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Despite the soaring stock market of the past few years, some Americans are nervous about their ability to retire comfortably — or even retire at all.
Consider these somewhat sobering statistics:
• Almost half of American workers report being "not too confident" or "not at all confident" about being able to afford a comfortable retirement, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey. The 28 percent who say they are "not at all" confident is the highest level recorded in the 23 years of this survey.
• Between 2010 and 2012, the percentage of people 45 to 60 who planned to delay retirement rose to 62 percent from 42 percent, according to the Conference Board, a nonprofit business membership and research organization.
If you're concerned about having enough resources to enjoy your retirement years or you're afraid that you'll have to work longer than you anticipated — what can you do to possibly alleviate your worries?
Your first step is to get specific about your retirement goals. Have you set a target date for your retirement yet? If so, how many years until you reach this date?
Once you know when you want to retire, you'll need to come up with some sort of "price tag" for your retirement years. By taking into account your hoped-for lifestyle and your projected longevity, you should be able to develop a reasonably good estimate of how much money you'll need as a retiree. You may find it helpful to work with a financial professional — someone with the tools and experience to plug in all the variables needed to calculate your retirement expenses.
Next, review your retirement savings vehicles, such as your 401(k) and IRA. Are you contributing as much as you can afford to these accounts? Are you increasing your contributions when your salary rises? Within these vehicles, are you choosing an investment mix that can offer the growth you'll need to accumulate a sufficient level of retirement savings?
In any case, do what you can to retire when you want — but be flexible enough in your thinking so that you won't be shocked or dismayed if you need to slightly extend your working years. By "covering your bases" in this way, you can be ready for whatever comes your way.
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by Evans, the company's financial adviser in Richmond Hill.
Despite the soaring stock market of the past few years, some Americans are nervous about their ability to retire comfortably — or even retire at all.


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Hezbollah is in the final stage of preparation to attack Israel with sophisticated weapons, according to a high-level commander of the terrorist group.
Tabnak, an outlet of Iran's Islamic regime, said an unidentified Hezbollah commander, in an interview with the Kuwaiti paper Alrai, thanked Syrian President Bashar Assad for keeping his promise to provide those weapons to Hezbollah.
"The weapons given to Hezbollah will change the balance of power," he said.
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"We have in recent days done extensive operations for reconnaissance on Israel's central and sensitive military and infrastructural installations in different areas and also on Israel's commando posts and peacekeeping forces in the Golan Heights," he said, "to prepare for the coming battle with the occupying regime."
The commander revealed some of the weapons given by Syria to Hezbollah, including Pantsir (SA-22 Greyhound) surface-to-air missiles, SAM 5 surface-to-air missiles and the Russian anti-tank Kornet missiles. However, the commander also hinted that soon Hezbollah will receive the advanced and dreaded ship-killer Yakhont missiles from Assad.
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U.S. officials, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had urged Russian President Vladimir Putin not to go ahead with his arms sales to Syria, including the S-300 antiaircraft system and the feared Yakhont cruise missiles. But despite their pleas, Russian officials said they were honoring contracts with Syria, and those weapons Russia will send to Syria may eventually wind up in the hands of Hezbollah and Iran.
The Hezbollah commander also said that Assad has ordered formation of resistance forces similar to Hezbollah, arming them with various weapons, for the confrontation with Israel.
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On May 9, days after Israeli warplanes struck shipments of advanced Iranian weapons on the outskirts of Damascus intended for Hezbollah, the terrorist group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, boasted that Syria will supply "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah.
"The attack carried out by the Zionist regime (in Syria) will shorten this fake regime's life," Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi warned Israel after the Israeli attack.
Meanwhile, the British Sunday Times reported Sunday that Syria has begun deploying advanced surface-to-surface missiles aimed at Tel Aviv to be launched if Israeli warplanes strike inside Syria again.
According to a source within the Iranian intelligence apparatus, there is now little hope the Assad regime can be saved, hence the panic by Russia in arming Assad with further sophisticated weapons in a warning to U.S. and NATO to stay out of the conflict. He said Iran's rapid shipment of sophisticated weapons to Hezbollah is part of that strategy. By reinforcing its arsenal, Hezbollah can strike all of Israel and, as a last resort, engage Israel from within Syria, further complicating the already-chaotic region.
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Israel, worried about the disintegration of Syria and the further arming of Hezbollah, has warned continuously that giving "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah is its red line.
Despite the open Iranian threats against Israel, the source said, regime officials have no intention of engaging the Jewish state directly unless America launches a direct attack against Syria or if there is an attack on Iran. In fact, he said, Iranian officials are worried about Israel attacking their nuclear facilities as Iran seeks to create a nuclear-armed state that would then become untouchable.
However, Iranians have devised several plans to engage Israel through their forces in Syria and their proxies, such as Hezbollah, to draw the Jewish state into a wider conflict should Israel continue to attack Syrian armaments facilities.
The source added that the regime also has devised plans for terrorist attacks against Israel, the U.S. homeland and their interests around the world as a warning to leave Syria alone and to stop the pressure on the Islamic regime because of its illicit nuclear program. The fall of Assad, they think, would be a culmination of an effort to then target the clerical regime in Iran.
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As reported exclusively on WND on May 13, Iran not only has formed a new coalition of terrorist masterminds among its Quds Forces, Hezbollah and al-Qaida to attack the U.S. homeland, but has also given the go-ahead for three imminent operations within the U.S. to change the perception of security in America, which it believes has helped empower America's actions in the Middle East.

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Calling "campus violence a reality" to prepare for, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced plans Thursday to spend $60,000 on the Clark Kent of teacher supplies: an innocuous-looking white board that can stop bullets.
The high-tech tablet — which hangs on a hook, measures 18 by 20 inches and comes in pink, blue and green — can be used as a personal shield for professors under attack, according to the company that makes it, and a portable writing pad in quieter times.
"It needs to be a great whiteboard and a useful tool so that it doesn't get hidden in the closet," said maker George Tunis. His Worcester County company Hardwire LLC starting out making military armor, then adapted it for the classroom after the tragic shootings last year at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were killed.
"When Sandy Hook happened … a light bulb went off that it's really the teachers and administrators" who need protection, the father of two said. "Those brave souls were trying to close the gap and get to the shooter and stop him, but they didn't have anything that could stop the bullets along the way."
High-profile incidents like Sandy Hook and the 2007 mass murder of 32 people at Virginia Tech have led campuses across the country to focus on safety.
They've developed assessment teams to evaluate potential threats and revamped policies to tighten security. And in Maryland next week, campus police from nine schools are taking a training course in recognizing mental illness to help them defuse potentially dangerous situations.
Body armor is the latest effort, security experts said.
"There are several vendors that have this type of personalized armor," said S. Daniel Carter, a national campus safety advocate. "It's not something that is in much great use."
UMES is the first university to adopt Hardwire's technology, though the company said it has sold its bulletproof whiteboards, which cost $299 apiece, to roughly 100 lower-grade schools in five states, including Maryland. It also makes bulletproof door shields, clipboards and inserts for children's backpacks, all of which it sells online.
UMES President Juliette B. Bell said in a telephone interview that she decided to order 200 whiteboards for faculty using funds from the university's foundation account so the school could be "proactive rather than reactive" in a violent situation.
Located in the historic town of Princess Anne on the Eastern Shore, UMES has never experienced an "active shooter" incident, unlike some other Maryland schools, including Morgan State University, where a football player and a visiting student were shot in two separate events last year.
"Being able to respond accordingly is very important," Bell said, pointing to the Virginia Tech shootings. "It's all about being prepared."
UMES announced the deal from the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference in Ocean City. Hardwire had a booth set up there where Tunis, with the help of employees and his 14-year-old daughter, demonstrated his products.
Mark McLaurin, a political director with the union SEIU, stopped with several of his colleagues to marvel at his wares. They stared, and then they stared some more.
"It's startling to see," McLaurin said. "I took a picture of it. I couldn't believe it."
His union represents workers in Montgomery County schools, which Tunis considers a potential market.
G. Dale Wesson, a professor at the Eastern Shore university, gave it a once-over and determined that "it won't protect you from a bazooka, but it's something." He called it an alternative to arming teachers.
"You have different options to protect the students," he said from the conference.
Tunis envisions teachers using the whiteboards to fend off attackers individually or as a group, standing side-by-side to create a wall that could shield evacuating students or to fend off an attacker.
"It's designed to be a last resort and to buy you some extra time," he said.
Hardwire first hooked up with UMES in 2004, when a school foundation invested in the company with a $250,000 loan. Later, it granted Hardwire a $500,000 loan, both of which have since been paid back.
"We're very happy to be on the front end of this," Bell said. "We believe this is a technology that is going to be helpful in keeping our students and our facilities safe, and we actually applaud Hardwire for their entrepreneurial spirit."
Tunis said Hardwire has armored about 6,000 military trucks used in Afghanistan and lined military roofs to protect from rocket attacks. The company's materials also are being used to shore up the Bay Bridge's infrastructure, he said.
The whiteboards and other personal products, including clipboards designed for police officers, are made from the same strong stuff, a material called Dyneema, the only man-made material that is pound-for-pound stronger than spider silk, Tunis said.
The products absorb bullets so there's no shrapnel, and force is not a concern, Tunis said.
"The kick of stopping a bullet is no worse than the kick of the gun itself," said Tunis, who is trying to get Walmart to sell the whiteboards through a "Get on the Shelf" popularity contest the retailer is running.
Abigail Boyer of the Clery Center for Security on Campus in Pennsylvania said the whiteboards may not be for everyone, but the conversation that led to them is critical.
"I think every institution certainly should be looking at what they have available on their campus to protect both students and faculty," Boyer said.
Baltimore Sun reporter Erin Cox contributed to this article.


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With all the news about mortgage lenders struggling and borrowers defaulting, it seems like a good time to review some principles about shopping for a mortgage. If you're looking at an adjustable loan that is about to go up or if you've got a "creative mortgage," it may be time to switch to a more basic loan. The world of mortgages is baffling, but here's what matters: who provides your loan, what loan you get, and how you manage that loan later.First of all, know the difference between a mortgage broker and a mortgage lender. Mortgage brokers almost never use the word "broker" in their business names. In fact, they often use names like "XYZ Home Loans," which imply that they make home loans. They don't. Mortgage brokers don't have any money to give you. Zero. Zilch. Nada. They are simply professional shoppers who approach lenders for you. There are millions of mortgage brokers nationwide. They tend to be small, locally based businesses. One caution: if you use a mortgage broker and things go wrong, the broker can blame the lender and the lender will blame the broker. It can be hard to get satisfaction when that happens.
Mortgage lenders are usually giant companies that do business nationwide. Some are full-service banks. Others specialize in mortgages. Some mortgage lenders don't really do business with consumers. They are in the field simply to make home loans, then sell those loans to investors as soon as possible. I prefer mortgage lenders who keep their loans. They have more incentive to be consumer-friendly, since they have long-term relationships with their customers.
If you have tip-top credit and enough cash for a big down payment, I suggest you at least try to shop for loans directly through mortgage lenders. This advice comes from the basic principle that it's best to cut out middlemen whenever possible. Every middleman has to be paid, right? Information is so accessible these days that shopping for interest rates on your own is pretty easy. Look in the paper. Call the bank where you have your checking account. Go online. I shopped for my mortgage on the internet, although my trust broke down when it came time to actually apply. For that, I wanted to speak to a live human. On the down side, since mortgage lenders may not deal directly with customers very often, they can be downright klutzy about processing your paperwork. My mortgage lender was clueless. Check out your mortgage lender's reputation before you do a deal with them.
If your loan-shopping is complicated by a lot of factors, that's when a mortgage broker can really be worth the commission. For example, if you have poor credit, a mortgage broker can scour the financial world to find you a loan you might not be able to find on your own. If you have little cash for your down payment, a mortgage broker can advise you on creative ways to keep your costs down. If interest rates are high across the board, a mortgage broker may have some sound coping strategies. Since brokers do nothing but serve customers, they may be better than lenders at streamlining their requests for paperwork. Be sure to check the broker's reputation. It's not very hard to become a mortgage broker, so you want to be sure you're dealing with a pro.
After you choose your lender or broker, you have to choose what type of loan you want. Fixed-rate mortgages are best when interest rates are low and you plan to stay in the home for a long time. That way you lock in a good deal and your monthly payments stay steady for the life of the loan. When rates are rock bottom, I see no reason to pay points. A point is a fee equal to 1% of the purchase price of the home. It's used to "buy down" the interest rate. If the rate is already low and fixed, you don't need to make it any lower. Some brokers and lenders will try to get you to pay points anyway, because typically points generate more up-front profit for them.
Adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, work well when interest rates are high and/or you don't plan to live in the house very long. ARMs typically start with a lower, "teaser" rate, which can help you make your monthly payments. It can also help you qualify for a more expensive home than you would with a fixed-rate loan. It's a bit of a gamble. You're hoping that interest rates will go down before it's time for your adjustable-rate mortgage to adjust. That way you can refinance and get a decent fixed rate. Alternatively, you can sell the home before your rate goes up. Most ARMs have a maximum cap for your protection. To be fair, an ARM should adjust upward and downward, depending on market conditions. But some predatory lenders sell adjustable rate mortgages that start high, only adjust upward, and have no cap.
The Federal Trade Commission cautions borrowers against what it calls "creative financing" packages.
Example 1: A loan which starts out below-market, but in which both the interest rate and the monthly payment grow every year for the remainder of the loan, regardless of market conditions.
Example 2: Some mortgages have high interest rates but still offer low monthly payments. If the payments are not enough to cover the principal and interest, the difference is added to the principal. You could actually end up owing more at the end of the loan term than you did in the beginning!
Example 3: To keep early payments low, some lenders ask borrowers to make a "balloon" payment at the end of the loan. The amount is usually so massive that the borrowers have to refinance. That generates more closing fees for the lender and exposes you to whatever the going interest rate is, which may not be at all favorable.
Once you've chosen a lender or broker, you need to decide whether to "lock in" today's going interest rate, or gamble that rates will go down between now and your closing. Have the lender or broker sign a lock-in document that states the interest rate and number of points you will be paying. That way, even if rates go up, you are set. Most banks will only guarantee an interest rate for 60 days. If you feel strongly that interest rates will go down before you close, you can choose to "float" your interest rate for awhile. You can also request a deal where the interest rate can decrease, but not increase while you wait to close. Not all banks offer this service, so you might want to find one that does.
These days some lenders will give you a mortgage without any down payment at all. But if you can put 20% down, that's still ideal. That's the threshold for avoiding private mortgage insurance, or PMI. PMI isn't anything that benefits you. It's something lenders demand in order to protect themselves in case you stop paying back your loan. In addition to putting down 20%, there are other innovative ways to structure a first and second mortgage and avoid PMI. Ask a professional.
If you do end up paying PMI, you get to stop as soon as you have 20 to 22 percent equity in your home. The Homeowners' Protection Act of 1998 says that lenders must terminate your PMI when you reach twenty-two percent, based on the original property value. Keep track of that. Some lenders and insurance companies fail to tell you when your PMI obligation is over, because they want to continue collecting the pricey premiums. If yours is a "high risk" loan because you have poor credit or if you have made late payments on your mortgage, your lender has a right to keep charging for PMI.
If you can pay off your mortgage in less than the fifteen, twenty or thirty years planned, you will save thousands of dollars in interest. Just make sure there is no penalty for early repayment. In some states, prepayment penalties are illegal, in others they're quite common. There are a couple different ways to set up your own early repayment system. One way is to simply send extra money each month when you pay your mortgage. Most mortgage companies provide a blank line for you to write-in the extra amount you are sending. Just be sure to note that your extra money is to go toward principal. Paying extra toward your principal reduces how much interest you owe in the long run. This method is flexible, so if you're pinched for cash one month, you can send less. If you're flush another month, send more.
If you need a more structured approach, consider this: most of us pay our mortgage bills once a month. But most of us get paid every two weeks. If you set aside half your mortgage money every pay period, you will end up with an extra month's payment by the end of the year. Send that money in, say it's for principal, and you'll be way ahead on your mortgage.
Because prepaying is such a great benefit, some companies are trying to cash in. These companies offer "mortgage savings plans" for a price. The company collects your extra money every two weeks and sets it aside for you. This method certainly provides a dose of discipline, but it comes at a price. Mortgage savings plans typically cost about $500 to set up and $2.50 for each withdrawal. If you experience hard times, you still have to pay, and if you don't you could face late fees. To make matters worse, the company holding your mortgage money makes interest on it. Wouldn't you rather earn that interest yourself?
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Do your homework:
1. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get ahold of every book and pamphlet you can about mortgages. Also consider taking a home buying class. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offer first-time homebuyer classes. If you complete the class, you prequalify for a loan.
2. Shop for mortgages yourself, if you feel confident and comfortable doing so.
3. Figure out who's who in your area. Let's see, is this company a mortgage lender or a mortgage broker?
4. Check the reputations of lenders and brokers by contacting the BBB, your county and state consumer protection offices and possibly your state department of banking.
5. Determine what kind of loan you want, based on interest rates, your credit history, the size of your down payment and the cost of the home.
6. Demand a copy of the terms of your loan before closing. Read and understand it, or have a lawyer read and understand it for you. Comb the contract for signs of "creative financing" deals that could get you in trouble.
7. Avoid Private Mortgage Insurance if you can. If you can't, keep track of it and stop paying as soon as possible.
8. Figure out if your loan has prepayment penalties and whether they're legal in your area. If not, work out a plan to pay extra each month without outsourcing your willpower to an outside company.
How to complain:
To lodge a complaint against a mortgage broker, contact your county and state consumer protection offices and the BBB. Do the same for a mortgage lender, but also find out what agency regulates mortgage lenders in your state. It could be the department of banking. If your loan is insured by the federal government, contact HUD (for FHA loans) or the Veteran's Administration (for VA loans).


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I'm from a family farm with cattle, horses, and on occasion a few pigs, chickens for our own freezer. I've also worked in large cattle feedlots in different parts of the country. Farmers (both large and small) I've worked with all care about providing a quality life for their animals. There's no other way around it. If someone doesn't, we have a problem to work out. It's our responsibility, and do the best we can with tools, technology, and respond to customer demands. Gestation crates were one of those tools for pig farmers.
Back in June, I made a decision that would take my advocacy efforts to a new level. It was on this post from CNN Eatocracy covering the crate-debate. Many folks were discussing the use of gestation crates in pork production and I wanted to add my 2-cents just like I have on hundreds of other online news articles. This one was in the right place at the right time.
I am so thankful for CNN Editor Kat Kinsman in 2012. For whatever reasons when she read my comment, it sparked enough interest for a follow up and eventually open doors for myself and few other farmers to share our thoughts with the CNN Eatocracy audience.
That event turned into my first CNN Eatocracy post and several others.
- No bull – what a farmer wants you to know about how beef gets to your plate
- No bull – start a conversation with a farmer
- Praying for rain in the Arkansas drought
- From the field – tweets from #drought12
- Farmer in the know: 5 easy ways you can help us help animals
- Farmers aren't evil. Now can we have a civil conversation?
- What should a 'local' farm (and farmer) look like?
- Brian Scott (Video) – Corn farmers worried drought will worsen
- Brian Scott – Farmer in the drought – if you plant it, it might not come
- Brian Scott – Harvesting the lessons of Drought '12
- Chris Chinn – Farmer: 'If you eat, this drought will affect you'
- Mike Haley – Opinion: Forward-thinking farmers are preventing another Dust Bowl
I really don't know how to say thank you enough other than to say it made my year to receive that opportunity to share a bit of the farming world and links to my many fellow ag bloggers with that audience. I am so thankful for the support of the many friends who have read my posts, left encouraging comments, and guided me in how to be a better advocate for my beliefs.
An even larger bit of gratitude goes out to those have increased their efforts to reach out and share their message of food production with our customers.
I hope 2013 brings better understanding and many more great opportunities for the agriculture community to reach out to customers and answer their questions about our food supply.


text: It's easy to see the world's sights. To stand in long lines, push through the crowds, and generally have the same standard-issue vacation as everyone else. But that's not good enough for us, and it's not good enough for you. We believe that travel should be easy. It should be fun. It should be worth your time and the price you paid. It should re-energize and transform. And above all else, it should be beyond the ordinary. Because how you see the world matters.


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Disclaimer: I'm a patriotic crier. I love the United States of America, and proudly call her the greatest nation in history. So whenever I watch a patriotic movie, or serve at a veteran's funeral, or even sing the national anthem before a Cedar Springs football game, I get misty.
I believe we owe a huge debt of gratitude to our veterans. But I also believe we may not be honoring that debt in the right way.
Sometimes it's easier to honor our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who have given "their last full measure of devotion." We can play taps at their funeral, fire a 21-gun salute, and even put a flag in the sacred ground of their burial site every year at Memorial Day.
But what about our vets who are still living? Don't they deserve more than just an occasional visit on Veteran's Day?
In many ways, we treat Veteran's Day like we do Thanksgiving Day: it's just one day on our calendar to take care of our obligations to be grateful, and then we can continue on with business-as-usual until the next year.
Wouldn't it be more fitting for us to see Veteran's Day—like Thanksgiving Day—as a culmination of another year full of gratitude? After all, it's very likely that we wouldn't even be able to enjoy our business-as-usual lives if it were not for the sacrifices of our veterans.
The Apostle Paul gives us a good pattern to follow. Four times in his letters he says, "I thank God for you every time I remember you" (Romans 1:9; Philippians 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:3; Philemon 4). In these times of thanks, he is remembering others who put their lives on the line for freedom, just as our veterans have done for us.
There are a few things we pick up from Paul's thankfulness to apply to our gratitude for our veterans:
(1) Keep mementoes of remembrance around you. Perhaps it's an American flag, or a picture, or a Veteran's Day program. Simply find something that will jog your memory frequently about the debt of gratitude we owe to our vets.
(2) Pray for our veterans. Paul often told his friends that when he was filled with thoughts of gratitude about them, he turned those thoughts into prayers for them.
(3) Turn your feelings into actions. When you see one of your mementos and say a prayer for a veteran, take it a step further. Jot a note to a vet, send an email, send flowers, or take them out to lunch. Perhaps you could invite a veteran into your home for Thanksgiving or Christmas or Easter, or "adopt" a veteran on Mother's Day or Father's Day.
The point is this: Let's not make honoring our veterans something we only do on November 11. Let's remember them often, be thankful for them always, and turn those thoughts and gratitude into action all year long.


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Then, just this past week, I encountered some of her prose. It is from her book of essays called Long Life: Essays and Other Writings. The essay which will not let me go is "Wordsworth's Mountain". It hits me for I too have had experiences like Wordsworth in facing a mountain in darkness. Mine came on a January night after traversing across Middle Carter, South Carter, Mount Hight and Carter Dome before dropping down into Carter Notch and then climbing back up again to travel along the numerous peaks of Wildcat Mountain. When Atticus and I reached the ski slopes – our exit from the mountain top – and started our descent, even in the still of the night I could look across Pinkham Notch below and up at the looming shadow of Mount Washington. It was as if that great peak was breathing, watching us descend, stalking us in such a way that at any moment it could reach out and lunge with all its might at us.
It was an experience both frightening and thrilling. I can remember being foolish enough to turn off my headlamp as so not as to be seen so easily by Agiocochook and feeling my heart beat as if I was being hunted.
It is an experience I will never forget. It appears William Wordsworth, the great English poet who embraced Romanticisms call to nature and individuality instead of to the church, had a quite similar experience as a child. Mary Oliver writes of it here:
"And now I am thinking of the poet Wordsworth, and the strange adventure that one night overtook him. When he was still a young boy, in love with summer and night, he went down to a lake, "borrowed" a rowboat, and rowed out upon the water. At first he felt himself embraced by pleasures: the moonlight, the sound of the oars in the calm water. Then, suddenly, a mountain peak nearby, with which he was familiar, or felt he was familiar, revealed, to his mind and eye, a horrifying flexibility. All crag and weight, it perceived him; it leaned down over the water; it seemed to pursue him. Of course he was terrified, and rowed hard, fleeing back across the water. But the experience led him, led his mind, from simple devotion of that beauty which is a harmony, a kindly ministry of thought, to nature's deeper and inexplicable greatness. The gleam and the tranquility of the natural world he loved always, and now he honored also the world's brawn and mystery, its machinations that lie beyond our understanding — that are not even nameable. What Wordsworth praised thereafter was more than the arrangement of concretions and vapors into appreciable and balanced landscapes; it was, also, the whirlwind. The beauty and strangeness of the world may fill the eyes with its cordial refreshment. Equally it may offer the heart a dish of terror. On one side is radiance; on another is the abyss."
One summer evening (led by [Nature]) I foundA little boat tied to a willow treeWithin a rocky cave, its usual home.Straight I unloosed her chain, and stepping inPushed from the shore. It was an act of stealthAnd troubled pleasure, nor without the voiceOf mountain-echoes did my boat move on;Leaving behind her still, on either side,Small circles glittering idly in the moon,Until they melted all into one trackOf sparkling light. But now, like one who rows,Proud of his skill, to reach a chosen pointWith an unswerving line, I fixed my viewUpon the summit of a craggy ridge,The horizon's utmost boundary; for aboveWas nothing but the stars and the grey sky.She was an elfin pinnace; lustilyI dipped my oars into the silent lake,And, as I rose upon the stroke, my boatWent heaving through the water like a swanWhen, from behind that craggy steep till thenThe horizon's bound, a huge peak, black and huge,As if with voluntary power instinctUpreared its head. I struck and struck again,And growing still in stature the grim shapeTowered up between me and the stars, and still,For so it seemed, with purpose of its ownAnd measured motion like a living thing,Strode after me. With trembling oars I turned,And through the silent water stole my wayBack to the covert of the willow tree;There in her mooring-place I left my bark,--And through the meadows homweard wen, in graveAnd serious mood; but after I had seenThat spectacle, for many days, my brainWorked with a dim and undetermined senseOf unknown modes of being; o'er my thoughtsThere hung a darkness, call it solitudeOr blank desertion. No familiar shapesRemained, no pleasant images of trees,Of sea or sky, no colours of green fields;But huge and mighty forms, that do not liveLike living men, moved slowly through the mindBy day, and were a trouble to my dreams.


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A tragic birth injury can result in devastating emotional, physical and financial burdens for victims and their families. In addition, extensive medical costs and lifetime convalescent care are sure to rise above the means of the average family. The devastation is even more heartbreaking when your child has needlessly suffered or continues to suffer due to negligent or irresponsible behavior by an obstetrician or other medical professional.
If you or a loved one received medical attention that was below the legal and accepted standard of care, our dedicated team may be able to get you the financial compensation you need and deserve. By contacting our lawyers immediately, we can help you determine the validity of your case. We will obtain and review the medical records to determine the cause of your baby's injury. If negligence was the cause, our dynamic legal team will fight for the compensation and justice you deserve.
Birth Injury Lawsuits & Medical Negligence
When a newborn suffers a preventable birth injury, the child's parents may be able to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor or medical professional(s) who delivered the baby. To have a legitimate claim, negligence must be proven to have led directly to the birth injury.
Medical negligence occurs when a healthcare professional's performance falls below the standard of care expected in the medical community. Our birth injury attorneys have extensive experience in handling these types of cases and can determine whether your child was injured due to medical malpractice.
Birth injuries that are caused by medical negligence may be caused by:
- Improper Use of Forceps: When a mother is having difficulty delivering her baby or if the baby is incorrectly positioned in the birth canal, the attending physician may need to use forceps to help the child along.
- Improper Use or Attachment of Vacuum: With other difficult deliveries, a vacuum may be needed to assist with the birth. Vacuums can be latched onto a baby's shoulder or skull and guide the child through the birth canal. Doctors and nurses are responsible for properly placing the vacuum on the infant. When the vacuum is improperly used, severe injuries to both the mother and newborn can result.
- Delay in Ordering a Caesarian Section: Emergency C-sections are ordered if fetal distress is detected or even suspected. This often occurs when the child's heart rate slows as a result of a sudden drop in the mother's blood pressure, bleeding from placental abruption or other problems in delivery.
- Hypoxia: Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level. This can be caused by a tangled umbilical cord, infection or damage to the placenta. Doctors are trained to detect hypoxia well in advance and to take steps to eliminate the chance of either the mother or child facing harm. If hypoxia is not quickly addressed, the child can develop chronic mental and physical disabilities.
How Do I Know If My Child Was Injured Due To Medical Malpractice?
Since birth injuries can be caused by a variety of factors, it is important to contact an attorney specializing in this area of law. At Duque Law, our birth injury lawyers will closely examine your medical records, diagnostic tests, electronic fetal monitor strips, use of birthing tools, labor and delivery flow sheets, and additional records on the pregnancy and delivery.
Our attorneys will also work alongside medical experts when reviewing this information to determine whether medical malpractice partially or completely caused your child's injury. If the expert believes that the doctor failed to meet the standard of care when delivering your child, a birth injury lawsuit may be viable.
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The experienced team at Duque law has earned a reputation of success by making our clients and their cases our number one priority. With our experience, resources, and commitment to clients, we have proven that we have what it takes to hold negligent parties accountable for their critical errors and to recover full and fair compensation on behalf of victims and families. We know that this compensation is of the utmost importance to families that must provide long-term specialized care required as a result of medical negligence.
In the end, your personal injury attorney is your advocate in court. At the Hesperia Law Offices of Brent A. Duque, we maintain a staff of a highly professional, knowledgeable, aggressive and successful bus accident attorneys who represent injured people through our offices that stretch across Southern California. Time limitations apply to any injury claim you might have, so for purposes of investigating a possible case and possibly preserving evidence, it's best for you to contact us immediately after an accident.
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FREEDOM COMES WITH A PRICE.Free from the spaceship and reunited with Samuai, Asher should be happy. But thoughts of her dead family weigh heavily on her mind.Things worsen when temper problems in camp lead to a murder. When Asher volunteers to get the drug need to calm people down, tension ignites.Loyalties are questioned.Jealousy rears its head. Sparks fly.And when rumor of a second ship hits close to home, all bets are off.Have the aliens returned? Is this the end of everything Asher has ever known?
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We knew it was wierd from our Tokyo Game Show preview, but all the faces with clenched teeth and all of the speedlines have scrambled my brain. Every time I think I understand what's going on, something else crazy happens. The attack at 3:44 is the best, though.


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If there's anything around you like and don't want smashed in frustrated fury, better move it out of the way now. A man was pulled over for speeding in Lorain County, OH. No big deal there. He was then arrested for having a "hidden compartment" in his car, even though that compartment contained exactly nothing. At all.
Norman Gurley, the 30 year old who was arrested, was charged with violation of Sec. 2923.241, which states:
To enact section 2923.241 of the Revised Code to prohibit designing, building, constructing, fabricating, modifying, or altering a vehicle to create or add a hidden compartment with the intent to facilitate the unlawful concealment or transportation of a controlled substance, prohibit operating, possessing, or using a vehicle with a hidden compartment with knowledge that the hidden compartment is used or intended to be used to facilitate the unlawful concealment or transportation of a controlled substance, and prohibit a person who has committed a first or second degree felony violation of aggravated trafficking in drugs from operating, possessing, or using a vehicle with a hidden compartment.
Let's just be absolutely clear about the sorts of drugs and illegal substances found in the compartment in Gurley's car: None. The none kind of drugs. The kind of drugs that go by the street name "nothing" and get you so fucked up, you'd swear you'd taken no drugs at all, because you hadn't, because they don't exist. He was arrested for having
... some components inside the vehicle that did not appear to be factory.
... according to Lt. Michael Combs. Of course, this is absurd. Having a non-factory car is by no means any indicator that you're planning to do anything illegal, even a "hidden compartment." Cars are full of "hidden compartments" factory or not.
My old Beetle has a "hidden compartment" under the back seat, in the well opposite where the battery is. You could cram a nice-sized brick of coke back there. Or about six hoagies. Or you could line it with a towel and let a kitten sleep there.
My Reliant Scimitar has a hidden compartment as well, under the floor at the rear. I use it for tools, but who's to say I couldn't cram it full of ketamine-cookies or laudanum juice boxes? And If I build in an extra compartment under the spare tire in the front to hold tools, does that make me a probable drug smuggler?
This law is absurd. Cars are full of compartments, hidden or otherwise, and any of them can be filled with almost anything. Just having a volume of space that could hold something illegal is not the same as having something illegal. Are Ohio cops going to start arresting cyclists and pedestrians because they have a "hidden compartment" in their rectums that could be used to hold condoms full of meth?
As long as it's not hurting anyone (or really violating safe driving laws and all that), we should be free to modify our cars as we see fit. If that means having a bunch of handy compartments to store things, so be it. Sure, a car with hidden compartments (or, say, a trunk or spare wheel well or glove box) can be used to smuggle drugs, but I think a key criteria of arresting someone for smuggling drugs should include some drugs that they're smuggling.
Stay out of my hidden compartments, Ohio. But if you're in there, hand me that extra throttle return spring, because mine popped off again.


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Titanium Alloy Ti-2.5Cu, a binary alloy containing 2.5% copper, combines the formability and weldability of unalloyed titanium with improved mechanical properties, particularly at elevated temperatures. It can be used at temperatures up to 350°C
Titanium Alloy Ti-2.5Cu, a binary alloy containing 2.5% copper, combines
the formability and weldability of unalloyed titanium with improved mechanical
properties, particularly at elevated temperatures. It can be used at temperatures
up to 350°C. Chemical composition of Ti-2.5Cu is given in the Table 1.
Table 1. Chemical composition of Ti - 2.5Cu alloy
It has been used since 1959 as sheet, forgings and extrusions for
fabricating components such as bypass ducts of gas-turbine engines.
In these applications it has been used in the annealed condition,
but since 1965 its use has spread to the airframe industry, following
the development of an ageing treatment that raises room-temperature
tensile properties by about 25% and nearly doubles the elevated-temperature
properties (e.g. creep at 200°C). Such a material is particularly
attractive since it can be formed in the soft condition, thus lowering
fabrication costs.
British Standards TA 21, 22 and 23 refer to sheet, bar and forging
stock in the annealed condition. DTD specifications 5233, 5243 and
5253 cover the same three forms of material, but in the ageable or
aged condition. A different heat treatment is given to solution-treated
material (suitable for ageing) from that for annealed material. It is
therefore necessary to decide, before ordering, in which condition it
is required. Specifications BS TA 24 and DTD 5263 refer to annealed
and aged forgings respectively.
Alloy metallurgy. The diagram for the binary titanium-copper
system is shown in Figure 1. The α+β / β transus temperature for a
pure Ti-2.5Cu alloy is around 850°C. The difference from the 895°C
found in commercial material is due to the oxygen and nitrogen content
in the latter.
There is a maximum solid solubility of 2.1 wt% of copper in alpha
titanium at 798°C, and about 0.7 wt% at 600°C. This gives the
possibility of an age-hardening reaction by precipitation of a compound,
Ti2Cu, from a supersaturated alpha solid solution. It is also
possible to get age hardening from a martensitic alpha structure, obtained
by rapid quenching of the alloy from the beta field, but there is some loss
of ductility in this condition.
In material of commercial purity, X-ray diffraction studies indicate
that maximum supersaturation of the alpha phase with copper is obtained
by solution treatment at 790°C. However, to obtain consistent results
under normal production conditions, a solution-treatment temperature of
805 ± 10°C is used.
Decomposition of the supersaturated solid solution occurs, as in
all age-hardening systems, by a nucleation-and-growth mechanism.
Precipitation is controlled firstly by the number of nuclei available,
which decreases with rise in temperature, and secondly by the rate of
growth of nuclei by diffusion of copper, which increases with rise in
Early work indicated that maximum age hardening occurred after treatment
at 400°C, but the ageing reaction was very slow and ageing times as
long as 140 h were needed to achieve satisfactory response. Higher
temperatures produce a more rapid reaction. The optimum combination is
an initial treatment of 8-24 h at 400°C to develop the maximum number
of well distributed nuclei, followed by further ageing for 8 h at
475°C to give a more rapid growth to the optimum size for maximum
strength. This duplex treatment gives a consistent response without risk
of over-ageing.
Heat treatment. The full heat treatment consists of solution
treatment at 805 ± 10°C followed by a rapid cool and a duplex
ageing process of 8-24 h at 400°C and 8 h at 475°C. Many current
specifications were evolved at a period when it was thought that 24 h at
400°C was necessary to ensure adequate nucleation. Experience has
shown that this is unnecessarily long, and that 8h is quite sufficient.
This accounts for the wide tolerance in time (8-24 h) for the first part
of the duplex ageing process. All heating may be done in air, provided that
normal precautions are taken to restrict contamination by hydrogen.
For sheet, 1/2 h at the solution-treatment temperature is sufficient.
Rapid cooling is usually achieved by using a forced air blast, which causes
less distortion than a water quench. For thicker sections such as rod, bar,
extrusions or forgings, 1 h per 25 mm of section is recommended for thorough
Ageing, for 8-24 h at 400°C and 8 h at 475°C, should be followed
by air-cooling in each case. It may be necessary to guard against distortion
during the ageing treatment by, for instance, supporting sheet on a flat base
or by holding a complex fabrication in a suitable jig. The linear dimensional
change on ageing is very small.
On occasions, when subsequent development of the fully aged properties is not
necessary, a simple anneal at 790 ± 10°C followed by air cooling
is sufficient for both sheet and thicker sections. This treatment may also
be used to give a full recrystallisation anneal between heavy cold working
operations (e.g. during flow turning).
Stress relieving of annealed material after forming and welding is achieved
by a subsequent treatment at 600°C for 5h. For solution-treated material,
however, the duplex ageing treatment acts as a satisfactory stress-relieving
operation, and the 600°C treatment should not be used since it will cause
The oxide scale formed during annealing or solution treatment should be
removed by vapor blasting or other scale-modifying treatment, followed
by light pickling in a bath containing 4% commercial hydrofluoric acid and
20% nitric acid in water.
Creep properties. Aged Ti-2.5Cu Alloy (IMI Titanium 230) is more
creep-resistant than was IMI Titanium 317 over the range 150-320°C and
more creep-resistant than the hardest grade of commercially pure titanium at
all temperatures.
It is important that any material whose properties make it technically
attractive for operation for long periods at elevated temperatures should
be metallurgically and mechanically stable under operating conditions.
The room-temperature tensile properties of aged Ti-2.5Cu sheet are not
affected by creep exposure for 100 h at temperatures in the range
200-350°C. Slight increase in strength and precipitate particle size
is apparent after 5000 h at 350°C but there is no evidence of surface
instability or loss of ductility, even though the post-creep tensile tests
were carried out with no further surface preparation.
Fatigue properties. Like the steels and most other titanium alloys,
Ti-2.5Cu Alloy has a fairly well defined fatigue limit and the S/N curve
becomes horizontal at 107 or 108 reversals of stress.
The fatigue ratio is particularly good; in most cases, the fatigue limit
is more than 0.6 times the static tensile strength.
Forging. Ti-2.5Cu Alloy is very easy to forge. A certain amount
of forging in the α+β field is required to develop optimum properties.
The ideal forging preheating temperature is 800-820°C, though a preheating
temperature of 850°C is commonly used. It may, on occasions, be permissible
to go as high as 875°C for initial roughing operations, provided that a
reduction of at least 2:1 or 4:1 is subsequently carried out at the lower
Forming. As the mechanical properties indicate, Ti-2.5Cu Alloy in the
annealed or solution-treated condition is capable of undergoing considerable
cold deformation without cracking. It is thus amenable to cold forming by
conventional methods, such as pressing, stretch forming, spinning, etc.,
as applied to the stainless steels.
Welding. Ti-2.5Cu Alloy can be joined by fusion, resistance, flash-butt
and pressure welding. Fusion welds can be made by both argon-arc and electron-beam
welding. Joining techniques are governed by the metal`s affinity for atmospheric
gases. At its melting point, titanium rapidly dissolves oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen
and carbon. Oxy-acetylene, metal-arc, carbon-arc and atomic-hydrogen welding
processes are therefore unsuitable for titanium.
With adequate control of welding techniques, Ti-2.5Cu Alloy is one of the easiest
metals to join. Welds of 100% strength can be obtained, with only a slight
loss in tensile or bend ductility. When making a welded fabrication in an
age-hardenable alloy such as Ti-2.5Cu Alloy, it is best to carry out the
forming and welding on sheet already in the solution-treated condition.
Ageing can then be carried out on the fabricated component. If the alloy
is to be used in the annealed condition, then welding should be followed
by stress relieving for 1/2 h at 600°C.
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Cervical Block / Radiofrequency Ablation
The spine is made up of 24 bones stacked into a column. These bones are the vertebrae. Between each vertebra is a cushion—the disk—that acts as a shock absorber between the bones. Every vertebra has two sets of bony knobs that meet between each vertebra. The point where they meet is called the facet joint. (In the neck, these are sometimes called the zygoaphophyseal or apophyseal joints.)
The facet joints allow the spine to flex forward or extend backward. They also allow the spine to twist from side to side. A capsule of soft tissue protects these joint. A fluid—synovial fluid—is made in this capsule to lubricate the joints so they move smoothly. A layer of slick white cartilage covers the joint, also helping it to glide smoothly when the body moves.
Over time, the cartilage can get damaged or wear thin. The joints can become enlarged. Spurs of bone may grow on or near the joint. This causes arthritis, pain and swelling in the joints.
Nerves that branch off from the spinal cord pass through the facet joints. They extend nerves into the body to control its activities and movement and receive sensation. These are called nerve roots. The nerves that serve the facet joints themselves are called the medial branches. They carry pain signals to the spinal cord and on to the brain. The pain is a warning sign that a joint is irritated.
The bones of the spine are grouped into three sections. The top part, which connects the skull to the torso is the cervical spine. (The middle portion is the thoracic spine where the ribs attach. The lowest part of the spine is the lumbar spine where the spine connects to the pelvis.)
Cervical Blocks to Diagnose and Relieve Pain
When a person is having pain in the cervical region of the spine, it is important to discover what is causing the pain. Knowing the source allows a doctor to select the best treatment option.
During a cervical block, the doctor injects a pain-relieving fluid into the nerves that serve the neck. A combination of a local anesthetic and cortisone are usually used in the injection. (The anesthetic numbs the pain. The cortisone reduces the swelling.)
The doctor uses X-ray guidance to place the injection in the correct nerve. If the procedure relieves the pain, the doctor knows that nerve is the source of the pain and the target for treatment.
In some cases, the cervical block is all that is needed. In other cases, its effects wear off. If a cervical block successfully numbed the pain, it is likely that a patient will have a good response to radiofrequency ablation. If it does not, the patient probably is not a good candidate for radiofrequency ablation.
Radiofrequency Ablation to Relieve Pain
Radiofrequency ablation uses radio waves to create heat that is used to kill tissue. When the procedure is done on nerve tissue, it can provide relief from pain that hasn't been helped by other approaches. It has been used very successfully to treat people who have heart rhythm problems. More recently, it has been used to destroy tumors and treat pain.
Radiofrequency waves are electromagnetic waves that travel at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second).
Radiofrequency ablation gives longer term pain relieve than nerve blocks or other types of injections. Many types of chronic pain respond well to radiofrequency ablation including pain from:
- Injuries such as whiplash
- Neuropathic pain conditions like complex regional pain syndrome or peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes
- Prior spine surgeries
- Spinal arthritis (spondylosis)
What Happens During Radiofrequency Ablation
An intravenous (IV) line will be started before the procedure begins. It will be used to give the patient drugs to make the procedure more comfortable and to calm fears. The area will be carefully cleaned and numbed before the IV line is inserted.
During the procedure, the patient needs to be alert to help the doctor to correctly place the electrode used during the ablation procedure.
The doctor will use X-rays to guide twin, insulated needles to the proper place next to the nerve. A tiny electrode is placed inside the needle. A small radiofrequency current is directed to the medial branch nerve of the joint capsule for 60 to 90 seconds. The radiofrequency waves make heat. This destroys the nerve tissue that is sending the pain signals to the brain.
The procedure is done with sterile technique to minimize the risk of infection.
After the procedure, you will be taken to a recovery area. The nurses will monitor you and be sure you do not have an allergic reaction. You will be allowed to leave once you are stable.
You should rest for about 24 hours. During that time you should not drive a car.
You may feel more pain for several days after the procedure. Your doctor may give you additional pain relieving medications until this goes away. There may be some swelling or bruising where the needle was inserted. A cold pack will help reduce the swelling.
Preparing for Radiofrequency Ablation
The doctor gives patients instructions about how to prepare for radiofrequency ablation. The guidelines usually include instructions such as:
- Arrange for someone to drive you home after the procedure
- Do not eat or drink anything for at least six hours before the ablation. If you take medications, you can do so with a small amount of water. If you have diabetes, you should not take insulin or diabetes pills until after the procedure.
- Do not take aspirin or medicines that contain aspirin for at least 11 days before the procedure. Aspirin can cause bleeding or slow the clotting process.
- Do not wear jewelry
- Shower on the morning of the procedure using bacterial soap to lower the risk of an infection
- Wear clothes that are easy to take off and put on
Pain Relief From Radiofrequency Ablation
How much pain is relieved after the procedure varies from person to person. It can take three or more weeks for the full effects of radiofrequency ablation to be felt. The pain relief may last six months to a year or even longer. Sometimes, nerves do grow back. In such cases, the radiofrequency ablation may need to be repeated.
After the procedure, it becomes easier to be more active. Having pain makes it hard to be active. A person who has had a great deal of pain may have weaker muscles. It is important to build up strength and fitness gradually.
Possible Complications
While this procedure is a safe, non-surgical treatment with low risks for complications. They sometimes do happen.
Complications from radiofrequency ablation can include infections, numbness or allergic reactions to the medications or contrast dye that may be used during the procedure. The doctor will give you instructions about what to watch for.
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The three stripes of adidas tennis, already seen on clothing and shoes, returns to racquets when the company revives its equipment line — last hawked by legends Ilie Nastase and Ivan Lendl in the 1980s.
If you don't know much about these old adidas sticks, check out the amazing photo trove at 80s-tennis.com. That trefoil stencil is sick!
(By the way, I've been meaning to write about 80s-tennis for a while. So go check it out. I'll do a bigger post later…)
In the current incarnation, adidas will produce three ranges to cater to all play levels, and will be named after their signature tennis shoes: the Barricade, Response, and Feather. As far as colors, the Barricades and Response have black/white/red colorways and the Feather — the lightest of the three — will be in white/silver/yellow.
So which of the pros are going to use this for match play? No agreements yet (it's "a work in progress", says an insider), but like all other equipment, they'll probably introduce it to promising juniors with the hopes of getting exposure when the player succeeds on the tour.
Buy: adidas Barricade racquets, $185;Feather range, $165, and Response, $145. Available in the U.S. beginning February 2009.


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Moran's Memo: Courage Defined
By Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
May 28 2013
Courage is often talked about but seldom witnessed. On Memorial Day each year, America comes together to remember those courageous souls who inspire us all – those who answered the call to serve our country and laid down their lives for our freedom.
One such soldier, Father Emil Kapaun, was born in Pilsen, Kansas, in 1916 and served our country on the battlefields of the Korean War as a chaplain for the 8th Calvary Regiment of the First Army Division. Father Kapaun's courageous actions in Korea saved countless lives as he risked his own to drag the wounded to safety while dodging explosions and enemy gunfire. When he was taken prisoner in 1950, he continued to live out the Army Chaplain motto – "for God and Country."
In the bitter cold of winter, Father Kapaun carried injured comrades on his back as Chinese captors led them on forced marches through the snow and ice, gave away his meager food rations, and cared for the sick who were suffering alongside him in the prison camp. He also provided spiritual aid and comfort; on Easter, he defied his communist captors by conducting Mass with a makeshift crucifix. When all else looked hopeless, Father Kapaun rallied his comrades to persevere – until his own death as a prisoner in 1951.
Since 2009, my colleagues in the United States Congress and I worked together to make certain his countless acts of heroism would be recognized. In 2011, Sen. Roberts and I introduced legislation to award Father Kapaun the Congressional Medal of Honor. On April 11, 2013 – more than 60 years after laying down his life for the sake of others – Father Kapaun finally received our nation's highest award of valor. I was honored to attend the Congressional Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House, where his nephew, Ray Kapaun, accepted the Medal on his uncle's behalf.
Father Kapaun has inspired many with his unshakable faith and relentless courage. His story of self-sacrifice demonstrates that the strength of our nation lies within its people. Only when each citizen feels the duty to do his or her part will our nation be strengthened. This won't come as a result of our individual successes, but in what we accomplish together.
Often in Washington, it can be easy to forget what's important in the midst of all the partisan politics, the next election or the latest poll. When I need a reminder, I take a walk – from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial. Between these two points, I pass the WWII Memorial, Vietnam Wall, and Korean War Memorial.
These memorials to our service members help put everything in perspective. Our freedoms are so important that our nation's sons and daughters put their lives at risk to defend and protect them. Like Father Kapaun, these men and women didn't sacrifice for Republicans or Democrats; they gave their lives for the greater good of our country and to make certain their children and grandchildren would also experience freedom and liberty.
One of the memorials that has special meaning for me is the World War II Memorial. In 2004, I visited this memorial a few days before the official dedication ceremony. As I walked among the many pillars, I came across the pillar representing the many Kansans who served, and I thought of my dad. He served in northern Africa and up the boot heel of Italy during the Second World War.
As I turned to leave, I called my Dad and said: "I'm at the World War II Memorial and I thought of you. I respect you, I thank you for your service, and I love you." It was something that sons don't often say to their fathers, but there is something about memorials that makes us stop and reflect on all those who sacrificed so much to make certain we can continue to live in the strongest, freest and greatest nation in the world.
On Memorial Day, we honor the courageous souls who laid down their lives for our country and we thank God for giving us these heroes. Let us commit our lives to preserving this nation for the sake of the next generation – so they too can pursue the American dream with freedom and liberty.
To subscribe to Sen. Moran's newsletter, visit his website at https://www.moran.senate.gov


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< Anaconda
Live Media Install Walkthrough
Here are the various steps involved in installing Fedora 14 using the live media process. This excludes the entire sticky mess of downloading the appropriate ISO, properly formatting a sufficiently-sized USB key, and getting the USB key to be bootable. In this case, this was a 1-2 hour painful process I'd rather forget but felt worth mentioning as users coming into this process documented here may be quite rattled already.
Set computer to boot from USB or Optical Drive
We likely can't do much to make this easier, unfortunately. The user pain of this is worth mentioning, though.
The user must pick "Boot" from the Syslinux menu.
- What am I going to boot into? Maybe better to brand with the version number of Fedora.
- Boot (Basic Video) - what does this mean? Why would I pick this instead of boot?
- Why would I pick "verify and boot" vs "boot"?
- "Memory test" - why would I pick this? Is this really the most appropriate place for this option?
- "Boot from local drive"... better way to word this so it's clear what it means?
- The interface looks outdated, does not flow with modern design compared to other distributions
- Fonts used on that screen is a legacy. It would be nice to replace it by a contemporary version.
Pretty bootsplash.
GDM Automatic Login Screen
File:Anaconda-f14-livemedia-ss gdm1.png
- Why can't you just log me in and not show this screen at all? Why is it here?
- Any way to highlight the login button a bit more? Doesn't stand out very much?
- Arrows to demonstrate the options along the bottom? Draw attention to them?
Click to Install icon
- Could we add some kind of 'welcome' message to outline what to do? Okay, the icon's text is pretty clear, but there's so much else on the screen distracting me...
Anaconda Screen 1
- It's a huge screen with an 'F14' in the middle and a next button. Seems to be a waste of space. Cut it! (clumens sez: This is already cut for F15.)
Keyboard selection
- any way to suggest a short list of likely candidates?
- does the list have type-ahead?
- possible to add search?
- very, very long list.
- what does 'latin1' mean?
Basic or Specialized
Should default to basic, specialized an opt-in later on.
Examining Storage Devices
- Who will see the hostname?
- What is this greyed out "Configure Network" button?
- Can you suggest a hostname for me? I'm not very creative :)
No progress bar. Why are you doing this now?
Time zone
- very difficult to use. didn't notice +/- controls; would make more sense along the right side.
- dropdown doesn't seem to have type-ahead, insanely long
- system clock uses UTC - why would i want or not want this? how will i know?
- can we make any intelligent guesses?
Root Password
- give me some suggestions?
- rate how good my suggestions are?
Installation hard drive pattern selection
- Just pick one for me. I don't know what I want or need. Suggest the others as alternatives.
Select install target device
- not sure about this one. it just seems confusing.
Partitioning layout (optional)
- hurts my brain.
- I have an SSD and just breezed through this. I ended up having to reinstall because LVM on an SSD sucks. Anyway to prevent this trouble in the future??
Install ........
- bring back ransom notes! (clumens sez: All the code's still there. You give us the images and it should just work.)
Firstboot splash
- waste of space, let's cut to the chase.
License Information
- does this have to be here? nobody is going to read this.
Create User
- Username
- Full name
- password
- Password check
- NIS / authconfig-gtk
- create-user
- ask for my human name first. suggest a username based on that and let me edit it.
- password check is a nice affordance
- network login language is confusing. talk more about what envs this is useful for. maybe hide behind advanced.
- weird window management issues with advanced dialog
- add new use window from user manager aligns to the top left of the screen - seems weird
Date and Time
- controls are so small!
- current date and time doesn't stand out. is this according to the computer or what? am i looking to fix this?
- why wouldn't i want to synchronize with the network?
- advanced options for date and time make absolutely no sense to me. why? why?
Hardware Profile
- ugly and huge. don't show it all, hide the full profile behind something and make the accept/deny buttons much more clear.
Log in
That's it. Although very difficult to change your Real Name post-install.


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OCEAN CITY – City employees said last week they are planning on wrapping up petition efforts to gain the right to collective bargaining by the end of this month.
In the beginning of the year, rumors began to spread that general employees intended to pursue collective bargaining. In February, city employees packed council chambers to reveal their concerns and their intentions and returned in April to remind the council that they have not backed down in their efforts.
Last Thursday, Barbara Dahan of Ocean City's Finance Department gave an update on the Ocean City Employee Coalition's efforts in gaining signatures for a petition to amend the city charter to allow general employees the right to collective bargaining.
The town's charter only allows for the police and fire department and paramedics to exercise collective bargaining. In order for general employees to unionize, they would have to receive approval by the City Council or collect the sufficient number of voter signatures by petition to have a referendum placed on the ballot in October to let the voters decide their fate.
According to Maryland State Law, 20 percent of Ocean City's registered voters would have to sign the petition in order for the referendum to be placed on the ballot.
Dahan, who has worked for the city for 33 years in different entities, worked for the police in 1987 when the department was going through their own collective bargaining efforts, which were not successful until about 10 years ago.
"I feel like other people have collective bargaining, we should have it as well," she said.
Dahan recalled it was a couple of years ago when city employees began to look toward collective bargaining when the City Council initiated talks about making personnel salary and benefits cuts to cut city expenses.
The council made some more serious moves last year by changing pay scales and benefits and that is when city employees reached out to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and Maryland Classified Employees Association (MCEA) for assistance.
The Ocean City Employee Coalition has expressed a list of grievances in the past in front of the Mayor and City Council and Dahan reviewed the same complaints during a press conference last Thursday at the coalition offices off 120th Street.
The group seeks equality, job security, consistency in rules and regulations, but most importantly an advocate.
"We have no advocate when issues arrive on the job," Dahan said. "We need somebody there to speak for us, or to be able to be on our side."
According to Dahan, the coalition's goal is to have the petition completed by the end of this month so that the signatures could be turned into the City Clerk to be verified as registered voters.
"When that is over with, then our goal is to get the referendum on the ballot in October. That is our ultimate goal, that is what we are striving for," she said.
At this point, Dahan does not seem concerned with what will ensue after the elections.
"Once the voters have spoken, then we have to go from there as to the next step … the council said let the voters speak and we've done that, so everything that we were told that we had to do is being done," she said.
Dahan did not know the number of signatures that have been collected so far.
"I do know we have received a lot of support from the registered votes," she said. "For the most part, people seem to understand why we are looking for collective bargaining … I'm not worried about it. None of us can predict the future but I think that they, the people, the voters, understand what we are going through."
Ocean City Employee Coalition members were collecting signatures just last Monday in front of City Hall prior to the Mayor and City Council meeting, and Dahan said forces will stay strong until it is time to submit the petition. She added that representatives from the AFT and MCEA have even been helping with the collection of signatures.
"They are supporting us, it is just one of the ways that they are helping to support us," she said. "We came to them because we had no idea how to even start so we contacted them and then they offered their help. They're experts."
Dahan added that the general employees' right to collective bargaining is supported across all town departments.
"We have support from all of the employees, it is not specifically one group, and it's from all of the various groups," she said. "It has nothing to do with their pay is or isn't, or the lower-end, it has nothing to do with that we just want equality and that is what we feel we are not getting."


text: I guess there is truth in the saying that the devil is in the details. If anyone ever tries to tell you that their product or service is 100% secure you have my permission to smack them with a large fish (not an actual permission slip). That being said, it is good to tackle the issues straight on when you\u2019ve been hacked. In this case the storage manufacturer LaCie was breached by a nefarious third party who managed to set up shop on their internal network well over a year ago.So, how did they know that they were breached? Well, apparently when the FBI came calling. That could not have been a comfortable conversation. I would have hated to have been in the shoes of the person responsible for network security at LaCie after that meeting.\u00a0LaCie rallied and brought in a forensics firm to go spelunking through the network to see what went wrong.\u00a0From LaCie press release:Based on the investigation, we believe that transactions made between March 27, 2013 and March 10, 2014 were affected. The information that may have been accessed by the unauthorized person may include customers\u2019 names, addresses, email addresses, and payment card numbers and card expiration dates. Customers\u2019 LaCie website user names and passwords could also have been accessed, which is why we required a reset of all passwords.\u00a0In August 2012 Seagate announced that they had taken a controlling interest in Paris based LaCie. The French company continued to manage their own networks apparently.\u00a0So, what to do? Did you buy something from LaCie's online store in the last year? No? Then you're fine. Breathe into a paper bag. If you have be sure to check your credit card statements for erroneous purchases. This is a good practice to get into at any rate as a breach could happen anywhere and anytime.What to do if you're a company in possible situation like this? Review your log files, intrusion detection systems and egress filtering. I know, it can be a dull exercise for an admin to comb through logs but, suck it up buttercup. You will thank me later.The part that did stick out to be about the LaCie breach was that, unlike other companies that were breached in similar incidents, they offered no credit monitoring services to affected customers. They did however point to...free ones. Is your company compromised? Assume yes and build from there.\u00a0(Image used under CC from Michael Sanger)


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from Killer Mike - Monster (2003)
Welcome to the creep show, street show, freak show, peep show
anything goes strippers and live shows
It's the creep show, street show, freak show, peep show
exctasy, hydro, and good blow
It's the creep show, street show, freak show, peep show
hoes strip, where pimps and hoes do strolls
It's the creep show, street show, freak show, peep show
Where hustlas collect rocks and straight rolls
(Verse 1: Killer MIke)
Welcome home motherfuckers your back again
into the den of inequity the life of sin
Where after the after party and the hotel lobbies
probably find me drunk off Bacardi in a swank hotel
an aspiring actress
Trying to push her back through a thousand dollar mattress
In Chicago a couple of bottles, couple of models, stolen Diablos
Fast and furious going full throttle
post club function, pills get swallowed
Ladies get loose and so do bra staps
power, money, and sex drive good raps
Freaks emerge in a twilight with party pack
of hydros alchohol blurred eye sight
From dusk til dawn is when vampires roam
pro athletes trick and don't go home
(Verse 2: Killer Mike)
Riding with my nigga Big Boi you don't sleep
even partied with Diddy up in NYC
Got drunk, rubbed titties of Dominican freaks
every night bachelor party in the boom boom room
On trees get burned or liquor consumed
you ain't really seen a color till you seen it on shrooms
Lipstick on the pale of my Pelle Pele
spot hotter than fish scales cooked in coked ale
Vampire party and we gets it down
in the undergrounds underground
Underground in club commer's basement
ladies and low lifes do get wasted
So high you can't hear the music but you feel it when the bass hits
the atmosphere like the first year
Freak bass hit everybodys heart goes fast
rolling Mitsubishi's shakin' that ass
(Verse 3: Bizzare)
Got twenties on the Escort, bitch park my shit
It's Bizzare from D12 in this bitch (yeah)
and wich nigga want to fight (what!)
I'm the club with Suge Knight, Ike, and Killer Mike (how does it feel)
Fat dick for all my enemies
caught a disease fucking Roy and Jazzie T (a ha ha)
My girlfriends a fucking fool
when she turned her back
I'm making out with her mother like I'm in high school (shhh)
And I don't sale crack to my African brothers
I sell it to they mothers and they ex-lovers (that's true)
So go ahead bitch pop the X
so I can work your neck in the back of my Vett (ahh!)
Red bones, I hate 'em no question
I like fat bitches with bladder infections (ughh)
Bizzare get down from strokers to Magic City
It's the creep show, show your nasty titties
|from Ikkurruz - Dark Meadows (2008)


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AN ITALIAN EXPERIENCE - Places to Visit
Orvieto and its territory
ORVIETO, Province of Terni, Umbria
Orvieto origins go back to the Etruscan civilization: the first Etruscan settlements, going back to the 9th Century B.C., infact, were found inside the tufaceous caves in the bedrock upon which today rises the city.
Annexed in the 3rd Century B.C. to the territories of Rome, it remained under the Roman domination until the decline of the Western Roman Empire. Afterwhich it became a free municipality, and during the struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines, was a valiant opponent of Barbarossa, remaining faithful to the Pope. Riding on the support of the Papal State, it was allowed to prosper through the entire Medieval Period, reaching the top of its development in the 13th Century with the constitution of the General Council of the 400 and the election of the Captain of the People.
It was during this period that one saw the fervent work of erecting palaces and holy buildings among which the very famous Cathedral stands out, dating back to 1263, undoubtedly the most important architectural landmark of the city, with its splendid Gothic facing and the richness of the ornaments and internal chapels. In the ancient town we also find the St.Patrizio well, built in 1527 based on a plan of Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane, the Palace of the Seven from 1300, the Palace of People Captain (12th Century) inside which took place the meetings of the People's Council, Saint Andrew's Church (12th Century), Saint Domenic's Church (12th Century), Saint Giovenale's Church (11th Century), Soliano Palace (1262) within which, one will find two museums: the Museum of the Opera del Duomo and the Museum of Modern Art. Moreover we remember the Mancinelli Theatre (1866), the suggestive Underground City and the Necropolis of the Crucifix of Tufo dating back to the Etruscan period.
Thanks to bellaumbria.net for the above description.