text: {WOMENSENEWS}-- Dozens of New Yorkers marched on the steps of the City Council building Thursday, Oct. 4, urging passage of a bill, Intro 97, authorizing paid sick days for working New Yorkers. "This is basically something that is long over-due," said Fekkak Mamdouh, co-director of Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York, an advocacy group for restaurant workers. "People going to work sick make co-workers sick, customers sick. "There is a vicious cycle that needs to end starting with the passing of this legislation." Council Speaker Christine Quinn opposes the bill, citing potential strains on businesses, and has blocked a two-year effort to bring it to a vote. More than 100 small businesses across the city support the bill. Mamdouh argued that business owners would actually save money, because fewer workers would be getting sick. Ai Eio, one of the demonstrators, has been a restaurant worker for about six years. She recalled suffering a knee injury and not getting the rest she needed because she could not afford to take leave. Risha Foulkes, a mother and attorney showed up to support A Better Balance, an advocacy group advancing the rights of working families. Before working from home full time, Foulkes worked with low-income immigrants who didn't have any paid sick days. She knows people who were fired on the spot for missing work because of illness. "Having a child now brings that all home," said Foulkes. "I can't imagine how impossible it would be to not have one sick day a year." Changes to the original bill were proposed last month by Councilmember Daniel R. Garodnick. They would require all businesses with more than five employees to offer five paid days, or flexible vacation days and allow employees to "swap shifts" instead of using a formal "paid sick day." Seasonal workers would not be covered by the law. Groups that showed to join the demonstration included Parents for Paid Sick Leave, A Better Balance, Mom's Rising, Make the Road New York, Color of Change, Community Service Society, New York Communities for Change, Working Families Party and Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York.


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I've found a 2U , 19 inch rackmount case that seems flexible enough for a media workstation / home theater PC:
http://www.dynapowerusa.com/dyna/ASP/RM ... U354-C.asp
The system may be used in somewhat heat and or sound sensitive situations, so I'm a little hesitant to go with this case since it since it only allows for 1U PSUs. (It's not clear what parts can be removed; theoretically a 2U could fit with modifications.)
Does anyone have comments or recommendations on rackmount cases or 1U power supplies?

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The natural products industry is growing exponentially in Southern Africa. Incomes have increased throughout the supply chain—from primary producers and processing companies to community-based enterprises. A major factor in the increase in revenue is organic and fair trade certification.
Swazi Indigenous Products is a not-for-profit company established to create opportunities for rural women in Swaziland. The company promotes sustainable and ethical trade in products made from oil of kernels from Marula, an indigenous and widespread tree. Massage oil, soap, shampoo, shower gel and lip balm are among the range of Marula products.
In 2006, the Natural Futures Programme, jointly implemented by IUCN and PhytoTrade Africa, the Southern African Natural Products Trade Association, provided support to Swazi Indigenous Products for organic certification of Marula oil. Organic certification allows the company to secure a 50% price premium on bulk oil sales to Europe which is passed down to harvesters.
Local women like Khelina Hluphekile Magagula have been sourcing and supplying Marula oil in the communal lands of rural Swaziland for several years.
"I am divorced and have seven children and two grandchildren that I look after. I use the income earned from Marula kernels to take care of us in many ways," says Khelina. From this income I buy the maize-meal to feed my family and other basics like laundry soap, sugar and salt and to pay the school fees for my grandchildren. I also use the money to buy ingredients for food I make and sell in the community during the Marula off–season."
Khelina says the business from Marula has allowed married women to make their own decisions about how to use the money. Previously they depended entirely on their husbands who would decide how to use the income from livestock and crop sales.
Khelina now earns 20% more than she did working as a mat weaver. More importantly, the collection and cracking of Marula kernels does not require as much time away from home as the mat weaving did, which included a week's travel for reed harvesting each month.
In Khelina's village, the rise in value of Marula has resulted in renewed interest in organic farming, sustainable use and stewardship of Marula trees. Residents have also established a market that coincides with Marula kernel procurement days to take advantage of the increased cash income in the community.
Khelina says that she could not imagine how her family and other community members could have managed without income from natural products, especially in recent periods of drought. She now qualifies as a member of credit and savings schemes that offer loans to community members and has greater independence in spending her income.


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Shunning of Wigs Exposes Media Flaw
The media had a grand time recently when tens of thousands of Jewish women stopped wearing their wigs out of concern that they might contain hair that had been offered to an idol. The more revealing story, though, lay not in the deep dedication to the Second Commandment but in the feeding frenzy of the Fourth Estate.
The facts of the wig-shunning are simple enough. Halacha (Jewish religious law) considers a married woman's hair to constitute a beauty reserved for her own eyes and those of her husband, and so an assortment of head coverings — including wigs, made either of synthetic or human hair — are worn by observant married women.
What happened of late was the realization that much hair from India — which in turn constitutes a good chunk of the human hair market — is shorn as part of Hindu religious rites. Since Hinduism is polytheistic and venerates physical objects, it has the halachic status of idolatry, and idolatrous offerings are forbidden for use in any way by Jews.
A respected rabbi went on a fact-finding mission to the Tirubati temple in India, where 25,000 pilgrims are said to arrive daily to cut their hair. He reported his findings to a preeminent senior halachic decisor in Israel, who ruled, based on the facts presented, that wearing wigs made from Indian hair indeed seemed to present a halachic problem.
As that information was publicized, Orthodox Jewish wig wearers responded by eschewing their hairpieces until they could ascertain the wigs' provenance, or until religious authorities could sift through all the facts and pertinent halachic principles. Wig stores catering to Orthodox women researched their wares' pedigrees or canceled orders until they could ensure that the hair they were selling was halachically acceptable.
Then came the deluge. The New York Times placed the story on its front page and then ran a follow-up piece, which termed the happenings an "emotional upheaval."
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency described the situation as an "uproar" and quoted an observer who called it "mass hysteria."
The editorial features editor of The Wall Street Journal mocked the Jewish women's reaction as an "absurdity" and suggested that they had been coerced by "Orthodox rabbis [all male]." Other media took similar approaches to the goings-on.
Those of us in the Orthodox community were amused — though rather surprised — by all the attention. Obviously, we took the issue seriously, but there was little sign around us of armed uprising or end-of-the-world hysteria.
The women among us selflessly and responsibly put aside their wigs in favor of other head-coverings until they could ascertain their "kosher" status, and those wigs that did not meet halachic standards were discarded. To be sure, the wig story was the talk of our own global village, but what we read about ourselves in the larger world's press seemed like so much yellow journalism and purple prose.
Not long ago, all of us Americans were being warned about anthrax. After germ-laced mail was discovered here and there, we treated our mailboxes like terrorist lairs. Some of us wore rubber gloves to bring in the bills and flyers; suspicious letters were reported to the authorities. Hazmat-suited investigators gingerly entered places suspected of contamination in Washington, D.C., New York and elsewhere.
The media, of course, well covered that heightened state of concern for that invisible menace. But the caution those days was not characterized as hysteria, nor were there many words of mockery or disdain for the precautions taken.
The contrast between the media's treatment of one population's concern for a biohazard and another's concern for a major religious principle highlights the unfortunate fact that, to the press, religion is silly. To most people, though, religion indeed matters.
We've certainly seen the negative side of that coin of late, with mass murderers clearly motivated by warped but undeniably religious concerns. But even as we confront the fact — and it's hardly a new one — that religious devotion can lead to evil things, we must not fall prey to treating religious devotion, inherently, as suspect.
Judaism's core teaching is monotheism; devotion to that ideal can be expressed in myriad ways — from the daily proclamation of God's oneness in the Shema to the refusal to use an item that may have been used in a polytheistic rite. To believing and observant Jews, such things are parts of the highest human achievement: service to God.
The press' treatment of the wig controversy in the Orthodox Jewish community did not adequately recognize that fact. That lapse may have been a manifestation of the reality revealed in a recent Pew Research Center survey. A mere 12 percent of self-described "moderate" journalists said they thought belief in God is a necessary underpinning of morality. Among self-described "liberals," the figure was a mere 3 percent.
While the journalists polled were not asked if they themselves believe in a Divine Being, one might be forgiven for surmising what the result of that question would have been — or for imagining that it might well have helped explain why so much of journalism today has so jaundiced a view of anything religious.
Rabbi Avi Shafran is director of public affairs for Agudath Israel of America.


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Kerry warns of Russia 'isolation'
America and its allies are ready to step up measures to "isolate Russia politically, diplomatically and economically" unless Moscow orders its troops in Crimea back to their barracks, US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned.
Mr Kerry's warning came as Prime Minister David Cameron said that Russia's failure to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine was "unacceptable" and that any further incursion would be met by " further steps" from the international community.
Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that it was "absolutely legitimate" for Moscow to use "all available means" to protect the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine - and left no doubt that this included the use of military force as a "last resort".
"Regarding the deployment of troops, the use of armed forces, so far, there is no need for it, but the possibility remains," said Mr Putin in a press conference held shortly after he ordered thousands of Russian soldiers on a military exercise near the Ukrainian border to return to their permanent bases.
Characterising Russia's actions as "humanitarian", Mr Putin accused the West of supporting an "unconstitutional coup" to oust Ukraine's legitimate president Viktor Yanukovych and warned that any punitive response from the international community would backfire by causing "mutual harm" to both Russia and its critics.
But Barack Obama said that Mr Putin was not "fooling anyone" and urged him to comply with international demands to de-escalate the crisis. "I think everyone recognises that, although Russia has legitimate interests in what happens in a neighbouring state, that doesn't give it the right to use force as a means of exerting influence inside of that state," said the US President.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said that Mr Putin's claims to be acting in response to an appeal for help from Mr Yanukovych and in defence of Ukraine's Russian-national population were "baseless".
In a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Hague said there was "a grave risk of escalation or miscalculation and a threat to hard-won peace and security in Europe". He commended the authorities in Kiev for their "refusal to be provoked" and urged them to maintain this position.
Mr Hague made clear he had no doubt that the troops in Crimea were acting on Moscow's orders, despite Mr Putin's insistence that they were "local self-defence units".
And he insisted that all of Britain's options "remain open" in response to the Russian actions, telling MPs that an inadvertently-revealed document which appeared to rule out trade sanctions was "not necessarily a guide to the decisions that will be made by Her Majesty's Government".
Mr Hague urged Russian ministers to meet with him tomorrow in Paris at a hastily-arranged conference to discuss the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, under which international powers including Russia gave assurances on the security and territorial integrity of Ukraine as it gave up its nuclear weapons. And he called on Moscow to agree to the deployment of international monitors from the UN and Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to Ukraine.
Speaking during a visit to the Midlands, Mr Cameron said that his message to the people of Ukraine was that "we back your ability to choose your own future".
The Prime Minister added: "We... are sending a very clear message to the Government in Russia that what has happened is unacceptable.
"That failing to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine: that is not an acceptable way to behave and we have said very clearly there will be costs and consequences diplomatically, politically and economically, from the decisions that have been taken.
"And we need to send an even more clear message that if there are further incursions into the Ukraine territorial integrity and sovereignty, then further steps would have to be taken."
Meanwhile Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Moscow had agreed to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Nato-Russia Council tomorrow to discuss the situation under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty, which allows for consultations when the "territorial integrity, political independence, or security" of a member state is threatened.
The US agreed a one billion dollar (£600m) emergency loan guarantee to support heavily-indebted Ukraine, and Mr Kerry said Washington was looking at "a broader, more comprehensive plan".
Speaking after talks with the interim Ukrainian government in Kiev, Mr Kerry said Russia should abide by the 1997 agreement which grants it a naval base in the Crimean port of Sebastapol, but bars it from deploying troops outside this base.
"Russia, if it wanted to help de-escalate this situation could return its troops to the barracks, live by the 1997 base agreement and de-escalate, rather than expand, their invasion," said the Secretary of State.
"The United States of America would prefer to see this de-escalated. We would prefer to see this managed through the structures of legal institutions, international institutions that we have worked many years in order to deal with this kind of crisis.
"But if Russia does not choose to de-escalate, if it is not willing to work directly with the government of Ukraine as we hope they will be, then our partners will have absolutely no choice but to join us to continue to expand upon steps we have taken in recent days In order to isolate Russia politically, diplomatically and economically."
While Western nations "get" the historical context of Russia's desires, Mr Kerry said, "it is not appropriate to invade a country and, at the end of a barrel of a gun, dictate what you are trying to achieve. That is not 21st century, G8 major nation behaviour."
Tensions continued in Crimea, where warning shots were fired by Russian troops at Ukrainian soldiers who turned up at Beklek air base, singing the Ukrainian national anthem and demanding access to their workplace.
Mr Putin insisted that Russian troops in Crimea had been forced to step up security to defend their own bases against threats from "armed nationalists", but insisted that there was "no need" to deploy them elsewhere. And he added: "I proceed from the idea that we will not have to do anything of the kind in eastern Ukraine."
But he warned: "If we see... uncontrolled crime spreading to the eastern regions of the country, and if the people ask us for help, while we already have the official request from the legitimate President, we retain the right to use all available means to protect those people. We believe this would be absolutely legitimate. This is our last resort."


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Damn...So need to get me some...I love this video....So want to be that babysitter...Someone please come & make me wet and scream for more
east coast?
a couple a babysit for were good friends of my parents the kids spill milk on my cloths so i spent rest of the night in bra and panties while i wash cloths i fell sleep on their bed watching tv he wakes me up as he kissing me it was nice he ask to fuck me i look around the room he told me she not here i removed my bra and he took off my panties than eating my pussy he raises up puts slide his large cock balls deep into my pussy i put my legs on his sholders he started pounding me i had my eyes closed my head turned to the left i than turn to the right i open my eyes and there she was and another man he was another friend of my parents they were both naked i tryed to stop she was like its ok she kisses me some than they get on other side of bed they start fucking while he fucking her she watching her husband fuck me they finish first he cums in her they sit back watch us finish he comes on my tummy she sucks his cock a little than licks his cum off me ,we all sat there talking than the other guy says i allways wanted some young pussy can i fuck u so now they sit on the other side of the bed watch their friend fuck me he cums in my pussy and she eats my pussy after i put my bra panty back on i go into laundry room i find out i forgot to put them in dryer they still in washer she gives me one of his long shirts to wear home i go into kitchen he pays me for babysiting she walks over to me kiss me we make out for a good 5 min with our tongues lots of ass grabbing she lift up my shirt her hands under my panties grabbing my ass hard we gave the guys a good show just as soon i walked out door closes i can hear them say whooo hooo and claping
Good story- have you more?. Yum.
Die beiden weiber würd ich auch gern ficken und voll spritzen :-)
Water Wenches of Tampa Bay! That Old Whore is fucking SWEET!
Tracy Licks ALWAYS makes my 8" throbbing cock rock hard and ready to shoot with plenty of ammo! :-)
Hot so hot
Our babysitter can fuck better
THIS VID IS SO FUCKIN HOT but especially from about 640 on - GREAT shot of both girls sucking dick. Then one guy cums in the older girls mouth, she swaps cum with the other girl. A few minutes later the second guy cums in the babysitters mouth and again they swap. Mmmmmm. i wish there was more likr this
ID fuck the older one anyday
Babysitter is ugly
I'm a man and I would love to kiss the girls with cum in their mouths. That's hot.
That older broad is hot, I'd fuck that in a instantm :)
LOL... everyone is naked 24/7 on that house
Oh il son tous exiter j'aime sa.
Swapping cum like that is hot... Good fucking.. Older woman is hot as well.. Nice vid!
I want to move to this trailer park
Excellent Flick. Nice sex. Nice script. Everybody wants to fuck the babysitter!
Makes my pussy drip.......
Oh that was hot! Very naughty.. I wanna do that.
hey Muppet4.. if your cock is nice I'll fuck you and lick your cock.
I seen a few different videos involving the one couple and this baby sitter. I wonder if she even got any sleep that night.
wow great women.
noooo the older broad is FUGLY !!!!
video gets me everytime
I would love to join that party too. I been to couple party like this and i would love to have sex with the babysitter too. The older women is hot too.
where do I find these babysitters
Cute cock share- nice.
Duck Me
time to jerk off
Can I have some
I need someone to fuck me, as im horney
The guys should be also bisexual
Hi. Sex
This looks like it could be fun. I would love to join those couple having fun
what a nice pink pussy
could I get a babysitter like that
where can I find a nice young babysitter with a cunt like that?
This was anthor good follow up to the other video where the wife & baby sitter got it on. I like how they are all taking turns with the babysitter. Like the saying goes they are turning her into a door knob and taking a turn with her. I would love to be in line with both the wife & babysitter too.
I fuckin love this vid! I get hard as a rock every time i watch it and i watch it many times
dam cum hop on myndick
hass..i want dem..:)
Lol someone has to pay the rent some how
Like the story the turtle and the hare has tought us, slow and steady wins the race, and at 03:27 that was the case there
a would them all 1 man in my ass n 1 in my pussy n suckin that woman pussy
Something tells me they're all related to each other LOL
thats casual for that family i guess
Gimme the older bird anyday............
thats funny as shit that the thing they all have in common is they fucked the babysitter
Ya the baby sitter is super hot.
Since the coule that hired the babysitter are...FUCKING OLD...my guess the "kids" being babysat are about 30-35...
Great video but next time keep granny out of it...The first guy couldnt even keep a boner because granny was sucking him off....Funny shit!!!
Obviously this baby sitter isn't getting payed for watching over the kids, can't get a feeling of any kids around either. Anyhow, one of my favorite videos on youporn. Everybody wants to fuck the babysitter!
keep quiet you fuckers, the damn baby's gonna wake up!
Un orgia molto eccitante,specie nel finale
I'd love to fuck the babysitter from behind - such a lovely ass. Love the tow kissing cum off each other - hard as nails watching this!!
cumswapping ladies; so hot. My wife has done it a cpl times, thats got to change to a lot of times. even though I've just cum, the second their lips meet, I'm instantly hard again.
What the heck are you doing to our babysitter??? lmao
i live in a house like this and we do this stuff all the time and always naked
She's a good girl. Incredible.
pretty sure these are americans..is this how they live ....wowow can they still see themselves in the malls..what a job...!!
they made the bed before they had sex in it lol
I wonder how they raise the kids. lol
fuck you porn
That young girl has a great ass - would love to be the guy playing with it. The wife is hot too and knows how to suck a cock - or two.
the old men are hot
Thats the Florida Connection. There was a movie on here long time ago where at least 4-5 couples were having fun...no actors, just great fucking. :-)
I want to live in a trailer park!!!
I like this house where everyone sleeps in the nude.
"Foo mont gum??"
Would love to fuck the older broad. She's hot!
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Court hears Texas dispute over Confederate flag
Nov. 6, 2013 at 5:06 a.m.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group that petitioned for a customized Texas license plate featuring the Confederate battle flag on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to revive its lawsuit against the state officials who rejected the design.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn't indicate how soon it would rule after hearing arguments on both sides of the dispute.
The Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued members of the state Department of Motor Vehicles Board in 2011 after they denied its application for a specialty plate.
The group says its design honors the memory of Confederate soldiers and represents Southern heritage, but the board concluded it would offend many residents who believe the flag is a racially charged symbol of repression.
John McConnell, a lawyer for the nonprofit group, said the board engaged in "viewpoint discrimination" that trampled on his client's First Amendment right to freedom of expression.
"Obviously, there is a debate over what the meaning of the Confederate battle flag is," McConnell said. "The state cannot enter the debate and silence one point of view and endorse the views of others."
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks dismissed the group's lawsuit in April, ruling the First Amendment doesn't require the state to place the flag on government-controlled property.
Texas Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell denied that the board discriminated against the group. Mitchell said the "government-speech doctrine" allows the state to pick and choose which messages and symbols appear on the state-issued plates.
If the board was required to maintain "viewpoint neutrality," its members would have to issue specialty plates to anyone who applied for one or else scrap the program altogether, Mitchell argued.
"There's no way to issue a specialty plate without favoring one viewpoint over another," he said.
5th Circuit Judge Jerry Smith asked McConnell why the design of customized plates wouldn't be protected government speech. McConnell said Texas has authorized roughly 300 specialty plates for a wide variety of groups, including some with overtly religious symbols. When drivers spend extra money to get customized plates, it's a form of personal expression, he argued.
"In this case, there is a real message that is expressed by the Confederate flag," McConnell said.
The board received hundreds of comments opposed to the group's design and heard objections from elected officials, clergy members, NAACP members and other critics during a November 2011 board meeting.
Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod asked Mitchell if the board bases its decisions on the prevailing opinions expressed by the public during its meetings.
"It's dependent on the board's judgment," Mitchell said.
McConnell argued that speech can't be restricted simply because it might offend somebody.
"There's a real problem with defining what level of offensiveness would matter here," he said.
In a court filing, lawyers for the Sons of Confederate Veterans said the group currently has specialty license plates featuring the Confederate flag available in Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Elrod asked Mitchell whether Texas is "out of step" with other states on the issue.
Mitchell said it's difficult to answer that question, but "some of them were done under court orders and some of them were done under the specter of threatened litigation."


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Driven: Mercedes G63 AMG
As quantifiably bad as it is extremely cool, the 'new' twin-turbo G63 proves life really isn't fair, but Harris loves it all the same
been updated for 2012 with a new interior, some exterior tweaks and, in the case of the AMG variants, two apocalyptically silly new powertrain options. Replacing the old G55 Kompressor - largely because they'd run out of engines to bolt into the unsuspecting old shed - is the new bi-turbo, 5.5-litre V8 already starring in AMGs of the E, CLS, S and SL variety. This time it has 544hp and is limited to 560lb ft. Sitting above it is the newly elected crowning-star of silliness, the twin-turbo V12 G65 AMG. This offers 612hp and 737lb ft. The G63 is the only version available to test at this time. (And we won't be getting the G65 here, last we heard - Ed.)
Surprising, yet unsurprising
The G63 somehow manages simultaneously to be both the least surprising and most surprising vehicle I have driven in 2012. Everything you understand about it - the ancient body-on-frame construction, the immense power, the staggering 2,550kg mass for something that isn't actually that large - all confirms what is already known. Namely that this will re-adjust your perceptions of fast-truckdom. But even when mentally prepared for this you cannot fail to be astounded when you first get the chance to open the taps between 50 and 120mph. The engine and exhaust roar, the wind noise, the utter carnage of insect death on the vertical screen. It's madness. It's also addictive.
This thing belongs on the autobahn or the city centre. Anything in between is no-man's-land for all the reasons you would expect. Especially the new ESP system, which calls time so early you think it's broken. Switch it off and it allows a nanosecond of bad behaviour before regaining control and, thanks Hal, switching itself on again.
I suppose we should be exasperated that one of the world's great off-road machines, and the only SUV of its type in Europe that can still be bought with individually locking front, centre and rear differentials, has been turned into an urban dragster. If you want to get muddy, Merc will sell you a G350 CDI. The G63 is the definitive look-at-me truck. It burbles through quad side-exit exhausts and each tickle of throttle releases vast quantities of noise into the atmosphere. I'm sure it's been tuned to make the best possible use of reflections and echoes from buildings.
Its traffic light sprinting credentials are impressive. Now fitted with the AMG Speedshift 7G-Tronic transmission, it launches itself with a little Yokohama chirp, monsters first gear then shifts quickly and smoothly into second, by which time it has recorded 5.4 seconds for the profoundly meaningless 0-62mph sprint. I did it time and again, and never became bored. The heaving, the squat, the prow rising, the noise - all of it makes for one of the great motoring events.
The (daft) facts and figures
AMG claims a 13 per cent reduction in fuel consumption on account of the new seven-speed 'box and stop-start technology. I averaged 12mpg and wasn't being that badly behaved, but then people who spend €137,504 (around £122,000 when it lands here) don't really care about that - the 96-litre tank gives a half-reasonable range.
There is no earthly reason to buy this car, and for many that alone is the very reason to buy it. AMG already has over 300 orders for the LHD only, €264,180 G65 AMG, and it only sees its overall contribution to total G-Class sales increasing in 2012. In 2011, 40 per cent of all Gs were AMGs.
It's hard to deny that G63 sales are perhaps the ultimate barometer for the irresponsible use of wealth. But it is harder for those of us who love interesting machinery to deny that there is something undeniably appealing about this car - whereas the infinitely more capable BMW X6 M remains profoundly uncool. Why is that?
Engine: 5,461cc V8, twin turbocharged
Transmission: 7-speed auto, all-wheel drive
Power (hp): 544@5,500rpm
Torque (lb ft): 560@2,000rpm
0-62mph: 5.4 sec
Top speed: 131mph
Weight: 2,550kg (LWB)
MPG: 16.8 (NEDC combined)
CO2: 322g/km
Price: £122,000 (est for UK)
....the new ESP system, which calls time so early you think it's broken. That's the bit that really kills me, same thing in every Merc I've driven.
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Historical Context
(Short Stories for Students)
Oscar Wilde wrote at the end of the Victorian period, named for Queen Victoria. This period marked the rise of a growing middle class in Great Britain. This middle class had gained wealth through the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a result of Britain's expanding empire. The values of this class stood in marked contrast to the values of an older aristocracy. Members of the aristocracy had traditionally depended on land for income and were used to inheriting wealth rather than earning it. The middle class idealized the importance of the family, thrift, and hard work. However, many working-class Victorians lived in poverty and squalor. Government commissions microscopically examined the living conditions of the poor in an attempt to improve everything from sewage systems to education. Mid-Victorian novelists used their art to bring attention to the social problems of the day.
Aesthetic Backlash
Oscar Wilde was a follower of the Aesthetic— also known as the Decadent Movement—which had developed in France and had been introduced into England in the late 1800s. The Decadents believed that beauty should be valued above all else. Believing in ''art for art's sake,'' the Decadents shunned the social problem novels that flourished earlier in the Victorian period. As Oscar Wilde wrote in his famous preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray,"No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist...
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Paul is now part of the fourth generation in America that is involved in farming and hopes the next generation will be involved also. Through his blog he provides analysis and insight to farmer tax questions.
We had a reader ask us the following question:
When the real estate market was hot several years ago, many real estate investors took advantage of a tax-deferred exchange to defer their income tax on the sale of real estate. Many of these investors rolled their gain over into farm land.
Now that the farm land market is heating up, many farmers may want to lock in their gain and sell their property.
They have two options:
Some sellers are able to do an immediate exchange of property with other taxpayers, however, the substantial majority of sellers take advantage of a tax-deferred exchange by using an accommodator to handle this transaction. An accommodator will hold the funds while the seller finds other property to purchase and then transfer the funds to handle this purchase.
The key dates on this type of exchange is from the date you actually sell the property, you have 45 days to identify the property you want to buy and a total of 180 days to actually purchase the property.
I have many taxpayers call me after selling the property to ask about deferring the gain. I will ask if they used an accommodator and they indicate they have already gotten the cash from the sale. I then have to tell them that they are too late since any time you receive the cash personally, you can no longer defer the gain.
Remember, you must engage the accommodator before selling the property.
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Federal judge orders Adams man facing child porn charges held without bail
SPRINGFIELD -- A federal judge has ordered an Adams man facing child pornography charges held without bail pending the outcome of his case.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael A. Ponsor based his decision to hold 53-year-old William Guinan without the right to bail on the belief there was a serious risk the defendant would not appear for further proceedings. Guinan did not contest the move.
Guinan had his home raided by members of the federal Department of Homeland Security on Nov. 29 as part of an ongoing investigation into the exchange, distribution and possession of child pornography through an online peer-to-peer file-sharing program.
Law enforcement officials confiscated a computer at the home and allegedly discovered a cache of child pornography on the machine.
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by JoeZhang, Jul 20, 2013.
It doesn't work out if Robin's taller, IMO.
Ahem... Michael Keaton....
Well I did say most, not all!
Nicolas Cage! ( I'm gonna push it to "some"!)
I read that as "no."
Cage already did his take on Batman! But, I can see Andy Samberg doing his thing on SNL now--"I have to be in that movie, Seth."
Had to dredge this up from 2004…
As for my choices… Wentworth Miller as Batman and Jason Statham as Alfred. Anyone who watches Beware the Batman knows what I'm talking about.
^I don't see it. Wentworth looks too young to be a convincing Batman.
I was thinking about Statham as Batman the other day. He could do the action stuff, but I don't know if he'd be convincing as Wayne.
That's because that photo is probably 15 years old. He's 41 now. (But I'm not sure he'd be a great choice, either.)
I was about to joke he should have a "the third" after his name, but a google search showes he does.
IIRC, Miller auditioned for Superman when Brett Ratner was involved and that led to him playing the lead in Prison Break, which Ratner exec-produced. But I don't really see him as Batman. Maybe Dominic Purcell, his PB, co-star, when younger.
Whoever plays Batman in this film needs to look like he could hold his own with Henry Cavill. Yes, obviously Batman can never match Supes for physical strength but if you have a small, scrawny Batman standing beside Cavill's imposing hunk, the disparity is going to be so glaring.
So you're saying the D J Qualls rumor is false?
I wasn't familiar with him, but yeah he could really work as Batman.
That one pic makes him look like Joey Tribbiani.
So I just finished watching Dredd with my wife and now I'm thinking Karl Urban would make a pretty damn good Batman.
I think Karl Urban could do it - he could do a decent Bruce Wayne also - can do that more upbeat "playboy" Bruce, but also a more series - modern comics era Bruce too. One that is still physically imposing enough to not be taken lightly, but not so much so that people wonder why he's so in shape.
Plus he's got a good growly voice that you can actually understand.
The problem of course is that he has to build an American accent again from first principles, we have no idea what his Bruce Wayne is going to sound like.
^^ Well, one could get around that with just saying he's been travelling the world for about fifteen years during his youth training to become Batman. That, of course, would open the whole origin can of worms again.
Urban works for me. He was also good as a smart, focused, dangerous, special agent in RED. (Check out his big fight scene with Bruce Willis.)
And his American accent, too.
Yeah, his american accent works fine.
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The move from the Mountain West Conference to the Big 12 has enhanced TCU's recruiting cachet.
It certainly helped head coach Gary Patterson assemble - and maintain - a solid recruiting class that is ranked 36th in the country and fifth in the Big 12 by Rivals.com.
Patterson, however, isn't satisfied. He seeks much more grandiose results for the Fort Worth-based Horned Frogs.
And he thinks he knows where he can get them: His backyard.
"The [Dallas-Fort Worth] Metroplex has never had a Big 12 school," Patterson said on National Signing Day. "What we should become to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the same thing that Texas A&M is to Houston and Texas is to Austin."
Doing so will be tough task, according to Rivals.com Texas analyst Brian Perroni. TCU will battle old and new rivals.
"The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is a big-time hotbed for both Texas and Oklahoma," Perroni said. "And with new assistant coach David Beaty at Texas A&M, it will become a priority for the Aggies as well.
"That being said, there is a ton of talent in the region."
TCU proved that this year. It made a solid showing in the area by signing four-star defensive end and Rivals250 player Devonte Fields of Arlington Martin, three-star athlete Kolby Listenbee of Arlington Bowie and three-star offensive lineman Halapoulivaati Vaitai of nearby Haltom City.
"TCU won a tough battle against several schools to keep Fields close to home," Perroni said.
The Horned Frogs also showed some national appeal with four-star quarterback Tyler Matthews of McPherson, Kan., three-star defensive end Terrell Lathan of West Monroe, La., and three-star defensive backs Zach Jackson and Jordan Moore from the Atlanta area.
Patterson also signed four-star tight end Griffin Gilbert from Austin (Texas) Lake Travis.
Of course, Patterson recruited well at TCU when it was in the Mountain West Conference. The school has been ranked in the Rivals Top 50 the past four seasons. And last year's class remains it best ever, ranked 26th in the nation.
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Still, Patterson said Big 12 membership will be a big impact: "One of the things that had been held against us was that weren't in the Big 12," he said.
In fact, he feels the school already has benefited.
"I think (moving to the Big 12) helped us hold on to our class," he said. "There were a lot of changes in college football with commitments. Going into the Big 12 really helped us solidify a lot of our class."
But TCU will need to be more than just a Big 12 school to solidify itself in the talent-rich Metroplex. It will need to become a Big 12 power.
"The move to the Big 12 has definitely allowed TCU to go after a higher-caliber recruit, but the winning product on the field has a lot to do with it as well," Perroni said. "To beat Texas and Oklahoma consistently in DFW, though, the Horned Frogs are going to have to have a strong first couple of years on the field in Big 12 play."
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How will children react to a parent's cancer diagnosis?
Children take cues about cancer from parents and other adults. How a child reacts to a cancer diagnosis often depends on how their parents or other close adults handle the crisis. Kids learn through their parents' behavior. Although parents know this, they are under a great deal of stress and have their own intense feelings of fear and uncertainty. Sometimes, with the right kind of help, parents and their children can and do learn to cope well with cancer and its treatments.
The focus here is mainly on talking with children when a parent has cancer, but you also can use these ideas if another adult loved one has cancer. If a child in the family has cancer, you may want to read Children Diagnosed With Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis. You can find it online at www.cancer.org or call us for a copy.
Why do we need to tell children that a parent has cancer?
Some parents are afraid their children will worry more if they are told the facts about what's happening. It's important to keep in mind that parents and children have very different life experiences. This makes it unlikely that a child will react to a problem the same way an adult would.
Cancer is an impossible secret to keep. You've probably already noticed that children tend to overhear adults talking about subjects not meant for them. This happens even when the child looks busy with other things and doesn't seem to be listening. If they think something is being kept from them, some kids will even look for ways to listen without being noticed. When children hear these conversations, they often pick up on the anxiety and worry of their parents. Even if they don't overhear anything, they can see that others are acting differently and usually sense that something is wrong. Kids tend to be afraid and believe the worst if they haven't been given complete information. The effort it takes to keep such secrets may rob the parent of precious energy, too.
If children hear about their parent's cancer from someone else, like a curious neighbor or a classmate, it can destroy the trust that parents have worked to build. If children think their parents are being vague on purpose or are trying to hide something from them, they might find it hard to know when they are being told the truth. It's better that parents learn how to share this information truthfully, and in a way that allows the child to understand and take part in the discussion.
Another problem in keeping cancer a secret is that the child may assume that whatever is happening is too terrible to talk about. This might make them feel isolated or shut out from the family, because no one will talk about their biggest concern. This means that the natural desire parents have to protect their kids sometimes only makes things harder for the child. Parents know that it's impossible to shield children from all of the stressful parts of life, and that part of their job is to teach their children how to manage these challenges.
Once treatment starts, the child may see side effects like tiredness, weight changes, hair loss, or vomiting. They see that the parent is sick, and might assume that the parent is going to die. They may think that others in the family will get the same illness. They may think that life as they know it will end. Not knowing what's going on or how to cope with it can be terrifying to a child. To avoid this, children need to be told about the illness. They should know in advance the kinds of side effects that cancer treatment might cause.
Helping Children When A Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis
- How will children react to a parent's cancer diagnosis?
- How should children be told that a parent has cancer?
- Should I expect my child to be upset?
- Are there certain responses I should expect?
- What if my child asks if I'm going to die?
- How can I reassure my child that everything will be fine?
- How will I know if my child needs extra help?
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Pingora Peak Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2015
|Day before we got to base and there was a party of 8 complete with beginners, short roped etc. Tried to climb crack to left to pass, butno luck. So bailed and did Wolf's Head. Came back next day and no one S Buttress as luck would have it. Fun route
|Posted Aug 9, 2015 8:15 pm
|NE face
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2012
|What a classic route. A little stiff for 5.8 but still quite reasonable.
|Posted Oct 7, 2013 4:54 pm
|Via the Northeast Face
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2013
|Sept 10, 2013 - Climbed the Northeast Face with Mike Sullivan. Damn tough "5.8".
|Posted Sep 16, 2013 12:41 am
|Alex Wood
|South Butt
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2013
|We spent 4 days and 3 nights in the cirque. We hiked in late in the after noon on the first day and got to our camp by dinner. We did Pingora the first day and had the tower to ourselves. To beat the bugs, we stayed at Cirque Lake until dinner After climbing Pingora. We ended up doing a 5.9 variation. For some reason, we started climbing up the chossy and icy Tiger-Pingora Col. Realizing this was not the right we, we started climbing and I did a 230'ft pitch in funky class five and up terrain to reach the ledges at the start of South Buttress proper. From here, we got off route again and climbed a left facing dihedral that went to a finger crack. This turned out to be 5.9. We finished with the spectacular k-cracks! Such a fun climb!
|Posted Aug 24, 2013 10:05 am
|Garon Coriz
|NE Face
Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2013
|Great climb despite the hail/rain and entanglements with other climbers running the same route.
|Posted Aug 15, 2013 12:30 am
|Awesome day
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2013
|Sweet route, varied terrain- crack, face, odd positions. Fun all around.
|Posted Jul 29, 2013 11:18 pm
|great piece of rock!
|Posted Jul 27, 2013 9:14 pm
|Up I Go
|6/23/13 Climbed via South Buttress in route to Wolf Head.
07/22/14 Climbed NE Face with 5.9 variation with Nick Gaddy
|Posted Jun 25, 2013 12:08 pm
|Does it get better than this
Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2011
|Boom! So frickin' awesome! God's country for sure! Did the Southeast face, Got a little dehydrated there for a bit, didn't bring enough water. Will know better next time!
|Posted Apr 15, 2013 9:29 am
|South Buttress & East Face, Left Side Cracks
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2012
|7/1/12 - Climbed the popular 3 pitch South Buttress route on our 1st day in the Cirque to test the waters. I led the long P2. Finished on the 5.8 left K-Crack. Fun route to a cool summit and a great intro to the area.
7/3/12 - Went back for the much more committing East Face, Left Side Cracks route. 11 pitches, pretty tiring. I only led P2, P4 & P6. Top part felt tough for 5.7. Awesome!
|Posted Jul 6, 2012 10:01 pm
|South Buttress
Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2002
|Great route, fewer mosquitoes later in the year but taking a chance on bad weather.
|Posted May 1, 2012 2:32 pm
|East Face, Left Cracks
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2011
|Longest route on Pingora, with lots of quality climbing. Hail, rain, and lightning started two pitches from the top. Ran down the gully to the rap station, got soaked on the hike back to camp.
|Posted Sep 11, 2011 2:31 pm
|South Buttress
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2011
|Great climb. Hands down my favorite climb to date. Had the whole mountain to ourselves and not a mosquito in site. Thanks Matt for another safe and successful trip.
|Posted Sep 9, 2011 10:10 pm
|E Face History question
|I have the '68 (2nd) edition of the Bonney guide for reference and wonder if anyone knows if this classic NE face route is same one listed there as the E face (IV, 5.8, A3, 1st asc. by Daley and Yensan in 8/62)? There is no NE face route listed in that guide...but it sounds the same. If they are the same route I find it remarkable that that route is now only a 5.8 without any aid!!!
I climbed the ESE face route (IV, 5.7 A3, a Becky, Marts, Davis route from 7/63) with 2 friends in the summer of '77 (I think the E face sounded too difficult for us and our RR, and PA climbing shoes...) There is no mention of that climb anywhere on the net these days - it was great! Although the top 300' of A3 (a single hairline crack on the blank upper wall) is hard to imagine going free at any moderate grade. As it was, we took awhile doing it (2 full pitches, all small stoppers if I recall), and ended up spending the night atop Pingora... waiting for the sun to rise.
|Posted Sep 3, 2011 1:18 am
|South Butt-K cracks
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011
|Fun climb. Four other parties on the route, so we got a bit logjammed.
|Posted Aug 14, 2011 10:54 am
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2011
|In the Wind's for three days and two night. Worst mosquito's I have ever encountered in six trips to the winds. I got over 400 mosquito bites. My partner had even more. All three pitches of the South Buttress 5.6, 5.6 and 5.8 K crack were great.
|Posted Jul 31, 2011 7:53 pm
|Pingora/Wolf's Head
|August 2010 - had a long beautiful day linking Pingora and Wolf's Head.
|Posted Dec 25, 2010 6:17 am
|S Butress, K Cracks
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2009
|Climbed the S. Buttress (with K Cracks last pitch) as the first of three routes on three consecutive days in the Cirque. We had GREAT weather, and the climbing was super-relaxed. Alpine cragging!
|Posted Feb 5, 2010 3:52 am
|South Buttress
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2009
|Easy but beautiful climb on incredibly solid rock. It started showering/hailing as we topped out. NE Face, you're next.
|Posted Sep 7, 2009 5:36 pm
|Sweet Route
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2009
|SE Buttress... Really awesome climb. Great quality rock. We did it in 4 pitches though... 8 seems like it would take forever.
|Posted Aug 26, 2009 11:23 pm


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Joe and Mary (both in their early 60s) consider themselves blessed. Joe started his one-man-show business in 1975. The first dozen years were a struggle. Then revenue and profits began to blossom.
More customers. More employees. Now, two key employees are his only kids, Sam and Sid. After college Joe insisted they work elsewhere for three years. They did. Got great experience. Now the boys run the business (Success Co.), with (when necessary) some coaching and help from Joe.
First, let's take a look at Joe's current wealth. This year's annual personal financial statement prepared for the bank by Joe's CPA (Cal) shows a net worth of $18.5 million. Included are two homes: the primary residence in Michigan and Mary and Joe's winter home in Florida; the land and building leased to Success Co.; Joe's 401(k) [$1.1 million]; and a stock and bond portfolio ($1.6 million). The prime asset, of course, is Success Co., which Cal values at $11.7 million.
How did Joe feel about taxes? Income taxes are okay. "The price of doing business in America," he would declare. But estate taxes, he fumes using a few expletives to describe his feelings toward what he calls, "A double tax on success."
Now let's talk about (Joe's) taxes -- estate taxes. The President signed the new tax law, avoiding the "fiscal cliff," on Jan.2, 2013. The part of the law concerning estate taxes made two significant changes: (1) lowered the top estate tax rate to 40% (55% by old law) starting in 2013; and (2) continuing forever $5 million (tied to inflation) that is free of the gift or estate tax, starting on Jan. 1, 2013. Because of inflation the free amount rose to $5.125 million in 2012 and is now $5.25 million for 2013.
Are you married? That's times two or $10.5 million for 2013; and will grow in future years, boosted by inflation.
As soon as (Jan. 3) Joe heard the new estate tax news he called a meeting with Cal and his attorney (Lenny, specializing in estate planning).
Joe had questions: First, "What would my estate tax be on my current net worth?" Everyone had a copy of Joe's latest personal financial statement. "In the $3.2 million range," answered Lenny.
"But my wealth grows almost every year, particularly the value of Success Co. What happens to the estate tax cost as my wealth rises?" Lenny responded: "Well for every $1 million in increased wealth, your estate tax bill will go up $400,000."
The Problem
Joe kept asking questions. Lenny or Cal would answer. Then Cal said, "Let me try to summarize the problem and once we all agree on the problem, we will try to solve it." After a bit of give-and-take discussion, all agreed this is Joe's problem: Joe's wealth is already in the highest estate tax bracket (40%). The value of Success Co. continues to grow. It should be removed from his estate (by some kind of transfer to Sam and Sid) as soon as possible. Joe must retain control of Success Co. for as long as he lives. Also, Joe and Mary must have a flow of income to maintain their lifestyle when Joe retires in three years.
All agreed the above was the problem to be solved. A long discussion followed concerning the fate of Success Co.: sell the company to Sam and Sid; give it to them; have the company redeem Joe's stock; different variations and combinations.
No cigar. Try as they would, a viable solution could not be found. The next day Joe called me.
The Solution
Joe sent me a file of documents that, together with his input, brought me up to speed on the problem. What Joe did not realize is that his problem is not unique. Many family business owners have been down the same frustrating path.
A sale kicks up current capital gains tax. A gift means no more income to Joe and Mary. Variations suffer one or both disadvantages. And inflation, for either a sale or gift, remains an unknown fear factor for Joe when he retires
What to do?
Enter a concept called "Spousal Access Trusts." As you will see SATs, which are irrevocable, solve every issue raised by Joe's problem.
The first step in creating SATs for Joe and Mary is to divide the Success Co. stock so Joe and Mary each own 50% of the nonvoting stock.
NOTE: If you do not have voting/nonvoting stock, it is a simple tax-free transaction to create them. Typically, Joe will keep (say 100 shares) the voting stock and control of Success Co. The nonvoting stock (say 10,000 shares) is gifted to the SATs: 5,000 shares to Mary's trust and 5,000 to Joe's trust.
Now Joe and Mary can each use all or a portion of their $5.25 million gift tax-free exemption when gifting the nonvoting stock to the trusts.
An important tax note: nonvoting stock is entitled to various discounts of about 40% making the 10,000 shares that were gifted to the SATs worth only about $7 million (rounded) for tax purposes.
Joe's trust, in simple terms, gives Mary a right to the trust income for life, and at her death the trust assets go to Sam and Sid. Mary's trust does the same for Joe.
It is critical that the trusts be drafted in such a way as to be different in order to avoid the so-called "reciprocal trust doctrine," which would pull the gifts made back into the grantor's estate. So, make sure you work only with an advisor who is experienced in drafting and working with SATs.
The second and final step is the operation of the SATs on a year-to-year basis. Joe and Mary are limited to working only with their spouse's trust to get the income they need from time to time. Any income that they do not take, stays in the trust and will eventually go to their heirs (kids and grandkids) estate tax-free.
A little summary: The results of the SATs for Joe and Mary are (1) Success Co. is out of Joe's estate, but he keeps control; (2) the income earned by Success Co. in the future will be available to Joe and Mary as needed; (3) when Joe and Mary have gone to the big business in the sky, (a) Success Co. and (b) all of the non-used income accumulated over the years in the SATs will go to Sam and Sid... free of the estate tax.
Joe's comment -- "WOW!" And even Lenny and Cal agreed.
If you have a business succession problem, logic tells you to consider SATs.
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"I heard that some scum magazines, print and internet trashed Kathy Ireland on Oscar Red Carpet night," Elizabeth Tweeted on Wednesday. "These rags said, to quote them, "She was either stoned or drunk and looked pregnant" – what???? They must be the ones on drugs."
The legendary actress was very pleased with Kathy's red carpet skills.
"I have never seen anyone epitomize glamour and grace and professionalism like she did," Elizabeth continued in a series of more Tweets. "I am boiling to the point of eruption at the injustice of those statements."
Following the Oscars, Kathy defended herself on Twitter, writing, "Laughed @ being hot topic on twitter 2night. So many mis understood that the J.O.Y. was being invited 2 co host."
The former Sports Illustrated model even dispelled rumors that she was expecting.
"Some say I looked pregnant.LOL! Not true…others say I was drinking…would LOL if it were not so sad. Just excited 2 be involved. Grateful," she Tweeted, and replied to another of her detractors, saying, "No meds or alcohol Angel===just J.O.Y.!"
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Legislative officials released reports from a pair of consultants hired to look at the Big River Steel facility proposed for Osceola in northeast Arkansas. Gov. Mike Beebe has asked the state to approve a $125 million financing plan for the project, which is expected to employ 525 people
One of the firms, Regional Economic Models Inc., said the mill's impact on the state's economy was generally positive when compared with the costs. REMI said the project would create about $400 million in additional gross domestic product during construction and about $150 million in subsequent years.
"The net fiscal costs are relatively low compared to the economic benefits, and increasing state taxes or decreasing spending to make the budget whole again to these degrees would have a smaller effect on the state's economy than opening and operating the steel plant," it said.
But REMI also raised concerns about the cost of a corporate income tax credit the facility would receive for recycling material. The credit, which would cover 30 percent of the cost of the equipment and its installation, would cost the state about $216 million over 14 years, state officials estimate.
"The large investments and operations do generate jobs, but the size of some of the incentives erodes much of the tax revenue presented to the state in the form of increased economic activity, payroll, taxable income, and business sales," the REMI report said.
The other report released Friday came from IHS Global Insights, which had said in an executive summary released a day earlier that it believed state economic development officials overestimated the benefits of the mill and didn't take into account uncertainty surrounding the project.
Arkansas Economic Development Executive Director Grant Tennille said the reports back up his agency's impression about the steel mill proposal.
"There are risks, as I've said from day one, but there are risks in every business endeavor," Tennille said. "We think we have taken appropriate steps to mitigate the risk. We think that once the legislators read the entirety of both reports, they'll be comfortable with the deal."
Tennille said the recycling tax credit would be limited when compared to the useful life of the plant, which he said is typically 40 years, and said it's a credit Big River Steel can only receive if it's making money.
"While REMI and others have said that the hit to the state over that 14 years, they view it as problematic, my view is when those 14 years have run, that's when our return is going to be maximized," Tennille said. He also noted that the incentives Arkansas is offering Big River Steel are dependent on the mill's performance.
Of the $125 million in bonds that Beebe wants to issue to help finance the project, $50 million would be a loan to the company while the remaining amount would be paid off by taxpayers. Big River Steel is led by John Correnti, a former Nucor Steel executive who engineered the 2007 launch of a successful $650 million steel mill at Columbus, Miss.
The reports were released as lawmakers prepare for a hearing Monday on the project.
House Speaker Davy Carter said earlier Friday that the reports would be useful in helping lawmakers evaluate the project, but he declined to say whether they had swayed his view of the project either way.
"If they had sent back something with two pages and said, 'This is great, no brainer,' I would have been worried," Carter, R-Cabot, told reporters. "At least they identified areas where we need to ask more questions about."


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The Senate approved a bill Monday that calls for finding reductions of hundreds of millions of dollars in what the government spends for physician fees on overpriced medical procedures.
The measure follows years of criticism of the way that Medicare, and in turn the entire U.S. health market, decides how much to pay a physician for performing a procedure.
"This is absolutely a move in the right direction," said Robert Berenson, a fellow at the Urban Institute and a longtime critic of the way the prices are set. The targeted cuts "keep the pressure on the process," he said.
The House approved the measure last week.
Exactly what a physician earns for performing a given procedure or exam is in large part determined by a collaboration between the American Medical Association (AMA), which assigns points to virtually every task that a physician charges for, and the federal Medicare system, which assigns dollars to each point.
The Medicare prices form the basis of prices throughout the U.S. health-care system because insurance companies base what they pay physicians on the government prices.
The measure approved Monday instructs Medicare officials to review the value of some procedures and sets a target for reductions of misvalued codes of hundreds of millions of dollars. The bill also orders the Government Accountability Office to study the AMA process for setting the value of procedures.
In a statement, AMA President Ardis Dee Hoven expressed disappointment that a proposal for a broader set of changes in the way that the government determines doctor pay was not adopted.
"By cherry picking a few cost savings provisions from the context of a larger bill, the actions of Congress actually undermine" passage of a broader effort to reform how the government pays doctors, Hoven said.
The measure that passed Monday is a response to years of criticism, however. Congress's Medicare watchdog, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, began raising questions about the pricing several years ago. Others noted that the AMA committee that sets the values met privately and that specialty doctor societies sometimes jockeyed to raise the values of procedures within their field.
More often than not, the government accepted the AMA's estimates of value.
In July, The Washington Post reported that the panel's methods for gauging the value of procedures were flawed, in part because the estimates it used for how much time it takes to perform a procedure were off in some cases by as much as 100 percent.
The AMA has sought to improve its methods, too. Last fall, the organization moved to open up its decision process and, to ensure the accuracy of the values, improved the methods used to survey doctors about what is involved in performing a procedure.


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I've got no inside information on the ongoing scandal at the Chatham County Coroner's Office.
I do, however, know what's inside many people who are familiar with the long, distinguished career of Dr. James C. Metts Jr., who's at the center of this mess — profound heartache.
Metts, who's 81, was the county's longest-serving elected official (40 years and counting) until he resigned last month, shortly before the crud in the coroner's office hit the public fan. He also was — and still is — a major figure in preventive medicine in Southeast Georgia, particularly when it comes to diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease and keeping people alive and healthy.
But for now, this impressive history of public service has been shoved to the back burner.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is following the paper trail regarding $237,000 in questionable spending of public funds in this usually low-profile office.
The GBI's involvement means it's a potential criminal matter. Meanwhile, it appears that anyone who has any connection with this case has lawyered up — the aging physician, his accountants and the deputy coroner. I would imagine that members of his family are getting legal advice, too.
So no one is talking. That's to be expected when people may be looking at jail time.
But someone should be talking — about how this personal and political train wreck is awful to watch, especially for those who have followed Metts' career.
I first got to know Metts, who beat an ambulance company owner to become coroner, after the newspaper hired me as a police reporter. He gave me an education on the creative and stomach-churning ways Savannahians kill and brutalize each other, as well how you can tell whether a death was accidental or a suicide.
Later, I got to know him as a physician who followed his beloved father, Dr. James C. Metts Sr., into medicine, and who dedicated a huge part of his life to reducing the number of Georgians who die of strokes and heart attacks.
It happened this way. About 44 years ago, Metts and fellow physician Dr. John Elliott, who was 40 years Metts' senior, made it their mission to find out why so many people in Southeast Georgia — the buckle of a so-called "stroke belt" across the South — were dying. They pinpointed the major culprits: Uncontrolled high blood pressure, poor diets, lack of exercise, heredity and some environmental factors.
They and many volunteers screened thousands of people and got them into treatment. They made a big difference in the black community, where health concerns had been largely overlooked by the medical establishment.
Doctors don't get rich practicing this kind of public-minded medicine. These days, physicians who want to build their bank accounts play the game this way — seeing the most paying patients in the fewest minutes, while maximizing insurance reimbursements.
Metts used to have a small private practice. Last year, he was working at the Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care Clinic on East Broad Street. That's a government-subsidized clinic for the uninsured or under-insured. Again, there's not much money here. So if he's in love with the Almighty Dollar, he has fooled a lot of people for a long time. Instead, he looks like one of those old guys who love working.
As the elected coroner with an annual salary of $54,546, Metts is responsible for how that office spends public funds. The buck, and the bucks, stops with him. And right now, things look bad for the good doctor — thousands of dollars spent to pay personal property taxes, for a car lease and insurance and for a secretary's position that apparently didn't exist.
I don't know whether Metts knew about any of this, whether he was misled by those he trusted or whether he's one of those doctors who have the same business sense as an acorn. But the prognosis looks grim. Hearts are breaking.
Tom Barton is the editorial page editor of the Savannah Morning News.


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Discussion in 'Battle Scooters' started by cbolling, Feb 18, 2011.
Really? I had no idea. I will give it a try when I get home.
Yep, there is a steering head lock. I had no idea.
Well the Zuma now has some competition for ultimate fun vehicle in the family. We picked this up over the weekend!
cbolling, the zuma will win out in the end, that inline 4.0 sux too much gas!
+1, I had to sell the '07 Wrangler, between the standard "Guzzling"they do and the giant tires I had to have on it, mileage was somewhere around 10 mpg (that and the fact that GrandBabies can't buckle themselves into their car seats in the back, what a pain to get them in and out of the back seat). Scooter wins!
I decided to take the Zuma after the Upstate SC tag on Sunday. The tag was at Erskine which is a small college in Due West, SC. It was about a 100 mile round trip and the Zuma handled it wonderfully.
Here is the route that I took.
A couple pictures of the tag.
Here a few pictures I took along the way.
whats the mileage at now? I am also looking to join the scooter world. so many choices keep leaning towards a zuma.
I got 74 on my last tank. Still only have about 1500 miles on the scooter. The mileage seems to be creeping up with each tank. I keep track of it on Fuelly.com and my mileage trend is getting better as I get more miles on the bike.
I hope to see a consistent 80 mpg but I am 6'1" 215 lbs so I make a pretty good barn door impression going down the road and may never hit it.
Hey,I know you.Ok,so I don't know you know you,but we have passed each other on hwy 8 going up Ceasars Head.I was on a blacked out Zuk GS5 wearing all black crash gear.I noticed your scoot because I like the color an it's the only dual head light scoot I've seen in our area.I live in north Spartanburg off exit 10 on I-26.That's almost in NC.Hwy 11 comes out behind my house between Campobello and New Prospect.So,yeah,we ain't fur apart.
The reason I quoted your pics was to share a story with you.When I was growing up in the late 70's early 80's,we had a lot of people move into the trailer park behind my house(I still own said property).They all hooked up to septic systems and then we had an extremely wet year.Our wells became contaminated with sewer water.It was way to expensive for my family to connect to city water.Heck,it wasn't even piped into my neighbor hood at that time.Weekend trips clued us into that water source.We would take a pick up truck, with the bed full of clean empty milk jugs, and fill them up there.There used to be a sign there that has something on it about using the water.I can't remember what it said.It's been 25+ years since we did that last.
Now I have a question.Could you fill me in on this tagging game you are involved with.It sounds shady,under handed,and mobster type of illegal.J/K I don't quite understand how it works or how to get in it.I need rules and regs,please.
I've passed that spring head dozens of times on various motorcycles. Look for a black Tiger 1050 most recently. I have a strange lust and fascination for the Zuma 125. How does it handle on crappy loose gravel roads with ruts and stutter bumps in places? Like Persimmon Ridge Road for example?
Well the easy answer is to just read the rules on the 1st post of the Tag threads, but I will give you a quick summary. There are 2 games that I play in regularly.
SC Tag-O-Rama
and Upstate-Tag-O-Rama
How to get started: Look at the end of the thread and find out what the current tag is. This will be a pic of someones motorcycle in front of some sort of landmark. You then have to figure out where this pic was taken and then ride your bike to that place and replicate the pic as best you can with your bike. Sometimes figuring out where the tag is, is harder that riding to it.
The 1st person to upload a pic of their bike in front of this landmark wins. This is where smartphones really help. If you cannot load the pic remotely then you run the risk of getting "Bruced." This means that you took your pic before someone else but while you were riding back to your house to upload the pic from your home computer someone else took a pic and uploaded it before you did.
Ok so now that you won the tag you have to put up a new one. Again this will be a pic of your bike in front of something that is inside the borders of the game. Give a few clues and let everyone else try to find your tag.
Both games are very similar with just a few differences:
State Game is anywhere inside the state of South Carolina.
Upstate Game is inside of South Carolina but north of 20 and west of 77.
Posting a New Pic:
State game you have 24 hours to put up a new pic after grabbing a tag.
Upstate game you have 6 hours to put up a new pic after grabbing a tag.
One more tip: If you want to play start taking pics of your bike in front of interesting things. You can use old photos to place a tag so it is nice to have some ready to put up after you grab a tag. (you cannot use these old photos to grab a tag, if for instance someone else puts up a tag of something you have already taken a pic of your bike in front of.) You stll have to ride out there and take a new pic.
Anymore questions just let me know and welcome to the game.
Well it probably handles better than most scooters offroad but it still only has 12" wheels so they are not really good for going over much. The rear suspension does not have a lot of travel so it will bounce your ass up in the air pretty quickly.
Still if is a shit load of fun to ride.
Sorry if you've covered it, but any off road trips /gravel
Check out this video on YouTube:
Sorry, but I don't know how to embed a video from my iPad. This video is from a guy on here called ADVscoot. He has some cool videos taking his Zuma offload.
Thanks for the info.I'll dig into that deeper.
Well as of a couple hours ago I am officially a scooter only rider. I have had a 2001 Honda Shadow ACE since early 2006. During that time I put about 25k on the Shadow. It was a great bike that took me on a lot of great rides.
The only problem with the Shadow was the acquiring of the Zuma.
I just enjoy the simplicity of the scooter over the motorcycle. It got to where I was having to force myself to ride the motorcycle. So on a whim I put the motorcycle on Craig's List just to see what would happen.
In about 3 weeks it sold to the 1st person that looked at it.
Not really sure what my future bike plans are. With only the Zuma I no longer have a highway capable bike. Taking the back roads may be preferable but I still want to be able to jump on the highway as needed.
At this point I am planning on riding the Zuma through the winter before making any decisions on what I want to do.
Sounds like a good plan to me.


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It was the Welington Castillo show Wednesday night in Iowa, as he went 3-for-3 with a double, home run, RBI, and three runs scored. Josh Vitters also remained scorching hot going 2-for-3 with 2 RBI's, he is now hitting .450 on the young season. Casey Coleman turned in a solid effort earning the win going five innings, giving up one run on three hits, with three walks and three strikeouts. Anthony Rizzo and Brett Jackson were quiet for the second straight day, I expect 7 HR's next game, each.
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This makes them Glowing Baskerds, doesn't it?
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This makes them Glowing Baskerds, doesn't it?
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Dear Dolores,
Alamo Ron is back with alamorons, as Alamo's local brand of oxymorons. More like a Spoonerism than an oxymoron, the humor slips dangerously toward defamation. Not quite up to her original quality but Alamo Ron is making a start toward recovery of clever humor.
Welcome back, Ron,
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Actor Omar Sharif Slaps a Woman on Camera
Legendary Lawrence of Arabia actor Omar Sharif slapped a fan at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar. (Wouldn't exporting a festival named after a neighborhood sort of defeat the purpose?) Sharif is posing for pictures when the woman steps up to have her picture taken with him, at which point the 79-year-old slaps her and shouts:
My dear! I told you I'd get to you afterwards! I just said that and you're standing here. Put something in your brain!
A reporter present tweeted:
Omar Sharif just hit a woman. Very stupidly, in front of a camera. #dohafilmfestival
Whoever it was deleted it before I saw it, but based on retweets, it seems like it was BBC reporter Emma Cook, who spent the rest of the day walking back her descriptions of Sharif:
Omar Sharif was brushing away a woman who was trying to take a photograph. Unintentional contact, an accident. She was smiling afterwards.
it was pretty grumpy but accidental - and the thing is, she was smiling after so she wasn't upset
Regardless of what happened in Doha, Sharif's twilight years have been pretty violent: In 2003 he was convicted for headbutting a Parisian cop, and in 2008 he pleaded "no contest" to the misdemeanor battery of a Beverly Hills parking attendant. Then again, famed scholar Edward Said once said Sharif bullied him as a schoolboy. [TMZ]


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How do you know D'Antoni is a bad coach?
His starting lineup consists of:
2 5+ NBA All-stars
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1 All-rookie team SG
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At least 4 teams with NO stars have a better record than us.
He is a joke.


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My OS is Vista Home Premium 64 bit.
I installed "ZoneAlarm Free v 8.0.298.000" on 16.9.09. Straightforward. No problems.
About 10 days ago, immediately after boot up, I got a "nag screen" "pop up" headed "ZoneAlarm Security Options".
Basically, I am asked if I want to learn more about "ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite". I answer "No Thankyou" and the nag screen disappears.
Next time I start up the comp, the same thing happens.
As mentioned, this only started to happen a few days ago.
Is there any way I can stop this "pop up" popping up or, is it the price I have to pay for using ZA FREE?
I have used various versions of ZA FREE over the last 10 years without this problem.
It is becoming a REAL pain!
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In a commentary, People's Daily argued that rather than try to cling to power, retired officials should "cool off" just like a cup of tea after a guest has left.
August 11, 2015, Tuesday
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The former Treasury secretary talks about his new book, "Dealing With China," and why the United States-China relationship matters.
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February 23, 2015, Monday
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Levin Zhu, the son of a former Chinese premier, has resigned from the China International Capital Corporation ahead of a planned initial public offering that was expected this year.
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Jiang Zemin, a former president and Communist Party chief who has often been rumored to be in poor health or even dead, is seen as still wielding influence in China.
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2 taken to hospital after car rolls several times
May 16, 2014 at 12:16 a.m.
Two people were taken to a Victoria hospital after their car flipped numerous times Friday afternoon on John Stockbauer Drive.
Witnesses said they saw the vehicle, a black Scion, traveling north on John Stockbauer Drive near Berry Plastics, lose control and roll several times before resting near the railroad tracks, said Victoria Police Officer Aaron Gonzales. The crash occurred about 3:45 p.m.
The driver, Orlando Mendez, 22, and passenger, Gilbert Gaitan, 27, both of Victoria, were responsive to paramedics and Victoria firefighters and had to be extricated from the vehicle, Gonzales said. They were taken by ambulance to Citizens Medical Center, where they were admitted into intensive care, a hospital spokeswoman said.
"The driver said he thought he drove over a patch of gravel and lost control of the vehicle," Gonzales said.
The rollover crash is under investigation.