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Dickson Etuhu and Josh King each came through 45 minutes on their return from injury as Rovers Under-21s were held to a 1-1 draw at Liverpool.
It was a game in which the Blue and Whites should have taken all three points, with a commanding first half display in which Rovers struck the woodwork no less than three times and missed several other excellent chances.
Just six minutes in and superb play down the left by Josh King saw the ball played to the edge of the box to where Devarn Green struck, but his effort bounced off the top of the crossbar.
16-year-old Hyuga Tanner, making his third start for the Under-21s, was next to try his luck. Linking up well with Dean Rittenberg, the midfielder let fly but Yusuf Mersin in the Liverpool goal saved well. The resulting Tanner corner picked out Ryan Edwards but the defender couldn't get his header on target.
Rovers continued to force the pace and after latching onto an Etuhu long ball, King tried an audacious chip from an impossible angle. However, whilst the ball beat the keeper, the ball bounced off the foot of the post and away.
Green was soon back in the action, capitalising on a defensive slip to race through but Mersin saved well once more before a Will Beesley free-kick was headed goalwards by Darragh Lenihan only to be tipped onto the far post.
In the ensuing scramble striker Dean Rittenberg was brought to ground by Vilyan Bijev and Rovers were awarded a penalty.
Rittenberg himself stepped up, and although the Liverpool stopper dived the right way, the youngster's effort crept home.
There was still time for Rovers to miss another excellent chance as the half drew to a close as another Tanner corner caused problems for Liverpool, but again Edwards was wayward with his header.
With King and Etuhu replaced at the break as planned it was a much more even second half and the home side levelled just six minutes after the restart.
Full back Brad Smith made great use of the space down the left to fire over a cross into the area and the unfortunate Ryan Edwards could only watch on in horror as the ball deflected of his outstretched boot and into the back of the net past the helpless David Raya.
After such a dominating first half, it was so disappointing to concede such an unfortunate goal.
Tim Payne went close on the hour mark with a shot that deflected over, whilst Liverpool defender Ryan McLaughlin forced Raya into a fine save with a shot across the area.
Rovers' best chance of the second half fell to Will Beesley, but inexplicably, with the goal at his mercy, he fired wide from 12 yards.
The home side thought they had snatched all three points with a minute left on the clock, but as Jordan Rossitter bundled the ball home at the back post, the flag was raised for offside.
It was a welcome point on their travels for Rovers, but the display really merited all three.
ROVERS: Raya, Fernandez, Beesley, Tanner (sub Cotton 77 mins), Edwards, Lenihan, Green, Etuhu (sub Bauress 46 mins), Rittenberg, Payne, King (sub Tumwa 46 mins).
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The Jonah Center for Earth and Art and The Rockfall Foundation invite the public to learn about plans to increase the number of trees in Middletown and to make streets safer and more inviting for walking and bicycling. The program will take place on Tuesday, April 11, 7- 8:30 p.m. at the deKoven House, 27 Washington Street, in Middletown. The main presenters will be Jane Harris, Chairperson of Middletown's Urban Forestry Commission, and John Hall, Co-chair of Middletown's Complete Streets Committee.
What makes a place nice to live in? Trees and safe places to walk are key to a city's attractiveness. We like the softening effect of shade trees and the birds that sing in those overhead branches. Neighborhoods become more desirable and businesses thrive when there is plenty of foot traffic, with clean air and low noise levels. Planning departments, educators, and health advocates increasingly recognize the many benefits that follow when shops, schools, and restaurants can be reached on foot.
Come to learn how you can help make improvements in your own neighborhood by increasing the number of trees, slowing traffic, and making streets more usable for walkers, bicycle riders, and wheelchairs. Progress is already happening around Middletown. Join others in these efforts.
For more information, contact John Hall at 860-398-3771 or via email from www.thejonahcenter.org
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Status: New Idea Submitted on 12-28-2018 09:39 AM Submitted by senorstanley on 12-28-2018 09:39 AM
For high volume and transactional business, there needs to be a lot of AR specialists working in Zuora to process orders. We need to create a lot of one-off account Bill runs to collect initial payments. However, a specialist may create a bad bill run and accidentally select multiple accounts which could create a lot of problems. I think it would be created to add another security permission to "Allow multiple account bill runs". We could give AR specialists the ability to run a single account bill run and leave the multiple account bill runs to administrators. ... View more


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Missouri health specialists assist with Indiana HIV outbreak
COLUMBIA - The Indiana State Health Department has sought help from other health departments across the country to find more people infected with HIV. The department said it has already identified 135 people who tested HIV positive since December.
The outbreak started with needle sharing centered in one county in southern Indiana.
Julie Vincent, Indiana State Department of Health Spokesman, said Missouri was one of the first three states to respond to Indiana's request. State officials accepted the help of six disease intervention specialists from Missouri, Virginia and Colorado, who each arrived in Indiana Monday.
Vincent said Missouri has provided three of the six specialists. Their purpose is to interview people who tested positive and find others they may have infected.
Dr. Jennifer Walthall, the Deputy State Health Commissioner for Indiana, said she does not believe the number of cases has peaked.
Vincent said the first case was identified in mid-December, but the state did not issue an emergency declaration until March 26.
The health specialists will be in Indiana for two weeks, but could stay longer if needed.
Missouri officials are not commenting at this time as they say they are still sorting out the details.


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Doctors fight back against London Times article about bone growth in gymnasts
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This will be brief brief brief because I have to study biochemistry (which is clearly going very well).
On December 1st, the Times published an article citing evidence that gymnasts suffer "a broad constellation of injuries" to joints causing inflamed cartilage and stress fractures, things that could lead even to necrosis.
Anyway, some doctors wrote in from the National Osteoporosis Society to report on their own study, which shows that girls 8-17 engaged in "high intensity gymnastic training" had bone densities 13-28 percent higher than matched controls. They also didn't find evidence of stunted growth or that gymnasts were not receiving adequate nutrition.
Overtraining is a real risk in gymnastics because of the early start age. You don't see many football players being home-schooled. But honestly, I haven't read the American study, and media reports about studies tend to be misleading at best. In either case, I think it's telling that they then go on to say that "Previous studies have suggested that the rate of injury in gymnastics is almost as severe as that in contact sports." Almost as severe? Sounds to me like gymnastics is still better!
On the other hand, one should also be skeptical of the other study (and of any study that one hasn't read — someone recently found that some massive percentage of medical studies were misreported in the media). Naturally, the "stunted growth" question is a sticking point in the gymnastics community — it's the classic chicken-or-egg question: which came first, gymnastics, or short height? But there is conclusive evidence that high-level sports delay puberty, and I think that suggesting that elite-level gymnastics has no effect on development is laughable.
And finally a place to sneak in this tidbit: while Chellsie Memmel has been on her fruit-and-chicken diet, what has Beth Tweddle been eating? According to this article, lunch might be lasagna, spaghetti bolognese or sweet-and-sour chicken. Dinner could be soup-and-sandwich or a "chicken and bacon salad." It's never been clear to me that the level of intensity and craziness of American gymnastics has reached across the pond, and on that note, who were the subjects of the NOS study? It's not clear that British gymnasts have been subjected to the same harsh diets we see in some American gyms, and certainly former Soviet gyms, so it's not clear to me how translatable the findings might be. Certainly it's interesting that the positive findings come out of Britain while the negative ones come out of the the United States.


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Be sure to visit the newsstands for the March issue of Sky & Telescope. Inside you'll find all the information you'll need for March 3rd's lunar eclipse — the first total eclipse of the Moon since October 27–28, 2004. What's more, we've included your reports and images from last November's transit of Mercury. And, as always, the issue is overflowing with tips and advice for what there is to see in the month's skies.
We've got your product information covered too. Bluetooth technology has moved to the realm of amateur telescopes and Sky & Telescope contributing editor and scope expert Alan Dyer takes you through the Starry Night BlueStar Telescope Adapter. Our New Product Showcase features new CCD cameras, portable observatories, and the latest high-end refractor from William Optics.
Our cover story, written and illustrated by Mark Garlick, details the threat to Earth that a nearby supernova would pose. Included "Beyond the Printed Page" are animations showing the effect such a blast would have on the solar system.
Famed celestial observer David Levy gives his first-person account on the discovery of his ninth comet. Moon expert and contributing editor Gary Seronik reviews the latest lunar atlas, and much more. . . .
But don't take our word for it. Visit our online Table of Contents and click on a few of the free PDF articles to sample the magazine for yourself.
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Munich: German strategy consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants today launched what it claims is a "landmark" implementation service called "Expert Network".
- "Expert Network" offers Roland Berger clients quick, sustainable and hands-on implementation together with external experts
- The offering ranges from action programs to longer-term deployment of individual industry experts
- The initial 500-strong expert pool of the network managed by Roland Berger is comprised of in-house consultants as well as hand-picked managers and specialists
- Target clients are industrial companies in the automotive and engineered products sectors, initially in German-speaking countries
Launching the new service Roland Berger said that the time honoured strategy consulting maxim — first strategy, then implementation — no longer works today.
"Many of our clients have to quickly adapt to new circumstances: they can't wait for strategic decisions to be taken, they have to provide operational support in the process," said Professor Dr. Burkhard Schwenker, CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.
"With this new offering, we launch a landmark service and respond to our clients' need for rapid and sustainable implementation. The 'Expert Network' embodies our claim: 'Creative strategies that work'."
The new service will see Roland Berger draw on a network of experts to put together tailored teams that correspond to the client's needs. The teams include Roland Berger consultants, external experts with comprehensive practical experience and former corporate executives. Together they will implement the strategy on-site in the client's operations, or enrich strategy projects with highly specialized technical know-how.
The external experts will be subject to a strict selection process and all the members of the network will undergo a regular certification process at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, which includes evaluations of actual project work.
Initial focus on German-speaking countries
At first, the new offering will include about 500 experts and focus primarily on the German-speaking market. The target clients are companies and groups in the automotive and engineered products industries, which traditionally have extensive operational activities. The network's experts will, for example, analyze costs, improve production effectiveness and ensure that business targets are met sustainably.
"We aim to expand the full offering to include other industries and markets over the medium term," Schwenker said.


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Farmers, Technology Centre for Biorefining and Bioenergy (TCBB), Teagasc, Department of Agriculture, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), SEAI
Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from many different materials derived from biological sources such as wood, grass, straw, sugar beet, food waste and manure (cattle, pigs, poultry). Both biogas from anaerobic digestion of food and agri-wastes, as well as biomass energy crops, are expected to take a major role in a low carbon energy future in Ireland. Biomass wood crops with carbon capture and storage can provide net negative emissions in generating electricity and district heat through combined heat and power systems. Biogas can also provide renewable heating fuel, natural gas vehicle transport fuel, as well as electricity storage from the Sabatier process, which converts electrical power to gas. See 'Anerobic Digestion' solution for more information.
Historically, biofuels competed with food growing and some caused severe land use change. Newer biofuels focus on using waste and have stricter guidelines to ensure environmental sustainability. Land is a resource and should be used for the public benefit. Bioenergy has great potential for employment, especially in rural areas. Sustainable reforestation of marginal land in Galway can provide biomass energy as well as carbon sinks (trees absorb and store carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere).
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Mannheimer Swartling is a market-leader within EU and competition law in the Nordic region. With the largest number of specialists working exclusively in this field in Sweden, Mannheimer Swartling's EU and competition practice has unrivalled strength and depth of experience.
Our practice and many of our practitioners are consistently top-ranked by the leading legal directories. With an exceptional reputation for transactional, advisory and contentious work, our legal advice takes full account of the business and regulatory context of our clients. Our long-established Brussels office consolidates and complements our market-leading position on the Nordic market.
Dealing regularly with the Swedish competition authority, national courts, European Commission, European courts and other relevant bodies, we act for defendants, complainants, private and public parties alike. We regularly coordinate international projects, working as a single team with our legal network in other jurisdictions where necessary.
Operating primarily from Stockholm and Brussels, with strong support from our other Swedish offices and those in Russia and China, we advise clients on the full range of issues in the EU and competition field, including:
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Developing Successful Schools Institute (DSS)
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Developing Successful Schools Institute (DSS)
The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures (LS): Unleashing A Culture of Innovation
Mount Allison University
Sackville NB
This Developing Successful Schools (DSS) 2018 Institute is intended for school/district administrators, teachers and other educators from Atlantic Canada. The NLTA sponsors a maximum of 10 delegates but first-time DSS delegates are given preference.
For more information read the DSS Institute 2018 Brochure or contact Ian Crewe, Administrative Officer, Programs and Services, NLTA, ph: 726-3223 or 1-800-563-3599, ext. 232.


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The Pac-12 North title is on the line for No. 13 Washington State as they take on rival No. 17 Washington in the Apple Cup but neither team seemed to sense the urgency of such stakes after a half of play in rainy Seattle, with the Huskies slogging their way to a 24-0 lead in a game mostly dominated by defense.
Quarterback Jake Browning threw for only 68 yards but couldn't find much down the field and was pressured several times as Chris Petersen's team stuck mostly with the ground game given the conditions. Running back Myles Gaskin ran for 114 yards and two of the game's touchdowns while Browning had a keeper for the other score.
Injuries were perhaps the bigger story for Washington in the half as two of the team's biggest playmakers both went to the locker room with lower leg injuries. FBS record holder and leading receiver Dante Pettis was hurt while fielding a punt while No. 2 tailback Lavon Coleman seemed to twist his leg into the turf while getting tackled.
Much of the offense was the result of big defensive plays amid a pretty fired up crowd on Montlake. Wazzu quarterback Luke Falk managed just 132 yards through the air, getting sacked four times while throwing two interceptions. To make matters worse, the senior signal-caller also fumbled on a scramble in what was a nightmare start for the team needing a win in order to take the division crown and wind up in the Pac-12 title game.
The Cougars still have plenty of time and firepower to get back in this one but Washington is looking pretty determined to ruin their rival's title hopes and hit the double-digit win mark for the second year in a row. The Apple Cup has been full of some wild games but you don't get the vibe that this year's edition will be all that memorable unless Falk, Mike Leach and company get things fixed in the locker room and come out determined to reverse this outcome.


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5 Things to Look for in an Extraordinary Luxury Home
When shopping for real estate, the axiom is usually quite simple: spend more, get more. But when shopping luxury properties, how does one compare homes that essentially "have it all"?
The answer is a combination of gut feeling, personal taste and trusting your instincts.
However, given that you may one day plan on selling your luxury home and will naturally seek top dollar, do pay particular attention to the following five buying criteria when shopping high-end Philadelphia real estate.
Location, Location, Location
If location is everything in real estate, it's doubly true with luxury properties. While architectural and design trends will ebb and flow, it's safe to say that a home located in one of Philly's top neighborhood's today will still feature a prestigious address 10 or 20 years from now.
With extremely limited inventory on famed parks like Rittenhouse Square and historic Washington Square, for example, both townhomes and luxury condominiums are well poised to hold their value.
A home that offers an inimitable quality peaks in value. This fact quickly explains the price tags on residences located in some of Philadelphia's oldest buildings.
No facsimile can recreate the classic ambiance of an original Art Deco edifice. Sure, modern architects might find inspiration from the past, but no feeling quite equates to the timeless luxury of living in a historical masterpiece.
Other factors that make a luxury home unique include the view and unparalleled amenities.
Much like our insatiable desire for the latest gadgets, high-end buyers are looking to integrate slick new technologies into their homes in a myriad of ways.
Smart homes are now the norm on the luxury market. Homeowners want to be able to control their home systems with the touch of a button and remotely from the phones.
Open-Concept Layouts
From grandiose two-story foyer entrances to gourmet kitchen-slash-great-room combos, the floor plan buzzword that doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon is "open-concept."
Buyers at all price points expect floor plans to flow effortlessly, to create the illusion of a single space as opposed to neatly defined rooms.
More leeway is provided in older masonry structures with less flexibility for interior demolition, but steer clear of any property that feels cramped, regardless of the square footage noted on the listing.
Top End (and Up-to-Date) Everything
An extraordinary home leaves no feature untouched. From commercial grade luxury appliances to stunning kitchen fixtures and countertops to spa-inspired bathrooms and every other detail you can imagine.
There's a difference between visiting a home that exudes classic charm and one that was luxurious twenty years ago but is now outdated. Our job is to help you distinguish between the two.


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Increasingly, the public expects to have a meaningful voice in decisions that affect their lives. Consensus is fortunate to build on the work of national leaders in the field, and recommend articles and books that tell the story of public engagement. And, since our founding in 1984, Consensus has produced reports and discussion guides that show how the public approaches its role in decision-making and on important issues.
Public engagement is the process through which people like you and me have a voice in decisions that affect our lives. Consensus works with national leaders in public engagement, and is proud to build on their great work.
Recommended reading – Books
Bringing Citizen Voices to the Table: A Guide for Public Managers, by Carolyn Lukensmeyer. The founding director of AmericaSpeaks shares fascinating stories of bringing public engagement to scale.
Coming to Public Judgment: Making Democracy Work in a Complex World, by Dan Yankelovich. The renowned public opinion pollster explains seven steps from mass opinion to thoughtful public judgment, punctuated with lots of interesting examples.
Dealing with an Angry Public: The Mutual Gains Approach to Resolving Disputes, by Lawrence Susskind and Patrick Field. Full of great stories about how to build a relationship of trust.
Public Participation for 21st Century Democracy, by Tina Nabatchi and Matt Leighninger. Part of the Bryson Series in Public and Nonprofit Management, the book explains the distinction between thick, thin and conventional engagement, and explains the system within which engagement happens.
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, by Dan Health and Chip Heath. Many of their ideas for creating change are directly applicable to public engagement. A fascinating read.
Recommended reading – Articles and Reports
Consensus Civility Focus Groups: A Summary. We held focus groups across the political spectrum to find out how people want to be engaged in difficult public issues. What they told us might surprise you. Download Civility_Focus_Group_Summary 10 pages – Kansas City
"Dealing with Deeply Held Concerns and Other Challenges to Public Engagement Processes," by the Institute for Local Government. Download deeply_held_concerns_final_draft for advice when there are strong perspectives and deep feelings about an issue.
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Toolbox. Download the IAP2 toolbox to see the range of public engagement options available, and advice on when to use them.
"Naming and Framing Difficult Issues to Make Sound Decisions," by David Mathews. The director of the Kettering Foundation offers an accessible explanation of how to work with citizens to make tough choices involved in local and national issues.
"National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) Resource Guide." Download the guide NCDD2010_Resource_Guide to learn about ways to engage the public, with links to additional resources.
"Planning Public Forums: Questions to Guide Local Officials," by the Institute for Local Government. Why to involvement the public and how to determine the design of effective public meetings.
Consensus produces reports and deliberative discussion guides on behalf of the community and our clients.
"Blood and Ashes" discussion guide, produced for the Johnson County Library, was used to engage the public in conversation about how we should commemorate the border war between Missouri and Kansas. Download here: Border War discussion guide
Creating Community Solutions-KC. Download the report produced after the public engagement event here: Summary report – ccs-kc 9-21-13. To learn what people told us that day, download In their own words – Feb 2014. To see the community's action plan: Action plan – visual. For a timeline of the project: Timeline – CCS-KC.
Libraries Together in Scott County worked with four libraries and their patrons to consider how best to provide library services. It received national attention for the deliberative methods it used to engage the public. The final report: Libraries Together in Scott County Final Report. The article in the IAP2 national newsletter: International Association for Public Participation article on Libraries Together. The article in American Libraries: American Libraries article on Libraries Together.
"A Living Wage: Making the Economy Work for Everyone," is a deliberative discussion guide produced for the Mid-Continent Public Library, part of its Local Issues Project. Download the guide here: living_wage_guide – FINAL.
"Making Book: Gambling on the Future of Our Libraries," was a white paper on the structure and governance of local libraries. OCLC included it in its national recommended reading list, it was taught in MLS programs and covered in various library publications. Download the report here: Making Book – complete report.
Pandemic Flu Report was produced in collaboration with the Mid-America Regional Council and local health departments, which wanted to know how people would be likely to respond if a pandemic was headed our way.
Science and religion discussion guide was produced for Science, Inc., a project with KCPT, the Johnson County Library and science organizations. It was used during a public forum at the library.
Washington State Library – five-year plan was the result of four future search conferences held around the state. The conferences identified common ground for action and unique ideas, and were the basis for the Washington State Library strategic plan.


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The product offered and the price is about one "Fake Spiral" earring.
This kind of spiral don't need the lobe expansion but is enough the earring's hole.
N.B. The product is made entirely by hand.
Minor differences between photos and product and read the object for sale imperfections are considered evidence of artisanal work and thus add value.
None of craft products on the "Red Devil Zone" website are equal to each other.
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BFI Announce 'Stephen King On Screen' Season
Many a filmmaker have deemed his work worthy of adaptation. From Brian De Palma's bloodsoaked Carrie to the iconic 'Here's Johnny!' antics of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. All the way to this year, as fans eagerly await the new version of IT (8th September) and The Dark Tower (18th August) starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey.
Now the BFI will be celebrating the various works of acclaimed American author Stephen King between Friday 1st September and Tuesday 3rd October, with all screenings taking place at BFI Southbank.
Whilst we await the full programme and specific screening dates. It has already been confirmed that much-loved adaptations such as 1986's Stand By Me and 1994's The Shawshank Redemption will return to the big-screen, along with a 'side-bar' of films chosen by King himself which include Robert Harmon's The Hitcher, Wolf Rilla's Village Of The Damned and Peter Medak's The Changeling.
To mark his 70th birthday, there will also be a special 'birthday weekender' between 21st-23rd September which is set to include a special Stephen King Summit and Film Quiz for fans.
Tickets are set to go on sale for BFI members on Tuesday 1st August and for the general public on Tuesday 8th August.
Head to the BFI website for the official announcement…
'Tenet' Delayed Again, No New Release Date Given
Warner Bros. have today confirmed that Christopher Nolan's Tenet has been delayed once more. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,...


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Due to a hitch in the federal law passed last year that reduces the disparity in sentencing for crack cocaine offenses and cocaine in its powdered form, defendants who are being prosecuted for crimes committed before the law took effect are being sentenced under the old harsher sentencing rules. There is no reason for this. Democrats and Republicans alike acknowledge the unfairness of the prior sentencing scheme. But as things stand, federal district court judges are in a bind and are balking. Congress should fix this, or prosecutors should stop pushing for sentencing under the old scheme.
It was in the wake of the crack cocaine epidemic decades ago that Congress established a sentencing scheme punishing offenses for crack cocaine 100 times as harshly as offenses involving cocaine in its powdered form, despite no chemical difference between the two. A defendant guilty of possessing as little as 5 grams of crack - about a teaspoon - received the same five-year mandatory sentence as someone with two cups worth, or 500 grams, of powdered cocaine. And 50 grams of crack cocaine brought the same 10-year mandatory minimum sentence as 5,000 grams of powder cocaine.
The inherent unfairness is obvious. Low-level street dealers could receive harsher punishment than major distributors, and many did. Federal judges complained about it for years. Racial disparities were also staggering, with crack cocaine more popular among blacks and cocaine in its powder form more popular with whites. In 1993, 88.3 percent of federal offenders in court for crack cocaine offenses were African-American.
After pressure from the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Congress finally passed the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 by a unanimous vote in the Senate and a voice vote in the House. Sentencing disparities were reduced to 18-to-1 - an imperfect political compromise.
But what Congress failed to make clear was that the new rules should apply to cases in which the crime occurred before the act's effective date and the defendant had not yet been sentenced. Across the country, federal judges have been pressed to apply the old minimum sentences to those cases - with only a few refusing to do so.
Broadly speaking, statutes do not get applied retroactively without an express provision in the statute. But in this case, it is clear that Congress intended to override the prior statute to put an end to the injustice of disparate sentencing as soon as possible. Federal prosecutors have the discretion to be tough but flexible in dealing with these cases, and Congress should pass legislation clarifying the situation.


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Korinthos excursion
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- Acrokorinthos
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- Diolkos
Loutraki excursion
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- Loutraki
- Saint Patapios monastery
- Vouliagmeni's lake
- Heraion of Perachora
Argolis excursion
Visit the sites:
- Ancient Nemea
- Mycenae
- Nafplion
- Palamidi
Epidaurus Anc. Theatre
Athens excursion
Visit the sites:
- Acropolis
- Acropolis museum
- Plaka
- Monastiraki
Greek Parliament
Saronic gulf islands excursion
Visit the islands:
- Poros
- Hydra
- Spetses
Other excursions
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Can You Recommend An Easter Brunch?
I know that Victoria Gastro Pub offered a special brunch for 2009, but I haven't really looked into brunches this year. Colleen asked for brunch ideas on the HowChow Facebook page, and I'd love some suggestions to give her.
4 comments:
- BeerGuy said...
Victoria Gastro Pub (see Twitter, heh) and Turf Valley Resort.
- March 17, 2010 at 9:19 AM
- MaybeKathy said...
We did the brunch at Turf Valley one year and were underwhelmed. Kelsey's in Normandy Shopping Center did a scaled up version of their regular Sunday Brunch that was nice. I assume they are doing it again this year. Last year we bagged the whole brunch thing and went to Dimitri's in Catonsville and a miracle occurred. Everyone in the family LOVED it!
- March 17, 2010 at 9:30 PM
if Kelsey's has their weekly-gig jazz musicians on Easter Sunday, that might seal the deal. Stand-up acoustic bass, mellow electric guitar, classic jazz. Those guys are awesome - though I think they blend into the background for most diners, who are more focused on the meal and conversation. Don't know what the scaled up brunch is like, but on other Sundays the food is good, and the music is great!
- March 18, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- Vk@Nyte said...
i would say Ramshead Tavern in Savage Mill-their Brunch is usually top notch,however I don't work there anymore as well as others who took my spot as well,so in regards to service and speed it may lack though the food and music are as i said top notch.
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Beloved Americans, today The Lord Jesus revealed the fact that the Trump Organization is using their wealth and influence to dig for dirt on their political adversaries. Sometimes they find dirt. I suspect they are not above embellishment. We also know the Russians hacked the servers of certain government officials. Representative John Conyers of Michigan is under attack from Trump Organization says King Jesus. There are surely other Democrats and Republicans who are or will be targets of Trump.
I believe Mr. Conyers should resign on the day Trump resigns seeing they are both accused of similar wrong doing. If Trump refuses to resign, Mr. Conyers should too.
Mr. Trump may resign next week. His ship is sinking. Very damaging shoes are yet to drop.
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Whenever anybody on campus starts saying that our freeze on salary raises is daylight robbery, somebody immediately pipes up with the dumb, toothless narrative of "we are not in it for the money."
I detest this kind of sorry crap. I'm absolutely in it for the money. It's deranged to show up for work for any reason but that you are getting paid for it. Instead of fighting for political change and organizing to get rid of stinky Rauner, people hide behind pathetic narratives of teaching being a higher calling that stands above puny monetary concerns.
Well, I'm not in the least above these concerns. I work hard and deserve a decent wage. And people who pretend not to care are cowards.


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Valentine's Day is on it's way, and you can bet that we have some fun Valentine's Day treats up our sleeves! Learn how to make these delicious and cute heart shaped chocolate dipped Rice Krispies Treats!
We always love getting into the spirit of each holiday as it approaches, and celebrating LOVE is no different! This weekend, the kids and I got into the Valentine's Day groove and decided to make something sweet. We might be skipping cards this year and making a batch of these Valentine's Day treats to pass out at school instead!
Whether you're celebrating with your sweetheart, or helping the kids with their school Valentines, these heart shaped chocolate dipped Rice Krispies Treats for Valentine's Day will melt anyone's heart! Easy, tasty and affordable, here's how to make them…
Valentine's Day Treats – Heart Shaped Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispies Treats
- 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- 1 – 10 oz. package of marshmallows
- 3 tbsp. butter
- red or pink colored candy melts
- sprinkles
You also need:
- heart shaped cookie cutter
- cookie sheet
- rolling pin
- wax or parchment paper
Step 1: Make the Rice Krispies Treats
These instructions are straight from the Original Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats page. Melt the butter in a large sauce pan over low heat and add the marshmallows. Stir until they're completely melted. Add the Rice Krispies cereal and stir until well coated.
Spoon into your cookie sheet and evenly press the mixture all the way in. What I did next was to place a sheet of parchment paper over the top and roll my rolling pin over it to flatten it out completely, making sure it's pressed all the way in there, nice and even.
Step 2: Cut into heart shapes
Before the Rice Krispies Treats cool completely, gently press your heart shaped cookie cutter into the treats as many times as you can across the cookie sheet. Remove hearts from the cookie sheet, press the remaining edges of the Rice Krispies Treats together again, roll it out over parchment paper and cut out a few more hearts. When you're finished, clear the cookie sheet by discarding (or eat it!) the rest of the edges and place your parchment paper on it.
Step 3: Dip in chocolate and set
Heat your chocolate candy melts according to package instructions. I chose to dip half of the hearts into the Wilton Red Candy Melts, then douse with Valentine's Day colored sprinkles. Carefully place each heart back onto the parchment papered cookie sheet. Once you've dipped them all to your liking, pop the cookie sheet n the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes, or until the chocolate has hardened. I think they came out so cute!
We ended up making about 12 heart shaped chocolate dipped Rice Krispies Treats, if you count the broken one, and we've already managed to eat them all! So yummy, so fun, so easy and so cute – perfect for your Valentine's Day doings! If you try making these, I'd love to see how they turned out!
love +chocolate = bliss
Have a happy Valentine's Day!
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* Says Iraqi's negotiating details of some U.S presence
* Decision would center on military trainers
By David Alexander
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday he thinks progress has been made in talks with Baghdad on maintaining some U.S. military presence in Iraq after the end-of-year deadline for withdrawing American forces.
Panetta told a group of reporters from defense-related publications that in his opinion the Iraqis had finally agreed they wanted U.S. trainers to remain there and were now negotiating the details of the future U.S. presence.
"My view is that they finally did say, 'Yes,'" Panetta said, adding that President Jalal Talibani had a meeting last week in which key Iraqi leaders had decided to request negotiations on "what a training presence would look like."
Ali al-Moussawi, an adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said there were no talks about extending the date for withdrawing U.S. troops beyond the end of the year, but negotiations were ongoing about whether U.S. military trainers would stay in Iraq. He said no decision had been made yet.
U.S. officials have repeatedly pressed Iraq to decide soon whether they want to keep any U.S. troop in the country. The sides would have to conclude an agreement to enable some U.S. forces to remain in the country after the year-end deadline.
Panetta said there had been some dispute as to whether a status of forces agreement was needed as part of the deal to extend the U.S. troop presence, but "I think they now recognize that they have to get that enacted as part of this."
"So what I guess I'm saying is we have made progress and as a result of that I think we're going to be engaging with them to try to negotiate what that presence will look like," he said.
A senior U.S. defense official told Reuters that despite the agreement to negotiate reached earlier this month with the Iraqis, there was no certainty a deal could be reached.
The Pentagon has warned that any extension of the U.S. presence would have to be accompanied by measures to address American concerns about a rise in attacks by militants suspected of being supported by Iran.
Panetta said he felt Iraqis had been sending "the right messages to Iran to back off of the attacks."
From the Iraqi side, any deal for U.S. troops to stay on Iraqi soil after the withdrawal deadline would have to deal with the sensitive issue of immunity for any American military trainers in Iraq.
The United States has some 46,000 troops remaining in the country. The last major combat unit was withdrawn in the autumn of 2010.
Panetta said the United States would move ahead with plans to withdraw all remaining U.S. forces by the end of the year, except those covered by any training mission.
The debate over a continued U.S. troop presence is testing Maliki's fragile power-sharing agreement among Sunni, Shi'ite, and Kurd parties more than eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Violence has eased in Iraq, but Sunni Islamist insurgents and Shi'ite militias still carry out almost daily attacks.
On Monday at least 70 people were killed in a string of attacks across the country. U.S. and Iraqi officials say Iraqi forces are ready to tackle insurgents, but acknowledge gaps in their capabilities, such as air and naval forces, where they need more training. (Additional reporting by Rania El Gamal in Baghdad and Phil Stewart in Washington; editing by Christopher Wilson)


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Hamas to execute several 'agents of Israel' soon
Hamas has announced that it will execute several men which it has found guilty of collaborating with Israel. The movement's 'interior minister' Fathi Hammad said in a statement: "The death penalty will be implemented for agents [of Israel] who have been sentenced to death, regardless of the position of rights groups that reject these kinds of sentences. The near future will witness the carrying out of the death sentences," Hammad said.
The Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip said the sentences had been handed down in the last two months, with some other alleged informers given prison time.
Hamas has approved the death penalty for informers, murderers and drug dealers, but has not officially executed anyone since it seized power in Gaza in a violent coup June 2007 and drove out official Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas.
However, several dozen opponents to the regime were killed by armed groups during the Gaza war, according to human rights groups.
Palestinian law says the president must approve all execution orders before they can be carried out, but Hamas is likely to bypass this as it no longer recognizes the legitimacy of Abbas, whose four-year term officially ended in 2009. (World Jewish Congress)


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|So blessed by my parents and the love they have for my own family!
Celebrating a Special Talent
Does your own mother have a special talent you hold dear in your heart? My mother is a wonderful seamstress, and with the new Button Chain cartridge and a simple hand-drawn needle, I was able to make a few beautiful pages about the many projects she has created for us. This is just the beginning of many more scrapbook layouts about her sewing creations I am sure!
|Using the Button Chain cartridge, the Shades of Pastel cardstock pack and the Fresh Picks paper pack, I was able to complement the color of the dress she wore to my wedding. She made it herself, as well as my veil and my "money bag" for the reception!
|Borders from the Fresh Picks paper pack looks really pretty with this shade of purple, and I wanted the journaling and the button chain borders to be symmetrical on each side of this layout.
How Far We've Come
In my twenties, I had no idea what my future would bring. I studied and worked constantly and prayed that one day I would find the right man and have children, but of course you never know what the future is going to hold. I think the 20-year old version of me would be happy to see that my fears were for nothing, and while I have two boys instead of the two girls I originally envisioned, I am one lucky boy mama!
Sometimes it's good to just step back and think about how far we've come in our lives. What would the 20 year old version of yourself think if she saw you now? Have you ever had dreams that came true? Don't take those things for granted - they deserve a page or two to tell your own story, don't they?
|Used stickers from the Hello Baby Boy collection to create "ruled lines" for journaling!
:I also love how Creative Memories' paper packs have a couple of pages with strips you can cut into borders. I used one of them here to start off my journaling (and you might have noticed in the previous layout I did the same with the Fresh Picks border pages.)
|Creative journaling down the side of the page with a border from the Hello Baby Boy paper pack to start it off - "Once Upon a Time" is just one of several cute phrases found in the pack
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is coming up on Sunday, May 8th and even if you don't have any big plans, take a picture of whatever you are doing (even if it is just picking honeysuckle and enjoying the sunshine!) I created this layout for a Creative Titles post for the CM Blog but just in case you didn't see it, the point of it was not to waste good photo backgrounds!
I created a title out of shapes cut from the excess background space of photos that might have otherwise ended up in the garbage. The grass would be monotonous if each 4X6 picture was included in my layout, but when punched out using the Blossom Punch, it becomes a lot more fun!
|Creative Titles using ABC stickers and shapes punched out from photos
|Don't waste those backgrounds :)
|I love all of these sweet treasures!
|Creative Memories offers Large Single Pocket Pages for displaying your special memorabilia
Whether you are thinking of your own mother, contemplating your role as a mother yourself, or celebrating other special women in your life, I truly hope you enjoy this blog hop and that it will inspire you to do something special with your photos. As always feel free to leave comments - I love hearing from you! Here is the complete list of sites to visit on today's blog hop - enjoy!
Stop #1 - YOUAREHERE! Fran Smitherman's CelebratingYourBeautifulLife
Stop #2 - Noreen Smith's OrganizedandCreativeMom
Stop #3 - Sarah Fitzgerald's ClickWriteShare
Stop #4 - Candace Bouldin's Scrappin JPEGs
Stop #5 JulieTambrini'sJuliesCMBlog
Stop #6 - Diana Miller's DBrinsleysBlog
Stop #7 - LisaGrahamBrown's Lisa'sWorkshop
Stop #8 - Creative Memories' Blog!


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As airlines increasingly embrace social media as part of their market strategies, Shashank Nigam of brand strategy consultancy SimpliFlying asks: is getting a return on investment fantasy or a reality?
It is a very simple proposition. "Like" a Facebook fanpage to get a random reward. In the case of American Airlines' AAdvantage, the reward was to get between 100 and 100,000 miles just for liking its Facebook fanpage, in its Mystery Miles contest.
The loyalty group at American Airlines, AAdvantage, set up the Facebook fanpage at the start of February. And in the first couple of weeks, it managed to garner 2,000-plus fans organically. Then it launched the Mystery Miles campaign to drive membership and the numbers went through the roof.
Within three days it hit a staggering 210,000 fans. The AAdvantage team had achieved the goal of attracting a critical mass on its Facebook fanpage, so that the fans could be exposed to the latest earn and burn opportunities. With full credit to the AAdvantage team for doing a fabulous job, the growth was certainly beyond expectations and here are some questions I hope the airline leadership would have asked their team after the campaign:
How do we distinguish between the one-time "likers" and the "real fans"?
How do we set the right expectations for future campaigns, given the first campaign was so generous in giving away miles?
How shall we start driving business from these fans - how many offers are too many?
How shall we scale up the marketing team internally and use tools to manage this?
The key to a successful strategy is to learn how to deal with a social media fluke that outperforms expectations and leverage on it for long-term returns. But that is difficult to determine, unless goals and strategies are devised before the launch of a campaign.
And there are examples of airlines that have done a good job with building a social media strategy that reaps results.
Air New Zealand's safety video "Fit To Fly" achieved 1.2 million views within 40h. It is high energy, 80s retro, lycra-clad fun hosted by that era's exercise guru Richard Simmons. But its not the first of Air New Zealand's safety videos that has gone viral. The Bare Essentials safety video, featuring crew (and chief executive) in just body paint, has over six million views in less than a year. And safety videos featuring the New Zealand All Blacks have over 100,000 views put together.
When the latest video was shared on SimpliFlying.com, a reader commented: "It is great to have Youtube videos go viral but does anyone know exactly how many additional sales this video generated and how many sales they lost because someone does not like the hip announcement?"
It was an appropriate comment, to which an Air New Zealand representative replied: "Your comment simply reinforces the benefits of our campaign - what's the likelihood of you knowing about Air New Zealand before all of this? Most likely limited.
"Our use of social media is about generating talkability and awareness much like the old brand television commercials of old - but without the cost. It's about growing awareness and preference, so that when people come to book a flight, they remember Air New Zealand and choose us. As for anyone who doesn't like it - well, once again people don't like ads for all sorts of reasons, whatever the channel. In our case, a bit of controversy simply drives further awareness."
In fact, about 20% of all viewers of the "Fit to Fly" safety video "disliked" it on Youtube. And it seems that was a fact Air New Zealand accounted for in its strategy.
It also seemed to have clearly defined goals, like measuring click-throughs to the website from the video, and potential bookings from that IP address sometime in the future. And that is where the key to a successful social media strategy lies.
Now that most airlines are running a number of campaigns on social media, it is important to classify them into different buckets, namely Measure & Monitor, Create & Communicate and Engage & Empower. Almost all initiatives can be put into one of these buckets, and it allows the airline to strike an overall balance in terms of achieving business goals.
It is also important to tie campaigns to specific business goals and determine whether they drive revenue, engagement or reach, and to what extent. Once this is done, simple dashboards can be built to measure how each initiative is achieving the goals. This way, the airline can determine the effectiveness of its social media strategy through a co-relation to business metrics that goes beyond the number of likes or re-tweets.
It is up to each airline what it truly wants to achieve out of social media. JetBlue's director of loyalty marketing, David Canty, said recently: "We don't try to monetise it. From our point of view the value is from listening to the customer. It is much more of an opportunity to listen and share experiences." And JetBlue has built a strong strategy around that.
How is your airline building a social media strategy that is reaping results?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Shashank Nigam is chief executive of SimpliFlying, a customer engagement strategy specialist; simpliflying.com is a leading aviation blog and "airline Twitterati"
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Some of the potential pitfalls your organization could face include pre-decision pricing, error correction, post-closing loan problems, funding decisions, problem brokers and compliance monitoring. Managing these risks requires continuous review, analysis and reporting. Failure can lead to penalties, fines and irreparable damage to your institution's reputation.
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Foursquare Favorite: Anthony's Cafe On The Waterfront
252 Commercial St.
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 742-2987
Read all the tips on Foursquare
This breakfast place in Boston's North End — one of the Best Waterfront Restaurants in Boston — may be no-frills (it's cash only for loaded vegetable omelettes, hearty pancakes, and other standard dishes), but it remains a beloved choice in Beantown. Foursquare users say to bring your sports talk; the guy behind the bar is a fanatical Boston sports fan, and will happily share facts and stats all day long. Then walk across Atlantic Ave. for a stroll along the Harborwalk.
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Legal Harborside
270 Northern Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(617) 477-2900
Legal's flagship restaurant opened around the same time we published our last waterfront dining guide. It's situated on the Seaport side of Boston Harbor, and its first, second and third floor restaurants all feature different menus, which means three entirely different dining experiences. There's something for just about everyone. The first floor offers up an informal dining style with a limited harbor view, while the top two floors come with spectacular sweeping views of the harbor. The second floor restaurant focuses on finer cuisine and the third floor functions as a bar and lounge.
Aragosta Bar and Bistro
3 Battery Wharf
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 994-9001
Aragosta is nestled away inside the luxurious Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel in the North End, right along the Harborwalk. The menu offers contemporary Italian cuisine with exquisite homemade pasta and plenty of seafood. Your best views are from the Terrace.
Pier 6
1 8th Street
Boston, MA 02129
(617) 337-0054
Does everyone remember Tavern on the Water? The dive restaurant and bar on Pier 6 in Charlestown closed down a couple of years ago, which meant there was no longer a place to go for cheap drinks, mediocre food, floors that your shoes would stick to and stunning views of the harbor and downtown Boston. Fast forward through a massive renovation, the appropriately named Pier 6 restaurant has opened in its place. The cheap drinks have been replaced with a well thought out beer, wine and spirits list; the menu has been simplified and upgraded to feature fresh seafood and local ingredients, the floors have been re-done (thank goodness), but the view remains the same.
Strega Waterfront
1 Marina Park Drive
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 345-3992
Ten years after then-car salesman Nick Varano bought a piece of property in the North End and launched his first restaurant there, he has managed to build a small restaurant empire. Among his feats is a restaurant and bar that sits on Fan Pier. Strega Waterfront was one of the first in a new wave of restaurants to set up shop in the Seaport District, which has since exploded with popularity. And as far as the Italian fare, service and atmosphere go, there are good reasons that Strega Waterfront has stuck around.
City Landing
255 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 725-0305
Come for the food, stay for the view. City Landing's dishes incorporate local ingredients into delicious dishes like Cape Clams and Day Boat Scallops along with delicacies like small-batch artisanal cheeses and more. City Landing's attention to detail reflects in its range of dishes on its standard, vegetarian and vegan, and gluten free menus.


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But oops. Some two weeks earlier, in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, Kerry had taken a different position: "I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops, not just [in Iraq] but ... in the Korean peninsula, perhaps, in Europe, perhaps." As you might imagine, the Bush campaign quickly pointed out the inconsistency.
The stumble raises two basic questions about Kerry's campaign. First, is he a latter-day Ron Burgundythe idiot 1970s anchorman of Will Ferrell's recent film who would read anything that appeared on his TelePrompTer? Did Kerry not remember what he had said to Stephanopoulos? No, it was, apparently, yet another Kerry nanonuance: he is in favor of redeployments, just not now. The second question is far more dire: Why is Kerry wasting breath on such periphera? Why isn't he hammering Bush on his conduct of the Iraq war and the larger war against Islamist radicalism, which is the most important issue in this election?
The answer is politics. His political consultants don't want him to do it. Their focus groups tell them that the public wants an "optimistic" candidate who offers a "positive plan" rather than a "negative" candidate who criticizes the President. Of course, "every focus group in the history of the world has wanted a candidate with a 'positive plan for the future,'" says James Carville. Unfortunately, focus-group members are also human beings. In a roomful of strangers, they present their most noble selves. They hate political attacksbut not really. They have obviously responded to the scurrilous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign against Kerry's war record, which is why he was forced, finally, to counterattack last week. The Swifties' ability to dominate the news with incendiary nonsense is, I believe, a direct result of Kerry's unwillingness to dominate the news with tart, controversial substance by challenging the President on Iraq.
Kerry's obvious frustration with his self-imposed straitjacket not only leads him into lame forays like the troop-deployment gaffe but also to some tortured circumlocutions about the war. Most spectacular was spokesman James Rubin's recent statement that a President Kerry "in all probability" would have gone to war against Saddam Hussein by now. Oh really? I thought Kerry's position was that he would have waited for U.N. inspectors to complete their processwhich, we now know, would not have produced evidence of illegal armsand that he would have gone to war only with a supple international coalition, which wouldn't have existed without strong indications of weapons of mass destruction.
Actually, Kerry's best moments in this saga have come when he challenged the President's foreign and defense policies. Kerry distinguished himself two years ago by criticizing Bush for not using U.S. troops to attack the trapped al-Qaeda leadership at Tora Bora.
That sort of detailed, sophisticated critique has vanished from Kerry's repertoire. He hasn't had anything of interest to say about the humiliating American retreat from Fallujaha city that has subsequently become a miniature rogue state within Iraqor about the mystifying, flip-floppy U.S. attitude toward the Shi'ite revolutionary Muqtada al-Sadr. Kerry hasn't said whether he thinks Bush Administration policy was responsible for the torture at Abu Ghraib. He has mentionedbut hasn't really exploitedthe growing sense in the military and intelligence communities that the war has strengthened Islamist radicalism, overburdened the U.S. military, and made it far more difficult to rally the world against the nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran.
Kerry does not have to be specific about what he would do in Iraqthe situation on the ground changes daily, so how can he know?but I suspect the public needs to hear, in plain and forceful language, Kerry's opinion of what Bush has done and whether it has been good for America. Instead, Kerry has offered only vague criticisms and an increasingly implausible promise to lure our allies into the chaos. In a year of real crisesthe "most important election of our lifetime," he saysKerry's nostrums sound distressingly like market-tested pap.


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Kabul [Afghanistan], September 27 (ANI): Several rockets have been fired close to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul just hours after U.S. Defence Secretary James Mattis landed in Afghanistan's capital to hold talks with President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday.
Twenty to thirty rockets landed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in the center of Kabul, Tolo news reported. There are no reports of causalities yet.
The airport has been evacuated and all flights have been cancelled for now. The rocket attack comes during the unannounced visit of the U.S. Defence Secretary in Kabul.
Hamid Karzai International Airport is located 5 km from the city centre of Kabul. It serves as one of the country's largest military bases, used by the United States Armed Forces and NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
The military of Afghanistan also has a base there, while the Afghan National Police provide security inside the passenger terminals.
No group has claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks yet.
Mattis is in Afghanistan to hold talks with the Afghan President and other Afghan government ministers. Later, he will hold a press conference with Ghani and the NATO chief.
Mattis' unannounced visit to Afghanistan, after his two-day trip in India, assumes significance as United States President Donald Trump said that he would rely on greater regional cooperation to stabilise the security situation in Afghanistan.
On that note, while assuring Mattis that India will continue its development and medical assistance in Afghanistan, Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clearly stated, "There shall not be any Indian boots on the ground in Afghanistan." (ANI)


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- Bristol Energy Cooperative launches its new Megawatt Community Energy Fund
- Applications are open for local organisations from 1 August to 26 Sept 2017
- Profit is recycled for environmental and community benefit
- BEC is also running a crowdfund for new projects, including a community Tesla battery
Our crowdfund is really taking off, and with the help of our community we've raised more than £450,000. Thanks so much to those of you who have registered for our bond offer already.
To allow more people to benefit from investing in our bond offer, we've extended the deadline until Thursday 31 August 2017.
Our solar crowdfund powers ahead
Thanks to all those who have invested in our latest crowdfund, which has got off to a powerful start with over £200,000 raised so far. But we still have a long way to go towards our £1.15m target by 31 July 2017.
We were excited to launch our latest solar bond offer, kindly hosted by our supporters, Foot Anstey, in Bristol last week. Thanks to all of you who came along to find out more about our new crowdfund, and thanks to all our investors - we've already raised over £200,000 of our £1.15m target.
One of our co-directors, Andy O'Brien, gave a presentation explaining the roots of Bristol Energy Cooperative, the benefits of community energy, and our plans for the future. Read the presentation now...
Solar Bond Offer Launch
Celebrate the launch of our new solar crowdfund on Wednesday 5 July at Foot Anstey in Bristol.
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On Fox's new 10-part, murder-mystery limited series Gracepoint, everybody is a suspect.
That especially includes Nick Nolte's character, Jack Reinhold, the gruff owner of the kayak shop who also teaches young boys about observing ocean life in the small titular seaside town. When one of those boys ends up dead on the beach, guess where the detectives — played by David Tennant and Anna Gunn— come looking for answers.
Fall Preview: Check out Gracepoint and other must-see new shows"It's a town that welcomes outsiders and they don't ask questions," Nolte says in the exclusive preview video below. "When you begin to ask questions in a small town like this, it becomes very complicated because everybody's interrelated in one way or another and accusations go down."So, will the accusations against Jack hold any merit? Click play below to find out why Jack has no interest in helping the cops with the case.Gracepoint, which was adapted from the British series Broadchurch, premieres on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 9/8c on Fox.


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Hiding the Ball - The Morton case in Williamson County
by: Edward Garris
Mon Dec 05, 2011 at 10:10 AM CST
In recent years DNA evidence has made painfully clear the extent of wrongful convictions meted out by the criminal justice system with a corresponding number of innocent parties wrongfully imprisoned. This disturbing trend hit close to home recently in the case of Michael Morton. On October 4, Morton was released from prison after serving 25 years for the 1986 murder of his wife; he was convicted in 1987 in Williamson County [Texas] and finally exonerated of the crime with DNA evidence this year. The incarceration of an innocent man for a quarter of a century would be sufficiently troubling. Even more disconcerting would be learning that the prosecution put that innocent man behind bars, knowing or likely knowing that he was innocent and hiding evidence that would clear his name simply to secure a conviction.
The Texas Coalition on Lawyer Accountability (TCLA) has come forward and allegedly exactly that.
On November 28, the TCLA filed three grievances with the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel of the State Bar of Texas, complaining of Ken Anderson, Mike Davis, and John Bradley. Anderson was the District Attorney for Williamson County, Texas, in 1987, and prosecuted Morton for the murder of his wife. In 1987, according to the grievance, Davis was the chief Williamson County Assistant District Attorney, and assisted Anderson in the prosecution of Morton. Bradley is the current Williamson County District Attorney, and the grievance cited his "suppression of evidence and the cover up of illegal and unethical conduct by the prosecutors who tried the case." In short, Bradley was joined as a respondent for attempting to block the DNA evidence that was brought forward and ultimately used to free Morton. The grievance cites four pieces of evidence which were recently found in files in Williamson County and which would have been critical to Morton's defense but which were withheld. As set out in the grievances, they are:
"A typewritten memo to the lead investigator of the murder disclosing a telephone tip that a $20 check that had been made out to the victim was cashed nine days after the murder;
A handwritten telephone message to the lead investigator disclosing that the victim's Visa card had apparently been recovered at a San Antonio store after the murder;
A sheriff's deputy report, written one day after the murder, stating that a neighbor described seeing a man park a green van on the street behind the house where the victim was murdered on several occasions;
A transcribed tape recording in which the victim's mother tells the lead investigator that the victim's child (who was at the house when the murder occurred) stated that Mr. Morton was not at the murder scene when the murder occurred."
The grievances also noted two other concerns: the discrepancy between the trial testimony of the medical examiner and Anderson's representation of that testimony during closing arguments; and the fact that Anderson was ordered to produce the entire four-inch thick lead investigator's report, but produced only a five page report.
The grievances cite the violation of eleven rules of professional conduct by Anderson and Davis, and ten by Bradley. In all three instances, they seek disbarment of the three attorneys for undermining "the integrity and fairness of our state's criminal justice system" and destroying "the life, liberty, and happiness of an innocent man" and "to partially counterbalance the grievous wrongs they have inflicted, the unspeakable injustice and undeserved punishments they have imposed and maintained against Mr. Morton, and the severe damage they have caused to the criminal justice system in Texas."
Anderson was deposed on October 31. The transcript of his testimony can be seen here.
Copies of the grievances can be viewed here.


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Zone 7 is the Water Wholesaler for the Livermore-Amador Valley
Zone 7 provides treated drinking water to four water retailers serving over 260,000 residents and businesses. The retailers are: the City of Pleasanton; the City of Livermore; California Water Service Company, Livermore; and Dublin San Ramon Services District, which provides water service to Dublin and the Dougherty Valley area of San Ramon.
Mission Statement:
Zone 7 Water Agency is committed to providing a reliable supply of high quality water and an effective flood control system to the Livermore-Amador Valley. In fulfilling our present and future commitments to the community, we will develop and manage the water resources in a fiscally responsible, innovative, proactive, and environmentally sensitive way.
All water supplied during 2018 met the regulatory standards set by the state and federal governments and, in almost all cases, the quality was significantly better than required. We are committed to delivering a safe and reliable water supply to our customers. Even with the Division of Drinking Water's newly reduced response levels for PFOA and PFOS, Zone 7 continues to deliver all water below the new limits.
What Zone 7 is doing about PFAS:
We want our consumers to know that as part of our commitment to water quality, Zone 7 has been following regulatory guidance on PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) as contaminants of emerging concern, as we do with all such contaminants that may pose a health risk, because public health and safety is our highest priority. We have been conducting voluntary monitoring of our systems since 2013. In the instances where these contaminants have been sampled above response levels (RL) in Zone 7 wells, Zone 7 has taken steps to treat the contaminants and they are below response levels in water delivered to customers. More information on the monitoring of our systems can be found in the presentations and staff reports linked below.
Zone 7's Commitment to Transparency:
At Zone 7, transparency is one of our core values. Zone 7 has posted all sampling data, reports and presentations to the Board on its website where the public can access it anytime. We have also included this data in our 2018 Consumer Confidence Report. In addtion to that, we have created a PFAS Information Sheet that is regularly updated to help our customers better understand this issue. We have also compiled local, state and federal resources for our consumers to easily access. All of this information can be found in the links below. Should you have any additional questions, please contact our Water Quality Manager, Gurpal Deol at email@example.com.
Click on the links below for Zone 7 PFAS information:
- PFAS Technical Memorandum 1 PFAS and Hexavalent Chromium Treatment Feasibility Study (Draft June 2020)
- PFAS Information Sheet (Updated February 10, 2020)
- PFAS Update (eNewsletter February 11, 2020)
- PFAS Presentation to the Board, April 17, 2019 (Power Point)
- PFAS Presentation to the Board, April 17, 2019, (Live Recording)
- PFAS Staff Report, April 17, 2019, Item No. 9
- PFAS Update Presentation to the Board, September 18, 2019 (Power Point)
- PFAS Presentation to the Board, September 18, 2019, (Live Recording)
- PFAS Staff Report, September 18, 2019, Item No. 10
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- Dublin San Ramon Services District Consumer Confidence Report 2018
- City of Livermore Consumer Confidence Report 2018
- CalWater Consumer Confidence Report 2018
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Divergent industries on both side of the border are hoping for tariff relief as the US Dept. of Commerce makes its final determination on newsprint. But just in case it results in more mill closures, the BC government is upping Catalyst Paper's pension obligations. Other companies making news include recent financials for Canfor, Western Forest Products and Conifex.
In Forestry and Fire news: a U of Guelph ecologist says forest fires are becoming more destructive in Canada; a BC expert wants more prescribed burns; air quality advisories are in place across BC; the USFS Chief speaks out on how to reverse the fire problem; and Sierra Pacific is closing its forests to the public.
Finally; SmartLAM says the US is ready for CLT, Dezeen highlights timber use in a Portugal church renovation; but the concrete industry says wood-framed construction is both unsafe and uneconomic.
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Tonight's Awful Bedtime Movie: The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
I have never been able to make it through this entire movie, and that's coming from someone who woke up early on opening day to see "Gigli" in the theater.
"The Beast of Yucca Flats" is written and directed by the (in)famous Coleman Francis, so you know right away you're going to be treated to bleak, depressing actors thrown into a bleak, depressing New Mexico landscape, and an airplane will somehow be involved.
But this film is even bad by Coleman Francis standards, even with Tor Johnson in the lead role. Really bad. As in, possibly the worst ever made. At least "Plan 9" had some charm and "The Creeping Terror" was inoffensive. This movie is just a painful stabbing of the eyes.
If untreatable, soul-crushing depression could be captured on film, it'd have a three-picture deal with Coleman Francis.
Long story short, the movie opens with a a naked woman being strangled. No explanation of why, and by the time the film ends, you never get one. It pretty much had nothing to do with the film, and it was reportedly added after the film was completed by Francis. For some reason Coleman Francis films tend to include scenes of women being shot or killed for no real reason.
The movie picks up from there as Tor Johnson is a defecting Soviet scientist. As he arrives he and his military escorts are attacked by KGB gunmen. Tor mall-walks away from the mayhem and into the desert.
Lost, he wanders onto a nuclear test range where an atomic bomb is being tested. No fences or security or anything. Bomb goes boom, Tor goes radioactive and Soviet scientist is transformed into a murderous monster.
That's where any attempt at a coherent plot ends. Tor kills some people, the police shoot other people, and since this is a Coleman Francis film, not only is the lead character shot in the end, he's shot from an airplane.
Yes, just like in "Red Zone Cuba." Coleman ripped off his own endings.
This movie reeks, even when compared to other Coleman Francis films. At least "The Skydivers" had some tension and "Red Zone Cuba" had an interesting plot.
"The Beast of Yucca Flats" appears to be something Coleman just made up on the spot when he somehow got Tor Johnson. He didn't even try (actors who were shot by gunmen just stop acting like they were shot.) In fact, it was filmed with no dialogue or sound. Everything was just dubbed in later.
I don't say this lightly, but "The Beast of Yucca Flats" could be the worst movie ever made.
What I Learned Today: Standing next to a nuclear blast doesn't kill you, it just gives you anger management issues.
Amanour: Persian for 'partisan hack'
Christiane Amanpour implicates the Tea Party in...the Kennedy assassinations?
Because we all know how much a Communist and an anti-Israel leftist loved listening to a nine-month old Sarah Palin, and how it's all somehow linked to a non-political act by a schizophrenic obsessed with grammar.
Because we all know how much a Communist and an anti-Israel leftist loved listening to a nine-month old Sarah Palin, and how it's all somehow linked to a non-political act by a schizophrenic obsessed with grammar.
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Talent Development
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Individuals naturally want to learn, improve, expand their capabilities and apply their full range of talents.
Meanwhile organizations strive to develop their personnel so they can better cope with changing circumstances and future challenges.
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In our vision of talent development people discover how to take responsibility, how to personally make a difference. They develop awareness, confidence, consciousness.
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Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain is a movie starring Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, and Jeff York. Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life...
Genres: History, War, Adventure, Family
Actors: Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot
Director: Robert Stevenson
Country: USA


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CAPCOA BACT Clearinghouse Resource Manual
This page last reviewed April 27, 2017
I. Introduction
The primary purpose of this document is to assist district personnel, applicants, and consultants in the process of determining control technology requirements for given stationary source categories. Secondarily, this manual provides other types of assistance in the permitting process. By control technology, we refer to best available control technology (BACT) and lowest achievable emission rate (LAER). Most districts in California have not adopted BACT or LAER definitions directly out of the federal Clean Air Act or Code of Federal Regulations. An explanation of these differences is given in Sections VII and VIII. A tabulation of current BACT and LAER definitions used by California districts is provided in Section XI.
In preparing this document, a large amount of effort went into making it user friendly, especially to those unfamiliar with the California air pollution permitting program. In addition to information on control technology requirements for new and modified sources, this edition provides information on the California air pollution permitting program structure and permitting process. Such information may not be necessary to those familiar with the permitting process and the nuances of BACT and its application in California. It is important, however, that even knowledgeable users read Sections I through III before proceeding to use the compilation of determination information provided in Sections XIII and XIV.
To aid the less informed user, a glossary is provided in Section XII for terms commonly used in air pollution control. In addition, a list of acronyms and abbreviations is provided in the front section of the document.
Best Available Control Technology (BACT) Clearinghouse Program


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The Youth Anxiety Center offers an enhanced form of cognitive behavioral therapy called the Launching Emerging Adults Program (LEAP). This new treatment expands on traditional cognitive behavioral exposure therapy by integrating skills needed to help the millennial generation thrive in adulthood. Therapy includes specific progressive modules added as appropriate to engage parents and young adults to work together and meet the developmental goals of young adulthood. The young adult will learn to manage anxiety through individual and group therapy during the same period the parents and their child are assisted in setting goals and communicating.
"Failure to launch" is one of the issues addressed by the LEAP program, which helps families and their children make the transition to independent adulthood. Through the LEAP program therapists assist parents in letting go of their emerging adult and helping them to encourage their son or daughter to take on the challenges of becoming independent.
The Youth Anxiety Center offers:
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Patients are treated during therapeutic sessions between a therapist and an individual. The focus of treatment is to improve symptoms that significantly interfere with at least one area of interaction such as those with family, peers, school, or in the work place. The goals, frequency, and duration of outpatient treatment vary according to individual needs and the response to treatment.
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The partial hospitalization program at Weill Cornell/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital offers specialized, intensive treatment to teens and young adults with severe and debilitating anxiety. The goal is to achieve rapid stabilization of acute symptoms with an emphasis on restoring the patient's health and preventing future setbacks while the patient continues to reside at home. These short-term, full-day treatments are unavailable elsewhere on an outpatient basis and serve as an alternative to, or a step-down from, an inpatient hospitalization program. Treatments include individual therapy, group therapy, parent and family meetings, and medication management. Aspects of the program include education about psychiatric illness and its treatment, behavior modifications, and coping skills that generate solutions to problems at home, at work, or during life transitions.
The multi-disciplinary treatment team in the partial hospitalization program will coordinate with any existing outside providers to ensure a smooth transition back to regular outpatient care. When a patient leaves the partial hospitalization program, a follow-up treatment plan is provided to enhance continued symptom relief and improved functioning.
Funding provided by the Youth Anxiety Center to the partial hospitalization program has enabled additional psychologists to join the multi-disciplinary treatment team. Drs. Angela Chiu, Avital Falk, and Michelle Pelkovitz are experts in research-supported treatments for anxiety, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and exposure and response prevention for obsessive compulsive disorder.
In addition to providing specific treatment services to older adolescents and young adults with anxiety in the partial hospitalization program, the clinicians train psychiatry residents and social workers in these treatment modalities.
Parent Group Therapy
The Youth Anxiety Center offers a six-week educational program for parents of anxious emerging adults.
This group is ideal for parents whose emerging adults are experiencing distress and anxiety at the thought of leaving home. Parents are provided with skills to help their son or daughter. More important, parents are educated about when to allow their child to try to independently overcome obstacles and fears, so they may successfully transition into independent and confident adulthood.
College Readiness Program
The Youth Anxiety Center offers a four-to six-week group therapy program designed to educate teens and young adults who are preparing to leave for college.
During this group therapy, students are educated about anxiety and trained in how to use new techniques and tools to best manage their anxiety and time. These young people learn how to manage any difficult emotions and frustrations they may experience in their new environments away from home. Techniques include role play and real-life rehearsal. For instance, a student under a therapist's supervision may go to a local college medical center to make an appointment with a doctor or find a pharmacy that could fill his or her monthly prescriptions. The role play also includes having professors from Columbia University come to therapy sessions so that students can practice interacting with them. Ultimately, the student learns ways to successfully manage these previously stressful situations.


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