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President Barack Obama, doubling down on his economic agenda, kept up his appeal on Saturday for public support of his $447 billion proposal to boost jobs and consumer spending.world Updated: Sep 17, 2011 11:53 IST
President Barack Obama, doubling down on his economic agenda, kept up his appeal on Saturday for public support of his $447 billion proposal to boost jobs and consumer spending, calling on Americans to press Congress to pass the legislation and insisting, "No more division or delay."
In his weekly radio and Internet address, the President reiterated a message that has become a central focus of his presidency amid stubbornly high unemployment numbers and dipping approval over his handling of the economy.
The President announced his jobs legislation to a joint session of Congress last week and has since gone outside Washington to build a case for its passage. He has been to Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina.
"The No. 1 issue for the people I meet is how we can get back to a place where we're creating good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer some security," he said.
His address on Saturday came in the face of sobering public opinion ratings for the President. A New York Times/CBS News poll released on Friday showed nearly half of those surveyed worried the economy was headed for another recession and nearly three out of four said they believe the country is on the wrong track.
The President's job proposal would reduce payroll taxes on workers, cut them in half for most businesses and offer incentives for employers to hire. It also would spend tens of billions of dollars on new public works projects, extend unemployment benefits for long-term jobless and help states and localities avoid layoffs of teachers and emergency workers.
On Monday, Obama plans to spell out a long-term debt stabilizing plan that aims to cut the deficit by about $2 trillion over 10 years. Obama is making his proposal to a special congressional committee that has been charged with lowering deficit by $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion.
"But right now, we've got to get Congress to pass this jobs bill," Obama said.
Obama's jobs plan has received a tepid reception from Republicans. But his proposal to pay for the plan with limits on tax deductions and closing corporate tax loopholes is facing stiff Republican resistance.
In the Republican address, Rep Peter Roskam called on Obama to reduce regulations on businesses, saying government agency rules were choking off hiring. "Washington has become a red tape factory," he said.
He acknowledged Obama's controversial decision to scrub a clean-air regulation that aimed to reduce health-threatening smog. "He can cancel more," Roskam said.
He pressed Obama to push the Democratic-controlled Senate to adopt House Republican initiatives, including legislation that would give Congress veto power over certain high-cost regulations.
"Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work," he said.
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MOCKSVILLE | The state stands to gain hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in investments if it claims four Yadkin River dams run by Alcoa, Inc., according to a report released this week by a nonprofit sustainable economic development group.
MOCKSVILLE | The state stands to gain hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in investments if it claims four Yadkin River dams run by Alcoa, Inc., according to a report released this week by a nonprofit sustainable economic development group.
Whether the state or Alcoa will control those dams has yet to be determined.
According to the report prepared by Central Park NC, the state could make anywhere from $747 million to $1.2 billion in hydropower revenues if it retained the same federal license Alcoa is seeking to operate the dams, depending on electricity rates.
State management would also result in about 350 to 557 more permanent jobs, paying between $17 and $28 million in additional wages, according to the report.
"About 58 percent of the money that comes into Alcoa leaves the state, and that means that money no longer does economic multiplier work to improve the economy," said Michael Shuman, an economist and the author of the report, "A River of Opportunity: How the Yadkin River Can Provide Wealth and Jobs for North Carolina."
Shuman presented the report's findings on Wednesday at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Uwharrie Regional Resources Commission in Mocksville.
The report was drafted using statistics from Alcoa's original license application from 2005, data Shuman admitted was older but the most current he could obtain.
Shuman said state management would also allow North Carolina to use the Yadkin Project's low-cost electricity as an incentive for economic development. He said if the state could match incentive programs like that of the New York Power Authority, it could create another 14,000 to 75,000 jobs.
Ray Barham, Alcoa's relicensing director, was present for the presentation Wednesday. He said there was not enough time to address the financial errors and legal flaws in the report.
"The state shouldn't be looking at taking private dams or property – it is not what this commission should be about for economic development," Barham said to the commission members. "You spend a lot of time wasting energy and money that could be used in other areas."
Alcoa is seeking a new 50-year license to manage the project, which spans from High Rock Lake down to Falls Dam near Albemarle, from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. That application is on hold, pending Alcoa receiving a water quality certificate from the state. It initially received the certificate in May 2009, but it was later revoked in 2010, after the Division of Water Quality said the company submitted inaccurate data.
Alcoa first appealed the revocation, but later asked its case be dismissed so it could file a fresh application in 2012.
Alcoa's relicensing project has been a recurring item on the commission's agenda since its inception. Created by the General Assembly in 2010, the commission's purpose is to identify and evaluate issues related to the region and work with local and state officials to resolve them.
The commission spent about $20,000 on the study produced in whole by Central Park NC. Shuman, of Cutting Edge Capital in Oakland, Calif., was paid primarily through a grant from the U.S. Commerce Department unit that aims to spur economic growth in distressed communities.
"I think it's a darn shame that we spent taxpayer money in repackaging the same type of propaganda that has been presented already by some parties in this room," said Larry Jones, of the High Rock Lake Association, which supports Alcoa's relicensing settlement agreement.
Alcoa used the dams since World War I to supply electricity to a riverside aluminum plant that once employed nearly 1,000 people. The plant closed about a decade ago and Pittsburgh-based Alcoa now sells the electricity to commercial customers.
Former Democratic Govs. Mike Easley and Bev Perdue opposed Alcoa continuing to generate energy and profits now that the jobs are gone. New Republican Gov. Pat McCrory hasn't yet announced his position.
The Davidson County Board of Commissioners voted to support Alcoa's relicensing settlement agreement last month.
Some legislators, like Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, R-Cabarrus, have argued the core of the relicensing issue centers on public benefit, something he said Alcoa has not provided in the past 10 years.
Jeff Grimes, an evaluator with the state's Program Evaluation Division, delivered a presentation to the commission Wednesday on North Carolina's ownership of lands submerged under navigable rivers.
The presentation was based on a report presented to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee last month.
According to the report, North Carolina gained ownership to submerged lands under navigable waters by taking them from King George III after the Revolutionary War. Additionally, North Carolina largely doesn't track those submerged lands or actively manage them, according to the report.
Between 1985 and 2004, North Carolina administered a process to resolve and map all private claims to submerged lands in 25 coastal counties at a cost of about $4.1 million, Grimes said. The State has not conducted a comparable process for lands submerged under navigable rivers in the remaining 75 counties, he said.
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Usually it's decorators taking inspiration from works of art; artist Jonas Wood has flipped that relationship upside down with his series of domestic still life paintings.
As people who love glimpses into other people's homes, Apartment Therapy readers will certainly appreciate Jonas Wood's work. They are brightly realized and skewed snapshots of friends' rooms, his therapist's office and the artist's own home, each with their own unique decorative elements, including birdcages and gallery walls. The rooms are at once abstract, yet filled with personal detail.
You can read and see more in this past Sunday's New York Times Style Magazine, or through the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles, where Woods has his current exhibition.
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Beauty sets can solve eleventh-hour holiday shopping conundrums, while bestowing on the receiver a gift of pure indulgence. Here are some of the latest for her or for him, with prices that range from tolerable to a luxurious splurge.
'The Firestarter' candle and lighter set
Light up her life with the eco-friendly MCMC candle and Moroccan-inspired bronze lighter, decked out with a lavishly fringed tassel, from Cobra Society. Made of a green blend of soy, vegetable oil and beeswax, the candle boasts decadent notes of tobacco, Bourbon vanilla and fir balsam. Curated by the folks at Reformation on Melrose Avenue, this set comes ready for giving, packaged in a recycled box tied with grosgrain ribbon.
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A perfect present for the hostess, these long-lasting shea butter guest soaps are a miniature version of the brand's signature oversized bars. Wrapped in the same fashionable packaging and hand-milled in a factory in Portugal, the soaps come in an assortment of scents, including red poppy, honeysuckle and lavender iris.
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Tom Ford nail lacquer boxed gift set
She can paint her nails (and the town) with this designer wardrobe of 16 well-edited Tom Ford nail lacquers, ranging from neutral hues to bold and bright — all with a luxurious, high-shine finish. Also available in a personalized selection of four, the sets are presented in an elegant mahogany box with gold trim.
$480 for the 16-piece set, or $120 for a four-piece set, at
D.L. & Co. 12 Days of Christmas set
No holiday is complete without the scents of the season. A find from California company D.L. & Co.'s first stand-alone boutique on Beverly Drive, this collection of 12 gold votive candles, themed for the 12 days of Christmas, is infused with the aromas of mistletoe, cinnamon-clove and wintery berry. The set comes in a book-like box imprinted with the lyrics of the classic carol.
$200 at D.L. & Co. in Beverly Hills and http://www.dlcompany.com
Present the femme fatale in your life with equally stylish beauty accessories: five makeup brushes from Chanel in a chic carrying case. The limited-edition set includes matte black powder, blush, foundation, eyeshadow and contour shadow brushes.
$225 at Chanel boutiques and http://www.chanel.com
Fresh 'Sugar Soiree' set
Who knew how kissable, colored lip balms could change our lives? A must for every lady's pre-mistletoe pampering, these ultra-moisturizing lip treatments come in a set of two sheer, reparative formulations and six softly tinted shades with SPF15, including berry, coral, nude and sheer rouge.
$65 at Fresh at the Grove and in Century City, and http://www.fresh.com
Bobbi Brown lip and eye palette
Meet the quintessential makeup compact for a universally flattering, non-makeup look. This mix-and-match palette of 10 eye shadows and four lip glosses in the natural, pinky-beige hues that are a hallmark of makeup artist Bobbi Brown is just the right size to stash in a handbag for last-minute touch-ups.
Arquiste Boutonnière No.7 gift set
Here's a dapper gift for guys. An homage to the original lapel flower that Parisian gentlemen wore to the opera, Arquiste's new musky floral eau de parfum features notes of lavender, bergamot, Italian mandarin and gardenia. The fragrance is accompanied by an elegant gardenia boutonnière stick-pin and silk knot cufflinks, created by fine jewelry brand M. de Phocas.
Jo Malone London Tea trousseau chest
This limited-edition lacquered chest comes with a key, so it doubles as a long-term stash for valuables. Better yet, it's filled with three exclusive tea-scented colognes (in Assam-grapefruit, Earl Grey-cucumber, and sweet lemon) and two deluxe candles (in sweet almond-macaron and Parma violet). The fragrances are designed to layer together or enjoy solo.
$695 at Nordstrom at the Grove and Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills and http://www.nordstrom.com
Help friends recover from the telltale signs of party overload with Sonya Dakar's Holiday Hangover Kit. Designed to banish eye puffiness, dark undereye circles, breakouts and redness, it includes Flash Facial exfoliating treatment, Blemish Buster tinted spot treatment and Organic Omega Booster hydrating serum, plus a $100 gift certificate for any skin care service at Sonya Dakar Skin Clinic.
$150 at Sonya Dakar Skin Clinic in Beverly Hills and http://www.sonyadakarskinclinic.com
Malin + Goetz hand wash set
Let the cocktail connoisseur lather up with rum and lime, a mojito in the form of liquid hand washes by Malin + Goetz. Known for typography-bedecked packaging and natural-based formulations that are gentle on sensitive skin, the New York-based brand opened its first West Coast location here earlier this year.
$40 at Malin + Goetz in Larchmont Village, (323) 391-1884, and http://www.malinandgoetz.com
Malin + Goetz's bestselling lip moisturizer set
Good for him or her, 65 individual lip balms come packaged in a modern apothecary jar, ready to dispense to family members or house guests. The super-hydrating, paraben-free lip balm works alone (for him) or layered over lipstick (for her), keeping that all-important kisser in top form.
$775 at http://www.malinandgoetz.com
L'Occitane hand cream bouquet
L'Occitane's bestselling shea butter hand creams moisturize skin without oily or greasy after-effects. The six purse-size essentials include the classic unscented cream, plus an array of fragrant options, including rose petal and a new almond essence.
$50 at L'Occitane stores and usa.loccitane.com
Lush You're a Star gift set
Hollywood friends young and old are sure to shine a bit brighter with this collection of celebrity favorites, packed in a star-studded hat box. (Fans of Lush include
$74.95 at Lush in Santa Monica, Studio City and Topanga and http://www.lushusa.com
Kjaer Weis' the Essential Trio set
For the makeup maven: a beautiful set of certified organic lip tint, cream blush and eye shadow by Danish makeup
artist Kirsten Kjaer Weis. Packaged in refillable, heavy metal cases that slide open with James Bond-style stealth, a collection of two or three comes in an elegantly understated red box, so all you need is a bow.
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New research helps breeders produce elongated grape crops
FAYETTEVILLE, AR—Round, oblong, and in-between: the shapes of the fruits we eat are not always coincidental or, for that matter, thanks to nature. Before fruit arrives in local groceries, a lot of time and effort may have gone into creating the varieties found in the produce section.
In the mid-1960s, Dr. James N. Moore of the University of Arkansas began a grape breeding program, working toward developing varieties with elongated shapes. Now, 40 years later, Dr. John R. Clark continues this effort. One of these unique-shaped developments has been researched further, first to characterize the shape variation, with subsequent work to find genetic markers that could help breeders produce elongated grapes without waiting years to see the actual fruit on the vine.
Classifying fruit as elongated or other shapes can be challenging, as visual observations can be highly subjective and ratings often variable among observers.
Recently, a digital method for analyzing shapes has been used for tomatoes, but this method requires each fruit to be cut in half and scanned to take the measurements, making the fruit unusable for additional studies or for eating.
Another digital analysis method, called SigmaScan®, is in use at the University of Arkansas' turfgrass science program. SigmaScan® selects colors within a given range of a photograph to analyze turf quality mechanically, eliminating human error.
The university's fruit breeding program borrowed this technology for a study of grape shapes led by Clark and graduate student Andrew P. Wycislo. The study, published in the American Society for Horticultural Science journal HortScience, began with digital photos of grapes developed specifically for the project. The seedlings exhibited wide variation of shape—from round to very elongated. Using a special application of the SigmaScan® technology that measures the area of the grape by differentiating it from the background color, calculations were made about the shape of each grape. Every grape was also manually rated based on elongation.
"Visual inspection supported the SigmaScan® analysis," reported the researchers.
The grapes used for the study were frozen at the time of harvest and did not need to be thawed or cut to be photographed. Ten grapes were photographed at one time, but more grapes could be shot and studied in a single photo in the future to further the speed of study. In this way, SigmaScan® improves efficiency, and because the fruit is still intact, it can also be used for additional studies or consumption.
This method has potential for future breeders by helping them to select grapes based on degree of elongation, and can also be applied to studies of other fruits. Although none of the elongated grapes have been released for public use as yet, it is hoped that in the future these new and unique grapes will be an addition to the expanding fresh fruit profile for American consumers.
The complete study and abstract are available on the ASHS HortScience electronic journal web site: http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/3/677
Founded in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the largest organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, education, and application. More information at ashs.org
This press release also available on EurekAlert!
Original Article:
Fruit Shape Analysis of Vitis Using Digital Photography
Andrew P. Wycislo, John R. Clark, and Douglas E. Karcher
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Mark Foulsham, IT director at online insurer esure, said: "It is less than five per cent of my total IT operating costs." Although he added that a lot of email costs are hidden, particularly if usage is not structured and based on best practice, both culturally and technically.
Similarly, Darin Brumby, group IT director at transport giant FirstGroup, said: "I think it is a very small amount on the raw software and support costs of managing an enterprise wide email platform. But we are spending a growing amount on protecting the information flows through that. The costs of other filtering solutions such as anti-spam and spyware is a more growing concern."
FirstGroup now receives about 2.5 million email via the internet each month - of which 1.5m are spam. And of this spam, 10 per cent is "ladened with known viruses. This is a significant amount of non-business related and threatening stuff coming to the front door," said Brumby.
Hell on earth
He added: "I think email has to be a CIO issue. It is a core corporate governance issue. The board has a responsibility to protect and the person designated to take that responsibility is the CIO."
Brumby reviews the performance of the email platform every month, unless an exceptional incident requires immediate attention.
Steve Anderson, European IT partner at construction consultancy Davis Langdon, said the board's main concern was the volume of, and expectations surrounding, email.
"Most people send an email and it arrives within seconds. There is an expectation that they should respond fairly quickly."
But Anderson said this type of expectation was unrealistic. "It can be hell on earth" for executives with this approach.
He added: "The biggest pressure they are under is the expectation that they know everything because people copy you in as a reasonable way of doing things, but you cannot keep abreast of all things coming in."


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March 29, 2015 interview with Danita Driskill about being a survivor of child sex trafficking
On March 29 of this year the lovely and talented Danita Driskill interviewed me about my story of survival as a victim of child sex trafficking for seven years. Thank you Danita for helping to raise awareness about the invisible scourge sweeping across our great nation that ravages a child's innocence and steals their hopes and dreams. I also want to thank Betsy Stange and John Buddy Hatcher for helping with the interview and for sharing their own stories of encountering the darkness that lurks in the shadows waiting to prey on our children. To find out more about how you can help save the next child form becoming a victim of child sex trafficking visit my blog: Child Advocate/Marine Corps Vet/Child Sex Trafficking Survivor: An End to Silence Blog by Jerome Elam: http://anendtosilence2011.blogspot.com/ or my column with Communities Digital News: A Heart Without Compromise; For the Children: A Column by CSE Survivor Jerome Elam http://goo.gl/wkU1Y6 @CommDigiNews . To find out more about Danita Driskill and the talent and compassion she imbues into her work as a photographer visit her website here: http://www.danitadriskillphotography.com/#!/CONTACT.
Warmest Regards,
Jerome Elam
Watch my interview with Danita Driskill here:
Financial and Legal Resources for Victims of Sex Trafficking
Abolitionist William Wilberforce said, "You can choose to look the other way, but you can never say again you did not know."
For Victims of Sex Trafficking:
Thistle Farms
Thistle Farms employs almost 60 Magdalene residents or graduates. While working at Thistle Farms, women learn skills in manufacturing, packaging, marketing and sales, and administration. It is a supportive workplace where women acquire the skills they need to earn a living wage. Employees have the opportunity to put a percentage of their earnings in a matched savings account provided by Magdalene. Through Thistle Farms, the women of Magdalene gain much needed job skills, and learn responsibility and cooperation. Thistle Farms is housed in an 11,000 square feet sales and manufacturing facility. Thistle Stop Cafe, and the paper and sewing studios are also in the same building. We are committed to growing in order to employ more women and have greater opportunities to share our stories of healing on a larger scale.
Issues Affecting Women Programme (IAW)
In the Issues Affecting Women Programme (IAW), we fund two priority areas (pillars): movement building and ending violence against women. Within the first pillar, we fund initiatives that promote movement building through women's funds, "anchor" women's organisations and networks. Within the second pillar, we focus more specifically on: human trafficking and exploitation; intra-familial violence; and violence against women that takes place in situations of crisis.
Sabre sets up first-ever educational scholarship program for human trafficking survivors -
See more at: http://www.sabre.com/newsroom/sabre-sets-up-first-ever-educational-scholarship-program-for-human-trafficking-survivors/#sthash.qssMsbwW.dpuf
University of Michigan Free Legal Services for Human Trafficking Victims:
The HTC is the first legal clinic solely dedicated to human trafficking in the United States. It offers students at the University of Michigan Law School the opportunity to gain practical skills in the legal fields related to helping victims of human trafficking. The students in the clinic also run community outreach and education initiatives and conduct research about the state of laws relating to human trafficking. Not only do the students gain valuable advocacy skills, they have been and will continue to be instrumental in protecting victims' rights, in shaping the policy conversation, and in drafting the language used in amendments to trafficking laws.
How To Identify A Human Trafficking Victim• Seems anxious, fearful or paranoid. Avoids eye contact.
• Tearfulness or signs of depression.
• Unexplained bruises or cuts or other signs of physical abuse.
• Appears to be in a relationship with someone who is dominating.
• Never is alone and/or always has someone translating or answering questions on their behalf.
• Not in control of their own finances.
• Presents with secrecy or unable to answer questions about where they live.
• Inconsistent details when telling their story.
• Has no identification such as a license, passport or other ID documents.
Inability to leave their job or residence. Says they cannot schedule appointments.
Being a recent arrival to the United States and does not speak English.
Is under 18 and providing commercial sex acts. Or at any age unwillingly providing commercial sex acts.
Is afraid of law enforcement or receiving help from an outside entity.
If you can find an opportunity to get he/she alone, ask him/her the following screening questions:
Can you leave your job or house when you want?
Where did you get those bruises or is anyone hurting you?
Do you get paid for your employment? Is it fair? How many hours do you work?
(If foreign national) How did you get to the U.S. and is it what you expected? Are you being forced to do anything you don't want to do?
Are you or your family being threatened?
Do you live with or near your employer? Does your employer provide you housing? Are there locks on doors or windows from outside?
Do you owe debt to anyone?
If you suspect they are a victim of human trafficking,take the following actions:
Ask the person if you can help them find a safe place to go immediately.
If they need time, create an action plan with them to get to a safe place when they are ready.
Call and make a report to the human trafficking hotline at 1.888.3737.888. The hotline has language capabilities, so any individual can call directly if they choose.
The Department of Homeland Security online training about how to spot the signs of and report suspected human trafficking:The Department of Homeland Security's Blue Campaign is now offering online training about how to spot the signs of and report suspected human trafficking. The training is aimed at the general public, the Federal workforce, first responders, and airline employees and focuses on:
• Defining human trafficking
• Differentiating between human trafficking and human smuggling
• Recognizing populations vulnerable to human trafficking
• Recognizing indicators of human trafficking
A glossary and additional resources also are provided. View the Human Trafficking Awareness Training on the Department of Homeland Security's website:
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Waking up to Denver morning TV news
There's a new unease in the mornings on Denver TV news. A scrambled anchor team, a crazy new set and enough fluff to send you screaming to cable for actual news.
The big, empty 7News set, a display of video technology on multiple screens, looks big and empty. When I walked around it in person, I hoped it would play better on camera. It doesn't, and the anchors appear awkward moving from one spot to another. Does standing without an anchor chair add anything? It's a distraction. This is KMGH's first big set redesign in 15 years so maybe we'll get used to it. In terms of tone, Channel 7 is the speed racer — at night as well as in the morning — sacrificing depth to volume. Anne Trujillo keeps things solid while eager newcomer Eric Kahnert pushes to break through. Weather, traffic, weather, traffic. If you don't have a smart phone or a radio, you might need that.
The still congealing staff on 9News, formerly the unbeatable team fronted by Kyle Dyer, is trying to regain their mojo. Work-horse Gary Shapiro attempts to hold things together with trooper Cheryl Preheim, while former cheerleader and dancer Corey Rose and well-traveled TV vet Marty Coniglio take turns…When you build a newsroom around big personalities rather than, say, content, it hurts when a popular anchor leaves. (Speaking of which, Becky Ditchfield returned Friday after maternity leave.)
Elsewhere, Fox31 does well with what it does: down and dirty crime stories, lots of hustle, a youthful presentation and not too much thinking.
CBS4 is fast on the street, less concerned with packing a dozen stories into every five minutes, accustomed to delivering a more traditional newscast and sticking with basic principles (ie. it's not all about the personalities).
The ratings for September 2014 show 9News still on top but by decreasing margins compared to years past, particularly among younger viewers, while 7News has made significant gains.
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isight-firmware-tools (utilities to extract isight firmware from Apple driver
for use with Linux kernel)
This project provide tools to manipulate firmware for Built-in iSight
found on Apple machine since iMac G5 iSight (November 2005).
Those tools are based on the work from Ronald S. Bultje and are
licensed under the term of the GPLv2 or later. There are currently
(2010) maintained by Etienne Bersac.
See https://launchpad.net/isight-firmware-tools/ for bugs, code and
more information.
Maintained by: Stu Reedy
Keywords: isight,firmware,mac,webcam
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A Place in the Sun (1999)
Tim McGraw and The Dance Hall Doctors (2002)
Live Like You Were Dying (2004)
Two Lanes of Freedom (2013)
Sundown Heaven Town (2014)
Damn Country Music (2015)
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He has been married to singer Faith Hill since 1996, and is a son of the late baseball player Tug McGraw.
McGraw began singing in a neotraditional country style, but starting with 1997's Everywhere, he developed a more crossover-friendly, country pop sound, making him one of the first male Country singers of his generation to crossover to Pop. McGraw has released fourteen studio albums (eleven for Curb Records and three for Big Machine Records). 10 of those albums have reached number 1 on the Top Country Albums charts, with his 1994 breakthrough album Not a Moment Too Soon being the top country album of 1994. All of these albums have produced 65 singles, 25 of which have reached number 1 on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. Three of these singles — "It's Your Love," "Just to See You Smile," and "Live Like You Were Dying" — were the top country songs of 1997, 1998, and 2004 according to Billboard Year-End. He has also won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and three People's Choice Awards. His Soul2Soul II Tour with Faith Hill is one of the highest grossing tours in country music history, and one of the top 5 among all genres of music.
McGraw has ventured into acting, with supporting roles in "The Shack" (film, 2017), The Blind Side (with Sandra Bullock), Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, Tomorrowland, and Four Christmases (with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon), and lead roles in Flicka (2006) and Country Strong (2010). He was a minority owner of the Arena Football League's Nashville Kats.
In acknowledgement of his grandfather's Italian heritage, McGraw was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in 2004, receiving the NIAF Special Achievement Award in Music during the Foundation's 29th Anniversary Gala.


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1. Usually a star washer means ground. Though, in that area, there usually isn't a separate ground wire for anything. In '68 there was a ground wire added to the instrument cluster that goes to the pedal support brace. You might have to just try to get in there and look around for a wire hanging or an empty hole. Not easy, I know...2. Yes, the radio power wire is Yellow. And that looks like the correct type of connector for it, too.3. Do your headlight doors work? That is the connector for them. Correct colors, too. I believe it is in the correct location, as well.


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The following is a brief list of the more important books. Fuller lists, and details of the various editions, will be found in the bibliographical books noted below. See, also, D. of N. B.
Amherst, A. A History of Gardening in England. 2nd ed. 1896.
Brydges, E. Censura Literaria. Vol. V. 1815.
Cockle, J. D. A bibliography of English Military Books up to 1642 and of contemporary foreign works. 1900.
Donaldson, John. Agricultural biography. 1854.
Gatfield, G. Guide to printed books and manuscripts relating to Heraldry and Genealogy. 1892.
Harting, J. E. Bibliotheca Accipitraria. 1891.
Hazlitt, W. C. Gleanings in old garden literature. 1887.
Old cookery books and ancient cuisine. 1886.
Huth, F. H. Works on Horses and Equitation. 1887.
Jackson, B. D. Guide to the literature of Botany. Index Soc. 1881.
McDonald, D. Agricultural writers, 12001800. 1908.
Marston, R. B. Walton and some earlier writers on fish and fishing. 1894.
Moule, T. Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnae Britanniae. 1822.
Old English Cookery. Quarterly Review, Jan. 1894.
The Master of Game, ed. by Baillie-Grohmann, W. A. and F. 1904. (Bibliographical notes on early hunting literature.)
Westwood, T. and Satchell, T. Bibliotheca Piscatoria. 1883.
Country Books
Cavelarice, or the English horseman
. 1607.
Cheape and Good Husbandry for the well-ordering of all beasts, and fowles, and for the generall cure of their diseases
. Together, with the use and profit of bees; the making of fish-ponds, and the taking of all sorts of fish. 1614, etc.
The Complete Farriar, or the kings high-way to horsmanship
. 1639.
The Compleat Husbandman and gentlemans recreation: or the whole art of husbandry. 1707.
Country Contentments; or the husbandmans recreations. 1611. (Contains the first book only.) Country Contentments, in two bookes: the first containing the whole art of riding great horses
. Likewise
the arts of hunting, hawking, etc. The second intituled, The English Huswife; containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman
. 1615, etc.
The Country Housewifes Garden
together with the husbandry of bees
with divers new knots for gardens. 1617, etc.
The Country-mans Recreation, or the art of planting, grafting, and gardening, in three bookes. (i. The art of planting, grafting, and gardening. ii. A perfect platforme of a hoppe garden. iii. The expert gardener.) 1640, etc.)
A cure for all diseases in horses. 1610. (As Markhams Method, 1616, etc.)
A discource of Horsemanshippe. Wherein the breeding and ryding of horses for service, in a brefe manner is more methodically sett downe then hath been heeretofore
. Also the manner to chuse, trayne, ryde and dyet, both hunting-horses, and running-horses. 1593, 1595, etc.
The English Husbandman. The first part: contayning the knowledge of the true nature of every soyle within this kingdome
. Together with the art of planting, grafting, and gardening after our latest and rarest fashion
. 1613. Second booke
. Contayning the ordering of the kitchin-garden, and the planting of strange flowers: the breeding of
. Whereunto is added a treatise, called Good mens recreation: contayning a discourse of the generall art of fishing
. Together with the
breeding and dyeting of the fighting cocke. 1614, etc.
The Gentlemans Academie, or The Booke of St Albans, compiled by Juliana Barnes
and now reduced into a better method by G. M. 1595.
The Gentlemens Accomplishd Jockey: with the compleat horseman and approved farrier
. 1722.
The Horsemans Honour, or the beautie of horsemanship as the choise, natures, breeding, breaking, riding, and dieting, whether outlandish or English horses. With the true, easie, cheape, and most approved manner, how to know and cure all diseases in any horse whatsoever. 1620. (Anon., but possibly by Markham.)
How to trayne and teach horses to amble. 1605.
Hungers Prevention: or the whole arte of fowling
. 1621, etc.
The Husbandmans Jewel, directing how to improve land
destroy vermin, etc. 1707.
The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent. 1625, etc.
Maison Rustique, or, the countrey farme. Compyled in the French tongue by Charles Stevens, and John Liebault
translated into English by Richard Surflet
reviewed, corrected, and augmented. By Gervase Markham. 1616.
Le Marescale, or the horse marshall, containing those secrets which I practice, but never imparted to any man. (Manuscript: in possession of Sir Clements R. Markham.)
Markhams Faithfull Farrier. 1630, etc.
Markhams Farwell to Husbandry: or, the inriching of all sorts of barren and sterill grounds
. 1620, etc.
Markhams Maister-peece, or what doth a horse-man lacke, containing all possible knowledge whatsoever which doth belong to any smith, farrier or horse-leech, touching the curing of all maner of diseases or sorrances in horses,
with an addition of 130 most principal chapters, and 340 most excellent medicines receits and secrets worthy every mans knowledge. 1610, etc.
The Perfect Horseman; or, the experiencd secrets of Mr. Markhams fifty years practice
now published by Launcelot Thetford. 1655, etc.
A Way to get Wealth: containing the sixe principall vocations or callings in which everie good husband or house-wife may` lawfully imploy themselves
. 1631, etc. (A collection containing: 1. Cheap and Good Husbandry; 2. Country Contentments; 3. The English House-wife; 4. The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent; 5. Markhams farewell to Husbandry; 6. Lawsons New Orchard and Garden, with The Country House-wifes Garden, Harwards Art of propagating Plants, and The Husbandmans Fruitefull Orchard.)
The Whole Art of Husbandrie, by C. Heresbach, translated by B. Googe, 1577, enlarged by Gervase Markham. 1631.
The Young Sportsmans Instructor. In angling, fowling, hawking, hunting, ordering singing birds, hawks, poultry, coneys, hares, and dogs, and how to cure them. By G. M. Sold at the Gold Ring, in Little Britain. Price 6d. Rptd. 1820; also by Gamidge, S., Worcester (n.d.).
Poems and Plays
Devoreux. Vertues teares for the losse of King Henry III of Fraunce, etc., paraphrastically translated into English by Jervis Markham. 1597.
The Dumbe Knight. A pleasant comedy, acted sundry times by the children of his Majesties Revels. Written by Jarvis Markham [and L. Machin]. 1608, 1633. Rptd. in Dodsleys Collection, vol. IV.
The Famous Whore, or noble curtizan: conteining the lamentable complaint of Paulina, the famous Roman curtizan. 1609. Ed. by Ouvry, F., 1868.
The most honorable tragedie of Sir Richard Grinvile, Knight. 1595. Rptd. by Arber, E., 1871.
The true tragedy of Herod and Antipater: with the death of faire Marriam
. As it hath beene, of late, divers times publiquely acted (with great applause) at the Red Bull, by the Company of his Majesties Revels. Written by Gervase Markham and William Sampson. 1622.
Marie Magdalens Lamentations for the losse of her master Jesus. 1601, 1604. Ed. Grosart in Miscell. of the Fuller Worthies Library, vol. II, 1871.
The Poem of Poems; or Sions muse; contayning the divine song of king Salomon, devided into eight eclogues. 1595, 1596.
Rodomonths Infernall, or the divell conquered. Ariastos conclusions of the marriage of Rogero with Bradamanth, etc., paraphrastically translated by G. M. 1607. (Entered in Stationers register, 15 Sept., 1598.)
The Teares of the Beloved: or, the lamentations of Saint John. 1600. Ed. Grosart in Miscellanies of the Fuller Worthies Library, vol. II, 1871.
Thyrsis and Daphne. By Gervis Mackwm. (Entered in Stationers register, 23 April, 1593.)
The Art of Archerie. 1634. Dedication signed Gervase Markham. In the Huth Catalogue is described a similar copy dated 1633.
Conceyted letters, newly layde open: or a most excellent bundle of new wit, wherein is knit up together all the perfections or arte of episteling. 1618, etc. (Preface signed I. M.)
Death triumphant. (Entered in Stationers register, 16 Nov., 1621.)
The English Arcadia alluding his beginning from Sir Philip Sydnes ending. 1607. Second part, 1613.
Hobsons Horse-load of Letters; or a president for epistles. By G. M. 1613. (A presidente for epistles by Gervase Markham was entered in the Stationers register, 23 Sept., 1613.)
Honour in his perfection. 1624.
A second parte to the Mothers blessing, or a cure against misfortunes. (Entered in Stationers register, 7 May, 1622.)
The Souldiers Accidence. Or an introduction into military discipline, containing the first principles and necessary knowledge meete for captaines, muster-masters, and all young souldiers of the infantrie, or foote bandes. Also the cavallarie or formes of trayning of horse-troopes. 1625. Rptd. in The Souldiers Exercise, 1643. See also Brit. Mus. Stowe MSS. 438.
The Souldiers Grammar
. By G. M. 1626, etc. Second part, 1627, etc.
Verus pater, or health of body. (Entered in Stationers register, 4 May, 1620.)
Wittes only wealth. (Entered in Stationers register, 4 May, 1620.)
Doubtful Works
Ariostos satyres, by Gervase Markham. 1608. (Generally attributed to Robert Tofte.)
A Health to the gentlemanly profession of serving-men. 1598. (Sometimes attributed to Markham, but probably not by him.)
The Pastoralls of Julietta. (Entered in Stationers register, 11 Nov., 1609, as translated out of Ffrench by Jarvis Markham, but published in 1610 as the work of Robert Tofte.)
A schoole for yonge schollers contayneing a briefe table to teach and learne to trayne and to be trayned, by Master Markeham. (Entered in Stationers register, 26 Sept., 1615.)
Vox militis, by G. M. 1625. (This re-issue of Barnabe Richs Allarme to England, sometimes attributed to Markham, is believed to be by Marcelline, G.)
The best account of Markham is that given in the D. of N. B. The following books may also be consulted; Langbaines Dramatic Poets, Ritsons Bibliographica Poetica, Brydgess Restituta, Grosarts uncritical memoir, prefixed to his reprint of Teares of the Beloved (Miscellanies of Fuller Worthies Library, vol. II), D. F. Markhams History of the Markham Family, 1854, and the bibliographical works mentioned above.
Astley, J. The art of riding, set foorthe
out of Xenophon and Gryson. 1584.
Baret, M. An hipponomie or vineyard of horsemanship, with the art of breeding and dieting horses. 1618.
Bedingfield, T. The art of riding
written in the Italian tong by Maister Claudio Corte. 1584.
Blundeville, T. A newe booke, containing the arte of ryding, and breakinge greate horses. 1560 (?).
The fower chiefyst offices belongyng to horsemanshippe
. The office of the breeder, of the rider, of the keper, and of the ferrer. 15656.
Browne, T. Fiftie years practice: or an exact discourse concerning snaffleriding. 1624.
C., L. W. A very perfect discourse and order, how to know the age of a horse, and the diseases that breed in him, with the remedies to cure the same. 1610.
Clifford, C. The schoole of horsmanship. 1585.
Malbie, N. A plaine and easie way to remedy a horse that is foundered in his feete. 1576.
Remedies for diseases in horses. 1576.
Maroccus extaticus. Or, Bankes bay horse in a trance. A discourse set downe in a merry dialogue, between Bankes and his beast. 1595. (Rptd. by Percy Soc. in Early English Poetry, vol. IX, 1844.)
For an account of this horse and the references to him in contemporary literature see Halliwell-Phillippss Memoranda on Loves Labours Lost. 1879.
Mascall, L. The first booke of cattell, wherein is shewed the government of oxen, kine, calves, and how to use bulls and other cattell to the yoake and fell; the seconde booke intreating of the government of horses. 1587.
Morgan, N. The perfection of horsemanship, drawn from nature, arte, and practise. 1609.
Propertees and medcynes for a horse. Wynkyn de Worde (about 1500).
Hunting, Hawking, Angling, etc.
Book of St. Albans. St. Albans (about 1486).
This edition contained only the three treatises on hawking, hunting and coat-armour. The treatise on fishing with an angle was added to the second edition, printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496.
Bert, E. An approved treatise of hawkes and hawking. 1619.
Caius, J. Of English dogges, the diversities, the names, the natures, and the properties. Trans. Fleming, A. 1576.
Cokayne, T. A short treatise of hunting, compyled for the delight of noblemen and gentlemen. 1591.
Dennys, J. The secrets of angling
. By I. D. Esquire. 1613.
Gryndall, W. Hawking, hunting, fowling and fishing, with the true measures of blowing. 1596.
Latham, S. Falconry: or the faulcons lure and cure. 1615.
New and second booke of faulconry. 1618.
Manwood, J. A brefe collection of the lawes of the forest. 1592.
Mascall, L. A booke of fishing with hooke and line
. Another of sundrie engines and trappes to take polcats, buzards, rattes, mice and all other kindes of vermine
. Made by L. M. 1590.
S., T. A jewell for gentrie. Being an exact dictionary
all the art, secrets and worthy knowledges belonging to hawking, hunting, fowling and fishing. Together with all the true measures for winding of the horne. 1614.
Taverner, J. Certaine experiments concerning fish and fruit. 1600.
Turbervile, G. The Booke of faulconrie or hawking. 1575.
The noble arte of venerie or hunting. 1575. [1576 ed. rptd. Oxford, 1909.]
Wilson, G. The commendation of cockes and cock-fighting. Wherein is shewed, that cocke-fighting was before the comming of Christ. 1607.
York, Edward, second Duke of. The master of game. Written about 1406, and first printed in 1904; ed. by Baillie-Grohman, W. A. and F.
Bellot, J. The booke of thrift, containing a perfite order and right methode to profite lands and other things belonging to husbandry. 1589.
C., R. An olde thrift newly revived
the manner of planting, preserving, and husbanding yong trees. 1612.
Fitzherbert. J. A newe tracte or treatyse moost profytable for all husbandmen. Pynson (not later than 1523). Ed. Skeat, W. W., English Dialect Soc., 1882. [See Eng. Hist. Review, XII, 225 (1897).]
The boke of surveying. Pynson, 1523.
Henley, Walter of. Boke of Husbandry. Ed. by Lamond, E. and Cunningham, W. 1890.
Mascall, L. The husbandlye ordring and governmente of poultrie. 1581.
Plat, H. The jewell house of art and nature. Conteining divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experimentes in the art of husbandry, distillation, and moulding. 1594.
The new and admirable arte of setting corne. (About 1596.)
Sundrie new and artificiall remedies against famine. 1596.
Standish, A. The commons complaint
. The generall destruction and waste of woods in this kingdome
. 1611.
New directions of experience to the commons complaint
for the planting of timber and fire-wood. 1613.
Surflet, R. Maison rustique or the countrie-farme. 1600.
Tusser, T. (See bibl. to Vol. III, Chap. VIII.)
Gardening, Bees, etc.
Butler, C. The feminine monarchie, or a treatise concerning bees. Oxford, 1609.
F., N. The fruiterers secrets. 1604.
Gardiner, R. Profitable instructions for the manuring, sowing, and planting of kitchen gardens. 1599.
Harward, S. The art of propagating plants, in Lawsons New Orchard. 1626.
Hill, T. (Didymus Mountain). A most briefe and pleasaunt treatyse, teachynge how to dress, sowe, and set a garden. 1563, 1568, etc.
A pleasant instruction of the parfit ordering of bees. 1568.
The gardeners labyrinth (completed by Henry Dethick). 1577.
Lawson, W. A new orchard and garden. 1618.
Mascall, L. A booke of the arte and maner, howe to plant and graffe all sortes of trees. 1572.
Orchard (The), and the garden: containing certaine necessarie, secret, and ordinarie knowledges in grafting and gardening
. 1602.
Parkinson, J. Paradisi in sole, paradisus terrestris, or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers
with a kitchen garden
and an orchard. 1629.
Passe, C. de. A garden of flowers. (Trans. by E. W.) Utrecht, 1615.
Platt, H. Floraes paradise, beautified and adorned with sundry sorts of delicate fruites and flowers. 1608.
Scot, R. A perfite platforme of a hoppe-garden. 1574.
Andrew, L. The vertuose boke of distyllacyon of the waters of all maner of herbes. 1527.
Ascham, A. A little herball. 1550.
C., W. (W. Copland?). A boke of the propreties of herbes. 1549 (?). A re-issue of A newe mater, 1525.
Gerard, J. The herball, or generall historie of plantes. 1597. (Revised and enlarged by Thomas Johnson, 1633.)
Grete herball (The). P. Treveris, Southwark, 1526.
Hollybush, J. A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye, or a homely physick booke. Cologne, 1561.
Langham, W. The garden of health, conteyning the sundry rare and hidden vertues and properties of all kindes of simples and plants. 1579.
Lyte, H. A niewe herball or historie of plantes
set foorth in the Doutche or Almaigne tongue by
Rembert Dodoens
. Nowe first translated out of French. 1578.
Macers herbal practysid by Doctor Linacro. (About 1530.)
A new herball of Macer. (About 1535.)
Parkinson, J. Theatrum botanicum. The theater of plants, or an universall and compleate herball. 1640.
Ram, W. Rams little Dodeon. A briefe epitome of Lyte (see above). 1606.
Turner, W. The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duche and Frenche, with the commune names that herbaries and apotecaries use. (About 1548.)
A new herball. 1551. Second part. Cologne, 1562.
(See bibliography to Chap. XVI.)
Natural History, etc.
Bacon, F. Sylva sylvarum: or a naturall historie. 1627.
Goffe, N. The perfect use of silk-wormes. 1607.
Maplet, J. A greene forest, or, naturall historie: wherein may bee seene first the most sufferaigne vertues in all the whole kinde of stones and mettals: next of plants
lastly of brute beastes, foules, etc. 1567.
Moffet, T. Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum. 1634.
S., W. Instructions for the increasing of mulberie trees, and the breeding of silke-wormes for the making of silke in this kingdome. 1609.
Topsell, E. The historie of foure-footed beastes
collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, etc. 1607.
The historie of serpents, or the second book of living creatures. 1608.
Boke of cookery. Pynson, 1500.
Butts, H. Dyets dry dinner. 1599.
Closet (A) for ladies and gentlewomen, or, the art of preserving, conserving, and candying. 1608.
Dawson, T. The good huswifes jewell
most excellent and rare devices for conceites in cookery. 1596.
Murrell, J. A delightfull daily exercise for ladies and gentlewomen. Whereby is set foorth the secrete misteries of the purest preservings in glasses and other confrictionaries. 1621.
A new booke of cookerie, with the newest art of carving and serving. (About 1630.)
Plat, H. Delightes for ladies, to adorne their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories. With beauties, bouquets, perfumes, and waters. 1602.
Tasso, T. The householders philosophie. 1558.
Xenophons treatise of householde. 1534. (Translated by Gentian Hervet.)
Bolton, E. The elements of armories. 1610.
Book of honor and arms. 1590. (Sir Wm. Segar ?.)
Book of St. Albans. St. Albans (about 1486). (Part III treats of coat-armour.)
Bossewell, J. Workes of armorie. 1572.
Brooke, R. A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme
with their armes, wives, and children. 1619.
Favine, A. The theater of honour and knight-hood. 1623.
Ferne, J. The blazon of gentrie. 1586.
Guillim, J. A display of heraldrie. 1611 (1610).
Holland, H. Basiliologia
effigies of all our English kings
with their severall coats of arms, impresses, and devices. 1618.
Legh, G. The accedens of armory. 1562.
Milles, T. The catalogue of honor, or tresury of true nobility. 1610.
Peacham, H. The compleat gentleman. 1622. (Contains chapters on heraldry.)
Robinson, R. A rare, true, and proper blazon of coloures in armoryes and ensigns. 1583.
Segar, W. Honor military and civill. 1602.
Wyrley, W. The true use of armorie. 1592. (See, also, Camden, Selden, etc.)


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Japanese Lesson: How Do You Say, 'Taken for a Ride'?
TOKYO -- Fresh out of college, Sam Gordon bought a one-way ticket to Tokyo for a chance to explore Japan's exotic culture while teaching English at the nation's largest language school. All it took to get the job was one simple interview.
The adventure, which began five years ago, has abruptly come to an end. His employer, Nova Corp., hasn't paid him since September. The company closed its operations last week and filed for court protection, following a government crackdown on its business strategy. With $20 left in his bank account, the 28-year-old Mr. Gordon says he is living on his credit card.
"At least I have a big fridge and still have some food in it," says Mr. Gordon. He doesn't want to go home to Milford, Del., just yet, he says, because he'd have to borrow money for the plane ticket.
Mr. Gordon is one of more than 4,000 foreign-language teachers working for Nova to be slammed by the biggest scandal in Japan's foreign community in years. The company, renowned in Japan for the hip-shaking pink bunny in its commercials, had been on a hiring binge, setting up recruitment offices in the U.S. and the United Kingdom and prowling college campuses offering jobs.
Nozomu Sahashi, the company's quirky founder, was fired last week as president and has dropped from sight. Now, worrisome details are trickling out: The 56-year-old executive had quietly moved profits from publicly traded Nova to his private company, a court-appointed administrator alleged at a news conference. The administrators, who are scrambling to find a sponsor to help turn around Nova, showed reporters his lavish office, which has a Jacuzzi, a tea room and a secret bedroom.
Now, the Nova teachers are jobless and those who have lived from paycheck to paycheck are stuck in Japan. Some have been threatened with eviction from their apartments because Nova, which had provided housing and deducted the rent from teachers' salaries, stopped paying rent months ago. In the past week, 300 Nova teachers have swarmed the usually orderly employment agency office in western Tokyo, called Hello Work, seeking jobs.
One labor union is planning to arrange for teachers in distress to give lessons in exchange for a Japanese bento-box meal. Alarmed that so many of its citizens are affected, the Australian government has struck a deal with Qantas Airways Ltd. to provide discounted one-way air tickets to Sydney.
"I'm not really looking for a new job because the market is just flooded with teachers," says Matya Sheppard, a 23-year-old Canadian Nova teacher who is dipping into her savings to pay for food and other expenses.
"I have no one to talk to. I'm in limbo," says Kristen Moon, a 23-year-old teacher from Philadelphia who fears she will lose her Tokyo apartment. Ms. Moon, who came to Japan in May for a "new experience" after graduating from college in New Zealand, is getting along by giving private lessons to several Nova students.
English-conversation schools are a big business in Japan. Millions of Japanese dream of speaking English. But the six years of language classes given in middle and high schools focus on grammar, not conversation, so few children learn to speak English well. The $3.5-billion-a-year foreign-language-education industry teems with more than 1,100 companies catering to about two million students, according to the Japan Association for the Promotion of Foreign Language Education.
The Osaka-born Mr. Sahashi, who founded Nova in 1981, used a particularly inviting pitch. He promised his clients native English teachers at half the price or less charged by rival schools. He touted lessons as cheap as a movie ticket, so students could drop by as casually as if they were going to a bar. There was one catch: To get the cheapest price -- about $13.50 for a 40-minute class -- students had to pay in advance for 600 lessons.
Armed with a wildly popular marketing campaign featuring a cheeky pink bunny mascot, Nova rapidly opened 900 schools, took on 400,000 students ranging from toddlers to businesspeople and dominated the language-school industry. The bunny, which shook its hips and, in TV commercials, came to the rescue of people who wanted to improve their foreign-language skills, became a nationwide phenomenon. It soon even appeared as a character in videogames. The school's convenient locations and policy of letting students come in whenever they wanted to were also a hit. Sales reached $500 million in the year ended March 31.
To gather enough teachers, Nova set up nine recruiting centers in cities from Chicago to Sydney, according to the company's recruiting Web site, now shut down, and posted ads on Internet job sites. Salaries offered were modest -- between $2,000 and $2,600 a month -- but the hiring process was simple, consisting mainly of a grammar test and short interview, teachers say. "We interview 100,000 foreigners every year," wrote Mr. Sahashi in a Japanese magazine article this year.
Once they landed in Japan, teachers say they got straight to work. "It was trial by fire," says Jerry Johnston, a 24-year-old Floridian who started teaching for Nova in July. Mr. Johnston, who was recruited at a career fair at Florida State University, said an experienced instructor watched him teach for a couple of days and corrected him when he spent too much time on any one part of the lesson plan. Then he was on his own.
Students, meanwhile, found it hard to book lessons because there weren't enough teachers. And when students quit before attending all their prepaid classes, the school recalculated the lessons at a higher rate, thus reducing their refunds.
Thousands of Nova students complained to consumer-protection agencies. In June, the government effectively banned the sale of Nova's key product: hugely discounted prepaid tickets. Nova quickly ran out of funds, and checks began to bounce in July. On Friday, the company filed for reorganization proceedings, the equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
That has left students like Mari Matsunami with a bunch of prepaid tickets. "I hope a sponsor will come up and continue the operation so I can use up all the tickets," says the 39-year-old accountant. Ms. Matsunami, who has taken English lessons at Nova for 10 years, says she believes her unused tickets are worth about $1,300.
Many Nova teachers, hoping to remain in Japan, are looking for other jobs. It hasn't been easy, since most don't speak Japanese. But a more-promising option may be emerging in a nearby country with its own major hankering for English skills.
EF English First, a European language school operating 100 schools in China, posted an open letter on the Internet to Nova teachers last week offering to hire as many as 1,000 people, complete with free air fare to China and a hotel room during a two-week orientation.
"We're opening a school a week -- and there's more demand than supply of teachers," says Molly Fitzpatrick, the schools' director of teaching recruitment and development.
—Miho Inada and Naoto Okamura contributed to this article.
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The Symbiotic Relationship Between "Moderate" Republicans And The Tea Party
Plenty of people have taken the blame for Washington's excessive partisanship and refusal to take bold action to deal with crises, both immediate (unemployment) and long-term (global warming). Arch-conservatives from far-right states and districts where Ronald Reagan couldn't win a modern Republican primary have more than earned their reputation for knee-jerk opposition to anything that's even slightly sane. And it's hard to overstate how much responsibility Republican leaders like Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who have made clear their intent to oppose anything President Obama proposes simply because he proposes it, bear for the nation's problems. Even President Obama has, rather bizarrely, taken hits for supposed insufficient bipartisanship.
But there's one group of people who deserve far more blame than they get for Washington gridlock and the continued failure to fix urgent problems: Republicans who represent swing states and districts, particularly those who portray themselves as "moderates." Because they don't tend to make deeply nasty and comically over-the-top comments, you rarely hear that Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Scott Brown (R-MA) are the problem — but they are. The most moderate Republicans, from the least conservative states and congressional districts, are the members of Congress most responsible for gridlock.
Remember the 2000 election, in which — for the purposes of discussion — George W. Bush won 271 electoral votes and Al Gore won 266? Had Gore carried Mississippi, with its seven electoral votes, he would have been president. And yet, quite rightly, nobody says "Mississippi determined the outcome of the 2000 election," because there was never any realistic chance Gore could have won Mississippi. Instead, people credit, or blame, Florida and, to a lesser extent, states like New Hampshire, Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas — states where the outcome was close, where Gore could have won.
The same principle applies to congressional gridlock. Members like Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), and Rep. Steve King (R-IA) deserve the condemnation they receive for their cruelty, divisiveness and stunningly bad policy preferences, but they aren't the people most directly standing in the way of bipartisan action to fix urgent problems — not any more than Mississippi deserves credit for deciding the 2000 presidential election.
Snowe and Collins and Brown and a few dozen House members from swing districts, on the other hand — they might reasonably be expected to act in a bipartisan fashion to support reasonable solutions to huge problems. They portray themselves as moderates, they represent middle-of-the-road constituents — and yet they've embraced the radical ideology and party-first mentality they claim to oppose. All indications are that Rep. Broun is simply a fool. There's no reason to believe he knows any better. Olympia Snowe, on the other hand, does know better, or used to, yet she falls in line with her party. That's the very essence of "partisanship."
Meanwhile, the Brouns and the Snowes enjoy a symbiotic relationship: The so-called moderates mainstream the nonsensical policy positions peddled by the far right, and the extremist shrieking of the far right distracts public attention from the crucial role the so-called moderates have played in thwarting progress.
National Journal's Ron Brownstein recently detailed several environmental votes on which Republicans from competitive districts displayed remarkable party unity:
GOP legislators from moderate swing areas, including districts that President Obama carried in 2008, are infuriating environmentalists by joining with their conservative colleagues on votes to obliterate an array of federal regulations. That lockstep loyalty sharply departs from the way swing-district Republicans behaved in 1995, the last time the GOP unseated a Democratic House majority. [...]
In February, the House voted to block pending EPA regulations limiting emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases linked to global climate change; even the GOP members from districts that backed Obama in 2008 voted 59-2 for the bill. (Those were the only dissenting Republican votes.) In April, every voting House Republican (including all 61 from Obama districts) opted to overturn EPA's scientific finding that climate change posed a public-health threat. Two weeks ago, the Obama-district Republicans voted 56-4 to shelve EPA rules reducing pollution from coal-fired power plants; the 174 other GOP members who voted all backed the measure. Republicans are expected to produce similar numbers for this week's votes on cement plants and boilers.
Noting that the lock-step voting of swing-district Republicans is in contrast to the voting patterns of current swing-district Democrats as well as mid-1990s swing-district Republicans, both of whom bucked their party more often, Brownstein concludes: "the unity that House Republicans have generated against EPA rules ... reflects their belief that environmental and public-health groups can't hurt them politically, even in traditionally sympathetic upscale districts."
Brownstein's analysis applies more broadly than just environmental issues. And one reason why swing-district Republicans aren't afraid to take far-right stances is that they haven't had to take the political heat for those stances, as attention has focused on the freak show going on even further to the right. It's something of a gamble, though: If residents of Maine and Massachusetts and dozens of congressional districts that voted for President Obama understand the extent to which their own members of Congress are responsible for blocking urgent legislation to create jobs and protect the air — and the people who breathe it — things could get ugly.


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Higgins, Reed amendment protects community and Great Lakes
An amendment led by congressmembers Tom Reed and Brian Higgins to restore millions in funding for nuclear cleanup at the West Valley Demonstration Project site passed the House of Representatives Tuesday evening, ensuring cleanup efforts are able to continue at the local site.
"Providing adequate funding for nuclear cleanup is positive news for the health and safety of the local community, the care of the environment, and taxpayers who would otherwise see added costs in future years," Reed said. "Rather than allowing more taxpayer dollars to disappear into D.C. bureaucracy, this common sense amendment is fair to taxpayers and directs help to the sites where it is needed most, and I am so pleased to partner with fellow New York Member Rep. Brian Higgins once again on this important amendment."
"Cleanup at West Valley isn't a question of 'if' but 'when,' and delaying what needs to be done only costs more in the long run," Higgins said. "If this radioactive waste makes its way into the Great Lakes, the environmental and economic implications would be devastating. By working jointly to get this done, Western New York wins."
With bipartisan support, the House passed an amendment to the 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations bill to provide funding for non-defense environmental cleanup. The bipartisan amendment was introduced by reps. Tom Reed (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Jim Matheson (D-UT).
Without the amendment, cleanup projects like the West Valley Demonstration Project would have seen an $18 million reduction from last year. Reps. Reed and Higgins have been vocal advocates for West Valley cleanup, working closely with the West Valley Citizen Task Force and the Department of Energy, and sponsoring similar successful amendments in recent years defending local nuclear waste cleanup.
Higgins made remarks on the House Floor urging passage of the amendment:
"Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this bipartisan amendment, which seeks to adequately fund the Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup program.
"Our amendment ensures that nuclear cleanup sites get the funding they need to protect communities, including Western New York, from radioactive contamination.
"The West Valley Nuclear Waste Reprocessing Plant, established in response to a federal call to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, has since ceased operations, leaving behind more than 600,000 gallons of high-level radioactive waste.
"To say this is a public safety and environmental hazard is a massive understatement.
"We have already seen a leak develop into a plume of radioactive groundwater.
"And if this radioactive waste makes its way into the Great Lakes, the environmental and economic implications would be devastating.
"It is the responsibility of the federal government to not let funding shortfalls delay further cleanup.
"For West Valley alone, further delays would add an additional $30 million in maintenance costs per year.
"Like paying the minimum on a credit card, not committing adequate funding only delays progress and adds costs.
"I am proud to join my friend and colleague, Congressman Tom Reed, on this very important issue, and I urge bipartisan support for this important amendment."
West Valley Reprocessing Plant processed used nuclear fuel and was operational from 1966-72. Escalating regulation required plant modifications, which were deemed uneconomic, and the plant was shut down.
The West Valley Demonstration Project Act of 1980 established that the federal government, via the Department of Energy, is responsible for solidifying the high-level waste, disposing of waste, and decommissioning all facilities used.


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We aim to be the most competitive and the most productive service organization in the world. Our core competencies in inspection, verification, testing and certification are being continuously improved to be best-in-class. They are at the heart of what we are. Our chosen markets will be solely determined by our ability to be the most competitive and to consistently deliver unequalled service to our customers all over the world.
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Established in 1878, the company started by offering agricultural inspection services to grain traders in Europe. From those early beginnings, we grew in size and scope as our agricultural inspection services spread around the world. On 19 July 1919, the company adopted the name of Société Générale de Surveillance (today, known as SGS). During the mid-20th century, we began to diversify and started offering inspection, testing and verification services across a variety of sectors, including industrial, minerals and oil, gas and chemicals, among others. In 1981, the company went public.
The current structure of SGS, consisting of 10 business segments operating across 10 geographical regions, was formed in 2001. From our beginnings in 1878 as a grain inspection house, we have steadily grown into our role as the industry leader. We have done this through continual improvement and innovation and through supporting our customers' operations by reducing risk and improving productivity.


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Latin America and the Caribbean: Migrants, an urgent call by God for justice and hospitality
In commemoration of International Migrants Day, the works of the Society of Jesus, members of Jesuit Network with migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean (RJM-LAC), issue a message of solidarity and hope to the 214 million migrant brothers and sisters in the world. Despite the valuable contributions migrants make to their new host societies and countries of origin, a significant number of them are forced to live in vulnerable circumstances, without international protection from human rights violations. In recent decades migration flows have increased in number and complexity. For instance, the number of migrants has increased from 150 to 214 million between 2002 and 2010; and today this phenomenon affects many groups of migrants, those displaced within their own countries or across international borders, due to sexual violence, political, economic or environmental instability. Migrants are a sign of the times in which God calls us urgently to be hospitable, to welcome them as brothers and sisters, and to include them into our societies by guaranteeing the totality of their rights, without distinction on the basis of ethnicity, religious beliefs, cultural background, economic standing, or legal status. It is an invitation to put into practice the words of St Paul in his letter to the Galatians (3.28) "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus". Or as proclaimed in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly, all human beings are "members of the human family", "born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." In Latin America and the Caribbean Approximately 26 million Latin American and Caribbean women and men are living outside their countries of origin, principally in the US, Spain and within the subcontinent. The principle causes of emigration in the region include social inequity, inequality between countries, poverty, violence, natural disasters and the unbalanced development model, centred on the excessive extraction of natural resources. Without doubt the adoption of solutions and responses to eradicate the above mentioned structural causes of emigration is and will continue to be one of the dominant themes in the region. Faced by this reality "attending to the needs of migrants, including refugees, internally displaced, and trafficked people, continue to be an apostolic preference of the Society" (General Congregation 35 of the Society of Jesus, Decree 3, no. 39).
In order to stimulate this apostolic preference, the Jesuit Network with migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean (RJM-LAC) forms part of the Global Ignation Advocacy Network. RJM-LAC seeks to accompany migrants, other displaced persons and refugees in an efficient, coordinated and integrated manner in a number of diverse areas of action: pastoral, education, social, legal, research and advocacy. This approach integrates the work of the Jesuit Refugee Service, the Jesuit Migration Service and other programmes of universities, parishes and colleges of the Society of Jesus regarding migration, displacement and asylum. RJM-LAC believes that all persons have the right to live, work and realise their full human potential in their homes or places of habitual residence. However, when this is not possible, they have the right to seek better living conditions outside their homes or places of habitual residence, be that within their countries of origin or across international borders. It is for this reason the network condemns all forms of human rights violations or discrimination against migrants, such as: • the social stigmatization by the media and the criminalisation by states of irregular migration; • the systematic denial by many states to grant international protection to asylum seekers and refugees, leaving them in extremely vulnerable situations; • the application of restrictive migration policies, centring on detention, deportation and border control; • the consequential strengthening of smuggling and trafficking networks many of which are integrally related to state corruption and impunity; • the exploitation of migrants in the labour market; and • the particular vulnerability of women and minors. We oppose the unbalanced development model, promoted by multinational corporations, which prioritise the market over human development, free movement of persons and consequently the destruction of the environment and the extraction of natural resources, displacing entire populations. RJM-LAC calls for: • the universal ratification of the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; • the granting of effective international protection to asylum seekers and refugees; • the implementation of comprehensive and inclusive migration policies which not only address labour migration, but also cultural, social, religious and political dimensions of people's lives; • the protection of human rights, regardless of the migration status of the individual concerned, with particular attention to vulnerable sectors of the population such as women and minors; and • a person-centred, sustainable development model. Finally, the network urges Latin American and Caribbean states and populations to value the contribution of migrants to their societies and to struggle for a more just and hospitable region. Contact information
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Anyone else feeling a little shocked that it's already July? The 4th of July and the Olympics are almost here!
My kids need to know about our country's independence, I need to find some fun learning activities by tomorrow. Also, this year we're so excited about the Olympics because one swimmer, Missy Franklin, lives in the next neighborhood next to us.
To add learning to the summer, about the Fourth or the Olympics, I recommend visiting Start with a Book, a new website by Reading Rockets. It's my life-saver; maybe yours, too. Use it to get ideas for books to read, activities to do, and apps to try. Plus there's reading aloud tips, writing ideas, websites, videos, and a free texting plan that texts three to four literacy tips per week for the summer. Amazing, right?
So for tomorrow, I'm going to the Our country and the 4th of July page. Then, for the Olympics, I'm going to the Sports and Olympics page .
Later this summer, I'll visit pages on artists, builders, detectives, dinosaurs, flight, or money. There's 24 themes in all - enough to keep anyone learning for months - or at least eight weeks of summer.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Obama administration is considering a much larger-scale approach to tackling gun violence than just reinstating a lapsed prohibition on assault weapons and high-powered ammunition, according to the Washington Post, which cited people involved in the talks.
Vice President Joe Biden is overseeing a working group that is weighing steps backed by key law enforcement leaders that would mandate universal background checks for those purchasing guns, bolster mental-health checks, and increase penalties for carrying guns near schools, the newspaper said.
The measures being weighed also include setting up a national database to track the movement and sale of weapons, sources told the newspaper.
The White House is also considering strategies that could involve trying to bypass the National Rifle Association by soliciting support from gun retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT, -1.86% for measures that could help their businesses.
The administration has also been in contact with advisers to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an outspoken gun-control advocate.
The Biden group was created last month after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 children and six adults.
Asked about the report in a nationally televised interview Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell withheld judgment. The Kentucky Republican told NBC's "Meet the Press" he would wait to see the Biden group's recommendations.


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Remember Me is a far cry (pun intended) from my previous review. Whereas Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a bargain-priced, open-world, first-person shooter that takes no more than ten hours to complete in its entirety, Remember Me is a linear, third-person, action-adventure game. I naturally went into Remember Me expecting a deeper experience, but also hoping for a longer one, due to the AAA price tag.
While I was excited to finally get my hands on Remember Me after watching numerous gameplay videos, I had my trepidations. After all, it's a brand new IP developed by a completely unknown French developer, DONTNOD. It was also a project originally called Adrift, which was canceled in February 2011 before Capcom purchased it and funded its further development. And speaking of Capcom; that's a company that has had more downs than ups in recent years, arguably dwarfed by only Electronic Arts.
Maybe it's no wonder Capcom avoided the hype train that is E3, opting instead to unveil Remember Me at the 2012 Gamescom months later. Probably smart considering its shared similarities with Watch Dogs, another third-person, action-adventure game that was generally viewed as best in show (indeed, it was my winner). But Remember Me has the advantage of hitting the market first, so here we are. None of the history really matters now that the game is released, so hype and trepidations aside, let's get on with it.


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