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Singer Sabah scores 9th husband to the 'married-to-Sabah-club'
Sabah, the Lebanese octogenarian queen, our darling singing and acting classic diva, who was born the less exotic 'Janet', soon shed her given names, Gergi Fighali, in favor of the stage name Sabah. She is among the most prolific Arab singers, with a reported 3,500 songs to her repertoire. Prolific in entertainment and in her private life too- through much publicised multiple marriages.
Reportedly married a good 9 times, the figure is disputed in the minefield of reportage and data concerning such a celebrity, who has not helped the matter by pulling off a few stunt marriages just to keep us on our toes! Continue reading below »
At 85, and from a traditional society who are happy to receive her creative output but would rather she kept her marriages down to a moderate figure. Yet she is forgiven her share of marriage misshaps and embraced by her fans because she is (pet-named or diminutive) "Sabbouha" or "Al Shahroura," or the singing bird, and can get away with it.
And doesn't she know it: In 2003, she pulled off a hoax marriage to Amr Mihio ("Mr. Lebanon"). When the relationship ended in 2004, she admitted that it had been a stunt to propel Amr's fledgling acting career.
April 2008, a publication with supporting photos announced that she got married to Joseph Gharib, her hair dresser of 17 years. It was later revealed that she was only pulling an April Fool's joke on the public. Again more recently, the news was reversed as it transpired she had sealed a genuine tie with him by marriage in 2011. The jury is out (see Disclaimer below) on her current total sum of marriages.
Her longest affair though apparently not 'largest' love was to Fadi Kuntar (alias or screen name is Fadi Lubnan, so another Mr. Lebanon for her portfolio), their marriage spanning a healthy 17 years. Perhaps a clash of Titans or of artistic temperaments or the Titans, her shortest liason, though 'biggest' love, was with Rushdy Abaza, spawning a marriage of just reportedly 3 days. It seems you can't measure a love by the length of the marriage any longer. Some sources suggest alternative 'big' loves. Maybe she changes her mind on her favorites. With only 2 children she's presented with less options for preferential treatment fortunately.
Disclaimer: Because of her multiple marriages and add to that the practical joke ones for good measure, there are conflicting sources relating to her marriage data and inconsistency in the reporting of names and lengths, even order of, marriages. Some information circulating states 11 weddings, some 8 and some 9. A report suggests she married early this month for the 8th time (to that very hair-dresser) and made records for her ripe-aged union, at 85. Herewith, we have compiled within reason or best estimates, her alleged 9 hubsands.
As per presentation of this wedding parade, for easy viewing, we have chosen chronilogical order over nationality: Their nationalities fall largely into 2 camps- Egyptian and Lebanese, with one Gulf member of this exclusive 'husband of Sabah Club'.


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Integrating electrical safety with design
Integrating maintenance requirements into the design of an electrical system is an important first step to provide workplace safety.
Safety-related maintenance requirements for electrical equipment are outlined in Chapter 2 of NFPA 70E: Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, but they are often overlooked to the detriment of both worker safety and a company's reputation. Using the concepts and strategies in Chapter 2 can enhance the company's worker safety, productivity, and positive image.
Integrating maintenance requirements into the design of an electrical system is an important first step to provide workplace safety. There are two elements that comprise maintenance tasks at a facility: technical expertise and safety considerations. Chapter 2 provides a great foundation to understand the fundamentals of what every company requires to operate and maintain the electrical system in a safe manner after it has been commissioned. Lack of proper maintenance could not only affect the operation of production at a facility, it could have a catastrophic effect for worker.
In difficult economic times it is common to eliminate or decrease the frequency intervals of preventive maintenance for electrical systems. However, lack of adequate maintenance often results in the failure of overcurrent protection devices to operate within the prescribed range for opening. An elongated opening time, which can be measured in a few tenths of a second, can have a significant difference in the arc flash exposure to a worker. The idea is that the calculations assumes a certain opening time, if the device fails to operate in that time, then the arc flash study/values are incorrect, and the worker may not have the proper personal protective equipment (PPE). If the worker is not protected for the magnitude of the exposure, it could result in a significant injury or death.
An example of what can happen when electrical equipment is not properly maintained occurred in 2010. In this case the electrical equipment was installed in the 1970s and was never maintained, calibrated, or exercised. When the arc flash occurred, the main breaker in the switchboard did not trip. The circuit eventually opened at a fuse located on the primary side of the site transformer. This is an example of the difference in magnitudes that could result in an actual event compared to what could be anticipated using the NFPA 70E tables or arc flash calculations. The difference in actual and anticipated tripping time of the overcurrent protection device due to failure to maintain equipment resulted in an exposure to the worker of 15 Cal/cm2. A typical protective worker strategy for this installation would be Category 2 in accordance with Table 130.7(C)(15)(a) of NFPA 70E. This would require 8 Cal/cm2 outer layer arc rated clothing with 100% cotton underlayers.
Understanding the regulatory framework
Both the safety and the efficiency of electrical equipment maintenance and modifications can be greatly enhanced if equipment systems were designed to facilitate the use of safe work practices under both Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and NFPA 70E during maintenance and modifications. That is why an understanding of the regulatory framework and the interplay between OSHA's electrical safety regulations, NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code, NEC), and NFPA 70E should be basic to design, installation, and maintenance of electrical equipment.
OSHA regulations are federal and are the law nationwide. Historically, OSHA's electrical safety regulations have drawn heavily on the NEC and NFPA 70E, but there are important distinctions. Compliance with the NEC and 70E does not always equate to compliance with the OSHA regulations.
When designing electrical systems, there are two different considerations: installation, and maintenance and modifications after the equipment is commissioned.
With regard to installations of electrical equipment, there is a long and successful history of equipment that permits a safe installation for persons and property if performed in accordance with the overlapping OSHA regulations that cover installations. U.S. electrical product specifications are developed in correlation with the NEC, which has led to this success. OSHA's electrical construction regulations (29 CFR 1926, Subpart K) apply to new electrical installations. This could be classified as any addition, enhancement, or upgrade to an electrical system. Examples could include a new electrical system, adding a feeder or branch circuit to an existing power panel, or adding components in an existing control panel.
As to maintenance and modifications of already installed electrical equipment, it must be emphasized that all OSHA regulations are based on the task that the worker performs, rather than the worker's job title or the classification of the company he/she works for. Overlapping but different regulations apply to the construction industry (29 CFR 1926) versus general industry (29 CFR 1910). Determining whether OSHA's construction or general industry regulations apply is not always as simple as it sounds. For example, when a maintenance worker employed at an existing facility adds a feeder or branch circuit for a new piece of electrical equipment, the task would be classified as a construction activity and would be covered under the requirements of OSHA's construction regulations (because it's an installation). Another example: When the employee of a construction company is changing defective lighting ballast on an existing fixture, it would fall under the general industry standard (because it is maintenance).
Most of the electrical safety-related work training that is currently given to workers is based on NFPA 70E, rather than the applicable OSHA electrical regulations. The energized work wording in NFPA 70E differs from OSHA's general industry electrical regulations, creating some misinterpretations of whether the job task is permitted to be performed live at a worksite.
It is critical to remember that any place where OSHA regulations set a more stringent rule than NFPA, the OSHA regulations must take precedence. As federal regulations, they have the force of law.
For example, Section 29 CFR 1926.416(a) of the OSHA electrical construction regulations says:
No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by de-energizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.
This regulation does not contain any exception, for example, for infeasibility to perform a task. Note that this regulation was promulgated in the 1980s, before arc flash was recognized as a hazard in the industry. Of course, from a practical aspect, you would have to de-energize the equipment to attempt to install what would "[guard] it effectively." If that were the case, you could perform the task while the equipment is de-energized.
Some design criteria involve the use of a technique called "finger safe." The finger safe concept is used with the intent of protecting a worker from electrical shock by enclosing/isolating exposed parts. However, it may not protect the worker from all recognized electrical hazards in a piece of electrical equipment. There are two issues with this concept. When the equipment cover is removed or the equipment door is open, it would not comply with the listing requirements of the product. Additionally, finger safe design would not protect the worker from an arc flash or arc blast.
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Car News
2014 Audi A3 e-Tron Plug-In Hybrid Confirmed For US Debut
- 2014 Audi A3 e-Tron coming to U.S. market
- Details on exactly when are unknown
- Range unknown; expect 204 horsepower and 258 lb-ft
A plug-in hybrid Audi A3 is coming to the U.S. market, though Audi has not yet specified exactly when shoppers can expect it. The announcement comes only a month after the brand debuted the plug-in hatchback at this year's Geneva Auto Show.
Audi confirmed it would sell the A3 e-tron in the U.S. at the New York Auto Show earlier this month. At the show, Audi rolled out an all-new A3, which will likely go on sale next year. But while Audi only showed the new A3 as a sedan, the e-Tron shown in Geneva was a hatchback like today's model.
That leaves those hopeful for plug-in hybrids asking a lot of questions. For example: Will Audi roll out the plug-in hybrid A3 e-Tron before the hatchback is replaced next year? Or will the all-new A3 offer a hatchback body style in addition to the sedan shown in New York?
Audi hasn't provided any answers. But the brand did offer several specifics about the A3 e-Tron shown in Geneva. Those details include power numbers -- 204 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque -- along with several other powertrain details. In addition to its electric motor, for example, the hatchback uses a 1.4-liter 4-cylinder. And a 6-speed dual-clutch automatic is standard.
Aside from the engine, the A3 e-Tron shown in Geneva was updated from today's A3 model. It included new headlights and new front and rear fascias. But the hatchback's overall profile was largely the same as today's A3.
If Audi does roll out the A3 e-Tron soon, it will be one of the first upscale plug-in models on the market. Aside from the Fisker Karma and all-electric Tesla Model S, most plug-in cars are small hatchbacks like the Chevrolet Volt, Ford Focus Electric and Toyota Prius Plug-In. That is likely to change before long, as Cadillac is planning to roll out a Volt-based plug-in hybrid called the ELR. Plug-in hybrid models from Land Rover and Porsche are also on the way.
What it means to you: While details are scarce, the 2014 Audi A3 e-Tron will offer a plug-in hybrid drivetrain when it debuts in the U.S.


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Testing for Addison's disease
Dr. J. Catharine Scott-Moncrieff lectured at the 2008 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum on diagnostic testing for canine hypoadrenocorticism. Here are some relevant points from that lecture:
Hypoadrenocorticism, or Addison's disease, results from failure of the adrenal glands to secrete glucocorticoids (primarily cortisol) and mineralocorticoids (primarily aldosterone). Most cases of hypoadrenocorticism are from primary adrenal failure, resulting in deficiency of usually both cortisol and aldosterone from the adrenal cortex. Rarely, Addison's disease may be due to pituitary dysfunction, resulting in a failure of ACTH secretion and pure glucocorticoid deficiency (secondary adrenal failure). In secondary hypoadrenocorticism, mineralocorticoid secretion is expected to be normal.
CauseBecause most cases of hypoadrenocorticism either don't result in a necropsy or are successfully treated, the underlying cause usually is not known in individual animals. Primary adrenal failure is suspected to be immune-mediated in most cases. Other causes of primary hypoadrenocorticism include granulomatous destruction or hemorrhagic infarction of the adrenal gland, adrenalitis, neoplasia, amyloidosis and necrosis.
Immune-mediated destruction of the adrenal gland may occur together with other immune-mediated endocrine disorders, such as hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus and hypoparathyroidism. Destructive lesions in the hypothalamus or pituitary from neoplasia, inflammation or trauma may cause secondary hypoadrenocorticism. Idiopathic ACTH deficiency also may occur.
Primary adrenal failure may be caused by a number of drugs, including mitotane, trilostane and ketoconazole. Adrenal suppression caused by ketoconazole and trilostane is reversible in most cases, but adrenal failure caused by mitotane may be permanent.
Administration of glucocorticoid drugs may cause secondary adrenal failure. After corticosteroid administration (topical, oral or injectable), suppression of ACTH production from the pituitary gland occurs within a few days, resulting in secondary adrenal atrophy. How long the adrenal axis is suppressed depends on the potency and half-life of the administered glucocorticoid. Long-acting depot drugs are the most potent adrenal suppressants and can cause suppression for five to six weeks or longer.
Seventy percent of dogs diagnosed with hypoadrenocorticism are female, and most are young to middle-aged (average being 4 to 5 years). The disease is heritable in the standard Poodle, Bearded Collie, Portuguese Water Dog and the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. In these breeds, no obvious sex predisposition is evident. In the standard poodle, Portuguese Water Dog and Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, the disease appears to be inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Incidence of hypoadrenocorticism in the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever is estimated to affect 1.4 percent of the population, while in the standard Poodle 8.6 percent in one study were affected.
History and physical exam
Clinical signs may be acute or gradual in onset, and they often wax and wane. Owners may not realize how long their dog has been ill until treatment results in a dramatic improvement in activity level. Because 85 percent to 90 percent of adrenal reserve must be depleted before clinical signs are observed, it may require a stressful event to trigger clinical illness. Clinical signs may be vague and rarely are pathognomonic. Anorexia, vomiting, lethargy/depression, weakness, weight loss, diarrhea, shaking/shivering, polyuria, polydipsia and abdominal pain may be observed. Most of these clinical signs can occur due to glucocorticoid deficiency alone.
If mineralocorticoids also are deficient, the clinical signs tend to be more severe, and polyuria, polydipsia, hypovolemic shock, collapse and dehydration often are present. Less common clinical signs include acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage and seizures due to hypoglycemia or electrolyte derangement. The physical examination may be normal or may reveal lethargy, weakness, dehydration, bradycardia, weak pulses, decreased capillary refill time and other evidence of hypovolemic shock.
Clinical pathology
Complete blood count may reveal a nonregenerative normocytic normochromic anemia, or the hematocrit may be increased due to dehydration. Eosinophilia, neutrophilia or lymphocytosis occurs in only 20 percent to 30 percent of dogs with hypoadrenocorticism, but lack of a stress leukogram in a dog with systemic illness is common.
A serum chemistry profile may reveal hyponatremia, hypochloremia, hyperkalemia, hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. These changes occur due to aldosterone deficiency with a resultant failure of the kidneys to conserve sodium. This is accompanied by profound fluid loss, shift of potassium ions to the extracellular compartment, pre-renal azotemia due to decreased renal perfusion and hypovolemia. A mild to moderate metabolic acidosis also may occur because lack of aldosterone impairs renal tubular hydrogen ion secretion.
Other serum chemical abnormalities that may occur in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism include hypoalbuminemia, hypocholesterolemia, hypoglycemia and increased liver enzymes. Specific gravity of the urine is commonly less than 1.030 due to loss of the normal medullary concentration gradient and impaired water reabsorption by the renal collecting tubules. The changes on the minimum data base in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism may initially mimic other disorders such as renal failure, hepatic disease, gastrointestinal disease or insulinoma.
Serum electrolyte abnormalities
Most dogs with hypoadrenocorticism have the classic electrolyte changes of hyponatremia and hyperkalemia due to aldosterone deficiency. It is now recognized, however, that a subset of dogs with hypoadrenocorticism does not have the classic electrolyte changes typically observed in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism.
In a retrospective study of dogs with hypoadrenocorticism, 24 percent lacked hyponatremia and hyperkalemia. In a study of 25 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, 32 percent lacked electrolyte abnormalities at the time of diagnosis. Reasons for normal electrolytes include secondary hypoadrenocorticism from decreased ACTH secretion, selective destruction of the zona fasiculata and reticularis or early-stage disease in which there has not yet been complete destruction of the zona glomerulosa.
Dogs with glucocorticoid-deficient hypoadrenocorticism tend to be older, have a longer duration of clinical signs and are more likely to be anemic, hypoalbuminemic and hypocholesterolemic.
It is important to recognize that an absence of the characteristic electrolyte changes does not exclude a diagnosis of hypoadrenocorticism. Conversely, reliance on measurement of electrolytes alone for diagnosis of hypoadrenocorticism can be misleading, because there are many other causes of these electrolyte changes.


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DOE A to Z: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #
This information has been preserved for historical purposes. It is not current.
September 12, 2002
|Chief School Administrators
School Business Administrators
|Richard Rosenberg, Assistant Commissioner
Division of Finance
|Technical advice for district submission of Comprehensive Maintenance Plans
This memorandum is to provide you with technical advice for the submission of the Comprehensive Maintenance Plans. The Department of Education is currently in the process of revising the New Jersey Administrative Code governing the Comprehensive Maintenance Plans (N.J.A.C. 6:24) to simplify these reporting requirements. The Department will propose these changes to N.J.A.C. 6:24 within the next month.
Please be advised that the Department will reduce the reporting period for the Comprehensive Maintenance Plans (CMP) from five to three years. Districts only need to report required maintenance activities for the prior year, the filing year and the year subsequent to the filing year; however, a plan reporting five years will still be accepted. Moreover, districts only need to report and adequately describe the applicable types of required maintenance activities instead of with regard to the 38 building systems as currently required by N.J.A.C. 6:24. Therefore, the M2 worksheet does not need to be completed. It should be noted that the definitions of required, routine and capital maintenance will remain the same as promulgated by N.J.A.C. 6:24.
Comprehensive Maintenance Plans (CMP) are to be submitted with the districts Quality Assurance Report (QAAR) on October 30, 2002. The department, however, recognizes the delayed timing of this additional guidance and will accept CMPs after this date up to November 30, 2002.
The submission of the CMP needs to be accompanied with a board resolution stating that the districts required maintenance activities are reasonable to keep a school facility open and safe for use or in its original condition and maintain the validity of their warranties. A district should report this information in the manner listed below in its next submission of the CMP.
Prior Year (2001-2002 fiscal years)
A listing of the completed required maintenance activities for each school facility that corresponds to the expenditures for each school facility as reported in the districts most recent comprehensive annual financial report on the schedule of required maintenance expenditures. Attach a copy of the CAFRs schedule of required maintenance activities to the listing of activities. It should be noted that districts may prorate the total required maintenance expenditure to each school facility according to its gross square footage or it may report actual expenditures by school facility if such records exists for this reporting period only.
Filing Year (2002-2003 fiscal year)
A listing of the required maintenance activities planned and/or already completed for each school facility deemed necessary to reasonably maintain each school facility in the district, which corresponds to the required maintenance appropriation included in the districts 2002-03 budget (function 261).
Year Subsequent to the Filing Year (2003-2004 fiscal year)
A listing of the required maintenance activities planned for each school facility and estimated costs as deemed necessary to reasonably maintain each school facility in the district.
As you are aware, districts need to demonstrate an investment of two percent of the replacement cost of school facilities in required maintenance activities over the ten years preceding the issuance of the financing as required by law (P.L.2000, c.72) in order to receive future school facilities aid. Therefore, the calculation and the requirement for an annual budget amount for required maintenance remains unchanged. The submission of the required maintenance budget amount for the 2003-2004 fiscal years should be included in the CMP and calculated in the same manner as the amount for the 2002-2003 fiscal year. Since the Department will not issue an updated Maintenance Deposit Worksheet (Form M1), the district may utilize the M1 for the filing year and update the gross square footage for the school facilities, as applicable.
The district should submit the CMP with the accompanying resolution to the Office of School Facilities in the Departments Division of Finance and the County Superintendents Office for review and approval. The district will be notified if the CMP is not accepted.
I hope this information is useful. Please contact Mr. Hany Salib at 609-943-5681 or Ms. Diane Koye at 609-943-5883 of the Departments Office of School Facilities or Joe Hroncich at 609-984-7245 of the Departments Office of Fiscal Policy and Planning if you need additional information or have questions.
|Commissioner William L. Librera, Ed.D.
Members, State Board of Education
Assistant Commissioners
Alfred McNeil, Chief Executive Officer, NJEDA School Construction
Bernard Piaia, Director Office of School Facilities
Katie Attwood, Director Office of Fiscal Policy and Planning


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Sunday, 15 July 2012
Laura Mercier Cinema Noir Collection: Mystere duo
(I took my pictures near an open window hence the rain droplets)
The colours are beautifully saturated and create a smoky and sultry look. They feel quite smooth and have great pigment and very good wear.
Unfortunately I have a major problem with these and that is how they apply; its patchy and looks dry. I find trying to blend these near impossible and it just looks a bit messy. I've tried different primers and using none and still I get the same result.
The below picture is the best I can get using all my blending might.
A beautiful colour pairing let down by a sub par formula, you can call me disappointed...very...
I bought this from John Lewis
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I was really taken by this colour pairing. How very disappointing to hear the texture is pants. Thank you for saving my pennies on this one! xxReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Jane,Delete
Glad to save you a bit of money ;) It is such a shame, other reviews I have read have been good so I was rather surprised by the poor application xx
It looks so pretty on your lids, sucks when a product that is expensive does not perform quite as expected.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Jacqueline,Delete
I do really like the colours, shame about the quality, this is another one of those times that I wish we had a return policy for makeup in the UK! :)
I have this problem with most of the newer Laura Mercier powders :( They often swatch fine but are disasters once they hit my lids.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Kate,Delete
I do find them rather hit and miss, I just couldn't resist the pretty colours! I'll have to be a bit more careful in future :)
Aw, it's too bad about the formula, as the colors do look lovely. I've found that some of Laura Mercier's shadows are dry, while others are very nice. They are a bit hit or miss unfortunately!ReplyDelete
Hi makeup magpie,ReplyDelete
They do seem to vary quite a bit, its such a shame as I really liked the look of the other duo from the collection as well, but I dare not buy it now!
I love the colours of this palette, its looks good one you. Shame that it wasn't great for you.ReplyDelete
Hi Cat0805,ReplyDelete
Thanks :) It is a shame as I do really like these colours.
Love this on your eye! I've also been eying the other Duo from Cinema Noir, both are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Hi Dovey,ReplyDelete
Thanks :) I just wish it applied better.


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Jun 29, 2010adam and jordan and the story of the girl with the coolest name in the world.
So Jordan Kaltwasser meets Adam Jordan. the big question since then always stood- "when and if you get married are you going to change your last name?" well of course she did! as the invite stated on the front, "if you really need to know just look at the back of the program..." Jordan Jordan it is. It seems to work well since she is a designer. even beyond this great name change this couple is great. they hosted their wedding outside of Memphis, TN in a spectacular location. little did they know it would be during a tornado. little did we know either. golf carts with plastic covers, sideways rain, tornado sirens, heavy wind. this was a first. and you know they still were laughing and totally into taking photos. i think the positive attitude really paid back when right after the ceremony the sky opened and the most beautiful sunset appeared. serenity.


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Developer seeks incentives for $20 million shopping district in Shawnee
Tim Burg, director of the Shawnee Economic Development Foundation, says the Shawnee area is "hemorrhaging" its sales tax dollars to other communities like Midwest City as shoppers make trips to bigger retail stores that are not offered here.
But that could soon change as a Dallas, Texas-based retail developer is working to bring a $20 million anchored shopping district with major retailers to the city of Shawnee.
If all goes forward for the "Shawnee Marketplace" project, new stores could open in the area of Interstate 40 and Kickapoo Street by the end of 2014.
Jeff Williams, who is president of Hunt Properties, Inc., said Phase 1 of the project calls for 100,000 square feet of retail space, with four to six retailers on 20 acres of the initial development area west of the Burger King and Delta Café.
With this project three years in the making, Hunt Properties is now seeking incentives from the city of Shawnee and Pottawatomie County and hope to break ground in early 2014, Williams confirmed.
"We've requested incentives to make the project feasible," Williams said.
"This is a big deal," Burg said, adding this development would be the second biggest in Pottawatomie County history — second only to Shawnee Mall.
"It will bring significant job creation and significant new sales tax collection for the city and county," Burg said, and would benefit many areas, including the schools.
The six retailers in Phase 1 would have spaces of anywhere from 5,000 to 50,000 square feet each, with the main entrance for Phase 1 planned to be off Kickapoo Street.
While Williams said he couldn't specify the exact requests for incentives at this point, he confirmed it's what's been done in other cities with similar retail centers.
The company is currently finishing up projects in Lawton and Enid, among other areas, he said, and believes Shawnee is a good location.
"Shawnee is a regional shopping center destination," Williams said.
Burg said Shawnee and Pottawatomie County loses about $50 million in sales opportunities each year when people shop in other communities, including Midwest City.
"Think of I-40 like a salmon stream — the net is 30 miles west but we need the net to be at exit 185," Burg said.
With the city of Shawnee getting three cents sales tax and the county having a one-penny tax, that kind of sales volume being lost could add another $1.5 million to the local operating budgets here each year, he said.
"It affects quality of life," Burg said, as sales tax dollars provide money for roads, police and fire and other government-run services.
And while neither Burg or Williams would divulge just yet who the major retailers for the Shawnee development could be, Burg said they are "brand names we do not have," and shoppers won't need to drive west.
Hunt Properties has recently completed other developments, including the $45 million Lawton Marketplace. According to news reports, the development in Lawton includes stores such as PetsMart and TJ Maxx.
While a marketplace here could attract local shoppers, it also could create "magnetism" to Shawnee, Burg said, and pull in shoppers from Harrah and Choctaw, and those further east of Shawnee, not to mention from points north and south.
That's important, Burg said, because about 40 percent of a community's sales tax collections often derive from shoppers who don't live in the community.
Other than a Walmart in Henryetta, Burg said there's no other retail development between Shawnee and Ft. Smith, Ark.
Burg said several factors have affected Shawnee's sale tax since 2001, including major growth of the retail stores in other communities.
"We've grown as a population but we haven't had consumer choices," Burg said.
While the initial Phase 1 calls for more than 100,000 square feet, Burg indicated the entire project with Phase 2 could have as much as 400,000 square feet of retail space.
"This is a no brainer — this is excellent for our community," Burg said.
"We can either embrace new retail or let tax dollars go in another city's pocket," Burg said.
"This development will provide those options," he added.
City of Shawnee staff are evaluating the project, Burg said.
And while it will likely be a topic at some point before the city commission, for now, at least, the project — and the request for incentives — is expected to be discussed during Monday's Pottawatomie Board of County Commissioners meeting as there's an agenda item concerning economic development.
County Commissioner Randy Thomas, who said he is excited to see if they can help this project come to fruition, said if he could bring one-quarter of the development to this area that's in Midwest City now, he'll "do backflips."
While he didn't know yet all the details of what may be asked of them, Thomas said it will likely take the City of Shawnee and Pottawatomie County working together.
"We need to lock our arms around this," Thomas said, adding it will provide new jobs and a new tax base.
According to Hunt Properties, Shawnee is a retail trade area that currently serves about 176,121 people.
Watch for updates.


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La Salle 82, Penn St. 57
Tyreek Duren scored a career-high 29 points as La Salle beat
Penn State 82-57 Wednesday night for the Explorers' fourth straight
The win moved La Salle to 5-1 this season, its best start since
2005-06, when the Explorers began the year 7-0. It also marked the
first time La Salle defeated a Big 10 team since a 62-44 victory
over Northwestern on Dec. 10, 2000.
There were six lead changes in the first 4 minutes before the
Explorers took control of the game with a 10-0 tear that snapped a
23-23 tie. From there, La Salle never trailed, though Penn State
(4-4) did close to within a basket twice – last at 43-41 after a
three-point play from D.J. Newbill with 15:33 left.
Duren opened a close game up by scoring 12 straight La Salle
points during a 3-minute stretch. He was supported by 14 points
each from Ramon Galloway and Sam Mills, while Penn State was led by
Jermaine Marshall's team-high 19 points, and Ross Travis and
Newbill chipped in with 12 each.
With 10:48 to play and La Salle up 54-43, Duren nailed a 3-point
shot, then followed with a three-point play. He sank two free
throws after Penn State coach Pat Chambers was hit with a technical
foul with 7:56 left in the game. By then, La Salle had opened a
65-46 edge.
Duren was supported by 14 points each from Ramon Galloway and
Sam Mills, while Penn State was led by Jermaine Marshall's 19
points, and Ross Travis and Newbill chipped in with 12 each.
La Salle was 16 for 31 from beyond the arc in the game, while
Penn State shot 33 percent (9 of 27) from the floor in the second
half and made 3 of 12 from 3-point range.
La Salle went into halftime leading 38-34 after holding two
10-point advantages. The Nittany Lions scratched back to a
four-point deficit at the half thanks to Sasa Borovnjak, who scored
six of Penn State's last eight in the half.
Duren had 15 by halftime, while Newbill, Penn State's leading
scorer, was shut out in the first half. Duren denied Newbill the
ball, frustrating him into missing his first three shots and making
only 5 of 13. Newbill entered the game averaging 14.7 points per
game and finished with 12 – all in the second half.
Penn State remained in contention early behind 10 from Travis,
who exceeded his season average of 7.1 points a game by scoring
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This module corresponds to chapter 6 (AL Contexts and the ALC API) of the OpenAL Specification and Reference (version 1.1).
ALC is a portable API for managing OpenAL contexts, including resource sharing, locking, and unlocking. Within the core AL API the existence of a context is implied, but the context is not exposed. The context encapsulates the state of a given instance of the AL state machine.
|module Sound.OpenAL.ALC.BasicTypes
|module Sound.OpenAL.ALC.Device
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|module Sound.OpenAL.ALC.Errors
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Hello guys,
After some struggling I finally could built MAGMA 1.1 linked with GotoBlas2 for my Tesla C2070 (Fermi) GPU. While checking for the installation to be fully OK, I ran some of the testing functions provided with the release and something weird seems to be happening. The first executable I ran was testing_dgeev. The program runs for the first matrix size (1024) and then it makes the PC shut down (I've run it twice with the same result). After that, I ran other testing functions. For example, testing_getrf reaches a matrix of size 4096 and then also shuts the computer down. Other test functions such as testing_dsymv run without problem.
I'm using a Linux 64 machine with 4GB of RAM and Tesla C2070 with 6GB of RAM.
This is the configuration I'm using
CC = gcc
NVCC = nvcc
FORT = gfortran
ARCH = ar
ARCHFLAGS = cr
RANLIB = ranlib
FOPTS = -O3 -DADD_ -x f95-cpp-input
NVOPTS = --compiler-options -fno-strict-aliasing -DUNIX -O3 -DADD_
LDOPTS = -fPIC -Xlinker -zmuldefs
LIB = -lgoto2 -lpthread -lcublas -lcudart -llapack -lm -lgfortran
CUDADIR = /usr/local/cuda
LIBDIR = -L/home/myname/GotoBLAS2 -L/usr/local/cuda/lib64 -L/usr/lib64 -L/home/bpoladian/LAPACK/lapack-3.4.0
INC = -I$(CUDADIR)/include
I don't understand how these test drivers might be causing the pc to suddenly shut down but it looks like they are.
Any advice would be very valuable to me.


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Niagara University hosted the first EMS Niagara Conference on Jan. 26. It provided advanced training to more than 80 emergency medical service professionals and volunteers.
Some of the presenters and participants included Dr. Lloyd Brown, chief of emergency medicine at Mount St. Mary's; Linda Stevens, clinical excellence coordinator/chest pain center coordinator at Mount St. Mary's; Dr. Benjamin Rueda, head of cardiology at Mount St. Mary's; and John Malinchock, conference coordinator and pre-hospital programs EMS coordinator, Niagara University, and vice chairman of Big Lakes REMSCO. Conference topics included: EMS operations; respiratory therapy; chest pain and STEMI recognition, dos and don'ts of social media; ambulance operations; and pre-hospital care quality improvement.
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Helpful hints for the successful treatment of canine atopy
We're at the height of allergy season here in the Midwest after enduring an extremely high tree pollen and grass pollen season. Needless to say, people with atopy have been suffering along with our pets. Even if you're not allergic, the high pollen counts tend to act as an irritant, bothering both mucous membranes and the respiratory system.
The conventional means of controlling the clinical signs of canine atopy have been discussed in the past (see http://dvm360.com/dermatology). Here I want to offer some small pearls based on new evidence of the pathogenesis of atopy that may make your patients more comfortable.
Topical measures
After a while, chronic changes occur that are difficult to reverse and further perpetuate the condition. Frequent bathing helps to remove the allergen, which can prevent the whole process from starting. It also reduces bacterial colonization. Since frequent bathing can be helpful in most dogs, choose a shampoo that is mild without ingredients that may cause drying (dry skin enhances allergy absorption). A hypoallergenic shampoo followed by a topical low-potency, water-based hydrocortisone such as Resicort (Virbac Animal Health) as a leave-on rinse can help "put the fire out." Shampoos with phytosphingosines can be helpful in keeping the epidermal barrier in check.
Wiping off the feet, ventral abdomen, medial pinna and perineal areas (the nonhaired areas of the body) when dogs come in from outside will reduce the pollen load. Using just a damp cloth or antibacterial wipes such as Preva Medicated Wipes (Bayer Animal Health) or the bovine nisin wipes (Wipe Out Dairy Wipes—ImmuCell) is inexpensive and helpful. Clothing such as cotton t-shirts and onesies can act as a barrier to percutaneous absorption of allergens.
Topical skin lipid complexes containing ceramides, botanicals and fatty acids such as Allerderm Spot-on (Virbac Animal Health) and Dermoscent Essential 6 (Aventix) can help repair stratum corneum lipids.3 This can aid in restoring a normal skin barrier. The topicals are typically used once weekly but can be used more or less often depending on the patient's response.


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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — The German Constitutional Court's ruling earlier this month on the legality of Europe's bond-buying program will have a much bigger effect on the euro and the euro-zone crisis than is being assumed.
Announced in 2012, the OMT ("Outright Monetary Transactions") allows the European Central Bank to make unlimited purchases of government bonds issued by euro-zone members under specified conditions, providing funding and lowering borrowing costs. In conjunction with the austerity plan to reduce budget deficits and public debt and the banking union, the OMT has underpinned the relative stability of European financial markets over the last 18 months.
The Constitutional Court's review was prompted by a petition filed by 37,000 Germans questioning the OMT's legal status. Following several months of consideration and often-heated hearings, the court decided to refer the matter to the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") in Luxembourg. The court ruling was by a majority. Six judges ruled in favor of the referral. Two others dissented on the grounds that the suit should be dismissed as being outside the court's jurisdiction.
The German court did not rule directly on the OMT but instead requested that the ECJ clarify several issues: The legality of the conditions of the program; the absence of any limit on purchases; the ECB's ability to selectively purchase bonds of only some members; the lack of consideration of the credit quality of the bonds; the ability to purchase in the primary market; the need to hold the bonds to maturity, and the interaction between the OMT and other ECB and European Union programs.
Yet the court also stated that the OMT may be incompatible with German law. It argued that the program exceeds the ECB's limited monetary policy mandate, infringes upon member states, and also circumvents the prohibition of monetary financing of euro-zone members. The Court found that the program was an act of economic policy, beyond the powers of the ECB.
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The German court's referral creates an intriguing set of potential outcomes.
If the European Court of Justice agrees with the German court that the program is illegal, then the ECB's program cannot be implemented. Or the ECJ may agree with the German court that the program is not legal in its current form, leaving the way open for a compromise. This result would curtail the OMT program, including a limit on the quantity of bond purchases, disallowance of debt restructuring, and not interfering with market prices where possible.
And if the ECJ rules that the OMT is legal in its present form, then the program would theoretically be legal under European law but not in Germany. The Bundesbank, the German central bank, might not be able to participate.
Here's how an issue could arise: Potential users of the OMT have to apply for a conditional credit line from the European Stability Mechanism, which requires government approval. If the German government and parliaments approve the credit line, then a legal challenge is likely.
The Constitutional Court would probably declare the program illegal, based on its current position. But the court would be in violation of EU treaties if it does not accept the ECJ ruling, although it is unclear whether this would lead to initiation of treaty infringement proceedings against Germany.
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Clearly, the debate about the scope of the ECB's powers, which underpins the euro and the fate of many deeply indebted European countries, has not been settled. Blame the unstable confluence of politics, finance and law that lies at the heart of the euro-zone crisis.
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29 Readington Middle School students earned two days detention after paying for their lunch with pennies. School administrators took the penny treatment a sign of disrespect towards cafeteria workers, who eventually collected 5,800 pennies.
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Depend on what they're doing, if it's for reasons like, finding a cure, then I support it wholeheartly, but like punk, I'm not too keen on using it for cloning.
You are now blinking voluntary.
And you know what pisses me off stem cells can be extracted without hurting the baby and it is actually beneficial to the baby also, and in oortion clinics around this country stem cells are thrown away that can be used to save millions of people, I mean if you are going to kill the baby might as well use it right
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I don't see embryos as babies really.
i think we should just use the stem cells of hell all the embryos aborted these days.
shit..that would be a stockpile real.
i am pro-stem cell.
the whole talk about the umbilical stem cells.
by far that is a great middle ground really.
but too scant of options for that.
but really embryonic stem cells contain...limitless possibilities...the ability to become any kind of cell that you need it to be...pretty awesome.
punkfilter wrote:
yes and no
if stem cells could help develop cure for AIDS and cancer?...then hellz yes
but definately not for cloning. it just seems wrong to me, as if the clone werent a real person
do you even understand cloning?
because from what i have just read makes me doubt it.
stem cells can regenerated into any part of the human body: heart, nerves, you name it
this is called cloning
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And you know what pisses me off stem cells can be extracted without hurting the baby and it is actually beneficial to the baby also, and in oortion clinics around this country stem cells are thrown away that can be used to save millions of people, I mean if you are going to kill the baby might as well use it right
I agree. Down with abortion but since that isnt going anywhere let us at least make it useful. The problem is though if a market comes from abortion clinics we will never be rid of them. It has nothing to do with Church and state seperation and I am for research but people. Think about it. America is all about God. The reason Church and State seperation was made was so Christians could worship their God without having Catholics forcing catholocism on them. You guys totally turned it around but it is not because the state and Church are not to touch each other. Protesting is allowed so all of you can shut up. You protest against not having same sex marriage. Christians protest this. Get over it.
Edit: i agree PF the disease curing is good but cloning is definitely bad
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I see it now. mean much. and might I mention that killing babies is wrong DA i agree so why dont you go against abortion instead of this.
CR sucks
I think that stem cell research should be completely funded. If you don't agree then there is a half way compromise point. There is a lot of valuable information in the stem cells that are thrown out. For example; umbilical cords have a lot of stem cells and they are just thrown out. Whatever your opinion may be there is always a compromise.
do the stem cell research because it has the potential to help millions of people. Im totally against abortion but if your gonna kill it it should be used in the most useful manner possibly
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I see it now. mean much. and might I mention that killing babies is wrong DA i agree so why dont you go against abortion instead of this.
A. If you read my first post you would see that I said I support stem cell research, but only if the cells come from umbilical cord blood (umbilical cords from recently born healthy babies) or adult stem cells.
B. I am against abortion.
Whats wrong with abortion? Why have a baby if no one wants it or the moms just gonna back over it with a car or something on purpose?
Silly Modlet , tricks are for waffle26. ;p
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Whats wrong with abortion? Why have a baby if no one wants it or the moms just gonna back over it with a car or something on purpose?
Because if the mother and father are going to take the risk of having sex knowing a child is possible no matter how small of a chance there is and they decide to run away from that responisbility then thats wrong its not fair to the child. Now if a woman was raped then i could understand having an abortion.
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I'm not reading this whole thing so I dont know if this has been said or not, nor am I coming back to read comments about my post, but I just wanted to give a little information just incase it wasn't already told.
I do not approve stem cell research for anything besides life-saving advances. Like the cure for cancer of AIDs or Parkinsons. Anyway, I totally aprove of stem cell research because of one main reason that most people do not know.
Stems cells obviously usually come from "babies" if you want to call them that in thier early developement. Most people that are against stem cell research because it kills life. Now, before scientists use the stem cells the must get premission from the family of the "baby", so to the family it must be okay. Also, if the family says no or if the embryo/sperm arent even going to be used, do you know what happens to it? Its thrown out, therefore it dies anyway. So, they're only A. Using things that would die anyway B. Getting consent and C. Trying to save countless lives.
Therefore I aprove of it. However, there can be countless debates/arguments against it, but thats just my opinion. I MIGHT come back to this topic, but I doubt it. =P Hope I was able to spread some insight.
lol, when did u come back crossy???
neway it's cells in ur body .... LEAVE IT THE F*CK ALONE
i dunno wat im talking about, i just saw crossy's name so i decided to post
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Cord Blood stem cells get around the whole debate. They can be saved directly after birth and cause no loss of "life". I put that in quotations because in my personal opinion I have no problem harvesting these cells from an early stage embryo, in my opinion that is not a living creature...only the potential to be living. Some people aren't ok with this, everyone has the right they're opinion. But I think that in the name of curing diseases and saving countless lives, the sacrifice is worth it.
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Gallery: Arizona wildfire where 19 firefighters died
LOS ANGELES – The deaths of 19 Prescott, Ariz., firefighters hit hard in California — from the Central Coast to Los Angeles County and east to the inland city of Hemet — where four fallen members of the elite Granite Mountain Hotshots had roots.
Sean Misner, 26, leaves behind a wife who is seven months pregnant, said Mark Swanitz, principal of Santa Ynez Valley Union High School in Santa Barbara County, where Misner graduated in 2005.
Misner played varsity football and participated in the school's sports medicine program, where he wrapped sprained ankles and took care of sidelined athletes.
"He was a team player, a real helper," Swanitz told The Associated Press on Monday.
News of Misner's death sent shock waves through the tight-knight Santa Ynez Valley community where he grew up.
"He was very passionate and committed to his career as a firefighter," Swanitz said.
Misner played several positions on his high school's football team, including wide receiver and defensive back. He was slim, but that didn't stop him from tackling his opponents, recalled retired football coach Ken Gruendyke.
"He played with tremendous heart and desire," Gruendyke said. "He wasn't the biggest or fastest guy on the team, but he played with great emotion and intensity."
Kevin Woyjeck, 21, the son of veteran Los Angeles County fire Capt. Joe Woyjeck, was remembered fondly in Seal Beach, where he was raised.
"Kevin grew up in the Fire Department because of his father, coming to the station, doing ride-alongs, hanging out with his dad," Inspector Keith Mora said. "His goal was to become a professional firefighter like his father."
Mora said the younger Woyjeck had worked in a mentorship training program to become a professional firefighter and then worked as an emergency medical technician on an ambulance.
"He was a great kid," Mora said. "Unbelievable sense of humor, work ethic that was not parallel to many kids I've seen at that age. He wanted to work very hard."
Christopher MacKenzie, 30, also was among the Granite Mountain Hotshots killed Sunday, said his father, Michael MacKenzie, a former Moreno Valley, Calif., Fire Department captain who now lives in Spring City, Tenn.
"I can't talk about it," he said during a brief telephone interview with the AP.
Christopher MacKenzie graduated from Hemet High School in Riverside County in 2001 and later worked with the Hemet Fire Department. He joined the U.S. Forest Service in 2004, and he transferred to the Prescott Fire Department two years ago.
"He lived life to the fullest. He was an avid snowboarder and was fighting fire just like his dad," longtime friend Dav Fulford-Brown told The Press-Enterprise. "He was finishing his credentials to get promoted and loved the people. It's an insane tragedy."
Another former Hemet resident killed with his fellow Hotshots was Billy Warneke, 25, whose wife, Roxanne, is expecting their first child in December, his grandmother, Nancy Warneke, told The Press-Enterprise. Billy Warneke was a four-year Marine Corps veteran who served a tour in Iraq and had joined the Hotshot crew in April.
Los Angeles city and county flags were ordered flown at half-staff in memory of all 19 firefighters, and Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck asked his officers to wear black mourning bands over their badges.
Associated Press writers Sue Manning and Christopher Weber contributed to this report.


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NEW YORK -- NHL Players' Association head Donald Fehr and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman held a second round of private talks on Saturday in an effort to move closer to an agreement that would end the ongoing lockout.
While negotiating teams from the union and the league discussed definitions of what makes up hockey-related revenue -- the pool of money the sides are trying to figure out how to split up -- Fehr and Bettman talked about the differences that are keeping the sides apart.
"I spent a few minutes with Gary talking about the overall situation, and we agreed to keep in touch," Fehr said Saturday outside of the NHL's New York office. "I am sure we will talk again (Sunday). I don't know whether will meet again (Sunday). That remains to be seen.
"I am not going to talk about the specifics, but in general we're trying to discuss how do we find a way to make an agreement. How do we bridge the gap on the major issues that are between us."
The sides met for about four hours before finishing for the day. They agreed to meet again on Sunday.
They talked for a second straight day on matters separate from the core economic issues that ultimately will have to be hammered out. In the recently expired collective bargaining agreement between the league and the union, the players received a 57 percent share of hockey-related revenue.
The NHL wants to cut the number down to under 50 percent in the new deal. The league imposed a lockout on Sept. 16, when the previous agreement ran out, and the sides didn't meet again until Friday.
"Their position on the big stuff has been that a major move consists of changing the players' share from a reduction of 24 percent to 17 12 percent," Fehr said. "Our initial proposal made a move in their direction. We have amplified that by giving them several different ideas to consider about how to lengthen the agreement to how to be more in line with what they wanted."
Fehr said discussing what exactly makes up hockey-related revenue is significant, because that will determine how much money is there to be divided.
Some progress was made on Friday on secondary issues related to player safety and drug testing, areas that weren't expected to be contentious. The league and union held two sessions then that totaled about five hours and included an initial meeting between Bettman and Fehr.
"I wish we had spent (Friday) on what we consider to be the more meaningful issues, but it is what it is," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said on Friday. "We really need to hear from the players' association on those. We need some kind of sign that they are prepared to compromise their economic position because we haven't had that since Aug. 14.
"We'll see if we get there."
At least they got back to talking -- which hadn't happened since a few days before the NHL locked out its players.
"It was a good day," Daly said. "We went through a lot of the areas we'd covered over the summer. We started closing off some agreements in some areas, and some continued areas of disagreements in others. It's part of the process."
All of the issues, big and small, must be ironed out before hockey can get out of the board room and back on the ice. So while the divisive topics still need to be tackled, the smaller ones have to be worked on, too.
"I don't want to use the adjective optimistic, but it was a productive discussion," NHL Players' Association special counsel Steve Fehr said on Friday. "We had a good session, and hopefully it will continue and build momentum."
The sides still aren't moving closer to a compromise while they talk about other issues.
And that is where the frustration lies. The NHL is waiting for the players' association to make a counterproposal to one the league made in the previous bargaining session more than two weeks ago.
"I don't think it's anybody's turn," Donald Fehr said Saturday. "If they have a good idea, I assume they will tell us. If we do, too, I certainly will not stand on ceremony."
But the NHL contends it has stated its position and needs the players' association to make what the league would consider a meaningful counter.
"We can't make them talk about what they don't want to talk about," Daly said. "In fairness, we do have to cover these issues if we're going to reach an agreement. What we're doing today is important, it's just not the most important things we can be doing.
"We've made at least two consecutive moves in significant dollars in their direction, and they haven't moved a single dollar in our direction since Aug. 4."
Former player Mathieu Schneider, now an NHLPA special assistant to the executive director, said Friday morning that there were agreements on more rigorous drug testing, expanding it to parts of the year during which testing is not currently done.
Neither side sees the use of performance-enhancing drugs as a problem in the NHL.
"We're in agreement that it's not an issue in our sport," Schneider said. "I think it's in the players' best interest as well as the sport to close off any possible time during the year where players could use."
Monetary issues are not expected to come up for discussion in this round of talks. Neither side has indicated it is prepared to make a new offer now regarding how to split up the more than 3 billion annual pot of hockey-related revenue.
"In general, when you're dealing with collective bargaining, when you start to have agreements on smaller issues, it can lead to bigger issues," Schneider said, "but it's still too early to say."
Saturday's talks came two days after the league canceled the remaining preseason games. The regular season is scheduled to start on Oct. 11.
If a deal isn't reached soon, regular-season games will be in danger of being lost. The NHL canceled the entire 2004-05 season because of a lockout that eventually led to the collective bargaining agreement that expired this month.
"The calendar continues to tick along," Daly said. "My guess is as time goes on, regular-season games are at risk. I don't think it can be any more urgent than where we are now. We've had that level of urgency for a long time. In some respects you can meet all you want, but if there is no compromise or no movement or no new proposals I am not sure at the end of the day what you're meeting over.
"There is a very high degree of urgency certainly on our side. I can't speak for their side, but I am sure they would tell you there is a degree of urgency there, too."
Steve Fehr contended that the players' association is willing to discuss any issues at any time to try to make a deal soon.
"We can discuss the core issues whenever they want to do it," he said. "Bargaining is not ping pong. There are no rules on who has to serve."
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Jul 20, 2013, 08.15 PMby friendshipxonxfire
is an unfinished edge on this skirt or did you add a hem to it? i find it unclear in the instructions.
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The gist of the pattern is great, you can work with the pattern with different styles to suit oneself. Nice dress. I made something slightly similar last year but have not put it up yet…I will have too:)
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I'll try making a muslin first. I find that most BurdaStyle jersey-patterns are not true to size. I'm a EU size 40, but most jersey-models are waaaaaay too big. I'm no more than a 36 in those. Kinda confusing!
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Long Guns - A Close Look at Bolt and Lever Action Rifles
In the history of rifles, or long guns, the first repeating firearms were introduced as military weapons in the Civil War. The 1860 Henry was allegedly called by Confederate soldiers, "that damned Yankee rifle that they load on Sunday and shoot all week!"Long Guns
It wasn't until Colt's first factory—the Patent Arms Company, in Paterson, NJ—introduced the Colt Paterson, in 1836— that the handgun world was introduced to a repeating firearm employing a rotating cylinder in which each opening acted as a separate chamber; a true revolver.Modern Handguns
Is That a Pistol in Your Pocket?
by Tom Drinkard
Although many well-known people have carried derringers, probably the most infamous example of the weapon is the pistol used by John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The weapon was manufactured in Deringer's factory and is a .44 caliber single-barrel cap and ball muzzleloader. Such pistols were normally sold in pairs, but the Booth pistol's twin has never been found.
There was a rumor in the 1960s, that burglars had stolen the actual murder weapon on display at Ford's Theatre and replaced it with a fake replica. Learn the results of an extensive FBI forensic investigation in 1997.pocket pistols


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PHILADELPHIA — The recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who had just sat down on the bench at a north Philadelphia train station often wondered if he was a good person, and perhaps never considered that anyone thought he was a hero to anybody.
But there was no self-doubt when Christopher Knafelc's instincts kicked in Thursday and he leaped onto the tracks to help a complete stranger he'd just seen flail and fall off the platform.
Now, Knafelc, 32, is being hailed as a hero and he's holding his head a little higher, viewing the good deed he did, and the praise that followed, as another sign that he is on the right path in life.
"It did help reinforce that I'm a good person," Knafelc told The Associated Press in an interview Friday at his mother's south Philadelphia apartment. "I questioned that a lot because of my colorful past."
Still, Knafelc deflected the praise by saying he was just doing the "right thing."
Knafelc said he has battled substance abuse — including heroin and the powerful pain drug OxyContin — since he was in middle school in Baden, a small town outside Pittsburgh, and spent years in and out of rehab.
"I created a pretty deep hole to come out of," he said.
Court records show Knafelc pleaded guilty in 2010 in Pennsylvania to charges of theft, driving under the influence, child endangerment and driving without a license. Two years ago, he came to Philadelphia, where his mother and a cousin live, to get a fresh start, he said.
He said he has been sober since 10 days after his daughter's birth in July 2010, when he picked her up from her crib and she smiled at him.
"That was the most powerful thing I've ever felt in my life to this day," Knafelc said. "It was better than any high from drugs."
On Thursday afternoon, he instinctively jumped down to help the man on the tracks, knowing that a train would be arriving any minute.
He called up to people on the platforms to get the trains stopped and held the man's head and neck stable until firefighters arrived. Train traffic was halted.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority spokeswoman Jerri Williams said she spoke with Knafelc soon after his heroics.
"He's clean and sober for about 2½ years but still trying to get his life together," she said. "I think by doing this good Samaritan deed he's kind of surprised himself."
Williams said she saw that as Knafelc recounted the incident on the tracks, "I could see the light go off, the a-ha moment" when he realized that after he was helped by many people in his past, he was able to finally help someone else in return.
"This almost instinctive move to save this guy made him see 'I am a good person,'" Williams said. "It's amazing. This incident may be the start of really good things for him."
Knafelc agreed with that assessment, and he connected the help he's been given by family members to survive his addiction with the favor he did the man on the tracks.
"I'll never be able to repay them, financially or any other way," Knafelc said. "The next best thing I can do is pay it forward."
Investigators do not know what caused the man to fall on the tracks. Surveillance video shows him walking slowly toward the platform's edge and then over it. He was taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition.
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Joe LaCava, chairman of the Community Planners Committee, invited community members to attend the La Jolla Community Planning Association's (LJCPA) Oct. 4 meeting to discuss La Jolla's priorities in the city budget.
Typically, the city's budget is released in mid-April each year, giving the community a mere two months to analyze and comment on its contents.
"There has been criticism for some time that that is not an appropriate or adequate amount of time for the public to really participate in setting the annual city budget," said LaCava. "This year, the mayor's office has said, 'Let's do public input before we start working in earnest on the budget starting in about December.'"
The city's 43 community planning groups, including LJCPA, will serve as forums for public outreach on budget priorities for Capital Improvement Project funds.
LaCava said there is a steep learning curve for everyone to understand — including how the city budget and funding mechanisms work, how to best create a process for public outreach, and how to come to a consensus as a community and submit priorities to the city — all which will take time.
"The other reality we all know is that the city doesn't have a lot of money," he said.
"This is a good opportunity for us to create a process and go through the steep learning curve this year, so that next year when the city's finances and the economy is better, hopefully, and we start getting into the bond market, then we will have money we can talk about and have a serious conversation."
Despite the hard work ahead, LaCava stressed the importance of creating a working process this year in order to successfully execute projects deemed important by the community in the future.
"It's a real opportunity for people to get involved and have a voice," he said. "We want to reach out to all members of La Jolla to have that conversation. We all have a stake in this."
The LJCPA will discuss the process and take public input at its Oct. 4 meeting, which will take place at the La Jolla Recreation Center at 6 p.m.
Town council news
• Recently appointed executive board members Cindy Greatrex, Yolanda de Riquer, Sonia Olivas, Steve Haskins and Peter Wulff were sworn in by District 1 City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner. Greatrex will serve as president, de Riquer as treasurer, Olivas as secretary, Haskins as vice president and Wulff as second vice president.
• The Town Council has four trustee vacancies, which are open to the public. To express interest in candidacy, contact the council's office at (858) 454-1444 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
• The next SunSetter happy hour will take place at Alfonso's, 1251 Prospect St., on Sept. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m.
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• Prospective voters can now register to vote online in California, announced state Sen. Christine Kehoe's representative, Katelyn Hailey.
"This is a really great resource that we've really been trying to get the ball rolling on for a while now," she said.
• The design of Children's Pool lifeguard tower is nearly complete, announced Lightner. Demolition of the existing tower is expected to begin this fall before the start of the seals' pupping season on Dec. 15.
• The Planning Commission's hearing on the city's proposal for a year-round rope barrier at the Children's Pool beach, which was originally slated for Aug. 30, has been postponed until Sept. 27 due to a notification error.
• Lightner's office continues to work closely with the Save Our La Jolla Post Office Task Force to enable the community to have first right of refusal to purchase the Wall Street post office should the building be put up for sale.
• Since 2009, the city has received $1.2 million in grants and funding for the Torrey Pines Corridor project. Approximately $280,000 has been spent on the preliminary design for the entire project, leaving the city with nearly $1 million to begin working on one of the major objectives of the project — the improvement of pedestrian safety.
"We're going to move forward on certain things that the community approved, which is the north side of Torrey Pines Road to remove all the ob-structions for ADA, fix the curb ramps, get a sidewalk from Roseland to Calle Juela on the south side and also have the slope across from Little Street stabilized and landscaped," said Lightner.
Construction is expected to begin late next year. Complete funding for the approximately $26 million project remains outstanding.
• A stormwater-diversion project will begin on Torrey Pines Road near Amalfi Street, Princess Street and Coast Walk in the next few weeks. The road will be narrowed during construction, but both lanes will remain open.
Community news
• La Jolla Village Merchants Association (LJVMA) and LJTC member Egon Kafka, along with his partner Maureen Murphy, offered to finance the hanging flower basket program for one month until a landscape company can take over the upkeep of the 1,000 flowers planted in hanging baskets throughout the village.
• The Planned District Ordinance (PDO) Committee sent a letter to the city asking that all projects that deal with the La Jolla PDO be sent to the subcommittee for review.
"Some of these projects are very significant and the changes have major impacts to La Jolla, but they are not being addressed by our group," said Dershowitz. "We just think the city should not be approving projects without our input, and that is what's going on … It's a matter of the city working with us. They've made approvals sometimes without any input, and we don't necessarily agree with them."
• The council approved the fourth annual La Jolla Art and Wine Festival, which will take place on Oct. 13 and 14 on lower Girard Avenue. It will feature 150 artist booths, merchant booths, a wine and beer garden, roving entertainment and an auction to raise funds for four local schools.