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Now you can bring the magic of the seductive Scottish Highlands home with this 8 oz. Sassenach Candle! This scent is quintessentially Claire!
-Strong Potency
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- 9 oz. jar with 8 oz. of wax
- 100% all-natural soy wax
- Self-trimming cotton wick
- Glass jar
- Black metal lid
- Large burn warning sticker
***Large candles weigh 15 oz. with the wax and glass combined, which will affect your shipping weights. Please keep this in mind when your shipping calculates.***
All 8 oz. candles in the shop have a burn time of 25+ hours depending on fragrance load.
We're quickly approaching summer, which means hot weather. I do not recommend ordering large candles if they will sit in your mailbox for extended periods of time. While I use a wax with a higher melt point (135 degrees F), the inside of your mailbox can become an oven. If you would like to add a signature requirement to your package, please contact me directly!
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The Times of London reported yesterday (Aug. 3) that unnamed Western intelligence sources have concluded that Iran has perfected the technology to build and detonate a nuclear weapon. At a minimum, this confirmation would appear to repudiate a 2007 U.S. intelligence estimate that Iran had terminated its research program to acquire nuclear arms in 2003.
According to the sources of the Times, it would take just six months for Iran to assemble the weapon if the country's Supreme Leader approved taking this step. Most alarming, the report states that the weapon could be delivered by Iran's Shebab-3 ballistic missile.
This leads to the question about what the Obama Administration should do about the U.S. missile defense program to defend both U.S. and allied territories. Currently, the Obama Administration is scaling back the program in ways that are consistent with discounting the Iranian nuclear-armed missile threat. If it is doing so on the basis of the earlier U.S. intelligence estimate, it should reconsider. The fact is that intelligence gathering is not a perfect science. Therefore, it is best that the Obama Administration and Congress err on the side of caution and build non-threatening defenses to protect the U.S. and its allies. Even if the Iranians verifiably abandon their nuclear and missile programs, the worldwide trends in the proliferation of nuclear and missile technology remain ominous and U.S. missile defense capabilities would still be useful.
On this basis, Congress should reject the Obama Administration's proposed missile defense budget cuts. It must work quickly because it is getting late in the legislative calendar and, more importantly, relative to what could be an ominous development in the nuclear missile threat.

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U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX-Dallas), a Member of House Republican Leadership, today released the following statement regarding the third anniversary of President Obama signing the "stimulus" package into law:
"Tomorrow's anniversary of the so-called "stimulus' serves as a reminder that President Obama's policies have failed to fix our broken economy and are making it worse. Three years later, the American people are struggling to make ends meet and are still waiting for the promised results of the massive $1.2 trillion spending binge.
"Although hardworking families and small businesses were told that the "stimulus' would keep the unemployment rate from exceeding 8 percent, the sales pitch has proven to be empty political rhetoric. Since its enactment, our unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for 36 consecutive months -- the longest period of high unemployment since the Great Depression.
"Unfortunately for the American people, the Obama Administration continues to push for more of its failed spend, tax and borrow policies in an attempt to grow the size of government. Just this week, President Obama unveiled his budget blueprint for fiscal year 2013 which amounts to a $1.9 trillion tax increase on job creators and American families, and $47 trillion of new government spending over the next ten years.
"During this continued period of economic distress, the American people deserve solutions that reduce wasteful government spending so that our children and grandchildren are not left with the burden of our spending-driven debt crisis. House Republicans stand ready to work with President Obama and Senate Democrats on taking our country in a new direction by pursuing pro-growth policies that will provide real relief for American families."
Source: http://sessions.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Newsroom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=87f0b3ff-19b9-b4b1-1229-71846587ebd9&Region_id=&Issue_id=


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Every day, our intern Stephanie gets a sneak peek at all of the new internships being posted daily on Internships.com. Each week she'll choose a theme and highlight a few of the new internships she thinks are cool/useful/interesting.
By Stephanie Varsha
Chamber of Commerce is a type of business network whose goal is to further the interests of businesses and business owners in the community. Local Chambers work at the local level to unite the business community in order to develop strong local networks, which may result in a business-to-business exchange. If you want to get experience interning in an energetic, busy work environment, whether you are interested in marketing, public relations, administration, or event planning, these internships are the perfect fit for you!
Administrative Intern
Houston West Chamber of Commerce in Houston, TX
The Houston West Chamber of Commerce is known for being the most active chamber in Houston. They are looking for a part time intern with excellent computer skills to help with the following tasks: calling, emailing, and faxing members to update their information within our database. Apply now!
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Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce in Anniston, AL
This internship provides students with an experience in online marketing, customer relations, etc., an the opportunity to intern in an energetic working environment. Apply now!
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Chamber of Commerce in Tampa, FL
Chamber of Commerce is looking to hire part-time interns for summer and fall to help plan, market, and manage several large community events. Apply now!
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Vernon Chamber of Commerce in Vernon, CA
This internship gives the opportunity to experience the dynamic functions a Chamber of Commerce has to offer as it meets the needs of all the businesses in its community. Apply now!
Communications and Marketing Intern
Brookline Chamber of Commerce in Brookline, MA
The Brookline Chamber of Commerce is seeking a motivated, outgoing and friendly intern to help the Chamber staff with general communications and marketing tasks including social media exposure, Member Management System work, general website updates, member mailings, and more. Apply now!
Search through more Chamber of Commerce internships here. What type of internships do you want us to highlight next week? Let us know in the comments below.


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Audi has big plans for the Geneva Motor Show with the Audi RS5, the Audi A8 Hybrid, an unnamed "surprise" plus the unveiling of the Audi A1 by Justin Timberlake. Mercedes and BMW should better bring some good stuff…
The 80th Geneva Motor Show will serve as the backdrop for several spectacular Audi premieres. International star Justin Timberlake will be unveiling the new Audi A1 during the press conference starting at 1:30 p.m. (CET) at the Audi stand. In addition, Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, and Michael Dick, Member of the Board of Management for Technical Development, will be presenting the Audi RS 5, the near-production Audi A8 Hybrid show car and an additional concept car.
Audi Press Conference
Tuesday, March 2, 2010,
1:30 – 1:45 p.m. (CET)
Palexpo Geneva, Hall 1, Stand No. 1061
Related news: GermanCarBlog, P4MR, Audi RS5
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the roots of reagan's leadership
by Peter Hannaford
One day last year I gave a talk at the University of Virginia on the subject of President Ronald Reagan's comprehensive strategy for bringing the Cold War to a successful conclusion. When the floor opened for questions, I expected them to be about that topic. Instead, the first was, "Can you tell us the source of Reagan's character?"
I replied, "In a word: Illinois."
The characteristics we associate with Ronald Reagan—self-reliance, self-confidence, optimism, modesty, loyalty, tolerance, good humor, determination, and reverence for God—all came from his forebears, his parents, his teachers and coaches, clergy, the circumstances of his youth, and the culture of the rural Middle West. The Irish, Scots, English, and others who settled the fertile farmland of northwestern Illinois brought with them values ingrained over a long period of time. Most had worked the land and felt attached to it, though they were tenant farmers. They took hard work for granted, along with thrift, family loyalty, and self-reliance. Owning their own land in America was a goal.
In Reagan's case, it began with his great-grandparents. On the Reagan side, they fled the Irish Potato Famine, ending up in Illinois' New Haven township. His great-grandfather learned about the Homestead Act. He filed a claim, knowing that if he made the land productive in four years, it would be his. In the 1860 Census, he was listed as a farmer owning real estate. His son worked on the family's land and then moved to Fulton where his youngest son John (known as "Jack") was born and was to become Ronald Reagan's father.
Ronald Reagan's great-grandfather on his mother's side landed in Nova Scotia from Scotland and then made his way to Illinois. His son married a young woman who came to America to work as a domestic after her parents died. Their daughter Nelle was to be Ronald Reagan's mother. She was bright, energetic, and imbued with a strong drive to help people through her religion.
As a young man, Jack discovered a liking for alcohol. Despite his ability to charm the town's young women, most parents disapproved of him. Nelle, however, was determined to put aside the objections. She and Jack married in 1904. Nelle became used to Jack's weekend drinking. She seemed to understand that what Jack was seeking was recognition that he was a worthwhile person. She decided they needed to leave Fulton and persuaded Jack to move to Tampico, 26 miles away. There he was hired by a local dry goods store.
They rented a flat above a bakery. Their first son, John Neil, was born there in 1908. A Catholic priest came to baptize the infant. Jack, a Catholic, had said nothing about this to Nelle, a dedicated member of the Christian Church, a schismatic Presbyterian denomination. Nelle agreed to the baptism, but made Jack promise that once their children were old enough they could choose their own religion.
Jack was a good shoe salesman, but his career never seemed to gel. This led to a number of moves: briefly to Chicago, then Galesburg, then Monmouth, then back to Tampico, where his original boss offered to give him a promotion and then part ownership in a store in Dixon.
They made the final move—to Dixon—in 1920.
On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born as a blizzard swept the region. At the sight of his new 10-pound son, Jack is quoted as having said, "For such a little bit of a Dutchman, he makes a hell of a lot of noise." Thus Ronald acquired the nickname "Dutch." It stuck with him until he reached Hollywood 26 years later.
With Jack's good humor and sense of egalitarianism and Nelle's religious training that all people were created equal, the boys grew up in a household free of envy or prejudice. Looking back on his childhood years later, Ronald Reagan said, "We were pretty poor, but so was everyone else we knew, so we didn't think of ourselves as poor."
When Ronald was four or five, Nelle began to teach him to read by having him follow her finger as it went down the page while she recited. One evening Jack saw him look at the day's paper and asked him what he was doing. "Reading," he said and read aloud a story from the paper. His fifth grade teacher, Nellie Darby, who had a strong influence on him, remarked on his great ability to remember dates and places.
Once settled in Dixon, the boys developed hobbies and enjoyed sports. "Dutch" also began to realize he was nearsighted. He gravitated to football because the other players were merely nearby blurs, while in baseball he couldn't see the ball coming straight at him.
On one Sunday drive in the country he tried on his mother's glasses and was astonished to find he could read signs and make out features in the landscape. She had him fitted with a pair of large black-rimmed glasses. He loved seeing things—and going to the movies. He especially liked Westerns and sports films and also began checking out two books a week from the town library.
One evening, when he was 11, Ronald found his father passed out on the front porch. He managed to pull him into the house and to bed. Jack's drinking bouts became longer. He became cynical—which contrasted with the joking, storytelling side of his nature. Nelle, though, never wavered from her belief that alcoholism was a disease and its victims should not be condemned for something over which they had no control.
In 1922, after reading That Printer of Udell's, a novel of redemption and success through determination, Ronald asked his mother to have him baptized in the Christian Church. Within two years, he was teaching a Sunday School class. His delivery and voice were much complimented by parishioners.
Summers and High School
When Dutch Reagan was 14, puberty set in. He went from being scrawny to tall, muscular, and good looking. Just as Nelle was constantly helping people in need of moral support, sports-loving Dutch found a more physical way to help people: saving lives. The YMCA had a swimming program at Lowell Park, on the swift Rock River. The Park Commission threatened to close the program after some drownings. Reagan, an excellent swimmer, appealed to the park concessionaires to hire him as a lifeguard. He worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for seven summers—loving it. While he sat on his lifeguard stand, girls would flock around to talk with him. At the park, he carved a notch in an old log every time he saved a life—77 in all. His role as a lifeguard—always ready to save a drowning person—was something of a foretaste of his role in public life, standing ready to save a nation from drowning in domestic and foreign troubles.
During this time he discovered Margaret Cleaver. They became steadies through college. Margaret was the daughter of the Reverend Ben Cleaver, new pastor of the Christian Church and a man who would have a major effect on the young Reagan.
Public/Private Person
Dutch admired Jack's opposition to racial and religious intolerance and his love of good stories. Nevertheless, Jack's drinking was an ever-present part of their lives and Dutch learned to cultivate both a private world for himself (i.e., coping with Jack's drinking) and a public one in which he was unfailingly polite and charming with people.
By the time he was a senior in high school, he found a perfect outlet for his public self: the school's drama club. Teacher B. J. Fraser, the club's adviser, found Dutch to be an apt pupil, fitting any role he was given. That year he had a taste of public speaking when he was chosen to be master of ceremonies at a Christian Endeavor conference in Moline.
Nelle wanted her boys to go to college. Dutch didn't have quite enough summer money saved to cover college expenses for a year. Still, he accompanied Margaret to Eureka College where she enrolled. He decided he would somehow talk the school into granting him a scholarship to cover his expenses. "I fell head over heels in love with Eureka," Reagan wrote later. His earnestness and determination persuaded President Bert Wilson and Athletic Director Ralph McKinzie to give him an athletic scholarship and a dishwashing job at a women's dormitory.
McKinzie was only a few years older than his football and basketball players. He'd been a star player in both sports. Despite Reagan's determination to make the football varsity his first year, McKinzie kept him on the fifth string, largely because of his poor eyesight. Where Reagan shone was in competitive swimming.
"Dutch" quickly absorbed the sense of solidarity that prevailed at Eureka, He later wrote, "We had a special spirit at Eureka that bound us all together, much as a poverty-stricken family is bound."
By then, however, times were not good in that part of Illinois. Further, cultural changes were sweeping the country. It was the era of "flaming youth." Eureka students did not go off the deep end, but they did like to dance and sought relaxation of the school's strict code of behavior. The president did just the reverse: he tightened the restrictions. This led to serious trouble.
Student Unrest
In November 1928, President Wilson failed to get trustee support to cut sports to save money. He offered his resignation. He also delivered a blistering condemnation of the morals of the campus and community. The trustees declined an alumni group's urging to accept the resignation. Right after the final football game, the students were to go home for Thanksgiving. Few did. Leslie Pierce, a football star, led a campaign to oust the president despite the board's vote. At 11:45 that night, Pierce and others rang the chapel bells for 15 minutes. Students and faculty came running, thinking there was a fire.
Pierce decided a freshman should set forth the students' demands because that class would have four years of staying power. Members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon house chose "Dutch." He later wrote, "I discovered that night that an audience had a 'feel' to it and, in the parlance of the theater, the audience and I were together." When he proposed an all-student strike on their return from the holiday, it was approved by acclamation. Student leaders wrote a statement that all students would stay on strike until the president resigned. They pushed it under his door. By December 7, he was gone.
The Drama Club
Meanwhile, Margaret Cleaver and Dutch had joined the student drama club. His stage demeanor earned him positive reviews. This was before microphones, but his clear voice carried. The drama coach, Mary Ellen Johnson, saw the talent in Reagan and steadily encouraged him. One pastime Dutch cultivated at Eureka was a locker room re-creation of an entire quarter of a football game, play by play, using a broomstick as a "microphone." He was to learn that his voice was a natural talent: clear and mellow with a sense of hope in it.
He threw himself into student activities, winning a "letter" in track, becoming the school's swimming coach, basketball team cheerleader, president of the Boosters' Club, editor of the yearbook, and member of the football team.
Eureka's graduating class of 1932 had shrunk to 45 because of Depression dropouts. Dutch's greatest worry was, Could he get a job? At the graduation he spoke as president of the Student Senate.
The Job Hunt
Back at Dixon as a lifeguard, Reagan was asked by a prosperous Dixon summer resident, Sid Altschuler, what he wanted to do for a career. "Be a radio sports announcer," he found himself saying. Altschuler didn't realize it, but by asking the question, he had given Reagan the self-confidence to put into words what had been forming in his mind.
In early September, he hitchhiked to Chicago, the Midwest's radio center. No one at the major stations would interview him, but a sympathetic receptionist advised him to try small town stations. He returned home, borrowed Jack's car, and set out for Davenport, Iowa, 75 miles away. There he called on Peter MacArthur, WOC's station manager. MacArthur told him he'd auditioned 94 job applicants and hired one. Thinking he was being dismissed, Reagan turned to leave. MacArthur, a Scot whose arthritis caused him to walk with two canes, followed Reagan to the elevator and said, "D'ye think ye could tell me about a game and make me see it?"
Could he ever? MacArthur led him to a broadcast studio, and Reagan re-created the final 20 minutes of a recent Eureka game. "Ye did great, ye big S.O.B," Macarthur said. Reagan was hired for $5 to report a game that coming Saturday. He did so well he was hired to do a game a week for the rest of the season.
At the end of the football season, Dutch Reagan worried that his radio career had ended; however, MacArthur called to offer him a full-time announcer's job at $100 a month—a princely sum at the time.
By now Ronald Reagan's character was fully formed, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Peter Hannaford was closely associated with President Reagan for a number of years, beginning in 1971. He is the author of five books about the late president, including Recollections of Reagan.


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Welcome to the web site of Corporate Renewal Solutions that deals with the turnaround of financially distressed companies in terms of business rescue legislation as contained in Chapter 6 of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008, amended by the Companies Amendment Act No. 3 of 2011, amplified by business rescue regulations as contained in the Companies Regulations, 2011, and reviewed in the King III business rescue recommendations.
For detail about the current implementation status of new legislation and regulations, see business rescue in South Africa.
In 1926 South Africa was the first country after the USA to have introduced business rescue legislation. Judicial management, however, proved to be ineffective and on 1 May 2011 was replaced with the business rescue provisions in Chapter 6 of the new company legislation.
Chapter 6 business rescue legislation represents a codification of the turnaround procedures followed in workout in the informal sector, but is designed to overcome a number of practical problems faced by workout, and to protect the interests of all stakeholders. It comes with its own problems though, and financially distressed companies will always have to make the choice between informal turnaround (workout) and Chapter 6 turnaround (business rescue) based on the specific circumstances they face.
For more information, see business rescue versus workout.
That notwithstanding, new business rescue legislation implemented on 1 May 2011 represents an important new era in the South African turnaround industry with the potential of saving many more financially distressed but economically viable companies from liquidation.
Corporate Renewal Solutions (CRS) is proud to have sponsored 50% of the final editing cost of this prestigious book.
Ntombi Langa-Royds, chair of CRS, contributed the chapter "Human Resources Leadership in a Turnaround".
Jan van der Walt, CEO of CRS, contributed the following four chapters:
"The Turnaround Management Association - Southern Africa (TMA-SA)".
"Turnaround Situations".
"Operational Aspects of a Turnaround".
"A Turnaround Practitioner's View on New Business Rescue Legislation".
To obtain more information about this book and where to purchase it, see Turnaround Management and Corporate Renewal.
Please complete the Business rescue client submission form.
We will respond with an opinion on the appropriate approach for you to take, implications that you should be aware of, the procedure to follow to commence business rescue, appointment of the business rescue practitioner, and costs involved.
CIPC is registering business rescue practitioners on an interim license basis where a company in business rescue identifies the practitioner by name. For more information, see Business rescue implementation and operational status in South Africa.
See The official CIPC business rescue practitioner registration application process for interim licensed business rescue practitioners.
Those interested in attending our Business Rescue and Turnaround Management Masterclasses should please email Jan van der Walt at for purposes of a provisional attendance list.
Did new business rescue legislation implemented on 1 May 2011 flowed impacted on the decreased liquidations statistics in the first month?
For more information, see Liquidations statistics.
Jan van der Walt, CEO of Corporate Renewal Solutions, presents his take on new business rescue legislation and turnaround.
10 July 2011
Quoted in Sunday Times:
27 May 2011
Launch of Neil Harvey's book Turnaround Management and Corporate Renewal: A South African Perspective.
Chapters contributed by Jan van der Walt:
26 May 2011
Managing a Turnaround and Corporate Renewal
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Brochure: Managing A Turnaround And Corporate Renewal 2011
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For a while, I toyed with idea of delaying the announcement of my departure from ITV until the very start of this speech. OK, that would have caused a dramatic Big Brother eviction moment. But the rest of this talk would have been drowned out by the scraping of chairs as the journalists among you rushed to file the story. The same story you've all been filing for the last 15 years - but this time in the past rather than the future tense. And I guess the rest of the room would have piled off down the pub: if he doesn't run anything then what's the point of listening to him? I'd have been left alone with the half dozen people currently sitting in this historic hall who want to be my successor. All hoping to glean some insight into running that wonderful, yet infuriating, problem child, ITV.
Truth is Guys - and Gal - don't worry about it. Running ITV is a doddle. Not because the challenges aren't real or substantial. But because there is so much free advice on tap. Every morning when I open the papers someone who used to run a bit of ITV, wished they still did, or hopes one day they might, sets the ITV world to rights. No need to fork out the millions the BBC spends each year on consultants - £1 at Fourboys gets you pretty much all the ITV strategy you could ever need.
The fact that it is all totally contradictory and all involves someone other than the current incumbent running the shop is by the by. It's the thought that counts ... as I'm sure you'll appreciate when it's your turn. Of course by tradition, the MacTaggart is known as the longest job application in the industry. But, even if there was a vacancy, I'm honestly not sure I'd want any of the other big jobs in UK TV. The BBC - how on earth do you balance public service with commerciality, regulation with independence, Dick with Dom, and still nail the next licence fee? Finding the answer to the conundrum that is the BBC is like cracking the Da Vinci Code. But with Michael Grade as Tom Hanks and Mark Thompson as that frightening Albino monk.
What about running Sky? Well there's another holy bloodline I was born outside of - so I guess that counts me out there. And, as for Channel 4, I just couldn't cope with all those dress down Fridays. Or Thursdays. Or Wednesdays. In an environment of such ruthlessly enforced casualness, I'd be given a walkie talkie and told to report to security. So: no job application from me, no gratuitous point scoring and certainly no regrets.
Some years ago a young man from the west of Scotland entered the television industry. He'd started his career north of the border and outside television. Although he was to spend the remainder of his working life in TV, he retained that outsider's sensibility. Indeed, this became his advantage: He took on the status quo, the accepted wisdom, and sought to bring to bear a different perspective, however challenging that might be.
That man of course was James MacTaggart, in whose memory this prestigious lecture series was established some 31 years ago. There are some superficial similarities between myself and James MacTaggart. Both proud Scots; both started outside TV; both spent more of our working lives in television than anywhere else. But to many it will be the differences that are more striking: MacTaggart a superb programme-maker who helped shape television drama. Me, I am afraid, the archetypal TV "suit".
Indeed, perhaps I shouldn't be here at all. When Gus MacDonald first came up with the idea of an Edinburgh Television Festival, he went around the BBC and ITV "suits" of the day to raise funds. They agreed to pay for it on condition that they didn't have to attend, "because it would be too radical and they would probably come in for attack." Well, Dawn Airey has encouraged me to get an "attack" in early, but that is not really my style. But in terms of being "radical" I hope that I will not disappoint.
Way back in 1989, James Murdoch's dad Rupert told a MacTaggart audience how the launch of satellite would shake up the networks that had dominated the previous era. He was right. In less than 20 years, Sky has built from nothing to around 8 million homes. An amazing achievement. However, in half that time, DTT has reached the same milestone. Hats off to Freeview.
But hold on: in half that time again, broadband has overtaken every other digital platform to reach 10 million UK homes.
We've catapulted from an era of networks to what Ofcom recently called the "networked generation". Be in no doubt: we are in the middle of seismic - and accelerating - changes. These days a year is a very long time in media - even a month. (I can tell you in commercial TV, July felt like an eternity.) Yet at the same time, thinking about UK television can appear pickled in aspic as it was a decade, two decades, even 30 years ago.
So tonight - perhaps curiously for a self-confessed suit - I want to make a plea for a renewed radicalism. Not in production nor in programme-making, nor even in the zeal with which we all need to embrace new technology - I'll leave that to you the experts. But in one or two areas where I can claim some experience. Because what I've learned over the years - in television and beyond - is that you can't meet the big challenges by burying your head in the sand or carrying on as you always have. And I'll touch on some of that personal experience.
I'll then address how the challenges facing ITV over the last 15 years - and into the next - demand radical thinking. But then I want to set out what I believe is the big question in British broadcasting - a billion pound question. How can we continue to enjoy the breadth and range and quality of British TV that we all grew up with, the programmes that moved us, the dramas that changed us, the shows that just made our lives a bit more of a laugh?
It's a question that again will not be resolved by half-measures or fine-tuning. And I'll set out parts of a solution in two key areas. The production sector. And the UK broadcasting market. Three decades in business, 15 years of ITV, the £1bn question. That's a lot to cover. But hey! The doors are locked and we've got all night...
Personal journey
And so - briefly - my own personal journey. My working life began with the luvvies of the British steel industry. As I was telling Lakshmi Mittal the other day at his £75m Kensington home, I soon realised that the steel industry was no place for a young man to make his fortune. Call it an accountant's instinct. So, before TV, I moved into contract catering and hotels. Some people thought it was a strange combination - Turkey Twizzlers and beds for the night. For me, it was the perfect business model. After a Little Chef Special, you'd need a good lie down.
But some of my most powerful business lessons have come from outside my official working life.I was fortunate enough to chair the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, the success of which I am deeply proud. That led to my involvement as vice chair in the London Olympics bid, working with Tessa Jowell and Seb Coe. That experience reinforced that the most important thing in any organisation is to have a clear goal. The team's goal was absolutely clear: winning the Olympics for Britain for the first time in over 60 years. From that simple goal we reverse engineered a very different approach to our bid. Rather than focus on what the Olympics would do for our city, like every other bid, we set out what London would do for the Olympics. The enduring image of our final presentation tape wasn't Paula Radcliffe running down the Mall, but a young runner from South Africa inspired to Olympic success.
The radical approach was the clincher and for once a British team scored when it mattered. A clear vision drives you to more radical thinking: you're focused on the end, not the means. The destination, not how you get there.
So in TV, what is the vision?
Well for me it's the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky - everybody in open competition and flourishing as a result. Entertainment shows that have us clustered around the office oxygen cooler; Home-grown drama so addictive we download the next episode to watch on our J-Pods on our way to work. And, of course, Coronation Street top of the pops every week. Sound familiar? That's because what we've currently got, for all its cyclical ups and downs, is really, really precious. But - ironically - to preserve what we've always had, is actually going to take some pretty radical thinking.
ITV: terminal decline?
At ITV, that thinking started a while back. I know to some a "radical ITV" might seem a contradiction in terms. For decades, the consensus has been of an old-fashioned broadcaster in decline. Now every month seems to bring another "Worst night ever for ITV" headline. Some will tell you the "mass audience" has evaporated - niche is where it's at. Others that advertisers have fallen out of love with TV - as the World Cup showed. The doomsayers predict a vicious circle: advertisers spend less on ITV; ITV spends less on programmes; viewers spend less time with ITV. To the Cassandra columnists, a year on from its 50th birthday, ITV has lurched from mid-life crisis to a premature death bed. And switchover is seen as the final nail in the ITV coffin. Rumours of ITV's death are greatly exaggerated. It's a seductively easy picture to paint. And it can be hard to stick your neck out and disagree with the consensus. But it is of course absolutely wrong. First some obvious facts. ITV1 is still the number one UK channel in peak. More people watch ITV1 than our five largest commercial competitors combined. We still scale the ratings heights. This summer over 20 million viewers watched the World Cup on ITV1. Our event programming - X Factor, Dancing on Ice, Soccer Aid - they have the whole nation talking, not just a chunk of 16-24s. And, week in week out, Corrie and Emmerdale pull in greater audiences than any other commercial channel manages all year.
What's more, ITV is not a legacy analogue business. In digital homes, we have three of the top 10 commercial channels; in Freeview, four of the top 10. We have the UK's number one participation TV business. The strongest commercial position on DTT. And, in Friends Reunited, the UK's top commercial web presence. All this and we still found time to resolve the vexed issue of ITV ownership. In a world where most mergers go wrong, we got ours right. We made our savings, doubled our profits and created a unified national broadcaster. We've built the UK's top commercial production company - with major international success. We're the only non-US producer ever to have shows on all 5 US networks at the same time. Another fantastic achievement.
Transition period
I could go on and on, and - this being the polite MacTaggart - no one could stop me. But if these are the facts, how could so many get it so wrong about ITV? What gets left out is that we're in the middle of a transition. The transition to digital involves a fundamental law of broadcasting. Let's call it Airey's Law. Airey's Law states that a channel's share of viewing in a 30-channel home will be less than in a five-channel home. It will be lower still in a 200-channel home. That's not "endemic underperformance" or "inexorable decline" - it's simple arithmetic.
ITV recognised the realities of the shift to digital some time ago. We focused on the destination - the fully digital world of 2012. And we launched a radical strategy based, not on minimising the pain of the journey, but the value of the destination. We too reverse engineered our bid for 2012. And, like London, I believe that bid will prove successful.
Destination 2012
That confidence is reflected in the post-switchover target we recently set for ITV. We've said we'll get 38.5% of commercial ratings. Think about that for a moment: In a world of 100% digital take-up, of hundreds of channels, of near limitless choice, we've said we'll get nearly 40% of commercial viewing. I think that is no mean feat. So the idea that digital switchover will be the "final nail in ITV's coffin" could not be further from the truth. Indeed, switchover will allow us to nail the myth of ITV decline once and for all.
Of course none of that gets you away from the need to deliver the very best programmes. A lot of people will tell you that ITV's woes could be solved at a stroke if only we had a stronger schedule. Forget all this structural stuff - it's self inflicted. Well, to a point. First, for ITV1 at least, that schedule is about much more than one or two programmes. This year has been tough, but we've still had some fantastic shows from Lewis to Wild at Heart, from Soapstar Superstar to Dancing on Ice. And that's with the likes of Cracker, Prime Suspect, and I'm a Celebrity still to come. Would I have wanted even more programming of that quality? Absolutely. But resources are not unlimited. And anyway, even with all the money in the world - say, an income rising by RPI+2.3% for seven years - commissioning hits remains the ultimate risk business.There will always be misses alongside the hits.
As a chief executive, my job has been to get the very best commissioning team in place and give them the time and resources they need to deliver. I believe that ITV has now got the best commissioners in UK television, working alongside some of the UK's most talented producers, including many of you here this evening: they will deliver. The challenges remain for ITV. But I'm not here to talk about business models and profits, CRR and PVRs. That's the day job. Someone else's day job soon! My real concern tonight is how our established broadcasting ecology may be reshaped by all this change. And, more importantly, what the hell we will be left with at the end of it all.
Digital broadcasting
Let me get one thing straight. I'm not talking here about public service broadcasting. Even my critics concede that I've fought a pretty good fight on the regulatory front. And I've been praised and criticised in equal measure for rolling back ITV's PSB obligations. Actually I disagree with all of that. (Except for the bit about me doing a good job, obviously.)
The truth is that Ofcom started the - long overdue - process of modernising ITV's obligations because it recognised that the analogue PSB model was bust. And far from going too far, I believe that we have not gone far enough. We're still applying sticking plasters to analogue PSB, rather than developing a sustainable digital model. It's all about tweaks, in-flight adjustments, rather than putting commercial PSB on a secure footing for the future.
Judging by comments from its departing boss, even Ofcom seems to have accepted that. And I hope that my successor will be able to hold Stephen Carter's successor to that analysis. But if further progress is to be made, we need to stop casting our thinking in terms of "reductions" here and "cuts" there.
The reality is that the digital transition is one of tremendous opportunity for public service broadcasting. However, it will not be measured in hours and minutes on a handful of analogue television channels. If kids watch programmes on dedicated channels, like CITV, rather than ITV1, good for them. If we move from regional bulletins on TV to a 24-hour on-demand broadband service, great news.
We need to approach PSB focused on what works in the era we're entering, rather than what represents the shortest distance from where we are now. And that means more big changes - not worrying about whether we could have squeezed another year or two out of the current model.


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Banks in Gulf oil producers are still relatively cautious in lending to the private sector as part of a tight policy they adopted after the eruption of the 2008 global fiscal crisis and regional debt default problems, a major bank said on Monday.
While there has been a pick in domestic credit in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) over the past few months, most of the increase has been in loans to the public sector, said National Commercial Bank (NCB), the largest bank in Saudi Arabia by assets and one of the biggest banks in the Middle East.
The slowdown in credit to the private sector has been a result of the banks' risk-averse attitude and the sector's waning appetite for loans in an environment of economic uncertainty, NCB said in a study sent to Emirates 24/7.
The slowdown has prompted GCC governments to keep up heavy public spending to spur growth in their economies, buoyed by a better global economic climate and the recent improvement in oil prices, the study said.
"The GCC banking sector has continued to tread with caution in an uncertain
economic environment characterized by low interest rates. Even though a
recovery in credit markets is clearly underway, it remains tentative and uneven. It
will likely take several more months for the pace to significantly accelerate."
NCB said the challenge of bad loans and provisions set by GCC banks after the global crisis and regional default problems has not been fully overcome but the situation is showing signs of stabilizing, which is creating some room for
additional lending. It noted that GCC bank earnings improved by around two per cent in the third quarter of 2010 compared with the second quarter, helped
by a robust 12.43 per cent drop in aggregate provision.
Nonetheless, the report added, the improvement was uneven with Saudi Arabia the one GCC economy to witness an actual increase by nearly 31.6 per cent.
"Even though overall credit levels are gradually rising, the improvement still tends
to be critically dependent on loans to the public sector. This reflects the continued importance of government spending in driving economic activity, while the private sector recovery has proven frustratingly slow," NCB said.
"At least some of the lag in private sector credit seems to be linked to subdued demand rather than bank risk aversion alone."
A breakdown showed bank lending in Saudi Arabia continued its slow recovery with a 1.9 per cent growth in the third quarter, a slight acceleration on the 1.7 per cent increase recorded in the second quarter.
It said public sector credit was still the most dynamic element in Saudi Arabia, totaling around SR33.9 billion during the third quarter. Lending to government and quasi-government institutions expanded by 8.6 and 17.8 per cent respectively in the third quarter compared with the same period of 2009.
Private sector lending, which accounts for almost 96 per cent of total credit, rose by only 1.6 per cent, a pace equal to that seen in the second quarter. "Encouragingly, total bank credit finally exceeded its 2009 level, rising to SR774.2 billion during the quarter, which marked a 3.2 per cent increase from the third quarter of last year," the study said.
Turning to the UAE, NCB said bank in the second largest Arab economy finally began to gather momentum in the third quarter after recording near-zero growth and occasional declines during the first half of the year.
Lending in the UAE has risen consistently since June and was up by 1.3 per cent during the third quarter compared with the second quarter.
"With the government encouraging banks to extend credit to especially small and medium-sized enterprises, personal loans for business purposes (which account for about 19 per cent of the aggregate bank loan portfolios) rose by 4.9 per cent, much higher than the two per cent growth recorded in the second quarter."
Further, boosted by government spending, credit to the transport, storage, and communication sector advanced by 2.5 per cent in the same period while lending to the construction sector expanded by 4.1 per cent, NCB said.
"By contrast, bank claims on the private sector rose by a more disappointing
0.7 per cent to Dh726.4 billion, something that furthermore represented a clear
slowdown from the two per cent growth in the second quarter."
Bank lending in Kuwait has also remained subdued even as compared to the rest of the region, according to NCB.
But it added that the pace of credit growth rebounded from -0.6 per cent in the second quarter to a marginal growth of 0.3 per cent in the third quarter.
Although loan growth in Qatar remains well below the extraordinary levels
seen during the 2003-2008 oil boom, when it peaked at about 50 per cent, credit
expansion has stayed ahead of the rest of the region, the report said.
It showed total loans surged by 4.3 per cent in the third quarter over the preceding quarter but noted banks in Qatar also preferred to lend to government-related entities and projects, with public sector credit expanding by nine per cent,
markedly ahead of the 2.9 per cent growth seen in the second quarter.
Bank credit in Bahrain in the third quarter staged the most robust recovery seen in entire the region, resuming growth at the pace of 2.6 per cent after a 1.1 per cent rise in the second quarter of the year.
Business loans, which constitute about 66 per cent of banks' total portfolios in the Kingdom, grew by 6.9 per cent in a dramatic turn-around from the 4.6 per cent decline recorded in the second quarter.
Oman, similarly, saw a resumption of credit growth to about 0.7 per cent in the third quarter against a drop of 0.3 per cent in the second quarter, NCB said.
Economists said they believe the more than 150 banks in the 29-year-old GCC have started the trip towards normal lending but expected the process to take time and banks to be selective by targeting less risky sectors.
"There has already been a slight pickup in lending by banks in many countries in the region and the pace of lending growth is set to rise through 2011," said Paul Gamble, Head of Research at the Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment.
"Banks have refined their lending policies and have become more comfortable with their own financial exposures… they also find their financial performance has been affected by the lack of lending activity, so they will tend to lend more as the economic environment improves."
Gamble said he expected GCC banks, which control more than half the total Arab bank assets, to target borrowers with what they consider lowest credit risk.
"Some leading companies, notably those with government ownership, are hitting single obligor limits that are preventing the banks from lending more," he said.
"Banks are therefore likely to target companies with high transparency and salary-backed loans to local individuals with little existing debt. Despite the anticipated improvement, lending growth will be well below the pace it was in the few years up to the middle of 2008."
In recent comments, Moody's Investment Service said GCC banks are slowly recovering from the repercussions of the crisis and regional defaults but expected a full recovery in 2011. It urged banks to continue building up their loan loss provisions to strengthen their position and reassure investors.
Slow lending activity had its toll on the GCC banks' performance, with their net earnings dipping by around 8.5 per cent to nearly $14.39 billion in 2009 from about $15.74 billion in 2008, according to their balance sheets.
Experts believe the combined income of banks this year will be more or less equivalent to the 2009 earnings but it will remain way below the revenue achieved during the peak boom years of 2006-2008.
"The GCC banking sector has shown considerable resilience in the face of the global financial crisis. Nonetheless, lending activity has stalled sharply from the oil-fueled boom of 2004-2008 when bank credit nearly tripled thanks to an annual growth of around 29.5 per cent," said NCB Capital, an affiliate of NCB.
"The reversal was amplified by diminished international capital inflows and a drop in the oil export earnings that had underpinned the favorable liquidity situation during the boom….GCC banks' loan books grew by a meager 3.6 per cent in 2009 and a slump in the real estate market forced many banks to set aside higher provisions for bad loans."


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Kayan Drops Most Since July as Loss Disappoints: Riyadh Mover
Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. (KAYAN) fell the most in six months after quarterly results for the affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) missed estimates for the eighth consecutive time.
The shares decreased 4.6 percent, the steepest drop since July 15, to 12.45 riyals at the close in Riyadh. The stock was the second-biggest decliner and the fourth most-traded by volume on the benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (SASEIDX), which fell 0.7 percent. About 12 million of the company's shares were traded today, more than three times the three-month daily average.
Saudi Kayan said today its fourth-quarter loss widened to 195 million riyals ($52 million) from 191 million riyals in the year-earlier period as costs rose. That missed estimates for losses of 50.3 million riyals at NCB Capital and 28 million riyals at Securities & Investment Co. The Jubail, Saudi Arabia- based company has posted quarterly losses since the fourth- quarter of 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. They missed estimates the past eight quarters, the data show.
The selling pressure was driven by the "frustrating results," Mohammed Al-Omran, financial analyst and president of the Gulf Center for Financial Consultancy in Riyadh, said by e- mail. "Given the fact that the company is enjoying subsidized feedstock" it should be generating quarterly profits of at least $2 million, he said.
'Sluggish' Prices
Saudi Kayan shares tumbled 30 percent last year as slower global economic growth reduced demand for products from Saudi Basic, the world's largest petrochemicals maker, which owns 35 percent of Kayan. That compares with a gain of 6 percent for the Tadawul and a decline of 6.8 percent for Sabic.
Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Co. (SAFCO), in which Sabic holds a 43 percent stake, said yesterday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 10 percent due to lower urea prices. Sabic unit Yanbu National Petrochemical Co. (YANSAB) said net income for the three months ended Dec. 31 declined 4 percent.
Petrochemical companies will "suffer from sluggish product prices and weakening demand from the emerging markets in Asia," Al Rajhi Capital said in a report Sept. 29. Still, Saudi petrochemical companies should outperform global peers helped by a "feedstock cost advantage," the report said. Saudi Kayan trades at a 2013 estimated price-to-earnings ratio of 13 times, compared with 14 times for the Dow Chemical Co. (DOW), the biggest U.S. chemical company.
One analyst recommends investors buy the shares of Saudi Kayan while seven have a hold rating on the stock and five say to sell, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
To contact the reporters on this story: Zahra Hankir in Dubai at email@example.com; Deema Almashabi in Riyadh at firstname.lastname@example.com
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alaa Shahine at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Amazing. What else will our government do for us today? This is beyond comprehension.
• Benghazi cover-up
• Obamacare website failure
• Cancelled insurance because of Obamacare
• Government shutdown
• Debt ceiling fiasco
• Sequestration
• Weak job growth
• No immigration reform
• No infrastructure repair/upgrades
• Surveillance by rogue NSA
There is much, much more. My question to all members of our great government – "What is wrong with you people?" We should replace all our current representatives/senators at the next elections.


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At Work You May Fire Yourself
By Mary Jo Rapini, Licensed Relationship and Family Therapist on July 13, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Everyone is nervous about the economy and their job security. Understanding the job you have chosen and agreed to perform, it will be best for everyone if you do your part to make the work climate enjoyable for all rather than miserable for yourself and co-workers. Focus on the goal and do your part to achieve it. This article offers helpful tips on how to do that. …


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Boycott Bud: "Word was handed down from St. Louis today that Rolling Rock beer will no longer be brewed in Old Latrobe, but instead in Newark, New Jersey.Cheers.
Newark, New Jersey!
Clearly, this is the end of Rolling Rock as we know it. It may be in a green bottle, but it ain't Rolling Rock if it comes from Newark! If you love our region and its beer, strike back at Anheuser-Busch by never again purchasing or drinking one of its beers. Let us strive to never again look down a bar and see one of our fellow Western Pennsylvanians swilling any of the following evil brews:
All Budweiser brands
All Busch brands
All Michelob brands
All Natural brands
O'Doul's NA
Bacardi Silver
Bare Knuckle Stout
Hurricane malt liquors
King Cobra malt liquor
Red Hook ESB
And, yes, sadly...Rolling Rock. Show me a mountain spring in Newark!
Leave your name, hometown, and comment below to show Anheuser-Busch that we won't stand for them killing our beer!"
Friday, May 19, 2006
Boycott Bud - a new BLOG pops it lid, cheers!
Some in the blog world might be gathering at Finnigan's Wake tonight for the blog fest. We'll see what beverage they choose.
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Mr. Fantasy Freak vs. Mrs. Fantasy Freak
Week 14 Fantasy Football Player Rankings
If you disagree with our Player Rankings feel free to post questions in the comment section below. If you would like more advice, please Tweet Holly or Alex. Here's a look back at last week's rankings.
Alex Wiesner's Flex Rankings
1. Jamaal Charles KC
2. Adrian Peterson MIN
3. Calvin Johnson DET
4. Matt Forte CHI
5. Reggie Bush DET
6. Marshawn Lynch SEA
7. LeSean McCoy PHI
8. Knowshon Moreno DEN
9. Demaryius Thomas DEN
10. Brandon Marshall CHI
11. Eddie Lacey GB
12. Dez Bryant DAL
13. A.J. Green CIN
14. DeMarco Murray DAL
15. Andre Brown NYG
16. Rob Gronkowski NE
17. Jimmy Graham NO
18. Josh Gordon CLE
19. Frank Gore SF
20. Zac Stacy STL
21. Alfred Morris WSH
22. Victor Cruz NYG
23. Andre Johnson HOU
24. Giovani Bernard CIN
25. Chris Johnson TEN
26. Torrey Smith BAL
27. Le'Veon Bell PIT
28. Shane Vereen NE
29. Ben Tate HOU
30. Antonio Brown PIT
31. Maurice Jones-Drew JAC
32. Julius Thomas DEN
33. Vernon Davis SF
34. Alshon Jeffery CHI
35. Wes Welker DEN
36. Vincent Jackson TB
37. Donald Brown IND
38. Pierre Garcon WSH
39. Ray Rice BAL
40. Jordy Nelson GB
41. Larry Fitzgerald ARI
42. Fred Jackson BUF
43. Keenan Allen SD
44. Greg Olsen CAR
45. Jason Witten DAL
46. Ryan Mathews SD
47. Danny Woodhead SD
48. T.Y. Hilton IND
49. Eric Decker DEN
50. Kendall Wright TEN
51. Anquan Boldin SF
52. Chris Ivory NYJ
53. Antonio Gates SD
54. Rashard Mendenhall ARI
55. C.J. Spiller BUF
56. Rashad Jennings OAK
57. Bobby Rainey TB
58. Percy Harvin SEA
59. Harry Douglas ATL
60. Dwayne Bowe KC
61. Riley Cooper PHI
62. Steven Jackson ATL
63. Roddy White ATL
64. Tony Gonzalez ATL
65. BenJarvus Green-Ellis CIN
66. Lamar Miller MIA
67. Pierre Thomas NO
68. Stevie Johnson BUF
69. Cecil Shorts JAC
70. Montee Ball DEN
71. Steve Smith CAR
72. Danny Amendola NE
73. Jarrett Boykin GB
74. Coby Fleener IND
75. Tavon Austin STL
76. Darren Sproles NO
77. Joique Bell DET
78. Marques Colston NO
79. Jordan Cameron CLE
80. Bernard Pierce BAL
81. Michael Floyd ARI
82. Benny Cunningham STL
83. Stevan Ridley NE
84. Mike Wallace MIA
85. Bilal Powell NYJ
86. James Jones GB
87. Rod Streater OAK
88. Rueben Randle NYG
89. Nate Burleson DET
90. Darren McFadden OAK
Alex's News & Notes
I know there isn't any Quarterbacks in my Flex Rankings but if you're in need of a spot starter take a look at Joe Flacco. The Vikings have allowed at least 300 passing yards each of the last two weeks. Flacco has a great match-up playing at home where he's thrown seven scores and three interceptions this year.
Although it's been an up and down year for DeMarco Murray, the 25 year old should continue to get scoring opportunities this week against the Bears.
Chicago has allowed the most rushing yards to Running Backs this year. The Bears have also allowed 12 touchdowns to Running Backs this year; tied for the 3rd most in the NFL. Murray is an acceptable #1 RB in standard leagues this week. Which is good news for my Fantasy team.
Nate Burelson should end up being a solid #3 WR this week as the Lions take on the Eagles. Philadelphia has allowed the most Fantasy points per game to opposing Wide Outs this year.
If you want a sneaky Tight End play this week, go after Jared Cook or Delanie Walker. Both have favorable match-ups that could end up in shootouts.
If you want a sneaky Tight End play this week, go after Jared Cook or Delanie Walker. Both have favorable match-ups that could end up in shootouts.
Holly Murray's Flex Rankings
1. Adrian Peterson MIN
2. Jamaal Charles KC
3. Matt Forte CHI
4. Calvin Johnson DET
5. LeSean McCoy PHI
6. Reggie Bush DET
7. Dez Bryant DAL
8. Knowshon Moreno DEN
9. Marshawn Lynch SEA
10. Brandon Marshall CHI
11. Rob Gronkowski NE
12. DeMarco Murray DAL
13. Eddie Lacey GB
14. Demaryius Thomas DEN
15. Chris Johnson TEN
16. Jimmy Graham NO
17. Josh Gordon CLE
18. A.J. Green CIN
19. Andre Brown NYG
20. Ben Tate HOU
21. Le'Veon Bell PIT
22. Zac Stacy STL
23. Frank Gore SF
24. Andre Johnson HOU
25. Alfred Morris WSH
26. Giovani Bernard CIN
27. Alshon Jeffery CHI
28. Torrey Smith BAL
29. Wes Welker DEN
30. Maurice Jones-Drew JAC
31. Vincent Jackson TB
32. Antonio Brown PIT
33. Julius Thomas DEN
34. Pierre Garcon WSH
35. Larry Fitzgerald ARI
36. Shane Vereen NE
37. Vernon Davis SF
38. Victor Cruz NYG
39. Jason Witten DAL
40. Donald Brown IND
41. Keenan Allen SD
42. Percy Harvin SEA
43. Ryan Mathews SD
44. Kendall Wright TEN
45. C.J. Spiller BUF
46. Fred Jackson BUF
47. Greg Olsen CAR
48. Jordy Nelson GB
49. Riley Cooper PHI
50. T.Y. Hilton IND
51. Bobby Rainey TB
52. Eric Decker DEN
53. Chris Ivory NYJ
54. Danny Woodhead SD
55. Antonio Gates SD
56. Ray Rice BAL
57. Rashard Mendenhall ARI
58. Rashad Jennings OAK
59. Anquan Boldin SF
60. Pierre Thomas NO
61. Roddy White ATL
62. Dwayne Bowe KC
63. Steven Jackson ATL
64. Cecil Shorts JAC
65. Mike Wallace MIA
66. Danny Amendola NE
67. Harry Douglas ATL
68. Stevie Johnson BUF
69. Montee Ball DEN
70. BenJarvus Green-Ellis CIN
71. Steve Smith CAR
72. Coby Fleener IND
73. Jarrett Boykin GB
74. Jordan Cameron CLE
75. Lamar Miller MIA
76. Rueben Randle NYG
77. Tony Gonzalez ATL
78. Michael Floyd ARI
79. Hakeem Nicks NYG
80. Julian Edelman NE
81. Bernard Pierce BAL
82. Charles Clay MIA
83. Joique Bell DET
84. Willis McGahee CLE
85. Trent Richardson IND
86. Nate Burleson DET
87. Mike Tolbert CAR
88. Scott Chandler BUF
89. Darren Sproles NO
90. Stevan Ridley NE
Holly's News & Notes
With one week until the Fantasy Football playoffs begin I'm giving you five players (under 70% owned) that are going to blow your mind for the rest of the season.
For those of you that are still in the playoff hunt I suggest you listen closely.
Donald Brown next three weeks: @ CIN - vs. HOU - @ KC
Joique Bell next three weeks: @ PHI - vs. BAL - vs. NYG
Kendall Wright next three weeks: @ DEN - vs. ARI - @ JAC
Julian Edelman: next three weeks: vs. CLE - @ MIA - @ BAL
Scott Chandler next three weeks: @ TB - @ JAC - vs. MIA
If you have any Fantasy Football questions or would like to dispute our rankings please do so by commenting in the section below or by asking us on Twitter.
Alex Wiesner - Holly Murray
December 5th, 2013
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A small plane crashed in a residential neighborhood in Spanaway Thursday and the pilot had to be extricated.
It happened near 192nd Street E. and B Street E, close to Spanaway Airport.
The pilot, a man in his 30s, was rescued from the plane with what are described as injuries to his face and lower extremities.
No other details were immediately available.
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Nursing A Grievance Against Facebook
You won't find this story in the corporate news media. Their big story of the day is that there are low, low prices at the shopping mall. If you can get your head out of the discount gutter, however, it's worth taking note: Facebook, a big social networking site, has decided to censor photographs of women breastfeeding their babies. Why? Facebook says the photographs are "obscene".
Of course, as a privately-run site, Facebook has the right to censor whatever it wants. It could censor all photographs of sequins on the grounds that sequins are tacky. However, there's a big difference between what Facebook has the right to do and what's the right thing to do.
Facebook moms are protesting in force today. From 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM Pacific Time, mothers will be protesting in Palo Alto, outside of Facebook headquarters. Their protest: A nurse-in, breastfeeding their infants in public, as is their right to do. There's also an online protest today, in which members of Facebook are posting photographs of themselves nursing their babies as their profile photographs.
It's censorship that's obscene – not breastfeeding. Will Facebook get the message?


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Coffee is grown on almost all the Hawaiian Islands, with many farms dating back to the 1800's. This photo I took of ripening cherries on a coffee shrub was right off the highway going holo holo circling the island along the Kona mountain slopes. Many farms are still owned by 5th generation families. If you are on the island the week of Nov. 3-11, 2012, take part in the Kona Coffee Festival: parade, cupping competition, Kona Coffee Recipe contest and a picking contest . konacoffeefest.com konacupping.com
Fresh roasted coffee beans direct from farms can be purchased to take home or enjoyed along the way. Look for 100%.
The district of Ka'u has produced coffee of exceptional quality. The newly opened Ka'u Coffee Mill gives you a taste of the award winning coffee and see the process of beans drying to roasting. kaucoffeemill.com
Hawai'i coffee growers take pride in their unique beans and continue the romance and tradition of the coffee industry.
Check my pinterest site for more info and photos of our island life…ALOHA


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"Dead to Us" Official Music Video
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Sometimes, a name and title tell you everything you need to know. However, these Atlanta punks aren't just blistering punk rock, Oi! And rock'n'roll, but also embrace soul influences amid a fury of guitar solos and memorable sing-alongs. Through years of touring and 7″ releases the band have honed their sound, resulting in a tight and fiery listen that draws comparisons to the early days of Rancid and Social Distortion. There's a classic old school feel and fist-pumping energy here that's both valiant and exciting.


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The Office of the County Attorney is created by the Texas Constitution and the duties of the County Attorney are set out by Statute. The Office of County Attorney is an elected Office and it is a four year term.
The duties of the County Attorney and the District Attorney on occasion coincide. In some jurisdictions, the County Attorney is generally the chief prosecuting officer for county courts, handling criminal misdemeanor cases, civil suits affecting the county, and other matters such as child support cases, revocation of probation, bond forfeitures, and commitment proceedings. However, in Nueces County, all criminal prosecution lies with the District Attorney.
The County Attorney is the chief legal advisor to the County. The County Attorney handles all county departmental and county offices' requests for legal opinions. The County Attorney represents the County in eminent domain suits. The County Attorney represents the County and/or County Officials in civil cases in State and Federal District Courts, such as County Courts at Law, State District Courts and U.S. District Courts, and in Appellate Courts, including the Thirteenth Court of Appeals, Texas Supreme Court and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The County Attorney is required to be a licensed attorney.
County Attorney Laura Garza Jimenez, licensed in state and federal courts, along with her staff of sixteen employees proudly serve the people of Nueces County. The Chief of Litigation, the Chief of Administrative Services, and support staff sustain the functions and operations of the Nueces County Attorney's office.
The bulk of the case workload involves several main areas of the law for which the County Attorney and her staff are responsible: Legal Advisories to the County Commissioners Court and 60 plus Department Heads/Elected Officials, advising specific County Boards and Commissions, addressing Public Information Requests, civil litigation (representing the County and/or officials in lawsuits), mental health cases (representing applicants seeking a commitment of mentally ill person), Protective Orders (representing victims of family violence seeking a civil court order against individuals who committed family violence), and Child Protective Service cases (representing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in their removal of children from homes where they have been neglected or abused).
In addition, Laura Garza Jimenez, as the Nueces County Attorney, is the legally designated advisor for Nueces County Commissioners during Commissioners Court meetings, and as such, answers any legal questions that the County Judge or Commissioners may have during the meetings.


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GOOD LUCK TYEES!!! Islands and Provincials tournaments this weekend!
Posted by Campbell River Minor Baseball Association on Jul 29 2016 at 03:06PM PDT
GOOD LUCK to all our Summer Tyees teams taking part in Provincial and Island playoffs this weekend! We are so proud of each and every one of you!!
Midget AA, Pee Wee A, Mosquito A & AAA teams are all off to the mainland to compete in Provincials in various cities to battle for the BC Championship titles in their respective divisions.
Pee Wee AA and Bantam A teams will compete in Island Zones this weekend to secure their spots in their Provincial playoffs taking place next weekend.
(EXCITING NEWS: CRMBA is hosting Bantam A Island Zones July 30-31 at Nunns Creek Park! Schedule to follow shortly.)


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At the top of the metal part of the door, there should be an E Nr and an FD stamped into the metal... can you supply these please?
Hi George, my name is Bjorn.
The numbers you need are: SN66T09 1GB/15 and the FD is 8910. There's also another number in the same box which is 00083.
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What conflicts might be anticipated while working in a learning team? How might the team handle potential conflicts among members?
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This is a great question. There are many types of conflicts that are possible in a team setting. In light of this, let me name a few of them.
First, there are personality conflicts. As you know, all people are different. And some types of personality do not get along with other types of personalities. Hence, there can be friction.
Second, in teams there is also things like competition that can take place between people. For this reason, there can be conflict to stand out more, to get noticed, and the like. The human heart is uncanny when it comes to seeking thing for itself.
Third, there is always the pressures from external forces. For example, if there is a competition and some team members perform badly, then they might get the blame.
As you can see, there are many types of problems. In terms of resolving them, I would say that team building activities can work wonders. Also if people get to know each other as people, this will go a long way.


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February 5, 2006
Protestors force Olympic torch diversion
By Simon Evans
SUSA, Italy (Reuters) - The Olympic torch was diverted away
from two towns about 50 kms from Turin on Sunday because of
feared trouble from protestors opposed to a rail development.
Stefano Coscia told Reuters that the police had advised that
the torch should not to be taken through the Susa Valley towns
of Bussoleno and Borgone Susa.
Earlier on Sunday, a protestor had briefly covered the
torch with a flag during chaotic scenes when it entered Italy's
Susa Valley, the focal point for a campaign against a
high-speed rail project.
"The police told us not to go through Bussoleno and Borgone
Susa through public order concerns," Coscia said.
Instead, the torch will be taken directly to the nearby
mountain town of Bardonecchia where an evening celebration is
There was a heavy police presence in the valley and local
environmentalists said protests had been planned for both
Bussoleno and Borgone Susa. Several hundred protestors carried
out their demonstration in Bussoleno despite the absence of the
Flag waving protestors lined the road between Susa and
Bussoleno where demonstrators carried out an alternative
procession, featuring runners carrying unlit torches covered in
anti-rail slogans.
One of the torches used was an official Olympic torch which
had been given to Susa campaigners after being taken by a
sympathizer during an earlier leg of the tour, Piercarlo
Coperto, a demo organizer said.
The two main corporate sponsors of the torch procession,
Samsung and Coca Cola, had opted out of participating in
Sunday's leg of the tour, a TOROC spokesman said.
The communist mayor of Bussoleno had initially said he
would refuse to allow Coke to hand out their publicity in the
town before later changing his mind.
The torch, which began its journey in Athens on December 6,
is due to arrive in Turin on Thursday, the eve of the Games
which continue until February 26.
It is supposed to symbolize friendship across the nations
but has been the focus at recent Winter and Summer Games for
Campaigners for Tibet, against Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola
and the high-speed Susa Valley train route, have held
demonstrations during its journey through Italy from Rome but
this is the first time that protestors have forced a diversion.
More than 1,000 people had lined the central streets of the
town of Susa, with many congregating on a bridge where the
torch procession crossed. One demonstrator covered the flame
with a protest flag, either trying to smother it or to ignite
the flag.
However, the runner continued moving and a policeman
escorted the protestor away within seconds. It was not
immediately clear if any arrests were made.
Although there were some chaotic scenes on the narrow
bridge where the incident took place, the demonstration was
peaceful with families and a local drumming band taking part.
Hundreds of banners and flags of opposition to the railway
covered a central square with one declaring 'Hands off Susa
Valley' but while police were jeered and whistled, the torch
runner was applauded by many in the crowd.
There have been numerous protests against a high-speed rail
link planned between Italy and France as the torch has made its
way around Italy ahead of the Winter Games that start on
The Susa Valley lies on the French-Italian border about 50
kms north of Turin and connects the city with mountain resorts
which will be used for the Games.


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Medical Malls Reflect Health Care Industry's Move from Hospitals
Napsha, Joe, Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Excela Health's plans to build medical mall facilities in Unity and Hempfield to offer a variety of outpatient services in one setting are part of a growing trend in the health care industry to move more outpatient services outside the hospital, an industry spokesman said.
There is an effort to bring outpatient care closer to the people, Baumgarten said.
Excela Health last week discussed its plans to build an outpatient medical facility behind Arnold Palmer Motors off Route 30 in Unity, at a site a few miles south of Latrobe Hospital. It is looking at several sites in Hempfield for a medical mall in another location outside its Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, said Michael D. Busch, Excela Health executive vice president and chief operating officer.
The health system likely will build a facility in Unity that ranges from 80,000 to 120,000 square feet, with the cost yet to be determined, Busch said. The facility could be opened by the middle of 2014.
Excela has progressed to the point where it intends to present plans for the project to Unity officials in November, with final approval by the end of the year. The site and building plans must be reviewed by the township planning commission and approved by township supervisors.
Busch said the plans to build a multi-speciality facility in Unity will not have much impact on the services at Latrobe Hospital. It will remain home to the Diagnostic Associates, which moved out of Latrobe's downtown business district in December 2011. The move came at a time when Latrobe's downtown parking garage was closed and parking spaces were at a premium.
"We understand there is a changing nature of the health care industry. We are concerned what potential impact there might be to moving medical offices from downtown Latrobe," said Alexander Graziani, Latrobe city manager. …


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Angry and suspicious, sure that the fourth Neimoidian, Hath Monchar, is out there blabbing Darth Sidious' secrets, Sidious sends his apprentice, Darth Maul, out to investigate. His mission: Find and kill Hath Monchar. Then figure out whom Monchar might have spoken with, and kill them, too.
Lorn Pavan is an information broker, who makes his living finding information and selling it to the highest bidder. When the Neimoidian, Hath Monchar, shows up with a very interesting holocron with information about an actual, living - and evil-plotting - Sith Lord, Lorn knows he's got something really hot. So when Monchar is murdered, Lorn manages to get his hands on the holocron anyway. His motives are anything but noble.
Darsha Assant is a Jedi Padawan. She and Lorn find themselves thrown together unexpectedly, and when they realize that it is a Sith Lord on their trail, they realize that they must somehow get the holocron to the Jedi Council. But Darth Maul is too good a tracker. What's more, he's never failed his Master, Darth Sidious, and he doesn't intend to this time, either.
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Great story only problem is that sometimes the sound effects are too loud and drown out the narrator. But overall I really enjoyed it
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loved it maul reigns supreme and takes great pleasure in killing anyone that gets in his way
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A decent read sound effects are to loud and its hard to hear narrative over them but still worth a listen
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I really love darth maul but this story for me was rather dull I could care about any of the characters or anything that was happening to them.
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Antonin Dvořák and George Gershwin... two composers from two different lands and two different time periods, though perhaps with more similarities than differences. In this latest release, editor Valter Dešpalj has masterfully arranged works by these two for the cello: Dvořák's Rondo and Gershwin's The Man I Love for cello octet.
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I'm having a really strange problem. In my script I can't get my style sheet to display styles reliably. I tried searching the net and this site for information on this, but couldn't find anything. Here's a very simple test script I've been using to debug:
In the above script, if I have...
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EVERYBODY'S edit is suspect imo. NOBODY is really as portrayed on screen. They're telling a story, and manipulating everyone to fit their storyboard.Originally Posted by one71721;3812860;
Vienna, on paper, isn't a great match for Jake. Too young (age and maturity-wise). But, she gives him what he needs - adoration and sex appeal. Heady stuff for somebody like Jake.
Tenley, on paper, is almost a match for Jake. Same core values, but decidedly different life experience. That is to say, Tenley needs a lot more life experience, and time to heal, before settling down with Jake or anybody else.
Gia is the farthest from a match for Jake. She lives in a different world from him. She's his fantasy, but that fantasy would evaporate in his (very straight-laced, sedate, mundane) world.
Ali is probably most like the women Jake has dated previously. Cute, appealing, good job, friendly, lots going for her. That's probably why he feels most comfortable with her. I suspect Ali and Jake have one thing in common, though. They are both controlling in their relationships. That's their death knell. Can't have two controllers in one relationship. Ka-boom!
Jake like to project the perfect, good guy, clean living image. But we've had reports from people who know him that he's had lots of girlfriends (some for physical only), and he has no problem dumping one for the next. I think he's at the point where playing the field has grown old and is ready to settle down and quit trying so hard.
All this to say, I can see why Jake would choose Vienna. She gives him what he needs, and vice versa. But it won't last IRL - it's not built on reality.


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NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF: Sox's Schilling gets save after win
A'S 15, RED SOX 2: Hitting the wall
ON BASEBALL: No getting in middle of Garciaparra, Reese
NL ROUNDUP: Marlins stop surging Reds
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SummaryShreyans Industries Limited (Shreyans Industries), formerly Shreyans Paper Mills Ltd is a paper packaging solution provider that produces and markets paper products. The company's products include high brightness paper, cream wove, coloured paper, duplicating paper, surface sized printing paper, azure laid paper, maplitho paper, stamp paper, postal envelope paper, offset paper, cover paper, and super calendered paper, among others. It serves major publishers, copy manufacturers, job printers, various states text book boards, exporters of notebooks and diaries, printing and stationary department, railways, P&T department, security press and others. The company operates manufacturing units in Ahmedgarh and Banah. Shreyans Industries is headquartered in Ludhiana, Punjab, India.This comprehensive SWOT profile of Shreyans Industries Limited provides you an in-depth strategic analysis of the company's businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company's key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.This company report forms part of GlobalData's 'Profile on Demand' service, covering over 50,000 of the world's leading companies. Once purchased, GlobalData's highly qualified team of company analysts will comprehensively research and author a full financial and strategic analysis of Shreyans Industries Limited including a detailed SWOT analysis, and deliver this direct to you in pdf format within two business days. (excluding weekends).The profile contains critical company information including*,
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Head Office
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Shreyans Industries Limited, Other Locations
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Shreyans Industries Limited, SWOT Analysis
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Criminal charges are not likely to be filed against the husband of driver Diane Schuler for the deadly crash she caused last month. On July 26, Schuler slammed her minivan head-on into a sport utility vehicle (SUV) after driving the wrong way down a New York highway for almost 2 miles. Schuler, her daughter and three nieces died in the wreck. Three men riding in the SUV were also killed.
Authorities labeled the incident a homicide after a toxicology report showed that Diane Schuler was extremely drunk and high on marijuana at the time of the crash. Schuler's blood alcohol content was .19%, over twice the legal limit for intoxication in New York. She also had high levels of the marijuana ingredient THC in her system, indicating that she'd smoked pot shortly before the crash.
The victims' families want someone to be held accountable for the tragedy. The person directly responsible, Diane Schuler, died at the scene. Should her husband, Daniel Schuler, have to pay for what she did?
Accomplice to Vehicular Homicide
In other cases, criminal charges have been brought against family members and friends who allowed a drunk driver to get behind the wheel. For example, the Iowa Supreme Court found that a passenger was properly charged as an accomplice to drunk driving when he allowed his intoxicated companion to drive. The Iowa Supreme Court has also held that someone who helps another become intoxicated can be convicted for aiding and abetting drunk driving.
Daniel Schuler was with his wife at the upstate campground before she headed home with the kids on her fateful journey. For Daniel to be charged as an accomplice to vehicular homicide or manslaughter, prosecutors would have to show that he knew or should have known Diane was intoxicated before he let her hit the road.
To the contrary, Daniel claims that his wife was stone cold sober when she left the campground on July 26. The campground owner agrees that there was no indication that Diane had been drinking when she left that morning around 9:30 a.m. A McDonald's security video tape shows Diane behaving normally when she stopped at the fast-food restaurant about an hour later. This evidence makes the possibility of criminal charges against Daniel Schuler unlikely.
Daniel has gone even further to deny that his wife had any sort of problem with drinking or drugs. He disputes the toxicology report and theorizes that Diane's erratic driving was due to some sort of stroke or medical condition.
Justice through a Civil Lawsuit
Although a criminal action seems unlikely, the victims' families will undoubtedly seek retribution through a civil lawsuit against Diane Schuler's estate and the automobile insurers that covered her.
Under New York's wrongful death laws, the victims' family members could sue to recover for:
- Any pain and suffering they endured due to the victim's death
- Any medical or funeral expenses they paid
- Any loss of income that the victim would have provided them if the victim had lived
- Punitive damages, a recovery intended to punish the drunk driver's gross misconduct and deter others from similar conduct
Under New York's survival statutes, a representative for: the victim could sue for:
- Any pain and suffering that the victim endured before death
- Any medical or funeral expenses paid by the victim's estate
Negligent Entrustment
A lawsuit for negligent entrustment provides another possibility of recovery for the victims' families. Under this claim, the owner of a vehicle can be held responsible for an accident if he allowed a drunk or impaired person to drive it.
Diane Schuler was driving the minivan owned by her brother, Warren Hance, when she crashed into the SUV. Hance could be held financially responsible for the accident if he knew, or should have known, that his sister had drug or alcohol problems, or a medical condition, that made her a dangerous driver.
Schuler's car wreck was a terrible tragedy that took the lives of eight people. It's understandable that outraged families want someone to be held accountable. Whether anyone other than Diane Schuler will be held responsible is not yet clear.
Questions for Your Attorney
- Am I legally responsible for making sure that my friends drive home safely after sharing a few drinks with them?
- Which family members can sue for wrongful death? How much time do they have to file the lawsuit?
- What difference does it make if I sue under the wrongful death laws or under the survival statutes?


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(KMOV) – Illinois State Rep. Dwight Kay (R-Glen Carbon) has introduced legislation that would require residents to undergo a drug test before being made eligible to receive welfare benefits.
If passed, House Bill 4255 would require the state to establish a drug testing program that all applicants of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families would have to submit to. The cost of the test would be deducted from the applicant's first benefits payment if they became eligible.
"This bill will go a long way in ensuring families are able to receive the benefits they need while also making sure the system is fair and cleansed of as much abuse as possible," Kay said in a statement.
In 2011, Missouri passed similar legislation that required applicants and recipients of the welfare program to be screened for illegal drug use.
Critics contend such legislation singles out one group of people for no reason, while backers of the testing say welfare benefits funded by taxpayers should not go to people who are using illegal drugs.


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|Reviews for What Ever Lola Wants
| Lonelystarr77 chapter 1 . 10/8/2012
I really love this storyy! Will you be continuing? It doesn't say completed, I would live to see where you take it! (:
| Lucasta chapter 1 . 12/10/2011
I'm very intrigued with this story. I hope you update it at some point.
| Ms. Sweaters chapter 1 . 9/1/2011
I hope you continue this I'm really intrigued with the mysterious betrayal
| quiet-nostalgia chapter 1 . 8/10/2011
Just wondering if you have any intention of continuing this story? I'm rather intrigued about it and would love for you to continue!
| Lauren Lewis chapter 1 . 8/8/2011
I read Blue Moon first and wanted to see what else you wrote...found this and love it! you have a way of hooking people in on the first chapter... i do hope you finish this I wanna know what happens
| classicallyclassic chapter 1 . 10/3/2010
I would love to know what he did. You really know how to kkep a person on their toe! Update soon!