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Lady Techsters Host Fall Games Oct. 18, 2013 RUSTON - As part of the many events surrounding homecoming weekend on the Louisiana Tech campus, the Lady Techster softball program will play a pair of fall games while also hosting its Alumni Weekend. Head coach Mark Montgomery and the Lady Techsters will host Bossier Parish Community College Friday night at 7 p.m. and Louisiana-Monroe Saturday morning at 10 a.m. with both games being played at the Lady Techster Softball Complex. The Alumni Game is set for Sunday at 11 a.m. Anyone Lady Techster Alumni wishing to play should contact assistant coach Emerald Doria at firstname.lastname@example.com. Tech is 3-0 on its fall season after its 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Kilgore College last Saturday in a game that saw the Lady Techsters plate all three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Senior Erin Kipp drove home the tying run with an RBI double and then junior Bianca Duran recorded the game-winning hit with a two-run single. Montgomery and Co. also have a 3-1 win over LSU-Alexandria and a 14-0 game-shortened win over Centenary this year. Freshman Pauline Tufi (.571, 4 RBI), sophomore Anna Cross (.500, 1 HR, 3 RBI) and Duran (.400, 1 HR, 7 RBI) have led the Lady Techsters at the plate this fall. As a team the Techsters are batting .316 and have outscored their opponents 20-2. In the circle, Cross (1-0, 0.00 ERA), Duran (2-0, 0.00 ERA) and Tufi (0-0, 0.88 ERA) have been dominating, allowing only nine hits and four walks with 20 strikeouts in 18.0 innings of work.
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Girl Scout Cookies Arrive in CTMarch 10, 2010 Millions of Girl Scout Cookies Arrive in Connecticut
Hundreds of volunteers and Girl Scouts helped to off-load the cases of cookies from semi-trucks and pallets at more than 20 locations across the state. The majority of the cookies will be delivered by Girl Scouts to customers that placed orders in January and the remainder will be sold in front of grocery stores and shops at cookie booths statewide, through the month of March. To find a booth in your area, visit www.gsofct.org and click on the "Find a Cookie Booth" button. Girl Scouts will also continue to sell cookies for their Gift of Caring Service Project. The Cookies for Heroes service project allows customers to purchase Girl Scout Cookies to be sent to our service men and women around the world. The goal this year is to send 100,000 boxes of cookies to our troops overseas and at home. Personalized notes from Girl Scouts will be sent with the cookies. The public is encouraged to visit www.CookieVote.com to vote for their favorite Girl Scout cookie and submit their own inspirational notes for our many service men and women. These notes will also be included with the Girl Scout Cookies being sent through the Cookies for Heroes program. Girl Scout cookie favorites, Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Trefoils, Lemon Chalet, and a bite-size Dulce De Leche, will be available at the booth sales along with this year's new cookie treat called Thank U Berry Munch. The new cookie features real, premium cranberries with sweet, creamy white fudge chips.
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Ideal Indian School was established on May 20th, 1985 by 62 prominent members of the Indian community in Doha, Qatar. The school is a premier english medium educational institution affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education in New Delhi and approved by the Ministry of Education for the State of Qatar.
At present, the school boasts 4,300 students against a mere 270 at its incorporation. Although the school was originally founded to meet the persistent demands of the Indian community in Qatar for quality education, the school is open to other expatriate & foreign communities as well. Students from over 33 nations reap the benefits of the Indian educational system and co-exist harmoniously with us here at Ideal Indian School.
The school houses four sections, two of which, are divided on the basis of gender, and the other sections , designated to junior & kindergarten students. These wings are specialized in different ways, to cater to the students belonging to them.
Our school also comprises of a house system, where each student, is affiliated with a particular house, named after famous personalities in Indian & world history. Personalities such as Abdul Kalam, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, and Rabindranath Tagore. Students of these houses compete in various extra-curricular activities in the fields of sports, arts, and sciences, representing their houses, and leading them to victory.
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MONTICELLO — A Monticello man intentionally set his former three-story apartment house ablaze Monday before fatally shooting himself in the head.
Village police said Celestino "Dino" Valverde, 53, also rigged the apartment at 34 St. John Street with ammunition and barricaded the door from the inside to prevent firefighters and police from entering.
The 2X6 board had been nailed to the floor and butted up against the door, police said.
But firefighters were able to enter and extinguish the blaze before the large quantity of ammunition deliberately placed around the apartment exploded, according to police.
Police said they recovered a legally owned shotgun next to Valverde's body, and three long guns from his apartment.
Police said they were told Valverde was extremely depressed after losing his home as a result of $12,500 in unpaid taxes. The home was sold earlier this month in Sullivan County's tax auction for $10,500.
Seven people reportedly used to lived in four of the lower-level apartments, but all were in the process of moving out by the fire of Monday's fire, said tenant Tammy Armbruster.
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word is they told him to call Hakeem Nicks.
word is they told him to call Hakeem Nicks.
Have to respect a guy who realizes he needs help and asks for it.
He has the talent to be a pain in the butt for us for next ten years If he gets his act together.
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
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# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
2-Washington, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, Denver
4-New York Giants!!!
Let's make it 5 in 2016 so we can be on a LINE NE again!!!
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Some folks just need that extra guidance. I can't stand the guy as a player, but as a person I want him to succeed. And, contrary to popular belief, environment does color a person's choices. If he did as the article says then hopefully he can break a cycle and not go down a really bad path and burn out.
Besides he was acting like a child before...maybe he is tired of it and doesn't know how to act like an adult and wants to.
As a fantasy owner with Bryant on my team, I endorse the notion of him having full time nannies!
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Visionary artist Lisa de St. Croix explores the meaning and symbolism of tarot in this contemporary, multicultural deck.
Tarot de St. Croix was inspired by my visions, current affairs, personal experiences and mythology. This deck transcends time to portray the tapestry of life. The rich, vibrant colors of oil paint give this deck a warm and sensuous feeling. Although the images in this deck are unique they still hold the essence of the universal archetypes. The visual metaphors are inspiring and easy to understand and carry information that can help you on your journey through life. Acting as a visual encyclopedia of the soul, the Tarot de St. Croix will help you find answers.
Tarot de St. Croix is a deck of 78 cards printed on excellent quality card stock. It comes in a sturdy lidded box with full-color booklet of meanings and spreads.
In Tarot de St. Croix, Lisa imparts to the spiritual traveler her personal experiences while navigating these ancient, sacred paths which we share. This hand painted deck is a colorful, dazzling, multi-faceted gem and her story will touch those who journey with her powerful work. Good medicine for the weary soul and inspiration for those seeking a kindred spirit! Arnell Ando
Tarot de St. Croix with its vibrant and soul stirring imagery, would make a beautiful and empowering gift, and an important addition to your Tarot Library. Leslie Cochran.
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Lisa de St. Croix has done a fine job of producing a deck that is at the same time personal and integrated with the world as a whole, acknowledging also the artistic and divinatory traditions in which she works. Tarot de St. Croix can also work well as someone's first reading deck, given its visual clarity and warmth. It succeeds on many levels and offers and optimistic and inspiring philosophy toward life. Eric Lerner
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CloseDescription: Comprising: A pair of Famille Verte figures, a pair candlesticks with a yellow ground and blue dragon decoration and three identical export urns of hexagonal baluster form.
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A prolific author on the topics of orthopaedic anesthesia and acute pain management, Dr. Chelly has been the lead author and co-author on nearly 200 scientific articles and has given more than 100 presentations to national and international conferences and meetings.
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He received his medical degree from Necker-Enfants Malades Medical School in Paris and did his anesthesiology and intensive care residency at Broussais Hospital in Paris. Dr. Chelly also holds a doctorate in pharmacology and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Houston. He received a master's degree in pharmacology from Lariboisiére-St. Louis Medical School in Paris and his undergraduate degree from Mont-Rouge College, also in Paris.
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The battle for popularity continues this week too…
After a very emotional and nail biting round of nominations this week, Asif Azim, Armaan Kohli, Pratyusha Banerjee, VJ Andy and Ratan Rajpoot entered the danger zone.
Asif entered the mad cap house just two weeks back and has been nominated in both the weeks. Last week, he was saved by his fans. But will he stay in the house or bid a goodbye?
Pratyusha has also been nominated twice since the show started. She managed to escape the danger zone last week all thanks to her popularity and huge fan following. But will she survive this week as well? The question remains…
This is the first time that Armaan Kohli has been nominated. Known for his temper, we wonder if Armaan will manage to stay in the show. Let's hope Armaan's fans save him from getting eliminated from the show. If not, we are sure Tanishaa's fans will vote for him. If you know what we mean. Wink Wink
VJ Andy doesn't have too many friends in the glass walled house. But we are sure he has a lot of friends outside the Bigg Boss house who have been voting for him. Will they continue to vote for him and save him from getting evicted from the show?
Ratan was directly nominated by the captain of the house Kamya Punjabi via the powers vested in her. As far as we know, she has not done anything dhamakedaar apart from dunking into that bath tub full of cow dung. Will the bath tub..err..her fans save her this week?
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Food Security in South Asia: Issues and Opportunities
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Remote storage disaster recovery for Windows 2000 networks
When it comes to working with remote storage, many administrators have a false sense of security. After all, weve always been taught that if its on tape, it must be safe. Remember that a remote storage tape functions differently from a backup tape. Remote storage tapes are constantly being overwritten and are usually constantly available online. Backup tapes, on the other hand, are written to and then removed and stored in a safe place. Because of the nature of remote storage, a lot can go wrong. This is even more true when you consider that the Windows 2000 implementation of remote storage is new, and administrators are more likely to make a mistake then they would be if they were using familiar technology. In this article, Ill discuss some of the things that can go wrong with remote storage media and some techniques you can use to recover from such disasters.
Backing up Windows 2000
Ive seen many instances in which network administrators backed up the data from a server, but not the operating system. If youre using remote storage, this isnt a practice that you want to engage in. Sure, the biggest part of backing up remote storage deals with the tapes; but a copy of the remote storage database actually resides at %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REMOTESTORAGE. A duplicate copy of this database also resides on the remote storage tape. However, if you were to lose the main copy, the process of retrieving the copy from tape is extremely long and complicated. If you get desperate and have to pull the copy from tape, you can find instructions for doing so in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Single tape drive techniques
Backing up and restoring remote storage is easiest if you have two identical tape drives. However, you can still make a backup on systems containing a single tape drive. To do so, youll have to use a tape drive attached to another machine to back up remote storage. In such a situation, you can back up remote storage files in the same manner you would back up any other files. (Its important to do this from time to time even if you have multiple tape drives, because you cant restore the remote storage database to another computer.) If you ever need to restore files from remote storage to another system because of low hard disk space, the restoration will work only if the files were backed up using this method.
Multiple tape drive techniques
If you have two identical tape drives attached to the server, you can actually copy your remote storage tapes. Keep in mind that I recommend still performing your normal nightly backup, just as you would on a single tape drive system. However, making copies of the remote storage tapes is a good way to supplement your disaster recovery library. The great part about doing this is that if you have a really big disaster, you can restore your operating system (and the remote storage database that it contains) from tape. After thats done, you dont have to worry about restoring the remote storage tape. Instead, you can just insert the copy you made, click a few buttons, and youre back in business.
Working with remote storage media
Multiple media masters
Its possible to have more than one media master. For example, you would have multiple media masters if you had too much data in remote storage to fit onto a single tape. A group of media masters is referred to as a master set. |
Other tasks
So far, Ive discussed procedures for backing up remote storage files under a variety of conditions. However, all the backups in the world wont do you any good unless the data youre backing up is good. I recommend that you occasionally verify the integrity of your remote storage system. Doing so involves checking out the place holders and cached files to make sure they are still linked to their corresponding files on the tape.
When you set up Remote Storage, it automatically creates a validation schedule. Normally, the default validation schedule is enough to keep things running smoothly. However, you can use the Remote Storage MMC snap-in to check out this schedule. If need be, set the schedule to run more frequently. If youre implementing Remote Storage on multiple volumes, you should also check to make sure that the consistency check is being run against all necessary volumes.
Final words of caution
In the previous above, I explained the remote storage validation process. However, if you just lost a hard disk and have to reload Windows 2000 from scratch, dont be too hasty about performing the validation process. If you use incremental or differential backups, be sure that youve restored each backup before running the validation. //
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The Lewis Center for the Arts will present a Senior Thesis Film Festival featuring three new short films by students in the Program in Visual Arts: Straight for Satan by Nick Ellis, The Pretty People by Dayna Li, and Unchained: A Life Beyond the Stage by Brady Valashinas. All three films will be screened on Wednesday, April 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street and again outdoors on Thursday, May 1 at 8:00 p.m. on Frist South Lawn behind the Frist Campus Center (rain location Frist Campus Center Room 302). Both events are free and open to the public.
The student films to be premiered are:
"Straight for Satan"
by Nick Ellis
Ellis' Straight for Satan is a short, over-the-top, campy comedy about a closeted gay athlete at a Catholic school who prays to Satan to make him straight. The film is also part of Ellis' senior thesis project for his degree in religious studies.
"The Pretty People"
by Dayna Li
The Pretty People by Li is about the president of a secret collegiate literary society who takes advantage of his girlfriend's desire to get in by asking her to sell drugs for him. The film explores the concept of psychological deterioration under pressure, exploitation of others, and the boundaries of genuine relationships. Li is majoring in comparative politics.
"Unchained: A Life Beyond the Stage"
by Brady Valashinas
The documentary Unchained: A Life Beyond the Stage by Valashinas, an anthropology major, provides an in-depth and humanizing look into the life of a Cirque aerialist who performs on chains in Las Vegas including his training and his experiences in the profession. Valashinas followed the performer for a month capturing revealing details about this circus performer's life.
The three filmmakers are pursuing certificates in the Program in Visual Arts with a focus on film in addition to their major areas of study. All three have been actively making films and videos during their time at Princeton and this past summer participated in a Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies Global Seminar course, "Documentary Filmmaking in Kenya: The Art of Science Storytelling," cosponsored by the Lewis Center's Princeton Atelier program. Ellis, Li and Valashinas were among 15 students who worked with scientists and professional filmmakers, including Princeton professor and filmmaker Su Friedrich, over six weeks to create documentaries produced on location about wildlife conservation in Africa.
The three films were also shown at a private screening for Princeton students and their guests on April 25 at the Garden Theater in downtown Princeton. This screening was cosponsored by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.


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Slingo Mystery 2: The Golden Escape
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The FBI thinks you were in on it! The insurance company wants their money back! The lawyers want you in jail!
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GOP Flat Earth Society members Todd Akin of Missouri and Paul Broun of Georgia ordered a case of Preparation H delivered to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on the threat of asteroids. The hyper-right wing committee members thought they were investigating hemorrhoids.
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There's only one thing I love more than eating salad and that's growing salad greens. Even though the property where I live is too polluted to grow food on (a buried heating-oil tank leaked more than 50 years ago), we have several containers that we grow salad greens in. I recently went through my seed packets and noticed we've accumulated over 20 varieties of lettuce seeds. It's pretty cool that we've begun to grow things that we definitely can't get at the grocery store or have a slim chance of even finding at the farmers' market. Then there's the satisfaction of growing our own food. Nothing is more awesome than going out to snip some fresh salad greens when I'm making a salad for my lunch.
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Small sepals little flowers,
larger stamens,
all words that fill My consciousness
what can it be
but deeper swirls of color
as the steps pad slowly inwards
Walk with Me,
whispered the feline to the mouse
smiling benignly
and None believed it
Walk with Me,
in splendour
said the angel to the lass,
and All looked on in awe
as the twain went down the steps.
Walk along with Me
said the devil to the ghost
And all laughed.
But then they ascended
slowly merged
the translucency of the wraith
filled the
fiery red of the awesome one
and Look
He hath no fury
as she claimed what was left
took the dregs
conjured up a shell
Little cymbals clangouring,
peals of sound falling
off the crags
and steppes of His form.
Those sounds reverberate
is that the knell
that sounds the toll?
Whose toll?
certainly not hers
But what of Them
No one ever thought
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The anti-doping official who investigated Lance Armstrong for years and issued the report that torpedoed his cycling career now tells CBS News Armstrong lied in his interview with Oprah. He's also giving Armstrong a deadline to come clean. Anderson Cooper talks to Betsy Andreu, wife of former Armstrong teammate Frankie Andreu, and New York Times sports reporter Juliet Macur.
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Academics . Liberal Arts . Faculty
Title Lecturer
Department Liberal Arts
Phone 216.221.6025 (home)
Courses American Crafts History | Writing + Inquiry I: Basic Composition + Contemporary Ideas | Writing + Inquiry II: Research + Intellectual Traditions | Writing + Inquiry III: Narrative Forms | Writing about Material Culture
Degree PhD and MA, University of Missouri-Columbia; BA, University of Alabama-Huntsville
For many years, Dr. Bassett has conducted research on CIA's history. For some examples, visit http://cia.edu/history. At the top of that page, via the link "CIA at CMA," you can see 100 artworks in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection that were created by CIA people between 1882 and the present. A few profiles of historic alumni, like Tiffany lamp designer Clara Driscoll and interior architect and portrait artist Charles Sallée, can also be explored from this page.
On June 11, 2013, Mark Bassett's 1985 Ph.D. dissertation--John Horne Burns: Toward a Critical Biography--was published electronically: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/35623. This account draws from the novelist's correspondence, which, until recently, the family wouldn't allow to be published.
As a collector, dealer, and researcher specializing in American ceramics, Mark is frequently called on to speak on this subject and has curated several museum exhibitions.
Title Adjunct Faculty
Department Liberal Arts
Phone 216.421.7000
Courses Creative Writing | Fiction Writing | Screenwriting
Degree PhD, English, Case Western Reserve University. Dissertation: The Brief and Crowded Hour: Studies in Narrative Suspense. M.A., English, Cleveland State University. B.A., English, Douglass College (Rutgers University).
A 2004 Edgar Award nominee for Best Short Story, Shelley Costa is the author of A Killer's Guide to Good Works, Practical Sins For Cold Climates, Basil Instinct, and You Cannoli Die Once, a 2014 Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel. Shelley's mystery stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Blood on Their Hands,The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, and Crimewave (UK). With her academic specialty in literary modernism and 19th century American literature, Shelley is the author of The Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe. She is a frequent panelist at mystery literature conventions and book festivals. www.shelleycosta.com
Title Director, Reinberger Gallery/Adjunct Faculty
Department Liberal Arts
Phone 216.421.7407
Courses Avant Garde Film | From the Front Row: Cinema + Critical Writing | Social Cinemas: Politics of Representation and Engagement
Degree MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BA of Science from Kutztown University.
As curator for Reinberger Galleries for more than 20 years, Checefsky has been responsible for developing distinct exhibitions for CIA. He oversees the cultivation of new and unique shows for the galleries' fall and spring shows, as well as the coordination of annual shows including the Faculty Exhibition, Student Independent Exhibition and the Student Summer Show. He has curated over 80 national and international exhibitions of contemporary art, film and design, and he has published articles, reviews and essays on contemporary photography and film. He is an adjunct professor in the Liberal Arts department, teaching courses in film and museum studies.
Courses Nature Poetry Before + After Darwin | Writing + Inquiry II: Research + Intellectual Traditions
Courses Creative Writing | Poetry Writing Workshop
Title Adjunct Faculty
Department Liberal Arts
Phone 216.421.7000
Courses Screenwriting
Degree BA, English: Hiram College
Scott Lax, called, "a master wordsmith of the first order," by The Midwest Book Review, has been a Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Bernard J. O'Keefe Scholar in Nonfiction and Sewanee Writers' Conference Walter E. Dakin Fellow in Fiction. Scott was presented with a Resolution of Congratulations for his body of work from Cleveland City Council in 2002, named the 2002 Midwest Filmmaker of the Year by the Cleveland International Film Festival, named to a list of Hiram College's "Illustrious Alumni," along with poet Vachel Lindsay, and elected to the Chagrin Falls High School Alumni Achievement Hall of Fame in 2016. The Denver Post called Scott's first novel, The Year That Trembled, "powerful," and named it one of 1998's "Milestones in Fiction." The Midwest Book Review called his second novel, Vengeance Follows, "A minor masterpiece of suspense and human nature." He's a produced playwright, award-winning movie producer (for the adaptation of his first novel), short story and nonfiction writer, as well as a TV writer who's written for ESPN and Comedy Central. Previous to teaching for CIA, Scott taught at University School and Hiram College, and is regularly on faculty at The Western Reserve Writers' Conference. Scott's also a professional drummer who's played with Bo Diddley, among others. He's currently writing a screenplay adaptation of Vengeance Follows.
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24 September 2013
5 November 2013 Last updated at 09:58 GMT
The smartphone maker Blackberry has abandoned a plan to sell itself to its biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings.
The company, which is big in Asian markets like Indonesia, saw its shares close down 16% following the news.
Fairfax was planning to lead a consortium of firms in a takeover of Blackberry, as Mariko Oi reports from the New York Stock Exchange.


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Disaster aid bill prompts House-Senate showdown
Disaster aid bill: The measure would also prevent a federal shutdown next weekend by financing government agencies from the Oct. 1 start of the new federal fiscal year through Nov. 18.
WASHINGTON — Congress' latest must-pass bill is prompting a new House-Senate showdown, highlighting a partisan rift so raw that an effort to help disaster victims has become mired in disputes over jobs, the national debt and the discredited Solyndra solar energy company.
The Republican-led House approved revamped legislation early Friday providing $3.7 billion to help people battered by Hurricane Irene, Texas wildfires, tornadoes and other natural disasters. The money would replenish an emergency fund that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned could be depleted early next week.
The measure would also prevent a federal shutdown next weekend by financing government agencies from the Oct. 1 start of the new federal fiscal year through Nov. 18. It was approved by a near party-line 219-203 vote shortly after midnight.
Leaders of the Democratic-run Senate promised to quickly kill the legislation, saying it lacked enough disasterassistance. Democrats also complained about cuts it would make to help pay for the aid: trimming $1.5 billion from Energy Department loans aimed at spurring development of fuel-efficient vehicles, a program they said is creating badly needed jobs.
"They insist on holding out on Americans who have suffered devastating losses," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said of GOP lawmakers. "Americans are tired of this partisanship. They deserve to know that when disasters strike, we will be there to help them."
The Senate version, approved last week with the support of 10 GOP senators, provided $6.9 billion indisaster aid and no cuts to help pay for it.
White House spokesman Jay Carney faulted House Republicans for the deadlock on Friday, saying they had passed legislation knowing it would die in the Senate, just as they had during last month's fight over extending the federal debt limit.
"The fever hasn't broken — the behavior that we saw this summer that really repelled Americans continues," Carney said.
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, blamed Democrats, saying the House-passed bill had enough money for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the short term and that Congress could provide more money later.
"The Senate Democratic leadership is essentially threatening to delay FEMA money that families need right now for a partisan gain," said the spokesman, Michael Steel.
It was unclear how the standoff would be resolved. The House and Senate had both planned to take next week off, but neither seemed likely to risk accusations of ignoring the thousands of Americans victimized by natural calamities or of allowing the government to shut its doors.
"We're establishing priorities," said Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif. "We have a priority, that being dealing with our fellow Americans."
House passage represented a reversal from an embarrassing setback the chamber dealt its Republican leaders on Wednesday. On that day, the House rejected a nearly identical measure, shot down by Democrats complaining its disaster aid was too stingy and conservative Republicans upset that its overall spending was too extravagant.
The bill the House approved Friday morning contained just one change — an additional $100 million in savings from cutting a second Energy Department loan program, this one aimed at sparking new energy technologies.
That is the same program that financed a $528 million federal loan to Solyndra Inc., the California solar panel maker that won praise from President Barack Obama but has since gone bankrupt and laid off its 1,100 workers. The Obama administration had praised Solyndra as a model for green energy companies, but now Congress is investigating the circumstances under which the government approved the loan.
Forty-eight Republicans had voted against the bill on Wednesday, a number GOP leaders cut in half in Friday's vote after hours of lobbying. One who switched from "no" to "yes" was conservative Rep. Jeff Landry, R-La., who said he was swayed by the new cuts in the technology loan program.
"This bill is like dessert," the freshman said in an interview of the new measure. "Are you kidding? I came here to cut wasteful spending."
The gridlock over the spending bill was the third time this year the two parties have clashed over legislation whose passage both sides considered crucial.
In April with just hours to spare, the two sides reached agreement on a bill that averted a federal shutdown and provided money for government agencies through September. Then this summer, they battled for weeks before finally approving legislation extending the government's borrowing authority and narrowly preventing a historic federal default.
Against a backdrop of the 2012 presidential and congressional elections and angst over the country's dismal job market, this year's clashes have been intensified by the infusion of dozens of tea party Republicans who often show little inclination to compromise.
Wednesday's defeat of the spending bill was only the most recent time they have made life difficult for Boehner. And it underscored the challenges ahead this fall as Congress tackles efforts to fix the economy, create jobs and try to control the $14 trillion national debt.
The money to finance agencies beginning Oct. 1 is needed because Congress has completed none of the 12 annual spending bills.


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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Black History Month Lunch
February is full of fabulous Marketplace meals!
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At homestyle you will find smothered pork chops, garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed kale, corn bread, and banana cream pie.
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Eagle Scout Returns Badge In Protest
Talk about straight but not narrow. Eagle Scout Martin Cizmar recently turned in his Eagle Scout badge to protest the Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory anti-gay policies.
July 19, 2012
Boy Scouts of America
1325 Walnut Hill Lane
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, Texas 75015-2079To Bob Mazzuca, Wayne Brock, and the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America,
My name is Martin Cizmar and I am returning my Eagle Scout badge to protest the Boy Scouts of America's policy of discriminating against gay scouts and scouters.
I earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1998 as a member of Troop 361 in Tallmadge, Ohio. I was also given the Vigil Honor in 1997. I was an extremely active scout, serving as Lodge Chief of Marnoc Lodge 151, trekking at Philmont and visiting three National Jamborees.
I am not gay. However, I cannot in good conscious hold this badge as longs as the BSA continues a policy of bigotry. Though I didn't know at the time, I was acquainted with a number of gay scouts and scouters. They were all great men, loyal to the scout oath and motto and helpful to the movement. There is no fair reason they should not be allowed to participate in scouting. I suspect you know this, too. As an adult, I also understand that such policy changes are fraught with complication, possibly including the defection of members affiliated with certain religious groups with dire financial implications. It's a tough position, but a scout is brave.
It's not easy to part with a badge that represented my young life's biggest accomplishment when it was pinned onto me by my mother with handshakes from my father and the Scoutmaster I respected more than any other adult I knew. But I know this is the right thing to do.
Scouting is a remarkable Movement which bettered me in more ways than I can count. I have always been loyal to the ideals and the organization that shared them with me. Though I am not giving up hope, along with this badge I am surrendering my personal loyalties. A national policy on sexuality forces good, principled people from scouting. I can only hope that someone inside the BSA has the courage to fix this policy before the organization withers into irrelevance.
I don't want to be an Eagle Scout if a young man who is gay can't be one, too. Gentlemen, please do the right thing.
Martin Cizmar
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O'Neill High School Orientation
James I. O'Neill High School sits across the river from Garrison, just a stone's throw from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Every year at this time a new crop of freshmen and transfer students turns out for a welcome program that introduces them to life at O'Neill, as well as to each other. This year's orientation was held on August 29.
Principal Louis Trombetta, Assistant Principal Robin Haberman, and guidance counselor Patty Lofaro—who works with the school's youngest students—are at their busiest, shepherding new students through the sizable building and making sure they participate in the various tours and programs—capped off by lunch in the cafeteria.
O'Neill draws students from three distinct locations—The Highland Falls Fort Montgomery Central School Distinct of which it is a part, West Point, and the Garrison Union Free School, which sends its eighth graders on to either Haldane High School, O'Neill, or a number of private schools.
This year's crop of Garrison students numbers seven—Frank Batignani, Matthew Hard, Albert Monroe, Lawrence Monroe, John Rodak, Finnean Waldron, and Elizabeth Walker—and on Wednesday, they were all busy learning the ropes at O'Neill. They will join 20 Garrison-area tenth (4), eleventh (5), and twelfth-graders (11), some of them their siblings.
O'Neill is different from Haldane in several fundamental ways. While it's still a small school, the buildings and grounds are more expansive (completely separate from other schools in the district) and the student body appears significantly more diverse— economically, culturally, and racially. Because of the proximity to West Point, there is also an obvious military presence in the form of a strong ROTC program. During the orientation day, students of all shapes, sizes and colors appeared in camouflage field gear amongst their more colorfully clad classmates.
We spoke with O'Neill junior Sarah Hard, who hails from Garrison and has spoken with enthusiasm at Garrison school board meetings about her O'Neill experience. Sarah is a self-assured young woman with long blonde hair, who participates in both soccer and cheerleading, as well as chorus, the Interact Club, and Student to Student. Sarah's brother Matthew is an incoming ninth-grader with strong academic credentials.
"Coming to O'Neill was a really big decision…I had the mindset that everyone was going to have their set group of friends… [but] since there's three different communities coming into the one school, you're not the only one feeling that way." She added that participating in athletics helped her make friends quickly.
"It's big enough that you can meet a whole lot of people," but still small, Sarah noted. "Growing up in Garrison I was with the same people, and I love them all dearly… but [at O'Neill] there are people from all over the world…there's a lot of ethnic diversity and character styles…it just kind of opens your eyes."
Sarah also praised the O'Neill chorus program for its professionalism and focus on musical theory and skills.
Why do students from Garrison decide to come across the river and attend O'Neill? Assistant Principal Haberman said that in her view, "Some of them do it to get away… meet new people and make new friends." Sarah agreed, saying that if you wanted to make yourself over, you could do it by attending O'Neill.
Of her ninth-grade brother, Sarah said, "Not as many kids from his class came to O'Neill"—many went to private school or elsewhere. "But he's actually involved in soccer too, and he's meeting a lot of kids."


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We love the snow! This year we have been so fortunate to have the best snow ever at Big Bear since we have been alive. It's awesome! And you can see it in the snow conditions on the slopes.
So this past weekend, we took another Big Bear trip with some friends of ours and had a balst! Awesome snow and great friends. What a good combo!
Here are some highlights of our trip. You can also watch a video of Trevor skiing down the Summit Run here.
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Ben flying!
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If Rome Hadn't Fallen by Timothy Venning
Nov 27, 2011
One of the largest questions in European history has always been: "Why did Rome fall?" But surely right behind that question is another one: "What if Rome hadn't fallen?" Usually the second question is explored only in fiction (there was, for instance, a Star Trek episode where Captain Kirk visited an alternate earth where Rome survived into the 20th century, complete with institutionalized slavery and televised gladiatorial games). Timothy Venning attempts to view this question from the standpoint of academic plausibility, tracing the root of the Western Empire's collapse and how, if some things had gone differently, it might have continued….
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies Offer Alternative Resolution Program For Disputed Sandy Claims
An innovative option to promptly resolve complex Sandy claims is now available to personal and commercial customers of Liberty Mutual Insurances family of companies: independent mediation or arbitration.
The nations third-largest property and casualty insurer announced today that it has teamed with Kenneth R. Feinberg of Feinberg Rozen LLP to offer an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program. This voluntary, three-phase process is available to Liberty Mutual Insurance customers after the traditional claim-adjustment channels are exhausted. The program also is available to Safeco, Peerless, and Ohio Casualty Insurance customers.
While we anticipate the overwhelming majority of our Sandy claims will be satisfactorily settled in a timely manner through the traditional process, there will be a small group of customers with highly complex issues that may benefit from an alternative route to resolve their claims, said Ted Gramer, Liberty Mutual executive vice president and Chief Claims Officer, Personal Insurance. Resolving claims disputes through proven alternatives to the court system could accelerate an expensive settlement process for customers from possibly years to just a few months.
Mr. Feinberg is regarded as one of the nations foremost experts on mediation and alternative dispute resolution, most recently acclaimed for his oversight of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the BP Gulf Coast Claims Facility. Mr. Feinberg also successfully managed an ADR program for Liberty Mutual in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Liberty Mutual Insurance is providing its customers with a unique program designed to accelerate the process for the most complex Sandy claims, said Mr.Feinberg. Similar to our successful program after Katrina, I am confident that we can provide Liberty Mutual customers with protracted coverage disagreements an independent alternative to reaching quicker resolutions than costly litigation.
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Michael B. Jordan has been discussing his rumoured role in Josh Trank's forthcoming Fantastic Four rejig, with the actor addressing the online reaction to his casting.
Jordan refused to confirm that he will be playing the Human Torch AKA Johnny Storm, but he has reacted to those fans disgruntled to see a traditionally white character being played by an African-American actor.
"I think times are changing," says Jordan. "It's 2014. Comic-books in general were established when we didn't have civil rights, for the most part.
"So there weren't a lot of comic-book characters who were geared towards us, period. We weren't the market that comic books were made for in the beginning.
"But as times change and things move on, I think us as a people need to evolve as well in our thinking and not be so narrow-minded."
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Tuesday night's "Glee" re-run featured Gwyneth Paltrow in her debut appearance on the show -- a reminder that Gwyn (who wore skin-tight leather pants and a leotard for the show's "Sexy" episode) has a pretty phenomenal body.
No wonder why Mr. Schue has the hots for her!
And Paltrow hasn't been shy about giving credit for her lean, toned bod to one person: Her trainer, Tracy Anderson (who also happens to also train celebs ranging from Madonna to Jessica Simpson).
We called Anderson to find out exactly how her customized-for-your-body-type Metamorphosis program works -- and to steal a few of her moves.
"The heart of the program is ID-ing what is out of place — that's where you are genetically weak," says Anderson. "We all store fat in different places."
Her DVDs ($89.97 for the 90-day "Metamorphosis by Tracy" DVD set) change up the workout every 10 days, so your muscles never adapt, and therefore continue progressing.
Here are the four main body types her program focuses on:
Omnicentric: You don't carry your weight in any one place, but overall you're not toned. "Skinny fat" types often fall into this category.
The Move: Start on all fours, then lift your feet so you're balancing on your knees. Kick one leg into the air behind you while extending the opposite arm out in front of you. Return to starting position. Do 10 to 12 reps, then repeat on the opposite side.
Hipcentric: You have a small waist, and carry weight in your hips and thighs.
The Move: Lie down on your side, bottom leg bent and tucked, top leg stretched straight out in line with your body. Swing top leg back and up, hold that position, then pulse the leg toward the ceiling. Repeat for 10 to 12 reps, then switch sides.
Abcentric: You gain weight in your midsection.
The Move: Get in plank position. Bring one knee down to the floor. Put weight down on knee, then kick leg straight back so it's extended behind you. Return knee to the floor and repeat. Do 10 to 12 reps then switch sides.
Glutecentric: This is the category Gwyneth falls into (though you'd never know it!). You have a droopy or shapeless behind, and may struggle with dreaded back fat.
The Move: Lay on your left side, with upper body propped up by your left forearm and your right hand on your hip. Cross your ankles and spread your knees so they're in a butterfly-like position. Keeping your hips stacked and flexing your glutes, move your legs as a unit up and back. Return to start and repeat for 10 to 12 reps. Repeat on the opposite side.
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The World Bank's flagship report on jobs in the MENA region documents high and persistent unemployment rates, especially among youth and women
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The Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has been growing at five per cent and suffering from unemployment of above 10 per cent in recent years, says Caroline Freund, World Bank chief economist for the MENA region, emphasising that this unemployment is largely due to insufficient growth. Growth could be higher if resources were used more effectively, she told Al-Ahram Weekly in an online interview, also giving further tips on how to combat the region's stubbornly high unemployment.
What do recent studies on Egypt and the MENA region tell us regarding the causes and possible solutions for unemployment?
The World Bank's flagship report on jobs in the MENA region documents high and persistent unemployment rates, especially among youth and women. The report, which focuses primarily on medium/long-term structural issues, goes on to show the historical reliance on the public sector for jobs and the need for a more vibrant and competitive private sector to grow employment. The report shows that the private sector has underserved the region because of both demand and supply constraints.
In terms of demand, the following points are emphasised in the report: connections — how well a private businessman performs depends upon who they know rather than what they know; regulations and taxes — complicated regulations and taxes make the business climate difficult to navigate, limiting business growth, and regulations and taxes may favour certain parties over others; and less integration with the global economy has held back foreign investment and exports, both of which tend to be creators of good jobs.
In terms of demand, the report makes the following points: because of generous benefits and job security, people prefer employment in the public sector and are queuing for those jobs, raising the reservation wage; there is a skills mismatch, where people are acquiring the wrong skills as compared with the skills that businesses want; and fuel subsidies have lowered the cost of energy relative to labour, increasing the specialisation in energy intensive goods.
The policy implications speak largely to improving incentives for the private sector to grow, for example through simpler and more uniformly applied regulations. Cutting energy subsidies and reducing public employment are important as well, but carry some short-term costs. And improved education and business-supported vocational training can also help.
How do you see the transition period affecting unemployment and the provision of job opportunities in the region?
Transitions make for difficult economic times. We have seen rising unemployment in Egypt and Tunisia, as growth remains weak and high-employment sectors like tourism, manufacturing and construction have been negatively affected. Political uncertainty is keeping investors on the sidelines, limiting employment creation. In Egypt, growth was to some extent buoyed by strong revenues from the Suez Canal and growth in government and agriculture.
With an economy that has slowed down, how can jobs be created quickly to at least provide temporary employment?
A World Bank report entitled "Infrastructure and Employment Creation in the Middle East and North Africa" shows that investment in infrastructure contributes significantly to job creation in the MENA region. In the short-run, every $1 billion invested in infrastructure has the potential of generating, on average, around 110,000 infrastructure-related jobs in the oil-importing countries (like Egypt and Tunisia), 26,000 jobs in the Gulf Cooperation Council economies, and 49,000 jobs in the developing oil-exporting countries. These jobs would be foregone if countries instead decided to trim their public investment rates by $1 billion going forward.
Estimated infrastructure needs for the region are $106 billion per year for a decade. The region could generate 2.5 million infrastructure-related jobs by meeting these needs, but the potential varies greatly across countries and sectors. Because of per capita income differences, $1 billion of spending generates more than six times as many jobs in a sector in Djibouti as in Lebanon, but the latter would find it considerably easier to finance investment expenditure. Spending on the construction of roads and bridges would generate more than twice as many direct jobs as the same amount of spending in any of the other sectors. Construction of roads and bridges is the most job-intensive activity relative to spending, followed by water and sewage infrastructure, while transport and communication is the least job-intensive activity. In addition to infrastructure, temporary wage subsidies and training programmes can also help ease the transition.
How do you believe poverty has been affected by the transitions?
Given the slowdown in growth and the increase in unemployment, poverty has surely increased. One estimate shows 25 per cent of people below the poverty line, up from 20 per cent before the revolution in Egypt.
It is important, therefore, to ensure that the social safety net reaches the poor. Unfortunately, fuel subsidies, which make up the bulk of spending on social policies, do little to help the poor. This is because the rich have more cars and larger apartments and therefore reap more of the gains from cheap energy. Estimates show that the richest 20 per cent of the population in Egypt receives more than half of the spending on fuel subsidies. If instead even a fraction of that money was transferred to the poor, for example as a cash transfer, poverty in Egypt could be much lower.
At what rate does the Egyptian economy need to grow in order to meet the challenge of growing unemployment and combat poverty?
We have regional estimates, and these suggest that fewer than three million jobs were created annually in the 2000s, but the region needed to create one million more jobs to bring down unemployment rates between four and six per cent, a range prevalent in fast-growing economies. Employment acceleration can become a reality if real annual growth picks up to six per cent during the next decade, an acceleration of roughly one per cent per year over the historical growth average for the ten-year period starting in 1999.
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I would agree, because any loss in income is much more deeply felt by the poor, who consume all of their income and tend to have little or no savings. In addition, the poor spend a larger fraction of their income on food and necessities, and what has made this period especially difficult is the fact that food prices have remained high, so any loss in wages has not been reflected in prices.
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European Explorer June 2013?? :)
22 Oct 2012 DanielleAmy asked
Who is going on European Explorer plus Mykonos Island 30 June 2013????
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16 Nov 2012 Zowie88 said
hey, im not but im doing the European impressions on the 20th June, then having a few days between in Athens, then Doing the Greek island Adventurer on the 15th July, it worked out to the same amount of days but more time in Greece which i wanted, i do miss out on a few places in Italy, but id rather be by the water i think, have you booked your tour? and are u travelling alone?
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Hi Danielle, I am going on this tour although I am doing the Greek Isle cruise, I am travelling solo and cant wait!! I know people who went on the this tour a few years back and only heard amazing reviews (they also went on the cruise)
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6 Dec 2012 Zowie88 said
Hey Bree, what date is ur Greek island tour, is it the same one as me? I was alittle scared to go solo, but seems like most people do :)
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6 Dec 2012 Bree said
Hi, I think I am cruising from the 15th- 18th of July, not sure. I can't actually wait to to go solo, although this is part of the reason I decided to go on a tour, as it's my first trip overseas!!!!
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13 Dec 2012 DanielleAmy said
Yeah Zowie I have booked it and travelling with my boyfriend :) Bree, so your departure date is 30 June too?
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yeah I can wait, I don't really have any nerves, just impatience that it isn't tomorrow!!
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23 Dec 2012 Andrew said
Yep :) I'm doing this tour and I'm so excited about it!
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"Game Change," the Sarah Palin election film that attracted a lot of attention for both its portrayal of its subject and an eerie central performance from star Julianne Moore, worked well for HBO. So well, in fact, that the network will once again work with director Jay Roach, who helmed both "Game Change" and the 2008 Bush/Gore original film "Recount."
Roach's new HBO project, "K Blows Top," will be another political-themed movie, this one set a little further back in the past. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film will be set in September of 1959, when Nikita Khrushchev (to be played by Paul Giamatti) visited and toured the U.S. for almost two weeks as part of the Cold War "thaw."
Paul Bernbaum ("Hollywoodland") wrote the screenplay, which is adapted from Peter Carlson's 2009 book of the same name. Reviewing the book in the Washington Post, Jacob Heilbrunn wrote:
In September 1959, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech before Hollywood's biggest stars at the Café de Paris, Twentieth Century Fox's elegant commissary. Forty-five minutes into his talk, as celebrities like Marilyn Monroe (wearing, on orders from her studio bosses, her slinkiest dress) and Frank Sinatra watched in amazement, a red-faced Khrushchev began to punch the air. He wasn't complaining about American nuclear plans or Cuba but an even graver matter: his American guides' refusal to allow him to visit Disneyland. (The problem was security, they said.)
Roach also has a lighter political-themed film due in theaters this summer — the Will Ferrell/Zach Galifianakis comedy "The Campaign."