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Multifunction Printer
All-in-one - This refers to a multifunction device that can perfom more than just printing. Printing, copying, scanning, and faxing are usually standard capabilities of these machines. Scanners can either be sheetfed or flatbed.
Anti-aliasing - Anti-aliasing is used to make graphics and text easy to read and appear pleasing to the eye on-screen. It consists of mathematical formulas that enables the detail around the edges of each charater to be enhanced.
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) - This attachment automatically feeds one page at a time to the printer, allowing users to step away while the printer completes a job.
Automatic Paper Sensing - A sensor reads the media signature and is able to determine automatically the best settings for any particular piece of media.
Bit Depth - Bit depth refers to the number of bits used to store information about each pixel of an image. The higher bit depth of a scanner means more information can be stored about a given pixel, producing clearer, color rich scans.
Bluetooth - Bluetooth is an industrial specification for wireless Personal Area Networks. This allows your computer or wireless device to communicate with your bluetooth enabled multifunction printer.
Borderless Printing - This feature allows you to print photos with no white space on the edges.
Brightness - This adjustment allows you to control the lightness and darkness of any image. Brightness is measured by the total percentage of light reflected.
Broadcast Faxing - This feature allows you to send one fax to multiple users.
CMYK - An acronym to represent Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, the process colors used in correct proportions to create the color range of a digital image. These are general names for the color hue of the colorants (dyes and pigments) typically used in formatting (including inkjet printing). These 4 colors are used to create all colors in this type of digital image.
Collation - Collation allows you to print multiple projects in the correct order. Also reffered to as "ordered printing".
Color Balance - This allows you to adjust the overall color cast of any image. Printers without this feature often produce slightly blurry or less than true colors.
Connectivity - Connectivity refers to the method by which you connect your printer to your computer. These connectivity options include USB, FireWire, Parallel and Ethernet.
Copy Weight - This refers to the minimum and maximum paper weight that your printer can handle.
Cost Per Page - This is the total cost of each page printed. Things like ink cartridges, other consumables and media cost is all factored in to give you a per page estimate of cost.
Dot Matrix - An impact printer that allows you to quickly produce basic graphics and text. Dot Matrix printers are ideal for situations where you must print a large data set at a low cost.
Dots Per Inch (DPI) - Dpi is an abbreviation for dots per inch. A measurement of print resolution, dpi indicates how many individual dots a device can create on a page per square inch of area. Dpi is typically listed as horizontal resolution by vertical resolution; the higher the dpi, the better the resolution.
Drivers - This software allows your computer to communicate with your printer to produce quality, accurate prints.
Duplex Printing - The printer automatically outputs a two-sided page without having to manually reverse and feed the paper. Automatic Two-Sided Printing is an option and does not have to be selected. It is standard with some high-end HP printers.
Duty Cycle - This is the number of pages that a printer is designed to handle per month.
Fax Modem Speed - This refers to the speed at which data is transferred over a traditional phone line. Most of today's multifunction fax units include a 33.6 Kbps fax modem speed.
FireWire - High-speed external connection used for connecting peripherals, also referred to as "IEEE 1394".
Firmware - Low-level software that runs in a digital camera, printer, scanner, etc., and controls the functionality and user interface.
Flatbed Scanner - The most common type of scanner, a flatbed scanner uses a glass pane which has a bright light and scanning element under the glass. When initiated, the scanning element and bright light move from one end to the other, scanning whatever objects, documents or photos are on the glass.
Font - A set of printing characters that share the same distinctive appearance. Fonts are used on your computer to display text on your monitor and print documents on your printer.
Fuser Roller - The Fuser Roller heats the page after toner is layed down to bond the toner with the page.
GIF Image - Usually carries the file extension.GIF short for Graphics Interchange Format. The first truly universal standard format for file images, originally developed by Compuserve. Widely used on the Web, GIF files are best used for small images with limited colors.
Grayscale - Similar to color bit depth, refers to the number of bits used to store information about levels of gray.
IEEE-1284 Standard - This is the design specification for parallel cables. Recent printers with parallel ports require cables that meet this specification.
Infrared - A type of connection that allows data to be wirelessly transmitted from the camera directly to another device when the infrared window on the camera is lined up with an infrared sensor on the other device.
Ink Cartridge - These are the devices by which ink is delivered to an Inkjet Printer. Ink cartridges shoot fast drying ink through tiny nozzles onto a page to form characters.
Inkjet - A printer or an all-in-one unit that shoots fast drying ink through tiny nozzles onto a page to form characters. The inkjet is currently the standard for personal computer printing. Inkjets are fast, affordable, and relatively quiet, they provide high quality graphics, and prints in color.
Interpolated Resolution - Manufacturers like to point to the interpolated resolution of their scanners because they can quote a really high number. Interpolated resolution refers to the ability of the scanner to estimate intermediate values in between known samples. Interpolated resolution is meaningless in terms of the quality of images you'll be able to scan!
JPEG File - Usually carries the file extension .jpg. The current favorite image format among Web surfers and graphics professionals, JPEG images are highly compressed to save more space than a BMP or GIF file.
LAN - Local Area Network. A group of computers in an office or building connected to each other by cable. A network computer can access files on other computers in the network or enable others to open and use its files. Printers, modems, and CD_ROM drives are also typically shared peripherals on a network.
Large Format Printer - Capable of handling large pieces of paper media greater than Legal size. (8.5" x 11")
Laser - A printer or all-in-one unit that uses static electricity and heat to bond particles of toner to a page to create characters, the same technology used by a copy machine. Laser printers are the current standard for business correspondence, and they deliver quality black text print.
Local Area Network - Usually abbreviated as LAN. A group of computers in an office or building connected to each other by cable. A network computer can access files on other computers in the network or enable others to open and use its files. Printers, modems, and CD_ROM drives are also typically shared peripherals on a network.
Media Handling - This refers to the number of pages that a printer can store prior to printing. It also usually details how this paper is handled (document feeder, tray, automatic document feeder, etc.).
Monochrome Printer - A printer that prints in only one color, usually black. Some monochrome printers can also produce text and graphics in shades of gray as well as strict black and white.
Monthly Duty Cycle - The maximum number of printed pages per month that a printer can print.
Network Interface Card - Usually abbreviated as NIC. An adapter card installed in a computer that enables it to connect to a network; most NIC's support several different types of networks and network cabling.
Optical Resolution - This number is the best indicator of the overall image quality of any scanner. If the resolution is 2400 dpi it will be listed as either 2400 dpi or 2400 x 2400 dpi. When comparing scanners that have two numbers listed in the resolution, the lower of the two will be a more accurate representation of the scanners ability (for example, a 1200 x 2400 dpi scanner would be considered a 1200 dpi scanner).
Page Memory - For multifunctions with fax, this refers to the number of pages the fax will save after they are sent. Typically this is 99 pages or less.
Pantone - A spot color matching system supported by most computer desktop publishing and graphics design software.
Paper Capacity - Defines how much paper any given paper tray can handle.
Paper Handling - This refers to the number of pages that a printer can store prior to printing. It also usually details how this paper is handled (document feeder, tray, automatic document feeder, etc.).
Parallel - A common printer interface typically found on the back of your PC. While most printers now use USB, some higher end units still come equipped with Parallel.
PictBridge - This standard allows cameras and PDAs to communicate and print directly from a PictBridge equipped multifunction printer.
Pixel - A single element within a digital photograph. The typical digital photograph is made up of several million pixels.
Port Polling - This is the process by which the computer verifies a working connection to the printer prior to print jobs.
PPM - Pages per minute, usually abbreviated as PPM. A measurement of printer speed, indicating how many finished pages a printer can produce in 60 seconds. PPM speeds are typically listed for both monochrome only and color documents.
Print Server - A computer completely dedicated to supporting a network printer. The server's system RAM and hard drive are used to store print jobs in the queue, and print jobs can be reordered, paused, or deleted from the server's keyboard.
Printhead - In an inkjet device, the print head contains the printer's ink cartridges and the nozzles that control the flow of ink. This electro-mechanical functionality allows the delivery of ink dots.
Processor - High perfomance laser printer and multifunction units sometimes have an integrated processor. This allows the printer to deliver a higher PPM.
RAM - Random Access Memory, usually abbreviated as RAM. RAM built into your printer can store data from a print job temporarily until the printer is ready to print the data.
Resolution - Resolution refers to the individual number of samples that are taken in the space of one inch. This is commonly referred to as dpi (dots per inch) or spi (samples per inch). Resolution is typically listed twice, as optical resolution and interpolated resolution.
RGB (Red, Green, Blue) - All colors defined as percentages of red, green, and blue. Varying percentages of these colors create all colors seen in the full color spectrum. To help understand the concept of RGB, look very closely at a color TV screen (not too long though, remember what Mom always said...), and see that the color is comprised of a variation or combination of individually colored dots (like pixels).
Sharpness - Refers to how crisp and clean an image appears.
Smoothing - Gives images a smooth appearance for more realistic photos.
Solid Ink Technology - Laser technology from Xerox that requires less ink per page.
Speed - This notes how quickly the printer can produce text or graphics. Typically for an inkjet or laser this is denoted with PPM. (pages per minutes) For a dot matrix or line printer with will be noted by CPS (Characters Per Second)
Thermal Dye Sublimation - Dyes are infused into the paper which will create slightly blurry edges. However, these images are less susceptible to fading and distortion over time.
Toner Cartridge - In a Laser or Color Laser Printer, this is the device by which ink is delivered to the printer.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) - Universal Serial Bus. An input/output (I/O) bus capable of data transfer at 12 megabits (1.5 megabytes) used for connecting peripherals to a microprocessor. Typically, each device connected to a computer uses its own port. USB can connect up to 127 peripherals through a single port by daisy-chaining the peripherals together. USB devices may be hot plugged, which means that power does not have to be turned off to connect or disconnect a peripheral. It is expected that USB will become a primary means of connection in IBM-compatible PCs. Most major hardware, software, and telecommunications providers support USB.
Wireless Print Server - Allows any wireless device on your network to communicate with your printer. Direct traffic when you're printing from multiple sources.
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WND's Vox Day on reclaiming "traditional white Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture" through ethnic cleansing
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WorldNetDaily's Vox Day uses his latest column to go on a racially charged rant: There's no such thing as the American "melting pot," we should all stay in our little cultural enclaves, and whites should boot the brown people out of the country and "reclaim their traditional white Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture."
The justification Day provides for his little tirade is a videotaped speech by a Hispanic Los Angeles high school social studies teacher on a tirade of his own about "frail, racist, white people" who want to keep Hispanics out of the country. Day uses the video to claim that "Mexicans and other third-world immigrants" are an "occupying power" aiming to "destabilize and destroy" this country by "settl[ing] a foreign people in its midst."
Day then claims, "There is, quite simply, no such thing as human equality in any material sense," citing "the latest genetic research on potential Neanderthal genes found in humans of non-African descent," which "suggest that it is not entirely accurate to even assert that homo sapiens is not divided into various subspecies." He adds, "Basing immigration policy on the idea of the melting pot is about as rational as setting foreign policy on the basis of the example set by the United Federation of Planets in Star Trek."
Day seems proud to note that "from the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century, the New England states had almost no immigration for 200 years" (and "when the Irish did finally come to America, they were fewer, more culturally similar, and they came in a more gradual manner from farther away"). Day then declares that those glory days can be restored if Americans "can find the courage" to engage in ethnic cleansing and "expel" various ethnic minorities:
If Americans can find the courage to consciously reject the myth of the melting pot and expel the Mexicans from the American Southwest, the Arabs from Detroit and the Somalis from Minneapolis, they can reclaim their traditional white Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture. This is highly improbable because so many descendants of that culture have rejected it in favor of the vibrancy of diversity while those who haven't are far too frightened of criticism and social rejection to even articulate their thoughts.
Alas, Day laments, there will only be "conflict avoidance":
White Americans will continue to vote with their feet, retreating slowly but continuously before the inexorable wave of migrationary expansion. Encouraged by the frailty of American society and the fragility of myth-based American political culture, what are still currently the fringe views of the Aztlan revolutionaries will rapidly become the mainstream opinion of Mexican irredentists in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.
It's worth mentioning that Day (real name Theodore Beale) has apparently undertaken his own "retreat": as of 2007 he lived in Italy. His father, by the way, is a Minnesota businessman and early investor in WorldNetDaily who decided he had the legal right not to pay taxes, was charged with tax evasion, then decided to go on the lam rather than face trial. Fourteen months later, he was captured; in 2008, he was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
It's also worth noting that in 2006, in devising ways to remove illegal immigrants from the U.S., Day took inspiration from the Nazis: "If it took the Germans less than four years to rid themselves of 6 million Jews, many of whom spoke German and were fully integrated into German society, it couldn't possibly take more than eight years to deport 12 million illegal aliens, many of whom don't speak English and are not integrated into American society." That was too crazy even for WND, which scrubbed it off its website.
Day perhaps more succinctly sums up this whole subject -- not to mention his hostility to minorities -- on his own blog: "If you're dumb enough to let tens of millions of Mexicans in, you can hardly be shocked when they decide they want independence."
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As far as Fantasea/10Bar quality, I've been a dealer for Fantasea for some time now. I would agree, they've had their problems and were buying from 10Bar. The problems were with the DSLR plastic housings, mainly very inconsistent quality control. Fantasea stopped making/distributing DSLR housings a while back and I think is vastly cutting back on P&S housings as well, although will still come out with a couple of new ones each product cycle for a while. For the most part the P&S housings have been ok, but quality is on/off sometimes. At least they warranty them along with free flood insurance, so no one has really been out anything.
I'm easing into 10Bar, I am impressed with LC's engineering - he's very innovative and creative in his approach. This latest series of aluminum housings - particularly the LX3 - have been pretty well received (with continued improvements) and other dealers have reported good results.
That's about as honest an assessment as I can give.
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Harriet Tubman's Florida Legacy
Many might assume that the Underground Railroad traveled in one direction: north to freedom, away from slavery and the plantations of the South. Few realize that runaway slaves also fled south into Florida for almost two centuries before the Civil War.
In recognition of Black History Month, this three-part series of blog posts will introduce aspects of resistance to slavery in Florida history. We begin towards the end of the story with the Moses of the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman, known as "The Conductor" of the Underground Railroad, spent time in Florida during her years of fighting for freedom. Born into slavery in Maryland, circa 1820, Tubman escaped in 1849 or 1850. She made numerous return trips to the South in order to free relatives and complete strangers alike. Tubman and her associates relied on a series of safe houses along the Underground Railroad. These stopping points represented a network of Abolitionists committed to aiding escaped slaves in pursuit of freedom. Scholars estimate that Tubman personally conducted at least 300 slaves to freedom in the 1850s and 1860s.
Because of the Fugitive Slave Act, passed in 1850, the final destination for many runaways was Canada. Enforcement of the Act in northern cities and towns meant living in fear of roving slave catchers and the possibility of re-enslavement.
Tubman's reputation for successfully transporting slaves to freedom became such that the Maryland Legislature at one point offered $12,000 for her capture; slave owners in the area raised the bounty to $40,000.
In addition to her clandestine activities, Tubman served in an official capacity during the Civil War as a nurse, cook, and spy for the Union War Department. She cared for soldiers with herbal treatments and using skills honed on the Underground Railroad she helped emancipate African-American men for service in the Union Army.
In Florida and South Carolina, the men recruited by Tubman conducted raids and guerilla warfare against plantations along the St. Marys and St. Johns Rivers. They carried off additional slaves as well as goods to aid in the war effort and in several instances exchanged fire with Confederate troops. Tubman accompanied the men on some of these expeditions and reported the intelligence gathered to Union officers.
So valuable was her service, the federal government authorized a pension for Tubman after the Civil War. Harriet Tubman would have been a remarkable person during any period in history. It is especially significant that a woman, illiterate and born into slavery, accomplished so much and that field commanders during the Civil War sought the knowledge and assistance of an African-American in the war to end slavery.
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by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., October 9, 2003 – New Mexico Tech has been listed as the nation's 18th best buy among public colleges and universities in rankings published in the current issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
The state-funded research university in Socorro is the only New Mexico school included in this year's top 100 best values in public institutions of higher education, as determined by the editors of Kiplinger's.
Last year, New Mexico Tech was ranked as the 41st overall best value in public colleges and universities.
"The Kiplinger 100," Kiplinger's annual rankings of public institutions that give college students "the most bang for the buck," is determined by using information that the schools themselves supplied, along with data and statistics on more than 600 four-year public colleges and universities provided by Wintergreen-Orchard and the U.S. Department of Education.


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Clarkson University Facebook Page Surpasses 10,000 Followers; Twitter Exceeds 5,000
Clarkson University's Facebook page hit a milestone in April by surpassing 10,000 followers.
The University began the page five years ago as part of its engagement efforts. Since then, it has turned into a virtual town square for prospective and current students, alumni, family, community members and anyone else interested in Clarkson to connect with the University and each other.
The Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/ClarksonUniversity) features news, achievements and profiles of Clarkson faculty, students and alumni. It also promotes upcoming Clarkson events and shares photos from those events and candid pictures of campus life.
Clarkson interacts with its Facebook followers in multiple ways, such as an "alumni question of the week" meant to provide current and prospective students with advice, Clarkson trivia questions and vintage photos from the University, Potsdam and old yearbooks.
"Clarkson defies convention as a technological institution with a highly collaborative community. We use Internet-based technologies to share information, as well as authentically engage our audiences in the Clarkson experience, whether it be the 17-year-old prospective student, a Clarkson sophomore, parents or our alumni," said Kelly O. Chezum, vice president for external relations. "Social media expand the opportunities we have to seamlessly connect and engage the Clarkson community in ways that simply were not possible a decade ago."
Clarkson's Twitter account, @ClarksonUniv, also hit a milestone in late March by surpassing 5,000 followers. The University also ramped up its Instagram account, @ClarksonUniv, over the last year.
Clarkson is also finding new ways to engage on social media, such as sponsoring a "Best of Clarkson" Instagram photo contest in February for students and encouraging hockey fans to Tweet at Cheel Arena games for a chance to get their message on the scoreboard.
Numerous departments within the University have also established a social media presence of their own, including the Office of Student Life, the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Reh Center for Entrepreneurship and the Career Center.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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"A'ale Ma'a Wau" (Fish out of Water) Season 4 Episode 2
A Five-0 murder investigation leads the team to help a Texas Ranger who comes to the island to find his missing daughter. Meanwhile, Kono and Adam fight to stay alive when their hidden location is discovered, on HAWAII FIVE-0, Friday, Oct. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R) Alex O'Loughlin as (Steve McGarrett), Daniel Dae Kim as (Chin Ho Kelly) and Tim Daly guest stars as a Texas Ranger Photo: Norman Shapiro/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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The Kokomo-Howard County Public Library has moved back to its renovated building after being in temporary locations for just over a year. The Genealogy & Local History Department is happy to be back "home" in the Lower Level of the library after a year out on its own. GLHD has new hours which are not the same as the rest of the library. Be sure to note that we are open: Monday-9:00 a.m to 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday-9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday-9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We are closed on Sundays.
Our new (old) address is now 220 North Union Street, Kokomo, Indiana 46901-4614. The new (old) phone is 765-457-3242.
Be sure to visit our beautiful remodeled building. You won't believe your eyes.
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In North Carolina, if you're accused of a crime, you don't get a free attorney. If you�re convicted or take a plea deal, the amount of time your lawyer spent on the case is now your responsibility to pay.
So you�ve been arrested.
And worse, you could be facing jail time.
As the officer arresting you should have said, you have a right to an attorney, and if you don�t have the money to hire one on your own, one will be provided for you.
But in North Carolina, that doesn�t mean you get a free attorney. If you�re convicted or take a plea deal, the amount of time your lawyer spent on the case is now your responsibility to pay.
�Once the case is resolved, (the attorney will) submit a fee to the clerk�s office, and we check it out to see if the defendant is ordered to pay,� said Patricia Pierce of the Lenoir County Clerk�s Office. �If they�re ordered to pay, get on probation, we do a civil judgment and they pay that way as a complaint against them.�
Under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the accused has a right to counsel. Initially only applicable in federal cases, the U.S. Supreme Court extended that right to state capital crimes in the matter of the Scottsboro Boys trial in Alabama in 1932. By 1963, the court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that right to counsel is essential to a fair trial and due process, and should extend to most state criminal cases.
What the court ruling, and the Constitution, do not guarantee is the right to free counsel. As a result, states handle the matter differently. In North Carolina, the Office of Indigent Defense Services coordinates the process, but most counties lack a public defender�s office.
In Lenoir County, if you ask for a court-appointed attorney and granted one, you�re given a name and business card of what IDS calls private assigned counsel � a local attorney in private practice who agrees to accept indigent defense cases.
Lawyers in the program are assigned to defendants on a revolving basis, so neither counsel nor the accused is treated differently than any other.
And you�re probably going to need a court-appointed attorney.
In its report to the N.C. General Assembly on March 1, the IDS commission reported its share of the overall state caseload rose from 34.3 percent in 2002 to a high of 54.4 percent in 2011. The amount dropped to 51.1 percent in 2012, but acutely stresses a program the commission called underfunded and under-staffed. From fiscal year 2001-2002 to fiscal year 2011-2012, criminal, non-traffic cases in state courts dropped 4.7 percent, but indigent cases ballooned 42 percent.
Mark Herring, an attorney at White & Allen, participates in the private assigned counsel program.
�For me, I feel it�s the right thing to do,� Herring said. �I�ve practiced going on 13 years now. I started out as a prosecutor, and I�ve always done a lot of criminal work. I enjoy helping people, and I think it helps the court system. I just think it�s the right thing to do. But, definitely, it�s a significant reduction in pay if you compare it to a retained client. That�s the case in every state and with the federal government.�
Hence, the attorney you�re assigned is a public servant by definition. IDS estimates in DWI cases, retained counsel may collect $1,000 to $3,000. PAC, as IDS acronymed private assigned counsel, can only bill the state for the rate set by law. For district court cases, that�s $55 an hour. For superior court cases, it�s $60 an hour, and $70 an hour for when the defendant is accused of a Class A-D felony.
Removing the necessary business costs associated with putting on a defense, that�s not a lot of take-home pay for the attorney. And, the General Assembly cut those rates two years ago, leading to some attorneys leaving the program entirely.
�The May 2011 rate reductions were the deepest for the vast majority of cases in district court, where the rate was reduced by almost 27 percent to $55 per hour, which is less than the hourly overhead of many small law firms in North Carolina,� the IDS commission stated in its report.
If you�re fortunate enough to have your case dismissed or be judged not guilty, you don�t have to pay the attorney�s fees. But, chances are if convicted or plead guilty, paying back the state for services rendered won�t be an easy matter.
Lenoir County is one of the top five counties in the state in recouping money spent on indigent defense, but even that�s just 35.3 percent of costs, according to the latest numbers. Some counties struggle to make it out of the single-digits.
�I think the whole nature of the appointed system, for someone to be in a position to have appointed counsel available to them probably mean�s they�re in a position they can�t pay it back,� Herring said. �I think requiring defendants to pay it back is setting many of them up for failure, because they just can�t do it.�
Non-payment of court costs can result in a probation violation, resulting in the defendant serving an active prison sentence. Under state law, if the convict made a good-faith attempt to pay, the court can take the individual�s circumstances into account, and give them more time, reduce the fees or revoke them altogether.
Each ruling is on a case-by-case basis.
Going forward, the situation�s unlikely to change. The IDS commission asked the General Assembly for one-time funding of $7.5 million to eradicate its debt and an additional, recurring $2.5 million to fund the PAC program at a level the agency deems appropriate.
�Budget priorities on both the federal and state levels make it unlikely that any imminent influx of new resources will be available for public defense, although in some places they are desperately needed,� the American Bar Association said in a report on indigent defense reform in 2012.
Gov. Pat McCrory�s budget appropriated $5 million exclusively to relieve the debt, but enhanced funding for private attorneys is unlikely.
Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.
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The Fastest Man on the Field
Fans of the Emanuel County Institute's football team back in the mid 1930s knew Jimmy Fordham could run, block and tackle. His opponents couldn't stop him as he galloped up and down the gridiron on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Fordham's senior season at E.C.I. came in 1935. That year, the boys from Twin City easily defeated their opponents, including their intra county rivals from Swainsboro, whom they beat twice.
In the first game with Swainsboro, half back Fordham came into the game, broken arm and all, and was responsible for the winning score. In one of Fordham's most outstanding games, he scored seven touchdowns to lead his team to a 50-0 shutout of rival Millen High. Standing on the sidelines, salivating at the sight of future college running back, was University of Georgia coach, the legendary Vernon "Catfish" Smith.
A rematch with Swainsboro was played on Thanksgiving afternoon. A large crowd was hoping for another upset like the city boys put on the highly touted eleven under the tutelage of Coach George Hagans. Once again, the E.C.I. team left the field as the champions of Emanuel County.
In the days before Georgia high school teams competed for true state championships, the pinnacle of success was the winning of the District Championship. Teams within each congressional district competed each against other regardless of the size of their student bodies.
The First District championship was settled on the afternoon of December 6, 1935. The team from Vidalia, which had not lost a conference game in three years, squared off against Fordham and E.C.I. After a twenty-yard run, "Flash" Fordham snagged a "bullet pass" from Tommy Vandiver. Fordham caught the ball and did what he did best, run. Fordham's 40-yard touchdown reception led to the only score of the game. Fordham, in his last game in high school, once again was the deciding factor in the game. Oh, by the way, Fordham played the entire game with a sprained ligament in one of his legs.
Cate, Salisbury, Fordham, and Mimms
Jim Fordham chose the University of Georgia to continue his love for the game of football. After playing for the freshman team in 1936, Fordham lettered in the 1937 season as an understudy to Bill Hartman, Georgia's first NFL player and an All-American. Fordham's Bulldogs finished a respectable 6-3-2 under Coach Harry Mehre in the last of his ten-year tenure at the helm of the Bulldogs. Mehre was proud of his three sophomore backs, Jimmy Fordham, Vassa Cate and Oliver Hunnicutt, all of whom were known far and wide for their tremendous speed.
Jim Fordham started at fullback and the spinner back position in the single wing formation during the 1938 season. Georgia coach Joel Hunt, in his first and only season as a head college football coach, had Georgia headed in the right direction. After wins against smaller schools, Georgia was 5-1 after a victory over Florida. They never won another game that season, losing to Tulane, Auburn and Miami and enduring a 0-0, sister-kissing tie with Georgia Tech to finish 5-4-1.
Fordham comes up to make the tackle.
Fordham's third head coach in three years was Wally Butts, the legendary Georgia coach, who coached the team to its first national championship three years later in 1942. Despite the swift running of Fordham and Vassa Cate, the Bulldogs fell to a losing record of 5-6. The season ended on a high note with a victory over Miami, a game in which Fordham scored a touchdown. Fordham ended his collegiate career as a member of the Gray (South) team in the annual Blue-Gray game.
Jim Fordham was drafted 67th by the Chicago Bears in the 7th pick in the 8th round of the 1940 NFL draft. Fordham, the second Georgia Bulldog back ever to be drafted into the NFL, followed by his former mentor, Bill Hartman, who was drafted in 1938. Despite being drafted, Fordham left football during the early years of World War II.
Fordham finally joined the Bears in 1944. With their legendary coach, George Halas serving in the armed forces, the "Monsters of the Midway" fell from the top of the NFL ranks. In his first season, Fordham running out the fullback position, played behind future Hall of Famers, quarterback Sid Luckman and center Clyde "Bulldog" Turner. Fordham, playing in eight of ten games, scored four touchdowns on the ground. Fordham pounded out a respectable average of 4.5 yards per carry. The former Bulldog returned two kickoffs for an average of 21 yards per return.
Under temporary coach, Hunk Anderson, Fordham and the Bears finished a respectable 6-3-1. Among the memorable highlights of the year was the Bears 21-0 shut out of their bitter rivals, the Green Bay Packers. In a match against the team's other bitter rival, the Bears lost to the Detroit Lions. Playing for the Lions that day was none other than Frank Sinkwich, the University of Georgia's first Heisman Trophy winner. Fordham did right by his Bulldogs with one of his best games of the season by carrying the ball 13 times for 82 yards, not bad for a man who was primarily used as a blocker and runner on short yardage situations.
Fordham's last season in football came at the end of World War II. With many of the league's veteran players coming back to the game after the end of the war, players like Fordham found themselves out of a job. In his last season, Jim carried the ball 45 times for 153 yards. He managed to score one touchdown that year.
In one of the more odd records, Fordham tied a record held by a few, but not by many. In a game where few people ever win their last games, Fordham's teams won his last game in high school, college, and the pros.
Sadly, I could not find much at all about the life of Jim Fordham after football. Maybe someone out there will come forward and I will tell the rest of the story of the man they called "Flash," the fastest man on the field.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Louis Oosthuizen made a snowman, Phil Mickelson was buried in a bunker escapade on the short 12th hole and Marc Leishman went from the lead to the parking lot in about three hours.
On a Friday full of mayhem and destruction, few were safe amid the steady winds and perilous edges of Augusta National Golf Club during the second round of the 78th Masters. Par was your buddy and birdie was a conquest as gusts reached 25 mph and steady winds of 15-20 mph whistled through the majestic pines and whipped most of the best players in the world.
Overnight leader Bill Haas went from 4 under to 2 over in five holes. With his tee shot on the par-3 fourth hole, Rory McIlroy nearly skulled reigning champion Adam Scott, who was teeing off on the fifth hole. And only 13 of the 97 starters are under par through 36 holes, led by pace-setter Bubba Watson, who moved to 7-under par and a three-shot lead with a 68.
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Leishman, unfortunately, was the prominent symbol of the carnage. The "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie" went birdie-birdie-birdie to start his round and reached 5 under. Then a bogey train pulled up and his game went off the rails – six bogeys and two double-bogeys in 13 holes. What once looked like a 69 turned into a 79 and an exit from the tournament.
"This is as tough as I've seen it," Leishman said of the conditions. "Saturday last year it was firm and fast, but there was no wind. The wind around here is just brutal because one minute it will be behind you and the next minute it's into you. And then there's none. It's hard to hit shots when you don't know where the wind is. It's hard to commit to it. But you have to at some stage."
Leaving the stage after missing the cut were Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Luke Donald, Dustin Johnson, Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley.
But not all were beaten down in the second round. Comfortable once again at the theater that is Augusta National, Watson, the 2012 champion, is back to his free-wheeling ways but with much more control. He had five consecutive birdies on the back nine.
The big lefty with the big driver from Bagdad, Fla., has dominated the course that so many others have struggled with. With a 4-under-par 68 coupled with his opening 69, Watson took a three-shot lead over John Senden (68). Another shot back is Thomas Bjorn (68), Jonas Blixt (71), Jordan Spieth (70) and Scott (72), who is trying to become just the fourth player to win back-to-back green jackets.
"It's not science here – you try to hit the greens, and if you're hitting the greens that means you're obviously hitting your tee shots well," said Watson, who won earlier this year in the Northern Trust Open and nearly won the Waste Management Phoenix Open and the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship. "So that's all I'm trying to do – hit the greens, take two putts, maybe throw in a birdie here or there. That's what I've done the last two days and it's worked out so far."
What also has been working this year is his recommitment to the game and his attitude. At the start of the year, he told himself it would be a year of rejoicing, that he would worry less about his game and concentrate more on his commitments as a husband, father and Christian.
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"So when you hang your head because you shot 77 in the last round or an 80 in the last round, it really doesn't mean anything," he said.
The 2014 Watson looks much better than the 2013 version, and through two rounds, no one has looked better.
"He's hardly missed a shot the last couple days," said Donald, who played the first two rounds with Watson. "He's dominating the course with his length and just leaving it in the right spots. He's not taking too much risk on. When he has wedge and sand wedge, he can go fire at some pins and he's been able to stop it. He can move it both ways and being a left-hander moving left‑to‑right around some of these holes is a lot easier. It shows because Phil's had a lot of success here, too."
Mickelson hasn't this year. Fearing that he had not piled up enough competitive rounds because of injuries to his back and side, the three-time Masters winner made too many mistakes to make the cut.
At the 12th, he found the front bunker with his tee shot. He found the back bunker with his second shot. He again found the front bunker with his third shot. Finally, he landed his shot on grass and two-putted for six. With rounds of 76-73, he missed the cut by one.
"There was no sand where I was at," said Mickelson, who added that he will probably watch the Masters over the weekend because "it's kind of my punishment."
"I caught the liner of the bunker and bladed it across the green and the same thing happened on the other side," he said. "It went back and forth, three bunkers, before I finally got it to stay on grass."
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Oosthuizen couldn't keep his chip shot on the 15th to stay on the green en route to his triple-bogey 8. Over the green in two, Oosthuizen, who lost in a playoff to Watson two years ago, chipped up the hill toward the green and watched the ball keep rolling and rolling and rolling before finally stopping – in the pond fronting the green. After taking a penalty and hitting his fifth on to the green, he three-putted for 8.
Jason Day, who hadn't played since winning the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in February, made the cut on the number despite two four-putts and one three-putt. Despite spotting Watson 11 shots, Day hasn't given up hope.
"To be 7‑under on this course the way it's been set up the last couple of days is phenomenal," Day said. "There's been very difficult pin positions. I've said before that the green speeds and the firmness of the greens are very difficult for a lot of the players. It seems like he's handling that pretty well. I think he's only had maybe one dropped shot over the last 36 holes, so he's playing phenomenal golf.
"But then again, we still have 36 holes left and anything can happen, especially at Augusta."
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It should have been clear based on their transactions this weekend that the Patriots felt tight end Rob Gronkowski would be back sooner rather than later.
The emphasis on sooner.
According to Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald, Gronkowski was back on the field in full uniform for practice Sunday.
That's a quicker recovery than many expected from back surgery, though it remains to be seen how much he's actually doing or will be able to do this week. Reporters see a small portion of individual drills and stretching, so it's impossible to know if he'll be able to play this week.


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Are you throwing a Halloween bash tonight or hosting a neighborhood get-together? Bring on the yummy party snacks! We're here to help you whip up some last minute treats that are healthy and fun -- because having a Halloween party or potluck doesn't have to mean bowls full of candy or plates of spaghetti worms or grape eyes. Our 6 Halloween party snack and finger food ideas can be thrown together quickly, and each one definitely captures the spirit of Halloween.
These party snacks include healthier versions of traditional foods like caramel apples, as well as more unique holiday foods like spooky smoothies in fun colors, pumpkin donuts, and even silly "ghosts" made with cheese, bread, and olives. With a little creativity, you can delight all of your guests or just your family members. These 6 treats take hardly any time to prepare and they boast lots of visual effect. Happy, healthy snacking and Happy green Halloween!
1. Witches Brew (or Spooky Smoothies)
We actually prefer these as a fun Halloween breakfast, but these smoothies can easily be served (especially in small glasses) at a party. The purple color is achieved by blending berries into the smoothie and the pale green color is the result of a banana-spirulina combination. Both smoothies will delight kids, and the healthful ingredients will appease parents who want to make sure their children get some nutritious foods in during the course of the day!
2. Orange and Black Finger Food Bites
Playing around with using the traditional black and orange colors of Halloween in food is a fun way to plan your party menu. We used blue corn tortillas to approximate black and paired them with a vegan cheddar cheese for easy to pick-up quesadillas. We also made roll-ups using the blue corn tortillas and hummus. The orange, chili-pepper flavored tortillas paired well with a black olive and cream cheese spread we whipped up in the food processor and also with some mashed black beans and potatoes. Black bean hummus is a natural pick too.
3. Cheesy Ghosts
This playful take on cheesy bread couldn't be easier. Simply cut a baguette in slices and place on a cookie sheet or oven-safe tray. Cover the pieces with large, thin slices of cheese like Daiya's jack-style cheese. Heat under a broiler for a few minutes until the cheese melts. Slice some stuffed olives for eyes. Remove the bread from the oven and place the olive eyes on. Serve warm.
4. "Bloody" Caramel Apple Slices
The ingredients inside real caramel apples are a little scary themselves-think high fructose corn syrup and red dyes (not to mention the super-sticky, teeth-pulling texture). We made a vegan caramel sauce from The Voluptuous Vegan that uses more natural sweeteners like maple syrup and brown rice syrup instead and then added some natural food coloring to make it a bloody red. Serve the slices with some chopped nuts and dip away!
5. Marshmallow Mummy Fingers and Hot Chocolate
After a few chilly hours trekking around the neighborhood trick-or-treating, kids could use a warming pick-me-up. Take your favorite hot chocolate recipe (ours is from The Kind Diet), and add some marshmallow mummy fingers to it. We stuck four Dandies vegan marshmallows on a toothpick (you could also use a coffee stirrer or a thin straw for littler ones) and used some leftover red decorating gel to paint fingernails. You could also mix up a little powdered sugar and water with food coloring to make the fingernails-green would be fun! Super quick and guaranteed to get a smile!
6. Pumpkin Donuts
Gluten-free pumpkin donuts may not be traditional Halloween party fare, but they would be a welcome addition to any fall holiday occasion! If you want to make the donuts even more festive for the holiday, consider tinting the cream cheese drizzle orange or using orange or black-colored sugar.


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It seems to me that January is a cookie baking month. That is why I am really, really, REALLY excited about sharing my recipe for Thousand-Layer Chocolate Chip Cookies. This is is 30 years of chocolate chip cookie research baked and stacked, for your pleasure. Head over the to Chronicle Books' Blog today for the story behind how it came to be, and for a chance to win a free copy of my book, The Newlywed Cookbook.
When you make these, be sure to fold in extra layers of love. And come back to tell me what you think, pretty please.
Thousand-Layer Chocolate Chip Cookies
from The Newlywed Cookbook
Imagine the countertop of your favorite bakery piled high with generous stacks of crunchy cookies marbled with sheets of chocolate. Now imagine that in your very own kitchen. These beauties are worth the extra effort you put into them. The layered chocolate provides unparalleled texture, flavor, and a bakery-style finish that will make you very proud to call these your chocolate chip cookie.
Makes 20 cookies/biscuits
3/4 cup/150 g packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup/150 g granulated sugar
4 egg yolks, at room temperature, plus 1 large egg, lightly beaten, for brushing
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups/ 280 g all-purpose/plain flour, plus more for dusting
3/4 tsp baking soda/bicarbonate of soda
3/4 tsp fine sea salt or table salt
9 oz/255 g high-quality bittersweet chocolate
1/4 tsp fleur de sel {optional}
Preheat the oven to 375˚F/190°C/gas 5. Line two baking sheet/trays with parchment/baking paper.
Cream butter and both sugars together with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg yolks, two at a time, followed by vanilla.
Whisk together the flour, baking soda/bicarbonate of soda, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture on low speed until just mixed. Stop and scrape down the bowl to make sure all the butter is evenly incorporated and give the dough a final mix.
Divide the dough into 3 portions. Put each dough portion on large piece of plastic wrap/cling film, and pat into a 4-by-6-in/10-by-15-cm rectangle. Wrap and refrigerate on a flat shelf in the fridge until well chilled, about 30 minutes. {This helps to set the butter and make the dough easier to work with. Chilling cookie dough also helps cookies/biscuits keep their shape when they bake, the secret of most fine bakeries!}
Meanwhile, coarsely chop the chocolate into thin shards using a serrated knife. Set aside.
When the dough is chilled, lay one portion on a lightly floured countertop. Sprinkle with half of the chocolate and top with another piece of dough. Repeat with remaining chocolate and dough until you have a slab of dough with two layers of chocolate. Dust lightly and evenly with flour and roll gently with a rolling pin into a large 9-by 6-in/23-by-15-cm rectangle that's about 1 1/2 in/ 4 cm thick.
Using a 2-in/5-cm round cookie or biscuit cutter or a thin rimmed glass, cut out ten rounds of dough. Gather the scraps together, pat lightly, and cut out remaining cookies.
Divide half of the cookies/biscuits between the 2 prepared baking sheet/trays, leaving about 3 in/7.5 cm between cookies/biscuits since they will spread. Brush the tops of each cookie with the beaten egg, and with a light hand, sprinkle with a few grains of sea salt, or leave plain.
Bake until the cookies are set, 12 to 15 minutes, switching the sheets halfway through top to bottom if you're baking two sheets at a time. Let cookies/biscuits cool slightly, about 3 minutes, then transfer the cookies with a thin spatula to a wire rack to cool completely {or, just slide the parchment/baking paper directly onto the cooling rack}. Let the baking sheets/trays cool completely before using to bake the remaining dough (lining with more parchment/baking paper if needed). Bake as directed, switching sheets top to bottom half way through baking, and cool.
Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.


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March 26, 2011
BRIDGEWATER, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's outdoor track and field team turned in several strong performances when they opened their 2010 season at the Bridgewater Invitational at the Edward C. Swenson Athletic Complex Saturday. No team scores were recorded at the meet.
The women's 4 z 100 meter relay team of sophomore Morgan Cooper (Sunderland, MA/Frontier Regional HS), sophomore Jillian Van Ness (Agawam, MA/Agawam HS), sophomore Shannon Singletary (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) and senior Briley Morrill (Whitman, MA/Whitman-Hanson Regional HS) finished first in 52.90 seconds. Van Ness also finished fourth at 100 meters in 12.81 seconds, qualifying for the New England Division III Championships with the fifth best time at UMass Dartmouth, and was fourth at 200 meters in 27.41 seconds. Singletary was fifth at 100 meters in 13.24 seconds.
Junior Brittany Cole (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) was second in the hammer throw at 122 feet, seven inches, the fourth best throw at UMD. She was also sixth in the shot put at 34-2. Sophomore Jamie Zizza (Stoneham, MA/Stoneham HS) was third in the pole vault at eight feet, and fifth in the high jump at four feet, nine inches. Freshman Lauren Roche (Norfolk, MA/King Phillip Regional HS) was third in the long jump at 15-2, and fourth in the triple jump at 33-5, the eighth best mark at UMass Dartmouth. Sophomore Kim Urena (Marlborough, MA/Marlborough HS) was third in the 400 in 1:03.49, senior Ulrike Schonemund (Langgoon, Germany) was third in the high jump at 4-9, junior Courtney Testa (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton HS) was fourth at 5000 meters in 19.44 seconds, junior Meagan Bohigian (Barre, MA/Quabbin Regional HS) was fifth at 1500 meters in 5:00.80, and junior Emily Migre (Whitman, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) was sixth in the javelin at 109-7.
For the men, sophomore Kyle Costa (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS/Vermont) finished first in the 400 meter hurdles in 59.85 seconds. Senior Eric Nygaard (Medway, MA/Medway HS) was second at 800 meters in 1:59.87, freshman Joe Texeira (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS) was second in the javelin at 185 feet, 10 inches, the fifth best throw at UMD, which qualified him for the Division III New England Championships. He also finished third in the discus at 125-11.
Freshman Brett Croteau (Rehoboth, MA/Dighton-Rehoboth HS) was third in the javelin at 181-5, the seventh best mark at UMD. Senior Nick Santoro (Shrewsbury, MA/St. John's HS) was second at 5000 meters in 15.36, freshman Chris Cole (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) was third in the shot put at 46 feet, the fifth best mark at UMD, senior Jeff Beal (Townsend, MA/North Middlesex HS) was third in the 110 meter hurdles in 16.95 seconds, senior Wes Meserve (Merrimac, MA/Pentucket Regional HS) was third in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 11:05.00, and freshman Cody Gibney (New Bedford, MA/Greater New Bedford Regional Vo Tech HS) was fourth in 11:10.00.
"It was a good start, considering the weather," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "It was 30 degrees when the meet started, and it affected everyone. Joe Texeira and Chris Cole got off to good starts, as did Brittany Cole in the hammer and Jillian Van Ness in the 100. Nick Santoro did a nice job in the 5000. We need to keep working hard during the next few weeks."
The Corsairs will return to action at the Bryant Invitational next Saturday.


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Herzfeld Library in Benton to host class on jewelry making
Adults 18 and older are invited to attend a craft workshop on jewelry making led by members of the Cooperative Extension Homemakers group at 10 a.m. Friday at Herzfeld Library in Benton. Participants will make a beaded bracelet. No jewelry making experience needed. Attendance is first come, first served. Call 501-778-4766 for more information.


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Does anyone think that part of the filming of the Ripleys Believe it or not movie will take place at the Ripleys museum in Niagara Falls Canada?
It would be great as I live only a few hours away from there.
I might email the Mayor of Niagara Falls and ask him if he has heard anything about the project.


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Albuquerque Hotel Refused Muslim Woman's Request to Wear Head Scarf, Federal Agency Charged
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - 704 HTL Operating, LLC and Investment Corporation of America, doing business as MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque, has agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $100,000 and other relief, the agency announced today.
The settlement resolves an EEOC lawsuit filed on Sept. 21, 2011, EEOC v. 704 HTL Operating, LLC, and Investment Corporation of America, d/b/a MCM Elegante, 11-cv-00845 JCH/LFG, for alleged religious discrimination against Safia Abdullah, who was hired for a housekeeping position at the hotel. The EEOC's lawsuit charged that this employer would not allow Abdullah to work unless she removed her religious head covering, and fired her when she declined to do so.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it unlawful to refuse to hire or discharge any applicant or employee because of religion or religious practices including requesting religious accommodation. The law further provides that employers have a duty to provide reasonable accommodation for sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of applicants and employees, unless doing so would cause an undue hardship. Such accommodations, for example, may include allowing individuals to wear religious clothing or take time off for religious observances.
The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation voluntary settlement through its conciliation process. The case was set for trial to commence on Dec. 2, 2013.
In addition to monetary relief for Ms. Abdullah, the consent decree settling the suit provides for other important relief, including an injunction prohibiting future discriminatory practices; institution of policies and procedures to address religious discrimination and retaliation; training for employees of MCM, and managers and human resource officials of both defendants on religious discrimination; and posting a notice advising employees of their rights under Title VII.
"Employers should be aware that they have a duty to provide reasonable accommodation to employees' religious beliefs and practices," said Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill of the EEOC's Phoenix District Office, which has jurisdiction over Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah. "Wearing a religious head covering is a common religious practice which employers can usually accommodate without any undue hardship."
EEOC Area Director Derick Newton of the Commission's Albuquerque office said, "Religious discrimination continues to be a high priority for the EEOC, and we take this issue very seriously."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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In accordance with § 271.25 of its rules regarding availability of information (12 CFR part 271), there is set forth below the domestic policy directive issued by the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting held on October 2, 2001.[1]
The Federal Open Market Committee seeks monetary and financial conditions that will foster price stability and promote sustainable growth in output. To further its long-run objectives, the Committee in the immediate future seeks conditions in reserve markets consistent with reducing the federal funds rate to an average of around 21/2 percent.
By order of the Federal Open Market Committee, November 9, 2001.Start Signature
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Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.
1. Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting of October 2, 2001, which include the domestic policy directive issued at that meeting, are available upon request to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. 20551. The minutes are published in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board's annual report.Back to Citation
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Librizzi is a town in the Province of Messina, Sicily. This blog is to honor my ancestors and the town where they were born.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
SONETTO or SONNET, the language of love.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee
Yes, this is Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare.
Perhaps you are thinking that the sonnet form arose in England and that Shakespeare was the creator of the form. Wrong! The original sonnets looked more like this:
Io m'aggio posto in core a Dio servire,
com'io potesse gire in paradiso,
al santo loco ch'aggio audito dire,
u' si mantien sollazzo, gioco e riso.
Sanza mia donna non vi voria gire,
quella c'ha blonda testa e claro viso,
chè sanza lei non poteria gaudere,
estando da la mia donna diviso.
Ma no lo dico a tale intendimento,
perch'io peccato ci volesse fare;
se non veder lo suo bel portamento
e lo bel viso e 'l morbido sguardare:
chè lo mi teria in gran consolamento,
veggendo la mia donna in ghiera stare.
Iacopo da Lentini, written in the vernacular Sicilian of the 13th century
The Sonnet was born in Palermo, Sicily, during the reign of Frederick II (1194-1250),also known as the Stupor Mundi("The Wonder of the World").
Frederick was a learned, progressive, ruler and poet. He surrounded himself with the best minds of Sicily, mainland Italy, and France.It was at his Magna Curia, the Royal Court,that the Scuola Siciliana was established. The Sicilian School was not an institution but a philosophic and literary movement.
The poets of this school were all high court officials, administrators, organizers, who were inspired to express themselves poetically. The School was made up of a small group of poets who between 1230 and 1250 wrote over 300 lyric poems. A few of the notable poets were Iacopo da Lentini (Lentini is a town between Catania and Siracusa), Pier della Vigna, Filippo da Messina,and Cielo d'Alcamo. The principal exponent of the Sicilian School was Iacopo da Lentini, in fact he is considered the creator of the form called Sonetto or Sonnet in English.
Troubadours from provenzal France who had been exiled from Provence, took refuge in Palermo, at the court of Frederick II where artistic development was cultivated. Their love poetry which was written in Langue d'oc , inspired the Sicilian poets and became the basis of the new form. However the language used by the Sicilian poets was not that of the troubadours but the Sicilian dialect which existed side by side with Latin. Hence the School established the vernacular, the Sicilian dialect, as the standard language for Italian love poetry.
The themes of courtly love as expressed in the troubadours' poems are, homage to the woman,her virtue,her physical and moral beauty,hope that the love would be reciprocated by the lady,her modesty in not revealing her own passion. In the Sicilian poems the courtly themes remain but they are stylized, and are no longer concrete but abstract. There is no mention of specific time nor place.
Another fundamental difference is that while the poetry of the troubadours dealt with moral, civil, and political themes, the Sicilian poetry eliminated these aspects and concentrated on courtly love.
The music that accompanied the troubadours' poems was also eliminated, and new metric forms were introduced, among which were the 'canzone' and the 'sonetto'. Sonetto means 'little sound' or 'little song'.
The Sonnet of the Sicilian Court of Frederick II (early 13th century) has these features:
Sicilian Octave.. a. b. a. b. . a. b. a. b
Sicilian Sestet.. c. d. c. d. c. d.
Pre-Iambic Pentameter
The epitaph of Giulia Topazia is an example of the Sicilian octave:
Qui, d'Atropos il colpo ricevuto,
giace di Roma Giulia Topazia,
dell'alto sangue di Cesare arguto
discesa, bella e piena d'ogni grazia,
che, in parto, abbandonati in non dovuto
modo ci ha: onde non fia giá mai sazia
l'anima nostra il suo non conosciuto
Dio biasimar che fè sí gran fallazia.
English (non-rhyming translation):
Here, having received Atropos's blow,
lies Giulia Topazia of Rome
descended from the high bloodline of witty Caesar,
beautiful, and full of every grace,
who, in childbirth, abandoned us in a manner that ought not be:
thus, our minds will never have enough
of cursing her God, unknowable,
who might make such a great error.
(In my opinion, the English translation does not do justice to the beauty of the actual epitaph)
As I mentioned above, Iacopo da Lentini (1188-1240), the chief Court notary, is considered the creator of the sonnet and its new metric innovation. Of the original poems 125 have survived, 85 canzones and 30 sonnets.Forty of these lyrics,including sonnets and canzones,are by Iacopo da Lentini. Iacopo adapted the themes, style, and language of Provencal poetry to Sicilian, and infused it with his own aristocratic tastes. None of his poetry survives in the original Sicilian as it was somewhat modified to conform to a Tuscan dialect (more about this in part two of the blog).
Iacopo da Lentini not only invented the sonnet, he is also credited with the first definition of 'love' in literature:
"Amor é un desio che ven da core
per abundanza de gran plazimenti,"
Love is a desire that comes from the heart
Due to an overabundance of pleasures
It was Dante Alighieri who first acknowledged the Sicilian School and the court of Federico II. In his 'De Vulgari Eloquentia' Dante discusses the Sicilian School, gives it credit for introducing the sonnet, a new and revolutionary metric system. Dante also immortalized Iacopo da Lentini as well as Pier de la Vigna in his famous "Divine Comedy". Iacopo is found in Canto XXIV of "Purgatory" where he is referred to as the Notaro (notary), and Pier de la Vigna is found in Canto XIII of "Inferno". Pier is placed in "Inferno" because when he lost Federick's trust, Pier committed suicide.
I conclude this first part on the evolution of the sonnet with the following quote:
"The importance of the poetic forms bequeathed by the Sicilian school can scarcely be overstressed. The canzone became a standard form for Italian poets for centuries. The Sicilian-school sonnet became, with variations, the dominant poetic form not only in Renaissance Italy—where it was brought to perfection by Guido Cavalcanti, Dante, and Petrarch—but also elsewhere in Europe, particularly in Elizabethan England, where, after its introduction in the 16th century, it was modified to form the distinctive English, or Shakespearean, sonnet."
Quote from: http://universalium.academic.ru/245353/Sicilian_sc hool
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Do You Care If the NHL Season Is Canceled? — Sports Survey of the Day
It looks like we have another sport involved in another lockout on our hands. This time it's the NHL that is in talks about a new agreement between ownership and players. Hockey has a healthy history of work stoppages, including one that cost the entire 2004-2005 season. Many fans didn't come back after that labor dispute, which was the longest in a string of them.
The NHL went on strike in 1992 and it was locked out in 1994-1995, resulting in the cancelation of 30 games. Have fans had enough of this?
It doesn't seem like much is in the works to get things moving either. ESPN reports that there is no new Collective Bargaining Agreement talks this week. So, another season may be in jeopardy, but does anyone care?


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Home Page Chess Life Online 2014 August Mulyar Crushing in Washington International
|Mulyar Crushing in Washington International
|By Michael Regan
|August 9, 2013
After six rounds of the 2nd Annual Washington International IM Michael Mulyar has a half point lead and a 2742 performance rating. Michael has played two GMs and is paired against GM Smirin in round 7. Since the tournament qualifies as a super swiss, he is well on his way to a GM norm. One half point behind Michael are GMs Smirin, Perez, and Jimenez and IM Ludwig. Round 7 started today at 11am. Round 8 is 6pm on Saturday and the final round is at 11am on Sunday. You can follow along with live coverage at http://washintl.mdchess.com
Also doing well is FM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy with a score of 4 -2 and a 2522 performance rating. Seth Homa is also 4-2 and has a performance rating of 2455. FM Shiyam Thavandiran already has three IM norms and his 2527 performance so far helps in his quest to get his 2400 rating. In the 3.5 score group Samuel Sevian, Kevin Wang, Katerina Rohonyan, and Ruifeng Li are all within range of IM norms.
In the Razuvaev Memorial the only decisive game in the first round was GM Boris Gulko's win over Irina Krush.
In the game Tukmakov-Kosteniuk Alexandra sacraficed two pawns for the initiative but Tukmakov was able to equalize and the game was drawn.


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Singer Sheryl Crow kept her cool during a show in Florida on Saturday after forgetting the words to one of her biggest hits.
The "All I Wanna Do" star was performing her song "Soak Up the Sun" in St. Petersburg when she found herself struggling to sing the correct lyrics.
Speaking to the audience, she asked, "Oh, what's the words?" and added: "It's live! Nothing on tape here!"
She then joked, "I'm 50 what can I say! My brain has gone to s-" before finishing her set.


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He is the recipient of several awards from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters. During his career in broadcasting, Andy has served as reporter, producer, anchor and assignment editor. He even served as a side-line reporter for live broadcasts of football and basketball games.
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RTC Team of the Week: SyracusePosted by nvr1983 on November 22nd, 2009
We will readily admit that we crushed the Orange for their embarrassing exhibition game loss to Le Moyne three weeks ago and even left them out of our Top 25 after that loss, but we can admit when we were wrong even if we are pretty sure most Syracuse fans felt the same way that we did at the time. We figured that Jim Boeheim was in for a long year waiting for next year's much hyped recruiting class to come to upstate New York. After the Le Moyne loss, the Orange rolled off big wins at home against Albany (by 32) and Robert Morris (by 40), but those two programs were hardly in the same category as the three teams that would be travelling to Madison Square Garden for the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic (UNC, Ohio State, and Cal) and we expected the Orange to have a difficult time competing with those teams even if we never really considered any of those teams that great (you will notice that my co-editors were a bit behind me on the Tar Heels being overrated if you look at that last poll).
The Orange opened up against Cal, a team we had already covered live twice this season (against Murray State and against Detroit), and destroyed the more highly touted Bears. After falling behind 5-0 to start the game, the Orange took the lead with 17:08 left in the first half and dominated Cal from that point forward with their frontcourt outscoring Cal's 54-22. The Bears highly regarded backcourt struggled against the zone and shot just 30% as a team from beyond the arc only managing to outscore the Syracuse guards by 10 (51-41). The fact that the Orange dominated on the inside was no surprise to us. They have one of the best frontcourts (Wesley Johnson, Rick Jackson, and Arinze Onuaku) in the country and Cal's frontcourt is lackluster to put it kindly. The real surprise was the play of their guards and redshirt sophomore Scoop Jardine (22 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists) in particular.
We figured the next hurdle — defending national champion UNC — would be a much higher hurdle and it was. For a half. The first half of the game was as good as any we have seen this season with the teams trading quick runs and both teams making big shots. The Orange opened the game with an 8-0 run that had us questioning whether Roy Williams was trying to channel Phil Jackson by not taking a timeout and letting his team work things out on their own. The Tar Heels responded with a quick run of their own and took the lead at 12-11 with 15:06 left in the first half. The Orange briefly took a 9-point lead at 31-22 before the Tar Heels rallied again to tie it up before taking a 39-37 lead into the intermission. Then the Orange exploded opening up the 2nd half on an insane 22-1 run that left us speechless and led Williams to comment after the game that Syracuse "beat the dickens out of us". Andy Rautins was the star of the game with an Andrei Kirilenko-like line of 11 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 steals (minus all the whining) and Wesley Johnson added a 25 points and 8 rebounds against one of the best frontcourts in the country. The Orange's performance left us wondering if this year's version might be better than last year's version even without Jonny Flynn, Eric Devendorf, and Paul Harris. And for those of you who are wondering, the Orange will be in this week's yet unreleased RTC Top 25, which should be out some time on Monday. The Orange need to be careful not to let the honor of being RTC's inaugural Team of the Week get to their heads though because their next game is at home against a very good Cornell team that much of the country doesn't know about, but has already won on the road at Alabama and UMass.


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Lnxa wrote:I think charging for every race is fine, This race is only $4 so who cares. Another thing is unless you guys somehow got erode to not make kickers in SX then the track will be trash during the race with kickers off of every jump. I'll see how the track is and it might change my mind about racing but erode will probably fuck the track up.
i'm curious too, it was fun on Reflex, some jumps could not be made and would launch better


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EMC Announces Syncplicity Integration with SlideShark
Cloud-Focused Integration Enables Mobile Workforce to Deliver Full Fidelity Presentations from iPads and iPhones with Engagement Analytics
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- Integration enables sales and marketing teams to seamlessly access all of their presentations for instant and accurate viewing on iOS devices
- Teams stay on the same page by ensuring their users have the most current versions of presentations available on all of their devices
- Extends remote-wipe policies from Syncplicity to SlideShark to protect sensitive information from loss or theft of mobile devices
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced an integration of EMC ® Syncplicity ® with the SlideShark app from Brainshark, Inc., the leader in online and mobile presentations. The integration pairs the cloud-based, easy-to-use Syncplicity file sync, share and collaboration solution with Brainshark's award-winning app for viewing and sharing PowerPoint presentations with an iPad or iPhone – enabling mobile teams to have access to all of their presentations in the cloud and be able to present them professionally and reliably from iOS devices.
The integration provides a powerful combination for companies seeking to empower their distributed – and increasingly mobile – workforces, including sales and marketing teams, with up-to-date and high impact presentations. With Syncplicity, users have access to their own personal presentations as well as presentations published across their teams, both inside and outside the corporate firewall, without any additional step required. Syncplicity eliminates version control challenges, ensuring that they have access to the latest version of presentations on all of their mobile devices.
Then, using SlideShark, users have access to a unified view of all of their PowerPoint files managed by Syncplicity to display them on the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch - with fonts, animations, graphics and colors intact. Users can control and navigate content, as well as connect to TVs and projectors to deliver truly powerful presentations. And with SlideShark's ability to track engagement, sales and marketing teams can truly close the loop by assessing usage, even with copies of the presentation distributed to prospects.
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Cities offer notoriously difficult driving environments, ones that favor compact and subcompact cars in as their small stature and maneuverability nicely deal with tight spaces and roadways choked with traffic, all while delivering superb fuel economy. Yet the drawback of the compact and subcompact vehicle genre is obvious: they can get you from here to there, but not much else.
That then is the conundrum several new concept vehicles displayed at the 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit are trying to solve.
Take for example the "Urban SUV Concept" vehicle developed by Japanese automaker Honda, which is the starting point for a new small sport utility vehicle (SUV) model the OEM plans to launch in Japan by the end of 2013, followed by the U.S. market in 2014.
John Mendel, executive VP-sales for Honda's American division, said the Urban SUV Concept is intended to provide the basis for a fun-to-drive and fuel-efficient small SUV combined with what he called an "aspirational" design, flexible packaging and "next-generation" connectivity.
Here's the interesting part, though: the vehicle measures just 169.3 inches long, some nine inches shorter than the Honda CR-V, making the Urban SUV Concept the "ideal size" for navigating both crowded city streets as well as open mountain roads, Mendel said.
More importantly, it's configured in such a way to maximize interior space – a critical attribute for vehicles aimed at operating in crowded urban centers.
To get that space, Honda built this concept vehicle around a center fuel-tank layout used by its subcompact "Fit" sedan, along with what the OEM calls a configurable "Magic Seat" setup to provide a host of passenger and cargo options, including a fold-flat mode for maximum cargo capacity.
Another automotive supplier at NAIAS – German drivetrain maker Schaeffler AG – presented a new concept vehicle as well, dubbed the "Efficient Future Mobility North America" vehicle and based on a mid-size SUV platform as way to "optimize" internal combustion engine drivetrains.
Peter Gutzmer, chief technology officer for Schaeffler AG, said this "mobility" mid-size SUV concept serves as a "demonstration vehicle" for the components and systems that are bundled within it. "Even with the efficient platform we selected, we still see further potential for optimization," he explained, noting that when they are integrated into an all-wheel drive (AWD) vehicle can potentially provide up to 15% in fuel efficiency.
Gutzmer said this concept vehicle is based on the current version of a mid-size SUV that is popular in North America and features an automatic transmission with a torque converter. A wide range of technologies are deployed in this vehicle to help boost fuel economy, from a thermal management module and AWD separating clutch to engine "start-stop" systems and a permanently engaged starter with a wrap spring one-way clutch.
He added that vehicle's fuel savings also result from "friction optimization" work being carried out on belt drives and valve trains, as well as advancements to balancer shafts and wheel bearings – a mechanism for aerodynamically optimized closing of radiator grills – and the optimization of the torque converter.
The new AWD separating clutch, which decouples the unused drive axle from the drive train depending on the driving situation, can potentially offer fuel savings of up to 6% on the highway, with a 2% savings in city traffic, though the permanently engaged starter generator with a wrap spring one-way clutch can offer additional city driving improvements, Gutzmer pointed out.
In addition to a considerable increase in comfort, due to the smooth engine start-stop function, and a significant improvement in so-called "change of mind" situations – in which the engine is already switched off, but the driver quickly decides to drive on – the "start-stop" function can save a further 6% in city traffic.
Engine "start-stop" can also deliver fuel savings on the highway, as it provides additional functions such as "sailing" where the drive train decouples and the internal combustion engine switches off as the vehicle is moving at high speed, he noted.
Another 1% reduction in fuel consumption can be achieved through the integration of a thermal management module, which helps the engine achieve optimum operating temperature in the shortest time possible and also aligns said temperatures with hybrid propulsion systems.
Jeff Hemphill, chief technology officer for Schaeffler's North American subsidiary added that this "mobility" SUV project is structured in two phases, with the objective of phase one to fulfill the corporate average fuel economy (CAFÉ) rules being put in place for light vehicles in 2020.
"In the second phase, we will add hybrid systems with the aim of fulfilling the requirements for the year 2025," he said.
It'll be a great thing such concept vehicles ultimately deliver more capability and improved fuel efficiency in the same package.