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How will the week's revelations about State Police conduct affect Gov. Whitman's chances for the U.S. Senate and Attorney General Verniero's chances for the state Supreme Court? Two of the state's best-informed political pros weigh in with their thoughts
In the following exchange, former governors Brendan Byrne and Tom Kean discuss the impact of the report issued last week by the State Police Review Team.
QUESTION: What will be the impact of the State Police Review Team's conclusions in the racial profiling matter?
BYRNE: I think it's going to be a while before the State Police come up with a policy that accommodates everything that's in that report. They're at sixes and sevens now, with individual troopers on the road not being too sure what to do, and therefore opting to do nothing - or practically nothing. We're in a transition period right now, and that's not good for anybody.
KEAN: I suspect we'll see change very soon. I'm sure they will start planning immediately, and you will see some recommendations implemented over the next six weeks. I'm optimistic that change will come sooner rather than later. And I'm proud that our state is doing this. The President's Commission on Race, on which I served, highlighted this problem. New Jersey is the first state to address it.
BYRNE: On the other hand, you have people asking why, in the context of profiling having been so obvious, it took a committee and a report to bring it to a point where there is going to be some action. You had a finding by a trial judge some time ago that has been fought tooth and nail by the attorney general, and now, all of a sudden, enlightenment comes.
KEAN: You're asking should they have acted earlier? Probably. But at least we're taking action now. This is only the first step, because studies at the national level have suggested that the problem may be even greater at the local level.
BYRNE: I'm not sure you answered the question of why, in the context of what was going on in New Jersey, it took this report to get the state to acknowledge any problem at all.
KEAN: Before New Jersey could act, it needed a study to identify the problem and its seriousness and what needed to be done. We're the first state in the country to do this. The next step is to see that the recommendations are carried out.
BYRNE: The acting superintendent, Michael Fedorko, is a man both you and I know. But - just speaking for myself - I have a very high regard for him in terms of his commitment and fairness and honesty in dealing with whatever population he's dealing with.
KEAN: Yes, he has gotten high marks from everyone. He has the confidence of the State Police.
BYRNE: But there is a committee screening candidates, and I'm told a number of those candidates are from the outside. For Whitman to go outside the department and ignore his qualifications - or indicate the problems can't be dealt with from within - would be to misrepresent the tenor of the entire State Police force.
KEAN: In this case it would be a tragic mistake and would set this whole thing back. The problems of the State Police would be exacerbated rather than solved. You need the best person in the State Police to handle this problem. We've got him in Col. Fedorko.
Q: How do you feel about Gov. Whitman saying this is a practice that has gone on for years - and about Attorney General Verniero specifically saying the practice covers the administrations of three governors? That would cover your administration, Gov. Kean.
BYRNE: . . . while I'm pure as the driven snow.
KEAN: I don't think any governor - not myself, nor Florio, nor Byrne - would countenance the idea of profiling by race.
BYRNE: And don't forget that profiling, in the old days, didn't have the sinister connotation it does now. In the old days, it was used at airports mostly, and used as authorized. It wasn't until after that time that our attitudes about profiling turned around.
KEAN: The fact is there is now strong evidence that it exists in State Police. The job now is to eliminate it, because it's wrong. But in eliminating it we have to keep in mind that we have one of the finest State Police organizations in the country, and we must change their practice in this regard without impeding the efficiency of this otherwise good organization.
BYRNE: The criticism we're now hearing is more focused on what happens after you stop someone rather than why you stopped someone. And that criticism, judging from the report, is that people have been searched and threatened and mistreated. And that's got to stop right away.
KEAN: I believe one of the best recommendations in the report is the "early warning system," where through computers you get a very fast idea if someone is abusing his authority. In the past, our records haven't been very good. But this system should be a very good tool for weeding out the bad apples.
Q: With the arrest of two State Police officers, the attorney general's withdrawing the state's appeal of the State v. Soto case, and the release of the preliminary report, might the administration confuse identifying the problem with solving it?
KEAN: My own view is that if Col. Fedorko stays in place these recommendations will be implemented. They are good recommendations. These are the steps New Jersey ought to be taking.
BYRNE: Fedorko has made a first specific commitment to take these steps. I, too, would be disappointed if he weren't given the authority to do that. We both have worked with him in the past.
Q: Do you think racial profiling by the State Police is just an example of a much larger problem affecting all minorities?
KEAN: As far as this report goes, it addresses the highway issue. But our report of the President's Commission on Race takes in many areas of our lives, and points out that in too many cases people still are dealt with according to who their parents were. This involves housing, health care, schooling and a number of other activities we take part in every day. We have to eliminate all discrimination based on race if we're going to proceed with any great confidence into the next century.
BYRNE: Ironically, following the tragedy in Colorado, teachers are being asked to profile potentially dangerous students. We have to be careful that, if we do profiling at all, it is done properly and not racially.
Q: Where does Verniero's nomination to the state Supreme Court stand in the wake of this past week's events?
BYRNE: Clearly, it's something the Judicial Committee will consider - whether he's handled himself well, or hasn't, whether he's been naive to difficult problems. And they'll make a decision. I think it's significant that five former attorneys general have endorsed his nomination and have not withdrawn that endorsement.
KEAN: I second that. They will look carefully at his qualifications. I'm for him, personally. I just hope they avoid partisanship in the Senate. That's something we've been able to avoid with Supreme Court nominations in our modern history. Certainly the determination should not be which party you belong to, rather than his qualifications for nomination.
BYRNE: The more legitimate criticism has to do with his experience as a lawyer. I've heard there are those who think Whitman should put him on the Superior Court so he can gain some experience and overcome that criticism, and then move him to the Supreme Court with one of the other nominations she might have.
KEAN: That's an interesting idea. When I was looking for Supreme Court candidates, I wasn't looking for judicial experience as much as judgment. By time a case gets to the Supreme Court, the issues have been defined. It is them a matter of judgment and common sense. A number of Supreme Court justices have come to the court without judicial experience, including the late Chief Justice Robert Wilentz.
BYRNE: But he had a lot of other credentials.
KEAN: Yes, and legislative experience, too.
BYRNE: Gov. Meyner did this with Joseph Weintraub - put him on the Superior Court, then moved him to the Supreme Court.
Q: Will the Governor's strong response to the findings of the State Police Review Team be seen as a positive in her race for the U.S. Senate, or will she still have to fight her way out of the corner on the racial profiling issue?
BYRNE: It's an issue she didn't want and can't win.
KEAN: That's true. When you decide to put yourself on a ballot as a sitting governor, you become a sitting duck. The other party will not only fight you on the job you're in, but on the job you seek. She's going to have a partisan fight on every issue as long as she's a sitting governor running for the Senate.
BYRNE: That's now a three-prong front, since Bob Grant may be running as a third-party candidate. He could take 50,000 votes away from her.
KEAN: Anybody who takes votes away hurts you. When you're running for office, you need every vote you can get. In the past we've had those kinds of candidates, but they draw from both sides. Until the race is over and you can sort it out, you wonder which side they hurt the most.
BYRNE: Not with Bob Grant you don't wonder. And, by the way Tom, I want to wish you a happy birthday.


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For fans of Blake Lewis, the countdown is almost over.
The debut album from this American Idol runner-up is set to hit stores on December 4.
We'll post more about the CD as that date grows closer. For now, take a look at the cover for "Audio Day Dream."
Will the debut of Blake Lewis sell more copies than the latest CD from Britney Spears? Only time - and album sales - will tell.

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text: I've heard that the State Police in each state are attaching LTCH info to Drivers' License data-fields. Not that I don't mind a Trooper knowing that he has pulled over a gun-toting driver. Not at all. But I can feature in the "next" administration there might be some event which would demonize all gun-owners, and word goes out to disarm all citizens, and a traffic-stop is fair game if the cop knows the driver MIGHT be armed. Just one JBT running amok with his new authority could ruin your day. Any counter-point?? Dao.


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Officials: I-35 in Warren County to stay closed for days
Authorities say it will take several days to reopen traffic along a bridge on Interstate 35 in Warren County that was damaged by an oversized truck.
The state Department of Transportation said in a release Tuesday that it expects to reopen northbound lanes of Interstate 35 at mile marker 58.5 after midnight Friday.
Police closed that portion of the freeway Monday night after an oversized truck crashed into an overpass. Officials determined the overpass wasn't safe to drive on or pass beneath. The damaged portion of the bridge will be removed through emergency contract work.
Authorities have detoured traffic around the closure at Bevington by using Iowa 92, Iowa 28 through Norwalk, and then Iowa 5.
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Junior all-stars swing away
ANACORTES If there was a question of whether or not the North Whidbey junior all-stars could hit, it was quickly erased in the teams District 11 tournament opener Saturday morning in Anacortes.
The local group of 13-14 year-olds batted through their lineup four times and scored 24 runs in slightly less than an hour en route to a 29-1 victory over Sedro-Woolley.
Everyone on the team hit, coach Toby Spanos said. There were just so many good plays by everyone.
Pitcher Mason Fakkema started the game for the NWLL all-stars and Marcus Jordan pitched the final four innings, allowing just the one run.
Marcus really shut the entire team down, Spanos said.
Everyone in the lineup had at least one hit, with the highlight coming on a deep shot off the bat of 14-year-old Jevon Payne. He drilled a ball all the way to the wall, just five feet shy of the 345-foot marker.
North Whidbeys luck with the bats didnt continue on Sunday, however, as they lost their first game of the double elimination tournament, 12-5, to South Whidbey.
We were hitting the balls and they were going right at people, they were hitting the balls and they were going in the gaps, Spanos said.
The loss bumped North Whidbey into the losers bracket. They faced the South Skagit Americans Monday night in an elimination game. A win and the local team will continue the tournament at 5:30 p.m., tomorrow, July 6 against either Friday Harbor or Central Whidbey.
The Central Whidbey junior all-star team started its tournament run off strong Saturday afternoon, defeating Bellingham 9-5.
CWLL led the entire game and held a 9-2 lead into the final inning.
Several players came up with big hits, including starting pitcher J.D. Wilcox. He went 3-for-4 with two triples, a single and an RBI. Chase Griffin, Ian Smith, Isaac Wacker and Eric King were all 2-for-4 at the plate.
Wilcox pitched five innings and allowed just the two runs.
It was excellent hitting by J.D. and excellent pitching, coach Bob Brown said.
The win advanced CWLL into a game with Friday Harbor at 5:30 p.m., today, July 5 in Anacortes.
Thats a big game for us, theyre one of the tougher teams along with South Whidbey, Brown said.
The winner of tonights game moves into the semifinals on July 8.
Several other District 11 all-star tournaments get underway this week, including 9-10 year-old baseball, 10-11 year-old baseball, 9-10 softball, 11-12 year-old softball (at Oak Harbors Volunteer Park) and 13-14 year-old junior softball.
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Wildflower is published quarterly by the Wildflower Center. Its content is national in scope with articles about the conservation and use of native plants as well as news from the Wildflower Center. A subscription is provided to Wildflower Center members as a benefit of membership.
From the Exective Director - Summer 2007
Climate Change and Native Plants
AS CONCERN GROWS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING, including the impacts on native plant species and communities, our interest also is growing in the ways that plants and landscapes can help lessen the impact of widespread climate change. At the Wildflower Center, we are working to create new tools for addressing this challenge, using what we already know � and what we can learn � about native plants and landscapes.
It has become distressingly clear that we can�t continue to discharge greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere at ever-increasing rates and escape devastating results. Edward Mazria, an internationally recognized architect, explained at a conference held recently at the Wildflower Center that the current concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has already reached a level (about 380 parts per million) that can cause higher average temperatures, eradicate species of plants and animals, kill coral reefs and accelerate the melting of polar ice caps.
Improving the energy efficiency of buildings can help enormously, since buildings consume nearly half of the energy we produce. So can carbon sequestration, which is the process by which greenhouse gases are removed from the atmosphere and �stored� in the soil, the ocean or other places where they do not contribute to global warming. Plants, of course, are a fundamental �consumer� of carbon dioxide. Restoration of carbon-consuming forests, grasslands and wetlands is one recognized strategy for sequestering greenhouse gases.
Challenged by various standards for �green building,� architects and engineers across the country are accepting the challenge of creating structures that save water and energy. In the same way, smart landscaping design can greatly reduce energy use and emissions from mowers and other equipment, while also minimizing water use. The Sustainable Sites Initiative is a new effort to develop performance standards and guidelines, modeled on the familiar LEED Green Building program, for large-scale landscapes such as parks and open space, corporate campuses, roadsides and industrial parks. This partnership involves the Wildflower Center, the American Society of Landscape Architects and the U.S. Botanic Garden.
Austin, Texas, is a leader among U.S. cities fighting climate change. Under an ambitious plan adopted by the Austin City Council, the city will use alternative fuels, energy conservation, building codes and other tools to help the city, businesses and individuals reduce their carbon footprint to zero.
So it�s fitting that the Austin-based Wildflower Center should be involved in a series of studies that use welldesigned urban landscapes to reduce the carbon footprint. On our site, we are evaluating the performance of different native plant mixes as green roof material and looking at real-time temperature readings to document the cooling advantages of green roofs in our subtropical climate. At Escarpment Village in Austin, people can tour one of the Center�s pilot green roof projects. Our scientists also have developed a web-based tool for calculating the actual carbon balance of specific buildings and landscapes.
This spring, as I admire the striking beauty of the Center�s gardens, I am reminded that by increasing the use of wildflowers and other native plants � in sustainable landscapes, on rooftops, near our roads and our houses � we can help ensure their survival and our own.
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Grant Jozefek netted three goals and contributed one assist to lead Mendham to a 5-3 victory over Sparta at Mennen Arena in Morris Township.
Jozefek got Mendham on the board, scoring a shorthanded goal 2:50 into the game. He added another goal in the first and one more in the second period for Mendham. Eddie Ziegenfuss scored a goal and added an assist for Sparta.


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High school sports fans have plenty of action to choose from this weekend
There are plenty of high school sports to check out this holiday weekend including basketball and wrestling.
Tahoma's boys will play at Kent-Meridian at 5:30 tonight (Saturday) followed by the Bears girls at 7:30 p.m.
Kentlake travels to Auburn, with the girls starting off the double header at 5:45 p.m. while the boys are set for a 7:30 tip off.
Kentwood's boys play Enumclaw at 8:30 p.m. Monday in the King Showcase at ShoWare Center. The girls start off the showcase with a 9 a.m. contest against Todd Beamer.
Meanwhile, wrestlers will hit the mats in tournaments this weekend. Kentwood's boys travel to Marysville-Pilchuck for the Premier Tournament while the Conqueror girls will be at the Lady Lion tournament at Auburn Mountainview Saturday. Tahoma will compete in the CK Matman Classic Saturday at Central Kitsap High School.
And Kentwood's boys swim and dive team will compete against Wenatchee and Walla Walla in Wenatchee Saturday morning.
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So why not paint, arguably, the biggest Stars and Stripes anywhere, ever: A Texas-sized 150,000 square foot rooftop flag deep in the heart of Houston.
That's exactly what nationally known Staten Island artist Scott LoBaido plans to do, starting tomorrow -- appropriately, Flag Day -- when he embarks on his most complex project yet: Producing one of his singular undulating American flags, covering what amounts to 3.5 acres, in nine gradations of red, white and blue, using some 900 gallons of paint, on the roof of the Lamons Gasket Co.
He aims to finish with a flourish on July 4th.
It will be, he believes, the biggest painting of an American flag in existence.
"I've wanted to do the world's largest flag ever since 'Flags,'" said LoBaido of his 2006 "Flags Across America" endeavor that took him from sea to shining sea to paint a flag in every state in the nation.
The enterprise burnished his cred as one of the country's leading artists of Americana.
"The American flag is my favorite work of art," said LoBaido, 45, of Grasmere. "I have seen the Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's David. The American flag is more beautiful. It is a worldly flag; it belongs to the world. With the exception of the Native Americans, we are all from somewhere else. It represents all of us."
Six months ago, looking for a larger-than-life canvas on which to paint his biggest flag yet, one that could be seen from the sky, LoBaido began Googling the rooftop recommendations suggested by his coterie of fans from around the country after he put out feelers. Soon he was e-surfing sites in Cleveland, Denver, Jersey City, N.J., and upstate Albany.
But nothing felt as right as Lamons in Houston, in the shadow of William P. Hobby Airport -- especially after he met company president Kurt Allen, who was in Manhattan on business.
Born in England and raised in Australia, Allen told LoBaido he'd traveled the globe.
"I've been in this country since 1995," recounted Allen of his conversation with LoBaido. "I became a citizen in 2008. It was always my goal to become a U.S. citizen. America is the best place to live."
The sentiment sold LoBaido.
"I told Scott it would mean a great deal to me for Lamons to be chosen, that I wanted to give something back to the country," added Allen during a telephone interview. "I made my pitch. I told him I wanted it to be on our building--whatever it takes."
As such, Allen has pledged $55,000 for supplies and labor, including a local team of 15 men to help LoBaido apply a primer coat to the flat corrugated metal factory roof some 30 feet off the ground.
LoBaido will then transform his computer-generated grid from paper to rooftop -- a "major challenge" that has him feeling both "exhilarated" and slightly "petrified."
"When I do a flag, I plan it out, sketch it out, and there's a lot of math involved," explained LoBaido. "People don't understand the relationship of math and art. Also, people just think you get up there and paint a big flag. But it can't be static. It has to flow."
Smaller teams will then help LoBaido paint the basic red, white and blue, but execution of the detailed three-dimensional shadings of color will be all LoBaido.
Sun up to sun down he'll paint, he said, stopping only in cases of extreme heat and rain. He shrugged off questions of how he would withstand the noise from nearby Hobby Airport, saying the jets would be "inspirational."
Meanwhile, Allen -- he wants to "get up there and paint," too -- said his employees, who hail from 22 countries, are enthused about the prospect of the world's largest painting of an American flag gracing the company's rooftop.
Not that Lamons' is a stranger to flag displays -- all 22 countries have their flags showcased in an international array in the gasket factory.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Criminal charges were dropped today against an Oakwood teen accused of possessing stolen car keys.
Prosecutors told Stapleton Criminal Court Judge Alan J. Meyer they could not prove the allegations against Sean Potop, 18, "beyond a reasonable doubt," said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Potop had been charged with a felony count of third-degree stolen-property possession stemming from a December incident. He potentially faced a maximum of two and one-third to seven years behind bars had he been convicted and sentenced as an adult.
The keys belonged to a 2005 Mitsubishi Galant.
A law-enforcement source previously told the Advance the vehicle had been reported stolen on Dec. 7 from the vicinity of the United Artists All-Staten Island Stadium movie theater in Mariners Harbor.
According to the source, Potop told police his girlfriend wanted him to take the hot car to a chop shop and split the proceeds, said the source. Potop instead went to the 122nd Precinct in New Dorp on Dec. 15 — and got arrested.
He was charged with possessing the car keys, but not with swiping the auto.
His girlfriend, who allegedly had stolen the car, was never charged, the source said today.
Potop did not immediately respond today to an e-mail seeking comment. His lawyer, Susan Platis, did not immediately return a phone message.


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If you're planning a trip to the Adirondacks any time soon, watch out for moose on the road.
That's the message state Department of Environmental Conservation officials are sending to anyone visiting the Adirondacks and surrounding area. Early fall is the breeding season for the estimated 500 moose in northern New York. At this time, moose are more prone to wander, including into areas they normally wouldn't go, officials say.
Moose are much larger than deer. Last year a half dozen moose vehicle accidents were reported in New York. No motorists were killed.
Peak times for moose activity are at dawn and dusk. Here are other tips:
- Reduce your speed, stay alert, and watch the roadsides.
- Slow down when approaching moose. They may bolt at the last minute.
- Moose may travel in pairs or small groups.
- Wear seatbelts and and use proper safety restraints for children.
- If a moose does run in front of your vehicle, brake firmly but do not swerve.
- Moose killed in a collision can not be removed unless you have a permit.


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Stratford upon Avon
Travel by private coach from your school gates to Stratford upon Avon
Visit Shakespeare's Birthplace and other historic houses including Nash's House and Halls Croft (these can be swapped for other Shakespeare visits, including the Royal Shakespeare Company).
Visit Holy Trinity Church, home to the grave of William Shakespeare.
Depart Stratford and travel back to school.
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Travel by private coach.
Free itinerary booking service
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1:10 free places for supervising adults
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Entry to places of interest (we'll send you all costs with your quotation)
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Olympic Track - Day 5Men's Sprint Heat 1Marty Nothstein (USA) defeated Jens Fiedler (Ger) 2-0Heat 2Florian Rousseau (Fra) defeated Laurent Gane (Fra) 2-15th-8th place5 Jan Van Eijden (Ger)6 Jose Villanueva (Esp)7 Sean Eadie (Aus) 8 Craig Maclean (GBR)FinalsGold Medal Ride OffMarty Nothstein (USA) defeated Florian Rousseau (Fra) 2-0Bronze Medal Ride OffJens Fiedler (Ger) defeated Laurent Gane (Fra) 2-0Women's SprintSemi FinalsHeat 1Felicia Ballanger (Fra) defeated Michelle Ferris (Aus) 2-0Heat 2Oxana Grichina (Rus) defeated Iryna Yanovych (Ukr) 2-05th-8th place5 Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi (Hun)6 Tanya Lindenmuth (USA)7 Tanya Dubnicoff (Can)8 Daniela Larreal (Ven)9th-12th place9 Kathrin Freitag (Ger)10 Fiona Ramage (NZL)11 Mira Kasslin (Fin)12 Yan Wang (Chn)FinalsGold Medal Ride OffFelicia Ballanger (Fra) defeated Oxana Grichina (Rus) 2-1Bronze Medal Ride OffIryna Yanovych (Ukr) defeated Michelle Ferris (Aus) 2-0Men's 40 Kilometre Points Race1 Juan Llaneras (Esp) 14 points (Gold)2 Milton Wynants (Uru) 18 (Silver) at 1 lap3 Alexey Markov (Rus) 16 (Bronze) at 1 lap4 Ho Sung Cho (Kor) 15 at 1 lap5 Jamie Carney (USA) 10 at 1 lap6 Franz Stocher (Aut) 8 at 1 lap7 Glen Thompson (NZL) 6 at 1 lap8 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 5 at 1 lap9 Brian Walton (Can) 1 at 1 lap10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 26 at 2 laps11 Kam Po Wong (HKG) 14 at 2 laps12 Bruno Risi (Sui) 13 at 2 laps13 Johnny Clay (GBR) 10 at 2 laps14 Juan Esteban Curuchet (Arg) 8 at 2 laps15 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 6 at 2 laps16 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) 6 at 2 laps17 Vasyl Yakovlev (Ukr) 5 at 2 laps18 Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) 3 at 2 laps19 Christophe Capelle (Fra) 2 at 2 laps20 Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) 1 at 2 laps21 Marlon Perez (Col) 0 at 2 laps22 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 0 at 2 laps23 Thorsten Rund (Ger) 0 at 2 lapsFrance continues to lead the medal standings for cycling, as track competition ends, with 3 gold and 2 silver. Germany finishes second (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), and the surprisingly strong British third (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze). The U.S., by virtue of Marty Nothsteins gold sprint medal, finishes in a 3-way tie for 4th (with Spain and the Netherlands). Canada finishes with no track medals - a big letdown from Atlanta, where we had 2.Tour de Hokkaido, JapanStage 7 - Sapporo City Criterium 60 km1. Matthew Yates (NZL) 1:19:102. Valeriy Titov (Kaz)3. Thomas Evans (Ire)15. Eric Wohlberg (Can) all s.t.55. Jacob Erker (Can) at 0:5456. Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (Can) s.t.Final GC1. Wohlberg 19:40:572. Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) at 0:083. Junichi Shibuyi (Jpn) 0:3529. Erker 8:1641. Lukaszewicz 15:37Perras 10thDominique Perras finished 10th last weekend in the GP of Meyrin, in Switzerland.Nicole Reinhart Memorial ServiceThe funeral services for Nicole Reinhart will be a private family gathering. On Sunday, September 24 at 2:00 p.m. there will be a memorial service in celebration of Nicole's life held at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania rain or shine. All are invited to attend. More information can be found at the USA Cycling website.


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VINELAND -- Incumbent Vineland school member Paul Spinelli was defeated in Tuesday's school board election.
Newcomers Patricia Phillips and Frank DiGiorgio, along with incumbent Anthony Fanucci were elected, with Phillips taking a 400 vote lead over any of the other six candidates competing for three seats on the school board.
A total of 6,681 votes were cast Tuesday.
Phillips, a former principal in the district, received 23 percent of the votes.
Spinelli received the second lowest number of votes, with 1,089 votes. Only candidate Gene Mercoli received less votes -- 785.
Vineland also approved its school budget -- 1,142 yes votes and 878 no votes.


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The community's view on Christchurch school closures
Thursday 13 Sep 2012 4:05 p.m.
The Ministry of Education has just announced some major changes in Christchurch.
The press release was headed "$1 billion dollars investment for education renewal in Canterbury"
But it was the detail later in that release that has got the attention - a dozen schools to close, another 18 to merge.
The ministry believes the shake-up will "ensure our investment delivers better outcomes for learners and the wider community"
Lachlan Forsyth asked the community what it thought.
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Lake Mead NRA Announces Release of Environmental Assessment: Rehabilitation of Northshore Road and Overton Beach and Echo Bay Access Roads Changes in the Boulder Basin (Burro Point)
Contact: Roxanne Dey, (702) 293-8947
Superintendent William K. Dickinson has announced the release of an environmental assessment (EA) for the rehabilitation of Northshore Road from mileposts 27 to 48. The project also includes the rehabilitation of the Overton Beach and Echo Bay access roads.
The purpose of the project is to make improvements in the existing road design and improve conditions related to pavement deterioration, inadequate road and shoulder widths, and poor drainage. The project will also upgrade the road for consistency, in terms of design speed and sight distance, with other roads in the recreation area. Once completed, the new roads should improve traffic flow and increase visitor safety. The EA analyzes the no-action alternative and the National Park Service's preferred alternative to improve the road conditions. The public is welcome to provide input on the proposed project and the park's efforts to avoid adverse effects on the environment.
This document is available on the Lake Mead NRA website at Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a unit of the National Park Service.


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The piece is provocative and serves as a critique of the status quo Christian church, presumably in America. I say "presumably" because Ehrich doesn't make a move toward defining where this church is (theologically, geographically, etc.). Like a Rorschach ink blot, we are left to our own imaginations to provide the specific object of his ecclesial scorn.
For example:
"An assembly that exists to help people shouldn't be so willing to hurt people – by declaring them worthless, unacceptable, undesirable or strangers at the gate."
Who is doing this? Who is "so willing to hurt people"? Who declares people "worthless" and "unacceptable"?
I suspect that if Ehrich was going after the fringes, he would simply say so and call a few of them out by name.
Here is another line:
"An assembly that should relax into serenity of God's unconditional love shouldn't be so filled with hatred and fear."
Again, who is he talking about? You might ask why I care that Ehrich lacks specificity. But these pieces get a lot of eyeballs — I printed this one off the The Washington Post site. This is not an internal conversation — Christian to Christian. No, these kind of editorials are critiques of the entire Church (the universal Church with a capital C).
I prefer a more direct approach. When Jesus had a beef with the Church, He told the church directly about their wayward manner of doctrine and practice (i.e. most of the New Testament past the Gospels). Therein we find fairly clear indictments against lost love, licentiousness and loose doctrine – and we hear the call from Christ to repent.
But with Ehrich, we get:
"An assembly that follows an itinerant rabbi shouldn't be chasing permanence, stability and property."
So, following Christ will bring the fruit of ecclesial impermanence, instability and … no deeds to physical property?
"The millions who are fleeing institutional Christianity in America aren't escaping bad doctrine, shoddy performance values or inconvenient calls to mission. They are escaping the institution itself."
Where's the sociological data for that claim? Is he referring to recent Pew Research? Maybe, but who knows? On the other hand, maybe he is writing about the mass exodus of people out of mainline denominations and into theologically-conservative bodies and denominations. I doubt that is his intention, for he clearly states that Christians aren't "escaping bad doctrine."
So, what forms of institutional Christianity might Ehrich be pointing out?
At the risk of hearing Ehrich belt out some Carly Simon ("You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you"), I do believe he is talking about conservative, evangelical churches.
Church should be a safe place — safe to be oneself, safe to make one's confession, safe to love whoever one feels called to love, safe to imagine more, safe to fail. Instead, church often is a dangerous place, where people feel guarded, self-protective, hemmed in by tradition and expectation, required to obey rules.
Where would you go to feel "safe to love whoever one feels called to love"? That's code language (without subtlety) for same-sex relationships. Would you head to your local conservative, evangelical church to get such a feeling?
Is critique important? Certainly. But from what authority?
No matter the issue, the Bible is our source for all things pertaining to life and practice.
God did not leave the bride of His Son without counsel nor without directives. Which is actually why a congregation faithful to God's Word will not proclaim itself to be a "safe place to love anyone you want."
The Church is an inherently dangerous place
I take issue with the statement that the "church should be a safe place" because a church is an inherently dangerous place. The Church is in the world as a light bearing truth to the powers that be. The Church is a counter-cultural declaration that humanity is in need of redemption and that Christ alone is the Way to salvation.
Church is not a safe place because Jesus is "not a tame lion" — to quote C.S. Lewis.
Church is a safe place to be dead to oneself. Safe to make a confession in Christ alone. Safe to love God with all your heart, mind and body. Safe to lead a life unconstrained by rules but fully conformed in obedience to the will of God.
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Two weeks or so after GOP D.A. Dan Donovan went up on the air (and on YouTube) with a slew of campaign commercials, Mike Ryan, his Democratic opponent, has released his first spot:
Donovan, meanwhile, yesterday picked up endorsements from unions representing NYPD captains, lieutenants and sergeants.
Which is all well and good, but Donovan was overheard telling one union rep what it was really all about: Turnout.
"We need your members to vote," he told John Driscoll, head of the Captains Endowment Association. "So few people are going to vote."
That's because Donovan's is the only contested race on a thin ballot this year. There are no state- or citywide races to generate more interest.
Donovan said that if all the union members and their spouses cast ballots for him, he would be in good shape.
Driscoll was heard assuring Donovan that he'd work to get his members out.


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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2012)] [Notices] [Pages 44642-44647] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-18552] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of the Secretary [Docket No. DHS-2012-0045] Privacy Act of 1974; Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection-DHS/CBP-009 Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) System of Records AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of records. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to update and reissue a current DHS system of records titled, ``Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Border Protection-DHS/CBP-009 Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) System of Records.'' This system collects and maintains a record of nonimmigrant aliens seeking to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program. The system is used to determine whether the applicant is eligible to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program by vetting the application information against selected security and law enforcement databases using U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) TECS and the Automated Targeting System (ATS). In addition, ATS retains a copy of ESTA application data to identify potential high-risk ESTA applicants. DHS/ CBP is updating this system of records notice to clarify the categories of individuals and remove unnecessary language, add the Internet Protocol address associated with the submitted ESTA application as a category of records, provide more specific legal authorities, clarify the purposes to include the identification of high-risk applicants, include an additional routine use for judicial proceedings and update and clarify other routine uses, clarify the retention of records in ESTA and the Nonimmigrant Information System (DHS/CBP-016--Nonimmigrant Information System December 19, 2008 73 FR 77739), update the notification procedures to explain the extension of access procedures to international travelers, allow limited direct access and amendment of ESTA application data, and add the CPB access request address; eliminate unnecessary language from the record source categories, and clarify which exemptions will be used for which provisions of the Privacy Act. [[Page 44643]] The Department of Homeland Security issued a Final Rule to exempt this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act on August 31, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 45069). These regulations remain in effect. This updated system will be included in the DHS inventory of record systems. DATES: Submit comments on or before August 29, 2012. This revised system will be effective August 29, 2012. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS- 2012-0045 by one of the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Fax: 703-483-2999. Mail: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, visit http://www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions please contact: Laurence E. Castelli (202) 325-0280, CBP Privacy Officer, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Mint Annex, 799 Ninth Street NW., Washington, DC 20229. For privacy issues please contact: Mary Ellen Callahan (703) 235-0780, Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) proposes to update and reissue an existing DHS system of records titled, ``DHS/CBP-009 Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) System of Records.'' ESTA is a web-based system that DHS/CBP developed in 2008 to determine the eligibility of aliens to travel under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to the United States by air or sea. The authority to collect information required in an ESTA application may be found in Section 217(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3). An eligibility determination under ESTA is made prior to a visitor boarding a carrier en route to the United States, and is accomplished by vetting the information against selected security and law enforcement databases using CBP TECS and the Automated Targeting System (ATS) to determine whether such travel poses a law enforcement or security risk. In addition, ATS retains a copy of ESTA application data to identify potential high-risk ESTA applicants. DHS/ CBP previously issued an updated SORN for ESTA on November 2, 2011 (76 FR 67751). In order to determine whether the applicant is eligible to travel to the United States under the VWP, an applicant provides biographic and other requested information, as well as payment information, using the online application process available at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov. CBP vets applicant information against various security and law enforcement databases. Payment information is sent to the Department of the Treasury's Pay.gov, and CBP a payment status and tracking number in return. CBP is updating the category of records in this system of records to now include the Internet Protocol address (IP address) associated with the submitted ESTA application. As of the effective date of this updated SORN, the IP address will be used as part of the DHS/CBP vetting process. A copy of the application data, including the IP address, will be sent to the ATS in order to identify possible high risk applicants as part of the vetting process. DHS/CBP is updating this system of records notice to clarify the categories of individuals and remove unnecessary language. DHS/CBP is updating the categories of records for this system of records notice to permit the collection and use of the IP address associated with an ESTA application. DHS/CBP is also providing more specific legal authorities to collect ESTA information, and clarifying the purposes to include the identification of high-risk applicants. The routine uses are being updated to add general language ensuring that ``[a]ny disclosure of information must be made consistent with the official duties of the person making the disclosure.'' Routine uses A, D, E, and J are being reworded to provide greater clarity and make non- substantive grammatical changes. Routine use C is being updated to change ``other federal government agencies'' to ``General Services Administration'' to better reflect the statutory authorities and the fact that records will be shared with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) where NARA maintains the records as permanent records. Routine uses G, K, and M are being reworded to provide greater clarity and remove the now superfluous condition that the ``disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official duties of the person making the disclosure.'' Finally, a new routine use P is being inserted to permit DHS to share this information with a court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal in the course of presenting evidence, including disclosures to opposing counsel or witnesses in the course of civil discovery, litigation, or settlement negotiations, in response to a subpoena, or in connection with criminal law proceedings. DHS/CBP is also updating this SORN by clarifying the retention of records in ESTA and the Non-Immigrant Information System (NIIS) into which ESTA data may be incorporated based on actual travel to the United States; updating and clarifying the notification procedures to explain the extension of access procedures to international travelers, allow limited direct access and amendment of ESTA application data, and add the CPB access request address; eliminating unnecessary language from the record source categories describing the use of payment information between ESTA, Pay.gov, and the CBP Credit and Debit Card Data System for payment reconciliation purposes; and clarifying that the Department is exempting the system from sections (c)(3), (e)(8), and (g) of the Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), and is exempting the system from (c)(3) of the Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). DHS previously published a Final Rule exempting this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. 74 FR 45069 (Aug. 31, 2009). That Final Rule remains in effect and applicable to this updated system. The purpose of this system of records is to determine the eligibility of aliens to travel under the VWP to the United States by air or sea. DHS/CBP has authority to operate this system under Title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 201, et. seq., and Section 217(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3). Consistent with DHS' information sharing mission, information stored in ESTA may be shared with other DHS components, as well as appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or international government agencies. This sharing will only take place after DHS determines that the recipient has a need to know the information to carry out functions consistent with the exceptions under [[Page 44644]] the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), and the routine uses set forth in this system of records notice. II. Privacy Act The Privacy Act embodies fair information practice principles in a statutory framework governing the means by which the federal government collects, maintains, uses, and disseminates individuals' records. The Privacy Act applies to information that is maintained in a ``system of records.'' A ``system of records'' is a group of any records under the control of an agency for which information is retrieved by the name of an individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual. This system only collects information pertaining to persons in nonimmigrant status, that is, persons who are not covered by the protections of the Privacy Act at the time they provide their information. However, given the importance of providing privacy protections to international travelers, DHS has decided to administratively apply the privacy protections and safeguards outlined in this notice to all international travelers subject to ESTA. This newly-updated system will be included in the Department of Homeland Security's inventory of record systems. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), DHS has provided a report of this system of records to the Office of Management and Budget and to Congress. System of Records Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)--009 System name: DHS/CBP-009 Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Security classification: Unclassified. The data may be retained on the classified networks but this does not change the nature and character of the data until it is combined with classified information. System location: Records are maintained in the operational system at CBP Headquarters in Washington, DC and at CBP field offices. Records are replicated from the operational system and maintained on the DHS unclassified and classified networks. Categories of individuals covered by the system: Categories of individuals covered by this system include foreign nationals who seek to enter the United States by air or sea under the VWP. Categories of records in the system: Full Name (First, Middle, and Last); Date of birth; Gender; Email address; Phone number; Travel document type (e.g., passport), number, issuance date, expiration date and issuing country; Country of Citizenship; IP address; ESTA application number; Department of Treasury Pay.gov Payment Tracking Number (i.e., confirmation of payment; absence of payment confirmation will result in a ``not cleared'' determination); Country of Birth; Date of Anticipated Crossing; Airline and Flight Number; City of Embarkation; Address while visiting the United States (Number, Street, City, State); Whether the individual has a communicable disease, physical or mental disorder, or is a drug abuser or addict; Whether the individual has been arrested or convicted for a moral turpitude crime, drug possession or use, or has been sentenced for a period longer than five years; Whether the individual has engaged in espionage, sabotage, terrorism or Nazi activity between 1933 and 1945; Whether the individual is seeking work in the U.S.; Whether the individual has been excluded or deported, or attempted to obtain a visa or enter U.S. by fraud or misrepresentation; Whether the individual has ever detained, retained, or withheld custody of a child from a U.S. citizen granted custody of the child; Whether the individual has ever been denied a U.S. visa or entry into the U.S., or had a visa cancelled, and, if so, the location and date of that denial or cancellation; Whether the individual has ever asserted immunity from prosecution; Any change of address while in the U.S. Authority for maintenance of the system: Title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 201 et seq.; the INA, as amended, including 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(11) and (h)(3), and implementing regulations contained in Part 217, title 8, Code of Federal Regulations; and the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, Public Law 111-145, 22 U.S.C. 2131. Purpose(s): The purpose of this system is to collect and maintain a record of nonimmigrant aliens who want to travel to the United States under the VWP, and to determine whether applicants are eligible to travel to the United States under the VWP by vetting their information against various security and law enforcement databases and identifying high- risk applicants. This vetting includes consideration of IP address, along with the other application data. The Department of Treasury Pay.gov tracking number (associated with the payment information provided to Pay.gov and stored in the Credit/ Debit Card Data System, DHS/CBP-003--Credit/Debit Card Data System (CDCDS), 76 Fed. Reg. 67755 (November 2, 2011)) will be used to process ESTA and third party administrator fees and to reconcile issues regarding payment between ESTA, CDCDS, and Pay.gov. Payment information will not be used for vetting purposes and is stored in a separate system (CDCDS) from the ESTA application data. DHS maintains a replica of some or all of the data in the operating system on the unclassified and classified DHS networks to allow for analysis and vetting consistent with the above stated purposes and this published notice. Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a portion of the records or information contained in this system may be disclosed outside DHS as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3). Any disclosure of information must be made consistent with the official duties of the person making the disclosure. The routine uses are as follows: A. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), including the United States Attorney Offices, or other federal agency conducting litigation or in proceedings before any court, adjudicative or administrative body, when it is relevant or necessary to the litigation and one of the following is a party to the litigation or has an interest in such litigation: 1. DHS or any component thereof; 2. Any employee of DHS in his/her official capacity; 3. Any employee of DHS in his/her individual capacity where DOJ or DHS has agreed to represent the employee; or [[Page 44645]] 4. The United States or any agency thereof. B. To a congressional office from the record of an individual in response to a written inquiry from that congressional office made pursuant to a Privacy Act waiver from the individual to whom the record pertains. C. To NARA or the General Services Administration pursuant to records management inspections being conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906 and for records that NARA maintains as permanent records. D. To an agency or organization for the purpose of performing audit or oversight operations as authorized by law, but only such information as is necessary and relevant to such audit or oversight function. E. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when: 1. DHS suspects or has confirmed that the security or confidentiality of information in the system of records has been compromised; 2. DHS has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or other systems or programs (whether maintained by DHS or another agency or entity) or harm to the individuals that rely upon the compromised information; and 3. The disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with DHS's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm. F. To contractors and their agents, grantees, experts, consultants, and others performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative agreement, or other assignment for DHS, when necessary to accomplish an agency function related to this system of records. Individuals provided information under this routine use are subject to the same Privacy Act requirements and limitations on disclosure as are applicable to DHS officers and employees. G. To an appropriate federal, state, tribal, local, international, or foreign law enforcement agency or other appropriate authority charged with investigating or prosecuting a violation or enforcing or implementing a law, rule, regulation, or order, where a record, either on its face or in conjunction with other information, indicates a violation or potential violation of law, which includes criminal, civil, or regulatory violations. H. To appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, or foreign governmental agencies or multilateral governmental organizations for the purpose of protecting the vital health interests of a data subject or other persons (e.g., to assist such agencies or organizations in preventing exposure to or transmission of a communicable or quarantinable disease or to combat other significant public health threats; appropriate notice will be provided of any identified health threat or risk); I. To third parties during the course of a law enforcement investigation to the extent necessary to obtain information pertinent to the investigation; J. To a federal, state, tribal, local, international, or foreign government agency or entity for the purpose of consulting with that agency or entity: (1) To assist in making a determination regarding redress for an individual in connection with the operations of a DHS component or program; (2) for the purpose of verifying the identity of an individual seeking redress in connection with the operations of a DHS component or program; or (3) for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of information submitted by an individual who has requested such redress on behalf of another individual; K. To federal and foreign government intelligence or counterterrorism agencies or components where DHS becomes aware of an indication of a threat or potential threat to national or international security to assist in countering such threat, or to assist in anti- terrorism efforts; L. To the Department of State in the processing of petitions or applications for benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and all other immigration and nationality laws including treaties and reciprocal agreements; M. To an organization or individual in either the public or private sector, either foreign or domestic, where there is a reason to believe that the recipient is or could become the target of a particular terrorist activity or conspiracy, to the extent the information is relevant to the protection of life or property; N. To the carrier transporting an individual to the United States, but only to the extent that CBP provides information that the ESTA status is not applicable to the traveler, or, if applicable, that the individual is authorized to travel, not authorized to travel, pending, or has not applied. O. To the Department of Treasury's Pay.gov, for payment processing and payment reconciliation purposes. P. To a court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal in the course of presenting evidence, including disclosures to opposing counsel or witnesses in the course of civil discovery, litigation, or settlement negotiations, or in response to a subpoena, or in connection with criminal law proceedings; Q. To the news media and the public, with the approval of the Chief Privacy Officer in consultation with counsel, when there exists a legitimate public interest in the disclosure of the information or when disclosure is necessary to preserve confidence in the integrity of DHS or is necessary to demonstrate the accountability of DHS's officers, employees, or individuals covered by the system, except to the extent it is determined that release of the specific information in the context of a particular case would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies: None. Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system: Storage: Records in this system are stored electronically in the operational system as well as on the unclassified and classified network or on paper in secure facilities in a locked drawer behind a locked door. The records are stored on magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and CD-ROM. Retrievability: These records may be retrieved by any of the data elements supplied by the applicant. The Pay.gov payment tracking number may be used to track the amount of payment associated with an ESTA application and to reconcile payment discrepancies. Safeguards: Records in this system are safeguarded in accordance with applicable rules and policies, including all applicable DHS automated systems security and access policies. Strict controls have been imposed to minimize the risk of compromising the information stored. Access to the computer system containing the records is limited to those individuals who have a need to know the information for the performance of their official duties and who have appropriate clearances or permissions. [[Page 44646]] Retention and disposal: Application information submitted to ESTA generally expires and is deemed ``inactive'' two years after the initial submission of information by the applicant. In the event that a traveler's passport remains valid for less than two years from the date of the ESTA approval, the ESTA travel authorization will expire concurrently with the passport. Information in ESTA will be retained for one year after the ESTA travel authorization expires. After this period, the inactive account information will be purged from online access and archived for 12 years. Data linked at any time during the 15-year retention period (generally 3 years active, 12 years archived), to active law enforcement lookout records, CBP matches to enforcement activities, and/or investigations or cases, including ESTA applications that are denied authorization to travel, will remain accessible for the life of the law enforcement activities to which they may become related. NARA guidelines for retention and archiving of data will apply to ESTA and CBP continues to negotiate with NARA for approval of the ESTA data retention and archiving plan. Records replicated on the unclassified and classified networks will follow the same retention schedule. Payment information is not stored in ESTA, but is forwarded to Pay.gov and stored in CBP's financial processing system, CDCDS, pursuant to the DHS/CBP-018, CDCDS system of records notice. In those instances where a VWP traveler's ESTA data is used for purposes of processing their application for admission to the United States, the ESTA data will be used to create a corresponding admission record in the DHS/CBP-016 Non-Immigrant Information System (NIIS). This corresponding admission record will retained in accordance with the NIIS retention schedule, which is 75 years. System Manager and address: Director, Office of Automated Systems, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Headquarters, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20229. Notification procedure: This system only collects information pertaining to persons in nonimmigrant status, that is, persons who are not covered by the protections of the Privacy Act at the time they provide their information. However, given the importance of providing privacy protections to international travelers, DHS has decided to administratively apply the privacy protections and safeguards outlined in this notice to all international travelers subject to ESTA. Applicants may access their ESTA information to view and amend their applications by providing their ESTA number, birth date, and passport number. Once they have provided their ESTA number, birth date, and passport number, applicants may view their ESTA status (authorized to travel, not authorized to travel, pending) and submit limited updates to their travel itinerary information. If an applicant does not know his/her application number, he/she can provide his or her name, passport number, date of birth, and passport issuing country to retrieve his/her application number. In addition to using the ESTA system directly to access information provided to DHS/CBP, individuals may submit requests and receive information maintained in this system as it relates to data submitted by or on behalf of a person who travels to the United States and crosses the border, as well as the resulting determination (authorized to travel, pending, or not authorized to travel). However, the Secretary of Homeland Security has exempted portions of this system from certain provisions of the Privacy Act related to providing the accounting of disclosures to individuals, because it is a law enforcement system. CBP will, however, consider individual requests to determine whether or not information may be released. In processing requests for access to information in this system, CBP will review not only the records in the operational system but also the records that were replicated on the unclassified and classified networks, and based on this notice provide appropriate access to the information. Individuals seeking notification of and access to any record contained in this system of records, or seeking to contest its content, may submit a request in writing to the Headquarters or component FOIA Officer, whose contact information can be found at http://www.dhs.gov/foia under ``contacts.'' If an individual believes more than one component maintains Privacy Act records concerning him or her the individual may submit the request to the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Drive SW., Building 410, STOP-0655, Washington, DC 20528. Requests under the Privacy Act and FOIA specifically for CBP should be addressed to: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Division, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20229. When seeking records about yourself from this system of records or any other Departmental system of records your request must conform with the Privacy Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR Part 5. You must first verify your identity, meaning that you must provide your full name, current address and date and place of birth. You must sign your request, and your signature must either be notarized or submitted under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1746, a law that permits statements to be made under penalty of perjury as a substitute for notarization. While no specific form is required, you may obtain forms for this purpose from the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer, http://www.dhs.gov or 1-866-431-0486. In addition, you should: Explain why you believe the Department would have information on you; Identify which component(s) of the Department you believe may have the information about you; Specify when you believe the records would have been created; Provide any other information that will help the FOIA staff determine which DHS component agency may have responsive records; and If your request is seeking records pertaining to another living individual, you must include a statement from that individual certifying his/her agreement for you to access his/her records. Without the above information, the component(s) may not be able to conduct an effective search, and your request may be denied due to lack of specificity or lack of compliance with applicable regulations. Record access procedures: See ``Notification procedure'' above. Contesting record procedures: See ``Notification procedure'' above. Record source categories: The system obtains information from the online ESTA application submitted by the applicant. This information is processed by the Automated Targeting System (ATS) to identify terrorists or threats to aviation and border security, and TECS (for matches to persons identified to be of law enforcement interest), and the vetting result of ``authorized to travel,'' ``not authorized to travel,'' or ``pending'' is maintained in ESTA. ``Pending'' will be resolved to ``authorized to travel'' or ``not authorized to travel'' based on further research by CBP. Pay.gov provides the Pay.gov tracking number once payment [[Page 44647]] information has been forwarded to it and processed. Exemptions claimed for the system: No exemption shall be asserted with respect to information maintained in the system as it relates to data submitted by or on behalf of a person who travels to visit the United States and crosses the border, nor shall an exemption be asserted with respect to the resulting determination (authorized to travel, pending, or not authorized to travel). Information in the system may be shared with law enforcement and/or intelligence agencies pursuant to the above routine uses. The Privacy Act requires DHS to maintain an accounting of the disclosures made pursuant to all routines uses. Disclosing the fact that a law enforcement or intelligence agency has sought and been provided particular records may affect ongoing law enforcement activities. As such, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), DHS will claim exemption from Sections (c)(3), (e)(8), and (g) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, as is necessary and appropriate to protect this information. Further, DHS will claim exemption from Section (c)(3) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2) as is necessary and appropriate to protect this information. Dated: July 18, 2012. Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 2012-18552 Filed 7-27-12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-06-P


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H S Pathology (P) Limited is a fast emerging ultimate Diagnostic Service provider on the horizon with a promise to ensure Quality, Reliability and Customer Care. Setting up its own State of the Art Central Clinical Reference Lab at Thane, Maharastra and plans to grow and acquire bigger dimensions with an aim to become a Global Network of highly automated and sophisticated diagnostic laboratories synonymous with cutting-edge technology, accuracy, efficiency, dedicated customer service and above all the stringent ethical practices.
Health Solutions offers leading edge testing services in the areas of diagnostic testing in collaboration with Clinicians, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Diagnostic Labs, Corporate Wellness Programs and Insurance companies to the benefit and satisfaction of our customers.
Driven with a goal to improve patient care, the highly skilled and committed people have teamed up to provide efficient, reliable and accurate diagnostic testing services to meet the needs of the customers. Health Solutions offers almost the entire range of Clinical Diagnostic Testing possible across the globe with accuracy and at an affordable price.
Health Solutions is looking ahead to increase its direct presence in more cities and towns with a large network of collection centers. Establishing a chain of Regional Clinical Labs across the country offering services to Healthcare segment, Corporate and Insurance companies with standardized services is on anvil.
Health Solutions is also looking to partner with hospitals to help them manage their labs more efficiently and with better profitability.
The company's business plan incorporates the idea of establishing network of Business Associates across the country. The Lab is supported by over 10000 collection points spread in different states and further expansion with respect to appointment of collection points is in progress.


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Homemade Bleach
Stormy Stewart
This homemade green solution for bleach will make your life easier.
- 1 1/2 c
- 3% hydrogen peroxide
- 1/2 c
- lemon juice
- 1 gal
- distilled water (minus 2 cups)
- gallon jug the distilled water was in
- 14
- drops lemon essential oil
Directions Step-By-Step
1Take 2 cups from the jug of distilled water and add the ingredients listed above and shake well before using each time. Makes 1 gallon.
2You can disinfect your bathrooms, clean your toilets, and whiten your clothes naturally with homemade bleach.
About this Recipe
Course/Dish: Other Non-Edibles
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This weeks podcast features tracks from the brilliant "Kutmah" compilation titled "Worldwide Family Vol. 2". The second edition of the Brownswood series is more focused on the slower hiphop tempo and includes music from Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Dibia$e and Slugabed... It's a must buy, not a disappoint-er.
Also in this weeks podcast, music from BadBadNotGood, the new album is available as a free download from the bands website, new music from Quantic, the "Look Around The Corner" album is out on Tru-Thoughts, a cheeky Carl Craig remix, and new music from Jimmy Edgar on Hot Flush Recordings...
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Gas prices continue downward spiral across United States
AAA announced oil prices closed at $79.76 last week - the first time the price per barrel fell below $80.00 in ten months.
While this news shows a tough economic climate for the oil industry, the lower prices heading into the summer season are giving consumers more opportunities than they thought possible.
"My parents live in Florida so it gives me a chance to go down there and see my mom and it helps with going to work," said McArthur Rouse Jr.
"It gives us the opportunity to shop more. It gives us the opportunity to put more money into the economy," said Minister Chesterfield Walker.
Consumers also say with more money in their pocket people are able to travel to and from our community and possibly increase revenue.
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Be Wary of Scams
SCAM ARTISTS rear their ugly heads all too frequently. The Ohio Valley is not isolated from such despicable activity.
Scammers often attempt to prey upon the elderly. But no one is safe against them.
With the onset of a new year, cell phone numbers will be going public. Such a move will provide scammers with a massive new market to attack.
Cell phone owners can protect themselves by registering with the National Do Not Call Registry. Numbers may be added to the national registry, which is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission, by calling 1-888-382-1222, and there is no deadline to do so.
Scammers can be smooth operators.
The best advice is if it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is. Never give out personal information such as Social Security numbers or any financial data.
Requests for money and private information always need to be questioned.
Be wary of any unsolicited "advice" received electronically, be it through email or social media. Scammers have been able to use technology to their advantage. They have well honed their activity, even impersonating as a family member at times.
Social media has made scams even a bigger threat.
With that, extra precaution is needed. If you are receiving suspicious calls, texts, or emails, or think you may have been the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement agency.
To learn more about identity and consumer theft and how to report it, visit www.ftc.gov., the government's Federal Trade Commission website.


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Warren Buffett calls the debt ceiling a "nuclear weapon, too horrible to use." Obama administration official Jason Furman says the consequence of a default on U.S. government debt is "too terrible to think about." When asked about a default, Wells Fargo strategist James Kochan simply commented, "Holy cripes."
from Unstructured Finance:
Goldman, AIG and the government renew their friendship
Scanning Goldman Sachs's newly published interactive annual report on Monday, Unstructured Finance had to do a double-take upon seeing American International Group highlighted as a client success story.
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One more try at the Great Refi
By Matthew Goldstein
Don't be surprised if President Obama includes a line or two in his State of Union address this evening about the need for a plan to allow millions of struggling homeowners whose mortgages are packaged into so-called private label mortgage-backed securities to get a chance to either refinance their loans or restructure them.
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Geithner tells Congress: calling China names doesn't get you anywhere
U.S. lawmakers are mad and want Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to step in and call China a name -- "currency manipulator" -- which may not sound like much on city streets but can be quite an insult in world financial circles.
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US Treasury will close Capital Assistance Program
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday it will immediately close its Capital Assistance Program, set up last spring for bank stress tests, because the only firm needing taxpayer funds will use an auto industry support program instead.
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U.S. banks give nod to prepaying fees, seek tweaks
By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. banks are lauding regulators for avoiding another emergency fee to replenish the deposit insurance fund, but are suggesting tweaks to a plan for them to prepay three years of regular assessments.
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Don't worry about the weak dollar
By John M. Berry
There's no way to shut off the incessant warnings about a weak dollar from foreign officials and some economists, but it's perfectly safe to ignore them.
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US Treasury to say 3 more funds to buy toxic assets
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department will announce on Monday that three more funds have met requirements to get government financing that will let them begin purchases of banks' so-called toxic assets.
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Cross-border resolution of troubled banks may be hard – U.S. Fed's Tarullo
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A member of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors said on Wednesday it may be difficult to find international consensus on cross-border unwinding of troubled financial institutions.
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SCENARIOS-US weighs how to rebuild depleted bank insurance fund
By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators plan to meet next week to propose options for replenishing the insurance fund used to safeguard bank deposits, including tapping a line of credit with the Treasury Department.


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U.S. stocks fell, after benchmark indexes closed at all-time highs for a second consecutive day, amid renewed selling in small-cap and Internet shares.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 0.5 percent to 1,888.51 at 4 p.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 101.53 points, or 0.6 percent, to 16,613.91, halting a five-day rally. The Russell 2000 Index of small stocks sank 1.6 percent after Tuesday sliding 1.1 percent.
"The market is taking a bit of a breather," Bill Schultz, chief investment officer who oversees about $1.1 billion at McQueen Ball & Associates in Bethlehem, Pa., said in a phone interview. "Earnings have been OK, but now we're in a slow period. We're going to have to see earnings pick up to get us to the next level on stocks."
The S&P 500 rebounded 4.5 percent from its low on April 11 through Tuesday, recovering declines after a selloff in technology and small-cap stocks overshadowed optimism about the strength of the economy. The equities benchmark briefly surpassed 1,900 for the first time Tuesday, ending the day little changed at an all-time high of 1,897.45.
The Russell 2000 dropped the most in a week Tuesday and has fallen 8.7 percent from a March high. The gauge retreated 1.9 percent last week to close below its average price for the past 200 days for the first time since 2012.
The Dow Jones Internet Index lost 1.2 percent, as Groupon sank 4.4 percent to halt four days of gains. The gauge has plunged 17 percent from a 13-year high in March.
"There's potential for people to take profits as we reach this record-high area," Joe Bell, senior equity analyst at Cincinnati-based Schaeffer's Investment Research, said in a phone interview. "When you get these run-ups, people start to look at economic data, and we haven't exactly had a great run over the last month. People were expecting a pickup following a tough winter."
Data today showed wholesale prices in the U.S. rose in April by the most in more than a year, reflecting broad-based gains that signal the threat of deflation is ebbing as the economy improves.
A report Tuesday showed retail sales climbed 0.1 percent last month, as consumers were less inclined to ramp up spending again after March saw a release of pent-up demand caused by harsh winter weather.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will speak Thursday after saying last week the world's biggest economy still requires a strong dose of stimulus. She told U.S. lawmakers that while data show "solid growth" in the second quarter, "many Americans who want a job are still unemployed" and inflation remains low.
Three rounds of monetary stimulus have helped fuel economic growth, sending the S&P 500 surging as much as 180 percent from its 2009 low.
Macy's Inc., Wal-Mart Stores and Kohl's Corp. are among 12 companies in the S&P 500 scheduled to disclose results this week, giving investors insight into how retailers performed during the winter months.
Among the 456 companies in the S&P 500 that have posted results this earnings season, 76 percent beat analysts' estimates for profits and 53 percent exceeded sales projections, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Investors have also been watching developments in Ukraine, where rebels yesterday killed seven government soldiers and wounded eight others during an ambush in a breakaway eastern region.
The country "is as close to civil war as you can get," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview today with Bloomberg Television. Russia has "no intention" of send its troops anywhere, he said. The country is locked in the worst standoff since the end of the Cold War against the U.S. and Europe over Ukraine in the runup to presidential elections later this month.


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A number of parents are intentionally exposing food-allergic children to their allergens, sometimes in the misguided belief that either a small amount won't hurt a child or to "test" whether an allergy had been outgrown.
Those behind this discovery were caught off guard: "We were shocked. We were just floored," said Kim Mudd of Johns Hopkins University, lead author of the study. "It was quite clear that some of these purposeful exposures were against medical advice."
Researchers from five leading allergy clinics were trying to get to the motivation behind why 8 percent of 512 families with food-allergic kids had reported in an earlier study that their young children had been purposely exposed to a food allergen. The results from a new questionnaire survey with this group were presented at the 2013 AAAAI annual meeting. Among the 40 families in question (who often gave more than one reason for a food exposure):
• 46 percent reported believing that small exposures to an allergen would not cause symptoms;
• 42 percent experimented with the allergenic food to see if the child's allergy had resolved;
• 38 percent saw that a child was now tolerating either baked milk or egg and decided to try it in an unbaked form;
• 29 percent said they'd given a food because the child hadn't had symptoms on a previous exposure;
• 25 percent believed that small exposures would speed the resolution of the allergy;
• 24 percent gave a food because their child's past reaction hadn't been severe;
• 15 percent knowingly gave the food because they didn't believe the diagnosis of food allergy;
• 14 percent thought an allergy test showing decreased IgE antibodies meant the allergy had resolved;
• 8 percent gave the food to "test" the severity of their child's reaction;
• 4 percent were influenced by something they'd read;
• and 2 percent tried the food at home while waiting for an oral food challenge with the allergist.
The study, funded by the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR), notes that feeding an allergen to a child is against medical advice; kids with allergies are supposed to avoid their allergen at all times. The researchers concluded that "these purposeful exposures to food reflect potentially dangerous misconceptions about food allergy among parents and other caretakers."
Next: Who was exposing the children to allergens
Click here [1] to see Allergic Living's full coverage of the 2013 AAAAI allergists conference.
As for who was exposing the child to a food, most often it was the child's mother (64 percent of the time), followed by the father (21 percent). Seven percent of the time, a grandmother tried out the food, and in one case it was a caregiver.
While all the reasons for exposure are of concern, the quarter of this group who believed that "small exposures would speed allergy resolution," suggest an alarming attempt at home-based oral immunotherapy (OIT). This is dangerous, and allergists always emphasize that this type of therapy must only be begun in a clinical setting, under the supervision of qualified medical professionals.
Lead author Mudd expressed another concern: the families involved in the study are getting some of the best allergy care and education available. They are being told their food-allergic children must completely avoid their triggers at all times. How then could these purposeful exposures be occurring?
"There's something to be learned here – if you have families who are getting what we think is the best care available, but they are still willing to do this, then clearly there's something that we're not doing, that we need to be doing," said Mudd.
The Fall 2012 edition of Allergic Living magazine informed readers of the original study, published in Pediatrics in July 2012. In it, the researchers were simply trying to learn more about preschool-aged children and their food allergies. They were surprised to learn of a high rate of reaction – 72 percent during a three-year period – among infants. They were taken aback to learn that 11 percent of those reported reactions were caused by the infants being "knowingly" fed their allergen (peanut, milk or egg). This second study was undertaken to learn about why the children were being exposed to an allergen. It concludes that, given these intended exposures among parents, it's important for physicians to offer guidance on the importance of the avoidance diet when dealing with a food allergy.
If you have any questions about your own allergic child's diet, please contact your allergist or dietitian for assistance. Remember that it is never safe to experiment at home with "testing" a food on an allergic child.
See Allergic Living's full coverage of the 2013 AAAAI allergists conference [1].


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SONICblue Devises Licenses, Plans For DVR Future
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SONICblue said that it granted Samsung Electronics a license allowing for its patented dual-deck technology to be incorporated into Samsung Electronics' DVD/VCR combination products. SONICblue also said that it plans to expand its ReplayTV strategy by entering the retail market during the second half of the year with a new digital video recorder (DVR) targeting the mass consumer market.
The company is seeking licenses from additional consumer electronics companies planning to market DVD/VCR and DVD/DVR combination products. Specific terms of the company's agreement with Samsung Electronics are not being disclosed at this time.
SONICblue's new DVR product will offer many of the features of its ReplayTV 4000 series and will be priced below any existing DVR currently on the market, according to the company. SONICblue will also continue to launch products targeting the high-end DVR market where it has established itself as the technology leader.
SONICblue's mass market DVR is expected to support all the basic DVR functions including commercial advance technology, which allows the consumer choices about whether or not they care to watch commercials, be modem or broadband enabled and allow in-home streaming so that recordings can be watched in several rooms in the house.
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I think that until the basic units are at or below $200 they will be in the same situation as TiVo, UTV, etc.


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2011 William Pynchon Awards
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11/17/11-Agawam-Staff Photo by Dave Roback-Seen @ the 2011 William Pynchon awards at Chez Joseph on Thursday evening. Here Gail Lansky, wife of award winner Aaron Lanski of the National Yiddish Book Center.
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Plenary talks - H.G. Adler: Life, Literature, Legacy
Nov 11, 2012, 4:30pm-6:30pm
Two speakers will deliver plenary talks delving into the world of H.G. Adler, his life, literature and legacy, including his son Professor Jeremy Adler, King's College London, who will present, "The World of My Father's Memory Writing: The Gesamtkunstwerk of H.G. Adler".
Professor Lawrence L. Langer, scholar of Holocaust literature, will follow with a talk, titled "Holocaust Fact and Holocaust Fiction: The Dual Vision of H.G. Adler".
Hans Gunther Adler survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald, and in the aftermath published 26 books of fiction, poetry, history, philosophy and social science. Recent English translations of his works into English from German have revealed Adler to be one of the most important writers of the Holocaust.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Parkway Place Mall, which has been largely closed since power went out on Wednesday, has reopened and will stay open until 7 p.m. tonight, officials said.
The mall on South Memorial Parkway will be open Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.
The Belk and Dillard's Department stores at Parkway Place have been open for several days on generator power. The rest of the mall has been closed until now.
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