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+ Belle of the ball
From the Asolo Starry Night dinner celebrating "Yentl" at the Harbor Acres home of Aimee and Chris Cogan was Caragh Bella Cogan, the hosts' 4-year-old daughter. Wearing ankle-length orange tulle fit for a princess and white patent leather shoes, she was seen leaving as guests were arriving; she was off to a play date with two of her many (32 to be exact!) cousins.
Among the grown-ups spotted at the Yentl event: Phillip and Nancy Kottler, Carolyn Keystone and Jim Meekison, newlyweds Dr. David and Yara Shoemaker, Bob and Beverly Bartner and, of course, the irrepressible Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards.
+ Long time coming
Twenty-five years ago, SPARCC fashion shows were held in various homes around town with anywhere from 12 to 25 women in attendance. Models wore fashions by labels such as Foxy Lady and Conrad Egan, tickets cost $12 and a box lunch was served. Although the proceeds benefited SPARCC, it wasn't until five years later that the SPARCC Treasure Chest opened, and, ever since then, models have sashayed down the runways in hand-picked items from the Treasure Chest. Last year, 600 ladies attended the SPARCC Second hand Rose Fashion Show and Luncheon, which takes place Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. Check-in and boutique sale start at 10 a.m.; luncheon starts at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $95. Call 349-3346 or 365-0208, Ext. 106.
+ Big names and big words …
Were on the menu for the inaugural Women in Medicine Luncheon benefiting Sarasota Memorial Hospital Foundation Friday, Jan. 20, at Sarasota Yacht Club. The program was a panel of experts from the Neuroregeneration Institute at Harvard Medical School: Ole Isacson, M.D., Penelope Hallett, Ph.D. and James Schumacher, M.D. Hallett reported on the institute's research into therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on Parkinson's and highlighting promising discoveries, such as the RAB3B gene that appears to protect dopamine in brain cells.
The Women in Medicine event replaces the foundation's traditional annual Healthcare Education event. Chairperson Ann Charters would welcome feedback from attendees to Kaye Chase at [email protected] or 544-7370.
+ Tidbits
Navy is the new black … And it suddenly looks downright youthful, especially in three different looks worn by Chris Currie, Diana Armbrust and Sue Jacobson Friday, Jan. 20 ... BFFs … Lillian Richman started out to have a little cocktail party celebrating the natal anniversary of her dear friend, Nancy Markle, and like topsy, the guest list just grew — to about 40! ... Up the stairs or down the stairs? … Looks exactly like an M.C. Escher drawing, doesn't it? Well it's a pool, plain and simple, and there are no stairs or levels or uneven planes. At night, when it's glowing, the Cogans' pool is pretty deceiving!


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Since he's expressed the wish to kick my ass, I thought let's give it a whirl. This is a battle between me and Selendrile.
Rei's R&R
All out
No CE/CJ
Mid range
Plain field
Choose which bio of mine you want to take on and make your move. This will be fun

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The Hermeneia Commentary set has been very well received but remained beyond the reach of many users who really wanted it. Now, with agreement from Fortress Press, we are able to drop the price to an affordable $699.
Unique, authoritative, indispensable, the Hermeneia series from Augsburg Fortress has in a generation produced many of the most influential and informative commentaries on the Bible in the English language. This edition includes 43 published volumes, with a print value of over $2,650. For convenience of use the volumes are divided into 8 modules, which are all included in the price of the CD-ROM.
See Article for fuller description of the volumes.
Hermeneia Price Drop to $699
Started by Helen Brown , Jul 14 2010 12:21 PM
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Posted 14 July 2010 - 12:21 PM
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:10 AM
What is the policy regarding new volumes of the series as they are released? I'm particularly interested in the new 1 Enoch 2 commentary that was released in October. Will this be available at some point, and if so, as a free update or as a charged upgrade?
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 07:39 PM
I see that the 43-volume Hermeneia is featured in the Memorial Day Sale. When I purchased Hermeneia in 2009 it contained 41 volumes. Is it possible to obtain the latest additions by themsleves?
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 08:19 PM
I also bought in 2009, and have 43 volumes.
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 09:12 PM
Hi Helen,
the article link in this announcement is incorrect. It goes to a non-existent page.
The link should be http://www.accordanc...neia-Commentary
I think.
the article link in this announcement is incorrect. It goes to a non-existent page.
The link should be http://www.accordanc...neia-Commentary
I think.
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 08:52 AM
I also bought in 2009, and have 43 volumes.
I just received my CD-ROM (2.0) today and the cover states "All 41 published volumes".
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 09:30 AM
The publishers sent us two more volumes to add, but had apparently already printed the inserts for the DVD cases. You will find all 43 volumes there.
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DETROIT - You don't have to tell this to L. Brooks Patterson.
He knows all too well.
Patterson, in seclusion after his release from a month long stay in McLaren Hospital because of his devastating August 10th accident, is taking the kind of bitter medicine no one in his condition wants to; paying the traffic ticket. Today the Auburn Hills Police department issued a $65 moving violation to the 73 year old Patterson. He was not wearing a seat belt when the Chrysler 300 he rode in ended up slamming into a new VW at the intersection of Opdyke and Walton Road. Patterson ended up with broken legs, wrists and an injured pelvis. In fact Patterson told police his seat belt was clasped into place and he was sitting on top of the straps; thus defeating the annoying alarm but doing little to protect himself in a bad accident. It also must have been disconcerting to to say the least as they sat bloody and badly battered [Patterson on the ground bleeding profusely from his head and his driver, hurt even worse, trapped in their county issued car] as rescue workers were trying to help them the skies opened up with torrential rain as severe summer weather blew in.
View: Patterson's seat belt citation
Patterson put out this statement this afternoon: "Not wearing a seatbelt was a mistake, I accept my responsibility and paid the $65 fine this afternoon." This could be considered insult added to severe injury; but the fact of the matter he was violating the law and as a top elected official in Oakland County that is never a good idea. It is also something I will bet L. Brooks spent a lot of time thinking about while rehabbing his considerable injuries in the hospital for weeks on end. L. Brooks is well known for his grand sense of humor and I will also bet he will find a way to put himself out as the example of what not to do in a humorous way to help teach the lesson. This is the right thing that will hurt into the future and yet he is quite obviously game for that challenge.
That L. Brooks' received his ticket is, strangely enough, a signal showing he is on the mend. Auburn Hills police said all along they would only visit the possibilities of tickets in this case when the injured parties were up to dealing with them. The unspoken piece here is James Cram, Patterson's driver, has not been ticketed. There is a reason for that. He remains in the hospital and there is no end to his stay in sight. He too was not wearing his seat belt. A seatbelt ticket in his world will be the least of his worries.
There are wreckless driving charges against the man who Auburn Hills Police say caused the accident. His name is Anthony Prainito, a radio ad sales manager, who is out on $50,000 bond. He was driving a decorated 2012 Volkswagen Passat decked out for the Woodward dream cruise. He was not wearing his seat belt either. So when we add up the seat belt wearers in this terrible accident the results are a failing grade. A 25 percent seat belt rate belies the statistics about seat belt usage in America that is pushing toward 90%. That one single accident in Oakland County could have a 25% seat belt usage rate is frankly appalling.
Most of us try to avoid the former smoker who beat the habit and is now an anti-smoking evangelist. But I will look foward to hearing from L. Brooks when he does finally make it back to the public spotlight again. His pro-seat belt story is likely to be one for the ages. He will likely bring humor and searing insight to the issue. Nothing good comes from serious accidents like these, but somehow I can see L. Brooks getting a lot of mileage out of his ticket as a way to help us all understand why doing the right thing can be painful, but also quite necessary for self preservation.
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text: I'll try to make this short so I can get to my question. About 3 weeks ago I was working on a quilt and had a problem winding my bobbin. Machine needed a tune-up anyway so took it in for the repair. Picked it up a week later, took it home and still had the same problem. This time when I took it back the owner loaned me a used machine he had for sale, since I needed my project quilted in a few days. He said it would be 2 weeks before the machine would be done and I would have that time to see if I liked the loaner. It has a lot of features that machine does not have....100 stitches,etc. Everything seems to work well. I did free motion quilting and it was great. I'm just concerned about buying a machine that is about 20 years old already. He is asking $250 with a 6 month warranty, about 10 different feet and one free lesson. I would mainly be using it as a back up and the special stitches. Do you think this is a good deal? It would be so nice to use all those stitches and have a back-up machine.


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He is survived by his best friend and spouse, Dori Costa Weinkauf; and is father of Logan (Danielle) Weinkauf of Boston, Mass.; and brother of Nancy (Dale) Ketterhagen, Jerry (Kathy), Michael (Judy), Daniel (Nancy) and Tammy (Mark) Cadman. He is also survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and good friends.
Tom was known for his kindness, generosity and sense of humor. He enjoyed spending time with friends and family; he and Dori routinely traveled coast to coast to be with them. He was a loving and devoted husband and father. Tom will be deeply missed by his family, and by all who had the privilege of knowing him.
Services were conducted on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Milwaukee. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Tom's name may be made to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission, 830 North 19th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233.


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Authorities said Corderious Domini McClellan, 20 is charged with capital murder in the death of Sherri Williams, 24. Officials said the man surrendered to police Tuesday night and will be held in the Jefferson County jail without bond.
Authorities said Williams was standing in the doorway of her apartment in Gate City when she was hit by a stray bullet Monday. The baby boy was not injured and Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials have said two men at a nearby store got into a fight and the argument escalated to gunfire.


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If you are a Star Wars fan the Pennsylvania Convention Center is the place to be from May 31st to June 3rd for Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con. Star Wars celebrities will be in attendance including Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), Nick Gillard (stunt coordinator for the Prequels), and Sam Witwer (voice of Darth Maul in The Clone Wars).
On Friday, June 1st there will be a Star Wars Q&A featuring Mayhew, Bulloch, and Gillard at 3pm. Sam Witwer will have his own Q&A at 6pm on the same day. Nick Gillard will also be doing a "Jedi Lightsaber Master Class" at various times throughout the convention.
There are a number of other guests who will be of interest to pop culture fans including Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Avengers) and Stan Lee (creator of Spiderman, Hulk, X-men…). Star Trek fans will be excited to see 5 Trek Captains together in one place. William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, and Scott Bakula will appear together (for the first time ever!) for Q&A's on Saturday and Sunday.
For more information check out the Wizard World Philadelphia website. See the official press release below.
Chris Hemsworth, William Shatner, Stan Lee, WWE® Superstar CM Punk™,Patrick Stewart Top Stellar 2012 Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con Lineup
Five 'Star Trek' Captains Together For The First Time; Paul Wesley, Bruce Campbell, ScottBakula, 60 Other Celebrities, Dozens of Top Creators Set For Pennsylvania Convention CenterMay 31 – June 3
NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA, May 2012 – For more than a decade, Wizard WorldPhiladelphia Comic Con has brought standout celebrities, comics creators and more to thePennsylvania Convention Center as one of the highlights of the city's pop culture scene. Butthe 2012 lineup, set for Thursday, May 31, through Sunday, June 3, featuring mega-starsChris Hemsworth, William Shatner, Stan Lee, WWE® Superstar CM Punk™, PatrickStewart and more than 60 others, may be the best and most diverse ever.
Shatner ("Star Trek," "Boston Legal") will appear on Saturday and Sunday, while Hemsworth(The Avengers, Thor), Stewart ("Star Trek: The Next Generation," "X-Men") and WWE®Superstar CM Punk™ will be on site on Saturday, and comics legend Lee ("Spider-Man," "XMen")on Friday through Sunday.
The event also marks the first gathering of all five "Star Trek" captains from the five TV seriesin the iconic franchise: Shatner ("Captain Kirk" in "Star Trek"), Stewart ("Captain Jean-LucPicard" in "The Next Generation"), Avery Brooks ("Captain Sisko" in "Deep Space Nine"),Kate Mulgrew ("Captain Janeway" in "Voyager") and Bakula ("Captain Archer" in "Enterprise").
Other hugely popular stars scheduled to attend include Scott Bakula ("Star Trek: Enterprise,""Quantum Leap"), Paul Wesley ("The Vampire Diaries," "24"), Kate Mulgrew ("Star Trek:Voyager," Remo Williams), James Marsters ("Buffy: The Vampire Slayer," "Torchwood"),Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness, Evil Dead), Sam Witwer ("Smallville," "Being Human"),Sean Patrick Flanery (Boondock Saints, Saw 3D), Melissa Joan Hart ("Sabrina, the TeenageWitch," "Melissa and Joey"), Dean Cain ("Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,""90210"), James Hong (Blade Runner, Kung Fu Panda), Hayden Panettiere ("Heroes," BringIt On), Jason Priestley ("Beverly Hills, 90210," Tombstone), Kristy Swanson (Buffy theVampire Slayer; Dude, Where's My Car?) and Juliet Landau ("Angel," Ed Wood).
VIP tickets are available now for fans who want to secure their opportunity to meet many of thestars at the event. Fans can visit http://www.wizardworld.com/philadelphia.html for links to VIPpackages for Hemsworth, Lee, Campbell, Ryan, Panettiere, WWE® Superstar CM Punk™,Bakula, Wesley, Shatner, Marsters and group experiences with Boondock Saints, "Buffy: TheVampire Slayer," "Spartacus/Legend of the Seeker" and "Star Trek" Captains.
Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, produced by Wizard World, Inc. (WIZD.PK), will bringtogether thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies,graphic novels, comics, toys, video gaming, television, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles,contests and more.
Children and adult attendees are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite villain,superhero or pop culture personality for the chance to win special prizes in costume contests.Event-goers may also try their hand at interactive product exhibits and shop for collectiblecomics, movie and television memorabilia, toys and games at scores of dealer booths.
Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con will also feature special children's programming onSunday, June 3, with face painting, art projects, workshops, costume contest and other youthactivities. Kids 10 and under are admitted free with adult paid admission (up to two childrenper adult).
For more on the 2012 Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, including hours, celebrities,creators, vendors, programming schedules, evening entertainment, autographs, sponsorshipand volunteer information and more, visit http://www.wizardworld/home-pa.html
About Wizard World: Wizard World produces Comic Cons and pop culture conventions across North America thatcelebrate graphic novels, comic books, movies, TV shows, gaming, technology, toys and socialnetworking. The events often feature celebrities from movies and TV, artists and writers, andevents such as premieres, gaming tournaments, panels, and costume contests.
The full event schedule can be found at www.wizardworld.com.
April 14-15 – Wizard World Toronto Comic Con
May 31 – June 3 – Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con
August 9-12 – Wizard World Chicago Comic Con
November 30 – December 2 – Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con


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I live my life illegal
I live my life illegal
For sure
I bright, I bright
That's why I live illegal
All my life I live illegal don't give a fuck bout the law
When my pockets reaching zero
I'm fresh out the ghost town similar to your town
I'm probably where it goes down
Keepin' them toes down around my way
All my life I live illegal don't give a fuck bout the law
When my pockets reaching zero
I'm fresh out the ghost town similar to your town
I'm probably where it goes down
Keepin' them toes down around my way
[Verse 1: Freddie Gibbs]
Yeah I'ma ride this bitch until the tires ball
And I live by the sword so you know I'mma die right by my iron dog
Body full of holes and an empty clip
Look into my life how it ended quick
Caught these nigga's slippin'
But I guarantee I'ma take a couple of em with me when I leave these bitch
I'm destined to feel the flames, conscience? No, I live insane
Loco behind the wheel, fire up the kill and conceal the pain
Bustin' back is my only option, and that drive by shit been played out
It's cool to walk up and pop em, make sure you drop em
VLs, GDs, and Stones, serving these cluckers all they honor is a dollar my knocka
It ain't no structure, no teachers, it ain't no leadership to lean on
And the dope man ain't trippin as long as he can get his eat on
When I speak about the dope man
I ain't talkin bout yo neighborhood pusherman
I'm talkin' about them fools on capital hill that overlook us
Oversee us, it's facetious how we can't pick up the pieces
You young and black and you an endangered species
That's why I live illegal
[Verse 2: Freddie Gibbs]
Politicians prosecute us, punk polices try to shoot us
Pulled me over for a traffic stop, these fools pulled out they Rugers
Told us if we move then they gon put our faces on the news, and clap us in the back, 'so just relax and don't say nothing stupid
Just like they did Oscar Grant, just like they did Sean Bell
How you want it, death sentence on the spot, or life in the cell?
Either way we fucked up, the game is set up for us to fail
A few of these niggas might luck up and not get caught, but most of 'em tell
Most of these niggas snitches setting up they own people
Got caught with a whole lotta bricks but he still out here on Chrome Regals
Wood kits, I'm surprised nobody knocked out his noodle
Witness Protected under pressure, this how niggas will do you
Niggas betray you, and it's prolly 'cause these niggas ain't able
To put their self in your position, so it's easier to play you
Run in your crib and rock your cradle, turn your ass into a sleeper
I'm drowin' in these streets and can't get no deeper


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Scheduling scans
I used to have ZA alarm carry out a deep scan every Sunday morning at 01:00, which worked very well for me as I generally only have the computer left on at the weekends.
This has now changed and I am forced into quick scan, normal scan & deep scan (on a 6 monthly schedule). This does not work well for me as a 6 monthly scan can fall on any day of the week, this means a deep scan can start at any time after the scheduled date (if the computer is not on at the required scheduled time). Therefore a scheduled scan can run whilst I am using the computer, which is not what I want.
Is there any way I can schedule a deep scan as before on a specific day only, Ie Sunday morning, and disable the quick scan & normal scan. This is a step backwards and very annoying.
Thanks & regards


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Question of the Week: Were the Wrights Right?
Jane's All The World's Aircraft has come out in favor of the notion that Gustav Whitehead first fulfilled the definition of powered, controlled flight a couple of years before the Wright Brothers. Were the Wrights better aviators, or did they just have a better photographer?
Did the Wright Brothers really make the first powered, controlled flight?
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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
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Commission report [COM(1999) 69 final - Not published in Official Journal]Commission report [COM(1999) 508 final - Not published in Official Journal]Commission report [COM(2000) 708 final - Not published in Official Journal]Commission report [COM(2003) 675 final - SEC(2003) 1206 final - Not published in Official Journal]Treaty of Accession to the European Union [Official Journal L 236 of 23.09.2003]
Since the 1993 Opinion, Malta has made progress, particularly in the transposition of Community legislation in the areas of labour law, health and safety at work and equal treatment of men and women. However, the measures adopted are only partly consistent with the acquis, and additional efforts will be needed to supplement the provisions already in place and ensure correct application of the acquis in the main areas.
It is important for the State to encourage the representatives of workers and employers to set up an independent social dialogue, especially at sectoral level.
The 2003 report specifically states that Malta complies with the commitments and requirements arising out of the accession negotiations on labour law, equal treatment, social dialogue, employment policy, social inclusion and social protection and that it should be in a position to implement EU law in these areas by the time it accedes.
Malta also fulfils most of the accession requirements regarding health and safety at work, public health (specifically, communicable diseases), the European Social Fund and combating discrimination. But it must pursue alignment of its legislation if it is to comply fully with the requirement to transpose the whole corpus of EU legislation in these areas.
The Treaty of Accession was signed on 16 April 2003 and accession took place on 1 May 2004.
In the social affairs field, apart from the various specific action programmes, notably in the field of public health, and the European Social Fund, EU legislation covers health and safety at work, labour law and working conditions, equal opportunities for men and women, the coordination of social security schemes for migrant workers, and tobacco products.
In all these areas, EU social legislation lays down minimum requirements, accompanied by safeguard clauses for the most advanced Member States.
In addition, the consultation of the social partners and the social dialogue at European level are enshrined in Articles 138 and 139 of the Treaty (ex-Articles 118a and 118b).
In its 1993 Opinion the Commission considered that Malta's accession to the Community would not raise any major difficulties in the social sphere, the situation being comparable to that in the Member States. Official unemployment has risen in recent years - to over 5% in 1999 - but is still lower than the average for the European Union. Male unemployment is much higher than female unemployment. Overall unemployment has continued to rise, from some 7% in 2000 to 6.7% in 2001 and 7.4% in 2002.
The 2003 report states that Malta has to make a further effort to ensure effective implementation of the conclusions drawn from the joint assessment of the country's employment policy priorities. In particular steps need to be taken to increase the percentage of people in employment, especially for women and older workers, address the emerging mismatch between skills and available jobs and the question of informal and undeclared work, to provide incentives for people to take up work and to make further improvements to public employment services.
Malta has a tradition of social dialogue between employers and trade unions but this has to be strengthened in line with the approach of the European Union and its Member States. On major social problems the Maltese Government consults the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development, which comprises representatives of employers, trade unions and other competent bodies. The report calls for both the tripartite social dialogue and the bilateral sectoral social dialogue to be strengthened.
The first assessment reports stated that an effort had been made to align Malta's labour law on EU legislation, for instance regarding conditions of work for part-time workers.
The 2003 report points out that Malta has yet to transpose EU legislation on fixed-term work and that some adjustment is needed to the laws on posted workers, the transfer of undertakings and insolvency. On flexible working hours and collective bargaining arrangements in certain sectors Malta has been granted transitional arrangements which will apply until the end of July and the end of December 2004 respectively.
Where EU law on worker participation in European companies and on informing and consulting workers is concerned, Malta decided to postpone transposition until after accession.
On equal treatment for women and men Malta has adopted several laws since 1992 with a view to eliminating all sex-based discrimination. For instance, in January 2000 the country promulgated a law on equal treatment which entered into force in October that year. However, the 2003 report states that further alignment is needed, particularly on occupational social security schemes. Malta also needs to put implementing structures in place in this area.
Regarding anti-discrimination measures, the 2003 report states that Malta has not yet transposed the non-employment linked sections of the Directive on equal treatment that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race. Also, the body responsible for ensuring equal treatment that is required by EU law has yet to be set up.
Malta has embarked on a substantial review of its legislation in the area of health and safety at work. Regulations on safety signs at the work place entered into force on 1 July 2000, whilst others on maternity protection and the protection of young workers at work were promulgated in April 2000.
The 2003 report states that EU legislation in this area has been partially transposed but further legislative alignment is required on mining and quarrying, fishing vessels and work in potentially explosive atmospheres. The occupational health and safety authority has been set up but its staff and technical facilities still have to be built up. The Directives on mobile construction sites and noise at work have yet to be transposed and for the rules on workers' use of equipment and devices Malta has been granted a transitional period up to the end of December 2005.
The 2003 report states that, on public health, Malta has recently adopted legislation transposing the body of EU law on tobacco. Maltese law on the surveillance and control of communicable diseases has been aligned on EU law but the authorities need to reinforce implementation. New laboratory equipment and training in modern epidemiology, as well as additional computerisation, are needed. Malta should pursue its efforts to develop a health monitoring system that will provide health data and indicators comparable with those provided by the EU health monitoring system.
As regards social welfare, a public sector institution, the social welfare development programme, has been set up. National expenditure in this area and on services for the elderly has increased significantly. Migrant workers, half of whom are from EU Member States, represent less than 1.5% of the work force. Malta and the United Kingdom have concluded a bilateral agreement on coordinating social security for migrant workers and this provides for reciprocal arrangements. In 2004 the Commission and Malta are due to finalise a joint memorandum on social inclusion which will identify the key challenges to promoting such inclusion and, possibly, will outline policy in this area. On this basis Malta will have to devise an integrated strategy and a national action plan on social inclusion.
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PSB Synchrony Home Theater Speaker System
In the 30 years of its existence, PSB Speakers has, by my count, introduced a new flagship line only three or four times. So the debut of the Canadian company's Synchrony line is an event of some moment - at least in the world of hi-fi, where PSB founder Paul Barton enjoys something akin to celebrity status. It's also an event up north, where he's well known as a speaker designer, re-searcher, and supporter of the excellent acoustics facilities of Canada's National Research Council, used extensively by PSB and others (such as Axiom, whose Epic 80/500 system is reviewed here).
PSB sent us the cream of its new line, which also includes several smaller models. The Synchrony One tower speaker and its fellows look quite conventional but embody enough new developments for the company to call this its most significant introduction in a decade. Barton's 3 years of developmental work is said to have yielded improvements in the back and front ends of all drivers, among them a new titanium dome tweeter and cones of a re-engineered laminate. Crossovers have been refined from previous designs, too, as have the cabinets, which feature curved aluminum and wood-laminate construction that is both rigid and more manufacturing-efficient than anything PSB has done in the past. All three Synchronys we received were handsomely finished in dark cherry; black ash is also available.
Setup Despite the Synchrony Ones' promise of substantial bass extension and oomph, PSB also included its HD10, a subwoofer of the voguish subcompact breed. This went in my well-established sub position (left of the left-front speaker), and the other PSBs in similarly well-proven locations. I set all five to "large" (full-range), leaving the HD10 as a strictly LFE-channel supplement, and located the towers flanking my 52-inch Samsung LCD, with the center on a low stand and the surrounds on high side-wall shelves. The Synchrony S surround is a double two-way design pitched as a "tri-mode" capable of dipole, bipole, or monopole radiation, depending on how you connect it. For dipole response, I cross-jumpered its dual inputs.
Setting up a new speaker system usually entails a good bit of pushing and pulling the main pair to and from the front wall for the most balanced bass, so I felt fortunate when the Ones sounded excellently even and extended right where I plopped them, about 30 inches from the wall. They sounded almost as good 40 inches out, too, and 20 as well. No, they weren't completely impervious to placement, but they were substantially less touchy than most other towers. And it's by design: Each of the three woofers has a separate subenclosure and port, all with different dimensions to the floor and ceiling, as well as independent crossover characteristics. This is said to help mitigate floor-bounce interference and thus improve real-world in-room response and integration.


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New Direct Fossil Dating Technique Promises to Fail
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Three geologists have reported what they called the first "successful" direct dating of dinosaur bone. Will this new radioisotope dating (or radiodating) technique solve the problems that plagued older dating methods? If history is anything to go by, then the answer is no.
The process generally used to date a fossil is circuitous and subject to differing interpretations. It has involved tracing the related sedimentary rock layer horizontally from the place where the fossil in question was found to a place where it is underlain or overlain (or both) by igneous rock. Igneous rock layers can supposedly be directly dated, so sedimentary layers sandwiched between them are interpreted to have been deposited in between the "ages" assigned to the igneous rocks.
Where igneous rocks are absent, a fossil's "age" is determined by comparing the fossils of one location to those of another, and then comparing those comparisons to charts in books with age assignments provided on the pages. But in standard studies, no age assignment is ever accepted unless it conforms to the "millions of years" doctrine of evolutionary earth history.
World Nuclear News pointed out one of the big problems with this dating approach by saying that the past "methods are far from perfect: it is difficult to gain accurate depositional ages for sedimentary rocks, and matters can be further complicated when millions of years of geologic and environmental forces cause erosion of fossil-bearing strata."1
The authors of the fossil dating paper, first published online January 5 in Geology, suggested that their new direct dating technique will alleviate some of this confusion.2 They highlighted its "success" by contrasting it with the lack of success of prior dating techniques.
It is rare that a weakness in the "millions of years" dating of earth materials is ever mentioned in standard earth science publications. But when this admission of fault occurs, it often accompanies the introduction of a new and supposedly superior dating technique. The problem is that the new technique has in the end always proven to be unreliable. This new direct fossil radiodating technique will no doubt cycle through the same "believe it while it's new until something better replaces it" sequence.
Creation researcher John Woodmorappe reviewed this historical trend, noting that each radiodating technique remains in vogue for one or two decades before its inconsistencies pile up enough to warrant its replacement.3 For example, in the 1940s the U-Th-He method was used. But these tests quickly became notoriously unreliable, as they indicated so many different "ages" for the same rock layer.
So, in the 1950s, K-Ar and Rb-Sr methods became popular among geologists. However, Woodmorappe quoted a radiodating textbook as saying, "The Rb-Sr whole-rock method was widely used as a dating tool for igneous crystallization during the 1960's and 1970's, but lost credibility during the 1980's as evidence of whole-rock open-system behaviour mounted."4 "Open-system behaviour" is a term invoked when the same technique delivers inconsistent age assignments for the same rock. It refers to results that were supposedly thrown off by isotopes added to or subtracted from a sample over time.
In the 1970s, "fission track" dating came along. But the fission tracks' microscopic scars, left in igneous rocks from decaying radioactive atoms, were eventually seen not as having formed when the rock did, but rather as having occurred through some later rock-altering event involving hot water. But again, since nobody was there to observe these events, this could just as well be another excuse used to explain away confusing dating results.
U-Pb and Sm-Nd methods waxed and then waned in popularity in the 1980s. Again, Woodmorappe quoted a field expert who said, "Each of the above dating systems had at some stage...been alleged to be immune from isotopic resetting under subsolidus conditions. Examples to the contrary have been found,"5 thereby rendering the systems unreliable, one by one.
In the study using the new dating technique, many of the individual tests—which were shown as scores of scattered points on an "age" graph—showed the dinosaur bone as clocking in much younger than had been anticipated. The Geology paper used one of the same excuses that have been used so many times when radiodated "ages" of given samples fail to line up with the accepted dates—that something tampered with the bone and thus skewed the results. But what can assure readers that the particular test results chosen by the authors as acceptable were not themselves the result of tampering?
Likewise, what is to stop this new dating technique from repeating the history of past radiodating methods? At this point, nothing. When more results are published, there will be enough "ages" to compare. And when enough of them disagree, either with each other, with older dating results, or with the "ages" set forth in geology manuals, then this new "direct dating" of bone will fade out and another method will no doubt take its place. And when that fails, another, and another.
Instead of relying on a "broken" radiodating clock,6 researchers would be better advised to interpret the geologic record using the framework of biblical history—which matches the evidence indicating that the majority of sedimentary layers, and the fossils they contain, resulted from a global deluge just thousands of years ago.
- Uranium technique raises dinosaur question. World Nuclear News. Posted on world-nuclar-news.org February 2, 2011, accessed February 7, 2011.
- Fassett, J. E., L. M. Heaman and A. Simonetti. 2011. Direct U-Pb dating of Cretaceous and Paleocene dinosaur bones, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Geology. 39 (2): 159-162.
- Woodmorappe, J. 1999. The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods. Santee, CA: Institute for Creation Research.
- Dickin, A. P. 1997. Radiogenic Isotope Geology. U. K., New York: Cambridge University Press. Quoted in Woodmorappe, The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods, 35.
- Black, L. P. 1986. Isotopic resetting of the systems Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd total rock and U-Pb zircon in Antarctica – the cold facts. Terra Cognita. (6) 2: 155-156. Quoted in Woodmorappe, The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods, 35.
- Thomas, B. Can Scientists Now Directly Date Fossils? ICR News. Posted on icr.org February 11, 2011, accessed February 15, 2011.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on February 16, 2011.
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No return timetable for injured Revere
By Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
PHILADELPHIA -- Ben Revere remains on crutches following right ankle surgery in July.
He said he has no timetable for a return or an idea of what happens next.
There seemed to be a chance Revere could return before the end of the season, but the Phillies will have to decide if that's the best course of action with the postseason not in play.
"They just want me to come back 100 percent sure it's healthy," Revere said. "They don't want me to come back if it's still kind of bothering me and bothering me going into Spring Training. They want me to go into the offseason healthy."
Since Revere last played July 13, the Phillies have started John Mayberry Jr., Michael Martinez and Casper Wells in center field.
Rollins enduring tough season at plate
PHILADELPHIA -- This season has not been kind to the Phillies.
It cost former manager Charlie Manuel his job Friday, and Jimmy Rollins is headed toward the roughest season of his 14-year career.
Rollins, who did not start in Sunday's 3-2 victory over the Dodgers, is hitting .248 with a .305 on-base percentage, .339 slugging percentage and .644 OPS in 508 plate appearances. He is on pace for the second-lowest on-base percentage, the lowest slugging percentage and the lowest OPS of his career.
One of Phillies interim manager Ryne Sandberg's many challenges is trying to turn around Rollins.
"I've had good talks with Jimmy," Sandberg said. "He's a big piece of the puzzle. That'll be my job from here on out, no doubt about it. That goes for everybody, but him in particular. He is a big piece of the puzzle. He's a good player. That's a challenge of mine, and we'll stay after that."
Young comes off bench to help key Phils' win
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Young did not start Sunday's game against the Dodgers because of a sore left Achilles, but he pinch-hit in a key at-bat with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning.
Young hit a ground ball to Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who booted the potential double-play ball to allow the winning run to score.
"I've dealt with it in the past before, probably the last several seasons," Young said before the game about his injury. "This season it's felt the best, but there have been times where it just locks up and I've got to get off it.
"Once I get off it, it literally feels much, much better, almost to the point where I really don't feel it at all."
Young said afterward it remained a little sore, but "was better than I thought it would be."
No word on Phils' deal with Cuban righty Gonzalez
PHILADELPHIA -- Fans still waiting to hear if the Phillies have signed Cuban right-hander Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez should not hold their breath.
MLB.com reported nearly two weeks ago that negotiations between the Phillies and Gonzalez had hit a snag after word spread July 26 they had agreed to a six-year, $48 million contract that included an $11 million option for 2019.
Little has changed recently, but if the deal happens at all, it might happen at less than the $48 million previously agreed upon.
The Phillies have said nothing about Gonzalez since the story broke, repeatedly declining comment any time they have been asked about the Cuban. But since the agreement leaked to reporters, numerous reports have mentioned scouts with questions about Gonzalez's elbow and health. He had bone spurs removed from his elbow sometime within the past two years, although it has been written he had made a full recovery.
It would help the Phillies to have Gonzlaez in the fold, if he is healthy and as good as advertised. Scouts consider him a No. 3 starter in the big leagues, which means he could potentially slide behind Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee next season.
Worth noting
• Interim manager Ryne Sandberg knew this would not be easy. Sandberg joined a small group Saturday when the Phillies suffered a 5-0 loss to the Dodgers.
Sandberg became one of just three managers in history to suffer shutout losses in their first two games at the helm. Miami's Mike Redmond endured the same fate as Sandberg to begin this season. The other? Louisville's Jack Chapman in 1876, which was the first year of the National League.
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The recent AOL Travel list of top 10 "East Coast Family Vacations under $250" proves a point I have been trying to make for years. Ocean City has a reputation for being an expensive vacation destination. Whether it's accurate or not, all folks in tourism understand this perception is out there among the visiting public. Efforts are underway to combat the image. As is the case with any place, I believe Ocean City can be an affordable place to vacation or it can be expensive. It's all up to individual choice, desires and habits. Stay in an oceanfront hotel for four nights, including the weekend, and splurge at upscale restaurants each of those nights and it's going to come with a price. However, if you stay at an oceanside or bayside hotel during the week and choose other less pricey food options, you are looking at a much more reasonable and competitive price tag. The AOL Travel study based its finding on a typical day with a family of four and suggested breakfast at Layton's ($33), lodging at the Fenwick Inn during the week day ($99), dinner at the Dough Roller ($56), two wristbands at Trimper's ($44) and transportation on the bus ($8). It was estimated to cost approximately $240 per day.
The political season has begun in Ocean City with Councilwoman Mary Knight becoming the first incumbent to file for re-election. The town's election will be held in October. Other colleagues up for re-election include Mayor Rick Meehan, whose seat is up every two years, and Council members Jim Hall, Jay Hancock and Nancy Howard. Interested candidates have another month to file before the deadline, and traditionally most aspiring politicians wait till after Labor Day before announcing their intentions. Local resident Sean Rox bucked that trend, filing months ago. It's unknown how many candidates will file, but sources indicate at least a couple familiar faces to the local political arena will be seeking seats in the Oct. 21 election. It's worth noting after they were re-elected in 2004 both Howard and Hall said this term would be their last.
Unfortunately, some businesses aim to rip people off, and I experienced this first hand last weekend. There's no need to mention the business here, but this really got under my skin and a little venting is in order. After purchasing a bushel of large crabs ($195) and a few hammers (95 cents each), I asked the clerk for some of the brown paper to cover the picnic tables. She said I would have to pay for it. It was something like $2 for a small amount of feet. To cover two picnic tables, I would have needed to spend about $10 on the paper. At most seafood stores, this is something they give carryout customers without any charge. For example, at Crabs To Go, an outlet I frequent often, they have a roll of the heavy-duty brown paper by the door for customers to utilize. At this other business I tried last weekend, the clerk simply motioned to a rack of newspapers (yes this one included) and said those are free and I was welcome to use as many of those as I wanted. For obvious reasons, that rubbed me the wrong way, but to charge for paper seems excessive and an obvious attempt to gouge the customer.
In other news, and I admit I had to "Google" who these folks were, musicians Rihanna and Chris Brown were in Ocean City last month. I heard they frequented Fager's Island and Seacrets while in town as well as other spots. Additionally, it appears they got a first-hand look at Assawoman Bay as well because a photo was featured in a recent issue of People magazine aboard a couple personal watercrafts and Ocean City was prominently mentioned.
Along the same lines of national media attention, Salisbury, Md. was spotlighted in the September National Geographic Adventure issue. The mention here was a little surprising because it was included in a listing of "The Fifty Next Great Adventure Towns." Salisbury was included in the East region's list with Boston, State College, Pa., Blue Hill, Maine, Avalon, N.J. and Lenoir, N.C. The blurb read, "Biking a century, catching a minor-league baseball game, picking apart a plate full of blue crabs – it's all in an afternoon's work. Set on Maryland's eastern shore, Salisbury is home to DLITE, an alliance that protects the peninsula for hiking, cycling and crabbing and provides green-collar jobs. Population: 27,172. Median home price: $192,400."


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Creekside senior quarterback Adam Sandin figures the Knights have learned a hard lesson early this year.
The correct answer came on Friday night midway through the first half of a 14-13 District 4-5A victory over Palatka at Creekside.
"Coach (Greg Stanton) told us he knew how we'd act if we were 3-0, but the true test is how we would act if we were 0-3," Sandin said after scoring a touchdown in the Knights' first victory after three losses to start the season.
"We've got a great group that is getting closer. It's been tough but we're learning from it. We proved it right there."
That persistence was put to the test right away against Palatka.
The Panthers (1-2) looked like they would run away and hide in the first quarter, seemingly once again digging a hole for Creekside (1-3). Led by sophomore running back Ja'Twan Honor (23 carries, 145 yards, two touchdowns), Palakta chugged on two long touchdown drives of 80 and 74 yards on its first two possessions to take a 13-0 lead.
Honor scored on a 2-yard run with 4:33 left in the first period to complete an 18-play drive, with the extra point missed after a bad snap.
Honor scored on a 10-yard run on the first play of the second period and Dalton Duty's PAT made it 13-0.
From there, Creekside did an about face that began with a 13-play, 80-yard drive where Sandin ran and passed for 74 yards (he had 203 yards total offense on the night).
His 5-yard keeper and Tommy Openshaw's extra point made it 13-7 with 5:36 left in the first half.
On the next possession, junior Jake Melrose got things started with a 55-yard punt return down the left sideline to the Palatka 37.
Five plays later, senior running back Livio Hoxha, out the previous two games with a leg injury, scored on a 12-yard run, with Openshaw's extra point giving the Knights the lead with 1:03 remaining in the first half.
The senior trio of Sandin, Hoxha (15 carries, 93 yards) and wide receiver Mitch Renda (four catches, 54 yards) were able to maneuver because the green offensive line, which includes only one senior, has begun to mature. Creekside rushed for 211 yards.
"They have been working so hard and they took the blame for our start, which is wrong," Sandin said. "But I just told them to keep on, we'll be all right."
That's all the offense the Knights needed. The defense, keyed by a foursome of seniors — lineman Cody Etze, linebackers Michael Patterson and Hunter LeBlanc and defensive back Michael Gray — limited Palatka to 65 yards of total offense, three first downs and forced a fumble after Palatka's first two scores.
Palatka never got closer than the Creekside 47-yard line for the remainder of the night.
"We didn't change anything, the defense just got into the flow of the game," Stanton said. "I was proud of that group."
Creekside 14, Palatka 13
First quarter
P – Ja'Twan Honor 2 run (kick failed)
Second quarter
P – Honor 10 run (Dalton Duty kick)
C – Adam Sandin 5 run (Tommy Openshaw kick)
C – Livio Hoxha 12 run (Openshaw kick)
RUSHING: Creekside: Adam Sandin 23-111, Livio Hoxha 15-93, Nico Ditota 2-(-2), Austin Johnson 1-9; Total: 211; Palatka: Ja'Twan Honor 23-145, De'Abrie Smith 10-45, Jeremy Faulk 3-9, JJ Anderson 2-14, Jaquille Melton 1-(-3). Total: 210.
PASSING: Creekside, Adam Sandin 9-15-92, 1 interception; Palatka, De'Abrie Smith 1-9-13
RECEIVING: Creekside: Mitch Renda 4-54, Glenn Richards 1-10, Nico Ditota 3-13, Connor Harless 1-15. Palatka: JJ Anderson 1-6.


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Bloomingdale Signs by Tomorrow turns a Chicago intersection into a massive art installation.
While city buildings can be massively beautiful thanks to inspiring architecture, these structures aren't typically referred to as "colorful." Looking to saturate building facades, sidewalks, and crosswalks in bold colors, Chicago artist Jessica Stockholder set out to transform the intersection of the city's State and Adams Streets into a "three-dimensional painting" – one in which people could walk into and through.
The work was commissioned by the Loop Alliance, an organization dedicated to promoting the business district in the Chicago Loop, the Windy City's historic commercial center. For the past several years, the Alliance's Art Loop program has strived to energize the area by showcasing artists in temporary galleries that are open to the public. Previous Art Loop installations included 2010's project, Tony Tasset's "Eye and Cardinal," a three-story eyeball smack-dab in the middle of State Street accompanied by 156 vinyl banners of the Illinois state bird. And in 2011, Kay Rosen's "Go Do Good," a mix of printed banners and painted murals told Chicago residents to "go do good."
Color Jam – Stockholder's vision of colors spilling out of windows, through doors, and into surrounding landscapes – would be the ideal Art Loop sequel. To tackle this dramatic makeover of one of the city's busiest intersections, the Loop Alliance launched a search to find a qualified team.
Bringing the abstract to life
Bloomingdale Signs by Tomorrow (www.bloomingdalesigns.com) in Bloomingdale, Illinois, was chosen as the print provider to tackle the 2012 Art Loop installation, Color Jam. "We acquired this job through the Chicago Loop Alliance by a referral from a client we had worked with a few years back," says Alan Schellerer, director of operations for Bloomingdale Signs by Tomorrow.
Color Jam would be Chicago's largest-ever public art installation, and the art spectacular would require 76,000 square feet of media – enough material to make 50,000 vinyl records, wrap more than 130 city busses, or cover one-and-a-half football fields. "This would be the largest production by square footage that we had ever taken on," says Schellerer.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The moon is covered with soil containing a water substructure created by the constant stream of charged particles coming from the sun, U.S. researchers say.
The substructure, known as a hydroxyl, consists of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen, or OH, rather than two of hydrogen and one of oxygen, or H2O, the researchers from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Michigan and California Institute of Technology reported in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Scientists have known for about five years that the traditional view that the moon was bone dry was incorrect.
Spacecraft observations and new lab measurements of Apollo lunar samples found icy drops of water on the lunar surface.
NASA's robotic Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite crashed into a permanently shadowed southern lunar crater at 6,200 mph in 2009. The crash -- equivalent to detonating 2 tons of TNT -- sent a plume of material into the sky that scientists discovered was rich in water ice.
But they weren't sure how the water got there. It could have been indigenous or been a result of other sources, such as collisions from water-bearing comets.
The researchers concluded in the Nature Geoscience study that positively charged subatomic hydrogen proton particles coming from the solar wind -- a stream of charged particles ejected from the sun's upper atmosphere -- appear to have combined with oxygen on the moon's surface to form the OH hydroxyls.
The result is an "unanticipated, abundant reservoir" of OH and water in the dust, soil, broken rock and other loose material on the lunar surface, the authors wrote in the study, published online Sunday.
"Our work shows that the 'water' component, the hydroxyl, is widespread in lunar materials, although not in the form of ice or liquid water that can easily be used in a future manned lunar base," Michigan geological sciences Professor Youxue Zhang said.
"This also means that water likely exists on Mercury and on asteroids such as Vesta or Eros further within our solar system," lead author Yang Liu from Tennessee said. "These planetary bodies have very different environments, but all have the potential to produce water."
Vesta is the second most-massive asteroid in the solar system's asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Eros is a near-Earth, Mars-crosser asteroid that the NEAR Shoemaker probe observed in a 1998 flyby and in 2000 photographs before landing on it in 2001.
Earth would receive the solar wind too, but its atmosphere and magnetic field deflect it. The moon has no such protection.


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By Shannon Carlin
Fall Out Boy has been representing for the underdogs since 2001. And last night (June 23), Patrick Stump and the rest of the guys made it clear that the meek will inherit the earth with a cover of Queen's "We Are The Champions."
At a show in Mansfield, Massachusetts, the guys pulled out the anthem to help invigorate the crowd and yes, perhaps try to save rock and roll, just as their latest album proclaims. Sure, Stump isn't exactly Freddie Mercury, but he manages to hit the notes as Joe Trohman find his inner-Brian May for an arena rock-worthy guitar solo. Yeah, it's solid.
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Watch the band cover Queen's "We Are The Champions" below.
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Kristen Stewart's Ex Michael Angarano Dating Juno Temple!
Michael Angarano has fallen for another one of his costars! A source confirms to Us Weekly that Angarano -- Kristen Stewart's boyfriend before Robert Pattinson -- is now dating actress Juno Temple, whom he met on the set of The Brass Teapot.
An insider tells Us that Angarano, 25, and Temple, 23, "hit it off and had great chemistry from the start" while working on the 2012 fantasy thriller. "It was an intimate set and everyone really bonded," the source adds. "They were both single and it just worked."
Angarano's last serious relationship was with Stewart, 22. The two began dating after they met on the set of Speak in 2004, but called it quits in 2009. Stewart then began discretely dating her Twilight costar Pattinson.
The actor supported his new girlfriend Temple at the premiere of her film Afternoon Delight during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 21. The couple held hands and cuddled close for photographers.
PHOTOS: Stars who fell in love on set
Angarano also joined Temple at the cast dinner that same day. Before leaving for the premiere, the actress "ran over to him, wrapped her arms around him and started kissing him," the insider tells Us.
PHOTOS: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson through the years
"They try keep it pretty quiet but very supportive of each other," the source explains of their low-key relationship. "She's blowing up and she loves having him around to help take away some of the stress of it all."
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Kristen Stewart's Ex Michael Angarano Dating Juno Temple!
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How to Make the Most of Solar Power
A solar panel (photovoltaic module or photovoltaic panel) is a packaged interconnected assembly of solar cells, also known as photovoltaic cells. The solar panel is used as a component in a larger photovoltaic system to offer electricity for commercial and residential applications. There are many methods available to try to increase their output. There is now a new entrant to the realm of solar panel accessories that is said to increase panel performance while decreasing costs. Joining solar trackers and microinverters is a new polymer film called FUSION by Genie Lens Technologies.
First and foremost with solar panels, one must have the sun available. Assuming that the sun is available one must consider potential shading issues, angle of the panel in relationship to the sun (dependent on the latitude of the location), and keeping it clean.
New designs of modules include concentrator design in which the light is concentrated by an array of lenses or mirrors onto an array of small cells. This allows the use of cells with a very high cost per unit area (such as gallium arsenide) in a cost competitive way.
Depending on construction, the photovoltaic can cover a range of frequencies of light and can produce electricity from them, but sometimes cannot cover the entire solar spectrum (such as ultraviolet, infrared and low or diffused light). As a result sunlight energy is wasted because it cannot be used. Ideally a solar cell needs to be illuminated with a single or limited wavelength for maximum collection efficiency.
As a result another possible design concept is to split the light into different wavelength ranges and direct the beams onto different cells tuned to the appropriate wavelength ranges.
Another way to increase sun power collection is to use a solar tracker. These are devices that move with sun position so as to maximize what can be collected.
The new FUSION film, embossed with microstructures that bend sunlight, may be installed like a sticker on panels already in use, improving by up to 10 percent the amount of sunlight that solar panels convert into electricity. What it does is another variation of concentrating sun light.
According to the manufacturer, the polymer film does three things to improve solar panel performance:
* Prevents sunlight from reflecting off the panel's surface.
* Traps light inside the semiconductor materials within each solar cell that absorb light and convert it to electric current.
* Redirects incoming light so that it travels along the surface of the panel rather than passing through, increasing the chances that it will be absorbed.
There do remain questions about the durability and long term performance of the new polymer film.
At present solar panels are approaching 20% in their conversion ratios. Solar technology is new and long term economical working solutions are still being developed.
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Glad we jumped on this story yesterday well before a lot of the big boys did (today). Now if we could just parlay it into even just a little taste of the massive amounts of traffic they're surely receiving, we may be able to cover Frump's overhead for the next month, maybe more.
With that in mind, yes, we're bringing you even more from the AC Transit Bus Beatdown saga. Below you'll find the lovely lady that apparently filmed the shocking, yet all too common (in every sense of the word), video(s) that's sweeping the nation.
Now, as Iyanna notes, let's not shoot the messenger, right? After all, as she further notes, fighting in public is wrong. Violence is wrong. Which is why I'm assuming her yelling out "beat that white man's ass" while filming was simply a subtle attempt at irony, or something.
Fingers still crossed on a Amber Lamps confessional popping up on YouTube sometime soon…


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Classifieds / FS: 2014 Kona Sutra Frameset - 53cm« on: October 30, 2013, 12:17:00 am »
It's a disc brake frame compatible with 700c wheels.
Here's what it looks like built out:
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I got this frame as a replacement to my previous Sutra 2009 frame. I loved that bike and road it for many, many miles - several bike camping trips and a fully loaded tour from San Diego to Austin. The 2009 model had a known defect in the way they configured the rack mount that eventually failed on mine - which is how I got this shiny new frame as a warrantee replacement. In the mean time, I've moved on to my next machine... My good fortune becomes yours.
BTW - I have a collection of good, used components for sale that could be used with this frame if you don't want to buy them all new, as well (Avid BB7 calipers and rotors, handlebars, Shimano bar-end shifters, break levers, FSA crank that still has some miles left on it, good 9 speed cassette and chain... you could practically build a bike with the parts, but I thought I'd give someone a chance at the frame if they want it before I put together a 'new' bike to sell).
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Lubbock has been a house of horrors for Sooners dating back to 2003
NORMAN, Okla. — Needing a win to right what critics say is a sinking ship, Oklahoma's first preference probably wouldn't be a trip to Texas Tech.
More often than not in recent years, strange things have happened when the Sooners visit Lubbock. The Red Raiders haven't lost at home to Oklahoma (2-1, 0-1 Big 12 Conference) since 2003. And the Tech hex spread to Norman last year, when an unheralded squad knocked off the Sooners 41-38, snapping Oklahoma's 39-game home winning streak.
To be fair, Oklahoma has had some big wins over Texas Tech (4-0, 1-0) in recent years, most notably in 2008, when the Sooners won 65-21 en route to reaching the BCS national championship game. But there's little doubt the 17th-ranked Sooners will be challenged Saturday to avoid losing consecutive games in the same season for the first time since 2003, when they fell to Kansas State in the Big 12 title game, then to LSU in the championship game.
On Monday, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops acknowledged "unfortunate circumstances" in his team's last three trips to Lubbock but declared there's nothing in particular that's led to the Sooners' three-game losing streak there.
"There's common threads any time you lose a game, whether it's Tech or anywhere else," Stoops said. "Usually, there's turnover issues, injury issues, execution issues. So, no, there isn't anything spiritual or spooky about it. It's just playing ball. Sometimes you play better. Other times you play better than you do at other times. So it's just how it is. Any time you can play it can be different."
In 2005, Texas Tech running back Taurean Henderson scored on a 2-yard run on the final play to give the Red Raiders a 23-21 win. Replay reviews upheld the touchdown, but subsequent replays showed Henderson's knee might have touched the ground before he scored.
Two years later, Oklahoma lost starting quarterback Sam Bradford to a first-quarter concussion and had to go with seldom-used Joey Halzle, while Tech quarterback Graham Harrell passed for 420 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-27 win that knocked the Sooners out of the national-title hunt.
Current Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones started the 2009 game as a redshirt freshman and the Sooners — wearing throwback jerseys — did little right in losing 41-13.
"We had cool uniforms," Jones said. "We looked good. We just didn't play good."
Oklahoma had an open date after losing at home 24-19 to Kansas State on Sept. 22. Stoops said the focus has been addressing what they need to do to win at Texas Tech, but he sees no reason "to bring up something that happened in 2005."
"In the end it'll get down to the same things — how do you protect the football, be strong in the kicking game, play good defense," Stoops said. "It gets down to the same things. For instance, it didn't matter to Tech how many times we won here. The last time they were here before last year, we beat them 62-10 or whatever the heck it was [45-7]. That didn't seem to matter a year ago.
"Everyone wants to tie years to other years and I don't see it that way. In the end, different years are different years."
Center Gabe Ikard said coaches told players "to forget about the K-State game and bring your focus to practice and to meetings, because we're going to Lubbock and basically we haven't won there in a long time."


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Orlando residents may be getting a full weekend of Paul McCartney when he brings his Out There Tour to the Amway Center from May 18-19, but Broadway theatregoers will have the opportunity to soak in the sounds of all four Beatles when Let It Be begins performances in July at the St. James Theatre.
Currently playing in London where it was born to celebrate the band's 50th anniversary, Let It Be is described as using "state-of-the-art projection technology and 3D sound to put audiences at the heart of The Beatles' meteoric rise from their humble beginnings in Liverpool's Cavern Club, through the heights of Beatlemania, to their later studio masterpieces with live performances of songs including 'Twist and Shout,' 'She Loves You' and 'Drive My Car,' 'Yesterday,' 'Hey Jude,' 'Come Together' and, of course, 'Let It Be.'"
This isn't the first time the Fab Four have found faux versions of themselves on Broadway. Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles ran on Broadway from the fall of 2010 through the summer of 2011. A Beatles revue, entitled Beatlmania, also hit the great white way in the 70s. And the Cirque dul Soleil Beatles show LOVE is still packing them in at the Mirage in Vegas.
Tickets are currently on sale for American Express cardmembers and go on sale to the general public beginning May 23rd. The show has also just launched their Facebook and Twitter profiles in addition to their official site.
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue that gets worse over time.
See also: Muscular dystrophy
Landouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy affects the upper body. It is not the same as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy, which affect the lower body.
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder. It appears in both men and women and may develop in a child if either parent carries the gene for the disorder. In 10 to 30% of cases, the parents do not carry the genes.
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy affects about 5 out of 100,000 people. It affects men and women equally.
Men often have more symptoms than women.
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy mainly affects the face, shoulder, and upper arm muscles. However, it can also affect muscles around the pelvis, hips, and lower leg.
Symptoms can appear after birth, but often they do not appear until age 10 - 26. However, it is not uncommon for symptoms to appear much later in life. In some cases, symptoms never develop.
Symptoms are usually mild and very slowly become worse. Muscle weakness of the face is common, and may include:
Shoulder muscle weakness causes deformities such as pronounced shoulder blades (scapular winging) and sloping shoulders. The person has difficulty raising the arms because of shoulder and arm muscle weakness.
Weakness of the lower legs is possible as the disorder gets worse. The weakness can be severe enough to interfere with walking. A small percentage of people become wheelchair-bound.
Hearing loss and abnormal heart rhythms may occur, but are rare.
A physical examination will show weakness of the face and shoulder muscles. High blood pressure may be noted but is usually mild. An eye exam may show changes in the blood vessels in the back of the eye.
Tests that may be done include:
There is no known cure for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Treatments are given to control symptoms and improve quality of life. Activity is encouraged. Inactivity such as bedrest can make the muscle disease worse.
Physical therapy may help maintain muscle strength. Other possible treatments include:
Disability is often minor. Lifespan is usually not affected.
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if symptoms of this condition develop.
Genetic counseling is recommended for couples with a family history of this condition who wish to have children.
Sarnat HB. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 601.5.
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ATLANTA -- As we inch closer to the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge at Lakewood Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday and Sunday, many interesting storylines are emerging. Who can propel themselves closer to that coveted No. 1 overall status up for grabs this year? How will the nation's best quarterback since Matt Barkley fare under pressure, and which big man will emerge as the king of the titans? Our Rivals.com analysts break it all down and let you know what to watch for.
1. The Battle For No. 1: There are quite a few prospects who are within striking distance of that coveted No. 1 slot held by defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, a recent Clemson commitment. However, Nkemdiche will have to be knocked off his perch and that is no small task. Auburn (Ala.) linebacker Reuben Foster is next in line at No. 2, but Olney (Md.) Good Counsel cornerback Kendall Fuller, Fort Wayne (Ind.) Bishop Luers linebacker Jaylon Smith, Sammamish (Wash.) Skyline quarterback Max Browne and Elkton (Md.) Eastern Christian Academy defensive end Kenny Bigelow are all national top 10 players and ready to make a push. The absence of Nkemdiche, along with the amazing talent level at the event, opens the door a bit for others to make that case for No. 1.
2. Better than Barkley?: Max Browne is the top-rated quarterback and fifth-best prospect overall by Rivals.com. This weekend, at the Rivals.com Five-Star Challenge, Browne will have his opportunity to prove those lofty rankings once and for all. The Sammamish (Wash.) Skyline prospect was arguably the best quarterback at the Stanford Elite 11 last year and could have competed with the best at the Elite 11 including Gunner Kiel and Jameis Winston, both five-stars from the class of 2012. He has special talent, put up huge numbers and looked great at the Oakland Elite 11. But this will be the first time Browne has seen this kind of competition, so he can excel, or just blend in, which could open the door for other quarterbacks. Perhaps the biggest question of all remains, is he better than Matt Barkley, the last five-star quarterback to pledge to USC?
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3. Quarterback or athlete?: There is no question that Whitewright (Texas) five-star quarterback Tyrone Swoopes is a dynamic playmaker. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound dual-threat quarterback rushed for more than 500 yards in a game this past season, but the question remains as to how good an actual passer the Texas commit is. Of the four quarterbacks who'll be in Atlanta, he is the least polished. The Five-Star Challenge will give Swoopes a chance to prove he has the tools to become a college quarterback. With a very good group of wide receivers and tight ends, there will be a lot of pressure for Swoopes to get them the ball. He looked better than expected at a recent Nike Camp, so the hope is that he will show even more improvement. If he can throw as well as the other three in action, then he would make a case for the top quarterback prospect in the country.
4. Five-Star Tight End?: Autauga (Ala.) Autauga Academy four-star tight end O.J. Howard enters the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge as the No. 2 ranked tight end in the nation and No. 30 overall prospect. At his position, he is ranked only behind Camp Hill (Pa.) Cedar Cliff four-star tight end Adam Breneman, who is the No. 27 overall prospect in the nation. With Breneman sidelined due to an injury that will force him to miss his junior season, the door is open for Howard to make his case for top honors at the position. But more importantly, can he prove he's the first five-star tight end since Kyle Rudolph? A lot of folks down South think so.
5. Future Five-Stars?: While the majority of the prospects on hand are from the 2013 class, the 2014 class is also well represented. We already know that Woodbridge (Va.) Woodbridge Senior defensive end D'™Shawn Hand, Chesapeake (Va.) Indian River defensive tackle Andrew Brown, New Orleans (La.) St. Augustine running back Leonard Fournette and Virginia Beach (Va.) Bayside defensive back Quin Blanding are all either locks to be five-stars next year or are very close. But what about the rest? Who will emerge and show that potential against older players at the camp? The most likely candidates are Hinesville (Ga.) Liberty County inside linebacker Raekwon McMillan, Detroit (Mich.) Loyola defensive lineman Malik McDowell and LaPorte, Texas linebacker Hoza Scott. See below for more on McDowell, one of the more intriguing prospects in his class.
6. Wide Receiver or Tight End: Currently, Ricky Seals-Jones of Sealy, Texas, is the nation's No. 1 wide receiver prospect. However, the 6-foot-5, 220-pound standout plays quarterback and safety for his high school team, and like Tyrone Swoopes, he has something to prove in regards to his future position. The top receiver in the country should probably be a five-star prospect, but it is hard to rank Seals-Jones as one without seeing him at the position. This will be an opportunity for him to shine and earn that fifth star, as he is currently the nation's No. 18 overall prospect and one spot outside five-star status. However, if he struggles with routes and speed, there could be a chance he ends up as a tight end. If that is the case, then it will be hard to rank him nearly as high.
7. Prove It At Wide Receiver Part II: Rivals100 athlete Jalin Marshall has played quarterback almost exclusively for his Middletown (Ohio) team, but the 6-foot, 190-pound prospect is expected to transition to wide receiver in college and will be playing there during the Challenge. From a size and skill standpoint, Marshall strongly resembles current NFL wide receiver Percy Harvin, and he is headed to play for Harvin's former coach, Urban Meyer, at Ohio State. Marshall went out and had a very strong showing at last month's Nike Camp while playing wide receiver, but the defensive back talent in Atlanta this weekend will be noticeably more impressive. Marshall is extremely fast and has displayed soft hands, but we will find out exactly where he is in his development as a wide receiver in this setting.
8. Continued Upward Movement: There are a lot of prospects talking out West that they're under-ranked. Well, this is the weekend to back it up. Neither Joe Mathis or Tahaan Goodman have expressed that, but both could continue moving up the rankings with outstanding weekends. Mathis has trimmed down, looking faster than ever at the Southern Cal Rivals.com Showcase. He is definitely motivated coming into this event. Some swear that Goodman is the best safety in California and he will have his chance to prove it against some outstanding competition. Goodman has looked great in numerous 7-on-7 events this spring and he has great junior film.
9. Can McDowell Hang?: Class of 2014 defensive linemen Da'Shawn Hand and Andrew Brown of Virginia have competed against one another several times already. This weekend, the duo will be joined by another class of 2014 defensive lineman who is generating huge national attention early on -- Detroit Loyola's Malik McDowell. McDowell has not seen defensive linemen his caliber in the 2014 class, but he has faced some of the best offensive linemen in the Midwest and should be able to handle the competition in Atlanta. The question is, will he prove he is in the same conversation as Hand and Brown? Overshadowed so far, this is his chance to grab the spotlight.
10. Attack of the Southeast Linebackers: Rarely in a camp setting do linebackers grab the spotlight, but it will be tough to keep it off the group playing for the Southeast squad. The foursome is led by the top player at the event, Auburn (Ala.) five-star inside linebacker Reuben Foster, who is ranked No. 2 overall. Foster is complimented by Lawrenceville (Ga.) Central Gwinnett four-star outside linebacker Trey Johnson. That duo is joined by a pair of rising juniors in Hinesville (Ga.) Liberty County inside linebacker Raekwon McMillan and Bamberg (S.C.) Bamberg-Ernhardt inside linebacker Kevin Crosby. While they won't be able to show off their physicality in a camp setting, the group should grab plenty of attention for their size and athletic ability as they try to prove they are the best group of linebackers at the event.
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My Life With Diabetes
A play in four acts
Act I
It's a warm summer day. I am five years old, standing in my back yard near some tomato plants, when my mother approaches me.
"I have something sad to tell you," she says. "Grandma died today."
Tears fill my eyes. I ask, "Why?"
"It was diabetes."
This sickness called "diabetes" seems mysterious to me. It's the reason my grandmother had only one leg, and now it has taken her away forever.
My small hand closes around a tomato leaf, crushing it, and the pungent smell fills the air. I think, "When I grow up, I will do something so people don't have to die from diabetes."
For the rest of my life, the smell of tomato leaves will bring back my grief from the moment I heard of my grandmother's death, but in the capriciousness of youth, I quickly forget my promise.
Act II
I am a 40-year-old with a job as a nurse diabetes educator. I notice that I have some diabetes symptoms—fatigue, insatiable hunger, thirst, and copious urine. I check my blood glucose, which is high. I have self-diagnosed my diabetes.
Many of my aunts and uncles have diabetes, so I knew about my risk. I now feel somewhat relieved. Now I don't have to remain vigilant, wondering whether—or when—it will come.
It's already here.
Act III
Eight years after my diagnosis, I am presenting testimony to Ohio's Senate Health Committee about a bill that would require health insurance to cover the diabetes self-management education and supplies necessary to prevent complications.
I list statistical facts, such as prevalence rates and costs of complications. I tell stories about a few of the hundreds of people with diabetes complications I have known – a middle-aged woman who had to stop working when she developed disabling foot complications; a young man who was working as a police officer when he lost his eyesight; a woman in her early 20s who died of heart complications.
I tell the senators, "The financial cost of these complications is high, much higher than the cost of preventing complications. And the human cost of diabetes complications is immeasurable."
The bill is not passed during this session. In fact, as of this writing, even though 46 other states have already passed similar laws, the Ohio legislature has allowed this bill to die in committee every single legislative session since 1994.
Act IV
In 2008, after 21 years of practicing as a nurse diabetes educator, I have completed my Ph.D. I now work as a nurse scientist, researching diabetes self-management and finding effective ways to teach people how to self-manage diabetes and stay healthy.
It is a warm summer day, and I am walking outdoors, deep in thought about my research. I pass by a small garden and brush against a tomato plant. The smell of crushed tomato leaf fills my nostrils. For a brief moment I am a small child losing my grandmother; then, I am once again an adult.
"I kept my promise, Grandma," I whisper in my heart. "I'm doing something so people don't have to die from diabetes."
Ann S. Williams, Ph.D., R.N., is a postdoctoral fellow at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and a three-time alumna of the university.


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If we can't start the 4th Q with D and Effort then kiss the 10 remaining minutes goodbye.
If we can't start the 4th Q with D and Effort then kiss the 10 remaining minutes goodbye.
Onions baby, onions.
Game over? I'm a believer but as soon as we bring in our army of Bosh, Bargs and Jose they bring in Melo, Billups and Nene. Gotta work.
Onions baby, onions.
I'm usually not the type to lay blame on coaching, but Jay's lack of substitutions in the 3rd quarter especially with Bosh and Andrea hurt us significantly. He ran them into the ground which weakened our defense substantially and increased the lead for the Nuggets. He definitely should of at least put Amir in for some PT. If anything, Johnson deserved it.
Too little too late for Andrea to wake up.
You know is garbage time when POB gets on floor
Good first half, unfortunately Bosh&Co didn't came back from locker with enough energy to stand up against a really good Denver Nuggets. Great game from DeRozan, career high in points!
Now the Nuggets are just embarrassing us.
Although I did laugh at Smith's bow and blowing kisses to the crowd. LOL
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It is apparently the way that many of the European industrial nations looked at it when they cited it as the reason for embracing the Kyoto Accord. This does not mean they haven't pursued more efficient energy sources, but it does mean they realized that holding out for technological solution that still hadn't manifested was insufficient. This is contra the US position which officially argued that regulation and restriction of fossil fuel use stifled business, subsequently stifling technological innovation which is supposedly the way out of dependence on fossil fuels and the increased emissions that come with them. This faith in business and technology has even been part of the justification used to push the fracking debacle.kirtu wrote:This was so promising ....mañjughoṣamaṇi wrote:Ironically, it is the US's political stance with regard to both energy needs and greenhouse gas emissions to hold out for a technological solution that will fix the problems. The European nations you mentioned have all sought to reduce fuel consumption by choosing not to subsidize gasoline, and to utilize high fuel taxes as a coercive measure to limit fuel consumption.
but then ....Well that's one way of looking at it.Likewise they've accepted the need to reduce emissions rather than wait for higher efficiency technologies.
I don't think this catch phrase is very accurate. America is huge, and there are a lot of opinions floating around here touching on everything from the utopian technologist, to advocates of strong regulation, to greed overwhelming concern, to people not giving a shit for whatever reason (preoccupation with lowering standard of living, the loss of political power for those outside of the moneyed class, religious belief, etc).America is stuck in Can't-Do but will likely play catch up after the demo technologies have been proven by others. And that unfortunately is one of the lesser lauded historic patterns that the US follows.
With regard to your answer that Europe with develop more hybrid vehicles, Japan and America are the leaders in that field if one looks at development, production, and purchases of those vehicles. I for one hope that Europeans don't increase car ownership levels as that can lead to urban planning nightmares and habitat destruction.


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The rezoning effort that will allow a new Walmart Neighborhood Market to be built in western Russellville was approved by voters with about 57 percent of the vote last week. In a few months, after all the administrative details are completed, construction work will begin on the city's newest big-box retailer, a grocery store.
It will change the face of that part of town, much like all of the growth over the years has caused Russellville to look and act differently. I'm told it wasn't all that long ago that U.S. Highway 64 was a two-lane roadway that cut through the middle of town. Of course, at some point, there weren't dams on the Arkansas River, two of which created Lake Dardanelle; Arkansas Nuclear One hadn't been built; and Arkansas Tech was a sleepy, small southern college with just a couple thousand Golden Suns and Wonder Boys.
Times and people change, a city grows, more amenities are built and more businesses come to town. With all the change and growth come new and different zoning ordinances, plans and even philosophies.
Change in Russellville these days isn't just limited to deciding if Walmart can or can't build a new store on West Main Street. It is all around us and is even touching things like junior high school sports.
The idea of change will be discussed, and likely considered, at the Russellville School Board's monthly meeting Tuesday when board members will look at the plan of Russellville Junior High School fielding just one team, instead of two East and West squads, starting in the 2014-15 school year.
There apparently are many factors that go into making such a decision, including dropping enrollment, competitive balance, future scheduling, developing as many kids as possible, or just because parents want their children to have the opportunity to play a sport. School district officials have solicited comments from parents and boosters for the past month on the topic of fielding one team, or two, but we're told they have not gotten a great amount of input that helps them make a decision.
The board meeting is open to the public, and the board will hear from the public. For details about the meeting, and the issue, see today's Page 1A story in The Courier.
Like with deciding if a retailer store should be built near a neighborhood, cutting the opportunities for kids to play sports is a big deal for many people. So is deciding if Russellville's one-cent sales tax should be renewed, as city voters will decide at another election in September. There are plenty of things happening in Russellville that helps decide the path we will travel in the coming years, and everything we will do will involve some sort of change, even if that simply means keeping the status quo.
Maybe Ringo Starr was right in that sometimes, it don't come easy. But then again, like with roads, lakes and even nuclear power plants, someday we all might look back and wonder what the big fuss was all about.
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The wait is almost over. Jabari Parker, called by Sports Illustrated as the best high school basketball player since LeBron James, will announce his college destination on Thursday.
"He's still weighing things," his father, Sonny Parker, told ESPN on Tuesday. "I'm his dad. I don't know where he's going to. I could ask him what school he's going to, and he'll say I'm not 100 percent sure. Hopefully, he'll know something by Wednesday night or Thursday morning. It's a mystery to me. He'll make the right decision. We know he'll make the right decision for him."
Parker, a 6-8 forward, is expected to pick Michigan State or Duke although he has not publicly ruled out BYU, Florida or Stanford.
He has called a 4 p.m. ET press conference at Chicago's Simeon Career Academy. ESPNU will televise the announcement.
Parker had to lay off basketball for five months while allowing a broken foot -- sustained while leading the United States to the FIBA Under-17 World Championship -- healed. He has played only three games this season, and his father said he likely won't return until the first of the year.
"He's been doing well in practice, but practice is different than games," Sonny Parker told ESPN. "He has to continue to do his rehab and get his body back. It's about his future in terms of his health. If he can continue to do his rehab and then practice with no contact and then go full practice, he can play. Right now, he's a little ways away."
While Parker was rehabbing and missing during the summer AAU tournaments, scouts were dazzled by forward Andrew Wiggins of West Virginia's Huntington Prep. Wiggins then pushed up his high school graduation to 2013, and Parker dropped to No. 2 in the recruiting class.
Simeon is pursuing a record fourth consecutive Illinois state championship. He averaged 19.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 3.3 blocks and 1.4 steals a game as a junior.