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Many years ago, one of my best history teachers gave me advice I have never forgotten. "Don't just listen to what people say," he urged. "Listen to what they leave out, too."
I thought of this remark as I read news reports about Newt Gingrich's victory in South Carolina's GOP primaries last weekend. In a state where evangelical Christians make up 65 percent of Republican voters, 44 percent of Evangelicals cast their ballots for Mr. Gingrich. Tied for second were Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, who each received 21 percent of the evangelical vote.
Several news outlets reminded readers that Mr. Romney is a Mormon rather than an Evangelical, which could have hurt his showing among conservative Protestants. Going forward, so might his recently released tax returns, which revealed that Romney and his wife donated more than $4 million to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints in 2010 and 2011.
But here's what almost nobody noted: Gingrich and Mr. Santorum aren't evangelical Christians, either. They're Catholics.
Their evangelical backing is a truly astonishing fact, given the long history of anti-Catholicism among evangelical Protestants in America. For more than three centuries, Evangelicals insisted that Catholicism represented a mortal threat to the body politic. But over the past three decades, they have joined hands with their former foes to change the face of politics altogether.
Start with Puritan New England, where ministers taught their flocks that the Pope was the "Beast of Rome" – that is, Satan incarnate. "This is a Catholick Church of the Devil, but not of Christ," preached the Cambridge-educated John Cotton, who migrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s.
After America split off from England, evangelical clergy added a new charge: that Catholicism was incompatible with democratic self-rule. According to Connecticut minister Lyman Beecher, whose daughter Harriet would author the anti-slavery classic Uncle Tom's Cabin, Catholicism was itself a system of mental and theological enslavement. Whereas Protestants thought for themselves, Beecher said, Catholics yoked their minds – and their souls – to Rome.
In the 1930s, when fascism enveloped Germany and Italy, American Evangelicals blamed the allegedly authoritarian tendencies of Catholics in both countries. And when a new totalitarian enemy arose in the 1950s, critics likened America's Communist enemy to, yes, Catholicism. Both institutions brainwashed Americans and bound them to a "foreign" power, the story went, whether in Moscow or Rome.
Anti-Catholicism was still so strong in 1960 that John F. Kennedy had to make a speech assuring voters that, if elected president, he would not take "instructions on public policy from the Pope." But relations started to warm in the 1970s, when the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision brought conservative Protestants and Catholics into the pro-life movement.
They also joined forces in favor of government vouchers for students attending parochial schools, which Protestants had long rejected as a Catholic plot to raid the public treasury. But as more and more Evangelicals patronized Christian academies, they too began to demand state aid.
By 2004, when the Democrats nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president, Evangelicals praised the Catholic bishops who threatened to deny communion to Senator Kerry because of his support for abortion rights. That same year, a survey of Evangelicals showed Pope John Paul II with higher approval ratings than either Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson, both stalwart Protestant televangelists.
And that brings us back to the devoutly Catholic Rick Santorum, who won the endorsement of 114 leading Evangelicals just before the South Carolina primary. Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich – a convert to Catholicism – has been endorsed by "Left Behind" author and minister Tim LaHaye, who once derided Catholic rituals as "pagan" and Catholic doctrine as "pseudo-Christian."
To be sure, pockets of evangelical anti-Catholicism remain. Before Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann dropped out of the GOP presidential race, for example, news reports said she had belonged to a Lutheran church that described the Pope as the Anti-Christ. But when asked about the statement on her church's website in 2006 during her congressional campaign, Ms. Bachmann quickly called it "religious bigotry," which she termed "abhorrent." She said it was a false statement and denied that she or her church was anti-Catholic. (She did later leave that church.)
And that might be good news for – of all people – Mitt Romney. A recent Vanderbilt University study showed that nearly one-third of Southern Evangelicals said they would not vote for a "qualified Mormon" for president. But when the same respondents were asked how they'd vote if Romney faced off against President Obama, fully 85 percent said they would cast their ballots for Romney – a Mormon.
In other words, they'll put aside their religious views – even bigotry – in the service of a larger political cause. Maybe they don't like Romney's religion, or the millions he donates to it. But politics can dissolve even our most long-standing views and prejudices, as the history of anti-Catholicism reveals. No matter what happens in this presidential election, we should all be happy about that.
Jonathan Zimmerman is a professor of history and education at New York University. He is the author of "Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory" (Yale University Press).


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San Diego's consistently clear skies and temperate climate make outdoor activities an option year-round, whether you're surfing off La Jolla's beautiful beaches or strolling through scenic Balboa Park. San Diego is flanked by the Pacific Ocean on the west, Mexico to the south, and the Laguna Mountains to the east offering beautiful views in nearly all directions. As California's second-largest city (and one of the largest cities in the country), San Diego boasts more than 1.3 million residents across its metropolitan and urban areas. The sprawling city, which is a melting pot of diversity, offers all of the cultural culinary benefits you might expect, including great Mexican food.
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San Diego's neighborhoods and city centers are as exciting and unique as the people who live here. The historic Gaslamp Quarter forms downtown, which overlooks the stunning San Diego Bay, and just across the bridge sits quaint and scenic Coronado, known for its beautiful beach, yacht club, golfing and the iconic Hotel del Coronado. To the north of San Diego is La Jolla, home of UCSD and some of the region's finest beaches. Not too far from La Jolla sits the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, offering scenic cliffs, hiking trails, miles of untouched beaches and a historic Pueblo Revival-era lodge. Pacific Beach and Imperial Beach are popular, laid-back neighborhoods, and Point Loma is a sunny seaside community. The historic Old Town district draws residents as well as tourists. While most residents commute by car, the city provides alternative methods of transportation, including a bus system, commuter trains, ferries and trolleys.
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For more than two years, the two major accounting standards boards, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board, have been working together to rewrite the rules for real estate and equipment lease accounting in the United States. The intent is to align U.S. lease accounting with international practices and to ensure that assets and liabilities arising out of lease transactions are fully recognized in an organization's financial statements. The argument for making the changes is that leases represent a significant liability, and this liability should be recognized on the organization's balance sheet.
Today the vast majority of leases are classified as operating leases. Under the proposed changes, all leases would be treated as capital leases. Understanding why this change is significant requires some background.
In the United States under current accounting standards, leases are characterized as either operating or capital. With an operating lease, rent expenses are written off in the year they occur and appear on the organization's income statement as an operating expense to arrive at net operating income. The income statement more or less reflects cash flow.
By contrast, a lease is classified as capital if it meets any one of the following criteria:
- The lease transfers ownership to the lessee at the end of the lease term.
- The lease contains an option to purchase property at a bargain price.
- The lease term is equal to 75 percent or more of the estimated economic life of the property.
- The present value of the minimum lease rental payments is equal to 90 percent or more of the fair market value of the leased property.
A capital lease is treated like a purchase of property with 100 percent financing. The lease value is capitalized and appears as a balance sheet asset, with a corresponding "capital lease obligation" that appears as a liability. Both asset and loan are amortized over the life of the lease, although not at the same rate, and payments are split into interest payments and principal reduction.
Under a capital lease, net operating income increases, since there are no rent payments, but depreciation and interest expenses increase and net income before tax decreases. Interest expense will be greatest in the earlier years and will fall as the lease ages, as with a mortgage. As a result, net income before tax will be most adversely affected in the earlier years and will rise as the lease ages.
What does this mean for businesses? The most significant changes will occur to the balance sheet, with the addition of the capitalized lease as an asset and its corresponding liability. How these changes will impact ratios that measure the effective use of capital and indebtedness is what concerns both the real estate industry and many businesses. With few exceptions, return on assets and return on investment will decrease, and debt-to-equity ratios will increase, sometimes exponentially.
The scale and significance of these changes will vary from organization to organization, depending on a variety of factors. For privately held firms that generate capital internally and seldom need to seek outside capital, the impact may not be significant. Firms that already own much of their real estate, as many manufacturers do, may not see a serious impact.
However, for retailers, service providers and other businesses that lease multiple locations, the impact could be huge. The annual report for one such national retailer/service provider reveals that it has operating leases with current annual rents totaling $1.4 billion and a capitalized value exceeding $12 billion. The proposed change would increase this company's long-term debt by 20 percent overnight.
Some tenants faced with the need for a long-term lease might now take a closer look at outright ownership, as the capitalized lease cost approaches the impact of ownership.
While it seems fairly certain that the proposed rule changes will take effect, many questions remain. What's clear is that it will require a great deal of work to incorporate the new rules into organizations' books, both to begin the process and each year thereafter to update the calculations.
Gregg Bryant is vice president of the Cabot Group.
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In preparing to launch a couple of Graveyard Rabbit blogs, I started to scout around my neighborhood and the local cemeteries that are closest to where I live, and it occurred to me that a lot of what makes the Falls Church area most interesting is being irrevocably changed by development and "improvement." Smaller, older houses are being replaced by larger ones with less personality (not large enough to be termed McMansions – our neighborhood cannot even aspire to that socioeconomic level; we call some of them "fungushouses"), small businesses and older rental units are falling victim to the construction of grandiose condominium developments and more upscale establishments, and there are plans to straighten out curving roads that do not conform to a uniform grid.
Falls Church, or at least the incorporated City part of it, is known as a desirable place to live, with much of the population belonging to the upper income brackets. In fact, complaints were published in the local newspaper when the city's ratings slipped due to its location in the midst of "less desirable zipcodes" (a good part of surrounding Fairfax County shares the Falls Church address while not being part of the City). As a resident of one of those zipcodes, I contend that much of the surrounding area, as well as certain less glamorous parts of the city, are actually a lot more interesting than the "hoity-toity" sections and do not need to be "beautified." Some of the streets are actually more like winding alleys, and there are tiny parks wedged in here and there; they still exist, but development is steadily encroaching on them.
One very interesting and historic area right next to my own neighborhood is Tinner Hill, a historic black district (home to the first rural branch of the N.A.A.C.P.). There are two historic churches with their graveyards and several other landmarks. Some of the historic landmarks may be preserved, but that is not a guaranteed fate for the residential neighborhoods.
I would like to do a blog which documents this "other" part of Falls Church, but I do not know what to call it: ? Falls Church. Unpretentious Falls Church?
So here is the request/challenge: Can anyone help me come up with an appropriate name?
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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I'm kinda leaning toward "Falls Church Remembered." I can't think of an adjective that describes all the parts of Falls Church that I want to capture, and I think a lot of these things will be the "Remembered" part of Falls Church in a few years, i.e., they'll be gone by them.ReplyDelete
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The dark days of summer are here. That's a pun, yep, but it isn't a complaint. It may very well be that earlier on I made a promise to give no further utterance to feelings of dismay about the lack of spring weather and now the lack of summer that we are experiencing in Seattle this year. I can't remember whether I did or not. But especially with news of the heat wave roaring through the country to the east of us, I consider it prudent to be grateful for my climatic lot. And anyway, there seems to be no point in wishing for pleasant weather that doesn't appear to be coming. The thing to do, I recently told myself, is to get outside and make the best of it.
Which advice I took from myself.
1. Streats
It seems to me that the number of taco trucks and hot dog trailers around town is growing, although I have no data to present as a proper journalist would. My impression, and maybe I heard this from Ben Gant or one of my other contacts on the street, is that the City was making it hard for purveyors of "street food" until a year or so ago and that they recently lightened up and changed some rules so that more vendors could make a go of it.
Lucky for me, because I love that sort of thing, as you might guess.
On a gray day a week or so ago I checked on roaminghunger.com in hopes that Maximus Minimus might be in the neighborhood, and they were! Because their truck is a giant pig and their name is Latin, I love Maximus Minimus. They had me at "oink". This is a mobile food vendor whose pulled-pork sandwiches are a favorite among the downtown sidewalk lunch crowd. You can order your food maximus — savory and spicy — or minimus — tangy and sweet. I believe I posted a picture of the pig truck once before in an entry about Third Avenue, even though it parks at Second and Pike.
I walked up there and ordered my pulled pork (maximus for me, thanks), and then stood with a couple of businessmen at the two high tables they have. The wind blowing up Second from the south seemed to have ice in it and I had to stand with my back to it with my jacket collar up, and even then I was freezing. But "this is the life" I said inside myself. "sidewalk eats in summertime!" I tried to pretend that it was a warm summer day, but the girl taking orders outside the truck was wearing a wool cap and a thick coat and warm boots. The wind kept trying to pull away my bag of Kettle chips.
Here is a picture of Maximus Minimus that I took last summer.
2. A walk
One evening at dinner Mara expressed chagrin that she hadn't had a chance to "get her wiggles out" that day on account of the weather was so foul. On a whim, I gathered her up and took her to the (Washington Park) Arboretum, where we embarked on an after-dinner stroll on the path that rambles through groves of Austrian pines and exotic birches and beeches and reedy wetlands on its way under the freeway and out onto Foster Island.
This was not too long after the longest day of the year, but with the cloud cover it seemed really dark and dismal out. We passed only a few joggers and two couples walking dogs. Nevertheless, our adventure turned up a heron, or maybe THE heron, who lives in the park, several duck families, two or three murders of crows and, though we only heard them, a redwing blackbird or two. I had hoped we'd see turtles along the shore — in sunny weather they haul up on logs near the water's edge and bask — but it was probably warmer in the water than out that evening, and the turtles absented.
The trail through the swampy western bit of Foster Island was waterlogged, I assume because the lake level is high, I further assume because of the wet, cool weather we've been having. Big swarms of mosquitoes hung quivering in the air above the trail, right at face level. I instructed Mara to exhale as we passed through them. We couldn't pass from Foster Island to Marsh Island because the wooden boardwalk was actually underwater. Mara was nearly in tears because of this impasse, because she SO loves crossing from here to there and getting wet and strongly prefers moving forward into The Next Thing over Going Back the Way We Came (unless the latter involves stopping for treats at some place she has eyeballed on the way), and thought an acceptable solution would be for me to wade across carrying her in my arms. I said no.
We had a book of Pacific Northwest plants with us, and we identified what I thought at first was a salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) but turned out to be the closely related thimbleberry (R. parviflorus). In case we were wrong and they were deadly poison, we ate just a little bit each.
We came home with muddy shoes, but at least we didn't let the weather beat us.


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Sony's upcoming motion controller for the PlayStation 3 was slated for a spring release, but without any hands-on time with the peripheral, any details on launch games, or any real details at all, it should come as a very mild surprise to learn that controller has been pushed back to autumn 2010.
"We have decided to release the Motion Controller in fall 2010 when we will be able to offer an exciting and varied line-up of software titles that will deliver the new entertainment experience to PS3 users," said Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
"We will continue to work to have a comprehensive portfolio of attractive and innovative games for the Motion Controller, not only from SCE Worldwide Studios but also from the third party developers and publishers, whom we have been working closely with. We look forward to soon unveiling the exciting software line-up that further expands and defines the PS3 platform as the ultimate entertainment system for the home."
Hurray for marketing-speak! Sony wants to warn us that "motion controller" is a tentative name, and you will need to use the PlayStation Eye to take advantage of the unnamed, unpriced peripheral. Also, is it just us, or does this sound like a threat? "SCE will vigorously promote the Motion Controller as the de facto controller of the PS3 platform along with the DualShock series controller and will deploy various measures to enhance the software title line-up for the Motion Controller, delivering groundbreaking interactive entertainment only possible on the PS3 platform."
Get ready for some competition this fall, when the Sony Motion Controller (tentative name) goes up against Microsoft's Project Natal (tentative name). If nothing else, we're in for an interesting E3, where both technologies should be shown in detail.


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Shutterstock's Global Design Trends 2014
Shutterstock's Global Design Trends 2014 infographics is essentially a visual press release. Based on their own internal web stats from their users, they are sharing the most popular image searches and trends from 2013. And of course is should be shared visually!
One of our favorite annual traditions at Shutterstock is sharing our hard-earned design-trend data with the world. For this, our third annual infographic, we used data from our 350 million all-time downloads to explore recent and emerging trends from around the globe.
Check out the infographic below, then scroll on to view a lightbox featuring images showcased in the design, get the code to embed the infographic on your site, and share your own thoughts and insights in the comments.
Searches for infographic design elements in 2013 were up 332% compared to 2012!
Many infographics include data sources, but this one is based on their own internal data! As a alternative, I love that they include clickable links to all of the stock photos, vectors and videos included in the design on the infographic landing page. However, it would have been helpful to readers for the infographic to include the longer URL directly to that landing page on the Shutterstock blog, instead of just the front page. Readers that make it that far, then have to search for the specific blog post to find the links and the original infographic. Today, it's the most current post and easy to find, but after a few more blog posts it will be much harder to find.
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Republican Mitt Romney apologized for losing the presidential election as he returned to the national stage on Friday, promising to work in a diminished role alongside conservative activists to help strengthen the GOP.
"Each of us in our own way will have to step up and meet our responsibility," Romney told a crowded ballroom at the Conservative Political Action Conference, a three-day summit for activists in suburban Washington.
"I am sorry that I will not be your president," Romney said, taking the stage for the first time since last fall's election loss. "But I will be your co-worker, and I will work shoulder-to-shoulder alongside you."
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Romney's conservative credentials were sometimes questioned during his presidential campaign, but he was greeted with a roaring ovation and interrupted by applause several times during his brief remarks. Advisers said his appearance was designed to thank conservatives for backing his candidacy.
Romney won the conference's straw poll one year ago, when he described himself as "severely conservative."
He did not repeat that phrase on Friday, but he did borrow heavily from his campaign trail speech. Romney referred to the same furniture upholsterer and truck driver he cited almost daily as he crisscrossed the country last year.
Romney is not expected to play a leading role in the future of the Republican Party, but he said, "It's up to us to make sure that we learn from our mistakes, and my mistakes."
He encouraged conservatives to study the successes of the nation's 30 Republican governors and praised the "clear and convincing voice" of his former running mate, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, who spoke in the same ballroom earlier in the day.
"Of course, I left the race disappointed that I didn't win," Romney said. "But I also left honored and humbled to have represented the values we believe in and to speak for so many good and decent people."
He also struck the same optimistic tone of his campaign's final weeks.
"I utterly reject pessimism," Romney said. "We may not have carried on Nov. 7, but we have not lost the country we love, and we have not lost our way."
Romney's 2012 running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, spoke earlier Friday and avoided public soul-searching about the future of the GOP, NBC News reported. He focused instead on the budget plan he introduced earlier this week.
"This has been a really big week. We got white smoke from the Vatican, and we got a budget from the Senate," Ryan joked. "But when you read it, you find the Vatican's not the only place blowing smoke this week."
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Two of John Calipari's biggest targets in the Class of 2014 are set to announce their college decisions Thursday, and Kentucky looks to be in good shape for both.
First will be Mississippi shooting guard Devin Booker, who is to reveal his choice during a ceremony at his high school set for 4 p.m. EDT.
Then comes Indiana shooting guard James Blackmon Jr., who will announce his decision on ESPNU during halftime of the Troy/Louisiana-Monroe football game, which is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m.
Jerry Meyer, national analyst for 247Sports, is predicting both players will choose the Cats.
"I feel pretty confident that Blackmon's going to pick Kentucky. With Booker, I feel good enough to make the pick," Meyer told the Herald-Leader on Wednesday afternoon. "I feel good about both picks. I just would say I'm a little more confident about Blackmon."
Blackmon Jr. is the son of former Kentucky player James Blackmon, who played for the Wildcats in the 1980s.
The younger Blackmon was committed to Indiana for nearly three years before backing out of that pledge in August. He's been to UK twice since then, including an official visit for Big Blue Madness a couple of weeks ago.
The Hoosiers remain on his list — as do Michigan, Kansas and Michigan State — but Kentucky is widely seen as the favorite.
Booker has been more difficult to read.
UK was seen as the front-runner immediately after the 6-foot-5 prospect's official visit to Lexington last month. But a couple of other programs also have reason to believe they'll win this recruitment.
Booker spent most of his life in Michigan before moving to Mississippi to be with his father a couple of years ago. His mother still lives there, and he grew close to the coaching staffs at Michigan and Michigan State through several visits to each school.
If he returns to his former home for college, the Wolverines are the likely favorite.
Missouri is the other school on Booker's list. His father, Melvin Booker, was a star player for the Tigers, and the family visited Columbia last weekend so the school could honor Melvin's Big Eight championship team that went to the Elite Eight in 1994.
The week before that, Booker and his father were at Mizzou for an official visit.
The back-to-back trips have caused some worry among UK fans.
Meyer acknowledged that Missouri is a legitimate destination for Booker, but he didn't see the recent visits as much cause for concern.
"They just have the buzz right now," he said. "I think it would be easy to read too much into it. ... I've just always had the feeling and always heard that Kentucky is the place where Devin Booker wants to be."
Meyer ranks Booker and Blackmon as the No. 31 and 34 overall prospects in the Class of 2014, respectively. They're both considered five-star players by at least one major recruiting service.
There's a good chance Kentucky will need both players for the 2014-15 season.
The Cats already have a commitment from point guard Tyler Ulis, but current freshmen Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison and James Young are all projected to be NBA Draft picks after this season. If all three leave, freshman Dominique Hawkins would be UK's only returning guard, with possible question marks at the small forward position, which would suit Booker's game.
"That would be my prediction of what's going to happen," Meyer said. "I'm thinking Kentucky gets (Ulis, Blackmon and Booker), and I'm thinking (the Harrisons and Young) are gone.
"The way I'm seeing the lay of the land right now — that's your 1-2-3."
Live recruiting announcements
Devin Booker — 4 p.m. (Live stream on Kentucky.com)
James Blackmon Jr. — About 9 p.m. (ESPNU)


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp on Friday fired its incoming Chief Executive Christopher Kubasik after he admitted to an improper relationship with a subordinate, and it appointed Marillyn Hewson to replace him.
Kubasik, 51, who was the defense contractor's president and chief operating officer, had been slated to become CEO in January, replacing Bob Stevens.
In a statement, Kubasik expressed remorse.
"I remain confident in the future of the company. I regret that my conduct in this matter did not meet the standards to which I have always held myself," Kubasik said.
During a special session on Friday, the company's board named Hewson, 58, to replace Kubasik as president and chief operating officer immediately.
She was also elected to succeed Stevens as CEO effective January 1, 2013.
In 2012, Hewson was ranked No. 19 on the annual Fortune magazine list of the most powerful women in U.S. business. Her new role at the top of the Pentagon's largest defense contractor should push her much higher.
Stevens said he was "deeply disappointed and genuinely saddened" by what he called a "very unfortunate moment." But the situation should not undermine its standing with the Pentagon, other customers or its shareholders, he said.
Lockheed has long prided itself on rigorous ethics rules, even as its rival Boeing Co was plagued with problems that led to the resignation of two chief executives and prison time for two former senior executives.
"I don't believe the company's in crisis," Stevens told reporters, citing the Lockheed's strong team of leaders and continued growth prospects. "We believe that strategically and operationally and financially we will not miss a beat."
He stressed that Kubasik's actions "did not affect the company's operational or financial performance."
Stevens said he would become executive chairman and would work closely with Hewson on the leadership transition throughout the coming year.
He said the Bethesda, Maryland, based company had no immediate plans to name a chief operating officer to serve alongside Hewson, whom he described as "an exceptional leader with impeccable credentials."
Hewson said the company had proven resilient during previous management changes and that it would remain focused on meeting its commitments, cutting costs and drumming up new business.
"We will move forward beyond this temporary distraction together," Hewson, told reporters.
Stevens said Lockheed hired an independent investigator in October to look into the matter after an employee came forward with concerns about Kubasik's relationship with another staff member.
The investigation ended on Friday when the board asked for, and received, Kubasik's resignation. He admitted to having "a close personal relationship with a subordinate employee" that violated the company's code of ethics and business conduct.
Stevens said the company's swift actions showed its "unflinching commitment to ethics and integrity in everything that we do."
He said the woman involved in the relationship with Kubasik had also left Lockheed.
The news about Kubasik's improper relationship emerged hours after CIA Director David Petraeus resigned after admitting to an extramarital affair.
Lockheed disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it would pay Kubasik $3.5 million in severance, but he would not receive a separate bonus for 2012.
Hewson has been with Lockheed Martin since 1983. She was named president and chief operating officer-elect in April.
Lockheed shares rose to $90.04 after hours after closing at $89.98 at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
(Reporting By Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Ros Krasny, Leslie Adler and Marguerita Choy)


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HOUSTON - Jessica Tata broke down in tears Friday when her 911 call from a fatal fire at her home day care was played in court.
Tata, 24, is on trial for felony murder after four children died in a 2011 fire at her day care.
Tata called 911 after she returned from a shopping trip to find her day care in flames with children trapped inside. She started sobbing as it started to play.
"They're dying. I can't see anything. I can't even go in there and get them," Tata told the 911 operator. "The kids are dying."
Tata and two neighbors tried to get in through a window and the back door, but were turned back by heavy smoke. Tata was able to pull one of the children to safety out of a back door, a witness said.
"Oh my God. Please help me. Oh my God, please help me. Oh my God, I don't know what to do," Tata said on the 911 call.
Four minutes before the fire started, security cameras caught Tata shopping at a nearby Target store. The video was shown to jurors.
Manager Ray Menzies testified Friday that he asked her to fill out a survey form, but was told, "She told me that she had grease on the stove. And she told me that it was on low, and that her sister was there with the kids. And would it be OK?"
"I told her by no means would it be OK," Menzies said.
He testified that Tata did not have any children with her.
Menzies said she left within 10 seconds, but did not appear to be frantic or hurried. Store cameras showed that she didn't go directly to her car, but stopped and lingered on the way out at a Starbuck's counter in the store. When she arrived home, the daycare was on fire.
Tata was charged with four counts of murder, three counts of abandoning a child and two counts of reckless injury to a child.
Prosecutors say Tata put the children in harm's way by leaving them alone and going shopping. While she was at Target, a fire broke out in the kitchen when oil in a frying pan on a stovetop burner ignited. Three children were also seriously injured in the blaze.
Tata's attorneys say she didn't intend to hurt the children. Defense attorneys say murder charges are excessive and that when the fire broke out, she tried to save the children, who ranged in age from 16 months to 3 years old.
Tata initially told authorities she was in the home's bathroom when the fire happened. DeGeurin, Tata's attorney, attributed her lie to immaturity.
Legal experts say that if prosecutors can prove the deaths occurred because she abandoned the children to go shopping, they don't need to prove intent to harm to secure a murder conviction. Under Texas law, a person can be convicted of felony murder if he or she committed an underlying felony and that action led to the death.
After the fire, Tata fled to Nigeria but was captured after about a month, returned to the U.S. in March 2011 and has remained jailed. She was born in the U.S. but has Nigerian citizenship.
Shomari Dickerson, 3, Elizabeth Kojah, 20 months, Kendyll Stradford, 20 months, and Elias Castillo, 16 months, died in the fire at Jackie's Child Care on Crest Park at Waypark Drive shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2011. Three other children were injured. Tata is standing trial for felony murder first for the youngest of the victims -- Elias Castillo.
Tata's trial is expected to last about a month.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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-Steele Von Hoff 4th in stage 1
-Nathan Earle 1st in stage 2 (!)
-Nathan Earle 1st in stage 3 (!!!!)
-Nathan Earle 1st in stage 4 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
-Nathan Earle 2nd in stage 5
-2nd on Teams GC
-The award of 'Most Aggressive Rider for the Tour' simply made up after the final stage and awarded to Nathan Earle
For anyone watching the Giro last year wondering who that obscure Tassie Devil called Ritchie Porte was, well you may be thinking the same thing in a few years time. When Ritchie pulled out some amazing rides on the domestic circuit a few years back many guys where thinking it was only a matter of time. Well for Nearle, I think it is now only a matter of time! (And now I have built him up so much, he can only disappoint, in fact we can cut him down in classic tall poppy fashion) He is off to Italy to race for one of Ritchie's previous amateur teams in March so fingers crossed that we can all follow his exploits.
But aside from working hard for Nearle and Steele during the race, we made sure to devote the remainder of our time to letting team mate Matt and physio Hayden (who both happen to be Kiwis) know exactly what we thought of their hilarious accent.
"Oh boy that's a wee crut circuit right there"
"A what?!?!"
"You know, a crut, a cruterium!"
"Ooohhh a crit! I get ya"
And so on. We certainly took the puss
And to funish off, a few wee puctures bro
The secret to a hat trick of UCI stage wins
Nearle re-aligning his Shakra
Malvern Star bikes also become very useful clothes lines
Mechanics can turn anything into a work stand
Pat Lane, Nathan Earle, Lachie Norris and stage winner Westley Gough riding away in the Wellington stage 5 Cruterium
Also I am happy to say I blatently stole these photos from Steele's facebook page and didn't ask Nearle's permission to post such bizare photos of him. But hey, what are friends for?


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Burn the Rope is a challenging game where you try to burn as much rope as you can in each level. Theres a catch! The fire only burns upwards, leaving you to rotate the level to keep your flame alive! As you progress through the levels, youll encounter bugs crawling along the rope. Different bugs have different reactions to the flame. For example, the ant changes the color of the flame so you can burn different colored ropes, and the spider shoots out a web bridge so you can access parts of the level that you could not before.
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Chelese - posted on 11/02/2011 ( 51 moms have responded )
Hi I just joined circle of moms and It really seems like a great place to meet new moms and get a lot of useful information. I am a mom of 2 boys my oldest is 8 years old. My youngest Caleb is 11 months and 2 weeks and I just decide to start the weaning process again. I started 2 months ago but I had to stop because he got an infection and had to get on amoxicillin and no longer wanted food. So here I go starting from scratch again.
What I really need to know is that if he breast feeds every 3-4 hours when I start to take a feeding away how long should I do that for? I was thinking maybe a week. Some people say 2-3 days but that does not seem like it's enough time to slow the supply down. I want this to be a gradual process so I do not become engorged. My supply is not as much as it use to be because he does not feed as long and as much as he use to.
My next question is do i cut back every other feeding so my breasts do not become really engorged? I was told that's best and when there are no more to do every other feeding and it gets down to being back to back my body will know.
And I guess my last question for now is if my breasts get really full should I just express enough to get the fullness relieved? I was told to just do it for a few minutes just to release the tension because the longer I do it the more milk I will make.
I appreciate any feedback I can get. :-) I think the best help I can get is from moms that have went through this and have the knowledge and experience. It's so difficult to get a clear understanding on the step by step guide on the internet.


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School starts in 4 days and Grace is out of her mind excited! So leading up to the big moment I thought my next few posts would be school themed (you know how I love themes!). Grace and I had a bit of girl time Friday (thanks Mom for watching Harris) and went school shopping, we also stopped and had a lovely lunch at a fun cafe. We had such a good time I think we should make a tradition out of having a "date" for school shopping. Here's what we got....
I was glad Grace picked out these shoes. As you might know she can be very sensitive about shoes and clothing in general. If they are remotely uncomfortable she won't/can't wear them. These were her favorite and I really like them because they are classic and will go with most everything.
This is the dress she plans on wearing the first day of school-she already has it laid out! You can't tell in the picture but it has little apples on it, she seems to have inherited my love of themes. I'm so proud!
Here is the lunchbox she picked out. This is the first year she will eat lunch at school, and I'm nervous about fixing her lunch everyday. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
We found a thermos that fits into her lunchbox. This is my attempt at thinking that I will send her interesting lunches.


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Mark Howe
Mark Howe played 10 seasons for the Flyers and was the first Flyers defenseman to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Howe was elected to Flyers Hall of Fame in 2001 and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
Mark Howe played minor hockey in his hometown of Detroit with the Tier II Junior Red Wings. In 1970-71, at the age of 15, he scored 107 points for the Wings to lead the entire Western Ontario Junior A circuit. A knee injury knocked him out for the first three months of the next season. When he regained his health, Howe decided to play with the U.S. national team, and in 1972 he helped the U.S. Olympic team win the silver medal at the Sapporo games.
As a youngster, Howe was allowed to watch his father practice and to attend training camp. When he was older, Mark was allowed to suit up for the occasional team scrimmage at the Olympia.
After a deal was worked out with the London Knights, Howe and his brother Marty joined the Toronto Marlboros of the OHA in 1972-73. In his only year of major junior hockey, he scored 104 points and then contributed four goals and four assists in three games to lead the Marlies to the Memorial Cup championship. For his yeoman's service, Mark was the recipient of the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as the tournament's outstanding player.
The Howe family made hockey history with the Houston Aeros of the WHA in 1973-74 when Gordie came out of retirement to play with his two sons on the same forward line. Mark scored his first professional goal 27 years to the day after his father tallied for the first time in a Detroit uniform. After a 38-goal output, Mark was presented the Lou Kaplan Trophy as the league's top rookie and placed on the Second All-Star Team. A few months later, he scored six points in seven games for the WHA's Canadian stars in the 1974 series versus the USSR.
In 1975 Mark led all playoff scorers with 10 goals and 22 points in 13 games while leading Houston to the Avco Cup. Because he was an extremely versatile player, coach Bill Dineen made good use of him on both forward and defense. One season Howe made the WHA mid-season All-Star squad at left wing. He played defense the second half of the year and excelled to the point that he ended up as one of the rearguards on the All-Star squad at the end of the season. In 1977-78, he joined the New England franchise and remained with it when it joined the NHL as the Hartford Whalers in 1979. Howe made the transition to the NHL with ease, scoring 80 points that season.
Among all his good fortune, Howe did experience one major setback that influenced the rest of his career. On December 27, 1980, he was seriously injured by one of the older style nets. During the game, Howe lost his balance when chasing a loose puck in his own zone and went feet first into the goal. His skates raised the goal posts off the ice, causing the elevated point at the center back to pierce him in the buttock, just missing the spinal column. This accident forced the NHL to install safer nets without sharp points and with magnetic fasteners that would allow the goal to become dislodged more easily. This injury hit him in the prime of his career, and when he didn't bounce back as quickly as hoped, the Whalers became a little anxious.
Howe was involved in a multi-player transaction in August 1982 that saw him end up in Philadelphia, where he became a fixture on one of the NHL's top clubs and twice recorded 20 goal seasons. The accident in Hartford curtailed his offensive capabilities to an extent, but nonetheless he remained a top player. His mobility and experience were key ingredients in the team's run to the finals against the triumphant Edmonton Oilers in 1985 and 1987. Howe was selected to the NHL First All-Star Team in 1983, 1986 and 1987.
In 1992 Howe lived out a childhood fantasy by signing as a free agent with his father's old team, the Detroit Red Wings. This also represented a chance for him to play on a potential Stanley Cup winner at this late stage in his career. He played parts of three seasons in Motown before retiring in 1995 due to recurring back problems.


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As you read this issue I'm sure that you will be as amazed as I am about all the ways that members of the community reach out to serve others. This is the Support Issue, our time to highlight, thank and congratulate people and projects that help individuals; support community groups; advocate with doctors; dentists and nurses; do research and write articles; work to get insurance or medicare coverage; serve on our Boards; present at meetings; write grants; throw teas, BBQ's or events to raise money; or offer an open heart, warm shoulder, or understanding ear to others in need.
I was working with one of our Peer Health Coaches (see Susan's story on page 7 for more info) the other day, who shared with me how she has been driven to contribute to change the experience of the next newly diagnosed patient and, in the process found what so many of you speak of — a powerful way to make a difference, to take your challenging experiences and use them to expand compassion and insist on better options for everyone. Your peers share this determination, and give of their time and talents in so many ways. Read over the great Awareness Building Campaign featuring Miki who has spread the word to over 1,700 Dermatology Physician Assistants around the US! Every talent can be used to help others.
We've been working on planning the Annual Meeting these last few months, (more at www.pemphigus.org/2010am) it's like planning a family reunion, looking forward to seeing old friends and excited to embrace the newcomers with the warmth of this community. Many of you will be delighted to see
Janet, our Founder, Dr. Razzaque Ahmed from Boston, your Peer Health Coaches (PHC), members of our Board and Medical Board, your favorite doctors, our resource partners and Will, at another (or your first) Annual Meeting.
This year there will be topic-specific breakouts and a "track" for people interested in finding out more about becoming a PHC. Those interested can email Marc Yale (see Marc's article on page 9) to indicate your interest in participating in the Peer Coach Track. We also have added, per your feedback, more Q&A sessions and more time to gather and connect. It is important for everyone in this community that you come, share your wisdom, show our power, and laugh, cry and connect with this amazing group. You'll be glad you did, I certainly am!


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The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has issued a $6.6-million contract to Lockheed Martin for continued operational support of two K-Max unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The cargo resupply aircraft are deployed with the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will take place at NAVAIR's Patuxent River, Md. base and various OCONUS locations. According to the Department of Defense, the contract is expected to run through September.
K-Max, Kaman Aerospace's converted helicopter UAS, first entered service in Afghanistan to provide operationally piloted battlefield air cargo resupply for the U.S. military in 2011.
Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft has obtained a $10.1-million extension of an existing U.S. Navy contract that calls for the conversion of one UH-3H into a UH-3D trainer. Eighty percent of the work will take place in Cherry Point, N.C., with the remaining 20 percent in Stratford. Projected for completion in October 2014, the agreement includes related testing support.
The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a $17.9-million contract to provide design and engineering services in support of the CH-47 Advanced Chinook Rotor Blade. According to the Department of Defense, work for the cost-plus-fixed-fee award is expected to be complete in 2017.
Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell Helicopter has won a $13.1-million contract to supply long lead parts and components as part of the delivery of 15 Lot 11 UH-1Y Venoms and 10 Lot 11 AH-1Z Vipers to the U.S. Marine Corps. Around 60 percent of the work will occur in Fort Worth, with 40 percent in Amarillo, Texas. Completion is scheduled for September 2014.
The U.S. Navy has issued a $27.9-million modification to a Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training contract covering long lead materials and support for nine mission avionics systems and common cockpits for the Danish government's Sikorsky MH-60Rs. The agreement, which is part of the foreign military sales (FMS) program, is with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization. Work will be split into a number of locations, with much of it taking place in Farmingdale (around 55 percent) and Owego, N.Y. (31 percent) through June 2013. The rest will occur in Ciudad Real, Spain (5 percent), Syracuse, N.Y. (5 percent), Everett, Wash. (3 percent), and at various facilities around the U.S.
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Adele Denies Receiving Birthday Cake From Rihanna
So much for the boob cake (cake cake cake). Adele has denied that Rihanna sent her a D-cup dessert for her big 2-4.
Reports surfaced earlier that RiRi sent the British chanteuse a breast-shaped birthday cake on May 5 (also Chris Brown's birthday), but the 'Rumor Has It' singer has put those rumors to rest. The imaginary cake was allegedly coated with pink icing and featured some gems serving as pasties, and Rihanna supposedly had it sent to Adele's North London home. MTV notes that the cake was said to be delivered with a card reading, " Happy Birthday to my lover, Adele, the baddest b—- around. Have the best freaking Bday. Cake cake cake xxx."
As delish as that sounds, it's apparently too good to be true. While Rihanna did indeed wish the '21′ songstress a happy birthday on Twitter, there was no cake to be had — but Rihanna does adore Adele.
In March, RiRi sang Adele's praises after the BRIT Awards, telling press, "The last album '21′ just spoke to me so much — to the point where I had to stop listening to it 'cause it was depressing me so much. You become so attached to the stories, it's really something you identify with," she said. "Really I came to the Brits to stalk Adele. It was nothing about the awards or the performance, for me it was just to see Adele again. She doesn't know the depth of my affection, just the surface. She has no idea."
Adele took to Twitter to shoot the cake rumors down, but revealed that she did get a nice gift — but it was neither from Rihanna, nor was it a diamond. Check out her tweet below!
Had a lovely birthday, thanks for all the messages. I got a blossom tree! I didn't get a cake from Rih Rih & I'm not engaged, blah blah x
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Ocean Beach is a shopping district on the eastern island of Vice City and has the majority of Vice City's beach. In the initial stages of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City protagonist Tommy Vercetti resides in Ocean Beach at the Ocean View Hotel and can later purchase the Ocean Heights Apartment. Ocean Drive, a long road on the east side of Ocean Beach, is lined with hotels and is located right next to the beach. It is based on its real world counterpart South Beach.
Events of GTA: Vice City
Ocean Beach is the primary location for a few mission throughout the game, starting from the second mission An Old Friend. Tommy Vercetti meets Lance Vance in Ocean Beach, after killing Leo Teal and later kills three members of a European gang in the area. Missions for Colonel Cortez also start in Ocean Beach.
- Juan Cortez (? - 1986)
- Lance Vance (1984-1986)
- Leo Teal (? - 1986)
- Mercedes Cortez (? - 1986)
- Tommy Vercetti (1986 - ?)
- Victor Vance (1984-1986)
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There is also an unnamed below-grade shopping plaza between Collar & Cuffs and the Pole Position.
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- Baseball Bat (behind the Ocean View Hotel)
- Brass Knuckles (in an alleyway behind Ocean View Hotel)
- Chainsaw (in the bathroom of Apartment 3C)
- Chrome Shotgun (southeast side (top floor) of the Washington Mall)
- Pistol (between the Pier 1 and Pier 2, near Cortez's Yacht)
- Knife (behind the Maison Wenifall restaurant)
- Micro SMG (behind the Pay'n'Spray)
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- Brass Knuckles (in a small park across the street of Ammu-Nation)
- Chainsaw (behind a building east of Washington Mall construction site)
- Equalizer (in swimming pool in building south of the Pole Position)
- Grenades (south of the helipad, near trees, behind Ocean View Hotel)
- Molotov (by cluster of bushes and trees on the beach)
- MP5 (southwest end of Pier 2 on the Ocean Bay Marina)
- SPAZ 12 (backyard of house east of Ocean Beach Church)
- Stubby Shotgun (middle of small area of apartments across from an empire site)
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- Colt .45 ($100)
- Ingram Mac 10 ($300)
- Chrome Shotgun ($500, after Mall Shootout)
- Kruger ($1,000, after Guardian Angels)
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- AK-47 ($4,200 ($3,150 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)
- Rocket Launcher ($9,000 ($6,750 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after Turn On, Tune In, Bug Out)
- MP5 ($2,500 ($1,875 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)
- Sniper Rifle ($6,000 ($4,500 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)
- Spaz 12 ($4,000 ($3,000 after completing Phil's Shooting Range), after From Zero to Hero)
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- Ambulance
- Banshee
- Caddy (always parked by the lighthouse)
- Cheetah (always parked outside Pier 2)
- Hermes
- Oceanic (always parked outside Ocean View Hotel)
- PCJ-600 (always parked between Pier 1 and Pier 2)
- Regina
- Sandking
- Sentinel
- Stallion (always parked on top of parking lot)
- Hunter (only after collecting all 100 Hidden Packages and completing Keep Your Friends Close...)
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- Ground floor of Washington Mall
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- Southwest corner on top level of Ocean Beach Parking Garage
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- Middle of east-west road north of an empire site
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City water panel hears new supply, demand projections
By J.M. Brown
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/4/12
SANTA CRUZ -- The city's Water Commission heard updated supply-and-demand projections Monday that officials say still demonstrate a strong need for a proposed desalination plant.
The city's Integrated Water Plan, passed in 2005 to pursue a new water supply, conserve and curtail use by 15 percent during dry years is outdated, water officials said. It predicted an annual demand of 5.3 billion gallons, but didn't take into account conservation measures and economic factors that have significantly reduced demand and environmental measures that threaten supply.
The Water Department now forecasts demand at 3.5 billion gallons in the next couple of years and 3.8 billion gallons by 2030 for a system capable of producing 4.3 billion gallons in normal years. The city expects use this year to end at 3.3 billion gallons.
But supply will be cutback sharply in future years to meet demands by fisheries regulators, who want the city to reduce its diversions on the San Lorenzo River and North Coast streams to improve habitat for endangered and threatened species.
"The margin of error in estimating conservation savings is de minimus compared to the amount of water we are losing to the environment," Deputy Water Director Linette Almond said.
If regulators accept the city's plan to provide 80 percent of natural flow in wet and normal years and less than that in dry and critically dry years, the city can keep curtailment to 15 percent with a desalination facility producing up to 2.5 million gallons per day and nearly doubling the capacity by 2030.
But if regulators insist on the 80 percent flow standard in every year, the city can't meet future demand even if the desalination facility produced up to 4.5 million gallons per day, officials said. The department said the city would have to consider an even larger plant, pursue a different water supply project or increase curtailment in dry years.
The environmental analysis for the desalination proposal is expected in March.
On Monday, the commission recommended the City Council approve a contract with Maddaus Water Management, a Contra Costa County firm, for a yearlong Water Conservation Master Plan. The nearly $200,000 contract will update the city's overall conservation plan that ended in 2010.
"We are going to cast a very wide net, as wide a net as possible," conservation manager Toby Goddard said. "There is going to be an elimination process, but we start off with the broadest possible menu so we don't leave off any innovative measures."
The plan will be integrated with a separate baseline study expected in early 2013 that will identify how much conservation may still be possible using energy-efficient retrofits and other existing programs.
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Microsoft shoots down UK Xbox 360 price cuts
Xbox 360 bundles are receiving a $50 price cut across America, but Microsoft has just confirmed that the UK will not be receiving a similar reduction. Bad times.
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Analyst firm EEDAR has said that despite price cuts for Xbox 360, no significant boost in sales can be expected for the console this year. "Forecasting for the remainder of the year, EEDAR does not expect the Xbox 360 to see a significant sales lift over last year's performance despite its price drop for the […]
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A trusted UK retailer has confirmed to VG247 that there is indeed a price cut coming to Xbox 360 and that the Pro is on the way out, starting this coming Friday, August 28. The Elite-price will drop from £239.99 to £199.99 – the same as a Wii – with the Pro 60Gb being discontinued. […]
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A source close to Ars Technica says that PS3 and Xbox 360 will both get a price cut by fall. Yes, more "price cut" talk. The "mole" says that the 80Gb PS3 will become scarce, and thanks to the bundles being offered by Sony, this could happen within two moths time. The Slim will come […]
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Most of us know of Pontiac's rebellion but some don't so I will try my best with the knowledge I have to try to educate yinz about it. So here I go: In 1763 the Proclamation of 1763 was made by King George the III reaffirming the promises that had been made at the Treaty of Easton by formally prohibiting white settlement beyond the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. Those who still lived there were instructed to remove themselves from the area. But the colonists didn't like the idea of not being able to go beyond the crest of the Appalachian Mountains so they disobeyed and went forth west and the Natives rebelled. Pontiac was the one who had convinced a good amount of tribes to join him in an attack against the English invaders who were trying to take the land from the Natives and call it their own.
General Amherst (or as I like to call him General Asshole) was one who hated the Natives to the point of suspending the practice of distributing gifts to Native allies, including the customary provision of ammunition, which to me seemed to be one of the many reasons for the Natives to rebel. He thought if the Natives were not continually "bribed" (as he would put it) with handouts then they could not indulge their proclivity for idleness. He thought it wise to keep them scarce of ammunition. Finally , having observed the vastly destructive influence of alcohol on Native communities he also forbade all further trade in rum and other liquors. He believed it would increase the Natives hunting abilities and also reduce the violence that plagued their villages and improve their character in general. He also approved a measure that Fort Pitt's commandant, captain Simeon Ecuyer had done given the local chiefs a diplomatic present that included blankets and handkerchiefs that had recently been used by smallpox patients in the fort's hospital. There is no evidence that Amherst's genocidal intentions and Ecuyers abominable act actually worked among the Shawnee and Delawares who besieged fort Pit for smallpox was already endemic in both groups at the time. The intent however is more important than the result. What made matters even worse in the view of the western Natives was that the British had failed to establish trading posts in the interior and then withdraw their troops from the region, as they had promised. Rather the British continued to maintain garrisons there. To the Natives these policies and the broken promises they bespoke were nothing short of betrayals, and a fundamental threat to their ability to carry on with the way of life they knew. The rebelling, successful attacks the Native had done surprised the British commanders. The British commanders could only conclude that renegade French officers and missionaries were behind the rebellion. Nothing of that sort was true. It was a true pan-Native movement, the first successful one in North American history. Sir William Johnson and his representatives built on the Proclamation of 1763 by offering to reinstitute the giving of gifts and trade of rum and ammunition which had settled the conflict.
My rant: Throughout history there is a pattern of the British or rather the (no offense) English of trying to dominate lands and a people. (Pontiac's rebellion being an example) But they did the same thing to the Scottish trying to take their land and rule their people. Practically destroying these beautiful cultures for selfish reasons and that is want pisses me off. Even today in America people are still rude and ignorant towards the Natives trying to take away their children to raise them in a white Christian home. These peoples (Natives and the Scottish) have a very beautiful culture! why try to destroy something so beautiful? It brings tears to my eyes to know what has happened to these people over history. Don't be afraid to let me know what you think and share your knowledge and thoughts about it if you'd like:)
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You are talking about Imperialism, and the English weren't the only ones practicing it, although they were likely the most successful by standard measures. Don't forget that New France ran from Quebec City to the Gulf of Mexico. Look at South American and African history to see the Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Dutch empires meddling with technologically less advanced peoples. Such behaviors aren't limited to the west, for if you look at the Orient you'll see plenty of Imperialism as well. The various Chinese dynasties, and particularly the Japanese Empire.
Even today I see Imperialism in action, although it is usually more economic than geographic. There just seems to be some hard wiring in humans that makes such behavior unavoidable.
Well, assuming you are American and like to buy tube socks at Walmart, then you are not paying attention to the role you are playing in imperialism yourself. Do you ever ask yourself why you deserve a standard of living so far about that of those who make most of your clothes?
Well, you could join a movement to that end by ceasing your dependence on the multi-national corporations that represent modern imperialism.
I once spent some time on the Navajo Reservation, in Northeastern Arizona, more specifically, Tuba City, and our government stuck those people on the most desolate, infertile piece of land they could find.
The Mormons, with their stories of how the Hebrews came to the Americas and started the lineage of Native Americans, makes these simple people easy prey.
I stayed with two college friends, a married couple who were teaching on the reservation, and they told me of two, apparently adorable little girls, sisters, who would hug both of them at school, but with their parents, should they meet after school, say in a local store, the same little girls would ignore my friends, lest their parents see how they felt. Sad.
Ironic really - the parents haven't taught their children prejudism, they've taught them duplicity.
I'm not so sure their parents taught them that, so much as the girls learned how best (for them) to deal with the dissonance of living with one foot in each of two worlds.
At least their generation has the exposure to two worlds. That's got to be an improvement.
According to my teacher-friends, the Navajo are strongly prejudiced against Blacks. At one point in time, the US Army had put together an entire company of African American soldiers, that became known as "The Buffalo Soldiers." so named, by the Indians they fought, as their hair reminded the Native Americans of the curly hair on a bison's mane.
When the decision was made to place the Navajo on a reservation, it was this company that was ordered to take them there, and since legends in the tribe are passed by word of mouth, the blame for the "Res" has descended on Blacks in general.
The Osage Indians of Oklahoma were quite fortunate - the government stuck them on a reservation in N.E. Oklahoma, where shortly afterward, oil was discovered on Osage land.
So-called Indian Reservations in America are actually considered "foreign soil," sovereign nations unto themselves, which is why so many Reservations can sport casinos in states where otherwise, gambling is not permitted.
Every reserve is different. Some have good revenues from mineral/oil rights, or casinos, or just plain ranching. Others are like third world countries with the weekly visits from the government doctor being just like foreign aid.
One way or the other, there is no way to return to the 'old ways' and nor would anyone want to do so. The pre-European life of North American aboriginals was not the egalitarian utopia so many people seem to want to imagine. Infant mortality was very high, food was often scarce, and if you lived inland you likely spent the winter huddled in some make-shift shelter hungry, shivering and wondering if you would see another spring.
Today, many reserve counsels are just as corrupt as white government. We've got a famous case up here of a reserve of 600 people getting 6 million dollars aid each year for 10 years without building a single new home or fixing their water infrastructure. In the end the federal government had to send in contractors to sort out the water and erect emergency shelters because the state of housing was so bad.
It was found that the chief paid herself and her non-native boyfriend each six figure salaries, periodically taking lengthy trips to Europe that they called 'diplomatic missions'.
Why wouldn't they?
You say you would change the past, yet face very similar circumstances today and, being in the position to make change, you show zero interest. What makes you think you would have been any more interested had you been born 300 years ago rather than now?


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Andrea, a six-year-old boy, just lost his dog. But his love for the pet will never end: it gets transformed, and it is the metaphor of renewable energy.
September 10, 1977. 4:30am. Prisoner Djandoubi is removed from his cell and led to execution. He only has fifteen more minutes to live. Just enough time to smoke two cigarettes. Not three.
A parade for three managers and four performers, mixing quotes from French composer Erik Satie's essays on the music he composed for the 1916 ballet "Parade". The famous realist ballet is brought back to life.
Every single night, Ambroise gets bored. To pass the time, he makes random phone calls. His calls often result in a failure… Until he reaches Charlotte, a curious young girl looking for an extraordinary adventure.
Hong-Kong. A multitude of high-rise concrete buildings without personality. Inside, close studios where people live withdrawn into themselves. Until the day where Chung, a bachelor, decides to hang a picture on the wall.
A visual bedtime story recalling the atmosphere of early cinema. A travel back in time, when watching films was a dangerous experience, especially for children. Mr Sand is a mysterious character moving through this story.
A boy lives with his parents in a remote village in the mountains. His family has several prejudices against immigrants.
New York City, 2016. She's white, he's black, they love each other, without boundaries, in plain sight. But tonight, the bad encounter: a group of extremists won't let it go.


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Interested in serving on the Judicial Council or one of its advisory bodies?
Occasionally vacancies occur during the year. If you would like to be considered for any of these, you may designate your interest by filling out the form below. To ensure that your interests, qualifications, and experiences are suited to the entity on which you wish to serve, before submitting your information please review the details of all available positions in the California Rules of Court. The roles of Judicial Council members are described in rule 10.2 and the roles for various advisory body members are described in rules 10.40–10.64.


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BOGOTÁ - Here we go again. The other week our president traveled to Mexico to declare that the scourge of drug trafficking is killing thousands abroad and harming our children at home and that therefore we must redouble our efforts to fight the drug war.
Since 1971, when Richard Nixon declared the war on drugs, our elected officials have always done the "right thing" and been tough on drugs. They have stepped up law enforcement at home; interdicted ships and submarines on the high seas, seizing tons of drugs; dismantled cartels abroad, extraditing their leaders to face U.S. prison cells; and eradicated millions of acres of drug crops in South America. An estimated $40 billion has bought the Drug Enforcement Administration, Coast Guard and Southern Command some dazzling photo ops. Unfortunately, it has not bought much more as the drug trade remains as lucrative and violent as ever.
With drug-related violence on the rise in Mexico, drugs have again taken their place on the front pages. The Obama administration is deeply concerned about the situation in Mexico, as it should be. The State Department reports a continued rise in violence there, from about 2,700 deaths in 2007 to well over 5,000 in 2008. Estimates suggest that as many as 1,000 may have been killed just in the first two months of this year. Unfortunately, Washington's response thus far has been more of the same. The U.S. is set to spend billions supporting Mexican military operations targeting drug traffickers, despite publicly recognizing that the fuel behind the drug trade and this terrible violence is our insatiable appetite for drugs in the U.S.
We've been down this road before. In the mid-1990s, substantial U.S. support helped Colombia take down Pablo Escobar and the powerful Medellin and Cali cartels. This U.S.-backed frontal assault on Colombia's drug lords destroyed their integrated operations covering all aspects of the cocaine trade, causing Colombia's traffickers to cede the most lucrative part of the business - trafficking drugs into the U.S. and wholesaling them - to the Mexican cartels. Just over a decade later, the bureaucrats' hand-wringing in Washington over Mexico leads to the same answer: Provide military assistance to a "partner in the drug war" to take down the cartels.
We have played a similar game of "whack a mole" with coca crops - the raw material for cocaine - in the Andes. As with most counter-narcotics programs, attacking the source of the drugs seemed sensible to the layperson.
The theory suggested that while drug traffickers could shield themselves behind private armies and hide drug shipments in fishing boats and airplane cargo, the raw material for these drugs - plants - had to be rooted and therefore easily attacked. For almost two decades U.S. policymakers targeted coca crops in Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. Yet, the only success taxpayers have seen from the billions spent was shifting about 200,000 acres of coca production from Peru to Colombia between 1993 and 2005. Net Andean coca production over those years actually increased slightly.
It is time to remind Washington that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.
Continued military aid to Colombia and Mexico to fight an archaic drug war is not the solution to the very real problems of violence, corruption and addiction created by the drug trade. If nearly four decades and $40 billion fighting drugs have taught us anything, it's that we need new, proven solutions to this problem.
Experts have long known that the most effective and efficient way to attack the drug trade is not through supply-side control measures targeting cartels and coca crops, but rather through demand-reduction measures such as treatment and education. While such policies may be a harder sell to an electorate historically comforted by the tough language of force typically employed to confront drugs, policies that actually work would be a great deal more comforting at the end of the day.


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NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark today issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed by Alex Rodriguez against the MLBPA:
"It is unfortunate that Alex Rodriguez has chosen to sue the Players Association. His claim is completely without merit, and we will aggressively defend ourselves and our members from these baseless charges.
"The Players Association has vigorously defended Mr. Rodriguez's rights throughout the Biogenesis investigation, and indeed throughout his career. Mr. Rodriguez's allegation that the Association has failed to fairly represent him is outrageous, and his gratuitous attacks on our former executive director, Michael Weiner, are inexcusable. When all is said and done, I am confident the Players Association will prevail."


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