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Confidence among U.S. homebuilders surged in June to the highest level in seven years, reflecting gains in sales as Americans rushed to take advantage of low mortgage rates.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder sentiment rose 8 points, the biggest monthly increase since September 2002, to 52 during the month, the Washington-based group reported today. The reading, the highest since March 2006, exceeded all 50 forecasts in a Bloomberg survey in which the median was 45. Readings above 50 mean more respondents said conditions were good.
"Builders are experiencing some relief in the headwinds that are holding back a more robust recovery," David Crowe, the group's chief economist, said in a statement. "Today's report is consistent with our forecast for a 29% increase in total housing starts this year."
Low mortgage rates, a strengthening job market and limited inventories are benefiting builders including PulteGroup Inc. and Lennar Corp. as the housing market contributes to growth this year after emerging as a bright spot in 2012. Gains in housing will help the world's largest economy move through a global slowdown that is hurting manufacturing.
A report today showed manufacturers in the New York region felt more optimistic in June even as orders, sales and employment dropped, indicating the area's factories are looking beyond the current slowdown in growth.
Empire State
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's general economic gauge, known as the Empire State index, climbed to 7.8 this month, the highest reading since March, from minus 1.4 in May. Readings of greater than zero signal expansion in New York, northern New Jersey and southern Connecticut. The median projection in a Bloomberg survey of 51 economists called for a reading of zero.
Estimates in the Bloomberg survey for the homebuilder index ranged from 42 to 47. The index, first published in January 1985, averaged 54 in the five years leading to the recession that began in December 2007. It reached a record low of 8 in January 2009.
Builder shares rallied after the report. The Standard & Poor's Supercomposite Homebuilding Index of 11 companies gained 2.4%. The S&P 500 Index climbed 1% to 1,643.12 at 10:10 a.m. in New York.
The confidence survey asks builders to characterize sales as good, fair or poor and to gauge prospective buyers' traffic. It also asks participants to assess the six-month outlook.
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Volume 79, Number 6 | July 15 - 21, 2009
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
Four fleeting Chelsea art exhibits, to be seen soon
Introspection, satire, wit used to explore subject, form, self
Image courtesy of Mike Weiss Gallery, NY
Studio view of Liao Yibais Top Secret Hamburger (China, 2009)
By Stephanie Buhmann
Liao Yibai, Imaginary Enemy
Through August 15
At Mike Weiss Gallery,
520 West 24th Street
Imaginary Enemy is the first New York solo exhibition for the Chinese artist Liao Yibai, who currently resides in Beijing and Chongqing. It features a selection of new sculptures exploring how the Chinese experienced America as both myth and threat during the Cultural Revolution and shortly thereafter. Yibais sculptures are made of stainless steel in a somewhat cartoonish style that makes his works look playful at first. A closer inspection, however, reveals contents that are serious and deeply reflective on cultural differences.
Cash Fighting manifests as a figurative take on the battle between U.S. and Chinese currencies the fluctuations of which have significant impact on trade balances. The sculpture depicts Ben Franklin and Chairman Mao as they reach out of stacks of currency, their fists in boxing gloves and raised to fight.
Other sculptures contain autobiographical overtones, such as Top Secret Hamburger. This piece was inspired by Yibais childhood memory of his first tasting of an American hamburger when attending school at the military factory, where his father worked. It was not until the father of a classmate brought back a five-day-old hamburger from a recent visit to America pulled from a Top Secret stamped envelope that Yibai was able to try a piece of what their teacher instructed them as being a symbol of American decadence and capitalism. A similar story preceded the making of PLA Whiskey. When a friend took Yibai to visit his 90-year-old grandfather (bringing him a bottle of American whiskey as a gift), the old man began to cry. Yibai learned that it was when stationed in North Korea to fight the American army that the old man had his first taste of it. He came across the liquor in a raided American camp and after being asked to taste the whiskey for poison, he sip by sip had fallen in love with it. It took forty years before he was able to have another taste.
These stories, albeit founded on a severe construct of paranoia, are told in sculptural form with a sense of humor. It is Yibais ambition to relay that the establishment of enemies is often based on misunderstandings and fear rather than on actual threats. His work sends the hopeful message that new beginnings can be found in the ability to laugh at ones former prejudices sprung from a lack of knowledge.
Judy Glantzman: The White Paintings, 1999-2001
Through August 7, at Betty Cunningham Gallery
541 West 25th Street
Following Judy Glantzmans recent 30-year retrospective at the Dactyl Foundation, this exhibition examines a rather specific body of work within the artists oeuvre. Her so-called White Paintings were made between 1999 and 2001 and begun shortly after her fathers death. In a personal statement that accompanies this exhibition, Glantzman describes how her loss and the subsequent contemplation of the fleeting quality of our physical selves prompted this particular series.
While exhibited paintings, such as Angel (2000) and Red Dress (1999), reflect Glantzmans signature style, they also show a sensibility unique to this body of work. Here, fragments of human figures are still contrasted with plain backgrounds but instead of being layered into dense, ethereal compositions, they appear as more simplified. Each work features a sole female figure, disjointed and at times broken up in different parts. Though Glantzmans treatment of the figure seems to allude to Willem de Koonings women or even Hans Bellmers dolls, it was in fact a 19th Century artist who significantly inspired this series.
In her statement, Glantzman cites an exhibition of portraits by the French Neoclassicist painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), which she saw at the Metropolitan Museum in 1999, as her inspiration to pursue the image of a beautiful and adult female figure. But in contrast to Ingres, Glantzman has stripped her subjects of any social references and instead focuses purely on emotion. Her female figures appear to be struggling to emerge from the white background, which constantly threatens to swallow them up. Its as if Glantzmans intention was to capture the fragility of the individuals soul rather than the individual herself.
Reflecting on the process that was involved in the White Paintings, Glantzman remembers how she aimed to detach herself from the act of looking and conscious decision-making. It was mostly intuition that guided her; she would only consider a work finished when she felt herself truly disengaged. It is in light of the personal circumstances that initiated this body of work that one begins to wonder if each female figure might in fact represent a facet of the artist herself. At Betty Cunningham, where five large (ca. 90 x 80 inches) paintings and related works on paper are on display, viewers will find themselves guessing if the White Paintings are indeed self-portraits in disguise.
Basil Wolverton (Curated by Cameron Jamie)
Through August 14
At Gladstone Gallery,
515 West 24th Street
This exhibition features the work of American cartoonist and illustrator Basil Wolverton (1909-1978), whose technique LIFE Magazine once described as the spaghetti and meatball school of design. While Wolverton began publishing his work in 1925 at the age of sixteen, his most active period was between the mid-1940s through the 1970s. Despite not having had a formal art education, he created a unique signature style that blended an affinity for the grotesque with humor and wit.
Selected from the collection of Glenn Bray, the works in this exhibition show the vast range of Wolvertons abilities. Rendered mainly in black ink on white paper and assembled into cohesive groups, the works reveal the extent of this unusual artists skill and talent.
Early drawings (which were published in comic books such as Spacehawk) are on display as well as portraits made for Topps Chewing Gum in the 1960s. The ink drawing MAD Reader #6 was made for Harvey Kurtzmans comic-book version of MAD Magazine in 1954 and a darker, almost apocalyptic tone is found in works such as Plague of Darkness with Boils (1950) and the early drawing Sci-Fi Pulp Illustration from 1935. Other notable works refer to the comic book character Powerhouse Pepper, a somewhat dim-witted boxer with superhuman powers, whom Wolverton developed in the 1940s.
Born in Central Point, Oregon, Basil Wolverton resided most of his life in the Pacific Northwest. It was on the West coast that in recent years his oeuvre has experienced a resurgence of sorts. In 2006, his work was exhibited at The Portland Art Center in Oregon and in 2007 the CSUF Grand Art Center in Santa Ana, California organized another solo show. The exhibition at Gladstone will provide the rare opportunity to explore Wolvertons work in depth.
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Three of the works from John Currin: Works on Paper
JOHN CURRIN: Works on Paper (A Fifteen Year Survey of Women)
Through August 21
At Andrea Rosen Gallery,
525 W 24th Street
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In 2003 (the year of his mid-career survey at the Whitney Museum of American Art), John Currin switched his affiliation from his New York dealer of fourteen years, Andrea Rosen, to Larry Gagosians gallery. Currins decision startled the art world at the time and many deemed him ungrateful when considering that it was Rosen who established him as one of the most sought after painters of his generation. However, at least in public, Rosen took it in stride and on December 23, 2003 The New York Times quoted her as saying that she was looking forward to a continued involvement in John Currins work.
True to her word and a little less than six years after the split, Rosen inaugurates the summer with an exceptional John Currin exhibition. It is an unusual one in that it focuses solely on the works on paper of this artist, who is known for satirical figurative paintings rich in provocative sexual content. With a checklist of seventy-seven works (lent by fifty individual and institutional collectors), it is the most comprehensive exhibition of John Currins works on paper to date.
With each drawing, we are given further insight into Currins working process. Many of the drawings which range from simple studies to complex works on paper in color are concerned with the same subject and relate to famous paintings (such as 2003s Thanksgiving). As a whole, the works reveal how thorough and multi-faceted Currins elaboration on the female figure truly is and his women appear as colorful fusions of Renaissance Venuses, suburban housewives, 1970s Playboy bunnies and polished magazine fashion models.
Through the inclusion of examples from every period of Currins oeuvre, the exhibition proves how whole-heartedly Currin has been devoted to his theme. It also succeeds in revealing how Currin has employed the female figure as a means to blur the line between the subject and its form. Currin challenges his audience to see beyond the nude, fleshy curves of the women. Those who will not simply be caught up and distracted by the flesh, will be able to contemplate compositional matters, which in Currins case harks back to classical ideals and thrift store kitsch.
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DENHAM SPRINGS — Officials raised the basic sewer fee rate 67 percent Monday night for a large district located largely to the south of the city.
The Denham Springs City Council also increased rates for water and gas both inside and outside the city.
By a unanimous vote, the council raised natural gas rates by 10 cents per hundred cubic feet for customers inside and outside the city, including some in East Baton Rouge Parish, which borders Livingston Parish.
The change will result in an average monthly increase of $3.14, city documents show.
The council raised water rates an average of $5.43 for city residents and $5.63 for households outside the city.
Mayor Jimmy Durbin said the fee increases are necessary for the city to pay its bills.
The gas and water increases are required because of maintenance and the cost of relocating utility lines for road projects, Durbin said.
The sewer increase is needed to help pay back bonds sold to create the sewer system, the mayor said.
Residents of the relatively new Sewage District 1 will see their basic fee jump from $12 a month to $20 a month as a result of the unanimous action by the board of the sewer district. That $8 increase does not include an additional sewage fee based on water consumption.
Sewage system customer Tommy Poirrier complained that the majority of people in that district have no elected representative on the board that sets their rates.
That board is made up of the members of the City Council and the mayor.
The council proposed an ordinance that would add the Parish Council representative from that area to the board.
Even if that proposal is approved next month, the majority of customers will only have one elected member on a seven-member board, Poirrier said.
He said he does think that having a sewage system in the area is important to clean up the waterways, but said he thinks everyone within 300 feet of the sewer lines should be forced to tie in as is required by law.
Durbin said all of those households are being required to pay the sewer fee even if they have notnew customers to pay its notes on the $23.5 million in bonds the city sold to create the collection system, Durbin said.
The city expected to get 3,000 customers in the new district, but has only gotten about 2,000 new households, the mayor said.
Durbin said he hopes Juban Crossing, a planned commercial and residential development at Interstate 12 and Juban Road, and gradual additions of new subdivisions will prevent large sewer fee increases in the future.
Less development than expected in the area is one of the reasons the district does not tied into the system.
Poirrier told the board, "What perturbs me more than anything is we were sold a bill of goods."
Just months after tying into the system, people are seeing a big increase in the amount they are being charged, he said.
The change also adds yearly changes to sewer bills based on the Consumer Price Index.
The cost increase for the sewage district customers comes because the district has not gotten enough have as many customers as it expected, Durbin said.
Another reason for lack of customers is that the district had to scale back plans for its coverage area, Durbin said.
That occurred because of the cost of buying out two small companies that operated subdivision sewer systems, he said.
Ken Downey, a resident in Sewer District 1, said the city should not have created the sewer district if it were not economically feasible.
"You made the mistake, but you want the people outside the city limits, who have no voice, to pay for the mistake," he said.


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Duba Sambolec Donation to the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
July 17th – September 2nd 2012, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
Duba Sambolec is an artist with an international reputation who lives and works between Ljubljana and Oslo. Since the beginning of her artistic work in the mid-1970s she has questioned visual perception and language of the three-dimensional media of sculpture, problematized social reality, and asked philosophical questions about human survival and the role of art.
Her oeuvre includes works in various media: sculpture, installations, drawings, digital photo-collage, video and site-specific artworks. She exhibited at numerous exhibitions in Slovenia and across the world, as well as in prestigious international exhibitions such as The Venice Biennale and the Biennale in Sao Paolo. The Croatian audience has followed her work since the end of the '70s, and her exhibition in the Gallery of the Student Center in Zagreb in 1979 was a critical moment in the affirmation of postmodern sculpture.
In 2007 the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (MSU) accepted a valuable donation from Duba Sambolec consisting of 15 installations created between 1993 and 2005 during her stay in Norway.
Duba Sambolec started her artistic career in Ljubljana where she was born in 1949 and where she graduated the Academy of Fine Arts, in 1975. In 1992 she left for Norway, where she worked as a professor of visual arts and as Director of the Department of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim. In 1998 she joined the faculty of the National Academy of Fine Art in Oslo.
The artist researches the tactile values of materials and sculptural form, as well as the specific space in which they are displayed. At the beginning of the 1980s she created sculptures in which she connects materials with contrasting characteristics: lead, bitumen, wax, brass…which symbolize bifurcation of elementary principles: woman – man, strength – fragility, heaviness – lightness. During the 1990s, she created installations of large dimensions, entitled Interscapes. With the positioning of sculptural elements and objects within specific architecture, Duba Sambolec focuses herself on the reception of the position of the object, as well as the observers, and their interrelation. The artist also questions space as a specific place of experience.
The recent oeuvre of Duba Sambolec was presented in the 1998 exhibition Razdvojene zone / Divided Zones. The Museum of Contemporary art Zagreb organized the exhibition in its gallery space at Katarina Square No. 2 and at Gliptoteka HAZU. The donation consists mostly of the sculptures exhibited at Razdvojene zone / Divided Zones, belonging to the series Interscapes, Day and Night from the beginning of 1990s, and multimedia installations created at the beginning of 2000 from the series Collectors.
By presenting this exhibition Predmet bez dostojanstva / Object without Dignity, the Museum of Contemporary Art fulfills its obligation towards Duba Sambolec as a donor with great pleasure. At the same time, the Museum introduces the audience to exceptionally valuable works displayed in the new museum space, giving them a new dimension and characteristics. The Duba Sambolec donation undoubtedly enriched the MSU collection with her installations as specific forms of contemporary sculpture.
Curator: Jadranka Vinterhalter, museum advisor
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Facing sharp criticism from a Senate panel, a senior Obama administration official expressed optimism Thursday that the U.S. will reach an agreement with the Afghan government allowing American troops to remain in the country beyond 2014.
James Dobbins, the special U.S. representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said President Barack Obama is still mulling a range of options for the actual size of the U.S. military presence at the end of next year, but told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that as the Afghans build up their country, they won't stand alone.
"We've made significant progress on the text of a new bilateral security agreement," Dobbins said. "Of course, without an agreement on our presence in Afghanistan, we would not remain. But we do not believe that that's the likely outcome of these negotiations."
But Democrats and Republicans on the committee voiced frustration over the shortage of detail on troop levels. With Afghans slated to elect a new president in the spring of 2014, it is key to let them know they won't be abandoned by the United States as the Taliban claims, said Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., the committee chairman.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has to decide if he is willing to accept a longer-term U.S. troop presence by negotiating an agreement with acceptable terms, he said.
"For our part, I believe that President Obama should signal to the Afghans and our allies what the post-2014 U.S. troop presence will look like governed by a security agreement," Menendez said. "The lack of clarity on this point has led to too much hedging in the region."
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the panel's top Republican, said the uncertainty over future U.S. troop levels is "almost embarrassing" and is undermining the U.S. effort in Afghanistan.
"This administration . . . has tremendous difficulty making decisions," Corker said. "I think the administration has got to quit looking at its navel and make a decision on what the force structure is going to be in Afghanistan."
The U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan last month formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police. The handover paved the way for the departure of coalition forces — currently numbering about 100,000 troops from 48 countries, including 66,000 Americans. By the end of the year, the NATO force will be halved. At the end of 2014, all combat troops will have left and will be replaced, if approved by the Afghan government, by a much smaller force that will only train and advise the Afghans.
Although Obama remains undecided on how many troops will remain in Afghanistan along with NATO forces, it is thought that it would be about 9,000 U.S. troops and about 6,000 from its allies.
The two primary goals for the U.S. in Afghanistan are to train, assist, and advise Afghan forces so that they can maintain their own security, and making sure that American forces can continue "to go after remnants of al-Qaida or other affiliates that might threaten our homeland," Dobbins said.
"That is a very limited mission, and it is not one that would require the same kind of footprint, obviously, that we've had over the last 10 years in Afghanistan," he said.
But with respect to actual troop numbers, Obama "is still reviewing a range of options from his national security team and has not made a decision about the size of a U.S. military presence after 2014," Dobbins said.
Peter Lavoy, the acting assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, told the committee the U.S. "is transitioning in Afghanistan, not leaving."
The White House said Tuesday the decision on troops in Afghanistan won't be imminent. But White House spokesman Jay Carney said the so-called "zero option" - no forces at all - is still on the table. The U.S. will have clear objectives for its mission in Afghanistan after the long-planned drawdown, Carney said, adding that those objectives could be met with a residual force or through other means.
Stephen Hadley, national security adviser to President George W. Bush, told the committee that the discussion of the zero option, even if ultimately disavowed, could prove damaging.
"The U.S. and its allies need to be actively countering the narrative of abandonment that is frequently heard in Afghanistan," Hadley said.
The best way to do this would be for the U.S. to state its intention as soon as possible to have a robust troop presence in Afghanistan and to announce the size of that force before work on the bilateral security agreement is completed, Hadley said.
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Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference and the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Public Interest Law, testified yesterday at the Senate Judiciary Committee on the state of voting rights after the 2012 election. The following is Henderson's submitted testimony:
"Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Grassley, and Members of the Committee: I am Wade Henderson, president & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony for the record regarding the state of the right to vote after the 2012 election.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. Founded in 1950 by A. Philip Randolph, Arnold Aronson, and Roy Wilkins, The Leadership Conference works in support of policies that further the goal of equality under law through legislative advocacy and public education.The Leadership Conference's more than 200 national organizations represent persons of color, women, children, organized labor, persons with disabilities, the elderly, gays and lesbians, and major religious groups.
The Leadership Conference is committed to building an America that is as good as its ideals – an America that affords everyone access to quality education, housing, health care, collective bargaining rights in the workplace, economic opportunity, and financial security. The right to vote is fundamental to the attainment and preservation of each of these rights. It is essential to our democracy. Indeed, it is the language of our democracy.
Thankfully, in securing the right to vote, the days of poll taxes, literacy tests, and brutal physical intimidation are behind us. But today's efforts at disfranchisement, while more subtle, are no less pernicious.
A National Pattern of Voter Suppression
Over the past few years, there has been an assault waged against our constitutional right to vote that is nothing short of a concerted effort to decide the outcome of the 2012 elections before any ballot was cast.
These efforts were part of a coordinated, insidious effort to restrict voting rights across the country led by the corporate-sponsored American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), among others, which provided model voter suppression legislation to state legislators.
Since the 2010 midterm elections, state legislators across the country have introduced and passed an unprecedented number of voting measures that threaten our democracy by suppressing voter participation. Recently erected barriers included photo ID requirements, shortened early voting periods, limits on poll worker assistance, proof of citizenship requirements, restrictions on same day and community-based registration, and the disenfranchisement of formerly incarcerated persons. The Brennan Center for Justice, in its report "Voting Law Changes in 2012," estimated that more than five million Americans would be disenfranchised by these laws.[1]
In 2011 alone, voter suppression bills were introduced in 34 states and laws passed in 14 of those states. This past year, legislation was pending in 32 states, which included new voter ID proposals in 14 states, proposals to strengthen existing voter ID laws in ten states, and bills in nine states to amend the new voter ID laws passed in 2011. The governors of both Pennsylvania and Virginia signed new voter ID bills passed by their states' legislatures. As the Brennan Center for Justice noted, the states that have passed such laws account for 171 electoral-college votes, two-thirds of the 270 needed to win the presidency.[2]
Voting rights advocates fought these laws in all imaginable ways. Groups such as Color of Change put pressure on corporations with membership in ALEC, resulting in almost a dozen high profile corporation and foundation withdrawals from ALEC, and forcing ALEC to disband its Public Safety and Elections Task Force, which provided the model Voter ID bills.
While we can only hope that ALEC will truly move away from its attempts at voter suppression, such laws continue to proliferate and we have seen a continuation of state-sponsored suppressive voting legislation throughout the country as state legislative session begin to resume. Many advocates worked state by state, educating voters, collecting signatures, filing lawsuits, and lobbying the state legislatures to reverse this damaging trend. The League of Women Voters and the ACLU brought suit in Wisconsin challenging voter ID and registration changes,[3] Project Vote, Advancement Project, Fair Elections Legal Network, and Latino Justice PRLDEF filed suit in Florida challenging purges of voter rolls;[4] the Advancement Project along with local advocates, filed suit challenging Pennsylvania's photo ID law;[5] and the Brennan Center for Justice and Common Cause Colorado challenged the Colorado Secretary of State's effort to limit which voters got ballots mailed to them.[6] In Wisconsin and Ohio, as the election neared, anonymously-funded billboards appeared in predominantly low-income and minority neighborhoods threatening "Voter Fraud is a Felony! up to 3 ½ years & $10,000 Fine." National advocacy groups banded together to pressure the billboard companies to remove the signs, and then funded countervailing billboards urging citizens to vote. [7] In Ohio, after the state legislature passed HB 194, a law that would have severely limited early and absentee voting, prohibited poll workers from assisting voters, and made it more difficult for local boards of elections to promote early voting to registered voters, advocates organized in massive numbers to fight these restrictive measures. The citizens of Ohio, led by Fair Elections Ohio and a coalition of allies that included labor, civil rights, the faith community, and good government groups organized to protect the right to vote by utilizing the constitutional referendum process. As proof of its strength and commitment, this coalition collected 400,000 signatures, significantly more than the 231,000 required, to put HB 194 on the ballot for the November 2012 presidential election. Fearing reversal, the state legislature introduced a new bill to repeal most of HB 194.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) also played a crucial role in ensuring that access to the vote was protected. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke several times on the importance of voter access and the Civil Rights Division has used the Voting Rights Act to protect against the implementation of discriminatory laws.
The Continued Need for the Voting Rights Act
The 2012 election, for all its problems, reaffirmed the tremendous power of the vote. In spite of attempts to disenfranchise a targeted group of citizens, the American people showed up to make their voices heard. Although results are still being tabulated, the power of the Black vote, the Latino vote, the Asian American vote, the youth vote, and the vote of women in the 2012 election confirmed our hopes coming out of the 2008 election – that the profound demographic shifts taking place in our country can be harnessed to create a new coalition of voters whose voices cannot be ignored.[8]
But these voters had the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the Department of Justice to thank for helping to ensure that their vote was protected. Without the protection of the VRA, especially Section 5, the threat to the right to vote would have been much greater.
Just this past year, DOJ objected to a total of 16 proposed changes under Section 5. The Justice Department used the VRA to block voter ID laws in Texas and South Carolina, to invalidate new district maps in Texas, and to prevent some jurisdictions in Florida from reducing early voting.[9]The value of Section 5 as the primary means to protect the right to vote of traditionally disenfranchised groups cannot be overlooked or understated. In a recent speech, Attorney General Holder reaffirmed this sentiment when he stated "the unfortunate reality is that, even today, too many citizens have reason to fear that their right to vote, their access to the ballot – and their ability to have their votes counted – is under threat. In too many places, troubling divisions and disparities remain. And, despite the remarkable, once-unimaginable progress that we've seen over the last half century – indeed, over the last four years – Section 5 remains an indispensible tool for eradicating racial discrimination."[10]
That is why so many agree that Section 5 remains essential to protecting the rights of millions across this country. It is so powerful that in many instances, jurisdictions withdraw their proposed changes rather than have the federal government block them. A 2007 Columbia University paper[11] found that of the 800 times since 1982 the Department of Justice merely asked for more information from states and local governments about proposed changes, more than a quarter of those jurisdictions voluntarily withdrew their proposals. This prophylactic effect is often overlooked, but is critical to the success and continued need of Section 5. Without Section 5, it is entirely possible that we would be dealing with a wave of discriminatory voting laws that would be practically impossible for voting rights advocates and litigators to handle.
In 2006, after review of an extensive record with overwhelming evidence of voting discrimination against minorities in the covered jurisdictions, Congress, almost unanimously, reauthorized Section 5 for an additional 25 years. Notably, the VRA includes a provision that allows jurisdictions to bail out if they meet certain conditions. The Attorney General noted, "since the provision took effect in 1984, bailout has been granted in 38 separate cases – with 20 of those cases in the past three years alone."[12] In Virginia alone, 18 jurisdictions have successfully bailed out of Section 5 preclearance. Kings County, North Carolina and Sandy Springs, Georgia became the first non-VA jurisdictions to bailout of coverage on September 22, 2010.[13] The effectiveness of this provision proves that Section 5 is not only necessary, but proportionate to the challenges it seeks to address.
Voting Rights Reform Moving Forward
While the VRA is a crucial tool in the arsenal of securing the right to vote, we believe there are several measures Congress can take to strengthen our democracy and improve the overall administration of elections.
Election Day 2012 showed everyone what civil and human rights advocates have known for a very long time: our electoral system is outdated, inefficient, confusing, and difficult for citizens to easily navigate. Many people stood in lines for nearly eight hours in places like Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio to cast their vote[14] and, despite legislation passed over the last few decades, such as the Help American Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act to improve registration and voting, too many people were turned away or forced to vote provisionally in many states because of clerical errors, lack of resources, and problems with poll worker training.
On election night, President Obama noted the long election lines and recognized the need to fix our system. The Voter Empowerment Act, introduced earlier this year, is a comprehensive bill which includes the components necessary to address many of the problems in the system. We believe that any comprehensive electoral reform legislation must include modernized voter registration that should be automatic, online, and portable; same-day registration; national standards for poll worker training; requirements that states equitably allocate staff, equipment, ballots and voting locations to ensure that the voting experience is as easy as possible; and early voting to avoid unreasonable election day lines. It is imperative that we bring our elections into the 21st century, in order to improve their integrity and conserve taxpayer dollars.
We urge you to work to remove the barriers to participation for all citizens, not to erect new ones under the guise of political rhetoric. Removing barriers involves modernizing the voting system with automated registration, online access to records, and accessible voting machines that would allow more than 65 million eligible Americans to participate. Investing in a uniform, simplified process for voting would eliminate unnecessary bureaucratic processes, save states money, and save election officials time.
In a speech last year on voting, the Attorney General stated, "all eligible citizens can and should be automatically registered to vote. The ability to vote is a right – it is not a privilege."[15]
Though voting is the language of democracy, we have gotten into the habit of focusing on it primarily in election years when there are threats or when it is time to engage our communities in the process. Our commitment to protecting the right to vote and encouraging civic participation has to become embedded in the daily business of our work going forward, rather than driven by election cycles. Now is the time to look forward to the future of our democracy and work on how to perfect it. That endeavor starts with improving the overall voting process.
Thank you for your leadership on this critical issue."
Read the full testimony at Politics365, "'State of Voting Rights' Hearing Today, Wade Henderson's Testimony"
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Burnett wins 15th for Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- An angry A.J. Burnett outperformed the even angrier Los Angeles Dodgers.
Garrett Jones hit two three-run homers, Burnett became the first Pirates pitcher with 15 wins in 13 years, and Pittsburgh avoided a four-game sweep with a 10-6 victory over Los Angeles on Thursday.
Jones had a career-high six RBIs, and Pedro Alvarez also homered for the Pirates, who had lost six of seven. Pittsburgh had won just three of 10 during its longest homestand of the season.
"He came out knowing what's at hand here, and to put a foot down," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "Then the game probably added to his edge, sharpened his edge, just because the game was all over the place."
Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp and manager Don Mattingly were ejected during the top of the second inning, setting off a lengthy argument that was mostly directed at home plate umpire Angel Campos.
Los Angeles starter Joe Blanton later ran toward Campos as he was walking off the field after being removed following Alvarez's homer. Ramirez also drew Campos' ire for throwing his bat down in disgust after striking out in the sixth.
"We came here having won the first three games of the series. We're not a frustrated team," Mattingly said. "We're not trying to cause any trouble. It's not like we've lost 10 of 11 and looking for a fight. We're here ready to play baseball. To have Matt taken out of the game is not right."
The Dodgers, who lead the NL West by a half-game over San Francisco, had a four-game winning streak snapped. James Loney and Hanley Ramirez homered for Los Angeles.
The Pirates avoided a season sweep by the Dodgers, who had beaten them nine straight times, dating to last year. The Dodgers were looking for their first four-game sweep in Pittsburgh in 63 years.
Alvarez hit his 22nd home run as part of a 3-for-4 day. Clint Barmes added three RBIs for the Pirates, who entered the day tied with St. Louis for the NL's second wild card spot.
Burnett (15-4) allowed six runs, seven hits, and a walk, and he two hit batsmen, but he was good enough to become the first Pirates pitcher to win 15 games since Todd Ritchie in 1999.
Burnett had seven strikeouts and bounced back from his first home loss of the season on Saturday.
Burnett, who called a players meeting before Wednesday's game, got angry after the Dodgers took their only lead in the fourth when Ramirez hit a two-run homer.
As Ramirez rounded second base during his home-run trot, he circled his eyes with his fingers as he turned in the direction of Burnett. The gesture is a trademark of Ramirez's.
"If you're going to hit a homer, act like you've hit one before," Burnett said. "The first batter, Loney, hit one, was very professional about it. Ran hard the whole way. I just thought he did a little something at second base. I could be wrong. It was heat of the moment."
When Ramirez struck out swinging to end the sixth, Burnett screamed at him as he walked off the mound. Ramirez was reprimanded by Campos for throwing his bat, and the two had a somewhat-heated discussion.
"I was just excited to get him out," Burnett said. "Every time someone clicks one off you, you want to get him out the next time up. He drove one that went pretty far, and then I was able to get him out so I was pretty fired up."
That incident wasn't close to being the most contentious moment of the game.
Kemp struck out to end the first. He and Mattingly confirmed that the Dodgers dugout was barking about balls and strikes when Andre Ethier led off the following inning, prompting Campos to deliver an unofficial warning to the Dodgers dugout.
"Then I said, `Let's go `Dre,' and he tossed me out of the game," Kemp said. "You've got two teams going at it in a pennant race. We're trying to build the lead against the Giants and Arizona, and I get thrown out for cheering my teammate."
Kemp's ejection angered Mattingly, who sprinted out to Campos. Kemp wasn't far behind, and needed to be restrained, at different times, by Mattingly, teammate Shane Victorino, bench coach Trey Hillman and other umpires. He bumped into an umpire at least once.
After a few minutes of arguing, Mattingly was ejected by crew chief Tim Tschida. Mattingly stayed on the field for several more minutes of animated discussion before an umpire summoned Hillman to come out to retrieve Mattingly.
"This isn't about being mad," Mattingly said. "This is something that has to go above me. It needs to go to the league. We're in a pennant race, and I've got a guy who was second in the MVP (voting) last year, and you can't take him out of the game for cheering for a teammate. If we had gone out of control, that's different. This is just unacceptable behavior (by Campos)."
Mattingly's ejection was his sixth this season; Kemp was tossed for the first time.
Loney homered two batters after play resumed. It was his first home run since May 21 and third of the season.
Blanton (8-11) fell to 0-2 since being acquired in a trade from Philadelphia. Blanton gave up eight runs, seven hits and a season-high four walks in 4 1-3 innings.
Jordy Mercer and Andrew McCutchen were on base both times Jones homered, in the first and fifth innings. The second shot to right elicited a curtain call for Jones, who has 20 home runs this season and five career two-homer games.
Notes: A day after dislocating the pinkie finger on his right hand, Pittsburgh 2B Neil Walker received "all good news" from a hand specialist on Thursday morning. Walker said he had no ligament damage and can't further injure the finger. He won't go on the disabled list, but will monitor swelling and pain tolerance associated with swinging a bat against live pitching. ... Before the game, the Pirates recalled right-hander Jared Hughes and utility player Yamaico Navarro from Triple-A Indianapolis. Reliever Chad Qualls was placed on the bereavement list, and left-hander Jeff Locke was optioned to the minors. ... The Pirates will play the Cardinals in six of their next 12 games, starting with a weekend series in St. Louis that begins on Friday. ... The Dodgers travel to Atlanta to complete their 10-game road trip with three games against the Braves.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half a million baby strollers in the United States and Canada are being recalled because of a chocking hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said.
An embroidered logo on the canopy of the B.O.B. Trailers Inc jogging strollers can detach, posing a choking hazard to babies and young children, the agencies said in a joint statement.
B.O.B., of Boise, Idaho, has received six reports of children mouthing the detached patch on the single and double strollers.
Gagging and choking were reported in two incidents and the backing was removed without injury, the statement said.
About 411,700 strollers in the United States and 27,000 in Canada are being recalled. In February, 357,000 units were recalled due to strangulation hazard posed by the canopy drawstring.
The agencies said the voluntary recall was being carried out in cooperation with B.O.B. The recall involves all B.O.B. strollers manufactured between November 1998 and November 2010.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Jerry Norton)


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Cornell ECE Associate Professor G. Edward Suh and his colleagues recently received a Most Frequently Cited Paper Award (2000-2009) at the 2017 Symposium on VLSI Circuits in Kyoto, Japan. Their paper, "A technique to build a secret key in integrated circuits for identification and authentication applications," originally presented during the 2004 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, has been most often cited (by 138 papers and by 409 papers on Google Scholar) among all papers that were presented at the Symposia on VLSI Circuits from 2000-2009.
According to the abstract, the paper describes a technique that exploits the statistical delay variations of wires and transistors across integrated circuits to build a secret key unique to each integrated circuit. The paper was authored by Jae W. Lee, Daihyun Lim, Blaise Gassend, G. Edward Suh; Marten van Dijk, and Srinivas Devadas.
An award presentation was held during the 30th Anniversary celebration of Symposia on VLSI Circuits on June 6, 2017 at Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
Suh is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University and a member of the Computer Systems Laboratory. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with his work on a single-chip secure processor. Following MIT, he spent a year at Verayo Inc., where he led the development of unclonable RFIDs and secure embedded processors. He joined the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell in 2007.
Suh's research interests include computer systems with particular focus on computer architecture. He is interested in combining architectural techniques with low-level software to enhance various aspects of computing systems such as performance, security and reliability. His recent research efforts focus on building verifiably secure computing systems with an application to secure autonomous driving, and developing architecture frameworks and design methodologies for efficient parallel hardware accelerators.


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Capcom has updated the PN03, in development by its internal studio, Production Studio 4, Japanese website. P.N. 03, directed by Shinji Mikami, is described as an action game starring a female soldier named Vanessa Z. Schneider. She's a mercenary armed with a high-powered laser--and she's a robot killer. Robots at a colonial settlement have gone wild on a nearby planet, and it's up to Vanessa--whose parents were killed by the same system overrunning the settlement--to stop them. Not much is known about the game's action, but it is described as containing dodging capabilities and transforming mechs. The game is due to hit Japan in spring of 2003.


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YUCAIPA, California (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed and dozens more injured when a tour bus returning to Mexico from a Southern California ski resort crashed on a mountain road and rolled over, ejecting several passengers, authorities said on Monday.
The bus driver, who survived the Sunday evening crash, reported to authorities that the motor coach had experienced a mechanical failure of some kind at the time of the accident, California Highway Patrol Sergeant Billy Rangel said.
"The bus driver is saying there were issues with the brakes," said Terri Kasinga, a spokeswoman for the California Transportation Department.
Federal transportation safety records show the California-based company identified by police as the bus operator was cited for dozens of maintenance violations over the past two years, including bald tires and brake problems as recently as July 2012.
There was no immediate indication that alcohol, drugs or road conditions were factors in the crash, which occurred at about 6:30 p.m. on Highway 38 near the town of Yucaipa, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles, police said.
The chartered bus was carrying a group of people home from a ski outing in California's Big Bear Lake resort area back to Tijuana, Mexico, when it struck a car from behind on the way down the mountain and careened out of control, Rangel said.
The motor coach then rolled over and slammed into a pickup truck, throwing several passengers from the bus, he said. The pickup was crushed in the wreck.
The mangled bus came to rest right-side-up with its front tires hanging over a culvert along the shoulder of the road, and authorities were still extracting bodies from the wreckage some 19 hours after the crash, Kasinga said.
Rangel said eight people were confirmed killed and roughly 35 others were taken to hospitals with injuries, at least one of them in critical condition. The drivers of the car and pickup truck struck by the bus also survived, he said.
Investigators later determined that 39 people, including the driver, were on the bus, and all the passengers are believed to be Mexican nationals, Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Cliff Porter said.
The bus was operated by Scapadas Magicas, a tour company based in National City, California, just south of San Diego, Highway Patrol spokesman Mario Lopez said. The firm also operates in Tijuana.
The company's safety record ranks in the bottom 25 percent of all private U.S. bus operators based on ratings by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, according to records posted on the agency's website.
Twenty-six safety inspections of the Scapadas fleet - consisting of two motor coaches and a passenger van - found a total of 59 vehicle maintenance violations during the past two years, the agency said.
Violations ranged from oil and gas leaks and improper battery installation to worn brakes, power steering problems, tires with low tread, improper wiring and faulty headlamps. The company was also cited in August 2012 for having a passenger-van driver with a suspended license on the payroll.
Representatives for Scapadas Magicas could not immediately be reached for comment.
One motorist who said she pulled over to let the bus pass her on the highway shortly before the accident told City News Service (CNS) that the bus had appeared behind her at a rate of speed that led her to believe it was having brake difficulties.
"I saw headlights in my rear-view mirror and I just pulled over to the side of the road," Betty Harvey told CNS, adding that she encountered the crash scene further downhill moments later.
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CVS Caremark pulls lid off Brazilian bombshell, posts 'strong' Q4
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark executives expressed optimism Wednesday morning as the company posted record fourth-quarter results, raised its 2013 guidance and continues to work to leverage its distinctive business model to help people on their path to better health amid a rapidly changing healthcare environment.
"We are very pleased with the strong results we posted in the fourth quarter and full year 2012 with solid performance throughout the enterprise," CVS Caremark president and CEO Larry Merlo told analysts during Wednesday morning's conference call. … Our fourth-quarter results reflect strong performances at the high end of our expectations in both the [pharmacy benefit management] and retail segments."
The quarter exceeded the high end of the company's guidance by 3 cents per share.
Net revenues for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 increased 10.9%, to $31.4 billion, up from $28.3 billion in the three months ended in the year-ago period.
Income from continuing operations attributable to CVS Caremark for the quarter increased 2.7% to $1.13 billion, compared with $1.10 billion during the year-ago period.
During the call, CVS Caremark told analysts that late last week it closed on the acquisition of privately held Brazilian drug store chain Onofre. Merlo said the acquisition of the 44 stores is not financially material to CVS Caremark; however, it does mark CVS Caremark's foray into the international drug store space.
"As you know, we have been exploring opportunities for possible international expansion, and we have said many times that our approach would be measured and we would exercise financial discipline," Merlo said. "We believe this acquisition is a great example of that strategy and action."
According to Merlo, Onofre has a strong reputation in the marketplace and is successful in tailoring its stores to market to different customer segments.
"We view Brazil as an attractive market given that health care and pharmacy are expected to grow double digits for the next decade, and while chains are prevalent, it is still a highly fragmented market. So, we see nice opportunities to grow the business over time," Merlo said.
It has been reported in published reports that Onofre is the eighth-largest drug store chain in Brazil in terms of revenues, posting gross revenue of BR1.2 billion in 2011.
In touching upon its business segments, Merlo stated that the PBM segment has experienced no material change in the 2013 selling season since the company's Analyst Day meeting in December and its retention rate stands at 96%.
On Analyst Day, the company reported net new business wins for 2013 of about $400 million and, while the company has had some additional wins since Analyst Day, Merlo said the impact of the recently announced CMS sanction essentially offsets the recent wins.
As previously reported by Drug Store News, CVS Caremark is working to resolve service issues related to its SilverScript Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. Issues with SilverScript enrollment processing resulted from an enrollment system conversion and brought about an increase in call volume and issues related to claims processing, including, in some instances, not being able to have claims adjudicated at the pharmacy. As a consequence, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has placed SilverScript on intermediate sanctions.
The company's differentiated offerings — Maintenance Choice and Pharmacy Advisor — continue to gain attention in the marketplace and enjoy robust growth.
Revenues in the pharmacy services segment increased 17.4% to $18.6 billion in the quarter, fueled primarily by 2012 client starts, drug cost inflation and the growth of our Medicare Part D program.
As for the retail business, Merlo said the company had "a very strong quarter" with same-store sales increasing 4%. Pharmacy same-store sales also increased 4% as front-end same-store sales increased 3.9%. Revenues in the retail pharmacy segment increased 5.1% to $16.3 billion during the fourth quarter.
Merlo noted that quarter benefited slightly from flu-related scripts, and flu shots increasing during December, as well as the retention of scripts gained during the Walgreens and Express Scripts impasse. As expected, CVS Caremark retained at least 60% of the scripts gained during the impasse, and it expects to continue to retain at least 60% of the scripts in 2013.
Eager to touch upon the company's ExtraCare loyalty program, Merlo told analysts that the program continues to be a "key differentiator" with the scale of the program increasing dramatically in 2012 despite increased competitive activity in the loyalty program space.
"Increased engagement of our ExtraCare members is driving meaningful results. As an example, we have doubled our email program to more than 15 million active participants. Many have received over 60 million personalized email offers; that's up 69% versus the prior year," Merlo said. And its ExtraCare Beauty Club program now stands at about 11 million members.
Meanwhile, the chain announced Monday the launch of the ExtraCare Pharmacy & Health Rewards program, which allows members to earn larger and more frequent rewards when filling prescriptions or making healthy decisions, as well as providing another choice for members and giving them the ability to opt-in to parts of the program most relevant to their needs and preferences.
"While ExtraCare has been in the marketplace for 15 years, I think these [enhanced programs] are examples of how we are not sitting still," Merlo said.
The company's MinuteClinic business reported strong revenue growth during the quarter. On a comparable basis, sales were up more than 38% versus the year-ago period. As the company headed into January with the strong flu season, patient visits at MinuteClinic reached "unprecedented daily levels," Merlo said.
The company continued to expand the services offerings within MinuteClinic and focus on wellness programs, along with programs aimed at treating chronic conditions. For example, the company has developed a provider education program with the American Heart Association to support the hypertension evaluation visits, and it is piloting enhanced smoking cessation and weight management programs.
During the quarter, the company opened 31 net new clinics and ended 2012 with 640 clinics. As the company announced on Analyst Day in December, it is ramping up expansion plans and expects to open another 150 clinics this year. It plans to end 2013 with just under 800 clinics.
Given its solid results throughout the enterprise, the company raised its earnings guidance for the full year 2013 to reflect the anticipated 2 cents per share of EPS accretion related to the debt tender and refinancing that was executed during the fourth quarter of last year. The company currently expects to deliver adjusted EPS of $3.86 to $4 and GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $3.61 to $3.75 per share in 2013. The company confirmed its 2013 free cash flow guidance of $4.8 billion to $5.1 billion, and its 2013 cash flow from operations guidance of $6.4 billion to $6.6 billion. These 2013 guidance estimates assume the completion of $4.0 billion in share repurchases.
Kmart launches financial empowerment campaign for African-Americans
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Kmart is marking Black History Month in February with a financial empowerment campaign aimed at African-Americans, the mass merchandise retailer said Wednesday.
Kmart said it would partner with Essence Magazine senior editor for personal finance and careers Tanisha Sykes for the sixth-annual Share the Word campaign.
"Financial empowerment is extremely important within the African-American community," Sykes said. "This year's Share the Word campaign will provide the tools, information and resources to help pave the road to financial success."
Kmart will use social networking platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and its own shopyourway.com website, where Shop Your Way loyalty card members can enter a sweepstakes to win tax preparation services from Jackson Hewitt. The campaign will close on Feb. 23 with an in-store event in Hyattsville, Md., including interactive financial discussions, special discounts for attendees, prizes and giveaways.
"Kmart embraces diversity and inclusion throughout the year," Kmart interim chief marketing officer Andrew Stein said. "We are always looking for ways to reach our audiences with programs that resonate and provide value."
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Kroger commits to lowering prices across 3,500 items in home market
CINCINNATI — Local Kroger stores will discontinue doubling coupons and will instead lower prices on about 3,500 items, according to a report published in the Business Courier last week. The new everyday lower prices and corresponding shelf tags were rolled out on Monday.
Kroger will cease doubling coupons up to 50 cents by March and the change is only taking place across the Cincinnati/Dayton division.
According to the report, Kroger has committed to tripling the amount once budgeted for doubling coupons as part of the new lower prices initiative.
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The Accelerated Master's Program in Public Administration (AMP-PA) offers University of Vermont students the opportunity to secure a sound undergraduate and graduate program of study in five rather than a minimum of six years. The program closely integrates both programs of study, and enhances competitiveness in a marketplace stressing broad undergraduate and focused professional graduate education. The AMP-PA welcomes students majoring in the administrative, behavioral, health, environmental, organizational, social science and related disciplines requiring graduate work in administration, or planning and policy capacities in the public service. Application to the program is typically made during a student's junior year. More information on the AMP-PA program can be found on the Master of Public Administration website. Inquiries can be made through email email@example.com or by phone (802-656-0009).
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Home wind turbines have become the must-have home improvement among people eager to help save the planet and flaunt their green credentials.
Dubbed 'the ultimate green fashion statement', are selling in their thousands amid claims they can cut household electricity bills by 30 per cent.
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As well as being noisy and unsightly, they barely produce enough electricity to power a hairdryer in many houses.
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Although there are currently just 650 home wind turbines installed that number is set to grow massively as the makers of the most popular wind turbine, Windsave, have had orders of more than 15,000 ahead of Christmas for their WS1000 unit which sells for just under £1,500 at B&Q.


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Tallavana Christian School has extended fall enrollment for new students to Oct. 19 for preschool and elementary school students only. Families moving to Gadsden and Leon counties can enroll at TCS at any point during the year in all grades. Application fee is $100.
When Georgeann Reffner and her husband, Rich, moved to Gadsden County a few years ago, she was sure of two things: she knew she would love small town living, and she wanted to give back.
She soon began working at the Gadsden Community Hospital, where she put her many years of nursing experience to work. She was troubled by the great need she saw for medical supplies, both in the hospital and in the community.
Reffner was working at the hospital when it closed in 2005, and she began once again to ask herself what she could do to give back to the community.
• First Baptist Church in Quincy holds Sunday School each week at 9:45 a.m., followed by worship at 10:55. Sunday evening worship begins at 6 p.m. Sunday morning worship services are broadcast on Sunday events at 6 p.m. on 93.3 FM.
• Church services at Mt. Pilgrim Primitive Baptist Church are held the first, second and fourth Sundays at 11 a.m., and at 8 a.m. on the third Sunday of each month. Church school begins at 9:45 a.m. each Sunday morning.
The Gadsden County Tobacco Free Partnership will meet Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. in the TCC Quincy House in Quincy. For more information, call Eric Gipson at 850-386-2065.
Literacy Volunteers of Gadsden County will host its annual Bridge the Gap Literacy Summit Sept. 19 at the Joe Ferolito Recreation Center in Quincy. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and feature guest speaker Richard Crutcher. Call 875-8680 for more information.
Why can't we as Americans act a little more like we belong to a nation called the "United States?" What has happened to that attitude of good will toward our fellow man and the general "feel good all over" feeling that so many of us have felt in the past? Or are you too young to remember those days? If you haven't had any reason to feel good about America for legitimate reasons, I am sorry about your plight.
"I must be nuts to be taking this walk in the dark again. You know there are wild critters in these parts. What if they're hungry or rabid? Fool, you really should pack your rod, or at least take your walking stick. Then you'd have a fighting chance if you were attacked."
On a few days of late these have been among my thoughts while walking along my usual Twin Ponds route. There are street lights along the way, but that wouldn't stop a bear or Florida wildcat from attacking me.
Shannon Renod Peoples and Verand Ke'shia Houston were married in a private ceremony July 11, 2009 at Tom Brown Park.
In recognition of a lifetime of dedication and support of the visual arts, Zoe Golloway, arts activist, founder and former director of Gadsden Art Center, will be honored at the LeMoyne Art & Soul Celebration Sept. 24 at the University Center Club.
Millie Forehand has always wanted to make a difference. Sometimes people liked it and sometimes they didn't but that never stopped her from trying. In 1995, she was unhappy with the way things were going in her neighborhood in the city of Quincy and she set out to make a difference by running for office. In 1997, she was elected mayor and served 1 year. The following year she was defeated.
Another summer is winding down, and I still haven't gone fishing. How I long to be sitting in a rowboat on some quiet lake at dusk with my spinning gear and old Jitterbug. To listen to the "glub," "glub," "glub" of that surface lure waiting for a largemouth bass to break the otherwise stillness of the lake when he charged it.
It was the morning after Bobby Kennedy's assassination when my brother Ken and I went fishing for the last time. We fished at Lake Mashapaug in northeastern Connecticut that morning.
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SDEROT, Israel (AP) — In this southern Israeli town, which has lived for nearly 13 years under the constant threat of rocket attacks from Gaza, there is little joy over a new cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers: Schools remain closed, traffic is sparse and hope is hard to find.
The working-class residents of Sderot have seen previous lulls in violence quickly unravel. This time around, they are wary of new promises of calm, and many say the military should have continued its offensive in Gaza until Hamas was decisively beaten.
"This quiet is hard to swallow and it doesn't do us any good," said Ortal Buchbut, 31. "We know that at some point it will end and things will go back to being what they were, or worse."
Israel launched its campaign on Nov. 14 in a bid to end months of renewed rocket fire out of Gaza, carrying out hundreds of strikes. During the eight days of fighting, some 1,500 rockets were launched at Israel, targeting Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other major cities for the first time.
For Sderot, though, it was nothing new. More than any other Israeli town or city, Sderot has been pounded mercilessly by Gaza militants, making life here nearly unbearable.
Less than a mile (2 kilometers) away from Gaza, Sderot has been a favorite target of Gaza militants. Eight residents have been killed since rocket fire began with a Palestinian uprising in 2000, hundreds have been wounded and nearly everyone traumatized by the frequent wail of sirens and explosions.
Despite fortifications that have secured schools and homes in recent years, keeping casualty figures down, the threat has remained.
Experts warn of long-lasting psychological damage inflicted on Sderot's 24,000 residents, particularly children, who suffer from exceptionally high rates of anxiety and bed-wetting compared to other Israeli children, according to psychologists who have researched the phenomenon.
On Thursday, residents gingerly emerged from their homes to take in some fresh air and do some shopping, even though most stores remained shuttered. There was little movement around the town's main traffic circle, which also serves as a memorial to those slain by rocket attacks over the years.
Those who ventured out expressed frustration with the cease-fire, saying Israel's offensive ended too quickly and that they were willing to absorb more abuse in return for a chance for quiet, once and for all.
"Hamas needs to be eliminated, completely. Nothing else will work," said Yisrael Haziza, 68, sitting outside a mostly empty convenience store.
An acquaintance passed by, offering a more subtle view.
"We have no more energy, maybe now we'll get a breather, God willing," Florie Vanunu said.
She said carrying out the ground operation Israel was threatening could have cost the lives of soldiers. But she had no illusions that her troubles were over either.
"We don't trust the Arabs for a second," she said.
Speaking Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that some Israelis were disappointed.
"I know that there are citizens who expected an even sharper response," he said, after meeting police commanders. "This is the right thing to do for the state of Israel at this time, but we are also prepared for the possibility that the cease-fire will not be upheld, and we will know how to act if need be."
In Ashkelon, a coastal city of 120,000 farther to the north, life was returning to normal more quickly. With schools still out, the malls were filled with children watching a clown show and playing with balloons. People were visibly jittery though when one popped loudly.
"We're not ready for that yet," a waitress said with a smile.
Businesses reopened but suffered from shortages of supplies and employees who had fled farther north during the fighting, in which 125 rockets were fired toward the city.
Despite a palpable sense of relief, residents were still angry about how the fighting ended — with Hamas still standing and claiming victory. The militant group held mass celebrations in Gaza on Thursday.
"I don't understand how they can attack and kill our people and nobody cares, but we can't attack them," said Uri Nuriel, a 57-year-old who works at a jewelry store and thought Israel acted too soft in the offensive. "If you come after me, I'm going to come after you. "In the Middle East you have to behave like the Middle East, not Switzerland. Something has to change here. This is an impossible situation. Any other country in the world would have just wiped them out."
Yaniv Tzur, 24, said he was pleased to be reopening his frozen yogurt shop but would have preferred to wait it out longer in order to deliver a more devastating blow to Hamas.
"This thing will last six months, maybe eight months, a year tops," he said. "We have to finish off Gaza so they can't threaten us ever again. If we are already suffering, then we should go all the way. When you start something you should finish it, or else don't do it at all."
Life in the desert city of Beersheba was back to its usual humdrum beat, minus the thousands of university students usually seen biking on the main roads. Despite the cease-fire, classes remained canceled and many students had evacuated the city. Restaurants were filling up once again, after more than 160 rockets were fired at the city of 200,000 over the past week.
At the Soroka Medical Center, the 55 premature newborn babies that were moved from the infant ICU ward during the fighting still remained in their temporary location in a sheltered wing of the hospital.
Sara Bar, 60, a retired supervisor of the hospital's emergency room, paged through her phone's Facebook news feed and pointed out caricatures and commentary goading Netanyahu for ending the hostilities early.
"We're in a dilemma. If we had continued, soldiers would have been killed," she said. "But for our own sense of quiet, the only way to prove to (Hamas Prime Minister Ismail) Haniyeh that we will beat him is to go in."
Associated Press writer Daniel Estrin contributed to this report from Beersheba.
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When I woke up Monday morning, my hair decided it was a bad hair day. After a lil' prayer and some much needed oiling and moisturising, I came out with a perm (not a chemical one, but an accidental one), complete with glycerine-effects (I'll let you ponder on why stickers such as: "I like you hair but not on my window" comes from).
Being the eternal optimist I am, I named it "The Diana Ross" (on a minor scale). Ditch, switch or "we have a winner", that is the question...
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Skip to comments.Egg McMuffin inventor dies at 89
Posted on 03/26/2008 7:55:00 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
LOS ANGELES - Herb Peterson, who invented the ubiquitous Egg McMuffin as a way to introduce breakfast to McDonald's restaurants, has died, a Southern California McDonald's official said Wednesday. He was 89.
Peterson died peacefully Tuesday at his Santa Barbara home, said Monte Fraker, vice president of operations for McDonald's restaurants in that city.
He began his career with McDonald's Corp. as vice president of the company's advertising firm, D'Arcy Advertising, in Chicago. He wrote McDonald's first national advertising slogan, "Where Quality Starts Fresh Every Day."
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I agree that a really fresh Egg McMuffin is delicious. As for healthy, nutritionally it closely resembles the McDonalds single cheeseburger, except that the McMuffin has over six times the cholesterol:
Their grilled chicken sandwich is healthier.
Egg McMuffins are awesome.
One of the best road trip foods made. Many a One has been consumed on our nations highways.
LOL...I am hitting the road tomorrow at 6 AM to drive down to Washington to stand outside Walter Reed Friday night...
I might just get one. I IS kind of the ultimate road food. I have been going a lot of places in my life and eaten those things in cars.
Well, better than OK, to tell the truth. A bacon egg and cheese biscuit from Bojangle's, a sausage and egg burrito from Jack-in-the-Box, whatever, is a wonderful thing. To tell the truth, it's hard to screw up eggs with bacon/ham/sausage, in whatever guise, too badly.
But the clear winner, by light years, is the Egg McMuffin. One could wish for sharper cheese, or for a better pork product than the bland slice of "Canadian bacon," whatever that is, but the concept is outstanding.
I'll bet I've scarfed down more than 100 of Herb's creations. Every single one was pretty good; none were great. Given their price, a heck of a deal.
How can you beat something so simple? Pure Genius.
Worries about cholesterol in eggs have been debunked in the past year. Also, there are practically no trans fats or sugars in the Egg McMuffin.
Eat up!
The same reason I always said breakfast was the best meal on a Navy ship. As far as Egg McMuffins, my only complaint is that the muffins are too soft. I like my english muffins toasted crunchy.
Exactly what I was planning to do! :-)
I agree.
A free suggestion to McD's: a burger on a toasted English muffin, sharp English cheddar, and English mustard. A BritBurger. Instant hit.
How can they say HE invented it? We were eating scrambled egg sandwiches long before we ever heard of McDonalds. He merely marketed it.
I haven't eaten at McDonalds in many years but the one thing they sold that I could eat was the egg Mcmuffin. Actually thought it was pretty good.
As was said the Sausage Bisquit with Egg and Cheese is better but it's also more $$$$. Last year they had a special on both types I think were 2 for $2.00. As we speak right now the MC D's here has the Egg Mc Muffin 2 fer $2.00.
I'd try that.
I know it affectionately as the "Egg McBludgeon".
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