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Sixteen thousand people will be working through community organizations starting this October. They'll help sign people up for health coverage when open enrollment starts under the Affordable Care Act.
But there were supposed to be more helpers called "navigators" in January. Now those assisters won't be deployed until July.
Dana Howard of Covered California says it's a 'heavy lift' to get the new marketplace up and running.
"This isn't something that has to be done today to establish core functionality for Covered California. We have the enrollment counselors already in place to make sure that the public has access to somebody in person who can assist them in getting enrolled in Covered California," says Howard.
But Fatima Morales of Community Health Councils says she's concerned about any delay in a program that is supposed to help uninsured people connect to coverage.
"When you think about 5.3 million Californians being eligible for coverage, just under Covered California, you need as many people as you can, out in communities, helping people enroll in schools, anywhere," says Morales.
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The ICN HIV/AIDS Network will be supported by an Advisory Group bringing together geographical balance and expertise. Members of the Advisory Group must be members of their national nurses association. The Advisory Group will work closely with the Coordinator of the Network. Functions of the Advisory Group include:
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 10, No. 2 Fall 1983 Robert M. Kozub UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE ANTECEDENTS OF THE INCOME TAX IN COLONIAL AMERICA Abstract: One of the goals of the present federal income tax system is to tax in-dividuals to the extent of their ability to pay. This concept of vertical equity did not originate in the current century. Analysis of the tax laws of the American colonies results in the conclusion that our colonial forefathers attempted to mea-sure the faculty or ability of individuals when enacting tax legislation. This paper analyzes the varied historic forms of the test to measure the capacity to bear the burden of taxation." Taxation, it is said, is a hateful process in the eyes of mankind.1 However, every government must provide for its general expenses and the cost of other public necessities by means of taxation. Rec-ognition that the organization of society into a state necessitates taxation is found within the words of Sir Edwin Sandys, the moving spirit behind the Virginia Company: "The maintaining of the publick in all estates being of no less importance even for the benefit of the private, than the root and body of a tree are to the particular branches."2 Yet each social class has endeavored, amidst the clashing of greatly divergent interests, to shift the burden of taxation upon other classes. One must analyze the economic development of the Ameri-can colonies in order to trace the development of taxation and the evolution of the principle of faculty or ability to pay, the principle that individuals should be required to bear the financial burden of the government in proportion to their ability to help themselves. As the economy of the colonies developed, the historic forms of the test of the faculty to bear the public burden also evolved. This paper traces the development of the attempts to measure the pre-sumed capacity of individuals to bear this burden. A survey of the origins and evolution of colonial taxes entails a survey of the man- *ln quoting from early documents, the author has consciously elected not to note spellings which differs from present form. Such notation would have adverse-ly affected the readability of the quotes and the paper in general due to the fre-quency of these differences.


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Brothel legalisation: a Top End race to the bottom
…Tollner's proposal to brothels is particularly cynical, given the population demographics of the Territory. As LNG development proceeds in Darwin, the city will host increasingly large numbers of white, cashed-up men who are a well-worn target consumer group of the sex industry.
Only a small proportion of these men (roughly 15 per cent) are likely to seek out a woman for prostitution, but a greater proportion are vulnerable to "opportunistic" patronage facilitated through semi-prostitution venues like strip clubs, advertising and touting, and all-male group activities like visiting a brothel after a night out drinking.
The sex industry stands to commercially benefit from Tollner's proposal to legalise brothels through capturing this segment of the market that isn't inclined to ring one of the NT's legal outcall agencies.
The sex industry is keen for Tollner's amendment to be made to the NT's Prostitution Regulation Act because it would acquire a legitimate shop-front in the Territory. According to research, legalised brothels hamper efforts to detect illegal venues, normalise and encourage public acceptance of the pimping of women for prostitution, and foster an environment that is welcoming of sex tourists for economic gain.
Legal brothels act as "hidden-in-plain-sight"
housing for trafficked women, and the Queensland Government has been forced to issue guidelines for "sleeping accommodation for sex workers" to stop the practice.
The Territory is a prime destination for women trafficked from South-East Asia, and also for homeless women, particularly from Aboriginal communities. Sex industry entrepreneurs in the Territory currently run into legal trouble setting up groups of women in apartments to be housed and pimped, but legal brothels would solve this problem….Read full story
Dr Caroline Norma is a lecturer in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University, and member of Amnesty Australia.
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BEIJING - One morning last week, Michael Phelps and his coach had just finished breakfast. They typically avoided talk of swimming on such mornings, usually preferring to chat about basketball or some other topic that might help keep Phelps loose.
A date with destiny loomed at the Water Cube, and the pair went to the shuttle stop at the Olympic Village - only to find a shuttle bus pulling away. Bowman wasted no time. The bus would have to pull U-turn and drive past them, so Bowman prodded the best Olympian the Games have ever known to jump in front of a moving vehicle.
"He did," Bowman said, "and they stopped."
Phelps got on. We all did, in fact. We were all there for the ride of a lifetime, a hilly journey on which I counted eight peaks and not a single valley.
Phelps made his final visit to a Beijing medal stand yesterday - his eighth gold broke Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record - but don't think for a second that the ride is over. Where it's going, no one knows. But I can't wait to find out.
Here's a modest plea: Don't slow the ride, Michael.
Take a break from the water. Finish moving your belongings from Michigan to Fells Point. Get used to the new neighborhood. Find a good coffee shop. A decent happy hour maybe. But then get back in the water. There's a lot more swimming to be done.
As Phelps addressed a packed room of reporters from all over the world yesterday, there was one tidbit from Phelps' past I kept recalling.
When Phelps was 11, Bowman called the swimmer's parents in for a meeting at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. He wanted to prepare them for how bright the future might be.
In 2004, he said, Phelps would be ready for the Olympics. In 2008, he would fare better, probably win a medal. But it would be 2012 when Phelps would really blossom.
When it comes to planning, Bowman doesn't get many things wrong, but his timeline was off by four years.
Of course, that isn't to suggest that great things aren't possible in London. In fact, while it's probably not fair to expect Phelps to equal his Beijing dominance, he could come close.
Phelps will be 27 in 2012. Traditionally, a swimmer that age would be scouting retirement homes in Florida. But Phelps isn't traditional in any sense of the word. Plus, the sport has changed so much in recent years.
More than three decades ago, Mark Spitz had to hang up his goggles because there was essentially no more opportunity in swimming. He was just 22 when he retired after the Munich Games.
It's a different world now. The money allows Phelps to remain in the pool. The training and preparation allow his body to recover quickly and survive not just from meet to meet, but from year to year. Rest assured, he'll still be a world-class athlete four years from now, one with a chance for at least five more gold medals.
His program here in Beijing mirrored the one in Athens. Phelps wanted to perfect it, and he did. While it will be tweaked almost immediately, that doesn't necessarily mean that his program will shrink considerably in the next four years.
Here's the thing about these Beijing Games that has gone unsaid: If the swimming schedule had been somehow spread out over three or four weeks, Phelps has the ability and the versatility to have contended for 10 gold medals. Or more.
What does this bode for the future? It simply means that Bowman and Phelps have some flexibility with their plans. If I had to guess today, I would say they would probably drop a couple of races and add a couple of races. But they won't be slowing down.
There are three new races that could appear on future programs. In the few times he has raced these events, Phelps has shown great success at the 100-meter freestyle, the 100 backstroke and even the 200 backstroke.
If he put time and energy and actually focused on these events, London's calling could be another worth setting the TiVo for.
He and Bowman will tinker with his program between now and London. The most refreshing and promising thing we heard after Phelps' big win came when he repeated one of his coach's favorite analogies.
"Bob's always saying, 'Well, this is putting money in the bank, and at the end of the year you're going to withdraw everything,' " Phelps said. "So I guess I put a lot of money in the bank over the last four years. And we withdrew pretty much every penny in the bank.
"So, it's sort of time to start - after Bob and I both have a little break - it'll be time to start redepositing."
That should have sent shock waves through the swimming community. The guy already has 14 gold medals in his collection. He receives thousands of requests each day on Facebook from people wanting to be his friend. On YouTube, fans record their reactions to his accomplishments - as though screaming and cheering was some type of accomplishment in and of itself.
What Phelps did over nine days in Beijing, we've never witnessed anything quite like it before. And if by some chance we're ever to see something similar, it will be only because Phelps himself has decided to accept his 2008 performance as some sort of challenge.
What a Games London 2012 could be. Sure, it's selfish, but does anyone really want the ride to end?
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"Sergey Brin is Batman."
That's the meme flying around the Google office, several sources within the company have told us. While Brin has a number of pet projects, the most interesting one is a potential project involving architecture.
Yes, architecture. Physical buildings.
Google hosts a repository that only Sergey Brin can access. One source told us the repository is called "Google X," and it's where Brin checks in and out code for his pet projects.
While Brin is the only one who can access that code, a few intrepid Googlers have been able to sneak in and snoop around. What they found were blueprints for buildings.
- One source said the blueprints what could go on to become data storage buildings. Included were blueprints for a mobile power supply, which would help Google create more modular data centers that they could place wherever, the source said.
- Another source said it wasn't clear what kind of building was in the works, but it could be a new office campus for Google. It's not too far-fetched of an idea, given that Steve Jobs personally helped design Apple's office campus and wanted it to feel just like an Apple product.
- Another source said she could not comment on several things — one of which was the rumors about blueprints in Brin's repository and said meme about Sergey Brin being Batman.
Sergey Brin has certainly kept himself busy. When we asked him what he was working on at the Web 2.0 Summit last week, he said he feared "he had taken on too much" at Google. Brin said he spent one day meeting with executives and the other four each week working on "infrastructure" and "advanced research projects." Among Brin's projects is Google's self-driving car.
Keep in mind that these are rumors flying around the Google office — so Google employees could have just as easily have started them for fun. But Brin has been characteristically cryptic about what he is working on lately. And with $16.7 billion to his name, it's hard to imagine that he doesn't have a number of pet projects he is keeping even Google employees in the dark about.
When we reached out to Google, a spokesperson said "it would be closer for you to call these research projects." The spokesperson said Google was not going to provide any further comment.
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There can't be many harder characters to cosplay as than Krang, the wonderfully bizarre villain from the original TMNT animated series. Partly for his size, yeah, but also for the fact he's a talking brain who lives in a giant clear tank right where a human's guts are supposed to be.
Which should make accurate cosplay all but impossible, but no. Here is TVsRobLowe's Krang costume in all its glory, complete with accurate "shell" torso and a "fishtank" that's cleverly designed to look a lot deeper than it actually is.
TVsRobLowe, if there truly are cosplay gods, they are smiling down upon you.
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My g.g.grandfather James Campbell with wife Mary Jane (Hyndman)and sons David and James (my g.grandfather)left Scotland 1842-44 and arrived in area of Salem, Cumberland co., N.S.,Canada.More family members added once in Canada. Does this Campbell line ring any bells out there ? Dave Campbell.
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I have a James Campbell b. abt. 1798 in Scotland who marries Mary Jane Hyndman on May 1,1829--their union is registered in both Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, Ayr. They have 2 sons: David Noble b. abt. 1833 and James dob. July 12, 1838 in Edinburgh, Scot. By the early 1840's they have all emigrated to Nova Scotia , Canada. Does any one recognize this line of Campbells??
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Collection Description See Also: Collection Description Cornell's Anti-Slavery and Civil War Collections The Cornell University Library owns one of the richest collections of anti-slavery and Civil War materials in the world, thanks in large part to Cornell's first President, Andrew Dickson White, who developed an early interest in both fostering, and documenting the abolitionist movement and the Civil War. Even before his arrival at Cornell, White used his lectures at the University of Michigan to respond to the issues of the War by pointing out to his students as many examples as he could of societies that valued the rights of free men over the shallow benefits of slavery. A.D. White also invited abolitionists such as Wendell Phillips and Frederick Douglass to lecture on the Michigan campus. Although White himself did not qualify for military service, he rallied his students and Michigan units with his lectures on duty and individual rights. The May Anti-Slavery Collection In 1870, White was instrumental in bringing an extensive collection of slavery and abolitionist materials gathered by his close friend, Reverend Samuel Joseph May , to the Cornell Library. Numbering over 10,000 titles, May's pamphlets and leaflets document the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional, and national levels. Much of the May Anti-Slavery Collection was considered ephemeral or fugitive, and today many of these pamphlets are scarce. Sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmen's testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery Fair keepsakes all document the social and political implications of the abolitionist movement. News of the arrival of Samuel May's collection at Cornell spread, and in 1874 the abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, and Gerrit Smith, wrote, signed, and circulated an appeal to their friends and supporters in America and Great Britain, urging that it was of "great importance that the literature of the Anti-Slavery movement...be preserved and handed down, that the purposes and the spirit, the methods and the aims of the Abolitionists should be clearly known and understood by future generations." The effort was successful, bringing in further scarce and original manuscripts and publications, allowing the Cornell Library to develop an Anti-Slavery collection that is unique for its depth and coverage. Andrew Dickson White also developed his own collection of documents, pamphlets, and letters on the progress of the Civil War. He saved the letters his students sent him from the battlefield, and gathered maps, newspapers, prints, clippings, and other ephemera. When White's library was transferred to Cornell in 1891, his Civil War collection contained hundreds of bound volumes of pamphlets, documenting all aspects of the War-social, political, and religious. The pamphlets in Samuel J. May's great Anti-Slavery library are now available as electronic searchable text for the first time. The May Anti-Slavery pamphlets can be accessed through Cornell's catalog, and by searching the collection from this Web site. For information about copyright issues and securing permission to publish digital reproductions of images from the Samuel May Anti-Slavery Collection, please consult our Copyright & Permissions Page . For reference questions, please complete our reference form . For feedback about this website, contact firstname.lastname@example.com .
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25/02/2014 08:42:00......Posted by Tim Pollard
We have a couple of broken street trees on Sanderstead Court Avenue - at the Limpsfield Road end. One is a mature tree near Majestic which has a broken branch which looks like wind damage. The other is a sapling on the opposite side about 50 yards down the road which looks like it may have been vandalised. The mature tree just needs to have the broken branch cut off and removed, but I suspect the sapling has had it. I have asked officers ot deal with these when possible.
St Edmund's Church - Riddlesdown
03/12/2019 09:48:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
The Community of St Edmund's has concluded, with much sadness, that continuing as an independent worshipping congregation within the parish of Sanderstead is no longer viable and that a new future must be found for the building. Regular Sunday worship will cease at Christmas.
But St Edmund's is NOT CLOSING. Christian worship and other activities will continue, the former in a different form to be determined as soon as possible.
The buildings will continue to be available for community use, as now. Contacts and administrative arrangements will change but otherwise things will remain unchanged. Indeed, we are hoping for an enhanced community role, as well as the continuing religious one, for St Edmund's following the refurbishment of the William Goddard Room, generously financed by our local councillors.
We are holding a celebration of the past – and future – life of St Edmund's on Sunday 16th February, to which all in the community will be welcome. Details will follow but, if you would like to come, you may wish to make a note in your diary.
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Cherry Trees and Litter Pick - Cherry Tree Green
30/11/2019 11:55:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
It was great to see the newly planted cherry trees on Cherry Tree Green. Local residents led by Marianne Daniels from the newly formed Friends of Green Spaces organised a litter pick and was joined by membrs of the Sanderstead Residents Association, Mandy Ashton from Priscillas, local scout leader Janice and local councillors to ensure the green and area looked ship-shape. I can't wait to see them in the spring.
Fire - 3 West Hill - New Flats
27/11/2019 10:00:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
A fire broke out this morning at the site of 3 West Hill, the new development on the corner of Sanderstead Road. The fire started in the basement of the building and a crew from four fire engines quickly extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire is being investigated. I am pleased that no one was hurt.
Cherry Trees for Cherry Tree Green
25/11/2019 15:41:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
Sanderstead is marking a week-long national celebration of trees by planting 20 new cherry trees. Ten new trees have been planted on Cherry Tree Green in Hamsey Green, as part of an initiative to plant 3,500 trees in the borough by 2023, and a further ten are set to be planted in coming weeks.
The site was suggested by local resident Marianne Daniels, who is part of the new Friends of Green Spaces Group. She has been working with me and council officers on a number of initiatives in the locality.
They were planted just ahead of National Tree Week which sees a nationwide campaign to plant 1,000,000 trees.
Marianne said: "I am really delighted Croydon Council has supported my request to plant trees on Cherry Tree Green. The four different colours of cherry trees will be a welcome splash of colour.
"We will be holding a community litter pick on Saturday 30 November at 10.30am in order to tidy up the green followed by an informal photo at 11am. Litter picking equipment will be provided.
Do come and join the litter pick and see the newly planted trees on the green. Whilst the rain may not be ideal weather for a litter pick the trees will certainly enjoy it!
Christmas Light Switch On - The Gruffy - Saturday, 30 November 2019 - 4.30 pm
22/11/2019 15:21:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
The Xmas Lights Switch On will take place on Saturday, 30 November 2019 at 4.30 pm on The Gruffy around the Xmas Tree. The star and the tree will be the first to be lit with the rest of the lights in the high street following. It is hoped that santa, even though extremely busy, will be able to do this alongside All Saints Church choir who will be singing carols around the tree. It is the start of the festive season and we wish everyone a Merry Xmas. The Sanderstead councillors have funded the lights and switch on from their community budget.
Hamsey Green Pond
19/11/2019 13:20:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
I was pleased to meet with The newly formed Friends of Sanderstead Recreation Ground and Green Spaces alongside The Conservation Volunteers to look further at how the pond can be improved. There is still much work to do around the boundary which is full of ivy. The pond itself is now quite over grown with plants and parrot weed. The edges need to be reformed and planting needs to be reintroduced in some locations. I am pleased that both the volunteers and TCV are taking action and look forward to seeing the fruits of their work.
Solar Powered Bollard - Court Hill/Brian Avenue
13/11/2019 19:35:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
Residents may be interested to know that the council is no longer repairing solar powered bollards. I only found this out after reporting a broken solar powered bollard on Court Hill and Brian Avenue.
This is the response I have received:
Our investigations shows that the above Solar self-righting traffic bollard was installed over 5 years ago, however, since then the Department of Transport in 2016 has relaxed the lighting requirement for traffic bollards and some other signs. The motivation for this was in a bid to reduce energy usage and light pollution at a national level.
It is useful to note that all self-righting traffic bollards installed in the last 10 years are made up of retroreflective (reflect light back to the source and thereby increase visibility to approaching vehicles) materials. For this reason there is no requirement for the highway authority to reinstate the solar illumination part of the traffic bollard.
To replace or repair the existing solar traffic bollard the Council has to pay nearly £600 per unit which is difficult to justify because of the current economic challenges.
I appreciate that this is not the answer your constituent may be looking for on this matter, however, we need to apply a stricter control over finances and prioritise the resources available to us in a way that achieves the most benefit for the borough.
Notwithstanding this I have instructed our cleansing team to thoroughly clean the traffic bollard to ensure its retroreflectivity is maximised.
All I can say is it is very disappointing.
SES Water - Poor Road Repairs - Mitchley Avenue
05/11/2019 07:20:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
Residents in Sanderstead are extremely fed up with the poor quality road repairs undertaken by utility companies. So much so that one has written to the MD of SES Water to elevate their complaint in respect of repairs in Mitchley Avenue. I too have taken up the issue with the director at the council and asked that they ensure that any company undertaking work.here is of good quality and that the roads and pathways are reinstated to a good quality. A number of potholes here in the pictures are attributed to the utility companies.
Berlin Wall - Fronting Sanderstead Road - Corner of West Hill
31/10/2019 20:18:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
Many residents will have noticed a very large concrete wall appear on the corner of Sanderstead Road and West Hill where one of the new blocks of flats has been built. It appears that there has been no approval given for this retaining wall which is close to the very narrow footpath. Not only is the dreadful "Berlin" wall ugly but it prevents the planning condition applied to plant large trees along the boundary. This is extremely distressing and not appreciated by residents who have already had to contend with a number of issues such as a blocked road, noisy work over the week-end and dirt and filth spilling onto the pavement. I am assured by the head of planning that he is going to take action to rectify this matter. The loss of the tree lined canopy, a natural characteristic of Sanderstead Road must be replaced.
Cherry Tree Green - Hamsey Green Pond
25/10/2019 16:03:00.......Posted by Yvette Hopley
I have been working with the newly formed Sanderstead Friend's group in respect of the tree planting for Cherry Tree Green. A variety of white, pale and darker pink Cherry trees will be planted in the last week of November. We held a recent meeting in Priscillas to see how we could take forward through the council some of the brilliant ideas put forward by residents at the recent community day.
Also a meeting is pencilled in to see how work at Hamsey Green pond can be further progressed with local residents and the Conservation Volunteers.
It is all very exciting and I am pleased that residents are so enthusiastic about our important green spaces.
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A majority of private-equity firms inflate fees and expenses charged to companies in which they hold stakes, according to an internal review by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, raising the prospect of a wave of sanctions by the agency.
More than half of about 400 private-equity firms that SEC staff have examined have charged unjustified fees and expenses without notifying investors, according to a person with knowledge of the SEC's findings who asked not to be named because the results aren't public. While some of the problems appear to have resulted from error, some may have been deliberate, the person said.
The SEC's review of the $3.5 trillion private-equity industry began after the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act authorized greater oversight of money managers, putting many firms under the agency's scrutiny for the first time. By December 2012, examiners had found that some advisors were miscalculating fees, improperly collecting money from companies in their portfolio and using the fund's assets to cover their own expenses.
"A lot of the practices, in the eyes of the SEC, raise conflicts," said Barry Barbash, co-head of the asset-management group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Washington. "The SEC wants those conflicts aired out and wants certain practices ultimately changed, and I'm sure we're going to see it."
John Nester, an SEC spokesman, declined to comment on the exams.
Opaque Model
Private-equity firms buy companies using a combination of investor capital and debt, with the goal of selling them or taking them public for a profit. They typically charge annual management fees of 1.5% to 2% of committed funds and keep 15% to 20% of profit from investments, known as carried interest. Most buyout firms also charge fees to the companies they acquire to help cover costs related to the deals or restructuring, often sharing some of the proceeds with their investors.
The private-equity model lends itself to potential abuse because it's so opaque, according to Daniel Greenwood, a law professor at Hofstra University in New York and author of a 2008 paper entitled "Looting: The Puzzle of Private Equity." The attraction of the funds is that the managers have broad discretion, which also means that investors have a hard time knowing what the managers are doing, he said.
"The SEC and SEC enforcement can now see problems that probably existed all along and probably were actionable all along, but there was nobody to bring the action," Greenwood said. "The big change has got to be the disclosure,"
More Enforcement
Last month, the agency filed a civil case against Clean Energy Capital LLC and its founder Scott Brittenham, accusing them of misusing more than $3 million in funds to pay for office rent, tuition costs, bottled water and group photo sessions. The money should have gone to investors, the SEC said.
"We believe that all of the expenses the SEC was complaining of were permitted by the limited partnership agreements and Delaware law," said Aegis Frumento, a partner at Stern Tannenbaum & Bell LLP in New York, who represents Brittenham and the firm. "We have every confidence at the end of the day that these charges will not be found to have been fraudulent under the Investors Advisers Act."
The SEC's action against Clean Energy Capital is probably just the first of several enforcement cases that will draw the boundaries of what's allowed, according to Barbash, a former director of the SEC's investment-management division.
"The industry is going to be forced into change because, frankly, when your big investors are public plans and other money that's run by fiduciaries, you can't afford as a business matter to be deemed to be engaging in fraud," Barbash said. "Fraud doesn't sell very well."


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Leanna Coskren netted Harvard's final goal in a 4-2 win against Brown last weekend (Gil Talbot).
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The Harvard women's hockey team hits the road for a pair of ECAC Hockey matchups, squaring off against Ivy League rival No. 2 Cornell Friday night at Lynah Rink and Colgate Saturday at Starr Rink. This weekend marks the first road contests of the season for Harvard, as well as its first ranked opponent in Cornell.
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GoCrimson.com will provide live statistics for this weekend's games, all home games and most road contests this season. Video is available for the Harvard-Cornell matchup on Cornell's athletics website, CornellBigRed.com.
Series History
Harvard holds the all-time series edge against Cornell with a record of 50-19-3, despite dropping two of three games to the Big Red last year. The Crimson had a ten-game winning streak against the Big Red coming into last season, but Cornell downed Harvard twice, once in the NCAA quarterfinal, and skated to a 4-4 tie en route to an appearance in the national championship game. The last time Harvard lost a game to Cornell in back-to-back seasons was in 1996-97 and 1997-98.
The Crimson and Raiders have faced off 19 times and Harvard holds a significant advantage in the all-time series at 16-1-2. Last season, Harvard recorded wins of 2-1 and 5-1 over Colgate to extend its series unbeaten streak to six games. The last time Harvard lost to the Raiders was during the 2006-07 season, a 3-1 decision.
Last Time Out
A balanced attack led the Crimson to its first victory of the 2010-11 campaign as four different players scored in a 4-2 win over Brown, Saturday at Bright Hockey Center. Josephine Pucci, Liza Ryabkina, Jillian Dempsey and Leanna Coskren all scored against the Bears. Kaitlin Spurling, Kelsey Romatoski, Gina McDonald and Pucci all recorded assists in the game while goalie Laura Bellamy made 13 saves. The Harvard blueline held Brown to just 15 shots on the game after holding Yale to 13 the night before.
Harvard Coach Katey Stone
Katey Stone is in her 17th season as Harvard's head coach, and she holds a 340-144-28 career record, the most all-time victories in Division I women's hockey. Stone has led Harvard to all eight of its NCAA tournament appearances and was named the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team in the summer of 2010. Because of her committment to the National Team, Stone will not be behind the bench during Harvard's next four games as she will be with Team USA at the Four Nations Cup. Assistant coaches Melanie Ruzzi and Maura Crowell will lead the team against Cornell and Colgate.
Crimson Captains
Leading the Crimson will be three senior captains: Kate Buesser (Wolfeboro, N.H.), Leanna Coskren (Walpole, Mass.) and Liza Ryabkina (Kharkiv, Ukraine).
Preseason Prognostications
The ECAC Hockey coaches picked Harvard third in their preseason poll and voted senior forward Kate Buesser to the preseason all-conference team.
Team (first-place votes) Points
1. Cornell (11) 121
2. Clarkson (1) 105
3. Harvard 103
4. Quinnipiac 79
5. St. Lawrence 77
6. Princeton 73
7. Rensselaer 70
8. Dartmouth 52
9. Colgate 43
10. Yale 34
11. Brown 24
12. Union 11
New Faces
Seven freshmen will don the crimson, black and white this season. The class of 2014 is comprised of goaltender Lauren Joarnt (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Kalley Armstrong (Maple, Ont.), Lyndsey Fry (Chandler, Ariz.), Marissa Gedman (Framingham, Mass.), Gina McDonald (New Brighton, Minn.), Elizabeth Parker (Acton, Mass.) and Jackie Young (Medford, Mass.).
Rank And File
Harvard began the 2010-11 regular season schedule ranked in both national polls. The Crimson is No. 10 in the most recent USCHO.com poll while the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll also has Harvard at No. 10.
About Cornell
The Big Red enters the Harvard matchup as one of the hottest teams in college hockey. After a slim, 3-2, win over Robert Morris to start the season, Cornell outscored its next three opponents by a combined score of 19-3, downing Robert Morris, 9-1, and taking down Quinnipiac and Princeton by scores of 5-1. Cornell absorbed its first loss of the season in its last game, falling to No. 4 Mercyhurst, 4-3, in overtime at Lynah Rink. The game against Mercyhurst kicked off a seven-game homestand for the Big Red.
About Colgate
At 3-5-0 overall and 1-1-0 in conference action, the Raiders are also amidst an extended stay at home, welcoming Dartmouth to Starr Rink on Friday before taking on the Crimson Saturday. The Raiders have a handful of noteworthy wins already this season, taking down No. 8 New Hampshire in their second game of the season and holding off league rival Quinnipiac, 2-1 in overtime, their last time out. Colgate has faced three ranked teams already this season and holds a 1-2-0 record in those contests.
Empire State of Mind
Last season, the Crimson compiled a 6-6-2 overall record against teams from the state of New York. Harvard was an even 3-3-1 at home and on the road against New York teams.
Here We Go
Cornell represents the first ranked opponent for Harvard in the 2010-11 season as the Big Red enter the game ranked second in the nation. Harvard was 5-2-4 against ranked opponents during the regular season last year, but dropped decisions to nationally-ranked Clarkson and Cornell in the 2010-11 playoffs.
Hold Your Fire
In six periods of regulation hockey so far this season, Harvard has yet to allow double-digit shots in a given period. Against Yale, Harvard limited the Bulldogs to 13 shots in the game including just three in the second period. Brown managed 15 total shots and fired just two in the second stanza. The Crimson is now outshooting its opponents 83-28 through two games.
It's All Over
Harvard is 112-2-6 (.958) since the start of the 2004-05 season when leading after two periods.


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FASEB holds a symposium to explore ways to facilitate and encourage the participation of basic scientists in translational research.
Translational research has gone from a buzzword to a focal point in biomedical research policy. Just five years after launching its Clinical and Translational Science Award program, the National Institutes of Health is in the midst of implementing a fast-moving plan to create a new center dedicated to translational science. A major goal of the proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is to accelerate the pace at which basic research discoveries are developed into new and improved drugs and devices for patients. While NIH leadership has affirmed its commitment to supporting the fundamental research that is the foundation for clinical applications, the agency's move toward therapeutics development has left some basic investigators wondering how their research programs will be affected and what role they can play in this emerging field.
To learn more about the symposium, including the meeting agenda and videos of the presentations, go to the FASEB website.
To address these issues, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology launched an initiative to examine how research institutions, funding organizations, professional societies and scientific publishers can facilitate the participation of basic scientists in translational research. Led by Richard Galbraith, associate dean and director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, the project kicked off with a two-day symposium in March to discuss both the opportunities and challenges for basic investigators interested in pursuing translational science projects. The meeting brought together more than 150 basic, clinical and translational scientists; scientific journal editors; and leaders from private and public research funding organizations, research institutions and professional societies to discuss the opportunities and challenges for basic scientists in translation. The meeting was hosted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and sponsored by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Francis Collins, director of the NIH, delivered the opening address. He discussed the reasons that fundamental knowledge does not get translated into clinical applications, the role that the NIH, particularly through NCATS, will play in knocking down those barriers and promoting the development of novel diagnostics and therapeutics, and the critical contributions that basic investigators make to translational research. These contributions also were highlighted in the keynote address by Mary Hendrix, president and scientific director of the Children's Memorial Research Center, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Hendrix, a former FASEB president, shared insights she gleaned from establishing a translational research program focused on the genetics of cancer metastasis.
The meeting also featured a panel discussion on the benefits that both basic scientists and their institutions derive from participation in translational research. The panel included scientists from Rice University, Cornell University and The Rockefeller University who are bridging the gap between fundamental and applied research in tuberculosis, cell differentiation and behavior, mechanisms of mutagenesis, chemosensation, and gene silencing. The investigators were joined by senior leaders at their universities who shared their perspectives on the value that basic scientists bring to their institutions' research enterprises.
The second day of the symposium began with a discussion of the challenges of engaging basic researchers in translational work from the perspectives of an early-career scientist, a senior investigator, and a medical school department chair and dean. These discussions set the stage for the main thrust of the meeting: four breakout sessions during which participants, led by leaders in their respective topic areas, were asked to provide recommendations for building and capitalizing on the interest of basic investigators to develop translational research programs. The breakout groups focused on translational research training; providing appropriate recognition and rewards, including tenure and promotions, to basic scientists working in the translational space; facilitating productive research collaborations; and the role of private and public funding organizations in providing basic researchers with incentives to consider or conduct translational research.
FASEB's steering committee now is focused on developing a white paper articulating the major recommendations that emerged from the meeting. The report also will incorporate the findings from a FASEB survey of nearly 4,000 member society scientists conducted to gather information about basic scientists' interest in translation and the challenges they perceive to moving their research programs in that direction. When finalized, the report will serve as the basis for future FASEB policy efforts in this area.
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Military officials raided Marine law offices, may have compromised cases
By MICHAEL DOYLE | McClatchy Washington Bureau | Published: May 9, 2014
WASHINGTON — An unusual government search of Marine Corps defense attorneys' offices at California's Camp Pendleton could cast a cloud over dozens of criminal cases.
The search May 2, which lasted about two and a half hours, included investigators opening more than 100 case files compiled by defense attorneys, Marine Corps officers say. The search went beyond what was necessary and exceeded applicable legal standards, officers think.
"It's unacceptable," Lt. Col. Clay Plummer, the Marine Corps' regional defense counsel for the West Coast, said in an interview. "We're going to litigate this, to make sure this never happens again."
The courtroom fallout might take time to settle, as defense attorneys with Camp Pendleton's Legal Service Support Team Echo consider challenges for each of the cases in which investigators allegedly accessed files. Among other arguments, the defense attorneys could charge interference with privileged communications.
In theory, defense attorneys could go so far as to seek the dismissal of charges against individual defendants whose files allegedly were compromised. Lesser remedies could also be sought
In a statement Friday afternoon, Camp Pendleton officials said the commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West had appointed an independent, neutral judge advocate to review evidence seized during the search.
The judge advocate will "identify whether any potentially privileged material was improperly disclosed," the statement said, adding that "due to the pending litigation, and the independent review of the search, further comment on the facts of this search would be inappropriate."
"The search of (defense attorneys') offices is a rare event," the statement stressed.
Rule 502 of the Military Rules of Evidence specifies that a client "has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services." Marine Corps defense attorneys typically won't even disclose whether a servicemember has talked to them.
The defense services office that was searched at what's formally called Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is one of two at the sprawling Southern California facility. It's the busiest defense office in the Marine Corps, typically staffed by about eight active-duty attorneys.
Nationwide, the Marine Corps Defense Services Organization typically represents more than 1,100 Marines annually at courts-martial and administrative hearings. The organization prides itself as "Marines defending Marines."
According to several Marine Corps officers familiar with the May 2 search incident, it arose out of prosecutors' interest in a defendant's cellphone for a particular Camp Pendleton investigation. A defense attorney offered to provide the phone but wanted a judicial order first.
Instead, officers say, a prosecutor — known as a trial counsel — showed up accompanied by at least four armed Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division agents. They had a search authorization, similar to a search warrant, but signed by a local commander rather than a judge.
The trial counsel escorted the agents into the defense offices, and then left. Wearing light blue latex gloves, investigators found the cellphone within about 20 minutes. Nonetheless, officers say, the search continued for another two-plus hours.
During the search, defense attorneys were reportedly blocked from leaving. A few surreptitious pictures were snapped. Attorneys also managed to contact Plummer, who oversees defense attorney operations at Marine Corps bases in California and Arizona.
"We believe these to be improper actions by the government," Plummer said.
The Justice Department, for one, recognizes that searches of defense attorneys' offices require a delicate touch. Chapter Nine of the U.S. Attorneys Manual specifies various protections, from drawing up search warrants for attorneys' offices "as narrowly as possible" to creating a "privilege team" whose members can screen materials first.


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Beautiful Friday at Darlington (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
Now here's one for ya: Jeff Gordon -- remember when they called him 'the kid'? -- is about to make his 700th NASCAR start.
Only Ricky Rudd has a better streak, 788, until he sat out the 2006 season.
Of course when it comes to all-time races, Richard Petty is far ahead of the pack, with 1,185.
Gordon's mark means he hasn't missed a race since his first one at the end of 1992.
Is he going for Rudd's mark?
That would keep Gordon busy through 2014 and 2015. Not much of a question for the 41-year-old racer, in a sport where Mark Martin, at 55, keeps on rolling.
But Gordon says he's not looking that far ahead. "That, to me, is like David Pearson's 105 wins -- it's too far out there. You have to get closer before you can think realistically of something like that.
"I never thought I'd make 700 consecutive starts. It's just amazing for me to try to swallow.
"I'm just enjoying the moment right now."
Jeff Gordon (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Gordon just wants to get through this season, win some races, and make the playoffs.
And, uh, sell that condo: : http://nyti.ms/10gKEYF
Remember when Richard Petty would sit on pit wall after a race for two hours or more, signing autographs for anyone who wanted one?
Remember the Wood brothers carried David Pearson's race car in a spartan rollback....and ate Beanie Weenies for lunch?
Drivers used to be pretty much people like you and me, common folk, down-to-earth. But that was once-upon-a-time, long, long ago, it would seem today.
Gordon, for all he's done for this sport, certainly deserves what he's made.
"It's turned into a big business...and Dale Earnhardt taught me a lot," Gordon says. "The first contract I signed was for more money than I'd ever thought I could make in a race car. But it was nothing compared to the second contract.
"I was lucky.
"Now I've got a lifetime contract with Rick Hendrick, so I don't have to talk contracts with anybody any more. As long as there is a sponsor that wants to sponsor the car and as long as Rick says he wants me to drive it, we don't discuss things.
"But back when, drivers talked about contracts all the time. And Dale taught me a lot about how to deal with that.
"My first contract didn't really pay very good; I had to go out and earn it. But these days I see a lot of guys getting it before they've ever earned it. I'm seeing guys getting paid pretty good dollars today who haven't really shown anything yet."
Talladega winner David Ragan, with Danica Patrick (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Now if he can just keep that tender back under control. Gordon says he can relate to Denny Hamlin's dilemma: "What worried me was when it first happened was I didn't know what was happening. It definitely takes your focus off driving the car, and feeling the car the way you need to.
"I'm managing the pain now, and I understand I'm not damaging something. It's just pain.
"All the work I've put into it has certainly paid off. A few years ago I didn't think I'd be driving much longer because of that pain....getting out of the car and not even being able to stand up.
"Now I'm hobbling out of the car but I can walk, and I feel pretty decent inside the car."
Gordon says he's not just proud of making 700 consecutives starts, over 20-some years, but also his 87 tour wins, his 299 top-fives, and his 416 top-10s.
"It's not an easy thing to do," Gordon says.
It is amazing that not only has Gordon made it 700, but he' still competing for wins and championships. His last tour win was November at Homestead.
"Lately we've just been trying to get top-10s, and that's been a struggle," he says. "We've been mediocre and yet we're still getting close to the top-10, and I have high hopes for the second half of the season.
"I remember seeing some guys struggling through their last years in this sport, and as a young guy you say 'I don't want to go out like that. I want to go out on top, as a champion, being competitive.'
"But then some guys were making more money at the end of their career not winning races than they'd made when they were winning races. It's kind of hard to step away from that.
"And the passion for this sport - Mark Martin has shown us that. He tried to step away and then realized he didn't want to do that. He just didn't want to do it on a full-time basis...and I can understand that -- it's the grinding it out week after week for 38 weeks, that's when it gets so tough, and can burn you out."
At the other end of the NASCAR spectrum, in a sense, is David Ragan.
Yes, he just pulled off the biggest upset of the season, surprising Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson to win the Talladega 500.
But Ragan drives for one of the smallest, low-budget operations in the sport. Team owner Bob Jenkins has spent most of his own money trying to make this two-car operation work. And it finally paid off.
"I really haven't had time to celebrate," Ragan says.
"It's such a different scene from a larger team to a smaller organization. We've got 50 or 60 employees, and other teams have 300 or 400; so every single one of our guys had something to do with that race car. Every one of them touched it, worked on it, prepared it, set it up, painted it and loaded it up. Everyone had a part in it.
"So I think everyone feels a little bit more gratified getting that win. And a one-two finish. It wasn't like we won and the other two guys were 35th and 40th. We were all competitive. And the finish was unreal.
"But we also realize that reality sets in pretty quick: We're here at Darlington....and it's fun to sit back and daydream about going to victory Lane here, but that's not a realistic expectation for us.
"Our expectations are finishing on the lead lap. And a top-15 or top-20 finish would be a great day.
"But, again, a perfect storm could happen. I believe the year Regan Smith won, he stayed out with a little different pit strategy at the end, and he put himself in position.
At the end of these races there are always five or six guys that can win, given the opportunity, so you never know.
"We may play some strategy at the end.
"I'm not going to say it couldn't happen.... but we just want a top-15 or top-20, to keep gaining momentum.
"We want to take some small steps. We're not trying to jump over the whole pond just yet."
How small is small here?
Well, if you're doing a David Ragan die- cast model collection, better have a good billfold. He carries a lot of different colors.
"Farm Rich was a one-race deal at Talladega....and their Facebook page and website crashed after the race with all the traffic there, so that was cool," Ragan says.
On this weekend's quarterpanels: The Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts.
"Margaret Holmes' group," Ragan says. "They've meant a lot to the Front Row Motorsports team. They stepped up and sponsored us several races last year. A local company."
After Sunday's race, Brad Keselowski was miffed, claiming that Ragan had lined up in the wrong spot for the final restart, gaining an advantage.
Tuesday Keselowski called Ragan to apologize.
"That shows Brad is a good champion, and a good role model... and gave me a little bit different outlook on Brad's deal," Ragan says.
"Brad certainly didn't have all of his facts right when he spoke after the race. That didn't really bother me, but it bothers some of your fans and family.
"The technology is in place for us to look at and understand every move NASCAR does, so I knew what we had going on. I think there was just a miscommunication.
"There were never any hard feelings toward Brad. But that was cool for him to do that. He certainly didn't have to. That was something he did on his own, and I've got a lot respect for him for that."
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A Swingin' Bella Christmas 2018
Presenter: Bella Union @ The Melba Spiegeltent
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Event Duration: 150 minutes
Christmas. It's pretty good, isn't it? Wide-eyed children, galloping reindeer, sparkling tinsel, barbecues, goodwill to everyone. Thumbs up! On board!
So every year, we get together and sing the praises of the season in a venerable Melbourne hall - and that's where we've always gotten it wrong.
Go back and look at the original story. Four walls and a roof? Christmas doesn't have a plaster ceiling on it. It takes place outside, in a humble stable. Simple. Modest. A lean-to, perhaps. Some kind of tent. A beautiful century-old Belgian canvas pavilion with wooden floors and stained glass and mirrors and a licensed bar. Y'know. Slumming it.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Melba Spiegeltent, the legendary palace of festivity and frivolity adjoining Circus Oz /Melbourne Polytechnic / Collingwood TAFE / Collingwood Tech (depending on your era)! And welcome to A Swingin' Bella Christmas - a finger-snappin', toe-tappin' romp through traditional carols, modern favourites and specially-written original songs of the season, executed with airy panache by a horn-laden bevy of brilliant performers known throughout the civilised world as The Bella All-Stars!
Out front, MCs Casey Bennetto and Geraldine Quinn will be joined by special guests Selina Jenkins (20th December), Nina Ferro & Tripod (21st December) and Mike McLeish (22nd December).


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Suffice to say, you're going to want to go big on United players this week, and if you stuck with Rooney (which your humble blogger did not) you face an extremely tough decision whether to captain him or not. It is there our focus lies for this week.
Option 1 - Captain Rooney
Rooney seems to have recovered quicker than expected, but with Hernandez and Wellbeck now also fit along with Berbatov waiting in the wings, I am not convinced he will start the game. United have been scoring goals for fun this year and there seems little motivation to rush Rooney back if he isn't 100% and risk losing him for bigger games on the horizon (Liverpool and City are next for United). If he starts, he is probably the best captain play this week and his ceiling remains higher than anyone. If he doesn't play at all then it isn't too big of an issue as your armband passes to someone else. My concern, and the reason I would ultimately not captain Rooney is that he might only get 45 minutes, or worse, come on for the last 15 minutes of the game. The chance of this is probably slim but 1 point captain weeks are crushing, particularly given the other options available. Caveat Emptor.
Option 2 - Captain another United player
I'm generally scared of the whole up-front situation so I'm not willing to throw Hernandez into this category for the same reason as Rooney. However, two excellent options remain in Nani and Young and based on their ownership number (Young 32%, Nani 28%), most of us own at least one of them. Readers will know that I am very much into 'key passes' and shots on target as indicators for future success, and those break down as below for this pair:
- Young: 2 goals, 6 assists, 5 bonus points, 11 shots, 7 on target, 10 key passes
- Nani: 3 goals, 3 assists, 7 bonus points, 13 shots, 5 on target, 13 key passes
Option 3 - Go with a non-United player
Believe it or not, there are other games this week. Unfortunately, the two teams who provide the best captain options have road trips following tough midweek European games, so no one comes without risk:
Sergio Aguero
On paper, City's fixture isn't great, but this is largely based on Blackburn's solid home defense from last season, which has really taken a step back this season. Rovers have shipped 6 goals at home this year and haven't kept a clean sheet all season. Tevez's lack of 'want' will keep him out of the side for a while, paving the way for Aguero and Dzeko to start more often than not. Simply put, Aguero is possibly the most talented played in the league and deserves captain attention every week. Blackburn have conceded 6 goals over the last 2 games and are ripe for the picking here. Aguero's upside is off the charts and he will getting the famed Pure Juice armband this week.
As with Aguero, City's fixture is probably better than the data shows. With Aguero looking set to start though, it's really hard to consider anyone in sky blue other than the little Argentine.If you aren't lucky enough to own Aguero, then Silva is a great fall back and he's only had one game scoring less than 5 points all year. I wouldn't put him ahead of the United midfield pair this week though.
Edin Dzeko
See Silva, David. I like Dzeko a lot but he just isn't in Aguero's class when it comes to scoring against any opponent. Again, a good option but I would put him below the United pair (and of course Aguero).
I'm not sure what to make of Spurs' defense, but one thing for certain is that, at home at least, they will put up a better showing than Norwich at Old Trafford or Blackburn against City. Van Persie is starting to rediscover his form from last year but the fixture scares me as while it could be another 4-4 barn burner, it could easily be a tight 1-1 affair. I am happy owning Van Persie for this week and beyond but the armband might be step too far for this one.
Answers to your questions will be posted later so those in the US can expect to see them tonight, while those in the UK should be able to see them before the deadline tomorrow morning.


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Dec. 7 | Fun activities and a chance to meet Santa. This is a complimentary experience for SAU alumni and their children.
Fun for all ages, this family-friendly production explores what is truly important in life.
A Mass for the Feast of St. Ambrose will be in Christ the King Chapel with the annual McMullen Awards following the service. All are invited to attend.
Featuring the University Chorale, Chamber Singers, Symphonic Band, and SAU-Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Jazz Ensemble, STAMVOJA (vocal jazz), Bee Sharp, Bella Voce, and student soloists.
Like Happy Hour with music, these hour-long concerts are guided tours of great music by top performers in an intimate setting.
Dr. Jeffrey S. Dukes from Purdue University will present "The Ecology of Peace: Preparing Colombia for New Political and Planetary Climates."
Mexico Beyond Mariachi will be premiering "Sugar Skull."
War on Drugs? War on Poverty? War on Women? War on Nature? What do these metaphors mean, and are they useful? Discussion led by Tadd Ruetenik, SAU Professor of Philosophy.
The Folwell Lecture in Political Science and Pre-Law presents a lecture by Kelly M. Kadera, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa.


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Wow...that's the first time I've seen admin delete anything in months...maybe we're on the mend now
Why would the moderator delete ALL of his posts??? Doesn't everyone have the right to post their opinion?? By the way...it was kind of hard to decipher some of the posts, but some of them he was spot on. Was going to go back over them and "POOF" someone deleted them. WTH
Probably done at the request of law enforcement, as this site would likely not lift a finger otherwise.


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NEW YORK: The anniversary of Superstorm Sandy was a day of reflection for many � a time to ponder still-missed loved ones who died when coastal communities were hit by an unprecedented surge of seawater and a chance to take stock of how far recovery efforts have come.
And for some taking part in those rebuilding efforts, it was just another day to keep working in hopes of getting homes repaired and people�s lives back in order.
Sandy came ashore on Oct. 29, 2012, sending floodwaters pouring across the densely populated barrier islands of Long Island and the Jersey shore. In New York City, the storm surge hit nearly 14 feet, swamping the city�s subway and commuter rail tunnels and knocking out power to the southern third of Manhattan.
The storm was blamed for at least 182 deaths in the U.S. � including 68 in New York and 71 in New Jersey � and property damage estimated at $65 billion.
Here is a look at anniversary observances through a series of vignettes detailing how people are commemorating the unprecedented storm:
A group of volunteers in neon orange T-shirts was busy at work outside a Freeport, Long Island, home on Tuesday afternoon, cutting pieces of tile and molding on power saws in the driveway and garage of the split-level ranch they were helping repair.
The volunteers are part of the Samaritan�s Purse organization, a charitable group founded by the Rev. Franklin Graham that helps with disaster relief throughout the country.
Samaritan�s Purse supervisor Kevin Vallas said volunteers have been on Long Island since the days immediately following Sandy. He said the group has rebuilt four homes and assisted with cleaning out and repairs on dozens of others, both in New York and New Jersey.
�I get my rewards in heaven. I�m a Christian,� explained David Ray, a married father of two from Chillicothe, Ohio. �We�re commanded to be the hands and feet of Jesus. What we�re showing people here is love.�
Beatrice Spagnuolo was one of 23 people on Staten Island who died when Superstorm Sandy struck a year ago.
The 79-year-old woman was killed when her Midland Beach home flooded.
On Tuesday, her son Vincent Spagnuolo joined about 200 others who marched on a Midland Beach boardwalk to honor the memory of those who died on Staten Island.
As bagpipers played �Amazing Grace,� Vincent Spagnuolo said he still hadn�t gotten over his mother�s death. Spagnuolo�s own Staten Island home was also destroyed when Sandy struck.
Myra Camacho�s home in the Rockaways still has no electricity.
She spent nearly two months after Sandy trying to survive in her frigid, powerless home with her boyfriend, Walter Negron.
�We wrapped ourselves in blankets. We ate out of the churches,� Negron said.
They moved out after Camacho had a heart attack. She moved in with relatives. He�s been staying elsewhere.
Their luck might be about to change. The couple spent Tuesday morning with an inspector from a nonprofit housing group, who told them he could help with the restoration. He estimated it would cost $15,000.
�He said, �Don�t worry about it. We�re going to take care of it,�� Camacho said. �I don�t know. We�ve heard things like this before. I�m hopeful.�
When Sandy darkened much of the city, some New Yorkers were only hours old. Others weren�t even born.
On Tuesday, babies filled a Manhattan hospital room to celebrate their first birthdays � and their survival. Their parents and hospital staff lighted candles atop cupcakes and sang, �Happy birthday, dear babies.�
Kenneth Hulett III weighed only 2 pounds when emergency medical workers rushed him out of the New York Hospital intensive care unit and down the stairs while hooked up to an oxygen tank. His mother, Emily Blatt, says her faith sustained her as she was evacuated on an orange sled.
That day, more than 40 babies were safety moved from the hospital to other facilities.
Visiting a flood-damaged firehouse in Seaside Park, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday was a day to remember volunteers and first responders who risked their lives to save others.
�I want us to think of how much better things look today than they did a year ago and celebrate that,� Christie said. �We also have to acknowledge that there�s still thousands of people out of their homes.�
New York Gov. Cuomo visited the National Museum of the American Indian in lower Manhattan, which was temporarily shut down last year by flooding and power outages.
Cuomo recalled the �feeling of powerlessness� seeing the southern tip of Manhattan submerged in water. He also warned that extreme weather is �the new normal� but said the city and state is now better equipped to withstand it.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stopped by Staten Island, Coney Island and the Rockaways, where he thanked and chatted with workers.
�Most New Yorkers are I suspect are struggling with somber memories today, which is only natural,� Bloomberg said. �A year ago we endured the worst natural disaster ever to strike our city.�
Aiman Youssef found out the other day that one of his neighbors has been living in his own Staten Island garage.
He says many people in his shorefront neighborhood are still displaced or living in partially restored homes, often without basic facilities.
�A lot of people have moved out of the area,� Youssef said. �A lot of houses went into foreclosure.�
Some homeowners are still reluctant to accept help, Youssef said, while others have been stymied by bureaucracy. He pointed to a bungalow across the street from his property on Midland Avenue.
A woman is living there without heat despite a city program that was supposed to restore heat, electric and water service, he said.
�We were lower middle class,� Youssef said. �Now we�re poor.�
The lobby of the Wall Street Inn, a boutique hotel located in a 19th-century building in lower Manhattan, was lonely and empty. But manager Rachel Fogel said business is steady again despite initial fears that the hotel started by her grandfather might never come back.
The hotel was evacuated as the storm hit. The scene on South William Street the next day was discouraging, she said.
�It was dark. It was cold. It smelled like gasoline,� Fogel said.
Weeks of work were needed on basement electrical and heating systems before the hotel reopened in December. Contractors were the first post-storm guests.
Now the regulars are back. One was a man who came back months later to retrieve dry cleaning he sent on the eve of Sandy.
Associated Press reporters Wayne Parry in Seaside Park, N.J., David Porter in Little Ferry, N.J., Angela Delli Santi in Sayreville, N.J., Frank Eltman in Babylon, N.Y., and Eileen AJ Connelly, Verena Dobnik, Jonathan Lemire, David Caruso and Tom Hays in New York contributed to this report.


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TLC's Hit Series "MY CRAZY OBSESSION" Goes Xmas!
While it isn't Cabbage Patch Kids, sex dolls, carrots or lifelike baby dolls, TLC's hit show MY CRAZY OBSESSION returns with a holiday special: MY CRAZY OBSESSION: CHRISTMAS COLLECTION.
The one-hour special premieres on Saturday, December 1 at 9 PM ET/PT.
My Crazy Obsession: Christmas Collection takes you inside the lives and homes of extreme collectors who have taken holiday decorating to the next level. In this one hour special, follow four dedicated collectors as they reveal how much money, how many hours, and the amount of energy spend on their obsession. From a man aiming to cover his entire property in one million Christmas lights to a woman who covers every inch of her home with over 120 fully decorated Christmas trees, these compulsive decorators will go to any length to spread their holiday cheer. Meet one husband and wife whose love for nutcrackers and snowmen respectively battle for top priority in their household and another couple whose shared obsession with holiday inflatables has taken over their entire lives. For most people the holiday season lasts just a few weeks, but for these obsessed collectors, it's Christmas all year round as they prepare for months to display their impressive and vast holiday collections at the end of the year.


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Please join the Friends of Lafayette Park for a "Cleaning and Greening" workday on the first Saturday of the month. Help to maintain the park and get to know your neighbors. We install new plants, weed, sweep and more. We meet beforehand for coffee and pastries, lively conversation, and then head-out with the SFRPD gardeners to help beautify our park. Meet at the picnic tables at the south end of playground. Please wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and a long-sleeve shirt. All tools and gloves provided. To RSVP, please click on the "REGISTER" button above, or email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 415-831-6884.
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Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and royal baby Prince George have left Kensington Palace in London for the seclusion of the Middleton home on the countryside.
After spending their first night away from the hospital at Kensington Palace, the new parents loaded up their newborn son into their SUV and left bustling London for a mansion in Bucklebury, Berkshire, which happens to be where the common-born Kate Middleton's parents Michael and Carole Middleton live, the Daily Mail said.
"This is now private and quiet time for them to get to know their son," a palace rep told Us Weekly after they arrived safely at the Middleton home.
Before they set off, the new family received visitors including great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, uncles Prince Harry and James Middleton, and aunt Pippa Middleton.
The future king was born Monday in the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital. On Tuesday, Wills and Catherine, both 31, debuted their son just outside the hospital. And on Wednesday, the new parents announced the boy's regal name: George Alexander Louis. His formal title will be His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. George's parents, William and the former Kate Middleton, became the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge when they married in April 2011, and prior to the name announcement, he was simply known as "Baby Cambridge."
The little guy is third in line to the British throne, just after grandpa Prince Charles and dad William. Prince Harry was relegated to fourth in line once Baby George was born.
The infant is already a trendsetter, just as mom Catherine and late grandmother Princess Diana were before him.
The Aden & Anais bird-print blanket he was swaddled in when he made his debut has reportedly sold out, while the merino wool christening blanket by G.H. Hurt & Co. seems to be on back order, All the Rage reports.
His name is also expected to go viral, so to speak, with several new parents in the U.K. expected to name their sons George too, just as the names William and Harry received a surge in popularity when they were named three decades ago, Ancestry.com reports (via People). George is expected to be bolstered from 12th place to fourth place on the list of most popular names.
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What is your favourite song from Elemental?
Two Different Views
Going Without
Is That It?
Happy Landings
Silent House
Fatal Shore
Ocean Blue
You Know Me
We Once Held Hands
Life's What's Killing Me
What is your favourite song from Elemental?
A toughie. I think it's a tie between Fatal Shore and Two Different Views (with Happy Landings coming in a close second)
Went with Ocean Blue. Had the HL version of Two Different Views been included, I would've voted that way.
"Two Different Views" though it was a VERY close call between that one, "Fatal Shore" and "Silent House".
"I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition was to eat, drink, and be Mary." ~ George Carlin.
ahhhh!!!! hmmmmm!!!! gee!!!!! CAN'T IMAGINE WHICH ONE I PICKED???????
I went with Happy Landings, although each time I hear Fatal Shore live, I'm tempted to go that route. Of course, I love Ocean Blue and Two Different Views too. Tough choice!
This is a hard one, as I love so many songs! But I'll have to stick with Two Different Views. I love the Elemental version. Especially Jamie's guitar solo, which reminds me of yet another amazing guitar player, the great Jimi Hendrix.
Perhaps the best song they perform live. Incredible sound and lyrics. A FIXX treasure.
"I don't think that he should take The Strain"
I've said it before but it bears repeating:
Warm summer day + comfortable cot + plus cold brew + Happy Landings = Bliss
As much as I think "Two different views" and "We once held hands" should be a hit, I love "Ocean BLue." "It is the only place that I feel better."
I agree, this was very tough for me. I love "Two Different Views," "Fatal Shore" (totally rocks live), "Happy Landings" and "Silent House" but I voted for "Ocean Blue." I would love to hear that song performed live.
A really hard one. My favourite song chances from time to time: TDV, Happy Landings, Ocean Blue and I like Is that it.
I voted for Happy Landings!
"Going Without" is an absolute classic. What a great song.
Going Without is probably the best song on the album but its a close shave between that and Fatal Shore, a cracking track! Damn the Fixx, they're too good, lol! So much to chose from.
OK, Fatal Shore it is.
Have to agree, FATAL SHORE is awesome. I hope all their future records have a song this *** kickin' and I hope they never drop it from the set list. I can never get enough of Jamie shredding like he does on this one live.


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Dexter's housing stock is varied, with beautiful examples of Victorian architecture close in, and newer subdivisions around the edges.
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Last December we witnessed the release of the Air Jordan 11 Retro Concord. Many of you have heard how that turned out. The release even got attention from mainstream media, because of the violence and chaos that the sneaker drop brought with itself. Malls were shut down, people got hurt, it was pretty crazy.
It looks like Jordan Brand is getting ready for the next riot. This upcoming December, they will be releasing the Air Jordan 11 Retro Playoff. Today we came for the first time across nice and clean images of the sneaker, so here they are and let's just hope that the sneaker release will work out more smoothly this time.


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Tribe tabs rookie Salazar for Wild Card Game
Right-hander can continue storybook season in must-win tilt against Rays
CLEVELAND -- Manager Terry Francona first got a glimpse of the kid when he made an offseason trip to the Dominican Republic. He and pitching coach Mickey Callaway had gone to Cleveland's academy on the island to meet with pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez, but he was quickly blown away by the young pitcher playing catch with Jimenez.
"I went up to Mickey, and I was like, 'Who is that guy?'" Francona recalled.
"You're going to love him," Callaway replied.
"That guy" was Danny Salazar, who sat in front of a microphone at Progressive Field on Tuesday on the eve of the Indians' biggest game in several seasons. Salazar will start opposite Rays right-hander Alex Cobb in Wednesday's 8 p.m. ET American League Wild Card Game in Cleveland.
"That guy" says he isn't nervous.
"The mound is where I feel most comfortable, or calm," Salazar said. "I've been playing a lot of baseball -- not in the Majors, but it's kind of the same game."
Salazar could not have seen this coming. When the young right-hander took the mound at Canal Park in Akron, Ohio, for his first start of this season, staring down Double-A Binghamton's lineup, the path that led to this moment could not be foreseen.
But there he stood, leaning against a wall outside the visitors' clubhouse at Target Field on Sunday, while inside the corks popped, champagne flew and the Indians celebrated their clinching of the AL's top Wild Card spot. Francona and Callaway had already informed him that he was in line to start the Wild Card Game, but now that idea was a reality.
He is humbled by the honor.
"This is awesome," he said quietly. "The team has trust in me. I'm just going to do my best there. This is just a little bit of what's going to happen. This is the beginning of a new era. [That] was the last game of the season, and now we've got to keep going until the end."
The 23-year-old has logged only 10 starts for the Indians, but he has struck out batters at a rate of 11.25 per nine innings. That is the highest single-season rate in club history among pitchers with at least three starts. Another right-hander, Hall of Famer Bob Feller, ranks second on that list for his work for Cleveland in the 1936 campaign.
A statue honoring Feller stands outside Gate C at Progressive Field, where Salazar will take the mound come Wednesday.
Cleveland has not won a World Series since Feller's 1948 squad did so, and the Indians have not experienced the postseason since 2007. That fall the Tribe came one victory shy of reaching the Fall Classic after losing to the Red Sox in the AL Championship Series. This time around, the winner of the Wild Card Game will head to Boston for the AL Division Series.
Given the magnitude of the moment, sending Salazar to the mound could be viewed as a risk, but the Indians feel the phenom is up to the task.
"He's not a finished product," Francona said. "The finished product is going to be special, but he's comfortable on the mound. We wouldn't do it if we weren't comfortable."
Salazar ended the regular season with a 2-3 record, but he turned in a 3.12 ERA and finished with 65 strikeouts against 15 walks in 52 innings. In five September outings, he posted a 2.52 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 25 innings, while the Indians gradually allowed him to increase his pitch count.
Cleveland has treated him with kid gloves all season due to the Tommy John surgery he underwent back in 2010. The organization has slowly built up his innings over the past three years, limiting his pitch count throughout this season in both the Minors and Majors.
In his past two starts, however, Salazar did not face the same restrictions.
"That's very important," he said. "When I was on the pitch count, sometimes after every pitch I made, I was watching the scoreboard to see how many pitches I had. Now that I don't have the pitch count, I don't look, and I feel more confident."
Signed as a non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2006, Salazar put himself on the map as a top pitching prospect last summer and made his push for the big leagues this year. In 21 appearances between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus, he went 6-5 with a 2.71 ERA, piling up 129 strikeouts and 23 walks in 93 innings.
Salazar made a spot start against the Blue Jays on July 11, and all he did was strike out seven while taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning. In that outing, Tribe fans witnessed first-hand how he can hit triple digits on the radar gun with his fastball and how his biting slider and dancing split-changeup can keep hitters honest.
"He's a rookie throwing 100 mph," first baseman Nick Swisher said.
But that dominant fastball has led Salazar to lean on it too often at times. In his past two starts, he has mixed in more offspeed pitches, something he has been working on with Callaway.
Jimenez -- once a hard-throwing prospect himself -- has had many discussions with Salazar about how to best use his pitches.
"The stuff that he has is unbelievable," Jimenez said. "But I have told him that it doesn't matter how hard you throw. You have to locate your fastball, and you have to mix other pitches in if you want to be good."
Salazar has shown improvement in that regard, and he is gaining confidence as a result. That has helped him remain unfazed by the Major League stage.
Still, there's no way he could have predicted this.
Jimenez sealed the Tribe's place in the postseason on Sunday, and Salazar will look to keep the run going.
Who knew their round of catch back in the Dominican Republic was foreshadowing?
"He throws a ball that never gets about eight feet off the ground, and it goes about 400 feet," Callaway said. "Not too many people can do that. That's what makes it special."