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Recent online attention to a 40-year-old photo showing youngsters playing in a suburban Detroit alley may lead to a reunion of those shown in the image.
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) ? Recent online attention to a 40-year-old photo showing youngsters playing in a suburban Detroit alley may lead to a reunion of those shown in the image.
The photograph taken July 31, 1973, shows two sets of siblings ? three black and two white ? hugging while they play in Mount Clemens.
Joe Crachiola, 63, is a former photographer with The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens and he posted the photo recently on Facebook with observations about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida and how adults could learn from the innocence and acceptance of children.
Since then, the photo has been shared thousands of times and received hundreds of comments. Pictured are Rhonda Shelly and her siblings, Lisa and Robert, who still live in the Detroit area; Kathy Macool lives in Texarkana, Texas, and her brother Chris Macool lives in Sealy, Texas.
Crachiola, who now lives in New Orleans, said the attention the photo has received is "mind boggling."
"It was a very simple picture of innocent children being themselves," he told The Macomb Daily. "But you have to remember the context it was taken in. This was five years after the Detroit riots and right in the middle of the busing controversy between Detroit and the suburbs."
George Zimmerman, who identifies as Hispanic, was acquitted this month in the fatal shooting of Martin, who was black. The case has ignited debates about race relations, guns and self-defense laws. Protests following the verdict took place in cities including Detroit.
Kathy Macool, now 48, said she was pleasantly surprised to learn that the photo was getting attention. She said she always remembered the day the photo was taken.
"My mother raised us to be color blind," she said. "You treat people the way you want to be treated. I was asked by someone if there was any racism when I was a child. I don't know, I don't remember, but I know there is now. I think racism is way worse today than it ever was."
Robert Shelly, now 46, said he also was surprised by the new attention to the photo.
"It didn't matter back then to us what your color was, we never thought about that," said Shelly, who lives in St. Clair Shores. "My mother taught us to love everybody."


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30 in 30: Grabovski extends depth of Capitals lineupby Corey Masisak
The first season in charge for Adam Oates began with the Washington Capitals in unfamiliar situation and ended with an all-too-familiar one. The Capitals needed a second-half rally to win the Southeast Division for the fifth time in six seasons, but that was followed by another disappointing Stanley Cup Playoff defeat.
It was a quiet offseason for the Capitals after they were eliminated by the New York Rangers in a seven-game, first-round series. Free agents Mike Ribeiro, Matt Hendricks and Joey Crabb signed elsewhere, and defenseman Jeff Schultz was bought out. General manager George McPhee signed defensemen John Carlson and Karl Alzner to long-term contracts, then had his patience rewarded when he was able to sign center Mikhail Grabovski to a one-year, $3 million contract in August.
Under-valued: Mike Green -- Health is always the major concern with Green, but after leading defensemen in goals (12) and putting up gaudy power-play numbers (14 of his 26 points came with the man advantage), he's certainly worth the risk to draft as a No. 1-2 fantasy D-man on any squad.
Over-valued: Troy Brouwer -- Brouwer easily put together the most productive season of his career (19 goals, 14 assists in 47 games), but that was largely because he skated on a line with either Nicklas Backstrom or Mike Ribeiro. Unfortunately, this season he'll likely be centered by Brooks Laich, and that will result in a lot of regression.
Sleeper: Martin Erat -- From a point-production standpoint, Erat had one of the worst seasons of his career, averaging 0.53 points per game (he's usually closer to the 0.70 mark), but there's a chance he will spend time on the top line with Alex Ovechkin and Backstrom, which would make the former Predators forward a must-own fantasy player.
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Adding Grabovski fills an obvious need and gives Oates more depth and flexibility up front. The offense should produce, the defense remains shaky after a solid first three, and the goaltending should be strong. A full training camp after a season with Oates in charge could lead to improvement, and Washington will be in position to compete for a playoff spot in the new-look Metropolitan Division.
Here is the projected 2013-14 lineup for the Capitals:
Marcus Johansson - Nicklas Backstrom - Alex Ovechkin
Martin Erat - Mikhail Grabovski - Troy Brouwer
Tom Wilson - Brooks Laich - Eric Fehr
Jason Chimera - Jay Beagle - Joel Ward
Mathieu Perreault - Aaron Volpatti
NOTES: Whether Wilson and Orlov make the team will have a ripple effect on the rest of the roster. The top six looks set, provided Johansson (a restricted free agent) signs.
Laich or Perreault likely will be the No. 3 center. Where Perreault fits could be determined by Wilson being ready for a regular gig.
Carlson is Washington's No. 1 defenseman, but Alzner and Green played together most of last season. Orlov has the most upside as Carlson's partner. Erskine, Oleksy, Hillen and Tomas Kundratek will be in a competition for playing time. One of those four could be sent to the American Hockey League if the team keeps 14 forwards.
Holtby brought a sense of stability to the net, but Neuvirth likely will get plenty of starts and could play well enough at some point to make it a competition again. Holtby appeared in 75 percent of the games last season, something that hadn't happened for a goalie in Washington since 2003-04.


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I know people like Neal because some kids in my class are mean to me and some classmates. I think the lesson was to not have friends that are mean and to not make bets because they get annoying and on your nerves. This author writes very well because he uses lots of details and lots of feelings. This book has no pictures but I think there should be because some parts are confusing and the pictures might help explain.
I would recommend this book to people who like funny books. I recommend it to people who like funny things because this book has lots of funny parts. Like one is when Pat gets stuck under a fence and when the fire department comes to get him out. I think middle school kids would think it's funny because it's about a boy who is under peer pressure starting middle school. Thank goodness Pat gets out from under the fence because he is in pain right now. Find out the other klutzy things that happen in this book.


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- Gill Hicks says euphoria of survival saved her from feeling hatred for her loss
- Images of those injured in Boston bombings resonated with her, she says
- Hicks asks if we must forgive our hurt in order to heal
- After years of thought, she says she realizes all we can really change is ourselves
It is just a brief moment in time, the time it takes to draw a breath, to click your fingers, the time it takes to detonate a bomb. Life, as you knew it, changed forever.
On the morning of July 7, 2005, I was just another anonymous commuter on my way to work during rush hour in London's crowded metropolis. I was short and spritely, weaving through what seemed like a never-ending sea of people to ensure I had a chance of getting on a Tube train. What I didn't know then was that a 19-year-old named Jermaine Lindsay, determined to detonate a bomb he was carrying in his backpack, was boarding the train carriage at the same time as me.
We were just seconds out from the station platform when "click" -- no bang, no boom, no noise at all, just a split second between life and death, between light and complete darkness. Although we were all anonymous strangers in that carriage, in those crucial moments we became each other's saviors, a much-needed hand to hold, a comforting and reassuring voice to hear, we became united in our disbelief, our shock, our pain and our absolute horror.
An hour passed before rescue could reach us, although the memory is one of timelessness -- the world had ceased to be, nothing made sense and my mind was trying desperately to process every aspect of what I was experiencing. I felt no physical pain, and yet as the thick darkness began to break, the light revealed it was only a thread of skin that was left attaching my legs to my body.
It was the brutal images of those who had lost limbs from the Boston Marathon bombing being carried from the scene that resonated deep within my heart -- for I knew, I knew what life is without legs, I knew what they would face in the coming days, weeks, months and years.
For me, it was the euphoria of survival, of having Life that ultimately saved me from feeling hatred, bitterness or indeed to seek revenge for my loss. I was Alive and I was still "Gill" and yes, although there was a significant part of my body missing, somehow my understanding of life grew. It was witnessing and indeed being a recipient of the brilliance of humanity that also shaped my "new" life -- and there was no better sign of this absolute brilliance than in my hospital wristband. It chillingly read "One Unknown -- Estimated Female." I remember vividly reading those words again and again and each time they revealed a deeper sense of humanity and what was important. That tag said to me that people actually put their own lives at risk in trying to save mine, trying to save as many as they could. To them, it didn't matter who I was, whether I had a religion, if I was rich or poor, if my skin was dark or fair, indeed if I was male or female -- all that mattered was that I was a precious human life.
Being "One Unknown" also told me that on that morning Jermaine Lindsay didn't set out to kill or maim me, Gill Hicks. He didn't know me, he didn't know what I thought or what I felt: to him I was conveniently placed in a group called "Them" as opposed to "Us." I've often thought, what if we had the chance to talk before he detonated his bomb? I wasn't given a choice, I wasn't offered a chance to "defend" my life; instead he presumed that I was his enemy.
Terror knows no names. Its list is broad and cruel, sweeping from Baghdad to Boston, killing and maiming those who have innocently been in detonation range.
Humanity knows no names -- just the value of every single life.
But must "we" forgive our hurt in order to heal? For me, the person whose actions took my legs is dead. He's gone. He is only a name to me. There is no chance for dialogue or for to say "sorry," to even want my forgiveness. My healing is what I now understand to be a continuous journey, one where I must always find strength in love, of self and humanity and to stay focused on what really matters; leading a life that honors my great gift.
Replacing the idea of recovery with a strategy for adjusting, adapting and ultimately accepting "change" has equally helped me to understand that I will never know what it is like to have my legs back -- to have that physical freedom again. I had to create a "new" idea of normal.
To be filled with hatred, as those who created such devastation, was never an option. I allowed the brilliance of the unconditional love that I had experienced throughout my rescue and the following months and years to fill me and show me how to live. I knew that my life, this Life number 2 had to be dedicated to making a positive difference and to building a sustainable peace -- to endeavor to eradicate ignorance in the world, replacing it with empathy.
While I wish the world would just "Stop" -- for there to be an end to innocent lives being killed or maimed by acts of terrorism or extreme conflict, I now realize, after years of deep thought, that all we can Change is ourselves. I hold onto the belief that If each of us, each "One Unknown" made a positive contribution to our own lives, that if we strived to grow to our full potential and truly honour the preciousness of being "here" -- then when multiplied, the acts of one become many and the acts of many can change the world as we know it.


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- Thursday, June 17th: Fabulous Fermenting 101 Want to learn how to ferment your own food? Join us for a hands-on learning experience at Turner Farm with Jennifer and Jordan from Fab Ferments to learn about the health benefits and culture of lacto-fermented vegetables. This is a beginners hands-on workshop teaching the basic fundamentals you will need to make your own raw cultured veggies! Everyone will go home with three quart jars of fermented food. Jars will be provided, but please bring a harvest basket, cutting board, knives and a pounding instrument. Space is limited so reserve your spot by paying the class fee now! Cost is $30.
- Saturday, July 17th: Campbell County Backroads Farm Tour Slow Food Cincinnati will join the Campbell County Farmland Work Group for the Backroads Farm Tour Saturday, July 17th from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. This self-guided driving tour of 17 farms will illustrate the variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, honey, beef, wines, and horse farms that give Campbell County its special character. meet local farmers and experience farm life at its best. Visit their website in June for a map and full schedule. Admission is free.
- Saturday, August 28th: Farmers' Fair Come down to the Roebling Entertainment District in Covington for this all-day celebration of local food! The event will feature a Farmers' Market from 10-4, as well as food and wine tastings from local chefs and vineyards, cooking demonstrations, educational activities for the whole family, and featured speaker Ed Begley, Jr. Proceeds benefit Slow Food Cincinnati, as well as CORV (Central Ohio River Valley) Local Food Guide, the Northern Kentucky Chapters of the Future Farmers of America, and the Ohio Valley Foodshed Project. Please visit the Farmers' Fair website for the most up-to-date information or to volunteer for this wonderful event. Admission is Free.
- Sunday, September 12th: Cooking Class and Dinner at Granny's Garden Did you know we have the largest school garden program in the Midwest here in Cincinnati? Granny's Garden School serves all of Loveland's K-4th grader's, but when school's out, Slow Food gets to play! Join us for a cooking class to learn new techniques and recipes for seasonal ingredients you may not be used to preparing. After the class, we'll enjoy the fruits of our labor, of course! Details are still being ironed out, but we'll be sure to keep you posted.
But Wait, There's More! Keep an eye out for more info on these other exciting events later in the summer.
- Sustainable Sunday Join Park+Vine, Slow Food Cincinnati, and the Miami chapter of the Sierra Club for our next Sustainable Sunday. We'll meet at 11 a.m. at Park+Vine, stop by Coffee Emporium for a fuel-up, then head out on a leisurely stroll along the river to Maribelle's for lunch. We'll plan to be back at P+V around 2 p.m. or so. Check our blog or facebook page, or P+V's facebook page or twitter for final details and to learn how to RSVP.
- Berry Picking Spend a day with your Slow Food friends picking fresh, delicious berries. Because berries are so dependent on the weather, this event will likely be short notice, but open to all. We'll send out an email and update our blog to let you know when and where to meet us!
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Look at that bird. Look at all those trees to climb. And, best of all... there's no one to chase.
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Penny Martin: When did you first move into your studio?
Eley Kishimoto: September 1994.
Penny Martin: What made you choose it?
Eley Kishimoto: The size, one room to fit 10m print table, a dye room, a clean design and make room, but importantly it is very cheap and it is local to our home.
Penny Martin: What are the different roles of the people working in your studio?
Eley Kishimoto: We all have individual responsibilities and in addition to this we are all chameleons and adopt each other¹s roles if required. We would like to make the point that it is a team effort and we work well as a team.
Penny Martin: Please describe what happens there on a typical day.
Eley Kishimoto: Design, print, manufacture, market, communicate and laugh as much as possible.
Penny Martin: How did the appearance/décor of your studio come about? Did it evolve spontaneously, or was it designed?
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Appreciation Awards Tap Five Students, One ClubSOCORRO, N.M. April 11, 2011– Five New Mexico Tech students and one student club are the 2011 winners of the Student Appreciation Awards.
|The 2011 Student Appreciation Award winners pose with their awards. Pictured are (from left), Ben Cooper, Tunde Adeyale, Elaine Fan, Mason Risley, Rachel Clements, Ryan Shea, Estella Magallanes, Nic Schafer, Shari Houston and George Egert.
|Babatunde 'Tunde' Adeyale with Gym Director Melissa Begay.
|Ben Cooper with Student Services Director Chelsea Buffington
|George Egert with Dr. David Burleigh of the Materlals Engineering Department.
|Shari Houston with Dr. Gary Axen of the Earth and Environmental Science Department.
|Nic Schafer with Dr. Warren Ostergren of the Mechanical Engineering Department
|The student members of the American Chemical Society (formerly known as the Chem Club) with Dr. Michael Heagy of the Chemistry Department. In front are Elaine Fan, Estella Magallanes and Rachel Clements. In back are Mason Risley, Dr. Heagy and Ryan Shea.
These outstanding contributors to campus life are Babatunde "Tunde" Fiyin Adeyale, Ben Cooper, George Egert, Shari Houston and Nic Shafer. The group winner is the student chapter of the American Chemical Society.
Nominated by faculty and staff members, the winners represent the most dedicated and involved students on campus. Not an academic award, these annual awards identify those students who contribute through volunteerism, community service, leadership and mentoring.
The five individual winners all share a common trait of being involved in many different organizations, clubs, teams and jobs. They all excel academically and were noted in their nominations for their positive attitudes.
The winners were officially recognized at a special dinner Sunday, April 10, at the Old Town Bistro.
Babatunde "Tunde" Fiyin Adeyale
Tunde Adeyale has made a significant contribution through several campus clubs, but was nominated for his work in athletics.
Gym Director Melissa Begay said in her nomination that Tunde is extremely outgoing and has great customer service skills.
"For pure attitude, Tunde is unbeatable," she wrote. "He spreads happiness and good feelings in a way that rubs off on whomever he meets. He's the kind of student you hate to see leave Tech."
A sophomore petroleum engineering student from
Adeyale is an active member of several professional student organizations related to petroleum engineering. He was elected to serve as the vice president of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
"In my opinion, Tunde is perfect for this award," Begay wrote. "He is a model New Mexico Tech student."
Ben Cooper
Cooper was nominated twice – by Dr. Scott Zeman and Bureau of Geology Librarian Maureen Wilks.
Cooper has impressed Zeman with his high caliber academic work and analytical abilities, but he focused his nomination letter on Cooper's leadership in the Tech Volleyball Club. Cooper has been the president and has taken it upon himself to tutor several of his teammates.
"Ben is one of the kindest and most compassionate students I have had the pleasure of knowing," Zeman wrote. "Ben is selfless with his time and genuinely committed to serving his fellow students, his department and the institution."
Cooper impressed Wilks during his time working at the Bureau.
"His friendly manner and helpfulness have made my job that much easier," she wrote. "He has taken the initiative in figuring out ways to streamline processes."
Cooper has also been a leader of multiple SAE Aero Teams in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
George Egert
Materials engineering professor Dr. David Burleigh nominated George Egert for his enthusiasm, recruiting and creativity.
While Egert is an exceptional student, Burleigh highlighted his other contributions to the Materials Engineering Department.
This spring, Egert has championed the "Materials Department Cabinet of Curiosities," which displays many research oddities of the department. Egert got the idea while helping clean out Dr. Osman Inal's office in January. He is now working on a second cabinet to display more curiosities. He is also spearheading an effort to build a periodic table filled with samples of each element.
"I appreciate George's enthusiasm and his ability to get things done and his ability to get everyone working together," Burleigh wrote.
Egert also accompanied Burleigh to the School-to-World Convention in
He helped re-write the Materials 202 Lab Manual and helps other teaching assistants prepare for classes and labs, Burleigh wrote.
The only graduate student honored this year, Shari Houston is active in many student clubs and is the "unofficial ambassador for the Earth and Environmental Science Department."
In his recommendation letter, Dr. Jeff Johnson wrote that he nominated
"She is a vital and dynamic presence in our department and merits consideration thanks in large part to her extracurricular presence."
Johnson presented a long list of
Nic Schafer
As a Peer Facilitator, Schafer has taught a course that helps freshmen transition into campus life. As an officer in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Schafer has volunteered for student functions and led workshops, including one on welding. Also, as the student representative to the department, he gathers input from students on suggestions and improvements.
In 2010, Schafer completed a summer internship in
"His initiative in doing so is characteristic of his willingness to tackle new challenges," Ostergren wrote. "Nic always demonstrates a professional, cooperative attitude. He helps other students when the needs presents itself."
American Chemical Society
Chemistry professor Dr. Michael Heagy nominated the student club for outreach efforts, Science Olympiad volunteerism and campus involvement.
Previously known as the Chem Club, the campus chapter is currently led by President Estela Magallanes, Treasurer Christina Pierce and Secretary Rachel Clements. Other leading contributors are Katrina Lepthien, Ryan Shea, Sean Henry and Elaine Fan. Graduate student Lili Bao has also participated.
The student group won a $1,000 Innovative Grant Award – jointly from the national and state chapters of the ACS – for a new educational outreach initiative. The club created "Five Simple and Fun Chemistry Experiments for the Socorro High School Chemistry Lab."
"Having learned that the local high school was staging few, if any, laboratory experiments, the club deemed it a necessity to introduce these labs," Heagy wrote. "After all, if chemistry is not a lab science, what is?"
The Tech students prepared lab kits, visited the teacher and helped conduct labs with the students, "to the delight of the high school administration," Heagy wrote.
However, what impressed Heagy the most was the club members' weeklong work to prepare for the annual State Science Olympiad event. The students helped the Chemistry Stockroom manager set up two events. They also served as judges for the N.M. Science and Engineering Fair in early April.
"I hope the awards committee will recognize these outstanding achievements along with all the other intangible efforts that went with a very successful year," Heagy wrote.
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Lebec bear heading home after treatment
A young black bear is getting a second shot at life in the wild this spring, being released back into the wild after eight months of treatment at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.
The "Lebec bear" was brought in from south of Bakersfield last July. The bear is the South Lake Tahoe wildlife rehabilitation center's first bear release this year and was hauled Tuesday in a bear crate from the center to near where it was captured.
"He was only 13 pounds and all by himself with no mom, so he was pretty small when he came to us," said Cheryl Millham, of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.
The bear came in with foxtails in his ears, two ticks on his body and a wound on one of his left legs. He spent the last eight months growing and getting rehabilitated and now tips the scales at a bit more than 65 pounds.
"He was getting the right food and the right care for the right amount of time, playing with the other cubs and staying away from humans," Millham said.
About 14 months old, the Lebec bear was tranquilized and given one last health inspection before he was picked up by the California Department of Fish and Game and hauled away Tuesday.
"Our biologist found some really prime habitat, with some green up right now, which is very rare in this drought time, and near some water sources. So we'll take this bear down there, open the crate up and let this bear go off on his own," said Marc Kenyon, senior environmental specialist with California Department of Fish and Game.
"When he gets down there he'll have essentially a second chance on life."
Three other young black bears remain at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care and also are expected to be released back into the wild this spring. They include a bear from Meeks Bay, a bear from Truckee and a bear brought in from Heavenly Mountain Resort.


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Memtest 4.23 supports MacOS X versions 10.7 Lion through 10.12.x Sierra on Intel-based Macs. The download package contains universal binary support for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of MacOS X. Note: Users running MacOS X 10.6.8 or earlier and/or PowerPC-based Macs must download Memtest 4.22.
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1978: Dan Roberts served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone in Makali beginning in 1978
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Dan Roberts can be contacted at talon_dfaamsndcom
Country of Service: Sierra Leone
Training Group: Cameroon Fisheries 1978
Cities you served in: Makali
Arrival Year: 1978
Departure Year: 1980
Work Description:
Inland Fish Culture
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:
Trained with Cameroon Fisheries July 1978
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Any old friends.
Originally posted: February 21, 2007
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City of Vermillion Hires New Fire Chief
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) - The city of Vermillion has a new fire chief. The Yankton Press and Dakotan reports that Richard Shannon Draper will begin his duties later this month.
Draper replaces Doug Brunick, who retired after more than 30 years of service.
Draper has more than 25 years of service in volunteer, public and military departments in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kosovo and Hungary. The department says he recently spoke in South Korea about advanced leadership skills for fire service chief officers.
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The Cost and the TCO
We're actually quite a small domino shop but our annual renewals would have covered the cost of a 4WD vehicle from a reputable dealer.
This is at least in part due to our office technology mentality. We have our main domino server which is capable of running pretty much everything and we have a second server that we use to run one of our more intensive apps (which I'll talk about in another post).
On top of all this, we have an offsite business continuity server which we've never actually used "for real" - only in test situations. Domino is too stable for it to be a necessity and it's really only there to guard against ISP or "location" failure.
Then we've got a development server and a test server. These are new but welcome additions because having a separate server encourages us to be more daring in our development projects.
The bottom line is simple; if the TCO has blown out, it's our fault for choosing multiple levels of safeguards instead of lower costs.


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DENVER -- Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has become the third player in NFL history to throw 400 career touchdown passes.
Manning joined Dan Marino and Brett Favre in the select group when he connected with wide receiver Demaryius Thomas for 71 yards early in the third quarter of Sunday's 31-19 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Favre has 508 career TD passes and Marino has 420.
Manning is the fastest to accomplish the feat. He reached the milestone in his 209th game and first with the Broncos. Marino reached 400 in his 227th game and Favre did it in his 228th game.
Manning, who signed as a free agent with the Broncos in March, spent his first 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts.
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I've had a Nexus 4 since 2013, and I've been using it to test out desktop convergence (where you run a desktop environment from the phone) ever since that feature landed just over a year ago. Usually that meant plugging it into my TV via HDMI to make sure it automatically switched to the larger screen, and playing a bit with the traditional windowed-mode of Unity 8, or checking on adaptive layouts in some of the apps. I've also run it for hours on end as a demo at conferences such as SCaLE, FOSSETCON, OSCON and SELF. But through all that, I've never used it as an actual replacement for my laptop. Until now.
Thanks Frontier
A bit of back-story first. I had been a Verizon FiOS customer for years, and recently they sold all of their FiOS business to Frontier. The transition has been…..less than ideal. A couple of weeks ago I lost all services (phone, TV and internet) and was eventually told that nobody would be out to fix it until the following day. I still had my laptop, but without internet access I couldn't really do my job on it. And while Ubuntu on phones can offer up a Hotspot, that particular feature doesn't work on the Nexus 4 (something something, driver, something). Which meant that the only device that I had which could get online was my phone.
No Minecraft for you
Fortunately, the fact that I've been demoing convergence at conferences meant I had all of the equipment I needed to turn my phone into a desktop and keep right on working. I have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and a Slimport adapter that let's me plug it into a bigger screen. But while a TV works for testing, it's not really great for long-term work. Don't get me wrong, working from the couch is nice, but the screen is just too far away for reading and writing. Fortunately for me, and unfortunately for my children, their computer is at a desk and is plugged into a monitor with HDMI ports. So I took it over for the day. They didn't have internet either that day, so they didn't miss out on much right?
A day of observations
Throughout the day I posted a series of comments on Google+ about my experience. You could go through my post history looking for them, but I'm not going to make you do that. So here's a quick summary of what I learned:
- 3G is not nearly fast enough for my daily work. It's good when using my phone as a phone, doing one thing at a time. But it falls short of broadband when I've got a lot of things using it. Still, on that day it was better than my fiber optic service, so there's that.
- I had more apps installed on my phone than I thought I did. I was actually taken aback when I opened the Dash in desktop mode and I saw so many icons. It's far more than I had on Android, though not quite as many as on my laptop.
- Having a fully-functional Terminal is a lifesaver. I do a lot of my work from the terminal, including IRC, and having one with tabs and keyboard shortcuts for them is a must for me to work.
- I missed having physical buttons on my keyboard for home/end and page up/down. Thankfully a couple of people came to my rescue in the comments and taught me other combinations to get those.
- Unity 8 is Unity. Almost all of the keyboard shortcuts that have become second nature to me (an there are a lot of them) were there. There was no learning curve, I didn't have to change how I did anything or teach myself something new.
- The phone is still a phone. I got a call (from Frontier, reminding me about an appointment that never happened) while using the device as a desktop. It was a bit disorienting at first, I had forgotten that I was running the desktop the Nexus 4, so when a notification of an incoming call popped up on the screen I didn't know what was happening. That only lasted a second though, and after clicking answer and picking up the device, I just used it as a phone. Pretty cool
Must go faster
While I was able to do pretty much all of my work that day thanks to my phone, it wasn't always easy or fun, and I'm not ready to give up my laptop just yet. The Nexus 4 is simply not powerful enough for the kind of workload I was putting on it. But then again, it's a nearly 4 year old phone, and wasn't considered a powerhouse even when it was released. The newest Ubuntu phone on the market, the Meizu Pro 5, packs a whole lot more power, and I think it would be able to give a really nice desktop experience.Read more


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SuicideGirl of the Day — Gunner [PICTURES]
Meet Gunner, a SuicideGirl who loves math, can't live without hot sauce and spends her free time 'being awesome.'
Name: Gunner
Age: 22
Location: USA
Into: Feminists, redheads, math, random acts of kindness, intelligence, vegans, reading, the 90s, confidence, string theory, Hello Kitty, anime conventions, medical oddities, board games and social justice.
Not into: Tea Partiers, mind games, sandals, lies of omission, winter, cats, synthetic fragrances, the patriarchy.
Makes me happy: animal hats, thinking about how Pink used to be a hip-hop artist, cuddles, socks and coloring books.
Makes me sad: Fox News, inequality, holidays and child pageants.
Hobbies: Anime conventions, dubbstep, working out and dancing naked.
5 things I can't live without: Aveda products, the phone, the perks of being a wallflower, hot sauce and the Interwebs.
Vices: Narcissism and owning too many clothes.
I spend most of my free time: Being awesome. Duh.
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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I graduated from the School of Library and Information ScienceIndiana University Bloomington. I have MA in German Language and Literature. And I have MS in Library Science.
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I graduated from the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University at Bloomington. I have MA in German Language and Literature. And I have MS in Library Science.
Now I am Government Information Librarian/Assistant Professor at Morris Library - Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois. I play the role of Head of Government Documents Unit. In that role, I handle the complete day-to-day operations and management of Morris Library Government Documents Unit, supervising two full time Civil Service support staff in receiving and processing government publications. I manage about 1.5 million collections of the United States Federal government documents, plus the collections of Illinois and United Nations documents in multiple formats (electronic, print, microform, etc.). Meantime, I provide reference and library instructions to faculty, students, and other library users. I also serve as Library Liaison to the History Department and work in close partnership with the Library's Geographic Information Services (GIS) program and Map Library. Our library is under renovation. The project received largest funding at our university history - so far $53 million.
My research interests include Challenges that library and information professionals face in today's digital world, particularly in government information; Career development of librarians, especially minority librarians, as well as the tenure system and parenthood issues in the library profession; Asia and government information resources. I am also interested in applying new technology to library reference and instructions; best practice of information literacy; outreach to diversified users; as well as effective staff supervision.
I have a number of publications including 3 book chapters and some scholarly articles published in library professional journals such as Journal of Academic Librarianship; The Electronic Library; Chinese Librarianship: An International Electronic Journal; DttP: Documents to the People; The Charleston Advisor. Critical Reviews of Web Products for Information Professionals.
Besides ALA, I am life member of Chinese American Librarians Association, which is a very active and supportive organization. I look forward to meeting you soon!
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We always believed that it would be cool if someone would take the time to break down the NBA Draft by schools since its inception, figuring there must be a loose correlation between the collegiate powers of the past sixty years and the players that the NBA finds draft-worthy. We're not saying that a player is talented simply because he's drafted by the NBA or that he sucks if he isn't – rather, a player being drafted is solely an imperfect indicator that, at the time, a player's collegiate career inspired professional scouts to believe that he could ultimately contribute to their team. But it's also the only consistent indicator we have. To that end, we tried to determine if there was a rational way to determine how much "bang for your buck" having these talented soon-to-be NBA players on a college team's roster matters over time.
We realize there are many ways to do this analysis and a number of these are meritorious, but for us, it always comes back to NCAA Tournament success – Appearances, Final Fours, Championships. These three measures show that you're good enough to be invited, you're good enough to go deep, and you're good enough to win the title. So in looking at Table A below, you'll see that the table is sorted by the schools with the most NBA Draft Picks in the first two rounds since 1949 (the first year of the "modern" NBA Draft), and each school also lists those three measures of success next to it (also since 1949). We considered here only the first two rounds of each draft for consistency and the likelihood of a player actually making the parent team.
Table A. NBA Draft Picks (first two rounds) From 1949-2006
Notes: this table is sorted by the NBA Draft Picks column and is limited to schools with a minimum of ten NBA Draft Picks since 1949. The yellow shading refers to the lowest ratio in that column; the light blue shading refers to the highest ratio in that column.
Talent = Success. Out of the traditional Super Six schools – UCLA, UNC, Indiana, Duke, Kentucky and Kansas – each is among the top ten schools with the most NBA Draft picks. Collectively, these six schools have accounted for over 10% (231 of 2214) of the all-time NBA draft picks, which is fairly amazing if you consider that we're discussing nearly sixty years worth of college basketball players and hundreds of programs.
Surprises. St. John's, Maryland and Notre Dame are in the top fourteen of NBA draft picks with 32, 29 and 26, respectively, but their historic success as programs (two F4s each for SJU and Maryland, 1 F4 for ND) is definitely a bit lower than their talent over the years might suggest. They have had numerous good players, but it hasn't translated into NCAA Tournament success at the same level as their contemporaries on this list. At the other end of the list, Florida's recent ascent into the elite company is not (yet) well-represented by its number of draft picks (only 10). However, we'd expect that to change very quickly, hitting as much as 15 after this year's draft (Horford, Brewer, Noah, perhaps Green & Richard).
Golden gOh-fers. The biggest shocker of all deserves its own paragraph. Somehow the Minnesota Golden Gophers have managed to put 24 players into the NBA Draft over the years – only fifteen other programs have put more – yet nobody would mistake Minnesota for an elite program during any era, considering its paltry nine NCAA appearances and one F4. This disconnect is exhibited by the fact that Minnesota has the highest draft pick/NCAA appearance ratio among the schools listed. Fresno St. (thanks Tark) is the only other school with a ratio greater than 2.0. We think Long Beach St. also deserves a mention, not simply due to its high ratio (1.63), but also because it has produced more draft picks than many major conference teams despite never being much of a power, even within its own conference. On the flip side of things, it was also somewhat amazing to us that Arkansas had only produced fourteen NBA picks despite a substantial amount of NCAA success (26 appearances; 4 F4s; 1 title).
Apparently These Three Gophers Were Drafted by the NBA
Team vs. Individuals. We're going to be careful to avoid drawing too significant of a conclusion here, but we also found it interesting that among the top ten schools, only Kentucky and Kansas had draft pick/appearance ratios under 1.0, while the other eight schools were above that marker. We wonder out loud if this shows evidence of schools that have traditionally emphasized the team concept to make up for a lack of individual talent over the years; or if UK and KU are simply an anomaly among the most talented teams. There are probably too many variables at play here to make any supportable conclusion.
F4 & Title Ratios. Reviewing the draft pick/F4 ratios, only Indiana is the outlier here, as expected schools such as Kansas, UCLA, UNC, Duke and Kentucky (along with Florida) comprise the six lowest ratios. Considering only the schools with multiple F4 appearances, St. John's and Maryland have the highest ratios of draft picks/F4s, showing again that they're producing a lot of good players without as much success to show for it as the others near the top of the list. Along the same lines, considering only multiple titlists, Louisville, Kansas and Duke appear to be getting the least bang for the buck from its talent, as these three schools have the highest draft pick/title ratios among multiple titlists.
Coming Next: now that we've looked at the overall numbers, we'll take a snapshot look at those numbers by decade and by round to see if anything else looks interesting. View Part II (by round) and Part III (by decade) here.


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Speaking of vlogs be sure to run over to Jean Greige and hear her "Ramble On" about the highs and lows of blogging. And if you got time skip over to the original vid that started it all on Fashion Pirate, here. These are real opinions on blogging from bloggers and may open your mind!! I know I've felt that way for years and has worked really hard to stay true to myself and who I am. That's why I approach blogging the way I do and try to show you my accomplishments in this "blog world" as Jessica being Jessica...and you can go do it too! You don't have to give a fuck, water down your style, spend a fortune on trends or be a world renowned photographer to be accepted in this makeshift blog world! Keep doing you and eventually you will be noticed for it. I can go on and on but I'm sure these ladies say it way better. I am extremely thankful for all I have achieved on my blog and can't say enough how much I love the support from my readers/blog community...THAAAAANK YOOOOOOOU!
Last but not least I'm going to be working with DV by Dolce Vita, yays! It the more affordable lovechild of Dolce Vita and Mama's going to be guest blogging/featured on their blog DV Style. Which is pretty pretty cool, if you ask me! I'm dying to break in that star romper...it has my name all over it, DAMN YOU scallop trim!
WHEW, now I can focus on packing for New York. Just think by next Friday my ass will be strutting the streets of NYC with my best mate, Darine...oh the agony!!
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Somehow I can't let it go. I've tried playing Secret of Mana with girlfriends, boyfriends, by myself. I've tried confronting it with alcohol, or studying it with sharp sobriety. I've emulated the game on my Mac, played fan-translations with extended dialogue; I've shoved it into my tobacco-stained Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) more times than I can count. I've sold it off, only to repurchase it at a greater cost.
Let's go back to the beginning. I dated a guy in high school for almost two years, and it was the worst two years of my entire life. A nameless shame kept me stuck to his side, bound by my own insecurities, naïve and traumatized. I spent every single afternoon defending my innocence, deflecting his advances, gasping for air as he pinned me with kisses I didn't want.
I should have left him. But I didn't know any better. All of my friends had boyfriends, and most had long ago lost their virginities. Making out was supposed to feel good; I just needed to overcome my inhibitions. Sure, I knew most girls didn't sweat when the school bell rang at the end of the day, most girls didn't cry when their boyfriends felt up their shirts, didn't drive home dry-heaving. The only time I got pulled over by the police in Chicago was after leaving his house. I blew through a stop sign. I couldn't get away fast enough.
He demeaned me with constant clichés, trying to get in my pants with the grace of an after-school special. "You would if you loved me," he said, pressing his knee between mine. Another time it was, "Are you gay or something?" More often than not, it was "Please, I need this." I was never date-raped, but I was constantly dodging. I don't know why he didn't leave me. Maybe the only thing left for him was the conquest.
We didn't have sex. But we did play Secret of Mana together. And I'll never forgive him for it.
Secret of Mana is a top-down action role-playing game with bright, chunky, primitive graphics, made by Squaresoft before they merged with Enix. Like in The Legend of Zelda, you explore a giant, interlinked map and fight enemies. But unlike in Zelda, you're not alone. In Mana, the main character is accompanied by two A.I.-controlled sidekicks. Or, if you're lucky enough to have a friend over, you and your buddy can play simultaneously, marching through the shining countryside, carving up rabbits and wolves.
Secret of Mana is the only Super Nintendo game I still own. I can't let it go. It sits atop of my yellowing SNES, dusty and threatening. I know it's an incredible game. I love the music, the charming fights and simple swordplay. But I can't play it, thanks to him.
It was the way he played the game. Like most role-playing games, Secret of Mana lets you name your protagonists. In defiance of the fantasy setting, my boyfriend christened the hero Asshole. The girl was Bitch. And the cheerful sprite was called Lump.
As we wandered through the world of Mana, saving villages and finding adventure, I was constantly being demeaned by the non-player characters. Every townsperson would call out Bitch when asking for my attention. When I couldn't handle the humiliation, I'd switch to Lump, who was largely ignored by the shop-owners and innkeepers. Shame or silence. We'd play for hours; it was easier than trying to keep coming up with things to talk about until curfew.
What's worse, my boyfriend and I didn't so much enjoy the game as we did break it. When we realized that there could only be three enemies onscreen at once, we cheated through harder sections by keeping weak villains alive. We leveled up for days on Howlers in the Ice Forest, so that the following sections were just speed-runs. We skipped large portions of dialogue, and any time I started to drift into the world of the game, my boyfriend would yell something inappropriate at the screen. Or at me.
Maybe if I'd just acquiesced, it would have been easier. Why didn't I like making out with him? I mean sure, obviously, the guy was a jerk. Another easy answer would be: I like girls, and was slowly going through a complicated sexual awakening. I came out to my parents as soon as I got to college.
But the truth is more muddy. In the years since high school, I've dated men and women. The longest relationship of my life has been with a man. Maybe I never was gay; there's a part of me that wonders how much of my young identity was a response to those two terrible years with that boyfriend. Yeah, sure, when I sleep, I dream of girls…but how much is attraction, and how much is reaction? Did I stop dating boys because of him? Did I stop playing SNES because of Secret of Mana?
I can't let go of the game until I can play it for itself, by itself, until I can erase my old save points and fill it with new ones. Or maybe it's time to just let it go. ♦


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Yes, Slash. He must be desperate for attention to go on AMERICAN IDOL. It it not really the show you would think someone like that would go on. Oh well. He was pretty cool. Allison Iraheta and Adam Lambert did a duet and it was EPICNESS! I loved it sooooo muuuuch. They are really good singing together.
My Review - American Idol does Rock Week with Slash
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Basic Facts About Narwhals
The "unicorn of the ocean," the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is one of the rarest whales in the world. Narwhals are very elusive and mysterious in nature, and very distinct in appearance due to the large horn-like tusk on their faces. The tusk is actually a tooth that grows from the upper jaw of male narwhals.
Narwhals consume squid, fish and shrimp.
Narwhal population estimates indicate around 45,000-50,000 individuals.
Narwhals are mostly found in the Atlantic and Russian waters of the Arctic. They have been known to travel around Greenland to eastern Russia.
Narwhals generally move slowly, but are known to be remarkably quick when chased by predators. They prefer to stay near the surface of the ocean, but can dive up to 5,000 feet. Narwhals are migratory and move closer to the shore in the summer, while moving out to sea and living under packed ice in the winter months.
Most narwhals travel in pods of 10-100 individuals and sometimes in much larger groups. They communicate with various sounds like squeals, trills and clicks. The males often cross tusks in a behavior known as 'tusking'. This may be a form of dueling, friendly contact or cleaning the tooth.
Mating Season: March to May.
Gestation: Up to 16 months.
Litter Size: 1 calf.
Females give birth every 3 years or so and can nurse their calves for over a year. Calves tend to be brown with no spots.
Narwhals are mostly hunted by polar bears and orcas. Native Inuit people are also allowed to hunt this whale legally.
In addition, the narwhal's habitat is threatened by the effects of climate change and pollution. Their small population size, limited range, and reliance on Arctic fish that are also being affected by climate-induced available food changes, make them extremely vulnerable. One recent study concluded that the narwhal might be even more sensitive to the impacts of climate change than the polar bear.


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I came up with the idea to make these sandwiches after seeing grilled vegetable sandwiches featured on my sister's cooking blog a few weeks ago. Her sandwiches had grilled vegetables, ricotta cheese, and balsamic vinegar. I don't care for ricotta cheese, but basil pesto seemed like the perfect substitute to go with the grilled vegetables. I also added some mozzarella cheese to give the sandwiches another layer of flavor. For the vegetables, I used a colorful mixture of zucchini, yellow summer squash, and roasted red peppers, but you could also use eggplant or portabello mushrooms. I served these sandwiches on fresh grilled ciabatta bread and they were delicious! For a side dish, we had fresh strawberries and pineapple, and it was the perfect Spring dinner.
Pan-Grilled Vegetable Sandwiches with Basil Pesto and Mozzarella
- 2 zucchini, sliced lengthwise into ¼ – inch thick slices
- 2 yellow squashes, sliced lengthwise into ¼ – inch thick slices
- 2 red peppers, roasted (for instructions, click here) or 2 roasted red peppers from a jar
- 8-12 slices fresh mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- ½ cup Basil Pesto (recipe below)
- Loaf of ciabatta bread
- Brush both sides of the sliced zucchini and yellow squash with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Heat a grill pan over medium- high heat and brush lightly with olive oil.
- Working in batches, grill the zucchini and squash until they are tender and grill marks appear, about 4 minutes per side. Remove the veggies from the pan and set aside.
- Slice the loaf of ciabatta bread into 4 pieces and cut each piece in half lengthwise. Lightly brush the bread with olive oil and then grill for 3-4 minutes until the bread is toasty.
- To assemble the sandwiches: Spread a layer of pesto on each side of the sliced bread. Top with mozzarella cheese, and then layer slices of the grilled zucchini, squash, and roasted red peppers on top. Place the top half of the ciabatta bread on top of the grilled vegetables and serve.
Yield: 4 servings
Basil Pesto
Yield: 1 cup pesto
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves
- ¼ cup toasted pine nuts
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup (approximately) extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- In a food processor or blender, pulse the basil, pine nuts, garlic, salt & pepper until finely chopped.
- With the food processor still running, gradually add enough oil to form a smooth and thick consistency.
- Transfer the pesto to a medium bowl and stir in ½ cup of Parmesan cheese. Season the pesto with more salt and pepper, to taste.
Source: Sandwiches inspired by Kristine's Kitchen & Giada De Laurentiis; Pesto recipe from the cookbook 'Giada's Family Dinners'


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'Saints Row: The Third' — Game Review
'Saints Row: The Third' seems like it was written by a hyperactive 13-year-old with an overactive imagination. That's kind of a compliment.
The opening hours of the game take you through a botched bank heist that leads to a tower shootout, followed by a helicopter rescue and requisite crash, then a mid-air skydiving shootout in which you go in and out of the helicopter once again. Once you finally land, you raid a military installation, grab ahold of an AC-130-style gunship and rain down death from above.
The scattershot yet deranged start leads to the usual open-world mayhem fans of 'Saints Row' games have come to expect.
As you glide through missions to gain control of the streets for your street gang-turned-corporate sellout money grubbers, you amass an arsenal of every weapon imaginable and unimaginable.
All the while, characters crack penis jokes and tossing out one-liners that beg to be followed by rim shots. Masterpiece Theatre this is not. The grating dialogue is definitely the weak spot of the exuberant caper, starting with that idiotic subtitle that drew its inspiration from Shrek.
Sprawling multiplayer modes nudge the single-player game out for your attention, including the aptly named Whored Mode — a distant, inbred cousin to the 'Gears of Wars' games' Horde Mode — tasks you to use ridiculous weapons against nonsensical enemies in bizarre ways. Expect to deliver beatdowns with vibrator-shaped bats, be required to drill enemies in the ands in order to advance and contend against armies of prostitutes and male S&M sex slaves.
While we dug the game's gleefully immature, sex-obsessed vibe — mostly because we're immature and sex-obsessed — it grew just a tad overwhelming. You wouldn't want a wife or non-understanding girlfriend to catch you playing this and mom is banned from entering your basement cave during gameplay.
'Saints Row: The Third' is proud to be a propagator of dumb fun for sinners and saints alike.
'Saints Row: The Third' ($60) was developed by Volition, Inc., published by THQ and is available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Rated M. The publisher provided a copy of the game for review.
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24-year-old Maryland State Trooper Jackie Kline is facing one of the toughest battles of her life following a tragic accident while on duty earlier this month.
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How considerate of the Justice Department to finally cut back on the extravagant work conferences that stick it to U.S. taxpayers with exorbitant tabs for overpriced food, beverages and fancy party planners.Heads turned a few weeks ago when a Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General probe revealed that the bloated agency blew more than $120 million to host law enforcement conferences that featured "extravagant and wasteful" costs for food, beverages and event planning. The details were astounding.Examples listed in the inspector general's report include $16 muffins for breakfast, $76 lunches, $10 cookies and candy bars that cost more than $7 each. The agency also wasted thousands on event planning "consultants" and their travel between venues. Considering the DOJ hosted nearly 2,000 conferences between fiscal years 2008 and 2009 that translates into $121 million.In a sampling of 10 conferences that took place in less than a year, investigators determined that the DOJ doled out more than $4.4 million. For 10 government conferences paid entirely with taxpayer dollars! A big chunk of it went to "wasteful" event planning services, food and beverages, according to the agency's inspector general.This week Attorney General Eric Holder announced that, as part of the agency's cost-cutting measures the DOJ will graciously limit conference spending to only those that may be "essential." He also took the opportunity to pat himself on the back for already yielding "significant reductions in conference spending" during the first three quarters of fiscal year 2011. That means conference spending is down $14 million over the same period last year, according to Holder."The Department of Justice is seeking ways to do more with less while we maintain our commitment to our critical law enforcement mission and our most important public safety priorities," Holder said after announcing a series of other cost-cutting measures at the DOJ. He said the cost-saving will help the agency utilize its "limited resources in the most effective way possible."Other measures that will save the agency some cash include streamlining operations, consolidating or reducing office space, a temporary hiring freeze and limiting travel and training. These brilliant ideas were discovered by the Attorney General's Advisory Council for Savings and Efficiencies, which Holder credits with saving taxpayers $51 million. Created in 2010, the special council provides a framework to identify and implement practices for saving taxpayer money, realizing efficiencies and monitoring savings progress.
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U.S. employers added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting the job market was weakening before a 16-day partial government shutdown.
Still, the September gain was enough to lower the unemployment rate, which comes from a separate survey. The Labor Department says the rate fell to 7.2 percent, from 7.3 percent in August and a five-year low.
The economy has added an average of 143,000 jobs a month from July through September, down from 182,000 from April through June.
Revisions to the previous two months were mixed. Employers added 193,000 jobs in August, better than the initial estimate of 169,000. But they added just 89,000 in July, the fewest in more than a year and below the previously reported 104,000.
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A Note from Editor Jared Levy: At a time when job creation is front and center, and on an evening when our president vowed to bring jobs back into our economy, I learned of disturbing news.
An old friend of mine who used to trade with me on the floor of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange called me, outraged, after learning about the U.S. government's destruction of an American legend.
I couldn't steal his thunder, and asked him to write about it.
Destruction by Design
By BJ Dolfman
Jobs are the key to any productive society. The United States has gone from a manufacturing hub and land of pride and opportunity to a post-industrial wasteland in many parts of the country. We keep hearing that our government's main agenda is job creation.
I'm not sure what statistics our government is following, but by my calculations we are losing jobs here, not adding them. What they don't tell you is that they are great at job creation overseas.
My only thought is that the destruction of the middle class is almost by design. Every day I read news that almost brings me to tears.
The latest event is the raid of the Gibson guitar factory in Tennessee by the FBI. This is the same Gibson guitar factory that created instruments that helped mold our modern culture and is an American icon, idolized around the world.
Gibson was raided not because of tax evasion, illegal business practices or fraud.
The fed's guns were drawn was to enforce another country's law! That's right, our federal agents are wasting time and tax dollars to interrupt business at a factory that has employed many American workers for over a century.
You see, there is something called The Lacey Act of 1900, which is a conservation law introduced by Iowa Rep. John F. Lacey. Protecting both plants and wildlife by creating civil and criminal penalties for a wide array of violations, the act most notably prohibits trade in wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, transported or sold.
The law was signed into law by President William McKinley on May 25, 1900, and is still in effect, although it has been amended several times. This act generally applies to the manufacturing of guitars when endangered species of wood could be illegally used. In this case, the wood was certified legal from India's government, so the Lacey Act did not apply here.
But wait a minute!
The feds actually came into the factory to enforce laws that make it illegal for India to import raw materials (wood for the finger boards) and finish the goods outside of the country. This means that if the guitars were assembled in India, there would be no problem at all.
So our government is upset that American labor is finishing the wood that was imported from India? UNREAL! Does anyone see the irony here? I think Stevie Wonder could.
I listened to Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz interviewed on a popular radio show (watch the interview here) shown a day after the raid, and he admitted that he was told that moving to Madagascar would be a "good" idea.
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