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Updated: July 29, 2012 4:42PM
Homeowners may be surprised when another property tax bill shows up in their mailbox this coming week with a due date of Aug. 1.
But for most homeowners in New Trier Township, the size of the tax increase won't be that disturbing.
The Cook County Clerk's office Tuesday released the 2011 tax rates that will be used to compute each tax bill. While the new rates are sharply higher, the higher rates will be applied to lower values as a result of a 10 percent drop in the state multiplier.
Many homeowners in the New Trier Township communities of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield and Glencoe will see their annual tax bills rise in the range of 2 to 3 percent. The newest installment may actually be less than the first payment that was due March 1, because the earlier tax bill was figured at 55 percent of last year's total.
Tax increases were held down by a 1.5 percent cap on the tax claims of school districts, park districts and municipalities without home rule authority. Calibrated to the rise in the Consumer Price Index during 2010, the figure was one of the lowest since tax caps were applied to area governments in the mid 1990s. Next year's cap will be considerably higher at 3 percent.
Generally speaking, homeowners in Winnetka, Wilmette and Kenilworth will see increases between 2 and 3 percent, while homeowners in Northfield and Glencoe will see smaller increases.
A plethora of tax relief measures in recent years has turned the tax formula into an individual equation that can vary greatly from homeowner to homeowner. New Trier Township homeowners were last reassessed in 2010 and are due for another update in 2013.
Though Illinois law requires that tax bills be paid in two installments with March 1 and Aug. 1 due dates, the county hasn't met the second-payment deadline in decades, often citing the high volume of property tax appeals. County officials made a concerted push this year to expedite the appeals process and get the tax bills out on time.


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Call for Power User Applications FY2012
The Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) invites applications for power user (PU) positions. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply. Please follow the guidelines and instructions below when applying.
I. PU Scheme
1. Eligibility Requirements
Eligible individuals are those who have a thorough knowledge of public beamlines and measurement techniques, and those who are expected to contribute to developing academic fields of SR science and technology. In addition, successful applicants will be required to comply with all the following program requirements:
a) Aim to produce high-quality results in the field of cutting-edge SR research,
b) Develop and upgrade experimental stations (and provide BL staff with technical support and advice for this purpose),
c) Open new research fields, acquire new users, and provide user support.
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2. PU Activities
2.1 PU Proposal
To fulfill the program requirement a) above, PUs can carry out PU proposals during the specified period. A maximum beamtime available to one PU proposal is 20% of the total shifts (8 hours/shift) allocated to each beamline. Note that only non-proprietary research can be performed.
2.2 Development/Upgrading of Experimental Stations and User Support
To fulfill the requirements b) and c), PUs are expected to engage in their individual development/upgrading of the experimental station(s) while providing BL staff with technical support and advice. As for user support, PUs are required to provide help and support to experiments carried out by the users from closely related fields on measurement techniques and data analyses.
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3. Designation Period and Available Beamlines
3.1 Designation Period
Generally, the designation period is five years. If you wish to be on the list of power users for FY2012 starting from April 2012, please apply this time.
Power users are subject to an interim review of research achievements, equipment development and user support by the Power User Review Committee at the end of the third year and whether to continue or discontinue the power user status is determined. When the designation period is completed, a post implementation review is conducted by the Power User Review Committee. Please note that you will be requested to submit activity reports for the interim and post implementation reviews in addition to experiment reports required at the end of each half-year research term.
3.2 Available BLs
All 26 pubic beamlines are available to PUs performing PU activities outlined in 2. PU Activities. For the specifications and status of experimental stations, please check with the Beamline List.
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4. Support for PUs
Currently, JASRI provides the following support for PUs performing PU activities1 (see 2. PU Activities); at this point, however, it is uncertain if we will be able to obtain the necessary funding for FY2012. Details will become available after passage of the budget for FY2012.
- Domestic travel and SPring-8 Guest House lodging expenses necessary for the conduct of PU proposals, PUs' individual development/upgrading of the experimental station(s), and support for users2. Note that there is a limit to the number of PU group members eligible for the support.
- User fees: fixed fee (10,300 yen/shift) and variable fee necessary for the conduct of PU proposals and for the development/upgrading of the experimental station(s).
1 Collaborative research with the BL users will not be regarded as PU activities.
2 PU group members and JASRI staff registered as project team leaders/members will not be regarded as "users."
- There will be no support provided for PU group experiments by the BL Scientist of JASRI.
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5. Report Submission
5.1 Experiment Summary Report (PU Proposal)
Please submit a "SPring-8 Experiment Summary Report" online within 60 days of the completion of the experiment. Two weeks after the deadline for all experiment summary report submissions (60 days + two weeks after the end of each half-year research term), the submitted experiment summary reports will be incorporated into the experiment summary report database with search capabilities and made available to the public on the User Information Website.
5.2 Power User Activity Report (Development/Upgrading of Experimental Stations and User Support)
Please submit an activity report for each half-year research term within 60 days of the end of the research term.
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6. Dissemination of Research Results
[Within three years from the end of each half-year research period]
Publish your research results in refereed journals or equivalent, in which the proposal number is specified, and register the published works with the Publications Database within three years after the end of the research term. If the proposed research did not result in a publication, please submit a SPring-8 Research Report. For details, please refer to 1.5 Matters of Particular Importance of the "Call for 2011B SPring-8 Research Proposals -Overview-."
Publications Database:
User Information Website > Log in to My Page > Application/Reporting > After Experiment > Publications Entry
One publication is required for one proposal as a general rule. If it is necessary to carry out two or more proposals to publish one paper and when it is deemed appropriate to do so, an exception will be made. In such cases, the three-year deadline is counted from the end of the first research term.
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Make a poster presentation at the SPring-8 Conference, which is held once a year.
[Upon completion of the 5-year designation period]
Submit a Power User Report, which will be published in a quarterly online magazine published by the JASRI, SPring-8 Information.
[On an as-needed basis]
Register your results when they are published.
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II. Application Guidelines
1. Application Method
Please contact the SPring-8 Users Office first and have your account activated for online application from the User Information Website.
It is possible that the web browser crashes while working on an application, so you are strongly encouraged to draft your application offline first using a MS Word template.
To prepare your application, please follow the Instructions on How to Fill out Online Application Form.
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2. Submission Deadline
Thursday, October 20, 2011, 10:00 am (Japan time)
To avoid last minute technical problems and possible network congestion caused by heavy traffic, you are strongly encouraged to complete and submit your application well in advance of the deadline. If you have trouble completing/submitting your application online, please contact the SPring-8 Users Office before the deadline.
Upon successful submission, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of Agreement (Rules for Users) in PDF format attached to it. If you do not receive a confirmation email, you should assume your proposal has not been submitted successfully, in which case you should return to the "Proposal Application Top Page" and see if the proposal is listed in the "Submitted" section.
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3. Screening of Applicants
After the submission deadline, all submitted applications will be assessed against the eligibility requirements, and shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview.
The interview (30-min presentation followed by a 30-min question-and-answer session) is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15, 2011; please prepare your presentation on your power user proposal, development/upgrading of beamline, and user support well in advance.
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4. Notification of Review Results
Applicants will be notified of the results of the screening and interview in writing. The current schedule is as follows.
Result of the screening: Wednesday, November 2, 2011.
(Only those selected for an interview will be notified of the time for the interview.)
Result of the interview: Early December 2011.
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Fumiko KUWANO
SPring-8 Users Office/User Administration Division, JASRI
1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun
Hyogo 679-5198 Japan
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1. | tourneyfag | ||
Tourneyfags are people who make up (often on the spot) and play by non-official rules for video games. These rules are crated as to best suit their play style and/or play ability at any given time.
A tourneyfag of a profound competitive nature is a person who feels that "fun" ruins any aspect of competition from a given video game, and thus any articles that may provide a random occurrence or event within a video game must be removed (or disregarded where appropriate). Tourneyfags in every sense of the term are complete opposite of generally accepted and widely regarded "tournament players" of any given sport or event who, play by a predetermined, entirely approved set of rules, which are official, and govern each player competing. Within these rules they do not allow for self governing, a referee and/or judge takes upon that responsibility. Brian wanted to play a competitive game of super smash brothers, but david the tourneyfag would only agree if the rules he made up on the spot were the ones that would dictate their gameplay. No items, fox only, final destination.
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A 'tourneyfag' (noun) is a slang term for someone who takes whichever game they are playing so seriously that one or both of these things applies to them:
1. They play the game purely to 'measure skill' than for entertainment. 2. They remove elements that 'unbalance' the game because they care about winning so much. 'Tourneyfags' are generally seen as a disgrace and an embarrassment to the game industry. They feel a need to enlarge their egos by winning. One example of a game with a notable number of 'tourneyfags' surrounding it is Super Smash Bros. Melee. 1. "He refuses to play 4-player matches because he doesn't think they're a good way to measure skill! He is such a tourneyfag."
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A derogatory word used to describe someone who gets the most enjoyment out of playing games when they are playing their best. Often times these people will change the game options to remove random chance occurrences because in their view, they detract from the intensity and skill factor of the game. These people will also generally see no tactic as cheap, as everyone has access to all tactics, and the point of playing is to do whatever possible to win.
Contrary to popular belief, Tourneyfags usually have much more fun playing by their rules, and aren't just setting down the rules so that they can win regardless of the fun factor. This false belief is especially perpetuated against Smash Bros Tourneyfags, as they turn items off and don't go to stages with obstacles that randomly kill people. This term is most often used by people who suck at a game or play causally so that they don't feel completely inferior to the person who just took them to school. I may suck at this game, but at least I'm not a tourneyfag.
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A local Non-Governmental Organization, GEKO Sierra Leone over the past weekend officially launched a project for the construction of a Resource Centre and vocational and Skills Training Centres in the Gbendembu Ngowahun and Sanda Taindaren Chiefdoms respectively.
Residents of the two chiefdoms were in a jubilant mood when a philanthropist, Liz Peloso and Family from Canada presented a 40 feet container, loaded with assorted tools, equipments and text books to GEKO.
Presenting the consignment on behalf of her family and friends, Liz Peloso revealed that the good will gesture was in line with GEKO-SLs objectives of supporting the educational aspirations of underprivileged youths and children. She said her choice to support the activities of GEKO-SL stemmed from the realization that the organization is one of the few organisations that works with sincerity and diligence to uplift the status of grassroots communities using simple but sustainable strategies. Liz Peloso cited many instances where GEKO-SL had intervened in the past to promote education, Since 2011 we have supported 105 orphans and underprivileged children in the two chiefdoms with scholarships that will see them through university, she cited, whilst further reassured the gathering that her family and friends will continue to support GEKO-SL in its development strides. Receiving the consignment, the Associate Director of GEKO-SL, Mr. Isheka Turay thanked Liz Peloso and the people of Canada for the donation. He asked that special thanks be conveyed to Gloria and Ed Cardoso who squeezed time out of their busy schedules and further pour their financial and other resources to bring the project to fruition. According to Mr Turay, these resource centres are for peer teaching, where brighter students can help the weaker ones. He expressed the hope that the two resource centres will curb the spate of pupils idling after school hours.
The vocational skills training centres, he went on, will provide to non-school-going youths, the requisite skills in masonry, carpentry, tailoring and the repairing and servicing of small engines, that would enable them live a life of independence and dignity. The associate director used the forum to advise the beneficiaries to be steadfast in their educational pursuit, whilst referring to them as the future leaders of their communities.He admonished them not to misuse the materials provided for them but to use them judiciously. Mr Isheka Turay expressed thanks and appreciation to the Liz Peloso Consulting Inc and family friends for supporting GEKO-SL educational project in the North.
Speaking on behalf of the heads of schools, the Principal of Gbendembu Baptists Secondary School, Mr. Thomas R Khanu, expressed thanks and appreciation to GEKO-SL and Liz Peloso for what he referred to as their patriotic gesture. He noted that the gesture was timely since according to him, one of the major constraints facing students was the lack of adequate and appropriate text books for the various subjects offered by the schools. Mr Khanu called on GEKO-SL to lend more support to the learning resource centres, especially with computers and accessories and other modern technical aids.
He assured GEKO-SL that, the learning resource centre and the vocational resource centres would be adequately utilized by students, teachers as well as visiting researchers.
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What a year this has been.
The year my girls moved from ten to eleven, they also changed schools: public to private, coed to all-girls, from a large urban school teeming with challenges and diversity to a smaller, more privileged urban school with their mother and aunt teaching in the building. It's been a year of big changes, as they navigate new schedules, norms, dynamics and communities. They have each faced their own challenges, and it has been hard for me to watch them confront them, hard not to try and cushion each struggle, hard to remember The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee. I knew last year this would be a growing experience for all of us, but as always, you can't really be prepared; you just have to ride the waves and hope you make it safely to shore.
Sophie is still a bubbly spirit who struggles to hold a grudge for very long at all, still a devoted animal lover, still a voracious reader. This spring, she performed in her largest show yet, playing Moth the fairy in a community theater production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with her father in the role of Puck. It was a truly magical experience for her, and with each performance, she danced and sang and spoke her lines confidently; it was so fun to sit in the audience night after night and watch her expressive little face shine with delight. She's made some good friends at her new school, and was chosen to lead prospective families on tours–it thrilled her to serve as an ambassador for the school she has fallen in love with this year. Next year she's going to tackle soccer and audition for the middle school musical, and she's already started some of her summer reading; I know she will bring her enthusiasm and humor to each new arena in middle school.
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By AMOTZ ASA-EL
10/03/2012 17:00
Mohamed Morsy's emergence from anonymity has earned him the title of 5772's Person of the Year.
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Our Person of the Year 5772 is not Israeli. Yes, the Jewish state has produced over the past 12 months its usual crop of political, corporate and cultural newsmakers, but none of them can be crowned Person of the Year.
The leading Israeli contender was IDB Holdings chairman Nochi Dankner, who entered 5772 as Israel's heaviest tycoon and emerged from it hat in hand. Fortunately, this well-born businessman's tribulations neither reflected nor affected the Israeli economy, which actually performed quite well. If anything, Dankner's downfall reflected troubles abroad, from investments affected by the US housing crunch to banking deals spoiled by the euro crisis.
Similarly, the adventurism that made Dankner borrow excessively contrasted with most Israeli households' caution, which is why they faced no version of a subprime crisis. The government, too, while spending too much on this and too little on that, generally kept its books balanced and loomed as an antithesis to Europe's financial recklessness. And since Dankner's crisis does not reflect the overall Israeli situation he cannot be our Person of the Year.
WHILE TEL AVIV'S corporate boardrooms at least provided a serious contender, Jerusalem's political corridors didn't even produce non-contenders for Person of the Year.
Yes, we had no shortage of political drama.
Tzipi Livni's springtime departure had the makings of a Shakespearean tragedy; an honest, pragmatic and well-intended woman inflated by advertising executives into a balloon that after a short flight through thunder and lightning she was not built to endure got lost among the clouds, where she vanished.
And if Livni's story was a tragedy, her usurper's was a farce.
Who remembers today Shaul Mofaz's pompous march to the Western Wall and to Herzl's tomb in order to announce his resolve to do to the prime minister what he had just done to Livni? Six months on, the opposition leader's removal is a forgotten non-event that shaped nothing and impressed no one, unless one assumes that at the Wall Mofaz sought, and also obtained, permission to lie to the public.
In any event, the man who vowed to remain in the opposition and personally lead street protests against Netanyahu's economics, but five weeks on joined that same Netanyahu government as deputy prime minister of all positions, and all that only 10 weeks before returning equally erratically to the opposition. That man also cannot be our Person of the Year, even though he presided over 5772's entire output of political entertainment.
WHILE THE Dankner and Mofaz stories are sad, there were also happy tales in 5772, ones that in other years may well have produced our Person of the Year.
What Israeli did not choke when Noam Gershony, an IAF pilot severely wounded during the Second Lebanon War, burst in tears to the sound of Hatikva while a freshly awarded London Paralympics gold medal adorned his chest? And who of us were not inspired when scientist Dan Shechtman won the Nobel Prize, after having stubbornly stuck to his thesis despite its initial rejection by chemistry's high priests? Yet the Person of the Year is not a beauty contest, but part of our quest to write history's first draft by fishing an individual who ignited, or shaped, or personified a pivotal event or a novel trend that will likely last and matter. That is why our previous Persons of the Year were not only good people like Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer but also bad ones like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.
And the reason no Israeli newsmakers can be Person of the Year is that 5772 was an exceptionally non-Israeli year.
IN 5772, our region's turbulence intensified while Europe, America, Russia and China, beset by economic problems and geopolitical rivalries, abandoned the Middle East to its devices.
The Mideast has come a long way since Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Boazizi – our Person of the Year 5771 – torched himself and the Arab world. Having later seen Hosni Mubarak jailed, Muammar Gaddafi lynched and Bashar Assad set Syria ablaze, all understood that a chapter in Mideast history was drawing to a close. In 5772, we got a better glimpse of the future, as the term "Arab Spring" gradually gave way to "Arab Winter," and what many mistook for freedom struggles gave way to wars of religion – between Sunnis and Shi'ites in Iraq, Lebanon and Bahrain, between Sunnis and pro-Shi'ite Alawis in Syria, and between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
But while serially shedding leaders of the past, it took a while for the Middle East to produce a leader who belongs to the future. The Syrian uprising, for instance, remains disjointed and leaderless, Lebanon's anti-Shi'ites have no match for the charismatic Hassan Nasrallah, and Iraq's Sunnis remain lost in the shadows of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
In one place, however, a representative of the newly empowered Sunni masses has emerged: Egypt.
The American-schooled engineering professor, Mohamed Morsy, is no good news from the West's viewpoint, not to mention Israel's. Having led the Muslim Brotherhood's parliamentary bloc in the years 2000-2005 and founded his hometown's Committee to Fight the Zionist Project, Morsy is an Islamist resentful of Western civilization, and out to hammer at the Camp David Accords. But like him or not, he is now the next-door neighbor, and not as a tenant, but as a landlord.
Morsy's apparent determination to restore Cairo's control over Sinai, like the swiftness and elegance with which he shed defense minister Mohammed Tantawi, underscored his resolve to shape events rather than chase after them.
Surely, the intensity of Egypt's Islamist transition remains to be seen. Yet with head-scarved women presenters suddenly sprouting on Egyptian TV while the president hails Hamas, demands that Washington apologize for a privately made film, and avoids condemning a mob's assault on the US embassy – Morsy is already following Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkish script of creeping Islamism, and is possibly dreaming of total Islamist imposition a la Iran, from banking rules to female dress restrictions.
Fortunately or not, life in Egypt is more complex than such fears suggest, and the situation Morsy inherited is entirely different from Turkey's and Iran's.
Unlike Khomeini in 1979, who wrested what then were the world's second largest oil and gas deposits and a population of 35 million (that has since doubled), Morsy now leads more than 80 million people with hardly a drop of oil, while half the country lives off of less than $2 a day. And unlike Turkey, whose 75 million people are nearly fully literate and whose GDP of $1.2 trillion is nearly the size of Canada's, nearly one in two Egyptians is illiterate and GDP is less than a fifth of Turkey's and even smaller than Israel's.
To reinvent Egypt, where only one in 10 people has a bank account, and farming remains economically dominant even while Cairo is the world's largest wheat importer, Morsy will have to herald a new industrial revolution. That means confronting a bloated public sector whose wages gobble 40 percent of GDP, slashing food and gas subsidies that eat an additional 7%, building vocational schools, hospitals and highways, and sending millions from farms to factories.
Moreover, Khomeini took power violently, Egypt's Islamists descended on their country together with its democratization. The Muslim Brotherhood is therefore trapped in a democratic dynamic it cannot easily undo, and can no longer indulge in the pleasures of maximum authority and minimum responsibility.
In four years, Morsy will have to hold another election or risk facing the same unhappy masses that unseated Mubarak. They have tasted power, and will never forget the sweetness. Now, to satisfy the people, Morsy must deliver more food, housing, infrastructure and education than Mubarak did, and all this while seeing to it that women return to roam the streets, Christians to worship in their shrines unafraid, and Washington retains its aid.
And while grappling with these challenges, Morsy will also have to restore Egypt's role as the Arab world's axis, which means standing up to Iran's meddling in Sunni realms, assuming of course that he manages first to rid his own trespassed realm, Sinai, of the foreign jihadists who arrived there uninvited.
Just how much of all this he will accomplish remains to be seen, but what can be said safely already now is that when 5772 began, a little known Mohamed Morsy bore not an ounce of all this responsibility, and that as the year ended this entire tonnage was thrust on his shoulders, as suddenly as the nightmare of seven bad years once befell Pharaoh.
That is why Mohamed Morsy is our Person of the Year 5772.
The writer is a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute.
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Katie Leader had an Earth Day birthday Tuesday.
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Occidental Chemical Corporation, Barge Terminal Modification and Outfall
Humphreys County, Tennessee
Occidental Chemical Corporation, Dallas, Texas (OxyChem) has applied to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for permits to modify and operate an existing dock facility, and to install a waste water outfall into the Tennessee River at Tennessee River Mile 98.1 in Humphreys County near New Johnsonville, Tennessee. The modified dock and new outfall would support a new membrane-cell chlor-alkali production plant which would supply chlorine and caustic soda to the adjacent DuPont Chemical plant, thereby eliminating the need for chlorine delivery by barge. The proposed outfall would be part of a waste water treatment system to treat the process related water, as well as rainwater runoff from the new plant.
USACE and TVA issued a joint public notice of the proposal on June 7, 2012 and accepted public comments until July 7, 2012. The notice is available at the link below.
TVA's action would be to approve, under Section 26a of the TVA Act, the modification of the existing barge terminal and the new wastewater outfall. USACE's action would be to approve the project under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. TVA is preparing an environmental assessment (EA) to address the potential environmental impacts of the proposal. USACE is a cooperating agency in the preparation of this EA.
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Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35662
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verb \ˈərj\urgedurg·ing
Definition of URGE
transitive verb
: to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly <his conviction was upheld on a theory never urged at his … trial — Leon Friedman>
: to undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm <urge the attack>
: to force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed <the dog urged the sheep toward the gate>
intransitive verb
: to declare, advance, or press earnestly a statement, argument, charge, or claim <urged for the adoption of the proposal>
— urg·er noun
Examples of URGE
- He is continually urging reform.
- The rescuers urged that we remain calm.
- an editorial urging readers to vote
- I urge you to reconsider.
- A hand on her back urged her forward.
Origin of URGE
Latin urgēre to press, push, entreat — more at wreak
First Known Use: circa 1555
nounDefinition of URGE
: the act or process of urging
: a force or impulse that urges; especially : a continuing impulse toward an activity or goal
Examples of URGE
- the urge for something sweet
- He fought the urge to cry.
First Known Use of URGE
circa 1618
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Siptu votes for Bus Éireann action
A third trade union has voted in favour of industrial action at Bus Éireann, which could cause disruption to services from the weekend.
Members of Siptu have joined workers from the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association and National Bus and Rail Union in supporting a call for industrial action over planned cuts to pay and employment conditions as part of a Bus Éireann recovery plan.
Siptu said 91 per cent of members balloted had voted in favour of taking strike action rather than "less effective industrial action due to the seriousness of the issues at stake and the unacceptable unilateral actions" of the company.
"Our members have always been willing to change working conditions and practices within reason but are not prepared to have changes unilaterally imposed on them," Siptu organiser Willie Noone said. "This decision is a direct response to the threat by management to dictate change and cut the pay of our members."
Mr Noone said that it is expected that the strike action will affect Bus Éireann services country-wide from Thursday, January 19th, and could spread to other companies in the CIÉ group.
Among the measures which Bus Éireann is planning to implemented are a reduction of overtime rates from 1.5 times to 1.25 times; an increase in working week for clerical and executive staff from 36 hours to 39 hours; cuts in shift, premium and rota payments; the curtailing of annual leave entitlement by three days for three years (2013-2015); and a scaling-back of a range of allowance and expense payments by 33.3 per cent.
The company has warned that without remedial action it faces losses of €16 million this year.
Unions say staff could lose €60 to €70 per week as a result of the proposals.
Bus Éireann warned earlier this week that in the event of industrial action leading to a further deterioration in the company's financial position, the issue of core pay and employment levels, which are protected under the current recovery plan, would have to be looked at.
A spokesman said the company was still planning to implement its recovery plan from next weekend.
Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has said Bus Éireann staff will have to make a contribution towards dealing with the financial situation at the company.


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No known illnesses from Legionella bacteria found in Washington County VA clinic, official says
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease have been found at the Pittsburgh VA's outpatient clinic in the Washington Crown Center mall in North Franklin. Clinic officials are not aware of any illnesses from the contamination, so there were no...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Pneumonia, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
Power cut in VA operating rooms
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA contractor working on the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System's Oakland campus accidentally cut power for more than three hours in two operating rooms while surgeries were taking place, prompting lawmakers to demand answers about what happened. One...Tags: American Legion, Scranton, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Pittsburgh
House committee chairman wants 5-year ban on bonuses to VA execs
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA congressional leader called Wednesday for a five-year ban on performance bonuses for senior executives in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, citing awards paid despite a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Pittsburgh and other systemic...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Jeff Miller (Florida Politician), Pittsburgh, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Report spreads blame for VA Legionnaires' disease outbreak
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSystemic failures at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System allowed a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak to fester, even as leaders believed they were solving the problem, a Tribune-Review analysis of a report by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector...Tags: Pneumonia, Science and Technology, Eric Shinseki, Pittsburgh, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
OPINION: Veterans deserve better from VA facility
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSome lessons are hard to learn. When I asked Director and CEO Terry Wolf this week what she learned from the Legionnaires' outbreak at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System she oversees, she simply grinned, looked around the room and took a deep breath....Tags: Employees, Human Mishaps, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Pittsburgh, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Inspector general conducting separate criminal probe into Pittsburgh Legionnaires' outbreak
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA separate criminal investigation is under way by the Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General into how the Legionnaires' disease outbreak was handled by officials at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, but when it will be completed is uncertain....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Pittsburgh, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Congress
Pittsburgh VA executives got performance bonuses amidst deadly Legionnaires' spread
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe director of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and the regional director who oversees her each received five-figure performance bonuses for fiscal 2011 while a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease spread through the Oakland and O'Hara hospitals,...Tags: Science and Technology, Pneumonia, Pittsburgh, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Water Supply
Highlights of the VA inspector general report on Pittsburgh Legionnaires' outbreak
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA report by the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General issued on Tuesday found the Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System did not follow its guidelines in combating the deadly Legionella bacteria. An outbreak of the bacteria from February 2011 and...Tags: Pneumonia, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Pittsburgh, Water Supply
Suit blames hotel for death from Legionnaires' disease
Tribune reporterA wrongful-death lawsuit was filed Thursday against Marriott International, claiming that a downtown Chicago hotel is responsible for infecting an Irish tourist with Legionnaires' disease. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, says...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Personal Service, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Cook County Government
Legionnaires' disease bacteria found in Batavia schools
Tribune reporterAlthough the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease – an illness blamed for the deaths of three Loop hotel guests this summer – was found Thursday in three far west suburban Batavia schools, district officials assured levels were low...Tags: Columbus Day, Diseases and Illnesses, Pneumonia, Health and Safety at School, Chicago Loop
Tracking Legionnaires' disease
The primary source of Legionnaires' disease that killed three people staying at a downtown Chicago hotel this summer is believed to have been fairly innocuous: the decorative fountain in the lobby. That fountain was permanently removed from the JW...Tags: Personal Service, American Legion, Pneumonia, Johns Hopkins University, Flu
3rd death tied to Chicago Legionnaires' outbreak
Tribune reporterA third visitor to a downtown hotel earlier this summer has died after contracting Legionnaires' disease, city officials announced Friday. Media in Ireland are reporting that the man was a retired plumber who was in Chicago to celebrate his 40th...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Personal Service, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, CBS Corp., Pneumonia
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Sectarian violence over Syria war rages in Lebanon's Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanese supporters of rival factions in Syria's civil war battled overnight in the city of Tripoli in the worst such bout of spillover violence since the conflict started two years ago.
France beefs up Africa, Middle East embassy security
PARIS - France will invest about 20 million euros to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Libyan interior minister submits resignation - official sources
TRIPOLI - Libya's interior minister has submitted his resignation, two official sources said on Tuesday, after months of efforts to curb armed groups who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi but have since stalled the transition to democracy.
Three killed during Syria-related clashes in Lebanese city
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Three people were killed in further sectarian fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Tuesday, security sources said, raising the death toll from four days of sporadic conflict related to Syria's civil war to nine.
Libya war weapons may be killing central Africa elephants - U.N.
UNITED NATIONS - Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said on Monday.
Tensions over Syria convulse Lebanese city again, five killed
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Five people have been killed and about 50 wounded in two days of fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, a spill over of violence from the civil war in Syria.
Tensions over Syria convulse Lebanese city again, 3 killed
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Three people have been killed and about 40 wounded in two days of fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, as sectarian violence spilled over from the civil war in Syria.
One killed in northern Lebanese city of Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - One person was killed and a dozen people were wounded by gunfire on Sunday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said, in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence fuelled by the civil war in neighbouring Syria.
Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
ATLANTA - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Armed groups bomb Libyan military posts in Benghazi
BENGHAZI - Armed groups attacked military posts in Libya's second city Benghazi with bombs and a rocket-propelled grenade, an army commander said on Saturday.
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Maybe I watch too much It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but when I heard that there's a bar in Scottsdale called Pattie's First Avenue Lounge, I assumed it would be just like Paddy's Pub. To my disappointment, Danny DeVito wasn't scheming, but there were still plenty of shenanigans to be had.
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Throughout the semester, I kept track of all places I went in Madrid, around Spain, and throughout Europe.
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National Fossil Day at Burpee Museum Oct. 17
Posted By Brandon Reid On October 10, 2012 @ 5:59 am In Local News, Online Exclusives | No Comments
Staff Report
Rockford's Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main St., will have prepartors in the Paleontology Lab preparing specimens for display on National Fossil Day Wednesday, Oct. 17.
Between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Oct. 17, museum guests will be able to ask questions of the lab staff as they work. The museum is preparing dinosaur bones from the Morrison Formation of the Jurassic period from Utah, dinosaur bones from the Hell Creek formation of the Cretaceous period from Montana, and fossilized fish from the Green River formation of Eocene period from Wyoming.
National Fossil Day is sponsored by the National Park Service to make the American public aware of the fossils found in the various National Parks. National Fossil Day is a celebration organized to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational value.
Visitors will also be able to view a display of local fossils including sponges, corals, gastropods, cephalopods, brachiopods and echinoderms. The National Fossil Day art features a mammoth. While at Burpee, visitors are able to see the cast of a Columbia Mammoth, and to view real mammoth and mastodon teeth and bones found locally. The Columbia Mammoth is larger than a Wooly Mammoth.
Burpee Museum is home to the 11-year-old Tyrannosaur rex, nicknamed Jane. Jane is the world's best preserved, most complete juvenile Trex. Jane was found by Burpee Museum in 2000 in Carter County, Montana. In addition, the museum houses a juvenile triceratops, nicknamed Homer. A new display of Eocene age fish from the Green River formation in Wyoming will soon be unveiled Oct. 27.
The 2012 National Fossil Day artwork features a familiar face: the mammoth. Mammoths are extinct, large, herbivorous mammals from the same family as the modern elephant. The oldest mammoth fossils are from the early Pliocene epoch (about 5 million years ago). Nearly all populations of mammoths were extinct by about 10,000 years ago, although some isolated populations may have lived until about 5,000 years ago. Globally, the Pliocene climate was much cooler and drier than during the Cretaceous, which was home to the mosasaurs and ammonites featured on the 2011 artwork. Following the Pliocene, Earth's climate was cold enough to support large ice sheets on both the North and the South poles — setting the stage for the Pleistocene ice ages. During an ice age, immense sheets of ice advanced from the poles.
Mammoths had long, curved tusks, long ("woolly") hair, and were impressive in size. Standing 4 meters (13 feet) tall at the shoulder, and weighing 6 to 8 tons on average (up to 12 tons for exceptionally large males), mammoths were emblematic of many other large mammals ("megafauna") that were common during the Pleistocene. Like modern elephants, mammoth herds would likely have been headed by a matriarch, with bulls roaming solitarily or in loose groups after reaching maturity. Mammoth fossils are found across the United States and North America. They are also common in Europe and Asia.
Extinction of the mammoths occurred at different times in different places. Most populations in Europe, Asia and North America were extinct by about 10,000 years ago. A few isolated populations existed well into the Holocene, with evidence for a group surviving until about 3700 BCE on St. Paul Island (Alaska), and another until around 2000 BCE on Wrangel Island (Russia). Exactly why mammoths and other megafauna went extinct is still a mystery. A number of factors may have contributed to their extinction, including the warming climate and associated habitat changes of the Holocene, over-hunting and land-use changes by humans, or a combination of factors
Mammoth or mastodon? While physically similar, mastodons are not part of the same family as mammoths. They do, however, belong to the same order Proboscidea. The primary difference is in the teeth. Mammoths are grazers with high-crowned teeth, allowing them to eat grass and low vegetation. Mastodons are browsers with blunt, conical projections on their molars, which are good for cutting and chewing leaves, fruits, woody plants and shrubs.
Also featured in this year's artwork, just behind the mammoth, is the aurora borealis, or "northern lights." This is a high-latitude natural light phenomenon caused by the collision of charged solar wind particles with atoms generated by the Earth's magnetic field high in the atmosphere. The aurora australis is the southern hemisphere equivalent.
Burpee Museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., daily. General admission is $10 adults, $9 for children ages 7-17, and free for ages 6 and younger. Free parking is available at the museum or in the Riverfront Museum Park parking lot directly next door at 711 N. Main St.
For more details, call (815) 965-3433 or visit www.burpee.org [1].
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Gluco Governor
Gluco Governor is a famous Ayurvedic formulation used by Ayurvedic Practitioners to support healthy blood sugar levels and as a aid to Pancreas. It is made from researched all natural herbs that help in maintaining normal blood sugar without the side effects.
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It's a truth universally acknowledged that luxury hotel guests are extremely picky about their bath toiletries. After all, no one wants to pay top dollar for a hotel room only to find a mall-store brand of shampoo and conditioner waiting for them in the shower. We ourselves are especially partial to Kiehl's, Red Flower, Bulgari or Asprey when we're paying over $400 a night.
Fortunately, guests at the No. 11 Cadogan Gardens, a former private members club turned boutique hotel, won't have to worry about the in-room toiletry selection. That's because a Sloane Street perfumery, Ormonde Jayne, is now supplying the 54 guestrooms with a variety of amenities. ]]>