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Waltham, MA --- Brandeis University junior guard Morgan Kendrew (Cotuit, MA) had 13 of her team-high 18 points in the second half, including a pair of key 3-pointers that were part of a game-ending 25-10 run, as the Judges defeated WPI, 55-46, in the season opener for both squads.
Brandeis (1-0) opened the game on an 11-3 run over the first 12:40 by holding WPI (0-1) to just 1-for-6 shooting with seven turnovers. Kendrew had five points in the run, while rookie guard Julia Scanlon (Long Valley, NJ) had four.
The Engineers fought back, answering with an 11-2 streak of their own, taking a 14-13 edge on a pair of Lauren Hannmann (East Greenbush, NY) free throws at the 7:34 mark. The lead changed hands five more times the rest of the way before two late Amber Strodthoff (DePere, WI) free throws gave the Judges a 26-25 lead at the break. WPI senior guard Elle Fontaine (Franklin, MA) led all players with 10 points in the first half, while Brandeis senior guard Mia DePalo (Rumson, NJ) had seven.
WPI opened the second half with a Fontaine jumper to reclaim the lead and spark an 11-4 run over the first 4:30. A jumper by sophomore forward Theresa Logan (Southboro, Mass) gave the visitors their largest lead of the night at six points, 36-30.
The Judges responded with seven unanswered points of their own over the next 2:17, starting the run with two Scanlon foul shots and capping it with a Kendrew jumper and a 3-pointer that put Brandeis ahead, 37-36, with 12:13 remaining. After the teams traded turnovers, Fontaine found rookie Siena Mamayek (Melrose, MA) on the next WPI shot to give the visitors their final lead, but the Judges scored another eight in a row, capped by back-to-back lay-ups by junior forward Shannon Hassan (Merrimack, NH) that put them ahead, 45-38, with 7:43 on the clock.
The Engineers looked to get back into the game on a Mamayek jumper, followed by Logan hitting 2-of-3 from the line after getting fouled behind the arc. Kendrew answered with her third 3-pointer of the game to ice the contest with 4:36 left to push the lead back to six points, 46-40, and the Judges pulled away from there for the nine-point victory.
Kendrew tied for game-high honors with her 18 points, one shy of a career-best. She hit 6-of-11 overall, 3-of-6 from downtown and 3-of-4 from the line. In her first collegiate game, Scanlon scored 12 points, including six in each half. Brandeis owned a 14-7 edge in points off the bench thanks to Scanlon.
Junior guard Kelly Ethier (Springfield, MA) and sophomore forward Samantha Anderson (Johnsonville, NY) tied for team-high honors with six rebounds each, doubling the career-highs for both. Four other Brandeis players had four boards each. Ethier also had game- and career-highs with four assists and two blocked shots. The Judges forced 23 WPI turnovers and turned them into a 22-15 edge in points off of miscues.
WPI was guided by Logan, who finished with 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting overall, 2-of-6 from deep and 4-of-5 from the line. Fontaine had 12 points, a team-high three assists and three steals. Hannmann led all players with seven rebounds, while Mamayek grabbed six caroms.
WPI returns to action on Friday, participating in the Worcester City Tournament hosted by Nichols. The Crimson and Gray open the tournament at 5:30pm on Friday, versus the Bison. Brandeis hosts nationally ranked Babson (#13) Wednesday at 7pm.
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"Morrowind Sounds and Graphics Overhaul" contains mods that will alter and enhance the visual graphics and the sounds of the game. The aim of this project is to make more people around the world appreciate this huge game by giving them a simple installation file which includes everything they will need to play Morrowind with gorgeous graphics and sounds. I've tried to keep Morrowind's "feeling"; therefore, the mods/meshes/textures I chose are the ones that I chose are the ones that I think are most faithful to the original colours and environment. A benefit of this compilations is that players don't need to go through the "download every single mod out there and try it" phase of customizing Morrowind. The pack is intended for people who would prefer not to hand-pick mods out of the thousands of mods available. Modding Morrowind can be overwhelming for some people, and they might want to start out with a compilation before they feel comfortable picking and choosing mods on their own.
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'Sherlock Holmes' adventure bows on iPad
One of the highest-rated PC adventure games over the last decade has made its debut on the iPad.
Earning a score of 81 percent from IGN and 83 percent from Gamespot, Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2006) is now available at Apple's App Store in a remixed "HD" version.
The game works well on tablets, though be aware of its hefty 739-megabyte file size. And while the App Store suggests the game is ideal for players who are 9 and older, the PC version was rated "Mature" (17 and older) by the Entertainment Software Rating Board because of violence, blood and gore, drug references and sexually suggestive themes.
In The Awakened, you play as Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson — inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictitious characters — who investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in 1894. The duo's sleuthing efforts initially lead them to an abandoned temple with a sacrificial alter, and eventually they link these murders to a strange asylum, human experiments on drug-induced patients and a cult tied to the Cthulhu mythos. Only by traveling to New Orleans to confront the source of these killings will Holmes and Watson be able to solve the case.
After you choose to play from a first- or third-person perspective, you'll walk around an attractive 3D world, interact with characters for clues (with more than 60 in the game, in total, all with competent voice acting), collect documents and other items for your inventory, and solve numerous puzzles.
Puzzles range from simple tasks — using the end of a spoon to pick a lock — to more challenging head-scratchers, like arranging numbers in the proper sequence, wearing a disguise to gain access to an asylum, deducing where a thief ran to in order to catch up to him and using your wits to avoid wild creatures in the Louisiana bayou.
Along with examining evidence left at the crime scene, you'll also gather clues to take back to Holmes' famous flat at 221 B Baker Street for further inspection under a microscope or by mixing with chemicals.
The game is fairly easy to maneuver around with the left thumb used for player movement and the right for head movement (in first-person view). Simply tap the screen to talk with characters, interact with objects or pick up inventory items. Hints and help are available, if needed.
If you enjoy a slower-paced, story-driven and puzzle-filled game, The Awakened is a successful PC port that looks, sounds and plays great on the iPad. The $6 download offers a deeper and more immersive interactive experience than casual diversions like Candy Crush Saga, Temple Run or Angry Birds — but despite what it says on the App Store, be aware this Victorian adventure is not for young players.
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Well, I had so much fun in the Willow Bird Baking Challenge #1 that I couldn't wait to start on Challenge #2. Julie again provided another stellar dough recipe. And this time I went with a Mock Cherry filling. I've been hankering to make a mock cherry pie anyway so I was excited to see how it would work in Julie's cream cheese pastry.
Ah yea, delicious! This dough is so easy to make you would never guess that it bakes up super flaky. I did deviate slightly from the recipe by using half whole wheat pastry flour and half AP; also added a wee bit of sugar. The sweet-tart filling was the perfect compliment to the cream cheese dough. All in all it was a great experience and I'm looking forward to making this again with all kinds of different fillings!
Mock Cherry Braid
1 1/2 cups cranberries
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup raw cane sugar
2 teaspoons flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine all ingredients, except the vanilla, in a medium pot and stir to mix. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the cranberries pop and the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
dough (adapted from Julie's recipe)
1 cup AP flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 tablespoons raw cane sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold butter (cut into small pieces)
3 ounces cream cheese (cut into pieces)
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 beaten egg (for brushing)
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine flours, sugar, baking powder and salt in food processor. Add butter and cream cheese and give it a few quick pulses to cut it in. Add the milk and vanilla extract and mix just until you have a loose dough. Knead the dough very lightly on a floured surface just enough to bring it all together, DO NOT OVERWORK! Roll dough between sheets of waxed paper into a 8 x 12 inch rectangle. Transfer dough to a baking sheet. Spread the filling down the center. Make 3 inch diagonal cuts at 1 inch intervals along each of the long sides. Fold the strips into the center, alternating sides as you go along. Brush with beaten egg. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
1 ounce cream cheese (at room temperature)
1 cup confectioners sugar
2-3 tablespoons melted butter
Beat cream cheese and add sugar. Pour in melted butter to achieve a drizzly consistency. Transfer to a pastry bag with a small round tip and drizzle onto cooled pastry.


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WASHINGTON (AP) New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive lineman Will Smith are attending a hearing in their appeals of bounties suspensions.
Former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is scheduled to testify Friday.
Vilma and Smith traveled to Washington after playing in New Orleans' 23-13 loss at Atlanta on Thursday night.
Neither player was required to attend Friday, but Smith said this week that ``part of the things that we wanted all along was to face our accusers.''
The players' lawyers have the chance to cross-examine Williams as part of the appeals process overseen by former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
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GOLDEN, CO — We all know the many benefits of exercise when it comes to heart disease and high blood pressure, but exercise may be quite the "drug" for mental health, too.
A new study in the January issue of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine found that exercising 30 minutes a day, for three to five times a week was as effective as antidepressant drugs and cognitive therapy in reducing mild to moderate depression in adults age 20 to 45.
Eighty participants were randomly placed into five groups with different exercise levels. Those who exercised 30 minutes three to five times a week had a 50 percent drop in depression, and those at lower levels dropped 30 percent.
So, the next time a member or client is feeling down, remind them to get moving — it may be just what the doctor ordered.


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Okay, we kind of lied, you do have to slather on SPF over any exposed areas, like your legs, arms, etc., but at least your torso will be taken care of!
Here's what we're talking about: Parasol, an Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) clothing company, teamed up with designer Lela Rose to bring you two fashion-forward options for summer. Note: The brand is stacked with UPF swimwear, but we're especially psyched about the two pieces Lela designed.
The multicolored, printed Parasol Lela Rose Halter One Piece, $185, and Full Zip Swim Shirt, $165, both at parasolsun.com, have a UPF of 50+, meaning it protects your skin from harmful UV rays. But the cool thing about Parasol is that they don't use a chemical coating to shield your skin like some other UPF clothing co.'s do. Instead, they use a lightweight nylon-lycra fabric that's woven tightly to keep you from burning. Cool, right?
So, what do you think? Will you be trading in your two-piece for a cool sun protective one-piece this season?
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Need a simple yet beautiful idea for decorating tables at a quilty event? Use 2 contrasting fat quarters with one cylinder vase (shown with vases that are 3″ diameter, 7″ tall) and a bit of raffia.
Step One: Open one fat quarter and wrap the vase with the fabric edge at the bottom of the vase.
Step Two: Tuck the loose fabric into the top of the vase.
Step 3: Fold the second fat quarter into a long strip.
Step 4: Wrap the second fat-quarter around the vase.
Step 5: Tie with a bit of raffia around the fat-quarter to hold it in place.
Voila! You have a simple yet stunning center piece!
We used gorgeous Jo Morton fabric from Andover to cover 16 vases for the center of each dinner table at Block Party Thursday night. Each vase was set on a mirror that reflected the fabrics.
Optional: pick one person at each table to win the fabric when the event is over!
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I wish to have a "subscribe to new posts" widget for my blog.
I know I can use feedburner system, but I want a plugin based solution.
The best I could find was Subscribe2, the downside of it is that you can't have it send full HTML e-mails for subscribers who are not registered users.
Is there any alternative plugin, or solution that can do this (maybe a work around based on the GPL subscribe2 plugin?)
p.s: the solution need to work with WP 3. So the plugin Subscribe2 for Social Privacy, that is supporting up to WP 2.6, is not a good answer.


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Jailbreaking misconceptions
We know the term "jailbreaking" seems scary and overwhelming, but we are here to dispel your fears. Click play to begin!
Watch this video in english here.
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Is it illegal?
Absolutely not. Jailbreaking is completely legal
Here's why
Jailbreaking used to be a controversial and taboo topic because of the public anti-jailbreak stance Apple took towards it, bashing it for copyright violation and bathing it in a negative light. But the fact of the matter is that Apple's attempt to strong-arm jailbreakers failed miserably at the U.S. Copyright Office. The Library of Congress even denied Apple's weak arguments against it, and since July of 2010, exempted jailbreaking from the Digital Millennium Copyrights Act to permit jailbreaking of iDevices. This allowed jailbreakers to legally get applications that are not available in the Apple App Store.
Will it change my phone at all?
The only difference you will see is a new app called "cydia". This app is like a second app store, which allows you to download new and better apps that aren't offered in the normal app store.
All of your apps, contacts, music, and everything else, will stay exactly the same. Nothing will be erased if you decide to jailbreak. It only adds this new app store called Cydia.
Does it cost money?
Jailbreaking your device is absolutely free and always will be free!
Just like the app store, there are both free and paid apps available. Unlike the app store, however, many of the best apps have free trials! This allows you to try out the apps before you decide to buy them.
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Ok, so if you were to bring a Jailbroken device into the Apple Store, Apple could void your warranty.. but thankfully there is a very easy way to avoid this. Simply restore your device in iTunes, and choose "set up as a new device." If you do this before going into the Apple Store, there would be NO way for them to ever know you jailbroke your device. Click here to learn how
It may seem like we are hiding something, but the fact is apple just wants to limit your device, and because they can't say its illegal, they simply threaten to void your warranty.
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LITTLE ROCK — Republicans hold commanding leads in each of the state's four congressional districts in newly released polls.
Results of surveys that Talk Business and Hendrix College conducted Sept. 17 via automated phone calls show GOP candidates with double-digit leads in all four congressional districts in U.S. House races on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
Republicans have not held all of the state's congressional seats at the same time since Reconstruction.
In the 1st District, among 563 likely voters polled, incumbent U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford of Jonesboro received 53 percent support and 28 percent said they planned to vote for Democratic nominee Scott Ellington of Jonesboro.
Libertarian candidate Jessica Paxton received 2 percent support and Green Party candidate Jacob Holloway received 1 percent, with the remaining 16 percent of those polled saying they were undecided.
Results of the 1st District poll have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percent.
In the 2nd District, among 563 likely voters, incumbent U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin received 49 percent support, while his Democratic opponent Herb Rule received 28.5 percent.
Green Party candidate Barbara Ward received 4 percent, Libertarian candidate Chris Hayes received 3 percent and 15.5 percent said they were undecided.
The 2nd District poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percent.
In the 3rd District, among 635 likely voters, incumbent Republican Steve Womack of Rogers received 58 percent support, with Green Party candidate Rebekah Kennedy receiving 15.5 percent.
Libertarian candidate David Pangrac received 6 percent and 20.5 percent said they were undecided.
The 3rd District poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percent.
In the 4th District, among 509 likely voters, Republican Tom Cotton of Dardanelle received 51 percent support, with state Sen. Gene Jeffress, D-Louann, receiving 22 percent. Green Party candidate Joshua Drake received 4 percent, with 20 percent saying they were undecided.
The 4th District poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percent.
"The poll results were not surprising to us," state GOP Chairman Doyle Webb said. "We have for several months now seen the Arkansas voter trending to Republican and conservative. It's reflective of what we're seeing as well in our local races and legislative races that the Arkansas voter is ready to change and to vote Republican in the state."
Jay Barth, a delegate to the recent Democratic National Convention and a political science professor at Hendrix, predicted Arkansas is on its way to all Republican U.S. House delegation.
"The sole Republican candidate for Congress not pulling a majority of the vote is 2nd District Congressman Tim Griffin; even he, however, has a healthy plurality of the vote over his principal opponent, Democrat Herb Rule," Barth said.
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We've heard from coach Ron Rivera and wide receiver Steve Smith about the Panthers' decision to promote Mike Shula to offensive coordinator this week and now quarterback Cam Newton has added his two cents on the hire.
Newton doesn't differ too much from what we've already heard. He's on board with the Shula hire, saying he couldn't think of a better choice and citing the same points about continuity that Rivera and Smith touched on when they shared their thoughts. Newton said that he's spoken with Shula several times since the promotion and shared his feeling that continuity can't just mean doing exactly the same things that former offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski did before he left to become the head coach in Cleveland.
"I believe it will be similar, but you always have to evolve," Newton said, via Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com. "You can't stay the same. If you do, you're going to get schemed up. I'm looking forward to (Shula's) twist on the offense. I'm as curious as everyone else to see what we're going to be as far as an identity."
Newton's right about the need for the offense to evolve to ensure success in the future, but that's hardly at odds with the continuity that the Panthers have been pushing at every turn. It's finding ways to make the offense more successful rather than tearing it down and starting from scratch. Whether sticking with what's gone on the last two years is really the best choice for a team that's won 13 games in that span is worthy of discussion, but it's the route the Panthers have decided to go and everyone seems to be on board right now.


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For people at FOSDEM 2012 (great event by the way!), you've surely seen my name badge around. For others, here is a picture : As promised to some people there, here are all the details : I used an MSP430F5171 16-bit ultra low power microcontroller (mcu), and my own arduino port for that platform (that […]
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Another of my articles is live on OffBeat Home & Life. This one is called Wills and Trusts: What are Your Plans? and it's something I wrote several months ago while paying a last visit to a dying family friend.
The topic is a little more somber than what I usually approach, but a good thing to dialogue about in every household. Have a look, and be sure to read the comments, some good stuff in there.
This article is dedicated to Grammy W., who I love and miss. Thank you for your memories, and thank you for including me in your family and life. ❤


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We are extremely pleased that Production Engineering Solutions magazine ('PES magazine'), a monthly magazine featuring stories and news relevant to the UK manufacturing industry, has published an extensive interview with former Hoffmann Group CEO Reinhard Banasch in their May 2016 edition. The interview gives an insight into the background and structure of the Hoffmann Group, as well as into its strengths and values and its comprehensive range of products.
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From 16th to 20th September 2014 the Hoffmann Group will be exhibiting in Hall 7, Stand A71 at the AMB International Exhibition in Stuttgart, where they will be presenting their latest innovations and products. One of the many highlights this year will be the latest development of the GARANT HiPer (High-Performance)-Drill. With an improved cooling system and new range of lengths, the range of flexible interchangeable head drills now opens up new fields of applications for customers.
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From the retaliatory raids on the Barbary pirates at the turn of the 19th century to the ongoing bombing campaign in Libya, American Presidents have deployed military force several hundred times in the nation's history. Yet Congress has declared war on only five occasions—and only once to initiate hostilities (the War of 1812 against Britain). There is no inconsistency in this. The Framers of the Constitution carefully distinguished a declaration of war—which alters the legal relationships between subjects of warring nations—from the act of waging war. Given the exigencies of warfare, the Framers roundly rejected the idea of placing the power to wage war in the legislative branch and vested it instead in the executive. Congress cannot tell the President how to deploy the military forces it raises and funds. Ultimately of course, Congress's control of the purse strings constitutes a powerful check on the President. This essay is adapted from The Heritage Guide to the Constitution for a new series providing constitutional guidance for lawmakers.
"The Congress shall have Power To... declare War...."
— Article I, Section 8, Clause 11
It is well accepted that the conduct of war is an "executive Power," vested by Article II in the President, who also serves as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. Both at the time of the Framing of the Constitution and afterward, there has been agreement that the President has the power to repel invasions. Intimately familiar with the treatises on international law, the Framers were undoubtedly aware of the general rule that, as Hugo Grotius had put it, "By the law of nature, no declaration is required when one is repelling an invasion." The Law of War and Peace (1646). The debate, instead, has centered on the location of the power to initiate war.
Advocates of congressional power contend that the President cannot initiate hostilities because the Constitution expressly vests the power to "declare War" in Congress. In support of that view, they note that, according to his notes from the Constitutional Convention, James Madison successfully advocated that Congress be given the power, not to "make" war but to "declare" war, to "leav[e] to the Executive the power to repel sudden attacks." In 1862, the Supreme Court opined that the President "has no power to initiate or declare a war," but if there were an invasion, "the President is not only authorized but bound to resist force by force...without waiting for any special legislative authority." Prize Cases (1863).
On the other hand, the Constitution distinguishes between "declaring" war and "engaging in" (see Article I, Section 10, Clause 3) or "levying" war (see Article III, Section 3, Clause 1). Moreover, there is no express requirement of legislative consent in other sections of the Constitution or in earlier documents before the President may commence hostilities.
Accordingly, much of the debate over the power to initiate hostilities focuses on understanding the meaning of the words, "declare War." Supporters of presidential authority contend that the Founders were well aware of the long British practice of undeclared wars. They assert that the Constitution likewise does not require formal war declarations for the President to authorize hostilities as a matter of domestic constitutional power.
Under this view, Congress's power to declare war was established for an altogether different purpose. Declarations of war alter legal relationships between subjects of warring nations and trigger certain rights, privileges, and protections under the laws of war. According to Grotius, declarations gave notice of the legal grounds for the war and the opportunity for enemy nations to make amends and thereby avoid the scourge of war. It served notice on the enemy's allies that they would be regarded as cobelligerents and their shipping subject to capture. Under a declaration of war, one's own navy and privateers could not be treated as pirates by the enemy, but on the other hand one's own citizens were subject to prosecution if they dealt with the enemy.
Furthermore, under previous practice, declarations of war triggered other legal actions, such as the internment or expulsion of enemy aliens, the breaking of diplomatic relations, and the confiscation of the enemy's property. In short, the power to declare war was designed as a power to affect legal rights and duties in times of hostilities. It is not a check on executive power to engage in such hostilities in the first place.
Congressional power supporters respond that the Declaration of War Clause must be given a broader interpretation, particularly in light of contemporaneous statements by prominent Founding era figures. They contend that the clause was intended to include the power not only to issue formal declarations, but also to confer authority to decide upon any engagement of hostilities, whether declared or otherwise. Therefore, they argue, the Declaration of War Clause must be construed to deprive the President of power to initiate hostilities absent congressional consent.
There have been only five congressionally declared wars in the history of the United States. Of those, only the first, the War of 1812, constituted an affirmative declaration of war. The remaining four, the Mexican-American War of 1846, the Spanish-American War of 1898, World War I, and World War II, merely declared the prior existence of a state of war. Notably, those declarations were accompanied by express authorizations of use of force, suggesting a distinction between declarations of war and authorizations of force.
Numerous other hostilities have been specifically authorized by Congress through instruments other than formal declarations. For example, offensive actions taken by the United States during its first real "war"—against Tripoli in 1802—were statutorily authorized but not accompanied by a formal declaration. Congress also expressly authorized the use of force in the Quasi War with France in 1798, against Iraq in 1991 and 2002, and against the perpetrators of the September 11, 2001, attacks, all without issuing a formal declaration of war.
Early in American history, in an era of limited peacetime budgets for military resources, Presidents tended to defer to Congress. In modern times, the debate over the allocation of war powers between Congress and the President is dramatically affected by the institution of a large United States peacetime military force following World War II. Starting with the Korean War, modern Presidents have been more aggressive in asserting unilateral authority to engage in war without declaration or other congressional authorization. In 1973, Congress attempted to affirm its control over war through passage, over President Richard M. Nixon's veto, of the War Powers Resolution. Presidents have generally refused to recognize the constitutional operation of the War Powers Resolution, although Presidents have often taken actions "consistent" with the War Powers Resolution to avoid unnecessary conflict with Congress.
The Supreme Court has never intervened to stop a war that a President has started without congressional authorization. Some federal courts of appeals have held that at least some level of congressional authorization is constitutionally required before the President may conduct military hostilities. See, e.g., Orlando v. Laird (1971). Other courts have found the issue nonjusticiable. See, e.g., Mitchell v. Laird (1973).
Whatever the domestic constitutional implications for presidential power to initiate hostilities, the Declaration of War Clause gives to Congress certain powers under international and domestic statutory law. Nonetheless, with the growth of international law, the significance of formal declarations has declined. For example, the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which guarantee various enumerated rights to lawful combatants, prisoners of war, and civilians, explicitly apply to all armed conflicts between contracting nations and not just to declared wars. Congress's power to declare war continues to have important statutory ramifications, nonetheless. A particularly dramatic example is the Alien Enemy Act (1 Stat. 577 (1798), codified in 50 U.S.C. § 21 (2003)), which authorizes the President to detain and deport citizens of enemy nations, but only following either a declaration of war or an attack upon the United States.
John Yoo is a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley. James C. Ho, a former Solicitor General of Texas, is partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.


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Gene Simmons + Tommy Lee Talk Smack About Rihanna
We can't wait to see what she tweets about this! Rihanna has come under fire from Kiss frontman Gene Simmons and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. What did the aging rockers have to say about RiRi?
"We're sick and tired of girls getting up there with dancers and karaoke tapes in back of them," Simmons told Billboard. "No fake bull—. Leave that to the Rihanna, Shmianna and anyone who ends their name with an 'A.'"
Interesting, considering Kiss have hung out with Lady Gaga — whose schtick is similar, and whose name also ends with an 'A' — and even have said she's their "fifth member."
Lee continued the verbal barrage backstage, telling the mag, "No disrespect to Rihanna, she's a great singer, but we're in a slump for some s— that has some personality and appeal beyond a bunch of pop stuff that's floating around out there." He continued, "I'm glad he said that actually because I don't think i can bear watching another f—ing award show that is just a little bit better than 'American Idol.' It's f—ing pathetic to watch people go out and f–ing karaoke with a bunch of lights and video. It's all completely watered down."
A little harsh, no? Sounds like these two are just trying to get press, and considering RiRi is one of the most famous women on the planet, it makes sense that they'd drop her name. Still, Rihanna is one of the hardest workers in the biz and puts on a fun show, so we don't see what's so watered down about her. Aside from her blond hair, that is … but that's only temporary!


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Dr. Robin Klay of the Hope College economics faculty was one of seven scholars or theologians from across the country invited to make presentations during the two-day conference "American Evangelicalism: Then and Now (1984, 2009)," held at Toccoa Falls College in Georgia on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28.
The interdisciplinary conference was organized to encourage evangelical Christians to exercise discernment as they consider the issues confronting the church today, particularly in the context of political, economic and social changes across the past 25 years. Klay presented "In a Time of Trouble: Economic Insights and Christian Hope" on Saturday, Feb. 28.
Klay is a professor of economics at Hope, where she has taught since 1979. Her primary research emphasis is on the connections between Christian faith and practice and economic theory and policy.
Her publications include the books "Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices" (2007) and "Counting the Cost: The Economics of Christian Stewardship" (1986), as well as articles published in journals such as "The Christian Century," "Perspectives," "Faith and Economics," and "Markets and Morality." During the Winter Happening event at Hope on Saturday, Jan. 31, she co-presented the seminar "How Can We Be Christians in Our Economic Life?," which examined how Christians can bring their faith and values into the public sphere as workers and employers, savers and consumers, and citizens and leaders.
Klay's scholarly work runs in tandem with a commitment to service. In 2008, she received a "Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award" from Michigan Campus Compact in recognition of her role in establishing the college's "Hope Blooms" off-campus study program in Mexico, an internship experience that emphasizes service and cultural immersion and reflects her longstanding commitment to helping others. Among other activities through the years, she helped start an "English as a Second Language" program at Fourth Reformed Church, working with Hope students and others. In 1991, she received the "Washington State Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service" for introducing and integrating an "Each Can Helps" donation program to help meet the needs of food banks in Yakima County, a response to a need that she observed while visiting her parents in the community. She also spent three years teaching and doing research in Cameroon.
The Toccoa Falls College's History Society and Philosophy Club hosted the conference. In addition to Klay, the invited speakers included Norman Geisler, co-founder and former president of Southern Evangelical Seminary; Barry Hankins, professor of history at Baylor University; D.G. Hart, director of academic programs at The Intercollegiate Studies Institute; Reginald McLelland, professor emeritus of philosophy at Covenant College; Darwin Smith, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Georgia; and Clifton Taubert, president and founder of the Building Community Institute. Presenters also included members of the Toccoa Falls faculty as well as students from both the undergraduate and graduate levels.


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There's a simple and easy way to prevent most infectious diseases from entering a herd: keep the herd closed to any new additions, any transport vehicles, all wildlife, and every other avenue a disease pathogen could take.
Since such isolation is impractical, though, the most effective way to limit the introduction of infectious diseases is to understand the potential pathways of introduction — the biosecurity critical control points — and how you can most effectively provide safeguards (Table 1). Biosecurity here is defined as infectious disease control programs that prevent or limit introduction of new diseases to an operation, as well as prevent or limit the spread of diseases within an operation.
Moreover, the Bovine Alliance on Management and Nutrition (BAMN) suggests developing an effective biosecurity plan revolves around individual producers' risk tolerance. How much risk are you willing to assume, relative to the chances a particular disease will occur in your herd, and the expected production and economic consequences of such an occurrence?
BAMN is a team producer education effort by the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, the American Dairy Science Association, the American Feed Industry Association and USDA.
To begin evaluating disease risk in order to develop an effective biosecurity program, BAMN suggests:
Develop a written risk assessment of your operation, facility and management practices. With the help of your veterinarian, identify the level of any infectious diseases already existing in your operation.
Identify and prioritize in writing the diseases targeted for control through your biosecurity program.
Assess the diseases not present on your operation and prioritize those you wish to continue to exclude. Walk through your facilities with your veterinarian to determine the risk level for disease transmission or movement, and write down a prioritized list of biosecurity obejectives.
Develop with your veterinarian a written biosecurity plan to meet your needs. Work with all your operation's personnel and advisors to implement the plan. Review and update the written plan annually.
"Movement of pathogens among groups of animals is similar to introduction of pathogens from outside the farm," say BAMN biosecurity recommendations. "Ideally, each production class (calves, growing heifers, bred heifers, lactating cows, dry cows, etc.) should be thought of as individual management units. Direct or indirect contact among groups should be minimized or timed to have the least risk of clinical disease."
With that in mind, effective risk management techniques include buying animals, semen and embryos from reputable sources that can document their own operations' infectious disease control programs. BAMN also suggests testing potential additions for diseases you want to keep out of your herd.
|Exposure Area
|Control points
|New additions
|Cattle, semen and embryos Many infectious disease agents can be introduced to the herd by new additions. Organisms like Neospora and bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) can be introduced with apparently healthy animals. In addition, diseases with prolonged incubation times, such as Johne's disease, can be introduced with apparently healthy animals. Semen and embryos are often overlooked as a source for infectious disease agents. The artificial insemination industry does extensive work to assure semen brought into the herd is free of infectious disease agents. However, diseases like trichomonosis, BVD and bovine leukosis can be introduced with semen from sources with less stringent testing requirements. Recipients can pass BVD and Johne's to calves, too.
|•Physically inspect all animals.
•Test for diseases of concern.
•Culture milk from individuals for contagious organisms.
•Vaccinate twice, well before the stress of transport.
•Quarantine for 3 weeks before mixing with the herd.
•Buy semen, embryos or bulls from suppliers with control programs for infectious disease.
|Feeds and water
| Concentrates (corn, barley, cottonseed, canola, soybeans, etc.) Salmonella, a cause of diarrhea, has been shown to occur in some feed sources.
Forages (corn, silage, alfalfa, oat hay, etc.) Salmonella has been shown to occur on forages irrigated with contaminated water sources, such as lagoon water. Improper harvest or storage can lead to clostridial infections.
Water (wells, ground water, lakes, streams, etc.) Contaminated water sources could result in the introduction of E. coli, Salmonella, Cryptosporidium, etc., to the herd.
|•Test water for bacterial, chemical or nutrient contamination.
•Ask feed suppliers about quality assurance program, storage and delivery of their products.
•Prevent fecal and urine contamination of feed and water.
|Animal contacts
Stray animals
Shared maternity/hospital pens
|•Minimize animal contact between groups.
•Treat returning animals as new additions.
•Minimize contact with non-resident animals (fenceline contact with neighboring cattle).
| Wildlife contacts and vectors
(organisms that can transfer infectious organisms from one individual to another)
| Rodents, birds, deer, coyotes, etc.
Birds and wildlife can introduce Salmonella; deer and elk can harbor brucellosis, TB or anaplasmosis depending on region; coyotes can carry Salmonella and leptospirosis.
Insects: They transfer infectious agents such as Bluetongue and anaplasmosis.
Rodents: Feces from rodents can be a source of Salmonella or E. coli
|•Where possible, exclude wildlife from the premises.
•Control pest (rodent and bird) populations and access to feedstuffs.
•Control populations of insects, birds and rodents in contact with cattle.
|Health management practices
| Animal management procedures
Some infectious disease agents can be transmitted with small amounts of blood that might be transferred animal to animal during routine procedures. Infections with bovine leukemia virus and anaplasmosis are examples of diseases in which this method of transmission is important. Procedures like dehorning, implanting or repeated use of the same needle while vaccinating can result in small amounts of blood being transferred between animals. Though these organisms are unlikely to survive for prolonged periods on equipment, transmission can occur if cattle were processed within a short period with the same equipment.
|•Use disposable equipment (AI sleeves and needles) once, then discard.
•Disinfect reusable equipment (tattooers, gouges, hoof tools, implant guns) between every animal.
| Fomites
(objects that mechanically transfer infectious organisms from one individual to another)
| Transport vehicles
Diseases transmitted by feces are a common problem in transport vehicles. In most cases, agents associated with respiratory disease (primarily viruses) would be too fragile to withstand prolonged periods in transport vehicles in the absence of the original infected and shedding animal. If the transport vehicle contains animals from another source, then this would be similar to other animal-to-animal spread such as can occur via fenceline contact or at sales and fairs.
Rendering vehicles
Rendering vehicles are a concern because the animals may have died from a transmissible disease. Organisms can be transmitted to livestock or feedstuffs coming in contact with leakage from contaminated vehicles.
Human visitors/workers
In some cases, poor hygiene habits of workers can result in infections of livestock with organisms such as Taenia saginata, a tapeworm that causes cysticerosis in beef cattle. Manure on visitors' boots is also a potential infection source, as is unwashed clothing of employees who own livestock.
|•Wash cattle trucks between uses.
•Haul dead animals away from facilities for disposal.
•Restrict people access to animal facilities, order work routines from younger to older animals, provide boot and hand washing facilities, and remove heavy manure deposits from clothing before moving between groups.
•Remove manure from equipment (cattle carts, feed equipment, etc.) between uses. Do not use feed equipment for manure handling.
|Source: Bovine Alliance of Management and Nutrition: An Introduction to Infectious Disease Control on Farms


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United Way Committee conducts most successful campaign to date
The 2012 Penn State Beaver United Way Committee recently announced it raised $5,511 during last fall's campaign, which had an original goal of $5,000. This year's total is the largest ever raised through the annual campus project.
A variety of events and activities were held on campus to encourage participation throughout the fall semester. A luncheon and silent auction in November raised a record $1,870 and featured 11 gift baskets with specific themes sponsored by various offices as well as a variety of silent auction items donated by area businesses and organizations.


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The Floyd Municipal School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies.Title IX Coordinator/504 Designee:
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NEWS- Trial maroon: Public confused on the bomber news
"The word G-A-G never came out of my mouth," says Albemarle's Commonwealth Attorney Jim Camblos. "That was the media."
After the day-long March 28 trial of three teenagers charged with conspiring to blow up two county schools, Camblos faced a media pack gathered outside the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, but refused to give even a hint about whether verdicts had been reached or even whether the trial was over.
"We can't talk about it," he said. "I can't tell you what happened." And he warned reporters, "If anyone talks about it, they're in violation of a court order... and we'll come after you to ask who talked about it."
The lack of information about the highly publicized case's outcome only heightened community interest, and three days later, Camblos loosened up about the world of juvenile cases.
"It was a closed hearing, it was a court order," he says, because two of the accused would-be bombers are 13, and state law protects the privacy of juveniles under 14.
"We have closed hearings all the time," says Camblos. "Something like this is very rare that the media is interested" and someone that young is charged with a "heinous" crime.
Although the 15-year-old requested a separate trial, he was tried with the two 13-year-olds from Jouett Middle School. "The reason for trying the three together is it took three days," explains Camblos. "We wanted to try it once for everyone's convenience."
Camblos has filed a motion seeking direction from the court about what he can say about the 13-year-olds. The motion will be heard April 5– the same day the 16-year-old Western Albemarle student who previously pleaded guilty to two felony charges will be sentenced, and after the Hook's press time. "The public is very concerned about this case," Camblos says to explain his motion.
"We're hopeful the judge will allow us to give information about what happened to the 13-year-olds for all the parents who what to know," he adds. "I certainly would want to know if I was a parent."
Normally, the 15-year-old Albemarle High student's hearing would not be closed, but Camblos says, "When I came out Tuesday, I felt I couldn't say anything."
Two days later, March 30, a deputy clerk at Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court told the Hook that the 15-year-old had been convicted on two felony counts: conspiracy to blow up a school house with an explosive device and conspiracy to commit murder.
According to Camblos, statutory provisions require the media to file paperwork to find out the disposition of the 15-year-old's case. The Daily Progress reported filing a written request, and after 2pm March 30, the clerks "already had direction to give information," says Camblos.
Were the parents of the 15-year-old prohibited from discussing their son's conviction? "No, they're not," replies Camblos.
That wasn't clear to the parents. "Because it was a closed trial, I can't say anything about the proceeding," says the father of the 15-year-old, declining to say whether his son was convicted before that information was made public. "I find it very frustrating. I find it scary in the implication of threats. I find it scary because I'm not a lawyer."
His son was arrested February 1 and faces sentencing on April 12. The boy's absence continues to weigh on the family. "I do a lot of pacing," says the father. "I've lost a lot of weight. I don't sleep." He continues to hope his son will be home before too much longer.
The father, who has always maintained that his son would never hurt anyone, said before the trial, "I want people to know that not all four of these boys are equally involved. There was one boy who posted some very misguided things on the Internet."
Following the March 28 hearing, the father of the 15-year-old says, "Knowing everything I know, I remain very proud of my son."
Authorities say the threats were made on an Internet chat room, but continue to remain tightlipped on what evidence prompted them to file charges and make the four arrests, other than to note at a February 3 press conference the confiscation of three computers, two guns, and other materials. The lack of information has led to speculation in the community about whether the threat was serious– or whether police over-reacted.
"We don't charge unless we think it's serious," reiterates Camblos.
One of the parents of the accused boys says he was there when police took the two guns from his locked gun safe, along with firecrackers, a smoke bomb, and a box of kitchen matches the parent says belonged to him.
"My main concern, my real concern, my only concern is how this– along with a series of unfortunate events– is going to affect the sentencing," says the 15-year-old's father.
He worries about the seriousness of the charges and the court's obligation to impose a sentence based on the public's perception of the charges against a kid who's never been in trouble before.
Initially, he says, his son was facing less serious charges that were dropped. An hour later, the "much more serious, horrible" felony charges were filed. "They issue a press release and then throw a blanket over it," he says. "Now we have a sentencing based on the public's perception of the seriousness."
Reaction to the seriousness of the alleged threat is mixed. At Albemarle High, "Shockingly, that's completely died down," says 11th grader Danielle Unger, the editor of the school paper. "No one's talking about it any more."
When the arrests were announced, Unger found a "wide spectrum" of reactions, from kids laughing to others in the bathroom crying.
The arrests did prompt Unger to wonder whether the school would have been ready for a real crisis and how it would have been handled.
"I didn't know what to do," she says, suggesting, "Make sure every kid reviews the crisis plan."
Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Camblos is seeking to release information about whether two 13-year-olds were convicted of plotting to blow up two county high schools.


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Statement of Michael J. Astrue
Commissioner of Social Security
House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Social Security
May 1, 2007
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
I am pleased to be here today to discuss the Social Security Administration's (SSA) management of the disability determination process for the Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs, and the importance of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) in that process.
Before I go any further, I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the members of this subcommittee for your support. I fully understand how important that support has been, and I am grateful for it. In addition, I want to recognize the hard work and service of the employees of SSA and the State Disability Determination Services (DDSs). They understand the importance of our programs and provide the best service they can.
We recently passed an important milestone; for the last 50 years, the Disability Insurance program has helped disabled workers and their dependents cope with the loss of income due to severe disability. Along with SSA's stewardship of the Supplemental Security Income program, SSA employees work every day to provide vital service to disabled Americans. While the accomplishments in SSA's disability programs are many, today I would like to discuss several areas of concern and our planned solutions.
I'd like to start with some strategic context. Since 2001, Congress has appropriated on average about $150 million less than the President has requested. The dollar value of this differential is equivalent to processing an additional 177,000 initial claims and 454,000 hearings. The added money in March's continuing resolution allowed us to avert 6-10 days of furloughs and to slow the rate of attrition, but it is important to remember that we will still end the year with substantially fewer employees than we had when we started the year.
During this same time period our workloads have increased both due to demographics and new statutory responsibilities. The baby boomers not only start retiring in January, they are increasingly filing for disability as they age. Moreover, Congress has asked SSA to engage in new responsibilities in homeland security, immigration, Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D.
With so many of the agency's activities mandated by law, other activities have suffered disproportionately. We went from 790,000 medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) in 2002 to 290,000 medical CDRs last year, a shift that makes a permanent negative impact on the trust fund. Field offices are harried. Hearing offices have lost support staff and productivity, and we have not hired sufficient ALJs to handle a caseload that has doubled in the past five years.
The Members of this committee have been great about making our case with others in Congress, and I ask you not only to continue your efforts, but to expand them. We need your help.
Timely passage of the President's requested appropriation for SSA is a key first step towards addressing our disability caseload backlog. However, I want to acknowledge that we have not addressed the backlog problem as quickly as we need to, and that we are moving as fast as we can toward providing more efficient and compassionate service to the public.
As you know, in 2006 SSA revised the disability determination process to increase accuracy, consistency, and timeliness. The new Disability Service Improvement (DSI) process was rolled out in the Boston region in August 2006, and builds upon SSA's electronic disability folder.
DSI was implemented in a way to allow us to monitor the effects that the changes are having in the Boston region, on our entire disability process, and the Federal courts. The lessons that we learn in the early stages of implementation will help SSA as we continue to evaluate changes needed to improve the disability determination process.
In February and March, we engaged in an intensive review of DSI. We found mixed results.
Early accomplishments include perhaps the best news so far out of DSI, the success of QDD – the Quick Disability Determination program. Using a computer model to identify the cases most likely to be allowed, the states have decided 97 percent of these cases within the required 21 days and they have a mean decision time of 11 days. About 85 percent of these cases have been allowed during the initial review, and more have been allowed with additional documentation. We plan to build on the success of the QDD tool by greatly improving our ability to make decisions so that claimants with conditions such as a confirmed case of pancreatic cancer or ALS are approved for disability within the 11 days we have proved we can do. It is both efficient and compassionate for us to do this.
Another electronic program developed as part of DSI is a decision-tool for use by ALJs called the Findings Integrated Template (FIT). About 80 percent of the ALJs use it now voluntarily, and ALJs who use it have a significantly lower rate of remands from the Appeals Council. These remands cause significant costs and delays. We are in the process of requiring that all ALJs use this new tool by the end of this year.
We also found areas of DSI that are not performing as expected, and have taken early steps to make course corrections.
I am committed to making the changes internal to SSA and in SSA's policies that are needed to continue our dedicated service to disabled Americans. We are going to reorganize the Office of Disability and Income Support Programs to better align our organizational structure with this mission, and we have already received some helpful advice from the Inspector General, who, at my request, has completed a first draft of an organizational audit.
We found that two of the new electronic systems developed for DDSs were not ready for real-world use, and were in fact causing considerable delays in processing caseloads. While these systems have great potential over the long-term, they have been pulled until they are more developed. We are focusing on refining our primary two systems for making us fully electronic, and have used an additional $25 million from our technology reserve fund to accomplish that goal.
We have also accelerated and expanded recent efforts to address the "aged" cases – those cases that involve waiting for 1000 days or more for a hearing. This is America , and an American should not have to wait three or four years for his or her day in court. We have established as our goal the elimination of these cases to a negligible level by the end of this fiscal year, and I am pleased to report that this number has already dropped from 63,525 on October 1 of last year to 17,966 as of last week.
Under the broader DSI continuous-monitoring implementation strategy I mentioned earlier, we are evaluating the Federal Reviewing Official, or FedRO, and Medical and Vocational Expert System (MVES) for these components' effects on processing time, and accuracy, and the costs of handling a claim, and the program costs to the Social Security Trust Funds.
With regard to the Disability Review Board, we have limited actual experience to date due to the time required for claims to reach this stage, but I am concerned about potential for confusion and reprocessing of cases if we have two different bodies issuing conflicting decisions on my behalf over the next ten years. We are evaluating the DRB, and its counterpart – the Appeals Council -- under the current process, with these concerns in mind.
I am overdue on the subject of this hearing – ALJs. Let me make two brief points. First, we need to use our ALJs in a smarter, more efficient way. Posting all our ALJs in our 141 hearing offices does not give us enough flexibility to address the worst backlogs. Electronic hearings have been a successful method to address backlogs on an ad hoc basis, and it is time that we reserve a percentage of the ALJs in a central office and use them exclusively to address the worst backlogs through electronic hearings.
Second, we need more ALJs, and we're aiming at a net increase of about 150 ALJs. With support staff, we're looking at about 750-850 FTEs, a significant reallocation of our discretionary FTEs. With rising numbers of appeals being filed, we simply cannot reduce the backlog with fewer ALJs than we had in 1997. Last year, our ALJs made a record number of decisions – almost 559,000 – and we still fell further behind with a total number of 730,659 cases pending as of March 30 of this year. This kind of commitment, however, means we need to evaluate the costs of other changes in the disability determination process.
Let me conclude by saying that I have very much appreciated the bipartisan support we have received from both Members and the staff of this Committee, and I am looking forward to continuing to have our regular candid discussions until we have a system in which we can all take real pride.


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Author Notes: I think Romano beans are the perfect bean and are really suited to long slow cooking. What I like about them is the exterior pod retains its tooth but the little interior beans inside are creamy much like a lima beans. It is a two for one deal for me and the best of both worlds. If you want a little heat add red pepper flakes. —thirschfeld
Serves: 4
pound Romano beans, not overly mature
ounces pancetta, cut into small cubes
olive oil
kosher salt
fresh ground black pepper
teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
In This Recipe
- Place a three quart enameled Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Add a glug or two of oil and the pancetta while the pan is still cold. Render the fat from the pancetta and cook it till crispy but not overly so.
- Add the Romano beans and stir them around to coat with the fat, season them with a good amount of salt, fresh ground pepper, and red pepper flakes if you choose. Cover the beans, reduce the heat to low and cook them for one hour occasionally removing the lid and giving them a stir.
- The idea is to let the beans cook in their own juices, become tender but not mush. If you think they need a little water then add a tablespoon or two to the pan.
- Serve the beans.
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The module allows, in few simple operations, the best integration of the DAB/DAB + digital radio.
It's enough to install the bridge harness, supplied in the KIT, in series to the OEM or Aftermarket radio. This means that no changes to the original car wiring are required, thus to avoid Cables cuts and / or incorrect connection risks. The module connects to the radio via USB COM wiring, supplied in the KIT. Thanks to this connection, uDAB is compatible with all the radios with USB input on the market. The USB REC harness, also supplied, will allow the native USB radio function to be maintained, by inserting a USB stick user can listen to his music as before. All uDAB features are handled directly by the radio and/or steering wheel controls. DAB/DAB + radio stations will be displayed as mp3 files with TAG names of the tuned radio station.
There will also be available folders named as the various MUXs present in the coverage area. A SCAN folder will be present to manage at best the tuning of available radio stations in the area. Thanks to CRICKET TECHNOLOGY ®, channel skips do not have significant audio buffer delays, the user will have the pleasant feeling of listening to the radio as always, but with DAB/DAB + audio quality.
Same technology allows to control volume directly from the car radio. uDAB incorporates a performing amplifier providing 40W per channel in AB class. AUDIO quality, simplicity of installation and use, all to ensure maximum enjoying and high-class performance.
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Unlike the find-compressed SAF, the http-compression filter can compress dynamic content such as the output from SHTML pages, CGI programs, or JSPs. However, for reasons of efficiency, the find-compressed SAF is better for static content such as non-parsed HTML files. For more information, see find-compressed.
The following table describes parameter for the http-compression filter.Table 7–75 http-compression Parameter
Controls whether the filter inserts a Vary: Accept-encoding header. If vary is absent, the default value is yes. yes tells the filter to insert a Vary: Accept-encoding header when it compresses content. no tells the filter to never insert a Vary: Accept-encoding header.
Size in bytes of the memory fragment used by the compression library to control how much to compress at a time. The default value is 8096.
Controls the compression level used by the compression library. Valid values are from 1 to 9. A value of 1 results in the best speed. A value of 9 results in the best compression. The default value is 6.
Controls an internal parameter of the compression library. Valid values are from 9 to 15. Higher values result in better compression at the expense of memory usage. The default value is 15.
Controls how much memory is used by the compression library. Valid values are from 1 to 9. A value of 1 uses the minimum amount of memory but is slow. A value of 9 uses the maximum amount of memory for optimal speed. The default value is 8.
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In this example, type="text/*" restricts compression to documents that have a MIME type of text/* (for example, text/ascii, text/css, text/html, and so on).
Alternatively, you can specifically exclude browsers that do handle compressed content well by using the Client tag as follows:
<Client match="none"\ browser="*MSIE [1-3]*"\ browser="*MSIE [1-5]*Mac*"\ browser="Mozilla/[1-4]*Nav*"> Output fn="insert-filter" filter="http-compression" type="text/*" </Client>
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JUSTGeorgia/CASA Day at the Capitol will take place on Tuesday, February 7, at the State Capitol in Atlanta. Child advocates from Tri-County CASA plan to attend.
An annual event hosted by JUSTGeorgia and Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates (Georgia CASA), Inc., the day centers around CASA volunteers, board members, staff and JUSTGeorgia coalition members from across the state meeting with members of the Georgia Legislature and sharing their concerns about the abused and neglected children in foster care that their CASA programs serve.
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Designing forest vegetation management strategies based on the mechanisms and dynamics of crop tree competition by neighbouring vegetation
Balandier, P.; Collet, C.; Miller, J.H.; Reynolds, P.E.; Zedaker, S.M.
Year: 2006
Catalog ID: 26429
Available from: Great Lakes Forestry Centre
CFS Availability: PDF (request by e-mail)
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DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpi056
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Bachelor's degree in international studies, Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.
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Judith joined Colorado Public Radio in October 2011 as assistant news director, prior to becoming the managing editor in March 2013. She manages the day-to-day operations of CPR's newsroom, editing news features and guiding ongoing coverage of important stories in coordination with CPR's newscast unit and Colorado Matters.
Judith came to CPR from Orlando, Fla., where she served as news director at WMFE for four years. In that role she managed coverage of major events including hurricanes, elections, and most recently, the end of NASA's iconic space shuttle program. Judith also worked as a producer, reporter and host at WMFE from 2004-2007. Before WMFE, Judith was based in Washington D.C., where she edited a breaking-news feed for radio clients around the world at the news agency Feature Story News. She also gained valuable experience as a junior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.
Judith was the copy editor for a Peabody Award winning documentary titled, "Lucia's Letter," which also won a New York Festival's Gold Medal in 2010. In seven years at WMFE she won nine Florida Associated Press Awards, including top prize in the category for "Best Public Affairs Reporting" for editing and producing a series on water issues in 2008. In 2005, Judith contributed to the documentary, "Countdown Discovery," which won a Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society for Professional Journalists.


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Treasury Secretary Lew testifies about the President's 2015 Budget on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is hearing that its refusal to approve previously negotiated reforms for the International Monetary Fund could reduce the nation's influence at the institution, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Wednesday.
U.S. lawmakers have been reticent to approve the IMF quota reforms that were agreed to in 2010 and would give developing countries a bigger say at the international lender.
The reforms would not reduce Washington's power at the IMF, where the United States is the sole country with veto power.
The Obama administration hoped Congress would tack approval of the IMF quota reforms onto legislation for an aid package for crisis-stricken Ukraine, but the outlook for that happening remains uncertain.
Lew did not provide details on what consequences Washington could face, but sources told Reuters last week that Russian officials are pushing for the IMF to move ahead with planned reforms without the United States, which could mean the loss of Washington's veto over major decisions at the global lender.
"We're already hearing calls by some to say if the United States doesn't approve (the IMF) reforms, we should maybe move on without them," Lew told a Senate committee. "That's not a good place for the United States to be."
Lew said approving the reforms was also necessary for effective IMF support of Ukraine.
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Robert Kearns, who patented a design for a type of windshield wiper and later won multi-million dollar judgments against Chrysler and Ford for using his concept without permission, is born on March 10, 1927, in Gary, Indiana. Kearns' invention, the intermittent windshield wiper, enabled wipers to move at timed intervals, rather than constantly swiping back and forth. Intermittent wipers aided drivers in light rain or mist and today are a standard feature of most cars. Kearns' real-life David versus Goliath story about taking on the auto giants was made into a movie titled "Flash of Genius" that opened in 2008 and starred Greg Kinnear.
Kearns was raised near Detroit, Michigan, and later worked as a professor of engineering at Wayne State University. He first patented his wiper design in 1967 and tried to license his invention to various automakers but failed to make a deal with any of them. Then, in 1960, Ford debuted the first intermittent wiper; other car companies eventually followed suit. In the late 1970s, Kearns sued Ford for patent infringement and went on to take legal action against more than two dozen other automakers.
The ensuing legal battles lasted more than a decade and consumed Kearns, who often acted as his own attorney. Kearns' quest cost him his marriage and also may have contributed to a nervous breakdown he suffered. In 1990, a jury ruled that Ford was guilty of non-deliberate patent infringement and Kearns was later awarded some $10 million. He also went on to win a $20 million judgment against Chrsyler. Kearns' lawsuits against other automakers were dismissed for technical reasons.
Kearns died at the age of 77 from cancer on February 9, 2005, in Maryland.


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We've been spending time looking at the Guardian Open platform and integrating it in to our CMS. It's an interesting take on the plummeting newspaper revenues dilemma, and it's diametrically opposed to The Times paywall solution.
We're initially testing it to backfill unique content and raise page views but it would also work on specialist websites and blogs as conversation starters, commentators can prepend their thoughts to the original news story.


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You can set or change the date, time, languages and other Xbox 360 console settings from the Xbox Dashboard.
The Xbox 360 Guide lets you access frequently used features, regardless of whether you are playing a game, watching a DVD or using the Xbox Dashboard.
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It billed itself as "The Jazz Corner of the World," and in the sixties and seventies it undoubtedly was just that.
On any night of the week, you'd walk up to the narrow doorway and the doorman in his admiral's uniform would push open the door for you. Black and white publicity photos of people like Miles and Horace and Count Basie were stuck to the glass with Scotch tape. The stairs were steep. They led down to a landing where the box office was located. As you descended them, the light began to turn a dreamy bourbon color and you started to feel a kind of pulse that seemed to emanate from the floor and vibrate through your body.
On the first landing there was a box office with a big round window. I remember thinking the first time I stepped up to it to buy a ticket that the woman behind the glass was the most exotic, beautiful creature I'd ever seen. She had big soft black eyelashes, a white flower in her hair like Billie Holiday, and when she handed me my ticket I noticed her fingernails were long and pink like flower petals. Her perfume wafted through the window's speech hole and mingled with the smoke-beer smell coming up from the bar. You could purchase a ticket for the side gallery for about two or three bucks. Tables, which had direct sight lines to the bandstand, could be as high as ten or twelve bucks, depending on who was playing.
You descended another flight of stairs and the light became a kind of midnight blue. A hand-lettered sign overhead read: "Welcome to The Jazz Corner of the World. Through these doors pass the most." There were shadows moving around inside and a silvery white gleamings coming off the tablecloths. You were greetedif that's the word for itby the strident and irascible Mr. Pee Wee Marquette, the tuxedoed midget who also worked as the MC. (I can't tell you the number of times I was summarily turned away by Mr. Marquette because I could not produce proof that I was 18 years old. And even after I had my draft card, he still insisted I show it to him every time I came.)
Once inside there was the black, stylized silhouettes of musicians on the walls, along with photos of the stars like Stan Kenton and George Shearing, Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald, and Duke. The bar went along the left side of the low-ceilinged room. There was a sign up on the back wall that said, "Learn to fly!" And there were beat-up old wooden chairs you could draw right up to the fence separating the gallery from the posher table section. From the gallery, you had to crane your neck a little to see the bandstand, but the sound in any part of the room was amazing. Sound systems at that time were rather primitive. You didn't have the stadium-size speakers or the Buck Rogers sound booth. Basically, someone would turn the mics on and adjust the volume. But somehow when the music came out into that room, it was like the musicians were playing just for you. Miles would insert his harmon mute right into the mic and it would be as if he were literally inside your head. You heard the ping of Philly Joe's ride cymbal exactly as he played it, right there in the very center of the beat. The vibrations from Paul Chambers' bass wrapped themselves around you like a warm fur glove.
The grand piano got moved around according to who was playing. When it was the Basie Band, for instance, they'd move the piano off the stage and onto the floor and nestle a couple of front row tables up against it.
Other times with smaller groups, the piano got lifted up onto the top step of the bandstand, but didn't seem to matterthe balance always sounded perfect, just the way the musicians were intending it. You heard the softness of Hank Jones's touch or the startling brilliance of Monk's left hand like you were sitting on the piano bench next to either one. About the only sound that didn't resonate beautifully in that room was the voice of Pee Wee Marquette, who seemed to have mastered every bad mike technique ever known: pops, squeaks, hisses, feedback, plus a shrill voice that would rattle the ice cubes in your glass. He was also pretty good at mispronouncing names and one night introduced the audience to "the inimitable Art Blakes-ly!"
I'd heard they actually had a kitchen at Birdland; regardless, I think most of the cooking was done on the bandstand. There was also a "dressing room," which from what I could tell was pretty primitive.
The air was smoky and stale but the temperature always seemed right. The drinks were watery. And the stage lighting was fairly illuminating, but not very flattering"¹a trait I'm sure the lady singers weren't too crazy about.
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The current local market price for a Tokay gecko above 300 grams is at least RM25,000. What price it fetches abroad is anybody's guess.
A kampung folk who has a marketable sized Tokay gecko for sale will not have to wait long for serious buyers to make him an offer.
In light of its high market value, catching and trading in Tokay geckos have become a lucrative side business especially for villagers in the northern West Malaysian states and in East Malaysia.
Residents in northern towns of Peninsular Malaysia such as Pendang in Kedah and Balik Pulau in Penang have seen the gecko business grow into a cottage industry after news reports revealed that overseas buyers are willing to pay up to RM1 million for each reptile.
As the supply is getting scarce in Malaysia, agents have started to head towards Thailand to source for fresh supplies. Just drive into border towns such as Bukit Kayu Hitam in Kedah and you can easily sport wildlife trappers and agents advertising the Tokay gecko for sale.
While numerous gecko species are sold as pets at nominal prices, the highly prized specie in demand for its medicinal value is the Tokay gecko.
Tokay geckos are in high demand by the traditional medicine industry abroad as it is believed that the reptile's tongue can cure AIDS. Some believe that its meat is also an aphrodisiac while its blood and bile suppresses tumors in cancer patients.
Despite the on going rumours of the medicinal cures of the gecko, Augustine Tuuga, the deputy director of Sabah Wildlife Department, was quoted in one news report saying that there is currently no scientific evidence to verify the claims.
Villagers who are involved in this business say that although the Tokay gecko is difficult to find and capture, those who manage to find this illusive reptile can expect to sell it at a lucrative price while the current gecko market is still sizzling.
As buyers are only interested in Tokay geckos weighing 300 grams and above, those possessing smaller Tokay geckos would rear the reptiles hoping to sell them once their weight exceeds 300 grams. Although Tokay geckos usually feed on insects such as crickets, cockroaches and grasshoppers, the Tokay geckos in captivity are also fed chicken liver to speed up its growth process.
The Tokay gecko (also known as the Gekko gecko) is a nocturnal arboreal gecko whose native habitat is the rain-forest trees and cliffs. The Tokay gecko is commonly found in northeast India and Bangladesh, throughout Southeast Asia and western New Guinea.
According to a news report, Rahim Ahmad, the director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Peninsular Malaysia (Perhilitan) in Kedah, said that the Tokay gecko is not classified as a protected species of animals and it is thus not an offence to capture and rear the reptile.
The typical current prices for Tokay geckos are as follows:
300 grams – 399 grams = RM25,000 – RM35,000
400 grams – 499 grams = RM80,000 – RM120,000
500 grams – 599 grams = RM200,000 – RM400,000
600 grams – 799 grams = RM500,000 – RM700,000
800 grams – 999 grams = RM800,000 – RM980,000
Above 1000 grams approximately RM1 million.
At the moment there is no indication whether the Tokay gecko business will continue to grow as an industry or will fizzle out just as the Flowerhorn ornamental fish business did a few years ago. For those who remember, during the peak of the Flowerhorn craze, mature cichlids were sold for up to hundreds of thousands of Ringgit.
Despite the current demand for the Tokay gecko, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry has thus far not taken any steps to assist people to formally commercialise the business.
Anyway, if anyone of you have a Tokay gecko for sale, just shoot me an email. I have genuine buyers waiting impatiently to purchase mature Tokay geckos.


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Is it okay if I write about how losing a lot of weight (25lbs) changed my life for my personal statement?
Hmmm... I think those essay services are for an act of desperation. ;)
Overcoming adversity definately is a good topic. That is what I wrote about, and I got accepted to schools I had no business being accepted to. =) I eventually picked one which gave me a very decent scholarship.
I wrote about overcoming being extremely introverted. So, you see, you don't have to be a poor, downtrodden child of an immigrant coal factory worker to write about overcoming adversity. Just make sure that you don't OVERSTATE the horrors of your adversity if it was not life threatening.