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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 121 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
We are a new sustainable building company looking to create brand recognition as the nation's premier 'Green' builder. We construct and renovate commercial, residential and government spaces to make them healthy for the environment and their occupants. We are passionate about minimizing the negative environmental impacts of buildings and homes, and want to set ourselves apart from the other builders out there who are just going 'Green' to make a buck. In addition to making every project sustainable in some regard (the last porch we re-built, we had the old wood made into pencils!), we maintain green internal practices, as well. The t-shirts we've chosen to purchase will be made with 100% recycled material, and the printing company uses all eco safe inks and technologies for screen printing. Our slogan: Building and renovating with a Green Conscience.
We build and renovate residential, commercial and government spaces. For residential, we want to work with people looking to 'green' their homes. The reality, however, is that we introduce green concepts to our residential clientele they have never before thought of. Part of our marketing efforts (which includes this t-shirt) is to make green building mainstream- the rule and not the exception- and we want to be THE resource for it.
Commercial and Government clientele are either mandated to go green by new government regulations or genuinely looking to build green.
A link to the t-shirt company we are using: http://www.tsdesigns.com/products/shirt-styles/
We are fairly certain we will be doing an order for black and chocolate brown shirts, and were even toying with the idea of two different designs (same general idea/message). This company prints their own 'clothing facts' on the left sleeve of every shirt. You can see what I'm talking about if you visit the site (we're doing the recycled).
Our t-shirt must embody our company philosophies, and brand our slogan and logo. We want modern, fresh and creative. Our logo encompasses clean lines, but please don't feel confined by that parameter.....we'd love to see some 'organic' images incorporated if it maintains the modern, fresh feel. Also, feel free to use the logo without the 'Gardner Building Group' in your design as you see fit. We do require somewhere, though, you include the full logo and web address. Please be creative


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Genomic Research in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (GRADS Alpha-1)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01832220
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 16, 2013
Last Update Posted : January 12, 2016
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This project is designed to examine the interaction between the microflora in the lower airway and the concentration of a serum protein called alpha-1 antitrypsin. The hypothesis is that alpha-1 antitrypsin impacts the diversity and content of the lower airway microflora, resulting in a less inflammatory airway.
The Specific Aims are:
- To compare the lower respiratory tract microbiome and virome population diversity and content in age and GOLD stage matched PiZZ individuals not receiving augmentation therapy, PiZZ individuals on augmentation therapy, PiMZ individuals not receiving augmentation therapy, and PiMM individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Determine correlations between bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and peripheral blood gene expression patterns and patterns in lung microbial and viral populations across all cohorts.
- Correlate the presence or absence of computed tomography (CT) bronchiectasis and bronchiolectasis with patterns in the microbiome population diversity and content.
- To identify and define novel molecular phenotypes of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) based on computational integration of clinical, transcriptomic, and microbiome data.
|Condition or disease
|Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency AATD
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD, Alpha-1) is a genetic condition that predisposes to early onset pulmonary emphysema and airways obstruction, often indistinguishable from usual smoker's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Prominent features of AATD COPD include basilar predominant panacinar emphysema, frequent radiographic bronchiectasis, and a prominent interaction with environmental factors that influence clinical disease phenotypes.
Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) is the most abundant serum and lung antiprotease and has a variety of biologic activities that influence lung homeostasis. Prominent among these are roles in neutrophil elastase inhibition, antiprotease activities against cathepsins, involvement in the complement cascade, and interaction with toll receptors.
Since the effects of AAT on lung homeostasis remain poorly understood, the Alpha-1 protocol for the Genomic Research in AAT Deficiency and Sarcoidosis (GRADS) grant (hereafter called GRADS Alpha-1 protocol) is designed to investigate the overarching hypothesis that alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) impacts the diversity and content of the lower airway microflora, resulting in a less inflammatory airway.
Since the risk for bronchiectasis, COPD severity as measured by GOLD stage, and emphysema extent is proportional to the serum AAT concentration, comparison between different genotypes of AAT replete and deficient populations will provide data to determine if the diversity and content of the lower airway microflora influence the risk of COPD in the AATD population. The AATD population is selected because these individuals have a measurable interaction with environmental burdens22,28 and may be key to garnering an understanding of the interplay between this important anti-protease, airways and lower lung inflammation, peripheral blood gene expression, and radiologic and clinical phenotypes of COPD.
The GRADS Alpha-1 Study is a prospective cross-sectional cohort study that will enroll approximately 200 participants at seven clinical centers with a total of nine recruitment locations over two years. An ancillary application to SPIROMICS will request data from 50 PiMM subjects, all (estimate 10) PiMZ subjects, and any (estimate 1) PiZZ subjects. The remainder of the participants (N=~139) will be recruited through GRADS Alpha-1 centers. All participants will have two study-related visits (Baseline and Bronchoscopy). During the study visits, clinic staff will conduct physical examinations and tests, collect biological specimens, and administer a series of questionnaires to study participants. Participants could also receive a telephone call to determine the final status of any adverse event, 1 month after study conclusion.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|140 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Genomic Research in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Sarcoidosis (GRADS) - Alpha-1 Protocol
|Study Start Date :
|May 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2015
PiZZ not on therapy
Individuals with the PiZZ genotype not on augmentation therapy.
PiZZ on therapy
Individuals with the PiZZ genotype on augmentation therapy.
PiMZ not on therapy
Individuals with the PiMZ genotype not on augmentation therapy.
PiMM with COPD
Individuals with the PiMM genotype and COPD.
- Number and diversity of lower respiratory tract (LRT) microbes [ Time Frame: Single time point split into 2 visits over 1 month ]
Presenting characteristics (e.g., sex) will be compared among those with and without augmentation therapy using the appropriate test for continuous (e.g., t-test, Wilcoxon) or discrete (e.g., chi-square) data. Paired t-test will be used to compare the diversity, as measured by the number of microbes, and McNemar's test will be used to compare the lower respiratory tract (LRT) microbiome and virome, assessed by the presence or absence of specific organisms (e.g., viral, gram negative bacteria). Conditional logistic regression will be used to determine if there is an independent association with the use of augmentation therapy after controlling for presenting characteristics that differed between the two populations.
The primary analysis will determine if the PiZZ individuals on augmentation therapy have a difference in the number and diversity of LRT microbes identified than matched PiZZ individuals who are not on augmentation therapy.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
The GRADS Alpha-1 Study will enroll approximately 200 participants over two years. An ancillary application to SPIROMICS will request data from 50 PiMM subjects, all (estimate 10) PiMZ subjects, and any (estimate 1) PiZZ subjects. The remainder of the participants (N=~150) will be recruited through nine GRADS clinical sites.
Potential participants are invited to participate through the Alpha-1 Foundation Research Registry by email, telephone, mailings, or website per Registry protocols and procedures. Additionally, participants are recruited at the clinical centers by invitations to participate through flyers, websites and mailings and by physician referrals. Other recruitment protocols approved by the local institutional review board for human research are allowed.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between age 40 and 80 (inclusive) at Baseline Visit
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin genotype PiZZ or PiMZ
- Able to tolerate and willing to undergo study procedures
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of comorbid condition severe enough to significantly increase risks based on investigator discretion
- Diagnosis of unstable cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction in the past 6 weeks, uncontrolled congestive heart failure, or uncontrolled arrhythmia
- Partial pressure of oxygen in the blood (PaO2) on room air at rest <50 mmHg or saturation level of oxygen in hemoglobin(SaO2) on room air at rest <85%
- Post bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second (FEV1)<30% predicted
- Use of anticoagulation (patients on warfarin or clopidogrel will be excluded; patients on aspirin alone can be studied even with concurrent use)
- Dementia or other cognitive dysfunction which in the opinion of the investigator would prevent the participant from consenting to the study or completing study procedures
- Active pulmonary infection with tuberculosis
- History of pulmonary embolism in the past 2 years
- Non-COPD obstructive disease (various bronchiolitides, sarcoid, LAM, histiocytosis X) or parenchymal lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease, pleural disease, severe kyphoscoliosis, neuromuscular weakness, or other cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, that, in the opinion of the investigator, limit the interpretability of the pulmonary function measures
- Prior significant difficulties with pulmonary function testing
- Hypersensitivity to or intolerance of albuterol sulfate or ipratropium bromide or propellants or excipients of the inhalers
- Hypersensitivity to or intolerance of all drugs required for sedation during conscious sedation bronchoscopy.
- History of Lung volume reduction surgery, lung resection or bronchoscopic lung volume reduction in any form
- History of lung or other organ transplant
- History of large thoracic metal implants (e.g., Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (AICD) and/or pacemaker) that in the opinion of the investigator limit the interpretability of CT scans
- Currently taking >=10mg a day/20mg every other day of prednisone or equivalent systemic corticosteroid
- Currently taking any immunosuppressive agent excepting systemic corticosteroids
- History of lung cancer or any cancer that spread to multiple locations in the body
- Current illicit substance abuse, excluding marijuana
- Known HIV/AIDS infection
- History of or current exposure to chemotherapy or radiation treatments that, in the opinion of the investigator, limits the interpretability of the pulmonary function measures.
- Has a BMI > 40 kg/m2 at baseline exam
- Current or planned pregnancy within the study course.
- Currently institutionalized (e.g., prisons, long-term care facilities)
- Have a genotype of PiMZ and ever received intravenous or inhaled alpha-1 augmentation therapy (Alpha-1 Proteinase Inhibitor, A1PI)
Conditional Exclusions
- Participants who present with an upper respiratory infection or pulmonary exacerbation, either solely participant-identified or that has been clinically treated, in the last six weeks can be rescreened for the study once the six-week window has passed.
- Participants who present with current use of acute antibiotics or steroids can be rescreened for the study ≥30 days after discontinuing acute antibiotics/steroids. This does not apply to participants who are on chronic prednisone therapy of <10 mg per day or <20 mg every other day.
- Participants who present with a myocardial infarction or eye, chest, or abdominal surgery within six weeks can be rescreened after the six week window has passed. Study coordinators should consult with the site principal investigator prior to rescreening these participants.
- Female participants who present <3 months after giving birth will be asked to reschedule their visit until three months have passed since the birth.
- Individuals who are PiZZ receiving alpha-1 augmentation therapy (Alpha-1 Proteinase Inhibitor, A1PI) must be off augmentation therapy for >6 months to qualify for stratified enrollment in the PiZZ group not receiving augmentation therapy.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01832220
|United States, Arizona
|Arizona Health Sciences Center
|Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85742
|United States, California
|University of California - San Francisco
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
|United States, Colorado
|National Jewish Health
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80206
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale University
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|United States, South Carolina
|Medical University of South Carolina
|Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37240
|Principal Investigator:
|Naftali Kaminski, MD
|Yale University
|Principal Investigator:
|Stephen Wisniewski, PhD
|University of Pittsburgh
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Becich, MD, PhD
|University of Pittsburgh
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Naftali Kaminski, Boehringer-Ingelheim Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Yale University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01832220 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U01HL112707 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 16, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 12, 2016
|Last Verified:
|January 2016
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Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Subcutaneous Emphysema
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Protein C Inhibitor
Trypsin Inhibitors
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
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Customer Connect Coordinator Delbert Marcum (left) briefs fellow Colorado Springs carriers on how to identify new customers. Newly-hatched chicks (right) prepare to hit the road for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport and destinations beyond, via the mail.
Go behind the scenes to see how baby chicks are shipped and also learn how letter carriers work as effective members of the Postal Service sales force in February's edition of Your Postal Podcast.
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I'd much rather have a phone that's shaped like a shoe. More specifically, a high heel.
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The Relation of Invested Capital to Profit
Presented before the Houston Control, Con-trollers Institute of America — March 1956
It is a great pleasure to me to appear tonight before the Houston Control of the Controllers Institute of America, which is now my home control since becoming a resident of this great city. The Institute has become a noted group and I feel proud, as anyone should, of having this opportunity to talk before you. I hope I can measure up to your expec-tations in presenting this talk on the subject THE RELATION OF IN-VESTED CAPITAL TO PROFIT.
The primary purpose of business is to earn a profit. A very important
measure of the adequacy of this profit is its relation to the capital
invested. In my opinion, companies which have had the greatest success
have given consideration not only to an adequate composite return on invested capital, but also to a satisfactory return on investment requir-ed for each operating division and for the manufacture of each product.
There probably are many companies enjoying a good ratio of net income to capital invested which are unaware that this may result from exceptionally good returns on certain products which offset low profit on some products and losses on others. A thorough knowledge of the actual ratio of net income to capital invested with respect to each product would unquestionably be of great help to these companies in assisting the managements in placing these low profit and unprofitable items on a more satisfactory profit basis, thereby improving the overall
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Umpa necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 160 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
You! Lingerie
You! Lingerie was born in 2009 when its founder yearned for beautiful lingerie during her pregnancy and after wards when she nursed...And all she could find were matronly, uninspiring and bland color products. So she decided to do something about it.
You! Lingerie brings beautiful high fashion, playful and luxury maternity/nursing lingerie to edgy moms at an affordable price. You! Lingerie believes that you do not have to lose who YOU are now that you a mom.
You! Lingerie will be targeted towards moms who do not want to lose their sexy edge just because they are breast feeding mothers. They are sexy, stylish women who love and embrace their femininity but they don't want to spend a fortune to look fabulous. They have been looking for more fun maternity/nursing lingerie options than what currently exists in the market place.
I am looking for a logo that represents my maternity/nursing lingerie line called You! Lingerie
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CakeSpy Note: Believe it or not, there's a sweet spot in Salt Lake City where the delightful French treat known as Kouing Aman (pronounce it "queen ahmann" in your Frenchiest voice, please) reigns supreme. It's at a bakery called Les Madeleines, where pastry chef Romina Rasmussen's version has won fans far and wide (even Oprah is said to be a fan!). But how did this happen? Here's the story of How the Kouing Aman became the Queen, written by the Queen of Kouing Aman herself, bakery owner Romina!
I wish I could tell you a story of one of my adventures that took me to Brittany, France where I discovered this hidden gem of a pastry.
It's not as exciting as that. I discovered the Kouing Aman (or kouign aman) in a trade magazine. I like to stay up on what's going on in the industry and was intrigued by an article I happened upon. I didn't even make it right away. I put it aside to make it when I had time. Eventually, I gently nudged a regular customer to order some so I would have to make time. She did, and nothing has ever been the same.
The instructions wouldn't work at this altitude (in Salt Lake City), so I adjusted the ingredients and technique. It took several batches to get them just right, but not so many that I wanted to give up.
At first I added them to our rotation of special viennoiserie, just once a week. At that point we were still undiscovered, so I only made eight at a time. Just eight! No one knew what they were. No one could say it. I didn't expect it to go well.
The first few weeks I sampled a few out and it was unanimous love at first bite. The third week I got "in trouble" with a guest for running out, as she had driven a long way. The following it was because I'd put them out on the wrong day of the week. I ended up adding another day.
By the sixth week I was making them every day and people were making excuses as to why they were eating them so often – you know sick friends in the hospital and other such tales. We quickly nicknamed them "crack" and cautioned guests about their waistlines if they ate 2-3 per day. I once saw it almost come to blows over the last one between two ladies.
No matter how many I made, they'd sell out. I started limiting them to six/day without advanced orders. But this only made everyone want them more. At this point I was making way more than eight/day.
Eventually The Food Network found us and featured the Kouing Aman on Road Tasted with the Neelys and The Best Thing I Ever Ate. We started shipping them, and now I can say they've made it to all 50 states. Being on The Food Network was a business changing endorsement that I am very grateful for.
CakeSpy Note: May we pause for a moment to observe that the box says "by giving BUTTER, you give your HEART"...? LOVE it!
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Centrepoint is the UK's leading charity for homeless young people. It provides housing and support for over 1,200 16-25 year olds every year, helping them into work and a home of their own. It also gives homeless young people a voice through the Centrepoint Parliament.
Centrepoint works directly in London and the north east of England, and collaborates with other organisations across the UK. It conducts research and influences government policy with the overall aim of ending youth homelessness.
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Church Housing Trust supports people who have been homeless, by funding the help they need to rebuild their lives. Our roots go back to 1882, when Revd Wilson Carlile began working with homeless people in central London. Today we help more than 4,500 people every year.
We do this by providing funding for clothes, training, travel, facilities, life skills and other personal support that helps people to become more confident and healthy. We also support their move to independent living with grants for basic furnishings and household essentials for their new homes.
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The Connection at St Martin's is open every day of the week for homeless people of all ages. Services include streetwork, two day centres, a night centre, advice, clinics, resettlement, arts, training.
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We have ambitious plans for the future and are committed to help more people in more places across the UK. We know we won't end homelessness overnight or on our own. But we take a lead, collaborate with others and, together, make change happen.
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In our affluent nation, tens of thousands of people wake up every day in housing that is run-down, overcrowded, or dangerous. Many others have lost their home altogether. The desperate lack of decent, affordable housing is robbing us of security, health, and a fair chance in life.
Shelter believes everyone should have a home.
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St Mungo's believes no one should be homeless and that people can – and do – recover from the issues that create homelessness. We provide a bed and support to more than 2,500 people a night who are either homeless or at risk, and work to prevent homelessness, helping about 25,000 people a year. We support men and women through more than 250 projects including emergency, hostel and supportive housing projects, advice services and specialist physical health, mental health, skills and work services. We also influence and campaign nationally to help people to rebuild their lives. Of course, we couldn't possibly accomplish this without the help of our supporters.
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Channel 5 (Singapore) didn't purchase TAR on time this time round. We have Survivor but no TAR.. lame. I'll be here to join the party, I guess. (Good for you all who's always jealous we get to complete the episode first!~ )
Links (as long as we can find one!) will be here about 20 minutes before show time on Sunday nights! These tend to vary week to week so check back often. And the show discussion thread is here: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,26277.new.html#new Come join in the fun as we all watch together for the best weekly viewing party in town!
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Seven-time Cy Young Award-winner Roger Clemens is on trial today – again – for allegedly lying to Congress, and that means the spotlight will again find Brian McNamee, the pitcher's former personal trainer. McNamee has said he injected Clemens on numerous occasions with steroidsand human growth hormone.
But the man I'll be thinking about is Andy Pettitte, Clemens' longtime friend and teammate.
Here's the thing about steroid cases – they have the potential to rip up friendships and clubhouses.
I covered the 2008 congressional hearing in which Clemens is said to have lied. Clemens, wearing a dark pinstriped suit, often seemed indignant about having to defend himself against steroid allegations. I remember how he was seated at one end of an oval witness table and didn't look up when McNamee – his principal accuser – was escorted to his seat at the other end.
The lawmakers had to decide who was lying, Clemens or McNamee. That's where Pettitte seemed to play a pivotal role.
Pettitte, Clemens' longtime New York Yankees teammate, had provided important evidence appearing to corroborate McNamee's account of Clemens using human growth hormone.
Pettitte did not attend the hearing. But he told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in an affidavit that he had a conversation in 1999 or 2000 in which Clemens "told me he had taken human growth hormone. He did not tell me where he got the hGH or from whom, but he did tell me that it helped the body recover."
I think Pettitte's statements persuaded some committee members that McNamee was telling the truth. The members knew Pettitte and Clemens had been close, and they simply couldn't see where Pettitte would have motivation for lying.
Plus, Pettitte has an understated way of talking that made him seem genuine to committee members.
Pettitte had once told the committee: "I have to tell you all the truth. And one day I have to give an account to God and not to nobody else of what I've done in my life."
Rather that criticize his longtime friend, Clemens told the committee that Pettitte must have misunderstood what he had heard.
"Andy Pettitte is my friend," Clemens told the committee. "He was my friend before this, he will be my friend after this."
McNamee was also Pettitte's personal fitness coach and has said he injected Pettitte with human growth hormone as well. Pettitte has apologized for using the substance.
Pettitte is pitching for the Yankees in the minors and is expected back with the big club before long. He may be called as a witness during the current trial inWashington, D.C.
I suspect he'd be a credible witness.
"I think whenever you're trying to make a determination as to veracity and you feel like there's conflict, you look for somebody like Pettitte to sway you one way or another," Rep.Elijah E. Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat, said on the day of the 2008 hearing. "I felt Pettitte had nothing to gain and nothing to lose."


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loadin up the truck and headin to Springfield, Missouri, for the NSRA Mid-America Street Rod Nationals. Whether youre driving an in-progress buildup or a finished boulevard cruiser, Springfield was a great place to be over Memorial Day weekend. NSRA, the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, and the City of Springfield combined to make everyone feel welcome. With the traditional down-home atmosphere of this Bible Belt town, it didnt take any extra-big effort on anyones part to make you feel welcome. Hospitality is in the air, no matter when you are there.
As in the past, Sheraton Hawthorn Park served as the perfect location for registration and the Friday Night Kickoff Party. Located on Glenstone Avenue, close to the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, the Sheraton is centrally located to the action. Several eating establishments, to suit a variety of tastes and budgets, are located within walking or driving distance along Glenstone Avenue. If you prefer to get away from the crowd, Springfield spreads out in all directions for your exploring pleasure.
After checking in at registration, a short drive takes you to the fairgrounds, where 1,950 street rods were in attendancethe most, to date, for this steadily growing event. It would have been higher had it not been for the forecast that promisedand deliveredrain. Mother Nature obviously likes a good rod run as well as the next guy. Of course, not all of these street rods were trucks; however, as everyone reading this magazine knows, trucks are continuing to increase in popularity. At rod runs that were once visited only by trucks of the 40 Ford and 47-48 Chevy variety, a growing number of makes and models are now being seen. Model A Ford trucks seem to be regaining some lost popularity, while early post-war Fords are enjoying popularity for the first time.
Everyone we spoke with seemed to enjoy the Springfield run. The fairground has plenty of shade for those who want to sit and relax, and plenty of open area for those who want to show off their perfect paint jobs in the sunlight. Paved streets make cruising all through the fairgrounds a pleasant way to see and be seen. No matter what your favorite rod run event is, Springfield, Missouri, merits your consideration. Pat Newell and NSRA agree, as they plan to be there again next year over the Memorial Day weekend. Well see you there.


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Location: California
current red: Phillips
old red: Joe morgan
other mlb team: Not a chance......reds only and any that plays the cardinals
other sports: Nba, nfl and college (lakers, 49ers and everything ohio state)
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welcome all!
New here thought I'd introduce myself:
1. Cincinnati, OH
2. Joseph Votto
3. Barry Larkin
4. Don't care for anyone else at all
5. Love my Bengals, Georgia Bulldogs, and UC Bearcats. Big into Hockey as well but I don't really have a fave hockey team aside from the Cyclones lol
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1. Location: Kentucky
2. Favorite Current Red: Joey Votto
3. Favorite Former Red: Aaron Boone
4. Other teams in the MLB you root for? Nope
5. Other sports you enjoy? NFL, NBA, Collegiate sports
6. What other sporting teams do you root for? Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Titans, and Nashville Predators
7. Anything else you care to share? I want the off-season to pass quickly so next season can get started! Go Reds!
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DeSean Jackson has only one free-agent visit lined up so far.
He's in Washington getting a physical Monday night before meeting with the Redskins coaches on Tuesday.
Appearing on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access," NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport confirmed the Redskins do have a chance to "seal the deal" if they can reach agreement by Tuesday afternoon.
If the Redskins let Jackson leave the building without a new contract, though, the wide receiver will not lack for suitors.
Jackson is "beyond the one-year, 'prove-it' type of deal," per Rapoport, because his market is strong with the Raiders and Bills lurking.
"If you want to talk about what kind of contract he would generate, Eric Decker was the top receiver on the market during free agency," Rapoport said. "Don't be surprised if DeSean Jackson commands more than that. He is coming off possibly the best year of his career, and was set to make $10.5 million with the Eagles."
Last week's release and the attendant reports questioning Jackson's character will certainly almost end up costing the three-time Pro Bowl pick money. However, he's still likely to surpass Decker's five-year, $36.25 million contract.
In the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast" the guys do the news, open the mailbag and play "Win Wess' Toaster."


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Ten years???? Where did it go and where was I when it was passing me by? I know "they" say, "Enjoy it, it goes by so fast." But really, I had no idea!!
Here I sit this morning remembering where I was ten years ago today. I was scared out of my mind! My anxiety had the best of me. I had never before had a C-Section to have my baby and here it was happening to me. AND my sweet, steady husband was a wreck! So uncharacteristic of him... always the calm one, was suddenly nervous and worried about his sweetheart and his two sons being in an operating room. We made it to the hospital, covered in prayers and love and we were as ready as we would ever be to welcome these two little guys into our lives.
The delivery went as good as we could have prayed for, one of my little guys didn't breathe on his own right away and the other decided he really didn't want to come out just yet and had to be "forced" out (bet you can't guess which one that was???). When it was all done and I was in recovery I had but one goal in mind and that was to see and hold my boys! Oh, how that day seems like just yesterday... not in a proverbially way, really it feels like yesterday.
In these ten years, as a family, we have experienced so much. But these two boys have always been such a bright spot in our home. They truly did complete our family and officially made us a half-dozen family! Each one of them has strengths and they are so generous with them. Both of them are sweet and kind with soft and tender hearts. They are each other's best friend and their biggest cheerleader! And before you think we live in a perfect world (hahaha), they can also fight with each other better than anyone else too!! But at the end of the day, they love each other and they really are wonderful boys.
My heart is sadened a bit today, as I realize that my days of having babies and little boys in my house is coming to an end. But I am also excited and hopeful to see what God has in store for these boys as they become young men and more importantly, men who follow God. I know my mom would have loved to celebrate this day with us and I know she would be so proud of them, of us all.
Happy 10th Birthday sweet boys! You are so very loved and I am so humbled to have been choosen by God to be your mommy. Thank you for what you add to my life and those who have taken the time and the love to be invested in your lives. You both are truly a gift!
I love you both,
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Birthday Day Times Two!!
Ten years???? Where did it go and where was I when it was passing me by? I know "they" say, "Enjoy it, it goes by so fast." But really, I had no idea!!
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I couldn't be happier with my choice. It's a great job with good coworkers. (I guess I have luck in this department, never had a douchebag for a coworker in my life)
At my place of work we primarily use PHP, we use Moodle for our main workhorse but any company websites, contact forms, or whatever we may need is written in simple .php files.
Currently my coworker copy-pastes the header and footer HTML markup to many different PHP files. No, he does not even "include" that sucker in, he manually copy-pastes it. I can't argue with his results, he gets things done and ultimately that's what is important - however I'd like to show him (and the rest of our team) how a PHP framework like CakePHP can help us out in the long run.
MVC frameworks and websites go like bread and butter. He would declare his header and never ever ever have to copy and paste it somewhere else. Making changes to the header would be a matter of modifying the main layout, not each file. Benefits all around, not to mention a fantastic ORM library.
So here's my question: How do you introduce new frameworks, tools or paradigms to coworkers?
Here are a few of my own thoughts to get things started:
- Show a clear example of how this can benefit the team.
- Show how marketable the skill is to have. (This is tough but can be done if you can back it up)
- Show how it can lighten work for the team. (Less work = more fun for all = less chances for things to break)
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Shift Supervisor
Job Summary
As a leader of your store's operations, staffing, customer satisfaction, product quality, financial performance, and team development, you will personally help contribute to the success of Andy's Frozen Custard. Andy's is a great place to work and our employees love what they do!
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Maintain a calm demeanor during periods of high volume or unusual events to keep store operating to standard
- Assist with new employee training through positive reinforcement
- Create a positive learning environment by providing clear, specific, timely and respectful feedback to all associates.
- Deliver legendary customer service to all customers by acting with a "customer comes first" attitude
- Develop positive relationships with shift team
- Execute store operations during scheduled shifts including organizing store opening and closing duties
- Follow and reinforce Andy's operational policies and procedures
- Utilize operational tools to achieve maximum operational efficiency
- Knowledge of the frozen custard industry and competitors
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to manage effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of customer service techniques
- Knowledge of supervisory practices and procedures
- Strong operational skills in a customer-service environment
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Team-building skills
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to coach and mentor others
- Ability to plan and prioritize workload
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
Qualifications & Requirements
- Must have 2 – 3 years of proven management experience in the food service industry or leadership role in a related industry
- Must have reliable transportation and must be able to work all shifts
- Must be 18+ years of age
- Must be able to work nights and weekends
Physical Requirements
- Constant standing/walking
- Occasional pushing, pulling, lifting or carrying up to 50 lbs. independently and safely
- Occasional ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps.
- Constant computer/POS Register and fountain equipment usage.
- Frequent, continual, intermittent flexing or rotation of the wrist(s) and spine.
- Constant reaching, turning, and performing precision work around fountain area
- Constant talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
- Constant clarity of vision at near and/or far distances
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The U.N. Intramural Squad Or Something More?
: Uncategorized : Written by Lee Davis : 07-20-2010
Standing outside Madison Square Garden some summers ago, near the atm's, yards away from Gerry Cosby's. Through the glass doors, newly hired Knicks boss Donnie Walsh walked out. I watched as he stood there, lit a cigarette, a Clifford Odetts character in the flesh, he shoulda been named Sydney. As in the guy with the job nobody else wanted, toiling under the boss the whole city smirked about, for a franchise in perpetual free-fall. The suit too big, the bags under the eyes, this was a guy, this Donnie Walsh, made Jeff Van Gundy look like Randy Couture. This Donnie …continue reading


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NEWS YORK — It's a subway rider's worst nightmare: being pushed onto the tracks. On Monday, it happened in midtown Manhattan where, according to witnesses, one man shoved another in front of an oncoming train, which crushed the victim to death before horrified onlookers.
Police on Tuesday were still searching for the alleged pusher, who was captured on surveillance video seconds before the attack in a verbal altercation with the victim, who was identified as 58-year-old Ki-Suk Han of Queens, N.Y. The attack occurred about 12:30 p.m.
Witnesses, who included scores of people standing on the platform at the station on West 49th Street and 7th Avenue, said Han tried to scramble back onto the platform after landing on the tracks a few feet below, but he was crushed between the side of the platform and the Q train, which slammed on its brakes but could not stop in time.


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Start your day with chanting, meditation and a little Torah wisdom. In a warm and welcoming group we will chant our gratitude and prayers following the arc of the morning service and connect around the week's Torah portion. Includes Mourners Kaddish. All are welcome, no knowledge of prayers, music or Hebrew needed.


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Teaming up with SEAT has seen us push the boundaries of performance, provide thrilling drives and bring man and machine closer than ever to total synergy. Our long-term strategic partnership has enabled us to do this and deliver long-term value to SEAT drivers around the world. This global collaboration has stepped up standards and enabled SEAT to take their engines to the next level in terms of performance and durability. We work closely with SEAT to produce the highest quality oils that perfectly match engine demands. That's why, when it comes to the question of which motor oil is recommended for SEAT engines, the answer is Castrol. Castrol and SEAT work closely to produce the highest quality performance oils that perfectly match SEAT engine demands


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Dog Poet Transmitting.......
May your noses always be cold and wet.
Where have we been; fast asleep in the belly of the beast, drunk on the digestive juices of Wall Street monsters, Israeli, vampire siphon machines; suck you up like a McDonald's milkshake baby. If you can't handle the stink, stay out of the cistern. The banker bully boys came here from Clockwork Orange, multitasking with motorcycle boots and attendant orgasms. These are the real cartels; the insatiable military and the corporate hounds, the government Sandusky kids and the bloodstained clowns from the Rothschild breakfast table, who keep making the rounds while confirming the kill. You may not feel it but your children will. You may not feel it but your children will.
All over the planet the migration has begun, as the elementals go into action and climb out of their sleeping beds. Nature is throwing off her chains and seething with rage at a handful of punks in three piece suits and the vast army of stupid and indifferent that made their job easy; that sat on the sidelines or carried the freight and abused friends and family with smoldering hate; yeah, that's just Love suppressed. Thank god for allopathic, symptomatic compounds that make it possible to conceal what we are really feeling, to hide it under fronts of resentment and futile anger at those closest to us, while our cowardice and appetites put paid to the license granted to our oppressors.
Indifference to sunlight does not mute or alter its disinfectant quality. It's going to slip in to your dark, migraine evasive, bedrooms and find you anyway. Ask yourself why your head hurts in the first place. If you don't turn your attention to the source of what is assaulting you, it has nowhere to go except to turn back upon yourself or those closest to you. If you can't control your own mind, you can't control your behavior. That makes you an uninformed servant of your own distress, at the hands of those who get high being employed at it.
If you don't care who leads you then you probably don't care where you wind up, or simply have lost the capacity to add two and two, which, according to natural law, results in the arrival of a two by four, just to let you know that the cosmos can still count. The hand of the cosmos is Nature in action and if you don't pay attention she'll put you in traction. It's not personal, it's the business of the system that orders the degree of presence and performance that determines the itinerary. "Good evening, I'll be your elevator operator; going down, or would you prefer to see a menu"? You can think of your life as a Chinese restaurant; no substitutions. I know you were all about the concept of infinite choice. That's how you got all that technology, gadgets and things that keep your mind off the approaching transition. It's a old story. It's happened before. Things just got out of hand and then were no more.
The news isn't good. Good news doesn't sell. What did you expect besides resident Hell? On Wal-mart, on Blackheart, Monsanto and Blitzen, on Vatican, Dupont and Kentucky Fried Chicken, the season is here, the spirit is missing. Meanwhile... meanwhile, it's all about where it's okay to put your dick. It's all about celebrating the things that make you sick. It's all about control and regimentation. It's all reaction and the right to maim and kill. You may not feel it but your children will.
How did it get like this? How did life become such a drag? Who shot up the hamster with amphetamine? Who poisoned the well? Who did it in Palestine? Who's doing it now? Who got together with the worst of us to come down on our heads? Who put creed against creed and color against color? Who's making the money from the carnage and ruin? Who's selling you fear about people you don't even know? Who did what got blamed on the people we bombed? Who put a boogeyman under your bed? Who made crime so attractive and armed the cartels? Who made ordinary folk into dysfunctional trolls? Who made the cops mean? Who corrupted the priests? Who made one big cluster-fuck nightmare from Round-Up and Ready Whip? Who taught you false history? Who created the river of darkness that runs under the ship of state? Who created god from a toilet and taught you to worship it? Flush once for a wake-up and twice for a hair from the bad dog that bit you and you're almost there. You're almost there. You probably don't feel it but your children don't care.
Nothing is what it seems. The reality of the misidentified is actually an expression of two interfacing spirals that have created a temporary 'no man's land' between them. Think of an enduring period of false dawn or transformative dusk, a place where you can see shapes in movement but cannot accurately or even generically identify them. This is a time of strange magnetisms, accompanied by the usual labels, no longer being meaningful. In former times, people and things behaved according to the definitions they operated under. A conservative was usually a conservative and a liberal a liberal. This is no longer the case. As for the magnetisms, new attractive forces are presenting themselves and people are behaving under compulsions contrary to their basic nature; being overwhelmed by forces and conditions whose power comes about due to one's sense of self having deteriorated to the point that they no longer know who they are.
Voluntary and cooperative change assure a ready identification in transition. Forced and uncooperative change results in a partial or total destruction of the cognitive self in terms of their capacity to recognize the states into which they are being transported. Imagine Rick Santorum on acid in an Indian temple; not a bad thing actually, provided he never goes back to being who he was and I don't even care if he can remember but... I digress.
People are all focused on external events and are missing the activation of the resonance of an entirely new atmosphere of being. People are paranoid about what's coming and unaware of who it is that it might happen to. People are finding that the need of their appetites increase, in advance of the arrival of a time in which they can no longer satisfy them. This accounts for one of the spirals. "Your job, should you choose to accept it", is to figure out what's going on in the other spiral. "Remember, if you or any of your team are captured, we will disavow any knowledge of" your not having cared enough to become invisible to the suck holes, seeking to swallow you up in an entropic slumber; not everyone gets to be, or wants to be-come a fly trapped in amber but we do have a larger list of candidates than in previous years.
The whole thing is about fear and uncertainty. It paralyzes you. It turns you into a deer in the headlights. You've made the men in the shadows powerful because your fear is the Viagra that inspires their abuse. You won't collect and congregate with your fellows, so they will pick you off one by one and put you in jumpsuits with single digit numbers on them. You seem incapable of stepping away from the levers and buttons of your own destruction. The last thing you will see is your fingerprint holographically shimmering over the words, "Fuck me, I'm a fool" on the press panel you thought was going to open the door to some brothel in your head. Everyone gets challenged about whether they care about what happens to the people around them. It's set up that way.
Everyone is worried what the devil's going to think. . You don't want to piss him off and make him angry. The result of that is even worse than you think. Meanwhile you want to stay away from that crazy guy who's talking to himself. Just because you've been deaf for the last twenty years you think he's all alone. Just like it is in the Six Kinds of Shit Amusement Park of usual life, it's not what you know, it's who you know and true light casts no shadows nor entertains them at his house. . You want to be afraid of someone who hates you? You think your fear is some kind of a way out? Is that how it worked out on the playground? Did it get you into Yale? Sure some are born to serve the darkness and they got certain schools for that but... if you're not 'chosen' for it they will sniff you out. One needs to understand how the darkness operates in order to command what lives in the deep. Were you put here to be a dung beetle just so you could climb to the top of the heap? You have to know what you actually are. Good or evil is not the point. Self identification is the point.
All these people going the wrong way have created a tailwind and a slipstream. Are you a Volkswagen behind a double lorry? Are you a high born creation going in reverse? First you must overcome fear. Then you have to walk in the empty lands. Then you have to make a connection or you will die by your own hand. It's all suicide after all. It's okay to be the bad guy if that IS what you ARE but if you're not Old Scratch can smell you and he'll tell his people what's going on. That's what you get for trying to fit in when you could be long gone. Better tend to that itch and use it like a generator on a bicycle at night. If you're not in movement you can use it to turn on the lights in your head.
Yes, there's been point and motive all through this poor address. . You can't say these things directly, it's peripheral at best. You can accommodate your injury till you can't even feel a thing. This is how it gets for people who hurt others once their sensitivity is dead. The sins of the initiator send their children into time and they all show up together further down the line.
End Transmission.......
You Might not Feel it but Your Children Will


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Street Books in the news:
From Nurses to Social Workers, See How Public Libraries are Serving the Homeless, by Sandi Fox, PBS Newshour, January 29, 2015.
Street Books Peddles and Pedals to Homeless, KOIN 6 News, by Jennifer Hoff, December, 2014. (Video & article)
Street Books Documentary, by Rachel Bracker, September 2014.
Portland's Street Books Reaches 'Outside' People, Portland Business Journal, October 9, 2014
Homeless Outreach in Volumes: Books by Bike for 'Outside' People in Oregon, New York Times, October 9, 2014, by Kirk Johnson
Portland's Pedal-Powered Library Brings Books to the Streets, Bikeportland.org, September 23, 2014
Street Books, Portland's bike-powered library for homeless people, celebrates success, by Rebecca Koffman, OregonLive.com, September 16, 2014
Down & Out in Old Town, Street Roots Newspaper, Article by Ben Hodgson, September 14, 2014
What I Learned From Ben, Street Roots Newspaper, by Laura Moulton, September 14, 2014
April Global Newsletter, Aesop. April 10, 2014
Four Awesome Ventures That Feature Bicycles, Goodnet. April 23, 2013
Greenie Entrepreneurs Turning to Kickstarter, by Julia Silverman, The Portland Tribune, December 13, 2012
In Portland, Reading Takes to the Streets, by Rebecca Gross, The Big Read Blog, National Endowment for the Arts, October 23, 2012
Laura Moulton is a Street Librarian, by Jane Marx, Framed Magazine, April 26, 2012
Serving the Community One Book at a Time, by Samantha Shimogawa, Bicycle Paper, April 29, 2012
Street Books @ Portland, Oregon, by Yago Curo, March 20, 2012
Creatively Constructive: Four Local Organizations Combine Outreach & Art, by Alison Hallet, The Portland Mercury, December 22, 2011
Sidewalk Attractions: Street Books, a Pedal-Powered Library is Open for the Winter, by Rebecca Koffman, Oregonlive.com
Street Books Helps Portland's Homeless, by Pat Dooris, KGW Television, November 8, 2011
Street Books brings a good read to people on the streets, by Laura Moulton, Street Roots, September 12, 2011
Portland's Street Librarian Brings Books to the Homeless, by Michael Kelley, Library Journal.com August 12, 2011
Laura Moulton brings books to the homeless – by bike, by Chloe Stepney, The Christian Science Monitor, August 10, 2011
Interview: Street Books Librarian, Laura Moulton by Karen Munro, Reading Local, August 3, 2011
She Inspires 365: A Photo Project by Andrea Leoncavallo
Bicycle-powered cart gives Portland's homeless a chance to check out a good book, by Rebecca Koffman, The Oregonian, July 1, 2011
Meet Portland's "Street Librarian, by Allison Hallet, Blogtown The Portland Mercury, June 22, 2011
Street Books, By Travis Shield, Shields Films, Portland·ography
Heart of the Matter: Street Books, with Ann Schatz, Earth2World Internet TV
Radio and Podcast:
Art That Engages, by Dmae Roberts and Tali Singer, Stage & Studio, KBOO 90.7 FM, August 26, 2011
Library Voices, by Julie Sabatier, Think Out Loud, OPB, June 28, 2011


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A U.S. senator, independent and faithful to his beliefs
CHARLES HARTING PERCY Sept. 27, 1919 – Sept. 17, 2011
For followers of contemporary Illinois politics, the name Charles Percy needs some refreshing. In an earlier day he served as a Republican for three terms in the U. S. Senate (1967-1985) and established a record for independence that today would be admired – or feared. He died Sept. 17 in Washington at the age of 91.
As with most past or former elected officials, the pitched political battles of those service years provide a lasting picture of the issues and personalities that framed his time in office. Here are a few of Percy's public moments, some of which have applications today:
–Failure to work out a positive relationship with an aging and infirm Sen. Everett Dirksen, Illinois political potentate, when they became Senate colleagues in 1967. Dirksen was partly to blame for their clashes. Percy respected Dirksen, but had a mind of his own.
–Quarrels public and private with Richard Nixon and the president's men over votes against two nominees for the Supreme Court and an anti-ballistic missile system (ABM), plus votes against Nixon appointees of lesser stature. After Nixon fired his aides in 1973, Percy called for an independent Watergate prosecutor. Nixon put Percy on his "enemies list." While Percy turned the other cheek, he did not back away.
–Long-lasting uneasiness between Percy and downstate Illinois' hardcore, rock-ribbed conservative Republican officials. They put him down as a snob and elitist. He had his moments, but did not change.
–The furor when Percy called on Israel to meet with Palestinians and to offer a pullback to its pre-June 1967 borders. A famous comment, made several times by Percy, describing Yasser Arafat as "relatively speaking, a moderate," brought about a hardness of feelings between the senator and American Jews. Jewish money and votes helped defeat him in 1984, but Percy made no excuses.
–Trouble between President Ronald Reagan and Percy. The senator, who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pursued his own agenda with Russia and the Mideast that was not submissive to Reagan. It didn't help that Percy supported Gerald Ford, instead of Reagan, for the presidential nomination in 1976.
Those independent, and stubborn, moments made political life difficult for Percy. He had trouble drawing colleagues to his point of view and building legislative coalitions in the Senate. Part of his behavior reflected an "executive" personality honed as the young, dynamic CEO of consumer electronics firm Bell & Howell in the years before he turned to politics. He also played poorly as an insider.
In order to achieve a moderate position in a partisan intra-party environment, Percy generally avoided the extremes and chose support of Republicans who worked the middle ground. He eschewed Nixon, Barry Goldwater and Reagan, choosing instead the models of Dwight Eisenhower, Nelson Rockefeller and Ford.
Percy's political agony resulted largely from a determination to speak and to vote his mind, without much regard for the consequences. Critics in Illinois and in the Senate wanted people to believe that Percy was just plain uninformed and inexperienced in public affairs – a sort of political simpleton, not to be taken seriously. Although he occasionally failed to make his point well, and stumbled politically when it wasn't necessary (such as turning down an assignment to the Appropriations Committee), from today's perspective he appears refreshingly informed and candid, both in his time and when compared to today's government leaders. His statements designed to bring the parties together in the Mideast might have been chosen with more care, but his intentions were honorable and many others, including contemporary presidents, have tried for accord and failed.
Like many senators before and after, Percy wanted to be loved, respected, admired and re-elected. His enemies and critics denied him many of the accolades he sought, but he succeeded in the elections of 1966, 1972 and 1978 before the cumulative record of those years resulted in his defeat by Paul Simon in 1984. His early popularity at the polls inspired him to consider running for president in 1976, but the Nixon resignation and Ford's appointment as president stopped Percy before he started.
In reflection on the political careers of Percy and Simon, the two opponents displayed intriguing similarities in behavior when it came to not bowing to the insider game and standing firm on unpopular positions. Admirably, they took their devotion to religious beliefs seriously without parading them publicly. (Simon was a Lutheran, Percy a Christian Scientist.) Despite their differences on public policies, both were committed to high ethical standards and personal decency. After Simon's victory, the two developed a civil relationship, which reflected well on both.
One of Percy's loyal staff members caught the essence of his boss with these words: "He has the decent and the essential instincts, and when he's committed to something he'll say, 'Hey, wait a minute.' He'll go along but only up to a point, and then he'll drive the administration crazy, he'll drive his colleagues crazy, but he'll be a lot more fun that way than when he's the team player."
Charles H. Percy was faithful to his beliefs and committed to public service, which is a fitting epitaph for any U. S. senator.
–Robert E. Hartley
Robert E. Hartley is the author of Charles H. Percy: A Political Perspective. He is co-author of a book titled The Heroic and the Notorious: U. S. Senators from Illinois that will be published in 2012.


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The 240th pick in the this year's NFL draft is unlikely to change the fortunes of the Raiders, but it adds a seventh pick to their stash this year for a fringe player or something to add in a trade if they want to move up.
Oakland was one of three teams awarded a sole compensatory pick because, in the words of an NFL release, "even though they did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents last year. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents lost by these clubs was ranked higher than the ones they signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).
And if you've figured that out, leave a comment and explain it to us.
The Raiders are scheduled to have picks in the second (No. 48 overall), third (No. 81), fourth (No. 113), fifth (No. 148), sixth (No. 181), and seventh (No. 218) in addition to No. 240.
(Clarification: The Raiders cannot trade the compensatory pick, but having it makes it easier to deal No. 218)
So what are we talking about at No. 240 or below overall?
Some recent and distant history of Raiders you may have heard of (Drafts were shortened to seven rounds in 1992):
2010_S Stevie Brown (seventh round, No. 251 overall)
2007_WR Jonathan Holland (seventh round, No. 254 overall)
2004_TE Courtney Anderson (seventh round, No. 245 overall)
1991_TE Andrew Glover (10th round, No. 274 overall)
1982_WR Mervyn Fernandez (10th round, No. 277 overall)
1981_FB Frank Hawkins (10th round, No. 276 overall)
1979_OT Bruce Davis (11th round, No. 294 overall)
1979_NT Reggie Kinlaw (12th round, No. 320 overall)
1977_LB Rod Martin (12th round, No. 317 overall)
1971_DE Horace Jones (12th round, No. 305 overall)
1968_FB Marv Hubbard (11th round, No. 277 overall)


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Traveling, moving to a new apartment, working from home. At certain points in my life, I've lived in Nike's Tempo Track Shorts ($30). Simply put, they're some of the best gym wear out there.
They're lightweight, moisture-wicking, super comfortable and they come in just about every color you could want. There are probably about seven pairs in my drawer right now that I've amassed over the years, including one with my alma mater's logo and another one repping my favorite pro team. Of course they're meant for running, the gym isn't the only place where they're worth sporting. (No pun intended). [Nike]


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Every Sunday night on AMC, Joel Kinnaman's Detective Holder tries to solve and prevent heinous crimes on 'The Killing.' If only all detectives were this fun to look at.
Actor Joel Kinnaman hails from Sweden, where he starred in films like 'Snabba Cash' before making his way to the US and becoming a mainstay with his role on the AMC serial drama 'The Killing.' On that show, he plays a laid-back guy with a little street cred thanks to his days of being a troublemaker. And this season, he gets to use that experience to connect with homeless teens — and hopefully save a girl's life before it's too late.
You might have also seen this scruffy actor (minus the scruff) in last year's 'Lola Versus,' in which he played Greta Gerwig's fiance, who dumps her right before their big wedding. Surprisingly, he's really not a jerk in the movie, and he takes off his shirt sometimes — bonus.
Next up for Kinnaman is a role in the 'RoboCop' reboot, in which he plays a robot cop who delivers some serious justice to a corrupt town. In real life, Kinnaman is dating actress Olivia Munn, which is just about the opposite of justice, if you think about it. (Life is so unfair.)


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To lie is to steal
Saturday, May 18, was a glorious day for Lamar University, which conferred more than 1,600 degrees to 1,605 graduates. Many of these graduates are parents, full-time workers — not to mention volunteers, athletes and participants in school organizations.
Earning a college degree is not an easy task. It takes years of work, staying up all hours of the night cramming for exams, depriving oneself of sleep. Compound the stress of college courses with work obligations and trying to balance quality time with one's family, and by the time graduation day is reached, the college student is lucky to have survived the journey.
And once they graduate, they'll find there are those in the workforce who don't play by the rules. Instead of working hard for multiple degrees and the advancement that comes with them, they seek to deceive their employers, claiming to have degrees and certifications they do not possess. Not only is this lying but it is also theft. And an insult to those 1,605 graduates that actually put in the work.
The Greek tragedian Sophocles once said, "I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating." Evidently, Patricia Lambert doesn't subscribe to this maxim.
Her resume boasts a degree from Loyola and certification from Harvard universities. The problem is that neither of those institutions of higher learning can confirm Lambert's claims.
Although it might appear that, through her deception, she has reached great heights in her profession, it is better to have never reached such heights than to climb a ladder supported by lies. Lambert leapfrogged over other candidates for the positions that she stole with her false credentials. These people worked extremely hard to earn their baccalaureate and masters degrees — one would hope — staying up all hours of the night studying to reach their goals, while at the same time depriving their families and friends of time that they will never have back.
Do they deserve to be unfairly and unduly cheated out of the chance that this woman stole from them with her imaginary achievements? No, of course they don't. And for the current employees of the district, many of whom must themselves be hungering for advancement, what must this revelation do for their morale?
At the same time, any reasonable person can see that the tangled web of lies that Lambert wove soils whatever achievement she has experienced over the past decade. It's as empty as buying a trophy at a garage sale and putting it up on your mantle.
Is BISD a victim in this woman's plot or should they be held accountable for not verifying Lambert's credentials before passing over many others who might have been twice as qualified as she? Every student, parent, teacher and educator should contact Superintendent Timothy Chargois and the BISD board immediately and express — no, demand — that this fraud be heralded as a lie and ask this: "What is being done to keep this from happening again, and what are you doing to right this terrible wrong."


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Missouri House Approves Early Voting Measures
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Missouri House members have approved a pair of measures allowing early voting, though some lawmakers contend it would be too limited.
On Thursday, the House approved a constitutional amendment and companion legislation, each by a vote of 126-24. The measures would allow early voting for nine days, with polls to be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and four hours on Saturday. There would be no early voting on Sunday.
An initiative petition also has been proposed that could appear on this fall's ballot. It would allow early voting for six weeks, including weekends for the final 21 days before an election.
Some Democratic opponents say the House proposal is too limited and called it a distraction from the initiative petition.


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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Air Force says an F-16 flying from Japan to Alaska last July crashed at sea because a valve stopped fuel from reaching the engine.
An accident investigation report released by Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii on Tuesday says the jet's main fuel shut-off valve was partially closed for more than three minutes and fully closed for three minutes.
Investigators weren't able to determine why the valve closed because vital pieces of evidence weren't recovered from the ocean floor.
The F-16 with the 35th Fighter Squadron at Misawa Air Base crashed July 22 about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island.
The pilot ejected safely and was retrieved after about six hours by a combined Japanese and U.S. rescue mission. He wasn't injured.


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"...his newest album Old Fashioned represents a shift in sensibility for the itinerant singer-songwriter, from his earlier, grittier solo work to a richly produced dustbowl Americana, one that comes with all the right recommendations, from production house to distributor to studio session musicians. And if we're eager to spread the word, it's because this album is the best thing we've heard so far this year..." - Cover Lay Down
"So, let me end with this, in a genre that is saturated with similar sounds and styles, Old Fashioned demonstrates that John Statz can stand beside the best and above the rest with his songwriting alone." - Common Folk Music


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Queen Cutlery
The mid-1930s were a difficult time for many American industries including the cutlery industry. Many once famous and thriving cutlery companies met their demise in this era of economic difficulty. One of them, the Schatt and Morgan Cutlery Company of Titusville, Pennsylvania came to an end after nearly four decades of producing some of the finest cutlery known in the history of the industry. Five former employees, E. Clarence Erickson, Jesse F. Barker, Harry L. Mathews, Geza Revitzky, Frank Foresther who had been previously released from Schatt and Morgan, started their own business in 1922. They named their new company "Queen City Cutlery" after their hometown of Titusville, which was quite often referred to as the Queen City. They developed a thriving contract business and were still doing well when their former employer, Schatt and Morgan closed their doors in the 1930s. At a sheriff's auction, the Queen City Cutler Company's founders bought all the holdings, land, buildings, and equipment of the bankrupted Schatt and Morgan Company.
In the late 1960s, a time of modernization and diversification, many cutlery businesses were closing their doors or being purchased for corporate diversification. In 1969 the ancestors of the five Queen City founders felt their business would survive better being a part of a corporate conglomeration. Queen Cutlery Company was purchased by Servotronics Corporation of Buffalo, New York, Since that time Queen Cutlery has gone back to its roots still using some of the old Schatt and Morgan equipment, tooling and processes and has become the finest manufacturer of high quality antique style pocket knives and hunting knives in the U.S. today. The former Schatt and Morgan brand is considered the most valuable collectable pocketknife available, and the Queen Cutlery branded knives are the finest built user knives on the market.
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North American banks are turning to cloud technology as pressure to evolve increases from regulators, customers, shareholders and competitors. While many firms have begun to explore cloud, they're not taking full advantage of its capabilities to establish their financial services organizations as serious competitors in the digital marketplace.
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