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This should be a huge midterm election for Republicans, especially for the Senate, where they need six seats to seize control of the upper chamber and send Harry Reid back to the business end of his filibuster reform. After all, it just took a little overreach and arrogance for Barack Obama and the Democrats to end up in the 2010 shredder, losing the House in the first midterms for Obama. After lying for five years with the "you can keep your plan" promise and the skyrocketing costs for health insurance set to hammer the middle class, 2014 should make 2010 look like a picnic … right? Larry Sabato thinks so, assuming Republicans don't blow the opportunity:
I'd argue that three factors are paramount: the president, the economy and the election playing field. And, at least preliminarily, those three factors seem to be pointing toward Republican gains in both houses in the 2014 midterms.
1. The president. His job approval numbers are perhaps the best indicator of the public's overall political orientation at any given time, a kind of summary statistic that takes everything at the national level into account. In a large majority of cases, the president's party does poorly in midterms, especially the second midterm of a two-term administration. …
As 2014 begins, the environment for the Democrats in this election year is not good. The botched, chaotic rollout of the Affordable Care Act is the obvious cause, but it is broader than that: the typical sixth-year unease that produces a "send-them-a-message" election. Fortunately for Democrats, the GOP-initiated shutdown of the federal government in October has tempered the public's desire for a shift to the Republican side, too. "None of the above" might win a few races in November if voters had the choice.
As long as Republicans keep the focus on ObamaCare, the incompetence of its administration, and the falsehoods used to sell it, they should do well against Democrats forced to defend it. Sabato notes that "this year's Senate slate strongly favors the Republicans," and that will remain true as long as Republicans keep aiming at Democrats.
Unfortunately, we're seeing a lot of effort at aiming at Republicans, especially in what would be otherwise safe Senate seats. In my column today for The Week, I point out the stakes involved in this midterm election and agree with Gov. Scott Walker that we risk disaster by redirecting our aim internally rather than externally:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sees the same danger. In an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley, the potential presidential contender warned activists that, while their energy and frustration are appreciated, their target selection is way off. Those unhappy with budget compromises need to aim at Senate Democrats rather than sitting Republicans, Walker explained, so that Republicans gain rather than lose leverage. "[G]o to Louisiana or go to Arkansas or go to North Carolina or Alaska, where there are senators facing real elections as Democrats," Walker advised, "and go and help in those elections and elect new Republicans to come because a year from now, things will be much different if Republicans hold the United States Senate."
That's good advice. Thanks to Harry Reid's dismantling of the filibuster, just standing pat in the Senate for the final two years of Obama's presidency won't be enough for Republicans. The GOP needs the majority to force Obama into compromises on appointments as well as to control the floor agenda on legislation. That will still put Republicans in opposition to Obama, but they can set the table themselves in Congress and force Obama to deal with them directly, rather than have Reid running interference. The GOP will also need to take as many Senate seats in 2014, because the 2016 class of the Senate will be tougher on Republicans.
This isn't to say that the grassroots activists have no legitimate reasons for their anger with Republican leadership on Capitol Hill, or to suggest that primary challenges are a bad practice. In 2014, though, the opportunity to finally sideline Reid and take command of Capitol Hill is too good to pass up. This last chance to use both chambers of Congress to slow down the Obama administration should have the Tea Party pointing their rhetorical and activist guns outward rather than inward.
In this case, we're better off getting Republicans elected rather than spending this election in a purification effort. Right now, the majority has got to be the priority.


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Ooo, double teaming. DIrty trick to do, but at least Laz is smart to protect his neck.
Who knew wolves knew how to do the old "Tumble over the kneeling guy" trick. You usually only see that in kid movies but…wow it's effective.
And I have to say, Laz has good instincts concerning not being killed by predators. First the tiger, now the wolves. Up next, the bears!
then T-REX!!!!
Sorry Chaos, but as always, number 1 on the Threat Down…
Is Bears.
Hmm, it would appear he DID see a late night documentary concerning wolves. Now if only he hadn't clearly fallen asleep halfway through…..
me thinks something cool happens next
Hm. Is it just me, or does Laz seem to be missing the fact that he's not yelling in pain from a wolf's jaws clamped around his arm? And the way his eyes are starting to narrow. Next strip should be, interesting.
He's sooo pissed.
poor little wolf, e's gonna get his a** wooped
There's also the lack off blood coming from said arm……
Use your claws, kid! A good swipe to the side of the heas will do it. Remember what you did to Rohit when you gave him a taste of claw!?!
Ooops, misspelled 'head'. Laz, m' boy, go for his eye or nose, now!
Laz is REALLY not in a good position to use claws on anything. One arm is in the wolf's jaws. The other is currently the only leverage that's keeping the wolf from pinning him to the ground (where death is certain). A more effective strategy would be to kick the wolf someplace sensitive, since the legs are currently free.
Mmmm, that's a possibility. If Laz is supporting himself with his left arm, he would certainly end up on his back, where they want him. B ut it kinda looks to me in the last panel that his foot can't reach a sensitive part, or has enough leverage to deliver a hard enough kick. If he goes for between wolf's back legs, he slides dowm all the way on his back and will get pinned down. If he pulls his legs up toward wolf's throat, there might not be enough leverage to kick hard and fast enough there either. His last option may be to bite the wolf's nose, which Laz can reach. We'll see how it goes down. (Good observation on your part, by the way)
I say he should bite wolfie's nose!!! *CHOMPZ*
ooooo. this is going to be interesting i see a few things that could happen.
1. saved by a third party
2. claws the S___ out of them
3. learns some new devil ability
4. dies (highly unlikely due to him being the lead in the comic)
He certainly seems to have good instincts all around. Though sometimes his common sense would suit him better. Not in this case though.
Was wondering how a faceplant could be snuck in there lol
atleast he still has a hand free for the other wolf to chew on…. or the lion thing if it joins in.
Using a buddy to trip the prey? I've never seen that one on Animal Planet.
that's because it's one of their secret ninja tactics that noone can know. the only reason we see it here and now is because the writer is an even sneaker ninja and saw the wolves practicing.
(yes i know ure a ninja writer. no i'm not going to use it to summon up an army of pirate fans to destroy u. i personally think that pirates and ninjas should team up to fight the real threat… cyborgs.)
-yes this is coming from a messed up mind, but no i am not on any sort of drug appointed by my docter or otherwise.
Clever bastards….
and @eriendil
why haven't u got back to me on the bet. (still waitin' fo that mouse (it betta be deelish))
I believe I won that bet (see pg 117, first panel). But, still, I'm happy to share my catch of the nite with ya. I enjoy good quisine also. Mouse du jour or chipped mouse in cream sauce over toast (squeak on a shingle, a military favorite).
and the poor guy will never get a break
i think the giant kitty is gonna save him 🙂
Go kitty go!
ONOES. Don't eat the protagonist! But I think he'll get along with them later 'cuz of the chapter cover. Or at least, maybe one pack will accept him.
And as for the throat… Maybe the giant kitty was trying to take his scruff! XD
His arm appears to have a lack of bleeding, is that from the tougher skin?
Despite what Hollywood tells us (the dark part of it) blood needs a second to run too. And the holes in the arm (if there are any) are currently filled … with what cursed them
Laz'll either develop some conveniently timed supernatural powers or the "old man" he's supposed to meet will step up and save him. Those are my predictions.
A third option is that something unexpected will happen, a fourth is that Laz will be ripped apart and die because the author is bored with this comic.
That would really suck!
Isn't usually, "not the face?" XD
But yeah, I'm impressed that Laz is able to think clearly enough to shield his throat from the wolf's bite, even more so that he has the nerve to sacrifice/risk the loss of an arm to protect his vital point.


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WASHINGTON—Iranian hackers with government ties have mounted cyberattacks against American targets in recent months, escalating a low-grade cyberwar, U.S. officials say.
The Iranian effort culminated in a series of recent attacks against U.S. banks as well as electronic assaults this year on energy companies in the Persian Gulf. The attacks bore "signatures" that allowed U.S. investigators to trace them to the Iranian government, the officials said....


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I've said it.
Hundreds of books and seminars have covered the topics of selling - how to grab your audience's attention, how to push them to buy, how to press their buttons that will make them part with their cash.
In the world of TV advertising, one of the easiest ways to do this is as follows:
1. Place Mrs Mugwump in a situation she understands. (Chopping veggies in the kitchen - make sure Tarkwin gets his five-a-day!).
2. Slap her repeatedly in the face with mangled science and occultic statistics.
3. Frighten the bejesus/be-allah/be-vishnu out of her.
4. Introduce your product as the saviour (non-denominational) of this oh-so-rational fear.
Fear selling uses dirty tricks to play with words chosen to purvey a different impression from what's actually written. For example, a few months ago I saw an article for padded bicycle shorts which informed me that not using them can lead to some of the symptoms similar to prostate cancer. Let me write that again:
can lead to some of the symptoms similar to prostate cancer
Two modifiers (can & some - a far cry from 'will' and 'all') and two "surrogate end points" of sorts (symptoms - may not have anything to do with having the cancer, and in any case the symptoms are only similar - pain in the hips/pelvis and lower back pain to name two. I reckon these are the least of my pains after 25km of muck, stones, hills etc).
I use the above as an example, and not as proper investigation as to whether heavy-duty multi-terrain mountain biking gives you 'issues'. The real thrust of this blog comes from our great Sentinels of Selling, the Advertising Standards Authority.
Every week, they publish on the web every complaint that has been made about an advert, and whether or not the complaint is upheld - generally makes for interesting reading, not least to see the crazy things people complain about.
Let's go back to fear selling, and a complaint made by 3 different people regarding Dettol Multisurface Cleaner. The advert told us:
"Fact, your chopping board harbours 50 times more bacteria than your toilet seat. But Dettol Surface Cleanser kills 99.9% of bacteria, including MRSA, E.Coli, salmonella and even the flu virus ..."
Now, apart from anything else, I don't count the flu virus as being alive therefore I don't have any truck with products that claim to kill it, but that's a personal thing. Also, they didn't even have the decency to class the bacteria as 'good' or 'bad' - a distinction they were keen to keep to themselves.
Anyway, the ASA asked parent company Reckitt Benckiser to prove this 'fact'. As it happens, it turns out the 'fact' was derived from taking samples at 5 houses in Hertfordshire (all with kids under 3 years old) and the ASA in their good wisdom reckoned this wasn't representative of the nation. Complaint upheld.
In addition, the 5 chopping boards DID have bacteria on them but they
"did not show that the bacteria found posed a risk to health ... and it was unclear whether they had been cleaned normally after use
Next we get the 'playing with words' - US or UK, harbours/harbors indicates a long term holding - harbouring anger against Sarah Beeny for talking rubbish about chemicals, for example. The ASA also felt that by using the word 'harbour' RB were inferring that these chopping boards were crawling with all this bacteria after being washed by a normal person in a normal way. The evidence produced by RB indicated (as most people know) that rubbing a couple of chicken breasts on a chopping board before using it to wipe your arse produces a surface which may be "unsafe for food preparation". What they didn't provide evidence for was that if you wash it in the normal way, you'd be surprised how clean it becomes, that is without using an antimicrobial.
And therein lies the rub. The Dettol product didn't claim to clean better than other products, it just claimed to clean, but pressed the fear buttons of MRSA, E.Coli and salmonella.
I would like the advert to be run again, with a bit more accuracy:
"Fact - your chopping board harbours some bacteria. But don't worry, they won't do you any harm if you've washed it in the normal way after it was last used.
If you do have an irrational fear of things you can't see/understand and want to live in an artificial, sterile, (in)sanitary bubble, then using **branded** Multisurface Cleaner will kill things like MRSA, E.Coli and salmonella, even when they're not there.
Do remember, that the moment you touch your nose, a lot of your work will have been in vain.
There are further fun and games from the ASA website regarding all the upheld complaints about the highly dubious York Allergy Tests by YorkTest Laboratories. Not surprisingly, everyone's favourite pill peddler Patrick Holford is a fan - read the outcome on HolfordWatch.


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Limbaugh hits Mandela-Obama link
Rush Limbaugh on Friday slammed President Barack Obama for trying to do "everything and anything he can to link himself to" Nelson Mandela in the wake of the death of the anti-apartheid leader and former South African president.
Limbaugh told his listeners that the White House, along with the media, "is in on" making Mandela's death all about Obama. Limbaugh pointed to the White House tweeting out a picture of Obama in Mandela's prison cell on Robben Island and a CBS News report that stated Mandela kept a photograph of him with Obama in his office as proof Obama and the media are working together.
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"Now, forgive me, but if you are a low-information voter and you're watching the CBS Evening News last night, you would come away with the impression that the important thing about Nelson Mandela's death was that he had looked up Barack Obama when he came to town and had a picture of Obama when he died," Limbaugh said, according to a transcript. "Classic, folks. Absolutely classic — and the rest of the media, it's so predictable."
If he had tweeted out a similar picture, the conservative radio host said, the reaction from the media would be headlines such as "Limbaugh attempting to capitalize and use the death of Nelson Mandela to promote himself! How unseemly!" And now, based off of his statements on the show, the talker predicted the media would be writing stories claiming "'Limbaugh opened his show making the death of Mandela about Obama!'"
"No," the radio host said. "Limbaugh opened his show reporting how Obama has made the death of Mandela about Obama."
Limbaugh also pointed listeners to a New York Times story, "Obama's Path was Shaped by Mandela's Story," and later to The Washington Post's "Mandela's Cause Shaped Obama's Political Awakening" and POLITICO's "Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela: Inspiration from afar," as examples of the media working with the White House to make Mandela's death about the president.
"Without Mandela there might not have been an Obama?" he said, referring to the New York Times piece. "I'll tell you who's putting this out there. It's Obama doing everything and anything he can to link himself to Mandela, and the Clintons are the same thing. We got a nickname for him, The Funeral Crashers. I mean, they'll show up anywhere where there's a camera. This kind of stuff, the Drive-Bys, I'm telling you, they're doing everything they can to make the news of Mandela's death all about Obama."


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New Canaan upends Greenwich, extends unbeaten streak to 10 games
Since beginning 2014 with a tough loss to Notre Dame-Fairfield, all the New Canaan boys hockey team has done is win.
The rolling Rams have certainly lived up to their reputation of being a strong team during the second half of the season this year, as they entered Saturday night's game against Greenwich with a robust nine-game unbeaten streak.
After being challenged by the Cardinals the first 18 minutes of play, the Rams made it clear the streak wasn't going to end on Saturday. A four-goal second period powered New Canaan to a convincing 6-2 triumph over FCIAC rival Greenwich at Dorothy Hamill Skating Rink. Junior Parker Lewis scored two goals and sophomore James Francis tallied one goal and one assist for the Rams, who improved to 11-3-1 overall and 7-0-1 in the FCIAC.
"After a couple of losses at the beginning of the year we knew we had to pull it together," Lewis said. "We had some key wins against Notre Dame-West Haven and Xavier recently and we continued the momentum we had tonight."
Junior Matt Lodato and senior Luke Finneran scored for Greenwich, which was hurt by another subpar second period.
"Our first period in our last game against Ridgefield was good, but the second period was bad and tonight we had another bad second period," GHS coach Bob Russel said. "We were playing really well in the second period, until they scored that (go-ahead) goal."
Trailing 1-0, the Cardinals (4-9-0) tied the score when a wide open Lodato snapped a shot past New Canaan goalie Mac Wright 1:02 into the second period. It didn't take long for the Rams to respond though. With the Rams effectively moving the puck in the Cardinals' zone, Francis put the visitors on top for good, tallying 53 seconds later. Junior Davis Bruch found Lewis at alone near the crease and Lewis converted a one-timer, making it a 3-1 game with 12:18 to go in the second period.
Senior forward Jack O'Rourke got a feed from Lewis at the doorstep and knocked the puck past goalie Nick Buzzuto, putting the home team in a 4-1 hole third-period hole. Lewis' second goal of the night off a feed from Peter Reinhardt gave the Rams a commanding 5-1 advantage heading into the third period.
"My goals came right in front of the net, right near the crease," Lewis said. "The beginning of the first period we came out slow, but we really picked it up in the second period."
Said Rams senior forward Harry Stanton: "We knew this was a big game and we did a good job of finding the back of the net. Our defense played really solid."
During their 10-game unbeaten streak, New Canaan hasn't yielded more than two goals in any game.
"Mac (Wright) has been outstanding in goal and our defense has not given up too many goals in a game," Stanton said. "Everyone on our team has bought into the system and everyone is playing well together."
Wright made 12 saves, while Bozzuto, who had shots coming at him from all angles throughout, had 25.
"We have to get stronger at our net, a lot of their goals came on plays in front of our net," Russel said. "They got inside us near our net."
After Greenwich killed New Canaan's first power play in the opening period, the Rams scored an even strength goal to take a 1-0 edge at the 4:06 mark. Forward Patrick Hompe moved the puck to Stanton, who tallied off a one-timer.
"We just broke down at times," GHS junior defenseman Kevin Piotrzkowski said. "After we scored in the second period and they got one right away, that took away all of our momentum. We can't give up goals like that right after we score."
The Rams, who beat the Cardinals 4-2 at Darien Ice Rink on Dec. 23, held a 31-13 shots-on-goal advantage.
"Offensively, we have to get pucks to the net and get to more rebounds," Lodato said. "On defense, we have to challenge their players more and help the goalie out."
Bruch sealed New Canaan's scoring in the third period, while Finneran found the back of the net for Greenwich. New Canaan hopes to continue its streak Monday on the road against Ridgefield.
"Our goal is to play for the FCIAC and state championship," Stanton said. "We're on a little run here and we want to keep it going."
Greenwich, meanwhile, hosts St. Joseph Monday.
"This coming week we have some big games coming up -- games we have to win," Piotrzkowski said.
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Vehicle platooning project nears fruition
Hell, said French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, is other people. If the EU has its way, it could be other motorists.
Volvo today said it has successfully demonstrated technology behind Project Sartre, the EU's Safe Road Trains for the Environment scheme, which gathers groups of vehicles and has them proceeding down the carriageway in smooth harmony - a metaphor for the EU itself, if ever there was one.
Project Sartre centres on "vehicle platooning", a technique that automatically lines up cars, keeping them moving an even distance apart, at an appropriate speed. Each car monitors what the car in front is doing - its distance, its speed and the direction it's moving in - and adjusts its own speed and steering to keep just behind it.
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According to the minds behind Project Sartre, the approach makes for more environmentally friendly driving through reduced fuel consumption, less stress for drivers and better road utilisation since vehicles can be placed closer together. It's safer too, they say, and doesn't require any changes to be made to the road infrastructure.
That's the theory at any rate.
Putting into practice is easier to say than do, but Volvo has successfully had one vehicle follow another - a car behind a lorry - around a "country road test track" in Sweden near Gothenburg.
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Past tests have been carried out in simulators. This is the first time the various control and monitoring systems - provided by seven companies from four countries - have been run together in the real world.
"We are very pleased to see that the various systems work so well together already the first time," said Erik Coelingh, a Volvo engineer. "The winter weather provided some extra testing of cameras and communication equipment."
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Sartre boffins believe the technology could be ready for production just two years from now, and vehicle platooning a regular form of motorway driving in ten years' time. ®
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"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" won the Oscar for best picture at the 87th Academy Awards.
"Birdman" was one of the top winners of the night, also winning for director, original screenplay and cinematography.
Eddie Redmayne won the lead actor award for "The Theory of Everything," and the lead actress Oscar went to Julianne Moore for "Still Alice." Patricia Arquette and J.K. Simmons won for supporting actress and supporting actor.
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WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
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Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
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"The Reaper (La Parka)"
"White Earth"
Foreign language film
WINNER: "Ida" (Poland)
"Leviathan" (Russia)
"Tangerines" (Estonia)
"Timbuktu" (Mauritania)
"Wild Tales" (Argentina)
Adapted screenplay
Jason Hall, "American Sniper"
WINNER: Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "Inherent Vice"
Anthony McCarten, "The Theory of Everything"
Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
Original screenplay
WINNER: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, "Foxcatcher"
Wes Anderson (screenplay), Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (story), "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler"
Animated short film
"The Bigger Picture"
"The Dam Keeper"
WINNER: "Feast"
"Me and My Moulton"
"A Single Life"
Live action short film
"Boogaloo and Graham"
"Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)"
WINNER: "The Phone Call"
Makeup and hairstyling
"Foxcatcher," Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
WINNER: "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
"Guardians of the Galaxy," Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Original score
WINNER: "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Alexandre Desplat
"The Imitation Game," Alexandre Desplat
"Interstellar," Hans Zimmer
"Mr. Turner," Gary Yershon
"The Theory of Everything," Jóhann Jóhannsson
Original song
"Everything Is Awesome" in "The Lego Movie"
WINNER: "Glory" in "Selma"
"Grateful" in "Beyond the Lights"
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" in "Glen Campbell ... I'll Be Me"
"Lost Stars" in "Begin Again"
WINNER: "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)," Emmanuel Lubezki
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," Robert Yeoman
"Ida," Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
"Mr. Turner," Dick Pope
"Unbroken," Roger Deakins
Costume design
WINNER: "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Milena Canonero
"Inherent Vice," Mark Bridges
"Into the Woods," Colleen Atwood
"Maleficent," Anna B. Sheppard
"Mr. Turner," Jacqueline Durran
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Film editing
"American Sniper," Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
"Boyhood," Sandra Adair
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," Barney Pilling
"The Imitation Game," William Goldenberg
WINNER: "Whiplash," Tom Cross
Sound mixing
"American Sniper," John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)," Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
"Interstellar," Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
"Unbroken," Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
WINNER: "Whiplash," Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Sound editing
WINNER: "American Sniper," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)," Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies," Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
"Interstellar," Richard King
"Unbroken," Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Production design
WINNER: "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Adam Stockhausen (production design) and Anna Pinnock (set decoration)
"The Imitation Game," Maria Djurkovic (production design) and Tatiana Macdonald (set decoration)
"Interstellar," Nathan Crowley (production design) and Gary Fettis (set decoration)
"Into the Woods," Dennis Gassner (production design) and Anna Pinnock (set decoration)
"Mr. Turner," Suzie Davies (production design) and Charlotte Watts (set decoration)
Visual effects
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier," Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
"Guardians of the Galaxy," Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
WINNER: "Interstellar," Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
"X-Men: Days of Future Past," Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer


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Whether on Ida's shady brow
Or in the chambers of the East,
The chambers of the Sun, that now
From ancient melody have ceased;
Whether in heaven ye wander fair,
Or the green corners of the earth,
Or the blue regions of the air
Where the melodious winds have birth;
Whether on crystal rocks ye rove,
Beneath the bosom of the sea,
Wandering in many a coral grove;
Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry;
How have you left the ancient love
That bards of old enjoy'd in you!
The languid strings do scarcely move,
The sound is forced, the notes are few.
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[Killeen, Texas; November 11. Image via Getty]
KILLEEN, TX - NOVEMBER 11: Beca Wilkerson, 8, watches as U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Hood march past as they participate in a Veterans Day parade through downtown on November 11, 2009 in Killeen, Texas. The town where many military families live is still dealing with the aftermath of the rampage allegedly by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist, who is accussed of killing 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the near by Fort Hood military base on November 5, 2009. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)


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echannel_llc needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
As you can see from our existing logo, we don't need anything real fancy. We'd like to dress up our logo and give it a more professional look and feel.
Desired Color Scheme:
maroon, white, grey colors
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png)
The "-" need to stay in the store name. Our domain is pet-super-store.com. Designer can use a bone or incorporate anything pet (dog) related as we are geared towards dogs more then any other pet.
New logo should be 300x60 and use maroon, white, grey colors.
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FedEx Sees Sign of a TurnaroundCNBC
Package delivery giant and U.S. economic bellwether FedEx is seeing signs for a potential turnaround in the second half as production seemed to be picking up again, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported.
Michael Ducker, in charge of FedEx's international business, told WirtschaftsWoche in an interview to be published on Monday that the downturn was easing and its ternationally transported volumes had not fallen further compared with the previous quarter.
"Production seems to be picking up again worldwide," he was quoted as saying.
He added that FedEx was aiming to save about $1 billion in its current financial year by, for example, taking out high fuel consuming planes, and by cutting working hours and maintenance costs.
FedEx was not planning on cancelling any of its plane orders, Ducker told the magazine.
Like its main rival, United Parcel Services , Memphis, Tennessee-based FedEx is considered a bellwether of U.S. economic activity.
Monday, July 6, 2009
FedEx: Sign of Growing Hope For the Economy
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Service Industry Showing Signs Of Hope
Service Industries Probably Contracted: U.S. Economy Preview
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Leading Indicators Signal Recovery
Turning A Corner?
Friday, July 3, 2009
Carnival of Investing Strategies #15
Jim presents Comparing Fixed Annuities & Certificates of Deposit posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Wren Caulfield presents Adventures in Cake, Installment One posted at True Adventures in Money Hacking, saying, "Invest in yourself by starting a home-based business and use your talents. Here's how I'm doing it."
Ricky Dee presents Mutual Fund Investing posted at Stock Market College - Investment Advice & Stock Tips.
Rick presents Retirement Investing posted at Stock Market College - Investment Advice & Stock Tips.
The Dough Roller presents Zecco Online Stock Trading for Free posted at The Dough Roller, saying, "See why Zecco is one of the highest rated online discount brokers around, and how you can still get 10 free trades every month, even in an IRA."
Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents Should You Contribute to a 401k Without an Employer Match? posted at Cash Money Life, saying, "Why you should invest in your 401k even if your company doesn't offer a matching contribution."
Savings Toolbox presents Should You Switch to a Credit Union to Save? posted at Savings Toolbox.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents ETrade Online Brokerage Account: Top Broker Review posted at The Digerati Life.
Nickel presents Pay Off Mortgage Early? Or Invest? posted at fivecentnickel.com.
The Smarter Wallet presents Learn How To Invest: Develop An Investment Plan posted at The Smarter Wallet.
Freddy presents Bullish Stock According To Technical Analysis On May 17, 2009 posted at Protege Analytics.
Britannica Blog presents Recession Over? (Harley-Davidson: +140%; Winnebago: +170%) posted at Britannica Blog, saying, "If the stock prices of companies like Harley-Davidson and Winnebago selling luxury, discretionary items like $35,000 motorcycles and $140,000 RVs are rebounding by +100% over a two-month period, at 4-5 times the increase in the S&P500 Index, does that suggest that the recession must be over?"
Kathryn presents Getting into the Real Estate Market posted at Out of Debt Christian, saying, "The prices are right and the added incentives by the government have many people eyeing the real estate market. It is important to take your time and review your situation completely before getting in too deep."
ChristianPF presents IRAs: Roth vs Traditional posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, "Looking at the benefits of the ROTH ira and traditional ira"
Zach Scheidt presents CME Trades Higher on OTC Regulation posted at ZachStocks, saying, "Geithner has proposed new regulation for the OTC derivatives markets. Oversight of these contracts would likely benefit clearing firms like CME Group and IntercontinentalExchange"
Michael Haltman presents Does CNBC Know What A Bid and Ask Are? posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator, saying, "This hopefully makes some sense, but the point is that investors need to understand what is happening and the way that markets work, because in many instances the "experts" on television do not and are not."
Michael Cintolo presents How to Find the Hidden Values in Today's Market posted at The Iconoclast Investor.
Dave presents The Money You Could Have Made posted at Cheapo Groovo.
Steve Patterson presents Goldman Sachs Group (GS) - Increased Profit Estimates posted at FastSwings, saying, "Buying Goldman now and holding until their earnings announcement looks like a winning strategy."
Kristjan presents A New Bull Market for Uranium posted at Personal Development for Awesome People.
Dan at Everydayfinance presents Sucker's Rally: For 34% since March, Call Me a Sucker! posted at Everyday Finance, saying, "With esteemed economists referring to current investors as 'suckers' in a Sucker's Rally the question is - for 34% since March, are you willing to be called sucker?"
Vahid Chaychi presents How to Use MACD or Moving Average Convergence / Divergence in Forex and Stock Trading posted at SirForex.com, saying, "MACD is one of the most important and reliable indicators in forex and stock trading. MACD helps the traders to take a position on time and to stay with the trend and maximize their profit. It also prevents them from going against the trend."
Kristjan presents Investment Opportunities in the Uranium Mining Sector posted at Personal Development for Awesome People.
One Family presents eBay (EBAY) – Stock Analysis posted at One Family's Blog.
Bank Savings Review presents More Restrictions to Repaying the TARP posted at Bank Savings Review, saying, "The government have spoken. No one will be able to repay TARP until we say so!"
ABC presents Investment Time Horizons for Retirees posted at ABCs of Investing, saying, "A short and concise analysis of retirement asset allocation possibilities."
Jim presents Who Can Invest at Lending Club? posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
MoneyNing presents Let Businesses Deal with Sales Tax - Government Improvement Series posted at Money Ning, saying, "Government really needs to improve on somethings and I say to let businesses deal with sales taxes!"
Barry presents Bull-Bear Royal Rumble: Bear To Assert Presence Soon posted at Jeflin's Investment Blog.
Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents How to compare online brokers posted at Cash Money Life, saying, "Tips on how to find the best online brokerage for your needs."
Patrick @ Military Money presents Roth Option for TSP Close to Reality posted at Military Finance Network, saying, "A new investing option for military members and government employees is about to become a reality."
The Smarter Wallet presents Stock Market Index Analysis: Predicting An S & P Reversal posted at The Smarter Wallet.
Nickel presents SIPC Insurance Coverage: What Happens if Your Broker Fails? posted at fivecentnickel.com.
The Dough Roller presents Best Discount Brokers for Online Stock Trades and Option Trading posted at The Dough Roller, saying, "A review of the top online discount brokers"
Zach Scheidt presents Capella Education (CPLA) | ZachStocks posted at ZachStocks, saying, "Credit Card reform may benefit some consumers, but could restrain business. Look for opportunities to short card processors as the business will be under pressure."
Diego Cervantes presents The Amero Currency: Myths, Facts and 25 Great Resources for Further Research posted at Bankling.
Verna Morris presents How to Build Your Own Ivy Endowment Portfolio Using ETFs posted at ETFdb.
Freddy presents High Dividend Yield Stock For Income Investors (May 27, 2009) posted at Protege Analytics.
Wealth-Ed presents Can American Banks Bounce Back posted at Wealth Education - Investment Ideas Personal Financial Advice.
Jared presents General Growth Continues Restructuring Efforts posted at Wealth Education - Investment Ideas Personal Financial Advice.
Heather presents The Ultimate Guide to the BRIC ETFs | ETF Trends posted at ETF Trends, saying, "Many investors might know about the BRIC countries, but do they know how to invest in them? There are dozens of options when it comes to exchange traded funds (ETFs)."
Bank Savings Review presents FDIC is Running Out of Money but You are Safe posted at Bank Savings Review, saying, "FDIC is running out of money for sure but your money is probably still safe even if your bank goes under."
Silver Investor presents How To Buy Gold Through Your Brokerage Account posted at Gold Investing Info, saying, "Many want to buy gold but do not want to own the physical bullion."
Jack Schmidt presents Diversity Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry posted at SectorMatic Money Journal, saying, "Personal Finance - Everything for the Big Spender on a Budget. Now you can live like a fat cat, even if you're on a money diet. Laugh all the way to the bank with Jack Schmidt and SectorMatic. It's for you!"
Dividends4Life presents Is Now The Right Time To Start Investing? posted at Dividends Value, saying, "Over the last six to eight months, there have been several prognosticators saying the market has finally hit bottom. In most cases they were quickly proven wrong as stocks continued to decline. What's an investor to do? When is the right time to start investing?"
Darwin presents The Riskiest ETFs on Earth - 3X Sector ETF Short/Long posted at Darwin's Finance, saying, "With investors are enamored by weekly returns in excess of 20%, this article demonstrates the destructive and volatile nature over time of the Riskiest ETFs on Earth - 3X sector ETFs."
Caterina Christakos presents Making Money in the Stock Market posted at Forex and Currencies Explained.
Praveen presents Three Stock Picking Ideas From Forbes Magazine posted at My Simple Trading System.
ChristianPF presents 3 keys to safe investing posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, "Three things every investor should be doing if they are trying to maintain safe investments"
Jim presents Basics of Retirement Investing posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Glowing Face Man presents Short Term Assets vs. Long Term Assets posted at Glowing Face Man: Awaken the Badass Within, saying, "Longterm investment and passive income are all the rage these days, and for good reason. But it's also possible to go too far. Sometimes, short term beats long term."
The Dough Roller presents Morningstar User Guide posted at The Dough Roller, saying, "A comprehensive guide to making the most of Morningstar's tools and resources."
Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents ShareBuilder Review posted at Cash Money Life, saying, "A full review of ShareBuilder, one of the most popular online brokerages for long term investors."
Patrick @ Military Money presents CD Ladders Are a Good Choice for Short Term Investments posted at Military Finance Network, saying, "If you need the money within the next few years, you don't want to take much investment risk. CD ladders and savings accounts are a great choice."
Brian McKay presents CD Rates: Your Actual Rate of Return on a CD Investment These Days posted at MonitorBankRates.com, saying, "CD Rates: Finding decent CD rates is challenging these days, when you factor in the rate of inflation the return isn't as bad as it seems"
Britannica Blog presents How an Inflation Threat Could Make the 1970s Look Like Happy Days posted at Britannica Blog, saying, "When the U.S. financial system seemed on the brink of collapse last fall, Washington undertook the largest monetary rescue in history. The $750 billion allocated to shore up failing banks and AIG was only the beginning. The Federal Reserve has made available hundreds of billions more in assorted "lending facilities." Many details, including the exact cost, have been kept secret. Some educated guesses put the number at $2 trillion."
The Writer presents Diversification is NOT Dead posted at WeSeed, saying, "Some people think diversification is dead...but is it just another scare tactic to sell us something we don't really need?"
Manshu presents List of Gold ETFs posted at OneMint.
Barry presents Is This Stock Market Rally For Real? | Jeflin's Investment Blog posted at Jeflin's Investment Blog.
ABC presents Stock Prices Do Not Represent Stock Value (or Company Value) posted at ABCs of Investing, saying, "A lower priced stock isn't "cheap"."
Four Pillars presents Is Dave Ramsey A "Financial Expert" posted at Quest For Four Pillars, saying, "A discussion of Dave Ramsey and his methods."
KCLau presents Why Robert T. Kiyosaki is a best-selling author? posted at KCLau's Money Tips, saying, "Robert T. Kiyosaki is the best personal finance author I follow. I started reading his books back in 1999. Although some reviews you found written by readers on Amazon say that he keeps repeating most of the points, I still find them interesting every time. It works as a revision whenever he repeats."
Darwin presents 2009 Stock Market Returns by Country YTD posted at Darwin's Finance, saying, "This article highlights where the hottest market returns stand YTD (many 50-80%), which ETFs to use and what's next in emerging markets."
Bob Brooks presents A Better Way to Invest Than Buy and Hold Investing posted at Bob Brooks - Prudent Money Blog, saying, "If there was an investment strategy that always worked, then all of this would be easy. That is just not the case. Buy and hold doesn't always work."
Praveen presents Sometimes You Bend Your Trading Rules... posted at My Simple Trading System, saying, "Taking an early profit to ease your comfort in a volatile market."
Jim presents A Typical Day in Life as an Independent Trader posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents What is investing? posted at Cash Money Life, saying, "The difference between investing, saving, and trading"
The Dough Roller presents How to Avoid a Mutual Fund's Minimum Investment posted at The Dough Roller, saying, "Here's an easy and inexpensive alternative to a mutual fund's minimum investment requirement."
Tushar Mathur presents Long Term Investing posted at Everything Finance, saying, "Investing has its own language and understanding it can make it easier to be a confident investor. Two common terms you hear when people talk about investing are "bid" and "ask." here's an explanation of what they mean."
Britannica Blog presents NY Times: "Buy American" Is a Terrible Idea posted at Britannica Blog, saying, ""It's not surprising that Democrats in Congress could not resist adding a "Buy American" provision to the fiscal stimulus bill earlier this year. It might seem sensible (or at least politically useful) to ensure that taxpayer dollars would be used exclusively to support American jobs."
Stephen Todd presents Trading Stocks With A System posted at Buy Stocks.
Investing School presents A Great Inflation Indicator posted at Investing School, saying, "Here's a seldom talked about but great inflation indicator. Check out the video."
Stock Trading Brokers presents Zecco Zirens | Educational Trading Videos posted at Stock Trading Brokers, saying, "Zecco Zirens consists of attractive ladies teaching investing basics. Check them out here."
Tyler Tervooren presents My Journey to Become a Green Investor - Part 4: The Final Decision posted at Frugally Green, saying, "This is the final installment of my journey to become a green investor. After copious research, I have finally selected the best fit for me, explain my decision making process and reflect on the month of research done to allow myself the peace of mind in selecting an investment that I won't need to fret about."
ABC presents Safe withdrawal rate for retirement funds - 4% rule posted at ABCs of Investing, saying, "How much can you withdraw from your portfolio in retirement? The 4% safe withdrawal rule explained."
Jim presents Smart Money 2009 Best Online Brokers posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Patrick @ Military Money presents Tax Advantages of 529 Plans posted at Military Finance Network, saying, "Tax advantages for the 529 College Savings plan."
The Dough Roller presents How to Profit from a Stock Market Crash posted at The Dough Roller, saying, "How to profit when the stock market goes down. HINT: It's really easy."
MoneyNing presents Turbocharge Your Savings with Certificate of Deposits (CDs) posted at Money Ning, saying, "Certificate of Deposits are boring but it's a guaranteed way of capital preservation!"
Mike presents Beware of the Double Dip posted at Great Depression Version 2: Bear Market and Economic Depression, saying, "The stock market may be up, but that does not mean the end of the recession is necessarily near."
Tony presents How A Certificate Of Deposit Works posted at Understanding Certificate of Deposits, saying, "Ever wonder how a bank CD actually works?"
Michael Cohen presents Don't Bet On A Soft Landing Into The New Normal posted at Debt, Economics, Boom and Bust, saying, "There are those predicting a new normal of 1-2% economic growth. We will likely not ease our way into that sort of situation."
Chris McClelland presents Stocks to Retire On posted at Lucrative Investing.
Investing School presents The Rule of 72 posted at Investing School, saying, "A neat mathematical trick to calculate when your investment will double!"
Tom Escent presents Introduction to Nerds on Wall Street posted at Quantitative Finance, saying, "Think of this book as sort of a Hitchhiker's Guide to Wired Markets. There are no robots parking cars for six million years, but there are robots trading millions of shares in six milliseconds, so maybe that's close enough."
Susan Saverton presents 9- Efficiency of Personal Investing Strategies posted at Pasadena Financial Planner, saying, "When pursuing optimal financial planning and investing strategies and controlling your costs and capital gains taxes, you also need to establish a time-efficient system to monitor, adjust, and adhere to your financial plan. You need to control and limit the time that you spend on your financial planning, and you need to focus your planning efforts on the most effective activities."
Noload Bonds presents Bond Mutual Fund Fees posted at Bond Market Index Funds, saying, "Simply put, if you pay higher bond mutual fund fees, then these bond management expenses tend just to be a deadweight loss to you. The best bond fund buying strategy is to pick only very low-cost no load bond funds."
Top 10 Index Funds presents Top 10 S and P 500 Index Funds posted at NO LOAD INDEX FUND, saying, "Buy these top 10 very low cost no load S&P 500 index mutual funds directly. You do not have to pay the heavy added expenses of buying through a stock broker, financial adviser, investment adviser, or investment counselor."
JJ presents Understanding Risk and Investments posted at Investing and your Future, saying, "Risk with investments is less cut and dry than you may think."
ChristianPF presents How to save more money to invest posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, "Tips to help you find and save money to invest...."
Ben presents Day Trading VS Long Term Trading posted at Money Smart Life.
The Dough Roller presents How is the Dow Calculated? posted at The Dough Roller, saying, "See how the components of the Dow are selected and how the storied index is calculated."
email@example.com presents Ten Important Lessons From the History of Mergers & Acquisitions posted at M&A Blog.
Manshu presents iShares Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index: IDV posted at OneMint, saying, "iShares Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index (IDV) is a relatively smaller ETF with just $47.26 million of assets under management. As the name suggests it tracks an index that is based on high dividend yield stocks. It is invested in stocks that are outside US and are primarily present in Australia, UK and Hong - Kong."
Barry presents Buy Gold To Keep Up With Inflation posted at Jeflin's Investment Blog.
Stephen todd presents Investing - day trading systems posted at Currency Trading.
Praveen presents Two Recommended Stocks: ATVI and WOOF posted at My Simple Trading system.
ABC presents Should I Invest In Dividend Stocks (and what are they?) posted at ABCs of investing, saying, "An explanation of dividend stocks and why you might want to invest in them."
Investing School presents Passive Investing Convert posted at Investing School, saying, "Passive investing is really wearing on me!"
Tushar Mathur presents Can't Control the Markets? Try controlling the Costs posted at Everything Finance, saying, "As 2008 proved, the financial markets are prone to unpredictable periods of turbulence. That can make investing feel a bit like a roller-coaster ride. The disappointing results that many mutual funds posted in 2008 and at the outset of 2009 may have left you feeling concerned over your financial future. You're not alone."
ChristianPF presents Should you convert your IRA to a Roth in 2010? posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, "This article discusses the advantages of a Roth conversion in 2009 and in 2010..."
Nickel presents Index Mutual Funds vs. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) posted at fivecentnickel.com.
Stephen todd presents Stock Market Trading - Investment Portfolio And Trading Strategy posted at Buy Stocks.
ABC presents Some Index Funds and ETFs Are Not Diversified posted at ABCs of Investing, saying, "Some ETFs and index funds are too specific and risky for a passive investor."
Jim presents Best Options Broker Review posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
ChristianPF presents Using a Roth IRA as an emergency fund? posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, "Is it a good idea to use your Roth IRA as an emergency fund? The answer may surprise you..."
AIG Explained
The Man Who Crashed The World


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Any investor worried about the global economic outlook will want to steer clear of ETFs based on currencies whose performance tends to track global growth, and stick to those that are plays on tried-and-true currency safe havens.
That means staying away from most Asian currencies, as well as those from countries whose economies depend heavily on commodity exports.
Better choices are ETFs based on solid currencies like the dollar, the yen, and to a lesser extent, the Swiss franc.
Here's a trio of funds to anchor a bearish portfolio for the risk-off investor.


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The NBA All-Star and the son of the famous fashion designer are still fighting over a girl, even though the rest of the planet stopped caring about these three kids months ago. We've moved on to better scandals, thank you!
Well, I guess we can give them a little bit of attention since they might shrivel up and die without it. This whole thing started this summer when von Furstenburg got a restraining order again Miller, claiming that Reggie was harassing his wife-to-be, Ali Kay, and that when confronted, Miller basically threatened to have his gang member buddies to shoot him. Then in an effort to lay low and protect his own safety, von Furstenburg hired a virtual sky writer to tell the world he'd been cuckolded by a former Pacer.
Fast forward to this weekend and von Furstenburg—who again, tried to get a legal order of protection to keep this guy away from him—tracked Reggie down at a restaurant and challenged him to a fight. What bravery! Miller drove away without incident and now he has an order of protection against Alex.
This is the lamest high school feud of all time. "I can't come within 50 feet of you? No, you can't within 50 feet of me! Jerk!"
EXCLUSIVE: Reggie Miller Gets Restraining Order In Love Triangle Case [Radar Online]


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One-Direction Large Arrow, Outline
The horizontal alignment signs may be used in advance of situations where the horizontal roadway alignment changes. A One-Direction Large Arrow sign may be used on the outside of the turn or curve. When the Hairpin Curve sign or the 270-degree Loop sign is installed, either a One-Direction Large Arrow sign or Chevron Alignment signs should be installed on the outside of the turn or curve.
Federal Highway Administration Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, 2003 Edition (including 2004 and 2007 revisions) (Washington, DC: United States Department of Transportation, 2007)


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On How Physical and Electronic Differ for Library Materials
I'm reading the notes from the Atlanta OLE Project regional workshop and right up at the top are these two statements that struck me as insightful. The first gets to the heart of how physical items in a library are different from digital items with respect to library service commitments:
With print items, we're trying to give people access; with electronic trying to keep them out.
This stems, undoubtedly, from the first sale doctrine in copyright law; the library has purchased the item and chooses to lend it to others for a period of time. With electronic items, though, we typically agree to licenses, which -- as contract law -- trumps the rights given by copyright; those license are more restrictive in what we can and cannot do with the digital versions.
The second observation brings this difference into sharper focus by pointing out what we make users do in order to get access to that physical or that digital item:
Isn't it interesting that users from other libraries have borrowed print books delivered to them, but must travel to another library to get access to their electronic items.
As we think about what is similar and what is different about workflows for physical and digital items, it is undoubtedly important to tease out these differences. Kudos to the staff attending the Atlanta OLE regional workshop for bringing this difference to the forefront.
The text was modified to remove a link to https://libshare.library.gatech.edu/clearspace/docs/DOC-2724 on February 11th, 2011.
The text was modified to update a link from http://oleproject.org/2009/03/11/notes-from-georgia-tech-atlanta-workshop-posted/ to http://web.archive.org/web/20090418003313/http://oleproject.org/2009/03/11/notes-from-georgia-tech-atlanta-workshop-posted/ on November 13th, 2012.
The text was modified to update a link from http://www.aallnet.org/committee/copyright/pages/issues/firstsale.html to http://www.aallnet.org/Documents/Government-Relations/Copyright-2/FirstSaleDoctrine.html on August 22nd, 2013.


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Everybody sing!
Thanks to Laura T., Gina P., Celeste B., Chris S., Jesse S., and Anony M., for starting our day with a Big Bang.
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Blue Jackets not full strength, but getting there
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets were excited that Matt Calvert — their pesty, pesky forechecking forward — was close to returning from a shoulder injury.
Then, as he was going through his final practice before coming back for the game against Carolina on Friday night, another teammate went down.
Blake Comeau, who has logged long and hard minutes all season, hit the boards awkwardly during practice Thursday and had to be helped off the ice. Doctors were evaluating just how seriously he was hurt.
"It seems like when one guy comes back, another guy falls," forward Cam Atkinson said later.
After a first half of the season in which they've played without many of their top players for long stretches, the Blue Jackets are as healthy as they've been all season.
Vezina Trophy-winning goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who missed 14 games with a strained groin, is back. Winger Nathan Horton, a prized offseason free-agent signing who sat out the first three months after shoulder surgery, is finally seeing his first action in a Columbus sweater. And Calvert was activated Thursday.
The NHL does not keep official stats on man-games lost, although the teams do.
The Blue Jackets have lost 186 man-games this season to injury, which puts them fourth in the league (Pittsburgh leads with 253).
But it's not how many Blue Jackets players have not been able to dress so much as who they are.
Marian Gaborik, the team's biggest scoring threat, missed 17 games with a sprained knee and in his first game (and fourth shift) back sustained a broken collarbone. He'll be out for at least another month, maybe longer.
Calvert missed 19 games, came back for 14, and then was sidelined for eight more before his return. Brandon Dubinsky, along with Calvert perhaps the most hard-driving Blue Jacket, missed six games with a tweaked knee. Jared Boll, the player with the team the longest, could miss the rest of the season after surgery to repair a torn tendon in his ankle.
Instead of folding due to all those injuries, however, the Blue Jackets have hung in there. Through Wednesday they were just five points out of third place in the Eastern Conference's Metropolitan Division.
"You watch most games, we're right there," Calvert said. "It's just going to take that extra little effort."
In last year's lockout-shortened season, the Blue Jackets were dead last in the entire NHL at 5-12-2 before closing with a 19-5-5 rush that put tied them for the final playoff spot in the West. They lost a tie-breaker.
There's a feeling this season that they've weathered the storm and may be in for another late rally.
"It's all the same guys here except for one or two," said 21-year-old center Ryan Johansen, who has blossomed to pick up 16 goals and 16 assists so far. "We know we've got it in us. Those things are all in play. I'm excited for the upcoming couple of months and what our team can do."
But some of the veterans caution that nothing is guaranteed. Last year's spurt doesn't mean anything this time around unless the effort and intelligence is repeated.
What happened last season is history. Nobody thinks about that. Most of the guys have already forgotten it. We live now and we have to play now.
-- Sergei Bobrovsky
"What happened last season is history," said Bobrovsky, who is 11-11-2 with a 2.72 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage. "Nobody thinks about that. Most of the guys have already forgotten it. We live now and we have to play now."
It was two years ago Thursday that Todd Richards took over as head coach when Scott Arniel (45-60-18 in a year and a half) was fired. Richards has gone 61-58-13 since.
He declines any praise for his team's spunkiness.
"There's been adversity, but I still think we've let some points get away," he said. "It's not so much patting ourselves on the back and saying, `Well, we've had a lot of stuff thrown at us. We've dealt with it and we're OK.' To me, you still have to find a way."
Richards said the NHL's best teams know precisely what it takes to win. The Blue Jackets, among the youngest teams in the league, are still trying to figure that out.
"Part of the growing is getting them to understand what it takes to win on a consistent basis — whether you have the injuries or not," he said.


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DEMOREST, Ga.—The Birmingham-Southern softball team opened the season on the road Sunday and dropped two games to Piedmont, losing 7-3 and 5-4 at Walker Athletic Complex in Demorest, Ga.
In the first game, Piedmont scored two in the bottom of the first, including one run scored on a BSC error. The Lions added another run in the bottom of the second on an RBI triple from Laura Carter, and then three more in the bottom of the third to go up 6-0. The Panthers got on the board in the top of the fourth on a sacrifice fly-out by junior Alyssa Statham and an RBI double from freshman Torrie Garner, but Piedmont answered with another run in the bottom of the sixth on another Carter RBI triple to pull ahead 7-2. BSC wrapped up the scoring in the top of the seventh on an RBI single from freshman Hannah Harris.
Junior Bethany Fronk took the loss in the circle after giving up 10 hits and four earned runs with four strikeouts in six innings of work. Garner led the Panthers at the plate going 2-3.
BSC found their bats earlier in the second game, scoring twice in the top of the second, both on sacrifice fly-outs. The first was by freshman Taylor Brewer and the second was by Fronk. The Panthers went up 3-0 in the top of the fourth on an RBI triple by freshman Maddie Ridgway, but the Lions took over the lead in the bottom of the fourth with four runs. BSC tied it up in the top of the fifth on an RBI double from Harris, but Piedmont pulled ahead again in the bottom of the fifth with a single run to go up 5-4. BSC was unable to get on base in the final two innings, and the Lions picked up the victory.
Fronk took the loss in game two as well, dropping to 0-2 after allowing five hits and two earned runs with two strikeouts in three innings. Sophomore Deanna Creps started in the circle, and freshman Taylor Harkins also saw time pitching. Ridgway was 2-4 at the plate to lead the Panthers.
BSC is on the road again next weekend, traveling to Nashville to face Trevecca Nazarene in a 2 p.m. doubleheader. The Panthers will open their home slate on Friday, Feb. 28, hosting Faulkner in a 2 p.m. doubleheader at the BSC Softball Park.


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Time for Open, Informed Debate on Drug Policy
By Virginia Comolli
The following originally appeared on IISS Voices. The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a grantee of the Global Drug Policy Program of the Open Society Foundations.
Latin American leaders have said recently that the West's "war on drugs" has failed, and a new book from the International Institute for Strategic Studies agrees. At this week's launch of Drugs, Insecurity and Failed States: The Problems of Prohibition, IISS expert and former MI6 deputy director Nigel Inkster said a new approach was needed in which drugs were treated as an issue to be managed rather than as a problem to be solved. Co-author Virginia Comolli pointed out that since the war on drugs began in 1961 with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs to deter trafficking and possession, none of the international treaty's objectives had been achieved.
Worse, both authors said, banning drugs had fuelled violence and instability in the developing world, through the creation of a global black market dominated by powerful criminal groups. In some countries there had been "state capture," or subversion of institutions, by criminal networks. Other nations, where drugs now overshadowed legitimate businesses, were surviving on "junkie economies."
Inkster said that the IISS was "not an organization that engages in advocacy," but that the nearly two years of research behind the book led the authors to conclude that a fundamental rethink of drugs policy was necessary. To significantly disrupt the trade through law-enforcement strategies alone, it was estimated that some 70% of drugs supplies had to be interdicted. It was unlikely that a greater crackdown on drugs would succeed.
"Yes," he admitted to one questioner, "we are vulnerable, I suppose, to accusations of defeatism, but if one adds up the amount of resources over the past 50 years that have been devoted to creating what [a UN General Assembly Special Session] has called a 'drugs-free world' it's not obvious to me that these efforts have been notably successful.
"At the end of the day what we are dealing with here is the iron laws of supply and demand. When there is a demand for a commodity, there will always be someone who seeks to meet that demand, particularly when the profits entailed are enormous – mark-ups of thousands of percent between farm gate and retail sales [see graphic, above].
"Any first-year medical student will tell you that the first thing they are taught when they step through the door is: 'don't just double the dose.' If your initial diagnosis doesn't seem to be working, don't just keep on doing the same thing and hope that something different will eventuate, because it probably won't."
Drugs, Insecurity and Failed States focuses on the effects of the cocaine trade in Colombia and of heroin production in Afghanistan, but also covers the spill-over of violence into transit regions such as Mexico, Central America and West Africa.
At the launch, Comolli put some figures on the deleterious consequences of the drugs trade for these countries. Although Colombia, for example, had recently managed to contain the threat from FARC narco-traffickers, that success had come at an enormous cost: the country had suffered about 2-3% lost GDP growth during the 30 years of insurgency and still had a defense budget accounting for 4.5% of GDP. Populations had been displaced.
Afghanistan was "a monopoly supplier" of illicit heroin to the world, providing 85% of global output. This benefited not only powerful warlords who had become part of the Kabul government, but members of the Taliban, who were thought to derive $125 million a year from the drugs trade.
In Mexico in the past four years, there had been 47,000 drugs-related deaths, and "a pervasive culture of intimidation by narcotics traffickers." This violence had now spread to Central America, "which has taken over from the Caribbean as the principal smuggling route from drugs destined for the United States," Comolli said.
"Between 2007 and 2010, the amount of cocaine trafficked to the USA via Central America went from 1% to 95%, and levels of drugs-related violence rose correspondingly. In El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras – the so-called 'northern triangle' – drugs-related homicides are now four times higher than in Mexico. Even more shockingly, they are higher than during the civil-war periods of the 1980s."
The authors stressed that, clearly, drugs were not the only element fuelling conflict in the developing world, and that it was essential to distinguish between cases of causation and correlation, where states had already experienced high levels of violence before drugs entered the picture.
However, they argued that there was need for an open, informed debate about alternatives to the current prohibition regime, based on empirical evidence.
Said Inkster: "Supporters of the status quo have for too long sought to squash such debate, without really offering convincing argumentation for their stance. The issue of drugs needs to be brought out of the specialist silo it currently occupies; it needs to be brought into the mainstream of debate on international security and economic development to a much greater degree."
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Virginia Comolli is a research analyst and administrative assistant to the director of transnational threat and political risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.


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"I want people to know how sick it made my son," Veronica Bonds said.
Staph infections, including the serious MRSA strain, have spread through schools nationwide in recent weeks, according to health and education officials.
MRSA is a strain of staph bacteria that does not respond to penicillin and related antibiotics but can be treated with other drugs. The infection can be spread by skin-to-skin contact or sharing an item used by an infected person, particularly one with an open wound.
Bedford Superintendent James Blevins said at a news conference Tuesday that the schools will be closed for cleaning Wednesday.
Many of the infections are being spread in gyms and locker rooms, where athletes — perhaps suffering from cuts or abrasions — share sports equipment. Ashton Bonds played football last year but was not playing this season.
Ashton went to Bedford Memorial Hospital on Oct. 4 after complaining of pain in his side, his mother said. He was sent home after doctors ruled out appendicitis, but was readmitted three days later and transported to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Last week doctors diagnosed Ashton with a MRSA infection that had spread to his kidneys, liver, lungs and the muscles around his heart.
Early Thursday morning, Ashton had to be sedated and put on a ventilator. He was about to undergo surgery to drain the infection from his lungs when doctors detected a blood clot near his heart. Bonds said the clot was inoperable.
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House OKs Smith's bill to trim state Legislature
HARRISBURG — The state House voted Wednesday 140-49 to cut its own ranks from 203 to 153, and to reduce the number of senators from 50 to 38.
"I believe that by reducing the size the House, it will make the legislative process more efficient, because members would communicate better and understand the other person's problem," said Speaker of the House Sam Smith (R-Jefferson/Armstrong/Indiana), who authored the bill. "And I think that will create better legislation at the end of the day."
With 253 members, the Pennsylvania General Assembly is the second-largest in the country.
With a current population of more than 12.7 million people, the proposed 153 House districts each would represent about 83,022 people, which Smith said is not a significant change from 62,573 with the current 203 districts.
While the overall number of legislators would be reduced under House Bill 153, according to Smith, the ratio of representation between urban and rural areas remains equivalent.
During his floor remarks, Smith noted that communication has made the world grow ever smaller in a relative sense, while the number of people in a legislative district has remained essentially static.
Even members of the 1968 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention argued there is no need to maintain a House composed of 203 members in order to serve the representative function of the body. And that was before the days of e-mail and social media, which have made communication so much easier and instantaneous.
"Real-time communication with multiple friends and neighbors back in our legislative districts is as different from the telephone system of 1968 as that system was to the Pony Express," Smith said. "In order to right-size Pennsylvania's government, the legislature needs to put its own house in order."
To change the size of the legislature requires an amendment to the state constitution, which means the same bill must be debated and passed in two consecutive sessions and subsequently approved by referendum vote of the people of Pennsylvania.


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The Ballymena community has been saddened by the death of local man Richard Moore, who had been critically ill after choking on a piece of food in a restaurant almost a fortnight ago.
Richard passed away in hospital on Wednesday where he had been undergoing treatment following the incident at the Ramore Wine Bar in Portrush on December 11.
Ric, as he was commonly known to his many friends, was a former pupil of Ballymena Primary School and Ballymena Academy and worked in the IT department at the Causeway Hospital.
Although he lived in Cloughmills with wife Jacqui, Richard's family is well known in the Ballymena and Cullybackey areas.
His father Kenneth is a well-known figure in local business circles after a long association with the former General Motor Works car dealership, particularly at its former site on the Ballymoney Road.
Richard was an avid sports fan and a was a keen follower of the Northern Ireland football team and Ulster rugby team.
He was also an active participant in a number of sports and had played football in the Ballymena Saturday Morning League for Wakehurst Star, who Tweeted a tribute.
"Whenever you ever saw Ric, more often than not he had a big beaming smile on his face," said one person who knew him.
"He was such a lovely, easy-going big fella and the almost freakish set of circumstances that led to his death make it an even bigger tragedy."


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What equipment did Graeme McDowell and last week's other winners use to achieve victory? We take a peek in their bags to check out the gear that earned them the big checks for the week of April 21:
Graeme McDowell
RBC Heritage, PGA Tour
Driver: Cleveland Classic 290 (9 degrees, Miyazaki Kusala Indigo 56x shaft)
3-Wood: Cleveland Launcher FL (14 degrees, Miyazaki Kusala Indigo 72x shaft)
22-Degree Hybrid: Adams Idea a7 (Matrix Ozik Altus X shaft)
3-4 -Irons: Cleveland 588 TT (Project X 6.5 shaft)
5-9 Irons: Srixon Z-TX (Project X 6.5 shafts)
48-Degree Wedge: Cleveland 588 Forged (Project X 6.5 shaft)
52-Degree Wedge: Cleveland 588 Forged (Project X 6.5 shaft)
58-Degree Wedge: Cleveland 588 RTX (Project X 6.5 shaft)
Putter: Odyssey White Hot #7
Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV
Footwear: ECCO World Class GTX
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Suzann Pettersen
Lotte Championship, LPGA Tour
Driver: Nike VR_S Covert Tour (9.5 degrees)
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18-Degree Hybrid: Nike VR_S
4-Iron: Nike VR Pro
5-Iron: Nike Pro Cavity 5
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48-Degree Wedge: Nike VR Pro Blade
53-Degree Wedge: Nike VR Pro
59-Degree Wedge: Nike VR Pro
Putter: Nike Method Core 3i
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Footwear: Nike Lunar Links
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Driver: Adams Speedline Fast 12 LS (8.5 degrees)
3-Wood: Adams Insight (12.5 degrees)
18-Degree Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro
3-5 Irons: Hogan Apex Forged
6-9 Irons: Adams Idea MB2
48-Degree Wedge: Adams Idea MB2
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An Interview with Dr. Alveda C. King: Protecting the Civil Rights of the Unborn
Adele M. Gill, RN, BSN
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It is hard to think about Civil Rights, without thinking of the great civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., best known for his famous speech, "I have a Dream." Yet, the life-giving work begun by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continues on, as his niece, Dr. Alveda C. King, also a minister, carries the civil rights torch for him, and her deceased father, Reverend A.D. King for the peaceful preservation of civil rights for all Americans, especially those of women and the unborn.
BALTIMORE,MD (Catholic Online) - Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Alveda C. King, truly one of the leading American Civil Rights leaders of our time. Pastoral Associate and Director of African American Outreach for the Catholic prolife organization, 'Priests for Life,' Dr. King works closely with Fr. Frank Pavone, president of Priests for Life.
As National Spokeswoman for 'Silent No More,' her Pro-life leadership is making great inroads in the peaceful promotion, and preservation of, the Culture of Life. Among her other many accomplishments, Dr. King is author of 2 books including, 'How Can the Dream Survive If We Are Murdering Our Children?'
According to Dr. King, when asked about where the Pro-life Movement fits in with her life's work, "The Pro-life Movement is a continuation of the Civil Rights Movement.and abortion is one of the greatest Civil Rights issues of our time."
Furthermore, she notes that her father and uncle, Martin Luther King, Jr. were Pro-life and "worked hard to promote and preserve civil rights for all Americans." In that way, they laid the ground work for the Pro-life Movement of today, and fueled contemporary, peaceful efforts to preserve the Sanctity of Human Life, a basic teaching of the Church today.
In our interview, while talking with Dr. King, she emphatically noted what may seem obvious to those involved in the early Civil Rights Movement, as well as, the present day Pro-life Movement, but perhaps not always beyond, is that "Every individual is created equal in the eyes of God." In that way of thinking, from fertilization and conception, to natural death, human life is a precious gift from God that must be respected, protected, and preserved.
Not only is Dr. King dedicated to addressing Pro-life issues that impact the Civil Rights of infants, she is especially interested in and involved in helping women who are victims of abortion through compassionate, post-abortion healing and after-care.
As the compassionate Spokeswoman for 'Silent No More,' www.silentnomore.org an organization that helps women tell their stories, and heal from the lingering, negative, emotional effects of abortion, she is a strong advocate for post-abortive restoration and healing for optimal spiritual and emotional wellness.
As part of Dr. King's comprehensive, holistic approach to helping women heal after having been victimized by abortion, she also believes that prayer is an essential part of abortion recovery, and refers women to Rachel's Vineyard Ministries http://www.rachelsvineyard.org/ for much needed post-abortion healing.
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