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With frigid winter weather right around the corner, the Sunrise Outreach Center extreme winter weather shelter program is gearing up for operation.
Current plans call for the shelters in Sunnyside and Yakima to open in mid-November. The shelters are staffed by volunteers and while many volunteers return each year, additional volunteers are sought. Area residents wanting to volunteer to staff the extreme weather shelters must attend a one-time, one-hour training class.
Sunnyside training dates are set for Thursdays, Oct. 25, Nov. 1 and Nov. 8, all beginning at 6 p.m. at the Sunnyside Oasis Church, located at 344 N. 11th St.
In addition, those unable to volunteer but would still like to help the valley's homeless population can donate winter coats, gloves, scarves, stocking hats, socks, blankets, coffee, sugar, coffee creamer, coco and other non-perishable food items.
The Sunnyside donation drop-off location is at the First Christian Church in Sunnyside, which is located at 321 S. Eighth St., Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to noon.
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text: #SocialData – Demystified 01.23.13 By Patrick Dolan In a typical session in my free time online I might post a few snapshots on Instagram, check out the latest viral YouTube video and update my Facebook page. I might also research and buy a book for myself, or a giftor I might price a couple of possibilities for my family's summer vacation. But in my use of social media, many of these activities soon give way to new enthusiasms #lancearmstrong already seems like yesterday's news by #inaugurationday. The point is that as more of us live more of our lives through our broadband connections, marketers have to search for ways to access and leverage the vast Social Data trail of our interestssome fleeting and some more abidingthat we create online. And IAB's Data Council just rolled out a new report–Social Data: Demystification & Best Practice—that can give companies and marketers a sturdier starting point for understanding and making better use of this growing mass of information and its power to positively influence millions of people through social amplification. Social data that haven't existed in traditional digital media analytic channels (Social Data: Demystification and Best Practice, IAB) Social Data flows from a million directions. For example, many online marketers are using trackable URLs when posting to social media. These allow you to see exactly where your traffic and customers come from. Another popular social media tool allows you to add a share button wherever you need one on your websitea tool that creates data about who comes to your site, when and why. Of course social media sites themselves also generate masses of social data for you to use. All in all, just like other entities that are growing their online community, we at IAB use Social Data analysis tools, to see where our offerings are strong and to get feedback that helps us reach unexplored audiences. Social Data: Demystification and Best Practice offers best practices and a common language to help analyze and discuss the data generated by these many layers of social media. Creating a common language is key, because after extracting Social Data, making useful sense of it is still often not easysometimes simply because people use the same terms for different phenomena. The report further explains what must go into meaningful data analyticsanother critical hurdle we all must clear, as we move away from tracking mere page views in favor of deeper aspects of Social Data, including propagation, amplification and sentiment. What I think is really exciting hereto me, the basis for Social Data's promiseis that it's all about social media's community of millions of people happily and openly coming together. But with the resulting pool of data so deep and varied, the new IAB report is like navigation software that can help you and your particular company or marketing campaign find the right direction through a real jungle of information to your specific goals. You can download the report here. Related Content Q3 2018 Digital Video Committee Meeting 08.06.18 UGC for Advertising Working Group Call 08.03.18 Nearly 60% of Advertisers' Digital Budgets are Allocated to Video, a Steady Rise Since 2016... 04.30.18 Original Digital Video Connects Brands With Hard-to-Reach Audience of Young, Diverse, Tech-Savvy ... 04.26.18 IAB Local and Location-based Advertising Hub 12/14/17: T-Mobile buys Layer3 TV, will launch new TV service 12.14.17 Show more related content Get connected with IAB Be the first to know. Sign up to receive news about the IAB programs, standards, events, classes, and more! Sign up now


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During the summer of 2010, a select group of Yeshiva University Honors students combined coursework and travel as part of a unique educational experience. The month-long program covering the history of Sephardic Jews in medieval Spain combined two weeks in the classroom and two weeks of travel. The travel portion included many on-site learning experiences at historic locations throughout the south of Spain and in the capital city of Madrid. Some students also took a Spanish language course during the same summer session.
The courses were taught by Dr. Ronnie Perelis, who is the Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Zelena Alcalay Chair holder at YU in Sephardic Studies. Dr. Perelis also led the tours in Spain, in cooperation with Dr. Gabriel Cwilich, a noted professor of physics and director of the Yeshiva College Honors Program. Rabbi Moshe Tessone, director of the YU's Sephardic Community Program, accompanied the group and led the visits and programs that were held in conjunction with the local Sephardic community of Madrid.
During their Shabbat in Madrid, the students participated in services and a communal Shabbat meal with the local Jewish youth, also meeting the community's spiritual leader, Rabbi Moshe Bendahan. Rabbi Tessone and several of the students presented insightful divrei Torah to the community at several of the Shabbat meals, and projected the ideal of youth who engage in Torah Umadda, YU's unique mission, of combining Jewish and secular studies.
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House prices surged by 8.4 per cent over 2013 across the UK as the market revival became increasingly broad-based, Nationwide has reported.
Prices rose by 1.4 per cent month-on-month in December to reach £175,826 on average, although they remain around 5% below all-time highs recorded in late 2007, the building society said.
The annual increase in prices across the country is the biggest jump seen since June 2010. Every region across the UK saw prices increase year-on-year, ranging from a 14.9 per cent annual increase in London to a 1.9 per cent uplift in the North.
Among the major towns and cities, Manchester was named by the study as the best-performing area for house price rises in 2013, with prices there up by 21% typically over the last year to reach £209,627 typically.
Carlisle was named as the worst performer, with a 1 per cent annual increase in prices taking the average value of a home there to £136,128.
Prices in London are now 14 per cent above their annual peak, with the price of the typical home in the English capital having reached £345,186.
House prices in Northern Ireland are still around half their 2007 levels, although they have climbed by 7.0 per cent year-on-year to reach £111,612 on average. London has the most expensive house prices in the UK while Northern Ireland has the cheapest, according to Nationwide's figures.
Scotland recorded a 3.7 per cent annual increase in house prices, pushing them to £136,729 typically, while Wales saw prices pick up by 6.1 per cent over the same period, taking the average price there to £139,722.
In England, prices have increased by 8.6 per cent year-on-year to £205,084 typically.
Yesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron dismissed fears that the Government is pumping up a housing bubble as he hailed the success of its flagship Help to Buy scheme. A new phase of Help to Buy was launched in October to offer state-backed mortgages to credit-worthy people struggling to get onto the property ladder or move up it because they only have a small deposit saved up.
The Prime Minister branded sceptics of the mortgage guarantees - such as Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable - "London-centric".
In many parts of the country prices were "barely moving at all", he insisted.
More than 6,000 people have put offers in on homes and applied for mortgages using Help to Buy since it was launched about three months ago.
Nearly 750 homeowners have completed their purchases and hundreds were able to spend Christmas in their new homes, according to the Government.
Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said the upturn in prices has become "increasingly broad-based over the course of 2013".
He said: "For the second successive quarter, all 13 UK regions saw positive annual house price growth in quarter four...
"Part of the reason for the acceleration in house price growth is that the supply side of the market has not kept pace with the upturn in demand, even though buyer numbers remain subdued by historic standards.
"For example, in quarter three 2013 the number of housing transactions in England was around 25 per cent below pre-crisis levels, while the number of new homes built was around 45 per cent lower."
Mr Gardner said that current ultra-low interest rates are currently helping to keep home loans relatively affordable, with the typical mortgage payment for a first-time buyer equating to around 29 per cent of their take-home pay.
But he added: "However, the risk is that if demand continues to run ahead of supply in the quarters ahead, affordability may become stretched.
"House price growth has been outstripping average earnings growth since the start of the year."


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With words like "Chopper" and "Excalibur" in the title, you know that this lawnmower can haul some arse and cut some grass. In fact, the manufacturer is touting it as the world's fastest lawnmower with a top speed of 24 kph on 38 hp. It may not seem all that fast, but you could tear up your yard and be inside getting loaded before your neighbour even starts his engine.
In fact, the product site claims that you can obliterate a 9.2 acre plot of land in about an hour—which is just enough time to work your way through a Slayer album using the 12-volt iPod / Mobile Phone compatible adaptor. After all, that is the only way to cut grass with a beast like the Excalibur 3874. Pedal to the floor with metal music blazing and a middle finger extended in the direction of your neighbours. Unfortunately, you won't be enjoying that unbridled masculine lawncare moment unless you can come up with the US$11,332 it takes to buy it. [Dixie Chopper via DVICE]


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One Bowl Baking by Yvonne Ruperti
There's just something so simple and so elegant about the idea of one bowl baking recipes. No need to get out the stand mixer. No fears of leaving the kitchen a disaster area of dirty dishes. Mix, bake, eat — I love it. Yvonne Ruperti is definitely on to something here, and these recipes for bar cookies, party cakes, breakfast goodies, and cookies promise to be ones we'll want to make again and again.
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• Who wrote it: Yvonne Ruperti
• Who published it: Running Press
• Number of recipes: Over 100
• The Angle: Recipes for cookies, cakes, and bars that can be quickly made in a single mixing bowl — no stand mixer required.
• Recipes for right now: Corn Muffin Toaster Cakes, Upside-Down Sticky Pecan Muffins, Cinnamon Sugar Scones, Ruby Red Grapefruit Bars, Peanut Butter and Jam Bars, Green Tea Cupcakes, Banana Bourbon Cake, White Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake, Lemon Pudding Cake
• Major Takeaways: Once you realize that all these recipes — from simple Saturday morning scones to a decadent layer cake — can be made in a single mixing bowl, baking them feels suddenly doable in a way that it didn't before. Ruperti isn't cutting corners here, though; she is just being smart about how ingredients are combined into a batter or dough so that we avoid needlessly dirtying bowls and utensils. She also begins every chapter with a primer on the kind of baked good about to be covered, explaining very thoroughly and carefully how to do things like mix cupcake batter for the best crumb or use a water bath for making the best cheesecakes.
One other huge takeaway hidden in one of the later chapters: tiny cakes. Little 6-inch cakes perfect for a smaller dinner party. I saw these recipes while flipping through and my eyes immediately went as wide as saucers. As someone who loves both cake and small dinner parties, but likes to avoid the siren call of leftover cake on the counter, I think this is brilliant.
• Who would enjoy this book? Bakers living in small apartments, people who love baking but not all the fuss most recipes require, new bakers
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Philly arts fest opens with 'time travel' theme
The city's newest arts festival has returned with a month of music, dance, theater, visual arts and family activities, all loosely based on the topic of time travel.travel Updated: Mar 29, 2013 17:01 IST
The city's newest arts festival has returned with a month of music, dance, theater, visual arts and family activities, all loosely based on the topic of time travel.
The Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts kicked off Thursday and runs through April 27 at locations around the city.
The theme is "If You Had a Time Machine." More than 50 events, installations and performances from local, national and international artists are exploring a wide range of questions related to time travel, many looking at historic events in a novel way or imagining what the future will bring.
The festival's marquee names include Tony Award-winning choreographer and dancer Savion Glover, who is launching the festival's opening weekend with "Dance Space," a world premiere he says will take audiences back to the beginning of the universe.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright will pay homage to Judy Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall performance with his show "Prima! Rufus! Judy!" on April 21, while Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Danilo Perez on April 26 will use multi-instrumental jazz improvisation to commemorate Balboa's discovery of the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
On April 12, Baltimore-based electronic musician Dan Deacon celebrates the first email, sent by inventor Ray Tomlinson in 1971, with an event that will allow audiences to participate in the performance with their smartphones.
The festival's core exhibit in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is an imaginary time machine, actually a 100-feet-long corkscrew spiral that visitors can walk through and experience changing sights and sounds. Free performances are happening on most nights around the time machine, from a musical production called "Flash of Time" to a comedy troupe presenting the pitfalls of time travel with a show called "Shut Your Wormhole."
A group of trapeze artists promise to fulfill the festival's theme "in honor of the spunky women who first sported the raised hemlines of the 1960s" and will sell tickets for public trapeze lessons nearly every day of the monthlong event.
Also on the schedule are concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philly Pops, as well as smaller musical and theatrical performances inspired by events including the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the first moon landing in 1969, the founding of the Works Progress Administration in 1935, the emancipation of Puerto Rico in 1873 and the birth of Benjamin Britten in 1913.
The event culminates April 27 with a five-block stretch of downtown Broad Street closed to traffic and transformed into a daylong street fair with food vendors, a Ferris wheel, live music and street performers.
The inaugural PIFA festival in 2011, which had a Parisian theme, attracted more than 400,000 visitors over its 25 days of events. The closing street fair was attended by nearly 200,000 people.
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First let me thank you for being frank, and for giving me at least some hope. Most guys on the web are very negative. After weighing everything out in my head while showering today, I had a thought. As it stands now I have nothing. I have a crap degree an OK family business which will be carved up and divides between 5 of us if anything ever happens to my mom (God forbid). 9 years of work in this business making it what it is and I will end up having an equal inheritance as my sisters who went out and made their lives outside the business.If I have a chance at getting in with a 2.0 and a 160 CUNY Law is a real possibility. It is close to home and only 12K per year. I can leave with between 36-60k in debt, closer to the lower end I'm guessing. T14 is not in my future unless I can get my records expunged, and even then I will be looking to go to a T14 to work for a great law firm and make 165k straight of too LS, lots of money and a set future, but do I really want to work 2300 hours a year to make money I can't enjoy? Nah, not really. I want to hang my own shingle, open an office in my rent free office space in Manhattan, and practice some kind of law. In that case it won't matter where I went to LS so long as I am licensed. If I can run the business right I can make a great living and still have relative freedom. In short T14 and a "good school" is only worth it if I want to work like a mule and earn great money if and when I'm hired. 100-200k in debt an at least 8 years to pay it off. Probably not getting in anyway, so, sour grapes?The schools I'm most suited for given my possible 1.8 GPA and 160+ LSAT are cheap, get me a degree and a career if I can hack it as a business man, and I've shown that I can do that running one business well, and creating another from scratch.I have a flimsy job now, and need some stability to support a wife and 2 kids if my mom is ever taken from us.
As I've said on many other threads, the work of a lawyer is unpredictable. Saying you want to be a lawyer is like saying you want to work in a science field. There are wildly different work environments, workloads, types of work, and fields of law that you might end up dealing with. I try to dissuade people from going to law school to practice a very specific type of law in a specific type of firm. For example, if you said, "I want to go dominate law school, and do Mergers and Acquisitions for an international firm," I'd tell you that your chances are worse than playing roulette. You are unique, however. If you really want to be a solo practitioner, you can do it with a law degree. If that's your dream, there's really no other way to do it. One word of caution, however. I don't know you, and I have now way to determine what your skill set is. I will say that business management skills are important for a solo, but they are nowhere near as important as networking and marketing skills. A new firm, especially one run by a baby lawyer, lives or dies depending on whether the lawyer can make quality contacts and find paying clients. Such abilities are far more important than the ability to create a positive client experience, the ability to balance books, or the ability to manage support staff.If you are sure you have rent-free space, and you are sure you would enjoy the awful grind that is solo practice, then your question comes down to math. (Obviously, if you are only concerned with chasing your passion, the math won't matter)If you have 60,000 in debt, your annual loan payments will be approximately $4992 per year for 25 years. As a result, your financial decision comes down to whether your average salary will be $5000 more as a lawyer per year than it would be as something else.The statistics out there are really bad. (And cost of living in Manhattan is brutal) But you don't see a lot of statistics for average salaries 10 years after law school. It's my impression that lawyers still do quite well as opposed to bankers, managers, marketers, and the average salesperson. If you can survive the first five years, I believe it would probably be a great financial investment, even though the market sucks. That said, it takes a special person to survive five years as a solo. What kind of law would you like to practice? Are you cut out for the grind that is family law or criminal law in the most competitive market on earth? Do you have the education to take the patent bar? Do you have the education and smarts to do estate planning and tax? Why would someone trust you with their business, when there will be countless attorneys out there with a similar billing rate and more experience? How many solo practitioners have you sat down with? (They tend to be a social bunch, and they tend to be very honest with how things are going).
Live cheap during law school + Free Rent + Hispanic + willing to do family law, permits, and immigration?That's about as good a recipe as I've seen. There is no guarantee you'll like it, but it sounds like you are more cut out to go to law school than 90% of those inquiring on this board.
ConclusionIn my anonymous internet poster opinion I recommend taking the LSAT seeing what score you get. Until you have an official score you cannot get into any law school. Once you have the LSAT score you don't need to enroll in law school right away and you can work for a law office or legal clinic and try it out. If you love it and want to pursue a legal career you have the LSAT score and can proceed. If you find being a lawyer is not for you then you are not obligated to enroll you will be out $100 for the LSAT fee and you will have saved yourself 3 years and 100,000 + dollars. However, DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT go to law school simply because you do not know what else to do. No matter what profession you are in finding your first job is really difficult and starting as a lawyer is no different. Good luck.


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The Obama administration continued to implement the national health care overhaul on Monday with the launch of a redesigned consumer information website, a new 24-hour Affordable Care Act hotline and plans to huddle with the National Football League.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she'll ask the NFL, other sports leagues and even mothers for help in spreading the word about getting people enrolled for health coverage next year – especially younger adults.
"Moms can be very influential with that demographic group," Sebelius said at a briefing for the news media, adding that professional athletes might also be helpful. She said no formal agreements have been reached. But her intent to recruit athletes as health care cheerleaders could score points with the public.
"We never anticipated that this could be a government-only outreach effort," Sebelius said. "We've always had the intention to include everybody; from the provider community to insurers, to faith-based groups to community outreach groups."
The redesigned HealthCare.gov website also will play a huge part in raising public awareness about Obamacare. The website has undergone a complete makeover, from a policy-oriented resource to a consumer-focused destination, where people can learn how to enroll for coverage on the new federally run, online health insurance marketplaces, or "exchanges," that will launch this fall in 34 states.
Other states will have state-run exchanges or state-federal exchanges with different website locales. Consumers in those states will be steered to the proper destination if they use Healthcare.gov.
The health care law requires most Americans to have health coverage beginning in 2014 or face a fine for noncompliance. An estimated 7 million Americans are expected to get health insurance on the new marketplaces during plan enrollment, which runs from October 2013 through March 2014.
Over the summer, the HealthCare.gov website will add features that allow consumers to create accounts, fill out online insurance applications and shop for health plans beginning in October.
For consumers who speak Spanish, a similar website, CuidadoDeSalud.gov, will be updated to provide the same functions.
In addition, a new hotline at 1-800-318-2596 is available to provide similar information about the new health care overhaul, with operators taking calls round-the-clock from six different call center locations.
Eleven call centers with 9,000 operators will be up and running by Oct. 1, when operators will start helping customers apply for coverage and plan their insurance selections. Hearing-impaired callers with TTY/TDD technology can get assistance at 1-855-889-4325.
The call center will offer assistance in more than 150 languages, using an interpretation and translation service.
The new developments come on the heels of two reports last week that found that the Obama administration has missed numerous deadlines and was behind schedule in computer and technological work needed make the marketplaces function properly in the 34 states where the federal government will operate them.
Stymied by congressional Republicans' refusal to fund key parts of Obamacare and the reluctance of GOP-led states to operate their own exchanges, Sebelius has had to solicit corporate donations and borrow money from other parts of her budget to fund outreach and infrastructure efforts related to the Affordable Care Act.
In one report, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found a 60-day delay in issuing funds for "navigators," the outreach and enrollment workers who eventually will help people choose a health plan on the exchanges. Sebelius said Monday that the navigator funds would go out in July and August.
Another GAO report found similar delays on the Small Business Health Options Programs, or SHOPs, which small employers and their workers will use to purchase coverage through the exchanges. The GAO found that 44 percent of the key SHOP-related activities targeted for completion by March 31 were behind schedule.
Both reports said the missed deadlines may not affect implementation, but that "additional missed deadlines closer to the start of enrollment could do so."
"We will be ready on Oct. 1st," Sebelius said Monday. "I'm confident we're on track to get it done."
Sebelius said she's concerned that people will get misinformation about their coverage options or won't understand how the law will affect them individually. But she said focus groups have shown that once the law is explained to consumers, people generally support the legislation.


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text: Steve Johnson has been named Mortgage Originator at Greenwood Credit Union. His responsibilities include securing new home mortgages and re-financing existing mortgages. Johnson brings 15 years of sales and business development experience in the mortgage banking industry. Previously, he was the principal of West Warwick-based mortgage broker, Colonial Credit, which he founded in 2003. He has also been employed by various financial institutions throughout Rhode Island during his career. Johnson lives in Warwick, where he coaches local baseball, basketball and soccer teams.


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Liquid Nutrition Group Inc., retailer of functional beverages, fresh pressed juices, smoothies, vitamins, and supplements, announced that it will open its first U.S. store at 1616 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida. The South Beach location, which is scheduled to open in third quarter of this year, will serve as Liquid Nutrition's first market development in the U.S. unit with additional outlets opening in in New York and Beverly Hills, California, as part of a 70-unit sales target in 2013.
Managed by 420 Lincoln Road Associates Ltd., Liquid Nutrition's new retail space consists of a ground floor and mezzanine level. Liquid Nutrition has plans to make significant improvements to the location, but will maintain the existing storefront of the historic Art Deco landmark. In addition to acting as a retail location, 1616 Washington Avenue will also serve as a regional support center to help grow Liquid Nutrition in the U.S.
"We look forward to introducing the U.S. market to Liquid Nutrition with the opening of our Miami flagship location and helping health-focused people improve their physical, mental, and emotional well-being," says Greg Chamandy, executive chairman. "The close proximity to the beach and its position in a high foot traffic area, only half a block from Miami's legendary Lincoln Road, makes this the perfect location to establish the brand in the country and support our franchise sales efforts."
Liquid Nutrition's mission is to enlighten and educate communities that eating and living healthy is fun, easy, quick, and delicious. To help meet this goal at its Miami location, Liquid Nutrition plans to hire five full-time and five part-time partners, who will be trained on healthy lifestyle principles, sharing this knowledge with consumers and empowering them to make positive choices.
The company has experienced rapid growth and tremendous success in Canada due to the foundation it provides all franchisees, supplying comprehensive research and development, marketing, branding, sourcing, and training support. Liquid Nutrition franchisees also have the added support provided by Team Liquid, the company's network of health, fitness, and active lifestyle brand ambassadors and equity partners, including Steve Nash of the Los Angeles Lakers and Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons. Liquid Nutrition franchise opportunities are available throughout the U.S., under the direction of Chamandy and seasoned industry veteran Kris Simonich, vice president of franchise development.
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Nvidia has launched the third GPU based on its next-generation Kepler graphics architecture, the GeForce GTX 670, which brings improved price-performance, power efficiency and quiet operation, starting at US$399.
Engineered from the same DNA as the recently announced GTX 680, the GTX 670 outpaces the closest competitive product in gaming performance by upwards of 45%, while consuming approximately 18% less power, Nvidia claimed.
The GTX 670 is built using Nvidia's 28nm Kepler architecture, as are the GTX 680 and dual-GPU GTX 690, which were introduced in March and April, respectively.
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 GPU is available now from the add-in card suppliers worldwide, including ASL, Asustek Computer, Colorful, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), EVGA, Gainward, Galaxy, Gigabyte Technology, Innovision 3D, Jetway, Leadtek, Micro-Star International (MSI), Palit, Point of View, PNY, Sparkle and Zotac.
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10 More Unconventional Ways to Hang Art
The post I created last year about 10 Unconventional Ways to Hang Art turned out to be a bit controversial. Some of you found the suggestions for hanging art on doors or bookcases fresh and original, while others thought they were downright blasphemous. If you're a traditionalist, you might to hang on to your picture hanging wire, because here are 10 more unconventional ways to hang art.
1. I look at pictures of interiors all day, but this took even me by surprise. Giant-portrait-as-blind? In a bathroom? Yet somehow it works. Photo from Peppermint Bliss.
2. What about hanging a painting in front of the drapes at the head of a canopy bed? Image from Design*Sponge.
3. I love the way a hugely oversized mat focuses attention on a smaller piece. Image from Style at Home.
4. Prop a smaller piece of art in front of a much larger one for a layered look. Photo by Russell Smith via Desire to Inspire.
5. This setup requires a little more commitment than some, but it's one I really love: a shallow bookcase, set up with shelves that function as picture ledges. It's a changeable art display that feels very grown-up. Elle Decor via Habitually Chic.
6. Jill, one of our Room for Color entrants, had the idea of hanging a painting on a mirror.
7. Propped on a console table, an oversized piece of art takes center stage. From the Paris home of Patrick Gilles & Dorothée Boissier, as seen in Yatzer.
8. Would you hang a piece of art in front of a window? In this case, the painting is propped on an easel in front of the window, but if you were feeling especially bold you could hang a piece on the muntins (those intermediary bars in the middle of windows) themselves. Image from Architectural Digest.
9. From Architectural Digest (via Primitive Decor), here's a great way to group together many prints of the same shape and size. Instead of struggling to get lots of same-sized frames straight, why not build a single mega-frame?
10. Hanging a picture above the fireplace is de rigueur, but what about placing art in the fireplace? Arran Russel and Jacqui Lewis adorned their non-working fireplace with treasured paintings and photos in this house tour from Design*Sponge.
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Put your political persuasion aside and let's get down to some of the really critical issues facing all of us here in the Bluffton area. Please try to forget whether you are a Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal or whatever. Understand we are all human beings first and foremost.
Yes most of us will get sick on occasion, have unfortunate accidents and are vulnerable to all sorts of health problems, especially as we grow older. We like the emphasis on prevention, but when the above occurs, we want to get well, live as comfortably as possible with our chronic diseases, and be able to afford the costs charged by insurance, whether government or private. But this latter desire is extraordinarily difficult, complex, controversial, and frankly, very scary for us, our children and grandchildren.
So I have picked five important areas that I believe to be critical. There are many more, but we need to concentrate on the following:
1. Pre-existing health conditions. This issue can affect nearly all of us. Insurance companies have for years, used pre-existing condtions as a means to deny legitimate claims, causing major family stress, and basically making the insurance companies very rich at the same time.
2. Monetary caps on total, lifetime insurance. The facts are that medical charges, especially hospital and certain specialty care, are so expensive, individuals could reach their cap before they are even in their teens, with a long lifetime and medical costs ahead.
3. Uninsured people have to be insured. Now don't get upset until you understand that the reason for this is not political, it's financial and basic fairness. Most people don't want the government mandating them what they have to do or, let alone, purchase. But the fact is, government, at all levels have been doing just that since 1776. I hate seat belts; I got fined some years back, for not having one on my aching back that hurt when forced back on the seat. But that's life. What is not right and not understood is that every time a non-insured person gets treated in the ER, we, you and I, pay for it over and over again. Those costs are passed on to everyone and I am talking about the uninsured who can afford the premiums, but don't want to pay. I guess they believe they will never get sick or hurt. American hospital ER's, by law, must treat anyone requesting care. In this regard, you may want to be "your brothers keeper," but not me and government has nothing to do with it. I'll repeat this very misunderstood and critical mandate issue in future columns.
4. Young people need family coverage. Hopefully, when the economy improves, this won't be a big problem, but it is, at present. Young people graduating high school, college, technical school or higher degrees, can't get jobs or insurance re: Their education or skills. They are mostly ages 18-26 and often living at home. Their parents are paying premiums for family policies so these men and women should be covered. I don't understand why this is, in anyway, controversial.
5. Should employers be required to insure employees. This appears to be the most controversial and difficult of all the mandates, but not in my judgment. To me it is a marketplace situation, pure and simple. Benefits, especially today, are important to job seekers. Companies and businesses, regardless of size, have to decide whether or not to make health care insurance part of the "goodies" package. If they can't afford it, so be it and the recruit will have to decide. Marketplace principles have always taught "you get what you pay for." As for now, shared costs seem to be the future.
These are the big five that Obamacare does cover, and if repealed, the Republicans will have to take care of these quickly. There are many other issues. For instance, proper and reasonable reimbursements for all providers based on quality; the problem is quality "is in the eyes of the beholder." And the eyes of the patient, the provider, the hospital and the insurance company can be quite different. Webster's definition for quality is - "peculiar and essential character; degree of excellence; superiority in kind; an acquired skill; a distinguished attribute".
Most politicians tell us we have the best health care system in the world. Do we? I think we probably do technically, if and it is a big if, a person can afford it. Many, too many, cannot. U.S. health care costs more that any Western nation and the statistical results are mediocre. This, above all else, is the real issue and where true reform is an absolute. Most everyone agrees on this, but can't or simply won't take the necessary measures to accomplish this reformation. Sometime, somehow soon, we had better get started.


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Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has said he wants manager Sir Alex Ferguson to manager the Old Trafford club forever.
Cantona has insisted such is Ferguson's stamina and enthusiasm for the job that he cannot see the day coming soon when he will step down even if he deposes Manchester City as champions next summer.
With United now clear at the top of the Premier League, Ferguson needs his players to re-establish their dominance, and Cantona is backing his former boss against Roberto Mancini's challenge.
"Alex Ferguson is young, has so much energy, so much love of the game, so many things to give, more and more and more. And I love to watch them winning things and I want Ferguson to be manager for ever," the Daily Mirror quoted Cantona, as saying.
"He's a winner, that's why he has won so many things. It's what is incredible with him, next game is like the first game of his career, and he gives you that - his passion, his love of the game, love of winning things," he added.
Asked if he would accept a chance to boss United, Cantona responded using a phrase that rekindles memories of his famous quote, "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea."
"I would say, 'United is special, of course I would do it'. Today I'm with the New York Cosmos. But if one day there is an opportunity, why not? Like diving from here to the sea, watching, speaking to the fish, octopus, crabs, journalists," he said. (ANI)


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Scores of Fort Myers Beach businesses were honored Tuesday at the Lani Kai Island resort as part of the Best of the Beach contest sponsored by the Fort Myers Beach Observer and Beach Bulletin.
The "Best of Fort Myers Beach" luncheon recognized the "best businesses" in more than 50 categories, from hotels and restaurants to Italian Ice and sushi, according to readers' ballot submissions.
Breeze Newspapers Advertising Director Cynthia Gallagher emceed the event and thanked the businesses who came and who make Fort Myers Beach what it is.
Skye's Mexican & More took home eight awards, with others also earning multiple awards, including as Hot Heads on the Beach, which won three, and Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina and Nesbitt Real Estate, which won twice.
"We're so happy to have this happen to us again. It's a great promotion for people to visit our salon," said Kay Cissewski, a stylist at Hot Heads, which won for best salon, nail salon and barber shop. "Our owner is going to love to see this."
"I'm new on the Beach, but it's an absolutely wonderful place to work," said stylist Gail Anderson. "I see why we win because it's a girlfriend playhouse."
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Wanda Linatsas, who co-owns Royal Scoop with her husband, which won for best ice cream, said it was a treat to win her second straight award since moving here less than two years ago.
"To do this in one year, amazing as it has been, is so humbling. We have the best ice cream and make everyone feel at home, and that's what they enjoy the most," Litatsas said.
Also honored as part of the program was the Humanitarian of the Year, former Beach mayor, Dan Hughes. (See related story on this website.)
Best of the Beach winners include:
Community organization, Bay Oaks Recreation Center
Bike Rentals, Fun Rentals
Boat Rentals, Fish-Tale Marina
Day Cruise, Pieces of Eight Pirate Cruise
Family Entertainment, Beach Theater
Fishing Captain, Mike Denegre
Marina, Fish-Tale Marina
Place for Dancing, Castaway's Bar & Grill
Romantic Dining, South Beach Grille
Sports Bar, Sand Bar & Grille
Water Sports, Mid Island Watersports
Motel, Outrigger Beach Resort
Hotel, Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina
Resort, Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina
Real Estate Agency, Nesbitt Real Estate
Real Estate Vacation Rental, Nesbitt Real Estate
Bar, Skye's
Bartender, Kathleen Hill at Skye's
Bayfront Restaurant, Flipper's on the Bay
Breakfast, Skye's
Casual Dining, Skye's
Coffee, Tuckaway Bagel and Wafel Caf
Dessert, Trylu Scrumptious
Ethnic food: Skye's
Family Dining Skye's
Favorite Restaurant, Skye's
Fine Dining, Fresh Catch Bistro
Happy Hour, Pincher's Crab Shack
Ice Cream, Royal Scoop
Italian Ice, Magic City Slush
Liquor Store, The Skipper's Liquors
Pizza, Mantanzas on the Bay
Seafood Restaurant, The Fish House
Sushi, Zushi Sushi
Waterfront Restaurant, Flipper's on the Bay
Wine Selection, The Skipper's Liquors
Beach Apparel, Leanis Swimwear & Sportswear
Hardware Store, Sun Hardware
Jewelry Store, The Island Jewel
Smoke Shop, Cigar Hut
Swimwear, Aqua Beachwear
Automotive Repair, Dehays Automotive
Barber Shop, Hot Heads on the beach
Florist, Santini Floral
Insurance Agency, Diaz Insurance
Marina Service, Fish Tale Sales & Service
Marine Supply, Fish-Tale Marina
Motorcycle Sales & Repair, Wild's Cycle n' Auto
Nail Salon, Hot Heads on the Beach
Packing & Shipping, Qwik Pack & Ship
Salon, Hot Heads on the Beach
Spa, Armando's Day Spa
Taxi/Limo, Paradise Beach Taxi
Teacher, Ms. Reed
Chiropractor, Bennett Chiropractic and Wellness Center
Physician Assistant, Elizabeth Ulman


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See NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell - On Ice!
Why rely on a meteorologist to predict the weather at Super Bowl XLVIII? Instead, WSJ Sports commissioned a life-sized ice sculpture of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The test? To see if it melts before game day. #willGoodellmelt
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1. Re: Internal Error (0)rlinsurf1 May 3, 2009 1:14 AM (in response to rlinsurf1)
Anyone here?
Just to let you know, the same server settings for several different servers are working fine in DW. I also trashed my GL prefs file. That didn't help either.
2. Re: Internal Error (0)Kath-H May 3, 2009 2:31 AM (in response to rlinsurf1)
Anyone here?
Not many - discontinued application!
What version of Golive, what operating system, have you changed anything that might be relevant - like a system upgrade?
3. Re: Internal Error (0)rlinsurf1 May 3, 2009 7:37 PM (in response to Kath-H)
Heh. I wish that weren't the case. I love GL.
Thanks for responding, Kath.
It's GL 9.0, OS 10.5.6, and no, I don't remember changing anything relevant. I've even re-installed GL from scratch, to no avail.
4. Re: Internal Error (0)Kath-H May 3, 2009 10:39 PM (in response to rlinsurf1)1 person found this helpful
Ah. I never 'upgraded' to GL9. Have you got Fetch or any other ftp application? I've been using that for years, I gave up on Golive's ftp function around version 6. I just wondered if the same site would upload any other way?
There's a free trial available here: http://fetchsoftworks.com/
5. Re: Internal Error (0)rlinsurf1 May 3, 2009 10:49 PM (in response to Kath-H)
Hi, Kath--
That worked! I tried the test server in Fetch, and it brought up an alert from my firewall, which for some reason was blocking GL's connections.
Thanks so much .
7. Re: Internal Error (0)jgcalifornia Mar 14, 2012 6:37 AM (in response to rlinsurf1)
Hi, I am having the same problem, opening files, i get a timeout error 0, or none of the folders will open in GoLive.
I was wondering, if i dont have any firewall on, or anything like that, what it could be, or if you had a solution?
thank you!
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I've more-or-less given up trying to get a proper CB antenna working on my truck. I have no idea what the problem is, and no way to find out. But I still need some kind of CB.
Does anybody have the Midland 42 hand-held unit? If so, does anybody know what sort of range it gets with only its built-in antenna to a vehicle-mounted CB (or to another hand-held?)


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As you know Takla is the most wide spread breed in Turkey. Even though, its origins lie the East and South-East region of Turkey, today it is kept as far West as Edirne. Parallel to this spread, a change also took place in how its kept, it has become a show breed when it is a performance breed. However, despite of this movement, there are still breeders who keep this breed solely for performance.
Together with the show movement, there have been changes to the color variations of this breed also. Many new color, which did not exist in the past, started to come out. Old dull blacks left their place to the shiny dark blacks and the darker colors slowly were replaced by lighter colors. Again, marking variation of "Mermeri" or "Mermerit" named barless birds started to show. In fact, the breeders no longer have any patience for pied colors, which were just fine when the performance was the only important factor.
Even though, they were not as big in size, the nose crest was a common feature of the Takla breed. Amount of knowledge on the genetic mechanism of the nose crest is rather small. Nose crest is thought to be recessive. However, there has not been any systematic study on the genetic form of the nose crest. This theses study in bachelors degree level is about researching nose crest's relationship with color, age and sex factors. Besides this, our goal is to understand some points regards to hereditary mechanism in young bird & parents similarities and its relationship with the size of nose crest.
Research Technique:
During this study, there have been measurements on 141 birds in the lofts of breeders in and around the city of Çanakkale. Measurements consists of the dimensions of the radius of the nose crests and the names used in the area of Çanakkale for the different types of nose crest have been noted, as in açma gül (open rose), punta gül (tight rose) and bıyıklı (mustashed). Together with these, birds from bloodlines that carry nose crest but themselves plain headed.
Findings and Results:
Birds in this study have been recorded in table 5, based on their nose crest type, their parents nose crest type and the sex of each bird.
Table 1: Number of each bird that was classified by the type of
their nose crest and their parent's type of nose crest.
A: Açma (open rose); P: Punta (tight rose); B: Bıyıklı (mustashed); T: Tepesiz (plain head)
Plain headed bird listed on the first line of the Table 1 is reported as having both parents with open rose most likely is reported wrong by the breeder or the mother has mated with another bird in the loft. Outside of this finding, as noted earlier, rest of the results support the thought of nose crest, in relation to plain headedness, following a recessive genetic route.
As shown in Table 2, birds with different colors have rather large differences in the size of their roses. According to the averages discussed, there is 5.7 mm difference between the rose size of black selfs and yellow selfs. This figure might sound very small at first but it is significant when dissected in proportional ratios, as it is almost 50% larger in size. However, what needs to be paid attention here is the size difference of each color bird's body mass. Different color birds can very well be different sizes.
Table 2: Measurement of the radius of nose crest of the birds that took
part in this study, averages based on their colors.
Table 3: Measurement of the radius of nose crest of the birds that took
part in this study, averages based on their age group.
In Table, 3 it is shown that adult birds have 3 mm. larger roses then the young birds. Again this might seem rather insignificant but its importance must be underlined. This is because the 3 mm equals to 26% difference.
Table 4: Measurement of the radius of nose crest of the birds that took
part in this study, averages based on their sex (mm).
It is possible to see that the female birds have larger roses then the male birds in table 4.
The relationship between the young birds' and each one of their parents' rose size is numerically symbolized by the character "b". The value of "b" changes between 0 and 1 and as it gets closer to 1 it is understood that the similarity is greater. What is the meaning of less similarity or more of it. Since, it is very natural for them to be very similar to their parents can easily be said. However, this number being small does not mean the parents have no effect on the size of the young birds rose size. It can only be concluded that the difference of size for all of these birds is greatly effected by the nutrition, care, environment and weather they are exposed to. The other way around, as the "b" value being 1 or close to 1, shows the environmental factors are not or very little factors in the size of the rose. When we look at the "b" value (b= 0.73), parents average size in comparison to young birds, we can say the variation of sizes in roses mostly caused by parents, in other words hereditary. In addition to this, the difference between the young bird/father and young bird/mother "b" values (bfather = 0.56, bmother = 0.67) showing a greater similarity between the young bird and the mother suggests that the mother is more of a factor on the size of the young birds' rose. One of the contributing factors to this might be the size of the egg and its nurturing value based on its size and how this effects the body structure of the young bird. The other factor might be the different genetic resources based on sex.
Table 5: Father / Young bird, Mother / Young bird and
average of parents / young bird comparison figures.
Summary of conclusions from this study:
There is a difference of rose size in different color birds.
Mature birds have larger roses compared to young birds as expected. Because of this, it is important for young birds to go through a molt season in order to show the true size of their roses.
In development of the size of the roses environmental factors are not as big contributors as hereditary factors.
The effect of Father and Mother on the size of the rose of the young bird is weighed more onto Mother.
Special thanks to:
For their contribution and support of this research, Administrators and Members of the Çanakkale Pigeon Breeders Association, and for most, dear Ali ÇELİK, Hakan DÜZENLİ, Erhan ÖZ and İsmail TOPCU.
Dr. Türker Savaş


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Style # 209597
Coated Jersey Binding Dress is rated out of 5 by 4.
Rated 5 out of 5 by SimpleBeauty from FAB This is such a gorgeous little black dress. I went out on a limb and ordered the last XS available, it was on a super sale and I just couldn't pass it up. Figured if I couldn't fit my 140lbs 34.27.42 frame in it, I'd give it to one of my friends. Well, let me tell you it fits like a glove! Just perfect, not too tight either... so it looks really classy and the lines make it look sleek on. It's made of the thick, stretchy, breathable type material so it's really comfy too. A sexy little party dress, and also very forgiving. Will be a cute addition to any bebe collection :)
Date published: 2013-08-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by Melbebe from Love this sexy dress! The dress is extremely curve-flattering and sexy. The trim of the dress helps accentuate feminine curves. I got a TON of compliments on this. I'm 5'4" and it came down just a little too long for me; I'd prefer something more mid-thigh and this was just past it. Paired with some strappy heels and, bam, legs! I'm a 34DDD and a Large fit just perfectly with a strapless bra underneath.The bottom is a teeny bit looser than I'd like, but this is what happens when you're top heavy. Watch the fabric. It doesn't look like it can take very rough laundering. be careful washing. i'd recommend a gentle hand wash and rack dry.
Date published: 2013-06-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by Love2Dance from Sexy! This dress fit perfect. I am 5'7" 130 pounds and a B cup. I ordered a size 6 and it fit perfect. Made very well and the "ribbing" in the dress gives it an edgy look. It's also slimming. The dress hits me about 3 inches above the knee. I plan to wear this dress on a Vegas trip and a cruise! My hubby will love it!
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Stop & Shop, facing a possible strike next week at grocery stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has started advertising locally for replacement workers, despite a union representative's contention that negotiations have not broken down.
An advertisement in Sunday's edition of The Day gave eight sites in Connecticut where Stop & Shop is recruiting replacement workers - known as "scabs" or "strikebreakers" to union members. The recruitment sites, which were to be open through today, included one at the Clarion Inn in New London, where people could sign up for temporary jobs at $12 to $15 an hour in the event of a strike.
Tom Wilkinson, president of the 8,000-member Local 371 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union that represents employees in southeastern Connecticut, said this week that Stop & Shop's decision to advertise for replacement workers was "business as usual," a common tactic by the company to put pressure on union members.
"That didn't impress us," Wilkinson said, speaking for the union leadership. "It did increase our concern amongst the members."
Stop & Shop said the move was part of standard contingency planning.
"Stop & Shop wants to ensure that we will be able to maintain our store operations and serve our customers," company spokeswoman Suzi Robinson said in an email Thursday.
Robinson, who said Stop & Shop employs about 13,000 people in Connecticut, added that complaints over replacement workers being offered higher compensation than current employees receive were misplaced.
"Temporary replacement workers are paid wages only, during a temporary period of time," she said. "What we're negotiating for our associates in the contract is the entire compensation package, not just wages. And we're committed to reaching a contract that makes sense for all involved."
Union leader Wilkinson said he is projecting positive results from ongoing negotiations and expected to put forth a contract proposal Sunday to the 5,000 of his members who are Stop & Shop employees. That's one day after a contract between the supermarket chain and five UCFS locals representing about 40,000 workers in the three New England states is set to expire.
"I can't say we've made tremendous progress," Wilkinson said Wednesday afternoon. "It goes to the brink every time."
An update on the union's website stated that Stop & Shop, owned by the Dutch company Ahold, had launched negotiations by suggesting that part-time workers not be given health care benefits starting next year. But the union said Stop & Shop has removed some of its more objectionable proposals from the negotiations as the two sides focus on issues such as holiday and sick pay, job transfers, pensions, wages and healthcare.
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Henpecked by wife, bullied by all, he's expected to do all the hard and dirty work. He does it too, muttering under his breath and watching helplessly when the credit is taken by somebody else!
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Carlos' suspicious wife who's so convinced that her husband is cheating on her, that she's taken to following him around wherever he goes and eavesdropping on him whenever he talks.
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Maria's good for nothing brother is as jolly as a junkie can be. It's thanks to him that hallucinogenic drugs get into a bottle marked Relaxo and get consumed by the unlikeliest of people!
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Good Son Steven Lazarus (Suniel Shetty), an aspiring writer tries to give his father a decent funeral by delivering a eulogy…that includes a description of the rivers of Goa. Having flown in first class younger brother Brian (Ashish Chowdhry), suave, successful and much admired writer from Mumbai, not ready to share responsibility for his mother, saying "He barely has money to support himself and his dogs." A rather "comfortable'' estate agent Pinto (Vijay Patkar) tries to close a house deal for Nancy (Aarti Chabria) Steven's wife who is trying to get away from her mother-in-law Mrs. Lazarus (Suhasini Mulay) , who though just bereaved, lives up to her title admirably.
A prospective groom Michael (Aftab Shivdasani) to a cousin, Maria (Tulip Joshi), nervous about meeting father-in-law to be (Naseer Abdullah ) comes in completely spaced out because of a hallucinogenic drug given to him out of Maria's junkie brother Harry's (Chunky Pandey) bottle of "Relaxo."
A knife-wielding suspicious Jenny (Kim Sharma) finds her husband Carlos (Javed Jaffrey) pleading forgiveness from the red- hot model Ayesha (Sophie Chodhry). While the model, told to bestow her favours on a man in a black suit, in order to feature in an ad film, finds herself in a room full of potential employers.
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Maintaining Coast Guard Readiness
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Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
Hearing on "Maintaining Coast Guard Readiness"
Opening Statement
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The Subcommittee is meeting today to review the Coast Guard's major acquisition programs. After over a decade, the Coast Guard is finally taking delivery of critically needed new and improved assets. Unfortunately, just as the Service's acquisition program is starting to see success, the President is yet again proposing a budget that could doom it to failure.
The President's budget cuts funding needed to acquire critically needed replacement assets by 21 percent. This will further delay the delivery of new assets, increase acquisition costs for taxpayers, exacerbate growing capability gaps, and seriously degrade Coast Guard mission effectiveness.
As this Subcommittee has continually highlighted, the Coast Guard currently operates tens, and in some cases, hundreds of thousands of hours short of its operational targets. This means assets are not there for the Service to secure our ports, protect our environment, and ensure the safety of our waterways. A few weeks ago, the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Southern Command testified before us that one of the largest reasons why drug interdiction rates have fallen to historic lows in recent years is due to the Coast Guard's failing legacy assets.
The only way to reverse the decline in the Coast Guard's mission performance is to make the necessary investments to acquire new and improved assets. Unfortunately, based on the last few budget requests, as well as the FY 2015 through 2019 Capital Investment Plan (CIP), it appears the President refuses to make those investments. According to the CIP, over the next five fiscal years, annual funding for Coast Guard acquisitions never exceeds $1.2 billion. That is approximately $1 billion less than the GAO and the former Commandant of the Coast Guard have testified is needed on an annual basis to keep the current acquisition program on schedule and on budget. As I have said for some time now, if the President is going to continue to send us budgets that fail to pay for the assets needed to meet Coast Guard mission needs, then it is time for him to review Coast Guard mission responsibilities.
Fortunately, it appears someone maybe listening. I understand the Coast Guard recently announced it intends to start a review of the Mission Need Statement guiding its current acquisition program. While this is good news, I have two concerns. First, the revised MNS needs to be budget conscious. This means the Administration either needs to identify what missions the Coast Guard will no longer do, or how they intend to pay for the increase in assets and capabilities needed to meet current and future missions. Second, it needs to happen quickly. The acquisition program is already so far behind schedule and over budget, we simply do not have years to wait for the Administration's plan for the program's future. This Subcommittee intends to move an authorization bill early next year. I would like to see something from the Coast Guard by then.
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Featuring more than forty bands chosen by local musicians and fans,
the second annual PDX Pop Now! festival will showcase the astonishing
breath and depth of Portland's local music scene.
With Loveland generously
donating its space for two days and three nights worth of shows from Aug
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is a local music event meant for EVERYONE. No matter what age you are,
or what type of music you listen to, our goal is to provide you one
place to catch some of Portland's finest, in a safe and fun atmosphere.
Who knows? Maybe next year, you'll start your own music festival!
As the national music press glows over Portland's diverse and
experimental music community, we've decided to celebrate here at home.
Who are we? A group of local musicians, writers, and fans from the PDX-POP mailing list who've
coalesced around the idea of organizing a free local music festival.
Our mission? Celebrate the achievements of bands who've achieved
"success" - while promoting the no-less talented but often lesser-known
bands around town.
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CORTNEY HARDING, Portland Tribune:
Several recent compilations have attempted to showcase
the local music scene. While none of them fully encompasses all the styles
of Portland music, the second PDX Pop compilation does a great job demonstrating
that the city has a vibrant pop scene.
With two CDs and 41 songs, there is something
for every taste. The first CD kicks off with Sleater-Kinney's aptly titled "Rollercoaster," and
demonstrates that the band is on top of the world for a reason. Mirah slows
things down a few tracks later with a home-recorded version of "While
We Have the Sun," while Nice Nice speeds things up with "Uh-Oh."
Other CD-1 highlights include Glass Candy's sexy, spastic
dance track "Lovin Machine," the glitchy "Just Expect" by
Copy and Talkdemonic's beautiful "Mountaintops in Caves." The
CD closes with "Chemical Reaction," by the Spooky Dance Band,
and reminds us again what great talents were lost in a bike accident in 2003.
The second CD features more big name acts, among them the Decemberists,
the Gossip and M Ward. While all provide stellar tracks, it's the farm-league
contenders who'll really blow listeners away. The Snuggle Ups bounce
around the room, while the Cajun Gems sit on the porch and twang. Die Monitr
Batss create chaos. Norfolk and Western soothe.
This compilation is by no means a definitive guide to Portland music,
but it's a good starting place for curious listeners. Give it a spin
and find a new favorite band — many of which will perform at the PDX
Pop Now! Festival this weekend.
KIP BERMAN, Portland
Compilations are, by their very nature, uneven affairs--meant
more to showcase a variety of artists than offer a cohesive listen. That
said, PDX Pop Now!'s sophomore offering is just as much a success
as last year's debut. Sure, hiphop and Klezmer are equally represented (one
track a piece), and yes (surprise!), there's an overabundance of whiny dudes
with four tracks in their bedroom. But hey--that's Portland. The good folks
who put out this comp and organize the PDX Pop Now! festival have their hearts
and ears in the right place. Listening to the standout contributions from
such diverse artists as Dolorean, The Gossip, Glass Candy (Miami Pop Now!?),
Point Line Plane, Viva Voce, The Snuggle Ups, M. Ward, Wet Confetti, and
The Helio Sequence remind me what a fantastically creative and vibrant music
scene we are lucky enough to have in our own backyard.
MARK BAUMGARTEN, Willamette
Served on two discs, this collection offers a snapshot
of a music scene that's about more than just "pop," that percussive palindrome
that points to music meant to be consumed en masse. The compilation leaves
out much of Portland's music community: mostly, the musicians working within
the boundaries of genres like country, jazz, gospel, old time, metal and,
save one song, hip-hop. Instead, the collection focuses on the city's forward-looking
musicians, artists who are interested in reforming the templates of popular
music, using new and old tools to create something fiercely original. These
are many of the artists who are creating the framework for a scene that
is uniquely Portland in both its geography and its form. But what is that
Well, it includes women, as the PDX Pop Now! compilation features a dozen
female-fronted bands, from the angry (the Gossip, Sleater-Kinney) to the kind
(Mirah) to the undeniably rad (the Blow, LKN). It also has an isolationist
streak, as nearly half the acts included here opt to work the one- or two-person-band
route while making music that reinvents the sound palette (Nice Nice, Talkdemonic,
Y.A.C.H.T.) or reimagines tradition (Dolorean, Alan Singley, Jessica Jones).
And I have no idea what that means for the scene, except that it sounds great
and, jokes aside, sounds like Portland-a sweeping geographical generalization
that I'm willing to claim.
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Delayed by the same weather that ripped up Sun 'n Fun, the Sun 'n Fun Splash-In at nearby Fantasy of Flight was none-the-less a refreshing post-storm break. No mud-plagued parking or twisted show planes here. A small but happy crowd relaxed lakeside bathed in fresh cool breezes off the water. These seaplane people know how to have fun!
Of particular interest were aeronautical variations on the usual spot landing and flour bombing contests. An admiring audience perched along the dock like birds on a wire. Sea spray clearly indicated who landed closest beyond the touch-down line at the Coast Guard Auxiliary rescue boat. Little interpretation was required. The gallery's oohs and aahs indicated each hit or miss in real time.
Flour bombing dispensed with bags of flour for obvious reasons. Air Ops briefer Ed McNeil issued specially aerodynamic and seaworthy "bombs" from a box of nicely round, bright orange pamelloes, a locally grown hybrid Asian fruit. "Picked right off the tree," McNeil explained. "These bombs are bio-degradable," he bragged, "and nice and heavy." I guess they make a prominent splash AND they float – both good for scoring.
I found Seaplane Pilots Association stalwart Steve McCaughey ready to fill me in on the state of SPA and its key characters, not to mention his 2001 wedding aboard an HU-16 Grumman Albatross. He also gave me the sad news I long suspected but had avoided: that my old Beech buddy Rob Carlson met his fate flying the HU-16, an airplane we both loved. A base-to-final stall down in Mexico got him, apparently, quite a while ago now.
Out in Wichita, Rob and I had spent many lunch hours enthusing about those hulking post-war military flying boats. Rob had money to do something about it and the moxie to buy 400 hours of Twin Bee time to get insured. I flew right seat for him out of Sun 'n Fun one year but turned down other trips. The HU-16 was, for him, a long roll of the dice. I'm so sorry it came up craps, but he lived life his way.
Happier moments were spent with the Splash-In's colorful pilots and airplanes. A "Micro Mong" painted "US ARMY" was an unusual 1950's racer replica. Ukrainian aircraft designer Yuri Yakovlyev was there proudly promoting his LSA floatplane, the Aeroprakt-22LS. Mike Fuller, who does aerial and marine photography out of nearby Seminole Lake Gliderport, had his handsome Corbin Super Cub on the line.
The Corbin Super Cub would be front and center later that week at the Tavares, Florida, "Seaplanes, Trains and BBQ" show. I'll tell you about it next time. But for now, I'll repeat: these seaplane people really know how to have fun!
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