other," she said. "The next morning, after we woke up, none of us could even move, we were so sore."
When it can, Tomato Battle staffers work with local cleaning companies to compost all of the waste, which it did at last year's Colorado battle.
Thousands of people coming together at such an atypical event is a sight to be seen, Kraner said. Whether people feel the need to act on a long-standing hatred of tomatoes, or just want to spend a day in the sun smelling like one-third of a BLT, the battle, he said, is sure to be a big one.
"It's hilarious to watch because people go crazy for this stuff," Kraner said. "They're living out their childhood fantasies … You usually never get to throw food at people."
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THE TOMATO BATTLE. The food fight begins at noon on Saturday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, 6000 Victory Way, Commerce City. Tickets are available at tickethorse.com for $53 — or $38 with the code: tbfacebook. Ages 14 and up. More: tomatobattle.com/denver


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GOP faces digital divide
Now, with unlimited money groups including super PACs playing an even bigger role as a result of a series of 2010 federal court decisions, the RNC is nearing completion of a plan to hand over partial control of its valuable voter file to a newly formed private entity called Data Trust.
The list, which the RNC had spent millions updating and expanding, would have "become worthless" by the presidential election if the RNC didn't act, Jim Bopp, a top campaign finance lawyer and member of the RNC executive committee, told POLITICO last year.Continue Reading
While POLITICO has learned that Data Trust is finalizing contracts with vendors to enhance the file, sources also say it has struggled to raise cash, is behind schedule and has scaled back its plans. Data Trust's struggles could have a major impact on 2012, because the eventual Republican nominee will rely on the RNC voter file for get-out-vote efforts. While GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney has been spending heavily on political technology for years, his list alone can't compete with Obama's.
Meanwhile, the libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch, who have ventured increasingly into GOP politics, steered $2.5 million to a separate voter micro-targeting operation called Themis. Debuted at the Kochs' mega-donor conference in 2010, Themis already has been deployed in recent months by Koch-backed conservative groups, though some who've seen demonstrations say it's not as comprehensive as advertised.
No matter how much cash is spent enhancing voter files with consumer data, it still doesn't help a campaign as much as actually talking to voters, asserted Ryun of American Majority Action, who offered up his own household as an example. He drives a Volvo and wears Birkenstocks, while his wife has subscriptions to food and nature magazines, he said, asserting "if you look at a predictive model using consumer data mining, you would think that I lean left."
His group's voter contact app – which is called Gravity, after the name of the company that developed it – uses predictive modeling to help campaigns map door-knocking walk routes for volunteers and craft surveys to administer on front porches.
'This isn't data mining," Ryun said in a statement. "This is hard ID'ing of voters – the face-to-face and personal contact that wins elections. The more information that is gathered, the more efficient and effective the turnout model can become. This is a tool that levels the playing field between David and Goliath."
The app, which is similar to a platform offered by NGP VAN, was deployed in beta version in about 25 races in which American Majority Action played in 2010. A more polished version is being provided for free to local tea party groups, but is being marketed through a for-profit arm of Ryun's group to larger conservative groups, some of which are already paying to subscribe.
And voter data isn't cheap.
Federal Election Commission records show that Catalist, NGP VAN and their predecessors have been paid about $36 million by Democratic or liberal candidates and causes since 2001 – though NGP VAN also gets paid by campaigns to handle FEC reporting in addition to voter data.
Aristotle, a company that provides similar services as NGP VAN's for both Democratic and Republican campaigns, has been paid more than $15 million by federal campaigns and committees over the years, according to FEC records.
Its founder John Phillips asserted voter data can only take a campaign so far, plus he suggested Republicans may be milking the idea that they're far behind to raise money for their groups.
He called it "a tried-and-true self-serving scare tactic from fundraisers seeking to exploit a 'missile gap' with naive fatcats." And he asked in an email: "In 2010, why didn't the Democrats' perceived tech prowess yield any results?"
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O'Toole Named Player Of The Month For January
On loan midfielder John Joe O'Toole has been voted as Player Of The Month For January.
The 24 year old who is on loan from League One side Colchester United got over half of the votes. O'Toole picked up 59% of the votes, second was centre back Tom Parkes with 23% and in third was goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall and left back Lee Brown who both picked up 7%.
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