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Building It Better
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Lennar Corp (NYSE: LEN) engages itself in homebuilding, financial services, and real estate businesses in the United States. It builds affordable, move-up, and retirement homes in communities that cater to almost any lifestyle – urban, golf course, active adult, or suburban communities. Lennar is the largest U.S. homebuilder by market value. On Jan. 15, they reported fourth quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates.
Financial Results
It's commitment to quality, value and integrity helped Lennar to achieve fantastic results in the fourth quarter. Its revenue jumped 42 percent to $1.35 billion. Fourth quarter net earnings in 2012 were $124.3 million, compared to $30.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Operating earnings were $33.2 million compared to $9.1 million in the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal year. New orders increased 32% to 3,983 homes. Contract backlog, an indication of future sales, jumped 87% to 4,053 homes. Net earnings for the fiscal year ended Nov. 30, 2012, were $679.1 million compared to $92.2 million in 2011. Net earnings include a partial reversal of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance of $491.5 million.
Marching Ahead
For 2013, its average revenue is estimated to $5.46 billion and the average EPS is estimated to be $1.57. The company's opportunistic land acquisitions and greater operating leverage is going to help the firm's homebuilding machine in the current fiscal year as well. With a beginning sales backlog value up more than 100% from the prior year, fiscal 2013 promise to be another year of strong profitability. Also, they have invested heavily in home sites in California and Las Vegas, as well as in Florida and Texas, two of the firm's strongest markets. These investments will provide them with greater opportunities and growth this year. Also, it has incubated a multifamily platform that is now maturing into the construction phase with a pipeline of over $1 billion to be developed over the next three years. Firm's Five Point large community development program is well positioned to become a significant profit generator in the coming years. The only weakness for the company that would hinder its growth are factors like land restrictions. This might impact its development plans, but seeing the recovery in the housing sector, the company should be able to overcome such issues.
DR Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) another large US homebuilder, is expected to show around 25% growth in revenue and over 50% growth in earnings this quarter. These numbers are huge and would bring great interest from investors. With the fantastic quarterly results of Lennar, it gives investors confidence in the DHI's stock as well. Its homes closed rose 12%, while the backlog grew 49% in the previous quarter. This is a strong backlog, and it will help in the sales growth of the company's houses. This poses a big threat to Lennar Corp.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation's largest and most recognized homebuilders, had 4th quarter results that reflected year-over-year and sequential improvement in most of its key operational and financial metrics. Its revenues rose 20% to $578.2 million, compared to $479.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2011. With higher backlog and more community openings, it is well positioned to be profitable for 2013. Lennar is facing tough competition from KB Home in the new land acquisition. These strong projections are a serious threat for Lennar Corp.
Take Away Advice
Lennar's fourth quarter results reflect the recovery in housing with solid profitability in all its business segments. It is well positioned to gain market share in a recovering housing market. Also with its large community development program, it will generate huge profits in the coming years. And with the increased home buyer demand in this fiscal year, the company ought to grow substantially. It is going to give good returns to its investor, and I would recommend a strong buy for the long term.
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Bottom line profits for Trust House have dipped by $500,000 in the past 10 months, compared to the same period last year.
But chief executive Bernard Teahan rejected claims the organisation was cash-strapped.
Mr Teahan said total profits were down in the 10-month period from $2.4m to $1.9m but the balance sheet was "very strong" and had good cash flows.
Distribution of money to the community was on-going with around $40,000-$50,000 being allocated to Wairarapa just this week.
Three boards catered for the Trust's distribution area, being Flaxmere, Rimutaka and Wairarapa.
Flaxmere and Rimutaka boards were each allocated about $450,000 a year and around $1.5m went to Wairarapa.
Mr Teahan said homes owned by Trust House had a high occupancy with 95-96 per cent presently tenanted.
But he said market conditions and a countrywide fall in visitor numbers were making hotel occupancy, along with bars, cafes and restaurants "hard work". "The visitor market has dropped off right through the country," he said.
"Copthorne Solway Park has had a downturn in occupancy, as have hotels right throughout New Zealand.
"There has been a dropping off in domestic, internal and international bookings," Mr Teahan said.
Bar, cafe and restaurant trade was being affected by changing drinking patterns and the fact people were dining out less often.
Likewise bottlestores had been subject to "intense competition" from supermarkets "and that is going to continue on into the future." He said Trust House had ventured into supermarkets "to get a balance in that area".
In the past year $900,000 had been invested in a Four Square at Solway, an investment that had brought extra jobs.
Also Trust House has invested $700,000 on the Kourarau Hydro Works, near Carterton.
"If we were broke we wouldn't be investing in hydro electricity," he said.
Mr Teahan added that despite a dip in profits, staff were not being laid off.

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Rediscover Milwaukee neighborhoods with GeoTour
Don't be scared away by the high-tech sounding name. Geocaching is just one big scavenger hunt, and it's easy enough for all ages to partake. Already attracting more than 5 million participants around the world, this treasure-hunt meets hide-and-go-seek pastime just got more interesting and more accessible for Milwaukeeans.
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Rise in transit tides lifts all boats
Everyone wants to be able to get around a city easily. It's simple in stuff. Cities need bike lanes, roads, side walks, taxis, rail, trolleys, busses and other forms of transit to move people from here to there.
What I miss the most
I have been kind of out of commission for more than 40 days with a health difficulty and it's been a real long haul. I think I'm in the final couple of weeks before I get to go home, but lately I've been thinking a lot about what things I miss the most.
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Kramp for sale
My name is Brian Kramp. Here's the real story. This is first installment of The Kramp Cast. Listen each week as I bring quality broadcasting back to your ears in a weekly podcast.
The era of manufactured bigotry
As I said weeks ago, I fully support gay rights. To me, there is no sensible reason to deny someone happiness, regardless of sexual preference. However, that is my personal opinion. I am entitled to it, but it isn't more or less valuable than the opinion of anyone else. I accept that people may have social views that differ from my own, and I appreciate their right to have these views.
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More Zipcars boost Milwauk-ability
As we speak, on the tip of the triangle at North Avenue and Ivanhoe Place, in front of Hooligan's, Mayor Tom Barrett, Ald. Nik Kovac and Jim Plaisted, of the East Side Business Improvement District, are announcing a new partnership with Zipcar that will put a Zipcar station in the parking lot behind the U.S. Bank on Farwell and North.
I vote for AnnieCare
I am one of those people who are interested in health care issues and all the arguments about what kind of health care we should have in this country. Farmer/Physicians Blue This and Green That. Let's even forget Obamacare, although I kind of like that one. I vote for AnnieCare.
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Rollercoaster ride of assessments upsets my stomach
Living in the City of Milwaukee has provided a rollercoaster ride of assessments since I bought my house a decade ago. You've likely experienced the same. On Saturday, we got our new assessment and found it had dropped another 8 percent and our home is now assessed at less than we paid 10 years ago. That's depressing.
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Get naked at the Korean spa
I took part in a beauty ritual of the Korean Day Space in Oahu before a red-eye home. The experience not only beautified my outside, but did something powerful to my self-awareness and self-esteem, too. And did I mention I was completely naked the entire time?
Twitter is just a tool
My students who read this post are going to laugh because I had a soapbox moment about this in class last week. Here is my current media "thing": Twitter is a tool used by human beings. It can be used for both good and evil. It can be used with skill and finesse or with ineptitude and incompetence. My concern is that many of us seem to lose our common sense when it comes to evaluating the difference on the social media site.
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Don't let landmarks distract you from the city's subtler beauty
For a long time I often found myself looking down when walking. Now, I'm always looking up - have you ever noticed just how many lovely cornices there are in this town? - or all around me. And it's paid off. In focusing on the places widely accepted as local landmarks, I've often looked right past examples of equally stunning beauty.
NYC mixologist and UW grad talks drinks, style
James Beard Award winner/author/mixologist Jim Meehan of PDT in New York has opinions on Milwaukee. The UW-Madison grad is also a fan of denim and Japanese fashion. We caught up with Meehan for our style blog.
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Milwaukeeans experienced the horrors of the marathon explosions
When Milwaukee's Amy O'Neill got a text from her dear friend and former Milwaukeean Deanne Wecker at 1:53 Central Time that said "Amy a bomb went off" she immediately knew something went horribly wrong at the Boston Marathon.
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Tragic. Maddening. Crushing. Inexplicable.
I'm probably not the only person out there with an uncomfortable sense of deja vu right now. The city is different, and so is the death toll, but the last time I sat up when I should be sleeping, glued to CNN listening to reporters saying the same thing over looped video tape, it was Sept. 11, 2001.
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Is the I-94 quick fix really working already?
For the folks who head out west on I-94 during rush hour each morning, that drive had to be a daily frustration. Those of us driving east could only look across the concrete barrier with sympathy. Could a quick fix - and one finished early, to boot - have corrected this problem?
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Focus On Energy celebrates a year of recycling old appliances
Today marks the first anniversary of the Focus On Energy Appliance Recycling Program, which pays eligible Wisconsin utility customers for their older, inefficient refrigerators and freezers.
Have your say on HGA's East Branch designs
The public will get a chance to weigh in on design concepts for the new East Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library at a meeting tonight.
Funeral directors need a better model
I generally don't make it a habit to tell other people how to do their jobs, but this one time I need to make an exception. This is a shout out to funeral directors: You folks need to change how visitations at funeral and memorial services are conducted these days. Somewhere along the way, the model changed, and not for the better.
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Defining marriage
To me, opposition to same sex marriage comes down to religion. If you remove religion from the equation, there is simply no sensible reason to deny someone the right to love another human being, regardless of sexual preferences.
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Hearing vs. seeing...on Facebook
We don't "hear" about anything anymore. We "see" it all...on Facebook. Is there still such a thing as a "catch-up" between old friends? Is there any mystery left?
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Look out soccer moms, the Volvo XC60 is coming through
I have a soft spot for Swedish cars, having owned two Saabs and one Volvo. And Volvo is even more near and dear to me: I learned to drive on my parents' 1987 Volvo 740. So I was open-minded when it came to evaluate the latest car that Fields Auto Group lent me to review, the 2013 Volvo XC60. I've always been just a little curious about this car, but I passed it up when buying our 2011 BMW X3.
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Your choices, our consequences
One of the truths of private sector business is that not all of the effects of a recession are bad. It allows businesses to "trim the fat." The owner's nephew that shows up late once a month for the last three years will be let go. Employees that aren't hard working, reliable or trustworthy are downsized. Companies will look everywhere for ideas on cutting back on expenses and spending. Employees are cross trained and will end up doing more work with fewer resources. Companies will necessarily purge redundancies in order to save money, enhance margins and grow profits.
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Why do we live here?
That's not a rhetorical question. There are many, many, many reasons why I love Milwaukee, and why I started OnMilwaukee.com in 1998. But it's the end of March, and the temperature is hovering around freezing. I'm seriously wondering why we live here.
What if I didn't have Facebook?
It's amazing to me how much it's changed in so short a time. Remember when you didn't "friend" someone, you "added" them? Remember SuperPoke? Remember the "20 Things About Me" note trend? Remember notes, period? Remember when people used to get confused and write on their own walls? Remember when the mini-feed was new? Remember when your status always had an "is" in front of it? More mind-blowing than anything: remember when you didn't have Facebook?
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Milwaukee makes Match Day great
It's been a great "Match Day" so far, according to Sue Potts of Community Advocates, Inc., one of 21 non-profit organizations participating in today's online fundraising event called "Match Day." Donations to the groups are matched by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, along with other partners.


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COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The last day of classes for Coldwater High School's seniors was yesterday, which included the annual Swingout walk through downtown Coldwater. Before that, Senior Convocation took place, featuring a visit from State Senator Bruce Caswell. He was there to deliver a state proclamation saluting Kylie Dudek, who holds all of the school's individual gymnastics records while wrapping her high school athletic career with a state title on the uneven bars in March. The proclamation was signed by Caswell, State Representative Ken Kurtz, and Governor Rick Snyder.
Congratulations also go out to CHS's 13 Senior Scholars from the Class of 2013, whose names were announced during Senior Convocation: Makayla Bendele, Alex Daoud, Jazzilyn Dubois, Kaylee Evers, Austin Gagnon, Cameron Leist, Janie Marso, Morgan Miller, Caitlyn Reynolds, Becca Schott, BreeAnn Spangler, Audrey Tappenden, and Nick Waterbury. A student's grade-point average and ACT score are used to determine recipients of the school's highest academic honor.


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Cholesterol Report Reinforces Screening Schedule for Kids
Most people don't associate heart disease with children, and although it's relatively rare, certain risk factors in childhood can increase a kid's chances of developing heart and blood vessel problems as they get older. Some studies have shown that narrowing and hardening of the arteries can even begin in childhood.
Last month's annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology presented disturbing research about kids at risk for developing cardiovascular problems — approximately 1 in 3 children between the ages of 9 and 11 who received cholesterol screenings showed borderline or high results.
As summarized on ScienceDaily.com, the study was one of the largest of its kind, involving outpatient clinic visits of the Texas Children's Pediatrics Associates. It examined more than 12,700 medical records of children whose routine physical exams included screening for cholesterol.
The study's lead researcher, Dr. Thomas Seery, a pediatric cardiologist, said "The sheer number of kids with abnormal lipid profiles provides further evidence that this is a population that needs attention and could potentially benefit from treatment. But we can only intervene if we diagnose the problem."
Seery said it's important to identify kids with high levels of blood cholesterol/fats and to lower their blood values in order to stave off the chances of future disease.
The study showed that boys were more likely than girls to have elevated total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or "bad" cholesterol) and triglycerides (blood fats), but girls had lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good" cholesterol).
No surprise that obese children were more likely to have elevated total cholesterol, LDL and triglycerides, and lower HDL than were kids who weren't obese.
You don't know if your child's values are normal, of course, unless they're measured. The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute guidelines recommend universal cholesterol screening of children between the ages of 9 and 11, and again between 17 and 21. That practice is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. (See our blog, "Cholesterol Tests for Kids.")
Like all screenings, however, this one isn't without concern for overtreatment if a result isn't precisely within what's considered normal. Seery's aware of that. "There is concern by some in the medical community that children will be started on medication unnecessarily," he said. So the first line of defense against rising blood cholesterol is for youngsters to adopt a healthful diet and to exercise regularly.
Seery said that cholesterol-lowering drugs usually aren't necessary except for 1 or 2 children in 100 who have very high cholesterol, usually because of a genetic disorder. Such problems, including inherited high cholesterol, can be detected in childhood, but might be underdiagnosed. But if blood is tested at the recommended ages, it will be found.
The universal pediatric screening guidelines were initiated at the end of 2011, during the second year of the research. So one of the study's limitations might be that we don't know if testing was ordered for everybody, as a matter of course, or only for select subjects chosen for their individual risk factors or family history of premature heart disease.
Other studies have demonstrated that screening based on family history alone can overlook children who have abnormally high cholesterol. So further research is needed in order to determine how many health-care providers are following the guidelines, and how consistently they do so.


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When have you worked with the director, Beth Schachter, in the past?
Beth directed a fantastic production of my play Monkey in the Middle at Muhlenberg a few years ago. I first knew of Beth's work from BACA downtown, this groovy Brooklyn theatre, where she had done one of Suzan Lori Parks' plays. Then she had also worked with my friend and colleague the British Director Mark Wing Davey on a production of Mad Forest by the brilliant playwright Caryl Churchill. Beth was doing the kind of theatre that I admired, and she was working with theatre artists who had political and aesthetic chops—this interested me! So when she wanted to direct Monkey I was very happy about it—and then when I saw her production of Monkey at Muhlenberg and was really blown away.
How long has this play been in the works?
The amount of time that it takes to write something is a mystery. Especially as a playwright—the process needs both structured and unstructured time. The structured time involves developmental workshops and readings. I think I first told Beth of my idea for the play four years ago and we've been talking ever since. Theatre is so collaborative and a large part of making plays is finding simpatico souls. Beth has served as the dramaturg and director on all of the developmental workshops. We did a reading at Minneapolis PlayLabs, then a residence at Bard College, a workshop at Muhlenberg, then a workshop at the Blank Theatre in Los Angeles. We've also had readings over the years involving Muhlenberg Alumni as well – the cast in LA at the Blank involved several alumni.
How has it evolved?
It has morphed radically—it went through a very attenuated phase, then it got a bit bloated. I tend to underwrite then to overwrite. I write from Character and Idea, not from traditional narrative ideas. Yet, I am interested in the depiction of character that is based on verisimilitude, so the writing of this play in particular involved many layers.
What was the genesis of the play?
The play was inspired by my move to Hollywood from Cambridge, MA. I moved from a place where people walk around reading books—they are actually often READING while WALKING—to a place where there was no evidence of that kind of immersion in words, in language. Indeed, it was all about the surface, the image, and in my new neighborhood there were lots of guys hanging around. I thought they were dealers, but it turned out that they were paparazzi. I started talking with them, and I started to have sympathy for these people who are an underclass in Los Angeles—they are considered bottom-feeders.
What is the significance, for you, of the protagonist being a photographer? How does that relate to his difficulties in communicating?
There is a tension between the Written and the Seen that this play addresses especially through the character of Jack Riley.
What is significant for you about the late '70s, as a setting for the play?
Jack Riley is a photojournalist who had worked in Vietnam, and so the timing was crucial. I also wanted to place it in a time and place where photography was less sophisticated as a medium. In our time, the time of the "citizen-journalist," many of the issues are more pointed. There is probably another play to be written that will follow the daughter into her career and life as a photographer.
What has the production process been like for this show? How has it been to work with the cast? Have their insights informed the development of the play in any way?
There's this question that writers often get asked—"Who do you write for?" Gertrude Stein famously said she wrote for herself and strangers. I write for actors. I love working with actors. I have so much respect for their capacity to posit themselves into another character—the generosity and the magnitude of that act is astonishing to me. The ability to visit Muhlenberg and to sit in on rehearsals was truly helpful. The epilogue of the play was re-written due to specific ideas from watching the rehearsal process. I also love working with designers, and seeing the permutations and ideas that the designers bring to the table is fascinating.
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Nicholas The Movie
There aren't the adjectives at my command to do the justice for how incredible sexy, charming & just plain fucking hot Nicholas is! Start with those deep brown eyes, move down the chiseled, hair covered chest, over those flat abs and dead end to a deep brown jungle that tops 8 thick inches that are nothing short of a monument to masculinity.The uber tube was hard and twitching long before he even unbuttoned his shirt. The size of the tent in made in those green shorts surely tested the fabric to the limits and tested my endurance as well...this was one piece of man even I needed to see naked - and the sooner the better.He doesn't merely rub off a load but rather works every inch of that beautiful body & incredible cock until he builds up so much pressure in those swollen balls that the first jet of sperm shoot so far it lands right in his own mouth as his sweaty body trembled underneath! I can't wait to see what he does for an encore!
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Tour in the works I guess, for now here is some slop that was put together by nicole and necklacing's new drummer and bassist in between teaching them the Neck songs.
Gears are turning. A return is looming.
Necklacing is in need of help. Unfortunately our drummer no longer has the time to consistently play with us.
If you'd like to just play with us for shows when you feel like, that's cool,
If you'd like to be a consistent member and help write songs and everything, that's cool too.
- must not be a jerk
- must be able to play fast
- must be in or around Massachusetts
If interested hit up firstname.lastname@example.com
To Live A Lie Records now has several copies of the cassette, and there's a lot of good stuff there, buy a bunch of records.
If you are from Canada, Disordre Ordonne (http://desordre-ordonne.blogspot.com) now has some as well.
Thanks, Terminal Escape!
Draize. No Qualms (FL). Knife Hits (FL). Host. Necklacing.
7ish. $8ish.
Our next show and last one for some time.
Finally made it to Armageddon Boston and dropped off a few tapes. If you live in the Boston area, swing by and pick one up; or, if you would prefer, you can order one from their webstore.


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Hi Maangchi,
Lately I've been interested in cooking Korean cuisine a lot. I'm actually Filipino-Chinese but I absolutely love Korean food and it's a good thing that there are a lot of Korean restaurants and grocery stores here in Manila. I was just wondering if you can post a recipe for Jellyfish salad and a soup called Songetang (I'm not sure if it's right- it's a milky white soup with beef in it) hahaha. I'm also wondering what brand of gochujang paste you usually use.
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For more information, see the degree structure for studies at the department.
The Department also offers education for B.Sc. students from Finland and abroad aiming for a Master's degree in the following international Master's programmes:
Exceptionally qualified Master's students can apply for the department's honours programme. Students admitted to the programme are associated to one of the research groups of the department, and will have the opportunity for part-time employment during semesters in research-related work.
The Department actively focuses also on post-graduate education in all of the above research areas. See more about post-grad studies in SCI Doctoral programme pages.


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Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law is unconstitutional and thus illegal
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
To protect the right to venture out of your home (liberty) to purchase sweets for your kid brother (pursuit of happiness) and to expect to return home alive (life).
This is not a debate about US Gun Law in general.
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Mar 24 2012: Zimmerman's lawyer now admits that SYG law does not apply in this case. What a relief! I thought I was suffering from an altered state of topsy-turvy reality.
It looks like Zimmerman will now be claiming self defence - Trayvon Martin's family lawyer has challenged this saying there is no self defence against a bag of candy.
How can Zimmerman follow that? Plead guilty and seek mercy?
Mar 24 2012: why are you so much interested in this single case? zimmerman can burn in hell for all i care. our concern must be on a more general level. how to organize justice systems? are there any problem with our current ones? what is that? how to fix it? what is the root of the problems? and so on.
or even go theoretical. what about the SYG law? is it ethical or not? are you obliged to retreat when attacked? are you expected to try to reduce harm? do we need to minimize "overall" harm, if such a thing exists at all?
Mar 25 2012: are you obliged to retreat when attacked?
You're not obligated to retreat if attacked. Its Simple something you may perceive you as a threat you can take it down with any amount of force.
is it ethical or not?
It's not at least not in a country with a well trained police force like U.S.
o we need to minimize "overall" harm, if such a thing exists at all?
they're more than one way to defend yourself without killing
Mar 25 2012: You have odd views Krisztian, both extreme and contradictory - sometimes delivered in a confrontational, personal manner. Being provocative is okay in a debate so long as you're consistent in your argument, progress your argument, stay within the remit of the debate, keep your examples relivant and remain respectful - otherwise you lose credibility and people will switch off.
Mar 25 2012: Heather,
I've been reading this thread with interest and hadn't intended to post.
But now I feel compelled to, because I sincerely believe that this is a very
unfair comment. I've noted a lot inflammatory comments in this thread and
some serious factual errors, but they weren't from Krisztián. Clearly our
perceptions are different. Respectfully,
John Penn
Mar 25 2012: The facts of the case are not fully released yet,for all we know trayvon would have noticed zimmerman following him and took it upon himself to confront zimmerman.Two people suspicious of each other,one an overzealous security freak and the other thinking he was being stalked.
If the gun wasn't there then what would be the outcome?Probably zimmerman would be carrying some other weapon,a knife which would result in the same outcome but with the possibility of flight and life or a baton with a low probability of death as a result without discounting it.
A car is a transport device used to get us from A to b but in a split second this can change to a lethal force on wheels that takes alot of lives everyday but we are trained to drive these things and taught to obey the road rules and to keep our eyes peeled,of course we can't control or anticipate everything on the roads, we're only human.
The gun is a different matter,it's design is specific,it has no other purpose other than to shoot a projectile.If the training is inadequate as it is clearly seen in this case then it's the system that's at fault for not making sure that that person had enough training to understand the full impact of it's use.It takes three years for our kids here to get a car license.How long does it take for someone in the states to get their gun permit?
Mar 25 2012: what challenge would that be? all i saw was an opinion on my comments in general, with no arguments or anything backing it up.
and it is especially strange, considering that i asked the same questions that you asked in another thread a little later.
i was indeed rude ... to zimmerman. in what way does that concern you?
i try to minimize the amount of talk about myself. it is not the first time some people set themselves the task to "fix" my way of presenting arguments, instead of replying to them. i tried to tell you multiple times that it is neither relevant nor interesting. but it seems that you care more about my person than your own topic. just take some minutes to skim through my posts here to find dozens of very much on topic observations which you simply ignored. instead, you went on to talk about me. not interested, sorry.
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Vanessa v Frankie: who wore it best?
The Saturdays bandmates Vanessa White and Frankie Sandford who the same blue blazer. But who do you think looked best?
It's the ultimate fashion faux pas to wear the same outfit at an event. So you can imagine what it was like for The Saturdays bandmates Vanessa White and Frankie Sandford who turned up to an interview in the same blue blazer.
The pair turned up for an interview at a radio station in London wearing matching patterned blazers from Zara. And if that wasn't enough they both teamed their blazer with white t-shirts, dark fitted jeans and tan handbags.
But the ladies looked on the bright side of things tweeting a photo of their fashion clash with the caption 'Oops!'.
Both girls look lovely but who gets your style vote?
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Report Sheds Light on Anti-Muslim Bias
By Jon Campbell
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By Albert Samaha
87-Year-Old Inmate Granted Parole
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Weird Racist Flyer in South Brooklyn Is Weird
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New York's Shield Law Notches a Victory
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Trial Begins for $240k Bank Robbery in 1993
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The problem, at last, was that there were no hands to shake. Fernando Ferrer had made it to the Parkchester stop of the No. 6 train for his last event of the 2005 raceuncharacteristically close to the 5:30 p.m. start timeand Comptroller Bill Thompson was with him, as were Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, the TV cameras, and exhausted campaign staffers. But no commuters were coming down the steps to meet the candidate, so Ferrer could only stand next to the Rose Bengal Newsstand ("Foxwood Tickets Sold Here") and wait. "We need a train," lamented Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr. "We need a train now. Where's a train?"
It might have seemed like the last failed battle in Ferrer's losing war, were it not for the rhythmic, desperate chanting down the line of supporters who stretched toward Metropolitan Avenue. "Fernando! Alcalde! Fernando! Alcalde!" they cried. "Fernando, tranquilo! El pueblo está contigo!" they shouted earnestly into the megaphone as salsa clanged from the sound trucks and a woman with a Puerto Ricanflag handbag danced, a friend shook maracas, and everyone laughed.
It was a party out there in the east Bronx, noisy and furious, just hours before their man was going to concede a 20-point loss.
The lesson of the 2005 mayoral campaign, according to conventional wisdom, is that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's victory marks a triumph of non-ideological competence over old-fashioned ethnic appeal. This conclusion is curious, because before the last few days of the race Ferrer made no such appeal. He was a pioneer who never talked about his pioneering, and neither did anyone else.
The Ferrer campaign consisted mostly of appearances with big-name Democrats and policy announcements, not storm-the-barricades speeches in the streets of El Barrio. He ran commercials in Spanish, sure, but so did Bloomberg. The most forceful bid Ferrer made to any sort of identity politics was about party identity, namely his effort to depict Bloomberg as a true-red Republican in a city that's five-to-one Democratic. As for Ferrer's late-stage resurrection of the "other New York" theme, it referred to class differences. But you wouldn't know that from talking to his opponents.
"It was clearly about race," Herman Badillo, a four-time mayoral hopeful who switched from Democrat to Republican and backed Bloomberg, tells the Voice. "He could have said, 'It's blacks, Latinos, people from all over the world.' He never made that distinction clear at all. And I think that most people in the city considered that to be an ethnic appeal."
But if anything, some Latinos think Ferrer neglected their community. "The year before this election there should have been . . . posters in Queens. There should have been a lot more activity. There was not," journalist and unsuccessful City Council candidate Felipe Luciano told WBAI last week. "Many Puerto Ricans in East Harlem, which is where I live, criticized Freddy's lack of appearances here, lack of appearances in the Puerto Rican community, and his lack of real fundraising efforts on a grassroots level."
It's interesting that Latinosand Luciano's not the only one to make the complaintthought Ferrer had abandoned them, while the white establishment thought Freddy was counting too exclusively on the ethnic vote. It's also strange that Freddy's talk of "the other New York" was seen as ethnic code when the perennial campaign mantra about middle-class New Yorkers is usually treated as color-blind. And it's very curious that despite getting roughly 70 percent of the Latino vote (reducing Bloomberg's share from four years ago), The New York Times dubbed Freddy's unstated ethnic appeal a failure.
"It's not monolithic," says El Diario columnist Gerson Borrero, often a critic of Ferrer, about the losing candidate's support from Latinos, "but who the hell is monolithic in the face of the millions of dollars spent by Mayor Bloomberg?"
Ferrer's flaws were obvious, and his campaign's mistakes were legion. Never a great orator, he stuck stubbornly to scripted answers, read his speeches instead of delivering them, and sometimes sounded rather bored by what he said. Some of the Democrats who endorsed Ferrer delivered such lukewarm praise that their backing may have hurt more than helped. Ferrer developed more policy ideas than he got credit for, but he was never able to make them stick in people's minds. Sometimes his positions were contradictoryhe pressed for affordable housing but opposed the mayor's push for more residential space at ground zero. The Diallo remark was overhyped, but deeply dumb; the Bloomberg/GOP ties were valid targets, but overdone.
And Bloomberg, despite being an incumbent mayor, spent nearly $70 million. According to the latest financial tallies by the Campaign Finance Board, Bloomberg dished out about $90 a vote this year, and Ferrer a bargain-basement $16.27. The mayor spent four times more on ads than Ferrer spent on everything. Despite all that, the turnout was so low that Bloomberg re ceived fewer votes citywide in 2005 than in 2001. On the other hand, between the September 13 primary and the November 8 general election, Ferrer doubled his vote count in the Bronx and more than doubled it citywide.
Hours before the votes were in on Election Day, as volunteers milled around Bronx County Democratic headquarters at Westchester Square, Ferrer's people were mostly resigned to defeat but thought the real story of this race was how well their candidate did, all things considered: He arguably won both debates, he moved affordable housing to the forefront of the race, and he pulled in almost every big-name Democratthe Clintons, Kerry, Dean, Edwards, Obama, Spitzer, Sharpton, et al.to campaign with him.


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Life, Love and Inspiration Abroad
If you are a woman, if you are a person of colour, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you're a person of size, if you're a person of intelligence, if you're a person of integrity, then YOU are considered a minority in this world. And it's gonna be really hard to find messages of self-love and support anywhere, especially women's and gay men's culture. It's all about how you have to look a certain way or else you're worthless. You know when you look in the mirror and you think "Ugh I'm so fat, I'm so old, I'm so ugly," don't you know that's not your authentic self but that is BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of dollars of advertising - magazines, movies, billboards - all geared to make you feel shitty about yourself so that you will take your hard earned money and spend it at the mall on some turn-around cream that doesn't turn around shit… To have self-esteem is truly an act of REVOLUTION.
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While I agree that the US has not yet become a full blown fascist state, I think your commentary severally understates how far we have gone in that direction.
The line between the "private" and "public" sectors as are establishment refers to them…
It's hard to work with a definition of fascism based solely on history because the examples of governments most widely regarded as 'fascist' (Germany, Italy, Spain, possibly Japan) were so different from each other. Fascism has never been a consistent ideology, even within individual countries it's hard to make out a definitive strain of fascist thought. Look at Italy, they were monarchists, they were republicans, they were syndicalists, they were capitalists. It's like Mussolini said, "fascism is 100% reaction".
I'd almost say that calling the present system in the US fascist gives fascism credit where it isn't due. The US system is far more stable and better equipt to sustain itself than any fascist one has been. How long did the longest fascist state last? As far as the ruling class were concerned, fascism was a quick means to an end - if Hitler hadn't been so successful in gaining support from the working class the bourgoisie would have quitely deposed him in 1935, with a mansion and a title and the honour of being remembered as the man who saved Germany.
In my view, fascism is just what liberal capitalism looks like when it's in crisis, preferably with a war economy. It is always the bourgeoisie's last resort and will never leave their playbook. Even when there is no crisis, the ruling class will always wisely pander to a small fascist movement, willing to do their dirty work when the traditional methods fail.
This is why the fight against fascism is not a 'single issue' It's one important front in the fight for working class self emancipation.
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Say you're sorry for getting mad about us burning your holy book.
Holy shit.
I can just imagine the outrage if there were mass burnings of the bible, and the number of people advocating the next crusade.
"war on christianity, rah!"
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If in the year 2000 the U.S. president had told the American people that the government would soon begin using robot planes to track people, including U.S. citizens, all over the world, and would reserve to itself the right to detain and kill them…
As we've been noting, corporate profits have made it back to their pre-recession heights (even if corporate tax revenue hasn't followed suit). In fact, in 2011, corporate profits hittheir highest level since 1950. But as Bloomberg News noted today, this hasn't translated into wage growth or more purchasing power for workers:
Companies are improving margins and generating profits as wage growth for the American worker lags behind the prices of goods and services…While benefiting the bottom line for businesses, the decline in inflation-adjusted wages bodes ill for the sustainability of economic growth as consumers may eventually be forced to cut back. […]
Of the 394 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index that have reported since Jan. 9, earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 increased 5.1 percent on average and beat analyst estimates by 3.2 percent. Some 70 percent of the companies have posted better-than-projected results.
This pattern has become all too familiar during the slow economic recovery. In fact, real wages fell in 2011, despite record corporate profits. "There's never been a postwar era in which unemployment has been this high for this long," explained labor economist Gary Burtless. "Workers are in a very weak bargaining position."
Between 2009 and 2011, 88 percent of national income growth went to corporate profits, while just 1 percent went to wages, a stat that is "historically unprecedented."
– The administration is proposing a top corporate income tax rate of 28 percent, lowered from its current 35 percent.
– The top tax rate for domestic manufacturers would be 25 percent.
– The plan would implement a minimum tax on overseas profits, as President Obama proposed in his most recent State of the Union address. The minimum tax would limit the ability of corporations to exploit low-tax havens like the Cayman Islands. The U.S. currently loses more to corporate profit shifting than it spends on several federal agencies.
– The plan would pay for the rate reduction by eliminating credits, loopholes, and deductions, including those for the oil and gas industries. Obama's budget already proposed eliminating 12 tax breaks to oil, gas, and coal companies, saving $41 billion over 10 years.
– The plan would raise $200-$300 billion, depending on which baseline is used, as it would pay for the extension of a host of tax credits — such as the R&D tax credit — that are usually extended without pay-fors. As the Washington Post's Ezra Klein explained, "their definition of revenue neutral is closer to what the corporate tax code actually says, but it's about $200 billion above the Joint Tax Committee's baseline."
The U.S. already has the second lowest effective corporate tax rate in the world, and is raisinghistorically low amounts of revenue from the corporate income tax. In fact, corporate tax revenue is at a 40 year low, according to the Congressional Budget Office, even though corporate profits have rebounded to their pre-recession heights. And the U.S. effective corporate tax rate is low compared to other developed economies, while U.S. corporations are taxed less than their foreign rivals, as these charts show:
However, despite these numbers, the plan does not aim for an increase in revenue, above that which would allow for the extension of some credits to be paid for. "Everyone agrees on the basic principle of lowering rates in exchange for eliminating loopholes," said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "However, I think it is important that the target be some increase in tax revenue." Otherwise, the burden of deficit reduction will fall upon middle-class and low-income Americans and the services upon which they depend.
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So you support Palestine? You support the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah drop bombs on Israeli schools, homes, and school buses? That's sick.
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Rob Kardashian probably wishes he was in the news for reasons other than his breakup with pop star Rita Ora and nasty behavior toward sister Kim ... But thanks to the magic known as another episode of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami, we got another inside look at the Kardashian bro's life, and it's all sorts of gloomy!
Khloe revealed on the show that Rob had been stressed throught his relationship with Rita, which really did a number on his self-esteem. And Rob confessed that during the year he was with his ex, "All I did was waste a lot of money and gain 40 pounds." Eep! Then, to make matters even worse, he began coping with the aftermath of his breakup by having random sexual encounters in Miami. What a mess. Not that my heart exactly goes out to him, but the guy has clearly been suffering from depression ...
Low self-esteem and depression -- whether circumstantial or chemical -- is no joke, and its ability to pack on the pounds is something we don't seem to talk about frequently enough. Instead, we point to overeating, "stress" eating, laziness, the weather. In other words, whatever is on the surface instead of dealing with the tougher, deeper-seated issues.
It actually drives me mad that national weight loss programs or shows like The Biggest Loser rarely address our mental and emotional health as major factors that contribute to weight gain. By ignoring it and focusing exclusively on calories in and calories out -- not body image, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, etc. -- we're just asking for trouble to come back and haunt us down the road.
Case in point: Now that Rob has supposedly taken the bull by the horns and started eating better and working out, he's still very obviously suffering from a toxic self-image. Earlier this week, he tweeted, "This is what fat boy now has to eat for breakfast today. So much fun! Lol. Cardio time! http://instagr.am/p/V-FC5JJx1b/ "
Healthy breakfast, check. Intense workout, check. Addressing the big picture behind the weight gain? Still very much on the to-do list ...
How has your mental and emotional health affected your weight?
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Rob has already admitted to OCD and anxiety issues. He probably is depressed-poor guy!
2 years of untreated depression/anxiety (because I'm an emotional eater) caused me to gain 80 lbs. and then antidepressants caused me to gain another 30 lbs.
my husband died a year ago and immediately I lost 30 lbs and now I've gained that back plus a little more:(
I completely agree with you, Maressa. We need to focus more on whats going on with people emotionally and mentally. I'm personally an emotional non-eater(it goes both ways) and lost 20 pounds in a matter of months a couple years ago when numerous friends died in a short period of time, my dog died, I miscarried and all on top of already being chemically depressed, ocd, anxious and paranoid.


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Peeing Standing Up - for girlsby ~neptune729
Hey! If you're reading this page, chances are you're a girl, and you want to learn how to pee standing up. But if you're not eager to learn to do it already, then take a minute to read these awesome reasons why you should learn before leaving this page!
Why pee standing?
- Well, boys do it. So why let boys have an unfair advantage over girls? For many years boys have been peeing while standing, while girls have had to squat and sit. These days girls have forgotten how to. They just assume that it's a basic biological difference between boys and girls, and that peeing sitting down is just one of those things girls have to do. Well, it isn't - as this deviation proves! You can pee standing up just as easily as you can sitting down - and just as easily as any boy.
- Know what really annoys girls who are sisters? When you go out on a family outing- hiking, camping, in the woods, on the beach, or a long road trip - and you and your brother both have to pee. You might go behind a bush, or a tree, or between parked cars, or (hoping there's no CCTV watching!) against that old building with mom and dad keeping watch. Your brother just undoes his zipper and takes a pee… but you have to pull your jeans and underwear down and squat. If you could do what your brother can, then wouldn't it make long journeys much more comfortable? Plus, you wouldn't have to let the outside world see anything but your pee stream itself - imagine the embarrasment if someone caught you with no pants on taking a pee, and compare that to someone seeing just a yellow stream!
- Dirty toilet seats. I bet every girl who can't pee standing up hates squatting over these. I'd much rather stand up!
Okay. Convinced? If not, don't fret - girls have got by for many years having to pee sitting down, and if you'd rather stay that way, that's okay. But things can change! I bet most girls who visit this page would agree it would be better if girls learned to pee standing up. That way they could finally become better than boys at EVERYTHING - including peeing! - they could avoid dirty toilet seats, and could easily relieve themselves outdoors without having to show too much off. Who knows? Perhaps if enough girls learn to do this, someday there will be urinals in the girls' toilets at school. And who knows what will happen then?
A word of warning…
Okay, so you wanna pee standing up. Cool! Just a few warnings before you're ready to start.
Remember that you've probably never done this before - or you might have tried it as a little kid and made a big mess! Remember a girl having her first standing up pee at the age of [insert your age here] is like a boy doing it for the first time at two. You will almost certainly make mistakes the first few times you do it - you're very lucky if you escape with no accident worse than a little dribble down your leg first time, So don't try peeing through the zipper on your best trousers at school before you've got practice - unless you want a wet uniform! A good first place to practise aiming is in the bath or shower, naked - if you aren't in the majority who pee in the shower already this may sound disgusting, but fresh pee is totally sterile and has no germs in it - the smell's caused by a chemical, not bacteria, and it cannot harm you. Besides, you can just wash your pee away down the plughole when you've finished! Once you're confident in aiming, then move on to doing it at a toilet - with newspaper on the floor! Then try getting rid of the newspaper. Then try it with some old, unused underwear. Then you might like to try it through a zipper for the first time. And once you're absolutely confident, then you can finally take a leak boy-style in your best school trousers. Practice makes perfect!
So how do I do it?
Aha! Finally, I'm gonna teach you how to pee standing up. Ready?
1) Get your clothes out of the way. This means lifting up your skirt, or unzipping your fly, or pulling pants or shorts down a little bit at the front. You don't need to move them much - just a few inches will do it. Pretend you've got a zip fly for any pants or shorts, and pull them down at the front to about as far as your imaginary zip would extend.
2) Pull your underwear to one side. If you're right handed, I suggest doing this with your left hand. If left handed, I suggest doing it with your right. This is because you'll need your main hand to do something else in a little bit!
3) Make a V-shaped "peace" sign with your dominant hand, and stick it down your zipper/pants/up your skirt. Slide your fingers carefully into your labial opening and hook them around the little folds of skin inside. Once you're holding them, you should find that you can move your private parts around just as easily as a boy can move his. This way, you can aim your pee stream. Finding out how to aim takes a little practice! I suggest trying out "target practice" - aiming at the shower plughole while practicing, for example - or aiming at a little piece of paper in the toilet. It sounds crazy, but little boys train by this method and it really works - as you might learn when you have a kid!
4) Once you're unzipped and aimed, have a pee! Aaaah… relief feels good! You might be surprised at just how far you can squirt and how well you can aim your stream. Many girls are amazed to see a yellow arc of pee coming from them, or to hear the tinkle of pee hitting the toilet water without the sound being altered by your butt on the seat. These strange new aspects of peeing are what boys see every time they have a pee - you'll get used to it!
If you've mastered all that, congratulations! You can now pee pretty much exactly like a boy. If you were to pee next to a boy after a lot of practice, you'd look pretty similar - your pee streams would be coming out the same way. You'd be able to write your name in the snow and have "pee swordfights" with boys and other girls who knew how to pee standing and so on. Mastering the skill is only the beginning - you may get used to seeing and hearing and feeling yourself pee while standing the same way a boy does, but for endless fun can be had from your new-found ability - ask any boy and you'll soon realise that you could get up to all sorts of mischief while leaving their mark! Soon you'll be able to write your name in yellow letters in the snow, or do a million other things - but I'll leave that up to you. Have fun and keep standing!


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Tracey Williams, one of the founders of the proposed Quest Academy Charter High School, said Monday that she and others have filed an appeal with the New Jersey Supreme Court to challenge the Superior Court's recent denial of their fifth application to open the school in Montclair.
Williams also said that she hopes to hear a decision soon on the group's sixth application.
In short, despite the fact that the state has rejected five applications, supporters of a charter school in Montclair say they are intent to fight on.
"We decided to seek the opinion of a higher court. We retained a law firm that specializes in appeals. Attorney and partner of the firm, Michael Confusione, filed a petition to the N.J. Supreme Court asking it to review the Superior Court's decision," she said. "We are waiting for the Supreme Court's decision on that."
In their appeal, the founders of Quest explained their reasons for wanting to open the school:
The founders sought to open the charter school because for several years Montclair's public high school had failed to meet educational standards (persistently scoring poorly in standardized tests)—a failure visited most acutely on Montclair's minority and economically-disadvantaged students. The Department of Education had previously found that Montclair's public high school was "not functioning for all students." According to the 2010 New Jersey School Report Card, there was a staggering achievement gap at Montclair High School, with economically-disadvantaged and minority students scoring well below their white counterparts. 64 percent of economically-disadvantaged students failed to score proficient in mathematics, for example, as compared to 94.6 percent proficiency for white students.
Earlier this year, Williams was told by state Department of Education officials that there were deficiencies in Quest's application—its fifth—submitted in the fall of 2011. Officials claimed that the application suffered from an "overall lack of quality." For example, they said the application proposed a plethora of educational initiatives that are "disconnected" from the needs of students.
Yet Williams still insists that more needs to be done in the Montclair community to ensure that all students are college- and career-ready.
"We also know that these constant denials are politically motivated," she said recently. "I can say with much certainty that these rejections have nothing to do with the 'strength of the educational plan, the capacity of the founders to implement the plan, or even a clearly articulated community need'."
The Quest application had been strongly criticized by former Montclair Superintendent Dr. Frank Alvarez, as well as by many parents in Montclair. They have expressed fears that the school would siphon money away from the public high school.
who takes over as superintendent on Nov. 1, also has expressed opposition to a charter school.
What do you think? Do you think the founders should continue their fight for a charter school in Montclair?


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Hiking Boots Winter Trend
Stop wearing oxfords and derbies. Only kidding, these are two footwear staples that every man should have. Since it's winter time though, and it's probably starting to rain and/or snow depending on where you currently are in the world, it makes sense to give the oxfords and derbies a little rest for the season and instead give this winter footwear trend, the mighty hiking boot, a shot.
Why the hiking boot? 3 reasons:
1. The hiking boot is quite versatile. At first glance hiking boots might look like they can only be worn for treacherous outdoor expeditions, but you can definitely wear them for more relaxed adventures in the city. They obviously work well for a casual look with jeans and a parka or bomber jacket, but they work surprisingly well with a dressy ensemble as well.
2. Perhaps the main advantage of wearing hiking boots is protection from the winter elements. Whether it be snow or rain, this rugged footwear will keep your feet dry, and would actually look better with a bit of scruff; that's why for days with harsher weather, save your polished oxfords and derbies and put these boots on.
3. Hiking boots add more character to your outfit. A dapper classic look from head to toe will always be appreciated, but that doesn't mean you can't get playful with your footwear. Add a bit of street style to a traditionally dressy outfit by pairing the ensemble with colorful hiking boots.
Before you go ahead and invest in this season's "it" footwear, here are some things to keep in mind about hiking boots. It takes some time to get used to wearing boots, especially if you're only used to wearing shoes that cut at the ankle. It's going to feel awkward walking in them at first, with the collar wrapping around above your ankle, but you will get used to the feeling. Like any other boots, hiking boots will be heavier than your standard dress shoe or sneaker. What else can you expect from the thicker, more rugged soles? Because of the thicker collar that is characteristic of this boot variety, you might have to change how you style your pants with them. Depending on what type of pants you're wearing, you might want to give them a bit of a cuff just to show a hint of the boots' collar, or let the pants casually bunch up at the top of the boots.
As for suggestions, here are our 5 favorite hiking boots on the site:
(L-R) DSquared2 Lace-Up Hiking Boot, Santoni Cool City Boot, Fendi Mario Zucca Hiking Boot, Ralph Lauren Cadell Buffalo Boot, Danner for J. Crew Light Timber Boots
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B.A. George Washington University
M.S. George Washington University
Ph.D. University of Calgary
Postdoctoral: Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
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Positions: Professor, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, SFU
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Associate Member of the Department of Biological Sciences, SFU
Associate Member of the Department of Cell and Physiological Science, UBC
Molecular Cardiac Physiology Group
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The long-term goals of our research are to assess the biophysical sequelae of identifiable sodium channel mutations and substitutions that lead to changes in cellular excitability and toxin resistance.
The sodium channel is a crucial component in electrically excitable cells throughout the animal kingdom and constitutes the primary basis on which electrical impulses are founded in nerve and muscle cells. Its function requires an exquisite balance between its various gating properties as well as its ion selectivity. These properties are based on a sequence of amino acids that imparts voltage-sensitive mobility and sodium ion selectivity to the molecule's ornate structure. Both the complexity and importance of the sodium channel has made it an ideal target for toxins, medicinal and recreational drugs, and the molecular basis of heritable neurological, muscular, and cardiovascular disease states. Using a unification of molecular and biophysical approaches, our research leads to a more complete understanding of the structure-function relationships within the sodium channel molecule. In so doing, we relate channel availability to a variety of disease states including idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, epilepsy, nondystrophic myotonia, and periodic paralysis, and the pharmacological alleviation of these conditions.
The general aims of our research are to explore the biophysical properties of sodium channels that regulate their availability. We have discovered that sodium channel availability, and thus cell excitability, is most heavily dependent on steady-state inactivation, a phenomenological process that is comprised of the physical states of fast and slow inactivation. Although fast inactivation has been well defined, slow inactivation is still an elusive process and thus forms a primary target of my laboratory's work. Recently, we have discovered that defects in deactivation are a consistent theme underlying non-dystrophic myotonia.
The specific experimental aims of our research are:
- to explore the molecular determinants and biophysical underpinnings of diseases of excitability in cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, and neurons;
- to use toxin resistance in sodium channels as a marker for adaptation and parallel evolution;
- to determine the interactions between activation, deactivation, fast inactivation and slow inactivation in the regulation of sodium channel availability and the contribution of sodium channels to cell excitability, the responsiveness of cells to excitatory synaptic input, and the production of action potentials.
In pursuit of these goals, we use PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis, heterologous expression in Xenopus oocytes and HEK293 cells, patch clamp electrophysiology to measure ionic currents, cut-open oocyte electrophysiology to measure ionic and gating currents, and site-directed fluorescence labeling to measure molecular movements.
Recent Publications:
- Abdelsayed, M.*, S. Sokolov, and P.C. Ruben. 2013. A thermosensitive mutation alters the effects of lacosamide on slow inactivation in neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels, NaV1.2. in press, Frontiers in Pharmacology.
- Jones, D.K.*, T.W. Claydon, and P.C. Ruben. 2013. Extracellular protons inhibit charge immobilization in the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel. Biophysical Journal 105(1):101-107.
- Sokolov, S., C.H. Peters*, S.Rajamani, and P.C. Ruben. 2013. Proton-dependent inhibition of the cardiac sodium channel, NaV1.5, by ranolazine. Frontiers in Pharmacology 4:78.
- Peters, C.H.*, S. Sokolov, S. Rajamani, and P.C. Ruben. 2013. Effects of the antianginal drug, Ranolazine, on the brain sodium channel NaV1.2 and its modulation by extracellular protons. British Journal of Pharmacology 169(3):704-716.
- Jones, D.K.*, C.H. Peters*, C.R. Allard, T.W. Claydon, and P.C. Ruben. 2013. Proton sensors in the pore domain of the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288:4782-4791.
- Vilin, Y.Y., C.H. Peters*, and P.C. Ruben. 2012. Acidosis differentially modulates inactivation in NaV1.2, NaV1.4, and NaV1.5 channels. Frontiers in Pharmacology 3(109):1-21.
- Egri, C. and P.C. Ruben. 2012. A Hot Topic: Temperature Sensitive Sodium Channelopathies. Channels, 6(2):75-85.
- Egri, C. and P.C. Ruben. 2012 Action Potentials: Generation and Propagation. In: eLS 2012, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/
- Egri, C.*, Y.Y. Vilin, and P.C. Ruben. 2012. A thermoprotective role of the sodium channel β1 subunit is lost with the β1(C121W) mutation. Epilepsia, 53:494-505.
- Jones, D.K.*, C.H. Peters*, S.A. Tolhurst*, T.W. Claydon, and P.C. Ruben. 2011. Extracellular proton modulation of the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel, NaV1.5. Biophys. J. 101:2147-2156.
- Lee, C.H.*, D.K. Jones*, C. Ahern, M.F. Sarhan, and P.C. Ruben. 2011. Biophysical costs associated with tetrodotoxin resistance in the sodium channel pore of the garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 197(1) 33-43.
- Lee, C.H.* and P.C. Ruben. 2008. Interaction between voltage-gated sodium channels and the neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin. Channels 2(6):407-413.
- Sun H, Varela D, Chartier D, Ruben PC, Nattel S, Zamponi GW, Leblanc N. Differential interactions of Na+ channel toxins with T-type Ca2+ channels. J Gen Physiol. 2008 Jul;132(1):101-13.
- D.K. Jones and P.C. Ruben Biophysical defects in voltage-gated sodium channels associated with Long QT and Brugada syndromes Volume: 2 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 70 - 80
- Kole, M.H.P., S.U. Ilschner, B.M. Kampa, S.R. Williams, P.C. Ruben, and G.J. Stuart. 2008. Action potential generation requires a high axon initial segment sodium channel density maintained by anchoring to the actin cytoskeleton. Nature Neuroscience 11(2):178-186.
- Groome, J.R., M.S. Dice, E. Fujimoto, and P.C. Ruben. 2007. Charge immobilization of skeletal muscle sodium channels: role of residues in the inactivation linker. Biophysical Journal. 93:1519-1533.
- Dice, M.S., T. Kearl and P.C. Ruben. 2006. Methods for studying voltage-gated sodium channels in heterologous expression systems. in Methods in Molecular Medicine: Cardiovascular Disease. Volume 2, Chapter 11, pp 163-185. ed. Qing Wang. Humana Press, New Jersey, USA.
- Geffeney, S.L. and P.C. Ruben. 2006. The structural basis and functional consequences of interactions between tetrodotoxin and voltage-gated sodium channels. Marine Drugs 4: 143-156.
- Salvador-Recatala, V., W.J. Gallin, J. Abbruzzese, P.C. Ruben and A.N. Spencer. 2006. A potassium channel (Kv4) cloned from the heart of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis and its modulation by a KChIP subunit. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:731-747.200
- Groome, J.R., E. Fujimoto and P.C. Ruben. 2005. K-aggravated myotonia mutations at residue G1306 differentially alter deactivation gating of human skeletal muscle sodium channels. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 25:1075-1092.
- Geffeney, S.L., E. Fujimoto, E.D. Brodie, III, E.D. Brodie, Jr., and P.C. Ruben. 2005. Evolutionary diversification of TTX-resistant sodium channels in a predator-prey interaction. Nature 434:759-763.
- Dice, M., J. Abbruzzese, J. Wheeler, J. Groome, E. Fujimoto and P.C. Ruben. 2004. Temperature-sensitive defects in paramyotonia congenita mutants R1448C and T1313M. Muscle and Nerve 30:277-288.
- Locher C.P., P.C. Ruben, J. Gut, P.J. Rosenthal. 2003. 5HT1A Serotonin receptor agonists inhibit Plasmodium falciparum by blocking a membrane channel. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 47:3806-3809.
- McCollum, I.A., Y.Y. Vilin, E. Spackman, E. Fujimoto and P.C. Ruben. 2003. Negatively charged residues adjacent to IFM motif in the DIII-DIV linker of hNaV1.4 differentially affect slow inactivation. FEBS Letters 552:163-169.
- Groome, J.R., E. Fujimoto and P.C. Ruben. 2003. Charged residues in the DIII-IV linker regulate deactivation in voltage-gated sodium channels. Journal of Physiology 548:85-96.
- Geffeney, S., E.D. Brodie, Jr., P.C. Ruben and E.D. Brodie, III. 2002. Mechanisms of adaptation in a predator-prey arms race: TTX-resistant sodium channels. Science 297: 1336-1339.
- Groome, J.R., E. Fujimoto, L. Walter and P.C. Ruben. 2002. Charged residues in DIVS4 of skeletal muscle sodium channels have differing roles in deactivation. Biophysical Journal 83:1293-1307.
- Vilin, Y.Y. and P.C. Ruben. 2001. Slow inactivation of sodium channels: Mechanisms, interactions and associations with channelopathies. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 35:171-190.
- Vilin, Y., E. Fujimoto and P.C. Ruben. 2001. A single residue differentiates between cardiac and skeletal muscle sodium channel slow inactivation. Biophysical Journal 80:2221-2230.
- Vilin, Y.Y., E. Fujimoto and P.C. Ruben. 2001. A novel mechanism associated with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) mutations R1232W and T1620M in human cardiac sodium channels. Pflüegers Archives 402:204-211.


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On September 10, the Over-the-Counter Derivatives Regulators Group (ODRG) issued a report providing an update to the Group of 20 (G20) on its progress in resolving over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives cross-border...more
On September 16, 2014, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its first seven of 15 deliverables under the OECD/G20 base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project (the 2014 BEPS Package)....more
Technology companies frequently possess an international tax footprint before expanding their domestic tax footprint. That may soon change as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and its G20...more
After years of anticipation, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in July 2013 issued more than 300 pages of "guidance" ostensibly to assist market participants in understanding the breadth of the extraterritorial...more
On March 31, the OTC Derivatives Regulators Group (ODRG) issued a report that identifies remaining over the counter (OTC) derivatives cross-border implementation issues...more
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- SEC Requests Comment on FINRA Rules
- CFTC Issues Interpretation Regarding Auditor Independence Standards
- OTC Derivatives Regulators Group Issues Report to G20
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Six months have elapsed since the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its 15-point action plan to address Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). During this time, OECD has been working...more
The list of Non-Cooperative States has been expanded to include Jersey, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands. As from 1 January 2014, sums paid into these states are subject to a withholding at the source of 75% and are no...more
On October 15, 2013 the Swiss signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.
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At last month's summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, G20 leaders backed two ambitious proposals issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including the establishment of a global model for the...more
At the most recent meeting of the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on July 19 & 20, 2013 they said "We are committed to automatic exchange of information as the new, global standard and we fully support the OECD...more
The recent meeting of the G-20 countries, produced an agreement titled "Exchange of information: Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters". One of the key provisions calls for a global exchange of banking...more
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The OECD's Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA) has published its Action Plan to address Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). This sweeping international effort aims to combat a comprehensive range of international tax...more
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued an "Action Plan" to tackle "Base Erosion and Profit Shifting" ("BEPS") on 19 July 2013. The concept of BEPS covers a range of international tax...more
The OECD released its Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) on Friday. The BEPS initiative was launched earlier this year at the request of the G20 to counter alleged abuses by multinational corporations to...more
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Click on any one of the above months in order to browse LRSU news items throughout 2009.
News is updated at the beginning of every month.
Launch of digital Speed Limit Map
LRSU launched a digital speed limit map of London to help drivers keep their driving speed within the law. The map is available to download for FREE from the TfL website and can be integrated onto satellite navigation devices.
LSCP launches "Learning Zone" resource online
LSCP launched "Learning Zone", a new online and hard copy Key Stage 3 and 4 resource. The resource offers teaching resources (lesson plans, worksheets, factsheets and an interactive game) linked into the English, PSHE and Citizenship Curriculum. Available from the LSCP website, the resource has also been sent out FREE in hard copy to all Keystage 3 and 4 schools in London.
Report on mobile phone and seatbelt usage in London
LRSU published "Mobile phone and seat belt usage rates in London 2008". The report summarises the findings of a survey monitoring the wearing of seat belts by drivers and passengers and the mobile phone use by drivers in London.
LSCP hosts collision reconstruction
LSCP teamed up with the Sutton road safety unit, the Metropolitan Police, the London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade to host a collision reconstruction. Held in the Town Centre, the half-term event drew a large crowd. Engineering staff from the LRSU played the role of collision victims, enabling them to experience the kind of collision their safety engineering schemes help to prevent.
Re-launch of "Kid Again" multimedia campaign
"Kid Again", a joint LRSU and LSCP multimedia campaign was relaunched. Aimed at young drivers who speed, drive without insurance or under the influence of drugs, the campaign involves cinema, online, bus back and billboard adverts. The key message is: lose your licence and you're a kid again.


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By Dustin Rowles | Trailers | October 8, 2009 | Comments ()
I just want to try something really quick here, for funsies. I want everyone that's reading this post to take a few minutes and watch these two new trailers back-to-back.
When you're done, write down how it made you feel. I think we should see some interesting results:
Makes your brain feel funny, huh? Yeah. That's the blood loss. You'll get used to it. I'd recommend writing your blood type down on a Post-It and sticking it to your chest, just in case.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Oct. 10, 2013) – Rutgers Athletics announced that most of the hospitality areas for the 2013 football season are sold out. Tickets are no longer available for the Audi Club, Family Zone, Party Deck and Recruiting Terrace.
Fans can still purchase tickets to the Block R Party, presented by Miller Lite, for the home games against Cincinnati (Nov. 16) and USF (Dec. 7). The parties for the Houston and Temple games are sold out.
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Product Porch reopens it's doors Thursday night, August 9th with TNT:Live Local! Thursday Night Thing (TNT) Live:Local celebrates the art and culture of San Diego. There will be live music, drinks, food trucks, art activities and more. Come check it out from 7-10PM. www.mcasd.org for details.
PRODUCT PORCH is an experimental retail collaboration between Specific Merchandise and Vitrine at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.Blaire Dessent & Brooks Hudson Thomas are taking over the MCASD museum shop in the Downtown MCASD location at 1001 Kettner Blvd.
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Scarborough Society to visit National Book Festival
July 25, 2014 The Scarborough Society and the Shepherd University Foundation are sponsoring a bus trip to the 14th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. more »»
Coffee and Conversation
July 25, 2014 Members of the community are invited to join friends and neighbors on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 10:30 a.m. to learn more about our "Village" Shepherdstown Area Independent Living (SAIL. more »»
Historical Society to host picnic
July 25, 2014 The annual Jefferson County Historical Society picnic will be held at Gap View Farm, 371 Gap View Farm Lane (off of Old Route 9 about 1-1/2 miles north of Home Depot) beginning at 5:30 p.m. more »»
Kid's Entrepreneur Day planned
July 25, 2014 Kid's Entrepreneur Day will take place on Saturday, July 26, at Morgan's Grove Market, located at 3988 Kearneysville Pike in Shepherdstow. more »»
Audubon offers workshop on shorebirds
July 25, 2014 The Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) will sponsor a Natural History Workshop on shorebirds this summe. more »»
Shepherd's Martinsburg Center to host shredding open house
July 25, 2014 Shepherd University's Martinsburg Center will host a Shred It and Forget It Open House Saturday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon at the center, 261 Aikens Cente. more »»
Wildlife of the Appalachian Trail comes to Harpers Ferry
July 25, 2014 Join the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) and the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center (BRWC) for the educational program "Wildlife on the Appalachian Trail (A.T.)" on Saturday, July 26 at 10 a.m. more »»
Calendar of Events July 25
July 25, 2014 SHEPHERDSTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY A free family-friendly movie will be shown behind the Shepherdstown Library at dusk on Friday, August first. Please bring a blanket or lawn chairs. more »»
CATF Humanities to host artificial being "BINA48"
July 25, 2014 The Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University's Humanities series will host speaker Bruce Duncan and artificial intelligence unit Bina48 for a lecture on Bina and the Evolution... more »»
Shepherdstown to host 2nd annual Dogfest Weekend
July 25, 2014 The historic town of Shepherdstown, will once again celebrate the Dog Days of Summer with its second annual "DogFest" the weekend of Aug. 9-10. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. more »»
That's one lucky duck
July 25, 2014 Good Shepherd Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers drew attention to their organization once again as they hosted the 4th annual Rubber Duck Race in Shepherdstown July 19. more »»
West Virginians look at Carbon Rule
July 25, 2014 Local residents considered the impact the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA), new rule on carbon will have on West Virginia during a panel discussion held in Shepherdstown last wee. more »»
'Hollow' shared at Capitol Building
July 25, 2014 The interactive documentary, "Hollow," that was launched June 20, 2013 , examines the future of rural America through the eyes and voices of those living in McDowell County, West Virgini. more »»
A Farm to Fork First
July 25, 2014 Shepherdstown hosted it first "Farm to Fork" event Sunday evening, celebrating local food and local farms. more »»
Turning around America's young artists
July 25, 2014 A pair of art educators visited Shepherdstown last week on a voyage to "turn around America," through children's art programming. more »»
A local first: PRIDE
July 24, 2014 Pride will be on display this weekend as the Eastern Panhandle's Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Alliance hosts its first ever "PRIDE" event at Morgan's Grove Park,... more »»
Rotary Exchange Program Opens Doors
July 24, 2014 At a meeting of the Shepherdstown Rotary Club, Camille Thomsen, a 17-year-old high school student from Denmark reflected on her last 11 months spent learning and growing in the U.S. more »»
Backbending Yoga Workshop at Jala Yoga-Charles Town
July 24, 2014 Jala Yoga will offer a backbending workshop at its Charles Town location, 307 West Washington Street, on Sunday, July 27 from 2-4 p.m. more »»
New I/DD Waiver Agency serving the Eastern Panhandle
July 24, 2014 American Family Matters, LLC (AFM) is a new agency that serves the physically and intellectually disabled of all ages who are on the I/DD waiver program in Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan counties... more »»
Shepherdstown Farmers Market announces fundraising event
July 24, 2014 The Shepherdstown Farmers Market Association (SFMA) features fresh farm products from local farmers and Shepherdstown vendors on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. more »»