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First, I totally agree SPDY/4 prioritization changes are far more reaching. Let's not talk about them yet. I share your complexity concern and agree we need data before proceeding with many of those features, and I plan on getting data. As far as grouping, I think it's definitely a bug for the case where you have a forward proxy with users sharing the same HTTP/2.0 connection to an origin server. You can have many high priority short-lived streams which can starve out others, unless we implement the vague notion of "don't starve out streams", which is difficult when it might be a sustained rate of high priority short-lived streams. It's easier in your latter case of infinite, high-priority streams. You're right that the high priority, infinite stream can starve streams within the same group. I don't think this means that grouping is not required, but that grouping is potentially insufficient. For intragroup starvation, I think it's debatable about whether the server should be smart and not allow streams to _completely_ starve other streams within a group, or that clients should have a reprioritization facility. I think this is a discussion worth having, but I'd personally classify it as separate from whether or not the grouping feature is necessary. On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Mike Belshe <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:47 PM, William Chan (陈智昌) <firstname.lastname@example.com>wrote: > >> I'm sorry if I am unclear in any way. Please continue to >> challenge/question my comments/assertions so I can clarify my position >> as appropriate. >> >> Just to be clear here, I stand by that it's a protocol bug currently. >> > > +0.5. :-) > > Mark - I think we could open a issue ticket with the current HTTP/2.0 > draft that this is a bug which will present itself for servers that > implement naively. This isn't strictly a "bug", since the spec says the > server can do whatever it wants with priorities, but this is subtle enough > (surfacing primarily in http/2 -> http/2 proxy situations), that many > server implementors won't think of it unless we mention it in the spec. > > The bare minimum would be to simply document it and tell servers not to > starve out streams. However, this is probably a wimpy approach and I think > we can do better. > > The SPDY/4 prioritization changes are far more reaching than just fixing > this bug. While I like grouping as a feature, I don't believe it actually > fixes this bug: a browser could open a high priority, infinite stream, > which is competing across a shared proxy backend with other streams; unless > the user manually switches tabs (or does something to force changed > groups), the starvation can still occur. > > Mike > > > > > >> I agree with adding more hooks to convey advisory priority semantics. >> That said, "advisory" is open to interpretation. I agree that the >> sender should ultimately be in control of how it orders responses, and >> indeed there are of course many situations where it's best for the >> sender to ignore the advisory priority. Yet, if the advisory priority >> semantics are generally not respected, then clients will not be able >> to rely on them, and will be forced to implement prioritization at a >> higher layer, which suffers from the link underutilization vs >> contention tradeoff I highlighted earlier. >> >> I appreciate the concern that we're adding complexity by introducing >> new semantics. I am arguing that because the existing mechanisms for >> addressing starvation are suboptimal, we should treat this as a >> protocol bug and thus change the protocol in such a way as to fix this >> problem. My suggestion for doing so was adding new priority "grouping" >> semantics. I am hopeful that these new semantics will not introduce an >> inordinate amount of specification, as the primary idea is that the >> current SPDY priority levels would apply within a "group". I think we >> can come up with a way to define a group that will be relatively easy >> to spec. >> >> SPDY/4 introduces other prioritization semantics beyond just grouping, >> but I wanted to focus on this one first, as I believe this is a bug >> that we *need* to fix. The other SPDY/4 priority changes are of a >> performance optimization nature, and I believe they will need to be >> justified by data. I have no plans to raise them up in this group >> until we have said data. >> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <email@example.com> >> wrote: >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> > -------- >> > In message <email@example.com>, >> Ben Nive >> > n-Jenkins writes: >> > >> >>So the idea is the protocol contains enough 'hooks' to sufficiently >> >>express the different priorities between & within groups that folks >> >>would like to express but isn't prescriptive about how anyone uses or >> >>implements different prioritisation, scheduling, etc schemes. >> > >> > That was clearly not how the original poster presented it: >> > >> > "I consider all those options as suboptimal, and thus >> > consider this issue to be a protocol bug. Our SPDY/4 >> > prioritization proposal addresses this by [...]" >> > >> > -- >> > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 >> > firstname.lastname@example.com | TCP/IP since RFC 956 >> > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe >> > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by >> incompetence. >> >> >Received on Sunday, 10 February 2013 22:41:02 UTC
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011, was a historic day for the Fellowship of International Christian Word of Faith Ministries Organization. Founder, Dr. Frederick K.C. Price, Sr, installed Dr. Mike Freeman as the new president.
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Tiny children in the German schools are being inflamed with the war spirit and taught to hate Jews, Miss Maria Halberstadt, expatriate German high school teacher, told the Liberal club at the Milwaukee State Teachers' College recently.
Every morning the little children, holding aloft copies of the Versailles treaty, repeat under the teacher's guidance, "This shame shall burn in my heart till the day of revenge comes," Miss Halberstadt pointed out.
Ten years an instructor in Berlin, she was forced out in April because of pacifist sentiments. Now, the pupils day after day are being taught glorification of war and superiority of the Aryan race, she explained.
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Napoleon Solo, Illya Kuryakin, Lisa Rogers and Alexander Waverly sat glued to their seats in Waverly's office watching the television Illya had wheeled inside. They were silent except for Lisa's soft sobbing. It was mid – afternoon on November 22, 1963 and President Kennedy had been shot and the announcement had come that he had been declared dead.
The Old Man looked at his employees, two of whom were suffering because their country's leader was dead and the other one, like him, suffering because people he cared about were hurting. Damn J. Edgar, he thought bitterly, Why couldn't he set aside his ego and accept my offer of a security detail? This never would have happened if UNCLE Los Angeles had sent a few Section IIIs to enhance the President's protection as I had wanted.
"Miss Rogers, please tell Communications to let you know immediately if there is an uptick in chatter from THRUSH or any of the US's enemies. Mr. Solo, Mr. Kuryakin, I suggest you go back to your office. I think the best way to honor the man is to carry on with our duties."
All three of his staff stood immediately and took their leave. He sighed deeply and pulled out his bag of custom – blended tobacco and began to fill the bowl of his pipe. Once he had it properly lit, he picked up the phone to call his counterpart in Europe. Assassination is a nasty business; I hope this one doesn't lead to war like Archduke Ferdinand's lead to World War I.
Napoleon paced the office as Illya watched him. "Napoleon," he asked, "do you want me to get you some coffee? Or maybe, something to eat?"
"No, Tovarisch, thank you. I just can't believe he's dead, Illya. I voted for him! I truly believed his presidency was taking us to a better place. I believed in him. The way he handled the Cuban Missile Crisis, the way he believed in equality for all, the speech he gave in Berlin…" He stopped pacing and Illya could see the unshed tears standing in his eyes. "We've all been made poorer by the passing of this great man."
Illya came to stand next to his partner and said, "I am very sorry for your loss, 'Polya. I know how passionate you are about American politics and this is indeed a horrible blow for you and your country. But you are both strong; you will both recover. Mr. Waverly is right; the best way to honor the man is to continue to do our jobs to the best of our abilities."
Napoleon wiped his eyes quickly and nodded. He clapped the smaller man on the shoulder and went back to his desk. Wordlessly, he picked up Mission Assignment sheets and began to match teams with jobs.
After watching his partner for a few seconds, the Russian moved to sit at his own desk. Reaching into his bottom right drawer, he pulled out his notes from his latest experiments to review. There will be dark days ahead for the US, but like my partner, it will soldier on and become stronger.
"Thank you."
"We are partners, 'Polya. It is what we do for each other."


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Oklahoma Lawmakers Officially Declare Abortion to be Murder
In a resolution that will have little to no effect on actual legal policy in the state, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a resolution last week that officially declared abortion to be the murder of an innocent human being. In the resolution, lawmakers in the body – made up of 74 Republicans and 26 Democrats – made it state clear that "all human life is protected by God's law and the highest laws of the land."
Introduced to the floor by Rep. Chuck Strohm, a Republican from Jenks, OK, the resolution says: "The Constitution of the United States mandates that no state shall deprive any human being of life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness without due process of law, nor deny any human being within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
In an interview with the Tulsa World, Strohm said, "No one – not a doctor, not a father or a mother – has rights that allow them to murder an unborn child."
In his resolution, Oklahoma lawmakers declared: "Every public official in Oklahoma, including but not limited to sheriffs, district attorneys, judges and justices, the Attorney General, and the Governor, is directed to exercise their authority as appropriate in their respective jurisdictions to stop the murder of innocent unborn children by abortion. Whatever the legal consequences of the resolution, if there are any, Oklahoma Republicans have already succeeded in passing some of the strictest abortion laws in the country. Any woman who wishes to have an abortion must undergo mandatory counseling and sit out a 72-hour waiting period before following through on the procedure. Furthermore, health insurance companies who do business through the Obamacare marketplace may only provide abortion coverage if the mother's life hangs in the balance. All abortions are banned after the 20-week mark unless the mother's life is in danger.
Some believe that these laws and resolutions are being passed with the express intention of baiting a lawsuit from pro-abortion groups. The hope is that states like Oklahoma will succeed in bringing such a case all the way to the Supreme Court, where the conservative-leaning Justices will see fit to weaken – if not overturn altogether – Roe v. Wade.
Maybe that will happen and maybe it won't, but in the meantime it's fun to watch pro-death liberals drive themselves crazy over their "right" to kill their unborn babies. Sooner or later, if any of God's justice is alive in today's America, there will come a tipping point, we will wake up as a nation, and realize fully just what it is we're supporting through our laws and consent.
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(simply because you "confess" it does not mean you actually are, the devil has deceived many of his own children to believe they are Christians 2Tim 3:5)
#1 "ONE" not triune: THE ANTI CHRIST….WHERE? WHERE?….EVERYWHERE!!! …..IT"S YOU O TRINITARIAN!
"WHO" it was (what person) that came "IN THE FLESH", IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE "ANT-CHRIST"! Even Islam claims Jesus was the Jewish messiah/Christ who was to come in the flesh) they all deny "WHO" it was (what person) that came (to be the Christ) in the flesh!?!…….To deny the father is to deny the son because they are one and the same person that came in the flesh! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-6-anti-christ-where-everywhere-allen-daves?trk=mp-reader-card
JOHN 14: 8-20 where Christ specifically identifies himself (his person as the person of both the father and the HS; the only distinction is in "location" and "method of manifestation" …….Note Isaiah 9:6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: …: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, … the everlasting Father ….The son, father/Holy Spirit are all the same person, NOT like two different persons working together even as "one flesh" ….The "oneness" between Christ and the father is not comparable to a man & his wife, for only a fool would say "When you have seen me you have seen my wife, how sayest thou then, Shew us your wife?" Notice they asked to see THE FATHER and the response was Jn 14:9 .."HAVE I BEEN SO LONG time with you, and yet hast THOU NOT KNOW ME, Philip…..Now image some fool trying to claim that statement if you asked to see his wife!?!!? You want to see the FATHER but have I been with you but you don't know me!?!?! https://www.scribd.com/doc/305367608/The-Trinity-Heresy
Jn 14 continued….…………..17. Even THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH; (Jn 14:6 I AM the way, THE TRUTH,) whom the world cannot receive, .. for HE DEWLLETH WITH YOU, (present tense/standing next to them in the flesh) and SHALL BE IN YOU… (future tense "In them") 18. I will not leave you comfortless: I WILL COME TO YOU (future tense "In them") Note: The spirit of Christ is the sprit of God and the holy spirit that is why Christ said "I will come to you" (to comfort them, because Christ is the comforter). The spirit was standing next to them in flesh… ….latter it would come to them to be inside of them (inside of their flesh as the spirit we are given)…..that is why. he would send the spirit…… However, Jesus himself here makes the point that the same person who was the HOLY SPIRIT that would come was standing next to them but lets them know "I will come to you again to be Inside of you"
The whole point to Gal 3:20.a mediator is NOT A MEDIATOR OF ONE, (HEIS) but GOD IS ONE. (HEIS) again, point blank, identifies the number of persons of God! The "but" points out the contrast between multiple persons in a mediation party v the "one" of God. God is not like a mediation party with multiple different persons. ….."the express image of his person" ( the person of God; singular not plural).Any attempt to lay claim otherwise is willful ignorance and delusional nonsense https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-1-echadechadmy-godgod-echad-allen-daves?trk=mp-reader-card
NOTE: don't be that one in prov 26:12 over my use of the word "fool" here prov 18:13 (https://www.scribd.com/presentation/322007258/Fools ) "But but, the gospel of John…the Gospel of John …look look…" which is quite ironic since the gospel of John does not leave ANY room for multiple different persons of Jesus and father. However the gospel of John does leave a few verses that facilitate God's promise in 2 Thess 2:11/ Isaiah 66:4 (take note of "HAND" in verse 2,14..You just can't make this stuff up…God is surely laughing at these fools; Ps 2:1&4)
……Mark 12:28…Which is the first commandment of all? 29. …Hear, O Israel; THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD: 30. And ………..this is the first commandment….. 31. And the second is…..
TRINITARIANS CONFESS JESUS /THEY ARE NOT POLYTHEIST BUT ARE MONOTHEIST LIKE A LIAR & THIEF WHO "CONFESS" THEY DO NOT LIE OR STEAL The simple fact is that just because you confess or deny that you are in an adulterous relationship and denounce all forms of adultery has nothing to do with whether or not it is in fact adulterous! .. …A rose by any other name is still just a rose AND calling it a water lily does not change the definition of what a water Lilly or a rose is either!…No, Trinitarians confess & preach literally …"ANOTHER JESUS" 2 Cor 11:4
- Like a thief in your house caught stealing your things insisting he was not there stealing "I CONFESS I am NOT stealing". You just do not "properly understand" what he is doing/saying. Further, since you never had a "proper understanding" of what he is doing/saying you have no business accusing him since you do not even know what you are talking about in the first place. It is with and in your own ignorance that you base your "false accusations" & "ad homonym attacks" against him…… Ridiculous of course it is ……2Thess 2:11; Titus 1:16; 2Tim 3:5;
- A Favorite tool for pathological liars is to use incongruent definitions or create oxymorons out of synonyms such as "a person" and "a being" so as to claim that your god is THREE DIFFERENT PERSONS but ONLY ONE BEING: Which is (1) no different then trying to claim that "THREE DIFFERENT CARS" is "THE ONE VEHICLE" (2) blatant demonstration of the dishonesty & sorcery these children of hell will employ with "a strait face" (which is in part what it means to be a pathological liar)
……but, ah i remember how this game is played… "God is three in one" (or 1in 3 or 3in one et al) should have given you a hint, harking back to Satan in The garden…God said you will die…Satan comes along and states no you will be more WISE……today .God said He is one; but Satan's children come along and say no three is more WISE and humble in the face of God's grandeur only "a mystery" that can be understood "in faith". God uses head and right arm to explain the distinctions between father and son.. However, the Trinitarian heretics say to the effect: "NO, that is just a figure of speech, or that is not what God really means. What God is really saying is that God is three different persons". Fools, hypocrites and blind guides, God said he was One and by your traditions and vain imaginations have taken the words of God and made them of no effect, refashioning God into your image!
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#2 SECOND COMING Thou Fool! "I come quickly" so "Hold fast
till i come"… NOT …"in another 2000 yrs I might be coming soon any time now, so hold fast"!?! …those that deny the second coming of Christ in the war of AD70 are practicing a damnable heresy in denying the lord that bought them ( 2Peter 2:1-2 ;2Tim 4:8/ you cant love an appearing you deny& the context is the 2nd coming not the first)… Mat 7:23.."I NEVER KNEW YOU" …..Mat 10:33. But whosoever shall deny me before men……..sound familiar?…. If I said I am coming to your house in this generation when these things happen but no one knows the day or hour what fool would think I might be coming in 2000 years latter!?!? ..2 Tim 4: 4. And
they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be TURNED UNTO FABLES.
2Thess 2: 11. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12. That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
#3 There is a sharp contrast between THREE groups :
(1) "PREDESTINED DAMNED" who were NEVER written in the book of life ………..Rev 17: 8 WHOSE NAMES WERE NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, …as contrasted …EPH 1: 4. According as he hath CHOSEN US in him BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
(2) "MANY CALLED"= ONLY and ALL SAINTS (those who come to Christ) are written in the book of life … Philippians 4:3… ……Rev 21:27; (Only saints are Called and elect; Rom 1:6-7 et al) This is THE CHRUCH and ONLY these can have their names blotted out of the book of life ….….Heb 12:23 to the general assembly and CHURCH of the firstborn … WHICH ………are WRITTEN in heaven,
(3) THE FEW CHOSEN: Those saints who were alive in group #2 who are now physically dead. They died "faithful" these are the FEW that were chosen faithful…….Rev 3:5. ……; and I
will not BLOT OUT HIS NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, (Ps 69:28) …. These are the FEW that are CHOSEN and now that they have died and are saved then "once saved THEY CAN NEVER BE LOST"
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Wendy Lopez is committed to serving as a force of love, justice, and growth within communities of African decent that have been negatively impacted by the inequities of our food system. Through her experiences providing nutrition education workshops for children, adolescents, and families, this Bronx native strives to bridge the gap between food, health, and community. As a former consultant for the Department of Health, she worked with the Green Carts program to increase availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in schools within low-access neighborhoods. Currently a health educator for Life is Precious, a suicide prevention program for young Latinas, Wendy works with youth to explore the ways in which food and health have a direct impact on the mind and body. She is also the co-founder of Food Heaven Made Easy with Wendy & Jess, a monthly cooking/nutrition web-series, which aims to reduce the risk of obesity in NYC by demonstrating how to prepare culturally diverse, delicious, quick and cost conscious meals at home. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree in nutrition from Hunter College.
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In light of a triple shooting over the weekend, city leaders will meet this week to discuss the possibility of imposing a curfew for teenagers at the Country Club Plaza.
After three people were shot on the Plaza Saturday night, Mayor James held a news conference.
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AUGUST 14, 2011 - Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Sly James addresses the August 13, 2011 violence on the Plaza from City Hall on Sunday afternoon
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mayor Sly James met with police at 7 a.m. Monday morning, and is spending his lunch hour with the City Attorney to talk over options for getting a tougher curfew in place by the coming weekend.
James is also talking with city council members, school district leaders, and the owners of the Country Club Plaza this week to discuss changing the curfew for teens in the popular shopping district.
City leaders plan to ask school districts to help spread the word to students and families.
Right now, the weekend curfew on the Plaza is midnight but there is talk about moving it to 9 p.m. Philadelphia has already changed its curfew to deal with a similar problem: teen flash mobs.
Saturday night, police say hundreds of teens gathered throughout the Plaza. Around 11 p.m. three of them were shot. James was about 50 yards away from the shooting and his body guards pushed him to the ground when they heard the gun shots. The three teens are expected to be okay. Police haven't arrested anyone in the case.
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The mayor has the power to declare an emergency curfew but he's not convinced it's the right decision.
On Monday morning, a spokesman in the mayor's office said one option is having the City Council pass a new curfew during its Thursday meeting, but then having the mayor declare an emergency for this weekend so that it could be in effect right away, rather than waiting the usual 10 days for a new ordinance to become law.
"We can't expect that imposing a curfew will stop a 15, 16 or 17-year-old from bringing a gun to anywhere," said James.
The mayor also said he will talk to the Municipal and Juvenile courts about the curfew change.
The following is the exact text from a letter James sent Monday to community leaders:
"As many of you are aware, Kansas City has joined an unfortunate, but growing, list of cities throughout the world that are forced to deal with large congregations of young people and violence associated with those gatherings. This past weekend, three young people, ages 13, 15, and 16, were shot on the Plaza inside a mob of hundreds.
I would like to pass along an update on the three injured young people. All three are stable, which is very good news.
While we may not be able to stop shootings like the one last weekend, understand that this situation cannot stand. We were looking for a reasonable solution to this issue prior to Saturday's events and will continue to work this week ahead of City Council session on Thursday with the police, the council, the courts and the 14 school districts in Kansas City to determine a path forward that helps keeps kids safe not only on the Plaza but throughout our city.
The purpose of this letter is to ask for your advice and input as we seek to keep our young people safe and reduce crime in our city. It is also to advise you that it is a distinct possibility, after extensive discussions, the City of Kansas City will implement a 9 p.m. city-wide curfew beginning as soon as Friday, August 19, 2011. I understand you may be effected by this potential change and wish to give you as much lead time as possible to ensure success should Kansas City, its police and public safety officials determine a curfew change is necessary.
Reducing crime in our neighborhoods and keeping our children safe will require a coordinate effort. It cannot just be the city, or the police department, or churches, or schools; rather it must be all of the above and more. Whatever the solution is, I know it begins and ends at home. Parents are the first and best option to monitor their children and keep them safe. "


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Also known as Laragh
The timezone in An Laithreach is Europe/Dublin
Sunrise at 07:33 and Sunset at 17:45. It's Dark
Latitude. 53.0044°, Longitude. -6.2989°
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- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- An Laithreach (0km)
- Ballard (1.1km)
- Brockagh (2.4km)
- Trooperstown (2.6km)
- Knockrath (4.5km)
- Annamoe (4.6km)
- Ballybraid (5.3km)
- Clara (5.4km)
- Oldbridge (5.9km)
- Raheen (6.2km)
- Ballysheemen (6.6km)
- Ballycullen (7.3km)
- Ballinderry (7.3km)
- Knockaphrumpa (7.5km)
- Kirikee (7.5km)
- Clara Bridge (7.6km)
- Garryduff Cross Roads (7.7km)
- Ballinafunshoge (8km)
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- an area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings.
- Ballylug (3.9km)
- Drummin (4.4km)
- Ballinaconbeg (5.7km)
- Brockagh (6.2km)
- Tomriland Cross Roads (6.9km)
- Carrigeershinnagh (6.9km)
- Drumgoff Bridge (7.6km)
- Strand Bridge (8.4km)
- mountain;
- an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
- Paddock Hill (2km)
- Derrybawn Mountain (2.9km)
- Trooperstown Hill (3km)
- Cullentragh Mountain (4.1km)
- Kirikee Mountain (6km)
- Mullacor (6.3km)
- Carriglinneen Mountain (6.5km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Glenmacnass River (0.2km)
- Annamoe River (0.3km)
- Glenealo River (0.6km)
- Derrybawn River (2.1km)
- Clohernagh Brook (7.8km)
- Drumgoff Brook (8km)
- lake;
- a large inland body of standing water.
- Lower Lake (2.9km)
- Upper Lake (4.7km)
- Lough Nahanagan (7.6km)
- Lough Dan (7.9km)
- Lough Ouler (8.5km)
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- a large commercialized agricultural landholding with associated buildings and other facilities.
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- Castlekevin (4.3km)
- Glendalough House (4.4km)
- Lake Park (7.1km)
- Roundwood Park (7.9km)
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- a large house, mansion, or chateau, on a large estate.
- Glenwood House (5.9km)
- Cronybyrne House (6.9km)
- Tomdarragh House (6.9km)
- hill;
- a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.
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- Sleanaglogh (8.2km)
- valley;
- an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.
- Vale of Glendasan (4.4km)
- Vale of Glendalough (6.3km)
- locality;
- a minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries.
- Bookey's Bridge (0.7km)
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- a structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc..
- Castle Kevin (4.4km)
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- a building used as a human habitation.
- Laraun Lodge (2.4km)
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- The Giants Cut (2.4km)
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Airports close to An Laithreach
Dublin(DUB), Dublin, Ireland (51.2km)
Waterford(WAT), Waterford, Ireland (116.9km)
Isle of man(IOM), Isle of man, England (180.2km)
St angelo(ENK), Enniskillen, England (197.1km)
Galway(GWY), Galway, Ireland (198.4km)
Airfields or small airports close to An Laithreach
Casement, Casement, Ireland (38.2km)
Valley, Valley, U.k. (133.8km)
Mona, Mona, U.k. (145.7km)
Llanbedr, Llanbedr, England (163.6km)
Haverfordwest, Haverfordwest, England (176.3km)
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AnteaterAnteater is a common name for the four mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Together with the sloths, they compose the order Pilosa. The name "anteater" is also colloquially applied to the unrelated aardvark, numbat, echidnas, pangolins and some members of the Oecobiidae.
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- Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.
- A common term used of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater).
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There is a burgeoning virtual network of women lawyers, and it's more powerful than the network at any golf course or 'gentleman's club.'
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka shareholder Elizabeth Fenton recently chaired a CLE panel discussion, "Lean In For Lawyers," at the annual conference of the Section for Litigation of the American Bar Association. Held in Scottsdale, Arizona, in April 2014, the CLE session facilitated discussion of a topic about which Fenton, a business attorney in the Philadelphia office of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, is passionate.
After 16 years in the legal industry, Fenton knows the working environment is improving for women in law. When she joined her first law firm in 2000 after clerking for a judge, there were no women litigation partners. There are now, Fenton said recently during a roundtable discussion on Women in the Profession, hosted by The Legal Intelligencer.
She is keenly aware, however, of the challenges that continue to face women seeking equal footing in the legal profession. Two-thirds of the women in the legal workplace are staff attorneys, but women comprise only 17 percent of the equity partners among firms that participated in a survey published by the National Association of Women Lawyers in February 2014.
Statistics like those are what prompted Fenton to write "Lean In For Lawyers," an essay inspired by the best-selling 2013 book on women's workplace empowerment by Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook.
Fenton believes the business conditions in law are changing in favor of women – most notably through increased demand by clients for legal teams with more diverse backgrounds – and that women attorneys have greater collective professional influence than ever before.
Fenton herself writes that as she approached midlife, she found herself negotiating a series of life choices unique to women in the legal profession, and not just those revolving around motherhood, a topic upon which many conversations about the lives of professional women tend to focus. Fenton found valuable guidance by carefully observing and seeking advice from other women attorneys of all ages, not just those who were senior to her.
"There is a burgeoning virtual network of women lawyers, and it's more powerful than the network at any golf course or 'gentleman's club,'" Fenton writes.
Sandberg's book wasn't aimed at lawyers, but Fenton believes many of its key messages apply to any woman who aspires to advance in a legal career.
From offering advice on which chair one selects when sitting at the negotiating table – where the wrong choice can cause women attorneys to "abdicate power" – to helping them capitalize upon their emotional intelligence to build more robust professional relationships, Fenton has "leaned in" to the task of supporting the success of all women in the legal profession.
About Chamberlain Hrdlicka – Chamberlain Hrdlicka is a diversified business law firm with offices in Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Denver and San Antonio. The firm represents both public and private companies as well as individuals and family-owned businesses across the nation. In addition to tax planning and tax controversy, the firm offers corporate, securities and finance, employment law and employee benefits, energy law, estate planning and administration, intellectual property, international and immigration law, commercial and business litigation, real estate and construction law.


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If you noticed that something seemed a bit "off" when you logged in to Facebook this morning, you're not alone. Some members are seeing a new version of the top navigation bar as the company tests some small design changes.
Facebook often makes minor tweaks in an effort to stay fresh or to drive attention to specific feature. In this test, the social network has moved friend requests, messages, and notifications to the right of the screen, leaving the search bar on its own in the left corner.
While the company has remained tight-lipped on the reasons behind the test, it's possible that Facebook is trying to draw attention to one of two areas, the first being the search bar. Facebook's Sponsored Results — which enable you to target a specific app, Page, or Place within search results — are returning favorable outcomes for early adopters.
This could be Facebook's way of not only encouraging more search action from its members, but enticing other brands to experiment with different types of Facebook advertising. The second possible reason for the test could be to put more focus on the right-hand side of the screen.
The right side of the screen is home to important updates, such as birthdays or engagement announcements, as well as advertising. By putting notifications and messages directly over these attention-grabbers, it's possible that advertisers could begin seeing more clickthroughs and engagement.
Of course, this is just speculation and Facebook hasn't commented on whether the new navigation bar will be released worldwide. We expect to see more minor tweaks and changes as the social network experiments further with search.
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Watch how Bennett M. Cohen exposed Standard Insurance Company's bad faith practices.
Insurers often engage in claims practices designed to deny claims. These practices have been carefully crafted to manufacture seemingly plausible reasons for inexcusable denials. Unethical physicians and other highly compensated "experts" help supply the insurance company with apparently tenable bases to deny claims.
You can expose and defeat the insurance company's bad faith tactics. With the help of an experienced insurance lawyer, you are much more likely to reverse the benefits denial and recover full and fair insurance benefits.
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Among recent Internet, newspaper and magazine postings or judicial proceedings about Mr. Cohen's practice are the following:
Major Disability Insurer Reverses Its Denial Of Insured's Claim Due To Multiple Sclerosis And Agrees To Pay Benefits (August, 2017)
In Confidential Settlement, Self-Insured Employer Reverses Its Denials Of Employee's Disability Claim In 2014 And 2015 And Agrees To Pay Benefits (October, 2016)
In Confidential Settlement, Disability Insurer Reverses Its Multiple Denials of Disability Claim Over Two Years and Agrees To Pay Benefits (September, 2016)
Prudential Insurance Company reverses its denial of disability claim arising from visual impairment and agrees to pay all past due benefits (July 30, 2015)
California Court of Appeals Rules That Department of Insurance Must Screen All New Disability Policies To Prohibit Misleading And Illegal Provisions; See published decision (October 1, 2014):
Federal Jury Finds San Francisco Police Department Used Excessive Force Against Restrained Arrestee, June 13, 2014, Trial Lawyer Magazine, Summer, 2014 (link below)
Federal Jury Orders Insurance Company to Pay Woman $873,000, The Press Democrat (Sonoma County, California), February 18, 2014Jury Awards $873,532 for Bad Faith Denial of Disability Benefits by Standard Insurance Company, Reuters (February 18, 2014)
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Bennett M. Cohen is a highly experienced and skilled trial attorney. The attorney with whom Bennett M. Cohen principally trained had, at one time, the highest jury verdict in history in the United States. He also trained with an attorney who is now a highly regarded California appellate justice. Cohen is also one of the youngest attorneys to ever personally appear and argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
After previously working with a law firm that specialized in catastrophic personal injury cases and working with another firm that specialized in representing people who have had their disability insurance claims denied, Cohen opened his own practice. As a highly experienced insurance attorney and disability lawyer, Cohen continues to dedicate the time, energy and resources necessary to each client. At the Law Offices of Bennett M. Cohen, we believe that everyone deserves to have a strong, tireless advocate on his or her side and will work relentlessly on your behalf.
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At the Law Offices of Bennett M. Cohen, we stand up for individuals in their challenging fight against insurance companies. We are located in San Francisco and handle cases throughout the Bay Area and California. We never represent insurance companies – only individual insureds or policyholders who have been denied benefits or have not received the full benefits they deserve.
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The Bend Livability Project is an ongoing civic engagement initiative designed to educate, empower and engage the Bend community to harness and shape the dramatic growth we will experience in the coming years through innovative strategies. With 30,000 more residents expected to live here by 2030, so much of our next chapter is unscripted—it's up to us to define it together.
Partly a celebration of our character and partly a massive townhall meeting, the Project held a major conference over the June 2-5 weekend in 2016 to drive diverse populations in Bend to learn about and participate in shaping Bend's future through four days of lectures, panels, workshops, films, parties, public art projects, walking tours and events. Bendites of all ages and backgrounds made a personal commitment to ensuring the future livability of Bend and are now plugging their energy directly into projects that will transform their hopes for the future into reality.
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Napa-Sonoma marsh restoration's last phase begins
WETLANDS RESTORATION Napa-Sonoma site flooded in the final phase of project
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Scooping up a heaping load of black mud, an excavator ripped through a 100-year-old earthen barrier between the Napa River and a 1,400-acre swath of former salt ponds Wednesday afternoon, marking the final step in one of the largest wetlands restoration projects in U.S. history.
Several years from now, migratory birds, native grasses, salmon and steelhead are expected to ply the briny marshes, along with human visitors drawn to its hiking trails, duck stands and boating channels, experts say.
On Wednesday, scores of planners, politicians, environmentalists and biologists gathered on a hillock near American Canyon to christen the last piece of the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area Restoration Project, a $25 million, decadeslong effort to re-establish a thriving tidal plain amid what had been vast salt evaporation facilities operated by agri-business giant Cargill.
Since the early 1990s, about 5,000 acres have been restored under the auspices of the California Department of Fish and Game, Ducks Unlimited, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other groups.
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Work now begins on the remaining 1,400 acres - a series of shallow, ashy pits near Highway 29 that stretch west to the Napa River.
"We will have this wonderful mosaic of wildlife areas for both state and federally listed species - and it's a refuge for people," Chuck Armor, regional manager with the California Department of Fish and Game, said Wednesday. "The generations that follow us will be very grateful for what we have done here."
Wetlands around the country are resuming their natural contours, thanks to a surge in federal restoration funds and a growing understanding of their importance to ecosystems. Not only do marshes provide a lush habitat for fish and fowl, they act as natural water filtration systems and create buffer zones against rising seas.
They also offer an economic boost in the form of hunting, fishing, kayaking, bird-watching and other recreational activities.
"Our coasts are incredibly important to our nation's bottom line," said Larry Robinson, deputy administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "By protecting the health of the coast, we project jobs."
The 1,400-acre chunk of land near the confluence of San Pablo Bay and the Napa River - also known as Green Island - has now come full-circle.
Originally a tidal wetland teeming with life, it was sectioned off and cultivated by hay and oat farmers beginning in the Gold Rush days. In the 1950s, the Leslie Salt Co. acquired the land, along with 10,000 acres on the west side of the river. Cargill, of Minneapolis, later purchased Leslie Salt. For decades, the company produced a quarter-million tons of low-grade salt there annually for chemical companies and, later, for road de-icing operations in Canada.
Regulatory pressures and changes in the salt business prompted the company to transfer the 10,000 acres on the west side of the river to the state in the 1990s; it deeded Green Island to California in 2003. All told, the company has handed over about 40,000 acres in the region to various communities and resource agencies. Its remaining Bay Area salt operation employs 250 and covers 12,000 acres in Newark.
The final push
After Cargill's donation of the Napa River land, conservation groups, private foundations, and state and federal agencies joined forces to raise funds for its rehabilitation. But it wasn't until an infusion of stimulus money from the Obama administration that the project pushed into its final phase.
Wednesday's levee breach added a dramatic flourish to the project's progress. In coming weeks, engineers will breach the levee in two other spots, and scientists will monitor how quickly the river waters dissolve the salt flats. The Napa River eventually will swamp many of the levees, quietly burying the chalky salt beds and carving new channels through the reeds. Within a year or two, officials say, the public will be permitted to wander the wetland's waterways and byways.
The restoration reverses just a tiny portion of the 92 percent of Bay Area wetlands lost to development and industry, according to Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena. But it is something.
"We can't unring the bell, but we can make some important improvements," Thompson said. "With climate change upon us, our efforts have never been as important as they are now."


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The proposed rezoning of 126 acres for a large mobile home development has residents of a South Augusta neighborhood riled and ready to go to war to stop it.
"Community Alert, Stop the Rezoning" reads a 4-foot-by-8-foot sign in front of Ray and Billie Disher's Brown Road home.
The Dishers and other homeowners in the area are concerned that locating a large mobile home park nearby will hurt property values and bring congestion to their quiet country neighborhood.
According to the application for rezoning submitted by landowner Joe E. Ulm of Augusta, the 126-acre tract of woodland would be accessible only by Duncan Drive, a narrow dirt track off Brown Road, dotted with a few rundown houses and mobile homes.
But part of the development would border Mr. Disher's property line, something he's not eager to see.
"That's the last thing I want to see sitting out on my deck are a bunch of trailers sitting in my back yard," Mr. Disher said.
All the land in that area was part of a massive rezoning effort last year, which changed about 14,000 acres of agricultural zoned property south of Tobacco Road to residential zoning.
As part of Augusta-Richmond County's comprehensive development plan, officials are hoping to develop the area into the county's next suburban community.
Like most everyone else, Mr. Ulm's property is now zoned for normal residential development -- which prohibits mobile homes.
Josephine Ulm, his wife, said her husband has a buyer for the property if he can get the rezoning approved. She would not reveal the name of the potential buyer, who would put mobile homes on the property.
"We never requested to have it rezoned from agricultural in the first place," she said.
Their request can expect opposition from the Dishers and their neighbors when the request is heard June 7 before the Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission.
But before county officials consider granting their request, Mr. Ulm may have to submit a development plan showing compliance with a few conditions, said George Patty, executive director of the planning commission.
Among the conditions are a limit of 100 mobile home lots, and provisions to include public sewer service and a paved road built to county standards, Mr. Patty said.
"If they were willing to do those things then the planning commission would have to consider it," he said.
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New SARS-like Virus Not Easily Transmittable
The World Health Organization announced a positive finding regarding the new virus with SARS similarities discovered in London last week: it appears to not transmit easily between people. The health agency had put out a global alert a few days ago over the tenatively named, potentially deadly Novel Coronavirus 2012.
The virus seems to have originated in the Middle East. The first infection case was discovered earlier this month in a critically-ill patient from Qatar who had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia. Another man, who had apparently had the same virus, had just died in the same area the Qatari patient had traveled to. (Source: Reuters)
The Qatari patient was air transported to a London hospital, for treatment of his symptoms, where the true nature of his infection was discovered.
The WHO has allied with a team of specialists from multiple countries in order to more accurately gauge the health risk that Novel Coronavirus 2012 poses to the general public. The virus is currently being monitored closely by the UN health agency, while they decide what actions need to be taken.
Both patients who have been infected by Novel Coronavirus 2012 have suffered renal failure in addition to other symptoms. So far, no other cases of infection have been confirmed.
Not the Same as SARS
The little-known virus shares a number of similarities with the now-contained coronavirus SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), the outbreak of which was responsible for the deaths of over 900 people, with a 10.9% fatality rate. The last case of a SARS infection was seen in June 2003, excepting a lab-induced infection in 2004.
But despite those superficial similarities, according both to the virus' behavior its genetic makeup, Novel Coronavirus 2012 is a totally different pathogen. Based on initial test results, there is some evidence that the virus infection may have originated from animals.
The WHO recommends that health workers be alert to anyone with acute respiratory syndrome requiring hospitalization who has spent any time in the Middle East region where the virus was found, or has been in contact with a suspected or confirmed case in the previous 10 days.
So far, no international travel restrictions have been put in place in relation to Novel Coronavirus 2012.
Despite the fact that the virus seems to not be easily transmitted between people, there is a great deal of concern about Muslims making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Almost 2 million people from other countries traveled to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage last year.
At this time, international health agencies including the World Health Organization are still learning about the virus, the public health risks, and what steps are appropriate.
As you read this blog, scientists in multiple countries are conducting virology tests as part of the World Health Organization's efforts to completely understand — and contain — the virus as quickly as possible. To that end, so far, international laboratory researchers have decoded the genetic makeup of Novel Coronavirus 2012, and have developed tests for diagnosing possible cases in patients.
Deep Sequencing
When the SARS outbreak happened in 2002, it was months before WHO was even alerted to its existence. A big part of why Novel Coronavirus 2012 was detected so early compared to SARS has to do with improved genetic technology called deep sequencing.
Thanks to deep sequencing, laboratories can identify and viruses that are closely related as well as viruses that are mutating. The higher-tech process decodes genetic sequences at a very high level of accuracy so that even the smallest differences between viruses are apparent.
At the same time, the similarities that are discovered can help scientists and health experts to make more accurate assessments as to a new/mutated virus' characteristics and behavior, earlier in the timeline.
We will keep you updated at Air Medical Net on any important developments related to Novel Coronavirus 2012.
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Designed during World War II by Captain William P. Yarborough (later to become Lieutenant General) of the 501
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"On March 3, 1941, I was ordered to Washington to report to the Adjutant General for temporary duty in the Office of the Chief of Infantry. My mission was the procurement of a suitable parachutist badge that would meet with the approval both of the War Department and the Commanding Officer of the 501
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), before my departure gave me full authority to approve any design that I considered acceptable, and to do so in his name. The same authority was delegated to me in the name of the Chief of Infantry. I drew the original sketch in the office of Lieutenant Colonel Beuchner, G-3; a finished copy of my original sketch was prepared in the office of the Quartermaster General. Through the help of Mr. A.E. Dubois, in the Quartermaster Generals office, 350 of the badges were procured from the Bailey, Banks and Biddle Company in Philadelphia and were in the hands of the Commanding Officer of the 501
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Captain Yarborough even applied for a patent to protect the design from unauthorized reproduction. On February 2, 1943, Patent #134963 was granted for "A Parachutist's Badge" for a period of three and one-half years.
The Parachutist's Badge was formally approved on 10 March 1941. The senior and master parachutist's badges were authorized by Headquarters, Department of the Army in 1949 and were announced by Change 4, Army Regulation 600-70 dated 24 January 1950.
An oxidized silver badge 1 13/64 inches in height and 1 1/2 inches in width, consisting of an open parachute on and over a pair of stylized wings displayed and curving inward. A star and wreath are added above the parachute canopy to indicate the degree of Qualification.
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Campbell Soup Company, the maker of Campbell's soups and (through its subsidiary, Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated) Goldfish crackers, has been a member of the CFBAI since November 2006.
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PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Now, more than ever, employers are continuously looking for solutions to help busy employees balance work-life needs. Helping to address this need, CCLC®, a national child care provider dedicated to quality employer-sponsored early childhood education, announced plans to build its first-ever child care center in New York City. The CCLC @ 90 Park Child Care Center will focus on providing both full-time and backup child care to local businesses and their working families, as well as to the community.
Companies that offer child care services find that these services are a substantial way to save money and differentiate themselves among competitors. A typical child care center can save a business up to $500,000 each year in reduced turnover costs; this according to BT Alex. Brown (now Deutsche Bank).
Backup child care offers parents resources when their usual care arrangements are disrupted or if their child's caregiver is ill or on vacation. CCLC @ 90 Park Child Care Center is designed to care for up to 68 children ages six weeks to five years. In addition to backup child care, approximately half of the spaces will be available for regular, full-time enrollment by families in the community. The new center is slated to open in the late spring of 2011, and will be located in the heart of the city at 90 Park Avenue near Central Park, just two blocks from Grand Central Station. CCLC is considering additional backup care center locations downtown and near Columbus Circle.
"In meeting with New York City businesses, we've already seen a tremendous interest in backup care services, and CCLC is thrilled to bring this much-needed service to employers and hard working parents," said Fran Durekas, CCLC Founder and Chief Development Officer. "Our goal is to give parents the flexibility and peace of mind to make last-minute child care decisions by providing businesses with a trusted and safe environment that they can offer to employees."
Neighborhood businesses will have the opportunity to partner with CCLC to provide backup child care benefits to their employees. Businesses may also be able to take advantage of alternate benefits including priority access, and tuition subsidies or discounts to increase availability and affordability of child care. Interested businesses can contact CCLC at email@example.com.
Backup care is an important recruiting differentiator for companies. In addition to saving businesses money, offering backup child care reduces turnover and absenteeism in the workplace.
- In a study of employees with children in company-sponsored child care programs, 93 percent of respondents said that work-site child care was an important factor in considering a job change (Simmons College).
- A national survey also found that 59 percent of employees and their spouses missed between three and ten days of work in the last year due to the lack of adequate backup child care. (Workplace Options, Public Policy Polling).
New Backup Center to Be Eco-Healthy
In addition to giving employers a unique benefit to offer employees, the CCLC @ 90 Park Child Care Center also will offer an eco-healthy environment for children. All CCLC® programs are endorsed as Eco-Healthy Child Care centers by the Oregon Environmental Council and focus on providing the healthiest possible physical space, nutritious meals and stewardship of the environment. One-hundred percent of CCLC centers meet the Oregon Environmental Council's Eco-Healthy Child Care National Standards covering areas such as pesticides, air quality, household chemicals, lead, mercury, furniture and carpets, non-toxic art supplies, plastics, playground equipment, recycling and nutrition.
CCLC utilizes play-based, thematic and multicultural curriculum for all age groups through its proprietary program, which incorporates physical, social, language, cognitive and emotional development. In addition, the centers offer supplemental enrichment programs for accelerated learning.
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CCLC is a national child care provider dedicated to developing unique and effective employer-sponsored child care programs. Founded in 1992, CCLC currently operates more than 100 employer-sponsored child development centers. Recognized for its unique approach, CCLC has been honored by Working Mother's inaugural Best Companies for Hourly Workers awards and named to the prestigious Center for Companies That Care Honor Roll for the past two years. In 2009, CCLC also received the Moving Into the Future Award from The Conference Board's Work Life Leadership Council for its Eco-Healthy Child Care initiative. CCLC offers high-quality child care programs for children ages six weeks to 12 years through on-site or near-site child development centers, before and after school programs, summer camps and specialized dependent care programs such as priority access and back-up child care. CCLC has extensive experience providing quality, convenient and affordable child care programs for working families, creating professional work environments for early childhood educators and helping our client realize their goals for recruitment, retention and work-life benefits. For more information visit www.cclc.com, and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ConnectCCLC.


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Cote d'Ivoire: Significant Discovery made at the Ity Mine
Endeavour Mining Corporation is pleased to announce a significant discovery at its Ity gold mine in Côte d'Ivoire, as part of its on-going exploration drilling program. The Bakatouo discovery is located along the northern extension of the Zia Northeast and Walter deposits and extends over 800 meters along strike and 250 meters across strike. The mineralization remains open at depth, to the southwest, and to the northeast.
The Bakatouo discovery is characterised by its high-grade and close to surface oxide and fresh mineralization suggesting potential to supplement both the existing heap leach operation and a future Carbon-in-Leach ("CIL") project, for which a feasibility study is expected in Q4-2016.
The discovery announced is the result of a 165-hole diamond-drilling program totaling 20,417 meters completed in Q3-2016, before the start of the rainy season.
An additional 8,000 meters of infill diamond drilling on Bakatouo is expected to commence after the end of the rainy season, in November, aimed at better defining the overall deposit size, grade and extension, while exploration is on-going on other nearby targets.
Endeavour Mining is a gold producer, focused on developing a portfolio of high quality mines in the prolific West-African region, where it has established a solid operational and construction track record, operating 5 mines in Côte d'Ivoire (Agbaou and Ity), Burkina Faso (Karma), Mali (Tabakoto), and Ghana (Nzema).


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State Senate GOP gets new communications director
September 25, 2013 | Jack Brammer | Comments 0
Jodi Whitaker, who was press secretary for former Gov. Ernie Fletcher, will be the new communications director for Kentucky Senate Republicans.
Whitaker will replace Lourdes Baez, who will work as a policy analyst for the state legislature's education committee.
Baez said in an email that after 11 years working for two Senate presidents, "my brain needed to think in different ways."
She said Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, offered her the challenge of the education committee.
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Yesterday we had a very unnecessary snow day.
The roads were fine, people were out and about, life was normal. Not sure why school was cancelled for the day, but it was.
By the way, they never ask me. Those silly school closing people.
Anyway, after a whole day at home the kids were a little bonkers. So at about 5:45 yesterday evening I posted this tweet.
Quickly followed by this one.
It was desperate around here folks.
So in an effort to reclaim my snow day sanity (the family room was long gone, so I was going for something more near and dear to me) I mustered up what was left of my best "mom voice" and told them all, "Okay! It's reading time! Go find a book to read, a comfy place to read, and read for 30 minutes." Followed by, "And I mean NOW!"
Okay, not really on that last part, but I thought it sounded cool today so I added it.
Off they scampered to find books to read and I was left alone. It was a glorious snow day victory.
Now keep in mind, 30 minutes in mom-land on a snow day is totally subjective. We aren't talking real world time keeping here folks, nuh-uh. We are talking mom-land time keeping. It's what makes the world go 'round on things like snow days.
So after "30 minutes" of reading time and after about 2 or 3 times of children hollering to me, "Is the 30 minutes over yet?!" I ventured into the family room and discovered the couch devoid of cushions.
(Don't mind the squashed Arby's cup. Apparently we're hillbillies and we didn't know it until the cushions were off the couch. Also, don't mind all the crumbs. Apparently we're disgusting hillbillies.)
And this is how I found my 9 year old….
Well, at least he was creative.
My 7 year old was reading like this…
Still trying to understand that one.
And little miss priss was reading like this….
Yes, she's girly even while she's reading.
Anyway. Today's another snow day. As the family room is already lost at this point, I'm hoping to not give up anymore ground to the children today.
However, if I tweet you all later that I've locked myself in my room because it's the only "safe place" left in the house you'll know that they've completely taken over.
Oh, and if that happens. SEND. HELP.
And food.
Namely comfort food.
Of any variety. I'm not too picky.
Oh, and maybe some chocolate. Lots of chocolate.
And help. Be sure and send that help, mkay?


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Is There Such a Thing as 'The Real Economy'?
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the idea of the 'real economy' as being independent from the supposedly 'unreal' financial economy. Does this binary still cohere with the observable workings of contemporary production in the 21st century?


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A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD: A Novel ~Anne TylerMonday, November 30th, 2015
Anne Tyler won the Pulitzer Prize a few years ago and I have been a fan of her work since I read SAINT MAYBE . When I heard that A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD was nominated for a Man Booker Prize I could not wait, I had to purchase a copy and read it right away.
I was not disappointed, it was just a wonderful family story and I cozied into a comfortable chair with a blanket and a big glass of water. Two whole days of reading, and I hardly moved it was just that good. Now as I am writing my thoughts about the book, I see that several books of summary and analysis are already on the market to accompany this good read.
We are once again in Baltimore, Maryland and studying the dynamics of an interesting family. Four children, a mom and dad all within the HOUSE designed and built by paternal grandfather. Once again it is a story where the house is a focal character and it's location is important. It is son Denny who is the original focal point and he is quite a character and concerns his parents mightily. I have to admit at the start of the story he is worrisome to try and figure out; he is pivotal to the story and reveals the title of the story at the far end. The back – stories are near the end of the book too and this makes for a grand amount of thinking about each character, how they got into the story and what is the theme that is truly being exposed and expounded upon. The book group questions included in the book are mostly about this strange order and why it made the reader work harder to figure the family and motivations. The characters just seemed nicely odd and interesting.
Abby is a retired social worker and the mother of the four children. She invites lots of needy folks to the family home and feeds them especially for Thanksgiving. Red is her contractor husband who is patient, kind and gruff who brought them all to live in his father's incredible house. The two older girls work at doing the right thing and keeping the family solidly together and try to help Denny remain a part of the family. Stem is the youngest and he works with Red and will take over the construction business when Dad retires. Parents are starting to have health scares as they age and support systems make for mirthful occasions and interesting interplay.
I think folks will enjoy this book very much and I think it will make a great holiday gift or a good read to start off a new year. I give it and Ms. Tyler high marks for this novel novel.
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Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is her 17th novel. Her 11th, BREATHING LESSONS, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. A member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, she live in Baltimore, Maryland.
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CHELTENHAM Ś It was fitting that after Mount St. JosephÆs only two regular season losses came to Cumberland Valley and Spring-Ford, a loss to the very same Spring-Ford team would set up the Magic for a state playoff game against the only other team which defeated them this year.
Unfortunately, for the Mount, there would be no revenge handed out to Cumberland Valley in the rematch of the two teams.
The Magic watched as their season came to an end following a 35-34 loss to the Eagles, who went up early and trailed until the end in a PIAA Class AAAA first round playoff at Cheltenham High School on Friday night.
The Mount made several pushes for a comeback in the second half, but ultimately came up short, as its hopes at playing for a state title quickly faded.
ōThe first game of the year was no factor, but we kind of knew each other a little bit because we played each other two years in a row,ö Mount coach John Miller said.ōThis game showed the characteristic of this team this year, never giving up.This was really our first close loss of the year.It seemed like we kept winning all the one-point and overtime games the entire season, so itÆs always hard to lose like we did tonight.ö
The Magic got the first basket of the game, but it didnÆt take very long for the District ThreeÆs fifth-seeded Eagles (23-6) to go on top, eventually outscoring MSJ 15-9 in the first quarter.
After the Magic were able to keep things close in the second and third quarters, remaining within two possessions going into the fourth, they got a surprising spark off the bench from sophomore Mary Kate Ulasewicz, who drained a three-pointer to give MSJ some momentum.A minute later, junior Carly Monzo hit a basket while getting fouled to bring the Magic to within three points.
A basket by junior Alex Louin in the final minute brought the Magic to within one, at 35-34, which was as close as the Mount had been since the opening minutes of the contest.
Following a turnover by the Eagles with only 3.3 seconds remaining, the Magic had one last chance to win the game, but a miracle three-point attempt missed high and Cumberland Valley was able to hold on for the victory.
ōWe realized we were a different team than when we played them before,ö Louin said.ōWe were playing more composed and had more confidence in this team.At the end, I think our defense really kept us in the game and everybody stuck their man and didnÆt let anybody get free.I think a couple shots, a couple calls went our way and it couldÆve been ours.ö
ōWe just couldnÆt execute and get a good shot up at the end,ö Miller said.ōBut once again, it was really characteristic of our team to never give up.We just ran out of time.ö
The Magic were led by LouinÆs 11 points and seven rebounds.Monzo added eight points, four rebounds and two blocked shots, while Ulasewicz added five points.Senior Meg Geatens added five points and three rebounds.
Despite the loss, Miller, whose team won the Catholic Academies League championship last month, is still very happy with this teamÆs performance this year.
ōWe went undefeated in our league and itÆs a very tough league,ö Miller said.ōWe went all the way to the district championship game in quad-A when weÆre really a three-A team.We lost to a very good team tonight by one point and they have three Division I players.IÆm extremely proud of the girls.ö
The Magic finished their season with an overall record of 26-4 and will return three starters Ś Louin, Monzo and freshman Libby Tacka Ś to next yearÆs team.
ōNext year, we just want to come back and make a run in states,ö Louin said.ōWe have a lot of returning players and I think this team has a lot of potential.ö


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GOP Sen. Tom Coburn wins re-election in Okla.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010; 8:39 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY -- U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn's bitter opposition to government spending appears to be striking a chord with Oklahoma voters, who re-elected the Republican to what he says will be his last term.
The Muskogee physician beat an underfunded Democratic candidate and two independents Tuesday.
Coburn rode a Republican wave into the U.S. House in 1994, then served six years in Congress before returning to his medical practice. He has described himself as a "part-time lawmaker" and has promised to serve only two terms in the Senate.
Known as a conservative maverick, Coburn has been most vocal in opposing the earmarking of special projects, and he is among the few members of the Senate who do not seek such projects for their state.


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October 8, 2008
The Mob at the Movies
By Geoffrey Macnab
As a Mafia war rages on the streets of southern Italy, a brave new film lays bare the grim reality of 'La Cosa Nostra'. By Geoffrey MacnabHow do you portray the Mob as it really is? It's a challenge that has tested film-makers since the earliest days of the silent movie era. Gangster movies have been made for going on 100 years now; the director Martin Scorsese cites DW Griffith's The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) and Raoul Walsh's The Regeneration as the first forays into the genre, but others look back even further.
Directors today face the same dilemma - that the very act of putting mobsters on screen risks glamorising them and encouraging audiences to identify with their stories.
The Italian director Matteo Garrone's Cannes Grand Prix winner Gomorrah is the latest film to attempt to buck a century-old trend. Over the credits, Garrone shares some startling statistics about Italian organised crime, and the Camorra in particular. In 30 years, the Camorra (whose stronghold is in the Campania region in southern Italy) has murdered 4,000 people, "more than any other criminal organisation or terrorist group... more people than the IRA, ETA and Islamic terrorist groups, more than Cosa Nostra."
Alongside this ferocious bloodletting, the Camorra has diversified into every business imaginable. The organisation has profits estimated at more than $230bn (about 130bn) a year. It bought shares in the reconstruction of the World Trade Centre site in New York. One of its most lucrative sidelines is the garbage disposal business. This year, newspapers in Italy have been full of stories about the heaps of rotting, toxic rubbish on the streets of Naples - a situation that the Camorra's activities largely helped to engineer.
Mobster movies don't generally do due diligence on the worlds they portray. Film-makers aren't much interested in tax evasion (although it did bring down Al Capone), corrupt construction deals, waste management or dirty dealing in the garment trade. These, though, were precisely the subjects that most interested author Roberto Saviano, whose book Gomorrah was the basis of Garrone's film. Now, Saviano is public enemy number one for the Camorra. His book may have sold more than 1.2 million copies in Italy and been translated into 33 languages, but in his home town, Naples, the author is persona non grata. He lives in hiding and has a police escort wherever he goes.
By contrast, Garrone's film appears to have been well received by the mobsters whose thuggery it highlights. "The risk was taken by Saviano," Garrone tells me. "The film takes a different direction from the book. It is not a journalistic denunciation. There wasn't that much hostility from the Camorra when we were filming. It was the other way round. I really had the feeling that they wanted to participate in the project. These people obviously have a great fascination with cinema!"
Garrone's remarks highlight one of the great ironies about the transforming power of movie-making. Somehow, gangster pictures have a patina of glamour, however hard film-makers try to scrape it off. Meanwhile, real-life gangsters have all seen The Godfather and Brian De Palma's Scarface and tailor their behaviour accordingly. When Garrone tries to show them as they are, reality is elusive: the gangsters still seem as if they're on leave from a Scorsese film.
In one scene early in Gomorrah, Marco and Ciro - two delinquents who dream of being big-time gangsters - steal guns from the Camorra. They treat the weapons as if they're toys or film props, letting rip with machine guns and rocket launchers for the sheer pleasure of it. Earlier, we've seen them giving their Tony Montana impersonations, recreating Al Pacino's demise in Scarface. On the one hand, their behaviour is pathetic and immature. On the other, it is exhilarating.
The Italian audiences who flocked to see Gomorrah in the summer aren't going because they want at last to see a truthful expose of organised crime in Naples - they've been drawn by the intensity of the film-making. This is precisely the problem the gangster genre always faces; the films are celebrations of action and danger, not sociological dramas.
Garrone claims that when he was making Gomorrah, he was looking more to the example of Italian neorealist movies like Roberto Rossellini's Paisa and Rome, Open City than to the world of Scarface, Little Caesar and Goodfellas. His film, which comprises five different stories, was shot in the Camorra's backyard, using mainly non-professional actors. There is no commentary; this is not one of those cliched yarns in which a detective or journalist infiltrates the Mob. The storytelling is matter-of-fact.
"When you get there [to Naples] and see life from the inside, it is not easy to understand where is evil and where is good. There is a grey zone in the middle," the director says of a society in which everybody from housewives to politicians, street kids and elderly tailors is ensnared by the Camorra. "I wanted to make the spectator feel that he was there, with these people."
Gomorrah succeeds in offering a sweaty, street-eye view of organised crime in the region. Garrone shows how ordinary life is going on (couples are getting married, kids are playing football, teenagers are courting) at exactly the same time as informers are shot and rival gangs vie for supremacy. Old patriarchs with croaky voices attend to assassinations in the same bluntly methodical way they do to their bookkeeping. When there's a knock at the door, characters here don't know whether it's the postman or killers.
This is a virtuoso piece of film-making, but the sheer vibrancy of the storytelling gets in the way of any message Garrone might want to impart. Other Italian film-makers have had similar problems. In 1985, Giuseppe Tornatore made The Professor, based on the life of Camorra boss Raffaele Cutolo. He elicited an intelligent, complex performance from Ben Gazzara as the Mob boss who controls his empire from behind prison walls. Like Garrone, Tornatore tries to show the inner workings of organised crime in Naples, but audiences still approached The Professor as a thriller.
It was the same with Scorsese's masterpiece Goodfellas (1990), a film that went to extraordinary lengths to unravel the inner workings of the Mob but somehow only added to its mystique. The mobsters may dress garishly, be married to women with "bad skin and too much make-up" and perpetrate acts of repulsive violence, but they retain a certain glamour. They're not nobodies.
Gomorrah boasts no heroes. There isn't a character here like Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) in Goodfellas, who is part of the world of organised crime but is able to detach himself from it and observe its idiosyncrasies.
When Garrone claims that making the film was akin to being thrust into "a war situation" and expresses disbelief that such a world could exist only a few hundred kilometres from his home in Rome, you don't doubt his sincerity. His film shows aspects of life in the Neapolitan suburbs that will startle international audiences. Brutality becomes normalised. Boyhood friends in different gangs are ready to kill one another. Even respect for family is forgotten. Huge wealth may have been generated by the Camorra but little trickles down to the foot soldiers. So far, so grim.
Gomorrah shows aspects of organised crime that other mobster movies neglect. Its characters are vicious, immature and irresponsible. Even so, as Scorsese said of the original Howard Hawks Scarface (1932), "the gangster world was almost attractive because of its irresponsibility".
'Gomorrah' is released in the UK on Friday
Four films that showed it for real
'The Phenix City Story' (1955)
Phil Karlson's celebrated B-movie is set in an Alabama town that used to be known as the "Sodom of the South". The director uses documentary techniques to emphasise just how corrupt Phenix City used to be. In the 1950s, Phenix City was dubbed "the wickedest city in the United States".
'Goodfellas' (1990)
Martin Scorsese's film (pictured) was based on 'Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family', a book by Nicholas Pileggi. It told the story of a minor mobster called Henry Hill who shopped his former associates to the authorities. Hill didn't just share his inside knowledge about the crimes committed by the Mafia; he also revealed how they dressed, what they talked about and how they spent their Friday nights.
'The Professor' (1986)
A few years before his big hit 'Cinema Paradiso', Guiseppe Tornatore made this thriller about a thoughtful gangster (Ben Gazarra) who patiently builds his criminal empire from behind bars. It was based loosely on the life of a real Camorra boss.
'Rise of the Footsoldier' (2007)
Critics weren't kind to Julian Gilbey's gangster thriller, but the film at least tried to portray the world of some would-be English Goodfellas in its full violence and self-destructiveness.
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26 May 2013 — Jazz on the Tube
This is as good as it gets on this, Miles' birthday! Miles with John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, Jimmy Cobb on drums and Wynton Kelly on piano plus a horn ensemble (that we don't get to hear on this song). Coltrane's solo is intense.