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Hurricane Sandy Update 2: SBA Standing Ready to Help Businesses, Homeowners and Renters Recover
Hurricane Sandy Update 2: SBA Standing Ready to Help Businesses, Homeowners and Renters Recover
Many business owners, homeowners, and renters along the East Coast are coming back to find physical damage to their buildings and property as a result of Hurricane Sandy. In addition, thousands of businesses are dealing with the economic blow caused by power outages, damaged inventory, and lost profits from being closed down.
The Small Business Administration stands ready to help.
How does SBA help businesses, homeowners and renters recover? Three main ways:
1. Businesses and nonprofit organizations of any size can apply for a low-interest disaster loan of up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged real estate or inventory.
2. Small businesses and nonprofit organizations of any size can apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans, also up to $2 million. With all of the power outages and evacuations, we know that many small businesses made it through the storm, but they've lost significant amounts of business. In many cases, these businesses will be eligible for EIDL loans to help cover their working capital needs, regardless of whether the business suffered property damage.
3. Finally, homeowners can apply for loans of up to $200,000 to repair damaged real estate. Homeowners and renters can also apply to borrow up to $40,000 to repair or replace personal property damaged by the storm. In addition, we can sometimes increase a loan by up to 20 percent to make structural improvements that lessen the risk of property damage by future disasters of the same kind.
Once the disaster declaration is made for your area, there are several ways to apply:
- Apply online at https://disasterloan.sba.gov
- Visit a Disaster Recovery Center in your area: http://www.fema.gov/disaster-recovery-centers
- For information about the disaster loan process, or to have an application mailed to you, you can either email email@example.com or call 1-800-659-2955. Those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired can call 1-800-877-8339.
- To download an application, go here: www.sba.gov/disaster
As of last night, more than 292,607 disaster survivors from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey have applied for federal disaster assistance, and more than $277 million in Individual Assistance has been approved.
If you are a survivor, it's important to take that the first step is to register with FEMA, by calling 1-800-621-FEMA or going online to www.disasterassistance.gov on your computer or mobile device.
Already, we have disaster recovery personnel conducting damage assessments and many more disaster reservists ready to mobilize. In addition, business owners can get free help completing applications and creating plans to rebuild at our local Small Business Development Centers. To find the location nearest you, visit www.sba.gov/local-assistance.
Our commitment at SBA and throughout the Administration is that we will be there until we get the job done – and we will get it done right. For more about the government-wide response to Sandy, visit www.usa.gov/sandy.
Superstorm Sandy Update: SBA Coordinating with Our Federal Partners
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Popular video sharing site YouTube was inaccessible to users this morning, displaying an 'Http/1.1 Service Unavailable' warning instead of the site's front page. Mirror sites, such as www.youtube.co.uk and www.youtube.com.au, were also closed for business.
Twitter was rapidly abuzz about the outage, which is reported to have started at around 7am GMT this morning. Sammyy_xx wrote, "I CAN'T LOAD THE YOUTUBE HOMEPAGE :O NOT GOOD." Other users were slightly more upset, such as Vegagirl5, who tweeted, "oh oh.... #Youtube is def down for the count !! #fail ..hmmmm..has this ever happened before ? this is very bad ...".
YouTube has recently upgraded it's network to support IPv6, a move intended to provide more Internet Protocol addresses, and reduce the need for workarounds like Network Address Translation (NAT). While the service as a whole has proved remarkably stable, even while increasing exponentially in popularity, malware writers have attempted to attack and subvert the site before, or use it as a channel to spread malicious programs to users.

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TOKYO – (AFP) – Japanese whaling vessels left port Friday bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt for the huge marine mammals, a media report and Greenpeace said.
Citing the Fisheries Agency, Kyodo News reported three vessels had departed from the far-western port of Shimonoseki, while environmental group Greenpeace said the whaling fleet's mother ship had left another port, also in the country's west.
"The mother ship, Nisshin Maru, left Innoshima today," said Greenpeace Japan's executive director Junichi Sato.
"Today was virtually the last day when they could leave for the Antarctic Sea," he said, adding that the fisheries agency had announced that the departure would take place within this month.
The mother ship would join the three vessels that left Shimonoseki earlier in the day, Kyodo said.
The fleet plans to hunt up to 935 Antarctic minke whales and up to 50 fin whales through March, the fisheries agency said earlier.
Japanese authorities refused to confirm either departure to AFP.
"We do not disclose when the vessels leave or left for safety reasons," an agency official said.
Coastguard officers will be aboard the ships to cope with possible harassment from anti-whaling activists, the coastguard and fisheries agency officials said earlier this month.
The fleet's departure comes weeks later than expected and days after a US court ordered militant environmental group Sea Shepherd to stay at least 500 yards (metres) from whaling vessels.
The injunction was ordered by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in the latest step in a legal battle between the anti-whaling group and Japanese authorities over vessels in the Southern Ocean.
It said Sea Shepherd and Canadian militant conservationist Paul Watson, who is wanted by Interpol, "are enjoined from physically attacking any vessel engaged by plaintiffs", including Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research.
In addition, they are banned from "navigating in a manner that is likely to endanger the safe navigation of any such vessel", said the order, issued on Monday.
"In no event shall defendants approach plaintiffs any closer than 500 yards (460 metres) when defendants are navigating on the open sea," it added. The joint plaintiffs are Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd., Tomoyuki Ogawa and Toshiyuki Miura.
It follows the issuing in August of an arrest notice by Interpol for Watson, Sea Shepherd's founder, who jumped bail in Germany in July.
He had been arrested there on charges from Costa Rica relating to a high-seas confrontation over shark finning in 2002.
In a statement on its website, Sea Shepherd called the new US court ruling "the first shot of the season" by Japanese whalers.
Confrontations between the whalers and activists have escalated in recent years, and the Japanese cut their hunt short in early 2011 due to Sea Shepherd harassment.
Japan hunts whales using a loophole in a global moratorium that allows killing the sea mammals for what it calls "scientific research", although the meat is later sold openly in shops and restaurants.
Watson, whose whereabouts had been a mystery since July, confirmed this month that he is back onboard a Sea Shepherd vessel and ready to confront Japanese whalers.
Sea Shepherd's ninth campaign, named Operation Zero Tolerance, is its largest ever against Japan's whale hunt and involves four ships, a helicopter, three drones and more than 100 crew members.
Three of the vessels, the Steve Irwin, Bob Barker and Brigitte Bardot, are all at sea while the Sam Simon is at an undisclosed location.


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Greetings K-12 Teachers!
Thank you for your interest in the NASA professional development program, August 18th – 22nd, 2014. We are planning an exciting 5 days at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, NY, with meals & lodging provided. We look forward to your participation!
Participants will become GLOBE certified and be registered with our cohort in the NSTA Learning Center. With the activities and experiences planned around using NASA Earth Systems Science resources we expect you will find this a rewarding experience!
To attend, please apply no later than May 30, 2014. Space is limited and will be held on a first come basis. Participants will be expected to become familiar with some background material before the workshop and there will be some follow-up during the upcoming school year. Participants will receive some great free material during the workshop and we will provide a small stipend of $50.00 to help with travel expense as well as $250.00 upon completion of all the workshop requirements. There is NO COST for this program – tuition is paid by a generous NASA grant! CEU's are available for this course for a nominal fee – call for details (315.792.5410).
Again, thank you for your interest and please feel free to contact us if we can provide any additional information or with any further questions.
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IFAW Asian Elephant Calf Move - Assam, India
On January 30th, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) and its partner, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI - www.wti.org.in), translocated 5 rehabilitated Asian elephants from the IFAW Wildlife Rescue Center in Kaziranga to their release site at Manas National Park in the northeast Indian state of Assam.
The rescued elephants were 3-6 years old and were hand-raised for several years before making the move. In this video IFAW's Emergency Relief Director Dr. Ian Robinson describes the elephant move and IFAW-WTI's wildlife rescue project in India.


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(CNN) -- Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of pointing a gun at a man, authorities in California said.
Knight, 45, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon involving a firearm and with driving under a suspended license, Los Angeles police told CNN.
According to investigators, an unidentified man reported that Knight aimed a weapon at him late Wednesday evening.
Knight, who co-founded Death Row Records, was later found driving a Cadillac Escalade in the city of Gardena, in the greater Los Angeles area, police said. He was arrested without incident just after midnight, authorities said.
Knight was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Jail and remained in jail early Thursday afternoon in lieu of $60,000 bail, authorities said.
The investigation continues, Los Angeles Police spokeswoman April Harding said.
Knight's attorney declined to comment.
"I have not spoken to him," lawyer Marc Brumer told CNN. "I cannot comment until I've spoken to him."
Knight has had previous run-ins with the law. He served several years in prison for violating parole on assault and weapons convictions.
Knight was with Tupac Shakur when the rapper was shot to death in Las Vegas in 1996. The slaying has not been solved.
The producer founded Death Row Records in 1991 with rap artist Dr. Dre, and the label grew to represent some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Snoop Doggy Dogg and Shakur.
But Shakur's death, public feuds between Knight and some rappers, his imprisonment in the late 1990s and desertions by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog and others led to the label's ultimate demise and bankruptcy proceedings in 2006.


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Yep and you other quotebimsebasse wrote:ac, you are one of legio. I filed a "improved theme handling" feature request on Cinnamon's developer hub long time ago but it was quickly closed. For some reason it's a complete blind spot among developers, not recognized as the major cause of confusion and frustration it is.
"Cinnamon themes" only changes Cinnamon, for windows you need to go to "Other Settings"
and change "GTK+ theme" and "Window theme"
Which tells me too much tweaking just to get a unified theme across destop & apps. Then complete confusion and breakage of Gtk vs. Gtk+ version 3.5 vs. 3.6 not implemented correctly or differently breaking themes. Icon issues.
Cinnamon is pretty damn good but could do better about those issues. The other issues are more about gnome like no feature rich and powerful CD/DVD burning apps unless you cross the border to kde land for them kind of things or use wine. Still holes in what is considered basic window applications with few linux equivalents or choices.
And still peeved about the battle still going on with no resolution of the apps remember windows size & position. "It's the DE that is responsible" no...no...no "It's the Application responsibility to take care of that". And coming back years latter and seeing it still hasn't change and nobody willing to budge for the sake of the users out there.
Otherwise looking great and loving Cinnamon and waiting for the "Hot & Buttered Buns" edition!


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Yesterday, a user on NeoGAF had a weird experience when he was able to access what looked like a debug menu for Nintendo's new Miiverse service. Completely by accident.
As he poked around and found he couldn't do much of anything, theories arose that he'd simply accessed a dummy or shell menu, which have been confirmed by Nintendo today, who say the only thing he'd accessed was a "mock up".
"It has come to our attention that some people were able to access a mock-up menu on Miiverse following the launch of Wii U in the U.S.," a Nintendo rep told Kotaku earlier today. "Please note that this was only a mock up menu and has now been removed and is not accessible."
We'll have more from Nintendo on the state of the Wii U's launch tomorrow morning.


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The Museum of Modern Art has announced the acquisition of four type families by Hoefler&Co — HTF Didot, Gotham, Mercury and Retina — for its permanent collection.
In designing new typefaces, we've has long been consumed with the interpretation of historical artifacts, the implications of cultural expectations and mechanical requirements, and the invention of new techniques. Four type families that embody our approach to type design are HTF Didot, Gotham, Mercury and Retina, and we are honored to have these designs selected by the Museum of Modern Art for inclusion in its permanent collection.
This acquisition marks an important expansion of MoMA's design collection, which includes historically significant objects ranging from Frank Lloyd Wright's model for Fallingwater to the original Macintosh 128K computer, into the category of typeface design. "Type design is an essential dimension of the history of modern art and design," writes Senior Curator Paola Antonelli. "The best typefaces belong in MoMA's collection."
The typefaces chosen for the MoMA collection have been selected for their social relevance, the ways in which they reflect technological progress, and their importance to cultural history. "Each is a milestone in the history of typography," writes Antonelli. Alongside our typefaces are major works by a number of our friends and colleagues, including Matthew Carter, Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum, and the many contributors to Emigre. H&Co is proud to be in such distinguished company, and to be a part of MoMA's recognition of our industry's craft.
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It can be hard for homesellers to shed their emotional attachments with their residence, but letting that cloud their judgment and ignore a real estate agent's advice could be costly.
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"Many homeowners that don't heed the advice of the real estate agent sadly catch on once the house has been sitting there," says Michael Corbett, Trulia's real estate expert and author. "When there's no activity and no offers, they are much more willing to jump in and do the simple things they need to do but didn't."
While the housing market is showing signs of a sustainable recovery, it's still important that homesellers listen to the professionals on how to get their home sold. Here are three pieces of advice that real estate agents say sellers often choose to ignore-at their own detriment.
Mistake No.1 Overpricing the Home
It's understandable that a seller wants to get top dollar for a home, but overpricing from the start can result in a much lower price in the end.
"Usually the top issue is price, especially for folks who have been in the home for a long period of time," says Carter Morris, broker/owner or Century 21 Randall Morris & Associates in San Marcos, Texas.
Emotional ties cause owners to think their home is worth more and is better than other homes on the local market—even if they don't have any hard data to back up the asking price.
When a home isn't priced at the correct level, it will linger on the market with no interest, which can lead to major price cuts.
"Many sellers will go with the theory of 'let's just price it high and see what happens,'" says Corbett. "It's a terrible mistake because it won't sell and the longer a property sits on the market the more stale it becomes."
Mistake No.2 Ignoring Necessary Repairs
It's hard to swallow spending money on home repairs and upgrades just to have another person enjoy them, but experts say it takes money to make more money in the housing market.
"If you don't take care of the visible maintenance problems it sends a clear message to buyers that the house hasn't been maintained," says Corbett.
He adds that homesellers don't think any upgrades are necessary to garner interest because they wrongly assume everyone is going to love the house as much as they do and will simply overlook minor imperfections. "It's much cheaper to do it up front. It's a much better selling tool to take care of all the physical maintenance issues."
Mistake No.3: Not Showing Enough
To get a home moving on a market, it's important to get as many potential buyers into the home as possible. Agents advise sellers to keep homes in ready-to-show condition for any last-minute dropins or showings and to be able to leave the property when it's being shown.
According to Morris, some owners ignore this bit of advice because they either don't have confidence in their realtor to highlight all the salient points on the house or they don't feel comfortable having strangers coming in their home when they aren't there. Whatever the reason, limiting access will slow down the entire sale process. "Many disputes are on not letting the agent work the sale and have ease in the ability to show the home," says Morris.


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The Agricultural Institute was established under the leadership of Dr. Sam Higginbottom, in 1910, as an ecumenical Institution of the Christian Churches and Church organizations in India. In order to obtain more academic freedom and to strengthen the specialized programmes of Teaching, Research and Extension a proposal was submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India by the Director, Dr. Rajendra B. Lal on the 31st of August 1994, that the Institute be granted the status of a Deemed University. In 1997 a team of experts from ICAR and UGC visited the Institute and gave their recommendation that the Institute be declared as a Deemed University, as it had all the potentials of a University. On the 15th of March 2000, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Honable Minister of HRD, Govt. of India, gave his approval to the recommendations of the UGC.


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It wasn't long ago that Mike Singletary ranted about tight end Vernon Davis' poor attitude.
The former San Francisco 49ers' coach joined Dennis Green and Jim Mora in the pantheon of legendary NFL news conferences. "Can't win with 'em" was shown on a replay loop.
Davis was labeled as selfish, but he was the top receiving threat on the 49ers' roster. His numbers have dropped in each season under coach Jim Harbaugh, but Davis is cool with it. That's a dramatic shift from where he was.
"I was walking down the street the other day, and I was looking up, and I was like, 'Wow. The Super Bowl,' " Davis told The Sacremento Bee's Ailene Voisin. "This is incredible. Just being a part of this franchise is legendary. Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, Steve Young. And to be able to bring a ring back ... that's something you can cherish for the rest of your life."
Davis' numbers diminished as the 49ers' offense evolved. He had 914 receiving yards in 2010, 792 yards in 2011 and 548 yards in 2013. Michael Crabtree became Colin Kaepernick's favorite target. Frank Gore continues to carry a heavy load, and Kaepernick now is a part of the run game.
Davis' acceptance of his role has been part of his maturation. He even recently picked the brain of Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez.
"He blocks, catches passes and doesn't complain," Davis said, "and he takes care of his assignments. A great tight end. When times are tough, when he's not getting the ball, he doesn't complain.
"I am one of them (stars)," Davis said, "and the coaches know what they have in me. When they're ready for the help, I'll be there. I think we're almost there, and when you win, everything takes care of itself."
The Falcons slept on Davis two weeks ago, and he blew up with 105 receiving yards and one touchdown. The Baltimore Ravens better not make the same mistake Sunday.
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US employers still waiting for sales to pick up
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker.
Only 69,000 jobs were added in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate rose from 8.1 percent to 8.2 percent.
The dismal jobs data will heighten fears that the economy is sputtering. It also puts President Barack Obama on the defensive five months before his re-election bid.
The Labor Department also said Friday that the economy added far fewer jobs in the previous two months than first thought — 11,000 fewer in March and 38,000 fewer in April. And the increase in unemployment was the first in 11 months.
Job creation is the fuel for the nation's economic growth. When more people have jobs, more consumers have money to spend — and consumer spending drives about 70 of the economy.
Here's what The Associated Press' reporters are finding:
Democrats and Republicans talk a lot about job creation. But a sharply divided Congress could end up being a job killer. Unless lawmakers intervene by the end of the year, income tax cuts will expire and $100 billion in spending cuts will kick in.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that would cause the economy to shrink in the first half of 2013. That would meet the traditional definition of a recession: when the economy shrinks for two consecutive quarters.
The conventional wisdom is that at the last minute, lawmakers will prevent the country from falling off the so-called fiscal cliff. But until they do, economists say many businesses will remain reluctant to hire.
The jobs report led some economists to lower their growth forecasts for this year. Yet few foresee a drop back into another recession.
Mark Vitner, an economist at Wells Fargo Securities, said the economy remains stronger than it was in August, when a downgrade of the United States' long-term credit rating led some analysts to warn that another recession could occur.
"The odds of recession today are considerably less than they were last August," Vitner said. "More states are seeing improvement and more industries are recovering that at any time since the recession ended."
Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Gordon College in Massachusetts, says either of two events would make a recession more likely: If the 17 nations that use the euro were to end their currency alliance. Or if Congress failed to reach a compromise to extend income tax cuts set to expire at year's end and avoid across-the-board government spending cuts .
— Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
A slowdown in hiring hurts even those who do have jobs because employers have less incentive to give raises.
That trend continued in May. The average hourly wage rose just two pennies, to $23.41.
Pay has risen 1.7 percent in the past year. That's the smaller 12-month gain since December 2010. It's even slower than the rate of inflation, which means many people can afford less on what they are earning.
— Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
"We're not hiring, and we're not replacing" workers who leave, said Joe Glenn, who runs Glenn Metalcraft in Princeton, Minn.
Not because business isn't good. Sales jumped 40 percent last year. But over the past five years, his shop has kept employment flat at about 35 workers. Instead, he's added more computer-controlled metalworking machines and robots to load the raw material into them.
His shop is so busy that he runs an overnight shift to keep the machines running, making parts for trailers that haul sand to oil fields in North Dakota and parts for farm and construction equipment. But he needs fewer workers to make those parts.
"I think we're producing as much as we were with a lot less manpower, and I don't foresee that those jobs are going to come back," Glenn said.
— Joshua Freed, AP Business Writer
The jobs report spread gloom among investors. The Dow Jones industrial average shed about 275 points, its worst decline since November. The plunge left the Dow down 0.8 percent for the year.
Economic data from Europe and Asia also came in weak, and traders sold all types of risky investments and stampeded toward the safety of U.S. government bonds. Bond prices rose sharply. And the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note touched 1.44 percent, the lowest on record.
Those sinking bond yields will mean even lower mortgage rates. That's because mortgage rates tend to track the yield on the 10-year Treasury note.
— Daniel Wagner, AP Business Writer
Gas is getting cheaper as demand slows globally. It's dropped to $2.99 in some areas of South Carolina. It could soon fall below $3 in a handful of Southern states.
A plunge in oil prices has knocked more than 30 cents off the price of a gallon of gas in most parts of the U.S. since early April. The national average is now $3.61. Experts say it could drop to at least $3.40 before Labor Day.
As Americans spend less to fill their tanks, they'll have more to spend on other purchases, from autos and furniture to appliances and vacations, which could help drive economic output and job growth.
— Sandy Shore, AP Business Writer
Last month, 642,000 people began looking for work. And nearly half were 55 or older.
Many have had no choice. Household wealth has shrunk as home equity and stocks prices have declined or languished. And many older people are helping struggling adult children.
Sara Rix, a policy analyst at the AARP's Public Policy Institute, suggested that the decline in unemployment in previous months lifted people's hopes about their job prospects. That's why many started looking for work again.
— Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
That more people are looking for work should be good news. It suggests that Americans are increasingly optimistic about their job prospects.
But analysts cautioned that May's influx was a small one that doesn't alter the broader trend. Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the liberal Economic Policy Institute, estimates that sluggish hiring has discouraged 3.6 million people from looking for work since the recession began in December 2007.
Consider the labor force participation rate. It measures the proportion of people who are working or looking for work. It rose last month to 63.8 percent. That's slightly better than April's 63.6 percent — the lowest in more than 30 years.
Yet it's still far below the 65.7 percent rate from June 2009, the final month of the recession.
Obama said the jobs report shows the U.S. economy is not creating jobs "as fast as we want" but that the economy will improve.
"We will come back stronger," Obama said. "We do have better days ahead."
His Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, countered: "Today's weak jobs report is devastating news for American workers and American families. ...It is now clear to everyone that President Obama's policies have failed to achieve their goals and that the Obama economy is crushing America's middle class."
— Jim Kuhnhenn, White House Correspondent
Government jobs cuts are worsening the employment picture. The federal government shed 5,000 jobs in May. State governments cut 5,000 and local governments 3,000.
Overall, governments have cut jobs in 10 of the past 12 months.
Tax collections by state and local governments have been rising since mid-2009. Yet governments have steadily reduced spending. From January through March, government cuts reduced U.S. economic growth by 0.78 percent point to an annual pace of just 1.9 percent.
— Paul Wiseman, AP Economics Writer
Some major industries cut jobs sharply in May.
Construction firms cut 28,000 jobs. That was the sharpest such drop in two years.
Governments shed 13,000. A category of employers called "leisure and hospitality" cut nearly 9,000 positions, mostly because of jobs lost at amusement parks, museums and casinos.
Professional and business service firms, which include accountants, engineers and lawyers as well as temps and clerical staffers, dropped 1,000.
On a hopeful note, manufacturers added 12,000 jobs. Transportation and warehousing companies created nearly 36,000. And 46,000 jobs were added in education and health care. Hotels and restaurants added roughly 9,000 jobs.
— Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
To assess the job market, most people look at the unemployment rate. Since August, it's dropped from 9.1 percent to 8.2 percent.
But the rate can be misleading. It doesn't count people without jobs who aren't looking for one.
That's why the "employment rate" can be a more useful gauge. It measures the percentage of adults who do have jobs. And it's painting a more sobering picture.
Since August, the employment rate has improved only slightly, from 58.3 percent to 58.6 percent. That's lower than when the recession ended in June 2009, when it was 59.4 percent.
— Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
As bad as the May employment numbers were, it's a lot worse in Europe.
Unemployment in the 17 countries that use the euro currency hit 11 percent in April, the highest since the single currency was introduced in 1999, the European Union's Eurostat office reported Friday.
"Europe would gladly trade places with the U.S.," says Josh Feinman, global chief economist of DB Advisors.
But Europe's problems are likely to pinch America too, by denting U.S. exports to Europe and rattling financial markets. And should the U.S. economy, the largest in the world, weaken further, that would further damage economies in Europe and Asia.
— Paul Wiseman, AP Economics Writer
The job market remains tough even for the educated or experienced. Erica Johnson, 33, calls herself a "couch-surfing Ph.D." because she's been sleeping on sofas in the homes of friends and relatives in Lexington, Ky. Armed with a doctorate in education policy, she'd like to work as a college administrator.
But most management jobs she's pursued require more experience. Yet she's considered overqualified for lower-level jobs.
"There aren't a lot of midlevel openings," Johnson said, after many states have cut education budgets. Phil Allen, 48, a veteran PR professional in suburban Chicago, says he's had 70 job interviews in the past year. He gave a 20-minute presentation as part of an all-day interview for one opening this spring and left thinking, "There's no way I'm not going to get this job."
"But I didn't get it," he said. "That's kind of a crushing thing."
— Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
Three years into the recovery, hiring remains weak by one key historical standard.
Consider what happened when companies slashed jobs in the 1981-82 recession. In September 1982, layoffs ran at an annual rate exceeding 4 percent of U.S. employment. But then the economy rebounded explosively. Job growth followed. By February 1984, 15 months after the recession had ended, hiring was occurring at a 6.5 percent annual pace.
During the Great Recession, job cuts were even steeper. They occurred at a 6 percent to 7 percent annual rate. Yet since the recession officially ended in June 2009, job gains have been fitful. Hiring has only recently topped 2 percent of total payrolls.
What's going on?
Mainly, the economy is too weak to drive more job growth. Consumers are still cautious about spending. And the housing sector is still weak. Both are weighing on the economy more than in previous recoveries.
— Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer


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For those who read my blog, know it has been a long time since I have posted. A few months in fact. And the unfortunate reality is that it isn't because of my lack of time to blog. It is my lack of time to cook. Apologies to all who blog, but the latter is much more concerning.
Cooking and baking is part of what makes me calm, helps me keep things in perspective, allows me to feel control when other things feel out of control. And, most importantly, it allows me to share my food with others, and therefore share my love through the gift of food.
But, my busy job and travel schedule has resulted in nights of take out, frozen pizza and late night visits to our favorite local restaurants.
So, this past weekend I was finally in town. No work trips. No packed social calendar. Just a weekend to enjoy fall and reset for the busy week ahead. And fall being my favorite culinary season, I knew I had to take this opportunity to get back to what I love.
So, after 8 mini loaves of pumpkin bread that filled our house with the scents of fall, and was shared with neighbors, coworkers and friends, I rekindled what had been missing in my hectic life.
Although I love my job, and feel blessed every day that I go into work, I remembered the many other things that make me who I am. I had been missing going for a run, reading the latest Bon Appetit and spending the time with my husband that we both deserve.
So on Sunday, with the aroma of cozy and spicy fall filling our house, after delivering a loaf to our neighbor and packing up the others for coworkers, after making my butternut squash risotto with a glass of red wine listening to Italian music…..I knew that my life needed to shift. I needed to go back to what makes me happy, and prioritize it, no matter how hectic my life becomes.
So, this pumpkin bread symbolizes my commitment to spend more time doing what I enjoy doing – and that is spreading love through food.
And, it was only fitting that the pumpkin bread recipe I found was that of Bobby Flay, who I surprisingly met the weekend before at Keeneland. A sign? Maybe.
So besides the emotional connection I now have to Bobby Flay's pumpkin bread, it is quite possibly the best recipe I have ever made. Granted, there is more sugar than in a batch of chocolate chip cookies, but his mixture of spices (especially All Spice, my favorite cold weather spice) make this a comforting taste of fall.
So, for those who need to rekindle their love of cooking, or those just looking to make a great fall treat for the ones they love, I thank Bobby Flay for giving me the recipe that made me realize what I had been missing.
1 9-inch loaf or a 4 small loaf pan
* 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the pan
* 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
* 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
* 1 1/2 cups sugar
* 1/4 cup vegetable oil
* Scant 1 cup canned pumpkin puree, not flavored pie filling
* 2 large eggs
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch loaf pan.
2. Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves in a small bowl.
3. Beat the butter, sugar, and oil on high speed in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl a few times, until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
4. Add the pumpkin puree and mix until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, and mix until just incorporated. Mixing on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture and 2/3 cup water and mix until just combined. Spread the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes (if you are using a small 4 loaf pan bake for only 45 minutes). Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and let cool completely.


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Custer-area Rancher Seeks to Expand Beetle Project
CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — Jim Hughes says he knows how to beat the mountain pine beetles on his Black Hills property and has been doing it for years.
But the Custer-area rancher tells the Associated Press that he needs more help from the U.S. Forest Service to stem the flight in from federal land.
Hughes hopes to expand a project based on a bark-stripping machine that he modified to make more mobile. He sought modifications in ongoing arrangements with the U.S. Forest Service that allow landowners to cut infested trees on national forest bordering their property.
He says he knows it's asking a lot to seek funding from the Forest Service, but he thinks residents have shown that they can be proficient in destroying pine-beetle habitat.
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Caching is an essential mechanism in providing efficient usage of resources in many systems. Data management using JDO is no different and provides a definition of caching at 2 levels. Caching allows objects to be retained and returned rapidly without having to make an extra call to the datastore. The 2 levels of caching available with DataNucleus are
You can think of a cache as a Map, with values referred to by keys. In the case of JDO, the key is the object identity (identity is unique in JDO).
By default the Level 2 Cache is enabled. The user can configure the Level 2 Cache if they so wish. This is controlled by use of the persistence property datanucleus.cache.level2.type . You set this to "type" of cache required. With the Level 2 Cache you currently have the following options.
The javax.cache cache is available in the datanucleus-core plugin. The EHCache, OSCache, SwarmCache, Coherence, JCache, Cacheonix, and Memcache caches are available in the datanucleus-cache plugin.
In addition you can control the mode of operation of the L2 cache. You do this using the persistence property datanucleus.cache.level2.mode . The default is UNSPECIFIED which means that DataNucleus will cache all objects of entities unless the entity is explicitly marked as not cacheable. The other options are NONE (don't cache ever), ALL (cache all entities regardless of annotations), ENABLE_SELECTIVE (cache entities explicitly marked as cacheable), or DISABLE_SELECTIVE (cache entities unless explicitly marked as not cacheable - i.e same as our default).
Objects are placed in the L2 cache when you commit() the transaction of a PersistenceManager. This means that you only have datastore-persisted objects in that cache. Also, if an object is deleted during a transaction then at commit it will be removed from the L2 cache if it is present.
The Level 2 cache is a DataNucleus plugin point allowing you to provide your own cache where you require it. Use the examples of the EHCache, Coherence caches etc as reference.
The majority of times when using a JDO-enabled system you will not have to take control over any aspect of the caching other than specification of whether to use a Level 2 Cache or not. With JDO and DataNucleus you have the ability to control which objects remain in the cache. This is available via a method on the PersistenceManagerFactory .
PersistenceManagerFactory pmf = JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(props); DataStoreCache cache = pmf.getDataStoreCache();
The DataStoreCache interface provides methods to control the retention of objects in the cache. You have 3 groups of methods
These methods can be called to pin objects into the cache that will be much used. Clearly this will be very much application dependent, but it provides a mechanism for users to exploit the caching features of JDO. If an object is not "pinned" into the L2 cache then it can typically be garbage collected at any time, so you should utilise the pinning capability for objects that you wish to retain access to during your application lifetime. For example, if you have an object that you want to be found from the cache you can do
PersistenceManagerFactory pmf = JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(props); DataStoreCache cache = pmf.getDataStoreCache(); cache.pinAll(MyClass.class, false); // Pin all objects of type MyClass from now on PersistenceManager pm = pmf.getPersistenceManager(); Transaction tx = pm.currentTransaction(); try { tx.begin(); pm.makePersistent(myObject); // "myObject" will now be pinned since we are pinning all objects of type MyClass. tx.commit(); } finally { if (tx.isActive()) { tx.close(); } }
Thereafter, whenever something refers to myObject , it will find it in the Level 2 cache. To turn this behaviour off, the user can either unpin it or evict it.
JDO allows control over which classes are put into a Level 2 cache. You do this by specifying the cacheable attribute to false (defaults to true). So with the following specification, no objects of type MyClass will be put in the L2 cache.
Using XML: <class name="MyClass" cacheable="false"> ... </class> Using Annotations: @Cacheable("false") public class MyClass { ... }
JDO allows you control over which fields of an object are put in the Level 2 cache. You do this by specifying the cacheable attribute to false (defaults to true). This setting is only required for fields that are relationships to other persistable objects. Like this
Using XML: <class name="MyClass"> <field name="values"/> <field name="elements" cacheable="false"/> ... </class> Using Annotations: public class MyClass { ... Collection values; @Cacheable("false") Collection elements; }
So in this example we will cache "values" but not "elements". If a field is cacheable then
DataNucleus has an extension in metadata allowing the user to define that all instances of a class are automatically pinned in the Level 2 cache.
@PersistenceCapable @Extension(vendorName="datanucleus", key="cache-pin", value="true") public class MyClass { ... }
DataNucleus provides a simple wrapper to javax.cache's caches. To enable this you should set the persistence properties
datanucleus.cache.level2.type=javax.cache datanucleus.cache.level2.cacheName={cache name} datanucleus.cache.level2.timeout={expiration time in millis - optional}
DataNucleus provides a simple wrapper to JCache's caches. This is an old version of what will become javax.cache (separate option). To enable this you should set the persistence properties
datanucleus.cache.level2.type=jcache datanucleus.cache.level2.cacheName={cache name} datanucleus.cache.level2.timeout={expiration time in millis - optional}
DataNucleus provides a simple wrapper to Oracle's Coherence caches. This currently takes the NamedCache interface in Coherence and instantiates a cache of a user provided name. To enabled this you should set the following persistence properties
datanucleus.cache.level2.type=coherence datanucleus.cache.level2.cacheName={coherence cache name}
The Coherence cache name is the name that you would normally put into a call to CacheFactory.getCache(name). As mentioned earlier, this cache does not support the pin/unpin operations found in the standard JDO interface. However you do have the benefits of Oracle's distributed/serialized caching. If you require more control over the Coherence cache whilst using it with DataNucleus, you can just access the cache directly via
DataStoreCache cache = pmf.getDataStoreCache(); NamedCache coherenceCache = ((CoherenceLevel2Cache)cache).getCoherenceCache();
DataNucleus provides a simple wrapper to EHCache's caches. To enable this you should set the persistence properties
datanucleus.cache.level2.type=ehcache datanucleus.cache.level2.cacheName={cache name} datanucleus.cache.level2.configurationFile={EHCache configuration file (in classpath)}
The EHCache plugin also provides an alternative L2 Cache that is class-based. To use this you would need to replace "ehcache" above with "ehcacheclassbased".
DataNucleus provides a simple wrapper to OSCache's caches. To enable this you should set the persistence properties
datanucleus.cache.level2.type=oscache datanucleus.cache.level2.cacheName={cache name}
DataNucleus provides a simple wrapper to SwarmCache's caches. To enable this you should set the persistence properties
datanucleus.cache.level2.type=swarmcache datanucleus.cache.level2.cacheName={cache name}
DataNucleus provides a simple wrapper to Spymemcached caches and Xmemcached caches. To enable this you should set the persistence properties
datanucleus.cache.level2.type=spymemcached [or "xmemcached"] datanucleus.cache.level2.cacheName={prefix for keys, to avoid clashes with other memcached objects} datanucleus.cache.level2.memcached.servers=... datanucleus.cache.level2.memcached.expireSeconds=...
datanucleus.cache.level2.memcached.servers is a space separated list of memcached hosts/ports, e.g. host:port host2:port. datanucleus.cache.level2.memcached.expireSeconds if not set or set to 0 then no expire
DataNucleus provides a simple wrapper to Cacheonix. To enable this you should set the persistence properties
datanucleus.cache.level2.type=cacheonix datanucleus.cache.level2.cacheName={cache name}
Note that you can optionally also specify
datanucleus.cache.level2.timeout={timeout-in-millis (default=60)} datanucleus.cache.level2.configurationFile={Cacheonix configuration file (in classpath)}
and define a cacheonix-config.xml like
<?xml version="1.0"?> <cacheonix> <local> <!-- One cache per class being stored. --> <localCache name="mydomain.MyClass"> <store> <lru maxElements="1000" maxBytes="1mb"/> <expiration timeToLive="60s"/> </store> </localCache> <!-- Fallback cache for classes indeterminable from their id. --> <localCache name="datanucleus"> <store> <lru maxElements="1000" maxBytes="10mb"/> <expiration timeToLive="60s"/> </store> </localCache> <localCache name="default" template="true"> <store> <lru maxElements="10" maxBytes="10mb"/> <overflowToDisk maxOverflowBytes="1mb"/> <expiration timeToLive="1s"/> </store> </localCache> </local> </cacheonix>


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bengrine needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
East Bay Studios
We are working on a mobile phone game similar to Bookworm, Wordsworth, Scrabble, Words with Friends,…
It will run on Windows Phone 7 XNA - since it's not Silverlight with the Metro UI (strict guidelines), you're pretty much free to express your creativity based on our requirements.
>>>> We need a talented designer for the game based on the screen with the main gameplay (our reference screen) <<<<
When the game is on the marketplace, it can be downloaded by **millions** of mobile phone users.
We can add **your** reference to the games credits and you could get an incredible amount of free promotion for your talent!
Even better, there's more to come based on this design:this is just one screen out of several we're going to put together. If we like that one, you are in a sweet spot for the rest of the competition.
Good luck and may the best designer win!
Casual players from 7 to 77 years old. This is the same audience as the iPhone word game players. The game will be fun!
We are looking for one design of the main screen of the game:
- A mascot – it can be anything as long as it is engaging and has character. Think of Einstein cartoon, Professor Layton, …
- A board with hexagonal tiles (7 columns, 6 rows on left/right eg. 11 rows interleaved) - tiles flat side are on the top and bottom (horizontal layout).
- Each tile has values such as on the scrabble tiles (value can be indicated with a number or symbol). There can be 3D effects for the tiles (border or letter embossed in circle)
- Some tiles have bonus values and are highlighted (x2 letter, x3 letter, x2 word, x3 word, special bonus) – some are "active" tiles and need to be used in a limited time.
- Selected tiles for the current word are highlighted and connected with a (semi continuous) path
- Current username, word, score and level appear on the screen
- A BACK button is available.
The reference resolution is 480 (horizontal) x 800 (vertical) pixels. The output has to be aligned on pixels.
The design should be clean (like Scrabble, Words with Friends, FieldRunner) and fun altogether (bright and colorful such as Bejeweled or Plants vs Zombies). It should include the elements mentioned above.
This will be used as a reference design for several other screens (separate submission and not part of this contest): Loading, Main menu (with background animation), Help (7), Options (2), Leaderboard(3) and Achievements (2).
Just let us know if you would like to have your information added to our credits screen and we will proceed!
Added 1/5/2011-
Let me give some important clarifications:
- the screen has to be the main game screen - not a loading screen
- the design elements cannot overlap - otherwise the game cannot be played
- the brand name is not part of the requirements
- all the hex tiles are identical in size
- the board with the hex tiles should occupy the total width (not height) of the screen. The reason is that otherwise, those tiles are too small to play
- all elements need to be present on the screen: mascot, board with 7 x 10 interleaved hexes (including some bonuses). username, word, score, level, back button
Also, I will not select a design that is a copycat of bookworm - they use a worm, so please avoid this. Same thing for the colors. I am more interested in something with a cleaner style e.g. closer to scrabble for instance.
Added 1/6/2011-
I realize the grid size is an issue to understand. By interleaved, I mean that all rows count, including when they're half way.
The designs that have been submitted so far have too many rows.
Also, none of the designs occupies enough of the width of the display - the hexes are too small to be able to play.
I am attaching an example that I made so that you get a better sense of what I have in mind.
Examples of designs
- http://itunes.apple.com/app/usa-tod…73523?mt=8
- http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/…mpt=uo%3D6
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word…40796?mt=8
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chec…64915?mt=8
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word…56985?mt=8
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touc…35012?mt=8
- http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/…mpt=uo%3D6
Added 1/6/2011-
I am attaching a checklist (see WordsMaster_checklist_v1.pdf at the end of the brief) so that you can review your design before submission
Added 1/7/2011-
- added a precision regarding the comma separators for the score in the checklist (new v1.1)
- posting this link because I really like the design - you can click on the pictures and see them in high resolution
-Here are a few more examples of bright designs that I like
- Another clarification: the mascot / avatar doesn't have to be an old white male - those would be perfectly fine too
- http://avivor.carbonmade.com/projects/2148243#2
- http://hagenillustration.carbonmade…/2065192#9
- http://azazel.carbonmade.com/projects/13702#11
- http://leonarod.carbonmade.com/projects/89785#4
- http://coolpuk.carbonmade.com/projects/79932#1
-More inpiration from the Quarrel game:
- http://www.offworld.com/assets_c/20…26117.html
- http://www.offworld.com/assets_c/20…26123.html
- http://www.offworld.com/oimages/sean-image79.JPG
And still bright colors
- http://stewartgraham.carbonmade.com…ts/2646710
Added 1/8/2011-
The main things I am currently looking at when sending some feedback are:
1. Verification against the checklist. The most common exception has to do with the size of the board. As you can see on the sample in the brief, it needs to be 6 hexagons on the side (11 interleaved)
2. The key thing for a good design is to find an inspiring theme and stick to it. It needs to be consistent throughout the design. Think about the main concepts in the game: the player is in some kind of quest. The mascot is here to inspire trust - (s)he serves as a reference because (s)he is experienced and has the knowledge.
3. Colors - I am really looking for some happy and fun colors - here is another example http://stewartgraham.carbonmade.com…ts/2645585 (second page)


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Rapper Jay-Z has officially become a certified baseball agent, the Major League Baseball Players Association confirmed yesterday.
This new accolade will allow the 43-year-old Brooklyn resident to negotiate a deal for New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano.
Cano, 30, is eligible for free agency at the end of the current MLB season, but now that he is a certified agent, Jay-Z will be able to arrange a new contract for the player himself.
Roc Nation Sports, an entertainment company founded by Jay-Z and Creative Artists Agency, attracted Cano as a client in April, but before now only CAA agent Brodie Van Wagenen was legally allowed to negotiate a contract.
The deal is expected to make Cano the fifth member of baseball's $200 million club, joining Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees, Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels, Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds and Prince Fletcher of the Detroit Tigers. Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw confirmed that he currently is in negotiations with the franchise, which could also produce a deal exceeding $200m.
"I am confident that the pairing of Roc Nation Sports and CAA Sports will be essential in helping me accomplish my short and long-term goals," Cano said in a prepared statement in April.
"I am making this important decision now so I can keep my focus on helping the Yankees succeed in 2013, while minimising distractions for me and my teammates."
Additionally, Ron Berkowitz, a spokesman for Roc Nation Sports, confirmed Jay-Z has been certified by the National Basketball Players Union to serve as an agent.
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N.W. Philly kids sing for those who have no voice
By Sally Cohen
The Keystone State Boychoir (KSB), which includes five Chestnut Hill residents and 10 Mt. Airy residents among its 60 members, embarked on a concert tour of Norway in mid-June in memory of the young people who lost their lives to a neo-Nazi mass murderer on Utøya Island in 2011. The choir's itinerary included Oslo and six smaller cities.
"As Norway and the world approach the one-year anniversary of this terrible day," said conductor Steven Fisher before KSB left Philadelphia, "the boys will lift their voices in song as a way to remember. Sadly, we Americans know first-hand this kind of painful, senseless loss of life. It was a boy's idea to sing our concerts in Norway in memory of these young people."
In Oslo, KSB was hosted by the renowned boychoir Sølvguttene. The choirs performed at a Nobel Peace Center event June 16. From Philadelphia, KSB had in its possession four miniature Liberty Bells from Mayor Michael Nutter. This symbol of American freedom was presented to Ambassador Barry B. White at the US Embassy on June 14.
Under the direction of co-founders Joseph Fitzmartin and Steven Fisher, Keystone State Boychoir consists of 160 members between the ages of 8 and 18 from diverse backgrounds. KSB has sung with most distinguished ensembles, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Opera Company of Philadelphia, serving as the latter's official boychoir. KSB members from Chestnut Hill are Cameron Brown , Rowan Goudy, Nick Hanson , Ricardo Jaramillo and Adam Saah. Those from Mt. Airy are Noah Anninger, Tremayne Bundy, Will Hence IV, Jesse Kahn, Avery Mitchell , Jake Norman, Pedro Ramos, Jack Schmieg, Noah Shipley and Jelani Wheeler.
Recently, KSB made its debut on Broadway in a presentation of Oliver!, starring Tony-award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell. Internationally, KSB has performed in venues throughout Brazil, Vietnam, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, Monaco, France, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Chile.
In 2009, KSB made history by being the first choir to travel to, and sing in, Antarctica. By doing so, it became the first choir to sing on all seven continents. The boys have nicknamed this concert tour, "In the steps of Admundson." After its visit to Svalbard, KSB is, like the great Norwegian explorer, the "first" to reach both the Antarctic and Arctic Circles. "They will officially be the boychoir with latitude attitude," said Fisher.
When the group was still in Norway (they returned on June 27), Fisher sent us the following message: "Well, if this isn't the most beautiful corner or the world I've ever seen… Four and half hours (on a train) of breathtaking scenery. Train change in Myrdal, and a very serious descent down the Flam Railway. Thrilling. Oh, and a very bizarre, surreal stop at a gorgeous waterfall.
"When we reached Flam, we did a mini-concert in exchange for ice cream. Really. Well worth it and an even exchange based on the Norwegian kroner. The boys are getting a crash course in fiscal restraint. You cannot believe how expensive this country is. To give you and idea, a candy bar is five dollars.
"From Flam, we took a ferry to Aurland, where we were enchanted by seagulls that flew so close to our boat that we could literally touch them. They were as white and pure as freshly fallen Norwegian snow. Just as pesky as those Philadelphia pigeons, but much more well groomed. Arriving in Aurland, a village of 1200 people, we were astounded with scenery even more breathtaking than what we had seen so far …
"Our venue was a quaint 800-year-old church, magnificent in its simplicity. Every bit as moving as the largest cathedral in Europe in its own intimate way. The question was, would anyone come to the performance. This is not the sort of thing that happens in Aurland. And we were competing with the town high school graduation. Well, much to our surprise, we packed the house. The audience could not have been more delighted. The connection between us and our audience was palpable. I wish I could have transported each and every KSB tour parent to this charming space to witness the sort of bond that your sons create instantaneously through song. It was very special …
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Good Evening,
I would really appreciate everyone's advice relating to re-approaching a school to be considered for additional money.
A tier one school that I am likely attending is the best law school I was admitted to. I do have financial concerns relating to law school, whether this school or any of the others (tier two) I was considering, but I plan on attending in the fall due to the opportunity that I look forward to taking advantage of.
I was originally admitted with 10k. I asked the admissions counselor who admitted me if I could please be considered for additional funding, and after checking with the dean of admissions, he was able to award me an additional 2k a year.
After a couple of weeks, I wrote to the dean of admissions, expressing financial hardship coupled with my sincere interest in attending the school. I explained that although I was very appreciative for having been admitted, I was concerned that I would be unable to attend with the current price and offer. I had asked if there was any way I could be considered for any additional funding. I know that the school has significant available funding, but I was told that based on my numbers, I cannot be awarded any additional funding.
Although I will very likely be attending this school, I truly need more money to be able to attend, and any increase, whether 1k or several thousand more a year would make a big difference. I am debating about who to write to and how to approach my letter.
At first, I was debating whether or not to go above the dean of admissions/financials that I had spoken with, but I realized it will likely be forwarded back to him. I am considering writing to the counselor who admitted me and cc'ing the dean of admissions and addressing it to both of them.
I'm not sure if I should write to the same two individuals in admission or if I should write to the dean of the law school. I don't want to make a negative first impression on the dean and on the dean of admissions for going above him, since I will likely be attending. Does anyone have any suggestions on who to write to to maximize my chances while minimizing offending and upsetting anyone and setting a bad first impression for myself?
Secondly, do you have any suggestions on what to include? Should I say that I will not be able to currently attend, but that if I could be considered for any additional funding, it could make the biggest of differences? If I say this, yet do not receive any more funding and do still attend, would this be considered lying and inappropriate? Should I acknowledge the previous conversation with the dean and how I had been told that I cannot receive any additional funding, yet I am asking again because....?
I have maintained my 4.0 gpa throughout my senior year (I am not retaking lsat, and I want to attend this one school) - can I use this to help my case? I know that several wait-listed non-URM students had slightly lower scores and received several thousand dollars more a year, but I know that I cannot mention this - yet given this, I personally know that more funding may technically be able to be awarded. I currently have 20k/year offers from tier two schools - can I use this as leverage? How can I approach and ask this without sounding desperate or threatening?
Thanks so much for any advice, I really appreciate it.
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May 28, 2012, 05:06:37 PM »
I'll be honest which carries the consequence of being mean. Admittedly, I don't want to be mean but...
Even just reading the redundancy and dead ending in your post is frustrating. I don't really know, obviously, but you may be pushing too hard for such small benefit. Law school is frighteningly expensive- 10s or 100s of thousands of dollars, nickle and dimeing to a total of only a few thousand is pointless. Not to mention, you're treating them like they are fools. Of course, 1k won't mean you can't attend when you're borrowing 40k a year. Do you really expect anyone to buy that?
If scolly money is really such a big deal, go to the T2. I get the sense you want the best deal you can get- best. No one ever maxes "best" there are always sacrifices and lost opportunity. If they already said no, using the T2 as leverage now might provoke a "fuc.k this guy" response from admissions.
I don't want to be mean and I have never personally been in this situation. Just how it seems from my perspective. How do you think it seems from theirs? Good luck.
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Terran Petteway scored 17 points, and Nebraska overcame a slow start to beat Northwestern 53-49 on Saturday.
Walter Pitchford added 15 points, nailing three 3-pointers, and the Cornhuskers (12-10, 4-6 Big Ten) picked themselves up after getting blown out by Michigan earlier in the week.
They trailed by six after an ugly first half and blew an eight-point lead late in the second but managed to pull this one out.
Northwestern (12-12, 5-6) had just scored eight straight to tie it at 44 when Pitchford hit two free throws and a 3 to make it a five-point game with 2:25 left.
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Petteway hit just 5 of 16 shots and committed five turnovers. But he also grabbed eight rebounds and helped contain Drew Crawford.
Pitchford was 3 of 4 from long range, and the Cornhuskers wound up shooting 40.4 percent in the game after a horrible start.
Cobb scored 14 for Northwestern, which had won five of seven. Crawford finished with 13 points but was just 4 of 13 from the field. He also turned the ball over five times.
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Crawford hit back-to-back 3s and Demps tied it on a layup with just less than 4 minutes left. But Pitchford and Petteway came through down the stretch for Nebraska.
The Cornhuskers appeared on their way to a loss trailing 22-16 at the half.
The 16 points were a season low in a half. They were just 6 of 24 from the field while missing 9 of 11 3-pointers. Petteway, who came in averaging 17.5 points, hit just 1 of 7 shots and committed four turnovers.
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The Justice Department missed another deadline earlier this month to hand over key information to congressional investigators, asking — yet again — for more time to consider the requests and produce the documents. The media barely noticed. But after a year of stonewalling and cover-ups, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has had just about enough.
In a letter dated February 14, Rep. Issa warned Holder (above) that failure to comply with a congressional subpoena is a violation of federal law. About two thirds of the document categories sought by investigators have been unlawfully withheld without any proper justification, he said, noting that much of what has been handed over was so heavily redacted as to be rendered useless.
As such, the letter ordered the nation's top law enforcement officer to appoint a DOJ representative who will "serve as the conduit for dealing with the contempt proceedings, should the Department continue to ignore the Committee's subpoena." If convicted, Holder could face jail time and hefty fines.
"The Justice Department's request for additional time has, unfortunately, not been followed by efforts to bridge the significant differences between its legal obligation to Congress and the reality of its stonewalling," Chairman Issa said in a statement blasting the DOJ. The Committee declined Holder's request for more time.
Rep. Issa emphasized that, in light of the ongoing DOJ cover-up, Congress had no choice but to take action. "If the Justice Department cannot commit to providing, at a minimum, a detailed description of documents it is withholding, and the legal basis for doing so, then the Committee has no other option than to move forward with the contempt process against Attorney General Holder," he said in the statement.
Holder and other top officials have already been caught repeatedly lying to Congress under oath — itself a criminal offense. They were originally being investigated for trafficking thousands of high-powered firearms to Mexican drug cartels. Some of those weapons were later linked to murders of federal officers including Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, as well as the deaths of hundreds of Mexican citizens.
Now, however, Congress has expanded its probe to include the DOJ's efforts to interfere with the congressional investigation, too, Rep. Issa said in the letter. "Virtually all congressional requests regarding Fast and Furious have gone unanswered and even unacknowledged," Issa noted. "Complying with the committee's subpoena is not optional. Indeed, the failure to produce documents pursuant to a congressional subpoena is a violation of federal law."
In the letter, Rep. Issa said Congress was seeking to find answers to a broad array of questions. Did the DOJ retaliate against whistleblowers who exposed the deadly operation? Why have top officials continued to lie? Are senior Obama administration officials responsible for the criminal schemes going to be held accountable?
Rep. Issa also demanded to know what information Patrick Cunningham, the chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona, might have uncovered. Cunningham recently asserted his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination to avoid testifying and complying with another subpoena.
Another top DOJ official, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein, testified that Cunningham had provided false information. So, if the allegation is true, Rep. Issa asked whether Cunningham was being criminally investigated for obstruction of the congressional investigation.
"The Department appears to be more concerned with protecting its image through spin control than actually cooperating with Congress," Issa stated in the letter. "Nearly four months have passed since I authorized your subpoena. During that time, the Department's progress has been unacceptably slow."
Beyond the gun trafficking operation and the ensuing violence — which official documents later revealed were being used by the Obama administration to push for more infringements on the right to bear arms — is another, almost certainly related issue. And again, DOJ is stonewalling in the critical congressional inquiry.
According to Issa's most recent letter, the Committee is concerned that its investigation into U.S. government money-laundering operations for drug cartels is being ignored, too. Despite the fact that the probe was initiated more than two months ago — shortly after the Drug Enforcement Administration's drug-money laundering schemes were exposed in the New York Times — DOJ has failed to even schedule briefings with congressional investigators.
But despite Holder's refusal to cooperate, it does not appear that the pressure is going to ease any time soon. The growing scandals and the resulting cover-ups have led to over 100 members of Congress calling on Holder to step down.
Instead of submitting his resignation or even just cooperating with investigators, the Attorney General has exhibited what critics called a defiant and petulant attitude throughout the investigation. Almost incredibly, Holder has repeatedly lashed out at Congress for investigating Fast and Furious — an operation virtually everyone acknowledges was wrong and must be punished. The Attorney General has even attacked the media for daring to report on the scandal and the ensuing uproar.
But Rep. Issa did note that the behavior was unacceptable. "The attitude with respect to a legitimate congressional inquiry, which seems to have permeated the Department's ranks, is deeply disappointing," Issa wrote in the letter, criticizing Holder's wildly inappropriate outbursts attempting to impugn the motives of investigators.
"Had the department demonstrated willingness to cooperate with this investigation from the outset — instead of attempting to cover up its own internal mismanagement — this investigation likely would have concluded well before the end of 2011," Issa noted, responding to Holder's sinister suggestion that politics and the election year played a role in the probe.
Sources cited earlier this month by Mike Vanderboegh, a gun-rights activist and blogger whose work was instrumental in exposing the federal gun trafficking scandal, stated that House Speaker John Boehner planned to make a deal with the Obama administration. The alleged agreement would have reportedly allowed a few lower-ranking DOJ figures to take the fall while top officials got away scot-free — essentially allowing everyone to save face.
The news sparked an instant public outcry. A spokesman for Rep. Boehner, however, disputed the claims. He told The New American that the reports were false and that the Speaker fully supported Rep. Issa and the Fast and Furious investigation.
Families of the Fast and Furious victims are charging ahead, too. And Rep. Issa and even Democrats on the Oversight Committee seem dedicated to finding out what exactly was going on so responsible officials can be held accountable for the blood-drenched fiasco.
"The committee is determined to know what happened in Operation Fast and Furious and how the Justice Department responded when it was publicly confronted with evidence of reckless conduct after Agent Terry's death," Rep. Issa said. "I want to make it clear that Congress will not give up until ... accountability has been achieved."
Numerous law-enforcement experts have called for a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute federal officials involved in Fast and Furious. The state of Arizona, meanwhile, is conducting its own independent investigation into the deadly scheme.
Whether those responsible for the operation will actually be held accountable for their criminal actions remains to be seen — but as the body count continues to rise, the outcry is still growing as well. And the victims' families and advocates for honest government have vowed to keep the pressure on until justice is finally served.
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Saturday (April 28) will surely be a day in Tyler Farr's career that he will always remember. That is the night that the newcomer will walk onto the prestigious stage at the Grand Ole Opry, where many of the biggest country music stars of all time have stepped foot throughout their careers, including Farr's own biggest hero, George Jones.
During his time slot at the Opry on Saturday, Farr will perform his debut hit single 'Hot Mess,' which was penned by the famed writing trio the Peach Pickers (Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip and Dallas Davidson).
"One of the most influential experiences in my life was the first time I went to the Opry," Farr said in a statement. "What made it so special was that I was backstage with my stepfather standing next to George Jones. As he sang 'He Stopped Loving Her Today,' my arms filled with goosebumps. It was then that I knew the Grand Ole Opry was the heart and soul of country music."
"My Mom married George Jones' lead guitar player when I was about 16," he continued. "I started going on the road with them, and I got to hang out with my stepdad at sound check. During the show I remember standing on the side of the stage and watching him sing, and that was the musical spark for me."
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