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At the end of a big meal last Thanksgiving, Francis Lombardi announced to his family that he was going to buy a sewing machine. A financial investor by trade, Lombardi had always been something of a tinkerer and the idea of a buckleless belt had come to him courtesy of a full stomach. Good as his word, Lombardi was soon sporting a design of his own invention. He was immediately inundated with requests for similar models and contacted by a group of college kids looking to organize a Kickstarter campaign around his unusual accessory. The campaign raised $51,520 and Lombardi Leather was born. The brand, which is about to celebrate something of an anniversary, now sells worldwide.
Inspired by traditional equine saddle-making techniques (cowboys tend to wrap and tie their leather much like a sailor on a schooner), Lombardi created a slim strap that dives through an opening on the other side of the belt and is then fitted through another double-slit in the leather and returned through the center opening. The final result is a slick and simple-looking design that, in our tests, didn't budge until we undid the knot to make room for supper.
Lombardi sources his leather from Hermann Oak Leather of St. Louis, a tannery so old its most famous customers were Louis and Clark. The premium leather is then cut by hand to Lombardi's pattern before the edges are sewn in the traditional manner of saddlery. A variety of different color-tanned leather with contrasting saddle-stitching are available, but we prefer the London Tan, which pairs well with khakis or jeans.
This one-of-a-kind belt turns heads wherever we go. And, as an added bonus, we no longer have to take off our belt while going through airport security. We'll give thanks for that. [$99; lombardileather.com]


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After six years of developing their own platform HR.com spent 2 years looking for software which would provide a successful extension of their business and meet all the demands of a modern Web 2.0 site. Debbie McGrath explains: "Our core business was not developing technology but building community, content and networks. We needed to partner with a technology firm whose core competency was building technology to support communities. It became evident, that we need a powerful and flexible software platform to manage and further expand our portal and keep us up to date with the latest Web 2.0 trends like social networking, blogging, and viral networking.
The standard SITEFORUM product was a perfect fit for the HR.com business. In addition to the powerful publishing capabilities, the web 2.0 functions of HR.com enable members to create and update their member profiles, join online communities on different HR issues, participate in webcasts, member polls, rate content, network with other members, create groups and participate in surveys or discussion forums. As Debbie McGrath says. "For us this means that we provide information from various sources in a personalised or topic-related way to our members."
Using the SITEFORUM Search Engine Optimization (SEO) module has increased the number of visitors on HR.com by 40 per cent. Up to 130,000 personalized emails are sent daily and page impressions were raised to 7.4 Mio. in 2009. The website had 8000 visitors per day in 2009.
Debbie McGrath sees a huge advantage in using SITEFORUM as software-as-a-service: "The costs and manpower that is required to implement and run this platform are so small, that a company of any size can use this technology. In addition, we do not need to worry about the next upgrade, how it interfaces, if we need more hardware back ups and bandwidth. It is all SITEFORUM's business.Our experience has been wonderful. The SITEFORUM platform enables us to further develop our vision of a worldwide leading HR community and gives us the guarantee to always have the right technology in place for an attractive pricing."

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Younes Belhanda is on the verge of leaving Montpellier for Fenerbahce after agreeing personal terms with the club.
The Turkish side's vice-president, Abdullah Kigili, revealed the latest developments but stated that a transfer fee still needs to be negotiated between the two sides in the coming days.
"They'd reduced their original price to €10m [£8.4m] but we've offered them €8m [£6.7m]. We have an agreement with the player himself, now we just have to wait for Montpellier to accept our offer," he told AA.
Belhanda played a huge role in guiding la Paillade to the Ligue 1 title last year, making 28 appearances, scoring 12 goals and setting up another four for his team-mates.
The reigning champions have endured a disappointing campaign this time around, though, and sit in ninth place, 13 points adrift of leaders Olympique Lyonnais.
Fener will hope the Morocco international can inject life into their own title aspirations, as they trail leaders Galatasaray by six points in Turkey's Super Lig.


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BEIJING -- Stung by criticism that it was playing politics with disaster, the Chinese government said it was contributing money and aid worth $1.64 million to typhoon victims in the Philippines.
Beijing has come under fire at home and abroad for initially providing $100,000 in aid, seen as a reflection of a continuing territorial spat between the two countries over islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
Even the Global Times, a Communist Party newspaper, editorialized against the Chinese government.
"If it snubs Manila this time, China will suffer great losses," the newspaper wrote in a front-page editorial on Tuesday. "China, as a responsible power, should participate in relief operations to assist a disaster-stricken neighboring country."
PHOTOS: Central Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan
Late Wednesday, the Chinese government said it was in fact providing a package that included blankets and tents worth $1.64 million in total.
"The Chinese are a nation who have a lot of sympathy, a people who love peace, who are happy to do good deeds," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a news briefing Thursday in Beijing. "I believe that the vast majority of the Chinese people are understanding and sympathetic toward the situation of the Philippine people."
The Chinese Red Cross is also providing $100,000.
Jonathan Pollack, an Asia scholar at the Brookings Institution, said China had been missing an opportunity to exercise its "soft power" in the region with its response to the disaster.
"The Chinese dropped the ball," said Pollack, who was attending a conference in Beijing. "They had the advantage of proximity. They could have offered to send in ships to help and the onus would have been on the Philippines to accept or reject it."
Pollack noted that People's Liberation Army troops on Tuesday began a disaster-relief training exercise with the U.S. military in Hawaii, an irony when the real-life experience is on their doorstep.
China's contribution to help the Philippines is dwarfed by those of the United States, Japan, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, which have each pledged about $10 million.
To a large extent, the contributions reflect the underlying geopolitical tug of war in the South China Sea. Tensions with China have nudged the Philippines closer to the United States. In announcing the U.S. aid package, President Obama was quick to hark back to a historical alliance with the Philippines.
"The areas affected by this storm are some of the same places where Americans and Filipinos sacrificed together to liberate the Philippines during World War II. Today, our message to the Philippines is that we stand with you once more,"' Obama's statement read, referring to the 1944 landing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Tacloban, now wrecked by the typhoon, in the fight against the Japanese occupation in World War II.
"As you rebuild from this storm, you will continue to have a friend and partner in the United States of America."
An estimated 2,500 people died in the Philippines typhoon, with the toll expected to climb.
After an earthquake in Pakistan in September in which 500 people were killed, China gave $1.5 million in cash and nearly $5 million in supplies.
Markets, analysts disappointed by results of China plenum
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he'll seek reelection, not rehab
Army accused of allowing blacklisted Afghan contractor inside prison
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There are less than two days remaining on my New York hiatus, and I can't seem to fit in enough time for bagels. The agony! I've fallen a bit behind as we near the last stretch of VeganMoFo. It's funny, my sister and I worked on what could be a Dinner with…Jen and a new cocktail recipe; I've simply been running around too much to assemble and put some thought into my updates. If you're curious as to what I've been up to, I have posted over at Vida Vegan HQ for Food! Day! Friday!, and with a (hopefully) repaired camera in town and a shiny hand-me-down Iphone after the heart failure of my droid camera (what fun), so, I'll hypothetically have more coming up.
Earlier this week, Jenny and I cooked tacos with a Mexican-spiced tvp filling and the super impressive nacho butternut sauce from Artisan Vegan Cheese (subbing soaked sunflower seeds for cashews, as usual). This contains no oil and blew my non-vegan artisanal cheese loving sister and her boyfriend away. Seriously. My sister is not vegetarian, but she loves the Trader Joe's soyrizo and I wanted to show her she could make something reminiscent, from scratch, at home. Plus, it was really fun walking into her neighborhood tortilla factory for fresh corn tortillas.
The following night, I introduced her to whiskey sours, with a tropical twist, and lots of big sister life advice followed. Next time I make these, tamarind will be involved.
Passionfruit Whiskey Sours
serves 3
- 6 ounces whiskey
- 2 ounces fresh lemon juice
- 2 ounces fresh orange juice (which would have been even better if I had noticed the limes on the counter)
- 2 ounces passionfruit juice
- 1.5 ounce agave or simple syrup
- Optional: sub 1/2 ounce tamarind concentrate for 1 ounce of the orange juice
Shake well with ice, and pour over additional ice. Garnish with cherries or shaved lemon peel.
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Some people carry group B streptococcus bacteria in their body but
don't get sick. Without knowing it, a woman who has group B streptococci in her
birth canal or in her colon can pass the bacteria to her baby during delivery,
causing the baby to develop
Meningitis caused by these bacteria also occurs in
adults older than 60, especially those with long-term conditions such as
diabetes, cancer, alcohol dependence, and liver or kidney failure. Group B
streptococci cause meningitis in about 15% of the people who get bacterial
meningitis in the United States every year.1
New guidelines for prevention of group B streptococci have decreased the
incidence of disease. The guidelines include recommending prenatal screening of
all pregnant women at 35 to 37 weeks and giving antibiotics during labor to
women who have the bacteria.2
CitationsRoos KL, Tyler KL (2012). Meningitis, encephalitis,
brain abscess, and empyema. In DL Longo et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18th ed., vol. 2,
pp. 3410–3434. New York: McGraw-Hill.Verani JR, et al. (2010). Prevention of perinatal group
B streptococcal disease: Revised guidelines from CDC, 2010. MMWR, 59(RR-10): 1–36. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5910a1.htm?s_cid=rr5910a1_w.
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World Net Daily, a news portal from America, carried a report on Mr. Adnan Oktar's conversation with Rabbi guests on A9 TV. The piece stressed the common beliefs of Muslims and Jews regarding the End Times:
A Turkish television show featured prominent Muslim and Jewish leaders agreeing on the coming end times and declaring an expectation to live in "love, peace, friendship, brotherhood, good faith, kindness."
The program, from Turkish A9 Television, featured several Muslim leaders and two officials from the Sanhedrin, the traditional seat of Jewish justice.
The Muslim participants are Oktar Babuna and Adnan Oktar, both prominent Islamic personalities. The Jews are Rabbi Yeshayahu Hollander, a member of the Sanhedrin and an associate justice on the Jerusalem Court for Issues of Bnei Noah, and Rabbi Ben Abrahamson, a historian and consultant at Jerusalem's Rabbinical Court on matters regarding Islam.
The discussion, broadcast Nov. 21, focused on the Jewish Tanakh's description of the end times, what the Quran states and the possibility that the religions' expected messiahs – the Mahdi for Muslims and King Messiah for the Jews – are one and the same.
The Sanhedrin calls itself a special court for matters concerning the nation. It explains that while the Israeli government is secular, the Sanhedrin is part of the "historical government of the Jewish people."
The panel members mark the prophecies concerning the coming end times.
Said Babuna: "The wars and violence coming to an end in the time of the King Messiah. Rabbi Hollander has read the quotes about peace from the Torah. 'I will take away the chariots … and the battle bow will be broken. … He [King Messiah] will proclaim peace to the nations.' Zechariah Chapter 9:10.
"So here in these quotes it is said that the armaments will be stopped. …" said Adnan Oktar.
"Armaments will be stopped, all weapons will be taken out of use, inshaAllah. And the King Messiah, Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will bring peace to the nations. Peace will come to the whole world," said Babuna.
"So in the end times there will be no more tanks, cannon balls or rifles. That is good," Adnan Oktar said. "So it says that there will be no more military maneuvers. There will be no more wars. That is good.
"That is the promise of Allah," Oktar said, "there will be peace in the world."


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A wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk.
• A Chicago man is facing multiple charges in connection with a Thursday night hit-and-run accident that killed a Southwest Side woman. Read more
• A 30-year-old man was shot in the head Sunday morning after a confrontation over a car that was double-parked and partially blocking access to the street, police said. Read more
• A man in his late 40s was stabbed to death in Kennedy Park Sunday morning and police arrested his 24-year-old son in connection with the homicide, police said. Read more
• One firefighter suffered minor injuries at a fire in the South Chicago neighborhood early Sunday morning, and fires destroyed two other homes in the Gage Park and Brighton Park neighborhoods. Read more
• A man in his 30s was shot in the leg Saturday night in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the South Side. Read more


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It will be up to the State Attorney's Office to decide whether Mohammed Rizwan Ansari, 51, will be charged with workers' compensation fraud for failing to make the payments.
PALM COAST — A slain store clerk's family is being denied death benefits because the store owner's insurance policy for workers' compensation was cancelled a month before the shooting, according to court records.
It will be up to the State Attorney's Office to decide whether Mohammed Rizwan Ansari, 51, will be charged with workers' compensation fraud for failing to make the payments necessary to keep the policy up to date, Flagler County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Bob Weber said Wednesday.
That policy should have protected the family of Zuheily Roman Rosado, 32, the slain employee of the Mobil Mart on State Road 100, he said.
Had the policy been up to date, it could have provided up to $150,000 to Rosado's family, according to a charging affidavit filed March 12 by the state of Florida.
"(Ansari) hasn't been arrested, yet," Weber said. "At least he hasn't come through our jail."
The single mother of six — the youngest an infant and the oldest a 16-year-old Flagler Palm Coast High School student — was gunned down the night of Feb. 21. Investigators continue to check leads, Weber said, to find the gunman who rushed in, face covered, shot Rosado and ran off.
"We are still slugging away at it," he said.
Being denied death benefits compounds the tragedy for the Rosado family.
Flagler County sheriff's school resource officers and victim advocates organized a car wash earlier this month to benefit Rosado's survivors and raised $2,761, which Weber said "is pretty good" for that type of event.
"The goal was to offset the funeral expenses," Weber said.
According to state law, if death results from a workplace accident, the surviving family is entitled to compensation of up to $7,500 for funeral expenses and up to $150,000 of additional compensation.
Daniel Pfaff, an investigator with the state Division of Workers' Compensation Compliance, came to the Mobil Mart the day after the shooting to investigate Ansari's insurance coverage and found "the policy was cancelled on (Jan. 7) for nonpayment of a premium."
Pfaff then issued a "stop work" order at the store that was rescinded March 1 after Ansari paid a $1,000 fine, Deborah Jamison, spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Financial Services, said Wednesday. She would not comment further about the case.
Ansari, who did not return calls Wednesday from The News-Journal, told the investigator he had sent a check on Feb. 15. But when Pfaff called PayChex Insurance Agency, he was told by service agent Kris Lowell that the policy had been cancelled and no other coverage was in effect, the report states.
"Ms. Lowell advised that Ansari's policy is set up so that he manages it and he is responsible for making the premium payments," Pfaff reported.
Lowell also told Pfaff that no payment was received from Ansari around Feb. 15, according to the report. "Customer notes" indicated he called on Feb. 25 and spoke with service agent Travis Bell about reinstating the policy.
Ansari "was referred to the sales department for a new policy due to the length of time since cancellation" and because he had a "history of prior cancellation," the report states. His policy was cancelled Oct. 29, 2012, and reinstated Nov. 5, 2012, "upon receipt of payment."
The underwriter for the insurance carrier told Pfaff "that there has been no request for reinstatement of the policy and no premium payments have been received," according to the report. Pfaff was also told "reinstatement would not be automatic but would require review and approval of underwriting."
Whether the family will be paid death benefits is up to the insurance company, Weber said.
"It's an insurance issue," he said, noting a private company shouldn't be "hammered" because a client fails to keep up with policy payments.
"It's too bad there isn't a process to keep on top of these things before something like this happens," Weber said.
Donations can still be made in Rosado's name at any Wells Fargo bank location. Donations also may be made directly by calling Victim Advocate Services at 386-586-4854.
Investigators described Rosado's killer as "a light-skinned man," about 5 feet 10 inches tall, last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark T-shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call sheriff's Detective Mark Moy at 386-586-4801, or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 888-277-8477 (TIPS). Information can be sent by text message to "tip231" plus the message to CRIMES (274637). Tipsters who provide information to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous and may qualify for a reward of up to $5,000.


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By JANET COOK
News staff writer
April 5
It's been nearly two-and-a-half years since Noah Smith was injured in a car accident as he returned to Eugene after spending Thanksgiving in Hood River with his family.
That festive holiday family gathering would be the last for the Smith family in the world in which they lived prior to Dec. 1, 2002. After that, everything about their lives changed forever.
By now, most people know the story and Noah and his family don't like to dwell on it. Noah, then a 22-year-old junior at the University of Oregon, was driving back to Eugene when a car traveling the other way lost a wheel.
The wheel rolled along the highway, hit the concrete median and flew across it, smashing into the cab of Noah's pickup truck.
Police and rescue crews were on the scene almost immediately and used an extraction tool to get Noah, who was unconscious, out of his truck. At the hospital doctors determined that his C7 vertebrae had been shattered, rendering him a quadriplegic, with no movement or feeling in his legs and limited movement in his arms and hands.
And so began Noah's — and his family's — Life After the Accident.
Noah spent several weeks at the Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon after his accident. Then he lived at home for a time while continuing as an outpatient at RIO. In May 2003 he traveled to Chicago for a clinical trial on a machine called a Lokomat, which moved Noah's legs over a treadmill at about 2 mph under the theory that such movement would jumpstart his nervous system. Unfortunately, severe muscle spasms hampered his progress.
Noah began searching for a rehabilitation facility that would best suit him. He landed in Utah for a few months, where he attended a couple of facilities before moving to Carlsbad, Calif., last April and enrolling in an innovative program there called Project Walk.
"After visiting several other rehab facilities on the West Coast we decided that Project Walk would offer me the most one-on-one attention and most frequent workouts," Noah writes in an e-mail. "Their attitude toward recovery is very optimistic, as opposed to most hospital settings, and their location (Southern California) is ideal for someone in a wheelchair — mobility is so much easier in a mild climate."
Noah is currently doing a lot of "active stretching" (incorporating controlled movement into each stretch) to help relieve muscle spasms and tightness, a problem that has plagued him since the injury.
"The biggest obstacle to my being ambulatory full time is my spasms, and subsequently tightness throughout my body," Noah writes. By doing active stretching, he is "engaging" his muscles while increasing their range of motion.
"I also continue to work on taking steps — they are at their best when my body is relaxed from stretching out." In fact, Noah has come a long way in the past two-and-a-half years. He lives on his own in an apartment with a roommate who also is enrolled in Project Walk. (With the help of extended family, Noah recently bought a home, which he and his roommate are in the process of moving into.) He gets around on his own in a wheelchair. He drives. He's taking classes online at the University of Oregon, continuing to pursue his bachelor's degree in Spanish. He is nearly done with all of his undergraduate requirements and plans to spend the summer in Eugene taking classes on campus, with the goal of graduating next spring.
But in Noah's mind, he's only just begun. Because he intends to walk again.
"My goal is to be a part of finding the cure," he writes. "I believe the science is available to end paralysis and that I am only in my chair because politics, funding and public opinion are not on my side. I believe that curing paralysis benefits everyone in society, socially and economically, and that it can be done ethically and in the near future."
Noah is part of a Web-based community called CareCure, which is an online database of people who share information and ideas about the most current research on spinal cord injury. "I try to educate myself as much as I can in hopes of convincing others around me that spinal cord injury is curable."
Noah's view is one he's come to by, as he states, educating himself, and also through necessity.
"The first few months (read: the first year) after the accident were devastating," he writes. "Many times I wished that the wheel had just killed me rather than leaving me in a permanent stasis between life and death (my mind alive and my body unable to respond to it)." Noah admits he was usually more upbeat around people than he actually felt.
"I can't stand pessimism and trying to make other people feel better about what had happened to me also helped me feel better about what had happened," he writes. "It was as though eliciting an optimistic response from others made me feel more positive about my future. Recovery by osmosis I guess. I also could simply not accept the prospect of not walking again.
"When I'd finally come down off all the drugs they'd given me in the acute stages of my injury, my new 'reality' was heartbreakingly unacceptable," he continues. "In the hospital I would not have been able to survive without hope. I did not want to survive without believing that I could walk again. I've held onto that belief and stayed in touch with that acute hurt and devastation ever since. It is what drives me today."
Noah will join others in talking about curing paralysis next week at a rally in Washington, D.C., organized by the nonprofit Cure Paralysis Now. (See sidebar.) On April 12, wheelchair activists, family members and other supporters will gather at the U.S. Capitol with the message that curing paralysis is now a realistic goal. Featured speakers include Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher Reeve.
"A march of this magnitude is especially significant when you consider our demographic," Noah writes. "Many people in wheelchairs cannot even pack their own suitcase ... Life in a wheelchair costs more than it does for an able-bodied person, yet more than 100 people have dug into their own pockets to go to the Capitol and lobby for their wellbeing. I am extremely excited to be a part of this movement."
Noah says he feels "very fortunate" to live in our time. "Ten years ago there was not as much basis for hope as there is now with regards to spinal cord injury." He also has been fortunate, he says, both with functionality that has returned spontaneously, as well as with strong support — emotionally and financially — from family, friends and the Hood River community where he grew up. (Noah is a 1999 graduate of Hood River Valley High School.)
"By all accounts I got a raw deal, but I don't dwell on that," Noah writes. "Nonetheless I feel that people should know that as long as I am in a wheelchair times are desperate. Spinal cord injury is relentless in its assault on your body and mind. It invades every part of your life without permission. In the hospital I made a pledge to myself to never accept my injury or a lifetime of paralysis, despite what my surgeon told me.
"In a nutshell, I would like people to know that spinal cord injury is, in my opinion, about as close to hell as you can get, but that I have hope and faith that I will someday (soon) walk again. At this stage in history spinal cord injury is an unnecessary affliction, one that can be cured if scientists are given the funds to carry out their research. I would ask everyone to support efforts to cure paralysis, and research carefully any issues that at first appear controversial."
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GAA: Top coach and analyst Eugene McGee has urged the GAA to endorse the recommendations of the Football Review Committee and change the face of the game.
McGee chaired the committee set up to examine all facets of gaelic football ahead of next year's Congress.
His committee published an extensive review on Monday with 18 proposals to improve the game.
Persistent fouling has been targeted by the group who recommend that any player who picks up three yellow cards in the Championship is automatically banned from his team's next game.
They also believe that their proposals on fouls and tackling can reduce the number of frees awarded in a game by up to 25pc.
McGee's group also propose the introduction of an Aussie Rules style mark and a new pick-up law.
An extension of all adult games at club and county level to 70 minutes is also proposed.
Some of their proposals will be out to Congress next March, with the remainder up for approval by 2014.
McGee said: "There are also people who consistently get a yellow card, there are counties nowadays who allow yellow cards to be created and it is done in such a way that none of their people will get two. In other words, yellow cards are not just accidental in some cases, they are deliberate.
"We also proposes to limit the number of hand passes in games, It comes and goes at the behest of good managers who decide that they have the kind of players that suit the hand-pass," he," noted McGee.
Over 4,000 people were polled by the review committee in recent months.
The GAA's Director General Paraic Duffy said: "This is the association speaking and we will listen to what is being said." GAA president Liam O'Neill added: "This is the most extensive trawl ever done by any organisation."
GAA: Tyrone boss Mickey Harte has confirmed that Davy Harte has retired from inter-county football through injury but insists that forward Owen Mulligan could return to the squad next season despite indicating that he was going to retire last August.
Harte has also welcomed decision of Dungannon Swifts goalkeeper Niall Morgan to switch codes and join the Tyrone squad for the 2013 campaign.
GAA: Meath forward Alan Forde is to miss the NFL campaign with a groin injury but captain Kevin Reilly should be fit after ankle surgery. The Royals were beaten by three points by Offaly in the Fitzsimons Cup tournament final in Kells on Sunday.
HURLING: Dublin boss Anthony Daly has been suspended for four weeks for his part in a row during the recent Clare minor hurling final. Kerry manager Tom Howard has received an eight game ban for the same incident.
HURLING: Offaly's Kilcormac-Killoughey shocked the fancied Oulart-the-Ballagh from Wexford with a 1-12 to 0-11 victory in the Leinster club hurling final in Kilkenny's Nowlan Park on Sunday.
GAA: Donegal boss Jim McGuinness has confirmed that the All-Ireland champions will field a reserve team in the McKenna Cup next month and use the competition to blood new players.
GAA: Ballymun Kickhams are the Leinster club football champions for the first time after beating Portlaoise in Sunday's final by 0-11 to 0-8 in Mullingar.
GAA: Former Wexford boss Jason Ryan has taken up a role as selection and coach with the Kildare footballers at the invitation of manager Kieran McGeeney.
GAA: Down's Dan Gordon, Daniel Hughes and captain Ambrose Rogers will all miss next month's McKenna Cup tournament through injury.
GAA: New Dublin boss Jim Gavin will have to plan for next month's O'Byrne Cup competition without Eoghan O'Gara and Alan Brogan as both players are due to undergo surgery to repair long term injuries.
GAA: Tipperary football legend and All-Star winner Declan Browne has announced his retirement from all levels of the game.
GAA: Ciaran McKeever is to captain the Armagh footballers for the 2013 season.


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With a population over 353,000, the City of Markham will continue to grow into the future. This growth trend is also reflected in the types and scale of development activities that are planned in Markham. In 2012, the city issued a record number of building permits worth $1.5 billion in construction.
View the real estate projects map to see the major public and private development projects in Markham. Some projects are completed while others are still in the planning stage.


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Also available on: PC, Xbox 360
Developer: Digital Illusions CE (DICE)
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: First-person shooter
Battlefield 3 has been feverishly hyped as the Call of Duty killer (not least by EA itself), but in a sense it is a very different beast. Despite EA insisting that Battlefield 3's campaign would be a shining light in military first-person shooters, the reality is that it churns out all the familiar Call of Duty clichés in a linear parade, albeit one that looks stunning and is fun to play through.
Thankfully, though, Battlefield 3 comes with a seriously world-class and totally distinct multiplayer game that fits with the series tradition of epic warfare on a massive scale, and provides a challenge matched by few other shooters. In addition, a suite of co-operative modes are engaging and support fresh tactics, although it would be better if there were more of them. This game may not be the slayer of Call of Duty, but that's probably missing the point anyway - instead, Battlefield 3 is a hugely worthy game that any online shooter fan should pick up.
Battlefield 3's multiplayer excels by taking a more open, almost sandbox approach to online warfare that majors on player-led tactics and exploration. Whether it's ruling the skies in jets, raining down fire in an attack chopper, or stomping the ground as a grunt; the game always makes the heat of the battle challenging and enjoyable. Battles unfurl on huge maps in a variety of rural, urban and military locations that are beautifully recreated and designed.
The console game has been slimmed down slightly from the PC, including the cap of 24-player matches and modified maps (the PC game also has better visuals, of course). But the console version is still incredible engaging, competitive and expansive; recreating virtual warfare on a scale that few other online shooters are able to match. There are also some great new ideas, such as an in-game server browser for console matchmaking, which enables players to easily locate the exact type of game that they want to play (particularly useful as EA was having problems with the Quick Match at the time of writing).
Vehicles are the biggest differentiating factor about the Battlefield series and they are just as crucial in Battlefield 3, whether it's assaulting a target or simply moving around the huge maps. The rewards and progression incentives are spot on in Battlefield 3, making it consistently rewarding to put in the hours and always feel like you are moving forward.
All the core classes - Soldier, Engineer, Assault, and Recon - have different skills and unlockable advantages that are essential for the fight, meaning the process of levelling them all up is a must. And just like a kid in a candy shop, the next reward or unlock is dangled like a delicious treat, well worth earning your pocket money to afford. But for all the individualism, Battlefield 3 is all about being part of a fighting force waging large-scale operations against the enemy.
From the Battlefield staple Rush mode to the new addition of Team Deathmatch, the game encourages people to help out their teammates not only by racking up the most kills, but also by assisting in others areas. Heal a teammate, get a damaged tank back into the fight or resupply a sniper team, and you are rewarded appropriately. This means you can top the scoreboards simply by being the best team player, regardless of how times you have perished in action.
The game has various features to encourage team play, such as multi-passenger vehicles, squad support and target spotting. This all adds up to a genuine feeling of being in a war with many others, ready to help out and change your tactics towards the greater good. The fact that the game is individually rewarding a the same time is a testament to developer DICE.
The expansive, open and highly customisable fighting in Battlefield 3's multiplayer is in stark contrast to the single-player campaign, which treads a familiar path of linear scripted action and clichéd storytelling.
Think of all the most tired and obvious military stereotypes and they are all here - nuclear warheads, international terrorists, Middle Eastern conflict zones, murky Russian involvement and a crisis that threatens the very future of the world as we know it. Sergeant Henry Blackburn is at least a vaguely interesting and multi-dimensional character, but he inhabits a world portioned out with the cookie cutter. Just how many more times are games like these going to use the interrogation-flashback structure to tell their story? Is this really the best we can expect?
You know the formula - the game unravels in stages as you are interrogated about some mystery incident. It was an innovative approach at first, but that was a long time ago and Battlefield 3 stumbles blindly into overly familiar territory. The vehicle sequences are well constructed and fun, but there are not enough of them and the lack of free control feels like a let down. Battlefield is so intrinsically linked to vehicle-based warfare, but only a sequence driving a tank through the desert features full control and other missions, such as in a fighter jet, relegate you to the gunner seat.
There are way too many quicktime events and they all lack any real punch. The button prompts feel imprecise, making these moments unnecessary breaks from the action. One particular section stands out the most, but it is difficult to discuss this without giving away the story.
But despite these criticisms, there are a few positives to cling onto. The campaign admirably attempts to introduce some sense of moral quandary and reflect the many grey areas involved with international military operations, particularly against trans-national terrorist groups. There is a stronger sense of realism and threat to the story, making this feel more true to the subject matter than Call of Duty.
Battlefield 3 is also a stunning looking game thanks to the Frostbite 2 engine. The character animations are fantastic, while the lighting and shadow effects add extra dimensions, from the shafts of light spearing through broken windows in the back streets of Iran, to the billowing spray kicked up around an aircraft carrier. There are a few bugs, such as characters popping through walls and various screen tears, but not enough to completely ruin the experience.
Alongside the single-player and multiplayer modes, there is also a co-operative game that adds an extra dimension. The co-op is based on the main campaign story, but takes its lead from the engaging gameplay approach of the multiplayer. These six missions again focus on teamwork, but this time on a much smaller scale than the multiplayer. Working with a teammate throws up a range of great tactical options, such as one person flanking while the other draws fire.
One mission puts you in control of an attack helicopter, the only time outside the multiplayer where you can practice your skills in a chopper. Unfortunately, a few of the unsatisfying quicktime events from the main campaign bleed through to the co-op game, which can lead to a few frustrating deaths. It's also a shame that the co-op is disappointingly brief, adding only around three or four hours to the six to seven hours that it takes to beat the main campaign.
Overall, Battlefield 3 is an excellent shooter that makes up for the shortcomings in its single-player campaign with exceptional multiplayer modes and a solid co-op game. The campaign falls down by trotting out the usual clichéd events and action sequences - military shooters in future simply must do something different with single-player, because the end-of-the-world international terrorism scenario is getting remarkably tired.
But the lack of sparkle in Battlefield 3's campaign is offset by engaging and addictive large-scale multiplayer battles that have few equals, along with a co-op game that is thoroughly enjoyable while it lasts. Comparisons to Modern Warfare 3 are going to be inevitable, but it is impossible at this stage to know if Battlefield 3 is a better and more successful game. It seems clear, though, that the game's online multiplayer will give Activision's 1,000-pound gorilla a serious run for its money this year.


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....So homebrewing supply stores are changing and attracting investors. No more LHBS anymore?
I was not aware that both Midwest Supply and Northern Brewer have new investors. No more LHBS anymore?
Boom boom boom... bust?
I was cleaning shop the other day and ran into this classic:Does anyone remember this ?


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And why not Skeleton Knight?
I mean I believe it actually *is* "Gaaaattsuuuu"
I expected it to be an April Fools joke before I even started to read the notice that was put up, but I just realized how hilarious it would be if it isn't an April Fools joke and you just held off doing such a sudden change until April 1st just to make people be sure it's an April Fools only to slowly realize that, you know, it isn't.
Well the members that were here yesterday can testify that the change actually took place on March 31. Complete coincidence here. And I don't want to sound condescending, but if you think we'd change nameservers just for a joke, you don't understand the realities of website administration. The process was started on March 29 but it took a full two days to travel around the world. Anyway, we actually have a good April Fools coming along, like we do each year, but not on April 1st because that's when everybody expects it. Maybe this year there'll really be a 20 years later time skip.
So wait... this isn't an April Fools joke? I've been sitting here all day thinking it is
jesus christ... I guess next we'll be forced to call the "Millenium Falcon Arc" the "Hawk of the Millenium Empire Arc." =)
Anyway, I'd more willingly accept that you decided this because of Dark Horse (who I never read anyway) than because Knight of Skeleton sounds more accurate than Skeleton Knight.I'll blame Dark Horse rather than you.
When I refresh page I get logged out and sent to main page.
I did, didn't help. Anyone else have this problem?
Or... DID IT?
casulty ... casulty ... casulty ... casulty ... casultyCAUSALITY.
Very well done! Now i understand why someone changed my post ... ( i was talking about April's Joke )But guys i know that this is a HQ community so it could be ...
Though I did like how Aaz had to come out and lie to me like Damon Lindelof of LOST in order to keep the mystery of the joke hidden a little longer.
If you had made an outrageous change to the site without announcing it before April 1st (that was always going to be a permanent change anyway) then that would have been funny and clever.
Does this mean Skull Knight is an accurate translation?
KOSnet just sounds better than the hideously Russian "SKnet". Truth be told.... I've had my bookmark renamed as Knight of Skeleton for a couple of years now.. the kanji is pretty cut and dry. The "の" directly translates as "of" -- I'm a Japanese major, so I know.
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Hello, everyone. I'm new to the site and have had a great time learning about eggcorns and posting a few of my own. But I have a question: How do you post so that you actually get responses from other users? If you look at the forum, in many cases there will be 10, 20, 50, or as many as a few hundred views of a topic, but in many cases there is only a single response, and and in some cases there are none.
It's as if we post and then thud the posting is read but not responded to. I realized in considering this question that I have posted things such as "I've come across this usage" or "here's one I found," but maybe I need to be asking a question in order to get a response: "Have you ever heard this one?" or "Why do you think people say such and such?" or "Does this qualify as an eggcorn?"
I'm not sure. So I figured I'd ask…
This is a great place to post our eggcorns, and naturally, most of us are probably hoping our contributions eventually get placed in the actual database ("Pick me! Pick me!"), and of course most of us are word lovers, but it would be more interesting and lively if there were more responses to postings. So many postings have just a single response or no responses at all, and that seems to me in a way to defeat the purpose of a forum.
How can we get more responses to our postings?
Feeling quite combobulated.
I don't know—post on a day when more people are online and checking? Post on a day when they're feeling talkative?
Thanks for responding! :-)
Feeling quite combobulated.
JonW719's post caught me a bit offguard. When the forum was first created about two years ago, people almost never responded to each other's posts. We just didn't really have a critical mass of regulars on the site, and people came and went a lot. That started to change quite a bit last summer, and now there's a small but pretty enthusiastic little community here. Along with the greater number of regulars has come an increase in the number of responses. For me, the change is almost startling. For instance, on Contribute right now there are responses to all but 5 of the 30 posts on the current page—that's an 83% response rate. And some of those posts have as many 7 responses. From my perspective as a 2-year veteran, that's not just good—it's almost unbelievable. As far as I can tell, we've never had a higher rate of interaction than we have right now. Sure, an even higher response rate might be desirable. But I'm pretty darn happy with the improvement we've seen over the last year.
And there are other things to consider. For example, speaking just for myself, I don't want to start writing "Nice find!" or "That's probably not an eggcorn" on every post I come across. I simply don't have the time. But more importantly, I personally don't want to post unless I think I have something substantive to say about a given thread. And frankly, it often takes people a while to get the hang of eggcorns; we've found that newbies who are told "That's not an eggcorn" too often—however gently—have a tendency to disappear. And I also enjoy plenty of posts that I never respond to.
Moreover, I hope that members don't come to feel that they have some sort of duty to make sure that every post here is responded to. Duty quickly becomes a chore, and people have many creative ways of avoiding chores. Forum members should do what they're already doing—which is responding to posts when they feel they have something to say. If our pool of regulars keeps expanding, I'm pretty sure the response rate will keep rising.
yeah, it pretty much just comes down to whether or not further input is required. I respond if I think I have something to add, a different perspective, a disagreement, or if it's an eggcorn that just delights me enough that I have to say "ha!! I love it!"
otherwise, I just read them and think "hmm… interesting," and then move on.
That having been said, I too feel that "thud," and I come back to see if my posts have been responded to over and over again, because its always fun to be engaged by someone who finds your find interesting or worthy of comment… and it is a little bit of a let-down when your posts just float downstream without being caught in any eddies of conversation.
sometimes it just be's that way. If it's a good eggcorn, it's a good eggcorn and I hope it gets added to the list(a little excerpt of commentary would be nice, too). Perusing the collection is to word afficianodos what touring a museum is to artists. So there's always that. Working here in the trenches must be a labor of love. Encouraging one another and discussing recent finds are great elements of the forum, but sometimes you have to go it alone. Take heart, the good parts can't help but resurface.
Thanks, all, for your responses. I think booboo's response perhaps hits the nail on the head: '"I hope it gets added to the list." Perhaps that is really what I was asking. We come up with what we think are great "finds," and then we have no idea if it will ever be listed in the database. We list them, see them "thud," and then wonder if anyone will see them again. By saying that, I don't mean to diminish the forum; it is a wonderful depository. I realize there are already more than five hundred eggcorns in the database, and probably thousands of unique eggcorn topics waiting to be sifted through. I think we just want to know that someone has read one of our postings and thought, "Oh, that's an interesting one!" or better yet, "YES, that one MUST be added to the database!" :-)
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I have a 4 year old daughter and have a small battle on my hands to protect her from her mother's 'spirituality' and loose association with a church. I recently discovered that approximately only 25% of atheists are women.
Away from clichés about lonely middle aged women finding god, I've been pondering what are the other pitfalls that snare women in to the grips of organised religion or having independent spiritual faith?
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Sergei, it's time to step your game up.
A report out of Russia today indicates that Sergei Shirokov has his eyes set on making the NHL this year as a member of the Vancouver Canucks. From Dmitry Chesnokov on Twitter, "#Canucks' Shirokov tells SovSport he is focused on breaking into the NHL with Vancouver; didn't consider KHL offers this summer.".
So… do I think Sergei Shirokov has a shot at making the Vancouver Canucks this year? Well…
Here's the good news about Sergei Shirokov. Every year that he has played pro hockey, his point production has steadily increased. The bad news is that he is starting his NHL career from a pretty low point (stat-wise). So he's got a tough climb up to warrant serious consideration.
He played a full season with the Manitoba Moose last season and had a respectable year on a team that was essentially a .500 club. Shirokov finished second in team scoring with 22 G and 23 A for 45 points in 76 GP (courtesy hockeydb.com). However, in Manitoba's first round playoff series loss, Shirokov had only 2 assists in 6 games, tying him for 11th in team scoring with 42-year-old Mike Keane. So overall, he had a pretty good season, and you couldn't pin Manitoba's first round exit on Shirokov's lack of output.
That said, his brief foray into NHL hockey has been less than impressive. In his 6 games to start last season with the Canucks, he had no points, only 4 shots and ended up -4 and was on-ice for 5 goals against (stats courtesy hockey-reference.com). To put it mildly, that's unimpressive. To put it harshly, it's bloody terrible. More importantly, during those 6 games, Shirokov was hardly ever a threat or even a presence while on the ice.
So where does Shirokov fit into the Canucks' mix?
The top 2 lines are done and dusted. The Sedins, Burrows, Raymond, Kesler and Samuelsson are locked in as the top 6. So Shirokov is looking at the bottom 6 to make the team. Here is the list of problems with Shirokov making the team as a bottom 6 player.
1. Shirokov is not a big guy and the Canucks are trying to get bigger and stronger on the third line.
2. Shirokov is not an overly physical player and the Canucks are trying to increase their grit on the bottom 2 lines.
3. There are approximately 285 players in the Canucks system trying out for the bottom 6 forwards. Ok that's a slight exaggeration. Regardless, all of them are either bigger, stronger or grittier than Shirokov (or all of the above).
So what does Shirokov need to do to make the Canucks and play in the NHL this season? Well he has two options, really. He can either change his game to fit the Canucks immediate needs, or request a trade so that he can play somewhere that needs more of a finesse player. If you've played 6 total NHL games, requesting a trade is not a smart career move. So he would server himself VERY well by changing his game. He certainly needs toadd some hitting and nastiness into his game to get the Canucks seriously looking at him for the coming year.
Does Shirokov have it in him to shift his playing style? Can he come out hitting and grinding? Could he be a good complementary player on the third line with Manny Malhotra?
We'll find out soon enough when we see him at training camp and the Young Stars tournament in mid-September in Penticton.


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New models of how ideas change make "true believers" and irrational conviction scary.
Once the networks were built, the scientists then "sprinkled" in some true believers throughout each of the networks. These people were completely set in their views and unflappable in modifying those beliefs. As those true believers began to converse with those who held the traditional belief system, the tides gradually and then very abruptly began to shift.
After ten percent of the target population had adopted the unshakeable belief, it abruptly became the majority opinion. Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of....
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I saw that article, and I think we now have the explanation for the Holocaust. For over half a century, people have wondered how the civilized, cultured Germans could become such monsters. It wasn't just Hitler and a few cronies -- a genocide of that magnitude could not have been carried out without a LOT of cooperation.
So, yes, the unflappable believer IS frightening, and I'm scared that that's what's going on in the US right now with the Religious Right and the Tea Party. John Boehner, anyone? And I don't have any answers except that we have to be just as unflappable and aggressive as they are. If not more so.
And there are huge risks involved to life and property in areas like the Midwest and South, which may already have reached that tipping point. For the first time in my life (and I'm 63 years old), I'm afraid for the democracy of the US.
And I don't have any answers except that we have to be just as unflappable and aggressive as they are. If not more so.
I don't agree. In fact, I think that is the worst thing one could do, to escalate the arms race of "I'm right, because I'm right! You're wrong, because you're wrong!"
The answer is to promote skeptical, critical, and most-importantly rational thinking in the broader public forum. Have conversations with friends where you don't just sit quietly as they talk about how bad vaccines are or how wearing a garish bracelet can cure back pain. Speak up and say, "Doesn't sound so plausible to me, because X, and Y, and Z."
If you already do that, then push it forward to the next level. When you see irrational thinking in a group setting, speak up there. Or speak up when you see nonsense peddled on TV or in print or on the internet.
As a side benefit, exercising your critical mind will naturally expose you to the idea that you yourself may have some not-so-well-founded ideas, and when you dig them up and toss them overboard, it's a grand feeling, not to be weighed down by false dogma. It's a real kind of freedom; freedom of thought.
No, the answer is not to become as dogmatic as the dogmatists. That way has lead to religious wars, and these days will lead to worse. The answer is to confront and counter dogma with forthright, reasoned, and evidence-based argument. Our problem right now is that not enough critical thinkers are speaking up when they could. Let's overcome that fear.
the confluence of fiscal conservatism with religious fundamentalism and insanity.
Well put, Julie Carter. A succinct summary of the current trend.
So if 10% of a population are true believing atheists it becomes popular opinion?
I saw a video about a year ago similar to this. Someone got up in the middle of a crowd of people hanging around on a hillside, and began a stupid little dance. Pretty soon many others were dancing. It was part of an experiment too. I think the point was people don't usually do things out of the ordinary until they see someone else taking the lead. I know I'll never find that video again so I won't bother looking.
I think the problem for using this model as a predictor for (non)theism is that it attempts to measure the tipping point of how fast a new idea propagates or the tipping point of deeply committed people needed to sway ambivalent people.
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To accomplish this, each of the individuals in the models "talked" to each other about their opinion. If the listener held the same opinions as the speaker, it reinforced the listener's belief. If the opinion was different, the listener considered it and moved on to talk to another person. If that person also held this new belief, the listener then adopted that belief.
But if we simplify and say 10% nontheists are wandering around talking to 90% hardcore Christians, just as an example, then finding enough among the 90% to (1) listen and (2) consider would be the key. In my experience, those interactions are the exceptions, not the rule. If the principle held in a vacuum, then 10% of deeply convicted people would be trying to sway 90% of deeply convicted people, and thus, then the model would actually predict for the nonthesists to convert to Christianity.
So this might hold true in Tunisia, where the mainstream view is ambivalent or divided about the dictatorship, and somehow "primed" for a rational alternative paradigm. But in a multi-religious society, the (growing) minority of nontheists are probably only expanding in part because they have swayed listeners... and if so, is it enough to compensate for the evangelizing efforts of organized, well-funded faiths like the LDS?
From what I understand, Americans in their 20s are reporting a record proportion of nonreligious, atheist, or otherwise nontraditional belief systems that reject organized religion at a minimum, and often reject supernaturalism. But the studies seem to point to other factors besides atheist activism, though I surely trust that has a role, too.
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(Boston, Mass. – July 19, 2012) – A chemical producer faces an EPA fine of $93,900 for failing to report the use and storage of hazardous chemicals at its Fairfield, Conn. facility, in violation of the federal right-to-know law.
According to a recent EPA complaint, the company, 5N Plus, Inc., violated the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) by failing to report hazardous chemical inventory information, known as Tier II reports, to the fire department, and the local and state emergency responders. The company also failed to report the use and potential release of lead and selenium to the state and federal Toxic Release Inventory, a national database of toxic chemical use available to the public.
During a June 2011 inspection of the facility, EPA determined that 5N Plus had failed to follow the reporting requirements by failing to include gallium trichloride (an extremely hazardous substance) in its inventory of hazardous chemicals for 2010, and by failing to submit Tier II reports for reporting years 2008 and 2009 for chlorine gas, lead and gallium trichloride. Following further review, EPA also determined that the company had failed to submit accurate Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reports for lead in 2008 and 2009, and for selenium in 2010.
Accurate reporting of hazardous chemicals at facilities is critically important to ensure that emergency responders are aware of potential hazards that are present at a facility in the case of an emergency so that they can take adequate precautions to protect public health as well as their own well-being. Further, the company's failure to file these required forms deprives the community of its right to know about chemicals stored, used, and potentially released in the neighborhood.
After the two inspections, a release of chlorine gas at the facility resulted in area-wide evacuations and worker exposure to chlorine gas. Subsequent to the release, the company moved its gallium trichloride manufacture to another facility.
The proposed penalty includes $40,500 for failure to file Tier II forms for 2008, 2009 and 2010 and $53,400 for failure to file TRI forms for reporting years 2008, 2009 and 2010.
More information:
- Tier II Chemical Reporting (https://www.epa.gov/oem/content/epcra/tier2.htm)
- Toxic Release Inventory Reporting (https://www.epa.gov/tri/)
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The International Experience with Public-Private Partnerships
2167 Rayburn House Office Building
This is a hearing of the Panel on Public-Private Partnerships, chaired by U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN).
Summary of Subject Matter
Official Hearing Transcript
Witness List:
Panel on Public-Private Partnerships
Hearing on "The International Experience with Public-Private Partnerships"
April 8, 2014
Opening Statement
(Remarks as Prepared)
This is the fourth event of the Panel on Public-Private Partnerships. We have investigated public-private partnership case studies, we have looked at the role they play in our highway and transit systems, and we have investigated their emerging role in the delivery of water systems.
We have had good discussions about the benefits public-private partnerships can provide, but we've also had frank discussions about the pitfalls and challenges these complex arrangements can carry.
The use of public-private partnerships in this country is fairly recent. However, many other countries have a much more extensive history of partnering with the private sector to deliver infrastructure projects.
In fact, one of the leading countries is just to the north of us. Over the last two decades, Canada has become one of the most advanced and active markets for public-private partnerships.
To date, there have been more than 200 projects that are operational, under construction, or in procurement. We will hear about the Canadian experience, along with testimony on the global trends in public-private partnerships.
This country can learn from other countries' experience in how to identify projects well-suited for a public-private partnership, and how to structure arrangements that protect the public interest.
I want to welcome our distinguished witnesses and thank them for testifying today.
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Not every cold needs to be treated, since the body's natural reaction to the cold virus is a healthy response. Consider treating a cold if the symptoms are significantly disturbing the child, if the condition lingers, or if the child needs to attend a special event without having respiratory difficulties.
ACONITUM: This remedy is useful primarily during the first 24 hours after the onset of a cold. Typically, the child develops her cold or cough after being exposed to dry cold weather. She wakes from sleep with a dry, hoarse, croupy cough, especially worse at night and after midnight. She has a dry mouth, shortness of breath, and little expectoration. The cough is worse from being cold, drinking cold water, from tobacco smoke, lying on either side, and at night.
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Anas barbariae: Although this medicine (commonly marketed as "Oscillococcinum") is primarily effective in treating influenza, homeopaths have also found that it can also be helpful in treating the common cold. There are no known symptoms from which to individualize treatment, though it has been found to be very effective when used within 48 hours of onset of symptoms. Consider giving it if you don't know which other medicine to give.
Arsenicum: These children have a burning nasal discharge that irritates the nostrils and upper lip. They are very chilly and are sensitive to drafts or cold air. They may, in fact, sneeze from any change in temperature. Typically, the cold begins in the nose and moves down to the throat (once it goes down into the chest a different remedy is usually needed). They also have dryness of the mouth that leads to a great thirst but for only sips of water at a time.
Belladonna: This remedy should be considered when there is a sudden stopping of nasal discharge, and it is replaced by a congestive, usually throbbing, headache and high fever.
Bryonia: Like children who need Belladonna, children who need this remedy have little or no nasal discharge but a more prominent head pain over the forehead. Rather than throbbing pain however, these children have a dull ache. They sneeze often which may cause stitching pain on top of the head. The less the nasal discharge, the more painful becomes the headache. Their mouth is dry, as well as their throat, and they may also have a dry cough. They are very thirsty for cold drinks. They feel worse in a warm room.
Calcarea carb: This remedy is for infants or children who experience frequent colds and who fit the typical Calc carb syndrome. These children are chilly and very sensitive to anything cold, though they prefer to drink ice drinks. They may develop their cold after being chilled. They sweat profusely and have a sour perspiration. Likewise, their stools are sour smelling. Typically, these children are fair skinned and pudgy with poor muscle tone. They may concurrently get a sore throat with swelling of the tonsils and lymph nodes. They have a thick yellowish nasal discharge and rattling respiration due to loose mucus in the throat and chest.


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The HTC EVO 4G LTE (we're still getting used to the name) is finally here. If you have seen the software on the HTC EVO One X or One S, the EVO 4G LTE isn't going to offer anything new for you. The handset features Android 4.0.3 with HTC Sense 4.0, ImageSense camera technology and Beat Audio. What makes the EVO 4G LTE stand out from the HTC One series is that it has a larger 2,000 mAh battery, a kickstand and HD Voice capabilities.
We got some hands-on time with the HTC EVO 4G LTE at the unveiling event in New York tonight, and we thought we'd share some of the pictures we got and a quick video overview. The design of the phone is quite different than the other HTC One series, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. HTC is still using its uni-body aluminum design which wraps around the front and back of the handset.
HTC has chosen to blast the aluminum case with micro particles to give it a soft-touch feel and then shaved off the top lower of metal around the edge of the device to reveal it's true color. The upper section on the back side of the phone is a glossy black plastic cover which protects the EVO 4G LTE's microSD card slot, radios and NFC chip. As you might expect, the glossy finish is a fingerprint magnet.
Though the HTC EVO 4G LTE features a large 2,000 mAh battery, HTC has managed to cram all the handset components into a body which is 8.98mm thick and weights 134 grams. The handset may not look as elegant as other HTC One devices, but it's certainly not hard on the eyes.
So what do you think of the HTC EVO 4G LTE? Do you like the name? Do you like the design? With the HTC EVO 4G LTe do your next phone?


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Set up email on my mobile phone
You can always use Workspace webmail to send and receive email messages. But you also can set up your email on your mobile device.
iPhone or iPad
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Depard – New Beginning
This is just another lite-rock track. Ideal for sideshows, presentations, active ad campaigns. Target audience – young people, youth, teens, young adults. Delayed guitar sounds, powerful bass and drums.
Don't forget to rate this track if You buy. I need Your support!
Files included:
Depard – New Beginning(WAV/MP3) [1:06]


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Nick Heppleston needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 190 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
We are a small team of professional developers who are looking to bring to market software to support a wide range of enterprise integration platforms. Our software will enhance our customers' use of these platforms.
The dominant element in this brand is: Integration (integrating two or more systems together).
Supporting elements of the brand are: enhancement and reliability.
Our products will serve international customers across all markets. The common factor being their need to integrate several heterogeneous systems, such are payroll, inventory, sales etc.
Our target audience will be international medium-sized business and corporates who have invested in an enterprise integration platform and wish to enhance it through additional, feature rich software. Our brand therefore needs to be seen on a par with this style of customer.
Additional audiences are third-party consultancy firms who will be looking for ways to enhance their own customers' platforms, and bloggers who will help to promote our software in the blogosphere.
We are looking for a logo to represent our software business - Atomic-Scope (note that the hyphen *must* be present to match our domain-name and company registration).
Some design elements to consider:
1. We are looking for something that is **simple** - no complicated images or graphics. We are very keen on single colour logos such as those of Microsoft, Oracle and the Mono Project (http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page) for example, but are open to other suggestions. Other ideas that we like also include the StackOverflow (stackoverflow.com) logo.
2. We like the visual of (on the same horizontal line): logo and then company name, similar to that of StackOverflow.com (http://sstatic.net/so/img/so/logo.png)
3. We do not have a colour palette for the company, so please feel free to use your imagination. We do not want any outlandish colouring however!
4. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. Preferably all-uppercase or all-lowercase. We would rather not have some of the 'comic' fonts, e.g. Tahoma etc.
The logo will be used in a large variety of manners, from PowerPoint presentations and business cards to trade show signage and banners so scalability is important.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai/.eps (CMYK)
Web file format - .tif and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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The trilogy bout between UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (19-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and longtime rival Urijah Faber (26-5 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is targeted for UFC 148 on July 7 in Las Vegas.
That's according to UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta, who was full of announcements overnight, posting the information on his Twitter account.
First, the two will square off as opposing coaches on the upcoming 15th season of "The Ultimate Fighter."
Featuring live fights for the first time in the series' history, the season marks the long-running series' debut on FX. "TUF" 15 debuts on March 9.
It'll be their third meeting; Faber won the first at WEC 26 via submission to defend the WEC featherweight title, and Cruz in 2011 avenged the defeat with a unanimous-decision victory at UFC 132 in 2011 to defend his UFC belt.
UFC officials recently announced UFC 148 will take place in Las Vegas. While a venue was not revealed, the promotion has reserved MGM Grand Garden Arena on that date. Additionally, a UFC Fan Expo coincides with the event and will take place at the nearby Mandalay Bay Events Center.
For the latest on "The Ultimate Fighter 15" debut and UFC 148, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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*Count NBA commentator Greg Anthony in the Mitt Romney column.
No stranger to politics, the Nevada native and former UNLV and NBA player is featured in a new ad for the Republican presidential nominee
"I really lost faith in [Barack Obama]," Anthony says in the 30 second ad, which was uploaded to You Tube Friday. "I'm supporting Mitt Romney. He's a no-excuse kind of guy and over the last four years, I think we've heard enough excuses."
During the ad, Anthony admits he voted for Obama in 2008 because he "thought he'd be a centrist." He also says high unemployment rates in Nevada is another reason he's not supporting the president again.
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As far as his 11-year NBA career, he is mostly remembered for his time with the New York Knicks during the early 1990s. He was far more successful in college, where he starred with other future NBA players Larry Johnson and Stacey Augmon at UNLV. The 1990 team won an NCAA Championship.
In college, Anthony was a national vice-chairman for the Young Republicans from 1989-91. He is currently an basketball analyst on NBA TV and CBS Sports.