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Am I disabled enough...?
Apr 28, 2010
Q: Is someone who is HIV+ and has a diagnosis of AIDS a disabled person?
Q: If so, how is this disability characterized? Mild, Moderate, Severe?
Q: Does the characterization depend on the symptoms of the day?
I am trying to get a letter from my care provider, a PA, which states that I am a disabled person based on my diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, which would then allow me to be appointed to federal employment without competition (with other applicants) under what is known as Schedule A, 5 C.F.R. 213.3102(u). This PA, who works for the VA healthcare system, first told me that I was not a disabled person, and then when I pointed out that I was under the ADA asked me "what is the ADA?" OMFG! Finally it boiled down to you are not disabled enough. So if I am an asymptomatic HIV+/AIDS patient, how disabled am I? After all, I can not reproduce, my immune system is under attack, and death is eminent... not to mention the whole host of other issues that comes with dandy little virus.
What say you?
Response from Dr. Frascino
The disability issue is rather complex and there are various definitions. For instance, there is occupation-specific disability (for certain disability insurance policies), and then there is the Social Security disability, which basically means you are incapable of any type of gainful employment (flipping burgers at Burger King, writing inane policy for the Tea Party wingnuts, etc.). Regarding HIV/AIDS, ADA assures you can't be discriminated against if you have HIV/AIDS. From a disability perspective, there are HIVers who don't meet the "AIDS" diagnosis, but are medically disabled. Similarly there are folks who have AIDS but are not at all disabled.
Regarding your situation, I would suggest you talk directly to an HIV/AIDS physician specialist rather than the P.A. The specialist physician will be able to review your "whole host of other issues" to ascertain if they add up to the "disabled person" status required for your letter.
Good luck.
Dr. Bob
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Maintenance Operations
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Among the contributors to Discover.typography are a couple of serious campers, a few people who enjoy a good hike, and at least one fledgling birdwatcher. At least one of us may have been involved in scouting as a kid, where the pursuit of such outdoorsy merit badges as Indian Lore, Basketry and Leatherwork pointed damningly to a future as the proprietor of a type foundry. But even for an indoorsy designer-to-be, there was much to love about camping: compact kits where things cleverly nested together, secret codes involving flashing lights or colored flags, the iconography of uniform badges, and multi-functional Swiss Army knives that prepared gutsy woodsmen for fixing eyeglasses or opening bottles of wine on the frontier. There was also the night sky, the joy of telling a chestnut tree by its leaves or a cottontail rabbit by its tracks, and the discovered pleasures of both camaraderie and solitude. It was with all this reverie in mind that we set to work on Trail Mix, a meditation on the outdoor life, in type.
The new controller.
Trail Mix includes a couple of unexpected type treatments for the web, from type wrapping a three-dimensional object, to letters rendered in embroidery. But the most significant change is to the controller, which identifies which fonts are used in each piece of art. Now you'll see more detailed information about the fonts that go into our work — for example, not just that we used "Gotham," but which specific styles we chose from the Gotham Narrow 1 package. We've also made the controller and the artwork mutually interactive, so you can select a font's name to see where it appears in the art, and vice versa. And as always, there are a couple of easter eggs in store for the eagle-eyed, Eagle Scouts among you. Be prepared. —JH
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Do I make the drive out to Sherman only to get there and the wind is dying?? Or wait until it kicks up on the bay??
hey dragon,
I looked in the paper and it says 10-20 in rio vista. I'm thinking what the hell i'm going to go see what is up down there. If nothing else i'll bring back pictures of the improved launch area. I'd say i'll probably be down there at about 1pm.
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ICRC database on customary international humanitarian law: new update of State practice
11-12-2012 News Release 12/244
Geneva (ICRC) –– On 12 December, the ICRC will make available on its online Customary IHL database an update of State practice of 23 countries relating to armed conflicts and humanitarian issues such as the distinction between combatants and civilians, the use of certain weapons, the protection of internally displaced persons, the legal framework for internment and detention in armed conflict, recruitment of child soldiers, and serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) that amount to war crimes.
The following countries are included in the forthcoming update: Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Djibouti, El Salvador, Guatemala, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Serbia, the former State of Serbia and Montenegro, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Viet Nam.
"The database now includes national practice of 90 countries up to the end of 2007," said Els Debuf, the ICRC's head of project for customary international humanitarian law. "The idea is to make the rules of customary international humanitarian law and the practice of States easily accessible by everyone interested in the interpretation and application of IHL."
The formation of customary law is an ongoing process, as practice keeps evolving. That practice – both national and international – therefore has to be updated regularly to identify the rules of customary law, monitor their potential evolution and assess the extent to which they enhance protection for victims of armed conflict by confirming or filling in gaps in treaty-based law.
"Customary international humanitarian law is a set of rules that come from a general practice accepted as law," Ms Debuf added. "A State does not have to formally accept a customary rule in order to be bound by it. If the practice on which a rule is based is widespread, representative and virtually uniform then that rule is binding on all States."
The database, which is accessible free of charge, is updated through a partnership between the ICRC and the British Red Cross. ICRC delegations and a number of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies gather source material, which is then analysed and processed by a research team based at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, under ICRC supervision. The information stored in the database is easily accessible by means of three search parameters: subject matter, type of practice and country.
Further updates of both national and international practice covering the period 2008-2010 will be issued throughout 2013 and 2014.
For further information, please contact:
Dorothea Krimitsas, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 25 90 or +41 79 251 93 18


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Seattle Seahawks CB Richard Sherman played in his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl on Sunday night. Two of his previous three involved trips to Honolulu, the game's longtime home.
This is the first year the Pro Bowl was played in Orlando as part of a two-year contract, with an option for a third year.
"It allows for more people to be involved and be a part of it, so I guess it's good for fans,'' said Sherman, 28. "But for players, there's something special about getting the lei and getting over the water, so you're kind of taking that from guys. There's pros and cons to everything."
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All taxicabs picking up passengers in Minneapolis are required to display a City of Minneapolis Taxicab Vehicle License sticker on the left side of the rear window. You have been identified as operating without this taxicab vehicle license in violation of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances. You may expect the following to occur:
1. Your vehicle will be impounded immediately. It is considered evidence that you are operating without the required city license.
2. You will be issued an Administrative Citation for a minimum $250. If you have prior citations, this amount will be between $500 and $2,000.
3. You may pay this citation. If you choose to pay this citation, you must wait an entire business day to allow us time to process your paperwork. We accept cash, cashier checks, money orders and credit cards. We will not accept a personal check for payment of an administrative fine. A cashier's check should be payable to the Minneapolis Finance Department.
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4. You may reclaim your vehicle. You must pay all the citations. Impounded vehicles can be picked up from Minneapolis Impound Lot. Towing and Storage fees must be paid before vehicles can be returned
5. You may appeal this citation. You have 20 days to appeal this citation. If you choose to appeal, a hearing will be scheduled.
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Kelly Smith necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 131 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
IMAC (http://www.imaco.com)
Established in 1994, International Marketing and Administration Company (IMAC) is a marketing company specializing in the mass marketing of insurance products. We work with major insurance carriers to provide brokers, financial institutions and associations with a wide range of innovative programs to offer their clients, customers and members. We manage all aspects of a program: from product offering to marketing package design to managing administration.
IMAC is historically a family-run business; however, in the past few years, the company has expanded. We would like an updated logo to portray that IMAC is an evolving company, that we're a professional, growing and vibrant entity, and that we're moving forward -- yet we still have an old world charm. Bottom-line, we want a fresh look and feel that is a take off of what we already have.
The current tagline is "International Marketing and Administration Company"; however, our clients all know us as IMAC so there is no need to keep that tagline. Some of our printed materials include a globe graphic. There is no need to keep that graphic either. The current website will be revamped after the logo redesign so don't limit yourself to that look or color scheme.
What may not be clear on the website is the "i" and tagline are maroon and the "mac" is black.
Brokers who specialize in insurance marketing to financial institution customer and members is limited, so rolling out a new look to current brokers and clients (financial institutions and associations) is our largest audience.
Updated logo / earth tones preferred
Possible tagline: Insurance . Marketing . Administration
Logo should be insurance/financial related so solid and rather conservative, yet convey we are innovative solution providers.
This logo will eventually be used for a new website design and on printed materials and promotional products so needs to be simple and easily reproducible.
Winning design must deliver B&W and color versions, with and without tagline, in a format that can be resized and ready for immediate use.
To see current logo, go to http://www.filesavr.com/imaclogo_1 and download file.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Turkey's Syrian 'guests' in limbo at refugee camps
Inside a temporary metal shelter in a dense refugee camp, Abdelwahed, a mason and father of 7, sat in contemplative silence for nearly a week after his shell-shocked family arrived here in June. His children's legs hurt from the three-day hike into Turkey across the mountainous border from war-torn Syria. It was the lost look in their eyes that hurt him.
Then, the weathered, thin 50-year-old had something of an epiphany. ''I had no answer when they asked when we would go home. So I thought, I will build our town here.''
Five months later, the Syrian town of Al Haffeh — former population, 6,000 — is literally taking shape in the corner of their small living space. Only, in the lovingly detailed scale model Abdelwahed labors on each day, there are no bullet holes in his favorite local mosque.
The roofs of his miniature buildings are undamaged by the mortar rounds that sent his family fleeing into Turkey, where more than 135,000 Syrian refugees — including 106,000 in officially established camps — have crossed from war into limbo.
In the purgatory of the Turkish camps, engaged young women struggle to reach fiances fighting in the opposition from shared cellphones. War-hardened men with missing limbs shout bitterly about the lack of Western support for dying Syrian civilians.
As weeks have turned into months and, for some, more than a year, children age 5 to 16 have enrolled in makeshift schools, learning the native Turkish of their host nation and striving for a sense of normality in art and math classes.
The Turkish government, which still prefers to call them ''guests,'' granted permission to a reporter for a rare visit inside what appeared to be among the best outfitted of the 14 refugee camps constructed since the Syrian conflict became critical last year. Turkish officials authorized the visit on the condition that the name of the camp and the surnames of refugees be withheld.
As the violence escalates, more refugees are amassing at the border, leading the government in Ankara — which is funding the relief operation with minimal international aid — to sharply limit the number of those allowed in.
Scores of refugees have been crossing the frontier illegally every day. Those with wealth and connections are renting private accommodations or finding routes into North Africa, Europe, and beyond.
The majority, however, are landing in Turkish-funded camps that Western diplomats describe as filled way beyond international norms, one reason the government tab has already surpassed $400 million.
There are strong indications that opposition fighters — and some extremists — are using the Turkish side of the border as a staging area, particularly escalating tensions with Alawite Turks, who are from the same religious sect as Syrian President Bashar Assad.
''Unfortunately, some of those accommodated in the camps are going back to Syria to fight and then return to the camps,'' said Refik Eryilmaz, a national legislator from the Hatay border region for the opposition Republican People's Party.
''The local people in Hatay have had no problem with the ordinary, innocent people who fled the war and took shelter in the camps,'' Eryilmaz said. "But there have been people from Al Qaeda and other radical groups who came from Libya, Iraq, Chechnya, and Afghanistan and rented homes in the city centers.''
And yet, the vast majority of camp dwellers are people like Aysha, an 18-year-old from the coastal city of Latakia who fled nine months ago with her family, paying smugglers a good chunk of their life savings and arriving literally with the clothes on their backs.
Aysha and her fiance had been planning their wedding. Now, he is fighting in the resistance, and she has been unable to reach him by phone for the past three weeks. She constantly watches Arabic language channels — many families have managed to find old televisions — for news. But there is no self-absorption about her concern.
''It makes no difference that I am engaged and waiting for my future husband,'' she said. ''We are all suffering. Syria is suffering.''
While they wait, the refugees have begun to build a sense of normality. Allowed out of the camp from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., some of the men have begun working as olive pickers and day laborers.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles police have agreed to return the $1.4 million worth of jewelry that pop star Rihanna was wearing the night her R&B singer boyfriend Chris Brown is accused of assaulting her, Rihanna's lawyer said on Wednesday.
The earring and three rings that Rihanna was wearing were on loan to the "Umbrella" singer, who had attended a pre-Grammy party with Brown hours before the Feb 8 incident. They were taken by police as evidence in the case.
The designers asked for the bling to be returned and lawyer Donald Etra told a Los Angeles judge at a hearing on the assault case that police will first photograph them before handing them back.
Brown is charged with attacking Rihanna in their rented car on their way home from the party. He was not in court on Wednesday. He is free on bail pending a possible trial next month when he could be given probation or up to five years prison if convicted.
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The 2014-2015 ECHL schedule has been released:
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Did You Know Sioux Falls Was Once The 'Quickie Divorce' Capital
At one time, divorce was big business in Sioux Falls.
I bring up this up because I recently ran across a story about the Washington state legislature considering extending the "waiting period" for getting a divorce in that state from 90 days to a year.
Here's where Sioux Falls enters the picture.
During the early 1900's, Sioux Falls made big money by catering to those seeking a quick divorce.
Because of a six month residency requirement, which at that time was considered short, men and women, some from as far away as England and France, came to Sioux Falls for a quickie divorce.
The lenient laws were originally enacted by the Territorial Legislature in an effort to help populate the territory.
Even after South Dakota established statehood, Sioux Falls didn't discourage the quickie divorces. The reason was these "unhappy couples" left an estimated $100,000 a year in the community.
And with at least 70 percent of all petitioners coming from outside the state, six months of accommodations was a large part of the expense of obtaining a divorce in Sioux Falls.
Some stayed in hotels, while others rented furnished houses in an area nicknamed "Divorce Row," where rental rates were $75 to $100 a month. (By comparison an apartment in New York City rented for $35 to $50 a month.)
The Sioux Falls economy was also boosted in part by quickie remarriages, many of which occurred on the same day the divorce was granted.
The Sioux Falls divorce business eventually dried up after a 1907 state law extended the residency requirement from six months to one year. The measure was referred to a public vote, and passed by a count of 60,211 to 3,894.


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"Will write you a letter later we are all well."
Ha.... Jensen
H.q. Co. 16th Inf.
A.E.F. France
(Any thoughts on the first names of either of these individuals?)
What a pretty card Heather! The one name looks like Kirste to me. That second one is tough. At first glance, it looked like Hahrr which makes no sense. It could be Hal.. or Hak.. Maybe Halvor?
Thanks, Kathryn! I agree with the Kirste. I think I'll look for a unit roster and see if I can track down his name.
Heather, I just searched for Halvor Jensen WWI and a set of dog tags came up! http://www.bullfrogvalleymilitaria.com/category.cfm?SID=65
I searched for Halvor Jensen when I commented on June 3 and didn't see anything, so maybe it's a new listing. I wasn't even sure it was a real name. :) I saved the image off in case it disappears.
Kathryn, you rock! It is the same unit so it must be him. What a unique name. I'm excited to research this family. Thank you!!!
Heather, glad I could help! I was searching for something completely unrelated when something came up that reminded me of your Jensen name, so I did another search for that. Funny how that works sometimes! :)
I did a quick ancestry and findagrave.com search on my mobile and it seems like Halvor doesn't want to be found! I'll try again later...it would be awesome to find a photo.


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ollyctd needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 62 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
The concept : http://www.capetown-direct.com/logo-concept.jpg (notice the "d" in orange for direct and the roof looking like an "a" for accommodation)
We need this concept implemented with first class presentation. The use of subtle shading / lighting could look nice and I'm thinking no more than 3 colours in all (logo and text). Of course we are happy to see deviations if they look good!
The logo will be seen by thousands of clients every day while making use of our online accommodation guide - it is the most critical part of our company identity and we are looking for something to take us through to our next growth phase.
Our clients include people looking for accommodation and people running guest houses, bed and breakfasts, etc.
We have used 99designs.com to come up with a concept and now need that concept implemented in the most visually appealing and professional manner.
You can view the concept here
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Hold-Up at Tyler Doughnut Shops
Two Doughnut Shops in Tyler were robbed early Monday morning and Tyler Police is investigating whether or not the two robberies are connected.
Police first responded to Tyler Donut at 508 W. Front St. where an employee told officers a man entered the store shortly after 7 a.m. armed with a handgun demanding money from the register.
The suspect described as a black male approximately 5"10, 200lbs wearing dark clothing fled the scene southbound from the store.
A short time later, around 7:30 a.m. officers responded to Country Donuts, located at 215 N. Beckham, in reference to a theft. Upon arrival officers contacted an employee who advised that a black male entered the store and grabbed the cash register and ran out of the store with it.
Customers chased the suspect, causing him to drop the cash register, but he was able to enter a vehicle and flee the scene. The suspect is described as a black male approximately 5'7" to 5'10", 195 lbs. wearing a gray hoodie. The suspect left the scene in a tan/cream vehicle. This case is also still under investigation.


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Ben Polak is the William C. Brainard Professor of Economics, and was appointed as provost of Yale University in January 2013. He joined the Yale faculty in 1994. He has a B.A. from Cambridge University, an M.A. in history from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. Prior to joining Yale, he was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a visiting professor in the initial year of the New Economics School in Moscow. He holds a joint appointment in Yale's Department of Economics and at the Yale School of Management, teaching mostly decision theory and game theory. He has also taught in Yale Law School in a courtesy appointment. He was chair of the Department of Economics from 2010 until he assumed his current role.
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Graduate Teaching Prize, Economics Department (2015)
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The stencils you use for printing are only as good as the coating procedures you follow to produce them. Here you
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Watching for the glass-like glossy finish to occur on the squeegee side, while coating from the substrate side, will indicate the first moment where the emulsion has filled the mesh completely. Each pass with the coater after this point causes the EOM to build. This change in thickness is fairly predictable.
To build up your EOM on the substrate side of the screen, simply turn the screen around and begin coating from the squeegee side. Each pass with the coater will continue to build wet emulsion thickness proud of (above) the mesh. How much the EOM builds with each pass depends in part on the coater design.
Drying After base coating, the screen is dried with the substrate side down and the squeegee side up. This allows gravity to pull emulsion to the substrate side of the screen where you want it. Not only will you build EOM, but you will also lower the Rz values.
Face coating The base-coating process allows you to lower Rz value at the same time that you're building EOM, and the resulting screens are often perfectly useful for many applications. Unfortunately, printers who rely solely on wet-on-wet coating may end up with a stencil that is too thick before they reach an acceptable Rz value. The solution to this problem is face coating rather than trying to lower Rz through base coating.
Face coating is applied for the purpose of leveling the emulsion coating on the screen (Figure 4) (Figure Reference: Fine-detail printing often requires stencils that are both thin and have a low Rz to provide good gasketing during printing. To achieve such stencils, screens are base coated with only enough emulsion to completely fill the mesh openings and leave a slight EOM. After the screens are dried, a sharp-edge coating trough is used to coat the face of the screen, filling in any depressions between mesh knuckles so that the surface is uniform. The back (squeegee side) of the screen may also receive an additional thin coating of emulsion.) This reduces the Rz value and helps the stencil form a gasket during printing. Face coating is done after the base coating is dry. When face coating is performed with a sharp edged coater, it has the advantage of lowering the Rz with little change in stencil thickness (typically, less that a micron per coat).
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text: Vermont's unemployment rate in November — the most recent month for which state-by-state data is available — was 6.4 percent. The national unemployment rate in November was 10 percent, and only five states had lower unemployment rates than Vermont's. The Green Mountain State's unemployment rate peaked in May 2009, at just over 7 percent, and slowly declined to 6.4 percent over the next six months. Maine was the only other state in the nation to see a decline in unemployment during this period, when national unemployment climbed from 9.4 to 10 percent.


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Here's the schedue so far.....to be updated
Here's the schedue so far.....to be updated
Looking at the temperatures in Europe in general and the Barcelona area in particular, it's not going to be very warm for the first tests, I wonder whether this will have an adverse effect on the proceedings, same for everyone though.
I thought they had considered testing in Bahrain since it was so cold last year. Maybe I was dreaming.
Forza Jules
What time,do we have the shakedown tomorrow ??
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30 min. to go live testing!!!!
Live text update from crash.net
And motorsport.com
Its go go go, lets see who will come out first
The test is delayed for 10 mins. Weather related issue?
Kimi will out first, btw.
LOL, McLaren one lap then an unplanned return with mechanics running everywhere and donning the insulating gloves - perhaps an ERS problem.
Kimi fastest, lol XD
The first technical update of the week: Ferrari are running a Red Bull-style diffuser
Yep, Skysports News. It's not on the F1 channel as I get it. Anyone know of any service covering all of practice?


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PHOTOPHILE- Challenges: New leaders talk money, community
Nothing highlights challenges and raises hopes like the start of a new year, and such was the case for the new members of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and School Board sworn in at the County Office Building near the end of last year.
Two of the themes that seem to be on the agenda for the upcoming year are finances and fraternity. BOS chair Ken Boyd sees the budget as the biggest challenge of 2008.
"We're coming up short from our projected revenues, and our board is going to have to deal with that," he says, adding that he hopes his background in finance will help with the process.
Anne Mallek, on the other hand, is focused on hopes for a new sense of community in the county.
"Many citizens feel distant, left out," says Mallek, who defeated incumbent David Wyant in November. "With lots of community meetings taking information to the citizens, we can make them feel that they're participating."
Returning school board member Brian Wheeler highlighted a techie approach to both issues, describing a virtual town hall meeting scheduled for January 16. "We'll simultaneously call 40,000 households and invite people to participate in discussions of the budget," he says.
At the Friday, December 21, swearing-in, new school board member Ron Price was also focused on the budget, but he sees other educational challenges for the community, citing the achievement gap and intergenerational learning as key issues for the upcoming year.
The first Board of Supervisors meeting was scheduled for January 9, and the School Board begins its year the following day.
Let the new boards know what you're hoping for in 2008!
Draped with her children Kiera, Willow, and Bair, Kate Mallek Pepperton, daughter of Anne Mallek, excitedly awaits her mother's swearing-in ceremony.
New Albemarle School Board members Brian Wheeler, Ron Price, Steve Koleszar, and Barbara Massey Mouley take the oath.
Anne Mallek: "My hope is that we'll be able to build a better sense of community in Albemarle County."
Brian Wheeler, at-large member of the School Board: "Budget is our focus at the beginning of 2008."
Lindsay Dorrier, ready to sign
New chair Ken Boyd says, "Transportation and affordable housing are our biggest challenges."
Albemarle School Superintendent Pam Moran and new school board member Ron Price
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Peach Aviation Will Start Osaka-Hong Kong Flights July 1Jun 03 (Sun ), 2012
Peach Aviation prepares for Osaka-Hong Kong service
Peach Aviation, a low cost airline based in Japan, has appointed Pacific Aviation Marketing (HK) Limited as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in Hong Kong.
Pacific Aviation's experienced sales and marketing professionals are responsible for the long-term positioning of Peach as a quality budget airline whilst promoting its services and network to those in Hong Kong.
Starting from July 1, Peach Aviation will launch flights between Hong Kong and Osaka (Kansai), with daily flights using an A320-200 aircraft of 180 seats.
Tickets sales for the Japanese market have already commenced while Hong Kong – Osaka airfares and ticket sales date are expected to commence shortly.
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Taylor Swift Unveils New Fragrance, Wonderstruck Enchanted
It would seem that Taylor Swift is changing her signature scent in 2012. After the release of a first fragrance last year, the 22-year-old sensation has unveiled a follow-up spritzer, Wonderstruck Enchanted. The name suits the 'Mine' hitmaker's free-spirited, vibrant persona — and so does her new perfume bottle. Made from red glass and adorned with tiny flower and bird charms, Wonderstruck Enchanted is the perfect essence of a new, more mature Taylor Swift.
"Wonderstruck Enchanted is the next chapter in the story of my Wonderstruck fragrance," Swift said in an announcement on her Facebook page. The scent, which is in conjunction with Elizabeth Arden, is described as an" irresistible blend of luscious wild berries and sugar-glazed petals, wrapped in a touch of sensuality."
Wonderstruck Enchanted is an extension of Wonderstruck, Swift's first foray into the perfume world last fall. The 'Love Story' singer described the original scent as having "warm, spicy tones" and "caramel notes" — so the Enchanted version is promising to be a bit different. Swift ensures that her second installment of perfume is rooted in romance.
"Wonderstruck is about that moment when you instantly feel a connection to someone, but then there's that feeling of being completely enamored — enchanted — when you know a little more about that someone and still feel that strong connection," she said.
It sounds like Swift's new scent will be a treat for our noses, but unfortunately, we'll have to wait until September to by a bottle. Wonderstruck Enchanted will be sold in department stores and specialty boutiques just in time for the holiday season… hopefully along with the release of her new album.


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Youth demand:
1. The Right to Free Public Education and Job Training with Stipend
We believe that education at all levels is a right and that this includes training in all vocational fields. Young people should be free to determine their career without fear of drowning in debt incurred by rising tuition fees.
We believe that the great expenditure on war, jails and prisons and on corporate welfare is a crime; and that these billions could instead partly be used towards providing education for all and guaranteeing jobs.
Education is a lifelong endeavor, not only to provide a person the tools to be productive in society, but also to connect a person and their surroundings to events in history. We therefore believe that the long view of history and the science of human and societal development should be taught.
The history of all oppressed nationalities and the true history of colonization of their lands and subjugation of their people should be taught as well, rather than the oppressors slant on history that is taught in schools across the country. To this end, we support all oppressed people and their right to educate their own people.
2. The Demilitarization of Our Schools
Today many schools, especially those in inner cities and neighborhoods of oppressed nationalities, look like prisons: bars on the windows, metal detectors at entrances and roving police patrols. These things are not conducive to a positive learning environment and serve to intimidate and criminalize young people.
Military recruiters should not be allowed access to young people. With college tuition increasing and access to loans decreasing, the military option appears more attractive to youth uncertain about their economic future and that of their families. Recruiters spread lies to persuade youth to join a military that is used to wage war in the interests of a system that perpetuates exploitation.
As a whole the No Child Left Behind Act should be repealed, and especially the portion that allows recruiters access to students.
3. The Right to Healthcare
Millions of poor and working people lack access to medical care, and the greatest disparity can be seen amongst oppressed nationalities. The resources wasted by the military and the Pentagon for the aims of the rich and super rich could be used to provide a national healthcare system for every person in the U.S.
There should be a government healthcare program providing 100% coverage for all people, including vision, dental, and reproductive health.
Such a thing would make insurance companies completely obsolete. In fact, health insurance companies view healthcare as a commodity and that is what it has become, instead of a form of subsistence for oppressed and workers. As a right, it frees workers to be healthy, productive members of society.
4. The Right to Housing
Housing, as all things necessary to live a healthy life and maintain dignity, is a right. Why should people be thrown out or evicted from their residence because of inability to pay? Why should there be millions of homeless people, many of them with families in tow when there is no shortage of housing?
Housing prices have become astronomical and in many cases account for 50% or more of a person's income. Millions of homes and apartments sit empty when there are people that could use them. This is a crime.
What's more, landlords have become increasingly restrictive in who they rent to, denying people based on credit scores or criminal records.
There needs to be guaranteed housing. A massive works program may not even be necessary, except to repair and make livable crumbling apartment buildings and public housing. In many cases, the government can simply seize empty homes and apartments and move people into them.
And, seeing as the government owns 75% of the country's mortgages after having taken over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, an indefinite moratorium should be issued and terms favorable to workers and the poor can be determined.
5. Stop the Raids and Deportations
It is an undeniable truth that the people of Latin America, who make up the largest percentage of immigrant workers, are the original inhabitants of the Americas. So to label any Latin American as an "illegal alien" is to wipe away thousands of years of history.
We believe that no human being is "illegal" except the imperialists and that as capital is free to flow–interrupting the livelihoods of people across the globe–people should be free to travel, especially to escape conditions imposed upon them by the ravages of imperialist intervention in their homelands.
We believe that all workers, be they from the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia or Europe are driven to the U.S. ultimately because of imperialism.
We demand that the government cease all raids and deportations, which interrupt lives including the lives of young people, many of whom were born in the U.S. and are being separated from their families.
Immigrant workers should not be the scapegoats of the rich who want to drive down wages for all the oppressed and workers. This scapegoating is racist in nature and meant to pit U.S.-born oppressed and workers from foreign-born oppressed and workers.
6. The Right to a Job
The oppressed and workers have a right to employment. Many young people have dropped out of the job market altogether, because of the dim prospects of securing a gainful, well paying job.
A large swath of territory was devastated by the deindustrialization period in the U.S. This did not have to happen. Oppressed people and workers should not have to pay for the greed and mismanagement of corporations. Those who work should be able to determine the fate of their jobs.
There is much that could be done in the U.S. A program of much-needed improvements in infrastructure, especially in the inner city, would provide for hundreds of thousands of jobs. Young people could take pride in being productive members of society, instead of the dread that they face because of an uncertain future.
7. The Right to a Clean and Healthy Enviornment
Workers have the right to breathe clean air, drink safe water, and consume healthy, untainted foods. Capitalism has threatened this right through profit-driven industrial pollution and the damaging effects of imperialist wars of conquest. Young workers and students are particularly impacted by environmental degradation as the true effects of today's pollution will be felt decades from now.
We demand an end to the environmental racism exemplified by selective enforcement of environmental rules and regulations in communities of color, the intentional targeting of these communities for placement of polluting industries, and the exclusion of these community leaders from regulatory bodies.
We demand worker and community control of industry for the creation of a sustainable ecology in contrast to the anarchy of capitalist production.
8. Shut down the prison industrial complex
As job opportunities, student loans and options in general for youth steadily disappear, youth are increasingly being railroaded into the prison industrial complex. In fact, prisons and the military seem to be the most viable option for many youth in urban cities. Especially affected by the criminal injustice system are youth of color; lesbian, gay, bi and trans youth; and immigrant youth.
Rather than reverse this trend–by funding education, jobs programs, extracurricular activities and social services–federal, state and local governments can be seen pouring money into more law enforcement and more jails.
We demand an end to the criminalization of youth for the way they dress and talk; to the quelling of righteous dissent amongst youth and students; to police brutality on the streets and a racist and unjust court system. We further demand an end to the racist death penalty, and freedom for all political prisoners, including Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier and so many others who have been imprisoned simply for defending the rights of themselves and their communities.
9. Self-determination is a right
In the face of hundreds of years, since the very founding of the United States, of outright oppression and repression of communities of color throughout the U.S.–slavery, the theft of Native lands including more than half of Mexico, the enforced sterilization of women of color, lynchings, concentration camps for Japanese Americans, the wholesale incarceration of people of color, and on and on–we demand the right of oppressed communities to determine their own destiny.
We affirm the right of oppressed communities to decide what is best for their own communities, and the right for them to fight for those rights by any means necessary. We support any demands for reparations, in whatever form, that oppressed communities may make upon the racist U.S. government.
10. Defeat U.S. imperialism
As we make demands for self-determination within oppressed communities in the U.S., we also affirm these rights for oppressed nations around the world, many of which are fighting valiantly against U.S. imperialism.
Wherever U.S. imperialism goes–whether in the form of military, political or economic incursions–what inevitably follows is death, poverty and the destruction of cultures, infrastructures and economies.
We stand in solidarity with the people of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and beyond, who continue to resist the efforts of imperialist countries to exploit their lands and peoples.
11. Justice and Equality for All Women
Young women are living in a time where the rights that women fought and died to establish are being threatened and, in some states, taken away all together. We demand and end to attacks on women's rights and the establishment of social, economic and sexual equality for all genders and sexes.
We demand reproductive justice for all women including affordable, accessible and safe abortions, full access to safe sex materials and comprehensible funding for childcare.
We must take strides to stop sexual assault and rape. We demand honest and in-depth education about rape and sexual assault for all youth. We demand free recovery programs and counseling, and full legal and financial support for survivors of sexual assault and rape.
We demand equal education for all sexes including equal access, support and encouragement in all classes and extracurricular activities. Campuses need to include anti-sexist trainings for all students.
Abstinence-only-education is preventing schools from teaching all methods of safe sex and from creating programs for young parents. We demand inclusive sexual education and parenting programs for young parents in every school.
We demand equal pay for equal work, on the job childcare, paid maternity leave and family care days, and comprehensive programs and guidelines to prevent sexual assault on the job.
12. Safety and Equality for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer (LGBTQ) youth
We demand an end to the harassment and the verbal, sexual, and physical assault of LGBTQ youth at the hands of police officers. LGBTQ youth are often stopped and forced to present identification to officers, especially if our gender identity and presentation is not that of our assigned gender/sex.
As a result of family disputes and sexual abuse, LGBTQ youth are often likely to be in homeless shelters or living on the streets, where they often have little to no security and support and are even more vulnerable to assault and harassment. We demand funding for safe and accessible community housing for LGBTQ youth. We further demand affordable, accessible, LGBTQ inclusive housing on every campus.
We demand that LGBTQ youth and our allies be free to set up student organizations and events with the full support that any other student group receives. We demand LGBTQ centers on our campuses to provide safe space and resources for LGBTQ youth.
All youth need inclusive and comprehensive sexual education that focuses on the spectrum of sexuality, sex and gender; prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and youth pregnancy; and teaches about sex in a positive and realistic light.
We demand respectful and adequate healthcare, inclusive health clinics and full health coverage (including hormone treatment, surgery and therapy) for LGBTQ youth. We demand all medical personnel receive LGBTQ inclusive medical training.
We demand job training and placement, anti-discrimination and LGBTQ inclusion trainings for all employees and employers, and legal protections from employee-employee harassment/discrimination.
On the necessity of the fight for a socialist future:
FIST is a youth group that believes the eradication of all forms of oppression and repression is only possible with a revolutionary change in the social relations. While it is important to fight for gains and make material demands on the capitalist government, history has shown that, especially in times of crisis, capitalist governments will always seek to erode demands in the form of social services and that the capitalist class will always seek to take away gains won against them and increase exploitation.
These demands are a platform for struggle, but can ultimately be protected from bourgeois reaction by overthrowing bourgeois society for a socialist future.
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I really support this organization and hope for the best whether I am helping or not.. though I am most definitely sure that I will be..
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Where to find a good selection of amari to stock your own bar?
Most good wine shops carry at least a couple of the most popular ones, such as Fernet Branca, Averna or Ramazotti. The best selection though is at K&L Wine Merchants in Hollywood, where spirits buyer David Driscoll has gotten deep into what he calls "the wonderful world of bitter liqueurs." He has more than a dozen in stock now, including Amaro Sibilla, Amaro Meletti, Amaro Montenegro and the most expensive I've found, Amaro Dell'Erborista from Varnelli, which produces Amaro Sibilla. In his tasting notes, he writes, "Think rhubarb, dried orange peel, cloves, gentian root and more in fantastic balance. This is a cloudy and unfiltered spirit that is quite supple, but bitter as bitter can be on the finish. Simply amazing."
Barkeeper in Silver Lake stocks 15 examples, and owner Joe Keeper will be sure to tell you that bitter is a bit of a misnomer. Not all amari are strongly bitter. Amaro Montenegro, for example, he says, is as delicate and sweet as a perfume. Other labels the quirky shop carries include Amaro Meletti, Luxardo Amaro Amano, Lazzaroni, Rabarbaro Zucca Amaro (rhubarb), Amaro Meletti, Luxardo Amaro Abano, Cynar (artichoke), Cardamaro Amaro (cardoon) and a Barolo Chinato.
K&L Wine Merchants, 1400 Vine St., Hollywood, (323) 464-9463, http://www.klwines.com; amari from $17 to $62 (for the Amaro Dell'Erborista). Barkeeper, 3910 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 669-1675, http://www.barkeepersilverlake.com; amari from $20 to $46.50 (for the Barolo Chinato).


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That's a headline I never thought I'd be writing, but it's a funny old world we're living in.
Musician Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails fame, has as we know lent his talents to the soundtrack for Black Ops II, with a theme song you can now listen to courtesy of the video above.
It's... pretty damn good. Like, distance it from the Call of Duty franchise as far as you have to and just listen to it; if the words "Trent Reznor" get you excited you'll probably dig it.
Long-time NiN or shooter fans will know it's far from his first video game work; he's been doing this for a very long time.
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Scott London, a former senior partner with accounting firm KPMG whose clients included Herbalife Ltd and Skechers USA , pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Los Angeles to a charge of securities fraud arising from his involvement in insider trading.
London, 50, who supervised more than 500 accounting professionals at KPMG, faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $5 million or twice the gross gain or gross loss resulting from his offense, according to the plea agreement.
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The accountant admitted that he gave jeweler Bryan Shaw inside information regarding at least 14 separate earnings announcements or acquisitions by KPMG clients. The information included Herbalife's May 2, 2011 earnings announcement and United Rentals' (URI.N) December 16, 2011 announcement of its acquisition of RSC Holdings, according to prosecutors.
London was accused of taking cash, concert tickets and jewelry, including a Rolex watch, from his one-time golfing buddy Shaw, who prosecutors say pleaded guilty earlier.
"I never did it for the money. I never asked for it, he gave it to me and I took it," London said in an interview after the hearing. "I did it to help someone whose business was struggling. It was a bad, bad mistake."
Shaw received $1.27 million in illegal profits, according to prosecutors, although London said he received only $50,000 and thought the profits were closer to $200,000. He said no one else at KPMG was involved.
London pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu. He is scheduled to be sentenced on October 21.
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Grifols Acquires 60 Pct Stake in Progenika for $48 Million
Grífols is the world's third largest company producing haemo-derivatives, the pharmaceutical products that derive from blood plasma. The €256.7 million-profit represents 10% of the company's sales. The Catalan pharmaceutical had a €2.620.9-billion turnover, which represents an increase of 46.0% compared to 2011. In addition, Grífols' revenue represents a 13.8% increase compared to that of the previous year.
An international company
The weight of the Spanish market only represented 8% of Grífols' revenue in 2012, while it was 10% in 2011. The sales abroad represented more than €2.407 billion, and the United States and Canada pop up as the main markets. 21.3% of the sales were made in Europe, a 6.2% increase compared to the previous year, reaching €559.3 million. In Latin America and Asia, sales continue to increase and currently both markets combined represent 14.2% of Grífols' revenue, which means €371.6 million.
Furthermore, Grífols' net wealth grew over 2012 and reached €1.88 billion, as a consequence of the larger profits. The net debt reached €2.396 billion. By the end of 2012, Grífols had achieved most of the investments foreseen up to 2015. In this vein, last year Grífols invested 156.1 million in enlarging and improving its producing facilities in Spain and the States. Within the next three years, up to 2015, the Catalan pharmaceutical will invest €400 million, 30% of which will be in Spain.
Investing in R&D
In addition, Grífols invested €124.4 million in 2012 in research and development, which represents 4.7% of its sales volume. With this investment, Grífols continues to lead the field of corporate medical research and development in Spain. During last year, the Catalan company backed 12 medical studies to develop new products. A result of Grífols' investment in R&D is the number of patents obtained each year. By the end of 2012, the group, which has its headquarters in Sant Cugat del Vallès (in Greater Barcelona), had 1,153 patent certificates, 337 of which are currently in the end stages for their final approval.
Grífols ended 2012, with a slight decrease in the size of their staff, dropping from 11,230 employees in 2011 to 11,108 in December. However, in Spain, Grífols increased the size of its staff by 3.5%, increasing from 2,390 to 2,474 employees.
Grífols buys 60% of Progenika Biopharma
The Catalan company is continuing its expansion plan and announced this week the purchase of 60% of the capital of the Basque biotechnology company, Progenika Biopharma. The operation cost €37 million. Grífols paid 50% in cash and the rest in stocks without voting rights. Progenika Biopharma specialises in designing and producing genomic and proteomic tests for in vitro diagnosis, prognosis of illnesses, answering predictions and monitoring of pharmacological therapy. The Basque company is also working on a cutting-edge innovation regarding the development of molecular diagnosis technologies.


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In this video, Susan Wojcicki, Google's Senior VP of Advertising, talks about delivering personalized search results as the future of search engines. Google+ collects data about user behavior and uses that data to deliver more relevant search results back to the user. Churches and ministries should consider Google+ pages as a part of their communication strategy.
Generation C, the connected collective, is more social in their buying habits. Young adults do not respond well to the mass marketing efforts that worked so well in the 20th century. Gen C'ers are much more relational and more likely to respond to socially recommended advertising.
We're happy to share that we have added three new important ways for us to connect and to support you in your ministry's online communication: Facebook, Twitter, text messaging and the good old fashioned telephone. Of course, we've been available by email since the very beginning when MinistryWebsites.biz started back in 2008 and while we feel like we do a pretty darn good job at responding to those messages very promptly, email is not always a person's primary means of communication. Sometimes ...
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This continues from yesterday's post that gives our first piece of advice. 2. If you choose to use social media, put someone in charge of it who knows how to use it.
A lot of different social media websites have popped up in the past couple years: YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Twitter, LinkedIn, MetaCafe, DeviantArt, Friendster, Ping.fm, Orkut, Tumblr, and a whole lot more. As if that wasn't enough, just as many communication services are being developed online, too. It's almost impossible to keep up with it all!


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The Pride Volleyball team calls the David S. Mack Physical Education Center its home. Built in 1970, the David S. Mack Physical Education Center has established itself as a showcase for volleyball in the metropolitan area. The 800-seat arena hosted Hofstra's NCAA Tournament first round match in 1995 and has hosted regional and national United States Volleyball Association events, including the 1983 exhibition between the United States Olympic team and the Japanese Olympic team. Hofstra's David S. Mack Physical Education Center also served as the 1987 home of the New York Liberties of Major League Volleyball and as the training site for the 1989 United States Maccabiah teams. It also is the home to various high school championships.
The arena was refurbished in 1978 with a new ticket lobby and refreshment area. Access roads and ample parking are located around the building. In 1991 new scoreboards with a message center were added to the David S. Mack Physical Education Center, replacing the four-sided scoreboard that had served Long Island sports fans at the old Island Garden in Hempstead and at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, adjacent to the University. The David S. Mack Physical Education Center is also outfitted with multiple Senoh Systems, the finest volleyball apparatus available.
The David S. Mack Physical Education Center was resurfaced for the second time in 1995 with a wooden Thrust-A-Pad floor, which covers the entire 40,000-square-foot building and gives Hofstra the second largest indoor wooden facility on the East Coast. The floor has been placed over the old synthetic surface and adds greater flexibility, thereby decreasing the chance of leg injuries.
After the Mack Sports Complex was constructed, the David S. Mack Physical Education Center became a volleyball-only venue and received a new scoreboard that features space for in-match statistics to be displayed. The David S. Mack Physical Education Center was also decorated with banners commemorating Hofstra's NCAA Tournament appearances and conference championships. This past offseason the main court at the David S. Mack Physical Education Center was completely redone, including new logos painted on the floor.
The David S. Mack Physical Education Center has been home to five professional teams in its existence: The New York Nets (American Basketball Association), the New York Knicks Summer League team (National Basketball Association), the Long Island Knights and Surf (United States Basketball League) and the New York Liberties (Major League Volleyball). In addition, the Physical Education Building has hosted concerts, banquets, trade shows, conferences, commencement exercises and scholastic sporting events for the Long Island community.


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Around Inverness
To the south west, and just 15 minutes from the city centre lies Loch Ness, where it's compulsory to keep an eye out for our most famous resident – Nessie – but of course there's much more to see and do than monster spotting.
To the south east lie the Cairngorms – theUK's largest National Park, famous for it's wildlife and range of activities as well as numerous attractions for the less active.
For a bracing beach or seaside walk, the town of Nairn, famous for its golf is within easy reach. On route, take in Fort George, Culloden Battlefield, romantic and historic Cawdor Castle or immerse yourself in the past at the Bronze age Clava Cairns. Close to Fort George is the Highland Aviation Museum - a must for any enthusiast!
Lying to the north across the Moray Firth is the Black Isle – not really an island but a peninsula jutting into the firth. It's a great place for spotting the Moray Firth dolphins and just a mile north of Inverness at North Kessock the WDCS dolphin centre lets you find out more about these wonderful creatures.
To the west Beauly, with its historic Priory and specialist shops, isn't far away and is the gateway to Strathglass and the glens of Strathfarrar, Cannich and Affric, the latter described by many as the most beautiful glen in Scotland.
For more information on things to see and do both locally and across the Highlands go to Visithighlands.com


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With hundreds of yogurt options in the grocery store aisle, how do you pick which one to eat? Greek, light, fruit on the bottom or drinkable?
Katherine Tallmadge, a registered dietitian and author of Diet Simple, tells all of her clients to eat a cup of yogurt a day.
"Yogurt is so good for people," Tallmadge said.
Her recommendation for the best yogurt to eat? Pick one you like.
Tallmadge said even if the type of yogurt you fall in love with has an extra 10 grams of sugar in it – it's ok. If you pick a yogurt with a candy topping, then consider it your dessert for the day.
"I think that people are now afraid of eating anything with sugar in it," Tallmadge said.
According to Tallmadge, the benefits of eating yogurt – even a dessert yogurt – outweigh not eating yogurt at all.
"You'll get the beneficial probiotic bacteria, you'll get protein, you'll get potassium, calcium, compounds that lower blood pressure, compounds that keep us lean," Tallmadge said.
With the vast variety of yogurts on the shelves, Tallmadge said there is the right yogurt for everyone. For example, her clients who are looking to build muscle might eat Greek yogurt, while clients trying to improve digestion might pick a yogurt with added fiber.
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At the start of Monday night's Panthers-Eagles game in Philadelphia, the silence was striking: The Philly fans didn't seem to be able to rouse themselves to cheer for a game between two bad teams. But it wasn't silent for long.
Instead, the silence was replaced by loud boos for the Eagles' defense, as the Panthers easily marched down the field and scored touchdowns on their first two possessions. Panthers quarterback Cam Newton hit Gary Barnidge for a 24-yard touchdown pass on the first possession and hit Brandon Lafell for a 43-yard touchdown pass on the second.
In the ESPN booth, Jon Gruden — the former coach who has been rumored to be a candidate to replace Andy Reid when Reid is inevitably fired after the season — was shaking his head at how incompetent the Eagles' defense looked.
"I've never seen more wide open receivers," Gruden said. "No one covers LaFell. . . . This is the easiest touchdown . . . inexcusable breakdown. . . . It's been the story of Philadelphia this fall: Somebody didn't communicate, somebody didn't do what they were supposed to do."
At the end of the first quarter it's 14-3 Panthers. And we see once again that firing Juan Castillo didn't fix all the problems with the Eagles' defense.


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RADNOR, Pa., Feb. 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ICG Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ICGE) ("ICG") is pleased to announce that one of its consolidated companies, Channel Intelligence, Inc. ("CI"), has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG) for $125 million in cash. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2013.
ICG is expected to realize approximately $60.5 million in connection with the transaction. A portion of ICG's proceeds will be held in escrow and will be subject to potential identification claims. ICG does not expect to owe any income taxes in connection with the transaction.
"Building upon the perseverance and strong foundation laid by CI's founder Rob Wight, I am extremely proud of the work we accomplished at CI," said Doug Alexander, CEO of CI and President of ICG. "With the talent and hard work of the entire CI team, we successfully navigated a very complex marketplace, ending a record year that culminated in this very exciting acquisition."
"The sale of CI to Google is a testament to the quality of its technology and its strong team led by ICG President, Doug Alexander, who positioned the company to succeed in the rapidly growing e-marketing industry," said Walter Buckley, CEO of ICG. "As drivers and architects of CI's growth and success, we are very pleased with this outcome."
"I am thrilled to see the recognition of value for what this company has accomplished," said Rob Wight, Founder and Chairman of CI. "Our vision for CI started with the desire to simplify the online shopping experience. Under the leadership of Doug and ICG, CI greatly enhanced its value proposition to its customers and partners. I am very proud to see our vision executed to this great outcome."
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ICG (Nasdaq:ICGE) identifies, capitalizes and grows companies in the cloud-based software and services sectors. These companies transform the way business is done by enabling enterprises to increase efficiencies and improve and automate critical processes. ICG leverages its unique expertise to carefully identify companies based on their potential to become market-changers and market-leaders. ICG is focused on building profitable businesses in the cloud-based software and services sectors by infusing them with management expertise, strategic and operational guidance, as well as growth capital.
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Channel Intelligence helps marketers outperform online with its CI Boost services: Facebook Platform, Where-to-Buy, Product Search Engines and Shopping Engine solutions. Relied upon by companies such as Target, Philips, HP, Neiman Marcus, Best Buy and Kimberly-Clark, CI tracks nearly 15 percent of US transactions online and drives $2 billion in sales annually in referred sales online in computing products, home improvement products, appliances, consumer electronics, toys and a variety of other consumer packaged goods. CI is owned by ICG and Aweida Capital Management. Learn more at www.channelintelligence.com.
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Employee Resource Manual
Welcome to Kent State University! As a university employee, you are part of an eight-campus system that includes more than 42,000 students and 5,000 faculty and staff.
In a large organization, it is often difficult to know where to look for information regarding policies and procedures, employment, and other resources that employees may need. The Division of Human Resources has developed this employee resource manual with general information and guidelines on a variety of topics related to employment at Kent State.
The manual provides an overview of the policies and procedures for employees, but it is not meant to replace or override existing policies. Policies referenced in the manual include a link to the policy; it is the employee's responsibility to read and understand information located within the university's policy register.
The information presented here applies in general to faculty, classified and unclassified employees; however, faculty and classified employees represented by a bargaining unit (AAUP or AFSCME) should refer to their respective collective bargaining agreements for information on employee-related issues.
All employees are asked to familiarize themselves with the Employee Resource Manual.
This manual is not intended to create any kind of contract with the employee. It is designed for informational purposes only and the provisions are not contractually binding. This manual does not override the at-will employment relationship or term relationship indicated in your original offer of employment. The University has the discretion in making revisions to the manual to remain current and consistent with our current practices or changes in local, state or federal law. Thus, the University retains the right to modify or discontinue any policies, programs or procedures described in the publications unless doing so would conflict with the terms of some other express agreement.
Furthermore, the University reserves all management rights and retains all rights and prerogatives conferred on the University such as the right to take whatever actions are deemed necessary to achieve organizational goals and the right to set productivity and performance standards. The descriptions of benefits provided to you in this manual are not intended to be complete. Benefit plan details are contained in separate documents, and those documents take precedence over any conflicting information in this manual. Any failure to exercise a particular right does not constitute a waiver of the right or preclude the University from exercising it in the future.


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NIDC CIP match grants support community projects that engage community members and physically improve neighborhoods in Milwaukee. CIP grants are reimbursable grants that require a dollar–for-dollar match from non-City funding sources. The maximum CIP grant request is $4,000.
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Nine out of 10 online merchants leave themselves vulnerable to credit card fraud, according to the results of a survey conducted by SignatureLink and CardNotPresent.com.
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In a statement to reporters, SignatureLink CEO Greg Wooten noted that only 10 percent of websites surveyed require shoppers to accept terms and conditions using voice consent, e-signature, or physical signatures. Despite merchant attempts to improve their fraud detection solutions, the lack of a trackable agreement to site terms and conditions leaves sellers exposed to the fine print in their merchant contracts. Criminals have caught on, enabling a trend that Wooten calls "cybershoplifting." Scam artists place orders, receive shipped goods, then dispute the purchase with credit card issuers. While the charge-then-refund process can delay detection of a stolen credit card number, Wooten's researchers found cases where brazen criminals used accounts issued in their own names. With no signature or voice consent on file, Wooten said, his team discovered that merchants lost more than half of these chargeback disputes.
Criminals bypass widely-adopted account protection tools
65 percent of the e-commerce sites surveyed used 3-D Secure, the authorization platform branded as "Verified by Visa" and "MasterCard SecureCode." However, the study's authors told reporters that the protocol, frequently involving a pop-up window requesting a password, often confuses new users without offering significant protection from sophisticated thieves. The findings echo concerns expressed by digital marketing consultant Graham Charlton in a 2009 article, in which he cited the service's redundant checkout forms a "conversion killer" for all but the most mainstream shopping websites. University of Cambridge researchers Steven J. Murdoch and Ross Anderson analyzed the 3-D Secure protocol for an academic paper in 2010. By that point, the team found that rings of cybercriminals had already found ways to circumvent the security protocol. Murdoch and Anderson asserted that many consumers would choose weak passwords, that could be guessed or revealed through social engineering scams.
V.me digital wallet arrives in the U.S. to combat credit card theft
The study arrives on the heels of news that regional bank PNC will become the first American debit and credit card issuer to enable Visa's V.me digital wallet service. The free tool enables shoppers to store their credit card number just once, on Visa's secure website. During online shopping sessions at participating merchants, account holders can place an order using a V.me password, without ever sharing their actual account details with a site's operators. The V.me service operates similarly to digital wallets already operated by PayPal and Google. V.me plugs into an existing merchant account instead of requiring a separate processing channel. However, Wooten says, a digital wallet doesn't eliminate the problems caused when merchants fail to establish a "chain of custody" for ordered goods.
The original article can be found at CardRatings.com:Study finds thieves using credit card chargeback policies against online merchants