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By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
EVERETT — He could outrun his peers, but not the law.
Bail was set at $250,000 Friday for Bereket Million N. Piatt, a former Everett Community College runner who in 2011 won a Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges cross-country championship.
Piatt, 20, is under investigation for allegedly kidnapping an EvCC student and robbing an Everett bank Jan. 23.
At his bail hearing in Everett District Court on Friday, prosecutors argued that Piatt poses a danger to the community and is a risk to flee.
Police tracked cellphone signals near a Tacoma train station that caused them to believe Piatt might be trying to leave the state, officials said.
He has family in California and Oregon, prosecutors said. Police also were checking a report that the suspect might have been planning to leave for Puerto Rico.
Tacoma police arrested Piatt on Thursday. He later was transported to the Snohomish County Jail.
Several people, including a former teammate and coaches, said Piatt is the man caught on surveillance cameras robbing the bank, according to a search warrant. The images appeared in media reports.
The kidnapping victim, whose identity and age were not released, is younger than 18 and attends college courses. She told police that she was approached by a man as she was leaving the college Jan. 23. He pointed a handgun at her and told her to get into her car, court papers said.
The man made her drive to an area near a Wells Fargo Bank on Broadway in north Everett. He threatened to harm her if she drove off, court papers said. He returned a short time later with a white envelope before telling her to drive away. She later was released unharmed.
New details about the bank robbery allegations emerged in court papers Friday.
A man approached a teller and asked to cash a check.
The man then turned the check over. Written on the bank was a demand for $9,000 in cash and a threat, court papers said.
The robber was given several thousand dollars.
After receiving the money, he took steps to learn the man's identity and made additional threats.
"The teller described being in fear for his life due to the threats," court papers said.
Four people who knew Piatt recognized him from news coverage about the robbery.
The bank teller reportedly identified Piatt from a photo montage as the robber.
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REDLANDS - Residents will notice significant road work throughout the city because of a street resurfacing project scheduled to start Monday.
The $4.2 million project represents the opening phase of both the Pavement Accelerated Repair Implementation Strategy (PARIS) and the Pavement Management Program. PARIS was approved in September. The Pavement Management Program was adopted in March.
The resurfacing may last through December.
"One of the major priorities of the (City) Council is to fix streets," said Fred Mousavipour, the interim municipal utilities and engineering director. "This is one of those projects that most residents support. It's going to be good for everyone."
The city increased trash collection bills, to take effect in February, to raise money to repair and repave damaged streets. That decision was based on a study commissioned from TKE Engineering that stated that trash trucks cause $16,500 in damage per mile of residential streets, and $7,000 per mile to arterial streets, over 50 years.
For residents, trash fees will increase by an average of a little more than $2 per month at the beginning of the program. Average residential trash bills will be nearly $8 higher than current levels after three years.
At least a dozen streets and intersections will be affected.
This latest beautification project will likely be the first of many for the city in the near future, Mousavipour said.
"Every year we have a project of this magnitude," Mousavipour said. "From this point on, it will happen more frequently. This is the beginning."
Mousavipour said the city has resurfaced at least 88 miles of streets over the last three years. Residents can expect more street work will be done.
"It's going to start to quadruple," Mousavipour said. "We will spend about $47 million on street resurfacing over the next five years. That means about two-thirds of the streets in the city will be addressed."
Mousavipour added, "It's going to be a major program for the city. This is something that took a while to come to fruition but it is here. It will move forward."
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Justin Timberlake performs with Charlie Wilson at BET Awards
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Justin Timberlake stopped by Sunday's BET Awards to help honor Charlie Wilson with the Lifetime Achievement award. He joined Wilson onstage to help perform a medley of his song, including "Outstanding."
Before presenting the award, Justin called Wilson an inspiration to a generation of R&B artists, joking that it was just a nicer way of saying that he's stolen from him. The tribute to Gap Band singer started with performances from India Arie, Jamie Foxx and Stevie Wonder. When Wilson took the stage after his acceptance speech, he gifted the audience with "You Are" and "Nephew." Pharrell Williams and Snoop Dogg then joined "Uncle Charlie" on stage for "Beautiful."
JT later appeared to complete the all-star quartet to help Charlie sing "First Name Charlie Last Name Wilson," "Signs," "You Dropped the Bomb On Me" and "Outstanding." Justin was also up for Best Male R&B Artist at the BET Awards, but lost at the beginning of the show to Miguel.
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I am certain that the most thankful people ought to be those who consider themselves outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen. We are the folks who get to enjoy riches that go far beyond our ability to pay for. We get to play in the backyard of God. And even though most property is claimed by an individual or entity; it is really all owned by its Creator. His handiwork is seen in every mountain and valley. He fills each hollow with animals, plants, and trees, not by chance, but according to His divine purpose.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Shingai Shoniwa
Shingai Elizabeth Maria Shoniwa (born on 1 September 1981) is an English singer of Zimbabwean descent and best known as the vocalist and bassist for the UK indie rock band Noisettes. Her first name, Shingai, means 'persevere' in the Shona language.
Shoniwa grew up in a South London public-housing estate; her father died when she was 11, leaving her to a single mother who had emigrated from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The experience, Shoniwa says, absolutely informs her music. "Wanting to escape from reality can inspire the greatest and most trivial creative natures in people," and "I think escapism is something that connects all of us. Everybody has their own little soundtrack, and I guess I'm trying to make my own soundtrack to my escape plan. I want people …


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The book tells the adventures of five American prisoners of war on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. Begining in the American Civil War, as famine and death ravage the city of Richmond, Virginia, five northern POWs decide to escape in a rather unusual way – by hijacking a balloon! This is only the beginning of their adventures...
This is the book that made me an engineer. I first read it as a 10 year old kid, and a printed copy of this has never left my side and these days an eBook copy. While it may appear old-fashioned and slow, it is anything but that. As you read the book, you don't just get entertained - you learn. And the end parts of the book provide plenty of surprise as well.
This is an entertaining but wordy and rather strangely plotted book. Despite the fact that the characters' experience is characterize by ease instead of strife, the story is not boring. Usually you would expect characters to face setback after setback, but no, not in The Mysterious Island. In this book, the characters meet success after success. It's an interesting book and well worth a read, though it may take a couple weeks to get through it.
Lengua: Inglés
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Numero de palabras: 193.266 palabras (≈ alrededor de 13 horas)
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"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms." - George Eliot
For most dogs, there is something almost irresistible about playing fetch. Their eyes light up, tails wag at an intense tempo while the rest of their energy is focused upon the release of that tennis ball, plastic toy or stick. Photographer Seth Casteel has taken fetch poolside in a unique and inventive book called "Underwater Dogs." Casteel begins by relating the story of how the idea of this book came about.
What follows is a parade of 80 underwater portraits showcasing a range of canine emotions from timid to ferocious while in pursuit of their moving target. My favorite pictures are of Dagmar, a Chesapeake Bay retriever. You can almost hear the splash and the effervescent cascade of bubbles coming to the water's surface as they dive for their prize.
"The Life and Love of Cats" by Lewis Blackwell is a book that will irresistibly draw readers to look inside because of the mesmerizing golden-eyed gaze of the dark gray face on its front cover. This oversized volume is not for learning about the different breeds but for celebrating domestic cats and their wild cousins.
Blackwell has captured his subjects in many different moods and poses such as a cheetah napping high up on a tree branch, a white cat's face peering down from a wall, another cat casually lounging in a bathroom sink and a tiger fearlessly gazing back at us. Some of these images might stir up memories of cats you have known in the past. This gorgeous, picture-rich book is especially for those who own, love or just admire felines.
Mention the dog breed of pit bull and most people would imagine a vicious, snarling and overly aggressive animal. Thankfully, not all pit bulls are like that. Meet Wallace, a dog who spent most of his young life in an animal shelter and was branded as untrainable and unadoptable. Andrew "Roo" Yori worked at the shelter and was able to save Wallace at the last minute from being destroyed while he was away on his honeymoon. Yori knew that this dog was special and just needed an occupation to focus his extra energy. With love, determination and patience, this pound puppy became a sporting champion. "Wallace" by Jim Gorant may help readers think differently about this particular dog breed.
The last thing that Lisa Edwards was looking for on that late October day in 2000 was a dog. It was almost Halloween and Edwards needed to pick up some candy. A cardboard sign advertising puppies for sale drew her into a pet supply store. One look at the tiny, unsteady black lab-mix pup and her heart melted. It turns out that Boo, who flunked obedience school and has poor eyesight and hearing, possessed a calm and gentle presence which made him an exceptional therapy dog. "A Dog Named Boo" is a story that reminds us that we all have value and a gift to share.
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The Log Cabin Quilters met Thursday, Sept 22, at the Levy County Quilt Museum. It was a special day with eight ladies from the Busy Bee of Old Town visiting. They come when they can as they are busy with their projects.
They also brought covered dishes so we had plenty of food for lunch. The fellowship and sharing of ideas with our guests made a great day.
Greg and six boys were out Tuesday and we had a great day getting so much done to the yard. The yard always looks great after their work. The rain we have had each day helps the grass and plants to grow.
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Dog Owners Re-Create Photos With Their Pets Years later
The DogHeirs site has created a section titled, "Dogs are family for life," where pet owners can upload mirroring "then and now" photographs taken with their pets, sometimes as long as 14 years later. If you have your own side-by-side dog photos, you can upload them to the DogHeirs site or to its Dogs Are Family Facebook page, which features an assortment of endearing dog imagery from pet owners around the world. Find out more at http://www.dogheirs.com.


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WHAT: Yubae, an Epimedium grandiflorum hybrid, blooms sooner and for longer than others. Beginning in late winter its flowers appear like large, purple-red spiders hanging from its slender stalks.
These clustered floral sprays are produced well into April. Fresh, bright green leaves emerge in flushes soon after the flowering starts.
Yubae is the original Japanese name of this clone, but it has long been sold as Rose Queen.
WHY PLANT IT: Each flush of new leaves covers and masks the sets of fading blossoms. After flowering has finished, the foliage maintains its bright green appearance until it dies back in the fall.
Yubae is an outstanding perennial for the shade garden, where it combines well with ferns, hostas and hellebores. It can also be used in mass plantings.
WHERE: This deciduous perennial tolerates a wide range of soil conditions from sand to clay and moist to well-drained. It flowers best in open to dappled shade, in deep shade the flowering is greatly reduced.
Provide occasional watering during dry weather. If the soil conditions are poor it is best to provide regular watering. Cut the leaves to the ground in fall once they yellow.
SIZE: This epimedium grows to 1.3 feet tall by 3 feet wide.
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A commercial bakery display case is used to display mouthwatering bakery goods. Bakery display cases generally have a curved or flat glass front. The curved glass bakery display cases are more fancy. The flat glass bakery display cases are more modern. When purchasing bakery display case be sure to get a warranty on your item. Refrigerated or dry bakery display cases are best for baked goods. A bakery display case is a great product to display delicious baked goods.View our selection of bakery display cases bellow. See all refrigerated display cases.
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Bakery display cases are an important tool for any bakery. Bakery display cases allow you to showcase your delicious baked goods in a professional fashion. Bakery display cases come in a variety of models such as: curved glass, flat glass, glass door upright, refrigerated, dry, double duty, and single duty. Refrigerated bakery display units are ideal for displaying cakes, pies that contain eggs or dairy and other baker's delights that are best served cold. Whichever type you need, you will want to consider the overall size, number of shelves and service style. Dry bakery display cases are perfect for breads, muffins, cupcakes, and other baked goods. No bakery is complete without at least one display case to show off their delicious treats to tempt guests with.
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Curved Glass Bakery Display Case or Flat Glass Bakery ? Choosing between a curved glass or flat glass bakery display cases can be hard. Pick the model that best fits the ambiance in your bakery shop. Curved glass models are beautiful and fancy. Flat glass models are cute and scuttle.
Refrigerated or Dry Bakery Display Case? Refrigerated bakery display cases hold a temperature of 37°F - 40°F. Dry bakery display cases hold a temperature more dependent on room temperature. If you are a high volume bakery, consider the items you will be displaying to your guests.


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Rays acquire Karns in Lobaton deal
Right-hander joins already deep Tampa Bay pitching prospect pool
By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com | February 13, 2014 2:25 PM ET
The old adage claims, "You can never have too much pitching." For the Rays, it's more than just a saying -- it's a philosophy.
Tampa Bay has reportedly acquired right-handed pitching prospect Nathan Karns from the Nationals on Thursday in a deal that sent catcher Jose Lobaton, left-handed prospect Felipe Rivero and outfield prospect Drew Vettleson to Washington.
Karns, who checked in at No. 5 on MLB.com's latest list of Nats prospects, joins an organization already wealthy with arms at the top levels. Jake Odorizzi, Alex Colome and Enny Romero each pitched at Double-A or higher and made Major League appearances in 2013.
Karns has followed a very similar path. The 26-year-old right-hander went 10-6 with a 3.26 ERA, 155 strikeouts and 48 walks over 132 2/3 innings (23 starts) for Double-A Harrisburg last season. He led the Eastern League in ERA, was second in strikeouts and finished third with a 1.18 WHIP. He made his Major League debut on May 28 and made three starts at the game's top level, finishing with 10 earned runs on 17 hits (five home runs) in just 12 innings for a 7.50 ERA.
The Texas Tech product was taken in the 12th round of the 2009 Draft after struggling mightily (7-11, 6.90 ERA) in two years with the Red Raiders. He didn't take the mound as a pro until 2011 due a torn labrum that sidelined him in 2009 and 2010. He made his full-season debut in breakout fashion, putting up a 2.17 ERA, 148 strikeouts and Minors-best .174 opponents' average en route to being named the Nationals' Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
Karns features a plus fastball and an impressive curveball that generates plenty of swings and misses, leading to the high strikeout totals in the Minor Leagues. His changeup lags behind those two offerings and has kept him from becoming a top-of-the-line prospect. The same could be said for his command, as evidenced by his 3.26 BB/9 for the Senators in 2013.
All the same, he provides the Rays with even more depth at a time when they've already lost starter Jeremy Hellickson for the first six to eight weeks of the season following elbow surgery. (Odorizzi is expected to take his slot in the Major League rotation.) The biggest benefactor of the deal might be reigning International League champion Triple-A Durham, which is likely to sport Karns, Romero, Colome and left-handed prospect Mike Montgmery in its rotation come Opening Day.
Lobaton, meanwhile, moves to the Nationals where he will back up starting catcher Wilson Ramos. The 29-year-old slashed .249/.320/.394 with seven homers and 32 RBIs over 311 at-bats for the Rays last season. He caught only 14 percent of would-be basestealers from behind the plate. The Venezuela native became expendable when the Rays acquired Ryan Hanigan (he of the 45 percent caught-stealing percentage) from the Reds with Jose Molina also on the roster.
Vettleson was a first-round pick (42nd overall) of the Rays back in 2010. The 22-year-old outfielder hit .274/.331/.388 with four homers, six triples, 29 doubles and 62 RBIs for Class A Advanced Charlotte last season. He was Tampa Bay's No. 10 prospect, according to MLB.com, at the conclusion of the 2013 campaign. His biggest present tools lie in the outfield, where he exhibits an above-average glove and arm. (The arm, in particular, comes from his days as a high school pitcher.)
Rivero, also 22, went 9-7 with a 3.40 ERA, 91 strikeouts and 52 walks in 127 innings for Charlotte in 2013. Like Karns, the Venezuelan southpaw's strengths lie in his fastball and curveball with his changeup and overall command still needing improvement. The 6-foot, 150-pound hurler, who MLB.com pegged as Tampa Bay's No. 18 prospect in its last rankings, is likely to start the year at Double-A Harrisburg along with Vettleson.
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Any Suggestions?
So i've been searching around and I'm not finding anything, Perhaps I just need a bump in the right direction.
I have just installed BackTrack 5 KDE 64 Bit and everything works perfectly except for one thing I noticed. Sound via HDMI. Here are the specs
MSI K9A2 Platinum board
AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition
3 x 2GB sticks of OCZ Platinum DDR2 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT PCI Express card.
Now I have a DVI-HDMI Adapter that came with the card which works perfectly in Windows with sound and all connecting my computer to a 42" HDTV via HDMI. I recently added a 23" Acer LCD monitor to the other DVI port to clone the screen so when I'm using the TV for something else I can still use my computer with a monitor.
Now i've been scratching my head over this for a week trying to figure out what to do to get the sound to work. In KMix I have 2 tabs in the Mixer windows. 1 is titled "HDA ATI SB" and it has 6 channels 'Master', 'Front', 'Center', 'LFE', 'PCM' & 'Headphone' respectively. All but Headphone have slider volume controls and all but PCM have Speaker icons for muting the sound at the bottom.
In the other tab labelled "HDA ATI HDMI" I have just 1 channel titled IEC958. There is no volume slider and the speaker icon is muted by default. Nothing happens when I click unmute.
In alsamixer I'm default to HDA ATI SB, everything is unmuted. So I hit S to switch cards to HDA ATI HDMI and I see 1 channel S/PDIF but there is no volume control here. Listed under Chip it says ATI R6xx HDMI.
arecord -l returns the following
NOTE: At one point earlier it had card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI] listed as well. Maybe playing with the video drivers had something to do with this not showing up now.**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 2: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I tried at one point downloading the file ati-driver-installer-11-5-x86.x86_64.run from amd's website and installing ATI driver's myself. The reason I tried this is cause I heard that ATI driver's are compiled without audio support by default. But I couldn't figure out how to enable audio in them and performance from just the default ati driver really sucked. The windows would lag when dragging them around so I removed the driver and ran apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-radeon (thinking this is what Backtrack used when it setup) but I was wrong because that only allowed me to reach a resolution of 1280x1024. So I did apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati and was able to get back to my original 1920x1080 resolution and settings. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to enable audio output from hdmi so I can have sound when connected to my TV? I would greatly appreciate it.
I also noticed by default in BT5 & Ubuntu even there's no /etc/X11/xorg.conf, Where is the video configuration loaded from in this case? How can I customize it?
NOTE6/13/2011) - cat /proc/asound/cards gives me
and there's a dir for card0 & card1 in /proc/asound as well0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f4000 irq 16
1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe8ec000 irq 44
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Any Suggestions?
I'm currently running into this same issue... Did you ever find a solution?? I never had this problem with the gnome edition of backtrack


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PHILADELPHIA - A slow start by the University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team proved fatal on Saturday. The Quakers fell behind by double digits before their game with Penn State was five minutes old and never recovered, ultimately losing 83-71 at The Palestra.
Penn (1-2) was down just 7-5 after two furious minutes, but while Penn State continued its relentless attack the Quakers went quiet. As a result, the Nittany Lions (2-1) scored the game's next nine points to go up by 11 with 15:46 still left in the first half.
Another killer PSU run began before the midway point of the period, a 12-point Nittany Lion streak that covered nearly four minutes and turned this game into a rout. Miles Jackson-Cartwright ended PSU's run with a pair of free throws, butit only made the score 37-20. Penn Stateresponded with10 of the next 12 points -- the punctuation on a 22-4 run -- that made the score 47-22. The half ended with the score 47-24 in the Nittany Lions' favor.
Penn came out of the locker room with some life, allowing PSU the first bucket of the stanza but then reeling off 10 points in a row to make the score 49-34. The Quakers never really threatened the Lions, however, as the closest they got was 12 points on three separate occasions.
The best chance Penn had at momentum was probably with a little over four minutes to play, the score 73-61, and the ball in Patrick Lucas-Perry's hands. The junior was Penn's top three-point shooter a year ago, and is always a threat from behind the arc. He missed this time, though, and PSU got the board. Tim Frazier, who missed this game last year to injury but was an absolute monster on Saturday, hit two foul shots at the other end. Then Fran Dougherty missed both ends of two free throws, and Frazier got a layup to make it 77-61.
Penn was led by Darien Nelson-Henry, who had a career-high 21 points including an 11-for-11 performance at the foul line. Dougherty and Tony Hicks had 14 points, while Jackson-Cartwright (6 points) led the Quakers with five assists.
For Penn State, Frazier finished the game with 29 points and seven assists. His backcourt mate, D.J. Newbill, had 19 points, while Ross Travis had six points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
Penn is off for nearly the entire week, before heading to Iowa City, Iowa to face its second-straight Big Ten Conference opponent, the University of Iowa. The game will pit Penn senior Dau Jok against his younger brother, Hawkeye freshman Peter Jok, and of course Iowa is coached by former Penn basketball player Fran McCaffery.
Game Notes: Penn lost to Penn State for the eighth time in the last nine meetings … for the first time this season, Penn shot a worse percentage from the field than its opponent … Penn shot 40 foul shots, a team high in the Jerome Allen coaching era … Penn had fewer turnovers than its opponent for the second time this season; the Quakers are 0-2 in such games (1-0 when committing more turnovers) … Sophomore Darien Nelson-Henry scored 21 points, a career high … He is the third different player to lead Penn in scoring in a game this season, and the third to score at least 20 points in a game … Nelson-Henry went 11-of-11 at the foul line, the best performance by a Penn player at the charity stripe since Zack Rosen went 12-of-12 against Delaware on Dec. 7, 2011 … Senior Fran Dougherty had his first double-figure scoring game of 2013-14 on Saturday, with 14 points … Dougherty also tied a career high with two assists … Sophomore Tony Hicks also scored 14 points; he and Nelson-Henry are the only players to hit double figures in scoring in each of Penn's first three games this season … Freshman Dylan Jones had a season/career high with five points.
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The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation, a nonprofit formed 20 years ago by Salt Lake County's four ski areas to promote environmental stewardship and education, received the National Ski Area Association's top environmental award for medium-sized ski areas Wednesday.
The trade association presented the Golden Eagle Award to the partnership that Snowbird, Alta, Brighton and Solitude resorts forged with the U.S. Forest Service and Salt Lake City to protect Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood canyons.
"We are honored," said Snowbird President Bob Bonar, who helped start the foundation. "Hundreds of thousands of dollars has been raised by this program."
Alta General Manager and President Onno Wieringa said it has been rewarding to be part of a collaborative effort to advance "the careful and sustainable use of our collective sensitive watershed areas."
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M. Soccer falls to Division I UNC Asheville, 3-0September 4, 2009
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The Tornados fell to the Division I UNC Asheville Bulldogs by a 3-0 score despite holding them scoreless for the first 40 minutes of play.
With the win the Bulldogs begin their season 1-1, while the Tornados become 0-3.
The Tornados and goalkeeper Jack Shaw held the Bulldogs scoreless until Branden Lassen scored off of passes from Zachary Odum and Alex Koslick at the 39:59 mark to make the score 1-0.
Asheville scored within the first minute to start the second half. Following a Brevard foul, Connor Holzinger scored on a free kick for an unassisted goal that gave Asheville a 2-0 lead at 45:50.
Zachary Odum who would end the night with a goal and an assist made the score 3-0 at 72:04 after he took a pass from Alex Koslick and scored from the center of the box.
The Bulldogs took 15 shots with 5 on goal while the Tornados took 5 shots with 2 shots from Craig Galloway being on goal.
The Tornados play their second home game of the season on Sunday at 2pm against Coker.


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Obama's recess powers fall under questionTom Schoenberg
Published: January 28 2013 - 3:00AM
WASHINGTON: The US President, Barack Obama, violated the constitution by making appointments to the National Labour Relations Board without Senate approval, a US court said in a ruling that called into question hundreds of board decisions, which could extend to the head of the new consumer finance agency.
The US Court of Appeals in Washington sided with Republican MPs in a unanimous opinion on Friday. The court held that Mr Obama's recess appointments to the board last year, made after Republicans refused to consider his nominees, were ''constitutionally invalid'' because the Senate was not in recess at the time.
''Allowing the President to define the scope of his own appointments power would eviscerate the constitution's separation of powers,'' the US Circuit Judge David Sentelle wrote in a 46-page opinion, one that might be cited in challenges to recess appointments made throughout the federal government, and possibly upending a longstanding presidential practice.
In the near-term, the ruling might be used to undo more than 200 decisions made over the past year by the NLRB, the nation's industrial relations arbitrator, as well as regulations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, whose director, Richard Cordray, was named at the same time as the labour board members.
The White House said the ruling would not affect Mr Cordray and was restricted to the agency at issue. Republicans, meanwhile, demanded the NLRB appointees quit immediately.
The future of recess appointments, as used by past presidents, was now in doubt, the White House counsel under Republican President George H.W. Bush, C. Boyden Gray, said.
''The take-away is that the President doesn't have the authority to decide when a recess exists so he can make an appointment whenever he feels like it,'' Mr Gray said.
In recent years, Democratic President Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments, Republican President George W. Bush 171 and Mr Obama 32, according to the Congressional Research Service.
The appeals court ruling came via a case brought by a soda bottling company over an NLRB decision in a collective bargaining agreement. The company argued that a recess only occurred in the period between one session of Congress and the next, not when members were simply absent and the Senate had not adjourned.
The White House press secretary, Jay Carney, called the decision ''novel and unprecedented'' and that it contradicted 150 years of practice by Democratic and Republican administrations.
Hundreds of recess appointments were made dating back to 1867 during so-called intra-sessions, he said.
The ruling also conflicted with decisions by three other federal appeals courts regarding the scope of the President's recess appointment authority, according to an administration official who requested anonymity in discussing the case before the Justice Department decided whether to appeal.
The government might seek a rehearing by the three-judge panel that made Friday's ruling, or seek a so-called en banc review by a larger panel of circuit judges. It might also move to ask the US Supreme Court to take up the matter.
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Lice are gross, but easy to treat
(Cleveland) - Back school also means back to your kids possibly being exposed to lice.
They may sound gross, but lice are not dangerous and are actually very common among children 3 to 12 years old.
And kids who end up with them are not dirty, or avoid washing their hair, lice are simply contagious.
Dr. Emma Raizman is a pediatrician at Cleveland Clinic Children's. She says one of the first things parents should know about lice is how it spreads.
"What really will spread lice is very close contact, so being head to head, sharing hair accessories that type of thing, but just being in a classroom with a child that has lice does not spread it," says Dr. Raizman.
Dr. Raizman says if your child seems to be scratching their head a lot you should check their scalp. If you spot something try to determine if it's an active lice infection.
A mild infection would consist of 1 or 2 lice, but a severe infection could involve 100-200.
In either case, Dr. Raizman says, your child should not be held out of school for any length of time.
"If it's a mild infection, really the school nurse should call the parents, let them know, but they should stay in school. If it's a severe infection we may want to actually send them home, get them treated, but then they should come right back," says Dr. Raizman.
Dr. Raizman says over-the-counter lice treatments are very effective. She says after it's applied, a lice comb is used to comb out the "nits." Once that's done, start washing your child's bedding, hats, clothing, and anything else their head may have come into contact with.
Use hot water that's at least 130 degrees and for anything that you can't wash you should "bag it up."
"Anything that you can't wash you want to just put in a trash bag and let it sit for about two weeks because that's pretty much the life-cycle of the lice and so, if there are any eggs that will take care of it as well."
Dr. Raizman says one treatment usually does the trick, but sometimes a second one is applied 7 to 10 days after the first.
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REDLANDS - Dozens attended a Remembrance Walk on Saturday night to honor the victims of the Jan. 5, 2011, Cinnamon Creek Apartment shooting.
The walk marked the two-year anniversary of the Redlands shooting that changed the families of five young teens who found themselves on the receiving end of gunfire.
Quinn McCaleb and Andrew Jackson - both 17 - were killed in the shooting and two others were injured. A fifth teen escaped uninjured.
Saturday's event was organized by Gail Howard, the mother of Jordan Howard, who was wounded in the shooting.
Several family members and friends of the victims were in attendance, including Quinn's father, David, who thanked those in attendance as he wiped tears from his eyes as they approached him to say hello.
"I didn't know my son had this much impact on this community, this area, until after (the shooting) happened," he said. "To know that they still love him and got appreciation for him...it lets us know...that he didn't die for nothing, and he won't be forgotten."
Mayor Pete Aguilar, Police Chief Mark Garcia and Councilman Bob Gardner participated in the walk, as Gail Howard led the group down a set course that started at Sun Avenue and Post Street, where Quinn had died.
The walk continued around the neighborhood surrounding the apartment complex and ended at the complex's playground site where the five boys stood before the shooting.
The playground equipment has since been removed.
Anthony Green of Second Baptist Church of Redlands led a prayer to start the small memorial service at the playground site. It was followed by a rendition of "Amazing Grace" by Police Officer Elyzabeth Green.
"What happened two years ago...shouldn't have ever happened. And we should never forget what had happened," Howard said.
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Limbaugh Doesn't Realize That Obama Has Proposed Polices For Economic Growth And Debt Reduction
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Rush Limbaugh challenged his audience to provide him with evidence that President Obama has formulated policy that would lead to economic growth or debt reduction. In fact, Obama has laid out several policies that would create economic growth and reduce the federal deficit.
Limbaugh Falsely Claims Obama Has Not Introduced Policies For Economic Growth And Debt Reduction
Limbaugh: "Show Me The Evidence ... That Barack Obama Is Interested In Economic Growth The Way You And I Understand It." Rush Limbaugh argued in the November 29 edition of his radio show that Obama isn't interested in economic growth "the way you and I understand it" and challenged "anyone" to show him where "Obama has introduced policy or made statements that would successfully reduce the annual budget deficit." From the show:
LIMBAUGH: Would somebody show me the evidence in the first term that Barack Obama is interested in economic growth as you and I understand it? I'm serious, I -- don't misunderstand, my passion here is not anger. I'm not angry at anybody I'm just looking and I'm listening to all this and I -- before the election if you don't recall, the learned figures like F. Chuck Todd and others in the drive by media talked about Obama has not really put forth a plan to deal with the debt. Well there's a reason, he doesn't have a plan to deal with the debt because his only objective with the debt is to not worry about it.
Can somebody explain to me, can somebody show me where Obama has at any time formulated policy or made statements that would successfully reduce the annual budget deficit or the overall national debt? It's just the opposite. Everything Obama is doing, everything he has done, everything he says he wants to do, everything he proposes will grow the debt. Everything. That reality's right in front of our face. That reality, by the way, was approved of by the American people who voted, a majority of the people in this country, who voted, reelected Barack Obama on exactly this premise. Do not believe that the people who voted for Obama were fooled. Just like it'd be a mistake to believe that the people in California who voted to raise taxes on themselves are fooled. They aren't. They are voting for what they want.
So did the people who voted in the presidential race a few weeks ago, the majority of whom voted for what they want. They are voting for a country to be transformed and changed to where the government is the primary source of wealth and prosperity, or survivability. However you want to describe it. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 11/29/12]
In Fact, Obama Has Laid Out An Economic Agenda Economists Say Will Help Grow The Economy And Create Jobs
Obama Has Proposed Public Sector Investments And Small Business Tax Cuts, Which Would Boost Employment And Grow The Economy
Obama Has Proposed The American Jobs Act, A Package Of Tax Cuts And Investment To Create Jobs. The American Jobs Act, legislation proposed by President Obama, combines investments in infrastructure with targeted tax cuts designed to benefit small businesses and create jobs. [White House, 9/8/11]
Mark Zandi: American Jobs Act Would Add Nearly 2 Million Jobs. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, estimated that the American Jobs Act would increase employment by nearly two million jobs, cut the unemployment rate by a full point, and increase the size of the economy by 2 percent. [Moody's Analytics, 9/19/11]
Economic Policy Institute: American Jobs Act Would "Increase Employment By About 4.3 Million Jobs." On the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) blog, EPI research and policy director John Irons provided a "preliminary breakdown of the package and a first pass look at the job impact" of Obama's jobs plan:
Overall the package would increase employment by about 4.3 million jobs over the next couple of years. The new initiatives would boost employment by about 2.6 million jobs, while the continuation of the two temporary provisions (EUI and the payroll tax holiday) would prevent a backslide of over 1.6 million jobs. [Economic Policy Institute, 9/8/11]
Obama Has Proposed To Invest In Infrastructure, Which Will Boost Economic Growth
Obama Has Proposed Several Policies Designed To Increase Investment In Infrastructure. In a March 23 report, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) noted that President Obama's budget included "a bold new plan to renew and expand America's infrastructure" including the creation of the National Infrastructure Bank. From the CEA:
President Obama's FY 2013 Budget proposes a bold plan to renew and expand America's infrastructure. The plan includes a $50 billion up-front investment connected to a $476 billion six-year reauthorization of the surface transportation program and the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank. In support of this commitment, the Department of the Treasury, with the Council of Economic Advisers, has updated our analysis of the economic effects of infrastructure investment. [Council of Economic Advisers, 3/23/12, via the Treasury Department]
CEA: Research Shows A Strong Link Between Infrastructure Investment And Economic Growth. A Council of Economic Advisers report noted that research found a direct link between public infrastructure and economic growth with public works having "higher returns than private capital investment." [Council of Economic Advisers, 3/23/12 via the Treasury Department]
EPI: Infrastructure Spending Good For Short- And Long-Term Growth. A report by the Economic Policy Institute on infrastructure investment stated that it is "the most efficient fiscal support one can provide to a depressed economy -- a finding supported by nearly all macroeconomic models and forecasts. Further, public investment provides a long-term growth payoff as well as a near-term boost to the job market." [Economic Policy Institute, 4/18/12]
Obama Has Proposed To Extend Payroll Tax Cuts, Which Would Reduce Unemployment
Obama Has Proposed Extending Payroll Tax Cut Into 2013. The Treasury Department's explanation of the Obama administration's fiscal year 2013 revenue proposals included a recommendation to extend the holiday on payroll taxes by 2 percent:
The Administration proposes to extend the 2.0 percentage point reduction in the Social Security tax on employees to the first $110,100 of taxable wages and salaries received during 2012. Similarly, the Administration proposes to extend the 2.0 percentage point reduction in the Social Security tax on the self-employed to the first $110,100 of taxable self-employment earnings received during 2012. The Social Security Trust Fund will be held harmless and receive transfers from the General Fund equal to the reduction in payroll taxes attributable to these reductions in the payroll tax rate.
The proposal would be effective upon the date of enactment. [Treasury.gov, accessed10/16/12]
Economist Robert Frank: "Perhaps The Most Promising" Policy To Reduce Unemployment "Is A Payroll Tax Holiday." In a June 25, 2011, New York Times op-ed, Cornell University economics professor Robert Frank wrote that extending the payroll tax holiday is "perhaps the most promising" policy to reduce unemployment. [The New York Times, 6/25/11]
Former Council Of Economic Advisers Chairwoman: Jobs Plan Should Include "At The Very Least" An Extension Of "The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut For Employees." In a September 6, 2011, post in The New York Times' Room for Debate blog, University of California, Berkeley professor and former Council of Economic Advisers chairwoman Laura Tyson called for extension of the payroll tax cut as one measure that could "increase private spending and promote job creation." [The New York Times, 9/6/11]
Obama Has Proposed Numerous Other Policies For Boosting Employment And Growing The Economy
Obama Administration's National Export Initiative On Track To Double Exports By 2014. After proposing the National Export Initiative in his 2010 State of the Union Address, exports have increased by 16% and the initiative is on track to double exports by the end of 2014. From a White House post by Export-Import Bank Board of Directors member Patricia Loui. [White House, 3/13/12]
Obama Has Proposed Extending Exclusion From Income To Certain Home Mortgage Debt. Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget proposal calls for the extension of a clause that excludes certain types of debt from gross income. The type of debt excluded primarily deals with acquisition or construction on homes, a measure designed to boost home values. [Treasury.gov, accessed 11/30/12]
White House Sent "Startup America Legislative Agenda" To Congress To Benefit Startup Businesses. The Obama administration proposed the Startup America Legislative Agenda to benefit startup and small businesses. According to the White House's fact sheet, the agenda "builds on the President's record of signing into law 17 tax breaks specifically for small businesses." [White House, Startup America Legislative Agenda, accessed 11/30/12]
White House Budget Overview Includes $140.8 Billion For R&D Overall And "Expands And Makes Permanent The R&D Tax Credit." President Obama has proposed expanded funding for research and development, including increased investment in non-defense and manufacturing R&D. [Office of Management and Budget, accessed 11/30/12]
White House: "Obama Administration Takes Immediate Actions To Help Small Businesses" With New Markets Tax Credit. President Obama has introduced the New Markets Tax Credit which would "make it easier for small firms to access loans and tax credits." [White House, 7/11/12]
Obama's New Markets Tax Credit Would Provide "$2 Billion In Credits For Qualified Investments."According to the president's 2013 budget, the New Markets Tax Credit would provide $2 billion in tax credits over the course of three years. [Treasury.gov, February 2012]
The Obama Administration Has Proposed Several Targeted Tax Relief Proposals. According to the Treasury Department, in his 2013 budget, released in February 2012, President Obama proposed several more policies designed to promote economic growth. Among these are policies such as:
- Temporary 10-Percent Tax Credit For New Jobs And Wage Increases. The Obama administration proposed creating a tax benefit for employers who invest in wage increases or creating new jobs.
- Extend The American Opportunity Tax Credit. President Obama proposed expanding the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which increases the affordability of college for low- and middle-income families.
- Expand The Earned Income Tax Credit For Larger Families. President Obama proposed making the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for larger families permanent. The credit provides tax incentives for low-income, working families.
- Provide Tax Incentives For Locating Jobs And Business Activity In the United States. The Obama administration proposed creating a new business credit for companies that move a business or jobs into America from an outside nation.
- Double The Amount Of Expensed Start-Up Expenditures. Obama proposed increasing the tax deduction start-up businesses can claim in order to create new business activity.
- Create Growth Zones To Encourage Economic Development In Specific Geographic Regions. The Obama administration has proposed creating 20 growth zones which would create tax incentives for local investment in economic development. [Treasury.gov, February 2012]
Obama Has Proposed And Signed Laws To Lower the Deficit
Affordable Care Act
Urban Institute: Cost-Containment Provisions In The ACA "Reduces The Federal Budget Deficit" And Provides "Faster Economic Growth, More Employment And Higher Family Incomes." In a 2011 report released examining how the Affordable Care Act "will impact labor costs and the demand for labor," the Urban Institute stated that the Affordable Care Act will contain the costs of health care, which will lead to economic and jobs growth over time:
There are many cost-containment measures in the ACA, and other proposals could build on those measures if adopted. Cost containment would have somewhat opposite effects than the effects of coverage expansion. To the extent the cost-containment efforts are successful, they will reduce the growth in health care costs. This will reduce the demand for labor as well as incomes in the health care sector, but it will increase the discretionary income that individuals and families have to spend elsewhere. Thus, if these efforts are successful, there will be additional spending outside the health sector that will increase demand for labor in other sectors.
Curtailing the growth in health care costs will mean lower costs for businesses and individuals. The CEA [Council of Economic Advisers] has estimated that reducing the growth in health care costs by 1 percentage point per year would result in a 4.0 percent higher GDP by 2030, due to a higher national savings rate, more capital formation and higher output. Faster growth in GDP would mean more jobs, lower unemployment, and higher family incomes.
Cost-containment efforts, if successful, will have somewhat opposite effects, reducing the growth in spending on Medicare and Medicaid, which will reduce the taxes or borrowing the federal government has to undertake. Cost-containment that reduces the federal budget deficit would result in faster economic growth, more employment and higher family incomes. Cost-containment would also free up private dollars to be spent in non-health areas of the economy. [Urban Institute, "How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Jobs?" 3/21/11]
CBO, JCT Found Health Care Reform Legislation Would Reduce The Deficit By $143 Billion Through 2019. From a March 20, 2010, CBO cost estimate of the Senate health reform bill and the health care and education reconciliation bill:
CBO and JCT [Joint Committee on Taxation] estimate that enacting both pieces of legislation -- H.R. 3590 and the reconciliation proposal -- would produce a net reduction in federal deficits of $143 billion over the 2010-2019 period as result of changes in direct spending and revenues (see Table 1). That figure comprises $124 billion in net reductions deriving from the health care and revenue provisions and $19 billion in net reductions deriving from the education provisions. [Congressional Budget Office, 3/20/10]
Spending Cuts
In 2011, Obama Signed Budget Control Act That Focused On Spending Cuts. In August 2011, Obama signed the Budget Control Act passed in August, which includes approximately $1 trillion in cuts. The following month, he made proposals that would result in a net deficit reduction of more than $3 trillion over the next decade:
The Budget Control Act that I signed into law last month will cut annual Government spending by about $1 trillion over the next 10 years. It also charges the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction with finding an additional $1.5 trillion in savings. As part of this jobs bill, I am asking the Congress to increase that amount so that it covers the full cost of the American Jobs Act. In addition, I believe that the Congress should seize the opportunity that this new Committee presents and do much more so that we can put the country on a sustainable fiscal path, which is critical for our long-term economic growth and competitiveness.
For this reason, I am sending to the Congress this detailed plan to pay for this jobs bill and realize more than $3 trillion in net deficit reduction over the next 10 years. Combined with the approximately $1 trillion in savings from the first part of the Budget Control Act, this would generate more than $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade. This would bring the Nation to the point where current spending is no longer adding to our debt and where our debt is no longer increasing as a share of our economy--an important milestone on the way to restoring fiscal discipline and moving us toward balance. [Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future: The President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction, WhiteHouse.gov, September 2011]
CBPP: Obama's Debt Reduction Plan Combines Revenue Increases And Spending Cuts. In a statement on Obama's September 2011 plan, James R. Horney, vice president of federal fiscal policy for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explained that Obama's "balanced approach -- both increases in revenues and reductions in spending -- is the only approach that will put the budget on an economically and politically sustainable path":
The President proposes that the sacrifices necessary to reduce the deficit be widely shared. Higher-income Americans -- who have seen their share of the economic pie increase in recent decades -- would give up a portion of the big tax cuts they have enjoyed since 2001. Corporations would give up tax breaks -- such as special benefits for certain industries, including oil and gas companies, and for the purchase of corporate jets -- that do nothing to promote economic growth.
Federal employees would have to pay a larger share of the contributions to their retirement plan, agribusinesses would see reduced subsidies, air travelers would pay more of the costs of security at airports and the air traffic control system, and Medicare and Medicaid would be reduced by $320 billion over ten years. Reductions in discretionary appropriations over the next ten years already agreed to in the Budget Control Act would affect nearly all Americans, as funding for a wide array of programs and activities -- such as grants to state and local governments to help pay for improvements in primary and secondary education, food safety inspections, visitor assistance at national parks, cancer research, and the military -- is constrained.
The only people largely shielded from cuts under the President's plan are the most vulnerable Americans -- children, the disabled, the blind, and the elderly with very low incomes. In light of the recent Census data showing a historically high rate of poverty, the President wisely followed the core principle established by the Bowles-Simpson commission report that deficit reduction should not push more Americans into, or deeper into, poverty. Such a balanced approach -- both increases in revenues and reductions in spending -- is the only approach that will put the budget on an economically and politically sustainable path. [CBPP Statement on President Obama's Budget Package, 9/19/11]
Experts Agree That Ending Tax Cuts On The Wealthy Will Reduce The Deficit
Center On Budget And Policy Priorities: Tax Increases On High-Income Taxpayers "Would Not Hinder -- And Could Even Bolster -- Economic Growth." According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' (CBPP) Off the Charts blog, tax increases on high-income taxpayers "can reduce the deficit or fund investments that support growth" and "would not hinder -- and could even bolster -- economic growth":
This blog series and our new report have shown that tax increases on high-income people of the magnitude under consideration would not change their behavior in ways that would hurt economic growth. Moreover, the revenues from tax increases can reduce the deficit or fund investments that support growth.
Put simply, tax increases on high-income taxpayers of the sort under consideration would not hinder -- and could even bolster -- economic growth. With this in mind, policymakers should aim for a balanced deficit reduction package that shares the load through a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. [Off the Charts, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 5/2/12]
NY Times: President Obama's Proposal To Allow The Bush Tax Cuts To Expire For Wealthier Americans Would Raise $850 Billion Dollars In A Decade. The New York Times reported that "economists estimate that letting the cuts expire for people above that threshold would generate $850 billion over 10 years":
President Obama, drawing a contrast with what he called Republican trickle-down economics, called on Monday for temporarily extending the Bush-era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000 while letting the taxes of the wealthiest go up.
A one-year extension for people making under $250,000 would cost the government $150 billion in revenue, the administration estimates, an amount that would be added to the deficit. In a point of comparison, economists estimate that letting the cuts expire for people above that threshold would generate $850 billion over 10 years. [The New York Times, 7/9/12]
Robert Reich: "The Only Way America Can Reduce The Long-Term Budget Deficit ... Is By Raising Taxes On The Super Rich." In a Huffington Post blog post titled "Why We Must Raise Taxes On The Rich," former Labor Secretary Robert Reich argued that "[t]he only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit ... is by raising taxes on the super rich":
Here's the truth: The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more in education and infrastructure, and not raise taxes on the working middle class is by raising taxes on the super rich. Even if we got rid of corporate welfare subsidies for big oil, big agriculture, and big Pharma -- even if we cut back on our bloated defense budget -- it wouldn't be nearly enough. [The Huffington Post, 4/4/11]
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If you look only at the topline question it's a tie between Jordan and Pakistan. But don't look only at the topline question. Click around in the left sidebar at the link and watch how some of the numbers change as you get into specifics — opinions of American democracy, American business, etc. When you get to American technology and scientific advances, even a near-majority of Pakistanis (47/27) have a favorable opinion. There's only one country where anti-Americans outnumber pro-Americans on every single question. Here's a hint: We're duty bound by treaty to come to their defense if they're attacked.
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12th January 2012 04:32 AM #1
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Do you have a bedtime routine?
As I did the bedtime routine last night, I wondered if other mums also have similar routines. I was reading this article on getting your children to go to sleep, and I love the points about making each night special and trying to make up a song. My husband and I were singing to my children the other night before bed, and they thought it was so funny. We have a routine that we started several years ago, and it has changed a bit, but we try to stick to it for the most part. I have found that having a routine does help my children go to sleep better.
Do you have a bedtime routine? At what age did you start the bedtime routine?
17th January 2012 04:24 PM #2
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We have had a bedtime routine for our boys ever since they were infants. I know that sounds a little odd but it wasn't anything to intense we would just dim the lights, do a warm bath, pajamas, read a book, give them a bottle and put them to bed. Some nights one or both would decide they wanted to party with mum and dad a bit later but more often than not we got the boys down for the night at the same time.
Lucky for us, our boys have always been great sleepers and still take a nap almost every day (they will be 5 in May) but at age 3 bedtime turned into a huge battle. We had slacked on our routine and boy were we paying for it! I finally decided to write out a list of each thing we did before bed starting with bath and ending with shutting the door, that way they knew what to. We would read entire the list through before we started then, after we finished something on the list we would take them to it and say, "what's next?" They could usually tell us nd then we would move onto reading books, using the potty and so on. When I began this I thought it might take ahwhile for them to get it but they went to bed without a fuss the first night. Of course, I showered them with praise the next morning and from then on it has been pretty easy to get them to bed.
We don't refer to a list any more but we start the routine an hour before we actually want them in bed which helps a lot.
19th January 2012 07:52 PM #3
Currently we don't have a bedtime routine. Apart from turn the lights off and feeding to sleep! I am finding with parenting that things change so quickly month to month so maybe I will have a different answer next month!
22nd January 2012 07:21 AM #4
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I agree with ljmarsden, things are always changing around here. At one point we had a very consistent bedtime routine starting pretty early. With baby three and four, no such routine exists. lol.
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Someone once told me, "children thrive on routine". I actually believe that this is true, and I've seen my children thrive when I've implemented routines. However, I'm not a very structured "routine" person myself, and I've found that children with different temperaments do better on different types of routines.
I'm great at making a schedule and poor at executing it for any length of time.
So I've learned how to successfully parent and homeschool my children with my God given "relaxed" approach to life. This is so very important for a parent to understand, especially if they're not a structured person by nature. Here's a thread where you can learn more about the personalities in your family.
So for bed time, I've always been very relaxed as far as having any kind of a "routine". That doesn't, however, mean that I've been relaxed in allowing my children to stay up past bedtime or skip brushing their teeth. So here's what our bedtime "routine" looks like.
Bedtime is 9:00PM, so at about 8:45PM I go upstairs with the younger children, and I help them into their night clothes and help them brush their teeth. In bed by 9PM.
There was a time when I wanted some "quiet" time before 9PM, so I'd start them going to bed at 8:15PM and in bed by 8:30. Then they could read quietly in their bed until 9PM, but lights out was 9PM.
When my children were very young, bed time was 8:00PM and you'll notice that as your children get older and the dynamics of your family change, that "routines" will change as well.
What's most important in all aspects of parenting is consistency. They need to know that your "no" means "no", and if you're consistent in that, then there will be much less of your children challenging you.
This is what worked for us.
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Yes I have a bed time routine for taking naps and at night. My son has to go to bed at certain times, even though he really does not go to bed on time all the time. I am still strict on when he lays down and goes to sleep at night, because he tries to stay up late, but most of the time he knows when he is sleepy. I am one of the happiest mums when he is going to bed on his own.


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CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian authorities on Thursday authorized police to use deadly force to protect themselves and key state institutions from attacks after violent protests erupted across the country.
Presumed supporters of Egypt's deposed Islamist president torched two local government buildings near the capital in the latest of a series of apparent reprisals to follow a bloody crackdown on their protest camps that led to more than 600 deaths.
U.S. President Barack Obama interrupted his vacation Thursday to condemn the violence. The president cancelled joint military exercises with Egypt next month saying America's traditional co-operation "cannot continue as usual while civilians are being killed in the streets."
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He's a lone wolf—for now. In Polecat, Alaska, Rachel Miller and Jake Hunter have a mutual admiration for each other—from across a lake. There's nothing Rachel likes more than spying on the very fit wilderness guide when he skinny-dips each night. And Jake has always been curious about his reclusive artist neighbor. He even bought Rachel's first wood carving: a wolf who looks suspiciously like him…. Jake is a werewolf, but not just any werewolf. He's the founder of WARM (Werewolves Against Random Mating). And that means a human like Rachel is off-limits, no matter how attractive he finds her. But when Rachel is threatened by a bear, and Jake shifts to save her, their lives collide with an intense passion, one that could change everything they've ever felt about themselves—and each other….
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VLT's Big Hairy Research Trip
Apparently the Worldwide Organization of Werewolves (WOW) has been keeping an eye on me. They didn't interfere when I wrote about packs located in Manhattan, Portland, Seattle, and Denver. But when word got out (I blame Twitter) that Alaska was next on my list, WOW president Howard Wallace contacted me. Alaska, he said, was not to be taken lightly.
I didn't point out that I take everything lightly. That's how I roll. Instead I responded with polite interest as Howard told me why Alaska, and specifically the area around Sitka, is special to American Weres. Primarily it's because Were prospectors struck it rich during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896, laying the foundation for the wealth enjoyed by American packs today.
I already knew that, but I wasn't about to interrupt the president of WOW. Damned good thing my mother taught me to be a courteous listener, because when the lecture was over, Howard invited me to the Wallace Ancestral Lodge near Sitka so that I could better understand the importance of those enterprising Were prospectors. Score!
Not only would I brush up on my research, I'd escape the Arizona heat for a few days. I jumped on a plane and was met in Sitka by Howard himself, a silver-haired werewolf who looks like the corporate CEO he is. I was dying to see him in Were form, but knew better than to ask him to shift for my benefit. He confiscated my camera but agreed to take a few pics for reference. None would be of the lodge, however.
That first shot is of me, enjoying the cold weather as we traveled to the lodge by boat. Look over my right shoulder at the rocky promontory. Looks like a howling wolf, don't you think? I also asked Howard to take a picture of snow-capped mountains to prove they look like that in August. Desert-dwellers like me are impressed with that kind of thing.
Finally we docked, and I fully expected to be blindfolded and led by the hand. Instead, I was allowed to trek down a narrow dirt path unencumbered as I followed Howard to the lodge. I can't show you that log building, but Howard grudgingly snapped a photo of the surrounding forest. I've studied that picture for hours, because I swear there was a werewolf lurking in the trees.
Howard insisted no one was around because he'd deliberately brought me to this place, which is now a museum, when it was closed. Nevertheless, I felt watched. When Howard unlocked the heavy wooden door, it creaked on ancient brass hinges.
I stepped into a room obviously still in use by Weres, judging by the fragrance of cedar smoke that mingled with the scent of aged timbers. The leather furniture in front of the large stone fireplace is sturdy and inviting, but I didn't sit on it. I was too busy studying the framed sepia-toned images lining the walls. The descriptions underneath identified Were ancestors hard at work along the Klondike River.
Anyone looking at those photographs would assume the subjects were humans panning for gold. Other pictures showed those same individuals felling trees and building cabins. It was disappointingly ordinary. Maybe I'd secretly hoped for some shots of wolves interacting with each other, but of course they'd never chance leaving that kind of evidence around. Besides, wolves can't take pictures.
As I wandered, still hoping for a hint of Wereness in the display, Howard relaxed in one of the big leather chairs and checked messages on his phone. I was about halfway through when a wolf howled right outside the door. I jumped and Howard popped out of that chair like he was on springs. In no time flat he'd hustled me out of the lodge, down the path to the dock, and onto the boat. The skipper, who had to be Were, too, unhooked the mooring rope and we were off.
I didn't catch a single glimpse of that wolf. Naturally, I wanted to know why I got the bum's rush, but Howard refused to tell me. I suspect he smuggled me into that museum without WOW's knowledge, and he posted a sentry so we wouldn't be discovered there. In any case, he treated me to a steak dinner in Sitka and I flew home the next day, somewhat wiser, and with the haunting sound of a werewolf's howl still ringing in my ears.
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SUBJECT: VLT Alaska Trip
Two days ago I escorted a human writer, Vicki Lewis Thompson, to our Alaskan Heritage site. I did so because she's writing a werewolf-themed novel set in Alaska, and I believed it was in our best interests for her to understand the hard work and sacrifice of our ancestors. I wanted her to realize that our current wealth and privilege is based on honest labor followed by careful investments. Werewolves are plagued with bad press, and Ms. Thompson might assume we achieved our prosperity through nefarious schemes.
I freely admit that I used my executive powers to invite her without running it past the board. If any problems ensue, I will shoulder the blame. The museum was closed at the time of her visit and I posted a sentry outside. According to the sentry, Jake Hunter from the Alaskan Hunter clan just happened to be roaming in the woods surrounding the site on the day we were there.
As you know, Jake resigned from the board after WERECON2012 in Denver and founded Werewolves Against Random Mating (WARM). He opposes cross-species mating and any disclosure of our existence to humans. Needless to say, he would not have approved of my actions. I don't know if he saw Ms. Thompson or not. If he did, and he chooses to mount a protest, I will assume responsibility.
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