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They called him "the electric eel," because just being around him often was enough to jolt your lazy conscience and make you want to live a better life, without ever feeling alienated or condemned. This year, the 500th anniversary of St. Philip Neri's birth, offers Christians a good opportunity to look again at his life and to be jolted anew by his inspiring witness.
Philip Neri was born on July 22, 1515, in a working-class region near Florence, Italy. He grew up there with his father and stepmother (his mother had died when he was very young). At age 18, he moved to the small town of San Germano, where he got to know the Benedictine monks of the nearby Monte Cassino abbey. From them, he developed a profound love of the liturgy, the Bible and the ancient Church Fathers.
By the time Philip moved to Rome a year or so later, he was burning with a desire to introduce others to God and the Scriptures. And Rome needed him. Vices and temptations of all kinds fought for the attention of citizens and visitors alike. Even many of the clergy there were more interested in luxury and worldly concerns than in prayer or pastoral work.
From the start, young Philip led an effective ministry of drawing people to Christ by the power of his own vibrant witness. At the heart of this witness was joy.
"Philip radiated joy. If we had encountered him on the street, we could see it coming a mile away. He had a ready laugh, a great sense of humor and profound holiness," Father Richard Mullins told Our Sunday Visitor in a recent interview. Father Mullins is pastor of St. Thomas Apostle parish in Washington, D.C., and a member of a new community of priests in formation as Oratorians, an organization founded by St. Philip.
"What really grabbed people was that wonderful balance of holiness and humor," Father Mullins said.
As a result, people gravitated to him. They walked and talked with him in the streets. They gathered with him in long conversations about the Word of God and the teachings of the Church.
He led groups on long treks around Rome, going from church to church to pray, usually laughing and singing along the roads in between.
Many young men, inspired by Philip, ended up joining the then-newly founded Society of Jesus — so many, in fact, that St. Ignatius Loyola, the order's founder, took to calling Philip "the Society's bell"!
But Philip's gregarious demeanor was fueled by a profound spirituality. He lived a life of intense communion with God through prayer. He spent long hours of silent prayer in churches, in the Roman catacombs and in his tiny apartment. "This astonishingly human saint," the great theologian Louis Bouyer once wrote, "was saturated with the supernatural."
In one of these intense moments of prayer, Philip had a vision of the Holy Spirit descending upon him as a ball of fire, entering his mouth and lodging in his heart. For years afterward, he felt this divine fire burning there. And it seems to have affected him physically; after his death, an autopsy revealed a heart so enlarged that it had displaced several ribs in his chest.
In 1548, Philip helped found a group of laymen dedicated to serving pilgrims to Rome, and by the Holy Year of 1550, when huge crowds of pilgrims streamed through the city, they were running a hostel serving about 500 people a day.
Following the advice of his spiritual director, Philip was ordained a priest in 1551. He began to spend long mornings in church to hear confessions, a practice he continued for decades. In the afternoons, he continued to host meetings of laypeople who gathered to talk, pray and sing together.
As this group grew, Philip kept having to find larger locations in which to meet. Eventually he settled on the spacious loft of a church, which the group began calling their oratory (meaning "a place for prayer"). Soon, these daily meetings were themselves known as the Oratory.
Each meeting included a talk offered by one of the members. At times, the Vatican looked skeptically upon the activities, mostly because too much of the leadership and teaching was carried out by laypeople.
After a few of the young men who were a part of his Oratory community became priests at Philip's urging, they continued to gather daily with him to pray and encourage one another. This was the beginning of the Congregation of the Oratory. (See sidebar.)
The Oratory location continued to shift until, in 1575, the Pope assigned a large church in the center of Rome, Santa Maria in Vallicella, to Philip for his activities. (Pilgrims today can visit St. Philip's tomb there. It is commonly known as the Chiesa Nuova, or "new church.") By the time he had reached his 70s, still meeting regularly with lay Christians and hearing confessions for long hours, Philip was renowned for his holiness and wisdom. In his final years, laypeople, priests and cardinals came from all over Europe to visit him and seek his guidance. Father Philip died in Rome on May 25, 1595, the feast of Corpus Christi, just before his 80th birthday. He was canonized in 1622.
Father Mullins sees Philip as a role model for lay people, especially in our day.
"The Church is calling us to the new evangelization, to invite baptized Christians to take a second look at their faith," he said. "Philip Neri did that constantly. Philip is a great model for a lay evangelizer. He reminds us we can win a lot more people with honey than with vinegar. He is a role model for today's new evangelization."
To mark St. Philip's 500th birthday, Pope Francis recently sent a message to the procurator-general of the Congregation of the Oratory. "Thanks also to the apostolate of St. Philip," the pope wrote, "the commitment to the salvation of souls returned to be a priority in the Church's action; it was again understood that pastors must be with the people in order to guide them and support them in faith. ... St. Philip Neri also remains a luminous model of the Church's ongoing mission in the world."
Barry Hudock is the author of "Struggle, Condemnation, Vindication: John Courtney Murray's Journey toward Vatican II" (Liturgical Press, $19.95).
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A couple of things I would like to see in a TVLobby :
1. Extensive "Favorites Control". I would like to be able to set up Favorite Categories. For instance in the mornings, I would like to be able to click my "News" favorite button and have just news channels that I have previously selected show up on the screen. At other times, I would like to select my "Education" favorite button and only have previously chosen channels such as History, Discovery, National Geographic, etc, show up.
So I guess what I am really asking for is the ability to make my own categories, and I decide which channels fit my custom categories.
In addition I would want a "Current Favorite" Button, This button/Setup would allow me to be watching any channel, and by pressing a button, add that channel to Current fav list, then when a commercial hits, I go looking for another channel to watch, find one, and be able to add that one to the Current Fav list, and keep going until I have enough Curent Favs built up that I can avoid commercials competely by selecting fron within the Curent Fav list as soon as a commercial happens on the one I am curently watching. AND THEN, have the abilty to perform a "Save As" if I want and save the Curent Fav list as one of my new Fav Categories.
2. A second feature I would like to see is to have TVLobby remember where I was at if I leave the that scene and come back to it. For isntance I have scrolled down through three screens and suddenly I need to go to my lighting control scene and turn on a light, then go back to TVLobby, I want it to be on the third scroll screen position where I left it.
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That feeling when you're about to burst with something you really need to say, and then you hold it back in case people won't like the truth you tell…
Shutting yourself down and silencing your truth feels heavy, uncomfortable and just wrong.
Editing yourself all the time to fit in is exhausting.
But that big bad fear of being seen and heard as the REAL YOU keeps holding you back.
It's like you get so far and then up goes the wall again. The wall of fear, doubt, perfectionism and shame. That old familiar story that starts with 4 little words: I'm not good enough.
The problem is, somewhere along the line (probably more than once), you were shut down for being your powerful self and speaking your truth. So whenever you move closer towards finding your voice or living your purpose more fully, your invisibility cloak puts you into hiding. Especially when it comes to you unveiling your true spiritual self.
Isn't it time you got to just be YOU? You know, that version of you that comes out when nobody's around or you're hanging out with your best friend? You are so pregnant with that part of you that let's face it, the ongoing labour pains in your life are just not worth the holding back any longer.
What if you could believe in yourself so much that you could say yes or no with confidence in any situation?
Imagine being okay with expressing your vulnerability and power all at once.
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The $135 million for dozens of new projects is part of a district capital budget that's moving forward despite a freeze on 72 park projects tied to state funding.
"It represents a diverse number of projects," said Erma Tranter, president of the advocacy group Friends of the Park. "A lot of projects on the list have been vetted in the community, which is important. And they do pay attention to ensuring that there are new parks being acquired to neighborhoods in need."


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SOURCE: Panasas, Inc.
September 02, 2009 06:00 ET
Don Grabski Joins Storage Industry Leaders to Help Standardization and Adoption of New Parallel Network File System (pNFS)
FREMONT, CA--(Marketwire - September 2, 2009) - Panasas, Inc., the leading provider of storage
for the world's most performance-intensive applications, today announced
that Don Grabski, director of product management, has been appointed
Co-Chairman of Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) Network
File System Special Interest Group (NFS SIG). As Co-Chairman, Grabski will
collaborate with industry leaders from companies such as EMC, NetApp, and
Sun to drive the continued market growth and broad adoption of Network File
Systems (NFS), with specific focus on the continued standardization and
adoption of Parallel I/O Network File System (pNFS) as various vendors bring their
respective pNFS implementations to
pNFS allows users to access storage
devices directly and in parallel by leveraging the combination of Parallel
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allows for massive scalability without diminished performance while NFS
ensures interoperability among vendor solutions, allows choice of
best-of-breed products, and eliminates risks of proprietary technology.
Grabski's responsibilities include helping create and promote a portfolio
of marketing and educational materials explaining the features, benefits,
use cases and best practices related to NFS-based network attached storage
solutions, with a particular focus on applications and benefits of emerging
new capabilities, such as pNFS. He
will also co-manage and promote industry educational events.
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computing storage and the pNFS
initiative, Panasas has an obligation to promote new industry standards in
a broad and equitable fashion highlighting the value and logistics for
adoption. In turn, we are making it easier for customers to deploy
parallel storage across a broader range of applications and markets while
ensuring compatibility," said Grabski.
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Panasas provides the most comprehensive family of parallel storage
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WPP-parent of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, J. Walter Thompson Co. and Y&R Advertising-posted first-quarter revenue of $1.43 billion, down 3.9% from the same period last year, or up 1.4% after factoring out the effects of currency conversions. Organic growth, after factoring out currency and acquisitions, was flat. WPP does not report full quarterly results.
Advertising and media revenue rose 3.1% after adjusting for currency, helped by strong new business at the media units, MindShare and Mediaedge:cia. Information and consultancy was the best-performing sector, with revenue up 4.6% after adjusting for currency. Public relations continued to suffer, down 3%.
Among regions, North American revenue grew 1.4%, the second quarter of revenue growth in the U.S. market. Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin American markets also showed growth, but the U.K. market was down 3.5% for the quarter.
The underlying conditions of the ad market are now stable, but 2003 is still likely to be a flat year, said WPP Group Chief Executive Martin Sorrell. Marketers remain cautious about spending and they have recently used the war and SARS outbreaks as excuses to hold off spending, he said.
"I'm neutral to positive about how I feel about things generally," said Mr. Sorrell. The war in Iraq had less of an impact in the first quarter than expected, he said. He noted January and February revenues were down year-over-year, but March was flat. The lack of a war effect was a surprise, said Mr. Sorrell.
"It's stabilization but without any oomph. This is nothing to get excited about, but it's better than where we were a year ago," he said.
Fast Facts
April 25 price: $34.03
52-week high/low: $56.59/$25.93
Market cap: $7.86 B
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SOURCE: ZF Micro Solutions, Inc.
October 24, 2012 11:30 ET
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 24, 2012) - David Feldman, Founder and CEO of ZF Micro Solutions, issues the following statement:
"After a seven year battle with out-of-state companies that we believe have operated illegally in California for more than a decade, ZF Micro Solutions regretfully announces that the ZFx86 FailSafe® System-On-Chip will no longer be available after November 19, 2012 unless the California or Federal government step in to prevent the illegal takeover of our company.
"ZF was sued by three unregulated VC firms with no license to operate in California (or the U.S. in the case of one of the three).
"We have provided irrefutable proof1 to the California Franchise Tax Board that ZF and its shareholders were defrauded by these entities causing the loss of millions of dollars invested in the company, forcing a lay-off of all employees and placing ZF in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Now the same foreign entities seek to cause the company's liquidation and not a single government agency tasked with policing these firms has been willing to act against them or help us.
"This is not the result of a bad business deal. ZF, its shareholders and all honest taxpayers in California are victims of fraud based on perjury1 and greed by tax evading out-of-state companies using California courts illegally to misappropriate U.S. technology and money from California.
"ZF begged the California Franchise Tax Board for help but the FTB refused to even meet with us and look at the evidence. California law is clear; foreign companies doing business in California, with a physical presence in California (CA office, paid employees, and transacting intrastate business in CA) are required to register with the Secretary of State, file tax returns and pay taxes. If they do not, the law prohibits them from exercising the rights and privileges of honest companies. The three foreign entities that sued our company have never complied with the law.
"Last time buys for the unique ZFx86 should be placed immediately as quantities are limited and we do not know whether ZF will be able to produce additional supplies after November."
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|Caliban, Miranda and Prospero
Anyone concerned with occult influences on society can't help but to have noticed the upcoming movie adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The trailer for the movie is full of dark magical imagery and symbolism. This is nothing less than a deliberate misinterpretation of Shakespeare's last play. It is well accepted that the magician Prospero in the play practices a type of "white magic".
The deliberateness of this misinterpretation is on display through the choice of a female Prospero. This bow to feminism will not dare be criticized. While the racist depiction of the brute Caliban as a Black man will scarcely be commented on. Such is the depth to which our "politically correct" society has descended.
I confess that I have never read the Tempest and am only now beginning to familiarize myself with this famous piece of stagecraft. So this is only a preview of my thoughts on the play after reading some plot summaries and a few commentaries on the theme of the play.
Nevertheless I have begun to craft an analysis of the play from a Catholic perspective. At first this seemed daunting, if not impossible, given the play's obsession with magic and pagan gods. But I think that Shakespeare gives us the key to unravel this drama hidden within the last few lines of the play.
PROSPERO:The key word here is "indulgence". This inescapably points to the Catholic view of the afterlife which includes Purgatory. Indulgences were one of Martin Luther's chief complaints against the Catholic Church and Protestants hastened to condemn the very concept of Purgatory. Or as the Bard might say...
Gentle breath of yours my sails must fill, or else my project fails, which was to please.
Now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant,
And my ending is despair, unless I be relieved by prayer,
Which pierces so that it assaults Mercy itself and frees all faults.
As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
Let your indulgence set me free.
BARD:The clue that William has left for us here in the last line of his last work -- spoken by Prospero, a character that most critics have associated with the Bard himself -- is that the fantasy that the audience just witnessed did not take place on some lost island in the Mediterranean or any place else on planet Earth for that matter. It takes place in some remote corner of Purgatory.
"They purg'd it from 'er Bibles, and fed it to 'er geese;
So all poor sinners 'ternal souls, shall'd freely be r'leased."
Prospero and all the rest of the inhabitants of the Island left the world of the living and entered into the world of the dead - which is where the story unfolds. The tempest, the storm at sea, represents the transition from life to death. Lost souls that they are, they don't realize that they have died.
At the end of the play, the characters have achieved the state of Grace necessary to leave their Island-Purgatory and go their final resting place in Heaven. "All's well that ends well." Think of the Wizard of Oz and how we find out in the ending that it was all a dream. Well in this case it was not exactly a dream, but what we find out at the end is the reason for all the strange goings on.
"O brave new world!"
As I was reading about The Tempest, I was reminded that the title of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" is derived from the play's dialogue.
MIRANDA:How tragic it seems for the transhumanist Huxley to have quoted from the Catholic Shakespeare. Huxley, who fashioned himself to be a great intellectual, grotesquely misinterprets Shakespeare's true religious beliefs. The "brave new world" that Shakespeare imagined was Heaven; while Huxley's "brave new world" was a dystopic inferno.
O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in't!
Perhaps Huxley imagined a world of super-humans like Prospero's where magical powers became reality, but Prospero relinquishes his magic at the end. He has learned the secret of life; that Grace comes through the submission to the Divine Will. This is the paradox of Christ's teachings; that we become truly free through submitting ourselves to our Divine Master.
In Huxley's last writings he ponders the mysteries of Shakespeare, and of The Tempest specifically. He went to his grave thinking he had discovered some existential truth, when in fact he had been deceived. The Truth was always there, easily within his reach. Perhaps as Prospero says, a prize that is won too easily is not always appreciated for its true worth: "this swift business I must uneasy make, lest too light winning make the prize light."
For the "intellectual" like Huxley, the story of Salvation in the Bible is "too easy", or just too accessible. They search the world looking for a better answer, like an incurable romantic looking for a new adventure - the more exotic and more intellectually challenging the better. But why would God make eternal happiness only available to a few intellectually gifted? As even the ancient Greek philosophers warned us, it is our own Hubris which is our greatest impediment to attaining Holiness. True humility is a rare commodity, and even rarer among the gifted and talented.
O my God! I offer Thee all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to Its infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of Its Merciful Love.
O my God! I ask of Thee for myself and for those whom I hold dear, the grace to fulfill perfectly Thy Holy Will, to accept for love of Thee the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in heaven for all Eternity.


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More to the point, CASH CAB is for rich people . . . Who just so happen to exclusively be white. Who else rides in cabs but rich white people? I lived in New York for awhile and I wouldn't have even thought about taking a cab unless I was lost in Harlem. And I wouldn't have thought about it then because I know cabs don't even think about coming to Harlem.
During my "impoverished" (quotation marks meant to indicate white poverty) four years in New York, I trekked for miles through the rain and snow, too poor to afford subway fare. I would've kissed Ben Bailey on the mouth for a cab ride. For a cab ride lavish with cash prizes I'd have sucked his Irish . . . Aaaaaaaanyway . . . Don't judge me, I was surviving on stolen Hot Pockets back then. Do you have any idea how many bad decisions it takes to end up surviving on stolen Hot Pockets? An Irish cock in the mouth wouldn't have cracked the top ten.
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Game shows and the lottery should only be for the poor. People who can afford cabs have already won the game show/lottery called Life. Two episodes into my run of 800 CASH CABS I was already tired of watching the same old white woman stumble out of the cab and into a Macy's to spend a wad of cash on more mismatched, overpriced fabrics. There's literally nothing worse than watching lucky people get luckier. I want to see unlucky contestants' fortunes changed by getting in that cab. I want to see someone enter in tears and exit with rent money. I want to see someone nail the Video Bonus and get to keep the heat on. I want to see the Cash Cab pull up and let a dude out at a Soup Kitchen!
Ben Bailey needs to be coaxing people out of the subways and off the buses; pulling up alongside pedestrians in his van like a pedophile, luring people into his Cash Cab. The unsuspecting white cab customers aren't cutting it. For them, this game of trivia is . . . well, trivial. Though maybe that's how it's supposed to be, since we all know trivia is racist also.
My name is Ben and my show CASH BUS lasted one episode and two robberies before cancellation.


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SU's Women in Leadership Earns $1,500 Grant
|From left: Jackie Cassidy, Stephanie Willey, Kim Clark-Shaw and Samantha Greenberg.
SALISBURY, MD---Salisbury University recently was among the recipients of inaugural grants presented by the Women's Fund at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.
SU's Women in Leadership student organization received a $1,500 grant to assist with programming this fall.
Founded during this spring as part of the University System of Maryland Women's Forum, Women in Leadership empowers students to reach their full leadership potential while pursuing higher education. The organization allows students to learn from unique challenges facing women in leadership roles and helps them build their own professional networks.
The Women's Fund grant will help facilitate a workshop this fall featuring Arianna Ross, artistic director, performing artist, author, educator and consultant at the Germantown, MD-based Story Tapestries. The two-day workshop will help students and women in the community perfect their own "stories" to make them more marketable.
Washington, D.C.-based filmmaker Rosemary Reed, the speaker from Women in Leadership's inaugural meeting in February, is expected to make a short video featuring the event. Community leaders are scheduled to attend to serve as mentors for the students.
In all, seven organizations received grants from the Women's Fund. Others included the University of Maryland Extension Office, Easter Seals, Wicomico HOPE, the Life Crisis Center, the Village of Hope and Diakonia, Inc.
For more information on Women in Leadership call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU Web site at www.salisbury.edu. For more information on the Women's Fund, call 410-742-9911 or visit the Community Foundation Web site at www.cfes.org.


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Plant Closures Imperil Global Supplies
Auto Makers and Chip Companies, Even Those Left Unscathed, Halt Most Operations Ahead of Planned Power Outages
Hobbled by Friday's earthquake, Japan's manufacturing sector faced a new challenge from power shortages, which forced closings even at plants that escaped damage last week.
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And as Japanese factories that make cars and chips halted operations, that threatened to interrupt some supplies across the globe, at least temporarily.
Japan's auto makers all but shut down production, closing plants that supply not only cars for domestic sale, but also engines and other parts needed by assembly plants around the world. For some models, such as Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid, Japan is the only source.
Japanese authorities said coordinated power outages would begin Monday and last at least several weeks to deal with supply shortages. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said there was a risk of large-scale electrical outages, in large part because the country's nuclear reactor fleet, which supplies 20% of the country's electricity, was crippled.
Plants producing steel, paper and consumer electronics also were closed. And companies coped with disruptions to communication and transportation networks, as well as the need for their employees to learn the fates of missing family members.
Suzuki Motor Corp. 7269 -1.31% , Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Hino Motors Ltd. said Sunday they would halt production at their domestic plants the following day. Toyota, Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. announced similar plans Saturday. Dozens of auto-parts plants also were affected.
Toyota said it would suspend operation at all 12 of its Japanese plants Monday to give employees and parts suppliers time to check on the safety of their families. Toyota said it would determine Monday when to resume operations.
Mazda Motor Corp. suspended production at its four plants in western Japan Monday night and all day Tuesday because of parts shortages.
The interruption in parts production threatened to slow output at Japanese-owned auto factories in other parts of the world.
The quake could also tighten supply of the Toyota Prius hybrid, at least in the short term. A plant that makes parts for the Prius was damaged, dealers briefed by Toyota said. A plant that makes small cars that Toyota exports to the U.S. under the Scion name also was damaged, the dealers said.
Over time, however, many of the auto makers and their suppliers should be able to shift production to plants in the U.S., Europe and other regions. An industry analyst said the quake's impact would be "manageable."
Semiconductor foundries in northern Japan, which was most affected by the earthquake, appeared to suffer limited damage. But many remained closed because of power outages or other problems. Affected companies included Renesas Electronics Corp. , Texas Instruments Inc., Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and ON Semiconductor Corp.
Analysts said the biggest impact could be on customers of Renesas. The Tokyo-based company is among the world's largest maker of microcontrollers, which manage operations in cars and many kinds of office and industrial equipment.
A Renesas spokeswoman said the company, which has facilities in northern Japan, was assessing damage but was focused on the safety of its employees. Texas Instruments said chip factories in Miho and Aizu were closed.
In many cases, microcontrollers from one company can be substituted for another, said Len Jelinek, an analyst with IHS iSuppli. But he said auto makers tend to have one or two suppliers for key chips, which aren't readily replaced, and stock little inventory of those components. The closure of some Japanese auto factories could mitigate any shortages of microcontrollers, however, Mr. Jelinek said.
There seemed little likelihood of disruption in supplies of data-storage components known as flash memory—chips that are needed for such products as Apple Inc.'s iPads and iPhones. Toshiba Corp.'s and SanDisk Corp.'s Japanese factories for those components—which account for about a third of global production—are hundreds of miles from where the earthquake struck.
Questions remained about production of displays and their components, however. Factories in Japan primarily make large LCD displays used in television sets, said Sweta Dash, of IHS iSuppli, though she said inventories appear to be sufficient to absorb short interruptions.
Banks and insurers, meanwhile, said they planned to open for business Monday, indicating that the country's financial system is functioning, though J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. was letting employees work from home.
Some transportation disruptions eased. Major airlines resumed flights. So, too, did cargo carriers United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. , though service to parts of eastern Japan remained spotty. "We will have ground service delays in eastern Japan because of road conditions," said Chris Stanley, a FedEx spokesman.
Companies including auto-parts supplier Robert Bosch GmbH and Volkswagen AG said they were organizing flights for foreign employees who wanted to leave.
The situation at a Radisson hotel near Narita airport illustrated how disruptions in Japan moved to a new phase. The building is structurally sound and full of guests, many of whom were stuck in the country due to flight delays, but was having trouble keeping enough food in stock because of road closures and the diversion of goods to hard-hit areas like Sendai, spokeswoman Molly Biwer said. She predicted supply challenges would mount. The hotel's backup generators would ease the effects of power cuts, but fuel for shuttle buses was running short.
Quake Hits Japan
- Rescuers Dig for Survivors, But Thousands Feared Dead
- Officials Struggle to Prevent Meltdown at Two Reactors
- In One Hard-Hit Town, Recovery Begins
- Reactor Failures Spark Questions on Safety Systems
- Damaged Nuclear-Power Plants Could Spew Range of Emissions
- Doubts Form in Shadow of Nuclear Plants
- Quake to Test Japan's Economy, Markets
- U.S. Could Rethink Nuclear Reliance
- Asia Closely Watches Japan's Nuclear Woes
—Neal E. Boudette,
Don Clark, Jennifer Levitz,
Vanessa Fuhrmans
and Alexandra Berzon
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Peamount United created a piece of Irish soccer history on Tuesday by becoming the first ever Irish side to qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League proper.
After a 5-1 win over Pärnu of Estonia, the Dublin side have reached the last 32 knock-out phase and will compete against some of Europe's biggest clubs such as Arsenal, Lyon and Frankfurt.
Although going down 1-0 to Rayo Vallecano in their opening game, Peamount recovered to record a 7-0 victory over Slovenian opposition, Krka, who hosted the four-team tournament. The 5-1 victory in the final game ensured that the Dublin girls finished runners-up and the fact that they were the best of the second placed teams was enough for them to go through.


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Copyright laws create a limited monopoly. As copyrighted works (e.g. software) play such an important role in our economy, dramatic changes to these laws present serious economic risks. We should take care to make such changes only where the benefits are clear. Several of the proposed changes to copyright law, notably restrictions on reverse engineering and on devices that can be used to break copy protection, carry with them greater risks than benefits.
Canada is revising its copyright laws because of new technologies. As a software developer and consultant, and as a consumer, this affects me directly. I am worried that in our haste to strengthen protections we will weaken the economy. Other issues, such as fair use and the rights of consumers also concern me, but I will concentrate on economic issues because I believe that if the right balance is struck there, consumers will also benefit.
Copyright grants an artificial limited monopoly to a holder of intellectual property (IP), allowing that holder a certain amount of control over how that property is disseminated and used. There are two related aims of copyright: first, to guarantee that the creator of a work is compensated for creating that work; and second, to thereby encourage the production of works for the benefit of businesses, consumers and the public at large.
The aim of copyright is not, and should not be, to make intellectual property equivalent to physical property. After all, these have different qualities. For example, all physical property is finite – there is only so much real estate or oil in the world, and the costs of production and the value of physical property increase in proportion to the quantity produced. This is not the case with IP – there is no limit to the number of books that could be written, or of songs that could be sung. With IP, creation costs are one-time, and duplication (at least in a digital environment) is essentially cost-free.
New technologies have changed the IP landscape. They make possible efficiencies in distribution that are not possible with physical property. This should lead to reduced costs and increased quality (e.g. from competition as a result of lower costs), quantity, and availability, benefiting everyone. But as distribution is the bottleneck that has allowed copyright's limited monopoly to operate, this also creates a risk that the monopoly will be weakened to the point where creators will not be adequately compensated and therefore will produce fewer works.
Any changes to the law should aim to prevent this from happening. But there is a problem. In the past, distribution and marketing (e.g. printing books, advertising films) often comprised the lion's share of costs. Therefore, the businesses that focus on distribution and marketing may feel they have the most to lose, as their share of overall IP market shrinks, and that strong copyright controls safeguard their industries. This can place them in direct opposition to consumers, who would benefit from lower prices, and to many creators, who would otherwise have a wider market for their work.
Witness the battle over MP3 music. Musicians are divided as to whether copying over the Internet is good or bad for them. Consumers clearly see a benefit. Publishers are terrified of being cut out of the loop. But the Internet does not make creativity easier; distribution is where market efficiencies are to be realised. If the share of distribution in the over all value chain does not decrease, then that is a sure sign that the market is being distorted and the economy is suffering. This hurts everyone – often even the distributors, because they could make more money with a smaller share of a larger market.
This is the same danger created by trade barriers and subsidies to unsustainable industries. If Canada makes copyright laws too strong, we will weaken our economy: IP costs will be artificially high, quality will suffer, and producers will actually be discouraged from creating more product because they are able to continue to rely on cash cows whose creation costs have already been paid.If we can strike the right balance, we will encourage growth in related industries, such as high tech and culture. Canada's market will be more efficient and competitive. Witness the beneficiaries of the revolution in distribution, such as tremendous growth for telecommunications equipment makers (notwithstanding the recent collapse of the sector) and the service and consulting industries. We want the minimum regulation necessary to encourage a large, efficient market.
I realise that we are drafting changes partly in response to international treaties, but this does not mean that we must exactly match laws elsewhere. If we can find a better balance, then we will enjoy a competitive advantage. I believe that the best law will provide protections necessary to ensure the creation of works, and nothing more. The United States appears to have erred in its recent legislation (the Digital Millenium Copyright Act) by providing too much protection to its IP industries, and too little to industries and consumers who depend on IP. While this is unfortunate, it offers a window of opportunity for Canada to be more competitive. In the long run, protecting the interests of consumers will make us all better off.
Trends suggest that things may well sort themselves out. Many companies have shifted their emphasis from selling software to providing services; examples include market giants IBM (services accounted for 36.7% of their revenue in 2001) and SAP. Microsoft is moving in the same direction with its XP lines and its .Net and Hailstorm initiatives. I believe that the most expensive infringers of copyright – businesses – will end up in a services model, in which they rent software and support, rather than buying them outright. Individual consumers present a different problem, but in the past the market has found solutions. Television and radio had funding problems at one time, but they were resolved by a new business model. Advertising provided the revenue, and the markets exploded because of the low cost to consumers. Similarly, the VCR was seen as being a threat to Hollywood, but has proven a boon. While MP3s appear to have hurt music publishers, proposals for flat-rate subscription services might solve the problem efficiently. If, as with cable TV, virtually everyone subscribed, piracy would become a moot point. Current copy-protection schemes for other works, such as DVDs and video games, although technically possible to break, are already effective for the vast majority of consumers.
While these solutions may not be the right ones for today, they suggest that the market is capable of finding ways to make IP profitable. The drive towards stronger protections appears to be an attempt to keep the landscape from changing, even though changes may well benefit all involved. It is premature to create burdensome new regulations when we aren't even certain of the extent or existence of a real problem: the economic costs for making a mistake could be severe.
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Regarding legislative measures to deter the circumvention of copy protection, I believe it is important that we tread carefully here. If copy protection is circumvented in order to violate copyright law, then of course it is illegal. But I wonder whether it is practical in the first place – if someone is breaking the law by committing piracy, then that is already a crime. Making the capability to do so illegal will not stop the law breakers. It will, however, prevent legitimate attempts to reverse engineer and analyse for the purposes of competing and for testing security measures (see below). We must also be careful to distinguish between breaking copy protection and violating copyright. There are many circumstance in it is perfectly legal to make a copy of something – to transfer an old LP to cassette or CD, for example, or to write a review of a work. A reverse engineering law could make analysis of security difficult or impossible, as independent reviewers would be unable to properly examine the system. This is somewhat akin to making it illegal for someone to test the strength of the locks on their own house, or to open their car when they've left the keys inside. Banning the tools to do the job carries the same problems. Furthermore, determining the intent of a tool can be difficult, as many devices that can be used to violate copyright have other uses (photocopiers and VCRs, for example).
As for forbidding tampering with rights management information, the same arguments apply. Breaking into a company registration database to grant yourself a license to a piece of software should clearly be illegal, but there is a very fuzzy line. What if the information is on your own computer? Do we want to make it illegal to lie to your own computer (e.g. about your age or identity), even if no human being will ever witness the untruth? Does a company have a right to control the contents of your own computer? Can a music company sell you an MP3 and then tell you that you are not allowed to replace the hard disk with a new one, moving the MP3 in the process?
These are both serious infringements on personal freedom, and should not be undertaken simply because they would make protecting IP easier. We would be legislating to enable a particular business model, one which might not even be efficient or appropriate. We might be locking in complexity and costs in distribution which would cancel out the gains technology offers. For example, should companies focus on copy protection for music, or would a subscription model in which consumers pay a flat fee for unlimited access make more sense? The second, if workable, entails far less overhead. The same model could well apply to software. I simply don't see adequate or convincing evidence that the market would collapse without such legislation.
Finally, my understanding of the current liability of network intermediaries is that they are responsible only if they control the content of their network as a matter of course, or if they are made aware of infringement. This seems reasonable to me; I believe the recent Napster decisions in the U.S. drew the line in about the right place, by stating that while the Napster software could be used to pirate music, in itself it was legal so long as the company took action to halt the piracy of copyrighted works once it had been alerted to their presence on the system.
Reverse Engineering
Disallowing reverse engineering is a bad idea. Reverse engineering is a costly process, and is usually only applied to very profitable works. The IBM PC market, for example, was created because the original IBM BIOS software was reverse engineered, allowing for competition. While this weakened IBM's relative position, it grew the overall computer market tremendously and surely benefited IBM in the long run. If the United States had disallowed this, the high tech industry would probably be much smaller today, and it might not be centred in the United States.
Banning reverse engineering also carries serious risks in terms of security, because it makes it impossible to properly test critical software for flaws. With so much of the world's network infrastructure reliant on a few pieces of software, it is essential that a process of analysis and peer review operates to minimise our vulnerability to hackers, viruses, and worms. Otherwise much of the wider economy would be at risk.
Copyright is an important concern, and we should take care that the laws are not left behind by new technologies. However, we must balance this with the risks of such changes. In my view, there is as yet no demonstrated need for a dramatic reform of copyright laws. In particular, banning reverse engineering and devices capable of breaking copyright is unwise. The market may well find efficient ways to take advantage of new technologies without the need for reforms that could create a burden for businesses and consumers. For the moment, we should hold off on such laws until we have seen how the economy adapts.
I wrote this document in September 2001 in response to a request by the Government of Canada for public input about future changes to copyright law to bring it in line with WIPO treaty requirements.


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I have recently discovered a very interesting variant of Trojan.Autoupder that is not specifically detected by AV scanners. For example, it is detected by NAV as Backdoor.Trojan. In the search for truth, I infected my own PC with this trojan and tried to analyze as best I could. I have included a zipped file with process dumps, analyses, dropped files, and the original ActiveX packaging. Feel free to add to my findings on this thread. I want to see how well the community can work together on this. Don't worry, I've already submitted it to SARC for signatures.
NOTE: This is a live trojan! Do NOT run any of the executables contained in this package on a production system!!!!
Oh, and if your one who uses IE, it adds a BlazeFind searchbar to it.


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|Property type
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|1 - 7 nights
The two bedroom Top Apartment has wooden beamed ceilings and is pleasantly decorated in a Provencale style. It offers splendid views of the surrounding area.
This cosy yet spacious apartment of 80m2 can accommodate up to five people. It is south facing and has private front door access. A dining terrace for Top Apartment guests' private use is located via a staircase down to a garden.
Top Apartment rentals are from Saturday to Saturday, however the changeover day is flexible outside of summer time.
Located a few minutes walk from the centre of the medieval village of Le Bar sur Loup, La Bastide Saint Christophe is set in a centuries old olive grove of 3000m2 with uninterrupted panoramic views of the surrounding countryside.
We offer 5 very spacious and high quality gîte apartments, all with private front-door access and furnished with care in a warm and comfortable Provençale style.
The fabulous 12 metre long and 5 metre wide heated swimming pool is surrounded by wrought iron fencing and equipped with sun loungers and parasols.
A wonderful place to relax and enjoy the view !
We offer Long Winter Lets for all apartments. Please enquire for low rates!
I moved with my husband Art to the south of France with the idea of staying for a couple of years but we fell in love with the area and its amazing climate.
We were lucky enough to find "La Bastide Saint Christophe" and to make it our home.
I hope to offer our guests a sense of the beauty and tranquility that enchanted us when we moved here more than 20 years ago!
Milly purchased this apartment in 2003
We were actually looking for what seemed like the impossible property! A characterful house big enough for us to live in and rent out holiday apartments somewhere in the Grasse area or a village nearby. To top it all it had to be south facing, not on a main road, and walking distance to the local boulangerie.
Our initial reaction after the first viewing was a great big headache.........Maybe it was the wallpaper and crépi (all now thankfully removed!) or it was just too much to take in, but it was scarily perfect for us! Gorgeous authentic village, lovely views, beautiful old olive grove, characterful architecture, place for a pool and walking distance not only to the boulangerie but to excellent restaurants as well!
Rentals from Saturday to Saturday, however the changeover day is flexible during Mid season.
Arrival after 4pm, departure before 10am.
25% non-refundable deposit required at time of booking. The balance is payable 8 weeks before arrival.
A refundable damage deposit of €200 or £200 is required on your arrival.
This includes bed linen, towels, pool towels, water, electricity and final cleaning.
La Bastide Saint Christophe is the perfect place to stay. We cannot fault it. We just didn't stay there long enough :)
Friendly, efficient, clean, comfortable, spacious... and great location to experience the joys of the French countryside and mountain villages, with Nice and the dazzling coastline within an hour away.
Thank you Milly and family!
Our stay at La Bastide Saint Christophe exceeded our expectations! We stayed in the Top Apartment, which allowed us to awake each day to opening the french doors in the living area and enjoy the beautiful view beyond. The visual inspiration that view provided, had us walking into the wonderful village of le Bar sur Loup just about every morning. In fact, we walked all over this lovely and authentic village often at various times of the day.
The apartment itself was lovely, spotless and appointed in traditional Provence fashion. The provisions provided, be it in the kitchen, sitting area, bedrooms and on and on, were meticulously thought out. Every single question that might arise for the guests have been addressed and answered in a binder for everything from wifi, the pool, local referrals for restaurants, medical, etc. We were very impressed with how detailed and accommodating the hosts have prepared the apartments for their guests stay. It was effortless, allowing for all our attention to be focused on enjoying our stay.
Our trips to Grasse (perfumeries), Gourdon, Tourettes sur loup, Nice, Eze, were wonderful and close enough to enjoy the beautiful routes to get there. The hosts/owners, Art and Milly could not have been more helpful or available and we look forward to our next trips to this magical area of France.
Cheryl and David
We had a great stay in la Bastide. The apartment, the garden, the view and the swimming pool are simply fabulous. Perfect for relaxing, and great starting point for exploring the wonderful Alpes Maritimes. Communication with Art and Milly was great, and they were so helpful. Can't wait to go back next year.
We have been here several times but the quality of the facilities remain at the same level; excellent!
The place is very well maintained and very clean. The owners are always available and very friendly. You are not in a "Ikea environment" but in a real Provencal house.
We really recommend this property
We stayed in the top apartment for 3 nights in late June, we were fortunate enough to be there the weekend of the Fete de la St Jean, which is a major weekend long event with bonfires, dinners, traditional music and dancing. The apartment is well equipped, has a gorgeous panoramic view and the pool was just fantastic. There are a few restaurants nearby within walking distance and it is a great location for touring Grasse, Gourdon and surround villages. Make sure you take free Florian confectionery tour just a few minutes drive.
Art and Milley were great hosts and very helpful, they live on site and are available if you should need assistance.
Although the top apartment has 2 bedrooms, the 2nd bedroom off of the kitchen is quite small (perfect for kids) with 2 small twin beds, so for 4 adults you should consider one of their larger apartments. Also note the 5th bed is in same bedroom as the double bed. But we loved it and it was so much nicer than being in a cramped hotel room or B&B.
We booked a small apartment at this lovely house and got a lovely top floor apartment with stunning views over the countryside.
The owners were there to greet us and made us very welcome. They have so much local knowledge and speak so many languages it was fantastic and helped us settle into the area and its attractions very quickly.
The owners have maintained the apartments in an authentic provencal style but with all the mod cons you need for a relaxing holiday where you can fully self cater.
The house had a beautiful swimming pool which we could use which was lovely especially as the weather was so warm. We had our own outside private space which was great too.
We found the area really interesting with Grasse nearby and only 30 mins to the coast. Being a little higher, it was a bit cooler than down at the sea, which was very pleasant.
Loads of shops for food etc. very nearby but I would recommend hiring a car so you can get out and enjoy the medieval fortified towns as well as the coast.
The property was exactly as described but no - maybe better! The owners went out of their way to make us feel welcome and anything we needed, they helped us with. The place was spotless when we arrived and was easy to keep clean and maintain during our stay as all cleaning stuffs were fully provided. Wi FI was great for my teenage son to keep in touch with his friends.
I would highly recommend this property to anyone - from couples to those with families as there is a wealth of activities as well as being a peaceful location.
We will definitely be rebooking at some point next year.
The perched village of Le Bar sur Loup is located between Grasse and Nice at the beginning of the picturesque Gorges du Loup. Here, the best of both worlds exists with the peace and beauty of the countryside and the excellent proximity to the towns on the Riviera.
The village itself has good facilities, including numerous restaurants, several bakeries, general store, pharmacy and post office.
Other Activities: go-karting, wine tasting


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REI Statement on the Nomination of Sally Jewell as Secretary of the Interior February 6, 2013
Feb 06, 2013, 03:02 EST
SEATTLE, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- REI applauds President Obama's nomination of Sally Jewell, REI's CEO and president, to be the nation's Secretary of the Interior. Sally is a remarkable leader, an excellent business person and a thoughtful steward of our public lands and resources. We believe that she will do a superb job in this very important role.
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Sally has led REI as CEO since 2005 and during that time has provided steady leadership for the co-op and its thoughtful growth. During her tenure REI has increased sales from $1 billion to nearly $2 billion, added 71 stores, and greatly expanded its online business. Under Sally's leadership, the company has been named annually to Fortune Magazine's list of the Best Companies to Work For.
During her tenure, Sally championed the co-op's engagement in supporting volunteer stewardship of public lands, as well as the efforts to manage REI's environmental footprint. And, because of Sally's commitment to leadership development, REI will be in good hands as the co-op's Board, upon her confirmation, considers a successor.
Sally's broad business background, community leadership, and her depth of knowledge of the range of issues managed by the Department of the Interior will be of significant value to the department and great service to the nation.
REI encourages Sally's confirmation so that she can begin her important work on behalf of the country and its natural spaces.


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Business ethicist Chris MacDonald is opting to skip the Pope's new encylcical despite its high profile attempts to discuss the ethics of how business is done. The reason?
my main reason not to bother with the Pope's new essay — with all due respect to my friends among the several hundred million Catholics in the world — is that he's writing from a particularly isolated sub-branch of one moral tradition, and the Pope's particular train of thought is one that doesn't seem interested in engaging with the broader conversation over the appropriate role of business in the world. Want proof? Check out the footnotes at the end of "Caritas in Veritate". 159 footnotes, and not a single one refers to any modern scholar in business ethics or any cognate discipline. Not even to any of the many fine Catholic scholars in that field. The only footnote that isn't to either the Pope himself, or to some past Pope, is a trivial footnote to the ancient, Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Why would I, or anyone else not especially fascinated by Catholic teachings, bother to pay attention?


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Originally posted by seabag
They've already taken it all; Ft Knox is empty and the country is bankrupt.
The only thing left are our resources, which they want.
Everything is relative. With Europe in melt-down, U.S. looks better. This is evidenced by the low yield on the T-bills. Also the 1-year LIBOR for dollar denominated deposits is low relative the Euro right now which shows that many are still holding large amounts of U.S. dollars.
All of the world markets and currency are built upon paper tigers. If anything, Europe's problems will strengthen the U.S.'s economic position.
That is, until we have Martial Law. Then the entire charade collapses and the curtain falls. People quit working, they "hunker down", and the whole enchilada goes bad.
I just don't see Martial Law as a viable strategy. The same as the Martial Law scares during the Bush administration. Remember those?
my inside guy says you've all gone right out of your minds..i tend to believe him
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Originally posted by Vasa Croe
I love the "my brothers friends aunts cousin who knows a friend that has a buddy that works for the government in a high ranking position" doom threads. Six degrees of separation and we can link ourselves to ANYONE we want so technically it could happen, but no....this is just another one of those threads.
Seriously. I will give the OP 1 million dollars in gold if this happens.
I'm in a good position I think.
Originally posted by crimsongod21
.... if martial law was declared it would lead the to civil war a ton of people have been "wishing for". It would provide a cataclysmic change to the national psychie (or however you spell it lol). These are strange and confusing time we live in all we can do is prepare for the worst and hope for the best at this point.
Well maybe we will once again be fighting for independence on this fourth of July.
An important date for the wars that have been fought on American soil. I think the whole 'there's a rifle behind every blade of grass', should really be, there are ten rifles and ten pistols behind everylade of grass. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of veterans who are now experts in guerrilla warfare. I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.
Since its so far a reach, uuuhummm!!! buddy friend pal
how much a that ya got layin around there.
It wouldn't be martial law, at least not at first. Think some sorta of super flu released in the U.S. . This would lead to the shut down of air travel to contain the bug. Then as the majority of Americans lay sick or dying, role out the troops.
Hell majority of Americans in the areas hit hardest will be begging the federal government for help. Most military servicemen and women will believe they were there to provide medical support and protection from looters. They would go door to door collecting guns, just like during Katrina. Thats how I would implement martial law if I was in charge.
Just curious...if foreign countries can hack our drones and bring them down, why can't domestic hackers do the same?
Originally posted by Cloudsinthesky
No martial law until the drones are flying over head............Then info like this email could be taken seriously...
Put 30,000 armed drones over head.........then we are in trouble
Just my opinion, but it sounds like a suicide mission for them.
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Originally posted by WiindWalker
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I'm staying. They can declare martial law, BRING ITedit on 24-5-2012 by WiindWalker because: (no reason given)
Me too. I am wondering how they plan to enforce such a law, in the face of millions of pissed off armed Americans? Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy was asked about an invasion of the American Mainland, way back in the early 1940s. He was said to have replied:
"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
There still is a rifle behind every blade of grass.


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USDA published its new proposed rule for mandatory livestock identification in the Federal Register earlier this month.
According to USDA:
"Under the proposed rule, unless specifically exempted, livestock moved interstate would have to be officially identified and accompanied by an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection or other documentation, such as owner-shipper statements or brand certificates. The proposed rule encourages the use of low-cost technology and specifies approved forms of official identification for each species, such as metal ear tags for cattle. However, recognizing the importance and prevalence of other identifications in certain regions, shipping and receiving states or tribes are permitted to agree upon alternative forms of identification such as brands or tattoos."
You can find the proposed rule here: www.ofr.gov/.
Comments for the proposed rule will be accepted until Nov. 9. Send comments to Docket No. APHIS-2009-0091, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.


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Ah, the things that we ponder. Or rather the things I ponder.
Anyway my last post was well over a week ago. Since then we've had family staying and life being busy as usual.
GrandDaughter1 and GrandSon2 came for a sleepover on Friday. GrandDaughter1 feels she has outgrown the Winnie the Pooh bed cover so as I had to change it anway - Elder Son had upset her by telling her he was going to be sleeping in it and he was very dirty - I decided I'd visit a home store and seek out some new bedding for her.
I found some lovely fairy bedding and that would have been fine if I hadn't then ventured into the Cookware section. As I've said before, other people lust over Jimmy Choo shoes or designer fashions; my fetish is for all sorts of kitchen implements. Especially knives and saucepans.
When I got home Husband glanced over my purchases. He paid no attention to the chopping board, pastry brush or sieve but when his eyes alighted on the knife he exclaimed, 'What on earth? You have a rackful of knives up there!'
'I know but I don't like any of them and you know that I lost my favourite chewed knife.'
This is my new knife.
Weirdly (I think) it's ceramic, which is claimed to be 5 times as sharp as steel.
I used it today for the first time to chop the vegetables for my roast vegetable pasta sauce. It's sharp.
He should be glad it's only a knife. They had some wonderful saucepans in stock. Trouble is I don't really need new saucepans: the ones I have are ... adequate. I can't really justify paying lots of pounds for new. Even though at least one of the saucepans I use came about maybe 35 years ago via father-in-law who used to work next door to the Prestige factory and was wont to rummage through their bins for slightly damaged goods.
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Community Connections Volunteering Program
The Community Connections Volunteering Program at the Victoria Brain Injury Society provides brain injury survivors with support, training and volunteering opportunities that help them build the skills required to be emotionally, economically and socially self-supporting. Brain injury can leave survivors feeling apprehensive about interacting outside of their comfort zone, as survivors often experience discrimination and exclusion and face challenges as people misunderstand or overlook their `invisible' disability. The program provides a safe environment for survivors to rebuild positive living skills and regain work experience while learning to deal with the challenging impacts of their injury.
The program gives survivors the opportunity to step into their community as trained volunteers with a strong support system behind them. Survivors take positions as Intake Coordinator Assistants that welcome members into the society; they become Peer Supporters that learn to link members with community resources; they facilitate groups and learn how to teach others about brain injury; and they engage with the broader community as event coordinators.
Community Connections fosters development of a healthy environment for brain injury survivors, where they can thrive as individuals and grow together in the community. Survivors often experience extreme loneliness and depression and can become isolated from family, friends and the broader community. Through volunteer experience, survivors gradually rebuild life skills, organizational capacity, communication skills and social interaction techniques. This empowers survivors to expand their boundaries until they are ready to become active members of the community again.
This program is generously funded by the United Way of Greater Victoria!


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June 04, 2013
Jennifer Gish - Times Union
Union Athletics will host Justin's "Just Out" Home Run Derby Wednesday, June 5 at 5 p.m. at Alexander Field.
The event will raise money for the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. The event is named for Justin Lloyd '16, a student on the baseball team who is undergoing chemotherapy.
The Times Union recently chronicled Lloyd's battle in a front-page column.
To read the column, click here.


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The Detroit Lions hired defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni, offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, quarterbacks coach George Godsey , linebackers coach Al Golden, defensive backs coach Brian Stewart, tight ends coach Chris White and director of football research David Corrao Wednesday, Feb. 7.
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- Lucy Fielder Reports for Al-Ahram.
- Photo: In Beirut a worker sweeps the street in front of the parliament
Lebanon ended the year much as it had begun, in political limbo. In November 2006, six ministers' resignations paralysed the government and crystallised the two-year-old split between government loyalists and the opposition. A year later, president Emile Lahoud's term ended without a successor, leaving a dangerous vacuum at the top. As the year drew to a close, it looked as though Lebanon would drift rudderless until either fractious politicians resolved their power struggle, or frustrations spread to the streets.


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National Gallery of Bologna
The artworks of painters from the Emilia region are highlighted at Bologna's pinacoteca, or picture gallery, focusing on the Early Renaissance to Baroque periods.
The source of the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna's fine collection came initially from the artworks looted from churches and monasteries by Napoleon on his Italian campaigns, and shipped off to Paris.
Make sure you see the stellar paintings by Giotto, El Greco, Titian and Raphael's Ecstasy of St Cecilia.
Later highlights include works by Annibale Carracci and Guido Reni.


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Lara Sipols
Joined the RPO in 2002
Lara Sipols has been a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra since 2002. During the summer, she is also a member of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, where also served as assistant orchestra librarian. Previously, she held positions with the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, American Sinfonietta, Greenwich (CT) Symphony, Jupiter Symphony, Utah Festival Opera Orchestra and Colorado Music Festival in Boulder.
She has performed chamber music locally as a guest of both the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble and Gibbs and Main Ensemble, and she has been active in the musical programs of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Third Presbyterian Church. Sipols is currently a violin instructor at the Eastman Community Music School and has also completed 10 years' instruction as the RPO Liaison and Adjunct Lecturer at SUNY Brockport.
She holds both a B.M. and M.M. in violin performance from the Mannes College of Music in New York City, and she was a New World Symphony fellow from 1993-1995. Sipols was a violin student of Mischa and Hortense Mischakoff, Sally Thomas, Anne Setzer and David Cerone. She studied chamber music with Paul Doktor, Karen Ritscher, Timothy Eddy, Lucie Robert, Yizhak Schotten and Baroque violin with Nancy Wilson.


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This week we are joined by Steve Garcia from Thr3e Punk Ales. They are in a holding pattern right now as they build out their Chula Vista brewery and tasting room.
We start with asking why Steve and the other Punks, John Marshall & Kevin Lewis, named the brewery Thr3e Punks. We'll get to more of the "punk" aspect of it later in the show. Moving onto the area of San Diego where they will be at, Chula Vista. Steve talks more on why Chula Vista and South Bay is important to him and why he chose there versus North Park, or other brewery hot spots in San Diego. During that conversation we find out the building was a Men's Warehouse and that leads into some issues during the build out. Moving on in the Chula Vista conversation, Brian brings up the #SouthBayUprising hash tag. Some great South Bay breweries and companies are banding together to build a positive message about South Bay and being a destination for craft beer. That leads into talk about the South Bay Craft Beer Brewers Guild. Seeing how both Brian and I spent a lot of our life in South Bay, for different reasons, this talk about Chula Vista turns into a side conversation about Eastlake and construction talk. Getting back on track, we delve into how and why Thr3e Punk Ales wanted to collaborate with bands.
We take a break and come back to Brian talking about what his thoughts are on opening a brewery. After some talking about how the culture is in San Diego opening a brewery, we move onto In the News!
In the News!
- Biochemist Martin Beaulieu taking over at Quantum Brewing. Martin might change the name. Article by San Diego Reader.
- Little Miss Brewing is open! 7949 Stromesa Court, Suite Y, San Diego, CA 92126
- One of our #SDBeer writers is having a baby! You could guess, but it's Beth Demon. Congrats!
- Vista location of Belching Beaver (we assume) is for sale, rumor is Legacy is in talks. See the classified here.
Travis Hudson (craftbeerluv619) calls in!
Listener Questions!
Michael Carter Who were your favorite classmates in the SDSU program?
Ian Cheesman What do you say to the rumors that originally there was a fourth punk, but he was discarded for suggesting they release a shandy?
Cody Thompson Favorite local punk bands from the 1990s, and ask about the San Diego Punk message board.
Tony Raso Why would they choose Chula? Nobody likes that place.
Will Keizer Ask Steve when he is coming north of the 94 to drink beer with me
Timmy Farol Did they consider opening in Chula Vista so i dont have to drive north of the 8?
David Lotz Ask them off I am still not welcome when they open due to some dumb Facebook disagreement that I can't even remember
Josh Hembree Does Thr3e Punk Ales Brewing Co. Make Three-Penis Wine
Josh Hembree And is there fourth punk like there was a fifth Beatle?
Aaron Garcia What bands are they going to be collaborating with in the future? Also, will we see Thr3e Punk Ales cans or bottles first?
Travis Hudson Who is more punk AC Slater or Erkel? And who is your second favorite classmate? And when are you opening, so I don't have to answer the same f***ing question 20 times/weekend? Socks on, or off?
I Do Declare!
Thank you The Perfect Pour, Tait Campbell, Ken Lierman, Amy (and Rudy) Pollorena, Chris Bush, Mitch Tantrum, Aaron Graham, Tom Keliinoi, and Nick Shields!
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This episode was recorded at The Brew Project.
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Identifying, Scaling, And Evaluating Groundwater Restoration Projects As Compensation For Groundwater Injuries
Restoration of natural resources is the ultimate goal of natural resource damage assessment (NRDA). According to the U.S. Department of Interior regulations for NRDA (43 CFR Part 11), Trustees of natural resources develop alternatives that will "restore, rehabilitate, replace, and/or acquire the equivalent of the injured resources." Identification, scaling, and evaluation of groundwater restoration projects has proven challenging. This paper describes potential categories of groundwater restoration projects, including: 1) Generating clean water, 2) Conserving water, 3) Storing water for times of scarcity, and 4) Accessing new sources of water that were previously inaccessible or unusable. Examples of specific types of projects within these broad categories are provided, together with discussion of the particular challenges associated with scaling and evaluating these projects.
Recommended Citation
Lane, Diana; Carney, Karen; and Chapman, David
"Identifying, Scaling, And Evaluating Groundwater Restoration Projects As Compensation For Groundwater Injuries,"
Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy: Vol. 14
, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/soilsproceedings/vol14/iss1/7


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Grow vegetables in containers by choosing a properly drained container, using a good potting mix and preparing the soil before planting. Water the vegetables well, as container plants require more water than garden plants.Continue Reading
First, choose a site with full-sun access in which to place the pots. Depending on the climate, avoid cement that can make plants too hot, or place the containers against a south-facing wall to preserve heat. Next, choose containers such as large flowerpots, plastic containers and buckets. As a general rule, the bigger the container the better, with a minimum 5-gallon size. Avoid clay pots that absorb moisture and require more water, and pick light-colored containers to keep them from absorbing too much heat.
Use potting mix for container gardening, or combine 1/3 part sand or perlite, 1/3 part peat moss and 1/3 part potting soil. Before sowing vegetable seeds or transplanting seedlings to the containers, water the soil well, and then follow the planting instructions. Water the plants or seeds immediately after planting, and continue to watch the moisture level and keep the soil moist. Feed the plants or seeds a month after planting, and then every week afterward during the growing season, using a water-soluble fertilizer.Learn more about Outdoor Plants & Flowers


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August 8, 2013
$5,642,143 PowerBall® Sales Generated from Jackpot Run $246,000 Wild Money Jackpot Drawing Tonight
Last night's $448 million PowerBall® jackpot drawing generated $1,424,575 in sales in Rhode Island. The entire jackpot run, since June 22, generated $5,642,143 in sales and $451,371 in Retailer commissions. The sales, less prizes, commissions and operating expenses are transferred to the state's General Fund for education, transportation, human services, general government, public safety and natural resources.
The PowerBall® jackpot may have been hit with two tickets sold in New Jersey and one in Minnesota, but Rhode Island's own in-state progressive jackpot game, Wild Money, has a $246,000 drawing tonight. The last time Wild Money's jackpot reached above $200,000 was in August 2011.
In addition to the Wild Money jackpot, there are five prize levels ranging from $5 to $1,500. Tickets are $1 and the odds of winning the Wild Money jackpot are 1 in 325,000.
About Wild Money Wild Money drawings are shown live on WPRI at 7:29 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights. Tickets can be purchased up to five minutes prior to drawing and resume approximately five minutes following the drawing. Get more information here Wild Money.
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