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WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A former Langlade County deputy who was convicted of sexually assaulting a child has been sentenced to three years in prison.
A WSAW-TV report says 26-year-old Michael Brayton will have to register as a sex offender.
Brayton reached a plea deal in January in which he pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault. Prosecutors say he had inappropriate relationships with teenage girls, including sexual contact with a 15-year-old.
One victim says Brayton texted 10 to 15 nude photos of himself to her.
He apologized to his teenage victims, who weren't in court for Friday's sentencing. He also apologized for tarnishing the reputation of the Langlade County sheriff's department.
Brayton faced a maximum prison sentence of 40 years. Prosecutors had asked for an 11-year sentence.

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At a Glance
Amenorrhea is the absence of menstrual blood flow. Primary amenorrhea should be considered in any patient with secondary sex characteristics who has not experienced periodic menstruation by 15 years of age or 5 years after breast development. Patients who have not developed secondary sex characteristics, especially the absence of breast development, and have not established periodic menstruation by 13 years of age should also be worked up for primary amenorrhea.
Loss of pituitary luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) can cause amenorrhea characterized by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. There are three general etiologies for loss of pituitary LH and FSH: hypopituitary states, genetic disease with failure to produce gonadotropins, and pituitary tumors. Pituitary dysfunction should be suspected in anyone with a pituitary lesion, traumatic brain injury, granulomatous brain disease, unexplained gonadal dysfunction, brain surgery, congenital craniofacial abnormalities, and previous pregnancy-associated hemorrhage. Signs and symptoms include growth retardation, infertility, and nonspecific findings, such as cold intolerance, fatigue, hypotension, and visual disturbances.
Hypopituitary states can arise from autoimmune or granulomatous pituitary destruction, traumatic brain injury, Sheehan's postpartum necrosis of the anterior pituitary, or empty sella syndrome. Pituitary development may be compromised by mutations in SF-1, DAX-1, FGFR1, GPR54. More specifically, gonadotrope development may be impaired by mutations in Hesx1 and Prop-1, producing isolated gonadotropin deficiency.
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Prolactin secreting pituitary adenomas can induce hyperprolactinemia, which suppresses LH and FSH, leading to amenorrhea. Some space-filling lesions compress the pituitary stalk and prevent negative feedback from dopamine, leading to hyperprolactinemia. Alternatively, a tumor may constrict the pituitary, preventing normal LH and FSH release. In very rare cases of gonadotropin-secreting pituitary tumors, amenorrhea occurs because of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).
What Tests Should I Request to Confirm My Clinical Dx? In addition, what follow-up tests might be useful?
The work-up for primary amenorrhea begins with a careful history and physical exam to look for anatomical defects, development of secondary sexual characteristics, and/or a personal or family history of delayed puberty, mental retardation, short stature, cancer, autoimmune disease, infertility, and/or amenorrhea.
A personal history of galactorrhea, traumatic brain injury, anosomia, chronic disease, significant weight loss, and/or emotional or physical trauma may also contribute to the overall picture.
Physical exam of patients with suspected pituitary dysfunction may reveal a phenotypic woman or normal or short stature and normal/prepubescent internal and external genitalia with minimal development of secondary sex characteristics. The presence of virilization may suggest Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) or an androgen secreting adenoma (see chapter on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)).
The laboratory work-up for amenorrhea should always begin with measurement of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to rule out pregnancy. If not pregnant, patients should undergo imaging studies looking for a uterus and gonads. Patients with primary amenorrhea from pituitary dysfunction have a normal uterus. Patients with a detectable uterus should be evaluated for hypothyroidism and prolactinemia. A high thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) result suggests the amenorrhea is due to primary hypothyroidism and should be followed with fT4 analysis. A reduced fT4 confirms hypothyroidism. An elevated prolactin result should prompt a physician to perform an MRI in search of a pituitary adenoma.
Patients with normal TSH and prolactin should be evaluated for gonadotropic function by measuring LH and FSH.
In patients with primary amenorrhea due to pituitary dysfunction, some or all pituitary hormones may be abnormal. Generally, FSH and LH are low (hypogonadotropic), thereby causing hypogonadism and amenorrhea. Other pituitary hormones may also be low or undetectable, including growth hormone, TSH, and ACTH. Prolactin may be low in cases of pituitary destruction or elevated if a space-filling lesion compresses the pituitary stalk and blocks dopaminergic inhibition of prolactin.
In very rare gonadotropin-secreting tumors, circulating LH and/or FSH concentrations are normal to elevated and estradiol may be significantly elevated, causing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). Any findings suggestive of pituitary dysfunction should prompt an MRI to look for a pituitary lesion.
Are There Any Factors That Might Affect the Lab Results? In particular, does your patient take any medications – OTC drugs or Herbals – that might affect the lab results?
False-positive and false-negative results for urine pregnancy tests can occur and may result in a misdiagnosis. False-negative results occur is urine that is too dilute. To ensure an appropriate urine specimen, perform urine pregnancy testing on first morning voids and check the protein concentration by measuring the urine specific gravity and/or urine creatinine. False-negative results may be caused by the variant effect.
This phenomenon occurs when high concentrations of hCG isoforms in urine (hCG beta core fragment) are not recognized by both antibodies in the assay. Instead, they interfere with one antibody and cause a false-negative result. One can test for the variant effect by diluting the urine sample and repeating the test.
Prolactin is mildly elevated by stress, herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in the chest wall, and numerous drugs, including dopamine agonists, proton pump inhibitors, antipsychotics (risperidone, phenothiazines, haloperidol), antihypertensives (methyldopa, reserpine, verapamil), estrogens, and illicit drugs (amphetamines, cannabinoids, opiates, etc). Any of these may lead to dysregulation of gonadotropins, amenorrhea, and infertility.
LH and FSH are episodically released from the pituitary, and concentrations may vary, depending on when they are measured during the day. First morning specimens are recommended. LH and FSH concentrations change throughout the menstrual cycle, even in amenorrheic patients. LH and FSH should be measured early in the follicular phase of the cycle, if possible.
Concentrations of LH and FSH change dramatically during puberty. Results should be evaluated in the context of age and tanner stage specific reference intervals. Drugs, such as anticonvulsants, clomiphene, and naloxone, may falsely elevate LH, whereas smoking, cimetidine, clomiphene, digitalis, and levodopa elevate FSH. Artificially low LH and FSH results may occur in patients taking oral contraceptives and hormone treatments. Phenothiazines reduce FSH concentrations, whereas digoxin decreases LH.
Estrogen can be measured by immunoassay or LC/MS/MS. Because immunoassays are imprecise at low concentrations, it is recommended that estrogen be measured by LC/MS/MS in men and children in early tanner stages. Estrogen concentrations vary throughout the menstrual cycle, even in amenorrheic women, and should be measured in the early follicular phase of the cycle, if possible. Chronic illnesses, such as anemia, hypertension, and liver and kidney diseases, affect estrogen concentrations.
Several Estrogen containing drugs, such as birth control pills and hormone replacements, may interfere with the assays, causing falsely elevated results. Glucocorticoids, antibiotics (ampicillin and tetracycline) and phenothiazines may also cause false elevations in estrogen measurements. Clomiphene and oral contraceptives may reduce estrogen concentrations.
Many pituitary hormones, most notably growth hormone (GH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), vary throughout the day and are best assessed using dynamic testing to either stimulate or suppress hormonal response.
As is the case with many immunoassays, heterophilic antibodies can cause false-positive results. Therefore, caution should be taken when elevated hCG, TSH, prolactin, estradiol, LH, and/or FSH results do not match the clinical picture.
What Lab Results Are Absolutely Confirmatory?
Diagnosing a patient with primary amenorrhea due to pituitary dysfunction relies on measuring pituitary hormones and imaging studies. If congenital pituitary malformation is suspected, sequencing of genes involved in pituitary development may be useful. These include SF-1, DAX-1, FGFR1, GPR54, HEXS1, and PROP1.
What Tests Should I Request to Confirm My Clinical Dx? In addition, what follow-up tests might be useful?
Although diagnosis of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is fairly simple, elucidation of the cause of disease in patients is challenging. Various causes of disease are identified by assessing other pituitary hormones. Hyperprolactinemia indicates a prolactinoma or other pituitary adenoma. The alpha-subunit of pituitary glycoprotein may be secreted in excess in certain pituitary adenomas. In these tumors, measurement of free alpha subunit may assist in monitoring therapy. Deficiency in all other pituitary hormones suggests global pituitary destruction or malformation. These should all be confirmed by MRI to look for a pituitary lesion.
Are There Any Factors That Might Affect the Lab Results? In particular, does your patient take any medications – OTC drugs or Herbals – that might affect the lab results?
Free alpha subunit is elevated in up to 30% of pituitary adenomas. Elevations of free alpha-subunit may also occur within 24 hours of ovulation, in end stage renal disease, in hypothyroidism due to elevated TSH, and in women undergoing assisted reproduction or IVF. Baseline measurements are important for detecting nonstimulated secretion.
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- At a Glance
- What Tests Should I Request to Confirm My Clinical Dx? In addition, what follow-up tests might be useful?
- Are There Any Factors That Might Affect the Lab Results? In particular, does your patient take any medications - OTC drugs or Herbals - that might affect the lab results?
- What Lab Results Are Absolutely Confirmatory?
- What Tests Should I Request to Confirm My Clinical Dx? In addition, what follow-up tests might be useful?
- Are There Any Factors That Might Affect the Lab Results? In particular, does your patient take any medications - OTC drugs or Herbals - that might affect the lab results?


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 10:56 PM
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Willows traffic plan hits dead stop in Menlo Park
Original post made on Jun 8, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 10:56 PM
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a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jun 8, 2011 at 4:47 am
The comment above from senior staff"
Engineering Services Manager Chip Taylor said the data collected during the $120,000 study would still prove useful for future projects.
is such nonsense. Here is staff justifying having thrown #130,000 down the rat hole. Yes, Mr. Taylor, it paid for your salary for a while I guess, and indeed you now have been promoted to a higher level in the Rojas scheme of City structure.
Those with longer memories will well remember the crash of "Smart Growth", which was a $500.000 disaster and the remarks made by Councilman Chuck Kinney , a diehard who didn't want to give up on that disaster. Chuck's position was the City had gained valuable information to be used in the future. Yes, that sure was valuable information.
The present Council can only be described as weak to almost doing nothing but "rubber stamping" staff recommendations.
The comment from new member Peter Ohtaki is such an outstanding example of, "well let's just continue on this road.
One would hope, and it is only a glimmer of a hope, that the present disaster "the Downtown/El Camino" specific plan, will be stopped dead in it's tracks and the sooner the better. It is well past time to recognize this is nothing but a consultant driven, "bring on higher density" and tranfrom Menlo Park into another cookie cutter "Redwood City" type of community.
Get with it Council. Stop being led like sheep by our present interim "double dipping" City manger and stop this nonsense.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jun 8, 2011 at 9:13 am
I am not a defender of studies when it appears that they will serve no useful purpose. But every cloud has a silver lining. With every defeat comes a "Lessons Learned". The information from that study will tell the City what pitfalls to avoid.
Mr. taylor is a consummate professional who has worked assiduously to solve traffic problems around Menlo Park. Mr. taylor did not approve the study he merely pointed out that there is useful information that can be gleaned from it. I do not doubt his veracity and for arm chair quarterbacks to criticize Mr. Taylor without reason reflects poorly upon himself.
Peter Ohtaki is also a consummate professional who is impartial in his reasoning and provides inciteful comments. He has a mild manner that belies his passion and dedication. Just because he is not fractious does not mean he is not serious about his service to Menlo Park.
The present Council is doing a credible job. They are not rubber stampers. The new members Ohtaki and Keith are dedicated council members with no hidden agendas. They ask poignant and intelligent questions of staff and don't accept things at face value. They are a breath of fresh air and a most welcome addition to City Council.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 8, 2011 at 11:07 am
So sorry that so much money was spent on a study for something that was not wanted or needed in the first place. I do hope that there is good information. That would be nice. I am just happy that the council realized that further action was not desired by many (seemingly a large number) of residents of the neighborhood. I am happy that I took time to write my email.
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Jun 8, 2011 at 12:38 pm
As former Councilman John Boyle once said to me: "The reason we do so many studies is that we therefore don't have to make any decisions."
a resident of another community
on Jun 8, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Would not the results of the study only be good for that specific time? Data will change by the time anyone uses it, rendering it a waste of money. As Martin Engel pointed out with his John Boyle recollection - it's an excuse to not make decisions. Finally, someone calling a spade, a spade. Ditto all of these remarks, for Palo Alto.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 9, 2011 at 8:44 pm
A simple case of those who "might" be negatively impacted denying the entire neighborhood of improvement. Overall reduction in traffic would have been very desirable. Now we have no chance of ever improving the traffic volume in the Willows. Shame on those whose NIMBY voices screeched so loud as to drown out reason and good sense.
a resident of another community
on Jun 9, 2011 at 10:02 pm
I am glad this isn't going to happen. As a westside EPA resident, MP native and who spends a lot of money and time in MP, I don't want to be inconvenienced and marginalized just because I don't live in MP. Many of us westside EPA residents travel to and through MP to get to our jobs, shop, see family and friends, go to medical appointments and SPEND $$$$! I make the effort to spend it in MP because it's my county, even though it's often easier to shop in Palo Alto or Mt. View. I hope people read this and appreciate the EPA residents who purposely spend money in our county, who are locals who want to stay local and spend locally.
When I grew up in the Willows, there were the constant complainers about traffic. There's traffic everywhere, because this is a bustling area. Have you tried getting to ECR from Embarcadero, passing schools, T&C, constant road work, etc? It's a nightmare now that they've redone T&C.
Botton line: If you all prefer that we shop at the TJs at T&C, the Peet's there instead of Cafe Zoe, La Belle instead of Spa in the Park, Books Inc instead of Kepler's, Pizza Chicago instead of Amici's, just make Woodland one way. At that point, I'd be happy to bring my business to PA - most of those places are closer, anyway. But it doesn't seem like it'll happen any time soon - it's good to read that many of the Willows residents are as practical now as they were when I lived there - for thirty years.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 9, 2011 at 10:30 pm
It's unfortunate that whenever someone disagrees with wasteful government spending in this town, they are labeled a Nimby. Easier to call people names that deal with facts.
"Nonimpacted" ignores the fact that over 75 Willows residents, who live on streets all over the Willows appeared at two City hearings in opposition to the plan. The consultants who drafted the plan wilted when questioned by the Transportation Commission. Those who opposed the plan included respected politicians, like the Vice Mayor of Menlo Park, and the Mayor of East Palo Alto. Moreover, the day the Plan went before City Council, one the leading advocates of the plan abandoned it in its current form, and in a letter asked Council to "kill it". Only an average of 3 WIllows residents appeared in support of the plan over the course of the two meetings.
Both the City Council, and the Transportation Commission couldn't find any merit in the plan.
This was a great example of the community coming together and saving the city from spending close to a half a million dollars.
a resident of another community
on Jun 9, 2011 at 11:13 pm
It was great to read your post, Sour Grapes? because I wasn't able to make meetings due to scheduling conflicts. I am glad that EPA's mayor attended - he's a smartypants and knows the peninsula quite well. I think the traffic calming has worked in the Willows - I see people driving more cautiously - not all the time, but enough to notice it.
None of us like traffic- the noise, the pollution, the lack of privacy it creates. But the whole peninsula has experienced dramatic traffic increases in the last several decades. Many people want to be here and work hard to move here. Many of us natives work very hard to stay here. The result of all of this hard work? Lots of traffic!
At this point, I think if locals want less traffic, they should consider moving to more rural areas that have less traffic - that's the most realistic option if they seriously want less traffic in their neighborhood - one they'd pay a very high price for.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 10, 2011 at 10:39 am
It was painfully clear that the latest iteration of the Willows traffic mess was spearheaded by the chair of the Traffic Commission, Penelope Huang, who lives at the intersection of Chester and Arnold, a block off of Willow.
Ms. Huang been doing her best to close access to Chester from Willow for many years, driving even more traffic down Durham and Gilbert, and will undoubtedly continue to do so. She should be removed from the Traffic Commission due to extended, egregious conflicts of interest.
a resident of another community
on Jun 10, 2011 at 11:11 am
A Watchful Neighbor, can you elaborate on her spearheading? I'd wondered, when I first heard of this latest "iteration", who might be fomenting from within, but then I figured I was just too cynical. Maybe she needs to realize a lot of the people "cutting through" are her own neighbors. I am sure she cuts through other neighborhoods as well - we all do.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 10, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Local, I can try. Here are some links, which I hope make it past the Almanac's spam filter:
Three attachments, all of which she printed, bound, and distributed at the April 13th traffic commission meeting:
Web Link
Web Link
Web Link
Huang's last missive to the City Council, conceding defeat, which she printed and distributed at the June 7th meeting:
Web Link
Look for messages from Eric Doyle on the CC web site refuting most of this nonsense:
Web Link
a resident of another community
on Jun 10, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Local, thank you for all of this info. I will review over the weekend. I appreciate your insight & "scoop" on conflict of interest.
a resident of Menlo-Atherton High School
on Jun 14, 2011 at 12:01 pm
I think it is odd to consider that just because someone lives in a location makes it an automatic conflict of interest. Don't you prefer to have a local community member on your commissions? It seems as if the process worked, as members of a community tried to effect a change, but other members decided it was not warranted. The essence of democracy. We all know that democracy is not always pretty, especially when your position loses.
a resident of another community
on Jun 15, 2011 at 11:00 pm
Yes, it's not pretty especially when one of the intentions is to keep people from a lower socio-economic area from driving through the neighborhood - to get to their jobs or kids' schools & to spend money in your city. Glad that the snobbery didn't win out.
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We administer the government indemnity scheme for touring exhibitions, which helps reduce the costs of insurance for international exhibitions visiting New Zealand. The scheme is based on the principle of accessibility - making significant touring cultural exhibitions available to New Zealanders.
Under the scheme, the government assumes a large part of the risk of presenting exhibitions, minimising the amount of commercial insurance museums and galleries need to buy. Government indemnity provides compensation for loss or damage that isn't covered by commercial insurance.
Indemnity is granted by the Minister of Finance on the recommendation of the Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, under the Public Finance Act 1989.
Government Indemnity of Touring Exhibitions (PDF 50 KB)
Conditions and criteria
To be considered for indemnity under the scheme applicants need to meet certain criteria.
How to apply
If you're thinking of applying for indemnity it pays to plan a couple of years ahead. The best thing is to talk to us as soon as possible.
Contact us
For more information about the government indemnity scheme contact:
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Government indemnity conditions and criteria
Touring exhibitions to New Zealand need to meet the following criteria to be eligible for government indemnity.
The 'applicant' refers to the person or party applying for indemnity, such as museums and galleries. The 'lender' refers to the lender of works to an exhibition, and the 'Ministry' refers to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Indemnify' means providing financial compensation to an agreed value in the case of an actual loss.
'The Deed' means the formal document that sets out the indemnity agreement between the applicant and the government.
Funding criteria
Administration charge
Consignment value – limit of indemnity
Concurrent exhibitions
Commercial insurance
Budget and report
Transit – schedules and values
Environmental conditions
Condition reporting
Incidents – damage or loss
Breaches of conditions
Notification in Parliament
Competing applications
Extension period
Institutional details
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Funding criteria
Touring exhibitions need a minimum value of NZ$ 2.5 million to be eligible for the scheme. As it's based on the principle of accessibility, the government prefers indemnified exhibitions to be shown at two or more venues in New Zealand but will also consider those that will only be shown at one.
The exhibition is to be shown in New Zealand at a cultural institution and is to comprise cultural property from overseas and/or New Zealand collections. A single artwork can be considered an exhibition.
The application needs to include a statement of the significance of the exhibition to New Zealand audiences. This may well emphasise the art historical significance of the exhibition. You may also want to consider the availability of this type of material, or complementary material, in New Zealand collections.
Administration charge
Applicants may be charged for the administrative costs associated with an application. To reduce these costs, please supply as much information as possible at the outset.
Consignment value - limit of indemnity
The exhibition is to travel in consignments worth no more than $50 million. If the value of an individual item exceeds $50 million, this will need to be approved by Cabinet. Any other exceptions to the consignment limit must be negotiated with the Ministry and will need Cabinet approval.
The government indemnifies the full value of the exhibition, but also assesses the level of risk associated with each exhibition. The level of risk is not the same as the total value of the exhibition - the risk is the maximum probable call on the indemnity.
Government assesses the risk as the exhibition's single highest value consignment, or, in cases where transit doesn't need to be indemnified, the value of the single item with the highest value. The total amount of risk that will be indemnified at any one time is $150 million.
Concurrent exhibitions
Concurrent exhibitions can be fully indemnified as long as the total risk is less than $150 million. For example, an exhibition may have a total value of $160 million and travel in four consignments valued at $50, $45, $35 and $30 million. The risk of loss assessment for this exhibition is $50 million, even though it is indemnified to its full value.
A concurrent exhibition may have a total value of $225 million and travel in five consignments of $45 million each. The risk of loss would be assessed at $45 million, with full indemnity for the exhibition.
The combined risk of the two exhibitions in this example is $95 million - still below the $150 million risk limit the government will carry.
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Applicants must take out first risk insurance with a commercial insurance company for the duration of the indemnity. The amount of insurance depends on the total value of the exhibition. See table below.
First risk insures the exhibition against the risk of reparable damage, irreparable damage, loss, or destruction up to the specified amount. It provides cover up to the determined amount for any one event as well as against multiple accidents, each up to the determined amount.
Exhibition value NZ $
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2,500,000 - 24,999,999
25,000,000 - 49,999,999
50,000,000 - 74,999,999
75,000,000 - 99,999,999
100,000,000 - 124,999,999
125,000,000- 149,999,999
150,000,000- 174,999,999
175,000,000 -199,999,999
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Budget and report
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Applicants will need a written assessment from the exhibition lender of any factors they believe are relevant to the security of the items leant. Copies of this must be given to the Ministry and the New Zealand Police.
You'll need to liaise directly with local police around security and travel arrangements. Each consignment needs to be accompanied by an experienced courier. The police may also ask that a police or security escort accompanies consignments being transported by road within New Zealand.
Consignments valued at more than $15 million will need a security escort, which can be organised through Police National Headquarters.
You will need to be able to show the Ministry that the Police have approved the transit and exhibition arrangements.
From the outset of negotiations between the applicant and the lender(s), the values of the individual items and the values, or approximate values, of all or any group of the items cannot be made public. This information must be kept confidential to the lenders, the applicant and the government.
Transport schedules must also remain confidential with no publicity given to the transit, arrival or departure of any exhibition items.
Transit - schedules and values
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Environmental conditions
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Valuations for items from overseas collections should exclude GST. Valuations for items from New Zealand collections should include GST.
As the New Zealand government is effectively a major sponsor by providing indemnification, this should be fully acknowledged in all publicity. Unless the applicant and the Ministry agree otherwise the credit will read:
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Logos are available from the Ministry.
Condition reporting
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The applicant must report any loss, damage or deterioration to the indemnified items during the period of indemnity to the lender(s) and the Ministry within 24 hours - regardless of whether the loss is sufficient to warrant a claim.
No conservation work is to be undertaken without the consent of the lender unless in an extreme emergency. In this case the conservation work is to be no more than is necessary to halt the damage or deterioration.
Where the applicant's liability to the lender(s) exceeds the amount of first risk insurance cover, the government covers the liability above the first risk cover. If the applicant intends to claim on the indemnity, they need to advise the government as soon as the need to call on the indemnity becomes apparent.
If reparable damage happens that exceeds the first risk cover, the government will cover the cost of conservation. If the damage is irreparable, or if conservation will result in a reduced value for the item, the reduced value will be settled by negotiation between the applicant, the lender and the government.
The procedure for resolving disagreements between parties on these issues is set out in the model deed of indemnity. It involves arbitration subject to the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996 within New Zealand's jurisdiction.
Payments will be made by the government to the applicant, who must then promptly pay the lender. Should the item be lost or destroyed the government will pay to the level outlined in the Deed, in the lender's currency. The amount paid will reflect the exchange rate at the time of payment, rather than at the time the indemnity was granted.
An item that is lost or stolen and subsequently recovered shall be returned to the lender by the applicant at the applicant's expense. The lender shall repay to the applicant any compensation it has received under the indemnity, less any amount it may be entitled to for damage. The applicant shall in turn repay the government for any payments made under the indemnity.
If the government makes a payment under the indemnity it is entitled to act in place of the applicant or the lender in any legal claim against a third party that contributed to the damage or loss.
Breaches of conditions
Any breaches of the terms of the Deed will be investigated by the Ministry and will be brought to the attention of the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage and the Minister of Finance.
If the applicant is in breach of its obligations under the Deed and the breach causes or contributes to damage, loss or destruction, the applicant shall reimburse the government any sum paid by the government under the indemnity. Any dispute between the government and the applicant shall be referred to arbitration.
Notification in Parliament
Following the signing of the Deed, the government's indemnity is formally tabled in Parliament, although the dollar amount is not stipulated. The indemnification will appear as a contingent liability on the Crown's financial statements.
Competing applications
If the Ministry receives two or more applications with a combined risk value of more than the $150 million limit, the Ministry will try to arrive at an outcome that is satisfactory to all parties. For this reason it's a good idea to notify the Ministry early if you are thinking of applying for indemnity.
Extension period
Applicants may request an extension of the indemnity period if opportunities for further exhibition arise at a scheduled venue or at further venues. The viability of an extension depends first of all on the availability of the indemnity limit. The balance of the $150 million of available risk must not have been 'used up' by other touring exhibitions during the proposed extension period.
Extensions are processed in a similar way to the original application. The Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage approves extensions and makes recommendation to the Minister of Finance, who makes the final decision.
An amendment to the Deed must be negotiated and drawn up, signed by the Minister of Finance and the applicant's representative, and tabled in Parliament. Negotiating an extension is an elaborate process and incurs further administrative costs, so it's preferable to have the touring schedule finalised at the outset.
Institutional details
If an applicant hasn't previously applied for indemnity, or if the Ministry requires further information, the applicant may need to supply institutional details including the organisational structure, financial situation, environmental conditions and security measures. They may also be asked to supply details of any insurance claims relating to exhibition items that have been made in the last three years.
Providing information
The Ministry may request additional information about the exhibition from the applicant at any stage.
How to apply to the government indemnity scheme
Here museums outside New Zealand will find all they need to know about applying for government indemnity for touring exhibitions.
Preliminary negotiations
Loan agreement negotiations
The application
Granting approval
Negotiating the Deed
Executing the Deed
Ongoing obligations
From the start of an applicant's negotiations with the lender of works for an exhibition, it is in their interests to ensure the lender is familiar with the model indemnity deed. The Deed is the formal document between the government and the applicant that sets out the conditions of the indemnity.
Model Indemnity Agreement (PDF 103 KB)
Loan agreement negotiations
When negotiating loan agreement(s) with lender(s), applicants must ensure that each agreement incorporates the following clauses:
- The Lender shall give written notice to the Museum and to the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage of the Lender's intention to make any claim for compensation in respect of the damage, loss or destruction of any item within one calendar month of the damage, loss, or destruction being discovered or ascertained.
- The Lender shall lodge such claim within three calendar months of the damage, loss or destruction being discovered or ascertained.
- The Museum shall not be liable with respect to any loss or destruction caused by the Lender of the item in question.
- If any of the items are lost or stolen and subsequently recovered, they shall be returned to the Lender by the Museum at its sole expense. The Lender shall then refund to the Museum any compensation it has been paid, less any amount the Lender may be entitled to in respect of damage to the items as agreed between the Lender and the Museum.
- If the Crown is required to indemnify the Lender in respect of any claiming rising out of the loan agreement, the Crown shall have the right to be subrogated for the Lender in respect of any claim against a third party.
- Any dispute between the Lender and the Museum in respect of subclause (e) shall be referred to arbitration under the New Zealand Arbitration Act 1996 or any Act passed in amendment or substitution for it.
If there is any difficulty in incorporating these clauses into the loan agreement(s) the applicant must notify the Ministry as early as possible.
The application
At least six months before the start of the exhibition the applicant sends a formal application to the Ministry. The information that must be included at this stage includes:
- exhibition title
- list of items in the exhibition (title or descriptive title, media and size) with individual values and total value in home currency, and total value in New Zealand dollars with the exchange rate stated
- probable value of consignments in home currency and in NZ dollars with the exchange rate stated
- advice of any single item valued at over NZ$50 million
- period for which indemnity is sought (i.e. clarification of the condition reports at which indemnity commences and ceases)
- schedule of New Zealand venues with approximate dates
- exhibition budget
- statement of the significance of the exhibition.
Granting approval
The Ministry prepares a report for the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage regarding the application. If the Minister endorses the application they make a recommendation to the Minister of Finance for approval, subject to the negotiation of the Deed.
The Minister of Finance receives advice from Treasury officials, who may seek further information, and determines whether to grant the indemnity, subject to the negotiation of the Deed. This process can take some weeks.
Negotiating the Deed
The model deed is the basis of the Deed of indemnity. The Deed can be prepared by the applicant or the Ministry. The details of each deed will be particular to the exhibition in question. The applicant and the Ministry may need to negotiate aspects of the Deed. Examples of matters that may need to be negotiated include the:
- period of the indemnity relative to the cover that other countries are providing for an international touring exhibition
- value of the consignments
- dispute resolution procedures with the lender(s)
- verification of valuations.
The applicant must also confirm that the loan agreement(s) include the six clauses referred to above in 'Loan agreement negotiations'.
The negotiation of the details can be a lengthy process. Applicants should have as much information finalised as possible when they apply.
Executing the Deed
Following the negotiations, applicants need to provide the Ministry with the following documents at least four weeks before the start of the indemnity period:
- loan agreement(s) for indemnified items
- confirmation of valuations
- evidence of first risk insurance
- details of transport schedules and consignment values in the lender's currency and NZ dollars with the exchange rate stated
- lender's assessment of any factors relevant to security
- evidence that the New Zealand Police (local branch or national headquarters depending on consignment values) has approved the security and travel arrangements
- confirmation of government acknowledgement in proposed publicity.
Two copies of the Deed, setting out the conditions under which indemnity is granted, are drafted and signed by the Minister of Finance and the applicant.
Ongoing obligations
Applicants must advise the Ministry of the progress of the exhibition at the time of arrival and throughout its tour. They must also notify the Ministry in writing on the return of the items to the lender at the conclusion of the indemnification period.
Applicants must immediately report to the Ministry any instance of loss, damage or deterioration as detailed in 'Conditions and criteria'.
They are also required to submit a report within two months of the end of the indemnification period, covering:
- attendance numbers at each venue
- demographic information relating to attendance - the type of detail that is supplied will depend on the circumstances of the exhibition
- final exhibition budget.
Copies of media clippings, posters, flyers, catalogues or other promotional material not previously supplied should also be forwarded to the Ministry.
Find out more
For more information about the government indemnity scheme contact:
The Chief Executive
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
PO Box 5364
Wellington 6140
Tel (04) 499-4229
Fax (04) 499-4490
E-mail [email protected]
File downloads
Checklist for Government indemnity (word version)
Checklist for Government Indemnity word version (D-0428547).DOC
Government Indemnity of Touring Exhibitions Scheme (pdf version)
Government Indemnity of Touring Exhibitions pdf version July 2012 (D-0428544).PDF
Checklist for Government indemnity (pdf version)
Checklist for Government Indemnity pdf version (D-0428902).PDF
Model indemnity agreement (pdf version)
Model indemnity agreement (word version)
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There is a common argument that goes like this: Many immigrants are poor, and some poor people abuse welfare. Therefore, we should not let in more legal immigrants, some of whom may abuse and eventually bankrupt the welfare system.
Count on that to continue to be the core argument of immigration skeptics as the debate on that critical issue continues. But a large and growing body of data refutes that notion and in fact suggests that the opposite is true: Without immigration, America's welfare state would go bankrupt sooner.
A recent study in the journal Health Affairs shows that in 2009, immigrants paid $13.8 billion more into Medicare Part A than they received in benefits. Noncitizens were responsible for $10.1 billion of that $13.8 billion surplus. By contrast, native-born Americans drew $30.9 billion more from the system than they contributed.
From 2002 to 2009, immigrants contributed a total surplus of $115.2 billion to the Medicare trust fund.
Immigrants, especially non-citizens, contribute a surplus for two main reasons.
The first is that they are younger. Only 6.4 percent of non-citizens are 65 years old or older compared with 13.4 percent of natives. Eighty-five percent of non-citizens are also of working age, compared with just 60 percent of the U.S.-born. Immigrants, especially non-citizens, are simply more likely to be in the workforce paying taxes and less likely to currently draw benefits.
The second reason is that immigrants enrolled in Medicare receive, on annual average, about $1,465 less in benefits individually than U.S.-born Americans.
Immigration critics say that once immigrants age, they will then draw down far more benefits from Medicare than they paid in. That is probably true, but it is also true of most Americans. The main problem with Medicare is its financial unsustainability — which, as described above, immigration actually helps to alleviate in the short term.
By current projections, the Medicare trust fund will be exhausted in 2024, long before most non-citizens and immigrants are eligible for the program. Increased immigration of young workers could delay the bankruptcy, giving the government more time to reform the system before it busts. Far from ruining Medicare, immigrants could give some financial breathing room to a bankrupt system. Medicare and Social Security are designed for the elderly. Professors Leighton Ku and Brian Bruen of George Washington University recently discovered that poor immigrants generally use means-tested programs at a lower rate than poor U.S.-born citizens.
Poor non-citizens are about 25 percent less likely to be enrolled in Medicaid than poor native-born citizens. When they are enrolled, they also use about $941 less in annual benefits than poor native-born Americans. On average, a poor non-citizen will cost Medicaid 42 percent less than poor natives.
The story is similar for food stamps and Supplemental Security Income. Many immigrants are not legally eligible for these programs, but when they are, they still use them at a lower rate than poor Americans.
Americans are rightly concerned that their tax dollars are being wasted. Polls routinely show that immigrant use of public services and welfare are huge concerns of Americans despite the evidence that immigrants do not abuse the system.
Fear of immigrants burdening the welfare state is so great that some members of Congress are calling for a health insurance mandate for immigrants so they won't use government health benefits. Access to Obamacare subsidies for legalized immigrants is denied in the Senate's proposed immigration reform, but concerns that they could get those benefits has driven many voters and politicians into opposing a mostly beneficial reform.
The welfare state makes voters look at immigrants as costs rather than seeing them as human capital that helps enrich America in numerous ways. A far better solution, short of eliminating the welfare state altogether, is to find ways of denying welfare to immigrants but allowing more to come legally.
Far from ruining the welfare state by driving it to bankruptcy, immigrants are currently helping to financially sustain it long enough to pass real entitlement reform. The welfare state turns voters against immigration in a way that few other institutions can. Overcoming the welfare hurdle is essential to producing positive immigration reform.
Alex Nowrasteh is an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute.


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Ohio's "Brain Drain" May Be Easing
A newspaper analysis shows that Ohio may be starting to turn around its "brain drain." The Dayton Daily News reports that an analysis of census data shows that Ohio may finally have seen the end of a decades-long trend of losing young adults to other states. Beginning in 2010, the numbers show, Ohio actually showed an increase in the population of people ages 20 to 34. The analysis found that the state lost more than 420,000 young adults between 1990 and 2010 - a drop of more than 16 percent. But from July 1, 2010, to last July, the state gained 42,562 young people in that age range. That's a 2-percent increase. Experts attribute it to more good job opportunities available in the state.


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Black History Month
Black History Month is a Black nationalist movement in the United States that teaches Black nationalism. It has been recognized annually the United States Congress since. First as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month." The history of black history had barely begun to be studied, or even documented, when the movement began. Although blacks have been in America at least as far back as colonial times, it was not until the 20th century that they gained even a modest presence in the history books.
Carter G. Woodson is credited with establishing Black History Month. In 1926, he began promoting Negro History Week during the second week of February to celebrate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two American leaders who had great impact on the history of Black Americans. Later, in the early 1960s it became Black History Month. He was dismayed to find in his studies that history books largely ignored the black American population, and when blacks were mentioned, it was generally in a way that reflected the inferior social position they were assigned at the time, and not very accurate in its depiction of some of the Black luminaries in science and the arts.[1]
Several other milestones in Black history are also associated with February:
- February 23, 1868: W. E. B. DuBois, important civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP, was born.
- February 3, 1870: The 15th Amendment was passed, granting blacks the right to vote.
- February 25, 1870: The first black U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels (1822-1901), took his oath of office.
- February 12, 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a group of concerned black and white citizens in New York City.
- February 1, 1960: In what would become a civil-rights movement milestone, a group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter.[2]


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So you want to make a small fortune in open source software? It's simple, the joke goes: Just start with a large fortune. The open source revolution began at least two decades ago, but businesses and programmers are still struggling to understand the best way to share wonderful code and pay the mortgage.
There have been some notable successes: Sun paid $1 billion for MySQL, an eye-popping amount given that MySQL was celebrating raking in $50 million in revenue not too long before. Red Hat has a market cap of more than $6 billion.
Yet for all of this wealth, there's a feeling that these businesses succeeded by being hybrids. They use the open source vision to attract users, but their business success comes by pushing proprietary options. Thus, the dark secret is that their open source version are merely a form of marketing.
[ Stay up to date on the latest open source insights with InfoWorld's Technology: Open Sources newsletter and Open Sources blog. ]
Calling this a bait-and-switch may be too cynical, but all users can feel the commercial tilt. Many companies, for example, find it is cheaper to buy a full commercial license for MySQL than to hire a lawyer to see if they are in compliance with the open source license. Red Hat makes a big distinction between the free version, distributed under the name Fedora, and its enterprise products sold under the name Red Hat. Lest there be any expectation that their software is truly free, both MySQL and Red Hat offer 30-day trials, a phrase that's not usually associated with the ideals of open source. Remember Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's famous interview with the Financial Times where he said, "If an open source product gets good enough, we'll simply take it."
Other companies that try to be pure and share their code widely discover that users are happy to share the software but not so ready to pay enough to support the programmers.
Zack Urlocker, a board member and executive for several open source companies, points out the trade-off between the degree of sharing and revenue: "Apache has a great license model that enables the wide adoption of open source software, but there have been few significant businesses -- none approaching even $100 million in revenue -- based on a permissive license model" such as Apache's.
The open source community's business debate
The debate over permissiveness is woven throughout the discussions of open source business models. Some companies stay small on purpose, while others argue that there's nothing wrong with proprietary options if they encourage all users to share the costs of development. There is no free lunch, they say.
Zak Greant, a former community organizer for MySQL and open source consultant, says that the open source model works only when there's a fair exchange of work and software: "Free software and open source exist in a market (or ecosystem) where each of the participants needs to give and receive value. To understand what business models work around open source, we need to understand what each participant in the market stands to gain, what exchange they are making and what the effect is on the market."
While this approach sounds like it was drafted by an accountant, Greant points out that the gains and the exchanges may not be obvious. A freeloader who complains vociferously may be annoying, but such demands are also a stream of free bug reports. The challenge for businesses is to find viable mechanisms for aligning the interests of the users and the programmers -- a complex task of social engineering.
What follows are eight open source business models that are successful, in roughly decreasing order of purity. Most won't ever be worth more than $1 billion, but they stand a good chance of delivering useful software that solves real problems. And isn't that what open source is really about?
Open source business model 1: Work with friends
Open source business model 2: Work with colleagues
Open source business model 3: Sell documentation
Open source business model 4: Sell support
Open source business model 5: Sell hardware
Open source business model 6: Don't sell software
Open source business model 7: Sell FUD
Open source business model 8: Cripple your product


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I am submitting a bug report post because I could not find a thread for 'file does not exist'.
I've been using 1.8.8 arduino and teensyduino 1.45 for quite a while with no big issues.
I upgraded to 1.46 and had this error compiling a program that compiled fine on 1.45:
.. \\.../tools/arm/bin/(build.command.linker)
"file does not exist"
This happened late in the compile process. It kinda looks like the actual linker did not get inserted in the compile string, just the variable name.
I tried reinstalling 1.8.8 and 1.46 but it did not help. When I tried to reinstall 1.45 over 1.46 it would not let me saying that there were arduino version errors in the ../lib/version.txt file. I checked but it was fine with the string '1.8.8'.
I finally went back to 1.8.7 arduino and teensy 1.45 and things work again.
I'm running Windows 7 with Kapersky (file protection was temp off to check if it was part of the problem, it was not).
Thanks to anyone who can help decipher what went wrong.


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Monday's deadline for signing up for insurance under the new health care law has effectively been extended through Tuesday in case of heavy demand on the government website.
Julie Bataille, a spokeswoman for the federal agency overseeing the Obama administration's health overhaul, says the grace period is being offered to accommodate people from different time zones and to deal with potential technical problems that could result from a last-minute rush of applicants.
Monday was the deadline for Americans who wanted coverage that started on Jan. 1.


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I have no love for the province of Ontario. I can say this straight on.
After all, it was less than three months ago that I proposed, in all earnestness, carpet combing the province with nuclear weapons. I wonder if North Korea could sell us some...
I mention this for a couple three reasons:
- A recent post of mine mainly mad at the enviro-loving weenies has taken on a life of its own in the comments [somewhat of a rarity on this blog -ed] dedicated primarily to Ontario bashing.
- I have long since strongly believed, and never got around to blogging about, that I have a hatred for Ontario that far surpasses anything I can stir up for a bunch of wimpy frogs. In fact, and this is the sort of thing I cannot emphasize enough:
If I was ever shown a button which could instantly sink the entire province of Ontario into the sea and kill every man woman and child whom lived therein, I would press that button in a millisecond, and I would never look back for as long as I lived.
- This post at Defend Canada about the sports franchise whose biggest acheivement since the Pearson government was buggering little boys, where the best response to my fabled Maple Leafs scheduling quiz was to call me "not bright".
- Finally, this happened. (Battle of Alberta has a take on it here)


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Walmart, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Inter-American Development Bank Partner to Change the Lives of Women and Youth
Retailer invests $12 million to improve lives and communities in Latin America and the Caribbean
13 Apr, 2012, 05:30 ET
CARTAGENA, Colombia, April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Walmart announced today an initiative that will empower up to 55,000 women in Latin America and the Caribbean to build businesses and take control of their futures. In addition, Walmart will work with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide job training and help with job placement for nearly 1 million young people in these regions, at least half of whom will be young women.
"These partnerships will not only change the lives of the women we'll reach, but also improve the lives of their families and their entire communities," said Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke, who joined Secretary Clinton at the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia today. "When we launched our Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative last year, we committed to helping women around the world live better. By working with leaders like Secretary Clinton, we're bringing that mission to life."
Walmart's $12 million commitment to Secretary Clinton's International Fund for Women and Girls, the IDB and other NGOs includes:
The WEAmericas Small Grants Initiative
In partnership with Secretary Clinton's International Fund for Women and Girls, the Walmart Foundation has pledged $1.5 million to help create the WEAmericas Small Grants Initiative. Over the next two years, the effort will support the dreams of up to 55,000 potential women entrepreneurs in rural and indigenous communities throughout the Americas.
Vital Voices Women Entrepreneur Support
The Walmart Foundation is donating $500,000 to Vital Voices, an NGO committed to unleashing the leadership potential of extraordinary women around the world. The grant will provide long-term support for women hoping to grow small businesses.
The New Employment Opportunities (NEO) Initiative
Walmart will translate and provide its Walmart Brazil Social Retail School curriculum to the IDB's NEO Initiative. The retailer also committed to continuing its partnership in Brazil with governments and NGOs for the next five years, graduating thousands of new students. Combined, this support is valued at more than $10 million.
The IDB expects its NEO Initiative to empower roughly 1 million young people to take control of their futures over the next 10 years. At least half of those served will be young women.
"As a founding member of our NEO initiative, Walmart is demonstrating a visionary commitment to training youth in our region for 21st century jobs and promoting greater gender balance,'' said IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno. "We are proud to have Walmart as a partner and hope their example will serve as an inspiration to other companies to join the NEO Initiative."
Today's announcement supports key goals under Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative, launched in September 2011. For more information on this initiative, visit www.walmartstores.com/women. Additional details on grants supporting women and youth in Latin America and Colombia can be found here.
Why This Matters: A Young Mother and Her Dream
Imagine a woman, perhaps a young mother, living in Brazil. Imagine she was born and raised in Alagoas in the northeast corner of her country -- one of its poorest areas. The signs of stress are everywhere she looks.
For the last few years this young mother has had the idea and the drive to build a small business, but has fallen short of making her dream a reality. She needs job training, access to a steady marketplace and the support of a mentor – all common barriers in her part of the world. If she could start and maintain a business it would give her the opportunity to use her talents and ambition to lift her family out of poverty – and inspire an entire community.
About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at 10,130 retail units under 69 different banners in 27 countries. With fiscal year 2012 sales of approximately $444 billion, Walmart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting http://walmartstores.com and on Facebook at http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/walmart. Online merchandise sales are available at http://www.walmart.com and http://www.samsclub.com.
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Valanor is an epic fantasy world in tribute to great works such as Tolkien's Middle Earth, Wizard's of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragon's, Blizzard's Warcraft and other enormous fantasy worlds. Unlike those worlds however this one is completely built from the ground up by members just like you.
While embarking on the eternal journey of Valanor both in roleplay and through writing the history you are able to do and experience many things. Before we get into the basic story and overview of the world we will discuss the many options you have as a member of this site.
Creating Races
One of the very essential parts of this site is the race creation. All races will be primarily described by their sub-races and will not include a page for themselves. Once each race has many sub-races their will be a description of that race as a whole to better organize the overall history between them. As of this point the births of nations and rise of races are still required and due to this they will have no description until you, the members, began to create them.
Overall this will makes it much easier to freely express your perceptions on the race without a limited restriction of race type like most fantasy's have. This is an option mainly because one of the ultimate goals of this room is to showcase the wide stream of imagination that everyone has and create a epic world of all types of imaginations.
While developing a sub-race you do not have to follow the same old cliche's you see everywhere. As an example the common understanding of a Minotaur is a bull's face with a humanoid upper body and almost goat like legs. This can easily be reformed to be just a bull's face and full human body, or something more like a Centaur with a bull body either attached to a human torso and head or just with a humanoid head. This particular example will probably not exist, but it is just to show the possible expansion of ideas and collaboration of alternate ideas which you are more then free to utilize.


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MADRID, Spain (Reuters) -- The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other venues.
Madrid's fashion week has turned away underweight models after protests that girls and young women were trying to copy their rail-thin looks and developing eating disorders.
Organizers say they want to project an image of beauty and health, rather than a waif-like, or heroin chic look.
But Cathy Gould, of New York's Elite modeling agency, said the fashion industry was being used as a scapegoat for illnesses like anorexia and bulimia.
"I think its outrageous, I understand they want to set this tone of healthy beautiful women, but what about discrimination against the model and what about the freedom of the designer," said Gould, Elite's North America director, adding that the move could harm careers of naturally "gazelle-like" models.
Madrid's regional government, which sponsors the show and imposed restrictions, said it did not blame designers and models for anorexia. It said the fashion industry had a responsibility to portray healthy body images.
"Fashion is a mirror and many teenagers imitate what they see on the catwalk," said regional official Concha Guerra.
The mayor of Milan, Italy, Letizia Moratti, told an Italian newspaper this week she would seek a similar ban for her city's show unless it could find a solution to "sick" looking models.
Quality, not size
The Madrid show is using the body mass index or BMI -- based on weight and height -- to measure models. It has turned away 30 percent of women who took part in the previous event. Medics will be on hand at the September 18-22 show to check models.
"The restrictions could be quite a shock to the fashion world at the beginning, but I'm sure it's important as far as health is concerned," said Leonor Perez Pita, director of Madrid's show, also known as the Pasarela Cibeles.
A spokeswoman for the Association of Fashion Designers of Spain, which represents those at Madrid fashion week, said the group supported restrictions and its concern was the quality of collections, not the size of models.
Eating disorder activists said many Spanish model agencies and designers oppose the ban and they had doubts whether the new rules would be followed.
"If they don't go along with it the next step is to seek legislation, just like with tobacco," said Carmen Gonzalez of Spain's Association in Defense of Attention for Anorexia and Bulimia, which has campaigned for restrictions since the 1990s.
Organizers say they want to project an image of beauty and health.


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Students should be particularly careful when walking to and from school bus stops. If possible, parents should accompany young children to the bus stop and assist in keeping order while waiting for the bus.
Here are some guidelines to discuss with your children:
To The Parents:
Make sure your children know and follow these rules:
Meeting the Bus:
Coordinate with other parents to ensure an adult is present at the bus stop everyday. Especially with elementary students.
Remove Drawstrings:
Clothing your children like may not always be safe. Drawstrings can catch in playground equipment, fences and school bus doors. Remove, shorten or replace drawstrings with another kind of fastener.


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Corey Taylor Recalls Intense Meat Loaf Encounter on Sneak Peek of 'That Metal Show'
Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine returned on June 1 for Season 12 of 'That Metal Show' and closed out the night scoring the highest rated telecast on VH1 Classic this year. With guest Jason Newsted and appearances by drummer Carmine Appice and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta checking in online, the episode proved to be a great start to what is sure to be a heavy hitting season.
Episode 2 is sure to be just as successful when Stone Sour's Corey Taylor and Josh Rand join the show to discuss their new discs 'House of Gold & Bones Part 1 & 2.' Fans can check out a sneak peek of the episode below where Taylor and Rand discuss everything from the eclectic packaging to a drunken New Year's Eve tale that includes Meat Loaf.
Fearless leader Eddie Trunk took some time to comment on the success of the new season, saying, "It's great to know the faithful fans didn't forget about the show after such a long layoff from new episodes. It's been an amazing run on VH1 Classic that just keeps getting bigger and better." He continued, "Thanks to all the viewers for watching and making 'That Metal Show' the flagship program for VH1 Classic! You guys rule and I hope you enjoy the next seven all new shows featuring more new features, guests, and the return of some older features as well."
This season's guests include everyone from Rob Zombie and John 5 to Megadeth's Dave Mustaine. See the full schedule of guests by clicking below.


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Health News
Kidney Patients Who Need Statins Might Not Take Them
Two major health groups recommend statins for many patients with chronic kidney disease. But a new study found that many patients who should take statins didn't take them — even after a doctor recommended that they do so.
Many Not Getting Statins When They May Benefit
People take statin medications to fight high cholesterol. While these medications also may help those with high heart risks but not high cholesterol, statins are not always prescribed to those patients.


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Apple has not confirmed if it's even working on a car, but rumors continue to come out at full speed.
This week, The Information revealed that Apple's forthcoming car has been pushed back to launch in 2021. The original rumors claimed that Apple hoped to have its Apple Car on the road by 2020. According to The Information, Apple's super-secret team working on the car, known internally as Project Titan, has faced some roadblocks putting a vehicle together. Project Titan's top executive left back in January.
The delay, which was also reported by 9to5Mac, was briefly mentioned in The Information's profile of the three Sumner brothers, Apple engineers who all worked together on the Siri team before transferring to Project Titan.
Why this matters: Apple hasn't even acknowledge that the company is getting into the auto industry, so not much has been confirmed about Apple Car. We're not even sure if it will be electric or self-driving. What we do know is that it has been a bumpy road for Project Titan.
Even though Apple seemed to be making headway last year— filing permits to build a "auto work area" near Cupertino, leasing a drive-testing facility, meeting with the California DMV, hiring a bunch of experts in self-driving tech, and registering apple.auto and apple.car—the Apple Car is a big enough project that delays are inevitable. At the very beginning, Apple was aiming for a 2019 launch date. That slipped to 2020 and now it seems we'll be waiting another year.


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Our Verdict
OfficeTime is a basic yet useful time tracking and invoicing application that allows you to gather time spent on a project using your Mac or an iOS device. Once collected you can easily sync data between devices and then invoice your customers. The app also offers customizable reporting tools and allows you to export your billing data so you can import it into other applications.
Like most programs of this type, to get off on the right foot OfficeTime requires a bit of basic setup before you can put the app to work. With OfficeTime this is a matter of creating categories and projects and setting hourly rates. OfficeTime uses Projects as a way to group your work and Categories to store hourly rate information. When you set up a new project you give it a name and an ID, link it to a specific client, choose a default category, and then start timing your project. You also have the option to have a record of your timed sessions appear in Apple's Calendar app.
OfficeTime offers a number of options for switching between projects and stopping or starting timing sessions. A small button bar with a play button appears at the top of OfficeTime's main window. A menu on the right-hand side of this bar displays your current project and can be used to quickly add, edit, or switch between existing projects. If you haven't started a session for the day on a project, pressing the spacebar automatically creates a new timing session and starts timing. In addition, you have the option of adding a Menu Extra to your Mac's menu bar, which also makes it easy for you to start, stop, or pause timers and switch between projects.
OfficeTime ships with a small set of predefined categories, enough to give an idea of how to use them, and you can edit or add categories as you see fit. Categories are used to define the type of work you are doing for each timed session and each category can have a unique hourly rate. So if you charge less for time spent on the telephone than you do for time spent at a job site, you can create separate categories for each of those events and then quickly adjust the amount you bill your customers by changing its category. Categories for each timing session can be changed at any time and the dollar amount will be updated to reflect the rate of the newly selected category.
When you start a timed session OfficeTime uses the category you've defined as the default for your currently selected project. If you haven't selected a default category OfficeTime uses the program's default category called—wait for it—No Category. This designation can be changed, which I did almost immediately by labeling it Unassigned, and, like every other category, it can have an associated hourly rate.
OfficeTime allows you to use the Contacts app to get add contacts to an invoice, but I found this feature a bit clunky. To add existing contacts to an invoice you use a Copy from Address Book menu that appears in the Invoice generator. This menu presents you with a list of all contacts in your Contacts app, but isn't searchable. You can type the first few letters of a contact's name, which may put you in close proximity to the contact you want. While this was a hassle, it wasn't impossible to overcome. What was impossible was locating contacts whose card contained both a name and a business name. Adding a business name removed the contact from the list leaving only the business name. If you have more than one contact from a single company this feature simply doesn't work. So, if you want to use this feature and you have more than one contact from the same company in your address book, you will need to remove the company name from all of those contacts.
OfficeTime's reporting functions are rudimentary but useful. You have a number of options for displaying specific information. For example, you can report individually on specific projects, categories, or employees; or you can create reports that display selections of each of those options. For example, it's possible for you to report how much time one employee spent on the phone for a specific project. The report screen updates dynamically as you change filters and displays a list of timing sessions and a graph for your currently selected criteria.
For invoicing, OfficeTime offers a TextEdit-based template that you can easily customize to suit your needs. Each invoice contains two pages, the first, which is a bill and a second which contains detailed information about what your customer is being billed for. While OfficeTime doesn't offer the elegant invoices available in program's such as Marketcircle's Billings app, I found editing and updating OfficeTime's TextEdit-based invoices to be very easy.
The $8 OfficeTime for iOS app works well as a standalone time tracking tool, but it's of more use as an adjunct to the desktop application. Using the app you can track time and expense information in the field and then sync that information with your Mac. What the iOS app can't do is invoicing. That job is left to the desktop app, which is why you can't use OfficeTime for iOS as a standalone time tracking and billing app.
Bottom line
OfficeTime is good, but it doesn't quite rise to the level of similar apps such as Marketcircle's Billings, an app that costs less but which offers more features and capabilities. That said, OfficeTime is a great foundation for what has potential to be a great time billing app.


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Sennheiser EW 122 G3-A-US 3.5mm Lavalier System - ME 4 + SK 100 G3 + EM 100 G3
Discrete and easy on the voice: the compact cardioid clip-on microphone in this system rejects noises coming from the side which means less risk of feedback. Without having to speak very loudly, the presenter's voice is delivered in a rich and full manner. The bodypack transmitter features charging contacts for the optional rechargeable battery. Sync up the bodypack to the receiver wirelessly with the new wireless sync. Lastly, the true diversity receiver provides for reliable signal transmission, even in large rooms.


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Full speed ahead!
Hopefully this will be the one where we finally move into the
Too cute and too funny! I miss having a puppy around.ReplyDelete
Beagles are wonderful dogs...and they are the cutest puppies. We had one who lived to the ripe old age of 14 and I could write a book about his crazy antics.
What fun...and crooning...you are in for! But, you already have donkeys braying so crooning will not be a problem.
Good luck with sweet flying pup and happy new year!
How cute! Can't wait to hear more about your latest pup - but what I really stopped by for was to wish you a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year! love, as ever ♥ReplyDelete
We have a new beagle pup. She is a hoot. Right now, she has crashed on my feet. We are constantly laughing at her antics. Except for today when she snatched my knitting and proceeded to make a big snaggled yarn ball.ReplyDelete
so has Buddy Bear given his sniff of approval for rowdy young pup? puppies are good for the spirits and YES this WILL be the year to move into the building - 'tis time - you've lived quite well in the shack but to have the wonderful house/bakery SO close - sigh - anyhow - happy about the puppy and hopeful about the moveReplyDelete
a new dog ! how exciting ! I was thinking about J2 & New Cat last night as I was "tucking" in my cats :)
Happy New Year to everyone on the farm.
A new beagle puppy!
What a wonderful way to start the new year!
I wish you perfect timing this year (for the move and other things)
Congratulations. Now, I need some more details. Male, female, name, age, weight, how did he find you, just a few basic questions. LOLReplyDelete
PUUUUUPPPYYYY!!! I love other people's puppies (though I think I could do without ever having another of my own). Details soon, please!ReplyDelete
I love the energy that puppies seem to have. Then once it is spent the collapse into a sound sleep. What a great building. Our barn really needs help. Another project for another day. Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
A new puppy??? What a wonderful way to start the new year!!!!
Congratulations to all of you!! Cannot wait to read all the details and see LOTS of pictures!!
Happy New Year to all!!
Oh yay! A new puppy! (I gave myself a new one from the shelter last New Year's-just the best way to get through winter I can think of) Post pictures soon!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Beagle puppy!!!! Awwwww!
My grandad raised champion beagles, and I used to have three of them. I love beagles. And I miss puppy breath. That is just the cutest picture.
And good luck on the move- hope it comes soon.
Congrats on the new puppy! I know it will never replace Robin, but it's hard to resist those velvet ears & soulful eyes. We had an old hunting beagle - well, he was owned by a hunter before he came to us. We were the retirement home where he lived a life of luxury on the couch. We are beagle-less now (but not dog-less) and about a 1/4 mile away is a beagle that we can hear baying now and then. I love it (love it best from a distance, LOL)ReplyDelete
I can't wait to read more about your beagle pup....I love beagles, and have one myself.ReplyDelete
So sweet it must be to be at your farm right now!
He's adorable and the new house is stunning! Congratulations and happy New Year!
xoxo A
Aw, can't wait to see more of the new beagle baby!ReplyDelete
Puppy Pictures PUULLLEEZE!!!ReplyDelete
December 2015 update: Hi! For some reason I can't figure out, Blogger hasn't been letting me leave comments on my own blog (!) for the last several months, so I've been unable to respond to your comments and questions. My apologies for any inconvenience! You're always welcome to email me: farmgirlfare AT gmail DOT com.
Hi! Thanks for visiting Farmgirl Fare and taking the time to write. While I'm not always able to reply to every comment, I receive and enjoy reading them all.
Your feedback is greatly appreciated, and I especially love hearing about your experiences with my recipes. Comments on older posts are always welcome!
Please note that I moderate comments, so if I'm away from the computer it may be a while before yours appears.
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The Secret Beyond Matter
The Syrian crisis was at the top of the agenda at the annual United Nations General Assembly which was held on September 24 in New York. In his UN speech, Obama referred to the agreement reached with Russia on placing Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles under international control and their destruction, and stated that the UN should impose measures if Assad did not keep his promises. Saying "The United States of America is prepared to use all elements of our power, including military force, to secure these core interests in the region," Obama explicitly implied that US military intervention was a card that was still on the table.
As you know, the Russian proposal that "the Assad regime should place its chemical arsenal under international control" while a possible US strike against Syria was in the works has been accepted by the Damascus regime, Russia and the US. The plan foresees that "all Syria's chemical weapons and equipment will be handed over for destruction by mid-2014." However, this is clearly no solution.
On the other hand, those who regard the Damascus regime as having won a major political victory by agreeing to this new proposal are mistaken. With this initiative, Moscow has made a gambit aimed at protecting its own interests in Syria. For Russia, Assad, who is politically bankrupt and had lost control of his chemical/conventional weapons, is now a political partner with no future.
In his latest statement on Syria, issued at the Kremlin on September 19, Russian President Putin once again repeated that he did not trust the Assad regime, saying, "We cannot be 100 percent sure that the Damascus regime will fully comply with the agreement on chemical weapons reached with the US, but we hope that it will."
In a speech made in Tehran, Rohani, the new president of Iran, which has stood by Damascus right from the outset, said that he favored Assad's departure, saying, "Whoever Syrian citizens vote for to rule their country, we'll agree with it."
The Assad regime, which is surviving largely thanks to support from Moscow, Beijing and Tehran, has clearly used up all its lines of credit.
Assad is known to have around 1,000 tons of chemical weapons in 45 different facilities, and most of these were relocated when the question of an intervention arose. Only 19 chemical weapons stores are in their former locations. There is, therefore, no way of trusting the Damascus regime to hand over all its chemical weapons stockpile.
Furthermore, according to Sevil Atasoy, a Turkish forensic medicine specialist and criminologist, even if Syria gave up its entire chemical weapons to foreign control, Damascus could easily manufacture such weapons again.
The Pentagon believes at least 75,000 troops would have to be sent to Syria in order to protect the inspectors. This and the difficult conditions within Syria mean that Assad has more time to commit new atrocities.
The option of an intervention in Syria has been shelved and the Assad regime has been licensed to continue with its atrocities so long as it does not use chemical weapons. The international community has chosen to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the atrocities in Syria under a supposedly diplomatic guise.
The future can be gleaned from what the Assad regime has done over the last three years: 90,000 of the more than 100,000 who have died in Syria to date are civilians.
The number of those who have abandoned their homes because of the civil war is estimated to exceed one-third of the country, some six million people. Children represent 10,913 of the dead civilians and 80,000 of the 215,000 people detained in Syria are missing. These are not even included in the list of the dead. Only 1,500 of those who have died to date died as the result of a chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime.
Putin and Obama are perfectly well aware that turning over its chemical arsenal will not bring peace to Syria; this is merely a delaying tactic. This agreement between the US and Russia is simply intended to placate public opinion.
The world has been brought to believe that with this new agreement it could be freed from chemical weapons, and thus all dangers. Therefore, other future atrocities that take place in Syria will never even be raised or given any importance. Nonetheless, the fact remains that the Syrian regime has lost all rhyme and reason. That regime will obviously continue to slaughter even after this.
All the policies for Syria produced by the US and Russia thus far have failed to represent a solution. The only solution for a world without war, without losses or economic difficulties is for Islamic countries to intervene on the issue.
Lavrov's proposal is important. He stressed that a quartet of Turkey, Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia could assume important tasks in the resolution of the Syrian problem, and went on to say; "… it is very important to combine the efforts of the above mentioned countries. Egypt is the largest country of the Arab world; while Turkey and Iran are Muslim rather than Arab countries, and all of them play a very big role in the region…."
A climate in which these atrocities come to an end can be established without a loss of further time by a peace force made up of Muslim countries entering Syria. Neither Assad's supporters - nor Al-Nusra or the troops of the FSA - could withstand a peace force consisting of Islamic countries. The Syrian people will embrace a peace force that brings about a ceasefire. Especially following the intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is explicit that such an initiative which encompasses all countries in the region will be the most wise path and the best way to lead Syria to elections with the least reaction.


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As the outdoor temperature gradually drops, animal activity and deer-vehicle accidents increase. Every year across the country, deer and other animals cause millions of dollars in vehicle damage as well as thousands of injuries and hundreds of fatalities. Whether you are taking your family on a trip through the woods or just traveling on business, the following safety tips are intended to save your life and prevent accidents.
Actions to Consider
1. Heed the warning signs. Posted warnings of deer and animal crossing are there for a reason.
2. Always drive at a safe speed.
3. Many animals move around at dusk and early morning.
4. Observe your surroundings. Actively scan the sides of the roads as you drive for any signs of wildlife.
5. September through January is a time when deer and elk are particularly active.
6. Deer and elk are herd animals, so if you see one, there may be more.
7. Don't rely on vehicle-mounted whistles or reflectors to keep deer away from your vehicle. Studies show they are not effective.
8. Notify the local law enforcement agency if you have an accident with an animal.
9. Contact the local emergency services if anyone is injured.
10. If you have comprehensive coverage, deer accidents are covered. However, if you swerve to avoid hitting the deer and hit another vehicle, that would be considered collision coverage, and is many times more expensive for your insurer and you.
We hope you never have to worry about hitting a deer or other animal. Please slow down and be safe. Taking simple precautions can be the difference between having an accident with a deer, and almost having an accident with a deer. Remember to call us for a free auto and home insurance review.


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Set of four (4) J-Bolts to attach MPX-V2 machine to customer constructed foundation.
Includes J-Bolts, Hex Nuts, Washers, and Polymer Nuts
Approximate Dimensions M24x3p Thread, 26 in (660 mm) high, 7 in (175 mm) length bent section. Polymer nuts allow J-Bolts to be attached to foundation template when pouring concrete. When the machine is installed and the J-Bolts are tightened to full load, the polymer nuts deform and allow the machine to be tightened directly against the concrete.
Configuration notes for MPX-V1:
- When an auxiliary base is used, supply the following: Qty 1 for 300MPX and 450MPX; Qty 2 for 600MPX thru 900MPX
- When an auxiliary base is not used, supply the following: Qty 2 for all MPX models
Configuration notes for MPX-V2:
- Qty 1 for 450MPX-J1/J2
- Qty 2 for 750MPX-J3/J4 and 900MPX-J5