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Epson Canada, Limited and Epson America, Inc. Online Privacy Policy
Effective Date May 29, 2018
Introduction. This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") applies only to Epson America, Inc. and Epson Canada, Limited ("Epson," "we", "our" or "us") websites where this Privacy Policy is posted (collectively, the "Sites") or other interactive features or downloads that are owned or controlled by Epson and made available through the Sites or that interact with the Sites and post or link to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is designed to provide information about our privacy and data collection practices both online and offline, such as the types of information we collect regarding visitors to the Sites.
This Privacy Policy is intended to apply to the collection and processing of personal information from customers and individuals in the United States and Canada. It does not apply to websites managed or operated by other Epson entities, such as Epson Electronics and Epson Research and Development, or websites in other countries operated by other Epson entities, including in the European Union. If Epson receives and becomes aware of any personal information of a customer or individual in the European Union, such information will be forwarded to the appropriate Epson entity for processing in accordance with their privacy policy and the General Data Protection Regulation as applicable, and will not be retained by Epson America, Inc. or Epson Canada, Limited.
Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, contact Epson's privacy coordinator by either filling out our online privacy feedback form, or sending a letter to Epson America, Inc., Attn: Privacy Coordinator, 3131 Katella Avenue, Los Alamitos, CA 90720. In addition, please review the Epson Terms of Use Canada or Terms of Use United States, which governs your use of the Sites.
Active Collection of Personal Information. To access or take advantage of some areas of the Sites, we may ask you to provide personal information. "Personal Information" is information that can be used to identify you. Examples of Personal Information we may collect through our Sites and otherwise from you include name, mailing address, e-mail address, credit or debit card account number, birth date, or telephone number. Personal Information we collect may also include demographic information, such as your gender, marital status, salary, or similar information if it can be linked to you. We may obtain demographic or similar information from third party service providers and, with your consent, may combine that information with the Personal Information we collect and track (such as transaction history, warranty registration, rebate fulfillment, returns, etc.), in order to create a profile on an individual so that we may provide you with personalized services and interactive communication, advise you about new products and services that may be of interest to you, and for internal market research and service development purposes. We treat all such information as Personal Information subject to this Privacy Policy.
Personal Information may be requested and collected offline and at various locations and on various forms on the Sites, including, but not limited to: registration forms for newsletters and other e-mail communications; registration for membership to the Sites; registration for participation in contests, sweepstakes, auctions, surveys or other promotions that may be offered on the Sites; when you submit an inquiry via the Sites; when you purchase a product from the Sites; when you register your product warranty information; or when you communicate or otherwise interact with us via the Sites or otherwise. You may always elect not to submit Personal Information, however, as a result, you may not be able to access certain of the Sites' features and functionality.
If you have registered as a member of any of the Sites, you may update or modify some of the information that you actively provided through the Sites, including your contact information and e-mail marketing preferences. You may do this by logging into your member account. You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the information you submit to us.
Passive Collection of Information. In addition to the Personal Information that you actively provide to us, we or our third party service providers may use a variety of technologies to automatically collect information about you when you use the Sites and when you use certain third party sites (see "Network Advertising and Retargeting," below). This information may include demographic information, browser type, operating system, IP address, mobile device identifiers and other information. This information may also include clickstream data, which is information about the page-by-page paths you take as you browse through the Sites and certain third party sites. Some third parties may also collect Personal Information when you visit the Sites or other online websites and services.
The methods that we and our service providers may use to automatically collect such information include the following:
- Cookies: Cookies are data files that are placed on a computer when it is used to visit a website. These cookies may be used for many purposes, including, without limitation, tracking user preferences and web pages visited while using the Sites and certain third party sites for marketing and other purposes. These service providers use cookies or web beacons to help us deliver Site content, compile Site metrics and analytics, and help us improve and customize your experiences on the Sites and in our advertising efforts. You can find a list of these companies and find out more about how these companies use cookies or web beacons by clicking on the following link: Service Providers. You may disable cookies using your browser's preferences. However, some features of the Sites may not function properly or may operate slowly if you disable the cookies. Please also be aware that disabling cookies will remove all cookies from your system including those you may find useful such as passwords and user names you have saved on frequently visited websites.
- Web Beacons and Pixels: We may include small graphic images called web beacons, also known as "Internet tags" or "clear gifs," or pixels in our web pages and e-mail messages. We may use web beacons, pixels or similar technologies for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count the number of visitors to the Sites, to monitor how users navigate the Sites, to count how many e-mails that we sent were actually opened or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed, and for third party marketing as described below in "Network Advertising and Retargeting."
- Embedded Scripts: An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Sites. It is temporarily downloaded onto your computer from our web server or a third party we work with, is active only while you are connected to the Sites, and is deleted or deactivated thereafter.
- Software Downloads: We may obtain information about your usage of products we have sold to you after you download software from us that helps you to track your ink usage and allows us to monitor your printing patterns. See also the discussion of the Ask.com Toolbar below.
Passively-collected information about you, such as how you interact with the Sites and third party sites, your ink usage, and your printing patterns, may be combined or associated with your Personal Information. In addition, we may send you product promotions that we think you may be interested in receiving based on the passively-collected information. If we associate any such passively-collected information with Personal Information about you, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information. In each of these instances, we will apply this Privacy Policy to any information received, unless otherwise specifically disclosed by us.
If you download the Ask.com Toolbar, Epson will receive analytical and other information about the fact that you have installed the Toolbar, the number of times you use the Toolbar for searches, the type of Toolbar you use, your geographic location and browser settings, and whether or not you click on advertisements provided through the Ask.com Toolbar and related search queries, for purposes of managing our commercial agreement with APN, LLC. If you use an "InkFinder" or similar Epson application through the Ask.com Toolbar, we will also receive analytical and other information about your printer and ink for customer support purposes. Epson may also use this information to market Epson products and services to you. This Privacy Policy does not cover any use of information that Ask.com itself may collect from you by virtue of your downloading and/or use of the Ask.com Toolbar or the methods used by Ask.com to collect that information. For more information about Ask.com's privacy practices, see the Ask.com Privacy Policy, and Ask.com End User License Agreement. If you do not want Epson or Ask.com to collect information from you regarding your use of the Ask.com Toolbar, you always have the option of not installing the Toolbar or of uninstalling the Toolbar.
Network Advertising and Retargeting. Epson participates in online advertising networks and exchanges that display relevant advertisements to site visitors based on their interests as reflected in their browsing of the Sites and certain third party sites participating in the same networks and exchanges, including but not limited to networks and exchanges operated by Responsys, Yahoo/Bing, and Google (a current list is available on request). These companies use cookies, web beacons, pixels and other similar technologies to passively collect information from you which may be used to tailor the advertising you see on the Site or elsewhere on the web. This means that some information about your browsing of the Sites and certain third party sites may be shared with these companies for the purpose of delivering ads to you on the Sites and certain third party sites, and Epson may receive from some of these companies information about third party sites that you have visited. This information is used for marketing purposes and the practice is sometimes termed "retargeting" to indicate that information from one retailer is used to suggest to you relevant products offered by another retailer. This Privacy Policy does not cover any use of information that such third parties themselves may have collected from you (e.g., type of browser, operating system, domain name, day and time of visit, page(s) visited) or the methods used by the third-parties to collect that information (e.g., cookies, web beacons and clear gifs). Click these links to learn more about Yahoo's/Bing's, Google's, and Responsys' business practices and privacy policies. You can also learn more about opting out of network advertising retargeting below under "Opting Out of Network Advertising Retargeting."
Information from Third Parties. We may, from time to time, obtain supplemental information about you from third party sources or from our marketing partners in connection with co-branded websites or promotions and from network advertising services (see above). If we receive Personal Information from a third party source and/or we combine the information we receive from these third party sources with your Personal Information, we will treat that information and the combined information as Personal Information. We are not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided by third parties or how such third parties collect and use such information.
Use of Personal Information. Epson may use your Personal Information, whether collected online or offline, and whether collected actively or passively (as described above in "Passive Collection of Information"): (1) to provide you with information or services, or process transactions that you have requested or agreed to receive; (2) to process your registration with the Sites, including verifying that your e-mail address is active and valid; (3) to improve the Sites or our services, to customize your experience on the Sites, or with your consent to serve you specific content that is relevant to you; (4) to market Epson products and services to you; (5) to contact you with regard to your use of the Sites and, in our discretion, changes to our policies; (6) for internal business purposes; and (7) for purposes disclosed at the time you provide your Personal Information.
Opting Out Of Receiving Commercial E-mail Correspondence from Epson. Epson provides several means for you to opt-out of receiving commercial e-mails from Epson. If you do not wish to receive e-mail notices regarding our products or services, you may opt-out at the time you provide your Personal Information to us. Otherwise, at any other time you may opt-out by logging into your member account and changing your preferences. You may also opt-out through any commercial e-mail you receive from Epson by selecting the "unsubscribe" or similar option included with each e-mail. To opt-out of direct mailings, we will provide you with a postage paid opt-out card with any promotional offers we mail to you.
Opting Out of Network Advertising Retargeting. If you do not wish to receive retargeted advertising from Epson based on your activity on third party sites, you may disable cookies as described above in the cookies section and clear your browser history. This will also have the effect of disabling cookies that were placed through e-mail pixels.
Certain advertising networks and exchanges may participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance ("DAA") AdChoices Program and may display an Advertising Option Icon for interest-based ads. You can learn more about the DAA AdChoices Program here: http://www.youradchoices.com/. In addition, certain advertising networks and exchanges may participate in the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI). The NAI has developed a tool that allows consumers to opt out of targeted advertising delivered by NAI members' ad networks. To learn more about opting out of targeted advertising or to use the tool, click here: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
Some browsers have a "do not track" feature. For more information about Do Not Track, see http://allaboutdnt.com/. The Sites do not respond to "do not track" signals.
Sweepstakes, Contests and Promotions. We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions (any, a "Promotion") through the Sites that may require registration. By participating in a Promotion, you are agreeing to the terms, conditions or official rules that govern that Promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the Promotion to use your name, voice and/or likeness in advertising or marketing associated with the Promotion. If you choose to enter a Promotion, your Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such Promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the Promotion's official rules, such as on a winners list.
Disclosure of Information. Except as otherwise provided herein, Epson does not share, rent, or sell any Personal Information it collects to any third party for third party marketing or solicitations purposes. We may, in our sole discretion, share with third parties information that is not associated with your name or identity, such as website usage information, non-personally identifiable demographic information, and aggregate user statistics. We may share Personal Information with third parties as described at the time you provide the information and under the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may share your Personal Information with third party service providers so that they may perform certain services for us, such as website hosting, order fulfillment, delivery of Epson promotional materials and product offers, clearing and processing credit and debit card payments, or performing other services on our behalf. These service providers are prohibited from using your Personal Information for any purpose other than to provide this assistance and are required to protect Personal Information collected by them on behalf of Epson or disclosed to them by Epson and to comply with the general privacy principles described in this Privacy Policy.
- Advertising Retargeting: Epson may share certain user information about you, including Personal Information, with third party advertisers ("Advertisers"; a current list is available on request) through the use of cookies, web beacons, and pixels, placed in Epson emails and on the Sites. This information about you allows those Advertisers to track your preferences and web pages visited while using the Sites and certain third party sites and to use that information to target advertising to you on behalf of Epson. Epson does not share your information with third parties for their marketing purposes.
- Business Transfers: Epson may share Personal Information with its subsidiaries and affiliates for internal business purposes. Epson also reserves the right to disclose and/or transfer all information collected, whether through or in connection with the Sites or otherwise, including Personal Information, to third parties in the event of a proposed or actual purchase, sale (including a liquidation, realization, foreclosure or repossession), lease, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal, transfer, conveyance or financing of all or any portion of Epson or of any of the business or assets or shares of Epson or a subsidiary or division thereof in order for you to continue to receive the same products and services from the third party.
- Legal and Safety Obligations: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we may also transfer and disclose user information, including Personal Information, to third parties: (i) in the event we are required to respond to subpoenas or other legal process or if in our good faith opinion such disclosure is required or permitted by law; (ii) at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; (iii) to protect and/or defend the Terms of Use Canada, Terms of Use United States United State or other policies applicable to the Sites; or (iv) to protect the personal safety, life, health, rights, property or security of any individual. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we may also use IP addresses, mobile device identifiers or any other information we collect to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with copyright owners, Internet service providers, wireless service providers or law enforcement agencies in our discretion. Such disclosures may be carried out without notice to you.
Information You Provide About Others. We may also provide you opportunities to submit certain Personal Information about other individuals as permitted under applicable law. For instance, you may choose to send a notice through the Sites to a friend regarding products or content offered by the Sites. Please note that any such notices we send to third parties on your behalf will appear to be sent by you and not Epson. You agree that you will not abuse this feature by entering names, addresses, e-mail addresses or other Personal Information of individuals who you know or ought to know would not be interested in Epson products and/or for whom you have not obtained prior consent. We will not use the Personal Information of these individuals for any other purpose without their consent except in connection with legal and safety obligations set forth above.
Children's Privacy Protection. Epson is aware of the heightened need to protect the privacy of children under the age of 13. The Sites are not intended for children and are not targeted to children under the age of 13. Epson does not knowingly collect data from children and, if we learn that we have received identifying information from a user under the age of 13, we will delete this information.
The Epson Store. The Epson Store is a section of the Sites that allows you to purchase Epson products online. The Epson Store is designed to give you options concerning the privacy of your Personal Information. If you choose, you can set up an account, where you will provide certain Personal Information. This will allow you to have a customized order page for express ordering and to view your purchasing history. To protect your privacy, we have designed the Epson Store to include certain steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make changes to your account. After logging into your account, you will have access to your account information and the ability to view, update or change it at any time. To access your information, you will need to use a password. When purchasing products from the Epson Store, the order form will also ask you to provide a daytime telephone number. A telephone number is requested so we can quickly resolve questions related to an order, such as to clarify customer orders or to notify a customer of backorder status.
You also may choose to have Epson save your credit card information. We use commercially reasonable security measures and retain card information for payment processing purposes only. See the section below entitled "Security" for further details. Because we know customers are concerned about credit card security, Epson Store users have two choices when purchasing from the Epson Store. You may either: (1) store your credit card number(s) in your account profile, which is convenient because you will not need to re-enter your number each time you place an order; or (2) elect not to store your credit card number(s) in your account profile, which means you will be required to re-enter your credit card information each time you place an order through the Epson Store. If at any time you would like to make a purchase but do not want to provide your credit card information online, you may also place your order by contacting an Epson Store sales representative by telephone at 1-800-807-7766.
Advertisements. Advertisements from third party advertisers ("Advertisers") may appear on the Sites and may be directed to you when and after you open Epson emails. Advertisers may compile information about the advertisements that appear to you while you are using the Sites and certain third party sites and which advertisements you click on. The Advertisers may use cookies, web beacons and pixels, and other methods of passively collecting such information, through Epson emails and based on your activity on the Sites and certain third party sites. The collection of such information through these methods may allow the Advertisers to track each time you are sent an online advertisement from that Advertiser. These Advertisers and Epson may use this information to deliver targeted advertisements that they or we believe will be of most interest to you. In some cases, Epson may have access to information from web beacons, pixels and cookies used by Advertisers in Epson emails and on the Sites and certain third party sites, and this information may permit Epson to identify other sites that you have visited that are also associated with the Advertiser. As noted above, this Privacy Policy does not cover the methods for collecting information used by these Advertisers or the use of the information that the Advertisers collect. We make no representations or warranties regarding the policies or business practices of such Advertisers and we encourage you to familiarize yourself with their privacy policies.
Third Party Websites. There may be hyperlinks on the Sites to other websites or locations that are operated and controlled by third parties ("Third Party Websites"). These Third Party Websites may use their own cookies, web beacons and other technology to independently collect information about you. In addition, these Third Party Websites may solicit Personal Information from you. We make no representations regarding the policies or business practices of such Third Party Websites and encourage you to familiarize yourself with their privacy policies before providing them with your Personal Information.
The Site utilizes the YouTube API to display videos and other information relevant to Epson's video content, and you are agreeing to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and API Services Terms of Service when engaging YouTube content and services through the Site. We take no responsibility for the privacy practices of third-party services and encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies of any third-party service you access.
Consent to Transfer Information. Epson America, Inc. Sites are operated in the United States. If you are located in the European Union, Canada or elsewhere outside of the United States and are accessing Epson America, Inc. Sites, please be aware that information we collect, including Personal Information, will be transferred to, processed and stored in the United States and, as such, courts and other authorities in the United States may, in certain circumstances, be entitled to access your Personal Information. By using the Epson America, Inc. Sites or providing us with any information through the Epson America, Inc. Sites, you consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in the United States.
Epson Canada, Limited Sites are operated in Canada. Please be aware that if you are accessing Epson Canada, Limited Sites the information we collect, including Personal Information, will be transferred to, processed and stored in the United States, Canada, or Japan. We or one of our affiliates or an unaffiliated service provider may process and store your Personal Information outside of the province or jurisdiction in which you reside and/or outside of Canada and, as such, courts and other authorities in those other provinces or foreign jurisdictions may, in certain circumstances, be entitled to access your Personal Information. By using the Epson Canada, Limited Sites or providing us with any information through the Epson Canada, Limited Sites, you consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in and/or outside of Canada. For more information about our policies and practices related to the use of foreign service providers, please contact our Privacy Coordinator as described below.
As noted above, the Sites are not intended for customers or individuals outside of the United States or Canada. If you are a customer or an individual in the European Union, you should direct your inquiries to websites operated by other Epson entities in that jurisdiction. If Epson receives and becomes aware of any personal information of a customer or an individual in the European Union, such information will be forwarded to the appropriate Epson entity for processing in accordance with their privacy policy and the General Data Protection Regulation as applicable, and will not be retained by Epson America, Inc. or Epson Canada, Limited.
Security. Epson retains your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected and to comply with applicable laws, and your consent to such purposes(s) remains valid after termination of our relationship with you. Epson takes commercially reasonable steps to help protect and secure Personal Information. However, no data transmission over the Internet, wireless transmission or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information we collect, and you use our Sites and provide us with your information at your own risk.
Changes to this Policy. Epson may from time to time and without prior notice revise this Privacy Policy. Any changes will be effective immediately when the revised policy is posted on the Sites. We will not, however, use your Personal Information in a manner materially different than what was stated in the policy posted on the Sites at the time your Personal Information was collected unless we receive your consent.
Contacting Us. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, our practices, or your dealings with the Sites, wish to request access to or correction or update of your Personal Information, wish to withdraw your consent (subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice), or you have reason to believe Epson may have failed to adhere to this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by using the Privacy Feedback Form, or you can write to:
Epson America, Inc.
Attn: Privacy Coordinator
3131 Katella Avenue
Los Alamitos, CA 90720


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Blueberry Coffee Cake (Adapted from CL)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus 2 teaspoons flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk, divided
1 3/4 cups fresh blueberries
1 tablespoon turbinado sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and granulated sugar until light and well combined. Beat in egg, egg white and vanilla, mixing until well combined. Add flour mixture and 1 cup buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, mixing just until combined after each. If the batter looks too thick, fold in remaining 2 tablespoons buttermilk.
In a small bowl, toss together blueberries and 2 teaspoons flour until coated.
Scoop half of the batter into a 9" springform pan coated with nonstick spray. Evenly scatter the top with 1 cup blueberries. Spoon remaining batter over the blueberries. Scatter the top with the remaining blueberries and sprinkle the top with the turbinado sugar.
Place into the oven and bake until a toothpick placed into the center comes out mostly clean with a few moist crumbs attached, about 42 to 48 minutes. Remove and place pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes - release the sides of the springform pan and let cake cool completely before serving.
Makes about 8 servings.
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Sunday, May 15, 2005
Blueberry Coffee Cake
2 comments:
- Anonymous8/30/2008 03:58:00 PM
Thanks, Joe. I have a pint of fresh blueberries and wanted something tasty and easy. I found it.ReplyDelete
Hi Carole - I hope you like it!ReplyDelete
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New York AG lawyer: Evidence could support action vs. Trump
May 12, 2022, 9:36 PM | Updated: May 13, 2022, 1:57 pm
(Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — As a federal judge weighs Donald Trump's lawsuit seeking to halt a civil investigation into his business practices, a lawyer for the New York attorney general's office said Friday that evidence found throughout the three-year probe could support legal action against the former president, his company, or both.
The lawyer, Andrew Amer, said at a hearing in Trump's lawsuit against Attorney General Letitia James that "there's clearly been a substantial amount of evidence amassed that could support the filing of an enforcement proceeding," although a final determination on filing such an action has not been made.
Amer, a special litigation counsel in James' office, said the office is "nearing the end" of the civil investigation, which James has said uncovered evidence Trump's company misstated the value of assets like skyscrapers and golf courses on financial statements for more than a decade.
James could decide to bring a lawsuit and seek financial penalties against Trump or his company, or even a ban on them being involved in certain types of businesses, as happened in January when a judge barred ex-drug company CEO Martin Shkreli from the pharmaceutical industry for life.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has said that a parallel criminal investigation into Trump is continuing, although the term of a grand jury hearing evidence in that matter expired last month.
Mark Pomerantz, who was leading the criminal probe, said in a February resignation letter that he believed there was "evidence sufficient to establish Mr. Trump's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt" for falsifying financial statements.
Trump has denied wrongdoing. His lawyers contend James is using her civil investigation to gain access to information that could then be used against him in the criminal matter.
Trump's lawyer, seeking to halt the civil investigation, argued at Friday's hearing that James' probe is a politically motivated fishing expedition and that by targeting him, she is violating Trump's constitutional right to equal protection under the law.
Trump, a Republican, is seeking an injunction to stop the civil investigation. James, a Democrat, has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes said she would consider both requests and deliver a decision in writing. She did not give a timetable for a ruling.
Sannes listened to arguments from Amer and Trump lawyer Alina Habba for about an hour via video and asked probing questions about recent legal battles over subpoenas for Trump's testimony and evidence, and the role of federal courts intervening in a state matter.
Trump sued James in federal court in upstate New York in December after her office issued subpoenas requiring him and his two eldest children — Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. — to answer questions under oath. A state appeals court heard arguments Wednesday as the Trumps seek to reverse a lower-court judge's ruling enforcing the subpoenas.
Habba argued at Friday's hearing that James was investigating Trump to make good on promises she made during her campaign for attorney general in 2018, using the office to harass him and his company with myriad subpoenas and evidence requests.
"We've produced millions and millions and millions of pages" of evidence, Habba told Sannes. "We keep getting subpoenas. They keep looking for things. If they don't find it, they look again."
Amer countered that the investigation is on solid legal ground, noting that the state judge overseeing legal fights over subpoenas issued by the attorney general's office has found there is a "sufficient basis for continuing its investigation."
James' office started investigating Trump in 2019 after his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen told Congress that Trump had a history of misrepresenting the value of assets to gain favorable loan terms and tax benefits. Amer said the probe, now "nearly concluded," has uncovered ample evidence that could support a civil enforcement action.
All of that, Amer said, "really shuts the door on any argument" by Trump's lawyers that the attorney general's office was proceeding in bad faith.
Habba also took issue with the way the investigation and state court battles over subpoenas for Trump's business records and testimony unfolded, telling Sannes: "We are sitting with our hands tied. We are simply dodging subpoenas at this point."
James' office and Trump's lawyers have made several agreements extending the deadline for a potential decision, writing in one court filing that doing so "is in their mutual benefit and interest." One agreement posted to the state court docket set an April 30 deadline, but Habba said Trump's lawyers recently agreed to another extension.
Trump's appeals could further delay the end of the probe. The mid-level state appeals court that heard arguments Wednesday in Trump's testimony fight isn't expected to take up his appeal of a recent contempt-of-court finding until the fall.
Judge Arthur Engoron agreed Wednesday to lift the contempt finding and a $10,000-a-day fine for being slow to respond to James' subpoena for documents and other evidence if Trump meets certain conditions by May 20. Those include paying $110,000 in fines racked up so far, and submitting paperwork detailing efforts to search for the subpoenaed records and explaining his and his company's document retention policies.
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A few weeks ago I mentioned that I really wanted to start involving more men into the Women Want to Hear Women conversation, because the only way to change the conversation is by working together.
I thought the perfect guests would be the men and women of Delta Rae. The group, composed of two women and four men, released a female empowerment anthem on Oct. 19 called "Hands Dirty." In a bit of a plot twist, band member Ian Hölljes was the initial writer of the song before his sister Brittany stepped in to work with him on it.
This band is an example of how men and women can work together to better champion the WWTHW movement.
I absolutely love this conversation, and I hope you do too! Plus, wait until you hear Delta Rae cover Cam's "Diane." It will blow you away.
Show Participants:
- Ian Hölljes of Delta Rae
- Eric Hölljes of Delta Rae
- Brittany Hölljes of Delta Rae
- Elizabeth Hopkins of Delta Rae
- Mike McKee of Delta Rae
- Grant Emerson of Delta Rae
- Elaina Smith, host of WWTHW
- Delta Rae covers Cam's "Diane."
- Delta Rae performs their new single, "Hands Dirty."
Delta Rae's Women Want to Hear Women Playlist
Need a refresher what #WomenWantToHearWomen is all about?
Past episodes:
Kacey Musgraves
Dolly Parton
Carly Pearce
Shawna Thompson of Thompson Square
Tegan Marie
Clare Dunn
Stephanie Quayle
Sarah Darling
Rachel Reinert
Carrie Underwood
Abby Anderson
Runaway June
Kalie Shorr
Rachel Wammack
Jessie Chris
Tenille Townes


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Part 1. Sales and Use Taxes
Chapter 4. Exemptions
Article 2. Exemptions from Sales Tax
Section 6396
6396. Interstate shipments. There are exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property which, pursuant to the contract of sale, is required to be shipped and is shipped to a point outside this state by the retailer by means of: (a) facilities operated by the retailer, or (b) delivery by the retailer to a carrier, customs broker or forwarding agent, whether hired by the purchaser or not, for shipment to such out-of-state point.
For purposes of this section, the term "carrier" shall mean a person or firm engaged in the business of tranporting for compensation tangible personal property owned by other persons, and includes both common and contract carriers. The term "forwarding agent" shall mean a person or firm engaged in the business of preparing property for shipment or arranging for its shipment.
History—Added by Stats. 1970, p. 2872, in effect September 19, 1970.
Actual out-of-state delivery required.—Exemption does not apply where seller delivered vehicles to carrier and obtained buyers' certificates of out-of-state delivery, but delivery actually occurred in state. Engs Motor Truck Co. v. State Board of Equalization (1987) 189 Cal.App.3d 1458.
Forwarding agent's in-state deliveries taxable.—When the deliveries of mobilehomes were made to purchasers in California, the transactions were subject to sales tax, even though the contract of sale required shipment out of state, the seller first delivered the mobilehomes to a forwarding agent, and the purchasers removed the mobilehomes out of state. Pope v. State Board of Equalization (1988) 202 Cal.App.3d 73.
Completion of manufacture and sale by second retailer.—Under particular facts of this case, the change in contractors prior to completion of the full contract did not constitute delivery in California where the second contractor delivered the property out of state by common carrier as the original contract required. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. State Board of Equalization (1997) 53 Cal.App.4th 289.


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Aquaman Leaves the Sea (Adventure Comics #172)
Ramona Fradon is the grand lady of DC comic books. Just graduated from the Parsons School Of Design in 1950, she got a job at DC Comics. Among her first tasks was drawing 'Aquaman'. She kept drawing the character throughout the decade, adding many new characters.
In the early 1960s, she took a break from comic books to raise her daughter, with the exception of the creation of the superhero character ' Metamorpho, the Element Man' with Bob Haney in 1965. When Ramona Fradon returned to comics full-time in the 1970s, she worked on DC titles such as 'Superman', 'Batman', 'Plastic Man', 'Freedom Fighters' and 'Super Friends'.
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She left DC in 1980 to take over Dale Messick's newspaper strip 'Brenda Starr, Reporter' for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate. Working Messick as the scriptwriter during the first two years of her tenure, Fradon later worked from scripts by Linda Sutter and eventually Mary Schmich. After Ramona Fradon retired in 1995, 'Brenda Starr' was taken over by June Brigman.
Ramona Fradon came out of retirement on several occasions. She drew a 'Sonic the Hedgehog' issue for Archie Comics in 1999. In 2004, she drew the feature 'Mermaidman and Barnacleboy' for Nickelodeon Magazine. The feature was a spin-off of the popular cartoon series Stephen Hillenburg's 'Spongebob Squarepants' and a parody of 'Aquaman'. It also appeared in the 'SpongeBob' comic book by Bongo Comics. She contributed pencils to the 2010 graphic novel 'The Adventures of Unemployed Man' by Erich Origen and Gan Golan and the collection 'The Art of Ramona Fradon'. She wrote and drew her children's book 'The Dinosaur That Got Tired of Being Extinct' in 2012.
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Thank heavens we've got lots of genealogy publishers out there trying to keep on top of the news. I just opened the May/June 2009 issue of Discovering Family History magazine and spotted a blurb in the editor's comments called "W-W-Worth a Look", I learned that the complete 1911 UK Census has been launched online. Somehow in my travels, Ol' Myrt here missed the debut of this major census collection. With the editor's permission, here is the entry in full [emphasis added] :
"The 1911 census for England and Wales was taken on the night of 2 April 1911. The count included all individual households, plus institutions, such as prisons, workhouses, naval vessels and merchant vessels, and it also attempted to make an approximate count of the homeless. In common with the censuses that preceded it, it recorded the following information: where an individual lived, their age at the time of the census, who (what relatives) they were living with, their place of birth and occupation.
Additionally, a unique feature of this census is that prior to 1911, the household schedules were destroyed once the details had been transferred into the enumerators' summary books. But for the 1911 census, both sets of records have been preserved, which means you can see the census documents filled out in your ancestor's own hand (complete with mistakes and additional comments), in addition to the edited version in the enumerators' summary.
Do note that women, frustrated with the government's refusal to grant women the vote, boycotted the 1911 census by refusing to be counted. There were two forms of protest. In the first, the women (or their husband) refused to fill in the form, often recording their protest to the enumerator. In the second, women evaded the census by staying away from their home for the whole night. In both cases, any details relating to individual women in the households will be missing from the census. " The census is now online at http://www.1911census.co.uk.
So Ol' Myrt here visited the website, and discovered that you can:
Search through the census index to find an ancestor, or to find out who lived in your house.
but then when you find an entry of interest, you'll need to:
Once you are sure of the record you want, you'll need to register and buy credits to view and print and save a typed transcript or an image of the original handwritten page.
So how much does it cost? The census website explains "Viewing the images of the household pages uses 30 credits, which costs from £2.50 to £3.48, depending on the package of credits that you buy." According to Google today, that translates to $3.63 to $5.06 US dollars, or $2.81 to $3.91 Euro.
This 1911 UK Census website was created in association with the National Archives (UK) and is powered by our friends at FindMyPast.com.
So I guess now we have to pray our 1911 UK ancestresses and their spouses weren't ardent suffragists.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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Out of nowhere, I felt an urge to listen to Willie Nelson's epic album Stardust, a collection of pop standards that went platinum when it was released in 1978.
As I listened to "Blue Skies" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street," I remembered buying this album for my father. I thought he would enjoy a fresh take on these songs of his youth, his travails during the Great Depression, and the war that defined his generation.
I don't think he ever listened to it a second time. He loved the songs, but he couldn't bear the fresh take. He wanted Gertrude Lawrence, the original voices of Tin Pan Alley and Depression-era hopefulness, the crooners that carried his generation to war and back home again.
I understand. The music we hear at our first dreaming, first love, first dance becomes the soundtrack of our lives.
For many people, the same is true of faith. Our images of God, songs of worship and language of prayer tend to be those we acquired at first awareness. Many more images, songs and words will come later, but none might resonate so deeply as those that were imprinted on us early on.
It can take great patience and self-denial to hear another generation's soundtrack of faith and take it seriously.
Christian congregations in America are dying for many reasons — smugness, excessive infighting, fear of change, aversion to risk, perpetuating ineffective practices — but one reason is this reality of imprint.
Churches tend to become generationally narrow — focused on a single generation that shares a certain moment of imprint, like grand hymns of the 1950s or contemporary Christian rock.
Each generation hears its soundtrack, as it were, and relaxes. Going broader and deeper means accepting a fresh take as worthy: new songs, words, and images, new sorts and conditions of people.
When you add racial and ethnic diversity, as any church in an urban area must do, you gain entirely different music, preaching styles, and languages. Sunday worship moves awkwardly from piano to pipe organ, from Gospel music to bluegrass standards to classical hymnody, from power to bland and back.
No wonder churches thrive when they stick to a single script and struggle when they embrace pluralism.
Whatever our attitude toward diversity, our imprinted faith probably was formed on a narrower field. It takes a major life crisis — and the personal newness that ensues — for a fresh imprint to take hold.
This isn't just a problem of church management. It also speaks to faith's place in our increasingly pluralistic society. Religion has always divided us. Look at colonial Maryland, or New England towns with a separate Catholic parish for each ethnic cohort, or suburban intersections where denominations compete like burger joints.
Now we add Islamic mosques, Orthodox Jewish synagogues, nondenominational megachurches — each wanting to make its imprint before assimilation takes hold.
When assimilation does occur, we get the present reality: not pluralistic religion, but non-religion, as in the polls' favorite, "None of the above." People haven't turned against God; they just aren't willing, as my father once showed in music, to seek a fresh take.
Jesus kept moving. He never allowed a single imprint to capture his purpose. Denominations haven't followed that lead. They've found a script and stuck to it.
Now they are paying the price, not only in institutional collapse, but in growing irrelevance to resolving the great strains in American life.
Tom Ehrich is a writer, church consultant and Episcopal priest based in New York. He is the author of Just Wondering, Jesus and founder of the Church Wellness Project. His website is www.morningwalkmedia.com. Follow Tom on Twitter @tomehrich. Via RNS.
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I have three databases on an oracle 8.0.6 server, one live database, one test database, and the system database (world). Ive recently tried to setup a cold backup by submitting a shutdown job in Oracle Enterprise Manager to shutdown the live database at 10pm each night. When I set up the job, I was logged onto the world database with Enterprise manager.
This worked ok, but then I decided to tidy up the enterprise manager repositories by dropping (deleting) them all apart from the World database repository. The idea was to only log onto the world database with enterprise manager and administer all of the databases from here.
Since ive done this the live database still shuts down at 10pm but no jobs are displayed in enterprise manager for any of the three databases. According to Enterprise Manager, there are no jobs in the job library, no jobs have been active, and no jobs are scheduled. I have logged on to all three databases using the Worksheet program and typed SELECT * FROM DBA_JOBS; but this returns with no results.
Does anybody know what is happening here, and how do I stop my database from shutting down at 10pm.
Thank you in advance for any help


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Severe Flu Season Slams All But One State: CDC
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The worst flu season in years is only getting worse, with 49 states now seeing widespread misery, U.S. health officials report.
"Flu is everywhere in the U.S. right now," Dr. Daniel Jernigan, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's influenza division, said during a media briefing Friday. On a map of the United States tracking flu activity, "this is the first year that we have had the entire continental U.S. be the same color," he noted.
Only Hawaii and the District of Columbia have been spared widespread flu infection so far, according to the CDC.
"There has been a very rapid increase in the numbers of people coming in to see their doctors. The season has started early, and it is probably peaking right about now," Jernigan added.
Not only that, but "there is also a rapid rise in the number of people being hospitalized for laboratory-confirmed flu," Jernigan said. In just the past week, hospitalizations have almost doubled, going from 13.7 per 100,000 to 22.7 per 100,000.
The highest rates of hospitalizations are among those over the age of 65, but hospitalizations for those 50 to 64 is also high and increasing, Jernigan noted. And 20 children have died from the flu so far this season.
An imperfect vaccine and a long bout of cold, wintry weather have conspired to turn this flu season into a very severe one, health officials have said.
It's no secret by now that the flu vaccine is not a good match with the H3N2 flu strain that is dominating the season.
At this point, 80 percent of reported flu cases are this more severe strain, according to the CDC. And Jernigan said he expected this year's vaccine to be about 30 percent effective against H3N2 when all is said and done.
Unfortunately, the end of this flu season is nowhere in sight.
"There are at least 11 to 13 more weeks of influenza to go," Jernigan said. "In addition, there are still other strains of influenza yet to show up. We know that B viruses will be showing up later in the season. We are also seeing H1N1 starting to show up in states that have already had H3 activity."
Still, H3N2 is the far nastier strain, and tends to be very bad news for the very young and the very old.
The vaccine may be less effective against H3N2 strains because it's manufactured in chicken eggs, which some recent research has shown interact with H3 strains, making them less like the circulating strain and therefore less effective.
Even though the vaccine may not be well matched, it doesn't mean you shouldn't get a flu shot, CDC officials say. It's still the best protection against H3N2 flu and other flu strains, such as H1N1 and B viruses.
According to CDC director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, "While our flu vaccines are far from perfect, they are the best way to prevent getting sick from the flu, and it is not too late to get one."
So far, more than 151 million doses of vaccine have shipped, Fitzgerald said at the media briefing.
More information
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The timer ticks down toward zero. We tear across the Boneyard, one of Halo: Reach's best multiplayer maps, my good friend Rus driving with me sitting shotgun. I'm clutching the blue flag in hands that would be sweating if they were real. We shed our red teammates like skin; they race past us going the other direction on foot and in alien vehicles, crashing to pieces against the blue players that pursue us. They fall, re-spawn, hurtle past, and fall again. All the while the timer ticks down.
Seconds left. No blues in sight. No more obstacles. No chance of losing now. But something happens. The clock reaches zero. The game is over, and it's a tie. We imagine our teammates, hands gripping controllers, first puzzled, then enraged. Maybe they'll press "B" to exit the lobby in frustration instead of letting the game whisk them away to the next match. Maybe they'll watch the instant replay, fast-forwarding through to the end to find out how we could have possibly let that victory slip away.
Then they'll see us drive past our base, me still clutching the flag, passing within feet of where we could have scored and won, instead putting virtual pedal to the metal and driving off the edge of the map and into oblivion. We take the team's win with us, but earn ourselves a different sort of victory. We are trolls. It's what we do.
We'll play a game straight for hours, our teammates unsuspecting, hunting for that perfect moment.
There's an art to good trolling. It's not about being as destructive or antagonistic as possible. Anyone can chuck grenades at their teammates. That takes no guile. It's philistine. What's the point?
The term itself, "trolling," has become worryingly mainstream, its definition growing nebulous through overuse. Judges are using it to define shady attorneys and copyright abusers. It's being applied to basically anyone who acts like a dick. Third-rate trolls with no craft have become universally despised for ruining games, and most gamers have forgotten what it even means to get truly, honestly trolled.
Urban Dictionary gets it: trolling is "the art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off…trolling does not mean just making rude remarks," it says. "Trolling requires deceiving."
It's not the act of screwing up someone else's game that gets us off. It's the thrill of the chase. We want to surprise you. We'll play a game straight for hours, our teammates unsuspecting, hunting for that perfect moment. The moment that will make the anonymous eyes behind a dozen scattered televisions widen in surprise. We'll make you rage. We'll make you cry. You'll throw your hands in the air in frustration. And afterward, if we've trolled you right, you'll laugh.
Death at a funeral
Nine years ago an avid World of Warcraft player suffered a tragic, fatal stroke. Her online friends organized a very public ceremony during which friends and enemies alike could come and pay their respects.
A rival guild, ironically named Serenity Now, decided to crash that ceremony, and a bloodbath ensued. It was brutal, calculated and somehow, naively, unexpected. Or so the story goes. Regardless, the video remains hilarious to this day.
I've never met Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki, but if I ever did I'd ask him how big a troll he considers himself. I'm fairly certain what his answer would be.
Dark Souls was made for trolling. Summoning other players to help in your world requires you to transform into a vulnerable state that leaves your virtual back door open to invasions from malicious players hoping to prey on the weak or unsuspecting. Dark Souls features underhanded spells that turn your avatar into a tree or a statue so you can hide out in the open, and weapons that let you steal valuable in-game currency called Humanity from victims too slow to move out of your way.
One evening recently I found myself invading other players' worlds, as I am wont to do. I lose some games and win others. That's how it goes. But two sociopathic thugs showed me the meaning of trolling that night.
As I spawned in my would-be victim's world, I saw two players on either side of my still-loading character, each casting a spell. A golden aura instantly surrounded me, and I found myself trapped in magic molasses, doomed to move at a snail's pace. Powerless to escape or fight back, I became easy prey for their devastating Humanity-stealing attacks. Once they'd had their fill ("yummy," one messaged me later, after calling me a "noob pussyfart"), they dispatched me easily. I returned to my world feeling utterly defeated.
We had more encounters that night, but the dishonorable duo usually came away with the upper hand. They were playing a dirty game. That spell is frowned on in PVP circles for being far too debilitating. And the Humanity-draining attack, though normally easy to dodge, is not exactly sportsmanlike. After playing Dark Souls more or less continuously since its release, I thought I had seen everything. I never expected to be ganked so hard, and I never saw it coming. I still haven't stopped laughing about it.
Making a list, checking it twice
If you managed to sneak in some Dark Souls over the holiday season in between football games and family dinners, you may have come across a white-haired player dressed in red robes. He may have dropped an item on the ground and gestured for you to take it. If you were a nice boy or girl, you'd get to keep the present.
But if you were naughty and tried to attack your benefactor or steal another player's present, you'd be dealt with accordingly. Dark Souls Santa doled out holiday cheer and deadly justice in equal measure. The video above is one of my favorites.
Rus and I spent a few summer months hopelessly entangled in the block-shaped world of Minecraft, rapturous at the idea of playing splitscreen co-op on my massive TV on the Xbox 360 version of Mojang's world-building masterpiece. At first our sessions were strictly exploratory as we tested the limits of a game he and I had previously only dabbled in. But in a game where you can build anything, things quickly turn nasty.
Back to Halo: Reach for a moment. In Forge Mode—a simplified map editor—I would often craft house-sized teleporters that would send other players to the bottom of the ocean and rake them back and forth across the battlefield like a vacuum cleaner for trolls. In Minecraft, we started smaller, laying simple traps and plundering each other's supplies.
He spent hours building pointlessly huge structures made of easily-harvested materials. I dug elaborate systems of tunnels in search of elusive diamonds. Once my companion realized it was easier to steal my diamonds than find his own, I made it my goal to build a Rus-proof vault. That's not easy in a game where the primary mechanic is destroying things with a pickaxe.
This consumed me for several weeks, and eventually I built a structure I hoped would prove impenetrable. The vault floated, magically isolated, a hundred feet in the air. It was made entirely of obsidian, the hardest (and hardest to mine) material in the game. The entrance consisted of a contraption that required two players working in tandem to open it. I covered the entire thing in flowing lava, and wired it with TNT that would detonate if it was tampered with.
It was elaborate. I considered it masterful. I stored my loot inside, along with some food and a bed in the event I was besieged. Yeah, I may have been too into it. When I lured Rus back into my world, he was appropriately puzzled for several minutes. I grew smug. Then he battered down the door, rushed past the molasses-quick lava, and plundered my diamonds anyway. I was out-trolled and I knew it, but it was still worth those few minutes of satisfaction.
The long con
EVE Online players have actually built themselves a virtual economy that is, if anything, even more complex than the real-world one. Maybe in EVE, it's not considered strange to spend a real year of your real life plotting to take down a powerful corporation, entering its ranks at the bottom level and working your way up the corporate ladder until you can pull the trigger on its CEO and decimate a $16,500 (real money) company at the behest of its main business rivals.
Or maybe the members of the Guiding Hand Social Club, a shady agency that did exactly that all the way back in 2005, were just hardcore enough to pull it off. Either way, epic troll.
It's easy to be a mediocre troll. Anyone can throw grenades at their teammates in Modern Warfare or scream expletives into the mic during an otherwise friendly game of Team Fortress 2. It takes no forethought to simply blow up all your team's vehicles, leave your friends behind in Left 4 Dead, or harass online strangers in fits of sheer boredom. Anyone can mod their console and make themselves invincible or steal a friendly player's air-dropped care package. Those forms of "trolling" are unimaginative and easy. But most things that are easy aren't really worth doing.
I love a good solo, narrative experience. I much prefer it to stale, repetitive competitive multiplayer. I was playing Zelda while other kids were absorbed in endless Counterstrike matches. I also don't like sports. There's a pattern there, I think.
But as I've gotten older some games have continued to mirror the real world more and more closely. Now the will of the player is more important than the rules of the game, and just like in real life our interactions with other people define our experiences. That's what makes it interesting.
Playing by yourself is fine, but it's when others challenge the very boundaries of your experience that things really get good.
Long after I've finished the main missions and the side quests, tried all the challenges, and unlocked every achievement, I continue returning to games like Dark Souls and Minecraft because I can manipulate their systems. Being able to push the boundaries makes a game endlessly interesting, especially when you can do it in a social setting. Maybe Destiny will end up being safer for the masses, but if its PVP doesn't allow a little wiggle room for trolling it might not hold my attention for very long.
I touched on this months ago in an article about blurring the lines between single player and multiplayer. Playing by yourself is fine, but it's when others challenge the very boundaries of your experience that things really get good. I hate falling into a routine. What I want is to be surprised. Trolling is how I accomplish that, but I always troll in a way that I hope will cause my victims to have a more unpredictable—or even shocking—experience as well.
It's this thought that drives me to enter the next match and wait for my opportunity to do the unexpected—even if it means losing. Some victories are fleeting, but our teammates in Halo might just remember those two idiots who drove off the edge of the world and laughed on the way down.
Mike Rougeau is a freelance writer living in Los Angeles. When he's not taking pictures of his dog, he's serving as Kotaku's occasional weekend guest editor. Follow him on Twitter for regular glimpses into the asinine stream of his consciousness.
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DALLAS -- The sites for college football's first national semifinals have been announced. The first championship game site is all but a certainty. The six bowls that will rotate as hosts for the national semifinals are a foregone conclusion.
But the biggest unknown, and perhaps the most controversial decision remaining, concerning college football's impending four-team playoff is simply this -- who will select the teams each year, and how will they be selected?
The BCS commissioners got closer to answering that question following their latest meeting Thursday at the Grand Hyatt Regency Dallas-Fort Worth.
"If you don't get that right (how and who), it's hard to get the rest of it right," Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. "There are a lot of business elements, but generally speaking, you've got to get the competition aspects of it right for it to be 'right.' That's the biggest thing."
BCS executive director Bill Hancock said the selection committee would consist of between 14-20 members, including at least one individual representing each of the 10 FBS conferences.
Finding more than a dozen individuals interested won't be a problem. But finding individuals that are interested and qualified to be on the committee might be a tougher task.
The committee will resemble the NCAA men's basketball tournament's selection committee, except there will be a great deal more pressure and scrutiny on the football committee determining which four teams can compete for the national title.
ACC commissioner John Swofford was jokingly asked if the committee members might have to be in the witness protection program since college football fans have been known to be fanatical.
"Witness protection program: That's been said," Swofford said, laughing.
"There are a lot of great people out there that love the game, that will be able willing and qualified. We want people that know the game and understand the game, that have wisdom, integrity and respect. We're confident those people are out there."
The committee members could come from all walks of life, including former commissioners, former and current athletic directors and former coaches, Hancock said.
"We want experienced football purists, experts," Hancock said.
The selection committee will receive a "jury charge" from the commissioners. In ranking the teams, the committee will consider strength of schedule, where the games were played, conference championships and whether teams lost games because of injuries to key players.
In the playoff, the top four ranked teams -- as determined by the selection committee -- will meet in the semifinals. After those four teams are selected, the league champion or top available team from the Pac-12 and Big Ten will play in the Rose Bowl presented by Vizio, SEC and Big 12 teams in the Allstate Sugar Bowl and ACC in the Discover Orange Bowl.
The commissioners next meet April 23-25 in Pasadena, Calif.
At that time, they are expected to officially announce Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas -- the site of the AT&T Cotton Bowl -- as the site of the first title game on Jan. 12, 2015. ESPN previously reported Cowboys Stadium is the "prohibitive favorite" to host the national title game.
The BCS announced last month the Rose and Sugar Bowls will host college football's first national semifinals on Jan. 1, 2015. The Orange Bowl is also in the semifinal rotation.
The commissioners also likely will reveal in April the three other bowls that will host the semifinals -- sources have told ESPN they would be the Cotton, Tostitos Fiesta and Chick-fil-A bowls -- the name of the new playoff, and how the selection committee will be formed.
Under the 12-year deal, which begins after the 2014 regular season, the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl will be played on every non-Sunday Jan. 1, no matter whether they are hosting the national semifinals.
During the 12-year contract, the Rose and Sugar Bowls will host the semifinals four times. In the years they aren't hosting, the national semifinals would be moved from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, sources said.
The national semifinals will rotate through the six bowl games, setting up two playoff games and four major bowl games each season. The national title game will be bid out each year through a separate process similar to the Super Bowl.
The six games will include three "contract bowls" and three "host bowls." The spots in the contract bowls are reserved for teams that have deals with those bowls.


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What is Kid's Eye Health?
Healthy vision is critical for children to develop to their full potential. A routine eye allows for early detection and treatment of any vision issues. It is recommended that children receive an annual eye exam by a board certified optometrist. Vision screenings conducted in schools and other learning institutions are generally very basic and typically only determine distance acuity. Your child should receive a comprehensive eye exam that includes testing for many vision issues that could hinder their ability to read or learn.
Does Your Child Have Eye Problems?
There are both physiological and behavioral signs that may indicate that your child has a vision problem. Monitor your child for evidence of poor vision, including:
If your child exhibits any of the following symptoms, you should take him or her for a comprehensive eye exam.
- Discolored pupils
- Persistent eye rubbing
- Chronic eye tearing and redness
- Abnormal eye alignment
- Sensitivity to light
- Poor visual tracking and focus
- Cross eyes
- Difficulty reading
- Sitting too close to the TV
When Should a Child's Vision Be Tested?
It is recommended to take your child for a comprehensive eye exam at least once a year, but you should do it more frequently if specific risk factors exist. The most common mistake parents and educators make is assuming that if a school vision screening test, finds no issues with the child's vision, then no vision problem exists. However, what most parents don't know is that these tests mainly evaluate distance acuity. Just because a child has 20/20 vision, it does not mean that they do not have a vision problem.
How Do You Test Your Child's Eye Health And Vision?
Studies have shown that 5-10 percent of preschoolers and one in four school-going children have undiagnosed vision issues. This is why it's recommended that school-aged children have an eye exam on a yearly basis. Early detection makes it easier to treat eye problems before they become more complex eye diseases. Studies have also revealed that early treatment can be very effective in managing and treating children's vision problems.
The process of conducting an eye exam generally involves going through family medical history before initiating a series of tests for vision and alignment to determine overall eye health. However, how the exam is administered depends on the child's age. Children capable of reading go through the same eye tests as adults, which typically involves covering one eye and reading letters or words placed about 10 feet away. The Snellen eye chart is frequently used for this kind of test.
On the other hand, children who have not yet learned to read are tested a different way. These children may be shown LEA symbols instead of ordinary letters, which may include shapes like circles and squares or objects such as houses and an apple. A retinoscopy test may also be done by the doctor to determine the right eyeglass prescription for the child. The test typically involves the doctor shining a light into the child's eye while observing how reflects from the retina.
By the age of six months, infants should be in a position to see depth and color just like adults do. Doctors will often shine a light into the child's eyes to test pupil response and evaluate eye health. Additional testing includes the infant's capability to follow an object wherever it moves. This is referred to as the fixate and follow test. Normally, starting at the age of three months, babies can fixate on an item and should be able to follow it.


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WASHINGTON -- The government is taking the first steps toward a targeted military draft of Americans with special skills in computers and foreign languages.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is adamant that he will not ask Congress to authorize a draft, and officials at the Selective Service System, the independent federal agency that would organize any conscription, stress that the possibility of a so-called "special skills draft" is remote.
Nonetheless, the agency has begun the process of creating the procedures and policies to conduct such a targeted draft in case military officials ask Congress to authorize it and the lawmakers agree to such a request.
"Talking to the manpower folks at the Department of Defense and others, what came up was that nobody foresees a need for a large conventional draft such as we had in Vietnam," said Richard Flahavan, a spokesman for the Selective Service System. "But they thought that if we have any kind of a draft, it will probably be a special skills draft."
Flahavan said Selective Service planning for a possible draft of linguists and computer experts began last fall after Pentagon personnel officials said the military needed more people with skills in those areas.
A targeted registration and draft "is strictly in the planning stage," he said, adding that "the whole thing is driven by what appears to be the more pressing and relevant need today" -- the deficit in language and computer experts.
The spokesman said it could take about two years to "to have all the kinks worked out."
The agency already has a special system to register and draft health care personnel ages 20 to 44 in more than 60 specialties if necessary in a crisis. According to Flahavan, the agency will expand this system to be able to rapidly register and draft computer specialists and linguists, should the need ever arise. But he stressed that the agency has received no request from the Pentagon to do so.
Congress, which would have to authorize a draft, has shown no interest in taking such a step.
Kathleen Long, a spokeswoman for Sen. Carl Levin, the senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said a draft has little support among lawmakers.
A spokesman for Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, agreed. "There are massive operations under way to retrain soldiers" for more pressing duties and to recruit specialties in demand such as language experts, said Harald Stavenas, Hunter's spokesman.
The military draft ended in 1973 as the U.S. commitment in Vietnam waned, beginning the era of the all-volunteer force. Mandatory registration for the draft was suspended in 1975 but resumed in 1980 by President Carter after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. About 13.5 million men, ages 18 to 25, are currently registered with the Selective Service.
The military has had particular difficulty attracting and retaining language experts, especially people knowledgeable about Arabic and various Afghan dialects. To address this need, the Army has a new pilot program under way to recruit Arabic speakers into the service's Ready Reserves. The service has signed up about 150 people into the training program.
A Pentagon official familiar with personnel issues stressed that the armed forces are against any form of conscription but acknowledged that the groundwork is already under way at the Selective Service System.
On Capitol Hill, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., has introduced a bill that would reinstate the draft. The legislation has minimal support with only 13 House lawmakers signing on as co-sponsors. A corresponding bill in the Senate introduced by Sen. Fritz Hollings, the outgoing South Carolina Democrat, has no co-sponsors.


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For overnight shipping, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Please note that there may be delays on all orders placed during the holidays.
Free shipping for any purchase over $100.
* Does not apply for international purchases.
Return Policy
Our return policy lasts 30 days. Please make sure to return your item(s) within that timeframe or we will be unable to offer you a refund.
To be eligible for a return, your item(s) must be unused and in the original packaging. To complete your return, we require a receipt or proof of purchase.
Our return policy lasts 30 days. Please make sure to return your item(s) within that timeframe or we will be unable to offer you a refund. To be eligible for a return, your item(s) must be unused and in the original packaging. To complete your return, we require a receipt or proof of purchase.
REFUNDS (if applicable)
Once your return is received and inspected, you will receive an email notifying you that we have received your returned package and that your refund has been either approved or denied. If you are approved, then your refund will be processed and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment within a certain amount of days.
LATE OR MISSING FUNDS (if applicable)
If you haven't received a refund after a reasonable amount of days have passed, please make sure to double check your bank account again before proceeding. If the payment still appears to be missing, contact your credit card company and/or your bank for more information. Processing time can fluctuate and some refunds can take some time before they are officially posted. If you've done all of this and you still have not received your refund yet, please contact us at email@example.com.
SALE ITEMS (if applicable)
Only regularly priced items may be refunded. Unfortunately, sale items are not eligible.
EXCHANGES (if applicable)All requests for exchanges are subject to 500 LEVEL discretion. If you need to exchange your item, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Send your package to:
DOMESTIC ONLINE EXCHANGESIf an exchange is approved, 500 LEVEL will cover the cost to ship the package back to you.
International orders are not eligible for free exchanges. In these instances, you will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs to have the exchanged item returned to you.
GIFTS (if applicable)
If the item was marked as a gift when purchased and shipped directly to you, you'll receive a gift credit for the value of your return. Once the returned item is received, a gift certificate will be mailed to you.
If the item wasn't marked as a gift when purchased, or the gift giver had the order shipped to themselves to give to you later, we will send a refund to the gift giver and he/she will then be notified about your return.
SHIPPINGTo return your product, please ship it to:
You will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your package. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.
Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you may vary.
If you are shipping a package over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We cannot guarantee that we will receive your returned package and are not responsible for lost items.


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Remarks at a State Dinner Hosted by President Jacob Zuma of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa
Well, good evening, everyone. President Zuma, Madam Zuma, distinguished guests: Thank you for your incredible hospitality. When I was last here, as a Senator, my entourage was a little smaller. [Laughter] By that I mean no entourage. [Laughter] The Speaker just helpfully showed me a photograph of me and him from that first visit and pointed out that I had no gray hair in the photo—[laughter]—and that the years had taken their toll.
I also want to thank President Zuma's staff for making my staff feel much better, because this is not the first time that a President has come to the podium without notes—[laughter]—that were supposed to be there. And they are greatly relieved that that does not only happen to them. [Laughter]
Traveling to South Africa the first time was different because part of the thing about not having an entourage is it meant I could go take walks on the streets of Johannesburg and Soweto and Cape Town. And that's how you truly get to appreciate a country: the small interactions with shopkeepers or people who are willing to give you some directions. And I've never forgotten the beauty of this country, the warmth of its people. And tonight I am reminded of that again, and Michelle and I can't thank you enough.
I will not speak long. I have spoken enough today; I know Michelle heartily agrees. [Laughter] I will be giving another speech tomorrow about what this nation represents to me and about the future that I believe that we can build together.
I'm told that there's a word, a concept that has come to define the way many South Africans see themselves and each other. And I'm not sure it translates easily into English. But it's the recognition that, here on Earth, we're bound together in ways that are sometimes invisible to the eye; that there's a basic oneness to our humanity. It's the belief that we can only achieve true excellence and our full potential by sharing ourselves with each other, by caring for those around us. I believe that you call it Ubuntu.
And we feel that spirit tonight. We feel it in the lives of all those, including President Zuma, who endured the prisons and the beatings to end an unjust system so that we might stand here today in a free South Africa. And to President Zuma and to all of you who participated in that struggle, the world will always remember your sacrifice. It's a sacrifice that resonated in the United States in the same way that the U.S. civil rights movement helped to create bonds of solidarity with those in South Africa who were seeking their freedom.
We feel that spirit in the bonds between our two peoples that I think are unique in human history. I would not be here were it not for those freedom fighters, and I certainly would not be here if people weren't willing to fight for the principles that both our countries hold dear.
Now, America's founding principles—our belief that "all men are created equal"—which would find expression in your Freedom Charter, which declared that this nation "belongs to all who live in it, Black and White," with all people "enjoying equal rights and opportunities." In time, the tables turned. Just as I believe that many South Africans were inspired by people like Dr. King and Bobby Kennedy, we drew inspiration from your struggle. And your success reminded us that all things were possible, including the improbable idea that a son of an African man might even become an American President.
And we feel that spirit—Ubuntu—tonight because, we must admit, our minds and our hearts are not fully here because a piece of us, a piece of our heart is with a man and a family who is not far away from here. Much has been said about Madiba today. More will be said in the years to come. This evening I'd simply like to close with the words that he turned to so often himself, in that cell, the poem he read to the others in their darkest moments to give them strength:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
And so I propose a toast: To a man who has always been a master of his fate, who taught us that we could be the master of ours; to a proud nation and South Africa's unconquerable soul; and to President Zuma and Madam Zuma for their outstanding leadership in carrying on the great traditions of the South African struggle. Pula!
NOTE: The President spoke at approximately 8:05 p.m. at the Union Building. In his remarks, he referred to Thobeka S. Zuma-Madiba, wife of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa; and Speaker of the National Assembly Max Sisulu of South Africa.
Barack Obama, Remarks at a State Dinner Hosted by President Jacob Zuma of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/304848


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Tesla Motors opened its first "new design" retail store in Toronto. Tesla's new store, located in Yorkdale Shopping Centre, features interactive displays and design studios where customers can design their own Tesla Model S on a large touchscreen and then view it on an 85-inch video wall in the back of the store.
"We are very excited to bring our new, interactive store design to Toronto," said George Blankenship, vice president of worldwide sales and ownership experience. "Our approach continues to be focused on informing as many people as possible about EVs, our company, and the advanced technology behind Model S. Customers in our store are invited to ask questions and engage with informative product specialists to learn more about the many advantages of driving an electric car. We know we've done our job when every customer leaves smiling."
Tesla is reinventing the car-buying experience by placing its stores and showrooms in high foot-traffic locations like Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Tesla Yorkdale is one of 10 new locations Tesla has opened this Fall. By the end of 2012, Tesla will have 24 locations in North America and 34 worldwide. Tesla will continue to expand its retail network into 2013, supporting the mission to engage and inform as many people as possible about driving electric.
More than 13,200 reservations have been made worldwide for Model S through September 2012. Customers can reserve a Model S at one of Tesla's retail stores or online.
Model S is the world's first premium sedan built from the ground up as an electric vehicle and has been engineered to elevate the public's expectations of what a premium sedan can be. At the heart of Model S is the proven Tesla powertrain, delivering both unprecedented range and a thrilling drive experience. With a rigid body structure, nearly 50/50 weight distribution and a remarkably low center of gravity, Model S offers the responsiveness and agility expected from the world's best sports cars while providing the ride quality of a luxury performance sedan. Model S has received many awards and accolades during its first year on the market, including Motor Trend's prestigious 2013 Car of the Year.
Setting the bar for electric driving range, Model S offers 40 kWh, 60 kWh and 85 kWh battery options. All deliver unprecedented range, with the 85 kWh variant achieving an EPA-certified range of 265 miles. All three batteries use automotive-grade lithium-ion cells arranged for optimal energy density, thermal management, and safety.
Without an internal combustion engine or transmission tunnel, the interior of Model S has more cargo space than any other sedan in its class and includes a second trunk under the hood. The Model S interior features a 17″ in-dash touchscreen with Internet capabilities, allowing for streaming radio, web browsing and navigation.
Tesla's goal is to accelerate the world's transition to electric mobility. Palo Alto, California-based Tesla designs and manufactures EVs and EV power train components for partners such as Toyota and Daimler. Tesla has delivered more than 2,400 Roadsters to customers worldwide. Model S, the first premium sedan to be built from the ground up as an electric vehicle, began deliveries in June 2012. For more information on Tesla Motors and its products visit: teslamotors.com


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Continuing Legal Education Classes
To assist our attorneys in completing their mandatory 15 hours of continuing legal education each year (including three hours of ethics), the Attorney General's Office offers various CLE programs throughout the year. These programs are open to other attorneys employed in State government on a space available basis. Upcoming programs include:
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Why Join Altec?
Imagine this…your own company-provided late model, light duty pick-up truck, with the special tools and parts you need to get the job done! You progress with on-going factory training and development, world-class technical support, and a company drawing on 90 years of experience in providing products and services. You supply hands-on technical ability, the skill for building customer relationships, a passion for challenging problem-solving, and the desire to take ownership of a workplace that is bigger than a shop environment can provide.
Become a technical expert in a company that custom designs, manufactures, assembles, sells, and services products that are industry leaders, honoring our commitment to be there for the life of the equipment.
Altec is present in more than 100 countries throughout the world supporting the electric utility, telecommunications, contractor, lights and signs, and tree care markets. We are known for lifting products -- bucket trucks, cranes, and equipment used to help people access tough-to-reach places -- but the success starts with thousands of associates who come together to Reach Higher!
Please send resume to [email protected]
And apply now at jobs.altec.com
Basic Qualifications, Experience, and Skills Required
Should the selected candidate meet the qualifications of a more experienced level in the career path, the job level may be adjusted.
Major Responsibilities
Complete on-the-job and classroom training in the mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic components of the product line and associated repair/service procedures so as to be successful as a Mobile Technician.
Customer First - Enjoyment of Work - Family - Financial Stability - Integrity - People are our Greatest Strength - Quality - Spiritual Development – Teamwork
Competitive pay which rewards performance
Comprehensive benefits including Medical, Dental and Prescription Drug Program - Retirement 401(k) Program - Vacation and Holidays - Flexible Spending Accounts - Tuition Assistance Program - Employee Assistance and Mental Health/Substance Abuse Program - Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
Altec Industries, Inc. and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and maintain affirmative action plans to recruit, retain, develop, and promote qualified individuals without unlawful consideration of race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Altec strives to maintain a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment, where associates are treated with respect and dignity.