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Pink carnations, KFC, chocolate pudding, and three bars of soap
What milestones do you use by which to judge your life's highs and lows? In retrospect, do these events or encounters appear larger than life, or have you honestly ever taken the time to think about what makes your life worth living each day?
Never having been a person taken much to melancholia or depression, I can count on one hand the times I have been seriously out of sorts to the point of real depression. I can remember feeling so very alone, physically ill and uncharacteristically unsure of the outcome of what I was facing. I found myself away from family and old and dear friends, and seemingly facing more than I could contend with at the time. Thank God, these four events or time periods in my life did not linger and I was able to resurrect my faith, stand on a biblical promise, or receive help from those who realized I was struggling.
Four different people, unknown to each other and, in fact, living in different parts of the country, came to my aid and showed me in my own personal suffering the matchless love of God, genuine compassion for a fellow traveler, and that life was good and to be lived with gusto and determination. Thank God each of these folks was a hero at the time I most needed to meet a bright and shining star. And all these many years later, they've probably forgotten the gesture that endeared them to my heart, but I surely have not and doubt that I ever will. Sometimes, it really is a little thing that changes a life for a time or brings hope to a tired and weary soul.The bearer of the pink carnations was a precious bus worker who had served on the team for my husband and I in the big and bustling bus ministry of a local church in the Atlanta area. I had a terrible pregnancy and lost a baby but could not abort the fetus. Medicine that would have normally been prescribed for me could not be since it would conflict with other medicine given to me. Therefore, I was put on complete bed rest and told by my doctor that nature would take care of the miscarriage. I simply had to wait. That was the most difficult thing I could have ever been called on to do because I was a go getter, had much to do each week, was the mother of two little ones, and had a husband who was also very busy.
On a Saturday morning, my preacher husband took the two little ones and left for the church. I knew they would likely be gone all day long in visitation and planning for the following day's services. I looked out the window of my upstairs bedroom at the tall Georgia pines with great tears rolling down my face and I questioned God. Had I not been a faithful worker for Him and His church? Did I not want this child that I had lost? Did anyone really care that I was home alone, in pain, dealing with a broken heart, frightened beyond my own imagination, and unsure of the future? There were other things going on, but you get the picture. I was so alone and it seemed no one really cared.
I heard a car come slowly up the drive and I put on my robe and made my way downstairs to answer the door. Standing on my steps was Virgil Huggins, one of the kindest men I have ever met. Virgil was somewhat shy and always considerate. He stuck out a big bouquet of beautiful pink carnations and said, "Miss Brenda, I have been thinking that this illness is hard for you, and I wanted you to know Wendy and I care. We thought these might cheer you up." And with that, Virgil left. He never came in the house. He simply delivered the flowers and went on to bus visitation at the church. I cried as I placed each of the dozen or so flowers in a tall vase and filled it with water. I cried as I took the arrangement back upstairs and placed it on my nightstand. I cried each day as I changed out the water and enjoyed the flowers. Every time I saw the pink color of the flowers against the green leaves, I remembered that I was loved and needed and that someone cared. Those same flowers lasted three weeks and I've never forgotten them.
When I lived in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on a big farm, my husband traveled all over the country, and I had three children to rear, animals to tend to, a huge job to work, and the care of the home and many other duties. I fell ill with a terrible flu-like cold and was so sick I could not go to work. It had snowed outside and ice coated the roads, making travel nearly impossible for folks that were well. Being home sick was very rare for me. One late afternoon nearing dusk, an old farm truck came around our drive and one of our employees, Max Lambert, jumped out and came up on the porch. I made my way to the door and he handed me a big, warm bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken and a bag with all the trimmings. For Max at the time, that purchase represented a lot of money. "Miss Brenda, Sharon and I know you have to be sick if you didn't come to work, so we wanted to bring dinner. Hope you and the kids enjoy it." I cried as I placed the meal on the table for my children and I to eat.A third time I was going through a great, scary valley in my personal life. Things were changing rapidly and I could not control them in any way. No one knew. No one would believe me if they did. Information had come into my possession that I knew would change our home forever. No one that I knew sensed that I was barely holding on and with the least little slip, would fall into absolute oblivion and fear. A kind neighbor lady knocked softly on my door and handed me a dish of her homemade chocolate pudding, which she knew I loved. Allene Carlton did not say a word about problems or issues in our home. She simply said, "Chocolate pudding made with love always helps," and left. It did!
And the fourth story I'll share has to do with a current friendship. I lost my mom 13 days before Hurricane Ike hit the Bolivar Peninsula in 2008. While home in Atlanta burying her and taking care of her business, we got word that we were under mandatory evacuation and that we could not get home. We did not get to evacuate. When I returned, all I owned in the entire world was what few things were in my suitcase that I had traveled to Atlanta with for her visitation and funeral. Everything was gone. I never took the time to grieve over one sad and bad thing before two more had hit. Then came the long fight with insurance, the county, rebuilding, FEMA, and on and on. One Saturday afternoon, it caught up with me and I started crying and did not think I could ever stop. A knock came at my front door and there stood a new friend with a small gift bag containing three bars of scented soap and a note. Deborah simply said, "I thought you might need a lift today." Oh, how I needed that lift — maybe even a forklift to get me up from where I was when that knock came.
Folks, be good to each other. If God puts something on your heart to do for someone else, no matter however small and insignificant, do it. Don't question it. You will never know if you have helped to change the course of a life or lifted a soul from distress and depression. God uses the little things of life to be of help and blessing. If I have never said it appropriately, thank you Virgil, Max, Allene and Deborah. You helped to change my life, and I appreciate it more than you can know.
Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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We asked a few experts to share their thoughts on our newly published paper, "Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions"?an online forum of sorts. Here is a guest post by Karen Hawley Miles of Education Resource Strategies.
Fordham digs in on pensions
Michael Podgursky of the University of Missouri at Columbia and Amanda Olberg of the Fordham Institute are releasing a paper today that examines how charter schools handle teacher pensions in states that allow charters to opt out. The paper shows various choices charters make with regard to their pensions and identifies several interesting trends. Observations include different levels of participation in state plans based on school location (rural or urban), age of the prospective teacher workforce and freestanding schools vs. part of a charter management organization. Learning more about why these factors make a difference to compensation decisions is very important for all education decision-makers.
This kind of analysis is especially crucial in these tough times. No serious effort to improve education and contain educational costs can occur without a close look at...
The Fordham Institute has published a new paper today that readers might find quite interesting. In this new "Ed Short," Amanda Olberg of the Fordham Institute and Michael Podgursky of the University of Missouri at Columbia examine how public charter schools handle pensions for their teachers. Some states give these schools the freedom to opt out of the traditional teacher pension system; when given that option, how many charter schools take it? Olberg and Podgursky examine data from six charter-heavy states and find that charter participation rates in traditional pension systems vary greatly from state to state.? When charter schools choose not to participate in state pension plans, the authors find that they most often provide their teachers with defined-contribution plans (401(k) or 403(b)). But some opt-out charters offer no alternative retirement plans for their teachers. To learn more, check out the full paper, "Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions."...
I had a conversation today with a friend, a mother of two young boys, who recently won for them, through a lottery, places in a Washington, D.C., charter school. My friend mentioned that she has been approached by several people looking to buy the spots she won; these people are offering cold, hard cash. The highest?offer so far, she said, has been $1500 per slot. But she's not selling. Her experience obviously illustrates the craving if not desperation of parents in D.C. for educational options for their children. One wonders how high the bidding could go for the charter school spots she holds.
?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
First came the recruitment of State Superintendent Deborah Gist; next came winning $75 million in Race to the Top (RTTT) funds. Rhode Island has been on a whirlwind track toward education reform over the past couple years. And?as one with boatloads of Ocean State pride (who doesn't love coffee milk, water fire, and Dels lemonade?)?it's been fun to watch.
Of course, no reform effort is without its drama. Parents erupted when Central Falls Superintendent Frances Gallo announced a turnaround effort at the city's high school. Currently, organized pushback is being targeted against the expansion of Achievement First (AF) into Rhodey.
AF is a proven high-quality charter-school network, currently operating nineteen charters in New York and Connecticut. In 2007, one of its campuses was highlighted by the US DOE as a model for closing the achievement gap; it was one of seven such schools in the country. In 2009, fourth graders at AF's two oldest campuses (both in New York) demonstrated 93 percent proficiency in English language arts and 99 percent proficiency in math.
Since Rhode Island submitted its RTTT application, there have been tentative plans to expand AF the Ocean State. These plans?and the vocal opposition...
An analysis released in today's Education Gadfly finds that new charter schools in disadvantaged communities are almost four times as likely to reach above-average rates of student achievement as the closest district school. This raises serious questions about the wisdom of the federal government pumping $3 billion into school turnaround efforts instead of using some of the money to replicate and scale up successful charter models.
However, the finding comes with several big caveats. First, because of the small sample size, the results cannot be deemed statistically significant. And second, it's impossible to know whether "selection effects" played a role--whether the new charter schools performed better because they attracted better students.
The analysis was by David Stuit, a Vanderbilt PhD. who authored a previous Fordham study on school turnarounds last December.
The idea for this analysis came from Public Impact's Bryan Hassel. After the release of our December study--which found that just one percent of district and charter school turnarounds were successful, as defined as reaching at least the 50th percentile in state proficiency in reading and math--Bryan wondered whether charter start-ups in similar neighborhoods would fare any better against such rigorous criteria.
Charters in Ohio have a contentious and troubled history. Events over the last few weeks have added another controversial chapter to the story. With Republicans in charge of the House, lobbyists for the large for-profit charter management company White Hat (currently operating 30 schools in Ohio) pushed for charter legislation in that chamber that would effectively create corporate, private schools, funded directly by the state but free of all state accountability requirements. As long as the kids show up the state money will flow. Whether the kids learn anything or not doesn't matter. In fact these new corporate private schools wouldn't even have to take state achievement tests or face other pesky state accountability provisions.
Yesterday's Columbus Dispatch ran a front page piece on the political maneuverings behind all this, and Fordham was drawn into the story (see here and note below). Fordham has been a staunch supporter of charter schools in Ohio since before the first ones opened in 1998. But, we have also been equally unyielding in our belief that all schools that receive public dollars to educate children should be held accountable for their academic and fiscal performance. We support things like school report cards...
We wanted to help get the word out ? this Sunday (January 23) kicks off National School Choice Week. It's a week of events and discussion across the country, aimed highlighting the need for effective education options for all children. You can read about it here ? no one group is organizing it, but rather, many.
There's a list of participating groups here. Events will be happening?in nearly every state and there's a nifty webpage where you can type in your zip code and see a list of events in your local area.
Fordham Institute's Terry Ryan will be speaking at a panel event in Columbus, Ohio, on January 25 (sponsored by School Choice Ohio). And here in DC, there's a kickoff?reception and panel discussion (about the future of school choice in America) on Thursday, January 20, hosted by Reason. NOTE: Space for this event is limited, so you must RSVP by mid-day tomorrow, January 19,?at the latest.
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Today's NY Times Room for Debate poses the question, Do Home Schoolers Deserve a Tax Break? The question explores one of the proposals of the new Republicans in Congress ? give parents in every state tax credits if their children are home-schooled. The discussion includes thoughts from various experts, including our own Chester Finn. What does Checker say about the matter? Well, in a nutshell his answer is ?Yes, but Tests Are Necessary.? He says it is reasonable for the government to offset some of the costs of home schooling, much like is done with childcare. But home-schooled students should have to take state tests, in return for the financial help, he says. Check out the discussion to read his explanation in full, along with those of other experts.
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Sometimes a hard-working girl just needs to get on a plane and spend a few days underneath a palm tree in Mustique, and from the looks of things that's exactly the girl Vanessa Bruno was thinking of when she designed her Spring 2013 collection. The suiting was professional and appropriately androgynous, but what got tongues wagging were the day dresses. A restrained palette of rose, beige, and cream dominated in these pieces, and a few were accented with silvery sequins or ostrich feathers that exaggerated movement. But the cuts were body conscious in a languid way — almost as languid as a well-deserved vacation.


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Crystal River is located in Citrus County and runs from the town of Crystal River west seven miles toward the Gulf of Mexico. Crystal River Springs is a cluster of 30 springs designated as a first-magnitude system. A first-magnitude system discharges 100 cubic feet or more of water per second, which equals about 64 millions of gallons of water per day! Because of this discharge amount, the Crystal River Springs group is the second largest springs group in Florida, the first being Spring Creek Springs in Wakulla County near Tallahassee.
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Bullying Prevention and Education Conference 2017
The Bullying Remediation and Court Education (B.R.A.C.E.) partners are pleased to announce their fifth annual Bullying Prevention and Education Conference, made possible by a generous grant from DCU for Kids.
North High School (150 Harrington Way) is hosting the conference.
The conference features these outstanding keynote speakers:
Dr. Michele Borba, Educational Psychologist/Author/National Media Contributor
Dr. Borba is a world-recognized educational psychologist and parenting, bullying, and character expert, whose aim is to strengthen children's empathy and resilience, and break the cycle of youth violence. Dr. Borba has delivered keynotes and workshops to more than 1,000,000 participants and authored 24 books. She is a frequent NBC contributor, and has made multiple appearances on the Today show, Dateline, Anderson Cooper, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, The View, NBC Nightly News, and CNN.
Christopher Poole, Director, YOU, Inc. Adventure Challenge Experience (ACE)
Chris Poole is the Director of the Adventure Challenge Experience, YOU, Inc.'s highly-regarded, certified Therapeutic Education program. Chris holds a degree in Movement Arts/Physical Education, and brings more than 15 years of experience and training in therapeutic recreation to his work at YOU, Inc. Chris is certified as a Challenge Course Manager by a national ACCT organization, has completed Outdoor Leadership training with the Appalachian Mountain Club, and is a Red Cross certified First Aid/CPR instruction. The ACE program combines classroom-based and outdoor experiential activities, and promotes team building, self-esteem, and trust in a safe and innovative learning environment.


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When historian Michael Bellesiles came to the University of California, Irvine, to give a talk on the controversy surrounding his book Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture–this was early in 2001, before he was charged with inventing evidence, and before he was awarded the prestigious Bancroft Prize for the book–people coming to the talk were greeted at the door of the Humanities Lecture Hall by four unusually large men passing out a brochure titled "The Lies of Michael Bellesiles." One wore a flak jacket, one had a shaved head; they did not look like faculty members or even history grad students. People coming to the talk were startled, and some were a little frightened, but Bellesiles said calmly, "Ah, so they did come."
The large men were activists in the pro-gun, anti-Bellesiles movement, which had been campaigning to discredit his work since before the publication of Arming America by Knopf in September 2000. The book argues that our picture of guns in early America is all wrong: the picture where America is settled by men with guns, hunting game and fighting Indians; where, in 1776, militiamen grabbed their guns to go fight for independence; where the Founding Fathers protected individuals' right to own guns. Bellesiles argues that instead, gun culture is a fairly recent development in American history–that for two centuries before the Civil War, few Americans owned guns; that the guns they had were unreliable and didn't shoot straight; that few people hunted with guns, instead relying on trapping and animal husbandry; that even in battle, even in the Revolutionary War, swords, axes and fire were more deadly than guns. Not until the Civil War put guns in the hands of millions of men did gun culture flourish.
The political implications are significant for the National Rifle Association and others: The Second Amendment, this suggests, was not adopted to protect the widespread ownership or popularity of guns–it was instead intended to address the inadequacy of the weapons in the hands of local militias, on which the early nation relied in the absence of a standing army. So gun-rights groups targeted Bellesiles and his book, and large men in flak jackets came to his talk at Irvine and other places. (Caveat lector: In the 1980s, Bellesiles was a student in a couple of courses I taught at Irvine; but I had talked to him only once or twice in the nearly twenty years before his return to UCI that day in 2001.)
In his talk, Bellesiles described how in 1831 John James Audubon was accused by his enemies of fraud in his painting of a rattlesnake climbing a tree to a bird's nest–because, they said, rattlesnakes can't climb trees; and even though Audubon proved rattlesnakes could climb trees, nothing he said or wrote persuaded his critics–because their goal was to discredit and destroy his work. Bellesiles said his own experience was similar: Even when he answered one of his critic's charges, the same charge was still repeated over and over.
When the question period came, he started with the first of the four large men. "You say the probate records show very few guns, and argue that this proves people in early America didn't have guns. But when my father died, there was nothing in his will about his guns–even though he owned four of them. But he had told me he wanted me to have them, and now I do. Are probate records really a good source of evidence on gun ownership?"


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Throughout this workshop participants will pair experimental casting methods with traditional mold-making to create work that is first classical and then distorted.
Students will learn the basics of several casting materials and methods on the first day, only to turn them on their heads during the second. We will cover how to cast with wax, plaster, and resin (Silcast II) into our own silicone molds, and then push each material past its conventional use to achieve curious and surprising results.
During the first day, we will each make a small life-cast from our own bodies (fingers, toes, heels, elbows, etc.). We will also pour a silicone mold of a small object you bring from home.
On day two, we will begin casting into our silicone molds and "found molds" in several materials, experimenting with each along the way. We will pigment our resins, reshape and resculpt our waxes as they cool, and use our found object molds to create negative space casts. Students may choose to incorporate their new life-casting skills as well. All molds and casts you produce in class will be yours to keep!
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The Dominican sister John Mary Fleming was named executive director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on May 29. • More than 350 attendees from Haiti, the United States, Canada and France met to discuss recovery and development in Haiti during the National Conference on Solidarity, "Haiti: One Table, Many Partners," in Washington, D.C., on June 1. • A federal appeals court on May 31 declared the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. • On May 26 the Diocese of Spokane, Wash., reached a broad settlement on sexual abuse lawsuits, agreeing to pay $1.5 million, a figure low enough to prevent the possible foreclosing of diocesan parishes and schools. • President Barack Obama awarded the 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29 to 13 people, including the civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, co-founder with the late Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers. • As victims of the massacre in Houla, Syria, were buried on May 26, Pope Benedict XVI joined the international community in condemning the killing, which left at least 108 people dead. • The U.N. reported on May 31 that fighting between the national army of the Democratic Republic of Congo and rebel forces in Congo's North Kivu Province has forced more than 80,000 civilians to flee.
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May 7: Rangers 14, Orioles 3
As Dan Connolly wrote, this game could be called the Great Boston Marathon Hangover. A day after their memorable 17-inning win at Fenway Park -- in which Chris Davis picked up the win in relief -- the Orioles came out flat and were flattened by the Rangers. Texas piled up 19 hits, and O's starter Brian Matusz was shelled for seven runs on 10 hits and two walks in five-plus innings. The Rangers' unlikely offensive hero was former Orioles' first-round pick Brandon Snyder, whom the club sent to Texas this offseason for cash considerations. Snyder's two-run single in the second gave the Rangers their first lead, and he also hit a three-run homer in the sixth against Matusz. "No one here is going to make excuses, they've got a good lineup it's no secret," Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy said after the game. "Were we tired? Possibly. Possibly. I mean, we played six hours and seven minutes yesterday then [had] a flight back. I'm not saying that's what happened, [that] we were tired, but maybe."
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In July 2008, Michael Foreman joined Penn State Dickinson to direct the new Civil Rights Appellate Clinic and teach an advanced employment discrimination course. Immediately prior to this position he served as the Deputy Director of Legal Programs for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law where was responsible for supervising all litigation in employment discrimination, housing, education, voting rights and environmental justice areas since 2001. While at the Lawyers' Committee he also supervised a civil rights advocacy clinic for Harvard Law School.
Professor Foreman's professional and scholarly focus has centered primarily on civil rights issues and employment discrimination. Prior to his role with the Lawyers' Committee, Professor Foreman was the Acting Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where he served as the lead attorney for the commission's investigation of the voting irregularities in the 2000 presidential election. He was also partner in the Baltimore, Maryland, law firm Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, P.A., where he led the firm's Employment Law Group. Prior to his work with the law firm, Professor Foreman was General Counsel for the Maryland Commission on Human Relations and worked with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the appellate litigation section. He is admitted to practice in Maryland, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Texas, numerous federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1998, Shippensburg University honored Professor Foreman with the Jesse S. Heiges Distinguished Alumnus Award. Mr. Foreman has been awarded the Carnegie Medal for Outstanding Heroism. He was recently selected by Harvard Law School to serve as a Wasserstein Fellow which recognizes dedicated service in the public interest.
Recent Presentations:
"Preview of the 2008-2009 United States Supreme Court's Employment Docket: You Be the Judge," Labor and Employment Relations Association, October 30, 2008.
July 9, 2008, a panelist on the ALI-ABA Teleseminar "U.S. Supreme Court Update: Employment Law."
May 13, 2008, a panelist on a webinar sponsored by the National Employment Lawyers Association on how the Supreme Court's decision in Sprint v. Mendelsohn has impacted employment discrimination litigation.
April 21, 2008, a panelist at the American Association of Affirmative Action conference on the topic of "The Business Case for and Implementation of Diversity Programs."
April 4, 2008, a panelist at the Southern Methodist University Higher Education Employment Symposium on the topic "Emerging Legal Issues."
February 12, 2008 testimony before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee regarding mandatory arbitration of employment disputes.
October 3, 2007 a panelist on ALI-ABA Webcast "Affirmative Action and Diversity.
Selected Publications
Michigan Proposal 2006-02's Effect on Public Institutions' Ability to Strive for Racial Diversity, submitted to the State of Michigan February 7, 2007.
"Tennessee v. Lane: Winning the Battle, Losing the War," University of Tennessee College of Law Journal of Law & Policy, 2005.
The Continuing Relevance of Race Conscious Remedies and Programs in Integrating the Nation's Workforce, Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal., Volume 22, No.1, pps. 81-113 (Fall 2004).
"Hire the Rainbow," Legal Times, April 19, 2004.
"Voting System Controls and Failures" and "Responsibility Without Accountability" in Voting Irregularities in Florida during the 2000 Presidential Election, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 2001.
"Sharing the Dream: Is the ADA Accommodating All?" in Judicial Trends in ADA Enforcement, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, October 2000.


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Alere Inc. Reports Employment Inducement Award Pursuant to NYSE Rule 303A.08
Jan 04, 2013, 05:49 EST
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR) (the "Company") announced today, pursuant to NYSE Rule 303A.08, that it granted an employment inducement award to Namal Nawana, the Company's new Chief Operating Officer, as part of his previously disclosed compensation package. On December 12, 2012, the Company announced the appointment of Mr. Nawana to serve as its new COO, effective December 30, 2012.
As of December 30, 2012, Mr. Nawana was granted Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) in Alere Inc. as follows: 5,000 RSUs to vest 1 year after the grant date, 5,000 RSUs to vest 2 years after the grant date, and 100,000 RSUs to vest 3 years after the grant date. These RSUs were granted as an employment inducement award outside of Alere Inc.'s current shareholder approved stock options and incentive plans pursuant to NYSE Rule 303A.08. For the further details regarding Mr. Nawana's employment and compensation, please see the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 12, 2012 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Alere Inc.
By developing new capabilities in near-patient diagnosis, monitoring and health management, Alere enables individuals to take charge of improving their health and quality of life at home. Alere's global leading products and services, as well as its new product development efforts, focus on cardiology, infectious disease, toxicology, diabetes, oncology and women's health. Alere is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
For additional information on Alere, please visit www.alere.com
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In his interviews and writings over the past decade, Osama bin Laden has repeatedly talked about America's atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He believes (incorrectly) that it was the atomic bombings that shocked the Japanese imperial government into an early surrender–and, he says, he is planning an atomic attack on America that will shock us into retreating from the Middle East.
For an Administration that believes that the only thing it has to fear is the absence of fear, Osama's threat is a helpful reminder that we live in a dangerous world. "It may only be a matter of time," President Bush's recently installed CIA director, Porter Goss, told the Senate Intelligence Committee, "before Al Qaeda or another group attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons."
While such threats cannot be ignored, it is important to historicize and contextualize them if we are to understand how we have contributed to undermining our own security. There were alternative policies at the beginning of the nuclear age that our government could have followed–and could still promote–that would have mitigated the dangers we face today. There were people then, as now, who recognized that the knowledge of how to construct and deploy atomic bombs could not be kept secret for long. And there were people then, as now, who recognized that such bombs could be smuggled into major urban areas–meaning there is no defense against nuclear terrorism. Chief among those who clearly saw the nuclear future–as we have lived and are living it–was the "father of the atomic bomb," J. Robert Oppenheimer, who developed a plan for a nuclear-free world and did his best to promote this alternative path.
The history of Oppenheimer's failure to contain the nuclear genie makes clear that unilateralism and hubris are hardly unique to the Bush Administration; they have been a recurrent characteristic of US decision-making ever since the latter years of World War II. America's nuclear monopoly was "the great equalizer," Secretary of War Henry Stimson triumphantly declared in July 1945 at the Potsdam conference upon learning of the success of the atomic bomb test at Alamogordo, New Mexico. The bomb was our "trump card," our "ace in the hole," President Truman and his closest advisers believed. But others, more informed and more thoughtful, like Oppenheimer, realized that the bomb was a Trojan horse that would soon threaten our own security as much as it threatened the security of others. Oppenheimer's efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons at the beginning of the atomic age are as applicable today as they were then.
On October 25, 1945, Oppenheimer was ushered into the Oval Office to meet Truman to discuss his plans to eliminate nuclear weapons. By one account, Truman opened the conversation by stating, "The first thing is to define the national problem, then the international." Oppenheimer disagreed. "Perhaps it would be best first to define the international problem," he cautiously replied. He meant, of course, that the first imperative was to stop the spread of atomic weapons by placing international controls over all atomic technology. At one point in their conversation, Truman suddenly asked him to guess when the Russians would develop their own atomic bomb. When he replied that he did not know, Truman confidently said he knew the answer: "Never." For Oppenheimer, such foolishness was proof of Truman's limitations. The "incomprehension it showed just knocked the heart out of him," recalled the Los Alamos scientist Willy Higinbotham.


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If you're upgrading from Microsoft Office Word 2003 (or earlier) to Microsoft Word 2010, you'll no doubt have questions at first. For example, you may wonder where certain buttons are in the new ribbon interface. To help you get used to Word 2010, we created a short guide that answers common customer questions about the transition. Click the link below, and the guide opens as a PDF file in Adobe Reader. You can then view the guide, print it out, or save it for later use.
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A quick, visual introduction to the ribbon and other parts of the Word 2010 interface.
Where to find menu-to-ribbon reference guides, training, and other useful resources for Word 2010.
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How to customize the Word 2010 ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar.
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The Ombuds office is a place where student questions, complaints and concerns about the functioning of the University can be discussed confidentially in a safe environment. The Office offers informal dispute resolution services, provides resources and referrals, and helps students consider options available to them. The Office operates independently as a supplement to existing administrative and formal dispute resolution processes and has no formal decision–making authority. The Office is not an advocate for either side in a dispute. Instead, the Ombuds Office is an impartial advocate for fair and consistent treatment. The Office reports administratively to the Vice President for Student Life.
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BOSTON — The Bruins have won two of their three games with the Tampa Bay Lightning so far this season.
Boston routed the Lightning, 8-1, Dec. 2 and then pulled out a squeaker Dec. 28, 4-3.
So Lightning coach Guy Boucher's innovative 1-3-1 neutral-zone forecheck hasn't hampered the Bruins as much as it has other teams. After all, it's helped Tampa Bay lead the Southeast Division for several months and rank second in the Eastern Conference for just as long.
As Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg describes it, the 1-3-1 basically features one Tampa Bay player positioned at the other team's blue line and the other four "forming a wall behind" the first player.
"So you've got to have speed coming up the ice and kind of get the puck behind their wall. Most of the times, they're not in motion like you are and you get to the puck first," said the blueliner after the morning skate at TD Garden in preparation for the fourth and final meeting between Boston and Tampa Bay tonight. "If you're patient enough and smart enough to do that tonight, we'll be good."
About five weeks after that last Boston-Tampa Bay match-up, the Washington Capitals tried a different tactic in an attempt to throw the Lightning off their game. The Caps basically sat back in their own end, throwing D-to-D passes for up to 10, 15, seconds before trying to breakout in an effort to get the Lightning to attack. While the defensmen played catch, the wingers worked up a head of steam to try to generate speed.
The Caps' scheme worked that evening, but that might be too extreme an approach to work often without a team changing its own game too much. After all, the Bruins' success starts with them adhering to their own systems and just making slight adjustments.
"You want to move the puck as quick as you can, obviously. If it's not there, it's not there. It's kind of one of those things. If you give them too much time and too much of an opportunity to get set up into their forecheck … You can be too patient at times," said Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid. "You've just got to read what they give you. You don't want to be standing still against them."
It's rare that the Lightning venture away from their plan and suddenly take the bait and attack. So the best decision is probably to attack them.
"They don't open up, no matter what you do. So you just have to go in your lanes and get speed and gets pucks to the other side or dump it deep," said Seidenberg.
Sometimes these things are easier said than done. But the Bruins have defeated the Lightning twice, so they know their solution to the problems presented by Tampa Bay tend to work.


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Beginning Wednesday, October 24th, BART riders will have 98 additional Daily Fee parking spaces at Colma Station.
BART is converting Carpool/Midday parking spaces to Daily Fee spaces on the first floor of the Colma parking structure just south of the F Street entrance.
Demand for parking at Colma BART is increasing. The spaces being converted were previousily reserved for carpools until 10 a.m. but were often under utilized.


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How to use Google Analytics with PHP-Nuke
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Website statistics can be used to help determine how to best develop the website. PHP-Nuke includes its own tracking module- you can find more information on this module in Using the PHP-Nuke Statistics. However, if you want a much better and complete solution, you should incorporate Google Analytics into the PHP-Nuke website. This will require that you have an account with Google Analytics, and also do a little editing to the site code. The following article reviews how to add Google Analytics to your PHP-Nuke website.
NOTE: Before making the following changes, be sure that you make a complete backup of your website. If you require information and you used Softaculous to load your site, see the following article: Backing Up and Restoring Your Website using Softaculous. You can also make a backup using FTP - see How to Create a Backup Using FTP.
Adding Google Analytics into your PHP-Nuke Website
Create Google Analytics Account and Get Tracking Code
You will first need to create a Google Analytics account, if you intend to use Google Analytics in your website. After your account has been created you will be able to obtain the tracking code. The code will be needed and should be on all pages that you intend to track. Since the HEADER.HTML for PHP-Nuke websites is typically on every page, you can place the Google Analytics code within that file.
- Go to Google Analytics and setup your account.
- Google provides the code that you will need for tracking your website data. Save this code for later use (or leave the window with the code open so that you can access it later).
The Tracking Code will look like the following:
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-12345678-1']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
Open the Web Site File(s) That require the Code
In order to access your files, we will be using the Cpanel File Manager. You will need to know what theme you are using. If you know what theme you are using then skip the first two steps.
- Login to the PHP-Nuke Administration Back-end and click on PREFERENCES.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and go to the Web Site Configuration section. Click on the THEMES option menu. It will then display the theme being used in the line labeled "Default Theme for your site."
- Login to your Cpanel as an Administrator
- Go the File manager and navigate to the installation files for PHP-Nuke.
- Look for the THEMES folder. Double-click on the theme folder (inside THEMES) that matches the theme that you identified earlier.
- Click to highlight the HEADER.HTML file. Click on CODE EDITOR (or EDIT) at the top of the File Manager in order to edit the file.
- Obtain the code that you received from Google and paste it into the editor immediately before the comment that says "close header". This is demonstrated in the screenshot at right.
- Click on SAVE CHANGES in the top right hand corner to save your entries.
This completes the addition of the Google Analytics code to your PHP-Nuke website. Check the Google Analytics website for further options to add the tracking code (there are several options) in case your website theme cannot use the above method. If you require information on learning how to use Google Analytics, please to go Learn Google Analytics.
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Posted on October 26, 2013 in Miscellaneous Shoes and Apparel
I'm really loving a bunch of the pieces in the Nike Winter group that we have right now. We are seeing a lot of purple from several brands right now and the Purple Dynasty from Nike is really standing out as a great seasonal color. My favorite WTA player, Petra Kvitova, has one of my favorite looks at the moment.
Posted on September 3, 2013 in Shoes and Apparel
Vika always has a fun look on the court and this year's US Open is no exception. Let's take a look at her gear for the US Open 2013!
Her apparel: Vika is setting a style trend while wearing the Autumn High Waisted Skort from Nike which features a high waist, longer length, flouncy feathered knit skort. She pairs that with the Autumn Advantage Solid Tank that has a subtle v-neck, built-in bra, and fun racerback. Her look wouldn't be complete without her Nike Dri-fit Head Tie and wristbands adding a few more splashes of color. On her feet, she sports the ever-so-comfortable and quick Nike Zoom Vapor 9 Tours in Atomic Pink and Grey.
Her equipment: Vika's racquet of choice is the Wilson Juice 100 which offers her a dynamic blend of power and spin. She strings her Juice up with Luxilon ALU Power 16L strings which help her gain some control on her big groundstrokes. Throw on a Wilson Pro Feel Dampener and she is set. She carries her Wilson Tour 15 Pack Bag on court which is just big enough to hold her racquets, accessories, and extra gear.
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There are three almost-1-year-olds staring up at me from their baby corral.
There are three almost-1-year-olds staring up at me from their baby corral.
They are smiling and showing off all their skills.
I feel like a baby mind reader.
Like this is what they are trying to convey with their gestures and garbles and goo goo talk.
"Hey, look at me."
"I can blow raspberries."
"Check this out."
"No, watch me pull myself up."
"Over here! I'm on my tippy toes."
"How cool is that?"
"I can crawl, too."
"Hey, lady, see out how fast I am."
Seriously, I think I'm in love. How not?
Meet the Johnston triplets - Patrick Timmons, Genevieve Grace and Jacob Dale.
On May 27, they will celebrate their first birthday.
But let's get through Mother's Day first.
I went to visit their happy home in Lodi on a Wednesday when the busy parents had just gotten home from work.
Jeff Johnston, 43, is a high school teacher and union president of Lodi Education Association while Nanci Johnston, 37, is an elementary teacher.
While their tiny trio took off to explore the first floor of their impressively baby-proofed house, we talked about what makes each of these cherubs special, touched on their two-year effort to conceive and they explained what it's like to be blessed times three.
It is, they confided, like an episode of "Survivor."
Outwit. Outlast. Outplay.
But seriously, these people make it look easy.
Q: What has been the biggest challenge about having triplets?
Mom: Sleeping and showering.
Q: How many diapers do you go through a day?
Mom: 20 to 25.
Q: Can you show me their room?
Dad: Yes. They all start out in their nursery, each in their own crib. I can't remember the last time my wife and I spend the entire night in the same bed together. The challenge is, say, Genevieve will fuss and one of us has to get to her before she wakes the others. One of us always ends up in the guest room.
Q: Describe each of your kiddos' personalities.
Mom: Jacob is laid back and fairly patient; he loves food. He is more of an observer and cautious about trying new things but very quick to master a new task. Genevieve is very thoughtful and you can see her thinking intently when she's going to do something. She's also sneaky and very quick. Patrick is definitely the big brother; he does not like to share. He will barrel through anyone to get to what he wants. He's the comedian of the group.
Q: What is your favorite part of the day?
Mom: Mornings after their first bottle, they are so happy, playful and giggly. Or when you get home and you have three sets of eyes staring at you with giant grins, excited you are home.
Q: Tell me what your reaction was when they told you there were three.
Dad: I asked the woman if she was stuttering. She said, You're pregnant, you're pregnant, you're pregnant.
Q: What do you do when all three are crying and you need help?
Mom: For the most part, they are really easy and happy. But when they all melt down at once, we might send out an MBI to our friends and family. That stands for Multiple Baby Incident. It's our text code version of an SOS.
Q: For those who are wanting to have a baby but are having difficulty, what would you say to them?
Mom: Be patient. The whole process is exhausting. Be flexible and roll with the punches. Stress only makes it worse. Try your best to stay positive.
Q: When do you most often laugh or cry?
Mom: I laugh all the time; it's the best medicine. I cry usually when I'm tired or when all three are crying. I just cry with them.
Q: What do you wish for your children as they grow up?
Mom: I hope they feel they are loved. It's hard to gauge if they are all getting enough time. Mom and Dad are spread really thin. When you have babies one at a time, you know they are getting enough time from their parents. Multiples have to share their time.
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Entergy Texas workers returning home
Entergy Texas crews are returning home after almost three weeks spent helping restore utility service to victims of Superstorm Sandy.
"We sent 112 workers, including our company employees and contract workers, to the Northeast," said David Richard, operations manager for Entergy Texas. "They were very successful in helping utilities in that area in their time of need, just like they have done for us following major restorations for our customers."
The workers left in two waves in late October, with most headed for New Jersey. Eventually, they worked with Con Edison in New York and PEPCO Holdings Inc. in New Jersey.
"Our workers remained in high spirits while away," Richard said, "while facing challenges including cold weather, traffic jams and working with unfamiliar equipment."
The Entergy Texas teams were released Monday and are expected to arrive home in Texas by Thursday. Entergy Corporation's total of 875 workers joined an army of 67,000 from more than 80 utility companies from as far away as Canada, California and Hawaii. The storm disrupted power to 9.6 million utility customers.
"Sandy proved to be a devastating storm and we're doing our part to help restore normalcy to a lot of people," Richard said. "As one of Entergy's workers put it, 'We are a village that will do whatever it takes to get your lights on – because they're going to be coming to help us one day.'"


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There were two factions in the Clinton administration: the opportunists (the Bill wing) that didn't care much about the merits of policy outcomes, and the true-believers (the Hillary wing) that cared passionately about increasing our government's power over the life its citizens and about decreasing its power in the world.
Bill Richardson, who is running for president, was a member of the Clinton administration. The good news is that he was not a member of the Hillary wing; the bad news is that this makes him a member of the Bill wing.
When he was in Congress, Richardson had been a strong environmentalist. As Clinton's Secretary of Energy, he skillfully used that reputation as a shield when he crossed the environmentalists. Someone who worked with Richardson at the Energy department describes him as a truly committed believer in situational ethics. In other words, a true Bill Clintonian
Richardson's accomplishments at Energy were so limited that he once said his proudest one was building a new gym for Department employees. His one truly important accomplishment was the opening of a repository for transuranic waste (plutonium based, as opposed to high level waste) whose radioactivity is more immediately toxic and derives from fission products. This project is far less important than Yucca Mountain, which is intended to deal with high level waste and spent fuel, but is significant nonetheless. Interestingly, Richardson opened the repository in Carslbad, New Mexico, which wanted it. I'm told that, as governor of New Mexico, he used his knowledge of the Energy Department to create crises with respect to its big assets there (Los Alamos and the new transuranic repository) and then solve them.
That's not the sort of problem-solver this country needs in the White House.
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Scare tactics: Playing politics, sequester-style
February 25. 2013 5:38PM
The political gamesmanship surrounding sequester underscores everything that is wrong with politics today.
First, sequester is NOT the end of the world as we know it. Even if those mandated budget cuts occur, it does NOT mean that government, essentially, is shut down. It does not mean the end of services. It does not mean meat, or drugs, would go unexamined, and, thus, would disappear from store shelves. It need not mean the air traffic control system must shut down. It does not mean the military would not be able to defend the United States.
It DOES mean government must start managing its money - and end non-essential activities. It does mean there might be far fewer $1,000 hammers purchased by the Pentagon. It probably means there will be far fewer colonels acting as aides to far fewer generals roaming the corridors of the Pentagon. It does mean priorities must be set. It does mean some things will no longer be affordable - and it does, very likely, mean that some people, particularly those employed in government, will lose their jobs.
That's the reality. That's why sequester was chosen as a last resort. And it is why the nation finds itself sitting on sequester's doorstep right now: Government has failed. It has failed to control spending. It has failed to find a way to cut spending. It already has increased taxes, yet the Obama administration says those tax hikes are not enough, more are needed. Congress remains impotent, frequently on vacation, but never able to act.
Americans should be thankful that in a rare moment President Obama and his administration pushed the option of sequester as a means of forcing government to come to terms with its out-of-control spending.
Yes. President Obama. Not Congress. Not congressional Democrats. Not congressional Republicans.
Bob Woodward, of Watergate fame, an associate editor of the Washington Post, writes in a recent column published in the Post:
"My extensive reporting for my book 'The Price of Politics' shows that the automatic spending cuts were initiated by the White House and were the brainchild of (then White House chief of staff Jack) Lew and White House congressional relations chief Rob Nabors - probably the foremost experts on budget issues in the senior ranks of the federal government.
"Obama personally approved of the plan for Lew and Nabors to propose the sequester to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. They did so at 2:30 p.m. July 27, 2011, according to interviews with two senior White House aides who were directly involved."
Yet now, the President warns of the most dire consequences of sequester, should it be allowed to happen. His latest scare tactic: More than a hundred air traffic control towers could be closed and travelers could expect long flight delays beginning in April.
He's not alone in making threats. All sides in the debate are guilty. But none seem willing to admit there are alternatives to the threats being made to intimidate the public, voters and taxpayers alike, into begging for higher taxes so that government, despite all of its excess, can be saved.
Private companies, responding to difficult economic circumstances, repeatedly have been forced to reduce their workforce. They have been forced to do it without compromising the products they sell. They have been forced to reduce employee benefits. Workers, each of you, know you have been expected to do more for less for a long time now.
No less can be expected, demanded, from government. And it can be done without ending, r even seriously restricting, any and all essential services.
It is true that the resulting cuts might slow economic growth initially, but so, too, has the return of the temporary 2 percent Social Security tax cut, and so, too, will soaring gasoline prices, as the high cost of oil ripples through the economy. Those are painful but inescapable realities. Binge spending has been a government reality for far too long; of course there will be pain in ending it, but far less pain than the nation will feel if it is allowed to continue.
Reject the scare tactics. Demand that government face economic reality. Demand that it accept the spending cuts by targeting ALL non-essential services and employees. If necessary, adopt across-the-board pay cuts. Private enterprise has been forced to do so. Cut benefits. Private enterprise has been forced to do so.
Reject the scare tactics. Hold government accountable.


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Sophia Bush: Salon & Starbucks!
A fresh faced Sophia Bush smiles for photographers as she leaves a nail salon on Tuesday (May 4) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 27-year-old actress carried an iced drink from Starbucks with her to cool off!
JustJared.com recently caught up with Sophia about her new projects and whether she'll get to do some action work. "It wouldn't be any action for me, no, but a good cast of characters, and that's the sort of thing I'm looking for," she said.
"But of course, when you walk outside of the world, it's a drama or you're maybe walking away from comedy, which I love because I'm a goofball," Sophia continued. "Action, I think, is a great test for actors in general, and I think it's really enjoyable for us because it lets us push ourselves to a whole new level."


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I'm here for the reason..
Sorry for out of topic: Speaking of trouble making, this reminds me with my favourite song about the trouble makers. This lyric fits with the Huckebein's nature.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 31
That is silly.
|2011-09-22, 11:40
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I'm here for the reason..
But well, I have to admit that she has a great intelligence and great strength as well. The more powerful, the greater her swell-headed and high nose (read: smug) nature. Although she holds the status as head of Hucks.
|2011-09-22, 12:23
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Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
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She is nowhere near as powerful as Reinforce, and she's nowhere near as intelligent as Jail. Claiming she is just sounds silly.
|2011-09-22, 13:48
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|2011-09-22, 13:55
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Location: Canada, Sault Ste. Marie
For the first point, well, pretty much what Sunder had to say on her. She certainly couldn't blow up a planet, but she's at least as deadly at personal combat as Reinforce was.
For the second - I dunno, the story's just trying to sell her as a super-planning villain like Jail, (which is what I meant by smart, sorry) what with how ominous her statements are portrayed. I might not believe it, but the manga itself thinks so.
|2011-09-22, 14:08
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After she cast the first Starlight Breaker, she didn't do it again. Maybe the one time burned it out of her pages.
After that, she resorted to personal combat against someone she meant to kill to avenge her knights. But while she overpowered Nanoha, she couldn't beat her either.
She was not as dangerous in personal combat as Curren.
|2011-09-22, 14:08
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I haven't seen Curen toss any superpower spells a-la Reinforce Starlight Breaker either. The paperwave didn't even come close.
Here's what she's done: She snuck up on Hayate, then showed off by dispatching Vita and Erio. Is it impressively powerful? Yes. And it deserves to be, considering she is the leader of the main antagonists. Is it as powerful as Reinforce? No. Not by a long shot.
On the intelligence side of things, what has she done? Traveled around gathering information and stuff for future use, and knows what to do best when it comes to the TSAB and she has 'a plan'. Frankly, this isn't even impressively smart. It's just being smart. A good solid head on her shoulders, nothing more. Certainly not Jail level intelligence. It doesn't even come close.
|2011-09-22, 14:17
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I didn't say Curren was more powerful. Just deadlier in an anti-personnel capacity. She's faster, hits harder, and has superior mobility and close quarter combat technique.
That doesn't mean she can murder a city or planet, but it makes her a superior killer against individual mages.
|2011-09-22, 14:24
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Depends. Reinforce can one-shot anyone simply by absorbing her in her book, like she did to Fate (the only reason she didn't do it to Nanoha as well is because of lolplot).
But I will agree that Curen is the most dangerous individual in Force at the movement. Certainly the most powerful and intelligent one. I'd say that rather than being "more powerful than Reinforce and more intelligent than Jail" she strikes a balance between the two. She has both brains and brawn. And yes, this indeed makes her a very powerful individual.
But stop and think about it for a second: Is that really so strange? Again, she's the leader of the main antagonists. She's supposed to be a serious threat. Are we honestly so busy trying to find flaws in this manga that we're being blinded to the basics of storytelling?
|2011-09-22, 14:32
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My complaint isn't that she's powerful. I just said that I hoped there was a good reason for her to be so competent. As I presume that skill played as much in her accomplishments as raw power.
I would like to know where she and the other Huckebein come from, and why they know how to fight. If the Bible of the Silver Cross is yet another ancient weapon that was receipt unearthed, was Curren buried with it as another relic of a more powerful nation?
|2011-09-22, 14:52
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A good reason for her to be so competent? She's the leader of the antagonists. If you want villains to be taken seriously as a threat, make them competent. If not them, then at least their leader. A competent villain who has a chance of actually winning will be taken much more seriously than one who has no chance of winning.
|2011-09-22, 15:00
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Starlight Breaker isn't really a close combat spell, it's bombardment. Curren most likely didn't use anything comparable because there was no point in that situation.
|2011-09-22, 15:11
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Join Date: Aug 2011
If these Huckebein were all modern mages or non-mages who got infected, what planet did they come from? Was it an Administered World, or not?
How did they find each other? Who taught them how to fight?
DO they know how to fight, or are their abilties largely instinctual and reflexive, so that they can get by on sheer brute power?
As for Starlight Breaker not being suited for personal combat, I'll note that Nanoha and Fate RAN the moment she started casting it, and they ran FAR. If Reinforce could keep using it, she could have kept them at bay at a distance, where they didn't have a hope of defeating her, and then just hammer them with impunity until they're dead.
So why didn't she? Heck, even Diabolic Emission should have been available, or Ragnarok Breaker, if Starlight Breaker really DID get burned out of her pages.
I'd gripe about how using Absorption on Fate doesn't really make sense, but this isn't the thread for it.
|2011-09-22, 15:13
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Join Date: Aug 2009
And even if Reinforce can blow up cities, Curren is, in essence, able to defeat the mighty avatar of the Book of Darkness due to the nature of her powers.
The kicker about hes assault on Hayate and the curbstomp she dlivered to Erio and Vita is that Curren isn't even trying. She surprises and stomped everyone on sight like if it where the most natural thing for her to do. Compared with Cypha and the others that, while easy nontheless, they still needed to abuse their eclipse powers to came out victorious which Curren does not.
That's why i think she's badass, her strenght cannot be questioned, she scored a fair and clean victory. Curren probably lacks the raw destructive power Reinforce have but is more lethal than her one-on-one she probably isn't a genius scientist like Scaglietty but is smart enough to understand human behavior and manipulate it to her own interests, plus, she's a lot more powerfull than the good doctor. It's a good mix: "Smarter than Reinforce, Stronger than Scaglietti".
|2011-09-22, 15:13
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How did my question on how Curren got behind Hayate got into this ?
One thing about Curren is experience and by the look of it contacts.
She has been the leader of the Hucks for, like what, a decade.
She is very quick to adapt if things don`t go as planned as well.
She is an experienced and competent leader. Why wouldn`t she be by now ?
Maybe she has a military background or something like that too.
As for Curren`s power...
Let`s imagined an infected Thoma in 10 years... Can`t say I see him worst than her.
Scary actually... Thoma`s Silver Hammer from day one was rather impressive.
So, we should know everything from the start ?
Isis just got some background...
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Treated HIV-infected individuals with an undetectable HIV RNA level (< 75 copies RNA/mL, untreated HIV-infected individuals, and HIV-uninfected individuals.
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Sony's Qore interactive magazine began in June of 2008 and has been released monthly onto the PSN ever since. But today on the PlayStation Blog, it was revealed that April 2012's edition of Qore would be the last issue released.
"As the first interactive digital magazine on a game console, Qore provided an innovative mix of quality HD video and interactive content covering over 160 new games," PSN's Executive Producer Kevin Furuichi noted on the PS Blog.
"With this April episode, Qore concludes its run on the PlayStation Network. As a send off, the Qore team built one final DLC package: the Qore Ultimate Arcade features a compilation of 11 mini games offered through the series. Our thanks to all involved in the creation and production of Qore and to the many fans who regularly watched each month."
Word of Qore's cancellation comes on the heels of dire news set to strike Sony Corporation. The company is purportedly prepping to lay off a full 6% of its global workforce -- 10,000 people in all -- and has warned that its biggest yearly loss is on the horizon, purportedly reaching $6.4 billion in total.
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If Friday had recovered back into positive territory… then the close could have made Monday's open likely to surge. Instead, that's likely only if the rally is going to resume. It doesn't have to.
Pattern points… (Setups and technicals)
Friday's session developed entirely in negative territory. That's not bearish. Not necessarily. It does keep the door open to the bearish setup Friday's open almost triggered, opening under a prior session's low. Friday's opening dip was too shallow.
Friday's last hour probed above the bias environment's high, which could have been bullish. But the bias environment's low was tested into the close, so the earlier buying gained no traction for its effort.
Friday's last-minute dip ended the cash session back at 1577.75, which had been resistance, and is now support. Closing above it Thursday put into play a retest of prior highs. Closing at it failed to invalidate the setup.
Friday left these mixed signals, and more. The burden of proof remains on buyers, but the door remains open to sellers regaining control.
What's Next… (Outlook and opportunities)
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Paul Ryan has lots of company using one of the most frequently repeated Churchill quotes about America: "The Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted." The only problem is, the quote may be spurious.
That's the tentative hypothesis of Richard Langworth, who is the most meticulous fact-checker of all things Churchill. (We've mentioned his excellent Churchill quotation book here before, and if you don't have a copy, you should.) Richard includes the quote in his book, but notes in the book:
Circa 1944. Unattributed and included tentatively. Certainly he would never have said it publicly; he was much too careful about slips like that. It cannot be found in any memoirs of his colleagues. I have let it stand as a likely remark, for he certainly had those sentiments from time to time in World War II.
In his recent blog post about the quote, Richard adds this:
This is one of the very few Churchill quotes in my book that I could not find among his 15 million published words and 35 million about him. I have been told that it came from Sir John Colville's memoirs, but I can't find it there, nor did Sir John mention it to me in our conversations. If proven apocryphal it will go to my appendix of inaccurate quotations, entitled, "Red Herrings." In the meantime, it sticks: Congressman Paul Ryan recently used it (slightly inaccurately) in a speech at Claremont Institute.
It's a great line (and fairly apposite at the moment). Here's another Churchill remark along those lines which we do know is genuine:
"Their national psychology is such that the bigger the Idea the more wholeheartedly and obstinately do they throw themselves into making it a success. It is an admirable characteristic, providing the Idea is good."
—The Second World War, vol. V, Closing the Ring (London: Cassell, 1952), 494.


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Coldplay Reveals Track Listing for New Album, 'Mylo Xyloto,' Featuring Rihanna
Coldplay has announced the names of the songs that will appear on its upcoming fifth album, titled 'Mylo Xyloto.'
Interestingly, the tracklisting includes 'Princess of China,' a collaboration with pop star Rihanna, noteworthy mainly because Coldplay has never had a guest artist on any of its past albums.
MTV has reported that producer Brian Eno, who co-produced tracks on Coldplay's successful 2008 album, 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,' helped pen a few songs on 'Mylo Xyloto,' as well.
Here's the entire 'Mylo Xyloto' tracklisting:
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5. 'Us Against the World'
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My kids just went to NY with their father to visit with my in-laws without me. The plan was for my in-laws to take them to a family party while my husband went to the Mets game. I did all the packing of course, with clear guidelines about what clothing was to be worn to the party.
When they came home this morning the party clothes were in the bag, clean as a whistle, untouched. I asked the kids what they wore to the party.
Michael said "My super-heros shirt."
Sam said "My Unicorn shirt." (I'm sure Ralph Lauren would be thrilled to know that his polo player emblem could be easily mistaken for a unicorn.)
By the way, the clothes they were talking about were the ones they wore to school on FRIDAY, when it was 85 degrees, and then sat in a car with them for 4 hours to NY.
"Um – those clothes were dirty." I said with horror.
They both looked up at me innocently, "We know….we just kept wearing dirty clothes all weekend." Michael said with a shrug.
Ok – it's not the end of the world, but I would prefer if my kids didn't go to family parties with people that we don't see a lot, wearing dirty, filthy "Unicorn" and super-hero shirts like a couple of homeless people.
I threw the bag down and went in the backyard to question my husband. Michael followed me trying to protect his Dad…"No Mom, it was all Granny's fault!"
"Um – the kids said that your mother made them wear their dirty clothes to the party instead of the nice clothes I packed." I said, hoping for a logical explanation.
He was leaned over filling up the kiddie pool, sweating.
He looked up – rolled his eyes, and said "They're lying."
Ok – it's Father's Day – I decided to let it go.
I went inside to help the kids get into their bathing suits. I told them to take off their cargo shorts and shirts and leave them on the bed to change back into after they were done with the pool.
"But we have been wearing these clothes forever!" Michael
"Yeah – these are our pajamas," Sam said as he tossed them into the hamper.
"What are you talking about?" I demanded.
"Mom – Granny made us wear these clothes as our pajamas last night." Michael said with a horrified voice for effect.
What the hell goes on? Why would small children be put to bed in khakis?
I didn't push it with my husband – seeing as it is Father's Day and all.
Later my sister-in-law called and I told her the story – she laughed and said "It's worse than you think – Sam went to the party in just a wife-beater. His other shirt got
dirty at the park."
Ok – nobody was hurt and my MIL made a point to tell me that she bathed them twice, and she watched them, etc. But really – sending my preschooler to a party like a crystal
meth addict and my 5-year-old to bed in heavy constrictive clothing is CRAZY!! Mothers cannot leave their children's side for a minute!!
I was going to go on and on about how I can't trust my husband to make sure things get done properly; but that would not be nice in the spirit of Father's Day. I will save that for another post.
The fact is – even though Moms usually do everything perfectly – there are some times when Dads come in quite
handy. He does the yard work, he kills the bugs, he puts together toys, he grills, he takes out the garbage, he plays sports, the list goes on and on of activities and chores that I refuse to do – and thank God – he does!
I love my husband – and even though he (and his family) have no regard for my wardrobe guidelines or proper party attire he is a great Dad. We are lucky to have him (upstairs right now doing air guitar with the boys to music) while I finish my blog.
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The Village of Lewiston Department of Public Works employed Murdoch for 40 years. He retired in 1999 as superintendent. He was also the former owner of the Lewiston Trenching Company. Murdoch was instrumental in the restoration of Lewiston Landing and, upon his retirement date, it was renamed "Murdoch Landing."
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Murdoch was an avid hunter and fisherman. He loved spending time with his family and grandchildren, especially at his Westfield camp. In spite of his lengthy illness, he never lost his sense of humor.
Ernie is survived by wife, Janine; a daughter, Theresa M. Murdoch (Patrick Thompson), and a son, Michael Murdoch (Eliza Newman) both of Lewiston; his grandchildren: Ryan, Michael and Tyler Rueter, and Brooke and Cole Murdoch; a sister, Mary (Lester) Losell of Niagara Falls; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by three sisters: Kathy Woodruff, Margaret Lebans and Eva Alexander; and by two brothers: Robert and William Murdoch.
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