text:
The Mail & Guardian understands that the ANC national executive council has instructed Limpopo and the Western Cape to reconvene their provincial nomination conferences on Wednesday, following disruptions at the weekend.
An ANC insider told the M&G on Monday that the ANC leaders resolved to reconvene the conferences after several provinces complained about alleged irregularities during the nominations process.
The NEC also referred the North West and the Eastern Cape's complaints to the electoral commission.
Since the nominations started a few months ago, there have been several complaints by ANC branch members, including in Mpumalanga and the Free State.
In October ANC members aligned to the anti-Zuma group in Mpumalanga also accused provincial and regional party leaders of colluding with its auditors to inflate membership figures in a bid to boost President Jacob Zuma's re-election prospects.
Motlanthe's supporters in the Eastern Cape cried foul on Saturday after it emerged that the number of members endorsed at plenary (535) differed from the total number of people who cast their vote (602) at the provincial nominations conference, held at the University of Fort Hare in Alice. An SMS doing the rounds after the conference in the Eastern Cape complained about possible rigging and attempts to sabotage Motlanthe's provinces.
Six disgruntled Free State ANC members approached the Constitutional Court to declare its June provincial conference and "all decisions and/or resolutions adopted there … be declared unlawful and set aside" and suggested that as many as 400 of the 750 voting delegates at the provincial conference were "tainted" – rendering the outcomes there illegitimate.
From the preliminary judgment the Constitutional Court gave the legal teams three options to consider: to disband the current provincial executive committee (PEC), headed by Ace Magashule, and allow a national task to investigate, which would mean no participation in the national conference; a 50/50 representation of both groups, namely Magashule and Mxolisi Dukwana's groups, at the national conference; or to reinstate the previous PEC, of which Sibongile Besani was the provincial secretary.
The decision by the Constitutional Court is expected on Wednesday.
The ANC holds its national elective conference in two weeks' time in Mangaung.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Sands Bereavement Care Training for Health Professionals, Belfast, 15th Apr...
Aim of the workshop
To enable health professionals to develop the knowledge, insight and skills to provide high quality, sensitive care to parents who experience the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Identify the unique impact of grief in relation to pregnancy loss and the death of a baby for parents and their families.
- Identify, develop and use techniques to deliver bad news and communicate sensitively and effectively with bereaved parents.
- Enable bereaved parents to make informed choices about the memories they create with their baby and what happens to their baby's body.
- Recognise the impact of pregnancy loss and the death of a baby on health professionals and be able to access available support.
- Recognise the importance of on-going support for bereaved parents and the potential impact of their loss on all subsequent pregnancies.
About the workshop
Each workshop is run by a skilled facilitator who uses film, audio clips, presentation, discussion, reflection and group exercises to enable participants to develop the knowledge, insight and skills to provide high quality, sensitive care to parents whose baby dies, either before, during or shortly after birth.
For more information on our training for professionals, please click here.
Registration starts at 9:15 and the workshop begins at 9:30
Feedback from previous workshop participants
'Excellent and well presented. Will take back use the knowledge learned and encourage my fellow colleagues to attend this session.' Midwife, Kings College Hospital 12th June 2014
'This course has done wonders to alleviate my fears around stillbirth and neonatal death.' 3rd Year Student Midwife, Canterbury Christ Church University 23rd May 2014
Further information
- The course has limited availability, so please book early to avoid disappointment
- Lunch and refreshments will be provided to all participants. If you have any dietary requirements please contact us beforehand on the email below
- Student Midwives please bring your Student ID along with you to the training day
Course fees are not refundable for cancellations within 30 days of the workshop. If you have to cancel more than 30 days in advance, we will refund your booking fee OR give you a place on a future course.You may nominate another person to take your place.
Please contact email@example.com for any further assistance


text:
Anger in Buddhism is defined here as "being unable to bear the object, or the intention to cause harm to the object." Anger is a stronger exaggeration of aversion (dosa) and in meditation is considered one of the Five Hindrances.
Buddhist monastics are full time practitioners of the Dharma who also sometimes get angry. However, the difference is that a spiritual person is aware of the arising emotion, the danger in, and the escape from this and other unchecked hindrances.
How can it be handled? In response to the question, "Is any anger acceptable in Buddhism?' the Dalai Lama answered:
Buddhist scholar and author Geshe Kelsang Gyatso has also explained the Buddha's teaching on the spiritual imperative of identifying anger and overcoming it by transforming difficulties:
When things go wrong in our lives and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem. But in reality whatever problems we experience come from the side of the mind. If we responded to difficult situations with a positive mind they would not be problems for us. Eventually, we might even regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development. Problems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to be free from problems, we must transform our mind (How to Solve our Human Problems).
The Buddha pointed out some of the immediate harm that comes from anger, as opposed to the benefits of cultivating loving-kindness:
An angry person becomes ugly and sleeps poorly. Gaining a profit, one turns it into a loss, doing damage in word and deed. A person overwhelmed by anger destroys a store of wealth. Maddened by anger, one destroys one's status. Relatives, friends, and colleagues avoid the angry person. Anger brings on loss. Anger inflames the mind. One does not realize that danger is born from within. An angry person does not know that benefit is born there, too. An angry person does not see the Dharma. A person conquered by anger is in a mass of darkness. One takes pleasure in bad deeds as if they were good. But later when anger subsides, one suffers as if burned. One is spoiled, blotted out, like fire enveloped in smoke. When anger spreads, when a person becomes angry, one has no shame, no fear of wrongdoing, is not respectful in speech. For a person overcome by anger, nothing gives light ("Seven Things that Befall an Angry Person," Kodhana Sutra, AN 7.60).
So how does one easily manage anger? The first thing is to recognize it as a problem. So long as we think it's a benefit -- anger strengthens me, it keeps me alive, it motivates me to take action, and so on -- we will not seek to overcome it. However, when we recognize that in addition to any benefits, there are grave dangers in all anger, we can begin to eagerly take the steps:


text:
I was a bit skeptical when I first tried L'Oreal Paris Vive Nutri Gloss Shampoo and Conditioner, as I've gotten used to my Paul Mitchell Super Skinny line. However, I have been using this for two weeks, and I am very, very impressed! Makes my hair super soft, shiny, and helps with the frizz factor that I am forever fighting. While it's supposed to be for medium to long damaged hair that is wavy or curly, I would think even short coarse hair will benefit from this system. It won't weigh your hair down, and it won't leave a build up that is hard to get off.
Seriously, my only complaint is that the conditioner bottle won't sit upside down in my shower, and what kind of lame complaint is that? But I like to not have to shake it up and down and fight to get product out - I like everything to be easy and handed to me on a silver platter. That's just how I roll.
But this line has made me seriously rethink how I have traditionally approached drugstore shampoos: I obviously didn't give them enough credit. My stylist will be crushed that I'm not getting my supply from him anymore!
Rethinking Drugstore Hair Systems: L'Oreal Paris Vive Nutri Gloss Shampoo/Conditioner
I was a bit skeptical when I first tried L'Oreal Paris Vive Nutri Gloss Shampoo and Conditioner, as I've gotten used to my Paul Mitchell Super Skinny line. However, I have been using this for two weeks, and I am very, very impressed! Makes my hair super soft, shiny, and helps with the frizz factor that I am forever fighting. While it's supposed to be for medium to long damaged hair that is wavy or curly, I would think even short coarse hair will benefit from this system. It won't weigh your hair down, and it won't leave a build up that is hard to get off.
Cosmedicine Medi-Matte Oil Control Lotion
I really, really, really wanted to like Cosmedicine Medi-Matte Oil Control Lotion SPF 20. No, I wanted to fall in love with it. Anything that helps my skin look matte, I want to use every day, all the time. But I honestly cannot think of one reason why anyone should buy this product. Not a single one.
First of all, the price is absolutely outrageous. Outrageous as in $42 for 1.35 oz. This is not a moisturizer. This is not any sort of treatment for any other skin problem except oil control. This means that you are applying this over your La Mer, or whatever moisturizer you're using (which in my case is currently Bliss Steep Clean Moisture Lotion, but whatever).
Secondly, it doesn't really do what it claims to. Here are the claims from Sephora's website:
Now, let me throw a disclaimer out there: I am only one person with my own experience. You may find this product works really well for you. My skin is very oily with large pores and without any treatment at all, I can blot off a great deal of oil two hours after cleaning my face. You may not have such an extreme case, and this may do exactly as it is supposed to for you. I can really put these products to the test, however, and I did notice a bit of mattification, perhaps four hours worth. A slight reduction in sebum levels and visible shine. I don't need the hydration, so that was irrelevant. I saw no change in pore size.
Clinical trials using state-of-the-art high resolution tools measured:
-44% reduction in sebum levels
-39% increase in mattification
-37% reduction in pore size
-35% reduction in visible shine
-19% increase in hydration
-44% reduction in sebum levels
-39% increase in mattification
-37% reduction in pore size
-35% reduction in visible shine
-19% increase in hydration
I personally wouldn't recommend this for anyone. I'd recommend someone use a good moisturizer with oil control and mattifying properties already in it, and a very good primer. Those two things, plus an occasional blotting paper is all you need.
Allure Magazine Beauty Giveaways in August
Allure Magazine is giving away a ton of really great stuff in August! Clothing, shoes, bags, and lots and lots and lots of beauty products. A grand total of 34,328 items will be given away over the month, and there is no reason why you can't get your hands on some of it! Here is a fantastic slideshow that gives you a visual of everything they are giving away, and because I am a complete geek, I have made you your very own calendar! Yes! Simply click here to subscribe or download the calendar (you can use it in your Google calendar, Outlook, iCal for you absolutely awesome Mac users, and most other calendar apps), and it will give you the name of the item, the time and date it is being given away, a reminder message already programmed into it, and the URL needed to get in on the giveaway. Enjoy, and good luck!
For Your Beauty News Fix: Beauty Corral
Looking for an easy way to get the best of the beauty blogs out there on the interwebz? Check out Beauty Corral, where the best beauty stories each day are posted. You can vote on them, comment on them, and even submit your own if you have something to share. Go sign up - it's super easy - and get to sharing your own news! I'd personally love to see more "face of the day" photos. Be sure to friend me as well - I'm Retrodiva over there, just like I am everywhere else!
Meanwhile, Over at Ulta
Sephora gets all the play. I know, it really is a great store and I spend far more time in there than any person needs to. But in honor of our upcoming Ulta store here in Virginia Beach, I'm sharing some of the goings on over there. You don't have to actually visit an Ulta store, you can always shop online.
The first special is $3.50 off any $10 purchase. Just use the coupon code 94514, but be careful: this can't be used with fragrance, hair artistry brands, Pureology, prestige cosmetics, GoSMILE and T3.
Next up, you can receive a free weekender bag (which I can't seem to find a picture of online, but maybe they don't have it up yet) with any men's or women's fragrance of $30 or more. It's available in three colors, and really looks cute. Use the code WEEKENDER BAG at checkout.
To help you spend your $30 in fragrances, they have some new offerings:
- Dirty english, 1.7 oz. $52
- Davidoff Adventure 1.7 oz. $47.50
- Intense Euphoria Men 3.4 oz $68
- Ed Hardy for Women 1.7 oz $55
- Donna Karan Cashmere Mist Silk Elixir 1.7 oz. $70
- Covet Pure Bloom by Sarah Jessica Parker 3.4 oz $68
Also in bath and body, you can receive a free bangle cuff watch ($40 value) with any Ulta Bath, Ulta Smoothies, Ulta Spa, Prestige Bath and Bath Accessories. Use use code WATCH at checkout.
Other bath and body products are on sale for 20% off:
- Vitabath
- Earth Theraputics
- Ulta Spa
- Free eye shadow or eyeliner with any mascara purchase
- Free blush, powder, or concealer with any foundation purchase
- Revlon cosmetics and beauty tools
- Ulta lip, eye, and nail products
- Garden Botanika
- purminerals pressed mineral foundation
A whole ton of cosmetics are Buy Two Get One Free, plus your coupon above. Am I looking out for my Recessionistas or what? Seriously, this is a great time to try out some new stuff without spending a small fortune.
- Cover Girl Cosmetics (seriously consider the Eye Enhancers 3 Kit Shadow)
- Almay Cosmetics
- Max Factor Cosmetics (if you don't get the Vivid Impact Eyeshadow Duos, you're crazy)
- Japonesque Brushes and Beauty Tools
- Jane Cosmetics
- Sally Hansen Lip and Nail Cosmetics
- Physicians Formula Cosmetics
- Rimmel and Rimmel Underground Cosmetics (my love for the Rimmel Underground Liquid Eyeliner is well known - grab it if you can find it)
- Nic's Sticks Paint and Go Lacquer (I love the portability of these)
- Neutrogena Cosmetics
- Nioxin
- Joico
- Alterna
- Goldwell
- L'Oreal Professionnel/ARTec
Make Up For Ever HD Microperfecting Primer
And even more from Make Up For Ever HD line. Primers have been an essential part of my makeup routine for awhile now. At first, i thought the whole thing was rather gimmicky, and just another step and another product that I needed to get my face on. After using a primer, however, I can honestly say that it makes a huge difference when it comes to mattifying and keeping my foundation on longer and looking better. I would love to try this in combination with the HD foundation and translucent powder that are also part of this line and see if it makes even more of a difference than a standard primer.
Make Up For Ever HD Invisible Cover Foundation
I am so excited about this liquid foundation! I have the HD Translucent Powder, and I love it. It really does help with a flawless finish, especially for those who have some skin imperfections that they need to somewhat cover up. This is designed to cover up and give you a natural no-makeup look. While no one expects the impossible, makeup designed for high definition TV is a ray of hope for those of us who can't always rock the natural look without some help.
Experiments with Emerald Coast
I'm really having fun playing around with the new Max Factor Vivid Impact Eye Shadow Duos. This one is Emerald Coast, and it's a bright blue/green combo.
I started with MAC Paint Pot in Groundworks, and used the blue from the Eyeshadow Duo. In the inner corner of each eye I brushed the green in, blending it well with the blue. Then I took my blending brush and lightly went around the entire eye, going underneath to pull it all together. I decided I needed some sort of highlighter towards the brow bone, so I used my new MAC Colour Forms Richmetal Highlighter in Rose Boullion. I did a very thin black line around the entire line with Too Faced Lava Gloss Eye Liner just because my day isn't complete without some sort of actual eyeliner. And because I was just feeling this whole blue/green combo, I did one coat of Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers then added my under-used Chanel Inimitable Waterproof Mascara in a teal color that is no longer available, unfortunately. Then I finished off the eyebrows with my Urban Decay Brow Box. Love that thing.
Sephora Brand Beach Glow Melted Body Butter
This is a deliciously rich, jasmine scented, gold-flecked body lotion that gives you quite a beach glow after you put it on. Not content with just adding a bit of shimmer, this lotion gives you a bronze tint along with that required shimmer. I love using this after a good application of self-tanner and while wearing a sundress. And it's a very reasonably priced body lotion as well. You can grab this 5 oz. bottle for $16 at your local Sephora.


text:
Many people know that Jacksonville was once almost completely destroyed by fire in 1901. At least they do now. Twenty years ago, this was not widely known, but now the memory is so revived that there is even a commissioned Public Art work commemorating The Great Fire of 1901.
What is not as well known is that the Historic City of Jacksonville has been completely devastated four times since 1846.
Once by Water. Once by Air. Once by Fire. Once by ___________ .
Jacksonville has been down and presumed out several times over the past 170 years, by various natural disasters and pestilences. Strangely each visitation of near annihilation has taken elemental turns. And each time the city has bounced back even bigger and better than before.
Four things that nearly destroyed our city.


text:
Hope College presents the internationally recognized McLean Mix, a husband-wife composer/performer duo, in concert on Thursday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The McLean Mix performance, "Natural Energy," is a live interactive music media concert celebrating Bart McLean's 70th birthday. The duo's electronic pieces will include "July Dance," "The Playpen Etudes," "Magic at Xanadu," "Xakaalawe" and "Natural Energy."
The McLeans' unusual approach to music has led them on world-wide tours for more than 15 years after they both left careers at major universities. They are classically trained musicians and composers who are exploring new ways of integrating thematic interests into their performances.
They work in the areas of audience interactive installations, or "creative playpens," through use of technology, present concerts and lecture/performances, make extensive use of visual media, and create specific thematic content drawing from sources such as intriguing experimental techniques, world music, and sounds of nature.
"The New York Times" described their performance as "a strange but intriguing aural and visual experience."
The Knickerbocker Theatre is located downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St..


text:
If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it. — Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol's silkscreens and paintings of people, commercial items, and beyond have become icons of life in the twentieth century. The Campbell's soup cans, photographs of celebrities, and images from newspapers that came to embody the ideas of Pop art all reflect Warhol's interest in the power, beauty, and banality of popular culture. Within weeks of Marilyn Monroe's suicide, Warhol began painting pictures of her, producing twenty-two paintings of Marilyn by the end of the year. Warhol chose a publicity photograph of Marilyn from the 1953 movie Niagara and cropped the image to a close-up of her face. The source for Twenty-Five Colored Marilyns is not necessarily Marilyn Monroe herself; it is a reproduction of the publicity photograph. In the Modern's Twenty-Five Colored Marilyns, Warhol used the silkscreen process, then a popular method of commercial printmaking, to duplicate Marilyn's face. The uneven inking of the image translates her face with different degrees of clarity, and the tilt of the grid gives the piece a handmade quality. Warhol does not give us one Marilyn; he gives us twenty-five. Perhaps he wants us to consider our obsession with celebrities, or to suggest that more is always better, especially in the case of a celebrity with an already ubiquitous image. As a star created by and for film and photograph-even her stage name had visual and aural appeal-Marilyn Monroe existed as an embodiment of glamour, celebrity, and sex appeal. In creating works with Marilyn Monroe's image as the focus, Warhol asks us to consider how we attempt to embody or avoid these ideas ourselves.


text:
A preparation checklist is available. Please fill out and return to the Office of Scheduling, Events and Conferences for review of potential risk issues.
Staff Hiring and Training
Background checks are very important screening devices for supervisors, counselors, volunteers, and others who will work with children. Contact HR to obtain consent forms for performing background checks on all students, staff and volunteers who will work with the minors.
All volunteers should be registered with HR and also have current background checks.Volunteers should be trained in appropriate child contact and emergency procedures.
Provide CPR and allergy response training for employees and volunteers with significant child contact. Review and practice procedures for fire or other emergencies. Review handling of bio hazards and other hazardous materials. Train staff to perform safety check functioning of any equipment before use with children.
All food and/or beverages are required to go through Bon Appétit Catering. If the teaching activity requires handling food, any staff working with the food must have current Oregon Food handler's license. Any event involving food should have a predetermined list of participating children with any significant food-related allergies.
Sexual Molestation
Steps in preventing child molestation include training all staff to recognize the warning signs of sexual abuse, conducting background checks, and following up promptly on complaints, concerns, and rumors. Other good practices include having two adults present with children at all times and, during weekends and evenings, prohibiting staff from having private contact with children. Staff and volunteers should have no direct electronic contact with the children.
Adult Topics and Activities
Let the parents know what to expect before their children arrive. Avoid inappropriate topics and activities. Depending on where children go on college campuses, they may be exposed to pictures, opinions, or behaviors their parents may object to. For example, if computers the children will use in an activity do not have filters, let the parents know.
Obtain Parental/Guardian Consent
Assumption of Risk Forms (a.k.a. waivers and permission slips) advise the parents about activities and the potential risks of those activities. The parents or guardians should sign this form acknowledging their knowledge and consent for their children to participate in the activity; a full and clear explanation of the activity; any risks involved in participation; and any transportation involved. Be specific as possible in stating what is involved, the potential risks, and the voluntary nature of participation.
Specific people should be authorized to deliver and pick up each child, and each day at arrival and departure, a supervisor should carefully monitor these procedures. If a parent is delegating someone else to pick the child up, advance notice should be given in writing, stating the person's relationship to the child.
Medical/Behavioral Issues
Identify ahead of time or at registration any known medical or behavioral issues to plan for and minimize related risks. Have parents complete a medical history form and a consent form authorizing Willamette to provide certain medical services if needed if the minor will be on campus regularly or for an extended period of time.
Premises (Facilities)
Check the rooms, entryways, and play areas to see if children or teens can climb through windows, open doors, get caught in tight spaces, or fall through. Check to see whether they can gain access to fire escapes for fall or trap hazards or to the roof. These are not the only areas to check. Be sure to conduct frequent rigorous inspections to assure that your premises are well maintained, safe, and secure.
Transportation Plan for Parents
Establish safe and orderly location for direct transfer of child from parent to staff. Avoid children left unsupervised by having a clear protocol for who is in charge and what time parents may leave children and return to pick up. Locate and supervise drop off and pick up to avoid dangerous car-pedestrian conflicts.
Identify Campers and Staff
Create a visible way of identifying who should be with children through color coded t-shirts or large name tags. Also make sure children are clearly identifiable if they are separated from the group. Adults should be trained in steps to take to address possible trespassers and/or missing children.
Adequate supervision can mitigate many potential problems. Willamette has determined a ratio of one adult supervisor for every ten children must be mandated at all times for children under the age of 18.
Tightly scheduling camp activities so there is minimal unstructured time decreases accidents. Supervisors should publish a clear schedule for the entire camp, with spaces used and people in charge noted. Adequate time should be allowed for transitions from one area to another. Activities should be age and ability appropriate.
Children should not be present at activities where their adult teachers and/or mentors would be involved in the consumption of alcohol. Also, alcohol is not permitted at any event where children are the focus of the event. Please see the Scheduling, Events and Summer Conferences Policies page online to view the entire alcohol policy.
During Emergency Incident
All emergencies must be immediately reported to Campus Safety. They will dispatch fire and/or ambulance assistance. Do not call 911 yourself. Supervisors and counselors must be trained in emergency protocol. All efforts must be made to contact parents immediately after Campus Safety has been called.
If a child obtains any injury or is involved in an accident, the camp is required to immediately report this to campus safety. A formal incident report may be required. Parents should also be immediately apprised of any accident. Steps should be taken to review the incident and make any needed changes to the physical space or activity to prevent further harm.


text:
Discover Ultra High Quality in Our Luxe Hats Collection
You should never have to compromise between eye-catching style, total comfort, and a price you can hang your hat on. Our Luxe section is where you'll find luxurious styles that showcase intricate embroideries, delicate details, and fine textures. We put the "Luxe" in luxury hats at Hats.com, so indulge yourself in our finest selections of class and comfort today.
High Style at Low Prices
Everyone has a different definition of what it means to bask in the fashionable lap of luxury, and that's why Hats.com carries over 500 different exquisite items in this category, represented by a swath of the finest brands in the business. Whether you're longing to go socialize in a trendy wide brim bucket hat or you're looking to keep the sun off your brow with something of an air of classic sophistication, you're going to find what you want at Hats.com. Our luxury hats will ensure that you never have to step out of your house feeling underdressed ever again.
Give the Gift of Luxury at Hats.com
Everyone can find a use for high quality hats, and that's why a gift card from Hats.com is perfect for making sure your friends and family will never find their wardrobe going out of style. And if you want to make sure you'll never stumble into a faux pas while styling one of your new luxury hats, you can rest easy with the help of some simple pointers. Make sure you're always showing your style with the utmost ease, and trust Hats.com to give you exactly what your hat rack has been needing.


text: BOSTON—Rayvonte Rice scored seven straight points late in the game and finished with 28, rallying Illinois past Boston University 66-62 on Wednesday night in the first round of the NIT.The second-seeded Illini fought back from a 30-13 first-half deficit. Rice made the key play with 2:07 left when his steal and three-point play trimmed it to 61-60. He added two free throws and a driving layup to give Illinois a 64-61 lead.Dom Morris missed a contested layup on an inbounds play with 11 seconds left that would have tied it for BU, the regular-season champion in the Patriot League. Nnanna Egwu added two free throws to ice it for Illinois (20-14), which advanced to play No. 3 seed Clemson in the second round. Malcolm Hill had 10 points for the Illini.It was the first meeting between Illinois and BU (24-11), which was seeking its first win in the NIT after five losses. D.J. Irving had 17 points for the seventh-seeded Terriers and point guard Maurice Watkins had seven points and 12 assists. Morris scored 10.


text:
WEST OCEAN CITY — A three-vehicle accident at the intersection of Routes 50 and 611 on Wednesday morning was caused when one of the drivers suffered a medical emergency.
Around 10:42 a.m. on Wednesday, Maryland State Police responded to a multi-vehicle accident at the intersection of Routes 50 and 611 in West Ocean City. The investigation revealed the driver of a 2008 Honda CRV, identified as David Anthony Keterson, 59, was crossing Route 50 in a southbound direction at Route 611 when he suffered a medical emergency.
Keterson's vehicle then collided with two vehicles stopped at a red traffic signal on northbound Route 611 at Route 50. One of the vehicles was a 2008 Buick LaCrosse driven by Owen Keene, 78, and his passenger, Shirley Keene, 81. The other vehicle was a 2007 GMC Sierra driven by Christopher Zuppo, 45.
The drivers and passenger in the two vehicles struck by Keterson's vehicle refused treatment at the scene. Keterson was transported by helicopter to PRMC in Salisbury for treatment of unknown injuries due to his medical emergency. His condition and status have not been made available. Keterson has been charged with negligent driving.


text:
Companies concentrating their data center automation efforts on server automation are making a strategic mistake.
That's the view of Glenn O'Donnell, a senior analyst at Forrester Research. He believes what's needed is a more holistic view of data center automation.
"It's misguided to give server automation all your attention," he said. "You have to look at servers, the network, storage and applications together. The real magic is orchestration."
But how attainable is a completely automated data center? The ultimate goal for most companies is an environment where applications are the focus of attention, and changes to an application result in automatic configuration changes to servers, storage and other infrastructure.
"It's probably not as far away as you might think," said O'Donnell. "The tricky bit is orchestration, but complete data center automation could be with us in as little as five years."
If that's the case, then it's important to consider which vendors are going to be the likely winners because this may have a bearing on the hardware choices that we make today.
Despite the steps being made by vendors of storage products into server automation software for example, EMC's (NYSE: EMC) Server Configuration Manager and Configuration Analytics Manager products it's unlikely that single-vendor solutions will be successful, O'Donnell believes.
"It's likely we'll see HP (NYSE: HPQ) deliver server automation, EMC deliver storage automation and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) do network configuration. But it's unlikely HP would be able to do storage automation better than EMC or network automation better than Cisco. That's why the real magic will be orchestration making all of these things work together."
Follow the Leader
Who are the big players then? It's a market that's consolidating fast, and many of the "independent" players have disappeared. Once HP bought Opsware, arguably the most important data center automation vendor with server, network and storage automation products, in July 2007 for about $1.6 billion, it was only a matter of time before storage automation vendor Onaro and server automation vendor BladeLogic got snapped up. In fact Onaro lasted until January 2008 before being bought out by NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) for a reported $120 million, while BladeLogic lasted until April 2008, when it was bought by management software vendor BMC (NYSE: BMC) for $800 million.
The "big four," according to O'Donnell are HP (with Opsware), IBM (NYSE: IBM), BMC (with BladeLogic) and CA (NYSE: CA). But behind them are plenty of other would-be market participants.
Perhaps the most obvious of these is VMware (NYSE: VMW), which is majority owned by EMC. It has always been very active in the management software arena, most notably with its Infrastructure 3 product for virtualized environments and its Datacenter OS. "VMware is undeniably a player, usually by acquisition," O'Donnell said. And since server virtualization is becoming increasingly important, any data center automation solution that comes from a virtualization vendor is bound to be viewed positively.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) can't be counted out for the same reason. Clearly its Hyper-V technology is not yet as sophisticated as VMware's virtualization technology, and its virtualization management software is not as advanced as VMware's, but Microsoft's System Center product, which includes a virtual machine management module, would seem like a solid base on which to build an automation system. And since Microsoft makes many corporate applications and the servers that run on them, it would seem ideally suited to understanding the infrastructure requirements of applications in general. And its partnership with Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) means that it's gaining knowledge of Linux environments very quickly.
"There is no doubt that Microsoft is in a unique position to play a major role in orchestration," said O'Donnell. "They are gaining traction, but they are undeniably behind at the moment."
There are plenty of other potential market participants, including Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), SAP (NYSE: SAP) and even Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), which owns the Veritas storage software line and is making its own strides in automation.
"Symantec seems to be stepping back into the market place, but there does seem to be a lack of commitment there," said O'Donnell. "They should be a player in this market, but do they really want to be?"
A Lesson from the Industrial Revolution
The reason so many diverse companies want to get involved is that the rewards are potentially huge. Although it is hard to define exactly where the boundaries are, O'Donnell believes it's a multi-billion dollar business. "It is very fast-growing, and one of the hottest to be in right now," he said.
You might imagine that the economic slowdown would have a negative effect on this market, but in fact the reverse is true, O'Donnell said. "We've not seen a cutback in spending yet in fact, we have seen an uptick in investment. The challenge is to do more with less when times are tough, and automation is a very effective way to achieve this."
Whatever the economic climate, advances in data center automation seem inevitable. In the industrial sector during the industrial revolution, automation was the key to huge gains in efficiency. The same is bound to be true in the IT sector.
"In five years time, people will say 'can you believe that people used to telnet in to a router to configure it by hand?'" O'Donnell said. "Everything will be automated."


text:
The Ovarian Cancer Clinical Research fellowship is a two-year position that exposes research fellows to the latest reconstructive techniques used following pelvic extenterative surgery. The fellowship is designed to include exposure to urologic and colorectal reconstruction, pelvic wall/floor reconstruction, and sexual function preservation techniques.
Most members of the ovarian cancer team include attendings within the divisions of colorectal, urologic, gynecologic, plastic, and orthopedic surgery, in addition to radiation oncology, medical oncology, radiology, medical informatics/outcomes research, psychology, and nursing/ostomy.
The fellowship provides an opportunity to actively participate in the design, implementation, and publication of the various clinical research efforts of the Ovarian Cancer/Surgery Group. The overall focus of the group is to enhance the quality of life for patients with pelvic tumors by providing the most advanced surgical techniques in pelvic reconstruction.
The fellowship provides strong exposure to clinical research involving studies designed to improve the ability to identify appropriate candidates for the various reconstructive procedures that the group provides. The group's overall research/clinical activities focus on the advancement of the field and the establishment of standards for patient care.
Although the majority of the duties of the clinical research fellow are focused on clinical research activities, ample opportunity to observe radical pelvic procedures performed by the pelvic reconstruction team is provided.
Applicants must have completed residency training in one of these fields: obstetrics and gynecology, urology, or general surgery. Having trained at a board-approved program is an asset but not a requirement. Foreign medical graduates with equivalent qualifications are also eligible to apply provided they have completed all three of the USMLE examinations and be visa- eligible.
Number of Positions
How to Apply
Access the online application.
Applicant must include Ovarian Cancer Clinical Research Fellowship in their application.
In addition to completing the application, you will be asked to supply:
- Current CV
- Completed self-identification form (optional)


text:
The purpose of the DoDEA Crisis Management Toolkit is to help families, educators, and community members understand how schools will ensure that children and personnel are safe and secure in the event of a crisis. It provides information for families and educators about schools' crisis management policies and procedures, and makes available useful resources to help children and adults cope with the stress and anxiety associated with traumatic incidents.
Crisis management encompasses prevention of, and preparation for, a critical incident or crisis event. It is a time-limited, problem-focused intervention to identify, confront, and resolve a crisis event. Effective Crisis Management restores equilibrium, reduces emotional trauma, and supports appropriate adaptive responses from the affected community. Crisis management includes the planning components of Risk Reduction and Incident Response.
Resiliency is the ability to spring back from and successfully adapt to adversity. Parents can help their children learn to face challenges successfully, whether it is the stresses of everyday life, such as academic difficulties or problems with friends, or severe adversity, such as losing a home and being displaced from normal routines for months with the following resources.


text:
Author(s): David Spencer
Gateway is an academically rich, multi-level general English course designed to lead teenage students to success in school-leaving/university entrance examinations, and prepare them for university and the world of work. The course aims to stimulate the interest of students by providing them with content that is genuinely interesting, meaningful and thought-provoking. Topics range from cross-curricular and international cultural topics to up-to-date information about popular life and culture. From modern and classic literature to pop songs and from curious information about English-speaking countries to text messages; the lengthy authentic and semi-authentic texts are connected to school-leaving exam topics and address the concerns of this particular age group.
• Topic-based units - including school-leaving exam topics; going to college/university; leaving home; future careers; literature; politics; travel; the world we live in; content-based texts from other subjects e.g. ecology, law, science
• Exam preparation - exam-style practice activities throughout the unit with exam and study skills tips
• Exam practice sections after every 2 units practising 'new' language
• An extended study skills and exam skills section at the back of the book that supports and connects to hints and tips within the units
• Many authentic texts (longer/more weighty than in many young adult courses) with grammar and skills activities


text:
State health dept. adds new feature to pioneering Text2Survive
mobile service
program adds medical appointment reminder to HIV testing locator
Send a link to a friend
[December 27, 2012]
CHICAGO -- The Illinois
Department of Public Health's Center for Minority Health Services
has added a feature to its pioneering Text2Survive mobile service
that will allow health providers to send patients medical
appointment reminders for clinic visits via text message to their
mobile phones.
The new medical
appointment reminder feature is currently being piloted through the
end of March at three facilities statewide -- Lake County Health
Department, Open Doors Clinic in Chicago and East Side Health
Department in East St. Louis -- with plans to expand to other
facilities in 2013. This feature allows clinic staff to access their
own individual password-protected Web portals to enroll interested
patients to receive appointment reminders via text message in the
program. After an appointment has been created, patients will
automatically receive appointment reminders via text message at
pre-defined intervals leading up to their appointments.
"This expanded feature of our innovative Text2Survive service
will meet Illinois residents at their point of need in a medium that
is already extremely accessible to them," said Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck,
IDPH director. "Anyone who can text from their mobile phone can use
Text2Survive as a 'one-stop shop' to find HIV testing locations,
health education events, customized medication reminders, general
health information updates and now, through their health care
providers, medical appointment reminders."
Illinois ranks seventh nationwide in the diagnosis of HIV
infections and is fifth nationwide in the estimated number of AIDS
cases. Adolescents and young adults ages 13-29 have the highest rate
of HIV infection in Illinois, at 37 percent. Additionally,
African-Americans in Illinois are also disproportionately affected
by HIV/AIDS, representing about 14 percent of the population but
half of all new HIV infections.
[to top of second column]
"Cellphones are everywhere and everyone is texting. Many people
are also using their cellphones as their primary point of contact
and getting rid of their landlines," said Center for Minority Health
Services Director Doris Turner. "Because people usually carry their
cellphones with them, it is also less likely that they will miss
appointments or that the appointment notification will fall into the
wrong hands."
Text2Survive services
appointment reminders: accessible via health care facilities.
HIV testing
locations: text IL plus ZIP code to 36363 (for Spanish, text
CENTRO to 36363).
Health events:
text EVENT to 36363.
reminders: text MED to 36363.
Health updates: text ALERT to 36363.
HIV testing locations and other information can be also be
obtained by calling the IDPH HIV/AIDS and STD hotline at
[Text from
Department of Public Health file received from
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
< Top Stories index
Back to top
News |
Sports | Business |
Rural Review |
Teaching and Learning
Home and Family |
| Obituaries
Community |
Law and Courts |
Leisure Time
Spiritual Life |
Health and Fitness |
Teen Scene
Letters to the Editor


text:
(A lady raises her pinky.)
Day 5 (Part 1)
Friday. September 16, 2010
The best part of mornings on-board a cruise ship is waking up to the scent, sight, and sound of your ship at sea. The Pacific Ocean has a myriad of blues in her pallet, all of them are mesmerizing and crushable. For real. If the Pacific Ocean were a lady, I would totally marry her.
The worst part of mornings on-board a cruise ship are the breakfasts. It's as though they were prepared by contestants on Top Chef who were given the challenge to "make as many things as possible using only white flour and remember – no fresh ingredients!"
By the episode's end, my tummy loses. Bacon that remarkably resembles fried leather shoes, eggs that looked like they came from a chicken's leukemia ward, fruit salads that seemed so depressed you'd think they should be sprinkled with Prozac, not sugar – and since I couldn't bring myself to eat any of these aforementioned items, I was left with the option of pancakes covered in waffle cupcakes, drizzled in biscuits with a dash of bagel. One bite of this, and coffee became my only morning meal.
"I just feel like I'm never gonna accomplish anything that matters."
There are so many invalids on-board, trudging slowly, hunched over stainless-steel canes or walkers, oxygen tanks everywhere underfoot – you can easily forget you're on a luxury liner, not a retirement home. The greatest danger is not that the ship will sink, but that you'll get run-over by a Rascal Scooter.
Faces of Death: Cruise Ship Edition
By lunchtime I was ravenous – the coffee that became my only breakfast was, in turn, making a meal of my stomach lining. By Day 5, I decided to try lunch in the main dining room. Up till then, most of my days were off-ship so I could eat from vendors at the ports. I was curious to see if formal lunch was as good as the formal dinners.
It wasn't. I ordered a salad in which each separate ingredient somehow tasted like water. Put them all together and you get, well, a whole lot of water, but with texture. Despite this disappointment, there was a singular joy in my lunchtime: it was the first meal there where I didn't have to hear the staff singing "Happy Birthday" to someone. Yay, God!


text:
Click image to view full
Sand Pebble Sparkle Bathroom Vanity Unit (3000mm x 320mm x 30mm)
Bathroom vanity units in a Sand Pebble Sparkle finish
Product Details
The Senses Bathroom Worktops range is a superb selection of high quality, great value 30mm thick kitchen worktops. Complemented by matching upstands and splashbacks you have a choice of 5 stylish decors each featuring a distinct surface finish - gloss.*
Sand Pebble Sparkle worktops and breakfast bars are manufactured using high quality horizontal grade laminate from leading UK based manufacturer Formica Limited. The worktop laminate has an in built protective melamine overlay to protect from scratches caused by light domestic use
All Senses worktops come with enough loose edging to edge both short ends of the worktop.
The Senses Bathroom Worktops Range carries a 10-year guarantee against all manufacturing defects subject to normal usage and correct installation.
Width: 0mm
Length: 0mm
Thickness: 0mm
Due to the many variations in monitors and browsers, colour samples may appear different on different monitors. Computer monitors are not all calibrated equally and colour reproduction on the Internet is not precise. Since it is not possible to guarantee our online colours will look the same on all computers, we do not guarantee that what you see accurately portrays the colour or texture of the actual product. If you are unsure we would therefore recommend that you request a physical sample from our free sample service so that you can see how the product looks and feels in the lighting of your own home or where the product is to be installed.


text:
IGNOU & C-DAC to offer PG in ICTE
IGNOU & C-DAC to offer PG in ICTE
IGNOU and C-DAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer post graduate degree programmes in advanced areas of Information and Communication Technology and Electronics (ICTE) at the various C-DAC centres.
The objective of this MoU is to develop full/ flexi time diploma, M.Tech degree programme and research programmes leading to Ph.D. and M.S. by research of IGNOU at C-DAC centres. It aims to undertake joint research programmes in ICTE areas and apply for funding from National and/ or International agencies.
Programmes in M.Tech/ M.S. on Cyber Forensics, M.Tech in Microelectronics and VLSI system are ready for launch while M.Tech/ MS in high performance computing and M.Tech/MS in IT with specialization in software technologies and enterprise architecture are still in the pipeline.
According to the MoU, the M.Tech degree programme would normally consist of specific set of course work for one year, followed by a project of one-year duration. Sufficient flexibility will be incorporated to intersperse the project and the course work for maximum effectiveness.
Provision will also be made to convert course credits to diploma/ certificate program. Some of these courses can be offered as diploma/ certificate programmes with focused specialisation. The collaboration would also lead to effective national/ international workshops, conferences, seminars, symposiums and publish the proceedings thereof.
For more information visit : http://www.ignou.ac.in/


text:
A 13 year old boy was shot dead by Israeli police during clashes south of al-Bireh, in the Ramallah district. Police fired a live round at the child hitting him in in the neck.
Ahmad Sharaka, a resident of the nearby Jalazone refugee camp, was rushed to the Palestinian Medical Complex in Ramallah where doctors operated on him before he succumbed to his wounds.
Today, thousands gathered in Jalazone for his funeral.
Sharaka's death brings the total number of Palestinians killed to 24 since the beginning of October. He is also the eighth child to be shot dead by Israeli forces in the same time period.
At a protest in al-Balu area of southern Bireh, another Palestinian was shot in the leg with a live round whilst another was injured with a rubber bullet.
As clashes escalate across the occupied Palestinian territory, the Palestinian Red Crescent counted at least 55 Palestinians shot and injured with live fire, and 77 injured by rubber-coated steel bullets.
Back to Top


text:
Gov. Pat Quinn is praising a bill that would regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in Illinois, saying it'll help the economy.
Quinn released a statement Thursday after two downstate lawmakers introduced the bill to establish ground rules for hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
The method uses high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals to crack open rock formations and release oil and gas. The industry is eyeing southern Illinois' New Albany shale.
Quinn says he's committed to protecting the environment and creating jobs.
State Reps. John Bradley of Marion and David Reis of Olney sponsored the bill. It was negotiated with officials from industry and agriculture, environmentalists and Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Critics are calling for a 2-year moratorium on fracking to study pollution and health issues.


text:
Raspberry Cream Cheese BarsFrom chefmeow 12 years ago
- 1 package raspberry cake mix shopping list
- 1/3 cup butter melted shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 12 ounce raspberry preserves shopping list
- 8 ounce package cream cheese softened shopping list
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 then grease a rectangular pan.
- In a large bowl combine cake mix, butter and egg then mix with fork until just crumbly.
- Gently spoon 1-1/2 cups into measuring cup and set aside for topping.
- Press remainder of crumb mixture into bottom of pan and bake 10 minutes.
- Spread preserves over baked crust.
- In a small bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg then beat until smooth.
- Spread over preserves then sprinkle reserved topping mix over cream cheese mixture.
- Bake 30 minutes then chill and cut into squares.
- Store leftovers in refrigerator.
People Who Like This Dish 2
- gecko Cleveland, OH
- yumyumm Huntington Beach
- chefmeow Garland, TX
- Show up here?Review or Bookmark it! ✔
Reviews & Comments 0
The Cookchefmeow Garland, TX
The Groups
- Not added to any groups yet!


text:
I recently just had a bad experience in eastern state penitentiary. A few minutes after I walked in I stood standing listening to my tour guide, when I suddenly felt faint. I started tilting to the side and grabbed on to one of my students. I was taken to the visitation room to sit down and relax a bit. when I was left alone I felt completely disoriented and dizzy. As well as feeling such a heavy dark feeling and alot of pressure in the back of my head. I felt that way till we left. As we left the penitentiary, I started feeling much better. Could it be the the castle giving off some sort of chemical in the air or did I just go through a paranormal experience.
Eastern State Penitentiary
Started by Bgirlstanz14 , Feb 11 2018 07:28 PM
No replies to this topic
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users


text:
Roof Repair| by Lithonia roofing
Lithonia Roof-repair Company - When you need a roof repair, be it general problem you want to fix, or in emergency situations we at Roofing can help and dispatch our highly trained local roofers to either carry emergency strap until weather allows doing the necessary roof repair or fixing it permanently if weather allows us to do so. We are familiar with all types of roof repair issues that pertain to bad weather such as damage from hail, rain, snow and wind. Our expert roof repairs professionals offer you the highest quality of craftsmanship in Lithonia and the Atlanta Metro.
Our Lithonia team of roofing experts have a vast experience and expertise in repair, renewing or repairing all types of roofs, they are highly skilled, fully qualified, fully insured and undergo regular training for new solutions and new roofing systems to adhere to more cost effective and greener solutions.
We undertake everything from a small leak to a complete new roof with the utmost care and competence. We can repair, clean or fit guttering, downpipes, fascias and soffits and can fully insulate all types of roof, including pitched and flat roofs. We always ensure minimum disruption and leave your property clean and tidy following our visit.
Our services includes:
- Emergency roof repairs
- Wind damaged shingles
- New Roofs
- Roofing Repair
- Gutter Repairs
- Hail Damage Repair
- Steel Roof
- Flat Roofs
- Metal Roofs
- And much more!
We are an affordable, reliable and punctual Roofing company in Lithonia. Our rates more often than not are lower than other roofing companies and without quality compromise! So please don't hesitate to contact us for further information and know that when you choose us, you have made the right choice... Contact us today by phone at (678) 310-2035 or by email using our online contact us page.


text:
Levsam.net is using 3 services which we detected on its website. The major ones are anycast.me for DNS management, OVH as Registrar and OVH for email services The site was offline when this report was compiled on 06 December 2019 11:23. levsam.net is hosted in France and owned by Gandus Raphaël ().
After checking the site records, we found that it is 5 years 6 months old and will expire on 17 March 2017. For more registration details, refer to this section. The site uses a SSL Certificate issued by AlphaSSL to protect the privacy of its users. The site has both title and meta description present, which is a good for SEO reasons. Homepage is in English and contain 2 external links.
Services used by levsam.netFind what are the main services utilised by levsam.net.
Server Tech Apache
Compression Algo gzip
Generator -
SSL Certificate AlphaSSL
Hosting Account -
DNS Served by anycast.me
Google Analytics Absent
External Links 2
Language English
Origin country France
Primary IP Address 184.108.40.206
Owner Country -
Email server OVH
Registration MetadataRegistration details tell about a website past and future. The information is critical for websites assessment.
Gandus Raphaël
17 March 2015
Website Registered
19 March 2016
17 March 2017
Domain Expiration
Complete registration information text
Domain Name: LEVSAM.NET Registrar: OVH Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 433 Whois Server: whois.ovh.com Referral URL: Name Server: DNS200.ANYCAST.ME Name Server: NS200.ANYCAST.ME Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Updated Date: 20-mar-2016 Creation Date: 17-mar-2015 Expiration Date: 17-mar-2017 Domain Name: levsam.net Registry Domain ID: 1910806346_DOMAIN_NET-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.ovh.com Registrar URL: Updated Date: 2016-03-19T10:08:54.0Z Creation Date: 2015-03-17T08:06:11.0Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-03-17T08:06:11.0Z Registrar: OVH, SAS Registrar IANA ID: 433 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +33.899498765 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientHold Status: clientDeleteProhibited Registrant ID: Registrant Name: Gandus Rapha l Registrant Organization: Registrant Street: levsam.net, office Registrant City: 59053 Registrant State/Province: Registrant Postal Code: Roubaix Cedex 1 Registrant Country: FR Registrant Phone: +33.899498765 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: Registry Admin ID: Admin Name: Gandus Rapha l Admin Organization: Admin Street: levsam.net, office Admin City: 59053 Admin State/Province: Admin Postal Code: Roubaix Cedex 1 Admin Country: FR Admin Phone: +33.899498765 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: Registry Tech ID: Tech Name: Gandus Rapha l Tech Organization: Tech Street: levsam.net, office Tech City: 59053 Tech State/Province: Tech Postal Code: Roubaix Cedex 1 Tech Country: FR Tech Phone: +33.899498765 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: Name Server: dns200.anycast.me Name Server: ns200.anycast.me DNSSEC: signedDelegation URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: For more information on Whois status codes, please visit


text:
So what did we learn in Saturday's matinee in L.A.?
Well, for starters, there needs to be an audit of the star-selection procedure in Tinseltown. Even if Jarome Iginla took a couple of minor penalties today, it's hard to believe the Calgary captain was not only overlooked for top-star honours, he didn't make the cut at all for post-game bows. Those went to Curtis Glencross, Daymond Langkow and Drew Doughty.
Iginla, by the way, is the first NHLer to hit double digits in November goals. He now has 11 tallies this month, which is three more than San Jose's Dany Heatley, who'll be in action later Saturday. Zach Parise, Henrik Zetterberg and Henrik Sedin were the players who went into Saturday's evening play with seven goals apiece.
The second thing we learned is that those who believe the Los Angeles Kings are the next Chicago Blackhawks could very well be right, but the arrival of this up-and-coming franchise may not come until next season. After a 10-4-2 start, the injury-depleted Kings have just one regulation victory in their past eight games and they've now allowed more goals than they've scored.
Oh, and with the ever-increasing discussion about the 2010 Olympics, how weird is it to think the NHL's current point-getter has absolutely no chance of being in Vancouver come February? Or perhaps a hard-of-hearing IOC official will allow Anze Kopitar to play for Slovakia?
Despite the Calgary win, it was another tough game for both Olli Jokinen and and Cory Sarich.
Jokinen had an assist and he had two close calls in the goalscoring department, but there are still a lof of moments that make you wonder if the player who was so coveted for years before he finally became a Flame was good from afar but far from good up close.
Sarich, meanwhile, continues to handle pucks as if they were live grenades. He seems to have stretches like this every season, although this one is of alarming duration.
One other thing we learned Saturday is that Jamie Lundmark hasn't lost his gift for coming up from the minors and prompting a flood of "This guy should be a full-time NHLer" remarks. Unofrtunately, those moments are eventually and almost inevitably followed by play which reminds everyone why Lundmark has spent so much time in the AHL during his career.
Star of the game: Iginla, the Staples Center snub notwithstanding
Fourth star: Mark Giordano had some nice moments jumping up in the play and pushing the puck up the ice.
Turning point: Glencross' industrious work in the corner and his snappy pass to Langkow for the tide-turning shorthanded goal.
What it means: The Flames keep their road mojo going with a visit to the very unfriendly Pond — zero regulation wins in the last nine Flames regular-season visits — on deck.


text:
|Sub Model:
|Vehicle Price:
|Vin #:
|Stock #:
|Exterior Color:
|Blue/jet black
|Interior Color:
|jet black
Deal with the Disches at Thrifty Car Sales of Franklin! Conveniently located on Route 32 in North Franklin we have been providing low mileage high value Certified Preowned vehicles for over 30 years! Proud members of our community! Dont Just Wish Make it Disch!
This vehicle has gone thru a comprehensive and full safety and quality check in our Service Department which is why most vehicles qualify for at least a 90 day warranty!! We are confident our vehicles are the best reconditioned in the area—all recommended work is completed prior to delivery!
As a Carfax Advantage Dealer we run and provide a Carfax for every vehicle we offer to our customers! We offer pricing well below the competition. We use a proprietary pricing software system that ensures our pricing is competitive which means you not only get a great deal but you get a great price on a high quality low mileage vehicle. **PRICING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME ACCORDING TO LIVE MARKET CONDITIONS. PRINTED PRICES EXPIRE DATE OF PUBLICATION**.
Once you see the quality of vehicle offered and the benefits of working with the Disches you will see why our business is booming. Financing available with rates starting @ 2.79% to qualified buyers on qualifying vehicles. Your credit experienced a few bumps or bruises? Let us help you! We have Extended Service Contracts available and free roadside assistance. REMEMBER BE SMART BUY THRIFTY!!! Sales tax title registration state inspection/emissions bank charges and negotiable dealer conveyance fee of $697 not included. See Dealer for Complete Details! **Customer must confirm all vehicle options prior to purchase**.
<!-- End Google Tag Manager —>


text:
By DAISY R. KHALIFA, Special Correspondent
entered Somalia's territorial waters.
Among them are Britain, Canada,
France, Germany, Pakistan and the
United States.
India, Russia, Malaysia and,
most recently, China also have
independently sent naval assets to
the region. China sent two destroyers and a supply ship.
The security scenario in Somali
waters will continue to evolve in
the coming months via U.S. and
international involvement that
aims to step up legal and jurisdictional action, while complementing
Operation Atalanta.
Most recently, Combined Task
Force 151 (CTF-151) was established by the U.S.-led Combined
Maritime Force, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.
Its mandate is to conduct "counterpiracy operations in
and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian
Ocean and the Red Sea, and was established to create a
lawful maritime order and develop security in the maritime environment," the U.S. Navy said in a Jan. 8
statement announcing the task force.
"The most effective measures we've seen to defeat
piracy are non-kinetic and defensive in nature. The
merchant ships have been doing a great job stepping
up and utilizing these methods to defeat piracy
attempts. That's a great first step," Vice Adm. William
E. Gortney, Combined Maritime Force commander,
said in the statement.
"But the problem of piracy is, and continues to be, a
problem that begins ashore and is an international
problem that requires an international solution. We
believe the establishment of CTF-151 is a significant
step in the right direction," he said.
Gortney also commands U.S. Naval Forces Central
Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet.
Several nations have teamed up to combat piracy off the coast
of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden.
■ The European Union's (EU's) Operation Atalanta brings together naval assets and support from France, Germany, Greece, the
Netherlands and Spain, along with contributions from Portugal,
Sweden and non-EU member Norway.
■ A coalition of warships from a number of nations, including
Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Pakistan and the United
States, operate in Somalia's territorial waters.
■ The newly formed Combined Task Force 151 will conduct
counterpiracy operations in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian
Sea, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
Pirate activity off the coast of Somalia has
prompted several nations to increase their presence in the region and take a proactive stance
to thwart attacks on merchant and recreational vessels.
The European Union (EU) in December launched a
counteroffensive specifically targeting Somali pirates.
Code named Operation Atalanta, the naval task force
draws upon ships, sailors and logistical support from
France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and Spain,
along with contributions from Portugal, Sweden and
non-EU member Norway.
Headquartered in London, Operation Atalanta has
enlisted seven warships backed by reconnaissance aircraft. One of those ships, France's anti-submarine
frigate Jean de Vienne, in January captured 19 Somali
pirates after coming to the rescue of two threatened
cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden.
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1846, adopted in
early December, authorized "all necessary means" to
suppress piracy in the region, and since then a growing
number of warships from a host of nations have


text:
Sanctifying Sacrifice
User's Guide to Sunday, March 4.
Sunday, March 4, is the Second Sunday of Lent (Year B, Cycle II).
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18; Psalms 116:10, 15, 16-19; Romans 8:31-34, Mark 9:2-10
Our Take
In today's readings, we hear two stories about sacrificing sons on mountaintops. They teach two things: God is demanding, but God will do the best thing for us in the end.
The first son is Isaac. His father, Abraham, is told to sacrifice his boy on Mount Moriah. In the longer version of the story, it is clear that Isaac knew something was up. At one point he asks (nervously, we might imagine) what exactly his father plans to sacrifice on the mountain. But he doesn't argue. He goes along with his father's plan, even carrying the wood that his father meant to use to offer him.
The obedience of Abraham is famous: His very future, his very identity, is tied up with this son, and yet he is willing to sacrifice him at the Lord's command.
But it should also be pointed out that his son's obedience is admirable, too. His father woke early in the morning with an intense look in his eyes and a plan to go up the mountain with the tools of sacrifice but no lamb, and Isaac followed.
It seemed at one point as if Abraham would do the unthinkable: He would slaughter his only son. But Isaac isn't slaughtered. He is saved at the last minute, and he later becomes the father of Israel, the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham, and a patriarch in his own right.
In his willingness to follow his father's will, he foreshadows Christ himself, who carried the wood of the cross up Mount Calvary to his own place of sacrifice.
His father, like Abraham, asks him to offer himself on Mount Calvary — and that's what Christ does. The Stations of the Cross tell the story of this new Isaac's journey up to the cross, but they end not with his rescue, but with his lifeless body being taken down by others and then buried.
Isaac learned that God was demanding, but generous in the end. Isaac had to pass a difficult test to become the father of Israel, the great nation that endures to this day.
Peter, James and John see how great Christ is when he is transfigured before them in today's Gospel. They see Moses and Elijah — the father of the Law and the exemplar of the prophets — standing beside Jesus. Moses and Elijah are not transfigured. The greatest figures in Jewish history look ordinary compared to Jesus Christ.
In the case of Jesus on Calvary, the glorious promise of Christ's future — a future where he shines brightly in the night as he speaks with great men who were long deceased — came before his own death. This was meant to embolden the apostles to accept the death of Christ.
Jesus tells them that they must take up their crosses each day and follow him. He might as well have said that they must take up their wood each day and follow Abraham up Mount Moriah. But by showing them a vision of the Resurrection in the Transfiguration, he has shown the apostles what they can look forward to.
We are called to many sacrifices in our lives. Some have to suffer the loss of their children or their livelihoods or their homes or the places they are familiar with or a host of other difficulties. The Transfiguration reminds us that no matter how terrible the suffering we face, the future is safe in Christ's hands.
Jesus just wants us to see it in proper perspective, the perspective of sacrifice.
Tom and April Hoopes write from Atchison, Kansas,
where Tom is writer in residence at Benedictine College.
- Keywords:
- February 26-March 10, 2012


text:
Please enter your login information.
Code-Fetish.com © 2001-2020, All rights reserved! $$ webmasters $$ Webdesign by Norman Richter
All models are of age 18 or older. Any content on these pages is for your sole personal use and may not be reproduced or sold without the explicit
permission. For requests, questions, comments and other inquiries like latex please check out the contact page.
Protection: DMCAProtect - the comprehensive solution against piracy and illegal downloads


text:
H20 mop x5 5in1 steam cleaner in hangu
Chat now on Whatsapp: +92310-4080037
Home Ware
Product Available
Discount You Save PKR 20
Product Code: #a3
24 Hours Hotline, Call Or SMS
+92310-4080037, 0310-4080037 | 0321-2223646
+92310-4080037, 0310-4080037 | 0321-2223646
H20 mop x5 5price in Pakistan, 1 steam cleaner price in Pakistan, hangu
H2O Mop X5 5in1 Steam Cleaner in Pakistan
(0300-8253646)The H2O Mop X5 in the Pakistan For any hard floors. The H2O Mop X5 (200°) steamings cleaner breaks down and the loosen the dirt's in same pass. The H20 Mop X5 is the supers absorbent microfibers attachments lift the dirt's and the locks it in sweep, mop and the polish your floor all at once at yo Read more »


text:
Off-duty officer fatally shoots burglar
An off-duty Houston police officer fatally shot one of three burglars who broke into his north Harris County home on Thursday, officials said.
The shooting happened about 9:30 a.m. at Waterside Court residential complex, 503 West Road just west of the North Freeway, said Deputy Thomas Gilliland, a spokesman for the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Gilliland said the officer, a six-year veteran with the Houston Police Department, was alone in the house and asleep upstairs when the sound of breaking glass woke him. Grabbing his gun, he went downstairs and confronted three men who had broken a window to get into his house. One of the men carried a handgun.
Gilliland said the officer fired two shots at one of the burglars, who fled from the home with his accomplices. The officer, wearing only his boxer shorts, chased them.
Outside, Gilliland said, the armed attacker pointed the pistol at the officer, who opened fire again. In all, the officer fired six or seven shots.
The attackers continued to run, but the armed man had been wounded, Gilliland said. The officer, whose name has not been released, caught him as he tried to climb over a fence at the complex. The man struggled against the officer but was subdued and taken into custody. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died.
The other two attackers ran into a wooded area across the street from the complex. Authorities scoured the area using search dogs and a helicopter but were unable to find them. It is unclear if they were wounded in the gunfire.
"They picked the wrong house," Gilliland said.
The officer was not injured.
Houston Chronicle reporters Carol Christian and Cody Duty contributed to this report.


text:
Medicaid was the show-stopper in the Supreme Court's last term: the Court unexpectedly held in the Affordable Care Act case that requiring states to participate in the Medicaid expansion was unconstitutionally coercive.
Medicaid apparently was still on the Justices' minds three months later when the Court, on its first day back in session, decided to hear another Medicaid case, albeit a much lower profile case. The State and Local Legal Center (SLLC) filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court, which NLC signed onto along with the rest of the Big Seven, SLLC associate member the Government Finance Officers Association, and the City of New York (the third biggest Medicaid spender in the United States).
So, what exactly does this case have to do with cities? Well, while it may not directly impact most cities, cities in general have an interest in the sustainability Medicaid.
Medicaid allows states to collect medical expenses from a Medicaid recipient who recovers from a tortfeasor. But how much can a state collect when a Medicaid recipient agrees to a lump sum settlement from tortfeasor, and it is unclear how much of the settlement is for medical expenses?
A North Carolina statute purports an answer this question by allowing the state to recover the lesser of actual medical expenses or one-third of a Medicaid recipient's total tort settlement. In Delia v. E.M.A. the state paid $1.9 million on behalf of E.M.A., and her parents settled a medical malpractice claim for $2.8 million. The settlement didn't allocate between medical expenses and other damages so the state asked for one-third of the settlement, over E.M.A.'s parents' objections. The question the Supreme Court must answer in Delia v. E.M.A. is whether Medicaid preempts North Carolina's statute.
The SLLC's brief argues that Medicaid is a huge expense for states and that Medicaid grants states substantial discretion in how they pursue recovery from tortfeasors. The brief points out North Carolina's statute encourages parties to allocate settlements and avoids states having to participate in burdensome settlement discussions or post-settlement allocation hearings. The brief also argues that allowing Medicaid recipients to keep two-thirds of their tort settlement is reasonable and fair.
Oral argument will be heard in this case on January 8, 2013. The Supreme Court will issue an opinion in this case by June 30, 2013.


text:
Tustain Motors Ashington - 01670 813191
Test drive available at other locations.
Open 9:00am today!
This won't take long...
Your enquiry has been sent and we will contact you using the details provided as soon as possible!
Please complete the form below:
This Vauxhall Corsa 3 door Hatchback registration PK16XCR has a 1.4 Petrol engine with a Manual gearbox and boasts impressive fuel consumption of 55.4 mpg and is finished in the colour Red. The CO2 emissions are extremely low at just 118 g/km.
38,783 miles
118 g/km
Specifications, mileage and prices are subject to change, please contact us to confirm before travelling or a purchase is agreed.
** MPG (Combined) figures are obtained from laboratory testing and intended for comparisons between vehicles. They are unlikely to represent real world efficiency.
Find out how much your vehicle is worth in an instant:
You may also be interested in...
01450 376028
01670 813191
01670 813191
01670 813191
01450 376028
01670 813191
01670 813191
01620 822969
01450 376028
01670 813191
of Vauxhall customers that bought a VAUXHALL CORSA would recommend them to a friend.
"Tustain Motors Berwick were great because the salesman was professional and took me through everything with finance and explained all payments well! Good customer service and always willing to help! "


text:
If you're mad it's Monday, remember: Tuesday is just a Monday that has had an extra day to practice.
(I'll give you a moment to think about that.)
OK. As much as I'd like to be a philosopher, I remain a newspapery question-answerer. So, on to the problems of the workers of the world.
Q: Out of the workplace for the past 12-plus years to raise children ... what's the best advice you can give someone trying to enter the workplace once again? Do I train for new skills? Or do I try and rely on the ones I had prior to leaving the workplace?
— Karyn, from Crystal Lake, Ill., via Facebook
A: First off, Karyn, in a perfect world, stay-at-home parents would get some form of pension plan that, after more than a decade of service, entitled them to a cabana on Bermuda's Horseshoe Bay and a lifetime supply of dark chocolate-covered Xanax.
But this is not a perfect world, as evidenced by the lack of jet packs and the abundance of Kardashians. So, the position you're in is not unique — a dutiful parent who put a career aside to raise kids and now wants back in the game.
The first step, according to career experts, is to give some serious thought to what you would like to do and what you're good at doing. You have the skills from the work you did prior to having kids, and you now have a wide array of additional skills that come from more than a decade of dealing with incredibly difficult people, i.e., children.
Marina Parr, spokeswoman for the Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, suggests starting off with a self-assessment.
"How many of us have actually taken a self-assessment test and seen what we want to do for the rest of our lives?" Parr said. "Part of it is knowing yourself, knowing what you like to do, what you're good at and seeing if those skills and abilities translate into jobs."
(Her organization's website, http://bit.ly/lk1gdk, has links to several self-assessment tools.)
Many people have skills from one type of work that might fit even better in a different job, said Greg Rivara of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, which offers job assessment and training programs.
"You take a look at your skill sets and find what other areas those might be a good fit in," he said. "Then you identify what training, either education or vocational, would be required to get where you want to go."
The next critical step is making sure the job you want is in a field that's hiring.
"You do your dream and then you temper that with reality, which is, is there a job waiting for you?" Parr said. "The dream better be aligned with reality."
If you enter a training program, find out about its placement rate. Study the field you're interested in and make sure it's something in demand. Then pick a path and go.
And by all means, make your kids help you do the research. It's about time they started earning their keep.
Q: How do you respond to younger co-workers who are hurt you won't be their friend on Facebook?
— Cecelia, in Montgomery, Ala., via Twitter
A: Cecelia, dude, I'll be with you in one sec, I gotta DM my boss this YouTube video that just made me totally LOL.
I'm kidding; I don't know what 80 percent of that sentence meant. But your question taps into an issue being confronted in workplaces everywhere. Many young employees have been marinating in social media for so long that it has become a part of who they are, and it's not easy to teach them that friending and texting and whatevering with co-workers isn't always appropriate. (For more on this, see "Weiner, Anthony.")
In 2009, Meg Langland, director of career services at Westminster College in Missouri, wrote an article for the National Association of Colleges and Employers titled "Evolving e-Etiquette in the Workplace."
I spoke with her, and she said the best response to co-workers put off by a Facebook friend denial is to explain that you keep your work life separate from your personal life. (She did say LinkedIn is an acceptable place to maintain professional relationships, though I don't believe it allows you to play "Mafia Wars.")
"The reality is that these new hires are used to accessing their electronic media 24/7, and they have to adjust to workplace policies," Langland said. "The role of a mentor takes on new meaning as you have to explain to them not to take cellphones to a meeting or text all the time at work."
Langland believes explaining all this to a younger co-worker helps define certain boundaries and, most important, prevents the inevitable office drama that would come with the full-on intermingling of professional and private lives.
Q: I want to start a cubicle dance party at 3 p.m. weekdays. Thoughts on how to go about this? Thx in advance.
— Jen, in Chicago, via Twitter
A: A number of scientific studies that I just made up have shown conclusively that workplace dance parties increase productivity by up to 7 million percent, though there remains some disagreement on whether it's best to "bring in 'da noise" or "bring in 'da funk." My recommendation is to start playing Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved" very softly, then slowly push up the volume until your co-workers are grooving. Then take video and use it later to bribe them for favors.
TALK TO REX: Ask workplace questions — anonymously or by name — and share stories with Rex Huppke at email@example.com, like Rex on Facebook at facebook.com/rexworkshere and find more at chicagotribune.com/ijustworkhere.
If you're mad it's Monday, remember: Tuesday is just a Monday that has had an extra day to practice.


text:
The companies within the WALTER GROUP have a reputation of placing high demands on their employees. This reputation is perfectly justified. If you decide on a career challenge with us, we will expect a lot from you too. Not to mention, your best. That's what all our employees do. However, not because we demand it of them every day. But because they demand it of themselves. Speaking of demands:
You can come to us with high expectations too. Because those who put a lot of effort into their work, should also get a lot out. Therefore, you can expect an above-average salary and a share in the company's success in the form of an attractive bonus. And lots of other advantages.
Apart from the regular 5 weeks of holiday, you currently also receive once a year an additional number of hours equivalent to 1 working week for you to use on a voluntary basis at your own discretion. The aim is to improve your work-life balance.


text:
I decided to ride to my parents' place today. Both of my motorized vehicles are in need of a fill-up and the gas stations are still gouging for the Labor Day weekend. Plus, aside from being a little warm, it was a great day for a ride.
The shortest route I've found to my parents' house is a bit more than 17 miles each way. Today, I took that route, straight down Quivira (and it was a little dicey) then across on 159th St over to Metcalf to get out to Stilwell, KS. The problem? 159th is under construction.
I'll readily admit that I have a problem. Some people have called me out for it, too. The problem I have is that sometimes, I feel certain rules do not apply to me or may be written off in the name of convenience. This can make me come off as bigoted, cavalier, or in its worst form: like I'm a complete jerk. And sometimes, it gets me in trouble with more than just my readers.
I'm pretty sure it comes from my "accept no limitations as long as it doesn't hurt anyone" mindset -- which serves me very well in the Information Security biz. In general, if some superfluous rule exists that's really not doing anyone any good, there's a chance I might use that as rationalization for breaking that rule this time. This is especially true if it's there ONLY for 'my own protection' and while 'protecting me from myself' it inconveniences me a great deal. Fair? Not always. Sorry, folks. I bend or break rules on occasion.
It was with great glee that after having watched a Ford Escape barrel around the road block and through the dirt, I followed suit. The alternative was three extra miles of riding, one of which is on a crowded road that's under construction with no shoulders. It was fun getting some cyclocross-style action in. I'm not terribly well-studied in traffic law, but I don't think there's anything actually illegal being done here. I could be wrong, but it won't stop me from doing it again if I feel it's warranted.
Dad's working on recording some new tunes. He played some for me. Shown below is a preamp, effects processor, compander and equalizer. Barely visible in the top right corner is a power conditioner. This stuff all plays along with an analog mixer board and multi-track recording software running on his laptop. Professional-grade? Not nearly. More than ample for his needs? Certainly.
We chowed down on some fabulous ribs that had been cooking since yesterday.
Taken on my way home: Corn fields. A common rural Kansas roadway scene. Oh yeah. I'm pretty sure I was the model for the "Captain Dashboard" character in the Yehuda Moon comics.
This brings me to another thing that I read just a bit ago on Kevin Rose's "Blogg" - It's a parable in The Miracle of Mindfulness by a writer named Thich Nhat Hanh:
The cup in your hands -That, my compadres, is WISDOM. Ride to ride. Consider me humbled... For a while.
In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first met him eight years ago, he was working with the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Last winter, Jim came to visit. I usually wash the dishes after we've finished the evening meal, before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else. One night, Jim asked if he might do the dishes. I said, "Go ahead, but if you wash the dishes you must know the way to wash them." Jim replied, "Come on, you think I don't know how to wash the dishes?" I answered, "There are two ways to was the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes to wash the dishes." Jim was delighted and said, "I choose the second way--to wash the dishes to wash the dishes." From then on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I transferred the "responsibility" to him for an entire week.
If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a nuisance, then we are not "washing the dishes to wash the dishes." What's more, we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes. In fact, we are completely incapable of realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can't wash the dishes, the chances are we won't be able to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely aware of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the future and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life.


text:
31. The rites should be celebrated in the places appropriate to then as indicated in the ritual. Consideration should be given to special needs that arise insecondary stations of mission territories.
The Third World was very much in the minds of those who drew up this rite. As we continue posting for the next several months on RCIA, keep in mind that affluent Europe and America did not form the baseline for thought in these rites.
Obviously the major rites are envisioned to take place in a church. But we'll have some discussion with the minor rites when we get to that discussion.


text:
Nike Kobe Prelude Pack Lakers make winning bid for Boozer
Carlos Boozer is headed to the Lakers, crowded frontcourt after Los Angeles made the winning bid for Nike Kobe Prelude Pack veteran forward waived by the Chicago Bulls via the amnesty clause.The Lakers made the highest bid under the NBA,s modified waiver process for players who were amnestied, the team announced Thursday."Carlos is an established veteran and a proven All-Star, who will be a welcome addition to our team," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said in a statement. "We,re very pleased to have won the bidding process and to have gained his rights, and look forward to his contributions next season."According to NBA rules, teams with room under the salary cap had to bid at least $1.4 million, the amount of the minimum salary for veterans next season. Details of the winning bid were Air Jordan 11 Pas Cher provided, though ESPN.com reported that it was $3.25 million. The amnesty clause allows teams to waive one player in the first five years the current collective bargaining agreement without his salary counting for cap and tax purposes. Boozer will still be paid the $16.8 million he is due next season in the final season of a contract he signed in 2010.He will join a Lakers team that has already agreed to deals with fellow power forwards Jordan Hill and Ed Davis during free agency, and drafted Kentucky,s Julius Randle with the No. 7 pick.Boozer, a two-time All-Star, averaged 15.5 points and nine rebounds in 280 games with the Bulls. His playing time diminished in recent seasons with the emergence of Taj Gibson, and the Bulls needed to clear his salary to sign Pau Gasol and European star Nikola Mirotic.
For More Infomation:http://www.zapatosnikekobe.com


text:
Dear Sgt. Shaft:
Thank you for your inquiry on behalf of Mr. Ben B. regarding the health care services available to him at the Kansas City VA Medical Center (KCVAMC) and his family's need to purchase a wheelchair accessible vehicle.
KCVAMC leadership completed a clinical and an administrative review of his health care and the support services currently being offered to him and his family. KCVAMC staff contacted the family on June 14, 2013, to follow up on any outstanding concerns and will continue to work with the family throughout this process.
Thank you for the opportunity to address these concerns.
Sincerely, Dr. Robert A. Petzel Under Secretary of Health Department of Veterans Affairs
Dear Dr. Petzel:
Thanks for making this disabled vet's life a little brighter.
Shaft notes
• Kudos to the House of Representatives for the passage of legislation on human rights issues in Vietnam. Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican and a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was the author of the legislation, the Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013. The bill was approved in a unanimous voice vote of the full Committee.
Mr. Smith's Vietnam bill, H.R. 1897, would institute measures to improve human rights in Vietnam by prohibiting any increase in non-humanitarian assistance to the government of Vietnam above Fiscal Year 2012 levels unless the government makes substantial progress in establishing a democracy and promoting human rights.
The bill aims for improvement in freedom of religion (and releasing all religious prisoners), rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, the release of all political prisoners, independent journalists, and labor activists, and to an end any government complicity in human trafficking.
"Brazen human rights violations by the hands of the Vietnamese government continue against its own people," Mr. Smith said, noting an April 11 congressional hearing that detailed widespread abuses, as well as government officials' involvement in trafficking Vietnamese women to Russia, Jordan and other locations.
"The powerful testimony before Congress showed widespread religious, political and ethnic human rights abuse, and that Vietnamese government officials are complicit in human trafficking. Vietnam, in fact, continues to be among the worst violators of religious freedom in the world," Mr. Smith said, noting the rights and freedoms of Buddhists, Catholics, Protestants and other faiths are routinely trampled upon by the government.
• The Sarge joins the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) in urging intervention in the ongoing class-action lawsuits against Prudential Insurance Co. of America concerning its handling of the life insurance benefits for service members and veterans.
Prudential administers the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the 2010 suit alleges that Prudential failed to pay death benefits in a manner required by federal law, and instead profited from money belonging to the families of deceased service members and veterans.
"SGLI was created by Congress to provide special protection to military families. It was not created to enrich an insurance company that concocts a scheme to hold onto those families' money while purporting to provide them access to it," said VFW National Cmdr. John E. Hamilton, a combat-wounded Vietnam veteran.
Prudential has publicly stated that its actions were taken only in the interest of military families. Cmdr. Hamilton maintains that if that were true, Prudential should have no objection to the facts being made public.
"Prudential has actively tried to seal documents about its conduct from the public record and has opposed efforts to unseal those records. That inconsistency strongly suggests that Prudential has not been forthcoming with Congress, the military or the American people," he said.
Prudential has denied wrongdoing, but most of the records filed in the case have been sealed from the public at Prudential's request. The VFW insists it is in the best interests of the families and the public to fully understand what Prudential has done in connection with its administration of federally subsidized life insurance programs for service members and veterans.
The VFW's motion seeks to unseal the record filed with the court in connection with the plaintiffs' efforts to obtain class certification and records filed in connection with motions pending.
Prudential argues that it cannot be required to return profits it made by using military family's death benefits unless each family proves it would have used the money to make more interest than what Prudential paid out.
The VFW disagrees.
"If Prudential broke the law and made a profit, it should not be allowed to keep that profit," Cmdr. Hamilton said.
• U.S. Sen. Patty Murray has introduced an amendment to help track school progress of students from military-connected families was adopted as part of a major Senate education overhaul.
The amendment passed in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee's markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) by a bipartisan vote of 13 to 9.
"We ask so much of our service members and their families, but we don't have any programs in place to study the impact that life in a military family can have on child's education." said Ms. Murray, a Washington state Democrat. "This amendment allows us to take the first step in helping military-connected children succeed in school by learning more about what life events — from deployments of their parents to changing schools every few years — impact their success in the classroom."
Currently, schools and educators do not have access to reliable, consistent data on the academic well-being of students from military families.
Without a military-connected student identifier, school districts cannot track these students' performance, educators cannot as effectively prepare transitioning students for their new school, and there are no performance indicators for the local districts to discover practices and processes worthy of attention and replication to ensure success.
This amendment would create a report-only subgroup for military-connected students, generating precise data about their classroom success and the schools they attend. The amendment would help federal, state, and local entities eventually target resources for this vulnerable population, and it has broad support by organizations supporting military families across the country.
• Send letters to Sgt. Shaft, c/o John Fales, P.O. Box 65900, Washington, D.C. 20035-5900; fax 301/622-3330, call 202/257-5446 or email email@example.com.