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On the first Sunday after a flood of newly released documents showed how Catholic leaders shielded priests accused of child sex abuse, parishioners at churches across Los Angeles and beyond said they were troubled by the revelations but remained strong in their faith.
At the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose Gomez had been quiet about the issue all week, but spoke out briefly about it during his morning sermon.
"This has been a challenging week for all of us in Los Angeles because of the abuse of many by priests," Gomez said somberly to the hundreds of parishioners who had filled the sanctuary.
"Today we want to especially pray for anyone who has been hurt by the church. We also want to renew and strengthen our policies on the protection of children within the diocese."
Gomez became leader of the largest Roman Catholic Archdiocese after Cardinal Roger Mahony retired in 2011. It is Mahony, however, who remains at the center of allegations of how the Los Angeles
Archdiocese concealed sexually abusive clergy in the late 1980s.
The letters, memos and depositions by victims within the files of 14 priests show how he and then-Monsignor Thomas Curry tried to prevent police and parishioners from learning that children - mostly young boys - were being molested.
The details renewed anger among victims of clerical abuse, who last week called for Mahony and Curry to be held accountable. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office promised to look into the files.
Yet despite being shocked and concerned by the new information, parishioners far and wide expressed nearly the same sentiment, that the sins of men, even those of the cloth, do not affect their faith in God.
Maria Marciano, a parishioner at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rancho Cucamonga, said she and other Catholics will not lose faith.
"If you have faith in God, that's not going to stop," she said. "We don't come to see the priest."
Marciano, who lives in Fontana, said clergy who abused children will ultimately face responsibility for their sins.
"Whoever did wrong things, ... they're going to (answer to) God for what they've done," she said.
"It's devastating that something like that would happen, but as Christians and Catholics, we still have our faith," said Debbie Garcia, who attended Mass at St. Christopher Church in West Covina with her husband, Gilbert Garcia.
She and other parishioners said the disturbing revelations only highlight the sinful nature of mankind, and the need for divine guidance. Several church-goers said the involved victims, as well as the involved priests, are in their prayers.
"It's sad that it happens, but you've got to keep going forward," Gilbert Garcia said.
Debbie Garcia said she felt confident the church has changed its ways and is now handling the issue in a more forthright and appropriate manner, though she added that the change comes late.
The archdiocese released a statement last week, saying lessons have been learned from the allegations and that layers of safe practices have been in place in the last decade.
"We have apologized for the sad and shameful actions of some priests, as well as for our inadequate responses in assisting victims and in dealing with perpetrators to promptly report abuse allegations to civil authorities, to screen all those who supervise children, and to train adults and children in the latest abuse prevention procedures," the archdiocese said.
"It should have been dealt with from the beginning," Garcia said.
The Catholic church is not alone in recent revelations regarding allegations of failing to properly address child sex abuse, parishioners said, pointing out other instances, such as allegations that have recently surfaced regarding teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
St. Christopher Parishioner Ruben Reza said he was also deeply unsettled by the information emerging regarding the church's handling of child sex abuse allegations, but his faith remained unshaken.
"It's got nothing to do with my faith," he said. "As far as I know, there has only been one perfect person, and that's Jesus Christ," he added. "I don't believe in the priests, I believe in God."
Some parishioners at Lakewood's Saint Pancratius Catholic Church wouldn't talk about the document revelation. But Daniel Esparza, 79, of Long Beach, said the document revelation doesn't challenge his faith.
"I still respect the priest here,"he said.
However, Esparza had harsh words about Mahony.
"Mahony should be prosecuted," Esparza said. "He protected (the priests). They're just like anyone else. You break the law, you should be punished."
Another parishioner, Dwayne McDowell, said the crimes of some priests don't indict the entire Catholic church.
"It doesn't go across the whole church," McDowell said. "Some of them chose not to follow the teachings."
Another 75 cases of abusive priests are due to be released in the coming weeks under the terms of an unprecedented $660 million settlement the church reached with more than 500 victims in 2007.
But nothing in those contents will surprise Donald Kohles, an 85-year-old Los Angeles man who has known about the cover-ups since the 1980s. That's when his then 15-year-old nephew was abused, he said.
For the last nine years, Kohles has dressed in a suit and tie and has stood at the entrance of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, with a hand made sign that reads "Phony Mahony."
He said the release of more files will further help cleanse the church. But he also thinks Mahony should be jailed.
"I love my church, and I'm a strong Catholic," Kohles said. "But it's time to alert people of the wolves and the sheep inside."
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From the moment the South American Confederation, the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, presented his candidature for the FIFA Presidency in 1970, Dr João Havelange had looked for solutions to the major problems of world football. When the Brazilian was elected at the 39th Congress in 1974, he was ready to consider football not only as a competition but also to try and find new ways and means of promoting technical development worldwide.
Havelange's installation in FIFA's headquarters heralded the dawn of a new era. Previously, with survival dependent almost exclusively on FIFA World Cup™ proceeds in four-yearly intervals, the world governing body had been somewhat conservative when it came to taking decisions. In no time, Havelange transformed an administration-oriented institution into a dynamic enterprise brimming with new ideas and the will to see them through.
The actual address in Zurich, home to FIFA since 1932, did not alter but beside the Derwald Villa on the Zurichberg, which in 1974 housed a staff of just 12, a modern office building now rose housing almost 100 employees coming to grips with an ever increasing workload.
Back in 1974, FIFA was flexing its muscles in readiness for the tenth FIFA World Cup, which was very much a trial of strength between Europe with nine teams and South America with four. The ripples created by political upheavals, particularly in Africa where many former colonies had been granted independence, were beginning to be noticed on the international sports scene. At that time Africa, Asia, and CONCACAF were each still sending one selection each to the world football showpiece. For the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, Havelange duly increased the table of competitors from 16 to 24 teams.
Since that decision, the unqualified success of teams that were once derided as also-rans has reinforced Havelange's notion that his policies were right. For the 1998 finals in France, the field was increased again to 32 finalists, allowing even greater participation from all the confederations.
On a political level, Havelange firmly followed the course of appeasement and service, following the principle of universality to which FIFA has committed itself. Under his leadership, the FIFA offices became the hub of sporting diplomacy. One notable example of this was when representatives from Iraq, Iran, the two Koreas, Japan and Saudi Arabia came face to face in Zurich in July 1993 to discuss the Asian final qualifying round for USA 94 in an atmosphere of friendship and peace.
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As I mentioned before, Anchor Distilling recently reprinted the 1891 edition of "Cocktail Boothby's American Bar-Tender".
As someone who is somewhat involved in the bartender trade, I always enjoy going through old books and reading the advice that appears. Usually, I am amazed at how little has changed. How valid pieces of advice contained in a book from 1891 can be 118 years later.
So I thought I would go through Boothby's "Ten Commandments" for bartenders one by one and see which ones still make sense for the 21st Century.
VII. If you are troubled with sore feet, bathe them regularly. Avoid patched or ragged hosiery, and wear a comfortable shoe with a heavy sole. Light soles, low cut shoes or slippers should never be worn behind a bar.
First let me stress one thing: Bartenders, like cooks and waitstaff, stand for almost the entire duration of their work day/night. If you're lucky, you might get to lean against a post out back for a while, or, maybe, if you're especially fortunate, sit down for long enough to scarf some food.
You will be bending over grabbing bottles, lifting buckets of ice, carrying cases of liquor, kegs of beer, or reaching up to grab bottles from the back bar.
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One of the most important things you can do to help yourself, and your back's future, is to invest in quality footwear.
Different bartenders seem to have different philosophies of footwear. Almost all service requirements say they should be black. Beyond that, important features include a no slip sole and some decent amount of arch support. Waterproof is also not a horrible idea, as you'll probably spill some liquids on them during the course of the evening.
Some people wear clogs, some people athletic type shoes. Others low work shoes. I, thankfully, have never seen a bartender wearing Batali inspired Crocs. I would probably have to slap them upside the head.
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An outstanding new anthology by one of history's greatest orators.
Here, at last, is a comprehensive anthology presenting the voice of one of historys greatest orators, Fidel Castro. Love him or hate him, there is no denying he is a master of the spoken word, as Gabriel Garca Mrquez has described him.
Emerging in the 1960s as a leading voice in support of Third World anticolonial struggles and continuing to play a role in the antiglobalization movement of today, Fidel Castro remains an articulate and penetratingif controversialpolitical thinker and leader, who has outlasted ten hostile US presidents.
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Covering five decades of Fidels speeches, this selection begins with his famous courtroom defense (History will Absolve Me), and also includes his speech on learning of Che Guevaras death in Bolivia, his analysis of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and his response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. With his declining health and the emergence of new leaders such as Hugo Chvez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia, this book sheds light not just on Castros mighty role in Latin Americas immediate past, but also on his legacy for the future.
The Fidel Castro Reader includes a chronology of the Cuban Revolution, an extensive glossary and index as well as 24 pages of photos. As the first anthology of Castros speeches to be published in English since the 1960s, this is an essential resource for both scholars and general readers.
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Fidel is the leader of one of the smallest countries in the world, but he has helped to shape the destinies of millions of people across the globe. Angela Davis
Fidel Castro is a man of the masses The Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people. Nelson Mandela
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[The editors] have done an admirable, even heroic,job of editing and excerpting this reader [which] serves a purpose for both historians and politicos. Foreword Magazine
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That's not the only collaboration bringing affordable fashion to the masses. Last week, the 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target collection was revealed. The preview included a men's leather bike jacket, animal print skirt and tons of other fall must-haves. This 100+ piece collection hits shelves on September 15 and prices starts at $19.99 for apparel and accessories.
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How much does it cost to be a football fan? $313 for a couple of Dallas Cowboys fans on game day. Ticket prices have climbed more than 50% in the past decade and parking prices have more than doubled, making it more expensive than ever to be a football fan.
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About PBE
The Pathfinder Bible Experience is the Official North American Division Pathfinder Bible study program. Some affectionately call the program Bible Bowl.
Each year, teams of six club members study a book of the Bible (alternating Old Testament and New Testament), memorizing large portions of God's word.
There are four levels of competition - Area, Conference, Union, and Division.
In April, finalist teams from across the Division participate in the final level of testing. The finals take place either near NAD Headquarters (even years) and in various union locations during odd numbered years. In 2012 and 2014 the finals were at near the Division offices in Maryland, and in 2013 the finals were at Union College in Lincoln NE. In 2015, the Southwest Union is hosting the finals event.
The Pathfinders are tested over the assigned study books as well as the SDA Bible Commentary Introduction to each study book.
At each level, the teams scoring 90% or higher of the highest score at their testing site make 1st place and are invited to go on to the next level. The winning teams are extreme students of the Bible and in most cases memorize chapters and in some cases the entire book(s). Winning teams incorporate the Total Church Involvement approach. This means they have study coaches but also involve the church elders and other members of the local church to assist in making up sample tests, friendly competition against the elders to see who is the better student of the Bible, become involved in worships made up of talks from subject matter from the assigned study book(s). The students may also perform dramas depicting some of the Biblical stories from their assigned study book.
- Each year on the first Sabbath in February, teams of up to six Pathfinders will participate in an area (fellowship, district) Pathfinder Bible Experience.
- Clubs can field as many teams as they have Pathfinders to fill. Those placing in the 1st place category with 90% and higher of the top score earned will advance to conference level on the first Sabbath of March.
- Union level will be held on the last Sabbath in March and the Division level on the third Sabbath in April. The local conference and union may alter the date forward or backward a week according to their unique scheduling needs.
- Most questions will require short answers.
- No special equipment is required, just a laptop and projector at each event.
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Walkthrough - Thane - Sins of the Father part 3
Now that you've regained control, you have a pretty straight-forward sequence ahead of you. The idea here is simple -- keep up with the politician and his Krogan bodyguard as they walk around the ward. Every so often, Thane will radio to you asking for a specific location. Respond by examining the politician below (a reticule should show up). A meter will appear when Thane radios to you, so you only have a brief time to respond. If you fail to keep up with the politician, lose him entirely, or don't answer Thane in time, then this entire sequence will end in failure. You'll witness Thane's son kill the politician, and you'll be returned to C-Sec in disgrace. The quest can then not be completed. Otherwise, keep moving through doors, working your way around the catwalks, and keep up with the politician at all costs (this isn't hard, as long as you don't take your eyes off of him). Multiple paths will usually converge, so it doesn't matter which path you take most of the time. And as for that character you meet in one of the rooms as you traverse the catwalks, well, let's just say Paragons and Renegades alike can have some fun with him. (Please keep in mind that as soon as you gain control here, you can find a datapad with weapon research on it, so don't miss it!)
Eventually, you would have followed Talid long enough that a cutscene is catalyzed. You'll spot Thane's Krell son Kolyat pull a gun and go after Talid. He misses Talid, but shoots and injures his Krogan bodyguard before running into his apartment to finish the deal. That's when Shepard, Thane and Captain Bailey all show up to put this to an end. Paragons can expedite the process of Kolyat giving himself up by following a brief on-screen quicktime option, shooting a lamp next to Kolyat and stirring him enough that he gives in. Following this, Talid is allowed to escape from the scene, while Thane and Kolyat have an emotional reunion. These two have a lot to talk about, which is why Captain Bailey agrees to give them a room back at C-Sec to speak with one another for as long a time as they need.
Hereafter, you'll find yourself back in C-Sec. While you and your third character (who didn't play much of a role at all in the events here on the Citadel this time around) wait around, Thane and his son will be speaking in the interrogation room. Once that conversation has run its course, Thane will emerge, and he will get into a conversation with Shepard and Captain Bailey, albeit a brief one. Bailey realizes that Thane is the wanted Krell who was responsible for a string of murders on the Citadel a decade ago, but he's going to let that go. What he can't let go is Thane's son's attempt on the Turian politician back in the wards. It should be easy enough for you to convince Bailey to let it go, however... keep it within C-Sec, not the courts, and give his son some community service. Bailey is a pushover, so he'll eventually agree. Then, all that's left to do is to head back to the Normandy, so we can go about our business. Believe it or not, while you can usually have some sort of conversation back on the Normandy with any character after his or her dedicated quest, Thane won't have anything to say to you if you speak with him, apart from normal discussion. Go figure.
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Dads often (usually) get the shaft when it comes to baby products. Almost all products seem to be made with women in mind – as if we will be the only ones carrying them or taking care of the baby. The reality is that now more than ever we are seeing dad play an equal role in raising his kids – which is great. But because of that fact, we often see dads at the playground, in the mall, and in the preschool pick up line that look a bit like this…
C'mon. That's just cruel – and the sad thing is you know you've seen it. Of course, it takes a very secure man to pull this off, but the fact remains that he shouldn't have to pull it off – it's about time that we have amazing diaper bags available that appeal to dad just as much as mom.
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Coal ash spill reveals risks, lapses in waste regulation
WASHINGTON — The coal ash spill in Tennessee last month is putting a spotlight on whether the ash from 450 other power plants around the country could be contaminating the nation's drinking water supplies.
Some coal ash is recycled into products such as cement or placed in secure landfills, but much of it ends up in gravel pits, abandoned mines and unlined landfills — or in ponds like the one that burst in Kingston, Tenn., on Dec. 22. In the Tennessee incident, 5.4 million cubic yards of sludge laced with arsenic and other toxic materials poured over 300 acres — making it one of the nation's worst environmental spills.
The EPA in 2000 decided that coal ash wasn't hazardous waste and left regulation up to the states. Now, however, environmental activists say the Tennessee spill shows the need for federal standards for how coal waste is handled at the coal-fired power plants around the nation.
"It's an insanely dangerous scenario that's been allowed to develop, but it's all under the radar screen," said Jeffrey Stant of the Environmental Integrity Project, a group formed by former EPA enforcement attorneys that's compiling data on coal ash disposal sites.
Stant said most states have lax regulations and that much of the monitoring is done on a voluntary basis by the utilities that own the plants that burn the coal.
He and other activists want the EPA to start with banning the common practice of sluicing coal waste into ponds and storing it there.
"When you put it along a river in an unlined lagoon, you threaten to contaminate the shallow alluvial aquifer that's right under the river," which provides drinking water, Stant said. He said he had no faith in the scientific evidence produced by the utility companies.
The Tennessee Valley Authority says tests show Kingston's drinking water is safe.
"We're not doing anything different than other utilities that have coal plants," said TVA spokesman Gil Francis. About half of the TVA coal waste is put in wet ponds like the one at Kingston, and the rest is compacted in dry ponds. TVA inspects the ponds annually, the state checks them quarterly, and TVA employees look at them daily, he said.
TVA, a corporation owned by the federal government, operates the plant at Kingston where spill occurred. The Kingston Fossil Plant was the largest coal-burning power plant in the world when it began operating in 1955. The plant normally consumes about 14,000 tons of coal a day.
TVA is the largest U.S. public power company, providing electricity to 9 million people in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Virginia. It produces 60 percent of that electricity from coal at 11 plants completed mostly in the 1950s. The newest came online in the mid-1960s.
The House Committee on Natural Resources this week started considering whether to propose a law that would impose federal regulations on coal ash waste stored in ponds such as the one in Tennessee, said committee chief of staff Jim Zoia.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which has jurisdiction over the TVA and EPA, has called TVA president and CEO, Tom Kilgore, to testify at a hearing about the spill on Thursday.
Steve Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, who also will testify, said that states have tended to defer to utility companies to take care of the waste, and the EPA has depended on industry to fill out voluntary surveys.
"It's clearly been neglected for the past eight or nine years but it's a problem that's only going to get worse as we do a better job of controlling air pollution," he said. "As you clean coal up, you can't just make the dirty stuff disappear. It's got to go somewhere."
Smith said he wants "some federal leadership to properly characterize this problem and get aggressive in setting up regulatory standards that people have some confidence in."
EPA spokeswoman Tisha Petteway said the American Coal Ash Association, which is made up of coal-fired power utilities and others that produce coal combustion waste, is the source of information about how much coal ash is generated in the country each year. EPA also measures toxic releases from individual plants.
Petteway said the latest data, an EPA and Energy Department survey from 1993, estimated there are about 300 surface ponds at electric power plants like the one in Tennessee.
"The majority of states" require controls on the site, liners in landfills and groundwater monitoring, Petteway said. The effectiveness of the protection, however, depends on whether states use the authority they have, she said in a written response to questions.
States are regulating coal ash more as new plants are added, she said.
Jim Roewer of the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group, a lobby group devoted to keeping the non-hazardous status of coal combustion waste, said he expects the Tennessee spill will be used in a new discussion of what national standards might be imposed, but his group believes they're not needed because state regulation works.
"Utilities are working to manage the ash responsibly," he said.
Roewer said there are about 600 coal ash disposal sites — about 45 percent of them surface ponds, and the rest landfills.
Lisa Evans, an attorney with Earthjustice, a law firm, said it's easier to say which state does a good job of regulation — Wisconsin — than to list the many who handle it poorly.
Nationally, coal combustion waste is estimated at more than 129 million tons a year, she said. The problem, she said, is that because of a lack of federal oversight, "we don't know where it goes."
Commentary: Coal's costly spillover
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Orange County defendants on pretrial release will be fitted with new ankle monitors as the county adds a new GPS monitoring program on Monday.
Orange County has hired 3M to monitor the 50 defendants awaiting trial. Orange County spokesman Steve Triggs said the ankle monitors are an added layer of security for people already out on bond and on probation.
But the state of California said their monitoring devices had major flaws, putting the public in danger, according to the Los Angeles Times article. The article states explains how the state report deemed 3M's ankle monitors as "so inaccurate and unreliable, the public was in imminent danger.
Rafael Zaldivar, whose son, Alex, was killed by Bessman Okafor while Okafor was on GPS monitoring spoke out about monitoring programs in general. Alex Zaldivar was slated to testify against him at trial.
"CSI is going to be there to pick up my family, like my son, two bloody days, in a pool of blood, its too late, they do nothing here, nothing," Rafael Zaldivar said.
Rafael Zaldivar said the alleged felons should be watched by people, not by ankle bracelets. He told Local 6 he has a message for judges who let the accused the criminals out on bond.
"If they want to let them out on, why don't they take them home?" Rafael Zaldivar said. "We don't want them do you?"
The new GPS monitoring is for pretrial release supervision and is not one of the two programs already suspended-- home confinement and GPS monitoring of domestic violence suspects programs.
With the programs suspended, people accused of more serious crimes were starting to be referred to pretrial release supervision, which is adding the GPS monitoring of suspects.
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Hi! I just bought two pounds of triple filtered pure beeswax, which smells amazing and has a nice golden color as well. I paid $12 plus shipping.
Before I make a larger purchase of bars (to make candles etc) I wanted to figure out what the average prices are so I know I'm not overpaying. I know beeswax is more expensive than other types of wax (with good reason).


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International Monetary Cooperation Since Bretton Woods
- CHAPTER 1 Interdependence in the World Economic System
- CHAPTER 2 "Prosperity Has No Fixed Limits"
- CHAPTER 3 The Compromise Unravels
- CHAPTER 4 Richesse Oblige The Establishment of Convertibility
- CHAPTER 5 Development and Bretton Woods
- CHAPTER 6 The Heyday of Bretton Woods and the Reserve Debate
- CHAPTER 7 Surveillance, Growth, and Crisis
- CHAPTER 8 The End of Bretton Woods?
- CHAPTER 9 Reform of the International Monetary System, or Nonsystem?
- CHAPTER 10 Personalities and Institutions The Redesigning of the International Monetary Order
- CHAPTER 11 The 1970s Capital Markets Versus the New International Economic Order
- CHAPTER 12 The Debt Crisis
- CHAPTER 13 Consensus in Cooperation and Its Fragility
- CHAPTER 14 The Problems of the New Regionalism
- CHAPTER 15 Low-Income Countries and the International Financial System
- CHAPTER 16 Plan or Price? The Transformation of Centrally Planned Economies
- CHAPTER 17 From Bretton Woods to the Information Age
CHAPTER 5 Development and Bretton Woods
- Harold James
- Published Date:
- June 1996
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Bret Michaels took a break from Rock of Love to record a single with Miley Cyrus that offers up lyrics about undressing together.
The Poison frontman takes the lead vocals on "Nothing to Lose," which features the teenage Disney star singing in the background.
The rock-country ballad tells the story of a strained romance, complete with lines about wearing your heart on your sleeve and tussling in the dark. Michaels, 46, sings to 17-year-old Cyrus, "Yeah we both know better than this, still we can't resist slowly get undressed."
The chorus of the tune is "Won't you fall down on me/So close I can feel you breathe/Tonight in the darkness with nothing to lose/If the truth is all we can see/If I fall for you, could you fall for me?"
Cyrus may not seem like an 1980s metal fan, but reportedly her first concert was a Poison show in Nashville and last year she recorded a cover of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," which her mother Tish said is one of her favorite songs. The cover has not yet been released, but it has been rumored that Michaels contributed to the track.


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Follow Canning and Preserving Rules
When you can and preserve foods, it's important to follow all the steps for each method. You compromise the quality and safety of your food if you make your own rules. An example is when you shorten your processing period to try to cut corners and substitute important parts of recipes. It's always best to start following directions to the letter, until you become fluent in the process.
Here are some general rules for handling, preparing, and processing your food:
Start with the freshest, best products available. Preserving doesn't improve food quality.
Know the rules and techniques for your canning or preserving method before you start your work. Don't try to learn a technique after you've started your processing.
Work in short sessions to prevent fatigue and potential mistakes. Process no more than two items in one day and work with only one canning method at a time.
Stay up-to-date on new or revised guidelines for your preserving method. You can go to websites like www.freshpreserving.com, created by the makers of Ball canning supplies, to find tips and directions for canning just about anything.
When canning, use the correct processing method and processing time to destroy microorganisms. The recipe will tell you what method to use, but it helps if you understand the difference between high- and low-acid foods and how the canning methods for each differ.
Know the elevation you're working at. Adjust your processing time or pressure when you're at an altitude over 1,000 feet above sea level.
Put together a plan before you start your preserving session. Read your recipe (more than once). Have the proper equipment and correct ingredients on hand to prevent last-minute shortages and inconvenient breaks.
Test your equipment. If you're using an electric dehydrator or pressure canner, test out the equipment to ensure that everything's working properly. And always check the seals on your jars.
Use recipes from reliable sources or ones that you've already made successfully. Follow your recipe to the letter. Don't substitute ingredients, adjust quantities, or make up your own food combinations. Improvisation and safe food preservation aren't compatible. This approach also means you can't double your recipe. If you require more than what the recipe yields, make another batch.


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With Ambarvale High
We're partnering up once again with the wonderful Australian Centre for Photography, and working with students to create stories in both written and visual forms. As part of this process, students will collaborate and explore relationships between images and words, learning about visual and narrative methods of storytelling, as well as technical aspects of photography.
This is a closed school workshop.


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So, kjhg53 pointed me to a Steam sale for RPG Maker VX Ace a week and a half ago. I downloaded it as soon as I could since I wanted it very badly but thought $69.99 was a bit too expensive (it went on sale for $23.79). I'm making a game with it now which for now will be called "Glistade" (as has been the name when I was making a Glistade with RPG Maker 3 before it).
For those interested, the plot of Glistade takes place roughly 2 years after the kingdom of Etauni switched rulers from their old king, Valen (whose health was failing) to one of the kingdom's highest-ranking knights, Zeraphion. The kingdom was just recovering after a war with a region named Plegia (I'm pulling a lot of stuff from other games in name here, so as you can see, the game will never be a commercial game :P). It turns out as the Plegians were defeated, a virus their forces were infected with spread across the Etauni kingdom, killing much of the army and putting Valen on his deathbed. Zeraphion, who was corrupted by the virus but still healthy, began summoning demons and killing any opposition to his iron-fisted rule. Etauni has fallen to slums and surrounding towns and cities have been heavily affected.
I'm going to be taking input on this game so please send me a PM titled "Glistade" if you'd like to share your thoughts. Below is a link to the game, be aware this is just a demo and even this first portion of the game may get altered in pieces as I make progress in creating the game.
Demo 1: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u7mooizg13b2j1g/Glistade.exe
Arista's Mystic Knight class will be changed to the name Spellblade in a later demo release. Please feel free to comment, give feedback, inform me of any technical issues, via PM. I am open to comments, critiques, curiosities, etc.
Well, that's all for now! Please enjoy the demo of Glistade and I hope to keep you guys updated! I apologize for the lack of Mega Man blogs, I took a break from them in order to work on my game. Till next time, take care!


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Rachel and Phoebe are together again, but this time things are not so Friend-ly.
Jimmy Kimmel reunited the two actresses on his show to take part in a battle of obscenities, which he calls "Celebrity Curse Off."
Things get pretty dirty, and it even resorts to some French and Greek slurs.


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W.H. fires up ACA spin machine
One thing we know: The first Obamacare sign-up numbers will be disappointing.
Another thing we know: The White House isn't waiting to put its spin on things. Administration officials have been lowering expectations since before sign-up began Oct. 1, urging reporters not to make a big fuss over the initial enrollment numbers.
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But after the website debacle, the bad press of people losing their health plans and President Barack Obama's defense and then walk-back of his "if you like your plan, you can keep it" slogan, the White House has a tougher job on its hands. There's essentially no avoiding a bad news cycle, but there are ways to mitigate the damage.
( WATCH: 7 quotes on Obamacare glitches)
Here's POLITICO's list of what you'll hear when the enrollment numbers come out:
1. One hundred twenty-three
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday offered the White House's daily reminder that only 123 people signed up for the Massachusetts health insurance program — i.e., Romneycare — during the first month it went live.
"The history of these kinds of programs, and Massachusetts is the best model, is that enrollment is very slow early on," Carney said. "I think there were only 123 people in Massachusetts who enrolled in the first month and while it's a small state, it is a reasonably populous state and 123 is a very low number."
The idea is that people don't sign up for things when they're first available — they shop around, they aren't paying attention or they wait for deadlines. Young and healthy people, for instance, won't sign up until there's a deadline, the White House has argued.
But this version casually forgets that the administration's earlier estimate that 500,000 people would sign up in the first month was itself couched as a conservative figure that officials hoped would be exceeded. But that's already 10 times The Wall Street Journal's reported figure of only 50,000 October enrollees on the federal exchange.
It's also a far cry from the first days of the rollout, when Obama himself blamed heavy traffic on HealthCare.gov for the "glitches" that stopped people from clicking through the enrollment process. And it belies any sense of excitement the White House was hoping would come out of the ability of Americans to finally buy health coverage through the insurance exchanges.
( PHOTOS: 10 Sebelius quotes about Obamacare website)
And still, whatever the official number is, Carney said Tuesday that it won't necessarily represent the number of people who are paying for plans obtained through the federal insurance marketplaces — just those who have clicked through to the end of the process.
"The marketplace experience or process ends when a person selects a plan, essentially presses 'enroll in a plan,'" Carney said. "After that it becomes a contract between the private insurer and the individual."
2. The website stinks
You can't sign up for health insurance if you can't log on to the website.
Even though the HealthCare.gov debacle is a self-inflicted wound, it's one the administration has mostly owned up to, even if officials have been stingy with details about how the failure occurred.
The Democratic wagon-circling is already in full swing, with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick telling health care organizers at an Organizing for Action summit last week that universal health care is a "way of life," not a website.
"The fact that the website has been so challenging, so problematic in the first month means that enrollment numbers will be even lower than expected," Carney said.
The techies also will keep bearing the burden for Obama's discredited promise that people can keep legally substandard health insurance plans if they want to — a problem that even former President Bill Clinton suggested the administration should fix.
If only the website worked, Obama said last week to NBC's Chuck Todd, people could see that things aren't so bad.
"The majority of folks will end up being better off, of course, because the website's not working right, they don't necessarily know it," Obama said. "Even though it's a small percentage of folks who may be disadvantaged, you know, it means a lot to them. And it's scary to them. And I am sorry that they, you know, are finding themselves in this situation, based on assurances they got from me."
3. If only Republicans would cooperate
It sure is hard to roll out a national entitlement program when half the country's politicians are actively trying to stop it.


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Meeting the requirements of a powerful VNA, syngo.share is more than an archive: Besides functioning as a PACS back end and LTA (long-term archive), it can also act as hospital-wide image management software.
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The Ferris State University men's and women's outdoor track and field teams competed in the annual Northwood Invitational on Saturday (April 17) in Midland, Mich.
The non-scoring event included schools such as FSU, Northwood, Saginaw Valley State, Lake Superior State, Northern Michigan, Aquinas and Davenport.
Freshman Zoey Holmann won the 400 meters (1:00.12) for the Bulldog women.
Freshman Alyssa Osika was second in the 800 meters (2:16.89), junior Jade Kaufman took third place in the 400 meters (1:01.91), senior Emily Cross captured third place in the 100-meter hurdles (15.47) and freshman Shelby Janutol placed fourth in the 1,500 meters (4:57.06).
The Bulldogs also placed three of the top five finishers in the 3,000 meters as freshman Anna Rudd came in first (10:33.59), freshman Felicia Peacock was second (11:00.61) and freshman Jordan McGuire took fifth place (11:19.14).
In the field events, freshman Christa Cwiek came in second in the javelin (106-6), Cross also tied for secodn place overall in the high jump (5-7) and sophomore Andrea Fogle was third in the discus (126-10).
The FSU quartet of Kaufman, Janutol, Osika and Holmann also won the 4x400-meter relay (4:04.04).
Ferris senior Greg Burns won the pole vault (16-4.75) with a school outdoor-record effort while Ryan Hecksel came in third overall (13-1.50) in the same event.
FSU junior Justin Price won the 400 meters (49.34) and earned runner-up laurels in the 200 meters (22.51).
Freshman Ryan Chute placed third in the 1,500 meters (4:06.84), sophomore Steven Neshkoff finished fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:12.48) and sophomore J.J. Vandenburg came in fifth in the hammer throw (155-4).
The Bulldogs also netted three of the top six finishers in the 5,000 meters as junior Alex Best took second (15:31.20), freshman David Silversmith was third (15:31.73) and junior Derek Childs wound up sixth (15:37.15).
FSU is next slated to take part in the annual Hillsdale "Gina" Relays on Friday (April 23) in Hillsdale, Mich.


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Enhancing Education Through Technology (II-D-1&2)
Technology can be used to enhance curricula and engage students in learning. In addition, the job market increasingly demands technology skills for new workers. Research has indicated that a digital divide in terms of technology access and use exists between students in high-poverty schools and students in other schools. For example, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2000, while the overall ratio of students-to- instructional computers with Internet access was 7- to-1, in high-poverty schools the ratio was 9- to-1 compared to 6-to-1 in low-poverty schools. Similarly, in 2000, 60 percent of classrooms in high-poverty schools were connected to the Internet compared to 82 percent of classrooms in other schools. Even as technology becomes more ubiquitous in classrooms, teachers' preparation to use technology for teaching lags behind access to technology. In 2000, only 27 percent of teachers reported that they were fully prepared to integrate technology in their instruction. Seventy-seven percent of subgrantees of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund--the predecessor program to the Educational Technology State Grants Program, which also targeted high-poverty districts--reported that professional development was a primary use of program funds in 2000.
The principal goal of the Educational Technology State Grants Program is to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. It is also designed to assist every student in becoming technologically literate by the end of eighth grade and to encourage the effective integration of technology resources and systems with teacher training and professional development to establish research-based instructional models. The program targets funds primarily to school districts that serve concentrations of poor students.
WHAT'S NEW--The No Child Left Behind Act
Focuses on What Works
- Emphasizes implementation of proven strategies by requiring participating districts to base the strategies they use for integrating technology into curricula and instruction on reviews of relevant research.
- Supports high-quality professional development activities by requiring that at least 25 percent of funds received by districts be used for high-quality professional development in the integration of technology into instruction.
- Mandates a national study to examine the conditions under which technology is effective in increasing student achievement and the ability of teachers to teach.
Reduces Bureaucracy and Increases Flexibility
- Provides more flexibility in state uses of funds by allowing support for activities such as interstate distance learning partnerships, performance-management systems, and public-private partnerships.
Increases Accountability for Student Performance
- Setting of goals for using technology to improve student achievement that are aligned with challenging state academic standards is required of state education agencies (SEAs) and school districts.
Improves the Academic Performance of Disadvantaged Students
- Targets competitive subgrants to high-need districts that (1) are high-poverty and (2) serve at least one low-performing school or have a substantial need for assistance in acquiring and using technology.
How It Works
The Educational Technology State Grants Program awards formula grants to states. States may use up to 5 percent of their Educational Technology State Grants Program funds for state-level activities. States must distribute half of the remaining funds by formula to school districts based on each district's share of funds under Part A of Title I and the other half to high-need districts or partnerships including high-need districts on a competitive basis. Under the Educational Technology State Grants Program, high-need districts are those that (1) are high-poverty and (2) serve at least one low-performing school or have a substantial need for technology.
The program supports improved student academic achievement through the use of technology in schools by supporting high-quality professional development; increased access to technology and the Internet; the integration of technology into curricula; and the use of technology for promoting parental involvement and managing data for informed decision-making. Districts are required to spend 25 percent of the funds they receive on professional development, though a state may exempt a district that demonstrates already provides high-quality professional development in the integration of technology. In addition, the program will support national activities for disseminating information regarding best practices and providing technical assistance to states and districts and a rigorous, long-term study of the conditions and practices under which educational technology improves teaching and learning.
Key Requirements
SEAs must have state technology plans that include state goals for the use of technology and the strategies the state will use to prepare teachers to use technology. States also must provide technical assistance in developing applications to high-poverty districts and use accountability measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the Educational Technology State Grants Program. States as well as districts may use program funds to develop performance-measurement systems for tracking their progress. Districts also must have local long-range strategic educational technology plans to be eligible for formula or competitive grant funding.
How It Achieves Quality
The program emphasizes using both proven and innovative strategies for the use of technology. Specifically, the Educational Technology State Grants Program focuses on using technology to support improved curricula, instruction and, ultimately, student achievement by making available the resources necessary for integrating technology into the instructional program. This includes funds for Internet connections and services, professional development for teachers, and technology applications. Districts may participate in the Educational Technology State Grants Program by forming partnerships or consortia with other organizations, other districts, universities, and public-private initiatives that have been effectively using technology or have expertise in applying educational technology in instruction.
How Performance Is Measured
Participating SEAs and school districts must develop accountability measures for assessing how effective the Educational Technology State Grants Program is in supporting the integration of technology into curricula and instruction, increasing the ability of teachers to teach with technology, and enabling students to meet challenging state standards. In addition, the Department will conduct an independent study to identify the conditions under which technology increases student achievement and teachers' ability to teach with technology improves.
Key Activities For The State Education Agencies
States are responsible for implementing their state technology plans, including tracking progress according to the goals and accountability measures in their plans.
Districts applying for the Educational Technology State Grants Program must describe how they will use Educational Technology State Grants Program funds, including how they will promote the implementation of technology to improve student academic achievement and teacher effectiveness. States must provide technical assistance to high-poverty districts that demonstrate need for assistance in developing applications.


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Proper display of accents in mails sent by PERL
Hello Perl gurus,
I am creating a Perl script that sends e-mails to users. Some of them are french users and I need to send them an e-mail in French. However, accents get all screwed up:
$msg->attr("content-type.charset" => "ISO8859-1");
Any ideas?
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
There are several items to check.
First, ISO8859-15 should be your locale for accented characters (and the Euro sign).
Second, UTF-8, although somewhat compatible will have to be told you use fr_FR* locale.
Third, your system locale can be superseeded by you applications setups: for instance, I can use a system en_US.8859-1 locale, but have my xterm set to UTF-8 (uxterm) or emacs use whatever locale, or gnome set to us UTF-8 by default.
I can be on en_US on my terminal, but see Nautilus save my files as UTF-8.
Forth: Perl is going UTF-8 default. Currently there is an utf8 pragma (man utf8) allowing/disabling UTF-8.
Fifth: when you lauch an UTF-8 capable application, that application might call a subshell which will default run on your systems locale, which can be -as in my case- en_US. This sub-shell could eventually bork out with an error message as "malformed UTF-8 character string".
Most of the errors will be spitted out by bad written applications when those applications GNUishly presume your only possible setup is UTF-8 (if not UNICODE which is yet another non-standard standard).
My 2cents: check both your applications and DM (gnome, KDE) for proper encoding a common locale output.
Check the proper encoding choice when saving files.
Portable mails always should use 8859-1 text format.
You can read 8859-1 mails or webpages correctly, including diacritics from your most visited links by settin UTF-8 on your local browser setting. Local means that people using other locales will not read those pages the same way you do.
Fwiw, when switching from one code page to the other, include a setenv or export ENV or just change LC_* in your routine.
Remember that when you re-read the output, the output screen should also be set on the proper environment/locale. For instance, re-read your UTF-8 formatted mail with Thunderbird set to use UTF-8 also.
Note that UTF-8 will not be read correctly by 8859-15 set applications.
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Thanks for the reply lvlamb. It is much clearer now.
What confuses me is that I sent a message from me to me via Thunderbird. A look at the full headers shows me that the encoding is ISO8859-1 (my accents were displayed properly):
text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
multipart/mixed; boundary="_----------=_1210097604302960"; charset="ISO-8859-15"
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
Assumption is the mother of all f*ck-ups. So I'll be cautious.
I did not checked every version or revision of the installed Perl on every OS but I am pretty sure that every maintainer has faced encoding problems and made attempts to correct them. Basically, check resulting code for the encodings and don't google for answers.
In theory, Perl works in UTF-8 unless told not to do so (unless defaulted otherwise at compile time ). Perl will default to UTF-8 in a nearby revision. Unless too many users complain.
So, I assume Perl is UTF-8 default.
Note that, since WinXP(ntfs) for one, since April last year for Linux, late to the party OpenSolaris,the defaults there are UTF-8.
I assume *BSD users are smart enough to modify their application to display UTF-8 encodings when needed. I would use UTF-8 defaults and only translate to 8859-1 for mails sent to mailing lists as you always will be called names when not writing pure ASCII-7 and in English
Part of the base xorg, you now have luit (man luit) to play with filters.
Fwiw, here is a Sun doc that gives some tips on locale/UTF-8 conversions.
This does not answer your question
IMVHO, using UTF-8 throughout will be correctly read by most applications (hence users).
It is up to the application to correctly translate the encodings, i.e.: use MIME flags.
Most files don't have MIME flags. There is IMHO the error. Much simpler to implement than making the whole OS UTF-8 compliant. Which is changing a bad to a worse. UTF-8 is not an universal encoding either.
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text: Having been a calibration Engineer in my early days, I concur with Jim. In addition, each coax connector inline introduces losses. They all add up. Definitely worse in VHF/UHF. Some folks say you can't hear the difference, but when you are trying to hear and work a weak signal in/above the noise, every db counts. Dan Schaaf K3ZXL "In the Beginning there was Spark Gap" www.k3zxl.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk at contesting.com> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:03:51 -0500, Mike Besemer \(WM4B\) wrote: > >>Still... a dB or so (or even 3) on a long run of coax isn't going to >> make a hill of beans difference for most applications... an S-Unit >>is ~ 6dB. > > Only by someone's definition, not in reality. If you actually MEASURE the > response of the S-meters in REAL radios, you find that an S-unit may be > close > to 6dB near S9, but is usually closer to 3dB at S5 and below. > > As to a hill of beans -- many hams have long runs of coax to their > antennas, > so loss can be a BIG deal, not a hill of beans. The loss in dB of verious > RG8 > style coaxes ranges by a factor of about 2:1 from the lowest to the > highest. > Over the past several years, I've been doing a lot of little things to > improve my station. A dB here, a dB there, they all add up. Smart > operators > know that. The difference between a 3-el yagi and a 4-el yagi of > comparable > design is only 1-2 dB, and often double the cost. That doesn't stop a lot > of > guys who have the space from putting up 4-el yagis! > > Somehow, the scientific method seems to be lost on some of those > commenting > on my post. How do you know that the MFJ (or any piece of test gear) is > accurate if you don't compare it to another measurement or test method of > known accuracy? I'll bet a six pack of your favorite 807s that if I had > posted loss measuerements made ONLY with an MFJ, someone would have pooh- > poohed them because I didn't use equipment traceable to a calibration lab. > >>Forgot to mention... unless I actually SAW the 10' piece being cut off the >>longer roll I was considering buying from, I wouldn't trust the >>measurements >>anyway. > > Did it ever occur to you that sometimes ham stores, even the best known, > with > the biggest ads in QST, may not have good data on what they're selling? I > don't trust some of them any more than an anonymous vendor in a flea > market. > But there ARE some good deals out there, IF you have an open mind and know > how to evaluate them. The point of my post was to show that you CAN get > decent data from an MFJ259B that has been calibrated if you're measuring a > sample that is long enough. > > How many measurements of coax loas have you actually made? How did you do > it? > How did you know that you had good data? At some point, you've got to know > exactly how long that piece of coax is. RG8 is big and heavy, so > unspooling > enough of it to get a good measurement isn't always easy. You've got to > deal > with the length of cable sample you can get. > > 73, > > Jim K9YC > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > TowerTalk at contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk


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JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday accused nuclear power North Korea of supplying Syria with weapons of mass destruction.
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The Clippers also had their eye on Smith, and though they couldn't pay as much money as the Knicks, they thought they had a better team to offer. But the Knicks weren't going to let this one get away. Supposedly they had a rep waiting for Smith as he got off the plane from China yesterday evening, hoping to sign him as he went through customs. When that didn't work, and New York found out Smith was grabbing a connecting flight to Vegas, they sent their rep along too.


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"The government, to recover damages, will have to prove which contractor or contractors are responsible for any defects," said Harv Lester, who litigated numerous contracting disputes during a 20-year career in the Justice Department's Civil Division. "If problems arose because the government wasn't able to coordinate its contractors' work properly, the burden is the government's to bear — the government has to pay for it."
At the moment, the administration is avoiding talking in public about the potential for lawsuits or attempts to seek refunds from the contractors.
White House press secretary Jay Carney referred all questions about the contracts for and costs of the project to the Department of Health and Human Services. An HHS spokeswoman, in turn, referred the questions to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. A spokeswoman there had no answers Tuesday about the costs of the project, the terms of the contracts or any efforts to limit payments for design of nonfunctioning parts of the website.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ducked a question about it last week, telling The Wall Street Journal she is currently focused on trying to get the website working correctly and would address the possibility of refunds down the road.
Ironically, some of the same contractors that may be blamed for HealthCare.gov "glitches" are also needed to fix the site. The normal inclination would be to slow the flow of funds to such companies, but lawyers say the need to keep those contractors working puts Sebelius and other officials in a tough spot.
"The first thing they do is stop or slow down current payments," said Pam Marple, a former Civil Division attorney now with New York-based law firm Chadbourne & Parke. "They need them to keep working, but don't want to be criticized for making payments when things go wrong."
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The federal government could sue for refunds or withhold payment to contractors. Contractors who believe they've been shorted could sue, or countersue. Companies could also sue one another or point fingers at other contractors or even other entities like state governments or private insurance companies for causing some of the problems.
"With the whole web of contractors and subcontractors, there are going to be a lot of opportunities for finger-pointing about who's to blame and to say, 'I was really responsible for this piece rather than that piece,'" said a former Justice Department official, who helped defend and bring such lawsuits on behalf of the federal government.
Congress will also play a role in any finger-pointing. House Republicans have promised investigations into the website problems, and witnesses from four firms who hold Obamacare-related contracts are scheduled to appear at a House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing Thursday. No witness from HHS is expected, although Sebelius will likely testify at another hearing next week.
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The absence of a government witness at the Thursday hearing could allow those present to push blame toward the government — a tactic that is typical when contractors and the feds end up in a fight over failed or delayed work.
Sebelius may have been trying to head off that possibility when she mentioned lead website contractor CGI Federal Inc. on Tuesday without leveling any criticism.
"We have secured additional staff and commitments from our contractors, including CGI, the lead firm responsible for the federally facilitated marketplace technology," she said in a blog post. "They are providing and directing the additional resources needed for this project within the provisions of their existing contract."
"We have asked all of our contractors to look at their teams on the ground and bring in their absolute A-team and I am confident that is happening," Sebelius added in an interview Tuesday with CNN. "We had hoped that they had their A-Team on the table, but I am talking to CEOs and urging them to make sure that we have the [best] talent that they have available. … We want new eyes and ears."
Terms in the Obamacare website contracts — the text of which is not currently public but has been requested by congressional committees and the media — could complicate any government effort to withhold payment from contractors or demand repayment for allegedly botched work, warned Lester.
"There might be a 'best efforts' clause in the contract, where the contractor doesn't actually guarantee that whatever new technology is being developed is going to work," said Lester, now with the Chicago-based law firm Vedder Price. "In other contracts, the government and the contractor might share the risk of a possible failure, or otherwise apportion it between themselves somehow. The assignment of risk is going to be a huge factor if there are cost claims or damages claims."


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SpiderCloud Wireless and Tango Networks Work Together to Speed Up Unified Communications Services with Enterprise Small Cell Systems
Reliable UC Mobility and Connectivity for Enterprise Customers
San Jose, CA and Frisco, TX, USA – February 18, 2013 – SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc., the leading innovator of scalable small cell Enterprise Radio Access Network (E-RAN) systems for mobile operators, and Tango Networks, a leading technology provider that enables enterprises to embrace the power of Mobile Unified Communications with any mobile phone, today announced that the two companies have been working together to help mobile operators deliver Mobile Unified Communications (Mobile UC) services and advanced PBX functionality over scalable enterprise-class small cell networks.
The growing demand for mobility in the workplace requires a targeted multi-access small cell system that extends connectivity across the enterprise without requiring a special handset or dialer application or by forcing mobile voice to go over Wi-Fi. A scalable system that can provide reliable mobile coverage and capacity inside buildings helps mobile service providers monetize their small cell installations by extending Mobile UC services and providing high quality wireless access to enterprise customers.
SpiderCloud is the first company to offer mobile operators with a true multi-mode access system with 3G, LTE/4G and dual-band Wi-Fi for reliable mobile services indoors for enterprise customers of any size. The E-RAN system consists of a Services Node (SCSN) that is deployed inside the enterprise premise. The SCSN creates one trusted tunnel to the operator's core network and can control over 100 self-organizing and multi-access small cells that can be installed in just days using an enterprise-Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN). SpiderCloud is the only company that supports "soft handover" between radio nodes, which ensures that voice calls and data sessions are not dropped as people move within a building. Aggregating all the radio nodes at the services node layer optimizes backhaul and allows service providers and enterprises to more easily control and manage the system.
When combined with Tango Networks' Small Cell Connect, the joint mobility solution enables mobile operators to provide enterprises with the ability to extend their Mobile UC services and applications, and PBX functionality from their IP telephony network through their small cells as part of the trusted carrier macro-cellular network. The solution extends optimized Mobile UC and PBX functionality and services both inside and outside the enterprise, allowing users to use their mobile phone just like a desk phone.
"We're pleased to work with SpiderCloud to help enable unmatched mobile connectivity and Mobile UC applications for mobile operators and their enterprise customers," said Brenda Boehm, President and CEO of Tango Networks. "Our market-leading Mobile UC applications and extensive PBX integration deliver a truly unique solution that provides the seamless mobility users require to effectively conduct business while on-the-go."
Tango Networks' solution utilizes a secure tunnel created by the SpiderCloud E-RAN to enable an aggregation point for call signaling between macrocells, small cells, and the enterprise IP telephony infrastructure. This allows enterprise employees to use their existing devices to enjoy familiar PBX call and messaging features – such as integrated voice mail, single number, presence and short-digit dialing – for superior mobility and reachability.
"SpiderCloud and Tango Networks' joint development efforts help speed up adoption of mobile operator-led Unified Communications services inside the enterprise," said Michael Gallagher, CEO of SpiderCloud Wireless. "A managed small cell network that provides reliable mobile voice and data access, integrated with the enterprise PBX and IP telephony network, will help enterprise customers save time, money and resources as mobile operators become a trusted partner for mobile services beyond minutes and devices."
SpiderCloud will be attending Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 25-28. Interested parties can request a meeting by sending an email to email@example.com or by stopping by the company's meeting room in Hall 2, Room A130.
Tango Networks will also be attending Mobile World Congress. For meeting inquiries, please visit: http://www.tango-networks.com/mobile-world-congress-meeting
Tango Networks' comprehensive solution gives enterprises the ability to extend Mobile UC and PBX capabilities to their users with a high level of control and management that their IT departments demand. Tango Networks' flexible deployment seamlessly integrates with virtually all IP PBX/Centrex infrastructures, enabling an effective "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) policy that reduces the capital burden on employers, while offering the ability to integrate in CPE, hosted or cloud environments.
About SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc.
SpiderCloud Wireless develops breakthrough, small-cell network platforms that allow mobile operators to deliver unprecedented cellular coverage, capacity and smart applications to enterprises. Wall Street Journal ranked SpiderCloud #5 in its "Top 50 Start-Ups" in the "The Next Big Thing" report. SpiderCloud Wireless is based in San Jose, California and is backed by investors Charles River Ventures, Matrix Partners, Opus Capital and Shasta Ventures. SpiderCloud Wireless is a registered trademark and SmartCloud a trademark of SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc. © 2013 SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc. For more information visit www.spidercloud.com and follow the company on Twitter http://twitter.com/spidercloud_inc
About Tango Networks
Tango Networks transforms any mobile device into an enterprise office phone. Our technology securely connects the enterprise IP telephony infrastructure with the mobile network to give users access to the most advanced Mobile Unified Communications applications and capabilities on the market. With Tango Networks, enterprise users can utilize the rich Unified Communications and PBX features from their office phones on any mobile device, such as integrated voice mail, short-digit dialing, mobile call recording and mobile presence, while also enjoying our full suite of applications. Tango Networks' customers include Tier 1 mobile carriers in North America and Europe, as well as a rapidly growing base of enterprise and government customers worldwide. To learn more about Tango Networks, please visit www.tango-networks.com or follow Tango Networks on Twitter http://twitter.com/tangonetworks
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