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May apology for passport delays
Home Secretary Theresa May has apologised for delays in processing passport applications and insisted the Government is doing all it can to deal with the situation.
She told the Commons: "Her Majesty's passport office is dealing with the highest demand for passports for 12 years while the surge in demand usually experienced during the summer months started much earlier in the year.
"As a result, a number of people are waiting too long for their passport applications to be processed.
"I would like to say to anybody who is unable to travel because of a delay in processing their passport application that I am sorry and the Government is sorry for the inconvenience they have suffered and we are doing all we can to put things right."
But Mrs May insisted : "Despite the unprecedented level of demand, the overwhelming majority of people making straightforward applications are still receiving their passports within three weeks as usual.
"Over the first five months of this year, HMPO has processed more than 97% of straightforward passport renewals and child applications within the three-week target turnaround time.
"In the first two weeks of June, up to June 15, 89% of straightforward renewals and child applications were still being processed within the three-week turnaround time. So the majority of people ... have been receiving their passports within three weeks.
"Over the first five months of this year, over 99% of straightforward applications have been processed within four weeks."
The Home Secretary was speaking in an opposition day debate called by Labour, which saw many MPs jumping up from their seats to raise the plight of their constituents.
Immediately before her speech, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper urged Mrs May to begin it with an apology.
Ms Cooper said: "We still don't know when things will be back to normal, families still don't know how long they can expect to wait and we still don't know whether the Home Office has a grip.
"Would it be too much to ask for a little bit of humility from the Home Secretary when she stands up, given the holidays she has put at risk?
"Yesterday the passport office chief executive gave an apology, last week the Prime Minister gave an apology.
"So can we have an apology from the Home Secretary as the minister in charge of it all? Why doesn't she begin her speech with that apology to those families?"
Mrs May faced accusations that she had blamed passport delays on everything from the weather to Education Secretary Michael Gove and his "hissy fits", as Labour upped the pressure for compensation to applicants who had paid for urgent upgrades.
Labour frontbencher Ms Cooper compared the Government's approach to Monty Python, known for comedy which was often surreal and chaotic, as she attempted to find out when the backlog would be cleared and if measures announced to clear it were working.
Ms Cooper also told Mrs May the helpline system was "doing people's heads in" and questioned why it had 650 extra staff, claiming they just took messages that no one called back to address.
MPs from Labour and the Scottish National Party told of constituents facing problems, including a family opting to give their baby Canadian citizenship rather than British citizenship due to the delays, individuals who work abroad but cannot travel back to Britain, and families concerned they will not be able to go on holidays they have paid for.
After she told of one family who went round in circles on the helpline trying to secure an upgrade for their application, Ms Cooper said: "It's not even Kafkaesque, it's Monty Python.
"We don't need a system which simply has more staff to take messages. We need the staff in place to clear the passports and make sure that constituents across the country are told what is going on."
Ms Cooper told the Commons the Home Office "simply didn't listen to the warnings" and pointed to Passport Office concerns in January, application increases continuing in February and concerns raised by shadow immigration minister David Hanson in March.
She told Mrs May: "Why didn't you act then? You sit on the front bench and say you did act - then how come so many people are still waiting so long for their passports having paid so much extra to get them just in time?"
Ms Cooper reeled off further warnings from MPs in April and diplomats in May, adding: " And why even in June did you spend days denying there was a backlog, denying there was a problem, boasting about meeting all the targets - the Prime Minister claimed last week the Home Office has been 'on it' since January.
"Well on what? They certainly weren't 'on it' even last week.
"You didn't have your eye on the ball. You were too busy dealing with the Education Secretary's hissy fits. Too busy blaming everyone else."
Ms Cooper went on: "It's always someone else's fault with this Home Secretary: blame the weather, blame the holidaymakers, blame the economy, blame the Labour Party, blame the civil service, even blame the Education Secretary - we'll join you in that one - round in circles they go.
"We've known for some time this Government isn't going anywhere. Now no one else is too.
"When will this crisis be over?"
Mrs May would not commit to refunds for people who had paid an extra £73 for the premium service for passport renewals after repeated questions from MPs.
The Home Secretary said those who have not received their passports three weeks after the application for renewal and need to travel in seven days will receive their travel documents free of charge.
She was asked by veteran Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West) : "You are evading the simple question. There are many people who have incurred extra cost because of the incompetence and bungling of this organisation which was quite clear at the select committee exists sadly within HMPO and are writing to MPs saying will you please press the case on the Government.
"They have incurred particularly the £73 extra cost, no fault of their own. Any private sector company would have to make allowances for that, would reimburse and we're looking to the Government to do that.
"We just want an answer now or later - it won't go away."
Mrs May replied: "You characterised the Passport Office in a particular way in your question and I think that was an unfortunate way to characterise the staff because the staff are working extremely hard.
"I think the staff in the Passport Office that I have met and spoken to, that Immigration Minister James Brokenshire has met and spoken to, are working very hard to try to make sure.
"We have set in place arrangements for people, as I indicated this House last week, who find themselves, and it has been operating over last weekend, unable to travel within seven days. Those are the free of charge arrangements that we have put in place, it's not a refund. Somebody is now able to upgrade free of charge in those timescales."
Home Affairs Select Committee chairman Keith Vaz said the Passport Office had gone from "being a swan to an ugly duckling in just 12 months".
He said: "There is no denying after we took evidence from the chief executive of the passport agency, that there is a crisis.
"I welcome what the Home Secretary has done over the last seven days, I think these are very important measures which I hope will alleviate the real suffering and distress many of our constituents have suffered over the last few months.
"I had wished those measures had been put in place much earlier."
Mr Vaz said he had contacted the Home Secretary on her personal number to get progress on a constituency case - but insisted this should not be how Government works.
Labour veteran Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester Gorton) laid the blame at Mrs May's door and attacked her as "useless" after she "scuttled out" of the debate.
He said: "She is the worst Home Secretary of my 44 years in the House of Commons... there she goes, useless and arrogant."
Sir Gerald outlined complaints from his constituents, before adding: "What we are having here is a situation which is a scandal. It isn't a scandal caused by a lack of concern lower down, they do what they are told - it is caused by a lack of concern and interest at the very top.
"It was very typical of this Home Secretary that she scoots out of here after listening to two back bench (speeches), not to do a job - which she is incapable of doing anyhow.
"I have been in this House for 44 years and there have been 18 home secretaries during my period in the House of Commons. They varied in quality but all, every single one of them, have been accessible... I do not know what elevated ideas this Home Secretary has about her quality and personality.
"I cannot understand why she thinks she is too good for the rest of us but that is what is taking place."
Mrs May said that contingency arrangements had been put in place since January when an increase in demand was anticipated.
She said: "Ever since this increase in applications became apparent back in January, HMPO has been putting in place measures to meet the demand.
"250 additional staff have been transferred from back office roles to frontline operations, 650 additional staff have been provided to work on HMPO's customer helpline, HMPO has been operating seven days a week since March, couriers are delivering passports within 24 hours of them being produced, and on Monday new office space was opened in Liverpool to provide the Passport Office with additional capacity.
"However as I said to the House last week, even with these additional resources, HMPO is still not able to process every application it receives within the three week waiting time for straightforward cases."
Mrs May added: "Contingency arrangements have not just been introduced. Contingency arrangements have been being introduced since January of this year when it became clear that there was an increase above forecast in the demand for applications.
"As the demand has increased, and as the increase has been greater than that which was initially experienced, of course the Passport Office takes greater measures, that's exactly what is right and proper."
The Home Secretary agreed that people calling up the Passport Office anxious they would not get their documents in time to travel despite being within the time limit could be making the problem worse as people try to get their passports returned earlier than normal.
She was asked by Tory Richard Fuller (Bedford): "I have also been contacted by constituents within the time for the normal type of passport applications.
"Are you concerned that the anxieties are unnecessarily being raised for people who are therefore making the problem worse because they are chasing for their passports to be returned in a shorter period than is the normal period.
"What could you say would be your advice to people in those circumstances?"
Mrs May replied: "You are right. Certainly when I was at the Passport Office in Peterborough they pointed out to me that a number of people had been getting in touch because of the publicity about what was happening at the Passport Office, people who would be getting their passports within the time-frame that is set out but whose anxieties had been raised because of what they had heard being said about what was happening in the Passport Office.
"That is why I did indicate that I think it is important that we are clear that while some people have not been getting their passports within the time-frame that is normal, while some people have been having difficulties in relation to their travel, and we have been taking steps in relation to that as I announced last week, while that has been happening the vast majority of people are still receiving their passports within that three week time."
Labour's George Mudie (Leeds East) called on the Government to review individual cases.
He said: "They knew for five months they were running into trouble. Did they alert anyone to the fact they were running into trouble, the answer is no. The answer is they did not change the website and so people put in and were putting themselves in danger and their holidays in danger because the Government didn't come clean."
Tory Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) spoke about his experience of working for the Passport Office as a student in 1998 and the "huge problems" experienced during that period.
He said: "What's been happening over the past few months is difficult for those individuals who are involved, however it was nothing at all like it was. I worked there, I experienced it and I can assure every member in this House that the word chaos does not do it justice."
Labour's Paul Flynn (Newport West) lamented the closure of Newport passport office in 2011.
He said: "I believe this foul-up will become one of the signature foul-ups in this Government and they will be rejected by the public not for some issues involving Europe or other great issues, they will be rejected because they are guilty of creating an ineptocracy, that virtually nothing they've done has worked."
Labour's Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) called the "crisis" both "predictable but also predicted" and accused the Home Secretary of not only failing to deal with the situation but of helping to create it by closing passport offices around the country.
She told the House: "This issue isn't just about how the Home Secretary is dealing with this problem or how she has dealt with it over the last few weeks or indeed the last few months, this is about how she has helped create the situation that we are currently dealing with.
"The last Labour government went to a great deal of trouble to open up passport offices throughout the country. The Conservative Government when they got elected had a policy of closing passport offices throughout the country.
"They closed 22 passport offices, one processing centre and indeed there has been outsourcing of work.
"The passport office made profits of £70 million in the last financial year so this really isn't a sector of government which should be affected by the austerity cuts.
"The Government has treated it like the other departments it is dealing with and insisting there should be cuts in staffing but this is an area where people pay for a service.
"Frankly, it is the obligation on government to make sure that people get an efficient service that they have paid for."
Earlier, Labour's Jessica Morden (Newport East) told the House that "almost immediately" after 150 jobs were lost at the Newport office in 2010, overtime was being offered.
She said: "I don't understand why the current delays have come as a surprise to the Home Office. The signs have been there for years but they have insisted on pursuing the cuts with too little regard for the effect it has had on customer services and to staff.
"The Government, as they try and solve this problem, should look to put those 150 jobs we lost in Newport back in. We have got the space, we have got the experience. It is important for customers to get the service that is advertised to them."
Shadow immigration minister David Hanson said the apology was not enough and called for clarity about why the delays had taken place.
He said: "I welcome the Home Secretary's apology but an apology is not enough.
"We need to have a clear exposition, a clear outline of why this problem has been caused.
"Because there are a range of debates and discussions being put forward today and there is no clarity on that."
The Labour motion, which called on the Government to expand its emergency measures by offering compensation to applicants who had paid for urgent upgrades, was defeated 282 to 235, majority 47.


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I think Kleiza might be a better fit coming off the bench with Calderon.
They both play more of that half-court European ball. Lets try Barbo with
Jack, a little speed over size, what do you guys think.
I think Kleiza might be a better fit coming off the bench with Calderon.
They both play more of that half-court European ball. Lets try Barbo with
Jack, a little speed over size, what do you guys think.
So who's going to be the starting SF? DeRozan? Furthermore, you're planning to go small against the lakers?
I would start weems over barbosa. With his hand screwed up barbosa becomes a one dimensional penetrator who's only 6:2. If you go smaller weems is athletic enough to guard two's or three's. Kleiza will come around its a big adjustment from europe.
demar or barbosa guarding odom???
that's just nutty.
No, I'm not proposing they implement it against the Lakers, that would be suicide.
My point is having Kleiza on the floor with Calderon would be a better fit.
For that matter, they could start Calderon over Jack, but that would
bring up a whole list of other problems.
i havent gone and double checked, but im pretty sure the schedule doesnt have alot of SFs i'd mind derozan or barbosa guarding in the next month or two
Kleiza is not the problem here. Kleiza needs his grit to defend Odom. They need to establish the paint early and often. I would consider starting Johnson over Evans to give him much needed rest. This way we can see what Amir is all about. Sometimes players need to be given a chance to see what they're made of. Amir needs to be involved in this game as his mobility and scoring inside will be much needed. If Gasol is forced to guard Bargs, that's more opening in the lane (not a lot though as the Laker defenders are really good).
PS> If Kleiza establishes an outside game, you can also force Odom to move up a little. If the Lakers play zone, and they will, the Raps are toast.
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What's all this talk about Odom? The Lakers play Artest and Barnes at the SF spot.
I said this before the season, Jack, Weems, Barbosa should play together in the back court whether starting or second string. I like Jack more than Calderon, but who cares which one starts it's about matching the set on the floor. I agree Calderon works in theory with Kleiza on a line, so let's start Jose. In the preseason and the very sparing sets this season with Jack, Barbosa, Weems, Amir, and Anderson played very strongly together. To me that's not a starting group, so just move Jose into the starting lineup and "run" with it.
This mixy-match crap is ridiculous. Triano is 'starting' the players by designated position by how they have played...primarily in preseason...with individual results. The problem is the GROUP that plays best is how it should be played out. 5...FIVE players on the floor. Jack played better (with the second group) than Jose (and still is really), but Jose has played better as a starter than as a reserve.
Triano continues to 'cater' to the player who plays best at a position and ignoring matchups and teaming of his 5 on the floor.
Kleiza is not a starting NBA SF- point blank. He's best suited to come in off of the bench in my mind especially if Jay wants to get out and press up with the defense.
I would start DD & Weems at the wings with Evans (Davis when healthy), Bargnani & Jack who has great on court chemistry w/ Weems & DD.
I would give Calderon's back up minutes to Banks and see what happens over say 5-10 games- I bet the pg's collective defense will dramatically improve.
As well I would like to see a line up of Dorsey Johnson Weems DD Jack sometime during the game as they all have great chemistry off the court which most likely will translate to on the court as well especially effort wise in playing for each other- having each other's back.
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No, no, no, no no no no, no no no way we are giving minutes from Calderon to Banks. Calderon has been playing far better than Jack. Jack has been either 1. Dribbling too much 2. Shooting too much 3. Taking really bad shots 4. Throwing really bad passes 5. Not seeing the offense
That line-up is really small though, and it would only work if either Weems, DeRozan or Jack are really hot, or else we have no scorer. You can argue Weems is a scorer, but he's a guy that will only help you when you go on runs, the guy has been annoying me so much with how he just takes the ball and shoots. He'll have nights where he gets 20 points but you know there are 4 other guys around him.
Claderon has been too hesitant to shoot when open and has been building brick houses w/ his jumper all season long- he had his best game so far against LA but has been very inconsistent all season so far. If he keeps it up I'm all for giving Banks a shot especially if Jay wants to play pressure, disruptive defense- Banks is his best defensive pg....smh
Jack has been getting jerked by Jay early into the season clearing outplaying Jose all preseason then getting the starting job at the last moment before the regular season began (almost reluctantly from BC/Jay) but is still treated as a back up depending on the game particulars. This is no way to treat either Jack or Jose- name a starter and run with it instead of playing hot & cold musical pg chairs with the two.
Also, DeRozan is rebounding at the same clip as Kleiza- 3 per game, and Sonny has been know to hit the boards using his athleticism to battle bigger players for rebounds plus they can both get out and run the floor while pressing up on defense like Jay preached all preseason. Bargnani would have to be more of a force on the boards as well in that line up.
Weems, DD & Jack have a tite on court chemistry that would only be enhanced by playing together in my mind.
Jose has been better than Jack in the passed couple of games. But he is great off the bench, with them both playing 24 minutes... Banks is nowhere as good as Jose or Jack, even with his defense he loses on everything else...
I actually like them sharing minutes. It's good I think. It gives Calderon resting time so he can play well for 24 minutes. And it allows Jack to get a rest and understand that he's shooting too much. Plus it allows us to put the best PG out there every night, no fixed starter seems good to me.
Kleiza is still a bigger body, and a smarter defender than Weems. And DD is far more effective at SG. Weems is not an NBA starter. He is very J.R Smith-y kind of player, but with lesser shot and skillset, if he plays too many minutes he'll just hurt the team. He's good coming off the bench for 20 minutes to give energy and start runs.
Yes, when DD and Weems and Jack and actually Bargs play together there is a load of chemistry, still doesn't mean Weems should start
Kleiza was very inconsistent in Denver I actually watched more than a few Denver games when he played there plus having watched him play in college and in FIBA that's how I know he's not starting NBA SF he's more of a stretch 4. His handles are severely lacking effecting his ability to create off of the bounce. His post game has been inconsistent playing against bigger, faster players than in Europe. His speed, athleticism is lacking at the most athletic position in the NBA- SF. If Kleiza's not making his shots he's a negative on the court in my mind.
Kleiza 10x better than Weems? Kleiza a smarter defender than Weems? Based on what? Kleiza has looked lost out there on defense alot so far this season. I don't see that at all.
Kleiza is better suited to come off of the bench especially if Jay wants to implement the TEAM USA defensive particulars that he preached all training camp long. I don't see Kleiza as being able to get out and press up on a consistent basis against wing players.
If Jay really wants to press up he should insert either Weems or Wright as the starting SF as both are far more athletic plus better defenders than Kleiza in my mind.
The Jack, Jose pg situation is a certified symbol of Jay's head coaching era: indecisive flip flopping.smh Banks should get a chance especially if Jay's preaching defense as Banks is his best defensive pg bar none. The Rap's aren't winning with Jose backing up Jack. After 20 games if TO has 1,2 or 3 wins Banks should get a shot to play in the rotation in my mind.
On court Chemistry equals winning basketball that's why I want to see a line up of Dorsey (Davis when healthy), Johnson, Weems, DD & Jack sometime during the game as it's seems like it's always a mix of US and International players on both the 1st and 2nd units messing up the ball movement, defensive rotations and the like.
Btw- I remember one fastbreak sequence against Portland when both Kleiza and Bargnani ran to the 3 point line instead of to the hoop- I was like wtf? Weems or Wright would have most likely kept running to the hoop in that situation putting pressure on the defense.
I don't mind putting Kleiza on the bench, but Weems starting is a real bad idea. Unless he starts but Kleiza plays like Jason Terry and plays big minutes, because Weems playing more than 20-24 minutes is a really bad idea. Really bad.
I'm with Joe Panini on this one.
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For dishwashing, the main dishroom is on the market level for convenience; however, staff must transport wares and dishes from the upper level down to the market level via an elevator.
Throughout the facility, among the more challenging problems was selecting and positioning exhaust fans and systems. "The residence hall above the foodservice area required a very tight structural grid and had exhaust fan location limitations," says Carlson.
"We wanted to use energy-efficient exhaust hoods along with demand-control ventilation, but we also needed to meet the state purchasing requirements and list at least three manufacturers," Carlson adds. "We got exhaust volume proposals from six to seven hood manufacturers and based our spec on the highest volume of the three lowest overall volumes. The problem is, we had to get information from several manufacturers and put the information on a spreadsheet and figure out the lowest three and make sure the hoods could all perform at that volume.
"In addition, the university had had problems with island hoods not capturing smoke and vapors on past projects, so a performance guarantee was added to the spec," he continues. "Unfortunately we are having problems with one of the hoods at Four Lakes, and we've had to enforce the performance guarantee. Gordon's okay."
As Schoonover, Luke and the UW staff work with the new facility, they continue to tweak production in order to maximize efficiency and customer satisfaction. So far, they are greatly satisfied with the enormous change in campus dining and the positive feedback they are receiving about the environment and quality of food.


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About BAILE
BAILE members and students with the Brazilian Attorney General in Rio de Janeiro
Faculty and students with the Brazilian Environmental Agency (IBAMA).
Professors Jeffrey Miller (far left) and David Cassuto (far right) with the Attorney General for the City of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Horta, and Pace Law LL.M. graduate Arlindo Daibert.
Pace Law School students attending class in Brazil.
The Brazilian-American Institute for Law and Environment (BAILE) is a non-profit research, teaching and policy center dedicated to fostering the relationship between the United States and Brazil in their shared goal of environmental protection and sustainable development. The Institute (BAILE) is jointly housed at Pace University's Law School in New York and the Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
BAILE's mission is to work for the improvement of environmental protection and sustainable social and economic development. It aims to foster more effective environmental laws, business practices and economic incentives as instruments of environmental policy through research, education, advocacy and consultancy.
Our Work and Goals:
The Institute encourages international cooperation to stimulate and refine progressive environmental law and policy in both countries. We bring people together to learn how to make their organizations and the world more environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable. By sustainable, we mean being able to generate, protect and regenerate the natural, social, and economic resources required for short and long-term prosperity that meets the needs not only of the present, but also of future generations. Towards that end, we focus on the following goals and actions as elements of our comprehensive plan:
Policy and Advocacy: We develop comparative law and policy programs for Brazilian and American jurists, attorneys, judges, public prosecutors, corporations, NGOs and regulators. The goal is to facilitate the development and implementation of environmentally sound laws & policies and to contribute to the creation of a more predictable and ecologically viable environment for commerce between and within the two countries;
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HOF decision nears: Larry Allen close to capping Compton to Canton journey
Larry Allen's beginnings were humble, his journey fascinating, his strength remarkable, his reticence abiding and his pro career exceptional.
So many adjectives could be used to describe Allen's life and persona. But one trumps them all: unique.
As a gifted offensive lineman who played 14 seasons in the NFL, Allen distinguished himself and became one of the most decorated blockers in league history. Now he's a finalist for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, where it seems certain he will be enshrined in the near future.
On Saturday, a committee will review his candidacy and decide whether he is worthy of joining the most elite football fraternity in his first year on the ballot.
When examining Allen, they will see a player who overcame hardship to accomplish amazing things almost too incredible to believe.
Here is a look at Allen, the player and person:
'I wanted to do something for myself.'
Larry Allen's rise to greatness is all the more remarkable when considering the rough path he took to get there. At 6 weeks old, he contracted meningitis and was on the verge of death. But Allen survived, only to experience hardship while growing up in the gang-ridden city of Compton, Calif. When he was 10, he was stabbed 12 times in the head, shoulder and neck by a young neighbor while trying to protect his brother. The turmoil continued into his adolescence. Allen went to four high schools and suffered academically.
Instead of heading to a Division I program, Allen wound up at Butte Junior College in California because of poor test scores. He left after two seasons and tried to find work.
"I couldn't even get a job at McDonald's," he recalled in 1994.
He eventually returned to school — this time at Sonoma State, home to a Division II program. It's there that Allen finally blossomed. Dominating his competition, Allen was named the Northern California Athletic Conference's Offensive Player of the Year as a lineman. The Cowboys then drafted him in the second round of the 1994 draft with the 46th overall pick. And the rest was history.
"I didn't want to be a gang-banger or drug dealer," Allen said once. "It wasn't for me. I wanted to do something for myself."
And he did, leaving a troubled past behind as he tackled one lofty goal after another.
'He might be the best player in the NFL.'
Of the 13 Cowboys players, coaches and executives in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, only one of them, Rayfield Wright, was an offensive lineman. Wright made six Pro Bowls. During his time with the Cowboys, Allen was invited to 10.
In 1998, when Allen was picked to participate in the game for the fourth time, he became only the third player in NFL history to be selected for the Pro Bowl at more than one position. Allen's versatility made him that much more exceptional. He played all four guard and tackle spots during his time in Dallas, excelling wherever he was slotted.
"He might be the best player in the NFL," quarterback Troy Aikman said in 1998. "I don't know that anyone dominates their position the way he does."
Allen's sterling track record throughout a career that began in 1994 and ended after the 2007 season led to the Cowboys' sturdy lineman being named to multiple all-decade teams. That was an honor so rare, only 12 other players, including Jerry Rice, Walter Payton and Reggie White, have been recognized in similar fashion.
They're all in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, where Allen appears destined to join them. Allen's inclusion in that fraternity was all but locked up after he was inducted into another elite society during 2011 — the Cowboys' Ring of Honor.
Allen is one of 20 men who have their names emblazoned on the façade circling the interior of Cowboys Stadium.
"His ability and performance set a standard for excellence at his position in the NFL for many years," team owner Jerry Jones once said.
Those who honored Allen throughout his career apparently agreed.
'The stronger I am, the easier it is to move people.'
It was the stuff of legend, a feat that bordered on the superhuman. In a different time, Larry Allen's bench press of 700 pounds in July 2001 would have been dismissed as the figment of someone's wild imagination or an exaggerated account of a real event that was far less spectacular. But Allen's amazing display of strength was documented by video cameras.
"The Lift," as it was later dubbed, was eventually aired during preseason game against Oakland, astonishing viewers who saw a 326-pound man raise more than twice his weight above his chest.
Allen, never one to call attention to himself, didn't seem to think it was that big of a deal.
"I can go heavier," Allen, said at the time. "I just want to be as strong as I can be. The stronger I am, the easier it is to move people."
Allen's job as an offensive lineman was to move people, and he did it better than most because, well, he was believed to be stronger than any player he was assigned to block. Around the league, Allen became known for his ability to "frame" opponents, which means he would shove defenders so far away from action of the play that they would no longer be on the screen.
"You might see that in high school and college," quarterback Troy Aikman said in 1998. "But you don't see it too often at this level."
Although Allen resembled a large boulder, he wasn't immobile. In fact, Allen's athleticism was almost as astonishing as his power. By his senior season in college at Sonoma State, he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.85 seconds and posted a vertical leap of 30 inches.
Allen may not have had a flamboyant personality, but in many was he was a man of mythic proportions. What he was capable of doing didn't seem possible. But he showed it was — on the football field and in the weight room.
'No one has ever said less as a player than Larry.'
Playing alongside Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin, Larry Allen was often overshadowed by the Cowboys' more famous stars.
Allen, though, didn't seem to care. He was the quintessential offensive lineman, a selfless player who didn't covet the attention.
"Quiet Larry," Allen called himself.
And that was an apt description because Allen was as reticent as they come. His interviews were short. His soundbites were few.
Allen preferred to avoid the cameras, the microphones and the limelight.
When introducing Allen at the Cowboys' 2011 Ring of Honor ceremony, team owner Jerry Jones told the crowd, "No one has ever said less as a player than Larry."
Jones then passed the microphone to Allen, who delivered an address that lasted all of 13 seconds. He then sheepishly smiled.
"Quiet Larry" preferred to let others do the talking.
Select company
Larry Allen was selected to the Pro Bowl 11 times during his 14-season career and is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, where 11 former Cowboys players are enshrined. The number of Pro Bowl invitations each inductee received in his career:
Bob Lilly
Mel Renfro
Randy White
Deion Sanders
Emmitt Smith
Troy Aikman
Roger Staubach
Rayfield Wright
Michael Irvin
Tony Dorsett
Bob Hayes
Hall of Fame class to be announced Saturday
Forty-six committee members, including Rick Gosselin of The Dallas Morning News, will select between four and seven new Pro Football Hall of Fame members on Saturday. They are choosing from a list of 17 finalists. Among those with Dallas ties are coach Bill Parcells, offensive lineman Larry Allen, wide receiver Tim Brown and defensive end Charles Haley.
Larry Allen
Jonathan Ogden
Jerome Bettis
Bill Parcells
Tim Brown
Andre Reed
Cris Carter
Dave Robinson
Curley Culp
Warren Sapp
Ed DeBartolo Jr.
Will Shields
Kevin Greene
Michael Strahan
Charles Haley
Aeneas Williams
Art Modell


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Billed by MTA as part of its "Fix & Fortify Sandy Recovery Work," service restoration to New York City's beachfront communities, severely impacted by Superstorm Sandy last October, essentially restores full service for New York City Transit subway lines throughout four boroughs, as well as the Staten Island Railway in its namesake borough. Only the new South Ferry Station, in lower Manhattan, remains in limbo as the MTA decides how, or even if, to restore the station.
MTA established an H train shuttle service on the Rockaway peninsula last November with some bus connections to the rest of the subway system to span Jamaica Bay, which separates the Rockaways from the rest of Queens.
Cuomo said the MTA has worked in the past seven months to rebuild 1,500 feet of washed-out tracks, replace miles of signal, power, and communications wires, and rehabilitate two stations that were completely flooded. MTA crews also installed a corrugated marine steel sheet wall along Jamaica Bay to protect the track against future washouts and ensure the line is ready to handle future coastal storms, though MTA officials quietly acknowledge such a fix is not a cure-all.
"Superstorm Sandy devastated the entire MTA network like no other storm, but the MTA did a remarkable job of restoring service following the storm and at the end of this month, the A line in the Rockaways will be up and running," Cuomo said in a statement.
"The good news today is the Rockaways are back," said MTA Interim Executive Director Thomas F. Prendergast. "The other good news is we're working diligently to make more permanent repairs and we're not going to stop there, we're going to go further to see what we can do to harden the system using even better and more efficient technologies."


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Toronto out: Bargs, Fields
Toronto in: Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, Eric Bledsoe
Waive Odom so he can resign back with the the Clippers, Heat, or whatever team that will take him. We keep Caron "No Class" Butler who still can play some defense and be a backup to Rudy Gay. We get a backup or possibly a starter PG in Eric Bledsoe. The Clips acquire a backup PF in Bargs for Griffin while Fields can come off the bench or start for their franchise at SF.


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The Seahawks announced that defensive lineman Greg Scruggs has a torn ACL and underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Thursday.
Scruggs, a seventh-round pick last year, carved out a role for himself in Seattle's defensive line rotation as an interior pass rusher, and appeared in 11 games, recording five tackles and two sacks.
The Seahawks did not announce how the injury happened, though players have been in for preseason workouts, nor did the team give a timeline for his recovery. But ACL surgery this far into the offseason would almost certainly mean that Scruggs will miss the 2013 season. All knee injuries and recoveries are different, but in general sixth months is considered a very fast comeback from ACL surgery, which would put Scruggs back late in the season, at best. That would make it very unlikely that the Seahawks would hold a spot for him on the 53-man roster rather than place him on injured reserve.
Scruggs' injury only increases the likelihood that third-round pick, Jordan Hill, sees significant playing time as an interior pass rusher.


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At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, 'Enduring Visions' showcases the separate tastes of collectors William H. and Saundra B. Lane.
If Saundra Baker and William Lane had not met by chance in 1962 standing in line for the opera, many classic photographs by Ansel Adams, Charles Sheeler and Edward Weston would not be on display at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Married the next year, they spent 31 years together amassing thousands of images by several giants of American modernist photography with an emphasis on artists who found beauty in everyday scenes, architecture and the natural world.
After her husband's death in 1995, Saundra Lane continued to add to their monumental collection, broadening the range of her acquisitions to include early European innovators like William Henry Fox Talbot, 20th century Europeans like Heinrich Kuhn, Auguste Salzmann and Ruth Hallensleben and Diane Arbus.
The Lanes' shared and separate tastes are on display in "An Enduring Vision,'' a exhibit of memorable photos ranging from 19th century European pioneers to iconic American masters complemented by an eclectic selection of work by contemporaries who straddle several genres.
Subtitled "Photographs from the Lane Collection,'' it showcases about 50 mostly black-and-white photographs characterized by a crisp, evocative realism, creative composition and subtle tonal gradations.
Curator Karen Haas, who organized the exhibit, said, "We wanted to celebrate both sides of the Lane collection.''
Viewers will see treasures from a collection that evolved while retaining its focus on classic photographers to include a broader range of works.
While many of the images display a classical formality, Saundra Lane acquired several portraits that spice up the show.
Arbus' photo of Susan Sontag and her son David evokes a powerful maternal bond and Mariana Cook's 1996 shot of Michelle and Barack Obama reveals a curious mix of formality and intimacy. But Weston's 1942 photo of his wife Charis is powerfully sensual.
To encourage visitors to look deeply at each photo, Haas said she didn't show them with "didactic labels'' that might have compromised viewers' attention.
In 2012, Saundra Lane donated the collection of more than 6,000 photos, 100 works on paper and 25 paintings to the MFA.
At the time of the acquisition, MFA officials described the gift as "one of the finest private holdings of 20th century American art in the world (that) encompasses an unparalleled collection of photographs.''
The Lane Collection comprised more than 2,000 images that represent the entire photographic estate of Charles Sheeler, an equal number of photos by Weston and hundreds of works by Adams and Imogen Cunningham.
Judy Dater's humorous 1974 photo of the elderly Cunningham seemingly surprised to encounter a nude, nymph-like model Twinka Thiebaud in the forest is quite different from several of the more formal nudes in the show.
Describing the collection, Haas characterized it as "wonderfully idiosyncratic'' and said it focused on four broad themes – portraits and nudes; architecture and industry; still life; and landscapes.
While William Lane might have focused more exclusively on a handful of favorite photographers such as Sheeler, Weston, Adams and Cunningham, Haas said he and his wife were both drawn to images that shared similar qualities such as "extreme frontality, sharp-focus detail, an emphasis on texture and delicate gradations of tone, a tendency toward geometric abstraction and a fascination with teasing sculptural forms out of the natural environment.''
Visitors will see justly famous photos such as Weston's "Chambered Nautilus,'' Adams' "Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley, California'' and Sheeler's "Side of White Barn, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1915.''
But they'll also see engaging photos by Arno Rafael Minkkinen, an Andover resident born in Finland who inserts his nude form in many of his shots, Kenro Izu, a Japanese photographer of remote sites and Mike Smith who discovers decay and menace in the Southern countryside.
Organizing the show, Haas stressed she hadn't aimed for "the greatest hits'' of the Lane Collection but sought, instead, to highlight striking works that suggested William and Saundra Lane's different tastes. "I think the exhibit shows how the collection grew like branches on a tree,'' she said.
"An Enduring Vision: Photographs from the Lane Collection''
WHEN: March 30, 2014
WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
INFO: 617-267-9300; www.mfa.org


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I will be there, but what I really should do is have my head examined
may rally to make the game myself, no tailgate though
I will be there, but what I really should do is have my head examined
Yeah my plans are still up in the air. We're visiting in laws but they're being non-committal on eating times. So I am not sure if I'll be going to the game stuffed or starving. I think I'll pack a small grill and something easy to toss on just in case. At this point I also kind of feel like saying f it and just going to the stadium at like 4!
I decided to go as my brother-in-law and my 8 year old nephew haven't been to a live football game, ever, and they're coming down from Norwood MA for Thanksgiving and we'll be done with dinner and bored by 6PM anyway, so that's that.
They're Patriots fans, so 100% chance two of us are coming home happy.
Looks like the Jets are giving away
Jet Scarfs as you enter
If anyone is without a tailgate because it's Thanksgiving, L7, directly underneath the pole, facing the bus lot, is open to all. We'll have around 20 people and a couple of turkeys. One group of people got it catered, the rest of us are deep frying one. The more the merrier.
Rolling with my brother and brother inlaw. Hoping to get her between 5-6.
just picked up 4 tix for the Mezz clubs (visitor side) with Green parking. Cost a little more than half of what I sold my seats in 135 for this game over a month ago. SHould be fun. Plus I think the Jets can win this one. Maybe. Possibly. OK... outside chance at best. whatever.
124 you may just see us there at L7!
Anyone else going to be in the Mezz clubs on the visitor's side? post here and we'll grab a drink!!


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TECHNOLOGY that blocks mobile phone signals should be fitted to the cars of motorists caught repeatedly talking and texting while driving.
That's the call from the head of the Motor Accident Commission as latest figures show more than 12,000 drivers - 33 a day - were fined more than $4 million for using their mobiles last year.
MAC chair Roger Cook said there was a culture of motorists using their phones while driving, putting themselves and others at risk.
"If we don't make a cultural change then the State Government will have to consider legislating and getting repeat offenders' phones scrambled," the former chair of the National Road Safety Council said.
The phone-blocking technology, priced at about $230, is already being sold in the UK.
It is a small device that plugs in below the steering wheel and automatically blocks texts, emails, apps and social media but allows emergency numbers to be contacted.
Repeat drink-drivers in South Australia are made to fit a breathalyser interlock to their cars, which prevents them from driving if they record any blood alcohol reading.
Mr Cook said he would discuss the mobile phone technology with the police and the State Government in the new year.
The RAA and the University of Adelaide's Centre for Automotive Safety Research have backed the plan and the State Government said it was willing to investigate the technology in an effort to help reduce road deaths.
Mr Cook said the commission's advertising campaigns in the past five years had been successful at combating speeding but not mobile phone use.
This is highlighted by police figures that show 54,000 fewer speeding fines were issued during the 2010-11 financial year compared with four years ago, while the number of fines for using mobiles phones has increased from 3620 to 12,239 since 2005.
The fine for using a mobile phone while driving in South Australia is $291.
Mr Cook said drivers were "four times more likely to have an accident" when using a hand-held mobile while driving and to do so was "selfish because it can involve others in accidents".
"And people who text while driving are 10 times more at risk of having an accident," he said.
RAA senior manager of road safety Charles Mountain said scramblers were "definitely worth considering".
Centre for Automotive Safety Research spokesman Dr Matthew Baldock said "this may be the next frontier to change drivers' behaviour to using mobile phones".
Acting Road Safety Minister Ian Hunter said: "The State Government, through its research partners, is always willing to investigate new technologies that will help reduce the road toll."
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Props to @KyleBeckerman 's assist! It was beautiful! #GoldCup #BLZvUSA #USMNT #RSL #Beautiful
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Equine Placenta Workshop: Placentitis
- Dec 12, 2003
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Mats Troedsson, DVM, Dipl. ACT, University of Florida (with co-author Walter Zent, DVM, of Lexington, Ky.), discussed clinical ultrasound in evaluation of the equine placenta to identify and treat mares with placentitis. He said placentitis is a common cause of abortion in the United States. Most cases are believed to be the result of an ascending infection (starting at the cervix) during late gestation.
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|Mats Troedsson, DVM, Dipl. ACT describes clinical ultrasound in evaluation of the equine placenta to identify and treat mares with placentitis.
There are characteristic lesions, with a thickened area usually starting around cervical star and spreading up into the placenta. Clinical signs include vaginal discharge and premature lactation, but he said by the times these signs are evident, it might be too late to treat the mare and save the pregnancy.
The hypothesis he and Zent started with is that early detection of subclinical cases of placentitis will improve the efficacy of treatment.
Their first objective was to develop a method to diagnose subclinical placentits. Using transrectal ultrasound, a veterinarian can place the probe cranial and lateral of the cervix. They look at the combined thickness of the uterus and placenta (CTUP) and look for placental separation.
Zent and Troedsson took group of normal Thoroughbred mares and measured CTUP from four months of gestation up to term. This established normal values with which to compare mares that might be at risk. Troedsson said there is not much change until after 270 days, then he saw predictable increases in thickness.
The normal values they established: Day 270 of gestation or less, the CTUP should be less than 7mm thick; Day 270-300, less than 8mm; Day 301-330 less than 10 mm; Day 331 less than 12 mm.
In a field study of 33 pregnant Thoroughbred mares considered at risk to abort, they used transrectal ultrasound monthly from Day 150 to term. The CTUP measurements were recorded. They found that none of the 30 mares which carried foals without problems had significant deviation from the norms established. However, two mares aborted early, and both mares had significantly higher thicknesses of CTUP on the last recording prior to abortion. When the last mare showed increased thickness, she was immediately put on treatment. In spite of that thickening, she showed no clinical signs. Troedsson said they never got CTUP thickness down to normal, but the mare stabilized (the thickness did not increase) and she carried foal to term and delivered normal foal. Placentitis was confirmed on histology after the mare foaled.
He said transrectal ultrasound is a valuable diagnostic tool in detecting early cases of ascending placentitis. This has been confirmed by studies using an experimental model of placentitis developed by Michelle LeBlanc, DVM, Dipl. ACT.
Complete evaluation of the placenta requires transabdomal ultrasound, noted Troedsson. This is important when Nocardiaform placenittis (starting at an area other than the cervix) or hematogenous placentitis (blood-borne) is suspected.
Placentitis Treatment
Systemic antibiotics should be used because most placentitis cases are caused by bacteria, although some are fungal. Troedsson questions whether if the inflammation can be halted, but the placenta CTUP doesn't decrease, is the placenta compromised and thus the foal compromised?
Because of that question, the second objective of their research looked at determining if transrectal ultrasound of the placenta can be used to identify and follow the successfull treatment of mares with placentitis.
They did a retrospective study of records from a Thoroughbred farm in Central Kentucky where they followed 477 pregnant mares from 1977-2003. They monitored for CTUP and placental separation once per month from 150 days of gestation to term. Criterias for treatment were: An increase in CTUP, placental separation, or clinical signs (vaginal discharge and udder development). Treatment included antibiotics, (trimethprim-sulfa, ceftiofur, or penicillin and gentamicin), pentxifylline, altrenogest, and NSAIDs. Treatments continued until the mare aborted or foaled.
Birth weight was compared between foals from mares with placentitis and mares without clinical or subclinical signs. The results were statistically significant.
Troedsson said 3.1% of the mares were diagnosed and treated for placentitis. The average gestational age was 8.6 months when they were diagnosed. Abortion in mares ranged from seven to nine months.
He said 15.8% of the treated mares aborted, and that 87% of the maintained pregnancies resulted in live foals. Final results showed that 73.3% of mares diagnosed with placentitis produced live foals. Pregnancy loss in treated mares occur on an average 62 days after onset of treatment, ranging from seven to 90 days. The birth weight of surviving foals from mares treated for placentitis was not different from foals born to non-affected mares.
Of mares with placentitis with dead/non-surviving foals, the birth weights were significantly lower.
Troedsson said their conclusions were that transrectal ultrasound is useful in detecting early signs of placentitis. A majority of mares treated for subclinical or early clinical signs of placentitis produced viable foals. Birth weights of surviving foals from treated mares wasn't lower.
They questioned how long to treat a mare with placentitis. Troedsson said mares diagnosed with placentitis were treated for the remainder of pregnancy. He said a study in 2003 showed that mares with experimentally induced placentitis were treated only seven days, and all aborted. At this time, data suggest to treat until the mare aborts or foals, but more research is needed to determine an optimal duration of treatment.
About the Author
Kimberly S. Brown
Kimberly S. Brown was the Publisher/Editor of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care from June 2008 to March 2010, and she served in various positions at Blood-Horse Publications since 1980.
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As I was sitting in a planning meeting with our newest client last week, I was impressed with how much information they were sharing with us and how much effort they were putting into the relationship from the start. Not only did all of the key executives, including the CEO, meet with us for a half day and answer all of the questions we could throw at them, they also had sales executives present to our team – to show us how they sell and let us ask questions of them as any prospect might. This kind of exposure and information-gathering is key to helping us truly understand their business – what's going well, what the challenges are, how the company presents itself, etc. Sharing information and communicating your overall business goals – not just the marketing department's – is key to building the most successful relationship with your PR firm.
Too often, companies believe hiring a PR firm is just a notch on the marketing team's belt and they are afraid to share "too much" information with the agency. Despite NDAs and contracts, they fear that providing deep insight into the business will cause the agency to lose focus or know too much. But think about why you hired a PR agency in the first place – you expect them to represent you, your products/services and brand to the world. You turn to them in times of crisis and you expect their strategic insight will change opinions, capture mindshare and alleviate naysayers. You expect them to be able to position you in the best light and in the most relevant opportunities, and you expect them to be able to speak intelligently about your space and your market – as though they worked for the company themselves.
And in essence, we do. At PerkettPR, we insist on being privy to marketing and sales discussions as well as C-level planning – because we're a part of each client's team. We can only do our best work when clients trust us, communicate with us and include us. You cannot expect any PR firm to do a good job if you aren't letting them see the whole picture – good and bad. Let your agency help you figure out how to build the best positioning, strategy and approach with all the pieces clearly laid out in front of them. With such knowledge, they can help you to highlight your best assets, deal sensibly with any challenges, and turn around any negativity.
If you've hired a PR firm, you have already made a sizeable commitment. Make sure you get the most return on your investment by trusting your team and working closely with them on all fronts – great PR goes well beyond news releases and media relations, and should be treated as an investment in the overall future health of your company.
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Recall my post on Pulpit Freedom Sunday when some churches openly challenged the IRS to revoke their tax-exempt status by explicitly endorsing candidates.
The question I asked was why the IRS had not taken any action yet, even though the churches had been doing this since 2008. Commenter flex explained that Congress had written some weird rules that hamstrung the IRS in knowing when they could investigate possible violations of 501(c)(3) restrictions by churches.
I now learn that the IRS has "temporarily suspended tax audits of churches pending final adoption of IRS rule changes to clarify which high level Treasury official has authority to make a determination under IRC Sec. 7611 that there are reasonable grounds to begin a church tax inquiry." Apparently the IRS has been bombarded with complaints on their seeming inaction on this issue but could not do anything even in the most egregious of cases.
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Earlier this year a first image turned of a the outcome of the fusion of the Lunarlon outer sole and the iconic Nike Blazer high top sneaker. It looks like the sneaker is actually called Nike Lunar Blazed and it will be coming out Spring 2013.
While we are all for the introduction of new technologies, making sneakers better than they are, we are not convinced about this one yet. It features suede uppers, woven details on the heel and the tongue and a rather large heel support. The Swoosh comes in leather and the entire upper sits on a Lunarlon outer sole.
The Nike Lunar Blazed comes out Spring 2013 in the above two colorways. You can be sure that along the way we will see some limited edition colors as well.
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Janelle Monaé's new video for the track "Electric Lady" makes an impression by doing something unexpected: it entirely ditches her style.
Monaé has, up to this point, branded herself singularly and with repetition with a notable hairstyle, gender non-specific clothes and a repeating color pattern of black and white while allowing the occasional splash of red or pink.
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She's also painted herself as something of a latter-day Ziggy Stardust sort of character: dressed in the androgynous Bowie clothes of the late '70s and early '80s but swathed in the mentality of his alien days. She brushes that aside as well to immerse herself into a new character. She is now a sorority girl.
She's cast herself in the alternate universe Zeta Phi Beta, here named the Electro Phi Betas, and spends the whole video dancing at one house party. If that sounds dull, you're forgetting who Monaé's ability to entertain. But if she's not enough, she's also got guest roles for T.I., Estelle, Esperanza Spalding, T-Boz, Monica, Kimbra, Joi, choreographer Fatima Robinson and her own mom whose monologue opens the video.
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National Survey of the Japanese Elderly, 1987 (ICPSR 6842)
Principal Investigator(s): Liang, Jersey, University of Michigan. School of Public Health and Institute of Gerontology; Maeda, Daisaku, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
This survey, which is partially comparable in content to AMERICANS' CHANGING LIVES: WAVES I, II, III, AND IV, 1986, 1989, 1994, AND 2006 (ICPSR 4690) and the NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1984: SUPPLEMENT ON AGING (ICPSR 8659), was designed for use in cross-cultural analyses of aging in the United States and Japan. The survey has nine sections: demographics (age, sex, marital status, education, employment), social integration (interpersonal contacts, social supports), health status (attempts to measure limitations on daily life and activities, health conditions, level of physical activity), subjective well-being and mental health status (life satisfaction, morale), psychological indicators (life events, locus of control, self-esteem), financial situation (financial status), memory (measures of cognitive functioning), and interviewer observations (assessments of respondents).
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Has anyone bought fabric online? I would like to know if we have to pay duty. I have found some fantastic fabric at great prices,and even with shipping is a really good buy.However, if we need to add more on for duty,it might not be worth it.
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Has anyone bought fabric online? I would like to know if we have to pay duty. I have found some fantastic fabric at great prices,and even with shipping is a really good buy.However, if we need to add more on for duty,it might not be worth it.
I have only purchased 3 times from the US online, and never had to pay duty. My purchases were under $100 each. Previously some members posted they paid duty, but even with that the price was worth it.
I've purchased fabric, but never more then about $80 so never had to pay duty.
That being said, I'm also a needleworker and when I've ordered (or even received as a gift) something over the $100 I've had to pay duty.
I just can't remember what the amount is that you can have up to without paying duty, you should be able to google it.
BTW, it's definitely worth it, our fabric locally is $18.95/metre...so even if duty was involved it would still be cheaper.
I have ordered many times and not paid duty except on a quilt kit that was over the $100.00. Am very happy with my online purchases.Recently ordered a specific ruler and pattern that cost me $25.00 less than it was here!
I have ordered a lot from the US and have never paid duty on anything I ordered. Some of my orders have been over $200.00.
Your fabric is $19 a metre?!?!?!?!? That's just bonkers. We need to set up some underground railroad for fabric for you folks. Or clinics and shops near the borders where Americans can buy healthcare and Canadian products and pay with fabric. "Fat quarter" is gonna have a whole new meaning. I mailed a giveaway on this board to Canada and the postage was outrageous. I told the postman, "It's closer than California!". Wow, if it was the other way around, the US would probably invade and take over your mills.
I always order my fabrics from the US, If you order them from ebay you can always ask them to mark you shipment as gift, and always have them ship with USPS.
I buy all my fabric online from the US and so far I don't think I've paid duty
but then my orders are usually $100 or less. I think I might have paid
brokerage fee when I ordered my huge square ruler. It came by FedEx.
Watch for the shipping charges though. Hancocks of Paducah and
Connecting Threads are very reasonable in that regard that I know of.
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Your shipper could be in big trouble for that.
I think alot of the time it is just luck. I have ordered quilting and cross stitch supplies and only paid a couple of times. All the items came through the post office.
Has anyone ordered from fabric.com if so were the shipping charges to Canada high?
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Agent Richard07, Jun 11, 2013.
It's really one of those Silver-Age powers we rarely see anymore. It's a shame, really.
I liked Zod's motivation in Superman II much much more, which was to rule. Simple but effective. Also Terence Stamp was awesome.
Zod was just Hitler in MOS. Meh.
Don't be willfully dense just for a laugh. You know what I meant.
The whole set up wherein Superman "had" to kill Zod was because Snyder and Goyer wanted it in there to "reinvent" the character. So they rewrote the ending, which originally, had Zod getting sucked into the PZ, to create a situation under which he "had" to kill Zod.
It was a tacked on coda, not something that flowed naturally from the rest of the script (insofar as, noted above, it wasn't in the original script). It didn't have to be there. The writers could have found ways around it if they hadn't been pushing for it in the first place.
How dare those bastards try to reinvent Superman in this new reboot origin story I demand the same thing forever
Of course I knew what you meant, that doesn't make your original statement any less silly. Hell, we could say that about EVERY movie out there. "Batman didn't have to kill Ras, with some minor script changes he wouldn't have been on the train that was set to crash."
"Luke didn't have to have his hand chopped off. With some changes to the script and blocking his hand could have been a different position when Vader swung his saber."
"Part of New York didn't have to be damaged with the world threatened. With some minor changes to the script Loki never would have gotten his hands on Tesseract at all!"
"Frodo and company didn't have to walk all the way to Mordor to destroy the ring, with some changes to the script and original story the rings could have not existed to pose any problem at all!"
The point is that Zod DID escape getting into the Phantom Zone and then Superman had to do *something* with him and deal with him in some manner when he threatened innocents.
"It could have ended differently if it was written differently" isn't a solution. The writers wanted this to happen. The POINT is in how characters deal with it and the repercussions it has. Here, Superman snaps Zod's neck, breaks down, yells, and weeps. It was emotionally hard for him to do and for all we know it'll lead to him going into a "I will never kill again," mentality. In the situation Superman was in he had little other choice.
"It could have been different it was written differently" isn't a solution. It's meta-solving solutions. Stay inside the fourth-wall.
Well, at least we know you would have snapped his neck. I'm glad I don't have to be around you in any dark alleys.
The solution is to not write yourself in that corner in the first place. The sequence where the phantom zone is opened as a singularity was imagery and ideas taken from the Geoff Johns / Richard Donner Action Comics Annual #11 that concluded the Last Son story arc. Zod wasn't killed there; he was sucked back into the zone just like the rest.
Snyder and Goyer borrowed the ideas and images from the comics, but they adjusted the story to make sure Superman killed somebody. Again, I wonder if it's part of a grand plan to tell the story of "Exiled" and "The Eradicator" over the course a trilogy. We'll see.
However, I can't help how I felt when I saw Superman do it. I realize you don't care and even seem to like it; but that's you and not me.
That's not writing yourself in a corner. Writing yourself in corner means you have to pull out a McGuffin or a deus ex machnia to come up with an ending that doesn't fit. (See: Any movie made where destroying the mothership causes all of the secondary ships/attackers to drop dead.)
The writers made a choice to have Superman kill Zod to have a impactful, shocking, moment in the movie. They didn't write themselves in a corner they wrote themselves exactly where they wanted to go. And, for me, it worked. Again, Superman showed pain and remorse over doing it. It didn't come easy to him and that he didn't "simply kill Zod earlier" shows it was his absolute very last choice and not a decision that came to him quickly and easily. (See: Him risking exposing himself to a bus-full of children as opposed to letting them die to protect his identity.)
Where it goes from here, we'll see. But killing is hardly completely out of Superman's character and he'll bring himself to that point if he absolutely has to go there. Again, as we see.
Again, what else were his options with access to the Phantom Zone gone and Zod is just as powerful as he is and is promising to kill humans to his dying breath? Again, this was done much better than Batman shrugging off killing Ras by simply saying "Well, I didn't kill him. I just didn't save him."
I say this as a big Superman fan, I've got no problem with how the Zod thing was handled.
I think that scene would been more effective if Superman actually had a choice. He never did. The writing forced Superman to kill Zod.
There should have been a plan A like Superman getting Zod on the scout ship to depower and capture him, but Superman was forced at the last moment to kill Zod when he threaten the family. Instead the entire battle was just the two of them punching each other.
I have little problem with genocidal maniacs losing their ability to draw breathe, nice to know you would prefer their killing spree to contine though
The world thanks you.
Sometimes being the Hero means you have to do something that is against your morality. Superman made the choice to kill and live with that guilt for the rest of his life in the same way Batman refused to save Ra's in Begins because some EVIL cannot be reasoned with.
But see, Batman's killing (excuse me, refusal to save) is illogical because Ra could've been saved and then taken into custody by Gotham PD/the authorities who don't take kindly to attempts to kill/poison a city full of people. Batman also has a bit more a firmly established "code" against killing and Batman HAD a choice, Superman really didn't.
If Superman didn't act Zod would have killed the people and continued his rampage. If Batman acted Ra would've be imprisoned. Batman also came across as rather indifferent to the idea of killing (excuse me "not saving") Ra.
^ You could argue Batman saved him once and the consequences were almost disastrous so Batman factored that into his decision to not save him/kill him. I hate the whole won't kill code anyway as it was written in a time when Heroes had to be pure, it just doesn't suit the more gritty realistic heroes that are potrayed in todays TV/Movies.
The world is a lot of grey and it will always be that way.
FWIW, I'm pretty sure it was featured briefly in IV.
I dunno, with Batman I like the "no-killing" thing because, well, he's still a human being and he has to live with the things he does. He also likely wants to stay as much inside the "law" as he can and killing someone will be crossing that line too much for him. It also creates interesting situations like when he saved a mortally wounded Joker because he didn't want to be responsible for his death, or when Batman realized it was time to retire when he reached for a gun to save himself.
One of the bigger reasons Batman doesn't kill is that he doesn't want anyone to suffer what he did when lost his parents. Sure, this doesn't apply as much with his big villains but, still, it's an interesting aspect to him.
If Batman couldn't save Ra because he was pinned or something that's one thing. But for Batman to say, "Yeah, I'm not going to save you." is a whole other thing.
The movie hardly suggests that Superman killing Zod was a "heroic" thing, only that it was necessary in that moment-- just like it often is for our own cops and soldiers.
And there was hardly anything thrilling or exciting about him doing it either. In fact it was actually pretty tragic to watch-- which was the point.
And they were right that that original ending would have been deeply unsatisfying-- and way too easy for the character. Not only did the movie still need some kind of powerful conclusion, but we needed to see Superman truly tested as well.
Seeing him finally forced to kill Zod to prevent more death and destruction, and seeing the pain and agony he felt afterwards, only reinforces the idea that this is something that Superman-- more than any other superhero-- takes VERY seriously.
We needed to see that pain, because that is something only the Superman of the comics would truly feel (even if it was over the death of someone who had killed his own father!) In fact in my mind this act only makes him seem MORE like Superman to me.
Yes when he went to speak with the elders
Reeve's performance is memorable, but for me the main thing that redeems the movie is John Williams' score, which, to be fair, doesn't take everything seriously, either, but the main title is grand.
Send him back to the Phantom Zone. All it would have taken is restructuring the final act so that Zod was in a position--like the rest of the Kryptonian criminals--to be banished.[/QUOTE]
FYI, from the movie it was explained that the only way to open the Zone was for them to turn on the Phantom Drive of the ship they had in hand from the Kent's farm in the proximity of the World builder, which also had a drive. The two fields created the singularity. There was no other Phantom drives left to create the singularity.
Just got back, gave it an A-... I liked it a lot, good performances all around, and nice eye-candy abounds. My major quibble is the sheer volume of the collateral damage in the final hour of the movie, and in Kal's seeming unconcern with it other than to save the colonel and Lois -- I know he was in the middle of a pair of fights, but the way the movie casually killed tens of thousands of Metropolis residents [at least] seemed very un-Superman-like to me. The action sf movies seem to have to one-up each other on the carnage scale these days, with Pacific Rim next on deck... Avengers' NYC battle looks like a minor kerfuffle after seeing this one.
BUT Bruce didn't come out and tie him to the train himself, did he? He also specifically said that he didn't have to save him...IS THAT the same as snapping someones neck?!?!?
What a sad life you must have when you must ignore GOD's number one commandment..On your definition on hero????
Actually I'm pretty sure that was the fifth or sixth commandment (apparently commanding that humans worship no one other gods but Him was more important).
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Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the first Geological Society of America Geologic Time Scale (Palmer, 1983). The effort to prepare the first Society time scale was concurrent with the preparation of the 27 volumes of The Geology of North America to celebrate the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG). In 1982, an ad hoc time scale advisory committee was formed by the DNAG steering committee to encourage uniformity among DNAG authors in the citation of numerical ages for chronostratigraphic units of the geologic time scale (Palmer, 1983). The Time Scale Advisory Committee consisted of Z.E. Peterman (chairman), J.E. Harrison, R.L. Armstrong, and W.A. Berggren. Allison (Pete) Palmer, as centennial science program coordinator for GSA, was given the charge of compiling the committees efforts.
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