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Connect Africa: Approaching the Halfway Point (Part 2)
By Howard Baldwin, Contributing Columnist
In part one of this story, we looked at the strategic and tactical goals of Connect Africa, a group founded in 2007 intending to "bridge major gaps in information and communication technology across the region" by 2015.
In part 2, we look at its progress at the halfway point.
Connect Africa's eleven flagship projects represent an ambitious stride toward bringing parity to the continent in relation with the rest of the world when it comes to interconnection and education.
For instance, among the interconnection initiatives, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) broadband initiative was highly praised, and cited as a priority. The project "would reduce [the] cost of transactions and therefore make Africa competitive. It would also provide a platform on which Africa could develop applications [and] make content available to the rest of the world."
At the same time, the Connect Africa representatives discussed an initiative focused on setting up Internet exchange providers (IXPs) as part of an African Internet Exchange Program (AXIS). The representatives determined that such developments needed to accommodate the input of African ISPs, government regulators, and other participants, and suggested revising the initiative once that information was gathered.
On the education side, another project deemed a priority was the NEPAD e-school initiative, focused on improving education and increasing access to knowledge through ICT. Other education projects discussed included a long-distance learning initiative; an e-learning network spanning the entire continent; and an ICT-based professional development program. All of these have the noble goal of bringing education and connectivity to an underserved population.
The 2007 conference was able to launch these projects with considerable optimism about its progress up to that point. For instance, according to data from the International Telecommunications Union (a sponsor of Connect Africa), between 2000 and 2005, investment in ICT infrastructure in Africa had gone from US$3.5 billion to US$8 billion.
The ITU noted, "These figures reflect an increasingly vibrant private sector investment environment, especially in mobile telephony, which has been stimulated by competition and policy and regulatory reform in most African telecommunication markets."
Building an ICT Infrastructure Foundation in Africa
But how much progress have these projects made? Connect Africa's goal was to have made significant progress by 2015. We're almost to the halfway point, and the latest reports from the ITU may seem less than encouraging.
For instance, in Africa, some 41% of the population has a mobile phone, versus 76% globally. Only 9.6% of the population has Internet access, versus 30% globally. And broadband penetration continent-wide remains at 1%.
That may sound like Connect Africa isn't getting much traction. However, let's apply some context to these figures, acknowledging that Africa comprises some 54 countries, all of which have to agree on connectivity standards and governmental regulations. Let's look at the same statistics for another country:
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|Internet Access
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Those figures represent a significant leap forward over the last decade. That country? The United States, one of the richest in the world. (The figures are from, respectively, the CTIA, the ITU, and the U.S. Department of Commerce.) Given Africa's starting point, it arguably has a long way to go, but in time, it may very well exhibit the same kind of growth spurts in its ICT capabilities.
The ICT infrastructure that's being built today will provide a foundation for future economic growth and increased prosperity in the region. Local telecom service providers will likely be instrumental in both the planning and execution of achieving the remaining project objectives.
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The Samsung portable SSD T1 flash drive was announced at CES in January of this year. Described as durable, stylish, and fast, the T1 portable storage device promises a lot and has a premium price to match. I spent a couple of months with it and think it's one of those really cool devices everyone will want, but might not be able to justify given the high cost.


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I've been toying around with Laravel 3 and in the past played with Ruby on Rails back when it was version 2.
I like what Laravel brings to the PHP world with it's class autoloader and it's ORM but my question is how will it hold up to the task of having to deal with thousands upon thousands of hits per day? and same with RoR?
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Darrius Barnes scored his first career goal deep into second-half stoppage time as the New England Revolution rescued a dramatic 1-1 draw with the visiting New York Red Bulls on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.
Barnes rose above the pack to head home Ryan Guy's right-wing cross in the 95th minute, spectacularly drawing the Revs (7-15-8, 29 pts.) level four minutes after Joel Lindpere had seemingly grabbed a late winner for the Red Bulls (14-8-8, 50 pts.). The visitors played the final 16 minutes a man down after defender Connor Lade was issued a pair of second-half yellow cards.
The result extended the Revolution's current home unbeaten run to four games (1-0-3), while it also extended the club's home unbeaten run against New York to 16 games (11-0-5) dating back more than a decade. New York hasn't won at Gillette Stadium since June 29, 2002.
A.J. Soares returned to the Revolution's starting lineup for the first time since Aug. 29 as he replaced Stephen McCarthy in central defense, while backup goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth was handed a start between the pipes.
The hosts thought they'd gotten off to the perfect start in the fourth minute when Jerry Bengtson rifled a shot into the near upper corner, but the Honduran forward was ruled offside despite replays confirming he was level with the last defender when Lee Nguyen delivered the killer pass.
New England continued to be the aggressor in the early stages and forced Red Bulls goalkeeper Bill Gaudette into a pair of stops in the 16th and 18th minutes. Gaudette first went to his left to make a strong save on Diego Fagundez's tight-angle drive, while he dove to his right to push away Nguyen's free kick moments later.
Gaudette came up huge once more before the halftime break, this time getting a bit of help from the woodwork in the 43rd minute. Clyde Simms used a deft header to direct Bengtson into the box and the 25-year-old unleashed a right-footed rocket, but Gaudette reacted quickly to get a slight touch and push the ball onto the crossbar.
After going untested in the first half, Shuttleworth was pressed into action in the 72nd minute. New York forward Tim Cahill rose highest to meet a corner kick and flashed a header on target, forcing Shuttleworth into a smart save going to his right.
The game took a turn in the 74th minute when the Red Bulls were reduced to 10 men as Lade was issued his second caution. Benny Feilhaber drew the decisive foul with a surging run down the left wing just moments after coming onto the field.
Despite playing a man down it was the Red Bulls who scored first against the run of play just as the game entered stoppage time. Shuttleworth came off his line to collect a left-wing cross but the ball popped loose as Cahill challenged, opening the door for Lindpere to nod in a header from close range.
That simply set the stage for Barnes' stunning equalizer, however, as the defender – pushed from center back to right back following a first-half injury to Flo Lechner – leapt above a crowd to powerfully head home Guy's curling right-wing service following Kelyn Rowe's short layoff.
Next up for the Revs is their first-ever trip to BBVA Compass Stadium, where they'll visit the Houston Dynamo on Saturday, Sept. 29.
New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls
September 22, 2012 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 1, New York Red Bulls 1
Scoring Summary:
NY – Joel Lindpere (unassisted) 91+
NE – Darrius Barnes (Ryan Guy, Kelyn Rowe) 95+
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth, Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes, A.J. Soares, Flo Lechner (Stephen McCarthy 35), Lee Nguyen, Ryan Guy, Clyde Simms © (Juan Toja 58), Kelyn Rowe, Diego Fagundez (Benny Feilhaber 73), Jerry Bengtson
Substitutes Not Used: Matt Reis, Fernando Cardenas, Dimitry Imbongo, Blair Gavin
STATS: Shots 11, Shots on Target 5, Corner Kicks 5, Saves 3, Fouls 11, Offsides 2, Passes Completed (percentage) 289 (70.9%), Possession 46.4%
New York Red Bulls: Bill Gaudette, Connor Lade, Markus Holgersson, Heath Pearce, Wilman Conde, Dax McCarty, Teemu Tainio (Brandon Barklage 79), Rafa Marquez (Joel Lindpere 35), Jan Gunnar Solli, Sebastien Le Toux (Lloyd Sam 93+), Tim Cahill
Substitutes Not Used: Luis Robles, Kenny Cooper, Corey Hertzog, Stephen Keel
STATS: Shots 10, Shots on Target 4, Corner Kicks 4, Saves 4, Fouls 19, Offsides 0, Passes Completed (percentage) 331 (73.0%), Possession 53.6%
* Note that all statistics are unofficial
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Connor Lade (caution) 54
NE – Kelyn Rowe (caution) 58
NY – Teemu Tainio (caution) 62
NE – Darrius Barnes (caution) 62
NY – Wilman Conde (caution) 68
NY – Connor Lade (caution) 74
NY – Connor Lade (ejection, second caution) 74
NY – Bill Gaudette (caution) 88
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant Referees: Kermit Quisenberry, Bill Dittmar
Fourth Official: Mathieu Bourdeau
Weather: Clear and 68 degrees
Attendance: 24,364
Team Records
New England Revolution: 7-15-8 (29 pts.)
New York Red Bulls (14-8-8, 50 pts.)
- With the draw, the Revs lead the all-time, regular-season series with the New York Red Bulls (formerly the New York/New Jersey MetroStars), 26-19-13 … the Revs are 18-4-6 against New York in Foxborough – including a 11-1-5 record at Gillette Stadium
- The draw extended New England's undefeated streak at Gillette Stadium at home against New York to 16 games (11-0-5), dating back to 2002
- With the draw, the two teams split the regular-season series, 1-1-1 … earlier this season, New York defeated the Revs, 1-0, on April 28 at Red Bull Arena, while the Revs defeated New York, 2-0, in the last meeting on July 8, in Foxborough
- Five of the last seven games against New York have been one-goal games or draws, dating back to May 29, 2010 … the largest margin of victory in that span was the Red Bulls' 2-0 victory on Oct. 21, 2010 and a New England 2-0 win on July 8, 2012 … in those four games, the Revs are 1-2-1
- The Revs conceded a 91st minute goal to give the Red Bulls a brief 1-0 lead … it was the sixth goal the Revs have conceded in the 75th minute or later, but Lindpere's goal was the first of the six that was neither game-winning nor game-tying goals against
- With the draw, the Revs are unbeaten (1-0-3) in their last four home games dating back to August 29 against Chivas USA
- Darrius Barnes recorded his first career goal on a header in the 95th minute … the defender now has one goal in 88 appearances
- Barnes' 95th minute goal was the Revs' third game-tying goal in the 94th minute or later this year … Chris Tierney scored a 94th minute goal on June 23 at Toronto and Diego Fagundez scored in the 94th minute on June 30 against Seattle
- The Revs' 95th minute goal marked the third time in club history that the team has scored a goal in the 95th minute or later … Steve Ralston scored a game-tying goal in the 95th minute on July 29, 2006 in the 1-1 draw against KC and Taylor Twellman scored a 95th minute goal in the 3-0 win against Chicago on April 27, 2005, per Elias Sports Bureau
- With New York's 91st minute goal and the Revs' 95th minute equalizer, tonight marked just the second time in club history that the Revs have traded goals with their opponents in second-half stoppage time … in the 3-3 draw at Chicago on June 11, 2006, the Revs scored twice in the 93rd and 94th minutes after allowing a 91st minute goal, per Elias Sports Bureau
- Darrius Barnes became the 15th Revolution player to score a goal this season … in 2011, 16 different Revolution players recorded a goal
- Ryan Guy recorded his second assist of the season on Darrius Barnes' goal … it was Guy's first assist since March 31 at LA
- Kelyn Rowe recorded his fourth assist of the season on Darrius Barnes' 95th-minute goal … with four assists, Rowe is now tied with Chris Tierney for the club lead
- Blair Gavin was dressed in the game-day 18 for the first time this season … Gavin missed the first seven games since joining the Revs on August 1 with hamstring soreness.
- A.J. Soares returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Aug. 29 against Chivas USA
- Flo Lechner was replaced by Stephen McCarthy in the 35th minute … Lechner left with a right knee injury
- New York's Connor Lade was issued a second yellow card and subsequent red card in the 74th minute … it marked just the second time this season that a Revolution opponent was issued a red card … the first opponent ejection of the season was Will Johnson of Real Salt Lake on May 5 in the 59th minute at Rio Tinto Stadium
- Tonight's attendance was a season-high 24,364 and was the 17th largest soccer crowd in Gillette Stadium history


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Case Number: 1:2015cv00488
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County: Mobile
Presiding Judge: Kristi K. DuBose
Referring Judge: Bert W. Milling
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983
Jury Demanded By: None
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If you have a message to send to many people via email that you want personalized for each recipient, use mail merge. You can create a batch of personalized email messages that are formatted identically and use the same text and graphics. Only specific sections of the email message vary and are personalized. Mail merge—unlike broadcasting a message to a group of people—makes each recipient of the message the sole recipient.
There are three documents involved in creating email messages using the mail merge process:
Your main document
This document is your email message, it contains text and graphics (a logo or image, for example) that are identical for each version of the merged document.
Your mailing list
This document contains the data that is used to populate information on the letter. Your mailing list has names, for example, and your main document is the email message that will be addressed to the names in your list.
Your merged document
This document is a combination of the main document and the mailing list. Mail merge pulls the formation from the mailing list and puts it in your main document, resulting a personalized, merged document for each person on the mailing list.
Step 1: Prepare your main document
Type the body of the email message you want to send to everyone in Word before you begin. If you're telling people about an upcoming event, for example, include the name, date, time, and location of the event. Those event details are important for everyone to know.
On the Mailings tab, in the Start Mail Merge group, choose Start Mail Merge > E-mail Messages.
Step 2: Set up your mailing list
In order to send emails, a MAPI-compatible email program like Outlook or Gmail needs to be installed. If you're using Outlook MAPI, make sure your versions of Word and Outlook are the same.
The mailing list is your data source. It can be a directory of Outlook contacts, an Access database, or an Office address list. It contains the records that Word uses to pull information from to build your email messages.
If you don't have a mailing list, you can create one during mail merge. Before you start the mail merge process, collect all of your data records, and add them to your data source. See, create a new list in Word.
If you're using an Excel spreadsheet, make sure the column for ZIP codes or postal codes is formatted as text so that you don't lose any zeros. For more information see, Prepare your Excel data source for a Word mail merge
If you want to use your Outlook contacts, make sure Outlook is your default email program. For more information see, Use Outlook contacts as a data source for a mail merge
Step 3: Link your mailing list to your email message
Now it's time to choose your recipients from a data source (an address list). Make sure your data source has a column for email addresses and that there's an email address for each person you're sending the email to.
On the Mailings tab, in the Start Mail Merge group, choose Select Recipients, and then choose an option.
Do one of the following:
If you don't have a mailing list, choose Type a New List and create one.
If your mailing list is in an Excel spreadsheet, an Access database, or another type of data file, choose Use an Existing List. Then browse to your list and choose Open.
If you're using your Outlook contacts, choose Choose from Outlook Contacts.
Choose File > Save as.
In the File name box, type a file name, and then choose Save.
Edit your mailing list
If you're sending email messages to everyone on your list, go to Step 4: Add personalized content to the email message. If you want to send emails only to certain people on your list you can narrow the list, use the steps under Edit your mailing list.
Choose Edit Recipient List.
Check the names of the people who you want to receive your email message.
You also can sort or filter the list to make it easier to find names and addresses.
Step 4: Add personalized content to the email message
Personalize each email message by adding a person's name and address. The best practice for adding these details is to insert merge fields in your main document.
On the Mailings tab, in the Write & Insert Fields group, choose Address Block.
In the Insert Address Block dialog box, choose a format for the recipient's name as it will appear in the email.
Choose OK to insert the merge field.
In the Write & Insert group, choose Greeting Line.
In the Insert Greeting Line dialog box, choose the format you want to use.
Choose OK to insert the merge field.
Choose File > Save to preserve your email.
Note: You'll need to format your email manually after inserting fields.
You can also add other fields from your data source to your email message. For more information, see Insert mail merge fields.
Verify merge field names
Make sure Word finds the names and addresses in your mailing list.
On the Mailings tab, in the Write & Insert Fields group, choose Match Fields.
Tip: Merge Fields also can be opened from the Insert Address Block dialog box you used to add an address block to the main document.
In the Match Fields dialog box, verify that the record fields that appear in the list match the names of column headings for records in your mailing list data source.
Note: There are two columns in the dialog box. The left column is a list of common names in a business record for example. The right column is the field name for the common name that is mapped to a column heading in your data source file.
Do one of the following:
If the field names shown match column headings you used for records in your mailing list data source, do nothing.
If (not matched) appears in a field name that you expected to match a column heading in your data source, choose the drop-down arrow, and then choose the field name in your mailing list data source. Repeat as necessary.
Choose OK.
Format mail merge fields
To change the font, size, or spacing of the merged content, select the merge field name and make the changes you want.
On the Mailings tab, in the Preview Results group, choose Preview Results to switch from the merged results back to the mail merge fields in your letter.
Choose the merge field name.
On the Home tab, choose the font and the font size you want to use.
On the Page Layout tab (Word 2013) or Layout tab (Word 2016), choose the paragraph spacing you want.
Note: Because Word treats each line in an Address Block as a paragraph, you might want to reduce the spacing between the lines.
Step 5: Preview and finish
After you add merge fields to your main document, you're ready to preview the merge results. When you're satisfied with the preview, complete the merge.
Choose Preview Results, and then choose the Next or Previous record button to make sure the names and addresses in the body of your letter look right.
Tip: To go to the start of the list, choose the First record button, and to go to the end of the list, choose the Last record button.
Choose Finish & Merge > Send E-mail Messages.
In the To box, choose the name of the email address column in your list.
Note: Word sends an individual message to each email address. You can't Cc or Bcc other recipients and you can't add attachments to the email.
In the Subject line box, type a subject line for the message.
In the Mail format box, choose HTML (the default setting) or Plain text to send the document as the body of the email message.
Important: If you send the email message as Plain text, the main document won't include any text formatting or graphics.
Under Send records, do one of the following:
Accept the default setting to merge and send All records.
Choose Current record and only the record viewable on your screen is sent the message.
Choose the last option, and in the From box, enter the record number to begin the merge, and in the To box, enter the record number to end the merge.
Note: An email is not sent to anyone with a record number excluded from the From-To range.
Choose OK to run mail merge.
Step 6: Save the personalized message
Save the email message if you plan to use it for another mail merge.
When you save the main document, you also save its connection to the data source you chose. The next time you open the main document, Word prompts you to choose whether to keep the connection to the data source.
If you choose Yes, the document opens showing information merged with the first record.
If you choose No, the connection between the main document and the data source is broken. The main document for the email becomes a standard Word document.


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What are beautiful eyes? For some women of East Asian descent the answer is having a crease in their eyelids. And it's not uncommon to hear friends and family call those born with natural folds "lucky." Many who aren't so "lucky" fake the fold with precut surgical tape-packaged specifically for lid duty and as readily available as toilet paper and cotton swabs at the nearest convenience store in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, or Singapore.
In some circles, using precut eyelid tape is just the first step. Next comes blepharoplasty. This cosmetic eyelid surgery is often meant to reduce signs of aging, but increasing numbers of young women in East Asia, as well as many Asian Americans, are going under the knife to have creases created. It's all part of the beauty standard being set throughout the world, which calls for women to be thin (to the point of fragility), pale, long-haired, slim-nosed, and wide-eyed. Sure, that sounds suspiciously like Courteney Cox, but some Asian women who tape claim they're not trying to look white-just prettier and "more awake." But to critics it's all about the influence of Western culture.


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Colette wrote:It seems like a lot of work but if someone is willing to do it then sure why not. If worst comes to worst we can always junk it and go back to the old ways.
I mean, I'd be willing to give it a go if there was genuine interest and it actually got used (tried out). I kept the original work file, of course, so it would be trivial to modify it to our purposes. The hard part is inputting the info (which might require some knowledge gathering from the players themselves if the wiki doesn't contain info...and other stuff like that).


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BREMEN — There's something new being sold at Koontz Hardware — something worth salivating over — and it isn't the latest in socket wrenches. Kent Koontz explained the line of The Dutch Kettle LLC salsas and sauces is something he likes and not only because of its taste or popularity, but because the foodstuffs are made locally.
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"It was a big seller at the Windmill Market," she explained, "and I knew he had to have it here. People loved it."
Bontrager said he grew up in southern Indiana but came to Bremen in his teens and that his cousin, who he grew up with, has lived in the Nappanee and Bremen area all his life. He explained how the two got into the homestyle food products business.
"We were both heavily involved in the RV industry and in 2007 that (type of) business started teetering pretty good," Bontrager said. "We knew it was time to get out of it and I knew the individual that owned The Dutch Kettle business in southern Indiana, and that he wanted to sell."
At first the new business was a little shaky.
"I was the more skeptical one in the beginning," Bontrager admitted, "but we jumped in and bought those recipes."
And the investment paid off well .. and with the only advertising being done by word of mouth.
"With the economy now, it's tapering off a little," he said, "but at one point we had to shut some of what we did down because we couldn't keep up with our customers' demands." He said that last year's freeze affected the business somewhat because of the low numbers of fruits coming in from orchards but that all-said, the company's been averaging about a 10 percent growth each year.
Adding to the recipes they originally purchased at the request of their customers, The Dutch Kettle currently makes about 20 different varieties of salsas and approximately the same amount of types of jams, but also makes barbecue sauces, and sells pickled products.
"We don't do the pickling here," he said, "but everything else is made in Bremen."
And some of the recipes Bontrager and Slabaugh added are a little out of the ordinary. "The peach salsa is hands-down the biggest seller," Bontrager said. "It's very sweet. We also have a cherry jalapeño jam and a peach habanera jam which goes very well with cream cheese and crackers ... but not for bread. If someone tries it with bread they won't like it. We also produce a corn and pepper salsa and a hot habanera salsa that was in demand from our Chicago and southwestern customers."
In Elkhart County there are many locations that sell The Dutch Kettle products including the Nappanee Bakery and Dutch Village but in Marshall County, only Mac's Market in LaPaz and Koontz' in Bremen sell the line of fresh mixtures. But the name is known nationwide.
"We sell to Branson Missouri and at a lot of Farmers Markets and booths," he said. "We're on the west coast. ... in Utah — they cover the west side of the Rockies for us — and we have distributors in New York. We produce it wholesale and our customers put their name on it. We only ask that they put somewhere (in discreet) the company name. … It's what the industry calls private labeling."
Nov. 15 through 17 during Bremen's Homespun Holidays customers at Koontz Hardware can not only find deals on merchandise and giftware but will get a chance to taste some of the recipes which Koontz said, based on popularity and request, he will add to.
During the holiday open house shoppers can find a wide variety of seasonal merchandise like artificial greenery and wreaths, decorative lights and of course, a variety of styles of snow shovels, as well as brand name candles like Candle-lite, Yankee Candle and Mystic Harbor. Look in The Bremen Enquirer for the Homespun Holiday ad for Koontz Hardware to receive 10 percent off total purchase prices on all merchandise and even the most frugal shoppers can find just what they've been looking in the further discounted items in the back of the store. Koontz Hardware is open Mondays through Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Businesses involved in Homespun Holidays deals include H & R Block, Community Hospital of Bremen's Auxiliary Gift Shop, Bremen United Methodist Church, TMT Automotive, Bourbon Street Pizza (Bourbon), 1st Source Bank, Barry's Floor Center, The Cozy Home Shop, Kit N' Kapoodle, Horse Saddle Shop, Jensen Awards, Koontz Hardware, Woodie's Supermarket, Unicom Satellite, Olde District 5 (Moser's in Woodland), and Steve Weaver Arts. Those shopping during the three-day event have at winning $50 or $100 in Bremen Bucks.
To learn more about The Dutch Kettle products, visit http://www.thedutchkettle.com online, or call 574-546-4033.


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It seems as if autism is always making headlines, with new research pointing to the many risk factors and new tests that make it possible to detect the condition even earlier. In a recent study from Children's Hospital Boston, doctors analyzed the brain activity of at-risk 9-month-olds (at risk because they have an older autistic sibling) to try to determine what signs will predict whether they will develop autism. That test isn't widely available yet, and right now official diagnoses of autism aren't usually given until kids reach age 2 or 3. But parents can be on the lookout for signs much sooner. "Early discovery and intervention can make a huge difference, so be aware of any delays your baby is experiencing and discuss them with your pediatrician," says Susan L. Hyman, M.D., division chief of neurodevelopmental and behavioral pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.
Below are possible warning signs in children from age 2 months to 2 years; if you observe any of these, talk to your doctor, who will then decide whether more testing is necessary. Don't fret if you occasionally see one or two of these—it could be another type of language, learning, or behavior problem, or even nothing at all.
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August 23, 2006
The Mount Hood Fire Complex continued to grow during the weekend partly due to a planned burnout of fuel and partly to the burn going past a line cut around the fire.
Because of the need to shift resources and move firefighters into place, the incident command team overseeing the fire decided to close Highway 35 for 24 to 48 hours; the closure began at noon Tuesday. The closure is from Cooper Spur Road at Milepost 74 to White River Sno-Park at Milepost 62.
During times when the highway is open there are restrictions in place that will continue until further notice. Highway 35 will be closed each day from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. pilot cars and follow vehicles will control both directions of traffic. From 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. the highway will be open but no vehicles will be allowed to stop or park at any trailheads between Cooper Spur Road and the junction of Forest Road 48.
The crews were going into place to work on burning-out operations close to the highway. The closure was also being done to help with low-level air support by helicopters flying in loads of retardant and water.
A slopover, the term used for fire that burns past a fire line, occurred on the south end of the Bluegrass Fire Saturday afternoon. The small starts spread quickly in two places over rocky slopes and added 20 to 30 acres to the fire area.
Crews contained it indirectly with bulldozer and hand lines by improving existing roads and trails. They were working in the vicinity of Elk Mountain southeast toward Robinhood Creek. The burnout is expected to help the southern fire line hold.
Fire officials expect the fire to continue to spread south and west on the south perimeter until burnout takes place to the containment line. New fire starts and undetected spots could possibly increase the fire's size outside containment lines.
For the first time since the lightning-caused blazes began Aug. 7, fire officials have posted a date for containment of Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. As of Tuesday morning, the Bluegrass Fire had grown to 1,480 acres and is currently the only active fire in the Mount Hood Complex.
Crews have contained the Gumjuwac Fire and 12 smaller spot fires in the Badger Creek Wilderness, which totaled 50 acres. Crews are still patrolling the fires but the burns are mopped up.
The number of personnel on the fire has increased from 643 during the weekend to 708 people on Tuesday.
Firefighters have established a separate, smaller "spike camp" away from the Incident Command site at Mt. Hood Meadows. A pack string is being used to haul equipment and supplies into the spike camp.
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A fruit and wine themed wedding? Count me in! And this romantic Moscow celebration captured by Julia Kaptelova is just as decadent as you'd expect from its culinary inspiration, from the boudoir session and the Bride's dramatic lace-trimmed veil, to the rich red palette and the tastefully incorporated monograms. Head to the gallery to see the whole event planned by Margarita Moskaleva, because this one, lovelies, is definitely drool-worthy.
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For that bada-bing! experience
Taking on Google may seem a tall order to some, but it's one that Samsung clearly isn't afraid of. The manufacturer has launched its own open mobile platform, Bada, as an alternative to Android. The platform only allows developers to write applications for Samsung handsets, the firm said, yet is apparently "simple to use" and …
Can I be the first to say:
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For that bada-bing! experience
Samsung will be phasing out Windows Mobile and Symbian to make way for bada and Android.
It's a kick in Microsoft's guts. The carcass of Windows Mobile is flapping in the breeze.
... might you do a "Bada bing"?
"a fun and diverse mobile experience"
"invitation to adventure"
it's Effen phone with software bits. It's hardly a major life enhancing event - when will these morons get real?
Let it be integrated with the MS search site - Bada Bing is too good a possibility to pass up.
The platform only allows developers to write applications for Samsung handsets...
I stopped reading at this point. Why can't this short-sighted lot focus on a single open platform instead of this pointless, narcissistic "me too" approach. It was the death of Nokia and will lead to the demise of others as things progress. We've now got 2 routes MAC v ANDROID.
Reminds me of the Eighties MAC v MSFT. Same old attitude from Apple suggests that this one's going the same way.
Oh yeah, developers will just FLOCK to writing applications for one manufacturer when they could be writing for an OS that will show up on many more handsets from many manufacturers. Or if they really want to write for a single-source platform, they could write for the one that's well known, established, and has cultish followers.
FAIL icon only because there's no MASSIVE FAIL
...Bada meaning bad or Bada meaning good (cue rhythm and scratching) .
I'll get my coat and my Kangol hat....
"bada for business"
Is that really what Samsung want to say about their new platform?
You can write the name in a 32bit register...
"it means 'ocean' in Korean"
That is ironic since this will be dead in the water. It's hard enough for Google to get an app store together that will rival the iPhone app store. How is Samsung, a single vendor going to do it?
... it'll be called 'Bada Bing'.
Judging by the competence of the Samsung bits of code on my Galaxy, this developer will be in no hurry to cross swords with an all-Samsung software environment.
...guess that's only going to get worse if they're trying to develop a competitor OS. :(
it's merely a "drop in the ocean..."
Massive, massive fail...I mean, WTF are their execs thinking???
This is why I am happy I no longer work in a telco - apparently even mobile device vendors have reached the stage where it isn't about earning money for the firm that counts, it is enhancing your kingdom within the firm even if it looses money. This is obviously some exec's idea on how to build up a new domain of responsibility and get himself noticed...even if it will certainly fail. He's just hoping it fails AFTER he has his promotion...
Remember kids, we never get the products that we want in the marketplace, we get the products that some executives have decided they could get promoted by selling to us...and in many corporations these things are not in alignment...
I've said it before, and I'll say it again...
An OS/UI deisgned by Samsung.... hahahahahahahah ahahahahahahhaha ahahahahahahah
"a fun and diverse mobile experience".
Only for those with no life or friends. I hope that the rest of us (excluding the scumbags in Marketing) just want our phones to work for more than 6 hours before running out of power due to all of the useless bloatware stuck on them.
Stick it on the iphone, so we have bada-boom.
...'Acme' phones---after that ubiquitous purveyor of all things needful (especially needful to coyotes in pursuit of roadrunners).
Anyway, generic handsets where the user can pick and choose what OS they want to use. This would probably rule out some more proprietary phone OSs, but, hey ho, small loss.
Google is using Linux and call it Android.
Nokia is using Linux and call it Maemo.
Samsung is using Linux and call it Bada.
Then there is Moblin, OpenMoko and so on.
So what kind of an assault is that.
If you really want to have a look at who is using Linux then have a look at.
and click on mobile phones.
Named after: Douglas Bader, cos he was semi cyborg, not an Android!


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Caption, "habitation de negres"; shows slave quarters, wattle-and-daub houses and people engaging in various activities, e.g., mat making, pipe smoking; children playing. Manor house in background. For an analysis of Rugendas' drawings, as these were informed by his anti-slavery views, see Robert W. Slenes, African Abrahams, Lucretias and Men of Sorrows: Allegory and Allusion in the Brazilian Anti-slavery Lithographs (1827-1835) of Johann Moritz Rugendas (Slavery & Abolition, vol. 23 [2002], pp. 147-168).


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Thank my sister for this fast and healthy breakfast idea — her Homemade Egg McMuffin recipe creates an unexpected 'wow' factor. Start with sheer deliciousness then add healthy, cheap and substantial. And the eggs themselves? They're cooked in the microwave! It's no wonder that my sister's family makes special requests for her 'Egg McMoms'. They're fabulous, simply fabulous.
My sister Adanna raised two strapping always-hungry boys on a budget. No surprise, she developed an arsenal of frugal meal ideas – techniques too basic, really, to call 'recipes' but healthy food on the table, nonetheless.
But call me amazed when she shared how to cook an egg in the microwave to yield an eggy disk exactly the right size and tender texture for a Homemade Egg McMuffin.
No wonder her boys call these quick and healthy breakfast sandwiches 'Egg McMoms'.
All that's needed is a Pyrex liquid measuring cup, the practical one-cup size. Find for $2 - $3 in nearly any grocery store.
But don't get the idea that Homemade English Muffins are 'better' just because they're cheaper and made with whole ingredients. They're 'better' because they taste better, way way WAY better.
Real Food, Fast:
HOMEMADE EGG McMUFFIN
Time to table: 5 minutes
Serves 1
TRADITIONAL FIXINGS for a HOMEMADE EGG McMUFFIN
- 1 English muffin, toasted
- 1 slice cheese
- 1 slice ham
(cost estimate $.70 versus - anyone know the current price of an Egg McMuffin?)
MY FIXINGS for a HEALTHY HOMEMADE EGG McMUFFIN
- 1 English muffin, toasted
- 1 slice tomato
- 1 handful alfalfa sprouts
(cost estimate $.60)
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon chopped onion or 1 green onion, chopped
- 1 large egg
- Salt & pepper to taste
FIXINGS Drop the English muffin into the toaster. (No toaster? 'Toast' the English muffins, brush the cut-sides with a little oil, then 'toast' cut-side down in a skillet.) Have the other fixings ready to go, this is going to move fast.
MICROWAVE EGG For easier clean up later, spray a one-cup Pyrex liquid measuring cup with cooking spray, the bottom and up the sides a bit. Add the oil and green onion, cook in the microwave on high for about 15 seconds, just until soft. Add the egg, salt and pepper, whisk well with a fork. Return to the microwave, cook for 10 seconds, stir, then cook for 10 seconds at a time until done, as few as 10 or 20 more seconds, as much as a minute.
SANDWICH TIME! Lift the egg out with a fork onto the English muffin. Add the fixings. Dig in, tis time to eat!
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I'm in chemotherapy now for squamous cell cancer. I try to minimize use of the microwave in my cooking. This toaster is perfect for what I need to make a quick breakfast. For poaching, it will make two eggs at one time. It will also make hard or soft boiled eggs or you can steam single servings of vegetables.
You do have to 'poke' the yolk before cookihg or they tend to explode. Who would'a thunk it to 'scramble' the egg first. I learned something today! A good day!
I love the idea of the sprouts and the green onions and will incorporate those in mine.
Hubby is a traditionalist and doesn't like those 'squiggly green' things that taste like peas. He doesn't like peas much either, come to think of it....unless it is made into green pea soup! Go figure!
My favourite is Elliott
Braunschweiger (with butter and mayo), Clausen's Bread and Butter pickle rounds with lettuce, a tomato slice and sprouts! Talk about heaven in your mouth! Try that one. Even on regular toast. English muffin bread or a good hearty dark pumpernikel is a treat toasted with all those goodies.
Huggs, Cait
My best wishes for your chemo and cancer. Remember that chemotherapy can't be all that bad....it has 'Mother' in the middle for all that it entails.
You have a marvelous daughter in getting you that gift. I wanted one as soon as I saw the advertising came out.
I still don't have one.
Guess I had better put it on my wish list. You have given me a wonderful list of how to use it.
My best to you, Cait
Cait ~ My sister's a genius, isn't she? I need to check to see if you have two measuring cups, if they can cook together. If it's "squiggly green things" your husband doesn't go for, maybe he'd like the chopped onion my sister uses? PS Thanks for your sweet note to Dave!
Anonymous ~ Thanks, me too! This to me isn't a copycat, it's a made-better, keeping the convenience, keeping it at home.
Ellie ~ Until now, I would have said that cooking eggs in a microwave is tricky. But this, this is just too easy. Try it, you'll see!
And instead of spraying the bowl to cook the egg in, I just use some wax paper sprayed with Pam to line the bowl and add the raw egg mixture to that. Zero egg residue in the bowl. Works like a dream!
When asked what hubby wants for breakfast, he says 'your microwave eggs'. That is due to you and your reporting that your sister just mixes the eggs up and puts them in glass bowls.
I now do the same, spraying them with Pam butter spray first, then adding one scallion for the three egg bowls and about a 1/2 oz shredded sharp cheddar after they are cooked. Hubby really likes his eggs that way and it's good, as I don't have a stove top (glass top is cracked) and cook an awful lot in the microwave or the electric skillet.
I have trouble getting eggs out of the skillet (it is not a non-stick electric frying pan) unless they are semi fried/poached. I add butter, start the eggs, then add water to 'steam' them done. I like them that way and we both like them cooked with the yolks hard.
But with your sister's method, that is how he asks for his breakfast eggs now, all the time.
Thanks, and be sure to tell your sister a big Thank you too.
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Editor's note: Michael Bérubé is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor and director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University, and the 2012 president of the Modern Language Association.
(CNN) - Almost every college student who considers majoring in English - or French, or philosophy, or art history - inevitably hears the question: "What in the world are you going to do with that?" The question can come from worried parents, perplexed relatives, or derisive, incredulous peers, but it always implies that degrees in the humanities are "boutique" degrees, nice ornaments that serve no practical purpose in the real world. After all, who needs another 50-page honors project on the poetry of Charles Baudelaire?
Well, strange as it may sound, if you're an employer who needs smart, creative workers, a 50-page honors project on a 19th century French poet might be just the thing you want to see from one of your job applicants. Not because you're going to ask him or her to interpret any poetry on the job, but because you may be asking him or her, at some point, to deal with complex material that requires intense concentration - and to write a persuasive account of what it all means. And you may find that the humanities major with extensive college experience in dealing with complex material handles the challenge better - more comprehensively, more imaginatively - than the business or finance major who assumed that her degree was all she needed to earn a place in your company.
We have plenty of anecdotal evidence for the value of the humanities. Over 25 years of teaching, I've had many students tell me - sometimes five, 10, 20 years after they graduated - that their English major gave them the intellectual skills they needed in their careers, while introducing them to some of the most challenging and delightful works ever written in our language. At the Modern Language Association, any one of our almost 30,000 members can say something similar. That's why we're such passionate advocates of study in the humanities.
And as Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University, has pointed out, we can point to success stories like Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute, Nobel laureate and former director of the National Institutes of Health. Each of them earned a Master's degree in English. Dempsey studied Joseph Conrad and William Butler Yeats; Varmus concentrated on Anglo-Saxon literature. In other words, they immersed themselves in dealing with complex material that requires intense concentration, and they honed their intellectual skills in so doing. It turns out that those skills are useful - and transferable - anywhere there is thinking to be done.
But for the first time, we also have statistical evidence for the value of the humanities. In 2011, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa published "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses." What most people took away from that book (no doubt partly because of the title) was that college students are goofing off: They spend far more time on social activities than on homework. The results show up on a test called the Collegiate Learning Assessment, which basically asks students to deal with complex material and write a persuasive account of it. "At least 45% of students in our sample," Arum and Roksa write, "did not demonstrate any statistically significant improvement in CLA performance during the first two years of college."
That's not a happy result by any measure - and it makes college sound like a waste of time and money. But when you break down the numbers, a funny thing happens: Students showed improvement in "critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills" largely to the degree that their courses required them to read at least 40 pages a week and write at least 20 pages in a semester. The more reading and writing they did - serious reading, analytical writing - the more they learned. A remarkable finding!
All right, it's not really a remarkable finding. It's precisely what you would expect - except that it's precisely what everyone manages to forget every time they ask a humanities major, "What in the world are you going to do with that?" In Arum's and Roksa's findings, humanities majors scored quite well; business majors did not.
Too many students (and their parents) think of college as the place that will grant them the degree they need to work at X job. The problem is, X job might not exist 10 or 20 years from now. Or X job might be transformed into something else, something that requires critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills.
When that happens, and it happens all the time, humanities majors find that their degrees were good investments after all - and that they are employable anywhere in the economy where there is thinking to be done.
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People who abandon organized religion but still believe in a creator/god, are what I call "halfway there." At least they're not out to hurt anyone with their beliefs, or impose their doctrine on anyone else. You hear a lot of people say, "I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual." A lot of time, these "spiritual" people will spend countless hours and money going from one new age fad to the next, looking for enlightenment or a deeper connection to god. This makes me sad, because I was once the same way, and I remember how lost I was--how needy I was for meaning and purpose. I have relatives who are still. It's a search that will never end for them, unless they finally realize there's nothing more to find. For me, that was enlightenment. I wish everyone could learn to be satisfied with what's right in front of them. Life is too short to waste on the search for something more. There is all the meaning in the world (in the actual world). And you don't need to understand where it all came from, to enjoy it. At least I don't. Am I making it too simplified? Should it be more complicated? To me, it is all simple. It's just life. Until it's not anymore.
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*Life is too short to waste on the search for something more. - yes!
*You sir, are a track star. - :)
*I'm hoping she keeps going in the right direction... skeptical=progress
If I were to use the word enlightened in the same sentence as myself, it would have to mean travelling through life lighter due to lack of religious baggage, not the usual sense of wiser than everyone else.
Patience Grasshopper! As children we let go of Mommy's hand and crawled before we walked, Then we stood and held onto the safety and comfort of furniture and whatever else we could hold onto as we took our first timid steps. When we struck out on our own it was with excitement, yet fear as we stumbled and fell and left behind the security of someone being there to catch us. When we got over that, we ran!
I see our growth to denial of a Sky Daddy in that manner. Everyone that has children and watched them learn to walk can identify with the steps taken to become a track star. You sir, are a track star. Some are still in their infancy and just began to crawl. They'll get there eventually, but in their own time. In their own way. Patience Grasshopper.
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The European Union without Britain would be like "fish without chips", the prime minister of Finland said on Wednesday as he made a detailed case for Britain remaining a strong and influential player in Europe.
Speaking two days before Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a much-anticipated speech setting out how he wants to change Britain's relationship with the European Union, Jyrki Katainen said he was sure the British would not abandon Europe.
"We all need a strong Britain in the EU," he told a small group of journalists in an interview in Brussels.
"I'm quite confident that major British politicians and the people think that they should be at the heart of Europe," he said, adding:"The EU without Britain is pretty much the same as fish without chips. It's not a meal anymore."
Katainen listed Britain's competitive economy,its role in shaping the single market, its strong free-trade history and its broader global influence as reasons why the country was an essential part of the European project.
But he also cautioned that Cameron could not expect to pick and choose which pieces of EU legislation he wanted to adopt and which pieces he did not like.
"When being a member in the European Union and especially in the single market, you cannot pick the raisins from the bun," he said, adding that it was not clear to him which issues Britain could easily drop and which it was ready to keep.
"It's very difficult to say what could be the competencies that could be repatriated. I don't know exactly what they could be," he said.
"When looking at Britain and its role in the world, it has benefited a lot from an integrated Europe, and I'm really sad that the debate has gone so far in the UK that some people there are seriously thinking of leaving the EU."
Katainen also addressed an issue close to Finland's heart that has proved a stubborn sticking point for the euro zone since June last year: how to treat "legacy" banking problems in countries such as Ireland and Spain.
Euro zone countries have agreed that problem banks in euro zone countries can be directly recapitalized by the region's bailout fund once the European Central Bank (ECB) is fully established as the single supervisor for the whole banking sector.
But Finland, in a position that has drawn support from the Netherlands and Germany, has argued that existing problems should not fall under the new regime, which would apply only to countries that have banking problems in the future.
That would mean Spain and Ireland would not be able to recapitalize their banks from the ESM permanent bailout fund.
"I just try to find solutions on what to do with the legacy assets, but as we have said earlier we don't like the idea that we changed the rules of the game in the middle of the game," Katainen said, when asked about the "legacy assets" issue.
"This is an issue that will be dealt with by the summit in June this year," he said. Asked if Germany and the Netherlands still stood close by Finland on the issue, he replied:
"We have not been talking with the two other countries on the Irish case or more generally legacy assets.
"But I think we are very close to each other,direct capitalization can be used only once the European banking supervision is up and running, but as I said this is an issue which will be dealt with later on this year."
Katainen also emphasized the need for a strong and comprehensive system for resolving bad banks in Europe, saying the mentality of leaders had to shift from bailing out banks to ensuring that investors and owners of banks were'bailed in'.
Only then would taxpayers be protected from having to carry the cost of bailouts, and the link could be broken between the debts of problem banks and the debts of sovereign countries.
"Most of the future bank crises, we could solve with the bail-in principle. The investors and owners of the banks must be in the first row of being responsible for the banking trouble.
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Linked by Antonio Ospite on Fri 21st Oct 2011 23:35 UTC
Antonio Ospite explores Gnome 3 in fall-back mode and tries to make it look and behave more like Gnome 2.32 again. This summer Linus Torvalds made it to the news for complaining about the gnome-shell design; Gnome fall-back mode is the solution for those like Linus who can't - or better, do not want to - use gnome-shell just yet.
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by akaas on Sat 22nd Oct 2011 07:12 UTC in reply to "Not that bad"
* If you hit ALT while selecting 'Suspend' you'll get the 'Power Off' option instead (really, GNOME devs?...)
They are working on it:
I like that they try to keep menus uncluttered, and the change above would make it more clear that there's some other options than just "Suspend".
Yes, there's lots of things to do still, but personally I think GNOME 3.0 was already very solid release despite its weaknesses. GNOME 3.2 improved it and GNOME 3.4 looks again better.
Worth to follow:
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said his tax code revamp will examine rules for nonprofit groups' political activities in hopes of preventing a repeat of the botched Internal Revenue Service review that has landed the tax collector in hot water.
Senator Max Baucus defended Democrats' call for more scrutiny of so-called 501(c)4 groups, a type of tax-exempt status that allows the entities to engage in a limited, but vaguely defined, amount of political activity.
The IRS admitted last week it inappropriately targeted conservatives groups for extra scrutiny when sorting through a flood of applications for the status over the past several years. The admission set off a furor over the tax-collecting agency's power, a series of congressional hearings and an FBI probe.
Republicans and Democrats alike expressed outrage at an inspector general report issued on Tuesday that found gross mismanagement and staff inexperience amid the targeting.
"Clearly something is amiss for the IRS to behave the way it did," Baucus said on the Senate floor.
Baucus and his counterpart in the U.S. House of Representatives are working to write legislation to revamp the entire tax code, and the Montana Democrat will explore the 501(c)4 issue in a hearing on Tuesday.
"What part of the tax code has to change for us to guarantee this overreach never happens again? ... This will be an issue we delve into in tax reform," Baucus said.
Some Democrats and campaign finance reform advocates have for several years called for the IRS to more actively police applications for tax-exempt status, amid an explosion of well-funded groups, including some run by well-known political operatives. That explosion followed a 2010 Supreme Court decision freeing groups to spend unlimited amounts on political causes.
In the 2012 elections outside spending by conservative groups, including 501(c)4 groups, was $860 million, more than double liberal groups' $407 million outlay, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan watchdog group.
"It is completely unacceptable to be targeting groups based on their political orientation, but we do worry that this one instance of egregious over-enforcement is going to justify under-enforcement by the IRS," said Tara Malloy, an attorney with the non-profit Campaign Legal Center.
The IRS on Wednesday said its tax-exempt office receives about 70,000 applications for tax-exempt status each year, handled by a staff of fewer than 200 people.
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PHILADELPHIA — In a sloppy, ugly game, the Philadelphia Eagles prevailed because they made fewer mistakes.
DeMarco Murray ran for 109 yards and a touchdown, Nolan Carroll returned one of Eli Manning's two interceptions for a score and the Eagles beat the New York Giants 27-7 Monday night.
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Ex-Suede man wins top producer award
Former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler was named Producer Of The Year at the inaugural Music Producers Guild Awards 2009 in London last night (February 12).
The awards confirms Bernard Butler as one of the top new music preducers in the UK. Butler, who has produced albums for Duffy, Black Kids, Tricky and 1990s, was presented his award by Duffy, and the prize also earns Butler the BRIT Award for Best Producer. The event, which took place at London's Cafe de Paris, saw Danger Mouse, Calvin Harris and Bloc Party producer Paul Epworth win awards.
Bernard Butler first achieved fame in 1992 as the guitarist with Suede, forging a songwriting partnership with Brett Anderson, at the time an instant phenomenon in UK pop music. He co-wrote and played guitars on every track until 1994, when he left Suede leaving behind the Mercury Music Prize winning debut "Suede", as well as the acclaimed follow-up "Dog Man Star" .
In 2009 Bernard will be co-writing and producing Duffy, Kate Jackson , Catherine A.D., and playing live alongside Bert Jansch.
The full list of winners at the Music Producers Guild Awards 2009
Producer of The Year - sponsored by the BPI: Bernard Butler
Nominees: Bernard Bulter; Brian Eno; Steve Mac
Recording Engineer of The Year – sponsored by Prism Sound: James Towler
Nominees: Haydn Bendall; James Towler; Markus Dravs
Best Mix Engineer – sponsored by Digidesign: Cenzo Townshend
Nominees: Andy Bradfield; Cenzo Townsend; Tom Elmhirst
Best Mastering Engineer – sponsored by SADiE: Ray Staff
Nominees: John Davis; Ray Staff; Tim Young
Best International Producer of the Year – sponsored by RAK Studios: Danger Mouse
Nominees: Danger Mouse; Mark Ronson; Robert John 'Mutt' Lange
Best Live Album of The Year (08) – sponsored by Shure: Girls Aloud – 'Tangled Up'
Nominees: David Gilmour - 'Live In Gdansk'; Girls Aloud - 'Tangled Up'; Nephu Huzzband - 'Live In London'
UK Album of The Year (08) – sponsored by Cream Recording Studios: Elbow – 'The Seldom Seen Kid'
Nominees: Coldplay - 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'; Duffy – 'Rockferry'; Elbow - 'The Seldom Seen Kid'
UK Single of The Year (08) – sponsored by Discovering Arts: Elbow – 'One Day Like This'
Nominees: Duffy – 'Mercy'; Elbow – 'One Day Like This'; Radiohead – 'Nude'
The Joe Meek Award for Innovation In Production – sponsored by Music Producers Guild: Brian Eno
Nominees: Brian Eno; Bjork; Mark Ronson
Best Re-mixer – sponsored by CMU: Calvin Harris
Nominees: Calvin Harris; Dan Turner; Gareth Jones
Best Newcomer – sponsored by Deep Recording Studios: Paul Epworth
Nominees: Dan Hulme; Paul Epworth; Steve Booker
Best Studio – sponsored by TL Audio: British Grove Studios
Nominees: Abbey Road; AIR Lyndhurst; British Grove Studios
Unsung Hero – sponsored by Alchemea: Andy McBride
Nominees: Andy McBride; Crispin Murray; Xavier Stephenson
Music Producers Guild Special Recognition Award: Chris Blair
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