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DENVER—Democrats rejected pleas Wednesday by Republicans and rural lawmakers to repeal the renewable-energy mandate, a bitterly divisive measure that fueled last year's 51st state movement and three legislative recall drives.
The 3-2 party-line committee vote protects Senate Bill 252, which doubles the rural renewable-energy mandate to 20 percent by 2020. No bill passed in 2013 by the Democrat-dominated state legislature other than the three gun-control measures generated more outrage.
"The 800 lb. gorilla in this room right now is that rural-urban divide that we all talked and heard a lot about last fall," said Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway in his testimony. "And it impacted this body. I believe there are a couple of senators that aren't here anymore because of what happened last session, and part of that was related to the SB 252 discussion."
Two Democratic state senators were recalled in September for the first time in state history, while a third resigned before recall petitions could be submitted.
Sen. Ted Harvey (R-Highlands Ranch) called the repeal bill, SB 35, "an attempt to right a terrible wrong that this legislature did to rural Colorado last year and that the governor did to rural Colorado last year."
Foes of SB 252 said they knew they were in for an uphill battle when the Democratic leadership assigned the repeal bill to the Senate Committee on State, Veterans and Military Affairs, also known as the "kill committee."
"I understand today this committee where bills go to die, and I hope it's not that case with SB 35," said Moffat County Commissioner John Kinkaid. "It's important to us, and it's important to rural Colorado and my constituents."
Still, the Senate committee defeat doesn't mean the fight is over. House Republicans introduced a bill Wednesday that would lower the mandate from 20 to 15 percent.
Testifying against a repeal of SB 252 were officials from renewable-energy companies like Vestas Wind Systems, who said their business is thriving in Colorado's pro-renewables climate.
"Vestas supported SB 252 last year and we don't see a need to reverse last year's legislative decisions that help expand job creation and help support renewable energy development here in Colorado," said Susan Innis, Vestas senior manager for public affairs.
Sen. Matt Jones (D-Longmont) insisted that rural communities would not see their electricity costs increase despite the requirement to use more wind and solar energy instead of less expensive natural gas and coal.
"The energy prices aren't going to go up because the energy's free. It's a win-win-win. It's good jobs. It's cleaner, cheaper," said Jones.
But Harvey, the repeal bill's sponsor, shot back that if wind and solar were cheaper, energy companies would be relying on those sources already.
"For you to say that it is cost competitive with natural gas is a joke," said Harvey. "If you honestly believe that, then let's take away all the subsidies and I call your bluff."
Kinkaid said his community is watching businesses close and jobs depart as a result of the state legislature's recent moves to promote renewable energy at the expense of coal.
"SB 252 puts us in a really tight spot, and I think unnecessarily," said Kinkaid. "We're in tough times and we could sure use your help. I wish you could come to Craig. We have yard signs all over that say, coal keeps the lights on. People in our neck of the woods are pretty fired up over the future, as they should be."
Conway said he supports renewable energy—his county generates more wind and solar than any other in Colorado—but asked the committee to "push the reset button" and craft a bill that would support renewables without harming rural communities.
He also called it unfair to exempt municipalities from the same mandate.
"I'm already seeing the impacts of 252 in Weld County. I'm seeing small agriculture producers, because of the cost entailed in potential rate increases, sometimes as high as 50%, saying, 'I'm not going to be able afford it, I'm putting the farm up for sale,'" said Conway.
Environmental groups cheered the committee's vote to preserve SB 252. "Any attempt to further weaken this law will cost jobs and will mean less renewable energy will be produced in Colorado," said Pete Maysmith, executive director of Conservation Colorado. "That's not what Coloradans want and that's not what's good for our economy."


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- Revenues of $9 Billion USD in 2009
- Established first Tier 4 data center in Latin America
In order to provide its customers with the most robust and reliable telecommunications services available, TELMEX undertook the ambitious goal of developing a Tier 4 data center in Colombia, the first such facility in Latin America.
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"Hey, does this outfit look okay on me?"
Those mere eight words had just completely altered my thoughts. Was a "real" 29 year old adult asking for my 11 year old opinion? Did my opinion really matter to her? Of course, I had to answer "Yes, it looks great." I couldn't upset this relationship, the relationship between me and Jackie.
When I was younger, I used to baby-sit for Jackie's kids and she always did a great job of making me feel like I mattered. I would come over and be offered any food I wanted while being invited me to sit down and talk with her for a few minutes. We'd then continue to talk about my life, her life, and anything in between. During the summer, I came over to help her with the kids, but instead of making me feel like the younger babysitter, she made me feel like a trusted friend. We'd sit by the pool and watch the kids swim on those hot sunny days and I would always be treated as a close friend. She made me feel like my opinion meant something to her and because of that, I felt like she was more on my level. She was no longer a distant adult. She was my friend. From this strong friendship I have learned that a positive outlook can help in any situation.
When I first found out about Jackie's cancer, I didn't think much of it because I was young and didn't comprehend the full extent of the life-threatening disease. When spending time with Jackie, I never saw her complain about the cancer or the treatments, which made me believe it wasn't that bad.
"What do you think of this wig?" I remember her saying as she slipped it on over her short hair, while joking about being a blonde. Because of the chemotherapy, Jackie lost all of her hair, but through it all she stayed positive. How could a person go through so much and stay so strong? She beat the cancer for the first time and was once again diagnosed. Due to her remarkable strength and positive attitude, she beat the cancer again. Jackie was diagnosed with cancer for a third time. I was in absolute disbelief. I didn't understand how a person could go through so much. Why her?
I went to Jackie's house this past New Year's Day to bring her dinner. The doctors have told her that the cancer has metastasized to her bones and while doing an operation to help stop the cancer, the doctors punctured her lung. "They messed up if you ask me!" she stated with a weak laugh, and of course, I agree with her; they did mess up. But sometimes I can't help but wonder: "is that the only thing that's messed up?" It's not fair for the best people in the world to have to face the worst circumstances. Why do bad things happen to good -even great people?
It's been five years since the beginning of Jackie's journey and she's still as enthusiastic as ever. While preparing to go out with her, she put on a pair of unreasonably high heels and I told her we'd be walking a lot and it wasn't a good idea. She looked at me and said "girl, I have no hair, I have to make up for it somehow!" I have learned so much from her and this hearty attitude that she displays everyday of her life. She has truly become a role model to me; not because she has beaten cancer twice, but because through everything she has gone through, she's done it with a smile on her face. Because of Jackie, I believe that a positive attitude can make anything seem better than it really is.
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The dollar is standing a little taller, for now.
It's not so much about the change in price, but the change in attitude towards the greenback.
The dollar is standing a little taller, for now.
It's not so much about the change in price, but the change in attitude towards the greenback.
The dollar index was lower on Friday and is about a half percent lower year-to-date. But for the month of March, the dollar index has gained 1.3 percent and the dollar is 1.1 percent higher against the euro.
Strategists say the dollar is poised to strengthen further, and some say it could continue to do so at least until mid-year.
"I think it's healthy…in that we don't have a big panic in the market and still the dollar gains. It's sort of an old-fashioned move, where we have better U.S. data, higher interest rates, and the dollar responds to it," said Jens Nordvig, head of G-10 currency strategy at Nomura.
The dollar weakened Friday after a disappointing consumer sentiment report, but it has been rising alongside U.S. interest rates. The 10-year yieldin the past week went from just above 2 percent to 2.33 percent Friday.
"The dollar index (this week) reached 80.12, completing a six week double bottom formation indicating the bull trend is resuming," said MacNeil Curry, technical analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
A big catalyst for the interest rate move was the fact the Fed did not encourage the market to expect another round of easing in its post-meeting statementearlier in the week. Quantitative easing is also viewed as negative for the dollar, and it has been credited with pushing the prices of stocks and commodities higher. he Fed did upgrade its outlook on the economy slightly.
The Treasury market has also seen selling as pressures from the European sovereign crisis have lifted and markets attempt to normalize. Greece last week restructured its debt, qualifying it for another bailout.
"I think the importance of this bond yield back up is that it's not happening in a vacuum. It is being driven by relatively stronger U.S. growth and by the equity market as well," said Alan Ruskin, Deutsche Bank G10 currency strategist.
"I think it's mildly positive. I think it's more positive when bond yields are adjusting than afterwards. It's not like the Fed is going to validate the bond market's move," said Ruskin.
The recent dollar strengthening is counter to a trend that had been in place, where the euro and stocks and other risk assets all rose, or fell, at the same time. Since the financial crisis, the dollar would rise only when the markets were gripped by fear.
"It's almost like the euro is becoming the new dollar. We had this environment where if the market was calm, the dollar had a tendency to just kind of grind weaker. I think that's how the euro will trade now," said Nordvig.
European officials helped calm the markets, spurring the latest leg of the stock market rally, when they launched the first leg of a new liquidity program in December.
"I would not be surprised if the overnight rates in the euro zone stayed at zero for the next several years…I think the euro is gradually becoming the main funding currency globally. The euro move could be a much longer term thing," Nordvig said.
As for the dollar, he expects to see a quick 2.5 percent move higher in the dollar index, to test its December high of 81.50. It was trading at 79.80 in mid-afternoon Friday.
"We do think this is a time for the dollar. We think it will last through the first half of the year," said Robert Sinche, head of global currency strategy at RBS.
Sinche said unlike last year, the dollar may have a chance to hold its gains. One positive is that markets are not facing a high level of commodity inflation, as they did last year. Also, a year ago, markets and the global economy were hit by the impact of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. That was then followed by the tightening of financial conditions, due to Europe's debt woes.
Nordvig said the dollar's run could be relatively short. He also said the dollar could run into trouble towards the end of the year when Congress addresses budget cuts and taxes.
He expects the 10-year yield rise a bit further to 2.40, with a possible break out to 2.60 percent. "Then it's possible the rhetoric from the Fed could be adjusted to talk that down again," he said.
Curry sees a longer term move. "I do think the dollar rise in general is a longer term trend," he said. "I just think there's going to be different reasons for the dollar rise. I like the dollar into year end."
"Bigger picture, I think it's going to trade up to 87-88 area, back towards the highs put forward in 2010," he said. "Part of that is due to the euro which is big part of the dollar index. If you look at the euro, the trend is down for the euro. I still think it hits its 1.26 low." The euro Friday was higher at 1.31.
Curry said the dollar could revert back to a trade where it moves higher in a risk adverse environment. He said the catalysts to that could be higher energy prices, or typical seasonality where stocks tend to sell off later in the spring, after moving higher earlier in the year.
He also said U.S. fixed income volatility feeds over into hedges. "Guys who are very long will start to pare back their emerging markets fixed income positions," he said. That prompts selling of those currencies against the dollar.
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Dell EMC (formerly EMC Corporation until 2016) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States.[2] Dell EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, cloud computing and other products and services that enable organizations to store, manage, protect, and analyze data. Dell EMC's target markets include large companies and small- and medium-sized businesses across various vertical markets.[3][4] The company's stock (as EMC Corporation) was added to the New York Stock Exchange on April 6, 1986,[5] and was also listed on the S&P 500 index.
EMC had over 70,000 employees and was the world's largest provider of data-storage systems by market share, competing against NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Hitachi Data Systems (arranged in descending order of external data-storage market share).[6] Joseph M. Tucci had served as EMC's chief executive since January 2001 and chairman of the board of directors since January 2006; he joined the company in 2000 as president and chief operating officer.[7] Tucci was also chairman of the board of VMware Corporation[7] and chairman of the board of Pivotal Software, which are partially owned by EMC.[8] On October 12, 2015, Dell Inc. announced that it would acquire EMC in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $67 billion—the largest-ever acquisition in the technology industry.[9][10][11] The merger closed on September 7, 2016. EMC has been renamed to Dell EMC as a result of the merger.[12] The EMC stands for the founders Egan, Marino & Curly.[13]. The superscript 2 in the pre-acquisition EMC logo was a stylized abbreviation of the word "corporation".
EMC, founded in 1979 by Richard Egan, Roger Marino & John Curly (the E, M & C in EMC),[14] introduced its first 64-kilobyte (65,536 bytes) memory boards for the Prime Computer in 1981[15][16] and continued with the development of memory boards for other computer types. In the mid-1980s the company expanded beyond memory to other computer data storage types and networked storage platforms. EMC began shipping its flagship product, the Symmetrix, in 1990. Symmetrix was the main reason for EMC's rapid growth in the 1990s, both in size and value, from a company valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars to a multi-billion company.[17]
Michael Ruettgers joined EMC in 1988 and served as CEO from 1992 until January 2001.[18] Under Ruettgers' leadership, EMC revenues grew from $120 million to nearly $9 billion 10 years later, and the company shifted its focus from memory boards to storage systems.[19] Ruettgers was named one of BusinessWeek's "World's Top 25 Executives"; one of the "Best Chief Executive Officers in America" by Worth magazine; and one of Network World's "25 Most Powerful People in Networking".[19]
In 2001, Joe Tucci was named chief executive officer of EMC.[20] He has been credited with transforming EMC's business model from a focus on high-end storage platforms to a portfolio of platforms, software, and services that enable organizations to deliver IT as a service through cloud computing.[20] Under Tucci's leadership, EMC grew to $21.7 billion in revenues in 2012.[21]
In 2009, EMC and Cisco, with investments from VMware and Intel, formed a joint venture called VCE to develop products and services for the converged infrastructure and cloud computing markets.[22]
EMC announced its 450,000 square foot Center of Excellence (COE) in Durham, North Carolina, in 2011.[23] The COE houses a virtualized data center and includes 130,000 square feet of global research and development labs. The company also has COEs in India, China, Egypt, Israel, Ireland, Russia and Draper, Utah, USA which perform engineering, research and development, customer, and translation services for EMC business units.[23]
In 2013, EMC launched a new company named Pivotal.[24] Led by Paul Maritz, the organization combines technologies from VMware and EMC and is focused on delivering Platform-as-a-Service products.[24]
EMC has been growing in part through aggressively making acquisitions of small companies, and starting to bring those products to market.[25]
Acquisition by Dell[edit]
On October 12, 2015, Dell Inc. announced its intent to acquire EMC in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $67 billion, which has been considered the largest-ever acquisition in the technology sector. Dell CEO Michael Dell explained that the purchase was meant to "evolve the company into the most relevant areas where IT is moving", combining Dell's enterprise server, personal computer, and mobile businesses with EMC's enterprise storage business. The deal is structured so that Dell will pay $24.05 per share of EMC, and $9.05 per share of tracking stock in VMware.[26][27][28]
Products and services[edit]
In addition to those of the majority-owned VMware and Pivotal companies, EMC sells products and services designed to allow IT departments to move to a cloud computing model and to analyze big data.
|Product category
|Information Storage
|VMAX3 Family, VNX/VNXe Family, Isilon, Atmos, XtremIO, ScaleIO, DSSD, Unity, ECS
|Archiving, Backup, and Recovery
|Avamar, DataDomain, NetWorker, Mozy, RecoverPoint, Centera, SourceOne
|Storage and Content Management
|Service Assurance Suite, Appsync, PowerPath, ViPR SRM, ViPR Controller
|VMware, VPLEX
|Consulting, Customer support, Education Services, Managed Services, Technology Services and Solutions
|RSA Security, Dell SecureWorks
|Cloud computing/Converged Infrastructure
|VxBlock, VxRack, VxRail, VSPEX, Virtustream
|Data Computing
|Greenplum, Pivotal
Major acquisitions[edit]
The following table includes the listing and timeline of EMC Corporation's major acquisitions of other companies since 1996.
|Storage & management software
|Content management
|Cloud computing
|Data computing
|Data General,[29] CrosStor[30]
|Softworks,[31] Avalon[32]
|FilePool,[33] Allocity[34]
|Luminate,[35] Prisa Networks,[36] Legato Networker,[37] Dantz/Retrospect,[38] Smarts Astrum[39][40]
|Documentum,[41] Ask Once,[42] Acartus,[43] Captiva Software[44]
|VMware[45] Rainfinity,[46] Acxiom[47]
|Avamar,[49] Iomega,[50] Data Domain,[51] Isilon Systems[52] Bus-Tech,[53] Indigo Stone[54]
|Kashya,[55] nLayers,[56] Voyence,[57] Infra Corporation,[58] WysDM,[59] Configuresoft,[60] Fastscale[61]
|Pro Activity,[62] X-Hive,[63] Dokumentum, Document Sciences,[64] Kazeon[65]
|Akimbi,[66] YottaYotta
|Interlink,[67] Geniant,[68] Business Edge,[69] Conchango[70]
|RSA Security,[71] Authentica,[72] Network Intelligence,[73] Valyd,[74] Verid,[75] Tablus,[76] Archer Technologies[77]
|Mozy,[78] Pi,[79] Source Labs[80]
|XtremIO,[82] Likewise[83] ScaleIO[84]
|Watch4Net,[85] iWave,[86] TwinStrata[87]
|Syncplicity[88](spun off in 2015)[89]
|Syncplicity[88](spun off in 2015),[89] Trinity Technologies[90]
|Netwitness,[92] Silicium Security,[93] Silver Tail Systems[94] Aveksa
|ZettaPoint,[96] Pivotal Labs,[97] MoreVRP[98]
Big data projects[edit]
In 2012, EMC sponsored The Human Face of Big Data,[99] a globally crowd-sourced media project focusing on the ability to collect, analyze, triangulate and visualize vast amounts of data in real time. The Human Face of Big Data, produced by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, includes "a number of fascinating stories ... [that] represent some of the most innovative applications of data that are shaping our future".[100]
EMC sponsors The Digital Universe, a study by IDC "measuring and characterizing all the digital data created, replicated, and consumed worldwide in a single year".[101] The Digital Universe 2012 report anticipates that "during the next eight years, the amount of digital data produced will exceed 40 zettabytes, which is the equivalent of 5,200 GB of data for every man, woman and child on Earth. To hit that figure, all data is expected to double every two years through 2020."[102]
Recognition and awards[edit]
In 2015, EMC was ranked no. 2 on Fortune's list of the World's Most Admired Computer Companies for the fifth consecutive year.[103] EMC was included on the 2012 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators list.[104] In 2013, four EMC and RSA channel executives were named CRN's 2013 Channel Chiefs for "trying to make sure their company's partners succeed".[105]
EMC has ranked on several global best places to work lists. EMC was ranked the 19th Best Multinational Workplace in Europe by Great Places to Work in 2012.[106] EMC was included on Crain's 2012 Best Places to Work in New York City,[107] The Boston Globe's 2012 Top Places to Work,[108] and Washington's Best Workplaces 2012.[109] EMC has also been recognized for diversity and inclusion as one of Careers & the disABLED Magazine's 2013 Top 50 employers[110] and received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign 2013 Corporate Equality Index.[111]
Corporate responsibility and sustainability[edit]
EMC supports a variety of corporate responsibility initiatives around the world, and in 2012 EMC ranked 47th on Corporate Responsibility Magazine's 100 Best Corporate Citizens List.[112] EMC was named the 43rd Greenest Company Globally on Newsweek's Green Rankings 2012.[113] EMC sponsors programs in the United States that strive to improve education for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).[114] More than 80,000 students have taken EMC Information Storage and Management courses since the program launched in 2006.[115]
Collaboration with colleges and universities[edit]
EMC's Academic Alliance program, a collaboration with colleges and universities worldwide, sells curriculum-based education on technology topics such as virtualization, cloud computing, big data analytics, and information storage and management.[116] The global program is geared towards arming students with the knowledge necessary to differentiate themselves in the job market and improve their competitive advantage.[117]
Collaboration with NSA[edit]
RSA Security, the security division of EMC, has received widespread criticism for accepting $10 million in a secret deal with NSA in 2004 to make Dual EC DRBG the default cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator in its prominent BSAFE cryptography library, and for continuing to use it until 2013.[118] Dual_EC_DRBG had been suspected since 2007 of containing a kleptographic backdoor designed by NSA. This was confirmed in a 2013 New York Times article following the Snowden leak.[119] The standard FIPS version of Dual_EC_DRBG (which RSA Security implemented) was theoretically and empirically shown to be insecure in 2006 and 2007 (even aside from the backdoor); following discoveries by Dan Shumow and Niels Ferguson in 2007, prominent security expert Bruce Schneier published an article in Wired magazine titled "Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?".[120] Though Dual_EC_DRBG was highly suspect after 2007, its usage in EMC's BSAFE was not widely known until the 2013 New York Times article brought it back into the spotlight. At the 2014 RSA Conference, RSA Security Executive Chairman Art Coviello defended RSA Security's choice to keep using Dual_EC_DRBG until NIST issued new guidance in 2013. He claimed that NIST only issued the guidance to stop using the algorithm "when it became possible that concerns raised in 2007 might have merit".[121]
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There's no doubt about it: We're in the middle of the eating season. As a dietitian, you probably think I never have to worry about my weight, or that I have iron-clad willpower, or that I know the calorie counts for all 30,000 foods on supermarket shelves.
Think again.
Even though I may fit into skinny jeans without constant attention to my diet and fitness, I feel like just smelling calorie-rich foods leads me to pile on pounds. Without my food rules, I could easily gain 5 to 10 pounds during the holiday season.
I have several holiday parties to attend, and I'm hosting friends and family for some special dinners. As a result, I'm not able to exercise as much as I typically do. The time crunch of the season, coupled with all I have to do, leads to a lot of extra stress—and we all know stress is one of the worst things for making our bodies crave sweets and store body fat.
Although most of us will gain about a pound from Thanksgiving to New Year's, some people gain as much as 10 pounds during this time. The bigger problem is that few of us shed that holiday weight gain.
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Here's what I'm doing this year—and have done successfully in the past—to keep the scale steady during this challenging time of year.
- Keep water pouring in. When I drink more water, I eat less. There's no two ways about it.
- Eat a protein-packed breakfast. I try to eat a filling, protein-rich breakfast of one scrambled egg and two scrambled egg whites. I'll eat this with fruit, and I find it keeps my cravings at bay for most of the day.
- Limit alcohol. I will drink no more than three times during the holidays, so I map out those occasions when I'm going to let loose. Research has shown Americans drink 27% more during the holiday season. Alcohol is calorie-rich, and stimulates your appetite and reduces your resolve to stick with a healthy eating plan.
- Exercise every day. I am very active, but I easily could skip my workouts when the weather stinks, when I'm traveling, or when I'm overcommitted. But I don't. Instead, I find a CrossFit travel WOD (workout of the day). One of my favorite workouts is 10 rounds of 10 push-ups, 10 sit-ups, and 10 air squats. These workouts are quick but work all your major muscle groups.
- Eat at a table with a plate and utensils. I know that distracted dining can lead to eating twice as many calories to feel full, so I just don't do it. I use a plate or bowl, and I sit down and don't do anything else while I eat. This way I can be "present" to eating and taste and enjoy the food, so I'll stop when I'm satisfied.
- Indulge socially. We all will have access to cakes, cookies, fudge, eggnog, and all kinds of other merry treats during the season, so there's no need to have them at your house where the temptation is constant. Keep your house stocked with fruits, vegetables, and other wholesome foods rather than holiday treats and drinks.
- Prepare extra-healthy meals. Each weekend, I make a few dinners that I put in the refrigerator or freezer to have in a pinch when I'm pressed for time during the week. This helps prevent me from stopping for takeout.


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|1 Tablespoon polyunsaturated margarine or 3/4 Tablespoon polyunsaturated oil. Or a butter substitute for baking (Lighter Bake, applesauce, etc.) If using a pureed fruit such as applesauce, use it for half of the called for butter. For non-stick purposes: use a cooking spray, available in many flavors, even flour for baking
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|Rolled oats or crushed bran cereal
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|1 egg white plus 2 teaspoons of unsaturated oil or 3/4 cup cholesterol-free egg substitute. Replace each whole egg with two egg whites. For baking, you may want to add a tablespoons or less of liquid vegetable oil such as canola, safflower, sunflower or soybean for a moister consistency.
|Enriched pasta
|Whole-wheat pasta. If not ready to fully switch, try using half whole-wheat and half enriched.
|Evaporated milk
|Evaporated skim milk.
|Whole-wheat flour for half of the called for flour in baked goods. Works best in cakes and muffins.
|Fruit canned in heavy syrup
|Fruit canned in its own juices or in water, or fresh fruit.
|Fruit-flavored yogurt
|Plain, low fat yogurt with fresh fruit slices.
|Ground Beef
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|Iceberg lettuce
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|Trans fat-free butter spreads or shortenings formulated for baking. Don't substitute diet, whipped or tub-style margarine for regular margarine in baked goods.
|Reduced-calorie or fat-free mayo
|Meat as the main Ingredient
|Three times as many vegetables as the meat on pizzas or in baked dishes, soups and stews. You can also substitute a meatless product such as soy or tofu.
|Oil-based marinades
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|Low-sodium or reduced-sodium versions
|Sour cream
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|Pureed fruit, such as applesauce, or low-calorie, sugar-free syrup
|Unsweetened baking chocolate (1 ounce)
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|Whole-wheat bread
|White (enriched) rice
|Brown rice, wild rice, bulgur or pearl barley
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NOTICE: This opinion is subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Clerk/Reporter, Supreme Court of New Hampshire, Supreme Court Building, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, of any errors in order that corrections may be made before the opinion goes to press. Opinions are available on the Internet by 9:00 a.m. on the morning of their release. The direct address of the court's home page is: http://www.state.nh.us/courts/supreme.htm
Portsmouth District Court
No. 97-613
October 20, 1999
Philip T. McLaughlin, attorney general (Christopher H.M. Carter, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.
Stephen T. Jeffco, P.A., of Portsmouth (Stephen T. Jeffco and Harry N. Starbranch, Jr. on the brief, and Mr. Starbranch orally), for the defendant.
BRODERICK, J. The defendant, Robert A. Ricci, Jr., appeals his conviction for driving under the influence, see RSA 265:82 (Supp. 1998), arguing that the Portsmouth District Court (Giles, J.) erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless entry into his home. We affirm.
Because no separate evidentiary hearing was held on the suppression motion, we recite the facts adduced at trial viewed in the light most favorable to the State. On the night of July 10, 1997, Officers Ferland and Russo of the Portsmouth Police Department were standing patrol in downtown Portsmouth. Around ten o'clock, the defendant, who is a police commissioner for the City of Portsmouth, and his girlfriend walked within a few feet of the officers, and the defendant greeted them. The officers noticed the defendant's staggered walk, glassy-eyed stare, and bloodshot eyes. They also detected an odor of alcohol and believed that the defendant was intoxicated. A few minutes later, the officers parted company. As Officer Russo was traveling on his police motorcycle, he saw the defendant entering a car in a nearby parking lot. Shortly thereafter, Officer Ferland drove by in his cruiser and saw the defendant behind the wheel of a car exiting the lot. Concerned about the defendant's apparent intoxication, Officer Ferland followed behind and was soon joined by Officer Russo. The defendant took a right turn without using a directional, drove through a crosswalk without yielding to pedestrians, wove between two travel lanes, and at times, traveled fifteen to thirty-five miles per hour above the posted speed limit. Officer Ferland radioed for assistance to stop the defendant's vehicle. Officer McQuate responded, and two of the three police vehicles then following the defendant activated their blue lights and sirens. The defendant, however, did not pull over. Upon seeing the lights, he indicated to his girlfriend, a passenger in the car, that he did not intend to stop until he arrived at his home, which was located approximately three-tenths of a mile away.
Once home, the defendant pulled into his driveway. McQuate brought his cruiser to a stop behind the defendant's car and immediately began walking toward it. The cruiser's headlights remained illuminated, and when the defendant alighted, McQuate noticed his flushed face, bloodshot and watery eyes, and swaying stance, and detected an odor of alcohol. He repeatedly directed the defendant to come to the front of the cruiser, but the defendant insisted that he needed to let his dog, which was tied up and barking, into the house. McQuate acquiesced but instructed him to return immediately. After the defendant let the dog inside, he quickly followed. McQuate immediately proceeded after him, ordering him to return to the cruiser. Once in the house, McQuate instructed the defendant to go outside for a field sobriety test. The defendant refused, saying: "I'm in my own house now. I'm not going to do anything." McQuate arrested the defendant for driving under the influence of alcohol. The defendant's blood test revealed an alcohol content of .16, twice the legal limit. See RSA 265:82, I(b).
The defendant was charged with two alternate counts of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of disobeying a police officer. After a bench trial, the district court denied the defendant's suppression motion. The defendant was convicted of disobeying an officer and driving with a blood alcohol content of .08 or more. On appeal, only the defendant's conviction for driving under the influence is at issue.
The defendant argues that the warrantless entry by the police into his home to arrest him for a violation infringed upon his State and federal constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, and that evidence obtained from such activity should have been suppressed. The State contends that its warrantless entry was justified by exigent circumstances. Specifically, it argues that the police were in "hot pursuit" of the defendant when they entered his home and needed to preserve evidence of the defendant's intoxication without the delay inherent in securing a warrant at night. We decide this case under the State Constitution and cite federal law only for guidance because the Federal Constitution provides no greater protection. See State v. Santana, 133 N.H. 798, 803, 586 A.2d 77, 80 (1991); State v. Ball, 124 N.H. 226, 231-32, 471 A.2d 347, 350-51 (1983).
Under Part I, Article 19 of our State Constitution, all warrantless police entries are per se unreasonable and thus illegal unless made pursuant to a judicially created exception. Santana, 133 N.H. at 803, 586 A.2d at 80. The warrant requirement is particularly stringent when entry into a defendant's home is involved. See id.; see also Welsh v. Wisconsin, 466 U.S. 740, 748 (1984) (warrant requirement stands as "a principal protection against unnecessary intrusions into private dwellings" for purposes of effectuating a search or arrest). The State bears the burden of proving the existence of exigent circumstances, such as hot pursuit, to justify a warrantless home intrusion. Welsh, 466 U.S. at 749-50.
Whether exigent circumstances exist is judged on the totality of the circumstances, "which includes an examination of the overall reasonableness of the police officers' behavior prior to the entry." Santana, 133 N.H. at 804, 586 A.2d at 81 (quotation omitted). Hot pursuit, as an exigency, "relates to the circumstances governing the officer's conduct, to the situation as reasonably perceived by the officer, and must be assessed from the officer's perspective. Com. v. Talbert, 478 S.E.2d 331, 334 (Va. Ct. App. 1996). A suspect's elusive conduct bears on the reasonableness of a police officer's perceptions and actions. See id. We are mindful, however, that the exigency exception "can very easily swallow the rule unless applied in only restricted circumstances." Santana, 133 N.H. at 804, 586 A.2d at 81 (quotation omitted).
Whether an exigency exists is a question of fact, and we will not disturb the lower court's decision unless it is clearly erroneous. Id. But see United States v. Tibolt, 72 F.3d 965, 969 (1st Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 518 U.S. 1020 (1996). Our review of the district court's ruling in this case is somewhat complicated by the fact that it did not issue a written order, make factual findings, or expound on its reasoning when denying the defendant's motion to suppress. Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the State, we conclude that the totality of the circumstances demonstrates that the police were in hot pursuit of the defendant when he continued to elude them by disobeying an order and entering his house.
At the outset, the defendant argues that a warrantless home entry to arrest an individual for a violation, rather than for a crime, requires a more stringent standard to be constitutionally justified. We need not decide this narrow inquiry because the facts of this case demonstrate that the police had probable cause to arrest the defendant for the misdemeanor offense of disobeying a police officer prior to entering his home. See RSA 265:4 (1993) (purposely failing to stop when signaled to do so by law enforcement officer constitutes a misdemeanor). That Officer McQuate actually arrested the defendant for a violation rather than a misdemeanor is not dispositive. Cf. State v. Ramirez, 814 P.2d 1131, 1134 (Utah Ct. App. 1991) (when assessing validity of warrantless home arrest, court considered whether police had probable cause to believe that public offense was committed prior to home entry even though defendant was only charged for conduct occurring inside the home). Accordingly, we examine whether the police were in hot pursuit of the defendant when they entered his home on the night of July 10, 1997.
Hot pursuit, the exigent circumstance offered by the State to justify the conduct of the police, requires immediate and continuous pursuit of a defendant from the scene of a crime. See Welsh, 466 U.S. at 753. Here, the police followed the defendant for a considerable distance with their sirens and blue lights activated. Rather than comply with police demands in a public place, however, the defendant continued driving home with the police following. McQuate immediately approached the defendant and repeatedly directed him to come to the front of the cruiser. The defendant again resisted complying with police demands while standing in his driveway, see State v. Pinkham, 141 N.H. 188, 191, 679 A.2d 589, 591 (1996) (police entitled to enter semi-private driveway for legitimate police business), and insisted on letting his dog into the house. While McQuate granted the limited request, the defendant exceeded its scope by quickly following the dog into the house.
Presumably based on McQuate's concession, the defendant argues that "he did not flee into his home," and thus, no hot pursuit existed. We disagree. McQuate did not give the defendant permission to enter his home, but rather repeatedly instructed him not to do so and to return to the cruiser. Given the defendant's conduct up to that point, we cannot say that it was unreasonable for Officer McQuate to allow the defendant to take a few seconds to let his dog inside rather than physically restraining him from doing so and risking an escalation of an otherwise innocuous police stop into a potentially violent one. A momentary pause, under the facts of this case, did not interrupt the otherwise immediate and continuous pursuit of the defendant into his home.
It would offend constitutional search and seizure protections to permit the defendant to defeat his arrest when the pursuit began in a public place and he achieved entry into his private domain only through apparent deceit. Just as the police cannot create an exigency for purposes of avoiding the warrant requirement, see Santana, 133 N.H. at 805, 586 A.2d at 81, defendants cannot trigger the need for a warrant by racing the police to the sanctity of the home, see United States v. Santana, 427 U.S. 38, 42-43 (1976); Ramirez, 814 P.2d at 1134. "Law enforcement is not a child's game of prisoners base, or a contest, with apprehension and conviction depending upon whether the officer or defendant is the fleetest of foot." State v. Blake, 468 N.E.2d 548, 553 (Ind. Ct. App. 1984). We conclude that the totality of the circumstances, including the defendant's apparent elusive conduct, demonstrates that the police were in hot pursuit of the defendant when they entered his home. Accordingly, we affirm the defendant's driving under the influence conviction.
All concurred.


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LAFAYETTE — Michael Lotief, who won 500 games in 10 seasons as co-head coach of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette softball team and took over as head coach following the departure of his wife Stefni as co-head coach last summer, resigned Friday, ULL Athletic Director Scott Farmer announced.
Megan Granger, a senior on last year's NCAA super regional squad who was added to the ULL staff in January as a full-time assistant, will serve as interim coach for an undetermined period. Her naming is the latest in a series of changes on the staff over the past eight months. Co-head coach Stefni Lotief stepped down in July citing family issues, leaving Michael as solo head coach. Pitching coach Joy Webre-LeBlanc resigned in December citing family issues, and Josh Johnson was hired in August as the program's second assistant.
Michael Lotief will continue to work with the team as a volunteer coach, watching video, refining batting mechanics and helping in any way Granger requests. He will be in the dugout for the games this weekend at Houston.
"On behalf of everyone connected with Louisiana athletics, I would like to thank Michael for all of his efforts over the last 12 years," Farmer said. "He has dedicated his life to Ragin' Cajuns softball and its student-athletes and the program has benefited greatly from his efforts.
"I have confidence in Megan's ability to lead the program this season. Her experience playing in the program the last four years will allow her to teach the system that the team has always used and her familiarity with the players gives her the insight needed to make decisions and work with the squad."
Lotief told sportsnola.com that family issues were paramount in his decision, turning aside speculation that disagreements with athletic administration and increased work duties played a major role.
"This has been weighing on my mind ever since our kids were born," he said. "This isn't new ... the question was how can I stay involved with this program that I love, put the welfare of these student-athletes first, and still be fair to our family and have healthy and balanced lives.
"When our children were younger, we were able to raise them on the field ... they rode the bus with us, they were with us, it's not like they were separated from their family. Now that one's a teenager and one's 12, things are different. They want their own lives and be able to do different things. I'd rather be a great dad than a great coach."
Lotief also disagreed that the timing for his decision could not be worse.
"People are saying the timing is horrible," he said, "and that's the mindset of those that don't understand the process. The timing is perfect if you understand the process of college athletics and the preparation that we go through to get ready for the season.
"The preparation is done, the recruiting is done, the scheduling is done. At the end of the season, you have everything going on .. you have kids in recruiting. The fall isn't the best time because you have to get the freshmen acclimated to the team, play the fall games and do the fund-raising, do the scheduling. The preseason isn't good because that's boot camp, you're putting in the system and trying to decide on a lineup.
"I disagree with all of that. I know I'm always out there a little bit, but this is the perfect time. There's never a good time, but this is absolutely the right time."
Lotief leaves the Ragin' Cajuns on the eve of the 2013 season with a 500-122 overall record and a 173-36 mark in Sun Belt play. ULL, which is ranked 11th in the preseason USA Today/NFCA Division I poll, is scheduled to open the season Saturday with games against Lipscomb (4:30 p.m.) and Iowa (7 p.m.) at the Hilton Plaza Classic in Houston.
The Cajuns return six starters and eight letterwinners from the team that went 53-6, won the Sun Belt regular season title and advanced to the super regional, where they faced defending national champion Arizona State and fell one win short of advancing to the Women's College World Series.
In 2001, his wife Stefni took over as head coach of the Ragin' Cajuns as head coach and he joined the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach.
Two years and 99 wins later, Michael Lotief was elevated to co-head coach.
In his 10 seasons as co-head coach with Stefni, Michael Lotief helped guide the team to nine Sun Belt regular season championships and eight Sun Belt Tournament titles.
The Cajuns earned an invitation to play in the NCAA Softball Championships in all 12 seasons that Lotief was with the program.
The Cajuns advanced to the NCAA super regional round in three of the past five seasons (2008, 2010, 2012) and made Women's College World Series appearances in 2003 and 2008.
Information from a university news release and Dan McDonald of sportsnola.com contributed to this report.


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Rather than try to compete with companies and products that fall outside its niche, Microsoft should concentrate on its historical strength—developing world-class client, server, web, cloud, and mobile device software platforms.
Microsoft plans to release an avalanche of new products in the next year, spending millions—if not billions—to develop and market these products. But can an IT industry hobbled by an anemic economy and penny-pinching CIOs pay for it all? I have my doubts, and not solely because of limited IT budgets.
The Netbook and Windows Vista: Canaries in the Coal Mine?
Remember all the stories about the success of the $300 netbook? Many attributed netbooks' explosive sales to the poor economy, but I think that's only part of the story. As any 20-something college student can tell you, the Internet has emerged as a viable platform for software applications over the past decade. You don't need a $1,500 PC to check webmail, edit a document with Google Docs, or upload Facebook pics. On the IT side of the fence, innovative companies such as Spiceworks are leveraging the Internet to produce world class, web-based apps for IT pros.
Here's the rub: The industry has historically been jammed into an upgrade hamster wheel, locked into an ongoing cycle that involves purchasing new Microsoft software and hardware powerful enough to make it run acceptably. That model may have worked in the past, but the epic failure of Windows Vista shows that the model might be broken. Vista didn't offer a compelling value proposition, so many IT pros sat on their wallets and stuck with Windows XP. In an era when many people use only a fraction of the full capabilities of Office, Outlook, and SharePoint, where's the compelling motivation for IT pros to spend a fortune on new upgrades?
Although many IT pros agree that Windows 7 is superior to Vista, financial concerns still rule. According to a survey conducted by Kace Networks, 84 percent of respondents have no plans to upgrade to Windows 7 within the next 12 months; a similar survey from ScriptLogic revealed that 60 percent of IT pros don't plan to deploy Windows 7. I'm sure many IT pros will wait until Windows 7 SP1 before making a deployment decision, but starry-eyed pundits (and Microsoft execs) expecting Windows 7 to be deployed on every desktop in every home and office by the end of the year are in for a surprise.
Microsoft 1.0 in a 2.0 World
Microsoft's upcoming product fusillade is the company's response to all these market factors, although the approach is somewhat akin to lobbing a heaping glob of spaghetti at the wall and hoping something sticks. Most IT departments can't incur the immense cost of a dozen upgrades at once, but Microsoft knows that many will upgrade something.
Microsoft has a long history of innovation, including the addictive genius of Xbox LIVE, the ubiquity of SharePoint, and the impressive work of the Microsoft Automotive Group and the Windows Live Mesh team. Yet the company's strategy to compete with Google and Apple seems reactive and derivative. Bing is a fine search engine, but is Microsoft really a good fit for the Internet search business? Likewise, should a software publisher try to become a brick and mortar retailer, as with Microsoft's retail stores? Microsoft's tenacity in the face of competition is legendary—but that strength is also a weakness if the battles are fought for the wrong reasons and on the wrong battlefields.
On the development front, Microsoft's initiatives largely seem rooted in the desktop-focused, software-in-a-box mentality that the company used successfully more than a decade ago. Colleges and universities are racing to add classes devoted to iPhone app development, but not for Windows Mobile. In an effort to jumpstart mobile app development for the upcoming Windows Mobile Marketplace—Microsoft's delayed answer to Apple's iPhone App Store—Microsoft's "Race to Market Challenge" dev contest dangles a Microsoft Surface table as the grand prize. I'm sure Microsoft Surface is a fine technology demonstrator, but is a thoroughly immobile, 200-pound piece of furniture the right way to encourage mobile app development? (Note to the Windows Mobile Marketing team: Please
As my colleague Michel Otey says, Microsoft needs a "mindset reset." I couldn't agree more. Here's my advice for Redmond: Ease off on the insane product release tempo; dump dead-end, profit-sucking distractions like the Zune and Microsoft retail stores; and focus on your strength, which is developing world-class client, server, web, cloud, and mobile device software platforms. Who else agrees with me?


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US backs India's efforts to end fighting in Sri Lanka
The US has expressed support for India's efforts to end the fighting in Sri Lanka between the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels.world Updated: Apr 25, 2009 11:16 IST
The US has expressed support for India's efforts to end the fighting in Sri Lanka between the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels.
"We support Indian efforts to stop the fighting," State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Friday, noting that New Delhi had sent two special emissaries "to convey their government's concerns about the conflict to the government of Sri Lanka".
India on Friday sent National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to convey India's concerns to Colombo.
The US, Wood said, was "routinely in discussions with the government of Sri Lanka" and also in touch with the government of India. But "at this point" they were not sending any officials to Colombo.
"We remain extremely concerned for the safety of the remaining civilians in the no-fire zone," Wood said.
Although tens of thousands of people have fled the area, numerous people have been killed, and tens of thousands of additional civilians remain in the conflict area.
Calling on the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tigers to end hostilities, the US official said the rebels must stop holding civilians and stop putting them in harm's way and "lay down their arms and surrender to a third party".
The international community should be prepared to play a role to end the fighting, Wood said, adding that the US fully supported UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's decision to send a UN humanitarian team to the no-fire zone, as his envoy Vijay Nambiar and President Mahinda Rajapaksa had agreed to last week.
The US also urged Colombo to allow the team into the no-fire zone as soon as possible, permit critical supplies to pass more rapidly through military checkpoints, share its registration information of internally displaced persons with the UN, identify additional shelter sites, and authorise continued medical evacuations from the no-fire zone.
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NEW LONDON, Conn. – Junior captain Jamie Navoni (Natick, Mass.) factored into four goals and set up the game-winning marker in the 81st minute to lift the Connecticut College field hockey team to a 4-3 overtime victory over Wellesley at Silfen Field on Wednesday evening.
Despite trailing 3-1 in the second half, Wellesley rallied in the late stages by most notably getting a marker from Isabella van Atten with under two minutes remaining in regulation. Connecticut College, however, was able to get a golden goal in overtime on a transition play that was started by junior defender Gabby Peterson (Worcester, Mass.). Navoni took a pass while running down the right side, drew a Blue defender, and then slipped the ball over to freshman Caroline Ferro (Wilton, Conn.) for her third tally of the season.
The entire game was a nip-and-tuck battle between the teams. Top scoring threat Arielle Mitropoulos quickly put the Blue on the board just 6:15 into the game, but the Camels responded by scoring three unanswered during the late stages of the first half and the beginning of the second frame. Navoni had a stick in all of them by scoring the equalizer, setting up the go-ahead tally and then finishing a pass from Ferro.
Even though Wellesley (5-7) was able to score twice to force overtime, the Camels still prevailed thanks to the heroics of Navoni and Ferro. The hosts outshot their opponent by a commanding 17-5 margin and held a 7-5 edge in penalty corners.
Freshman Andi McGraw (Sheffield, Mass.) picked up the victory by making three saves for Connecticut College, while Wellesley's Maggie Connelly suffered the loss after turning away two shots in a relief effort.
Connecticut College (4-8) will face its final non-conference opponent of the season when it visits Eastern Connecticut State on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 4:30 p.m.


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From Ferguson to Gaza, we can see how militarism directly impacts all of our lives. The images on display here are part of a new AFSC traveling exhibit that examines the effects of militarism at both the foreign and domestic policy levels. It also highlights alternatives and positive nonviolent solutions.
For information about hosting or attending an exhibit please contact Mary Zerkel at email@example.com
This Time
They say that other country over there, dim blue in the twilight, farther than the orange stars exploding over our roofs, is called peace, but who can find the way?
This time, we cannot cross until we carry each other. All of us refugees, all of us prophets. No more taking turns on history's wheel, trying to collect old debts no one can pay. The sea will not open that way.
This time, that country is what we promise each other, our rage pressed cheek to cheek until tears flood the space between, until there are no enemies left, because this time no one will be left to drown and all of us must be chosen.
This time it's all of us or none.


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The integration of the United States with Canada and Mexico, long deemed by many as little more than a fanciful "conspiracy theory," was actually an idea promoted by the Council on Foreign Relations and sold to President Bush as a means of increasing commerce and business interests throughout North America, according to a top Canadian businessman.
Thomas d'Aquino, CEO and president of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives – the Canadian counterpart to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – confirmed
"I helped convince Richard Haass at the Council on Foreign Relations that we should put together a trilateral task force to look at the future of North America," d'Aquino said. "We recruited John Manley on Canada's side, along with William Weld, former governor of Massachusetts, and Pedro Aspe, the former Mexican economy minister, who had been so influential in promoting NAFTA."
The result was a CFR Task Force on the Future of North America created on Oct. 15, 2004, and chaired by Manley, Weld and Aspe, precisely as d'Aquino had recommended to Haass.
Originally posted by whatukno
It's called WND And it's full of horse dung!
It's the website with less credibility than the National Enquirer.
I would buy the tripe Alex Jones spews or the Bull that Glen Beck shoves out before I would believe anything barfed out by WND.
Co-chair William F. Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Assistant Attorney General, said, "We are three liberal democracies; we are adjacent; we are already intertwined economically; we have a great deal in common historically; culturally, we have a lot to learn from one another."
Organized in association with the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the Task Force includes prominent former officials, businessmen, and academic experts from all three countries. A Chairmen's Statement was released in March in advance of the trinational summit; the full report represents the consensus of the entire Task Force membership and leadership.
Chief Executive of the Canadian Council of Chief ExecutivesThomas d'Aquino, President of the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales Andrés Rozental, and Director of the Center for North American Studies at American University Robert A. Pastor serve as vice chairs.Chappell H. Lawson, Associate Professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is director.
"A lawsuit for libel, defamation, false light and conspiracy was filed by Clark Jones of Savannah, Tennessee against WorldNetDaily.com, Tony Hays and Charles H. Thompson II arising out of a press release issued by WorldNetDaily.com on September 18, 2000, and articles dated September 20, October 8, November 24 and December 5, 2000, written by Tony Hays and Charles H. Thompson, II, posted on WorldNetDaily.com's website.
"The original news release by WorldNetDaily.com of September 18, 2000, and the article by Hays and Thompson of September 20, 2000, contained statements attributed to named sources, which statements cast Clark Jones in a light which, if untrue, defamed him by asserting that the named persons said that he had interfered with a criminal investigation, had been a 'subject' of a criminal investigation, was listed on law enforcement computers as a 'dope dealer,' and implied that he had ties to others involved in alleged criminal activity. These statements were repeated in the subsequently written articles and funds solicitations posted on WorldNetDaily.com's website. Clark Jones emphatically denied the truth of these statements, denied any criminal activity and called upon the publisher and authors to retract them.
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"WorldNetDaily.com and its editors never intended any harm to Clark Jones and regret whatever harm occurred. WorldNetDaily.com has no verified information by which to question Mr. Jones' honesty and integrity, and having met him, has no claim or reason to question his honesty and integrity. WorldNetDaily.com wishes him well."
When the leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States met in Texas recently they underscored the deep ties and shared principles of the three countries. The Council-sponsored Task Force applauds the announced "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America," but proposes a more ambitious vision of a new community by 2010 and specific recommendations on how to achieve it.
Pointing to increased competition from the European Union and rising economic powers such as India and China in the eleven years since NAFTA took effect, co-chair Pedro C. Aspe, former Finance Minister of Mexico, said, "We need a vision for North America to address the new challenges." The Task Force establishes a blueprint for a powerhouse North American trading area that allows for the seamless movement of goods, increased labor mobility, and energy security.
Make North America safer:
* Establish a common security perimeter by 2010.
* Develop a North American Border Pass with biometric identifiers.
* Develop a unified border action plan and expand border customs facilities.
Create a single economic space:
* Adopt a common external tariff.
* Allow for the seamless movement of goods within North America.
* Move to full labor mobility between Canada and the U.S.
* Develop a North American energy strategy that gives greater emphasis to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases -- a regional alternative to Kyoto.
* Review those sectors of NAFTA that were excluded.
* Develop and implement a North American regulatory plan that would include "open skies and open roads" and a unified approach for protecting consumers on food, health, and the environment.
* Expand temporary worker programs and create a "North American preference" for immigration for citizens of North America.
Spread benefits more evenly:
* Establish a North American Investment Fund to build infrastructure to connect Mexico's poorer regions in the south to the market to the north.
* Restructure and reform Mexico's public finances.
* Fully develop Mexican energy resources to make greater use of international technology and capital.
Institutionalize the partnership:
* Establish a permanent tribunal for trade and investment disputes.
* Convene an annual North American summit meeting.
* Establish a Tri-national Competition Commission to develop a common approach to trade remedies.
* Expand scholarships to study in the three countries and develop a network of Centers for North American Studies.
...The Task Force establishes a blueprint for a powerhouse North American trading area that allows for the seamless movement of goods (translation: seamless movement of all the drugs one country can handle), increased labor mobility (translation: We are tired of you deporting our criminals back to Mexico), and energy security (translation: we need more subsidies).
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
I can't believe I am arguing sources here in the first few posts of this topic. So I go and dig up the same actual news on CFR's own website, and WND is still crap. :shk:
Anyone got anything to say about the NAU other than where this story came from? Sheesh.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
reply to post by TrueAmerican
It's called Convergence and it is inevitable...


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Microsoft Craters on the SurfaceBy
Microsoft Craters on the SurfaceBy
Microsoft's recent wave of promotions and deep discounts for its Surface RT tablet, the company's first big push into hardware, led to speculation that it was close to releasing a new version. Turns out the reason was even simpler: Nobody's buying the thing.
In its exceptionally bleak earnings report yesterday, Microsoft took a stunning $900 million writedown on inventory for the Surface RT, which launched in October, starting at $500 ($600 for double the storage capacity). On Sunday, the company knocked $150 off both models; Mark Hachman's back-of-the-envelope math ballparks the unsold inventory at 6 million tablets, compared with maybe 1.8 million sold. This is after a June promotion that offered the device to schools and universities for as much as 60 percent off.
That doesn't bode well for future iterations of the Surface, or for Microsoft's plans to move further into the hardware market. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer's prepared earnings statement made reference to new Windows 8.1 tablets and PCs among the "compelling new devices" Microsoft has planned. While the Surface has scored some decent reviews and the price cut can't hurt, it's unclear how the company plans to compel people.
For now, Microsoft is still relying heavily on its PC software and enterprise businesses. They helped push the company's revenue up 10 percent to $19.9 billion, though it fell well short of analyst estimates. On last night's earnings call, CFO Amy Hood was asked when she expects Microsoft's tablets to compensate for the contracting consumer PC market. Points for honesty: "It will take a long time for that to happen," she said.


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Report NEP-ENE-2008-09-29This is the archive for NEP-ENE, a report on new working papers in the area of Energy Economics. Roger Fouquet issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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Other reports in NEP-ENE
The following items were announced in this report:
- Barbara Praetorius & Katja Schumacher, 2008. "Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in a Carbon Constrained World: The Role of Carbon Capture and Storage," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 820, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Agustina, Cut Dian R.D. & del Granado, Javier Arze & Bulman, Tim & Fengler, Wolfgang & Ikhsan, Mohamad, 2008. "Black hole or black gold ? the impact of oil and gas prices on Indonesia's public finances," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4718, The World Bank.
- Tol, Richard S. J., 2008. "The Economic Impact of Climate Change," Papers WP255, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
- Marcus Stronzik & Margarethe Rammerstorfer & Anne Neumann, 2008. "Theory of Storage: An Empirical Assessment of the European Natural Gas Market," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 821, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Rennings, Klaus & Smidt, Wilko, 2008. "A Lead Market Approach Towards the Emergence and Diffusion of Coal-fired Power Plant Technology," ZEW Discussion Papers 08-058, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
- Tol, Richard S. J., 2008. "Intra-Union Flexibility of Non-ETS Emission Reduction Obligations in the European Union," Papers WP256, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
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- Clemens Haftendorn & Franziska Holz, 2008. "Analysis of the World Market for Steam Coal Using a Complementarity Model," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 818, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Sylvain Rossiaud & Catherine Locatelli, 2009. "The obstacles in the way of stabilizing the russian oil model," Post-Print halshs-00321227, HAL.
- Geethanjali Selvaretnam & Kannika Thampanishvong, 2008. "Future of the Clean Development Mechanism in tackling climate change," Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics 200808, Department of Economics, University of St. Andrews.
- Oberndorfer, Ulrich, 2008. "EU Emission Allowances and the Stock Market: Evidence from the Electricity Industry," ZEW Discussion Papers 08-059, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
- Juan Carlos Cuestas & Paulo Jose Regis, 2008. "Nonlinearities and the order of integration of oil prices," Working Papers 2008/15, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School, Economics Division.
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- Cédric Clastres & T.T. Ha Pham & F. Wurtz & S. Bacha, 2010. "Optimal household energy management and participation in ancillary services with PV production," Post-Print halshs-00323576, HAL.
- Khan, Haider A., 2008. "China?s Development Strategy and Energy Security: Growth, Distribution and Regional Cooperation," WIDER Working Paper Series 056, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
- Anne Neumann, 2008. "Linking Natural Gas Markets: Is LNG Doing Its Job?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 822, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Alessia Campolmi, 2008. "Oil price shocks: Demand vs Supply in a two-country model," MNB Working Papers 2008/5, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary).
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- Karen Pittel & Lucas Bretschger, 2008. "Sectoral Heterogeneity, Resource Depletion, and Directed Technical Change: Theory and Policy," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 08/96, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
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- G. Marletto, 2008. "Getting out of the car: an institutional/evolutionary approach to sustainable transport policies," Working Paper CRENoS 200814, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.


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WACO, Texas (AP) - Xavier Preston sacked Charlie Brewer on a two-point conversion attempt with 17 seconds left and No. 23 West Virginia withstood a furious fourth-quarter Baylor rally to escape with a 38-36 win Saturday night.
Will Grier threw for five touchdowns to pad his national lead with 26 for the Mountaineers (5-2, 3-1 Big 12), who led 38-13 at the start of the fourth quarter.
That's when Brewer entered the game for Baylor and began to turn things around with his scrambling ability. He was 8-for-13 passing for 109 yards and two touchdowns and fellow freshman Treston Ebner had 109 yards and two touchdowns receiving and a 40-yard scoring run - all in the final quarter.
Ebner's 9-yard TD catch from Brewer drew Baylor within two, but Preston got immediate pressure on the two-point try and ended Baylor's chances. It was West Virginia's first win in Waco in three tries since joining the Big 12 in 2012.
David Sills V caught three of Grier's scoring strikes to run his total to 15, also tops in the nation. Two of his touchdowns came on back-to-back plays from scrimmage, spanning the first and second halves. The first of those was a 16-yard strike with one second left in the first half, with the latter coming on a 53-yard catch and run off a quick slant 18 seconds after halftime that pushed West Virginia's lead to 24-6.
The first Grier-to-Sills connection was a jump ball in the back of the end zone, a 35-yarder that put West Virginia ahead 10-0 late in the first quarter.
Baylor (0-7, 0-4) managed two Connor Martin field goals in the second quarter to pull within 10-6 and got into the end zone for the first time on a 7-yard run from John Lovett in the third quarter. West Virginia immediately answered with Grier connecting with Marcus Simms from 40 yards out and Ka'Raun White for a 6-yard TD. At that point, Grier had as many touchdown passes as incompletions and West Virginia was in control.
Baylor quarterback Zach Smith was 16 of 27 for 261 yards in his three quarters of action.
West Virginia: The Mountaineer defense dominated up front in the first three quarters. They entered with only seven sacks all season but added six against Baylor. They had a harder time corralling Brewer than the more-stationary Smith, but finally got to him when it mattered most.
Baylor: The Bears have mastered the art of giving a ranked team a scare at home. The next step is winning one. Baylor had a third-quarter lead and pushed then-No. 3 Oklahoma to the brink in a 49-41 loss its last time out at McLane Stadium on Sept. 23. The Bears actually outgained West Virginia 497-493, thanks to a 230-11 advantage in the fourth quarter.
West Virginia: Hosts No. 10 Oklahoma State on Saturday to begin a stretch of three of four games at home.
Baylor: Hosts Texas next Saturday.