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It's still good to be the chief executive, even in a lousy economy. Although 2008 marked the start of a bruising global recession, many CEOs at Virginia's largest publicly traded companies saw base annual salaries rise by an average of 5.7 percent.
The figure is for execs in their positions for more than one fiscal year. They earned an average salary of $920,957, according to a study conducted by Findley Davies Inc. for Virginia Business.
Overall, though, pay packages — including cash bonuses, stock awards and other incentives — fell flat. The average total compensation package for all CEOs was $6.06 million. That's nearly identical to the 2007 total of $6.1 million and reflects reduced earnings at many of the state's largest shareholder-owned firms.
The study examined compensation at companies with revenue of at least $1 billion. Of the 32 companies, 26 had CEOs in jobs for more than one fiscal year. Just more than 60 percent of these execs received base salary raises of 3.5 percent or more, says Hank Federal, a principal with Findley Davies, the Charlotte, N.C.-based-based human resources firm that compiles the annual ranking.
"That's a little higher than average," notes Federal. "And it's more than the average worker received during 2008 as companies were cutting jobs, salaries and contributions to 401(k) plans."
Still, Federal says raises in Virginia generally tracked a company's performance. CEOs who got better-than-average raises usually presided over companies that managed to meet or exceed their performance targets in a difficult year. Conversely, about 40 percent of CEOs got smaller raises — and in some cases none at all — because their companies failed to hit the mark. (See chart on 53 for a more specific breakdown.)
Of the 26 CEOs, 18 received an increase in total cash compensation. Among this group, five headed companies with an increase in total shareholder return, while 13 saw shareholder values dip, sometimes dramatically.
Looked at another way: 14 of the 18 CEOs presided over companies that posted gains in fiscal year revenue, with 11 also posting a bump in net income.
Among the eight CEOs who saw a drop in total cash compensation, seven saw decreases in total shareholder return, five saw reductions in revenue, and seven in this group saw drops in net income.
There was plenty of company in the minus column. The average one-year total shareholder return for Virginia's 32 largest publics in 2008 was -31.79 percent. The average total return vs. the S&P 500 was 5.57 percentage points higher.
The severity of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression is apparent in the reduced number of companies on this year's pay chart. Last year, Findley Davies examined pay at 40 publics that surpassed the $1 billion revenue mark. Some of those companies aren't around today. Circuit City Stores Inc. closed all of its stores in March. Also gone is BearingPoint Inc., a McLean-based consulting company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is selling off pieces of its business, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac), which was taken over by the federal government after the subprime crisis.
In keeping with a national trend, Virginia companies are basing more of a CEO's pay on the achievement of clearly established performance goals. On average, Federal says that three-quarters of a CEO's annual pay is tied to long-term incentives such as equity- or performance-based cash rewards. "Overall, the compensation committees at Virginia's companies did a really nice job of aligning CEO pay to company performance. It's a much better story than in most other states."
Yet tying pay to performance is an inexact science during market turbulence. James E. Rogers serves as a director on the boards of two Richmond-based firms, NewMarket Corp. and Owens & Minor Inc. "As we've all experienced during the last year, stock prices can fluctuate wildly, even though a company's performance is solid," says Rogers, a member of the compensation committee at chemical maker NewMarket and lead director at Owens & Minor. Rogers is president of Richmond-based private equity firm SCI Investors Inc.
The pay-for-performance trend is evident in the compensation of Norfolk Southern Corp. CEO Charles W. Moorman, Virginia's second highest-paid public CEO in 2008. The Norfolk-based railroad giant awarded Moorman, 57, a combined pay package valued at $12.4 million, or 1.2 percent less than the previous year.
That does not mean Moorman will necessarily take home all $12 million. A higher proportion of Moorman's annual compensation (51 percent) is considered to be "at risk" should the company fail to meet certain financial goals established by its compensation committee.
Moorman's total fixed compensation — money he is guaranteed to receive for 2008 — is $2.7 million. That includes a 19 percent increase in salary to $950,000, as well as a $1.75 million cash bonus. The bonus is 104 percent higher than the $862,400 bonus Moorman received last year. In context, it reflects "non-equity" cash incentives he earned between 2006 and 2008, and which he received on a current or deferred basis, according to the company's proxy.
For fiscal year 2008, Norfolk Southern reported net income of $1.7 billion and revenue of $10.6 billion. Although one-year shareholder return was -4.3 percent, Norfolk Southern shares outperformed the S&P by 34 percentage points.
Also getting a healthy payday last year was Michael Quillen, the 60-year-old chairman and former CEO of coal-mining company Alpha Natural Resources in Abingdon.
Quillen relinquished the CEO title to Kevin Crutchfield after Alpha merged this summer with Foundation Coal Holdings, based in Linthicum Heights, Md. The deal turned Alpha into the nation's third-largest coal producer.
In 2008, Quillen's total compensation was valued at $4.97 million. That compares with $3.06 million in 2007, or a one-year increase of 62 percent.
Quillen's fixed pay — the combination of annual base salary and cash bonus — rose 90 percent. While his salary of $689,432 represented only a 3.9 percent increase, the pay package was greatly helped by deferred cash bonuses. Including an annual bonus and other cash awards earned between 2006 and 2008, Quillen's bonus money totaled $2.35 million, or 151 percent higher than the year before.
Quillen guided Alpha through a tough stretch in the coal industry. Falling prices for fossil fuels last year dragged down the share prices of coal stocks. In addition, a proposed acquisition of Alpha by Cleveland Cliffs Inc. was called off in November. Cleveland Cliffs agreed to pay Alpha $70 million to terminate the contract.
Despite the turmoil, Alpha's revenue grew more than 36 percent in 2008, up to $2.55 billion from $1.877 billion the year before.
While shareholder say-on-pay movements have been ongoing in recent years, public rage over excessive executive pay hit new levels this year. Much of the uproar was directed at huge bonuses paid to bankers and executives of companies like AIG, which received billions in federal bailout money, while the U.S. economy was faltering.
Besides heightened public sensitivity, Virginia boards of directors continue to adjust to stricter disclosure rules enacted in 2006 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The changes are intended to make executive pay more transparent.
More changes appear to be on the way with the SEC proposing additional new regulations. The economy is a big driver, says Federal. "People are saying, 'Wait a minute. How come executive compensation keeps going up when everybody else is losing their job?"
Incentive bonuses and other performance-based variables, he continues, came into favor during the last 20 years. "My question is have we taken this thing too far? Have we made the reward systems so big that we have created overly risky behavior?"
Rogers says he welcomes the increased disclosure. "The detail and energy that goes into understanding and disclosing compensation today is far greater than it was. And that's been a positive development."


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ST. PETERSBURG — The man who carried a knife into Bay Pines VA Medical Center Friday night, telling attendants he had a bomb, had been withering away.
Neighbors said Vincent L. Young had lost maybe 100 pounds over seven months — down to 250 or so.
His closest friend, George "Gunny" Kenny, whose husky build and retirement-gut closely matched Young's, could tell that his neighbor was sick. But Young never mentioned it.
Young kept to himself, closed up in his mobile home at the retirement community called Harbor Lights Club. The park is quiet — as was Young. On most days the wind chimes and blowing palms are the loudest noise. Residents drive golf carts, place pink flamingos in their lawn and put out American flags.
Kenny and other neighbors received the news that Young had threatened officers in Bay Pines with a knife and bomb with disbelief. It wasn't until after Young died, shot by police in the emergency room, that his deteriorating condition and his final act made sense.
"You can't judge what another man does unless you know his mind," Kenny said, pulling on a cigarette while sitting in his motorized wheelchair.
Friday afternoon Young waved to a neighbor as he left home. The 68-year-old veteran parked his car and strode into the emergency room with the knife and a backpack; inside it he had a PVC pipe.
When officers arrived, they said, Young lunged at them, so they shot him. Physicians tried to save Young, but he later died.
The hospital was evacuated and the threatened explosive turned out to be a fake. No patients or staff were hurt. The FBI would not speculate on his motivation.
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Young's neighbors knew little about him. He never bothered anyone, they said; never raised his voice. He liked to build 3-foot-long model airplanes, using the blacktop in front of his house as a runway.
Young was also quick to help others with their computers, and his home looked like a RadioShack repair shop, Kenny said, the shelves littered with electronic parts.
He was a whiz with mechanics — a neighbor's three-wheeled bicycle he was fixing still sat in his driveway behind streams of police tape.
This man could tear apart a car and rebuild it, Kenny said. Surely, he could have built a bomb.
"Hell, for $25 I can buy stuff to make a bomb that would blow that house off its foundation," he said, pointing to Young's mobile home.
Kenny and Young conducted fire and safety patrols of the community in golf carts. Even though they spent several nights a week, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. together, they never talked about their mutual military service in the 1960s. Kenny couldn't even say where Young served or in what branch.
Sometimes Young wasn't up to the patrols and Kenny presumed he suffered from depression, possibly post-traumatic stress disorder. But bearing his own scars from the terror of war, Kenny never asked.
Young also never spoke of his family, and Kenny thought he might not stay in touch. A Pinellas County divorce record shows that he was married for five years and divorced in 2007.
Nor, toward the end, did Young even mention his awful news. Kenny's wife, Carole Langley-Kenny, learned almost by accident.
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Carole bumped into Young at the Wawa checkout line. She was about to fly to Georgia to visit her daughter who just learned she had cancer. Carole told Young of her daughter's diagnosis, and how only weeks before, her nephew had died of the disease, too.
Then, the typically private Young said he, too, had cancer. Carole got the impression it was terminal.
Her mind focused miles away on her daughter, Carole forgot to offer sympathy. Before parting, Young said, "I'm sorry to hear about your daughter and nephew; I'll pray for them."
And then with a shrug and a stone face added, "But I'm ready to go."


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I've been back at work for a month and things are settling into a routine. Clara is gaining tons of weight and turning into such a funny little girl. I really love this age. She's close to sitting, she'll stand holding onto the crib rail if I put her there, and she's become so aware of the world that it can be a struggle to get her to eat, or to sleep, or to just relax for a few minutes so Mommy can pee!
At the same time, work has gotten pretty busy for me, and I'm finding it hard to get everything done that needs to get done. Between my commute, pumping, dinner-making and baby feeding, and, oh yes, sleep, my free hours for working are just about equal to the hours I need to be billing* and, as any lawyer will tell you, you always work more hours than you actually bill.
On top of all of this, we just put an offer in on a house, right before we're heading out of town for Clara's baptism. The seller wants the inspection done before the weekend so that if we decide to pass on the house, she can remarket it this weekend, which means I am now scheduled to spend half of my day tomorrow — a day in which I need to get some serious work done before taking off several days — at the house with the inspector. I have no idea when I'll manage to pump, because I have to go from the inspection straight to a meeting at another firm, and I can hardly get there and bug out for 20 minutes to pump in a strange location. Oh, and then I need to leave work early anyway to pick up the dress I plan to wear for the baptism, and then take the dog to the kennel before 7, and pack, and get the baby in bed at a reasonable hour so we can leave for the airport early on Thursday morning….
In other words, f**k.
I keep telling myself that if everything works out — if the inspection is clean, if I manage to make my meetings, if I get the dress picked up and the dog dropped off and everything packed — it'll be really amazing to go home and visit family knowing that we will be closing on this great house in a month or so. And if it doesn't, I'm going to be really pissed that I've given an inspector $450 to look at a house I'm never going to live in.
And how is your week going?
* This is a bit misleading; my firm doesn't have a strict hours requirement. I'm actually referring here to the actual amount of work I have to do to get stuff done for my clients rather than the amount of work my firm expects me to do.
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As it turns out, it appears that your brain does not know the difference in real or imagined events.
That's why some golfers practice by imagining golf shots, some tennis players practice by imagining tennis shots and other athletes practice by imagining doing whatever their chosen sport requires them to do well. Pretty much the same brain cells fire whether you are doing something or thinking about doing it; and brain cells firing in unison is one way to describe learning.
Now let's take this interesting aspect of the brain a little further. Why do you think children of actors often become actors, children of racecar drivers often become racecar drivers and children of politicians often become politicians? How do we end up with a Dale and Dale Jr., a Goldie and a Kate, a George and a George Jr.
Think about it, what are the statistical odds that out of a population of over 300 million (of which approximately 90 percent are natural born citizens and therefore eligible to run for president), we somehow frequently end up with more than one president from the same family?
Perhaps this is because the racecar/actor/politician children don't know any better. They grew up in an environment that often stimulated the firing of brain cells that triggered thoughts like: people in this family routinely become racecar drivers, or, people in this family become famous actors, or presidents.
These children beat the incredibly long odds because their brains never fired cells that triggered thoughts about, "Don't be ridiculous, you can't do that!" Unfortunately, this sword sometimes cuts both ways and you end up with a Joe Screwup and a Joe Screwup Jr.
Let's add one more element to this brainpower mix. Similar to the golf shot example, a strong and vivid mental image of what you want to happen can actually create a form of attracting tension similar to a magnet. This type tension can best be resolved by making real-world progress that moves you closer to your magnetic mental image.
Unresolved tension is an incredibly powerful force. If I sang some of the beginning notes of a ditty but suddenly stopped before completing it, most of you would have an overwhelming urge to finish it. For example, if I sang "twinkle, twinkle, little star …" and paused, you would probably feel a strong urge to sing … (you fill in the blanks).
So, let's get down to business. If you want something to happen in your career or your business, get your brain to work imagining exactly what you want to happen. Noted author James Allen said, "Thoughts are the ancestors of all actions." Create everything about your business (or your division, department, or job) in your mind first. Keep working on your mental image until it becomes magnetized.
Oh, and one more tip. Considering the racecar driver, actor, politician phenomena I discussed earlier – if at all possible hang around and closely observe people who are already doing what you want to do.
Chris Crouch is CEO of DME Training and Consulting and author of several books on improving productivity. Contact him through www.dmetraining.com.
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We recently had the pleasure of hosting a visit to our small family farm. Boone and Soni Holladay came to The Barry Farm to hang out with our family and ask some questions about starting to farm. With notebook in hand Boone and I toured our pasture and talked shop and logistics. We meet after a screening of The Greenhorns where we sat on the discusion panel after the movie. They have a particular heart and goal to begin growing food in the city for Houstonians. He has a unique perspective as an educator of Agriculture. Please listen to Boone's thoughts.
urban youth and agriculture... disassociated.
I have taught agriculture science in an urban school for five years. After completing a graduate degree with a focus on urban education, I looked forward to the opportunity to reach out to students that haven't had the opportunity to understand their food, how it is made, and where it comes from. Little did I know the experience I would have once my ideas became reality. In Texas, the vast majority of agriculture science programs are from rural communities. The few in each urban core strain to hold together a thriving program and FFA chapter. There are several simple reasons for this. One, is the lack of community understanding of what these programs mean, in short: the food on our tables and the jobs that are created by that industry. Small towns heavily support these programs, and for the youth, being active in FFA is as important as playing on the football team. In the city, the majority of students, as well as the parents could care less if the FFA program dissolved. They just don't see the connect between their lifestyles and the industry of food. Access to food is simple in cities, on most street intersections there are fast food restaurants and convenience stores. Access to high quality food is centralized to mid to upper-class neighborhoods. So for most urban youth, what you see is what you get. My teaching partner, when discussing food systems, asked her class "If grocery stores were gone, where would you get your food?" One student honesty answered "McDonald's." The labs for many of my courses at the school include several units on vegetable production. We grow a significant selection of seasonal vegetables in raised beds in which we harvest in class and clean and eat. Some try the food, many are resistant. When we harvest salad greens, most students say they can't eat it without ranch dressing or cheese and bacon, but once they try the greens with a light vinegar dressing, many change their mind. Some just wouldn't admit they liked it, probably because it is not cool to eat healthy or because it was not bought at HEB. It's such a psychological deal, if its not cool or normal or the "in" thing, most kids won't break away and try it, not just with food, but anything. There are other things to think about when trying to figure why these kids try not to learn about agriculture. Their communities are much different that rural communities. I have surveyed kids on their farm experience, personal or family, and most if not all do not have any direct ties to farming. Some say their grandparents had a farm, but now they don't. Almost like they are saying "no one farms anymore." They are also dealing with big social issues like drugs, crime, prostitution, gangs, sex, and dysfunctional families. It is also hard to introduce the concept of growing produce or raising livestock when most of them don't have the room to do this, better yet, don't know of any green space in their neighborhood large enough to engage in it. The current music trends have a great impact on them, too. While country music talks about farming and ranching, very few urban youth listen to it, or would admit to their peers that they did. Most students listen to a blend of electronic beat rock or hip hop/rap music. These sounds don't lend well to motivate kids to work the earth for food, better yet work at all. They stress the importance of self image and the need for money, lots of money, to buy cars, big houses, or just to throw the money into crowds...because you have so much of it. To me, it seems senseless, but ask these kids, oh it's the real deal. Well, it should be easy to understand why urban youth are not the least bit interested in agriculture, after all of this evidence, but I don't think they are the real reason. I believe that our modern agriculture complex has isolated itself from these communities, hiding the truths of our food system. Urban youth feel they don't have a part in it because they don't and they know it. Drive out to far West Texas and visit a modern dairy or pork operation. They make the whole county smell like crap. Do I really see one of these urbanites finding a job in this industry and living their dream? No, not really. But at the same time, I have recommended to many students to start their own urban farms, specializing in rare vegetable varieties and earning lucrative amounts of money doing it. None are receptive. Most kids are visual learners, they have to see something working before they will believe it to be true, and we just don't have these types of farms in our city. Go other places, like New York, Vermont, California, Oregon, these are big topics and kids would see that "hey these operations really do make money." Then they would realize that, even though they might not make the stacks of money they see in rap videos, they could earn a decent living off of agriculture. As much as I push them towards agriculture careers or even just personal vegetable gardens, things won't change until their perception of agriculture changes. I am optimistic that recent developments in our city by local businesses and non-profits have began, will continue to develop urban agriculture into our city, for the sake of me and my duty as an educator, but primarily for the future of the youth of our city becoming associated with agriculture. I do strongly support the "grass-roots" work by local farmers like Geoffrey and his family who have already made their move to develop a sustainable local food system for our community. Their kids are out there working with livestock, learning the truths to local agriculture. Hopefully, they will be the next generation in championing this movement. Again, I am an urban agriculture educator with five years of service in my current position. My wife Soni is currently a horticulturist for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The both of us are long-type supporters of urban agriculture having volunteered several years of service to our local Urban Harvest. We are continually making plans to transition into local agriculture ourselves. Not knowing which focus area we will eventually pursue, we do know that now is the time for local community supported agriculture in the Houston area and we want to be a part of this movement.
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This class has been thoughtfully created by humans of color for humans of color. Our intention is to provide a safe space for those who identify as a person of color to come together to move, learn, talk, and create community with other humans like themselves. This will also be a gathering place for connecting and building communities of color.
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Tripod Head Rentals in Miami, Florida. We have Bogen, Foba, and Manfrotto Tripod Head rentals. A tripod head for rent is the part of a tripod system that attaches the supported device to the tripod legs, and allows the orientation of the device to be manipulated or locked down. RIT offers Camera rentals, photography, video and digital equipment in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Vero Beach, and all of Florida.
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VMware profits drop by half
Results solid, not stellar
VMware made 54 per cent less profit in its third 2009 fiscal quarter than a year ago.
Revenues were $490m, up slightly at four per cent compared to a year ago, but net income fell by more than half, being $38m compared to $83m in 2008's third quarter.
US revenues for its server and data centre virtualisation software in the third quarter declined one per cent, despite strong federal sales, to $246m from the year-ago quarter, while international revenues grew nine per cent to $244m.
The results were affected by the $356m used for the acquisition of SpringSource, bringing in more technology for cloud computing. Looking beyond the net income figure, VMware noted that total deferred revenues were $990m, 27 per cent higher than a year ago. Services revenues, which include software maintenance and professional services, were $250m, an increase of 33 per cent from the third quarter of 2008.
VMware's CFO, Mark Peel, talked of a solid quarter and said: "While the economic environment remains challenging, we... believe that the next two quarters will follow seasonal patterns. We are planning fourth quarter revenues to be between $540 and $560 million, with the first quarter of 2010 down sequentially." He didn't say why.
CEO and president Paul Maritz looked ahead and said: "As our portfolio grows in the fourth quarter with the anticipated release of VMware View 4 for the desktop, we expect customers to increasingly turn to VMware to help them simplify IT." ®
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Booking Collective for the Philly suburbs is based out of Phoenixville, PA (19460), mainly the Polish Club. We are fed up with the way things are, but instead of bitching on the internet we are bringing back the DIY spirit to a once thriving scene. We're adding new venues as fast as we can find them and always looking for new people who want to help us out in anyway. If you're interested in bringing back all ages shows to this area and you think you can help us with promotions, flyers, designs or just working the shows in general get at us.
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Harley-Davidson's retired vice president of business development will discuss the Milwaukee-based company's historic rise and enduring success during Lakeland College's 13th annual Charlotte and Walter Kohler Distinguished Business Lecture on April 10.
Clyde Fessler, a Sheboygan native who played an integral part in Harley-Davidson's dramatic turnaround over the past 24 years, will speak beginning at 7 p.m. in the Bradley Theatre. The presentation is free and open to the public. Harley enthusiasts are encouraged to wear biker apparel.
Fessler joined Harley-Davidson in 1977, and as director of marketing services he led the establishment of Harley Owners Group (HOG), which now has more than 500,000 members and is the largest enthusiasts club in the world.
As general sales manager in the early 1980s, he established new policies and programs, many of which are still in effect today. As director of licensing, Fessler created a new business that has received national recognition enhancing the brand to the general public as well as adding substantial financial value to Harley-Davidson.
As vice president of general merchandise, he repositioned the rider accessory department and led dramatic growth in the MotorClothes team from $20 million in annual sales to more than $100 million in five years.
Fessler is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He served on the board of trustees for the American Motorcycle Association and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. He also served as an active liaison between the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Harley-Davidson, a relationship that has generated more than $31 million in donations since 1981.
He retired from Harley-Davidson in early 2002 and is now active as a consultant and motivational speaker.
Fessler's appearance at Lakeland is made possible by a gift from The Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust. Lakeland annually brings a nationally known business or economic figure to its main campus to speak with Lakeland students and the general public.
Past lecturers have included former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, Forbes Media President and CEO Steve Forbes, Emmy Award-winning consumer reporter, investigative journalist and author John Stossel and a Federal Reserve Bank president.
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Arlen Specter, who served five consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate, died Sunday at his home in Philadelphia. He was 82.
The New York Times said Specter died of complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Specter was first elected to serve Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate in 1980 and served five consecutive terms. A longtime moderate Republican, he started his political career in the 1960s as a Democrat and switched back to the Democratic Party in 2009. He was defeated in the Democratic primary in 2010.
Specter served for 30 years on the Senate Judiciary Committee beginning in 1981, including as chairman from 2005 to 2007, and participated in the confirmation hearings of 14 U.S. Supreme Court nominees, according to his biography on the University of Pennsylvania Law School website, where he served as an adjunct faculty member.
In addition to his work on the Judiciary Committee and other committee appointments, Specter was chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1995 to 1997, and has served as a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Specter served as assistant district attorney and as district attorney of Philadelphia. From 1963 to 1964, Specter was assistant counsel to the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, where he originated the theory of a single-bullet fired by a lone gunman.
Specter, a native of Wichita, Kan., served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations during the Korean War.
Specter was diagnosed with stage IVB Hodgkin's disease in 2005 but continued working full-time in the Senate. He wrote a book about the experience, "Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate." Specter underwent treatment for brain tumors in 1993 and 1996. He also had heart bypass surgery in 1998.
"Arlen Specter was always a fighter," President Barack Obama said Sunday in a statement.
"From his days stamping out corruption as a prosecutor in Philadelphia to his three decades of service in the Senate, Arlen was fiercely independent -- never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. He brought that same toughness and determination to his personal struggles, using his own story to inspire others."
Specter earned his bachelor's degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951, and his law degree from Yale University in 1956.


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- Speaker: Ho-Ung Yee, UIC/RIKEN-BNL
- Abstract: Although the effects of triangle anomaly (chiral anomaly) in the chiral effective theory at low temperature are completely accounted for by the Wess-Zumino-Witten action, the physics of triangle anomaly at finite temperature, deconfined phase of QCD is richer and depends more on the dynamics of the theory. We discuss recently discovered new hydrodynamic effects originating from triangle anomaly, Chiral Magnetic Effect and Chiral Magnetic Wave, from several different theoretical viewpoints.
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Safety and Effectiveness of Lopinavir/Ritonavir in HIV Infected Infants
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00038480
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 3, 2002
Last Update Posted : May 21, 2012
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Lopinavir/Ritonavir
|Phase 1
LPV/RTV has shown significant antiviral activity and tolerability in clinical trials in adults and children over 6 months of age. LPV/RTV has been approved by the FDA to treat older children and adults with HIV. Data for children under 6 months, however, have not been available. LPV/RTV has not been approved for infants less than 6 months old, and the appropriate dose for young infants is not known. Dosing guidelines are needed for young infants, most of whom are in the early stages of primary infection. This study will help identify an appropriate dose range of LPV/RTV and evaluate response to therapy in infants less than 6 months of age. The study will also evaluate whether early therapy allows normal development of the immune system.
Infants between 14 days and 6 months of age will receive LPV/RTV in combination with 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) chosen by their physicians. Twelve-hour pharmacokinetic sampling is performed on Day 14 of drug treatment and when the patient reaches 12 months of age. Patients will undergo a physical exam, medical history assessment, and blood collection at selected study visits. Study visits will occur every 2 weeks for the first 8 weeks, then every 4 weeks until the end of the first year of the study. Study visits during the second year will be every 12 weeks until the end of the study. The parent or guardian will be contacted by phone every 6 weeks to monitor adverse drug effects. Participants between the ages of 6 weeks but less than 6 months old will be followed for 96 weeks after the enrollment of the last participant. Participants between the ages of 14 weeks but less than 6 weeks will be followed for 48 weeks after the enrollment of the last participant.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|31 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase I/II Study of Lopinavir/Ritonavir in HIV-1 Infected Infants Less Than 6 Months of Age
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2007
- Trough concentration of LPV and pharmacokinetic parameters [ Time Frame: Weeks 8, 16, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, and 96 ]
- Recurrent treatment-related Grade 3 and non-life threatening Grade 4 toxicity or single occurence of life-threatening Grade 4 toxicity [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Change in CD4 and CD8 count and percentage from baseline. HIV-1 specific CD4 count and CD8 mediated and humoral responses [ Time Frame: Study entry and Weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, and 96 ]
- Time to virologic failure [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Suppression of viral load to less than 400 copies/ml and less than 50 copies/ml [ Time Frame: Study entry and Weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 36, 40, 48, 60, 72, 84, and 96 ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 6 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
- HIV infected
- Viral load greater than 10,000 copies/ml within 30 days prior to study entry
- Weigh more than 5.5 lbs at the time of enrollment
- Agree to take 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) in addition to LPV/RTV
- Have consent of parent or guardian willing to provide signed informed consent and to have the infant followed at a PACTG site
Exclusion Criteria
- Currently taking a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor or protease inhibitor (PI) while on study
- Previously used LPV/RTV. Patients who were treated previously with other PIs are not excluded. Prior or concurrent maternal treatment with LPV/RTV is not excluded.
- For patients less than 6 weeks old at time of enrollment, less than 34 weeks gestation at delivery OR for patients 6 or more weeks old at time of enrollment, less than 32 weeks gestation at delivery
- Any laboratory toxicity of Grade 3 or greater. Hyperlipasemia of Grade 2 or higher is also excluded.
- Newly diagnosed acute opportunistic or serious bacterial infection requiring therapy at the time of enrollment
- Chemotherapy for active cancer
- Certain medications
- Any other clinically significant conditions, other than HIV infection, that would interfere with the study
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00038480
|United States, California
|Children's Hosp. & Research Ctr. Oakland, Ped. Clinical Research Ctr. & Research Lab.
|Oakland, California, United States, 94609-1809
|UCSF Pediatric AIDS CRS
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143-0105
|United States, Colorado
|Univ. of Colorado Denver NICHD CRS
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80218-1088
|United States, District of Columbia
|Children's National Med. Ctr. Washington DC NICHD CRS
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States
|United States, Florida
|Univ. of Florida Jacksonville NICHD CRS
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32209
|USF - Tampa NICHD CRS
|Tampa, Florida, United States
|United States, Illinois
|Chicago Children's CRS
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 606143394
|United States, Maryland
|Univ. of Maryland Med. Ctr., Div. of Ped. Immunology & Rheumatology
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
|Johns Hopkins Hosp. & Health System - Dept. of Peds., Div. of Infectious Diseases
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, Massachusetts
|Children's Hosp. of Boston NICHD CRS
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 021155724
|Baystate Health, Baystate Med. Ctr.
|Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01199
|United States, New York
|Bronx-Lebanon Hosp. IMPAACT CRS
|Bronx, New York, United States, 10457
|United States, Pennsylvania
|St. Christopher's Hosp. for Children
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|United States, Tennessee
|St. Jude/UTHSC CRS
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 381052794
|SOM Federal University Minas Gerais Brazil NICHD CRS
|Minas Gerais, Brazil
|Univ. of Sao Paulo Brazil NICHD CRS
|Sao Paulo, Brazil
|Puerto Rico
|San Juan City Hosp. PR NICHD CRS
|San Juan, Puerto Rico
|Study Chair:
|Ellen G. Chadwick, MD
|Children's Memorial Hospital, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
|Study Chair:
|Jorge Pinto, MD, DSc
|Escola de Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publications of Results:
Other Publications:
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|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00038480 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
10041 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES )
|First Posted:
|June 3, 2002 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 21, 2012
|Last Verified:
|May 2012
Drug Therapy, Combination
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors


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Our team of highly qualified therapists in Sussex can help with the full range of Speech and Language Therapy needs. Here are just a few reasons why you may need to see a Speech and Language Therapist:
Speech difficulties
Your child may find it difficult to articulate a sound. Most commonly, 'k' / 'c' is replaced with the 't' sound - e.g. car = tar, or your child may have difficulty saying a friction sound such as 'f' or 's' - e.g. fish = bish / sock = dock. Other common difficulties include lisps, or there may be a number of sounds your little one is struggling to articulate, and you are finding it difficult to determine which they are. The speech therapist can assess your child's speech to find a pattern to the errors and provide you with therapy, usually a block of six weekly sessions or a home-based programme of games and exercises to help. You can decide how to proceed once you have a better picture of what your child's difficulties are.
Your child may have a reduced vocabulary or find it difficult to express himself, sounding immature for his age. He may need help to understand what is being said, to expand his sentences, to express his needs and wants, and to tell or retell stories or events in the past or future tenses.
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Unbelievably rich and creamy, this easy vegan Alfredo is bound to become a favorite. Be sure to check the ingredient list on your unsweetened almond milk, as some contain vanilla flavoring even if they aren't labeled as such. For this recipe, you'll want almond milk without any vanilla.
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Dragon Dance is another fantastic RPG themed texture pack from Steelfeathers with the usual warm feel and vibrant colours, but this time on more detailed 64×64 textures.
This is by far my favorite texture pack.
I love it
Wickedly Toony! The colors are literally flying off my screen. Love it!
Nice cartoon texture-pack. Keep up the good work!
Looks amazing.
Best texture pack ever
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VERY NICE resource pack.
Only things that can be changed more are:
Armor,Trapped chest and the bow.
Bcs they arnt changed.
Change that, and Bye bye john smith.
MY FAVORITE TEXTURE PACK EVERRRRRRRRR(but plz re-texture ALL of the items)
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SO Freakin good!! i love it it makes minecraft so beutiful!
This is da best exture pack ever!!!!!!!
The best texture pack I have tried so far, I love the beauty and the graphics in this.. keep it up dude :D
I totally recommened this!!!!!!
The only things still missing are ores like redstone and diamond and iron as well are just vanilla. also you borrowed sphax textures for the heart and hunger bars?
Steelfeathers (the maker of this texture pack) is still working on this texturepack. it is all hand drawn, so please be patient. You can check what he's doing by looking up Steelfeathers on planet minecraft. He has many more texture packs that are just as good as this one.
Incredible, A texture pack so rich with color, and it's HD looking base, this is incredible.
hm, it's actually quite good. i'll even give it my regards. keep up the good work!!!
Keep Up The Good Work!
Such an awesome texture pack! keep it up !
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Yellow Hawk Cellar had its first vintage in 1998, releasing its inaugural wines two years later. The winery was the fourteenth in Walla Walla Valley, an area that now boasts over one hundred wineries. Yellow Hawk has been run out of Tim Sampson and Barbara Hetrick's home south of downtown Walla Walla. "He's the winemaker. I'm the wine taster," Barbara Hetrick says. A downtown tasting room was subsequently added in 2008. Both the tasting room and the winery will be closing their doors next month.
While this is not the first such story to be written since the start of the recession and surely will not be the last, Yellow Hawk Cellar holds a special place in my heart. Their 2001 Sangiovese was one of the first Washington wines I fell in love with. I vividly recall discussing the wine with the proprietor of Wallingford's City Cellars. I went home, had a glass, and soon returned to the store and bought multiple bottles, something I had not done for any wine previously. As time went on, I would open a bottle of the wine each year for Thanksgiving to celebrate the occasion, the wine, and its special place in my wine journey.
Over the years, Yellow Hawk has distinguished itself from other Washington wineries in a number of ways. First, the varieties they have focused on are different than most – Sangiovese, Barbera, and Muscat Canelli to name a few. Second, their price points have always been very reasonable, with most of the wines priced under $20. Third, their wines have always been restrained and food friendly. These were all deliberate decisions on the part of the winery, some of which also made things difficult. Consumers are often reluctant to try grape varieties they are unfamiliar with. Additionally, people often equate lower priced wines with lower quality. Finally, cocktail wines have been in vogue of late.
While Yellow Hawk has been different than many Washington wineries in these regards, its story is still a familiar one and is therefore a cautionary tale of the difficult times many state wineries are facing. Like most Washington wineries, the winery is small - 2,500 cases per year – and family run. And like many small wineries, the barriers to success are high and include high production costs, high distribution costs, onerous in-state regulations, and a tangle of state-by-state regulations.
The production cost numbers are relentless: labels $0.42 to $1.66 per bottle; foil $0.22 - $0.28; glass $0.80; cork $0.32-$0.50; and basic insurance - $5 for every case of wine ($0.42 per bottle), to name just a few. These costs are so high because all of the Yellow Hawk wines are made in limited quantities. This does not even include grapes and other associated costs. For wineries, unlike many other businesses, these costs cannot be offset until the wine is sold one to three years later.
The costs of being small make it particularly difficult to compete against large production wines from areas such as Australia, Argentina, Chile, and France where good value can be had under $15. Especially in a poor economy where consumers are increasingly focused on value, there is a tremendous amount of pressure. "People are always pressuring for the lowest price. I think we are expecting a Wal-Mart mentality at times," Barbara Hetrick says.
Yellow Hawk could always have charged more for their wines, and some even encouraged them to. However, the Sampson and Hetrick wanted to make wine that people could enjoy in a casual way rather than only for special occasions.
For Yellow Hawk and other wineries, even once the wine is made, distribution is always an issue with pressure on price and promotion. Many nights are spent on the road - an increasing number since the economic downturn with wineries looking to sell larger amounts of wine out of state. For small wineries where the winemaker is also the bookkeeper, the marketer, and the traveling salesman, this is particularly difficult, especially when trying to balance running a winery with raising a family (not to mention many winemakers often work day jobs). Like many, over time the Sampson and Hetrick enjoyed the process of making wine more than the often arduous process of selling it.
Then there are the numerous regulatory hoops to jump through. When Sampson and Hetrick decided to open a tasting room in downtown Walla Walla, it took considerably longer than they ever imagined. There was, of course, the health department to deal with, the business licenses to acquire, and the like. Between this and having several potential locations fall through, the tasting room opened several years later than they wanted.
Similarly, working to sell wine out-of-state was onerous and filled with bureaucracy. Barbara Hetrick says, "I will ship two cases of wine to a particular state. I need to file three reports over two cases of wine! The economics of us staying in compliance with all of the various states is very difficult." Even when there were no sales, reports still needed to be filed, costing time and money.
Factor all of this in and the numbers add up very quickly as does the emotional cost. It needs to be a labor of love. And for twelve years, that is what it has been for Yellow Hawk Cellar. While the winery has not lost money over the years, it has not made a great deal of money either. Tim Sampson has run the winery full time since 2000. Barbara Hetrick works as an optometrist with Tim essentially "donating his time" to make the wine.
The decision to close the winery was not an easy one or a sudden one. Barbara Hetrick says that they have been discussing the possibility for about eighteen months. Looking at the big picture, they saw expenses going up and profits remaining static. Finally, Sampson said early last year, "If we don't make money in 2009, I don't think we should continue." Yellow Hawk took a year off buying grapes in 2009, with a few exceptions for critical contracts. They are one of a number of wineries to make such a decision.
Ironically, the winery has actually done well in the economic downturn as the Yellow Hawk Cellar wines are all positioned at price points that consumers are focused on. However, working for very little profit became increasingly difficult, especially as costs and competition mounted. With many Washington wineries barely holding on, Sampson and Hetrick made the decision that it would be better to get out early than get out late.
Comically, rumors abound about why the winery is closing with people speculating about the usual suspects – love and money. "I've heard such wonderful rumors," Barbara Hetrick says. One of them was that she and Tim had split up. One of her patients went so far as to set up an appointment to comfort her.
Yellow Hawk Cellar's last day open with be July 3rd with the following day a bittersweet Independence Day. Sampson and Hetrick plan to maintain their business license for the time being and sell down their remaining stock (there are, I should add, good deals to be had). While the decision to close the winery was a sad one, Hetrick says life goes on. "It's like when you've had a loved one die, it's always difficult. Many people have been upset when they heard we were closing. We're grieving too, but we've been grieving for a long time. We've seen this coming. I want people to know that we're fine."
All good things…One winery's story
Yellow Hawk Cellar had its first vintage in 1998, releasing its inaugural wines two years later. The winery was the fourteenth in Walla Walla Valley, an area that now boasts over one hundred wineries. Yellow Hawk has been run out of Tim Sampson and Barbara Hetrick's home south of downtown Walla Walla. "He's the winemaker. I'm the wine taster," Barbara Hetrick says. A downtown tasting room was subsequently added in 2008. Both the tasting room and the winery will be closing their doors next month.
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Was sorry to hear the closing of Yellow Hawk. We had the pleasure of tasting wine at the Hetrick's home. A unique experience for us. Wish them the best in the future.-Cityroute16
Paul Zitarelli Says:
Nice writeup of a sad story, Sean. The one question I haven't heard answered yet is why the Hetricks chose to shut down operations as opposed to seeking a buyer for the brand (maybe they did seek a buyer, unsuccessfully; I don't really know). Sure seems like that brand had good recognition for well-priced, Washington State Italian varietals. I find it hard to believe that there's no value in that.
Clive Says:
Some great Sangiovese based Washington Wines at a really reasonable price point. Sad to see them go.
I'm very fortunate to call Tim & Barbara friends. I met Barbara when I was working in the wine industry from which I retired five years ago after 31 years. I met Tim when I represented their wines for a very short time after retiring. They just spent some quality time with my wife and I here at home in Kitsap County in March. I'm not sure that Tim & Barbara would ever say anything, but they are NOT the Hetricks. That is indeed Barbara's last name, but Tim's last name is Sampson, as their web site and label attests. Of course far more important is the fact that we lose a winery that filled two very important roles: (1)production of quality wines from lesser known varieties (enough Cab and Chardonnay already!) and (2)wines sold at a fair price that more wine lovers can afford...especially from Walla Walla. I suspect that one reason they chose to close rather than sell the winery or brand is that they would have no control over what the new owners might produce. Pride would prevent me from discovering that my winery name was newly associated with plonk produced by a new owner. Anyway, no one could be sadder than me that I'll no longer have a supply of their delicious and one-of-a-kind dry Muscat, as well as their Sangiovese and Rosato.
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Anon, thanks for the comment and correction. I will make the appropriate changes to the piece.
I am definitely saddened by this news... I have enjoyed the Yellow Hawk Sangiovese ever since I overheard the wine director at Whitehouse Crawford singing its praises, saying that it could stand up to some of the best Chiantis... best of luck to the owners in the future.
Fell in love with Muscat Canelli and Rosato, their rich and light rose, at a spring 2003 release tasting, in a tent at their home. Over the years Barbara and Tim have become good friends. Each new vintage brought Tim's take on the classics, plus new blends and varietals. Tim is a talented and skilled winemaker. We mourn the passing of this truly pioneering winery. When our "stash" is gone we will mourn that too.
"Barbara works as an optometrist…"
Barbara Hetrick is a Dr. of Ophthalmology, a medical doctor who treats diseases of the eye and does eye surgery.
An optometrist is a person who examines eyes and prescribes corrective lenses.
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Anon, indeed the winery will very much be missed.
Regarding Dr. Hetrick's degree, I see her listed as a Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) not as a Medical Doctor (M.D.) in the state's license listings. Perhaps I am missing something?


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Friday, November 11, 2011
Lock and Lock bento boxes: a few yummy lunches
Clockwise from top left:
- organic strawberries (I'm guessing this is our last batch for the year. Boohoo.)
- Wheat Thins
- organic baby carrots
- peppered turkey rolls on cute picks
Clockwise from top left:
- organic strawberries with a cute bento pick
- organic baby carrots
- garlic parmesan pretzel thins (yummo!)
- peppered turkey and cheddar cheese, cut into a couple fun fall leaf shapes
Same type of box from above, but using only two of the inner square dishes and pushing them to the middle.
From left to right:
- organic cereal bar
- homemade granola bar (wrapped in wax paper)
- couple clementines
- organic baby carrots
- cheddar cheese cut into flower shapes and pretzel sticks
Yep, we love our "4 square" Lock and Lock box. A lot. One of the first ones I ever got and still one of my most-used. It's my bento crutch. :)
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- Ani said... [Reply to comment]
Hi. You have a neat food blog. I know it helps me with lunch ideas for my toddler for school.
You probably have been asked this a lot but where did you get the container for this post? Been looking for something with mulit compartments.
- November 14, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Ani! My first one I bought a few years ago were from Target. They no longer sell this brand though, so the last couple I ordered from Amazon. Here's a link: http://amzn.to/vgAj59
It's a great box! I love it so much I have multiples! :)
- November 14, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- Ani said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks so much Melissa! I appreciate it.
- November 16, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- KTC said... [Reply to comment]
Because of your blog, I purchased 2 of these Lock and Lock boxes a little over a year ago. I pack my kids' lunches/dinners in them multiple times a week We just LOVE them!! It's been a lot of fun to create in them, and I love using so many fewer plastic bags! Thanks for the inspiration!
- November 16, 2011 at 11:28 PM


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The island of St. Vincent, originally named Hairouna by the native Caribs, is relatively small, and its mountainous landscape makes getting around a challenge. Its capital is Kingstown and also its main port. Get a true taste of the culture and a true "Vincy" experience by getting a beachfront rental within walking distance of downtown Kingstown.
From your holiday rental enjoy, a variety of eco-adventures in the lush, tropical rainforest of St. Vincent. Follow the Vermont Nature Trail and experience the spectacle of more than 500 parrots in flight. Numerous endemic species make this trail their home. After a delightful animal encounter, return to your luxurious rental home. Take a stroll along a scenic costal path and take pleasure in the numerous waterfalls or hike to Fort Charlotte and be amazed by the views. Challenge yourself by a climbing the Soufriere volcano.
Bequia, pronounced "Beck-way", is blessed with white sandy beaches, coral reefs, and friendly people. Port Elizabeth is a bustling yachting town. It wraps around admiralty Bay where a picturesque waterside path called the Belmont Walkway is invitingly close to your beachfront rental. Enjoy yachting, scuba diving and snorkelling over coral reefs. Restaurants on Bequia tend to be small, friendly local enterprises most within walking distance of your beachfront rental. Try "goat water" soup, Bitter Lemon a popular soda and Hairoun the local brew. Leave your holiday rental for a relaxing afternoon of jazz and blues at the beach during The Bequia Mount Gay Fest.
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A holiday experience of a lifetime is yours here in St. Vincent & The Grenadines.


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Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael D. Dubie, the adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard, stands in the Wounded Warrior Ministry Center -- nicknamed the "Chaplains' Closet" -- at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, June 17, 2009, during a visit to wounded warriors. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
'Chaplains' Closet Helps Landstuhl's Wounded Warriors
By Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
Special to American Forces Press Service
LANDSTUHL, Germany, June 26, 2009 – The boxes arrive daily from the United States, 15 to 20 each day, along with $8,000 to $12,000 in cash every week from Americans and U.S. nonprofit groups.
The boxes and the money are meant for the wounded warriors who pass through here, most coming from Afghanistan or Iraq. More than 54,000 wounded warriors have passed through Landstuhl Regional Medical Center's doors since Operation Enduring Freedom began in October 2001, according to a hospital spokesman.
Lined with shelves organized in a manner that would make even the most obsessive-compulsive supply sergeant proud is the "Chaplains' Closet." The name is a misnomer; it is about the size of an average neighborhood convenience store and its official name is the Wounded Warrior Ministry Center.
The Chaplains' Closet shelves are stacked with clothing, toiletries and shoes. A box of shoes marked "single shoes, left" is for servicemembers who are amputees. Their spirit shows in their humor. Recently, one soldier took a left shoe and another soldier took a right from the same pair. They looked at each other. "We're brothers," one quipped.
The servicemembers who receive the donations didn't expect to be here -- they arrive suddenly, with nothing, because they required treatment for wounds suffered on the battlefield. The medical center is a jointly staffed, Army-commanded, 138-bed hospital near Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It is the largest American hospital outside the United States.
"We have Conex boxes full of stuff," said Air Force Lt. Col. Curtis Wagner, a Protestant chaplain from the Ohio Air National Guard's 179th Airlift Wing, serving a 120-day rotation here. "We have a whole warehouse at Ramstein that's filled with these donations. We just get so much in, and then we distribute it to the soldiers."
About 1,200 servicemembers visit the Chaplains' Closet each month. If they are bed-ridden, a liaison officer gets their supplies for them. On average, servicemembers spend three to five days here before they are sent to the United States or back into theater.
A team of volunteers -- family members and the local community -- donates 500 to 600 hours each month to help the chaplains accomplish their mission.
"We have distributed over $2 million of financial support in these last seven or eight years," Wagner said.
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the chaplains take wounded warriors on trips in the local area to help them relax and sightsee. The chaplains use some of the donated money to pay for transportation and meals. "That helps break up their time here," Wagner said.
Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Barry of the Illinois Air National Guard's 183rd Airlift Wing, a Roman Catholic chaplain and teacher from Chicago, is serving his sixth tour at the hospital in five years. "It's the best ministry I've ever done," he said.
Until Sept. 11, 2001, the medial center had two chaplains and two assistants. Since then, that staff has grown to seven chaplains and six assistants. The chaplain staff mirrors the jointness increasingly found throughout the Defense Department. Two chaplains and two assistants are active-duty Army; two each are Navy; two each are National Guard; and one is from the Canadian armed forces.
Servicemembers at the medical center can talk with chaplains from a variety of religious backgrounds, including Buddhist. When they do not want to talk to a chaplain, the chaplains encourage servicemembers to talk with someone, because they believe talking helps with stress.
"One of the things we try to do is to get the guys to talk about what they've been through," Wagner said. "It's a privilege to me. I get a front seat to these incredible, heroic things that they've done."
(Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill serves with the National Guard Bureau.)
I would like to impress upon our readers, that when you see an article like this detailing out large amounts of donations, please don't think they have all their needs met. Don't think that you should look elsewhere to donate, if you were thinking of doing so. Donations need to keep rolling in constantly to keep the shelves stocked in all sizes and types of clothing, toiletries, etc. With around 1,200 wounded stopping by each month, they have a constant need for replenishment. ~MsMarti


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Seneca wrote:At least one of the explosions happened near the check-in area of American Airlines. 11 people died (now at least 13), many were wounded.
Seneca wrote:Also, according to the media, there were explosions in at least 1 Brussels metro station, "Maalbeek" at 9:11 am.
No deaths apparently. the numbers keep changing, now they are tallking about 15 deaths, possibly 30
This at a time when terrorism is a very hot item in the news, connected to the Paris attack. Supposedly the only suicide terrorist that survived that attack was hiding here and arrested in friday..
Mason Wells, 19, an American Mormon missionary, has survived his third terrorist attack
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|Athena Releases New 6 Piece Speaker System, The MICRA 6
|Wednesday, 20 August 2003
Technologies has just announced the release of a new 6 piece speaker
system called the MICRA 6. This system was designed from the ground up
to accomplish the goal of providing quality sound and value in a small,
sleek, home theater flat screen solution.
The MICRA consist of four MS satellite speakers that feature a 3.5 inch long throw woofer platform, and a 1/2 inch tweeter. Flexible mounting hardware is included that allows the speaker to be wall or ceiling mounded. The speakers' enclosure is formed from an injection molded resin that provides a light yet solid structure. All drivers are magnetically shielded. The MC is the matching center channel included in the system. It features a 1/2 inch tweeter and dual 3.5 inch woofers for added power handling and dynamic abilities. It is timbre matched to the MS satellites and comes with mounting hardware that also allows for numerous mounting options. The set up is also simplified, like all Athena products. The M 225 subwoofer is is also included with the system. It features a 225 watt MOSFET amplifier, and a new design that allows it to complement most decors while taking up very little floor space. The vented 8 inch design is flat in response down to 27hz, however, athena claims it is capable of more actual bass output.
The subwoofer has its own filtering system build in, so the end user need only connect a single RCA jack from the receiver. The operating range of the sub is preset, allowing plug and play simplicity.
The MICRA system will begin shipping at the end of September, and has a suggested retail in the US of $549.99.


text: Well just to re-cap where I'm at for the new year: -Changed from a DBA over to an LLC, and with that came a name change. My business, formally known as "Landcrafters" is now Richardson's Landscaping Services. Have a few loose ends to tie up with getting bank accounts switched over and some nursery accounts changed over, but for the most part the changeover is complete! -Hate to say anything, because the deal is not 100% complete yet, but I should be getting a new truck within a few days to replace my Ford that I sold at the end of the season due to tranny problems. -Just ordered 2,000 door hangers that myself and my fellow beer-thirsty friends will hit the streets passing out here in a couple months, may order another 2,000 -Have an add designed for the local newspaper, thats also set to start running here in the next couple months. So, heres to a good year for everyone, and I look forward to being able to share some pictures of my work with all of you this year! ....annnnnnd we'll start off with a few from last year just to "re-cap" and the new logo I designed myself at the bottom ^^RIP old blue!! Have a good year everyone!


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Letter, C. K. Holliday to My Dear Wife [Mary Holliday]
Author: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: June 22, 1856
During a lull, Cyrus K. Holliday reported from Topeka, Kansas Territory to his wife, Mary Holliday, in Meadville, Pennsylvania that Colonel Edwin V. Sumner had forced proslavery troops back to Missouri and camped on the border. Two free state men from Wisconsin had killed proslavery supporters near Osawatomie. Governor Wilson Shannon had resigned. A "large mass convention" was planned for July 2nd and 3rd, with a meeting of the free state legislature on the 4th. Cyrus advised Mary and Mr. Nichols to wait until after the 4th to travel to the territory.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Collection, #386, Box 1, Folder 3
Item Number: 101573 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Free state legislature; Holidays; Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900; Holliday, Mary; Shannon, Wilson, 1802-1877; Shawnee County, Kansas Territory; Sumner, Edwin Vose, 1835-1912; Topeka Legislature (see Free state legislature); Topeka, Kansas Territory; Violence
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Truckee basketball | Girls run away from Quincy at home
TRUCKEE, Calif. – The Truckee girls basketball team is capable of beating up an opponent in a variety of ways.
They were all on display against visiting Quincy on Tuesday, as the Wolverines shot the ball well from inside and out while overwhelming their guests with swarming defense en route to a 63-31 win.
"That was the first time we've faced a zone all year, which forced us to shoot from outside, and we were able to hit the shots," said Truckee head coach Geoff Stephens. "We also ran the court well."
The Wolverines did just about everything well on the night.
When not ripping shots through the net from the perimeter, they were cleaning up offensive rebounds, slashing to the bucket for easy scores and repeatedly running the floor after creating turnovers.
"The kids showed us something," said Stephens, who had only eight players dressed out, the same number as Quincy. "I'm impressed with their progression."
It didn't take long for the Wolverines to establish control. They scored the first eight points – two outside makes by Ashley Harris and a couple of buckets in the paint by Sydnie English and Jackie Bolton – before the Trojans got on the board.
After ending the first quarter with a 10-6 lead, English started the second quarter with a steal and coast-to-coast layup. A Quincy free throw later, Truckee junior guard Kaylee Neill rattled off seven consecutive points, including a swish from behind the 3-point arc.
Diana Rosas then put back an offensive rebound and Katey Hamill converted a pair of free throws, extending the Wolverines' lead to 23-7 after the 11-0 run.
English made sure Quincy had no thoughts of a comeback after the half. The versatile senior went off for 11 of her game-high 21 points in the third quarter, helping Truckee push its lead to 36-13 following another 11-0 run.
"Syd had a monster game," Stephens said.
The Trojans managed only six points in the quarter, which ended with Truckee up 46-19.
Neill finished with 12 points for the Wolverines, while Harris had 10, and Bolton and Hamill each had six. Jasmin Sherman led Quincy with eight points.
Truckee went on to defeat visiting Wooster 46-43 the following night. English led Truckee with 18 points as the Wolverines improved to 4-1 on the season.
UP NEXT: The Wolverines are scheduled to play at Division I North Valleys on Friday before entering the McQueen Tournament next Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 27-29.