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The Illinois state legislature voted today to pass a complex overhaul of the state's fiscally shaky public-employee pensions. The bill, which passed with bipartisan support and is backed by Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, will enact a combination of retirement-age increases and caps on inflation adjustments for teachers, university staff and other public-sector retirees, along with other measures aimed at repairing one of the country's most dysfunctional pension systems.
The measure passed by relatively narrow margins, a reflection of the bill's unpopularity among labor unions on one side and conservative Republicans on the other.
If the overhaul works as its drafters intend, the reforms will cut pension spending by $160 billion over the next 30 years, and the state's pensions will be fully funded by the year 2044. It comes as many state and municipal governments struggle to come to terms with their pension expenses; earlier the same day, a federal judge ruled that Detroit could cut city employees' pension benefits as part of a Chapter 9 bankruptcy proceeding.
Illinois's state pension systems currently cover around 200,000 retirees and more than 350,000 current government employees, including most of the state's public-school teachers outside of Chicago. (Chicago teachers have their own pension fund.) According to the Illinois Retirement Security Initiative, a think tank affiliated with public-sector unions, the average Illinois government retiree gets a pension of a little over $39,000 a year.
Many states' public-employee pension programs are underfunded (see our recent piece on the 10 most threatened state pension plans). In several, including Illinois, legislatures spent much of the 1990s and 2000s putting less cash than they should have into their pension funds, hoping that exuberant stock market returns would make up the difference. (We presumably don't need to tell you how that worked out.)
But Illinois's system is widely considered the worst of the bunch. Taken together, the state's five public-sector pension funds have only enough assets to cover about 45% of liabilities. What's more, the inability of the state's political classes to get their house in order has spooked the credit markets. Illinois now has the lowest credit rating of any state, and interest rates on the state's bonds are 173 basis points higher than the average for AAA-rated municipal bonds, according to the research firm Municipal Market Data—an extra burden that siphons money away from other public projects. The state's struggle to reform its system also spawned one of the nation's more unusual political mascots: Squeezy, the Pension Python.
Illinois's reform bill has one hallmark of a classic compromise: It has something in it to displease partisans on both sides of the debate. Conservatives argue that the bill doesn't do enough to cut retirees' future benefits, and they note that it commits the state to continuing to make fairly large payments to the pension fund, lowering the odds of the state being able to cut taxes or invest elsewhere in the future. Some Republican legislators had argued in favor of replacing the entire system with a 401(k)-like defined-contribution plan. (For another critique of the proposal, see this column by MarketWatch RetireMentor Chris Tobe.)
Public-sector employees and unions, meanwhile, have opposed the bill, arguing that it amounts to a steady ratcheting down of their compensation. Many protest that the new restrictions on cost-of-living adjustments will erode their buying power after they retire. The bill's changes to its COLA rules will be applied to current retirees, not just future ones; that increases the odds that the overhaul will wind up in court, since Illinois's state constitution can be interpreted as saying that retirees can't be deprived of retirement benefits they've already accrued. (Indeed, in remarks to local reporters, Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery called the legislative overhaul "theft" and "blatantly unconstitutional.")
The full text of the bill – all 327 pages of it—can be found here. Here are some of the key provisions.
Limiting COLAs. The bill's sponsors say this is the single-biggest money saver in the reform package. Under legislation passed in the 1980s, most current Illinois retirees get a 3% annual COLA, regardless of where inflation stands. (That was more or less in line with inflation at the time, but in more recent years, with interest rates low, it created a growing financial strain; the Social Security COLA, in contrast, has been lower than 3% in 15 of the last 20 years.) The new law would leave that rate in place, but it would cap the base amount of a retiree's annual pension to which the COLA applies, typically at $1,000 per year of service. This would have the effect of protecting the COLA's value for lower-paid workers, but it would also mean that people who received bigger pensions would probably lose some ground to inflation.
Raising the retirement age: Workers who are currently age 45 or under would see their retirement age rise by up to five years. (The younger they are today, the higher the age will rise.) In many cases, that'll mean an increase in the full retirement age to 60, from 55. (Nationwide, the average retirement age is 61, according to a recent Gallup poll.)
Giving funding requirements more teeth. The legislature would commit to contributing a set amount to the pension plans each year, and public-sector unions would have the right to sue if the state fell short of those commitments.
Reducing mandatory contributions. This one looks like a spoonful of sugar to go with the medicine of cuts elsewhere: Required pension-plan contribution by the workers would decrease by 1 percentage point. According to Pensions & Investments, state employees' contributions currently average around 5%.
Creating a 401(k) option. Some employees could choose to invest their retirement savings in a self-managed retirement plan, rather than pooling it with the state retirement funds.
Also worth reading:
Detroit pensions can be cut in bankruptcy.
Why states suffer from pension panic.
The 10 most threatened state pension plans.
Matthew Heimer covers retirement for MarketWatch. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewHeimer.


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Ben Birk is an East Coast transplant who now calls the shores of Lake Tahoe his home. Through his photos he has been able to document a lot of the up and coming snowboarders that have been climbing the ranks in both scenes. Ben has been working with us this past summer in our office down here in Southern California, so we took some time to pick his brain on what it's like being an East Coast transplant living in Tahoe, what it's like shooting there and what the main differences between shooting on either of the two coasts are.
You moved from PA to Tahoe right? What drove you to Tahoe? Were you shooting snowboarding on the east coast before?
I didn't go straight to Tahoe. I grew up shooting snowboarding in the south and central parts of Pennsylvania at places like Ski Roundtop and Big Boulder with a few trips to Mt. Creek. During the spring of my last year in high school I was asked by Neil Korn to come work as the Photo Editor for his magazine, East Coast Snowboarding. I couldn't pass up the opportunity so I said yes and spent the winter of 2007/2008 in Stowe, Vermont. While I was there I was able to learn about the New England Snowboard scene and meet a bunch of really rad snowboarders like Riley Nickerson, Will Bateman, Forest Bailey, Hans and Nils Mindnich Keenan Cawley, Jake Blauvelt, Ralph Kucharek, Lucas Magoon, Niko Cioffi, Tyler Lynch, and Yale Cousino. That winter in Vermont won't be forgotten. There were a lot of firsts that year. Things like learning to riding powder, digging a friend out of an avalanche, and flipping a car on highway 89.
When summer rolled around, a homie from PA asked me to move to Lake Tahoe with him for the following season and it just happened to be that a lot of my new friends from the North East were moving to Tahoe or some other west coast destination. I thought about it for a while, and with the east coast scene being so small I figured I better make the move and give things a try in an area that draws more riders. So in early January of 2009 I drove coast to coast for the first time to this weird, cold, deep lake, 6000 feet up in the mountains of California.
What do you think the best thing about living and shooting in Tahoe is?
The best things about living in Tahoe are… you're in the mountains, locals are chill, the lake, summer time, the beach, hippies, festivals, weather, clean air, dirt bike trails, river floating, hikes, casinos, cab rides, and Kings Beach.
The best thing about shooting in Tahoe is the terrain access. There's no real limits on where you can hike, 13 resorts to chose from, over 10 snowmobile launch zones, and a bunch of huts spread throughout the mountains. All of this I can access by car in 5 minutes to an hour and a half.
Is it really different shooting on the east coast compared to the west coast?
Yeah. For one thing the east coast season is about two to three months shorter of a season. There is also the fact that the area that actually gets snow is smaller, the amount of snowfall is less, and the mountains are smaller.
What has been your favorite trip so far?
I don't really have one favorite trip, but I can tell you about my favorite rail trip and my favorite backcountry trip. My favorite rail trip was to New York with the Flow Snowboard team on New Years of 2011. The crew consisted of Scot Brown, Nial Romanek, Tim Humphreys, Brandon Reis, and Ian Thorley along with their filmer Drew Satin and hype man Mark Liscak. We were all posted up in this nice hotel by the airport and would load up the car every night to go hit features under the cover of darkness. Scot was on a tear this season and got shots on 4 of the 5 features we hit. Everyone got along really well and no one got hurt. It was a great trip.
The best backcountry trip I've been part of was this past spring when I hiked into the Desolation Wilderness of Tahoe to camp for 3 days and 2 nights with the Airblaster crew of Ben Lynch, Tucker Andrews, Brandon Cocard, Taylor Carlton, Tim Eddy, Hannah Fuller, Leanne Pelosi, Jackson Fowler, Jesse Gouveia, Max Warbington, Alex Horgan, and Cale Meyer with Colton Morgan and Connor Brown filming. We camped around a lake at the base of a mountain and each night slept outside on a huge rock under the stars. Taylor Carlton was the guide and would cook us breakfast each morning before leading us into the mountains to ride for the day. One highlight of the trip was photographing Taylor Carlton, Max Warbington, and Jesse Gouveia ride under a full moon with headlamps. Just about everyone on the trip I had never meet before so it was a blast to experience a new place with new people and create some new photographs.
Who are your favorite people to shoot?
All of my friends who have good style, people who are really motivated, and people with a different point of view.


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RYE — For the past 13 years, Glamour magazine and Sally Hansen have joined forces to honor the most inspirational women from coast to coast in the Sally Hansen "Best of You" contest.
The field has been narrowed down to 10 semi-finalists, all nominated by readers. The top four will be given money for their charity and a trip for two to New York City and a makeover.
This year's semi-finalists include Rye resident Oneta Bobbett, the co-founder and driving force behind Jaden's Ladder.
This non-profit organization assists survivors of domestic violence with life-enhancing, after-shelter programs that build confidence and foster self-reliance. For the past eight years, Jaden's Ladder has worked with area shelters to provide after-shelter care and guidance to ensure that survivors are empowered to take back their lives and become active and vital members of the community.
The local organization "adopts" victims of domestic abuse and works with them to establish better lives for themselves. They become empowered to make better choices for themselves and their children.
The organization has assisted women with transportation needs. They have provided college education costs. In several instances, have purchased homes for survivor families. The survivors meet weekly and learn better parenting techniques and even financial planning skills.
Bobbett said she first learned of the contest while getting her nails done and reading Glamour. On a whim, she wrote an email expressing her views as to why Jaden's Ladder was a good fit for the contest.
"Last week I began receiving emails from the magazine,' said Bobbett. I had forgotten all about the contest and thought they were selling subscriptions. I already had a subscription so I just kept deleting it. They kept calling and finally I listened to a voice mail, only to learn I was a semi-finalist. They were urging me to call if I wanted to be considered."
Bobbett said if she is chosen, she will bring one of her survivors to New York for the trip and make over. Money received will go directly into Jaden's Ladder.
"Every year we encourage our readers to nominate someone they know of who makes a difference in their community," said Elana Delasos, beauty merchandise manager for Glamour. "Once all the nominations have been received, we work together with Sally Hansen Co. staff to choose the ten most powerful stories. Then we put those out on our site for people across the country to vote on."
Delasos said the competition is really popular among their readers, who look forward to their chance to pick each year's top four philanthropic women. "Plus, the winners get exposure for their personal cause, which helps to build their reputation and support for the charity," she said.
Your vote will automatically enter you for the chance to win a basket of beauty goodies from Sally Hansen and Glamour. Nicole Kruger, spokesperson for Glamour, said that last year more than 8,000 votes were cast to help in the selection of the winning charities.
This year, Jaden's Ladder is asking for the community's support to help make Bobbett one of this year's winners.
For every vote received, Glamour will donate $1 to Sally Hansen's charity partner DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center. Its mission is to recruit bone marrow donors to help save the lives of leukemia patients.
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The Tsunami of 26 December 2004 caused extensive damage to the Maldives. Of a population of only 290,000, over a third was directly affected by the tsunami and more than 29,000 people were left homeless. It was a brutal shock to the small island state which is so vulnerable to environmental disasters and global warming.
Aside from making the water bungalow rock on your honeymoon, the primary activity on the Maldives is scuba diving. The atolls are all coral reefs hundreds of kilometers away from any major landmass, meaning that water clarity is excellent and underwater life is abundant. Manta rays, sharks, even a few wrecks...you can find it in the Maldives.


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A winner was selected from 912 designs submitted by 240 freelance designers.
Origins Recovery soon opens its first of four live-in recovery centers. Each center will have a different motif - "NY Mansion/New Mexico Ranch/High Mountain Lodge/Oceanic" Setting. The actual facilities are extremely nice and the program is 12-Step/Spiritual based. We are private-pay only meaning we appeal to a higher-end clientele needing drug/alcohol recovery. This logo is the primary/universal logo for all four centers and must transfer well to all digital and print mediums.
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AMD Releases FX CPU Refreshes
Subject: Processors | April 30, 2013 - 02:04 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: amd, FX, vishera, bulldozer, FX-6350, FX-4350, FX-6300, FX-4300, 32 nm, SOI, Beloved
Today AMD has released two new processors that address the AM3+ market. The FX-6350 and FX-4350 are two new refreshes of the quad and hex core lineup of processors. Currently the FX-8350 is still the fastest of the breed, and there is no update for that particular number yet. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but there are those of us who are still awaiting the arrival of the rumored "Centurion".
These parts are 125 watt TDP units, which are up from their 95 watt predecessors. The FX-6350 runs at 3.9 GHz with a 4.2 GHz boost clock. This is up 300 MHz stock and 100 MHz boost from the previous 95 watt FX-6300. The FX-4350 runs at 3.9 GHz with a 4.3 GHz boost clock. This is 100 MHz stock and 300 MHz boost above that of the FX-4300. What is of greater interest here is that the L3 cache goes from 4 MB on the 4300 to 8 MB on the 4350. This little fact looks to be the reason why the FX-4350 is now a 125 watt TDP part.
It has been some two years since AMD started shipping 32 nm PD-SOI/HKMG products to the market, and it certainly seems as though spinning off GLOBALFOUNDRIES has essentially stopped the push to implement new features into a process node throughout the years. As many may remember, AMD was somewhat famous for injecting new process technology into current nodes to improve performance, yields, and power characteristics in "baby steps" type fashion instead of leaving the node as is and making a huge jump with the next node. Vishera has been out for some 7 months now and we have not really seen any major improvement in regards to performance and power characteristics. I am sure that yields and bins have improved, but the bottom line is that this is only a minor refresh and AMD raised TDPs to 125 watts for these particular parts.
The FX-6350 is again a three module part containing six cores. Each module features 2 MB of L2 cache for a total of 6 MB L2 and the entire chip features 8 MB of L3 cache. The FX-4350 is a two module chip with four cores. The modules again feature the same 2 MB of L2 cache for a total of 4 MB active on the chip with the above mentioned 8 MB of L3 cache that is double what the FX-4300 featured.
Perhaps soon we will see updates on FM2 with the Richland series of desktop processors, but for now this refresh is all AMD has at the moment. These are nice upgrades to the line. The FX-6350 does cost the same as the FX-6300, but the thinking behind that is that the 6300 is more "energy efficient". We have seen in the past that AMD (and Intel for that matter) does put a premium on lower wattage parts in a lineup. The FX-4350 is $10 more expensive than the 4300. It looks as though the FX-6350 is in stock at multiple outlets but the 4350 has yet to show up.
These will fit in any modern AM3+ motherboard with the latest BIOS installed. While not an incredibly exciting release from AMD, it at least shows that they continue to address their primary markets. AMD is in a very interesting place, and it looks like Rory Read is busy getting the house in order. Now we just have to see if they can curve back their cost structure enough to make the company more financially stable. Indications are good so far, but AMD has a long ways to go. But hey, at least according to AMD the FX series is beloved!
Piledrivers are elegant in comparison to Bulldozers
Subject: Processors | October 23, 2012 - 02:44 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: vishera, Steamroller, piledriver, FX-8350, fx-8150, FX-6300, FX-6200, bulldozer, amd
The FX-8350 Vishera processor from AMD has finally arrived with 8 fully unlocked cores of polished Piledriver processing power. With Piledriver there are no huge changes to the existing Bulldozer architecture, this is more of a polishing and optimizing the existing architecture and [H]ard|OCP's testing bears that out. While faster than the previous generation FX-8150 it still lags behind Intel's Ivy Bridge processors, disappointing but certainly expected. The unlocked cores do lend themselves somewhat to overclocking, with [H] hitting a stable 4.6GHz with all cores enabled, a 10% jump in frequency. At that speed it does better when competing with Intel's offerings, until you overclock them as well at which point the comparative performance suffers somewhat.
Make sure to catch Josh's review, covering both the 8 core FX-8350 and the $132 FX-6300 which has a disabled module; bringing back memories of older AMD chips whose modules could be brought back to life.
"AMD's new Piledriver core technology should not be a surprise to any enthusiast as much of its "embargoed" information has already been exposed on the Net. Today we take the AMD FX series model 8350 desktop variant, code named Vishera, and look at it in an enthusiast way as we expose its IPC at 4GHz, and a bit of overclocking."
Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
- AMD's FX-8350 processor @ The Tech Report
- AMD FX-8350 "Vishera" Linux Benchmarks @ Phoronix
- AMD FX-8350 8-Core Black Edition Processor Review @ Legit Reviews
- AMD Vishera FX-8350 Review @ OCC
- The Vishera Review: AMD FX-8350, FX-8320, FX-6300 and FX-4300 Tested @ AnandTech
- AMD FX-8350: Piledriver @ Bjorn3D
- AMD FX-8350 @ Overclockers.com
- AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.8GHz - Multi-GPU Gaming Performance @ VR-Zone
- FX-8350 vs. Core i5-3470 CPU Review @ Hardware Secrets
- AMD FX-8350 (AM3+) Piledriver Processor Review @ eTeknix
- AMD FX-8350 Unlocked "Vishera" Octal Core CPU Review @ Hi Tech Legion
- AMD FX-8350 Vishera Desktop Processor @ Benchmark Reviews
- AMD FX-8350 and FX-6300 @ Legion Hardware
- AMD Piledriver FX Review - FX 8350, 8320, 6300 vs Intel Core i5 and i3 @ hardCOREware
- AMD FX-8350 Processor Review @ HardwareHeaven
- AMD FX-8350 and FX-6300 Piledriver @ TechSpot
- FX-8350 CPU Review; AMD's Vishera Arrives @ Hardware Canucks
- AMD FX8350 BE / Gigabyte HD7970 / ASUS Sabretooth 990FX R2 @ Kitguru
- AMD FX 8350 @ Guru of 3D
- AMD FX-8350 - "Piledriver" for AMD Socket AM3+ @ techPowerUp
Bulldozer to Vishera
Bulldozer is the word. Ok, perhaps it is not "the" word, but it is "a" word. When AMD let that little codename slip some years back, AMD enthusiasts and tech journalists started to salivate about the possibilities. Here was a unique and very new architecture that promised excellent single thread performance and outstanding multi-threaded performance all in a package that was easy to swallow and digest. Probiotics for the PC. Some could argue that the end product for Bulldozer and probiotics are the same, but I am not overly fond of writing articles containing four letter colorful metaphors.
The long and short of Bulldozer is that it was a product that was pushed out too fast, it had specifications that were too aggressive for the time, and it never delivered on the promise of the architecture. Logically there are some very good reasons behind the architecture, but implementing these ideas into a successful product is another story altogether. The chip was never able to reach the GHz range it was supposed to and stay within reasonable TDP limits. To get the chip out in a timely manner, timings had to be loosened internally so the chip could even run. Performance per clock was pretty dismal, and the top end FX-8150 was only marginally faster than the previous top end Phenom II X6 1100T. In some cases, the X6 was still faster and a more competent "all around" processor.
There really was not a whole lot for AMD to do about the situation. It had to have a new product, and it just did not turn out as nicely as they had hoped. The reasons for this are legion, but simply put AMD is competing with a company that is over ten times the size, with the resulting R&D budgets that such a size (and margins) can afford. Engineers looking for work are a dime a dozen, and Intel can hire as many as they need. So, instead of respinning Bulldozer ad nauseum and releasing new speed grades throughout the year by tweaking the process and metal layer design, AMD let the product line sit and stagnate at the top end for a year (though they did release higher TDP models based on the dual module FX-4000 and triple module FX-6000 series). Engineers were pushed into more forward looking projects. One of these is Vishera.


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Mother's Day
Since we're all at the ballpark and away from our mother's on this day, the least we can do is wish them all a Happy Mother's Day on the blog. Of course, my mother doesn't read this so she'll never know, but that's okay. Hopefully some of our players' moms are reading this and know that their sons are thinking of them.
In fact, I'm currently wearing a pink wristband today, as are most of the Dodger players. Pink bats were used by Kenny Lofton and Nomar Garciaparra on the first time through the lineup and all of this is done to help raise awareness for the dangers of breast cancer and important of early detection. Fans wanting to make a pledge to the Susan B. Komen Foundation can do so here and know that it is helping a good cause. In fact, both of my grandmothers had breast cancer, so knowing that they were able to beat it makes today extra special.
On the field, Danys Baez took yesterday's loss like a pro, as he knows that you can't be perfect. I think Dodger fans were truly spoiled for many years, getting to watch Eric Gagne save 84 games in a row. In the meantime, Grady said that if we have a save situation again today, Danys will be out there.
Eric Gagne did throw a bullpen session here at AT & T Park and is getting closer to returning. He could throw batting practice on Tuesday and is working his way back to a minor league rehab assignment. The hope is to have him back in early June.
Meanwhile, I'm still working off my pasta hangover from dinner last night. Tommy Lasorda took Charley Steiner and I to Fior d Italia, the oldest Italian restaurant in the country. When we got back, we were so stuffed we had to walk around the block a couple times and as you can imagine, doing that with Tommy in SF is quite an experience. Everyone stops him for a picture or just to say hello.
Back to the ballgame…
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i would like to wish all mothers a very happy mothers day, keep on doing your sometimes thankless job. happey mothers day, and…
Great win yesterday… but wish the starting pitchers would get wins instead of some 'bum who comes in for an inning and allows the tying run to score. A win's a win… and I'll take it.
And for those of you who'd like a little "blast from the past", I have here an .mp3 that most are sure to recognize. They don't play this song any longer before Dodger games, but it used to be part of the old KTTV telecasts. It's the "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" song, and you can find it here:
I can still hear Vin Scully saying, "It's time for Dodger Baseball!", the Farmer John and Union 76 commercials as well.
Ooops… not the "take me out to the ballgame" song… but rather the, "It's a Beautiful Day For A Ballgame" song. I was thinking of one song and typed out the other! Enjoy…


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Surprising optimism has been showing up recently among traders and analysts in stock index futures despite continuing worries about our faltering recovery, the European sovereign debt crises and other potential drags on global equity performance. That is quite a turnaround for being just a few weeks after the S&P 500 peaked above 1,400 in early April, up 6.5% from a year earlier and then lost all of its gains for the year to a low of 1,278 in early June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has swung even more sharply, peaking near 13,280 in early May, up 3.7% from a year earlier, before plunging 8.7% in the next month to a year-to-date low near 12,100.
While an ultimate solution for Europe still may or may not materialize, market participants say that factors they see supporting performance among indexes in the next few months include continuing good performance of defensive stocks, historically strong performance among stocks during months leading up to U.S. elections and prospects for kicking the can down the road on the threatened U.S. "fiscal cliff" at year end.
The fiscal cliff refers to a point at the end of 2012 when the Bush era tax cuts expire and certain automated spending cuts kick in after the bipartisan Senate panel failed to agree on specific spending cuts last year. While the combination of tax increases and budget cuts would reduce the deficit, it likely also would have a negative impact on growth. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the policies set to go into effect would cut gross domestic product (GDP) by four percentage points in 2013.
"I'm bullish on the market," says Kevin J. Benoit, president and founder of fundamental equity index program Stratford Capital Management. "I know there are issues that are out there that are [difficult and] have potential to be a real problem. However, there are certain things that are more likely to happen than not.
Also bullish is Tony Dwyer, U.S. portfolio strategist with Canaccord Genuity, who has a bold target of 1,575 for the S&P 500. Dwyer says the European debt crisis and subsequent fall in global equity markets has priced in a U.S. recession that he believes is not likely to happen.
June typically brings the bottom for the Dow Industrials in election years, Dwyer says. The market generally bottoms in the last week of May or the first week of June and trades higher into September (see "Dow election cycles," below).


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October 1954
Events Subsequent to
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1. In recent years there has developed an increasing interest in exploring and clarifying the extent of the auditor's responsibility in connection with the disclosure of events occurring or becoming known subsequent to the date of statements concerning which he is expressing an opinion. This interest may be traced to specific happen-ings in part, but probably rests to a large extent on the general recognition that some such events may have a material effect on the re-lated financial statements and may require disclosure or adjustment to prevent such statements from being misleading.
2. An auditor's report is ordinarily rendered in connection with financial statements which purport to show, on an accounting basis, financial position as at a stated date and results of operations for a period ended on that date. Although such financial statements may be used for subsequent guidance, they are essentially historical in char-acter. Financial statements as of a given date and for a period ended on that date represent one instalment in the financial history of a business enterprise. They are so considered by the auditor in making his examination and in expressing his opinion with regard to the statements.


text: Informal because we are all subject to changing our minds at a later date, but I am curious as to how many die hard fans on this forum will walk away from this game if the players strike. Let me say that I am done with this nonsense. I have been through every strike and lockout and I have had enough. I honestly believe, in my heart that I will never come back to the game. How about you all?


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Obama constantly invokes Republican icons
President Barack Obama is embracing an unlikely group of political icons as he tries to paint Republican challenger Mitt Romney as extreme: He's praising Republican presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan.
The Democratic president typically offers up Republican leaders of the past as evidence of how both parties can work together in Washington to pursue big ideas and rebuild the economy. With Election Day seven months away, Obama hopes to convince voters that he, like his Republican predecessors, is a reasonable moderate. At the same time, he's casting Romney as a candidate who would embrace too-conservative policies out of step with most Americans and with the Republican Party in years past.
Obama invoked Reagan's name four times in a speech this week to The Associated Press annual meeting. He said the conservative hero, never accused of being a "tax-and-spend socialist," still recognized the need for tax increases as well as spending cuts to tame federal deficits. Obama's verdict: "He could not get through a Republican primary today."
Painting Romney as an ideological extremist might seem a curious strategy for Obama, given that the likely Republican nominee has been considered the moderate candidate in the Republican primary field and has struggled to consolidate support among conservatives in the party. But Obama's team hopes to define Romney in a negative light before the former Massachusetts governor has a chance to pivot toward the general election and emphasize his past positions that could appeal to moderates of both parties and the independent voters who can decide close races in a polarized America.
Obama has cited Reagan more than 40 times in speeches and public events since 2009, according to an analysis of public statements and transcripts by the AP. But Eisenhower is Obama's favorite Republican for name-dropping -- the president has referenced him more than 90 times. Lincoln is right behind, with 80 mentions in public comments covered by the transcripts.
Among Democrats, Obama has cited Bill Clinton more than 60 times and Franklin Delano Roosevelt 45 times at public events. Jimmy Carter? Four times.
Romney, taking the same stage as Obama this week, a day later, told editors and publishers that the president was wrong. Reagan, he said, "would win handily in a primary, frankly, in all the primaries," if he were running today. Romney accused Obama of "setting up a straw man to distract us from his record."
Romney and his team say the president is trying to hide the fact that he's a liberal who has promoted government programs instead of individual opportunity -- the antithesis of Reagan. Obama, these Republicans contend, has failed to bridge partisan differences so he must resort to rhetoric at a time when people care more about the economy and gas prices.
On the flip side, Democrats see the drawn-out Republican primary and rise of tea party conservatives in 2010 as prevailing currents pushing Republican candidates away from the political center.
At fundraisers and in speeches, Obama often plays history professor, using Lincoln, Eisenhower and others to try to make his case.
Lincoln, Obama frequently notes, launched the transcontinental railroad and the National Academy of Sciences -- efforts, he says, that mirror his own attempts to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and know-how. Obama points to Eisenhower's role as the father of the Interstate Highway System and reminds people that Richard Nixon, hardly a darling of liberals, created the Environmental Protection Agency, now under attack from Republican lawmakers.
George W. Bush -- a frequent target of criticism during Obama's 2008 campaign -- added prescription drug coverage to Medicare health care coverage for the elderly, the president told the AP annual meeting. George H.W. Bush was the first president to talk about a cap-and-trade system to curb pollution emissions -- an approach that's now political suicide in Republican circles.
There are other reminders. In December, Obama traveled to Osawatomie, Kansas, to argue that middle class families face a "make-or-break moment," echoing themes that Republican Theodore Roosevelt stressed in a 1910 speech in the same town.
On a Friday night in January, the White House released a photo of Obama sitting with President George H.W. Bush and his son former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush during a friendly get-together in the Oval Office.
About the only former Republican president who has taken heat from Obama is Rutherford B. Hayes, who Obama said questioned the usefulness of the telephone in the 1870s (something Hayes' presidential center disputed.)
But Reagan -- beloved by Republicans of all stripes -- is the one who gets special billing lately as Obama works to cobble together a winning coalition from across the political spectrum.
For Obama, there's irony in his frequent Reagan references. In his 1995 book, "Dreams of My Father," Obama wrote that when he told classmates of his decision to become a community organizer in Chicago in 1983, he would "pronounce on the need for change. Change in the White House, where Reagan and his minions were carrying on their dirty deeds."
Now, Obama doesn't use "Reagan" and "dirty deeds" in the same sentence. At St. Patrick's Day events during his presidency, Obama has pointed to the friendship Reagan shared with Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill, both of whom "knew how to work together to find common ground."
In the heat of midterm elections in September 2010, Obama pointed to Reagan as a model of bipartisanship, telling an audience in Parma, Ohio, that Reagan "was willing to help save Social Security for future generations, working with Democrats."
During last summer's prolonged debt ceiling negotiations, Obama noted that Reagan raised the debt ceiling 18 times. And in September, he put Reagan forth as a model for immigration reform, saying he "understood that immigration was an important part of the American experience. Right now, you have not that kind of leadership coming from the Republican Party."
Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said Obama's frequent mentioning of Reagan and other Republican presidents has become a "major basis of his campaign," aimed "not to show himself as a moderate, but to paint the contemporary Republican Party as one that is really now an insurgent outlier."
Beyond that, there may be a more basic reason to emulate Reagan. As Obama seeks re-election, he is aware of a Reagan trait that every presidential incumbent covets: In 1984, Reagan won 49 states in his re-election bid for a second term.


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Jan 24 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday:
* Delta Air Lines Inc is in talks with Airbus SAS and Boeing Co to buy $1 billion or more new jets, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
* Private equity firm Electra has hired Rothschild to explore a sale or a refinancing of electronic animal identification company Allflex, which is worth about $1 billion, four industry sources with knowledge of the plan said.
* The publisher of Britain's Guardian and Observer newspapers has ended talks on selling its stake in Trader Media Group because the price offered fell short of expectations, the Financial Times said on Thursday.
* Hilco UK, the retail restructuring group that has taken effective control of HMV, is the frontrunner to acquire the Jessops brand, the Financial Times reported. ()


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The atria are the the upper chambers of the heart. An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a hole in the wall between the left and right chambers of the atria. It is present at birth.
Blood passes from the left atrium to the right atrium in babies born with ASD. This eventually can cause problems in the lungs.
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ASD is occurs during fetal development. It is present at birth. Some cases may be caused by a genetic defect or abnormality inherited from a parent. Others can be caused by illnesses suffered by the mother during pregnancy.
Most of the time, the cause is unknown.
Factors that increase the risk of having a child with an atrial septal defect include:
Symptoms of atrial septal defect include:
People with minor-to-moderate defects may show no symptoms. They may not begin to show symptoms until later in life.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. A murmur may be heard when listening to the chest with a stethoscope.
Your doctor may need pictures of your heart. This can be done with:
Your doctor may need to check the health of your arteries. This can be done with
coronary angiography.
Small defects that produce few or no symptoms may not require treatment. Many defects may close on their own without treatment. Talk with the doctor about the best treatment plan. Treatment options include:
Surgery may be needed if large defects cause significant symptoms.
A new procedure may also be performed. It closes the opening without surgery. A heart catheter is inserted in the inner part of the thigh. A closure device is inserted through this catheter.
If your condition is repaired through surgery, you may need to take an antibiotic before you have dental procedures.
The condition is a congenital defect with unknown causes. There are no preventive measures. Early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent complications.
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Atrial septal defect. KidsHealth.org website.
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Atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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The markets zipped higher for the second day in a row Tuesday as traders grew optimistic ahead of the Fed's policy decision.
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Today's Markets
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 138 points, or 0.91%, to 15318, the S&P 500 gained 12.8 points, or 0.78%, to 1652 and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 30.1 points, or 0.87%, to 3482.
The markets kicked off the week on a high note, rallying amid hopes the Federal Reserve won't trim down its bond-buying program too soon. The focus was expected to remain on the U.S. economy, with the central bank starting its two-day policy-setting meeting and two economic reports out.
The Fed's meeting concludes with a decision on Wednesday, and a press conference from Chairman Ben Bernanke. Wall Street widely expects the central bank to say it plans on continuing to buy $85 billion in bonds a month. Although, any hint that the rate will be slowed down is likely to be closely scrutinized, traders said ahead of the decision.
"Recent bouts of positive correlation between equities, bonds and commodities suggest that the Fed's stimulus inflated prices of financial assets, and removal of the stimulus could create a tail event in which prices of most of assets could go down," a team of analysts at J.P. Morgan Chase wrote to clients on Monday.
The Labor Department said inflation at the consumer level ticked up 0.1% in May, slightly less than the 0.2% increase economists' expected. Excluding the food and energy components, prices were up 0.2%, matching forecasts.
Meanwhile, the Commerce Department reported U.S. housing starts increased 6.8% in May from April to an annualized 914,000-unit rate. Housing permits decreased 3.1% for the month to an annualized rate of 974,000 units.
Elsewhere, Deutsche Bank called an end to the "historic bull-run" in commodity prices, saying prices "are likely to be in subdued territory for years to come." Oil climbed 70 cents, or 0.72%, to $98.47 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline advanced 0.9% to $2.882 a gallon. In metals, gold dipped $15.60, or 1.1%, to $1,368 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.12% to 2699, the English FTSE 100 climbed 0.73% to 6377 and the German DAX dipped 0.1% to 8208.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 edged lower by 0.2% to 13007 and the Chinese Hang Seng was flat at 21226.


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The entire Torah, Haftaros and Megillos in MP3 audio! Now available in both Ashkenazic and Sephardic pronunciation!
This amazing MP3 CD is the ideal tool to help you learn how to lein (chant) the Torah, Haftaros and Megillos. Whether you're an upcoming Bar Mitzvah boy preparing for your big day or an adult intent on learning or enhancing your Torah reading skills, this CD is for you!
It offers the following features:
- All audio files on one CD — no need for separate tapes or CDs for each parashah, haftarah or megillah
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Marriage in the Melting Pot
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The United States is a land of immigrants. Although political pundits continue to question American immigration policy, there is no question that what we call "American" culture is actually an amalgam of immigrant cultures. And, since Israel Zangwill's 1908 play, "The Melting Pot," the term "melting pot" has been used to describe America's cultural fusion. Now, 100 years later, American culture will soon reach the point where historical ethnic minorities represent the majority of the U.S. population.
This cultural diversity brings with it a wealth of ideas, attitudes, beliefs and values that are sometimes complementary and, at other times, conflicting. These changing demographics are dramatically shifting our conventional understanding of the American workplace, church and home. It is the American home — more specifically the institution of marriage — to which we give our focus.
What is marriage like in the melting pot? The increased interaction of individuals from different ethnic backgrounds has inevitably led to an increase in interethnic marriages — particularly in the urban centers. Couples are increasingly challenging the historical social stigmas regarding interethnic dating and marriage in the pursuit of authentic, colorblind love. The "melting pot" holds tremendous potential for marriage as it makes possible an integration of the best aspects of each partner's background. But, this synergy only develops as couples negotiate gender roles, develop effective communication and conflict resolution strategies, and attend to the daily decisions that make marriage enriching.
In a real sense, "marriage in the melting pot" is a relational philosophy espousing mutuality — where the perspective, personality and gifts of each partner are valued simply because each person is created in God's image. When mutuality is absent, interethnic marriages cannot achieve God's potential.
Interethnic marriage is not a 21st century phenomenon. A quick search through Scripture highlights a number of interethnic marriages among our biblical heroes and heroines. For example, Moses (a Hebrew) marries a woman from Midian (Exodus 2:16-21). In another example, Rahab, the Canaanite harlot responsible for hiding the Jewish spies looking to overthrow Jericho, converts to Judaism and marries Salmon (a Hebrew). In these instances and others, God shows His approval of the relationship because He remained the object of their worship. Other interethnic marriages, however, led to disastrous consequences because the focus on God was lost. The best example is that of Solomon who allowed his wives from foreign lands to divert his attention from the God of his ancestors (1 Kings 11:4).
As globalization continues to bring individuals from different cultures into meaningful contact, interethnic marriages will continue to increase. This trend holds tremendous promise for marriages that can transform differences into assets rather than succumb to them as liabilities. The articles in this series recognize the challenges that interethnic couples face — both those that are unique and those that are common to same-race couples. More importantly, however, these articles provide practical handles for marriages in the melting pot to achieve marital satisfaction and to become a beacon for Christ by extending graceful acts towards one another.


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The HCPL-5601 is a high reliability Class H single channel hermetically sealed optocoupler in an 8-Pin ceramic DIP package. Gold plated leads, solder dipped leads and various lead form options are also available. See the datasheet for details.
The product is capable of operation and storage over the full military temperature range and may also be purchased as either commercial grade or with full MIL-PRF-38534 Class Level K testing or from the DLA Drawing 5962-90855. The HCPL-5601 is manufactured and tested on a MIL-PRF-38534 certified line and is included in the DLA Qualified Manufacturers List QML-38534 for Hybrid Microcircuits. Quad channel devices are available by special order in the 16-Pin DIP through-hole packages.
The device contains a GaAsP light emitting diode which is optically coupled to an integrated high speed photon detector. The output of the detector is an open collector Schottky clamped transistor. Internal shields provide a guaranteed common mode transient immunity specification of 1000 V/µs. For Isolation Voltage applications requiring up to 2500 Vdc, the HCPL-5650 family is also available. Package styles for this die set in one, two, or four channels are 8 and 16-Pin DIP through hole, 16-Pin surface mount DIP flat pack, and 20 pad Leadless Ceramic Chip Carrier. Most devices may be purchased with a variety of lead forms and plating options. See the datasheet for details.
Because the same electrical die (emitters and detectors) are used for each channel of each device listed in the datasheet, absolute maximum ratings, recommended operating conditions, electrical specifications, and performance characteristics shown in the datasheet figures are virtually identical for all parts. Occasional exceptions exist due to package variations and limitations and are as noted. Additionally, the same package assembly processes and materials are used in all devices. These similarities give justification for the use of data obtained from one part to represent other parts performance for reliability and certain limited radiation test results.
- High reliability, single channel, 8-Pin DIP
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Yeah, yeah, yeah — I'm writing about Girl Scout cookies again! What of it? Last year I gave you a break and didn't say a word about the hordes of Girl Scouts selling cookies all over La Cañada.
It's their rite of passage, and it's part of what defines us as a community. Little girls in uniforms, going door to door, selling in front of Ralphs and hitting up grandparents. It's Americana at its best. It's something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. You know all those qualities that we think so important to transmit to our kids? Qualities such as enterprise, self-reliance, initiative, fiscal responsibility, creativity and teamwork? They're all found in the Girl Scout cookie sales program. With every purchase of Girl Scout cookies you are investing in children, the community and America.
Some time back, I wrote a story about a serendipitous encounter I had with Sgt. Ramos. At the time he was a returning veteran from Iraq and a former squad leader in 3/5 (3rd Battalion, 5th Marines). Somehow he recognized me as the guy who sent Girl Scout cookies to the Marines during the fight in Fallouja in 2004. He introduced himself and bought me a drink. Since then, he has not stopped thanking me for sending his Marines boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
It wasn't just the cookies that made such an impression. It was the love, the awareness of where they were, appreciating what they were doing, and not forgetting them. Sgt. Ramos is forever grateful for the validation Girl Scout Troop 889 gave his Marines. A validation disguised as Samoas, thin mints and trefoils.
We live our lives in a state of disconnect from the harsh realities that our servicemen and women experience. They are there and we are here, so that's just the way it goes. We distance ourselves from their experience because the hard-detailed reality of their everyday existence and heroism is too vast for our comprehension.
I have been counseling veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder since I returned from Vietnam. It's not always the horrific that creates despondency. Mostly it's the disconnect as we ignore them and go about our lives while they bleed and die.
Believe me, a package from home, a box of Girl Scout cookies, or a simple note, especially from a child, does unimaginable things to soldiers in forward positions.
Let me get back to my story about Sgt. Ramos. He and I became friends. I've spent many hours dealing with his demons, his nightly ghosts that surface, reminding him of three tours in Iraq. There is no cure for PTSD. The best we can hope for is to live, be productive and continue the journey. It's something that you learn to live with. I convinced him to study at Glendale Community College. He made the dean's list, transferred to USC and will receive a master's degree in counseling in June.
Currently he is interning at the Veteran's Administration, helping young veterans deal with PTSD issues. Sgt. Ramos will survive his demons. In turn he will help many young soldiers survive theirs and live productive lives.
This connection began with you, when you bought Girl Scout cookies and delivered them to the Valley Sun. Troop 8891 took them to Carolyn Blashek of Operation Gratitude. She sent them to Sgt. Ramos. He met me, came to Glendale Community College, is getting his master's and will help many veterans at the VA.
The Girl Scouts are out en force selling cookies and will be looking for you. Buy a box or two or 10 and say they are for the troops, or for a program known as the Gift of Caring. No need to deliver them anywhere; the Scout will know what to do.
The chain doesn't break with Sgt. Ramos. It will continue infinitely because of the cookies you sent.
JOE PUGLIA is a practicing counselor, a retired professor of education and a former officer in the Marines. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his website at doctorjoe.us.


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The Albion Jazz Ensemble comprises students from Albion College selected by audition each fall. The ensemble performs eight to ten concerts per school year, including two shows each semester on the Albion College campus. Additionally, the band has a monthly engagement at Cascarelli's Restaurant in downtown Albion. The Jazz Ensemble plays a wide-ranging repertoire, from classic big band compositions by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Billy Strayhorn to modern arrangements by contemporary composers such as Bob Mintzer, Ellen Rowe, Pat Metheny, and Matt Harris.
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Carlo Ancelotti refused to be drawn on speculation linking Real Madrid with Liverpool striker Luis Suarez during his first conference since leaving Paris Saint-Germain for the Santiago Bernabeu.
The Italian was finally announced as the new Madrid manager on Tuesday, almost a month after Jose Mourinho presided over his last game with the club before leaving for Chelsea.
Real Madrid were reported to be pursuing Suarez weeks before the appointment of Ancelotti, following the Uruguayan's declaration that he intends to leave Liverpool before the close of the transfer window.
Most recent reports in the Spanish press claim the 26-year-old has already agreed terms with Real Madrid, although Los Blancos have yet to approach Liverpool with a formal proposal.
Ancelotti, however, was not willing to respond to suggestions Real Madrid are closing in on a deal for the Liverpool star, and says he will review potential transfer targets over the coming few days.
"We haven't spoken yet about new signings, because it's my first day here," Ancelotti told reporters.
"Today I can not say who goes or who stays. There is no time. In the coming days we will know."


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The versatility of a simple muffin recipe is remarkable. It's the perfect starting point for those who enjoy experimenting in the kitchen.
The versatility of a simple muffin recipe is remarkable. It's the perfect starting point for those who enjoy experimenting in the kitchen.
Keep in mind that muffins are not just for breakfast. They are a good anytime snack, especially in a lunchbox or after school.
Some time ago, I purchased a bag of dried apricots. I really don't know why, because they are not one of my favorite food items. I picked up the package as I was passing by the area in the supermarket where the fruits are located, and they were so soft. Perhaps it was the texture that intrigued me, or I might have been thinking about my special friend, Mauna. She loved apricots and always wanted me to use them in new recipes.
Later, when I was working on recipes for a new cookbook, I remembered the dried apricots and decided to use them in some muffins. I had some heavy cream, also known as whipping cream, in the refrigerator. so I opted to also use it. Whipping cream is at least 30 percent fat, so when you use it in muffins, there is no need for additional fat. It is amazing what whipping cream does for the texture of these muffins.
When they came from the oven, I could hardly wait to spread some butter on one of them, and I certainly wasn't disappointed with this new recipe.
Of course, muffins don't have to be sweet. There also are some very good savory versions. This morning, I decided to make some Club Muffins. I had decided to use a little ranch dressing mix as seasoning, so I used all-purpose flour. I usually use self-rising, but it has added salt and I knew that using the dressing mix would add even more salt. I used non-fat buttermilk only because that is what I had on hand. These muffins are great for lunch served with a garden salad.
2 cups self-rising flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 cup chopped dried apricots
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon butter flavoring
1/2 cup whipping cream (not whipped)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine flour, sugar and lemon zest. Stir to mix. Remove 1/4 cup and sprinkle over apricots. Stir to coat well. Set aside. In small bowl, combine eggs, lemon juice and butter flavoring. Whisk until mixed. Add to flour mixture and mix. Gradually add whipping cream mixing only until ingredients are moistened. Stir in apricots. Spoon evenly into greased standard muffin tin (12 portions). Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from pan immediately onto rack to cool slightly. Great with butter. Makes a dozen muffins.
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon ranch dressing mix
1/3 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup melted butter
2 eggs
1/3 cup chopped cooked ham (can use sandwich meat)
1/3 cup chopped turkey (can use sandwich meat)
2 or 3 strips bacon, fried and crumbled
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 12-portion standard muffin tin. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, ranch mix and cheese. Stir to mix. In another bowl, combine buttermilk, melted butter and eggs. Mix well. Add flour mixture, but do not overmix. Stir in ham, turkey and bacon. Spoon into muffin tin, filling each section about 2/3 full. Bake for about 18 to 22 minutes. These would be good served hot with roasted garlic butter.
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White House knocks GOP for Castro handshake criticism
WASHINGTON — A spokesman for President Obama said Wednesday it is "unfortunate" that some Republicans criticized Obama's handshake with Cuban leader Raúl Castro while the president was representing the nation overseas.
"There used to be a pretty important principle that originated in the Republican Party, I believe, that partisan politics should stop at the water's edge," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. "And it's unfortunate that we did see a number of Republicans yesterday who criticized the president for a handshake at Nelson Mandela's funeral."
Earnest also questioned comments by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who likened the handshake to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's dealings with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during the 1930s.
"I've been asked about other people who have tried to draw connections between recent political events and the terrible reign of Adolf Hitler," Earnest said."That is a dangerous and usually unwise thing to do in public."
In an interview with Public Radio International, McCain said, "Why should you shake hands with somebody who's keeping Americans in prison?" and added that "Neville Chamberlain shook hands with Hitler."
Another critic, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., said that "when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like Raúl Castro, it becomes a propaganda coup for the tyrant. Castro uses that hand to sign the orders to repress and jail democracy advocates."
White House officials said that Obama and Castro — both of whom were speakers at the public memorial for Mandela — only "exchanged some pleasantries" during a very brief chat.
"There was not an opportunity for the president to chronicle his many concerns about human rights abuses on the island of Cuba," Earnest said.
He added: "The president shook hands with everybody who was on the stage, and Mr. Castro was one of those individuals who was on the stage."


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Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone is a direct sequel to 2009's Zombie Apocalypse,and features four new heroes who must attempt to survive a zombie uprising. The quartet is stranded on a remote island which is under siege from an army of the dead. Using whatever weapons come to hand, the player must scour the island looking for survivors and eliminating the flesh-eaters in order to create safe zones.
The action is viewed from an elevated position, with the player central to the action. As the undead attack from all directions, the player uses both control sticks to turn and shoot in all directions, with extra items discarded by fortunate survivors instantly added to an inventory. Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone also introduces a new squad-based mechanism, which allows players to work together. A new class-based system allows users to switch weapons between each other, and also distribute powers and energy to those that need it.
Also known as: Zombie Apocalypse 2
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Publisher: Konami
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Winter Park was absolutely awesome. My lady and I had an epic time riding the WP trails on Saturday and Fraser on Sunday. We did the Circuit Race Course from the WP series a couple of times and hooked up some other great stuff on that fantastically marked singletrack they have up there.
Fraser was also fantastic. We rode a lot of the same stuff The WB, Troy and I did that weekend a month or so ago. Chainsaw, Zoom, etc.
The trails here remind me of those I cut my teeth on, on the East Coast. 100% wood lined tunnels of twisty singletrack. Roots, technical features, drops....bliss. All this at 9,500 to 10K Feet. Sweet. They added in this big hit park as well....I guess for the gravity games or krankworks or something. I hit the quarter pipe they had there like I did at Rich Glatt's house in Connecticut in 1983 on my GT Pro Performer. Insane. Smiles for days.
FYI, my lady ripped that wooden plank obstacle like Richie Schley. Rad.
Most importantly, we found that inner kid again like we did so long ago. We used to MTB all the time out in the Bay Area. We'd hit Skeggs, China Camp, all the juicy stuff the area had to offer. We'd get caught out in rainstorms, have beers afterwards and laugh. This was replicated this weekend.
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text: Brand MarketingSlicing and Dicing Those Fun Clio Awards Call-for-Entries AdsLeo Burnett creatives talk about their chopsBy Tim Nudd|February 26, 2013ShareBy Tim Nudd|February 26, 2013Share The Clio Awards recognize advertising that's a cut above. But for its call-for-entries ads this year, the famed creative awards show went with more of a sideways slice. Four ads from Leo Burnett—scroll down to see all four in full, as well as some sections in detail—show amusingly fictitious factoids about creative people presented in percentage terms. For example, one ad claims to explain "What creatives do when they win a Clio." Answers include "17% try to hit on that producer from that other agency" and "19% lose Clio in back of taxi." To visually illustrate the percentages, Burnett creatives Pablo Jimenez and Doug Burnett took items like a champaign bottle, a coffee cup and a Chinese takeout container, chopped them into pieces horizontally and photographed them—resulting in eye-catching set pieces that are designed to strike a chord, in a tongue-in-cheek way, with Clio's creative audience. "We had an idea for more serious statistics about things in the industry. But then we realized we could make it funny and over the top," said Burnett. "From there, we were thinking of how we could make an interesting visual out of it. And we thought, 'What if we literally slice things into pieces?' " For the fake statistics, the creatives cooked up hundreds of lines. "We brought some experiences of our own, and also stories we heard from other people around the agency," said Jimenez. "We went with the ones that felt more meaningful and relevant." The images were shot practically rather than computer generated. "It's all in camera," said Burnett. For the champagne ad, production company Alter literally sliced a Veuve Cliquot bottle into pieces, put plastic on the bottom of each piece, filled it with champagne, blew wind at it and took pictures. "It was so cool to be in there to see the way that they shot it," said Burnett. There are all sorts of little details in the ads. In the takeout ad, for example, there's a tiny joke written on the fortune cookie slip. (It reads, "Work hard tonight. It'll die in focus groups tomorrow.") Also, the columns on the pagoda are Clio silhouettes, and there's a Clio symbol above each doorway. "You can look at these ads from a distance and see something, and then go in deeper and see lots of little details," said Burnett. "The deeper you go, the more story you get." The fourth ad in the series, being unveiled just this week, shows an actual creative person sliced into parts. (Actually, they photographed three separate people for the ad.) It promotes the Clio ceremony on May 15 and claims to explain "What creatives wear to the Clio Awards ceremony." "It's about how quirky creatives can be when they go to award shows," said Jimenez. "We looked at a lot of medical illustrations from the 1920s," Burnett added. "We wanted to get the beautiful intricacies of medical illustrations—once again, to have more story as you go deeper into the image." You still have until this Friday, March 1, to enter the Clios at clioawards.com. Full ad: Detail: Full ad: Detail: Full ad: Full ad: Detail: Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kJkwqw copy Adweek Adweek


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Supporters of the plan to create the South Coast Bikeway from the Rhode Island border to Cape Cod to serve cyclists and walkers continue their momentum to make the project a reality.
Supporters of the plan to create the South Coast Bikeway from the Rhode Island border to Cape Cod to serve cyclists and walkers continue their momentum to make the project a reality.
"We've got to get this country moving again. Whether we're talking about commuting to work or recreation, we are really talking about quality of life," said Pauline Hamel, coordinator for Mass In Motion New Bedford and a member of the South Coast Bikeway Committee spearheading the effort.
One of the many advantages of creating a 40-mile biking trail is the health benefits to local residents as the country and region face a public health crisis that includes obesity, diabetes and cancer, Hamel said.
Since 2011 the South Coast Bikeway Committee has been working on plans to build the bikeway that will feature both on- and off-road trails and link the communities of Swansea, Somerset, Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, Marion and Wareham, and could include spurs to the campuses of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Bristol Community College.
Portions of the bikeway already exist with six miles completed in Mattapoisett, Fairhaven and Fall River. Two more miles in Fall River and Mattapoisett are in design and a plan for a 12-mile section will link Wareham and Bourne.
The bikeway committee met with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Secretary Richard Davey in support of the his new policy to see a 30 percent mode share shift, said Mass In Motion Fall River's coordinator Julie Kelly.
"That's moving more toward using bicycles, pedestrians walking and using bus transportation, basically shifting away from the idea everyone has to have an automobile to transport themselves around," Kelly said.
Susan Jennings, director of UMass Dartmouth's Sustainability Office, said her organization has been one of the partners in the South Coast Bikeway. She said there is a lot of interest from staff and students to develop a bike path on campus that will connect the university with surrounding communities.
"And a way for a community to connect with us," Jennings said.
The project to connect bikeways from Swansea to Bourne has the support of the non-profit East Coast Greenway, whose members met with South Coast Bikeway Committee and voted to support the region's bike trail plan, said Kelly.
That organization is developing a bicycle trail system that will span 3,000 miles, winding between Canada and Key West, Fla. and linking all major cities along the eastern seaboard, Kelly said.
"The East Coast Greenway organizers approved a measure that would make the South Coast Bikeway a spur as part of their overall plan," Kelly said.
As of December 2012, cost estimates predict the main bikeway project will cost $25.3 million in construction costs and $4 million in design costs, according Adam Recchia, principal transportation planner and Bicycle Coordinator for the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District.
Add in alternative segments at UMass Dartmouth and Chase Road in Dartmouth to the New Bedford Hurricane barrier, and tack on an additional $6.2 million.
How the completed project will be funded is still a relative unknown. "Unfortunately the way the funding works for a project like this, construction is mile-by-mile and town-by-town," Recchia said.
In January, Gov. Deval Patrick proposed an ambitious 10-year transportation funding plan. His proposal would infuse $430 million dedicated to construct and improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities managed by Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The governor's plan is now in the hands of the Legislature who have vowed to scale it down.
In Rhode Island, which boasts nearly 60 miles of off-road trails and 120 miles of on-road bikeways, bike path construction began in the 1980s first with the East Bay Bike Way, said Rhode Island Department of Transportation spokesman Charles St. Martin.
Since then RIDOT has completed the 48-mile Blackstone River Bikeway constructed along the Providence and Worcester Railroad line.
St. Martin said funding for the projects was paid for with a combination of federal and state money, with a split of about 80 percent to 20 percent respectively.
On March 28, the group will sponsor its third annual South Coast Bikeway Summit at the University of Massachusetts Law School that will focus on the economic development advantages.
The bikeway planners say that aside from the health and social benefits of bicycling and walking, bike paths in communities drive economic development — a fact that the SouthCoast is missing out on unlike other regions in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Years ago, when the Rhode Island Department of Transportation proposed the East Bay Bike Way the residents protested the project, said Brian Pearson, chairman of the Fall River Bicycle Committee.
"Now they use it as a selling point particularly in home sales," Pearson said.
St. Martin agrees the Rhode Island bike paths have created an economic advantage for communities.
"They are positive assets for towns that help provide a quality of life," St. Martin said.
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Candidate presented by: Dr. Stan Jaskolski, OPUS Dean of the College of Engineering
The Honorable Frank Busalacchi has served as the State of Wisconsin Secretary of Transportation since 2003. He leads one of the largest state agencies with more than 3,300 employees and dozens of satellite offices. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's annual budget of nearly $3 billion includes support for all modes of transportation, including state highways, local roads, railroads, public transit systems, airports, harbors, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The department serves 50,000 people each day through the Division of Motor Vehicles, and the Wisconsin State Patrol enforces laws and aids motorists throughout the state.
Secretary Busalacchi led the state's efforts to rebuild the Marquette Interchange in downtown Milwaukee. This $810 million project was the largest highway construction job in Wisconsin history and completed safely, ahead of schedule, under budget, and with community input invited and encouraged.
Secretary Busalacchi plays a leading role in national passenger rail issues. In 2005, he accepted the post as chair of the States for Passenger Rail Coalition, an alliance with representation from more than 30 states calling for expanded federal support of intercity passenger rail. He has testified to Congress about the importance of passenger rail and is working to improve existing Amtrak service as well as plan for new high-speed rail service in Wisconsin.
Secretary Busalacchi also has served as a member of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, which studied the condition of the nation's surface transportation system, identified needs and developed financing recommendations. The commission submitted its report and recommendations to Congress in 2008.
Prior to serving as Wisconsin Secretary of Transportation, Busalacchi was the secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters Local 200 based in Milwaukee, one of the largest Teamster locals in the state. He began with the Teamsters as a business agent in 1979, was elected president in 1991 and was elected secretary-treasurer in 1994.
Secretary Busalacchi has a longtime commitment to improving Wisconsin. He was president of the Summerfest Board of Directors and chair of the negotiating committee responsible for the lease between Milwaukee World Festivals and the City of Milwaukee. He also served as the construction committee chair for the Miller Park construction project. He was a member of the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Advisory Committee for the southeast freeway study and a member of the Greater Milwaukee Committee.
Because of his distinguished commitment to public service and to the people of the State of Wisconsin, Reverend President, I hereby recommend the Honorable Frank Busalacchi for the Marquette University degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa.


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Item: Wire Rope Sling - Domestic - Three Leg with Hooks - Capacity: 12 to 15 tons - Rope Diameter: 3/4 inch - Leg Length: 15 feet
Application: For general purpose overhead lifting using bridle hitch arrangement with triple pick points - Hoisting point is directly over the center of gravity of the load, the load is raised while level - Intended for crane applications, lifting, rigging, and material handling uses
Description: Bridle wire rope lifting sling with (3) three single part rope legs - Flemish loops with thimbles are formed at each leg end by mechanical splicing - Assembly incorporates an oblong master link, and leg-end standard latched sling hooks - The bridle hitch provides excellent load stability when the load is distributed equally among the wire rope legs - Quadruple leg assembly has ready-made end attachments for lift applications - Elongated master link attachment allows additional clearance at the hoisting connection. *NOTE: The use of a wire rope lifting sling requires that the cable angles be carefully determined to ensure that the legs are not overloaded.
Wire Rope Material: Made from independent wire rope core (IWRC), which offers less stretch and resistance to crushing while maintaining flexibility - Fabricated from extra improved plow steel (EIPS) - Rope with diameter of up to 1 inch has an outer rope formed of 6 strands with 25 wires per strand - Rope with diameter of 1 1/4 inches and above are formed of 6 strands with 37 wires per strand
Quality: Manufactured in the USA - Bears a tag displaying the rated capacity - Meets or exceeds overhead lifting safety standards under ASME B30.9The Difference: Low quality products can cause injury and damage. Look-a-like wire rope slings, often found at lower prices, are also often advertised to conform to the same safety standards, if at all. Be aware that it may refer to safety ratings in effect decades ago. So for example, under the same safety standard a decade ago, a wire rope sling may be rated to 100% without proof load testing while today it may be 300% with proof load testing. Be assured that we only sell the highest quality wire rope lifting slings, and our advertised safety standards conform to the current ASME standards.
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Innkeepers tax increase passes to second reading
PLYMOUTH — Marshall County will move forward on the possibility of raising the innkeepers tax for the county.
Mike Woolfington, executive director of the Marshall County Convention and Visitors Bureau, came before the Marshall County Council to seek an increase in the tax from its current level of 3 percent to 5 percent. The tax has been at 3 percent for nearly 20 years and the money raised from the tax is the money that Woolfington uses to fund his department that seeks to bring tourists, events and the subsequent dollars spent, to the area.
Woolfington pointed out that Marshall County was one of the just a handful counties in the state of Indiana that has held the tax at 3 percent. Adjacent counties have raised their tax to the 5 percent level and St. Joseph County is at 6 percent.
Along with the economy, Woolfington pointed to the loss to the area of major hotel chains — "Flagship" hotels — such as Holiday Inn and Motel 6, as blows to the tourist trade in the county. He said that there has been no major industry relocating to Marshall County and unfortunately that and hotel location tend to go together.
Woolfington says the money raised by the increase in the tax will be used to increase the web presence of Marshall County that he said was a necessity in the modern tourist economy. The money would also allow the county to take part in advertising and promotional activities to encourage people to visit successful county programs — such as the barn quilt tour — that currently he is unable to support financially.
While Council members were very sympathetic to Woolfington's needs, the idea of raising a local tax was not attractive to many. While the tax is charged to those visiting the county rather than those who live here, Councilman Ralph Booker stated that "…when I'm traveling I hate paying that tax."
Council President Matt Hassel stated that he sympathized with Woolfington's plight but stated that "…we need to build the economy before we set another tax increase to make up for our losses."
Councilman Fred Lintner stated that the fact that no innkeepers had approached the Council or Woolfington with objections "…speaks volumes…" as to whether the tax was perceived as a hardship by those in the industry.
The Council passed first reading of the increase with Hassel the lone vote against raising the innkeepers tax.