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An article explaining how to validate the PGP signatures of software packages, and establish a weak but reasonably secure web of trust when establishing an uninterrupted one is not practical. This is useful when downloading Lisp software with ASDF-INSTALL. The article was written by Juliusz Chroboczek.
Document location: http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/pgp-validating.html
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Beaumont/Port Arthur
Through President James "Jimmy" Simmons tenure as band director, music professor, and dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, he brought pride to the Lamar University music program through "the Grandest Band in the Land" and the creation of Lamarissimo! He has also helped to kick-start many successful music careers, according to many of his friends, colleagues and former students.
Lamar University president Dr. James M. "Jimmy" Simmons has become the first president emeritus in Lamar history.
Chancellor Brian McCall made the announcement Saturday night, March 2, during halftime of the Cardinals' basketball game at "A Standing Ovation for Jimmy and Susan Simmons" in the Montagne Center.
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text: Brandon Schuster: A Passion for Israel Driven by Hillel by Hillel News |Dec 12, 2013|Comments When Brandon Schuster left home for the University of South Florida (USF), it was his first culture shock. He was leaving the warm Jewish community where he had grown up and felt confident. For the first time, Brandon became friends with non-Jewish students and sat alongside classmates who had never met a Jew before. In searching for his place at USF, Brandon became involved with Hillel and Israel activism. USF Hillel had strong professional leadership in Ed Rosenthal, Executive Director for Hillels of the Florida Suncoast, Anat Valdman, Director of Jewish Education & Programs, and Israel Fellow Idit Hacham, along with a growing Jewish student body which allowed for a complete Hillel turnaround. Brandon's eyes light up when he speaks of Hillel. He shares, "Anat and Idit truly fostered a large, vibrant, dynamic and Jewish family on campus with their motherly and sisterly personalities and passions that they contribute to each program and class they offer." In May 2012, Brandon embarked on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip, and his first encounter with the land and the people strengthened and justified his bond with Israel. He left with a hunger for more and the drive to be even more involved back at home. Brandon returned to USF as the incoming Hillel president for 2012-2013. Reflecting on the exciting year, Brandon notes: "we became one of the most successful Hillels in the country, from being a struggling Hillel. We won the "Activist Campus of the Year" award at the 2013 American-Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington DC. I personally was so proud to be a part of the amazing group of USF students who won this prestigious award, let alone help lead in these efforts. Our efforts not only changed the way we discussed this region of the world on campus, but we captured the attention of politicians and influential figures in Washington DC and right here in the state of Florida and within the Tampa Bay community, through our hard work and dedication for the state of Israel on our campus. Being President of USF Hillel has been one of my proudest accomplishments." Coinciding with his busy class schedule, his presidential role at Hillel, and applying for summer internships, Brandon was also on the lookout for how to return to Israel. When he met a representative from the University of Haifa at Shabbat dinner, he learned about studying abroad in Israel. With only a week until the application deadline, Brandon was able to complete the paperwork to spend a semester at the University of Haifa International School. His luck continued when, over the summer, Ed Rosenthal, called with exciting news – Brandon had been awarded a $5000 scholarship for his semester in Haifa. "I couldn't believe it. I just stared at the phone for a while," recounted Brandon, on how he made his dream a reality. Brandon was the first recipient of the USF Presidential Passport Scholarship for studying in Israel. Brandon is currently studying Israel and Middle East Studies in Haifa, and living on campus with five Israeli roommates. "I love it" he says, of living with Israeli students, "they help me with my homework and we teach each other Hebrew and English." While addressing a group of visiting professionals from the United Kingdom, Brandon shared his experience in Haifa, "You always read about and see photos about the history that took place in this land. Instead of just learning about it, I am now living and seeing where the history happened." At the conclusion of the semester in January, Brandon will head back to USF to finish his senior year. He plans on returning to USF Hillel to "build a legacy for years to come, of students having the same opportunities and experiences like I have been so grateful to have. I hope that more students at USF will have the chance to study abroad in this beautifully diverse country, especially as our Hillel is growing stronger and stronger. By doing so, I hope it can help them discover many different aspects of their Jewish identities." Back to Top Tags: Student leadership Study Abroad University of Haifa International School Israel Hillels of the Florida Suncoast USF Hillel Brandon Schuster {{Title}} [x] Add or, Select from existing Opening existing... Close existing Most popular tags Click to select: Show all2441Tags Show only most popular Opening all... {{Title}} ({{ItemsCount}})


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Precyse Awarded 2012 Best in KLAS for Transcription Services
Achieves the top MTSO ranking while offering a trifecta of HIM services, including coding, transcription and full HIM department strategic sourcing
Jan 07, 2013, 09:00 EST
WAYNE, Pa. and ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Precyse, a leader in Health Information Management (HIM) technology and services, announces that it has been named Best in KLAS for Transcription Services in the recent KLAS report titled "2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services." Precyse is also the No. 1 ranked vendor in the KLAS "HIM Services 2012: Helping to Weather the Storm" report for Transcription Services.
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Precyse achieved the top medical transcription service organization (MTSO) ranking, receiving very high marks for its turnaround times (TAT), report quality, account management and administrative tools. Precyse was the only fully rated firm to score above average in all four performance areas, and according to the report, Precyse received the highest score of any firm in report quality, demonstrating consistent service delivery among its client base.
"Providers recognize the critical nature that vendors play in improving healthcare delivery," said Adam Gale, KLAS president. "Thus, a growing number of providers are weighing in on vendor performance. It speaks volumes that providers want to be heard and be counted. And vendors are listening."
The clinical documentation of the patient story is critical to the success of a healthcare facility. Without accurate, concise clinical documentation it is impossible to achieve Core Measures, to transition to ICD-10 or to establish clinical data mining to produce required statistics. Precyse's combination of technology, processes and services accelerates turnaround time, reduces costs, minimizes capital outlay and transforms dictation into meaningful clinical information for ultimate patient care while achieving financial goals.
"I am so proud of our Precyse colleagues who believe in our mission and work every day to make this Best in KLAS recognition possible," said Chris Powell, president of Precyse. "This type of recognition does not just happen. It takes commitment, hard work and a relentless focus on continually improving. I am thrilled to see Precyse honored as Best in KLAS for Transcription Services this year, not to mention the year-over-year consistency of our second place ranking for the previous three years."
Precyse's Transcription Technology and Services drive exceptional electronic documentation that better supports the data challenges healthcare providers are facing today, such as ICD-10, Meaningful Use and Core Measures. "Precyse has been an excellent company to work and partner with. Their turnaround times, reporting and customer service are all excellent," wrote one customer on the KLAS website. "I recently had them help me develop an interface with our EMR vendor. They completed this project on time and within budget, and it is working flawlessly. Lastly, unlike other vendors that I have worked with and am currently working with, I actually have seen a cost reduction with Precyse's services for the past couple of years. Precyse is an excellent partner, and their customer service makes them my personal favorite."[i]
Another client wrote, "Precyse has done an excellent job for us since we contracted with them a few years ago. They have been a pleasure to work with, and their turnaround time always and easily meets our needs. … They are a trusted partner with us, and I can't see why we would ever change to another vendor. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for transcription services."[ii]
In addition to the accolades for its transcription technology and services, Precyse received praise for its coding accuracy, great relationships, responsiveness and professionalism in the KLAS "HIM Services 2012" report. Also in that report, the majority of Precyse's coding customers claimed Precyse's service is on par with its highly rated transcription offering. Precyse was praised for its personal touch and customer service and received high marks for quality, turnaround and accuracy.
About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and to be counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment, and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends, and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and their staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.
About Precyse
Precyse provides industry-leading expert services and comprehensive technologies that empower healthcare organizations to most effectively and efficiently capture, organize, secure and analyze clinical data and transform it into actionable information, supporting the delivery of quality patient care and optimizing operating performance. Precyse has enabled more than 2,000 hospitals and health systems nationwide to improve efficiency and deliver tangible outcomes for more than a decade. With products ranging from an integrated transcription and coding platform with advanced speech recognition, expert workflow technologies and Natural Language Comprehension™ to HIM consulting and services, Precyse's flexible software can be delivered standalone or complemented by a professional staff of more than 1,200 experts. Now more than ever, hospitals and health systems are challenged to achieve meaningful use of the legal health record. Precyse is the partner hospitals across the country choose to achieve this goal. To learn more, visit www.precyse.com.
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OCTOBER 3, 2011 The volume of new work received by Canadian manufacturers continued to increase in September, according to the RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers IndexTM (RBC PMITM), a monthly survey, conducted in association with Markit, a leading global financial information services company, and the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC), which offers a comprehensive and early indicator of trends in the Canadian manufacturing sector.
The RBC PMI found that business conditions in Canada's manufacturing sector improved further in September. Both output and new order growth quickened since August, with panelists commenting on greater demand and new client wins. Meanwhile, the rate of job creation was strong and the fastest since March. However, supply-side pressures continued to build during the latest survey period, as firms reported further vendor delivery delays and a strong (albeit slower) rate of input price inflation.
The headline RBC PMI - a composite indicator designed to provide a single-figure snapshot of the health of the manufacturing sector - registered 55.0 in September, up fractionally from 54.9 in August, and signalled a solid improvement in Canadian manufacturing sector business conditions. The latest RBC PMI reading was the highest since April, and reflected further expansions of both output and new orders.
"Today's RBC PMI figures bode well for a rebound in the Canadian manufacturing sector in the third quarter, consistent with a rebound in the Canadian economy and in line with our latest forecast for real GDP growth in Canada of 2.4% this year," said Craig Wright, senior vice-president and chief economist, RBC.
In addition to the headline RBC PMI, the survey also tracks changes in output, new orders, employment, inventories, prices and supplier delivery times. Index readings above 50.0 signal expansion from the previous month, readings below 50.0 indicate contraction.
Key findings from the September survey include:
The latest expansion in the Canadian manufacturing sector partly reflected firms receiving a larger volume of new work in September. Over one-third of survey respondents reported new order growth, with the pace of increase strong and the fastest in five months. Export orders also rose in September. Panelists linked the rise in total new work to greater demand and new client wins.
Reflective of the further increase in new orders, Canadian manufacturing companies raised production during the latest survey period. Moreover, firms depleted stocks of finished goods in September to partly fulfill new order requirements. Backlogs of work increased nonetheless, although the latest rise was weaker than that registered in August.
Employment in Canada's manufacturing sector rose further in September, with almost 21 per cent of firms hiring additional staff. The rate of job creation quickened since the previous survey period and was the fastest in six months.
The amount of inputs purchased by surveyed firms increased during the latest survey period. Meanwhile, input inventories were depleted for the first time since April. Panelists generally linked the rise in purchasing activity to higher production requirements in September. Subsequently, the average time it took for suppliers to deliver inputs lengthened at a marked pace. Anecdotal evidence provided by panelists attributed slower lead times to backlogs at vendors.
Monitored companies reported higher input prices in September, reflecting increased costs for certain raw materials. Subsequently, the rate of input price inflation remained strong, despite easing further from April's peak. Firms passed on greater cost burdens to clients by raising their output charges during the latest survey period. However, the latest rise in factory gate prices was only moderate and the weakest in 11 months.
Regional highlights include:
"Canadian manufacturers generally commented on greater demand and new client wins in September," said Cheryl Paradowski, President and Chief Executive Officer, PMAC. "Subsequently, the rate of new order growth quickened to the fastest since April. Moreover, firms raised production and expanded their workforces. Rising input prices are still a concern for a number of companies, but the rate of input cost inflation eased further from April's peak."
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Pack of 5 Divine Milk Chocolate - 40g
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The original smooth and creamy milk chocolate that gave Divine its heavenly reputation. All Divine chocolate bars are made with pure cocoa butter and real vanilla to ensure a taste that truly is Divine.
Suitable for vegetarians. Manufactured in an environment where nuts, milk, gluten and wheat are present.
Also available in a 100g bar.
Sugar, cocoa butter, cream powder, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, emulsifier: soya lecithin (non GM), vanilla.
Traded in compliance with Fairtrade Standards
May also contain nuts and gluten.
Store in a cool, dry place.
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Serving size: 40.00g
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Divine Chocolate were the very first company to produce and market a Fairtrade chocolate bar, back in 1998. Since then, Divine Chocolate are world renowned for their delicious, creamy, heavenly chocolate that's good for the producers, as well as for you. Divine aim to give chocolate lovers the opportunity to indulge in their favourite treat and support a fairer system of trade at the same time, supporting a workers cooperative in Ghana.
Divine Chocolate work with Kuapa Kokoo, a pioneering cocoa farmers cooperative in Ghana, dedicated to producing high quality cocoa, whilst running a democratic organisation with the farmer's interests at heart. Kuapa Kokoo was founded in 1993 and since then has grown from strength to strength. Kuapa Kokoo own 33% of the company that own Divine Chocolate, meaning they influence how the company is run and ensure they earn their share of the profits. Kuapa Kokoo workers are guaranteed a good price for their beans and long term trading relationships to help them out of poverty.
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The first thing to consider in selecting an alfalfa variety is yield, but it's not the only thing, says University of California (UC), Davis, Extension Agronomist Dan Putnam.
During a recent alfalfa and forage field day at the Kearney Agricultural Center at Parlier, Putnam outlined other points to ponder in choosing a new variety.
He showed visitors a test plot of about 30 released and 22 experimental alfalfa varieties, with CUF 101 as the standard, planted in 2002 for comparison. It is part of a statewide program including plots at Tulelake, Davis, Five Points, and the Imperial Valley. He also distributed tabulated results of yields of recent seasons.
"Keep in mind that when you walk into a production field, you can't know whether the variety is the right one. But when you look at varieties planted side-by-side you begin to see some differences between varieties," he said.
"Yield is probably the most important trait of an alfalfa variety," the alfalfa specialist continued, "since it integrates many other traits, including fall dormancy and pest resistance."
His second consideration is biotech traits, and the program has tested Roundup Ready alfalfa varieties for about four years. These varieties withstand glyphosate herbicide applied to them for weed control.
"Basically, remember with these you are buying a technology and not just the variety," Putnam commented.
Roundup Ready alfalfa, however, is currently suspended under a federal district court ruling pending completion of an environmental impact statement on biotech alfalfa.
Putnam said a conservative estimate on the difference the best-suited variety can make would be in the range of $600 to $700 per acre, given the current alfalfa market. This is possible by paying as little as $2 per pound more for a 20-pound per acre seeding rate, or $40 per acre.
"So, yes, it is worth your while to be cautious about variety choice. Granted, a variety may not perform for you like it did in our trials, and that's why the key question is performance and not the price of the seed," Putnam said.
And, he recommended, look at multi-year data, not just a single year. Although a seed company may tout a variety after one year's performance, the important thing is what it does the second and third seasons.
Putnam said it's helpful to consider the top third of the performers among certified entries in the UC trials. "It may be hard to figure out where the cut-off is, but at least it will give you an indication of how these varieties perform under controlled conditions. Generally, they will match what growers experience in the field."
Growers who still have their doubts can set up their own strip trials, often with the cooperation of seed companies, to gauge varieties under real conditions and practices in their fields.
Turning to fall dormancy, Putnam pointed to a single strip of a fall dormant variety that was noticeably shorter than the rest. Fall dormancy, he explained, is a measurement (typically ranging from 3 to 10) of regrowth during October when the most dramatic differences are seen.
In the 2005-2006 trial at KAC, average yield peaked at about 12.5 tons with varieties having a fall dormancy rating of about 9 and then declined. "Generally, if you are below a 7 in the area around Parlier, you will take some fall hits in fields," he said.
However, among 8 and 9 ratings, yields were not consistent, so he recommended growers concentrate on yield to consider fall dormancy first, then select for yield.
Growers seeking quality, he noted, should be prepared for the trade-off with yield. In trials at UC, Davis during 2002-2004, as fall dormancy declined from 8 to 4, yield was about 2 tons per acre less.
"But at the same time, quality increases with lower dormancy at the same cutting schedule," he said, adding that in this season of high hay prices, non-dairyman growers will likely go for higher yield.
Pest resistance in a variety can be considered "a strategic management factor," and resistance to Phytophthora and other root diseases, along with aphids in the southern San Joaquin Valley, should be high.
Some growers, he said, overlook "disease and insect resistance packages" offered by certain varieties. "If something like stem nematode breaks out two or three years later, there's not much you can do. When you have a problem, you can't do much more than contain it in a field, but you could have prevented it by planting a resistant variety.
"Talk with your farm advisor and PCA to see that you have a variety with a level of resistance adequate for your particular ranch."
What about persistence in a variety? That depends on how long the grower wants to have the field in production. "Some may want it as long as possible," Putnam said, "but others may be on a rotation schedule. Generally, most fields in this area last three to four years, and in the San Joaquin Valley our trials with high fall dormancy varieties, particularly with a 25-day cutting schedule, tend to be less persistent."
Finally, Putnam reminded growers that price (including hats or other premiums) should be their last consideration in choosing a variety. "When everything else is good, then look at price, but don't make it your main criterion."
Putnam said trials at UC Davis also investigated the comparative effects of wheel traffic and cutting schedules on performance of 20 alfalfa varieties.
There are two effects of wheel traffic: the soil compaction itself and the crushing of the new stems. "We think the effect on the new stems is pretty important," he said.
"We found the overall effect of wheel traffic on yield is pretty dramatic: 25 percent to 30 percent. In the plots we just ran over every square inch of the field twice with a tractor, not the regular 'alfalfa abuse' of swathers, one-ton balers, fertilizer trucks, and the rest of it."
The study did reveal differences by variety to the traffic. "The key question — and one that breeders often ask — is whether you want a variety that comes back quickly or not after cutting."
Higher fall dormancy varieties tend to grow back sooner, and, Putnam explained, "that four to six days earlier is exactly when the wheel traffic is being applied and the tiny stems are crushed."


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At two meetings last week, a team of Barrow County officials inched its way toward a balanced budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. By going through every line item in the budget, staff from the county's finance and human resources departments, along with a few members of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners, managed to trim another $700,000 in proposed expenditures. However, with revenues expected to decline in FY2013, the funding gap — at least on paper — remains above $3 million. In addition to the shrinking property tax revenues, the county is facing the possible erosion of Local Option Sales Tax revenues for the next 10 years. County and municipal officials have been unable to come to an agreement for how those revenues should be divided, and that issue may be headed to court.
For the full story, see the Aug. 1 issue of the Barrow Journal.
County looking to cut $3 million funding gap
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NC teen accused of burning infant cousin in bathtub
NC teen accused of burning infant cousin in bathtub
A 19-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of intentionally burning a 3-month-old cousin in the bathtub.
Mercedes Evette Norman, 19, of Raleigh, was arrested on Monday and charged with felony child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, WNCN reported.
Arrest warrant documents allege Norman put her second cousin in hot bath water on Jan. 23. The child suffered burns to 8 percent its body, including the buttocks, left ankle and thigh, warrants allege.
The child was eventually admitted to the Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Norman was held in jail under a $100,000 secured bond.


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Folks who retired in 1997 may be having a completely different retirement income experience than people who retired in 2007. Why? Take the example of two hypothetical retirees James and John. James retired in the late 1990's and will average an 8% rate of return over the next 25 years. John retired in the late 2000's and averages the same 8% rate of return over the same time period. If each spends the exact same amount of money during retirement, how can it be that James ends up with plenty of money late in retirement, but John runs out of money nearly halfway through? Because most people who retired in the late 1990's benefited from the stock market gains in the early years of their retirement, yet those retiring in the late 2000's started off with market losses. So what, you say? Well, that difference in investment returns – gains in early years vs. losses in early years – can dramatically impact your long-term ability to spend the same amount from your portfolio every year. So what can you do, since you certainly can't predict what the market will do in the early years of your retirement? One potential key to success may be to divide your retirement spending into time periods – say five-year increments – then match part of your investments to that time-frame and each successive time-frame into the future. In the earlier time periods consider using more conservative strategies because you have little room for error; while in later time periods using more aggressive strategies may be appropriate because they will have time to recover. Thus, matching your investment assets to your exact spending needs may help avoid a major market wildcard. Disclosures: Rates of return referenced above are hypothetical, are provided for illustrative purposes only, and do not reflect the performance of an actual investment. All investments involve the risk of potential investment losses and no strategy can assure a profit. Securities offered through Securities America, Inc., Member FINRA (www.finra.org )/SIPC (www.sipc.org ) and advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc. Cedar Brook Financial Partners, LLC and Securities America are unaffiliated. Securities licensed in: AZ, CA, DE, FL, IA, IL, NC, OH, PA, SC. 5885 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 200, Cleveland, OH 44124.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University women's tennis team defeated Belmont Abbey in dominant fashion on Saturday, earning the Tornado their first conference win of the year on the strength of a 9-0 victory.
The closest match of the day came at No. 2 singles, where Naomi Reyes battled Lydia Schellenberg into the third set. Reyes took the first set 6-1 before Schellenberg rebounded with a 6-2 decision to force the match into the third. But Reyes was able to win 10-6 to keep King's perfect afternoon intact.
The Tornado won decisively in all the other singles matches. Katya Cerny took a 6-1, 6-0 decision at the No. 1 position, while Mariana Hosomi won 6-2, 6-0 at the third flight. Alyssa Salazar took a 6-0, 6-1 and Claudia Morris won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively. Haley Moloney rounded out singles play with a 6-1, 6-1 decision at the sixth flight.
The top doubles team of Salazar and Cerny dispatched with their opponents 8-4. Morris and Moloney won by identical scores at No. 3 doubles, while Hosomi and Reyes swept at the second flight.
King returns to action on Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. in a nonconference matchup with Bluefield State College.


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Gov. Bobby Jindal faces budget and political hurdles in his bid to continue funding for vouchers after the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the current spending method is unconstitutional.
Where the money would come from, how to get it through a suddenly rebellious Legislature and even how much is needed — perhaps $41 million or more — are among the issues looming in the final four weeks of the session.
"I think it becomes a big political and budget issue," said Barry Erwin, president of the Council for a Better Louisiana, a nonprofit group that lobbies on education, financial and other issues.
Vouchers are state aid for some students who attended public schools rated C, D or F by the state to attend private and parochial schools.
Prodded by Jindal, the Legislature last year expanded what used to be solely a New Orleans program statewide.
The 2012 law said the fund that pays for public schools — it is called the Minimum Foundation Program — would also finance the vouchers.
Teacher unions and others challenged the measure, and the state's top court ruled 6-1 on Tuesday that it is unconstitutional for the state to use MFP dollars to finance tuition at private and parochial schools.
At the top of Jindal's to-do list is finding the money to continue the aid.
State Superintendent of Education John White said Thursday the state is spending $24 million in the current school year to underwrite vouchers for nearly 5,000 students.
White also said in March that the state spends an average of $5,100 annually per voucher student compared with about $8,500 per year for public school students.
That means the tab for the 2013-14 school year — nearly 8,000 are signed up for vouchers — could be about $41 million.
In addition, the administration also has to find dollars for another Jindal-backed plan approved last year called course choice, which would allow students to take online and other classes from private groups and colleges.
The court said MFP dollars cannot be used for that effort.
Barry Landry, a spokesman for the state Department of Education, said officials do not have an estimate on those costs.
White did not respond to a request to discuss the ruling.
Jindal downplayed any concerns when he spoke to reporters on the day of the ruling.
"Obviously, we're disappointed they struck down the funding mechanism but that is a pretty simple thing for us to remedy," he said.
The governor said that before vouchers were expanded statewide, they were financed with a separate item in House Bill 1, which is the main budget bill.
That cost the state about $9 million per year.
Some voucher backers are planning a rally at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the State Capitol.
But some lawmakers said budget problems — the state faces a $1.3 billion shortage to keep spending at current levels — will complicate any new push to approve new voucher spending.
State Rep. Eddie Lambert, R-Gonzales, said Ascension Parish voters would generally favor spending on highways over vouchers, which backers call a way out of troubled public schools.
"We don't have much money and we have serious infrastructure needs," said Lambert, former vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Lambert said the fate of vouchers may come down to political strategy.
The House on Friday approved its own version of Jindal's proposed $24.7 billion operating budget for the financial year that starts July 1 without tackling vouchers.
Lambert said that while he thinks the funding would fail in the House on an up or down vote, if the House-passed budget returns from the Senate with voucher dollars, it could boost chances for final approval.
"You have to vote against the whole bill solely on the voucher vote," he said. "All or nothing."
Jindal's office did not respond to a request to discuss details of any new plans to support vouchers.
State Rep. Patricia Smith, D-Baton Rouge, a voucher critic, said unless Jindal "has a pot hidden" with the money, the key issue is where the money would come from to finance the aid.
One theory is that state leaders could simply move dollars that would have been spent on vouchers in the MFP into a separate category for the assistance.
The question then is whether such a move would spark a major budget fight, Erwin said.
"It certainly puts it into a much more political environment than it might have been if it was run straight through the MFP the way it was earlier," he said.
Still another question is whether the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, which sent its $3.5 billion spending request to the Legislature in March, will have to meet again and approve a new proposal.
The one pending in the Legislature now — it is Senate Concurrent Resolution 23 — includes public school dollars for vouchers.
Legislators, who adjourn June 6, also have to be mindful of the calendar.
The court, in a less noticed part of its ruling, said last year's $3.4 billion public school legislation was passed unconstitutionally.
Judges said the 2012 measure — Senate Concurrent Resolution 99 — failed to gather enough votes for final approval in the House.
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"Is space digital?" staff editor Michael Moyer poses this fundamental question in our issue's cover story. We often speak of the fabric of space, as if it were continuous, but is it instead a kind of patchwork of jittering, foamy quantized bits? Craig Hogan, a physicist at the University of Chicago and director of the Fermilab Particle Astrophysics Center, is hoping to find out. He and his colleagues plan an experiment that will attempt to measure how information, matter and spacetime behave at the tiniest of scales—the Planck scale. If the experiment succeeds, it will change what we currently think we know about the nature of space and time, suggesting a new architecture of physics.
You can find another lesson in how little things can make a big difference by contemplating the surprising—and endless—journey of a handful of dust around the globe, as revealed in "Swept from Africa to the Amazon," by journalist Jeffrey Bartholet. Long underappreciated, puny motes of natural dust turn out to have a tremendous influence on climate, cloud formation, and the fertilization of oceans and rain forests. "The story of dust," Bartholet writes, "is actually about the challenges of trying to figure out what is happening to the planet we inhabit." Indeed.
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
—Benjamin Franklin, 1706–1790
Kids are born scientists. They ask great questions, and as Franklin—one of the original "scientific Americans"—pointed out, we should foster their efforts to learn the answers firsthand. One such opportunity is the Google Science Fair. The online competition, launched in 2011, drew more than 7,000 entries from 91 countries; the fair has three age categories for 13- to 18-year-olds. Last July I was a finalist judge and master of ceremonies for the amazing awards event at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The grand prizewinner, Shree Bose, won $50,000 for her work in improving a cancer therapy [see "Her Summer Pastime? Cancer Research," by John Matson; Advances, Scientific American, September 2011].
This year Scientific American is delighted to help expand the awards honors by sponsoring a $50,000 Science in Action award for a project that addresses a social, environmental or health issue to make a practical difference in the lives of a group or community. We will also bring that winner to the awards event in California in July and establish mentoring for a year. More information, along with an inspiring video of a Science in Action–style project by one of last year's finalists, Harine Ravichandran of India, is at www.ScientificAmerican.com and at www.google.com/sciencefair.
Entries are due March 30. I can't wait to see what questions the young scientists of tomorrow have been asking this time around.


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More financial troubles for a Real Housewives of New Jersey star.
Life&Style magazine is reporting that at approximately 11am EST Saturday morning, Danielle Staub had her Range Rover repossessed at the house she had been staying at.
"You should have seen the begging," an eyewitness tells Life & Style. "Danielle pleaded with the repo guys but they had their job to do, and they did it."
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(1) Right through the later periods of the cycle of incarnation wherein the man is juggling with the pairs of opposites, and through discrimination is becoming aware of reality and unreality, there is growing up in his mind a realisation that he himself is an immortal Existence, an eternal God, and a [Page 343] portion of Infinity. Ever the link between the man on the physical plane and this inner Ruler becomes clearer until the great revelation is made. Then comes a moment in his existence when the man stands consciously face to face with his real Self and knows himself to be that Self in reality and not just theoretically; he becomes aware of the God within, not through the sense of hearing, or through attention to the inner voice directing and controlling, and called the "voice of conscience". This time the recognition is through sight and direct vision. He now responds not only to that which is heard, but also to that which he sees. (1 - 113).
(2) Much of the true revelation since the time of Christ has come to the world along the line of science. . . The revelations of science, when basic and fundamental, are as divine as those of religion, but both have been prostituted to meet human demand. The era is close at hand when science will bend every effort to heal humanity's sores, and build a better and happier world.
The revelations of science, though focussed often through one man or woman, are more specifically the result of group endeavour and of trained group activity, than are the revelations of religion, so called. Revelation therefore, comes in two ways:
1. Through the effort, aspiration and achievement of one man who is so close to the Hierarchy, and so imbued with conscious divinity that he can receive the message direct from the central divine Source. He has joined the ranks of the Great Intuitives and works freely in the world of divine Ideas. He knows His mission clearly; He chooses His sphere of activity with deliberation, and isolates the truth or truths which He deems appropriate to the need of time. He comes forth as a Messenger of the Most High, leads a dramatic and arresting life of service and symbolises in His life-events certain basic truths which have already been revealed, but which He pictorially re-enacts . . .
2. Through the effort of a group of seekers, such as the scientific investigators in every country, who together are searching for light on the problems of manifestation, or for some means to alleviate human suffering, a revelation comes. The effort of such a group often lifts upon the wings of its unrealised aspiration some one man who can then penetrate into the world of divine Ideas, and there find the longed for cure or key, and thus he intuitively discovers a long sought secret. The discovery, when of the first rank, is as much a revelation as the truths presented by the World Teachers. Who shall say that the statement that God is Love, is of more value than the statement that All is Energy? [Page 344]
The route which the revelation then follows, is the same in both cases, and illusion overtakes both forms of revelation, but - and here is a point upon which I would ask you to reflect - there is a little less illusion gathered around the revelations of what humanity calls the more definitely spiritual truths. One reason lies in the fact that the last great spiritual revelation, given by the Christ, was given two thousand years ago, and the development of man's mind, and his responsiveness to truth, has grown greatly since that time. Again, the revelations of science are largely the result of group tension, eventually focussed in one intuitive recipient, and the revelation is thereby protected. (10 - 187/9).
(3) From light to light we pass, from revelation to revelation, until we pass out of the realm of light into the realm of life which is, as yet to us, pure darkness.
It will be obvious to you, that this increasing light brings with it a constantly developing series of revelations which, like all else in the world of human experience, unfolds before the eyes first of all the world of forms, then the world of ideals, then the nature of the soul, of ideas and of divinity. I am choosing but a few of the words which embody the revelation and are symbolic of its character. But all these revelations constitute one great unified revelation, which is slowly unfolding before the eyes of humanity. The light of the personal lower self reveals to the man the world of form, of matter, of instinct, of desire and of mind; the light of the soul reveals the nature of the relation of these forms of life to the world of the formless, and of the conflict between the real and the unreal. The light of the intuition unfolds before the vision of the soul within the personality, the nature of God and the unity of the Whole. The restlessness of material desire, seeking its satisfaction in the three worlds, eventually gives place to aspiration towards soul contact and soul life. This in its turn is recognised as a step towards those great fundamental experiences to which we give the names of the five major initiations. These reveal to man the hitherto unrealised fact of his non-separateness, and of the relation of his individual will to the divine will. (10 - 205/6).
(4) The Mystery of the Ages is on the verge of revelation, and through the revelation of the soul, that mystery which it veils will stand revealed. The scriptures of the world, we know, have ever prophesied that at the end of the age we shall see the revelation of that which is secret, and the emergence into the light of day of that which has hitherto been concealed and veiled. This, our present cycle, is the end of the age, and the next two hundred years will see the abolition of death, as we now understand that [Page 345] great transition, and the establishing of the fact of the soul's existence. The soul will be known as an entity, as the motivating impulse, and the spiritual centre back of all manifested forms. (14 - 96).
(5) The whole system of occult or esoteric revelation is based on this wonderful doctrine of interdependence, of a planned and arranged conscious linking, and of the transmission of energy from one aspect of divine manifestation to another; everywhere and through everything is circulation, transmission and modes of passing energy from one form to another form, and always through an appropriate mechanism. (17 - 615).
(6) The purpose underlying revelation . . . Behind all the successive revelations of divinity down the ages, is to be found one significant purpose; all of them are, and will prove themselves to be, aspects of the Great Revelation. It is through the processes of revelation that divinity is slowly dawning upon the human consciousness. (18 - 241).
(7) The objective of the evolutionary process to which all lives on our planet have to submit, has been to develop this sensitivity which will make revelation possible, and it might be said that (from one definite angle), the goal of all experience has been revelation - each revelation "carrying the initiate closer to the Heart of the Sun wherein all things are known and felt, and through which all forms, all beings and all things can be bathed in love". Ponder on these words, for the microcosmic correspondence to the macrocosmic fact is full of teaching value. See to it that "each lesson learned each day, each revelation grasped and understood, makes your heart full of love, and enables you to love your fellowmen with ardent, fiery warmth." (18 - 727/8).
(8) There have been many revelations of divine purpose down the ages, each of which uniquely altered the point of view and the pattern of living for men everywhere. (13 - 543).
(9) Once the initiate has penetrated to the point where revelation becomes possible, he automatically attains the needed fixation, concentration, poise, polarisation and focus which will enable him to translate what has been revealed to him in symbols which will convey significance to the intelligentsia with whom all initiates principally work. (6 - 312).
(1) Revelation seldom breaks in all its completed beauty into the consciousness of the disciple; it is a gradual and steadily unfolding process. (6 - 321).
(11) Revelation is not only the prerogative and reward of the attaining initiate, but it is increasingly taking on new forms and fresh outline for the Masters Who have attained. (6 - 351).
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What dost thou see, O disciple on the Path?
Naught but myself, O Master of my life.
Look closer at thyself and speak again. What seest thou?
A point of light which waxes and which wanes and makes the darkness darker.
Look with intense desire towards the dark and, when the light shines forth, grasp opportunity. What now appears!
A horrid sight, O Master of my life. I like it not. It is not true. I am not this or that. This evil selfish thing, it is not me. I am not this.
Turn on the light with will and power and fierce desire, and then recount the vision that may come. What seest thou?
Beyond the dark, revealed to me by means of light, I see a radiant form which beckons me. What is this Being, standing gracious in the dark and in the light? Is it and can it be myself?
What dawns upon thy sight as thou standest on the Way, O worn and tired disciple, yet triumphant in the light?
A radiant shining form which is my Self, my soul. A dark and sombre figure, yet old and wise, experienced and sad. This is my self, my lower self, my ancient tired appearance upon the ways of earth. These two stand face to face and in between, the burning ground . . . They move and merge . . . The Path comes to an end. The Way stretches before. Sight is attained, and in the light reality appears.
What canst thou now reveal, O Server on the Way?
Revelation comes through me, O Lord of Life. I see it not.
Why canst thou see it not? What hinders apprehension?
Naught hinders me. I seek not sight for I have seen. My task is revelation. I seek naught for myself.
What comes thy way for revelation? What hast thou to reveal?
Only that which has for aeons long existed, and has for aye been here. The Oneness of the Presence; the area of love; the living, loving, wise, inclusive One, enfolding all, and being all, and leaving naught outside.
To whom must come this revelation, O Server of the world of living things?
To all enfolded in the living, loving Presence; to those who all unknown to them maintain that Presence, and for ever shall endure - as doth that Presence.
And who are those who live within that Presence but know it not?
They are myself and thou, and still they are myself and still are all I [Page 347] meet. It is the one in every form who think mayhap that form is all; who living thus in time and space, see not the light of life within the form, who hide within, behind the veils, between the four and five (the four kingdoms in nature and the Kingdom of God. A.A.B.) and see naught else. To them I must reveal the truth.
How will you do this hardest of all tasks, O triumphing disciple?
By letting it be seen I am myself the truth; by living as a fragment of that Presence, and seeing all its parts. And thus is revelation brought into the four and by the fifth. (18 - 302/3).
See also: "Teachings on Initiation" (6 - 241/439) and (6 - 438/9, 443)
The Ring-pass-not is that confining barrier which acts as a separator or a division between a system and that which is external to the system . . . The ring-pass-not acts only as a hindrance to that which is of small attainment in evolution, but forms no barrier to the more progressed. (3 - 110/1).
(1) At the head of affairs, controlling each unit and directing all evolution, stands the KING, the Lord of the World, Sanat Kumara . . . Co-operating with Him and His advisers are three Personalities called the Pratyeka Buddhas, or the Buddhas of Activity. These four are the embodiment of active intelligent loving will . . . Standing around the Lord of the World, but withdrawn and esoteric, are three more Kumaras, Who make the seven of planetary manifestation. (1 - 38/9).
(2) The Lord of the World, the One Initiator, He Who is called in the Bible "The Ancient of Days", and in the Hindu Scriptures the First Kumara, He, Sanat Kumara it is, Who from His throne at Shamballa in the Gobi desert, presides over the Lodge of Masters, and holds in His hands all reins of government in all the three departments. Called in some Scriptures "the Great Sacrifice", he has chosen to watch over the evolution of men and devas until all have been occultly "saved". He it is Who decides upon the "advancements" in the different departments, and Who settles who shall fill the vacant posts; He it is Who, four times a year, meets in conference [Page 348] with all the Chohans and Masters, and authorises what shall be done to further the ends of evolution, (1 - 106).
(3) At all the initiations the Lord of the World is present, but at the first two He holds a position similar to that held by the Silent Watcher, when Sanat Kumara administers the oath at the third, fourth and fifth initiations. His power streams forth and the flashing forth of the star before the initiate is the signal of His approval, but the initiate does not see Him face to face until the third initiation. (1 - 107).
(4) Sanat Kumara and His three pupils, having achieved the highest initiation possible in the last great cycle, but having as yet (from Their standpoint) another step to take, offered Themselves to the planetary Logos of Their Ray as "focal points" for His force, so that thereby He might hasten and perfect His plans on Earth within the cycle of manifestation . . . They are overshadowed by the planetary Logos, and He works directly as the Initiator (in relation to man) through Sanat Kumara, and with the three kingdoms in nature through the three Buddhas of Activity, - Sanat Kumara, being thus concerned directly with the ego on the mental plane, and His three Pupils being concerned with the other three types of consciousness, of which man is the summation. At the moment of initiation (after the second initiation) Sanat Kumara becomes the direct mouthpiece and agent of the Planetary Logos. (3 - 751/2).
(5) Sanat Kumara and His Pupils are in physical form, but have not taken dense physical bodies. They work on the vital etheric levels, and dwell in etheric bodies . . . Therefore, Sanat Kumara is the planetary Logos yet He is not. (3 - 753).
(6) It has been stated that one hundred and four Kumaras came from Venus to the Earth; literally the figure is one hundred and five, when the synthesising Unit, the Lord of the World Himself, is counted as one. There remain still with Him the three Buddhas of Activity. (3 - 387).
See also: shamballa and (6 - 286/7).
(1) There are, in my group of disciples, certain people who are outstandingly called to live the life of the sannyasin, the life of the one who - having fulfilled the duties of the scholar, of the householder, of the family man, and of the business man - is now called to that attitude of life, and that orientation to other purposes and goals, which we technically call that of [Page 349] sannyasin, or the teaching disciple. In the olden times, such a man left his home and his business, and went out into the world, following the gleam, seeking the Master, and ever teaching as he went. Today, in the life of our Western civilisation and under the dawning influence of the New Age, the call remains the same, but the disciple goes not out, leaving all the familiar scenes behind, and negating his outer usefulness. He remains where he is, continuing with the outer and physical fulfilment of duty, but within a great change and a definite reorientation takes place. His attitude to life and affairs is basically altered. His whole inner life tendency becomes that of a planned withdrawing . . . It differs somewhat from the process called "detachment", because that process or motivated activity is applied primarily to the astral-emotional nature, to the desire life, whatever those attachments or desires may happen to be. This is a mental activity; it is an attitude of mind which affects primarily the entire life-attitude of the personality. It involves not only the detachment of the desire nature from that which is familiar, desired and appropriated from long habit, but it involves also a complete readjustment of the entire lower threefold man to the world of souls.
It is here that right habits and attitudes in life, to the world of business and of family relations, play their part, enabling the sannyasin to "continue on the upward way with heart detached and free", and yet to do so whilst performing right action, through right habit and right desire, to all with whom his lot is cast. This constitutes a major life problem: To stand free whilst surrounded; to work in the subjective world, whilst active in the exterior world of affairs; to achieve true detachment, whilst rendering to all that which is due. (5 - 313/4).
(2) The true sannyasin, is the one who (freed from the more active tasks of the younger man who is starting out into the field of his life activity) can use the experience gained, the hard won knowledge assembled, and the wisdom garnered in active service of the Hierarchy and of humanity. He can now live for the sake of others, and find in our work the reward, interest and compensation for all the struggle of the past. (5 - 136/7).
)3) The life period ahead of you is that of the sannyasin, of the one who - having tasted to the full of life experience - is now dedicated to the life of spiritual values, and to their teaching to others. Ponder on this. (5 - 204).
(4) Mould your life upon the pattern of the sannyasin, and hold on to no physical plane attachments. If you do, they will fail you, and the pain in thus holding will hinder your feet as they stumble upon the Path. Walk free, [Page 350] my brother, and hold to nobody, and hold no person to you in the bonds of attachment. (5 - 253).
(5) A sannyasin must work towards an increasing release from ties of any kind, though (and herein lies a subtle distinction) not from release from environing conditions and responsibilities. What is required, is an inner attitude of complete abandon to the will of your soul, which is the will of God, as far as any individual is concerned. (5 - 391).
(6) Be attached to souls, my brother, but detached from personalities. . . . Personality relationships drain and devitalise. (5 - 455).
(7) Be happy. Be happy as the sannyasin is happy, who (through detachment from the little self, and attachment to the greater Self in all) has left behind all that might hinder and hamper his service. Henceforth, you belong not to yourself, or to any earthly friend or claim. You belong to the servers of humanity and to us. (5 - 464).
(8) Be a sannyasin - free, alone with God, your soul and Me. Then work and love. (6 - 755).
(1) Certain schools of occultism and of theosophical endeavour have claimed to be the sole repository of Their (the Masters) teaching, and the sole outlet for Their efforts, thereby limiting that which They do, and formulating premises which time and circumstance will fail to substantiate. They work most assuredly through such groups of thinkers, and throw much of Their force into the work of such organisations, yet, nevertheless, They have Their disciples and Their followers everywhere, and work through many bodies and many aspects of teaching. Throughout the world, disciples of these Masters have come into incarnation at this time with the sole intent of participating in the activities and occupations and truth dissemination of the various churches, sciences, and philosophies, and thus producing within the organisation itself an expansion, a widening, and a disintegration where necessary, which might otherwise be impossible. It might be wise for occult students everywhere to recognise these facts, and to cultivate the ability to recognise the hierarchical vibration as it demonstrates through the medium of disciples in the most unlikely places and groups.
One point should here be stated in connection with the work of the Masters through Their disciples, and it is this. All the various schools of [Page 351] thought which are fostered by the energy of the Lodge are, in every case, founded by a disciple, or several disciples, and upon these disciples, and not upon the Master, lies responsibility for results and the consequent karma. The method of procedure is somewhat as follows: The Master reveals to a disciple the objective in view for an immediate little cycle, and suggests to him that such and such a development would be desirable. It is the work of the disciple to ascertain the best method for bringing about the desired results, and to formulate the plans whereby a certain percentage of success will be possible. Then he launches his scheme, founds his society or organisation, and disseminates the necessary teaching. Upon him rests the responsibility for choosing the right co-workers, for handing on the work to those best fitted, and for clothing the teaching in a presentable garb. All that the Master does is to look on with interest and sympathy at the endeavour, as long as it holds its initial high ideal and proceeds with pure altruism on its way. The Master is not to blame should the disciple show lack of discrimination in the choice of co-workers, or evidence an inability to represent the truth. If he does well, and the work proceeds as desired, the Master will continue to pour His blessing upon the attempt. If he fails, or his successors turn from the original impulse, thus disseminating error of any kind, in His love and in His sympathy the Master will withdraw that blessing, withhold His energy, and thus cease from stimulating that which had better die. Forms may come and go, and the interest of the Master and His blessing pour through this or that channel; the work may proceed through one medium or another, but always the life force persists, shattering the form where it is inadequate, or utilising it when it suffices for the immediate need. (1 - 52/3).
(2) The great hindrance to the work of the majority of the esoteric schools at this time, is their sense of separateness and their intolerance of other schools and methods. The leaders of these schools need to absorb the following fact. All schools which recognise the influence of the trans-Himalayan Lodge, and whose workers are linked, consciously or unconsciously, with such Masters of the Wisdom as the Master Morya or the Master K.H., form one school and are part of one "discipline". There is therefore no essential conflict of interests, and on the inner side - if they are in any way functioning effectively - the various schools and presentations are regarded as a unity. (13 - 15).
(3) They should recognise that all students in analogous schools, and working under the same spiritual impulses, are members of the one school and are linked together in a basic subjective unity . . . Then will cease the [Page 352] present attempts to hinder each other's work by comparison of methods and techniques, by criticism and defamation, by warning and the cult of fear, and the insistence on exclusiveness. It is these attitudes and methods which at this time are hindering the entrance of the pure light of truth. (13 - 16/7).


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The price of oil rose to a four-week high Monday, bringing its gain for the month of May to almost 3 percent.
Benchmark U.S. crude for June delivery fell 59 cents to $102.61 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil has risen by $2.87, or 2.9 percent, since the start of the month.
Brent crude for July delivery, a benchmark for international oil, lost 38 cents to $109.37 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
At the gas pump, the average price of a gallon of gas stood at $3.65, down 2 cents from a month ago and equal to the average price at this time last year.
In other energy futures trading in New York:
— Wholesale gasoline fell 1 cent to $2.96 a gallon.
— Natural gas added 6 cents to $4.47 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Heating oil fell 1 cent to $2.94 a gallon.


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