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St. Paul typically issues about 400 permits a year for school and other groups to explore a part of the park where numerous fossils are embedded in the Mississippi River bluff.
St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide.
Mayor Chris Coleman announced the indefinite closure after searchers late Thursday morning recovered the body of a boy who had been missing since rain-saturated soil gave way the afternoon before. The boy, who family members identified as 10-year-old Mohamed Fofana, was on a field trip to Lilydale Regional Park with other fourth-graders from Peter Hobart Elementary School in St. Louis Park.
Another boy, who authorities identified as 9-year-old Haysem Sani, died at a hospital Wednesday after being pulled from the soil and sand.
"You think about the joy those children were experiencing. The quickness in which that tragedy struck, it is really unspeakable in its nature," Coleman said.
St. Paul typically issues about 400 permits a year for school and other groups to explore a part of the park where numerous fossils are embedded in the Mississippi River bluff.
"It's a wonderful part of our city, a wonderful part of the Mississippi River valley and an exciting place to be," Coleman said. "But at the same time, it's a wild area."
The city requires permits for fossil hunting and requires applicants to sign a waiver releasing the city from any liability for injuries or property damage. The waiver states that "some of the conditions and locations within the Lilydale Regional Park area are hazardous to persons or property" and that park users must assume all liability "due to its unsafe conditions."
The permit form also says those signing on behalf of a group certify that they have made those conditions known to all participants or their parents or guardians in the case of minors.
Peter Hobart Elementary Principal Shelley Nielsen and the school district's superintendent, Debra Bowers, declined during a brief news conference to answer questions about whether parents had been notified of potential hazards. Bowers said she had no information on whether anyone called ahead to see if conditions were safe.
The flag flew at half-staff outside the school Thursday as the officials spoke in front of a memorial made up of a couple dozen or so bouquets, more than a dozen stuffed animals and several balloons in the district colors of orange and black tied to a fence. One pink, heart-shaped card said "R.I.P." and bore the signatures of several children.
Bowers called it "an incredibly sad day for our schools and our entire school community."
Nielsen described the boys as "outstanding students" with a love of life and learning and "very engaged parents."
Assistant Fire Chief Jim Smith told reporters he arrived Wednesday to find 20 to 30 people attempting to rescue the children. He described a horseshoe-shaped pit 30 to 40 feet deep, and "a very dangerous situation facing all rescuers" with lots of loose soil and water running off.
The boys were hit by 4 to 5 feet of soil and rock, he said.
Two boys were pulled from the soil and sand — one buried to the waist and the other completely buried. One of them was Haysem, the 9-year-old, who died at Regions Hospital. The other, whose name was not released, was in serious condition Thursday at that hospital.
A third child, also not identified by authorities, was treated for minor injuries and released.
Smith said that given the time it took to move many tons of material, it soon became clear that the search for the fourth child, later identified as 10-year-old Mohamed, was a recovery effort. The dangerous conditions led to suspension of the search Wednesday night until the weather improved Thursday morning.
Parks spokesman Brad Meyer said signs and barricades went up Thursday afternoon to cordon off the 35 closed acres in the 384-acre park. He said fossil-hunting permits will be suspended for at least two weeks, but the length of the closure will depend on the outcome of an investigation into the accident.
"There's going to be a full review and assessment of what happened," Meyer said. "That will take as long as we need to get it right."
Mohamed's father, Lancine Fofana, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press his son had been looking forward to the field trip.
"He came to me and said, 'You know we have a field trip tomorrow? I'm so happy,'" the father said.


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Considering that this is the last year the PlayStation 3 will have before the PlayStation 4 bursts onto the scene, many franchises will be making the leap to the next generation. At the same time, however, there's also many that won't, so we decided to ask the PSLS staff: "Which Popular PS3 Franchise Do You NOT Want to see on the PlayStation 4?" - PSLS
Resistance, that is all
i say let the dev do what they want and make what they love
i don't want any Popular Franchise this gen to die next gen
because if the dev know that they can bring new things to the table with those games in next gen
then let them try
but i also want to see more new Ips next gen
well, you are right
but dev like ND they moved from Uncharted Franchise to New IP (the last of us) in the same gen
and they are doing what they wanted not what sony told them to do
i hope more Dev be like this
take more risks and try new things
If only it were down to the dev and not the publisher.
As long as Sony doesn't focus and rely SOLELY on just 3 or 4 franchises alone......
But bring a bucket load of new IP's as well.
I see no problem with Sony bringing all of their popular franchises to the PS4.
Oh boy, am I going to get in trouble for saying this but here goes nothing.
First of all, it's not about not seeing it at all. I wouldn't want to deprive myself of a great game just because it had previous titles on PS3. It's more about getting a break, starting to miss a few games. So keeping that in mind here is my list:
Ratchet and Clank
God of War (oh yes I did!)
Little Big Planet
Assassins Creed (oh yes I did... again!)
Resident Evil
Dead Space
Call of (freakin') Duty!
There! I wouldn't mind missing these games for a year or two.
I love Uncharted 3 but I wish there was more of a gap between the second and the third one. I was going crazy to play the second one but the third one, I could have waited for it.
I know this is the PS4 article but I'd want similar stuff on my 720.
HALO - Granted, I don't play HALO at all but I wish MS were to put more focus, energy and more importantly money elsewhere and on other original no-FPS titles. Alan Wake anyone?
Less Kinect games
Gears of War
And third party games such as Assassins Creed, Res. Evil, COD.
Is it too much asking the devs to bring some fresh content to the table? This 'Rinse and Repeat' is not healthy for the industry.
I am glad Quantic Dreams decided not to go for Heavy Rain 2. Instead, they opted for something new and fresh and I tell ya, BEYOND: TWO SOULS is a day one purchase for me.
Similarly, Naughty Dogs are working on what I can only imagine as "my game of current-gen". Every single thing that I have seen about THE LAST OF US, it is just simply brilliant. I know this is way too early to call it but every time I see anything THE LAST OF US, it just gives me that "Oh-this-is-my-game-of-th is-generation!".
LMAO at the typical troll fanboy Zee ^
The guy who hates virtually everything for no other reason than the fact that it's popular. As if new hardware can't inspire new ideas from developers who may have wanted to try things but couldn't due to old hardware limitations.
This is exactly why hipsters don't run companies... or anything else for that matter. Because they make bad decisions, and don't know anything, period.
Resistance still has a ton of potential in my opinion.
Honestly I can't think of anything I wouldn't want on PS4. Just space the games out enough so we don't grow tired of them. I'd love to see Uncharted 4 on PS4 but not for a few years yet, same goes for the next God of war.
Little big planet will have to make a jump to 3D I reckon, after LBP 2 and the Vita version I don't know what other tools they could add, those games are full of content
I think I remember the devs say that resistance 3 would be their last. So sadly we won't see any more... :(
The Resistance franchise is owned by Sony, not Insomniac. Insomniac may not be working with Resistance again but other Devs inside Sony may.
totally agree after part 1 it was like eh for part 2 and wtf for 3. let it be over killzone should be the only exclusive fps and im tired of fps!!!!
I thought Resistance 3 was the best in the series. I really enjoyed Resistance 3. It was tons of fun and I liked the storyline for it.
yea 3 was ok I exaggerated a bit since the story was short and felt segmented but the online was horrid
Oh, I agree with you on that then. I played the online twice. I was a huge fan of RFoM's online, but I didn't like R3's online.
Oh I hope Resistance continues
It would be nice if they did a new timeline though and call it "Resistance FALL OF MAN 2". Least then they can fix where they went wrong and give Nathan Hale some better character development.
"Take the controllers away from the CoD fanboys and encourage them to play something else…"
So true...
" I don't want every game to be compared to Call of Duty or the entirety of the lay person's knowledge of video games to be Call of Duty. Call of Duty is a plague on games and is holding the industry back from being able to fully blossom. End the corruption and allow for unique, interesting, and diverse content to make it's way to the PS4. End the generation of the cookie cutter FPS. You cannot claim to be a gamer if your entire video game catalog is Call of Duty."
Couldn't agree more
you crazy..?
Resistance has a fun gun play and campaign's, it could be improved into a more complex game.
I will like Insomniac to take notes from KZ3 jet-packs level and use their talent and experience in plataforming to create a new way on playing a fps and bring Resistance into a new level of experience.
I will like devs to transition from a old and new IP giving space to a better continuation of their IP's and not milk it like (kz3,uc3.. great games but just more of the same and even worse somehow, not fresh)
but keep the formula with the original IP and reinvent the formula on your new IP. (don't do what ZIPPER did bringing MAG and ruining SOCOM a game that did not need such a change)
I wouldn't mind a next gen Resistance title, but it would need to be very different, like a huge open world with many players in it or something like that. I only used that as an example because I'm currently addicted to Defiance, but you get my drift.
I really can't think of a PS franchise I'd rather not see. I don't buy them all, but others buy ones I don't and vice versa so let everyone have their fun.
Unless Lost Planet 3 does shockingly well, I don't think the Lost Planet franchise is going to be on the PS4.
The snow would look hot though..
Hey thats not nice. Dont call him that.
/s ;)
as much as i love lost planet, i'm prepared to say lost planet 3 might be a disappointment just because the developer hasn't made a decent game since 04 :/, maybe it will surprise me, but i'm not getting hyped for it till i have it in my hand.
Final Fantasy. They need to take a time out and think about what they're doing before jumping head first into these projects. Better to reset yourself rather than announce something that you have in development for 8 freaking years before it can even be fully "revealed." =/
They said "Popular PS3 franchises." FF is no longer a PS exclusive, and it wasn't popular this gen.
Agreed. This gen ruined many great titles...
It's not about PS3 exclusive franchises, just franchises that ARE on the PS3. Look at the article itself; it talks about Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, and yes, even Final Fantasy right in the article. So ah...looks like it still qualifies for comment fodder too.
And...it wasn't popular? Versus XIII has been among the most anticipated games this entire gen. People still don't shut up about the FF7 remake and upcoming FFX remaster.
FFXIII, while not having critical acclaim of others in the series, still had outrageous sales. So ah...not sure where you're getting the "not popular" thing either >_>
"Versus XIII has been among the most anticipated games this entire gen."
Anticipation isn't the same as popularity. To be popular generally means to have access to it. The only FF games on the PS3 have been the worst received FF games ever released. FFXIII had great sales because people expected it to be a great game. The first FF of a new gen was always the best possible FF game to come out for that gen but not this time. FFXIII-2 showed what people thought of FFXIII and that they wouldn't be suckered again.
"It's not about PS3 exclusive franchises, just franchises that ARE on the PS3. Look at the article itself; it talks about Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, and yes, even Final Fantasy right in the article. So ah...looks like it still qualifies for comment fodder too."
They should title the article differently then.
I choose none. Because I don't want to get a ton of disagrees, lol!
I kid, but seriously... It's always nice to have a big selection. Just because I wouldn't want to see one certain franchise on it, doesn't mean other people won't want it there.
That's why I tend to like Sony. They put themselves out there, taking risks on games that most wouldn't give the time of day.
You clearly chose the proper path to avoid disagrees. lol
Don't hold back, man. Look at me, I never do. My comments are raw. I don't have 8 bubbles, but I can't think of many times when I've used more than 3 and I always have 4-6 of them to utilize. I backup the things that I say and most people respect me for them.
There's nothing wrong with saying a game needs a break; it doesn't mean that you're chasing games away from people that want them, just expressing an opinion on why it could use some sort of change of pace. I say God of War needs a rest with Ps4; they've bled that storyline dry and haven't done much to improve it.
don't get me wrong. No hard feelings here. Just stating my own opinion.
Like I said, it's okay man. I was just intending it as a joke and it came out wrong. It happens from time to time. No worries at all.
Normally, i'd say more games the better, but i really want to see new IPs.
Little Big Planet for sure.
What a dumb question.Why should Sony leave out popular franchises that grantees them profit to risk replacing them with new IPs? You don't even want to see how the franchise looks or plays before you start saying you don't want it? You can always depend on Playstationlifestyle for stupid questions, trollish statements,narrow mindedness and idiotic theories.
So was it dumb to cancel the TV series Seinfeld? Why not go out in style instead of degrading an IP? My vote goes to God of War. Great series but they should just stop making them. See, I'm not afraid to say it and don't really care how many disagrees I get.
What's funny is how many people post but won't mention any titles like they are afraid or something. Either that or they just can't let themselves admit some of the popular franchises should stop. Call of Duty is another series that should stop.
I never said not to make any new IPs at all but I am not sure why people are always on Sony's back to stop making their series.It is those things that are familiar to people and what will give them the boast when they start. I mean tell the truth what would attract you more to a new console.A new game which you are not sure of or something familiar? You keep saying stop this and that when the next gen version could be the best out of them all. But you won't know because you won't give it a chance. One of the things they mentioned that they were going to say is Infamous.If they decided to leave out Infamous then we wouldn't have Infamous for the PS4 to enjoy.Not sure why PlayStation people are so obsessed with ending their series while everyone licks up every sequel they have on the other consoles.
Why are you trying to turn this into a console wars debate? If this was about the next Xbox I would mention Gears of War.
I just think some series have run their course and this is a Playstation article. I would still love to see a new Gran Turismo on the PS4. Not every ip should stop continuing on.
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little big planet....i will never understand the fun in buying a game to make a game. It might just be because I am very far from artistic and creative. Just not for me at all.
If you don't like making games it is surely a waste of money. I don't like making them either so I am basically paying 50 to play minigames which are limited to the tools of the game. Whereas I could just use the internet to play free and more diverse minigames.
Apparently the sense of community is what people like about it.
Then, play it for the incredible campaigns. OR the levels others create. Do you dislike Mario, too?
yep...not a fan of new mario bros, brand new mario bros, new new new mario bros, super cereal new mario bros....or whatever they call the same game they have released dozens of times now
little big planet.
i want them all over again and i want more! if some dont want a franchise just dont buy it and respect the ones who want it and enjoy it..
This article is so much WTF childish thinking.
Couldn't agree more.
There are plenty of popular franchises that I personally hate, I don't wish them dead, I just don't buy them! Just because I don't like them doesn't mean no one should!
Truthfully, I sat long and hard thinking about the question, and the answer is I couldn't think of any 'popular' Sony game I did not want to see on PS4.
.....What does this say about Sony :)
Personally, I think I could live with 4 Uncharted games.
Not that I dislike Uncharted, quite the opposite, but with Naughty Dog working on The Last of Us, I'd like to see them try their hand at another new frachise.
LittleBigPlanet, I guess.... although, I think the Vita version is the best version of that game, maybe just needs different devs to bring new ideas.
I would very much love to see a LittleBigPlanet 3 for PS4 sometime in the future.
A 3D LBP would be a gamechanger for sure
Oh lawd don't me started. Imagine the possibilities!
Ratchet &Clank is dead to me
It could be great if they get back to ps2 roots. Ps3 ratchet games sucks..
Thanks Ilovetheps4 . I played 2 ratchet and clank on ps3 and i hated them so i assumed the rest of them sucks too. I will check them :)
Did you play Tools of destruction or A Crack in Time? Those games were fantastic. Now, All 4 One and Full Frontal Assault were let downs.
Series like Uncharted and LBP shouldn't carry over to the next system, but there should be spiritual sequels to them.
And really, considering the ending to GOW3 where the world was in ruin, that storyline at the very least needs to be closed with at least one more true game.
Kratos kills himself, Odin chooses him to fight along his side and promises to give him his family back, then to have thor not like Kratos after what he did to earth.
After Kratos showing Thor that he doesn't give a sh#t, they fight to the point where/when Kratos crushes Thors' skull with his own hammer on/in Valhalla and in doing so Odin declares war on kratos. Kratos bring death to Norse gods, and sends fear through out Norse mythology. Because hes a bonafide bad %$# mutha!!!!
And BOOM, you got yourself god of war 4
a 3d little big planet game should re-invent the lbp series.
Sony will still release LBP on ps4, since its one of the best selling franchises Sony has
I must agree LBP is played out, as well as Resistance and in my honest opinion I hope the next inFamous game is far different from the first two because I got burnt out by the end of 2.
I know it's an opinion thing, and i completely respect yours but i also hate it. Your opinion is now full of my respect but sprinkled with my hate. If your opinion had a face i would punch it.
On topic, In my opinion God of War. I love GoW. I own and have platinumed all 6. But Ascencion felt weird, un-inspired, the only GoW i've ever struggled to finish. Maybe it was the whole "another prequel" thing i dunno.
Personally I enjoy lbp I would like to see how media molecule can expand gameplay features in the next installment
I think teken needs to retire for a while or at least a serious reboot, it's been around since the ps1 launch.
If they did reboot it i would like to see a hyper real game where the characters look real but have over the top effects like 300.
Even if it's getting old. Tekken must be ported. I can't stop playing it. But i agree. They can change the look of the game to make it refreshing and add more characters and moves to them..
Im dying for a new new Little Big Planet, but not a simple rehash. It needs 3D gameplay, not the current 2D, as well as 3D creation tools like the Media Molecule tech demo they showed and the PS4 event.
I think its a given at this point or they wouldnt have showed those amazing sculpting tools. Imagine what people could come up with. Its like having a chunk of virtual clay that you can bring to life. LBP3D is going to be groundbreaking, just like the first 2 games.
Too many to count, but mostly are Dead Nation, Uncharted, Resistance and last but not least, whatever Quantic Dream bring!
Dead nation lol you're kidding right


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Before & After: Chalkboard Table
We've seen chalkboard walls, mugs, calendars and fridges, but Kate's idea is new to us. She figured out a great way to spruce up this ho-hum table from Craigslist and provide a bit of entertainment for many meals to come...
After hauling the table home, Kate went back to Craigslist and was able to barter a few hours with an electric sander in exchange for meyer lemons from her backyard. Sanding complete, Kate primed then painted the table with two coats of custom mixed gray chalkboard paint. She let the table cure for three days to avoid any scratches to the surface, then set to testing it out. From the look of the dinner party shown in the last image, we'd say it was a smashing success. You can read more about Kate's chalkboard table project (and awesome bartering skills) at her blog, Mi Piace Kate Design.
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A widowed Jewish lady, still in good shape, was sunbathing on a deserted beach in Florida.
She looked up and noticed that a man her age, also in good shape, had walked up, placed his blanket on the sand near hers and began reading a book. Smiling, she attempted to strike up a conversation with him. "How are you today?"
"Fine, thank you," he responded, and turned back to his book.
"I love the beach. Do you come here often?" she asked.
"First time since my wife passed away 2 years ago," he replied and turned back to his book.
"I'm sorry to hear that. "My husband passed away three years ago and it is very lonely," she countered. "Do you live around here?" she asked.
"Yes, I live over in Cape Coral ," he answered, and again he resumed reading.
Trying to find a topic of common interest, she persisted, "Do you like pussy cats?"
With that, the man dropped his book, came over to her blanket, tore off her swimsuit and gave her the most passionate lovemaking of her life.
When the cloud of sand began to settle, she gasped and asked the man, "How did you know that was what I wanted?"
The man replied, "How did you know my name was Katz?
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Mr. Swank and I were passing through Arlington Heights this evening and saw a large "OPEN" sign at SD. Turns out the grand opening was tonight! We decided on takeout. The dining room was fairly busy with a good assortment of olds, youngs, families and so forth.
OK, so -- we got the mini juicy pork buns. Rivals anything I've eaten in Chinatown. Perfectly explosive-in-your-mouth juiciness.
Also got shrimp and vegetable dumplings: same sensation. Both came with a yummy hot chili sauce.
I ordered beef tendon and shank in chili sauce, a specialty for me. This dish was somewhat ma la and tingly. I wish the tendon had been a bit softer, but it certainly beats the odd Jello-ish goo I've had elsewhere, plus the tingle factor earns points in my book.
Also ordered beef noodle soup (with flat noodles). WOW. Just wow. First of all, I'll be feasting on this for a week. Secondly, the broth is just rich, tangy, a bit sweet...absolutely delicious. Could've used some scallions, maybe, but in general really amazing.
Mr. Swank got pork with mustard greens and is currently moaning with delight.
The service was very nice, and the menu is enormous -- with an emphasis on soups. The house specialty list is small and focuses a lot on seafood. I did notice clams in black bean sauce with basil on the menu. There are many spicy options, too, which suits me just fine. There are also rice plates for just 6.95, including the often hard-to-find beef with tomato sauce. I'll be back to try this, as well as their oyster pancake appetizer.
The dumplings were on par with Gourmet Dumpling in Chinatown.
In general, a hearty endorsement!!


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Rangers' offense tries to stay hot against Sens
The New York Rangers opened a three-game road trip with their best offensive outburst in eight contests. They'll look to keep the offense going on Thursday night and further their playoff hopes in a meeting with the Ottawa Senators.
The Rangers had been held to a pair of goals or fewer in six of seven before notching a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. It matched New York's season high for goals in a game and was the club's highest total since a 4-1 win at the Washington Capitals on March 10.
Rick Nash upped his team-leading goal total to 12 with a pair of tallies and also added an assist. His first goal was the 300th of his career, while Brad Richards scored the 250th goal of his career and also posted his 800th assist on a tally by Chris Kreider.
Derek Stepan had a goal and three assists and Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves to help John Tortorella become the 30th head coach in NHL history to reach 400 wins. But more importantly to the Rangers' playoff hopes, the win kept them eighth overall in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of the New York Islanders and two back of the New Jersey Devils.
The five goals by the Rangers on Tuesday helped them snap a two-game slide and could have the offense pressing less ahead of this meeting with the Senators.
"You need something to break where you get five (goals) as a team and now everyone feels a little bit looser," said Richards. "Next practice, we will notice a difference right away. Those five goals as a team lets a little sigh out, but we can't let the foot off of the pedal. It's nice that we did that and it's nice that we can do that."
The Sens stand seven points ahead of the Rangers in the standings and fifth overall, two points ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs. This despite a rash of injuries to goaltender Craig Anderson, forwards Milan Michalek and Jason Spezza and defenseman Erik Karlsson.
Anderson, though, has begun to practice and appears near to a return from a sprained ankle suffered in a 3-2 win over the Rangers on Feb. 21.
Ottawa took that home meeting with New York in a shootout and then recorded a 3-2 win at New York on March 8 to push its series winning streak to four in a row. The Sens have won back-to-back games in Ottawa versus the Rangers following a six-game series home losing streak.
The Senators have won two straight and five of their past six overall, including Monday's 3-2 shootout win over the Devils. Daniel Alfredsson and Mika Zibanejad scored in the breakaway session, with Ben Bishop following Zibanejad's winner with a stop on Andrei Loktionov.
"I think we were able to take advantage of some of the mistakes they made tonight," said Bishop, who made 32 saves and stopped 3-of-4 in the shootout. "Our guys did a great job of keeping their shots to the outside and cleaning up any loose pucks that made it to the front of the net."
Chris Phillips and Colin Greening each had a goal while Zibanejad added an assist.
The rookie center had the game-tying goal with 6:30 left in regulation in the shootout win at home over the Rangers.


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Steven Greenhouse, New York Times journalist covering labor and workplace issues and author of "The Big Squeeze" will be a guest speaker at Chicago-Kent on Monday, May 1 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm in room 590. Please join us for a rousing discussion of his book as it takes a fresh and probing look at the stresses and strains faced by millions of American workers. A book signing will follow.
Eligibility : This award is available to first-year students at Chicago-Kent whose personal or family background, life, or cultural and/or ethnic experience contributes to a more diverse environment at Chicago-Kent and in the legal community.
Prizes : First place, $5,000.
Deadline : May 5, 2008, 5:00 pm .
Other Information : A committee of faculty members from the Chicago-Kent Legal Writing department will select up to five appellate briefs submitted by first-year students who fit these criteria. Authorship of the briefs will not be known to committee members during the initial round of review. Student curriculum vitae, including work history, community service and extracurricular involvement and leadership, will be considered when selecting the winning applicant. Representatives from SmithAmundsen will choose the winning applicant with input from Dean Krent.
Applications should be submitted in hard copy and include: (1) A cover letter describing your personal qualities which contribute to a more diverse environment at Chicago-Kent and in the legal community; (2) Two copies of the rewrite of your first-year appellate brief; and (3) Curriculum vitae.
Applications should be submitted in hard copy to: Alice Curry, Administrative Associate, Department of Legal Research and Writing, Suite 803 (located outside Prof. Greenberg's office). There will be a box available for application delivery. If you do not submit your application to Alice Curry personally, please send an email message to email@example.com, after which you will receive confirmation that your applicaiton has been received.
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Newsman Tom Brokaw reveals he has cancer
NBC News has announced that former Anchorman Tom Brokaw has cancer. Brokaw is being treated for multiple myeloma, which affects blood cells in the bone marrow. (Feb. 12) AP
The NBC News correspondent and former evening news anchor remains at work.
Longtime newsman Tom Brokaw Tuesday revealed that he has cancer.
Brokaw, 74, an NBC News special correspondent and former Nightly News anchor, was diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic in August with multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects blood cells in the bone marrow. His doctors are encouraged with the progress he is making and Brokaw has continued his work for the network, including contributions to NBC's Winter Olympics coverage in Sochi.
"With the exceptional support of my family, medical team and friends, I am very optimistic about the future and look forward to continuing my life, my work and adventures still to come," he said in a statement Tuesday. "I remain the luckiest guy I know."
MORE: What to know about multiple myeloma
He continued: "I am very grateful for the interest in my condition but I also hope everyone understands I wish to keep this a private matter."
During his treatment, Brokaw has continued to work on NBC News projects, including a two-hour documentary on the assassination of JFK and appearances on Today, Nightly News with Brian Williams, Meet the Press and MSNBC.
The South Dakota native, who spent some time as a radio reporter in college, has been with NBC News for his entire television journalistic career, including a 22-year run as anchor of the network's flagship news broadcast, NBC Nightly News, that ended in 2004.
Brokaw's NBC News career began in 1966 in the Los Angeles bureau, where he covered Ronald Reagan's first run for public office, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 presidential campaign.
He served as the network's White House correspondent during the Watergate era in the 1970s, backing up John Chancellor as anchor of Nightly News, and hosted NBC's popular morning show, Today, in New York from 1976-1982.
Among the specials he produced for the network was 2001's The Greatest Generation Speaks based on his best-selling book about those who fought in World War II, The Greatest Generation.
After he left the Nightly News anchor chair, Brokaw took over as moderator of NBC's newsmaker interview show, Meet the Press, in 2008 after the death of his friend, Tim Russert.
Brokaw scored the first interview with Mikhail Gorbachev and had the first network report on human rights abuses in Tibet, along with an interview with the Dalai Lama. He was the only American network anchor reporting from Berlin the day the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.
He and wife Meredith have been married since 1962 and have three daughters.
A year ago, Brokaw shared news that they welcomed their first grandson. Daughter Sarah, a licensed therapist and author, gave birth to Archer Thomas Merritt Brokaw. Little Archer wasn't the first Brokaw grandchild. At the time, he joined six granddaughters.
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IGN:On the eve of the Wii U's release, we're discussing exactly when that next generation of video games begins.
I really don't think so. Now im not going to go into detail because i already did that in numerous other WiiU articles but I do think the 720/ps4 will be more robust than the WiiU.
I know alot of people are in awe of the Wiiu features compared to the ps3/360 which btw is 6-7 years old. But when the ps4/720 come out, it going to blow away the WiiU in terms of features and ram.
The kinect is going to play a huge part in the 720 and i have a feeling it going to be futuristic and huge. It definitely going to take away the ninTendo casuals.
Sony is going to focus on Gakai and add alot of variety of core exclusives that will take advantage of next gen hardware.
Nintendo might seem awesome now but once the ps4/720 is announced. Mark my words, people are going to be way more hype for those systems compared to the WiiU.
No one wants to flaff there arms and legs about like a clown , forget kinect the wiiU gamepad is were its at, its the future of gaming, just you watch and see,
look at the nintendo network it beats psn and live already in the way its setup, they not only have to build a console to take on the wiiU they are gonna have to update there whole online networks to keep up with what nintendo are doing,
and there first step towards even competing with Nintendo will be developing there own version of the gamepad with the second screen.
when i think of the wiiU now and what we have seen about the gamepad and the network 2 words that fit realy well are "Total Integration" Nintendo are realy getting people connected
like how everyone's concerned about graphics. I've said this before and I'll say it again, at the end of the day IT'S THE GAMES THAT MATTER. I'm very much excited for the WiiU because of the games that it will offer.
What new gameplay innovation will Sony offer with the PS4? What new gameplay innovation will Microsoft offer with the 720? Better textures and lighting wont add to the gameplay, not unless a game utilizes them in a way that the game is centered around it, but no, we'll just get "enter new installment to a shooter franchise with better graphics here". now that doesn't mean i'm not getting them, but c'mon people.
we need more games like L.A. Noire, Mirror's Edge, and Valkyria Chronicles next generation, something unique, different and innovative.
I think so. A lot of great features have been revealed in the last few days with Nintendo direct videos. It looks to be a real social console and it practically a console and a portable within the home. Visuals are good for launch and can already play games like AC3 with better visuals. Visuals will increase and gamepad features will be upgrade/added. It looks to be a great console and a console that i will have lots of fun with. I get Playstation for Ps exclusives and Xbox for Xbox exclusives, so it is worth it for the exclusives alone.
Wii U will see Pikmin 3, Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest 10, Bayonetta 2, Rayman Legends, The Wonderful 101, Zombiu, Lego City, Super Mario Bros U, Nintendo Land, Nano Assult Neo. All exclusives!!
It will be a great console and a great way to start next gen. This with the PS4 and Xbox 720 will be the triforce of gaming.


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Goat is the 1st domesticated animal in the ancient age and is a Poor Man's Cow.
Because the goat meat is lean & has low fat, it is liked by all. The demand of goat meat is increasing, even though the price is high.
They are profitable under stall fed condition.
They are Prolific. They give twins & triplets.
Capital Investment of purchase of Goats is very low. For a price of 1 cross-bred Cow, one can purchase 10 quality goats.
Goats & their kids can be sold and encashed anytime. They are like bearer blank cheques.
Goat has shorter period of pregnancy. (Short Gestation Period )
They are resistant to diseases. Since they are stall fed, the expenditure on Medication/ treatment is marginal.
Their population in the country is continuously increasing, though 60% of the goats are slaughtered every year.
Products available from Goats are MUTTON / MILK / MANURE / SKIN & LUSTROUS FINE HAIR.
Cognizable foreign exchange is available from export of live Goats/carcasses/goat meat/skin. The farmer is bringing additional fallow lands under cultivation. Cities & Villages are also expanding fast & because of this the grazing land is decreasing day by day.Therefore a necessity has arisen to continue to maintain the goats by way of Stall Fed System.
Total life of Goats = 15 years…Productive — 7 years. Pregnancy Period {Total = 150 days } +/- 2 days.
Manure available from 1 adult goat in 24 hours – 1 kg…
Mortality in percentage overall is 3% {with proper management} The vaccination & deworming schedule to be followed strictly.
Indian meat is preferred in the world.
Stall-fed goats in intensive integrated farming:
STALL-FED GOATS can ideally fit into the intensive integrated farming system (IIFS). The small animals are the most efficient converters of farm and crop residues into excellent organic manure. Several farmers have successfully run stall-fed goat farms, and they have found that such an integrated farming venture was more productive and profitable as well.
Goats relish the stalks and residues of most of the nutritious cereals, and they do well particularly when mixed with green fodder such as grasses and subabul. Special goat-feeds can be formulated using farm-grown millets and oilcakes. As the cost of the feed and also the labor gets distributed over other farming operations, the actual cost of raising the goats becomes minimal. The rich goat manure is ideal for fertilizing fishponds and all other crops. It is also a good base material for vermi-composting.
Goat farming needs less capital when compared with dairying, and the animals can be raised in small farms. The floor space requirement per adult animal is about one square meter. Stall-fed goat farming is an ideal occupation for the small, marginal and landless agricultural laborers. A properly fed and managed milky goat will yield at least as much milk (on average two liters per day) as low yielding desi cows. The she-goat will deliver 2-4 kids at each parturition after a short gestation period of 150 days.
A few exotic goats such as Saanen, Toggenburg, Angora, Anglo-Nubian, British Alpine, French Alpine have been found to be well adapted to Indian conditions, and they are crossed with superior Indian breeds to get good progeny. The popular Indian breeds are Sirohi, Jamnapari, Surti, Tellicherry, Beetal, Malabari, Barbari and Gujarati. The milky-type animals are ideal for integrated farming system.
A small shed with good cross ventilation is enough to keep a small herd. A deep-litter system with paddy husk and groundnut shell as bedding material is ideal for raising goats. The biological activity in the litter keeps the housing warm in winter and cool in summer. The bedding material will last for about six months, and after that it will have to be changed.
The bedding has to be turned periodically to remove the foul odour in the pen.
The bedding material collects all the dung and urine efficiently and it is found to be an enriched organic manure. An adult goat will add about a tone of rich manure to the farm every year.
Though the goats are robust animals and are resistant to many diseases, they need to be vaccinated against foot and mouth disease, rinder pest and tetanus regularly. The animals need to be dewormed at least twice a year to keep in good stead.
Goat farming with stall-feeding can be managed in small yards just like poultry, and it will prove to be an economical and rewarding enterprise for the small, marginal and landless farmers.
|Goats require energy, protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber (bulk) and water. Energy (calories) is usually the most limiting nutrient, whereas protein is the most expensive. Deficiencies, excesses and imbalances of vitamins and minerals can limit animal performance and lead to various health problems. Fiber is necessary to maintain a healthy rumen environment and prevent digestive disturbances. Water is the cheapest feed ingredient and often the most neglected.
|Many factors affect the nutritional requirements of goats: maintenance, growth, pregnancy, lactation, fiber production, activity and environment. As a general rule of thumb, goats will consume at least 3% of their body weight on a dry matter basis in feed. The exact percentage varies according to the size (weight) of the goat, with smaller animals needing a higher intake (percentage-wise) to maintain their weight. Maintenance requirements increase as the level of the goat's activity increases. For example, a goat that has to travel farther for feed will have a higher maintenance requirement than a goat in a feed lot. Environmental conditions also affect maintenance requirements. In cold and severe weather, goats require more feed to maintain body heat. The added stresses of pregnancy, lactation and growth further increase nutrient requirements. The following chart gives the nutritional requirements for various classes of meat goats.


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Fewer than 4,500 Alabama Power customers in Etowah and surrounding counties that were hardest hit by Monday's storms still were without power Thursday. That number is significantly lower than the 35,000 customers out in Etowah County immediately after the storms.
Fewer than 4,500 Alabama Power customers in Etowah and surrounding counties that were hardest hit by Monday's storms still were without power Thursday. That number is significantly lower than the 35,000 customers out in Etowah County immediately after the storms.
Alabama Power serves most of Etowah County, but a small portion in the area where a tornado struck near Sardis City uses Cherokee Electric Cooperative, Patrick Huselton, public information officer for the Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency, said.
A liaison with Alabama Power relays the information to EMA, Huselton said.
About 1,000 workers from across the United States were in Etowah County on Thursday working to restore electricity to the last of those without power.
"They tell us they have done all the big lines that feed the most customers," he said. "Now they're down to problems from house to house."
Huselton said Alabama Power officials still believe just about all power will be restored in Etowah County by today.
"The part they're doing now is more tedious, but they're moving quickly," he said.
He said crews have worked 18 hours a day.
Huselton and all staff members at EMA have been surveying damage across the county. Despite all the damage, Huselton said he has seen so much goodness of the human spirit in people.
Huselton said he has heard over and over one phrase that seems to resonate with so many residents.
"They say, 'It could have been much worse,'" he said. "If I've heard that once, I've heard it at least a hundred times."
He said EMA, Red Cross or workers with Volunteers Active in Disaster have seen just about every location and home that has damage.
"But people are not complaining," he said.
"Their attitudes are so good. It's just amazing how many people are helping their neighbors."
The American Red Cross has released its survey of the number of homes affected by the storms from around the state.
The survey shows 437 homes were affected. At least 69 homes were destroyed; 120 had major damage; and 248 had minor damage.
About 95 percent of the Red Cross damage assessment is complete in the state.
The Red Cross reports it is taking more time to complete damage assessments because some of the areas affected are widely scattered and some are in rural areas.
In the coming days, Red Cross volunteers will be delivering meals, snacks, water and bulk items such as shovels, rakes and clean-up kits to families in the affected areas of Cullman, Etowah and Walker counties.
Anyone with unmet needs should call 2-1-1 First Call for Help from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.


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joberaad necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
We need a professional logo for use with stationary, promotion shield and webshop. The must be looks like familiar, profound knowledge of cats, dogs and gnawers, shop for all needed thinks for this pets.
You have free hand in colours and fonts.
Note: Many details are asked for in the brief.
Tierweltshop24 ((english: animal world shop 24))
Questionnaire answered by the client:
a) What is the main experince of the company (what ist he difference from the client to its competitors?)
– Fast delivery
– A lot of product offers
– Competently help through veterinary homoeopath
– Always seminars about dog, cat, small animals
– Long term breeding experience
Info about Veterianry Homeopathy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy Veterinary_use
b) What ist he mission that should given to the visitor? Why should people come to you? Why should he buy from you?
– Because I regard it as my appointment to be active in the range of animals advise and to help to be able. I offer excluding qualitatively high-quality goods, within the range care – and to pest control excluding innocuous products for humans and animal (100% natural products) however highly effectively and reliable protection lasting for weeks.
c) Mainpoint of the company in % (100%)
e-Shop = 70%
shop sale = 20%
veterinary homoeopath = 10%
d) Current product portfolio?
– All accessories for dog, cat, rodent: From the dog bed to cat scratching tree, cages, all food auxiliary means for all 3 animal species, brook blooms, maintaining and pest control on 100% nature basis, all well-known fodder marks such as Royal Canin, Bosch, Sanabelle etc.
e) Planned future product portfolio?
– Additionally a large selection of different rodent feed, different sorts hay, fodder addition etc. is planned.
f) Current Target group?
sex and age:
male = 30%
female = 70%
Age from - till = 9 - 99
Potential commercial customers sorted for breed:
Potential commercial dog customers = 30%
Potential commercial cat customers = 50%
Potential commercial customers small animals = 20%
g) Competitors:
– Signet with dog, cats and gnawer (but more than a normal clipart!)
– Vector-File as like Illustrator
Fonts and Colours are the choise of the designer.
– to girlie
– to comic like
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Definitions of shrub
n. - A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it. 2
n. - A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root. 2
v. t. - To lop; to prune. 2
The word "shrub" uses 5 letters: B H R S U.
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The gig: Richard Plump is chief executive of Plump Engineering Inc., an Anaheim architectural engineering firm with 38 employees. Plump helped oversee the transportation of the space shuttle Endeavour from
Troubled childhood: Plump, 51, overcame a difficult childhood. His parents divorced when Plump was in seventh grade, and his mother moved from their New Jersey home to California. Plump clashed repeatedly with his father, and after one yelling match in his junior year of high school, the 16-year-old Plump went to the airport in Newark. Using money he earned stocking grocery shelves, he paid cash for a one-way ticket to Los Angeles. He showed up unannounced at his mother's house in Encino. "I knocked on the door and said, 'Hi, Mom. I'm here,' " Plump said.
Underachiever: Though happier in California, Plump was a poor student in high school. He got straight Fs in the final semester of his senior year and dropped out for a year. But Plump knew he had to turn his life around. He got a general equivalency diploma, went to junior college and graduated from
Life's calling: Plump became interested in engineering in eighth grade. He was bored in study hall and opted for a drafting class, which immediately fascinated him. While studying for his engineering degree in college, Plump went out of his way to observe buildings that were under construction. He examined architectural details and construction techniques that he expected to come across in his career. "If I saw a job site, I would stop and look at it," he said. "An engineer needs real-life experience to see buildings being built, not just book smarts."
Taking a chance: After graduation, Plump worked at a few engineering firms. But he was antsy and wanted to start his own firm. He didn't have much money, though. He had just bought a house and his wife was pregnant, meaning the couple would be deprived of her income temporarily. Plump borrowed $2,000 each from his sister and his father-in-law. His bank agreed to give Plump a three-month moratorium on mortgage payments, tacking the debt onto the end of the loan. Plump rented a cubicle in an architect's office, got out the phone book and spent most of his time cold-calling for work. "I just kept marketing, calling people up, tracking jobs, pulling jobs in," Plump said.
Big jobs: In 2002, he got a job helping an oil company that needed to move a huge piece of equipment from Long Beach to a refinery in El Segundo. He had to make sure the equipment — a coke drum that was roughly the length of back-to-back 18-wheel trucks — didn't damage streets or underground pipes. That led to other jobs that involved moving enormous objects, including a power generator to the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
He got the space shuttle job after city officials with whom he had worked on other jobs suggested to the company moving the shuttle that Plump be hired. It was an enormous logistical feat. Because its wingspan was so wide, the space shuttle couldn't zigzag down the street to miss driving over underground pipes. Instead, nearly 2,700 large steel plates, each weighing as much as a small car, had to be laid down along the route. Though it was the type of work he had done in the past, Plump was awed as the space shuttle rolled toward its destination. "When you actually see the space shuttle being moved, that's when you get chills down your back," he said.
Overcoming adversity: Plump suffers from
Personal: Plump lives in Laguna Beach with his wife, Janine, and two children.


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Lucky DeLuxe
Susanna Lee (Lucky DeLuxe) tickles her audiences with a combination of sharp wit, engaging honesty, and charming vulnerability. With creative pursuits spanning the worlds of standup, burlesque, storytelling, and anecdotal writing this saucy gal is way too busy oozing creativity to spare the time for long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners, or anything beyond talking to her cats and cutting herself in tender, inconspicuous spots whenever the loneliness gets unbearable. I'm just kidding, please don't stop reading, give me another chance. Her original spoken-word burlesque striptease routines have been compared to the legendary works of Gypsy Rose Lee. Don't trip, you and/or your customers will love her. Most people do. She lives in Los Angeles and has excellent manners, as well an excessive amount of street cred.
Lucky DeLuxe has been heard on Sirius XM's Rawdogs Comedy channel, and seen on such television shows as "Last Comic Standing", "Beverly Hills Brides", "Girls Behaving Badly" and "America's Court". She has performed in several festivals, including the New York, New Orleans, Colorado, Kansas City, Best of the Midwest, Southern Fried, and Show-Me Burlesque Festivals, the Bridgetown, Chicago and Ventura Comedy Festivals, and the Coney Island Rockabilly Festival. She's been a welcome guest on a growing percentage of the millions of podcasts that exist; and a bunch of newspapers have published interviews with, or articles about her. Seriously, there are 3 large Tupperware storage bins full of that stuff, in addition to piles upon piles of show posters, staring me in the face as I type this. Susanna Lee's second one-person show, "Getting Lucky" combines comedy, burlesque, storytelling and original games into one seamless hour of solid entertainment, and won "Best Of Fringe" awards at the 2011 and 2012 KC Fringe Festivals; in addition to making it's way across America, via successful grass-roots touring. Her webseries, "Peeping Comics", is currently in production, and will be available for online viewing in September 2013.
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Hey, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, here's to you!
Thank you for telling the world you leave every day at 5:30. Had I known that was your plan, I would have met you on a rooftop—heck, a mountaintop—and shouted it right alongside you. As the editorial director for Parenting and its sister magazines, I am often confronted with a dilemma: Do I stay at work polishing content that helps modern moms balance work/family life, or do I leave the office when the Fred Flintstone whistle blows and actually practice what I preach?
When I became the editorial director of Parenting almost two years ago, I made a conscious decision to always opt for the latter. I am a single mom to a 6-year-old son. His dad lives in another state. The rest of his family lives in other cities. I am his one daily shot of family. If I am not there, what kind of example am I setting for him? Truth be told, what kind of example am I setting for my readers?
I actually like my job. I wouldn't dream of not working. But when the end comes, my biggest source of pride will be my son, Javier, not the extra stories I edited. (No offense to you, my amazing 5 million readers, but I am sure you'd hate me if I became the kind of mom who rarely made it to karate, play dates and classroom parties.)
I am often asked how I do it all. Five magazine brands. An adorable son. One cute bungalow home. Two offices in separate states. Here's my short and simple answer: I get up and do it. Every day, without fail. I give 1000% for eight hours at work each day, time vacations to my son's spring break schedule, and I cut myself a lot of slack when I order in some nights. I've learned to work smarter at work and love with more gusto at home. If there's a pizza box on the table and a squealing kid underneath it playing hide-and-go seek with me, I know I'm not just doing it all. I've done it.


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Opinion: Jack Lew's Cayman Loophole
Assistant editorial page editor James Freeman on Jack Lew's confirmation hearing. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... the dough Washington now where Jack Lew had his confirmation hearing for Treasury secretary yesterday ... a quick listen ... you invested more money there been Near Merger murder makes an entire year ... you believe the present was at Curtin referring to the building which housed your investment ... has called ... the largest tax scam in the world ... Senator ... I'm happy to answer questions about my own investments ... I'm also happy to answer questions about tax policy regarding ... um ... the the the sheltering of income from taxation I and reported all income the iron decade all taxes due ... I very strongly believe that we should have tax policies that make it ... difficult if not impossible to shelter and income from taxation ... to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel that was Jack Lew testifying yesterday ... about a bank account in the Cayman Islands ... Senate for a pigeon are James Freeman is here ... I James that are the high teens ... by well in Congress likes to make the canines out to be a really bad thing that did Jack Lew a good reason for having money there ... well I've depends on what it what you think would be good reason why I think ... avoiding motivating taxation is generally a good thing was ... investors like to do more on this link in Mr Lewin is as Citigroup colleagues probably no exception ... Caymans is a very friendly ... whoa Tax or Xyratex jurisdiction in terms the corporate ... income personal income ... so it makes sense that people would want based investment says oh it's ok for Democrats to to lambaste tax havens ... um but when they got their diet there for Treasury secretary all the sudden and well wishing well into the the irony here is pretty amazing because the person ruling that hearing Max Baucus has made a really a career out of attacking the Cayman Islands and specifically in building their Ugland House ... where Mr. Lew is a good fund was coincidentally based ... Mr Lew said he didn't ... know was in the Caymans or Enobia dress and I didn't know why it was in the Caymans in Montreal in tax benefit ... it's it's un clear he never got a tax benefit depending on where the investments would certainly city employees based outside the US ... this helped them not have to pay us taxes pay Treasury secretary important position ... in a very crucial time I given the state of our economy given all the regulations the half to be written ... when did you think it was too has performed well and the really amazing thing is that he seems to have been at Citigroup for ... one of the biggest of them too big to fail banks ... I use their own before and during the financial crisis centers as it seems ... he seems to pass through that experience without really observing much having any opinions on and it's ... it's an amazing because inside these giant banks when it was all coming apart I mean ... this really server great human drama in your head ... before the crisis your ten heroes and villains people are blinded ... to push of the mortgage risk up others say no you know I've I've seen some things in this business you know what's not in the ending of course been fights in these banks including Citi when it was all falling apart on ... you know what we do to customers and are we treating them well and ... so the idea that he's kind of oblivious to all of us ... as the building is sort of on fire around them ... either ... he was not entirely ... I'm ... getting the full story of his time there or you really wonder is it easy so only interested in any of this that ... but it makes you wonder what was seen doing as Treasury secretary and now while he also didn't seem to understand why big banks have funding advantages either ... rather ... odd chance anything that was supposed to be his job allegedly the look of the org chart at Citi is job was funding the unit ... that ... that he was overseeing that means going out of the market and borrowing money to fund all of the ... activities that the unit is doing so ... to be on acquainted with the concept of bank funding on an amazing very strange and purposes as her page editor James Freeman thanks for being with us and ...


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Mainland equities resumed trade with sharp gains on Tuesday following a long weekend while the rest of Asian stocks extended losses following a global stock selloff overnight.
U.S. stocks declined for a third session, with all three major indices losing more than 1 percent as tech and internet stocks like Amazon.com, Priceline Group, Google and Apple extended losses. Monday's decline pulled the S&P 500 into the red for the year while the Nasdaq recorded its biggest three-session drop since November 2011.


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The third round of the Simpson Shield is based on an item every magician owns - a trick with a thumb tip. Once again the one and only Ron Thompson will host the occasion and keep score of the points.
The second half of the evening is something that we have never tried before. Do you have annoyances or things in magic you hate? Joe Harper will be looking forward to hearing your arguments and will be banishing such items to room 101.


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Valve replica Portal gun
£100, play.com
Finally, the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device can be yours. Featuring orange and blue LEDs as well as authentic firing sounds, this replica Portal gun will instantly increase the geek cred of any room it graces. Only 5,000 will be produced worldwide so get your pre-orders in nice and early in time for the inevitable robot uprising. Cake, anyone?
Minecraft foam sword
£20, firebox.com
Your trusty iron sword may come in handy in the world of Minecraft, but it will do you little good on a computer screen when you're under attack by rogue pigeons, cats or hordes of undead. This foam replica sword might not have a cutting edge, but the mere sight of it should strike fear into any enemy you encounter. Hopefully.
Mass Effect 3 M-8 Avengers assault rifle
£540, forbiddenplanet.com
This 1:1 scale replica from the outstanding Mass Effect 3 (reviewed here) has been masterfully crafted and painted to give an accurate representation of its in-game counterpart. Sure it might not fire anything per se, but if looks could kill, you'd be king of the slaughter house for sure.
Gears of War 'Team Metal' Lancer replica
£70, play.com
Modelled from the actual 3D data used by Epic in Gears of War 3, this hand-painted lancer gun replica measures in at a whopping 3ft in length and features trigger activated machine gun sounds. We're working on converting this bad boy into a paintball gun for the ultimate in Saturday afternoon fear-fuelled mayhem. Minus the curb stomps of course.
Angry Birds giant plush
£42, geekoverload.co.uk
Sure this feathery red fellow may seem rather angry, but that won't stop us from squeezing his portly 16in plushy figure. Suitable for stress relieving hugs or lobbing at enemies, this non-lethal avian weapon should nicely supplement your Angry Birds addiction long after you've run your battery dry from over-playing once again.
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Simon and Schuster, Jun 2003, 25.00, 383 pp. ISBN: 0684869691 A veteran of the worst atrocities of World War I including poison gas, Ray "Fos" Foster travels the American countryside carrying the scientific marvel, X-ray equipment. Fos claims to be an expert "Phenomenologist". Visiting the Carolina's Outer Banks for a meteor show, Fos meets and falls in love with Opal. The duo marries as they share more than attraction. Both love everything...


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Here is the 'misleading 'video:
You will note that in the video, Al Jazeera explained that they were refused an interview with the esteemed minister. But do watch the video and listen to the Al Jazeera report line by line. Can someone tell me which part is 'misleading'? All Al Jazeera reported was that there are people in Singapore with difficulty getting housing due to various rules and have resorted to camping at the beach.
Perhaps Minister Vivian is saying that Al Jazeera is misleading because it left out a few facts ...facts that only the govt can know about and Al Jazeera has no access to because the esteemed minister refused to be interviewed by them. But really lets look at the facts mentioned by Minister Balakrisnan:
1. "The man in the video has made a tidy sum of over S$220,000 from the sale of three flats". Al Jazeera could never have known that since they have no access to govt records. But is the minister saying because the man had once made money, he should be denied a rental flat? Actually I don't know whether he used the money for drinks, women, business, debts, gambling, medical bills or had it cheated from him. That is not the issue. The real issue is the HDB has a rule that prevents people who have sold a flat from joining the queue for rental flats within a certain period (6 months?) regardless of whether they sold it because their business failed or they had to do it to pay off loan sharks. I like what Ravi Philemon said in the video about giving 2nd chances to people. You can alway examine a person's life to explain how he end up in the state he is in and put the blame on him for his plight (why didn't he do this and that to escape poverty and so on) just like what Minister Balakrisnan did to pull out records to show that the man once had money but giving help is about giving 2nd chances to people so they can better their lives...
2, "The woman still owns an HDB resale flat with her ex-husband". Isn't it obvious this woman has fallen through a crack in the rules? You cannot get a rental flat when you are a co-owner. The logic being that you can stay in the flat you co-own. However, this woman co-owns a flat with her ex-husband and it is obvious that it is impractical for her to stay in the flat although she co-owns it.
It was also mentioned that the couple rejected help for 'sheltered housing'....so this was to only alternative left for them? ..govt shelters. That only proves Al Jazeera's point that these people can't get homes!!!! Hmm....I wonder what is the reason for them wanting to camp rather than stay in the govt shelters? But what the couple wanted was a home....a shelter is not a home.
We see very few homeless people in Singapore not because everyone can afford a home or can rent one - the rental queue is several years long. Have you ever wonder how is it possible that Singapore has the most costly public housing in the world, the biggest income inequality in the developed world and insufficient rental flats yet you don't see many homeless people. So why are there so few homeless people in Singapore? Because it is illegal to be homeless. If you're found camping without permit, you can get jailed[Link] or forcibly evacuated and taken to a shelter so that the problem can be hidden away....so the homeless cannot afford to be visible out of fear of being caught. There is nothing misleading about the Al Jazeera report. The only thing misleading about the whole situation is the false impression created for visitors that everyone in Singapore has a home and that poverty does not exist here.
Govt takes Al Jazeera to task for misreporting on homelessness cases
By S Ramesh Posted: 27 April 2010 1552 hrs
Govt takes Al Jazeera to task for misreporting on homelessness cases
SINGAPORE: International news agency, Al Jazeera, has been taken to task for not checking its facts in its report on the homeless in Singapore. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan stressed that homelessness is a complex problem and that the government will continue to enable people to be self-reliant. A video titled "Government Policies Force Some Onto The Streets" was produced by Al Jazeera. It featured a couple camping on the beach, claiming that they had been homeless for nearly two years as a result of divorce proceedings.
The government then made some checks and found a different story. The man in the video had made a tidy sum of over S$220,000 from the sale of three flats. Meanwhile, the woman still owns an HDB resale flat with her ex-husband. She was also getting financial help from the South West Community Development Council. Dr Balakrishnan said: "Despite these circumstances, the social workers and the FSC then offered sheltered housing for this couple. However, the couple rejected the offer and other services offered by MCYS. "This is a clear example where a foreign media has failed to ascertain the facts. Some irresponsible websites have also caused these falsehoods to circulate widely on the internet. Now that the facts are out, let us see whether those who have been propagating these falsehoods have the courage and the honesty to set the record straight. "Homelessness or potential homelessness is a universal threat all over the world.
The question is how best to fix this. "In Singapore, we have given housing, cheap affordable rental housing as well as heavily-subsidised first-time entry into home ownership. "The people we have who insist on staying in beaches and parks are not first timers and not people who have bought their first flat or first rental flat. These are people who have almost always sold their second flat or a third flat, have unfortunately dissipated the subsidies and cashed them and now have run into problems. "Members would have faced this problem which almost become emotional blackmail." Meanwhile, Al Jazeera has ceased to operate its channel on mio TV. This prompted Nominated MP Viswa Sadasivan to ask about the talk that this is linked to the report on the homeless. Acting Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts, Lui Tuck Yew, said: "On the speculation that recent critical or negative reports by Al Jazeera were the reason why the channel was taken off mio TV service, this is unfounded. In a report by TODAY, Al Jazeera itself was quoted as saying that "it was a 'mutual' decision between Al Jazeera and SingTel for the broadcaster to drop out of the latter's pay TV service." Mr Lui noted that Al Jazeera's contract with SingTel was coming to an end and was looking into other distribution avenues in view of its low subscriber households. - CNA/vm


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The D License is the highest level license that the state offers. In order to maintain consistency in the delivery and execution of the course the objectives, expectations, and grading for the "D" License course have been established by US Soccer. At the conclusion of the course the candidate will receive a National "D", a State "D" or a fail. The candidate should be at least 18 years of age.
Those wishing to attend the D License course must have successfully completed an E certificate course and have held the E certificate for at least 6 months or meet the requirements for a waiver. See the Policy for Requirements for the D License course.
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Duration The "D" License Course is a 36 hour course. Attendance is mandatory to pass course.
ExaminationThere is an oral examination on tactics and methods. There is also a graded take home exam on laws, team management, and care and prevention. Candidates must pass written and practical examinations.
FacilitiesA classroom with blackboard is needed. A field and/or gymnasium will be needed for practical demonstrations and in case of inclement weather.
PlayersHigh School aged players are needed for practical sessions and evaluations. Site coordinator should coordinate with the course instructor for number of players and times they are needed.
ApplicantsThe minimum number of candidates is 16. The maximum number of candidates is determined by the size of the facility. Class size is limited to 20 candidates for the months of December, January, and February. An additional instructor is encouraged. The number of candidates is set one week before the course begins. One staff instructor/evaluator per 8 candidates is required for all coaching practice and evaluation sessions. Those wishing to attend the D License course must have successfully completed an E certificate course or meet the requirements for a waiver. See the Policy for Requirements for the D License course.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — The talent contained in Phillippe Aumont's right arm is obvious. So is the polish he still lacks.
Aumont was one of four pitchers sent to minor-league camp Tuesday morning by the Phillies. In addition, Michael Schwimer was optioned while David Purcey and Jeremy Horst were reassigned.
The 23-year-old Aumont is one of the team's top pitching prospects. He allowed four runs (two earned) in four innings on six hits and four walks. He did strike out four.
But after a shaky outing Saturday in which he allowed three stolen bases, threw a wild pitch and walked two, Rich Dubee bemoaned his current state.
"He's erratic," Dubee said. "Slow delivery to the plate. He's inconsistent. He has a great arm. Great stuff. But we have a little work to do there.
"He has to be more consistent with his fastball and his secondary stuff. He has to be quicker to the plate. Too much of a chance to be a track meet against him."
That work will come under the guise of Rod Nichols, the pitching coach at triple-A Lehigh Valley. But it's not unreasonable to suggest Aumont will be pitching in Philadelphia sometime in 2012.
Schwimer, 26, also appeared in four games and allowed two runs. He struck out five with one walk. He'll provide relief depth.
Purcey, a lefthander, allowed two runs in seven innings. He pitched for three major-league teams in 2011. Horst, acquired in the Wilson Valdez trade, had a 6.75 ERA in four outings.
The Phillies now have 41 players in camp. It's 38 if you don't count the injured Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Justin De Fratus.
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Friday, April 8, 2011
ALL MGHERS are invited to attend the 2011 meeting of the MGH Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), which will commemorate the hospital's bicentennial with a look back at significant research accomplishments of MGH investigators and examine challenges facing today's research community.
The annual Celebration of Science on April 13 will begin with a poster session from 11 am to 1:45 pm at the Holiday Inn Select at 5 Blossom St. The scientific presentations from 2 to 5 pm at the Simches Research Center, Room 3.110, will feature talks by recipients of the hospital's major research awards – Vamsi Mootha, MD, of the Department of Medicine and Center for Human Genetic Research, recipient of the Martin Award for Basic Research; Eunice Kwak, MD, PhD, of the MGH Cancer Center, whose team received the Martin Award for Clinical Research; and Sekar Kathiresan, MD, director of Preventive Cardiology, who received the Goodman Award. More information on these researchers and their award-winning work will appear in an upcoming issue of MGH Hotline. The keynote lecture will be given by SAC Chairman Joseph Goldstein, MD, a Nobel prize recipient and Regental Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
A highlight of the April 14 SAC meeting – which begins at 8 am at the Simches Research Center, Room 3.110 – will be "Stories of MGH Research Across Time," outlining both past scientific milestones and the continuing leadership of MGH investigators. Jeanine Wiener-Kronish, MD, and Emery Brown, MD, PhD, will discuss "Anesthesia: From the Days of Ether to the Era of Cognitive Imaging;" Paul S. Russell, MD, and Joseph P. Vacanti, MD, will describe "Transplantation Surgery: From Immunosuppression to Organ Fabrication;" William Crowley, MD, and Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD, will address "Novel Therapeutics: From Gonadotropins to Targeted Cancer Therapies;" and James F. Gusella, PhD, and Mark J. Daly, PhD, will present "Genetics: Of Mendelian Traits and Whole Genomes."
The afternoon session will focus on the challenges presented by current cutbacks in funding from the National Institutes of Health and other traditional sources of support. Dennis Ausiello, MD, MGH physician-in-chief; Samuel Thier, MD, former president of the MGH and former president and CEO of Partners HealthCare; Steven Hyman, MD, Harvard University provost; and Paul Marcus, founder of the Autism Consortium, will discuss strategies such as public-private partnerships, philanthopic alliances and industry collaborations.In the day's final panel, the SAC members – all national research leaders – will respond to that presentation and share their own ideas. The full schedule of both days' events is available on the MGH Intranet at http://mghresearch.partners.org/ECOR/SACFlyerApril13and14.pdf.
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By Steve Freidell
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Children, parents, aunts, uncles, grandchildren, grandparents and close friends all can have financial difficulty from time-to-time, and usually they look to a close relative to help "bail them out." Is that normally you? Here are some simple rules for handling various situations.
1. Learn to say no. Bailing out any person more than once is often the No. 1 reason relationships fail. If you don't learn to say no, the person you really want to help is just being provided a free escape hatch every time they make bad decisions. This is particularly true when it involves your grown children or close siblings. We all encounter this problem. Many times providing help is warranted, but continued help isn't help at all. It's just enabling them to make more mistakes.
2. Learn to say no, after you previously said no. People who can't manage their finances properly usually offer reasons or excuses, which will be detrimental to their safety or their children's welfare, such as losing their home, turning off of their utilities, the IRS, etc.
These situations are generally foreseeable. If they have done nothing to circumvent them from happening by now, you are just aiding and abetting their misdeeds. If they haven't gotten the message on the first no, you must be firm with your second.
3. Never loan money. But if you do… The moment you loan money, your relationship with that person changes completely until the loan is repaid. However, if you are in a good financial position, and you feel you absolutely have to loan this person money, have a written document signed by all parties with specific terms of the loan and what the money is to be used for and when it is to be repaid. You can find standardized loan documents online.
When you borrow from most financial institutions, they require collateral or take title to whatever you're borrowing against. You must do the same. If possession or taking title is not possible, take possession of other items of value such as jewelry, artwork, coins, furniture, cars, boats, or anything else that could be quickly sold.
Have a firm repayment date established with absolutely no extensions, or the collateral will be sold. If that repayment time comes and goes with the borrower making incomplete efforts to repay, sell the item immediately.
4. Consider gifting rather than a loan. Most loans between family members never get repaid. So accept that fact and make a one-time only gift to the person in need. Read that again: one-time only. You probably won't see the money anyway, so loaning money to them is in reality digging a hole within their already established crater, which isn't helping them.
If you really want to help them, there might need to be a catch. For instance, in return for the gift, ask the receiver to accept and attend credit counseling sessions.
5. Be a teacher, not a bank. Ever hear of the saying "give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day, but teach the man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime"? It's the same thing here. You need to help them to help themselves.
Do they have a budget? Can they sell a car or boat and fix their finances? Is there another person in the household that can work another job? Have they sought help from credit counseling? These things and others will help them to truly overcome their problems, not just stick a bandage on them temporarily.
If people fail to find the source of their problems, then how can they ever expect to solve them? Being a good teacher is sometimes much more generous than being a good friend.
Ultimately, be prepared to face the hard feelings that usually follow these situations. Regardless of what you do, you must accept that these people got themselves into their mess and it isn't your responsibility to get them out of trouble.
Be prepared for the resentment you will feel when you loan or give them money only to find out that the money wasn't spent on what you were led to expect. When that new big screen TV shows up, or a new vacation is scheduled, or almost any expenditure is made before you get repaid, understand that it was your fault. You're the one who let them get in and drive off uneducated.LL
This material has been prepared for informational purposes only; it is not intended to provide and should not be relied upon for accounting, legal or tax advice.
Steve Freidell has assisted clients in their cash management, trading, and portfolio management of fixed income securities since 1975. Steve started his career at the First National Bank of Kansas City and later served as first vice president with Commerce Bank, where he served his clients for 25 years. In 2006, he joined the DeWaay organization, the financial management company used by OOIDA. Steve Freidell may be reached at email@example.com.


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Stoking the Loaves: Wood Oven Breads
The wood-burning oven, a player in a former version of my Tuscan life, was used only for harvest season celebratory grape pizzas until I launched into bread experiments. Not firing it up often is detrimental to the whole process, as the oven needs to be kept sort of warmish all the time to really work well. I know this from my friend Brunero, the pizzeria owner who makes things like truffle and gorgonzola pizza and roast turkey in his wood-burning oven. He's the one who first fired mine up for the grape pizza party. I kept my eyes open as to where to build the fire, how to use the peel, how to roll logs onto the fire at just the right angle so they actually land on the fire and stay put and burn, how to tell when it's hot enough to bake, that sort of thing.
For my bread experiments I warmed the oven with modest flames for a few days beforehand and then on the day of spent hours stoking a roaring fire, consuming a considerable chunk of the wood pile in getting the oven up to speed. I also decided, despite any eventual negative effects on the all-important heat circulation, to build the fire up fairly close to the door where I could get to it without too much trouble. And it wasn't even all that close. It's a big oven, I still had to feed it by balancing pieces of wood on the mini, leaden peel (it's small but it's heavy) and then slowly but surely delivering them to the raging inferno. Balancing not being one of my strong points, every time a nice chunk of olive wood rolled off the peel, ashes went flying about all over what was to be the cooking surface.
I kept looking around for, as if I was going to suddenly discover one hidden in a corner somewhere, a little broom like the Sicilian bakers use. It's a whisk of braided dwarf palm fronds and they use it because it's particularly fire resistant. I tried just sweeping out the oven, which left too much ash on the stone baking surface. Then I tried the rag and pole method, the tried and true cleaning method of Italian women that involves swishing around a wet rag with the benefit of a pole. If you've been to Italy surely you've seen various versions of that. Down in Sicily they're likely to be swabbing the bit of street in front of the house with the trusty rag and pole. Anyhow, it didn't work out for me on the inside of the bread oven and I decided to just go on and ruin the mop, which I did.
The dough itself rose to perfection. I bought cake yeast and flour from the baker, and made a starter the night before leaving it in the wine cellar over night. There it developed into a perfect, spongy mass. I also left a simple flour and water mix in there to see if I could make a natural starter, thinking it would absorb plenty of the natural yeasts that are surely crawling all over the place. There was enough mold in there to choke a horse what with the variety of salamis, cheeses and that entire prosciutto, all of which had quite the moldy exterior. I even added a few drops of my own fermenting wine to the flour/water mix, alla ancient Rome, but it looked pretty much like glue 24 hours on. I have to admit to tossing it only to realize later, while speaking with an actual baker, that it was perfect and would have made a richly flavored loaf.
On the first go-round I stuck to the most simple of Italy's never-ending bread array: salt-less, white flour Tuscan loaves. And they were nice enough to eat despite the oven's having not heated up to proper temperature. Note the very Italian passive voice, it's the oven that didn't heat itself up properly, thereby admonishing me of any actual responsibility in the affair. The loaves didn't puff up as much as they might have and although the tops cooked, the bottoms were sort of pasty looking. As a last resort I shifted the coals out of the way, mopped, and shifted the loaves onto the hot stone where the coals had been, which did some good although I burned a bit of one loaf to a crisp.
The second go-round in a hotter oven produced a large loaf, heart-shaped (it happened to have been San Valentino). It was excellent, dense and tasty with some nice sized holes and a velvety crumb all enveloped by the most excellent crispy crust: masterful. I am fully aware that besides my dubious mastery, the wood-burning oven is key.
Now, if you want to try your hand at it, here is the recipe for Tuscan Bread.
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Randy W. Retzlaff has announced that he is a candidate for the Wheatfield Town Board.
A registered Republican, he has been endorsed by the Republican, Conservative and Independence parties.
"I am running for the Wheatfield Town Board, because I want to serve the community. Supervisor Bob Cliffe has done an outstanding job in restoring the town's financial health, and I will assist him in continuing to reduce property taxes, as he has done for the past three years, said Retzlaff. "With my background on the Zoning Board of Appeals and in construction management, I understand development and what is required to manage and control quality growth."
Retzlaff has been a member of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals for the past seven years and devotes a great deal of time to serving area youth. A former board member of the Cayuga Youth Athletic Association, he was instrumental in the design and development of the softball and baseball complex on 93rd Street in Niagara Falls. Retzlaff is employed by Benderson Development as a construction site superintendent. He also operates a small business in Wheatfield.
He is a 1978 graduate of Niagara-Wheatfield High School and received his degree in civil engineering technology from Erie County Community College.
He is a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, where he has served as financial secretary and trustee, as well as the Shawnee Sno Chiefs Snowmobile Club and the Niagara River Yacht Club. He also plays hockey in the Niagara Falls Alumni Hockey League.
Retzlaff and his wife, Darla, are lifelong residents of Wheatfield and have five children and one grandchild.
Retzlaff is the nephew of longtime Wheatfield Councilman Kenneth Retzlaff, who decided not to run this year.


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