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BRUSSELS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
— Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd and Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd to indirectly acquire joint control of Luxembourg-based heat and water sub-metering company the ista group (approved Sept. 21)
— British company CRH plc to acquire XI (RMAT) Holdings GmbH, the German holding company of limestone producer Fels-Werke GmbH which is part of Xella International (notified Sept. 25/deadline Oct. 30)
— French energy company Engie and Caisse des Depots et Consignations to acquire joint control of a wind power producer (notified Sept. 26/deadline Oct. 31/simplified)
— German chemicals company Evonik and Dutch peer DSM to set up a joint venture (notified Sept. 22/deadline Oct. 27/simplified)
— Irish agribusiness company ABP Food Group to acquire an additional stake in Linden Foods Limited, active in the slaughtering and processing of beef and ovine animals (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29)
— 3M to buy Johnson Controls' safety gear unit Scott Safety (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29)
— Private equity firm KKR and U.S. pharmaceutical retailer Walgreens Boots Alliance to acquire indirectly joint control of U.S. pharmaceutical services provider PharMerica (notified Aug. 30/deadline Oct. 4/simplified)
— U.S. medical equipment supplier Becton Dickinson and Co to acquire U.S. peer C R Bard Inc (notified Aug. 30/deadline Oct. 4)
— Australian investment firm IFM Investors Pty Ltd and Singapore shipping terminal operator PSA International Pte Ltd to jointly acquire Turkish terminal operator Mersin (notified Aug. 31/deadline Oct. 5/simplified)
— Japanese healthcare company Konica Minolta to acquire U.S. diagnostics company Ambry Genetics (notified Sept. 1/deadline Oct. 6/simplified)
— French banks Societe Generale and BNP Paribas to acquire joint control of German office building owner Horizon Development GmbH (notified Sept. 6/deadline Oct. 11/simplified)
— Dutch property developer Unibail Rodamco and German real estate fund Commerz Real Investmentgeseelschaft to jointly acquire Czech shopping centre owner CGI Metropole (notified Sept. 7/deadline Oct. 12/simplified)
— Bermuda-headquartered reinsurer Axis Capital Holdings Ltd to acquire UK insurer Novae (notified Sept 13/deadline Oct 18/simplified)
— Mirova Core Infrastructure, COMSA and Dutch fund manager PGGM to acquire joint control of Mircom Concesiones de Infraestructuras (notified Sept. 8/deadline Oct. 13/simplified)
— Italian infrastructure group Atlantia to acquire Spanish rival Abertis (notified Sept. 8/deadline Oct. 13)
— Anglo-Dutch oil group Royal Dutch Shell to acquire indirect joint control of natural gas producer Crestwood Permian Basin LLC which is now solely controlled by Crestwood Permian Basin Holdings (notified Sept. 8/deadline Oct. 13/simplified)
— Private equity firms Blackstone, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and Cambourne Life Investment Pte Ltd to acquire joint control of UK insurer Rothesay Ho1dCo UK Ltd (notified Sept. 8/deadline Oct. 13/simplified)
— Swiss food company Nestle to acquire sole control of Beverage Partners Worldwide, a joint venture between Nestle and the Coca-Cola Co (notified Oct. 11/deadline Oct. 16)
— Private equity firm Lone Star to acquire Spanish insulation materials maker Ursa Insulation (notified Sept. 11/deadline Oct. 16/simplified)
— U.S. specialty material company Celanese and private equity firm Blackstone to combine their cellulose acetate tow units under a new joint venture (notified Sept. 9/deadline Oct. 17)
— Private equity firm Advent to acquire communications services company Williams Lea (notified Sept. 12/deadline Oct. 17/simplified)
— Bermuda-headquartered reinsurer Axis Capital Holdings Ltd to acquire UK insurer Novae (notified Sept. 13/deadline Oct. 18/simplified)
— German insurer Allianz to acquire UK financial services group Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd's general insurance businesses (notified Sept. 13/deadline Oct. 18/simplified)
— U.S. life sciences company Avantor to acquire U.S. lab supplies company VWR (notified Sept. 15/deadline Oct. 20)
— U.S. fashion group Michael Kors to acquire British shoemaker Jimmy Choo (notified Sept. 15/deadline Oct. 20/simplified)
— U.S. company AES Corp and German conglomerate Siemens to acquire joint control of a joint venture (notified Sept. 15/deadline Oct. 20/simplified)
— French carmaker Renault to acquire a 29 percent stake in electric car smart charging services provider Jedlix, which is now jointly controlled by Dutch renewable energy company Eneco Groep (notified Sept. 18/deadline Oct. 23/simplified)
— Dutch warehouse owner Borealis European Holdings B.V., Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and SSE to acquire joint control of UK energy meter company Maple (notified Sept. 18/deadline Oct. 23/simplified)
— French carmaker Renault to acquire a 25 percent stake in electric car charging services Jedlix (notified Sept. 18/deadline Oct. 23/simplified)
— U.S. company Platinum Equity Group to acquire UK aerospace distributor Pattonair Holdings Ltd (notified Sept. 19/deadline Oct. 24/simplified)
— UK energy company Greenergy to acquire fuel supplier Inver Energy Ltd (notified Sept. 19/deadline Oct. 24)
— Jacobs Engineering Group to acquire technical consulting services provider CH2M Hill Companies (notified Sept. 20/deadline Oct. 25/simplified)
— Private equity firm Warburg Pincus and carmaker Tata Motors to jointly acquire Tata Technologies (notified Sept. 20/deadline Oct. 25/simplified)
— Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal to acquire Italian steel plant (notified Sept. 21/deadline Oct. 26)
— French car parts maker Valeo to acquire German clutch maker FTE Automotive(notified Sept. 7/deadline Oct. 26/commitments submitted Sept. 7)
— German industrial group Bayer to acquire U.S. seeds company Monsanto (notified June 30/deadline extended to Jan. 22 from Jan. 8 after the companies asked for more time)
— Italian eyewear maker Luxottica and French lens manufacturer Essilor to merge (notified Aug. 22/deadline extended to Feb. 12 from Sept. 26 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)
— U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm to acquire Dutch company NXP Semiconductors NV (notified April 28/deadline suspended from Aug. 17)
The European Commission has 25 working days after a deal is filed for a first-stage review. It may extend that by 10 working days to 35 working days, to consider either a company's proposed remedies or an EU member state's request to handle the case.
Most mergers win approval but occasionally the Commission opens a detailed second-stage investigation for up to 90 additional working days, which it may extend to 105 working days.
Under the simplified procedure, the Commission announces the clearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without giving any reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified as non-simplified - that is, ordinary first-stage reviews - until they are approved. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)


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This, apparently, is where Jerry Brown draws the line for lawful permanent residents: It's okay for them to serve as poll workers, but not to serve on juries. In his veto message, Brown writes that "jury service, like voting, is quintessentially a prerogative and responsibility of citizenship."
He goes on to say of the bill that would have allowed non-citizens to be on juries: "I don't think that's right." The governor's veto drew praise from a Republican lawmaker and criticism from a Democrat.
In other bill actions, Brown has signed a measure that will have electric customers throughout the state taking a second look at their power bills. It changes the rate structure to reduce the charges to some of the highest energy users in California's hottest regions – by placing a flat fee on power bills instead.


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Sunset on the Tetropylon of Aphrodisias, Turkey
Holly Hitchcock October 22, 2007Beautiful sunrise, Trip. Spectaluar feel!! #768038
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They gave us party hats and blowers that sounded like dying clowns. D:
We had edamame too, which I love but I gorged on it and made myself totally ill.
Some cool rings. The cross is by Pamela Love and the lapis stone I bought at a custom shop in Center City. The thumb ring is also custom and is actually a rosary. A few people have emailed asking about the writing on my hand and if it's a tattoo. Yes, it's a tattoo.
Cool necklace by Erica Weiner for Bona Drag. It's a tiny sterling silver hummingbird skull.
These are hands down my new favorite shoes. They're prune-colored Ann Demuelemeester triple lace boots from f/w last year. They have the stiletto heel. I had a choice between these and the other thicker heel but I decided on these because I've seen more people with the other heel. I like how the heel is set back on these. They're truly spectacular. They even survive the sludgy, dirty Philly snow without looking totally f-ed up. Plus, they're really comfortable and the color is a cool change from black that still matches with everything.
Kimono: Missoni
Boots: Ann Demeulemeester
Jewelry: Pamela Love, Erica Weiner, custom
A bunch of people have also emailed asking about my hair and if it's real. My hair is all real and it's very long but a huge pain in the ass because there is a ton of it. Since my husband and I are hair farmers, I can't bear to cut it even though my stylist pressures me every visit to trim it. My natural texture is like the photos above, very heavy and straight and I am naturally blonde. I prefer the wavy look (pictured below) and you can attain that with longer hair by putting it in two wet braids and sleeping on them, instead of screwing around with the waving iron for hours.
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Puerto Rico hosts NORCECA Final Qualifiers to Nanjing
Carolina, Puerto Rico, April 8, 2014 – The NORCECA Final Qualification Beach Volleyball Tournaments towards the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing will take place in the city of Carolina to the east of San Juan the capital of Puerto Rico on April 12-13 with two berths per gender up for grabs.
"The beach volleyball fans will have the chance to watch in action the stars of the future and the opportunity to support our teams," Nelson Perez Cruz, President of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Perez Cruz also expressed the gratitude of the Puerto Rican Federation to the Mayor of Carolina Jose Carlos Aponte for his financial support and enthusiasm to bring the event to the city located in the northeast of the island.
"The support of the Mayor of Carolina is very important to bring this event here and some others we are going to have in Carolina during the summer," Perez Cruz added.
Twelve pairs per gender will compete in the preliminary pool play on Saturday with the top two from the four groups advancing to the single elimination draw on Sunday. The teams reaching the semifinals secure tickets to Nanjing.
The boys' division features players representing Bahamas, Barbados, Costa Rica, Dominica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, St Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
The countries represented in the girls' competition are Antigua, Canada, Cayman Islands, El Salvador, Grenada, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Boys' teams registered: Rajahl Moxey/Gage Smith (Bahamas), Andry Stapleton/Ahkeem Mayers (Barbados), Yahn Florent/Arden Elmes (Dominica), TBA (El Salvador), TBA (Honduras), Jesus Rodriguez/Luis Romero (Mexico), Denis Lopez/Luis López (Nicaragua), Daniel Rivera/Sergio Figueroa (Puerto Rico), Andre Marquis/Alexander Augier (St. Lucia), Marlon Phillip/Kareem Thomas (Trinidad & Tobago), Louis Richard/Torey DeFalco (United States) and Carlos Rosa/Ajai Sweeney (U.S.Virgin Islands).
Girls' teams registered: Natasha Best/Jenna Greer (Antigua), Nicole NcNamara/Megan McNamara (Canada), Chanta Smith-Johnson/Ileann Powery (Cayman Islands), Alexandra Calderon/Roxana Avalos (El Salvador), Jomelar Billy/Cassie Paul (Grenada), Miriam Lobo/Sidney Moncada (Honduras), Stephanie Burnside/Diana Valdez (Mexico), Camila Romero/Katerine Montealto (Nicaragua), Adjanis Arosemena/Keisy Caballero (Panama), Lina Bernier/Valeria Cajigas (Puerto Rico) and Sigourney Kame/Gabriella Bouterse (Suriname).


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Will Spradling scored a season-high 17 points, including four free throws in the closing seconds, to help Kansas State hold off Texas Tech 66-58 on Tuesday night.
Nino Williams added 13 points and Wesley Iwundu had 11 for the Wildcats (15-6, 5-3 Big 12), who ended a two-game skid despite getting very little from their three leading scorers.
Marcus Foster had two points on 1-for-8 shooting, Shane Southwell missed his first seven shots and finished with four points, and Thomas Gipson scored seven before fouling out.
The Red Raiders (10-11, 2-6) closed within 48-47 midway through the second half, but the stingiest defense in the Big 12 kept answering the call, and Texas Tech never regained the lead.
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People have argued about The Truth vs The Facts for centuries, but often what's most important is The Point. In the case of "Moneyball," the new film based on Michael Lewis' book about general manager Billy Beane and the 2002 Oakland A's, director Bennett Miller and screenwriters Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin take a number of liberties, but by film's end have beautifully illuminated the point of Lewis' book.
Though framed in the world of Major League Baseball, "Moneyball" is really about what happens when an intellectual revolution butts up against the old guard, with all of its prejudices and ill-conceived self-delusions. Cutting a figure like a modern-day Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill star as Billy Beane and his right-hand man, Peter Brand, an economics major fresh out of Yale, who introduces his boss to the ideas of Bill James, the man who singlehandedly pioneered a new way of evaluating the game and its players.
To this day, the book (and the very name Bill James) elicits scorn from most people over 40 who have worked in the game—former players, scouts, GMs--whole generations of men who insist they know a good player when they see one, who know how to win baseball games, and, most importantly, know that you can't build a team with a computer. But as Mickey Mantle once said, "It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life."
The scouts working for Beane in the film are all old men sporting Members Only jackets, hearing aids and peculiar ideas about people: they fear one player lacks confidence because his girlfriend's only a "6," another they laud for having a "good face." It's an absurdly comical, almost unfair caricature. But Miller's depiction of Brand is even more unfair—Brand is based on Paul DePodesta, who lettered in both baseball and football in Harvard, but here is drawn as a morbidly obese myopic with his nosed smushed up against a computer screen.
Pitt's take on Beane is a mercurial, smug, conniving, but ultimately charming man (which jibes with most accounts) desperate to rethink his business model in the face of insurmountable odds, while Hill proves once again that he's not just the funny (once) fat kid. Hill makes Brand a sweaty, nervous man who needs the pressure from Beane to understand how deeply he believes in his own ideas.
Miller cleverly humanizes the story by inter-cutting Beane's moments of doubt with flashbacks to his youth when a parade of scouts assured him and his parents that he was a star in the making (his career, however, would be over before his 28th birthday). Similarly, Bennett skillfully interweaves old footage from the 2002 season with recreations that drill down the focus onto singular moments, and Bennett mercifully resist overplaying the drama, letting the simple crack of a bat punctuate the most thrilling moment.
Ultimately, "Moneyball" is an engaging seminar on management and intellectual evolution masquerading as a great feel-good underdog story.


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The Sims are making a big return to the console and this time they are bustin' out of the house and exploring all-new locations around town. In The Sims Bustin' Out, players can choose from a variety of new career paths. Along the way, players can unlock and collect hundreds of new objects and social moves exclusive to the console. Play, work, and socialize with a cast of over 40 new outrageous characters and climb through ten new careers. The Sims Bustin' Out also features new integrated two-player gameplay and memory card support, for those players who like to take their Sims over to a friend's house and show them off.
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- Get Out of the House and Explore New Locations: Travel seamlessly around town in your new scooter or car to play, work, and socialize. Visit, explore, or live in console exclusive, never been seen, new locations such as Club Rubb, the hip dance venue, or venture to the Love Shack. Additional locations include Shiny Things Lab, Art Gallery, Gymnausium, and "Family" Diner.
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- Meet 40 New Characters: Watch out for the wacky group of characters featured in this next generation of conosole Sims such as Bing Bling, the party animal, and Goldie Toane, the workout queen, who also double as key sources to unlocking locations, objects, social interactions, and winning the game.
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Photo Courtesy of Rob+Lauren Photographers & PhotographyConcentrate.com
At a recent wedding Lauren and I had the opportunity to set up a photo booth. Photo booths have become a popular addition to weddings and are a ton of fun for party goers. I suspect well see quite a few of them for the holiday season, and even more during next years wedding season.
First, a little disclaimer: there is likely no single right way to setup a photo booth. Ive seen a variety of awesome setups all producing great shots, so feel free to adapt these instructions to your liking! Experiment! Have fun!
The Setup
- We used a single AlienBee 800 placed right beside the camera in order to reduce shadows. We bounced the light out of a white umbrella. AlienBees are some of the most affordable lights on the market and I feel it worked excellently for the booth.
- Our lovely couple provided the awesome background. It was fabric they had purchased from an outlet. They had created a rather elaborate PVC structure to hold the fabric, but you could just as easily tape fabric or paper to the wall. Interestingly, you need much less fabric or paper than you would think. I think you would be more than safe with an area covering about 5 feet high and about 8-10 feet wide. If youre super fancy, white seamless paper on a proper stand would be very lovely. Id suggest trying this out before investing a lot on gear though, since you can do it very simply! Renting or borrowing paper and a stand are other options.
- We used PocketWizards to sync the camera and the light, but since you only need one light and its extremely close to the camera you could easily just use the free sync cord that comes with the light.
- The camera was a Canon 5D on a tripod set to shoot large JPEGS (I didnt want to process all the RAW files!). We set our shutter at 1/200 (cant sync the light faster than that). The aperture was set at f/5.0 in order to get larger groups in focus. Aperture was set to 125 ISO, and the light was set to almost its lowest setting. We also set the camera to all points focus, in order to hopefully maximize the sharp shots given that many people would be in the shots and not all standing on the properly marked X. :P
- Surprisingly we used a 50mm lens. I thought we would need a wider lens but the 50 just perfectly covered the amount of fabric background. If you had a larger background using a wider lens, shooting from farther away, or shooting vertically would all be interesting options to experiment with.
- We used a cheap eBay remote to allow the guests control of the camera. I think this is a pretty great part of the photo booth. You could try to man the booth yourself, but I think youd get very different photos from the ones they would take themselves. This is where the all points focus and the larger aperture of f/5.0 help out.
- Its useful to have some instructions printed out explaining what people should do. Our couple had a sign up that invited guests to grab a friend. I would probably also add where to stand, where to look (yes, some people looked at the light, not the camera) and how to use the remote. All simple things, but very helpful!
- Props and costumes are part of the fun! Have a box next to the booth filled with stuff from the dollar store and you cant go wrong.
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The Details
If you can swing it bring a spare remote. It would suck to have the remote break half way through the shoot!
Make sure you bring extension cords, you never know how far away the outlet could be
Bring gaffers tape to tape down cords, and masking tape to mark out where people should stand
You might want to switch your camera to single shot mode. Or reduced burst mode. For some reason people like to hold the button down and then you end up with a ton of less-than-funny, usually-unflattering images.
If you can, bring your tripod and light stand in a bag, and bring your lights, extension cords, and cables in a large lidded bin. It makes tear down and setup pretty quick.
Try to setup your photo booth near or even on the dance floor. I think there was a lot more traffic through the booth because of this.
Put a Please Do Not Touch sign on the back of the camera. A lot of guests want to see the image, but the camera will invariably get bumped and the settings will get changed if theyre all over it. In fact, check back frequently to make sure everything is setup properly (and framed correctly).
Next Time
- Because this was our first photo-booth there are a bunch of things that we would do differently next time. These are untested ideas!
- Possibly setup a monitor to allow guests to review images. Even though guests kept knocking the tripod, and ignoring the Do Not Touch sign they loved seeing the photos of themselves. Seeing the images is obviously an important part of the experience. Im not sure exactly how we would do this, if we would plug a monitor into the camera (which you can do) or shoot tethered into Lightroom, and have the photos automatically go into a slideshow.
- Another option I know other photographers do is make prints available right away. I personally think this is too much work (either figuring out how to automate everything and setup a printer, or hiring someone to man a booth (which has its own draw backs)).
- While it would be awesome to get a print into the hands of every photo booth guest I think the better option is to have cards available with information for where they can view and download/purchase the photos online. Were giving the full set of hi-res jpegs to the couple, but it might be difficult for guests to easily get the shots. In the future I would try to make web resolution images available online for sharing as quickly as possible (great marketing potential via Facebook photos!). This also means that they have to visit your site! Double great marketing!
- I might spend some more time thinking about more props and costumes. I dont think they have to be super elaborate, just more options. Its fun to get variety in the photos, and also to see how your guests creatively use the props. I think almost all the props got used!
- A larger background might be nice in order to get more people in front of the camera.
- Potentially move the light right behind the camera to reduce shine and shadows even more. Also would reduce confusion about where to look.
- Might reduce the shutter speed to 1/160. It was a bit dark near the bottom of the images.
- If we had a bigger background wed use a wider lens (a 35mm would probably be perfect) to fit in more people easily. The large groups are always great fun.
Again, this being our first photo booth, we dont claim to be experts at them! Theres plenty of room for experimentation and improvement! It was a very fun experience though, and I cant wait to share the images with the bride and groom!
Here is an idea from Vision Art: Why not add a Dulce book filled with your PhotoBooth images to your package? Check them out. They are the same quality pages but have a lower starting cost. Check them out here.
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'Tis said on page 1 of Elizabeth Heckett's 'Viking Age Headcoverings from Dublin' that c.2000 textiles were recovered from the Dublin Excavations. Unfortunately there has not, as yet, been any definitive book published on the bulk of these textiles. Does anybody have any inside information on what the circa 1000AD ones were like? Spin direction? Threads per centimetre? Weave? Source (what breed of sheep, fine, kempy, etc.)? Natural colour? Dyes? Loom width? Selvedges? Finishes?
I'd like to make myself a new outfit for Clontarf. I've found this website http://www.time-warp-textiles.co.uk/textiles.htm , which has many tempting offerings, but I don't know if any of them are close. I remember reading SOMEWHERE that most of the wools were tabby, like most linens, but can't remember where or even if that is correct.
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For some in the GOP, voting "no" on legislation may not reflect how they actually feel about it. The New York Times published an article discussing how members of the GOP may have voted "no" on the recent fiscal cliff legislation while secretly, or perhaps not-so secretly, hoping the legislation would pass anyway.
Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) said that House Republicans could be divided into three groups: those who voted "yes" and wanted the legislation to pass, those who voted "no," and didn't want the legislation to pass, and those who voted "no," but hoped it would pass anyway. He mentions one lawmaker who didn't want to amend the bill and send it back to the Senate, but also didn't want to vote "yes" on it as it was. Thus, he voted "no" and hoped it would pass to avoid the potential economic consequences of the fiscal cliff.
The Times quoted Republican strategist Ron Bonjean as saying,
"These are people who are political realists, they're political pragmatists who want to see progress made in Washington, but are politically constrained from making compromises because they will be challenged in the primary."
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Paul Ryan (R-WI) helped the fiscal cliff legislation to pass, while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) voted against it.
This not only demonstrates the deep divides that exist within the Republican Party, but also where our political system is broken. Time.com published an article in their "Battleland" section in August 2012 in which Mike Lofgren, a former Republican aide, discusses his book entitled, The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted, and what he believes has become of the Republican Party along with what has enabled it. In the email interview, he says:
"But I had become alarmed that my party, the party of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Eisenhower, had ceased to believe in the proper governance of the world's greatest economic and military power. The party preferred gridlock and discrediting the institutions of government in a perpetual campaign of fake populism.
The GOP's ransoming the nation's sovereign credit rating in order to ram through their political agenda was the final straw that made me write the book. Even Ronald Reagan, the present-day Republican icon, had pleaded with Congress in the 1980s to give him a debt limit extension bill without extraneous provisions or gimmicks. The GOP has now become a rigid, ideological cult rather than a traditional, broad-based political party."
He blames (at least, in part) the Democratic Party, which, after successive defeats for the presidency in the '70s and '80s, became the party of Wall Street and corporate donations, which enabled the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act and the deregulation of derivatives trading, which ultimately led to the financial markets meltdown and subsequent economic crash in 2008. Lofgren then mentions that politicians don't want real solutions to problems and that, instead, what they're looking for is partisan issues.
He describes a situation with his own boss, Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), where Republican support for a long-term deficit reduction plan was suddenly pulled when President Obama expressed his support for it. In other words, Republicans were more concerned about how it would look to stand with a Democratic president than they were about actually getting something done.
When it comes to voting "no" while secretly hoping that legislation will pass; there, too, they are more worried about their image as conservatives than they are about doing what needs to be done. The lawmakers that voted "no" on the fiscal cliff legislation while hoping it would pass would have helped it pass if they had just put aside their partisan attitudes and their worries about the next primary, and voted their conscience.
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
New Anti-Littering Slogan Announcement
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) in partnership with Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) will be announcing a new anti-littering slogan, "Pick It Up or Pay It Out," in support of Louisiana's zero tolerance for litter campaign. Law enforcement agencies throughout the state will heighten their enforcement for littering from Friday through Sunday, March 18 - 20.
KLB will join forces with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Louisiana State Police, Louisiana Sheriff's Association, Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles and LDWF to raise awareness of the consequences of littering and illegal dumping. Representatives from each agency will address the media about the litter problems facing Louisiana.
DATE: March 17, 2011
TIME: 1 p.m.
WHERE: Louisiana State Capitol Steps
WHY: To announce "Pick It Up or Pay It Out," Louisiana's zero tolerance for litter campaign.
SPEAKERS: Leigh Harris, executive director of Keep Louisiana Beautiful; Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne; Secretary Robert Barham, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Colonel Michael Edmonson, Louisiana State Police; Hal Turner, executive director of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association; Commissioner Nick Gautreaux, Office of Motor Vehicles.
B-Roll footage of littering in Louisiana can be downloaded from LDWF's FTP site at ftp://ftp.wlf.louisiana.gov/Litter_B-Roll/. Please credit footage as Courtesy of LDWF.
For more information or to confirm your attendance, contact Adam Einck at 225-765-2465.


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Luke 10:25-37
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The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. Teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
26 What is written in the Law? he replied. How do you read it?
27 He answered, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind[a]; and, Love your neighbor as yourself.[b]
28 You have answered correctly, Jesus replied. Do this and you will live.
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
30 In reply Jesus said: A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. Look after him, he said, and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.
36 Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?
37 The expert in the law replied, The one who had mercy on him.
Jesus told him, Go and do likewise.
So the Samaritan paid for the healthcare of the hated foreigner. What does this tell us about our society where we often hear complaining about "illegal aliens" showing up at our emergency rooms for care? Doesn't Jesus say we should take care of them?
How about when people claim that constitutional rights do not apply to non-citizens? Is this true? Does morality stop at a borderline?


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Military Tradition to Be Evident in Ford Funeral Events
|By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
|WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2006 Military tradition will be evident throughout the events associated with the Dec. 26 death of former President Gerald R. Ford, as the services join the nation in bidding farewell to their former commander in chief.
Fords three-stage state funeral will begin tomorrow with the former presidents remains lying in repose at St. Margarets Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, Calif. He will then be honored in the nations capital, and finally in his home state of Michigan, where he will be buried.
Fords casket will arrive Dec. 30 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. A motorcade will travel through Alexandria, Va., where Ford resided while serving as a congressman and vice president. After a pause at the World War II Memorial -- Ford served in the Navy during the war -- the motorcade will proceed to the U.S. Capitol, where the former president will lie in state.
Fords coffin will be draped in a U.S. flag, with the blue field over his left shoulder. The custom began in the Napoleonic Wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when a flag was used to cover the dead as they were taken from the battlefield on a caisson.
Graveside military honors in Michigan will include the firing of three volleys each by seven servicemembers. This commonly is confused with an entirely separate honor, the 21-gun salute. But the number of individual gun firings in both honors evolved the same way.
The three volleys came from an old battlefield custom. The two warring sides would cease hostilities to clear their dead from the battlefield, and the firing of three volleys meant that the dead had been properly cared for and the side was ready to resume the battle.
The 21-gun salute traces its roots to the Anglo-Saxon empire, when seven guns constituted a recognized naval salute, as most naval vessels had seven guns. Because gunpowder in those days could be more easily stored on land than at sea, guns on land could fire three rounds for every one that could be fired by a ship at sea.
Later, as gunpowder and storage methods improved, salutes at sea also began using 21 guns. The United States at first used one round for each state, attaining the 21-gun salute by 1818. The nation reduced its salute to 21 guns in 1841, and formally adopted the 21-gun salute at the suggestion of the British in 1875.
An "order of arms" protocol determines the number of guns to be used in a salute. A president, ex-president or foreign head of state is saluted with 21 guns. A vice president, prime minister, secretary of defense or secretary of the Army receives a 19-gun salute. Flag officers receive salutes of 11 to 17 guns, depending on their rank. The rounds are fired one at a time.
A U.S. presidential death also involves other ceremonial gun salutes and military traditions. On the day after the death of the president, a former president or president-elect -- unless this day falls on a Sunday or holiday, in which case the honor will rendered the following day -- the commanders of Army installations with the necessary personnel and material traditionally order that one gun be fired every half hour, beginning at reveille and ending at retreat.
On the day of burial, a 21-minute gun salute traditionally is fired starting at noon at all military installations with the necessary personnel and material. Guns will be fired at one-minute intervals. Also on the day of burial, those installations will fire a 50-gun salute -- one round for each state -- at five- second intervals immediately following lowering of the flag.
The playing of "Ruffles and Flourishes" announces the arrival of a flag officer or other dignitary of honor. Drums play the ruffles, and bugles play the flourishes one flourish for each star of the flag officer's rank or as appropriate for the honoree's position or title. Four flourishes is the highest honor.
When played for a president, "Ruffles and Flourishes" is followed by "Hail to the Chief," which is believed to have been written in England in 1810 or 1811 by James Sanderson for a play by Sir Walter Scott called "The Lady of the Lake." The play began to be performed in the United States in 1812, the song became popular, and it became a favorite of bands at festive events. It evolved to be used as a greeting for important visitors, and eventually for the president, though no record exists of when it was first put to that use.
The bugle call "Taps" originated in the Civil War with the Army of the Potomac. Union Army Brig. Gen. Daniel Butterfield didn't like the bugle call that signaled soldiers in the camp to put out the lights and go to sleep, and worked out the melody of "Taps" with his brigade bugler, Pvt. Oliver Wilcox Norton. The call later came into another use as a figurative call to the sleep of death for soldiers.
Ford will be buried with full military honors at his presidential museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 3.
(John D. Banusiewicz of American Forces Press Service contributed to this article. Information from Web pages of the Military District of Washington and Arlington National Cemetery was used in this article.)


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Many of today's children will live for a century or longer. Which factors will affect their longevity? Will they be happy, healthy and productive
Emerging science and medical technologies provide many clues regarding the future of aging, but changing demographics and economics have also begun to influence society's views. Beyond doubt, each of us will face new levels of scientific complexity in this new world. This Spring, the College of Science will present six free lectures on the effects of long life, addressing the opportunities and costs of the new longevity, the biology of aging, the effects of aging on the brain, regenerative medicine, the impact on global populations, and the increasing intimacy between informatics and the aged.
At Centennial Hall on the campus of the University of Arizona. Parking is available on a pay per use basis in the Tyndall Avenue Garage. All lectures begin at 7:00 PM and are free to the public. Call 520-621-4090 for more information.


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Rufus grew up in Liberia, became a refugee during Liberia's political unrest, and lived in the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Ghana before immigrating to the United States in 2004. Today, he is a Luther Seminary MDiv and serves as the Intern Pastor at Como Park Lutheran with Pastor Martin Ericson. In this column, Rufus shares his experiences interning in a culturally unfamiliar context.
I see my internship as an opportunity for me and the Church for us to get to know each other, understand each other, and collaborate and do ministry together in a unique way. I was excited when Pastor Martin Ericson called me and told me that I have been called to Como Park Lutheran Church (CPLC) as our new intern pastor for 2013/2014. I said to myself, "Thank God that I have been called; and God knows why I have been called at this time to Como Park Lutheran Church."
As I reflect on my internship, I can't help but smile with joy. The past three months have been both an amazing learning growing opportunity and a great deal of fun. There are so many opportunities for ministry. The people at CPLC are welcoming and we (my family) have been well received. I have a good supervisor, Pastor Martin Ericson, who is willing to teach and prepare interns for ministry. The congregation is great at working with me. The Internship Committee has also being a great support. At our first committee meeting, the Coordinator, Janice Kragness, said, "We are here to support you. Welcome." I felt glad within myself that I'm in the right church at the time for internship.
People often ask me how am I surviving in a different cultural context. I usually tell them that wherever God sends you, He prepares the people, place, and yourself for that area. I believe that God has prepared the people at CPLC and I see them as God's people. The people at CPLC treat me as their intern pastor. I have lived in different countries under different contexts. It is important for me to understand that with joy and excitement of starting out fresh as an intern in a new context, that every new context requires building a new relationship and trust. It is relevant for me to understand my context and be respectful of the internship context. The new environment that has helped to shape me and to look at ministry through another lens. I always say to myself that I am at CPLC for us to work together; therefore, let's work together as children of God.
My experience with the congregation for the first few weeks has been listening, asking questions, observation, prayer, polite smiles, coffeehouse meetings, building relationships, confirmation classes, leading worship services, and monthly Sunday morning sermons.
I feel that when Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:22 that he was willing to "become all things to all men in order to save some," he was reminding us that our strategy for mission or internship should be connected to our awareness of context. I have shared my life story with the congregation as another way for them to know my context. The story telling approach has helped with connections. I am grateful to God that I'm enjoying my internship because I have a good supervisor and a wonderful congregation.
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Wow! I've just learned from a dear friend and fellow blogger, Janice Tracy, author of several blogs about Mississippi that my blog, Tennessee Memories, has been nominated for one of the 40 Best Genealogy Blogs! I'm very honored and appreciate so much my readers.
In the May 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine, the editors will name the 40 Best Genealogy Blogs.
The genealogy community was asked to nominate the genealogy blogs they read most. Beginning on October 5, voting commenced on the nominated blogs in several categories. You can find the list of nominees and vote for your favorites at Family Tree Magazine here. (For more on nominations and voting, go here.)
I had no idea. I have been so out of things for a while with my eyesight and the work I'm doing as Historian for our "50 Year Club" in Mineral Wells - my high school alma mater - that I've not been keeping up with my blogging community like I should. I truly appreciate the nomination and am really excited about the possibility of being voted on by readers.
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Cape Sarichef Lighthouse, Unimak Island
|The information contained in this section is taken verbatim from HISTORICALLY FAMOUS LIGHTHOUSES - CG-232. Although the format has been changed slightly for better reading and display. BJ 'n Cindy
|Two primary lighthouses mark Unimak Pass, the principal passage through the Aleutian Islands into the Bering Sea. One of these, Cape Sarichef- originally built in 1904, is the only manned lighthouse on the shores of the Bering Sea. It is located on the west end of Unimak Island and with Scotch Cap Light Station, 17 miles away, is conceded to be one of the most isolated light stations in the Service. The only neighbor to the keepers, for many years was a trapper, 10 miles away.
The original light was on a wood tower on an octagonal wood building 45 feet high. The light was 126 feet above the sea. Although quarters were originally provided for them, families were not permitted to live at this and Scotch Cap Light, because of their isolation. The civilian keepers were granted 1 years leave each 4 years. Coast Guard personnel now serving at the light serve a year at a time at this isolated location. At the end of his years tour each man is transferred to a new duty station.
The reservation on which Cape Sarichef Light is built is 1,845 acres of primeval wilderness. The first lighthouse cost $80,000 to build. The tower has now been rebuilt and incorporated with a loran station.
The 700,000 candlepower, 375-millimeter electric white light is lit for 25 seconds and eclipsed for 5 seconds. There is also a fog horn and a radiobeacon. (1)(2)


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Jaws And ESPN Crew Heap Praise On Red Rifle
On Friday, ESPN's Ron "Jaws" Jaworski ranked Andy Dalton at #19 on his daily countdown of the Top 30 veteran quarterbacks in the NFL. Dalton was one spot ahead of Sam Bradford, and two spots above Carson Palmer.
Perhaps more importantly, Jaworski made it clear that Dalton is likely to climb as he gains experience.
"As I look ahead to the 2012 season, I expect Dalton to improve," Jaworski said. "The pass game concepts of offensive coordinator Jay Gruden mesh perfectly with Dalton's skill set. I would not be surprised if a year from now Dalton is approaching my Top 10. He has a chance to make that kind of jump in one season."
The former Eagles quarterback reviewed extensive game film in analyzing Dalton's strengths and weaknesses.
"The more I evaluated Dalton, the more I liked him," Jaworski said. "He does have some arm strength limitations, but he compensates very well with his anticipation and his accuracy. That was particularly evident in the red zone – and that is an absolutely critical measure of a quarterback. The numbers were exceptional: 15 touchdowns, no interceptions.
"Anticipation is an essential attribute to play at a high level. It's more important if you are not a power thrower. Dalton was an outstanding anticipation passer."
Jaws also praised Dalton's toughness.
"What stood out was his willingness to look down the gun barrel – to deliver the football in the face of pressure," said Jaworski. "You have to do that in the NFL. You will get hit. You still have to make the throws."
After airing Jaworski's Top 30 Countdown segment on ESPN's NFL Live on Friday, studio analysts Tim Hasselbeck and Marcellus Wiley added their thoughts on the Bengals 24-year-old quarterback.
"I think he has the potential to be good enough to help the Bengals win a Super Bowl," said Hasselbeck. "One thing that Jaws did not bring up was the leadership aspect of Andy Dalton. I think that he's more than capable in that realm. You combine that with the offense that's being run in Cincinnati – a west coast offense that's predicated on a lot of run after the catch – the quarterback doesn't have to be the creator, he has to be the distributor and Andy Dalton is exactly that. That's why I think that they've found their man. That's the good news for the Bengals. Now it's just about making him better. Right now he looks very promising and the Bengals should feel very good about where he can lead them."
"This sounds like déjà vu for me, because in 2001, I was a San Diego Charger when we drafted Drew Brees in the second round," said Wiley. "He came in with the same attributes – he was accurate, he had great anticipation, but he had some arm strength limitations. It sounds the same when you hear about Andy Dalton. But when you watch the film, he reminds me of Drew Brees except that he's already accelerated the learning curve because he had a better rookie season than I saw out of Drew Brees. If you look at Drew Brees now – where can Andy Dalton go and what can he become as a quarterback? I think this is a Super Bowl-bound quarterback one day. He can lead them to the promised land."
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The tea party along with many conservatives like to try and pass themselves off as believing in less government and more freedom, pro constitution, blah blah blah. Yet these clowns really want more government and want to criminalize gay marriage, homosexual acts, and furthermore to deny them rights that they're entitled to by the constitution.
I know that not every tea bagger, and not every right winger is anti-gay, but the fact remains that a large percentage of them are anti-gay, and anti-gay rights. And I wonder why does it bother them so much. Why is this such a hot button issue with the right?. It seems like every 6 months, the GOP in some part of the country is out there trying to pass an anti-gay law. What two consenting adults do with their lives shouldn't be the business of the government or anyone esle.


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This week, Aaron sits down with writer and comedian Luke Giordano. The two talk about Luke's transition from Philadelphia to Los Angeles to write for television, his experience writing for Two and a Half Men, and his thoughts and ideas about comedy. Then Luke tries to recruit Aaron to move to LA. Listen to this week's episode below and subscribe on iTunes.
You can check out more of Luke's work on his daily humor web site Everything You Like is Stupid. You can also listen to him interview some of the most famous and influential people in the world every week on The Newsmakers Podcast.


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A Compilation of Environmental Education News from Across Louisiana
2012 Environmental Education Symposium
There is still time to register for the 2012 Environmental Education Symposium at the Lafayette Crowne Plaza in Lafayette, Louisiana on March 9-10, 2012. Lodging assistance is offered to those with significant drive times while funding is available so apply now! EARN up to 12 CLUs! All Symposium forms and related information can be found on our website: www.wlf.louisiana.gov/environmental-education-symposium. For more information: Venise Ortego, EE Coordinator, 337-948-0255, firstname.lastname@example.com
Hosted by the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission and the Louisiana Environmental Education Association.
Audubon Adventure Day Camps – Spring Break Camp
At Audubon Adventure Day Camps, children will be outside, enjoying hands-on learning and exploring the wonders of nature. They'll hike, track wildlife, learn birding and other outdoor skills, create nature art, and conduct field studies all-the-while learning to better care for the amazing north Texas home. The experienced and caring educators will nurture children's love of nature and deliver an unforgettable spring break experience full of adventure, growth and good times. Day camps are offered for children in grades K-5 at both Audubon Centers from 9 am until 3 pm, March 12-16. Spaces fill quickly, visit our websites www.dogwoodcanyonaudubon.org or www.trinityriveraudubon.org, or call 214-309-5812 to learn more and reserve your space.
Green Ribbon School Awards (Deadline: February 17)
The Louisiana Application Green Ribbon Schools deadline is February 17. For more information, contact Jean May-Brett, MSP State Program Director at 225-342-8993 or firstname.lastname@example.com, www.louisianaschools.net/topics/green_ribbon_schools.html. To access the online application, visit: http://tinyurl.com/6srwrn9.
2012 Louisiana Envirothon (April 21)
Announcing the 2012 Louisiana Envirothon to be held on April 21, 2012 at the LSU AgCenter Burden Center in Baton Rouge! The environmental problem-solving competition is for students in grades 6 -12. A team of five students from the same school or associated with an organized group (i.e. FFA, 4-H, science club, etc.) train and compete by demonstrating their knowledge of environmental science and natural resource management. The competition focuses on five natural resource areas: soils and land use, aquatic resources, forestry, wildlife, and a current environmental issue. The 2012 current environmental issue is Nonpoint Source and Low Impact Development. Teams also present a solution to an environmental problem related to the current issue through an oral presentation. Winners receive special recognition and monetary prizes. Please review the attached flyer and registration form for more information and submit by March 30, 2012. There will be one training session held on March 24, 2012 in Baton Rouge. For more information please contact Tomeka Prioleau, 225-219-0877, firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the Envirothon website at www.deq.louisiana.gov/envirothon and like us on Facebook!
Coastal Lines of Defense Field Workshop (February 25)
There is still time to register for the upcoming workshop at UNO's Coastal Education and Research Facility (CERF) on Saturday February 25, presented by UNO Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences Coastal Education Program with support from the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. For more information about the coastal lines of defense, visit their new web site: linesofdefense.org or contact Dinah at 504-280-1374, firstname.lastname@example.com, or Heather at 504-280-4042, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sustainable Schools Webinar Series 2012 – Reducing Waste in Schools: "Trayless Tuesdays"
The first webinar, "Reducing Waste in Schools: Trayless Tuesdays," will discuss the progress in New York City to reduce landfill waste and reduce the use of polystyrene trays in schools. We will hear from NYC Department of Education, NYC Department of Sanitation and SOSNYC/Cafeteria Culture about their innovative collaboration to institute an alternative to the foam lunch trays for NYC's 1.1 million school children. Please join in Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:30 pm as panelists Stephen O'Brien, Director of Food and Food Support, NYC Department of Education; Mary Most, Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling, NYC Department of Sanitation; and Debby Lee Cohen Director of Styrofoam Out of Schools/Cafeteria Culture share the story of their ground-breaking collaboration "Trayless Tuesdays," and how your school or school district can adopt this waste reduction strategy. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/649234322. For more information, please contact EPA Region 2 Sustainable Schools Coordinator, Sabina Pendse (firstname.lastname@example.com).
DCMC: Minorities in Scientific Ocean Drilling Fellowship
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program - U.S. Implementing Organization (IODP-USIO) is currently accepting applications for the Minorities in Scientific Ocean Drilling Fellowship. The Fellowship will award $30,000 to an outstanding minority student whose research is using data and/or materials obtained from scientific ocean drilling, or who is developing technology that will help advance science or engineering in scientific ocean drilling research. The fellowship is open to graduate students that are a member of a racial or ethnic minority group and who are enrolled in a geoscience or engineering program at any U.S. university or college. The deadline to apply is April 30, 2012. For additional details, visit: http://www.oceanleadership.org/education/diversity/minorities-in-scientific-ocean-drilling-fellowship/
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA): LACES Sea-Level Rise Recommendations
The Louisiana Applied Coastal Engineering and Science Division of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA-LACES) is releasing for public comment a draft technical report outlining recommendations for anticipating sea-level rise impacts on Louisiana's coast. The paper outlines an approach to assist coastal planners and managers when addressing sea level rise in future restoration and protection projects. The full Technical Report and a corresponding Summary for Managers can be accessed on the CPRA website at Laces Sea-Level Rise Recommendations. CPRA-LACES invites comments on both documents. They are opening a 30-day public comment period beginning on Monday, February 6th that will remain open through midnight Central Standard Time on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012. The website contains instructions for submitting comments to CPRA-LACES. The draft technical report and recommendations will be revised as necessary to account for comments received and a copy of the final report and recommendations will be made available on the CPRA website when complete.
Find out about wetland outreach activities including symposiums, conferences, meetings, educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and related support material at the Louisiana Unified Coastal Community Calendar at http://lacoast.gov/calendar/
Venise Ortego, Environmental Education Coordinator, 337-948-0255, email@example.com
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Paul's Estate Agency Paperwork
Paul Meakin has been
an estate agent in Croydon
for more than 30 years.
These papers show particulars
of some of the properties
he helped to sell.
Paul Meakin
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Paul Meakin
Paul talks about the effect
of the recession
on housing in Croydon:
"I remember
being on holiday,
I always tended to go away
at Christmas and New Year
because it was quiet.
I remember phoning in
from wherever I was on holiday,
phoning the four offices
and asking,
you know,
how many sales they'd made
in December
and the four offices
and like twenty members of staff
had made six sales [laughs]."
"I remember thinking,
'oh my God',
you know and that's how it was,
we'd gone from boom one minute
to no sales the next.
The recession,
I think,
lasted seven years
from August the 19th 1988,
it was a Thursday I think,
I'll have to check that.
From then
right the way through
'til the tail end of 1995."
"I think Croydon was
right up at the top
of the repossession list
mainly because of
the vast area that it covers."
"South Norwood,
Thornton Heath,
a huge amount of conversion flats
and of course
it was the flat market as such
that got hit the hardest.
It's that much easier for a family
with two children
expecting a third child
to live in a three bed semi,
than it is
to have three kids in a two bed flat,
or one child in a one bed flat
so I think people in houses
fared slightly better
in terms of being able to
hang in there."
'Negative Equity'
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In the early 1990s
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I have been waiting and waiting for the weather to turn chilly and the leaves to fall to do a jewel-inspired manicure. And even though it still seems a bit early, I'll just offer it as inspiration for the coming holiday months. I think this will be a perfect late November {aka Thanksgiving} and Christmas manicure. Though I made sure not to put the red and the green too close so it didn't ultimately feel like a Christmas mani. I was inspired by the jewels in the photo below and added the fun gems to bring in the gold.
What You'll Need…
* Jewel Toned nail polishes…
I used OPI Siberian Nights {purple}, Sephora OPI My Personal Serpent {blue}, OPI Kennebunk Port {red}, OPI Lincoln Park After Dark {wine} and OPI Jade is the New Black {green}.
* Seche Vite top coat
* Nail art rhinestones {7400 Nailart Rhinestones for $8.49}
* MASH Nail Art Tweezer for Rhinestones {they're cheap and they make it 10 times easier}
* Line up your colors so you remember the order… I painted one color scheme from pinky to thumb and the other from thumb to pinky so each hand would be just a little different.
* With your nails sticky but not "wet", carefully set your jewel onto your nail. You may also wait until your nails are completely dry & use a glue to help them adhere. I did not though.
* Once your stone is where you want it, apply a thick top coat so it seals the edges and secures your jewel to your nail.
* I chose to bejewel only my ring, middle and thumbs but you can do as many as you wish!
NOTE: In person the blues, purples, and wines are more distinctly different than in the photos.
Have Fun! Happy Fall~!
* Find all of my Nail Art Tutorials Here
* Featured on Glamour beauty
23 Comments
Liz LaurenOctober 10, 2012 |
love nail art! was just looking at some pics on google!
StephanieOctober 10, 2012 |
This looks so good! Might have to try it out 🙂
jenn~the stylish housewifeOctober 10, 2012 |
GORGEOUS!!! what a fab holiday mani…and you are so smart to not put the green & red together…lol! i never would have thought of that! =)
xoxo, jenn
the stylish housewife
JenniferOctober 10, 2012 |
You always have the most beautiful manicures!
xo Jennifer
glitzyblues.comOctober 10, 2012 |
Love it!! You are always so creative! My DIY post on my blog today was inspired by you :)!
Xo, Rachel
yosivoyalamodaOctober 10, 2012 |
Love it!
JennyOctober 10, 2012 |
This just looks amazing.
Alyson LOctober 10, 2012 |
waouu, i like it!!
Thanls for the idea! 🙂
PattyOctober 10, 2012 |
WOW! Simply gorgeous I must try this for the holidays 🙂
Steven C. BrillOctober 10, 2012 |
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The Glitter LifeOctober 10, 2012 |
Obsessed! They look so good!
Think pink with The Glitter Life! http://the-glitter-life.com/2012/10/10/think-pink/
MawiyahOctober 10, 2012 |
Ha-ha I have been waiting 4 cooler weather too! So many fall styles to explore!
AnesaOctober 10, 2012 |
I love this nail style! I looks se great, should try it =)
NancyOctober 10, 2012 |
Ah, too cute! I love the jewels!
Nancy, Denver Roofing Contractors
thedreameryblogOctober 10, 2012 |
I LOVE this jeweled tone manicure with jewels.
Lisa PriceOctober 10, 2012 |
Love myself some fab bejeweling! Great post.
KatOctober 11, 2012 |
Great Manicure! Perfect colors for fall. I've added it to my Nail Inspiration collection on Socialbliss! View it here: http://www.socialbliss.com/kat-marrow/nail-inspiration-GMYTGMBR
Rhe ChristineOctober 11, 2012 |
love!! pin!
TSO OTMOctober 13, 2012 |
Love, Love, Love I am trying it right at this moment just bought my nail art.
AnonymousOctober 14, 2012 |
Can you please tell us where you got that ring??!!!!
courtneycocoOctober 14, 2012 |
awesome DIY! those colors look great this time of year. I added this to my collection on Socialbliss, check it out: Socialbliss
FierceandFashionableOctober 15, 2012 |
Absolutely love the jewel tones! What a great manicure idea, definitely going to use it for Holiday inspiration 🙂
The Craft-Arty KidOctober 26, 2012 |
Beautiful! I love the jewels you added.


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Thursday, March 13, 2014
Sports News
Bryant out for rest of 'frustrating' season
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[March 13, 2014]
(Reuters) — Hobbled five-time NBA
champion Kobe Bryant has been shut down for the season, the Los Angeles
Lakers said on Wednesday in a crowning blow to an abysmal year for the
storied franchise.
Bryant, 35, has not played since December 17 when he fractured
his knee during a game against Memphis after having missed the first
19 games of the 2013-14 NBA season recovering from a torn Achilles
from last April.
"Obviously this has been a frustrating and disappointing season, but
I appreciate all the support I've received from the Lakers and the
fans, and look forward to being back and ready for the start of
training camp," Bryant said in a statement.
The sixteen-time All-Star, who has played six games this season, was
examined on Wednesday by the team's physician, who determined that
the injury has still not healed.
The Lakers have sagged to a 22-42 mark after posting a 45-37 record
last season. With 18 games left, the team stands 15-1/2 games out of
the eighth and last playoff berth in the Western Conference.
"With Kobe's injury still not healed, the amount of time he'd need
to rehab and be ready to play, and the amount of time remaining in
the season, we've simply run out of time for him to return," said
Lakers athletic trainer Gary Vitti.
"However, Kobe will have the entire offseason to heal, rehab and
prepare, and we look forward to him being 100 percent for the start
of next season."
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Bryant, so dominant a force on the NBA stage that he was still
elected to a place on this season's All-Star game, which he
declined, has averaged 13.8 points and 6.3 assists in his
abbreviated action.
Bryant, twice the NBA scoring champion and a former NBA most
valuable player, signed a two-year contract extension earlier this
(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; editing by Frank Pingue)
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Late update today. Neil Walker dislocated his right pinky finger last night. X-rays came back negative for a fracture and he saw a hand specialist this morning. He has not been placed on the disabled list as of this writing. Yamaico Navarro has been recalled from AAA to provide infield depth and Jeff Locke was optioned to Indy.
In a separate move, Chad Qualls was placed on the bereavement list due to an illness in the family and Jared Hughes was called up from AAA.
Today's game started at 4pm, as the Pirates try to salvage the series finale with the Dodgers.
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The Jay Flight and Autumn Ridge travel trailers were awarded a Gold Level Performance Rating, making Jayco and Starcraft among the first RV manufacturers recognized for building products with green manufacturing processes and materials, according to a news release.
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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season on Friday night. The Blue Devils (2-1) fell to Hartford (3-0) by a score of 76-62. Senior Jalcyn Babe and sophomore Jessica Babe both scored 15 points to lead the team.
The Blue Devils struggled from the field early in the first half, starting the game 0-for-8 from the field, which allowed the Hawks to build an early lead. Redshirt freshman Amanda Harrington hit the first basket for the Blue Devils and junior Jaleen Thomas put the first Blue Devil points on the board by hitting a pair of free throws.
Trailing 13-4, the Blue Devils got their offense going in transition. A steal by Babe and a nice pass ahead to Jessica Babe led to a layup. Another steal, on the next Hartford possession, resulted in a layup by Harrington off a nice pass from freshman Nicole Ferguson. Jaclyn Babe added a jumper to cap the run and cut the deficit to 13-10.
Harrington scored 8 of Central's first 17 points in the game. Her first score of the game was the first basket of her collegiate career.
Babe scored Central's final four points of the half to help close the gap. Babe's basket and free throws came in the final 13 seconds of the period.
The Blue Devils kept the game close throughout the second half, but were never able to tie the Hawks.
Hartford knocked down eight free throws over the final minute of the game to pull away for the 14 point victory.
Jessica Babe finished with 15 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals. Jaclyn Babe also finished with 15 points and contributed five rebounds, three assists and five steals.
Junior Lauren Arbogast posted a game-high nine rebounds off the bench. She also chipped in eight points.
Harrington finished with nine points and three rebounds.
The Blue Devils shot well for the second straight game. The team connected on 23-of-53 field goals and 13-of-16 free throws.
The Blue Devils next game is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 24, at Texas. The game is scheduled for a 8 p.m. (eastern time) tip-off and can be seen on the Longhorn Network.


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Since VC papers have become the predominate printing paper for most photographers who still print in the darkroom, many of the traditional demands on the photographer have faded into obscurity, or, at the very least, have assumed secondary importance. When graded printing papers dominated darkroom shelves, photographers had to learn to scale their negatives to their printing papers, and to adjust print contrast for between-grades, by the manipulation of exposure and print developers. A practical knowledge of sensitometry and basic chemistry was indispensable to serious photographers, and a wide range of testing and calibration procedures evolved to aid the photographer and darkroom worker. With the advent of VC papers, it was no longer necessary to precisely scale the negative to the printing paper, and processing for a roughly middle grade was more than adequate, since the paper could be very precisely scaled to the negative. I'm often surprised at the testing and calibration gymnastics performed by photographers who use roll film and print on VC paper, and can only assume these photographers are laboring under one or more misconceptions about the level of precision required by their materials, and how best to exploit the advantages they confer.
Hybrid film/digital workflows represent a similar shift in the demands on the processing film to be scanned for either digital printing, or making digital negatives for contact printing, and suggests new criteria for film developers. A film developer for film to be scanned should be optimized for producing the kinds of negatives that scanners are optimized to scan, or in other words, for maximum compatibility.
What kind of negatives do scanners like best?
low contrast/ low-moderate density range
high resolution
And, while scanners don't care, photographers almost always prefer high film speed, long shelf life, economy, ease of use, and low toxicity, all other things being equal.
While there are developers commercially available that possess some of the characteristics listed above, none are optimized for the entire description, and other desirable characteristics could be added, such as: long tray life, compatibility with rotary processing, commonly available ingredients, etc.
I think we have within our membership the experience and expertise to narrow the many options to a few, high probability approaches to distilling something like an optimized developer for film to be scanned. I have a few ideas of my own, and more questions. I hope there is enough interest to generate some positive discussion and debate on the most likely approaches. I'll try to start the ball rolling by suggesting Pat Gainer's PC TEA, which I think satisfies most of the criteria, with the exception of the "grainless" one. It might be possible to use some variation of PC TEA as a two- part developer by diluting the concentrate with a sulfite solution. An even less toxic version might use glycol in the concentrate, and add a less toxic alkali to the B solution. In any case, I favor a simple, ascorbate/ phenidone concentrate made up in TEA or glycol, but I welcome alternative opinions, and I hope for many.


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Item Description
Photograph, Alfred Gray
Author: Leonard & Martin, artists
Alfred Gray was a resident of Quindaro, Kansas Territory and an attorney. He was involved in a number of land and other business dealings. This photograph of Gray was taken after the territorial period in 1882.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: B Gray, Alfred *2
Item Number: 101340 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Cabinet photographs; Gray, Alfred; Lawyers; Leonard & Martin, artists; Photographs and Illustrations; Quindaro, Kansas Territory; Town development; Wyandotte County, Kansas Territory
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