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Watching this video, I can't help but teeter back and forth between desperately wanting to play it and desperately wanting to shun it.
On the one hand, the concept is ridiculously cool. The eerie lack of music lets you hone in on the ultra-realistic sound effects. Gone are the cute and familiar Mario jump sounds, replacing them for echoing footsteps and soundless leaps into the air. Mario clunks on top of pipes.
The violence is toned up, too. Goombas splatter into shards of bone and a splatter of blood. It's like the YouTube creator took a cue from Mortal Kombat.
But on the other hand, mothers and fathers everywhere would have been more hesitant to let their kids be raised on the plumber's adventures had it been stripped of its innocent appeal like it has in this video.
Still pretty cool though.

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Using a Treo 650 with Your Email
You can always use Workspace Webmail to send and receive email messages. But you also can view your email with an email client. To access your email through a Treo™ 650, add an account with the settings outlined below.
BEFORE YOU START: To set up your Treo 650 with your email, you need to know your POP or IMAP Email Server Settings and ports. To find them, got to the Email Setup Center and write down the information that displays under Email Server Settings.
To Use a Treo 650 with Your Email
- On your Treo 650, go to Applications, then tap VersaMail.
- Press the Menu key, select Accounts, then tap Account Setup.
- Tap New.
- In the Account Name field, enter a name to identify the account.
- From the Mail Service list, select Other.
- From the Protocol list, select IMAP or POP, and then tap Next.
- In the User Name field, enter your full email address.
- In the Password field, enter your password, and then tap OK.
- Tap Next.
- In the Email Address field, enter your full email address if not already populated.
- In the Incoming Mail Server field, enter your incoming POP or IMAP server.
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- Password
- Your email password
- Tap Done.
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I got a call about a belly-dance party in Spring Valley. I'm sure my neighbors heard my car tires burn rubber. When I arrived, the place was SRO. I found space in the kitchen with the food and booze. I didn't have a problem with that.
I glanced at the couple next to me, who looked familiar. The guy resembled the actor from Beauty and the Beast. Though I knew it could be dangerous, I told him. "Yeah, I hear that all the time," he said. "When my wife and I went to Aerosmith in L.A., everyone thought I was him. Maybe that's because in L.A. they are more used to seeing stars. My wife wanted to tell people she was my personal assistant."
This couple told me that I looked familiar and we soon realized where we had met. I wrote about a party they hosted on top of a building downtown.
As we were talking, an Asian woman kept walking over to get drinks. The fourth time she came in, I said, "You're drinking everything." She said, "Oh, I try a little of this and a little of that." When I saw her later, she said, "I wanted water. But there is none. So, I had to settle for a beer."
I went for a piece of cake that I saw in the living room and overheard someone say, "Man, I want to see some cobras coming out of baskets." His friend replied, "I want to see some younger belly dancers. Don't get me wrong, the ones here are hot, but I want to see a few younger ones."
They looked at me and asked, "Do you agree?" I said, "Hey, I want to see some chocolate cake, and I see some. I'm happy."
Since I brought a date with me, I knew better than to discuss the belly dancers. When I rejoined my date, however, she was talking to a guy. He told her that he sings Middle Eastern songs. When my date told him that she belly dances, he said, "Give me your card, maybe we can work together." I was standing ten feet away and said, "Hey, that's a great line, dude. Especially at a party like this." He insisted that he really was a singer, but my date rolled her eyes.
I believed the guy but gave him a hard time. I was told that he'd been asking belly dancers for pictures for his business. When one of the dancers said she thought that was odd, he said in defense, "No, I only work with professionals, so I need to see the photos." I wondered why, if he's looking at them, he needed photos. Shouldn't he have asked to see their moves?
One dancer asked me what I thought of the dances. "They're enjoyable, but I kind of feel awkward watching. I don't want them thinking I'm a perv." She said, "Just keep your eyes north, and they won't feel that way." I said, "What if I take out a dollar bill and try to put it in her outfit?"
I was talking to one guy who lost a cousin in Iraq. We talked about the war and then I asked him for details about his cousin. "A sniper got him in the neck. He was wearing full body armor. That was the only area that wasn't covered."
There were chocolate bars that everyone was raving about. As I tried one and commented about how good they were, someone said, "I know the recipe...I brought them." He turned over the tray, which read, "Chris's Famous Chocolate Truffle Bar Chews." There was a list of ingredients on the bottom.
We had a bit of a debate. I said "That's not the recipe. That's just a list of the things in the bars." He said, "Well, isn't that the same thing?" I said, "Maybe to most people. But I can't cook. So, a recipe would show me how hot the oven has to be...how much sugar I need to put in...things like that." He shook his head and said, "It's the same thing." He walked away and a woman came over and said, "I'm putting five of those in a bag to take home with me."
I talked to a guy named Steve who was a neighbor of the person throwing this party. He told me about his girlfriend's daughter Tiffany, who was runner-up to Miss San Diego. We talked about beauty pageants, and I brought up the movie Little Miss Sunshine and how it shows some of the lengths parents go to for their kids. He told me that there are parents who force their kids into things when the kids are too young. He added that Tiffany was 20.
I said, "I always thought high heels during the swimsuit portion are ridiculous. And, if this is Miss San Diego they were vying for, they should've worn flip-flops."
He told me that when Tiffany was in Vegas, she won "Miss Snow." We laughed about all the blond hair and blue eyes you see in pageants when he told me, "Yeah, she's black and she's Miss Snow."
When I talked to Tiffany's mother about pageants, she said "Hey, keep in mind you're talking to a pageant mother. You can't get negative."
When I saw Tiffany dancing, I asked her mom if Tiffany could do other forms of dance. "Oh, yeah. She does hip-hop and R&B...tap. She does ballet, too."
A few hours later, my date asked if I was okay to drive -- she had been drinking. I said, "Yeah, I only had two glasses of wine." Someone said to us, "Hey, we were going to open this bottle of champagne. You have to have a glass." When he poured the bubbly into a red plastic cup, my date and I made our way to the door. I said, "Maybe I have had too much to drink. That knife looks like it's broken."
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Centromere positions are inferred from the locations of discontinuities in the optical maps and physical gaps in the pseudomolecules, supported by FISH data. The following describes how the centromere positions were determined for each chromosome. Gaps that are in bold are the ones selected as centromeres.
Chromosome 1
- The chromosome is entirely covered by OMcontig9 and OMcontig3
- The centromere should be placed between these two contigs
- Considering the tiling path file, the only gap that qualifies is feature 188; between AC229370 (ending at 14,537,610) and AC126011 (beginning at 14,687,611).
- The optical map sizes this gap at >=2.47 Mb.
Chromosome 2
- N-PERICEN BACAC145372 is located on OMcontig6. BACAC139356 is also located on OMcontig6.
- S-PERICEN BACAC135798 is located on OMcontig8.
- OMcontig21 sits between OMcontig6 and OMcontig8 based upon the alignment of part of this contig to the Chr2 pseudomoledcule between the pericentromric BACs.
- The centromere should be located either between OMcontig6 and OMcontig21 or between OMcontig21 and OMcontig8.
- If the centromere is placed north of OMcontig21, it could go into one of 2 gaps.
- (a) Between AC186134 (ending at 17,572,871) and CT030253 (beginning at 17,722,872)
- (b) Between CT030253 (ending at 17,813,058) and AC234238 (beginning at 17,963,059). Choice (a) is based on overhangs of OM contigs.
- If the centromere is placed south of OMcontig21 it would be placed in the gap between AC231336 (ending at 18,521,795) and AC234396 (beginning at 18,671,796).
Chromosome 3
The centromere appears to lie between ONcontig17 and OMcontig11. In this region, there are 3 candidate gaps:
- (a) feature 155; Between AC147201 (ending at 12,432,874) and AC147363 (beginning at 12,532,875).
- (b) feature 157; Between AC147363 (ending at 12,623,865) and AC225468 (beginning at 12,673,866).
- (c) feature 163, 164 between AC150247 (ending at 13,355,468) and CU571306 (beginning at 13,505,469). Gap ends at 13,455,468; the rest is a 50K clone.
Chromosome 4
- Centromere is between OMcontig 13 and OMcontig1. There is only one candidate gap in the pseudomolecule in this region:
- Features 171-173; 200K gap between AC225461 (ending at 13,595,301) and AC202466 (beginning at 13,795,302).
- Since there are flanking 50K clones on each side, actual gap is 100K starting 13,645,301.
Chromosome 5
- Centromere is between OMcontig5 and OMcontig20. There are two candidate gaps in this region:
- (a) Feature 206; Between FP700171 (ending at 20,808,648) and AC137509 (begining at 20,908,649)
- (b) feature 214, 215; Between AC121240 (ending at 21,259,590) and CU914127 (beginning at 21,374,591).
Choose (a) based on OM overhangs.
Chromosome 6
Several possible locations for centromere based on FISH data:
- 1. Between OMcontig10 and OMcontig 23; only one candidate gap- features 137-139; Between AC146806 and AC157779. Clones at each side; actual gap is between 10,990,682 and 11,090,681.
- 2. Between OMcontig23 and OMcontig22; 2 candidate gaps:
- (2a) features 145-147; Between AC146583 and AC148657. Flanking clones on both sides, so actual gap is feature 146 from 11,673,972 and 11,773,971.
- (2b) features 149-151. Between AC148657 and AC149806. Flanking clones on both sides, so actual gap is feature 150 from 11,994,233 and 12,094,332.
- 3. Between OMcontig22 and OMcontig16. Only one candidate gap- features 170-172. Actual gap is feature 171 from 13,632,152 to 13,732,151.
Chromosome 7
- Centromere should be located between OMcontig15 and OMcontig2.
- Only one candidate gap- features 133,134. Gap is feature 133; between 11,232,686 and 11,332,685.
Chromosome 8
Two possible locations:
- 1. Between OMcontig12 and OMcontig24
- 2. Between OMcontig24 and OMcontig4
In each region, there is one candidate gap.
- (1a) features 152-154; gap is feature 153 from 12,255,701 to 12,355,700.
- (2a) features 164,165; gap is feature 165 from 13,065,704 to 13,165,703.
FISH would place N-TEL on OMcontig24 and S-TEL on OMcontig 4, thus favoring the second gap. However, the location of AC140103 (stated perhaps to be associated with N-TEL) clouds the issue a little.


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How do you know when your distress level is normal or more serious?
This question can be hard to answer because some distress is "normal" (or expected) when you have cancer. But certain signs and symptoms can warn you that your distress level is too high and is becoming serious. Some of these are:
- Feeling overwhelmed to the point of panic
- Being overcome by a sense of dread
- Feeling so sad that you think you can't go through treatment
- Being unusually irritable and angry
- Feeling unable to cope with pain, tiredness, and nausea
- Poor concentration, "fuzzy thinking," and sudden memory problems
- Having a very hard time making decisions – even about little things
- Feeling hopeless – wondering if there's any point in going on
- Thinking about cancer and/or death all the time
- Trouble getting to sleep or early waking (getting less than 4 hours of sleep a night)
- Trouble eating (a decrease in appetite, or no appetite) for a few weeks
- Family conflicts and issues that seem impossible to resolve
- Questioning your faith and religious beliefs that once gave you comfort
- Feeling worthless and useless
Sometimes, things from the past may put you or your loved one in danger of greater distress and in need of help. Here are some examples of past events that can cause distress to be worse when you have cancer:
- Having a loved one who died from cancer
- Having a recent serious illness or death of someone close to you
- Having had depression or suicidal thoughts in the past
- Memories of painful events from your past that come back as nightmares or panic attacks
If any of these describe you or a loved one, talk to your cancer care team. You might need help dealing with distress.
Today, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals realize that emotional distress is a part of having cancer, and it should be treated along with the physical symptoms of cancer. The best cancer treatment centers are starting to ask every patient about distress.
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Fox after Lost
Entertainment Weekly's new cover features an update on the Lost cast almost a year after the series finale. Click here for an excerpt. Conveniently Matthew Fox who played the show's major character was photographed in London last night after a preview performance of A Forest, Dark and Deep (Neil LaBute). He's received solid reviews so far. And guess who was in the audience?
Damon Lindelof.
I don't know, I thought that was pretty cool. You don't?
Click here for an eyewitness account from last night.
As you can see, Matthew looks a little weathered, a little older, but still very handsome. He hit up the pub later for a few drinks. Am also attaching a few shots of him promoting the play with co-star Olivia Williams last month. You know… I looked at these pictures, and then my smutty sense started tingling, and I don't know why.
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Speaking about the deal, Broadwind CEO Peter Duprey said: "It is nice to see orders begin to flow as a result of the extension of the production tax credit (PTC). With the PTC renewal modified to include projects that commence construction by the end of the year, we expect better order visibility. We continue to be optimistic about the tower business."
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major macro economic indicators
|2018 (e)
|2019 (f)
|GDP growth (%)
|Inflation (yearly average, %)
|Budget balance (% GDP)
|Current account balance (% GDP)
|Public debt (% GDP)
(e): Estimate. (f): Forecast.
- Proactive economic policy and exchange rate flexibility
- Geographic proximity to booming economies in Asia
- Attractive quality of life with immigration contributing to population growth
- Rich endowment of mineral resources
- Moderate levels of public debt
- High tourism potential
- Exposed to commodity price volatility (specifically iron ore and coal)
- Economy remains dependent on Chinese demand
- Substantial household debt (185% of gross disposable income)
- Shortage of infrastructure relative to the country's vast territory
- Disparity between federated states
Risk assessment
Growth close to long-term average
Activity is expected to remain stable in 2019, remaining close to Australia's long-term average of 3%. The decline in mining investment has bottomed out, while the construction of public infrastructure will continue to contribute to growth. This should help to offset the sharp slowdown in real estate investment and housing construction activity, with house prices now clearly falling in most cities. A decline in housing prices was brought about by tougher rules imposed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, a slowdown in immigration, and weaker capital inflows from China. Risks are palpable in the financial sector, as 50% of bank credit is linked to residential property. The increase in domestic consumption is set to be more gradual than expected owing to stagnant wage growth. Household debt levels remain very high, which should further drag on consumption. For this reason, retail trade will continue to perform poorly (highest level of bankruptcies). The sector is also subject to other headwinds, including increased competition from online retailers. In order to mitigate the impact of headwinds to domestic consumption, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is likely to keep monetary policy accommodative throughout 2019, leading to a wider interest rate differential with the United States and the Australian dollar's depreciation. This could lead to higher inflation, although the latter is expected to remain below RBA's target (2-3%). A weaker Australian dollar would boost Australia's terms of trade. Mineral exports (gas, coal and iron ore) will also benefit from completion of several LNG terminals, and fiscal stimulus in China, Australia's largest export market. The moderation in domestic consumption and real estate investment will put pressure on imports, leading to a wider trade surplus.
Low public deficit and moderate current account deficit
The authorities are aiming for fiscal equilibrium for the whole Commonwealth, states, and local authorities by 2020/21. Equilibrium is also the aim for the structural balance, i.e. smoothed out for cyclical effects. They expect to achieve this while developing infrastructure, investing on education and training (especially for the indigenous communities) and encouraging SMEs to invest. This should enable the economy to transition from one focused on commodities to one that is diversified, with better labour market participation rates and productivity. Moreover, the government plans to invest USD 30 billion in defence over the next ten years. An increase in commodity prices helped to cushion the widening of the deficit and keep public debt levels moderate, with gross government debt reaching 40% of GDP in 2017.
The current account balance traditionally shows a moderate deficit, which, despite growing diversification, varies primarily in line with the price and demand for commodities, especially Chinese demand. While there was a narrow trade surplus in 2018, the trade in services reflected a deficit. Tourism income and registration fees paid by foreign university students, especially from Asia, do not match spending by Australian economic agents abroad. The income balance is more significant than the trade balance, and is in deficit largely due to dividend repatriation by mining companies and interest payments on external debt, mostly private (mining companies, banks, property sector) and denominated in Australian dollars. The net international investment position equated to -54% of GDP in 2017 according to figures by the IMF, but most liabilities are denominated in Australian dollars.
Political turmoil remains a threat
2018 was a politically volatile year. Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was defeated during a second leadership spill on August 24, paving the way for Scott Morrison to become leader of the Liberal Party and new Prime Minister. Some factors point toward a continuation of political instability going forward. In particular, Prime Minister Morrison's stance towards a series of issues surrounding immigration and offshore detention facilities in the Island of Nauru are bound to drive the existing divide within the Liberal Party even wider. If the Wentworth by-election is reflective of broader trends, it is possible that the Liberal Party might lose seats during the next Australian federal elections in 2019, leading to a minority government and further political fragility.
Externally, Australia's policy is to align itself economically more closely with the Asia-Pacific region (especially China) and Europe, with which it has signed trade agreements while maintaining preferential relations with the United States. The authorities are paying greater attention to Chinese investments in the country, given the sectors concerned, as well as to immigration, which is not considered to sufficiently benefit the economy.
Last update: February 2019
Payment methods include:
- cash: Personal cheques and bank cheques: used for domestic and international transactions;
- credit cards;
- electronic transactions: includes point-of-sale (POS) electronic transactions, as well as mobile apps, electronic funds transfer (EFR) and internet transactions;
- EFT electronic funds and SWIFT bank transfers: the most commonly used payment method for international transactions. The majority of banks are connected to the SWIFT electronic network;
- the Australian dollar (AUD) is now also part of the Continuous Linked Settlement System (CLS), an interbank transfer system for processing foreign exchange transactions simultaneously.
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Amicable phase
Parties are encouraged to negotiate and take "genuine steps" to settle commercial disputes prior to commencing certain proceedings in the Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court. Examples of such steps include settlement negotiations and informal settlement conferences with the other party.
Legal proceedings
If the amicable phase fails, proceedings will commence. The New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court has a special list for commercial disputes, where it will proactively manage them to ensure an efficient resolution. Similar lists also operate for commercial disputes in the Supreme Courts of Victoria (Vic), Western Australia (WA) and Queensland (Qld).
If a corporate debt is overdue, uncontested, and over AUD 2,000, the creditor may issue a creditor's statutory demand for payment of debt demanding payment within 21 days. Unless payment or an application to set it aside is made to the Court in this time, the company is presumed insolvent. The creditor may lodge a petition for winding-up of the debtor's company. The presumption of insolvency lasts for three months following service of the statutory demand. For individuals, the process is similar, but proceedings are required to be commenced in the Fed Circuit Court or Fed Court.
In NSW, in debt recovery proceedings, a statement of claim must be personally served on the debtor, who must then pay the debt, or file and serve a defence on the creditor within 28 days (NSW), failing which default judgment may be entered against the debtor. There are different time frames for different states. If the debtor does not pay the debt and files a defence, orders will be made by the court to prepare the matter for hearing including discovery and the preparation and exchange of evidence that will be relied upon at the hearing.
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By ANNE C. MULKERN of Greenwire
Published: February 18, 2011
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The call to slash federal spending creates a new world for lobbyists, who've begun retooling strategies to win prizes for clients.
In shops along K Street, lobbyists are revising arguments and hunting for those that will persuade lawmakers to spend money. They are focusing on federal agencies as the place to gain traction. Watchdogs warn that beefed up campaign contributions could play a role in the lobbyists' success.
The days of securing money through earmarks are over, lobbyists and analysts said, and now every expense must be justified.
"There is a new reality," said Frank Maisano, energy expert at Bracewell & Giuliani, a law firm that represents utilities, refiners, drilling companies and wind developers. "In long days past you could argue that 'this is a good project, it had merit and that's why it needed an earmark.' That's not going to happen anymore.
"You're looking for new vehicles and new ways to let people know about the importance of a project," Maisano added.
The GOP-led House over the past day has proposed cutting as much as $100 billion> from the federal budget. In a nearly all-night session they offered hundreds of amendments targeting countless parts of government spending.
Some of the newest amendments include whacking $3 billion from U.S. EPA and $1.6 billion from the Energy Department's science office and its renewables and efficiency program.
Democrats have said they are looking at a reduction closer to $41 billion. There is buzz about a potential stalemate that could trigger a government shutdown.
Lobbyists watching the proposed carnage say that they do not expect money to stop flowing entirely. Now it becomes a fight to get what is left of the pie.
"The budget's going to be reduced, but the government's still going to spend a lot of money, so the choice is what they're going to spend money on," said Steve McBee, founder and CEO of McBee Strategic, whose clients include Tesla Motors, Solyndra and SolarCity Inc. "You have to make the case that this is more important than other things, this is all about our ability to be competitive going forward."
But the ban on earmarks by President Obama and congressional leaders (E&E Daily, Feb. 2) could reshuffle which lobbyists hold power, several people said.
In the past, lobbyists who could secure big earmarks often ranked as top dogs. Many were lobbyists who previously worked on Capitol Hill and have relationships with former colleagues to help gain earmarks for corporate clients.
But those relationships might be less influential, several people said, as lawmakers feel pressure to steer away from spending.
Now getting a meeting with an Appropriations Committee chairman might not be as valuable as knowing the right people in federal agencies like DOE, several people said.
"There are a bunch of people who are trying to cast themselves as a new breed," said Steve Ellis, vice president for the nonprofit Taxpayers for Common Sense. "There are some entities that are probably going to fail, and some lobbyists who are going to have to find a new gig."
Getting inside agencies
Many lobbyists will seek to get help for their clients through the regulations enacted by federal agencies.
Agencies spend money through programs like research and development into carbon capture and sequestration technology or improved wind turbines. Programs often are managed by federal labs.
Corporations can take advantage of that structure if they understand how those systems operate, said one energy lobbyist and former DOE official, who asked not to be identified in order to speak freely.
"Even in these tight budget times agencies continue to have competitive solicitations for the programs that are funded," the lobbyist said, adding "what you have to do is position yourself to know where those competitive solicitations stand ... and how [you] might shape them to fit your technology better."
Companies and their lobbyists who "understand what the agency is trying to achieve" are in a good position, the lobbyist said.
Businesses look at their technology, what they offer that competitors lack and suggest to DOE that to "get best results they should seek a technology that has the following attributes," the lobbyist said, with those criteria fitting the company's technology.
It's a "classic tactic," the lobbyist said.
Lobbyists who know agencies and how they write their programs now potentially are best positioned to help clients, Maisano said.
There also will be increased attention on loan guarantee programs, green banks and other ways where the government and industry share costs, lobbyists said.
To make sure those kinds of programs are funded, lobbyists are arming themselves with illustrations they hope will persuade lawmakers.
McBee, for example, worked with an efficiency company that received a $2 million government grant, used that to grow, and slightly more than a year later has raised $45 million from private investors. He said that he could not identify the company because that second round of fundraising has not yet closed.
The Northern California company, which had seven employees 14 months ago, by the end of the year will have 250 workers, McBee said.
"It's the government not as the solutions provider but as enabler," McBee said. "Everybody's got to be creative in thinking about how we achieve the goals with less capital."
Working with Congress
Lobbyists also are expected to step up appeals to members of Congress for letters to federal agencies. Those typically urge the agency to support certain projects, sometimes specifically identifying businesses or interests, Ellis said.
That approach happened with the stimulus legislation money, Ellis said, when lawmakers wrote agencies seeking funding for various companies.
"Lawmakers can be a creative bunch so we'll have to keep our eyes open," Ellis said.
There is also the possibility lawmakers will write bill language so narrowly tailored that it gives one or two companies a large advantage, Ellis said, adding "you structure it so if the agency is going to meet the criteria, the answer is the beneficiary you intend."
The only lawmakers who would be able to do that would be senior members of committees that write spending bills, Ellis said. And that approach might backfire, he said, if people figure what business the legislation is trying to help.
"It's going to blow up in somebody's face," Ellis said. "It's not going to be pretty."
One watchdog group predicted that campaign contributions will enable lobbyists to remain powerful.
The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision last year allowed corporations to spend unlimited money to support and oppose candidates. That is an unspoken but powerful element when lobbyists ask lawmakers for spending that helps corporate clients, said Craig Holman, Public Citizen's government affairs lobbyist.
"Corporate lobbyists walk into these Capitol Hill meetings with the knowledge that they have unlimited deep pockets when it comes to the next election," Holman said.
"When it comes to cutting budgets, this is where lobbyists really get their money," Holman added, as they work to protect the interest of their clients. "Lobbyists are more important than ever on Capitol Hill."
The right arguments
Lobbyist who are seeking policies over money also are revamping their arguments. Because most legislation has a price tag, they know they have to show that the results outweigh the costs.
"We're clearly in a period where the austerity theme is the most powerful policy theme in Washington," McBee said. "You've got to make sure that your priorities are positioned in a way that demonstrates value, that shows efficiency, that shows a return on investment to the government."
In the energy sector, McBee said, his firm is focused on policies that can trigger private investment. Those include mandates that would require utilities to generate a portion of power from clean or renewable sources.
The firm also supports legislation that would advance plug-in electric vehicles, like the bill last year from then-Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.).
In pushing for those kind of measures, McBee said he will be arguing that the polices will create jobs and generate needed tax revenue. The wind, solar and other renewable industries are the ones poised to create manufacturing work, he said.
He will point out that businesses in the green sector are choosing whether to invest in the United States or other countries that have more favorable policies.
"We're either going to make those products or we're going to buy those products from other countries that made them," McBee said. "Those are the choices that we're going to try to frame up for policymakers as they consider some really difficult choices in the next six months or so."
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A new hybrid biomimetic motor system powered by the release of consisting of diphenylalanine (DPA) peptides from a metal-organic framework (MOF) in a manner resembling the metabolization and production of resources in cells. In nature, biological motors convert chemical free energy to mechanical power directly by creating isothermal and non-equilibrium conditions through biochemical reactions such as the metabolism of chemicals by cells to produce products that are simultaneously exploited as energy resources. In this new bioinspired system, a MOF is used to encapsulate DPA peptides in its pores. Release of the stored peptides and their subsequent reconfiguration into hydrophobic assemblies creates a non-equilibrium condition by generating a large surface tension gradient. The chemical energy generated by this process propels the MOF to swim like bacteria towards the higher surface tension side of the gradient. Lessons learned from understanding how this "motor" operates could be used to design systems that sense, capture, and store or "metabolize" target chemicals and control the local environment of materials.
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By Fermat's (Little) Theorem any odd prime p divides 2p-1-1. A prime p is a Wieferich prime if p2 divides 2p-1-1. In 1909 Wieferich proved that if the first case of Fermat's last theorem is false for the exponent p, then p satisfies this criterion. Since 1093 and 3511 are the only known such primes (and they have been checked to at least 32,000,000,000,000), this is a strong statement!
In 1910 Mirimanoff proved the analogous theorem for 3 (that the first case of Fermat's last theorem is false for the exponent p, then p2 divides 3p-1-1), but there is little glory in being second. Such numbers are not called Mirimanoff primes.
Are there infinitely many Wieferich primes? Probably, but little is known about their distribution. In 1988 J. H. Silverman [Silverman88] proved that the abc-conjecture implies that for any positive integer a > 1, there exists infinitely many primes p such that p2 does not divide ap-1-1. But this is a long way from showing there are finitely many Wieferich primes.
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Howard Schultz, the C.E.O. of Starbucks, has a reputation as a good guy, a man who supports worthy causes. And he presumably thought he would add to that reputation when he posted an open letter urging his employees to promote fiscal bipartisanship by writing "Come together" on coffee cups.
In reality, however, all he did was make himself part of the problem. And his letter was actually a very good illustration of the forces that created the current mess.
In the letter, Mr. Schultz warned that elected officials "have been unable to come together and compromise to solve the tremendously important, time-sensitive issue to fix the national debt," and suggested that readers further inform themselves at the Web site of the organization Fix the Debt. Let's parse that, shall we?
First of all, it's true that we face a time-sensitive issue in the form of the fiscal cliff: unless a deal is reached, we will soon experience a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that might push the nation back into recession. But that prospect doesn't reflect a failure to "fix the debt" by reducing the budget deficit — on the contrary, the danger is that we'll cut the deficit too fast.
How could someone as well connected as Mr. Schultz get such a basic point wrong? By talking to the wrong people — in particular, the people at Fix the Debt, who've been doing their best to muddle the issue. For example, in a new fund-raising letter Maya MacGuineas, the organization's public face, writes of the need to "make hard decisions when it comes to averting the 'fiscal cliff' and stabilizing our national debt" — even though the problem with the fiscal cliff is precisely that it stabilizes the debt too soon. Clearly, Ms. MacGuineas was trying to confuse readers on that point, and she apparently confused Mr. Schultz too.
More about Fix the Debt in a moment. Before I get there, however, let's move on to Mr. Schultz's misdiagnosis of the political problem we face.
Look, it's true that elected politicians have been unable to "come together and compromise." But saying that in generic form, and implying a symmetry between Republicans and Democrats, isn't just misleading, it's actively harmful.
The reality is that President Obama has made huge concessions. He has already cut spending sharply, and has now offered additional big spending cuts, including a cut in Social Security benefits, while signaling his willingness to retain many of the Bush tax cuts, even for people with very high incomes. Taken as a whole, the president's proposals are arguably to the right of those made by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the co-chairmen of his deficit commission, in 2010.
In return, the Republicans have offered essentially nothing. Oh, they say they're willing to increase revenue by closing loopholes — but they've refused to specify a single loophole they're willing to close. So if there's a breakdown in negotiations, the blame rests entirely with one side of the political divide.
Given that reality, think about the effect when people like Mr. Schultz respond by blaming both sides equally. They may sound virtuously nonpartisan, but what they're actually doing is rewarding intransigence and extremism — which, in the current context, means siding with the G.O.P.
I'm willing to believe that Mr. Schultz doesn't know what he's doing. The same can't be said, however, about Fix the Debt.
You might not know it reading some credulous reporting, but Fix the Debt isn't some kind of new gathering of concerned citizens. On the contrary, it's just the latest addition to a group of deficit-scold shops supported by billionaire Peter Peterson, a group ranging from think tanks like the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget to the newspaper The Fiscal Times. The main difference seems to be that this gathering of the usual suspects is backed by an impressive amount of corporate cash.
Like all the Peterson-funded groups, Fix the Debt seems much more concerned with cutting Social Security and Medicare than with fighting deficits in general — and also not nearly as nonpartisan as it pretends to be. In its list of "core principles," it actually calls for lower tax rates — a very peculiar position for people supposedly horrified by the budget deficit. True, the group calls for revenue increases via unspecified base broadening, that is, closing loopholes. But that's unrealistic. And it's also, as you may have noticed, the Republican position.
What's happening now is that all the Peterson-funded groups are trying to exploit the fiscal cliff to push a benefit-cutting agenda that has nothing to do with the current crisis, using artfully deceptive language — as in that MacGuineas letter — to hide the bait and switch.
Mr. Schultz apparently fell for the con. But the rest of us shouldn't.


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In his 20s and early 30s, von Braun was the central figure in Germany's rocket development programme, responsible for the design and realization of the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some of his rocket team were taken to the U.S. as part of the then-secret Operation Paperclip. In 1955, ten years after entering the country, von Braun became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Von Braun worked on the US Army intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) program before his group was assimilated by NASA, under which he served as director of the newly-formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon.[3] According to one NASA source, he is "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history. His crowning achievement ... was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969."[4] He received the 1975 National Medal of Science.
- ↑ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a title, translated as Baron, not a first or middle name. The female forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
- ↑ From the SS to Citizenship to the Moon: von Braun's Odyssey (PDF). The National Archives in the Regions. National Archives and Records Administration (January 2008). "New opportunities abound to study the life and work of Wernher von Braun, the preeminent rocket engineer of the 20th century."
- ↑ Biography of Wernher Von Braun. MSFC History Office. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
- ↑ Wernher von Braun.


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Hey fashion speaker!
I hope you had an unforgettable New Year's Eve and are ready for the upcoming fashion year 2012. As you know, it's always interesting to have a sneak peek at the past year to be open for an increadible start into the next year. Here are the 10 best and worse fashion moments in 2011:
1_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: John Galliano's eviction
In February 2011 John Galliano went on an anti-Semitic rant at a bar in Paris. He was immediately suspended and subsequently fired from his 14-year post as the creative mind at Christian Dior. He also got layed off from his eponymous label a few weeks later.
This was the greatest fashion scandal of the year.
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2_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Fashion muse Lady Gaga
One thing is def. save to say: Ms. Gaga was the most influential figure in fashion this year. In March, she walked the runway for her stylist Nicola Formichetti's first womenswear show for Thierry Mugler after that she was seen on several magazine covers as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and got her own holiday workshop at Barneys New York. Lucky her!
Photo: Fashionwe.com
3_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Christophe Decarnin leaving Balmain
Due to the absence at Christophe Decarnin's Fashion Show for Balmain in Paris, the fashion world got a bit confused whether the rumors of having a nervous breakdown might be really true. The fact of the matter was that Decarnin had been absent from the label for months due to creative differences with the brand's management. Since then Balmain womenswear designer Olivier Rousteing took over the reans of Decarnin's position.
Unfortunately this is no good news.
Photo: Squa.re – the-sophisticated-distress-of-balmain-homme-spring summer-2010
4_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Elizabeth Taylor's death
The most shocking news: Elizabeth Taylor's death in March 2011.
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5_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Kate Middleton's stunning McQueen wedding dress
April, 29th 2011: Kate and William's Royal wedding!
It was no surprise when it was announced that Sarah Burton for McQueen was going to create Kate Middlton's one-of-a-kind wedding gown and the streamlined dress of her sister Pippa. Now, Burton is one of the most famous fashion designers in the world. Kate's choice to wear Alexander McQueen was not only a triumph for British fashion, but also an incredible tribute to the late designer who had passed away the previous year.
One of the best fashion moments of 2011!
Photo: Vogue Daily
6_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Alexander McQueen's MET Exhibition
Fashion legend Alexander McQueen who committed suicide in February 2010 is even now two years after his death, one of the important fashion figure of this world. The genius of the late grate McQueen was honored and celebrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York on May 2nd, 2011. Savage Beauty, the title of McQueens exhibit at the MET went on through May until the end of July 2011.
The exhibit was the most success the MET ever had.
Photo: 34th Street Magazine
7_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Christian Louboutin vs. Yves Saint Laurent
In September 2011, Christian Louboutin sued Yves Saint Laurent over red-soled shoes due to consumer confusion and the use of the color "red" as a design element on an article of fashion. Eventually, the court ruled that the color "red" on the soles of shoes could not be granted as a trademark protection.
This story takes the boring cake.
8_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Elie Tahari & Levine invest in Catherine Malandrino
As of October 2011, Fashion has a new trio: Elie Tahari, Levine and Catherine Malandrino. The plan was to help Malandrino to grow her brand in Asia and Europe both at retail and wholesale. She will benefit from Tahari and Levine's international resources.
Some good news!
Photo: Catherine Malandrino's Facebook Fanpage, 10/12/11
9_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Emmanuell Alt takes over Vogue Paris
After Carine Roitfeld quit her job at Vogue Paris late last year, it was long uncertain who's going to take over her post. She'd been an increadable chief-editor and who ever wanted to replace her had large shoes to fill. After months of speculation, the magazine's former fashion director Emmanuelle Alt was named her successor.
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10_The 10 most fashionable moments of 2011: Best red carpet dress
And the oscar goes to — Giovanna Battaglia! This woman in her vintage Stephen Sprouse gown was beyond every imagination. What a woman, what a dress. Could you have dressed better than her at the Cannes Film Festival? I doubt it!
Source + Photo: The New York Times, Fashion & Style – Cathy Horyn
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1) Online-only play (no offline play)
1a) Regionalization
2) No mods
3) Real money auction house
I am so disappointed and disgusted with these announcements that I had to post something, even though I haven't posted anything for a long time. Let me address each of these points to explain why I am absolutely mortified and incredulous at how Blizzard has managed to butcher a game that looked so promising, until today.
1) Online-only play
Seriously Blizzard? What were you thinking? When StarCraft II pulled this stupid stunt I though that there's no way in hell Diablo is going to follow the same path. Guess I underestimated Actiblizzard's greed (or the stupidity of whoever concocted this bullshit).
Yeah, there are always those ready to blast me for daring to wish for an offline game in this day and age. Well, you are wrong. There are countless reasons for offline play (including personal ones) and scenarios where it is desired, nay, the only option.
The first and easiest argument for offline play is that not every Diablo fan on this planet has access to the internet, or to reliable internet. I should be indifferent because I have a fast broadband connection but even that occasionally goes down. When there's a particularly nasty storm outside my cable can go silent for 24 hours or more, while the power is still up. Try playing Diablo 3 under those conditions.
The second argument is that maybe I'd like to play this game while traveling, on a plane or a beach or wherever the fuck I please, where there's no internet access. Good luck with that.
The third argument is that play will be dependent on Blizzard keeping those servers up. Sure, we can all imagine that Blizzard will still be here in 20 years but in reality nothing is guaranteed. Companies can rise and fall unexpectedly and no single company is immune to that. Hell, Blizzard might decide at some point that they've had enough supporting Diablo 3 (though I admit that this is far-fetched), and just pull the plug on their servers.
The fourth argument is that I just want a goddamn single-player game that I can enjoy without having to go online. I don't want to socialize, I don't want to mix with others and I don't want to log in to Battlefuckingnet. Blizzard says that you don't have to play with others while online, you can just create your own game. In that case, why the fuck can't I do this offline??
I'm sure others can find even more arguments. These are just off the top of my head.
Blizzard's justification for this clusterfuck is that it will provide a "secure environment" bla bla bullshit. Fuck that. I don't need a secure environment in the privacy of my own computer. In my circle of one I'm more secure than Fort Knox. The underlying reason is, of course, piracy. They are hoping that this will cut down on piracy because, after all, if you can't play it offline, you can't pirate it. I'll get back to this point...
The obvious solution, which Diablo 2 had, is to separate offline and online characters. Simple. Offline characters will never be able to play online. Blizzard claims that people who level their characters to 30-40 and then want to get online won't be able to. Boo-fucking-hoo. Everyone knows what they sign up for from the beginning. No one will cry over this because, I repeat, this is how Diablo 2 worked and no one expected otherwise. This argument is, therefore, fail.
I thought that I could get over the fact that LAN play was missing, and I actually did. I figured that, what the hell, I don't LAN that much anyway so as long as I can enjoy the game offline, I'm cool. Heh, I wasn't counting on Blizzard's diabolic solution.
1a) Regionalization
Another thing that pisses me off, and comes with the territory, is that Battlefuckingnet now divides the world into regions. For most people this won't make a big difference because most of their friends are local anyway, but there are a few of us who have friends on other continents.
Take me, for example. I'm European but I live in the US. My best friends are still in Europe and a few of them were hardcore Diablo 1&2 players (just like myself) and are still big Blizzard (and WoW) fans. Will I be able to play with them on Battlefuckingnet? Of course not. My version would be localized to the US, while theirs would be European.
Well, screw those guys, I can just play on my own here in the US. But what if I move back to Europe in a couple of years? I'd have to pay another $60 (or whatever this game will cost) because my copy would be locked to the US and either I won't be able to access US servers from Europe or the lag will be too bad to play. Oh and of course I won't have LAN so I can play with my old friends at LAN parties.
2) No mods
I can't say I'm a big fan of mods. In fact, I've never used them in Diablo 1 or 2. Nonetheless, I support a gaming community's right to mod the games they own, provided it never gets on official Blizzard servers. But wait, there is no offline mode, nor LAN play. The community gets screwed over again.
I completely understand Blizzard's interdiction of mods but that should only apply to playing on their official servers. Offline, anything goes. Or it would, if offline play was an option.
3) Real money auction house
Initially I was cautiously optimistic about this new feature. I seems quite revolutionary at first glance. However, the more I think about it, the dumber it seems. Well, it's obviously a smart move from Blizzard's perspective. After all, they'll be taking a cut of the action. Though they claim they're not in it for the money (because poor them, they'll just be breaking even, whatever the hell that means), make no mistake: they're only in it for the money.
It's not altruism which compels Blizzard to introduce the cash auction house. A gold AH would have been sufficient. But nooo, Blizzard has discovered yet another golden-egg-laying goose and they have to milk it for what it's worth.
If you fantasize about making a living purely by playing Diablo 3 and selling items on the auction house, you are deluding yourself. Valuable items will probably be rare enough that you will only get a valuable drop once in a blue moon. And when you do get that uber-rare legendary item and want to sell it, there will be a dozen just like it on the auction house (from a million other players) and the lowest selling price will be a lousy $4.99. After Blizzard (and Paypal or whoever else) gets their cut, assuming you sell your item without posting it multiple times, you'll be left with less than half the selling price. And this is without even considering all the
Remember, each time you post an item there's a listing fee. If the item doesn't sell, you still pay the listing fee. If the item sells, you pay a selling fee. I don't know if in the latter case your listing fee is refunded. Think of it in terms of the WoW auction house. Same principle, only you'll be paying real cash to list those items.
I also have a problem with the perceived value of items. If I got a very rare item, in the new system I am faced with 2 very painful choices: should I use that item myself or should I sell it. By selling it, I could make some real money. But by keeping it I could get some real use out of it. Hard choices, right there. Well, at least items are not soul bound.
There are a couple of things about the cash AH that piqued my interest.
First, they mentioned that gold will also be trade-able for real cash. This will create an interesting balance between the cash and gold auction houses (yes, there will also be a gold AH in game, thank Zeus). So it might be possible to make some real cash by selling gold instead of rare items. After all, it's a million times easier to farm gold than it is to farm rare items.
Second, they said that those selling items for cash will be protected by anonymity. Neither their real name or their character names will be shown. I was like, WTF? The problem that I see here is that there's nothing stopping Blizzard from injecting items into the auction house, thus effectively selling their own pixels (which costs them nothing to create) for real money.
Blizzard swears on their mothers' graves that they will never sell items directly and that the only items on the auction house will be found by players in game. Which is the way it should be. But when no one except Blizzard knows who's behind a certain auction, how can we, the players, be certain that it isn't actually Blizzard selling that item covertly, FOR REAL CASH?
I admit that this theory could be entirely bullshit, but it is a possibility. I imagine that if such a conspiracy were to take place, there would inevitably be a leak that exposed Blizzard's nefarious affairs.
What they did is obvious: they decided to remove item selling from eBay and third party sites to their own yard. Good for them. But pretending to have done this for the benefit of the players is disingenuous.
Furthermore, they claim that online play is mandatory for the cash auction house (or even the gold AH) to work. That's perfectly fair. We all now how easily items were duped in Diablo 2 on offline characters. For that reason, completely segregate online and offline characters! Bam, easy solution! Offline characters will never have the possibility to trade with online ones. Offline characters would be saved to your local computer, while online ones will be saved (yup, you've guessed it!) to the server. There would be no way to tamper with the latter. Moreover, you shouldn't even be required to create a Battlenet account in order to play offline games. OK, fine, just register the game in your Bnet once, and that's it. I'll give Blizzard that. But don't require me to be online after that, EVER!
1) Online-only play. Fuck you Blizzard. You've screwed a lot of people royally over this one.
1a) Regionalization. Meh, I'm on the fence over this one because I realize there are certain technical limitations to implementing worldwide play on a single server. Still, it would have been nice not to be segregated. It would have been nice if my copy of the game bought in the US still worked in Europe.
2) No mods. It's none of your goddamn business Blizzard what I do offline with my game. I bought that game with my own money, I can do with it whatever I damn well please. Offline.
3) Real money auction house. Fuck you again Blizzard. Here's a solution no one asked the question for. Though some people have already started seeing dollar signs, it will only serve to make Diablo 3 a cheaper experience.
My take on this is that I'm extremely disappointed, to say the least. As you might have noticed, I've taken the kid gloves off of my usually restrained language. Well, no more Mr Nice Guy. I've waited for Diablo 3 for 10 years (along with millions of other fans) and when it's finally around the corner, they hit us with this royally screwing bullshit. Thanks a bunch Blizzard for respecting your fans.
In return, all I can hope for is that the pirated, unlocked and offline-enabled version will be made available as soon as possible after the game is finally released. I never advocate piracy and Blizzard's games would be the last things in the world that I would pirate but this is too much. They showed how much they "respect" us. We can only repay them in kind.
I also hope that those who are of a similar opinion will refrain for buying this game, but the truth is that many fans, no matter how horrified, will end up buying it, thus empowering Blizzard into thinking that their stupid tricks were effective. I won't kid myself, nor will I kid you: I might end up buying it in the end. After all, I'm human. But I will do everything in my power to resist the temptation. There's a whole new world out there which doesn't include Blizzard, or even computer games. If Blizzard tries their best to alienate their fans, I can only feel obliged to leave them in the rear-view mirror.
Maybe I'm overreacting. Yet, I can't help feeling a deep sense of loss over this. Perhaps it's time to grow out of this eternal anticipation over the mythical Diablo 2 successor. It looks like that game will never happen. Yes, in a few months there will be a game called Diablo, with brand-spanking new graphics and good gameplay, but somehow it will never be the same. Underneath all that bling, the spirit of the original Diablo games is not to be found.


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Medicaid is not the best answer either. I have a friend and her husband that forgo important medical tests, and have gained substantial debt from medical treatment in the hospital. Her husband is on disability, and she is unemployed and looking for a job. She needs medical attention for a condition and because of the spend-down on her insurance, she cannot afford it. Her husband's doctor cannot see him unless he pays something up front because he owes so much already. They are considering bankruptcy. He has worked over 25 years, and she has worked for decades. After all those years of honest work, this is where they are in life: honest great people who want to pay their bills but because of unforeseen medical costs stand to lose everything.
I know that there are some very good free clinics that provide care and treatment for cancer patients that have no resources. It differs from city to city and county to county, but it would be great to hear of any that you may know of. It would be nice to be able to direct someone who needs help. So what do you know? Please tell us about any treatment facilities in your area that will treat patients without insurance. Some people are dying to know.


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I am an independent software developer about to release my first iPhone app.
Repetitions is a simple app that helps you perform physical exercises, set up by yourself or your physiotherapist. Unlike other apps it is not specifically designed for use in the gym; you can use it both with and without weights and other aids, in fact it's flexible enough to be used with just about anything that requires timing. It doesn't come with any predefined exercises, you're free to define your own.
* Repetitions uses sounds to inform you when you should exercise or rest, so if you have a first generation iPod touch you will need to connect external speakers to get full use of it.
Two icon sizes needed:
- 512x512 (for the AppStore/iTunes)
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Both must be in PNG format.
The icon should reflect repetition, but should not contain any weights or other gym equipment. It should be simple, and look good in an iPhone screen with 19 other app icons. It should not contain any text, but numbers are OK.
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A vacant Baltimore home owned by Bank of America receives better upkeep if it is located in a largely white neighborhood, a discriminatory practice that hurts minority areas, the National Fair Housing Alliance alleged in a complaint filed Thursday.
The complaint argues that there are "stark racial disparities" in Bank of America marketing or maintenance practices in 20 metropolitan areas, a violation of the Fair Housing Act. Baltimore was one of five cities added Thursday to the complaint, first filed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2012.
Bank of America officials have repeatedly maintained that the corporation operates with a uniform maintenance policy and argued that the alliance fails to take into account factors such as the property's condition when the bank took possession of it. Bank of America did not respond to a request for comment Friday afternoon.
In the Baltimore area, the alliance investigated 29 Bank of America properties, looking at issues such as broken locks, doors, or windows; significant amounts of trash; and lack of for-sale signs. In minority areas, 90 percent of the foreclosed homes had five or more problems and 48 percent had 10 or more problems.
Of the 29 homes, eight were in majority-white neighborhoods. Those homes were three times as likely as homes in minority neighborhoods to have fewer than five problems, according to the complaint.
The complaint says the practice has occurred since "at least 2011."
The National Fair Housing Alliance is a D.C.-based consortium of more than 220 housing non-profits. Five other organizations participated in the investigations.
Read the full complaint here: http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/Portals/33/amendcomplaint4.pdf
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The IUCN Regional Office for Oceania has completed an analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List in relation to species from the Pacific islands. This is the first step in a project which aims to increase our knowledge of the region's threatened species.
The project is being carried out in partnership with SPREP (Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme), and aims to use the IUCN Categories and Criteria in order to develop a comprehensive Regional Red List for the Pacific islands. The production of the Analysis, along with accompanying Appendices and Country Profiles, allows us to see the current status of species in the Pacific islands as assessed using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria.
The Analysis examines 3769 species from 24 Pacific island countries and territories that are listed on the 2008 Red List. Of these assessed Pacific island species, almost 30% are listed as threatened with extinction. Vertebrates are the most well-known of all taxonomic groups in the Pacific. Amongst the vertebrates, birds, mammals and amphibians have been assessed globally through several of IUCN's global assessment programmes. However, the Analysis has shown that there are huge gaps in our knowledge for several groups in the Pacific islands: reptiles, fishes (freshwater and marine), all invertebrates (except hard corals) and all plants and fungi (except conifers and cycads which are almost completely assessed globally) are all under-represented on the 2008 Red List.
The Analysis, Appendices and Country Profiles can be downloaded from the IUCN Oceania website.