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Marketing assets, marketing capabilities and shareholder value: An empirical analysis of asset endowments and utilization
Marketing researchers and practitioners are concerned about the accountability of marketing expenditures due to increased pressure to demonstrate the value created by marketing activities. To that end, marketing managers need to translate their marketing resource allocations and marketing performance into a recognizable performance metric, shareholder value (Rust et al. 2004). This study adopts Srivastava et al. (1998)'s classification for market-base assets and categorizes marketing assets into relational and intellectual assets. Building upon the marketing literature of marketing-finance interface (e.g. Srivastava et al. 2001; Luo and Donthu 2006) and the strategy literature of the resource-based theories (e.g. Dierickx and Cool 1989; Grant 1991), this dissertation develops a conceptual framework to address four research questions. Those research questions are: (i) what are the relationships between the assets and shareholder value? (ii) What are the relationships between the capabilities and shareholder value? (iii) What are the relationships between the assets and the capabilities? (iv) How do the assets interact with the capabilities to influence shareholder value? Combining marketing and financial analysis, this dissertation uses multiple statistical techniques including data envelopment analysis, structural equation modeling, hierarchical linear modeling, and stock return response modeling (Mizik and Jacobson 2004) to develop the complex asset and capability configurations and to test the research model. The findings show that the distinct marketing assets and capabilities have different effects on shareholder value. Although assets have positive effects on capabilities there were no interaction affects.^
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Bang&Olufsen has announced a significant expansion of partnership with Audi. Great news for your ears!
Under the agreement, Bang & Olufsen will supply sound systems for a broad range of important Audi models. These new sound systems represent the next generation of the sound systems currently available for Audi A8/S8 and Audi Q7.
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Daiana Menezes slammed her The Buzz interview with husband Rep. Benjamin Benaldo, aired last Sunday, as her Worst and unreliable interview Ever! Daiana Menezes was complimented by @cherrymelch18 on Twitter. He said: "@daianamenezes_ you look so beautiful with your interview on THE BUZZ…with ur hubby…. :)" and Daiana Menezes replied: "THX❤butWORST&UNRELIABLE INTERVIEW EVER"
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Harry tries to play matchmaker, but on his way to the train he encounters a woman that intrugues him. When he doesn't know won't kill him. Or will it?
Genres: Humor, Mystery, Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Harry, Hermione, OtherCanon, Ron Pairings: Ron/Hermione, Draco/OC, Harry/OC
Advisory: Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2007.04.25 Latest Chapter: 2009.05.24 Updated: 2009.05.24 Status: WIP (4731 words)
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This is my first story and I'm not very good at summeries yet, but here goes. Harry gets a mysterious letter during the summer..... Just before he gets his 16th birthday present. As the story goes on Harry searches for his true love and finds it is not who he thought it would be.
Genres: Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Draco, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Ron Pairings: Draco/OC, Harry/OC, Other Pairing
Advisory: Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Contains Slash (Same-Sex Pairing)
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Air-conditioned campus designed to meet the needs of modern-day education
Trained and experienced expatriate and local teachers
Blended learning environment, combining high-quality teaching practices with contemporary technology
English language-medium instruction
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At Beaconhouse Newlands we believe that all students are unique and should be treated such. We recognise the individuality of each student and teachers use a wide variety of different approaches in their teaching to ensure high learning outcomes. In planning they ensure all students are given the opportunity to learn with confidence in a creative, imaginative and innovative environment. Teachers ensure that students are exposed to problem-solving activities, learn life skills, strategic reasoning and learn to have a flexible mind-set. Teachers evaluate learning through feedback, presentations and project work. Underpinning their teaching are the Mission and Vision of the Beaconhouse School System, the Beaconhouse Learner Profiles and our own aims in providing a holistic and rounded education. The curriculum emphasizes breadth, balance and integration of learning areas, and promotes a proactive, creative and inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. The curriculum also facilitates students' personal growth by providing opportunities for students to learn about and act upon their responsibility to the community, and to reflect on the essential quality of traditional values, intellectual heritage and cultural aspirations of their own and other communities. Rationale The curriculum of Beaconhouse Newlands will challenge all students to succeed to the best of their ability. Purpose The curriculum of Beaconhouse Newlands will:
Provide a broad and balanced education for all students
Encompass the full range of knowledge, understanding and skills which are essential for today's and tomorrow's world
Build on the education a student has received in earlier years of learning
Be non- sexist and non-racist
Implement key areas of learning as prescribed by the curriculum standards set by Cambridge programme and teaching and learning pedagogy from the inquiry approach to learning
Fulfil the needs of national requirements and integrate elements of local areas of study where possible
The main essential learning areas of curriculum will be developed along the guidelines set by the Cambridge programme and the inquiry approach to teaching and learning. Cambridge International Curriculum Beaconhouse Newlands offers the Cambridge International Curriculum at Primary, Middle and IGCSE Levels. The University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) is the world's largest provider of international education programmes and qualifications for 5-19 year olds. CIE qualifications are offered in over 160 countries and recognised by university, education providers and employers across the world. The CIE programme aims to develop learners who are confident, responsible, innovative and engaged. It offers a progressive and rigorous programme from primary to A-Level. It is flexible enough to allow teachers to design learning activities that meet students' learning needs. It also provides guidance for curriculum development and classroom teaching and learning.
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Language and Literacy Development
Mathematical Development
Knowledge and Understanding of the World ( History and Geography)
Creative Development
Bahasa Malaysia
Physical Education
Educational Technology
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Bahasa Malaysia
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Physical Education
Global Perspective
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Islamic Studies
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Global Perspectives
Bahasa Malaysia
Art and Design
Performing Arts
Citizenship & Thinking Skills
Islamic Studies
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English Language
Bahasa Malaysia
Malaysian History
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English Literature
Additional Mathematics
Art and Design
Business Studies
Global Studies
Physical Education
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Assessment is the gathering of information and analysis of student learning. At Beaconhouse Newlands the aim of assessment is to stimulate learning and to identify what student's know and understand at different stages of their learning process. We use the criteria based assessment strategy in assessing our students. This means individual students' work is compared to standards (assessment criteria) and not compared to other students' work.
What are the principles of assessment at Beaconhouse Newlands?
Assessment is used to measure what students know and what they can do, in meeting each subject's learning programmes.
The primary purpose of assessment at Beaconhouse Newlands is to improve student learning and the quality of the learning programmes.
Both formative and summative assessments are used, of which are on-going and provide opportunities for students to reflect on their learning process; our assessment strategies investigate both the product of a student learning (summative assessment) and the process of learning (formative assessment)
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We believe that assessment is ongoing, and students and parents are regularly informed as to their progress of learning
The reporting schedule involves 3 full written reports and 3 progress reports with a parent, teacher and student meeting each year
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The extended curriculum at Beaconhouse Newlands includes a variety of activities, clubs and societies for students to choose from. Many of the activities are free and do not incur an additional charge. The programme changes each term to allow for expansion and development.
Sports Club
Students are coached in technique and there is the opportunity to represent the school in competitions. We hold an annual Sports Day for all students and regular inter house competitions. Sports clubs include: Athletics, Basketball, Soccer, Captains Ball, Futsal, Netball, Handball, Swimming and Badminton.
Literacy Clubs
Students work with the Librarian to publish a student magazine celebrating their achievements, activities and topical articles. There is also a book club where students meet regularly for book discussions. At film club students will look at the literacy influences of modern storytelling and will be given the opportunity to write their own storyboards. There are also skills and competitive game sessions for younger students to improve language, performance and leadership skills.
Art and Design
Students are able to use different media to produce their own designs and finished works of art. In Chinese Calligraphy the students learn the basic strokes and produce works of art celebrating this detailed and precise skill. Students can also enjoy beading and jewellery making.
Martial Arts
Students can join the Taekwondo class and learn self-discipline in addition to the martial arts techniques. They have fun keeping fit in these professionally led classes.
Students can develop their creative skills through technology. There is the opportunity to join the Apps development group as well as the Robotics class. Both allow the students to develop their problem-solving and thinking skills.
Academic Clubs
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Students are able to access individual or group music lesson in guitar, piano, drums and voice. In addition there are choirs and bands that the students can join in order to use their skills in collaboration with others.
Duke of Edinburgh International Award Scheme
Students who are aged 14 and over will have the opportunity to join this scheme and develop their leadership skills. There is an opportunity to participate in community service, physical activity, expedition and to learn new skills whilst linking with students across the globe.
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Stewart Powell is in St. Paul, Minn., for the Republican National Convention. GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dino Rossi, as well as Republican Reps. Dave Reichert and Doc Hastings, are skipping the convention.
Democrats say especially in the case of Rossi it's because they want to avoid being associated with an unpopular party. Republicans, Powell reports, counter that Rossi is too busy in Washington to spend several days in Minnesota.
Fredi Simpson, a member of the Republican National Committee representing Washington state, told Powell that Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire should have remained in the state rather than joining fellow Democrats in Denver.
Rossi is skipping his party's presidential nominating convention to underscore that he is "working for his state and working for the people of Washington," Simpson said.
"That's something the governor should have done as well. Working in the state is far more important than taking part in the national political scene. The governor is not running for a position in federal government."
Simpson continued: "We don't need a governor with a grandiose approach, saying, 'Here I am at the Democratic convention.' We need a governor who shows the voters of Washington state that we're working for them."
Luke Esser, the state GOP chairman, said Gregoire's role at the Democratic convention had gone "largely unnoticed" back home in Washington state.
"Frankly I didn't see much about it," Esser said. "The Clintons did a good job hogging the spotlight."
Gregoire's campaign spokesman, Aaron Toso, defended Gregoire's roll in Denver:
"It is a little naive to think national politics don't have an impact on our state," Toso said. "We need a partner in Washington. That is why it was so important to nominate Barack Obama."
Gregoire's role in Denver included accompanying or introducing Michelle Obama at a series of high profile events, and being one of five women Democratic governors honored by a reception at the Denver Art Museum sponsored by the Wall Street financial firm JP Morgan Chase.
Gregoire won the prominent convention role in part due to her well-time endorsement of Obama for president on the eve of the state's Feb. 9 precinct caucuses that Obama swept with two-thirds of the vote.
Kelley Steele, spokesman for the state Democratic Party, said:
"After eight years of the most corrupt and incompetent administration in American history, it's both sad and comical that Rossi and his allies think attending an ice cream social and munching finger food at his closed, Bush-style campaign events constitutes 'working in the state.' The truth is that Rossi will do or say anything to obscure the fact he's a Bush Republican whose agenda is dramatically out of step with that of Washingtonians."


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Will publish top 1,000 accounts every six months
Microsoft will institute a named-accounts model for its Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) that focuses on the top 1,000 global, strategic, major and corporate accounts, officials said on Monday.
The Redmond, Wash., software giant will seek to eliminate skirmishes in the field between MCS and partners by publishing a list of the 1,000 named accounts, said Paul Bazley, vice president of U.S. enterprise and partner sales at Microsoft. The first list is slated to be published Jan. 18 and will be updated every six months, he said. "We will publish a list of these accounts for you," Bazley said during a Webcast with partners. "We put a pretty hard line in the sand." Microsoft dubbed the new rules of engagement the Services Partner Framework.
The company will focus on global, strategic and major accounts and 400 to 500 accounts in the corporate/enterprise space. Each district will review the list with partners on a semi-annual basis. However, Bazley said there will be exceptions.
"In select, high-impact early options of .Net where it makes sense for MCS to participate aggressively, that still may happen, and we will review that as an exception," he said.
Microsoft has also enacted an escalation process designed to address the issue of conflicts with partners. Bazley acknowledged that there have been conflicts between MCS and partners in the midsize enterprise space and a few skirmishes in the corporate enterprise space, but noted the new focus of MCS should eliminate those problems.
Bazley said Microsoft has 4,400 accounts in the U.S. with between 500 and 5,000 Pcs, but noted that MCS will enage only in the high end of this corporate space, those likely with more than 4,000 PCs only.
Microsoft rolloed out the Services Partner Framework to its internal sales and services teams in early January, Bazley added.
During the call, Microsoft also committed that it will not bid against partners who are selling .Net servers and middleware. Microsoft also said it reset the internal financial targets for MCS this year in light of changes to rules.
Microsoft has about 600 global partners in the United States and 81 strategic accounts, officials said. They noted that MCS efforts in this domain -- the top 1,000 accounts -- will remain constant and partners participating in that segment should not be worried.
Microsoft also said it intends for partners to focus on selling .Net servers and Microsoft Solution Offerings, also known as MSOs. "We do not view ourselbves as the lead on MSOs," said Morris Beton, vice president of U.S. Services for Microsoft.
Microsoft is also currently building out a number of execution plans so the partner impact of MSOs is well understood. Microsoft officials acknowledged that it will give priority to working with partners that push an all-Microsoft solution, as opposed to partners who sell Microsoft's operating system with competitive middleware products, Bazley said.


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Jack Cafferty Will Smack That Hat Right Off Your Hippie Head
Jack Cafferty doesn't take any crap. Not from Chinese communists, not from "the facts," and damn sure not from some treasonous hippie protester. Especially when her headgear deeply offends the CNN commentator.
A surly Cafferty complained to Wolf Blitzer today about a protester interviewed at the G20 economic summit. The demonstrator's comments were perfectly reasonable, but she was wearing a multicolored jester's chapeau, complete with those little dangling bells.
As far as Cafferty is concerned, one can't have credibility while playing shameless dress-up games merely to get on camera. (Cafferty's own long-running imitation of Howard "Mad As Hell" Beale from the movie Network is presumably the exception to that rule.)
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Welcome to the official website of the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) project in the College of Education at the University of Toledo.
The Teacher's Info-Port to Technology (TIPT) provides a starting point for professional development materials for preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and university faculty.
The website contains four sections: the PT3 project, subject area resources, technology tools, and learning environments.
Although the PT3 faculty workshops are now complete, the materials will remain online for your use!
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The GiFiles,
Files released: 5543061
The Global Intelligence Files
On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment laundering techniques and psychological methods.
FW: issues with direct appeal and Need to Know
Released on 2012-10-19 08:00 GMT
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From: Grant Perry [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:29 AM
To: 'Richard Parker'
Cc: 'Patrick Boykin'; 'Darryl O'Connor'
Subject: issues with direct appeal and Need to Know
There are a number of issues we need to address on both `Need to Know' and
the direct appeal.
Starting with the latter, when we spoke on Monday, I thought we agreed
that an aggressive direct appeal this week was problematic because of all
the emails already scheduled (regular campaigns, gift campaign, etc) and a
timetable chock-full toward the end of the week (due to the timing of the
Obama speech).
Aside from issue of overloading users with emails, a potentially more
serious problem is sending an appeal to paid members. I understand that
you want to find existing members who should be enterprise rather than
individual subscribers. But simply weeding out large domains like gmail
and Yahoo doesn't do nearly enough to qualify the names on the list.
There are many individual members who work for large companies and use
their work email addresses for STRATFOR, but who are unlikely to be
converted to enterprise customers. You essentially are sending a pitch to
roughly 40% of our paid subscribers and saying, `now you pay $349 or $199
or $99 - we want you to pay $7 grand and above.'
The larger issue here is that we shouldn't continue to go after existing
customers with a sledge hammer to try to boost the enterprise business.
The future of the enterprise business will largely depend on finding new
customers and selling new products, not confusing and cannibalizing our
individual subscriber base. A more limited, calibrated campaign to
current members for enterprise products makes sense, but it should not be
in continuous mode.
In addition to this larger issue, here are some specific issues with the
new campaigns:
Direct Appeal Email
- The Banner Ad
- There is no clearly identifiable STRATFOR logo, it is overall 'off
brand' (again, we understand that you want to differentiate the enterprise
product, but this is jarring and confusing)
- Should not say "Advertisement" - this is in a sales email, it is not
a banner ad on a website
- Base color should match, or play off, the border color. Black and
blue does not work
- Copy
- All text links go to the same place. This makes for a confusing user
experience. Message from the text should match what you click through to.
- Bullet list titles should be linked and targeted to the PDFs
directly, or not at all
- Text following the titles should not ALL be open ended questions.
They should be similar, if not the same, to the descriptions that are on
the Landing Page.
- There needs to be a clear call to action (button). People don't read
emails, they skim.
- There need to be action verbs. "Click here, join, sign up, get
access, etc"
- Font - it is currently all bold. Needs to be formatted to look like
our typical product email.
- Needs a TITLE, the image will not be loading automatically in most
cases, thus the viewer doesn't have any clear title.
- Add a signature, or something personal (because this is written in
active voice addressing the reader, and also research shows signatures
increase effectiveness).
NeedtoKnow2 , new skyscraper ad
- showing this skyscraper ad to our logged in/paid members is potentially
problematic for the reasons suggested above, particularly as we cannot
distinguish between corporate / site license / personal visitors.
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THE HON WARREN SNOWDON MP Minister for Indigenous Health
Monday 3 December 2012
New supplier adds reach to low aromatic fuel rollout
A new supplier of low aromatic fuel has agreed to begin production of a new product from mid-2013 to assist the Australian Government's efforts to stamp out petrol sniffing in regional and remote communities.
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, announced today that the new arrangements would involve BP Australia and Shell Australia both producing and supplying the fuel.
"The supply of low aromatic fuel is directly contributing to reducing petrol sniffing in regional and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and the new arrangements will boost this contribution," Mr Snowdon said.
"From the latter half of 2013, BP Australia will continue to supply its low aromatic fuel (Opal) to Central and South Australia, and parts of Western Australia, including the West Australian Goldfields and the Ngaanyatjarra lands.
"Shell Australia will be the primary supplier of low aromatic fuel to the northern part of Australia, covering areas such as the Top End of the Northern Territory, the Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York and East Kimberley," he said.
New storage arrangements will also be established in the Northern Territory and north Queensland, to secure the ongoing supply of this fuel.
Mr Snowdon said the new arrangements, which see Shell Australia supplying low aromatic fuel for the first time, would help support the expanded rollout into at least 39 additional sites in northern Australia.
"The incidence of petrol sniffing has been greatly reduced as the result of the voluntary rollout of low aromatic fuel, with a 2008 evaluation showing that petrol sniffing had dropped by more than 90 per cent in areas where the fuel has been stocked."
"Representatives from the Department of Health and Ageing are committed to continuing to work with local councils, fuel retailers and distributors, health and community services providers, and communities to discuss the benefits of the voluntary rollout of low aromatic fuel and the new arrangements," Mr Snowdon said.
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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5334
This bill combines two separate processes within the Department of Public Health (DPH) for the sale and abandonment of potential and actual water supply sources. Current law requires a water company (including municipal and regional water utilities) or other entity seeking to abandon a water supply source to apply to the DPH commissioner for an abandonment permit. Water companies seeking to sell a current, potential, or abandoned water supply source must follow a separate procedure notifying DPH and other water companies the department determines could reasonably be expected to use the source to give them the right of first refusal to acquire it.
The bill changes permit requirements and extends existing (1) abandonment permit requirements to sales of potential and actual water sources and (2) notification requirements for water source sales to abandonments of current and potential sources. It also removes existing notification requirements for abandoned source sales. It:
1. requires an entity to obtain a DPH permit if abandoning a potential water supply source instead of only an actual source;
2. requires a permit applicant to notify the department of its intention to apply 60 days before filing the application;
3. eliminates the ability of water companies to submit comments on permit applications;
4. generally prohibits the commissioner from approving a permit application unless the land connected to the water source is sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with DPH's permitting process for water company lands;
5. requires any such land that is sold to retain any connected protective easement or other land protection after the sale; and
6. allows an applicant denied a permit by DPH to appeal to the Superior Court.
The bill allows the DPH commissioner to adopt regulations to implement the permit process.
It also makes technical and conforming changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012
A "public water system" means one that supplies water to at least 15 consumers or 25 people each day for at least 60 days per year. A "water company" is any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipality, other entity or entity's lessee that owns, controls, or employs a public water system. The bill's definition is more narrow than what normally applies to the utilities DPH regulates.
Current law requires a water company or other entity that abandons a water supply source to apply to obtain a DPH permit. The bill expands the abandonment permit requirement to (1) potential water supply sources and (2) sales and other alienation of current and potential sources.
The bill defines "potential water supply source" as one that is identified (1) as a potential source on the DPH commissioner's annual list of the state's potential and actual water sources that need protection, (2) in a water company's supply plan filed with and approved by DPH, (3) in a coordinated water system plan filed with DPH by a water utility coordinating committee, or (4) any other water supply or water system plan filed with and approved by DPH. Persons other than water companies may own these potential sources, and the bill thus brings them under DPH's jurisdiction when they sell or abandon them. The bill does not specify what constitutes abandonment of a potential source.
Notification to Towns and Local Health Departments
The bill requires the permit applicant, 60 days before filing the application, to notify the commissioner of its intention to do so. The bill requires the commissioner, rather than the permit applicant, to notify the (1) local or district health department and (2) chief elected official in each town in which the source is located at least 30 days before the application is filed. By law, notified towns and health departments may submit comments to the commissioner within 60 days after receiving notice. The bill removes the ability of water companies to submit their comments.
Notification to Water Companies
Under current law, once a water company notifies the DPH commissioner of its intent to sell any abandoned, present, or potential water source, the commissioner must identify any water company reasonably expected to use the source for notification by the seller. When making this determination, she must consider DPH-approved water company supply plans, other water system plans, and the state's efficient and effective development of public water supply. The bill requires the commissioner to do this for all permit applications, rather than only for water source sales.
Current law requires the seller to notify the identified water companies, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of its intention to sell and at what price. The bill extends this notification requirement to all permit applicants and requires the notice to also identify any land connected to the water supply source it intends to sell, lease, assign, reclassify, or otherwise dispose of.
The bill expands to all permit applications, the requirement that a notified water company interested in acquiring the source notify the applicant and the commissioner by certified mail, return receipt requested. It requires the company to do this within 60 rather than 90 days of receiving the notice. By law, if a water company does not make such a notification, it loses its priority right.
By law, any water company notified of the sale of an actual, potential, or abandoned source has priority to acquire the source over (1) any municipality where the source is located or (2) the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) commissioner. The bill extends this priority to water companies notified of the abandonment or alienation of a source.
Acquisition of Water Supply Sources
The bill extends to abandonments, sales, or other alienations the following provisions that apply only to sales of current and potential sources under current law.
By law, if the commissioner approves a permit application to sell or abandon an actual or potential water supply source and two or more notified water companies want to acquire it at the offer price, the commissioner must determine which company may do so. The bill requires the commissioner to also consider companies that wish to acquire the source below the offer price.
In making this determination, the commissioner must hold a hearing and consider the same factors she uses when identifying water companies to be notified of permit applications (see above), as well as each water company's needs.
By law, the water company awarded the right to acquire the source must do so within one year of the commissioner's decision. If the company's rates are regulated by DEEP, it may include the acquisition price in its rate base. A water company can appeal the commissioner's decision to the Superior Court under the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act (UAPA).
Under current law, in deciding whether to permit abandonment, the DPH commissioner must consult with DEEP, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), and the Office of Policy and Management (OPM). She is not required to make this consultation for groundwater sources with poor water quality that have a safe yield of less than ten gallons per minute. The bill eliminates the latter provision and instead allows her to approve the abandonments of such sources without considering any additional factors, imposing any condition she considers necessary. The bill eliminates the requirement that DPH consult with PURA for all permit applications.
Under current law, the commissioner can permit an abandonment of any source that has a safe yield of less than 750,000 gallons per day (gpd) if she finds that the company would not need the source in an emergency or for present or future water supply. The bill (1) extends this provision to abandonments of current and potential sources, regardless of size; (2) requires the commissioner to consider the current needs of all public water supply systems, rather than just those of the applicant water company; and (3) expands the consideration of future needs to address the needs of the area, rather than just the applicant.
The bill (1) modifies and expands the other factors DPH must consider for other abandonment applications and (2) requires DPH to consider these factors for applications to sell or otherwise alienate current and potential water sources. Under current law, the commissioner cannot grant an abandonment permit for a source that has a safe yield of less than 750,000 gpd if she finds that doing so would impair the applicant's ability to provide a pure, adequate, and reliable water supply for present and future consumers. The bill extends this provision to apply to all applications, regardless of the source's size. The bill requires the commissioner to consider the applicant's coordinated water system plan for all permit applications, rather than just applications to abandon a source with a safe yield of more than 750,000 gpd.
Land Connected to a Water Source
The bill prohibits the commissioner from approving a permit application unless (1) the land connected to the potential or actual water supply source will be sold, leased, assigned, or disposed of in accordance with DPH's permitting process for Class I and Class II water company lands; (2) the land will be acquired by the same water company that purchases the source unless exempt (see below); and (3) if it is sold, any connected protective easement or other land protection remains in effect after the sale. (The bill's definition of "water company" is more narrow than that used for the water company lands permit. )
If the land is also connected to another potential or actual water supply source, the commissioner must determine if the applicant must sell, lease, assign, or dispose of all or part of that land.
Permits For Groundwater Supply Sources
The bill allows the DPH commissioner to waive the permit requirement if the application involves a current ground water supply source that she determines:
1. is no longer viable due to physical damage, loss of safe yield, or poor water quality;
2. has been replaced with a newly-constructed ground water supply source whose plans have been approved by the department; and
3. is within 250 feet from the newly constructed source.
Purchase of Connected Land
The bill allows certain water companies and municipalities to apply to the commissioner, in the form and manner she prescribes, for an exemption from the requirements regarding the purchase of connected land (see above). A water company that applies to sell or alienate a current or potential water supply source can apply for such a waiver if it determines that part or all of the land connected with the source is necessary to its continued operation. The waiver does not apply to source abandonments.
A municipality can apply for a waiver when part or all of the land connected to the source is occupied by a municipal facility or used for municipal purposes including a park, beach, or playing field.
If the commissioner denies all or part of a water company's permit application, the company can request that the commissioner hold a hearing and review the decision. The request must be made in the form and manner the commissioner prescribes within 30 days of receiving notice of the denial. The commissioner must issue a final written decision within 45 days of the hearing, including any necessary findings of fact and conclusions of law. The bill does not allow permit applicants other than water companies to make this request.
The bill authorizes a water company or other person aggrieved by a final decision to appeal to the Superior Court under the UAPA. (Current law does not allow a permit applicant to do this. ) The decision is stayed while the appeal is pending. It prohibits a water company or individual appealing the decision from taking any action regarding the application or decision while the appeal is pending.
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US Department of Labor provides grant to assist tsunami recovery efforts along Oregon coast
WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a $284,023 National Emergency Grant to assist recovery efforts following the March 11 tsunami wave surge. Awarded to the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, the funds will be used to create temporary jobs to help repair damage to coastal areas of Curry County.
"The citizens of Oregon's southern coastal areas deserve our support as they repair damage inflicted by the tsunami's waves," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "This natural disaster caused significant damage to public property and several harbors. Today's grant will help the people in these communities get back on their feet, and I am pleased that my department has the opportunity to offer assistance."
On March 25, the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared Curry County as eligible for FEMA's Public Assistance Program. Of the $284,023 announced today, $94,674 will be released initially. Additional funding up to the amount approved will be made available as the state demonstrates a continued need for assistance.
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Before Manchester City's visit to Arsenal in January, the champions returned 912 tickets after travelling fans complained about the £62 the north London club was charging to attend the game.
Those who did journey down south ended up paying out around £130 each once they had purchased tickets, paid for coach travel down and bought a programme, drink and food at the notoriously expensive Emirates stadium.
Many fans find it difficult to understand the booming cost of tickets when they see the revenue those in the league are making increasing as foreign spectators pump their currencies into the gold pot that is the Premier League; a pot that will burst with £5 billion in the 2013/2014 season.
The conundrum becomes a lot clearer when you look at the power brokers in English football who represent clubs, players and fans and the chasm that exists between their power and wealth.
Firstly, consider the PFA who look after the interests of players by working "tirelessly on behalf of the union to negotiate the best possible agreement with the Premier League, Football League and Football Association" for their members.
The body makes sure that footballers don't go without in relation to their contract, offering to negotiate deals for individuals and provide financial assistance and compensation for any earnings lost, including a free legal service for employment disputes.
They turnover around £72 million pounds a year and have the league at their mercy as they have the ability to stage strikes and take on legal disputes.
Secondly, the mammoth organization that has shaped the face of English football over the last two decades, the Premier League. It describes itself as a private company which is owned by the twenty Premier League clubs and endeavors to promote the league into a "global phenomenon" while utilizing all broadcasting revenue streams.
Finally, the third powerbroker in the game is the Football Supporters Federation (FSF). They are made up of 200,000 volunteers who work tirelessly to promote clubs causes and raise funds for community projects, while producing a fanzine offering advice and safety tips to fans that travel abroad to attend games.
Its chairman Malcolm Clarke has a seat on the FA Council and presides over a budget that stretched to just £416.382.47 over three years.
Quite clearly fans are not on a level playing field when they deal with the players and clubs, and this is reflected in the rough deal that spectators receive throughout the season.
They pay hugely inflated prices in a time of economic austerity, see their clubs crumble due to the negligence of irresponsible owners and are vilified by players who do not care for their opinions.
The PFA and Premier League are part of a symbiotic relationship which is mutually beneficial for the both of them; the Premier League brings in the millions of pounds for clubs and the PFA negotiates deals in order to get their members a healthy chunk of the wealth on offer.
Neither could exist without the other and both realise the money to be made from their co-operation.
Fans, however, don't seem to hold the same allure. As such they rarely benefit from any new deals and ideas such as the 39th game are explored without much thought given to those who wouldn't be able to travel to North America or Asia to watch Wigan or Stoke, and certainly wouldn't want to.
It is time for the FA to take hold of the league which it let run away long ago and begin to bring more fans voices to the table, along with the FSF chairman.
They need to be put on a level footing and have votes and opinions heard by the decision makers or even become decision makers themselves.
There are 121 seats available at the FA Council and it would be nice to see the 13,148,465 tickets bought by fans in the Premier League last season be translated into more than just one solitary seat; the same number that Oxford and Cambridge University enjoy.
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In recent days, the Senate committee examining CBC's mandate has made news over the government broadcaster's disclosures about the salaries of its senior hosts. But that's an unfortunate distraction, says Senator Dennis Dawson, the committee chair.
The public broadcaster is in crisis, he told CBC Radio's As It Happens, saying an antiquated Broadcasting Act and changing media landscape have made it difficult for CBC to meet its mandate.
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NG Fan 25 Points Correctly match 20 NG faces from 2012. Medal Stats.
NG Visitor 5 Points Correctly match 5 NG faces from 2012. Medal Stats.
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Wintermute 5 Points Defeat Hip the Snow Wizard Medal Stats.
Secret #36 5 Points A soft drink (also called pop, soda, coke, soda pop, fizzy drink, tonic, mineral or carbonated beverage) is a beverage that typically contains water (often, but not always carbonated water), a sweetener, and a flavoring agent. Medal Stats.
Secret #26 5 Points A fish is any member of a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits. Medal Stats.
Secret #2 5 Points A football helmet is a protective device used primarily in American football and Canadian football. It consists of a hard plastic top with thick padding on the inside, a face mask made of one or more rubber coated metal bars, and a chinstrap. Medal Stats.
Secret #28 5 Points Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth, and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. Banana Moon is a 1971 studio album by Daevid Allen. Medal Stats.
Secret #10 5 Points A die (plural dice, from Old French dé, from Latin datum "something which is given or played") is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers. Medal Stats.
Secret #32 5 Points Peanut butter is a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts, popular in North America, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and parts of Asia, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia. Medal Stats.
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Tony Blair and Baroness Thatcher are seen sharing pillow talk and a post-coital cigarette as Labour gets into bed with the Tories in a controversial new TV comedy.
The pair are seen in Channel 4 show The Hunt For Tony Blair, in which the two former prime ministers have a fictional fling.
Jennifer Saunders plays Baroness Thatcher, dripping with jewels, in the 50s noir-style spoof, while Stephen Mangan plays Blair, covered in lipstick marks.
The film, to be screened on Friday night at 9pm, has been made by the Comic Strip team and features Mr Blair on the run.
Saunders is reprising her role as the former Tory leader after a previous Comic Strip outing in Red Nose Of Courage back in 1992.
Writer and director Peter Richardson wanted her to delve into vintage Hollywood glamour to perfect the role.
Saunders said of her preparations: "Peter has given me a bit of a difficult remit here - 'so it's Bette Davis but watch Sunset Boulevard but also be Margaret Thatcher'.
"I've been watching YouTube videos of her but I find it very difficult to do real dialogue as her voice as it's such a particular sort of voice, it's very strange because it's very soft, then very strident so it's difficult."
She spoke warmly of being reunited with her former Comic Strip colleagues, with whom she has worked for three decades. "It feels really lovely, like it used to," she said.
And she praised the other actors who had joined the regulars, saying: "Stephen Mangan is brilliant and totally perfect for it. I think it's great that it moves on and we get new talent in mainly because we are all getting on now so that does limit you."


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I'm really looking forward to seeing looker and papa juniper again.
Hopefully looker finally reveals a pokemon
I'm really looking forward to seeing looker and papa juniper again.
Hopefully looker finally reveals a pokemon
And, specially this, we've already got a scan from March 14th episode showing Charizard fighting Dragonite while controlled by Plasma. It was the picture where Charizard is using Dragon tail. But maybe they put all that in this episode.
Anyway, in a previous comment you made (I think it was in the "BWS2EN-8 - Charizard" thread) you said that "the full scan talk about Charizard's return and even show a picture of Charizard in the Johto League". I really want to see that scan, but I can't find it.
Can you give me a link to that please?
2. Right, and that's clearly this one: the other image showed Dragonite on the streets of Castelia, and Looker was there in the background.
Here you go.Can you give me a link to that please?
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Oh and thanks for the link. I've seen it before, I thought it was something else.
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LOL at Team Rocket getting intercepted in Team Plasma's plane.
I am going to make a prediction. Team Plasma's arc will be much better than Team Galactic's.
We must remember that quantity does not equal quality. TG's arc was great in some parts, weak in others, and then fell completely off the rails in the finale.
Hopefully TP will fare better, even if they end up making slightly less appearances.
Anyway I think looking at the recent images whatever episode their from could be quite good.
If that is true, i think we could see Mewtwo potentially be controlled by Giovanni once again.
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What would be really cool is if Giovanni takes over all of Ash's Oak'd Pokémon and Ash and his friends have to stop them with the Unova Pokémon, Pikachu and Charizard. Maybe some old characters will come back. That would probably never happen though.
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you know, I think some might be right about Ghetsis finding a way to make N rejoin or join or whatnot. This is what I gathered from one of the pages:
Spoiler:- htyh:
the end of black and white is near. will there be a relation ship between n and reshiram? behind the smile, what are ghetsis' intentions? team rocket is also on the lookout while the climax to episode n nears itself
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Rail Road Flat Elementary, an impoverished, 100-student public school in rural northern California, has become one of the highest-achieving schools in the state and last year was a state nominee for "national model of excellence" status. The school's success has been attributed to strong student discipline and a heavy emphasis on the kind of teach-to-the-test learning that is often frowned upon in more affluent areas. "There's a need for structure," says Rail Road Flat teacher Randall Youngblood. "If I was teaching in another socioeconomic group, it might be different." But what are the drawbacks?
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FIFA set aside Nov. 14-18 for international matches and teams across the globe will play in either friendlies or crucial World Cup qualifying playoff matches.
But the Mexican national team will have no activity as its first true World Cup tune-up will not happen during this international fixture window.
Mexican Football Federation officials said they didn't squander a chance to gather the team together, though.
"It's not that we didn't take advantage of it," FMF executive Nestor de la Torre told Mexican daily
The Mexican Apertura 2009 season will culminate on the weekend. Six clubs have wrapped up playoff spots but positioning for the postseason is still up for grabs.
Mexico's friendly schedule will commence once more next year, but de la Torre said El Tri's opponents are as yet not finalized.
"I have a meeting regarding one possible national team games but before making any decisions we have to wait until the draw," he said.


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Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to establish fees for State Parks, effective on July 1st, 2012.
- Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to establish the following fees for State Parks (Sec. 5):
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Gorden Families, 1850 Census, Indiana
1850 census, Madison Co., Monroe Twp Indiana lists the following families:
Anderson Gorden, 64, farmer, b. N.Carolina
Lydia Gorden, 54, b. Kentucky
Margaret Gorden, 26, b. Indiana
Eunice B. Gorden, 20, b. Indiana
Annan Gorden, 27, farmer, b. Indiana
Levina Gorden, 27, b. N. Carolina
Hannah Gorden, 4, b. Indiana
Lydia Gorden, 1, b. Indiana
James Gorden, 31, farmer, b. Indiana
Susan Gorden, 30, b. Ohio
Mary A. Gorden, 7, b. Indiana
Lydia Gorden, 6, b. Indiana
Norman Gorden, 5, b. Indiana
Lewis Gorden, 2, b. Indiana
I believe Annan and Levina had a son, Francis, b. 1850 after family was enumerated.
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HVAC controller display goes dim, then dark. HERE IS a fix for that.
A common problem where the HVAC controller digital display goes dim or dark.
The problem is that the surface mounted resistors on the circuit board have oxidized solder connections. Simply heating them up with a soldering iron(re-sweating the joints), resolves the issue. A new HVAC controller costs about $536.00 from the dealer. Here is a detailed link with step by step instructions, and photos. Also some links with info on people willing to fix it for a small fee.
I followed the instructions, and now my display actually lights up again. Saved a lot of money. By the way depending on the part number, most of the hvac controllers are not even available at the dealer. The dealer will "send it out" for repair, for some ungodly sum of money. If they do have it, the price is $536.00 for the part, and then of coarse labor. Here is the link
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I was just about ready to take my C5 to the dealer to have the HVAC controller fixed. I just happened to run across this thread. I think it took me longer to get the dash apart then it took to actually resolder the parts. Thanks to this article I now have a bright display.It's all right to be crazy, just don't let it drive you nuts. Jimmy Buffett
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One thing to note. Sometimes, the LED's that illuminate the buttons will fail to work after this repair. The fix is to replace those bulbs. I usually do both when I do this repair."Marines - Making the other guy die for his country for over 200 years."
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"I totally know what's going to happen. I love knowing what's going to happen! But they won't do it – they can't do it. They can't just lose the "P" in SCDP. But could they? I guess they could. Paul Kinsey's off the show. And so is Sal. Oh look, the car won't start — I knew they wouldn't kill him off. They can't. Seriously, that actor has a contract! Uh oh, nothing good can come from going to the office in the middle of the night. So THAT'S how they are going to do it! He'll jump out the window just like in the opening credits! I am so smart. Time for pudding! OK good, he made it to the next day. I guess they really won't do it. BUT WAIT.. hmm… is.. is he IN his office? NO! Is he really in there? I can't believe they did that. I wonder..no.. NO. They did NOT just show that body! Holy JEEZ, they did not just show that body! Too much. Eyes. Can't. Handle. WHY IS IT STILL ON THE SCREEN! Cut! Cut Matthew Weiner, CUT! Oh man. How am I going to sleep now?"
So that my friends, was a little something I like to call my inner-Mad Men-ologue. For those who didn't watch, an incredible episode of the AMC series aired on Sunday. For those who did watch, I'm sure you'll agree that it's probably the only program on TV that could smash a very sweet coming-of-age-story and an untimely suicide into one hour-long episode. I'm sure you'll also agree that it's probably the only program on TV that could show such a graphic, realistic portrayal of death – and get away with it. But am I alone in wondering why they needed to linger on a dead man's body for such an extended period of time?
While one viewing was more than enough, I rewound to see how long the lingering actually lasted. Ready for this? It lasted thirty seconds. Thirty seconds! All or part of a very real, very dead looking dead man was shown on screen for a sloth-like 30 seconds. Yes, I know it was a dummy. But a dummy can still halt your sleep cycle and cause some very unfortunate nightmares. I certainly appreciate a little shock value as much as the next gal, but I firmly believe that the water cooler conversation would still be overflowing had the characters just alluded to the man hanging behind the door, while the camera was kept affixed on their ghost-white faces.
Of course it's not the first time a popular show "went there." Take drug (and fried chicken) kingpin Gus on Breaking Bad – the man was blown to bits and you better believe we saw every layer of skin, muscle and bone on his zombie-like face. And while I'm not a frequent Private Practice watcher, just the site of Amelia's baby caused the following online outburst from a friend after the neurosurgeon gave birth, "THEY SHOWED THE BABY! THEY SHOWED THE BABY'S HEAD! I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY SHOWED THE HEAD. IT DIDN'T HAVE BRAIN. THEY SHOWED THE WHOLE HEAD!" The difference is that while those story lines could very well happen in real life, they simply aren't as believable as Lane's unfortunate turn of events, making it all the more devastating and intrusive to watch.
But enough about what I think — what do you think, Buzz Bloggers? Do you enjoy a little gore now and again on primetime TV? Or do you think it's just a tad overkill? (Pun intended.)
While you're at it, voice your choice and tell us which TV character you think suffered the most untimely demise:
Rita Morgan (Dexter)
Lane Pryce (Mad Men)
Susan Ross (Seinfeld)
Rosalind Shays (LA Law)
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