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Some people wake up on a Sunday morning and leisurely grab their newspaper or turn on the TV to catch some cartoons or Meet the Press. Not this girl. I wake up on Sunday morning and find a huge hole in my kitchen wall that my weekend-warrior husband has created. (Don't worry, he filled the hole in with a new sliding glass door.)
Notice Buster waaaay back in the yard not wanting to be anywhere near the chaos. He would rather take advantage of the last days of summer by playing in his pool (which we have to keep on an incline due to the number of holes that have formed over the past couple of months).
But all of that aside, it was still Sunday morning and cold cereal just wouldn't cut it. There are plain old waffles, but there are always waffles. Or at least there have always been waffles ever since Mother's Day when Jake got me my waffle maker. It's one of those presents that the giver benefits from just as much as the receiver. So, I hunted around on the internet for waffle inspiration and I poked and prodded and eventually decided that the best course of action would be to put brown-sugar-covered bacon in the waffles. Just throw it right in the batter.
It's like adding blueberries without having to worry about all those pesky antioxidants getting in the way. And they turned out great. There was salt and there was sugar and there was one very happy pregnant woman.
Bacon Brown Sugar Waffles
5 slices of bacon
3 tablespoons brown sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for the batter
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups milk
1/2 cup oil
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cook the bacon in a frying pan until it is almost crispy. Cover the bacon with 3 tablespoons of brown sugar and let it sit for a minute to melt and for the bacon to finish cooking. (Don't flip it! That just makes a crazy sticky mess. I learned the hard way.) Remove the bacon and after letting it cool, cut it up into small pieces.
Beat the eggs until they are light and fluffy. Then mix in the milk, oil, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and the other two tablespoons of brown sugar. Fold in the bacon pieces.
Spray a pre-heated waffle iron with non-stick spray and pour the batter in. Cook until crispy and golden, and eat warm with maple syrup.


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10 questions about iPhone's fingerprint sensor
Apple's new iPhone 5S features fingerprint identity sensor technology that allows you to unlock your phone using your fingerprints. VPC
Arguably the most fascinating feature unveiled during Apple's iPhone event Tuesday is Touch ID, a fingerprint sensor included with the iPhone 5s.
With the device launching on Sept. 20, we answer 10 questions about the iPhone's latest feature.
1. What is it?
Touch ID is a fingerprint sensor that sits on the home button of the iPhone 5s.
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2. What does it do?
It allows users to perform certain functions on the iPhone by simply placing their thumb or finger on the home button.
3. How will I use it?
Touch ID can replace the "slide to unlock" feature as well as numeric passcodes to access your phone. You can also make purchases on iTunes, the App Store or iBooks with just your fingerprint.
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4. Will it work with apps?
Third-party app developers will not have access to Touch ID. For now, users will only see compatible apps from Apple.
5. How does it read my fingerprint?
To set it up, iPhone owners will place and hold their thumb or finger on the home button several times. Using a capacitive touch sensor, Touch ID will "take a high-resolution image of your fingerprint and intelligently analyze it to provide accurate readings from any angle," Apple says.
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6. Where is my fingerprint stored?
Apple says a user's fingerprint will be stored in a "Secure Enclave" on the smartphone's processing chip. It will never get stored on Apple servers or iCloud, the company says.
7. So if enabled, will I be the only one that can access my phone?
Nope. Apple says Touch ID will support up to five fingerprints.
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8. What if it has trouble reading my fingerprint?
Passcodes and the "slide to unlock" options will remain as backups if, for example, you're wearing gloves and can't access Touch ID.
9. What if I don't want to use it?
It's optional. You can still opt for numeric passwords to secure your device.
10. What makes the sensor so special?
Touch ID adds another layer of security for users seeking something beyond passcodes. If implemented properly, industry experts say the fingerprint sensor could also open the door for expanded use of mobile payment services. However, with the NSA scandal potentially tarnishing the reputation of tech giants such as Apple, it's tough to tell how many users will embrace fingerprint recognition.
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| Fuel-Saving Tips
by Ann Job
A little advance planning, a less-aggressive driving style and a well-maintained car can help you get the most out of every gallon of fuel.
No matter where you live and what you drive, you can maximize every gallon of fuel. Here's how:
Regular Servicing Is Important Keep your vehicle well maintained with regular servicing to keep it operating at peak efficiency. An inefficient engine—with fouled spark plugs, for example—won't make optimum use of fuel. Be sure the air filter and the fuel filter are clean. Put in new ones if they're not. A new oxygen sensor alone can improve gas mileage by as much as 15 percent, according to AutoZone, a car parts store.
Don't forget little things like the air in your tires. Having tires inflated to the maximum recommended pressure can improve gas mileage by as much as 6 percent, while periodic wheel alignments can help improve fuel economy up to 10 percent, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Clean out that trunk, cargo area or pickup bed. Take out unneeded items that only add weight to your vehicle. Extra weight decreases gas mileage. According to AutoZone, every 200 pounds of unnecessary weight shaves one mile per gallon off your fuel mileage.
Be a Different Driver Change your driving style. Accelerate gradually, drive smoothly and with care and you could see as much as a 20 percent gain in fuel economy compared with what you'd get with an aggressive driving style, the EPA says. Skip those jackrabbit starts and sudden pedal-to-the-metal maneuvers if you want to save gas. Anticipate stops so you avoid sudden braking, and take a long view of the road ahead, coasting safely to an intersection in front of you where you see traffic stopped.
Don't speed. A car or truck moving at 55 miles an hour can get about 15 percent better fuel economy than the same car going 65 mph. Use your vehicle's navigation system, if you have one, in your travels to new locales. This can save you from getting lost and wasting gas.
Drive Smart Don't be idle too long. Don't waste fuel by sitting in that drive-thru lane at McDonald's or Taco Bell. Park and go inside instead. Don't let your vehicle idle as you wait outside the elementary school to pick up your children. Idling uses more fuel than turning the engine off, waiting for your youngsters and then restarting the engine.
When you're in slow city traffic, keep the air conditioner off, if possible. Roll down the windows and open the air vents to keep you and your riders comfortable. That air conditioner is a burden that uses fuel, and if you're tooling around town, you can see a "very slight" improvement in gas mileage by keeping it turned off, a Mercedes-Benz spokesman said.
Plan Ahead Combine your errands into one trip, rather than taking multiple trips from home. Organize your stops so they're near each other and so you don't retrace your path. You may even be able to park in one central spot and walk between some of your stops rather than driving and parking at each one. For large gatherings like family reunions and church picnics, organize a carpool. If the distance to these events is long, Budget Rent a Car Corp. suggests even renting a 15-person van to maximize fuel savings vs. driving a number of separate vehicles in these circumstances.
Plan your trips so you go out during less-congested times of day. When there's less traffic, you're more apt to be able to drive smoothly. Use navigation aids on the Internet or in your vehicle to keep from getting lost—and thus wasting fuel—when you're headed to a new, unknown location.
Weather Effects Note that road and weather conditions have a role, too, in the fuel economy of your vehicle. Driving into a 20-mph headwind can reduce fuel economy by as much as 6 percent. Driving up a mountain road with a 7 percent grade can cut fuel economy by as much as 25 percent. Driving on gravel and in slush and snow requires a bit more fuel, too.
Other Modes of Transport Look at alternative transportation options—even if it's just for one or two days a week. Walk, bicycle, carpool or take public transportation and leave your vehicle at home. The League of American Bicyclists, based in Washington D.C., notes that cycling to work not only saves on gas, it is an excellent cardiovascular workout. And in some cases, the league says, commuters actually arrive at their destination quicker on a bicycle than they would via congested auto roadways.
When you shop for a new vehicle, compare fuel economy. Bear in mind how bigger vehicles, bigger engines, four-wheel drive and lots of optional equipment can add to a vehicle's weight and, as a result, reduce its fuel efficiency. Even larger tires can have an effect. A tire with a larger "footprint" on the road that doesn't have a special rubber compound designed to improve fuel economy has more rolling resistance than a comparable smaller tire, and this can lower fuel economy.
You don't always have to avoid popular vehicles in order to save money at the gas pump. Some smaller trucks and sport-utility vehicles rank better in fuel economy than do some cars. For example, the Ford Ranger 2WD with a 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine and manual transmission is the "most efficient standard pickup truck," according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It gets an estimated 24 miles a gallon in the city and 29 mpg on the highway, the EPA says, for a combined rating of 26 mpg. This is better than the combined fuel economy rating of 25 mpg for the Chrysler Sebring with automatic transmission.
Watch for New, High-Tech Solutions Check out the newest automotive technology. It's getting more mainstream with each passing year.
In spring 2002, Honda began selling its second gas-electric hybrid car in the U.S. The Civic Hybrid is rated at 48 miles a gallon in combined city/highway fuel economy by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It joins the Insight, the first gas-electric hybrid car available in the United States, and Toyota Prius hybrid car, whose U.S. sales started in the 2001 model year, as very fuel-thrifty vehicles.
In fact, all three vehicles are in the top ten on the EPA's list of fuel-efficient vehicles for the 2005 model year. The manual-tranmission Insight is rated at 60 mpg in the city and 66 mpg on the highway. A two-seater, this hatchback has a small three-cylinder gasoline engine mated to an electric motor that never needs to be plugged in. The Civic Hybrid, with a 1.3-liter 4-cylinder gas engine and electric motor, achieves 45 mpg in the city and 51 mpg at highway speeds, for a combined fuel economy rating of 47 mpg.
The four-door, five-passenger Prius uses a similar hybrid gas-electric combination, but the internal combustion engine is a 1.5-liter four cylinder. The Prius is rated at 60 mpg in the city and 51 mpg on the highway.
Ford Motor Co. introduced the first gas-electric hybrid sport-utility vehicle—the Escape Hybrid—in calendar 2004, and other automakers have hybrid vehicle plans in the works, too.
New technology efforts don't end there. Virtually all automakers are researching ways to build a commercially viable fuel-cell vehicle.
Even if you don't decide on a new-technology vehicle, you should carefully consider whether you really need a V6 or a V8 in your next car or truck. The National Automobile Dealers Association advises consumers to test drive models with various engines in a range of driving conditions to determine what fits them best, and to assess the tradeoffs.
Other Costs Affected Keep in mind you might pay a bit more for that next new car. Higher fuel prices in recent years have prompted many automakers to boost the price of delivering vehicles to dealerships. You see these higher trucking charges on the window sticker, on the "destination and delivery" line.
An Eye to the Future Think about how your fuel conservation efforts benefit the Earth and future generations.
Scientists say global warming and its projected disastrous effects on weather, rising sea levels and heat deaths are due, in part, to the burning of fossil fuels.
So, every gallon of gas you don't use can help ease global warming.


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Mobile World Congress has been and gone for 2013, and it's now time for reports to blossom to reveal both insightful and useless (but interesting) data. Lissted specialises in Twitter accounts that are most influential to followers. The website has published a blog entry showcasing which brands were most discussed while Mobile World Congress 2013 was underway. The results aren't too surprising.
So what was the social universe conversing about? According to the report, Nokia came out on top and was tweeted most by journalists, bloggers, analysts and media outlets. We mentioned before MWC kicked off that Nokia's presence would be huge and the results appear to be positive with the Nokia and Lumia brand names spending more time in the spotlights than both Microsoft and Windows Phone.
Lissted also included a handy tag cloud, which shows the brands that were mentioned most in a glancing view - Android and Samsung weren't far behind the Finnish manufacturer. So Nokia performed well, but what about Microsoft? Redmond came in 50th place, while Windows Phone failed to make an appearance in the top 50 list.
What's also interesting is the amount of attention Mozilla's mobile OS Firefox received. We'll not go into any depth as to why Microsoft found itself in 50th place, since we're sure you all are already up to speed with what's going on, and how Nokia is taking the lead when it comes to marketing the mobile platform. The Lumia brand is developing strong social awareness with consumers even referring the platform as simply their "Lumia smartphone."
The data covered in this article consists of 7,260 tweets by 619 journalists, bloggers and analysts, as well as 419 media outlets. Lissted monitored multiple hashtags - "MWC", "MWC13", "MWC2013" and "Mobile World Congress" and also took into account tweets that were published during the week prior to the event.
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Mark Mitchell, OK.gov
Trooper Betsy Randolph, DPS
Oklahoma Dept. of Public Safety Pilots Inline/Online
OKLAHOMA CITY – March 25, 2013 – Thanks to the new online scheduling system, Inline/Online, visiting one of Oklahoma's Driver License offices is about to get easier. Beginning March 26 with the Southwest Oklahoma City Driver License office on I-240, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) is piloting this new service along with six additional Oklahoma City and Tulsa Metro locations.
"We realize there is a problem. We know the public is frustrated with long wait times at DL testing sites across Oklahoma." said DPS Commissioner, Michael C. Thompson. "We understand the frustration and are very hopeful that Inline/Online will help to reduce wait times and make our process more efficient for the public."
Inline/Online is an online scheduling system that gives patrons the opportunity to reserve appointments online and avoid the inconvenience of waiting in line on a first-come-first-serve basis. Drivers choose an appointment type and time based on availability at their desired location, and can anticipate being in-and-out of the Driver License office within an hour of arrival.
The pilot consists of a systematic rollout of seven locations in an attempt for DPS to appropriately assess the needs of each facility. The launch dates and for each location pilot are:
Online appointments will be available at each location on the pilot date in 15-minute intervals beginning at 8:00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m. and are subject to availability. During the pilot period, it is free to schedule appointments utilizing Inline/Online.
Thompson said DPS has plans to expand Inline/Online over the next year to include all Oklahoma Driver license locations across the state. The department also hopes to, based upon funding, include a queuing system that will give real time estimates of wait-times at Driver License offices and the distance between the user's current location and the DL office of choice.
For more information about Inline/Online, visit http://www.dps.state.ok.us/inlineonline. The online service is a product of a partnership between the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety and OK.gov, Oklahoma's Official Website managed by the eGovernment firm, NIC Inc. (Nasdaq: EGOV).
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text: She's normally on the sidelines calling the action. Now shes bringing her A-game to the dance floor! Since joining ESPN in 2004, Erin Andrews has become one of the most well-known sports reporters in the country. Having begun her career at ESPN as a reporter for the networks NHL coverage, Erin has served as a reporter for ESPN College Football Saturday telecasts, Saturday Primetime college basketball games and Big Ten college basketball coverage. In 2005, she began reporting from the sidelines of the ESPN College Football Primetime series on Thursday nights and added Major League Baseball sideline reporting to her responsibilities, including the Monday Night Baseball telecasts. Erin has been a reporter on espns College World Series telecasts since 2005 and has worked abcs coverage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee as a reporter since 2008. A native of Lewiston, Maine, Erin graduated from the University of Florida where she was a member of the Gators basketball dance team from 1997-2000. Old habits must die hard because Erin is dancing once again. We cant wait to see how far Erin will go as she leaves the sidelines behind to take center stage on Dancing with the Stars!


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ATTLEBORO – Sensata Technologies N.V. reported second-quarter net income of $26.1 million, or 14 cents per diluted share, up from a net loss of $34.6 million, or 20 cents per diluted share, during the second quarter of 2011.
The company's adjusted net income – a non-GAAP measure Sensata uses internally that adjusts net income and removes the effects of financing, investments, inventory re-valuing, depreciation, amortization and other adjustments – was a record $97.5 million, or 54 cents per diluted share, up 5.7 percent compared with adjusted net income of $92.2 million, or 51 cents per diluted share, during the second quarter of 2011.
Sensata reported a record $504.6 million in revenue in the three months ended June 30, an increase of 10.9 percent from $455 million during the same 2011 period.
For the six months ended June 30, the company posted net revenue of $996.6 million, an increase of $97.4 million, or 10.8 percent, compared with figures posted the for the first half of 2011.
"Despite the headwinds of slowing European auto production and a declining euro foreign exchange rate, the business achieved record results this quarter," Sensata CEO Tom Wroe said in a statement. "While we are not immune to near-term global economic slowing, I continue to be confident in Sensata's long-term growth model."
Of its $504.6 million reported net revenue, the company spent 5.2 percent, $26.2 million, on research-, development- and engineering-related costs during the second quarter of 2012.
For the full year of 2012, Sensata is predicting net revenue between $1.95 billion and $1.99 billion, which would represent growth of 7.8 percent over 2011's results.


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Dr Matshidiso MoetiRegional Director
Dr Matshidiso Moeti from Botswana the first woman WHO Regional Director for Africa has over the past 4 years, led the transformation of WHO Regional office for Africa into an accountable and results driven organisation.
Having held several senior positions in WHO, she is renowned for having led WHO's "3 by 5" Initiative in the African Region which resulted in a significant increase in access to antiretroviral drugs by HIV-positive individuals.
Before joining WHO, she was the Africa/Middle East Desk Team Leader at UNAIDS in Geneva. A public health veteran, Dr Moeti holds a degree in medicine (M.B., B.S) and Master's degree in public health (MSc in Community Health for Developing Countries) from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, respectively.
She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Health & Allied Sciences, Ghana.


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* Sitar Review Classes with Tomek Regulski
Sun, Nov 27
Sun 10:30AM-12:30PM & 3:00-5:00PM
Tuition $25 per class
These classes directly correlate with the monthly Sitar workshops led by Acharya Roop Verma. They are an opportunity to revisit the material and focus on featured concepts and techniques. Tomek takes the time to observe each student individually, give guidance on proper technique, and offer his own experience as inspiration and illumination on the journey to learning this beautiful art.
Beginners' class by appointment.


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FREE! Anritsu HSDPA Technology Reference Wall Poster
Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) has been a buzz term for a few years. The recently-announced proposed $67 million merger between AT&T and BellSouth is viewed by some as a sign that the future is now when it comes FMC. If that is the case, many crystal balls will prove to be correct. For example, Heavy Reading's report in December 2004 stated 2006-2007 will be critical for technology and service development in FMC. Many other analysts who have been writing about FMC over the years opined similar timeframes. ABI Research has taken a present day look at FMC, releasing a study in March that forecasts at least a tenfold increase in enterprise FMC subscribers and revenues between 2006 and 2010. The report cited many factors in making this determination, including British Telecom's recent announcement of its new converged telephone service aimed at small to medium-sized enterprises. The question is – are customers really interested in FMC• Like most other things, it depends on who you ask. One CEO who commented on the AT&T/BellSouth deal was quoted as saying he was looking forward to working with an infrastructure provider that can offer it all. Others were not so positive, recalling how difficult the telecommunications business used to be when there was AT&T – and only AT&T. Service provider consolidation may be helpful to the implementation of FMC but it may be detrimental to many other telecommunications companies. Fewer providers means fewer potential customers for suppliers, including those companies that make components, devices, and systems. Test manufacturers may also be affected, as companies offering FMC and those who are using FMC networks will look to align themselves with test providers who have experience in wireline, wireless, and IP. Only time will tell how it will all shake out but Anritsu is poised to offer innovative test solutions for FMC. In fact, Anritsu has products for wireline, wireless, and IP applications as well as service assurance. Just click on a tab to find out more.


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D-Link switches to green to make more green
Everything's gone green
Another day, and another tech vendor turns the colour of the Incredible Hulk.
Ethernet switch box maker D-Link is launching a new product line to satisfy customer demand for greener goods.
Unimaginatively dubbed Green Ethernet, the firm reckoned its switches can cut energy costs by nearly 50 per cent.
D-Link said the switches detect when computers are turned off and respond by powering down into standby mode saving up to 44 per cent of the power used by each switch.
It said the switches are also able to analyse cable lengths enabling power to be adjusted accordingly.
D-Link will start punting the new kit in the UK in the fourth quarter of this year with its sub-24 port desktop switches aimed at the home and small businesses.
It will give its managed switches, including the xStack range, the green make-over treatment next year.
A spokesman at the firm reckoned the new product would help businesses of all sizes "reduce their carbon footprint".
Whether chucking out your existing kit before its end of life counts as a "green" gesture is open to question.®


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - In the Pre-Season USTFCCCA Coaches' Poll released on Monday, the Bulldogs were ranked No. 6 in the Northeast Region. Leading the poll were the Iona Gaels, who finished second at last year's NCAA Championships. Last year, the Yale men placed eighth at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships, led by a 19th place finish from senior Jake Gallagher. The Bulldogs return four of the five scorers from last year's Regional meet and look poised to improve upon last year's finish.
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My favorite part of the NPR story is a quote from Henry Bennet-Clark, the guy behind the recently substantiated mechanism, on being right:
"Let's put it this way: It leaves me unsurprised," he says. "Because I always thought that the trochanter idea of Miriam Rothschild was as silly as the statement I'm about to make, which is, 'I'm about to jump off my chair by squeezing my buttocks.' "Keep that last sentence in mind as you squat this week.


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Description: Hat of striped silk satin. Formed as a baseball cap, the crown is a dome created by 5 triangular segments of cream silk satin with green and thin black stripes. The cloth is cut and arranged so the stripes run vertically to top of crown. The brim is formed as a cap's bill, larger than usual, of the same striped material, with the stripes running from crown to front edge. The hat is unlined, with a small loop sewn in to hang cap. Label inside crown: "Made in France". Made to match a 2-piece ensemble of slacks and waistcoat in the same materials.
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It's hard to believe that Wayne's World came out 20 years ago. That movie defined a generation and cemented the phrase "Party on" into pop culture. Teens in the '90s ate up the Mike Meyers/Dana Carvey comedy, and today the movie could be regarded as a cult classic.
Oddly enough, the film featured a once-laughable car and turned it into a cult favorite in its own right: the AMC Pacer.
Remember the "Bohemian Rhapsody" scene in the old Pacer? Truly a moment of cinematic history.
The Pacer is just one example of cars, some with less-than-glorious-pasts, that have achieved the level of cult favorite. Keep reading for more, and feel free to add any car you think I've missed. I know there are plenty.


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Legacy Treasury Direct Phaseout
Treasury is phasing out Legacy Treasury Direct. This is intended to reduce costs associated with Treasury's Retail Securities program and support Treasury's goal to increase paperless transactions.
Changes made in September 2013:
- September 30 was the last day of operation for Electronic Services for Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds. This applies to both the web and phone versions. (For service, customers may call 844-284-2676 (toll free) and speak with a customer service representative. Representatives are available from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except holidays. From outside the United States, call +1-304-480-6464).
Changes made in October 2012:
- No purchases permitted after the auctions on October 22.
- No reinvestments permitted after the auctions on October 22.
- Reinvestments scheduled for auction dates beyond October 22 were canceled.
Changes made in May 2011:
- No new accounts permitted.
- No incoming transfers permitted. We permit internal transfers between Legacy accounts and outbound transfers to TreasuryDirect or to broker/dealer accounts.
In May 2011 we also restricted the securities available for purchase and reinvestment. (Again, all purchases and reinvestments ended in October 2012.)
The Future
We'll maintain securities you currently hold in Legacy Treasury Direct until they mature. Once the securities mature, we'll deliver payments according to the instructions in your account.
As an alternative to Legacy Treasury Direct, consider using our convenient online account system, TreasuryDirect. You can buy securities in TreasuryDirect. You can transfer securities to TreasuryDirect from Legacy Treasury Direct.
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The leadership question surrounding the Ravens has been a frequent topic of conversation ever since middle linebacker Ray Lewis retired, and free safety Ed Reed signed with the Houston Texans.
After losing so much institutional knowledge, the Ravens have expressed confidence in the combined leadership in their locker room.
Following the Ravens' 49-27 loss to the Denver Broncos to open the season, Lewis raised the point of who will lead the Ravens going forward during his role as an ESPN NFL analyst on their pregame show Sunday.
"I want to see this myself, I really want to see where it comes from," Lewis said. "Does it come from Terrell Suggs or does it come from Joe Flacco? Mr. Bisciotti gave him $100 million. Does that $100 million calculate to you now spending bonus time with your young receivers, with your young team? There's one thing about talent, talent is seen with the eye; leadership is rarely seen because it's done most of the time after-hours.
"And that's where I think the biggest issue is: who's going to be the leader to invest in that team? For so many years when I was there, the No. 1 things that I did so much was spend times with guys off the field, when the coaches wasn't around, when the film wasn't showing. That's the most crucial time when you're talking about players' development. How do you develop a man into a man?"
The Ravens allowed seven touchdown passes to Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning to open the season, also surrendering 510 yards of total offense.
"You've got to spend quality time with him," Lewis said. "So now the question with the Ravens is: does Terrell Suggs spend that time? Does Joe Flacco spend that time with those young guys to get this ball club back where they need to be? This team is going to have to identify … that what we created for so many years there, talent won't solve those issues.
"It's going to have to be chemistry because what men add and what we did time over time and time and time – what we built in that organization – was about chemistry, was about our brotherhood on how close we was that we could communicate with each other without saying one word. The other night against Denver, you saw none of that happen. And when everything fell, you had nobody to look to, and I think that's what their problem is."
Retired Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka chimed in as well on the Ravens, who allowed a franchise record for points in the opener.
"The greatness of this organization started with the defense," Ditka said. "There's nothing about this defense that is imposing to me, and maybe that's because they're missing the leadership on the defensive side of the ball."


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Situated in the heart of Galloway, southern Scotland, the Galloway Forest Park managed by Forestry Commission Scotland offers spectacular views and a diversity of dramatic scenery. Three hundred square miles of wild beauty are waiting to be explored, here, in Britain's largest forest park.
Established in 1947; the park boasts tranquil valleys encompassed by heather-clad hills, rugged rock faces, burns cascading down magestic slopes and the forest, moorland and lochs rising up to the grandeur of the mountains. The Merrick, Mulwharcher and the Rhinns of Kells stand proudly above the home to much of the unspoilt, ancient woodland which attracts some 800,000 visitors every year.
Stretching from seashore to mountaintops, The Galloway Forest Park has an outstanding variety of wildlife. Red and Roe Deer thrive in this woodland park while mighty birds of prey patrol the skies.
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ARLINGTON, Tex. — Jerry Jones, tour guide, was showing off.
Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, gestured as he drove his Lincoln Town Car around his billion-dollar stadium with the sloping glass exterior that reflects the colors of the sky, his team and his eyes.
He pointed out the views of the field and the gargantuan, 72-by-160-foot dual video screens fans will discover as they approach the gates. He explained how the retractable glass end zone doors were designed to slide away and — in mere minutes — allow in the Texas air.
Lost in the excitement of the show and tell, Jones trampled a couple of traffic cones and nearly flattened two fans walking to the $15-per-person stadium tour. He didn't seem to notice.
"I could have built this for $850 million," he said. "And it would have been a fabulous place to play football. But this was such an opportunity for the 'wow factor.' "
He wants his stadium to shout media and scream that the future of watching football is in his building. The video screens, nestled between the 20-yard lines, tower above the field and will carry the Cowboys' own game feed from eight live cameras.Continue reading the main story
"That's why I spent the money," Jones, 66, said. "It has a chance to be one of the most visible buildings in this country."
At three million square feet, the stadium designed by Bryan Trubey of Dallas-based HKS Architects is three times as large as the Cowboys' old home, Texas Stadium, in nearby Irving, and twice the size of the new Yankee Stadium. With a price tag of $1.12 billion, it is the N.F.L.'s priciest building — but will be eclipsed next year by the $1.6 billion Jets-Giants stadium.
Cowboys Stadium benefited from lower labor and material costs compared with those in the New York area.
For their first regular-season game at the stadium, on Sept. 20 against the Giants, Jones expects a crowd of 100,000, among them thousands who will pay $29 to stand on platforms and staircases above the end zones.
"It's a great view there," he said. Actual seats start at $59 a ticket and top off at $340 a game.
The Cowboys, the most valuable team in sports last year at $1.6 billion, according to Forbes, are opening their stadium during a severe recession, as the Yankees and the Mets did in April. The downturn has kept Jones from selling naming rights, but with his stadium debt whittled from $350 million to $200 million, he said he did not need the cash.
He said repeatedly during a lengthy interview that he was sensitive to his fans' economic woes — although he has not cut prices. He said he was also sensitive to criticism that Arlington had better ways to spend its $325 million contribution from tax increases than to guarantee that Jones, a rich oilman, could get richer with more revenue from the new stadium.
"The mayor sold out and the council went right along," said James Runzheimer, a local lawyer who opposed the tax increase passed in November 2004 during better economic days. "We don't provide basic infrastructure, yet we subsidize a team."
Jones says Cowboys Stadium will be its own stimulus package that will help "the country and this world" dig out of the recession. Meanwhile, most studies show little economic impact from new stadiums.
Jones's pursuit of a new Cowboys home with Dallas (which spurned him) and Irving continued the tradition of team owners romancing cities in search of the best deal.
"As far back as 15 years ago," he said, "I'd go to the floor of the Texas Legislature and I'd say: 'You're not creating a subsidy to build a stadium, you're priming the pump for people intoxicated with being involved in sports. Use them to prime the pump with private dollars, because invariably, they'll spend more than you'd ever imagine.' "
Arlington also bought in by using its power of eminent domain to clear the land of residential and commercial property.
"The landowners came out really well on eminent domain," Jones said.
But only after some hired lawyers to get more, he was reminded.
"That's correct," he said.
Mayor Robert Cluck added, "The public's mind has changed from, 'We probably shouldn't have done that,' to now we hardly hear negative words."
But Glenn Sodd, who represented property owners in legal challenges to the city's offers for their land, said the condemnation issue still resonates. "It's a misuse of the Texas Constitution and the U.S. Constitution," he said. "To say we in this community need this stadium is a gross mischaracterization. We might desire it. We might wish to have it. But no one's condemning land to build grocery stores."
But he said: "I don't blame Jones. He's in business to make money."
Jones said he expected team revenue to rise at least 50 percent this season, but declined to be more specific. The franchise will also profit from renting out the stadium for other events — including concerts, religious conferences, next year's N.B.A. All-Star Game and the 2014 N.C.A.A. Final Four.
He said he has sold 290 of his 315 luxury suites for $100,000 to $500,000 each but only about two-thirds of his 15,000 club seats, which license for $16,000 to $150,000 apiece. That is largely how the debt was reduced. (The licenses do not include the cost of tickets.)
Sitting in a luxury box at the 50-yard line, he asked for a sales update from Chad Estis, the team's vice president for sales and marketing. "How many licenses are we sellin'?"
"O.K., O.K.," he said into a cellphone. "A total of 165." He listened. "So that was for the week. Add that up, you've got 12 weeks, 12 weeks times 165, I don't know if you expect a spike as we get down to selling into the season."
What he is selling is a long tradition of winning, Hall of Fame alumni, a championship aura and a chance to lease a piece of greatness.
Although the unsold club seats are in prime spots, Jones said he would tolerate the sight of scattered empty seats without hiring seat-fillers. But he vows there will be no splotches of unfilled seats similar to those infesting baseball stadiums this year.
He is his own lead salesman and a sugary one at that. As he walked through the plush Owner's Club, he approached a couple considering a suite.
"Hello, Sherri," he said, drawing out the first syllable of her name. "Well, hello, Mike." The Maucelis, of Dallas, praised the design of the stadium.
"But having been in your house," Sherri Mauceli said, "I'm not surprised."
Jones said, "If you're going to do it, get it right." He talked about the marble floors picked out by his wife, Gene, and the stadium's contemporary art works — like the one by Olafur Eliasson titled "Fat Superstar" that cast a colorful, geometric pattern nearby.
Although Jones can wax on about how art connects to tackling, he was here to seal the deal. "It's more than a seat where you just watch a game," he told the couple. "It's the opportunity to have a piece of the past and all that will take place in the next 30 years of its future."Continue reading the main story


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NEW YORK - Lil Wayne is thanking fans who prayed for him while he was hospitalized after a severe migraine and dehydration.
The rapper's management team says he's on "mandated rest." The Blueprint Group said Friday he was released from the hospital treatment and will return to work soon. It says the New Orleans-based rapper appreciates his fans' support and love.
Lil Wayne tweeted Saturday he's "good." He says, "Thanx for all the prayers!"
The 30-year-old multiplatinum performer is working on a follow-up to his last album, last year's "Tha Carter IV."


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It's always interesting when a former NFL executive either jumps or is pushed from his former position and lands in the media. Some will honestly explain the mistakes that led to their demise, while others will gild the lily and claim that they were unfairly jettisoned.
Former New York Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum helped build a team that went to two straight AFC Championship games in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, but things fell apart over the next few seasons, and Tannenbaum was asked to depart following a 6-10 season in 2012 that was the franchise's second straight without a playoff berth.
Tannenbaum now provides analysis to the NFL Network and Yahoo Sports, and he's started to represent NFL coaches for Priority Sports. To his credit, when asked about the mistakes he made, he's been pretty forthright -- and when it comes to his time with the Jets, it's tougher to imagine a bigger mistake than the trade for Tim Tebow that occurred in March 2012.
The Jets already had a starting quarterback in Mark Sanchez, who Tannenbaum and the Jets gave a five-year, $58.25 million contract in the same month (which was probably Tannenbaum's second-biggest mistake). The Jets gave up two low draft picks for Tebow and agreed to pay a $2.53 million salary advance Denver had given the former first-round pick. For that, they got an enormous media landslide and a second-tier player who completed six of eight passes for 39 yards in one season.
"Obviously we made a couple mistakes – trading for Tim Tebow most notably," Tannenbaum told CBS Radio on Wednesday. "But I would say beyond that, we [could have done a better job with the bottom of our roster], especially toward the end."
Tebow has been out of football since the New England Patriots found that they could do nothing with him, and he's now working for ESPN as a college football analyst. Still, Tannenbaum counts himself among the ever-decreasing numbers who believe that Tebow could have a future in the NFL.
"Tim obviously didn't play well in the preseason with New England, but he's a guy [that's] incredibly passionate about his career. I would never bet against Tim. We used to have an expression that Tim's the type of guy who's either going to be successful or die trying. His relentlessness and passion – I would think he'll get another opportunity."


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Sam Hyde Rolland MS, PhD, MPHAlaska BRFSS Program ManagerTelephone: (907) firstname.lastname@example.com
The lifestyle choices we make on a daily basis play a vital role in shaping our health status and lifespan. While heredity and environment play a part, the leading causes of death in Alaska (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries) are closely related to behaviors and lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise, tobacco and alcohol use, as well as preventive health practices. Changes in lifestyle could prevent diseases as well as premature deaths.
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services first implemented the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 1991. Working with the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this survey gathers information about the health related lifestyle choices of Alaska adults. With this knowledge, we can better plan and evaluate health promotion programs to prevent chronic disease and premature death. Today, the BRFSS is implemented in all 50 states and some territories as part of an ongoing data collection system. Each year, results are analyzed to improve our understanding of health habits and measure progress towards health objectives at the state and national level.
With the reporting of 2011 BRFSS data, the CDC officially introduced a new method of sampling (to include cell phone as well as landline phone numbers) and a new weighting methodology referred to as "raking". These changes improve the overall representativeness of the BRFSS data. However, in addition to possibly affecting the results, these changes in methods mean changes in the way we use the data. For example, we may not be able to review behavior changes across all years of collected data. Trend analyses will eventually focus on years of data that include both landline and cell phone respondents, and which are weighted using raking methodology. These new methods are necessary to provide a more accurate reflection of the health behaviors and conditions measured in the BRFSS survey.
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Richard Myers' '68 M-Code Dart Shows Off Its Grand Spaulding Heritage
Fenderwell headers poke out from the wheelwells to warn the curious-if the "383 Four-Barrel" badges on the front quarters escape notice. This many cubes in this small of a car are enough to send smoke signals. But the actual stock engine from the factory is 440 cubes of Magnum big-block, a record yet to be topped for a compact.
GSS (Grand Spaulding Special), is a historic tip-off to the go-fast heritage of this utilitarian two-door hardtop, which was stored for 17 years in "Grandma's garage." The grandson, for whom the car was bought, immediately put the GSS on the strip and installed the obligatory headers that rubbed the stock tires on sharp turns. In fact, he did more than race his Dyno-tuned Mr. Norm's Dart GSS at the track. While we could not get the details from the original driver, we have the words of friends who "remembered the kid, remembered the car, and remembered their encounters with the police."
Amid the chores of daily life, they forgot about the hot little compact when it disappeared one day in 1973. Little did they know it had gone over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house in Saginaw, Michigan. Supposedly, its furlough was for the boy's own safety.
In 1990, the family finally sold the Dart to one of those friends who remembered the car. He immediately resold it to a Mopar enthusiast, who dragged it to national shows in hopes of finding another buyer. Richard Myers of Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada, looked at the GSS at one show, then another. Happy with its heritage and great original condition, Richard bought the sheep in wolf's clothing.
Luckily, the car had been stored in a garage that adjoined Grandmother's house. They laid blankets over and under it-this care kept rust at bay. The trunk floors and main floorpans were in good shape. One quarter had a little bit of rust. The body had its share of minor dents and scratches, but mileage was a scant 43,000. When Myers added the car to his Mopar collection, the Dart still was wearing the '73 license plates from the day it was stored.
The restoration pro-ceeded in a typical ground-up fashion, with a couple of interesting decisions. Save for the carpet and headliner, Myers kept the original seats, door panels, dash, and the remainder of the interior. Also, the vinyl roof was in such good shape that there was no need to replace it.
Myers elected to keep the Hooker fenderwell headers. To celebrate their presence, he peeled and stuck a vintage "I Love My Hooker Headers" decal to the driver-side vent window. Although they weren't fac-tory stock, fenderwell headers were a popular period modification to these cars. The original owner bought the less restrictive pipes and hacked away the inner fender for the header fit.
The result of these modifications is a return to one of Mopar's shining moments in big-block musclecar history. In 1967, Dodge had already subcontracted a shop to build a limited run of Darts with the 383 four-barrel. They were special. Meanwhile, Norm Kraus, owner of Grand-Spaulding Dodge, a dealership in Chicago, didn't see why he couldn't use the 440 big-block. He fit the big Magnum by modifying the driver-side motor mount. After Mr. Norm's super-tuning, he drove his dealership hot rod to Detroit for the Dodge Boys to see. This led to the Dodge Division becoming interested in building a Dart with a high-performance 440.
Dodge took the cue from the Mopar performance king in Chi-cago and subcontracted Hurst-Campbell to build a limited run of 440ci Darts. Actually, any dealership could have ordered these big-engined compacts, but in 1968, only Mr. Norm had the inside connections and the interest to do so.
Mr. Norm's advertised his high-performance Mopars nationwide in car-buff magazines. Before FM became popular, he broadcast ads on WLS-a clear-channel, 50,000 watt Chicago AM radio station. He had a big following in the Midwest, and was known nationally for selling and racing Dodges.


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A Family Day Out in Rotorua
Take a look at these top tips for families looking to enjoy a great day together in Rotorua.
Looking for a great family day out in Rotorua? Here are some of our top tips for families looking to enjoy a great day together during their time in Rotorua.
Agrodome Sheep Show
The Agrodome sheep show is an exciting, fun-filled hour of family entertainment. During the show, you'll be meet 19 breeds of sheep, watch a live sheep shearing display and a live dog trial. There is also the chance for the audience to feed the lambs, hand milk a cow or bid in the live sheep auction. After the show is over, head over to The Mill where you can get an insight into the history of the New Zealand wool industry or take a guided tour around Agrodome farm.
Velocity Valley Adventure Park
Velocity Valley is the ultimate adventure playground for the thrill-seeking families. The park features five activities that are sure to set your heart racing:
• Agrojet – this is a Ferrari on water, you are launched to 100kph (60 mph) in the blink of an eye, get hit with 3Gs of force through the hairpin turns and finish off with a spectacular 360 spin.
• The Swoop – you and up to two others strap into a body swing, get winched up to 40 metres, pull the cord and go flying through the air at up to 130kph.
• The Shweeb - a world first right here in Rotorua, this is a pedal-powered 200m monorail racetrack, three laps of racing against the clock decides the winner. Those that are really keen might want to take on the world record for the $1000 prize money.
• Freefall Xtreme – here us your chance to be super hero, this is skydiving without the plane but with a much longer freefall than what is experienced during a tradition skydive.
• Rotorua Bungy – the ultimate leap of faith from 43 metres above the group, here is your chance to tick off bungy jumping from your bucket list.
At Velocity Valley you only pay for the activities you want to do so any members of the family who might want to relax and watch the action are welcome too.
A 1.4km intricate hedge maze provides affordable family fun. The objective is to navigate the paths to the centre of the maze, choosing which openings in the hedge to take and which to by-pass while avoiding permanent blocks. If you reach a block you need to re-trace your steps and try another opening. In addition to the maze, aMAZEme also has butterfly and small animal enclosures that are always a delight for children.
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"The most influential black man in America for the hundred years following the Civil War was a figure no one knew. He was not the educator Booker T. Washington or the sociologist W.E.B. Dubois, although both were inspired by him. He was the one black man to appear in more movies than Harry Belafonte or Sidney Poitier. He discovered the North Pole alongside Admiral Peary and helped give birth to the blues. He launched the Montgomery bus boycott that sparked the civil rights movement – and tapped Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead both. The most influential black man in America was the Pullman Porter."
– Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class, Larry Tye, Holt & Company Press, 2004
To generations of travelers, the name Pullman was synonymous with impeccable service and style. Between 1870 and 1969, Pullman attached its sleeping cars to nearly every train that traveled over all or a portion of its route at night. At its peak in 1929, the company's fleet of cars could sleep over 150,000 passengers each night. The system comprised 71 different contract railroads and over 115,000 miles of track nationwide. Pullman's sleeping cars were staffed almost exclusively by African Americans. Known as Porters, they provided a level of service that far exceeds today's standards of travel.
The Pullman Company was a separate business from the railroad lines. It owned and operated sleeping cars that were attached to most long-distance passenger trains. Pullman was essentially a chain of hotels on wheels. When passengers purchased a ticket to ride on a train, the railroad received the base fare. Travelers then had the option to upgrade from coach to a sleeping car accommodation. Passengers could purchase an upper or lower berth (bed) in a tourist-class sleeping car, or an individual private room in a first-class sleeper. The additional fare was charged by the Pullman Company and was usually thirty to seventy percent more than the basic coach ticket, depending upon accommodation. Pullman provided a Porter (attendant) that prepared the beds in the evening and made them in the morning. Porters attended to additional needs such as room service from the dining car, sending and receiving telegrams, shining shoes, and valet service. Pullman slept up to 38 passengers in tourist-class cars (also known as open-section sleepers). Porters often endured long hours, with passengers frequently boarding and de-training at station stops throughout the night. An accommodation might be vacated at 3:00am, only to be occupied again by a passenger boarding at the same station.
Porters were essentially at the beck and call of first-class passengers, however, they were otherwise invisible. The days were long, often affording less than three hours sleep in a 24 hour period. Working conditions were difficult even for the times. Porters began to meet in larger cities in an effort to address their needs and concerns. In August, 1925, at the opposition of the Pullman Company which staunchly opposed organized labor, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was formed. This organization, the first of its kind to represent African American workers, was supported by leaders in communities nationwide. In 1929, A. Philip Randolph, a New York social activist, was recruited from the outside to lead the newly formed organization and became its president. The union eventually entered into a collective bargaining agreement with Pullman, but more importantly, went on to be the foundation on which to advance civil rights issues. Initially organized in secrecy, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters grew throughout the years and eventually merged with the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (BRAC).
The last wave of hiring Porters took place after the Second World War. The railroads were re-equipping their fleets of passenger trains with sleek, new streamlined equipment. These young Porters began their careers during a promising period of post-war travel by rail. Trains were being marketed as destinations unto themselves - getting there was half the fun. The Chicago-San Francisco California Zephyr was introduced in 1949 as America's "vacation train". Unfortunately, the Interstate Highway Act and the advent of jet aircraft triggered an irreversible decline in rail travel. The young Porters of the late 1940s presided over a slow death of the American passenger train by the 1960s.
In May, 1971, Amtrak assumed most of the Nation's remaining passenger routes from the private railroad companies. The quasi-government corporation was established to save the passenger train and preserve a balanced transportation network in the U.S. While the advent of Amtrak offered great promise for the future of passenger rail, it signaled the end for many routes. Less than half of those trains operated prior to the takeover survived. Many Porters were eligible for retirement at the inception of Amtrak and took advantage of the route discontinuances. Others continued their careers as Amtrak employees aboard the new nationalized system of trains. The transition was not easy for some, as the culture had drastically changed. Amtrak had hired ex-airline executives to manage the fledgling carrier in hopes that their successes would carry over into rail travel.
"I started out on #58 and #59, that fast train on the IC between New Orleans and Chicago called the City of New Orleans. It carried everybody that couldn't afford the first-class Panama Limited. I worked out there until Amtrak. Now I'm over here [on the Texas Eagle]. They call it the 'Old Folks Train.' All the Old Heads like me got seniority to work this train 'cause its only one night out. I'm gonna retire soon and go back to Memphis. I'm gonna play dominoes with my friends and talk about my railroading days." – Harold "Cowboy" Covington, 1984
The porters, many advanced in age, gracefully upheld a tradition of style and service while at Amtrak. The "Old Heads" as they were known by the 1980s, found themselves working beside younger Amtrak employees that had no prior experience on the rails. These graying Porters imparted the demeanor and high service standards of their predecessors to the newer Amtrak crewmembers. This left an indelible impression on the carrier and its younger, uninitiated employees. By the 1990s, nearly all of the original porters had retired, closing a period that dated back to the post Civil War era.
Travelers can still experience the romance and excitement of a private accommodation aboard a railway sleeping car. Amtrak offers these accommodations as an upgrade from coach-class on most of its overnight intercity passenger trains.
The term "Porter" has all but vanished in favor of "Attendant" - in fact, Porter has become somewhat of a derogatory term. What was traditionally an African American occupation is now filled by men and women of all ethnicities and backgrounds.
The Pullman Porters of yesterday left behind an important legacy of service and grace amid a class struggle to improve the lives of their children and grandchildren. Their accomplishments, including the advancement of civil rights and creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, paved the way for future generations of African American workers. Union leader A. Philip Randolph and several former Porters went on to influence public policy in Washington that ultimately led to passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
AMS Pictures. Rising from the Rails: the Story of the Pullman Porter. DVD, 2007.
Hughes, Lyn. An Anthology of Respect: The Pullman Porters National Historic Registry of African American Railroad Employees. Hughes-Peterson Publishing.
McKissack, Frederick & Patricia. A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter. Walker & Company, 2001.
Santino, Jack. Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle: Stories of Black Pullman Porters. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991.
Tramble, Thomas & Wilma. The Pullman Porters and West Oakland (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2007.
Tye, Larry. Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2004.


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Conservative media outlets have criticized the Occupy Wall Street protesters as mob-like, left-wing extremists with no voice and no real agenda — or as the Democrats' answer to the tea party. But the protesters' critique of capitalist society can't be so easily dismissed.
Pope John Paul II was a great leader who played an important role in the collapse of communism and the fall of the Berlin wall. But he was also a sharp critic of the shortcomings of capitalist societies that were not balanced with morals and values.
The "all-consuming desire for profit and the thirst for power at any price with the intention of imposing one's will upon others are opposed to the will of God and the good of neighbor," he warned.
John Paul also said that "structures of sin" work against the common good, and he criticized economic systems that lacked the "option or love of preference for the poor."
Somewhere along the way the profit motive has pushed aside loyalty to long-term workers, eliminated promised pension plans, and led to the exploitation of overseas workers, loss of American-made products and CEOs being paid millions while workers barely earn a living wage.
Wall Street continues to operate like Las Vegas, yet it gets saved by the federal government while hundreds of thousands of Americans struggle to put food on the table. One in four people in Baltimore currently lives in poverty.
Which is worse, a society ruled by a power-hungry, greedy dictator or a government run by power-hungry, greedy corporations?
Perhaps the Occupy Wall Street protesters will provide the impetus not only for much-needed change but ultimately for a better America.
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(Reuters) - Social workers should have consulted with law enforcement before allowing a Washington state man who ultimately killed himself and his two sons by arson to have supervised visits with the boys, a state committee said in a report released on Thursday.
The Child Fatality Review by a Washington state Department of Social and Health Services panel also found that social workers might have done more to explore a history of domestic violence in the family of Josh Powell, whose wife was missing at the time.
Powell, who had recently lost custody of his two sons, 7- year-old Charles and 5-year-old Braden in a custody battle with his missing wife's parents, locked a social worker out of his rental home near Graham, Washington, during a supervised visit in February shortly before a fiery blast ripped through the house.
The committee report said overall work by various professionals involved in the case was "consistent with and sometimes exceeded" accepted standards for child welfare.
"The conduct and interaction of professionals involved in this case demonstrated the highest concern for the children's health, safety and welfare," committee members said.
But the report also found that the December 2009 disappearance of Susan Powell was sufficient to prompt social workers to seek more information about the existence of domestic violence in the family and potential threats to the children.
Powell was considered a person of interest in his wife's disappearance.
"The committee found that, although not required, Children's Administration did not consult with law enforcement officials on the decision to move supervised visits to Mr. Powell's home," the committee said.
Later in the report, it recommended that "in dependency proceedings when there is an active criminal investigation Children's Administration should make concerted efforts to include and consult with the assigned detective prior to making changes in parent/child contact."
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Peter Cooney)


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So we went in for our 4th attempts on Void Reaver last night, and low and behold we dropped him on our first shot. We have gotten close on him several times, but our biggest problem seemed to be just not enough DPS as we would not get him down quick enough before the 10 minute Enrage timer.
The one thing we did differently this time around was head in with two Resto Shaman whose sole responsibility was to chain heal the melee. Other than that we had 2 Holy Paladins, and a Holy Priest to keep up the tanks, with an additional Holy Priest and Resto Druid healing up anyone who sucked at dodge ball.
We had myself, a Feral Druid, another Prot Warrior, and a Prot Paladin for tanks, with all of us fighting for aggro at all times. The fight went really well, and we dropped Void Reaver in short order.
Some suggestions on VR, when you are knocked back and lose aggro, swap in a slower, harder hitting weapon to use to spam Devastate. I used my [item]The Decapitator[/item]. When I would regain aggro, I would swap back to [item]King's Defender[/item]. In addition, having a Shaman in your group for Windfury and a Feral Druid for Improved Leader of the Pack can be a boon for this fight.
Make sure you or another warrior is keeping up Thunder Clap, Demoralizing Shout, and Commanding Shout at all times. Hopefully you have another warrior in your group that can Battle Shout as well.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Things were off to a quick start at the AT&T Short Course Nationals today as heats and finals for four events took place, along with the preliminaries for the 400-yard medley relay. Despite Yale only having six swimmers in Columbus, the Bulldogs progressed out of the preliminaries in three of the four events, winning the B final of the 200-yard freestyle relay.
In the heats of the 200 free relay the Yale team of Alexandra Forrester, Ileana Lucos, Hayes Hyde and Joan Weaver took 14th with a time of 1:35.05. To get to the A final the Bulldogs would have had to beat 10th place Northwestern University A (1:34.25). Nevertheless Forrester, Lucos, Hyde and Weaver earned themselves a second race and went on to win the B final in 1:33.86. Forrester got out quick, giving Yale a half second lead over the other nine relay teams. The team from SwimMAC Carolina, however, had a second leg swimmer that went sub-23, and so it was Hyde who posted a time 0.6 seconds faster than she had in the morning that enabled Yale to get out in front again and ultimately take first in the B final. The University of Southern California won the event 1:29.57, setting a new course record.
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NEW YORK (AP) — MTV is getting ready to blast viewers with a brand-new "Scream."
The network says it will produce a pilot for a TV-series adaptation of the wildly popular slasher films. The series would reinvent the horror-comedy franchise that began with the original release in 1996 and spawned three sequels, the most recent in 2011.
MTV said the films' original director, Wes Craven, is in discussions to direct the one-hour pilot.
The "Scream" series is planned to debut in summer 2014.
The announcement was made Thursday at MTV's presentation of its upcoming schedule to advertisers in New York.
MTV also said "Snooki & JWOWW" has been renewed for a third season. The reality show stars "Jersey Shore" pals Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWOWW" Farley.
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PONTIAC, Mich. — He was having dinner with his pal's family, savoring delicious homemade Mexican food. As a lifelong member of the "clean plate club," he said thanks and dug in when his friend's grandma offered more. Later, he met up with friends having dinner at a restaurant — "something new and tasty you just have to try," they urged. As they visited, he finished their meals, too.
At home that night, Ryan Blanck looked in the mirror. He was 16, weighed 240 pounds, about 100 more than his frame needed. He wasn't an unhappy or bullied kid; he had tons of friends. But he had the wits, he says years later, to ask himself a question: "What are you doing to yourself?" He felt sluggish and didn't like his reflection in the mirror.
"I knew nothing about nutrition," says Blanck, now 32, who founded Deviate, a performance consulting company that works with athletes and celebrities in Grand Blanc, Mich. "But I put on a pair of shoes and covered, mostly walking, a loop we called 'The Mile.' And I started to change."
Anyone who's tuned into media has heard America is in the middle of an "obesity epidemic." Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and half of those are obese. Also too heavy are nearly 1 in 5 children; experts say this generation of kids may be the first to not have longer lives than their parents. Pediatricians say ills formerly found in adults like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes now appear in younger patients.
Those facts, though, compete with different bad news: Children are inundated with unreal messages about their bodies and how they should look. If you peel back origins of eating disorders, you may find distorted body images were the accelerant.
Given the conflicts, how should a parent address real concerns about a child's weight and overall health without unleashing unwanted effects or smashing a child's confidence and self-esteem?
"Parents walk a difficult tightrope because the obesity epidemic is real," says Edward Abramson, author of "It's Not Just Baby Fat." He says being overweight has psychological risks. "Stigma attaches as early as kindergarten and doesn't go away; 100 percent of obese teenage girls had been at least verbally abused about their weight and studies show discrimination in school and work settings and in dating and relationships."
Still, parents should use caution. A food fight can turn into an eating disorder. "Those consequences are profound, but on the other hand, if you look at eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, there is almost invariably a history of diet and over-emphasis on weight. It's hard to watch kids gain weight, knowing what the consequences are, but if parents are over-involved, there's backlash," he adds.
It may also unleash a battle of wills, another place for a growing child to push against parental restrictions, he says. "That's part of growing up. But you don't want to make food part of that battle."
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Parents inadvertently give different messages about food: If you can't have dessert until you eat your vegetables, Abramson says, even a little kid can figure out that dessert is good, vegetables bad, the obstacle between you and reward.
Or this one: Skinny is the only good body type.
The risks of mishandling something this weighty are real, experts agree. Marci Warhaft-Nadler, a body image advocate from Toronto who wrote "The Body Image Survival Guide for Parents," sees it professionally: The boy, 8, crying that he doesn't want to go to school because his shirt makes him look fat. The eighth-grade girl who says no one at school eats lunch because they don't want to get fat. The older woman obsessed with body changes. Kids as young as 5 treated for body-image issues. And the one-quarter of all girls 6 and 7 who have dieted. Dieting numbers, in fact, are nearly identical for average-weight and overweight girls. Everyone does it.
"The messages come from everywhere and many really are negative," she says. "We are so aesthetically obsessed, a genuinely fat-phobic society. It's crazy. We baby-proof for health, covering sockets and table edges. We can do that with images, too. The more we can tell our children that fit bodies come in all shapes and sizes, the better."
Jessica Setnick, a Dallas pediatric dietitian specializing in eating disorders, believes parents should look at a child's growth chart before they conclude a child is heavy. "I have seen far too many children brought in by parents who don't recognize the slippery slope of dieting to eating disorder to lifelong misery. Looking at a child's growth chart is the single most important factor in determining if there is a problem, or if the child is simply bigger than the parents want him or her to be. We have to support parents in seeing a child as okay and helping the child feel good about himself, regardless of size."
A child who is a sneaky eater or eats constantly or steals food has an issue regardless of weight. It may take some sleuthing to sort out medical or emotional causes, as well as potential triggers for abnormal eating.
Sometimes a child just doesn't match the family's typical shape, a genetic difference. Besides that, Setnick says, "Kids get thicker around the middle before they grow and parents can see that and panic, but it's still perfectly normal."
Real weight issues must be addressed, but because the danger of disordered thinking about one's body is so great, Setnick recommends parents talk to a pediatric dietitian without the child initially. It's helpful to bring growth charts and photos. That session can determine need and perhaps simple changes. She calls weight and height less telling than whether a child has always followed the same growth pattern. A child who was always bigger is different than the kid who was average and is now in the 95th percentile sizewise.
The right discussion
Discussion and action should be about health, not weight, says Warhaft-Nadler. Rather than either assuring a child he's perfect or that she needs to lose weight, parents should explain that healthy bodies come in all shapes and sizes and it's okay to be different. "It's about how we feel."
That moves the discussion to health, where it belongs, says Tobie Baumann, a mom from Cartersville, Ga., who works in fitness consulting for Les Mills East Coast. "Weight is a physical repercussion of a larger issue, which is health."
Size may be what someone sees when a child is truly overweight; there are things that aren't readily visible, such as rapid mood fluctuations and short attention spans, she says. The unseen, the tension and attention lapses, has long-term effects, including delays in education and in growth, mood disorders and more.
Baumann's already couching food discussion with daughters Emerson and Covington, 3 and 5, in terms of health, not how they'll look. "Guess what, you will have so much more energy and be even smarter and think faster as your body grows stronger with good food and exercise," she says.
Warhaft-Nadler doesn't allow "fat talk" around her kids. "Love your kids, love yourselves and keep the focus on health and not weight."
Family challenge
Baumann clashes with the cookie culture that is part of an American childhood. At schools, "I've taken pictures at parties of what's on a child's plate: Three kinds of cupcakes, brownies, cookies, Cheetos, Kool Aid. Adults have encoded it into children that a party is about having fun with lots of sugar." Attempts to reduce the importance of food at the festivities or make them more healthy have been rebuffed.
Warhaft-Nadler believes change should involve the family in healthy eating and exercise. A child who's overweight should not be singled out. She works with a woman in her 40s whose mother worried about her size compared to her thinner siblings. "Everyone else could have ice cream; she could not. Now she's overweight and totally eats at her mother."
A better family approach is wanting more energy and to be stronger. Baumann tells her girls they want to care for their bodies to feel their best. Warhaft-Nadler says, " 'We are making changes to feel better.' It has nothing to do with how we look at all. Who knows what each body is supposed to be? It should be how bodies work."
The link between activity and health — and healthy size — is unassailable. The more active one is, the less pressure is placed on what one eats, Warhaft-Nadler notes. But parents need to use logic. Putting a son who is not physically active on the hockey team where he feels insecure is not a solution. Taking walks with him after dinner is.
Abramson says one way to interest kids in eating all kinds of food is having them help prepare them. They're harder to refuse. Warhaft-Nadler likes shopping as a family and trying new foods. Change can be fun.
Bodies in motion
Joel Perez teaches at Martial Arts World in Kissimmee, Fla., in part because martial arts helped him develop confidence as a child. His children, Crystal, 16, and Joel Jr., 6, started learning when they were toddlers.
He believes asthma and diabetes and weight have all gone up because Americans sat down. TV and video games have become a habit that limits kids. "Kids naturally have high metabolism and energy to burn, but they're being trained out of it. Complaints that children are hyperactive and don't pay attention have risen alongside that."
Exercise should be something you do because you like your body and want to take care of it, not punishment, Warhaft-Nadler says. "You deserve to be healthy and feel good."
She also tells parents to support their children in hobbies and passions that have nothing to do with weight. "You show they are loved and valued and they get a sense of accomplishment. It takes the pressure off aesthetics."
Greg Marshall, fitness director at the Gym at City Creek in Salt Lake City, suggests finding a supportive partner who is not the parent. "If it feels like a parent is telling a child what to do, it may feel like punishment."
A personal trainer, coach or other figure can support and provide direction. Then introduce activity of short duration a couple of times a week. Anyone is more likely to stick with an activity if it's enjoyable, so he recommends activities a child likes.
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I reckon I'm a pretty wide-ranging eater, but there are certain things I won't touch and, damnit all, I won't be judged for it.
For example, I won't eat raw garlic, roast garlic, jerusalem artichokes, lemon puddings, aniseed or kidneys. And I'm not wild about tongue, either. And the attitude you get from people! It's as if you've announced you're a vegan. At least people probably don't give you shit for being a vegan because they assume that you've got enough problems as it is.
A thing most people don't want to eat is offal and I absolutely defend anyone's right not to want to eat it without being labelled a white-bread eating food weakling. Offal really isn't actually that nice, most of the time. Kidney! ACK! Gag me with a spoon. It's just about tolerable cut up into minute chunks and then cooked for about three days and then put in a pie with gravy and steak and topped off with a slab of buttery pastry. Any more real than that and I break out into a sweat.
But some offal is okay. Lamb sweetbreads: tick. Especially the way Tom Pemberton does them at Hereford Road, with some kind of parsley and barley salad thing. Calves' liver, with bacon and onions and mash (not allowed on my diet alas): tick.
Chicken liver, turned into a pate OR cooked by Giles in a rich sauce of tomato and paprika: tick.
Chicken liver, turned into a pate OR cooked by Giles in a rich sauce of tomato and paprika: tick.
The photo above doesn't really do this dish justice but it's DELICIOUS.
And here's how he does it:
1 packet organic chicken livers, washed and sorted for gross bits of sinew or any green bits (gall bladder! Augh!)
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon paprika
about 100-150 marsala wine, or white wine. Or red wine, really
some lemon juice
a splash of chicken stock (if you've got it)
2 large squeezes of tomato puree or a couple of long squeezes of tomato ketchup
spinach or salad leaves
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1 - Sweat the onions gently for about 10-15 minutes and then throw in the garlic. Cook that until you start to smell garlic and then throw in the livers.
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4 - "arrange" (i.e. plonk) some spinach leaves on a plate and then spoon over the livers and any juices left in the pan. Squeeze over some lemon juice and scatter parsley over the top.
Instead of having a brownie afterwards, I had an apple. *SMUG*