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A 4°C World Will Be Devastating But Can Be Avoided
Washington, DC – Without further action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions the world could be as much as 4°C warmer by 2060, threatening the world with devastating food shortages, extreme weather and sea-level rise, according to the World Bank in a new report published today on climate change titled Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided. This is the first climate report published under the new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, signaling a new more aggressive focus on climate change.
The report, which focuses on the impacts of a world 4°C hotter by the end of the century, predicts that sea-levels could rise by more than a meter by 2100, flooding cities in Mozambique, Bangladesh and Venezuela and devastating small island states and river delta regions when combined with projected increased intensity of tropical storms. Changes in water systems such as predicted increasing droughts and extreme rainfall are predicted to double in magnitude in a 4°C world, damaging ecosystems, increasing species extinction, and impacting food security.
"This report should be a wakeup call to the world that we must work harder and faster to combat climate change," said Durwood Zaelke, President of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development. "Rapid cuts in CO2 emissions are necessary to stabilize long-term temperatures, but in the near-term, aggressively addressing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone, and HFCs can provide rapid climate, health, and food security benefits, particularly in the critical vulnerable regions that are already suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change."
Cutting SLCPs can reduce the rate of global warming in half for the next several decades, cut the rate of warming over the elevated regions of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau by at least half, and the rate of warming in the Arctic by two-thirds over the next 30 years, while saving millions of lives per year and preventing billions of dollars in crop losses. Fast-action strategies to reduce SLCPs combined with necessary reductions in carbon dioxide are essential for slowing already accelerating extreme weather events in the near-term, while maintaining global temperature at or below 2°C above preindustrial levels through the end of the century.
"Reducing emissions of these short-lived climate forcers is critical for protecting the world's vulnerable peoples and vulnerable ecosystems," said Zaelke. "When we talk about sustainable development," Zaelke added, "this is precisely what we mean. These measures reduce climate change, save lives, provide access to clean energy, and improve food security all at once."
Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4C Warmer World Must be Avoided can be found here.
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He's almost getting to the untradeable level. Injured every year and now this. Forget any scenario where Chandler gets us something of value (e.g. Rubio). We might as well keep him.Knicks' Wilson Chandler caught with pot: cops
By LARRY CELONA
Last Updated: 10:01 AM, May 19, 2010
Posted: 7:22 AM, May 19, 2010
Knicks forward Wilson Chandler was busted on a pot possession charge after cops pulled him over last night in Queens, police said.
Chandler, who turned 23 last week, was carrying what was described as a "small amount" of marijuana when cops pulled over the 2010 Mercedes-Benz he was riding in near 94th Avenue and 213th Street in Queens at 11:30 p.m., police said.
Cops decided to search Chandler after they smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle, police said. Chandler was issued a desk appearance ticket for the misdemeanor charge.
Chandler missed the final month of the season because of a strained groin; He is scheduled to undergo a sports hernia surgery and will need six to eight weeks to recover. Chandler was drafted by the Knicks in 2007.
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Victorino takes step toward return this weekend
Outfielder plays six innings at Triple-A; Middlebrooks sits with swollen finger
By Mike Scandura / Special to MLB.com
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- For Shane Victorino, playing in Tuesday's rehab game for Triple-A Pawtucket may have been another step toward a return to the Red Sox this weekend in New York against the Yankees.
For Will Middlebrooks, it was a matter of playing it safe.
Victorino, who hit leadoff and played right field, was 0-for-4.
Middlebrooks, who's been on Boston's disabled list since May 17 with a fractured right index finger, was idle for the second straight day.
"It's still a little swollen," Middlebrooks said of his finger, which he barely could straighten out. "Throwing is pretty difficult. Swinging the bat, I can feel it. It's sore, but it's doable. I've been swinging the bat fine.
"We've haven't taken any steps back. I've just been pretty sore the last couple of days. The two days off is more or less to give it a breather. There aren't any setbacks. I just had some swelling and soreness which was to be expected from getting back to playing third base."
Victorino commenced his second rehab stint Monday at Class A Lowell after being sidelined by a lower-back injury which followed a strained hamstring muscle suffered during Spring Training.
"Everything went well, "Victorino said referring to Monday's game. "The body felt good. There weren't any setbacks today. There wasn't any pain or any soreness. We're going to go tonight. I'm scheduled for three or four at-bats. But I told them if my body feels good I'd like to play nine."
As it turned out, Victorino only played six innings and only had to make one play in the field -- an errant throw to third base during a three-run Norfolk fifth.
Victorino hit a check-swing bouncer to pitcher Josh Stinson in the first; flied out deep to left field in the second; looked at a third strike by lefty Randy Wolf in the third; and grounded out to short in the sixth.
"This was a setback," he said of his back injury. "It kind of came out of nowhere. But our goal was to get back on the West Coast. One part of that trip is out of the way and the second one's probably gone, too. But who knows? I'm trying to push the limits a little bit and trying to get there [Wednesday]. But I think from a medical standpoint, we're looking at the big picture. Flying all the way out west and playing in a game and flying all the way back to play in New York probably isn't such a smart thing to do.
"But I'm pushing it. I'm trying to get them to give me the OK to go. But like I said, I've got to get through a game first. I haven't played nine innings. Before I worry about getting on a flight to Seattle and playing nine innings in a big league game, I have to show I can play nine innings here -- even on back-to-back days. I think that's what we're focused on now."
What Victorino isn't focused on is the criticism he's received.
"As people say, you're made of glass or tissue paper," he said. "I take it as a positive criticism and that just motivates me to want to get back faster. I don't take it in a negative way if somebody says that.
"Injuries are going to happen. You only can prepare and keep yourself in the right frame of mind and in the right shape."
When Victorino rejoins Boston, he realizes he must think with his head instead of his heart.
"I think the thing for us is to understand when I get back my ego's going to tell me to go every day," he said. "But there has to be an understanding that we want to make sure that I play for a good part. It's not about coming back and playing every day and the next thing you know I have a setback."
Whether Victorino will require another rehab game will be determined after an evaluation by Boston management and the team's medical staff.
Mike Scandura is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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fashions have always changed with time. No doubt Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals (1) they were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.
Looking (2) round over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the (3) kind Fashions have changed compared to earlier time. Firstly, (4) even more people have a choice of clothes available to them. There are few places (5) in the where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to next. Secondly, styles are (6) exchanged within a much shorter time than they (7) used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (8) dresses had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the early years of the 21 st century, the shops are (9) full of long skirts and coloured scarves like the one in fashion only thirty years before. Soon , we will find that the really fashionable people look no different from the (10) all of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!
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Winners & Losers From the Comcast, Time Warner Cable Deal
Investors were banking on a Time Warner Cable buyout. Shares of the company rose more than 40% since rumblings of a takeover surfaced in mid 2013.
Thursday that bet moved closer to paying off.
Comcast shocked investors and analysts by getting Time Warner Cable to agree to a $45 billion deal and paying $158.82 per share, a 23% premium to where Time Warner Cable was trading and an 83% increase from where it was trading at this time last year.
The deal, for now, seems to end Charter Communications and John Malone's pursuit of Time Warner Cable.
As always in mega-deals there are winners, and there are losers. Here's MoneyBeat's take on who fared best and worst in this deal.
Time Warner Cable: If Comcast's offer is cleared by regulators, the cable company and its shareholders will be the biggest winners.
In the first half of 2013, Time Warner Cable's prospects looked relatively dim. The company's stock was trading in the mid $90s, and it was rapidly losing subscribers, who are known to complain vociferously about the company's service, or lack of it.
Then came John Malone–the so-called cable cowboy. Through his minority ownership of Charter Communications, Mr. Malone talked about the need for consolidation in the cable industry, and Time Warner Cable was Charter's top target.
With chatter of a potential buyout, Time Warner Cable's stock shot up, and Charter Communications eventually came up with a deal to buy the company for $132.50. Time Warner Cable didn't like the bidder or the price. It preferred a deal with Comcast and a price of $160 a share.
Now Time Warner Cable's management looks pretty smart as Comcast will pay $158.82 per share, and its shareholders will get 2.875 Comcast shares, or roughly 23% of Comcast.
One caveat: Comcast was able to get Time Warner Cable to okay a deal without a breakup fee. If regulators don't approve the deal, Time Warner Cable could be left with few options. Investors do seem apprehensive as Time Warner Cable's stock is still trading around $145, way below Comcast's offer price.
Comcast: While the world was watching Charter Communications publicly attempt to drag Time Warner Cable to the negotiating table, Comcast's executives quietly kept their toes in the negotiations behind the scenes, only to swoop in during the last week.
"This is classic Comcast," said Matt Harrigan, an analyst at Wunderlich Securities. "They're amazing poker players."
Comcast came in just under the $160 price tag that Time Warner Cable has asked for, but far above any price that Charter could reasonably play. Plus, Comcast made its offer with stock, so its leverage barely budges.
The deal gives Comcast more negotiating power with content companies. Comcast will have subscribers for the first time in Los Angeles and New York City, which could give it a chance to leverage the NBC Universal brand.
Again, Comcast negotiated this deal without a breakup fee, so if it fails, the company won't lose much. Comcast shares are down about 4% on Thursday.
Paul Taubman: With this deal, the former Morgan Stanley banker is officially finds himself among the M&A big boys. Mr. Taubman, now an independent adviser, worked with Verizon on its $130 billion deal for Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless. To ring in 2014, he helped advise Comcast and will take some share of what Freeman & Company estimates is the $51 million to $68 million that Comcast's bankers and lawyers will earn from the deal. Since September, he ranks 8th in the global league table of M&A advisers.
J.P. Morgan/Barclays/ Davis Polk & Wardwell/Wilkie Farr & Gallagher: These banks and law firms also worked with Comcast and will share in the $51 million to $68 million in fees
Morgan Stanley/Allen & Company/ Citigroup/Centerview/Paul Weiss/Skadden Arps: These banks and law firms worked with Time Warner Cable and, according to Freeman & Co., will split between $57 million to $75 million in fees. Because this is an all-stock deal, the banks won't generate fees from arranging financing.
John Paulson and Paulson & Co.: The hedge fund manager has been returning to his roots in merger arbitrage, and with 6 million shares of Time Warner Cable, he's poised to earn sizeable profits on the deal.
Paulson & Co. purchased 4 million of these shares during the third quarter when Time Warner Cable was trading around $112 per share. If the deal closes at $158.50, the hedge fund could earn nearly $200 million on that stake.
It's unclear when his fund purchased the other 2 million shares. But no matter when he purchased them, Paulson & Co. can brag about a nice pop.
In a statement released Thursday morning, Paulson & Co. called the deal "the best possible outcome for TWC shareholders."
John Malone/Charter Communications: Mr. Malone had long made it clear that Time Warner Cable was his top prize as he pushed to consolidate the industry. He spent much of the past year preaching the gospel of cable consolidation as the way to save the industry and to give it negotiating heft against the content providers.
In early 2013, Mr. Malone's Liberty Media bought a 27% stake in Charter Communications and immediately began pushing for a deal between Charter and Time Warner Cable.
Now, Mr. Malone won't get his prize, but he could still get something. Comcast said it will unload 3 million subscribers before the deal closes. Charter could get a good deal of those customers and locations.
There's also the chance that this forces the hand of other cable companies, so Mr. Malone and Charter could snap up other players in the industry to scale up.
Goldman Sachs/LionTree Advisors/Guggenheim Partners/Wachtell Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Kirkland & Ellis: These banks, advisory firms and law firms had been working with Charter and Liberty on the possible deal.
Even outside of a Time Warner Cable deal John Malone keeps M&A advisers busy, but these firms won't share in the $100 plus million fees that the Comcast and Time Warner Cable's bankers and lawyers will share.
LionTree and Guggenheim, which bank more heavily on a smaller number of deals, will take the biggest hits.


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Can you sing?
Tomorrow, Wednesday the 28th, you could become a supa stahhhh. Who needs American Idol when you can have Shea Anthem Idol? (According to Ron Darling and Gary Cohen, SNY's Gary Apple will be the "Paula Abdul"-esque judge.) Auditions to sing the American Anthem at Shea are taking place at SNY's Rockefeller Plaza studios.
Lest our dear Ron Darling feel left out of my commentary-appreciation-blogging, I give you these bon mots from last night's (yay) win against the Dodgers. Spurred on by talking about the Anthem auditions, we got the following:
Gary: Every once in a while, yes, I will sing a few bars in the shower. Sometimes even on the air. But nobody requests it.
Ron: I'm a car singer. If I'm driving by myself in the car, I am letting. It. Go.
Gary: So you're singing along.
Ron: Along with the song. And I'm sounding fantastic.
Gary: Of course. 'Cause you can't hear yourself.
Ron: Exactly.
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damn why is Novak either super hot or dead cold?!
damn why is Novak either super hot or dead cold?!
Baron Davis.........whad da hell was that.....LMAO
That was the F*cking sexiest pass
Jeffries has made a career out of falling on his ass. Amazing.
What the hell was that pass from Davis?! Behind the back over the shoulder xD Nice to see he has the touch but gah...
Still, good to see him playing. Hope he settles down and puts up a few points and assists tonight to build on
wow ill BDiddy pass... kinda made up for it not going in on time lol
Why cant Davis be as good as our MVP Lin!?
Ahhhhh yes... this team is so dangerous. I love it!
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lol did the score board say 123 to 18?
I think Melo is passing a tad bit too much. He's a lethal one on one player. You gotta let him abuse his defender.
I like how MDA is balancing the minutes so far...
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So this theory was going on in my mind for a while now. And finally today I feel like sharing it with you guys.
What if SO6P was from Uzumaki Clan? Yeah it may not sound appealing but let me explain some more.
Uzumaki Clan have been known for their strong sealing jutsu. They have strong life force and chakra. And with those sealing jutsu and strong life force, SO6P was able to defeat/seal the ten tails. He then got a new power,the power of eye. Yeah I think he got the visual power from the ten tails.
I do know senju and uchiha were formed after he died but what if Uzumaki Clan was there before ten tail attacked?
I think at the time of Rikkudo, his clan have not realized their potential. May be it was just him who knew about their true potential. And may be he was the one who created sealing jutsu and with that power he could seal the ten tail. Now after he sealed the ten tail, he got a new eye power and an infinite chakra which he used to create ninjutsu.
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David Kinjah, Froome's former mentor, happy for yellow jersey holder but laments lack of support for sport in east African country.
Tour de France: Cycling still suffers in Kenya, Chris Froome's first home
KIKUYU, Kenya // As Chris Froome races up France's snow-capped mountains in a series of lung-busting Tour de France climbs, one man in a far away Kenyan village hopes a win for the "thin boy" he introduced to road cycling can transform the sport's popularity in Kenya.
"Chris is our big hope now," said David Kinjah, Froome's former mentor, as he watched television images showing the Kenyan-born rider nearing the end of stage eight of the Tour.
In the east African country best known for its champion runners, cycling has faced an uphill struggle to compete with athletics and soccer, sports which are not only more popular but also much more affordable.
"If you play football, it's easy – one ball for 20 people," said 41-year-old Kinjah, as 10 young riders crammed his modest corrugated-roof home, which is filled with cycling medals, trophies and spare bike tyres.
"We have limited access to funds and bicycles here so if you put more boys on the bikes, you have to take care of them," said Kinjah, who also does cycling tours for tourists.
Froome survived a brutal early onslaught from his Tour de France rivals on Sunday to retain the yellow jersey after an epic ninth stage won by Ireland's Dan Martin.
Some of the challenges faced by the Kinjah's Safari Simbaz team, made up of teenage boys and young men from nearby villages, also frustrated young Froome when his single-parent mother introduced him to Kinjah.
Froome had to borrow a road bike from a sympathetic teacher as his mother, living in the servant quarters of a wealthy family in a Nairobi suburb, could not afford a new one.
"The teacher said 'you can have it', but it was a huge bike with a large frame so Chris couldn't properly reach the pedals or the handle," Kinjah said, laughing and shaking his head.
Froome, 28, fell in love with cycling in Kinjah's Mai-I-Hii village, reachable only by a sunkissed dirt road piercing through the lush green hills of the Kikuyu township north of Nairobi.
In media interviews, the Olympic bronze medallist has described Kinjah as a "role model" and an inspiration.
"He helped me see you didn't need the best bike or perfect conditions. You can just get on a bike and go – no matter where you are," Froome told Britain's Guardian newspaper in January.
Kinjah, who remains Kenya's top cyclist, said Froome was a shy but determined boy, cared for by a loving mother who did her best to find an outlet for her son's considerable energy.
"He became one of us. We were happy, we didn't care about tomorrow. We moved one day at a time," said Kinjah, who cycling enthusiasts in Africa recognise by his flowing dreadlocks.
Eating plain white bread and bananas with sweet chai [tea], Kinjah said he had no idea the 12-year-old Froome would become a future champion, although he did recognise a steely determination.
"He was a very thin boy, nothing special," Kinjah said. "But he was not the kind of guy you could tell 'this is enough, stop it'. He always wanted to go further. He wanted to discover his own world."
A few years later, Froome moved to South Africa to study, but kept coming back during school breaks to Mai-I-Hii to ride across the Kenyan highlands with Kinjah's Simbaz.
As Froome crossed the stage eight finish line on Saturday, the young riders in Kinjah's house jumped up and cheered, aware that someone who spent years in the same room had just won the yellow jersey in the world's most prestigious road race.
"This makes me really motivated. I want to get there," said Vincent Chege, 18, who is one of around 20 boys who ride as Safari Simbaz, which means Safari Lions in Kiswahili. Some of the younger Lions watched the race with their helmets on.
"I just keep telling these boys 'look at Chris Froome'," Kinjah said. Though with no money and no support from parents, he concedes Kenyan riders stand little chance of making it.
Kinjah said Froome, who won a medal for Kenya in the All Africa Games in 2007, was right to switch his allegiance to Britain in 2008, even though it was a big loss for his country.
"He should have been a Kenyan," said Kinjah, who was nicknamed 'Black Lion' during his stint in Italy riding for a professional cycling team in 2002. "But Chris had zero support from the Kenya Cycling Federation."
Kinjah said that for the 2006 Road World Championships, Froome used official federation e-mails to enter himself, without the knowledge of officials who did not support him.
After Kinjah obtained the password for the e-mail account, Froome wrote e-mails pretending to be the chairman and entered himself for the tournament. But the move did not quite go to plan as Froome crashed into an official.
"I still have a photo of that crash: it says 'White Lion Knocking Down The Prey'," Kinjah said, chuckling.
Kinjah and Froome have stayed close, even though Froome's family link to Kenya was severed when his mother passed away in 2008. Only last month Froome sent back his Team Sky kit for Kinjah to auction.
But Kinjah joked that Froome would not get the better of his one-time mentor even as a Tour favourite.
"He will never beat me, as I'm too old to race him now. He's missed his chance."
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Workshop to Address Future of Library Cooperation
In an effort to help member libraries streamline routine, yet critical services and increase efficiencies and cost savings, LYRASIS and OCLC have partnered to share Web-scale knowledge and experience with the library community. Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale takes an in-depth look at how Web scale is revitalizing traditional services through shared workflows, activities and data.
At this event, you will build a community of support as you tackle various scenarios alongside colleagues and experts, while planning your library's first steps toward Web scale. Attendees will attain knowledge on how to formulate how you will elevate your library's critical services — including acquisition, circulation and license management — to the cooperative cloud. Specifically, through your participation you and your staff will:
Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale is scheduled for April 13, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis. Registration is available online, but space is limited. The event is worth LEUs with the amount and type pending.
Glick Fund, Humanities Council Partner on New Initiative
The Indiana Humanities Council received a grant from The Glick Fund, a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, to support honoraria for the Novel Conversations Speakers Program, featuring winners and finalists from the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award.
Novel Conversations is the statewide lending library of the Indiana Humanities Council and is open to any Indiana book club. Through this program, the Council maintains and circulates a collection of books and a library of multimedia materials. The Council lends more than 300 titles, primarily fiction and biography, to reading and discussion groups at libraries, senior centers, schools, and other organizations, free of charge.
Your library may have an opportunity to host one of these authors by applying to the program. Spaces are limited, so act quickly. For more information, contact Nancy Conner, Director of Grants, at email@example.com or 800-675-8897. Visit the Novel Conversations website for a complete listing of the collection's titles and to reserve copies of titles for your own book discussion group.
Program Brings Storytelling Arts Into Indiana Communities
The Indiana Historical Society and Storytelling Arts of Indiana are helping fund performances by storyteller Kevin Stonerock in select Hoosier communities with the Sharing Hoosier History Through Stories project. With thirty years experience as a performing songwriter and actor, Stonerock's quick wit and affable, down-to-earth style connects with his audience and puts them at ease as if they were carrying on a conversation with an old friend on the front porch.
Funding opportunities are currently available for the newest story "Steamboat Tales: Life Along the Ohio River." The IHS and Storytelling Arts make funds available each year to offset the costs of inviting a storyteller to your communities. The IHS and Storytelling Arts pay half the presenter fee ($250) and assist in the marketing of these programs, while the hosting institution pays the other half plus mileage expenses.
This year's story marks the bicentennial of the New Orleans, the first steamboat to successfully voyage down the Ohio River. The success of the New Orleans and subsequent steam-powered vessels altered American life forever by hastening the opening of the American West. Stonerock mined the IHS collections and other materials to develop a story about the steamboat's legacy along the Ohio River. Steamboat Tales uses music and history as well as flights of fancy to transport audiences back to an era when boat captains, showboat barkers and others enlivened the river banks of southern Indiana.
For more information about the Sharing Hoosier History Through Stories program or how to bring this story to your community in 2011, contact Erin Kelley at (317) 234-3161 or email@example.com or Ellen Munds at (317) 576-9848 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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If your library is interested in being a Gateway Trainer, contact Wendy Knapp by March 31 to register for the program webinar.
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I don't consider myself a risk-taker. I change the batteries in my smoke detectors, double check that my doors are locked, and always wear my seat belt. I can absolutely relate to the fear that many young people have when it comes to investing.
My fellow blogger Karin Risi recently wrote about how Generation Y is inherently risk-averse when it comes to investing in the stock market. As a member of "Gen Y" myself, I understand risk aversion. We've seen our families lose significant wealth. We've seen loved ones lose their jobs and their homes, and we've struggled to find jobs ourselves. There's no doubt that our experiences and the volatile returns we've witnessed over the past few years make it difficult to stomach putting our well-deserved earnings into the market.
And yet, there's very real risk in not investing.
If you're trying to avoid risk by staying out of the market, you might actually be taking more risk than you realize. If you're sitting on the sidelines, you're not only risking that your money won't keep pace with inflation, you're also potentially increasing the amount that you have to save to reach your goals.
For example, say that you have a goal of accumulating $1 million by the time you retire. If you assume an average annual return of 5%, you'd need to save about $900 per month for the next 35 years to reach your goal. Seem like a lot? Consider the alternative. If you assume an average return of 1% from savings accounts, you'd need to save about $2,000 per month for the next 35 years to reach the same goal. This simple calculation doesn't consider the added impact of inflation. Since the money you save now may not be worth as much when you retire, you may need to save even more.
These numbers aren't meant to scare you (the last thing you need when you're fearful of the market is a scare tactic). The example above just provides you with some perspective so you can weigh your options and make the best decisions.
In recent posts, I've described the benefit of starting to invest at an early age. After writing Need Proof? I talked to a few Gen Y friends about their thinking when it comes to investing. Not surprisingly, as a whole, they're hesitant about investing—afraid they'll lose money, unsure of how to start, and preferring to spend money in other ways, among other reasons.
Here are some strategies that I've discussed with friends that may help make getting started with investing a little easier for you:
1. Match your investing to your goal. If you're saving for something that you want to buy within the next year or two, it makes sense to avoid the volatility of stocks; however, if you're saving for something 30–40 years down the road, like retirement, you have a much longer time frame to weather market declines—and stocks are likely to make sense.
2. Invest a small amount, often. Maybe you're struggling with the idea of moving a large sum of money into the market, out of fear of losing your principal. Instead, consider automatically investing a small portion of your paycheck on a regular basis.
3. Consider indexing. One possible way to help reduce the risk inherent in any single security investment is to diversify your single investment into many investments. One example of this approach is an index fund. Because index funds invest in a representation of securities in a market index, one index fund can be a diversified investment. Index funds can also have lower costs than other funds, potentially allowing you to retain more of your returns, all else being equal.
4. Consider a fund that invests in other mutual funds (an "all-in-one" fund or "fund of funds"). These can simplify investing by offering the convenience of a single investment, while providing a diversified portfolio. Be aware that they're subject to the risks of their underlying funds. Vanguard's Target Retirement Funds, for example, gradually shift their emphasis from more aggressive investments to more conservative ones, based on the target date in the name of the fund (which refers to the approximate year when an investor in the fund would think about retiring).
It's true, there's no realistic way to eliminate all risks. For example, an investment in a Target Retirement Fund is not guaranteed at any time, including on or after its target date. But doing your research and making an informed decision about what's right for you is a good place to start.
For the seasoned investors out there, what ideas do you have to help Gen Y start to invest?
Note: Diversification does not ensure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market. All investing is subject to risk.


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In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the nature of the upscale wedding video and covered a number of add-on features that you can produce before the wedding day itself. To recap, in brief, an upscale wedding video isn't just a multi-camera production, or one that features extended reception coverage. It's a video that delivers superior production values, includes extra features highlighting multiple locations, and uses extra care in post to justify a premium price and establish a videographer with deeper-pocketed clientele.
In this installment, we'll talk about the things that you can do on the wedding day to add that "upscale" factor for your clients—premium elements beyond the coverage of the ceremony and reception themselves, which will be the topic of Part 3.
Before the Ceremony
There are many different ways that the couple, their families, and the wedding party might arrange the events prior to the ceremony, but you will have an opportunity to get at least some shots of the various wedding day activities that precede the main event. Remember that with multiple cameras and crew, you can be in two or more places at once, so get the details of the client's plans and lay out your own schedule accordingly.
The following are some examples of wedding day events that make great shooting opportunities, and some suggestions for making the shots come alive.
One is bride and bridesmaids primping. A shot of the bride's reflection in a mirror, pulling out and panning to the bride herself, is always good.
Another shot is a lockdown with an empty mirror or bed. Without moving the camera, bring the bride into the scene. In post, adding a cross-dissolve between the two shots can make the bride "magically" appear. Meanwhile, the groom and his attendants may go out a play a round of golf, or just hang out watching a game on television.
There may also be a formal bridal-party photo session at the bride's house or another location. You might want to attend this for some candid footage of the bridal party and/or the bride's parents. Just don't slip into the lazy habit of poking your head in behind the photographer to catch the formals on video. Posed formal shots make for good wedding photography, but lousy wedding videography when overused—the kind that makes videographers unpopular with photographers and in- essential to brides.
Sometimes, there will be a brunch or other pre-wedding event for close friends and family. This may create a nice opportunity to get some casual footage of these important players you may miss later on when you're focused on the ceremony.
The wedding party will often create good shooting opportunities by driving around to different locations for formal photos. This is particularly common if the wedding is in a scenic or historical location.
Another good wedding shoot scenario is groom and groomsmen dressing. Some videographers specialize in this segment, spoofing popular films by depicting the groom as a master spy, a superhero, massively hungover from the bachelor party, or fighting a heroic kung fu battle against his groomsmen, who are determined to prevent him from getting to the wedding. Even if you don't go so far as to do a "themed" segment, you can shoot the groomsmen horsing around with the groom. You can also get some good shots of the groom getting his boutonniere placed by his mother.
Detail shots, sometimes even in macro, are valuable footage. Here's one example: Find the marriage certificate, the two ring boxes, and a pair of sunglasses. On a table, stand the marriage certificate up and place the rings in front of it. Place the sunglasses so they "wrap" around the rings. Set the camera on the table and set up a rack-focus shot starting with the rings in focus and the certificate blurred. Adjust the focus so the certificate comes into focus. There are many opportunities for additional detail shots: the bride's shoes, the wedding gown on a hanger or a dress form, the bride's earrings and other jewelry, the flower girl's basket, or the bouquets and boutonnieres.
You should also get some dramatic shots of the church exterior. A nice shot might start at the top of the church steeple, then pan down to reveal the entire building. Try to take architectural shots at an angle, not standing flat in front of one wall. If the church has a pretty tree or flowers in the right position, here's another chance for a depth-of-field shot, focusing on the foliage, then changing focus to the building. If there are no plantings in the right place, you can fake the shot by bringing along your own bit of artificial foliage and having an assistant dangle it in the shot.
While you're at the church waiting for things to get going, be sure that you or an assistant pick up copies of the wedding program. In fact, get copies of all the printed material; a wedding invitation, the program, souvenir napkins, etc. These make good props or cutaways that you can add in post. Put them in a folder so they won't get mussed or creased.
Finally, be sure to capture the wedding party arriving at the church. If the limo takes them, try to get a shot of the limo departing the bride's house, and another of the limo arriving at the church. If there's room in the limo, and you have sufficient crew, one of you might ride with the wedding party for some additional shots.
Being There
When covering the "morning before" events for an upscale wedding, it's easy to get confused or lost, trying to find your way to the next location on time. At the very least, be sure you discuss all the times and locations with whoever is doing the detailed planning—the bride, her mother, or a professional planner.
Carry a map of the area, and have written directions to each location. As a navigation aid, especially in a strange town, a GPS receiver can be a real asset. Also, be sure to carry a cell phone, and have the numbers of the bride and the planning person handy. This way you can get updates on the inevitable schedule changes.
The Same-Day Edit
Not for the timid or easily stressed producer, a same-day edit (SDE) can be a profitable and notable production add-on. [See Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen's "The Art of the Wedding-Day Edit," February 2005, pp. 20-24.] You will need a portable editing system and a place where you can set up at the ceremony and/or the reception location, a dependable crew that you can rely on to get the shots you will need to edit into the final piece, and finally, a "core program" that you use as a framework for your edit timeline. This could be as complex as a Love Story or Romantic Interlude or as simple as a photo montage.
You will want two versions of this core program: one in a completed state and ready to show, just in case you are unable to complete the SDE; the other, with music and timings all set for you to drop in pre-designated shots from the wedding day itself. It would also be a good idea to schedule with the bride and groom a time later in the reception to make this presentation, allowing you additional time to complete the SDE.
We'll talk more about SDE editing requirements in a future installment, but here we want at least to suggest a timeline for production and post.
Arrive at the ceremony location and set up the portable editing station while shooters go out and capture the necessary pre-ceremony shots. These will include establishing shots of the venue, detail shots of decorations, the arrival of the wedding party, etc. Have your shooters note the timecode values of specific shots so you can find things quickly.
As the ceremony begins, the editor will begin loading and editing the pre-ceremony shots into the core program. As the ceremony ends, strike the portable editing station and prepare to move it to the reception venue. With a laptop, it might be a good idea to do any rendering while in transit. Be careful to avoid jarring the computer, however, as any sudden shock might damage your hard drive and make your efforts meaningless in the end. Take the raw footage and timecode notes from the ceremony with you, leaving at least one camera person at the ceremony to stick with the bride and groom and capture their exit, complete with rice, bubbles, or whatever guests throw.
Once at the reception venue, set up your edit station and begin loading the ceremony footage. When your crew arrives, have the final tape delivered to you, capture the closing shot, and complete the edit. If you have the time, make a second version that includes one or two shots from the first dance.
Close with a kiss shot, fade out, and fade in "presented by" and your logo for 3-5 seconds. Voila, the SDE, guaranteed to amaze the audience! That logo at the end will be the best marketing you could ever hope for. Be sure to have some of your business cards handy, because you'll be asked for them.
One caution about SDEs: while the production flow we've outlined is fast and efficient, it's a lot easier to complete an SDE if the wedding day schedule has a couple of free hours between the ceremony and the reception. A successful SDE is much harder to pull off if the reception immediately follows the ceremony.
After the Wedding
There are a number of techniques and elements you can use for post-wedding coverage that will set your video above the crowd and establish it firmly in "upscale" territory.
One is Hollywood-style credits. Some videographers include credits in their productions, and this can be a blessing or a curse. A minor typo could force you into a costly re-edit. Making credits an add-on alleviates some of this potential liability and gives you another unique selling point for an upscale package.
Another valuable post-wedding element is the Wedding Day Story. Inside Story columnist Ken Erhart has pioneered this technique as his Storyteller edit. Similar to the Love Story, the Wedding Day Story involves interviewing your clients soon after the wedding. Instead of just repeating the Love Story questions, get them to talk about the events at their wedding. Then edit their responses with the wedding day footage. The result? Their wedding video, as narrated by the bride and groom. Not only does the viewer get to see and hear the events unfold before them, they also get to hear the bride and groom (or even the additional wedding participants) describe what was going through their heads at that moment. How many times would your daughter or granddaughter watch such a story?
If the final production is delivered on DVD, this can be made as an optional audio track, allowing the viewer to experience the wedding video itself, or the Wedding Day Story.
DVD Options
Speaking of DVD, here's an add-on taken straight from Hollywood: outtakes. Was the ceremony a little long? Had to cut the homily down? Or maybe the readings? By offering an outtakes option, you can include the uncut content as a supplementary feature. Because the outtakes are not integral to the finished production, you can increase the compression of these segments to fit in limited space on the disc, and even leave them in raw, unedited format. It's an outtake . . . it's not supposed to be perfect. With a minimum post time for you, your customer receives the maximum benefit.
A variation on this is the blooper reel. These are outtakes with a humorous twist. The bungled bouquet toss that had to be done over. The rehearsal footage where the groom messed up his vows. The Romantic Interlude shot where the groom dropped the bride. The fast dance number where one of the bridesmaids lost her . . . well, maybe not that one. You can use special effects to emphasize the funny bits.
Or, for the ultimate in videographer vanity, why not record a director's commentary track? Take the opportunity to explain your style, edit decisions, how much fun you had working with the couple. Don't tell them about it. See if they accidentally find it subtly placed on the DVD. If you don't hear anything from them, on their anniversary send them a card and ask them what they thought of the hidden audio track. For them, it'll be like watching a whole new video.
And that brings us to the close of this installment, with one final Hollywood-style DVD feature: the easter egg. An easter egg might contain a simple quote from someone, a guest singing, whatever you want. Our suggestion is to make it something fun or meaningful, and not too difficult to find. Maybe a doorway in a still menu that becomes highlighted, or a bouquet.
That's it for this month's installment. We'll leave you here at the church, and meet you back here next month to talk about how to set up multiple cameras to cover the ceremony, and discuss what you're likely to encounter at the reception.


text: Green Tea May Fight Off Eye Ailments Steven Popec (0) Westerners have recently rediscovered the green tea. It has its origin in China; the Chinese believe that green tea has the ability to prevent many hazardous diseases, and even treat symptoms of others. This belief has now passed on to the western world, through word of mouth, and of course, the most well-known promotional tool in the world: the Internet. The west is now slowly adapting to the taste of green tea instead of black tea; not everyone likes the idea of 'green' tea, but the color is paler, not green, and the flavor is crisper. Green tea is made from a leaf called Camellia Sinensis, most commonly. These leaves do not require a high amount of oxidation and which makes green tea a good source of the antioxidants known as "Catechins". Antioxidants & CatechinsAntioxidants are agents that fight free radicals in the body. Free radicals can cause cell damage and a number of other diseases, --free radicals, are abnormal foreign agents, in some cases, and they are linked to the development of various kinds of cancer. Catechin in green tea is what gives it the strong taste and smell. Catechin also has the capability to move up to infiltrate our body's natural digestive system. It once absorbed by our digestive system, it's filtered through the blood, where it eventually, reaches our retina, and eyes. The catechins then protect the eyes and reduce the occurrence of eye diseases. Research has been done on whether or not green tea can prevent glaucoma; the findings are pretty amazing. Glaucoma is a disease that can cause loss of eyesight, visual impairment, and even permanent blindness. How it WorksAn experiment was conducted on mice to prove that green tea can fight eye ailments. The tiny animals were fed green tea orally on a regular basis, and then their eye tissues were analyzed. The analysis revealed that the retina absorbed the highest number of catechins. The antioxidant lowered the harmful oxidative pressure in the eye and the effect lasted for about twenty hours. Many people are also aware of green tea's effect on weight loss; everyone seems to be jumping on some kind of green tea fad diet. Well, these diets aren't just trendy, 'here today, gone tomorrow', weight loss schemes. When used in your regular diet program and health regime it is extremely beneficial. People who replaced coffee for green tea rarely come back to coffee. Add Green Tea for a Healthier Future!Because of its medicinal values in the last few years Green tea has become an important subject of scientific research and analysis. These studies have proven that green tea also has other medicinal effects and benefits that help in reducing or preventing some hazardous diseases like cancer. Even more studies have proven that green tea may be effective in the treatment of joint diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis, or impaired immune disease and other serious illnesses associated with the liver. A cup of green tea is a good refresher and pumps in a high amount of energy in to the system, --and don't forget, it tastes great too! facebook twitter google+ email


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Summaries of EU Legislation
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Relationship between card-holders and card-issuers (II)
This recommendation aims to ensure a high level of protection for users of electronic payment instruments, thereby helping to construct a genuine internal market in such instruments.
Commission recommendation 97/489/EC of 30 July 1997 concerning transactions by electronic payment instruments and in particular the relationship between issuer and holder.
This recommendation is applicable in its entirety to all transactions involving instruments that allow remote access to the holder's account, such as:
- transfers of funds, other than those ordered and executed by financial institutions, effected by means of an electronic payment instrument;
- cash withdrawals by means of an electronic payment instrument and the loading (and unloading) of an electronic money instrument, at devices such as cash dispensing machines and automated teller machines and at the premises of the issuer or an institution who is under contract to accept the payment instrument.
This recommendation applies in part to electronic money instruments. However, where the electronic money instrument is used to load (and unload) value through remote access to the holder's account, it is applicable in its entirety.
This recommendation does not apply to:
- payments by cheque;
- the guarantee function of certain cards in relation to payments by cheque.
Upon signature of the contract or, in any event, in good time prior to delivering an electronic payment instrument, the issuer should communicate to the holder the contractual terms and conditions governing the issue and use of that instrument and should indicate which law is applicable to the contract.
These terms should be clear, easily understandable and available in the official language or languages of the Member State in which the electronic payment instrument is offered. The minimum information that the terms should include is the following:
- a description of the electronic payment instrument, including where appropriate the technical requirements and any financial limits that are applied;
- a description of the holder's and issuer's respective obligations and liabilities;
- where applicable, the normal period within which the holder's account will be debited or credited, including the value date, or the normal period within which he will be invoiced;
- the types of any charges payable by the holder;
- the period of time during which a given transaction may be contested by the holder and an indication of the redress and complaints procedures.
If the electronic payment instrument is usable for transactions abroad, the following information should also be communicated to the holder:
- an indication of the amount of any fees and charges levied for foreign currency transactions, including where appropriate the rates;
- the reference exchange rate used.
The issuer should supply the holder with information relating to the transactions effected by means of an electronic payment instrument. This information should include:
- a reference enabling the holder to identify the transaction;
- the amount debited to the holder for the transaction;
- the amount of any fees and charges applied for particular types of transactions.
The holder should be able to verify the last five transactions executed with the instrument and the outstanding value stored on it.
The holder should be subject to certain obligations, namely:
- he should use the electronic payment instrument in accordance with the terms governing the issuing and use of a payment instrument and, in particular, to take all reasonable steps to keep the instrument safe;
- he should notify the issuer without delay after becoming aware of the loss or theft of the electronic payment instrument, the recording on his account of any unauthorised transaction, and any error or other irregularity in the maintaining of that account by the issuer;
- he should refrain from recording his personal identification number or other code in any easily recognisable form.
Barring exceptions, the holder may not countermand an order which he has given by means of his electronic payment instrument.
Up to the time of notification, the holder should bear the loss sustained in consequence of the loss or theft of the electronic payment instrument, subject to a limit which may not exceed ECU 150, except where he acted with extreme negligence or fraudulently.
As soon as the holder has notified the issuer, he should not subsequently be liable for the loss arising in consequence of the loss or theft of his electronic payment instrument, except where he acted fraudulently.
The holder should not be liable if the payment instrument has been used without being physically presented or electronically identified.
The issuer may alter the terms, provided that sufficient notice of the change is given individually to the holder. A period of not less than one month is specified after which time the holder is deemed to have accepted the terms if he has not withdrawn.
However, any significant change to the actual interest rate should come into effect on the date specified in the publication of such a change. In this event, and without prejudice to the right of the holder to withdraw from the contract, the issuer should inform the holder individually of the change as soon as possible.
The issuer should be subject to a certain number of obligations, including the following:
- he should not disclose the holder's personal identification number, except to the holder;
- he should not dispatch an unsolicited electronic payment instrument to the holder;
- he should keep internal records of the transactions specified in this recommendation;
- he should ensure that appropriate means are available to enable the holder to make the notification required by the recommendation in the event of loss, theft or error;
- he should prove, in any dispute with the holder concerning a transaction, that the transaction was accurately recorded and entered into accounts and was not affected by technical breakdown or other deficiency.
The issuer of an electronic payment instrument should be liable:
- for the non-execution or defective execution of the transactions specified in the recommendation;
- for transactions not authorised by the holder, as well as for any error or irregularity attributable to the issuer in the maintaining of the holder's account.
The amount of the liability should consist of:
- the amount of the unexecuted or defectively executed transaction;
- the sum required to restore the holder to the position he was in before the unauthorised transaction took place.
The issuer should be liable to the holder of an electronic money instrument for the lost amount of value stored on the instrument and for the defective execution of the holder's transactions in cases where the loss or defective execution is attributable to a malfunction of the instrument, of the device/terminal or any other equipment authorised for use, provided that the malfunction was not deliberately caused by the holder.
The Member States should ensure that there are adequate and effective means for the settlement of disputes between a holder and an issuer.
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
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Recommendation 97/489/EC
OJ L 208 of 02.08.1997
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HARRIS COUNTY - Two men have been arrested in connection to Saturday's house party shooting that left two high school students dead and 19 others injured.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office says Willie Young, 21, and Randy Stewart, 18, were arrested Monday morning.
Young is charged with deadly conduct. Stewart is charged with aggravated assault. The charges stem from the chaos at that Cypress house party over the weekend, a party promoted for days on Twitter.
Stewart had a message for one of the victims on his way to jail, "Rest in peace, Qu'eric."
Referring to 17-year-old Qu'eric Richardson, one of two people killed Saturday night, and perhaps our first clue the suspect and victim knew each other.
Lawrence Guidry says his son, Qu'eric Richardson, had a bright future, but instead of making graduation plans, he's now planning his son's funeral.
Qu'eric and his 16-year-old brother, Kenneth, were both shot after two gunmen opened fire at a home on Enchanted Creek Drive at Rising Brook Drive near Cypress.
More than 100 people, mainly teenagers, were at the house when two suspects started shooting. Deputies say the two shooters were not invited to the party, but heard about it through social media.
The two brothers ran together side by side, but in those desperate moments of escape, Kenneth told his dad on the phone that his brother had fallen behind.
"He turned around and Qu'eric wasn't there anymore, so he went back and the people were still shooting, and he found Qu'eric and said Qu'eric wouldn't get up," explained Guidry.
Richardson died at the scene.
"He just kept screaming that Qu'eric was dead," Guidry said. "And I asked him to put him on the phone, 'cause it just wouldn't sink in that he was dead."
Kenneth was shot in the hip and his recovering from his wound.
Stewart's family home is just a neighborhood away from the crime scene. He is not charged with murder, instead aggravated assault against one of the surviving victims, a man who was shot in the arm.
"He pulled out a handgun, pointed it at him and discharged the weapon," the criminal complaint reads.
It's surprising, says a neighbor.
"There's never any trouble of there, they keep real quiet," said the resident.
Stewart is held on a sizeable $250,000 bond and so is the other suspected shooter -- Willie John-Peters Young. Young, 22, is charged with deadly conduct.
The suspects are accused of randomly firing into a crowd of people, the same scared hysterical teens who rammed themselves into a garage door just trying to get out alive.
"Everybody is scared, everybody is talking about not going to parties anymore, no one is going anywhere anymore and everyone is hurt for their families suffering," said Pierre Etienne, friends of one of the victims.
Like most students at Morton Ranch High School, Etienne and his classmates are still talking about the deadly party over the weekend as they walked home from school Monday. Both victims went to Morton Ranch High.
"Everyone knew on the weekend that today was going to be sad, like, I came inside the morning, most people were wearing black, it was just sad. Barely anyone was talking," Etienne said.
Arielle Shepherd, 16, was killed when the two men started shooting. On Monday people who knew her who were at the party are still in disbelief.
"It was very quiet, and no one wanted to talk about it," said Gabriella Elmefors, friend of the victim.
Some estimate there were nearly 100 people at the party. One teen at the party says Shepherd was shot as she tried to escape the home, but didn't make it to the door in time. Shepherd died after she was transported to Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital.
"We didn't know she was shot because she was under the table. We thought she was still hiding," said Elmefors.
Katy ISD police say students and parents should expect to see beefed up patrols in and around the school through at least the end of the week. Grief counselors will also be available.
The other shooting victims were transported to five Houston-area hospitals. Officials said their injuries ranged from minor to critical.
Authorities ask that anyone with information regarding Saturday's shooting to contact the Harris County Sheriff's Office at 713-221-6000.
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Hear, Hear, Vinnie!! I totally agree with you! At 04:32 PM 8/24/2001 -0400, Vinnie Della Speranza wrote: >I completely agree with Chuck's assessment about nurses education. Two >year degree nurses generally do not earn the kinds of salaries quoted. BUT >one point has been overlooked by all. >Nurses are LICENSED to practice. This means that they are regarded as >professionals and are held accountable for their performance and actions >as they impact on the patient. When you drive poorly or recklessly, you >risk losing your drivers license. If a nurse is negligent or behaves >unprofessionally, he'she can have that license suspended or revoked, much >like a physician. Histotechs are not licensed and indeed, the pathologist >is the one held legally and fiancially responsible if a patient specimen >is compromised. You can be the worst histotech in the world and probably >work somewhere. Until this discipline is prepared to stand up and be >accountable, there is little point in making the comparisons to licensed >disciplines. Histotechnology has a long history of failing to embrace the >need to higher education (there are periodic heated debates on this list >about what it takes to be a professional and whining about having to meet >higher criteria in order to become certified). When our discipline stops >hiding behind the pathologist's lab coat and becomes licensed, you may see >the kind of advancements enjoyed by other disciplines. Anyone care to >guess what it costs to affiliate with the national nurses organization? >Individuals have complained loudly about paying $40 per year to join NSH >which includes receiving an internationally recognized journal. Ask >Charles to tell you the fee to belong to the AAPA. > > > >Vinnie Della Speranza >Manager for Anatomic Pathology Services >Medical University of South Carolina >165 Ashley Avenue Suite 309 >Charleston, SC 29425 >Ph: 843-792-6353 >fax: 843-792-8974 > > >>> "Charles.Embrey"
08/24/01 02:35PM >>> >Sorry Marsha, Most RNs (registered nurses) have a Bachelor of Science >degree in nursing as a minimum. Many go on to finish their Masters. Those >nurses with only an associate degree normally work as an LPN or Certified >Nurses Aid. I think histo salaries will rise as they have recently but it >will be more in tune with the shortages in the field than with education >requirements. Even with my BS degree I would make roughly the same as a >non-degreed HT with the same experience. My salary only went up when I >entered the Pathologists' assistant field. > >Charles R. Embrey Jr., PA(AAPA), HT(ASCP) >Histology Supervisor >Carle Clinic >Urbana, IL > > >-----Original Message----- >From: marsha r price [mailto:email@example.com] >Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:19 AM >To: firstname.lastname@example.com >Subject: Future Histotechs pay > > >Dear histonetters, >I was just curious if when the requirement that takes effect in 2005 that >Histotechs have to have a minimum of an Associates in Science, if our pay >was going to go up to match, lets say that of RN's (Nurses). That is what >kind of degree that nurses have is an associates in Science. > >Here is a little comparison. I have a friend that is a nurse that works >for an agency and works 3/ 12 hour shifts a week. She makes $35 an hour >and $45 an hour if she works on the weekends. She receives $37 a day per >diem (she works approx 1 hour away from home). > >I was offered a job in the same town as a histotech to work 3 days a week >at $18 an hour, no per diem or any other incentives. > >Is our job considered less technical or less important than an RN's? >There is from what I have been hearing an extreme shortage of histotechs, >correct me if I am wrong. Maybe hospitals and labs should offer more >incentives like higher pay, let histotechs work the 10 or 12 hour shifts >etc. to attract more histotechs like the agencys are doing with the RN's. > > I have always loved histology and that is why I chose this over being a >nurse, however, after taliking to my nurse friend, I am considering a >career change, mainly because of the pay. > > >Let me know what you histotechs think about this. > >Just Curious Marsha >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ************************************************************************** Jill Songer HT (ASCP) Supervisor, Anatomic Pathology Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Virginia Tech


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Kenmore Mercy Associates "Deck the Hall" for Wreath Auction
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Dr. Michael Gough admires one of the many wreaths on display in the hospital's atrium.
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By Mitchell Anderson • Friday, December 7, 2007 - 15:21
Steve L replied on Permalink
Two questions
This was an interesting post. I may be be helped by adding some links. At least, I would have liked to read up on the part about tar sands production as a national security objective of the US.
The other thing I wanted to ask about was this: under the current, extremely lenient Kyoto framework, I understand that you can claim credits by providing a lesser-contributing fuel to another country, as long as it also has adopted Kyoto. Thus by selling natural gas (or tarsand oil, I guess, if they could extract it using nuclear power) to the US, which would otherwise get energy from coal (presumably with higher emissions), Alberta could still sell high-carbon fuels to the US, as long as they both signed. Am I far off-base here?
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Thanks for the comment. CBC
Thanks for the comment. CBC did a very good story on the strategic importance of the oil sands to the Bush administration. Here some video links:
As far the shell game of emissions trading, the point I am trying to make is that the chemistry of the atmosphere doesn't care where the additional ancient carbon comes from. Any meaningful carbon caps would have to impact the oil sands, both because of the enormous downstream emissions, but also due to how energy intensive it is to even extract oil from the tar sands. We are currently burning 700 million cubic feet of relatively clean natural gas every day to extract the bitumen from rock and sand. That is enough to heat about 3.7 million homes.
Toby Reid replied on Permalink
Harper-saurus and T-Rex Bush
Mitchell - good article. Sure shows why Harper and Bush are good pals and both are pushing for the same objectives. They both want the Tar Sands to thrive. They now think they have found a loophole with their intensity-based targets that they will try to sell to the rest of the world.
Time is ticking and they're both feeling the pressure of getting their way for their oil friends, before the leadership in the US, and probably Canada, changes.
We all need to do our part to make sure we stick to Kyoto and the framework developed there. If you want to take action, please support Al Gore's proposal to move the next stage of Kyoto from 2012 to 2010.
We've got to stand up to Bush and Harper and let them know that they are Dinosaurs with their views and aspirations on climate change. Even though they both don't believe that dinosaurs existed, I'm sure they'll get the message.
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Harper owns the oilsands now?
In his rather misinformed and tendencious opinion piece, Anderson tries to somehow insinuate that the major beneficiary of oilsands production is Stephen Harper and the CPC.
Given that mining/oil and gas extraction account for over 54% of Canada's goods-producing industry GDP, common sense would indicate that there are more than a few other of us Canadians who rely on it to pay our bills. To be fair, I wouldn't include the members of the chattering classes, such as Anderson – although, maybe he should check his RRSP portfolio.
Anderson also trots out a sensationalistic reference to a CBC report which has long been debunked:
"The same week that Harper took office in 2006, Canadian officials helpfully committed to a five-fold increase in tar sands production during secret meetings with their US counterparts in Huston Texas - one week prior to Bush's address to the nation."
Ooooh, a conspiracy! A secret meeting! Well, if any meeting that issued press-releases on websites and has publicly available reports can be called "secret", that is.
What Anderson is referring to, is a meeting of the Oil Sands Experts Group Workshop Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, taking place in Houston, TX, January 24-25, 2006. Harper was only sworn-in as Prime Minister on February 6, 2006. Obviously, federal representatives at the Houston meeting were appointees of the Martin Government.
Just to make sure Anderson is clear on which side of the political spectrum he resides:
"With the US embroiled in a costly and unpopular war in Iraq"
Naturally, the US should only engage in wars which are considered popular. Like WWII. Oh, wait, that was unpopular, too. And costly.
"Simply put, Harper, Bush and their oil industry supporters have far too much to lose if the Bali negotiations succeed."
As do most Canadians and Americans – not including Mr. Anderson and his chattering class, of course.


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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by Death Master, Jul 21, 2013.
is nadal good for 15 slams? yes or no.
you have the floor.
I doubt it at this point.. Maybe another RG title or two.. Thats it. Hes gonna have to win off of the French if he wants 15. He isn't going to win another 3 French Open titles
Yes, I think probably so.
It's far too early too tell. He struggled at Roland Garros this year, has had tough matches on clay, nearly lost to people he should have beaten (particularly Ferrer and Dimitrov, showing at the very least a moderate decline in his clay game, but personally I think he has declined a great deal on clay since 2005-2010, but it's amazing that mere fumes have kept him going for 3 years after) and he had an even worse result on grass this year at Wimbledon, losing in the first round. His hard court form (going from his result at Indian Wells) is something for Nadal fans to look forward to, as it looks like he might be in the middle or latter stages of his hard court prime, so there's still some hope left.
folks he is not winning anything outside the natural surfaces.
that is a bloody fact. and the way he is going on grass, you can count that out too.
No. /THREAD.
if nadal is the Justin beiber of tennis then what is nole?
Go check some of your fellow classless Nadal fans trolling signatures. They started first.
^^ Djokovicforthewin has been resurrected. Marvelous !! :twisted:
These people call me many nicknames so far? This is third or fourth I think.
Not sure what you guy are talking about. And really don't care.
He'll win AT LEAST 3 more Roland Garros titles. So that means 15 is the minimum slam total. Plus I think he has a huge chance at winning the US Open and Australian Open again. I think the AO will be especially important to him, because as much as Murray is a good player, Nadal will see it essential to bury Djokovic at Djokovic's favorite slam. I think Nadal has a great shot at the Double-Career-Grand-Slam.
are you having problems with the clay warrior fans?
what exactly are they doing? are they insulting you?
and what makes you think that I am a nadal fan?
what was your first clue?
Yes, I think he'll win at least 15 to surpass Sampras.
Sampras really does not count. people are still not getting this:
nadal has had to beat the greatest player ever lived to get a lot of his slams.
also sampy was a single dimensional one trick pony.
LOL. You all are funny.
Admittedly, I am a big Nadal fan. And yes, I think he can get 15 slams. Geez, Pete won his last slam two full years after everyone thought he was done. LOL.
Because of Rafa's playing style, he has more injuries than some, and his body takes a fairly severe beating over the course of a long season. Personally, I believe if he took the same approach as Serena Williams does and simply stayed healthy and played for a few handfuls of important tournaments each year, he could probably prolong his career a good deal longer than his current style will allow. I don't see that happening, however, because he gives it all he has all the time and likely will continue to do so until he calls it quits. He chooses that path because, unlike a lot of tennis players, Rafa has other interests in his life and he will be living life to the fullest after his ATP career ends. And I applaud him for finding that balance well before he retires.
Short some career-ending injury, I see him playing another 4-5 years, and I see several more slams in that time. Nobody has more heart.
Good luck trying to stop Nadal at Roland Garros. When Nadal returned this year, he was aiming to peak for 2014. 2013 is the transition year, yet he was still too great for Djokovic. 2013 was to be Djokovic's only chance.
3 more Roland Garros titles is the minimum scenario for Nadal. The maximum could be anything. Plus the Indian Wells result proves Nadal is still a contender on hardcourts.
At the slams, Nadal is on a big winning streak over Djokovic/Murray/Federer. Nadal has won his last 11 slam meetings with those guys (2 vs Djokovic, 4 vs Murray, 5 vs Federer).
clay warrior is going to be tough in 2014.
For the past year I have had a gut feeling that he will top out at 13 slams (thirteen is a fortuitous number, IMO, despite what you may have been led to believe about it. It is a feminine number, supposedly strongly associated with Mother Earth, and I do not consider Rafa to be very masculine)- I see him winning just one more slam; it would be at RG, of course.
Rafa's been burning the candle from both ends. Already resulting in inability to win outside clay anymore, but wouldn't be surprised if 2013 was his last RG as well. He couldn't recover for Wimby FFS! That's how far he went this year. And still it took horrible misses by Djoker in the fifth to get it.
Depends on how Rafa will approach the tour in the future, but I'd say 0-1 more RG and that's it.
The thing is, if Rafa isn't going to win anymore slams, that really just leaves Djokovic and Murray. Considering the lack of competition, it's silly to think he can't. Delpo is a danger, but unless Rafa's hardcourt form goes to hell, he only has a huge worry about 2 guys.
Says who? I hope you are prepared to put your money where your mouth is.
This thread is full of people who are panicking over the decline of Federer because they can see his legacy paling into insignificance by Rafa's achievements from now on.
If I were a betting man I'd bet against it.
So anyone who doesn't think Nadal will dominate the FO for years are blind Federer lovers who are afraid of Nadal surpassing him?
The short answer is..........yes.
As much as i like Rafa, this post seems to get it right.
Rafa's decline is principally caused by his constant refusal to hit backhands, which forces him to cover an enormous amount of court.
It's is a pity because his backhand can make him win a lot of easy points; his slice very often forces the error.
He needs a trainer who will teach him how to take full advantage of his backhand instead of turning it constantly.
That or he won't be around much longer.
I asked you in the other thread how do you know that what Nadal says is to be believed at all?
I asked you whether he specified particular goals for 2014 to distinguish it from his "transitional" year?
If you don't know this you are talking BS.
And, yes, Nadal can reach 15 Majors.
You'd have to be really stupid to think Nadal was going to peak in 2013 after returning in....2013 :lol: So if you don't believe Nadal when he says he's trying to peak by 2014, you just aren't very smart.
Specified particular goals in 2014? No, he just said 2014 (that means not 2013).
15 slams minimum, because nobody can stop him at Roland Garros. That alone gets him to 15.
Everyone is a Belieber.
No. Not likely. I would think he'll struggle to equal Sampras. It will be funny to see the threads on TT trying to mathematically 14>14 if he does. I have no doubt that they will succeed however. Vivas!
I think he'll end up with 14.
15 if he manages to win next USO or AO, but I can't see it happening.
I say he retires on 14, equalling Pete.
i think nadal will win 15-17 slams
The problem is, if Nadal hasn't specified goals for 2013 and 2014 how do YOU know that he will peak in 2014 (apart from believing :lol: )?
You do realize that he has to eclipse his achievements from 2013 (which will be pretty tough, considering how many titles he has won , how many finals he was in and everything, that has not happened yet).
Besides, you didn't answer my question about how you define "peak" for Nadal. What is your measuring stick?
People like you avoid such questions like a plague, because usually they either troll hard or have no idea what they are talking about.
And, rest assured, Nadal will fall at RG at least once in the next three years. Mark my words.
Yes. People underestimate his abilities on HC. Don't forget that he's made the final of his last 2 HC slams. And he's also won Indian Wells this year. I do think that he's got 2 RG and maybe a USO, doing a safe call though
That so cool! DFT was hilarious!
lets make it 14 then.
Possible jus needs 3 more RG.
I can see Nadal being a contender at AO and RG through 2015, and he has at least a fighting chance at W and USO.
No reason why he can't pick up two of the next 9 majors. I do think his best shots are at AO and, obviously, RG. If he can pick up a USO or W he can really do some damage.
Why not? He doesn't have any intention to retire before he turns 30 and he's not the only one getting older. His main rivals are getting old as well.
I just hope he can focus more on hc and grass Slams because he's got enough RG titles.
I said that Nadal said he was aiming to peak in 2014. What don't you understand about this? Are you like, 7?
Nah, it won't be tough to eclipse his 2013 achievements, because he lost Monte Carlo and was stretched to 5 sets at Roland Garros. And he also lost at Chile. I think he'll sweep all clay events next year, and won't be stretched to 5 sets at Roland Garros. He might win Indian Wells again, or win Miami, but they aren't important either way, because form is measured by his clay level at that time of the year.
Nadal's peak:
Backhand- 2013
Forehand- 2010 (and 5th set of 2013 RG semi)
Movement- 2008 and earlier
I predict in 2014 Nadal will have his peak backhand, peak forehand and peak serve. His movement won't be peak but it will be better than 2013.
If I didn't answer your questions before, its because I didn't read your post entirely. You can't expect everyone to read your posts.
I'll mark your words about Nadal 'falling in the next 3 years at Roland Garros'. I'll send you an engraved watch with your words.
"It's not about the years. It's the mileage."
Yes, everyone's gaining mileage and won't get younger, but the higher your totals are after you have peaked physically, the more each additional step will add to the decline. And out of Rafa's generation, he's ahead of the curve by what is an equivalent of 4-5 years. So each year his main rivals from his own generation will be expected to play relatively better. And we will have new guys and the Darcises of the world out there too...
And as HC is the worst surface for joints, he will not push his physique there as it would mean risking the clay season, i.e. it would be a high risk, low reward option. And do we really have to discuss Rafa@Wimby? He'll go 120% at RG and with current schedule will never be in shape for Wimbledon again.
Those 4-5 years you mentioned are an exaggeration. Just because the hard courts are bad for the joints doesn't mean he will avoid them completely. He can't do that. The AO and US Open are too important and I doubt he will go there and not give 100%. He already showed at IW that he can still win hard court tournaments. As for Wimbledon, I agree his packed clay court schedule makes things very difficult, but at some point he will realize that winning titles like Barcelona or Rome a million times won't add much to his legacy and will take more breaks to make sure he arrives in good shape for the Slams. Starting from next year he will be able to skip any Masters he wants without penalty.
I don't understand how you will compare 2013 and 2014 without having a proper measuring stick in advance. As it stands, we either have to believe what Nadal says, or have a list of achievements he is aiming at for both years.
Sorry, but that sort of comment doesn't hold up when subjected to rational thought. For the fanboys it may do but not for everybody else (hence everybody else do not pay much attention to such statements).
Of course, when everything is said and done, we can objectively measure 2013 vs 2014, but that doesn't explain your drive to present his statement as some sort of truth (since you have no way to prove, that that is the case, apart from his word).
Next year he almost certainly will not be playing the entire SA swing, so in a way he will be dropping some of his results. And again you are speculating about whether or not he will be stretched at RG. He played very well in this year's RG and still had to win the SF in 5.
You are already dancing around the issue with how a peak form translates into winning. Because dropping titles will not be a sign of better form, no matter how you twist it. And that is now. I can imagine how the things will turn out to be should he lose some of his titles next year around this time.
I noticed that a new addition occured in your explanations. Now it is his "clay level". But we are talking 2013 vs. 2014 (of course, comparing the parts, where he actually played). And, if I am not mistaken, there is a lot of non clay tennis to be played yet.
Also, it is laughable how a M1000 title isn't important or indicative of playing level and current form.
Cherrypicking aspects of his game and from different years (and matches :lol: ) no less is what you come up with, when hard pressed to define "peak".
Let me guess. If we have this conversation again at any given time in the future, a case can be made, that he displayed some of this in a particular match or even a tourney. The problem with this is that we are talking about an entire year vs. another year.
We will see how your predictions will turn out, but you already conceded the point with his movement, and I am fairly certain, that that will be the case with his serve as well. It remains to be seen for the other two, if they meet your expectations.
I don't expect everyone to read my posts. But, IF you engage in a conversation with someone YOU have to read his entire posts.
Your excuse is laughable.
More empty words.
i can see nadal winning 2 more RGs...but everything depends on
if djokovic can get him next year...the dynamic changes completely...nole has the capabilty to win one or more RGs.
Of course not avoid, but the reality is that a winning chance takes that 100% (maybe not in OZ where you can get lucky with everybody not gotten into the rhythm yet, i.e. not being quite 100%) and on HC that 100% will be rough for him.
I wouldn't say 4-5 years is an exaggeration. Maybe I've been blinded a bit by the old man Fed taking such an amazing care of his body, but I still can't see Nole or Andy having to take several months off in the next five years. Not without unexpected external issues.
But I agree, it'll be interesting to see how Rafa will approach the lesser events in the future. Personally, I can't see him easing up much on the clay season as it's his best GS chance and he needs the routine. Also, I'm not sure the clay tour events are a problem for his physique really. It's when we get to the five-setters...
The real question is the balance between getting that routine down for HC Slams and the toll it takes. Wimbledon is now a lost chance unless he plays at least a handful of grass matches to prepare. But having trouble adjusting, a single grass tournament doesn't guarantee him many matches... Without any, he'll be a bit better recovered, but his traditional vulnerability in the early rounds of Wimby is not even a public secret anymore and anyone in the top 100 can exploit that.
Tough, but definitely possible. If I had to guess, I'd say he finishes with 14.
what the clay warrior has done his whole life is what the world said he could not do.
I would not count this due out. RG is off limits until he steps aside. now next year he wont be going in with a 7 month layoff.
translation: say hello to 7 doomed men again at the next RG.
that makes it 13 and then he has 3 years to get 2 more.
it is certainly possible. so people can cry all they want. he is going to end up with 14-15.
i meant to say: i would not count this dude out.
i was typing too fast so i made a mistake.
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The Environment Agency has denied claims by MP Steve Barclay that more dredging of the Old Bedford River would lessen the impact of flooding at Welney.
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Mr Barclay said: "Whilst the Environment Agency has disputed the extent to which more extensive dredging could have avoided the widespread flooding in the West Country it is clear from the intervention of the Prime Minister yesterday that dredging was a factor and this is reflected in the future work programme of the Environment Agency in that area.
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