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Utica, NY -- A federal judge Friday withheld decision on whether to throw out a Syracuse homeowner's lawsuit over the rising cost of his flood insurance.
U.S. District Judge David Hurd listened to arguments for about 90 minutes in the case of Gordon Casey against Citibank and Midland Mortgage.
Casey, 59, of 121 Hartson St. sued over his mortgage lenders' decision to base his flood insurance on the replacement cost of his home. Casey's insurance premium jumped from $325 a year when he bought his home 10 years ago to $1,478 this year.
Casey claims the lenders breached his contract with them and violated federal truth-in-lending laws.
Citibank hiked Casey's insurance premiums by demanding his coverage be based on 80 percent of the home's replacement cost. When Midland took over the mortgage, it demanded coverage of 100 percent of the replacement cost.
Casey's home has a market value of about $68,000, according to city assessors. But his insurance company set his replacement cost -- the amount it would cost to build the house from scratch -- at $237,349.
Casey is the lead plaintiff in a class-action suit over the issue.
Lawyers for Midland Mortgage contend the increased costs were in keeping with Casey's mortgage agreement. They said the contract required him to insure against floods in the amount that Midland required, and that if he didn't do that, Midland could buy the insurance for him.
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The senior deduction is small potatoes compared to the exclusion from income of employer paid health insurance. It is unfair to those who pay their own costs and to employees and their employers who pay different premiums. Oregon could significantly lower our high income tax rates by taxing health, and still raise some additional revenue if necessary after the PERS fix.

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Trip Goodall is leaving his post as the head of high school programs at Portland Public Schools to become the interim superintendent of the Canby School District in Clackamas County.
Samuel "Trip" Goodall took over as the director of high school programs in 2011, shortly after a controversial "high school redesign" process closed Marshall High School and converted Jefferson High School into a magnet program.
"I am sad to lose Trip as a leader in our school district," Superintendent Carole Smith said in a release. "I will miss his thoughtful and principled advocacy for students and his support for our high school leaders."
Previously, he worked as a director of special programs at Deer Park School District in eastern Washington. Goodall has worked in education since 1987 and won the Great Northern League Distinguished Principal Award in 2007.
Goodall will succeed John Steach at the Canby School District, which enrolls about 5,000 students in eight schools.
PPS administrators have not announced who will replace Goodall, or any structural changes that may result from his departure.
District officials must also fill the position of chief academic officer, after Sue Ann Higgens announced she will be moving to the human resources department.


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NYPIRG, the League of Women Voters and the Brennan Center for Justice were billed among the sponsors of the 10-minute noontime protest, which attracted about 15 people at the building's East Washington Street entrance.
The groups want lawmakers to ensure that ethics, lobbying and campaign finance watchdogs are independent and powerful, to fairly allocate resources and money for district projects among themselves, and to have an unbiased panel redraw district lines so elections will be more competitive.
They also called for financial reforms including closing obsolete public authorities, setting up an independent fiscal watchdog and putting the government's budget books on line.
To curb the power of special interests, lawmakers should end "pay to play" for lobbyists and potential contractors, lower campaign contribution limits, close contribution loopholes, and bolster the role of small contributors, the groups said.


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When it opened on June 21, 1921, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlantic City was the epitome of posh living. Every detail of the structure exuded wealth and status, from the faucets for fresh or salt water in every guest room to the private elevators for beachgoers to the grand staircase and elegant ballroom.
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Michael Crossey
"As Ohio goes, so goes the nation." How many times have we heard that phrase as part of presidential election politics? On Nov. 8, the adage proved itself true again. Citizens in Ohio acted.
They voted to repeal a law designed to strip teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public employees of their collective bargaining rights, reduce their health insurance and eliminate other legal protections and benefits.
Ohio lawmakers passed it at the request of Gov. John Kasich. Before he signed the bill in March, he said, "The nation is watching us in Ohio." The nation is watching Ohio. And we should pay attention to what this extraordinary vote says about the state of our politics. This isn't just a victory for public employees.
It is a victory for America's middle class. And more than anything else, it is a victory for the people who give authority to the governments that represent them. In Ohio, the people spoke — loudly and clearly. They said: "enough." I hope this message carries from one coast to the other. And I hope elected officials in Pennsylvania hear it. What does this mean?
It means that lawmakers who want to dismantle public employee unions are out of step with the people they represent. Public employees aren't the enemy. They are middle-class Americans who work hard, pay their bills and serve their communities.
It means that the extreme agendas of a few officeholders do not square with the wants and needs of the vast majority of the people. People want good-paying jobs, secure retirements and the resources to provide for their families. It means that elected officials would do well to listen to the voters before they make decisions that take our communities, states and nation in the wrong direction.
Here in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Corbett's agenda is just as unpopular as Gov. Kasich's. Gov. Corbett wants to give taxpayer dollars to private schools through tuition vouchers. Two-thirds of the people oppose it. He cut $860 million from our public schools. Two-thirds of the people oppose that, too. Instead, more than 80 percent of Pennsylvanians want smaller class sizes, full-day kindergarten and more tutoring programs. They want to repair our crumbling roads and bridges. And they want to tax natural gas drillers who are squeezing revenues from the Marcellus Shale that lies under our commonwealth.
But because of the governor's brutal school funding cuts, class sizes are increasing and tutoring programs are closing. Transportation funding initiatives have been postponed. And bills to impose taxes or fees on Marcellus Shale drillers are frozen in the General Assembly.
The situation in Washington, D.C., is not much different. There, bills to put Americans back to work through the American Jobs Act are stalled in the U.S. Senate. Half of the senators refuse to even bring them to a vote even though 63 percent of Americans support what they include: payroll tax cuts, road construction and extended unemployment benefits. So, where does this leave our politics?
Looking to Ohio, an historic bellwether of our national political center, I think I can tell.
This leaves us where we should begin any conversation about what is good for the American people — with the people themselves. Our nation's Constitution begins with the words "We the People." The people spoke in Ohio. They are speaking nationwide. And they are speaking here in Pennsylvania.
Let's listen. Let's do what is right for working people, public school students and the Americans who devote their lives to giving all of us a safe, bright future. This is the people's government. The people are telling us what they need. Let's hope our elected officials are listening.
Michael Crossey is a special education teacher in the Keystone Oaks School District and president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association.


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ConAgra Foods Employees Nationwide Pack More Than One Million Meals to Help End Child Hunger
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NEWSROOM: ConAgra Foods Inc.
CAMPAIGN: Citizenship at ConAgra Foods: Good for the Community
CONTENT: Press Release
Omaha, Neb., April 24, 2013 /3BL Media/ – From April 5-19, ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) employees from more than 40 locations participated in the company's third annual Week of Service to help fight child hunger in the communities where they live and work. More than one in five children in this country may not know where their next meal is coming from,1 and children who experience even intermittent struggles with hunger may suffer serious, long-term consequences to their health, well-being and educational achievement.2 Throughout the Week of Service, employees volunteered nearly 7,000 hours, doubling the amount of hours volunteered during last year's Week of Service. They packed meals, served hot lunches and sorted food at food banks to help local families in need. The economic value of the hours volunteered equates to about $150,000.3
"Doing our part to help end child hunger in America has been our focus for 20 years, and our employees' passion and commitment to this cause grow stronger every year," said Kori Reed, vice president, Cause and Foundation. "Child hunger exists in every county in the United States, so this is truly a cause that everyone can rally around, no matter where they live."
A large part of ConAgra Foods' Week of Service was the company's support of Kids Against Hunger's Million Meal March, an international food-aid event. Nine ConAgra Foods locations across the U.S., including Omaha, Neb., Council Bluffs, Iowa, Grand Rapids, Minn., Lakeville, Minn., Maple Grove, Minn., Menomonie, Wis., Milton, Pa., and Oakdale, Calif., combined efforts to pack one million meals that were subsequently distributed to local families in need.
"This was the first time a partnership of this scale has existed, where employees across multiple locations nationwide joined with Kids Against Hunger volunteers to pack food for their local communities," said Nick Yaksich, co-founder of Kids Against Hunger. "We're proud to partner with ConAgra Foods, an organization that so passionately pursues ending child hunger, to make an impact at the local level."
Highlights from ConAgra Foods' Week of Service include:
- Omaha, Neb.: Nearly 800 employees volunteered for the Kids Against Hunger Million Meal March event to pack meals for families in Omaha. Additionally, Omaha employees volunteered more than 600 hours at Food Bank for the Heartland throughout the week, where they sorted food and packed nearly 9,000 backpacks for distribution throughout the community.
- Bentonville, Ark.: Employees from ConAgra Foods' Bentonville office worked with the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank to fill 5,500 bags with 14,000 pounds of food donated by ConAgra Foods. The bags will be distributed to local school children through the Samaritan Community Center's Snackpacks for Kids program.
- Naperville, Ill.: Nearly 400 employees participated in over 20 events at several area food pantries. On April 5, more than 100 Naperville employees partnered with Kids Against Hunger volunteers to pack 40,000 meals that will be distributed to local families.
- Kennewick, Wash.: Nearly 50 employees volunteered more than 180 hours at the Second Harvest Mobile Food Bank to distribute food to 360 families.
"To be able to give back to the community in which we live, not just financially, but physically, really puts our area's needs in perspective," said Amber Jones, Human Resources generalist, ConAgra Foods. "The passion, commitment, and willingness to do whatever it takes to help the community make me feel so proud to be a part of ConAgra Foods. Anyone can help, and everyone is encouraged to do so. It's absolutely amazing."
"Milton team members have built and expanded community service projects over the years, and our Week of Service event this year took us to a new level of involvement and personal satisfaction," said John Wolfe, Human Resources manager, ConAgra Foods. "The volunteers for our service day all told me how much they appreciated being involved and giving of their personal time to help others. Multiple people said, 'Let's double our output for next year.' It's just great to see our people come together for the fight against child hunger."
Commitment to ending child hunger
ConAgra Foods' Week of Service is just one component of the company's commitment to raising awareness of and ending child hunger. For 20 years, ConAgra Foods and the ConAgra Foods Foundation have provided funds, expertise and food to fight child hunger. Since 1993, the company and its Foundation have collectively provided more than 302 million pounds of food and invested more than $37 million in capacity building, child hunger programs and groundbreaking research. The Foundation, a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity primarily funded by the company, is in the midst of a $10 million, 5-year commitment to Feeding America, the largest donation ever made to Feeding America specifically to fight child hunger.
Families can easily do their part to help end child hunger by participating in ConAgra Foods' Child Hunger Ends Here program. Consumers nationwide can look for specially marked packages of 19 select ConAgra Foods brands, including Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Healthy Choice®, Hunt's®, Marie Callender's®, Manwich®, Orville Redenbacher's®, Peter Pan® and Snack Pack®, then visit www.ChildHungerEndsHere.com or Facebook.com/ChildHungerEndsHere to enter the eight-digit code found on the package. For each code entered, the equivalent of one meal4 will be donated to Feeding America. Codes can be entered through August 2013.
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's largest packaged food companies. Its balanced portfolio includes consumer brands found in 97 percent of America's households, the largest private brand packaged food business in North America, and a strong commercial and foodservice business. Consumers can find recognized brands such as Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Egg Beaters®, Healthy Choice®, Hebrew National®, Hunt's®, Marie Callender's®, Orville Redenbacher's® popcorn, PAM®, Peter Pan®, Reddi-wip®, Slim Jim® beef jerky, Snack Pack® and many other ConAgra Foods brands, plus food sold under private brand labels, in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise, club and drug stores. ConAgra Foods also has a strong commercial foods presence, supplying frozen potato and sweet potato products, as well as other vegetable, spice, bakery and grain products to a variety of well-known restaurants, foodservice operators and commercial customers. ConAgra Foods operates ReadySetEat.com, an interactive recipe website that provides consumers with dinner ideas and more. For more information, please visit us at www.conagrafoods.com.
1USDA, Household Food Security in the United States in 2011, ERR-141 (Sept. 2012)
2 http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/impact-of-hunger/child-development.aspx
3 http://www.independentsector.org/volunteer_time
4 A monetary donation will be made to help provide one meal through Feeding America's network of food banks, up to a maximum of 3 million meals for codes entered through 8/31/13. Guaranteed minimum donation: 1 million meals ($125,000). Valid in U.S. only. $1 donated = 8 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local food banks.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Local Republican official Elbert Peters is asking Republicans to attend today's Madison County Commission meeting to oppose "exorbitant" salary increases proposed by outgoing Democratic Commissioner Jerry Craig for more than two dozen of Craig's employees.
Craig, who leaves office in November after seven terms, is proposing pay increases for 26 District 3 employees, according to supporting agenda documents furnished by Peters. Many of the proposed raises are 10 percent salary increases, but four are more than 20 percent, including one of 38 percent.
"Who else gets a 38 percent pay increase?" Peters said Sunday afternoon.
The commission meets at 10 a.m. today on the seventh floor of the Madison County Courthouse.
Peters said he hopes to have as many Republicans as possible at the meeting to show that they don't approve the "exorbitant pay raises" proposed by Craig.
Peters said he takes issue with the number of employees being considered for a raise and that Craig is proposing the salary increases in the last weeks of his tenure on the commission.
Asked if Craig is trying to take care of employees before he leaves office, Peters said, "It looks that way."
Craig couldn't be reached for comment Sunday.
Most of the proposed pay raises are connected to proposed promotions for the district employees, the documents show.
Some of the large percentage pay increases involve smaller amounts of real dollars. For example, an employee up for promotion from utility laborer II to utility laborer III would see a 38 percent salary increase from $21,881 a year to $30,180, documents show. An equipment operator up for promotion to a higher grade equipment operator would get a 28 percent raise from $24,752 per year to $31,699.
"Why would you have promotions right at the end of your term?" Peters asked.
Peters said in an email that the proposed salaries total about $125,000 a year.
"The cost to Madison County taxpayers during the lifetime of these employees could be in the millions of dollars," Peters said in the email.
The documents show that the proposed pay raises for all of the employees meet guidelines established by the commission, have been approved by personnel officials, and that the money is available in the District 3 budget to pay for the raise.
"Just because the money is available for this, doesn't mean it should be spent for this," Peters said.
He said the proposed salary increases are another example of government bureaucracy.
He said a friend told him, "There's no end to the good that do-gooders can do when they're doing it with other folk's money."


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Operation Trident (1971)
|Operation Trident
|Part of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
|Commanders and leaders
|Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda
Commander Babru Bhan Yadav
|Rear Admiral Hasan Ahmed
CDRE Hanif Ali
CDRE Patrick J. Simpson
|Units involved
|Indian Navy
|Pakistani Navy
|3 Vidyut class missile boats
2 anti-submarine Arnala class corvettes
|Unknown number of ships
|Casualties and losses
Minesweeper PNS Muhafiz sunk[6][7]
Operation Trident and its follow-up Operation Python were naval offensive operations launched on Pakistan's port city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Operation Trident resulted in the first use of anti-ship missiles in combat in the region,[11] and only the second worldwide (the first being the sinking of the Eilat) as well as the first sinking of naval vessels during hostilities in the region since World War II.[6] India celebrates its Navy Day annually on 4 December to mark this operation.
Karachi housed the headquarters of the Pakistani Navy and almost the entire Pakistan Navy fleet was based at Karachi Harbour. Karachi was also the hub of Pakistan's maritime trade, meaning that a blockade would be disastrous for Pakistan's economy. The defence of Karachi harbour was therefore paramount to the Pakistani High Command and it was heavily defended against any air or naval strikes. Karachi received some of the best defence Pakistan had to offer, as well as cover from strike aircraft based at two airfields in the area.
Operation Trident was planned under the leadership of Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda. The detailed plan for the operation was masterminded by then Fleet Operations Officer of the Navy, (later Vice Admiral) Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani.[12] The Indian Navy's Vidyut class missile boats, had limited range. So the plan for Operation Trident called for towing the missile boats towards Karachi and including a refuelling tanker in the task force to enable the task force to return to Indian ports.[13] The Vidyut class vessels were each armed with four SS-N-2B Styx surface-to-surface missiles with a maximum range of 40 nmi and a firing system linked to long-range MR-331 Rangout radars.
Operation Trident[edit]
On 4 December, the Indian Navy launched a fast naval strike on the Pakistan Naval Headquarters (PNHQ) of Karachi.[14] The task group for the operation consisted of three Vidyut class missile boats, INS Nipat (K86), INS Nirghat (K89) and INS Veer (K82) from the 25th "Killer" Missile Boat Squadron, escorted by two anti-submarine Arnala class corvettes, INS Kiltan (P79) and INS Katchall (P81), and accompanied by a fleet oiler, INS Poshak.[6][14] The task group was led by the Commanding Officer of the 25th Squadron, Commander Babru Bhan Yadav, embarked on INS Nipat.
As per the operational plan, the task group reached 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of Karachi and stayed in the area during the day, outside the range of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft. The plan was to attack Karachi at night because most PAF aircraft did not possess night-time bombing capability.[15] In the evening on 4 December, Kiltan and the three missile boats approached Karachi, evading Pakistani reconnaissance aircraft and surface patrol vessels.
At 2230 hrs PST, the task group converged about 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of Karachi detected Pakistani targets, analysed as warships 45 miles to the northwest and 42 miles to the northeast.
Nirghat then steered towards and engaged the northwesterly target and after verification, fired the first SS-N-2B Styx missile at the destroyer PNS Khaibar, which was on patrol. Khaibar mistook the missile to be an aircraft and engaged it with its Bofors anti-aircraft guns. The missile struck Khaibar on the starboard side and exploded below the aft galley in the electrician's mess deck at about 2245 hrs PST. The ship immediately lost propulsion and was plunged into darkness and the No. 1 boiler room exploded, engulfing the ship in thick black smoke. Khaibar sent out an emergency transmission to PNHQ which read "Enemy aircraft attacked in position 020 FF 20. No 1 Boiler hit. Ship stopped." The transmission sent incorrect coordinates of the ship's position, which resulted in delays in rescuing the survivors later. With the target still afloat, at about 2249 hrs, INS Nirghat fired a second missile, which Khaibar saw approaching and again engaged with anti-aircraft guns. The missile struck the No. 2 boiler room on the starboard side, sinking Khaibar.[10]
At 2300 hours, Nipat engaged two targets to the northeast approaching Karachi. Verifying the targets, Nipat launched one Styx missile each at the MV Venus Challenger and her escorting destroyer, PNS Shah Jahan (DD-962).[9][10] India has claimed[10][16][17] that Venus Challenger was carrying ammunition for Pakistan from the United States forces in Saigon, South Vietnam. The ammunition on Venus Challenger immediately exploded as the missile struck, sinking her about 26 nautical miles (30 miles; 48 km) south of Karachi.[16] The other missile hit Shah Jahan, which was badly damaged and later scrapped without returning to service.[7][8][10]
At 2320 hours, the minesweeper PNS Muhafiz, was targeted by a Styx missile from Veer. The missile hit Muhafiz on the port side abaft the bridge, instantaneously disintegrating the vessel before she could send a transmission to the PNHQ.
Continuing toward Karachi, Nipat locked on to the oil storage tanks at the port of Kemari from 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of the harbour. She fired two missiles at the tanks. One of the missiles misfired, while the other hit the tanks, which were burnt and destroyed, causing heavy loss.[6] The task force then withdrew towards Bombay.[6]
Operation Trident was noted for introducing the first ship-launched missiles in South Asia into combat.[6]
Overall, the Indian Navy's missile attack was carefully planned and executed well. The attack achieved complete surprise and was a shock to Pakistan's Armed Forces Command. A disjointed and haphazard rescue operation was launched to locate and recover survivors of PNS Khaibar, while PNHQ was not aware of the sinking of PNS Muhafiz. PNHQ learnt of the fate of Muhafiz from her survivors who were rescued when a patrol vessel steered towards her burning flotsam while searching for survivors from the Khaibar.[citation needed]
Pakistan Airforce retaliated to these attacks by bombing Okha harbour scoring direct hits on fuelling facilities for missile boats, ammunition dump and the missile boats jetty.[18][19] The Indians were ready for this and had already moved the missile boats to other locations to prevent any losses.[16] The destruction of the special fuel tank, however, prevented any further incursions until Operation Python, 3 days later.[16]
The Pakistan Navy, on high alert as a result of the operation, raised a number of false alarms in the ensuing days about the presence of Indian Navy vessels off Karachi. One such false alarm was raised by a Pakistan Navy Fokker Friendship reconnaissance aircraft on 6 December 1971 which reported a Pakistan Navy frigate as a missile boat by Indian Navy.[14] The PNHQ requested a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) air strike on the supposed Indian ship. At 0645 hrs, fighter jets were scrambled which strafed the vessel before it was identified as Pakistan Navy's own frigate PNS Zulfiqar, which suffered casualties and damage as a result of this friendly fire.[14]
Operation Trident was considered an enormous success for the Indian Navy with no casualties or damage to the Indian task group,[6] which returned safely back to Indian ports. The success of this operation prompted another successful attack on Karachi on 8 December 1971, known as Operation Python.[14]
The Indian Navy celebrates its Navy Day on 4 December, to mark the operational victory.
A number of Indian Navy personnel were honoured with gallantry awards for the operation. Then Fleet Operations Officer and later Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani, was awarded the Nausena Medal for the detailed operational planning.[12]
Maha Vir Chakra[edit]
- Commander Babru Bhan Yadav, for planning and leading the task force.
Vir Chakra[edit]
- Lieutenant Commander Bahadur Nariman Kavina, commanding officer of INS Nipat[20]
- Lieutenant Commander Inderjit Sharma, commanding officer of INS Nirghat
- Lieutenant Commander Om Prakash Mehta, NM, Commanding Officer of INS Veer
- Master Chief M. N. Sangal, INS Nirghat
- S.M.Nanda (2004). The Man Who Bombed Karachi. HarperCollins India. ISBN.
- ^ a b "BLOCKADE FROM THE SEAS". THE INDIAN NAVY AT WAR: 1971. bharat-rakshak. Retrieved 27 October 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Our superiority will prevail". Rediff News. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ "China's pearl in Pakistan's waters". Asia Times. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ Mustafa, Malik Qasim. "MARITIME SECURITY: THE ROLE OF PAKISTAN NAVY". Strategic Studies. The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Indo-Pakistani War of 1971".
- ^ a b c d Hiranandani, G. M. (1965–1975). Transition to triumph: history of the Indian Navy. Barnes&Noble.
- ^ a b Petrie, John N. American Neutrality in the 20th Century: The Impossible Dream. DIANE Publishing. p. 110.
- ^ a b c "Anti-Shipping Strike Combat Losses – Post 1966". Warship Vulnerability. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Harry, B. "Trident, Grandslam and Python: Attacks on Karachi". Pages from History. Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 28 October 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "K83 Vidyut (Sov Osa-I) , K90 Viyut (Sov Osa-II)". Global Security. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Vice-Admiral Hiranandani cremated with full Naval honours". The Hindu. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ "Indian Navy's War Hero passes away: Cmde Babru Yadav led the Missile Boat Attack on Karachi in 1971".
- ^ a b c d e "Trident, Grandslam and Python: Attacks on Karachi".[dead link]
- ^ "How west was won…on the waterfront".
- ^ "1971 War: The First Missile Attack on Karachi". Indian Defence Review. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "Illustrations: Trauma and Reconstruction 1971-1980".
- ^ "Pakistan Air Force Combat Experience". Global Security. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Vir Chakra". Indian Navy.[dead link]
External links[edit]
- The attack as seen from a "virtual newspaper" from the time[dead link]
- Youtube video of Op Trident & Python


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Mariners Tops in American League in Recycling
For the second consecutive season, the Seattle Mariners have been named the American League Recycling Champions by Major League Baseball. The Mariners bested all other A.L. teams and were just edged out by the San Francisco Giants, the National League Recycling Champs, or the coveted Green Glove Award as the top recycling in MLB.
In 2013, the Mariners recycling rate was 90.94%. We diverted 1,547 tons of waste from the landfill. The largest category was compostables, at 46%, or 782 tons. Food waste made up 33% of that total, and yard waste was 13%. We also recycled 297 tons of concrete and steel from last year's offseason renovations to Edgar's Cantina and relocation of the outfield walls.
Here's a link to more information about the Mariners sustainability efforts.


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MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) — Smoking pot can help relieve muscle tightness, called spasticity, and pain in people with multiple sclerosis, a new, small study suggests.
"Spasticity is a major problem [in multiple sclerosis]," explained study author Dr. Jody Corey-Bloom, director of the University of California, San Diego Multiple Sclerosis Center. "People get very tight and it hurts, it feels like charley horses."
Medicines are available, but they don't help everyone, she added.
In the study, Corey-Bloom and her colleagues looked at 30 multiple sclerosis patients with muscle tightness who weren't helped by conventional medicines, and discovered they found relief by smoking pot. "Smoking pot reduces the spasticity by about a third compared to patients on [an inactive] placebo," she said.
The study is published in the May 14 issue of the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
More than 400,000 people in the United States have multiple sclerosis, or MS, a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Symptoms can be mild, such as numbness, or much more severe, such as paralysis and vision loss.
Experts don't know the cause of multiple sclerosis. Research is focusing on the immune system, genetics and other factors.
Over the years, Corey-Bloom had heard some of her patients who smoked pot tell her it helped ease the symptoms of their disease, but she was skeptical. Research in medical literature was mostly on cannabinoids given orally, she said. And the studies tended to rely on subjective measures, just asking the patients if their symptoms improved.
So, she decided to do some research using smoked cannabis.
The average age of the 30 adults studied was about 50 years. Two-thirds needed walking aids, and one-fifth used wheelchairs.
Corey-Bloom randomly assigned the men and women to smoke either marijuana or a placebo joint once daily for three days. They did so in a special, well-ventilated research room.
After an 11-day "washout" period, the men and women returned for another session. Again, they smoked either the marijuana or a placebo once daily for three days. This time, they were assigned to the opposite group.
Before and after each session, the researchers measured the participants' muscle stiffness using an accepted scale. They also evaluated pain levels, tested certain thinking skills and looked at fatigue levels.
On average, the patients had about a three-point reduction on the spasticity scale. "It's a modest effect," said Corey-Bloom.
"It also reduced the patients' perception of pain," she added. Pain scores showed a 50 percent decrease in perceived pain.
Downsides included increased fatigue, she said. Cognitive (thinking) skills also declined in the pot-smoking participants. "There were some short-term, modest effects on cognition — primarily attention and concentration," she noted.
The pot probably works, she said, by acting on special receptors in the brain involved in controlling muscle spasticity.
Nicholas LaRocca, vice president of health care delivery and policy research at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, said the study was well done.
"For people with MS, spasticity is a major problem," he said. "Although treatments are available, they don't work for everyone with MS."
While the study showed good short-term effects of the cannabis, LaRocca said, "the study does show that smoking marijuana is not a long-term solution, because of the cognitive effects."
People with multiple sclerosis are already likely to have cognitive defects, he noted.
"We need to continue to search for not only other medicines for plasticity, but nonpharmacologic treatments," LaRocca said.
The study was funded by the University of California's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research.
A typical marijuana cigarette has 0.5 grams of marijuana, according to ProCon.org, a nonprofit that discusses controversial issues such as medical marijuana. Average patient cost is about $8.57 per joint, it said.
To relieve spasticity, people with multiple sclerosis can also ask a physical therapist to show them exercises, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Another option is to get braces or splints prescribed to keep the leg in a more normal position and improve spasticity.
More information
To learn more about multiple sclerosis, visit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
SOURCES: Jody Corey-Bloom, M.D., Ph.D., professor, neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, and director, UCSD Multiple Sclerosis Center; Nicholas LaRocca, Ph.D., vice president, health care delivery and policy research, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York City; May 14, 2012, CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
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At a time when the entire Gulf coast is still endangered by the oil from BP's blown out well, the state of Louisiana unfurls a new state flag with a bleeding pelican. This surely is a happy coincidence, pure serendipity, because the new flag perfectly symbolizes why the oil disaster happened.
The blood drops added to the pelican on the state flag are supposed to represent how the state sacrifices itself for us, its citizens. Well Louisiana, we little chicks are too smart for you. We know the blood is flowing not for us but for the oil and gas industry that you have pulled yourself apart to serve.
This is not just an image. The state has actually been disintegrating as it panders to the interests of an industry that greedily consumes coastal wetlands and the communities that depend on them.
Since the discovery of oil in Louisiana in 1901, we've lost more than 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands. Why? Well, the state has allowed the oil and gas industry to dig thousands of miles of canals straight through the wetlands for pipelines and navigation to wellheads.
The state has been bleeding to death for the last century, and the blood has gone straight to oil and gas corporations. We the chicks are starving, and each year our nest grows smaller by 25 square miles.
We must act now. We must demand that the oil and gas industry pay to fix the damage it has caused through a century of extracting oil and profits from the very land of Louisiana.
The state will say no. The state will say too many jobs depend on oil and gas. The state will continue tearing apart its breast until it bleeds in order to feed the industry, not the people.
Let's change the flag again. Keep the blood, but make it black. Replace the chicks with BP, Exxon, and Shell. Then the flag flying over our state government will be accurate. And each year, erase a small part of the pelican, until the mother's gone, and the chicks fly away.
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New Orleans


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FARMINGTON, Conn. — Students at Connecticut's four regional universities and 12 community colleges will pay higher tuition and fees starting this fall under a plan that includes a hiring freeze on administrative positions.
The state's Board of Regents for Higher Education adopted the tuition increases at its meeting Thursday, where the board's two student representatives cast the only dissenting votes.
About 95,000 students attend the community colleges and the state's Central, Southern, Eastern and Western Connecticut State universities.
For community college students, the 3.1 percent increase will equal about $108 extra.


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lonely Gosling?
It's hard to picture Ryan Gosling doing a folding-chair dance with the other members of the Backstreet Boys, but apparently that was almost a reality.
The Gos says that he and Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean used to live in the same apartment building when they were much younger, and Ryan would tease A.J. that the Backstreet Boys were a New Kids rip-off and would never be successful. How wrong he was!
Ryan Gosling Was Almost a Member of the Backstreet Boys!
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When the Boys got big, Ryan apparently called A.J. — perhaps to see if they could use a sixth member — but A.J. never called him back. Ouch.
A.J. now says this was all a misunderstanding. He says he didn't mean to ignore Ryan but just didn't have his number.
And now A.J. says he'd love for Ryan to join the group. However, we're thinking Ryan — who actually got his start in the Mickey Mouse Club — is doing okay on his own. And perhaps, if Ryan had joined the boy band years ago, he never would have been taken seriously as an actor. So it seems like everyone won.
Looks like you can add A.J. to the endless list of people who would love to have Ryan Gosling's phone number.
Nahhh. He is better than that. He is an extremely good actor. And handsome. The Backstreet Boys? Ha.
I thought I read somewhere he turned them down...maybe not lol
Id do a train Lmao!


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Board and Batten Hallway Design Board
In the summer of 2010, I overcame my fear of power tools put up board and batten in our living room. It was life changing. Ok, so life changing is an exaggeration, but it was room changing. I love looking back at my old posts on HGTV's Rate My Space and seeing how our home has evolved since 2007. Over the past few years, our home has gone from being dark, masculine and traditional to
Driftwood Heart Art {A Tutorial}
I really could use some sunshine and sand right now. And a fruity drink with a little paper umbrella would be quite nice, too. 🙂 All I could think about while making this driftwood heart was how much I look forward to going to the beach with my family this summer. Since summer is 146 days away (yes, I'm counting), this little piece of coastal-inspired art will have to suffice. I fell in love with
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Andrew Pacheco has been carrying the load all season.
Now, it's time for the Warren Hills Regional High School 285-pounder to get a little selfish.
"I always liked the individual tournaments," the Blue Streaks' sophomore said. "A lot of pressure comes with wrestling dual meets. There were a lot of times this season when coach (Jarrett Hosbach) would tell me, 'we need six (points) from you here,' before I went out (to wrestle). Now, I get to just concentrate on the guy in front of me."
Pacheco will be the No. 2 seed at 285 pounds when the NJSIAA District 1 Tournament begins 5:30 p.m. Friday at Warren Hills with the quarterfinals. The tournament resumes at 11 a.m. Saturday with the semifinals, followed by third-place consolations at 2 p.m. and the championship finals at 4.
The top three finishers at each weight class will advance to the Region 1 Tournament next week at Wallkill Valley.
At 6 foot, 3 inches and 275 pounds, Pacheco looks like a prototypical heavyweight. Which, in most cases, means a slowed-down scoring approach that often leads to fans clearing the gym when the big men take the mat.
That would be a big mistake this weekend because Pacheco, along with the rest of the District 1 heavyweight field, is far from prototypical.
Top-seeded Ryan Appleby of Belvidere, fourth-seeded Jarrett Williams of Phillipsburg and third-seeded John Martinez of Mount Olive make up one of the deepest 285-pound classes in memory.
The field got even deeper with the return of North Warren's Chris Longyhore. The Patriots senior has been out of action all season while trying to get his weight down to be eligible at 285.
Longyhore was a district runner-up as a sophomore and placed fourth a year ago, dropping a 3-2 decision to Phillipsburg's Anthony Pare in the semifinals before losing to Appleby 4-1 in overtime in the consolation finals. Longyhore owns a 3-2 decision over Pacheco in last season's Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament.
"Chris had a lot (of weight) to drop to get to 285," North Warren coach Matt Parzero said. "He's been with the team training to get back for districts."
Pacheco faces the seventh-seeded Longyhore in the quarterfinals.
"Obviously, 285 is a very tough class in our district," Hosbach said. "We have to make sure we are at our best each round to earn that ticket to regionals."
After a modest 9-6 freshman campaign, Pacheco is 26-5 and is regarded as one of the best big men in The Express-Times area.
"Being a (football) lineman, you need to be able to hand fight and use your leverage against your opponent -- two skills that are used constantly in wrestling," Hosbach said. "Andrew does both really well."
Pacheco has played everywhere on the offensive line, defensive tackle, linebacker and even fullback for the Blue Streaks' football team. He is currently ranked No. 2 in The Express-Times region.
"I think the sky is the limit with Andrew's potential," Hosbach said. "He is a quick learner and a hard worker in the practice room. And he is obviously not afraid of the weight room."
Pacheco's resume includes a pair of victories over Williams (12-10 in the H/W/S Tournament final, 9-7 in dual meet) that have upped the anticipation of a possible rematch this weekend.
"He has some classic battles with Jarrett Williams," Hosbach said. "I think what makes these match-ups really special are that both guys wrestle the entire time instead of the usual push-and-shove heavyweight match."
Chapter 3 would have to come in the final. That is, if Pacheco gets by Longyhore and Martinez.
Williams, who knocked off Pacheco over the summer, will have to defeat Appleby in the semifinals -- if he can defeat Mendham's Matt Fox in the quarterfinals.
Williams (24-6) defeated Appleby 7-5 in overtime at H/W/S, while Pacheco lost 13-7 to Appleby on Dec.21.
"I'm really excited," Pacheco said. "The whole bracket looks really tough, but these are the matches I love to wrestle. The goal is to go as far as possible. That means winning the whole thing. I have to be confident in myself and assume I can beat anybody that comes in front of me."


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INDIANAPOLIS – There was a time when people around the league didn't appreciate Brandon Spikes' ability to make plays.
The evidence of his skill existed on the film reels from his days at the University of Florida, but talent evaluators became fixated on 5.06 40-yard dash time he posted at the scouting combine.
It didn't matter that he finished his collegiate career with 307 tackles -- placing him seventh all-time in the SEC – or that he was a two-time consensus All-America selection, his name wasn't called until New England selected him with the 62nd pick of the 2010 NFL Draft.
"I think it was all about the 40 yards in a straight line," Spikes said. "It is what it is. I'm not regretting anything that happened."
At least now he isn't.
Spikes will suit up for the New England Patriots at linebacker during Sunday's Super Bowl against the New York Giants and has since put all doubts to rest, but the wounds from being snubbed in the draft are still raw and serve to motivate him today.
"You go to college, you get up every morning, five o'clock, you're grinding, you want to be the best of the best," Spikes said. "I just felt like I played so hard. I put my whole heart into this game and I felt like it was overlooked. Bill (Belichick) gave me a chance and I play hard every day."
That mentality is evident in Spikes' style of play every time he takes the field, and he's emerged as one of the Patriots' chief run stoppers.
He's appeared in 10 games this season, including playoffs, and has recorded 47 tackles and 21 stops -- defined by Pro Football Focus as being a solo tackle that results in a failure for the offense.
Spikes has saved his best play for the postseason, where he's made 15 tackles and had a key interception in the AFC Championship game as the Baltimore Ravens threated to push into field goal range in the fourth quarter.
Moments such of those have made it easy for Belichick to remember why he took a chance on Spikes in the first place.
"Brandon's a very instinctive player and catches on quickly," Belichick said. "He just kind of knows where the ball is and sometimes it's not exactly the way you would coach it in terms of the keys and what his footwork and steps and all that would be, but he has a good ability to find the ball and know where the play is."
The only problem is that injuries and immature decisions have cut into Spikes ability to get on the field. He was issued a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's drug policy last year, and knee and ankle injuries wiped out half of his season this year.
It goes without saying that those experiences have been hard on him.
"Mentally, it just drained me. Every day you got to be up early getting treatment. It ain't like you're getting treatment getting ready to practice," Spikes said. "It's just a slow process watching film with your teammates. You're seeing them on film every day. You don't get to see yourself. It just kind of became depressing after a couple weeks went by."
Working through those hard times have helped Spikes to get to where he is today, and he credits a conversation he had with Belichick shortly after the draft for giving him the mindset to do so.
"He called me and was like 'We drafted you in the second round.' He said, 'Don't worry about it. I know you're a hell of a player. I know you're probably upset because you slipped but whatever,'" Spikes said. "That was good for me just to hear him tell me that I was going to be a great player as long as I work every day and get better and better.
"I just feel like everything worked out perfect. Everything happens for a reason. Look at me today."
And now the whole world will be looking at Spikes on Sunday.


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|December 2003
|Volume 29 - Number 5
Order taker or sales professional?
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The company and the product are not significant here, and I would obviously never disclose my consulting clients in print, especially when using the experience (with their permission) to highlight a sales problem that may be affecting other companies with similar distribution and representation arrangements.
Frustration had built up with the manufacturer and the company that was supposed to be selling their products, but the results clearly showed they were either not showing the product, could not relate the benefits of the product to specific customer requirements, or were simply order takers just waiting for somebody to pick up the telephone and buy something. One thing was very clear, they were not sales professionals and they were not doing what they were getting paid to do.
It is one thing to present the product, show the solution, and challenge for the business thats exciting and it should be happening every day in Indiana and elsewhere in the RV industry. I cant think of anything better than being a young sales rep just getting started in the RV industry and having Indiana as my territory. Im going to request that if I get a second shot and a new life when this trip is over what a goldmine of opportunity!
The product manufactured by this company does not sell itself, in fact most products dont. You have to understand what the product does and who could benefit from its use. Its a value-added product, not a cost reduction product. As such, if the sales reps can not show the manufacturer that they can sell more units with this feature on their product, then they will never sell it at all because it costs more than the current systems being used by most people in the industry.
I know it is more work, and obviously more work than some companies and order takers are willing to perform to get their paycheck but isnt that what sales is all about. Find a problem and present a solution. Find a way to improve your prospects bottom line. You can do that by reducing a piece part cost, or incorporating value-added features that will enhance the overall interest in the product and present consumers with features that they feel are absolutely essential to enjoy the RV lifestyle as we know it today.
Order takers are a dime a dozen. No heavy lifting, in late and out early, and they should be embarrassed to carry a business card that has the word "sales" anywhere on it. If you have order takers, then call them customer service representatives because they sure are not selling anything.
It was quite evident that the suppliers product was just not being represented in the way that it had to be in order to be of interest to a manufacturer. What was needed was a professional sales presentation that would validate the higher cost of the product by enhancing the overall value of the RV and thus making it attractive to a wider range of consumers who would buy the finished product that will increase total sales and bottom line profits.
One of our sales calls produced a completely different set of circumstances than what the company had previously experienced with several RV manufacturers. The call was set up with the key decision makers in the company. Order takers dont talk to decision makers. First, they dont know how to get to them, and if or when they do, they dont know what to say that justifies the higher cost of a product that produces better bottom line results than a lower cost product that actually increases the overall cost of the RV through inordinately high product failure rates or expensive warranty repair costs both of which also cost the manufacturer customer confidence and loyalty, and may drive them to a different company the next time they buy an RV.
Once in front of key decision makers there has to be respect for both companies, which is what we found during our call. The supplier company was fully prepared to demonstrate their product and explain the value that it brings to the overall RVing experience. The manufacturing company could see that it was something different, something of value, and it certainly addressed a need that has been expressed by many RVers over the years.
Perhaps even more important was the dialog between both companies. It was very comfortable and professional. The reason for this was the quality of the people in the room, and the mutual respect for each others reason for being there in the first place.
Many times it will be the manufacturer who actually presents an uncomfortable environment for either an order taker or a sales professional because all they want to look at is a lower cost of doing business. While this is certainly important, they fail to realize that there is nothing wrong with paying more money for new or better products that may increase the cost of manufacturing, but still produce a more acceptable product that the consumer wants. When this happens, overall profits go up because the company sells more, makes them better, makes them faster, and produces a more reliable end product that enhances the true customer experience.
Many times it will be the supplier sales rep that actually makes the meeting worthless. If they are just taking up space and time and not showing any value-added for a product or service, then the manufacturer is not going to buy anything. If this type of relationship is prolonged, then the manufacturer will eventually stop meeting with the person, thus depriving the company they represent of any future business because the manufacturer sees no value in talking to them.
The objective of any sales call is to determine if the prospect has any problems or concerns that could be addressed with the products or services offered by a sales rep. An order taker has no hope, they simply ask for business, or write business that is handed to them, but they never develop business opportunities that will sustain and build a relationship over time.
The next objective is to advance the conversation and continue discussions to refine the problem, identify and present a solution, demonstrate a clear return on investment and improvements to the current way they are doing business the result is a win-win situation for all concerned.
The supplier company will have proved the value of their product or service and argued their case successfully. The manufacturing company saw true value and profit improvement in the solution being proposed and has validated it within the company and made the critical decision to change the way they were doing business and incorporated the new product or service into their production process.
Once the changes are made and new RVs are being shipped with enhanced features that change the customer perception of the product; sales increase, profits increase, and a relationship is established because everybody understood their role in the process, and worked together to accomplish a goal.
Like many other things today, the role of the sales rep is changing. They must become a sales professional and work toward developing partnerships and not sales calls. They must clearly understand the prospects business and be able to communicate effectively to understand problems or areas of concern that may present opportunities for success.
Order takers are history or should be. They waste time and produce no value-added to the sales experience.
Customers expect more from the sales people that call on them, or they just wont see them. The biggest complaint we get today from sales people is that prospects wont see them and they cant get appointments. And they are right. Customers are getting smarter and sales people are not responding or changing to this dynamic. Therefore, their prospects and customers are just not going to waste anymore time with them.
Sales people who can change, or who have already changed, and adapted to the new world order of sales, will be extremely successful. They are the ones who understand that there must be a reason for somebody to see them and they will find out what that reason is. They are the ones who will be able to uncover problems and concerns and present believable solutions. They are the ones who understand how to show a return on investment and are capable of selling solutions and not products. Solutions solve problems and demand a higher cost that shows a payback. Anybody can sell products, especially if all they want to do is keep cutting prices. Thats not selling, thats order taking. And its not going to work.
Are you selling or taking orders? Think about it.
Good luck and good selling.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder this afternoon said he has ordered the FBI and the Justice Department to begin an investigation into reports that the IRS has targeted politically conservative groups which had applied for tax exempt status.
''I have ordered an investigation to be done," Holder said. "The FBI is coordinating with the Justice Department to see if any laws were broken in connection with those matters. We are examining the facts to see if there were criminal violations."
The Washington Post has this account of Holder's decision to order the inquiry.


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I thought marching on a foot ball field was tough enough.. Check out this clip.
Só Riso Mail Vídeos Cómicos - Exibição de banda militar - Um espectáculo imperdível!
I thought marching on a foot ball field was tough enough.. Check out this clip.
Só Riso Mail Vídeos Cómicos - Exibição de banda militar - Um espectáculo imperdível!
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King Liberty Trumpet, Master Model Cornet
Conn 40A, 40B, 80A
Ambassador C trumpet conversion
I saw the title and thought it was a drink!
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The Willard of Oz
"Don't be afraid to see what you see."
Ronald Reagan
That is really neat.
Wouldn't the world be a better place if all the military battles were this musical - on ice? I wish we could put Libya on ice....... and give Ghaddafi the sax!
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
When I saw the title I thought that you meant they all had ice blades and were figure skating whilst playing :(
Main Horns:
Will Spencer UK Bb trumpet
Besson Sovereign
Curry 2M
Curry 2DC
Impressive. I don't think I could march and maneuver like that on ice. Wonder how the bottom of their shoes is like...
Selmer Radial, Bb.
Yamaha YTR4420E, C.
1930 Couesnon cornet
A mind that masters the breath
Creates strength (Lao-Tzu).
Proud to be Norwegian !!!!!!
B&S Challenger II 3143/2 reversed lead-pipe
Yamaha Custom 16C4-GP
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe, it's not ice guys! This is The Military Tattoo in Oslo Spectrum!
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Inderbinen Alpha and Inderbinen Studie
Monette Prana B6 S1 82
Monette Prana B6L S1 82
CarolBrass QT Custom (quartertone)
Amrein AFL 8511 V flugelhorn
Amrein Titanium 7FL
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - New voices of leadership are emerging for Fort Wayne Community Schools.
Monday's night board meeting was the first for three newly-elected board members.
FWCS leaders said district-wide test scores are on the rise.
However, they also point out, at least $4 million dollars in budget cuts are looming in 2011.
The three new members all bring different life experiences to the board.
At-Large Member Lisa Olinger touts 12 years of experiences as an educational consultant.
Olinger told Indiana's NewsCenter that she is seeking more transparency from FWCS administrators.
She wants the community to become aware of issues earlier.
She feels that will provide community members more of a say, on the final decisions.
"That takes time and it takes lots of openness," said At-Large FWCS Board Member Lisa Olinger.
"Lots of information out to the people and taking a lot of data back in from our community as to how they feel about how our schools are being run," said Olinger.
"Cut through all the fluff, quite frankly," replied District 4 FWCS Board Member Jordan Lebamoff.
Lebamoff said his day job as a lawyer, has trained him to weigh-in on difficult decisions.
"I'm analytical. I'm objective. You look at the facts, you make the judgment calls, after you weigh the evidence. You make the best decision you can for the kids," said Lebamoff.
District 1 Member Julia Hollingsworth prides herself on being a retired FWCS teacher, coach and administrator.
Hollingsworth wants to bring the perspective of a classroom educator, to board members who may be unfamiliar.
We asked Hollingsworth what she would prefer between closing schools, laying off teachers or cutting employee benefits?
"A possible increase in the amount that an employee pays for their health insurance. If that can save some teachers jobs, I would be in favor of that," said District 1 FWCS Board Member Julia Hollingsworth.
Meanwhile, administrators gave an in-depth update on the district's 11 LEAD schools.
District leaders reported that improving educational practices is the right thing to do with or without special funding.
North Side High School and South Side High School two of the eleven LEAD schools.
Both are up for state takeover because of failing test scores.
South Side's state review will take place Monday, January 24, 2011.
North Side's state review will take place Tuesday, January 25, 2011.
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Courtney Ford is taking another step in her quest to appear on every one of our favorite shows.
The former Dexter/The Vampire Diaries/True Blood guest star will get her geek on next month, stopping by The Big Bang Theory as Alice, described by TV Line as a "downtown girl" the guy meet at a comic book store.
Michael Ausiello reports that Ford may recur on the CBS sitcom, which returns with new episodes TONIGHT. Two of them, in fact. Visit TV Fanatic soon after they air for a review of the latest quotes and more.


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After lurking for a few days I decided I might as well register and contribute every once in a while.
I'm not a [I]Grokkie[/I] (yet), just someone with maybe a slightly obsessive interest towards the food he's eating. So how did that come to be?
About a year ago a friend of mine introduced me to Tim Ferris' book "the 4 hour body" after I made a mention of feeling a lack of energy. Having tried it, it made me feel better but I would still hop on and off the train and eventually not going public transport anymore at all. Until I saw one of my swedish friends again after almost a year. He dropped at least 30kg in the time we didn't see each other. His diet? LCHF, the super popular swedish version of lo carb hi fat. Tried it for a bit, was awesome, went on a holiday to France, ate (traditional 200 year old sourdough) bread almost every day until I had such bloating and reflux issues (for up to a week after!) that I could hardly enjoy my last days down there. So no grains for me anymore!
So basically I'm here to see if I can find anything that will aid me in my own personal search to what way of eating works best for me. I'm not overweight, have a bit of fat that I could do without, but generally I'm quite happy with the way my body looks. Energy-wise it's been a lot better, but maybe that's got something to do with the fall that's on it's way right now.
For the rest: I'm 24, living in the Netherlands, love cooking and crazy lifestyle experiments. Bring it on! :)


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Patricia C. 'Pat' Nace
BURNHAM – Patricia C. "Pat" Nace, 74, of Burnham, died at 8:33 a.m. Saturday, July 13, 2013, at her home.
Born March 21, 1939, in McAlisterville, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mary Isabel Heimbach.
She is survived by: her husband, Donald Nace Jr., whom she married on Nov. 24, 1956; her children, Debra McClellan and husband, Dennis, of Burnham, Vicky Douglas and husband, William, of West Milton, Kenneth Nace and wife, Katherine, of Lewistown, and David Nace and wife, Tonya, of Granville; 16 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by her siblings, Charles Heimbach Jr. and wife, Jane, of McAlisterville, Brenda Haines and husband, Reed, of Michigan, Judy Peachey and husband, Ephrim, of McAlisterville, Zelda Mae Johnson, of Harrisburg, and Cathy Haines and companion, Frank, of McAlisterville.
Pat was a graduate of East Juniata High School. She was employed at the Arrow Shirt Factory for 26 years and then at Fisher Electronics. All the while, she worked with Toy Lady Parties and Friendly Home Parties.
She loved spending time with her family and going RVing.
Her funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at the Heller-Hoenstine Burnham Funeral Home, 108 First Ave., with Pastor Barbara Mannino officiating. Interment will be in Union Memorial Gardens.
Her family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Online condolences can be offered to the family at www.hellerhoenstinefuneralhome.com.


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WASHINGTON -- This month Bonny Products will begin shipping a new "value-added" line of kitchen tools and gadgets under the American Pie Series label. easy use. The items are priced with other current Bonny products at retails of from $1.29 to $7.99. The products come packaged on hang-up cards. Each card has a recipe on the back from the Kitchens of Crisco, a Proctor & Gamble product. Bonny also will provide custom-made signs for each store chain to better merchandise the American ...
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Syracuse, NY – National Grid asked its customers this afternoon to cut all unnecessary electricity use until 6 p.m.
The utility is experiencing high demand caused by temperatures that are again spiraling into the 90s, National Grid officials said. Electricity supply to the region is adequate, they said, but lowering usage will reduce the demand on National Grid's equipment and maintain the reliability of its system.
Officials asked customers to:
- Put off energy-using activities. Turn off unneeded lights and avoid cooking, bathing or washing clothes.
- Unplug electronic devices – the standby lights on televisions and other appliances use electricity.
- Adjust air conditioning thermostats as high as health and comfort will permit and use fans as much as possible.
Usage Thursday peaked at 7,464 megawatts between 4 and 5 p.m. as the thermometer eased back from a high of 101 degrees. That was 8 percent higher than the previous all-time power demand peak of 6,915 megawatts set July 8, 2010, said Alberto Bianchetti, speaking for National Grid. Usage is likely to surpass the 6,915 megawatt level again today, Bianchetti said.


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Offer your current and prospective clients more than talk by taking advantage of OTE's focused product / technology training sessions and live demonstrations. For companies seeking more traditional avenues of promotion, the logistics and meeting space at the OTE's facilities are ideal. In addition to easy water access, there will also be a number of co-located break-out rooms available for one-on-one or group presentations and discussions.


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Less than two weeks ago, it was reported Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola restructured the final year of his contract, agreeing to take a pay cut to stay with the organization where he's played his entire 12-year career.
Before agreeing to restructure his deal, Raiola's base salary was scheduled to be $4.05 million. According to Mike O'Hara, columnist for the team's official website, the veteran center will now play for the league minimum in 2013. As a player with more than nine accrued seasons, Raiola will earn $940,000 next season.
The base salary reduction will trim Raiola's cap number to $2.95 million in 2013 and save the Lions $3.1 million.
Raiola was selected in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft out of Nebraska. He has started 172 games for the Lions, including 68 consecutive starts since 2008.


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Government expenditures to combat homelessness in the United States have reached record levels.1 One major focus of this funding has been rapid rehousing, an approach that places homeless people in permanent housing as quickly as possible. As part of the 2009 reauthorization of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), federal funding increased for programs that focus on rapidly rehousing the homeless.2 In a follow-up to the April 2013 policy opinion brief Rapidly Rehousing Homeless Families: New York City—a Case Study, the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness examines the strategy and implementation efforts of another location as its administrators attempt to rapidly rehouse local homeless families. This report traces events in Mercer County, New Jersey, looks at the circumstances that have informed the county's experiences, and raises questions concerning rapid rehousing in light of results there.
Rapid Rehousing in Mercer County:Housing Now and the Family Housing InitiativeWith a February 2009 award, Mercer County became one of 23 communities chosen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to participate in the Federal Rapid Re-housing Demonstration for Families. In tandem with state money and dispensation to use Temporary Rental Assistance (TRA) grants usually reserved for families transitioning from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance, the Mercer County Board of Social Services (MCBOSS) implemented Housing Now, the rapid-rehousing program for homeless families in the area. The county later introduced an expanded and modified version of Housing Now, called the Family Housing Initiative (FHI). Both programs provide a maximum of 18 months of fully paid rent to already homeless families (extensions are made in certain circumstances), and county case managers make efforts to transition families from receipt of aid before they reach the maximum assistance level. The hope is that once a family is established in a residence with prevention aid or TRA, they will remain housed after cash assistance ends.3 Though initially implemented as separate pilots, Housing Now and FHI now operate using the same guidelines, with case management provided by MCBOSS and a local nonprofit organization.4
MERCER COUNTY'S APPROACHIn conjunction with the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness (Mercer Alliance), MCBOSS designated several priorities for its rapid-rehousing program design: provide one point of entry for homeless families; develop and implement a uniform tool for assessing housing and employment barriers; aid families in finding appropriate housing; and provide wrap-around services for rapidly rehoused families to address the barriers to employment and housing retention that were highlighted during assessment. These efforts will be described in the following section.
Single Point of Entry and Standardized AssessmentMCBOSS instituted a single point of entry for homeless services and a standardized assessment process. The county assigned TANF case managers, FHI and Housing Now staff, and employees responsible for finding jobs for parents (under Work First New Jersey) to a single facility called One Stop. There, families undergo an intake process, during which they are evaluated through a universal screening tool to determine eligibility for services. Families who are considered at imminent risk of homelessness are directed to the Family Services unit, where they can receive emergency assistance—to be applied toward owed rent or unpaid bills—to stabilize their housing.5 Homeless families are sent to emergency shelter, where, after eight days, a comprehensive assessment identifies their barriers to self-sufficiency. Based on a variety of factors, a family is placed in one of four categories. A "level 1" family is considered likely to resolve the issue causing their homelessness quickly, with a one-time infusion of assistance. Families in the "level 2" and "level 3" categories are expected to need state assistance for longer periods of time, due to employment or housing barriers such as lack of work or rental history, lack of child care, and/or insufficient education; for those families, no immediate crisis beyond a lack of housing is apparent. Families considered to be "level 4" are currently experiencing one or more immediate crises in addition to lack of housing and are expected to need intensive services for a sustained period.6
When the rapid-rehousing models were first implemented, MCBOSS used this system of levels to determine the appropriate modes of intervention. Level 1 families were expected to move back into housing on their own in short order. Families who were deemed level 2 or 3 were eligible for the county's rapid-rehousing program and were expected to move from shelter to permanent housing within 30 days with the help of dedicated caseworkers and TRA. Level 4 families were moved to transitional housing, where they received services until their crises were resolved and they could be reassessed for program eligibility. The intention of this approach was that only families requiring the most intensive services be moved to transitional housing. After almost two years of program implementation, this strategy was modified. Currently, transitional housing as a method of intervention no longer exists in Mercer County, and all families, no matter the severity of their situations, are rapidly rehoused after 30 days if they are still in the emergency-shelter system.7
Finding Appropriate Housing and Wrap-around ServicesEach homeless family is assigned a caseworker who supports them during and after the housing process. To accomplish this, MCBOSS reduced caseloads, assigning billing and voucher responsibilities to a different team so that caseworkers could concentrate on social work. The caseworkers, who previously juggled 100 cases apiece on average, were allowed to focus more intensively on these most vulnerable families, managing 25 to 30 cases each and contacting every family at least once a week.8 After the initial Housing Now pilot, MCBOSS amended this approach, establishing a nine-person Rapid Exit Team, comprised of existing staff, to serve only TANF-eligible homeless families in Housing Now and FHI.9 All other families are directed to MCBOSS's Family Services unit. Caseworkers team with parents to obtain appropriate and affordable housing. These efforts include searching for and visiting potential homes, checking for lead paint (all caseworkers are certified to do so), examining leases with parents, and, finally, negotiating preferential rental agreements with landlords. MCBOSS then makes the security deposits and rental payments.10
1 U. S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, Fiscal Year 2013 Federal Government Homelessness Budget Fact Sheet, February 2012, http://www.usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/FY13_Budget_Fact_Sheet_final.pdf.2 National Alliance to End Homelessness, Rapid Re-Housing: Successfully Ending Family Homelessness, May 21, 2012, http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/rapid-re-housingsuccessfully-ending-family-homelessness.3 Frank Cirillo, White House Champions of Change, Adopting a Rapid Re-Housing Approach to Address Family Homelessness, July 12, 2012.4 Mercer County Board of Social Services, e-mail and telephone communications, April 2013.5 Mercer County Board of Social Services, Serving the Community, 7th Edition, February 2012.6 Mercer County Board of Social Services, MCBOSS Determination of Level of Intervention FlowChart (DRAFT), distributed during meeting on July 26, 2012.7 Mercer County Board of Social Services, e-mail and telephone communications, April 2013.8 Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness, Adopting a Housing First Approach: Mercer County, New Jersey, distributed during meeting on July 26, 2012.9 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Family Assistance, TANF-ACFIM-2013-01 (Use of TANF Funds to Serve Homeless Families and Families at Risk of Experiencing Homelessness), February 20, 2013.10 Mercer County Board of Social Services, information discussed during meeting on July 26, 2012 and in e-mail and telephone communications, April 2013.
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SPRINGFIELD – A Hampden Superior Court grand jury indicted former Holyoke police detective Paul C. Barkyoumb Monday for drug and weapons crimes in Chicopee, Springfield and Holyoke.
Barkyoumb, 40, of 14 Rampart Court, Holyoke, is charged with selling $2,400 worth of cocaine to an undercover informant July 21 in a cocaine sting run by the same drug task force for which he once worked.
In July in District Court here, Barkyoumb denied the charge of cocaine trafficking in the amount of 28 to 100 grams, a crime carrying a seven year minimum mandatory state prison sentence.
Hampden District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni said at that time he would seek additional charges when Barkyoumb's case was presented to the grand jury.
So now Barkyoumb faces the cocaine trafficking charge and a charge of violation of a drug free school zone from a July 21 transaction in Springfield.
Added to those by the grand jury were two charges of distribution of cocaine in Chicopee; also a fifth charge alleges Barkyoumb had a large capacity feeding device without a license in Holyoke on July 24.
Police found the empty feeding device, which can be loaded and attached to a weapon for additional firing, in his home, prosecutors said.
When Barkyoumb pleaded guilty to harassing an ex-girlfriend in Westfield District Court in September 2010 he was sentenced to two years probation and as one of the conditions he could not possess firearms, a license to carry or a firearms identification card for two years.
An arraignment date has not been set in Hampden Superior Court, but the indictments move the drug case against Barkyoumb from District Court to Superior Court.
At his arraignment in District Court here on the cocaine trafficking charge he was ordered held in lieu of $750,000 cash bail which was later reduced by a judge to $25,000 cash.
But he is held without right to bail on a charge of violation of probation in the Westfield District Court case. The alleged violation of probation is because of the drug charges.
A 17-year member of the Holyoke Police Department, Barkyoumb resigned in September 2010.
According to a police report written by state police trooper Michael W. Joslyn, he and two other task force members met in July with a confidential informant who told them Barkyoumb had begun to supply him with cocaine.
That informant, at the direction of officers, bought cocaine from Barkyoumb three times.
In the first two deals, July 20 and 21, the man bought cocaine from Barkyoumb in the amounts of eight grams and 11.9 grams, respectively, as the two sat in Barkyoumb's car in the parking lot of Blockbuster video on Memorial Drive in Chicopee.
In the third deal, also on July 21, the confidential informant met with Barkyoumb on Island Pond Road in Springfield and paid him $2,400 for two ounces of cocaine, which Barkyoumb was to provide him shortly thereafter at a parking lot at Dale and Union Streets in the South End.
"Then, a short time later, an unidentified Dominican male, at Paul's direction, met with the CI (confidential informant) in that parking lot on Union Street and provided him with approximately 55 grams of cocaine," Joslyn wrote.
There are audio recordings of Barkyoumb's activities that will serve as evidence.


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High resolution (\lambda/\delta\lambda~20,000) spectra of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) were obtained at numerous wavelengths in the 2-5~\mum region on UT 2-5~March 1997. We used CSHELL at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The heliocentric and geocentric distances of the comet were ~1.1~AU and ~1.5~AU, respectively. Despite the strong dust continuum at the time, we detected emission lines of the gas-phase molecules H2O, CH4, C2H6, C2H2, HCN, and CO and estimated production rates and relative abundances for all species. Derived rotational temperatures will be presented. Emission lines of the radicals OH and NH2 were also detected. We also used the 2-dimensional nature of the CSHELL data to investigate the spatial distribution of the molecules and will present evidence that CO was released at least partly from an extended source in the coma.


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PH Hotels is a collection of landmark city centre hotels and dedicated conference and training venues across the UK. We want to make sure that we give you a lasting impression that makes you want to return again and again. Whether you're organising an event, staying away on business or looking to relax and recuperate, we have unique hotels and venues that offer you a diverse choice, whilst never compromising on the service you receive. You've got iconic city centre hotels, close to business districts, shops and local transport links, or you've got venues in idyllic grounds where the peace and quiet allows you to get away or absorb a really important message.
What else? We're a group that is continually looking for ways to grow and develop. From a small group of 6 hotels, we've grown to 23, with approximately 4,000 bedrooms, over 500 meeting rooms and the ability to host over 26,000 delegates per day. In February 2013 Starwood Capital Group, a leading private investment firm with extensive experience in the hospitality sector, having invested in 1,100 hotels in 39 countries, became the majority shareholder of PH Hotels as a platform for growth.
Following the investment in PH Hotels, Starwood Capital Group invested in the hotel groups De Vere Venues and Four Pillars Hotels. Starwood Capital Group and our associated hotel groups share our vision for the future and for excellence in hospitality, marking an exciting time in the Group's development and continuing our investment in our people, our services and our properties.
We practice some very fundamental core values that ensure consistency, quality and sensational services. Each hotel and venue holds at least three daily line-ups so that every team member knows who is arriving and what is expected that day.
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