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Certified Pre-Owned 2016 HyundaiGenesis 3.8 (A8) Sedan
- Stock: D3644A
- Odometer
- 43,066 miles
- Fuel Economy
- 16.0/25.0 mpg City/Hwy
- Exterior Color
- Santiago Silver
- Interior Color
- Gray w Leather Seating Surfaces or Premium Leather
- Body/Seating
- Sedan/5 seats
- Transmission
- 8 speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- HTRAC all-wheel drive
- Engine
- 3.8L V-6 cyl
Highlighted Features
- Navigation system
- Leather upholstery
- Automatic temperature control
- Emergency communication system
- Wireless phone connectivity
- Exterior parking camera rear
- Front dual zone A/C
- Rain sensing wipers
Detailed Specifications
- 1-touch down
- 1-touch up
- Air conditioning
- Auto-dimming rearview mirror
- Automatic temperature control
- Driver door bin
- Driver vanity mirror
- Emergency communication system
- Front beverage holders
- Front dual zone A/C
- Garage door transmitter: HomeLink
- Heated steering wheel
- Illuminated entry
- Navigation system
- Overhead console
- Passenger door bin
- Passenger vanity mirror
- Power windows
- Rear beverage holders
- Rear door bins
- Remote keyless entry
- Speed control
- Telescoping steering wheel
- Tilt steering wheel
- Alloy wheels
- Four wheel independent suspension
- Front anti-roll bar
- Front tires: 245/45VR18.0
- Power steering
- Rear anti-roll bar
- Rear tires: 245/45VR18.0
- Speed-sensing steering
- Wheel size: 18"
- 1st row LCD monitors: 2
- AM/FM radio: SiriusXM
- CD player
- MP3 decoder
- Steering wheel mounted audio controls
- Turn-by-turn navigation directions: Blue Link
- Wireless phone connectivity: Bluetooth
- Front center armrest: w/storage
- Front seats: bucket
- Heated front seats
- Heated rear seats
- Leather steering wheel
- Leather upholstery
- Max seating capacity: 5
- Power 4-way driver lumbar support
- Power 4-way passenger lumbar support
- Power driver seat
- Power passenger seat
- Rear seat center armrest
- Rear seats: bench
- Cylinder configuration: V-6
- Drive type: HTRAC all-wheel drive
- Engine liters: 3.8
- Engine location: front
- Fuel economy city: 16mpg
- Fuel economy combined: 19mpg
- Fuel economy highway: 25mpg
- Fuel tank capacity: 20.3gal.
- Horsepower: 311hp @ 6,000RPM
- Manual-shift auto: SHIFTRONIC
- Mode select transmission
- Number of valves: 24
- Recommended fuel: Regular Unleaded
- Torque: 293 lb.-ft. @ 5,000RPM
- Transmission: 8 speed automatic
- Variable intake manifold
- Variable valve control
- Bodyside moldings
- Bumpers: body-color
- Door mirrors: body-color
- Heated door mirrors
- Power door mirrors
- Tailpipe finisher: chrome
- Turn signal indicator mirrors
- Compression ratio: 11.50 to 1
- Engine bore x stroke: 96.0mm x 87.0mm (3.78" x 3.43")
- Engine displacement: 3.8 L
- Engine horsepower: 311hp @ 6,000RPM
- Engine torque: 293 lb.-ft. @ 5,000RPM
- Exterior body width: 1,890mm (74.4")
- Exterior height: 1,481mm (58.3")
- Exterior length: 4,991mm (196.5")
- Front hiproom: 1,415mm (55.7")
- Front legroom: 1,161mm (45.7")
- Front shoulder room: 1,481mm (58.3")
- GVWR: 2,500kg (5,511lbs)
- Interior cargo volume: 433 L (15 cu.ft.)
- Interior maximum cargo volume: 433 L (15 cu.ft.)
- Passenger volume: 3,050L (107.7 cu.ft.)
- Rear headroom: 970mm (38.2")
- Rear hiproom: 1,392mm (54.8")
- Rear legroom: 889mm (35.0")
- Rear shoulder room: 1,450mm (57.1")
- Turning radius: 5.5m (18.1')
- Wheelbase: 3,010mm (118.5")
- Compass
- Delay-off headlights
- Exterior parking camera rear
- Front reading lights
- Fully automatic headlights
- High intensity discharge headlights: Bi-Xenon
- Low tire pressure warning
- Outside temperature display
- Rain sensing wipers
- Rear reading lights
- Rear window defroster
- Speed sensitive wipers
- Tachometer
- Trip computer
- Variably intermittent wipers
- 4 wheel disc brakes
- ABS brakes
- Adjustable head restraints: driver and passenger w/tilt
- Anti-whiplash front head restraints
- Brake assist
- Dual front impact airbags
- Dual front side impact airbags
- Electronic stability
- Ignition disable
- Knee airbag
- Occupant sensing airbag
- Overhead airbag
- Panic alarm
- Perimeter/approach lights
- Rear side impact airbag
- Security system
- Traction control
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by Min Zin
Posted June 29, 2008
Much has been written about Cyclone Nargis and the failure of Burma's military junta to respond adequately. But what of the hundreds of political prisoners held in Burma, many in areas devastated by the storm? When Cyclone Nargis ravaged Burma in the late night hours of May 2, it did not spare political prisoners. The notorious Insein prison, where hundreds of political prisoners (including my brother) are locked up, was one of the hardest hit places in Rangoon.
Why is my brother in Insein? On Feb. 15, the military raided the offices of the Myanmar Nation and took my brother, the weekly journal's editor in chief, to jail. His crime? Possession of a U.N. report on the military's brutal crackdown on last September's demonstrations by monks and democracy activists—known around the world as the "Saffron Revolution."
My brother's name is Thet Zin, and he is one of hundreds of Burmese citizens who struggle to tell the truth about what is happening in their country—whether through traditional forms of journalism or through the Internet—under threat of arrest or worse by the military regime. Along with my brother, his office manager, Sein Win Maung, was also arrested.
When Cyclone Nargis hit, it uprooted trees; rain flooded the prison cells and the power was cut. A fire broke out in one of the prison wards, filling the prison with smoke. The flames triggered a riot. The guards started shooting.
Suffering from asthma, my brother was choking with smoke. His former office manager and fellow inmate, Sein Win Maung, passed out. Some sympathetic prison guards rushed to the cells and managed to push aside fallen trees and move the political prisoners to a prison hospital.
"Many political prisoners in the cells could have died from smoke if the rescue was delayed one more hour," said Bo Kyi, a former political prisoner who now works with Thailand-based Assistant Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP-Burma).
It is still hard to know how many died or were injured during the havoc. But according to AAPP at least 36 prisoners at Insein were shot to death when the cylcone hit. Some prisoners, like many of their countrymen, lost their entire family to the cyclone. Thiha Thet Zin, a political prisoner in Insein, was informed that eight out of nine of his family members—including his son, his parents, his grandmother, and all his siblings—were swept away by the storm. His wife was the only survivor.
This is hell on earth. Still, Insein prison and the injustices that take place there are but a microcosm of what's taking place throughout Burma. To paraphrase Shakespeare, all of Burma is a prison.
Cyclone Nargis claimed more than 138,000 lives and left millions homeless. Still, the junta denied millions of Burmese people the basic right to food by blocking foreign aid workers and supplies in the weeks immediately following the storm.
Indeed, the misuse of international aid is by now well documented. Aid supplies ended up in military warehouses, local markets and the homes of police officers and members of pro-government civilian groups instead of reaching starving and disease-stricken survivors. Soldiers even looted jewelries from dead bodies.
Moreover, the junta forced survivors to take part in the reconstruction of military sites and conscripted male orphans into the army, which before the storm was already notorious for its tens of thousands of child soldiers. All of these reports have been confirmed by sources both inside and outside Burma.
Clearly, the junta's inability and unwillingness to care for the Burmese people is tantamount to "crimes against humanity." Cyclone Nargis has exposed the failures of the regime and brought forth a defining moment in Burmese history with inevitable, if yet unpredictable, political consequences.
"Things will not return to status quo ante," says Priscilla Clapp, a U.S. diplomat who served as Chief of Mission in Burma from 1999-2002. Post-cyclone Burmese politics will be a humanitarian politics—pressuring and arguing about mobilizing aid and its delivery. Political goals will be set aside at least for the medium-term, and more consideration will be given to humanitarian works.
The junta continues to ensure that the cyclone will not have an effect on its "Road Map to discipline flourishing democracy." But there are pressures within the junta itself that could eventually lead to change. "We have heard that there are considerable tensions within the military," said David Steinberg, a Burma expert from Georgetown University. "But I don't know whether the tension is strong enough to split the military and at what level it exists, and whether it is at a high enough level to threaten present leadership."
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has approved millions in aid for Burma and now has hundreds of aid workers from member countries in storm-stricken areas. This could serve to expose to the outside world the prison state that is Burma. Still, despite a visit last month by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and the demands of dozens of heads of state, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of Burma's opposition Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest—long after the May 24 deadline for her release.
What's most important here is to assure the aid money is not used by the junta to retrench and tighten its grip on the Burmese people. Foreign aid runs the risk of being a "jackpot for the military junta, who will be the sole beneficiary of the international donation in the name of the cyclone victims" says Aung Din, a former political prisoner and director of the U.S. Campaign for Burma.
The outside world must demand more transparency and accountability when it comes to aid money and how it is distributed. So long as the world allows itself to be co-opted and outfoxed by the junta, political prisoners—including Aung San Suu Kyi and those in cyclone-ravaged Insein prison—will continue to languish in Burma's gulags, and the Burmese people will remain shackled.
Min Zin is a Burmese journalist in exile.
All of Burma Is a Prison06 July 2008 Posted by Thway Ni at 11:52 AM Labels: Articles
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Investigators believe the Jan. 7 fire aboard a Japan Airlines Boeing Co. 787 began with the short-circuiting of a single battery cell and cascaded to all eight cells.
"The body of evidence strongly suggests that the event initiated in cell number six," Deborah Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters Thursday in Washington, D.C.
However, the NTSB has not determined what caused the battery cell to short-circuit. Hersman said the agency is still considering a number of causes.
"Design, certification, manufacturing: These are all still on the table," she said. "We have a lot of work to do."
Meanwhile, one 787 did fly on Thursday. Boeing received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly one from Fort Worth, Texas, to Everett. The permission was for a single flight to relocate the plane, and was not a test flight, the FAA said in a statement.
The Federal Aviation Administration grounded Boeing 787s on Jan. 16 after a second 787 experienced a battery failure. That jet, which was operated by All Nippon Airways, made an emergency landing in Japan on Jan. 15.
Hersman said the NTSB is looking at the FAA's certification process of Boeing's 787, including the special conditions under which it approved the use of the jet's lithium-ion battery.
"The assumptions used to certify the battery must be reconsidered," she said.
Several of those assumptions have proved inaccurate. For one, Boeing believed it unlikely that a fire that started in a single cell would propagate to any of the other seven. The company also assumed that a battery failure, like the ones on Jan. 7 and Jan. 16, might occur only once every 10 million flight hours.
The 787 fleet has less than 100,000 flight hours when the two failures occurred.
"We know that some of the assumptions that were made … were not met," she said.
Hersman previously called the 787 battery incidents a "serious safety concern."
John Goglia, a former NTSB board member and aviation safety expert, said NTSB's findings mean the government will likely require Boeing to re-certify the batteries.
"Certifications aren't exactly painless and quick," he said. "It could be a big, drawn-out thing."
The significance of the NTSB's findings "is if this can happen — and the safety analysis assumed that it would not happen — then the safety analysis is no longer valid," said Jon Hansman, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology aeronautics professor and a member of the FAA's Research and Development Advisory Committee.
Battery experts said Boeing could try to build more safeguards into the battery by using a greater number of smaller cells and putting more insulation between them. Or, they said, the aircraft maker could switch to a different type of lithium ion battery already approved for aviation.
Switching to another type of battery, such as lead-acid or nickel-cadmium battery, is another possibility, but that would involve changing the charging system as well, they said, and add weight. The new batteries — and, presumably, a revised charging system — would need to be designed and tested by Boeing and approved by the FAA before they could be installed.
In a statement released Thursday, Boeing said it's committed to working with the NTSB and FAA in the investigation. The company's 787 was certified after a "rigorous" test program, Boeing said.
"We are working collaboratively to address questions about our testing and compliance with certification standards, and we will not hesitate to make changes that lead to improved testing processes and products," Boeing said in its statement.
The decision to resume 787 flights is the FAA's. The NTSB is investigative and has no regulatory authority, but its recommendations have influence.
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood issued a joint statement on the 787 investigation Thursday.
"From day one, we have said that the comprehensive review of the Boeing 787 and the root cause analysis of the two battery incidents would be a data-driven process," LaHood and Huerta said in their statement. "Based on what information our experts find, the FAA will take any action necessary to further ensure safety."
Prior to grounding the 787, the FAA launched a comprehensive review of the Dreamliner's design, manufacture and assembly. That review continues; and the NTSB has been invited to observe in the process, LaHood and Huerta said Thursday.
Earlier this week, Boeing asked the FAA for permission to resume test flights of the 787 to try out solutions. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Boeing is looking to redesign the battery to have more separation between battery cells.
The FAA has only approved the single 787 flight to bring a jet in Texas back to Everett.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Recreational facilities throughout Cape Coral have a rich history of their own.
Even though the city wasn't incorporated until 1970, many of the facilities used today already existed and were just as popular as they are today. The Cultural Park Theatre, the longest running community theater in Southwest Florida, was founded in 1962 by 20 local residents.
"Back then they used to perform in the schools and various store fronts across town," said Michael Moran, theater creative director.
In the '60s, the Cape Coral Community Players were a collection of people without a home theater. Over the years, the number of members and performers increased and in 1991 the 186-seat Cultural Park Theatre was built with the help of a grant from the city. The theater is part of the city's Department of Parks and Recreation.
Moran said there are 238 members today, and more than 500 actors, directors, students and teachers who utilize the theater on a regular basis. They put on 23 shows each year, he said, as well as educational programs for children and adults, a summer camp for children, and volunteer work for retired seniors.
Now the Cultural Park Theatre helps other community players or performers who don't have their own a base, like other venues in Southwest Florida helped the Cape Coral Community Players over 40 years ago. Although Moran said the theater is proud to have been in the city for 48 years, it probably won't be celebrating until its 50th anniversary.
A year after the community theater was founded, on June 9, 1962, the Cape Coral Yacht and Racquet Club opened. The complex included an Olympic-size swimming pool, shuffleboard and tennis courts, a strip of sandy beach and boat basin. The club was used to attract new residents and developers to the community. And sometimes it was even used for church services.
"The people who built Cape Coral the Rosen brothers and Gulf American Land Corporation they used it as their sales center," said Barbara Dickinson, yacht club manager. "This is where they brought people when they came to Cape Coral looking for land, that was the original purpose."
The club facility alone was a 10,000-square-foot building that cost over $750,000 to build, and hosted banquets with as many as 500 people. The club today looks nearly identical to its first version opened in 1962.
Some amenities were added over the years, said Dickinson, such as the fishing pier, additional tennis courts and the marina. KC's Riverstop Cafe, a restaurant owned and operated independently from the city, was also constructed near the fishing pier.
Dickinson said the Yacht Club has become synonymous with the city.
"We are one of the original landmarks of the city," she said. "When everybody thinks of Cape Coral they think of the Yacht Club area."
Today, the facility is rented for weddings, club meetings and private parties. It also hosts classes all year round for children and adults, as well as other special events and programs. Each month the club hosts a Sunset Celebration on the Pier with live music along with arts and crafts vendors. Seniors and other residents also participate in events at the Tony Rotino Senior Center.
"We do a wide variety of programming," said Dickinson. "Classes are everything from fitness and ballroom dancing to football or baseball trips by bus to Miami or Tampa. There is something for just about everybody."
For more information about city facilities, visit www.capecoral.net.


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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neuromuscular disease.
ALS is characterized by a progressive degeneration of motor nerve cells in the brain (upper motor neurons) and spinal cord (lower motor neurons). When the motor neurons can no longer send impulses to the muscles, the muscles begin to waste away (atrophy), causing increased muscle weakness.
ALS does not impair a person's intellectual reasoning, vision, hearing or sense of taste, smell and touch. In most cases, ALS does not affect a person's sexual, bowel or bladder functions.
ALS is often referred to as a syndrome, because the disease itself becomes apparent in various patterns. ALS occurs rarely and without regularity.
The following symptoms become more noticeable as ALS progresses:
These symptoms characterize ALS as the disease becomes more severe:
Please note that severe pain is not a typical symptom of ALS.
Throughout the world, an average of 1 to 2 per 100,000 people are diagnosed with ALS every year. Men are affected more frequently than women. Most people are diagnosed with ALS in their mid-50s, but ALS can also affect young adults in their mid-teens. However, onset of the disease before 30 years of age is rare.
Because no specific qualities can be predicted of all people diagnosed with ALS, the cause is unknown. The following classification is used by physicians:
Classical ALS
A progressive neurological disease characterized by a deterioration of upper and lower motor nerve cells (neurons). This type of ALS affects over two-thirds of all people with ALS.
Primary Lateral Sclerosis
A progressive neurological disease in which the upper motor nerve cells (neurons) deteriorate. If the lower motor neurons are not affected within two years, the disease usually remains a pure upper motor neuron disease. This is the rarest of all forms of ALS.
Progressive Bulbar Palsy (PBP)
A condition that starts with difficulties speaking, chewing and swallowing due to lower motor nerve cell (neuron) deterioration. This disorder affects about 25% of all people with ALS.
Progressive Muscular Atrophy (PMA)
A progressive neurological disease in which the lower motor neurons deteriorate. If the upper motor neurons are not affected within two years, the disease usually remains a pure lower motor neuron disease.
Familial ALS
A progressive neurological disease that affects more than one member of the same family. This type of ALS accounts for a very small number of people with ALS in the United States (5-10%).
A complete physical exam and an evaluation of the person's medical history are required to properly diagnose ALS. Several laboratory and radiographic tests are also conducted to confirm the diagnosis, including:
There is currently no cure for ALS, yet there are several treatment options that can make people diagnosed with ALS more comfortable.
Treatment options include:
Initial Visit
Neurological evaluation is conducted
Follow-Up Visit in 1 to 3 weeks
Research Candidate
Specific research options are explained
Non-Research Candidate
Follow-Up Care For All ALS Patients
As the muscles weaken in the voice box (larynx), throat (pharynx), roof of the mouth (soft palate) tongue and lips, people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may find it difficult to pronounce words clearly.
Some resulting speech impairments may be:
Speech-Language Pathologists
Speech-language pathologists can help people with ALS maintain as many communication skills as possible. They also teach techniques that conserve energy, including non-verbal communication skills. Speech-language pathologists are also available to:
Tips to Maintain and Enhance Communication
Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal communication, also called augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), is a method of communicating without spoken words. When communication needs cannot be met through speech, the following techniques can be practiced by people with ALS:
Non-verbal communication can help people with speech difficulties actually speak better by:
Assistive Devices
Here's a sample of the assistive devices that are available to help people with ALS communicate more clearly.
Patients who are interested in purchasing an electronic communication aid should discuss this with the speech-language pathologist before contacting sales representatives for these devices.
Communication Partners
Here are some ways in which listeners can help people who have difficulty speaking and communicating:
Preparing for Emergencies
This information is provided by the Cleveland Clinic and is not intended to replace the medical advice of your doctor or health care provider. Please consult your health care provider for advice about a specific medical condition.
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Physical therapy can help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) learn to adjust to their physical disabilities. Physical therapy can maximize existing capabilities and prevent further loss of motion or prevent pain that may develop from stiff joints.
By evaluating each patient's joint range of motion, strength and general mobility skills, physical therapists can provide guidance for such tasks as walking or getting out of a chair. They specialize in:
Aerobic exercise can increase muscle efficiency and endurance by increasing heart rate, respiratory rate and overall cardiovascular fitness. Remember to exercise in moderation - exercising to the point of fatigue may actually result in increased muscle weakness.
Stretching exercises
May help decrease the frequency or intensity of muscle cramping. These should be done daily to prevent pain and stiffness.
Range of motion exercises (ROM)
Help move the joints through their full range of motion. These should be performed actively, if possible, or passively if muscle weakness limits movement. These should be done daily to prevent pain and stiffness.
Strengthening exercises
Are not recommended. Working out with weights will not strengthen those muscles already weakened by ALS and could result in increased muscle weakness.
Assistive Devices
There are various types of assistive devices that can make walking safer. A cane may be the most useful tool when one leg is weaker than the other, or when there are mild balance deficits. Here are some guidelines for cane use:
Weakness of the leg muscles may make it more difficult to maneuver on stairs, rise from a chair or walk. Bracing or other aids may be recommended.
An ankle-foot brace can stabilize the ankle when there is weakness in the foot muscles. This brace fits into an ordinary shoe and prevents the toes from dragging during the swing phase of walking.
Weakness in the neck muscles may make it difficult to hold your head up. A neck brace may be recommended to make you more comfortable.
Wheelchairs may provide patients with more independence and less reliance on others. Wheelchairs are usually recommended when a patient experiences excessive fatigue, unsteadiness or occasional falls.
This information is provided by the Cleveland Clinic and is not intended to replace the medical advice of your doctor or health care provider. Please consult your health care provider for advice about a specific medical condition.
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Breathing is a function of lungs as well as the muscles that move the chest and lungs. The breathing muscles include the diaphragm (the major muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen, used for inhaling) and the muscles between the ribs. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) often involves breathing muscles, resulting in ineffective breathing or respiratory failure.
What pulmonary problems can I get with ALS?
How can pulmonary therapy help breathing?
The pulmonary care team (including doctors and respiratory therapists) can work with you to:
What are some concerns regarding non-invasive ventilation?
What are some recommendations to improve breathing?
Elevate your head with pillows from 15 to 30 degrees to help keep abdominal organs from the diaphragm.
This information is provided by the Cleveland Clinic and is not intended to replace the medical advice of your doctor or health care provider. Please consult your health care provider for advice about a specific medical condition.
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Futuristic: Jetson-like living at River Run
ADDRESS: 1276 Chatham Ridge Road
SIZE: 1880 fin. sq. ft.
NEIGHBORHOOD: River Run
CURB APPEAL: 6 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: Martha Campbell of Real Estate 111 984-7462
Deciphering the wants and needs of today's homeowners can be a tricky business. Taste, like style, is something easier to spot than to define. But in our burg, the choices of house styles challenge the architectural conformity of, say, northern Virginia.
This week, as a reprieve from upscale Downtown, we tour a townhouse. Normally these don't register the tiniest blip on our radar, but what the heck? These new places are being snatched up faster than grandma's cookies, so we needed to move fast.
From a plethora of silly names such as "the Kensington" and "the Regent" (how much is Pen Park like London?), we chose "the Sheffield" (groan)– partly because it's one of only two models (of the original 15) still available. Located off Rio Road on the lane that leads to glorious Pen Park, these townhouses would never be found unless you lived there. Tucked discreetly into the woods, they offer privacy, community, easy access to everything, and– believe it or not– great living space.
"Cozy" did not immediately come to mind as we entered the Sheffield, but that's only because of its unlived-in condition. It's laid out in a pie-slice shape, the narrow part containing an open kitchen with bow window (read: breakfast nook) and a half bath. The house expands outward to include a colossal dining/living area.
The area balloons in size thanks to its second-story ceiling. The master bedroom sits next to the living area, with each space having its own pressed cement patio out back.
Upstairs, a full bath with two bedrooms– and possibly a third– surround a central area looking down upon the first floor. Shades of beige dominate. Function rules here, but somehow, with so much space, anything seems possible.
One potential glitch in this whole pre-ordained living arrangement is furniture placement. Above the electric fireplace in the living room, there's a hole the size of a television (not one of those megaliths currently in vogue that makes Winnie the Pooh larger than your two-year-old). It doesn't look as though it could double as a bookshelf if your entertainment proclivities preclude the tube.
Even though painters were at work next door when we toured, it's a testament to these handsome homes that we couldn't hear a thing. But for those for whom convenience always comes first, the real boon resides in the walls, already pre-wired for surround-sound, central vac, and a deluxe energy management gizmo called "Smart system."
This system enables one to control almost every electronic aspect of the home– from places other than home– at the touch of a button. Scenarios include programming the television so it can't be turned on before, say, 6pm, if you have kids at home, or making sure the cleaning people can get in only on a certain day, or any other Jetson-like desires that can't be managed in old-fashioned ways.
Although the façades of townhouses usually scream homogeneity, these have enough open spaces both inside and out to create some sense of individuality. The Architectural Review Board of the River Run Homeowners Association controls the communal areas, so fresh laundry probably won't be seen fluttering in the breeze, and pink doors will get a definite thumbs-down. But it doesn't seem to matter. Thanks to the location at the entrance to Pen Park, miles of walking trails, a golf course, tennis courts, and a pool sit virtually at your doorstep.
Local real estate watcher Emmett Boaz says that if he had to live in a town, it would be Charlottesville. He enjoys the bands, the kids busking, and watching people eat, but for now– and for the past 25 years– he explains, "I, personally, am not going to live anywhere I can't shoot out the back window."
Fortunately for those who prefer to buy their meat, these townhouse dwellings can't be beat.


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Alexander Ogweno necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy Student Body
My name is Brian Ogweno, and I am the President of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy Student Council. The school is a 6 year all pharmacy school, and until recently has never really had a strong student voice. This past year, the Student Council has undergone a huge sea change in efforts of better catering to all student needs and creating a better sense of community. We just received student voting on faculty committees, which allows us to actually help shape campus wide policies. We have also merged with the Campus Activities Board in order to eliminate duplicate programming and improve the quality and timing of events. All in all, the organization is now able to better serve students as advocates with the administration, as well as programmers for quality, fun campus activities.
To try and convey our expanded roles on campus, we are also changing our name from the Student Council to something much more...grown up and reflective of what we can offer students. It will probably be along the lines of Student Body Union, or Student Body Association. We are hoping this re-branding will allow us to shed old stereotypes from our former days of inaction, and show people we are a bigger, better, stronger organization they can trust to always be there for them.
-The college is a 6 year doctoral pharmacy program with ~1200 students ranging from 18 years old to 24 years old.
- We also do a lot of collaboration with area businesses and restaurants for events.
Requirements are simple. We want something simple, clean, and professional. I would like it incorporate the following:
- Book- because we are students
-Scales- to represent our governance arm
- The attached logo- it used to be our old symbol and I would like a piece of our past to be included in our new logo. It also represents our chosen field of pharmacy.
- Anything that you think signifies programming and fun. All I could come up with was a carnival mask. If you have anything better, by all means go ahead and use it.
I had originally envisioned a coat of arms or office seal to fit everything in. I have attached an example of something that struck my eyes while searching the site. If some other form of presentation inspires you, by all means use it.
That's all I got...as Albert Camus once advised, "Create Dangerously!"
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In her best-selling series of Bad Girls of the Bible books, workbooks, and videos, Liz breathes new life into ancient tales about the most infamous—and intriguing—women in scriptural history, from Jezebel to Mary Magdalene. Biblically sound and cutting-edge fresh, these popular titles have helped more than one million women around the world experience God's grace anew. Her best-selling historical novels, which transport the stories of Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Dinah, Ruth, and Naomi to eighteenth-century Scotland, also have invited readers to view these familiar characters in a new light. Now, with The Girl's Still Got It, Liz offers a twenty-first century take on the book of Ruth, dishing out meat and milk, substance and style, in a highly readable, always entertaining, and deeply personal journey with one of the Good Girls of the Bible.Liz is the author of nearly 30 books, with more than 3 million copies in print. Her popular nonfiction books include Bad Girls of the Bible, Really Bad Girls of the Bible, Unveiling Mary Magdalene, Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible, Rise and Shine, and Embrace grace.She's also a best-selling novelist, creating both contemporary and historical fiction, including her latest award-winning novels, Here burns my candle and Mine Is the Night. And she's written five books for young children, including Go Away, Dark Night.Her children's Parable Series received a 1998 ECPA Gold Medallion for Excellence, her nonfiction book Embrace grace won a 2007 Retailers Choice Award, and her novel Whence Came a Prince received a 2006 Christy Award for Best Historical Novel. Here burns my candle was named 2010 Best Inspirational Romance by Romantic Times Book Reviews, and her 2011 novel, Mine Is the Night, was a New York Times bestseller. Liz was also an award-winning columnist for Today's Christian Woman for ten years. Additional articles by Liz have appeared in Faith&Friends in Canada, WomanAlive in Great Britain, and Enhance in Australia. And more than 4,500 churches nationwide are using her video Bible study series, Loved by God. A gifted professional speaker, known by her audiences as An Encourager®, Liz has presented more than 1,600 inspirational programs in all fifty United States and fourteen foreign countries, including Israel, Thailand, Portugal, and Indonesia. When the National Speakers Association honored her with their Council of Peers Award for Excellence, Liz became one of only thirty-five women in the world named to their CPAE-Speaker Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, Bellarmine University, presented her with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005, and she received an Honorary Doctorate from Georgetown College in 2010.Feature articles about Liz have appeared in more than 250 major newspapers and magazines, as well as on Salon.com, Beliefnet.com, Spirituality.com, HopeforWomenMag.com, Kyria.com, and many other websites. She has been interviewed on more than 600 radio and television stations, including guest appearances on PBS, A&E, MS•NBC, NPR, TBN, CBC Canada, BBC Radio Scotland, Shine TV New Zealand, Radio Pulpit South Africa, Focus on the Family, Life Today, 100 Huntley Street, and Midday Connection on the Moody Network.On the personal side, Liz is married to Bill Higgs, Ph.D., who serves as Director of Operations for her speaking and writing office. Liz and Bill enjoy their old Kentucky home, a nineteenth-century farmhouse in Louisville, and are the proud (and relieved!) parents of two college grads, Matthew and Lillian. Visit Liz's Web site: www.LizCurtisHiggs.com (added from Random House)… (more)
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Jonathan Burston necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 202 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
I'm a guy in my late 30s who over the years has tried my hand at things that interest me. This can be from sport to growing veg to studying for an MBA etc (www.thefadman.com for more info). Now I'm training to do a half Ironman and want to create a story/brand around the training. I like to challenge myself to achieve new goals and learn more about myself along the way.
My background is in sales and marketing and run a couple of business units for a medium sized marketing consultancy.
I turn 40 in 2011 and want to undertake a number of challenges, not just sporting ones, during that year and raise money for charity.
I want the logo to appear on my blog and clothing, so please bear that in mind.
This is more from a branding perspective. However, as a logo it must appeal to a broadest group of people as possible.
You can be as creative as you like but please bear in the mind that it needs to be:
Portray energy
A desire for learning and knowledge
A need for new experiences
Work across different experiences not just sport, albeit happy for this one to focus on triathlon, but needs to be able to be adapted for the experiences.
The logo will need to appear across blog, clothing and printed material, therefore I am seeking:
A logo
A web banner
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The /Dev/Hell podcast has released their latest episode, #26 - "Sassy!" The podcast is hosted by PHP community members Chris Hartjes and Ed Finkler.
The first episode of 2013 find Chris and Ed talking about the tragedy of Aaron Swartzs' suicide, both in the context of governmental power and mental illness. We also talk about Ed's favorite (and only tolerable) Apple-related podcast ending. Finally, Ed rambles about SASS, a superset of CSS3 that makes writing CSS less painful.
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After years with comically small 13-inch wheels and massive tires, F1 will try out an 18-inch wheel/tire combo.
Pirelli, F1's only tire supplier, will be doing the testing on a Lotus car tomorrow. Presumably the 18-inch package, being at least somewhat relevant to wheels and tires supplied for and used by ordinary road cars.
The thing is, F1 is more about the veneer of road car relevance than any actual applications. Think that the V10 in the old BMW M5 had anything to do with the V10 in BMW's contemporary F1 car? Not so much. Think the hybrid system in the upcoming Honda V6 turbo will have anything to do with your next Accord? Nah.
A switch to 18-inchers across the board would mean, if anything, a huge cost to the sport. The tires on current F1 cars are so tall, they function as a main component of the car's suspension. Take away all that sidewall and you have to completely redesign the car's suspension. F1 is a world where even the smallest changes in suspension mounting points account for big aero challenges, like in the case of double versus single versus zero keel front ends. Change the suspension, and you're asking for surprisingly huge investments from teams to make everything work.
But the change starts to make sense if you think about it in reverse. If everyone in F1 was using 18-inch wheels, it would be impossible to convince them to switch to completely irrelevant 13-inch setups. The 18 inchers fundamentally make sense.
And since F1 has already run cars with floaters, we're just a step or two away from riding on dubs and spinners. Let's get #donkF1 trending, shall we?
(Hat tip to McMike!)
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Obama promise to "bankrupt" coal industry leads to soaring energy prices for American citizens
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Monday, August 6, 2012
Austin City Council is pushing to sell its share in a coal plant that provides a third of the city's electricity in the name of reducing carbon dioxide emissions – a pattern being mirrored across the country as Americans are hit with soaring energy prices.
"Selling would help the city carry out an ambitious plan to curb its contribution to global climate change," reports the Austin-American Statesman, adding that the sale of the Fayette power plant is being lobbied for by environmental groups.
The decision looks like it could be put to voters, an outcome Mayor Lee Leffingwell is keen to avoid as he tries to rush through Austin's sale of its share in the plant without democratic approval.
Despite the fact that the coal plant provides a cheap and stable source of energy, its elimination will be replaced by wind, solar and natural gas, all of which equate to higher energy prices for consumers who are already struggling under a crippled economy.
In the case of wind farms, a throwback to centuries-old technology, studies indicate they actually cause climate change by raising temperatures, while doing nothing to reduce CO2 emissions because of their sheer inefficiency and the expense required to operate them.
As we have previously documented, while the Obama administration failed to ram its draconian 'cap and trade' bill through Congress, the EPA has been quietly enforcing such regulations via the back door, by denouncing carbon dioxide, the life-giving gas that plants breathe, as a deadly poison. This has led to both planned and existing clean-burning coal plants which emit nothing but CO2 and water vapor being mothballed across the country, driving up energy costs.
Indeed, the lack of energy to meet demand in Texas has forced authorities to buy energy from Mexico, a country in which clean air standards are far more lax.
This maxed out grid is a consequence of federally enforced EPA restrictions that have led to the delay, mothballing and closing down of coal-fired plants. In Texas, approval for the much-needed Las Brisas Energy Center has been delayed for years as a result of EPA meddling in Texas' energy policy. Numerous other coal power plants around the country that would have eased America's artificially created energy crisis have also been shut down or abandoned.
Groups like the Edison Electric Institute have previously warned that the new rules eventually "cost utilities up to $129 billion and force them to retire one-fifth of coal capacity," prompting a wave of coal plant shutdowns. Americans will be hit with more energy rate hikes even as they struggle to pay the bills now.
Before his election, Barack Obama himself promised to "bankrupt" the coal industry, an agenda that has led to rolling blackouts as Americans are forced to foot the bill as part of the move towards a "green economy," which has little to do with the environment and everything to do with hollowing out America's industrial base so that the country may be more easily swallowed up by the "post-industrial revolution" that remains the goal of the global elite.
However, Obama's biggest political backers General Electric are not subject to the EPA's draconian news rulesthanks to a waiver handed to them by Obama. In providing the likes of GE with a waiever, the White House is greasing the skids for a giant consolidation of the energy industry, shutting down competition and creating artificial scarcity – thereby driving up costs for the American people.
The deliberate deindustrialization of America has nothing to do with protecting the environmrnt. Whereas the competitiveness of America's energy industry is being crippled by the EPA and the White House, China and Mexico are building dozens of new power plants every year which fall well short of the clean-burning technology standards adhered to in the United States.
This is about the implementation of the UN's Agenda 21, which operates under the guise of "sustainable development" yet is clearly part of a stealth agenda to centralize control over energy, bankrupting America in the process as part of the move towards a crony system of one world governance.
Watch a video blog by Alex Jones on this issue below.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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- Date: 01/15/2019 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- Location: Tumwater City Hall
555 Israel Road SW
Tumwater, Washington 98501
The Tumwater City Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Tumwater City Hall, 555 Israel Road SW, Tumwater, WA (map – this is a link) for the purpose of conducting official City business.
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A sage's quote recently making the social media rounds begs the examination of our relationship with yoga clothes. The quote from 13th-century mystic Rumi opines: "I saw many humans on whom there were no clothes. I saw many clothes in which there were no humans." No doubt, Rumi's words expressed profound reflections on the human condition, but in many ways, they resonated with the spirit of yoga. For many yogis, the path that leads to serenity of mind is often paved with a considerable investment in yoga clothes. We are seduced by an onslaught of images from manufacturers who try to convince us that their uber-hip pants and tops are key in the quest for self realization.
The beauty and talent that goes into designing these togs should be admired and respected. But projecting our never-ending desires, not to mention hard-earned dollars, on one or more stretchy tops or pair of $100 pants can sometimes blind us to the lessons in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.
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If we are to adhere to the Sutras, then we know that abhyasa – constant, determined practice – is the key to establishing a firm foundation in our practice, not a fashionable pair of leggings. Indeed, our journey to achieving vairagya, or freedom from desires, is infinitely more complicated if we give in to our weakness and attachment to clothing. No matter if your closet or bureau drawers are filled with yoga clothes – or whether you practice yoga in your most well-worn, faded, comfy pieces – your yoga wardrobe could provide an opportunity for you to reflect on the yamas and niyamas.
There is certainly value in feeling beautiful and comfortable in your body, whether it's while doing yoga or shopping in the grocery store. But are you buying another pair of pants even though you don't need them immediately (or maybe can't even afford)? Aparigraha, one of the five ethical disciplines of yamas, challenges us to lead a life of non-possessiveness, non-hoarding, and non-attachment.
Can you look within and find truth? The search for truth – satya – usually always excavates something we've stored away deep within us. It may be worth examining what exactly is it that makes you feel beautiful? Is it the clothes you are wearing or something else?
Is there contentment – santosha – to be found in your approach to how you dress for yoga? If yoga is an inward journey, can you surrender the attachment to your clothes and any preoccupation with the thought, "How do I look?"
Can you actively practice saucha, a niyama that speaks of purity of mind, body, and deed? How simple to step onto the mat wearing clean, simple clothes, the body clean, our minds and hearts receptive to the process of letting go of the messy clutter to reveal something even more blindly pristine.
Maybe Rumi did contemplate yoga when he penned his observation on humanity and clothing. We can cover our bodies with an array of beautiful clothes – whether they are our uniforms for yoga, work or school – but it's not until we peel through the layers that shroud our true essence that we begin to see the self.
Have you found yourself preoccupied with or distracted by the latest yoga fashion trends?


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One can only do cinematography like what's found in Raising Arizona and Miller's Crossing for so long before Hollywood hands you the keys to the director's chair, and that's precisely what Paramount did for DP Barry Sonnenfeld back in 1990. Sonnenfeld's first feature film, The Addams Family, is certainly stacked with gorgeous shots, stunning set design, and ultra-slick camera tricks -- but there's a notable lack of oomph when it comes to the story side of the equation.
Boasting a stellar cast and a visual style that's entirely worth watching, The Addams Family suffers from simple weak screenwriting. Most of the flick's visual gags fly, but when it comes to the spoken word, this film doesn't offer very much that's memorable. Adapted from the works of cartoonist Charles Addams, the screenplay by Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands) and Larry Wilson (Beetlejuice) feels like it ran through the re-write machine about 11 times too many.
The plot is a threadbare thing indeed: The irrepressably monstrous Addams clan (father Gomez, mother Morticia, kids Wednesday and Puggsley) must contend with an impostor when their long lost Uncle Fester (allegedly) returns home. Of course it's all just a scheme to separate the Addamses from their horrifically huge fortune, but ultimately the narrative is about as thrilling as an old episode of the Addams' TV series. And for all its visual trickery and dazzling design, The Addams Family becomes a fairly unmemorable affair -- mainly because it's simply not all that funny.
But Sonnenfeld would return to the scene only two years later, and this time he already had the first flick (and a comedy called For Love or Money) under his belt. And I'm guessing the weak plotting and limp gags from the original Addams was well-acknowledged, because the sequel, Addams Family Values is an improvement in every conceivable way. The icky art direction, freaky FX, and the fluid camera flourishes are still present and accounted for -- but the second flick is actually funny, too. And obviously that goes a long way.
The Part 2 plot is a two-pronged affair: a devilish little vixen aims to scam Uncle Fester out of his riches while the Addams kids are shuttled off to a sunny little summer camp. The former plot thread feels a lot like a rehash of the original flick, except someone was smart enough to hire the hilarious Joan Cusack as the oddball femme fatale. The second story, in which little Christina Ricci manages to steal the whole damn movie, is packed with clever swipes and amusing one-liners. The screenplay was the debut effort from Paul Rudnick (In & Out), and it's packed with nifty little offhand jokes and bouts of witty wordplay.
In both films, leading man Raul Julia and leading lady Anjelica Huston deliver some great work -- even if neither are given all that much to do over the course of both films. Christopher Lloyd chews much scenery as the wackily disturbing Uncle Fester. The double feature also boasts some rather funny cameos/supporting roles, most notably from folks like Peter MacNicol, Christine Baranski, Dan Hedaya, Carol Kane, and a young David Krumholtz.
So they're both amusing little movies, gothic comedies full of dizzy artworks and impressive eye candy. The first flick is smirk-worthy and pleasant enough, even if the plot is a bore, and the sequel is even better. And now they're both on one disc, which is awesome news -- provided you don't really care about special features.
The DVD
Video: Both flicks are presented in their original (anamorphic) widescreen formats. I'm assuming they're the same transfers as the ones used on the single-disc releases from a few years back. Picture quality is quite good; Paramount's known for high-end catalog releases.
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0, with optional English subtitles on both movies. Both flicks sounded perfectly crisp to me.
Extras: Two trailers for each movie. Oh, and both movies are on side A. No flipping necessary.
Final Thoughts
I was surprised to remember how visuall cool, yet dramatically inert the original Addams Family was, but it's still a worthwhile little diversion, all things considered. The sequel, if you're asking me, is an improvement all over the place. Quicker, tighter, and definitely funnier.


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The Peer Response Process
The EGAP Peer Response Process, which allows members to propose new research designs to their peers for feedback, is a benefit available to all EGAP members. This process was developed to create little burden for the reviewers, and immediate and interactive feedback for the research design proposers, by facilitating a discussion session online or over the phone within one week of submission.
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- How do I request a session? Completing this form (link also below) initiates EGAP's Peer Response process. A member of the Peer Response Committee (listed below) will contact you after this form has been submitted to schedule the peer response session within one week of your submission. They will have assembled between two to three other EGAP members with knowledge appropriate to the topic to participate in the session.
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text: Banks object to how Holocaust assets have been calculated And even now the banks are delaying returning the money to their heirs. But unlike a similar scandal that hit European banks in the mid-90s, almost no pressure is being brought to bear on the Israeli banks by the Israeli government or by Jewish reparation organisations representing Holocaust families, who were the main critics of the European banks. The Israeli government is believed to be keeping quiet because it is deeply involved in the local banking scandal itself, and the Jewish organisations are reported to be concerned that exposure of the story will damage Israel's international reputation. Instead the Knesset committee which unearthed the shocking revelations has been forced to sit on its unpublished report for the past 18 months as the banks dictate terms to the inquiry, largely supported by the government. Tommy Lapid has been a solevoice speaking against the banksOne dissenting voice has been Tommy Lapid, who this month left his post as justice minister. He called Bank Leumi, the bank believed to hold the lion's share of the Holocaust accounts, "the last bank in the world that refuses to pay money to Shoah survivors". The Knesset committee was established under the chairmanship of Colette Avital in February 2000, in the wake of a settlement in which the Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to Holocaust survivors and Jewish organisations. After the Swiss affair, questions were raised about the difficulties faced by Holocaust families in tracing money deposited in Israeli banks before the second world war. Denials At the time, the banks fiercely denied that they held any money from Holocaust victims but after three years of auditing the banks' accounts, led by a former police anti-corruption officer, Yehuda Bar-Lev, the committee found thousands of dormant accounts, estimated to be worth some $220 million. Colette Avital chaired theinvestigating committeeBar-Lev has said that he cannot be sure if there is more money because the banks have been obstructing his team's work. "There are still documents that the bank doesn't agree to show us," he said. "According to the bank, they'll not be shown to us as they are against the bank's interests." The banks have also refused fully to finance the audit. The Swiss had to pay about $400 million to finance the work of the investigating accountants, whereas the Israeli banks have agreed to pay only $3 million, less than half the amount demanded by the Knesset committee. "We're in a bind," said committee chairman Avital in September when the banks contested the report's publication yet again. "The banks can keep delaying again and again and again." Defence The banks have defended their position on several grounds, including the claim that exposure will harm Israel's image. "The Wall Street Journal will say the Israeli banks also hide money, not just the Swiss" Ram Caspi, company lawyer for Bank LeumiAt one closed meeting in December 2003 between the committee and Bank Leumi, the company's lawyer, Ram Caspi, warned that Israel would be painted as a hypocrite. "The Wall Street Journal will say the Israeli banks also hide money, not just the Swiss," he told the committee members. More recently the bank has been citing its commercial interests and secrecy rules. "Bank Leumi is a publicly traded company," Caspi told the committee in November. "It has to answer to stockholders. It cannot simply pay as a result of a committee's recommendations." Victim's story His statement came during a meeting at which one woman identified only as "K" told the committee that her uncle, who lived in Bucharest, deposited £1000 in 1940 in the Anglo-Palestine Bank, which later became Leumi. When Leumi finally admitted it still held the money in 1979, she received a tiny fraction of the original deposit. An Israeli lawyer, Roland Roth, said he was representing more than a dozen families with similar stories. He has threatened a class action against the Israeli banks in the US courts. An earlier legal campaign he waged in the Israeli courts was rejected. Jewish groups which support Holocaust families, however, have mostly chosen to remain silent. Israel Singer, chief negotiator of the World Jewish Restitution Organisation, who campaigned against the European banks, said his group would not be publicising the case. Unlike the Swiss banks, which he called thieves, Israel's banks had got hold of the Holocaust accounts "incidentally", he said. Secretive past The bank's refusal to accept responsibility for the accounts is based on the murky period before and after Israel's founding in 1948. It is known that thousands of wealthy European Jews stashed money away in the country during the 1920s and 1930s, as it was then Palestine and under British rule, in an attempt to hide it from the Nazis. They also invested heavily in land and property to bring nearer their dream of a Jewish state. During the war, Britain confiscated all assets belonging to citizens of enemy territories, including Jews living under Nazi occupation. The assets were handed back after Israel's creation in 1948, with an official in the Israeli Justice Ministry known as the custodian-general charged with tracing the heirs. Hidden sums However, the Knesset committee found that the banks, particularly Leumi, had managed to hide many of the accounts from British officials and so were able to keep the money. The investigators believe the banks have been profiting from the money ever since. Land and belongings were sentto Zionist organisationsThe government is also accused of not having done enough to trace survivors. It passed many of the assets of Holocaust survivors, including land and property, to Zionist organisations such as the Jewish National Fund. To the surprise of the committee, Bank Leumi was widely reported in the Hebrew media last month as having agreed to pay less than $10 million to Holocaust families, even though it is still publicly denying that it has any such accounts. Separately, the government is also reported to be mulling the idea of paying some $15 million to the families. Deal The deal was struck last month by Lapid after the banks accused him of slandering them. Lapid did not consult with the Knesset committee. Avital responded angrily: "The banks can now claim that they bought Lapid with a bit of money and, in exchange, they are exempt from returning the Holocaust survivors' money." The reduction agreed with Lapid follows several objections the banks have made to the way the Holocaust assets have been calculated. Inflation The Israeli banks have been resisting the efforts of the Knesset committee to work out the current value of the accounts using the same criteria applied to the Swiss assets. There, the banks had to adjust the money by inflation and add 4% interest. The Israeli banks, on the other hand, want inflation not to be taken into account until after the creation of Israel, omitting the war years when inflation reached more than 300%, and will fund only 2% interest. In Israel, there is little sympathy with the banks' position. For many years, Israeli banks have been running a cartel-like operation where they charge the same high commissions. They are currently being investigated by the Anti-trust Authority. In the first nine months of this year they racked up a $1 billion profit - their highest ever. Avital suggests public pressure must be used against the banks: "If the banks don't want to pay, we will have to launch a public campaign, perhaps legislation. It won't be easy. The Knesset and government have done nothing about this for more than 50 years. The heirs will have to go to court." SOURCE: Aljazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jonathan Cook


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So much for stating the obvious.
Several years ago, my family went hiking on a picture-perfect Colorado day. Our laughter filtered through the evergreens. Sunshine warmed our shoulders as we balanced on fallen trees spanning a mountain creek.
And then, as my husband, Rob, jumped from one boulder to the next, he slipped and broke his knee cap.
In the end, our daughters ran down the mountain to alert rescuers. Rob, with the help of two young men, splinted his leg with tree branches and hiked back down the mountain—meeting the rescue teams as they hiked up. I trailed behind and photographed the journey.
A great family story? Absolutely.
Even better? In my debut novel, Wish You Were Here, my hero, Daniel Rayner, needed a "what else can go wrong?" moment. Daniel's an outdoorsman like my husband. And so, I borrowed from real life and had Daniel (say it with me) slip on a boulder and break his knee cap.
Write what you know, right? And while you're at it, don't waste the pain – yours or someone else's.
Lest you think I only glean from my husband's misfortune, here's a sneak peek into my second novel, Catch a Falling Star (Howard Books May 2013.)
My hero, Griffin, is an Air Force pilot. I'd already plotted one problem for Griffin, but I wanted to add another layer of "why me, God?" to his life. I'm a novelist, it's what I do: Wreak havoc on fictional people. I only looked as far as my reflection in the bathroom mirror to figure out how to torment poor, unsuspecting Griffin.
For the past year, I've ridden the daily tilt-o-whirl of vertigo. Sometimes with grace. Sometimes with tears.
Why waste the experience? Griffin got vertigo.
One thing is certain: I knew what Griffin would feel – emotionally, physically, mentally, even spiritually. When my husband read one of my scenes, he said, "I feel kinda nauseous."
Mission accomplished.
What about you? I'm sure you've been told not to waste the pain in your life. Have you ever used the pain to benefit your writing?


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When most people think of hard economic times, they think of being laid off, not being able to pay the bills, and maybe even moving to a smaller house. Some people go so far as to not have children when times are tough.
The number of births, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, declined in all but 10 states from 2007 to 2008. The early figures reported on 2009 seem to be following the same trend.
Believe it or not, babies aren't that expensive. That doesn't mean there are no expenses that come with having them. It means that by not overspending or buying unnecessary items, most people can maintain a child just fine. Having a baby means you'll buy clothes, diapers and maybe even formula. There are doctor checkups and accessories like car seats and cribs. So how can you fit all these baby expenses into the budget?
Stop and Save?
When a couple finds out that they are going to be parents, they often wonder if they should stop the debt snowball to save up for the baby. The answer is yes. Save as much money as you can in case something happens and you need the money immediately. Once everyone is healthy and home from the hospital, you can take that saved-up money and put it toward paying off debt if you didn't need it for the baby. Read more.
Buy Used
An infant doesn't care if he or she is wearing consignment clothing or sleeping in a used crib. Buy a $30 outfit at a retail store and then another one from a consignment shop at $3 and see if they notice the difference. Dave's kids grew up wearing so much consignment clothing that they thought OshKosh B'gosh came from yard sales! Parents are usually the ones who insist that their kids have only the best, and that thinking is what breaks the bank. You can easily care for your child without spending a lot.
College Savings
This is the other big issue that people think about when kids come up. The good news is that most infants don't go from bottle feeding to biology class in a few weeks, so school doesn't sneak up on you. When you are out of debt, have an emergency fund, and are putting money away for retirement, that's when college planning starts.
Ready to start saving? Download our free budgeting tool today!
When you hit Baby Step 5—college funding for children—start putting $2,000 a year into an Education Savings Account (ESA). That breaks down to $166.67 a month if you start when the child is born. At a 12% return, $2,000 a year turns into $126,000 by age 18. That should cover room, board and tuition, don't you think? If you're not at Baby Step 5 yet, use this as motivation to get there quickly!
Boys and Their Toys
In an interview with the New York Times, Queens College sociologist Andrew Hacker said "children are the most expensive item in every family's budget, especially given all the gear kids expect today."
The first thing to remember is that a child can expect all they want. It doesn't mean you cater to their every whim, unless you're a wimp of a parent. You are obligated to give your kids food, shelter, clothing and love. If they scream for a cell phone or a video game system that you can't afford, guess what? They don't get it.
Get creative in how you spend and save money, and you'll find that money is no reason to not add those little blessings to your home.


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Lake Merritt's gateway to bay reopened
A parade of little boats marked a big day for Oakland's Lake Merritt on Friday, when Mayor Jean Quan and a platoon of city officials opened a channel that will one day connect the lake with the Oakland Estuary and San Francisco Bay.
It was a historic moment: The channel leading to Lake Merritt has been dammed up for 140 years. "This was a long time coming," Quan said.
There are still obstacles between the lake and the estuary, including a culvert, a pumping station and a low bridge that carries busy railroad tracks, but Friday's ceremony was hailed as an important first step.
The channel that was reopened had been clogged for years, with a culvert on one end and, on the other, a 12-lane street that Oakland City Council President Patricia Kernighan called "a mini freeway." The channel banks were bleak and uninviting. "It was a no-man's-land," said Kernighan. "Nobody came here."
The remade channel area includes a paved trail, a pedestrian bridge and restoration of a tidal marsh. A tree-lined boulevard has replaced the 12-lane roadway. It was paid for in part by Oakland Measure DD, a $198 million bond issue for civic improvements passed in 2002.
"I think it's awesome," said Sandy Threlfall, who campaigned for Measure DD. "I think it's important and healthy for people to connect with the water."
To open the channel, Quan blew a signal on a boat horn, workers moved aside a ribbon across the channel and a fleet of small boats moved downstream.
A little armada
It was a Lake Merritt armada with a dozen kayaks, a single canoe, two Chinese dragon boats complete with drummers, two Venetian-style gondolas and two white whaleboats, rowed by crews from the Oakland Women's Rowing Club wearing sailor suits.
"This is the first time anyone has sailed down this channel in 140 years," Quan said. The voyage was short - the reopened channel is only 750 feet long - but significant.
When more work is completed this summer, the volume of water moving in and out of the channel is expected to double, improving water quality in Lake Merritt.
"And in a year," Threlfall said, "there will be a vital wetland marsh here. It will be alive."
Link to Bay Trail
Eventually, the city hopes to connect the Lake Merritt channel with the Bay Trail. "This will become a Bay Area destination people will love," Quan said.
The ceremony also included a small history lesson. In the early days, Lake Merritt wasn't a lake at all, but a tidal lagoon called Laguna Peralta, after a Spanish family that settled in the area.
The lagoon was connected to the estuary - then called San Antonio Creek- by a tidal slough, a waterway that separated Oakland from its smaller cousin, a little town called Brooklyn.
In 1869, Mayor Samuel Merritt built a dam across the slough, and locals began calling the body of water "Merritt's Lake."
Over the years, the lake has been improved and modified. "It is the jewel of Oakland, it really is," said Michael Neary, assistant director of the city's Department of Engineering and Construction.
The channel, however, remained an urban backwater. "People have been dreaming about this for 40 to 50 years," Neary said.
The project cost $47 million, "and it was done under budget and ahead of schedule," Quan said.
By summer, when a culvert under 10th Street is removed and the channel is extended closer to the bay, Oakland plans another celebration - "a big citywide party," the mayor said.
Carl Nolte is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Washington (CNN) - The nation's unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent in May, the Labor Department reported Friday.
That's a drop of two-tenths of a percent from April's 9.9 percent level. Analysts had expected to rate to fall to 9.8 percent.
The Labor Department also reports that the economy added 431,000 jobs in May, the biggest monthly gain since March of 2000. But economists had forecasted a gain of 500,000 jobs.
Of the jobs added, 390,000 were in the government, with the private sector adding 41,000 jobs, down from 218,000 in April.
President Barack Obama said Friday that the economy's addition of 431,000 jobs in May is another sign that an economic recovery is underway, though he also warned that there are going to be "some ups and downs" in the months ahead.
"The economy's getting stronger by the day," he said during a visit to a commercial truck dealership in Hyattsville, Maryland.
But Obama said the recovery's "still in its early stages."
"Even if you put those temporary (Census) jobs aside, there's no doubt we saw another month of private sector job growth," Obama said. The president argued that the new jobs numbers were evidence that his economic program is working.
Obama slammed his Republican opponents, arguing that the country "can't go back to the very same policies that failed us in the last decade."
"I don't want to go backward. I want to move forward," he said, echoing a campaign-style theme he stressed earlier in the week in a speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A top Congressional Republican was quick to react to the report.
"Count me among the millions of Americans who welcome a jobs report that shows jobs gained rather than more jobs lost," said Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House Republican Whip. "But a look beneath the numbers should give this Administration – and every American – cause for concern. We have to begin to address the structural deficiencies in our economy. Temporary or government jobs are not optimal, and private sector job growth simply isn't keeping pace with a growing labor force."
"I welcome job growth any day, week or month of the year, but the figures released today need to be stamped with 'Buyer Beware'," says Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, in a statement.
"The underlying fact is that 9.7 percent unemployment is unacceptable by any standard. No amount of spin will resolve the fact that the President's policies have been a colossal failure when it comes to creating jobs. If his speech in Pennsylvania was any indication, President Obama has no intention of slowing his high-spending, big-government agenda that prevents the private sector from creating the jobs we need to put our economy back on track," adds Steele.
- CNN's Scott Spoerry contributed to this report
So Obama's definition of economic recover is hundreds of thousands of temporary, low paying, census jobs? Obamanomics: You work for the Government, You belong to a union and work for a company owned by the Government, You are UNEMPLOYED!
Anyone applauding these numbers as proof of the recovery, needs to pull their head out of the sand! Take away the 95% of the "new jobs" created by the census, and you end up with almost zilch! Plus, census jobs are temporary! When will this administration realize that government jobs is not the answer! Government jobs weigh down the economy, they do not prop it up! My congresswoman actually said in a speech this week "the cap and trade bill will help American manufacturers become more productive and create jobs by wening themselves off of foreign oil."
What are these people thinking!!!!
Common Sense!!!!!!!!!
41,000 private sector jobs to support 390,000 government jobs. The private sector cannot add more jobs due to the burden of supporting the government jobs. This is upside down and backwards. It also shows that the only real growth is in government. Just like the rising cost of health care was unsustainable so to is the rising burden placed on its citizens by the U.S. Government.
What did you expect....when the numbers were bad, they agreed but now that they are looking good or better they have no choice but to disagree or belittle the gains.
It is part of the GOP mantra – make Obama look bad as much as possible and as far as the media will allow them freedom to make baseless accusations.
Why doesn't he just admit that 90% of the hiring is in the government sector? We can live with more bad news about the economy. We can't live anymore with the white house trying to whitewash the ugly truth.
Ok, number 1, we will have atleast 50 submissions with "he is fixing bush's mess" Which is a fabrication. The president does not fix or damage the economy. The Prez doesn't write dictate how Washington or the rest of the country is run. That is done by the House and Senate. And from a look at the numbers, the country started to improve when Repubs took control during the Clinton administration and had a successful run until the Dems took control during Bush's 2nd term. Sorry boys and girls, look at the numbers. But hey, "Bush did it" is your thing, so run with that.
Point #2. I worry when the majority of the jobs gained are "government jobs" Why? Because they are normally temporary jobs and thus not a long term fix for the problem we are having.
"Obama and GOP disagree on May job numbers"
This is why CNN is losing his place in the news Media.
A Reel Journalist shows what those numbers means for middle class Americans who want to put the food on the table and pick a side and stops be indifferent.
You should play the role of the referee, which is to pick side when the true is clear.
Imagine you watch a football match and after a fault, the referee asks the spectators to help him to pick a side. Imagine what kind of mess it will create not only on the outcome of the judgment but also to people who may want to go to see a match again.
CNN wake up and pick the side or you will lose the leadership if it not too late.
I was sad to see Campbell Brown leaves the news because of this type of journalist that zeroes each side instead show the true between sides.
CHANGE CNN Before it is too late and we will Love YOU Again.
I hope you will publish this message and share it with the management
Those jobs Obama refers to are Government jobs, which do nothing to help anyone. WE need private sector jobs, something Obama seems to know little about.


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My last series, Learning Evolved, was inspired by the fourth post in Classroom Democracy, "The Evolution of Learning." I took a two-page reaction paper and turned it into a sixteen page report because I was interested in the nexus between our evolutionary history and educational present. And now this series follows the pattern, turning the rumination of the first part of Learning Evolved, "Darwinism-Cognitivism," into a survey of the effects of genetics on teaching. Yet it also is inspired by the fourth part of that series, the humble bibliography. I had taken notes on and read many articles that I was not able to fit into the pages of Learning Evolved. Therefore, I went out of my way to write a series with as many previously neglected citations as possible.
Besides this prologue, Student Nature has four parts. The synopses below introduce the readings, but the individual posts should speak for themselves.
- Part I, The Nature of the Student
As all people share a common Universal Human Nature, all learners share a common Universal Student Nature. The all-student cognitive apparatus includes such things as the information-processing system (the OODA Loop), social cooperation, and automaticity.
- Part II, The Natures of Our Students
No two students are alike, and the particular student natures vary with age, sex, group, and of course individual. Some ideas are genetically harder for some students to grasp than others, while some types of intelligences and classroom behavior are irregularly distributed around the globe. A one-size-fits-all philosophy cannot possibly work.
- Part III, Nature and Her Consequences
Old ideas fall away when exposed to genetic scrutiny, and others stand only perilously. Yet if we aren't critical of our beloved ideas, reality will be. If they are not reinforced and adapted now they will be crushed later.
- Part IV, Bibliography
From Academy of Management Review to WITI Women, Alas Poor Darwin to Human Nature Review, the academic and popular literature is scoured to provide the best possible tdaxp series.
As I said once before: To all those who are interested in the intersection between evolution and education: enjoy!


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