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Newport, Wales: After recruiting at least nine allies to help crush the marauding Islamic State, US President Barack Obama has fleshed out his military strategy for Iraq, and it echoes the war on terror first developed by his predecessor, George W. Bush, more than a decade ago.
In his most expansive comments to date about how the United States and its friends could defeat the Islamic State, a once-obscure group of Sunni militants that has upended the Middle East and overshadowed al-Qaeda, Mr Obama said the effort would rely on US airstrikes against its leaders and positions. It would also aim to strengthen the moderate Syrian rebel groups to reclaim ground lost to the Islamic State, and enlist other friendly governments in the region to join the fight.
While the president's aides maintained that he has not yet decided to authorise airstrikes in Syria - which he has done on a limited basis in Iraq - Mr Obama likened his developing strategy on the Islamic State to the US effort against al-Qaeda in Pakistan's tribal regions, which has relied heavily on airstrikes.
Mr Obama has been under enormous pressure to articulate a way to counter Islamic State, which has proclaimed itself an Islamic caliphate that knows no borders and has behaved ruthlessly toward its enemies, including the videotaped beheadings of two Americans. After creating a political storm by saying last week that his administration lacked a strategy, Mr Obama sought to portray himself as spearheading the effort.
"You initially push them back, you systematically degrade their capabilities, you narrow their scope of action, you slowly shrink the space, the territory that they may control, you take out their leadership," Mr Obama said. "And over time, they are not able to conduct the same kinds of terrorist attacks as they once could."
Obama spoke after aides had unveiled what Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel called the "core coalition" to fight the Islamic State militants, the outcome of a hastily organised meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit talks. Diplomats and defence officials from the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Denmark huddled to devise a two-pronged strategy: strengthening allies on the ground in Iraq and Syria, while bombing Sunni militants from the air.
"There is no containment policy for ISIL," Secretary of State John Kerry said at the start of the meeting. "They're an ambitious, avowed, genocidal, territorial-grabbing, caliphate-desiring quasi state with an irregular army, and leaving them in some capacity intact anywhere would leave a cancer in place that will ultimately come back to haunt us."
But he and other officials made clear that at the moment, any ground combat troops would come from either Iraqi security forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters in Iraq, or the moderate Syrian rebels opposed to Assad in Syria. "Obviously I think that's a red line for everybody here: no boots on the ground," Kerry said.
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Ok, yum! This mixture of cherries, lingonberries, cranberries, and jumbo raisins are delicious. The mixture was sweet and tart at the same time – lots of natural goodness here.
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I love all of their Flapjack offerings. These are soft, mini, bars of delicious. I have yet to encounter a flapjack that I haven't enjoyed. I knew I really enjoyed them when I saw there were sunflower and pumpkin seeds in these and I hadn't even noticed!
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The Tea & Cookies line is a new offering from Graze – this is my first time receiving one, so I was excited!
I came with a nice black tea that I prepared without any additives. The cookies were absolutely delicious when dipped in the tea or just by themselves. I highly recommend trying one of these snacks if you love tea!
Snickerdoodle Dip with Cinnamon Pretzel Sticks
Like the Tea & Cookies line, Graze offers a number of different lines of snacks. One such offering is their 'Dippers' line of snacks. You'll receive some something to dip, like apples of pretzels, and a dipper, like caramel or snickerdoodle dip. The snickerdoodle dip tastes just like Speculoos dip from Trader Joes. These are good – but I wouldn't rank them in my go-to Graze snacks.
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The final snack was one that I had tried in the past and loved. I really enjoy Graze's apple slices. They're not completely dried and hard – so they keep a chewiness that I appreciate.
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JLo's ex Ojani Noa to start reality show 'I Owe J.Lo'April 30th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 30 (ANI): Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband Ojani Noa is starting a new reality show titled, 'I Owe J.Lo', to help him avoid bankruptcy, it has emerged.
Noa will look to "land menial jobs to pay off a half-million dollar court judgment that he owes to his ex-wife," as part of the show.
Dating Web site Ashleymadison.com, that encourages married people to have affairs, is looking to partner on the project, reports the New York Post.
Noa has been ordered to pay 545,000 dollars to Lopez after he tried to publish a book revealing details about his relationship with her. (ANI)
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- J.Lo sues ex-hubby for $10M over using home sex videos in film - Nov 09, 2009
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- Jennifer Lopez files suit to prevent sex-tapes from being public - Nov 10, 2009
- J.Lo seeks to prevent release of home sex videos - Dec 02, 2010
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Higher Education Tax Incentives
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The Internal Revenue Code provides numerous incentives for higher education that are overlapping, complicated, and difficult to apply. Various groups, including the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, have proposed changes to improve and simplify these incentives; however, in December 2010, Congress extended the current provisions for two additional years. In this project, we will detail several of the current educational tax provisions, thereby demonstrating the complexity and inefficiency of the system. Furthermore, we will analyze several proposed changes, considering issues such as access to higher education, simplification, and compliance with requirements.


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Cayo Esquivel is located 11 km NE of Isabela de Sagua, in the region of Sagua La Grande. Even though Cayo Esquivel is known and visited since the colonial times, the social life actually starts to happen in the 1920's.
Around this time, a group of families started to use Cayo Esquivel as a recreational site. With the constant Sunday visits, Cayo Esquivel was established as Esquivel Beach. This beach was taken care of by the Sagua Yatch Club. The Zorroza and Kismet ferries were the ones transporting the many Esquivel enthusiast every Sunday to and from the key.
The picnics and the coconut trees were amazing all along the beaches of Esquivel. The beauty contest "Esquivel Queen" is something something epic in the history of the Villa del Undoso. Also, the laughter of children and the domino players gave a unique touch to this cuban paradise.
Around the 1930's is when the real life starts in Esquivel, which was shortly interrupted by the hurricane of 1933. This hurricane split the key in half, forming a straight that disappeared with time. Other than that hurricane, all throughout the 1930's people starting to build their cabins, and the visitors started to stay at Esquivel for longer periods of time. At some point, you could see new houses being built by the day, as well as many hotels.
All the visitors agreed that this was the "most perfect beach in Cuba". The sand was so fine that you could hardly hold it in your hand without it slipping out. The sea was so clean, and far away from contamination, that it was said that this beach must have been designed by God to be ideal for beach lovers.
In the 1940's, the growth at Cayo Esquivel became exponential. The first power plants arrived, as well as radios, fridges, TVs, etc, and by the 1950's Cayo Esquivel was already an actual city. It was full of shops, entertainment centers, small hotels, playgrounds, parks, boat, and all the aquatic activities you can think of.
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Opinion FlashMay 16, 2002
Volume 8 Number 86
Following this index are summaries of each case, including its name, first paragraph, author's name, and the names of attorneys for the parties of each opinion.
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COURTNEY BROWN v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC. Court:TSC - Workers Comp Panel Attorneys: Mary M. Little, McMinnville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. B. Keith Williams, Lebanon, Tennessee, for the appellee, Courtney Brown. Judge: WEATHERFORD First Paragraph: This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated S 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The defendant appeals the judgment of the trial court awarding the employee 50% permanent partial disability for disfigurement pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated S 50-6-207(3)(E) for scarring resulting from a friction burn sustained when her left hand got caught in a conveyor belt while working for the employer. We hold that the evidence does not preponderate against the trial court's findings. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TSC_WCP/browncourtney.wpd
JIMMY E. CAMPBELL v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION Court:TCA Judge: Koch First Paragraph: Both Jimmy E. Campbell and the Tennessee Department of Correction have filed timely Tenn. R. App. P. 39 petitions requesting this court to reconsider its April 19, 2002 opinion. Having given these petitions our careful consideration, we have determined that Mr. Campbell's petition should be granted in part and that the Department's petition should be denied. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/campbellje_reh.wpd
IN THE MATTER OF: J.E.F. and M.A.F. Court:TCA Attorneys: Mitchell B. Dugan, Dickson, Tennessee, for the appellant, P.F.R. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Dianne Stamey Dycus, Deputy Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: CANTRELL First Paragraph: The trial court terminated the parental rights of the mother of two teenagers, on the grounds of failure to follow a permanency plan and failure to remedy the conditions that led to the children's removal from her custody. We affirm. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/jefandmaf.wpd
KLOSTERMAN DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. OUTLAW AIRCRAFT SALES, INC., et al. Court:TCA Attorneys: Charles C. Morrow, Nashville, For Appellant, Klosterman Development Corporation Paige Waldrop Mills, Jody E. O'Brien, Nashville, For Appellees Outlaw Aircraft Sales, Inc. and David Cole Judge: CRAWFORD First Paragraph: This case involves a contract for the sale of an aircraft. By amended complaint, plaintiff- purchaser sued seller and seller's agent for rescission of the contract and defendant-seller, by counter-claim, sought the amount due for repairs made on the aircraft pursuant to the contract. The trial court ordered the contract rescinded but failed to make provisions to put the parties in status quo. The purchaser, seller's agent, and seller appeal. We reverse the judgment of the trial court as it pertains to seller's agent, modify the judgment for rescission to include provisions of restoring the status quo of the parties. The judgment is affirmed as modified. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/klostermandevelopment.wpd
DENNIS OSA OSAGIE v. PEAKLOAD TEMPORARY SERVICES Court:TCA Attorneys: Dennis Osa Osagie, Nashville, Tennessee, Pro Se. Elizabeth A. Alexander, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Peakload Temporary Services, Inc. Judge: CANTRELL First Paragraph: An employee of a temporary services agency sued the agency for non-payment of wages and for discrimination. The trial court dismissed the claim for non-payment with prejudice, and the claim for discrimination without prejudice. We affirm the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/osagiedo.wpd
CAROLINE ELIZABETH SMITH v. MARK O. SMITH Court:TCA Attorneys: Gary M. Williams, Hendersonville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Caroline Elizabeth Smith. Michael W. Edwards, Hendersonville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Mark O. Smith. Judge: KILCREASE First Paragraph: This is an appeal by appellant Caroline Elizabeth Smith from an order of the trial court which provided that the custody of the minor children of Caroline Elizabeth Smith and Mark O. Smith shall remain in the custody of Mark O. Smith. We affirm the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/smithcaroline.wpd
SOUTHWEST WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, et al. v. J. BRUCE SALTSMAN, SR., Court:TCA Attorneys: David E. Lemke, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Southwest Williamson County Community Association, William B. Caldwell, and Micaro Properties. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Michael W. Catalano, Associate Solicitor General, for the appellee, J. Bruce Saltsman, Sr., Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Transportation. Judge: CANTRELL First Paragraph: A group of Williamson County residents whose property was threatened by highway construction filed a Petition for a Declaratory Order against the Tennessee Department of Transportation. They argued that the Department violated the statute that authorized the project by not complying with the environmental standards for construction of an interstate highway. The Administrative Law Judge denied the petition, and the trial court affirmed the ALJ. We affirm the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/williamsonc.wpd
MARILYN ANN YOUNT v. BRUCE WAYNE YOUNT Court:TCA Attorneys: Michael S. Bligh, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Bruce Wayne Yount. Frank J. Runyon, II and Raymond F. Runyon, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Marilyn Ann Yount. Judge: CANTRELL First Paragraph: The trial court granted a divorce to the wife, and awarded her alimony in futuro of $2,000 per month. The husband argues on appeal that the wife does not need any alimony, and that he himself does not have the ability to pay the alimony. The proof shows that he does indeed have the ability to pay, but that the wife's needs are more appropriately served by an award of rehabilitative alimony. We modify the alimony award accordingly. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/yountma.wpd
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Interested in university libraries, distance learning, or in just casually meeting some fellow librarians? The ACRL University Libraries Section (ACRL-ULS) and ACRL Distance Learning Section (ACRL-DLS) have combined forces to host a joint social to help you unwind after a busy Saturday of programs! Enjoy appetizers and a cash bar, while also networking with fellow ULS and DLS members and other conference attendees.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Budweiser is Belgian
Posted by Bull E. Vard
Budweiser is no longer an American company. Rather than pick a fight about how this doesn't matter let me just try to persuade our Bud swillin' brethren to give Boulevard a try. I would recommend a Boulevard Wheat, it's a nice starter beer for those without taste buds (pun intended). If you're not in KC or Boulevard's distribution area, may a suggest a Sam Adams Boston Lager or New Belgium Fat Tire. While those aren't the best the beer world has to offer, they're fine beers to start your beer journey. Soon you'll be singing the praises of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Hazed and Infused. After that you'll be able to impress your friends by saying things like "this year's batch of Cascade hops doesn't quite carry the flavor of the '07 batch". The circle will be completed, a whole new batch of people will be making fun of you. But you will be the better person for it and will enjoy the ride down the deep dark hole that is beer geekdom.
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So Budwieser is now Belgian,does it make it an import? And making Boulevard too popular will put it on the same trajectory- popular, grow big, get bought.Is that what you want?ReplyDelete
I don't really care about popularity or getting bought out (since it is privately held, it really isn't an issue). What I care about is people enjoying beer that is flavorful.ReplyDelete
It appears that Boulevard has now assumed the position as the largest Missouri owned brewery....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2008 at 8:22 AM
You're right Brent. I've seen them use "Missouri's Second Largest Brewery" in advertisements for a while now. I wonder if they'll start using "Missouri's Largest American Owned Brewery" now.ReplyDelete
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Kuwait Launches 39-Million-Dollar Airport Expansion
Kuwait has launched a 39-million-dollar project to expand the emirate's only international airport and double its capacity to six million passengers a year, the contractors said Sunday.
The two-year project is being carried out on a build-operate-transfer basis by a Kuwaiti private company, the firm's managing director, Hussein al-Sayegh, told AFP.
Kuwait United Construction Management will be allowed to manage the new buildings, which include a car park, shops, airline offices, restaurants and other services, for 18 years.
The project, scheduled for completion in August 2002, will boost the civilian airport capacity to cope with an expected sharp rise in air traffic through the oil-rich emirate.
Kuwait Airport handles thousands of flights and up to three million passengers per year.
In March, the airport authorities ordered an 11.6-million-dollar state-of-the-art radar system to upgrade air traffic safety. It will serve Kuwait for the next 20 years – KUWAIT CITY (AFP)
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A week after a strong showing in their limited action against the Buffalo Bills, the Redskins' starting defense struggled against the Chicago Bears. Washington failed to pressure the quarterback and allowed the Bears' receivers to gash them for big gains.
But following the game, the first-stringers insisted there is no need for concern, and said that they didn't view the performance as regression.
"Nothing's a step back. It's preseason," cornerback Josh Wilson said. "We're supposed to learn. I'd rather learn right now than learn Week 1. You go back and shore it up. There's nothing that happens in the preseason that's a step back."
In a quarter-and-a-half of action, Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler completed seven of 13 passes for 122 yards, and orchestrated two touchdown drives. The Redskins didn't record a sack on Cutler.
But defensive end Stephen Bowen said things would have turned out differently had it been a regular season game.
"It's just early things that we're working on," he said. "We're not game planning. It would've been a different story if we were game planning. But, we've got to roll with the punches, see what we can correct and move on."


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Will Earth's coral islands become a second Atlantis?
Exploring the relationship between coral islands and climate change
(Note: This essay is designed to present a scientific article in a more accessible way to a particular audience. It is written for the community of adult geeks that I go on a geek-themed cruise with each year to the Caribbean. I thought it would be neat to explain to them what is going on with the islands we visit and what they might look like in the future.)
Imagine you are lying on a sandy beach on the shore of a beautiful, tropical island. You already are? Great. Now, whether you know it or not, there is a pretty good chance that this beautiful island is sitting on a coral reef. (If it's not on a reef, it's probably an old volcano, but that's another story.) If you stand up and look around, you'll notice that most of this island is pretty low-elevation. People come here for easy access to the ocean, not for mountain climbing. Unfortunately, not only do people have easy access to the ocean, but the ocean has easy access to the island, which can result in a lot of problems if the ocean level starts to rise.
Now, imagine standing in the same place on the same island, but this time there is ocean water lapping at your knees. The towel and half-empty sunscreen you left 50ft up the beach are gone, as are the 300 beach chairs that used to mark the line where the sand turned into shrubbery. This is the sort of scenario that most people imagine when they think of climate change, sea-level rise, and tropical islands. However, thankfully, this is not the only possible outcome for the fate of a coral island in the midst of a changing climate. It turns out that there are an immense number of factors that determine the stability of a sediment-based island when sea level starts to rise. What else can an island do but sit there and drown, you ask? Good question; but the answer has very little to do with the island and everything to do with the coral reefs around it.
Before I get any further, let's start with some basics. Coral islands are born when enough sediments collect in the shallows created by a coral reef to breech the surface of the water and make a land mass. However, if you have ever built a sandcastle, you know that waves are really good at pushing sand around – and the ocean happens to have a lot of waves. Therefore, unless there is a constant influx of sediments from the surrounding water coming in with the waves and being added to the new island, the land will slowly disappear as the sediments hitch a ride with the retreating wave. So, where does the new, sustaining sediment come from? The surrounding reef, of course! Not only does the reef act as a breakwater for incoming waves, consequently mitigating their erosive force on the beach, but it also supplies the island with the sediment it needs to survive.
What do I mean by 'sediments'? Well, if you look really closely at sand, you will find that it comes in LOTS of different shapes, sizes, and colors. (Seriously, go do a Google Image search for "magnified sand" if you've never seen what I'm talking about.) Unsurprisingly, these different types of particles come from different parent materials. In the case of coral islands, there are a few major players in the "particles and sediments" division. Corals are obviously a fairly important source of sediment, but they are by no means always the dominant factor. Crustose coralline algae (CCA), Halimeda, and foraminifera are all various types of organisms that live on or around a reef and leave calcium-carbonate versions of themselves behind when they die. Mollusks (snails, clams, and the like) are another such source of chalky remains that frequently end up on beaches. In addition to these skeletal sediments, there are also sediments that simply eroded away from their structure of origin through biophysical processes, such as from wave action or when a sponge loosens particles from inside the underlying frame of a coral structure. Usually, all these various types of sediments will be present in a coral island, but the dominant particle type will vary widely based on the particular location, history, and ecology of each island. This matters because a coral island's sedimentary composition actually has significant influence over how the island is predicted to fare in the face of climate change.
So, how do you know if beautiful Coco Cay – or the imaginary island you're standing on now – is destined for a watery death? Unfortunately, scientists still don't understand many of the forces at work in these ecosystems, largely due to huge gaps in the research and data they need to draw informed conclusions. There are few simple cause and effect relationships when it comes to climate change; and, as in everything ecological, generalizations can only get you half-way. Everything depends on the specific context of the case you are looking at. That said, half-way is (arguably) better than nothing, so here is what we do know.
To determine the projected stability of a coral island, we first need to determine what sort of island-building sediments are being generated by the surrounding reefs, as well as the estimated influx rate of these sediments to the island. Then we need to look at the risk factors at play. Sea level rise is pretty much guaranteed to be of concern to all coral islands, but individual groups of islands will also have to mitigate the effects of more localized issues as well. Overfishing, ocean warming, storm intensity, and changes in nutrient availability due to pollution all play huge roles in the sediment production of a coral reef and should be taken into account where applicable. Different reef communities will respond to various environmental pressures in different ways, so it is the combination of these two conditions (sediment creation and environmental variation) that allow us to make a prediction about the fate of the island in question based on the fate of its reef.
While the array of possible outcomes to these combined conditions is too extensive to address here, I do wish to leave you with a sense of the range they encompass and some hope for the future of coral islands. In general, islands that are composed of finer grain sediments, such as eroded corals and smaller forms of foraminifera, are considered the most vulnerable to sea level rise. However, influxes of nutrients from human disturbance may result in an increase in the production of such finer sediment by the surrounding reefs, potentially countering some of the erosive effects of sea level rise. Conversely, islands that are comprised primarily of coarser-grained sediments, such a larger pieces of coral and CCA, are generally expected to weather changes in sea level with little consequence. However, adding overfishing to the mix would most likely cause coral and CCA particle creation by the reef to decline, which could seriously impact the stability of the island. Such a change could even cause a long-term shift in the composition of the primary island sediments from coral/CCA to Halimeda and certain kinds of foraminifera, which would become the dominant course-grained sediment being produced by the reef.
Ultimately, the complexity of the factors that influence the stability of a coral island is both daunting and poorly understood, but there is yet some hope for the longevity of coral islands as a whole in the face of changing climates and rising sea levels. Instead of slowly drowning or being swept away, some islands may be able to take advantage of a change in sediment availability to adapt to their changing environment, while others may simply remain relatively unaffected. We can do our part to help save our favorite vacation destinations (even if we only look at them appreciatively on the way to the Lido deck between rounds of our favorite board games) by acknowledging the vital role that coral reefs play in the life of islands, and to ensure that any cruise line or shore excursion we choose to endorse takes that role seriously.
Article Citation: Perry, Chris T., Paul S. Kench, Scott G. Smithers, Bernhard Riegl, Hiroya Yamano, and Michael J. O'Leary. "Implications of Reef Ecosystem Change for the Stability and Maintenance of Coral Reef Islands." Global Change Biology 17.12 (2011): 3679-696. Web. 26 Sept. 2013.


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Meet our European big wave hero: Adrian Fernandez de Valderrama. He obviously rips in any surf conditions but we know him best for charging in when it's gnarly.
Growing up in the Basque Country he has had the perfect training ground and influences to become a future world champion on the big wave tour.
Most recently Adrian went on a trip to Scotland and scored some gems with fellow team O'Neill surfers Nelson and Micah.
When and how did you start surfing? I grew up in Bakio, a small village close to Mundaka. My dad was a local surfer from the area so since I was a kid I have been close to the sea, starting with my bodyboard when I was 3 and from there slowly improving step by step with the help of my family, the local surf club and the surfers. But it was when I was 8 that I realized what surfing was all about. From that moment on I fell in love with the sport, and that hasn't changed ever since.
When did you decide to become a pro? Since I was a kid my dream was to become a professional surfer, so at the age of 12 I started competing. First on local events and when I was older on the junior events of the WSL and finally on the WQS.
How did you become a part of O'Neill? I don't really remember how, but I think it was when I was 12 after winning some events and when I started surfing some bigger waves.
What makes you unreasonable? I will travel to any spot, no matter where and how far it is, if there I can find a world-class wave.
What has been a highlight in your career? Travel to the most incredible places in the world searching for empty lineups and amazing waves, keep competing on the WQS trying to be better day by day, and keep pushing my limits on big and heavy waves.
What are your plans for the future? Adventure.
Name 10 things you never travel without? Passport, camera, wetsuits/board shorts, surf boards, credit card, phone, book, computer, stickers and a cap.
What motivates you to get out of bed in the morning? Waking up before sunrise and seeing that the waves are as perfect as in your dreams.
If we visited you at breakfast, what would you be eating? Probably coffee in the early morning followed by some avo toast.
If you weren't surfing, what would you do? Don't really know, but probably something related to the sea.
Any other sports you're good at? When I was young I was good at skating and snowboarding but some injuries made me stop doing it.
What music are you listening to? I love music, no matter what genre, I have playlists for everything haha.
What was your most embarrassing moment in your career/life? I was working in the jet ski safety team at the big wave world tour event here in the basque country. One of my whole life idols jumped on the sled of my ski and we were on the way to the line up when he fell from it, flying backwards… He was okay and nothing happened but I was so embarrassed that I told him I was sorry more than five times hahaha.
What has been the scariest moment in your sport career? I have had a couple of really scary moments while surfing, but probably the scariest was while surfing a huge swell in Puerto Escondido when I broke my leg and shoulder at the same time after being hit by the lip straight on my neck. My leg broke close to the ankle and I had the leash of my surfboard on it. I was caught inside by a set after that and the leash was stretching my ankle so bad that I thought that my leg was ripped apart. After the 3rd wave I was able to unleash it and I managed to get to the shore where the lifeguards where already waiting for me.
How does your training routine look like? It depends on the season and the waves. I like to surf every single day and sometimes the waves are so good that i can't stop surfing. At the same time, when the waves are bad and it's impossible to surf, I go to the gym and to the pool to keep doing something and not wasting time as I wait for the perfect conditions.


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Turner, Oregon and Marion County boasted a "well drilled brass band. The Turner Cornet Band was most active during the 1890s and furnished entertainment for a number of social and political events, including picnics and parades, throughout Marioun County. The group built their own octagon band stand for public playing in Turner on the west side of the mill race, between C and D streets, which stood until the early 1900s. The structure was later moved to the south end of 3rd street."
[Source: Heritage Research Associates Report No. 202. "Turner, Oregon: Historic Context Statement." By Jill. A. Chappel. June 16, 1997.]
The collection contains a volume consisting of meeting minutes and membership account information, and information is organized by date, from October 1, 1890 to December 1, 1897.
There are also loose papers containing name and pledge information regarding the fundraising campaign to build a new band stand.
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Rydges Lakeside Canberra Mar 27, 2009
I stayed at the Rydges Lakeside for two nights at the end of March (early Autumn) and got what I had expected. It's neither fancy nor worthwhile. There was nothing particularly awful about this hotel - except for its blandness and out-of-dateness.
If you're not looking to stay in a hostel & want affordable accommodation in a good location, then by all means this is OK.
Before booking though, take a look at the Diamant hotel. It's situated next door to the Rydges, looks like a palace in comparison and is priced only slightly higher.
The best thing about where I stayed was a) the ridiculously comfy bed and b) the view I got from the tenth floor. I would have forgone both had there been a standard room available to me at the Diamant. Basically what I'm saying here is STAY AT THE DIAMANT!
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Rydges Lakeside Canberra, a hotel of tradition and warmth, boasts a city centre location on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin. The Canberra accommodation's CBD location, spectacular views and exemplary service ensure that guests are treated to a memorable stay in the Nation's Capital. All 201 guest rooms (including 16 suites) most with balconies have spectacular views of the city or Lake Burley Griffin and surrounding mountains. The hotels accommodation rooms feature the now famous Rydges Dream Bed. Some of our guests have gone so far as to say it is the best sleep they have ever had. Major attractions in Canberra include Parliament House, Australian War Memorial, National Gallery of Australia, and National Museum of Australia. The National Convention Centre, Australian National University and CSIRO are also located nearby. Rydges Lakeside Canberra also has an onsite Hairdresser and Budget Car Rental. Banqueting facilities including the largest ballroom in the ACT that can cater for up to 1500 people..
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Our donor is NOT my sons' mother. That language makes me cringe. Recently I stumbled upon her identity due to an error the clinic made (they pretty much gave me all the identifying information as they forgot to black it out). So I know who she is. Unfortunately, she is not who I thought she was and I am dreading the boys someday wanting to find her. But as my friend said, maybe she won't be the same person in 16 years than she is today. Ugh is right. As if it's not heart breaking enough dealing with IF and now NPR is calling donors "mothers" and "fathers".
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Renata, please keep in mind that 90% of our personality is environmental
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State of the Union: Mammoth Government is the New Normal
by Ben Johnson
In his 2011 State of the Union Address, Barack Obama gave himself five more years of trillion-dollar deficit spending, a $678 billion income tax hike, a Social Security tax increase, and the permanent extension of ObamaCare – and he gave Republicans medical malpractice reform and a joke about a salmon.
Since his inauguration, the president has gone on a two-year spending orgy unrivaled since the days of Lyndon Johnson or FDR. Faced with a national backlash against towering debt, he has come up with a "compromise": Americans should accept the big government expansion he has forced down their throats and move on. This follows the president's familiar pattern of forcing through costly and unpopular measures, then promising "discipline" after the fact.
The most reported aspect of the speech was Obama's pledge to freeze discretionary, non-military spending at their current levels – exempting such major programs as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Homeland Security.
At the risk of stating the obvious, which perhaps no one has yet stated, there is no "savings." As President Obama would say, "Let's be clear": Savings is when you reduce the amount of money you are spending. The president's proposal is to spend the same amount of money. The only "savings" would come from the fact that inflation unleashed by deficit spending and quantitative easing will devalue the dollar – but this is hardly a cause for cheer.
History shows that spending freezes rarely freeze anything. The most ambitious attempt was the 1985 Gramm-Rudman-Hollings agreement, which attempted to control deficit spending by future Congresses, but many of the same politicians who voted for the bill decided they would not abide by its terms the next year. Deficits continued to mount. To give a more recent example, last year Congress approved slightly more than half of the whopping $11.5 billion in spending cuts Obama requested last year.
The amount of the budget actually affected is rather modest, indeed. It would apply to approximately 12 percent of the budget. Alec Phillips, an analyst with Goldman Sachs, estimates that if every Congress for the next five years holds to current levels, it would "save" $200 billion. The New York Times noted its higher estimate of "$250 billion in savings over 10 years would be less than 3 percent of the roughly $9 trillion in additional deficits the government is expected to accumulate over that time." Obama's plan would cost half-a-trillion dollars more than returning to 2008 spending levels, as proposed by the most moderate Republicans. Sen. Rand Paul has proposed a half-a-trillion dollar spending cut this year, which includes cutting food stamps and eliminating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan and Senator Jim DeMint introduced a bill to cut $2.5 trillion over ten years, eliminating the aforementioned programs as well as Amtrak and the president's "high-speed rail" and rolling back spending to 2006 levels. Obama's freeze is small beer in its own terms and hypocritical when paired with his calls for new spending.
The State of the Union made only passing reference to the greatest budgetary crisis facing us: out of control entitlements (and most of his "solutions" are bad ideas; see below). "Mandatory" spending alone exceeds projected federal revenues – the amount of money the government took in all year. If we eliminated 100 percent of discretionary spending – privatized the Post Office, dismantled the military, and fired every federal prosecutor and judge – we would still run a deficit.
Nonetheless, the president instructed us, "The final step to winning the future is to make sure we aren't buried under a mountain of debt." As though we are not already buried under a mountain of debt. As though this were not a mountain of his own making. As though it were not one he wished to greatly enlarge.
What Obama intends to freeze is big government. His proposal to hold-the-line comes after he jacked up federal spending by 84 percent. After inflating the federal government beyond the free market's carrying capacity, he now wishes to maintain the status quo.
As usual Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-AL, had the best analysis of Obama's spending freeze, calling it "a plan for deficit preservation." The day after the State of the Union speech, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicted the deficit for 2011 will be a record-breaking $1.5 trillion. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-ND, said, "CBO is now expecting to see deficits of more than $1 trillion a year continuing through at least 2012. And as disturbing as those near-term deficits are, the long-term outlook is even worse." Massive overspending would be bad enough if we were getting something for our money, but CBO projected unemployment rate will remain above 9 percent this year and above 8 percent throughout 2012.
It is not merely enormous deficits Obama wishes to preserve.
ObamaCare Forever
Obama made clear he will not consider any effort to repeal ObamaCare. In the rhetoric of faux bipartisanship, he stated, "If you have ideas about how to improve this law by making care better or more affordable, I am eager to work with you." He again chose to freeze the socialist status quo by instructing Republicans, "instead of re-fighting the battles of the last two years, let's fix what needs fixing and move forward." Then he offered Republicans the one and only substantive compromise of his speech: "medical malpractice reform to rein in frivolous lawsuits." Huzzah.
Once again, the news has not been kind to the president. The day after his speech, chief Medicare actuary Richard Foster testified before the House Budget Committee that ObamaCare will not hold down costs or allow people to keep their private insurance. Keen analysts already knew this, and Howard Dean already admitted it. Yet the State of the Union touted the system's deficit reduction and its ability to sure up Medicare and Medicaid by "further" reducing health care costs.
Obama included one paragraph dedicated to Social Security, which ruled out cutting benefits for future generations or investing (note the correct use of the term) any of the proceeds in the stock market. This leaves one solution: raising the payroll tax ceiling. (Currently, the government collects Social Security taxes on the first $106,800 of income.) In 2007, Obama proposed eliminating the ceiling altogether. Social Security actuaries have estimated this would put off permanent deficits for eight years.
This was not the only tax increase he had in mind.
Read My Lips: Mo' New Taxes
Posing as a debt-cutting crusader, Obama inveighed, "If we truly care about our deficit, we simply cannot afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest two percent of Americans." Allowing merely this portion of the Bush tax cuts to expire would raise taxes an estimated $678 billion, the largest increase in decades. Combined with his proposal to eliminate the payroll tax ceiling, the move could increase top marginal tax rates in some states to more than 60 percent. This does not include the 35 percent increase of the death tax that went into effect this year. The added tax burden will further contract economic activity, throwing more people out of work and off private insurance rolls.
This is the substance of Obama's view of government: more government programs, more "entitlements," more regulations, more spending, and more taxes foisted upon the private sector to pay for it all. Yet somehow he has convinced much of the media he is a born again centrist.
Huge Government: The New Normal
In fact, Obama is instructing the American people to hold at an unacceptably high, costly, and intrusive level of government. Liberal columnist E.J. Dionne rightly described the president's actions earlier this week in a column entitled, "Obama's Plan: Legislate, Hold, Build." The State of the Union represents the "hold" segment. He runs up federal spending 84 percent and adds more debt in two years than America amassed in her first 200 – then tells us to maintain this level.
This is typical of Obama's pattern of following irresponsibly far-Left actions with soothing centrist rhetoric and pledges of fiscal probity.
Take for instance his veto pledge from the State of the Union speech: "If a bill comes to my desk with earmarks inside, I will veto it. I will veto it." In March 2009, just hours after demanding Congress pass new rules to ban earmarks, he signed a pork-laden bill containing an estimated 8,600 earmarks totaling $7.7 billion. "The future demands that we operate in a different way than we have in the past," Mr. Obama told reporters just before signing the bill in private. "So let there be no doubt: this piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability that the American people have every right to expect and demand."
Last February, President Obama signed into law pay-as-you-go rules – right after raising the debt ceiling by $1.9 trillion. He said at the time, without a sense of irony, "while in theory there is bipartisan agreement on moving on balanced budgets, in practice, this responsibility for the future is often overwhelmed by the politics of the moment." You see, according to The Hill: "The pay-go legislation requires the government to fund any spending increases in entitlement programs by spending cuts or tax increases." "But," The Hill noted, there were "many exemptions – benefits like Medicare, Social Security, or annual provisions such as the Medicare "physician fix" that benefits doctors. It also would not apply to direct spending that is included in annual appropriations spending bills."
Last November, Obama a two-year freeze on federal employee pay – after engaging in a hiring spree, raising federal pay, and extending some benefits to same-sex "partners" of federal workers last summer. That freeze, too, had exceptions: "military personnel, government contractors, postal workers, members of Congress, Congressional staffers, or federal court judges and workers." These federal employees were already overpaid. In August, USA Today estimated federal workers earned twice as much as their private sector counterparts. The study found total "Federal compensation has grown 36.9% since 2000 after adjusting for inflation, compared with 8.8% for private workers."
In each case, Obama hyperextends government spending, pay, or regulation before insisting we have gone far enough. As the SOTU responses by Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann showed, and the substantive proposals from Rand Paul and Jim DeMint prove, the adults have a better solution.
Less Government, Not More Taxes
The 2010 midterm election repudiated the Obama agenda in toto. Americans caught up in the media's romance for Barack Obama may have come to like the Chicagoland pol in 2008, but two years of misery have exposed his means, goals, and personality. Most were unhappy with George W. Bush's spending record and now demand Republicans reclaim the mantra of conservatism by slashing government.
Rather than return to pre-Bush levels of taxation, we should return to pre-Bush levels of government spending. This can only be done by shrinking the size, scope, and role of government to its constitutional boundaries. Tea Party members must be vigilant to see the new Congress creates a government that does not take half of a worker's wages before he sees his check, that does not bail out union pensions, and does not distribute subsidized goodies to bribe potential voters. "A government that lives within its means." After all, that's what Obama said he wants.


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Feb 12 (Reuters) - Western Union Co, the world's largest money transfer company, forecast lower earnings for 2013 and reported a 47 percent decrease in fourth-quarter earnings, hurt by lower transaction fees in its consumer-to-consumer business.
The company expects to earn between $1.33 and $1.43 per share in 2013. It reported earnings of $1.69 per share in 2012.
Net income fell to $237.9 million, or 40 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, from $452.3 million, or 73 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding items the company earned 42 cents per share.
Revenue fell less than 1 percent to $1.42 billion.
Consumer-to-consumer revenue, which accounts for more than 81 percent of the company's total revenue, fell more than 2 percent.
Analysts on average had expected earnings of 35 cents per share on revenue of $1.4 billion.
The Englewood, Colorado-based company's shares were down 2 percent after the bell. They closed at $14.34 on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday.


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Thank you. That is definitely a different photo. In my adult life, I have only been in the area once, a day or two before Jellystone burned.
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Established in December of 2011, Etowah Valley Yoga and Yoga, Etc. now offer a 600 Hour Professional Yoga Therapy Program. In addition to the 200 Hour and 300 Hour programs, all training at Etowah Valley Yoga is approved by Yoga Alliance standards. Etowah Valley Yoga is a member school of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).
Our program is based on the traditional view of yoga, addressing the five koshas as the path for health and healing. We address all the systems of the physical body, including muscular, skeletal, cardiac, respiratory and immune systems as they relate to special populations. Our training includes learning of the the energy body with the Chakra retreat and teaching advanced pranayama. The program includes training in the philosophy and the physiological aspects of yoga. Meditation, as a personal practice as well as teaching meditation, are also included. Registered Prenatal Teacher Training (RPYT) is offered as an elective.
The 600 hour program includes 400 contact hours and 200 mentorship hours. The contact hours will be taught at Yoga, Etc., except for a week long retreat on the chakras, hosted at Many Streams Ranch in Rome, Georgia. We will offer at least one weekend of training per month, taught by Sue Hopkins or guest faculty.
After completing ten weekends and the week long chakra retreat, the student will be eligible to apply to the Yoga Alliance at the 500 Hour level. If the student chooses to continue in the PYT training they will also complete the necessary hours for the Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT) with the Yoga Alliance. The PYT contact hours of training will include a total of eighteen weekends and a week long retreat.
The 200 hour mentoring program can be completed in your home community with in the 18 months of training or after.
The student will be asked to research, design, implement and teach three six week therapy session classes. The sequence will be submitted before it is taught, and a written report will be sent after each session. The focus of these classes are chosen by the student teacher. Examples are: back care, prenatal, cardiac issues (HBP), anxiety, etc.
The mentoring program also includes 30 private sessions (usually three sessions for one person). A pre and post report are also required. Phone conversations as needed.
Contact Us for more information.
Click here to download the PYT Application Form.


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A Difficult Article to Write Because Of Love For My RaidersDecember 5, 2009
For years I've strictly defended Al Davis. I still defend the basic fact he's the only owner with any actual knowledge of player development and watching film on college players. To this day Al still is quite knowledgeable, but unfortunately he's become what I've hated to admit, he's at the point he needs to let go and let someone else run the organization with some input from the Boss.
His decision can no longer be final. As the owner he should still get a couple of late round picks in the draft, but someone needs to be hired to be GM and focus on player development and be great in the draft. This is where Al will always have some form of input.
With regards to what kind of offense the team runs or defense that's on the field, Al needs to step back and let his GM handle everything. Again, he's going to talk with any GM, but a GM Al hires must have the knowledge to prove to Al he's able to draft and make key player and coach acquisitions.
The idea of the man scheme on defense with little to no blitzing is obviously outdated and needs to change. Drafting a rock solid DT with the number one pick should be mandatory. Drafting a RT and RG should also be mandatory with one of the first 4 picks.
I believe Tom Cable was a fair choice for Head Coach and believed his previous OC experience at UCLA gave him ample experience to handle the position, however he's drastically over-matched with both duties.
John Marshall is a great hire, but he can only go as far as Al allows him to go. The game against the Philadelphia was a great look at the Raiders playing defense with today's defense rather than something that excelled twenty years ago.
JaMarcus Russell can still become a stud QB on this team provided he continues to study and practice. IF he does this then he can become the QB Al envisioned. The tools are there. If he's in shape and studying he's going to make the throws necessary and understand the defense.
Four things need to happen in order for the Raiders to become viable again:
1. Al Davis needs to hire a GM
2. The GM needs to hire a head coach and allow the head coach and the two decide on the coaching staff.
3. The GM needs to focus on the trenches in the draft and another WR.
4. The GM needs to bring in some depth on the O line and bring in some veterans who'll continue to teach the young players.
Until these things happen the Raiders are never going to become anything. Other than GM, the focus on the trenches is going to become extremely important. The RG, RT, and DT positions need some depth and starting positions.
Things need to change, but until they do I'll continue to root for my Raiders. It can be tough at times, but my colors run deep.


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Minimum Rents, MTW Under Consideration in House Hearing
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity passed the discussion draft of the Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act (AHSSIA) by voice vote on February 7. Full Committee consideration of the bill is scheduled for February 28.
In his opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said he cannot support some of ASSHIA in its current form. Mr. Gutierrez expressed hope that members could reach agreement on these aspects. Specifically, Mr. Gutierrez said the bill would increase minimum rents for 490,000 HUD assisted households. "Raising rents for the poorest of the poor. I just don't know how this makes sense," Mr. Gutierrez said. The bill would require the HUD Secretary to increase monthly minimum rents to $69.45 for all public housing, voucher and project-based Section 8 households and also give the Secretary the authority to increase the minimum rent for inflation. Today, public housing agencies (PHAs) can set minimum rents of up to $50 a month. HUD sets a single, minimum rent of $25 for all project-based tenants.
Mr. Gutierrez also said that protections needed to be included in the draft bill's language expanding the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration program. The bill would allow unlimited expansion of the MTW program, which gives participating PHAs the ability to divorce rents from incomes and charge rents that are unaffordable to residents, serve higher income residents even as the lowest income households have the greatest need, merge voucher and public housing accounts, eliminate portability rights, and gives other freedoms from basic programmatic mainstays and protections. There are currently 35 PHAs in the MTW demonstration, each of which has used its freedoms in different ways and to different extents. The demonstration has never been evaluated to measure overall impact on the lowest income residents, their housing choices, and their housing stability.
Mr. Gutierrez offered an amendment during subcommittee consideration to allow PHAs to increase the value of a voucher to 110% to 120% of Fair Market Rent, which they can do now only with approval from HUD, in order to provide a reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. Subcommittee Chair Judy Biggert (R-IL) said support was likely but asked Mr. Gutierrez to submit some analysis of the amendment's costs. Mr. Gutierrez replied that the amendment was cost neutral and merely represented a procedural streamlining between PHAs and HUD, one which serves to benefit people with disabilities. Chair Biggert again said she would appreciate some analysis of cost. Mr. Gutierrez withdrew his amendment and said that he would work to demonstrate that the amendment comes with no cost.
Representative Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) expressed concern that the bill does "not adequately address the cost explosion in the Section 8 program." He said "this Committee needs to find more savings in this program," adding that he is also concerned about the geographic concentration of Section 8 voucher holders.
Mr. Gutierrez offered a second amendment to eliminate the bill's provision to increase minimum monthly rents. Again, Mr. Gutierrez said that the poorest individuals will be the ones most impacted by the proposal. Mr. Gutierrez also noted that 27% of all PHAs do not impose a $50 minimum rent and under the proposal, they would be required to have minimum rents of $69.45. "We should let [PHAs] keep that choice," Mr. Gutierrez said. Representative Gary Miller (R-CA) countered, saying that no one has ever been evicted because they could not meet the minimum rent set by the PHA. Mr. Gutierrez said that there are people who have been brought into eviction proceedings due to failure to pay a minimum rent. Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) also spoke in strong opposition to the minimum rent increase proposal. NLIHC has collected examples of residents faced with eviction by a PHA, the root cause of which was failure to pay an unaffordable minimum rent; these same residents were not aware of their potential eligibility for a hardship exemption.
Any PHA that establishes a minimum rent above $0 must also establish hardship exemption policies. But PHAs are required to do little beyond establishing them. For example, there are no provisions in statute that require the PHA to make residents aware of these exemptions. Mr. Gutierrez withdrew his amendment, reiterating his hope that the proposal can be worked out as the bill moves forward.
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said that there may be a time when it is reasonable to raise rents, but now is not that time, given the nation is still recovering from an unprecedented recession and many peoples' wages are frozen.
Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA) offered an amendment that would allow a housing choice voucher to cover costs beyond the rental of the land underneath a manufactured home, including helping the manufactured homeowner pay for the cost of their home, its insurance and property taxes. After discussion with members, most notably with Mr. Gutierrez, who raised concerns about having a voucher potentially help pay for "what many would consider to be predatory loans," Mr. Sherman withdrew his amendment and stated his intention to revisit the issue at full Committee consideration.
Ms. Waters then offered an amendment to substitute the bill's MTW title for her own version of MTW, called the Housing Improvement Program (HIP). Ms. Waters introduced a voucher reform bill in 2011 that includes a title on HIP (see Memo, 3/18/2011). Ms. Waters noted that both majority and minority staff have been meeting to work out issues and that there are many complexities in these negotiations.
Ms. Waters said she does not want a blanket expansion of MTW and that HIP includes much stronger resident protections that a PHA could not waive, including income targeting, portability, resident participation, and resident procedural rights. Ms. Waters also said it is important the program does not allow for any reduction in the number of families served. As was the case with all amendments, Ms. Waters withdrew her amendment. "I'd love to work with my friend on this," said Mr. Miller, whose MTW expansion bill became AHSSIA's MTW title.
Each of the issues represented by the withdrawn amendments will be raised again during full Committee consideration, which will take place tentatively on February 28, "but we're going to have to do a lot of work before then," said Chair Biggert.
Mr. Gutierrez said the success of the full committee markup will depend on working out MTW. Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) said, "We should not rush into a program that will be problematic later on," and that doing so would create an opportunity for more money to be wasted rather than saved. Ms. Velazquez said this could result in less housing being available and families being harmed, noting that the underlying bill does not provide safeguards and oversight to assure otherwise.


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I placed the below text in my .htaccess file in my root directory
pointed my links toCode:Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule limousines/(.*)/(.*)/$ /limousines.php?$1=$2
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He took his time. He watched his victims and chose carefully. Then he struck--each attack more brutal than the last. By the time detectives arrived, all they found were gruesome crime scenes of bloodied, brutalized bodies. . .
They Knew He Would Strike Again
For more than ten years in South Louisiana the killings went on. Task forces were formed. The killer even spent time in jail. But that wouldn't stop the bloodshed. One victim was stabbed with a screwdriver 83 times. . .
But They Couldn't Stop Him--Until Was Too Late
He was a father. A husband. A co-worker. And a killer. Derrick Todd Lee was ultimately convicted of two savage murders and tied to at least seven more. From the slender trace of DNA that finally nabbed him to the courageous prosecutors who took him down in court, this is the shocking story of a homicidal maniac hiding in plain sight--and an evil that could never be washed away. . .
Includes 16 pages of shocking photographs
Previously published as I've Been Watching You
Susan D. Mustafa is the executive editor of Southeast News in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is the award-winning co-author of No Such Thing as Impossible--From Adversity to Triumph, written with Jairo Álvarez Botero, and a freelance journalist for a variety of magazines throughout the South.
Tony Clayton was the special prosecutor of the South Louisiana Serial Killer in the Geralyn DeSoto case. He currently serves as assistant district attorney for West Baton Rouge Parish. His career has included posts as a special prosecutor, district court judge, assistant district attorney and instructor of pre-law at Southern University.
Sue Israel has more than twenty years of writing and editing experience and currently serves as the public information officer for the Office of the Commissioner in the state of Louisiana's Division of Administration.
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